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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
Chicago Man
Disappears
SUPPOSED TO HAVE COME TO
JUAREZ ON TRAIN BRINGING
VILLAS TROOPS.

Ell PASO, Texas, Nov. 1S.-What
has been the fate of Joseph A. Fran
els. former alderman Of Chicago and
one time president of the Automobile
club of that city. was question that
COnslitulionalist Authorities in Juarez
were unable to answer carly today.
Francis who has been absent from
Chicago since last May was suppos-
I'd to have come TO ,Juarcz from Ter
ra2as. on the troup train that carried
Villas troupS to attack that city early
Saturday morning. That lie did not
reach FL l'aso seemed certain. a tel
cgraphic appeal from Francis father
in Chicago last night has caused Gen,
villa to institute search which he
declares would extend tuday to open
Ing the graves of the foreigners.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
SOME TICKET.

While all the parties which have
placed tickets in the field for the city
election have evidently striyen to
make a good showing we cannot help
but feel some partially for the Re
publican ticket. Just give Il glance
at the list of names below the eagle.
Isn't that some ticket? That is Il
product of Republican convention
which controlled itself and had no
assistance from outside Influences.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
Railroad Wires
Cut By Strikers
TRAFFIC. ON COPPER RANGE
ROAD DEM0RALI2ED FOR
SEVERAL HOURS.

CALUMET. Mich, NOy. lS.-Teie-
phone and telegraph wires were cut
ir two different places along the Cop
par Range railroad last night de-
moralizing train service for several
hours this morning. Striking copper
miners incenscd at the company for
bringing non-uniOn men TO the mines
were blamed. Shots were fired into
boarding houses occupied by non
federation men at I'aincSllal" but no
one was hurt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
pOREsEES EXHAUSTION OF GAS.

WHEELING, New happening
before the state public service conf
mission here yesterday in defense Of
advances in natural gas rates III
Northern West Virginia towns, Gen.
eal Manager 7. O. Sullivan, Of the
manufacturers Light \ Heat COM
pany Of Pittsburgh. declared ina.
within 10 years the supply Of gas III
this state will have hen exhausted.
This was one Of his arguments for
the advance in rates. The hearing
will continue several days.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
Discr4sel &C: mnc

WAMUN%fn. i 20. resi-
dent Wi,.or 80 %l.t @'t to-
day and discussed TIC latest phases
81 the Mexican situation, IOvcrnigH'
Gevelopmcnts apparently brought no
change but keen interest Fas shown
il the organization Of the new Mcxi-
tan congress. Some officials were
Inclined to believe that body would
heed The warning Of sthe United
states aid take no action on conccs-
sion$. Talk OF a blockade on NtYi,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
A VOTE GETTER.

1t took till midnight to put the
steam roller over George Lilly and
the operation had to be done twice
to be effective. Lilly controlled SO
votes in the convention and was
stronger than all the other candi-
dates combined, with the exception
of Bowen and Barnes who were nom
mated. Mr.. Lilly as Il vote gCttcr is
by no means an amateur.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-18
posTMIsTRESs CONTINUED

WASHINGTON, Nov, lS.~-Mrs.
Ina IIefner has been continued as
postmistress at bessie, BraXton
county, w. Va, under the executive
order OF May I.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-04
PLEASE MANS STOMACH AND FIRST. STEP
TOWARD "4OIHE SWEET HOME" IS TAKEN
JANE WHITAKER

conversation flOated back to me, while
you see, we boarded the first 81
one with the auburn hair was saying
taken up domestic science, it was sue
bed and read novels and MUNICH chOcO
Harold, however, finally got tn
home of his OWn-he was tired Of two
ed a fiat.
eve were as ignorant as children
place that would suit us, for insisted
room, and Harold demanded a six
foot bath-tub. We finally found the
combination. Then we bought the
furniture.
Eve didn't have very much money,
so I told Harold of a place where
they advertised that they would fur
nish four rooms for $75 on an easy
payment plan, and we went there.
By the time we were through select
ing, fitting one room in Oriental fash
ion as a den for Harold, and buying
bird's-eye maple for the bedrooms,
the bill was simply staggering.
"'Why, gracious, I exclaimed,
how can it amount to so much? You
advertise to furnish four rooms for
S75, and this is only one room more
THE man looked at me with dis
gust. When we furnish four rooms
for $75,' he replied, the people don't
have to have the, rugs harmonic
with the paper on the wall and dishes
harmonic with the rugs and the pic
lures harmonic with the dishes.
They take what they get
THAT was only our first mistake.
I would have told anyone it was a
matter of common sense to cook well,
so cheeTfuIly burned the toast each
morning, made the most terrible cof-
fee, let the butcher give me mutton
chops that probably came from an
animal that died of old age, when I
had asked for and paid for lamb
chops, was guilty Of murder in boil
ing an egg that had nearly Matched,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-04


