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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
FACE EPIDEMIC
FLOOD VICTIMS
ENTIRE TOWNS INUNDATED.
uniontown, Pa, Leads List OF Dead
With iswest Virginia and
Pennsylvania Suffer
Heavily.

Pittsburgh.-The county Of Fayette,
so miles south Of here, that was swept
by series of cloudbursts, is counting
up its loss. At least 10 lives were
lost, is IN the Pole Cat Mine near
Evans Station, three drownedN in Lee
mont No. 2 Mine. when the creek
broke through the roof and flooded the
workings. A boy fell into the flooded
street at Dunbar and was drowned.
Dunbar is wreck.
The county commissioners estimate
that nearly a million dollars damage
was done there alone. Eleven BUSH
ness houses were swept away, rs resi-
dences were destroyed, streets torn
up and bridges carried out.
Fayette county is isolated. The
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks are either under water or
swept away. Wires are down every
where. In places the force Of the
food was so great the rails were twist
ed like light wires. The roads are
almost impossible,
sEf0F1B1OH+ tFalHS@ Were uHHDi0 10 S0S
within miles Of Dunbar, and hunger is
being added to the misery OF the peo-
pie. Those who spent the night at
the mouth Of Pole Cat Mine in grief
over their lost ones were dumb in
their wretchednessvi victims Of a
poignant grief, but suffering, too, the
pangs of a gnawing hunger.
The Pennsylvania Railroad had q
thousand men at work repairing its
road bed.
A rescue party of 100 men went half
mile into the slope Of Pole Cat Mine
to satisfy the grieving women on the
surface.
They travelled through water Ave
feet deep until the slope took a de-
cided drop and it was impossible to go
farther. No bodies were seen.
The commissioners of Fayette coun-
ty wired the State Health Depart
ment, asking that a corps of men be
sent into the district to prevent an
epidemic of disease. Most of those
suffering from the food are foreign
ers, who are ignorant of the sanitary
precautions necessary following a
food. Thousands OF dead cattle,
sheep and fowl are lying in the hol-
lows and will be exposed when the
waters recede.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Packers Submit plan.

Washington. Details OF the plan OF
the meat packers for dissolution Of the
National Packing Company were pre-
scented to Attorney General wicker
sham by James H. Wilkerson. United
States attorney at Chicago The De
partment Of Justice is not vet prepar-
ed to say If the plan Is satisfactory.
Ralph Crow, counsel for the packers.
assured the Attorney General that the
assets Of the company have been
actually divided among the Swift,
Morris and Armour interests
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
IS men Die
IN COAL Mine
Others Escape From Flood After
Narrowing Experience.
MOST OF VICTIMS MARRIED.
MOST OF VICTIMS MARRIED.
The Men Were Drowned 1000 Feet
From the Mouth Of the Mine,
Their Only Avenue OF
Escape.

Uniontown, Pa. Caught like rats In
a trap when water rushed into the
manway of Superba No. 2 Mines. at
Evans Station. three miles north Of
Uniontown, following cloudburst. ID
men were drowned and 81 escaped
after most narrowing experience The
men were drowned about 1000 feet
from the mouth of the mines, their
only avenue Of escape The majority
of the victims were married and had
large families.
The men who escaped were forced
to half swim and half walk to the pit
mouth through water ranging in depth
from their waists to their necks on
their way to safety. The majority Of
the miners who escaped were knocked
down by timbers that were sent down
the-zmine with great velocity in the
raging current. Several men were be-
ing carried back into the mine to GER
tain death when rescued by their COM
panions who risked their lives.
Officials of the Superba Company
say it will take at least so days to
clear the mine of water and until that
time bodies must remain in the water
in which they persisted. Superinten-
dent ]. Buttermore was the first man
to see the high water start In the
manway. He raised the alarm and all
the men on the outside rushed into
the mine yelling as they went. In
that manner more than half of the
miners were saved.
The wives and families Of the
miners and drivers in the mines when
the alarm was raised rushed to a
large hole made by the rushing water
at the manhole and frantically threw
sticks, stones, bushes, poles and what
ever other timber they could find into
the water to stop the rush into the
mines where their loved ZONES were
earning their daily bread.
Failing in that they rushed to the
mouth of the pit and would have con-
tinued their mad dash into the water
in the mine had they not been stopped
by cool.headed persons who guarded
that entrance. The women and chill
dren remained at the mouth of the
slope late tonight refusing to return
home until an attempt had been made
to rescue their husbands and fathers.
Several large pumps will be placed in
the mine tomorrow and everything
possible will be done to get to the place
where the bodies are certain to be
found.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
THos. R. Moons, SIC. MOOns
Pres. & Treas. Sec'y.
Moore ano Moore
Insurance, Real Estate, Loans, Surety Bonds.
Representing the Following Fire Insurance

