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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
TEACHERS n.
ASSOCIATION
IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACT
ED AT MEETING HELD AT HIGH
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

The Fairmont Teachers Association
GeId Il meeting last evening in the
High school auditorium and import
ant business was transacted.
large number Of the teachers of
the city members Of the organization
were present.
superintendent Joseph Roster gave
an interesting address during the
evening, in which he gave an interest
.ng talk concerning the meeting of the
National Educational Association.
which was held recently &; ST. Louis
and which he ATTENDED.
Dr.. |. 0. Woodley president OF the
EairmOnt Normal also gave an later
esting talk along the line OF school
work.
Following the programme, a social
lour was enjoyed and refreshments
we're served by the girls OF the Senior
class under the direction OF Miss Edith
Dean. head of the Domestic Science
department OF the High school. The
pupils prepared and served The re.
freshmentS.
The following officers were elected
10 serve the refreshments
70 serve during the ensuing year:
President, p. c. McBee, principal OF
the Fahmont High school.
vlvc president. W A. Hustled, prin'
eral First ward school.
Secretary. Miss MaNde Hull, OF the
Fourth ward school,
Treasurer Miss Sarah Meredith, OF
the First ward school,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
BEEF TRUST CASE
IN JURY'S HANDS

CHICAGO, March 1S.-UHlted States
District Judge George A. Carpenter to-
day refused to take from the jury the
case OF the 10 packers charged with
criminal violation OF the Sherman law
and discharge the defendants. The
effect Of the ruling is that the jury
will decide whether the defendants
are guilty or innocent.
. The court also overruled the mo-
tion Of the defense to strike from the
record all evidence being on mat.
tiers prior to the statutory period COW
cred by the indictment, and the mo-
ton OF the defense to exclude from
the case three memoranda Of mar.
gins introduced several weeks ago
BY the government for the purpose OF
connecting j. Ogden Armour and
Thomas j. Connors, two Of the de-
PENDANTS, with personal participation
IN the exchange of business nlDrma'
tion in restraint of trade.
After Judge Carpenter had read
his decisions Attorney NV. Bors
ders presented a motion that Edward
Morris and Louis Heyman, two Of the
defendants, be discharged on the
ground that the allegations in the
indictments were at variance with
the facts.
The matter will be disposed OF by
the court tomorrow morning
The packers, it is expected; will be-
gin their defense tomorrow, and may
take six weeks in presenting their de-
fense.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
STEAMER SINKS

The steamer Ford CITY, going from
Pittsburgh TO Rlces Landing, struck u
snag in the river last night near the
latter place. The boa settled to the
bottom In a few minutes. The boat
was owned by 1ym. Candy, of Pitts
.Burgf and was under lease to M'NIlna-
min and Simms. The passengers and
"a lB5oatss
The steamer will be raised at once
and another substituted in its place.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
Northumberland
lIEls Sg.gNE EELHF
HUNTINGTON HAS ~ Al
RoMANcE7eR ROOM Is. TX oNEl
FREEMAN, sUccEssEJl OH
OPERATOR AND 'HAs II
PATRON.

HUNTINGTON, w, Va, iasch
Col. C. H. Freeman, aged SOY multi
millionaire, part owner Of The Detlo,
American League base ball5teami 20
a leading figure in the oil and gas De.
yelopment Of West Virginia was Inills
ried last evening to hisspFlyate
tary, Miss zubah Ray, aged 2S
Miss Ray has been in The enlptpy pi
Col. Freeman for fiye years She
formerly a school teacher III Mason
county, W, Va, and IS the daus
OF DR.. j. NJ, Ray.
Miss Ray was in charge ot iths local
offices OF his oil company md eoIeilel
freeman attributes much Of his Ees
markables success Co her abilities
an executive capasltys Their
came as d complete. sufpflses q 10
lntimatioishFs been gisehgpt the ms
preaching event,
Col. FrseHal nitstica
secretary gfeW INT ttS6e beealia 70! all
enmeshed in cupid's web abd then ns
proposed the question and Miss
accepted. They left last might cnSthelr
honeymoon trip to the Pacific ccis
and will return here to live. Colo siek
Freeman's wealth is In the neighbgtS
hood of $lO,O0O,OOO. He formerly en-
gagged in the practice OF lawtin Detroit
and is descendant Of a iamilt n
English heirs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
MAN TRIED TO
POISON WIFE
SENSATIONAL CHARGE FILED IN
WooD COUNTY DIVORCE CASE
BY MRS. EsTELLA BYRD.

