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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-05
THE MOXIE COMPANY.
MOUNDSVILLE MAN ROBBED
OF MANY YEARS SAYING

failing a less amounting to the above
sum. Attorney J. y. Handlan repre-
sents the telephone
Several suits In chancery were also
instituted and an appeal case rom
Squire Corfigan's court in which the
G. 4. Haourecht had secured judy
ment against the Il. & O. railroad
FOR debt.
In the special term held by Judge
Nesbitt tn report Of Commissioner
krupp on the sale Of the property Of
John and stephen Waterhouse was
confirmed. The report Of the COM
m~tssioners in the Counihan Bros.
case was approved and the receiver
was ordered to dispose Of the busi-
ness and turn IL into cash.
Alta meeting OF t& bar association
held Saturday Attorneys Robert
Judge. II. Baroh. r. r. Horstman. g..
J.. Smith n II. Habermehl were adj
United TO membership.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-05
MOXE DEALERS EVERYWHERE.

You are hereby notified that the 1912 Moxie Fall DISPLAY
is now on. Call, telephone, write or wire your Moxie Jobbinq
Agent today BE sure and sign an Order c for the first repre-
sentative of a Moxie Jobbing Agent who calls on you.
We thank you for your generous patronage. If you promi-
nently display Moxie and Moxie signs, and serve it cold, keeping
the bottle tightly corked after serving each glass, it will pay you
by reasons of your increased sales of ii, and the other wares which
your patrons will purchase, which the advertising of Moxie will
draw to your store.
THE MOXIE COMPANY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-05
WHILE HE SLEPT FELLOW
BoARDER GETS AWAY
WITH $3.50.
William Gray Had Saved Amount to
Join His Family in seotland-Two
Men Under Arrest.

"CU ONOcF ATTEST.
After toiling for the past few years
in an effort TO save enough money to
return TO his native country. Scot
land. William Gray. OF Moundsville.
was robbed OF 1865 some time during
Saturday night. at his boarding house
at the Buzzard home. Twelfth street.
M%oundsville.
Chief OF Police W. Z. Games was
notified OF the robbery early Sunday
morning and he at once wenf TO the
boarding house and arrested Robert
Lewis and Jack McQuilland. fellow
roomers. who are thought to be the
men who committed the act. The
chief stated last evening that other
arrests will follow to-day. though IL is
now believed that they have he right
parties. Lewis and McQuil.and are
being held in the Marshall county Jail
at Moundsville and will probably be
given a hearing before Justice of the
Peace C.. g. Wright some time to-day.
Gray had lived in Moundsville. COM
ing there from Wellsburg where he
had been located. for the pasf several
months. He stated that he formerly
worked in the coal fields near Fair
--H" 1HHA HHE 80 AAE AAt AAlhAltA ~
return to his native home where his
wife and children awaited him. and
that he was undecided about staying
in Moundsviiie. For this reason he
had not deposited the money in one
OF the local banks. The Moundsville
police force are hard at work on the
case together with the prosecuting
attorney. and Il is thought that the
mystery will be solved before the
day is y
The accused men assert that a third
man is the guilty party. ard persist
emily
Declare Their Innocence.
According 10 their Of the
anair. they know nothing whatever
~ n. other than that during the night
lie third man entered the room ~
which Gray and they were sleeping.
departing q few minutes later. They
say that the bOardinghouse was fuii
10 ovo-nowirg Saturday night. and
that they. Gray and the third man.
Who's name is being Withheld. were
assirued TO % room The ;hird mar
failed to appear no bedtime. and the
C-hcr three vent 10 bed and fell
asleep How long aftrrward the mise
irr man made bis appearance in the
r,vom they lo NOT. know They paid
no Tarti-uIar attention 20 lis pres
erc" as De- hed been "a boardc go
D. house for some time
n sns NOT until about 90 O'Clock sun.
das morui1e that fle police were no..
Ited as GRAY bad slept .afa and do
.H discover hs loss uHtI about *
Dors iie had lerf 'hs money in
Die f-uu-er- pocket and had fhroun
l. trousers arro4s the foot of fhe
l.i when he retired making r com
l'r..r easy fo extract fha uur0s
a n0I' t.-fHri rr fh- sleeper
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fhs f..rl mnr fn fhe .a-e iai SOM.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-08-05
RIVER NEWS
Heavy Shipments and Low Water Re.
sponsible for Delay Of Many
Packets-River Notes.

