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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12
J. IN iL.A AZ CONSTANT ID DANGER

ING ANp's CONSTANT DANGER
tg sFhe English coal strike IS nine days
B old There has been thus far little
bitterness shown and no riotlng. The
miners, with their fairly liberal allow.
sliice from the Federation's fund, are
making the most of their holiday and
poragaly sAtigsfed with the status
quo; = az
But though che railroad men have
not yet gonsE out, the effect Of the
strike on thes Industrial life Of Eng
land Is already appalling. Factories
IRE shutting down all over the King
dom, the cities and small manufactur-
! ing 4oWns are filled with the unem-
ployed, and the price of foodstutfs IS
steadily rising, -
Yet this is only the beginning. The
real crisis will come when, if no agree
! ment can be reached in the meantime,
the railroad men, the draymen and the
like are forced into sympathetic
strike. 1t will be the severer because
Of the slow progress OF exhausting
which isinow going on. 1t will strike
( England at the low ebb OF her re-
sources for sustenance. Always a
calamity, the interruption Of transport
tation under such circumstances, If 1t
comes to pass will plunge the country
INN the direst straits, II will not be
long continued. 1t could not be, with
1utabringtng the opmtr1uanto state
81 reyolutioM6Mn selr-preservatioh the
Goyernment would have to break the
STRIFE hyiderrHpasfft did that Of last
fan. and leave ttlre asalesto be settled
afterwardsf .sp'49iP
1.-The danger OF internal disturbance
tof this kind is England's Weakness.
Her navy, 50 long as its supremacy is
maintained, can prevent disasterefrom
without, such as overwhelmed In turn
the great colonial empires Of Genoa,
Nenice, and Holland, But, like them,
4 she has her wealth, her industries and
herpeople too concentrated. Solid as
4 rock, apparently, she is leading at
The bottom a. precarious existence. A
apeck of dust which in the United
States would hardly be noticed, is
suafcient to stop the machinery OF the
Islands prosperity, If not Of its en-
istetlce. -" = o'
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12
ADDRESSED CONNECTS

MouNDsVILLE-"Bllly" Sunday
the famous. baseball evangelist. nd
dressed the conyicts at the State pen5
Tertiary here on. Monday afte.n7oH
Seven hundred and fifty conylcts stood
up for prayers in response TO the IN
yltation given by Sunday.
MET DEATH ON RAIL
wILLIAMSoN-Pete Richie, Of this
city, met death on the railroad Sunday
night in St. Marys, The man was
found along the tracks inside the city
limits and was taken to the hospital,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12

!. ii the B. ( o. city ticket is elected
next Saturday who will be the Dis
patcher Of Privilege? viii the Crew
receive their orders from the city hall
y. 81 from baltimore? viii the q; { 90
p 1t5 The Freight? VIII the Bio$k svs-
I'm I'm he used on all who DO, nottSSlhs,
up" for Tie ticket? VIII matters mn
which the B. K @. does not haYeo a
special interest be side.Tmcked? VIII
the Main Line always be open for B.
& o. business? Think It over!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12
FROM ] I
THE SCHOOLS

Tho woru NJ grading tho mann.
scripts Of the applicants for the com.
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w., ~ ' snSoo, 49, no,,,os ~ bIs nnniIs an.
.,t,oI ~ horo tha;r nomec m tho HIM.
~ po,, poronts should see that II
~ ,nss ot their children he reported to
fTf S661ty s,,ner.intendent II fhis blat
IT, sronI5 he oyerlooked b. the teaSGAlf
e. T'Sf 80" 81 |s'1No2 ''''ls. III
', ,r,a G1diy9 aaEc 81 s' are ookdinne
q wsTS = tba state inform e exam M.
t,on wbich Vii ha hold At the .6cal
Normo1 snrool ond at tho Manning.
nv, m"b,,o scHnoi Anr,I A and < # Is
,i,,aIy tbot tlare viii ha a goodlv MN.
~ :, o,,,iioonts a. aacS 80 thosa.
,1,",o" Az MsMaI onnliconts will be
p 20 ,,I,,o., son ~ olamon,orv and tho
rnaI"a 49,, oortiyiootov and also
sar ,Na nrin,orv and bigh school Ger.
-. tIao ,'1o - thoro oro amy ann,,ram.-
w. ,So ,ot.on two oartisioo,os
~, rS W." asosnoots oro +hot tha county
,,,,i, ~ vi, ranra.ontod Of tbn mi.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12