PARKERSBURG, w. Va, March 1S,
One of the mcst sensational divorce
cases in thfs county in years promises
to develop from the suit of Mrs. Es'
tella Byrd. former trained nurse,
against Frank Byrd, an undertaken.
In addition TO various minor charges
the wife alleges that the husband ad'
mitted to her that In September 1911
he had tried to poison her and had
only failed through u friend being un'
able to procure the desired poison
Efforts to implicate the friend will be
made,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
.175,OD0 WORKERS
GIVEN INCREASE
TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS COM.
ING TO TERMS WITH NEW ENG.
LAND Mill EMPLOYEES.

BOSTON, Mass, Aiarcn l3.-The
crest OF the higher wage movement in
New England teXti;e circles re&CNad
Fall River this afternoon, and the
$4,000 employees OF one hundred print
cloth mills there will receive Il five
Ter cent. advance on March q, The
action of the Fall River mills brings
the total OF wage earners III New
England textile plants who will get
better pay to 10000. The textile
council OF New Bedford has decided
TO ask for an advance in that city
An advance of five per cent. also
was announced by the cotton mills of
Taunton, Holyoke, Chicopee and other
places, as well as by the Worcester
woolen mills and the Hoosac Cotton
Company's mills Mt North Adams.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
BIC STRIKE
IS ENDED
STRIKERS SAY THAT THEY HAVE
GAINED EVERY CONCESSION
ASKED FOR.
tDy United Press,l

LAWRENCE. Mass, March 1S.-The
great textile strike practically came
20 an end at 1880 when the sub-com.
mittee of strikers accepted the sched.
ule Of Increases wages, offered by
VIM. NJ. Wood, president OF Me Amerl-
:an WoOIen Company.
The strikers announced they had
gained every concession in the strike
declared nine weeks ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
TWO DEFENDANTS Ar
ENTT9fHE PEIuTEI1lBRY
\. i. SHAVE AND JoEiN8yi IS
CONFESS TO iuTTERlNe FOR
eERIEs-EAcA MAN Isl GIVEN
TWO YEARS.

F tSSINF sSS ~ 4Sstsls449ss = ~
4 GERlEs-EAcH MAN IS GIVEN
TWO YEARS.
z
This morning before judge lasoii'
IN the Circuit Court, two men who
we're indicted before the Iareh term
Of the Grand Jury for felony both cor
.essed to uttering forgery, and each
1rew a sentence Of two years y llie
State penltentiary at Mogndsyll Ne,
Both Of these men WIN be AIKEN 70
the penitentiary as soon as posaible.
10 begin the serving Of thelEseiltences
John Wallace was one q & he mon
who confessed to the chafgc O. utter
ing a forgery ana ,nls SSasss9 !.
.@eil rememoered py many 9;lI glstas ~
pie OF thlScity.
On Friday morning, Febrpai slie
1ouns man presented ctlecl d tllc
3lrst National Bank OF Fairmont the
sheek being signed bs tle name e &
Wilbur Hennen of TINS eltss tss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
NorIcE
ROOSEVELT CLUB MEETING

Notice is hereby given that there
will be meeting OF the Roosevelt club
held at the Court House, Thursday
evening Tor the transaction Of import
ant business. Ali members are re.
quested to be present as the matter
OF taking up the matter of presidential
preference by direct primary election
viii be considered at this meeting. Let
every body come out.
A. 7. STONE. President.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13

A comprehensive Exposition Of the
newest Baby Coaches and Go Carts
from the foremost manufacturers Of
this country including the latest i'm
proved models, some shown here ex'
elusIvely, from the famous Thayer
and Haywood factories. Every mother
who is interested in the best and most
comfortable equipage for Baby should
see this display
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF
BABY VEHICLES IN FAIRMoNT
PULLMAN CoAcHES-ProbabIy at
Nc beginning Of no other season have
we shown so many needed improve
r,cnts, ,npr so practical ones, as to
been seen In this display. For In
stance, the new Grade Gear Thayer
Pullman, which permits the turning OF
the body Of the Coach clear around
facing the mother. The Pullman is a
strona faVorltc this season. The many
new models show the emphasis tha'
mothers are placing on Comfort t;a'
tures and features Of convenience.
coLLAPsleLE Go.cARTs-Many
new comfort.6ivins Improvements tho
new Models with dlstlnetIveness;
springs and strong and more elastic
Hoods larger and different shapes. In
this larger display you will find in
eluded Pullman Coaches, Roadsters,
Folding Carts and coIIapsible Go'carss
prices range from $3.50 to s25'oo'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
H0LO lip TRAIN

