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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
fAIRNONT
!: !: CHARTER
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that the people have won great VIC
tory.
The ice must be cracked before The
low clears the stream, but In this
case the ice has not only been crack
ed but the gorge has been broken loose
and il any changes are found TO be
necessary in the future they can he
made more easily than creating the
whole plan rs has been done in SO
short time, The people 0! Fairmont
will have an opportunity to read and
digest every word of this charter as 1t
will be published in full before being
voted upon in September. and opin-
ions and criticisms should be withheld
until publication Is made. Under the
new charter If i is gratided by the
people, the commission will TAXI
charge of the city's affairs on the. first
of January, 1914
The most powerful lobby that over
infested State capitol building was
lined up solidly against TIE new char
ter bill, and two Of the greatest poll
tlcal machines Of each OF the domIn'
ant parties formed solid combination
reaching both Democratic and Repub'
lican Senators TO the prejudice OF tho
measure, and when the people realize
that they have accomplished so much
in spite OF these great influences there
should he great cause for rejoicing in
Fairmont.
The mysterious end 10 the Fair.
mont bin was never reached and had
this prophecy been fulfilled there
would not have been any mystery"
connected with the demise of the bill,
as the opposition was forced from nn'
der cover to fight in the omen.
II means n Greater Eairmont.
II means n Commission Government.
substituting efficiency and system for
lack Of system.
II will locate responsibility.
1t places men IN active and contRu.
Gus charge OF tho business OF the city
and the Shotgun Is behind the door"
in Fairmont.
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UPSET STOMACH
! AND INDIGESTION
;HeARTsURM GAS, sou hNEss pr
DYSPEPSIA EMoE1slst FIVE M IN.
uTEs WITH "PAPE's 'olAPEP.
SIM"

q Sste ~ :I1t - ~ -
Tine q! IN five mllnqteg all ,stqlm '
ach distress will go. No indigestion,
heartburn, sourness or belching Of
gas, acid, or eructatlons of undigested
food, no dizziness, bloating, foul breath
or headaehe.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
Il is the snrest, quickest and most GER
tain remedy in the whole world and
besides Il is harmless.
Millions of men and women now eat
their farorite foods without fear
they know now 1t is needless TO have a
bad stomach.
Please, for your sake, get large
fifty.cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store and put your
stomach right Don't keep on being
life is 100 short-Tyou are
rot here long. so make your stay
agreeable. Eat what you like and d,
gest It; enjoy it without dread of re.
bellion in the stomach.
Diapepsln belongs in your homo any
way. II should be kept handy, should
one of the family eat something which
doesn't agree with them or in. case of
an attack of indigestion, dyspepsia,
gastrLtis or stomach arrangement ali
daytime or during the night 1t is there
TO give the quickest, surcst relief
Observation-Disclosures,
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NOTHING TO FEAR.
IRY ASSOCIATED pnIss.l


TRENTON. y. j., Feb. 2Q--"Hones:
business and honest men have nothing
10 fear"
This is the assurance which Presi.
dent.elect Wilson gave today in q
lengthy statement explaining the ell
actmcnt into law of the seven anti
trust bills WHICH he signed yesterday.
Those who would engage in the
heartless practice of running rivals anu
rilching from the pockets Of the peo-
pie moro than they ought reasonably
to remand" said the Governor, ARE
the only ones who will have cause 10
regret the enactment Of these meas
ures. | predict that under them the
people of New Jersey will enter upon
"a new era OF prosperity and con
graduate tho Legislature on its pas.
sngc."
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NAIIBRE
HOMELESS
coNELA eRATlof s& esbs Tosto.
STARTING IN THE SALVATION
ARMY HALL.
IBr ASSOCIATED Pass. J

TOXIC, Japan. Feb. 800 $4,000
people are homeless as the result OF
a fire which swept through the cen
ter o. the Kanda district Of The city
yesterday, starting in the, Salvation
Army Hall. The flames spread rapid,
ly from street to street, destroying
three thousand buildings. The loss is
estimated at several million yens.
Among the buildings burned we've
the Baptist Tabernacle, and the School
of Foreign Languages. Many of the
homeless are being sheltered today in
the parks.
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NO RESULT IN
T0DAY5 VOTE
MANN AND ELKlNs ARE LEAoH NC
WILL CAUCUS AGAIN Fo;I
NIGHT.
,(BY ASSOCIATED PRtSs, }

CHARLESTON, Feb. 90 The llla
joint ballot for United States Senator
was taken today by the West Virginia
Legislature without results. The vote
was:
Watson, 10; Daily, 1; Hamilton, L;
Mann, "a; Elkins, "a; White, 6; Ed.
wards, G; Hubbard, s.
The Republicans will caucns tonight
in final effort 10 make nomination,
The fate OF the Woman's Suffrage
bill became known today. This an
nouncement shower the amendment
had received but lG Of the 80 votes III
the Senate, 20 OF which are necessary
before the bill can be presented to the
people for q popular vote.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
BOOKS.

