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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06

YEARS AGO.

BY ASSOCIATED PREss.J
ERIE, Pa, Mar. 6s-The Rev.
John d! Cook, pastor OF the Meth
odist Episcopal church at Girard.
today notified district attorney j. O.
Wait that John Turner, aged SO,
had confessed to- MIN tiiatfElie MIR
dered his wife at Linesyilfe, Pa. In
1855 by hitting her with a club.
According to tile story told the dis
trict attorney Turner, who has been
very I'll summoned Rev. Cook to his
home and told him that while the
Turner'S lived at sLinesyille he be-
came angry at his wife and hit her
with the club! He was arrested and
tried forithe crime but was acquit
ted by the Testimony Of members of
the family. The jury held that Mrs.
lTurnershad died Sas the result OF
fall Theatriald daceordingsto Turner's
.story!itoo place Al, AIeadville. Tho
authorities were notified ut once of
the alleged confession. rt'.s. q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
RIlI[R0ADIRATES
CONTI|.R'0|LLEDlBY /
AF|.E||.'N.s!l|.STEMS|. 1 /
COMPETITION IS PRACTICALLY.
ELIMINATED BY OPERATION
INTERL0CKING STOCK.
S97l SMALL CoMPANIEslARE DOM.
MATED BY 10 SMALL
DIRECTORS OF LARGER CON.
GERMS ARE ON BOARDS OF
SMALLER, SYSTEMS.
n Assoucl1,A,r.rn i plnrss. /

~ . .
BY ASSOCIATED Pass
WASHINGTON. DC, March e.
Evidence admitted today to the In
teristate Commerce Commission BY
Frank Lyon. representing the Pitts
gla,rgh Coal company and tcomplleu
by Frank Warne, from the commits
sion's records was intended to show
that the hundreds of railroads IN the
east were controlled as to their.finan-
cial operations, rates and practices,
through ownership, lease or inter-
locking stock ownership by few
great systems.
1t was Lyons intention to show
that such control was inimical to
the shipping public because. he. as
serted it practically eliminated COM
retiticn. In the eastern territory
there are approximately s97 separate
railroad companies. of,those. the .ta=
bic showed 3G06 are controlled by 10
systems. That the New York. Cen
trail absolutely CONTROLS 11s; The
.rcnnsylYania, 112: the Reading, Il sos
the Baltimore and ohios7S;ethef Erie,
SO; the Delaware and Hudson. IA !.
the Lehighf Valley, 1s;the :wester,.
Maryland,es19S and soon.
The control Of the other! roads. DR..
Warne said. was in the hands Of
.inominallytindrpend dent fines some OF
which are economically dependent on
the larger systems.
The totaitnnmoer OF transportation
companies in which tile New York
Central exercises either majority,
joint or minority interest through
stock ownership or through lease,
contract or agreement is '2O4.
The total of transportation. COM
panies In which the Pennsylvania
company has a majority or minority
interest, through stock ownership,
lease, contract or agreement is 245 OF
which 13s are controlled,through ma
jority interests, and 107 through
minority interests. 1t was contend
ed by Warne's statement that all the
directors of all the several large sys-
tens also were directors or officers
of from five to fifty or sixty separate
corporations subsidiary to the parent
system.
AT today's hearing, manufacturers
Of the Mahoning and shenango VAL
ley in Chic protested against the pro-
posed advance of rates particularly
~ (r6SrlxrEn oS FACE rorR)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
jUDGEIMAS0N GIVES out
STATEMENT CONCERNING
VIRGINIA DEBT settlement

