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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
WINS THE GIRL
.s HIS SON WANTED.

CHICAGO, July {, Judge |
G. E. Moss IL years old J, "a
wealthy and prominent poll
tician Of Kansas City, Is In. Chi 4
cago with shissbrlde. who sintil !
Tuesday was Miss Lucille CAM
cron. q young woman In the
I, carly twenties, whom a son Of
Judge Moss hoped TO marry. /
They are visiting Mrs. Clar- A
ence II. Norwood, a daughter
OF Judge Moss, saal will take a (
Ehoneymoon trip TO Europe. 4
The wedding took place
Tuesday at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Mary M. 4
Cameron, In kansas City. /
Judge Moss smilingly intimat= 1
cd that lie had succeeded
where his son had failed. u
had hoped 10 have ller as z a 4
daughterTin=law,i. lie said. /!
"Falling III that |. have won
her asa BRIDE"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
KAHN RESOLUTION IS
REPORTED UNFAV0RABLy
BY ASSOCIATED PRrss.l
WASHINGTON n e

MAShlNGTON, y. e.. July 3. -
Acting in accord with state depart
mept Recommendation that It was
unwise to aggitate the Mexico ques-
tion in congress at this time the
house foreign affairs committee TO-
day voted to unfavorably report the
Kahn resolution calling for informa-
tion Of alleged official assurances
that constitutionalists might I'M
port arms from the United States via
Cuba without Interference.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
Large Steel
Company Fails )
ILLINOIS CONCERN CAPITALIZED II
AT $1,000. 900 APPOINTS
RECEIVERS.

By Associated Press.
ALTON, iii, July s!-The Alton
Steel Co. capitalized at s1,;Oeo,00o,
was placed in the hands Of receivers
today on the order % the Madison
county Circuit court. The steel plant
has been closed for q week. Inabil-
ity to get a fair price for its prod
tiets Is given US the cause for the re-
ceiyershfp. rs. z. !.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09


Archduke Karl Franz josef ha
come to be the heir 70 the crow
OF Anstria=Hungarys as the result O
two Violent deaths-tlle murder o
Archdnke3 Franz Ferdinand and hi
morganatic wife, Duchess of fHolenH
berg, Sunday in Bosnia, and .theimys
terious killing. twenty-five year
ago, Of Arehduke Rudolph, Emperor,
Franz Josef's only son.
The assassination offthe heir Il
the, Austrian throne, is the last of a
long chain OF Tragedies in the Haps-
burg family q:
In his new life of the Emperor Of
Austria, Francis GribIle records
that the earlier years of Francis
iJoseph's reign were marred by cruel
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
ADiatiou altitude
Record Is Broken
BY AssocrArrp pkrss.l.

By ASSOCIATED PRrss.l 81
JOHANNESBURG, Germany, July
.. "A worlds altitude record for an
aeroplane carrying only the aviator
was made here today by the German
airman. Otto Linnek9gel. WHO attain
ed height of 6.60lD meters of ap=
Troximateiy 2l.654 feet in his mono
plane. The previous record vast 20
meters.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
DAYToNscAsE.

By ASSOCIATED PREss.l
WASHINGTON d.. O., July %. e -
The judiciary committee OF the sen-
ate today considered the impeaeh-
Tnent charges against Judge A. G.
layton. Of West Virginia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
[oRTGAE OF $ss,sss6oo
FOR RAILROAD tFoREc1osED

81. EoUis, July Z. foreclosure OF
4 mcrtgage Of sss. ses.ooo on the st.
Louis and San Francisco railroad was
asked in the United States district
court here today by the Guaranty
Trust company of New York. The
Frisco now is in the hands Of receis-
ers.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09

. b
ies. IS
Countess .Karolyi,,'' Gribble re.
ates, whose son had been a victim
the repression, cursed Francis
Joseph in scathing words which
eem 70 sum up; all the possibilities
Il human hate, thus:
May heaven and hell blast his
lappinessl May his family be ek=
Ierminated! May he be. smitten in
he persons OF those he loves! May
his life befwrecked and may his chill
dren be brought to sruin!f
Years later came this newspaper
summary of tragedies to illustrate,
as the superstitious might hold, the
workings of the Scurse: 4.
s.'on Jan. 80, 1850. Crown Prince
s|HH ID F ( i
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09

