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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Deeds FlIed

Yesterday deeds we're filed with tGt
clerk OF the county court as follows
Taylor E. Sharp to Keorge W. Koon'
a parcel of land in the village o.
Wbrthlngton; consideration $500.
Sophia c. Miller to James E. Nor.
gan, parcel Of land in the First ward
OF the City OF Fairmont; consideration
$1,000.
Scott C. Lowe, special commission
err, to Mary Z. Stanley. parcel OF
land in the village OF CoItax; consid'
Grafton $4,000.
John W. Purdy, special commits
sloner to ]. R. Spencer, parcel OF
land in the City OF Fairmont; consid'
Grafton $2.50O.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Y. M. c. A.

On Saturday night at . p. nj. thS
local Y. NJ. C. A. team will line UP
gainst the Waynesburg college team
md the game will be fast one from
start to finish.
According to the present plans. all
Of the Y. N. c. ~. regular men Will
be in the lineup and il this is the case
the Waynesburg college bunch Will
have but little show OF winning the
game.
They made a fair showing against
he Normal school team here on Mon
.ay night, when the game vas played
lndcr collegiate rules, hui when they
me up against the State champion
ship coutendors this week, under A
!. e. rules, or under half A. A. U
and half Cclleginte, they will likely be
leatsn easily A fast preliminary
game is being arranged Tor the even
ms.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Basket Ball

The local high school boys are all
in readiness for the trip TO Weston
tomorrow evening where they will
meet the fast Weston High school on
tho armory floor.
The game will be fast one from
start to finish as the Weston team is
very strong for a High school agsre'
CATION, and the local High is going to
Weston prepared to put " their best
game against their adversares.
The new lineup OF the team is prac,
ticing together each evening, getting
in shape for the contest, and the local
lads feel little doubt but that they vii!
win the game.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
THE STATE JOURNAL ~
BE SOLD UNDER Trust.

PARKERsBURG, W. VA Jan, 30,
The Parkersburg state Journal one
OF the Oldest and most influential Re
publican newspapers in West Virginia.
according to an announcement IN itsl
columns this evening, Is to be sold at
auction to the highest bidder on Feb:i
ruary 81, under q deed of trust NJ,
satisfy debts against 1t. The state
Journal asserts that the past year has
been the most prosperous and success
full in its history, Cut that old obllga;
tons. accumulated under less prospets
GUS conditions. make the salesneces;!
sary. Is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Divorced
FOUND OUT THAT DECREE HAD
BEEN ENTERED MORE THAN
TWO YEARS AGO.

Mrs. Elvira Hawkins, who was IL
vorced from William E. Hawkins al
most three years ago was never ap,
prised OF the fact until yesterday.
The intermediate Court entered the
following order on Mag %, 1910:
1t is. therefore, adjrdged, ordered
and decreed that the marriage here
tofore celebrated between the said
William f. Hawkins and Elvira Haw-
kins, the defendant, be and they are
hereby divorced from each other from
the bonds Of matrimony.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

our right and refuse to do without
them.
If this town does not provide parks
ard Fairgrounds f1r our children to
enjoy and in which they can get plen-
~ OF fresh air and the exercise that is
necessary for them in their growth 10
manhood and womanhood, we will
move; we will so to some time that
has enterprise enough to care for the
children OF those who make it.
Think that over. you men Of affairs.
That is thought that has caused hun
dreds OF thousands OF families to
move. Many OF them would come to
this town, no doubt. il you have the
parks and Fairgrounds here that you
,hould have Now dent get annoy.
ID: don't cay to yourself that take
IRE high en2ush wheat proy;dln
rxUries.
Such breathing places as the parr
nd the Fairgrounds are net lu%urle
Nor do they increase your expenses.
One of the most expensive things
and one of the most useless is sick
mess. Give your children chance tc
grow as they should; don't stunt
Them by deprivlng them OF plenty q
fresh air and OF room in which e
Thrash around, and you will have fe"
doctor bills to pay and little medicine
10 buy. The cemetery will remain
tar down the road.
The trouble with this problem o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
ARK AND FAIRGROUNDS AS IN
PoRTANT as CEMETERIES.
BY Leo L. Redding.
lGopyflght, 1912, by Town Dcve'op'
IS meut Company

