The Fairmont West Virginian., April 17, 1913, Image 1

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OFFICERS OF M. V. T. CO. SPEN1
YESTERDAY LOOKING OVEf
NEW LINE INTO LEWIS COUN
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^ General Manager James 0. Watson
a- Vice President of the Consolidatioi
't , Coal Company, George T. Watson
j: General Superintendent smith flood
3j , Engineer Dudley U. Brill, superintend
ant Of Transportation E. C. Itmvman
Superintendent ilnttou, Superintend
ent of Roadways John J'. Kcelcy, Su
t; . perlutendent of Overhead Work Wil
Ham Algeo, Superintendent of t'oa
~ Struction C. S. Xorris made a coin
; plete Inspection of tile Weston ex leu
ip<8 slon of the Monongahela Valley Trae
|;;; Hon Company's system of elect rb
E lines that gridiron the upper Motion
gahela Valley yesterday. These olli
t^T,clalh spent thc enllro day between Mt
Hjjjv Clare-and- Weston.
They report that the grading on this
&pjy'|gjB ft - fifteoat completed anil lltn:
-eight miles of track is laid
ft . With four steam shovels working don
We shifts anil three gangs of trarl
y . men laying track the work is progress
jfc'r ing very nicely. Willi the return ui
:good weather the line presents a bus;
scene; Over three hundred men sir:
,, at work and line,ears are Indus usei
t,' ' "wherever power Is ayaliable.
The steam engine belonging to ill
; company on the Jane hew division
and fho locomotive of Hie ultiuiori
and Ohio railroad working on the Wes
inn end whore the line is completed
for a distance of four tulles the worn
of distributing tio4 rails and ba'htst :?
igoing on very fasl.
Tlie latter part of next week the
portable snbslntlon will be moved 'e
' interstate. This will carry power fo:
' ' three-fourths of the line.
t'.r/,.- Weston (Motile are very Hiiliusiasli.
over the line 11ml are preparing !u
have a great opening when the road is
j': reaily far the transportation of pits
eenger anil express traffic.
Miss llokertu Fleming, uho lutl
keen the guest or friends in Clarksburg.
lias gone to Uuekltalinon ti
spend several days.
YOU CANNOT . j
BE LOST ON A }
\
STRAIGHT ROAD j
: ' -s- ' V'ou do not always stick to j
the-straight road wl en buying, j
Yeo'NMnder oft into the ploas- I
. y ,ant paths or buying on impulse, j
at strange stc-es, at odd times,
and sometimes even needlessly, j
Ycur pocketbook suffers when i
ypu leave the straight road, "j
You are compelled to buy j
I cftener by having unknowingly ,
bought poor quality. You lose '
t:p?e In searching for the ar- i
"tides ijrtu need, anj you receive
too frequently poor scr.
vice at a consequence of not
sticking to the straight road.
. Advertising .is .the .straight
- . road to satisfaction* .quality
' and price In buying. .By it you
gain knewn value of merchan,
disc, good service, and the best
. quality fer least cost Adver
tisers In VEST VIRGINIA are
>i making It easy for you to profit
v - ;by follewlng'the straight road
to auccetsful buying Read their
.so
ru IM A u
111 m H II
W Mill!
THE BSPffi
: .
FIER'Y SPEECH IS MADE IN SUF
PORT OF HIS BILL TO MAKE I"
UNLAWFUL FOR WASHINGTOI
PAPERS TO PJHNT DETAILS O
CRIME, ACCIDENTS OR TRACE
DIES.
f ISv AssiiciaTkii PMvSS.l
WASHINGTON, I), v.. April IT.
Scnaior Works made a vigorous ai
lack on ahc newspapers'of the Unitei
Slates in n speech to-day in suppor
of Ids hill 10 malic it unlawful for Ui?
. trici or ('oluml)ln newspapers tu put
t llsh details of crimes, accidents am
lingodies.
