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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
State May End
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Pennington to see what occurred
there?"
YES"
did you see the crowd approach
the officers? ?"
yes"
Was Louis Urich in the lead?"
mo, there were Is or 90 others
ahead of him."
What kind of a nut was it you say
you saw on the club which Urich car
ried?"
at was an iron nut. 1 think it was
a railroad nut. 1t a oyere with
dust. The stick was also covered with
dust"
Did you see Louis Urich strike?"
81 saw him raise his club, but /
didn't see the lick. There was too
much of a crowd for me to see every
thing"
Robert Kendall, the first witness
called today, testified that he was en-
ployed by the Jamison company as a
"watchman" during the strike. He
he had seen from a distance of from
so to rs feet. His testimony coroborat-
ed that given by several strikers who
testified for the state yesterday.
A feature of b trial yesterday af.
ternoon was the presence of Is or
20 pretty Normal school girls who are
studying civics and who visited the
courtroom to get an insight into the
method of conducting a murder trial,
and to learn what they could from
the evidence of the struggle between
labor and capital.
A smile went around the courtroom
yesterday afternoon shortly before
court adjourned when Stephen She.
pax, a witness for the state, declared
that Matteo B~ranganti, the bugler, had
shouted to the strikers to "go after"
Constable Riggs because he was the
man that had made West Virginia
dry"
tShepak was the only one of the half
| dozen or more of state witnesses who
had been examined at the close of
court yesterday, who even intimated
that the liquor laws passed by the
state legislature had anything to do
with causing. the strike. n his testi-
mony did not seem to be Ike Sc
riously by the jury.
Both Shepak and Joseph Spear, who
preceded him on the stand yesterday
afternoon, are indicted jointly with
Urich, the defendant for murder in the
first degree. In turning states evil
dence they have helped the prosecu-
ton materially in building up a case
against Urich and when court closed
last night the prosecuting attorneys
had built up a strong case against
Urich.
Harry Kellar, an American miner at
No. 8 mine. testified at the trial today
that he had seen the horse drawing
the buggy into which Riggs had
climbed after the fight, trot along the
cinder road until it reached, a point
near the red school house, where it
came to a standstill and Riggs slid out
without sustaining additional injury.
Henry Reese. a boy aged IL years.
corroborated' the testimony which Har-
ry Lupold, the Jamison Company pay
roll clerk, gave on he first day of
the trial, to the effect that Riggs had
washed the blood from his face at a
spring near the school house and had
walked to the Robey home nearby.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
Governor Confers
With State Senators
tBy Associated Press.)

Hatfield today conferred with Sena.
tors r. A. Blessing. r. L. Gregory, NJ.
". Boodbey. Wells Goodykoontz and
R. Dennis Steed concerning the finan-
cial conditions of the state. No report
was given out. 1t was reported that
the governor desired ~ opinions of
the senators who were friendly to him
during the last session and special
session of the legislature about the adj
visibility of presenting to the legisla-
ture in another special session a pro-
gram that would prodce enough rev.
enue to pay running expenses of the
state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
EXPECT GARRISON
TO QUIT CABINET
Thought That the Break
With the President Is
Near At Hand.

WASHINGTON. April 14.-Those
p are really conversant with the
Inner life of President Wilson's Off
cta1 family are convinced that the first
break In his cabinet will come with
he resignation Of Lindley NJ. Garri-
SON., secretary of war, and that his re.
hrernent is close at hand. Mr.. Garri.
son, who bids fair to go down in his.
tory as by far the ablest member Of
the Wilson administration, although
too loyal to utter a word of criticism,
~ known by his intimates to have diff
Tered radically with many of the i'm
poTtant policies of the administration,
but time and again to have been put
voted at the cabinet table Messrs.
Bryan, Daniels ct al.
r Is an open secret that had Mr..
Garrison had his way no American rife
and no American cartridge would aver
have found its way into Mexico be-
cause of his fear that ultimately they
would be turned against American SOL
dfers and sailors. On numerous occa.
p his views on foreign policies have
been rejected and he has now reached
q point where he never expresses his
opinion on any subject not connected
With his department unless his views
are invited
man of sincerity. courage and
judicial Temperament, he has labored
with arsingle aim, the efficiency OF the
army, bravely urging greater prepar-
edness for var in his last annual re-
port in the lace OF the Presidents
views that the Citizen soldiery' would
Afford abundant protection in the
event of war. Having affronted those
members OF congress who have
sought to substitute political influence
for fitness and merit in the prefer
ment of arny officers. and lackinr tho
support of his chief, Secretary CARR.
son failed to obtain from congress
practically everything he asked, and
he is known to be looking with long
ing eyes toward the judiciary. where
he viii be free to interpret the law.
far from the haunts and reprisals of
importunate politicians.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14

