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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
SOME WOODROW JUNIORS.


George Washington may have been
the father Of his country but Wood.
row Wilson bids fair to be Its god.
father. Hardly day passes that the
President does not receive notifica,
tons from many. parts of the country
to the effect that young hopefuls have
been named in his honor. One man
in Texas named Triplets Woodrow
Jones, Wilson Jones and sWoodro@
Wilson Jones eutin5 Oregon a fond
tsther named q tftsenthS CHILD slntloai
~ al the Pee ssdeat aaa 1 ite Seaatss Il
.iioN faifis dotted wIfi itttle Wood.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
lpis ATlNG LARGE FORTUNES.

-
ice President Marshall has proven
ttiat isi not impossible even for a
Vice President to jump into the spot
llghE He has taken most radical
saHd BIZ stating for publication that
aatelf Of Judgment have expressed
c me the optftonthat If a vote were
aiken on proposition, to make all es-
ates over the sum Of 100000 revert
the state upon the death Of the
owner he 100000 being exempted
Il aplldabe carriedltwo to one"
Hls9statement Is being discussed by
tigie and labor organizations and by
silIslts of8 political economy with a
feat deal Of Interest.
Many differ from his views and say
thatS tile voters Of The country would
itot sp express themselves If they nau
at opportunity
Without considering the question OF
economic Justice Of such plan We
8Fe inclined to3belleve that Mr. Mar
shaIlls men Of Judgment" have ar.
!, rtgel AZ the right conclusion. The
sotg would he in5iavor of this plan in
attDlt the same ratio that the people
Who are worth less than 100000
eafsto those Who are worth more.
There iIs ND Fdoubt but what some
liniit should he placed upon massive
fortunes and some suitable means of
iissipa titig thehisat the death OF the
tnaltt lionatre should be devised,
Fnt 100000 seems to be too small
linll half million or a million dol.
4 are mot considered so large. The
lance tax and the proposed in
come is are both aimed at large for
tunes and will to some extent tend 10
lola I'll clfeck the great accumulation
ois@ealth; but they cannot place back
mo the hands Of the -people or the
~ 80 t+'S $500 ''
iipns, the fortunes left by IIarri.
man or Morgan. Why all this
Wealth should be given to ar
aeir who has done nothing to earn it
one of the Inequalities Of our pres
seis system that seems to be unjust.
rhese fortunes came originally from
mi public and were accumulated M.
protection Of the State and
Should 81 back to those from whom
were taken at the Death Of the
time ofdeath the soul Of man
back 70 the God who gave it and
body goes back to the dust from
ssl5lch II was created but his fortune
@htch lie cannot take with him goes
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
LUKE mcLukE SAYS.

The folks who claim there are no
male angelo never married widow
and heard her brag about her first
husbond.
One, half the world spends half It's
time trying to and out how the other.
half lives.
What good doessit do, u lower The
tariff o1 iahaslg The girls Sotit
t y siad ah}s
vealaa ~ rs
IollIler \ MIIen Ile died mo- dIseoserod
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
FIGHT IN CH|NK
HOUSE
CHINESE INTERPRETER Is KILL.
ED AND LAUNDRYMAN FATAL
LY WOUNDED.
tBY ASSOCIATED PnEss.)

COLUMBUS, O., April l9.--s. @.
Tong, a Chinese interpreter Of Balti.
more, was shot and killed and Woo
Gov. a laundryman. was fatally stab
bed with an ice pick in fight at a
Chinese boarding house here today.
zee Jack a Chinese grocer, is being
held for investigation by the police.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
PEOPLES FORUM
WELL PLEASED.

Eds. West .Virginian:
| was glad to hear Dr. Lyon call at
tCntion to the wonderful appeal to
Christians by the Chinese Republic for
their prayers, missionaries aud con-
vGrts in their own country. II is an
Inspiration TO forward.looking men,
everywhere. II recalls the optimistic
prophecy Of our poet, Whittier in a
noble poem read by him at Woodstock.
Conn, in 1883, re-dedicating the ma
ton to God. as our fathers dedicated
It in the beginning. The lines If the
following stanA are among the most
encouraging; and. the middle four. are
wonderfully fulfilled in the China Incl.
dent referred to above:
"rhe fathers sleep, but men remain
AS wise, as true, as brave as they;
Why count the loss and not the gain?
The best is that We have today.
Thy great world lesson all shall learn,
The nations In thy school shall sit,
Earth's farthest mountainous shall
burn
With watch'firfs from thine own
uplirt.
0 land OF lands! to thee we give
Our prayers, our hopes, our service
free:
For thee thy sons shall nobly live,
And at thy need shall die for thee"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
NINE GUARDS
TO Be TRIED. D ..
JUDGE DICE WILL PRESIDE
THERE WILL BE NO MILITIAAT.,
THE TRIAL.
lBY AssoclATED PEEss.l.