After the river had fallen until a
stage OF a little over three feet was
reached here. the wickets az the Nc
Mechen dam. about seven miles be-
low this city. were raised yesterday
morning. and this will establish a
pool which is expected TO prolong
navigation for several DAYS. The
pools al all the dams above this CITY
are full. although while the local pool
is filling. the boats are having dini.
Guilty in reaching this city. The stage
at The dam was seven feet. while be-
low II was three feet four inches.
Packets Delayed.
Heavy shipments and low water
were responsible for delaying all boats
In the local trade yesterday. The
Lorena has a full cabin list and a
large cargo while the Greenwood car.
ried one OF the largest z OF pro-
duce Of the season. The Kanawha
was several hours late. passing up
az an early hour this morning. The
Liberty had a well p%atronized excur-
sion 90 New Martinsviile Yesterday.
The Indian resumes her Mafamoras-
Wheeling trade to-day after being tied
up since the high water.
Sundays Boats.
Liberty. excursion. 7:3O a. m.
LOrsna. GAINESVILLE 5p m
Greenwood. Pittsburgh. 3 20 p. m.
Mondays Boats.
kanawha. ~piftsuurch. > q. m.
Indian. Matamoras. ~ "a. m
Liberty C%larington 3 30 D. M.
Greenwood. Parkcrshurg. 90 y m.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-22
THE
SEPTEMBER WOMAN'S
HOME COMPANION,

The September Woman's Home
Companion is the fall fashion num-
Der. Under the direction of Grace
Margaret Gould, who edits the
Fashion Department, women are
shown how they may dress fashiona-
bly, and yet economically. There is
a great variety of fashion articles
and illustrations including all the
latest news from Paris and New
York, which, as everybody knows,
are the centers of dress ideas. Miss
GOuld's great contention is that wo-
men can keep in style and yet not
spend extravagant sums of money.
She proves her point ably and pre-
sents it entertaingly
Special articles contributed to the
September Companion are: "The
Town That Had No Sums; ''Three
American Duchesses," being an init
mate account of the Duchess of
Manchester, the Duchess of Rox-
burghe, and the Duchess of MARI
borough; What Men Have Meant
In My Life" being an extremely per-
sonal article by great professional
writer; How [ sing The Rosary
an article of advice to singers by
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, a great
operate and concert star, and
"Playing Fair" a practical talk to
business girls, full of stories Of actual
cases and other real material.
Fiction is contributed by Mary
Stewart Cutting, Juliet WiIbor
Tomkins, Frederick M. Smith, Ma
ry Hastings Bradley, Sophia Chand-
Ter and Beulah Marie Dix.
There are numerous illustrations
in colors, and the regular depart
ments are full of good reading and
practical ideas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-22
PAGE FIVE

William Lorimer, Illinois, did not
vote.
Now For "Lorimerism.
The Lorimer case is ended. VIII
liam Lorimer passes from public
life. But Lorimerism is not vet
crushed, eithe- in the United States
Senate or in the nation. That is
now the important matter. We can
have no assurance that the special
interests somewhere, some time, may
not send another Lorimer to the
United States Senate to represent
them unless the system under which
Lorimer operates, is pulled up, root
and branch. We must hasten the
day when United States Senators
shall be elected directly by the peo-
pie in every State of the union We
must limit the influence and activi-
ties of the special interests by strin-
gent corrupt practices acts, by re-
call and by direct legislation, to hold
representatives in line with public
needs and public demands and to
override them if they become heed
less of either.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-22
THE JEFFERSONIAN

