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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
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There are times in a. nations life
when restraint 81 utterance may be
truer patriotism than patriotic talk.
This Ii not the dayson which to search
tho dictionary Tor white hot adjec-
fives 70 tntiame 3 public sentiment
that win make harder the admins
trations tasls All Americans of I'M
dlvidsd allegiance are behind the
Eosernment at Washington; but that
ehouid not mean that loyal Americans
are behind their government to push
It % prestpttate action; . force Its
hand ii any way, To- lash it with
vehement demands and passionate
counsel. Let us eli count ten, OF a
hundreds or d $thousand; e necessary,
before giving fall expression to the
Indignation andtmpatience that fill our
souls. we shall be mo worse for it;
matters may be much better for it in
the long rtps mis- advice about paus.
Ing and counting before uttering ap.
plies 10 everybody Including former
presldents o. the United States. AS
for the sAmericanss Of divided allegi-
nace. those Who are today discover
ing REASONS Tor partisan satisfaction
and even Tor personaltoy in the hor-
ror of Fridays nan:combatant death
list, II strikes us that the time is pc
cuiiatiy opportune for silence and
determination On their part.--New
York SUN.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
souR GRAPES.

The Times, this morning, through
its editorial column made a feeble eff.
fort to discredit the now Justly famous
"Lusitania Extra" published by The
West virglnian last Friday. The
Times fntlmates that The West Viz
gfnian held back the news in order to
make some money on the extra edi-
ton. This statement is entirely in
keeping with the policy Of The Times
when handling the truth and doesn't
carry any weight.
When the first official news OF rne
disaster arrived. It raj too late to set
the story and make the picture plates
for the regular out-of.town run. The
word was at once shown on the West
Virginian board and also quickly bull,
letined about that the West Virginian
would put, out an extra on the disas'
ter in order that the city readers who
did not wish to buy two papers couIo
wait for the "big" news. The regular
run on Friday was sold for the most
part out-of-town, the city purchasers
waiting for the extra, which they
knew was to follow the regular IN.
what the people wanted Friday
night was not a short line in the reg
ular edition saying that the Lusitania
had sunk, but a complete story and
pictures on the horrible event. The
FUu ~
West virginian filed the bill, No
other afternoon paper in the country
had a better feature page on the dis,
aster Friday than The West Virginian,
while the Times has failed to produce
any pictures even nov
If Fridays extra" was bum" en-
terrprise, the people of Fairmont be-
lieve in bum enterprise. for The
west yirginian's extra produced more
favorable comment than any one news:
paper feature ever attempted in this
city. :,
1t is simply a case Of "sour grapes"
with The Times.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
the attitude Of the government itself
and It's diplomatic agents toward the

HrF-F-#.-.#ra kTnB AAsNNE E|..| t-Gl-.-
the attitude OF the government itself
and its diplomatic agents toward. the
Lusitania affair.
How can we, the people Of the United
States, best help our president IN TINS
grayest Of situations to confront the
nation in years"
That was the query l put to Score
tary Bryan, on behalf of the reaasrs
of the West virginian after the other
correspondents had left.
"Please make it understood" re-
piled Secretary Bryan, that this is MOI
in any sense a warning to the public.
1.-THE public will be temperate and
requires no warning. This is simply
a word Of advice, striking the keynote
of the attitude which the government
hopes the whole nation will assume.
The note is simply:
LET US BE CALM!
''The spirit OF the public will echo
that note in uninon, I feel sure, Tor
the public generally understands full
well that&tht is no time for rocking
the boat
There was one place more toslook
for a crowd, or an uproar after ] left
the department OF state. went
straight toIthe. German embassy. Lie
less it was. A solitary secretary re:
ceived me. And from him ] received
an exclusive statement for the read
gers Of the West Virglnian.
1T WASiA5 SMILE, JUST A BROAD.
IRREPRESSIBLE DELIGHTED
SMILE oFiTRIUMPH.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
OPPOSING I'll PEOPLE.

There seems to ne a deliberate at
tempt on the part of the wet element
in Fairmont, by use Of the columns of
The Times, to discredtt the present
prohibition laws, in spite Of the fact
that the people voted 80 overwhelm-
inEly. in favor OF the law, and that It
has given so general satisfaction.
This is the expected, as.the whiskey
element cares neither for the will OF
tho people or the laws Of the State.
IA similar attempt ny the "wets' has
been made in every state where Pro.
hibition has been enforced and It is
not to be expected that the State OF
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
raE LnstrANIA HORROR.

