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Fort Myer Notes

Fort Myer. Va. May s-Maj. D. F.
Duval had dinner recently in honor OF
Mrs. Cha rles Cope. Of Omaha. house guest
of Capt and Mrs. Mcmillan Those
present were Capt. and Mrs Mcmillan,
Miss Edmunds and DR.. Felix R. HILL
Capt. and Mrs. Edward Donnelly gave
a large buffet supper recently in honor
Of their guests. the Misses Rristed Be
sides the young people Of the post several
additional guests from town were in
CIuded
Miss Dorothy Taylor. of WASHINGTON,
was hostess recently in compliment to
Miss Anne Seymour Jones and Lieut.. s.
Roland Hopkins. whose marriage takes
place early in June. The additional guests
we're the Misses McCumber. Ray. Efinger
and Lejeune. Mr.. Douglas Hillyer. Lieut.
Alexander James. Mr.. Pitman Spring Mr.
Quintard, and Lieut. W. McCaushey
The bachelor officers gave a dinner at
the Army and Navy Club recently in
honor of the visiting young ladies Of the
garrison. Capt. and Mrs. Edward T. Dom
nelly Chaperoned the party. which in
cluded Miss Scott. Miss Edmunds. Of
LynchburS; Miss Glasgow. Of st. Louis:
Miss Bristed and Miss Grace Bristed. of
New York: Misses Simpson. Wilder. Be
wick. Hitchcock. and Hearin. Mai. o. r
Duval, Capt F. r. Hill. DR.. Larkin,
Leuts. ]. G. Winter. Victor whiteside, e
St J. Greble. T.. G. Hefferman. p D.
Carlisle. and John Millikin
Capt. and Mrs. clemens W. Mcmillan
gave a buffet supper recently in honor
of their house guest. Mrs. C. c. Cope
jr.. of Omaha. the guests afterward at
tending the hop in the administration
building. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. II. S. Reside. Col. and Mrs. c. r.
Menoher. Mr.. and Mrs. o. P. Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Smith. Capt. and
Mrs. W. NJ. Connell. Capt. and Mrs
Lewis Forester. Lieut.. and Mrs. p. L.
Hill. Mrs. Tauscher. Miss Fillmore,
Mr.. Menoher and Mr.. Gilbert Bixby
Capt. and Mrs. F. H. Gallup gave a
dinner recently at the Army and Navy
Club. the party afterward attending
the clubs Thursday dance.
Mrs. II. L. Scott was hostess at a
luncheon recently in honor Of Mrs Jo-
seph Tilford and for Mesdames w. p.
Hall. c. N. Jones. John L. Glen. W. c.
Borden. c. T. Menoher. T. A. Baldwin,
w. d. Conner. A. H. Fowler. G. H.
Cameron. c. H. Scott. who 10 a house
guest OF Gen. and Mrs. Scott: Miss
Strong and Miss Eliza Scidmore.
Mrs. Manus McCloskey ha. returned
from New York. where she had been
visiting.
The Misses Bristed. OF New York
and Lenox. are quests Of Capt. and |
Mrs. E. T. Donneliy.
Miss Phoebe Edmunds, of LYNCH
burg. Va. Is the house guest Of Can't.
and Mrs. F. H. Gallup.
Lieut.. and Mrs. p. L. Thurbsr havs
returned from their wedding tylp and |
sre- At home In one Of the sets Of.
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District Signal Corps

