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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
VERDICT RETURNED AGAINST
WILSON AFTER ALL.NIGHT
DELIBERATI0N.
WOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED
WITHOUT RECOMMENDA.
TI0N OF JURY,
NOTICE OF AN APPEAL WILL BE
ARGUED LATER IN THE
WEEK.

rJIAHlES TOWN. ~ Va.. Nov
90 Il Graham Wilsou whose trial
r,r an .,,rr.rd ,y.uuIl unnu Miss Kate
rmrncr whtrh has riIlrd thr Jrycr.
,nn ,ounty rnurt n,usr for uor,, than
. wnnE w,s rnund .rilty agtrr the
ind. h.d ,ncnt ,hc mini IN debating
,Lnia.tim'ny ,rhr inrv rccommnnd.
oL ,h,t wilson mo confined IN the
nori,cn,i,rv which sayrd him from
rnn,,inu .,, rndnr ,Io law ,hr rnuri
h". nm ,I,rrnottyr whom =, verdict of
"~i,iw lie rrturnrd without n recon.
'nm,,,iot,on
v.;,non.. o,,orn,vy ri,cd noticc If
M'i'o" 49, "1yI 30 ~" ',, "o'I
d" uPpe"l %"''" ""' m " ,7,'I ., eI :. No,
III 'llc wcch' u 'nv "rps'' , . ~. ,,,,
Sr"hte" Se'''Gm,p "',' W. 'a'.u ,,.aa,,rr sT'
next "'eh' " ''So" WV" !" -, m',t,,.
farmer SHOVE" ~ ais"S " N
"'eh tlle Ne'u''t ""' 'e'"'
instructions by the court ana au-
dresses by Prosecuting ATTORNEY
Moore and Attorney John H. Lee lca'
turcd the trial yesterday
Prosecuting Attorney Moore SPOKE
fora hour and Il half. lie arsnea
Tie state had offered substantial 'E',
drncc against Wilson ana cla'lleu
Wilson's story OF denial was uhDe
licvable. He called attention 10 th'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Was Drugged
With Candy
SCHOOL TEACHER MISSING
WEEK MET TWO MEN At
PICTURE SHOW,

PORTLAND, Nc, Nov. 2G. Miss
Louise Piper, 1S-ycar-old daughter
Of Iiingsmry B. Piper, former vice
chairman Of the Democratic state
committee who has been missing
from. her home in Fairfield more than
q week, arrived here today.
Miss Piper. who is school teach :
or. told the police that she went -
WaterviIIc on the night Of NOvcm-
bcr II. There at a moving picture
show she met two men who gave her
candy which she believes contained II
drug. When she rcgaincd possession
Of her faculties she found herself IN
Boston, where she was kept impris-
uncd in room by the men until yes
tcrday, shr said.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
MINES ARE BEING REMOVED
THAT HORSE RACING MAY
BEGIN TOMORROW.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS IN FULL
AND SHAMELESS RETREAT"
SAYS GENERAL,
HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED BEING
BROUGHT IN AND CARED
FOR IN HOSPITALS.

EL PAS0. Tex. Nov. 2G,-TlIat
the Rebels defending Juarcz consider
all danger Of Iurthcr attack from the
F'rdcraIs has passed was evidenced
this morning by the digging up Of
mines for the Juarcz jockey club
which opens the racing season to-
morrow and the destruction Of barb
ed wire dGtCnscs erected to hold the
Fcdcrals In check. Gen. Villa still
maintained that the FcderalS were in
full and shameless retreat over the
hills, their trains and field pieces in
his possession.
A train was expected momentariiy
from the front with 1900 Federal
prisoners on board. No firing had
been heard to the south Of Juarcz
This morning. but IT appears that aft
er 80 hours of fighting the Rebel cap
tors of the town had flung back the
Federal assault and would hold the
city without dispute. Villa said he
would pursue the Federals at once
but he is known to lack ammunition
and will be forced to delay regard
less of his incliAations. He main-
tained that sufficient rebel force Is
now besieging Chihuahua, to pre-
vent the retreating Federals making
their way in to the state capital.
Al T.. H.,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
ALL UNION BARBER SHOPS
WILL CLOSE AT II A. NJ. ON
THANKSGIVING DAY ll-25-2t
SPECIAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

This is the last week Of the dis
count period, and | know that all
good business people wish to take I'D
,anlagc Of the discount, but so many
have put off paying SO long that |
will he unable to properly wait on
all oft them unless they come early III
the week. Interest at the rate of 10
per cont. begins January. |. 19lf.
Therefore the payment of your taxes
this week is equal TO 80 per cent.
investment during December, and I
sincerely hope all will take advan-
tagc of it carly in the week.
My office will be open for the
transaction Of business from 5 o'clock
a. M. to s o'clock y. III, all this week
c. D. C0NAWAI,
CAdy.) Sheriff Of Marion County.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Auto Falls.
Into Riuer
CLIMBS LEAF OF JACKKNIFE
BRIDGE AND PLUNGES
OVER THE TOP.