"Whether people want this kind <
news or not, is one of the questions t.
be considered looking at jouniallsin a
' twilling higher than a means of mak
;ing money,
i "XeWsnaiier men maintain that Hi"
funilsh this kind of news because tl"
people want and will have It am
] therefore it is the only means oi mait
lainiiiK their publication on a pay in;
* basis.
"If this is triie, it certuinly is :
melancholy fact. If this is untrue, t
if a grave charge W make against lit
gtcat American people. Undoubted);
. 'it Is true, hut I am convinced that tin
[ masses of people who support tin
jnewspapers would prefer to have .-tic)
news omitted and many people do no
jietid the newspapers and exclu'h
litem from their homes because of oh
jcetloitablc! matter.".|
The Senator ipso attucacd aewsptt
pus for the discomfort and eiiibat
. tassnieut caused the fatjtilies uf pet
silts involved in crimes, accidents am
titignlies. lie cites the case of Hour
.' 'lay Uentlie. who killed his wife, t:
, show how relatives of criminals su)
I fired. "It is well for the liberal u
die people," continued the Senatoi
, "Hun censorship of the press is in
Inngir allowed in litis country, but :?
.; censure tin: prtss and thereby sa:
v.hat shall and what shall not lie pith
|l!.-hod is e.nc tiling and to make om
(responsible for a violation of ilte priv
'!llege thus secured to liim is quite an
'other.
"Tin; very fact tliat the right to pub
lir'Il what otic pit uses without abridge
tueul esists is the strongest possibb
tea .sen for making the ]>ti bl islier o
taws liable for a misusing lite righ
i mill privilege. I maintain that if t
newspaper publishes matter ilia: i
prisonous to the minds of its reader?
tints violating tin rules of good moral.
' mill decency, it should be made rrim
, dually 11"file for this offense."
The Senator concluded by udinittim
t thai his bill was not likely lo lioeoni.
a law. "It has been :ny purpose." hi
raid, "to call the attention of the cum
fry to one of lite greatest am! mos
torruntittg Influences of the preset!
age. 11 is an mil nil mil 1 admit cua
hoi In- ovorooiiir hj law. il must fc'
tun by si hot tor and purer public: set!
it ilium ~Ui.it will iltinantl uicanur am
more i-xalic-rl rollablo joiininllam. Tli:
man who lu-ljis to make the imhlii
1,1 iml impure. ivImilaw lie b<- juttruaiisi
or not. is u tlnniti-roiis mini and an <-u
cin.v to tin' Ih'sI Interest of Ills noon
try." t
ITRDUBLE AT"
I men
.SHERIFF STOtlT AND DEPUTIES
i CALLED TO HANDLE STRIKERS
I Uv AssurMTfli I'llKSS.I
j n.ARKSlil'UG, W. Vn.. April 17.
: Slier Iff Hons I". Stout nntl n posse o
^deputies were summoned to I lie plain
Jut ll(i> braselli Chemical Compiiny* a'
11 Mtmlnwlirook. following h deiiionstra
jlloii mi Ilio part of 5U0 striker^, win
i (|iill work'because two of their liumbci
are In Jail. The men were sentence!
; for carrying revolvers In vlolntlou o
[ the law. The strikers also complalnec
liccuiise the'coiiBlnhle who, nrrestet
t'i.e men. iiml who Is an oniployu of 111'
plnii, was hoc tllsoharged. .
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FAIRMONT, 1
IE BURNED
IOTEL FIRE
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.'FIFTEEN OTHERS ARE SERIOUS
LY INJURED ?THIRTY GUEST!
I; WER SHUT OFF FROM ESCAPt
A8 FLAMES SHOT UP THi
I STAIRWAY.
FIREMEN SAVE SEVERAL BY TAK
ING THEM OUT OF THE WIN
DOWS?TWO JUMP FROM THIR!
STORY.
"" (By Associated Press)
*1 SYliACUSK, Y.. April 17.- Sevet
" persons were burned to death and ! '
others seriously Injured when fire d"
etroyed tile; Wilson hotel here till
morning. Thirty or more tmesis wet
shut oil irom escape as the flame* *iio
tip the stairway. The lire suirtr
with an explosion and ate up the o!t
'' tiirce story wooden building as If !l
i
were paper.
