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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-16
LOISOF BOOZE
COMES DAILY
From THE POINT
Estimates Place Weekly Ex-
penditure on That Ac-
count at $1,000.
NAY TAKE A DROP SOON
New Ruling of the Railroads
Expected to Cut Down
the Traffic.

The agreement OF the railroads op.
Grating in this state to put stop to
the practice OF handling liquor as
aipartlof the personal baggage of pas.
sengers after next Monday was the
asubject Of conversation in railroad
kcircles and all over town today, and
IL was the consensus of opinion that
theSnew policy would have a pronounc.
ed effect not only upon railroad rev.
enues at this point but upon general
business conditions.
The amount of traffic between Fair.
>Gmont and Point Marion averages 100
passengers daily at the present time.
The best possible average obtainable
concerning the amount Of intoxicants
brought into the city daily Is 600
Aquarts of liquor. This is based on
observations of several people in the
city who have watched the situation
closely. About 100 quarts daily go
out OF the city on the street cars and
trains to the surrounding mining dis.
tricts.
The amounts carried by individuals
into sFairmont vary. Most of the yisi.
tors to the Point bring back but the
Allotted two quarts which can be car.
fied without being labelled, but others
bring in as much as 36 quarts at
once.
\ ItSwould seem that SO quarts would
betmore than any one man could carry
hbut to get two suit cases and bur-
lap sack full, 1t takes Just about nine
gallons.
The price paid for whiskey at Point
Marion runs as high as s1.50 quart.
Bringing the price down to s1.25 the
amount of money going. from Fair
mont TO Point Marion for liquors.
alone slis s4,500 weekly. The fare to
Point Marion is Sill. This sets the
amount spared by the "thirtsy up to
$5.166s s,weekly!ss n
Most of thefwhiskcy brought to Fair
mont tyand vicinity Is for personal use
only. But there is great amount Of
liquor sold as can be proved by the
daily arrests OF bootleggers and also
blythe fact that the same visitors to
the Point bring back more than
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B. & 0. STATION
NEXT STEP N
CITY PROGRESS
Chamber of Commerce Con-
ference on That Subject
Tomorrow Afternoon.

An effort to secure new Baltimore
& Ohio railroad station for Fairmont
will be made tomorrow afternoon at
special meeting OF the Chamber Of
Commerce called to go over the mat
ter with Arthur w. Thompson, third
vice.president of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad company. The letter
signed by II. ]. Ross, president of the
chamber and Charles w. Evans, sec
retary and sent to the various mem,
bers today is as follows:
"a special meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce is called for
Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock in
the chamber office.
"The object of this meeting is
to meet Mr.. Arthur W. Thompson,
third yice.president Of the D. &,
o. II. Il. CO., and discuss with
* him some proposed improvements :.
in railroad service and facilities :;
for the City of Fairmont.
Every member Of the Chamber
Of Commerce is urged to be pres
ent at this conference" "
1t will be urged that Baltimore &;
Ohio officials promised nearly two
years ago that as soon as Fairmont
had new hotel under way that the
question of a new railroad station
would be taken up. Members OF the
chamber say that the railroad com.
pany will be urged to erect a commoa.
ious station harmonizing In architec.
tural design and appearance with the
hotel. The matter OF through train
between Fairmont and Charleston will
also be discussed.
At a meeting OF the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday afternoon plans
for organizing the 'FairmOnt hotel
company which will control the OK.
penditure OF the s350,00O subscribed
recently to construct hotel at Wash.
ington and Jefferson streets. were dis.
cussed. Former United States Sen.
ator C. W. Watson was commended
for his generosity and loyalty to Fair.
mont In contributing such large
amounts to the enterprise. Although
no formal vote OF thanks was extend
ed TO Mr. Watson, speaker after speak.
er arose and in most unmistakeable
terms expressed their appreciation OF
the liberal, self.sacrificing, broad.
minded work of Mr.. Watson in fur.
thing the hotel project.
Mr.. Watson was present at the meet
ing and expressed his appreciation
Of the high estimate in which he is
held by fellow members Of the cham.
Der and declared that he Is sorry that
he had to be out OF the city so much OF
the time during the last winter.
An effort was set on foot yesterday
afternoon to get the millers, who fur.
nished coal company stores and other
stores in this vicinity 100000 Of -four
annually to establish branch mills and
depots In this district.
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sion among the local operators. The
operators, after suffering from the bus
iness depression OF the last few years
feel that now they should be able TO
reap the benefits OF the increase Ia
prices. Instead, on account OF the car
shortage. they are barely able to All
their old contracts at the former low
prices.
1t is asserted that since September
% the connellsville and Somerset dis
tricts in Pennsylvania which are ser
we'd by the Baltimore g Ohio road
have been getting about "a per cent.
of their maximum allotment Of cars
while the Fairmont district has been
getting only about 81 per cent. Thu
maximum allotment OF cars by the Bal.
timore & Ohio to the nnellsyiile dis.
trict is 800 a day and to the Somerset
district 900 a day, as against ithemaxi.
mum allotment to the Fairmont dis.
trict of 1900 a day.
Another feature of the car shortage
problem which will be taken up by
the Coal Operators Association Is the
placing on a percentage basis al shin.
pers OF snch tonnage as sand. gravel,
limestone and steel. Coal OPERATOR
say that 1t is unfair for shippers Of
sucli products to receive a full supply
of cars while coal shippers are com.
PEELED TO accept cars on q percentage
basis. -
The Car! Supply Committee Of the
Coal Operators Association Includes
Howard Adams, I'D. Robinson. s. RI.
Jenkins, Daniel Howard and b. Il.
Lawson. A meeting OF the association
itself will be held in Januaryat which
questions Of vital interest to shippers
will be discussed.
- Local coal operators say that tho
accociation has already made all ORE.
parations to,resist the G15 cent increass
in differential asked vest terday By the
railroads and that Attorneys William
A: Glasgow, :Jr., Of Philadelphia. and
J.pWalter Lord, ,sof Baltimore, have al
ready been retained to represent iii,
operators before the Interstate Com
mercc Commission.
J. =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-16
Mrs. VIM. Hosteller
Died Last Night

