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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30
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London, Dec. 30.-An interesti;ijt INC. g.
feature Of tie, equipment to be used s.i
by Sill ErnSst,H. shackletong on q at ~
proposed expedition next yea1
across the Antarctic Continent Will WI
be sledgcs driven by aeroplane ems
,gincs and an acroplane with Clipped
wings to aid in propeDling the s
sledgcs over the fee. The trans
continental party will consist q 2 Is
men and 100 dogs. .:....
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the description of the two men. VINO
Yesterday dumped the trunk contain
ing the body from a push cart into
the gutter at the Pitt street tene'
ment entrance. One of the men evil
GENTLY the employer of his compan-
ion, was tall and well dressed. ~"
directed the unloading of the trunk
and employed q boy OF. the neighbor7
hood to guard It promising 10 ret'1r"
in a few minutes. The man whH
pushed the cart wore n dark sweater
and cap and is described as shorter
than the other man:
Both disappeared after disposIne
of the trunk the well dressed man
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

I 5 2 an
is.regarded here as victory for the
strikers.
lThe}atrikc was one of the worst
industrial disputes in the history OF
this city and for a time threatened
to become general. The attempts
of the mill owners to operate the
plant with non-union labor led to
several clashes between tile strike
breakers and strikers. A deputy
sheriff received bullet wounds from
which lie died later, in one OF these
clashes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30
SISTER OF RAMPOLLA
PRESENTS 1889 WILL

" ROME, Dec. 3O.-The removal O.
the seals from the residence OF tho
late Cardinal RampolIa was toda
requested by his sister, Baroness Car
Olina Rampolla- Pezzana.
She presented to the court the lat
prelate's testament dated 1889, &c
cording to which she is the only heir
her brothers having died in the
meantime. If no opposition is RAISED
by interested parties the removal OF
tie seals will probably take place tc
morrow.
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~. AASNJ 'F$fYYE4t -tS5 ~ l.s
To identify the body the police
placed IT on view in a police station
iand more thams4yOOO residents Of the
EaN.side men add women passed8DS
III before Mike Malloy, proprietorSot
a Polish boarding house declared 1t
was that of John Kremen, former
coal miner of Charleston, w. ya., By;
more recently employed in thislcitY
by house wreckers and as a staDls
man, Although Malloy was positive
in his Identification, several heaq7
quarter detectives are inclined t9bet
lieye that. he may be mfstakens&.pll NJ N
that the trunk victim probablyHfol-
lowed higher vocation than that o!
laborer. Malloy's statements how
ever are born out In part at least By
the calloused hand of the dead MAJ!
and by his stature and muscular dqs
yelopment that such work wollas
make possible. 81
Trunk Made at Petersburg. NJ
The trunk which was used TO dis-
nose of the body was 90 inches wide
% and Ia inches high and "a inches
long. 1t was manufacturedlae
ing to two trunk experts wh9'exaRtp'
ined IT, by the Petersburg Trunk ana
Bag company, of Petersburg, W. Va
The trunk was comparatively new
rhc tray was missing and the deter'
ives are hunting for 1t. #&ss.
Other Trunk Murder Mysteries,
One of the unsolved trunk mys-
cries was the murder of Moses
sachs, a jcwelry pcddler, who % ''@SS
killed June IS, 1910. Just Il 'yeas
after the murder Of Sachs, Elsie Sic
GELS body was found ina trunk u a
DOM occupied by her Chinese sun
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30
NOW LOVE, ss ~ aos
~. S. SAYS QUEZ0N

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.--Manuel
l.. Quenzon. resident commissioner
from the Philippines, in Congress,
returned today from Manila, with
the declaration that since the an
nOuncement OF President Wilson'S
Philippine Motley the Filipinos a."
more friendly toward the Ameri-
"ans than they ever were. and that
hey now look to the United States
Government as we'll as to Its repro
sohtatives in the Philippines as
heir real benefactors. ''.T X
49,, r,,,,,.,,. 4 1.+{,,s yvIE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

sRemark by Hudley, of Oregon, In
congress the other day: II nope tnv
fig$leafis not going to be restored TO
its former usefulness.
We'll, it would make the family
wash very much less Of burden If it
5were.-Gallipolis Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30
THE SUNSHINE OF GOOD CHEER

