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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Cut Mans Moustache;
Three Are Arrested

CHARLESTON, W. Va. June %
Walter Chatfeld, Robert Whitaker, D.
l. Reed are arrested here charged
with a felony, following the alleged
attempt of the three to destroy the
hirsute adornment or the upper lip
of ]. Henry Harley. formerly a stem
ographer in the employ of the public
service commission. Harley repre-
sents that the men. all Of whom are
employed al the same factory in which
he has been working for several
months, threw him down last Saturday
morning and shaved of his mustache.
The amateur BARRIERS, he said, lack
ed skill and did a bum" job, a deep
cash having been inflicted in the lip.
The men against whom he complains
were arrested and will be given a
bearing July 6. before Justice O. W.
Deering, having furnished bond for
their appearance. Harley told the JUS.
tice that the same bunch disfigured
his upper lip about three months ago
when he attempted to coax forth a
mustache.
The ofense, II proven. Justice Deer
ing said, constitutes a felony in that
it comes under the provisions OF that
section OF the statute relating TO
manning.
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Shooting CONTEST
WILL END TODAY
Two Man Team Shoot Will
Be Final Event Of the
Tournament.

The shooters that spent yesterday
at the Country Club testing their skill
are there again today. The partici-
pants are shooting at $50 stationery
targets in the first event. This event
is a repetition Of the first shoot yes
terday. In the second event the con-
testantS have a chance for the inter
state championship. The final shoot
Of the tournament will be the two-man
team shoot. This winds up the shoot
ing tournament. Most Of the contest
ants will leave on the 5 o'clock a for
Clarksburg In the Sis train for Graf.
ton. Some Of those going to Clarks-
burg are taking that route to Hunting
ton.
The shooting contest at the Country
Club yesterday has made a new cham
pion for West Virginia. Mr. Richard
Gerstell, Of Grafton, being the win
ner. Mr.. Gerstell made the fine rec.
ord Of IS out Of 100. 25 out Of Is and
lat out Of $50. The high winds at
the club yesterday made the shooting
at targets more difficult, and the wind
today caused some extra effort on the
part Of the shooters TO hit the mark.
The winner Of he merchandise shoot
was also Mr.. Gerstell. tieing for first
with Smith, who had 25 out Of 25. The
scores made by the contestants in the
merchandise shoot out OF 25 shots
were as follows:
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Yellow WrlsIne Pager Easy on Eyes.

Yellow Writing Pager Easy on Eyes.
oc1Iists have often called attention
20 the fact that The eyes are easily
tatigued by he reflection from white
paper, especially when the surface Is
under a strong light. Since green IS
known to be the color most restful to
the eyes, It Is a common practice TO
use wall papers and draperies OF that
color in Libraries and private studies.
For writing paper, however, green is
IN unsatisfactory color It imparts a
reddish appearance to the writing, and
makes It hard to read.
Yellow writing paper is not e2en to
the same objection. In stroG& day
light It Is softer than pure white pa
per, and IN artificial light is not too
dark. Black letters on a yeIlowish
h~ aground show clear and distinct.
Many nsthematicIans use yellow pa
per In figuring long and difficult cal
culations, and many writer's lave
adopted II for manuscripts. 1t has the
additional merit Of cheapnesS-
Youths Companion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
May Implieate
Others In Murder