CHICAGO, Nov. 70 Despite their
plunge of. fifty feet from IN auiomO-
bile into the Chicago river last night
Frank Williams and Miss Mary
Schrcan will recover it was said to-
6Ry, williams driving his car reach
cd the Division street jackkEife
bridge just as it began to rise. He
threw on full power. The machine
climbed the bridge leaf to the top
and fell into the river. Williams and
Miss Schrean were rescued by the
crew Of u passing fire boat.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Long Chase
Ends AT Last
MAN RUNS DOWN SLAYER OF
BROTHER AND LANDS HIM
IN JAIL.

ELKINs, w. Va, Nov. 26.-sol.
cmnly vowing that he would bring
the slayer OF his brother to Justice
thct months search Of Frank Ger
man, an Austrian, was rewarded
when Tony Prisner, alleged murderer
of John German at Cheat Bridge, on
January 5, was. locked in Jail here.
German was stabbed at a lumber
camp and died in local hospital five
days later. At his, brothers. bedside
Frank German vowed that he would
locate the murderer. The chase last.
cd daily for ten months and took the
alleged slayer and his follower to as
large number of American and Cana
dian cities. Three weeks ago he losg
Gated the prisoner in Cleveland. HIS
arrest and reQuisition followed. and
after a preliminary hearing before
Justice Smith he was today remaIdel1
to Jail. Es
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Wedding Gifts
Worth 100000
JEWELRY, SILVEEWARE, GLASS
AND SILKS GIVEN TO WHITE
HOUSE BRIDE.

WASulNGTON, Nuv. 2C.-unc
hundred thousand dollars in gifts
we're showcrcd on Miss Wilson. by
members of the official world, the
diplomatic corps and her family aud
friends. =.
These gifts included rare speci.
mcns OF jcwclry, silver. glass silks
ana satins from the Orient and the
more substantial house gifts OF Fnrn'
iturc, linen aud fittings from the
family aud uCar relatives.
F. The House, of Representatives
Handsome diamond and platinum
pendant and necklace in y silver
Jewel casr.
The Senate Silver. service OF
rand-wrought colonial design.
Joint New Jersey Delegation in
Congress Two valuable Persian
rugc,
President and Mrs. Wilson-Din-
ing room set Of furniture Of mahog-
any.
The Alumni Princeton Association
Of Washington, D. C.-Largc silver
The women voters Of Southern
California-silver service costing
SS1i5OO.
The sophomore class of Coucher
College-Cakc dish.
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
Andrew Carnegie--one dozen
large silver dinner plates, hand em-
hossed.
The Southern Cousins Club Set
OF rae antique mahogany furniture
Glass OF 1879 Of Princeton College
Silver bowl.
Mrs. Robert sayre, mother OF the
sf.6ora Flat silver.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Faces Ameston
-Four Frontiers
ORDERED EXPELLED FROM swift
ZERLAND FRENCHMAN'S d.
LEMMA HAZARDOUS.

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov, 20
The Swiss authorities, after Il lengthy
investigation as the result OF com.
plants made by Il number Of govern
ments. have discovered an extensive
and clsverIy organized International
military espionage bureau here. The
bureau, it is alleged, was conducted
by n French ex-army captain named
Lurguier and today, lie was ordered
expelled from Switzerland,
The expulsion order places Lar
guier in an extraordinary dilemma,
as, it is asserted, the moment he
crosses any OF the frontiers-the
French; German, Austrian, or ltal'
ian--he will be placed under arrest.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Penn Charged
With Rebating.
FALSE WEIGHING ALSO ALLEGED
IN INDICTMENT AGAINST
THE ROAD.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. &c. The
United States grand jury hero RETURN
ed six bills OF Indictment charging
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
and others with giving or accepting
rebates in the shipments of grain
from western points to Philadelphia
The first bill contains Is counts aud
charges the Pennsylvania Railroad
company with failure to observe tie
tariff as to demurrage charges.
The second bill names tile Pennsyl;
vania Railroad company, Harvey flS
Miller and John F. Mclaughlin as;
defendants and contains 20 counts
charging failure to observe tariff
rates to storage and other terminal
charges and receiving less compens
satlon thanlthat named in the tariff.
Another bill charges the KEYSTONE
Elevator Warehouse company and
John F. Mclaughlin with permitting
shippers to obtain transportation al
less than regular rates by false re.e
ports of weight. y
In another Indictment ]. E. Miller
Morris F. Miller, Harvey G. Miller
Thomas NJ. Sloan and John F. Mst
Laughlin are charged with conspiF
ing to commit an offense against tho
United States.
The grand jury had been probing
alleged discrimination shown tic
Keystone Elevator & Warehouse com
pany and L. F. Miller & Sons WHO
operate grain elevators in this Y ;lss city
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
WEALTHY FARMER IS found
GUILTY Of ASSAULT BUT JURY
SAVES HIM FROM THE GALLONS
WANTED ROOM FOR
CHUM; ACCOMMODATED

