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• • I-^The Wheeling Intelligencer Has the Largest Morning INewspaper Circulation in the State of West Virginia _She ®Utdfotg 3ntclUqmccr.| VOLUME LX„ NO. 176_WHEELING, W. VA„ SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1912. PRICE TWO CENTS “Dancing Is Nothing More Than A Hugging Match Set To Music” — - 4 "SOCIETY STANDS WITH OUTSTRETCHED HANDS1 TO THE LIBERTINE, AND SENDS THE UNFOR TUNATE GIRL TO THE RED LIGHT,” SAID “BILLY” SUNDAY IN HIS SERMON TO TEN THOU-1 SAND ON “AMUSEMENTS.” - / Sunday to Ask Mayor to Close the Turf Exchangej ‘MANY OF YOU ARE TURNING YOUR HOMES INTO THIRD-RATE BOOZE JOINTS AND GAMBLING HELLS,” HE SAID, IN HIS COMMENT ON SOCIETY EUCHRE PARTIES —PAYS RESPECTS TO THE THEATRES GENERALLY. • Speaking with the rapidity of a rapid Are machine gun. and firing volley after volley into the 11,000 people that crowded the tabernacle, Mr. Sunday last evening delivered the most powerful sermon of the religious campaign, taking as his subject “Amusements" Holding the ball room and dance halls as responsible for the ruination of three-fourths of t|ie girls, the evangelist made an earnest plea to the fathers and moth ers of Wheeling to prohibit their daughters from attending dances. (Sliding over the smooth surface of a ball room floor In the embrace of a young man causes a young girl to be come aroused to such a pitch, he said, that she falls easy prey and becomes ruined. After flaying the pool rooms un mercifully and picturing the horse game as the most crooked of all sports, Mr Sunday staled that he \ would demand of the chief executive .* of Wheeling to close the Turf Ex ' change in this city. Ills challenge was greeted with loud cheers that echoed throughout the tabernacle Then he asked all persons present who were willing to stand at his shoulder and the shoulder of the Municipal league in their crusade against pool selling to rise, and al most every man and woman in the building stood and pledged their support. In his attack on the Turf Exchange Mr. Sunday stated that last year that institution, after paying all expenses, cleared >100.000. From reliable sources, ihe evangel ist said, h*' had received information that an oil man who had made JKo.oon lost his fortune on the bang tails In this city. Employes of the stogie and other fuctorles have, week after week, lost their earning and their families were deprived of Ihe necessities of life, he went on to sav. ATTACKS THE STAGE IN VERY BITTER TERMS His attack on the stage was very bitter. The evangelist quoted state ments from Anna Held and other lead ing actresses and actors who have branded the stage as immoral, a place where girls are at the mercy of the ire but few virtuous actresae* and rhoni* girl* on the atage to-day. Mf Sunday said that when the church peo ple stopped supporting the theaters * .tin would i.e forced to elooa their doors, and the building* will be used for more moral purpose* While shooting the gafT Into the • heater* and pool room*, the evangel !•» also paid hi* rc*pect« to the church men and women who taught thetr chil dren to play card* a* home Thla, he Mid. I* their early educa tion a* gambler*, and that the ma jority of th« hls'kleg gambler* of to day are men who were taught hy •heir father* and mother* to play Tarda In *h"lr own home* II* also at’acked the chur< h women w-ho plav for pr!