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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
The Fight In Ohio.

II the Taft Roosevelt fight was stir
In Massachusetts and Maryland. how
ever, 1t was only mild prelude to that
waged in Ohio. The peculiar feature
Of the Buckeye struggle was that 1t
was IN the Presidents home. ordi-
narily the courtesies Of presidential
campaigning requires that one candi-
date keep out of the state OF his OPP
ponent. but in this battle courtesy as
we'll as precedentsi has gone to the
scrap heap sAsalfeady explained. there
q. meta pure preferential primary 10
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31

Elkins, w. Va May 25.-Mrs. Belle
Phares. wife of the lodge keeper Oh
-Graceland Farms" the home of form
r. Senator Henry G. Davis, was burn
ed to death ard her husband seriously
Injured when their home was destroy
I'd by fire early today. 4e.,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller by using Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder for swol-
len, tender, aching feet. 1t makes
walking delight, relieves corns and
bunions of all pain, and gives rest and
comfort. Sold everywhere. Use. Don't
accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
ADDRESS, Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n
Y.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
REST AND ufAlrH 70 moTSfs Axu cHIlD.

MAS WINsLows SooTHINo SYRuP has Det1
used for over sixty WARS by MILLIONS g
TEETHINc, with PisRFRcT sUccEss Il
kooTHES the CHILD. SoFTHNs the GuMA
AL..AYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLO, as
Is the best remedy Tor DIARRHu;As II Y an-
solutefy harmIesa BE sure and ask for -nfA
winsiows Soothing SYRUP and take 70 osne1
kiud Tventy-6vs csnts bo<sie
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
BUILDING Notes

Work has commenced for the cree
ton Of a new brick house for Mr. A
NJ. staubly adjoining his nesidence on
eWst Martin street.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31

: - ~" -"
or five days at n time
every month, and so
weak ! could hardly
walk. ! cramped and
had backache and
headache, and ives
so nervous and weak
that | dreaded TO see
anyone or have any
onemovein thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease uae
said that | ought to
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
COUNTY DEMOCRATS
NAME DELEGATES
in Three Districts Candidates win
Select Delegates to Various Party
Conventions.

Conventions.
The Democrats of Berkeley county. !
outside OF Martinsburg. held their pri. !
mary meetings Saturday afternoon at !
2 o'clock In the six magisterial dis- /.
state. district. congressional. senator !
ial and judicial conventions to be held
at the places and dates heretofore !.
designated.
The meeting ut Gerrnrdstown was
held at the school house, resoIu-
ton was passed instructlng tho cand- .
dates 20 name their own delegates to
the various conventions. the same as
was done at the Martinsburg primary
meetings last Friday night. and which
resolutions we're published In these
lcahfmna Saturday.
The Arden meeting was held In
BalrIthart's school house. and the meet
Ing at Falling Waters In the Demoera- .
tic Hall At both meetings similar !
resolutions to those OF Martinsburg
were adopted !
List Of Delegates.
The following is the list OF dele
gates elected at the other primary J
meetings In Berkeley county:
Opequon DISTRICT Meeting held at .
Swan Pond Delegates to the state
convention In Huntington: w. m.
Small and George Miller To Parkerb- !
burg TO elect delegates o the National
convention at Baltimore and to select
candidates for the Supreme Court Of /.
Appeals: John Hollida and John. ).
Files. TO district delegate convention
II Martinsburg to elect two deiegafds
to the National convention; Herman
HIlker and George Staples. To tbe
congressional convention ut Grafton.
.G w M. Tabler and Benz. CouchInan
To senatorial convention at Martins.
burg @. Morrison and O. b. WI- |
iams. To the judicial convention at
Martinsburg Tuesday. May 2s: John .
Hollida and Herman Hiiker
Mill Creek. Meeting held at Bunk :
er Hill. To huntington o. 3. Le- ,
feyre and w. II. Wright. To Parkers-
burg M. l.. Payne and +. d. Butts.
TO Martinsburg; A. D. De Haven and
Thornton Braithwaite. To Grafton: +.
g. II. Bowen and FELTON, Wilson. To
Martinsburg senatorial conventions /
]. N. Carper and Annanias Miller. Tp
Martinsburg Judicial conventiQn9
John T. Janney and J. VI. Lamp.
Hedgesville.M Meeting held in Ma
sonic Hall. To Huntington RichAtd
Hammersla, A. II. Walker and G.. Il.
Graybill- To Parkersburg G. n
Butts, w. II. Kilmer and d. o. Bartles
TO Martinsburg District congressipr3 !
al conyention) X. B. Kilmer w. III
Kilmer and Eli Lewis. TO Grafton,
w H. Kilmer. G. r. Butts and George !,
Kreglow. To Martinsburg tsenatoriali
ELLIS Ellis. d. M. DeHavcn and Allap
Walker To Martinsburg tjudiciaIJ r.
b. Kilmer. G. r. Robbins and George
Kregiow.
Endorsed Champ Clark. Il
At the primary meeting at Hedges
vile Champ Clark was endorsed for.
President. At Falling Waters the
delegates were instructed not to vote
for Bryan for President.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31

