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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
Man Who Shot
Tanner Caught
JIM STOKES CAPTURED AND
IDENTIFIED BY DYING
MAN.

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, Sept. ~
Jim Stoke, negro. who shot a rail
roader named Tanner at William
son Wednesday, escaping to tlc
mountains. was captured near Ora
liam. Va. and identified by Tanner
who is now dying. RE was brought
to this city and placed in the Cahrll
county Jail to avoid lyhching. He
had to be rushed out Of the Miagt
county metropolis, where. a mob wa
forming.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
BUSINESS BAD; BROKER
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. lev, S.
Bostwick, bond broker, shot him
self in the right temple In Il hotel
at Hathoro, and died in the Jewish
hospital in this city, where he was
hurriedly taken. Before shooting
himself, Bostwick wrote two letters,
one to the coroner, saying that he
ended his life because business was
bad, and the other to John Harvey,
Of Huntsville, Pa, asking Harvey to
notify Mrs. Bostwick.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
100000 LEFT BY JONES.

MINEOLA. N. y, Sept. 19. The
will of DR.. Oliver Livingston Jones,
father Of Gen. Rosalie Gardiner
Jones. surrraget leader, leaves an es-
tate valued at $lO,ooo,o0Q TO hts
widow. DR.. Jones shot himself with
a pistol in New York and died Aug
ust 8.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
BARES PLOT TO STEAL WIFE.

ALTOONA, Pa, Sept. Belisv-3
ing he was about to die. Bernardina
Berardi, OF Bellwood. confessed he
had paid 5000 to Jacob colma and
Raereli Scrifini to threaten TO Kill
Frank Pedro, also of Bellwood, hop.
ing to make Pedro flee the country!
that Bcrardi might possess lltmse.llf
of Pcdro's pretty wife. Pedro re-
fused to flee. All three are in jail
awaiting, hearing.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
500 Miners
On A Strike
MEN AT MUCKLow SAYS COM
PANY REFUSED TO DIS
CHARGE DOCTOR.

CHARLESTON, Sept. 12.-;-AlIeg'
ing that the Paint Creek Colliery
company had failed in its promise
to dismiss a company doctor employ
cd during the recent labor trouble,
800 miners Of the mines In and
around MuckIow. struck today.
The company is said to have sign
cd the union scale IA few weeks ago.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
TO MEET AT FAIRvIEw NEXT

CLARKSBuRG, W. Va, Sept. u
The Judson Baptist association
which has been in session at Wilson;
burg for the past two days, adjourn
ed last night to meet at Fairview
Marion county, next year,
A. B. Ash and E. J. Thomas, Of
Warrington. were retained as mod
orator and secretary. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
Shot
FronAmbush
ROBERT BROOM Is PAINFULLY
WOUNDED WHILE WORKING
NEAR PARKERSBURG.

rARKERSBURG, W. Va, Sept. II,
Robert Broom.'a surveyor, was
fired upon from ambush while at
work below the city this morning
and seriously but not fatally wound
ed. The bullet penetrated his, nose.
Three men were seen to run toward
the Little Kanawha river Immediate
Iy after the shooting. Their iden-
tity. is unknown as well as the reNeon
Tor the act.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
LITTLE GIRL SERIOUSLY
BURNED BY BOILING WATER

Christine. the little daughter of
Mrs. c. L. Scott of Coleman avenue,
had the misfortune last week to spin
boiling water from tea kettle. which
She was lifting from the stove over
her body The boiling water badly
burned her arms. .tGs anu face.
While her injuries are serious she is
doing well and it is thought will re-
cover nicely from the lLrns.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12

Miss Pauline Mitchell and Miss
Marguerite Fendrick, the house guest
of Miss Mitchell, left this morning
for Pittsburgh to spend the day
Uniontown (Pa.) News Standard.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
Mystery of Disappearance of Daugh-
tef of Charleston, W. Va, man
Who Was First Thought to be
Victim Taken From Hudson Riv.
cr May Be Solved.
DOUBT AS TO IDENTITY
OF GIRL WHO INHALED GAS
Mysterious Suicide Who Was Re-
Gently Found Dead in Hotel at At
lantic City Had Gold Watch Mark.
cd B" Which Perhaps Stands fol-
Bowlcs.
Bowlcs.

