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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
Seek To Release
Convicted Solons.


CHARLEsToN W. Va, March 81
Petitions were circulated! today among
the members OF the Legislature re-
questing that Governor Hatfield exer,
else executive clemency In behalf OF
the i've members OF the last legisla,
ture who are serving terms in tho
state penitentiary at SMoundsvilla for
selling their votes in connection with
the election Of United States sena,
tor in 1913.
The petitions were circulated BY
members OF the present legislature
and are known to have; had'more than
a score OF names attached last night.
|, The former members now in prison
are: Senator Ben A. Smith, OF Roane
county, and Delegates s. U. G,
Rhoades, OF Mingo, H. F. Asbury, OF
Putnam, David Hill, of Mason, and
Rath Dur, OF Jackson.
They were convicted OF accepting
money from Guy A. Biddinger, a de.
tecttve, 10 vote for William Seymour
Edwards for United States senator.
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Seeks To Recover
$4,000 Heart Balm

pARKERsBURG. w. vo., March s.
Taking the stand in support OF her
claim for heart balm of SCI. 900 against
Judge Perry Nicely for alleged breach
OF promise, Miss Eta Shrewsbury. in
the circuit court. alleged that her. mar
rlage to the former preside OF the
county court was to have taken place
In 1914. She alleged that the defend.
ant had paid her attentions for mum.
Der OF years, and that he had delayed
their marriage while his former wife
whom he had divorced. was still liy,
ing. 1t is probable the case may be
completed today.
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Dayton Impeachment
To Be Taken Up Anew

WASHINGTON. March 5--The Ell,
fort to impeach Judge A. g. Dayton Of
the United States Court for the Nor.
them District Of West Virginia will DO
resumed on the first day of the ses.
sion Of the next congress. according
to counsel for the prosecution.
It is stated by counsel that sutii'
Client time was not given In the hear
Ing Just ended, and that opportu nc:
was not afforded to summon al sssa
witnesses who were wanted, ami IA
they consider thereport o. tho nam.
mite victory for the prasecutiotL
With new witness>S So new e1s
dence, 1t is stated tnnS .Esc :s.ampt 10
impeach Judge Daytoa so -: renew
ed the first day Of The nara ssSsion.
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Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, March 6.-The wheat
market is in no condition to withstand
any unfavorable rumors Of cancella.
ton of large orders held IN this coun.
try for arms and ammunition by the
warning nations, without breaking sen.
sationally. This fact was clearly
demonstrated yesterday, when the
May future slid downward in a most
sensational manner from SLASH to
$1.37. 1t reacted just before the close
to 1895. These changes we're swift
enough and large enough to please
any Spectator looking for q trip
hammer market and It was too swift
for the average man now to be found
in the Chicago wheat pit. May closed
Wednesday night at Sl44M. The
July future. at its highest point,
reached S1.1SA, and It was hammered
down from that high price to Sill.
1t reacted and advanced to S1.12&
and closed yesterday at $1.17ls.
There were signs of strength dur.
ing the morning, but when the Dow
Jones" cancellation story was un.
corked and thrown into the big pit
there was stampede Of longs. In
the general selling, there we're many
stop loss orders uncovered, and the
wheat was thrown overheard regard.
less of price.
Opening and closing quotations yes.
terday were as follows:
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Andrew Ice Funeral
To Be Held Sunday

Funeral services over the remains
of Mr.. Andrew Ice, whose death &C.
CURED yesterday, will be held on Sun.
day afternoon at 2o'clock from the
Christian Church in Barracksville.
Rev. ]. NJ. Rice will conduct the ser.
vices and interment will be made In
the Ice cemetery. Clarence Ice, who
resides in Phoenix, Arizona. will be
unable to attend the funeral services,
on account Of the illness of himself
and also ofshis, daughter, Dorothy.
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TooAT's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence.
Herman Fiddler, 6ermany's stauneh
Defender, 81 Today.