Torxs ale a sort oil cold storage for
Knowledge. Because OF books the
world is now as WISE as 1t was 100
years ago plus what It has learned
since
Abook is an improved anu perfected
memory. The wise man isn't content
with preaching his ideas. He sticks
them into Il book as fast as they are
turned out, and four centuries later
when some ambitious agiiator is mis-
quoting him for revenue only some
stern critic will rise from the audi
ence and smite him With the wise
mans own words in 1tqparto vol
umes, 50 cash and the balance 81 q
month until death do us part,
Books we're once printed by hand
and we're very difficult TO produce.
This is no longer so. Nowadays books
aren't even written by hand. A good,
easy.running modern author can keep
stenographers and nine printing
presses busy, and can congest a small
library all by himself,
A good book with Illuminated mi
tials cost small fortune five cen
turtles ago. But today a best seller
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
BASKET BALL.

Last night at the Y. N. c. A. gym
q very interesting basket ball game
was played off between the Business
Men and the Normal school teams.
The game was hard fought at the wind
up, the crowd being kept on their feet
most OF the time in the last half, ow.
ing 10 the fact that the score was tied
several times lp This half. In the first
half of the>game the Normals had
rather walk away. the score at the
end of the first half being Is to II. The
Business Men came back in the second
half, however and surprised the boys
on fhe college team, as they put up q
good fast game, much different from
the work in the first half. Amos
proved 10 be the star for the Business
Men, while Morgan did the. feature
work for Normal.
:,
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ef hand, by reading q few hundred.
.oyerheated love stories. as they drpp,
from the presses wise man could
sddle his brain beyond remedy.
Stern critics declare that no book.
should be read until it is at least 70
years ola. I ~. sii
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MORGAN ILL.,
(BY ASSOCIATED PRBs.)

LONDON, Ing. Feb. 2O-Jhe Ex'
change Telegraph company published
dispatch from Rome that Professor
BastiaherL the best knodn medical
specialist in ltaly, was today sum,
moned to Cairo Egypt, by ]. P, Nor.
gan. 1t is said he will leave this even,
ing and will remain with Mr.. Morgan
until he sails on March goth
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WILL ATTEND PRIZE FIGHT,
(DY ASSOCIATED PRESS. J

ST. JOSEPH, Miss, Feb. 9O,-A
committee Of pastors Of local churches
will attend a prize fight here to-mor.
row night for tho purpose of obtain,
ing Information to lay before the
grand Jury, Whom the Ministerial Al:
llance appealed 70 the authority y
prevent the match they. were told The
contest would hetRithin the law md
lios elton could be Ten ding ihs
iight
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Hay ANp GRAIN,

Hay. per ton, $500: miyed hay, perI
ion. $500; 10. Timothy per toplI
500; 40. 2 reclebped new oats, 42c;I
,shelled eorp, per 6nshe, CSC; wheat,
per Slshsl siR9;; bran per TON, $25;
miadlings per ton. $500; new stray
per ton $1,000 new corn, paying 4. s9s,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
"eoueAT AND PAID FOR"

Patrons of the Grandfare. assaEad
Of positive treat. wien William a.
Brady will present his famous New
York Playhouse success, Bought and
Paid For" This unique play presents
a solution OF problems which are para
mount in every household. Love, de-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
Police Court

IN police court this morning two
plain DRINKS faded the mayor, each
being fined SO and costs. One man ar
ranged to pay his fine, and the other
one could NOT raise the funds, He was
returned to the jail to serve out time.
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vEsT.PocKET ESSAY.


