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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
MEETING OF THE MAPLE AVE,
BIBLE STUDY CLASS.

The regular weekly meeting OF the
Maple Avenue Bible Study Class VIII
be held on Thursday evening OF this
week at the Thoss q. Miller School
Building on Pike Street. Sessions be.
gin at 1880 and end at $500 O'clock.
The lesson for this week Is found In
the Eleventh Chapter OF Acts.
The class has been enjoying the
greatest freedom of discussion since
It was organized and great interest
has been developed among those who
attend. Efforts will now be made to-
greatly increase the membership and
the cooperation OF the entire neigh.
borhood is being enlisted. New and
entertaining features will be added
10 the program giving the young peo-
pie an opportunity to have part IN
this work.
All are invited TO these sessions
and are requested TO bring Their
Bibles and Tabernacle Song Books.
The auditorium will be comfortably
heated and well lighted for this ses-
sion.
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CHARTERS ISSUED BY
SECRETARY OF STATE

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 2. =
Charters have been issued from the
Office OF the Secretary of State to the
following corporations:
Chester Rubber Tire & Tube, Com.
pany Of Chester. W. Va; manufac.
ture of rubber goods; capital stock
100000; incorporators: Philip
Freshwater. J. C. Freshwater, Elmer
Freshwater. A. L. Skinner and Geo.
A. Hasson. all Of Chester, W. Va.
Weller Brothers of Huntington, w.
Va: oil and gas well contractors;
capital stock $4,000; incorporators:
William J. Weller, Joseph G. Weller,
George ]. Weller. Fay s. Weller and
H. 7. Loyett, all of Huntington, W.
Va,
W. R. Loar and Company of Graf.
ton, W. Va; photoplay; capital stock
$4,000; incorporators: C. B. Robin.
son, wheeling,t W. Va: W. r.. Loar,
Leslie J. Loar, Paul o. Potter, R. e.
Buisford, Grafton, W. Va.
Ruth Consolidated Telephone Com.
pany of Ruth. W. Va; rural telephone
system; capital stock. $4,000; incor.
porators: H. n. McCarren,s II. A. Ra,
bel. A. B. Turley. n. c. Means, s. q.
Childers and A. E. Hundley. Of Spring
Hill, w. Va.
Alum Creek Block Coal Company Of
Ashland, KY; production OF coal /;
capital stock, s250,000; incorporators:
S. S. Willis, James 9. serey, K. M.
Fitzgerald, NJ. c. Fosson and L. s.
Wilson. Ashland, Ky. a
o. G. Barber Company OF Akron,
Ohio; to deal in stocks of other cor.
porations; capital stock $4,000; In.
scorporators: o! G. Barber, Mary +.
Or. Z. D. Brown, Akron, Ohio; j. q.
Frank, Barberton, Ohio. and B. A.
Pittenger, Cleveland, Q.
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Rarb.Mason.

The marriage Of Miss Nora A. Ma
ron, OF Grangeyille. to Mr.. Harry F.
Barb. OF Warrington, formerly Of
Hoodsville was solemniized last even
Ing at the Marley hotel parlors in this
city, Rev. T. u. Glover, Of Morgantown,
pastor Of the Grageville Baptist
church, officiating.
The marriage ceremony was wit.
messed by a few friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Barb left ION; No. 4 last night for wed.
ding Journey east. They will reside in
Warrington! on their return, where the
former has a pressing and dyeing es.
tahlishment and is also engaged in the
real estate business.
Miss Mason, now Mrs. Barb. is the
eldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Mason, Of Granville, and is we'll
known in this city.
Theywill be at home to their friends
at theirfhom on Burt avenue after the
middle Of January.
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Presbyterian Missionary Society.