@'SteS't Vt tS0dys
Herman Ridder, editor OF the New
York Substituting and one OF the
staunchest of the American defenders
OF Germany's course in the war, will
pass his sixty fourth milestone today.
The eminent German.Amerlcan Jour.
nalist was born in New York, OF Ger.
man parents, March S, 1851. . He had
little schooling, and at eleven be.
came an Grand boy to help support
the family. AT twenty he became an
insurance agent, and followed that
occupation for several years. He en-.
tered the journalistic arena in 1878,
when he founded the Katholisches
Volksblatt, and few years later ne
established the Catholic News. His
connection with the Staats.Zeitung
began a quarter OF a century ago,
when he became treasurer and man.
ager Under his direction the paper
attainedGa leading place in German
American Journalism. AS an indepen.
dent Democrat, Herr Ridder has long
been prominent in politics. Since the
beginning OF the war Mr.. Ridder has
attained international prominence be.
cause Of his defense of the father.
land and his criticisms OF other ma.
tions, including his own. He has bit.
terly denounced the neutrality OF the
United States as dollar neutrality"
and has insisted that its terms have
been dictated by Great Britain, which,
he said, mot only rules the waves,
but valves the rules" of neutrality.
Herr Ridder finds a pathological rea.
son for the war. 1T Is nothing more
nor less than an expression of the
intense nervousness of the age. We
are too high strung. The nations are
suffering from acute neurasthenia."
The editor Of the Staats.zeitung SCOTS
at tile idea that the United States and
Germany will ever make war OH each
other. He says:
zone Of the worst features Of the
war. as have noticed it, Is the fact
that many American newspapers
have permitted themselves to speak
Of Germany as the next opponent OF
this country. Whatever the dreams
of empire that have been aroused In
certain German minds, such dreams
are not the expression of the general
German sentiment. In all ages and
in all times great ambitions come to
nations. Unbalanced patriots plunge
into print with ambitious designs that
do not represent the strivings and
ideals OF the nation Of which they
form a thoroughly unimportant part.
Entirely too much Importance has
been ascribed to the rawlings OF that
retired army officer, Gen. Won Edel.
shein, who outlines an imaginary at
tack on the United States. know
we have too much sense to ascribe
any real value to such imaginative
rot"
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THE oLp.FAsHloNEp elsLE.

How dear to my heart are the scenes
OF my childhood
That now but in mem'ry sadly re-
view;
The old meeting house at the edge
Of the Wildwood,
The tall fence and horses all tether
ed thereto;
The low, sloplng roof, and the bell
in the steeple,
The doves that came flutterlng out
overhead
AS it solemnly gathered the God
fearing people
To hear. the old Bible my grand
father read.
The old.fashioned Bible
The dust.coyered Bible
The leathern.bound Bible my grand,
father read.
The blessed old volume! The face
bent above it
AS now ] recall tit gravcly Sc
we're.
Though the reverent eye that droops
downward to love it
Makes grander the text through. the
lens OF tear,
And as down his face 1t trickles and
glistens.
The cough OF the deacon is stilled,
and his head, tl
Like a haloed patriarch's leans as he
listens
To hear the old Bible my grandfather
read.
The old.fashioned Bible
The dust-covered Bible
The leathern.bound Bible my grand
father read.
All! who shall look backward with
scorn and derision
And scott the old book though 1t use.
lessly lies
In the dust of the past, while this
newer revision
Lisps on of hops and a home in
the skies? -
Shall the voice of the Master be
stilled and riven?
Shall we hear but 1.-THE OF the
words He has said.
When so long He has, listening, lean.
ed out of heaven
To hear the old Bible my grand
father read?
The old.fashioned Bible
The dust.coyered Bible
The leather-bound Bible my grand
father read.
james Whitcomb Riley.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
WEEDS. After Wooing22
Years; Part In a Week

NEW YORK, March s.-After TWEEN,
ty.two years continuous counting,
Charles D. Nostrand, OF No. 6 West
Twenty.first street, Whitestone, mar.
riod. One week later. his wife says,
he left her.
Magistrate Fitch in Flushing dis.
missed a charge of desertion against
Nostrand, who pleaded his wife would
not allow him In his own house. Mrs.
Nostrand denied this.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