A new floor is being laid In Melintz
e Williams barber shop. Everette
House building.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31

The deeper the probe into the II
TAME disaster the more heartrending
the story of the needless loss OF life.
Chicago Examiner
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
Presidential Primaries Deter
mine Voters Desires as
to Candidates.

BY JAr1rs a. nperRroN.

- HERE are many unusual fea-
lures In the present presiden-
tial campaign. OF course the
nomination fight between the
president and only living ex-president
bulks largest on public attention, but
for its effect on future contests and on
history another element may even
oyershadow this Ia Importance. II Is
the employment for the first time of
the preferential primary. Only about
one dozen states In all have adopted
this new method of determining the
voters desires as 70 presidential can
didates. but these have made enough
noise in the public press 10 give the
impression that the whole country Is
at it. The presidential primaries start
ed with North Dakota on March 10
and end with South Dakota on June 4
The Dakotas are playing both ends Of
the string
And what string II is--Wisconsin
on April ., Illinois on Apr.l ., Penn.
sylvania ON April 10, Nebraska and
Oregon ON April 10. Massachusetts on
April 80, Maryland on May 6, Califor-
MIA on May II, Ohio on May 81 aud
New Jersey on May PSI Pennsylvania
and Ohio have not preferential prima-
ries in the ordinary sense Of the term.
They choose district delegates to the
national convention by primary, but
leave the election of delegates at large
to state convention, as under the old
system These states have only about
$50 delegates all told, or one third OF
the convention. Yet their voice may
decide the nomination. so great an in
fiuence has the result Of the direct prl-
maries had on public opinion.
Advocates of the new method claim
that 1t means the end Of the conyen-
ton system; that never again will
state conventions have any other func-
ton than to promulgate platform.
the nominations all having been pre-
viously attended to by the voters di-
rect Some of the more ardent friends
of the primary system even 60 TO the
length of saying that never again win
O candidate FOR president be nominat-
ed by a national convention. The peo-
Pile will attend TO all these little de-
tails This is political prophecy, you
understand, and political prophecies
have been known 10 80 wrong, Yet
there is no denying the fact that the
primary movement is sweeping the en-
tire country.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
Unusual Features,


In each of the states where pref
erential primary has been held thcre
has been some unusual or dramatic I'll,
cident attending II that made OF the
election good story. In North Dako7
ia 1t was the unexpected landslide In
favor of La Toilette, his leading OPP
ponent being Colonel Roosevelt. who
had once rode bpcking bronchos and
held down ranch in North Dakota.
For this reason 1t was expected that
the Colonel would walk off with the
delegation Then to have La Toilette,
whom the newspapers had withdrawn
from the race. step in and grab North
Dakota from her former son was
somewhat disconcertlng.
The primary In Wisconsin was Of in
terest because of the fact that 1t Is La
Folette's home state and for the far
Their reason that it has so long favored
this method Of nominating candidates.
OF course It was a foregone conclu'
sion that In Toilette would carry the
state, and he came up to specifications
1t was the Illinois primary, however,
that made the country turn political
somersaults in its excitement. Illinois
was not merely landslide. 1t was a
combination eloudburst. cyclone. ava
lanche and earthquake. This was the
first primary state that Colonel Roose-
welt had carried, It was also the first
state in which the 'houn' dawg'
struck his real gait Uncle Joe Can
non was renominated for congress,
but aside from that nearly all the old
Illinois landmarks were swept away
The Illinois preferential primary law
WIS passed in hurry. Governor De
neen called special session Of the
legislature for the purpose. When a
state win voluntarily undergo the at
Fiction OF an extra session OF the legis
lature it Is a sure sign that something
important is on hand. That primary
law went through on double quick
time and the aforementioned upheavai
NaS Tho result
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31

Z HERE are many unusual fea-
lures In the present presiden-
tial campaign. OF course the
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-31
Endorsed Champ CLARK.

