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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
4 DEAD, {: e MISSING
IN KANSAS FLOODS
Residents are Marooned on
Housetops Because of
6-Inch Rainfall.

KANSAS CITY Sept. s.-Dispatcnes
report four persons dead and IL miss
ing in the floods in the southeastern
part OF Kansas! The four men drown.
ed were Missouri. Kansas and Texas
section men who had taken refuge on
acrossing sign, which later was wash
ed away. =
Fort Scott Flooded.
FORT SCOTT, Ras.. Sept. s.-Moro
than 100 persons In the lower parts
of the city are marooned on house
tops as a result OF q six-inch rainfall
which caused the Marmaton river and
Mil creek to flood the town.
State Representative A. NJ. Keene,
his wife and daughter. and william
Buzzard. an attorney, who was a
guest at the Kesne cabin. three miles
west Of Fort Scott, were hemmed In
by the flood and were rescued with
boats. All available boats are being
used to take other refugees from
honsetops. ~
Many stores, Wholesale houses ana
factories never befo flooded. are un-
der water. Four feet OF water was
running through the Missouri. Kansas
q Texas railroad depot today and pa1-
sengers in marooned trains were be-
ing rescued with boats and ropes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
.ADWER TIsIlNG.
55SERM0NETTES-
a shor. One Every nay
for the Busy Business Man

IL f.
An ad ought. above all things, to be
natural: It ought to sound as. II some.
body were talking. There should be
no apparent effort to be coIloquial.
1t is better to be stiff than to be col.
loquial awardly. II you cannot be
easy in your manners in your adyer-
itising, don't try. II it isn't natural
for you, don't try It.
Advertising should be planned out
on the presumption that Ii, Is going to
be permanent-a necessary and In:
valuable part Of the business. Too
many men think OF Il as something
apart from the business a sort of gal:
yanic battery to be applied at the
discretion Of the advertiser.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
To Testify iniMurder q !
Case Against Negro

Officer Rothlisberger, Of -Four
States, left last night for Monessen,
Pa, TO attend the trial OF Charles
Douglas, colored, who was arrested in
Annabelle some time ago. Douglas
was identified In the Fairmont jailby
Mrs. George Smith. Of Monessen, as
the negro who killed her husband and
assaulted her. The revolver that
Douglas used was found in Annabelle
and the coat that he wore and dis.
carded picked up near the scene OF
the murder. Douglas was hit on the
shoulder with an ak by Mrs. Smith.
The coat plainly shows the cash made
by the weapon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
10 ARE KILLED, AND 46 WOUNDED
in GERMAN AIR RAID ON ENGLAND
.PLAN5REUn|l)NE0F.
C. A. r. VETERANS
Old Soldiers Will Meet Fri
day and Saturday at
Fairview.

The annual reunion OF the Marion
County Veterans Association will be
held on Friday and Saturday at Fair.
view and a royal good time is being
planned by the citizens OF Fairview
for the, veterans who will attend In
large numbers.
A special car over the Monongahela
Valley Traction Company lines will
leave the local station at nine o'clock
and will convey members OF Meade
Post, members OF the Morgantown and
Clarksburg posts, etc, to Fairyiew..
At!Fairview the visitors will be met
by the Fairview band and conveyed
to the headquarters, where they will
register and receive their badges. A
splendid program has been planned for
the two days, one OF the pleasing fea.
lures to, be the camp fire to be hela
on Friday at which time the veterans
will gather to-, recount Incidents OF
the early sixties.
The Silver Drum Corps OF this city
headed by Commander Charles E
Watts, will take part in the grand au
tomobile parade which will take place
on Saturday at 2 o'clock.
The committee, on arrangements, to
whom much Of the success OF the re
union will be credited. isScomposed OF
the following: Mayor Cummins, oi
Fairview; Oliver Shurtleff, Luke Chal
fant, Capt. E. A. Billingslea.
The committee on transportation Is
as follows: J. Lee Waldo and Eli
Mnsgrave. The association officers
are Charles E. Watts. colonel com.
mander: John \. MILAN. adjutant;
Eber d. Morgan. quartermaster.
The committees will meet this even
ing in, the Fairyiew city hall when
final arrangements willibe made.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
NORMAL SCHOOL
OPENS YEARS WORK
Students are Registered and
Schedules are Arrang-
ed Today. "

