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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Coroner's JurySays
Man Was Murdered.

cIARKsBURG, Jan. 2s.-A jury
impanelled by DR.. N. Mason, coroner.
held an inquest over the dead body
OF the man who was found on q hill
side near Columbia mine. east OF the
city "a few days ago with his head
nearly severed with knife. A yer.
dict Of murder by some unknown per-
SON, or persons was rendered. Wit
nesses identified the body as that OF
Augustine Posado. o Spaniard, who
formerly worked at the Hazel Atlas
Glass plant, and wohi lived at No. 40S
North Sixth street, although Mary
Menedez, a. Spanish girl, declared he
was Jose Menendez, of Meadow
Brook. The coroner, however, held
the former Identification as correct.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
MODEL MEASURE
ON cH[DLABOR
IS AGREED upon
==-T7--
Good Features In Several
Bills, Incorporated Into
One Bill.
IA YEARS IS age LIMIT
MANY COMMITTEES MEET AND
NUMEROUS BILLS REPORTED
TO HOUSES.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 25.-
What 10 regarded as almost a model
child labor bill was agreed upon by
the house committee on labor late
yesterday Afternoon and was reported
back today with recommendations
that II pass. It embodies principal
features contained in bill introduced
by Delegate Weiss, Of Ohio county,
chairman OF the committee. No chill
dren under fourteen years of age may
be employed, and 316 years is the age
limit for hazardous occupations and
~ years for mining. Both Chairman
Weiss and President II. P. Coreoran.
Of the State Federation OF Labor, arc
highly elated over the bill and its
prospects, for passing.
Numerous Committee meetings were
held last evening. Finance commits
tee decided to report adversely on
bill TO abolish boards OF equalization
and reyiewj bit approves bill permit.
ting count municipalities 10
adyestise q: West Wiz.
giria-
A .oint So .seeQutl agriculture
was appointed % consider pure seed
law and tSc Requiring inspection Of
mixed feeds imported into the state.
The committee consiss of Senator's
Miller, Kpmp and Billings and Dele.
gates Pierce, Hersman and Courts.
Mothers, Pension Bill.
The Senate committee 10 consider
ing the mothers pension bill US pre-.
pared by State Tabor Commissioner
Nightingale. a large delegation Of
women, numbering perhaps so, ap.
peared before the committee in the.
interests of this measure, and also the
bill providing q standard OF weights
and mossrress lsa pial 1
Ata,tb5tit meet,ngaolths Hoase!andt
Senate cetatnitfSts on redlStricting, a
sub,cernrttac was appointedEto work
out Il plan OF rsdistficting the state as
to congregational and Senatorlal dis.
tricts. and also Representation in the
house OF delegatcS. The committee IS
composed OF Delegates Hughes. Wolfe
and schptr. and Senators Parrish,
Goodskoonts and McGrum.
The committee on mines and min.
ing RECONSTRUCTED he bill r~edistricting
the state AZ TO mining districts, in
creasing the number of inspectors and
increasing salaries, but took no action.
This bin wasSrecommittedS to the com
mite Elm both houses.
Report aBiue Sky. Law.
After being In session until after
IL o'clock last night, the house com.
mittee on judiciary announced that
It will report favorably the bill 'revis.
ing the sBlueE Sky law as suggested
by State Auditor Darst, which pre-
vents fraud in the. sale and disposi.
tion Of stocks. bonds, notes, contracts,
OF other securities. The committee
will also report fayorably bills abolish.
ing Wood county criminal court, re.
yising mechanics lien law. ant-gamb.
ling law by Talbot, Of Webster, and
bill empowering governor to fill vacan-
cies In county courts.
The senate committee on railroads.
after considering Senator Godbey's
bill relating to public service commits
sion, adjourned until this afternoon,
without taking action.
A public hearing will be given by
the Judiciary Committee OF the house
(tp al, persons interested in the county
Salaries act.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Root Sees
Danger in Ship Bill.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-Grave
fear that the pending government
ship purchase bill would involve the
United States In serious international
controversies was expressed in the
senate by Senator Root. who also
charged the Democrats with attempt
ing to rush the bill through by brute
force and weight Of votes" and sol
EMMY warned his colleagues ngninst
the danger Of reducing the senate 10
a mere Registering instead OF q legiE.
.latiye body The purpose Of the ad'
m~inistration. the New York senator
asserted, was TO buy informed German
ships. He said: 81 am not arguing
against buying q ship; but buying an
international quarrel with every
ship
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Plan to Bring Booze
In By Aeroplane