ates, that l grew lazy.
} domestic idea badly. He wanted a
rooms and no privileges. So'he hunt
It took us almost a month to find a
On window seat and a closet in every
other husband, suggested that he
would patronize a restaurant while 1
was experimenting.
81 wasn't at all daunted. bought
a fancy cook book-the kind that or
ders you to use twelve eggs in one
cake, and spent considerable money
making fancy dishes and throwing
them out.
But by Thanksgiving was quite
confident, so I invited Harold, in a
rather superior manner, to eat his
Thanksgiving dinner at home.
"Ie assented rather dOubtfuIly.
my first trouble came when dis
covered by the cook book that tur-
keys had stnews in their legs which
must be pulled out, and I hadn't ask
ed the butcher to do it.
lou CHI imagine the Iun i mad
getting those sinews out. I had to
cut almost all of the meat from the
legs, but 1 succeeded, and 1 made a
chestnut filing for the bird also.
"The turkey really was a success
it was beautifully brown, and it
smelled delicious.
when it arrived in due course Of
time on the table, Harold looked at it
with quite a pleased smile. Then he
barked at me:
What happened to it's legs? What
did you do-was it lame or did you
take the meat of Of it out in the
kitchen?'
81 patiently delved into the matter
Of sineWs-but no use. Harold is es-
PeciaDy fond of the legs and there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
AStoniShed Him.

MFRS. PHILIP SNOwDEN, wife of
IVA leader Of the socialist party in
England. was entertained recently at
the Colony Club in New York. Dis
cussing Lloyd Georges old-age pen
sion and land reform schemes. which
are so beneficial to England's poor,
Mrs. Snowden said:
Schemes such as these inaugurated
to help our poor are very necessary.
Take the English agricultural workers
condition, for instance. 1t is shock
ing When compared with the Russian
peasants life. perhaps, it is not so
bad, but, compared with the German, or
particularly with the French peasants
condition, it is deplorable. There is a
story, perhaps exaggerated, which
nevertheless exemplifies the great diff
ference between England and the
French farm workers lot.
"A French peasant, the story goes
once asked how much land the average
farm worker in England owned. He
was told that the poor man in England
does not possess land.
"sThen how does he feed his cows"
inquired the Frenchman.
"He has no cows" was the reply.
".No land! No cows! Pshaw, you'll
be telling me next he has no horse!
said the Frenchman, drily."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

ments in Mexico. There are somewhere
between 5000 and 5000 Americans living
at the capital and they have wholesale
and retail stores here Of various kinds.
The city has three clubs which are Amer
lean. One is the University Club in the
Colonia section. to which belong many
American civil and electrical engineers,
as well as leading business men. Another
is the American Club. In the heart Of the
city. which Is always filled with Amer
hour. and third is the Country Club.
outside the city, where the Americans go
to loaf and play golf.
We have here a newspaper, the Mexican
Herald, which IS owned and edited by
Americans, and there are several hotels
managed by Americans and at which most
of the Americans stay. In the first fight
between Diaz and Madero the former
dropped 2 shell through the roof of Mrs.
Porter's new American House.
In addition to the above eminently re-
spectacle class Of Americans who have
skill. money and brains there are others
from our country Of far different type.
We have q few Americans in Mexico who
have left the United States under clouds
OF one kind or other, and We have some
from over the border who have come in
with chips on their shoulders which they
dare any native to knock off, This il the
type which the Mexican calls the gringo
He thinks there Is no land like the United
States, and is ready to prove 1t with fist
or revolver. He wounds the feelings Of
the Mexican. who is naturally polite, and
he calls him greaser 1t is this class that
has had much to do with the Ill feeling
between the two countries. The word
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Ills HERf. That OUR
| AMBASSADORS LIVES, nE
|A1E RIcAN. LAG LYME
/ OVER HIS 1GANs1ON OF STONE