Firemen managed to save a few o;
the fiitr-sts by getting them out of th>
v pillows, hut there was little lltiu
for re scue work. One woman juntpei
' trout a third story whitlow and allgb'
' ed on it lumber pile, she was Inter
i ally Injured.
The identified dead tire:
Albert Itodideati.
' John Titiiiuuus,
Fred Trueehoii.
J
.Michael Coottey, nil of Mnione. N. V
I'hillijt O'Conner, I'icrceville, X. V
~ Joint Moss, Albany, N. Y.
'Two liersons most seriously injure*:
1 who Jiiinpod from I lie third floor lire:
' .Mrs. I'romu, Ivltonburg,. X. V.
A. A. Jfiirtln. Annslcr, X. V.
" .lolm KliocH'S, a clerk in tile ofllre o!
an express company near by ?fi;
working over his books when the tin
' started, lie heard an explosion, ana
1 running 10 the door, saw the hotel if
' n lilnze. When the lire departnien
' reached the liuildlng, the third storj
was a ptliar ol flames and rescue waV
impossible. All who were trapped
' there perlslied with the-cxceptlon n
tlie two who jumped.
1 Those in the second and third floors
> nwakened by lie lire engines, jumper
j rod fled to file streels. The work ol
tlie Iiremeii was hampered by a coat
f ing of sheet iron on the outside walls
put there six years ago when tin
j ; bunding was remodelled.
PilEliT
] FIRES MOOBE
r|'DEPARTMENT WILL START Ah
t! inVfrtioation OF CHARGES
! ACAINST FORMER WEATHEF
FORECASTER.
? | (liv A.ssrnl.llI.II I'lif.s.)
| WASHINGTON. H. C.j April l?.j
Cluugcs upon nil'.It Pr.--.iihn; Wil
; sou yesterday suinnmrilv icmtn-eii
i Willis I.. Alnoro, chin of I ho wealhei
' bureau. rested toilay in the Depart
I mum of Justice, where agents ?: tile
t J bureau of Investigation wore ill work
i ; on Ilium. Xenon- oceroiary IloiiBiou
! or ilie White Mouse had any reply
IJ to make to Professor .VI 'Ore's state
men! Mint the chaises .-.gainst him
I hail hern secretly made and thai he
hail no opportunity lo defend him
self. None of the nllleials wool further
loduy in detailing the charges o:T.
er than to say Hun they consisted u
. iritgnliiriiii'vReprescntative
Kc.vitT. who usken
for an Investigation of the ivcatlx'i
bureau said toda.v that it was founded
lai a'ly cm tin* charge of James ! ',
Uerry, who declares In; lias furnished
President Wilson n lis' of 40 em
plcyes of ill" bureau, who lie alloier
4 have been advanced in salary $22.SOU
In tlie Inst five years in nnuin
| for jiolitlcal work for lite formei
loreeaster.
i RETURNS TO THIS CITY,
Mr. M. Nnekmnn, who was formerly
employed fit the Underselling Store In
this city, but who litis been In New
1 York a ml Rulriniore (or some linn;
I past, lias returned to this city mid
will again he employed at tin* Under1
selling store.
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The Home Paper."
WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY, A
| Wrecked Residence
THE STORY OF NICODEMUS SUPPLIED
THE THEME FOR THE
EVAN.'^IST.
SHARP LINES DRAWN IN THE
I DEFINITIONS OF ' REGENERA.
, TION AND REFORMATION.
. ? 'v--? ?f I
I TABEf^ACLE'^fOGRAMM^ '
; 7: lift ii. in. ? Dr. Lyon speak*
"Taking an Inventory."
Friday.
i ;i:ill) u, nt.--.\'elgliiiorl;oo(l .Meet
1 lugs. Subject. "The Womail
of Samaria." John I.
!i::{'? n. ill. ? linailiess Men's
Meet log SnilllTs Shot
Slnre. >
12:imi N'uon. IS. mill O. Shop
.Meeting. , j
:S:i?i |i. ill. llovs' niid Cilrls' i
Meeting, Tnliernaele.
