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used but two quarts OF oil, although over
100 miles was running In second gear.
The trip bctwsen Erie and P'ttsburK
IA about tile worst to he fophd In west
err Pennsylvania, and th3 Abbott-pe-
troit now holds the distinction OF bein:
the My car to make this complete trip
since Christmas; In fact, We passed
three cars that had been l"f, in barns
along the road. having given Il M as 4
homeless task.
wv. w"r, Informed on leaving ltt'.-
hurg that the "trip was Impossible, and
although tho writer waa alone TOR the
last forty-two miles, which were we
most trying, we did not fTN u 'np"a-
s.hlr. nud the car and writer came
through iu very wooi shape, never having
luui any mechanical or tire trouble,
81 h.tI chains o. al four wheels and
,,ri men fuVnd = iWuoss.bl" ~ times
~ .fty nu the road y fact ~ ore pOI'
We drove for Two mics on the railroad
los. THIS you viii undcrsiani = a. ~
trcmcly severe test on The construction
of the car, and we are pleased TO Inform
you that there Is no, . single rattle in
the chassis.'"
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Herewith lie shown the very frst vel,s
car and the very ia,cs, model TO come
from the well known factory. There
also appears in the circle the Interesting
countenance OF George Garland, local
Nel!c distributor. who has a fine line Of
cars on view n, 1855 Broadway.
Mr.. Garland IS very proud Of tho gen.
eral appearance of Nclic No. | and tell.
A most interesting story OF its discovery.
Her" is the yarn:
THE N.l!c Motor Vehicle Company Of
Moline. III, manufacturers Of our care.
started cut to locate the Whereabouts Of
The first N,!Ic car built. that they might
mud tn" rra>ols for its failure IL IN.
car was ont OF use or note its record
il sin running.
"Tic search led to many points and in
teresuug incidents were recorded. until
finally old Model 4 No. 1. built IN the
dark ages Of the automobile industry,
was discovered in the ser> ~ OF J. O..
Reuter-. a commission merchant at
Peoria. Ill, fitted with It's original open
five passenger body. covered with the
original coat Of bright red paint and
answering TO the name Of 'Maui.'
An interesting sid,light OF au,omo-
bile design Is revealed by the speciica-
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CITY AIDS PLAN.
ClttsenshiP Glasses opened Ia
Several Detroft schooIs.

Results from the "Amcrlcans First"
policy OF the Packard Motor Car Com
pany. recently Instituted in its plant
az Detroit and bearing directly IN every
employees chances for promotion. arc
reported most encouraging, and the plan
Of the company already has been given
municipal cooperation.
Since the announcement Of tho policy
was made the Detroit Beard Of Conn
merce has been bcsieged with requests
from aliens for information regarding
the various steps necessary TO secure
citizenship papers. The board itself has
arranged TO have citizenship classes
oiened Ia IA dozen Detroit public schools.
beginning March 20. for the purpose
Of assisting n instructing foreigners
preparing for naturalization
Two Of these schools are In tho im,re-
date vicinity u the Packard plant, and
In "A letter to the Packard company an
nOuncing the inauguration Of the citi-
zenship classes I. W. schmidt. secretary
OF the committee On education, Detroit
Board of Commerce. wrote: THE OpcD-
ing OF these two schools neat your plant
IL III recognition of your work and rep
resents the effort OF the committee on
education of the Board Of Commerce
TO be Of definite and positive assistance
to you.'
T.irce weeks ago the Packard COM
pany offered 10 pay for it, employees
the fees Incidental TO taking out first
papers toward naturalization. since the
offer a large number of workers ave
fled the frat saper. namely. the decla-
ration of Intention. for which the fee
is 81
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IetsonAlly | don't care much TOR
sacw, hui 4 doesn't seem TO bother tho
car : ell. says II A. sanders Of Long,
t"hH- & Sanders. distributors OF the
A,oot'-Detroit ~ 8 Central Park West,
Here is tho explanation OF the latter
t"'' ~. my statement above, and | don't
u" ~" fr-t part, my aversion TO
h'F 20 March. needs any exploration.
I'm normal, that's all. | just received
ron E : Eeges. an .Abiott-b"tro.t
over In Er!". tho following letter,
"''t 9pss1s ror itself
~ arrived g. Erie saturday evening
- % % sitter p|.ourElng through STOW
"'- from . in IA" morning. Thirty
-" 'tes r.oIth Of i.ttspurg w." ran
% eve SNOW, bu' had No 'rpuiI" UNA
go : within nineteen mIl-s "i l.rr,
v -" 80 began 20 run INTO The lciN'
""' which "a some places Vas tlr"c
'f.t deep, Tho next twelve miles re-
SIlfsd s'X hours 10 cover. Most OF this
ne ~. cccupi~! with n shovel. The
Woe mp registered ldl miles and We
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DRIVE OVERLANDS
FROM THE FACTORY
Dealers Overcome Freight Car
Shortage by Taking Ma.
chimes Over Road.