The first semester OF the Fairmont
State Normal School opened. .auspi.
ciousiy this morning when hundreds
OF pupils enrolled for. the term. Prof.
Joseph Roster, the newly appointed
president OF the school. together with
his efficient faculty. labored through.
out the day registering the. students
and arranging schedules for the work
OF the term. Incoming trains, troll:
leys, ETC., brought their quota OF stu.
dents TO the city yesterday and. to-
day, and. number who. have signified
their intentionyof attending school for
the term will arrive later in the week.
From present indications there viii
be a large enrolment of students and
splendid terms work has been out
lined. Z.
The day was given over, to registra-
tion and schedule work and the &C.
tual school work will not begin for
several days or at least.untill each stu.
dent has been properly registered and
classified. -
Miss Elizabeth Stalnaker, who had
been a member OF the Normal faculty
for several years. has been transfer:
ed to Marshall College, Huntington,
and her place has been filled by the
appointment of Dwight H. Teter, OF,
Philippi. Mr.. Teter Is a graduate or
the West Virginia University.
owtmorning the first general
assembly OF the school viii be held
when announcements, etcs win be
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Normal Football
Squad Readyto Work

. =
The Normal School football squad
will open practice tomorrow at South
Side Park. New uniforms will be re.
ceiyed for the team today! or .tomor-
row and the players. will be dressed
different than last season. The new
suits are black with maroon stripes
The team met this morning at the
school to organize and tomorrow
dummies will be placed aon the field
at South Side Park for the players to
battle against. The Normal coach
says that he has one of the strongest
teams that the school has ever had
and that q good year lies before them
The schedule for the year is being
made out and prospects for good foot
bali is shown The Normal viii play
Iwaynesburg College. Davis and Elk
ins College and many other strong
teams
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Earthqu uake Ruins
South Am erica City

{ LAsLIBERTAD, Salvador. Sept. g.
a strong earthquake has occurred in
San Salvador and Guatemala. Jutiapa,
capital OF the department Of the same
mamie in Guatemala, has been ruined.
In the city OF San Salvador no victims
have been reported!
The churches in Santa Ana, sonso-
nate and other villages OF the republic
are In ruins.
Jutiapa lies As miles southeast Of
Guatemala City. and Is the center OF
the cattle and coffee trade Of the dis.
trict. The last available records give
Jutiapa population Of about 1900.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Unimportant Military Post
Given Former Comman-
der in Chief.
EMPEROR LEADS II ARMIES
Will Take the Field and Be
in Full Charge all
Forces.

t(by ASSOCIATED fPres61
PETRoGRADi via London. Sept. b.
Grand Duke Nicholas has been trans.
fered to the Causasus by Emperor
Nicholas. The emperor took the ac-
tion at once on assuming command Of
the military and naval forces.
In transferring the grand duke he
appointed himiyiceroyl q, the Caucasus
and commander in chief OF the army In
the southern front. The action Of
Emperor Nicholas In transferring the
grand duke to the Caucasus front ID
perhaps the most important change OF
this nature which has been made by
any of the belligerent nations. This
only comparable incident was the re-
.tirement by Emperor William In octo.
Der of last year Of Lieutenant General
Count Won Moultke as chief Of the
German general staff.
Thepost to which Crank Duke Mich.
olas has been sent IS OF relative unim,
portance as compared with the pres
tige and vastness of his former office
OF commander in chief Of all Russia's
great fighting forces. the Caucasus
campaign presenting only Q minor as
.pect of the war.
The Russian and Turkish forces In.
volred in the struggle In the Black
Sea region are notilarge.
LONDON. Sept. s.-An army order
issued by Grand Duke Nicholas, who
has been commander In chief OF the
Russian forces, conveys the inference
that Emperor Nicholas In assuming
command OF his armed forces has sup.
planted the grand duke. The order Il
addressed to "the valiant army and
fleet" The announcement. which was
forwarded from Petrograd 70 the Rep-
ter Telegram Company, says that the
emperor has placed himself at the
head OF the military and naval forces.
LONDON, Sept. 1s-Emperor Nicho.
las is now in. supreme command of the
Russian military and naval forces In
the fighting zone and grand duke Mich
olas, who. as commander In chief Of
Russia's army. was one Of the most
conspicuous fighters Of the European
war has been transferred to the Cau-
casus.
London is speculating as to what
section of the long east front will be
selected by the Emperor for head.
quarters. AT the present moment.
Courland appears TO be the critical
sector of the line. General Ruzsky
is in command there and field mar
shall Won Hindenberg apparently Is
not making any great progress against
him. The central sector has been held
by Grand Duke Nicholas and eorts
OF the Germans$to drive a wedge
through the swamps are proceeding
very slowly. The Galician wing In
command of General lIvanoff is making
stubborn stand against the Germans
and Austrians, who are engaged in q
tremendous effort 10 drive the last
Russian from the Austrian soil.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Anleriic iican Books
Read by Italians

