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VOL, i. NO 230.BLUEK1KLD. WEST VIRGINIA. SATI KDAY AI-TI-RNOPN. IAM ARY .S. i9oS. PRICE HMM ENTS
DRUG-GRAZED
DOCTOR KILLS
IMPATIENT
DRI NK AND DAZRB BY LIQUOR
AND OPIATRS PHYSICIAN l»R
LIBKRATKLY HRYKRS 1NTKS
TINKS IN TWO PLU M.
Port Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 18.—Dr.
‘P. K. Dahl, one of the wealthiest and
moat prominent physicians of North
western Iowa, has been arrested here
charged with manslaughter. The
case is one of the strangest on rec
ord.
Dr. Dahl, dazed with drugs and
liquor, was operating on Mrs. Floyd j
Bowen. An Incision had been ma le
in ths abdomen. To the horror 01
watchers. Dr. Dahl severed the in
testines In two places with scissors.
The operation called for no interf< r
enoe with the digestive tract. Nurses
and physicians dragged the crazed
surgeon from his patient and tried
to remedy the mistake. 'They failed
and Mrs. Bowen died.
Dr. Dahl barricaded himself in his
-bCfUse, and when the doors were
broken down he was found In bed
dazed with narcotics.
WALSH GUILTY IIF
BANKLOOTING
Chicago, Jan. 18.—The jury in de
liberating in the case of John R.
Walsh, on the charge of bank loot
ing. today reported finding him guil
ty on 53 counts out of 150 Indict
ments. He was found not guilty in
the others.
“THIS 18 ONLY THE BEGINNING*'
John R. Walsh wa« indicted in
the federal court for wrecking the
Chicago National Bank, of which he
was president, the Suitable Trust
company, the Home Savings Bank
and other Walsh financial institu
tions which failed 1n 1907, when the
Chicago National closed Its doors.
The testimony in the long .trial
showed^that Walsh removed vast
sunhc from his banks on dummy
c notes, and borrowed money on the
stock of his embryonic railroads. He
admitted the charges on the stand,
aaylng that all bankers did It. Walsh
and his two daughters were iu cour*
when ihe Jury came In after thlrtv
hours of deliberation. When t»ho
verdict was announced no one show
ed surprise, and Walsh’s attorneys
maved for a new trial. Judge An-1
derson set January 28 for hearing
the motion. Walsh said: “This Is
only the beginning of the fight.’’
million dollar
FIRE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Jan. 18.—$1,000,000 was
loat in a Ore which destroyed the six
story building of the McNeil Higgins
Orocery company today. Adjacent
buildings were also badly damaged.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYER*.
If yon wish to save the expense of
A levy call and pay your taxes at
o*ce. They are long past due and
mnat be paid. Very trnly yours,
W. P. HAWLEY, Depoty Sheriff.
1-6-12t
DEVIL WAGON
TURNS TURTLE
ON SHORT CURVE
PROMINENT HOTEL MAX AND
II IK WIFE A HE IXSTAXTLY
KILLER—OWNER OF (’Alt KE
RIOI HLY Hl’RT.
—
Baltimore, Jan. 18.—(Seorge D.
Billups, proprietor of the Pimlico
hotel, and his wife were instantly
killed early today when they were
thrown from an automobile at the
entrance to Druedhill Park. Leo H.
Shaad, of Klkrldge, Md., owner and
driver of the machine, was also seri
ously injured. The machine turned
turtle on a short curve.
TWENTY-SIX
WERE IXVITEI* TO HAN^IET
ANO WERE KILLER—CHIEF
OF VILLAGE OF HAAIIONG
AMONG Xl MItER.
Bombay, Jan. 18.—The chief of
the village of Saabong, and twenty
six advisors were massacred recent
ly according to a dispatch from
Chin Hills for attempting to force
a tribute from the neighboring vil
lages. The neighlmrs Invited the
chief and his subjects to a feast and
during the banquet killed them.
WTEniiflil CONTEST
of miiiioiiE ns
Chicago, Jan. 18.—Five trophies
and medals and $10,000 in cash
prizes have been offered by the Chi
cago Aeronautique Club for interna
tional conteata in the air. to be held
by the club July 2nd to 4. Seven
events are on the program, chief
among them being the international
ballooning contest, open to the
world. A trophj posting $2,000 will
go to the contestant who makes the
longest distance flight. The man
making the greatest length of time
in continuous flight will get a trophy
valued at $600. The number of
Barters Is limited to thirty.
