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snow ?^j|p|||j| f MR Jw /W*^ B- V A4i vB* 1 BEARa Let Them Work For You. | M U ^ [ 7 ^ -?- ?-'? ?' -"r-o-^ w "?r ^ ~ W T v? ? ~ ~ '-" nem "ore j . A Square D?. to All MvtrtW J ^ V Nrthta, Sueceed. L.k. C 1 ^ In Every Sense of the Word-THE HOME PAPER. 1 -J '; - ' , - 1 ' ' ., VOLUME V. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 190b. NCMBE ' ; i. . . ? . ' ' . ' :'. ~ v'^ *~ * " ..? 1 rii ' - .in . - - " ?., - : ~ _ *_ vV. ANOTHER mm "5DAUGHTER j Distressing Affair Follows Attempt of jjp?.{'' Sen to Bring About a Faml daughter and son sh?t at the breakfast table. >' NoW York Baker Crazed By BHnk Rej'v | fuses to Be Reconciled to ifi ' - NUW YORK,' Nov. 21,-^Aiiswerlng the pleadings of his son (or a family reunion. Car] Loos, 57 years old, a batter, drew a revolver and began, w|;<V;/S.^q6ting lip the family. The first shot i f killed his sixteen year old daughter, > Mata. another atruek his so*, frank. I I'V . In the breast and before he could Are the gun again Ivoos wan disarmed and taken to Jail. The son Is In a serious .condition. Recently the father had been* drinking heavily ami abusing hit ' .wlite. She recently haled him to oou't . ' "Tor wife beating but when th? prisoner j "'""was arraigned she refused to pros;.'elite. i Y; Prank loos, his son, recently marHed an Illinois girl and accepted the; .pastorate at the Lutheran church at iSfale. 8. D. He came home on a vlRlt i to* his foil , found out that his father | had neglected hlB family and sought :.v to arrange a reconciliation. At the breakfast table he suggested that past . differences ho hurled but the drlnkV craaed father's only raply was to draw ;. his revolver and begin shooting. DEATH 11ST " IS INCREASING SCORE OF LIVES LOST AND A ri';':;"l?mED'PEOPLE INJURED . gif IN ARKAN8A8. I%^>'V|1ITTL8 ROCK,-Ark., Nov. 24.?AitP;; 1 ditlonal reports coming In to-day from the tornado swept section of Arkansas indicate greater damage than stated fcj Oi' ?jt first. The death list may be two ejeore while apparently at least one I < uuuuicu jicujur mite uwii injured. Many negroes are among the victims. . As the region Is isolate.! and communication has almost been severed, details are still meagre. Only a tew ' names of victims have reached here I--,-'*, ajld there are conflicting reports about 1them. Two tornadoes apparently > tfrought devastation elm lag from op /> ooslte ends or the State and meeting near Ozark. . i A strut) about eighty miles In leh'gth anil v.irytng In width from two to flve miles was wrecked. BwiL'.t ? ilosen counties .were ' Swept and fully twenty towns suffered. > ; T?e towns of Craven gnd Bnrr are ro-1 Iported jvlped out. . ! idr. irnil Mrs. John ljtosln and DocS , tor and Sirs. Hill tire imported dead at, 5*' A CS^aven. plney, where the storm en-' A- 'teted Arkansas, Is a severe 'sufferer. ,'\V Twelve persons are reported killed A;': vtii'ere. Near Mulbery five deaths are' ' ' Hated. In the farming communities " . throughout the storm jarea It Is said several persons were Rilled through the collapse or theft Homes. The tcyWnB of Ikmdon. waltervllle. .rethrow, ' A,. ; Ijidlrl-ewlsylUe, Patterson and Berrr-i I Jill .villi? a)! report deaths.' | ft, fH> T^v,, Ser.0, ; Rev. W. J. Eddy. of the First Blipttet Church, will deliver the annual ' Thanksgiving sertnon on ThanksgivIhg jnornlng at the First M. B. Church The subject of his sermon will bo "The v .- Jbqulry anil Answer for a practical Thanksgiving." Rex. a. I), smith, of 'I * the >!. E. Church, tins the programme v ljn charge ami it will be published In :/[ null In Wednesday's West Virginian. D 1 X I E ?n^vjw'^ ai Mtwaya uow> ?