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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
BELGIAN REFUGEES
english PROBLEM
$4,000 In Britain Must BE
Provided With Habitation
and Employment.
lRy Assncintcd prnss J


LONDON, March 26.-The problem
of providing employment and proper
habitationS for the Belgian refugees.
both in Holland and III England, is
daily growing more urgent. III the
opinion of Percy Alden. member OF
parliament, who has represented the
British government il its dealings
with the refugee question since teh
beginning Of the war.
The number of Belgian refugees in
England is now officially estimated,
according to government statement
in the house OF commons, at 10000,
not including $4,000 wounded soldiers
i'll British hospitals. This tota! con-
sists of 5000 men, 69,00O women and
$4,000 children under 16 years of age.
Il feel very strongly" says Dr. Al
den in a statement to the public, that
through lack Of work and proper hous-
ing, these Belgians run a serious risk
of returning home at the end of the
war in a demoraiized and deteriorated
condition. In Holland especially the
method of dealing with the refugees
Is still of a temporary and unsatis-
factory nature; they are living in
churches, schools, barns, sheds and
barges, and the food they are receiv-
ing is none too good. AS to the en-
ployment question, little or no attempt
has been made to deal with 1t, either
in Holland or England.
81 have made several visits to Hol-
land at the request of the president
OF the local government board, to in
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26

vestigate conditions there. England
and Holland are faced with a very
awkward task, but serious attempt
will have to be made. and that soon,
TO provide remuneratiye work and ade-
quate residence for these people.
My belief is that the next step
should be the building OF some thou
sands of wooden huts, each contain
ing three :ooms, which could be con
structed by the refugees themselves,
and could be taken 10 pieces at the
end OF the war and transferred to vari-
Gus arts of Belgium to be used as
dwellings until permanent homes can
be built.
"The building OF the huts could be
made to provide work for many thou
sand refugees. 1 calculate that at
least 100000 will be required for the
adequate launching OF this scheme.
1t Is the only way I know in which
proper scmblance OF family life
can be restored to these Belgians dur
Ing their Temporary exile from their
own country"
The commission for relief in Bel
GUM has sent over five thousand tons
of condensed milk into Belgium and
no form of foodstuffs supplied to the
Belgian people has brought forth such
warm expressions OF gratitude as the
supplies for the baby canteens.
The latest expression OF this feel
ing is in the form OF letter from
Cardinal Mercier to Herbert Hoover,
as follows:
Dear Monster lc President: The
commission which you conduct with as
much devotion as discretion has just
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26

that he was not considering any poiiti.
cal proposition whatsoever.
Gossip has been free and easy with
the name of Senator Wells Goody-
koontz, an administration supporter.
and many predict that he was slated
for high appointment. Those who
know him best. however, are of the
opinion that he prefers to conserve
his lucrative law practice, and hiatt
he is not the kind of man whose 10y.
atty depends upon promise or prob
amility OF favor.
L. NJ. Davis. the Fairmont news
paper man, who recently resigned an
important editorial post because OF a
disagreement with his associates in
the conduct of the Fairmont West
Virginian. has enjoyed healthy boom
for the commissionership, and his
friends believe that stranger things
have happened than that he might be
taken under the gubernatorial wing.
Not that he needs IL. He has alwa Us
had an excellent facility for taking
care OF himself, and It is entirely
probable that he will continue 10 pros.
per, regardless OF favor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
HEADACHE, COLDS,
COST|VE BOWELS,
TAKE CASCARETS
sToNIeHTl CLEAN YOUR BOWELS
AND END HEADACHES, COLDS,
SOUR STOMACH.
Get q 1O.cent box now.


