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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
ENSIGN MOORE
PLANS OUTING
FOR CHILDREN
TWO TO THREE HUNDRED TOTS
WILL ENJOY A DAY IN THE
OPEN AIR AT TRACTION PARK
JULY SCI oND.

That there are from 200 to 300 chill
dreh In Fairmont and vicinity who
have never been on picnic. outing or
TO use one OF the various parks and
cutting places about the city is the
statement of Ensign Moore, OF. the Sal!
vaticn Army who is engineering the
big outing for children which will take
| place at Traction Park on Tuesday
July second. Already Ensign and Mrs
Moore, who have teen visiting every
section OF the city, have found over
$50 little ones who have been invited
TO go. The work is not half finished
as yet and there will be at least 500
children on the big special train that
the traction company will operate for
them 10 the Mononsah park
Annual outings for the children are
regular things with the Salvation
Army in the larger cities. Mr.. Moore
will originate the practice here and
'his scdSoh ht 10 ptiHS dSSlsteu Ny
many OF the church people of the city.
by Fred W. Rapp and the young men
g! the Y. NJ. c. A. and by scores OF
kind business ana professional men OF
Fairmont who are donating literally
towards the move.
So far as the children are concerned
the affair will be entirely free. There
Will be a free ride 10 and from the
park; free ice cream ana n free sup.
per. Parents who accompany the lit.
tie ones will be asked to pay their
fares and other minor expenses. There
will be no need however, for parents
going fer arrangements are made TO
take the best of care Of the Riddles.
There will be something doing every
minute from the time the big five car
Train leaves jefferson street until 1t
returns there In the evening. When
The park Is reached games will be
commenced and kept up all day. These
will be under the charge OF Mr.. Rapp
who will offer prizes for the winners.
Then there will be free Ice cream ani'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
HoBBLE SKIRT PREVENTS
WOMAN CATCHING THIEF.
COULDN'T CLIMB FENCE, so FOOT
PAD ESCAPES WITH PURSE AND
TWENTY.FoUR DOLLARS.

HIGHLAND FALLS, June "a
hobble skirt proved too much OF a
handicap for Mrs. Wallace Fowler. of
Stony Point. in pursuing footPad
who snatChCd her meshbag In High.
and Falls and she had to give up the
chase Consequently she is today Ia.
menting the loss OF S2i the bag cvm
tanned.
When roughly dressed man
stepped up behind her as she was
walking to the railroad station and
grabbed the bag she struck him with
all umbrella. When he wrcstcd the
bag from her and ran. she followed
him.
She kept up the chase until he
Iaultcd over a fence. Her tight Skin
made it SO difficult for her 10 muuu
the fence the thief got too far uheat
OF her. and she gave mp In despair.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
DIXIE
CONTEST.
LAST WEEKS PRIzE WINNERS
CONTEST


LAST WEEKS PRIzE WINNERS.
Each OF the following contestants
won a set OF one-half dozen Rogers
teaspoons. in the Dixie contest las,
week. Prize winners are requested to
call at the Dixie box office today.
Genevieve Carpenter.
Christine Chtnowcth.
Beatrice Canter.
Genevieve Atha.
Davina Brown.
Mary Dorsey.
Mary Deveny.
Minnie Delligatti.
Nell Gordon.
Katharine Hough.
Jessie Jolliffc.
Beatrice Fisher.
Edith Hartman.
Edna Jones.
Mary Shinn.
Mary Tibbs.
Gertrude Swiger.
Mary Windsor.
Mary Mailman.
Ruth Stevens.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
To the twenty contestants securing
most votes this week we will give one
nalf dozen Rogers teaspoons. Last
weeks winners ineligible for this
weeks prizes.
Complete Standing Of Contestants Is
| Posted at the
DIXIE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23

How often do you suppose ad road
ers buy unadvertised things--property
cor chattels?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
GIVE YOUR
NElGHBOR AN
EQUAL CHANCE
BY HOLLAND.