^ROMANCE TODAY SPECTACULAR |p:| A Romance of the Alps f he Gambler and the Devil S|pfrm GAMBLER AND THE DEVIL nHRnKp 'The first subject shows a tragedy the beautiful Aliis Mountains ut : !j toroje, tragic and scenic. The seep:"^ -|?d BltWect ts spectacular and active. ,???11<'ftry- s,mllRr ,0 *<?e well known |l||jj lluttrated 8ong?"My 8allor Boy.'1 song.) ' NDABUS Fourth One TheDemocrats Have Sought Judge Mason Says They Are Right This Time Wm. B. Ice, Junior, candidate lor House of Delegates In the reecnt elootton. made application to the Circuit Court this morning Tor a peremptory writ of mandamus. In his petition the 1 respondent prayed that the county ' court count ballot No. 7 In precinct 1 No. X, of Win field district, foij|the House of Delegates. This ballot was marked for a straight Republican ticket. When the voter came down to the offices on State tlnket he errwHe.l 1 over to tlie Democratic ticket ami ' placed a mark in front of h. E. Bennett's name. He also placed a mark ' la front of W. B. Ice's and M. V. Mil- 1 Ian'3 names for House of Delegates. Counsel for tne Republican candidates contended (hot since the voter voted 1 for more men than could be elected to that office that none of the votes 1 could he counted. They maintained ' that that was the language of the law. Here was a man noting for five limn 1 where only three could he -elected. 1 The intent of the voter was not made.' clear enough for canvassing board to ' determine the voter's cnotce of the candidates. The respondent prays that ballot j No. 7 he counted (or him and M. V. Mlllan and that -the court forbid Hint | It be counted for Arnett, John V. Mil- j, Ian and vcach. J. The petition came up before Judge , Mtvab'h this morning on demurrer, j Harry Shaw demurred to the petltlor j pointing out to the court that the coun- . so 1 for the respondent were premn- . ture. Tout the court had not the right lo interfere with the canvassing board I so long as thev controlled their no. I lions. Alter the work had been completed and It passed from them as a completed act then the court could commend the board to do what the petitioned prays tor provided that vote by conn Lin ? it would elect htm to the oHlee. Mr. Shnw dcfenfded the action of tne bonrd.and maintained that it did the proper thins and the only thing that it could do under the provision of the statute since the voter 1 voted for five men tor House of Delegates when only three men are to be elected, That the vote for House of Delegates should not be counted. Counsel for the Democrats contend?1 * *i.~ s " - i,mi i nil l in? oiKini ni<i noi aci accordIng to the statute ami snould count the ballot fob fee and Milton. i I One thing some new blood has beeii Infused Into the personnel of counsel for the Democratic counsel. The petit ion for Ice was signed by John \V. Davis. H. N. Ogden, U. N. Arnfett, T. N. I'nrks and W. IJ. Cornwell. Judge Mason overruled the demurrer fc> which counsel for board of canvassers excepted to the ruling and asked time to Hie an answer which was given by lite court. The recount is progressing nicely. The hoard finished Wlnfleld district lost evening and precinct No. 1 In Union district tills morning. There were no material changes In j Wlnfield district. Amos gained five j votes In that district. At the school house in Union district Amos lost lour vutes and Conaway lost one. Amos still has a lead of three votes. W. M. Hess Is a business visitor front Mannlngton here to-day. The Best Ever "THE FOLLIES OF 1907" MAKES BIG HIT AT C.LARkftnildo I Tne following tekgrnm received liere this morning Is self-explanatory: CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Nov. 23. Mgr. Powell, Fairmont, V. Va. Wlthnilf fonr c\f fvrj'l i/*f trvn ?T'io Follies" Is the best musical show that ever played Clarksburg. It. ROBINSON, Mgr. NOTICE 10 TAXPAYERS. This 1b the loit weak In which you may itfiy your taxes to"the Sheriff and sav ehte discount. . 27-3t | r ASKED FORI' FATAL FALL M FROM TRESTLE GLASSWORKER SUSTAINS FATAL INJURIES AT CLARKSBURG AND DIES IN H08PITAL CLARKSBURG, Nov. 24.?'Toe' body ?t Harry Scheldemental, a glaegworiver, was talten from thL city on th? Plttdburg flyer early .Monday mornIne on the wnv to Rnrhenter Pn fr.