Representing the Following Fire Insurance
Companies.
North British and Mercantile Insuranos
Company, of London and Edln3urR. Atlas
Assurance Co., Limited, of Lohdoa Con-
tinental Insurance Co., New York. Under
writer's Agency, Hanover Fire Insurance.
Co. German Alliance Insurance. AsDocia-
ton. Fidelity Phoenix Insurance Com.
pany. Fidelity Underwriters and GermaniA
Fire Insurance Co., of New York. Glenn
Falls Insurance. Co., Of Glenn Falls, NY,
Phiiadelphia Underwriters, Pennsylvania
Fire Insurance 90, Spring Garden Insur.
ance Co., and Girard Fire and Marine In.
surAnce Co., Of Philadelphia. Springfield
Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Of Spring.
field, Mass. Citizens Insurance Co. and
American Central Of st. Louis. Missouri.
Fireman's Fund Insurance. Co., OF San
Francisco and Colonial Fire Underwriters.
1.-THE JOHN HANCOCK Mutual Life In
surence Co., Of Boston, Mass. The UNITED
STATES FIDELITY b GUARANTY CO.,
issue all forms Of Surety Bonds. Bonds for
Administrators. Executors, and al other
Judicial Bonds issued Immediately upon
notice. Farms, Tpwn Properties and Real
Estate OF every description for sale, We
areprepared to make loans both large and
small ON short notice.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
The Archibald Impeachment.

Washington. Wrisley Brown, q
special attorney of the Department of
Justice, has been selected by the man
ayers of the impeachment trial Of
Judge Robert W. Archibald to assist
in his prosecution before the Senate.
Mr.. Brown prepared the case for the
House Judiciary Committee. Attorney
General Wickersham will be asked to,
designate Brown for the work.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Converted At IS.

Milton, KY Eighty+three-year-old
Ben Morris. the oldest inhabitant of
Trimble county. was baptized We'd
nesday evening in the Ohio River. He
had acknowledged conversion few
hours previously and asked that the
ceremony take place right away. He
was taken to the leyee in carriage
ana was SO feeble that two men were
needed to support him as he entered
the water for immersion. Elder H. T.
Martin, Of the Christian Church. ON
ciated.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
THE MIkApo BETTER.

Court Physicians say He Continues TO
Improve.
Toxic The condition Of Mutsuhito,
the Emperor 81 Japan. continues to
improve. according to the court physi-
clans Wednesday
a bulletin issued Wednesday after
noon says:
His Majesty slept throughout the
morning. His temperature is now
ss.7o; Otherwise there Is no change
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
The Rumor Factory Busy.

Washington. Treasury Department.
officials are not inclined to say they
believe the report that William Loeb,
Jr., collector of customs at New York,
and former secretary to President
Roosevelt, is about to resign his job
to join Colonel Rooseyelt's new party.
Reports of impending changes in the
Cabinet continue. Secretary Nagel is
the latest mentioned. The Secretary
has told his friends he would not serve
after March should Mr.. Taft be re.
elected.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
FIND WOMAN in sox CAR.