You men and women who can't get
Feeling right-who have headache
coated tongue, bad taste and foul
breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are bill.
Gus. nervous and upset, bothered with
sick, gassy, disordered stomach, or
have a bad cold.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
spassageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil?
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour,
7undigested. fermenting food and foul
gassesi take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out OF the system all
the constipated waste matter and
zpoison in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 10.cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels
regular, and head clear for months.
Don't forget the children. They love
Cascarets because they tatste good
never grippe or sicken.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26

forwarded me. for those in need. the
considerable supply of 1910 cases OF
condensed milk. Your consignment
arrived in the heart of winter at a
time when deprivation makes itself
felt more acutely than ever. kindly
accept. and transmit to your fellow
workers as well as all those who
assist us through your intermediary,
the expression of my deep gratitude,
and believe, dear monsieur lie presi.
dent. in the assurance of my great
esteem"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

A delightful surprise was given in
honor OF Miss Hazel Feather at her
home on Maryland avenue. Tuesday
evening. Music and games made up
the evenings entertainment and at an
early hour refreshments were served
The honored guest was the recipient
OF many useful gifts.
Those present included Mary Gil.
hart. Mae Kelly, Pauline Graham, Irez
Workman. Mae Feather, Marchia Nut
ter, Ray Coffman, Eva and Mae Pitch
er. Muriel and Amber Watkins, Ber-
gle Stretchberry, Charles Hawkins.
Dorsey Urback. Bernard Bunner. Ger
trudc Boron, Hazel Feather. Harry
Adams, Pearl Griffith. Freda Feather,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Z. Feather.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
Constipation a
Penalty of Age

Nothing is so essential to health
In advancing age as keeping the
bowels open. 1t makes one feel
younger and fresher and forestalis
colds, piles, fevers, and other de-
pendent ills.
Cathartics and purgatives are
violent and drastic in action and
should be avoided. A mild, eject
i've laxatlve-tonic, recommended by
physicians and thousands who have
used 1t. is the combination Of SIM.
pie herbs with pepsin sold by all
druggists everywhere under the
name of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin. The price Is fifty cents and
one dollar a bottle. For a free trial
bottle write to DR.. w. B. Caldwell,
40 Washington ST., Monticello, III.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
BREAKS A COLD
IN A FEW HOURS
WITHOUT QUININE
FIRST DOSE OF "PAPE's COLD
COMPOUND" RELIEVES ALL
GRIPPE MISERY.
Don't stay stufed-up!

Quit blowing and shifting! a
dose of "Pape's Cold Compound"
taken every two hours until three docs
are taken will end grippe misery ana
break up a severe cold either in the
head, chest, body or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
iriis and air passages; stops nasty
discharge or nose running; relieves
sick headache, dullness, feverishness.
sore throat, sneezing, soreness ana
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound IS the
quickest. surest relief known and
costs only % cents at drug stores.
II acts without assistance, tastes nice.
and causes no Inconvenience. Don't
accept substitute.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26

We make plumbing our sepcIalty
A. E. Jackson, Monroe street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
ChiIdren's Easter Footwear

Every mother should read this ad.
vertisement. Il is really more than
an "Ad," for every mother has her
eyes on beauty and style and worth
az we'll az price.
Just Soc Our Outside Display Case
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
governor WILL
SOON HAND OUT
APPOINTMENTS
Faithful Stand Expectant
Under Gubernatorial
Plum Tree.
MANY NAMES MENTIONED
6ooDYkooNTZ, DAVIS, WHITE
AND AVIS HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED.
MANY NAMES MENTIONED

CHARLESTON, w. ", March %
Some interest is centered in the ap-
potntment which Governor Hatfield is
respected to make soon to fiIl the va
5cancies in the public service commits
sion as. well as the new appointments
to head the workmen's compensation
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26

A chic lace boot In patent calfskin
with sand colored or grey kid tc s..
The newest creation for No or
children. These are OK vi uh
eeptional values. Special ID odd
ly priced at.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-26
Gorn-Mad7 Use
''GETS.IT," It's Sure
Makes Corns Vanish Like Magic

A hard cap of skin makes up every
corn. When you put drops OF GETS.
IT" on It. 1t shrivels up and comes right
or-and there's your corn-gone by thun-
derl Simple as taking on your haiti That's
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01

you are a governor, president or SUI
preme court Judge. Ordinary social
prestige win count for naught.
The only thing that weighs at this
dinner is age. but even that doesn't
amount 30 anything If it is under a
century. 1t is to be banquet OF the
bIuest OF blue blood in business. No
Arm less than 100 years old viii poke
its feet under the table at this dinner.
and even then all business Ia barred
which has not come down directly
through the male line since before the
battle of Waterloo
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01