*e« They are even ■ nr*e he »• d than the blackleg gambler be* *u*< the gambler doe* not hide hi* gambling hehlnd th« • k'rt* of the rhurrb VOCIFEROUS CHIfRl GIVEN E V * NOE LIST RCREATfOLV Never la the Malory of Wheel ng few* aa preacher or a turer mad* auch a forcefol talk on • moaetnenr* Froft the tine he a»*r*ed abort!' »»•«■♦ * orlrark uafil »f*er J o clor k the .urge and eg* e Cheered and cheered Folly I .Add people were nitnhle to gain entrance to • •-# taher«a«b» T c rmeda tba* thronged around (be mammoth hwlld eg were « m larger 'baa last Sunday af'eranr n •• the ■ten* meeting 'her the afterwor-n gerniot Mr **;n 'a nep'id . Ur goora locked bti* bar dred* <ha* at fended the acr« «een d*r ng the after •non ntia f*'1 *<antt'r-g in the cold dCvrt'ng ram necl fie door* were • o|-n a < fore i nrpek e-.sft ae«- vat 'ahen • •d a and ng *00*0 tu a' a pe*-fr mm I ■ ROtlCE *fFT RUSV CO*f TROLL * NO CROWO f * »f Hast ng* nad a dt'achmen1 of F- at tHe tats me If a#d thev Wet - |rrpt h*f«T prevent Jug f e crowd fro— • urging aga net the yjnnrv and bre*kir,j them dtvWB N»» and women fnatg >f paaf fhe richer* After the dm* *d teen on locked 'he pe pie •*•« wer unable to gain en‘r*pf« »’•> • r< r d 'he building acd •cverat n d« * nr* rrmniet so that thev •tuiiW| hc.*r the evangel*** i • li* h»d prevlottaly announced di Sur day • a* there ready to preach ICoauaaeg va Thirteenth raft > FASTEN CRIME ON M'FARLAND several saw minister OPERATE ON MISS COE. Damaging Evidence Given in I*ittshurffh Case Friday—Will Go to Jury Tonight. —— « PITTSBURGH, March 15.—A night1 session of court practically ended the trial of I>r. W. D McFarland, former member of the faculty of the Pitts burgh High school, and well known United Presbyterian minister, now a resident of Tennessee, who is charged with causing the death of Elsie r>. Uoe. formerly his private secretary, through an operation. To-m^rrowrTt I* 'aid. but a few wit. , nesses will be called In sur-rehuttal , by the defense, when the case will go to the jury, after addresses, which 1 are expected to be brief. Earlier In the day Mrs. Loretta 1 Henderson and Mrs. S. It Herring ton. neighbors of the Coe family, re-1 luted that they had been present when Hr McFarland admlnlst >ded i medical treatment to Mies Coe. The defense was outlined by At torney Castle, In a general denial of , the charge and late in the afternoon, the aged educator and minister folk ' the stand in his own behalf. Dr. Me Fariand testified be bad prescribed for Elsie roe will) the full know ledge and consent of her mother during a period covering several year*, and declared tiiat on January 7 last, she had told him she had undergone an | operation at the hands of another physioian. whose name, he said, she ; refused to give him. The defense Introduced a statement purporting to have been mad** by El- le Coe and to have been In McFar land's hand* since she enter|d the hospital, exhonoratlng him fn^n all blame. T. R. TREACHERY Denounced in Statement Issued by Ls Fdllette'e Manager From Dakota. I JAMKSTHWN, N f». March IS.— I f’nlted Stales Senator H«b*t” M. las Toilette, of Wisconsin, announced here imlty that he would campaign Nebraska, Oregon and Washington in April, previous to the t>T>«W1<-n*lal preference primaries |n those statee He mad* this announcement after a conference with Matter l» llttuwt. hie rampatan manager, who t<aa just returned from the Tar ID.- coast Vf Houser. Immediate y following hia ronf. rones with Senator la fol i**fe 'ssijed a long statement fn which he said tha’ tiiFord Ftnchot person ally knew that roionet ftoosevel* had eneouraged the candidacy of la Tot "nnchot knows that Moosevel* not Only encouraged hut was favorable to la To *>tie's esnr* la< v uatlt If ante •o appear <hst ,1 mo b' s«*e. e.«1 |« •'gtcmenf read FlkCHOT OF NIC W Ml MtOf LA FOLLETTC TROMI4EE * talllVITiiH Is r March ' 1 — T he ffooset e t Head quar'e, here #** mg*i* gsse out an oprn latter hr Otf ford Tin* hot shirt) a letter wri**en bs Ollea t.arttner, a newapa ’ rf mag t«t Walter I. I loti set Wens 'r.