haciendado than a mine manager at
$1,000 a year.
The poems are like the Mexicans
They are polite. and our bluff ways are
disagreeable to them The average
American does not understand how to
handle them. and he makes enemies
where the native employer does not.
Many of our single investments here
run high into the millions. This is 50 Of
the mines and shelters, the latter being
largely owned by the Guggenheims. Some
of the most important mining companies
are operated under charters from Amer
lean states, and not a few have capital
stocks running high into the millions. The
American Smelling and Refining Company
is capitalized at 10000. 600. and it has al
ready paid dividends Of Sos, 600. 600 with
surplus of ST., 1905 900. The Batopilas Min
ing Company, which has the properties
developed by the late Gov. Shepherd, has
$9.OOO.OOO of capitalization, and it's sur
plus is something like $3,O00OOO. The
Greene Cananea Copper Company, which
has extensive mines in Sonora, has an au-
thorized capital of S6O000.O00. and it's pro-
duction In 1911 was over Al 900, 600 pounds
Of copper, while the Mexican Eagle Oil
Company, owned largely by the English.
has capital of $50.O00,OG0 Mexican and
promises to pay an enormous dividend on
company is the Mexican Petroleum Com
pany, whose Office is in Les Angeles. This
has an authorized capital of 5000, 600.
1t owns large oil properties about Tam
pico. and also zoe, 900 acres of grazing and
agricultural land 1t paid its first divi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

greaser should be applied only to the
rough and tough Mexican, who compares
with the better and soberer classes much
as the gringo does with the .-cntlemanly
American.
There are undoubtedly many bad men
OF both nations in the country just now,
and the present conditions Of brigandage
and revolution have led to a large in
crease in outrages of one kind or other
This is SO not only upon the Mexicans,
but upon the foreigners as well. am
told that these outrages In out-of- the-way
places have been far more numerous than
the United States thinks. and that a
been killed than is generally supposed.
This IL question which is often
asked. II you put 1t to Mexican gen.
tleman Of the better class he will tell
you yes. and that his country looks to
ours for its development and culture.
He will show you that a large proper
ton Of the Mexican boys and girls who
go abroad to be educated are sent to
the United States, and that Mexico's
trade Is greater with US than with any
other nation. On the other hand the
Mexican is much like the Russian. If
you scratch the Russian deep enough
you will find him a Tartar. The real
Mexican is a spaniard. and / do not
believe he likes us. He is jealous, and
he covets our ability to make money
and do big things. He is frightened
at the preponderance of American in
vestments. and in his soul he believes
we mean to conquer and take posses
sion of the land. The more you pro-
test, the greater he thinks is your
classes here have a contempt for bust
ness and business men. They would
rather have a government clerkship or
De one or the hangers-on to rich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

The girl fees and the boy pursues He
catches her. they wrestle till You think
they would fall and break their legs, and
then the girl draws loose and fees again
in ridiculous dancing step of mincing
grace.
Again the boy pursues her. When he
catches her in a clear space he grips her
left hand firmly with his right hand. and
to the music simply whirls the girl round
and round at arms length, himself pivot
ing on one silt, until the combination of
centrifugal and centripetal force raises
her and her skirts and her stills to whirl
almost horizontally. If he should let go
OF her she would be dashed far away
against one of the houses, like a stone
from a sling. Yet he lets her die down
with seeming ease. and deposits her on
her feet-or rather on her stilts-with a
ceremonious bow. 1t is generally the end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

sheep at ease. Strayed lambs are follow
ed up. The dogs themselves look up to
the master for an Indication.
Without stills no one goes far from the
house or well known home surroundings.
Without stills walking is difficult, the
face is cut and scratched and all sense of
direction is abolished.
From this land, where children are al
most born on stills, come forth these
couples. trios or quartets of silt dancers,
and little watering places of the Basque
country, the Pyrenees and the entire
south Of France. They can take up a
good collection even among poor villagers.
who are familiar with the silt dancing.
and, therefore, competent judges of its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Anecdotes Concerning
Well Km0wm p@opNe
A Moon Story.