* Ihe funeral and burial. He died In a local hospital early Sunday morning'! of a crushed skull and other Injuries, sustained Saturday night when he fell from i Baltimore and Ohio railroad ' trestle at the West End junction upon the track of the Fairmont and Clarksburg interuriran trolley line under-1 neath. Tne injured man was found lying 1 upon the track by the motorman of the interurban car that left the Clarksburg station at 10:30 o'clock ??.1 In 1 ? ?- - - - i?ii 111 nine iu uuus nit.* car w a tii<j;i i aefore it struck hint. Scheldt nmental was taken on the oar to tlie Clarks- i aurg station ami from there in an ambulance to a hospital. i Acting Coroner George H. Gordon | made an investigation of the cause or i :ho man's death after being notified that the injuries had proved fatal, jut concluded that it was purely ae idental and un inquest unnecessary.', It appears that Scheidenmental had , let't Doyle's saloon at the junction a, short time before the accident in a' drunken condition ami started in t.ie , direction of Glen Elk. It is believed he attempted to cross the trestle an J fell through It to the track below. ( His legs and body bore long scratches hdlcatlag that be had fallen through the trestle. j Scheidenmental was 24 years old ( and single. His parents and other rel- , uives live in Rochester, Pa., where ile made his home until coming .to Clarksburg a year or so ago lo work , in a glass factory. He Was employed at the Hazel-Atlas glass factory about eight months ago but since that time J hud not been working any place. ( Krebs Gets Job FAYETTE COUNTY MAN TO SUCCEED PAUL, DECLARES HON. 1 ISAAC T. MANN. f WASHINGTON, D. Ca? Nov. 2-f.? I Hon. Isaac T. Mann, of West Virginia, ' ivbo was in Washington last night, lUletly made the anouneeemnt that 1 governor Dawson would appoint C. K, 1 Itrebs, of Fayette oounty, chief mine 1 Inspector, to succeed James W. Paul, ' who recently resigned to accept a ted; eral position. Krebs is one of taa most competent deputies in the State, i EXTERMINATION OF DEER RAPID _____ i WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS AT WATERING PLACES IN THIS STATE. ' CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Nov. 24.-Agltation for a better game law-lias been at irteil In this section owing to cue. wholesale slaughter and probable extermination of deer. West Virginia deer are now restricted to sections! along the Greenbrier river in the j counties of Greenbrier, Pocahontas < and Randolph. Since the court tie- J elslon prohibiting deputy wardens; from receiving remuneration from the j tines collected from violators, they have quit work. It Is Raid that hunters nre pursuing deer wltn hounds and killing them at their watering places contrnry to ' law. while the forest tires have burned out their natural covertB and have given the lawless huntsmen a comparatively fslr (uid open field. It is thought that unless something Is done quickly tile deer will soon be exterminated. NEED COAL MINERS. FAYKTTEVILIaE, W. Vn? Nov. 23.? The Berwlhd-Wlilte Coal Company, which "ana extensive "holdings In this tuuiit.v, una ciuorii KumraciB ror imprnvcnienta at Its mines In Pennsylvania. to ooat 1500,000. They have 7.000 men at work and have advertised Tor 5(10 additional mlnerB. You probably have enough available cash to "capita-IOte" a naif-dozen "want nil. campaigns." And even two ctr three "want ad-, campaigns'' ought to do wondert;for you. - - COALMINING INSTITUTE AT CHARITON Program Will Be One of Unusual Interest Following is the programme of the winter meeting of the West Virginia Mining Institute to be held at CharlesIon December 1st and 2d: Tuesday. December 1. (0:00 a. m. Opening adilTi-as by President H. B. Hanforil, General Superintendent of tbe Kllilns Coal and Coke Company, of Morgan town. Report