NEW YORK. Nov. &c
While Lieutenant DOnmcIIy IN
tile East Fifly-first street po-
lice station Vas going over the
bIOttcr early last night two
men entered and took a aisZag
course for the desk.
"I'm Mr.. Thomas DOnOduc,"
said Tie taller of the two, and
| want n good room for my
friend here Yes. yes. meet MIR.
Stewart. You take good care
him. wont you, and see that he
gets Strengthened out ljy morn
ing? | believe he is drunk"
why. Tom" said the pros
pcctiyr lOdEcf, you had as
mucir as |. Let's share til"
room together"
While IOnolluc was busy
discussing the number Of
drinks both had taken, Police
man Mcdonald was called in to
walk both men up and down
tile floor. When they had fin
ishcd several trips Lieutenant
Donnclly said:
Il think Mr.. Don0lluc, you
had better keep Nj. Stewart
company this evening. You're
both intoxicated" They were
led to 4 cell.
Mr.. DonOhue gave an address
in Third avenue. Mr.. Stewart
had forgotten his age and ad-
dress, so the police were unable
to book him.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Appeal tothe
Non Union Men
UNION pICKETS TRY TO PER
sUADE THEM TO QUIT ELEC-
TRIO COMPANY.

SClINECTADY, y. y, Nov. 20
Two thousand union pickcLs were
thrown around the plant of the Gcn.
cral Electric Company today to ap-
peal with non-union workers to join
them in the general waIk-0mt which
hogan yesterday. Their was no vio-
lcmcc but the Union workers pleaded
and argued with those VIII" are re-
manning loyal to the company AMI In
Il few eases the unorsaniZcd work
men were asSaiIcd by shouts OF SrabS
aud Unfair. 80 conferences were
scheduled for today between the
slrikcrs and company officials.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
VILLAS men HAVE DEG|SIVELY
DEFEATED TIE FEDERALS AND
HAV6NOfURTHER FEAR FORGIT
ALL CHICKENS LOOK
ALIKE TO THIS COOK,

NEW YORK, Nov. 2G.--"My!
That was a tender chicken"
said DR.. Frederick c. Gray Of
No. 740 Avenue G, Bayonnc, NJ
J.,.lcaning back from the din.
ncr table. THAT bird was
winner"
wasn't It dcIicious?" cx-
claimed Mrs. Gray.
sure, he was q fine, plump
bird" the rev cook agreed.
And 20 easy to catch too.
When tile doctor said he want.
cd chicken for dinner | just
went out in the back yard.
There was this one in a coop Of
his own. Sure, it secuted like .
shame to do IT,"
I'm coop OfIlis own?" gasp.
cd the doctor with horror
dawning on lis face. lie anu
Mrs. Gray rushed to the hen
merry.
They found that the now
cook had killed and served
their prize winning Rhode ISL
and Red roostcr--the same that
took a blue ribbon at the last
Hudson County Poultry assocta-
tiOn show.
Ills name was Car OF Rus
sia," said Or. Gray to a report
or. "My wife christened him.
We were both very fond of him.
He won prizes. But a chicken
is only a chicken to our new
cook."
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
Card Tables
Are Removed
CHAIRS ARE ALSO TAKEN OUT OF
ALL SALOONS IN
ST. LOUIS.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2G.-All card ta'
blrs, chairs and music were banishcd
from saloons In St. Louis county. to-
day by Fl. j. Fine, Progressive mem
her OF the County Excise Board.
"Card tables" he said. lead men to
play games for drink and men who
play cards all day drink all day and
they stay from their home. I}y TAX
ing tables and chairs out Of the sa-
looms | think | have done away with
loungcrs who warm The chairs until
somebody come In with an offer to
treat"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
AKRON, o.. HAS EARLY CIRE
DOING $500,000 DAMAGE