Dainty Dust Caps and ample Aprons
TO protect your hair and clothes
through houSe-cleaning at the Home
Mission Sale, Friday and Saturday AZ
McCray's store, Main street. i2tolb
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12

where he dide few hours lat94 " iss
thought he either fell or was pshged
rom tie train and some stet sur
rounds the affair, which WILDE invest,
gated. A stick ofdynamite was found
near the place whers tils man body
was found, which added 10 the nlysi
terry surrounding the death Of the man:
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12

I'mi MeT a;Stbe, n. & d, flavoring
With which the Democratic ticket has
been "sPIKEps the Democratic Hot-
'5ers, 81 Qe. Third Ward who ere Inter
ic;sstted in lie square deal win lose no
sleep from remorse OF conscience it
they forget partisan feeling and cast
their votes for Rollo J. Conley for
council.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12
NOT so BAD.

with Standard OH stock selling al
$500, with steel mills running double
shift, with a, bumper crop predicted,
with a,large percentage Of the 1911
crop still On the farms, and with de-
nand for West Virginia coal greater
than can be handled by the railroad
companies and at much higher prices,
the country does not seem to be in a
very bad way after all.
t..It is now claimed that Bob Bus
kinks bill dog was registered. That
being the case, would he not have a
right to vote?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12

spent Tuesday of last week in Fair
mont
Mr.M!y E. watson Of ~smitht6SH,
has been very Ill for the past few days.
Rev. Johnson preached a fine ser.
mon at Hopewell NJ. P. Church Sup
day morning.
Miss Florence Swisher spent Satur-
day ins.Smtthtown. s.s. ,ssS:'
\; School closes at@Gedar Grove Fri:
day, March %. Wepare expecting
quite an enjoyable affair, both in the
afternoon and evening, There will be
big ball game in the afternoon and
quite an interesting literary pro.
gramme will be rendered at night of
Rotations, declamations, music, etc,
but the most enjoyable affair will be
the debate between four Of our strong
est debaters, /. e. Mr.. Vane Summers,
Mr.. Chas. Summers, Mr. L. C. Beals
and Mr.. Johnny Johnson. Every one is
cordially invited 10 attend and you
will not be sorry you came.
Well as news is scarce in this COM
munity, l will close, wishing much
success to the paper and its readers.
sa N'.WILD ROSE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-12
REs1 ANn HEALMfaMuTRER LRnGHILD..

lsed lot over sixty YEARS by NIL. LIONS on
MOTHERS fo, thar CHILDREN WltII.
Win . 52FEcE SUeSEs&
;oOTHES Tie CHILL, S0FTfsNS the GUNS 3,
ILlikYS ail iIsAlN cU rs WIND Cole, and
.1iuttiy hsrm,eSs. Ne sure and ask TOT :. htfA
Ffns.5w.s SolIiing syfu;;s. And take no other
dhtib i:ljwensyfil.Ss eeh'sR 'uotiie. 4 ,lila
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
WORK STOPPED ON
 HYMEL|A CREVASSE
Engineers Abandon Attempt to Close Gap-Now
 2250 Feet Wide

New Orleans, May 25.-The fight to close the big Hymelia crevasse in the Missis- sippi levee 35 miles up the river from New Orleans has been lost The at tempt to check the immense flow of the devastating flood was abandoned at noon today after a conference between Capt C. O. sherrill, chief of the United States army engineers: President Victor Maurin | of the LaFourche levee board. officials of railroads whose interests are concerned and plantation and property owners af- fected This means that the yellow waters win be allowed to flow unchecked over parts of five parishes containing some of the richest sugar lands in the state before finally finding its way into the Gulf of Mexico.
 l. was estimated in the early fight to close the crevasse that if the attempt failed 1t would result in a loss to those living in the path of the flood of upward O. sloo0o.0o0. Many people in St. James. St. Charles. St. John the Baptist, La- Fourche and Jefferson parishes will be rendered homeless, adding to the already thousands of refugees being cared for by the government and state.
 