N The nearer your PARIS and play
mounds are to your home the further
III the cemetery will remain.
IL Isn't that sufficient to persuade you
that the parks and Fairgrounds CT this
isS@n are as important as is the ceMe'
.tegS
Other proofs are ready if you want
en-. This is one OF the most easily
tablished propositions connected
NTH town development.
Detroit has found the great public
liaygfoaiitl, Belle Isle, one OF is very
best municipal assets. Every business
Ian in8Detrc.t regards BelIe5tsle rs .
mcneyssayer tits a playground c2eu
Che n az arorBd TIC men ana Soman
Sofh and t. Their Children.
lanafacturers AID ether large EN-
t5SeFs in Detroit have l!It,a difficulty
kespirg their help satisfied. AnI
nee Belle. Isle was made place CT
subli6 recreation the health Of the city
\ az greatly lmproved-its death rate
Us decreased.
We are living in better conditions
man did our forefathers, and we have
sroSn 50 accustomed to ;he p'easan
fiaces in life that we regard them as
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

parks is that 1t Is like other big thing:
| in this town. 1t cannot be solved By
the Individual. No matter how good
citizen you may be, no matter how
public spirited you may be, nor how
willing you may be to spend your mon
ey for the benefit of the community
and OF the community's babies, you
cannot do 1t all.
Just as | have ben trying to tell you
about other things, in this you mus!
work with your fellow.cltizens and you
must have an organization.
You owe it to your wife and to your
children that you Identify yourself
with the commercial organization OF
this town. and that you become active
in its work. One Of the first things
that you should do is to make study
OF the parks and Fairgrounds of this
town. Contrast It with the cemetery.
Determine for yourself where your in
terest lies. Are you more interested
in the parks and Fairgrounds and their
up.keep, or in the cemetery and It's
growth?
The town that shows to its visitors
a system of parks and Fairgrounds
we'll kept, interests them in itself. 1t
establishes itself in their eyes as n
selr-respecting as we'll as an enterprts.
ing community; a place in which life
is pleasant and safe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
NEXT SUNDAY Is
GROUND HOG DAY.
He VIII Decide the Kind Of Weather
for six Weeks.

Owing to the unusual mildness o.
lie winter there is, much speculation
particularly among country folk as 70
whether "bre'r" ground hog will sec
his shadow when he comes ont on hiS
annual shadcw.huntlng tour next
Sunday.
But speaking Of the superstition OF
the country people as to the ground
shoels intuition, there are millions Of
city folks who put their faith in the
actions Of the little rodent Of the
woods, There are hundreds of people
s5hete III Falfmopt who believe Pile
y + if & ~ tl'fst "a. r y. ~ 5eis3
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Normal Team

The Normal basket ball team also
leaves this city tomorrow, they going
to Elkins, where they will play off
wo contests, one on Friday and the
Their on Saturday night.
The first game will be against the
1lkins Y. NJ. c. A. and the second
ne against the Davis and Elklns col
age aggregation.
The local boys are expecting to win
10th games, but the Randolph tear !
. holh Exceptionally stroC; thia
ga: and the Normal will have to put
their best game il they win the
contests.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

lily that If the ground hok sees its
shadow next Sunday there will be six
weeks of winter Immediately. after
ward, while they are equally certain
that II the day is cloudy winter is
sure enough over.
1t centers where weather observers
are employed by the government peo-
pie are said to put more faith in the
ground hog than in the government
expert.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
MRS. MALONE
CALLED away
AGED WOMAN DIED LAST NIcHT
AT HER HOME AT oPEKlskA.