Mrs. William Hostetler, a we'll
known resident OF the city. died last
night at her home, aged As years. The
body twas taken TO Oak Forest, Wet.
eel County. today, where interment
will be made on arrival.
Mrs, Hostetler was formerly Miss
Pethell, of Monongahela County and
was a daughter Of Robert and Mary
Murphy Pethell.
She was united In marriage with
William Hostetler and of theIchildren
born to this union the following sur.
yive Henry s., Mary X. Homer,
William, Vada, John William vii.
son and Ray, brothers, William and
Robert Pethell, of Monongahela coun.
ty and John Pethell Of Fairview sur.
yiye and. two sisters. Mrs. George Wat.
son and Mrs. w. Watson Of Greens.
bobo, Pa. Funeral arrangements were
In charge Of Undertaken Jenkins.
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Appeals From Yost
Law Case Verdict
AUPEALs YosT LAW

AUPEALs YoST LAW
A jury composed Of M. E. Toothman,
Dick Fletcher, W. F. Cobun, Stephen
VanGilder, 2. F. Davis and E. 7. Clay
ton before Squire Fleming yesterday,
found Frank Gray guilty OF violating
the Yost prohibition law. The defend.
ant was crarged with giving liquor
TO Eliza VanGilder November "a. This
is the second jury trial that Gray has
had. The first time the jury was hung.
After the decision the attorney for
Gray made motion to set aside the
verdict and will argue for such
motion this evening. Assistant Prose.
cutting Attorney Miller handled the
case for the state and Attorney Cars
kaddon for the defense.
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A. ]. Drexel's Wife.
Wins Point in Suit

LONDON, Dec. 16.-A Judgment in
favor of Margarita Armstrong Drexel,
wife of the American banker, Anthony
]. Drexel, was rendered today In her
suit to recover money under separa-
tion deed.
The point involved was Mr.. Drex-
els motion to set aside the service Of
notice of writ by the wife to re-
cover money due under the deed on
the ground that his domicile was
France and that therefore he was out
side the Jurisdiction Of the English
courts.
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GLASS PLANT LocATEp

