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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-31
diphtherla. She was aged two aud
one-haIf years. Interment Will Bs
made in Monongah on Tuesday morn
ing by Undertaken Williamson.
pIEp AM NEW cENrR a

Mrs. John Muhulko, an Italian woi
nan residing al New Central. died
Sunday night at her home She WIS
aged twenty years. The remains were
brought here this afternoon and inter
ment was made in the Holy Cross Gem.
ctery by Undertaken Williamson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-31
Relief Fund
CONTINUED from mage onal.

five hundred dollars for relief.
The relief committee this morning
was divided into teams and they made
4 canvas OF the city for funds. One
team called upon the industrial plants
another on the merchants aud bust
ness men. another. on the banks and
the others upon individuals in all parts
OF the city.
The two hours from ten till l.
O'Clock We're given over To the sys-
temalic canvas for funds aud prompt
ly at l2 noon every team reported that
they had visited every person they had
been directed TO see with a few eScep
lions where people we're found out Of
town
When all the nstS are seen it Is eS.
Eected that many hundreds OF dollars
additional will he added to the fund
The headquarters of the relief com.
mittee at the Chamber OF Commerce
rooms will be kept open for short
time and all individuals who have not
contributed may give their subscrip
tons to any member OF the committee
! or to either OF the treasurers OF the
fund.
Many individual contributions wer:
made through the churches and the
LANES of the contributors were moi
furnished for publication
Shinnston Church Responds.
c. ". Evans received a letter today
from Rev. Roy McCluskey, pastor OF
the ShinnstOn VI. l.. church. with Il
check for $500. Ten dollars OF this
amount was collected from his con
gregalion and the remainder given ID
him by individuals.
Church Subscriptions Reported.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-31
DIED OF DIPHTHERIA.

Ethel Irene, the little daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs, Bert Martin, died Sun.
day night at the home of her parents
at Traction Park after an illness from
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-31
Bread Line at Dayton
Garrison at Columbus

COLUMBUS, March 31.I.-secretary
Of War Garrison arrived here today
and Immediately went into conference
with Gov. Cox regarding the food
situation in Ohio,
Lawreneeburg Under Water
LAWRENCEBURG. ImI.. March 81.
Practically the whole OF this city is
under deep water today and more than
50 buildings have been known to be
carried away A large carriage fac
tory burned during the night II is
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-03-31
Smiths Shoe Store
Boston Trip Contest

As it stands Monday morning, March
81, between is leading contestants:
Miss Hazel A. Holt, Fairmont. ...7S6
Miss GoIdle Michael. RarrackViIle. 617
Miss Anna Murphy, Times Office. 57s
Clarence 3. GIasscock. 353
Glen F. Hall, Normal school ......126
Rev. c. e. Hamerick, FaIrview. -. 100
Floyd Cole, Fairmont. ........... So
8. F. DeHbOugh, Falrmont. 500. 80
Miss Georgia Torrey, Fairmont. SO
Miss Jane Hughes, eoothsyiIIe. 80
Miss Elizabeth Stone. ..,......... 81
Mrs.. ArIis Rees, Falrview, n
Mrs. Dr. ]. w. BoIten. ,......... 81
Anna L. Hentzy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 81
Miss Alice Hardesty, shlnnston. /. So
New ones voted for this week are:
Miss ola Bartlett, State street.
Miss Ruby West, state street.
Miss Ethel Huffman, City
Miss Bessie Wilfang, City.
Every one has a chance to get a
pair of shoes out Of this. Keep in
touch, maksyour guess on the,Winnsr
and btmsiktt.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

