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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Educators Meet
at Nor gantown

County Superintendent Of Schools
Homer G. Toothman Is In Morgantown
today attending the meeting Of the
county and district superinfendents
from the entire state. This meeting at
which more than two hundred Of the
leading educators Of West Virginia are
present will last the entire week and
the sessions are held at the university.
The program each day provides ad-
dresses from leading educational men
and college professors from many 9TH
er states.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Wife Cody Shoots
Husband to Death
tBy Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, July 11.--Cristopher
Beutinger. a prominent coal broker
with Offices In Broadway, was shot to
death early today at, Caldwell, N. J.
Mrs. Margaret Claire Beutinger, his
wife: was arrested and charged with
homicide.
Friends attribute the shooting to
domestic otriblcs. After killing her
husband, the authorities say. she calm.
ly walked to the office Of Chief of Po.
lice John Harkay and said II finished
him." Beutinger was known to be
wealthy
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Federal Good Roads
Bill is Now Law
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 11.-President
Wilson today signed the Good roads
bill recently passed by Congress au'
thorizing the expenditure Of $s5,0oo,-
600 In five years by federal govern.
ment on condition that the states ex'
penaiture amounts similar to those
apportioned to them. The signing was
Witnessed by members OF Senate and
House and Representatives Of farm
ers organization.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
BARRIERS Name Labor !
DayICommittea

While the meeting Of the local Bar
bers Union last night was well attend.
ed yet the discussion Of the labor day
plans seems to have been she1ved to
certain extent. President j. .. Den
ham of the union and Secretary Joseph
Diggs together with one other member
yet to be named will represent the
union at the meeting OF the local
Trades Council to work out the Labor
day plans.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Heavy Fighting On
the Italian Front
(By Associated Press)

BERLIN, July 1.-THE Official Aus
tro- Hungarian statement Of Monday
reports the continuation OF heavy
fighting on the. Italian front. Monte
Corno was captured by the Italians
but won back by .Austro.Hungarian
troops which took prisoner 445 Ital.
ians. An Italian attack. in the sector
Of Monte lnterrotto failed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
DISTRICT ORGANIZER COMING

DISTRICT ORGANIZER COMING
The Sunshine club Of the Degree
OF Honor will meet at the home of
Mrs. Clowl, 500 Lowell avenue, Thurs
day afternoon ats2;so. Ali members
are requested to be present as Bis
ter Johnson, district organizer, win
be with US. q.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Men From First Join the Second.
(By Associated Press.l

CHARLESTON, July 1.-THE sec.
ond infantry under a blazing sun con.
ttnued Its preparation for border du.
y. Reports from the First infantry
70 Adjutanti General Bond showed that
g number OF men had elected to trans.
fer their enlistments to the second,
Glarksburg contributing twenty, Mar.
tinsburg 10, Sutton 10, Littleton six,
Grafton, two, and .Morgantown one.
Lieutenant Robinson reported from
Beckley that he Is sending 20 recruits
for examination and Captain Skies
sent in 10 more from Huntington.
Less than 80 men arr. now needed to
brng the regiment to full strength.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
Announ ent

The Atlas Flour Mills Of Milwaukee, Wis, wish us
to announce to the retail grocery trade that Mr..
Arch Fleming becomes the exclusive wholesale dis
trbutor Of Atlas Fancy Flour this territory after
July 1916.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

BALTIMORE, July 11.-Capt. Koe-
ing today made the statement to Gus.
tom officials that he expected to get
away within ten days. He had been
told that IL he remained longer than
two weeks the wireless would be seal
cd up.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

sTEAMERsHITsSMInE
LONDON, July 4 Llyod,s shipping
agency announced that the British
steamer Kara has been abandoned
by her crew after striking mine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

JEFFERsoNvlLLE, Ind, July IL.
TIL first case OF infantile paralysis has
been repotred here II became known
today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
INFANT SCOURGE
TAKES NEW START
Hundred Per Cent Increase
in Deaths in New York
Today.
(By Associated Press.)