JOLIET, Ill, June 23.-Suspicions
that Walter Edwards, a negro waiter.
knew as much OF the details OF the
death OF Warden Aliens wife in the
state penitentiary here last Sunday az
Chicken Joe" Campbell, the negro
trusty, developed today. officials OF
the prison said after further informa
ton had been gathered. Fred Robin
son, a prison guard. gave information
which officials believe tends to indl'
cate guilty knowledge at least on the
part Of Edwards.
When the convict fire department
was battering down the door of Mrs.
Aliens rom Sunday morning, Robinson
asid, Edwards admitted him to anoth-
er part Of the house and said. Mrs.
Allen is inthat room; for Gods sake
get her out"
Fearing another demonstration on
the part of the convicts. officials today
moved Campbell from the solitary CELL
where he has been since Sunday. TO
another part Of the prison.
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going to the court for q mandamus.
This collision has since been fnlly
shown by the aHIwers flied In the CIR
cult Court and In the Federal Court
which admit the allegations OF the
plaintiffs bills.
The whole proceedings is thus de
layed to prevent the holding OF the
election, the intention being TO use the
city payroll to the benefit OF the Dem
ocratic ring in The election Of 1851
being known that II they can run the
negro gambling hells under protection
It will mean several hundred votes FOR
the Democratic ticket That Is Why
the gang wants 10 hold over.
Is It any wonder we hear people
demanding the recall Of public oRt-
Gals? Is 1t any wonder thatssome OF
the best citizens and largest taxpay-
ers OF the city refused to go to the
bond election Monday because they
knew their voteswould not be counted
and If they wert counted they would
be changed to suit, the gang that holds
all elections In Fairmont. Is II any
wonder that we have SO many Social
lists in Fairmont? It viii not be =
much greater vunder II Anarchists
are developed In this he'll hole Of Dem.
ocratic iniquity. We all remember the
Terre Haute cases Of recent date.
We remember The rule OF the corrupt
Cox in Cincinnati, and we remember
that the indignant citizens OF that
city burned the court house. Are We
going to have tOresort to lawlessness
and revolution 70 protect the rights
Of the citizens uf Fairmont from Q
corrupt and veml ring which knows
no shame, whichIs devoid Of al honor
and principle. aud which IS CROWNS
rich at the expense Of the taxpayers:
God forbid that nch means viii have
to be used to obtain the liberty tnat
the constitution Earantees:
The circuit clerk is 3 creature Of
this damnable system. Republicans sa3
they voted for him because his friends
appealed to them to help him out ot
his financial trouble. They say they
voted for him because his friends ap
pealed to them to help him out of his
financial trouble They say they
thought he would be fair but that ne
has proved to be Nothing but a tool Of
the ring. There can be plenty more
said and citizens have said It and
for this reason hey expected more
from Mr.. Black Than they have re
ceived, and that vas only that ne do
the public duties he took an oath TO
perform.
leave for Charlestan tonight 70 AK the
Attorney A. S. Fleming will
Supreme Court for an order compel.
ing Circuit Clerk Black to transmit the
record in the Injunction case to
Charleston. Thisis perhaps the nFst
time IN the history Of the state such
steps have been made necessary.
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Figh For
Less Water Rent

CHARLESTON. ". Va. June %
Efforts to reduce the water rates in
Charleston have again been put in mo
ton. The city council has instructed
the city attorney to negotiate with
the West Virginia Water and Electric
Co, to secure material reductions. II
his efforts fail it is probable that the
matter will be taken a second time
before the public service commission.
It was on the question Of water rates
IN Charleston that the old commission
split, on partisan lines. the two Re-
publican members. Ogden and OFT,
voting against that proposition. max.
ing an official order OF the commission
Impossible. This was n OF the things
that started the agitation for a com
mission Of three members with at least
a majority Of one party. as provided
for by the last legislature.
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FLOWS
IN FAIRM0NT
Officers Dump Wagon Loads
OF Booze Into Jackson
Street Sewer.

Hundreds Of quarts Of perfectly
good liquor including whiskey. beer,
sherry wine, blackberry wine, vodka,
absinth, gin, rum and ale were poured
into the sewer at Jackson street and
Jefferson and street this afternoon by
county officers in obedience to orders
issued by Justice Of the Peace r.
Leigh Fleming.
Hundreds of thirsty men and boys
crowded about Deputy Sheriff T. v.
Buckley and Constable Charles Sat
terrified as they knocked the heads OF
bottle after bottle and allowed the
liquor to trfckle through the iron
grating into the sewer. The liquor
has been accumulated as the results
OF c~onfscations by Justice OF the
Peace Fleming for the last six months.
The COOL old Point Marion brandt"
exclaimed one thirsty negro as he
pushed closer into the crowd and
watched with fearful eyes the thirst
q~uenching beverage flowing into the
sewer
Gee, II I only had that booze I
could stay tight for five years" ex'
claimed a white man as he licked his
dry lips with his tongue and gazed at
the flowing liquor thirstily.
Jugs. bottles and other original
containers" most Of them encased
in suit cases and satchels held the
liquor which was destroyed. Enough
booze was poured into the sewer to
stock a good sized saloon. Following
the emptying Of the last jug a half
score OF men and boys started on a
mad ace for the river in hopes OF
finding a nice little jag at the mouth
OF the sewer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Blue Ridicules
Saloonist's Offer

