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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-23
judged report.

we, the undersigned. named to act
as Judges OF The West Virginian's
Christmas Prize Carnival, count the
votes, and 10 decide the winners. find
the following boys and girls entitled to
the prizes designated:
Grand prize, Joseph Murphy, Shot.
land pony, cart and harness, 1.TG5.290
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Eighth Prize. Charles Arnett, S.
Credit al Iiartley's, 1910 votes.
Signed:
II. ]. Ross.
a. 7. Sandy.
Judges.
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District No. 1.

District No. 1.
First Prize. Agnes Ruth Hawkins,
$50 victrola, 1,0S5,9S0 votes.
Second Prize, Frank Swearengen,
Gendron Bicycle, 491,S20.
Third Prize. Laura Collins, s25 Gold
Watch, 41S,o60 votes.
Fourth Prize, Delbert H. Ice, S15
Gold Watch. 355,790 votes.
Fifth Prize, Claud Morris, $40 Cam.
era, 244,0S0 votes.
Sixth Prize, Gerald Hamilton S.
Credit at Hartley's. 1S3,060 votes.
Seventh Prize, Hilda Louise Ander.
son, S. Credit at Hartley's, 1870
votes.
Eighth Prize, Helen Mitchie, S.
Credit at Hartley's, 14S.200 votes.
Ninth Prize, Lorraine Haddix. S.
Credit at Hartley's, 13S,09O votes.
District No. 2.
First Prize, Charles Conway, $50
Victrola, G54,560 votes.
Second Prize, Benna Davis, Gendron
Bicycle. 1880 woes.
Third Prize, Arthur Hern S25 Gold
Watch. 1850 votes.
Fourth Prize. John D. Laugh, Jr.,
SIS Gold Watch 2S2,520 votes.
Fifth Prize. Mildred Snodgrass, $40
Camera, 1850 votes.
Sixth Prize, Nile Clark, S. Credit at
Hartley's. $3.50 votes.
Seventh Prize, Dan Cronan, S. Credit
at Hartley's, 2o,s70 votes.
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Killed BY acknowledgement
from Bellingham, Wash. where steph-
en- A.. Douglass Glasscock, native OF
MononBahela county, was killed, state
that the fatality was due to Mr.. Glass.
cocks becoming caught in freight
elevator at his place of employment
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New Bell Manaser-F. X. Mausaela
has been appointed temporary man
sgers Of the Bell Telephone Company in
Fatrmont..
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Falrn1ont Lodge Meeetins-Fair.
mont Lodge No. Q, "A. F. & A. M. will
hold g special meeting this evening
ct seven O'clock at the Masonic Tenn
pie for the purpose of transactins
work IN, the Master Mason's degree. A
large attendance is urged.
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Live Turkeys at Robb's.-Adv.
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Golden Eagle offlcers-At the mex,
meeting 5the Knights OF the Golden
Eagle, Fidelity Castle No. Al, tho fol.
lowing officers viii preside: James
Fleming, PIC; W. F. Wolf, N. O.;
=. Il. Adams. H. p; A. ". Musgrave,
Sill g. IA, Brooks. v. H.; ]. L. Shack,
elford, M. r.; W. A. Crowl, X. OF 2.
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tree keeps alive the memory of Dick
Turpin, having been planted, it is said,
over the grave of Black Bess. Men
ton must finally be made of the race
course on Knavesmire, now handed
over for the nonce to the training and
housing of the troops, but where the
famous little Gimcrack once ran, also
Blackjack, the founder of a mighty
family; and where, above all, was run
the famous race between the Flying
Dutchman and Voltigeur, struggle
whose fame will last as long as rae
ing exists.
Honored by Kings.
In the old days royal visits were fire.
quent to York. King Richard II was
an especially gracious patron of the
old city, and it was he who bestowed
the title of lord mayor upon its chief
citizen. According to Drake, King
Richard took his sword from his side
and gave it to be worn before Will
liam de Selby, as first lord mayor, on
the occasion of his visit in 1883. And
in 1896 the king confirmed to the citi-
zens and their successors forever
that "the mayor of the said city and
his successors for the time being may
have carried, or may cause to be car
ried, before them their sword which
we gave them, or any other sword
they please, out of the presence of us
and our heirs. with the point erect,
both in the presence of other mag.
mates and lords of our kingdom of
England" That sword is, unfortunate
ly, no longer among the city treas
ures, having disappeared towards the
close of the eighteenth century.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
School Bows to Work Garden.