William Michaels, local agent for
the Overland cars, received a ship.
ment of three new car yesterday.
E. E Pope. of Petersburg, was a
business visitor here yesterday
R. c. Dancer, of Wheeling, was a
visitor here yesterday.
Mrs. w. v. Smith, OF Cameron, IS
the guest of friends here.
Max Jaffe and Dave Kaplan are Wis.
itors in Fairmont today.
Roy A. Alder returned yesterday at.
ter a visit at his home in Ohio.
Miss Pearl Morgan returned to
sch oolat Morgantown yesterday after
a few days visit at home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
italian Arrested
On Charge of Fraud

John Turk, a we'll to do Italian OF
Fairmont, was arrested today as the
result OF an indictment returned at the
last session of the grand jury accusing
him of taking SIS from William Car
men. The accusation grew out of a
transaction involving $500 or $500, it
being claimed that Turk was over
paid. Bond is being arranged for.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
Arrivals at the Bartlett Hotel.

B. H. Post. Clarksburg; Frank c.
Dudley, Fairmont: A. J. Leonard.
Grand Rapids: A. B. Waddel, Trenton;
o. C. Insee, Pittsburgh; B. H. Lucas.
Shinnston; c. C. Showalter, Parkers.
burg; Geo S. Cochrane. Wheeling; o.
A. Conway, Wheeling; p. II. Read,
New Philadelphia; E. X. Swager.
Pittsburgh; c., c. LaClare. Pittsburgh;
]. R. Doak, Parkersburg; James D.
Cardillo, C~larksburg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
Women A~sphyxiated
From Unknown Cause

HARRISBURG, w. Va, April a.
Miss Ella Noll. sister of former Pros
ecuting Attorney Allen B. Noll. of
this city, and her companion, Mrs. Lin.
da Baker. are in a local hospital in
an unconscious condition as the re,
suit of beng asphyxiated in their
sleeping apartments at their home
here. The ladies were found insens;-
BILE by a caller n rushed immediate
~ to the hospital, where all efforts
of three physicians to resuscitate
them have thus far failed. 1t is stat
cd that illuminating gas found its
a into their home from a broken
main in the street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
Wilson Gives Hodges
Recess Appointment
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. April 14.-Presi-
dent Wilson today gave a recess ap-
pointment to Postmaster Thomas e..
Hodges at. Morgantown. w a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Howard, of Smith
field, Pa, T the guests of their son,
DR.. l.. d. Howard, and wife on Ma.
pie avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
NEWS
Pythian Social.

The nights of Pythias and the Py'
THAN Sisters held a social in thei-
lodge room last night. The event
was enjoyed by a large crowd.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14

L. NJ. Davis went to Morgantown
this afternoon on business.
John W. Murphy. a student at the
Ohio College of Dental Surgery of Gin
cinnati, is at home to spend the week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14
Spain ~Suspends Duty
On American Coal
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON. April 14.-Spain
has suspended until further notice the
import duty and transportation tax on
coal. which is case OF American coal
amounts to $1.O6 a ton, according to
a cablegram from Ambassador Willard
received today.
Mr.. Willard reported tina the Direc.
tor General of the Spanish Customs
Department had requested quotations
for coal shipped from the United
States to Spain.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-04-14

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Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
TREES FOR HOME GROUNDS
Small Varieties Add Greatly TO the
Appearance Of the House, and
Also to lts Value.