7:till p. in.?Evening Service. Dr. j
l.yon Speaks.
? ? ?
' "I swear. I danee, I |ila.v poker, ore.,
i every Time I want to.' said itr, l.yun j
it, lila sermon on TheCircat Kssnntlnl
at tlto lahornaelr last night, Inn 1
' don't tin any of these tilings, you ask
' wliv. anil I sn.v because1 don't want to
1 do thrill. I have something better ta
tin. This reply was made in answer In.
the oft repeated question of "Why
don't yon preaeli more against dalleinf..
swearing, rani playing, etc.
When a man gets the love of Clod ir.
his In art lie doesn't want Co do these
things that are not pleasing to the
l.ord. j
Dr.' I.yan preached a powerful and
soul convincing sermon on Salvation
' Tito (Ileal .Kssentliil" and took as am
. text St. .lolin b-7. of the story of N'ivo;
demits, the ruler of the Jews who rum.
, f'hrisi to ask lite way of eternal |
lire.
The question might arise said the
evangelist as to why llod chose a man
if the character of Xicodeinus to
v.luii 11 impart life message of Kturu'al
life. .Nlcotleiiius lie said was a ruler.
. a man of liillueiice. proniiiiHiice. weall'i
and eduratloti Iml lacking the Great
klsscli tin I Spiritual lllrth he lucked qverytiling
and was a lost man. Had
God chosen a poor man lie said, the
, ' loll ptople would liavii sniti. well Ihev
. on.'d understand why a iwor mai!
wcu'd need regeneration but lie who
had wealth did not need salvation,
testis chose XlendenuiH as air exam
pic that rll men no matter what high
position they occupy of wealth, prominence.
'duration, etc.. that all alike:
tiny need the spiritual lilrrh or regenelation.
Itr I.von drew a sharp distinctive
line! between regeneration ntid rc'for
illation.
Ho saiil being burn again is nut tjlm
|ity rot.mnatlon, the re is a vast differ-.
ciiot' between refoi'iiiaticiii ami rcgon
oration, lteroiniution is the reforming
ot some lisoits you already. have
while regeneration In coming into tiio
possession of somolhmg you.have: never
possessed.
tjituply Joining the eliurch will not
rhnto ropyrlgtht. ltU 'tiy American I
I 'I'his shows North Twentieth struct
. Hint, suffered licit vily In the Omaha torn
tvere killed tic re
i HI PERSONS
DR. LI'S Fll
SPiRITUAL BIRTH OR REGENERATION
WAS THE SUBJECT FOR A
CONVICTING SERMON L/.ST
wiiiht
w fl W
PWL 17,1913.
Section In Omaha.
're?? Association.
nml the Boulevard. h residence section
mlo. Hi's. Fitzgerald and Mrs. Rigelow
RESPOND TO
^ST INVITATION
though after n person Is truly convert!
L-cJ the next step is the desire to Join
the church. Culture Is not regeneration.
Vou must have a spiritual birth
before you cun have spiritual growth.
in*. I,yon tonmeruitu a uuiuuei u
Important charucierisWcs lo the Spiritr.al
birth, that are not essfentiiU.
j Wealth is Important lie said (rout the
fncl that the trod I y man fan spread
the gospel by moans of wealth. Kducation
is also Important though many
1 people possessing Utile or no religion
have donu great tilings along: a r?
ligipns lino In the world. Vou' tnav
Have money, education ami friends, nil
of which are importunt but If a man
Iftis not tlte Great Ksscmlnl Spiritual
bife, lie lias nothing.
Salvation, lie saitl Is not a intiltci
of good or bad or better i' Is a matter
of life or death.
"Ily nature tie are not horn saved
Imt lost. Spiritual llirth Is essentia!
ti stilvitllon.
Saitl lite evangelist many people ashore
to explain regeneration. II is
something ho said that is imexplalntI'le.