NEW YORK, July 11.--A large in.
crease in the number Of deaths and
new cases in the epidemic Of infantile
paralysis was reported today.
During the last "a hours 1876 new
cases developed in the five boroughs
of New York city and there were 80
deaths. This Is an increase Of more
than 100 per cent in the number Of
deaths resulting from the plague in
the "a hours ending at 10 this morning
compared with the previous "a hour
record.
In Brooklyn 6s new cases were re.
ported yesterday as against 1855 today.
There are now a total of 127S cases
Of infantile paralysis in the great city.
Deaths since the outbreak of scourge
number 270.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, July 11.-Four
more cases of infantile paralysis were,
repotred to the state board of health
today bringing the total number Of
cases in Illinois to 81,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

ALTOONA, July 1.-two cases Of
infantile paralysis we're reported to
health authorities there today the first
In three years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11
The Weather. :

night and wednesday.
cALWEATHERfR fREApINGs
f. p. Hall. Observer
Temperature at s a m. today n.
Yesterdays weather partly cloudy;
temperatures maximum 90: minimum
64; precipitation .0S.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

S|)B||S(|N
The WAY
Amsterd Report
| Says the Bremen
Has Sailed
FIRST is INSPECTED
Naval Officers Pay Formal
Visit to the Deutsch-
/. land land
,E!RST IS INSPECTED.
(By Associated lpressJ


AMSTERDAM. July A. Another
commercial submarine, the Bremen.
constructed by the company that built
the Deutschland now in American
port, already has left the harbor, ac-
cording to Berlin vossiscag zeitung.
BALTIMORE, July 11s-American
navy officers detailed by the Navy de.
partment TO determine the status OF
the German submarine Deutschland
went aboard the craft today.
Captain Paul Koenig, Commander Of
the Deutschland, was not there to
receive them but they were shown
through the vessel by the marine sup
erintendent of the North German
Lloyd line, with the commanders per-
mission.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-11

l(contlnued on Pose ElkhelI
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28

Co. Mir. Jackling is also large stockholder and reputed to have the controlling interest in the Pacific AL aska Navigation Co., which company operates what is known as the "Ad- miral Line" of boats. So much for one transportation company.
 Let us now see about the other transportation company. At the re- cent Republican Divisional Convention of the Third Division held at Val deg on the 17th day of July, 1916, Mr. George C. Hazelet who is generally recognized as the Guggenheim politi- cal representative of the Third Di- vision secured in that Convention the nomination of Mr. Wickersham for Delegate to Congress as a candidate of the Republican party of the Third Judicial Division. The aggregation of wealth commonly known as the Guggenheims own the Kennecott Mine, the Copper River & Northwest ern Railway Co.,, and the Alaska Steamship Company Does it seem possible that Mr. Hazelet as the poIi- tical representative of the Third Di- vision of these immense interests would secure the nomination of man who was sincerely opposing them? Does it not appear more reasonable that the alleged antagonism of Judge Wickersham's to those interests is merely bluff for the purposes of get ting the vote of the minimizing peo- pie. My information is that Mr Hazelct has been ever since the Con vention which nominated Mr. Wick ersham and now is sincerely and earn estly working for the electi Of NIr. Wickersham.
 Mir. Wickersham devoted a great portion of his recent speech at Valdez to stating what he had done in the way of securing legislation while in Congress and named a number of laws he had passed but he failed to mention one very important law which he had passed on July IS, 1914, which reliev- ed the Copper River & Northwestern Railway with other railway companies in Alaska from paying the license tax heretofore imposed of $lOOOO per annum per mile. fail to find where Mr. Wickersham has ever used his great talents to relieve the restaurant keeper, hotel keeper, cigar store, boarding house, etc, from this feder- al license tax, but he seems to have been moved by a great sympathy for the poor downtrodden Guggenheims struggling along with their Copper River X Northwestern Railway Co.,, hence he secured the passage of the bill which relieved them from paying SlOOOO per annum per mile tax on their railroad.
 T. J. DONOHoE,
 Democratic National Committeeman.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28
J. B. SLATER.

