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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
.!HgRsES PL.AY FOOTBALL
ONE OF THE COMMUNICATING
FEATURES OF THEAFAR EAST
~ AND WlLoeWEsT EXHIBITION

The Introduction or a novel cqucs.
trlan sport to American amusement
seekers is credited to Buffalo Bills
Wild West and Pawnec Bills Far Eas.
which soon visits the city. On this oc.
casIon, by the way. Buffalo Dill will
make his last bow to our citizens. A
group OF Indians and bunch OF COW.
boys. mounted on bronchos, engage In
the contest, using a. mammoth rubber
ball, inflated until 1t stands about
breast high TO bronco" The goal
posts are placed at eaca end OF the
arena and the "kick.ofr'' is made from
the center OF the big open space. The
lorsemen then rush their animals at
the ball and by ''breastine" It and
kicking It. seek TO gain the goal !. Tho
result of the contest is exciting, for
tho horses seem to, take as much III.
tcrest as do their riders In winning a
victory. There is nothing "faked"
about these matches and they are con.
Quoted each time solely upon their
merits. but this is not the only ap.
p H
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DAYTON PAYS SILENT TRIBUTE
TO WILBUR WRIGHT.

y D.
DAYTON, Ohio June i.-commer.
elal and industrial activities OF this
city were halted Tor 10 minutes this
afternoon during The funeral OF vii.
bur Wright; as a mark OF respect 10
the. dead aviator who contributed SO
much to Dayton's fame. Traffic on
steam and electric roads were halted
for FIVE minutes and all church bells
in the city were tolled. The body lay
In state from 10a. m. until 1 p., M. in
the First Presbyterian church. Thou.
sands OF persons from Dayton and
the entire world paid the last tribute
to the dead aviator and inventor. The
scrvIce was conducted by the Rev.
Maurice Wilson. pastor Of the church.
The interment was made in Woodland
cemetery. Floral designs ordered by
friends from all over the United
States and Europe banks the casket,
which was ono Of the most beautiful
ever made.
. a 3D."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
TWO ARRESTS
MEN CAPTURED ARE BELIEVED
TO BE TROUBLE BREEDERS
AMONG CUBAN NEGROES.
(BY UNITED rnrss)

W. hhE9OV
HAVANA Cuba, June 1.-TWO ar
rests Of men believed to have fostered
the troubles among the negroes In
oriente Province were made today.
The identity Of only one of the men,
Louis Gomez. was made public. Ho
was detained at Santiago. where he
tried to board a steamer for San Do.
mingo. There has been fighting here
and near Juiquuria, between rebels
and The Cuban troops, and II is stated
that one of the ropallsts was, killed,
and half dozen wounded. Reports
from Santiago say that Coster Wheeler
an American planter. was kidnapped
by nssf6 es.s ISH6 - Held. for ransom.
The ogeLallis Ms rtt44ti{f{ tAey have, no. eon.
firmatiotk Fl 1lB ETsB9rt, but thai II
true, a detail 81 troops will be sent
to Whecler'slrescuc.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01

earance o. lie festive broncho with
) be exhibition. They have i special
lumber wherein The ebucISers are
itonght forth 10 nnlimber their bat.
cries and The result Is fiie most ex.
filarpting and interesting feature Of
u performance. The wild West fea;
ssufes predominant with the exhibition,
but the Far East is amply represented
IN Jan Oriental Spectacle. which dis.
oIdSs the, sp1endors OF that romantic
1uarter of the globe. There will be a
demonstration OF athletic and arcobat.
9 skill on the part OF many men from
he Far East and the pageant which
introduces them wifi display the trap.
ping and colorlngs OF Oriental costum.
'ng with exactness. As a particular
feature Of the Far East section OF the
exhibition MAMMALIAN Gruber's per.
forming elephants wifi be introduced
N a specially" which has never be.
fore been attempted by the mammoth
Of the African jungle.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
W. VA. BANKERS.