The Signal Corps Company of the
District National Guard either Will
encamp with the brigade this summer
or else will devote the time to a road
march in Virginia or Maryland. COM
mencing after August l. A rumor has
been current to the effect that the
company would go to Tobyhanna. Pa.
but according to the division of militia
affairs. no signal corps troops will be
sent there. with the exception of the
men commanding the regular army
signal tractor. now with the class
from the War College.
Five recruits were taken into the
organization last Tuesday evening.
making eleven above the minimum
strength for camp. Recruiting will
he continued up to and including June
l for those who have had no prior
military experience. After that date
none but men with prior military ex-
perience will be accepted. Men enlist
ing after this date must attend four
:een drill periods of one and one-half
hours each in order 10 draw pay. APP
plicants with prior military expert
ence who have had at least one years
enlistment In some military organize
ton may be enlisted UP to August l.
II is the object of the commanding
officer to recruit up to the minimum
strength OF SeNenty-nVe between no"
and July ! so that no enlistments will
be made after that date.
Sergeant Joseph Hodge made a n.y.
ing visit to Washington last Sunday.
after having made a round trip to
Bordeaux. France. with 1900 horses
for the allies.
The company now is turning out for
drill in the khaki service uniforms. They
are much more comfortable than the
blue during the warm weather months
As the men become efficient in signal
practice the drill periods are being cut
short. the time thus saved being devoted
to non-commissioned officers schools.
Lieut. Brockman. Observation-Disclosures
visited the armory last Tuesday night to
talk Signal Corps matter over with The
officers.
The question of assessments for the mess
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| Justification Of the torpedoing OF the
Lusitania on the grounds of interna :
| tional law is impossible. according to
Crammond Kennedy. recognized au-
| thority on international law and the
law of war.
Mr. Kennedy explained yesterday.
however, that the United States is not
| confronted with any new problem in
the sinking Of the great Cunarder
with its hundreds OF lives lost. The
same perplexing diplomatic difficulty
| was presented when the Falaba was
| sent down and one American killed
| That question has already been before
the President and his advisers. and
the solution Of the gigantic disaster
Of the Lusitania will be worked out
along the same lines.
Mr.. Kennedy takes exception to the
statement made at the time OF the
Falaba sinking. that because the right
Of search and seizure of an enemy
merchantmen Is granted a belligerent
and because the German submarine
gave the passengers on the Falaba
time to get into the lifeboats. the &C
ton of the Germans was justified.
Passen myers Must he Protected.
He points out that when the law of
nations was written it was understood
that search and seisure were to be
made by a ship capable Of taking care
Of passengers and crew. who are to be
considered and treated as noncombat-
ants. according to the international
statutes. The Germans. because they
are afraid to venture their cruisers in
the open sea. can argue no right. he
says. to use submarines which are In
capable Of authorized search. but must
needs torpedo the boats and leave the
L. ~ hAn
THE law Of nations provides" said Mr..
Kennedy, that after the seizure Of a
mercha ntman by a belliserent the ship
may either be towed to the nearest port
of the belligerent where there Is prize
court or 1t may be sunk IL there IL danger
Of recapture. This was the case with the
American ship. the William p. Frye,
which was torpedoed in January.
But the law states that no matter what
the disposition of the merchant ship the
crew and passengers are to be considered
a. noncombatants, given the necessary
food and clothing and taken to the near
est port and from there the neutrals sent
home.
But there is no more justification for
q submarine to creep up on a passenger
ship carrying women and children and
torpedo that ship Just because she be-
longs to an enemy nation than there Is
for any Of the many unspeakabie atroci- |
ties Germany has committed.
THE idea that because Germany cannot
capture the enemys merchantmen in the |
proper way. that il without destroying |
them and their cargoes and exposing their |
crews and passengers to instant death. or |
the perils of the sea In open boats. she |
may do IL that way. is the height Of un-
reason and wickedness. IL IL of piece |
with the idea that II you are bent on ter |
whom Il
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chuca, Ariz.. is here as the guest OF Mrs.
John S. Strayhorn.
The announcement of the engaeement
OF Miss Cabell and Midshipman Edouard
V. M. Isaacs, first class, was recently
made.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Francis II. De-
lano, L. s N, left here this week for
Portsmouth. n. H., to spend the summer.
Instructor W. J. King. Naval Academy.
is delivering at Annapolis. under the au'
spices of the Maryland Anti-Saioon
League, a series of addresses on prohi-
bition.
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EXPERT SAYS NATIONS
LAWS INDICT GERMANS
Crammond Kennedy Asserts Statutes Are Explicit in Pro-
vidng that Crew and Passengers Shall Be
Treated as Noncombatants