Ada.-The agricultural department
of the high school owns and operates
a plot of land in connection with class
room work. The plot consists of 3$s
acres and is divided into four sections.
This year the plots have been planted
to popcorn, potatoes, onions and seed
corn All WORK is done by the boys
of the class in field crops and is
counted as laboratory work. The boys
furnish their own seed, but must have
seed of the same variety. The plot
will be kept up by the boys all sum
mer under the supervision of the ag.
ricultural instructor. All expenses are
paid by the members Of the class and
everything received from the plots
will belong to the boys. Arrange
ments have been made with a whole
sale grocer of Minneapolis to handle
the vegetables.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
BREEDERS MEET AT BENSON
Minnesota HoIstein Association An
nounces Program for May 26-27
Hammond May Attend.

Benson..She Minnesota Holstein
Breeders association will meet in this
city on May 26 and 27. The list of
speakers includes Charles Nelson of
Waverly, Iowa, THE Holstein Cow"
A. J. Glover, Feeds and Feeding" "
Andrew Boss of the division of agron-
omy and farm management, university
farm, Farm Management" w. A. Nc
Kerrow of the extension division of the
University of Minnesota college of ag-
riculture, "The Dairy Cow" with dem
onstrations; H. l.. Hacker, chief of
the division of dairy and animal hus-
bandry, Minnesota college of agricul-
ture, Dairy Development in Mime
sota;" w. F. Schilling of Mortified,
''The Holstein as Dual Purpose Ami
mal," and Dan Wallace, st. Paul, Live
stock in West Central Minnesota" Eff
forts are also being made to secure
Governor w. S. Hammond for an ad-
dress at the meeting.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Blue Line to Be Thinner.

Minneapolis.-Th general commit
tee in charge of memorial day observ-
ance issued call to Minneapolis auto
mobile owners to furnish machines for
the use of disabled veterans in the
May 80 parade. The route has been
shortened noticeably this year, SO it
will not be as firing as in former years
but many old soldiers will be unable to
participate unless they can ride.
Automobile owners who will give
the use of their machines are request
ed to telephone or write to H. o. John
son, 1919 Lumber Exchange, N. w.
telephone $3.50 and T. S. 1924.
The parade will start from the city
hall this year, move to Tenth street, to
Hennepin avenue and to Fourth street.
There the parade will pass in review
before the veterans, who will stand on
Fourth street. After the parade swings
into Nicollet avenue, the veterans will
fall in. They will not be in the first
part of the parade.
The memorial program will take
place in the First Baptist church.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
SWIFT COUNTY WON BY 'DRYs'
ENTERS THE PROHIBITION RANKS
BY VOTE OF 2 TO !.
Sixth County in Minnesota to Vote Out
saIoons-Meeker County Election
June IA.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Swift county
went into the ranks of the drys under
the county option law by vote of
about two to one in special election.
Swift is the sixth county in the state
to vote out its saloons.
The result of the election was at
no time in doubt, and no very spirited
campaign by the dry forces was ne
cessary. Only two towns, Clontarf and
Halloway, had saloons-one each.
Only ten precincts of the 80 in Swift
county were reported, the total vote
standing in these precincts, 743 for
the drys and $40 for the vets. The
precincts heard from follow:
Appleton, 1S9 for prohibition, 80
against; Benson, 248 to S5; Degraff, "a
to 80; Kerkhoven, 80 to IL; Danvers,
Sc to 10; Holloway. q to 80; Muir
wock, 81 to s; Dublin, 26 to 81, Marys-
land 10 to 80; Meyer, II to 80.
Meeker county will vote on option
June IA. A petition containing 1000
names has been filed with the county
auditor. Two villages, Eden Valley
and Watkins, now have saloons.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14

any one OF which would make most
towns famous, and attract visitors
from far and near.
City Walls and Their Bars.
There are the city walls, for IN
stance, with their famous bars. All
of the bars formerly had barbicans
and portcullis, but the exigencies of
trade have demanded the abolition
of all of the former except the one at
Walmgate, and there are even super
vandals who have essayed to have this
one removed also! Monk bar still re-
tains its portcullis. and when last year
1t was lowered for the first time for
many years for cleaning purposes. it
proved such an attraction that hopes
were entertained that 1t might be fire.
quently lowered when the require
ments Of traffic permitted.
Mickelgate bar has the weird no
toriety that belongs Of necessity to
the spot commonly selected for the
display OF the CORY heads of the flow
er of the nobility, which had been
cut off by the headsman to allay the
fears of king, or to appease the ran
cour of rivals. Hard by the Minister
is the renowned treasurer's house,
once the abode of the chosen repre-
sentative of the king to govern the
North. To the skill and enterprise of
Mr.. Frank Green England owes {,
debt for having rescued this splendid
specimen of medieval architecture
from the degraded state into which
1t had fallen, and for restoring 1t
again to a near approach to its for,
mer glory. TO the same gentleman 5
patriotism also we must render most
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Women Place Bounty on Flies