PROSPECTIVE PAPER
FOR CHARLESTON
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18.—
There have been rutnors for some
time that several newspapers would
be launched in this city, both Re
publican and Democratic, but as yet
none have made their appearance. It
is expected that there will be at least
one new one launched within the
next ten days. It, however, will be
a weekly and Republican in politics.
BELMONT CAFE.
Dally.
Full Course Dinners,
12 to 3 p. m.
—t, E. O. SliOA.V, Mgr.
WHITE SALE
THVRADAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, January loth,
17th nml I nth.
QUEEN UNDER MUSLINS.
Unexcelled In manufacture, style and material*
I.esa than cost of the material*.
CHILDREN'S DRAWERS .lo and 15c
INDIES' DRAWERS . I Or to *1.00
LADIES’ CORSET COVERS .J5c to *1-00
LADIES' GOWNS .39c to $2.00
LADIES PETTTCOATS.25e to $2.00
GRIFFON WAISTS .SPECIALLY PRICED
BIG BARGAINS.
Towel*. Embroidered Table Linen*. India Litvon*. lawnit,
Dlmltie*. Madras. Wal*tlng*.
Mall Order* Deceive Pmm|»t Attention.
E. S. P D I G O
825-1127 PHaceton Avenue, Minefield, Went Virginia.
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UP OF THE LONG CRUISE
ADMIRAL EVANS’ FLEET WILL HID FAREWELL TO CIVILIZATION
OX LEAVING RIO JANEIRO IN TIL CALLAO. PERI\ IS REACH
ED, WHERE THEY WILL HE GIVEN ANOTHER ROt'MING
WELCOME.
Rio do Janeiro, Jan. 18.—With
the bunkers filled with coal and all
preparations made for beginning the
next stretch of the long voyage to
the Pacific, the battleship fleet of
Admiral Evans will steam out af Rio
harbor early next weak and head
southward for Punta Arenas, the'
most southerly town on this side of
the world. When officers and men
bid farewell to their friends In the
Brazilian capital Monday, they wl'.l
also say good-bye to civilization for
many weary days to come. It will
bo dull routine, with only one stop
at a greasy little collection of huts
and shanties, until Callao, Peru, is
reached on February 18.
The distance from Rio to Punta
Arenas is over 2,200 miles, and this
expanse of tossing billows will be
traversed in 10 days, so that the lit
tle village bet wen the barren cosBts
of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego
will l»e reached about the last day of
this month. Nothing but coaling
will be done there. At thiB God
forsaken place which was formerly
a convict station for Chile until th«
Chllenii government became too civ
ilized to send even convicta there*,
the fleet will ente^ the water* of th*».t
republic, and wil be met by the
Chilean cruiser Esmeralda. TIPs
vessel will serve as an escort to the
Meet 'through the crooked straits of
Magellan.
The announcement that Chile
will honor the Pnited States by send
ing a naval vessel to attend the fleet
while It remains in Chilean waters
recalls the fact that Admiral Evans,
during tho trouble between the
United States and Chile several years
ago, was the commander of a Yan
kee cruiser in the harbor of Valpal
raiso. it was then that he made
the famous remark: "If the paint
of my cruiser Is scratched, hell will
smell of garlic."
During the coming two weeks, de
spite the fact that the fleet will h*»
traveling south all the time. the
Yankee tars will pass from 'the tor
rid heat of midsummer to the frigid
winter of the arctics. On shore
leave at Punta Arenas the sa'lor*
will see some of the most ignorant
types of humanity In the world. The
naltves of Patngonia and Terra del
Fuego, despite the severity of the
climate, wear little or no clothing,
and stnear their bodies with foul
odored i>aint and grease. They
spend most of their days on horse
back and their nights In little tents
made of hides. Horse meat and
ostrich flesh are the staples of their
diet. They are natural traders, and
many sailors will likely part with
some of their belongings In exchange
for otter-skin or ostrlch-b-e.mt
wraps.
The Rtralts of Magellan, through
which the fleet must pass, are only
about nH wide In some parts as the
Hudson River, and are lined by
lowering, snow-clad precipices. This
will bo the really dangerous part of
the Journey. After leaving Punta
Arenas a day and a night will he oc
cupied In reaching the comparative
ly safety of the Pacific. Then, with
the trim little Chilean cruiser, Ks
meralda. in the lead, the long line
of battleships will steer north, back
to the land of sunshine and laughter,
until, on February lh, the guns of
the Peruvian forts will boom a wel
come that, will be ns music to the
ears of the Yankee tars. For they
will be back In civilisation -Span
ish-American civilization, which is
different from ihe Yunkee bl’kiid, It
lIs true—but still civilization.
