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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-30
State Meet Plans
For Next IL Months
w. VA. FOUNDATIONS NAME
DATES FOR THEIR ANNUAL
SESSIONS.

State meetings of various organiza-
lions in West Virginia have been ar
ranged and the entire program is
practically complete. In May the
West Virginia Medical association,
DR.. J. H. Anderson, of Marytown, sec
rotary, will be held at Huntington.
The dates have not been announced.
On the 18th of that month the grand
commandery, Knights Templar, will
meet at Bluefeld. Francis E. Nichols,
of Fairmont, is supervising the ar
rangements.
The grand commandery of West
Virginia, Independent Order or heu
Men, will meet in Parkersburg, May
il and ~. T. II. Clay, of Huntington,
is secretary.
At Sistersville May 10 and 81, the
state encampment OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic will be held. Smith
Risinger, of Moundsville, is secretary.
The April program announced in
cludes meeting of the West Vir-
giEia Wholesale GrocerS' association,
at Parkersburg, on the 14th and 10Th.
W., c. McConaughey, of Parkersburg,
Is in charge of arrangements.
At Wheeling the Shield of Honor
3613 Chapline street, Wheeling, can
give any information wanted about
the meeting.
The Grand Lodge of the knights of
Pythias will convene in Charleston,
August 25 and be in session two days.
Sam B. Montgomery, of kingwood, is
the recorder.
Huntington will entertain the Elks
association, September 81 and %. E.
B.. Smith, care of the Huntington
lodge, B. P. o. E., is in position to
give information.
AT Morgantown the Grand Lodge
of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
will hold it's annual meeting begin
ing October ~. A. ]. Wilkinson, of
Huntington, is grand secretary.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR?
Or. carreI.

DR.. Alexis Carrel, the French surg
con, who attained international fame
while connected with the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research in New
York, is now the head of a great
French military hospital devoted to
the care of wounded soldiers who re-
quire delicate surgical operations. I'm
mediately after the outbreak of the
war DR.. Carrel relinquished his duties
in New York and offered his services
to the government of native land, and
since then he has performed many
astounding and successful operations
and has saved the lives OF scores of
men, who otherwise would certainly
have died. Only the most difficult of
cases are sent to DR.. Carrel, but even
with these the percentage of recover
les has been very large. DR.. Carrel
was born at Sainte Foy de Lyon,
France, and is now in his forty-second
year. He was educated at the Uni
versity of Lyon, and for four years
was an inferno in the hospital of that
city. later becoming member of the
medical faculty. He came to America
ten years ago, and his worldwide
reputation as a surgeon was achieved
largely on this side OF the Atlantic.
In 1909 he poined the Rockefeller
Institutes staff, and became the most
celebrated member Of that brilliant
faculty. Many of his operations
bordered on the miraculous, while his
Investigations into the causes and
treatment of many obscure diseases
added much to medical knowledge.
In the French military hospital of
which he is now the chief, DIR. Carrel
has been devoting much time to the
study of gaseous gangrene, and
new serum treatment promises good
results in such cases. DR.. Carrel will
doubtless return to the Rockefeller
Institute upon the conclusion of the
war.
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WHAT CAN BE poNE2