She Was Fashionahly Dressed and
Claimed Wealthy Relative.
Kansas City, Mo. Saying her mans
was Juanita Wood, and that she was
the daughter OF Frank Wood, a
wealthy Boston contractor. a young
woman, "a years old. was found I'M
conscious in a box car here by the
police She was. fashionably dressed.
and said she had run away from col
lege in the East. She told the police
she had been In company with q man
from St. Louis. who had befriended
her and that the last she remembers
she was walking with him yesterday.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
TWO BULLETS BEAT SURGERY.
Attempt At Suicide viii Restore Mans
Health and Mind.

st. Louis-Two bullets that William
q. Slawson, of East st. Louis. fired
into his brain while demented, instead
of causing his death. had a beneficial
effect, removing a bIoodclot that would
have proved fatal. Physicians say
that Slawson win recover both his
health and reason and that he has
escaped an operation that would have
been necessary had not the bullets
clans scalpel.
served the same purpose as the physi-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A young man in New Jersey. rather
than pay ave dollar fine he believed
to be unjust. has gone to Europe.
Many others would be glad to voice
conscientious protest by . European
trip, but all condolences cannot bear
ahe money strain.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

a newsboy Ii suing an aero club
for damages because while selling
programs he was hit By an aeropiane.s
II seems hard that the new sports Of
civilization should encounter such =
handicap where there nre 20 many
pswshoys a spax1.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
TROOPS TO ouELL RIOT.
Gov. Giasscock Sends Machine Gun To,
Peytona.

Charleston. w. va.-one company Of
militia and a machine gun squad left
here for Peytona, Boone county,
where, during a riot by striking
miners, Deputy Sheriff Southpin was
fatally shot. Sheriff Sidney White
called upon Governor Glasscock for
troops, declaring he was unable to
handle the situation. Peytona adjoins
the Paint Creek region, where miners
have been on strike for several
months. Southpin was called to the
scene of the trouble, and was attempt
ing to dispense band Of strikers.
who attempted to disarm him. Adj
jutant General Elliott accompanied the
troops.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A peculiar race of people have been
discovered In almost inaccessible
mountains in Mexico. who have only
500 words in their vocabulary. What
dreary sort of political conventions
they must have!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A Chicago citizen with . fad for
statistical elaboration has figured that
Chicago win pass New York in popu-
lation by 1887 Perhaps Chicago is
counting on annexing Canada by that
time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
New mexico Poetmasteraa

washington President Taft sent
to the Senate nominations Of is post
masters in New Mexico, including
Robert w. Hopkins at Albuquerque
and Ignacio Lopez at Las Vegas and
Arthur H. Rockafellow at Roswell.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A deserted wife searching for her
husband for II years. found him nnal-
IL as rich and respected dealer in
pianos. It Is hardly necessary to
say that his dealings in harmony
ceased from the moment of their meet
Ing.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

III the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. race
t1ow growing popular with speeders
between time and eternity, eternity II
generally the winner. And its con-
testants run only the one race.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

It is possible to be filled with broth
erly love and stin be peeved when,
ones fellow passenger on street car
persists In reading ones newspaper
over ones shoulder.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
lLLITERAcy IS SCARCE.
q > = =
Chicago Completes Biennial School
Census Shows BIG Gain.

Census Shows Big Gain.
Chicago Chicago's present popula-
ton is 2,ss1.7oO, according to the
biennial school census just completed
by, the board OF education. The tig-
ures of the last Federal census, taken
in 1910, were 2.1s5.283.-
The school census shows the total
number OF minors in the city to be
S82, SIG, Of which 50.791 are foreign
born and 11,191 are negroes
According to the count there are
only 1877 children between the age OF
10 and II who are unable to read or
write either English or some other
language.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
eoMEz,s cuRT REPLY.