MAY EXCLUDE
PUBLIC AND
REPURTERS
FROM COI’RT ROOM WHILK HAR
RY’S WIPK IS GIVING IIKR
TFHTIM<INY—WILL TBLL MANY
THINGS THAT DID 'NOT COMB
OFT IN FIRST TRIAL.
Now York, Jan. 18.—Over to
day's reoese in the Thaw trial Jus
tice Dowling Is deciding whether to
concur with District Attorney Je
rome's request that when Kvelyn
Nosbit Thaw resumes her testimony
Monday the public and newspaper
men shall be excluded from the
court room. When Kvelyn takes the
stand again she will probably tell
many things which waa not told at
the previous trial, as the defense
wants to show all acta are tending
to prove Thaw’s Insanity.
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II
Miss Lillian Oarrett, thirty-five
years old and a daughter of Alexan
der Oarrett, four or five miles eaet
of I^banon, was adjudged Insane
Monday, and on Wednesday she was
taken to the asylum at Marlon. Va.
MIsh Oarrett got sanctified at a
meeting t»eld in her neighborhood
not long ago which caused her to
lose her mind.
In the last three or Tour years
sanctified preachers have held forth
In different parts of the country and
during that time many people have
professed sanctification and some six
or seven have gone crazy.— Lebanon
News.
COMRM TO RLCKHKI.D.
Assistant Trainmaster Harry C.
Weller has been transferred from
Portsmouth, O., to this city, with a
handsome Increase in salary. Mr.
Weller is highly spoken of by the
Portsmouth paj>ers.
CAUSED POLITICAL
STIR
WHKN UK ANNOt'N4'KI> THAT HK
WAS FOR HRTRKTAHY HWIHII
KR FOR Ot'ltKRNATORIAL
NOMINATION.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 18—Oov.
Dawson caused a little stir in polit
ical circles Wednesday when he an
nounced In an Interview that he wan
for Secretary of State Chas. W.
Swisher for the gubernatorial nom
ination. It has been the impression
for months that the governor favored
the secretary in preference to Au
ditor Rcherr. the other acknowledged
strong candidate for the nomination
Such an announcement was looked
for early In the fall or late hist sum
mer, hut for some reason no author
tative announcement was made.
Coming on they»ve of the session of
the legislature has some significance.
It will he understood that what Sec
retary of State Swisher may advo
cate In a legislative way will have
the support nnd approval of the gov
ernor, and what the governor haR
asked the legislature to accomplish
has the approval of Secretary of
State Swisher. My the governor's
announcement it. Is Inferred that
Swisher will stand on the same
measures the Dawson ndmlnlst ra
tion has stood for. The secretary
has heretofore labored for the suc
cess of what the governor advocated
which is an indication thn* he was
heartily In sympathy with the ad
ministration’s plans. As might he
expected, both candidates have many
friends in the capital city, hut there
can b<* no longer any dnaibt where)
4he governor stands nnd who will re
ceive his support.
II*\R CLEARING*.
Reserves, Increase. $10,515,425.
Doans, Increase, $9,520,100.
!>*"* IT. X., Increase. $10,205,025.
Specie, Increase, $22,29 1,700.
IjckaI lenders, Increase, $3,892,
100.
Deposits, Xicreaae, $30,527,700.
Circulation, decrease. $1,384,900 |
DKMIlTK 1‘I.KAK OF THOHK WHO
IjOHT KKI«ATI\K8 IN MONDAY
NKJliTS FIRK—20 ItODIK8 HK
M AIN t'XIDKN'TIFIKD.
Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 18.— Despite
the pleas of those who lost relatives
aud have not yet Identified them
among the victims of Monday's tire.
Coroner Strausser Insists that all
bodies must l>e burled before night.
Twenty bodies still remain unidenti
fied at the improvised morgue, and
they will probably he consigned to a
huge trench In the Fairview ceme
tery. Funerals are being held at the
rate of five an hour today.
Men today began removing the de
bris of the ruined o|>cra house to
Fairview cemetery. After the valu
ables are removed from the charred
bodies the bones will be removed,
nml will be burled.
The coroner already has jewelry
worth about $10,000 which was re
covered from the ruins. A commit
tee of citizens will take charge of
the valuables.