of Secretary-Treasurer, John S. Cunimlnga, Tunneltoii. Report icf the Auditors. Election of Members. Paper?"Methods of Mining for Maximum Recovery of Coal." Herman V. Hesse, General'Supt. Consolidation Coal Co., Frostbiirg, Mil. Paper?"The Testing of Miners' 311," C. E. Scott. Chief of Testing Department, Fairmont Oral Co., Fairmont, W. Va. 1:C0 p. m, Paner?"The Orieln of CoaT Mine Explosions," Joseph Virgin. Snpt. PlyTionth Coal ami Mining Co., Plymouth. IV. Vn, * Paper?"A Suggestion for the Automatic Isolation of Certain Mine Areas From Contact with the After Gases Fallowing an Explosion," Neil Robinion. E. M. anil Coal Expert, Charle3on. W. Vu. Paper?"something New In the Line >f Mine Roof Supporters." Fred C. Keighley, General Supt. Coal Dept.. iilver & Snyiter Steel Co., TJniontown, Pa. Paper?"Use of Calcium Chloride as ? Factor- in Producing, and Maintain iig a High Degree of Humidity Tin ierground." James C. Deebe, General Manager United States Coal and Oil 3at Holden, W. Vs. Paper?"Development of the Virgin "onl Field," P. H. Painter. General Manager Olcott Coal and Iron Co.. Ol-ott, VV. Va. 8:00 p. m. Pnper?"Remarks on the Use of Electricity in Coal Mining, UlUBtrnt>d," \V. B. Spellmire, Electiical Engt' neer, Allis-Chalniera Co., Pitl^burgf Pa. Wednesday, December 2d. 9:00 a. m. The Institute will he the guests of he Chamber of Commerce to inspect the Government 1-ocks and Dams on the tipper part or ine Kannwna river, maltlns the trip on a steamer chartered (or the occasion. The plan will be to leave Charleston at 9:00 a. m. sharp, take lunch on the steamer. and return some time during the afternoon. On the trip there will be tan address: "The Water-ways of West Virginia, ami Their Relation to the Deep Waterways o( the Mississippi Valley," with it response by Col. John Luther Vance. President of the Ohio Valley Improvemailt Aanrtolflfinn /'nltimluia D"iln THORN APPOINTED As Commissioner to Rivers and Harbors Congress to Re Held in Washington. CIARK3BURG, Nov. 2-1.?A. K. Thorn, secretory ot the Clarksburg Board of Trade, has just received m appointment from TV. A. MacCorkle. president of the West Virginia Board or Trade, as one of the commissioners to the "Rivers and Harbors Congress to be held In Washington. D. 0. December 9. 10 and 11. Mr. Thorn hns nccepted the appointment and will attend the congress. President MacCorkle has displayed good Judgment In this appointment ?b West Virginia Is vitally Interested In the work of the Rivers and Harbors congress and Senator Thorn Is fully Informed of State conditions and heeds. At first rending the ads. may seem "like work." By and by you'll realize that it's the h'esl-pMtl-fnr work that yon do?and perhaps the least irksome. . MINERS WANTED The Harrison County Coal Com pany on the B. and o. Short Line at Erie Station, on the atreet ear line, want* mlnero for Immediate work. 8teady employment, good wage*. Apply to G. s. Price, Mgr. Supt., at Plant, DUST EXPLOS WILL FIGHT 1 FOR AMENDMENT anti-saloon league will go to battle for submission by the legislature. PARKJ5RSBURG, \V. Va.. Nov. 24 ? Theodore Alvord. of this city, superintendent of the. West Virginia Antl-Sa j loon League, made the statement last nigm io.-u ne is connuent luai ine people of West Virginia will have a.prohibition amendment to the constitution submitted to them through Ilia action of the ne*t legislature. "Both parties." he said, "had planks in their platforms providing for thev submission of the amendment and 1 am cer-1 tain that the men elected will live up to their party pledges. There Is some talk of local option, but that Is not what we are after, and we will make a stronger fight than ever for the prohibition amendment. At the last session there were some of the members who gave confiscation of property as fnelr reason for voting against the submission of an amendment. At that time It was provided that the amend-. nient. would not go Into effect until the end of the license year, but that provision -will not be made this time, fori Intend to fight for th-e law to be| come effective at once If It should be passed."