ka; Theodore E. Burton Ohio;
Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Albert
B. Cummins, Iowa, Charles Curtis,
Kansas; Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois;
Coe I. Crawford, S. Dakota; Joseph
M. Dixon, Montana; Albert B. Fall,
New Mexico; AISLE J. Gronna, North
Dakota; w. S. Kenyon, Iowa; R. M.
La Toilette, Wisconsin; Henry Ca
bot Lodge, Massachusetts; Knute
Nelson, Minnesota; Carroll S. Page,
Vermont; Miles Poindexter, Wash
ington; Elihu Root, New York;
Newell Sanders, Tennessee; William
A. Smith, Michigan; George Suther-
land, Utah; Charles E. Townsend,
Michigan; John D. Works, Califor-
MIA.
Democrats.
Henry F. Ashurst, Arizona; Au-
gustus o. Bacon, Georgia; N. P.
Bryan, Florida; G. E. Chamberlain,
Oregon; James P. Clarke, Arkan-
sas Obadiah Gardner, Maine;
Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma; G. M.
Hitchcock, Nebraska; C. F. John
son, Maine; John w. Kern, Indiana;
Luke Lea, Tennessee; Thomas S.
Martin, Virginia; James E. MARITIME,
New Jersey; Henry l.. Myers, Mon
tana; Francis G.. Newlands, Nevada;
James A. O'Gorman, New York: Lee
S. Overmon, North Carolina; Atlee
Pomerene, Ohio; Isidor Rayner,
Maryland; James A. Reed, Missouri;
B. F. Shively, Indiana; F. M. Sim
mons, North Carolina; Marcus A.
Smith, Arizona Hoke Smith, Geor-
gia; E. D. Smith, South Carolina;
William J. Stone, Missouri Claude
A. Swanson, Virginia. G. w. Wat
son, West Virginia; John S. Will
liams, Mississippi. Total 55.
For Lorimer-RepubIica
William o. Bradley, Kentucky;
F. B. Brandegee, Connecticut; H. E.
Durham, New Hampshire; Thos. B.
Catron, New Mexico; Clarence D.
Clark, Wyoming; w Murray Crane,
Massachusetts; w. P. Dillingham;,
Vermont; J. H. Gallinger, New
Hampshire; R. J. Gamble, South
Dakota; Simon Guggenheim, Coloro-
do; Wesley L. Jones, Washington;
H. F. Lippitt, Rhode Island: p. J.
McCumber, North Dakota; Geo. T.
Oliver, Pennsylvania; Boies Penrose,
Pennsylvania; Geo. c.. Perkins, Cali
fornia; H. A. Richardson, Delaware;
Reed Smoot, Utah; Isaac Stephen
son, Wisconsin,; G. P. Wetmore,
Rhode Island.
Democrats.
Joseph w. Bailey, Texas; D. U.
Fletcher, Florida; NJ J. Foster,
Louisiana; J. F. Johnston, Alabama;
Thos. H. Paynter, Kentucky; j. w.
Smith, Maryland; John R. Thornton,
Louisiana; B. R. Tillman, South
Carolina. Total %.
Paired-Against Lorimer.
W. E. Chiffon, West Virginia; G.
A. Culberson, Texas; Jeff Davis, Ar
kansas; R. L. Owen, Oklahoma.
Total f.
Paired-Favoring I4orimer.
J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; H. A.
du Pont, Delaware; w. B. Hepburn,
Idaho; F. E. Warren, Wyoming.
to1 A
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-22