PRITCHARD
SAYS DOADS MAY
DISCRIMINATE
Roanoke, Va,, Jan. IS.- That, n
railroad corporation may handle Its
cars hh It hch lit, Ik virtually what
Is meant by the decision handed
I down yesterday In the United States
I circuit, court of nppcalH, Judge
Pritchard Hitting. In rendering hIk
declHion Judge Pritchard reverses
Judg* Morris, of the district court
of Maryland whose decision was that
| the railroad company must handle
| the private or Individual cars on the
percentage plan, and that while the
owneiK or such were entitled to their
use, they must he charged agalns>
the allotment of the mines receiving
them.
Following this decision by Judge
Morris ttie Raltlmore and Ohio rail
road, against whom the charge ol
llscrlnilnation was brought, appeal
ed to the higher tribunal and fur
nished the bond pending the deci
sion, $362,000. The vast. Importance
of ihe reversal of trie opinion Is due*
to the fact that the welfare of coal
operators in West Virginia, Mary
land and In all states where bitumin
ous coal is mined, is dependent
thereon.
The outgrowth of the original pro
ceedings in the famous Pitcairn case
In which the Independent coal op
erators of West. Virginia brought
charges against the Ral-tlmorc and
Ohio railroad alleging discrimination
!n the hnudllng of freight cars. In
•he decision of yesterday Judge
Pritchard holds that the Institution
of proceedIngs does not exclude any
other remedy provided for tty the In
terstate commerce act.
In their original hill the Inde
pendents made the general accusa
tion that the Raltlmore and Ohio
railroad company dhtr riminated In
favor of the Fairmont Coal compa
ny, the Somerset Coal company and
the Consolidated Coal company, th<
'latter being the parent of Ihe com
bine and which has been for some
years, owned by the railroad corpo
ration.
The alleged discrimination war
said to be of Immens • profit to Itu
combine and It was claimed that 1
was the source of great loss to In.le
pendent operators. The court was
asked to direct the Raltlmore and
Ohio to stop this dlsrrlmtnation
This the lower court did and It was
this decision that Judge PrltcharJ
reverse.
»UM» MTVlKKT MKKTIXi
fiftowM i\ ivri:it! ?i».
—
To a full hotiae last night Iter. I)
Krnory Hawk preached and Rrv. A
M. Hunter sang and many went for
ward for reconsideration and pravrtr.
Tonight at 7:30 service* will again
l»e held.
Tomorrow promises to t»e a busy
day. The Hahhath school service ai
f». 30; will he evangelistic te,ich'T<’
meeting at ft: IT* In ladles' par’or.
Preaching at 11 a. m., 2:30 p. in.
for hoys and girls and all who desire
jto come. 3:30 men's mass meeting,
Will Investigate
Army Officers
Of High Rank
FLOTILLA UNDERGOING
REPAIRS FOR NEXT IIP
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 18.—The torpe
do boat destroyer Lawrence la ship
ping with a new propeller, and the
rest of th ^ destroyer flotilla are un
dergoing repairs und preparations
are being made to have the torpedo
boats make a record trip to the
Magellan Strutts. It Is hoped that
• he flotilla will reach there before
the battleship fleet, but nn attempt
may be made to stop at Hetiuos
Ayres, Argentina. The flotilla sail
ing date Ih net for January 21st.
St'ANRAI. IS IMMINENT WlllC'H
WILL \\K OP NATIONAL IM
PORTANCE AM» THE KAIKUR
IS IXCTKRM1NRD TO HAVE A
HKNKHAL IIOI SR CLRANINO.
Berlin, .Ian. is.—An Invostlga
ilon whi begun today Into the
charge* against high army officers
or Immoralities similar 'to those
brought by Rdltor Harden against
knight* of tho greon cloth.
•Much secrecy la observed, but It
Is wild that If tho names of the of
Ileers were revealed It would create
a scanial of national ImporUiticc.
The kaiser Is determined to have a
complete house denning.
JUVENILE HOUSEBREAKERS
Morning Raid on ‘‘O. C. Phelps
Store” John Neal and “Pos”
Thaxton Arrested
Tills morning about 3 o’clock Po
liceman Carter (Uncovered that K. S.
Pedigo's Htore on Hluefleld avenue,
known as the "O. C, Phelps Htore.'
had been broken Into, lie Informed
Poll...- ..n Calloway and the two o.»
fleers started In different directions
looking Tor the culprits. Mr. Callo
way Haw "Poh” Thaxton, a youth
of about tfi. enter IiIh home, and
questioned him about hla inovomcn'H
»»> early In the morning. Thaxton
broke down and confessed to the
robbery and Implicated John Neal,
anoth r youth of about his own ago,
who whh then placed under arrest.
Several pack a gen were recovered:
The boys will be given a hearing
this ev• nihr about 7 o'clock before
’Squire (lodboy.
