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ESTABLISHED APRIL 8] 1906 BLUEF1ELD, W. VA.. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER I, 1910 1’KICi; TWO CENTS
NOVEMBER
IS CEOSE
SECOND
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Biggest Month in History of
the Pocahontas Division
With Exception of
Last April
WILL RANK HIGH IN
COAL DELIVERIES j
October Was a Big Coal*
Month in All Fields in
this Section
—
In the matter of general freight do- 1
liveries on the Pocahontas division of
the Norfolk & Western, the month of
November Just closed with the excep
tion of last April was the largest in
the history of the company. The daily j
average according to the figures com
plied in the division office was 1565
cars including the eastern and west
ern movement. The haulage was 2u,
553 west and 26,404 east, making a
total of 46,957. The movement east
and west for April was 1573 cars daily
making a total for the thirty days of
47,190 ears. Of the entire deliveries
at any time It will probably figure out
that Rixty-five percent is coal, twenty
percent general freight and fifteen per
cent coke.
The indications were until the Inst
few days of November that this would
be the biggest month in the history
of the Pocahontas and adjacent fields
on this diivsion in the matter of coal
loading, but there was a fulling down
in the tidewater movement, and the
closing of the Luke season also ope
rated to cut down the shipments.
Even with this against the month
when the figures are all in, there will i
be but a slight difference between it
and October which was the record
breaker in the coal business for the
entire history of this division of the
Norfolk & Western. The figures so
far compiled show a slight falling off, !
but they are not all in and cannot
be given accurately. As the matter
how stands April of this year was the
biggest month in the general freigiit
movement for this division, with No
vember a close second, and October
the biggest month in the coal busi
ness, November showing but a very
slight decline.
One very noticeable feature is the
increase in the coke business which
has been making evry decided strides
within the past few months. The fig
ures for the month have not been
compiled, and therefore there is noth
ing definite to be given out beyond
the fact that it is Ifhown there is a
very substantial increase.
MOTHER OF GEORGE
SUM TODAY
l,ondon, Dec. 1—Alexandra, mother
of King Heorge and widow of King
Bdward, is today receiving the con
gratulations of Kuropean royalty up
on attaining her sixty-sixth birthday.
The queen-mother is the daughter of
King Christian IX. of Denmark. Her
given name is Caroline Marie Charlot
te Louise Julie.
Many rumors have been afloat late
ly regarding aleged serious dlfferen
ccr of opinion between Alexandria and
Queen Mary. It may be snfely said
that these sensational reports are
grossly exaggerated, although it is
admitted that, in their personal tastes
and inclinations the queen mother and
the queen are far apart.
9PEARE QUITS JOB.
New York, Nov. Dec. I.- Robert P.
Hooper, of (lermantown, Pn., today
resumed the presidency of the Amer
ican Automobile Association, succeed
ing I,ewla R. Speare, wrho retired on
account of tho demands of his busi
ness for his entire time.
Subscribe for The Leader.
Arrives in New York from
Europe and Gives Her
Name as Miss Eliza
beth McNaughton
IS HELD FOR LATER
INVESTIGATION
_
If She Proves to be a Com
panion of Cnppen She
Will Be Deported
•Now Yotk. Hoc. 1.— A young woman
giving name of Elizabeth McNnugh
ton arrived here from Europe this
morning. She Is believed to bo Ethel
I-c.N»vp and is detilnod by the imnii
i
gration authorities. If she proves to
h>* EoNeve she will probably he de
ported.
The authoiitie3 are making every t
possible effort to entahUsh the iden
tity of the young woman whom »h.>y
believe beyond doubt is Ethel 1 e
Neve. She hears a very striking ie- (
semblance to the companion of tlv i
late Dr. Crippen, and while she s'oul
ly denies that she is such the matter ,
remains to be proven. The inunigra- j
tlon office Insists that she proc ihv. 1
she is not. If she fails to do thia ah»
will be promptly sent out of the
country.
BIG DEMAND FOR
HOLIDAY SEALS
l
Washington, Dec. 1.- Announce
ment conies from the headquarters
of the American National Red Cross
that Christmas Seals are being print- |
ed at the rate of a million a day and
that already oevr <50.000,000 have been
given out to agents in all parts of
the I’nited States. The demand for
these holiday seals is greater this
year than ever before.
At the same time the Red Cro*s
issues a warning calling attention ol
all users of Christmas Heals to 'he
ruling of the F’ost-ofhce Department
that these stcckers must be placed
in the backs of letters and packages.
To avoid the possibility of the misuse
of holiday seals, warning cards at.
being posted in every booth where
Red Cross Heals are sold, telling tin'
the tslckers are not good for postag*
and must he used only as seal*.