IL 81 States Senate, sole judge of
IL y the qualifications and cleo
lions of it's own members,
decided by the close vote of 46 to 40
that William Lorimer of Illiois was
honestly and legally elected.
On July 13 1912, the United
States Senate, sole judge of the
qualifications and elections of it's
own members, decided by the over
Whelming vote of SIS to 28 that Will
liam Lorimer Of Illinois was elected
by corrupt methods and practices.
Why this remarkable change?
Was it because the evidence of
corruption was not specific or con-
Vincing at the time of the first vote.
and was specific and convincing at
the time of the second vote? Was
1t because the arguments of Sena-
tors in the debate upon the charges
and the evidence were any more
logical, any more complete, any
more eloquent during the last few
weeks than they were a year ago?
No. The answer lies elsewhere. 1t
is found in that new force that is
making itself felt in public affairs,
In that old, but just recently awak-
ening, power which is beginning to
transform all our institutions of gov
eminent from instruments of private
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to instruments of
public service. The answer is pub
lie opinion
The evidence that convinced forty
United States Senators a year ago
that William Lorimer was elected
corruptly was not whit less con-
elusive and unanswerable than the
evidence upon which f1fty-fve Uni
ted States Senators (enough to GUST
Lorimer from his ill-gotten seat)
voted that this election was tainted
by corrupt methods and practices"
What Happened.
But something happened between
March 1, 1911, and July 10, 1912.
Something besides the introduction
of additional-and important-ev
dence in the case. Something be-
sides the taking of the testimony
which followed the trail Of corrup-
tion and bribery a little closer to
"the man higher up" What was
it? 1t was simply the opportunity
for American voters to express their
judgment on several occasions at
the polls. Everywhere the people
got chance to express an opinion
upon the action of the Senate Oil
garchy in keeping Lorimer in his
besmirched seat, they repudiated
that action.
Just before the gave1 fell in the
United States Senate on March /,
1911, announcing that the time had
come for the vote on the legality of
Lorimer's election, Senator La Fol
lette made brief speech in which he
said:
''The precedent to be established
will not only react on the future of
the Senate, it will stand as fearful
example to our State legislatures.
Every citizen knows that the Senate
is the judge-the absolute judge
of the elections, returns and quail
ficatiOns of it's members. And the
American people are waiting with
even tenser feeling than this audi
ence the result of the roll call upon
this question. The principal facts
are as clear in the public mind as
they are clear in the minds Of Sena-
tors here, and no distinction of tech
nicalities as to how many tainted
votes are needful to corrupt an cleo
ton will affect their judgment. The
decision about to be recorded will
disappoint public confidence, and
create a revulsion of feeling beyond
our comprehension"
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cast the votes that kept the blonde
boss" of Illinois in his seat Con-
gress-that part of. Congress known
as regular, suffered from The
Blight of Lorimerism.
Public Opinion Reverses Senate.
Let us see. Of those forty-six
Senators who voted for Lorimer;
Burroughs of Michigan is out; Car
ter of Montana was defeated; Depew
of New York and Dick Of Ohio fell
by the wayside; Flint of Califor-
MIA saw the coming storm and crept
into political cyclone cellar, where
he is still in retirement; Hale of
Maine bowed to the inevitable and
quit; Kean of New Jersey, Piles of
Washington and Scott of West Vir-
ginia all terminated their connection
with the United States Senate on
March 4, 1911. The venerable Sen
atOr Cullom of Illinois was over
whelmingly defeated in the prima-
ries because of his vote for Lori
mer, a vote which fortunately he
was given an opportunity to change
before closing long and honOred
career in the Senate. Senator Gam
BILE of South Dakota is already
beaten. Penrose of Pennsylvania
had his dictation of State politics
Overwhelmingly repudiated by the
voters when they were given an OPP
pOrtunity to vote against his sOrdid
control. Of the Democrats, Sena-
tors Foster of Louisiana, Paynter of
Kentucky and Thornton Of Louisi-
ana were recently defeated for re-
election and Senator Bailey of Tex
as, sensing the revolt has voluntarily
withdrawn. Six more of the Old
Guard who voted for Lorimer will
not seek reelection. They are
Briggs of New Jersey, Burnham Of
New Hampshire, Crane of Massa-
chusetts, Guggenheim of Colorado,
Oliver of Pennsylvania and W etmore
of Rhode Island
A Changed, and Chastened, Senate.
1t was, therefore, a changed Sen
ate that voted the second time on
the Lorimer case. 1t was likewise a
chastened Senate. The Old Guard
led by AIdrich is not as powerful in
this Congress as it was in the pre-
ceding Congress. Aldrich himself
has gone-quitting rather than to sit
in his seat shorn of his power to
dominate the Senate. The Old
Guard-what remains of it now
can not muster strength enough to
force the election of one of it's own
number as president pro tempore of
the Senate 1t could not summon
opposition sufficient to prevent the
passage of resolution providing
for the direct election of United
State Senators; which of itself is
af1ame with illumination of the low
estate into which the once all pow
erful and arrogant System oligarchy
has fallen.
28-Count Theu-2S
Weakened in numbers and in
strength, the Old Guard-what re-
mains of it-clings desperately to
it's own. Repudiated IN nationwide
primaries, rebuked from public plat
form, press and pulpit, it still clings
blindly and stubbornly to it's accep-
lance of William Lorimer as
equally entitled with itself to
vote on a nations laws. Here is
the vote Examine these twenty
eight United States Senators who
stand loyalty by Lorimer to the end.
Observe how the bipartisan charac
ter of special privilege is here again
revealed; how The Systems Demo-
cratic reserves all of them who
dared-joined with the System Re
publicans in the last futile attempt
to save the seat of a special inter-
est Senator. Paste this roll call in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-08-22

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The Passing of LOrimer

n March 1, 1911, the United
ii States Senate, sole judge of
the qualifications and cleo
j tons of it's own members,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-11

He says if you will let him. he will put
sheet posters and cover the town with
It, He wants to use your name on the
hillhoards. He says it will be worth a
lot to him. He knows he has great
show. but you're the first man outside
the burlesque field who has told him so.
What do you say?''
Stockton said mo" He had no in
clination to be booster for Bowerv
burlesque troupe. He had fair share
of modesty and no desire to see his
name in print especially on the bill
boards of New York.
The woman pleaded and the manager
pleaded but Stockton was firm. Then
the woman came to the office again and
asked Stockton II he would write out what
he had told her. Stockton reluctantly
agreed. on the managers promise that the
criticism would be used only TO show to
the managers friends. and particularly
to proprietors of amusement houses on
Broadway. White made the rounds of the
Broadway theatres With StoclSton's critl-
cism in his hand. One and all Of the man
ayers turned HIM down. They had no
Use for a Bowery burlesqle show They
advised White 70 stick TO the Eastern
Wheel"
White did so for several months, and
then he took the bit in his teeth. He
rented barn of place at the furthest
aorth of theatrical Broadway. The thea
tire was a morgue. No show that had
appeared In il had made a dollar OF
profit The seating arrangement was
poor; the acoustics were wretched, and
the stamp of dead failure was on every
thing about 1t. Music and the Maids
opened there one night 10 slim audi
encs. The critics paid little or NO atten-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-11

