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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Nurses are Being Moved
From Dormitory to a
Nearby House.
PATIENTS DOING VEL
Insurance Adjustcrs Expect
ed to Fix Damage Of
Fire Today.

The patients who were rescued from
tn" Cook hospital IRE are being car.
I'd Toy today AT the Miners hospital
ana various private residences to
which they were taken The commit
toe III rhare" Or preparing the Nurses
l'OrmilorN. for use rs temporary
hospital during the liiroc months that
1t Will likely take 10 repair and ro.
furnish The damaged building. arc
working hard today Inh II is likely
that all Of the nurses WarteJr Will
have been moved to the Shrewsbury
Miller house n"urhY this evening. This
property has been rented for the
nurses use by the committee and the
hospital work will be carried on in
the DUrmitury
This building Is particularly we'll
fitted Tor use aS a hospital having bug
recently been entirely renovated and
thoroughly cleaned by the efforts OF
the WOmans Committee. The build,
ing contains an operating room and
was formerly the Cook hospital.
DR.. Cook while at the head Of tho
hospital used this building for sew.
rral years as the hospital, It having
been built for that purpose when the
original Cook hospital on Walnut ave.
nue. near Fifth street became too small
for the accommodation of the patients.
When the new hospital, in which the
fire occurred. was built DR.. Cook NOV.
cd the patients to 1t and the old build.
ing was fitted up as a nurses dormi.
tor This last move was made hut a
short time before the death of DR..
Cook.
TIL" committee of hospital support.
ers who are working for the rebuild.
ing of the structure were expecting the
arrival of insurance adjusters this az.
ternoon to examine the building and
fix the amount of the damage that will
be paid. AS soon as this is determin-
ed the work OF rebuilding will be start
cd,
All the water in the damaged build
ing had been drained today and mucIi
of the debris had been removed. Fires
are now burning In the rooms and the
walls will be dried out within a few
days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Local Mine Victim
Widow Gets Pension
STATE COMPENSATION DEPART.
MENT WILL PAY OUT $4,000
FOR CHRISTMAS.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec. co.
Arrangements have beer made for the
distrmmuon Of $4,000 by the COmpen.
Satton Department today. This will go
to $50 widows. 1900 children, so par.
cntS and grandparents, 40 persons to.
tally disabled and 700 persons partial.
" disabled. The checks are being sent
out earlier than usual this month be.
cause OF the Christmas season.
Pensions have been issued TO live
widows and number of children bv
the Workmcn's Compensation Depart.
ment. according TO a report made pub.
lie today by Commissioner Lee OFT.
The beneficiaries are: Kathleen ffig.
ginbotham and child, Fairmont, $25 a
month; Virginia McCuLc and two chill.
drcn. Blue Creek. $50 a month; Sarah
NJ. Baker and two children, Tams, $40
n month; Jessie Jones and three chill.
0rcn. Brynside. $50 month: Margaret
kleemnn and three children. Big San.
dy, $35 month.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Caring for Helpless Ecfu-
gees Big Problem in
Southern Russia.
WORST TIME OF YEAR
Resources Of Country are
Taxed to Provide Food
and Clothing.


FFTROGRAD. Dec 20. Tn" pass.
: age across the Russian frontier OF
thousands of Rumanians who have
abandoned their houses and propcrty
IN the face OF invading Germans and
bulgarianS has cast the shadow of Il
new rCiug" problem on the Russian
empire. These refugees have been
pouring into Odessa, Kicv. ana other
southern Russian cities in destitute
and helpless condition ana present a
problem which threatens to ne NOR"
difficult than any which has confront
cd bcllig2rGnt power since invasion
of Belgium
RUSSIA has only partly succeeded in
co!OniZing and uSsimilating the mil
lions of homeless Poles. Jews and
members vi other races who He'd to the
interior during the first year ana one.
nan OF the war. This is naturally the
worst time OF the year in which TO
+ care for refugees and the economic re.
adjustment which the prcscn; political
crisis have emphasized adds t. III" dif.
liculty of the clothing and supporting
= now nation.
The magnitude of RusSiu's economic
burden is apprcciablc when i, is con.
'ld"r'u that the country -...s received
already since the beginning OF the war.
d refugee population far exceeding the
COINED cill2cnsnp OF the Scandina-
Wan countries. while the resources of
lhc country have been taxed TO the Ut.
most 20 provide for wandering people
whose homes have fallen within en-
envy lines and while means of liveli.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
County Suit is
Dismissed by Judge

because no case was ready TO be
brought before Il jury, nothing of i'm.
portancc was done in circuit court this
morning. The jury was dismissed I'M.
til unr-thirty this afternoon. At press
time no case had been placed before
it,
The case OF Thomas V. Wells against
the County Court OF Marion county
was dismissed In the middle Of the
trial yesterday on a motion by the
plaintiff for continuance to the next
term. The PLAINTIFF alleges he fell
over Il stone wall into creek some.
where in the Warrington district and
sustained sever" injuries.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Leonard Funeral
is Held Today