women and children are sleeping. or en-
ploy your warships in bombarding unfor-
titled towns and villages and slaughter
ing noncombatants without notice. The
Germans know better than that. The plea
of necessity avails nothing. And. besides,
there is no necessity for terrorizing your
enemy. The attempt to do so by forbid
den means is not only futile. but il covers
the wrongdoers with infamy and inspires
such a hatred and determination as in
sures their ultimate overthrow.
Quotes from German War Book.
Nowhere is the law of nations on these
matters better stated than in the German
War Book, issued under sanction of the
German General Staf.
A prohibition by international law
of the bombardment of open towns
and villages which are not occupied
by the enemy. or defended. was. in
deed. put into words by The Hague
Regulations. but appears superiuous
since modern military history knows
of hardly any such case. But the mat
ter Is different where open towns are
occupied by the enemy or are de-
Tended.
1T is. therefore. not surprising that the
German delegates signed The Hague Con-
vention for the conduct of war on land.
which provides 'Article ~:
The attack or bombardment. BY any
means whatever. of towns. villages.
habitations. or buildings which are
not defended. is prohibited
But in view of the tragic fate Of Bel
GUM. it will scarcely be believed that
the following is to be found In this same
German war book:
% The neutral state has the right
to be regarded as still at peace with
the bellfgerents as with others.
62) The belligerent states have to
respect the inviolab ility of the neutral
and the undfsturbed exercises Of its
sovereignty In its home affairs, to
abstain from any attack upon the
same. even IL the necessity of war
should make such an attack desirable
Opportunity for Neutrals.
Il cannot help feeling that, IL the
United States and the other neutral pow
ers. who were and are all vitality con-
cerned with the sanctity of neutrality.
and the immunity OF neutralized coun-
tries from war, had protested, not in any
bellicose spirit, or offensive manner. but
on the highest grounds Of morality and
expediency. and in the interest of the
peace of the world. Germany would not
have gone on from bad to worse until
she has made her defeat and humiliation
seem to be necessity OF civilization.
The relief or Belgium has been thrown
upon the charitable everywhere, and es-
pecially upon the United States and Hol-
land. among neutral nations, and they
have been expending millions In this
work OF mercy and humanity. while Ger
many. the author Of all this woe. has
been levying enormous contributions on
the cities. towns. and communities that
she has ruined and desolated. while their
ashes Are scarcely cold
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Alas! Empty Wine Glass

AS wine glasses and decanters have
been eliminated from all navy allowance
lists, the request has been made by the
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts. Navy
Department. that these items be turned
into store at the first opportunity. Special
care is enjoined in packing and handling
this material.
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Annapolis Notes

Anna polls, Md, May s-Lieut. z. J..
King. l.. S. N. paid visit to his family
here last week.
Mrs S. G. Stone. of Mobile. Ala. is on
a visit to her son. Lieut.. Raymond Stone.
L. s n. and his family in Annapolis.
Miss Agnes E. Cabell. daughter Of
Lieut.. Col. De Rosey C. Cabell, Tenth
L. S. Cavalry. and Mrs. Cabell. who are
now a the formers station at Fort Hua
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Gen. Scott.
Capt. and Mrs c. s. Haight have re-
turned from a two weeks leave.
The tennis courts have become very
popular since the beginning of the
spring weather. among the enthusiast
tic players being Col. c. r. Menoher.
Capt. f. T. Donnelly. Capt. {. S.
Haight and Capt r. Nj. Barton.
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NEWSO OF ARMY, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS

fund has been talked over and the men
seem to think that the So per man rate
VIII carry the guards through the en-
campmcnt. This additional money goes
Tor the purchase of extras such as fruit.
milk and butter.
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Seeds Of rubber trees have been
found to yield an oil similar in its
usefulness TO nnseed oil
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FairUieu Neus

Ward Dragoo, Of Charleston, Is visit.
Ing his family here over Christmas.
Mrs. ". NJ. Doty, Of Worthington, is
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs. L. c..
Jones. of Fairview.
The following school teachers Of
Fairview are visiting in their vari.
GUS homes: Miss Shuts, at Morgan
town; Miss Clara Leaman, OF Fair
mont: Miss Foley and Miss Evans,
at Grafton: Miss Shanks, at Manning.
ton; Miss Staurt, at Clarksburg; Miss
Moore, at Keyser; Miss Cora Mon.
roe, at Elizabeth; Miss Powell, at
Fairmont, and Mr.. Renolds at St.
Marys.
W. G. Carpenter spent Christmas
with relatives In McMechen.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Doty, Of Worth.
ington, were the guests of the form.
er's sister several days.
H. Thorp, who has resided with his
daughter, Mrs. L. L. Norris, since Au.
gust, celebrated his ninty.frst birth.
day Christmas day.
The basketball game played here
Saturday evening in the new gym.
rasium, between Fairmont and Fair.
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Murray Items

