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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-13
POSTAL ROADS,

In another column Of this paper
is u copy Of a letter from the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
cral to the Commissioner OF tho
County Court Of Harrison county.
which shows that the Federal gov
ernmcnt is taking a hand in the
road movement of this state.
1t looks as II the postal autliori-
ties, and the Federal government as
a whole. is beginning to wake UP
to the real needs of Inclination. 1t
might be we'll for the Federal gov
eminent to look n little deeper in
to the Importance of the roads OF
this country and appropriate some
of the money 1t is now expanding
On rivers and harbors and make II
b~ossible"to get the mails over"tho
routes in sufricientT'timcCito' dbe :'oi
service to the people: ,Girta7E|
Since i 1900 there lhas iriheenF ex-
pended on rivers and lfarbors a$3s2,.
144,201.S2. OF tlTisn amounthSa04
1855 has bcennexpended on Ftfs
Ohio and other rivers within this
State; SETTLE on the Little Ka.
nawha; $1,27S,507.31 on the Great
Kanawha; $1,405,S29 on the Dig
Sandy, and $155,362 on the Monon-
gahela. In the same length of time
It has expended on the Army, ex.
elusive of the Military Academy,
$1,0S4,727,5S3.36 on the Navy
exclusive of the Naval Academy, ST..
069, POSSESSES.
There are 96,6S5 farms In West
Virginia which makes the expendi.
ture on the Ohio and rivers in West
Virginia represent s214.S5 pei
farm. There are 24S,4S0 familie.
in this State an average of $S3.6S
per family. There are $4,000 miles
Of road in the State. The S20,776,.
695 divided on this mileage would
giye'.us $s55.52 per mile for each
milcEof road In the State. or a per
annum expenditure Of 's50a42 pc,
mile as against the State raising
|$26.30 per mile per ar1num, the
present amount raisedleand napplied
to the district roads. according &c
the Tax Commissioners Report Of
1912.
In the United States there are g.
199,646 miles of road. The ex.
penditure Of the Army and Navy
since 1900 is 50, S5s.755.s72.O5, Oh
s1,024.59 for each mile of road in
the United States. To this ada
I$173.72 for each mile, expended on
the rivers and harbors. making q
grand total of s1,1ss.41 for eacE
mile of road in tho United States
expended on the Army, Navy and
the rivers and, harbors.
Why not pnt d part of this money
onathe postal roads Of the country
81
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MEAT APPROPRIATIONS.

IL imports Of meat and cattle
should increase ut the rate shown
in the November, 1918, report Of tile
Department Of Commerce, just is
sued, there would be reason to anti
ctpate3 material and permanent re-
duction in prices to the consumer.
were IL not for the known fact that
decrease OF American production has
not been checked. Our fmportations
Of dressed beef from Argentina by
way OF England. from Canada and
from Australia practically doubled
in November, 1918, as compared
with theSmonth Of October, reaching
a total Of 10.s56,516 pounds. In
addition there was an Importation
of 110,o00gpounds OF pork and 32.-
900 pounds of mutton. Also, 1885,
1ts head OF cattle were brought in,
as compared with about one-third
that number in November. 1912.
But u is needless to expect that im-
ports of fresh beef will double each
month. las in November of last eyar
compared with the preceding month.
There vet may be considerable in
crease, but the supply is not. mex
hanstible.
We know that the cunauiSn sur
plus was pretty well cleaned up
soon after the passage Of the revis-
ed tariff bill. WeShaye les inrorma-
tion as TO the Argentine and Aus
tralian supplies, Though doubtless
in time we shall hear from the en-
perts OF thesDepartment of Agricul-
ture who have been making special
inquiry. It Is doubtful whether In
crease Of imports will be sufficient
to onset decrease OF home prodac-
ton. IT Is too early for anyone to
predict that American fa,pilfes will
be able ID enrich themselves rom
the savings On their meat billss be-
cause Of thestsH4sd9o having peen
thrown wide open. Indeed, the
principal EFFORT OF It's opening thus
far has been to put into the pockets
Of eporters from foreign countries
sums % money which otherwise
would have gone into the treasury
Of the United States government
NHLJE!FF4 .alEFH4E. -a"."
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The Meanest Man.