Some make us glad when they draw
near;
TO all about they color give;
They are to us as sunshine clear;
We seem at once anew to live.
They even change the very air.
And joyous throbs the sluggish
. heart;
And almost ere we are aware,
They of ourselves become a part.
How happy he who from all gloom
Has friends to cheer him, some to
spare:
Ills life shall like a garden bloom
With opening flowers rich and
rare.
And, as anew lie starts to live,
His old self having been DER
thrown,
From out his bounty he will give
TO hearts once needy as his own.
Thomas F. Porter.
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hurrledly while the other trundeled
the push cart down Pitt street and
later returned 1t to the cart yard ~
the vicinity Prom which it had been
rented. -.-..--. -
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had not been set but It will not be
until after January %, so Mr.. Suth'
erlahtl WasGinformedi todayaa .s.sEsS.>
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 30
Here is a little tale that illustrates
veil the Washington point of view
Ibout things.
There is a. colored employe in the
anate office building who is OF the
,ld-fashioned, antebeIlum type and
popular with the Senators. They
learIy always stop to joke with
him.
Shortly after the new Administra-
ion came in, Senator Hoke Smith
stopped to talk to the old colored
nan one morning and said:
Henry, it's really too bad about
jou going to lose your job. You've
)ecn here long time, and We'll all
Miss YOU"
"0h, isn't goin' to lose no job, "
'eplled the colorcd man, cheerfully.
"0f course you are" declared the
senator. with mock gravity. "Don t
'ou know we've now got new adj
ninistration-a Democratic admin
stration?"
"Yessah, yessah," answered the
,oI0rcd man, "but tn administH-
lions can't change no fastah than |
AN"
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Aatopsy eaIyksiiln,.

NEW York; DEC: S0.,731N 4 an l!i aIltops
sy performed today on the bod II of3s *
man japlpea in q trunk and dumped "
at an BastSsidss tenement dootssg.a al II
Yesterday failed to reveal the esq e:E . a
way in which the victim had cont
to his death. The neck was disloea
ed but this is believed {toshaye heelsl
done when the trunk 1idSSas clos9e 19l8'I
more than likely after death: &
"Aspxyia through strangulatoo
was the cause OF death but there
were no signs Of violence on his
Throat. The theory was advanced
hhat a handkerchief or hand held
over the mouth and nose Ind brougltt
on the death. The police continued Y NJ
I'D prosecutea vigorous search .tor, tl.ss
men who left the trunk and attempt
ed to clinch the identification OF ths
victim as John Kremen, young la7
!borer.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

Senator ,"Bfl" Stone of Missouri
walking along a busy Washington
thoroughfare the other day, bumped
into Third Assistant Postmaster
General Dockery.
"Mornin', Governor" said Stone,
"Mornin', Governor" said Dock
You see, each used to be Cover
nor of Missouri in days gone by.
They strolled along together, and
when they turned the next corner
they came face to face with Joseph
w. Folk, who now dwells in WASH
ington on account Of having a job
as solicitor of the State Depart
ment,
"Wcll, WE'LL" remarked "Blll"
Stone, there's enough ex-Governors
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

Accepting the theory that YOU
can't fool children and dogs, Frank
1Hair OF Illinois. Joe Cannon's sue
cessor, Is great chap. Put 1t up to
I'll the children and dogs in the
leighborhood of the Capitol as to
who is the greatest man in public
life, and O'Hair would poll practi-
cally the entire vote.
A few days ago O'Hair came out
of the House Office Building carry
ing a little satche in his hand and
headed toward the railway station.
In few seconds II LOOKED as If he
were in the midst Of a young riot.
Fifteen or 90 boys, followed by sew
eral playful. jolly-lOoking dogs, were
fighting to see who should have the
honor of carrying O'Hair's' satchel.
Just how he got acquainted with
so many children nobody knows.
Occasionally he stops and gives
them pennies or picture cards, but
that would hardly account for all
his Pied-Piper popularity. 1t is sim
ply that O'Hair has a line of talk
and a smile that makes hit with
kids and dogs. He seldom steps out
Of the o. .ce building in the even
ing without getting an enthusiastic
reception from the juvenile part of
the neighborhood.
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Dressed Turkeys at Robb's.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-30