Already several million seals have
been sold to large manufacturing com
I cern an dother business houses in
all pnrts of the ''nlted States, and or
ders are coming in hourly The out
look for selling 100.000,000 seals r’ !
j thereby making good the slogan of
tlio campaign, A Million for Tuner
;culosls." arc very bright.
COL S. M. SMITH
SEVERELY HURT
i Col. 8. M. Smith fell thin afternoon
in front of the Mat* hotel on the ley
aldewalk, and aeverely wrenched b'a
hark. He waa taken to hia residence
on Monroe afreet In hia automobile
and medical aid aummoned.
It ia not known at thla time how
bad the injury will prove, but it
'feared he will be confined to hia room
for aomn time.
MARYLAND HORTICULTURISTS
Baltimore, Her. 1 The Maryland
State Horticultural Society commenc
ed Ita annual convention here today,
(wlth a number of apeakera of nation
I al reputation in attendance. A great
exhibition la being held thla week In
the Fifth Regiment Armory.
Cet in The leader Conte»t.
_j_ World s Greatest Fiancier j
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IN HIS BED
Seventy Year Old Clerk of
the N. & W. Dies at
Boarding House
in Roanoke
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Roanoke, Dee. I. (Special(—New
ton H. Hazelwood, chief clerk In office
of the auditor of receipts of the Nor
folk & Western was found dead In
bed at Ilia boarding house hero to
day. Death due to heart failure.
Hazelwood wag seenty yeurg old. born
in Medford and has been with the
Norfolk (Si Western forty-two years.
FINISHING IIP
HIS MESSISE
Special Session of Cabinet
Called to Consider Pres
ident Taft’s Message
to Congress
Washington. Dec. I. A special cab
| inet sesiou was called by President
Taft toda yt ©consider his message to
tCongress, now only In a rough form.
Mr. Taft worked on lb** message un
til long past midnight last night and
was again at work before eight o'clock
this morning.
After the cabinet session adjourned
the president secluded himself in his
stud> to put the finishing touches on
his message.
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ANNUAL RECEPTION.
Cambridge. Mass., Dec. I Harvard
professors are todav engaged in airing
, their mothball-scented dross suits,
hunting stray shirt studs and collar
buttons and heckling the Cambridge
inundrymen and tailors, in order that
they may put up a brave front at the
big social event of the year. It is the
annual faculty reception, arid tonight
the entire Fnlon building will he Alli
ed with Harvard educators and their
wievs. The professors of rtsdcliffe. as
well as Harvard, wil bake part in the
igay event. Following the reception
will come n light supper, and then
the cry will he. "On with the dance.
l*et joy lie uneonAned " The festivi
ties wll Irontinue until midnight, at
which hour all good Harvard profos
sors are expected to go hyhy.
Fir Ernest CassrtJ, one of the world's
jgreatest financiers, and his daughter,
Mrs, Wilfred Ashley, who through «•!•»
j expenditure of hi« millions has been
practically cured of tuberculosis. Fir
Ernest was a great friend of the late
King Edward. Those who have met
the great financier describe him cas
ually as "the coldest of mortals" and
one who cares for nothing hut adding
to hiB wealth. Hut Ins untiring de
votion to his daughter during her long
illness revokes this contention. E\ery
great specialist in Europe has been
consulted and last year the financier
flung aside great stakes to be with
his daughter in Egypt where she lay
at death's door for inn > months. .A
special st< o ..or wr c t > r I i<
bring her ho:; <. • d -r i • i •, i! I -
ness fro mtbls dr i* d m s
!ed Sir Ernest t<i pn t t i II’ >u
|dollar sanitarium foi con:nu>i tr. <• to
,the English nation.
ici pie is
Assistant Postmasters of
First and Second Clas
ses Are Now Under
Civil Service Rules
Washington, Doc. I. \nother juicy
file hiiK been, taken oft tin* federal
patronage counter Now civil service
rules affecting iksitunt i»OKttnnaters of
the Oral and second claane- were put
Into effect today, and ofTlcl'il and po
litical Influence will no longer control
auch jobs.
The law proivdes that nil assistant
post master* of the classes mentioned
throughout the country must undergo
examinations to prove their ability
to properly execute their duties. and
not merely to ge* in the votea. Such
assltant postmasters an are found to
he capable to fill all the requirements
of the postal service will remain in
office during good behnlvor.
The placing of assitant postmaster**
under civil service rules is evpected
to reault In greatly increased efflclen
cy, aa these men, having long experi
ence an da thorough knowledge of
their offices, *111 he of groat assis
tance during the "breaking In" of new
postmasters.
DEATH AT
NARROWS
' ~ .V’I*C.