1t is difficult to see what more the
Government of the United States can
DO to secure safety to the, threatened
missionaries In Persia than it has
done already. That is to protest TO
the Turkish Government at Constan.
tinople against all violence, and to OBJ
tain from that source a promise to
restrain the outrages.
We cannot send war vessels to the
region where the reported wrongs
have been committed. To land an
army on the Persian coast and march
to the scene OF the disorders would
take months, during which time the
missionaries might be killed and their
murderers seek safety in unknown
places. Protests at Constantinople
win undoubtedly secure promises.
which we have already; but it is
doubtful how much power these or
iders from the Turkish Government
will have over Turkish soldiers and
Kurds ravaging country hundreds
;Df miles away.
The surprising thing is that the dis
play OF the American nag had some
tnhuence in restraining the bandits
who were shooting up the mission
compound and massacreing the native
Christians OF that region. It should
be understood that missionaries who
carry on their work in half-civilized
regions fer ;he power of the
United 81 -..ac!I take their
lives IN the. '.aidS in case dis
order arises in that Cgur:ry.-Pitts.
burBh Dispatch.
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and six others Of them excellent good
"Also, besides my allowance ana my
apparel, / would have 600 pounds
added yearly for the performance Of
charitable works, and those things
would not, neither will, be accountable
for.
ALSO, 1 would have put into my
purse 1000 pounds and also 200
pounds. and you to pay my debts.
ALSO, l will have all by houses
furnished, and all my lodging cham
bers to be suited with such furniture
as is fit; as beds, stools. chairs, suit
able cushions, carpets, silver warming
pans, cupboards Of plate, fair hang
ings a--l such like.
ALSO, / would have 5000 pounds to
buy me jewels and 1000 pounds to buy
me pearl chain. e.
ALSO. will have three horses for
by own saddle, that none shall dare to
lend or borrow; none lend but l;
none borrow but you.
ALSO l would have two gentle
women, lest one should be sick, or
have some other lett. Also, believe
that it is an indecent thing for
gentle woman to stand humping
alone, when God hath blessed their
lord and lady with great estate.
ALSO. l will have six or eight gentle
men, and will have my two coaches
one lined with velvet, to myself.
with four very fair horses, and coach
for my women, lined with cloth; one
laced with gold, the other with scarlet,
ard laced with watchlace and silver,
with four good horses.
ALSO, for laundresses, when /
travel, I will have them sent away
with the carriages, to see all safe; and
the chambermaids l will have goe be-
fore with the grooms, that the cham
bcrs my be ready, sweet and clean"
Many other things Lady Compton
also expressed desire to have, and
that you defray all charges" And
she added:
New, seeing l have been and am
so reasonable unto you, | pray you
do find my children apparel, and their
schooling; and all my servants, men
and women, their wages"
History does not record whether or
not all of Lady Compton's requests
were granted; but. Judging from s.le
tone of her letter, 1t is safe to assume
that they were.
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WASHINGTON NEWS

The one hundred and thirty-first
session of the Baltimore annual con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South is in session this week
at the Mount Vernon Place church.
in this city. Delegates to the num-
Der of $50 are expected to come to
Washington to take part in the bust
ness sessions of the conference and
the anniversary meetings. President
Wilson has announced that he will be
present at the Thursday night meet
ing, but it Is understood that the presi-
dent will not make an address, but
will be present merely in the capacity
of an auditor. The delegates are from
eight church districts in West Vir-
ginia. Virginia and Maryland.
Considerable interest Is conferred in
the announcement of the changes in
charge which will be announced Mon
day. While not regarded as general
moving year" for the pastors, those
who are interested in the matter re-
call that great many changes were
made four years ago, and, under the
itineracy plan whic hobtains in the
NJ. E. Church South, no presiding
elder or pastor, can serve one district
or one congregation longer than four
consecutive years. although they may
return after lapse OF years. which
seldom happens.
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FIRST THINGS.
AneSthesfa.

The first surgical operation perform
ed while the patient was under the in
fiuence of ether as an anesthetic was
at jefferson, Jackson county, Ga, 70
years ago today. March 80, 1s42. when
DIR. Crawford w. Long. q physician of
that village. made use Of sulfuric
ether in removing a tumor from the
neck of James M. venabie. The
Georgia country doctor was undoubt-
eddy the pioneer in the humanitarian
field OF anesthesia, although similar
claims have been made for DR.. Charles
T. Jackson. Boston physician. and
DR.. Thomas Morton. Boston dentist.
It remained for the latter to popular
ize and make known to the world the
great blessing which has mitigated
the horrors and multiplied the uses
OF surgery, as DIR. Long was only an
obscure country doctor. without In
fiuence In the profession. The Georgia
physician removed two tumors from
venable's neck and both operations
were entirely successful and painless
to the patient. In the bill he rendered
HIS patient DR.. Long charged So for
each operation, with an added charge
of rs cents for the administration Of
sulfuric ether.
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TODAY WE CELEBRATE.