WHEELING. Jan. 26.-Liquor is 10
be delivered into this city from Ohio,
by aeroplane. This determination
has been reached by Samuel Under.
leider OF the Accord Liquor Company
Of Dillonyale, Ohio. whose company
has been doing a land office business
since the Yost prohibition law went
into effect. The RECESSION of the Unit.
ed States Circuit Court of Appeals at
Richmond, Va, makes It illegal 70.
conslgnments Of intoxicants to be
delivered by common carrier, and in
order to get around the law Under.
leider has decided on the aeroplane
expedient.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Reject Amendment
On Shipping Bill.
tsy Associated press,;

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-Republi.
can amendments to the administra.
ton shipping bill to prohibit purchase
OF ships now belonging to European
j~beligerants were rejected today by
the senate commerce committee by
strict party vote and the bill as reyis.
ed by the Democratic caucus was re.
ported again to the senate.
One important amendment would
permit such government ships as
were American built to engage in the
coastwise trade. The ibfll originally
proposed to restrict the government
lines to foreign trade.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Cruiser Lays
Mines, Stop Trade

tbv Assoclated press)
LONDON. Jan. 26.zThe German
armored cruiser Frederick Carl and
q numerous group OF torpedo boats
were seen today of the Alland Is
land Ut the entrance to the Gulf OF
Bothnia, steering south. Later they
passed Gothland. close to the Ehorc
II is believed they have been. acfi:c
in tho laying OF mines In the Gulf pf.
Bothnia. All shipping in the gulf hal
been stopped.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26

the senate before adjournment pass
ed the house mileage and per diem
bill Tor members and attaches OF the
legislature.
Suffrage petitions were dumped In,
to the senate and the house.
The jailors' fee bill allowing jaiiors
fifty cents q day for feeding prison
ers. over which There was o hitch yes.
terday, prevailed In the house by 0
vote of 40 to 333.
Bloch, of Ohio county. offered a bill
classifying risks under the workmen's
compensation law, and Hinerman. OF
Marshall county, otered q pure food
bill.
Nearly two score of bills had been
offered when the house recessed until
two o'clock this afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
To Work On
Charleston Roads

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 25.-
From the p%enitentiary at Moundsville
FIVE ,conyicts were brought to Charles
ton by guards and taken to the road
camp at Snowfall to take the places
OF! men who have beenSdischarged, or
taken back to prison. The guard took
three prisoners from the Jail here back
to the p%enitentiary with him. They
are: Harry Jones, colored; Jesse
Bowe and Curtis Stone, each to serve
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Miners To Organic
The Guyan Valley

CHARLESTON, Jan. 26.-The ex.
ecutiye board of the Seventh district,
United Mine Workers Of America, is;
meeting here today to launch q move.
ment to organize the miners OF the:
Guyan Valley district. The operators.
have always resisted moves for the
organization of that district, and ,trou:
BILE is feared from any attempt at or.
~ganization. The miners say the oper.
ators have hired thugs to resort to
violence to keep the labor mission:
aries from speaking in the district.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26