/ | "In order to permit the liquor people to save something It. they were pur out of business, I snhl at the last session, 'If you license the devil to run hell a year let hlui run It' and I 'helpJed to have the amendment changed so thai tr It tinooml It u'rttil.l nni haonniA effective until the end of the license; year, but this time I Intend to fight toj have the amendment. If it is pissed. become , effective as soon aa the law permits. We have made a strong light against the saloons In the past year, I and the sentiment In favor of prohlhi- ] : Hon. Is Increasing .all over the State.! j In the past year, partly through the i I efforts of the anti-saloon league, over a .hundred sasions hare been put out of | business in the State. The big trouble !n our fight in West Vlrginln is the.fart that many of the public men 'are without backbone. This applies even to the judges, and 1 would not | have to go rar to point oat -men on tile bench who ave very estimable I men In every way, but who are with: out backbone." II lllllll SI1IIP ALUMNI Wit THANKSGIVING DAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE ^ PRACTICING FOR ANNUAL SCHOOL EVENT. The graduates of the High Scnool practiced last night at the High School Gym. in preparation for the Alumni football game on Thanksgiving day. Many of the team were out and much good work was accomplished In the way of snappy Blgnal practice. The team will be the strongest the Aluuin! lias ever put on tne gridiron and will hustle the High School team from scoring. The line up of the Alumni team has not heen decided upon, but the players will include the star players of former High School teams, all of whonv urb will versesl in the science of the game piiTrt many of whom have been In the game this season. The High School team is much stronger than it was in the beginning of the' season. Although light they have developed a strong and fast team ima anvn rinlihiU In Ul.l 1 . .iMIUtWI **? IUV lli^U VJ?-UW?? League admirably well. The decisive victory over 3hlnnston last Saturday was vindicative of the team's strength. The High School team had a hard scrimmage practice yesterday followed by a snappy signal practice. Some day you'll nnd a want ad. which will pay you ' bunkers' wages" [or all the time ydu have ever spent In reading the ads. icirir jr it irtr it ?rir irr trir trie ; WANT AD. | \ FINANCING i * k 1 To tall, with the aid of a 5* 1 email ad., that old piece of fur- k e nlinre tf?, OH., u,u fa * to pay the new?that le ? * want ad. financing, although |t * ? le -but one of a hundred phaaee * IONS IN W.VA ? * Article By Inspector R. 5. LaRue Strong Paper on a Very Interesting Subject Mr. 11. S. l.aRue, o! the Department .m miiifb oi wesi \ irgtma, ano irjrpcctor lor the First district of the State, nas written a very- sensible article cn "Dust Explosions In Coal Mines. Their Causes and How to Prevent Them." Mr. 1-aRue has studied this question more perhaps than sny other man In the State and his theory- for preventing dust explosions looks the bfst that has yet been offered. ' He eliminates the cause according to natural laws something that has escaped toe notice of heme and foreign mining experts. Mr. LaHue's article follows: "Dust Explosions In Coal Mines, Their Causes and How to Prevent Them." "Owing to the great number of dls astrouo dust explosions In coal mines during the last few years the Mining World Is anxious to knew ho#' to prevent them. In order to understand how to prevrnt these explosions, let tuf first examine from a practical standpoint the causes that produce rheni. Since the Introduction of electricity and modern machinery and the erection of lofge ventilating tans at our mines