LNWIsBuRG, W. Va. April H.
The trial of seven mine guards ae;s
cused of killing five miners during
the New River coal strike last fallSiss
scheduled to begin here next Tuesday
Judge Charles Dice will be on the
bench. He stated today that no trou;'
hle was feared and that the trial would
re conducted without the aid Of the
State militia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS GET

=
In rGent issue OF the San Diego
Union, Mr.. p. ]. BeRboagA says: "Do
you want something done? If so, sup
port a young man for council who
knows 4ow and does IT," That man is
p. J. Benbough. He says SO himself
and, although | don't know Mr.. Ben
Dough from Adam, I'll bet it's true. |
do not even know which ticket he Is
on but he has my vote, ana hope he
gets elected. From his picture he
seems to be goOd-looking, manly sort
Of n fellow. but | ami not boosting him
on that account. The reason am
backing Mr. Benboush for councilman
or San Diego is because, when he says
he knows how and does II. he proves
it by walking into advertising depart.
ment OF the Union, asking what the
rates are, planking down his money
and then say ing what he wants to III
der his own photograph and over his
own signature, like Il man. BY that
very transaction he proved al least
one thing, which is that he knows that
he knows that business is business in
a newspaper Office as well as any
where else.
He also proved that he is neither a
cheapskate nor a tight.wad, but an
independent. seIi-supportine Ameli.
can, who can hoe his own row and
asks no favors Of any one. He is RUM
ing for an office and want; to get cleo
led but he evidently intends to pay
his own way and finance his campaign,
incidentally. ! may say that good
many other San Diego candidates are
advertising in the Union, and | hope
they'll be elected, even If they are
running against each other. merely
picked friend BGnbough cut because
he Is the best looking one Ct the bOucIl
aud what he says happened to strike
me. These san Diego politicians are
on the right track. suppose the couN.
try must have Offices to Ill and Off.
cials 10 III them, hut just why, when
ever man starts out to land himself
in some soft political berth, every
newspaper within range should be ex.
pected 10 contribute IN acre or two 0
free space, have never been able 10
see. Sometimes, of course, there is Il
reason. but, as Il general rule about
all the newspaper gets out OF the cam.
palgn is 4 decreased circulation, lot
of good lively enemies and some bad
cigars.
That is the reason am for p. ].
BCnbOugh or any other man who
scrAi hes himself of Of the dead.
head list and pays for what he gets.
When Il political candidate wants
I throw bouquet at himself in a.
newspaper, the proper man to see
is the advertising manager. not the
editor. Newspaper dom.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

II is possible TO pay enough money.
to secure the best board and set'in-
different food. service and accommo,,
dations. Many people do that-bnt
none of them are want ad answerers!
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

1t Is a mean thing 70 say, bnt Il lis
IA fact that the girl with splendid incl:
Ilest always runs second to a girl with
Isplendid hips when there is q man
around.
This is crazy world. One man gets
soused because the girl wouldn't mar.
ry him and the other fellow gets
soused because the girl did marry him.
A man wantes semsshpgshe cant
get When a gitssl5 800 tgiiItag to be
kissed she doesn't get mauyIkisses. 3
tits a good bet that IT you.baa to go
to the kitchen closet and get The coal
oil can and til a lamp andStrlm the
wick and clean the slobegy5ur light.
bills wouldn't be as big qstthey are.
There could Dea fire next door and
a boiler explosion across the street
and Mother would sleep through II.
But it Father steps on a sQueaky
plank shocking in or the baby signs Il.
It's sleep she is wide awake right away
Most man never Know why cham
nagne is called dry wine until they
wake up the next day.
Petty insists upon Hubby wearing y
smoking jacket when he inhales Turk.
ish atrocities because her father liked
to sit around in his undershirt when
he smoked a pipe
When Daughter lands likely look.
ing young man Mother will sit in the
front room with the couple and throw
the bull about her wealthy relatives
and her blue blood and then Father
will queer the whole game by butting
In and insisting that Mother wash his
socks go they will be dry in the
morning.
A man used to get on his knees
when he proposed. Nowadays he
taken her on his knees.
The old.fashiOned woman who used
10 hoist her dress and sit on her petit.
coat in a street car now has a daugh,
ter who would STRAIT Il panic If she
tried il,
A new York Judge states that
amusement is seeing something dir.
ferentevery now and then. II this is
The case the men will have lots of
amusement watching the girls on
sunny days this Enquirer.
Jersey City'S acceptance Of commits
sion government within few months
after having rejected II was case Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
THE ROYAL ROAD TO OFFICE.