In the Philippines it has been a long
standing evil. During the Russo-Jap-
anese war, it accounted for very
large part of the sickness among the
japanese.
In 1909 Fraser and Stanton published
their 'Etiology of Beri- beri.' Working
on the lines suggested by C. Hose and
Braddon, they traced the cause of the
disease to the use of 'milled rice, i. e.,
rice which has been polished by the
removal of its husk and outer layers.
Fowls or pigeons fed on polished rice
alone quickly showed signs of the dis
ease: but if the polishngs of rice were
covered. Further observations, by De
Ham, Chamberlain, Eijkmann, and
others, showed that the disease was
not due simply to the absence of phos-
pilates from the rice. 1t was due to
the loss of a substance which is pres
emf as a mere trace in the husks; in
deed, there are no more imam ~ SidihS
of it in ton of rice. Funk, working
at the Lister Institute, has lately iso-
lated this substance. and has given it
the name of 'vitamine.' We are told
that a pigeon fed on polished rice alone
will in three or four weeks show signs
Of the disease. If when death seems
imminent minute dose of vitamine be
given, the bird quickly RECEIVERS.
THE wonder does not end here. For
this work on beri-beri throws light on
scurvy, epidemic dropsy, ricketts,.
Indeed, Funk has isolated from
lines q substance similar to vitamine,
and present in about one in 100000
parts of the fruit. This 'vitamine OF
the lime has favorable action alike
on beri beri and on seurvy."
Dr. Paget asserts that the practical
value Of these studies is already evil
dent. In the Philippines, since the
American occupation, the change of
food from polished to unpublished rice
has practically stamped out the disease
beri-beri. Similar results are reported
by DIR. Heiser in regard to a leper
colony at Culion. 1.-THE disease had
been so common in this colony, since
its founding in 1906, that it caused one
third of the deaths But after the use
of Unpublished rice was made compul-
sorry no deaths occurred from the dis
ease and persons already affected
were quickly cured by the addition of
rice polishings to their food
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
Coal for 5000 Years.

New interest is added to the dispute
concerning control of coal fields in
Alaska by the testimony given in Chi
cage recently that there were i'll that
vast territory of ours no less than l.
400, 600, 600 900 tons of the precious fuel
buried under an area of 800 square
miles. What is more interesting still,
and comforting as we'll AS is the expert
testimony that there is coal enough in
the United States proper to last for o.
600 years to come.
This testimony was given in a suit
in which fraud against the Government
in the Alaska coal fields was charged.
The comforting witness was William
Griffith, mining engineer and geoioglst
employed by the Government Bureau
of Mines. His figures are stupenaous
Although the average yearly cons;mp
ton of coal has been 400.000000 tons,
are, he declares, still Underground in
the United States aaking no account
of the enormous reserve supply in
Alaska) not less than $500, 0,ooo
tons. What is more, we have hal diY
scratched the visible supply since we
have been mining coal, for eonsump-
ton has so far used up only four
tenths of one per cent of the total sup
ply
These are indeed reassuring figures,
and should set at rest in the minds of
the most timid all misgivings as To
coal famines so far as Nature Is con-
cerned Out of her enormous abun-
dance Nature stands ready To give us
all that we will take. While the task
of cornering market Of the size de-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
Wheat pisannears.

A really extraordinary disappearance
of wheat has taken place, the world
over, since last harvest. Primary re-
ceipts in the United States from July
to April 26 exceeded any previous
record, aggregating BAG, 233,o 900 bushels
or 1872, 600 900 bushels more than last
year; yet the visible supply at the
and of the period was only seven mil
lion bushels more than last year.
The worlds shipments in the same
time aggregated 543 600, 900 bushels
this also being the largest on record,
and an increase of 10s,O00.0O0 bushels
over the previous season. also ten NIL
lion bushels more than the record ex-
ports of two years ago-yet the Euro
pean visible supply at the end OF the
movement VAS 100000 bushels less
than year ago. This shows greater
disappearance of wheat in proportion
to the movement than has ever been
known 1t indicates an enormous con-
sumption; also the necessity of conun-
ued large crops to keep supplies any
where near normal basis.-New YORK
Evening Post.
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Our unriuht Posture.

German physician, DR.. Klaatsch,
recently read a paper at Breslau, on
the influence of the upright posture
upon mankind, in which he arrived at
the conclusion that Idle beutelratta,"
that is the kangaroo, has been more
successful and fortunate in adapting
itself to the bipedal handicap of the
erect posture than has humankind.
The 'mecical assumption that though
man, who, perhaps, in the remotest
antiquity, was a quadrupedal animal
did at some vague period succeed in
adapting himself to a bipedal condi-
ton, il was not until he was overtaken
by civilization that bipedal infirmitiea
came upon him. lit is to his abandon-
ment of progress upon all fours that
is due his hernias, hemorrhoids, yari-
cose veins, intestinal troubles, etc. The
insufficiency of the trunk muscles fol
the maintenance of the upright atti-
tude accounts for many human in
firmities. 1t will not be necessary for
us to return to our former Quadrupeaal
condition if we take DR.. Klaatsch's adj
vice and learn from the kangaroo
indianapolis News.
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South America for Japs.