s.ASNoS 1S1v ~ AA
LONDON. Janu a20-The. sweeping regulations for the conservation Of
the food supply of Germany including the confscaton OF the entire grain
crop is regarded in London as the most significant item Of news received
today from. the countries at war. 5f&H %34#E
Berlin announced officially that this step cuts deeper into. the economic
life oftheIG German people than any other measure adopted since the outbreak
of hosthtess and the Government defends the regulations on the ground
that in order to Offset the plans Of Germanys enemlesst to starye the empire
tisnecessary to make certain ola regular supply OF foodstun until the next
harvest. ~ so
RUSSIA STARTS ARMY%To TRANsYLvANlA.
~ In the war. area the reported Russian invasion OF Hungary by way of
IRukowinas is attracting interested attention in London "A special news dis
patch from Budapest sets forth that after a temporary check the Muscovtes
actually had penetrated Hungary where they hold the key to Josesaiya, al
important position. Russian reinforcementss are reported as constantly ar.
irving in Bukowtna, a fact which clearly indicates in the opinion of British
observers the intention of Russia to invade STransylyana in force.
Isylvania, the German army whGhswasB sent oNendbly to perpretrate against
IServias is now being directed to the defense of the carpathan passes in con.
junction with forces of Hungary .SH -
TURKISH SOLDIERS IN DANGEROUS PLIeHT.
Petrograd5 reports also that the Russian Carpathan Army lis closing in
on the Turkish Black Sea flank where the Ottoman troops are described a s
In aEdangerous plight &E&~Ha 49, #S&4&
70 Fromst the same source comes the report that the Brfdshs army In Msso-
|potamhs has met some success while advancing on Bagdad. on the Sea the
Ipresencelo of submarines nearsth h Island, Of Ruegen ,ofthe coast of Prussia in
the Baltic has caused the German mail boat TO putbacksto Trelebors. swe
Eden, when only4a few hours outon shersr regular run.
$50 ERMAn.sA sYENeLisH SHIPS SUNK.
Germans sunkst British torpedo boat destroyerssa swell as q British cruL
ser. The British admiralty continues to ignore the claims but lot has yet
issued any report giving detansso of the part. played In this action by tho
British light cruiser and destroyer squadron.
BERLIN via London, Jan. 2s.-Asdspatc received today from craccr.
Galch, says that AusroGernanforces have occupied kKiace.
~ Kiecey is the capitol of the Russian province of that name and lies In
Southern Poland about50s miles north of the border Of the Austrian province
eastern campaign KieIce has been a Russian base and Is of considerable
strategic value because Of thefactt that lis the most important railroad juno.
ton east Of cracowss It's capturesf effected follows the initiation movement
BY the tGermanla and Austrian army. all along theeasafnbat front
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Carranza Governor
Executed by Villa
(By Associated Pressl

ON BOARD the o. SIS. San Diego,
Guayamas, Mexico, Jan. 25.-tBy wire.
less to San Diego, Cal, Jan. 2s9-
General Juan Dozal. the Carranza
governor Of Topic. who attempted 10
escape to the United States was exc.
cuted at MaZatlan. today. Villas
troops now occupy the mining town
OF Panuco, in Sinalca. It is reported
that the authorities at Mazatlan are
Communicating all the horses In that
region.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Company To Make
Socks for French
INV AsgnoInteA praog1

SHARON, Pa, Jan. 2s.-Negotia.
tons were closed here today by which.
local company will make 100000
pairs Of wooden socks for the French
army. In order to complete the order
In the time specified the company has
leased a. knitting mill at Cory, Pa,
and another ut Niagara Falls! The
samefcompany recently took an order
for 10000 pairs Of soldiers shoes!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Victim Of
Boiler Explosion
nj Aseocfated Presal

ON BOARD THE u. s. s. SAN
DIEGO. Guymas, Mexico, jan rs, BY
to San Diego Cal Jan. 26.-
William HI Miller, q fireman OF Downs,
Kansas, diedEtoday fromfinjuries SUI.
fered when the San Diego boiler screw
blew out Thursday. Mller'sI death was
the seventh from the explosion, six
were injured.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
~oIpTpWEIllNe euhNs.

