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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
( (: I WOMAN 4 ! 1
SOCIALIST. ! | |.
SPEAKER { ] | AK I
TO oegAD'DREss DC sAsMEETlNG IN FAIR
MONT oRSvlclNlTYW WILL SPEAK;
HERE ON SUNDAY, J IAN UARY-
,;TlWENTY.NlNT VT II

q On, Sunday. afternoon, January ;2Sth.
the first woman socialist to speakiin
IFairmont will address a meeting III
the Willard hall. over the. South Side
pharmacy. commencing at two, o'clock,
and ;it5ls a safe prediction that the
house will be well filled. as ali the So,
cialists in Falrmont and vicinity will
be present and many will attend the
meeting through curiosity to- hear a
woman expound the teachings Of So.
cialism. II 4; Z III Y tss$S
S It will be recalled that the West
Virginian last week made mention that
Miss Ella Reeve Bloor,, OF Chicago,
would address q meeting at Wheel,
ing this evening and that the local
Socialists were endeayoring at that
tire to have herSspeak here, which
has proved successful. rs, B
Miss B.oor is said to be one Of the
rost convincing women Il Socialist
speakers on the American platform to-
day. The dodgers" distributed this
morning in telling who she is, says:
ELLA Reeve Bloor a school teacher
who has spent many, years .lnycstigat.
ing conditions in factories and work.
shops. is Well qualified to present; the.
economic and political issues that CON
front the working class. Comrade
Bloor assisted Upton 2sinclair;in gath.
erins the Information; in support OF
the facts contained in his famous
book, The Jungle,ffor presentation
to the special Investigation commit
tee appointed by President Roosevelt,
She will answer all questions relat.-
Ing to Socialism: The distributed bill
states that all are invited to hear her
address. especially women Z.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
v | L|ST0|P
!. 4. SWEARING
MAYOR SAYS PROFANITY j MUST
NOT BE USED ON THE STREETS
oFtTHE.. .clTY.-JAlL 5 AWAITS
THE OFFENDER. @

Only three. men sat in the dock this
morning, when the mayor held court.
George Dixon sad that he came
into the city yesterday because 1t was
too muddy to work, at the mine where
he was employed. He was gatherd
up by the policemen on a charge OF
swearing on the streets. Mayor Martin
gave fdm a sound lecturing ani told
him that for his offense he would
have to serve live days in the city
jail. Is The mayor stated that the habit
of swearing on the streets had to be
broken up II all Of the men In the
city were placed in Jail. There has
been n great deal Of complaint about
the way that men swear In public,
seeming to- care nothing for the ladies
and children that have to hear their
profane and vulgar &mouthings.
John Keeper was a plain ono that
got u nights lodging at the city Gala.
boose. Flts accommodation cost him
SIX dollars. ,.
The bastile was the place that Dan
Rogers spent tho night. Dan pleaded
guilty to the charge Of being drunk.
His fine was six dollars. IS n.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
.DA'Q||D|7 7GRAHA|M.
!. phillips ! |. 4! | {;
SHOT
PROMINENT EDITOR AND u NOV.
I ELIsT4iATTAckED BY HARVARD
I; MAN IN N W!.YoRK WHO TAKES
OWN LiFE-PHiLLlPss MAY LIVE.
/ (By United Pr,e,sIs,.'

y
& NEW y. :!Y ORR, Jan: 2 4 David Ora.
novelist, was shot six times last eve;
ming, asflle approached the Princeton
club, by; ;Fltzhugh Coyle Goldsborough,
a Harvard man., who Immediately
after committed suicide. s
NEW YORK, Jan. -(Noon).-
Followlngtan examination by Doctors
Donovan, Walker and Hotchkiss to.
day OF Phillips wounds, 1t was an.
nounced at Bellevue hospital, that lie
has excellent prospects for recovering
II complication did not develop, the
chief danger from the wound being
pneumonia. The cause OF the shoot.
ing is still mystery. Goldsborough's
relatives today say that they believe
he Is insane.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
H.M|IYIG0D, 4 ]. d H||!EEXCLAIMS,, {
SEND! THIS. IFS.
CLASS !.
..E|:.A||I.C|''TORY [ OPENS:
PLANT THAT HAS BEEN IDLE FOR
SEVERAL WEEKsFtWiLL START.
y TOMORROW MORNING .iif x