Lady Of Fashion Three Centuries Ago.
Three hundred and six years ago
Today. March 80, 1909. Sir John Spen-
Ger, then the richest man in the world
died IN London, of which city he had
been Lord Mayor. His daughter has
married, against his will, young
nobleman named Lord Compton, but
the plutocrat was eventually recon
sciled TO the match, and when he died
Lord and Lady Compton found them
selyes In possession of a fortune of
100000 pounds-about $4,000. 600
which was considered fabulous in
those days. A letter written by Lady
compton to her husband at this period,
which is still preserved, throws an
Interesting light upon the conditions
surrounding a lady of fashion of three
centuries ago. The letter begins with
ialutation, MY Sweete Life" but Lady
Compton wasted no more words upon
3t6octionate topics. but plunged att
oflce into the business arrangements
Incidental to her fathers. great estate.
pray and >beseech you to granite
ne, your most kind and loving wife,
he sum of 1000 pounds (SS,00o) per
lnnum, quarterly to be paid" she
wrote. But that was only beginning.
ALSO" she would have many other
.nvors, which she enumerated as fol-
sows:
'sAIso. for myself, I would have be-
ides my yearly allowance 20 gowns
if apparel; six of them excellent good
ines; eight OF them for the country,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-30

Two political reports of more than
ordinary interest and significance
were published yesterday. One was
20 the effect that Col. Roosevelt would
be found in the Republican fold next
year. The other stated that United
States Senator Poindexter of Wash
tngton was considering announcement
Tor reelection as Republican. Col.
Roosevelt is said to hold it to be nee
essary for the good OF the country
8 that the Democratic party shall be de
1eated in 1916, while Mr.. PoindexLer
has reached the conclusion that It
makes little difference under which
banner one enlists il principles for
which he strives are carried out.
The Importance of these items is
not as to the individuals entirely.
though Col. Roosevelt's course un
dOubtedly will influence a large mum.
Der OF voters. AS far as Mr.. Poindex-
ter is concerned, he is a political OPP
portunist. A Tennesseean, he went
TO the northwest a Democrat. Not find
Ing the soil and atmosphere conducive
to onice-getting as member of that
party, he became Republican: and
then he went back on the Republican
party when the Progressive wave ap.
peared more promising. If he and
Col. Roosevelt, however, are OF opin-
ion that either public necessity Or
political expediency requires their re-
turn to the Republican party it MAJ
be accepted as indicating which way
the wind is blowing. Their action
conveys the suggestion that it is posi-
BILE for the dead to come to life again
for both of them buried the Repub
Hean party several years ago. They
told the people that the G. o. p. had
run its race, that 1t was done for, AMI
that there could be no hope of its
resurrection. Yet now 1t is discovered
not only that the party has been re.
ytxed, but that the one best hope OF
the nation, both as to it's prosperity
and the proper conduct of its govern.
ment, is conferred in this party which
once honored them, and then was be.
trayed.
It is gratifying to note these evil
dences ia return to political com.
mon sense. The chances are that
Col. Roosevelt and Mr. Poindexter
have been persuaded b ythe logic or
evttns, and intsead of being leaders in
the "old home" movement are in real
ity doping in with the procession.
which began last year and has been
steadily gathering in numbers and
force ever since. There will be little
left Of Woodrow Wilson and the Dem
ocrattc party after the November cleo
ton Of 1916, when all is said and done,
unless signs which one sees on every
side are Observation-Disclosures Ga
zette- Times.
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LITTLE Boobies PA
BY William II. Kirk.

Thare was a osld fashuned quilting
bee up to our house the other mite.
The ladies witch was thare made a nice
quilt, but thay toar up sum nice peepul
in thare talk.
Missus Jones ought to look out the
the way she Is carrying her he'd up in
the air, sed one Of the wimmen. May
be II her husband knew that she went
to them tango parties he mite not like
It, She amt o saint any moar than
any of US.
I think Missus Thompson Is acting
kind of giddy laitly, sed a other wom-
an. She filters wen she talks insted
OF being aware of the sad & uncertin
side of life.
noticed that about her long time
ago, sed one OF the. other nice ladies'.
l toald my husband that l thought
she was giddy, but he sed what is the
idee OF knocking the poor woman?
That is all the satisfacshun l cud
ever git out of my husband, she sed.
Any time point out the faults of my
deerest trends he calls it knocking.
That is the trubbel with our hus-
bands, sed a other lady witch was sew
ing on the quilt, thay stand up too
much for the wimmen whose faults
we can see SO plainly. My husband
Is that way, I know. Every time.
heer sum scandal about CURL that
holds her he'd UP high, he says to me
wen I tell 1t to him, you ought to be
moar simpa-thetick. Goodness knows
am proud that l am just insted Of
simpa-thetick, she sed.
& that was the way all the ladies'
KEEP talking all the time thay was
fixing up mas quilt
So wen pa CAIN hoam toald him
about how the ladies' had talked about
peepul witch wasent thare.
Is that so. sed pa. Then I suppoas
the oaid gals had a orful knock for
me.
No. pa, sed. thay dident talk about
any of the men, all thay had to say
was about the wimmen.
Then pa LATED & wen ma calm In
the orom pa sed l understood. all of
the ladies witch was here this after
noon to the quilting bee was giving
all the ladies witch wasent heer thare
regards.
It wasents this afternoon, sed ma. 1t
was this eevning & thay was meerly
conversing. OF course thay mite have
sed few words about sum OF the
wimmen that was carless in thare
it dident amount to anything.
That is one CRATE thing about men.
sed pa, you can git a bunch of men
together & all the eevning Wen abb
sent trends name Gums UP all you will
heer is he is a grand old scout. isent
he? Mister Bobbie Burns rote sum-
thing. sed pa. about mans in-humanity
TO man. but he ought to have rote
sumthing stronger about woman's IN
humanity to woman.
You doant meen to tell me. sed ma.
I. Yes. do meen to tell you, sed pa.
have newer saw 1t fail yet that
wen q bunch of you deer gals got to-
gether sumbody was going to GIT the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-30
ToDAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
New Duke Of euccIeuch Is Chief Of
Scott Clan.
(sy o. Terence.)