Prof. Wyman Who Die*7
Claims to Have Been
Membei of Washing
ton’s Masonic Lodge
——
D.BANK DEADLY
VEGETABLE DOPE
Masons Investigating and
Will Probably Take
Charge of the Body
Professor Wyman, an artist in the
•lit' r, of ventriloquism ntlo slight of
blind died suddenly this morning In
tls room at the Central Hotel at
Narrows, Va., ul>ont K* o'clock., The i
t hie seemed to lie an ovo *do: * < f
'*x»r..i 'u taken in lion of liquor, ince
Narrows In a dry town. Wynne
an effort to get some of liis favorite
| beverage from niuefleld, but a :,<•
ed shipment or some other hitch
caused him to take to the dcndlx veg
etable extracts. Dr. Coeburn, the only
! physician in tin* little town, was Mint
^moiicd Imt tin* patient was beyond
| niedieal aid when lie arrived. Ills
death followed, according to the re j
port received here about noon, In a
few minute i al ter after the doctor's
arrival.
A remarkable feature connected
with the man is the fae.t that he
claims to i»*» a Mason and n member
of tin* lodge instituted by ti.it great
Patron of Masonry, (Jeorge Washing
ton. W. (). Cor hum, a merchant of
Narrows, and a member of the (tfdor,
visited Wyman a short time before
his death and satisfied himself that
the claims wore correct, but strange
to say after tin* death no credential
were found. There appears no doubt
however, upon the subject. The Mn
Wli1' of (files county who w**;v t
Narrows today to bury the remains!
of ihrir toother, William J >!inso.i, j
who died yesterday, have taken the ;
matter up, ami will make every ef
fort to establish the Identity of the
man. Among his effects were found |
only com** slight of hand paraphernal |
la, and other Junk. Imt nothing to give
a clue as to the Identity of the man
'Ills Masonic identification which Mr. !
, Cc' burn had seen had * disappeared. ;
** ■ • d that the man's claims j
are ' i •• * -lml the Masons, it
stated, will in all probability take
charge of tlie body. It is being held •
until the matter enn he inveKflgntod.
Wyfftnn was a man about 7*> yet' s
old, and find evidently led a rambling
Itfe mainly devoted to flu* to the show
business.
t
Declares that Advanced
|
Rates Would Operate in
Favor of John D’s
Company
Wachlngton. Ite< 1. That advanc
ing railroad rates ax proposed by avrl
otix traffic lines would b«- of imnicn.se
advantage to the Standard Oil com
pany and a detriment to th** Indepen
dent shippers was the declaration of
I- W. Holtz of Columbus, Ohio, pres
ident of National Petroleum Associa
tion at the rate hearing today.
Independent oil dealers are unal»e
ably opposed to the inn ease, declar
ing thev will be i r.>*l,V to compel*,
with oil *<••»< t\e irtoF are rais-vl.
j W 11. Henediet of Cincinnati, sales
agent for the Thacker Company rep
resenting the Houston mines at Thark
er and at Klkhorn, Is In the city to
day looking after the business of his
concern.
1
INCREASE
Shows Gain in the last Ten
Years of Over 260,000
According to the
Returns.
MERCER MAKES
A BIG STRIDE
■p
Thirteenth Census Show3
the County to Have
38,371 People
War bin ft ton, Doe. 1. (Special)
The population of th© state of West
Virginia, the tabulation of which haul
Just been completed by the comas j
bureau for the* thirteenth census, in I
1,221,119. H howl lift an increase of over
260,000 in tho hot ten years. The
population of the Htnto according to
(lie twelftli census ret nr in; was 958, I
(mmi, and that of tin* eleventh 702,791. *
The population of .Mercer county
according to the returns completed
today for the thitrcenlh census Is
•»K,87I. The twelfth cc 11 HUH gave the
county 22,028 and tho eleventh IC,0)I.
10 PRESERVE
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House of Governors Discuss
Matter and National
Moemvent May Be
Inaugurated
Louisville, Dec. I. The national i
inoement for the* preservation of liu
man life* will like|> in* inaugurated ns 1
a rowult of tiu- attention paid by the
House of Coventors to that sul»je< I
today. It was a ieature of the pro-’
gramme for -xcculive session today
and a number of state executives
wpoke on the* subject.
The employes liability law, child la
bor and the prevention of tuhoreu
losis were also discussed.