AKRON. O., Nov. 2G.-Fire early
today destroyed the Wood block IN
The heart of the business district of
this city causing an estimated loss Of
S5Oo,OOO. Two riremcn were injured
seriously.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined. Two hundred guests In
a hotel across the street from the
burning block were prepared for a
hasty exit but the flames did not
reach that building.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
GRAND TRUNK SHOPS AT
PORT HURON ARE BURNED

PORT HURON, Nov. 26. - The
Grand Trunk railway company's
shops in this city were destroyed by
fire today causing a property loss es-
timated at nearly a million dollars
and throwing about 1000 men tenn
purarily out Of employment. The
origin of the fire has not been deter
mined. ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Solici-
tor Folk of the State Department re-
ocivcd from the Nicaraguan legation
request for the provisional dctcn-
tion of Zelaya pending.the arrival OF
a petition, now in transmission from
Nicaragua. asking the cXtraditiOn on
murder charges. ZcIaya's eXtradi-
tion is sought it was learned, on
charges that he was responsible for
the murder of two of his country
men In 1901. The deaths Of Cannon
and Croce do not figure directly In
the present proceedings.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Statesmen, Real and Near.
BY FRED c. KELLY.

Here is a little tale that illustrates well
the Washington point Of view about
things.
There is a colored employe in the Senate
office building who is OF the Old-fashioned.
ante-beIlum type, and popular with the
Senators. They nearly always stop to
joke with him.
Shortly after the new administration
came in, Senator Hoke Smith stopped to
talk TO the old colored man one morning
and said:
Henry. it's really too bad about you
going to lose your job. You've been here
long time, and we'll all miss you"
"Oh, l isn't goin' t lose no job" re-
piled the colored man. cheerfully.
"Of course you are" declared the Sen
ator, with mock gravity. Don't you
know we've now got a new administra-
tion-a Democratic administration"
"Yessah. yessah," answered the cOlored
man. but tn administrations can't
change no fastah than l cam
Accepting the theory that you can't
fool children and dogs. Frank O'Hair, OF
Illinois, Joe Cannon's successor. is a
great chap. Put it up to all the children
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Investigation; circumlocuion.

Have we in the government of the
United States, in the year 1913, cir
cumlocution office with principle OF
How Not to Do 1t, such as Charles
Dickens long, long ago complained of
in his arraignment of a British gov
ernment?
The Department of Justice has be-
fore it the awards of a jury in pro-
ceedings of condemnation against GER
tain properties between the Union Sta
tion and the Capitol. The awards
were made long ago. 1t is related that
the Department of Justice once ap-
proved them and later suspended its
approval until it could investigate"
sinister charges against persons direct
ly and indirectly affected by the pro-
ceedings. This investigation has been
concluded with, so far as can be ascer-
tanned, the disclosure of no evidence
which would warrant further suspen-
sion of the departments favorable
opinion of the awards.
Inquiries at the Department of Jus.
tice elicit the meager information that
the Department of Justice has not fin
iShed its work on the awards, which
will be ready for final disposition in a
day or two-"Manana," the Mexicans
would say.
The Department of Justice will state
no reason for the delay.
In the meantime men and women
who owned the property condemned
are facing financial ruin.
The society columns of the newspa-
pers inform an expectant people that
Attorney General McReynolds will
spend Christmas in his old Kentucky
home, a sweetly solemn thought, in
deed. Whoever has stayed behind to
look after Mr.. McReynolds' job ought
to see that this simple piece of justice,
to wit, rendering TO the people the
things that are the peoples, is done by
the Department of Justice.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
The Two Civil War Generals and the Statue.
written Expressly for The Washington Herald)
By f. j. EDWARDS.

in
washington taking
shrubbery the
did
garden dagonaly from
One of them the larger Of the
upon he ped
GenR 7
his
in gallery be point
typical suggestive of the soldier either
the knees
in
which
impossible
had
without min1 70
animal
sherman was astonshed
much of art
Copyright
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
With the Political Procession.
By F. b. @.