Some of our southern neighbors seem
to feel no fear of such yellow peril
as embodied in either the inferiority
or the dangerous rivalry of the Japan
csc Two weeks ago Latin America
opened an Exposition in Toxic. Its pur-
pose rs not less to exhibit the products
of South America than to encourage
immigration. Brazil and Chill, with
great unoccupied areas and marked
freedom from racial prejudice, have
for some time sought a large scale
japanese immigration. California must
find it incredible that their delegates
plea for more at the opening of the
Exposition came after adequate ex-
pertinent. 1t is notable also that Chill
has granted Japan just such a fishing
and commercial concession near the
Straits of Magellan as was said to have
been sought at Magdalena Bay.
At the same time Americans who are
anxious to wipe out the sting of recent
race prejudice insults, are welcoming
Japanese visitors. Faced squarely the
Pacific coast situation partakes large
ly of both jealousy and cowardice.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
Crindstones.

The value of the grindstones and
pulpstones produced in the United
States in 1912 was the greatest in the
history of the industry, being $916,S39,
an increase over the output for 1911 of
s9023, according to Frank j. Katz, soi
the United States geological survey.
The increase appears in the value OF
pulpstones, the value of grindstones
having declined slightly, compared
with 1911 The grindstone industry,
however, is in normally healthy con-
dition, and although the output 1oi
1910 was slightly below that for 1909
the recent advance in value of produc-
ton has been steady, barring, OF
course, the depression in the grind
stone and all other industries in lsoS
The states producing grindstones IN
1912 were Ohio Michigan, West VIZ
ginia, Montana and Utah, the produc-
ton Of the first two states named De
ing by far the most important. ONO
as usual maintained the leading posi-
ton in the industry, the value OF the
grindstone production OF Indiana
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
College Equipment and other Things

That there are too many colleges In
the United States with inadequate
equipment and support, attempting to
give full courses for the bachelors de-
gree; that much duplication of work is
going on and that there could be a
profitable merging of existing institu-
tons to the resultant benefit Of he insti-
tutions and the community; these are
differences that may be clearly drawn
from the report of DR.. X. c. Babcock,
in the year book of the Commissioners
of Education, just issued.
The problem is particularly acute at
this time in the case of Shakespeare
ed institutions. Many of he States have
their work of higher education central
lied in the State university or agricul-
tural college; but in 8 states there are
3 or more state-supported and state
controlled institutions. 1t is in these
states, particularly, that conditions are
ton and subdivision of what should be
unified function of the state as a
whole has led inevitably to waste,
duplication, undesirable competition for
appropriations, and campaigning for
students in order to get more appro-
priations, and campaigning for STU
dents in order to get more appropria-
tons"
Looking on another side of the pic
ture "a writer in the New York Even
ing Post says:
college snobbishness has reached its
pinnacle indeed, in the Withdrawing OF
the charter of the Alpha Delta Pm
| fraternity in the College of the city Oh
| New York. Excess of Heoraic influ-
once' is the reason assigned Tor IL.
| Surely those eminent youths who are
responsible for this action are coura-
| geous. They are afraid of the Jews.
| They detest the Woodworking, diligen'
student who goes to college to acquire
tuition not endowed by any benefactor
but maintained by the great city OF
New York. The truth of the matter Is
that our privately endowed seats OF
learning are becoming more and more
hotbeds for the fostering of 'aristo-
cratic notions, and the pure and yir-
lie democracy of the City College fills
our privileged student minds with
rage and detestation."
/ Touching both expressions was ths
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

recent declaration of one of the
brightest minds in America. that had
he millions to bestow for the good of
posterity, he would endow colleges one
of the entry requirements to which
would be that the students should have
no financial assistance during the four
years course, and that no young man
or woman with so-cafied social ac-
ouirements" or ambitions would be ad-
mitted. This man declared that snob-
hery and living up to social idioey was
the greatest moral menace of the age;
that most of our evil habits and Gus
tens are the product of idle-rich moral
degent racy because minds and bodies
are not wholesomely. occupied.
Perhaps ii would do us no harm to
mediate upon that suggestion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05

The vital properties we lose costing
many of our ills) in making things look
well, are well exampled in the Britain
MICA Year Book by DR.. stephen Paget
of London, who gives very interesting
account of the recent discoveries re-
earding the influence of certain ele-
usents of the diet on the bodily func-
,ti0ns; with particular reference To the
disease beri- beri, malady to which
the residents of the Philippines have
, been peculiarly subject.
Few events in pathology, during
late years" says DR.. Paget. have been
more Notable, or more happy, than the
discovery Of the cause of this endemic
disease. tBeri-beri, a form of periph
eral neuritis. with loss Of muscular
power, emaciation. and exhaustion, has
| been one of the scourges of the tropics
In the Federated Malay States the es'
. innate has been made of 5000 deaths
|. from beri-beri in the course Of 80 years
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
Singing Before Kings.