* Is f*. eties ran pH is e tnsisg deg g iSigt r *ilgyie* Ptnttwevrl' |,i >.m 'sod Ms support to the Wensiof ■ cgn d lac ■ with tbe SH'itaar* tha* be h'me- 'f w | not liecorne a csndk dg'a, TtMCstOT WILL ETCAtt AT MORGANTOWN RALLY MORt.AYTOMV W Vs March It Tbe Roosevelt Republican club hers announced today that a big count; ra'ly would be be|d here on March I . Iwtitif the men whs will Speak will be tilRord Tlnchot The Taft f.eces here area rnmpllthing a great degl j WHEN THE RECALL OF JUDGES GOES INTO EFFECT ROOSEVELT WRONG AGAIN CRITICISM OK ( 01 RT INJCRES WORKINGMEN Chairman of Ohio Employer* Lia bility < ommision Takes a Whack at Colonel. WASHINGTON, March 1.', —James II. Boyd, chairman of the employers liability commission of Ohio, before the house judiciary committee to-day criticised Theodore Roosevelt's posl tion of the employers' liability act. "Mr Roosevelt's position is entire >) wrong." Mr. Boyd declared. 'Tils criticism of the state supremo court, which declared the art unconstitu tional, ts an Injury to the workmen The supreme court was right In turn ing down that act. nerause under it «!fiiploy<s were no tatter ofT than without it. Now the read Is clear for a sound workmen's insurance law." Mr Royd declared the hill drawn by the federal employers liability commission was only a step fp the Representative Sabslb. of Illinois, to-day Ini rod need a workman's com pensation hill, the eighth measure of that kind he has proposed In con (tress He Attack* foe hill recom mended by the federal commission, which I* now before the senate Judic iary committee. The Hahath bill would apply to every common carrier and take In employes of telegraph, telephone. ** press, sleeping car companies, steam ship line* and others, whether en • n u '<r«iau MMNMN or o'hhrw Ise and all civil employe* of th" t nlted States government. The compensation would he from f:..«»«« and | ’.Z»nn in .see of death. bo pet rent of monthly wage* durtng life for disability MERGER fraction Lie** Cweaettdated at Pale nvont In 97.MJO.OOO Ctncten—Stilt ■wild Another Hoad Sr* *«■ l"»fe ?. **. • • f*istllfwot FA III MONT. W Va. Msreh II \t a wiser in# of the director* of the #e> >ral tra-'Ion mtwpanies held here, s »»t»-f >«f the I'airmonf A tTarbshurg • ompant. the fatusnst A Sorthern and riarbshvtre A Westrm railway a was formed Th" company will hr Sioan as the Monnt>rab"la Vstlcyr Arsetton company sad will he rap t'altsed at I7.bwh.ttpn With the eon •otldation the capital stock, franchise sad proper!ke» pwss to the Mnnov.ga hela Valley rrympwnr The |Mi*pwe of 1 he new company Is to raise fund* In ennsfrvyrf a Wretott line and e.'.dl '•oral lines In Tairmowt It will Cost |7(i* hwa tn hwlid the Weston line 9HOC BOt/NCfO ON •OVA Ml A0 KILL* HIM rMH.AltKf.PHIA. March f. rt.c, srd Adelines II >att *.ld. diet m a h* apttel here dat from s f ruptured shuft #* - etv ed tn • p*eslier no. fro r The hot with hi# heoth»r Stn.nl ti r.srs *. d w»* arnitslns hlmsel' in h"d at his hon»" hy throwlns aNnes era Inst the celling of the room and cat. htnw them «n the rrhound one of the ah.tew Struck ^Mernetd on the hs ed Hie moth, r carried him to t. hnsyttsl. where he lapsed Into us-ons. louwweww. WANT TAFT Pottery Manufacturers Join With Two Score Other* Asking His Re-election. Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. EAST UVERPOOU O.. March 15.— Declaring that President Taft should be re-elected, every pottery manufac-, turer in the Upper Ohio valley thla afternoon signed a petition containin'! six salient reasons why Taft should be re-elected. A number of the pottery manufacturers were former support- j ers of Roosevelt. Over two score of manufacturers In other lines also] signed the peti'ion. BODY IN RIVER Solve* Mysterious Disappearance of Alderson. W. Va.. Woman; Case of Suicide. Sr<cin| insuatci, the lnte|Ur*ncer HINTON. \V Va., March 15.