The trtshtfM sacrinceS Of American
life In tie husitaniashorror, which has
become d catastrophe Of worldwide
and Appalling Significance, makes our
position IN tie matter perfectly clear.
WHITE the atnkingsof the great liner
does not difer fromst the Falaba case,
except in thesstdpefying magnitude Of
the disaster OF Kinsa1e, and while the
Gulnight case Is wholly u own in
every phase % tts unexampled out
rage. the sltaation Isl one that does
not caD for me words or phrases,
but Tor tie most direct, clean-cut pre-,
bentaticn % tho American point Of
view to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
FIRsrAAn Immediate demand on
tho paFt q the state department on
Germany tor an explanation, regret
and apology Tor a deed which, tho
state paper should leave no doubt in
tho minds d the recipients, has pro;
foundly shocked tie world;consciencc
and stirred o neutral and friendly
r0vernment a. nothing elseghas done
uincs the var began
sEcOND2The Immediate assurance
that the abhorrent practice as ex.
hiblted IN the L1sitanidsa and other like
sasae shail not DO repeated.
TE1RD-gEhlle &c should be made
clear that sepeFations and indemnity
for the loss q NE % American citi.
1ssas Is denanded IA no sense can
there be any adequate PREPARATION or
Indemnity Top 90 inexcusable an In
t1r1nHonal crime. n
FoURTH-While reasonable time
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

embassy, throngs besieging the state
department and the white house, ru-
mors of war in the air.
But, no. Utter calm, furnishing an
extraordinary example of the attitude
of quiet assurance that the govern
ment wishes the whole nation to as
sumo.
The white house was deserted. One
lone caretaker was ~peaceably clipping
the ragged grass of the lawn. Presi-
dent Wilson was on the links, play
ing golf with apparent unconcer1.
Across the way, in front Of the huge
of the estate department,
several automobiles were lettering by
the curb.
There was no sign of life, much
less any furry Of excitement. In Sec
rotary Bryan's office, however, there
was a bit Of agitation in the air, all
produced by the newspaper men who
were nervously popping questions at
the secretary. He sat nonchalantly
on the edge OF his desk, the only cool
person in the room.
He smiled, his eyes twinkled at
times, and only, once, when the word
"war" was mentioned, did his jaw
set hard, In that moment his eyes
gazed straight into those Of the ques'
toner, unyfeldingly and with a look
that said us plain as words: No
more Of that"
Only at such aSmoment as this did
the tense, strained gravity of a situa'
ton appear under the surface smiles
Of good cheer and quiet reliance
And that is the attitude of the prest-
liant himsaIF and 0f a11Athe Dir
and OF the entire city of Washington.
1t can surely be said that the nation
has not lost its head, for though there
be hurries in other parts OF the coun'
try, the capital itself is calm, subdued,
but none the less determined.
What new word have you received,
Mr.. Secretary? What position do you
assume on this point? What steps
will be taken on this other natter
These are the questions which the
correspondents were asking and the
answers, which you have already read
in the newspapers, have summed up
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
MONDAY MAY 70, 1916.
a n1rfNo ARRANGEMENT.

= III AIENS II
The United States is the only
country on de face Sc the globe, not
engaged IN var, whose people enjoy
the iuxrry OF q war tax, although
they arc at peace with the world.
Mo more lifting arrangement could
b. made than that8b BY which the good
people of this city paysthis tribute to
f~neificieney oyerthemahogany counter
at the Times office since that paper
has been one OF the most blatant ad,
yocstea Of tie Democratic principles
which made tie WAR tax necessary
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

( Roosevelt paid SITS to get a cucum-
Der. Must be cooling of.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

The car isn't down to his last
Moujlk az yet, but two or!three stacks
OF! chips are gone.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

Sunday being Mothers Day, the ma.
jority will permit mother toScook din
ner In honor Of the occasion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

The Yellow Peril now is yelling for
rescue from the Brown Peril.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

The allies are lucky that the Ger
mans are shooting only asphyxtating.
shells at them. Think il they should
drop Senator Beveridge into q trench.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

court this statement on behalf OF q
plaintiff Of somewhat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ance:
my client. your honor. IS a. mott!
..sponsible position; he is manager Of q
waterworlts."
After survey Of the client his hon
or replied:
Yes; he looks like q man that couiE'
be trusted with any amount OF watera
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
After Dinner MINIS

II they could prolong that trial at
Syracuse two more weeks the jury
would find William Barnes, Jry guilty
OF mayhem. conspiracy, larceny as
bailee, assault with deadly weapons,
barrotry and arson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
Washington, D. C., May 10.

