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SLAUGHTER WINS
IN DALLAS COURT

Pueblo. Colo. Dec. i3.-w. q
Slaughter, former president OF the de.
ifunct Mercantile National bank OF Pu.
eblo, Saturday won in his fight in
the federal District court OF Dallas.
Texas, his home city, to prevent his
extraditior to Colorado to put up ad-
d't'on"I bond in the United States
court here.
After the indictments were return
ed against Slaughter by the federal
grand jury. which sat In Pueblo. in
October, warrants for his re-arrest
were issued by the federal district at
torney In Denver.
Slaughter was placed In custody Id
Dallas and Immediately began to con-
test the application TO be returned 10
Pueblo or Denver merely 70 give ad.
ditiopal bond.
The Dallas federal nisirict court
Saturday held that, owing to the fact
that Slaughter had provided bond In
the same case already In tie state
and federal courts % Colorado, 1t
would not be necessary at this time
70. order his extraditlon on those
grounds.
United States District Attorney w.
f. Allen OF the northern Texas dis
trict entered motion to that effect,
rather than join with District Attorney
Tedrow of Denver in an effort to have
the aged banker returned TO Colorado
at this time.
elaughter's trial on charges OF mis-
handling of the banks funds IL set
for early in the new year. probably
the first or second week Of Januerss, /,
in the Pueblo District court.
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orders of which he was member. but
no Significance attaches to this re-
garding any premeditation. of self
destruction, as they were all paid at
his Office when the treasurers had
called. This was his usual custom.
Several letters he had written were
found but tho contents were all of
strictly business nature. The letter
read prior to the deed had nothing to
do with the case. having been fam
lily letter"
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REV. SEWER
ACCEPTS CALL
TO CALIFORNIA

At a meeting of the members OF the
session of the First Presbyterian
church on Wednesday night of this
week Rev. Geo. F. Sewer announced
the resignation of his pastorate here
to take charge of congregation of his
denomination at Fresno, alifornia. The
announcement of his resignation was
not wholly unexpected andthe session
regretfully voted to accept it as it did
not desire to hamper or interfere in
any way with his call TO the Pacific
coast where he would have a larger
church end wider field of usefulness.
It is understood that Rev. Sewer will
close his ministry here the third Sun;
day in January after which he will
leave for California to enter upon his
work there.
Rev. Sewer had call to the church
at Fresno nearly year ago, but was
reluctant to accept it owing to the
pleasantness of his relations with the
congregation here. Rev. Sewer came
to Canon City about six and a half
years ago and has been the pastor
OF the congregation of the First
Presbyterian church ever since. He
is the dean of the Canon City Minis.
terial association, as well as its prec
ident. 1t was wholly because of dis.
inclination to place any impediments
in the way of his advancement that
Il. session Wednesday night decided
10 accept his resignation.
Fresno is a growing city of forty or
fifty thousand inhabitants and the
church to which Rev. Sewer has
been called there is an important fac
tor in the religious life of the commu.
nifty. A member of the session here
stated this morning that if the matter
OF Rev. Sewers going away was left
to a referendum of the congregation
fully ninety per cent of its mem
bers would vote for his retention by
the Canon City church.
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FUNERAL OF MRS. PETIT
HELD MONDAY MORNING