We da not refuse to have eiertrieity
in our homes because tve don't
understand it. then tvhy should we re- t
fuse regeneration because it enii't h.- t
(Xfialiii-.d. I
A strong point hrouglit out by Dr. .
I .to n In this sermon was the fact that t
probably no ttvo persons experience, t
in the mailer (if rcgcji ration, is alike. '
"Don't -land on anybody's experience i
hut have your own experience. Trust i
God for results. You meet the eondi ll
lions .and God will give lite results. I
I II.!| I* iUIMlKl" run uiiii ciaim
tion mid the results will follow. The
mailt iiui'stioii said the evangelist
"Not Itttw yon trm hern, hut tire yo't
here.
ilr. Lyon showed by statistics that
as the use increases thi'-chalices of
saltation hocoini' less. Few accept,
Christ after tin* afrc of fifty ami the
majority art1 saved between the ages i
of ten ami thirty. |
"Login to-night to do what a Chris
liait ought to do and it won't he long
until yon will know you ate a Christian.
lie also impressed on his hearers
the I'ttel tlrit spiritual Idrtil is a matter
of but. .t tnoitunit hut spiritual growth
if a mailer of oteni' y." .
At the close of the sermon ileeuiltuf
Hie moment piopillaiis. Dr. Lyon gav?
the first invitation lo the unsaved to
come out for'.fesus Christ and at the
urgent invitation several cainti forward ,
t,>in gave their hands to the evangelist
and thereby expressed themselves as
wanting to receive the spiritual birth, ,
or regeneration.. Following the dismissal
of lite audience the Christian (
workers tarried a little while in order
tc aid tltc seekers in their desire '.a
forsake sir, and accept Christ as n personal
Savior. Among the number who
cattle forward were a young mar and
woman, husband and wife, who lind
i ..... ........1^,1 nmit'lftim in imm^iin In
I ? ll mill 1 IL'll |IMJII?UU IU VU4MI..Q . ..
tliu Kcrvlco who desired In begin their
married lifu nml ilie spiritual lite toget
her. Another young innn who came
forward lutil been through a seven
w inks' revival conducted by Billy 1
t'unUay and had 'been under conviction
but had not yielded. Ho dime Cor- 1
ward last night and,whOoh hands with
Dr. Lyon, (hereby Indicating that he
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I METHOD
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DR. LYON TALKS TO A LARGE j
CONGREGATION URGING PREP-1
ARATION FOR ACTIVE WORK IN !
THE MASTER'S CAUSE.
"The Method of Jpsiis tn rfoul Win-j
nin" was the iIiuiikoi a powerful and:
eon vine 111 (I ii)lk which Llr. I^voii rave
this nfleniooa at the inherit u:lc to,
Christian workers. L)r. I.joii urged;
(treat preparation ror active service In '
the work of the Master and the large;
audience of nconle were visibly l:n-!
pressed by tlio many' lessens dratvn'
from his subject. '
Mr Mitchell led the congregational!
singing which was "splendid. , \
In his Hurinon In the tuberuaclo
Thursday arteruoou I Jr. Lyon spoke on 1
"The Method of Testis in .Sou' Win- j
ning." He said: I
"Jesus must needs go tbrjugh Sa-'
mnrla." began llr. Lyon in his expo-!
sltlon o? the fourlh chapter of John's
gospel. "First, because it was the i
natural thing to do C'hrlsL's works
may have been superaalionnl hut nev-|
ereontrn-natui'ttl. The direct course,
from Jerusalem to Uallilue was!
through Samaria. UreatneBS la aim-'
plielty. Vou do not have to gild
gold. It Is only tile sham thai needs
the coating. Ily this net Jesus also
showed Hint he was devoid of preju-;
tllco. He was not merely a Jew, he
was n universal man. The Samaritan j
road also was the path of duty. The
father had u work for the Son to to'
la Samaria. If we are to follow Jesus '
we must wo with him through the!