closed the doors to ali further
negotiations.
It seems that Virginia has no
financial interests in the question,
since by her refunding acts she as
signed to her creditors whatever
claim she might be able to assert
against West Virginia.
The Supreme Court in Its opinion
of March 9Th. 1911. in fixing the
basis Of. West virginia's liability.
said, "it does not appear that there
are any stocks of value on hand,''
but the Commission created by the
Legislature of West virginia in
1919 has discovered stocks aggre-
eating many millions in value to
which West Virginia is entitled on
the basis Of the Supreme Courts
finding of twenty=three and one
half per cent. and which have not
been before the Court or considered
by. it and which were not known to
West Virginia at the time Court
rendered its opinion.
As a matter of equity and under
the Virginia Constitution of 1851.
the value of these stocks and the
proceeds of any sales thereof should
be applied in the reduction of the
principal of the debt.
The foregoing statement appeared
in all the Washington, New York
and Baltimore papers this morning:
Judge Mason returned today. He
says Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the debt is
a joint one. West Virginia is now
claiming that the property Is also
joint. There would seem to be no
doubt at all as to:thc correctness Of
this view at the time the case
was before the court it did not ap-
pear that there were. assets of any;
value. Since then the West Sir-
ginia Comission has discovered as
sets reducing indebtness more than
81, 900 900. Y;
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
sHEisAYs THERE is A MIsuNDER.
STANDING ABOUT WEST
VIRGINIA POSITION.
ACCEPTS OPINION OF COURT AS
"a BASIS FOR SETTLEMENT
OF CASE.

With the approval OF the members
Soff the West st5virginia Debt Commits
sion, Chairman Mason gave out the
following statement regarding the
negotiations between tie eommis-
sions Of. Virginia and W est Virginia
on yesterday resp pesting a settle
lnent ofsthe vtrsin inia sebt a Z
There II q n,lsqhde eFstani ding as
to the position tuksn sstt vir-
ginia iii relati6n 70 Tie soptnion
heretofore handed down by the ,su-
spreme Court. The statement has
been made that West Virginia
ignored the opinion of the court.
This is mistake. The West vir-
ginia Commission took no such
Sposition. On the. contrary. 1t has
acceptaed the opinion of the court
3as the basis Of settlement, and it
presented to the Virginia Commits
sion certain equities which West
5r7ll1
Virginia is entitled to as an effect
against the amount found tentative
tly due by the Supreme Court, and
filed with the Virginia Commission
a full and complete list of the items
so far discovered, constituting these
equities. for which credit Is claim
cd, amounting in the aggregate to
ls20,s10,3570S. twenty-three and
oneshalfS per cent of which-less
bank stocks received by West vir-
letnia-amounts to s4,S55,s12,1s,
leaving a balance due of $2,327.-
le5.2s..sand offered sto7Fettle with
the Virginia Commission upon this
basis The Virginia Commission
absolutely refused to even discuss
any Of these matters, and thereby
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
ASKS WILSON
]. TO EXPLAIN
SENATOR P0INDEXTER WANTS
Is! TO KNOW WHAT CERTAIN
i LANGUAGErME s
SENATOR MANN UNDERSTANDS
AFTER READING FOREIGN
PRESS COMMENTS ~,

Br Associated .TREss. ] q. i.
WASHINGTON, D%C., March t6 ~ ~
Senator Poindexter, Progressive, In
troduced resolution today calling
on President Wilson to explain what
matters "of even greater delicacy
and nearer consequence" hereferred
to in his address to- congress yester-
day as depending on the repeal Of the
Panama toll. exemption. The reso-
luton with a similar one by sena-
tor Jones, Republican, of Washing
ton, went over. for day under the
rules. y
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
Increased
Interest In
Services
sH1NNsToN MEETINGS ARE STIR.
RING THINGS IN THAT
TOWN.
FIFTY PERSONS FROM MANNING.
TON JOURNEY TO THE
TABERNACLE. t

Increased interest marks the evan
gelistic campaign, in progress at
shihhston and conducted by Evangel-
list Bromley and his corps of ASSIST
ants.
Last night delegation of some
fifty from Warrington journeyed to
tho up river town where they occu-
ried specially reserved seats and
were warmly welcomed by the party
and the large delegation of shinns-
ton citizens present.
Attorney L. F. schwenk, of Man
nington. responded to words of well
come.
About 25o Odd Fellows were also
present in a body and their presence
added zeal to the service which was
most inspiring.
Mayor II. C. Robinson, of shinns-
ton, one of the converts of the Brom-
ley meetings was on the platform
and made few remarks. He stated
that he was an Odd Fellow and was
glad to see so many Of his brothers
present. ,,.,, 5,5,e
ssf'"o The Sermon 4f,,
s2'"Andithey all began with one con.
sent toi make excuse ]. was, Rev
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
GENERAL VILLA ASKS BIG
RANSOM FROM TERRAzAS
FOR MILL|(MA|RE's son

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
VIII Faiirr11ont
Haze | Ia ORGANIZED
Baseball Team.
IT DEPENDS UPON WHITTIER OR
NOT People Will sup
PORT 1T.
FRANCHISE HAS BEEN OFFERED
TO LOCAL PEOPLE IF THEY
u :s. y WANTgIT. \.