Another unsolved trunk mystery
was the murder of Meyer lyelsba.rd
whose body was found in 9 tr9n 3 9Sl
pier II East river, on JanlafS $50
1901, after the trunk had5rematnlleeaa5
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of affairs locally. it is held that the
opening of the wire plant at Fairfield at
this time will change the entire feeling
as to the future In Birmingham. 1t is be-
lieved that no greater test of the Steel
corporations friendship for Birmingham
could have been shown than to ask thai
the wire plant at Fairfield be opened at
this time. In the midst of The govern
ment's dissolution suit, in the tariff un-
certainty at Washington and in view of
the general desire TO withhold spending
money to see what is to happen, the
corporation boldly orders one of it's great
est subsidiaries to open a plant in this
community.
That the opening of the plant at Fair
field indicates that the Steel corporation
is secure in its own honesty of purpose
and is calm and unafraid in face of the
dissolution attempts. is the opinion here
No greater tribute to Birmingham could
have been paid than this order, coming
as 1t does at this time.
At the beginning of summer, when busi-
ness as rule is dull. and when the
spirit of the pessimist scars abroad. this
opening is ordered. Every merchant and
business man of this city yesterday that
was informed about the order issued in
New York, was full of the most optimistic
captimopfc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
ENORMOUS QUANTITY
OF STRUCTURAL STEEL

In the buildings there have been used
5000 tons of structural steel for the
frame work alone. That quantity of
steel Is sufficient to have constructed
eight 16 story office buildings with
900 rooms each, The plant will employ
skilled men only and they will come
here principally from Pittsburg and
elsewhere after having been trained
in work such as will be carried on at
this plant. The products of this plant
will include wire, rods, nails, staples
galvanized wire field fencing, barbed
wire and annealed wire.
In the plant there have been used
many thousands cubic feet of concrete
while an almost incalculable amount of
glass has been used in order to render
the plant we'll lighted and provide
provide proper ventilation. As 1900 men
will be employed at the plant it is
estimated that 1900 persons will be
added to the population of Fairfield by
this plant.
The general belief is now that from
time to time additional finishing mills
will be constructed at Fairfield by the
Steel corporation until all of the iron
of that corporation and its steel prod
ucts will be finished at Fairfield
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
FULL OF SIGNIFICANCE
SAYS PASCHAL G.. SHOOK

II believe the opening at Fairfield
in the light of present conditions to be
exceptionally significant" said Paschal
Shook. with the Panama canal Just
opening the Fairfield operations sug-
gest to me that the Steel corporation in
tends to use this district as its export
base to foreign lands.
I'm the face of reduction of tariff
on wire products, in the face of world
wide competition in the face of a de-
clining steel and iron market, the open
ing at Fairfield convinces me that the
Steel corporation considers Fairfield
the place to begin a campaign in the
worlds markets and with the Panama
canal and Birmingham this will be
done.
There could hardly have been more
severe test of the Steel corporation $
faith in Birmingham than this step.
This district is entitled to the con-
gratulations of the whole industrial
world on this development. Never in
this districts entire history has there
taken place such a valuable advertise
ment for Birmingham. Nothing has
happened here in some years equal to
this opening in importance and value to
this community"
Lusk Is Elated
"I cannot begin to describe my posi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
WORK ON FAIRFIELD WIRE
MILL is ORDERED RESUMED

on the creation of Fairfield May 1S,
1910.
The American Steel and Wire plant
alone covers Is acres under one roof.
The plant is 1850 feet long by 450 feet
wide. This plant is the first unit and
plenty of acreage has been secured for
additional units which are expected TO
come in the course of time. over 500
men We're employed on the construction.
When the plant is placed in operation
over 1900 men will be employed. -Four
hundred and fifty tons of finished prod
ucts Will be manufactured daily at this
single plant at Fairfield The plant at
Fairfield will be smokeless as 1T will
be operated solely by electricity thereby
conforming to any smoke ordinances
that may be adopted. The plant bears
the distinction of being the first plant
ever built in the south by the Steel
corporation except the plants af the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22

was asked by many persons why I
did not repudiate the Internal libel. But
l am Unitarian because my grand
father, and my father, and my mother
were Unitarians. The influence of Uni-
tarianism is a spreading influence to-
day"
Before the Lend a Hand society.
which today elected to him to honorary
membership, Mr.. Taft spoke briefly in
eulogy of the late Rev, Edward Everett
Hale, father of the society, saying;
There Is no character who stands
out so clearly, representing the best
spirit of the age and great social con-
seriousness as did DIR. Hale"
Professor Taft tonight was toastmas-
ter at the annual Unitarian festival.
President Emeritus Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard university was another
sneaker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
IT is COOL AND COMFORTABLE IN
THE GREAT NORTH WOODS AND
LAKE COUNTRY OF WISCONSIN
AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN

Hundreds of inland lakes and streams
with gamey fish. and delightful summer
resorts equipped with all conveniences
necessary Tor the full enjoyment Of the
vacation period.
The finest of fishing, bathing, boat
ing, yachting, golfing and tennis, or
you may take automobile tours
through the adjacent country where
the sort balsam of the pines pervadcs
the air.
adlson' Waukesha. Lake Geneva,
Milwaukee, Green Lake. Devils Lake.
Manitowish, Woodruff, Eagle River,
cogebic, and hundreds of other resorts
and camping places are reached by the
direct lines Of the Chicago and North
Western railway from Chicago. Printed
matter and full particulars on appli-
cation to
F. c. BUSH, Travelling Agent,
Birmingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
Taft ON Programme

Boston, May H.-Participat,on of Will
liam Howard Taft gave added interest
to todays programme of the American
Unitarian association. The former Pres
ident was assigned to make a brief ad-
dress at the annual meeting of the Lay
mems league in Claiming hail. The gem
eral topic of the session was Purpose
and Methods of the League"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22

Neighbors' auarrels are frequent among
the colored population and as a rule wind
up in fight and a subsequent investi-
cation in the police court, which generally
winds UP by both parties being soaked"
AS mighty oaks and great rivers have
small beginnings so it is in the major
ity of this class of cases aired before
the recorder.
A typical case came up yesterday morn
ing, when Isaiah Peckham and Betty
Green, a buxom copper-colored damsel,
answered to a charge of disorderly con-
duct. Isaiah, who is tall and slim and
black as midnight, and Betty are neigh
bors and live under the same roof. The
back alley mansion where they reside is
divided in two parts and to make the
division more complete a wooden parti-
tion was placed in the center of the front
porch.
On Bettys side of the partition she had
nailed up shelf and on it reposed sew
eral choice and exotic plants of the jim
son weed variety. The other morning
Isaiah noticed that several boards COM
posing the partition had become loose,
so securing a hatchet and few nails,
he undertook to nail the boards back in
their places. In doing SO he Jared one
of Bettys flower pots, or rather, flower
cans, off the shelf. which needless to say
aroused her ire and in plain and un-
vanished language she told Isaiah what
she thought about him.
Isaiah resented the rather personal re-
marks of the irate Betty by handing her
full sized clout on the left cheek that
almost loosened her back teeth. Betty
made a quick recovery and grabbing up
the flower can aforesaid, hurled it at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
TAFT FIGURES IN
UNITARIAN MEET
Makes Strong Address Sup
porting Unitarians'
Doctrine

Boston. May 31.-Former President
William Fl. Taft was the central figure
at today's exercises of the Unitarian
anniversary week.
After he had been made honorary
president of the Laymen's league at
Its annual meeting in Charming hall, he
said: when | ran for President I
round that many people did not know
that | was Unitarian Then when 1t
became known that | was a Unitarian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
HOW FAIRFIELD WAS
CREATED FROM MEADOWS

March II, 1910. Fairfield and the
American Steel and Wire plant was
cabbage patch wherein Dummies"
frisked with perfect abandon. By Feb
ruary 4, 1911, the construction forces
had changed that place into the home
of a $4,000 900 wire plant, a business
town, the Harbinson- Walker refrac-
tories plant. and the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company by-product
coke ovens Ground was hrst brcken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
President Crawford Silent

President G. G. Crawford of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany, a subsidiary of the Steel CORPORA
ton when asked for a statement last
night upon the opening of the wire
plant at Fairfield. said that he did not
have any comment to make upon the
action of the Steel corporation finance
committee
Il must ask you to excuse me-" he
said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
Marx Says 1t Indicates Faith

81 am very much plea sed," said Otto
Marx. 1T is an announcement of very
great Importance to Birmingham and
indicates that the Steel corporation has
infinite faith in Birmingham. Coming
at this time this announcement is of
more than ordinary Importance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22