NEW ATHLETIC
. JE
ri
Kansas City. Alo.. In*, |. Sonic im
portant new athletic rulings uff<( in
nil the leading universities and
leges of Missouri. Kansas and .**■ * ,!
other states were put into effe* • *'>
day l»v the Missouri Valiev fnh • o’
legiate Conference. One r»f tii r .les
provides tIns* hereafter no * t> I • t
< oi( hen sha’l he allowed ,ox< i> iib
*•*.; are regular members of « u *e
Ing staff employed hv the 40 > •
hoard of the institutions for II.» *i
stllutlons for the full neadeinh y< ,i
This will do away with professional
coaches. Another rule provide* that
no intercollegiate footh ill game; shall
he plaved elsewhere than on college
grounds. If this rule stick*, the an
nual Thanksgiving Im . game between
Kansas and Missouri i nthl* rltv will
be a thing of the past .and oth* r
large cities of this section will also
he deprived of ofothall contests be
tween leading colleger
COTTON OIL MEETING
New York. !>er I Stockholder. ,,f
the Xmeriean Cotton Oil Company tire
holding their tin mini meeting today
at the principal offices, Oldenburg, \\
.1 . where the lefinen is located, hi
rectors will he elected and other bus
me*-, transacted The company today
paid a semi annual dividend ot three
per cent, on its preferred and two -ml
one half per rent on its common
stock.
I
I
Troops Hold Main Streets
of City on Account
of the Unsettled
Conditions
BEGINS HIS
EIGHTH TERjft
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Inaugural Cermeonies Are
Most Simple on Account
of the Recent Trouble
Mexico City, Doe. 1.-Troops that
have been pouting Into tin* elt.v r »r
• be past twenty-lour hours, guarded
• lie principal street* today during the
inauguration *»i President Diaz who
tor tin* eighth time assumed tin* chief
t. m y of the Mexican Republic.
To i revem any ouibroak of violence.
President Diaz Issued orders that »hc»
ceremonies should 5;e mo.-t simple.
I he (listurbed condition of the Repul)
lie caused the most extienu* proenu
• loti to he taken and President l>ia<
and his e.ihlni t ministers were close
ly guarded.
BIG FEED FOR l
LITTLE SPARTAN
- - r,
.\ew York, Doe. I. Tw enty live n »n
M'oh, tlie havings of ntaiiy duys, were
cheerfully exchanged for Ref^sOvo:.,
Christ teas -ticker* by little Tom*dv’
Norton, a 'ame newsboy, when the
teals were placed on sale in New Y >riv
ortttv Tommy. fearing that the d
maud might exceed Rio snppiy, ap
pearrd early at the Red Cross >••< |
heudnnrtcrs in tlu* arcade of the Met
lopi 'Han building, anti proudly com
I’letoil the negotiation which made
him the owner of the hunot of the
Santa Claus real-.
Inquiry developed the fact tint!:
hot it the lather nnd mother of the
ho l a I died or fnheronlosia. Tommy,
hearing the money realized from the
rale of the stamps Is to lie applied to
the wot k of nreven ) g the ravage*
°f the white rlngm . ( ed having per
f.otial ktitiwlcdg ■ of ij'p sadness and
desolation <nu e<| b.v the dread de
•tro*' rt »lb! tiol take Jour to rf-aeh a
de*» ri,liiaiion to spend fi e money ho
hid saved foi a Chrbi n>* fee <|f«>j- a
beltf ,• ejnre. When askcrl where lie
(•*•!*< ■etifl to dim- op Chi 1st finis, if he
mile flout hi announced intf-ntion of
pending all hi* spare wealth for Red
< otrs seals, lit- shrugged ids narrow
onldf rs ntiiJ retdl* 1
Ah, rlicp, I'll .insi iii-hirii up niy
hell, like 1 his. s ee
Kind hearten loll; who overheurd
Mu conversation of M e little SpirtflD
" : t »•"«• Mini he h.i* u groat “feed" on
( brlHmax, not only. hut will take
ifi>:- to Insure to, him she attention
!»• eorrin etit t livsh inn who will on
den v or i os-ave him from Mie Into
'■•'»li i inn rtook hK parents,
H0PPF;.9L0380N MATCH
New York, nee, I Willie Hoppe,
1*1 balk line bit till eli'itiitiioii, and
George !•’ sin '"i nil tonight begin
their inafeh roi the world.; title in
Madison Square Garden Comert Halt.
The mat eh Is of l.hOO points and will
eon tin ue two night*.
a!cr«on ihalleng.fi voting llonpo
laid October and the inafeh was set
for Nov. Intt HJo*son forfeited he
cause of a nervous breakdown follow
ing the wrecking of hi* hlHard acad
emy. Nov, however, Hlosson claim*
to have recovered hi ol«l time vigor
and is verv confident of capturing the
chatuidonship emblem. ThK: court*
de ice is largely shared hv the friend*
of the one-time champion, who hnev
watered much money on bis ability
to ‘conic back." •
In adit Ion to flic rmhhui. the win*
! n«-r wil iget a pmae of ll.nnn and the
, receipts, ns the conditions of Hie
mfitch state that the winne is to take
nil.
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