In planting ornamental trees about
the home, we naturally consider their
utility in providing shade. There are,
however, a number of beautiful trees,
small in size, that occupy an interme-
diate place between shrubs and shade
trees. Their beauty gives them a
place of honor, but they should not be
placed where their growth will inter
fere with other plants as they grow
larger.
The white fringe, or fringe tree, Chi
onanthus Virginica, is native of the
United States, forming a large shrub,
rather than a small tree, as it is round
ed and bushy. 1t has large glossy
leaves three to five inches long, dark
green, that are handsome through the
season. In May or June it bears an
abundance of white flowers, in droop-
ing racemes. The blossoms have mar
row, fringe-like petals, and are very
graceful. One specimen under obser-
vation, now about eighteen years
planted, is probably twelve feet high,
symmetrical vase shape; it flowers
abundantly. A young specimen, suit
able for planting, costs about seventy
Eve cents.-Rural New Yorker.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
OTHER REASON A GOOD ONE
Owner of Fowls Justified in Assertion
That He Would Get No Eggs
From Frightened Chicks.

Young Adolphus de Milyuns was out
driving his own car. He was scorch-
er and believed in going straight
ahead. 1t was in the heart of York
shire.
Suddenly a terrific clucking under
the wheels told him some accident
had happened. He pulled up and
glanced back. Two fowls lay dead in
his track, while another two were fee
ing, screeching, back to home and
safety.
"Thatll be IA shillings, please" re-
marked burly man in corduroys, who
appeared on the scene promptly;
that's three-and-six apiece for the
four"
"Four!" gasped Adolphus. But l
only killed two"
That's right" agreed the fowls
owner, but them other two will never
lay a blessed egg after this"
Pm sorry" said the motorist, as he
handed over the money, Due to the
fright, suppose"
The countryman shook his head as
he slammed the silver into his pocket.
Partly fright" he agreed slowly,
but mainly. reckon, it's because they
amt hens !"-Rehoboth Sunday Her
aid.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22

ration in their owner. He looks at his
poultry flock as a unit and does not
worry in the least about them as in.
dividuals. We are going through a
rather rapid change, however. and
farm poultry is going to get better care.
The way this is coming about will
mean a much greater production with
in the next few years. In the past
grain was cheap and a few bushels
more or less made little difference.
But with grain high in price we are
going to pay more and more attention
to the returns from every bushel.
The best way to get most farmers
interested In poultry is to get them
to settle down to some particular va
riety AS soon as the flock is all Of
one size, shape and color visitors will
begin to admire them. The owner
will begin TO pay more and more at
tention to them, and this extra atten-
tion will mean more winter eggs. Be-
cause as soon as the owner begins to
get proud of the flock he fixes up the
house, nails on the loose boards,
cleans out the filth, puts in fresh
straw, whitewashes the house and
does everything possible to make it
comfortable for the hens. He changes
his attitude, entirely and instead of
kicking the hens out of the way gives
them time to get out of the way. He
begins to look at each hen as an indi'
vidual and as a producer of eggs that
are worth money.
Just as soon then as the owner be
gins to take interest in the flock, q
large part of the hit-or-miss method
of care disappears and in turn the
hens begin to get a place in the reg
ular farm routine just the same as the
rest of the live stock.
Insect pests is a subject that is
getting to be of greater and greater
Importance. In many sections we fine
that the birds that are the natura
destroyers of insects are getting
thinned out to such ON extent thai
some substitute must be found The
farmers flock of chickens can be useC
to splendid advantage as grasshoppel
catchers and at the same time prove
profitable. Thus we have troublesome
insects removed from the farm ant
converted into egg or poultry meat
The farm grows larger crops and thu
chickens have fuller crops" made VI
largely from the natural waste on thu
farm.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
washInqton's Advantage.

Observing that civic art is founded
on common sense, utility and CONNER
cial considerations, Arnold w. Brun-
ner, an architect who has been work
ing for the development of civic
beauty in New York, recently made a
statement which has a bearing upon
Washington. He pleaded for more
artistic cities on the ground that the
lives of men and women are influenced
by their surroundings.
A quiet, restful room, he pointed
out, helps a man to do his work, and
he added: "Our streets have the
game influence. hold that quiet, dig
nified, orderly streets have a psyche
logical effect on the people. Such
streets are found in Paris, Berlin and
many other European cities. Broad
way, on the other hand, is chaotic,
shaggy, confused, irregular; and 1t
produces an unrestful effect on one.
Washington Times.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
(By JAMES q. HALPIN. Secretary OF
Wisconsin Poultry Association.l