CHARLESTON, Dec. 16.- NJ. J.
Owen and E. D. Libbey, of Toledo, O.,
today closed deal for the gas rights
TO 1000 acres Of land in Kanawha
countw for which they paid s1SO,0O0.
The purchasers will erect plant at
a cost of $500, 900 to manufacture glass
products near Cedar Grove.
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Pittsburgh's Coal
Rates Also Boosted
TEN ROADS HANDLING SHIP.
MENTs TO WESTERN POINTS
FILE NEW TARIFFS.
(By Associated press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-Ten rail
roads operating in the Pittsburgh ter.
ritory have filed tariffs with the Inter.
state Commerce Commission, propos
ing increases In freight rates on BIZ
luminous coal from Pittsburgh to the
middle west.
The increases would become effec'
tive January 20 II allowed.
The usual course is for the commits.
sion to suspend the increase pending
Investigation.
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WARD c. eILPA1H DIES

A telegram was received today that
Ward G. Gilpath died in Salt Lake
City last night. He was known here
and before he went west for his health
was an employe OF the Fairmont Wall
Plaster company. II
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Continued on page five)
New Postmasters
in West Virginia
NOMINATIONS FOR GRAFTON AND
MoReANToWN WERE SENT
TO SENATE TODAY.
fRv Associated press.l J

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16:-Among
the postmasters appointed by Presi.
dent Wilson today were ]. H. S. Bar.
low. Grafton, W. Va, Thomas E. Hod.
ges, Morgantown, Pa, and Andrew ].
Palm, Of Meadville, Pa.
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DECLARES DIVIDEND.

Atia meeting Of the directors OF the
Monongahela Valley Traction Com
pany held yesterday, a dividend OF one
per cent on the common stock was
declared. This dividend Is payable on
January Is, 1916.
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The Weather.

West Virginia: Rain or snow to.
night aud Friday; warmer.
Western Penna:- Snow or rain to.
night and Friday; warmer Friday in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-16
Private Stamp
Tax to Pay For
Compensation

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1s.-Be.
cause of the workman's compensa-
ton enacted by the past legisla-
ture and which will be effective
January 1 next, the laundrymen OF
Allegheny county will exact a tax
of tone cent on every bundle Of
laundry delivered to their custom.
ers.
There is nothing in. the new law
to provide for this step but the AL.
legheny County laundrymen ex-
change has adopted resolution
covering the expense Of carrying
out the act and decided to pass
1t on to the consumers" /.
No laundry will be delivered un.
I'll 1t has been marked with tie
stamp.
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Continued on Page Twelve.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
INCREASE ASSESSMENTS
 FOR CHERRY ST. PAVING
Council Formally Authorizes Commis- siOners to Take Actic- ncslred
 by BOndhOlders.

The city council fast night adopted an ordinance, at the request of the commissioners of the Cherry street paving district, amending former ordinance by changing the rate of assessment in the district from 3 per cent. per year to 3h per cent. per year.
 The purchasers of the bonds issued by the district, it was announced to the council, believe the 3 per cent. rate will not raise fund large enough to hanalc the financcs each year, hence thei, request thai the rate be increased to 3h per cent. It was stated also that should the 5 per cent. rate raise sufficient funds. the commissioners will use that rate, not collecting under the 3 h per cent rate unless it is absolutely necessary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19

insurance convention of the Aetna Life, Aetna ;Accidentss& < sLiabi lity, and moblle :;;AInsuranee s:colnparlies, whigh companies MT. ,Mil1sSreprkyents ,lpcally. :~ : t.. .aa9. >s% ffE RI
 :s INs trip wsssa most wondetMl suc- stessFFss"'i sts "'in& every sWay. The statt: from Hartfordj Conn, where the home :,offi- ces of fhe Aetna ,co1hpanies arc, was made on September 29, and Soin' the way the party made varioHsIsstops. At Colorado Springs, the. fvesspecial trains 'al1 met and wonderful ride through Manitou and the Garden of the Gods was greatly enjoyed by all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19

and it is expected the aldermen will get together some night late this week or carly next week, to rcmold the budget and at the same time to re-arrange the city payrolls, so thai everything will be ready for formal action at the next formal meeting oi ahe council.
 First Time In Years.
 If the city of Pine Bluff returns to the cash system of operating on No- vember 1, it will be After the passing of vary many ye"rs, and because ct this fact, member of the adminlstra- tion have been reNDi yng many compll- ments from bushes men and bankers as we'll as property owners general ly, the past week.
 It is admitted from all sources that under cash system the city will save large sums in all it's pur- chases, as well as on it's payrolls. City scrip now is virtually a drug on the local market, and to float 1t holders have been compelled to ac- cept big discounts. All this will bt obviated with the successful conclu- ion there is not the slightest doubt here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19