conditions In too mines have greatly changed and explosions front coal dust have r&ptdly increased In number. One of the causes of these great disasters Is the use-of cites lights in the mines.' Owlna to inferior grades of oil used 1n the mines, at the present time, tor iliumiinatlng purposes, ami the vast amount of smoke produced by these lights, J consider It very unhealthy to men employed In the mines, and very dangerous from an explosive standpoint. The soot from these hundreds of open ,l!ghts, adheres to the roots and walls of the mines find to this soot the co*1 dust and other combustions adhero j thus forming a very dangerous explo aivt*. i nRsi' in*[nisiih are ronnnuaiiy | going oil while the mlnee are In operation, and when the mines become dry [the slightest jar brings this light and ; highly explosive In suspension and the mine Is threatened with Immediate instruction and may be destroyed a| ?ny time. When our forefathers I lljecl in log cabins with dirt floors, ttjey used pine-knots, ifaggote. and grease cups to produce light but who S.-A..1.1 tkUI. -h !?* "U - | njjiu.i mum vii luuuuuciiig BUls-II it ?y?l^ni in our homes of to-day? and yet I wje are as far behind 'the tlniea In regard to a proper system of lights in our in I ik r a? our dyrefathers were at that time. The use of these Inferior grades of oils In coal mines Is of late . origin end. a great many of our best practical mine men have 30 far overlooked the great danger these oils are continually producing. In the mines. Tp remedy this danger I Would recommend 1st. the taking out of all open tights In (he mines. The sooner this Is done the better. 2d. We are violating natural laws by forcing large volumes of air through thai mines by mechanical processes. It;1 summer, when the temperature outside of the mines >s holgher than the temperature 1 Inside of the mines, these large volumes of air produce a great moisture tn the mines and does an ay with all clangers of a dust explosion. But when the temperature outside at--"the mines becomes lower than t'ne temperature Inside of the mines, the condensing process stops Rt once, and the ijoofs and walls of the mines become Very dry no matter hew much water tjiay be on the floors of the mines at ithl'S ftmp As Inns do the f>(? on(A*ln? flip, mines Is cooler than the natural Temperature of the mine, there will he no deposits of moisture In the ^ilne. This Is In accordance with natural law ami there Is no variation <rom it. Thus it can he readily seen $ow quickly a large and highly ventilated mine can become very dangerous by forcing a large volume of cold ilr through It. tinder such conditions ao moisture can be deposited In the mines by the atmosphere passing through them, but (he mines are rapijdly robbed of any moisture that plight be in them at the time the eotd air ' ' ' jjfl . .. .'j,1' ' Were Voted Out of exiOtWMM^^^H Option Eelectlorii In C WET8 CARRY ONE BV ^:|Hi Countlei Now stand 51 Again** and 7 For With Thirty Yot to Vatafl OPTION ELECTIONS. , Counties. 'Adam* Astafiula . ik,. 11 " Athens ; Belmont . ../ivnlfa^^H Brown . Carroll ....... . ...... Phurnnnfntt ' '' ' q?BHWEU Columbia Darke . V ...;'. Delaware Fayette '. Galio ?. . r r I 'Geauga . Greene . -.jl Guerecy ......... .'. Hancock ...-.' 3 'Harrison .V:Vp?>9H|H 'Highland ... ......... v r.jM^H Hocking . ... Jackskon .;. .' ;' Lake Lawrence .... ...... Logan Madison Marion Morgan Morrow . i Mnnklmrum - ' Belmont Scioto ."y. . 59 281 TrutnbuH . 72 l.lf&j Tuscarawas. .... ' Van Wert .... . 2oJ||^B Defiance . Fairfield ' ?*WiH Lorain | Richland. ....v., v'd^9|^H Seneca l......i.-.: Shelby "! Huron TotalH -SjjHH ~ Jefferson tfiry reglBterert by fnc te-OhiaaBTOM Saloons and one brewery, also liv brewery agencies, .are voted drys are celeBtattb* their vtetoj-y ?H|H an belting 'Jampalsd. Automobi|BM polling. pWC^^M^|j>rlgbt weather Admission 5 Cents. ? L.?..!-!.- iil-?u ? ***