L. ~
ALTO ooN3A, Pa. July 9.
rpceeding slowly threusi q
fog; Leland +. Terry, a tray-
cling salesman, drove his auto.
mobile into a huckster wagon
on the bridge at Allegheny
Furnace, Just outside the city,
and man and machine We're
hurled to the bed Of the
creek 10 feet below. :
Escaping injury, Terry re-
turned to town, sent a mecs
hanieian to bring back. the
damaged car and went home
to find that In his absence
boy had been born.
HIal q H - =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-09
The Weather

West virginia-G Generally fair to-
night and Friday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Compensation LalUS
Doing Great Work

10 continue to purchase their dia-
monds in the same Old way.
Director Joseph A Holmes OF the
United States bureau OF mines more
than year ago
Waste Of discovered that the
Natural Gas. oil we'll operators
of Oklahoma were
wasting natural gas to the value OF
more than $50 1000 600 annually. lie
sent TO that state a practical oil well
driller, by name. J. A. Pollard, who
showed the oil men how The natural
gas could be saved for future use.
IL was simple process OF sending
down with the drill a mud-laden mud
which crept into the creyices and
held back not only the natural gas,
but also the water which ruins oil
wells
sufficient number OF operators
took up this method SO that the saw
ing OF gas amounted TO $l0000,0 900 a
year, or about one-third the waste
Certain OF the operators, all Of whom
care for the oil and not the gas. OBJ
iected TO the use OF the Pollard
method OF saving the gas, and have
refused TO follow the suggestions or
the government expert, declaring that
IL entailed an additional cost upon
we'll drilling.
II happens that a number OF these
operators are on lands that belong 10
the Indians and which the oil men
had leased. The interior department,
which has charge OF the Indians and
looks after their property INTERESTS
gave the oil men time TO think over
the proposition OF the bureau OF mines
and after waiting a sufficient inter
val, using in the meantime the gentle
art OF persuasion. swooped down sud
denly the other day upon these stub
born operators and began To apply
the big stick freely
w. G. Mcbride. operating at the
Silurian Oil Co, was fined $4,000 and
all indian lease Cancelled. After
personal appeal TO Indian. Commits.
sioner Cato Sells, the cancellation or
the lease was revoked, and the fine
reduced to $1,000 Several other OPP
orators with lease on Indian lands
were fined. notably the Quaker Oil a.
Gas Co, $2,5O0. and the Toxaway Oil
Co.. $3.50. The operators are~-pro-
ANoNAAAb NAOAthAlgt uC1ldIllB lndl SiNh
restrictions are not placed Upon other
oil lands In the state, and that IL
they are compelled To live up to such
regulations OF the federal government,
1t will be impossible for them 10 COM
pete with owners OF oil wells outside
the Indian lands. Ii has not yet been
suggested that the state OF Okla
homa take similar steps to protect
its natural resources.
In the meantime, the federal bu-
reau OF mines has lost the services
OF its expert well driver, j. A. Pol
lard, who. because OF his notable
work in the Oklahoma field. has been
engaged by an old syndicate in far
of India at q salary OF $4,000 a
year The bureau was compelled to
let Mr.. Pollard go, as it has no sal
aries OF such size TO offer, no matter
how many millions Of dollars worth
OF natural resources he might be
able to save. His salary while work
ing for Uncle Sam was only $40
day, when actually employed
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Our President

How well he seems TO have man
aged it--this whole sordid business OF
going TO war: how fair he has been;
how patient, how dignitied, how inhn-
itely gentle and kind. No buster, no
threats no smoker OF anticipation.
no licking OF the nations chops-Just
a simple-souled, brave, sotthearted,
hard-headed man IL is sad enough 10
so into war OF any kind at any time I;
but II is less sad TO go knowing that
every honorable means has been tax
en- TO keep away from war. And TINS
consolation President Wilson has CIV
en- us by his wise, forbearing, Chris
tan attitude before the provocation
OF foe mad and desperate and fool
ish
THE good God, who knows all and
watches over ALL and sees all, and di'
reefs all, was IN our hearts deeper
than we knew, when as a nation we
chose this great, serene soul TO lead
US"
This editorial by William Allen
White in the Emporia Gazette, was
written AS hours before the news OF
the acceptance OF the A-B-C offer OF
mediation. The western papers have
understood better than those in the
east the difficulties which the presi-
dent has faced and his consummate
ability in dealing with them. Inc
eastern papers have, as rule, been
inadequate to the appreciation OF VII
sons aims They have prepared for
the worst at each national crisis In
stead OF expecting that a man who
could adequately cope with one ditii.
Guilty would, in all probability, stand
a chance OF coping well with the next.
Only occasionally have the eastern
papers risen 10 a proper appreciation
of the place that Wilson takes in the
nation as In the New York Times for
April %, which said and herein is
another evidence OF the curious EN-
cheney with which the democratic
principle manages, in times OF confu-
sion and doubt. TO work itself out. An
able and upright but inexperienced
man in the office OF president, with
immense power. in 4 crisis OF great
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
What's the Use?