First publication August 1, 1916.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28

NOTICE OF ADVERTISING OUT AND DECLARING FORFEITURE
 OF INTEREST IN QUARTZ MIN ING CLAIMS FOR FAILURE TO PAY ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. Ts J. A. Bell, L. V. Ray and M. J. Con- roy; you and each of you, your heirs executors and administrators, are hereby notified, that, l, J. B. Slater, one of the owners in the following described Quartz Gold Mining Claims situate in the Moose Pass Mining Dis trict, Kenai Recording District, Third Division of the Territory of Alaska and more particularly described as follows, to-wlt:-mdependence Quartz Mining Claim, May Flower Quartz Mining Claim, Blue Rock Quarth Mining Claim, Fresno Quartz Mining Claim, Mammoth Quartz Mining Claim, Meadow Lark Quartz Mining Claim and Arctic Circle Quartz Min ing Claim, you above named being in- terested in the above described Q larI4 Mining Claims and each Of them; That have perforned ana caused to have performed on sad claims and each and every enc of them, and have paid for the same, the annual as- sessment work for the year lJl5, last past, amounting to the sum of one hundred dollars per claim, making the total amount of said annual assess ment work on said claims the sam of seven hundred dollars all of which l have paid, that there is nov due and owing to me from you, part of said assessment work thereof; which said amount became due and payable to me or the first day of January, 1916.
 You and each of you and each O1 your heirs, executors and administrat- ors are hereby notified to pay to me your share of said assessment work on or before Ninety Days aftes the first publication of this notice, tO-wit: Ninety days after the first day ot August, 1916 and in case you fail or refuse so to do, your and each of your interest in above described Mining Claims and each of them will be and is hereby declared forfeited to me. and your interests and the whole thereon will be then and there terminated.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and seal this lst day of August, 1916.
 J. B. SLATER.
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28

member and Mir. Jones for the time being was Acting Secretary of the In terior.
 After Mr. Wickersham made his speech at Juneau in which he also claims that he had secured the rail road legislation and that Senator Chamberlain had introduced the bill in the Senate, that Wickersham had pre- sented to him, John w. Troy, of Ju- neau, wired Senator Chamberlain lal- ative to the matter and received the following reply:
 "Portland, Oregon,
 September %, 1916. John w. Troy,
 Juneau, Alaska
 Alaska Railroad Bill my bill. Pass ed Senate first. It is the law under which the railroad in Alaska is be- ing constructed. It was not introduced by me at the request of Wickershal nor written by hir, and but for the active support of President Wilson and the administration it would not have passed at all.
 (signed) Geo. E. Chamberlain"
 Judge Wickersham devoted a con siderable portion of his speech to an attack upon myself and l am free to confess that l am at a loss to know why this was done, not that it makes the slightest difference to me, but ] am certainly not an issue in this campaign as 1 am not a candidate for any office, either elective or ap- pointive. But he seeks through me to tie the Democratic party to the Guggenheims, the Fish Corporation the Transportation Companies and to Shackleford, whom believe is gener- ally recognized as being the leader of the Republican party of Alaska There is no alliance, secret or other ,wise, between the Democratic party and the Shacklefom wing of the Re publican party of Alaska. There is no alliance, secret or otherwise, be- tween the Democratic party and the Guggenheims, the Fish Corporations or the Transportation Companies anc neither of these companies have con tributed one cent towards defrayine the expenses of the Democratic party campaign for this year. As an indi- vidual l am in no manner connected with any transportation company, oi with the Guggenheims or with the Fishing Corporations other than my firm defended a recent case of the Government aga;n,t the Alaska Pa 'k- CTS Association a. tEe present term of the District Court in the Third Di- vision for which we received a $5OO.OO fee. have not been employed by the Guggenheim interests since 1908. Our firm at this time are attorneys for the plaintiff in a personal injury case in which the Copper River X Northwestern Railway Company is defendant, the amount sued for being $lO,OOO.OO.
 Having put the statement of my position and that of the Democratic party clearly before you let us now consider Judge Wickersham's connec tion with those "malefactors oi great wealth." On June 20, 1916 Judge Wickersham wrote Bart L Thane, of the Gastineau Mining Co. the following letter:
 "House of Representatives, U. S' A.
 Washington, D. C., June 20, 1916. Bart L. Thane, Esq.,
 Thane, Alaska.
 -
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28
TO THE VOTERS OF ALASKA