too soon, for exactly a week later,
July IA, the British man Of war Col
lingwood, commanded by Sir George
Seymour, arrived at Monterey to pro-
claim British sovereignty. It was
thus only by narrow chance that
England did not become the possessor
of California, which she had greatly
coveted.
On the fourth day Of July. 1854, two
barks which had been sent by Sir
Walter Raleigh to discover and annex
the American continent north OF
Florida arrived on the coast Sailing
along for 40 miles, they entered the
mouth of river and took formal pos
session Of the country for the queen
OF England, naming 1t Virginia. They
landed on Roanoke island, afterward
occupied by the first English settle
ment in the new world. This
colony, consisting OF 10 persons sent
out in April, 1885. was abandoned in
less. than year. the settlers carrying
back with them to Europe the first to-
bacco and the FIRST potatoes, which
latter were planted experimentally
on Raleigh's estate not far from Cork,
In Ireland.
On the fourth day OF July, 1854.
Benjamin Franklin laid before the
commissioners OF colonies, at AL.
bany, a plan for federal constitu-
ton, aimed to accomplish q union for
defense against French encroachment
1t was adopted, but afterward was re.
jected by some Of the colonies and by
the British government This was ex.
actly twenty-five years before the
signing OF the Declaration OF indie.
pendence. Curiously enough. the doc.
ument was rejected by the colonies
because 1t put too much power into
the hands Of the king; and it was We
toed In England because 1t gave too
much power to the assemblies Of the
colonies.
On the fourth day of July, ITO, UNI.
brellas were first introduced into this
country, shipment of them arriving
at the port of Baltimore They were
generally regarded as an absurdity,
and 1t was considered that only fool
ish and effeminate persons could pos
sibly use them.
The massacre Of Wyoming valley
occurred on July 4, 1776.
In the previous autumn two com
panies had been raised In the valley
and had been ordered TO join General
Washington. Several stockaded forts
had been built during the summer,
but those left behind to guard them
were mostly old men.
A raiding force OF tories. Canadians
and Indians, under Maj. John Butler,
a tory OF Niagara. entered the valley
and set fire to some of the forts.
Forty Fort, three miles above Wilkes
Barre. had assembled q garrison Of
300, largely old men and boys. This
force decided to march against the
invaders, which it did with disastrous
result. Taken in flank, it was routed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01

honorable terms. This was on the
morning OF July 1. He marched out
with his little army Of 400 men. drums
beating and flags flying, and he and
MS soldiers returned peaceably to
their homes.
On the fourth day of July, 1S46. the
independence Of California was de-
clared.
There was at that time In CalDornia
--as yet Of course part Of Mexico
about two hundred Americans, nearly
all OF Them men OF exceptional vigor
OF body and alertness OF mind. or
Mexicans there were 5000, and the
aboriginal Indian population num-
bered perhaps 100000.
Capt. John C. Fremont had been
sent to California on an exploring ex-
petition year earlier He was on
his way to Oregon when he was over
taken by an oficer sent from Wash
ington with message ordering him
to walt and to cooperate with the Pa
ciffc squadron in case of hostilities
with Mexico. The message had been
In writing, but the officer was obliged
to destroy 1t while crossing Mexican
territory, after committing it to mem
ory.
Accordingly Fremont returned to
California and took up his headquar-
ters ut Suffers Fort.
A few days later, June la. party
OF fourteen Americans organized q
small revolution on their own &C.
count. captured Sonoma and declared
war against Mexico. Needing a flag
and not daring to use that of the
United States, they made one, not
out OF an old lady's petticoat. as has
sometimes been alleged. but from a
Mexican rebosa or scarf OF un-
bleached muslin yard wide and FIVE
feet long. Along the bottom they
sewed strip OF red flannel and In
the left hand corner they painted a
star In red ink. The middle Of the
nag was occupied by picture of a
grizzly bear, beneath which were the
words California Republic"
The temporary government thus set
up IL known In history as the Bear
Flag Republic. Its banner now orna.
ments the rooms Of the Pioneer go
ciety In San Francisco The grizzly
bear was rather crudely drawn. and
the Mexicans said II was pig, call
Ing the flag the pig flag.
Meanwhile news had come of the
outbreak OF war along the Rio Grande
and on July Fremont called a meet
Ing at Sonoma which formally pro-
claimed the independence Of Cali
fornia. He was appointed governor.
Soon afterward there came intelli-
gence that Commodore Sloat had ar-
rived at Monterey fJuly y and had
raised the American mag: also that
by his orders Commander Montgom-
cry OF the U, 8. sloop OF war Ports
mouth had taken possession OF San
Francisco.
Sloat. having heard of the hostili-
ties with Mexico, had sailed immedi-
lateiy from Maxatlan for California.
where he took possession OF the couu.
try and raised the American dag ON
his own responsibility He was none
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
IN FAR NORTHLjIND
Important Events n Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
intsrsstlnu ltsms From Inc Three
Great klnodoms o. the North %.
lsctsd for scandlnavians ana
Their Descendants.
BY MARTIN w. ooLANp.
Denmark.