The funeral of Gerald Leonard. the
thirteen.yCar.Old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Leonard whose death occur
red on Monday at his home at Anna
belle. took place this afternoon from
the Baptist church at Monongah. Ser
vices were conducted by Rev. a. l..
Lightcncr. assisted by Rev. X. T.
Webb. OF this city. 4 large number Of
relatives and friends attended the fu.
neral services.
Following tho services at the church
the body, accompanied by Iarg" NUM-
her Of friends. was brought TO this city
on IL special inlcrurban car and con.
vCyed 10 WoOdlawm cemetery where
il was laid to rest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
LIQUOR DEALERS
HOLD DOWN LID"
Movement for Enforcement
of Early Closing Law
in England.

LONDON, Dec. Gothic lid" is he.
ing lifted so often by saloomkcrpcrs
in England that the liquor dealers
themselves, fearing this continued
winkinc AT the closing time may ad.
vance til" interests Of prohibition.
have launched a movement for more
rigid enforcement of the law.
II Is proposed that any violations of
the regulations will result in the sus.
pension OF the license until the end OF
the war. Another proposal is that {,
second violation Of the law ne punish
cd by Imprisonment, and that the Of.
fender be debarred from further en-.
plOymcnt in the liquor trade.
In Birmingham the liquor Interests
have organized II vigilaut police ser.
vice Of their own to see that the law
is not violated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
WORTHINGTON GIRL
SEVERELY BURNED
Miss Pearl Gray is Seriously
Injured When Clothing
Burns.

Miss Pearl Gray the siXteen.year.old
daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs. Eli Gray,
residing near WOrthington, was seri-
ously burned about 2:3O Tuesday az.
tcrnoOn. She was engaged in measur-
ing a younger sister for new dress.
when her clothing was ignited from
the fire in the open crate before which
she was standing
She was badly burned about the.
body and her father was severely
burned in his efforts to extinguisl1
the flames. Tho flames we're com.
municatcd from the clothing to bed
and the room was on fSe but the
flames were cXtinguished before much
damage was done. DR.. w. w. Orr was
called and rendered all aid possible
to alleviate suffcrings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
PAROLES PRISONERS
OVER CHRISTMAS
North Carolina "Trustys''
in State Institutions to
Get Holidays.
(Ey .NssocAlcJ Pr.s-l

RALEIGH. y. G., Dec. "O-Su they
may spend Christmas ut home "trus.
tvs" in North Carolina prisons ana
prison camps will h" paroiled for three
DAYS beginning Sunday. Sl,n imsiruc.
tons have been issued 10 state and
county prison authorities by Governor
Craig
Convicts will be required only ~
give word of honor that they will re-
turn 10 prison by noon December ~.
Gov. Craig last Christmas parollcd
more than 500 under similar conditions
and all reported to authorities at tim"
designated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
One Killed in
Georgia Wreck
lHy Associated prcssn

SAVANNAH, Ga. Dec. 2O.-Onc pass
enger was killed and several persons
were injured when the Seminole limit.
ed from Jacksonville for Chicago run
ming on Central OF Georgia railroad
track was derRiled today nine miles
from Obelikala.
The dead man is G. b. Kirkpatrick
of lndtnia, Six cars overturned and
were thrown down the cmbankmcnt.
The accident was due It is said to y
broken rail
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
EMBARGO ON WEST
BOUND FREIGHT
Congestion at Terminal
Points Causes B. & o. to
Take Action.