WHILE SULPHUR. SPRINGS :
When the West Virginia Bankers AS.
ISOLATION meets at White Sulphur
Springs July II and IL, It is expect.
cd that one OF the most representa-.
tive 'asscmblascs ever seen meeting
under the same auspices will be
present. Promise has been given
Secretary J. S. Hill. OF Charleston,
who is cashier of tho National City
Bank of Charleston, that the majority
of the members OF the association Will
be there aud has been given that all
those OIL tho programme TO speak oil
the matters pertaining 10 subjects OF
interest TO the bankers OF the State!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01

Linn, a patcelor land on Gladly creek;
consideration, s5,642.
Woodawn Cemetery Company tt
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Clayton a parcel Of land
in the above mentioned cemetery;
consideration 500.
g. n Heall and wife TO Mrs. Alice
g. Roberts, parcel Of land In tho
Clayton Addition to the city of Fair
mont; consideration, $4,000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
STATE FIRE LOSS.

CHARLESTON = The fire marshal
and insurance commissioner bulletin,
for the month OF April has Just been
Issued by State Auditor Darst. 1t
shows the total fire loss In the State
during the month OF April at S35S.5f9.
The total value of the property totally
or partially destroyed was si,64S.6iG,
while tho total insurance was $541 $50.
The heaviest loss was In Raleigh coun.
ty, where forty.cIght properties we're
destroyed in a fire that swept a part
,dt. the central portion Of the business
section. tns6t
1.-THE report also calls attention to
the failure Of officers whose duty 1t
Is to do SO TO send TO the State fire
marshal the reports of fire In tho re-
spcetlve towns or masistcrlal dis
tricts.
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STATE news
WOMAN TREASURER,

sIsTERsYIu.E- Women are not
qualified TO vote here nor hold office,
but circumstances have made Mrs. i,
Frank Aigeo the city treasurer. She
succeeds her husband. who died last
Saturday. W. L. Sutton, u well known
oil operator, was appointed to ill tho
unexpIrcd term aud he qualified and
filed bond in the sum of $4,000, after
which he turned the office over TO Mrs.
rAlgeo. From the time OF his election
the late J. Frank Algeo was treasurer
in name only. illness preventing him
from administering the affairs Of the
office and his wife, was in charge. 81
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
ADJOURNED
ON ACCOUNT OF DEATH OF JUDGE
M'NUTT.

Los ANGELES. Calf. June lon
account of the death OF Judge Cyrus
McNutt, of the council for the defense.
Judge Hutton announced when the
barrow bribery trial was resumed to.
day. that he had granted the request
Of the defense that they adjourn until
'Sf9nday.ss tils
AWhen Mondays session starts. ut
ttprnay Earl Rodgers. the defense at
torney. will begin In earnest his exam.
ination Of H. Franklin, star witness
for the State. He began this cross
examination yesterday before adjourn.
ment.
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BliLL.0|.IIDN8FALlS

ATLANTIC CITY ~. j., June L.
After a flight Of. 50 minutes, the Big
dirlgible balloon Arkon which Men
vile Zaniman with his crow of five
men aboard meant 10 cross the Al.
lantic oceou, fell to The water today
after having been up about one hour.
No one seriously injured. BY
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
License Issued.

h License Issued,
Guy Cartwright. 81, of Warrington.
and osa Nestori Is, of Fairfnont.
vltafs statistics.
The following death and birth Ger.
ilteatesswere filed yesterday with the
elerky OF The county court for record:
Births Dr. b, N. Yost. ono; Gcnlsf
Htaheo, onc3 deaths, DR.. Yost, two.
Deeds Filed.
The following deeds were yesterday
fled at the office of the clerk OF tho
county court for recording: az
William IS. Raymond, spcclalsS6i
10 Lora Smith, a barcefpE
I id in Pawpa% DISTRICT; cohslderar
ti5ns s2,sl6.gI. saN
Samuel Linn and wife to Hiram L
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01