Washington, D. c., May 10.
WATCH YOUR STEP"
That is direct advice to the people
of the United States from the govern
ment Of the United States at Wash
ington. 1t is the first admonition
apropos of the Lusitanfa crisis, ad-
dressed straight to the American pub
lie from the state department In the
national capital.
Secretary Bryan, in an exclusive in
| torview with the West Virginian cor
respondent, expounded this attitude,
which the president and the cabinet
want the public to assume II the
greatest international crisis which has
confronted the nation in many years.
Don't rock the boat" said the sec.
rotary to me. you can tell your read.
ers that is our advice for the present"
I had come to Washington expecting
to see this city the vortex of a whtrl.
wind OF excitement. Surely there
would be mobs In front of the German
west Virginia will be an exception.
The West virginian has consistent.
" supported the Prohibition cause and
intends to support the proper officers
in unfolding the.
There is nothing more dangerous to
the community than a foreigner or a
negro filed with booze" and there
should be no means spared to keep
such cases to a minimum, and the
only way t o,do SO is to rigidly enforce
the law.
The Times is again on the side OF
the special interests and against the
public good. 1t is up to those Demo
Gratis who ar in favor Of law and or
der and a clean city to let the Demo
cratic organ know in no uncertain
way that its policy does not meet with
their approval.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

Don't imagine that you are popular
because acqIaintances invite you to
take automobile rides. II you weigh
close to 200 pounds you are valuable
as ballast in the tonneau.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10

The Los Angeles Y. w. G. A. which
wants the "love stuff" cut out Of the
newspapers, Is respectfully informed.
that it will be cut out when IT ceases
to be the most interesting thing in
life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-10
oUEERPEoPLE.

fellows ARE on guard, and still theysply the
emSdenssSWith sgmokes until agreeable would
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gSchinchbugs from their
yards-buth these queer guys are playtngi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
MRS. DANA SUICIDE,
PHYSICIAN FINDS
Medical Examiners Verdict Says
Melancholia Caused Per
feet Brides" Act.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune, ]

Boston, June ls.-Mrs. Jessie Holli-
day Dana, the perfect bride" of Ed
mund Trowbridge Dana, grandson Of
the poet Longfellow, was a suicide and
not the victim Of accidental drowning,
according to Medical Examiner John S.
Grouard, of Nantucket.
DR. Grousrd sent the following tele-
gram to Boston to-day:
Jessie Holiday Dana, whose body
was found on Western Jetty. had been
suffering from melaneholia for the past
year. Death caused by drowning; un-
doubtedly suicide"
Richard H. Dana, Of Cambridge, her
father-in-law, when told of the YER
diet. said:
81 know Of no reason to believe that
the suicide report is true. | don't see
what the medical examiner based his
conclusion on. Mrs. Dana had been
suffering for some time past from ner-
vous prostration, and went down there
with her husband 10 rest up, but she
was not so depressed at any time as 10
lead me TO believe that she contem-
plated suicide"
Mrs. Dana was the daughter Of a rich
socialism, wrote her own ethical mar
riage" ceremony and was the bride in
unique open air marriage on the lawn
OF the Longfellow estate. She leaves
3 baby boy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
GIRL, 4, HEROINE
OF GAS EXPLOSION
Helen Ewing Carries Little
Brother from Strange
Tenement.