Denmark.
A Copenhagen correspondent thus
outlines and explains the new Danish
suffrage law to which reference has
been nude In this column:
The new law not only gives women
the vote on the same terms as men.
but changes certain property qualifica.
lions which have hitherto embarrassed
the Danish electorate. Hitherto repre-
sentatives to the upper house have
been elected under conditions which
threw influence overwhelmingly into
the hands OF wealthy men OF the coun.
try.
Danish women are not only given
political rights on exactly the same
terms ~ Danish men. but those terma
are the most liberal In Europe. They
may elect and be elected Just 40 men
may. Since 1906 Danish women have
had municipal eligibility; now they
will have full electoral rights and full
eligibility, In order to meet the con-
sentative party half way. m election
law Ii ad1kd TO the constitution under
Z system which Nine. Munich calls
"characteriatically Danish. BY this
system neither men nor women can
vots for the upper house under thirty.
ave years OF age.
In explanation OF this singular age
limit II Ii recalled that the voting ags
for Icelandic women. whose bill tn
equal franchise was signed by the Dan
ish king last winter. was nxed &C forty
years. although Icelandic men may
vote at twenty-five. BY sliding scale
women OF Iceland will come to vote q
twenty-five. A curious part Of the
Danish bill which demands that only
men and women Of thirty-five may
vote for the upper house permits both
SEXES to be eligible for election at
twenty-five.
In order to avert 4 general election
under the high tension OF the present
war situation, It ID proposed that ths
first election under the new consti.
tuition shall be postponed until the end
OF the war or until 1915, The com.
promise concerning the electionAl sys-
tenn Of voting was proposed by the
conservatives. and acQuiescsd In BY
both radicals and social-democrats
The law further provides that men and
women are both to be twenty-nine
years of age before casting their first
vote In 1920 the voting age will be
reduced to twenty-eight. In 1924. TO
twenty-seven. and In 1928 to twenty
six. After this the electoral age will
remain stationary at twenty-five.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
Norway.

NOFWay.
The press of Norway has taken up
for discussion the charge in English
quarters that Norway, AZ well az Swe-
den and Denmark, 10 ordering food
stuffs In America and reshipping them
to Germany. The charge is based up
on the great increase In the importa-
ton Of foodstufts from America by the
Scandinavian countries since the out
break OF the war-a fact which looks
suspicious at first sight The Morse
papers explain this increase on other
grounds and positively deny the
charge that Norway is helping to sup.
ply Germany with provisions. They
point out the fact that before the war
Norway received most OF the provis-
ions she needed from other European
countries. only a small portion Of such
provisions being obtained In America.
When the war came. Norway was un-
able to get any more provisions from
the European countries and was there
fore compelled to turn to America.
Not only has she been getting from
across the Atlantic what her people
have needed meanwhile, but she has
been laying in supply for future
emergency. This accounts for the big
increase In the importation OF food
stuffs from America, according to the
Norwegian papers, and the explanation
looks. to say the least. reasonable.
In 1919 the number OF men and WON.
en- participating In the cod fishing
was 99.659; in the herring fishing. as
$50; and the coast mackerel fishing,
3.073. Thus the Importance to Nor.
way Of the fisheries can be realized.
One hundred and sixty fishermen lost
their lives during the year In question.
The German auxiliary cruiser Me-
teor sunk the Norwegian lumber ship
Granem, Is miles south OF Christian
sand. The Meteor is the cruiser which
captured the Swedish steamer forster
or the island OF vinga and shelled the
steamer verdandi after II had
been torpedoed by submarine.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says
that Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the young
Norwegian star. won the lawn tennis
singles championship OF the United
States by defeating Mrs George Wight
man OF Boston. 40. 6-2. so.
Mfna Rfurafpdf Ia aiQo tho fndnnr
tennis champion OF the United States
and recently added the title OF metro
politan champion
Mrs. Wightman, who was formerly
Miss Hazel Hotchkigs OF Pasadena.
Cal. held the title three times. hav-
ing won the championship IN 1903. |
1910 and 1911.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
WILL BE EXCLUSIVE FEAST
Only Representatives Of Firms One
Hundred Years Old Are to Parti-
cipate In It.