HE HOYAL ROAD " OFFISG'
Secretary of the Treasury-William
G. McAdoo. of New York, born !"
Georgia.
Attorney General-James c. Nc
Reynolds, of New York, born in Ken
lucky.
Ambassador to the Court of st.
1ames-WaIler Hines Page. OF New
York. born in North Carolina.
Ambassador to France-Wllliam T.
Of New York, born in Ar,
kansas.
There may be others, but recolIec'
ton totters. The one certain way -
high distinction in the Wilson admin
istratiou seems to be born south 81
Mason and Dixon sddne and then TO re-
move your residence somewhere near
the glare OF the Great White Way.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
THE TIMES hits THE TRAIL"

THE TIMES hits THE TRAIL"
Some of the STATE papers are taxi
ing of forming al editorial asSocia-
ton. We entirely agree"with our
brothers that such an association is
needed; but in the past the editors
have been unable to maintain such all
Organization We trust some fellow
will find plan for one that will be u
go, Fairmont Times
Day By day more newspapers are
depressing their approval OF the plan
Ito organize the newspapers OF this
State and We are glad our neighbor.
The Times. is OF the same opinion as
the Stute Journal, Charleston Mail.
Huntington Hcrad-Dispatch. Grafton
Sentinel and the West Virginian.
| This is making a very nice start but
there are many other datlies that
should take an interest in this plan.
The. weeklles have not yet fallen into
line hut they will no doubt be as much
interested us the dailies. No doubt all
the publishers ana GuItOrs are in IA
vor of This organization rs there Is no
reason why they should not favor il.
The Pennsylvania dailies have just
iOrganized an association with 2l2 daily
l,apers Joining the organization 'but
there are not enough duilies in this
State TO make an organization OF any
thing like this size and ii will require
the cooperation of all the daily and
Weekly papers to make III organ2a.
ton fully representative OF the news
paper business There are approx
mately la weekly newspapers in the
State. We believe, and about % daily
rarers. making a total OF about 200 iii
the State.
The following dispatch tells wha;
Hthe Pennsylvania publishers HAYES
done:
HARRISBURG, Pa, April to. All
organization was effected to-day by
representatives of two hundred and
twelve daily newspapers under the
name of the Pennsylvania Associated
Dailies. The following officers were
elected, President, L. J. StackpoIe.
Harrisburg Telegraph; first vice
president. John l.. Stewart, Washing
ton Observer and Reporter and Beaver
Times; second vice president, Ernest
l.. Smith. Wilkes.Dawe TimeS.Leader;
secretary, Walter Fornot. Lewiston
Gazette? treasurer. W. l.. Binder,
Pottstown News; executive commit
tee, r. p. Habgood, bradford Star;
james H. Craig. Altoona Gazette; w.
NJ. Long. Chester Times; W. S. Tay'
lor. York Dispatch: Fred l.. Rent%,
New Castle News; A. r. Gordon,
Wayncsboro Gazette; A. s. Andrews.
Gaston Free Press; J. H. Zerby. Potts
vile Republican. aud {. l.. GaultZ, vii
Transport sun"
All organization in this State cOOpe-
rating with similar organizations of
our neighb0ring States would be Of
incalculable value 10 the newspaper
business. THE percentage OF failures
III the newspaper business according
to the last census report is greater
than that OF any other line Of business.
There are reasons for this and there
are safeguards against it that Organi-
zation could hedge against. The news
raper business can he improved and
let us all get together and do It, Il
will throw no particular hardship on
any paper, with 9 competent set OF Of
lcials and an able executive commit
tee the publishers will find that It will
take very little Of their individual time
or money TO carry on The work.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

The report that distinguished
American writer was shot during the
late troubles in Mexico at best seems
to be no, more than half true.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
AGDDd O5jssi
q.