NEwsYoRK, Sept. s.-Two daugh-
tiers Of the Rev. Gaetano Conte. an
Italian clergyman. who landed yester-
day from Naples. said that nearly
every soldier in the Italian army had
received a copy Of Edward Everett
Hale'ss short story masterpiece "The
Man Without a Country" Their faith
er. they said, had translated the story
into italian and more than a million
copies were printed in the first edition
for distribution among the troops.
The book was valued In Italy as a
means of !instilling patriotism into the
hearts of the soldiers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Citizens are Placed
Under Military Rule
ARMY WlLL.,HAvE ENTIRE com.
sMAND IN MEXICAN
TROUBLE, e
q. 80 e. 60.

~ u rT757 O.
g. HRo HRoWNsvILEE, Texas, Sept. s.
What is regarded as Che most import!
ant step yet taken by nhe United States
army in the border complications OF
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, came
today with the issue here OF an order
giving to army officerS command over
the action of civilians on the river
banks in case shooting across the in:
ternational boundary Is resumed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
ONE AMERICAN LOST on HESPERIAN
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS is SENT
TO.GAUCASUS SWARFRONTBYCzAR
French Steamer is
Sunk by Torpedo
(Ry AssocIntcil Dress. \

Wy -zfEsUEIHNUF VNseT :
PARIS, Sept. S.-The French steam.
ship Guatemala has been torpedoed
and sunk about so miles off Belle Isle.
Her crew escaped in two boats. The
men were picked up by British
steamer and taken into st. Mazzaire.
The Guatemala, of 5,sl3 tons gross
and SS7 feet long. was owned by the
Compagnie Generate Transatlantique,
which also owned the Bordeaux, the
sinking Of which by a submarine was
announced yesterday.
The latest report of the Gautemala's 8
movements was her arrival at ST. Mar
arrle July 20 from Buenos Aires.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Special Officer "a. G. sConnors was
bonded by the county clerk yesterday
for $500 to serve as a constable.
Connors was appointed in place OF
j. S. Walker, who has gone west on
account OF his health. isl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08

BERLIN, Sept. s-Persops in po,
sltion to speak with authority assert
positively the conviction that the
steamship Hesperian was not torpedo.
ed by o German submarine, at least
under conditions thus far described.
The assumption that the Hesperian
was sunk by a German submarine Is
met with ever increasing doubt in Of.
fetal circles. Although authorized
quoted comments is withheld for the
the. the positiveness Of opinions ex.
pressed formally by individuals. who
may be assumed to have authoritative
informationsis noteworthy. q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
TheI Weather.

West Virginia and Western Pennsyl.
vania-Shoyers tonight and probably
Thursday; somewhat lower tempera-
ture Thursday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08

WASHINGTON, Sept. s.-secretary
Lansing today cabled Ambassador
Gerard at Berlin to forward any in.
formation available on the sinking Of
the iHesperian.
a state department dispatch from
London indicating that one American
was lost is so inconclusive that off.
cialsl do not accept 1t as final.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
GERARD ASKED
TOIGABLEEACTS
ON SHIP SINKING.
Germany May Deny That
Vessel Was Sunk bya
Submarine.
Uss,A|.IIL!lR !, !. IS MISSING
State Department Will. Wait
for Official News Be-
fore Acting.
us. SAILOR IS MISSING.
by Associated Press.)