The Fairmont Window Glass Com.
ipany will resume work in the morn.
Ing at six O'Clock after having been
shut down since December4l4 IA. Fires
VIII Sbe started tonight and every:
thing will be In readiness to resume
work lin the morning. This IS good
news as the Window house has been
shut down for along time. Work had
been started but when the Govern
ment dissolved the Imperial Window.
Glass Gompany the selling agenesS
for the various concerns the factory
shut down after running only several.
weeks. 1se
a new cooperative window factory,
was putin operation some weeks ago.
at Salem and some Of the Fairmont.
workers have been employed there
but they VIII likely return at once as.
their families are Estill In Fairmont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
El1lered edith and .Siilper haze been
agreed UPON as the Arbrii-
traitors and are Vested Nth
Full .PoDer. Must RescindZ
A citiion Of Z seating HearneI
and alnl,dl Giving Place 70 Cald-
lvel
|LkL[slA||El|v|E|: } { [. lA||El|| IA RETURNED /
WILL BE FREE FROM ARREST

1. IgI|
cratic half of the Senate weakened
and the fifteen Republicans arrived
in Charleston today. No agreement
has been reached except that the
Republlcans viii be immune from ar
rest and that all differences will be
ubmitted to Senators Meredith and
Silver. who have been agreed upon
us arbltrators with full power 10
act. BY thus agreeing to arbitration,
the Democrats must irescind their .ty,
rannital action in declaring the seat
Of Senator Hearne vacant and the
seating OF Caldwell limits place.
4, ri t;I Arbitration Board. .ij!
All matters viii be |; decided upon ,by
Senators Meredith and silver. and at
Is said the other members will agree!
TO whatever terms they make. 1t is
known the Republicans will stand for
the seating Of Hearne on the tempo.
rary roll alnd that his case be given
a fair and impartial trial. AS to the
presidency Of the senate. that matter
vii be decided upon after the con.
ferees get together.
+ Both Watson and Chiffon are said
to have had influence in having the
Democrats come down from the high
position assumed by them. While,
they declared they &ere satisfied they
would be seated in the United States
Senate II elected under presnet con.
ditions. the action indicated they
thought otherwise, and their efforts
were renewed upon the arrival OF Sen.
ator Elkins, whose friends claim he
has an excellent chance to, hold over
IL the Democrats and Republicans
fail to get together.
Fisher Breaks. r5a @
Il Senator Jake Fisher served notice
upon the other Democrats OF the Sen.
ate that II they insist upon continuing
the present conditions in the upper
branch OF the legislature, he will
Withdraw and not meet with, them
further. Senator Fisher stated he had
been looking up the law and that the
time has arrived for a halt. Fisher
was not invited to attend the Demo.
cratic conferences held yesterday and
remained away. Other Democrats are
expected to bolt from the Democrats
II the plans are not changed at once.
Republicans Of the house held con-
ference this afternoon and decided
not to caucus for candidates for
United States Senators until the out.
come of the attempted senate com.
promise Is known. Today the stand
that the organization Of the legisla.
ture is. illegal and that the senators
cannot be elected unless the senate
gets together. The Democrats OF the
two house say they vii 80 ahead AMI
elect Watson and Chiffon, whether
the Republicans join with them or
not. i.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
vERAL.RESP0NSjES
ADVANTAGE OF. THE c HRlsTlAN
4 AS COMPARED WITH THE NON.
CHRISTIAN. 5ss.i. K

Thee were several more responses
to the gospel invitation at the services
last night. The sermon delivered BY
DR., y, G. Broomheld was a splendid
'deiiverance on the advantages Of the
Christian as compared 10 the non.
Christian.
I. 1t pays socially to be a Chris.
tian. Take out Of our social.life those
who make a profession OF Christianity
and our social fabric would go to
pieces. Our town would soon become
a sodom. II ail
II. It pays Intellectually to be a
Christian. No one can come to his
best in mental strength. health and er.
ficlency, who sets aside or neylects
Jesus, the master teacher. ss.. j,
III 1T pays financially to be a
Christian. Bad habits are expensive.
Christianity demands. that all bad and
useless practices be put away. 1t
does not call for expensive habits.
Christianity demands economy, d In
dustry land a rigid adherance TO the
principles that make for thrift and
success. The majority Of the Chris.
tlan people are prosperous people,
ss ~. 1T pays morally to be a Chris,
tian, The good citizen outside OF the
church borrows his standard ~ ethics
from Christianity The standards for.
his home and for the school and SC, So
cietyF are about all borrowed from
Christ's teaching. Tie adoption 81; a
non:Chrlstian morality would wreck.
our civilization. 1T, As impossible 10
find a single moral principle any
where In the world that can not be;
duplicated by the teachings Of. Jesus.
AS the straight line In nature and
the circle In nature furnish to the
scientist the absolute straight line
and the absolute circle, $50 Christian
Eity furnishes to the conscience the
absolute right tits the only system
known TO the race whose center Is ~
straight man, a man without sin. d
perfect Son Of Man. G Concience tells
us e DO rights but 1t does not tell us,
What The right IS. The standard; ot,
the; absolute IL GIT must be; "a reyelasI
tions from God, Emenne Col with us.
~ God in the soul ~ christ Within
Tie y hope Tor the best in this world
Continued on Page TSo.,t NJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
TWO LITTLE BABES ~
TAKEN BY HUMANE SOCIETY.