How vain all the talk OF universal
peace Look at the war-madness all
about us. Everybody blathering for
action. getting ready TO enlist, sing
ing the national anthem, throwing out
his chest Bombastic interviews III
the paper win woul9be warriors
cheering the dag at the theater A
democracy Is as crazy for war as any
other government.
And the war comes with peace
man as secretary OF state, and Win
another as president. Why does II
come? Because OF matter or SHY
punctilio, because some one won
salute the flag Wen tight for that
but not FOR outrages much more real
( Wen night the man We WOULDN'T rec
OgniZe--w which amounts 10 recognition.
| We were going 10 watch him crumble
away, before we'd recognize him, put
he didn't crumble And the fact that
J in international law We should nave
recognized him as de racto the head
OF the state. only made US the mad
der Any little excuse comes IN pat
TO justify us i'm action And the war
is on. Blood has been shed as the
result OF this fine Calyinist Iesultry
And every body is glad the war is on
except a few peace cranks who can {
be heard for the thunder or the cap
tains and the shouting OF the mob
| who want TO 20 marching 10 Mexico.
Our troops are in Mexico. Oh,
we're only going TO set things straight
! there. God knows when our troops
viii come out OF Mexico In war
there are always things coming up TO
keep our force in the field. Wen have
10 govern Mexico, and we may never
let go All for an insult. when we
wouldn't intervene 10 punish Tor
crimes against life and property Peck
sniff patriotism. / would say.
But what are we going 10 do? We
can't go back on our country. We
must hate the enemy. That 1t is 10
be patriotic, don't you know. II Is
the way OF the political world a war
| furry, a little spat is always strong
card for the party in power. II on
sets a growing attitude. OF criticism
among the public In the war-clamor
certain measures may be dropped
without the dull thud being noticed.
/ Not much chance for reform at home
while we're at war abro..4.
The war is bad 1t is the worse for
that it's a quibbling war. II abstracts
our attention from the economic war
! in Colorado. where soldiers are shoot
] ing down strikers in the Rockefeller
! mines IL IS the worst because -heIore
Its shrill magnifcence the Tour
furies" antitrust bills begin already
! TO fade away
But what president wouldn't have
/ done lust as Wilson is doing, only an
other might have managed II less
subtly? Not one, And what Is more
unanimously popular about wilson
than his war for the flag? Nothing.
/ Everybody wallows in the baptism OF
| blood
What's the use OF talking about
abolishing war? The people are Tor II
| first, last and all the time. Don you
believe il? Look in your newspapers,
at the crowds in the theater. hearken
! to the talk in the street cars.
Miss Henrietta Petowker Will now
recite The Blood Drinkers Burial. :
-Reedys Mirror. st. Louis.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Current Magazines
81. Nicholas.

Contents for May: The Sea-horse OF
Grand Terre" Charles Tenney Jack.
son: How the Neighsors Knew" clara
Platt Meadowcroft. Peter OF the WIG
ROse-tree Patten Beard Teddy ant
Miss Rainy day" Pauline Frances
Camp. The Game / Love" Francis
Ournet; The Runaway" Allen French
Umbrellas" Melville Chatter. Yes
and NO. George Lawrence Parker
"Baseball: The Game and Its Players,
Billy Evans; "Butterfiying, George -
Butler: THE Lucky stone" Abbie Far
well Brown. THE Polite Pirate" Fred
erick Moxon; With Men who Dc
Things. A. Russell Bond; THE Foot
step Fairies" Muriel r. Windram
The Making Of Canoeist." r.. T. Key
ser; Garden making and Some OF the
Gardens Stories" Grace Tabor SSH
Rigmarole's Ramble." Charles F. Les
ter. "The Housekeeping Adventures OF
the Junior Blairs.' Caroline French
Benton. The Lost Curl" Grace T.
Craig. The st. Nicholas League" The
path OF Least Resistance" Helen Coale
Crew.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11