Ell PAS0, Texas, March lS'-.
Masked robbers held up Southern Pa.
clfic passenger train No. Q, near San
derson, Texas. They rined the ex.
press and mail cars. Mexican bandits
are believed 10 be responsible.
1t was reported that two bandits
were killed by the express messen-
gers but no details areayaIlable.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
THE COLOR IS
De PRESS|NS

NEW YORK, March 1S.-"Things
lCok blue" said President White OF
the United Mine Workers, before en-
terng the conference this afternoon
With the anthracite coal committee to
receive the refusal Of the operators to
grant the Unions demands.
"The operators say they will not
grant us what we ask, The burden
Is with. them. We cannot recede.9 !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13

Miss Nina Polling, who has been the
guest Of friends in the city and in
Grafton, has returned to her home in
Phillppi
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13
COLONIAL.
~. .THEATER
MOTION PICTURES

A Place to Take the Family
PROGRAMME FoR WEDNESDAY
FIVE. BIC sUBJEcTs
"Fur Her Fathers sake'-champton,
'Wanter a WFe"-acIlance.
'Key West celebra!icn"-Rellaree.
"A Wife's DiseoveFy"-champlon.
"BsdeIia ard MIRA. suOybody"-ReIi'
ancs.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-13

Mrs. George Price and Mrs Aitli0ny
Bowen have returned from Mhee linz
where they had spent several days
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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-12-13
Kankakee War on Vice

Kankakee, following the good example set by Chi
cago, has begun active warfare against the social evil
At meeting of prominent citizens including the states
attorney and mayor report was made by the detec-
tlves employed to gather evidence, that $1,000 week
is conservative estimate of Kankakee's contribution
to vice. If this estimate is correct this little city of
$1,000 population is laying many dollars on the altar
OF lust and graft proportionatey the city of Chicago
Both the mayor and the states attorney pledged their
help in wping out the resorts.
BY the way, saloons plentiful in Kankakee
Dean Walter T. Sumner chairman of Chicago's Vice
Commission declares the saloon to be the chief adjunct
to the social evil This kind of vice thrives best where
saloons are least hampered
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-12-13
Women Sue Liquor Men

Three suits under the state dramshop act, in which
women are plaintiffs, filed December in the cir
cult court against Chicago saloonkeepers. Mrs Anna
L. Shelton sued Edward Lawer, Abe Frank and Frank
Lewis for $4,000 for alleged assault upon her hus-
band, Edward NJ Shelton, by Walter Pitts while the
latter, she charges, under the influence of liquor
Shelton result of the assault lost the sight of his
right eye Mrs. Georgina Nelson in behalf of herself
and five children, sued Samuel Robinson Hans Larsen
Andrew Thomson and William Hels for $4,000, set
ting the habitua ntoxication of her husband Rob
ert Nelson, and his loss of income The third COM
plant by Mrs. Johanna Byron for herself and three
children, against Adam Russ, Peter Hansen and Max
Cohen for $4,000 for the alleged habtua ntoxcation
of her husband, John Byron.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-12-13
Liquor Interests Weep Over Imperiled
Constitution

in this policy of excluding from constitutional rights such
things as few majority deem evil The constitution
guarantees to the right worship according
to the dictates of his conscience Religious bgots firmly
believe that those who differ with them as to doctrine or
ritual not worshping God ALL but actually COM
hitting sacriege Would easy deny to some the
right to their form OF religion this ground? The Pilgrim
Fathers lett old England because they denied this right
of religious liberty which the majority Just the manner
suggested proved to be worship but sacrege This
most serious matter-Free Press.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-12-13

There are enough homicides in Chicago without
drunken men driving automobiles through crowded
Streets" said Judge Hines to Marshall Polk, negro
chauffeur brought before the municipal court last
week, charged with driving automobile while in
toxicated It'll fine you SIS and costs, and the next
time you will get the limit
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-12-13