i,
Children are still being placed in
good homes by the Fairnont Inde,
pendent Humane sbciety. Last even.
ing Officer George E. Brand gave a
family in Mineral county three.
months.old boy which was got from
a young girl in this county several
days ago. The child was left by the
mother OH a doorstep notia great dis.
tancc from Fairmont. The little fel-
low was wcllclothed and crying be-.
side 1t was a filled bottle of milk,
The girl would not dlvulge the name
of the father. Mr., Brand kindly re-.
qucsted that the name of3the woman.
who left tho child on the doorstep
and the parents who adopted the little
one should not be made known pub.
licly. &. e
Mrs. Brand. wife OF Agent Brand,
went to Grafton yesterday afternoon
and took in charge another little boy
Of only three weeks old. who was
adopted by Marion county family.
The Humane Society is progressing.
nicely and there are still afew chill,
dren in the Jackson street Shelter
who want good foster mammas and
papas, as suited In the West ivirginian;
last week.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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AT A1sP.EciALSME SMEETINGsTo.NleHT,
THE PRELIMINARY ACTION.
AUTHORIZING THE, tNsTiTU-
TON ! coNDEMNAT PRO:
cEEDINGsSW WILL; BE TAKEN.
PUMP STATION SITE: SECURED.
Property Owners Wan. Too Much
q Money for Premises Along the Wa
ter tire from Rsyersto Reservoir.
Council Will bayS two. special meet

ings tonight. A sbecial meeting had
been called for to.ntghtto take up the,
matter ofscondf dfmal right Of way
for the water, line, from the proposed
new water Plumbing station to the res:
ervoir.1 Il - 4 5i y Z
The deed for5lthe pumping station
site has been delivered and the site
has been paid for but when the city
came to gel. the right Of way torSthe.
line the people owning property be-
tween the site. apd the reservoir
wanted extortionate prices for their.
property. The citytdoes not feel like
being robbed SO tacllon win be taken,
in the matter preliminary to the IN.
stitutlon Of condemnation proceed:
ings. ~. 4:
+ Tho property owners In qGestionsins
some way conceived the idea that the
city. could not condemn forithe right
Of way for the watertl line and for this
reason, 1t: :istsaid that they asked such
enormous prices for their premises. 4
Upon the conclusion of this meet.
ing of council it will holdtimmediatety
after adjournment another special
meeting to allow bills for the payment
Of the city officials and employees. The
payroll has had nothing to ease It
since the 10th Of December The bills
will be allowed SO that:the payroll will
be paid up until the first Of February.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
WOULD D#NoT ENTER
iis3l u SENATE CHAMBER.