again, there are the things that don't
come up, TO talk about.
Col Theodore Roosevelt being on
his way home, the campaign OF 1916 Is
about to open.
That is 10 say, oil IS also used
sometimes 10 start war.
TlcKLED TO DEATH.
This is what call a gentIemanly
game" remarked the onIooker, a Wit
ness TO a game OF poker for the first
time.
What is there about It which i'm.
presses you that way?" someons
asked.
why the man who loses always
says Good"
Somebody with an understanding OF
Huerta's great failing is probably re-
sponsible' for the announcement that
he is sitting tight.
There is only one drawback to a
subway. When friend living on one
asks you TO drop up you first have TO
drop down. and there's such thing
as a drop too much.
A reform school for drunkards is
proposed in St. Louis. Unfortunately,
however, II isn't the only thing in st.
Louis on tap.
Atlanta has resident who claims
to be a survivor OF the Monitor Merit
mac battle. Anyhow. he is original.
Returning after Is years absence,
a Sheltyville, Ind, man found his
wife TO. have twice remarked. Event.
ua.ly, maybe, the other two will
drift back.
An Ohio father has twice rescued
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
No Conversation.

Sir, would respectfully ask you
for an increase of salary; / have got
married lately.
Manager: Very sorry, Horneyhand,
/ can be OF no assistance TO you. The
company is not responsible for any
accidents that happen TO its EN-
ployees when OF duty.-TitBits.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
somewhat His eusIness.

Rustic; Il see you are painting
those old trees"
Artist: YES, | am; but it's no
business OF yours Instead OF inter
fering with me, you had better get
on with your work"
Rustic: We'll, my work is to chop
them down, so hurry UP with your
painting. "--Top-Notch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
RAYMOND W. PULLMAN.
Times Washington Bureau. No. Z
MaLDnnnILtnn RnnE RlLiLdinn

tnlcS washington bureau. No. i"f
Metropolitan Bank building.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., May l1-Of,
fcials OF the department OF labor who
have been watch
Workmen's Com ing the growth or
pensation Laws. the movement for
workmens com
pensation laws throughout the various
states are eagerly waiting for def
mite reports from the great mine dis
aster az Eccles, w. Va. last Satur-
day May >, in which 1870 men were
killed
West Virginia six months ago
passed workmen's compensation
law. and as far as known in the de-
partment, this is the first great dis
aster that has come under any com
pensation act IN any state. The trst
news from EcCles is that the eNplo-
sion made about 10 widows and left
225 children fatherless. Under the
compensation act the widows VIII
each receive $40 month until they
die or remarry The children VIII
get So a month until they reach the
age OF IL years.
Ii is said at the department that
while the grief OF the widows and
the children was as poignant as at
any other disaster, the additional hor-
ror OF having to look into hopeless
future was happily absent Twenty
two states now have compensation
acts which take care OF the injured,
the widows and the dependent chill
dren.
This, the officials say, is big step
forward from the old method where
the victims estates sued the com
panies and the money which is now
going TO the widows and orphans
went mostly TO attorneys.
One OF the fascinating dreams of
the scientist is TO produce u diamond
artifcally Ii has
Making been tried in every
Diamonds. country VIII e'r e
chemists are
( found but as far as known, success
( has not followed these daring eX'
/ perimenters. Diamonds of minute
size have been made artifically. but
I diamonds OF such size as TO give them
a commercial value still remain for
future achievement.
/ The scientists OF the United States
/ bureau of standards are therefore in
tensely interested in the latest re.
ports that come from Germany "a
the effect that Prof Otto hummer OF
I Breslau has been able to fuse car
bon TO liquid form in an electric arc
In glass container from which the
air had been exhausted. In the pres
ence of air, or oxygen, the carbon is
! vaporized, the absence Of oxygen be
ing necessary for the fusion.
This, II is claimed is a new step
nearer the goal. Prof. hummer now
plans TO experiment further along
/ this line, using high-tension currents
with the arc in a gaseous atmosphere
under a pressure OF 800 atmospheres,
| but containing no oxygen. IL the
fused drops OF carbon can be sue
| cessfully crystallized, the result will
be diamonds.
In the meantime, the bureau OF
standards scientists advise Americans
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Saved. Mayhe-

The editor was suddenly interrupt
ed by the office boy, who remarked:
There's a tramp at the door, Mr..
Hyde. and he says he amt had nothin'
to eat for SIX days. .
Fetch him in" said the editor. "If
we can find out how he does 1t, we
can run the paper for another week"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11

gravity, succeeds, by the exercise or
his best Judgment and by the light OF
conscience, in shaping his policy SO
that it fairly embodies the best opin.
ion and purpose OF the nation, fixes
high its standard of conduct, and raj.
lies to his support the great mass or
the right-minded and honest among
his fellow-citizens" -Harper's Weekly.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
THE TINE TO BUILD A SUlBWAYN
DETROIT HAS COME---LE7VS BUILD III!
Detroit must have a subway.