AT the primary meeting at Hedges
vile Champ Clark was endorsed for.
President. At Falling Waters the
delegates were instructed not to vote
for Bryan for President.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Reminiscent of Early
 Tombstone Days

Mir. A. q. Msttesop, Instructor -in- Charge nf the Mechanical Electrical Engineering School of California, in ~ri,ing of Tombstone. has the follow ing interesting narrative:
 "The writer will never forget his fret visit to your city. After arriv- ing via the old stage and registering at the Arlington hotel, it be'ng filled. I sss assigned to their amer which consisted of an adjoining structure with thin walls. At any rate, after l had been asleep some lime. l was swAsened by some very rough talk ID the hsilwsy, to the effect tns, the persone addressed would be filled so full c! holes that they wouldn't hold water unless they lin up and walked along, after which walk my sleep va; not of c soupd nature. The next day 1 learned that the officers had returned with Matt Burts, and their intentiof
 was to keep him in e hotel in orde that the other prisoners in his ganl of train robbers--then in iail-migh
 not compare notes, etc The ne1
 morning the iailor was shot and tn entire gang broke jail. l rememhe
 some of the nsmes se Bravo Jusr Bill Stiles. etc."
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
E. P. & s. w.
 Still Expanding

A Los Angeles dispatch ssys:
 Activity in connection with the San Diego & Arizrns railroad leads Los Angeles rsiIr sd men to believe that 1t has been acquired by tine Rock Island system ana the Phelps Dodge interests to be connected with the Fl i'sso & Southwestern, now practically completed to Tucson, ariz1us.
 A Southern Pacific man, in & posi- ton to know. says that deal hss been arranged between the Spreckles inter- ests and the El Ps-o & Southwestern owners by which the San Diego road is to be trken over co that through Rock Island trains may ultimately be run between San Diego and Chicago.
 It is asserted that the uecess ,ry conuection ard completion oi the Sap Diego < Arizona will be made by 1914.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
FRIDAY

The first indeterminste sentence ip Cochiee county under the new law was pronounced today by Judge Sut~ ter on John Bodie. who plead guilty to assault with intent to con nit mur. der upon 6 miner at Lowell. Bodie wss sentenced from one year tp ten yesrs and the length oi time of service in the penitsntiary depends on his own behavior and actions to be passed upon after one year by the psrdonipg hoard.
 | The plaintiffs side oi the famous CuDpingh vs Costello case is ex- pected to be closed this afternoon. A large nun Der of witpesses have been on the stand and considerable pro- gress made today, which is the fiftt
 day of the trial. It is believed nov
 the case may be closed by tomorrov
 and argumept had by tomorrow night
 Much interest is manifested ID tb,
 case and many spectators appea
 daily to hear the trial.
 The case is one of the moet notabl heard for many yesre, eleven sttor [ neys being listed on both sides an the amount involved reaching oye $500 900.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
How the RattIer
 Came to Strike

Further news of the death of Alfred Keppey, the l7-year Told son of J. E Kenney. who died from the effects Of s rstrlesnske bi e, were received in Tom Sstone today.
 The boy was on his way hone rom school on horseback ard ssw . rattle. snake in the road, about three feet long and nearly three inches in diam. ster. he got of the horse with the intention ci killing it and, and pick ing np a stick, he hit it Across the back and broke the stick. The snake crswled into 6 hole, and as the boy stopped to pick up another stick the rsttler came out of another hole from the way it went in and bi. the boy on the finger.
 Everything was done ct home that could be done. and he was taken to Douglas for medical treatment, arriv. ing at s o'clock in the evening. He
 VAS ID 6 very bad condition when he arrived and, although everything pos- sibls wss done to save his life, he died at l o'clock the morning following.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Rebels Gathering in Ajo Mountains