Ifyou have been buying goods
Of mail order house you
doubtless think II has been to
your advantage to do SO. You
have believed that you were
saving money or were getting
better goods. Let US see If this
Is true.
Have you tried to do bust.
ness with your local merchant
your neishbor-on the terms
that the mail order house ex-
acts? No? Then suppose you
try It.
Just go into the store, plank
down your cash and tell wha,
you want. You might even tell
the merchant that you will walt
few days for the goods. See
If your local merchant can't
serve you better and as cheap.
ly as the mail order house.
The local merchant usually
extends credit for two, four or
six months. The mail order
house demands cash In ad.
vance. It uses your money as
working capital. It loses moth.
ing in interest, nothing In bad
debts or on slow paying Gus.
toners. Try this cash in ad.
vance plan on the local mer.
chant-the man you know--and
see II he can't make It to your
advantage to
SPEND YOUR MONEY
WHERE YOU MAKE 1T.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
No Water For Him
For Over -Four Year.

HEMET, Cal, June 23-Charles r
Reickhoff. of this place has not touch.
ed water for four years. and is in per.
feet health today. Neither has he tax.
en- liquor or any liquid save that &c.
cured by absorbing the juice OF fruits.
Some years ago Mr.. Reickhoff, who |
the son of a millionaire living at Or
anse City. Ia. determined TO try a
heal,h cure OF his own invention. He
has lived in the open air every posi-.
BILE moment, drank nothing and ate
not but nuts and fresh fruit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
MARGARET
! SCARPELL|
icontinued from Page One.)

the actual cutting. that she was one q!
the prime factors In the conspiracy
that led up to the attack on Reese.
} Prosecuting Attorney Morris. review
Ing the history OF The ease and tho
events that prompted the attack, as.
serted the motive OF Mrs. Scarlpelli,
found credence in the fact that Reese
had been responsible for the arrest CT
her husband by the federal authorities
CHARGED with violation of the postal
laws. Mr. Morris asserted that Mrs.
ASrarapelli was bloodthirsty and made
the declaration shortly after Scarapel
It's arrest "that will never BE salts.
fled until get Reese's blood" The
prosecuting attorney told of the threat
ening letters that Reese had received
shortly before the assault, pointing. out
that Mrs. Scarapelli had two brothers
In Chicago, where the letters had been
mailed.
Taking up the connection between
the defendant and the other four dc.
PENDANTS. Jim Bruno. Joe FerrarO.
Chatles DePaulo and Frank Kimmer,
Mr.. Morris averred that Fcrraro was
q close friends OF Mrs. Scarapelli. and
that Bruno was cousin OF Ferraro's !:
chat II was through the latter's influ,
ence and intimIdating threats that
Kimmer. a mere youth. while intoxi
Gated was bullied into cutting Reese.
Attorney Rollo Conley. for the d.
Tense, while admitting Nil the essentia
Details of the statement of prosecute:
denied that any connection existed as
TO Mrs. Scarapelli having any guilty
part in the alleged conspiracy. wlicl
lie asserted he would undertake tc
prove.
Reese, the chief witness for tht
State, repeated virtually the sam'
story that he told at the trials of Br;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23

THERE WILL BE A TEAM MATCH
PLAY AT COUNTRY CLUB FRI
DAY AFTERNOON.

There will be a team match play o.!
golf at the Country Club on Friday
afternoon. June -, 1913. between the
hours OF one and six O'Clock. Al!
members are urged to participate and
are requested TO notify the committee
not later than Wednesday evening 50
that the teams can be property al
ranged in match play and the players
notified in time to select the hour OF
play which suits them best. Dinner
will be served at eight o'clock.
J. II. ROCK.
w. d. STOCKLEY,
A. 5. FLEMING,
Committee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
DEAF, DUMB. BLIND
GIRL "GRApuATE.'

PHILADELPHIA. June ga dem
onstration OF the progress made by
Kathryne May Frick, n l3.year.oia g:.r,
who was deaf, dunb and blind when
she entered the Institution four years
ago. was feature OF the conmence
ment exercises yesterday at the Penn.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23

no and Ferraro, who We're convicted
last week
Because of the large number of wit.
ncsses to be examined for both the
prosecution and the defense. the trial
will probably last through tomorrow
Mrs. Scarapelli. 1t is said. will take
tie stand in her own defense.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23

sylvania institution for the Deaf, and
Dumb at Mt. Airy. near here. The lit.
tie girl can now use typewriter with
proficiency and can enumerate In d
clear and ineligible tone of voice. N
She listens" by placing her fingers,
on the lips Of the speakers.
Thirteen students were awarded al,
p!omas and II others received certitk
Gates at yesterdays exercises.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23

when the time for eating comes. nee
lunch boxes which are being packed
by the good people of the city. In the
evening Just before dark. the train
will arrive and the little ones will
come home.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-06-23
|NCEND|ARY
SPEECHES
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE
WORLD DISTURB PEACE WITH
THEIR TRADES.