Z
In this development the Ohio Fuel
Company has drilled Its No. 5 on the
Garland Anderson heirs farm into the
Weir sand and 1t produced 1856 bar.
rels the first "a hours. In the same
districts. the same company is due 81
the sand at No. Ii on the Edward Geb-
hart farm. The South Penn Oil Goa.
pany Is due to get The sand this week
at Its test on the c. L. Myers farm,
The Ohio Fuel Oil Company is start.
ing a test on the H. A. Sampson farm
and is due to get the sand early next
week at a test well on the Jane Hooy.
er farm.
Fishing at Cabin Creek.
In the Berea grit development in
Cabin Creek district, kanawha coun.
~, the Columbus. Producing Com
pany's two drilling wells on the VIII
liams Coal Company's tract have been
delayed with fishing Jobs and will not
get the sand for several weeks. There
has been more inquiries as to the
progress OF development work in this
district than in any other part of the
state. Aside from the Columbus Pro.
ducing Companys' two drilling wells,
several locations have been made and
will be started as soon as the indica'
tons are favorable.
AT Spencer, Roane county, the Fish
er OIL Company is drilling its second
test, dry in the salt sand, to the Berea
grit. They expect to get gas in the
lower formation. Mayhem & Harsh
bareeres test on the F. L. Linger lot
will be due to get the salt sand next
week. In Smitlfield district, the
Fisher OIL Company has started to
drill No. 3 on the W. ". Short farm.
In Duval district, Lincoln county, the
Carter Oil Company has started to
drill test on the c. Z. Escue farm.
The oil Market
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

STANFORD, Conn.,. March 5.--Ntrs.
Helen n. Angle, on trial charged with
the murder Of Waldo R. Ballou, will
take the stand AND recIte her own
story Of her relations with the slain
politician, according to her counsel.
He was found dying outside the en-.
trance to the apartment house where
she lived. Mrs. Angle has been re.
leased on $4,000 bail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
Workmen's Lodge
Adopts New Ritual

WHEELING. w. Va, March 5.-The
Supreme Lodge Of the Ancient Order
OF United Workmen adopted a new
ritual. A memorial service was con.
Quoted, at which the pricipal addresses
weer delivered by Fl. C. Sessions, OF
South Dakota, John @. Bickford. OF
Connecticut, and q! B. Evans, OF Iowa.
Last night the visiting delegates
were entertained at q banquet
IL Pays % Advertise liz Ths Yves.
SvIraInlan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

With Apologies to Shakespeare.
Sweet are the uses OF Adversely.
Which, like the toad, ugly and veno
nous,
Wears yet precious jewel in his
head. .N...E
The skinny purse which will not yield
a dollar note.
VIII yet squeeze out nickel or a
dime wherewith
To see the very latest photoplay.
The screens the bright and shining
Jewel In the ugly head.
OF Poverty the toad. III
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
That Bow AGAIN.

The boy stood on the burning deck.
whence all but him had fled. The
smudg&.pot filled the air with smoke,
the red-tire glowed real red. The
thunder roared, the lightnings flashed
and still he would not go. For II I
did I'd SPOIL" quoth he, "the moving.
picture show" The camera clicked,
the film rolled on, the boy was burn.
ing money. That picture made him
a repute, and bought his bread and
honey. .l
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0iland Gas
FEW WELLS ARE SHOT
IN phsT sly MnNTIc |

The list of competitions in the East.
ern fields is becoming smaller each
day. There has been a marked de.
cline in operations during the past
six months. but at no time during that
period has there been so few wells
completed as was recorded in Feb.
ruary aud the current week the leth.
arsy has been more pronounced than
at any previous time.
The only district that Is furnishing
anything better than light producers
IS the Weir sand ieyelopme emit on Blue
creek, Elk district, Kanawha county.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
A New Power.

"The pen is mightier than the
sword" quoted the philosopher, "but
these days, when 1t comes to draw.
ing u crowd, neither one Of them Is
in it alongside Of baseball bat"
We'll, don't Know" commented a
bystander: have you dropped into
a moving.picture show lateiy?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
The Plays Up to Date.

First Youth: "wherj go last
night?"
Second Youth: ITO the dime show;
saw some good pictures Of them at
work in the mint, making Ready
Money Where'd you go?"
ITO the nickel show, full OF pictures
OF the European war-making Dam.
aged Goods"
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APRON SALE.