 1 feel it my duty as Democratic i National Committeeman for Alaska to reply to a few of the untrutbful and inconsistent statements made by Judge Wickersham in his speech at ! Valdez on the evening of the 14th day of October, 1916.
 Judge Wickersham claimed in Se- attle, Ketchikan, Juneau and other places that he had secured the legis- lation which resulted in the govern ment constructed railroad in Alaska. Knowing this to be an untruthful statement l deemed it my duty to ascertain the facts regarding the Ma tional legislation which authorized the construction of a government owned railroad in Alaska. 1 therefore on August 18th, 1916, wired Secretary Lane to send me history of the AL asl,a Railroad legislation in Congress. On August 18th, 1916, in response to this wire l received the following:
 Washington, D. C.,
 August 18th, 1916. T. J. DonOhoe,
 Valdez, Alaska
 Representatives Flood and William Sulzer introduced bills to create AL aska Railway Commission and Senator Simmons a resolution to ascertain cost of transporting equipment from Panama in Sixty Second Congress. House bill ten four eighteen as or ginally introduced by Wickersham providing for legislative assembly did not contain provision for first Alaska Railroad Commission. Provision was inserted by Senatorial Committee. Senate Bill forty-eight was introduc- ed by Senator Chamberlain first ses- sion sixty third Congress April seventh, nineteen hundred thirteen who made speech occupying forty one pages Congressional Record. Wicker sham introduced bill in House. Sen ate Bill Chamberlain BilD was sub stituted for House Bill (Wickersham's BHD and passed the Huose as amend ed February, nineteen hundred four teen, approved by President Wilson March twelfth, nineteen hundred four teen. Railway project and bill had active and continued support of Presi- dent Wilson and Secretary Lane.
 (Signed) JONES, Acting Secretary"
 Wickersham claims that this reply was compiled by some department clerk and not authorized by Secretary Lane. You will note that my tele- gram was directed to Secretary Lane. At the time this telegram reached Washington Secretary Lane was un- doubtedly engaged on the Mexican Peace Commission of which he is a
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28
Very truly yours,

(signed) JAMES WICKERSHAM."
 Mir. Wickersham on the same day wrote an identical letter to P. r. Bradley who controls the great Tread well corporations. You will note from Judge Wickersham's letter to MT. Thane his longing to cooperate with Mir. Thane. Mir. Thane is manager of the Gastineau mine and Mir. D. c. Jackling is the president and control ling factor of the Gastineau Mining
The Seward gateway., 1916-10-28
My Dear Mir. Thane.


 This letter is written to you in en- tire frankness and confidence. Your reply will be held strictly confdenti- al also. have made every effort in my power to secure a proper organi- zation of the Republican party in AL aska so that we might not only elect the Delegate but the Republican mem- bers of the Legislature as well. It seems to me the situation is such to urge all members of the party to lay aside personal grief and join hands that Alaska may stand square with the Administration of Hughes and Fairbanks after the 4th of next March.
 l shall support the Republican Ma tional ticket as 1 have always done, except in the single instance of four years ago. When Mir. Roosevelt was candidate 1 supported him. send you herewith a copy of the letters and telcgrams which passed between me and those in charge of the Seward Convention insofar as the nomination for Delegate is concerned. From this correspondence you will discover that if had agreed to surrender my free dom as the representative of the peo- pie c' 4 aska in the matter of patron age would have teen nominated there. l did not do that and in my refusal was and now am fully sup ported by the Congressional Republi- can Committee, to whom all the cor respondence and the facts were sub mitted.
 The question which confronts me now is: what will you and my other geod friends in Juneau do in the mat ter of assisting me to secure proper organization of the Republican party through the Divisional Convention. Will you support me as a candidate for Delegate with earnestness,-or at all? Would my nomination in the Di- visional Convention in the First Di- vision be agreeable to you and would it give strength to the organization and assist in electing Republican members to the Legislature? If can feel assured that l can have a fair support around Juneau feel sure of reelection. Will you write me what the situation is and what I can depend upon in the First Division.
 Your reply will be held strictly con- fidential.
 Very truly yours,
 (signed) JAMES WICKERSHAM."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-07
NEEDS OF AMERICAN NAVY
TO EQUAL GERMAN FLEET
Three Dreadnoughts and Four Battle
Cruisers Would Give Us Desired
Strength, Says Fletcher.
COULD DEFEND BOTH COASTS
Admiral Says lie AMI Majority Of
Higher Officers Disapprove Of Pro-
posal to Substitute Promotion by
Selection for Seniority System.