Isaiah with all the strength of her good
right arm. 1t caught him squarely on
the head and face. leaving a cash on his
head and its imprint on his ebony coun-
tenance. He came up groggy but hav-
ing stlll retained his grip on the hatchet,
rushed in and landed op Betty's koke
with the fiat side of the weapon made
famous by George Washington and Betty
went to the mat and took the count.
Both belligerents were arrested and a
number of witnesses summoned TO court
to testify in the affair. They all were
agreed on one proposition, that the bat
tie was of brief duration, but was some
scrap while it lasted.
During the examination of the witnesses
the attorney for Isaiah was bringing out
the point that even in his anger his client
had used the fiat side of the hatchet to
put Betty "hors de combat" when he
could have used the keen edge and sent
her to kingdom come. and that he had
acted purely in self-defense, not having
provoked the difficulty.
Did you see Isaiah strike the woman?'
the lawyer asked a witness.
"Ah shorely did was the reply.
What did he strike her with
Hit war hatchet.''
did he strike her with the edge or the
! broadside?"
Does yo' mean war he done hit her?'
well, yes, you can tell that
cap, hit war'nt on her broadside dat
he hit her. hit war on her head"
But was it with the broadside of the
hatchet"
"Hit mought have bin, then it
moughtnt; All doesn't know nuthin' err
bout no broadside. All All knows is dat
he slammed her wild de hatchet."
STAND aside"
After the arguments were concluded
Judge Wood imposed fine on Betty of
$3.50 for melting the riot, and on account
of the social standing of Isaiah let him
down light with a. fine of S35 for taking
the law into his own hands
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22

19l3 first vice president. C. ]. Reid, Phi.
c.. 1908; second vice president T. A. Rob-
inson. PHI. G.. 1912; third vice president.
w. F. Yerby. Phi. G.. 1912; secretary. fl.
e. Duncan, Phi. G.. 1913; treasurer, e. A.
Southworth, Phi. G., 1912, Phi. c.. 1913;
registrar, S. II. Maxwell, Phi. G., 1911.
The meeting was well attended and
much enthusiasm was shown. The asso-
citation will hold its next meeting in the
fall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
FOwlkes Te Deliphted

II am. perfectly delighted said
Frank B. Fowlkes. my, how fine that
is. The opening a Fairfield will inject
new life into this whole community in
my opinion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
Caheen Feels Fine

Every merchant in Birmingham will
feel fine over this step of the Steel
said Sol Caheen. We
need just this to invigorate the local
situation. 1t Is certainly great"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22
N eus Of Ensley

The business Interests of this section
of the city are highly elated over the
welcome news received yesterday that
orders had been issued for the resump-
ton of work at the wire an drod mill at
Fairfield. Many groups of men on the
streets of Ensley were engaged in ex-
changing congratulations on the good
tidings.
While the news was not unexpected,
1t was said to be most gratifying that
official confirmation had been made. Ac-
cording to the best informed business
prophets of Ensley, the starting of the
big plant will not only be of great
benefit to Fairfield, formerly Corey, but
will immensely help the people of Ems
ley.
One man stated yesterday afternoon
that one of the best feaures of the news
was the fact that while the work on the
plant was stopped under a republican
administration, resumption was brought
about under the regime OF Woodrow
Wilson, and therefore the democratic
party should receive the credit. mas
much as 1t usually received credit for
all disasters happening during it's in
cumbency.
The team OF the Woodmen circle will
hold a practice meeting this afternoon
at o'clock and all members are re-
quested to attend.
A class social of the Baraca and Phi
lathea organizations of the Ensley Ban
tist church will be held Friday evening.
A campaign to raise funds for Bir-
~ n h a nr~1 -
Gently made in Birmingham will be
made In the western section of the city
with Ensley as the central or head
quarters point About 10 teams will en-
gage in the work and will include
workers from Ensley, Wylam. Prat
city, Shadyside. Central Park and Beth
lehem. meeting for the purpose of
organizing the campaign will be held
Thursday night, May 29, at the Ensley
Methodist church. The canvass of the
teams which will be organized will be
made June 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-22

tive elation," said John c. Lusk. 81 was
well when I came home, but this will
make me a new man."