with cover in four colors and a rcd.
hot plot can be bought for $l.OS net.
Books with wisdom Ill them come
considerably higher This is q great
mistake" The books on science, phil
osophy and religion should be put In
5O.cent editions, and the books in
which the hero discovered the hero.
inc out swimming four miles from
shore and proposed to her under wa
ter between sweet and clammy kisses
ought to he sold for IS apiece at drug
stores.
II is the ambition OF almost every
man and woman to write book,
and, thanks to the chcapness Of pa
per ana Ink, this desire is being gen
orally realized. There are now over
i 100000 books in the world, and a
strong man beginning in his youth and
reading 81 hours y day, could not
catch up in less than thousand years.
We are told on good authority, how.
ever, that if a man will read Tive
lineal feet of books and choose them
carefully, he will become wise and con.
tent. Any one OF u large number OF
books will vastly improve the mental
equipment Of the reader. On the 9th
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-02-20
A number of nc local fans s!

Substitutes. FOllmer for Coborn;
Drennen for stockley: Watson for
Amos.
Field goals, Bell, 2; Gundaker. s.;
Follmer, /; Morgan, A. Colebank, i;
Ice, l; Watkins. /.
Goals from fouls, Bell. 3 out Of 4;
Gundaker none out OF 3; Coborn, s
out Of s.. Follmer, none out of 2; Nor
gan, G ont of II; Watkins, none out Of
>.
Referee-Pitzer
Scorer.-Clark.
Timer-Cobun.
Time Of halves-2O minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
(olors!!

Gray, black, olive green,
blue and tan mixtures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

always used. special. 10 bars ........ 35c
10 nackaees Washing Powder .......... 45c
packages Pearline NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10c
Old Dutch Cleanser .............. 25c
FRUIT CAKE MATERIAL
16-oz Seeded Raisins lb .............. .1212c
1907. Cleaned Currents. lb. ............. .12Lac
l2-oZ Cleaned Currents, 3 packages ....... 25c
Fancy Cttron, per lb. .................. 25c
Iayer Figs lb Observation-Disclosures. 25c
Lemon and Orange Peel, lb. ............. zoe
5-oz Selected Dates packages .......... 23c
Shelled Almonds (Valencia), lb .......... 6Oc
Shelled Pecans lb, ,................ zoe
SheIled English Walnuts, lb. ........... 60c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14

Any Evening Dress in the store will be
offered tomorrow-Monday- only at
S16.50. Many Of the popular Silk
Crepe Dresses, in the showing
reserved. Your unrestricted choice,
iust tomorrow S16.50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-14
Silks and Wool Goods

S1.45 silk Popins, 40 inches wide. Yaro
1925 Crepe Meteor, 40 inches wide. Va
98c Plain and Broosded Crepe. Yard
soc Plain and Figured Poplns. Yard
SLAB Erocaded Corduroy. Yard 49,.
s1.00 Plain Corduroy on special sale at
s1.98 54-inch Chiffo- Broadcloth. Yard
soc 36.inch Wool Suitings. Yard ..
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
THE S PER CENT CLAUSE.

The tariff bill provides 5 per cent reduction of
duties on imports in American bottoms. Foreign
countries insist that they also get this reduction, if
they have commercial treaties with the United States
containing the most -favored-nation provision As
most of them have such treaties the net result would
be to give this per cent advantage to most of the
world and to prune off about per cent all round
from the tariff duties named in the bill.
If this Government declines to take this view and
let the other countries in with the per cent reduc
ton then we are promised that there will be COM
mercial reprsals.
American bristles tend to erection when this ever
lasting talk of reprisals comes from the
There is no country in the world that could come out
even in war Of commercial reprsa with the United
States, if we had their weapons in our hands.
Suppose Germany tried to punish us-and in re-
turn we shut off her supplies Of American cotton
copper phosphates, and the like?
Suppose Britain tried to punish us-and gave
her the sam ereatment?
What would become of the German and British
textile and electrical industries?
Suppose Brazil needed attention and we shut out
Brazilian coffee and rubber for few months? Bra
zil would be ruined
And so through the list. Japan uses our cot
ton and at the same time finds in us her best market
Japan could stand commercial war with the United
States no better than Germany Great Britain.
Nobody wants commercial warfare with any for
eign country. But there are times when threats Of
foreign retaliation against this country get boresome.
German railroads and German steamship lines frank
ly discriminate in favor of Germanys foreign COM
merce Germany penalties Americans who want to
buy potash from Germany; she even prevents Ameri-
can owners of German potash mines from using as
much as they need of their own potash; yet at the
same time German owners of American phosphate
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
ANOTHER LA BoURGoGNE HORROR ?