The mcanest man. in Fairmont was
arrested today by5, Constable w. r..
Riggs tonA eharge3of ,,nont supports
Justice Fleming gave; him the. max.
imum sentence OF 80 days in; tho
county jail. He is said to layeseat4
enIthe food 4prcparedi.b b charitable,
Organizations for Observation-Disclosures
THE Associated Charities will care
for the family. ID Atas ,s bh
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-13
POLITICAL EQUALITY CLUB HAS
INTERESTING MEETING'.AT 81
COURT HOUSE. I'd
Ex-MAYoR IIvELYsMRs. JsfwAL.
TER BARNES AND HM!!if G 70
> L0UGHA ADDRESS MEETING.

no 80
The regular monthly .naeeting of
the Political Equality club was, held
last night. in6the county courtroom
at the court' house. % Owing TO the
severe weather and theI union re-
yival sserviccsntheW attendance wasi
snail but those who did COME were
rewarded by hearing three Interests
ing discussionsto of the subject of suf-
frage from l%'tllree quite different
st%andpoints.
Ex-Mayor Lively gave his own per-
sonal point of view and described the
change which had taken place in his
own ideas on the subject within the
last few years. He attributed his
earlier unfavorable attitude to the
influence of other minds. to the old
or conventional ideas about woman
in general, and to. his own lack Of
thought on the subject. His change
Fof opinion had been brought about
tyy careful study of'tiie questions III!
S6lved and Of the effects; OF wom Gna'
Suffrage i" ttllile sthaltteas, and counties
where It has been tried. He discuss:
ca in, q very forcible way taxation
without REPRESENTATION, and %psrTediise3t.s
s TINT within ten years woman i't saYf!!
frage would be practically universal
in the United States. Speaking of
the ancient objection that the voting
places were not fit places for women.
he said, when our wives and sisters
end daughters are to go there we will
see that they are made fit"
Mrs. ]. w. Barnes spoke Of the
Very encouraging outlook for many
modern reform ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
larry for woman suffrage. All of the
old stock objections to this movement
lave been exploded by facts CLEANED
from suffrage states and countries.
1t is no longer an experiment, and
none of the dire results predicted by.
itso pponents have resulted in the
states where 1t has been tried. On
the contrary, there has been a notp-
bic Improvement along many lines.
One who is opposed TO equal suffrage,
said the speaker. is either wofully
behind the times and ignorant Of! the
facts in the case, or is c~ohlected. in
some way directly or indirectly with,
the liquor traffic or with some other
political scheme through which he
hopes to reap some personal profit.
The state needs both the mants and
the woman's point of view. Man is
accustomed to look at everything
through the medium of the dollar
mark and he thinks Of law and gov
crnment only as they affect him a.
nnacialiy. Women both oy nature
and by training are accustomed to
think o Of the humanitarian and
ethical side in all questions. Hence
we find that in suffrage states laws
protecting the home, children, aud
women, and laws for general I'M
proyement OF social conditions are
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-13
SHOT BY OFFICERS.
Escaped Convict Opens Fire When
Attempt Is Made to Arrest "
Him.

BY Associated Press.l
PTTsBuRG, Pa. Jan. -1s.-wm.
Shutter, said to be an escaped con-
Wet from Indianapolis. Ind, was
shot and perhaps fatally wounded
in a house on the South side here
today. City Detectives chas. Free
born and Albert McBee, acting un-
der orders from supt. Of Police No
BILE Matthews went to the house to
arrest smutzer. When he saw them
coming Shutter, It is said, to have
opened fire which was returned by
the officers.
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City 7, o5f-6O,OOO.
Continued from Page one)

between Nagasaki and the island Of
Sakura is about 80 miles.
A refugee who arrived here today
iiom kagoshima gave the following
account Of the disaster: "The erup-
ton started suddenly with columns
OF thick black smoke and flames from
the crater Of Sakura-Jima. Hundreds
of the inhabitants of the small island
In the Gulf of kagoslima where Sa-
hura-Jima is situated rushed to the
beach and leaped on boards junks
ard steamers which carried them
across three miles of water to Kagos-
lima. Ashes and other particles OF
white hot lava falling on the deck
all the while. At K%hgoshima the
)Ieat was intense. The constantly
Increasing hail Of blowing cinders
made It impossible for the citizens to
remain The horror was increased
ny TIE shaking caused by incessant
Siock OF the earthquake which rock
cd the houses all day. More than
$50 earthquake shocks were record
ed before nightfall. The people fled
along the high ways leading west
and north of the city. They had
abandoned everything in their flight
and o o they were suffering also
from lack Of food and drink. When
l left kagoshima the Volcano resem-
bled an enormous set piece Of fire
works blowing from the foot of the
mountain to the summit. During the
night the blowing lava Illuminated
the entire district. The volcano con-
stantly emitted thunderous explo-
sions." The burning rock and ashes
set fire to several villages. AT MoJi
on the kiushiu railway 100 persons
were, killed. Several villages, along
the foot Of the. yoleaua were buried
\, laya yesterday. gUn, NOM, ,o,
by Associated Press. ] sy3rs
TOXIC, Japan Jan 13,-A tidai
wave, added its terrors to the earth
quake, and, volcanic eruptions which
struck Kagoshimav In tsouthernsJapan
yesterday according ito n.,official ad;
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fs,warraato was issued yesterday
,hy Justice, ,MpsgroYe for: ithesarrest
Of Nasil Potopoynm who isa charged,
with stealing n suit of clothes qyalu7.
ed at $40, the property of Joe
Maycvich. The men were employ
cd at Annabclle. It is thought that
the culprit has gone to Pennsyl-
vania. "
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5otinif sdY a1st;.
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Prayer Meeting.