Plainview.-Onec cent dozen is paid
for flies by women's club in the First
district of the Minnesota Federation
of Women's clubs. The district open.
ed its annual meeting and all the clubs
reported fly swatting campaign.
The district is establishing a prece.
dent by having its meetings in the city
hall. This is the first time district
of the federation has been invited to
meet in the town hall. The members
of the city council are attending the
meeting.
The district has fifty-one clubs, an
increase of twelve in the past year, in
Guiding four clubs among rural wo
men. Much civic work is being done
by the clubs in this district at Wa
basha.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
UPSET BY FROHMAN'S DEATH
Billie Burke Becomes Hysterical at
Saltwater Performance of "Jerry"
Show Stopped.

Saltwater, Minn.-Upset because
of the death Of her former manager,
Charles Frohman, who was drowned
when the Lusitania was sent to the
bottom, Miss Billie Burke became hys
terical in the first act of Jerry" at
the Saltwater auditorium and the per-
formance was stopped. Miss Burke
was brought to Minneapolis in an au-
tomobile and Victor Kiraly, her man.
ager, announced later that she had
fully recovered and would be able to
appear at Red Wing.
Since the first news Saturday that
Mr.. Frohman was on the ship, Miss
Burke has been uIstrung and was
barely able to get through the per-
formance at Duluth Saturday night.
She came to Minneapolis when the
first definite word was received that
Mr.. Frohman was killed. She was
greatly worried all day and desired not
to go on with the show at Saltwater
but finally consented.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
WANTS GERMANY TO
PAY FOR SONS Loss
MOTHER OF WIRELESS OPERATOR
OF GuLFLiGHT TO ASK
PREPARATION.
SAILED UNKNOWN TO PARENT
Charles c. Short, Minnesota Boy, Who
Lost Life When American Tank
Vessel Was Torpedoed, Had
Served in u. S. Army.

Saltwater, Minn.-Mrs. R. L. Short,
of Chicago, mother of Charles c.
Short, the wireless operator who lost
his life when the American tank
steamer Gulflight was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine, will
write to President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan asking reparation from
Germany.
This intention was contained In a
letter from Mrs. Short to her father
o. G. Fox, of Saltwater, retired con
ductor Of the Omaha road.
LAS an American mother, l will de-
mand that Germany be compelled tC
make up for the loss of my son." she
wrote to her father. Mr.. Fox will
leave for Chicago in few days to aid
Mrs. Short in her fight.
Death is Severe Blow.
Mrs. Short is the mother of six chill
dren, of whom the wireless operator
was the oldest. 1t is said she is in
poor circumstances and the death OF
her son is severe blow. Her hus
bard died four years ago.
Young Short served in the United
States army and while in the Philip
pines learned wireless telegraphy.
He sailed on the Gulfight in March
1t is said, unknown to his mother. He
was "a years old.
Snort was drowned when he leapet
overheard after the steamer was ram
med, telegraphic advices said.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
BRAINERD MINES ARE ACTIVE
Barrows Company to Put In Steel and
Concrete Shaft--lncreased
Output Indicated.