Detroit mustha subway
There no longer any city having its
facilities possible surface facilities
To build more surface lines the add to
the necessity for a subway would driving those who have
spared from lines out into the new
districts fast growing up.
time surface lines and to subject our
down town residence streets installing them
only would simply the putting of day that
s inevitable
Detroit grown past years than the De-
trOiter realizes
The significant part growth lies in the fact
that has been in no one particular all directions until
living where of the woods stood 10 years ago. where
wheat and garden truck and where cattle grad on pasture
tendency nOhwa because have had to stop
it is the matter of transportation related to
this northern district which calls for the subway as the only
way of a most serious predcament
The heavy part o this traffic falls to the Woodward line
morning rush south of the Boue
impossible evening rush hours Wood
north Mchigan-ave is just impossible
During wOodwardave for its entire length most
hOroughe pedestrians moving vehicles for the
presence automobiles operating two d
danger which traffic subjected
well into the residence district costly to Detroit and
hndnce development fact apparent looking
the additional that everybody concerned would be benefited this
congested condition could be relieved
The time take hold subway push the
point O reality and results the city S RIGHT NOW.
railway decided that the Detroit
must take.
officially that through its resolution passed
its last meeting
with the practical the commissioners realize the sub
way a necessity today every that passes from will call for
subway urgent necessity for Detroit still growing and grow
ing fast.
isn't bit too early get the plans under to reckon upon
subway fact in the consideration Of traffic matters from
Blessed all sides favored typographical
y when subway natural incline opening
at the souhnmO making possible bore nOrhward almost on
straight lne-a condition making both expedition
subway should be the cy undertaking from completion
and operation for only by municipal ownership could hope enjoy
its full benefits.
Furthermore it would be well it started while have
mission Of whose the doing big things and who
therefore not afraid Of undertaking simply because looms in
its dimensions
Detroit thing longer
by of a one horse
rapid transit the solution when Detroit had horse sub
the solution today for Detroit hamy ongesed
shamefully impeded from making the best Of swift growth
subway would be great step
taken the will full growth progress
all
Let's build the subway
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Phllosonhleai.

IF you want to live" said the doc
tor, you must absolutely go TO a
warmer climate"
Live or die. then, It's all the same,
oh. door said the patient.-N. Y.
World
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11

mis- daughter from circuses she has
joined as bareback rider. The
yeaHg lady seems To have have bad ease
OF ringworm.
Furthermore, the husband OF that
Hawaiian wife who got wireless di-
yorce no longer has any strings on
her.
Huerta will hardly be expected 10
apologize. however for the arrest or
those sewing machine agents.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Fatal.

Hear about the new poison?"
Shoot"
"Aeroplane poison"
What the dickens Is that?"
one drop and you're dead. IN
Y. World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Laughs
sure Sorry.

Mr.. Arnold had given a Sunday
school lesson on the Prodigal Son.
and wished 10 test the attention the
class had paid to his teachings.
Now, children" he said, "who was
sorry that the Prodigal had return
edo"
No one replied, but all seemed lost
in thought. Finally, the most for
ward youngster in the class yentured:
The fatted calfn'-Everybo dy's.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11

Professor-What kinds OF farming
are there?
New Student--Extensive. intensive,
and ve.-Indianapolis Star
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
A soo,hlna sunnestIon.

The talk OF an increased tax on
beer 10 help pay war expenses is hav-
ing the effect OF silencing many erst-
while jingoes. -Richmond Times-Dis-
patch
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Similar.

This soup reminds me or some
thing I've tasted before"
"Oh, do tell us what" asked the
expcctant landlady.
Well / cant remember exactly,
but It's some place or other where
was IN swimming Y. World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Thoughtful.

Why should take another chair.
Gerald? Don't you think I'm com
Portable here?
Yes, gran-ma; but I'm afraid my
little kitten isn't-she's there, too
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-11
Always Around.

Just before went away asked
her IL couldn't give her some little
toker to remind her OF me"
What did she suggest"
"a belt."--N. Y. World.