There soon viii be tie oldest din
tner party which Philadelphia has yet
seen, says the Public Ledger OF that
city. 1t viii be far more exclusive
than the lord mayors dinner, In Lon
don.
Wealth will not bring you an fnvi-
tatioc rsT win public Office. even II
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01
More Tolerant AttItucs

Everybody is making fun of your
new motor car"
I'm glad to hear It." replied Mr.
Chuggins. ITS better to have ZEN
laughing at 1t than regarding 1t az
natural enemy. as they did my OLE
one"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-07-01

uDn too0 O01ng Two
white men killed and eight Indians
wounded.
Incredible deeds Of cruelty and -
rocity are said to have been commit
ted By the tories on this occasion.
and the whole valley was left . scene
Of desolation. But II ID not true that
women and children were massacred.
On the fourth day OF July. 1850. coz
tinental currency notes we're worth
two cents on the dollar. and. Il was
said. % wagonload OF paper money
was required to pay for wagonload OF
provisions" Nothing could well give
. more vivid notion OF the desperate
situation Of tho Revolutionary cause
at that period.
On the Fourth OF July. 1926, Thorn
- Jefferson. third president OF the
United States and author of the Dec
laration Of Independence. died, aged
eighty-thres. just nifty years from the
date OF that historic document On
the same day died John Adams. sec
ond president OF the United States.
aged ninety-one
James Monroe also died on the
Fourth OF July. 1881, his age being
seventy-three.
On the fourth day OF July, 184S. the
treaty OF peace with Mexico was pro-
claimed at Washington. And on the
same day the cornerstone OF the
Washington monument was laid with
great pomp and ceremony. Money for
building II had been subscribed by in
dividuals, but the sum thus obtained
proved 10 far inadequate that the
structure remained q mere stump.
only about one-third It's present
height, until 1881. when congress APP
propriated the amount necessary for
Its completion.
There was similar and even more
important ceremony In Washington
on July 4, 1851, when President FIJI
more initiated by the laying Of =
cornerstone the construction of the
two great white marble wings Of the
capitol There was an impressive
assemblage OF dignitaries and an ora
ton was made by Daniel Webster.
then secretary Of state. OF special In.
terest was the presence Of few per
sons who had Witnessed the laying Of
the first cornerstone of the capitol
by Washington on the eighteenth day
OF September, 1888
On the fourth day of July, 1888,
John Fryth. An English preacher, was
burned at smithfeld for the heresy OF
Lutheranism.
July 4, 1850. was the day on which
Jack Cade plundered the city Of Lon
don or = portion thereof. beheading
Baron Say and Sele and numbering
several other personages OF import
ance.
Cade had fed from England for
some crime; but after serving in the
French wars he went back to that
country and settled In Kent under the
assumed name OF Aylmer. marrying
. lady OF good position. When the
men of Kent rose In rebellion, In
May, 1850, he led them. The rebels
made their way into London on July
g. A portion Of the populace favored
them, but the opposing party gained
strength when Cade began to plumber
and kill, He retired to Southwark,
and was prevented from re-entering
the city after fierce struggle on
London Bridge. Afterward he was
captured. and being severely wounded,
died In the cart which was conveying
him to London.
July 4. 1887, was the date of the
battle Of Dorylaeum, q great victory
of the Crusaders over the Moslems
under Soliman, who had attacked
them On the march