The extraordinary winter demand FOR
automobiles when consid.r red with the
widespread freight car shortage has
brought about o condition without prcce-
dent in the automobile industry. u Is
no novel thing for dealers located near
all automobile factory to have cars d.
livered to them at the factory in rood
weather and to drive them home over
tho. roads.
II is decidedly novel, however. TO SEE
more than a hundred dealers and their
employees. some coming from points 200
miles distant, In the midst OF a terrific
snow storm driving home over roads
welln!eh impossible In places TO act
cars to deliver 10 waiting customers
who are unwilling to take chances on
demoralised freight deliveries.
This WAS the condition At the big
Willys-Overland plant last Monday. when
1873 cars we're delivered to dealers com
Ing from all parts OF Ohio. Michigan and
Indiana.
The Aemand for cars. particularly the
new light popular-priced Model 20. has
opened up an unusual volume NJ early
buying. This. combined with a freight
car shortage. the most serious ever en-
~per1enced 10y the Industry. has created a
condition that has required every
ingenuity to meet.
Many carloads have been shipped IN
gondoll and fiat ears protected by tar
paullrs. A train load OF more than
one hundred overlands were shipped TO
Boston last week. requiring "A special
guard OF three men IN addition - the
regular train crew 10 see that they were
undisturbed during tine Journey.
Oy, rlanj dealers at distant points.
Will" env!ous of those located close
enough to take factory deliveries, arc
out. alive 10 the fact that the fac.ory
Is doing everything possible 10 supply
then ulequstcly.
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TAXlS FOR SUBURBANITES.
PrOAtabi~ Experiment Made ~
4OuutNIW Lake..

No Inc ~ vchicular traiHc. not oven
long distance. has Undergone transition
and Improvement Iva 50 brief Il period as
the hack accommodations at suburban
~railroad stations WITHIN nifty miles ~
Manhattan. In small oin'nuiitics that
are growing very rapidly the fist type
Of yehlcie wac the numbering std-c with
either n horse or n team driving II. II
seated about "A dozen passengers and
the driver loaded II to it, capacity. or
as full ~ lie could get II. and then with
n "giddip' to his weary animal lie Mould
drive on. Follow ing ~" rule Of iirSt
come first served, hc would deliver ~"
passenger first wliose hou~, Wa
handicst. then next in order. and ~ On
until all were unloaded.
Eventually the i've seated hack SUPP
planted the stag" ~ the more enterprise
ing suDurOn Towns, those beng usually
su.reys that were rlc. ant t. rid IA
IN uminer and which we're mad" com
for'ah!" rs possible u wiutoc bv the
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headquarters in as many sections Of the

headquarters In as many sections Of the
country.
Us an illustration. In Minneapolis
alone. where the Wills.Overland main-
ti!uS its Northwest branch. "A s,J"."oo
stock az paris IL kept In stock. At san
Francisco fully rs much. if not more. r.
always ON hand. Cleveland. too. car
ries It's share. New York. London. Paris,
iierlii,. lionekong, Cape Town. Rio d.
Janeiro, or even Melbourne and Brisbane.
in far on Australia. are fully equipped
to take care of the overland user.
And II IL not only parts OF 1916 mod
els that are carried. To date there have
been sold and are in use 25o.ooo over
Lands the models Of 1905 must be "a
amply protected IA the 1915 output. \.
complete supply Of parts of all models
is continually or hand to take care ~
cars that are a.ling. for ailments cf all
kinds occur occasionally even In the best
regulated families.
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ROUND TIL WORLD SERVICE.
Overland Owners Tan Find Rcpnir
headquarters Almost Anywhere.

Were .pu ever unfortunate In being
caught 'u an au'omohi,. breakdown.
"hethc" O.. a pl. tsurn jluUt Or business
~, Only To- discover that the city. owl
% hamlet IN or ucar WI N You hap
ter.l 20 .o failed 20 dis. io-c branch or
uet'er that handled the make OF car ia
VI p "rI nor" riding or lid not have
or land the part e" parts mat lrtu b,6u
No- ~ broken
That - cog" cuHt.Eg' against which
n. WIZ -'Nct.aul company 90 T"lcG"
'eei'"'S .' rVrry W., 20 prUtc.t own
- anJ .~.yS u; IT, .Jrs.
TIE I.H'', states = dI.iieI ul. 1T
o. 2oros ~ order to establish parts
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Nets Man sounds Warning.