District No. 4 which includes Lo-
Gust avenue to 9th street, will hold
its prayer meeting on tomorrow aft.
ernoon at 2 o'clock at the home OF.
Miss Aionta Faust. Mrs. +. S. Amos
will be the leader.
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'~$A%sANcTUM FAVoRrrE!oi

Sd:TheVold .oaken BSAckttwnmstioanag
eqpH3oSy5edl supremacy a $ 8 pastoral
classic, but the rural editors heart
Wifi beat t~responslvely to this Hitafc
parody, in the Glenwood No.) Jour
nal:
How dear to our heart is the steady
subscriber
Who pays in advance ut the birth Of
each year,
WHO lays down the money and does
it quite gladly.
And casts round the office a halo Of
cheer.
Flc ncver says, stop it; | cannot af-
ford it;
! M getting more papers now than I
can read"
But 'alwaysssayss"send IT; our peo-
pie. all like it,.
In fact, we all think it n help and a
need"
How welcome his check when ii
reaches our sanctum,
Row 1t makes our pulse throb, how
1t makes u heart dance!
We o~utwardly thank him, we in
wardly bless him
The steady subscriber who pays In
advance"
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where II WIN be OF vast more bene-
AT to the peopleg
WISC0NSIN1S FUTIIE

W1sC0NsIN's FUTILE
MARRIAGE Law.
Wisconsin's much-talkedeof Eu-
genie Marriage law may serve the
country well Il. legislators OF all
States will give heed to 1T. AS a
striking example of Legislative In
efficiency it may prove to be effici.
emit beyond Its merits,
The new law was DESIGNED to sir-
roapd marriage with Id many sac.
guards that no man Of woman could
marry in that State except such as
wste physically and mentally sound
ans sane. Before astaarriage license
could be issued, the applicant must
show a doctors certificate a. health
and sanity. There were people who
feared that a strict enforcement Of
ths act would pat a check upon
marriage. There were doctors who
protested in a body against the
smallness of the fee they were leg
ally authorized to collect for max
ing the examinations and issuing
certificates. 7
Public sentiment has almost I'M
animously repudiated it, and now it
is disclosed that the effect of the act
is wholly anarchistic. AS the law
stands, there is required neither a
Doctors certificate nor a marriage
license nor a pastor. for common
law marriages can be recorded for
10 cents each and are quite as valid
as any others The law i~nterferes
only with people who desire to mar
ryaaina i accordance .oys with this; social iaI and re-;
lisipus conventions.
rlhe clear lesson 81. The whole Is
~ 1LLsgislatares should not legisz;
lata without knowing q little about
lestslation.TNew York World,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07

Miss Dorothy Sadlier, with
"The Red Heads" the feature of
tomOrrOw's Orpheum bill at the
Tacoma.
Heading the new Orpheum
how, which comes to the Taco
ma theater for matinee and night
tomorrow, is the lively musical
tIavesty. 1.-The Red Heads" with
James b. Carson and cast Of
about twenty, including a bevy of
rivacious chorus girls. This act,
a burlesque on the recent New
York dramatic success Potash &
Perlmutter," is said to be one of
the best features of the current
Orpheum seas0n. Besides this,
there are five other acts of the
usual Orpheum merit, including
the Eugere Trio, a humorous bar
act, Jane Ward & Billie Cullen
offering "A Polite Piansongo-
logue," Charles Cartmell and
Laura Harris presenting some
new songs and dances, Trovat0,
the eccentric viollnist, and Corr
bett, Shepherd and Donovan,
three boys who sing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07
DANDRUFFY HEADS
BECOME HAIRLESS
Scalp Drles-Chokes out the HAIR
And Prevents Its Growth.