81 Especial &to West Virslnian.)
HARLEsToN, ~. Va, Jan. 3D.
sFIFiTEENS \ REPUBLICANS LANDED
i, ER e EARLY THIS MORNING BUT
! DID IN IT ENTER THE SENATE
H FcHAMBER-lMMuNlTY FROM AR.
REST AND III At MEREDITH, RE.
Pu BLlcAN AND SILVER DEMO.
Graf III EPREsENT. BOTH SIDES
MAS THE ONLY ;AG REEMENT
MADE. H 353,.S
S The Democrats voted on Senator
ship sih each branch atsnoon but the
Republicans were not present They;
will vote / for senators believing that
the legislature being illegally organ.
u ized and that Davis Elkins Will hold
until his successor is legally elected.
4 There Is no chance Of compromise
4 today.
Delegate Coburn's resolution to in
crease term OF members OF the House
Ito four years instead Of two was re-
sjected by the house this morning. q
Delegate Ice OF Marion county was
5sagain conspicuous on the floor. He
has offered q number OF bills.
A SAScharge Of bribery was made on
the floor OF the House Of Delegates by
IN. G. Hubbard: OF Wheeling and Dele
gate Robinson of Clarksburg. $H
Despite Clarence W. Watson the
democratic caucus nominee for sholt
term In the United States Senate
Congressman John W. Davis was
nominated. The vote stood: Clarence
Watson. 81; John W. Davis, 10;
!. Andrew Edmiston, 1. Vote for long
term showed as follows. W. E. Chill.
4 ton. G7; j. H, Holt, I; c.. W. Camp
hell, 4. Republicans declined to vote;
The Senate vote for long term, w.
2. Chiffon, s.; S. m. Wood. A; Stewart
SyY.Walkcr. Q; John A. Preston, 4;
gB: M. Amber, |; w A. Mace Corkle. 1;
Charles II. Taney, !; Andrew Edmis-l
ton y !. &
ss5 For sshort term, Clarence w. Wat.
son, @; S. NJ. Woods, 81; John A. Pres.
ton, a. Thomas T.. Hodges, 4; W. r.
Thompson, 1; Wetzel, /. I'll
II Senator Caldwell voted making six.
teen. s{l
No speeches. We're made Chiffon and
s;Watson's names were simply men.
TONED as nominees. n h u!
\ I. CHARLBsToN flN. Va. Jan. "a
5sAif OF the differences between the
Republican and Democratic, State Sen.
Sators have been settled and. today the
Republicans arrived from Cincinnati
iSand are ready for a conference. The
Republicans vii be immune from ar.
rest and all the differences will be
referred to Senators Meredith and
i Silver, who have been agreed upon
stns arbltrators, with full power. BY
"A this action, the Democrats must re-
Sssclnd their action Of unseating Sena-
tor Hearne. Of Wheeling, and putting
Caldwell IN his seat. Si
Fearing to pursue further their rev.
5olutionary methods in attempting to
Soust Republican members Of the State
Senate iis'eN thus driving the Republican
members Of that body to another state
ITO protect their: interests. the Demo.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
4 CHARLES BARR
h DIED SUDDENLY TODAY,
tBy United Press.)

By United Press.) I
! 9i,SoUTHAAnPTo N, Jan. 24.-Captain.
{, Charles II Barr the famous skipper, died
suddenly today Of heart disease. He.
sailed the r eiiance and coiumbia,,.i
when they successfully defended tile
American Sup "
snbscri Eior The West yirglnian. "a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
!. VITAE STATISTICS.
RECORDS AREsvERY, INC oMPEETEj
BECAUSE NO CARE Is. ExERcIs.
ED SlNi%5THE MAKING Is OUT; OF.
CERTIFICATES.

y The county officials are having "a
great deal Of trouble in getting vital
statistics. The birth certificates and
death certificates come in IN such
poor shape that often they are sent
back to the; maker. IN some cases
they have been sent back asShighs as
three times and the certificates would
not correspond In any Of the partic.
ularp
Birth certificates come ins without
names, without dates, without the
names Of the parents, There are
very few that come, TO the county clerk
insregular form. M !sstij; 5S5.; /
The undertaker's statistics are
about the same. They have to get
their information mainly from the
q doctors. and they claim that that is
the reason that they return such
nieag certificates. ;sss Il
h iiss Mary Murphy vent .st sto sIsittle:
I Ton VI yesterday to attend the fnneral|
service .|s ~, N NJ ghsn, n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
DEAD DOG STILL LYING
IN euFFEY STREET?

The carcass ofthe dead dog, which
belonged to Fred Harr, and was killed
last evening, because 1t was either
poisoned Or had gone mad, was re-
ported to be lying on Guffey street,
First ward, wherehe was slain and
that there were a number OF dogs
selling about the dead canine this
forenoon. The sight Of a dead dog
on the public streets Is not the most
beautiful 3, ti sight TO behold said a
First n lAYardeF this afternoon \
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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,SQal@.l sZJ)g3te

Fair and t1Iers tornfgh ~ w edness
day fair. y I ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24

s9Iktoberts the young son OF q; e.
WATSON " Is reeoyering from a severe
attack ofs Group 3jiss E5ss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
MRS SCHENlla|BREAl[S
DOWN AND llIEEPS
BITTERLY jim COURT
WI Win Tears Str,eaming Dosvn Her
Cheeks She Looks Appeqlin az
ae'3 theS nv q, and Her Junior lftorney
as Re Pleads thar She Be ,,of
Railroaded 70 tte Penite
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!. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I! D! d.