Helen Ewing, four years old, carried
her brother Robert, two years old, TO
safety last night through the mazes
of a strange tenement house, whose
thirty families had been thrown into
a panic by an explosion on the fourth
floor. Helen's half-sister, Kate Con-
con, was fatally burned in the explo-
sion and her mother, Mrs. Mary Ewing
received burns little less serious.
Robert Ewing and his family were
moving from West Thirty-ffth Street
to 537 West Forty-fourth Street. Their
new home was on the fourth floor. Mrs.
Ewing and Kate Condor, who IS SIX
teen. went up first with the children,
while Mr.. Ewing stayed below to help
with the furniture. Kate put quarter
in the gas meter and struck a match.
A binding glare and an explosion
which rocked the house followed. Inc
partition between the Ewing nat ana
the one in front, occupied by Charles
Warner, was blown out. The ceiling
came down in chunks upon Mrs. Ewing
and her children. The gust OF flame
had ignited her clothes and those OF
Miss Condor.
Helen was the first to struggle to her
feet. She beat feebly at the flames IN
her mothers garments.
Don't mind me-" said Mrs. Ewing.
Look out for Robbie"
Her face smarting from the hre,
which had singed her hair and eye
brows, Helen caught up the plaster
covered little figure of her brother
and trudged bravely away. Down al
four fights of stairs she went, heed
less of the terror-stricken throngs at
every landing, and deposited Robbie.
unhurt. in the street. Then she dashed
back upstairs.
II was all over then. Mrs. Ewing
had rushed across the hall and George
Duhrenberger and Albert Warner, two
of her new neighbors, had beaten out
the flames in her clothes. Charles
Warner had found Kate Condor half
buried beneath laths and plaster and
stifed the FIRE, which had already
! burned her badly.
Both were taken 20 Polyclinic Hos
pital. It was said that Miss Condor
could not recover and that Mrs. Ewing 5
burns were serious.
Mrs. Charles Warner was putting her
/ fve-year-old daughter Ethel 70 bed
when the partition was flung over them.
| Neither was badly hurt. Mr. Ewing
was on his way upstairs with heavy
table when the explosion came. He fell
/ several steps, and the crash OF the table
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
HEAT KILLS TWO;
OVERCOMES THREE
Judge Postpones Trials in
Bronx-ShoWers To-day
Promise Relief in City.

Justice Giegerich announced In the
Supreme Court in The Bronx yesterday
that cases depending upon the expert
testimony of mechanical engineers
would be postponed until fall. While
the weather demanded open windows,
Justice Giegerich explained, The Bronx
Courthouse was too noisy a place to
permit of mental concentration on such
technical subjects. His dictum did not
apply to the testimony Of medical ex-
perts, the justice added, but only con-
cerned the condition of machinery.
Two deaths Of which heat was the in
direct cause and three heat prostra-
tions were reported yesterday. Benja-
man Lanser, twenty-one months old,
was wheeled close to the window at
rs Lewis Sire It to get the breeze. While
his morther was away for moment,
the child crawled to the window sill
AMI fell four stories. He was dead
when an ambulance arrived.
Lucie Thayer, who said he lived at
the Hotel Vanderbilt, was overcome by
heat at Broadway and Barclay Street.
II was taken to Hudson Street Hos
pital, and an hour later was able to go
about his business. The only Liam by
that name registered at the Vanderbilt
is L. d. Thayer, Of New Haven, Conn,
who left the hotel Thursday.
While working at Third Avenue and
St. Paul's Place, The Bronx, Daniel
Wagner, a laborer, living at 3545 Third
Avenue, tainted and was removed to
Lebanon Hospital.
John McCarren, of IL Chatham
Square, collapsed in Pell Street, and
was taken 10 Volunteer Hospital.
After participating in the games OF
employees OF the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company at Celtic Park yes
terday, Ralph Bond and Frederick Sud
hop went in swimming at Burners
Point, in the Interstate Park. They
were overheated, and about fifty feet
from shore Bond. who was not a
strong swimmer, began TO call for help.
Sudhop swan TO his side and Was
gripped around the neck. He finally
broke the hold and Bond sank. His
friends dived repeatedly, but failed TO
find his body. Both were clerks in the
employ Of the life insurance company.
James A. Chappelle. a laborer, died
from heart failure last night at his
home. 443 Manhattan Avenue. He had
been working all day in the sun.
Unsettled weather and showers are
promised for to-day. The warmest
place, officially, in the United States
yesterday was Key West, where the
mercury reached 50, and the coolest was
Swift Current, Yellowstone Park, where
il registered 40 degrees.
Although yesterday did not appear 70
be a very warm day, il was a record
breaker. The average temperature
was 70, making the day the hottest
June IS in thirty-three years. The
average temperature for June Is last
year was 81 and the temperature for
the last thirty-thrse years averaged O9'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
AUTOS KILL TWO:
ANOTHER IS DYING
Jitney Bus Runs Down Man in
Newark-Retired Importer
Victim in Manhattan.