That the Mexican rebels are ga her. ing in force in the Al mountains on the west and Canjon Bonita on the east while the fedeIsls are remaining in Agua Prieta without making any punitive move cave to send a small force directly south. is the gist oi re- ports reaching Douglss yesterday [ be C.njon Bonita force is ssid to number about 250 men and to be slowly recruiting as new bands Of s few members each arrive from Chi huahus. The Aio mountain band, which is also gathering strength daily is variously estimated to contain rom 200 to TOO men.
 Msoy rebels are leaving the state oi Sonors. hortyer. 4 number of band: have been seen making their way east ward, going tosard Chihuahus, there to join Rojss. who is said to be operst Ipg in the vicinity of Pearson.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Collection Agency
 for Arizona Prisoners

Warden K B. Slime Of the Florence peni,eutisry is now establishing in coDiYncti D with the prison saving- bank a collection agency for the bene- tt ol the prisoners to whom money is due from people outside. Heretofore it has been the custom of many peo- pie who owed money to the canvic;s ths: once the prisoner gas inside the wsii- of the prlspn, whatever debts they osed the prisoner were cancelled This is another one Of the reforms insugurased by Warden Sims
 Governor Hunt and Warden Sim, have slso decided Cpon plan iol looking after the fsmilie. of the pris oners.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Woman Suffrage
 Meeting Tuesday Night

Pr psrstions have been perfected by the Tombstone lsdies-tLe men fClk agreeing flor the reception on nex, Monday evening ci Mrs. Lsurs Gregg. Cspnon. the champion advocate of the ~omens appeal for equal rights
 " hile the isdits a'e foremost in re- ceiving their versatile sister it IS not with the females that Ms Cannon comes 70 discuss the question uf sucb vital importance to mothers and Sis ter.; she comes to appeal to the s;eE- ner ones, those who hold the result 0i this great movement within their action on Novembt 5 next. She i'll appeal to the voter to be placed upon an equal plane with those vino dictate the laws under which she must abide Mir Cannon is an able woman, su eLtertainipg and vipcipg orator and the PRosPEcToR bespesks for the lady a respectful hearing at the open air gathering at the Cry Park next Monday evening st 2 c'cicck. Let every body turn out g8c ,-aIn why the ladies desire to vote.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Democratic Commit.
 tee Appointments

The Democratic county committee appoint ents are ss .ollows:
 Chairman, H c Hsnkins of Doug. las; vice chairman, NJ J Sullivan oi Lowell; secretary. Nj F Bsiue Of Doug- las; treasurer. James F Mcdonald c, Bisbee. Executive commiitee-J J Bali, Bishee: James H Eas', Douglas L R Bailey, Lowell; c NJ Robe rts Wilcox; Harry Rsfferty. Tom bstons; W J Bennett, Benson; E Newberry, Courtlsnd. Members of State Centre. Committee-Bisbse: Harry yepniug- Sam Bri-coe and P J Vaughn. Low eli, William Fsrrel. Douglas, Nj Baine and J NJ McElliqott. Pir,le- vile, NJ A Gsilardo. B.nson, W J Bennett. At large, c NJ Roberts.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Will eaIighten
 Arizona Voters

Before the lapse of thirty days more, every voter Tn tue state of Arz)na wil receive through fhe maiis a copy of 2s'psge pamphlet from the office Of the secretary of stste, setting be- fore him every act Uf the recert legs- lature upon which A referendum pe- titiGn has beeu filed. There are in all eight of these petition and the pam phlet would have doubtless been printed and distributed long ago had it not been ths. the law governing the re'erendum within the state al lows ninety days from he close of the legislature within which these ducu- mepts can be filed with the secretary of state to he placed upon the official ballot
 Tue propositions which have been put up to the people by tho method o referendum petitions, eight in nun. Der, are as tollows:
 The miners liow law. the 3-cent fare law. the bill regarding the qualifics. tions of the railroad engineers ana conductors. the semi monthly pa, day bill, the eiectr hesdligh, for To como.ive law. the train crew law, tn , law limiting the nun ber of cars ths. may be connected Ito A train eithP passenger or freight, and the gam
 and fish law.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Scarcity of Labor on
 Tucson Extensior