WASHINGTON. March 6-Thre.
DreadnouSh;S and four battle cruisers
added to the Americans feet. built and
authorized. would make II the equal I'm
hShNns strength of the present Ger
man he"t Admiral Fletcher. commanders
of the Atlantic Fleet declared to-day
before the House Naval Cor;mittee.
While Germany has seven BATH,
cruisers and the United States none the
admiral said. the thirty -fvc-knot craft
proposed by The Navy Deuartmcut
would he so much superior to any
thing now anoat that four of them,
POSSIBLY three. would more than off i.
set tn" seven German boats
With ia" present flee, OF fnr,v-two
hattleshirs OF all types. three addi-
'ional Dreadnoughts and seven bnttlc
cruisers. ADMIRAL Fletcher Thought 1--WE
could reasonably expect 10 make a
good defense. although no, an ahso-
Tut" one. .! both coasts against any
combination of two enemy powers that
uid not include Great Britain.
The admiral said tina, he and II
majority of the higher officials OF the
navy disapprovcd OF the personnel
ton by selection for the seniority sys-
tom Tie said that II III" President
were authorized TO transfer per cent
or III" captains. commanders and lieu
chaht-cominandcrS To the reserve list
employing them in consular work
abroad. as instructors in military
frn"ois or on other work for the gov
"ru'nent. tho way for promotion OF eff
hci"nt officers would bc open without
additional expense. The present s"s-
tenn Of selection FOR high commands
ana bureau heads. he said, provided 3,
way of putting tho right man in the
right place.
ADMIRAL Fletcher thought thnt the
training and cducation o! Ali navy Of
hccrs was so nearly identical that to
make selection among the officers in
any grade OF those qualificd for pro-
motion. as proposed would ID" a diff
Ncuit task. There was little to choose
among 40 per cent of the men In any
grade. he added: all being required to
be experts In many subjects. such as
Scaiuanship. Sunnory. engineering and
10 have in addition n knowledge Of
international law beyond that Of the
average lawyer. AS a natural process
h" explained. they now specialized
along the lines 10 which they felt th.
most attraction. and were appointed
to posts that would get tho best re-
suits for the navy from that study
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-07
CAL0MEL TODAY.
SICK TOMORROW
Dose of TASTY calomcl makes
You sick and you lose a
days work.

Calomel salivates! It's mercury
Caloncl acts like dynamite on n slug
gish liver. When calomel comes Into
contact with sour bile II crashes into II,
causing cramping and nausea
IL you feel bilious. hcadachy, consu
patcd and all knocked out, Just 10 TO
your druggist and get "A 5O-cent bottle
OF Dodson's Liver Tone, which 4. a
harmless vegetable substitute for dan
perous caiomel Take n spoonful and
IL II doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and qCicker
than nasty calomcl and without MAXI. >
you sick, you just go back and get
your money.
II you take calomcl to-day you'll DO
sick and nauscatcd Tomorrow; begidcs
u may salivntc YOU. while IL you take
Dodson's Liver Tone you will. wake up
feeling great. full OF ambition and
ready for work or play. It's harmless
pleasant and safe TO give to children;
they like Acknowledgement