The regular meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the First Pres.
byterian Church will be HE don Friday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home
Of Mrs. J. Frank Richie at els Locust
avenue. The programme is as follows:
Devotional, "The Damascus Road"
Acts 9:1.6-Mrs. Earl D. Smith.
Business.
solo-Mrs. c. S. Thomas.
The Kings Business Home Mis-
sions-
(a) Methods of Givlng-Mrs. ]. H
Beckman.
(b) Results of the Past-Miss Mon
ia Faust.
&c, Demands of the Future-Mrs
E. C. Jones.
Solo-Mrs. Elizabeth Miller.
Missionary Romance-Mrs. H. G.
Stoetzer.
Missionary Benediction.
Social Hour-Due Tea.
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Flour Jumps S.
Gents "A Barrel
WAR BOOSTS JANUARY CASH
WHEAT TO HIGHEST PRICE
IN 40 YEARS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 7-warprices not
only hoisted wheat, but dealt stun.
ming blow to consumers of flour. Top
grades of the best patent flour were
elevated Just IS cents barrel MS com.
pared with "a hours previous, being
held at SIZE barrel. Second quail.
ties OF flour that sold for $3.50 last week
were quoted at S6.30 barrel after to.
days raise. Flour that commanded
today s7.15 barrel sold in August for
$3.50 a barrel. The reason given for
the advance was that owing to the alb.
normal European demand for bread
stuffs cash wheat in Chicago today had
touched s1.s6A, the highest January
price in more than 40 years.
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Wilson Turns
Doun Suffrage.
For The Women
PRESIDENT FOR SIXTH TIME RE.
FUSES AID TO coNsTlTu.
TtoNAL AMENDMENTS
RElTERATEs HIS STATEMENT
THAT THE MATTER is A
STATE ISSUE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-President
Wilson declined for the sixth time
since he entered the White House to
support Federal Constitutional
amendment for woman suffrage. When
a delegation OF Democratic women,
who declared they had helped elect
him. presented the sixth formal petit.
ton, the President repeated his previ-
Gus declaration that he considered
suffrage a state issue.
Mrs. George A. Ames, president of
the District Of Columbia branch of the
Wilson and Marshall League, Miss
Alberta Hill OF New York and DR.,
Frances McGaskin, Spokesman for
the White House, reminded the Pres.
ident that the House would vote on
the suffrage amendment January u,
and asked that he lend his moral sup.
port TO the movement.
Tied by Conviction.
Il am most unaffectedly commit.
mented by this visit that YOU bave
PAID me-. the President told the wo.
men. II have been called on severe
tunes to say what my position Is on
tae very important matter that Won
are are 50 deeply interested in. l want 20
say mat nobody can look on the firbt
you are making without great admira.
tion and | certainly am one Of those
VINO admire the tenacity and the
skin and the address with which Won
try to promote the matter That you are
interested in.
But, I. ladies, am tied to a conyic.
tion which ! had had all my life that
changes Of this sort ought to be
brought about state by state. II il
were not a matter OF female suffrage.
II it-were a matter of any other thing
connected with suffrage. would hold
the same opinion. It is long.stand.
Ing and deeply matured conviction on
my part. and therefore would he
without excuse to my own constitu.
ional principles IL lent my support
to this very important movement for
an amendment to the Constitution OF
the United States. -
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Fox Hunters to Hold
Meet at Charleston

CHARLESTON. Jan. IA prelim
mary meeting Of the West Virginia
Fox chasers' Association, a proposed
organization for the protection of the
red fox in this state, is TO be held the
last of the week in collette Little
pages Office. Sportsmen and fox hun
tiers all oyer, the state are taking big
interest In the thing and the associa
ton will-likely take out state char
ter. 1t will Introduce bill for the
protection Of the red fox at the forth
coming legislature.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Big Order Given
BY B, & o, Railroad

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. IAN.
nouncement was made by the Balti.
more and Ohio Railroad that con.
tracts have been placed for 1000
freight cars, involving an expenditure
OF between $1,500.0o0 and 100000!
The order calls for prompt delivery,
and It is added that options have been
taken on an additional 1000 freight
cars and that prices have been asked
on $4,000 tons of rails.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Robbed Of Valuables
ByTWoHighwaymen

By Associated Press.
GRAFTON, Jan. 1.-Two masked
|highwaymen held up OIL Nutter, an
employe Of the w. Virginia Industrial
school for boys last night at eight
O'Clock at a lonely spot on the state
road, q half mile out of this city and
at the point of pistols robbed him Of
watch, money and valuables. They
escaped. Several suspects have been
arrested
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07

lions that viii be used in these tests.
The examinations have created a wide
awake interest in school work among
the pupils, who now. make dillgent in.
quiryas to the time that the event will
take place. 1t has been boon TO cdu-
cational advancement throughout the
county. The pupils take a keener in
teresti in what they have TO do and the
examinations are a direct help to the
teacher.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Wilson Nomination
Rejected by Senate