Mrs. Dent, Of Granville. is visiting
her daughter, Mrs w. II. Hess. She
will spend some time here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Radcliffe spent
Christmas with their son, c. E. Rad.
cliffe and family. OF Bellview.
Leonard Harden Of Monongah spent
Christmas with his grandmother, Mrs.
R. w. Kisner. Mrs. Harden, who has
spent the past week here, returned
home with him.
Miss Anna Harris spent Sunday
with her cousins, the Misses Swish.
er. at Catawba.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Hall and daugh.
ter, Miss Myrtle. spent Christmas with
Mrs. Effie Cumpston OF Fairmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harris and child.
rem, and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harris
and daughter, Of Morgan mines. spent
Christmas with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. p. Harris.
Miss Velva Terrell spent Christmas
with her parents here.
Levi Harris and daughter, Miss
Clara, and son, Howard. of Viola, spent
Christmas with his daughter, Mrs. Ed
ward White.
W. q kisner's mother. who has
spent the past few days here, has re.
turned to her home at Catawba.
Mrs. Herbert Harden of Mouongah
has spent the past week here with
relatives. Her little son became quite
sick while here. Mr.. Harden was call.
ed and they returned home Thursday
evening.
Mrs. G. 3. swisher was shopping in
Fairmont Tuesday.
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SOME FACTS,

T HENRY H. ARCHER the West Virginia State Board
Of Trade has secretary with marked penchant for
statistics. recent statement about the resources
this state possesses and the advantages which 1t offers
Is interesting enough but it does make such favor.
able impression when 1t is submitted to critical exam.
nation. s
The coal, oil and gas have always had, and when
1t comes to bank deposits annual agricultural turnover
and matters of that kind, do not make the showing
that we should make whom It is considered that we are
right hero on the Atlantic seaboard and In the path Of
the nations development What we should seek to find
out Is why with all we have been PASSED
OVER In othe. words what We should seek to find out
is not what we have but what we most poignanty lack
We are sadly lacking in agricultural development in
spite of the fact that figures along those lines can be
strung out to make brave showing We will never take
the position among the states of the to which we
are entitled by the gifts Of until we become more
OF an economic unit and the only way which to bring
that about is to grow OF the things that the people
and the farm animals that live here eat.
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A GOOD START

THE new vaudeville house, the Colonial, had great
start yesterday. 1.-THE Honeymoon Girls" played to
capacity houses at every performance and the YER.
dict OF the public was that If the management Of the Colo
NAL continues to bring high class plays the theatre
in this future as the that is running there this
vaudeville at the Colonial will be great success
The show yesterday clean all the way through,
with good music dancing, singing and comedy, and ali,
those who attended of the performances went away
well pleased The management has stated that yaude.
vile OF the higher class will be shown at the Colonial
and the engagement for the opening week leads one to
believe that those who running the theater what
they say The people of Fairmont will patronize good
show we'll as was demonstrated yesterday
The bill at the Hppodrome this week is exceptionally
coed aid is high class in every respect Both the show
at the Colonial and the Hippodrome well worth see
Ing Vaudeville patrons of Farmont should turn out IN
large numbers THE week. It is hard 10 beat the two
shows running at the Hippodrome and Colonial this
week.
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Worthington Neu,s

Mr., and Mrs. w. B. Robin. Of Clarks.
burg, spent Christmas here with Mrs.
Robins mother, Mrs. Nancy Martin.
Mrs. Wesley Work, Of Kingmont,
spent Christmas here with her mother.
Mrs. Ellen Parrish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sharp, Of Fair.
mont. were Christmas visitors here,
spending the day with Mrs. Sharp's
mother, Mrs. Sarah L. Smith.
Miss Elizabeth Snoderiy and sons;
Lynchford and Edmund, spent the
Christmas holidays at the home OF
Isaac Snoderly near Katy.
A. O. Ireland left on Monday after.
noon for Lincoln City, Del, for a
visit with his brother, Walter A. Ire.
land. former resident Of this town.
Blake McIntire and Fred Taggart
spent Christmas with friends in Clarks.
burg,
The Lyric Theater moved into It's
new building Friday and opened with
a free show. The new building Is much
larger and the accommodation are
much better than the old one.
Howard Shaver has begun the work
OF excavating for the foundation for
his new garage at the corner Of Main
street and Alley 4. The building will
be constructed of brick, steel and con.
crete and will be fIreproof throughout,
A foreigner of Annabelle, name I'm.
known, undertook to alight from Gus
Watkins gasoline motor car on Fri.
day evening and fell in front Of the
car. The. car passed over his body
and bruised him badly. There was one
very bad cut In the region Of the groin.
DR.. Orr was called and dressed his
wounds after which he was taken I'd
a hospital in Fairmont. The car was
heavily loaded at the time, there being
10 persons aboard. 81,
Alta convention Of the Citizyas' par.
ty held on Wednesday evening, Dec
%, the following ticket was named
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luEsDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IS, 1915.
RECKLESS DRIVING.