All the world was proud of the splendid mani-
ness that marked the conduct of the heroic company
of the Titanic Men stood back and pressed women
and children into the places that carried chance
for life; then with smiles and cheering words they
bade good-by to the friends and loved whom
they could not hope to see again. 1t was mag
nifcent performance, in sharp and telling contrast
to the exhibition of panic cowardce and terror that
made the loss of La Bourgogne a few years
earlier one of the unrelieved horrors of maritime
experience.
AS the details from the Volturno tragedy come
to hand they furnish ground for the fear that in this
case the noble lessons of the Titanic have avaled
little, and that the disaster will 60 on record as
another which reflected small glory on the human
qualities of those who endured the fearful expert
ence. At least it must be hoped so long as there is
room for hope that the heroism and discipline among
the Volturnos officers may at last be found to have
been shared by company and crew, and that there
has been no repetition of La Bourgogne disgrace
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
CHINA's OUTLOOK UNDER YUAN.

While the election of Yuan Shi-Kai President
of China for a term of five years was accomplished
under the forms of law, it was really brought about
by force as much as if he had led regiment into
the houses of parliament Peking and put through
his program at the point of the bayonet.
1t was we'll understood by all the various political
elements represented in the new national assembly
that Yuan is master of military organization su-
perior to and independent of them all. None doubted
that he would use this organization If the need
arose Hence it is not surprising that after few
ineffective ballots designed to give some Of the nine
teen other candidates empty compliment enough
members should have swung into line to give China
man of iron the twothrds that assured his election
With President who is practically dictator a
parliament unframed in legislation and with disor-
ganization amounting almost to anarchy IN the
provinces Chinas outlook is far from that which
was pictured in the visions of Sun Yet Sen, kang
Yu Wei, and the other reform leaders who led her
out of the period of the Manchu empire. Russia
has practically Topped off Mongolia and Britain has
is Inadequate to provide the needs of the Govern
ment.
1t may be that these conditions can only be met
nv President of the type of Yuan. China needs
more than all else the development of truly ma
tional feeling and the transformation of her loose
and inert political and economic organization into
ar effective one Internal paclfcatlon must come
first and after that internal readustment to new con-
ditions built on the destruction of the Oldest political
system in the world The country must be strong at
home if it is to cease being the prey of foreign ma
tions.
Whether Yuan is equal to such staggering task
NAV be doubted whether he will allow the Chinese
to have any substantial measure of political liberty
while he is going about the task may be doubted still
more But the present situation of China indicates
that he is probably the least of her choice of evils
and until better things are in prospect she must be
content with man on horseback a substitute for
the feebeness of the rejected dynasty.
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
THE MEXICAN ANARCHY.

As the date for the national election IN MEXICO
approaches it becomes increasingly apparent that
desperation has taken possession of the leaders on
both sides of the struggle for control Huera is sus-
pected of responsibility for the disappearance of
some of the members Of congress who have actively
opposed him in the open; he has locked up many
other members and is holding them incommunlcaoo;
program which in present-day Mexico is regarded
as warranting friends and relatives in preparing
mourning attire At the same time the constitutional
lists the north to have cut loose from rules OF
civilized warfare and adopted the rule OF no quarter
and no prisoners.
An election, in such circumstances can be only
travesty No matter who is Elected, he will rep
resent nothing better than the faction that holds
physical possession of the ballot boxes and does
the counting. 1t is perhaps humanity possible that
the election may be satisfactory in its results, and
may be accepted by large enough proportion of the
people to restore for the time being some sembance
of constitutional form in the government; but with
such meager information as is at hand concerning
conditions in the republic it is difficult to believe that
even this can be hoped for. Far more likely, the
Election will be the occasion for outbursts or
passion new extremes of conduct new repr1salS by
both sides.
1t must be kept in mind that the congress just
dissolved was pro-Madero body, which Huerta has
been able to hold in check only by reason Of his sup
posed control of the army, and his constant display
of willingness to use force to the last extreme in
order to sustain his position. When he decided on
its dissolution ne used force to enforce his program
Having gone that far, he did not dare let the mem
bers 60 back their constituencies and exert ther
influence at the election lest they should turn the
balong tide against him or failing in that join the
constitutionalists and give new strength and re
spectability to the revolt So he resorted to whole
sale arrests and application of the ley fga may fairly
be expected as the next move by way of ridding hin
of undesirable opponents The terror seems closer
at hand than at any time since the coup of assassina
ton and treachery made Huerta the head of the gov
ernment
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF.