CHARLESTON, W. Va. June %
Rot. all rot" declared State Commits
sionero Of Prohibition Fred o. Blue. re:a.
tive to the proposition Of Sam G. Walk
er. former owner OF large saloon inter
ests in Bluefeld, who agreed to give
a bond Of $4.O0O.o 900. providing he is
given the exclusive right to sell liquor
as a guarantee to pay of the debt OF
S12, 393.929.50, with interest In the
next 10 years and at the same time set
aside each year the sum Of $500.0OO
to be used by the State IN building
permanent improvements.
Mr.. Walker also made the statement
that patent medicines now sold in the
drug stores Of this State contain as
high as so per cent alcohol. That's
a lie" said Mr.. Blue. There is no
truth whatever In his charge"
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Gorbly Resigns AS
Head Of Marshall

Dr.. Lawrence ]. Corbley. president
OF Marshall College at Huntington, in
1 printed statement made yesterday
announced that he had resigned as
head Of that Institution and would re.
tire from active duties in the summer
Of 1915,
The Board of Regents is in confer
enee today in Charleston and it is
thought DR.. Corbley's successor will
be named before adjournment.
The names Of o. /. Woodley, OF this
city, Frank B. Trotter, acting president
OF the university, and Vice President
d. 3. Haworth, Of Marshall College.
have been mentioned in connection
With the appointment. =
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Russians
Continued from Page one.)

ROME. way Paris. June 23.-The fol.
statement vas isseud last night
at the headquarters OF the Italian gen
eral staff:
Enemy activity yesterday was con.
fined to long range artillery fire at
several points on the front. In the
Monte Nero zone one Of the Alpine
battalions encountered yesterday for
the first time important enemy forces
recently arrived. probably from Gall.
cha.
The Alpine troops attacked and re-
pulsed them, infiicting severe losses
and taking some prisoners. Night at.
tacks by infantry against our positions
ct PLAYA were repulsed."
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Contemplate
Continued from Page one.)

stoned, the ring seeing that it did not
look well to lose the papers, finally
decided to S a carbon copy. After
the carbon copy has been submitted
Mr.. Black has fooled away two days
more on the pretense that he has not
got the record indexed. a duty that
will require about fifteen minutes OF
time, there being only about a dozen
papers in the case to index.
That is all in addition to the collu-
sion that was shown to exist in the
case by the stray paper that was
found in the papers showing that one
attorney had prepared the papers for
both sides Of the case and had secretly
conspired to have both the bill and
the answer in the hands Of the court
three days before the case was heard
court to get a speedy decision in
order to prevent the Republicans from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Stomach Rebelled Against Taeko.

4 remember swallowing a few
brads." casually admitted a Philadel'
phia shoemaker TIE other day. whose
internal pains had puzzled the doctors
for a year. The few brads" turned
out TO be about a hundred brass tacks.
which the X..ays showed to be stick
ing in the walls OF the mans stomach.
For the last ten years be had been
using his mouth as a temporary tack.
box while at work at his bench, and
he was quite philosophical when occa'
sionally one or two eluded his palate
and slipped down his throat. The sur.
geons who examined him say that one
section Of the mans stomach has more
tacks in It than the sole Of a boot, and
an operation is to be performed.in the
Philadelphia hospital, in which he lies,
with the hope Of saving his life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Helen Boyle's Pardon
Refused By Board

HARRISBURG. June 23.-The board
Of pardons has refused to recommend
a pardon for Helen Boyle, who assist
ed her husband. James Boyle. in the
kidnapping of Willie Whitla from his
home in Sharon in 1908, and is serv-
ing a 25-year sentence in the Western
~penitentiary. her husband getting a
life sentence.
A protest from ]. Meal Lininger,
district attorney at the time Of the
trial, was filed. but nothing was pre-
scented one way or the other by the
trial Judge. attorney in the case, or the
father Of the boy.
The protest stated that Mr.. Lininger
did not think a pardon should be
granted and that he feared Mrs.
Bowie might go into vaudeville or
pose for the movies" Counsel for
the woman denied that she would do
so,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Wigginton Funeral
To Be Thursday