Unsatisfactory Answer 10 the Y. s.
Minister.
Havana President Gomez made I
curt, unsatisfactory reply to American
Minister Beaupre,s protest against the
granting Of big tract Of swamp land
made BY the Cuban government to q
company partly composed Of Ameri-
cans. There were charges Of graft IN
securing the concession, and these
were contained III the protest. but
President Gomez upheld the old Span
ish law.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A physician informs US that It is i'm
possible to catch cold Possibly he
Is right and yet we have vague su5-
piclon that he is trying to kid some
body.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A scientist informs us that the av-
erage man contains 1866 cubic feet
" gas. It win be noticed that he re-
,Iers to the average man-not to the
politician.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Another modern wonder overlooked
by those college professors Is the fact
that the Washington baseball team is
attracting more attention than the
White House.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A western couple have entered Into
an agreement whereby the wife earns
the living and the man does the house
work. Many Of US men are now do
ing both.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
Aoalnst AduIterated Seeds.

Washington. "A favorable report on
the House bill to prohibit the admis-
sion to the United States OF certain
adulterated seeds unfit for planting
was authorized by the Senate Com
mittee on Agriculture.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
NEW GERMAN AlRsHIP.
She VIII Be stationed At Metz, Near
French Frontier.

Berlin. The most modern military
airship OF the Zeppelin rigid system
was taken over by the war department
after an endurance and speed trial
lasting is hours. The airship develop
ed 8 speed Of AZ miles an hour, and is
considered the most speedy dirigible
III the world. 1t has been christened
the zrIII, and is to be stationed at the
fortress Of Metz, near the French
frontier. 81
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
suNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Measure As Passed BY the Senate
Carries $ff6,oOo, 600.

Washing The Sundry Ciyil APP
preparation Bill, carrying approximate.
~ $116. 900. 900 for the support of vari-
GUS bureaus and branches Of the gov
eminent. passed the Senate. It CON
tains increases oflabout $4,000, 900 over
the appropriations authorized by the
House The difference between the
two bodies win be adjusted in confer
ence.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

London reports the invention Of
moving picture film that won't burn.
Now If some one would only invent q
linen collar that won't wilt.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
AYDRoPLANEs FOR NAVY.
Department Plans To Equip Each
BattIesE1lp.

UePaFIHeW FIdHs EqI'P ESH
Battleshlp.
Washington Each battleship Of the
Navy will be equipped with speedy
hydroplane within the next year. II
plans of the Navy Department mate
rialize. Rear Admiral Philip Andrews,
acting secretary, has called upon
manufacturers to notify the depart
ment not later than August 10 whether
they will submit hydroplane designs
to meet naval requirements. It Is
proposed to have the machines sustain
q speed in the air OF not less than
50 miles an hour. carrying two pas
Bengers.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

That English aviator who Few to
hs own wedding may have been flying
q the. face Of fate.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Woman in Massachusetts, killed her
self because she was not allowed to
work, but there Ii no danger that the
practice will become common.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Playing monographs to the animals
In the New York zoo may be a fas-
cinating sport, but imagine how the
defenseless animals must suffer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Another danger IN the kissing habit
b that 4 sometimes leads to . breach
= promise ease.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

The much heralded millennium win
hot arrive until this country can
choose = president without going
through I spasm.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Possibly It would surprise our read
srs TO learn that there - supposed to
be war going ON between Italy and
Turkey
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

An Austrian countess has taken
hnto herself husband In the form Of
roller skater. Merrily they roll
along, etc.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

An aviator can win place on the
nrst page, top Of the column when he
breaks a record and when he breaks
his neck.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Two aeroplanes In France met in
head-on collision. Now the airline
Nuts has begun having EN-.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Whenever we hear q physician de
jnouncing the kissing evil, we are led
to suspect that he has been expert
menting with girl who eats onions.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A New York justice says that tho
presence OF bedbugs in house is JUS
LITIGATION for breaking a lease; also
one or two OF the commandments.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
lNpIcr FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

CHARGED With PurIIonIn0 and selling
confiseated Opium.
New York Three indictments were
returned here by the Federal Grand
Jury at the conclusion Of its investiga-
ton OF the complaint made by Gus
toms Inspector w. p. Murphy, that
employees OF the appraisers stores
were concerned in q conspiracy for the
purloining and ress1iing of confiscated
opium ordered destroyed by the United
States Court.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

The latest census reports show that
cut of !, 1865, 875 900 haircuts In the last
Ten years 646 persons had theirs cut
N the way they wanted 1t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