Robert t.uri~. president Of Robert i.urie
y TO, eastern distributor OF the Metz
snNY:
"Tver,thing points 70 - shor;agc OF
d~u,oin"bilcs this spring. Most OF 'hc
autumohli" pants are working ut their
iull capacity irving 70 keep up vi'h tho
demand caused by cary buying aud those
who wait uutil the season T. vel under
way before placing th"ir orders at" facing
tho prohthIlity % long delays ~ any
one plans 20 buV an automobile - 10 used
;his coming summer my advice b. 10 buy
IL nov ana take no chances"
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ment has changed a. rapidly rs the fckie
Easter styles. But old No. ! IL a pretty
good looking boat at that jus, as she Ia.
ana II YOU put foredours on her you
would sec something pretty nifty with
out c.ingiur anything else"
Nj. ';arlaud reports an unusual spring
If u .laree TO call II spring y,.-.
Dusiu"ss ~" avs the Nclic owners IN
THIS city ar" "A big aud happy band.
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More than 500 cars q day are now be-
ing produced by The Wlliys-Overland
Company and even his hugo quantity
seems inadequate for the demand.
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tions OF ve'ie No. /. I, contains . nsu
speed our cylinder motor, 1 by 4 in
dimensions t~hree-quarters elliptic rear
springs. genuine honcycomb radiator
and many other specifications which
have since been recognized as necessary
10 modern car construction. The BODY.
top and equipment would OF course
caus. the modern car user 70 smilc, as
in these respects motor car develop
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{ field VIII the lat,ht American car.
He selected 'hc f.uvs sight. drsIgncd
ana butt 10y john Ross, II well hnovn
and successful ruginccr az Detroit. be-
cause II has many features that should
appeal. There is n demonstrating car
already here and srca, int.rcs: Is being
shown IN il.
The car sell. Tor $3.50. II has a
IL" inch wheel oasc. II full seven pas.
s'uger body and weighs 3,i00 pounns.
THE motor. an eighty horsepower eight
cylinder Hersrhrii. Sp,liman product. g..
10y :. Ia cast cn bloc.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-14
GEN.. cADoRNA

all these interests have seized hold OF
the Livesay patent seems TO indicate
that their long search has been re.
warded.
The postal authorities have been
interested in finding q device which
would do the work efficiently without
the destruction OF prope:.y-pouchrs.
The governments bill for new pouches
and repairing partly destroyed ones is
enormous. There r $4,000 of these
pouches in the hospital" OF the Post.
office Department now receiving
treatment.
The railroad companies and the rail.
road brotherhoods have been interest.
ed In this quest for years. because
many men are killed and injured each
year by the old.style cranes. OF the
so engineers killed last year 26 OF
them lost their lives because OF mall
cranes striking them in the head. This
subject is handled in n report made
to the House Of Representatives June
18th last by the committee on Inter.
state and foreign commerce accom-
panying a favorable report on the
Decker bill. which provides for safe.
ty OF employees and travellers from
overhead distractions, such as mail
cranes 1t stipulates just such re-
quirements as the Livesay crane
meets, although Mr.. Lovesay did not
know of It's existence on the calendar
Of the House until his present visit.
This bill has been recommended for
passage. in addition to the committee
named, by the Interstate Commerce
Commission and has the backing OF
the brotherhoods. 1t Is expected to
pass at the next session.
Mr.. Livesay is backed financially
by a number OF the wea:thiest and
most prominent men in southern West
Virginia Bluefeld, Princeton and
Bramwell capitalists being in the ma.
jority, and others who reside in vir-
ginia. The main offices OF the conf
pany are in Roanoke, and It Is a close
corporation. Believing that they have
a device which the government will
order adopted by the railroads. they
can see nothing to 1t save immense
wealth. and they are not letting any.
tody else in on their good thing"
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Personals.