Mrs. Eliza Malone, wife OF Thomas
Malone, and mother of Mrs. Charles
Joliffe, of Raymond street, died last
evening at her home at 0pekiska after
an illness from pneumonia. She. was
aged seventy years and is survived b
her husband and twelve children. Mr..
and Mrs. Jolllffe went to opekiska
last evening to remain for the funeral
ucrvices.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
.Pozice"Court

In police. court this morning Mayor
Lively found but one prisoner to be
tried. The man was arrested charged
with drunkenness. and, plead guilty to
the charge. He was fined $500 and
costs for his offense.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
u s...otlr... von-e nsAp.

William Yoder, aged twehty-three
years, died this morning at his home
at Underwood after an illness Of tn,
berculosis. He was native of Penn.
sylvania and was employed tnsths
mine atit6at place. A wife and a tty0
year old child survive. AS.
No funeral arrangements have been
made Undertaken II. Z. Jones ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
VICE SYNDICATE
NOW uNEARTHED
NEAR WHEELING

NFTFt,ItAk
WASHINGTON, Pa, Jan. SO.-Gnves,
legations of the Washington county
authorities Of rumors in the speakeasy
case have led to the unearthtng OF
what is declared TO be all organized
vice syndicate, which deals in young
American girls, and whose operations
extended over Western Pennsylvania.
Eastern Ohio and West Virginia.
Seven men, Italians, are involved In
the reyoting charges. Two of the ac'
cused have been arrested, they being
Thomas Timber, an italian dandy o.
Canonsburg, aud Frank AMANDA, home
unknown, who is believed to have been
q sort Of travelling agent for the syn
Gicate. Five other wanted men have
vanished.
Several weeks ago, in a speakea1j
case in which Timber vas tmlplieatl d
District Attorney Il. G. Miller and his
assistants received information re-
garding women and certain Italians
The Investigation which followed led
the county officers toyMonessen, Yves!
Moreland county, where it is declared
the syndicate had its headquarters,
and from which point American girls
were distributed to various towns in
the three States. The Organization
seems to have been. operatedf6n blsi'
ness principles, with fixed rates aitl'i
percentages for those concerned in Il
The principal part of the earning OF
the unfortunate girls went to the
seven men who farmed the syndicate
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30
Meeting
EAR ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS IN.
PoRTANT QUESTIONS

The regular meeting OF the Marion
county Bar Association will be held
this evening at 1880 o'clock at the
law library.
a paper will be,read by Judge How
ard N. Ogden on the subject: THE
tkawyer as a Law Reporter; with
Special Reference TO Pending Legisla
ton"
Resolutions will be offered approx
Ing abolition of the death penalty ap
proving the taking Of oral testimony
in chancery cases. etc.
Other important matters will come
up for discussion and 1T is important
that there be a large turnout Of the
members of the bar.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

Two Ford touring cars are grand
prizes in The West VirgInia's contest.
There are awards for all who en-.
gage.ln the big subscription campaign
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

Mrs. Oscar stanaard, hoshad besH
the guest Of her parents, Mr.: aai
Mrs. N. ri 5dea, has returned y
Charleston. She, Vas .npanied hg
her mother who WI spend d Weel;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

CT OR For mems all wool sassl.i
VA'1V mere pants, values to $3.50.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

I'M I'd. for So inch curtain
wv swiss or net, value 15e.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-01-30

0Qn For girls wool mixed or
wv sstrakhan coats, values to
"A $500.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
HER HURTS FATAL
TO MISS DAWSON