Funeral services over the body Of
Miss Mollie Wigginton. whose death
occurred yesterday at GAINESVILLE, o..
will be held at the First NJ. E. Church
Thursday afternoon at $50 O'Clock.
Dr.. H. C. Howard will conduct the ser.
vices, and interment will be made in
Maple Grove Cemetery by Undertaken
Musgraves and sons.
The body Of Miss Wigginton accom-
panied by a number Of relatives. ar.
rived here last evening from Barnes.
vile, and was taken to her home on
Eighth street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
ZEPPELIN
RAIDS KILLS II
Steamer Reports That 40
Were Injured and Many
Houses Destroyed.
lRv Assoc,atcd rress.l

BERLIN via Sayville. June 23.-The
Overseas News Agency today gave out
the following:
"A message from Christiana says
that the steamer Iotum, which has ar
rived at Stravanger. reports that sew
eral Zepoelins on the night between
Tuesday and Wednesday (probably
June Is and l6) dropped many bombs
on the Armstrong works at South
Shields, England. which DESTROYED n
navy ward and arsenal. Several build.
ings burned all night. The damage
was enormous. Seventeen persons
weer killed and 40 injured"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
NAM STREET TO
be OPEN JULY 4
ASSERTS MAYOR
Corn Planted Week Ago Is
Buried Beneath 6 Inches
Of Concrete.
~As~@rR nrR
work Being SPEEDED UP
Should Rush Curb Building
On Other Streets To Be
Improved.

That the pavement along Main
street and Fairmont avenue will oe
completed and the long thoroughfare
open for traffic by July fourth is the
prediction made by Mayor Anthony
Bowen today.
More rapid progress has been made
on street improvement work along this
thoroughfare during the last few days
than at any time since the work Of
tearing up the old pavement was start.
ed nearly three months ago. The
corn planted by the farmer" along
Main street a week ago in the eIpecta.
hon of raising a good crop before the
street was finished was buried today
and yesterday beneath six inches OF
concrete between the Coal Run bridge
and Jefferson street and preparations
are being pushed for the putting in Of
concrete along Main street from JET
ferson to Quincy street.
Whether it was fear that the city
might become an object OF ridicule
throughout the state and nation Il
Main street was permitted to become
choked up with a waving field Of corn
that induced the authorities to hasten
the paving work is a matter Of con-
lecture.
At any rate two concrete mixers are
at work on the job today. n in Main
street and the other in Fairmont ave
nue., and II the energetic work Of the
last few days should be continued
there is no reason why the corn should
get enough Of a start to interfere seri-
ously with the work OF the paving IN.
tractors.
The traction company has shifted its
tracks from the middle to the side Of
Quincy street from Main street for a
distance Of two squares and the stone
foundation for the new tracks is being
put in place.
Work on the street contracts is pro
crossing more rapidly than at any
time since the tearing up OF Main
street and Fairmont avenue was start
edseariy in the spring. but along Jack
son street Locust avenue and Parks
avenue little effort is being made by
the property owners to put in the
curbing required by the city. Con
tractors say this curbing should be
built before the streets are torn up,
sosas not TO interfere with the work Of
laying the pavement.
The long delay in getting the. work
done along Main street and Fairmont
avenue was blamed to a large extent
on the slowness with wbtNh the euro
ing was put in. Persons living along
the streets to be paved next should see
TO It, city officials say, that the men to
whom they have let the contracts for
quitting IN the curb in front of their
(; properties do the work before the paw
ing contractors start on their part OF
the Job.
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APPEAL FOR MONEY.