T II ~ : .7lTs 71,- - a = u ~
or not Fairmont will
have organized baseball this season
depends largely upon whether the
people want. such an organization
and will support one.
According to aepe today. rairmont
and clarksbnrg will be offered fran
ehises in the Paw. va. baseball
league organized yesterday at Pitts
Lnrgh by the directors of the Ohio
and Pennsylvania league.
A meeting Of the directors of the
league was held yesterday at Pitts
trrgh when the league was organized
and franchises were granted to eight
towns as follows: Butler. McKees-
port, Uniontown, Connellsville, Char
leroi, and Beaver Falls. Pa, and
Fairmont and Clarksburg, w. Va.
Applications were received from
Johnstown. Altoona, Pa, GAINESVILLE
and Newark, Ohio, and Wheeling.
w. va. 'i7 go siS 11 &, 27s
Promoters of the sport in this city
today ii talking to q a.WestsVirginian
reporter stated that willie no appii.
cation had been made for a fran
chise for this city and while no rep.
resentative from Fairmont had at
tended the league meeting, that the
dope that the franchise would be Of
fercd to this city was probably cor
icot and that representative Of the
league would probably visit this city
and clarksburg soon and try to In
terest these towns in the proposition.
The best baseball ever played in
/. this city was during the life Of the
old Paw. Va. league which was
composed of number of the above
mentioned towns and II such good
/, fortune should come to this city as
the reorganization of this league the
tens would sit up and take notice.
Fairmont is not strictly speaking q
baseball town, though It has in 1t.
Emidst quite a number of ardent ad.
ISmirers Of the game who would lend
their influence in helping to support
a team in the Paw. Va. league. &.
Two seasons have passed without
lerganized baseball in. this city and
probably the enthusiasm would b,
llsreater than ever for the project, ID
that people are llungrylfor the. grea,!
4 est Of American sports.
Fairmont boasts Of the. best base
iiball park In the state, South sidt
4 Fark. and ii the people would rail-,
10 the cause whensit; Is put up to til.
people, we might again have a win.
lining team in the Paw. Va. league
The new league will qualify as
Glass Ds organization! The direc
Itors will meet today for the purpos,
cf electing officers and fixing! saiar.
y limits. The schedule will cali 70
{ 40 games.
4 Mrs. oloyd Evans and little daugh
ter, Of Ftostbutg Nd, are guest d
1.-THE home Of the formers parents
sir. and Mrs. e. E. Reppart. In Mer
chant street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
Diaz Seeks
~ q
Conference
DICTATOR WANTS HEARING BE.
FORE SENATE COM.
MITTEE.

Or ASSOCIATED PREss.l
WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. c.
Felix Diaz, nephew of porfirio Diaz
the exiled dictator and the man
who wants the United States to ap-
prove a new revolution under his
leadership which he says will over
throw Huerta and restore. peace in
Mexico waited in the, capital today
hoping to get hearing beforeuthe
l(coSTfNugp oS PAGE EIomr.) ~ .
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

All persons owing 1913 taxes will
please call and settle at once as the
time for annual settlement is draw
ing near and l am compelled to in
sist upon prompt payment of same.
AT ten percent interest your taxes
will increase very fast and you could
save four percent by borrowing
money to pay, your taxes. Leyies
will be made at once and all taxes
collected or turned delinquent. II
your property gets on: The delin-
queht list please do not blame me.
CD, CONWAY sbsriit.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06

LITTLE VALLEY, ~. Y March 9.
s. Collins, attorney for
Mrs. Cynthia Buffnm, convicted of
the murder OF her husband and sem
tenced TO die in the electric chair OF
Auburn prison next month. today,
flied a notice of appeal. which auto
Ihatieally stays the execution.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
No Further
Developments;
iGUIETNEss SEEMS TO PREVAIL
IN THE BRAZILIAN REv0LU-
T10NARY MOVEMENT.
GOVERNMENTS ACTION WAS RE.
GARDED AS INVASION OF
STATES RIGHTS.