Durable. ample, well made aprons.
of gingham. percale and muslin, large
or small, plain or fancy, at 25, 50. 35
and 75c, for sale by. the Home Mis-.
sionary Society Of the First NJ. E.
church, ali day Saturday at the old
Fleming Flower stand In. the Colonial
building. S.5-1t
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BestStories


There's a new sort OF photoplay
coming out soon; it's entitled Judge
Not"
"Guess I've read about 1t in the pa.
pers, of course, but must have for.
gotten. BY the way, who was this
Judge Knott and what did lie do to
get himself into the limelight?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05
APRON SALE.

Durable, ample, well made aprons,
of ginsham, percale and muslin, large
or small, plain or fancy, at %, so, So
and 75c, for sale by the Home Mis-.
sionary Society of the First NJ. i.
church, all day Saturday at the old
Fleming Flower stand in the Colonial
building. Bolt
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Money In It at That.

Johnny Fresh: "oh, who paid Mrs,
Rip Van Wrinkles rent?"
The Girl: why. suppose it was
the man who bought the moving.pic.
ture rights, of course"
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Finance, Oil and Real Estate

NEW YORK, March 5.-Prices
were strong in the first hour today,
but the promise OF activity and
strength was not fulfilled. Trading
grew dull and prices sagged until
closing quotations verged on weak.
ness.
Steel Stocks Strong.
Steel stocks were. strong on glowing
reports from Pittsburgh, steel com
mon being unusually active with a
turnover OF 10000 shares. Bethlehem
steel was relatively the stronger.
Copper issues were mixed. Miami
gained point and Inspiration touch.
ed 20. Amalgamated and Utah were
heavy. Boston houses were buyers
and a broader speculative interest in
copper issues was reported from this
center.
Selling orders from London carried
Union Pacific down nearly a point
from the early prices. While the Of.
ferings are never large. there is daily
liquidation in this stock
Baltimore & Ohio and Erie were
firm and Reading reactionary. South.
ern Pacific was quietly strong. but
Northern Pacific dropped from 1903
to 10l&. This stock continues to
come from German holders via Am.
sterdam.
fractions were irregular. INTERIOR
ough.Metropolitan holding well. while
Third avenue dropped point. Unit.
ed Railways OF San Francisco was
higher on favorable reports OF in
creased business following the open
ing Of the fair.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

In the first Eve months of 1914 Ger
many produced 7s,1S2.o00 tons of coal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

Palermo. Italy. last year sent 6s.71i
immigrants 10 the United States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-05

BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
FURNISHED by W. w. Lauahan C Co.,
members New York aud Baltimore
Stock Exchanges, Main floor, Cal.
vert Building, Baltimore. MIDI
Cosins Prices March a, 1915.
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saIes-Firstt Call.

o. vail
$4,000 United Rys. Inc As ....... 60a
$1,000 United Rys Fdg 5s ....... S4A
$500 Elkhorn Fuel 5s .......... 94ss
$500 Elkhorn Fuel SIS ......... 94ss
$1,000 Cotton Duck Cts ........ 3SA
$1,000 Chas Con Ry e FL IS ..... 94Ats
$1,000 Con Coal Ref 41ac ........ 921a
$1,000 Chicago Ry IS .......... 96A
$1,000 City Is, 1857, P .......... 94ts
600 Shares United Rys com -. 26
10 Shares Con Coal ......... 80
los Shares Con G e LIP com. 107
IS Shares Con G = L&P com. 1867
$50 Shares Wayland Oil ,..... 81
1Share c G E l. & P pfd %. liza
! Second Call.
$1,000 United Rys LIST As ....... So
$4,000 Dawson Chemical 6s -. 9S
$4,000 City As, 1851, A. N. ...... 95
6 Shares C G E L & P pfd .1131s
IS Shares G G Z L & P CON. 107
10 Shares Houston Oil go. 10k
rs Shares Northern Central IS :.
$4,000 Cotton Duck Gifts ........i IS
$4,000 Elkhorn Fuel IS ......... 941@
$500 City SIS, 1880 .......... 92M
$1,000 Utd Rys Inc As .......... 81
$1,000 United Rys 1st As ....... So
$1,000 Conso Gas AS ......... 931a
$1,000 Min. st P it IS .101A
$1,000 Nor Ry & L 5s .......... 97A
, % Shares Cosden & Co com. SIS
It's Shares United Rys com :. &c
so Shares United Rys com ..26k
so Shares Con G e L&P com. 107 T
The Socialist press., 1915-02-20
OOO-
President Wilson
 And The Women
''----' 'OOO--