NEW YORK, Sept. l2.-POsitive
establishment Of the fact that the
murdered young woman whose dis
Numbered body has been recovered
from the Hudson river was not Miss
Ida NJ. Bowlcs. Ct Charleston, w.
Va. has served to direct another
conjecture as to whether the missing
Miss Bowles may not have been the
mysterious Miss Veronica Bishop
who committed suicide by gas in an
Atlantic City hotel August u last.
Miss Bishops first attempt to kill
herself was on the night of August
is, when SHE motnrch to Port Jclfer-
son, l.. l.. and sought to fling herself
of pier. there into the bay. But
telephone warning had been sent to
the authorities and they were on
hand To prcvOat her sclf-destruction.
She said she wanted to die because
Louis +. l.arocque, Il wealthy young
New Yo... riuhmaI. had been engag-
ed to her and had killed himself by
drowning from . Port Jefferson pier
a few weeks before.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12

Miss Arma Bing, Of Elkins, has re-
entered the normal school.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-12
His Family Didn't Know Her.

Larncquc's family denied all
knowledge of the young woman and
asserted he had never been engaged,
August u the young woman reg
isterCd under the name Of Miss
Burns at the lsleworth Hotel, Allan
tic city. and committed suicide by
inhaling Illuminating gas.
What leads to the suggestion tina:
Miss Bishop may have been none
other than the missing Miss BOwfeS
is a curious similarity in the date
of Miss bishops first attempt at sui
eide and the day of her death with a
letter that Miss BowIes sent to hel
father announcing her intention It
(Contlnued on rage Eighty
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
Jackson County Educational
Institutions Up-t0- Date

exhibits will be made during the year
and parents will be invited in to see
what their children can make and
do. These exhibits will be made by
country schools as we'll as those of
the towns and villages.
We look for a lively interest this
year and more work in agricultural
and industrial lines than ever before
in Jackson county.
In my visits l have found many
ideal schools and school buildings.
Neat, attractive, sanitary in every re-
spect, with individual drinking cups,
or fountains. Schools that would be
credit to any county or state, in
fact those visited will measure up
favorably with any l have seen in
the state. The districts visited were
not selected but taken as they could
be reached in a trip through the val
ley. The schools visited are as fol-
Nos. 35, 80, 25, 81, Gold Hill; IA,
Willow Springs; SO. Tolo; 4, Phoe-
nix; Sc, Wagner Creek; 70, Ander-
sons Creek; 90, Talent, 1, Jackson
vile.
The work of supervision on the
part of County Superintendent Wells
and Supervisors Peterson and Chase
Is producing constant changes for
better schools and greater efficiency
in the school work of Jackson coun-
ty.
There were four evening meetings
held during the week, the largest at
tendance being at Rogue River. OF
the school buildings visited Talent
has the most complete, being
equipped with everything that mod
ern, up-to-date, progressive school
should have.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
CONDITION NOT SERIOUS.
President Wilson Merely Suffering
From Cold, Is Statement.

Washington, Dec. 13.-President
Wilson continued today to nurse
cold which has kept him in his room
since Tuesday. Most of the time he
has remained in bed chiefly as pre-
cautionary measure to insure a COM
plete rest and rapid recovery.
Notwithstanding very positive as
surances from the White House, re-
ports gained circulation that the
presidents condition was alarming.
70 dispose of these reports the fol-
lowing official statements were given
out by Secretary Tumulty, who stated
at the White House that reports that
the Presidents condition was becom-
ing alarming were absolutely ground
less. His condition is described as
entirely normal and satisfactory, ex-
cept for cold which has caused him
some discomfort but has at no time
threatened any complications.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
TEXAS ASKS AID.
Relief Workers Ask Country to Aid
Flood Sufferers.