Samr.rla of duty, of difficulty, of suf- i
fcritig. I
"At noou time Jesus sat on the curb
of Jacob's well: he was hungry, tired j
and t lei inly. I am glad fop thes >
touches showing the humanity of .'e(Conttnuod
or Pago Kioni.l
CM WANTS
MORE LIGHT
ASKS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES TO
PRAY THAT SHE MAY BE GUID
ED ARIGHT IN AI.L OF HER
PROBLEMS.
(D> Associated J'ress.l
I'KKIN. China,.April 17.?All oflif-htl
PIH'iil was mails to-il i.v by the Chiaim
eoviMiiiiinin 10 all of the Clti'lPian
churches In China to sol tisldo
\pril 17tli for<n (lay/tf prayer thill Chi18
may be guided to a wise solution of
ill of the oritiral problems before her
The appeal was distributed by tolerraph
lo all tlm governors and high
lliclols within whose Jurisdiction
"hrlstinn romniunitlus are to lie found.
It was also sent to the leaders of the
rat-lous missions. The appeal has glv:n
extraordinary gratitude to missionuy
circles where il is pointed out that
this is the lltst tinte in the history of
:he world thai such a request has
tome from a lion ehtisliati ttatloit.
i nni runin
i annum i
MEEIII6
LYON'S EVANGELISTIC PARTY
HOLDS SERVICES AT MINING
MACHINERY PLANT.
.\*tlp|<iiiilld meeting was liclri today
it noon at tin1 Kairmont .Mining Maihlnery
Company's plant Ity the
Lion Krangi'Ilnllr puny. A Jurge
number of Lie employes, probably, all
3f them attended the service and ivure
rislbly impressed by u splendid talk
by licv. II. 11. Plt/.er. A number of
people rMHldlng In tin1 neighborhood
f the plant were present el the meeting.
.Mr. Krlsiitger sung n beautiful voetil
into at this meeting. ,
Thts. Is generally considered one of
the best meetings yet. held it PI he noon
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
HUNTINGTON.?'The boUy of CharIts
Tackott, a young married man. of
this city, arrived from Uuiiolt, Mich.
There was a bullet wound near his
heart, but his relatives here have not
been able to loara whothor he was
murdered or committed suicide. The
ofllelals at Detroit have. oi> record of
Iris death. " U'
t 116
.
DOMESTIC RATE TO QOi
CENTS NET AND A SUBSTAM- '
TIAt INCREASE TO FAGT6KY
CONSUMERS. '
NOTICES* BEING MAlLED/OUl'..^^
ALL CON8UMERS
COMPANY'S OFFICE ,T*^JXgS^j
CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS TO
HAVE SPECIAL RATES.
Company will put Into offetii
schedule of rates npplylng
dcincstle consumer and tUa
turer. carrying with It an Inore.ifo ta
The churches will ho glvun the lov
est factory rale nud'ti special rate will
The new gas company in iuCTew&i;
Its rates says that Jt wWjf.jfojjjjpai
problem of keeping Its aerf^'j^^w
Die highest, standard. "
The domestic rate id 11 be tngrea^^^
ic 21 cents uet but the largest'in&tp?gjH&
wll) bo 10 the small factory consumer. |
stance, on such a .plautjaa 'the West ;
Virginian, operating: one;gte. engine. i
from So to 15 cents per thousand foot.
The larger factory conau mors will not
consume^ of gar '^^^used
by consumers d|a$tftetii as lilitlfr
All over |pw-W ? ^ > .; -n
apply to voliim?s'of '^ft8 uffd in nay
thousand I cubic ??
the rate tor ch
A. will remain the name as hereto-3j
(ore. I. e. Sc per itioiwHd feet.*'j
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fl?T
nominated for
ed States by a prober
nntloiial delegate convention,) ttmj/jj
wan placed ou (he Ilpi: iy-roll as
'k
FINAL NOTICE TO.
My final settlement r!ff
Marlon county
close of'tUe. present fiscal yeM^Allfl|
unpaid taxes dro oW due, and an a
matter of necessity must-die paj4d|tjl
once to save further
danger of -betng^:pia?<i
ouent list.. ' - ' xttsBBSR
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