Several times have delegat ons of Women called at the White House to entreat President Will son to say a word in behalf o1 women suffrage and to favor the constitutional amendment granting them their poiticaI rights now pending in congress. All in vain. The President is kind but obdurate. He cannot change his views.
 Now if President Wilson were candid enough to take a stand in the matter either for or agains, there might still be criticism, but he would be accorded the right to his opinion. But he is nei h. CT for nor against this vital issue and dodges it, politician like, by, declaring it Is a state issue.
 When Bryan is up against an issue of this kind he declares If is a moral issue' and in this way, these politicians contrive to straddle live questions anc have It appear that they ar, both for and against and with ev erybody and against nobody.
 Women are getting their rigl t slowly but surely and it is well, perhaps that when they do final ly come to their own, they will be under no obligations to the timeserving politicians who have link sausages instead of back bone and excuses instead of con- victions.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-20

Or lF1E UNI lED D A1Lo
 AND CONGRESS.
 To the Honorable The President ard The Congress of the United States.
 Cenfemen An unprecedented and appalling condition confronts the working people of this nation
 Unemployment always serious has this year become acute and alarming Not less than 3o00Ooo and possibly as many as 5o0Q 900 people unemployed at the pre- sent time.
 This situation rapidly assuming the proportions o an immense social tragedy.
 Every great city in the land is overun with the unem n]oved Local authorities are either unwilling or unable to cope with the situation.
 Added to the personal loss and suffering of those who cannot find work is the immense social loss which cannot be less than s1 000 0O9 year, from failure to keep these millions at productive labor Homes are imperled Women and children are lett to inevitable Restitution and want while millions ot men and women baf1cd by the incorrigble conditions lose hope and courage Thousands sink inevitably into the ranks of vhe dependent defective and delinquent classes that are an ever increasing burden and nace to our CIV ilzaton
  poyed one of supreme importance and that calls for immediate and constructive action the part of the Pre- sldent and Congress of these United States.
 In our conviction greater problem conronts your hon orabe body than this duty is quite imperative and mportan While at the same time greater opportuni y to render notable and praseworhy social and civic ser vice awaits you.
 And to the end that relief may be found for these m Ions of the unemployed, earnestly urge unon the members of your honorable body that this matter be g ven precedent every other possible measure, and that action along the following similar lines be taken at the earliest possible moment, FIRST That comprehensive system of federal, state and municipal free employment agenc be establishel Such system was outlined by Congressman Murdock off Kansas in his bill introduced in Congress- April 29 1914 Either this measure or some similar should bel adopted at once.
 Second That every possible line of public works now owned by the government be at extended and new ones opened so as to give work to the unemployed The government should build roads, push the work its reclamation irrigation and reforresng projects, open mines, and naugurae public enterprises and Industries Third That provision be made for loans by the United States government to the various states and mun!cpal-
The Socialist press., 1915-02-20
TWO WORLDS

=. TWO WORLDS
 RY OLGA JoReENsoN, Note This poem was written by 17-year- olc 50" cia ist girl of Omaha, Neb, To smile on ba teieds and war, To love yourself and no one more, To live on toll of other men, To spoil their lives and hope and theh To rob and p!under in your greed, 10 take the bread from those who neea To build shining god of gold, With an arm that's mighty, but hear that's cold;
 god who says ts right that thou. Live by the sweat of thy brothers brow:
 That's Capita ism! To build world where all men can. Have an equal chance with his fellow man, world where none shall live in need: Because his brother thrives by greed A world where justice. peace and owe, Shall reign as in the land above; A place where every child shall be, Bondless, and happy, and young, and free; To,.ove your brother as your sou To make the brotherhood of man your goal.
 That's Socialism.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-20
 thus employ their proportion of the unemployed.


 FOURTH: That Congress pro- ceed at once to develop. and put in operation, a national system of unemployment insurance, by which the workers of the nation may be protected from invoIun-. tary idleness.
 FIFTH: And, finally. that a sufficient appropriation be made out of any available fund, to put into operation at once the above measure. :.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-20
PY OLGA JORGENSoN,

Ios am a soclllst-been one tor many years-~a'"ays m f;cket-but do not belong to the organization" If yo n tn class you should get out of it The only Socialists