t-.I
 Through the Royal gorge and over sTennessee pass, the top of the Rock ies, into Salt Lake City: was a won ;dciful. scenic trip The delegates. be- ing met at Salt Lake City by auto mobiles E+2fdrs a tfip p through the city and to tle; Moisnon tabernacle, where all enjoyed the wonderful organ.
 San. Francisco was reached on Oc- tober D. The convention was held on October and and the most wonderful banquet ever held in the West took place at Old Faithful inn, within the fair grounds on the even- ing of the 7th, which day the expo sition officials had designated as Aetna Day.
 The party left San Francisco on Saturday evening for Los Angeles, where they spent Sunday and>reach- ed the San Diego exposition on Act ma Day, Monday, the 11th. Breakfast at Riverside was had on Tuesday morning at the world famous Glen wood Mission inn and on "Wednesday the party spent the entire day at the Grand canyon in Arizona, the Hervey Indian museum at Albuquerque be- ing visited on Thursday, the 14th.
 The party consisted of more than 1 ,O00 agents and their wives and was the largest party that ever went across the continent, and constituted the largest insurance convention ever held and the biggest convention of any kind at the San Francisco expo sitiOn.
 Sixty Pullman sleeping and dining cars, and ten mcgul engines were used in hauling the agents across the continent. Meals for the immense party cost the Aetna company $3,OO0 day. each member being provided with a book of tickets, each Of which was good for one $1 meal. MT. Mills says the satisfaction of putting hls feet under a table on Pullman three times day with the realization that he needn't have care about the size of the ticket, was most unique and gratifying experience.
 MT. and Mrs. Mills are most en- thusiastic about the trip, which he earned by writing his quota of busl- ness in the contest Perfect weather was the only kind experienced. There were no indications of hard times, business being generally on the boom. l The Aetna companies carried a doctor on each of the five special trains to look after the health ot those on board and moving pictures of the convention and banquet as well as the parade on Aetna Day were taken and will be shown throughout the country in all probability. l MT. and Mrs. Mills in all thelr glory arc plainly to be seen In these movies. According to MT. and Mrs. Mills the San Francisco exposition is most wonderful, particularly at night when with it's wonderful cleo trio lights it is a verltable talrylano and the San Diego exposition IS a gem a wonderful Horticultural eA- h;bit never rivalled.
 At Albuquerque, MT. and Mrs. Mllis called at the office of the Albuquerque
 Daily Herald, now owneu ana pug
 lished by George E. and George 5
 Valiant former Pine Bluffians. Ihe Valliants are enjoying prosperity ana l health. but they admit experiencing
 at freouent intervals, longing lo1
 Dine HIuff and friends here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
elbies Aiways In psmsnd.

American presses turn out 1b.O00s 900 Riblss . year, while the English presses turn out twice as many. and yet xarely is there m error discov' cred. Bibisa arc sold as low as hve cents per copy, and millions are dts tyibuted free. It is printed In 40e dif lerent langaages and dialects. abou: 70 per cont being in English. Its cir. splatipn ls not only the largest ef AAy gork hut |, lnWstfItlv tRnrNesapk
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
c-oe.c1!on far Canary.

cana-iss kart !a cages arc aps = .e, o r.auta ysd insect in the featn' .rs aspsc,ali7 under the wings: when .uch ia tho case. the bird shouio nsve . ,ittle insect powder sprinkled undel inc wing. and the caga shouie os .calded out and dried thoroughly 'n the SUI. or before the Are. \ smsu nax of sulphur should be hnne 1p Y 1ide the top ot the cass
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19

SDNY MURNINT. (U VIUT5FT1 70, ND.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
Watch Your Children

Often children do not let parents know they are constipated. They fear some thing distasteful. They will like Rexall ] Orderlies-a mild laxative that tastes like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
 Bedell's, The Quality Store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
mwn CHILDREN HAD GROUP.

The two children Of J. W. NY c,eyeland. Ga, had croup. He writes "path got so choked up they could hardly breathe. I gav them Foley's Honev and Tar and nothing else ana it completely curfd them" Contains no oniatcs. Cuts the phlegm; opens air passages. Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
The Social Nelnhher.