London, June 10.-Emily WELDING
Davidson, the first martyr to militant
efforts Of women to obtain suffrage,
died Sunday at the EPSON hospital as
the result of the fracture of the skull
sustained in ar attempt to stop tho
kings horse, Anmer, during the run
ming of the derby on Wednesday last.
Only the matron of the hospital and
bed.
comrades draped the screen surround
ing the cot with the fateful colors of
the women's social and political union,
which she wore when she made her
sensational attempt to interfere with
the great classic of the British turf.
Miss Dawson was noted for her dar-
ing feats in behalf of militancy. One
of her earliest exploits was to barri-
cade herself in a cell, and she was only
subdued with the aid Of a fire hose. On
another occasion she cast herself Town
a flight of stairs in Jail and was SER
iously injured. She was one of the most
persistent invaders of the house of
commons, which she gained at one time
by way of the air shaft. Her last ex-
plot before the fatal EPSON accident
was the assaulting of a Baptist clergy
man in the belief hat he was Chan
cellor Lloyd-George.
Speaking with great emotion at q
Hdye park meeting, Mrs. Despard said
she hoped that the case of Miss Davi-
son would kindle a flame in the souls
of men which would end the present
awful situation.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
EDUCATOR FAVORS
REDUCING COURSE

Chicago, June 9.-When the Illinois
senatorial vice and minimum wage
commission u it's quest of the
light on the relation of low wages to
vice today, Harry Pratt Judson, presi-
dent of the University of Chicago, was
called as a witness.
Most college graduates enter bust
ness, the witness said, and were soon
thereafter financially able to marry.
And what becomes Of the girl grad
yates? asked Chairman O'Hara.
II am happy to say hat most Of
them marry" replied the educator.
He said that school and college
courses should be shortened in order
to start young men and women on the
serious business Of life earlier. He de-
clared that high school studies should
be fewer in number and that these
should be studied more thoroughly.
Many Of our young men work their
way through the university" volun-
teered Mr.. Judson, (which costs them
from $500 to $500 q year."
O'Hara wanted to know whether the
law should provide q minimum wage
for minimum efficiency, in response
to which the witness arranged workers
into three classes, efficient, semi-ef-
icient and inefficient.
Efficient men will earn more than
any law can PROVIDE" said DR.. Judson.
They'll tax care Of themselves. For
the semi-efficien we might provide in
dustrial training"
The witness had no remedy for the
inefficient.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
Plan 10 DEMOBIllIE
ARMIES Of BALKANS
Russia Will Take Initiative IN
Proposed Method to Re-
store Peace.

W. HA EAE 80 AAFKAA
London, June 9.-While peace lis be-
ing celebrated In London. he situation
In the near east is still threatening.
The report comes from Constantinopie,s
but lacks official confirmation, that the
European powers have decided to de-
mand the disqualification OF b Tur-
kish and the Balkan armies In order
to q peace.
It is believed that b initiative In
this action will devolve In q great
measure to Russia. The Russian gov
erninent Is said to hold The opinion
that, the Balkan governments are act
ing under the pressure OF military n
fuence and that no sane course 10
possible to them unless at least two
thirds OF their armies should be de-
mobilized. The position OF the Ser
Wan cabinet is said to be unsafe, but
the resignation OF the ministers had
o been announced VI to noon today
The Bulgarian cabinet already has res
signed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
BRAZILIAN MINISTER
WILL VISIT AMERICA

Washington, June 9.-Senator Root,
Major General Wood, Chief of Staff
of the Army Dudley Field Malone, as
sistant secretary of state and a dis
tinguished party Of officials left here
today on the governments yachts,
Mayhower, Sylph and Dolphin. for
Hampton Roads to greet DR.. Lauro
Mueller, Brazilian minister of foreign
affairs, who lands there tomorrow.
The Brazilian minister comes to re-
pay the visit of Mr.. Root to South
America. when he was secretary of
state. An elaborate program of public
functions has been arranged for the
distinguished guest while he is in this
country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
THIEF GIVES BACK
100000 STOLEN
MONEY!; GOES FREE