1t has at least been pounded into the craniums
of the leaders of the liquor forces that their business
is considered by the United States government to
be on the plane with legitimate business The
appreciation of this fact by the crowd who make and
sell alcoholic drinks ought to help towards bring
ing about the destruction of the traffic Forced to
fess their business to be subject police surveillance
and after many years of desperate effort utterly unable
to show such surveillance unjusted they hope
to be held in very high esteem by right thinking people
The Champion of Fair Play the official liquor pa
per of Illinois and Wisconsin, this week gives its
readers under the caption Constitution in Peril"
gloomy picture of the outcome of the passage of the
KenyonSheppard bill before Congress. The arti-
Gle is enlightening in that it shows how devoid the
liquor interests of substantial argument against
the passage of this just We for that
present it to readers:
Constitution in Peril
In opposing the pending amended Kenyon Bir in the
United States Senate, the liquor who Immediately
concerned with this latest attempt aside the const
ton will make tactical mistake if they attempt
base their arguments their constitutional rights The
legislative judicial and executive branches of all American
state and national have agreed refuse
recognize the constitutional rights of the liquor men, saying
that because people opposed liquor that they
it is inherently and absolutely wrong, therefore it
under the jurisdiction of the POLICE POWER OF THE
STATE the dangerous legal bubble that ever gained
standing in free country
These fanatics who given recognition by the
from the country magistrates the say that
God and the Son of God did wrong they made and
permitted the of alcoholic beverages; that is sin
make themaways saving and excepting hard cider
made by Prohibition farmers and homemade wine
by Prohibition housewives and Peruna like
that the stay and standby of the onghaed fraternity
and they insist that the has power license
the making and selling liquor than license murder
That is fair statement of the position that has been
by the courts at the dictaton of the mob.
But there is argument that is being used by the
greatest constitutional lawyers the Senate and will be
Endorsed by the thinking who do the voting if they
be made understand The constitution expressly guar
antees the right of free trade the This Ken
bill expressly alcoholic beverages from pro-
lection of the constitution because alcoholic beverages
by held to be mighty bad The police of the
state is the for suspending the constitution
this class of interstate commerce.
All right then what will be done when it proposed
convict-made goods from the rights of
commerce? Wouldn't that be popular? Sure would.
There things then that be denied the
tona guaranty of free trade among the From this
start there would be to almost excu
sion from of the competitive products another
Evening star., 1912-08-29
There is kind Of man that only comes
to full bloom in a meeting
He is the meeting man.

There is a kind of man that only comes
to full bloom in a meeting.
He is the meeting man.
He has the gift OF assemblage.
He flows by nature to gatherings, as the
rivers run to the sea.
I can see him now, in my minds eye. as
he sits in the lodgeroom from 8 o'clock
till half-past midnight, saying nothing,
doing nothing, except voting occasionally,
thinking nothing, just watching the pen
derous ritual moving heavily along. lis
tening to treasurers reports, which he
does not understand. just basking in the
social presence, feeding inwardly upon
the communion with his fellows.
Instances have been known where men
have gone to the lodge once a week for a
whole year without missing a meeting.
Then there is the political meeting.
The political meeting may be anywhere,
the drearier the place the better; on the
street corner. in the hotel lobby, up over
Jepson's feed store in a room with two
pine tables, twenty chairs and 1000 cubic
feet of tobacco smoke, or in some large
hall called a wigwam or auditorium
When the. plasterer has finished his
days work. had his supper. wet his hair
and plastered it down in a graceful sweep
over his forehead. and inserted a cigar
into his mouth at an angle of 45 degrees,
he likes to go downtown and meet.
II it Is the planting season In politics
his self-respect ia monstrously irrigated.
Evening star., 1912-08-29
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Peter Rabbit an Johnny Chuck stole
up the hill toward the homo OF Reddy
Fox. AS they drew near they crept from
one bunch Of grass to another and from
bush to bush. stopping behind each to
look and listen. They had heard that
Rediy Fox. who had been shot by
Farmer Browns boy, was SO badly hurt
that he could not walk. and now they
were going up to his home to see for
themselves II it was really So
But Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck
were not taking any chances. Johnny
Chuck was not much afraid Of Reddy
Fox. for he had whipped him once. but
he was afraid Of old Granny Fox. Peter
Rabbit was afraid Of both. The nearer
he got 10 the home Of Reddy Fox tho
moro anxious and nervous he grew. You
see Reddy Fox had played SO many
tricks SO as to try to catch Peter that
Peter was not quite sure that this was
not another trick. So he kept a sharp
watch in every direction. ready to run
at the least sign Of danger.
When they had uptoed and crawled to a
point where they could see the doorstep
OF the Fox home, Peter Rabbit and
Johnny Chuck lay down in a clump Of
bushes and watched Pretty soon they
saw old Gra1nZ Foe come out 6he
Evening star., 1912-08-29
The Cape.
Hamilton Wright Mabie. in the Atlantic.

