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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
HEAVY SNOW FALL
TIES UP CHICAGO

Chicago. Feb. 2.-Chicago was buried
under a - inch mantle of snow when
business attempted to start up this
morning and snow was still falling I'M
abated at noon. Although the official
figures give the fall for the night as
one foot, drifts were six feet deep and
all local transportation was crippled
as was telegraph and telephone SER.
vice.
The United States weather bureau
predicted that the snow fall would con-
tinue throughout today and probably
tonight without extreme cold. The
temperature has remained above freez-
ing and there has been less suffering
than might nave been expected from
the first big snowfall of the winter. 1t
has furnished temporary work for an
army of unemployed men waiting for
the opening of the ice harvest, DELAYED
by the mild winter.
The body of a well dressed man. who
supposedly died from heart disease in
the storm, was found in a downtown
DRIFT today.
Chicago, Jan. GA snow storm over
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. today caused
much delay to railroad traffic. and tele-
graph and telephone service was badly
hampered.
In this city all street railroads
brought out snow sweepers early hit
hioSi. oiiiSIltS was experienced IN
keeping lines open in the outlying dis
tricts. In the lake region of Indiana
Ii Ohio the snow turned to sleet and
many wires were Frustrated by the
heavy weight.
By eight O'Clock more than eight
inches of snow. the heaviest of the
winter had been recorded in this city
and the storm continued unabated.
Hundreds of the city's unemployed
Were given work clearing the tracks of
railroads street car lines n streets
In the downtown section.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
TRAIN IS DERALED
and Is PERSONS HURT
Passengers Forced to Leave
Berths in Night Clothes
During Bitter Storm.

Joliet, Ill. Feb. Fifteen persons
were injured, some ct them so seriously
that they may die, when Chicago &
Alton passenger train No. Z bound from
Chicago to ST. Louis, was wrecked be-
tween here and Lockport, early today,
supposedly by a broken rail. Nine cars
left the track and three We're over
turned, one car being badly shattered.
Relief trains We're sent to the scene of
the wreck from Bloomington and Joliet
and the injured We're brought to this
city. Most of those injured were in
the sleeping cars which they were
forced to leave in their night clothes
and seek shelter in nearby farm houses.
Ten physicians We're rushed to the
wreck from this lily in automobiles
through a binding snow storm. There
they found the passengers standing
ABOUT in scarty clothing and wrapped
In blankets hastily snatched from
berths.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
EXCAVATORS FIND
TOWER OF O
Base of Destroyed Biblical
Shaft Found Near
Jerusalem.

49,
Cambridge. Mass. Feb. News Of
the finding of the foundations OF the
Tower Of Sloan was received by Rev.
DR.. Keller. Of the Episcopal theological
school from a friend from Jerusalem to-
daily. This tower is mentioned in
Luke XII, 4: Those Is upon whom
the tower in Sloan fell and slew them.
think We that they were sinners: above
all men that dwelt in Jerusalem"
The e~xcavators according to h mes
sage, "have discovered a long. we'll cut
Greek inscription which speaks Of the
Presbyters and fathers with Simonides
laying the foundation of the synagogue
the baths and caravansary. These
baths and the foundations of the syna-
gogue are exposed. They have found
the base of a circular building, the tow
er Of Sloan and a conduit leading
ing from the spring. The conduit seen
by Schinck in the sos wrongly thought
to have been the oldest, is now shown.
to be above the spring"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
DIGGS FACES CHARGE;
YOUNG GIRL WE'D

San Francisco, Feb. "A warrant
charging an offense against a young
girl was issued last night against
Maury l. Diggs, former state architect,
whose recent trial and conviction here
under the Mar act caused nation wide
comment because of its political COM
plications.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fearing, a Doctors
wife, swore to the complaint, alleging
an offense against her daughter, Ida
Fearing, II years old.
New Years eve is the time named
and warrants also were sworn to
against John Gilligan and John Doe
Fisher in connection with the same af-
fair. 'Fisher" is said to be an alias.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
NO HEED PAID TO
WARNING SHRlEKS
OF LINER MONROE