III you want plenty OF thick.
beautiful, glossy. silky hair. do
by all means get rid OF dandrun,
for II will starve your hair and
ruin II II you don't.
II doesn't do much good 10 try
to brush or wash II out. The only
sure way to get rid of dsndruff
Is to dissolve II. then you destroy
Il entirely. To do this. get about
four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon; apply II at night when re-
firing; use enough TO moisten the
scalp and rub II In gently with
the finger tips.
by morning most, II not all, Of
your dandrufi will be gone. and
three or -four more applications
will completely dissolve and en-
tlrely destroy every single sign
and trace OF Il.
You will find. too, that all Itch
ing and digging of the scalp will
stop. and your hair will be silky.
fluffy, lustrous, soft and look
and feel hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. II IL inexpensive and
four ounces Is all you will need,
no matter how much dandruff
YOU have. This simple remedy
never fails. ADV"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07

ern, 32c.
Fresh Meats - steer, 12@
12kc. cows. 11Mc; heifers,
12c; hogs, trimmed sides
lSc; do, combination. 17hc;
whole. lac; small veal, 100
lie; heavy veal. l00l2c:
ewes. 9hc: mutton, wethers.
10Hc; lamb. 12@13c.
Fruits--Jonathan apples, 9Oc 40
$1.15; native, 75c@$1; Jona.
thans, $1.10. Bananas, 41hc lb
Pineapples, doz., $3.50. Oranges,
valencias. s3@3.25. Lemons
$3.50 a Sc. Peaches 40 @5Oc bx
Burbank plums, 75c crate. Yaki-
ma pruDss. COO Dor. Fall butter
pears, $3.50. Peach pIums
.5c % 81. Grapes, Emperors
81. 40 q 1.50 crate. Huckle.
berries, &c q sc lib. Gran.
berries, $500 Dbl. Strawberries
Everbearing, $3.50 crate. Grape
fruit, $3.50 case. Home grown
pears, soc box. Persimmons, l0e
lib.
vereta bfes --oreen onions. zos
doz.; Oregon yellow. cwt.. 81
Head lettuce, soc q Acc dog.
fresh leaf lettuce, crate 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07
TRUSTS, LABOR,
TROUBLES, LOVE.

Another Lubin masterpiece,
The Daughters of Men," comes
to the new Colonial theater to-
morrow for a three-days' run.
The story was written by Charles
Klein, famous dramatist, and
produced for films by George w.
Terwilliger. The story surrounds
two young men-brothers-in-law
who become heads of a mon
strous iron and coal corporation,
and are Immediately involved in
labor difficulties. The fight of
the brotherhood" an organiza-
ton Of workers, against the big
trust forms an intense drama, and
through it is woven a delicately
constructed love story. 1t is said
to be an immensely popular film.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07
:. PLAYHDUSES AND MOVIE SHOWS ::
Unique Features on New
PantaieS Theater Bill

Joseph Knowles. the nature
man. who last summer. by his ex-
perience in the woods of Oregon,
proved that the man of today IL
still made of the same tough
Fiber as his forefathers, is to be
the feature OF the new weeks
bill at the Pantages theater be-
ginning Monday matinee. Last
July he left civilization behind,
and without a vestige OF cloth
Ing, food or material from which
either could be made. went into
the woods near the Oregon Cali
fornia boundary and lived en-
tirely on his own resources for
80 days. His experience on that
memorable outing he is now re-
counting to vaudeville audiences
on the Pantages circuit.
An added feature of the bill
will be a musical comedy. girl
show, by Walter Terry and COM
pany. The piece Ia known as "On
Cannibal Isle" Terry is CO.
median well known TO vaudeville.
The girls of the company are at
tractive and are said to be MINI
BILE dancers.
The two Kerns, man and
woman, appear in an eccentric
comedy skit entitled After the
Fair" which is said to be one OF
the laughing hits OF the bill.
LaTouraine Four is quartet
of opera singers. said to have ex-
cellent voices that are heard to
adv antage in a repertoire OF
grand opera and popular selec-
lions. Other attractions will in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07
EMPRESS STOCK COMPANY
ORGANIZES HERE MONDAY