Galveston, Tex, Dec. 14-With
thousands suffering and hundreds
actually at the point of death from
starvation and exposure, relief work
ers in the Texas districts swept by
the recent floods Saturday sent an
appeal to Washington for aid from
the federal government.
Unless something is done speedily,
persons who have been through the
stricken sections said, the death roll
will be appalling. Families of scores
of miles along the Brazos Valley lost
absolutely everything but the clothes
in which they escaped. Even those
who own farms will have to be as
sisted until they can again get on
their feet. The extent of the disas-
ter was such that local charity was
swamped.
Sickness was still spreading today.
There were many cases of smallpox
and typhoid Vigorous action will be
necessary, it was said, to prevent
widespread epidemics.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
Tomorrow Is City Election
Do Not Fail to Cast Your Vote

There has been little interest man
ifested in the election to be held to-
morrow. There is practically no
contest of candidates except in the
second and third wards, where C. c.
Cunningham, w. o. Dickerson and
DR.. B. ID. Smith are filed as candi-
dates in the second and ]. b. Ware,
W. H. Gowdy and Amos Dahuff in
the third In the first ward there
are two to elect and there are but
two candidates. II. p. Cornelius
filed for the short term and Louis
Werth to succeed himself. Unfor-
tunately the wet and dry proposition
Is before the voters-the charter
makes it mandatory on the mayor to
include that issue at every city cleo
tion--and although there is little agi-
tation on the matter those in favor
of clean town should not be found
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15

owned water and electric light plants
are among Ashlands best assets. To
dispose of either would be most un-
fortunate, if not a calamity.
feel, however, that all citizens of
Ashland-partners in the electric
light plant-are entitled to more def
inie, accurate and detailed informa-
ton as to whether the plant is max
ing or losing money than we have
thus far had; and, if elected to the
council, / shall endeavor to secure
more complete and satisfying infor-
nation for all the partners.
Even if the plant, as now con-
structed and operated, is found not
to be entirely self-supporting, it GER
tainly is proving a good investment
for ALL citizens, for, because of It,
BOTH systems furnish light at much
lowHE cost to consumers than is
charged elsewhere in our valley or
state.
have always been against the sa-
loon. This is distinctively a temper
ance city. Therefore, | believe an
amendment to our city charter
should be adopted prohibiting sa-
looms within our municipality, and
requiring petitions signed by at least
40 per cent of the registered voters
before the question can be again
voted upon. The present method OF
having this question up every year
is unnecessarily expensive and annoy.
ing, and wholly unjustified in view
of the great majority against the
liquor traffic in our city.
I believe the existing laws relative
to individuals or families unable OF
unwilling to support themselves can
not be too strictly enforced. More
and more is Ashland having unload.
ed upon it this class from California
and certain sisters cities of Oregon
The failure to act in any such case
naturally results in the increasing
of a a permanent financial burden
upon our city.
Our taxes are already very high
The time has surely arrived when
strictest economy should be practiced
by the city in it's annual expenditures
consistent with proper protection and
maintenance.
If elected to the council it will be
my endeavor to justify my selection
by the citizens of the third ward by
my attitude and efforts upon these
and other matters occurring during
my term of office. J. b. WARE.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
CHANGE TO TAKE EFFECT EARLY
COMING YEAR.
WALKER MAY TURN RANCHER
Both Gentlemen Have Host of
Friends in Ashland Who Wish
Them Success in Their New Posi-
uOns.

Another change of Importance in
the personnel of the local bank Of
ficers is scheduled to take place in
the near future. Roy G. Walker has
resigned the position of assistant
cashier of the Citizens Banking &
Trust Company, to take effect soon
after the first of the year. When
interviewed by representative of
this paper this morning Mr.. Walker
stated that he was not quite ready
to announce his plans for the future.
1t is known, however, that he has a
ranch in klamath county and that he
has for some time had hankering
for return to the more Independent
life of stockman. Mr.. Walker has
been with the Citizens Banking &
Trust Company since January /,
1911. He was appointed assistant
cashier November / 1911, which po-
sition he has held most capably since
that time. His genial face will be
missed from the Citizens bank and
the Tidings is hoping that his vaca-
ton will not take him permanently
away from Ashland.
Fred s. Engle, now assistant cash
ier of the First National Bank, has
been chosen to succeed Mr.. Walker
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
]. B. Ware a Strong Candidate
and Man Of Large Experience