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 2.-Testimony of
officers of both ships some of it taken
While the Nantucket was bringing in
the survivors,, is being kept secret to-
lay. 1t still is in the form of steno-
erapher's notes and will make so or 60
typewriter pages.
No official statement could be OBJ
tanned today, but it is said, that wit
nesses testified Captain johnson
stopped the Monroe's engines when he
heard the Nantucket's answering siren
signal. and the lost ship was practically
standing still when the Nantucket
rammed her amidships and broke her
In two.
Other witnesses testified, it is said
toward the Monroe after the latter had
blown two whistles three times.
Nantucket Never Halted.
1t is said that the testimony shows
that Captain Berry, the second officer
and the quartermaster of the Nantucket
We're all in the pilot house of their ship
when the two vessels came together and
that the lookout on the Monroe saw the
lights in the masts of the Nantucket
about two minutes before the crash.
The Monroe met light fogs intermit-
tently after passing out of the capes
and had stopped frequently While the
whistles We're blown. The Monroe was
NilII III auloIlldlIC lEIIlS
whistle and that was blown at inter-
walls of n minute.
When the heavy fog wrapped the
vessel near Winterquarters lightship,
the Monroe, it is said, stopped and after
blowing her fog horn every minute.
gave two blasts, to which the Nam
tucket plowed her way into the Mon
roe's starboard just above amidships
at an angle of about As degrees.
The Nantucket then backed away.
The Monroe began to list and in 10
minutes had sunk.
Norfolk, Va. Jan. 31.-With the final
tragic summary written. showing that
Al lives We're lost and SO saved as a
result of yesterdays disaster at sea in
terest here today centered in ascer-
tanning the causes that led up to the
accident. The version of the officers
of the steamer Nantucket, which early
yesterday morning crashed into and
san the liner Monroe of the Old Do
minion Steamship company, and Of
survivors have been told. 1t now re-
air for the federal government to
officially determine the cause and other
facts connected with the collision.
The revised list of victims and res
cued Shove that of the Al persons
whose lives We're lost, 10 were passen-
gers and % were members of the
crew. OF the SO persons saved 80 were
passengers and 60 We're members of the
crew.
Som of the survivors,, worn out by
exposure and hardship. spent restless
nights or lay on hospital cots, while
others We're on the way to their homes
today. The Nantucket. which lay in
her berth at the dock in badly battered
condition. was a solemn reminder of
yesterdays sea tragedy. She was
viewed by hundreds of the curious.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
WAR ON GANGMEM is
PRODUCING RESULTS

New York, Feb. 2.-The war on
gangsters I'M gunner instituted a
month ago by Police Commissioner
Douglas [. Macllay IN orders from
Mayor Mitchell, has, according to police
reports for January, resulted in a de-
crease in the number of murders and
serious shooting ARRAYS in sections of
the city infested by organized bands OF
idle young men and boys.
Since Mayor Mitchell ordered the po-
lice to break up the East Side gangs
a large number of gunner have been
arrested and many are held for trial on
charges of violating the Sullivan law
Nhich prohibits the carrying of con
East Side known as the murder beit''
he police have confiscated hundreds
If pistols.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
TELLS STORY OF STRUGGLE
IN SEA TO SAVE HIS WIFE

New York, Feb. 2.-Six survivors of
the disaster to the steamship Monroe
reached here from Norfolk. Among
them was Thomas Harrington. of
body of his Wife. who died after being
taken aboard the rescue ship Nam
tucket.
Harrington vas the passenger who
swan in the cold water supporting his
wife by holding her lair in his teeth.
His father and brother met him here.
Tell them what happened" said the
father. I'VE all want to know and
it will get it off your mind"
Then in a monotone the young man
told his story.
Harrington and his wife had a state
rammed. "When the shock came" he
said. we got up and dressed and
wasted time that might have saved the
poor girls life. BY the time we
reached the main saloon the ship had
kneeled so that the side wall was their
floor. There was a lurch," continued
Harrington, and Margaret was thrown
20 feet and lodged under the bench
built along the sides of the cabin. l
slid and scrambled after her. When I
took hold of her Hhe screamed and
pointed to her poor right arm. 1t
was broken and hanging limp.
Don't touch mel" she screamed.
"For Gods sake let me die!"
Il told her she would have to come
and she would feel better about it later.
Oh, God! She was right, but 1 did not
know 1T. / got her loose: Then the
ship sagged back again and there was
q rush of water hat washed us out to
the deck. | managed to get off our
outer clothes. Then we let go and
the ship went away from under u.s."
Harrington told how he tried to swim
holding his wife by the broken arm.
but this panied her so that finally he
twisted her long hair into a rope close
to her head and taking II in his teeth
floated on his bach keeping the wo-
mans head on his chest.
One life boat passed within 10 feet.
he said, and ignored their calls for help.
After nearly two hours another boat
came. II held Margaret up to them"
continued Harrington, land a sailor
said Let her go; she is dead "'She
Is not dead ! said to him., and YOU
take her aboard if you don't want to
go to hell with murder on your SOUL
SO they took her in. And she opened
her eyes and smiled at me.
when they got me aboard the shin
they put her in one stateroom and left
her and put me in another. l believe
that if a doctor had been with her
right away with stimulants she might
be alive now. But they We're all mixed
up and when / found where she was
lying all alone, h was dead"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
YOUNG WIRELESS OPERATOR
HERO OF MONROE DISASTER