(By JAMES q. HALPIN. Secretary of
Wisconsin Poultry AssociationD
The principal reason for keeping
poultry is to furnish fresh eggs and
fresh meat for our own tables.
This is particularly true of the
general farmer, who is usually located
at some distance from a meat market
and for the most part has to depend
on his own meat supply, which, were
1t not for the chickens and ducks,
would have to be salted meat during
the summer. Few of us realize how
much the poultry does toward supply
Ing us with good things for our table.
Too many general farmers depend
on their women folks to do all Of tho
work about the poultry yards. 1t is
true that large part of the work is
often better done If left to the women
folks, but there are certain things
that should be done by the man. He
should at least see to 1t that the
house is kept well cleaned and occa.
sionally sprayed or whitewashed. He
should also see to it that the house
is kept in repair and the necessary
fixtures made and so arranged that
the work of caring for the flock is
reduced to a minimum. The old hen
likes to range about the barnyard on
good days, but she should have plenty
of straw in her own house so that she
can busy herself digging in it wheT
the weather is bad. He should be just
as careful to see to it that the hens
are well bedded as any other live
stock on the farm. On stormy days
especially, the man of the house
should do the feeding and take a gen
eral interest in the production in
stead of limiting his interest to tn
consumption of the groceries pur
chased by the eggs.
Most farmers carry on their poultr.
work in a hit-or-miss fashion tina
would spell disaster if used in all tn,
farm operations. This is the obser
walton made by careful bushes
man in a well-to-do farming commu
nifty. The question follows: why d
our general farmers neglect their pou
try as they do and why do the author
ties keep insisting that more than 9
per cent of the poultry and eggs ar
produced on the general farm?"
Probably the principal reason VIII
so many farm fiocks are badly nei
lected is because they are scrub stoc
and do not, therefore, excite any adm
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
PROVIDING A COMPLETE FEED
Gill Of LInseed Meal Added to Pint OF
Milk Used In Mixing Ground
Grain ls Satisfactory.

MIX cannot take the place of meat,
as It is not sufficiently concentrated.
hence the hens could not drink enough
of it to supply their wants. If a gill
of linseed meal is added to a pint Of
milk and the milk the used for mix
ing ground grain it will largely assist
in providing a complete food. Milk
should be given in vessels which will
prevent filth from getting into it, and
vessels cleaned daily.
Wheat is a standard food for poul-
try, and farmers have contented them
selves that grain is sufficient, but it
has been demonstrated that when
fresh milk has been given to chicks
intended to be sold as fries" the
gain, when milk is added to the grain
ration, is nearly twice as much as
when grain alone is used. If milk can
be conveniently gil fen to laying hens.
larger profits will be derived by thus
utilizing the vast p products than by
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
IMPORTANCE OF MILK HOUSE
Difficult to Properly Care for Dairy
Products In Summer Without
Suitable Building.

During the hot weather 1t is almost
impossible to care for dairy products
on the farm without a suitable milk
house. o. e. Reed Of the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college offers the following:
Milk must be produced under sani-
tary conditions, and to do this the milk
house should be either separate from
the dairy barn or arranged in such
way that odors from the barn do not
get to it.
A 10 by 12-foot milk house is a good
size for the average farm. 1t should
be built with a cement floor and have
a drain at the center to carry away
the waste. The equipment should con-
sist of a refrigerating tank, 80 by 36
inches, inside measure. This will ac-
commodate four milk cans. There
should also be a cooler, aerator, wash
and separator.
A windmill on the side nearest the
refrigerating tank will pump cold wa
ter from the well into one corner of
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
ROAD
BUILDING
P,1 1oR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Mpre Fuss Over Freight Rates Than
Cost Of Hauling Crops From
Farm to Railroad.