Players who will appear In
the new stock company which c.
l.. Richards will install at the
Empress theater Sunday, Nov.
IS. will arrive in the city tomor-
row and Monday and the rehears-
ais of "Nobody's Widow" which
will be the opening play, will
begin Tuesday.
: Florence Bell and William
Brewer are coming from San
francisco. Frederick O'Farrell
will be the new leading man. Mr..
O'Farrell is widely known In Cali
fornia and played los weeks at
Ye Liberty stock company in Oak
land. Miss Jane O'Roark, a Los
Angeles girl who has been a great
favorite through California for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07
AT ONCE STOPS
STOMACH MISERY
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapersin" makes sick,
sour, gassy Stomachs
feel fine.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly;
ferment into stubborn Jumps and
cause sick, sour, gassy stom-
aeh? Now. Mr.. or Mrs. Dyspep-
tic, jot this down: Pape's Dia-
pepsin digests everything, leav-
ing nothing to sour and upset
you. There never was anything
so safely quick. so certainly ef-
fective. No difference how badly
your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief In five min
utes, but what pleases you most
is that 1t strengthens and regu-
lates your stomach so you can
eat your favorite foods without
fear.
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes-they are slow, but
not sure. "Pape's Diapepsin" is
quick, positive and puts your
stomach in a healthy condition so
the misery won't come back.
You feel different as soon as
"Pape's Diapepsin" comes in con-
tact with the stomach-distress
just vanishes-your stomach gets
sweet, no gases, no belching, no
eructations of undigested food,
your head clears and you feel
fine.
Go now, make the best invest
ment you ever made, by getting
a large fifty-cent case Of Pape's
Diapepsin from any drug store.
You realize in five minutes how
needless it is to suffer from in
digestion, dyspepsia or any stom-
ach disorder
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-11-07

NEW YORK, Nov. c.-Mllc.
Anna Pavlowa, fairy-footed lead
er of the Russian imperial ballet
has returned to America and she
has brought with her an answer
tc the appeal OF the General Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs to re-
form and refine the new social
dances.
When the club women met last
June In Chicago they appealed to
Pavlowa to standardize ballroom
canoes and she has devised three
dances which will be submitted
to the public when she appears
next month with the Metropoli-
tan Grand Opera company. The
new dances are the "Pavlowan"
which resembles the maxixe, n
waltz based on the hesitation"
and gavotte which Is a variant
OF one OF Pavlowa's stage dances.
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by HARRY PAYNE BURTON,


FIRTH HILL. England..-By
Mail Oct. 22.--''Wie geht's.
FIitz?"
tossed the question to one
of the COCO Germans roaming
over the great compound Eng
land has built for her prisoners
of-war In a tight little valley
tucked in amid the hills of Sur
rey.
How goes 1t yourself, kid.
And when did YOU see the Wool
worth tower last?" The German
prisoner answered the question
JUST THAT WAY, in just those
English words, and his very lips
smacked New York with each
syllable!
Well" | said, what are YOU
doing here with a Jaeger cap on
when you own perfectly good
American accent like that"
ooh, just what a thousand
more or so of us are doing :
waiting for the war to finish so
We can go back"
ITO Germany" | interrupted.
Not on your tintype!" he re-
turned.
ITO the states! To our jobs
No more Europe for me. | gel
my naturalization papers the
minute | hit New York this time
The statue of liberty is my motto
from now on!"
Prisoners Happy.
Fritz" was good sample OF
most of these prisoners"
found. They are all pretty hap
by and are more or less glad they
are out of the battle line. They
all tell you they didn't want wal
and they add, neither did the
Trenches" The little they saw
OF the fighting in Belgium has
made them realize that war is nc
longer a worthy engagement for
mankind, no matter what the
cause, they tell you.
Not So Terrible.
And ii requires only six guards
by day and IL by night to guard
these 5000 terrible Huns!" The
six day guards are stationed on
high platforms. The six extra
guards at night patrol the spaces
between these platforms. Power.
FOL electric lights illuminate the
| outer zone after dark.
In the matter of food the pris
oners have little to complain Of
Each man is allowed a pound and
a half of meat a day and breat
in proportion. The perfect dis
cipline of these German soldiers
Is never better shown than wher
the rations are being handed out
The men line up in orderly
fashion and there is not the
slightest pushing or jostling.
''It's a marvel, said one of the
guards to me. ut Is easier Il
feed these 5000 prisoners Of wal
than IL would be to look after 90
men in a deaf, dumb and blind
asylum. Put some food I'm from
of 20 of Our English boys and
there would be fighting at once!'
"T0O Polite"
81 tell you 1t is hard to swal
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several seasons, is also a member
of the new company.
Miss Auda Due, who was lead
Ing woman at the Metropolitan
theater in Seattle last summer, il
another new member of the COM
pany. Miss Jean Mallory, al
ready a favorite with Tacoma au-
diences, Is returning. as is also
Frederick Harrington. Neil Nc
kinnon, whose last engagement
In Tacoma was with MIR. Richard s
Princess company, Is to be a
member of the new organization.
"Nobody's Widow" was first
produced here with Blanche Bates
as its star. The play has never
been done in stock in the North
west. 1t Is brilliant comedy by
Avery Hopwood