The funeral of the late Mrs. Eliza
Johnson Petit took place from the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Newell
Colby, 1858 Park avenue. Lincoln Park,
at 10 O'Clock this morning and was
conducted by Rev. Chas. L. Dean, pas
tor of the First Christian church. Mrs.
Petit died at O'Clock Saturday morn
ing from heart failure resulting from
an attack of the grip after brief ILL
ness in the eighty-third year of her
age. Burial was at Lakeside ceme-
terry.
Mrs. Petit was born at jamestown,
New York, January Is, 1892. and was
a member of family OF ten children.
seven sons and three daughters. all
of whom are dead, except one brother.
who resides in Minnesota. Deceased
was married at jamestown, to Henry
H. Petit in 1852, who died in 1884.
From this union seven children, FIVE
girls and two boys, were born. One
daughter and one son are dead.
Mr. and Mrs. Petit removed from
the state of New York to Nebraska in
1854 and were among the pioneers in
that rart of the country. The oldest
member of their family was the first
white child born in that section of
Nebraska. A brother of Mr.. Petit and
one of his uncles were Christian min:
listers in the early days of the settle
ment of Nebraska and preached in the
homes of the pioneers before any
places of worship were erected in that
section of the country.
Mrs. Petit was member of the
Christian church and was a woman Of
deep religious convictions. She was
loved and esteemed by all who knew
he.
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ray.up week.

Our credit is national in It's scope.
The manufacturer extends credit to
the johber. the jobbcr carries tho re-
tail merchant. the merchant in turn
extends credit to his cnsiomerr. and.
therefore, every business interest
should be interested in a National Pay
Up Week. II local people IN towns
would make It point to pay the doc
TOR. tho preacher. the grocer and ail
other merchants. and the merchant
made ii point to pay the wholesaler
and the tobber. and the wholesaler to
pay the manufacturer during this
week, February 2l-2s. there would te
more dollars put in circulation in this
ing during the same length Of time.
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SPECIAL HOLIDAY YATES ON THE
DENVER q RIO oRANpG

Special rates wili be granted By the
Denver & Rio orande Railroad com
pany TO all points on its line II Colo
rado for the Christmas holidays. Ths
rate will be one and one-nfth tho regs.
lar fare for the round trip to ans
from all POINTS in the state. Tickets
will be on sale December is. %. "a.
s. 81. and January first Tichv.s win
lie good for the return trip TIL Janu
arr third.
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rather. a week OF reckoning. The idea
appealed to the business men OF waa-
kon. more particularly 10 the mer-
chants who had considerable money
in outstanding accounts So the week
Of January s-l5 was advertised as
Pay-Up Week. and during that time in
this little city. over $4,000 in old &C
counts was wiped on the books OF the
local business houses.
Everybody seemed TO Join in the
spirit, and consequently all found Il
is needless TO say that prosperity
reigned in that town. for It means
something to town of 1000 popula-
ton to lift debt Of $50. 900 In one
weeks time. and especially when part
of the debt is 30 old that IL has been
considered unooliectihle.
The results Of Pay-up Week at
W'aukon were 40 good that tho Msf,
chants Trade Journal national Maya
zine read by retail merchants In every
town OF any consequence in the entire
country. told its readers Of tho sue.
cess OF the waukon people in pay.
ing their debts and urged business
men In other towns to give greater at
tention to their collections. and soon
Other towns began trying tho plan
all with splendid results. And now
the entire country seems ready for
this extraordinary event OF National
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.ENOS MILLS DESCRIBES
DISCOVERIES IN THE
MESA VERDE PARK