10 Evans

Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
on the Ollie farm-t6c old Evans
farm-iust beyond the northern
boundary Of the city, the Col, John
Evans Chapter, Daughters OF the Am.
erfcan Revolution, unveiled and dcdi.
Gated to the memory of Col. John
Evans, a stone arch from the old
home, where tradition says Wash.
ington slept The stone, supported
by two short, upright pillars, is prop
erly inscribed. The ceremonies were
witnessed by many Interested per.
SONS, and will be remembered ID years
to come. especially by the younger
descendants Of Col. Evans. The IN.
yelling ceremony was performed by
Mary Dawson, Margaret Alathers, Re
tbecca Wade, Mary Ollie, and Evelyn
Ollie, five little girls, all direct dc.
scendants OF Col. Evans.
The exercises opened with the In.
vocation by Rev. A. NJ. Buchanan,
ID. D. Mr., James Ollie, in a brief and
appropriate speech, presented tho me.
mortal to the National organization OF
the D. A. r. Mrs. Parks Fisher ac-
copied the gift on behalf OF the
Daughters. Professor W. P. Wiley
spoke interestingly OF the Evans fam.
lily, their connection with tho historic
spot which was marked, and their
services to the country. Rev. P. n.
Mcdonald read poem while the III
tie girls scattered earth about the
roots OF tree planted to commcmor.
ate the occasion. and TO mark the place
where the old house stood. At the
conclusion, the party and surround
ings were photographer by A.. l..
Woodiill, 6r WestoverI"L ~" !h..1f.is,
IN her address, or acceptance, Mrs!
Parks Fisher, said III fpaN!s - ei''aH
"T'he question Is often asked What
do the Daughters Of tic American
Revolution do EXCEPT to sqiabble and
aghtT Let nc on this occasion say
just few words in reply, briefly cit.
Ing some OF the things We are doing
today. In memory OF the patriots OF
the American Revolution. we are dot.
ting t'he land. here and there, and
everywhere, with these monuments.
which will arouse enthusiasm and
patriotic fcrvor In generations yet un,
born.
The ID. A. II. is teaching reverence
for the f1ag-teaching that every hat
should be doffcd and that spirited rec.
osnitlon should be given whenever
the banner Is unfrlcd. They arc
teaching that the banner must never
be lowered, that II must never drag
Me ground. that 1t must always be
handled revercntly. 1t is thing sa-
crcdAcvery bar speaks OF blood she'd
Nor freedom, and every star tells OF
saSrifice.s y
We are teaching that every man.
every woman. and every child should
r.se AMI stand when the National Air
Is played Or sung. Let none remain
seated. YoR can never be too en-.
thusiastic over this emblem, OF liberty.
These arc\ only few Of the pat
rlotlc things \ that the Daughters
teach. Let US Fcjolcc that today, has
been given the daughters of che AM
erfcan ftevofutto lon the privilege OF
llonorins tho ihomory OF Col. John
Evans,'a soldier of the Revolution
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
BALL GAME AT rRAc.
TON PARK TOMORROW,

Fdirmont fans viii have their first
opportunity 10 sec Lon Hunts strong
Independent team In action at Trac.
tion Park tomorrow afternoon when
the Clarksburg Independents will be
played. There is a great deal of in.
tercst in the local team and a large
crowd VII, llkelE, journey 10 Moaong4h
por the gameF ss>>
AT the Offices OF tbe. NJ. v. T, Co 10,
day it was announced that a.special
baseball car would leave Jefferson
street forsthe Park atf2 o'clock.to car
rs the local people % and from the
game. - II
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-01
LIVES WITH ekokeN NECK,

: PAT,KBRsBuRG = Mrs. Sherman
Shields, Of Letary, who jumped In
front OF atrain on the Ohio River rail.
road, and who was picked upsas dead
and reported Killed, last Saturday, is
still living, though her neck is brok.
en-. She attempted to commit suicide,
but the indications are she will live,
though with broken neck.
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ATTENTION MEMBERS a Q. v. N

There will DO specially Important
session of FaIrmont Lodge No. IL Az
o. u. W. at their lodge rom To titel
Skinner building on Monday. evening,
June ., at o'clock, occasioned by q
visit OF Grand Master Workman KEEL.
ley and other Grand Lodge officersa
Tho ladies' OF the Degree OF Honor will
serve refreshments at the close OF the.
n,oo,iuy - .fs-N y stfti
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
THE TRUTH ABOUT SPORT
Is NEVER A KNOCK
ALAMEDA 0ARSMEN
LEAVE PRAlSlNG
LOCAL SP0RTSMEN

Two members of the Alameda crew
waved a farewell to Honolulu friends
this morning. and sailed away from
the scene of their recent aquatic tri
UmPhs on the liner Korea. The DE,
parting oarsmen are Henry Hess and
Oscar Sommers. the former being &C.
companied by his wife and the latter
by his mother.
81 wish We could stay and take the
volcano trip with the rest of the
party, said Hess. Certainly We have
had one big time in Honolulu. and
the only disadvantage about winning
that cup is that We won't have the
excuse to come back after 1t again
next year. Perhaps we will the year
after, though. You have some mighty
fine oarsmen here, and we will have
to do some tall hustling to defend
the trophy when you send crew up
next summer
Somn1ers is returning to college,
while bushes calls Hess across the
water. The other members of the
party will leave for the volcano trip
tomorrow.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24