sT1HERD are some chaufeurs in FaIrmont who should
be- given good, stiff fine and some adverse public
Nylthrough the newspapers for the reckless manner
nwich they drive their about the city without
gard Of the public Sooner later unless
something Is done to bring these fellows to their
seerous accident will take place. and then there will be
a1ud wall about the affair which could have been avoid
ID following tho old saying that ian preyen
ton IL worth . pound Of cure"
One Of these reckless drivers speeding down Main
street Saturday exceeding the speed limit by several
deerees and struck dog 1t is sud that the driver Of
the car made effort to avoid striking the dog and that
sitter the accident he sped right without much as
stopping to how badly injured the dog was or to put
tout Of its misery.
While II may seem foolish to speak harshy OF man
Who killed "1ust dog yet at the time must be
remembered that the dog he killed belonged to some per-
son, was perhaps the household pet which will be sadly
missed and the driver displayed neither any trace
ofhumane treatment Of dumb animals respect for the
property Of Others any regard for the speed ordn
ances.
The came day man was over by an auto, forum
atey ne was but slightly injured because the driver of
the machine had no control over his car.
There are numerous drivers in the city who have been
hitting Up pace along the streets FaIrmont that jeop
araizes the lives of many and it is high time for the Off
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Mrs. N. darlington
Dies at Plum Run

Mrs. Marisa Talklngton, aged "a.
died Monday morning at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. David Gault, on
Plum Run. Marion county. Death fol
flowed an illness from a complication
OF diseases. She was sister OF John
Yost of this city, and was a lifelong
resident OF the community where her
death occurred. Funeral services were
held this morning from the Plum Run
church and interment was made by
Undertaken r. c. Jones. n
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for the municipal election to be held

lVl tuG uluulClpdt tlSGtlOA " 'pt AGltA
January 6: For Mayor. Anthony L..
Mason; Recorder, S. X. Jacobs; Coun.
Gil. Fred NJ. Billingslea, J. c. Jacobs.
Chas. T. Martin, A. J. Mcdaniel and
Arlie Barbe. It Is not known as yet
whether there will be an opposition
ticket brought out or not, but the
time Is rather short for nominating
candidates.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Hawkins
who have been visiting with Gaorge
W. Martin during the holidays, depart
ed for their home in Sioux City, iowa.
on Monday. This was Mr.. Hawkins
first visit to West Virginia since he
left here forty.five years ago, when
he was only eight years old.
All our merchants are well pleased
with their Christmas business this
year. Those who laid in large stock
Of Christmas goods disposed OF most
Of their supply, and say their business
this year was larger than ever before.
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county $500 licenses were issued and
In Randolph about q. 900. 1

. Il - 4
A week or SO ago a report of the
sale OF q lot OF bromine by the Liv.
erpool Salt Company, OF Hartford, Ma.
son county, at war prices. In this
case It meant IS per pound, but the
stun which Is a byproduct Of salt re-.
duetion plants, may 80 to $40 and the
six salt furnaces at Pomerroy Bend
are enjoying a harvest after many
years. As for the immediate future
the State Gazette, OF Point Pleas
ant puts It thus:
"The result will probably be that
some OF the old furnaces will be re-
built and placed In operation on the
chances of getting some Of the cream
OF this boom before the skimming Is
done. The old Syracuse plant may be
In operation. One story Is to the ef.
feet that the Pomeroy Salt Associa.
ton will operate It., Another story
is that a man from Marietta, two from
Petersburg and Pomeroy man have
taken over the property and will put
It into operation at the earliest posi-.
BILE moment Then there Is the old
schlaegel furnace between Middleport
and Pomeroy which Is just now in the
eyes Of the capitalists. That may be
smoking again long before spring.
There Is also talk about the old Ger
man furnace at the Linden mines
above Mason. That may be restored.
There is always plenty Of capital to
develop properties when such i'm.
mense profits are in prospective.
Two musty ballots, yellowed with
age, cast in Wheeling in 1860, one
for Abraham Lincoln and the other
for John 9. Breckenridge, will be plac.
ed In the museum to open at city II
brary In the near future. The ballots
are the property OF D. K. Frazier, of
Wellsburg, and were cast by his
grandfathers, John Frazier and A. Nc
Glaughlin. mclaughlin voted for
Breckenridge. The ballots have been
in Mr.. Frazier's possession since the
remodel!ng of the old court house at
Wellsburg He found them In an old
file. The Frazier referred to was the
father of Probation Officer R. L. Fraz.
Ter, of this city. The ballot are both
small. containing only the presidential
candidates and electors. The method
Of voting at that time was to write
the name Of the voter on the ballot
OF his choice and drop 1t into the
box.