p EGINALD DE KOvEN gave last
- month in New York one of the
most splendid fancy dress balls in the
city's history. To a compliment on the
balls success. Mr. de Koven said:
Well, I'm glad the affair didn't turn
out like play whereof a certain critic
wrote:
At this point in act three the moon
obscured cloud
The copy editor took the critic to
task for this. He said:
Look here, you mean cloud OBJ
scured the moon. don't YOU?
No, sir; DON'T the critic replied.
firmly. These were amateur theatre
Gals. and I mean just what 1 say. The
moon slipped and came down over a
white cloud, totally obscuring it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

adopts. The musical accompanist is gen.
orally an elderly man beating drum
and playing q mouth-organ fixed on iron
brackets from his shoulders. Behind him
stalk gravely q boy and sdrl. sometimes
q why mamma--I have never seen a fat
one. Standing q clear fifteen or twenty
feet high. the stills strapped to their an
hands and arms are free. and they use
them effectively during the dance per-
Torrance In theatrical gesticulati0ns Of
exaggerated grace.
The drum rolls. The crowd collects in
the village place. and to a lively dance
air on the n,outh-organ the boy and
girl simply spin like tops all over the
place. Crac! Crac! The iron-tipped
stilts crack on the stone-paved place.
The two performers bend and turn. lean.
Ct impossible angles, pun Up, leap and
hop about, arm n arm. let 90 and whfr:'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

of the show and the encore is a waltz
A party of these stilt dancers came into
Luchon last August. tuchon has become
extremely fashionable once again, and
the Pearl of the Pyrenees. little, pleas
ure city set i'm flowers, chestnut shade
and the most grandiose mountain scenery
imaginable, was filled with English and
American visitors
Two young men among the silt dane
ers got into an ugly fight one starlt
evening, at the end of their show On
stills they wrestled and smashed each
other for full ten minutes until sepa-
rated. One had his nose broken and the
other his shoulder joint put out. Their
faces We're covered with blood, and their
clothes were in tatters, yet neither had
once slipped or fallen from his stills
and they were high ones
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
CaIious, Indeed.

KxRS. O. II. p. BELMONT, discussing
IVA certain sweat shop proprietors,
said at her suffrage headquarters in New
York:
.sThese men are so callous and narrow,
they hardly seem to think they are doing
wrong. They are like the wife-beater to
whom the judge said:
What q vile wretch you We're to
break a table over your wife's head.
but, Judge, your honor the man
whined, how was I to know the table
would break.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

young couples stroll arm in arm on stills
and whisper words Of love.
.sEverybody's dom It." because it's q
scrubwood land, as fiat and boundlees as
the ocean. The wilderness OF sandy soil.
scrubwood and bushes. interspersed with
pine forests. stretches on every hand.
sparsely inhabited. without roads. Ven
ture OF the great highways and you can
be lost Tor good. You may staTve before
you ind habitation, wandering In the
scrubwood as high as your head. from
sandy clearing to salty pool, with only
the waterfowl for companions
The inhabitants have always walked on
stilts to find their way. Walk twelve feet
high and you dominate an ocean Of green
cry which seems to be at Your feet The
Shepherds can look down and watch their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Where Every Little Counts.

CENATOR BOURNE said recently in
- Washington:
THE parcel post. limited as 1t is thus
far. saved the American people 100000 I'm
its first fifteen days Of operation. That
isn't much-not much to what it viii do
later on-but every little counts.
Every little counts. In parcel postage
as in New York hats." the senator con-
tinued, smiling. II know New York
man who. on his return from the roomi-
ness of Washington, said, fretfully, to his
servant:
Jameson, this nat seems much small
er than when / moved into 1t last sum-
mer.'
"'Yes, SIR Jameson answered. Quite
so. sir. But you must remember. sir, that
you are wearing your winter undercloth-
ing now, sir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
No Pleasing Her.

GOV. SULZER, apropos OF certain fee
BILE defenses OF certain Albany
CRAFTS. said to q group of reporters:
These defenses are all unsatisfactory.
In their presence am like Mrs. Oldes.
:. That Mrs. Oldes is dreadfuily hard
to please said a woman:
How so?' another woman asked
why, told her the other day that
she carried her age well and she didn't
seem to like It at all: SO then told her
that she didn't carry Il well. and she
liked that less than ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Economy.