—The mystery surrounding the disappear i ance of Mrs Mollie Nelson, wife of j W C. Nelson, deputy postmaster at | Alderson, 20 mill's east of here, who ( disappeared from her home Tuesday night, was cleared up this afternoon when her lifeless body was found floating in Greenbrlar river about a I ties had been sent out In every direr tlon a/id the whole community was worked to n high pl.rh over the mya tery It Is beltrted that the woman i leaped from the Hreenhrlar bridge rt Alderson some time Tuesday night while temporarily Inaaoe She had been seriously ill for we^ral dnya and left her home In her night clothing She was a member of one of the mo.it prominent families in Monroe countv FREE SUGAR BILL PASSES PBOfaREMKIVE VOTES All) THE DEMfM R \TS. Ill \mcfwlment» Noted Mown Rt House •• East aw TVy Here I’rnpnAed W ASMIMCTOS. March i i The lemocrtllo tree •ugar Mil passed »He houwe today I * 1 to f <11 In pi. «*«' helped hi H Republican vtrte* atfhoogh this eaa nflae h, (he defect log of aevea fvemnrrglle vntea agalaat the Mil t.. memb-ee fron I -rera.ina and t’oloeado It the la at •Dome a l Representative Martin, one of the f'otorado member a, h locked an afempt to f»* plana for eon aider a 1 Moa of the tide tai Mtl. which thcocigh t station of Imatnai ta eg peeled to make t«p Che reteage loat by tba free augar maatttrt I aeora of ameadmegfa war* voted down aa faat as Ihev a ere put up The Reyinhlienna who supported the btll were Represents 11 rea Anderson fhyrla tlndherg. Miller ytve Steenoraon and Volafead of Minnesota. tonal Keg dall and Woods of Iowa Murdock und kimnr of Wcnaaa Manna an# flelge-on. of V’or'h Makota, I .a b'ol lette and W arburton. of W ashington: McRenrle and I'rtnen, of Illinois; I t'afT. «f Wiaronain. I*yer, of Min-i DR. WILEY • STEPS OUT nRED OF STRIFE AND CONSTANT OPTOSITION. In Resigning He Declares He Mill ( hampion Purp Food From Ranks of People. WASHINGTON. March If,.—Dr Harvey W Wiley left the laboratories of the bureau of chemistry tonight, where for nearly 29 years ho had been chief eh'-mist no longer a gov eminent official, hut determined u champion ih*- mu e of pure rood from the ranUs of the people. Friction with hi* superior* and lr reconcilable differ rice* of opinion as fo the enforeement of the pure food and drugs act. were the rea*on* given by I>r V\ iley for handing his resign at ion to Secretary Wilson, of the de partm«nt of agriculture Dr Wiley will devote the remainder of hi* life, according to u statement issued by him today, to the ‘ promo tion of the principles of civic right eousness and Industrial integrity which underlie the food and drugs act, In the hope that it may be adminis tered In the Interest of the people at large Instead of that of a compara tively few mercenary ninimfe.-i nr.n and dealers." Taft Expresses Regret. President Taft expressed regret at lh- resignation Se< retary Wilson said |tr Wiley bad been a "valuable man l>r \\ iley In his statement thanked Mr Wilson for 'he personal kindness and regard shown hloi." and likewise expressed hla gratefiilnc-ss to President Taft for exonerating him last summer in connection with al leged Irregularities in employing l*r M M. Rushy, of New York |tr Wiley remark. however, that though he an continued tn hi# posl lion after that ln< dent, he naturally expected lha' those who had mads false charges would he dismissed, awl was disappointed when they were not |tr Wiley speaks in hte sta'ement of the "Interests' which were found by him to tv engaged In the manufao lure of misbranded or adulterated foods and drugs "tt«e hr on*.* savs l»r Wiley. “I found that the activities pceVa'n ng to the bureau of chemistry were re restricted and various ft rm* of uia ntpuialed fiml products Were with d« *s fr..