The smashup OF the Chinese cabinet
leads one to suspect that somebody
has turned loose . bull In the China
! shop.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

A man in Kansas goes barefooted
and without hat. He goes to ex-
kremes for his health's sake.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

An aviator's wife wants divorce on
the ground that he il q high flyer"
Her suit seems to be brought more In
Aumor than In anger.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Conventions come only once In four
pears. but anybody can sit up all night
n hard chair whenever he chooses.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

The gray tie Il again fashionable
lOr men ana kings.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01
HARRY THAN HELD
TO BE insane
Loses His Last Desperate Fight
For Feedom.
STAMFORD WHITES SLAYER.
Judge Holds He Is = Menace 70 Public
sasety-The Prisoners Third
Effort To Obtain His
Freedom.

White Plains, N. Y.-Harry X. Thaw
in the eyes Of the law is still insane
and must remain IN the asylum where
he was placed on February /, 1908,
after he had killed Standard White.
Justice Martin ]. Keogh, of the Su-
preme Court, denied Thaw's appiica-
ton for freedom The court took the
ground that Thaw's release would be
dangerous to public safety.
I'm May, 1908" he said, he tThaw1.
obtained writ OF habeas corpus to
secure his discharge on the ground
that he was then sane. The question
Of his sanity was carefully inquired
into by Mr.. Justice Morschauser, who
In an able opinion decided that he was
then insane and that it would be uIi-
safe to set him free.
TN June, 1909, another writ Of
habeas corpus was sued out In his
behalf, an exhaustive inquiry was had
into his sanity, and lucid opinion was
written by Mr.. Justice Mills, In which
he decided that he Was then insane
and that it would be dangerous to the
public peace and safety to grant his
discharge.
.aEhe present writ was obtained to
secure the release of Harry X. Thaw
on the ground that he Is now sane, ana
the question Of his present sanity or
insanity was the subject of an inquiry
occupying is days, during which he
had the aid OF the most able and faith
full counsel"
Justice Keogh said that there would
be no useful purpose in reviewing the
history Of the present case, but added:
Perhaps an exception ought to be
made so far as to say that there was
some testimony in the case to the Of
feet that the demeanor Of Harry 4.
Thaw in this hearing was better than
1t was in the hearing before Justice
Mills.
Writ Dismissed.
"My whole duty Is fully performed
when / decide the single question pre-
scented for decision, namely: sIs Harry
K Thaw at present sane or insane, and
would his release be dangerous to the
public peace and safety?
The writ of habeas corpus upon
which Thaw obtained his temporary
release from the Matteawan State
Hospital is dismissed, and the court
custody of the superintendent of that
Qua Of psuIn4eI 90 AeqL aqua slepIo
Institution. Thaw has been living at
the local jail, in charge of the sheriff,
since his case opened, early in June.
Thaw procured a copy Of the de-
cision shortly after it had been render
ed. He read it only with seeming in
difference.
ut is as thought" he said. Il am
sending the sad word to my family.
It would have been better had been
acquitted, like Captain Hains.%
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

Nothing makes the average man hot
ler than advising him 70 keep cool
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-08-01

.-%U@ j, M|N-N4s
,r.,,. 49, ~, III = a II.
"a "A az i,[,St3 ',,iehfS 81
each Mouth
4. n s. Lorgqh. Wor1hiptnl Master.
G. Frank Gailnhel. Secretary.
49,. -, !, 80. 81. III
4th Monday N each Month.
Turner A. Ramey. High Priest
c. Frank Gallaher, Secretary.
49,. c1-.-5--- NJ ~
Tuesday IN each, Month
H c. GetxendanneF,
Eminent Commander.
C. Frank Gallahef, Recorder.
Wiidey Lodge. No. a, / o. o. ~
Every Thursday night.
Mt. Stride1. N. q.
- ~. heney. 80
Modern Wo0dmen, Charles Town
Camp. No. 1864, every Friday
night.
w. p. yesterday. Counsel.
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