 The gap tonight is 225o feet wide. with the north end constantly crumbling be- fore the swift current. All efforts to lie the upper end of the break have been unsuccessful. time and time again the cur- rent tearing away the reinforced canvas covering 1t. The south end of the em- oanlfment proved less troublesome.
 With an average depth of 70 feet and a ten mile current 1t is estimated that 5000 100 gallons of water per second is flowing through the break.
 Practically all the cribbing erected Ly the engineers in an effort to check the flood has been carried away by the tor rent.
 It was stated today by President Mai- rin O. the LaFourche levee board that an- other attempt at closing the crevasss would not be made until the water had receded four or five feet.
 The swift current of. the river through the break has cut great gulles into the river bank and even after the water falls below the batture line engineers admit that the difficulties that will confront tom will be too great to permit of any assurance of closing the breach for per haps several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Clark Sweeps Kentucky

Louisville. Ky, May 25.-Champ Clark swept Kentucky in the democratic con- ventions held in f15 of the l20 counties In the state today Returns from about half the counties give him more than the SIS instructed votes necessary to control the state convention here May 20. One county instructed for Harmon, giving him eight votes, and one and part of another for Wilson, giving him 16 votes.
 This, the Fifth district, comprising Jef- ferson county, which held precinct con- ventons today, was carried for Clark.
 This victory today will give Clark the entire delegation of % votes from Ken lucky to the national democratic conven- ton.
 A lively fight Is being waged for control of the state organization and in nearly every county delegates were instructed today how to vote for temporary chair man of the state convention and chair men of the state central and executive committees. Senator-elect Ollie James and Gov. J. B. McCreary are the candi- dates for temporary chairman. and Jolfn M. Stevenson and Rufus VanSant for state chairman. The latter is the eandi- date of the state administration, and Stevenson of the forces headed by sena- tor-eleot James.
 Late returns show that cark carried 70 of the Il districts and meagre returns from the eleventh give him practically all the delegates. Sixteen counties are yet to be heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
ADVERTISING MEN
 STORM SAN ANTONIO
Orya G. Williams and James J. COrbett Guests of Bir-
 mingham Delegation
nr HuGH ". RopERrs