# Its o.o Sera'Ktt and re ferre.1 either to o' tin I- m| not co» tern plated Isy 'he las or directly re I lev cd from further control The tlR'inl lol-rxhfls and vl.da Us* d swch practices have restricted the setivit|es of lb* bureau of < hem istrjr to a verv narrow field, as a re sub of shell I have been instructed ref's n from stating in sny puMic way my ..pin n regarding th- .fleets of these taihetaneas upon health This restriction has Interfered Si'll my academic frn.-d.ni nf Speer h on masters relating directly to the public selfsrs Wrack stvpy t UK v v , March It The XV •*«•". xi r... op the Nexv Terk •■'sir*' «'i"l « Sfstaht trstn st Ks. tor wills mar ft--ms, at I la this *. mu « . At r-1-.rt..l injured |.ut n-.ns h iflcd sourl Howland, of f»hl«. Kent. of California l-aflerty. of Oregon, Nor r1*. of Nebraska, and Sella, of Tan pea Be* GOVERNOR GLASSCOCK’S ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENT TAFT, JULY 11, 1911. “President Taft has been courageous and at the same time conservative and judicial in all of his official acts. And while conservative he has also been progressive. This is evidenced by his successful prosecution of many trusts and his correction of corrupt practices at the port of New York, as well as many other things I might mention. If his administration had to stand on his brave fight for Canadian reciprocity I am sure that that alone would commend it to the favorable considera tion of a majority of the people of this country. TAFT HAS MADE AND IS MAKING A GRF;aT PRESIDENT. AND HIS SERVICES TO THE COCNTRY ARE MORE APPRECIATED TO-DAY THAN EVER BEFORE." * * . "j Virginia Outlaws * Taken After Battle FUGITIVE STOOD OFF I*OSSE UNTIL WOUNDED. Wife of Outlaw Was Shot to Death During Storming of the Mountain Home. Prisoner Who Was Wounded in Court Room Tragedy Makes Attempt to Suicide. HILLSVILLE. Va.. March 15.—The end of the day's chase of the Hills i ville raiders brought the death list ] of the court house tragedy and its sequel up to five. i Sidna and Floyd Allen, two of the chiefs of the hand which rode down I on the Carroll county court house I yesterday and assassinated the judge. ; the prosecutor and the sheriff, are In \ captivity, both severely wounded. i Sidna Allen's wife is dead, shot in a 1 pitched battle with a posse In the ' mountains while helping defend her | outlaw husband. | The fifth death was that of Nancy |Ayres.#a 19-year old girl, accidentally shot during the fusillade In the court , house yesterday. Eighteen of Gang at Large. , IA11 the other members of the gang, probably eighteen are up iu the moun tains off towar- , i North Carolina tline, well armed, well supplied and ♦ determined not to be taken. The storming of Sidna Allen’s bouse late to-day was the next thing to a bombardment. The posse trailed , through the bush four miles up the | ridge and surrounded his c.dbin In a I grove. Allen, expelling their com I ing. was barricaded, well supplied with rlfica and ammunition, which he nan nrotignt irom a store in w-nicn ne was a partner. From behind stumps. 1 rorks and trees and other natural fortresses of the mountain side the I posse blazed at the house and Allen blazed at the posse as fast as the I women of his family could reload hia rifles. House Is vtormed. In a lull the posse rushed the house, broke dqwn the doors and 1 found Allen's wife shot dead and Al len himself groaning in a heap, bleed ing profusely. I "You got me because | couldn't fight no lotuter." he is reported to have said to the men who brought him hack to Hlllsvllle, more dead than alive Attorney General Wil liam*. of the state, who Is here to day. declared that Sldna Allen a bul lets killed Judge Massie on the bench I yesterday. I Floyd Allen, the cause of the tragedy, was taken to the lockup this morning under a heavy guard, and im mediately whipped out a pocket kntffe I and slashed hi* throat Hia wounda. however, were not serious Allen * son, Victor Gabell. Mrtrkland and Byrd Marlon were also locked up aa witnesses Juror