Lay stByl Associated Press)
QUEENSTOWN. Sept. Sit has
been established that an American
named Wolff was lost on the Hesper.
ian. Wolff signed as an able seaman
Of the crew. He came from Newark,
Nj and is of Dutch parentage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08

BERLIN, via London. Sept. Seer
man forces that have been engaged In
battle with u ] Russians 1.-THE district
north OF the Batloviech Forest have
captured the. city. OF Wolkowysk. II
was announced. by. German army head
quarters today. ..ls .4..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-09-08
Number of Fires Caused by
Zeppelilns in East Coun-
tries on Coast.
EXPECT new OFFENSIVE
Weather Conditions Again
Favor Russians While
Retreating.

LONDON, Sept. ,.S.-Ten persons
were killed and 46. others wounded In
a German air raid on the east coast OF
England last night.
Weather. conditions. which in the
past wars have proved an efficient ally
Of the Russians, are again intervening
on their side.- A dispatch published
in Copenhagen papers says the rivers
have been swollen by autumn floods
to such an extent that they promise to
form an impossible barrier to a fur.
ther advance OF the invaders. =
On the other front events point to
concerted movement by the allies. The
French commander in chief, General
Joffre, has returned from visit to his
Italian colleague General Cadorna.
British warships and the guns along
the Belgian coast have Joined the cho.
rus OF artillery fire along the western
front. All this gives support to the
growing belief In London that an often.
sive movement OF some nature will
soon mark the operations of the allies
In the west. i.''
The eastern counties OF England
were again visited by raiding zeppe.
Inns last night. ..The;dirigibles caused
some fires and number of casualties,
concerning the, extent of, which there
has not yet been an official announce
ment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Deadly Plants.

Blue rockets show fear. and the dead
~ nightshade is full OF hatred. Both
of these are plants. but chat does not
prevent them from declaring merciless
war on all animal life. The blue rock
ct perfume carries one of the dead
lest of pOisOns. One-siXteenth of II
grain shot from it's poison pistil has
proved fatal to a man.
"Give this plant the semimuscular
system possessed by the carnivorous
plants and it would be more dangerous
than the cholera said Professor Hen
ry G. Walters. head of the plant re-
search bureau at Langhorne.
The professor. who maintains that
plants have memories and are capa
BILE of love. believes also that there are
plants which exercise all the emotions
Of enmity.-New York Sun.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Republic of Qualla.

American natives still maintain re-
public of their own in western North
Carolina. the independence Of which is
recognized at Washington. 1t is gov
erned by Cherokee Indians and con-
sists of rich valley about eighty
square miles in area with 1000 popu-
lation.
This republic is known as Qualla,
and it's president is chosen by ballot
every four years, receiving a salary OF
$500 annually. Only Cherokees over
thirty-five years old can be president.
Three secretaries form his cabinet. and
there is council of congress consist
ing of two delegates from each 100
members of the tribe. Although the
chief possesses veto power, he cannot
act on any matter of public policy
without consent of the council. No
one can hold Office who denies the ex-
istence of God. heaven or hell The
school system is excellent. English
and Cherokee languages are taught. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
An Exclusive Decoration.

Among the most inaccessible of dec
orations IS the Grand Cross of the Rus
sian Order of St. George. founded by
Catherine the Great in 1863. in all its
history of more than 100 years there
have been but four Russians TO receive
the grand cross. The first was the
Empress Catherine herself. who assum-
ed it ex otficio. The late Grand Duke
Michael Nicholaievitch. having receiy-
ed the inferior grades in the CrimeaE
and Caucasus wars, was awarded the
grand cross for his achievements as
commander in chief of the Russian
army in asia Minor during the war
with Turkey in 1877. His brother,
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievltch,
was on the same occasion elected a
knight grand cross of the order for
his victorious leadership of the Rus
sian forces in Europe to San Stefano.
within sight of the walls of ConStan-
tinople. while Gar Alexander II. was
persuaded by the knights of the order
to don it's grand cross on the occasion
of the celebration of the centennial of
it's foundation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Strenuous Bird Wooinq.