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 7.-The
nomination OF Ewing @. Bland, OF
Kansas City, to be United States mar
shal for the Western District OF Mis-
souri, was rejected by the Senate late
yesterday by unanimous vote.
Bland's is the fourth nomination re
jected by the Senate In the last few
weeks In the appointment dispute thai
has developed between the President
and Senate over recess appointments
Bland was appointed by the President
after the fan recess, although the va
cancy In the snarshars office occurred
before the senate adjourned n octo
bes,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Former Office Boy
Now Express Head

NEW YORK, Jan. I'll. S. Julier
vice president and general manager
Of the Eastern lines OF the American
Express Company, has resigned and
been placed on the retired list He
will be head Of the Pacific depart
ment.
The company In statement said
Mr.. Julier had been in the express
business six years and that his ef
forts to no small degree made the
business what 1t is today. His suc
cessor was his office boy In 1881.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
TERN Exams. to
Be Held Next Week

The mid.term examinations for the
public schools In the several rural dis
tricts will be held next week. 1t is the
usual custom to hold three Of these
tests during the term but the late ap-
pearance of the School Annual printed
under the direction-of the State De-
partment of Free Schools, only two
examinations will be held this term.
Superintendent Kennedy and his as.
sistants have prepared the list of ques.
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For Mrs. McGreuor.

: Mrs. w. b. sMcGregor, Of Fairmont,
who Is visiting relatives here, was the
guest Of ;honorl at an informal party at
which Miss Kate Oils was hostess on
Tuesday evening at her home on Mar
xet street. Various diversions were
Engaged in. At a suitable hour de-
1ightful refreshment. course was serv-
ed.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
elected lofleers.

At q melting Of the Y. NJ. W. Club
held yesterday at the home of Mrs.
Earl Dancer the following officers
we're elected: President, Mrs. Guy
Cochran; vice president. Mrs. Charles
Michael; secretary, Mrs. Marcus Mo-
ran. The next meeting Of the organic.
alton will be held at the home Of Mrs.
A. j. stossmeister at .so4 Fifth street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
EorGuests.

Nj. and Mrs. Charles G. Hood enter.
tained at dinner last evening at their
home on Walnut avenue, honoring the
Misses Kathaleen Carroll, Of Charles.
ton. and Eleanor Blackboard. of Par.
kersburg, the guests of the Misses
Geneyieye and Maria Raymond.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Victims Suffer From
Bruises and Cuts
By Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 7.-Seventy-sev
en- victims Of yesterdays subway acci'
dent were still in hospitals today re
covering from injuries. Most Of them
were men, some were women who
had been mauled in the stampede for
the streets. All suffered from the ef
fects Of smoke bruises or cuts. They
we're the ones who had Jared worse
In the panic. None were expected to
ie. All It was thought would be dis.
charged within a day or two.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-07
Moving Crushed
Stone to .Fairmont

The Monongahela Valley Traction
Company started yesterday on its con.
tract to move twenty thousand tons OF
crushed stone from Barrackville to
Falrmont. The stone is to be used in
paving the streets of the city that are
included in the bond issue fol. perma.
nent roads in Fairmont district. Big
dump cars are used in conveying the
material.
The Warrington interurban car on
the nine o'clock trip was delayed lift.
eeen minutes by a slip near Hillcrest.
There will be big dance at Man.
nington tonight. Several local people
will attend.
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entertained yesterday afternoon at the
home ofMrs. Thomas Buckley on High
street. Needle work was the diversion
of the afternoon and refreshments
were served. Mrs. Luther Fleming
will be hostess to the club next We'd
nesday at her home on Coleman ave-
nue..
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For Mrs. Hutchinson i / Il,

Mrs. q. a.. Clayton is hostess at a
sewing party this afternoon at her
home on Watson avenue. honoring
Mrs. Bernard Lee Hutchinson, OF Man
bar. W. Va a guest IN the city.
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Misses Daisy Flowers and Nellie
Cunningham. Of Warrington, wereyis-
itors In the city, yesterday.
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Entertained M, N. x. Club.
The NJ. N K. Club was delightfully."-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
CURPENT THINKING
DE- LIsLEs TRAGEDY.