Nov. don't talk too much when you eo b csn on our neighbor. You may enswer questions. of course" sThat Q ally ever do." a,d the child. "An6 they esk greet many questions. Last time they asked how much sal sry papa got and t hs isysS gnarzslad rjn YeR
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
PREACHER WAS LAID UP.

Rev. c. M. KingthOn, daVanHa, rH'. writes: For three months suffered intense pain in the kidneys and back which at times laid me up entirely. ] used 1 1-2 bottles of Foley Kidney Pills and all the pain disappeared. ] feel as If 20 years had been added to my life." Relieves rneumatism' backache, sore muscles, stiff joints Mann Pharmacy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-10-19
Council Ratifies Action of Mayor and Clerk by Enact
 ing Required Laws.
CITY EMPLOYES AND
 DEBTORS JUBILANT
Successful Termination of NegOtia- tiOns for Loan of $'O,OO0. Payable in
 Three Years, Means City Is Able to
 Pay Cash for First Time in Years.

The city of Pine Bluff, through ac- of public affairs, has completed the step necessary to bOrrctW money on scrip, so it can operate on cash basis, two ordinances having this in view being carried under suspension of the rules at the session last night.
 The ordinance, as legal advertise- ments required under the law, are printed in another column of The Graphic this morning.
 Loan Agreement.
 Briefly, under these ordinances, the city will sell at par, scrip to the value of $40,120.S0, the scrip payable July 10, 1918.
 The sale is made through fiscal agent, to whom the city pays, in scrip falling due the same date s. S79.20, this including the discount. the fiscal agents fee and his expenses. The city, under the law, cannot pay interest on it's warrants, hence the discount fec is large enough to take in the interest for the two years, eight months and 15 days. at per cent. 1t figures cut as follows:
 
 Interest, second year. r........ 5OOO0 Interest, eight months, ..... 2,333. .33 Interest, fifteen days, ...... 145.SS Fiscal agents fee. ....... 4OO.OO
 Total. ............ ,$9,S79 It I Money Due Here S0ep.
 The cash to be obtained on this is- sue of scrip is expected here, before the end of the month. Just as soon as it arrives. the city will return tolethe cash basis.
 It is understood that as soon as the city is positive the money is coming in time for the next pay day, the pay rolls will be re-arranged, according tc. the plan outlined in The Graphic last week, so that city employees will be paid in cash for their labors dur ing October. This feature. of the pro- position has caused much pleasure among the city employees, who will draw mere cash mohey, although get ting lower wages. and in addition, the city employees will avoid the worri. some labor of peddling their scrip.
 Will ReInOld Budgets. II Mayor Bloom informed the council after the ordinances had been adopl ed, that he will call the members O the body together for g conference |prior to the next meeting of the coun cil in order that the budget might b. rearranged.
 Eff we carry out these plans. whicl f we have been preparing for the pas IA months" he said, i've will hay to operate absolutely within our bud } get. Economy must be vigerousl 2 followed ! It will be absolutely nee } essary to sgt aside sum for each, de partment of the city government. an ! have each department operate withi , that amount"
 In. this. the mayor was. supp2rte by all the msnbers of the couaci
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-29

GRIEF that prevents the mind from he
Ing ovethrown.
In the same way, IL what we know
as magnetism (Which everyone Graves
as a thing which brings lis friends
and fortune) is to be dcvcloped then
a series Of dancing poses which will
initiate JOY, the pleasure of receiving
great gifts, love, and so on. create n
peculiarly subtle muscular strength
winch attracts just these things We
want
The stenographer is able to take
down dlctation quicker and more
accurately and to read her notes
more quickly and more accurately il
she each morning devotes half an
hour to dance which calls for ax-
traordinary balance and uuickness of
motion. The lawyer and the Judge
are able to decide knotty points of
law better if they have become
tuned up in the morning by n half
honr or SLOW, graceful, logical. linked
movements.
Anyone is better able to meet the
emergency of life If for Il half hour
or an hour every morning he or she
VIII dance through poses which bring
out perfect control Of the gravity of
the body, quickness, alcr,ncss. grace
and beauty.
Thus runs Mademoiselle Juliewna's
very curious and new philosophy.
particularly is ii applicable to people
VINO create-sculptors, painters, writ
crs. etc.
fou see her posing in the gay
aoahhon OF Satyr or a Faun, and
you VIII understand that when she
lepronnces those poses in clay she
VIII fee" the true outlines which