/ sGY ASSOCIATED PREss.1 ~.
II WASHINGTON. D. c., March e.
Early Diplomatic dispatches and 9TH
Ser officialiadyices day}contained no
further news 4of revolutionary dis
CONTINUED on FACE TiiREE.)
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
Mann Understands.

WASHINGTON, D.. c., March e.:
Republican Leader Mann told the
house that after reading London dis
giving fthea British yiew&ofI
the presidents Panama tolls address
(cdHTlSUeD oSarAGE THREE
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-06
The Weather

West va.-Probably snow tonight
and Saturday.
Western Pennsylvania - Local
SHOWS tonight and Saturday.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-09
= = = = 8 o o o o 9 . 8 3 8 Q
By JAMES E. WITHYCOMBE
and e, L, POTTER.


uOGS may be sold to to local butch
ers, to buyers who will ship them
by the carload to Portland, or they
may be shipped direct by the owner to
Portland. Whenever the hog supply is
insufficient to meet the local demands
the local price will usually be more
than the Portland price, otherwise the
butchers pay about the shipping price.
Shippers buy small lots from the differ
ent growers and ship in carloads. They
expect, of course, to make profit and
such profit is legitimate and permiss-
ible. If the farmer has carload of
his own it will in most cases pay better
to ship them himself. If he does get
more than the shipper it will be be-
cause his Judgment was better than the
shipper's, which is not usually the case.
Cattle and sheep are usually sold
"shrunk that is, they are either
weighed full of feed and docked about
four or five per cent, or they are kept
off of feed and water for twelve hours
Hogs, however, are ordinarily sold
"full," that is, just as they come from
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servation must be extended over large
number of instances and through con-
siderable length of time.
A Common Fault.
A most common fault is to make
sweeping statements on the basis Of
very limited observations. One man
has Berkshire SOW that has only three
pigs. He therefore says: Berkshires
are no good; they have only few pigs
to the litter" when the facts are that
the Berkshire is one of the most pro-
lific breeds. There is no rule in stock
growing to which there is no exception;
in fact, the SO o-called rules are state
ments Of averages. When it is said the
Berkshire breed is prolific it is not
meant that all sows Of that breed have
large liters, but that the average size
of the Berkshire litter is quite salts
factory. When the statement is made
that the usual amount of grain required
per hundred pound gain on fattening
pigs is about $50 pounds, it should be
borne in mind that over half the pigs
| fed will miss that mark by at least 25
pounds, one way or the other, but when
large number is fed the average will
como close to that figure.
Another good source of information
is to watch the practices Of neighbors.
Proper methods can be learned from
the successful growers, and methods to
be avoided from tho unsuccessful. 1t
will also be found helpful to watch
hogs slaughtered and cut up, and trip
to the Portland stock yards and pack
ling plants would be especially valuable
A trip to Portland will be of more ben.
eft than to the large Chicago yards
since Portland is the logical market fol
Oregon hogs, and when hogs are sold
to local butchers the price is based Oh
Portland prices.
As a second source Of information
books and papers are recommended
The best all around book on hogs If
"Swine in America" by F. D. Coburn
the Secretary Of the Kansas State
Board of Agriculture This book give'
complete and accurate information OF
the various breeds, breeding, judging
marketing, general care and manage
ment and feeding. Data from all of tn
important bulletins on hogs issued b.
THE various experiment stations ar
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-09
Selling Dressed Hogs.

Occasionally farmers find it advis-
able to sell dressed hogs to the local
trade. Well finished hogs, weighing
approximately two hundred pounds,
should dress from rs to 80 per cent.
Hogs dressing over this amount must
be heavy, fat and fairly well shrunk
before butchering. Hogs dressing un-
der IS per cent are thin or washy, and
perhaps have been fed on an excess of
thin or sloppy feeds. Younger hogs al
ways dress less than older ones. With
these figures in mind it is not difficult
to estimate whether the advantage lies
with selling the hogs dressed or on foot
For instance, if good 200 pound hogs
are selling for 7 1-2 cents and can be
weighed direct from the feed lot they
will bring $500 per head. The same
hogs dressed will weigh $50 pounds
each, and in order to bring $500 must
sell for 10 cents per pound. This will
allow no profit on the work of dressing
If, however, they can be sold for 10l
cents, 75c per head will be received fol
the dressing.
The best source Of information viii
be found in close observation Of the re
suits obtained in the farmer s own herd
Close observation means no CUES.
work, but requires that the feed ant
the pigs both be weighed from time tt
time in order that both the gains ant
the feed per pound gain may be accu
rately determined. Even then the OBJ
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-09
Information on Raising Hogs in Northwest
Dollar Investment When Kept Diversified Farms