An affair Of the youth Of ROuget
De Isle. author 0f the "MarseUIaise. %
Whose statue was recently erected IN
Paris. is told by a French Journal In
1850. when he was about igentY
years old Rouget de Lisle. pupil Of
the military school. vas deeply smit-
ten with the charms Of a young girl
" COurbeyOie. Madem0lselle Camille,
whose father was q captain on half
pay The betrOthal was made the
occasion " a family fcte. IN the
course of which some fireworks we're
~ be set off,
The future officer could not leave
10 others the care 9f touching OF
the powder When The moment came
% fire the principal piece which
should embrace the figure 0f his
well beloved. he approached with a
light 10 his hand the guests mean.
while taking their places on ter
race opposite him The piece was
lighted but a rocket badly directed
struck the young girl on the forehead
AMI FHe succlmbed some days later
30 .aH fHebee nf Hef burns
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23

News was brought here today that
TWO brakemen on the s. p and 8
railroad were killed early this morn
ing at Snake River station Wash. one
was an employe OF the road named
DIXON. The name Of the other man
was not learned According to re.
ports brought here the two men were
riding on the gangway Of the engine
when the draw-bar connecting the
engine and tender broke letting the
two men down between the wheels
Dixon was a son or the engineer al
the locomotive on which they wer,
riding.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
SENATOR DAY STILL
FAVORS ASSEMBLY PLAN

PORTLAND, ore. oct 2l-
Among the speakers called before the
Ad club this afternoon TO discuss the
general subject Of consolidating city
and county government was state
Senator l. y. Day hitherto occasion
ally DESIGNATED as the boss 0f the
state legislature
While Senator Day adhered closely
to the subject of the day. some u his
remarks a. 10 the philosophy Of gov
ernment we're u much interest to the
Ad clubbers.
"A republic can never be- as eff
cleat as an sutocracy.' he said for
instance.
An autOcracg can alwags De more
efficient than the form Of govern.
ment where the people elect those
who govern them.
Eor by election d. We always gel
The most efficient men, IN fact
there are certain men Rho should
never be elected. These are mer
81 ho have technical knoH edge of
special training along certain lines
= believe ~ order 10 get the pro-
per men into office the people should
hare assemblIes pr conventions and
nominate their candidates
He haven't ~ this time thor
oBgh republican form u government
b1t We ar, troubled by a newspaper
srs.444..rz.ra
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
THE CARLSBAD OF
AMERICA

n HERE has Just been pub
W lished by the Commerce
al Club Of Ashland an at
tractive little novelty booklet
setting forth facts about the
city, particularly with refer
ence to the mineral water
found there. In and around
Ashland there are 40 or more
mineral springs containing
lithia. soda and sulphur. These
springs are being developed by
the municipality and s175,000
is being expended for the pur-
pose. II is the belief that in
time Ashland will have a ma
tionwide reputation as a health
resort and will prosper accord
ingly. The aspiration should
be realized and from the vigOr-
Gus manner in which the plan
is being handled such success
may be expected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Ing the horsemen for nearly half an
hour. .
so convinced were we that they
were really cavalry that. at the next
malt, one Of the officers took a party
OF men out to reconnoitre nhey
found no one there. The night grew
darker and we saw no more.
The legons were seen BY many
men In our column. OF course. we
We're all dog tired and overtaxed hut
It Is an extraordinary thing that tho
same phenomenon was witnessed bv
so many men.
I, myself. am absolutely convinced
mat ] saw these horsemen. feel
sure they did not exist only in imari-
nation. I do not attempt to explain
the mystery ] only state the facts a,
The officers story is believed In
many places. Just as are the stories Of
the phantom bowmen and the angels
sober minds are beginning TO ASK
rs 1t truth, or Just fiction. as the
author saws Il is2'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
Stories From the War Zone