The English state concerts, which
were discontinued in 1901, on the
death of Queen Victoria, may be re-
newed by King George and Queen
Mary. 1t once was the custom to give
two concerts every. season in the ball
room of buckingham palace. Nine.
Albani, Queen Victoria's favorite sing
er who appeared at a state concert AT
least once every season for many
years, has written her "reminiscences in
Forty Years of Song" 1t was in
1872 that she was first commanded to
sing at state concert. She writer
that, although extremely grateful for
the honor, she was very nervous, fol
it is no everyday occurrence in the
experience of youthful singer to
stand before, critical audience or
kings. London Tit Bits quotes from
her book:
On this occasion my nervousness
was increased by my reception, for nc
one had thought of telling me that il
was not etiquette to applaud, and con
sequently when my first effort was re-
ceived in dead silence as it seemed
to me, / sat down, feeling that l had
made a complete fiasco. But my
equanimity gradually returned when
found that every piece, however great
ly it might be appreciated, was newell
openly applauded or encored.
A quiet solemnity prevailed at these
state concerts, but on one occasion
remember the -oom being disturbed all
at once by a very unusual and not par
| tieularly pleasant sound. The mos
excellent acoustic properties of the
concert room at buckingham palace
enabled this sound to be heard all oven
| il, and it was then seen that the
| Chinese ambassador, perhaps not be-
| ing accustomed to European music
| had fallen asleep. He had woke Ut
| suddenly. giving vent to a loud snore
| half snort, half groan greatly to the
| amusement of everybody.-lndiana
| lie NaWS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
June.


The month of June is at hand, the
month in which, following Roman
tradition without knowing why, it is
considered the most propitious to con-
tract matrimonial alliances. But while
June stands alone as the month of all
others for marriages. any month of the
other eleven is considered quite good
enough for bringing a suit for di-
vorce. What IA beautiful month June
is! Picture, il you please, the poet
on a balmy summer evening dawdling
in a garaen Of primroses, peneiling "A
potpourri of pretty phrases-or. a lit
tie later, wading, after our Hoosicr
poet, knee deep in June" Ovid
here we so back to old Rome-makes
Juno claim the honor of giving name
10 this month. This was truly poetic
license, for, long before ovid, June,
which then stood as the fourth month
in the calendar was really dedicated
"a Junisibus," that is to the junior or
inferior branch of the original legisla-
ture of Rome, as May was "a Majo-i-
bus" or to the superior branch.
Romulus is credited with having as
signed to this month thirty days,
though in the Alban calendar IL con-
sisted of only twenty-six days. Numa
took away a day, reducing 1t to
twenty nine, which was restored by
julius Caesar Though the summer
solstice takes place on the 21st day,
June is only the third month in the
year in respect of high temperature
being preceded in this respect by July
and Augast.-Indianapo News.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-05
FILLED MOSAIC PRESCRIPTION.
Evangelist Gives Druggist Order From
Exodus xxx.

A colored man walked into the store
of the Weatherhead Pharmacy Com
pany and told the clerk he wished 9
particular prescription filed The
clerk held out his hand, and from be-
meath his arm the customer extended
small Bible and pointed to a pas
sage.
The druggist, Herman Brunke, was
puzzled, but he read the passage
which was as follows:
Exodus, xxx:23-24: Take thou also
unto thee principal spices, of pure
sweet myrrh, 500 shekels, and of sweet
cinnamon half SO much, even 25o
shekels, and of sweet ealamus 25t
shekels. And of cassia 500 shekels
after the shekel of the sanctuary, and
of olive oil a him"
Mr. Brunke went to work on the
shekel basis, and after consulting sew
eral authorities found that the
Phoenician shekel was 2241a grains
The colored visitors wanted so cents
worth, put up in the best way posi-
BILE, and he displayed samples that
were not at all satisfa ctory, as they
We're nothing more nor less than an
alcoholic solution of the products,
tincture myrrh, oils, alcohol, etc.
After searching the various Biblical
eoncordances dictionaries, etc, at the
which is near the store-Mr.
Brunke found the necessary informa :
ton and also a method of preparation.
Having very little time for extensive
work, he decided the best way posi-
BILE was to take the requisite amount
of drugs in proportion, and oil to make
up the deficiency boil with the olive
oil, and then filter while hot. The
unique prescription was thus filled
and was awaiting the clerical visitor
on his return.-Pharmace utical Era.
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Coming Events