John Charles Montagu Douglas
Scott, seventh Duke of Buccleuch and
ninth Duke of Queensberry, who sue
ceeded to the ancient titles and estates
upon the death OF his father last
November, was born 81 years ago
today. He comes of one of the old
est and most honored OF Scottish
families and is recognized as the chief
OF the clan Scotia family repre-
sented in practically every part of the
world. The new Duke Of Buccleuch
received a naval education and served
in the Royal Navy from 1877 to 1886,
as cadet. midshipman and lieutenant.
He was conservative member Of
parliament for ten years.
The founder OF the family OF Buc-
cleuch, according to tradition, was q
ninth century outlaw. who saved the
life of tho king of Scotland who was
attacked by savage Pict. This kind,
it is believed, was Kenneth II, sur
named MacAlpine, who defeated the
Picts. slew their monarch, and united
them and the SCOTS under one banner,
thus becoming the first sole ruler OIL
Scotland in the year S43. This outlaw
received many honors from the king,
and one OF his ancestors, Robert lie
Scot. was ennobled by Alexander III
in the thirteenth century. The duchy
OF Buccleuch originated in 1868. when
James, the son of Charles II, married
the daughter of the Earl OF Buccleuch
and assumed her name.
In addition to the Duke of Buc-
cleugh and the Duke Of Queensberry,
the family holds the title of Baron
Scott of Buccleuch, Baron Scott of
Winchester and Eskdaill. Earl of
Doncaster, Baron Tynedale. Earl of
Dalkeith-which was the title borne
by the present duke before his acces-
sion; Marquis of Dumfriesshire, Earl
OF Drumlanrig and Sanquhar. Viscount
OF NTH. Torthorwold and Ross. and
Baron Douglas. The present dukes
mother was a daughter OF the first
Duke OF Abercorn, and was grand
mistress of the robes under Queen
Victoria and Queen Alexandra, posi-
ton involving the leadership Of the
ladies of the royal household. She
died in 1912. The present duke mar
ried daughter of the four Earl OF
Bradford. The family estate include
400 900 acres, and several famous old
castles and houses. among them Dali
keith Palace and Drumlanrig Castle.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-30

NEW YORK. March 3o.-The youth
who was found wandering in Park
Row on March IS, and who was un-
able to give an account of himself,
has been identified by his uncle here
as Ralph ToWne. of New Haven, Conn.
The LAD was found by his uncle in
Volunteet hospital. 1--WE got you
Steve" is the way he greeted his
uncle, whom he knew at once. Young
Towne said he could not remember
how he got to New York. He was
wearing a sweater with IS. H. S."
woven on the front. This, he said,
he had borrowed in New Haven from
a friend, a pupil in Springfield high
school.
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Luke Mcluke Says:

Luxe meluko says:
1t isn't hard for man to forgive the
enemies he knows he can't lick.
You think YOU are well posted. Well.
who is the lieutenant governor OF your
state?
A dog has some sense. but cat
spends half its time trying to get out
Of the house and the other half trying
to get back in again.
A statistician estimates that there
are 10000 idiots in the United States.
And the average man will assure you
that he has met every one of them.
A man has to love his wife a whole
lot or be scared of her a whole lot
when he washes the dishes for her.
his own resources he gets hard
bump.
Once in awhile you run across an old
fashioned man who regards debt as
an obligation.
Give man an even break and he
will whine about getting the worst of
1t because he didn't get 1925.
A man wouldn't try to beat a hard
boiled egg. But that doccr't keep him
from playing the ponies every day.
Charity often means that we are
willing to pass the hat II other people
win Oil It.
The kind hearted woman who starts
q society for the purpose Of furnishing
ear muffs for early robins is usually
the same dame who never gives food
to beggars because Fido might get sick
from the beggars IL she permitted the
beggars to come to her back door.
Always cut the cards after the man
who is always telling you how honest
he Is.
The reason why a man takes his
crouch home with him is because he
knows he would get his block knocked
OF II he stayed downtown with It.
The reason why a newly married
couple know that they are never 60
ing to have a cross word ia because It
Is impossible for any two normal hu-
man beings to agree all the time.
We know you are going to do heap
Of things tomorrow. But what did you
do yesterday?
After some men take a day of they
look as though they had taken
year on.
When a girl is pigeon toed she thinks
you are complimenting her when you
say she IS bird.
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RSrSnnala.

Mr.. Earl Jones. of State street. who
has been i'll of pneumonia, is re-
covering.
Mrs. Springer, OF Colfax, was in this
city yesterday en- route to her home
from a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
VIII linn at Clarksburg. She was
accompanied home by Mrs. linn.
Mrs. Margaret Wilson, of Market
street. is recovering from few days
illness.
Mr.. Austin Stealey arrived home
yesterday from few days visit at
Parkersburg.
Mrs. Vance Harrington who was
very i'll of grippe, for several weeks,
is able to be out.
Miss Ruth Barnes returned Sunday
evening from Morgantown, where she
spent the week cad.
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Il Nationalities
Among Mine Dead

CHARLESTON. w. Va, March 40
The workmen's compensation divis
IONS report Of the nationalities Of the
LIZ victims of the recent mine expio.
sion at Layland, 'Fayette county. is as
follows:
American. So; Italian, %; Russian,
Bohemian, d; Syrian, Q Spanish, /:
English, /: German, Polish, /;
Welsh. 1; Afro-American,
1t Pays to Advertise In The wens
vireinian.
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Mr.. A. L. Hammers is very i'll at
his home on Columbia street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller. of East Ferry
street, who have both been i'll OF
pneumonia are recovering.
Mrs. Guy Summers and son, Paul.
are recovering from a few days ILL
ness.
Miss Gertrude Crisis remains quite
sick at her home on Bolton street.
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sledge. That is one reason why u
doant want to worry about wimmen
electing wimmen IL they git d vote
sed Pa. Thay wont do a thing to the
poor wimmen candidates that cum6
up for office, Ha, ha. sed pa.
You are talking like a cavemalf, SOW
sed ma.
Yes. sed pa, 6 sreeconing IKE .
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And That,s No Ioke.

Luke McLuke says it costs $165.95 n
year to feed a cow. Bob Gonzales says
1t takes more than that to feed chick
en-. Those boys ought to know that
two cows and a pair OF chickens can
be fed for what it costs to feed one
hungry "kitty."-Houston Post.
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Bits Of Byplay
By Luke McLuke
Copyright. 1915. the Cincinnati
Enquirer
Queens.
By Luke McLuke

The gambler and his wife won't fight,
For she knows what he means
When he says. IT had luck last night,
caught three lovely queens
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The orchard mans devoted wife
VIII neither scold nor preach.
When in ecstatic tones he cries:
Gee whiZ! I've got a peach!'
Memphis CommercIaI-Appeal.
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East Side News
Will Return Home.

Mrs. William Myers who has spent
the past two weeks with Mrs. Viola
Springer and other relatives here, will
return to her home at Cincinnati, Ohio,
tomorrow.
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In the Day Of the Wireless.

"Confound 1t, this is the third time
you're told me the wireless was busy!"
Yes. sir" WHO is holding it?" Mrs.
Cable. sir. She's having her usual
Monday morning visit with Mrs. Gig
Gle. In Paris. sir."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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oh, JoyI

II sec that North Carolina man
named o. Dammit wants his name
changed" said the old fogy.
What does he want to change It
for?' asked the crouch. st must be
fine to be able to sign a name like
that to a check when you are paying a
bill.'