San Antonio, Tex, May 25.-tSpeelaL) The Birmingham delegation, along with 1000 other advertising experts stormed San Antonio this morning and San Antonio seemed glad to capitnlate
 The oity at any rate has done as finely by the visitors as Dallas, Ft Worth or Waco. Breakfast was served at the hotel. and each delegate was furnished a room. In the afternoon the maneuvers at Fort Sam Houston was a special feature. The Alamo and the ancient missions were visited, and at the hot sulphur wells, in the late afternoon, the Birminghammers took dip. At the Gunter tonight a Mexican menu was served,
 Birmingham had today as its guests orva G. Williams and James J Cor bett. Both are well known men. the former Is for the third time chairman of the executive committee of the As sociation of the Ad clubs; has been mentioned as a candidate for mayor of Chicago, and at the present time Is chairman of the Judson Harmon com mittee of the state of Illinois.
 Gentleman Jim is none other than the former champion who gave John l.. Sullivan a choice selection of punches at New Orleans some 15 years ago. The visitors rode with the Birminghammers to Fort Sam Houston. John Sparrow, incidentally, while there told the story of the capture of Geronimo. The last time I was at the fort" stated he, 'it was on the occasion of the landing there of the last of the Indian devils He was captured by Lawson, and l. as a reporter for a San Antonio paper covered the story" Corbett chimed in with few anecdotes.
 Williams talked politics. "I note you wear the Underwood button, said he 'ITnderwood is a great man. I feel that Harmon is the logical candidate for the democrats to nominate. But If Har- mon does not land. then we are for Underwood" When asked concerning Wilson, Williams surprised by a state mont to this effect. Tn my opinior Wilson is stalking horse for William J. Bryan" There are others in San An .tonio who hold the same views.
 At II o'clock tonight the Birming- hammers went aboard their train and tomorrow morning will arrive in Gal veston They are anticipating with 2 great deal of pleasure the dip into the waters of the gulf.
 From Galveston a return will bt made by the way of Houston. There George Bailey, the well known para grapher of the Houston Post, who, in- eidentally. years ago held copy foi John Sparrow when he was a proof reader in that city. will entertain tho newspaper writers of the party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Atlantic fleet ready to move on Cuba
 any minute.
 Senator Lorimer loses fight
 Taft tells what he is trying to do.
 Republican party is facing serious d.
 lemma 2-Retrenchment is to be first step.
 Republicans are badly "scooped.'' 3-Politics become active in Gadsden.
 pr. Phillips speaks in Anniston. 4-Porto Rico has made progress.
 State platforms attract attention. 5-Mass meeting called to protest insur-
 ance raise.
 Open Lyric theatre by Thanksgiving.
 Wiley Candy company coming to Bir-
 mingham
 Anderson will defend name of United
 States.
 s-IreIand favors woman's suffrage.
 Live church news. 1.-The Book Shelf. S-Developments of Raul Lumber com
 pany being made at Tuscaloosa.
 Mrs. J. B. Raulston dead a-Money men turn to Roosevelt. lo-25o Indians march on Mexico City. 1e-Saving mothers and babies. 14--Sports. 15-Addtional sports. 16-F,nsIand will buy @ aeroplanes. 17-Prohibition rally held at Tuscaloosa. u-The good and bad of railroad corpor-
  atiQns. D. coloriial German is heavy thinker.
 The Heavens in June. 23--Latta will be eulogized today. 24-Sources of infection. 26-Society. y7-Kaiser's dream not realized, 2S- Editorial comment. 29-Bill Vines O. Ks Henry D. Clayton. Men Who Have Made Alabama-By B. F. Riley, D. D. old and New Testaments-By George Eaves, D. D. My Lady of the snows-By c. F. Mar kell Of a Certain obsession-By A. B. Bealle a-Await report on Campanile of Pisa s27-New railway time causes confusion. 33-Automobile gossip. s4-Heart to Heart TaIks-By Edwin A. Nye. Be- Dolly's Sunday page 3T-Tncle Sarn's Fight With the Devil By Frank G. Carpenter Real Romances of the Business World 3s-A Classic in Page. s9--Our Young Folks. e. Mandy. H-Markets. 4,-- Birmingham man writes impressions of Japan. 43-Maud. 44-Jimmy 4s-The Katzeujammer rsdk lcLittle Memo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
REVEALS PLOT TO
 MURDER MIR. TAFT

| Pittsburg, May 25.- Prior to hs being sentenced for sending bomb to Alex
 ander B. Peacock here today, William sinate President Taft. 1t was the law yer's plan to have Pastorous relate de-
 tails of the alleged conspiracy in court. This was abandoned. however, and the narrative was given fo federal officers. 1 Pastorious was sentenced 10 spend in solitary confinement not more than six l years nor less than four years in state 1 penitentlary. Peacock, to whom the bomb was sent, is former partner Of
 Andrew Carnegie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Harmon Gets Delegation

E Columbus. O.. May 25.-Returns from g counties which held county conventions today and chose delegates to the state convention here in June indicate that the struggle between President Taft and Col onel Roosevelt for the six delegates-at- large to the national convention will not be settled until threshed out on the floor of the state convention. Governor Har- mon. however. will be practically sure to go to the Baltimore convention with the undivided state delegation. as sufficient counties were bound by the unit rule to insure him a full victory. He gained 240 delegates today bound by the unit rule. Governor Wilson received 1l5 n- structed delegates and Governor Harmon about 100 delegates who are not bound.
 Roosevelt was the victor in l9 con- ventions, gaining 123 delegates. according 10 reports tonight. Three conventions in strlicted for President Taft.
 Supporters of the President declare. however, that he will control the conven- ton by a small majority. Sixty-eight counties have not named delegates. Com putting the remaining counties on the basis of the returns of the primary they say President Taft will have 340 delegates, Roosevelt 339, with 76 unlnstructed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
TAFT TELLS WHAT
 HE IS TRYING ID DO He Is Willing to Go Before
 the People OPPOSES THE RECALL
Republican Party Would Lose Caste Should This Be Taken Up. He Says - Will Continue to
 Favor Arbitration