IBy Associated PreSS.J
WASHINGTON, June 23.-An Red
Cross funds available for famine re-
lief in Mexico have been exhausted
and today the society issued another
urgent appeal for food stutfs and
money. Twenty thousand people are
reported today practically starving in
Guerrero. From Vera Cruz counsel
Canada reported a train on the mar
row gauge line south, had been hred
on Monday and 10 persons reported
killed.
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pREsIoENT GOING TO N. 4.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-President
Wilson will leave at midnight tor Inc
summer white house at Cornish, \. H.
not to return until July .. He goes
first to Roslyn. L. l.. TO spend tomor-
row with Col. E. NJ. House. Late to-
morrow night he Ttll leave for Cor
nish. where he expects &c arrive Fri
day afternoon.
Direct telegraph communication be
tween white house offices and Cornish
has been arranged and the president
will be in constant touch with Secre-
tarv Lansing and other officials here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Taggart Indicted
For Election Fraud

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June %
Thomas Taggart. Democratic national
committeeman from this state, Mayor
Joseph E. Bell and Chief Of Police
Samuel Perrett were among the 125
indicted here charged with conspiracy
to commit a felony through violation
Of election laws. bribery and black.
mail. Taggart and Bell were the first
to acknowledge service in the case
and were released OF $4,000 bond
each.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
T%oRPEpoEp.

CBv Associated PreSs.)
LONDON. June 23.-The steamer
Tunisiana has been torpedoed OF
Lowestoft, by German submarine. Her
skipper was able to beech her. The
Tunisiana was bound from Montreal to
Hull, with 5000 tons OF wheat. Her
crew landed at Lowestoft.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Gar M Q 4andIeap.

OF the Car Alexander. Napoleon
said to Gourgaud at st. Helena: He
cannot command armies and therefore
is an embarrassment when with his
troops, because generals do not Ike
to so against the will Of their en-
peror."
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The foregoing evidently refers to
the raid OF Zeppelins over the north
east coast OF England on Tuesday
night of last week. The British cen,
sorshrip prevented the publication Of
details Of this raid and there a oeen
no previous intimation that the naval
works at Shields were damaged. IN
Official news from London on June 10
said merely that16 persons had been
killed and 40 injured.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
EuaenIca %Errmnnhed.

We are SORT OF on the fence and
watching the eugenics game before we
give a decision. but we know a doc
tor who married q trained nurse and
II ever anyone had a red cross baby.
they did.-Chicago Herald.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
Startling Unpopular Bird.

starlingS are not liked in Australia,
according to reports from the Amer
lean consul at Melbourne. Besides
being destructive to fruit, they T
charged with turning valuable insect
eating birds out Of their nests.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23
WiIlIe's trouble.

Mrs. Murphy-"What is that the
school doctor reported about your
Willie?" Mrs. Ryan-'He said the
child has them asteroids in his nose"
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NAME CHARLESTON P. NJ.

CBy associated Press.l
WASHINGTON. June 23.-President
Wilson today appointed julius A. De-
gruyter to be postmaster at Charles
ton, W. Va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-06-23

The prizes for this event are on dis
play in the show windows Of A. B.
Scott, on Main street.
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New gae rer Cononssed Hurla

Cottonseed bulls are now being
used extensively instead Of hay and
straw for the packing Of glassware.
The Detroit times., 1915-01-16
DARNELL CAUGHT u
'TwIXT TWO FIRES
If State Can't Make Case
Against Pastor, Federal
Authorities Will

CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-The case OF the
Rev. James Morrison Darnell, claimed
as husband" by three young women,
and charged with serious offense
against fourth. who is an inmate Of
girls Teformatory in Minnesota. to-
day was taken up by Assistant United
States District Attorney Claybaugh
Claybaugh was assigned TO the case
by District Attorney ~eiyne lie i'm
mediately started an Investigation by
interviewing by telephone or I'm per-
son HE three girls who say they mar
ried Darnell-Doris Vaughn "Darnell. {"
OF Chicago; Ruth Super "Darnell," OF
Owtonna, Mimi, who has a dve
months old baby, and Ethel Spurgeon
"Darnell," OF AVIAN. Ill
IL Claybaugh finds that Darnell went
through marriage ceremonies with the
three girls he will turn over his in
formation 10 States Attorney Hoyne
and drop the matter as far as the fed.
eral government is concerned. II was
PORTED out at the ONCE OF Federal
District Attorney Clyne today that II
no marriage ceremonies were gone
through, action will be- taken under
the Mann white slave act in one OF
the three cases. or in the case OF the
girl In the reformatory who says she
accompanied Darnell from another
state TO Minneapolis.