Timothy L. Woodruff, dead at his Brooklyn home
in the ftyffth year of his age, will probably get
now that it can mean nothing to him, need OF
recognition that was too much denied him during
long and useful career in business and public AFFAIRS
He was one of the clean straightforward attractive
personalities in New York politics and business IN
little over thirty years of residence in New York
he rose from an SS-a-week place to partnership
in the concern with which he began his business hte
accumulated large fortune, and found time for
very active participation in local. State and national
politics His highest position lieutenant governor
of New York, to which he was three times elected.
He was one of the most widely acquainted men in
The field of national politics, and he enjoyed the
affection of neighbors and esteem of less intimate
associates in a marked measure.
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
Size Chas on Painless Ways or Breaking Or Filtration.


- velvet hat dashed by in s'tens
The Ribs eyes followed quizzcaly
"1nases s sbe didn't seem to Know you when YOU
replacing his hat unbiushinsly
butons-and the dancing set Tilted me
How nice of YOU to SAY
S w with '"'s" light of interest " her eyes DID 70" her
wh-what?" Man aonshment
them alone oseher-so
then of in huh? explained the Rib
II don't know what
of his hair ,, ~ .
with him by gradual course of indifference
the the Rib relenessly
Mere Man turned edder
eurbstone nous with his cane that mans idea of get
forced to take the initiative and break of
Mere Ma" desperately no gentleman wi" do the
Tlt-tle .er-bre
@ somebody else
character of
allied satisfaction of an escaped ma marty n or, WAN -, , ,.
other would sound noble:
And besides Man. II
be ie OF man az straw interpolated the Rib ITS their only
When man begins breaking and
somebody And this of
and for both of them TO pretend " quarrel and r0 me girl 10
merely pretenders Oh WELL when
gong appendix bad give the
cocaine don't you? Irritation
your our cons s axcuse anshi the Rib Il suppose
surgical operation she added sadly Just in
50 painful su, ssnsa ss the Mere
mel "wher YOU think
day will turn me do~n-eut me out
"' There Ts there BOBBY said the Rib
Haadnt @ w oa @ra that % eom S%tsa %
TT: Mere a.a ;s'" do @ %f9E nos sE break a" sa ANA my
Rib positively Never Why r-rn MARRY seu
The Washington times., 1913-10-13
The City Beautiful.

To the Editor Of Inn TrAr.s:
VIII you kindly allow lover of
Washington beautiful space 10 make a
proposition in this direction.
Having spent the past sumner in HOl-
land. Germany. and Switzerland my at
tention was Drawn at the stations, large
and small, to the floral decorations
always noticeable no matter how small
there were arches of running roses
beds Of flowers in Intricate designs-or
picturesque groups Of ferns or shrubs;
II no ground was available there were
hanging baskets. Or window boxes all
showing luxuriant growth. Even the
bumpars-those great wide box like af-
fairs in the stations 10 restrain trains
from running into buildings were always
over run with flowers and vines. At one
of the large Dutch towns where there
vas a highly ornamcnted central station
with long wings. the whole ground in
front was beautifully decorated with in
,ric,te Ito ver beds-Interspersed with
rare shrubs-while the approach to the
civ law through four avenues of trees
,otvecn which were pastures of flowers
and ferns.
canning with the remembrance OF ali
this in mind landed at our Union sta
tio,,-whicn struck me with a strong cry
or shame standing as 1t does-in the
midst of rude rough surroundings no
h..t,ar than a wild Western prairie
We speak Of our grand station, even
axnress pride in 1t. hut why the desola
,inr about It? Where are the associa-
ian Of florists? Where the city authori-
,;asp The beautiful white marble Co
Immbus standing there alone-with hard
nround all around it-when the space
=, front and all back up to the cal
racks should he rich rare garden
There can he no possible excuse for this
naolect no reason why this space-nou
b,rd stony walk. should not he made
rrcen restful picture for the eye.
% t;rod travellers TO rest upon a.
tbev PASS out to their homes or hotels
Although but an atom in this grea,
r,ass Of humanity the writer prays tha
.his sppeal may strike some chord o.
,n,pothy where II viii! he fruitful ant
Bring forth a bounteous response.
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