section, especially for pasture. AS fof
fattening hogs, use elffeeders and
place them in the pastures, and for win.
ter feed threshed and unthreshed
grain"
Mr.. c. J. Quinn, Mayville, who is one
of the pioneer and most successful hog
growers of that section, writes:
"In winterng hogs Of all kinds they
are allowed the run of the stubblo
fields, and after the rains Craze on the
volunteer grain. Tho careful hog man
will give them feed once a day Of
whole wheat to bring them home; night
is the usual time. A little more care is
taken of the brood sows which are ex-
pected to have litter, but many do NOT
go to much trouble in this respect, al
lowing them to find place in which
to have their young, mostly an old
straw stack. The sows are driven homo
as soon as practicable after farrowing,
so that the coyotes do not get too large
percentage of the pigs. These sows
are fed wheat or barley, whole or chop
ped as the owner may Mapped to have.
The hogs intended for sale usually have
the run of the stubble fields until the
best has been gotten, then they are con-
fined in a feed lot and fed wheat OK
barley chop in self-feedcrs, allowing
them to eat all they want until they are
-ooJ,, Gov mo III az Soma cboltar ne aoma
kind is generally provided 50 they can
get in out of the storms.
"Summering hogs as a general rule
consists in turning them loose to prey
upon anything and everything they can
find, no matter to whom it may be-
long This is what has brought the hog
Industry into such disrepute in this lo-
cality. The man who has hogs and who
has any respect for his neighbors, sows
J a pasture of fall wheat or rye, wheat
preferred into which he turns his hogs
and supplements this with feed Of
} grain once day. If given plenty Of
pasture they will do well. This con-
} |tinues until harvest when the yare turn
} ed into the stubble fields. OF course,
: where the farmer has alfalfa he uses
that with small ration of grain. Tho
great drawback is the want Of more
bulky feed than grain to bring hogs to
maturity. Farmers who have been most
successful are those who are able to
buy thin hogs, raised by men who had
farms in the timber and could let their
sows run at large and bring in litter,
but who did not raise grain wherewith
to fatten the pigs. These hogs were
bought in the fall and put on the stub
Bile and fed chop until sold."
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the feed lot. When, however, they are
hauled or driven q considerable dis
tAnce before being weighed, there will
b. some shrink as compared with the
weights upon leaving the feed lots. Oc-
easionally buyers have gone into places
where hog raising was new and the
farmers were unfamiliar with the bust
ness, and made the sellers believe it
was customary to dock or shrink the
hogs 4 certain per cent. This is, Of
course, pure graft.
Paying for Exact Weight.
It is customary for the buyer to pay
exactly what the hogs weigh when de-
ivered. The place where they are
weighed will, of cour.o, be subject to
mutual agreement. This "shrink" in
the case Of cattle or sheep is supposed
to cover to an extent the shrinkage
which occurs in transit from the ship
ping point to the larger market. Even
when bought with shrink Of five per
cent, eattlo and sheep will not weigh
as much when they reach Portland or
Seattle as at the shipping point.
Good cattle shipped from Corvallis
10 Portland, distance Of about one
hund-'ed miles, shrink approximately 50
pounds per head from their shrunk
weight at starting, thin cattle even
more. On longer hauls the shrink is
greater, but rot in proportion. Hogs.
. the other hand, weighed in the feed
lot at Corvallis and shipped to Port
land will shrink but little, even though
their Corvallis weight is not "dock
3D." In case the hogs are hauled in
from the country a few miles and
weighed in town they will weigh az
much when they arrive in Portland al
ct Corvallis. On longer haul there
will be some shrink, but most Of the
shrink comes in the first two hundred
miles. Hogs will often go 1900 mile
on five CT Elk per cent shrink.
Freight rates in this country ar
qroted on the basis Of carload, tn
ear being 36 feet s inches 'ong. sucl
. car, if single deck, will hold abou
one hundred 200 pound hogg The dou
ble-deck cars have just twice the room
but it is not customary to load twic
as heavy.