Fire last night destroyed an old
building which was ~unoccupied near
the old fair grounds. The department
not called out, as It was thought
best to let Il burn. 1t Is thought that
tramps had been camping there, and
this Is the probable cause Of the fire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
The Weather

West Virginia: Partly cloudy TO.
night; colder in east; Wednesday In.
creasing c%loudiness, warmer, probably
snow.
Western Pennsylvania: Increasing
cioudiness with snow late tonight and
Wednesday warmer In north warmer
wednesday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
No Action Taken0n
Public Service Bill

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 2s!-
Although 1t was the intention Of the
senate committee on railroads to re-
port fayorably on the public service
bill, under protest from
several members Of the Committee. no
action will. be taken before tonight.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
on
Panama Canal
INHABITANTS BADLY BRIGHTEN.
ED, BUT NO DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED.
(Ry AssoeInted pressl.

| Nby AssVcInted PfcSsl
PANAMA, Jan. 26.-=Three short
sharp earthquakes have shaken the
Isthmus of Panama in the last three
days, the third occurring today. None
of the shocks did any damage though
the Inhabitants were badly frightened.
Reports from points along the canal
show the shock caused no Ill effects. :
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
SteamersC Collide
Both Go To Bottom
tpy Associated pressI

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-lThe steam!
ship Washingtonian. carrying no pos.
sengers, and the big cruiser Elizabeth
Palmer we're In collision today on the
coast Of Delaware near Cape Henlo.
pen. Wireless messages said that
the Washingtonfan was sunk and the
schooner sinking. The crews Of both
vessels. with the exception Of one
man, were saved.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-26
Governors
Wife Dies At Home
DIV AssocInted PressI

(By Associated Press)&
CHARLESTON Jan. 26llMrs. Net.
tie Wilson, widow OF q. w. Wilson,
former Governor OF West Virginia,
died at her home here today.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30
THE ESSENCE OF NEUTRALITY.

Summed up in one short paragraph. plthy as Is
characteristic OF the speaker, true neutrality was
defined by President Wilson the other day in an
address to the Associated Press in these words:
THE basis of neutrality is not Indifference; it
is not lfnterest. The basis of neutrality is
sympathy for mankind. 1t is fairness it is good
will at bottom it is impartality of spirit and
Judgment
Just previously he had said: "Let us think of
America before think Of Europe in order that
America may be fit to be Europes friend when
the day of tested friendship comes. The test of
friendship is not sympathy with the one side
the other, but getting ready to help both sides
when the struggle is over
II wish that all our feow-ctizens could realize
that, the president added, to which sentiment all
thoughtful persons will agree. These are troublous
DAYS indeed in international affairs, days
which demand the fullest expression OF sincere
neutrality that any individual, group of individ-
uals or nation give. For if, when the proper
time comes, the president is to be armed to take
full advantage of the opportunity likely to be
presented to him of serving the interests of
humanity, it can only be because the attitude of
this nation whose chief magistrate he is, has pre-
viously been worthy of the occasion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
STATEMENTS THAT RING TRUE.

Certain statements as to improved business
prospects. emanatng from the executive depart
uents of two great railway corporations in the
United States, the Lehigh Valley and the Pennsyl-
xania, have no artificial sound In letter adj
dressed to the president of the United States by
the first named company, repudiating certain re-
marks in criticism of the national administration
recently attributed to him, that railroad official
says the confidence of his road in the soundness
Of existing conditions is strong that it will inn
nediately proceed to eXpend S1,O0O,O00 on better
Eents. In this case it is not the amount involved
Int rather the evidence of changing attitude on
the part of one of the principal anthracite trans
Dortation lines, that carries weight Influenced
BY like impulse, the expenditure Of 800 instead
Of 81 100000 would be important.
instead of 81 100000 the Pennsylvania company
proposes to expend $2O,OOO,OO0, and in this in
stance the character of the intended outlay is
especially worthy of attention since it is antici
patory of an industrial awakening. We are told
that the equipment program includes IA
locomotives, about 10000 freight ears and 146 all
steel passenger 1t is unnecessary to say that
the Pennsylvania directors would not go SO deeply
into hauling facilities unless they were look,
Of business.
The president of the Lehigh Valley railroad
tells the president of the nation that the proposed
expenditure by the aforementioned company is felt
70 be justified by improved business conditions
and that certain additional expenditures are con
templated as conditions continue to improve That
= to say it is not with the idea of relieving unem
ployment with the view of inspiring other in
austrial concerns with the desire of emulation or
Tor any sentimental reason, but only because bust
ness warrants it, that appropriation is made
fcr increased equipment.
There is easily detected hollowness and shallow
ness and emptiness to forced and artificial pros
Perity When trade conditions are really i'm.
PROVING, although the improvement may be slow
the signs are unmistakable. Those becoming dis,
ecrnible at present, we believe, should be inter
Ireted to mean that the period of business depres
non is drawing rapidly to an end.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Washington Standard for
May 2, 1890. Vol. XXXI. No.