New York, Feb. 2.-Ferdinand
Kuehn, chief wireless operator on
board the liner Monroe. who took off
his own life preserver and strapped it
around a woman just as the steamer
Monroe started to sink early yesterday,
ived with his parents in the Bronx,
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Kuehn, and his
12-year-old sister, Victoria. The father
is a furrier.
From Mrs. Kuehn it was learned that
Ferdinand was only 20 years old. He
became interested in electro me-
chanics when a pupil in high school in
the Bronx. AS a school boy he had
learned the principles of wireless tele-
graphy sufficiently to rig up an appar-
atus Of his own at his home.
1t was with this home made appara-
tus that he earned telegraphy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
SMALLPOX AT. TAMPIco.

washington, Jan. 31.-Smallpox at
Tampico already has caused the death
of one American. Rear Admiral
Fletcher reported today "a cases and
two Americans among this sick. The
hospital ship Solace is there. The adj
miral has ordered that no one be per-
mitted to land from the American
ships. Rail and telegraph communica-
tons have been cut.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
WAR ON HOG CHOLERA
PROVES SUCCESSFUL

Washington, Jan. 3O.-Gratifying re-
suits marked the efforts of the depart
ment OF agriculture during the past
year to combat hog cholera in Indiana,
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska by means
of anti-hog cholera Serum and farm
guarantees. In a statement today it
asserted that of the hogs actually sick
whep treated the departments inspect
ors lost but % per cent. OF Well hogs
in diseased herds less than / per cent
died after incubation with. serum.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
FlREMEN HURT
IN PIANO FACTORY FIRE

New York. Jar. S1.-Three flremen
were hurt, one seri JusIg in q fire which
destroyed the Walters. Piano factory at
236 East Sixty-thira H.reet. carly to-
day. The firemen Nee on Tire ser or1t
floor when a v~arnis1 ;t hes - then
exploded. throwing t!isrl to tie floor.
The flames reached a Public schoc.
building adjoining the factory, but were
checked before much damage oc-
CURED, The property loss is esti-
mated at about 100000
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
II WHOLE r

Albany. N. Y, Feb. 2.-only
one member--Senator Thomas
H. Busse, of Perry, N. Y.-was
present in the state senate yes
terday. He called himself to
order, introduced several bills,
made a speech, then offered a
motion for adjournment, which
; was unanimously carried.
; Among the bills introduced
: were several prepared by Mayor
Mitchell, of New York city, to
: effect changes in police regula-
tons demanded by Colonel
Cocktails.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
RANDiTs sAck TowM

ceivsd today that bandits on Thursday.
sacked and burned the town OF Linan-s
Chow, province Of Ngan-Hwei. rnur-
dered Father Richa; u French Jesuit
missionary. and c-apruredstwo Jesuit
priests. Father Milan and$Tai1Ie,s who !
are being held for ransom.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
AGED COUPLE, ONCE
RICH, DIES IN HOVEL

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 31.-Reduced to
poverty through business reverses.
Jesse M. Kelly, SO years old, once enc
of the wealthiest men in Springfield,
died in a howell on the outskirts OF the
city today. His wife, who was so
years old, died an hour later. When
she learned several days ago that her
husband was sinking gradually. she
refused all nourishrnent and prayed
that they nigh. die together.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
HUGE RADISH GRACES
BRYAM'S OFFICE SOFA

Washington, Jan. a1.--secretary
Bryan received today the first of a
number of mammoth radishes which
friends in different paris of the coun-
try had announced would be forth
coming. This giant vegetable. which
diplomatic visitors saw reposing on the
sofa IN Secretary Rryan,s office,
weighs 10 pounds and cams from an
aIlaiTeT-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
RREMNER MUCH BETTER.