Hamilton Wright Mabie, In the Atlantic.
There are very pleasant villages on the
cape. in the wide shade Of ancient elrns
set deep In the old-time New England
quiet For there was a time before the
arrival Of the Syrians. the Armenians
and the automobile, when New England
was in a meditative mood. But Cape Cod
is really a ridge Of sand with a backbone
of soil, rashly thrust into the Atlantic,
and as fluent and volatile. SO to speak.
as one of those far western rivers that
are shifting currents sublimely indiner-
ent to private ownership. The cape does
not lack stability. but 1t shifts its lines
with easy disregard Of charts and bound
aries, and remains stable only at its CEN
ter; It is always fraying at the edges. It
lies, too, on the western edge OF the
ocean stream. whore the forces of land
and sea are often at war and the palette
Of colors is limited. The. sirocco does
not sift fine sand through every crevice
and fill the heart OF man with murderous
impulses; but the east wind difuses a
kind of elemental depression
Evening star., 1912-08-29
THE MEETING MAN.
By DR.. Frank Crane.

| The judge greets him as a man :rd
brother; the smartest lawyer in town
actually asks his opinion on tariff me
rich man who owns the bank and is anx-
ious to get his particular highway robber
into the city council slaps him on the
back. Citizenship and somewhatness roll
within his bosom.
There is nothing like a political meeting
to satisfy the meeting appetite. Churches
would do well to oppose woman's suf-
frage. AS sure as women get into poll
tics they will find the sating of tho meet
ing desire much more easily and cheaply
in the political than in the ecclesiastical
congregation. Prayer meetings, sewing
circles and other church affairs have so
far been the main articles offered the
meeung-hungry female soul. When the
political dish, so highly favored and
sweetened, is set before them. l fear Tor
the foreign missionary gathering.
Meetings are the wheels of democracy.
They are the first elemental funti0ntngs
Of government.
Monarchy prohibited them. except for
the purpose OF spiritual intimidation. drill
or fighting.
The witenagemote where early English
met and deiberated was the. little cloud
no larger than a mans hand that fore
told the tempest that was to overthrow
the rule of superior classes.
l The New England town meeting was
the real beginning of the American re-
public.
1t was Maurice Barres who said that
linen In meetings put in common nothing
but their mediocrity."
Very true but while No may sneer af
Evening star., 1912-08-29
Little Stories for Bedtime.
POOR REDDY FOX.

shifted the wind and then she started OF
at quick run down the Lone Little
Path. Johnny Chuck gave q sigh of re-
lief. for he wasn't afraid of Reddy. and
now he felt safe. But Peter Rabbit was
Just as watchful as ever.
I've got to see Reddy for myself be-
fore III go step nearer" he whis-
pered.
Just then Johnny Chuck put hand
on his lips and pointed with the other
hand. There was Reddy Fox crawling
out of his doorway into the sun. Peter
Rabbit leaned forward to see better. Was
Reddy Fox really SO badly hurt, or was
he only pretending?
Reddy Fox crawled painfully out onto
his doorstep. He tried to stand and walk.
but he couldn't. because he was too
stin and sore So he just crawled. He
didn't know that any ono was watch
ing him, and with every movement he
so.
Peter Rabbit. watching from the clump
OF bushes. knew then that Reddy was
not pretending. He knew that he had
nothing, not the least little thing, to fear
from Reddy Fox. So Peter gave a whOop
of JOY and sprang out into view.
Reddy looked up and tried to grin. but
made q face Of pain instead. You see 1t
hurt SO to move.
II suppose you're tickled to death to
see me like this he growled to Peter
Rabbit.
Now. Peter had every reason to be glad.
forReddy For had tried hia best TO catch