tBv Associ.,"u P-sss..
OMAHA. Nob.. June Eighteen
ron. alleged TO be members of the In.
ustrial Workers OF the Wcrld 70,
.aking incendiary speeches and other
Use disturbing thu peace las. nigh.
small down town park.
A large crowd witnessed the arrest
hut although threats were made, no el
trt was made to interfere with tbs
olice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

the darkness, the machinist fell
to the ground, bleeding profuseIy.
His cries for help brought aid,
and he was carried to his home.
The entire left side of his face
has been laid open from the eye,
down the cheek. to the corner OF
the mouth.
Received Threatening Letter.
Early in the week Mazza re-
ceived a letter, written in Italian,
in which demands were made for
81, 600. Thursday night was
named as the time for a transfer
ence of the money, and threats
We're made that he would suffer
death unless he met the demands
The letter he looked upon as a
Joke. AT the bottom, in place OF
a signature, was the crude sketch
of hand.
MaZza has been in this country
a number of years, and Is thought
to have laid away considerable
money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
OFFICE GRAFT DEAI
POLICE STOP
HONEYMOON

George w. Dickens, mis- father-in-
law, who seemed favorable to the
wedding, according to Captain
Fitzgerald.
The young bride is at the home
of her parents today; the groom
at his home.
The couple obtained their IL
cense January from the county
auditor. Miss Dickens, although
not quite 18, is we'll developed for
her age, and the legality of issu-
ing the license was not questioned.
When the arrest was made they
were preparing to leave for Port
land. A number of friends and
the brother and sister of the bride
were present, and were showering G
the couple with rice when the de-
tectives arrived.
Later Mr.. Dickson stated tha,
he had no objections to the mar
riage, and intimated that the ar
rest vas mistake. Both the
groom and the bride are we'll
known and today all of their
friends are hoping that their
honeymoon will not be long in
terrupted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Ger-
trude Hoffman, the actress, was
accosted by well-dressed young
man at 41st street and Broad
way at noon today who followed
the stage beauty for three blocks,
keeping up a running fire of con-
versation.
Suddenly Miss Hoffman turned
and smiled bewitching smile.
She accepted the young mans
escort and invited him to accom-
pany her home"
Then she led him to the West
Fiftieth street police station and
had him inside the vestibule of
the building before the masher
realized that he was trapped.
Magistrate Corrigan sentenced
the man, who gave his name as
Richard Vanate, to ten days in
jail.
IF we had some women police
like Miss Hoffman," said Corri-
gan, New York would have few
er of these Broadway pests"
Miss Hoffman appeared at the
Tacoma theater two years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

Just as they were leaving the
home of a friend living ON Sixth
avenue Friday night, with tickets
for their honeymoon trip to Port
land in their pockets, Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Conger, who had
been quietly married, were separ-
ated by Detectives Geary and Mi
lone, and the young groom was
placed under arrest.
A warrant sworn to by the
girls mother, Mrs. Cora M. Dick
ems, 361S North Huson street.
charged the boy-groom with un-
lawful marriage with a girl under
the age of IS years without her
parents consent.
Conger, who is a clerk in the
employ of the Northern Pacific
railroad here, lives at S12 Sheri-
dan avenue with his brother
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy R.
Conger. He is 21 years old. His
bride was Miss Molly ]. Dickens.
But short time after the
young man had been jailed by Or
der of his mother-in-law he was
released on a $500 bond given b,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
TACOMAN SLASHED
BY BLACKHANDERS

John Mazza, who owns a
small machine shop on Cen
ter street, was terribly slash
ed with razor as he left his
home, 3510 South Ash street,
early today, and started for
work. The weapon was WELD
ed by the agent of a black
hand gang, the police say.
The assailant escaped.
Mazza was waylaid about 6:3O
O'Clock this morning while walk
ing to work. A countryman of
the victim leared from behind a
telephone pole in the dim early
morning darkness and slashed
Mazza's face with a razor.
The black hand gang has been
operating here for years, the po-
lice declare. The last victim was
Enrico Giovanni, who was assault
ed in exactly the same way as
Mazza, nearly three years ago.
AS Mazz's assailant fled into
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
ROYS WANT TO
WRITE NEW
CHARTER