William H. Nixon, seventy-two years
old, a retired lace importer, of 465 West
Twenty Street, was hit by the
automobile Of c. a. Abbot, of Broadway
and Fifty-ffth Street, at Eighth Ave
nue. and Twenty-third Street yesterday
afternoon and died from internal in
juries In New York Hospital. Nixon
was crossing Twenty-third Street when
the car, driven by Charles Wright,
knocked him down.
Struck by a jitney bus in front Of
his home last night, Joseph Liebstein,
Of 267 Clinton Avenue, Newark, was
knocked down and killed William
Kelly, the chauffeur, was arrested. The
car was owned by Walter J. Goger, of
349 Halsey Street.
John Marched, a clerk, Of POI Green
STREET, Greenpoint, was run over by
an automobile operated by its owner,
William Duncuf, an ink manufacturer,
Of lOl cambridge Street, in Manhattan
Avenue yesterday. Marched was about
10 board a car when he was struck and
fatally injured. Duncuf was arrested
on q charge Of felonious assault.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
School Stands by Girl Robber;
Offers Her Job if She's Freed
Student Friends Believe Mind Was Affected by
Overwork-Will Be Witnesses for Her
When Case Comes to Trial

Most Of the girls in the senior class
at the Curtis High School, in New
Brighton, S. l., are busy trying on their
new white dresses to be worn at the
outdoor graduation exercises Monday.
One Of their number-recognize as
an unusually popular girl and an ex-
cellent students not participating
in all the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT arrange
meuts.
Miss Bessie Armstrong, one Of FIVE
in a class Of 125 who would have
completed the course in three and a
half years, is in seclusion at the home
of her parents, 1852 Richmond Ter
race. She will be arraigned before
Magistrate Handy in the municipal
court at 10 a. m. to-day, charged with
stealing from students lockers in the
high school where she made such an
enviable record.
Faculty and students are still won
dering why the nineteen-year-old SEN
ior took the things which led TO her
arrest on a charge of petty larceny.
They wouldn't believe it at first, and
now they can't understand it.
Its the saddest case ! ever met
with in all my school experience" said
Principal Daniel Feldman, in his Office
az the school. Miss Armstrong is a
charming girl of unusual ability and
there is no doubt that she would have
passed her examinations with high
rank.
Her father, a man in whom | have
every confidence, tells me that Bessie
was provided with q dollar spending
money each week, in addition TO money
for her trolley tickets. She did not
care for dancing or the movies. She
accepted attention from none Of her
boy friends, and she never was out
evenings unless accompanied by her
mother"
The specific charge against Miss
Armstrong is that of taking two one
dollar bills from a handbag owned by
Mrs. Marie Young, a Brooklyn de-
tective, who took the regents examina-
lions disguised as a school girl Mrs
Young will appear against the girl as
complainant. There is no evidence TO
show, il is said, that she tried 20 dis
pose Of the gloves, fountain pens, and
raincoats which were found tucked
away in her room.
1.-THE attitude of the school is shown
by my action in furnishing $500 bail
80 that the girl would not have 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-19
CATHOLICS AID ASKED
Cardinal Farley Orders COLI,
tion for Polish Relief

In a letter sent yesterday % a,
rectors Of all the Catholic ehs,,.,,
in the city, Cardinal Farley asked ,,r
a special collection be taken ,o.r,
row for the war sufferers Of p.l,.I
The prelate urged the priests IA -,
hort their people 70 renewed FEN,
in their prayers for peace.
The letter, which will be RAJ =
the congregations, was issued !, 4,
suggestion OF Pope Plus. who Ia
learned there were millions OF ,,,-.
ing people in Poland, that 2OO tSr,
have been reduced to ruins. 1850 h.
lagos wiped out, and lAO0 ehur,.,
destroyed. The report, Cardinal F,s
ley's letter said, showed that !,
whole nation is in danger Of sT,i,s
ton from starvation and disease. n,
Pope bestows the Pspal blessing 4
all who respond to the appeal.