GEORGE GOULD said. apropos Of an
~ adverse ruling by the Commerce
Court:
"If this sort of thing keeps on the
railroads will have to be as economical
as Conductor jay.
AS Jay went through the train taxi
ing and punching tickets. a traveller
said to him:
What becomes of the little pieces
you punch out, conductor
oh; Jay replied. I save them up
and sell them for confetti"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BAYONNE, March 1, 1913.
MEN live on stills in the Landes be-
W yond Bayonne.
Young women, standing twelve
feet high. stride through the scrub with
the mems dinner pail On stills they
guard vast focks OF sheep. On stills they
shoot wild duck, woodcock and snipe. On
stills they trim the mulberry trees and
tap the pines for superior quality of
turpentine. On stills they seek patches
of wild strawberries: come and go among
the cultivated fields. Boys and girls play
tag on stills: and in the twilight loving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Polite.

A 6TORY about Charles N. Schwab
"A has been going the rounds OF Wall
street.
Mr.. Schwab, who Is very fond OF farce
comedy. one day babe his secretary get
him two tickets for Charles Aunt"
The secretary summoned page and
said:
''Go round to the theater and get two
tickets for Charles Aunt please.
The page hesitated and said:
But hadn't bettsr say Mr. 9chwa6s
aunt air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
AR6E BANANA PLANTATION

dend of 3 per cent I'm 1907 and has paid
per cent per annum ever since.
There are also many other mining COM
panies of large capital. and numerous
small ones which are paying. but are
still little known. There are plantations
of one kind or ether whose capitalization
runs we'll up into the millions and whose
property i'm some instances is worth con-
siderably more than the capitalization
The Mexican cotton estates of Tlahuaiilo
is registered in Great Britain; but the
stock largely belongs to americana, the
president being James Brown Potter. This
company has 100000 acres of cotton plan
tations. a large part OF which is irrigated,
and l am told its lands are OF enormous
value. 1t is the largest single cotton plan
tation in the world. 1t is situated near
Torreon.
There are a number of big land COM
panies and big industrial and electric
companies. The California Land Com
pany. Limited. holds 100000 acres in
Lower California. The Chiapas Zone Ex-
ploration Company has 100 square miles
in the state of Chiapas. and the Inter
continental Rubber Company. incorporat-
ed in New Jersey, has over 100000 acres
of land and a rubber factory which Is
producing guayule rubber to the amount
of 10000 pounds every month. This COM
pany showed net profit Of considerably
more than $2.OOo.OOO in 1911.
And then there are some companies
which practically own the public works OF
various towns. Such is the Anglo-Mexi-
can Electric Company. which has the
Puebla tramway, light and power; the
British company. which owns the ZAcs-
tecas light and tramways; the Canadian
one, backed by Mckenzie and Mann.
which owns all the public utilities OF Mon
terey, and also the Mexican Light and
Power Company, which gets it's power
from the falls OF the Necaxa river and
supplies light and power to the capital.
This latter company has now a capital
of $4,000, 900, and Its net operating profits
are 100000 a year. The stock is large
ly owned in Great Britain.
+ :
In addition to these / might mention
scores Of other industrials the stock in
United States. I am told that there are
can investments controlled from Kansas
City alone and that st. Louis, Chicago
Pittsburgh and others of our big finan-
cial centers have capitalists who are in
terested to an enormous extent. Among
the recent organizations Is the Gulf Coast
Fruit and Steamship Company, which
has large plantations near the Coatza-
coalcos river. which are now being set
out in bananas, and the Mexico Inter-
national Land Company, which owns
about half million acres in Vera CruS
and OaXaca
In conclusion would say that the most
of these companies are large oryaniza-
tions backed by big capital and managed
on strict business principles. In addition
fraudulent companies, which have been
gotten up to sell stock on the promises of
making for the owners from 200 per cent
to 500 per cent within FIVE or ten years.
In ninety-nine cases out OF every hun
dred such companies are fakes pure and
simple, and the small man who takes
stock in them payable on installments or
in the lump is sure OF losing his money.
FRANK C. CARPENTER,