Brainerd. = The Barrows Mining
company is about to start work on it's
concrete and steel shaft at Barrows,
C. B. Rowley being the superintendent
in charge. The Wilcox mine at Wood
row is shipping steadily and the out
put will increase as the underground
workings are enlarged. The Adams
mine is silent.
The Hill Crest pit mine is operating
one hydraulic unit in the development
Of it's property. The mine will not
ship this year. 1t Is expected to re-
move by hydraulic process close to a
million yards Of overburden which
will be deposited on swamp land and
converted into townsite.
The Rowe pit mine at Riverton is
building a concentrator. No shipments
will be made until the season is we'll
under way. The Thompson pit at
Crosby loaded some ore cars this
week. The Pennington people are de-
veloping the Armour No. l mine max.
ing pit from property first worked by
underground methods.
Are Ready to Resume.
The Cuyuna-Mille Laos and Guyana.
Duluth mines have their pumps going,
ready to resume mining when the
American manganese Manufacturing
company, of which they are subsidiar'
les, gives notice.
The Brainerd-C Guyana mine In Brain.
erd is drifting on the first level, has
covered over 80 feet in the drift and
is now engaged in cutting pump sta
tion. J. r. Harrington is engaged il
drilling the Holland lands and has
also put in a bid to drill the county
poor farm, asking for a lease with 26
cents ton royalty.
The Hale-Bradley Exploration com.
pany is drilling in the Rice river cour.
try near Aitkin. Moe Brothers are
drilling in section 4, township 46,
range 20, for the Bessemer Iron com
pany of Duluth.
Officers and directors Of the Pioneer
Development company of st. Paul Wis
tied the range and inspected liz hold.
ings in various parts of the range. The
company buys interests in proved
properties and explores for fee inter
eStS
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grateful thanks for having rescued st.
Williams college from the fate which
threatened it, ard saved to posterity
one OF the most interesting and pic
turesque buildings in the city.
Some of the Antiquities.
Clifford's tower is charm In It.
self, despite the sinister memories
which cling to 1t regarding the mas
sacre of the Jews. The ancient royal
palace. now occupied as school for
the blind, takes one back with its
courts and alleys to the stormy period
of the Tudors and Stuarts. Inside the
museum grounds can be studied the
splendid ruins of ST. Mary's abbey,
while the patched up state of the
round tower at the top Of Marygate
tells eloquently of the siege when 1t
was blown up with gunpowder.
There is more than one pair of stocks
still to be seen in York. notably in
the churchyard of Holy Trinity
church. Mickelgate; and at either end
Of the city, at the end Of Burton lane
and opposite the infantry barracks at
Fulford, are two plague stones"
which recall to mind those terrible
visitations of the Middle Ages. At the
stones the country people used to de.
posit their wares, and then retire a
short distance until the townsfolk had
advanced and, taking up their pur.
chases, had deposited the money for
the same in water, when, in their turn,
the vendors advanced and picked out
the coins. In this manner the two
parties never came in contact with
each other.
In the infantry barracks a grand old
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Denounces School Girls Dress.

Plainview.-The unwholesome man
ner in which high school boys and girls
are allowed to dress, and the social
designations of high school life were
scored by Mrs. J. L. Holbert of Kas-
son, at the closing session of the an
nual meeting of the First district of
won;en's clubs here.
Our high school girls are allowed
to wear satin and chiffon dresses to
spelling matches and to come with
painted faces to gymnasium" Mrs.
Holbert said. Many boys and girls
leave school because they cannot dress
as their companions do. The trouble
with our country is the need, not of
more mothers, but more mothering.
Our girls are allowed to go to school
half dressed, and teachers must keep
an unhealthy temperature in the
schools to keep girls from catching
cold.
I'VE spoil the influence of the best
teachers by the vulgar table talk and
cheap ambitions of our home"
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
2 SHOT BY BROTHER-IN-LAW
julius Webber Probably viii Die As
Result of Wound Inflicted
Near Champlin.

Anoka.-Julius and John Weber,
sons of Jacob Webber, farmer living
near Champlin, Hennepin county, were
shot by William Karstedt, their broth
er-in-law, of Dayton town.
julius was shot in the right breast,
the bullet going through the lung and
lodging in the right shoulder. He
probably will die, as the boy is so
weak, the doctor will not probe for
the bullet. John was hit in the fin
gers, the injury being slight.
Karstedt was separated from his
wife, who had returned to her father.
He drove from Anoka during the morn
ing. One bullet hit the horse in the
back. The horse in starting to run
away, caught the elder Weber and
dragged him some distance. Mr.. Web
Der is bruised seriously.
Karstedt returned to Anoka, where
he was arrested and taken to Mime
apolis. He is thought to be insane.
Champlin is across the river from An
Okla.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Says Not Much Belgium Left.

Fergus Falls.-Phillip de Lagoon, a
Belgian, who lives here, has received a
letter from his nephew, Franz de La.
goon, who spent some time here, and
who is with King Albert's army in Bel
gium. 81 am still in Belgium, but
there is not much Belgium left" the
nephew writes. IF you were on a
church steeple you could look all over
Belgium now. 1t is warmer now and
am out of the trenches. You tell me
the war will soon end, but l do not
know about it."
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Better Have Left II Alone.

Duncan's wife had the reputation
Of being firstclass shrew. When
Duncan died his neighbors put tomb
stone over his grave, with the epitaph,
asleep in Peace" Widow Duncan
was wild. 1t was meant as slam at
her and she knew 1t was. 1t meant
that she did not let him sleep in
peace when alive. The neighbors IS.
sured her that it was not meant that
way. "Then it ought to say so." To
please her they got a stone cutter to
add. I'VE all believe that he did have
peace here, when he slept" much to
the merriment of the neighbors.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
He Took No Chances.