Fowler, who *»• wounded in the firing. Is net expected to Itva through the night The wounds of Jurors Kan* and Wnrdell and » lerk Good are not serious I Tonight the man hunt la In abey ance waiting for daylight Judge Maples, designated by Gover nor Mann to mine her* and bold court, took the bench and summoned a spe cial grand Jarp to Indict the murderers Reports have been coming down the mountain all day that the outlaws hate recruited a big band to their de fense officers think this not on likely Fee Weetsrw SMseytn generally fair gettiSty with SSI teg eevsbsveet winds. (ssasy fate ip wsrteer Fee Ohio gesMsfy fate ■sSwedng' raMee Is eettheaaa, «taMekkg sect* F«e« etnas Funny fate, wtrial SEN, WATSON STACKS DECK MANIPULATING PARTY TO PERPETUATE SELF Machine Tightened Death Grip on Democratic Party at Parkers burg Meeting. Ih Naming Its Own legislative C andidates and Will C ontrol Election ! (BY CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.)' PARKERSBURG. W. Va„ March 1S^ —It will b« noticed that the men who have secured control of the Demo cratic party In West Virginia haven't profited by the course pursued by Re 1 publican leaders which led to their overthrow, and the consequent elevar Don of Watson. Chilton and their like to pawer. The Democratic party promised relief from the abuses com i plained of If It were given the vie tqry. Its promise was accepted at 'the polls, and In quicker time than It takes to tell it the men who seized I the leadership of the Democratic party, started on a program more corrupt, i tyrannenus and offensive than the old ' Republican machine practiced In the * ; heyday of Its rottenness. In fact, and indeed, right off the bat. as It were, ! the victorious party found Itself In ■ the grasp of a machine the like of political hlatory of the state. Thera hat never been anything of the kind 1 to compare the Watson-Cbilton organ ! ization with. The first thing the Watsnn-Chlltoa j machine did was to debauch the leg islature and dispose of the two United | States Sinntorships to the highest h.dders All otherfavors took tho Name financial rute. Legislation wao bartered In. and n-j act. affeettng cor porations In the slightest way. wan i permitted to be passed. In return for the liberal contributions and power- I fill support. The Democratic hopeo of continuing In the ascendancy wero shattered right then and there, which will be sufficiently proven when tho voters of the State get a chance to register their opponents nest Novem ber. Since then, affairs have gone from bad to worse, and the party In dying from Internclne strife. Inside Facts Leak Out. * Time enough has elapsed to perm!® many Inside facta connected with tho Demorrstle State Committee meeting In th» city the first day of the month to become public. Time enough thero has been. loo. to allow the editors of the faction of the party that te undet* t heel, to relieve themselves of howl* of rage and anger I-ooklng at that committee meet ing’s action, covered completely by a blanket resolution, the Imran net* Ing attitude of that body la tmprag ■ ively manifest It made no attempt to glove its hand with sn«ep shin and showed no desire whatsoever to die play even the assemblanr# of fall* ness and Justice There tan t on tho two committees nnnted a represent ative of that large faction of the partv which Is opticvecd to th domination of Wataon end t'btlton Every one <*f them la tethered and branded, and ca* he dbaolntely relied on to do beat whatever the machine decides must be dope ••nr etf Mapped Hard At the first, there was some Inclin ation to place on the committee* th* names of several men opposed to the machine but w hose votes would he insulflcent to dominate the commit tees an ad >o give the bus ness the semblance of falrnes, and decency, (Caetlowed so Fags Mine-) «