Baltimore. Md, Jan. 31.-The condi-
ton Of Representative Robert G..
Bremner, of New Jersey, who is un-
dergoing radium treatment here, was
reported today as improved. %.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05
800 FLAT JEWELLERS
ARE ROUTED BY FIRE

Chicago, Jan. 3O.-Tllere was no loss
~ life in the $500, 0o0 fire which de-
ssoNed the New Bedford apartment
aVilding in lakewood boulevard here
asst night. SO far as search of the ruins
,isclosed today. The fire started from
! oiler explosion and the 300 tenants
N.Gre driven into the street.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-02-05

Chicago. during 1912. paid 1894. o54.,
81 in corporation taxes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
Y.W.CA. Meeting
AfLufhern Church

A meeting,o the High school y. ",
C. A. will be held at the Lutheran
church Sunday, Mar. s, at 9 p. M.
The following program VIII be- rend-
cred and every member is urged to
be present:
subiect-The price of Friendship
Sony. W. C. "A. Members.
Prayer-Miss Virginia vackrodt.
Ruth's Loyalty TO Naoi-aIay Haw.
kins.
Ruth as Lowly Reapcr-Laura Pell
Ruth's self-sacritlce Rewarded
Pauline Snyder
song-What a Friend Thou krt!
Quartet.
The Self Ehacing Love of Jonathan
for David Naomi Straight
lttai's self-Denying Devotion L
David-Lillian Hudson.
The Cost of Christian Dieipleship-
Miss Reed
Song-Y. W. C. A. Members.
Prayer-Miss Neptune.
H d.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
If cross, feverish, constipated, give
California Syrup Of Figs.

Look At the tongue, i motheri u
coated IS a sure sign that your lit
lie ones stomach, liver and bowels
need a gen,le. thorough cleansing ut
once.
When peeyish !. cross, listiess. pale,
doesn't sleep. doesn't eat or act nat,i-
rally or Is feyerish; stomach sour.
breath bad, has stomach aehe. sore
tliroat diarrhoeat fun OF cold. give d.
teaspoonfal OF California Syrup Of
Figs. and I'M few hours all the foul.
eonstipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of IT'S
little bowels without gripping, and
yon have well. playful child again
You needn't coax SIX children 10
take this harmless fruit laxatise;sss
they love It's delicious taste and istl
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 5o-cent
bottlesof California syrup Of Figs, d II
which has directions for babies. chils
dren of all ages and for grown=lps1
plainly on the, bottle. Beware Of
eounterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine. ask 10 see that
1t is made by ''california Fig syrupl
Company. Refuse any other kind
with contempt. - n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
DANCES THE TANGO.

C. W. Stevens. advertising agent
with A. Harrison, manifested his
ability in an entirely new direction
last evening when he very skillfully
with Miss Irene Lutz as his partner,
danced the Tango at the Hippodrome
last evening. The number was hear.
lily encored. @,5.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
With
]. His | Friie,ld

Sam Toatto. a foreigner. asked
permission of the taller today to
visit friend who is inside the jail
walls. Before Sam entered, he was
searched by the, turnkey who found a
very dangerous looking knife 4upon
his person. While Sam wasstalking
over old times with his companion.
Justice Musgrove was sissuing war
rant for his own arrest.
Sam is still with his friends al
though his stay has been somewhat
longer than he had anticipated.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
He LearnsTooLafe.
Embargo Is Lifted
performances

NEW YORK, March 7.-sending
100000 cartridges to the revolutions:
lists in Northern Mexico cost George
Nordenholt, local ammunition deal:
er, $1,000, not because the cartridges
were contraband, but because they
were billed as nails. Nordenholt
pleaded guilty today in federal court
to violating the interstate commerce
laws and paid his fne.
BY shipping the cartridges in 400
kegs covered with top layer Of
nails and describing them as nails,
Nordenholt saved $500. in freight
charges. The shipment probably.
would have reached its destination
without interruption had not one Of,
the geks broken open in the -freight
station at Naco, Ariz.. Just as the
consignment was to pass into the
hands Of carranza, the Mexican eon-
stituti6nalist leader.
President Wilson had raised the
embargo on munitions OF war a few
days before this happened. but the
United States authorities Immediate
I Is made an investigation and arrest
ed Nordenholt for misbraniing In
Iterstate freight.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
.Pina.fo j, The !.
Attraction.
OLD OPERA WILL BE SEEN AT I
THE HIPP0DR0ME THREE y
DAYS NEXT WEEK.