w. i. Catland has returned to his
home In Chattanooga, Tenn, after q
visit at the home OF E. C. Martin.
DR.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Calvert and
granddaughter, Miss Mabelle Calvert,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harbinson and chill.
dren, motored to Waynesburg Thurs
day for a visit with relatives. Miss
Ida Calvert, OF Pittsburgh, accom-.
panied them home
Miss Virginia Martin has gone to
Grafton fer a visit with her aunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Hebron have gone
to Frederickstown, Ohio, where they
will reside.
William Dollimyer, OF Homecoming,
Md. is here for a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Beatty at their home on
Beatty avenue.
Charles Shaw is home for q visit
with his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Allen, Miss Lucy
Pricharfd and Mr.. King, of Allentown,
Pa, have returned from a motor trip
to the Pennsboro Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Williams, OF
Downs, have gone to Atlantic City,
where they will spend their vacation.
DR.. Kyle, Of Clarksburg, is o pro-
fessional visitor in town.
Messrs. L. ]. Wilson and B. F. VIII
son have gone to Cleveland. Ohio, for
q visit.
Miss Bertha Yost has gone to Co.
lumbus, Ohio, where she will spend
several days visiting with friends.
Mrs. Charles Dougan has returned
TO her home in Hundred after a visit
With her parents In this city.
Mrs. &C. Basnett and daughters,
Jean and Betty, of Locust street. have
gone for q two weeks visit In Cincin.
natl.
Mrs. n. B. Franklin and daughter,
Alice, have returned from Hundred
where they spent a few days with
friends.
Miss Olive Reese, Of Pennington, is
Visiting with her aunt, Mrs. VIM. Mer.
cer, In Homewood.
Miss Ivy Ferry, Of the Homewood
Addition, has gone to Fairmont where
she willEyisit with Mrs. Herbert Mason.
Mrs. George Atkins, Of Market
street. has gone to pittsburgh where
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Edward Rose Victim
Of Practical Joke
COMPANION LIGHTED POWDER IN
BOYS POCKET = EXPLODED
BURNING ROSE SEVERELY.

Edward Rose. a we'll known young
man Of Warrington, is In Fairmont
Hospital No. 3, suffering from severe
burns received yestMday from a pow.
der explosion.
The explosion was the result OF a
practical joke. n of the companions
of Rose lighting a quantity of blasting
powder that Rose was carrying In his
pocket. The results were more than
anticipated and Rose was severely
burned about the body, his clothing
catching fire. The injured boy was
Immediately taken in a passing auto.
mobile 10 the office OF DR.. Andrews in
Warrington. where It was found that
the extent Of the burns made It neces.
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ed from a motor trip to Morgantown.
Oscar Frceland has returned to his
home in Short Creek after a visit here
with his sister. Mrs. A. r. Carmichael.
Mrs. Mary Roup has returned to her
home in Pint Branch after q visit with
relatives in town.
Mrs. D. S. Jones has returned from
a visit to Wheeling.
Rev. and Mrs. II. A. Smith and fam.
lily have gone on a motor trip to Pitts.
burgh after a visit in town with
friends.
Miss Grace Snodgrass has returned
to her home in Beliaire, Ohio, after
a two weeks visit here with Mrs. Don.
ley Jones.
Messrs. E. ". Jones and George FL.
lis, OF Moundsriile, are business visi.
tors in town today.
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parently understanding what the sales
man is saying, states, Il see the en-.
gine but where is tho motor?"
A fat woman, weighing probably
more than two hundred pounds and
wearing an outrageous combination Of
colors, balancing on n soda s'-ol and
daintily %puwdering her nose and preen.
ing herself in the mirror back OF the
fountain.
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Most every day in Fairmont can be
heard the plant OF some dissatisfied
person who tells anyone that will lis
ten:
"Fairmont Is such u dull town. when
my FORK is done ! have no place TO
80, nothing TO see. Nothing ever hap.
pens here. | wish | was in a city like
New York, or somewhere that things
are happening"
By things happening these sort OF
persons evidently mean romance, ad.
venture, mystery and the human trag-
edies and Joys Of life that are fondly
supposed to be more evident In the
cities than In a small town. As a
proof Of this, these persons will com.
pare the great metropolitan newspa.
pers with the country papers and
point TO TIE intimate stories OF hap.
penings that r interesting reading
and seem more like fiction than truth.
Such things also are 10 be seer In
small towns but for various reasons
the small town newspaper cannot
print the names and details. In sup.
port OF this contention the following
snapshots taken about town Saturday
ought to convince the most doubling.
A chauffeur Of a $4,000 automobile.
accepting money from a waitress VINO
works In a restaurant. He hurriedly
pockets the money then sneers at the
women because the sum is SO small.
A sad eyed, shappy little woman,
with a basket full OF washing on her
arm, buying cigarette tobacco for her
husband who is a prisoner in the coun.
ty Jail. By her side is a wistful eyed
hungry boy begging her to buy him
an ice cream cone.
A prominent business man while
being shown the desirable features Of
a certain make OF automobile and ap-
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MANNINGTON NEWS
soonlsy 8. Jones, Correspondent, 70 West Main St. Bell Phone % M