From The Washington Standard for
May 2, 1890. Vol. XXXI. No.
%.
Senator Allen introduced in the U.
Is. senate Friday a bill authorizing
the secretary of war to cause to be
made survey of Olympia harbor
from deep water in Budd's inlet to
the Fourth street bridge and sepa-
rately from said bridge to the mouth
of the Des Chutes river at Tumwater
and directing the engineer to make
an estimate of the cost of improving
the harbor for navigation.
Manager McNeill of the Port
Townsend Southern says that as the
people of Olympia have given all
that is asked by his company, it pro-
poses carrying out all it's promises
and that trains will be running from
Port Townsend to Portland via Olym-
pia by October LIST.
A few days ago we were shown
button of native tin, the product of
ore found within three hours ride Of
Olympia, on tide water. 1t was pro-
nounced by Prof. Willis E. Everette,
the well-known mining expert of Ia
coma, to be better than the ore of the
celebrated Cornish mines of Great
Britain. The sample was from out
croppings on Doc Simmons farm at
Kamilche and the matter has been
taken up with our Board of Trade
with the view of taking the neces-
sary steps for a thorough examina-
ton Of the land.
New additions to Olympia are
being put on the market daily.
1t has been suggested that our
farmers should hold a meeting soon
and make preparations for fair.
| Ed Stevens refused a bona-fide
offer of $4,000 last Monday for his
lot and the wooden buildings there
on, corner Of Fifth and Main streets.
A year ago the property could have
been bought for $1,000.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN LIE.

So long as the truth is told of a political cam
paign or particular administration, no one, pc.
htical friend or political enemy, can properly
enter protest. Honest difference of opinion is
good for nations SOUL so long as that difference
= based upon truth and fact and is not the result
Of misrepresentation, wilful or otherwise. But he
who, through direct untruths, misstatement of
facts, insinuations, innuendoes and deliberate
eoloring of Incidents seeks to develop difference
ef opinion not warranted by the truth, is one of
the greatest enemies of nation no matter what
his politics.
Of such character is the editor of the Pasco
Express, who wrote this:
Have you noticed that the postofices of the
country have ceased to give out postal receipts as
they used to do? Postmasters have been forbid
den by order of Mr. Burleson to make public such
facts as to their business, the authority being re-
served for the department in Washington. And
you write to headquarters for the information
you will get it up to the first of last July-and
now no later. What does this mean9
Presumably that the postal receipts have so
lDng been regarded as a barometer of business
that the administration is unwilling to present to
Che world evidence of decline which is more than
psychological. The curious thing is that party
committed to publicity should have been the first
70 seal the lips of officers to the one business
most clearly within the public view most free
from the risks of competitive rivalry, and most
Sften emphasized example of the capacity
Of the public to carry great commercial en-
terprise.'
The entire editorial is absolutely untrue from
tle ground up, as any postmaster will tell you.
Tie local office, for example has gladly given the
newspapers monthly, quarterly and yearly state
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30

We're to have real work on the roads in
this county on Good Roads day-not the usual
buncombe and 'hurrah stuff but pre-deter-
mined and practical application of what the day
really stands for, in which the members of the
Chamber of Commerce are to be joined by Cover
nor Lister and Senator Jones Such a celebration
of the day will count for something--and there
are roads around here that certainly stand it.