DISAPPEARS
FROM HOME
WOMAN, TIIOI'OIIT TO HK IN
NAM:, MINSINO FROM MKAIM>\V
CRKKK.
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Hinton. W. Va., Jnn. 1H.— Mr*.
Rachel Martin, who lives near Mead
ow Creek, has mysteriously disap
peared from her home. She left on
Monday night of lost week, and had
on no eloth In g except her night gai
tnents, an I alio is thought to linv •
been insane, as she lias often ex
hibited signs of insanity.
N'o trace of her whereabouts hn*
be n learned up to this time, an I
her friends are exhibiting great
anxiety as to her fate.
OII.KK COf NTV NOTKH.
Pearlshurg, Va., Jan. IK.—Mrs. T.
C. Johnston was called to IIIu«>n«*)r]
Tuesday on account of the Illness of
her daughter, Mrs. Will Collins, who
has the fever.
T. I). Pa reel I, who was once a resi
dent of this community, but now of
McComas, W. Va., has purchased the
lands of Mr. It. O. Smith, In Rye
Hollow.
Mrs. It I,. Poindexter of Craharn.
spent Friday and .Saturday with her I
mother, Mrs. M. j). Woolwine, Sun-,
day with her brother. J Hank Wool
wine, while her husband, Mr. Poln
dexter and two sons, are visiting in ]
Lynchburg.
Judge Martin Williams and Hon.
A P. Strother are Iwtih now at Rich-'
moiKl attending to their duties Mrs
Strother accompanied her husband.
| Mrs. (!, T Painter lias sold her
millinery store to Shelton, Phlegar!
& Strader. Mr. and Mrs. Will
I Mrader will take charge February I.
They will retain Miss U*arn ,of Hal
tlmore, as milliner.
IIKM> l-Oft OM \\f» .11 HV.
In Justice (lodbey'a court today
George tJIlr-a, colored. was hel I for
the grand jury on a charge of meal
ing eloihca from Frank Roberta and
Jim A l.nna. two oth t colored men.
who roomed at Jim Fudge'a place.
\ warrant haa also been I Salle for
another party Implicated In the theft
under anapliea of Y M C. A. All
pastors are asked to announce the
aervleo and eome themselves. The
ladles and ehlldren are not to he ex
cluded At 7:30 the paator will
preach on "Christ's Fourfold Ex
planation as to Why Men Are 17 n
aaved.'* All are invited. Services
continue next week.
BALDWIN SAILS
WITH PERRIS
ROANOKF DETR<TIVR is ON
THE HIOA COMINO HACK WITH
Ml,AVER OF AMHAIH.
Huenns Ayres, Jnn. ]S. Detective
Raid win sailed yesterday for New
Vork having In ohargo Motes Ferris,
who Is being extradited on the
charge of murder said to have been
committed In February lam at Roan
oke, Va.
IRON COMPANY
IN BANKRUPTCY
I'llKMlHENT OF THE HANKItt'PT
FIRM IS EHWARI) h, HAItl*HIt,
WHO HAS A CHFCKFRFD CA
HEER TO HIS HONOR, HAVINO
SERVED A TERM IN IHtlsON.
Bristol, Va., .Fan. IS.—Tl> • Union
Iron and Steel company, of which
Edward L Harper wan president,
and which owned blavrf furnace* nt
Big Stone Gap, \,i.; Ironron, u.. and
Chatham, N V , ha* been declared
a bankrupt In the United State* <||x
trlet court of lielaware. The fur
naces have been tied up In litigation
alnce last Septe^w.
The asset* amount to about $22r.
0<»0, while the llabilltle* are inti
mated at $425,000, of which $100.
000 i» a preferred lien.
Edward I. Harper, a promoter of
tin* proportion of thin company In*
a checkered career. Only about
three year* ago he himself filed n
petition in bankruptcy when lx* wn<
thought to be a millionaire, 'afln ;
In the petition fhnl hi* only a«* i«
were the clothe* that -he wore. Many
year* ago Harper by a *er|e« ot
Hportilafing Investment* wrecked one
of th big national banks or Tin jn
nat|, for which be served a term in
the federal prison. H wa» after be
ing released from prison that he
took charge of the Union Iron and
stej company.,
Ambrose Smith will leave for
Lynchburg today to attend the mar
riage of hi* *l«ter. Mix* ftollle May
Smith, to Mr Ularence Uerguaon *»f
Lynchburg. The bride-elect la a
daughter of former master mechanic
N. If, Smith, and lived In this city
until the removal of the family to
Bristol.