she will join a camping party for the
Allegheny mountains.
Mrs. John Pitner has gone to Pitts.
burgh for a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter jerks have
gone to Lancaster, Pa, for a visit
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. G. Echols and chill.
dren, Of M~oundsville. have motored
here for a visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alta Atha have return.
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going In Tor apple growing on a large
business Ike scale.
Friends OF E. G. Livesay, OF Prince.
ton, W. Va, are saying that he is a
fortunate young man and that all signs
point TO the GODDESS OF fortune shower.
ing upon him in such quantities that
he need never more worry from
whence Is coming the next meal. Mr..
Livesay is a railroad man By occupa.
tlon and an inventor BY inclination.
He has invented q mail crane which
does all the work that the present an.
cient cranes do without destroying
lives Of railroad lei and mail pouches,
which in the aggregate constitute a
sum-total OF value government prop.
erty.
Furthermore, the Postoffice Depart.
ment is on the point Of adopting the
Livesay Safety Mail.Crane, which Is
It's registered title. 1t has already been
approved and recommended by the
first officials who put it to the test,
and their reports are now enroute up
the line OF postal authorities for per.
sonal investigation and heir o. K.
That Is the particular business which
occasions MIR. Livesay's presence in
Washington at this time.
The first railroad to install tho Live.
say crane will be the Virginian, which
starts at tidewater and runs into
Southern West Virginia, q main line
OF about 300 miles. The only crane
OF It's kind is in existence on that road.
1t is the first and only one built, and
II is the n which has been testea
out by the postoifice officials, railroad
men and the inventor. 1t made a rec.
ord Of missing only twice out Of 60
times az all rates Of speed from 4 to
60 miles an hour, and on q curve. 1t
has caught a mail bag containing con-
tainers filled with eggs without break.
Ing n single one Of them. There Is
no mutilation OF pouches. Tho arm Of
the crane swings in the direction the
train Is travelling and it clears n
engine by five feet, swinging only
when the trap is sprung by the trucks
OF the mail a The pouch is hooked
by the same continuance on the mail
a which is now in general use. One
OF these cranes a be installed for
approximately s25.
The right kind of n mail crane has
been the object OF search Of postal
authorities, railroad companies ana
the railroad unions. not to mention
many men of inventive bent, for years.
Nothing has been found until this West
Virginian turned up with his device
which met the requirements OF the
situation. The avidity with which
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Evening Chat

The stars last week must have been
I -orable Italians or else the .long
arm OF co.incidencer was again reach.
ing this way, otherwise the great Ital.
ian victory in Europe and the s33.4S
episode could not have happened N
the same week.
This $33.45, was the sum Antonio
Bonito Lad left out OF $3.50 when he
purchased a 5 cent bag OF peanuts. He
absentmindedly placed his S33.i5 In
the peanut bag and then stuffed pea.
nuts, bag and money in his pocket. He
climbed IN a Clarksburg car and hay.
Ing his ticket ALREADY purchased,
thought no more OF the money nut in
dustriously eat all OF he peanuts and
threw the bag and money out OF the
car window.
When he arrived in Shinnston he
looked for the $3S.i5 but could not
find II. Borr ing a dollar from one
OF his acquaintance he came back
TO Fairmont on the next car and hur.
ried to the count officers with his
sad story. Gaer come questioning ne
remembered placing the money in the
peanut bag. He %thereupr1, as the
lawyers say, rushed out the street to
the place where he threw the bag
away. There lying in the gutter was
the crumpled bag. He eager.y seized
1t and unwrapped the s33.45.
The money had laid in the gutter
of the busiest street in Fairmont for
more than two hours.
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Carnival.

The social committee Of the local
fraternal Order Of Eagles, have con.
tracted with the Natioi al Exposition
Shows to show Warrington Tor one
week beginning August the 14th.
These shows come highly recommend.
ed and are considered one Of the clean.
est and best carnivalr i- ,no co:..ltry.
The shows will be located :: Hough's
Park. These shows have been WORK
ing In connection 18th fraternal or.
ders all this season and from reports
received from the towns where iaey
have been the reports are very salts
factory.