AS Mr.. j. B. Ware, candidate for
the council from the third ward, has
not been before the public as a can
didate heretofore, a few words of in
PRODUCTION may not be amiss. He
was for forty years a resident of
Grand Rapids, Mich, participating
actively in the large affairs of that
city and leader in Y. M. C. A. and
church work. He served as member
of the Michigan legislature with
great ability, rising at once to a
high station as leader in that body.
He was the only member of that
body, in the days of railroad passes,
who refused to accept transportation
from the railroads while member of
the legislature. He has had large
experience in business, having been
engaged in the manufacture and
wholesaling of lumber for eight
years. He came to Ashland two
years ago with clean record of more
than forty years in one city. He is
in the prime OF life, and while his
business success warrants him in pur-
suing retired life, he is alive to the
opportunities ahead for the CITY He
has always been active in civic ad-
vancement in his old home, has been
consistent opponent of the saloon
for many years and is "active in
good works" He says the fact that
Ashland was dry was a big element
in determining him to cast his lot
here, as we'll as our excellent schools
and the high class of our citizens.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15

Ashland Ore, Dec. Is, 1918.
Editor Tidings: Now that Ashland
through her Commercial Club has
displayed such splendid enthusiasm
in boosting for the state exhibit and
is awakening to the realization that
if we are to grow to the proportions
of respectable city we must capi-
talize our scenic attractions as we'll
as our springs and properly advertise
our own peculiar assets, it has
seemed to me from an advertising
standpoint we are vitality interested
in having the state highway pass
by the Normal school, that we be-
lieve is soon to open, and down our
splendid Boulevard, which, with the
park, call forth unstinted praise from
those passing through.
When the bonds were voted it was
with the understanding that the
paved road should follow the Pacific
Highway in so far as practical. We
presume it will follow this route,
though the question has been raised
as to the possibility of running out
East Main street in case the en-
gineer finds 1t impractical to avoid
grade crossing with the railroad
below Mr.. Cyesters place. There are
crossing troubles whichever route is
taken, even if one of them is inside
the city limits. One thing is GER
tain, if the route should not pass up
the Boulevard Ashland will lose one
of her most effective means of adver-
tising, when in ever-increasing num-
bers tourists pass over the highway.
This Boulevard has been put in at
great expense and is the pride OF
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
(By l.. P. Harrington.) }


I have been in jackson county the
past week visiting schools with Su-
perintendent Wells and talking "Ag-
riculture and Industrial Education"
to teachers, pupils and school pa
irons. We are trying to interest the
young people and their parents in the
more practical education which may
be defined as that training which
will fit our boys and girls for work
that will earn them a living. We
are urging teachers and pupils to be
interested in manual work, in sew
ing, cooking and common home du-
ties. We are advocating individual
home gardens or school gardens
where there is demand for them.
find intense interest in all the
schools visited. Boys and girls are
ready and willing to do useful things.
Many of them will ask their parents
to let them have gardens of their
own that they may be responsible for
and have the proceeds.
The prizes won by the boys and
girls at the Salem school fair, with
the county prize on the complete eX-
hibit, should be an encouragement to
the young people to do more and bet
ter work this coming year. The first
prize for corn raised by an Oregon
boy came to Jackson county. There
could be no better advertising for
the county than winning this and
other first prizes.
We have had scores of promises
from boys and girls to do work and
to begin now. If good work is done
during the year there will be no ques-
tion about having some good local
fairs when the time comes. School
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
"Mona Lisay is Recovered.

Florence. Italy, Dec. 16.-"Mona
Lisa" Leonardo da Vinci's painting,
the most celebrated picture of a
women ever painted and almost price
less, which was stolen from the Paris
Louvre two years ago, has been
found and is in the hands of Italian
authorities to be returned to France.
The picture was stolen by an ItaI-
ian now under arrest, who said he
committed the theft to avenge the
spoliation committed in Italy by Ma.
poleon. The man gave his name as
Vincenzo Perugia. The picture was
recovered and he was arrested when
he sought to dispose of it.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15

Eugene, Ore, Dec. 15.-Linn, a
prominent furniture manufacturer
and member of the factory commit
tae of the Portland Commercial Club,
has been in Eugene for several days
m the interest of the big cement
plant that is being built at Gold Hill,
between Grants Pass and Medford
~ the Beaver Portland Cement Com
Pany.
Mr.. Linn, who is former Eugene
furniture dealer, said that the work
Of erecting the plant is progressing
rapidly and that it is expected to
have it ready for operation by the
first of April, 1914.
"The plant will have capacity oi
1000 barrels of first-class cement a
day" said Mr.. Linn. There are
great mountains of limestone and
shale necessary in the manufacture
of cement in that immediate vicinity
and the company controls many thou
sands of acres of land containing
these deposits
Mr.. Linn said that over half of the
money necessary for the erection oi
the plant has been furnished by east.
ern and middle western capitalists
and now an effort is being made to
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
MedfOrd May
Recall Officials