Estes Park, Colo, Dec. 10.-"The
exploring excavations in the Mesa
Verde National Park which the De-
partment of the Interior is conducting
under the direction of DR.. Jesse w.
Frewkes, of the Smithsonian Institute,
are successful to a degree scarcely
anticipated when the work was begun"
Thus said Enos Mills, author and
naturalist, when interviewed at his
home under the shadow of Longs
Peak. He has recently returned from
an examination Of the work SO far ac-
complished by the busy scientists.
. The new excavation" continued
Mr.. Mills, "is across the canyon from
the famous Cliff Palace This palace,
as the remarkable prehistoric city is
foolishly called, stands beneath the
rim OF the east side OF the canyon,
while the astonishing structure first
unearthed stands upon the rim of the
west side.
OF Cut and Polished Stone
For many years visitors to the
Mesa Verde National Park have no
ticed a huge mound growing upon it.
II has aroused a great deal OF curl.
osity, and many have been the specula.
tions concerning its meaning, especial.
Iy when stones were discovered emerg.
ing from it that evidently had been
cut by tools in the hands of man. 1t
IL this mound which the Department
of the Interior determined to explore
and under which DR.. Fewkes has just
found the most remarkable prehistoric
structure north OF the Aztec architec.
ture in Mexico.
This splendid structure is of cut
and polished stone. The building has
the form of capital d. The straight
elevation is 1913 feet long and the
curved part 245 feet The outer walls
are double, and between them are a
series of narrow rooms. AS the outer
walls are unbroken, the entrance to
this building must have teen either
snhterranean or by the means OF lad
ders through the top.
Lr. rewkes Theory
Dr. Fewkes believes the ruin was
an rEncompleted fortress abandoned
when the cliff dwellers disappeared
from the Rocky Mountain Region. lie
does not think the cliff dweIlers were
exterminated. however, but believes
that about the time they abandoned
their unfurnished fortress they had be-
come strong enough to leave their
mountain refugees and mingle with the
tribes OF the lowlands. After that,
perhaps, they became amalgamated
with tho various Indian races and lost
their separate identity.
""At Moh Springs a short distance
from these ruins. there are number
Of other tree-grown mounds very simI-
lar IN appearance TO the one Just ex-
csyAted. Here and there cut stones
ars ezposed in these. II IL possible
that thers = . buried city beneath
these moun1s. Dr. Fswhes kepes neat
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WENT no aALlnA.

Mis- Fem Palmer . trainsl nurse
went 70 cAlida Sunday 70 tnlEa ere
= esvessi epsss tAsss.
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year to md whether or not there is a
buried and prehistoric city concealed
beneath"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15

INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSIONS Away serve to make the
poor poorer and the rich richer Unlike the rain, hard
times does not fall alike upon the just and the unjust
From him who hath not is taken away, and to hm VINO
hath is given.
The worker who depends upon his wages and who,
when work is plentiful and wages proportionatey good
is still unable to than merely ve is forced by hard
times to still lower level from enforced idleness
reduced wage.
The worker who has been more fortunate or more
self denying than Others and who has saved bit OF nest
egg sees that wiped out.
And worse still is the lot Of the worker who embod
ened by some good luck streak OF steady work or small
expense has invested his savings and assumed the burden
Of installmen debit win home to live in. Unable to
meet the payments, this home is lost
The small business man, living in ordinary comfort,
perhaps from the profits of his Sales cash business
turn to book accounts Of vanish altogether and unable to
pay his bills loses his stock and store.
The small contractor, whose tiny capital is in the
overdue bills against his hard pressed patrons sinks back
again into the wage class.
All Of those who had little have less But the men
who had much have They seized upon the helpless
ness Of the underdog to push him still further down. They
squeezed lower still the already too low wages of the
worker pressed by want into submission They took the
home for uncompeted payments and profted by all the
pavments that had been made They took the merchant
stock and got customers They got the business OF the
small contractor and added it to their own.
They kicked the crutches out from under the cripple
and made of them fuel for their fire.
In normal times there is a steady progression toward
contradiction toward the amassng OF great wealth IN the
hands of few Steadily the independence OF most OF
the people is decreasing, their dependence increasing
Pancs and industrial depressons accelerate this process
ssnl fares the land, to fastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumuates and men decay"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
HoLsRooK RLiNN AND ~.e.
ALICE BRADY IN 1.-THE BOSS
Showing at, the Southern Theatre
Monday zMiatk July 4otI.,-
special Orchestra Music.