W b, II "
TIE J; rl7,t:, q q: lAL Dis:
PATc T = e; cHEs tl!I:s FROM THE Ii UNITED
PRESS, WEREER 1: REc WE'D Jay THEy
WEST v,lRelNlAl " e no EARLY
THIS AFTERNo ON
Wt,HEELlNo g, Jan. q rs: fschcnIs,
broke down and sob bbcd bitterly I'M
court TO-DAY, when Frank ;sA ,Brlsfi,l
junior council fort tire defsnsc, plead;
ed with the Jury tori iassuitssl. Mrs.
sehehk crossed her arms on sths tablS
where she sat alone and buried ,erl
face. In a handkerchief Az olBrIeu
proceeded she gradually y became calm.
;ers and raised her head looked at HIN
and the Jury through tears. 1
III o'Rrlen isavaseiy attacked ths part
played BY the States tsetlyeoi Indie
case, saying: This great state ofsvYeut
Virginia y. must bring down that abofai.
nable little Spy, Mrs. slein. who
worked. herself Into The love and con.
,fldenss 81 VI this poor woman. yhys
'seeadse they only ted 10 put thcit
claws ds seperii Into thfs vito 10 not t,srI
out q, the millionaire sahsnk sa,uily.
They have no eyldenecs that she
poisoned him and " ls Sthe dsyii,doIppE
carried out BY that kleln woman;
who smiled on the stand & my God,
how can you send this woman 10
prison on such a8reptlle,s testlmonyi,,;
He then defended Mrs, sshenk,a
threat to remove her husband from
the hospital, incident that prectpl.
tated her arrest oulda't anys wife
have done ithe$samc7 ~ he asked, s'and;
she did that because she loved hims,
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Maury "; concluded hIs address thias
mo morning, With q strong plea for con-
vletion ,lsti lon on 'unIrnp eireums
stantiaI evidence. z. n
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-08
Maryland Teachers Meet.

"A teachers institute for Montgomery,
Charles, Prince Georges and St.
Marys counties was opened Monday at
the Business High School in Washing
ton and will last over today. About
500 teachers are in attendance. The
institute was opened by Prof. Frederick
H. Sasscer, superintendent OF the
schools of this county. Rev. j. Harry
Smith, of Gaithersburg, pronounced
the invocation.
DR.. William M. Davidson, the recent
ly elected superintendent of the Wash
ington schools made an address OF
welcome to which Mr.. Earle B. Wood,
Superintendent of Montgomery county,
responded.
Professor Wood said that he hoped
the day was not far distant when the
Maryland legislature will make pro-
vision for paying the teachers OF the
state better salaries.
In charge of the institute is DR.. M
Bates Stephens, state superintendent
of schools, who is assisted by B. K.
Purdam, assistant state superintend-
ent, and Profs Earle B. Wood, Freder-
lex sasscer, George w. Joy and M.
R.. Stone, the latter two being the
superintendent respectively lof St.
Mary's and Charles counties.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-08
Corner Stone Laying at Baden

The cornerstone of the new high
school under construction at Baden,
Nottingham district, will be officially
LAID by Gov. Cro;hers Sept. "a. The
school is intended to accommodate
pupils graduating from the primary
grades of Brandvwine, Aquasco and
Nottingham districts. The lot upon
which the building is to be erected is
a gift from R. Z. Baden, who is sec
rotary of the building committee. and
is so located as to be convenient to
pupils of the three districts. John M.
Nelson, of Baltimore, is the contrac-
tor. The structure is 10 be Of con-
crete. IS by 70 feet, two stories high,
and modern ideas of school construc-
ton as to light. ventilation and santa
ton will be followed. twill be ready
for occupancy next spring. Howe
Rawlings, of Westwood, this county,
is the architect.
Dinner and Refreshments will be
served. A Game of Baseball in the
afternoon between the Bryantown team
and picked team. A cordial welcome
extended to all.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1911-09-08
Orphans Court.

There was regular meeting of the
Orphans Court on Tuesday, Judges
Sheriff, and jenkins were in at
tendance. The following orders were
passed:
Ordered, that the last will and tesla
ment of Katherine Dudley Richards be
admitted to probate. Penalty of bond
$500. D. Lee Mullkin and w. Booth
Bowie appointed appraise rs. and that
upon the remuneration of Mary Dudley
Kirkpatrick. that James kirkpatrick,
be appointed administrat or C. t. a.
Ordered. that w. A. Callahan be
appointed administrator of William
NJ. Callahan. deceased. Penalty OF
bond $1,000. John A. Dix on and John
D. .Jenklns, appointed appraisers.
Ordered. that Carrie W. Nichols and
Charles w. Nichols. be appointed ad-
ministrator of the estate of James w.
Nichols, deceased.