In a public ward of hospital two
fellows were recovering from opera
tions for appendicitis. A third patient
was brought in from the table and
placed on a cot between the nearly
well boys. Coming out of the ether
and recognizing earth again, he turned
to the one on his left and said:
How are you getting on, pal?"
Fine till yesterday; but the doctor
left a spool of cotton in me, and they
opened me up again"
The new patient sighed, then turned
to the sick one on the right. well,
how are you, old MANI"
Pretty good until yesterday; but
the doctor left his scissors in me, and
they opened me up again"
Just then the door opened, and the
doctor came in, exclaiming, Anybody
around here seen my hat?"
The new patient jumped out of the
window.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14

OuC0 more De-
came an armed camp, for
many of Great Britain's soldiers were
sent there for training, and modern
troops have drilled and marched
where Cartismandua ruled over an an
cient British camp in the time of the
Druids, where the Romans held sway
and where Danes and Saxons fought.
Writing of York In Country Life.
Col. R. f. Meysey-Thompson says:
Despite the neve--ending destruc-
tion OF old buildings-frequentl
made away with by those who ought
to know better, but, having no rever-
ence themselves for ancient associa-
tons or any love for the beautiful.
who cannot be made to understand
what an Invaluable asset York pos
sesses In her ancient picturesque
gables and quaint buildings so in keep
ing with her past-the city is still rich
In many glorious antiquities. The
Minister. of course, stands easily first
Git is absolutely true that when a
very distinguished German general
was being shown round York not
many months before the war began,
the only enthusiastic remark he made
was that the Minister would afford
such splendid mark for artillery
from anywhere around") both from
its perfect design and workmanship
and from the wealth of treasures it
possesses, especially in the beautiful
glass in its windows. 1t is, however,
we'll supported by numerous examples.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Aoree to be More Honest,

Bemidji-A modern Diogenes will
find ''easy pickings" in Bemidji, if the
vows of business men are kept. When
County Auditor ]. L. George told Com
mercial club members that only three
firearms were assessed in the town
last year various plans were suggest
ed to make the taxpayers more hon.
est with the assessors. The one
finally agreed to is that every tax
payer will appear before the board of
review in June to see that his own
and his neighbor's assessments are
correct,
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Farmers to Picnic Bemidji Merchants

Farmers TO Picnic Bemidji Merchants.
Bemidji-Bemidji merchants will be
entertained at picnic by farmers in
this vicinity June 16. 1t is proposed
to make it an annual affair. This was
decided at recent gathering of farm.
ers and business men at the high
school, who met to discuss the dairy
breeders association. The picnic
proposition was suggested by A. P.
Richie, who said that the farmers had
been the guests of the business men
many times and that it is the turn of
the farmers to entertain the business
men
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14

at all, others contributory to the work
ing out of the invention in some way
or another. Science follows the inva-
riable custom, however, of crediting
and accepting as the inventor the man
who has really succeeded in making
the invention practicable and bringing
it to an actual achievement. 1t is of
course impossible to tell how many
men may have had ideas more or less
similar to Bells or to those of any
men who have succeeded in great in
venGiOnS
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Low Water Stops Cruise.

Winona.-The cruise of the steamer
Oronoco, owned by the Drs. Mayo of
Rochester, has been curtailed by low
water. The steamer, with a pleasure
party on board, has had to abandon its
scheduled trip up the Cumberland river
because of low water. A letter received
here from Captain Cassidy says the
party landed at Shiloh May 1. From
there the boat went up the Ohio river
to Louisville. At Louisville, DR.. Mayo
left the party to proceed by rail to
Buffalo, New York and WASHINGTON.
The Ely miner., 1915-05-14
Bowler or Derby?

Most men find bowler hat best for
rough weather, and the president OF
the Royal Institute of Painters in Wa
ter Colors declares 1t to be artistic as
well as serviceable. "The bowler was
worn by the Greeks" says Sir James
Linton. What was good enough for
Athens ought to do for London Why,
even Mercury wore a bowler haiti
the Greek vases are to be believed
and if he put wings into it, 1t was
only by way of trimming" The Amer
leans, with whom this is favorite
hat. prefer to call it derby-it is
difficult to say why. Even the Gen.
tury dictionary, though stating that
the hat itself was adopted in the
United States as a fashionable novelty
in the year 1874, gives no clue to the
origin of this term.-London Chron-
icle