l.. w. Roys, former city COM
missioner of safety, is trying to
break back into the municipal
limelight as the author of a new
city charter.
For some time there has been
an agitation on for a new char
ter, the real purpose being to ge,
rid OF the present city commis-
sion. This agitation took the
form of action when the commits
sion recently proceeded to boost
salaries of the city employees and
add $4,000 year to the biz
the taxpayers must pay.
An informal organization has
been created to boost the new
charter scheme and it has reach
ed the stage of wanting a draft
of new charter with eight coun-
cilmen from the wards and one
at large as mayor.
Roys is trying now to get the
JOB OF drawing up the charter.
He wants $3.50 for the job. ..
The committee, however, will
probably not employ him as some
members are convinced his atti-
tude on public service corpora,
tions would kill the new move
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
YE FARMER WAXETH GAY

I've been a hustlin' farmer near
Tacoma many years,
I've had harder tussle than,
maybe, to you appears.
I've risen in the morning when the
clock is striking four;
My day runs fourteen hours and
sometimes little more.
Now, all these years I've shipped
my truck into the local mart
And of the money that you pay,
I've got stingy part.
But ev'rything is diff'rent now, al
though hate T. boast
We farmers and, you city folk can
LIVE by Parcel Post.
I'm shipping eggs and chickens
an sometimes nice pork
roast;
i pack 'em neat and off they shoot
by this here Parcel Post.
i used q think that was lucky If
had a cent,
And farmin' wasn't what you'd
call a life of sweet content.
But, suffrin' snakes. It's diff
frent now, I'm going to buy
me soon
A orterbeeI and possibly flynn
air-ballOOn.
This thing may not be Heaven, but
1 swan, Il is almost
This thing, where you and me can
live, just right, by Parcel
Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
GOOD NIGHT:
OLD ONES
ARE GONE

Today Is house cleaning day at
the county court house.
With the exception of the su-
perior judges, Justice Evans and
Treasurer Carr, everybody is busy
packing suit cases and boxes.
The regular work of the pres
ent officials closed at 1890 this
afternoon and the new regime
will replace them at 8 O'Clock
Monday morning.
Everywhere there is turmoil
and babel. Relics that have gath
cred for two years at the bottom
of desks are being rediscovered
and old memories recalled.
Promptly at 1890 the old
guard left the places they have
held during the last two years
many with regret, others with
happy smiles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
UNREAL LOVE
ENDS IN A
DIVORCE

That her husband married her
to spite another woman who had
refused his offer of marriage, and
that he is now trying to divorce
her that he may wed his first love,
is the allegation made by Mrs.
Elizabeth Lewis in an answer 20
her husbands complaint, filed to-
day.
She says it was in their mar
riage agreement that neither
should ask the other of the events
of their past, but that when Lew
is learned through his friends
that she had been married be-
fore he began to abuse her and
finally turned her out of their
home.
Mrs. LAWS asks that she be
given the decree instead of her
husband and that he be ordered
to pay her $25 a month alimony
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

pocketing the funds of the gov
ernment and with falsifying the
records to hide his shortages.
He waxed eloquent in denounc
ing Bridges for stealing the
money of deceased seamen from
the widows and children left by
sailors who had perished at sea
with money coming to them for
wages, which had been turned
into court to be held for the heirs.
{. o. Bates, speaking for the
defense to the jury, secuted this
view and showed that the $92 ae-
count, which was the shortage
alleged by the government, was
in the case of deserted seaman
and there were no widows or or
phans in it. He denounced Spe-
cial Agent E. C. Masterson, who
discovered the Bridges shortage
and dug up the case.
Bates Scores Masterson.
He is the only man askinA
for conviction" shouted Bates.
"B. w. Coiner, the district attor-
ney-and a better one never liv-
eds prosecuting this case but
| know If left to himself and he
were to tell you his real opinion
he would say to you that Sam
Bridges Is not a criminal and that
the government has made no
case. But he is not alone. This
government agent is here de-
manding this conviction to add
another notch to his gun. These
agents want not justice but con-
victions to make a record for
themselves.
Bates made a pathetic plea TO
the jury not to send Bridges to
the penitentiary for mere irregu-
larities in the office where he had
to work under tremendous disad-
yantages, hampered by the pres
ence of his irresponsible chief, A.
Reeves Ayers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
TALKING WATER
BUT DOING
NOTHING