When the Hawaiian polo team
leaves for the Coast next January to
take part in the championship tourna-
ment at Coronado, the players will go
with the expectation of meeting not
only the polo pick of California, but
of the East and Great Britain as well.
Reports now arriving from the Coast
indicate that the coming winter and
spring will see the classiest polo ever
staged in California, and that is put
ting a high value on the prospective
play.
The locals will go up against Bur
lingame, Santa Barbara, Pasadena
and possibly Riverside of the Califor-
mia clubs, a British team brought
over by Lord Tweedmouth, and teams
from Denver, Kansas City and Port
land. 1t will be one of the most re-
preventative polo gatherings in the
history of the sport.
Already the California teams are
shaping their ponies for the campaign.
A Pasadena dispatch of September II
says:
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
FUTURE BETTING ON
! TURF EVENTS SEEMS
TO BE IN DlSFAvOR
St, Ledger, British Racing
CLASSIC, Fails to Attract the
Coin Ahead Of Time

LONDON, Eng, Aug. 31.-That fu-
ture betting on big turf events is
dying out in England is, strikingly
evidenced by the absence of any mar
ket on the st. Leger, which is al
ways the last of the English turf's
five famous classic races.
The distance of this race is 300
yards short of two miles. 1t has been
run at Doncaster, in Yorkshire, every
September for more than a century.
Only once has this classic ever been
won by an American colt The late
Pierre Lorillard's Iroquois, which won
the Derby the same year, was vic
torious in 1881. BY the middle of
August that summer the English pub
lie had wagered enormous sums on
lroquois to win the ST., Leger, in
which he beat twelve English and two
French 3-year-olds.
Another American colt, August Bel
monts Tracery, would be favorite If
there were any market on next
months st. Leger. His sire, Rock
Sand. won it in 1903. Rock Sand was
purchased three years later by Mr..
Belmont for 100000 Since running
third in the Derby at the remarkable
odds of 100 to l, Tracery has won
important stakes as Ascot and Good
wood.
Betting on the St. Leger will COM
mence soon. Tracery and Lomond
will be the opening favorite and sec
Ond choice respectively, with Taga-
lie, the gray filly which won the
Derby, probably third choice.
August Belmont has a nice colt in
TraCery. But some say he is not
worth backing at short odds unless
some dangerous rivals go wrong. He
will be ridden by Danny Maher.
When Herman Duryea's Sweeper
II. was the Derby favorite some had
not any use for him, partly because
Maher was riding. 1t is not known
who is to ride Sweeper II. in the st.
Leger, but if he starts you can gam
BILE on his beating BeImont's colt with
Maher up.
For some years Danny has been
under contract to Lord Rosebery, who
married Miss Rothschild, whose fam
lily are very thick with the Belmonts
in business matters. Thus Mr.. Bel
mont was able to secure Danny to
ride Tracery in the st. Leger, and
probably thinks he has secured a
prize But he hasn't. Because, &C
cording to the American turf's stand
ard of racing, Danny is a good old
'has-been," who doesn't like taking
chances in a big field. He prefers
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
lemons Gould
BE PICKED AS
Winners

In the National League a powerful
team could be picked from players
who were labeled lemons" at the
start of their big league careers.
For mound duty. Marquard of the
Giants, Cheney and Lavender of the
Cubs and Suggs of the Reds might
be chosen. Maruard was the prize
lemon of the lot when he Joined the
Giants. it,
Larry Cheney was let go by two or
three clubs before he finally became
Chances most valuable hurler. As
for Lavender, Chance would have
turned him back had the National
Commission allowed him. S9ggs was
an American. League discard before
ne became Cincinnati's most depend
able pitcher. = - -.s...... ! a. 80.
Chief Meyers, now the leading re
ceiver of the National League, and
one of its best batters, was joke
catcher during his first season as a
Giant. -. ...-..-
For first base, there is Merkle, bat
ing 1893 and considered brilliant
first sacker. Few persons thought
he would be kept by McGraw after
his famous didn't touch second" in
cident in 1908. ...
Larry Doyle, field captain of the
Giants, now batting 1873, was a
clumsy second-sacker when he Joined
the club a few years ago.
On third base could be placed Hetne
Zimmerman, the batting king of the
National League, with an average OF
1896. Not until this year was he con,
sidered good enough to be a regular.
At short field Sweeney of Boston
would fit in. He did not look good
to two or three clubs which tried him
out, but he is a veritable whirlwind
at the bat for the Braves.
Outfielder Wilson Of the Pirates
was in the joke class when he broke
in, but a man who can hit .317 is no
joke.
At least two big league clubs tag
ged Northen, but he is making good
with Brooklyn and has a batting aV,
erage of 800 to prove it.
Yes, it surely pays to hang onto a
player now and then. John MCGraw
got together a championship club by
being patient with Doyle, Marquard,
Meyers, Snodgrass. Merkle and Flet'
cher.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
DOYLE TELLS;HOW
To HIT THE
BALL