New York May 25.--'What I am Try
 ing to Do," an article by President Taft. appears in the current issue of the Worlds Work. and deals with tariff re- vision, business prosperity, arbitration and independence of the judiciary. The President asserts that he is willing to go before the people for verdict on his veto of the three tariff bills passed by the House in extraordinary session last year; that no charge yet made against him has gone nearer to his heart than that he. by enforcing the antitrust law, was hurting business; that he intends, so long as he can raise his voice, to con | tinue to favor general arbitration. and that the republican party would lose caste as defender of American civilisa- | ton should 1t take up the judicial recall
 as one of it's tenets.
 | In part the Presidents article fol- | lows:
 | T was elected President of the United
 States on the republican platform of 1908 l The party declared in that platform that | In all tariff legislation the true prin. ciple of protection is best maintained by l the imposition of such duties as will equa the difference between cost of production
 at home and abroad. The party weni
 before the people on that issue and was | sustained
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
EUTAw HOUSE IS
 BADLY DAMAGED

Baltimore, May 25.-The Eutaw house, which was 10 have served as headquarters for Oscar w. Under wood during the national demo- cratic convention here next month, was badly damaged by fire tonight. An explosion of unknown origin in the basement started the fire, which threatened to consume the building, the oldest hotel in Balti- more, and which blazed fierceIy for two hours. The guests and em- j ployes. some of whom had to take to the fire escapes, all escaped. Practically the whole building had been reserved for the Underwood supporters.
 The damage to the hotel and fur niture is estimated at s75,C0o.
 Repairs to the building cannot be made in time for the democratic national convention.
 Every hotel in Baltimore is sold out for the convention week and the housing of the Alabama dele gation will be very serious prob lem They had taken time by the forelock and engaged practically the entire hotel which was de- stroyed tonight They will have hard work to secure accommodate tions together. Indeed. several hotel men tonight declared that it would be impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
BISHOP M'COY TO
 SPEAK AT WESLEYAN

Macon, Ga. May 25,--At a meeting of trustees of Wesleyan college here tol: day the Rev. c. R. Jenkins was elected president of the institution, succeeding the Rev ". N. Ainsworth, who rel' signed to re-enter the ministry. Dr. Jenkins, who has been vice president. took active charge of the college to- day The commencement sermon will be preached tomorrow, morning by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
Trainmen to Ask Advances

Knoxville. May 25.-Representatives of the Orders of Railway Conductors and Railway Trainmen of the Southern rail- ways allied lines go to Washington meet General Manager E. II. Coapman Wednes- day They will request MT. coapman to receive general committee representing the two organizations which will present. q request for new wage scale asking ad- vaaccs ranging from 10 to 15 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
T. K. Is Emphatic

Elizabeth, N. Y, May 25.-With all the emphasis at his command, Colonel Roosc- welt declared today that he would not permit "discredted politicians and bosses, to take control of the republican national convention He asserted that professional politicians in the past had been accus- toned 10 try strong arm tactics" T won't stand for 1t a moment" he said
 Colonel Roosevelt made these statements in what he called a lighting speech at Plainheld toward the close of the most spectacular of his day of campaigning in this state. He hurried about from place to place by train or automobile, firing off speeches in rapid succession to throngs of people who cheered him en- thuslastlcally. After speaking here he started for Oyster Bay to remain over Sunday.
 ~Our opponents have no thought of win ming unless they can win by deliberate cheating in the national convention. ? sac Colonel Roosevelt at Plainfield The national committee IS supposed to pass upon the rights of delegates to sit in the convention. If 1t chooses. 1t can turn out delegates lawfully elected by the people. It Is. therefore. vital to have national committee that really represents the peo- pie Our opponents have shown that they intend to try to use the national commit- 
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
New Mexico Dike Breaks

Albuquerque. N M. May 25.-The main dike at San Marical, N. M, gave way tonight under a two-foot rise in the Rio Grande river, and vast volume of water k running through the town. No lives have been lost but the property damage will be large.