While the city commission is
wrangling over the tAing to do
to get pure water into Green riv-
er and talking about hiring more
experts it is utterly neglecting the
advice of the experts it already
has.
Engineer Manley was put In
charge of the Green river work
after it had been resolved into
such a tangled mess no one could
tell what was doing. He made
good, unraveled the thing and
completed the job. Then he Of
fered to provide complete plans
for eliminating the pollution tha:
is now getting in the river, but
that is the last he has heard of
it.
"The thing to do, in my mind
is to first discover the sources
of pollution" said Manley. This
can be done by taking samples
from all the creeks entering the
river, and from careful scrutiny
of the watershed. When this has
been discovered then plans must
be made for taking care of it. I
offered to make plans for this
purpose but have heard nothing
about it," said Manley.
In the meantime the inspectors
are tacking up cards promiscuous-
ly on Green river warning people
not to pollute the river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
BRIDGES CASE
ENDS TODAY
Former Federal Court Clerk Accused of Embezzline
Funds Will Know His Fate Late This Afternoon
Attorneys Make Sharp Arguments

Judge Bean convened court half
an hour earlier today to try to
finish the trial of ex-Federal
Court Clerk Sam Bridges before
night. All testimony was in be-
fore noon. and the argument of
the case will be ended in three
hours.
1t is expected the jury will get
the matter about 4 o'clock.
Bridges himself on the stand
yesterday afternoon made some
startling revelations. He said
that the irresponsible actions of
A. Reeves Ayers kept the records
and cash continually muddled
Things got SO bad, he said, at one
time through Ayers taking the
money from the court treasury
that Bridges had to go out and
borrow $4,000 to make good the
shortage.
Pays Money Back.
Bridges this morning paid into
cour SG03. that being the final
showing of his shortage, S511 of
1t being on one check which he
had taken in a court case when
he had deposited in bank to his
own account and S92 being money
turned into court on the account
of a deserted seaman
Bridges said he never knew of
these items until now as the gov
ernment agent had refused to
give him a statement of the short
ages alleged against him. When
shown the SSH account he said
he remembered he had Put the
check on his own account because
he was not sure the check was
good aud that when It was later
paid h& forgot to transfer it to
the ourt account. D..
Attorney Is litter.
In the argument to the jury c.
F. Riddell for the government
charged Bridges with deliberately
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11
AGAINST
HOWARD ON BENCH

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. II.
A petition protesting against
the confirmation by the senate of
the nomination of Clinton How
ard to be Judge of the United
States district court for West
ern Washington will be submit
ted to the senate judiciary COM
mittee next Tuesday by Senator
Miles Poindexter. The petition,
which is signed by a large num-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

Der of citizens of Washington, az
leges that Judge Howard is too
friendly toward corporations.
Howard was appointed by Pres
ident Taft to succeed Cornelius
ii. Hanford who resigned under
file some months ago, while his
conduct was being Investigated by
congressional committee rreim-
mary to bringing Impeachment,
charges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.-Mrs.
Clara Baldwin Stocker, one of the
two heirs of the Elias Jackson
c"Lucky") Baldwin estate, who
has already received approximate
ly $1,500,000 from the estate.
and who is soon to receive half
of the remaining $24,000,000 or
SO, has arrived here from Chicago
in her specially built private car,
bringing the first installment of
her $1,000,000 purchases of rare
gems, precious wares and other
things, in accordance with her ex-
pressed declarations to "spend a
million or two in order to have a
really good time"
II am going to have the very
best sort of a good time she
declared as she stood upon the
observation platform of her car
fFor what is money if it is not to
give one access to real enjoyment
of life? / have already started to
have my good time. I'm having
II land I'm going to have still
more if it. I'm going to have all
the good time that money will
buy me. Lavish in my purchases?
OF course.
;'I've got ten million to spend
and I'm going to get all the fun
there is to be got out of it right
AWAY" she said as the stopping
train jerked her up against the
mahogany walls of the "Califor-
nia,' which is the baptismal name
of the Pullman car.
"And I'm going to spend most
of my money here, you may be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-11

Fred J. Chamberlain, of Puy-
allur, reelected master OF Fo-
mona Grange yesterday afternoon
at the session at the Commercial
club in this city declared the
produce trust has the people by
thethroat. He declares the Jap
anese on the Tacoma public mar
ket are simply figure heads and
that they are only lackeys of the
produce trust which controls
them.