A good deal OF fuss is raised over
freight rates, and everybody who has
anything to do with the transportation
OK crops or merchandise is up in arms
the moment railroads give the least
iltfmation that freight rates are to be
advanced. But at the same time, there
ID q strong tendency to give no atten'
ton to the cost Of hauling farm crops
from their point of origin on the farm
tD the railroad station; a matter of
greater concern than all the railroad
rates in the world, says Fruit Grower
and Farmer.
Uncle Sam has found that It costs
in the neighborhood of 25 cents mile
TO haul q ton over the average coun-
try road. But this cost may run up
10 ten times this figure over bad roads,
and be reduced as many times over
good roads with modern vehicles.
This cost is something that is rarely
ever figured in by the producer when
4 summing up his marketing expense,
even though 1t will frequently make a
figure that is not much less than the
cost of getting his produce to the dis
tant market by rail.
Good roads are expensive to build
and are more or less Of an expense to
maintain, but If it were possible to
compare the lowered cost of trans
porting the farm produce over the
road before and after improvement it
would be found that the cost was paid
back with interest within very few
years after improvement. Low grades
are of first consideration, for it costs
more money to haul over a hilly road
than over a level one, where the sur
face is the same. But on almost any
road, It is easily possible to have at
least q smooth surface on which to
drive.
The King drag is the implement that
will make the surface smooth and
keep 1t smooth. And the wonder OF
It is that more farms do not have a
drag as an essential part of their
equipment. Road dragging time is
Just coming with the breaking up OF
the snow, and its usual accompani-
ment OF mud. Heavy traffic over such
roads makes ruts and bad roads of the
worst sort, unless the ruts are filled
by dragging. Prepare now to keep
your road dragged this year. and
lower the cost of hauling your prod
uce to market
Remember, also, that wide-tired
wagons pull more easily than narrow
tired ones 90 per cent of the times
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
DAIRY NOTES
Regularity in feeding pays.

Regularity in feeding pays.
The more the study, the greater the
success in dairying.
The difference is in the COW, rather
than the feed or mixer or the churn.
The farm separator is too good a
stepmother for the calf to get along
without.
Tho more a man appreciates the
maternity of the dairy cow the better
dairyman he is.
Immediately after milking, strain
the milk from the pail through three
thicknesses of cheese cloth.
Some COWS not only do not make
a profit but are kept at a loss, as
they do not give enough milk to pay
for their feed.
It is not hard for a dairy farmer
to sleep well on cold winter nights
when he has a silo full Of corn and .
barn full of hay.
Grain and feed marketed through
the butter mold and the cream can
will generally bring top prices, nc
matter how the market may be for
your grain and feed.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22

hTOWR5
% HELPS
EVERY CITIZEN A BOOSTER
Right Idea Seems to Prevail Among
Those Who Have Built Up ohlo's
Great Metropolis.

A local business man told this little
story at the Advertising club the 9TH
er day:
II was in the south on business not
long ago." he said, land found myself
one day at hotel table with three
other men, all southerners and all
strangers to me. Well, somebody said
something about his home town
something not very complimentary
and somebody else said something
along the same line, and then opened
up about Cleveland. Well, l gave
them the best 1 had with me. told
where we stood in iron and steel, and
in clothing, and electricity, and hard
ware, and printing, and civic pride.
l told 'em about our parks and boule-
wards, and our Warrensville farm and
our three-cent fare. talked fast SO
as to get it all in, and l tried not to
miss point. Well, they sat there
watching me and not saying word,
but when l stopped for want of breath
a fine, portly man pulled notebook
out Of his pocket.
I'd like your name and address,
he said.
"Then he put out his hand.
"'Glad to know you, he told me.
I'm president of the chamber of com.
merce of - and he named lead
ing city of the South. And what l
want to say is that If we had a half
dozen boosters like you our town
would be blamed sight bigger and
more useful. Hold on he added,
you're not a special, official booster,
are your
"'No,' told him, I'm just one of the
zoe, ,000.' '"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-22
ARE YOUR COWS EFFlCIENT7
Milk Scales and Babcoek Tester Es-
sentlal In Conducting Successful
Dalry-Diseard Boarders.

Putting the efficiency test to cows
with the milk scales and the Bah
cock tester is one Of the essentials
of conducting q successful dairy. When
feed is high in price a farmer cannot
afford to have boarders in his dairy
barn who eat up more in feed than
their milk yield is worth. The Bah
cock test will show these delinquent
COWS in their true light, and the milk
scales will put the clincher on the
argument. Testing COWS will give
some farmers a big surprise. Some
time the COW that looks like the poor
est creature in the lot is the best
butterfat producer.
Cow testing associations among
dairymen afford the most economical
use of the Babcock tester and the
scales.