By having ali object in view, much better re,
suits are accomplished Whether you are saving
money for home or reserve fund, an account
With the First National Bank will be Of great as
sistance to you.
We cordially invite you to come in and open
an account with us now, or you can safely and con-
yeniently bank with US by mail.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

Love is not all hot chocolate and
ice cream. They are merely symp.
toms
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

If anybody does any kicking about
the new Observation-Disclosures skirts IT
won't be the women who wear EN-.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

Weeds and objections are easily
raised and the crop is always prolific
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
that TOTALLY DIFFERENT HOP
" a SPRING STROLL

through the street or Sunday morn
ina will be an exhibition of the high
class and artistic tailoring done by
e1Ikeson. All the best dressers Of the
city come here to be measured dor
their Spring Suit Sr overeoat and
they are s'"ays assured Of being "the
class Of fashion and the mould Of
form" when their garments have been
made BY lH
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

The people have the power to legiS'
late most anything they deem proper
and some such a law as this may ut
some time be on hestatute books Of
West virfInia, although We do not
have many mnIti.mlIlionaires in the
State.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

II an oversupply OF unmuzzled raw
material running around loose is any
evidence Dallas ought to offer splen,
did loSation for dog skin glosetfac-
tory, sts
Many a etri considers hes eduea tlSn
a6nestis science comp ste Wien
sic anSs row D oneI eaii o. SAL.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

to an heir who in the strict sense 9f
Justice has TO moral right to it. nor no
ability AS a rule to handle It in the in.
terest OF public or business welfare.
or course proper limitations should
be made TO protect 10 the fullest e%'
tent the widows and children OF de-
ceased miIlionaires but when that Is
done the State has done its duty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19

Jersey City's acceptance Of commits
sion government within few months
after having rejected It was case OF
sober second tllought.-Wheelng Reg
!ster.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-19
elLKEsoN

Tailor, cIothier and 'Furnlsher'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08
Hats Take Aerial Trip When Gale Hits Detroit

n ETROIT. MICH.-Unusually high
~ winds the other day were respon-
sible for reat deal Of sidewalk aero
battles upon the part Of pedestrians
who defied the gale by wearing stin
hats.
At one time three men ran a foot
race across Michigan avenue at Girls
void street in pursuit of elusive head
gear. At times 1t seemed as If the
only way to keep an overcoat fastened
in front was to nail the edges to-
gether.
One Of the prize feats of the wind
however. was when a chilly zephyr
went ripping down Lafayette boule-
ward at Griswold street, tearing a
Derby hat from the head of a young
man. carrying it In eccentric gyrations
through the air, and depositing 1t I'M
tremendously upon a ledge in front
of window on the second story of
the German American bank build
ing
There it goes" yelled a portIy In
dividual who had hold of his own
hat with one hand while his other
hand grasped the tails of his
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

INDIANAPOLIS. lnd-Tight-fitting
1 skirts delay traction cars. and
make 1t almost impossible for con-
ductors and motormen to keep up to
the required schedules Especially is
this true in the case Of cars which
make many stops. Men at the trac-
ton terminal station estimate that 1t
takes a woman three times as long to
board car as 1t did in the days when
they wore wide skirts.
Doss Shafer. patrolman, stationed
at the traction depot, is an observing
man, and he has had his attention
called to the tight-fitting skirt nuts.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08
Forgets Home Number; Lands in Station House

CHlCAGO.-Because his memory de-
~ serted him at the most critical
tme-the time to go home-Frank H,
Harlow. manufacturer Of advertis-
ing novelties. after touring the North
Side in taxicab for four hours In a
vain search for his domicile was
forced to spend the night at the Chi
cago avenue police station by the &C
commodating but irate chauffeur.
When Harlow finally decided that
he would go home the other night he
summoned taxicab and crawled in.
Where tor asked the chauffer.
Home" was the curt reply.
Where is homer" persisted the In
quisitive driver.
"Why-er - lesh see -er-t hat'sh
funny. Can't r'member. Y see, Just
moved an forget where. Somewhere
on North Side. Well find it,"
The chauffeur drove to the North
Side and Harlow kept his eye peeled
for apartment houses. At last he saw
one that looked like home" and or.
dered the driver to stop Out he got
and into the building he went. Ten
minutes the driver waited and then
Harlow emerged
They shay positively I don't live
there" he said. "Lesh 20 somewhere
elsh"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