A scarcity of lsbcr arI the inabili Y of the E. P. & s. W. to secure enough men to perform the required work, is resulting in vexatious delay ID tracklsying on che Tucson extension oi the railroad. This was the state ment of General Manager Simmons ho Iaesed through Tuesday evening en route to his headquarters at Fl Paso, from Tucson.
 Out oi five hundred supposed latc.- CTS who have been brought to Fair bank from the district surrounding Fort Worth, during the last four months. a large part have proven to be "fourists." Not more than eighty of the total brought in are now st work
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
Cochise Youth Dies
 From RattIesnake Bite

The cad news was received in Tomb stone today Of the tragic death Q! James Kinney of Bi:bee, aged l7 yesrs who ~ss bitten on the leg by s rsttIesnsks at the Kinney ranch last nigh, about 20 miles from B,sbee. The young man lived but three or four hours after the fatal bite of the rep tile, which is believed 10 have struck its iangs into sn artery of the leg. the deadly poison taking immediate effect before medical s;d conh be reached.
 The news was received by Jack Me- Gregor. uncle of the deceased. who left for Bisbee at once. Very mesgre de- tail of the affair wac had beyond the fact that the young man was bitten by . spske last evening near che house sDd early this morning was . corpse
 Young Kinney wac we'll known in Bishee, was an industrious young man and held in high regard. His tragic death ,s deeply deplored.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29
From Fridays Daily

Clerk Msclay of the hoard of super- 1 visors is returning the money of the game license spp'ican's io Cochse county. the cent r iereudum peti- tion filed making the new law inop- erstive until passed upon by the vo- ttrs ID November. and pending which the old Ia only is in effect.
 The tbirty-fIst annual conference of the Ariz0ns Methodist mission con = yened st Bishee yesterday in the Methodist church, with Bi-hop w. o shepard of San Francisco presid ng.
 City Attorney J. F. Rose of Doug las wac a bne county sest visitor to- day ou court business.
 George U. YoI"g, formerly terri torial secretary unGer Governor Sloan and leader iu the progressive movo- ment in Arizona, ~ill be ID Douglas tonight aud deliver the first speech iu Cochise county in the interest o the colonel. He is 6 convincirs speaker and able orator. A.C. Karger returned last even- ing from Bisbee. where he attended the Democratic County Centrs Committee meeting. MT Ksrge } is the retiring secretary, aud was giveI 6 vote of thanks for services rendered Paul Sm ,h returned today fr0r Bisbee. He was & Tcm bstone com
 mitteemsn at the Democratic Centr,
 Committee meeting.
 Twenty more trial jurors will re
 port for duty Monday. on whic'. dat
 number of criminsl cases are set fC } trial.
 e B. Myer, he merchant prince D Benscn IS 6 Tomhstone visitor todA, :. By the w"y, what do you think F. this brand of matchless Tombs or Is weather?
 e Mts James Reilly arrived ,h
 morning from Long Beach, Cal, on 'e eeversl days yis,t.
Tombstone epitaph., 1912-09-29

M. A Ferkin., King Brothers and others in ths Big Chino country. De- livery begins about October Is, and shipment wiii be made from Del Rio to the sboye state.
 Brannen & Slu'r, contractors and builders of Prescott have received no- tifcstion from the war department a, Washington that they had been award ed the contract for grading the mili. tsry target range s' ihe Point fl Rocks, the work to begin on October and Go be ready for service in ioul months time. The contract will run close to the sum of s7 900. 1t is stated and will require the labor of sbou, twenty men and ten teams.
 Dr. w. E. Day of Prescott. hoooret
 st the recent eocsmpment of the G A
 2. ct Los Angeles. by being elected C
 the high office of surgeon general withou, opposition, has been compel l led to tender his resignation on sc - lcount of subsequent sctinn taken b | the governing board of that orgsniz' s tioD. which specified that all nations . officers mus, reside at the hesdqus q ters of the national commander.
 Major Charles Hipe of the RsndolI e lines. is an author and writer ss we as 6 railroad man. He has write D lt0o volumes dealing with rail,oi h work and Saturday presented @ 10, II of each Of the works to the Uuiversi of of Arizona library.