The FIVE part VIM. A. Brady photo
play, "The Boss" is based upon the
successful play Of the same name.
Michael Regan, of Irish descent, is
a born fighter. This fighting instinct
helps Regan to success. He becomes
bartender, then saloon proprietor, then
political Boss. Two of his best friends
are Sullivan and Mccoy. They have
been boys together. Sullivan becomes
a priest and Parky Mccoy becomes
Regan's.right hand man.
Regan becomes prominent in politics
he also buys up mortgages. His
power increases as his field Of labor
widens. He. gains the monopoly Of
the grain-shipping contracts which be-
fore his advent had been under tn
control Of Griswold & Son, an oil
established firm, Old John Griswold
and HIS son are on the brink Of ruin.
Regan's is, q .tWq,sided nature. The
man of iron, hard, merciless and a
CRATER, and the man who feeds the
starving, would give his life for his
friend and delight in the smile of a
child. While visiting and helping the
poor. he meetafand loves Emily Girls
void. In his hard, fighting life, he has
seen little of women and Emily be-
comes his ideal.
When the situation Of the Griswolds
becomes desperate. they ask Regan to
visit them. He Comes and offers them
relief through an amalgamation of in.
terests. When, questioned as to his
reason for this leniency, when he has
everything in his power, he tells them
he wishes to try and win Emily for
his wife. although she does not love
him. ,s
The Boss is accused f-amurder he
did not commit. When jail faces him
his wife finds she really does love him
and shoulder to shoulder they fight
their way to success.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
Street Railway Men
Hold Double Meeting

-Ae Street Railway men meet
Thursday at the Assembly hall, the
late straight men meeting in the
morning and the early straight men
meeting in the evening. The meet
ings should be somewhat interesting
as the coming convention will cause
them to groom their particular candi-
dates for the election of delegate.
The race will be an interesting one,
as they have many members that
could serve the local well while at
tending the convention The report of
the picnic committee will be made at
this meeting and while they are dis
appointed on that day due to the rain
they can show that some money was
made due through the many tickets
sold in advance.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
Craft And BrokaW
New Contracting Firm

Craft & Brokaw are new contract
ing firm of painters to enter the field
Of building operations and are located
at 1923 Main street. ready to serve
their many friends. Mr.. Craft has for
many years been the foreman of the
Kurner company and his treatment OF
the men in his charge has earned for
him many friends among the painters
of the Valley. Mr.. Brokaw has work
ed for D. C. Kurner many years and
has been a member of No. 81 for a
number of years. Having a contract
with the local of painters and with
their many friends to depend upon
their success is almost assured.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
news .0 J
1llIn IS
!. aTAE NEW GOVERNOR"
Featuring NiIliam Farnum Will be
Shown at the Rex Theatre Fri
day and Saturday.

Philip Morrow, master OF Morrow
Rest, an old fashioned southern plant
alton. with its, colonial mansion. sur
rounded by magnolias and covered
with reseh, has been brought up and
grown to manhood in the. belief that
the blood in his veins is the true Nor
orwl strain, the most aristocratic OF
the south. Toward the negroes on his
plantation he is kind with the patron
izing air. Of man who knows that he
holds their destines in his hands. AT
the beginning Of the drama, as pictur-
lied for William Fox starring WIZ
liam Farnum, the eminent 500, 100
drama star under the direction
Edgar Lewis. Morrow is sheriff of his
county, popular, and engaged to the
,lh of the state. Georgiana Byrd
The godsshaye been good to him and
his cup Of happiness is filled to over
flowing. He has no suspicion that il
is soon to be dashed ruthlessly from
his hand. ;
Morrow tries to save, for. the law, a
negro Joe White. the offspring of Phil
lips old nanny jimmy, whom moi
wants to lynch for ''the usual crome'
as one of the characters calls it. But
he is powerless and White pays the
penalty. >, Moyrew is elected governor
on the liquor ticket" Soon after ht
assumes office race riots occur. He
decides to sign a prohibition bill in
troduced by Senator Long, his politi
cal opponent. >
Morrow is firm and then the trap is
sprung. Noyes had in his possession
facts that show that Morrow's grand
father had "yaller girl" After his
wife's death, Morrow's grandfather
sold the "yaller girl down the river
to Orleans. Rgt her child he kept;
substituting. it for his own dead infant
whose birth caused his wife death
He did this to keep the property from
going to another, branch Of the family
Noyes uses his knowledge as club tc
keep Morrow from signing the prohibi
ton bill: ~
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
ELM. GROVE