Petitions are being very generally
circulated in Medford for the re-
call of the hold-over alder
men. 1t is expected that there will
be an election of an entire new city
council, with the exception of Mayor
Purdin. There was a move to recall
him, but it was found that the law
provided that the recall could not be
invoked until a man had been in
office six months. AS Judge Purdin
was appointed short time ago after
the death of former Mayor Eifert, a
recall was impossible at this time.
Whether there is any reason for the
move other than that the outs want
to get in is hard to tell at this dis
tGnce.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
ROY G. WALKER RESIGNS;
SUCCEEDED BY F. S. ENGLE

at the Citizens Banking & Trust
Company, and has resigned his posi-
tion at the First National Bank, to
take effect January Is. In resigning
his position at the First National
Bank Mr.. Engle sewers a connection
which is of seven years standing,
Mr.. Engle has been for many years a
resident of Ashland and has host
of friends in the city and county who
wish him success in his new position
and who congratulate the Citizens
Banking & Trust Company on secur-
ing his valuable services.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
w. 0. DickerSOn
For Councilman

w. o. Dickerson, the well-known
merchant, who has filed for the Of
flee of councilman in the second
ward, is being boosted by his friends
and admirers as the logical man for
the position. He is an ardent advo-
cate of dry town, leading member
of the Congregational church and a
methodical and successful business
man. He is also in thorough accord
with the effort to place Ashland on
the map by developing her natural
resources.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
Statement From j. B. Ware.

Editor of the Tidings: Yours at
hand stating that, by reason of my
candidacy for councilman of the third
ward, inquiry had been made as to
my attitude upon certain public ques-
tions, and particularly as to that of
the electric lighting plant.
Permit me to state: l believe in
Ashland and its prosperity. Owing
to its climate, its schools, it's water,
the high character of it's citizens, and
the fact that it had no saloons,
caused my family and I, when here
upon visit, to select it for our
home.
The next day after purchasing our
property on Liberty street I ordered
the private company's wires removed
and the city lighting installed, which
was promptly done.
In my Judgment the municipality
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
j. F. Miekle Still
Ashland Booster

In personal letter to G. S. Butler.
James +, Meikle. writing from
Berkeley, Cal, says: II trust you
will be able to land the exhibit build
ing for Ashland. 1t will be great
boost for the town. am not afraid
of my Ashland property and do not
care If all the land have sold under
contract comes back to me. 1 have
lot of money due me in this neck
of the woods and if / can srake it
loose am going to put every last
dollar of it in Ashland real estate, as
l have seen no place in my travels
with the same possibilities as old
Ashland"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
II. J. Smiths Windows Fine.

r. j. Smith, the jeweler, is GER
tainly an artist in the matter OF
dressing windows. His holiday dis
play is fine. The large display space
in the front of his store in Ells
Temple is used to advantage and ar
tistically. One side is filled with
diamonds, jewelry, Howard watches.
etc, and the other with artistic toilet
sets. manicure sets, ETC., in leather.
silver and ivory. The windows are
also handsomely beautified with
Christmas decorations.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15

Local business men who have visit
ed Gold Hill in the past few days
report that 65 men are at work now
laying the foundations of the big
plant. A large force ON men is also
engaged in work on the dam which
is to furnish power for the plant.
For the present it is said that crude
oil will be the fuel used, but in the
event of coal of sufficient quantity
and fair quality being discovered in
the valley the plant will be changed
to use coal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-12-15
A. II. & A. NJ Elect,

Ashland Lodge, No. 23, held, its an
nual election Thursday evening. The
following officers were selected:
w. NH. l.. Whited.
s. Wv. E. Blake.
]. W.-Stuart Saunders.
Secretary-W. II. Day.
Treasurer-E. V. Carter.
e. A. Sherwin retires after many
years service as secretary, having
turned the duties of the position over
to Mr.. Day last April at the time of
his Illness and never resumed them.