Away they went. with Harlow peer
ing out of the window at the build
ings as they flashed past. Again they
stopped before an apartment and Har.
low ambled in
Wrong again." said Harlow com
ing out.
Never saw such 'commodatin'
people" Harlow told the driver. Rang
every bell and they got mad. Said
| was crazy. Looks just like home
too. That'sh funny"
Finally the exasperated chauffeur
looked at his meter. 1t registered
four hours. a goedly number of miles
and considerable fare.
The driver bundled his fare bach
into the machine and drove to the Chi.
cago avenue station.
When he heard the story the next
morning. Judge Maxwell DISCHARGED
the prisoner.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

Al EW YORK.-John H. Dawson. a
~ West Virginia mountaineer, who,
minus his shoes, stands six feet tall,
and without any drapery over his her
culean physique. weighs ESQ pounds,
and can sense his way through the
most impenetrable forest, found that
the dull monotony of the exterior of
nat houses Of New York and the end
less regularity of the streets were too
much for his path-flnding abilities.
Dawson arrived in New York the
other morning to 90 to Binghamton.
n. T.. to buy farm He returned
late Christmas eve. having completed
his purchase, jubilant over his future
nome. all his pockets sagging with
gifts and good cheer for his wife and
seven children whom he had brought
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08
AnkIe-Binding Skirts Keep Cars Behind Time

ance oy train crews many times. He
says some women trying to board a
car often make from three to five at.
'empts before succeeding.
One woman with a tight skirt hob
oled to the step Of car the other
day, In each hand she carried a suit
case. After three attempts to board
the car, she said with a sigh: Il don't
believe | can manage it,"
1t was then that Shafer stepned
forward, The conductor, who was
ready to start the car. grabbed the
suit cases, and Doss gave the woman
boost that lifted her to the first
step of the car. whence, In spite of
the tight skirt. she struggled to the
platform. affirmed Samuel Thrasher
caller at the traction station.
"Tigh skirts certainly delay traffic"
said Thrasher. 1T does not seem
possible. but when 1t is found that
thirty seconds longer are required for
woman to enter a car. than formerly,
t Is soon seen that a great deal
more time is consumed at stations,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08
Woodsmar's Instinct of No Use in a Bio City

here with him. When he reached the
city he found he was up against a
maze Of houses that no teaching OF
the woodsman could penetrate. Not
used to such things as street numbers,
the woodsman had neglected to write
down his address.
Lawson left and returned by the
same railroad. Leaving the Hudson
tube at Thirty-third street, Dawson
trudged down Broadway The simple
mountaineer walked bravely along.
But he had not bothered about the
street address, and could not find his
home. The only description Dawson
could give of the fiat house where he
had left his family was SO like thou
sands Of other flats that 1t was practi-
cally useless. Morning found him
still looking.
Finally Dawson went to police sta
ton, but 1t was way up in the Bronx.
and the police t-ied in some way to
get Dawson to fix a locality, but he
absolutely could not Then some one
brought newspaper into the station
house. In it was an account of Daw-
sons disappearance. In the first par
agraph of the story the mountaineer
found his address.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

overcoat in an effort to prevent
him from becoming a whirling der
wish.
There 1T is" said rosy-cheeked
young woman who had an iron
clutch on a white plume and
bank of flowers which decorated a
broad-brimmed felt millinery crea-
ton.
The young man who had lost the
bowler stood mournfully on the
edge of the walk.
How you going to get 1t DOWN."
asked a youth,
Wait for it to blow down. guess"
gloomily remarked the owner of the
hat
And he did.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

A contemporary reminds US that the
English sparrow is largely responsible
for the disappearance of the horsefly.
Bless you. we had innocently supposed
the disappearance OF the horse had
something to do with It.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-02-08

One feature of such bets as that
which compels man to push a pea
nut along the sidewalk for four city
blocks. with a sausage, is the proba-
bility that the winners will also get
Jobs helping to run the country