striving to lay up a competence for olo
age. AS he will be seventy-one years old
in January this remark may seem almost
facetious except for the fact that the
Hon. John c. remains remarkably youth
ful in appearance and declines even tc
display any gray hairs. He had several
elections to the Senate. declined Caoinet
appointments and foreign honors, ano
resigned in the midst of his last Sena-
torial term with the explanation that he
really had to make some money as
lawyer and could not do 1t while In the
Senate. Other Senators have managed
to do very well as lawyers while remain
ing ON the roll, but Spooner and Bailey
seem to have some conscience about II.
However much Spooner declares himself
out of politics, he indicates each time he
visits Washington the inevitable interest
Of a statesman who has had service on
Capitol Hill and he has never gotten over
being a real Republican, with no Progress
sive frills Although his political ac-
tivity has been in the Badger state the
Hon. John c. was born in Indiana ana
in a district long represented by Holman,
the great objector. IN spite OIL the
Spooner threescore and ten record there
have been frequent suggestions in New
York that he might be persuaded into
the political whirl is his new State and
take a hand in getting the Republican
party once more in control at Albany ana
in shaps to even defy any Roosevelt
meddIing in 1916 John Z. shakes MS
auburn locks when such suggestions are
made and takes occasion to- further ad-
vertise the fact that he has a law once
in Lower Manhattan among the powertul
people once described by Roosevelt as
''malefactors OF great wealth.
Hon. Joe L. Rhinock, who was men,
Der of Congress a few years back, from
the Covington CKy) district, and estab-
lished a new record for keeping away
frcm the Job, dropped in to see his old
Senator Ollie James. yesterday.
not overlooking others Of the Kentucky
delegation.
Long before the Rhinock Congressional
term ended he was entangled with big
theatrical movements up New York way
and associated with George b. Cox, the
Cincinnati Republican boss. in operations
with the million mark in sight.
The result was the Rhinock attendance
upon Congressional duties about once n
month and then between trains; but he
never lost sight of the Kentucky end'
especially when IL came to promoting the
ambition of Ollie James. Talk
about Damon and Pythias, Fedus
Achates, and all the famous friendships
Of history and fiction-nothing has
equaled the Rhinock alteration Of the big
Kentucky Senator, and. II James becomes
a Presidential possibility little later on
the Hon. Joseph will be found doing
some stunts along the Atlantic coast for
his hero let alone few whirls through
the old Kentucky region.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
The Carabao Verdict.

President Wilson's verdict on the
Carabao dinner episode is a broadside.
1t certainly does not miss more than
half regiment or a battleship's COM
plcment Of those gathered at the ban
quet board on that now historic occa-
sion. We feel compelled reluctantly to
recognize that the President meant to
divide the cuIprits into two classes
when he said:
The officers who. were responsible
ior the program of the evening are
certainly deserving of a very serious
reprimand, which | hereby request be
administered: and cannot rid myself
OF feeling of great disappointment
that the general body of officers assem-
bled at the dinner should have greeted
the carrying out OF such a program
with apparent indifference to the fact
that II violated some of the most dig
mted and sacred traditions of the
service
President Wilson appoints Secretary
OF War Garrison and Secretary of the
Navy Daniels his executioners, and if.
as we hope, they should feel disposed
10 interpret the White House sentence
broadly and liberally, it might, per-
hapS, be possible for them to decide
that all the officers present were ere
sponslble for the program of the even
ing" They all were, at least to the
extent of participation in or enjoyment
OF what the revelers have explained
was intended for fin.
1t would be too bad to besmirch the
otherwise unblemished record of two
or three gallant officers with formal
reprimand if any form of proceeding
could be devised to make the Presi-
dents expression of 'disapproval apply
to the company in general, with no
names mentioned, and serve as warn
ing for the future.
As one army officer put it: "A ban
quet is generally supposed to be an
occasion when the clock is turned back
anywhere from thirty to sixty years, |
according to the age of the partici-
pants
Lets be boys again. has been the
watchword at many feast. The Grid
iron Club has grilled more than one
President and Secretary of State, and
toasted their official acts while those
high officials took part merrily in the
proceedings; although, of course, the
Gridiron clubmen were only amusing
at the expense of their
guests and not making burIesque of the
policy of their official superiors.
Dam, Dam, Dam the Filipinos" has
The Washington herald., 1913-12-23
Telling DR.. Davidson Farewell.

There's always one cloud in the sky,
but the wise man learns to see the
silver lining of it.
For the District, whose Christmas
week will be cheered and frightened
by the first Community Christmas
Tree, the one cloud is the departure of
DR.. William NJ. Davidson, who leaves
the superintendency of education here
to take the superintendency of Pitts
burgh's public schools.
The silver lining of this cloud is
that the real friends of DR.. Davidson
are glad to see him get better recon-
pense and better opportunity than the
District can give him, and these same
friends, losing no loyalty to him, feel
sure the District can get a competent
successor.