Musical interest is centerins
ground the announcement of tie
management of tile Hippodrome thai
for Monday and Tuesday the play
ia Mascotte" will be given. Gil
bert and sullivan,s famous opera, III.
N. s. Pinafore," will be the Offering.
This is the first time that one Of the
CID classics has been offered at the
popular vaudeville house and the en-
gagement will attract attention from
persons not ordinary patrons Of vau-
deville for the reason that II will
hGubtless have some well known peo-
nle IN the cast. Il Is an old saying
that not everybody can sing Pinafore
and while the roster. Is not known at
this time It would not be surprising
10 see wei known opera people in
some OF the roles.
The company Is composed Of six
teen people. Special scenery is car:
tied and the Offering viii receive the
largest guarantee yet paid by the 10,
cal house for an attraction. The
management announces that should
The demand prove more than suffi.
cient for the six performances, the
company will be held over for the en-
tire week, giving, altogether, twelve
performances.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
JohnS.Barnes Dies
After Long Illness

|, John S. Barnes, member Of the
Barnes family of this vicinity and
well known here. died yesterday at
his home in Clarksburg. after long
illness. He was. a son of the late
silas and Sarah Mundell Barnes OF
Marion county and was the. father
of Rev. Walter Barnes, former pas
tor of the Baptist church at shinns-
ton, now of Ohio.
The remains were taken to Sutton
today for interment.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
Plead Gully
In Girl Case
CONFESS 10 cHARGE OF PRoMOT.
/ ING DELINQUENCY OF ELvA
WILSON. AGED FIFTEEN.

4 D 4 |ft = +.
ST. AiARYs. o.. March; Pleas q
guilty were registered today TO tn
charge Of promoting The delinqueney
tofs Elva wilson, 81 s. Wapakaneta girl
by Charles link, a we'll noWn mer!
chant; his wife Catherine zink
90, a piano player in picture
show. and by Edward FiierholEer.
AIRS. link Is in jail awaiting sen:
tence; Heirholzer is out on a $500
bond and link Is. trying to secure
bond of $1,000. Other arrests are
expected soon Of number Of pfomf.
lent citizens of wapakoneta.
. N - 70 H
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
Guests In City.

Misses Elizabeth Madden and
Fearl Harper, of Elkins. have been in
The city since yesterday guests OF
Miss 1fma Bing, also of Elkins. and
a State Normal school student. They
came to attend the basketball games
ut the Y. NJ, CA. last night and to-
night. Miss Madden is society re-
torter on The Elkins Inter Mountain.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07
Lentes ten Reading.

The second of the series of Lenten
readings will be held on Monday
evening at the Parish House. Miss
Mary Oldham will read from DR..
Wier Mitchell's last book. West
ways" The Len1en readings are
'f-eld under the auspices of the Altar
Guild of Christ church and silver
Offering Is taken at the door.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-03-07

Sanford G.. Morris ct tlx., TO o. ].
Fleming. lot Hamilton Addition to
the city of Fairmont; consideration.
s1.Oo.
Agreement Buckhannon and
Northern Railroad company with
Fairmont, Morgantown and Pitts!
burgh Railroad company, concerning
crossing Catawba bridge,
Agreement suckhannon add
Northern Railroad company with
Fairmont, Pittsburgh and Morgan
town Railroad company concerning
bridge at Hickman's run.
Fairmont Building and Invest
ment company to Jacob L. Garner.
lot No. o. Gig. IA, East Park Addi-
tion 10 the'city of Fairmont: consid-
Grafton. s1.0o.t
Fairmont Real Estate Co. to c. L.,
Michaels. lot 5, block 1s, East Park
Addition to the city.of Fairmont.
A. j. and Alice Fleming to Geo.
w. Dove, ga lot IS. Hamilton Addi-
ton to the cit yofsFairmont; consid3
Grafton, s1.00. s.ss..G.;e 2
Michael Powell. trustees. to s. G.
Morris, part of Point View property.
Monongahela Industrial company's
addition to the city OF Fairmont. East
Side; consideration, s1!o0.
Nancy N. Sandy to Ernest E. Ken
dali ct al "a parcel of land situate on
West Fork river; consideration. $500.
0. J. and Alice Fleming to Claude
H. Devauit, house and lot. Hamilton
addition 80 the city Of Fairmont:
consideration. s15oo.o0.
Samuel c. Norris ct al. to o.. y.
Fleming house and lot. Hamilton Adj
ditional to, the city OF Fairmont; con
siaeration, s1.oe. s.xIsR
Sanford g. Norris ct al. TO o. ..
Fleming. house and lot Hamilton
Addition to the city Of Fairmont;
reconsideration. si.eg.
4 Births and Deaths.
10 births and five deaths were re
corded yesterday with tsse count,
clerk
Marriage Incense.
Murles G. Brulnmage. 70; OF Metz
M. Va. aus EslgsIeth ycst %. o
sAlets, ~. I'd.