tiop to it. but somehow the box office
receipts steadily increased. The first
Saturday night the house was filled The
second week the theatre had 5000 in it
tor the first time in its history. The
third week people from Fifth avenue,
Riverside Drive and the most fashionable
portions of New York began to go to
see "'Mpsic and the Maids" At the end
of the month it was the talk of New
York 1t ran more than year AT
times the house was sold out weeks in
advance. From 5000 a week the receipts
mounted higher and higher until they
passed $4,000. Chulita became famous
Pages after pages OF stories were writ
Ten about her.
And there was good deal to tell She
had been a newsgirl in St Louis and
had sold papers and flowers about the
theatres at night She got a craze for
the stage and hung around the stage
door begging for chance for an engage
ment until at last she was taken In at
one of the shows. Then she drifted east.
She was of French descent, bright and
clever, but uneducated. She sang well
and danced with an abandon that was
captivating. She was grace personified.
Not only was she beautiful of face but
beautiful OF form She was less than %
when she made her appearance in Broad
way. How she went through the bur-
,esoue circuit six or eight years without
some theatrical scout discovering her
talent is only evidence of how blind
theatrical people are to what is develop
ing in the various branches or their bust
ness.
Shaw was really nne actor. He
had studied Warfield and had many OF
his mannerisms All he needed was
polish and SELF restraint. Broadway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-11

saw in Shaw far higher ability than
him at once. wanting to win him away
from White. They were willing TO have
plays written to Mt him, and were
anxious to star him in the best houses.
He had almost as much written about
him as Chulita had about her.
Broadway also saw lot of talent in
Cordaw and it was predicted that he
would become one of the best of come
dams.
Aside from these three big figures
what delighted Broadway most was
that wonderful chorus. Old theatre
goers hardly could believe that this
had been a burlesque show chorus. In
burlesque the chorus usually goes to
beef" The women are selected be-
cause they are big. voluptuous and ma
ture. White, however. had gone 70
the other extreme. He had picked out
the smallest of "broilers. Small peo-
pie usually have ginger This chorus
was dressed so the girls seemed much
younger than they really We're. Every
thing seemed to fit and to match. There
was a dash, spirit. verve to every
bit of the show. Possibly one explana-
tion of the exquisite balance was the
harmony that prevailed among the
players. Nearly all of those 'broilers'
were married-married to men in the
show. There had been more romance
and marrying among the Music and
the Maids troupe than in any other
body OF players in the business. per-
haps.
From the day he went to Broadway
White coined money. He had a good
profit on his first week. larger one on
his second and larger and larger there
AFTER Bsfoge he had been on broadway
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-11

Il never saw such a seandalous dis
regard for the law before" he said. II
was in fear of my life. If there had
been fire or panic there would have
been a terrible disaster All the aisles
We're at least 200 persons seated on the
stage"
But what about the show?o she in
CURED.
1T doesn't belong in the Bowery"
he said. "'rhe manager doesn't know
what he's got. It's far, far better than
nine-tenths OF the Broadway produce
tons There are three persons in the
company who could be made Broadway
stars It's the best balanced troupe I've
seen in 10 years. That woman Chulita
Is delight. That man Shaw is almost
as good as David Warfield and that man
Corday is an artist. The costuming was
perfect. The chorus is admirably trained
The show isn't burlesque. It's the high
est type of vaudeville. If l had il I'd
transplant ii to Broadway and make a
fortune. Its exactly what New York
wants"
The woman was delighted. 1t con-
firmed her ideas exactly. She told him
something about the history of the show.
The company had been knocking about
the burlesque houses In the last several
years, playing what is known as the
Eastern Wheel" 1t went the rounds
of Harlem. Newark. Jersey City. Pater-
son. Williamsburg, Albany, Troy. Provl-
dence, Hartford, New Haven and the
Bowery. The highest priced performer
got SEQ week; the members OF the
chorus got SIS The whole show cost only
about $500 week.
The woman thanked Stockton and went
out. Half an hour later she called him
en- the telephone.
i've just told White. the manager
what you said about Music and the
Maids. He's wildly excited about it.