Captain Larry Doyle of the Giants,
who shapes up this season as if he
would give the Zimmermans and other
sIuggers of the National League a
warm race for the championship bat,
ting honors, gives his views of the
great science of hitting the ball
Doyle is generally considered a
''slugger" by the fans of. New York
and there is an "Oo-o-h!" from the
stands when he misses one of his
fierce swings. But as a matter Of
fact, there is no blind slamming at
the ball when the Giant captain is at
= the bat. He is a good waiter" and
he hits with skill and precision.
Somebody think it was Willie
! Keeler-said in one sentence all there
is to batting" said Doyle. "keeler was
asked the secret of his remarkable hit
ting, and he replied that it was Ito hit
EN- where they amt But every
young fellow that breaks into base
ball cant be d Keller He could make
base hits out of anything because he
had the science of place-hitting down
to 4 point where few men ever had
anywhere near ,equaled. Still, his
rule for success covers the whole
ground
zone OF the first things that a bat
ter should learn is bunting-hOw to
lay the ball down., as the players
say. The value Of the hunt cant be
over estimated | think that some
teams play a bunting game too much.
and Manager McGraw has always
been opposed to the sacrifice game,
but when a hunt is wanted badly, and
while the Giants very seldom use it
only the fast men, as rule-every
man on the batting order is supposed
to be able to lay down a hunt when
it is called fol.
when you want to bunt you hold
your bat in he natural manner. but
instead of swinging you slip the up
per hand a foot or so out along the
bat and poke your stick in the path
of the ball The bat is not gripped as
tightly as when you swing, and the
result is that almost all of the force
of the ball is absorbed 1t rebounds
only a few feet and rolls in whatever
direction you have guided it,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
COCK FIGHTS GIVE WAY
TO SPORT OF BASEBALL

"The game of baseball is credited
with a greater influence in the cfvili'
cation of the Philippines than any
other one element, except the public
school, of which baseball is a part,
declared Professor William Pierce
Gorsuch of the University of Chicago,
who has just returned from a tour OF
the world.
Baseball to the Filipino mind is a
tremendous discovery, and the little
brown men play it with wonderful
skill" he said. at has taken the
place of cockfighting in many local.
ties and is constantly growing in ia
vor as compared with the former IA
vorite sport of the insular. The white
teachers teach the game to the native
teachers and they in turn teach it to
their pupils and friends.
IN every locality where baseball
pHedominates the morals and living of
the people have been bettered and
their health has shown the invigOr-
ating effects of the outdoor eXer-
ciSe"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-24
HAWAIIAN POLO TEAM Will HAVE
HARD nut TO CRACK ON COAST
Coronado Tournament Will Be the Most Representative Ever
Held in the History of the Sport-FourS from England
California, Northwest Middle West and Hawaii TO- Con-
test for Championship HonorS

With green ponies that started their
field education only this summer
practice was begun today at Tourna
ment Park for the coming polo sea
son. Two teams were on the field I'M
der the eyes of Hardy Weiss. who
will pick the four to represent Pasa
dena in the games which have been
scheduled for the winer with Lord
Tweedmouth's English team, and with
Denver and Kansas City
Portland, Oregon; will be repre-,
scented on the polo field this winter
for the first time, Major Ross of Co
ronadO, having organized a four there
under the direction of F. Leadbetter
who played with the Santa Barbara
team last year.
Lord Tweedmouth's British players
will compete, for the American trophy
and for the various club cups on the
Pacific Coast. He has not yet d
vulged their identity, but reports have
it that the Duke of Westminster will
be seen in the lineup.