July 3-5-Annual Outing Maine Press
fAssociation, Camden.
| July 4-6-Union Meetings, Lake Grow,
| Campground, Eassalboro.
| July 3-7-Annual Outing Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Assn, Rangele3
Jaly .s-Eastern Yacht Club Cruise tt
July H-York Club Entertainment a
July i5,Third District Progressive Con
July 15-1s-General Conference Free
| Baptists Ocean Park.
July H-26-Jo1nt Coast Defense Maneu'
| vers, Fort Williams, Portland.
July 2s-Primary Election In Thirc
Maine District.
Aug. 4-ls-Annual Encampmsnt Of d
Maine Reg't., Augusta.
Aug. 7-9-Bath Carnival.
Aug. u-22-Christian Endeavor summer
Aug. i4-Levant's Centennial Csiebra.
Aug 1S-24-Ths Allen Campmeeting
August 1s-2o-2l-waldo County Fair. a
Aug. 1s-21-Cornish Agricultural Asso-
citation, Cornish.
Aug. 20-Pierce Family Reunion al
Aug. 2o-The Tuttle-Johonnett Families
Reunion, at the home of IL. q. Johohnett
Aug. 21-Annual Reunion First Maine
Heavy Artillery Association, Bangor.
Aug. 22-3l-East Livermore campmeet-
Aug. 25-2s-Androscoggin County Fair.
Aug. 2e-2S-Houlton Agricultural socie-
- Aug. 2s-2s-Eastern Maine state Fair.
Aug. 27-Annual Reunion 18th Maine
Reg't Assn, Wateryile.
Sept 1-4-Maine state Fair. Lewiston.
Sept. 2-S-Orrington Fair. orrington:
Sept 2-4-Northern Maine Fair Asso'
4Asa eli
Sept 2-EHancock County Fair. Blue
use Sept. s-s-calais Fair Association. Ca.
Sept 1s-1s-Androscoggin Valley Fair.
Sept s-popular vote on two proposed
Amendments to Maine Constitution.
Sept ell North Penobscot Fair
5 sept s-ii-oxford County Agriculture,
te ssRIi; 'N-oe"'fa' maine eouA','
Sept. 10-11-ReunIon 18th Maine. Ban
Sept 1O-11-Reunion of Fifteenth Reyi
mental Association at Lewiston
Sept. 13-Embden Fair. Embden.
Temperance Union Annual, Rumford.
Sept. I6-ls-West Washington AgricuI
tural Association, Cherryfield.
Sept l6-lS-Cumberand County Agrf
cultural and Horticultural Society, Cor
Sept. 16-18-Kennebeo County Fair
Sept. is-2o-waldo and Penobscot Agri
cultural Society, Monroe. 60, u.,.
Sept. 1920 - Somerset Central Fair
Sept. 2i-Maine Federation of Women,
Clubs, Lewiston.
Sept. A-25-Cumberland Farmers' Club
Sept. 2s-24-Unity Park Association
Sept. 23-25-North Franklin Fair. Phil
lips.
SEPT. 2s-2b-North Knox Fair, Union.
Sept. 23-25-Bristol Fair, Bristol.
Sept. 25-27-Piscataauis County Fair
Sept. so-Richmond farmers Club
Sept. so-oct. s-west Penobscot Fair
Sept. ao-oct. New Gloucester ane
Danville Fair, Upper Gloucester.
Sept. 30-Oct. 2.-West Oxford Fair
Sept 5o-oct. 2-Lincoln County Fair
Sept. so-oct. i-Frankin County Fair
Oct. a.l~Maine Musical Festival. Ban
Oct. Gs-Maine Musical Festival. Port
Oct. 7-s-shapleigh and Acton Agricul
tural Society, Acton.
Oct. l4-16-Topsham Fair
Oct. SO-31-Maine Teachers Association
Nov. 1s-2o-Maine State Pathological,
Dec: 22-27-Berwick Poultry Association
Berwick.
ton. Bangor.
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neighbor being between six and seven
times that of Michigan. Ohio also
produced pulpstones. The value of the
imports of grindstones also increased
in 1872. amounting to $l31,0S0. com
pared with $123,727 in 1911. This is
the greatest importation during the
last five ears.-lndianapolis News.