Carpenters Local No. 1877, of Elm
Grove appears to be composed Of
members that are always ready to &C
cept any proposition that will place
their local in the front ranks of the
locals of the valley. At the present
time they area sgitating movement
to increase their monthly dues to
800. and the indications, are that
the movement WIN be accepted by the
members. IS tie additional money viii
be used to advanee the interests Of.
the local when the oAcasion requires
the expenditlie OF ittle aloney.
They elected 'dlheefA at the hst meet
ing as loIlows: President. j. NJ. But
Ter; vice president, william snkheiI:
recording secrel ~. =. n. .Iiart n
nancial seetefasy, D. sNickersons q
trsssuras. 4. ]. ccbeFiy; Wspdsn. q
Nsuiagi sell1eilEI ]. 'ss'l ne
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
Ned Sims Off
To California

Ned Simms, the delegate to the con-
vention Of the Typographical Union
to be held at Los Angeles, California,
left here Monday evening of this week
and will enjoy quite a trip as he in
tends to travel for almost one month
previous to the converting of the con-
vention, visiting the many interesting
points throughout the west and the
northwest. Ned has brought to his
local an honor that is seldom given to
small local like No. 70; he has re-
ceived an appointment on the COM
mittee on laws, and this committee
will convene one week previous to the
convention and pass on the many reso-
buttons that come to this committee,
and the recommendations of this COM
mittee as rule are accepted and. as
many Of the resolutions have consid-
cradle bearing on the future policy of
he organization the selection Of Ned
simms vas wise one.
= - =
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
Tobacco Workers Complete
Arrangements For Picnic

The Tobacco Workers at their regp
lar meeting Tuesday evening complet
ed the arrangements for the picnic tt
be held at Meyers Lake, July 29th
The members, due to the fact that the
evening was so hot, failed to reporj
but as the members of the picnic com
mittee were present they completed
all arrangements. The indications are
that they will take with them large
crowd from town as they enjoy them
selves and put forth every effort to
make those who are going with them
,nioy themselves.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
ST. CLA|RSV|LLE TO
HAVE CARPENTERS UNION

The trouble at the St. Clairsville
school house has resulted in some
good to the carpenters of this district
as the men employed at that craft in
that city are intending to organize
and have a local of their own. The
little flare up was the cause of it and
as the men employed there came to
Bridgeport and joined the local there
it took them a short time to learn the
value of an organization. st. Glars
vile being in the district it is expect
ed that they will be governed by the
District Council of Carpenters.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
MARTINS FERRY

The Corrugating pant of this place
Is working in some departments. The
tub and bucket department is still idle
while the pipe and the heavy sheet de-
partments are working some.
The La Belle mall worked four days
last week and win work full this week.
The Foundry at this place is work
ing every day. two turns each day.
The Riverside Bridge Works kere
idle last week; win work AL Of this
week: hiring men every day.
The Beans foundry working in full
the last three weeks. but are a little
slow at the present time.
The McDermoEt Tool Works, forging
slow but the mEchinists are working
good. rs ~
SpenceBaggs Foundry stin idle.
Martins Fsrsy peg WegkD xry,anee
llttla sloW.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-07-15
P0||aCk Monument
Favorable Comment

The monument to be erected by the
Assembly has created a great deal of
favorable comment, as the cut show
ing that the committee had used con-
siderable care when making their Sc
lection proves that the ideas of labor
should not be overlooked in the con-
-struction of the monument.
Almost all the fundamentals of La
Dor are represented in the monument.
and when erected will at all times
convey to the public the ideals of or
ganized Labor.