The manner in which the peacock
preens itself and displays its feathers
when searching for Il bride has often
been commented upon. The strangest
bird courtship. however. is that of the
lesser birds of paradise. who hold dane
ing parties at which the male birds
work themselves up TO Il state border
ing on frenzy and attract the females
by uttering loud. penetrating cries. hop
ping backward and forward wildly
among the trees and displaying their
feathers to the best advantage
The crane is another bird which
dances for his love and makes her
many graceful bows. while manikinS-
birds largely found in South America
dance in pairs and sing at the same
time. The male birds stand upon Il
twig about one and one-half feet from
each other and literally jump in the
air about two feet and land in the
same spot on the twig with the regular
ity of clockwork. repeating short
melody as they do this. which presuma-
bly, fascinates and captures the heart
of the other London Tit-Bits
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Ancient Iceland,

Iceland was founded A. D. S74 by
men from Norway. In the words of
John Fiske. ''it was such a wholesale
colonization of picked men as had not
been seen since ancient Greek times
and was not to be seen again until
Winthrop sailed into Massachusetts
bay 1t was not long before the popu-
lation Of Iceland was $4,000. Their
sheep and cattle fourished. hay crops
were heavy, a lively trade-with fish,
oil, butter and skins in exchange for
meal and malt-was kept up with Nor
way, Denmark and the British isles.
Political freedom was unimpaired, JUS
tice was fairly well administered, ma
val superiority kept all foes at a dis
lance. and under such conditions the
growth Of the new community in
wealth and culture was surprisingly
rapid"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Giraffes and Telephone Wires.

At a recent meeting of the Institu-
ton of Electrical Engineers in London
W. L. Preece told of the damage done
to telephone systems in the tropics by
animals. The giraffes in East Africa,
he said, have not sense enough to duck
their heads when they find a telephone
or telegraph wire across their tracks,
but push on and carry the wires and
sometimes the poles with them. White
ants eat the telegraph poles if these
are Of any wood but teak. He showed
Il telephone instrument that had been
used as Il hive by bees, which entered
by the slot for the switch hook and
formed inside a comb that was renew
ed as often as it was cleared away by
the engineers. Spiders also destroy the
insulation by spinning over the wires
webs that when saturated by dew re-
duce the insulation resistance to few
OhmS.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
SUGAR and Salt.

Granulated sugar tastes sweet Pow
der it in Il mortar and it will taste less
sweet Owing to this fact it is hard
to convince some people that powdered
sugar is not adulterated, although this
practice. easily detected. is practically
unknown ut present, writes George W.
Rolfe in the Science ConSpectuS. A
quarter of grain of quinine mixed
into pound of graduated sugar is
said to make it taste sWeeter. Com
mon salt in small quantities will i'm
prove the sweetness of cake and other
sweet foods, as all cooks know.
Raw sugars. even when they contain
negligible quantities of the sweeter
mother sirups. taste distinctly sweeter
than granuated sugar. although their
actual sugar content. is less. This is
due to the salts and eXtractive matter
in the raw product. and it is why many
cooks sigh for the old fashioned open
kettle sugar and even prefer the re-
finers limitation goods to granulated i'll
making their apple pies.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
The Old SaItcellar.

During the latter part of the middle
ages the saltcellar was the most con-
spicuous object on the table. 1t was
always placed in the center of the long
table at which the household gathered
my lord and lady, family and guests
being at one end and the servants and
retainers at the other, and in this way
ones social position was at once APP
parent, the gentle folk sitting above
the salt and the yeomanry below it.
Among the wealthy the saltcellar was
of gold or silver. BenvenutO Cellini
chased some for Francis l. that were
of the most exquisite workmanship,
and at the Louvre may be seen several
rich specimens of saltcellars in faience
and the famous set made at Orion for
Henry l.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
DisIiked Eqotisn1.

whats the matter with your asked
his wife.
"I'm feeling lonely" was the reply.
Don't you like this town."
81 don't like this earth
whats the objection to it,"
People are too egotistical. If there
is anything l hate it's egotism. And
when I see kings going about conf
IDENTIFY and doing things wrong. and
diplomats trying all sorts Of insinccre
tricks with complete effrontery. and
lawyers seeking applause for arguing
ON the wrong side of a case, and every
body displaying utter selfishness with
out blush, l am forced to the convic
ton that ( am the only consistently
moral gentleman on this globe. And it
makes me feel lonely. "-Exchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-09-03
Ebony.

Ebony Of the best quality comes
from India, Ceylon and other tropical
countries. where it is obtained in logs
sometimes fifteen and twenty feet
long. The darkness of the wood in
creases with the age of the tree. 1t
is a very hard wood, and hence it is
desirable for furniture making. It's
unique color, too, makes it always
worthy of notice. and it was combined
with ivory by the Greeks to bring out
ifs color