Philadelphia, June 1O.-Walter E.
Shourus, vault superintendent OF the
Merchants Union Trust company, who
robbed the bank two years age of 81
4OO,O 600 in securities and $4,000 in cash,
walked into court. turned over the last
bundle of his loot, and smiled when
Judge Hall ordered the indictment
quaShed and o verdic of not guilty en-
tered. Shourds' motive for the theft
was a reduction OF his salary to So a
month.
The verdict of not guilty was or
scenes that ever featured the crimina
courts of this city, at the request OF
the state. the government and the bank
officials,
Forced to Grant Pardon.
Your honor said District Attorney
Rotan, the officials of the bank are
at the mercy of this man. If they DO
not accept his offer of restitution under
promise of immunity they will have 10
close the bank, They have asked me
to condone the compromising of the fell
ony. I will do SO only with the permits
sion of the court
Under the circumstances Judge Hall
said he did not see how any other ac-
ton could be AIKEN, as the safety of
the bank, its depositors and sharehold-
erS was at stake.
When the verdict had been recorded
Shourds calmly handed a package to
Edwin .. Lewis, attorney for the bank.
Mr.. Lewis opened it. and the missing
bonds and stocks We're there. Shourds
also gave the bank SIS, 900 more than he
had stolen, as part payment of he
thousands Of dollars expended in
searching for him.
The proceedings over, Shourds bowed
to the attorneys and left the building
with his wife.
1t developed today that Shourds used
some of the stolen funds to speculate
abroad, and it is said he made a snug
fortune.
1t was revealed today that Shourds
has travelled many thousands of miles
since his huge theft in September. 1911.
He went first to the coast, across the
Pacific to Australia and then through
The Mediterranean and to Europe.
ShourdS has written an entirely new
chapter in crime. No criminal of re-
cen years ever stole as much as
Shourds. Although a novice in crime no
crook since Jimmy Hope was V e
more mastery in his dealings with Off
Gals.
He dickered with the bank men
through William Travers Jerome. Jer-
ONE finally put through the deal which
meant liberty for Shourds. Negotia-
tons were entered into after the har-
assed officials of the looted bank had
been driven almost mad with anxiety.
Leaving half this loot in Germany.
Shourds came to his country some
months G to see if ne was being
''double-crossed.'' He became convinced
thai Jerome and the bank officials We're
ION the level returned to Germany
and brought over the rest of the loot.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
STARS AND BARS FLOAT
OVER INDIANA CAPITOL

ton speech this afternoon, and Vice
President Thomas r. Marshall, former
governor of Indiana, was to accept the
bust for the state. William L. Bryan,
president of Indiana university,~where
Colonel Owen went as a member OF
the faculty, after he had resigned from
the army, also was on the program.
Governor Ralston presided. Many
members of the G. A. r. were to have
places near the speakers.
The movement to present the bust to
Indiana was started by S. "A. Cunning
ham of Nashville, Tenn, publisher of
the Confederate Veteran, the official
paper of the confederate organizations.
Mr.. Cunningham was a prisoner at
Camp Morton. He said Colonel Owens
deeds of kindness and acts of courtesy,
coupled with his efforts to alleviate the
suffering of the prisoners won their
esteem and affection.
Shortly after being ordered to the
front from Camp Morton. Colonel
owen vas captured at Mumford. KY.
but was released by the confederate
commander, who SAID: Colonel
Owen, in consideration of your kind
ness to our prisoners at Camp Nor
ton, o are free to go at will.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-06-12
REBEL GENERAL is
offered Big BRIbE
Blanco Rejects Tender of $780,.
900 Pesos and Federal
Generalship.

Brownsville, Tex, June "a gener-
alship in the federal army in addition
to 300 1000 pesos was the price offered
Gen. Lucio Blanco, commander of the
victorious constitutionalists forces in
Matamoras, if he and his army would
joint and swear allegiance to the
Huerta government, according to
Ere ,cisco Jose Mujica, chief of staff
ofAGeneral Blanco.
Blanco's staff was offered the same
rank in the federal army as now held
by them in the constitutionalist army,
Muiica says.
The offer was made by General
Trevino, of Monterey; Gen. Fernando
Gomez, chief of the federal army in
Nuevo Leon. and Gen. Juan De Dios
ATzamendi.
De Dios Arzamendi is chief of arms
at Victoria, according to Muiica. 1t
was made verbally n brought to
Matamoras by Capt. Bruno Trevino,
accompanied by. a rurale.
Trevino was executed. The rurale is
in prison.