the battle OF Ie Cateau. We came in
to action at dawn. We fought unit
dusk We were heavily shelled ant
had bad tire OF 1t, but our di
vision retired in good order. We wer,
on the march the night Of the 26tf
and on the 27th with only two hours
rest
Ny brigade was rearguard. w,
took up many positions to cover the
retreat and by the night Of the 27th
We were Worn out, bodily and menta
fansned
No doubt we suffered some from
SHOCK; but the retirement continued
in excellent order, and / felt sure our
mental faculties were still quite
sound
"On the night Of the 27th, riding
along the column with two other Of.
ficers talking and doing our best to
Keep from falling asleep on our hos.
- became conscious that in the
fields on both sides Of the road along
which We were marching, there were
large bodies Of horsemen.
They had the appearance Of squad
rons Of cavalry and they seemed to
be riding across the fields and going
In the same direction keeping level
with u.s.
The night was not dark. and Il
saw squadron after squadron Of those
cavalrymen distinctly
= said nothing about It. watch.
ed them about twenty minutes. The
other two Officers had stopped talk. |
Ing.
"At last one of them asked me II I !
saw anything In the fields told
him yes. The third officer then con
'eased that he, too had been watch
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
~ WILRrR 5. FoRREsr.

Z - ] ~ AaAAfA II - rum Ass'
United Press staff Correspondent
| LONDON, Sept 1S.-By MaiD-
Did a vision OF St GEORGES legendary
boWmen who centuries ago saved ths
English at Agincourt, again appear
at the battle Of Mons? Did soldier,
in the ruck OF battle really see the
spirit legioas here throw hack the
enemy? And did the enemy lie dead
! by thousands without visible marks OF
injury?
A London Journalist - Wnoie II af-
ter the memor3 BILE retreat FROM Mons
He admits il VAS a fiction
But letters from hundreds Of per-
sons who know II actually happen
ed" have been printed in the past ten
months Mothers Of SONS Vhs fought
"a Mons have told the story oFer and
over again as actual fac" No one
has come forward who actually saw
the vision. Correspondents have writ
ten 81 band Of angels with iuml-
nous halos grouped against the hort
zOn az the apex of the battle. 4 II.
lent band Of hOrsemen clad in ancl-
ent mail treaded their silent was as
the valiant British fell back.
The highest authority to y0uch for
the shadowy evidence II a Lieutenant
Colonel in Northern France who "ac-
tually saw" the phantom horsemen|
and who pointedly refutes the allie.
CATION ~ the author ~ the Bow
men" that no one has set. first hand
testified n the most amazing event
of his life The Lieutenant Colonel
writes
II tell YOU my experience during |
the retreat without eyaggeratl0n. /
without embellishment
"Gn august 20. 1915 vas fought
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23

authorize the sale of such intoxicating
liquor by the physician.
Il will add for your information
that the prohibition law makes no
provision for the physician obtain
ing Intoxicating liquor other Than
alcohol. except In the last paragraph
Of sectioa u Of the said law, which
provides that any person or family
within this state may receive from
any common carrier not more than
TWO quarts cf sp8rltuous or yinos H.
Iuors. nor more than "a quarts Of
malt llquozs within a period Of four
Successive weeks
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
MRS. sToNER
~ RS. WINIFRED SACK
JTk VILE STONER has a
ftmdfkdDIe TeDuLaLlOl

ItludfhdDle ItpuL@LlyA
for child training through
splendid results she has obtain
ed with her daughter. In Port
land yesterday she gave a talk
in which the following points
were emphasized:
Public school teachers de-
serve q place in heaven and
all the stars they want In their
crowns.
II is criminal 70 let a baby
cry and say il is good for him.
Never talk baby talk treat
the infant as though il were an
intelligent being.
Timber up your heels. loosen
the poker in your backs and
play with your kiddies and
you'll keep young.
We need schools for par
onts more than for children.
Children can diagram sen
fences beautifully but they
say i seen" and j done"
Parents experiment on their
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23
BUT ONE IN MILLIONS

NAA HEN people are being
~ Systematically killed by
the hundreds of thOus-
ands in Europe it is strange so
much fuss should be made over
the death of one nurse. The
execution of Miss Cavell was
outrageous, of course, but then
the entire war is an outrage.
The chief idea is to deal out
death. Why vince and wall
when that object is fulfilled.
One bit of barbarity more OF
less is nothing when a whole
continent is given over to slau-
ghter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-10-23

first child; its a wonder most
of them live.
Mrs. S0ner has an interest
ing subject, a subject upon
which there Is multitudiOuS
advice and the fact she has
succeeded personally as a child
trainer gives her more than
usual weight TO what she says.