BALTIMORE. Doc. ?0.--Thr Baiti.
more and Ohio railroad placed an en-.
barge last midnight against all west
bound car load frcights from conncc.
tons west Of Cumberland, Md. except
perishables, live stock and food stun
for human consumption
Tho embargo was made necessary.
t was said, on account Of acclmLlaiiu"
of shipments aud to prevent serious
congestion at terminal points.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Safe Robbers Get
$4,000 From Bank

TUSLA, Okla, Dec 20.-RObbcrs en-.
tered the Oklahoma National bank at
Skiatook near here today and blew
the safe open and escaped with 500,
900 In currency and silver. The rob.
bers had several hours start Oh pCNs,
es formed In Tulsa and Skiatook aud
telephone and telegraph wires lead
ing into the town had been cut.
Skiatook is only miles from the
Usage hills for forty years the req,
devious Of outlaws and officials be
lleye the robbers are Kidding here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Americans May Now
Leave Palestine

WASHINGTON, y. Z, Dec. "W.-TI'he
200 Americans detained in Syria ari
Palestine by the Turkish military au.
thorities have been granted permission
to leave via, Beirut on condition tina:
they inferno at Beirut for Il month to
make valueless any military lmorma.
tiun they may have.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Farmers Will Meet
Friday Evening

County Agricultural! Agent II. l..
Smith will preside al farmers meet
ing to he held at Monumental school
house Friday evening. The object OF
the meeting is to organize and plan
tor demonstration work for next year.
HcrSChcl leo, superintendent OF the
Fairmont Independent district schools.
will he present at the meeting and as.
sist with the work. The meeting will
start At 100 promptly.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
CLUB CHRISTMAS DANCE

The executive committee OF the
Country Club has named Thursday,
December rs as the date for the an.
nual Christmas dance. This will be
the stellar attraction at the club dur.
ing holiday week. Vincents orchestra
will provide tho music and an excel.
lent supper will be served.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
West Virginian
NOW Has Private
Phone EXCHANGE

a private Bell telephone ex.
change has been installed in the
office of the West Virginian and
all the departments in the build.
ing are now called over two trunk
line numbers. These are 1105 and
HOS. Call either of these numbers
and tell the operator who is want
cd.
Numbers on the Consolidation
are the same, newspaper. 81: bust.
ness office. $50.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
RUSSIANS IN GALLAC|A CAPTURE
PRISONERS AND ATTACK POST
TWenty Six
Be[OU Zero
in Nebraska

Nv -F-EUVW IGT TItssT
OMAHA. Neb., Dee. 20.--.Ihe low.
est temperatures OF the season were
experienced throughout Nebraska
today Valentine. N"h. reported -
degrees below zero. Norfolk l. be.
low. and Omaha weather hnr"au r"
corded 10 below. SIOUX CITY. Iowa.
reported 10 below zero and SioaN
Falls, S. D.. &c below
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
The Weather

"cst '.'i"gin,a-
tur in east rain
Hrri''G &" snow in
y'e lrUlr'r'. Cole.
r IN east tonight.
'hursGay. local
arows AMI colucr
Local Readings.
( P. Hall, CD.
Temperature at
; Il. m. today, 10.
icstcrdav's weatr.
y. lear; tpmrcra.
minimum. IL; pre-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20

BERLIN, Dec. 20.-Thc military
critics % the Over Seas Agency in
IN article on the situation on the vuri.
Gus fronts Says:
'In spite Of rainy weather and the
completely soaked road in eastern Wal.
lachia. the TGutonic allies are making
rapid progress The fragments Of the
Rumanian army are being irrcsstCly
driven into ! squar" which is hardly
eighty kilOmeters wide and bounded
by the Danube on the east by the
mountains on the west. and the Sercth
river on the north. Through this Hat
district flows the BuZcu river. Tn"
chances OF success :or resistance III
it are exceedingly small rs the river
has been crossed on a broad front
by the pursuing troops.
"Thc only large town in this district
! still in Rumanian hands IL Nimnik
Sarat. The towns of Braila. Galatz
and Fokshani from strategic and
geographic point OF view belong to
the Sereth position.
en- DObrudja the Russians have
been driven ny the Bulgarians until
they are south of Babadagh. The
front of the Central powers now has
0een shortened about 900 miles which
is as much as is considered posi-
BILE.
"ln the western theatre the situa
ton is unchanged except for local
engagements. The British advance
near Vcrdun was nothing but poll
tiCal demonstration and will be unable
to exercise any influence upon the
. general situation.
Tho balance of the year OF 1916
therefore will not hc improved for the
French by small local successes Ar.
ter months of sanguinary fighting and
heavy French and English losses the
front in France and Belgium is vir.
tually the same as it was In Decem.
Gen. Bcrthelot, tho French military
strategist. has asked to he recalled
from the Rumanian front where he has
been occupied for some time accord.
ing to reports received by tho Ham
burger Frcmdcnblatt which also says
that the majority of the British officer
attached to Rumanan general staff
have LETT for England
The newspaper likewise reports a
long conference between King Ferdi.
nand Of Rumania, aud Gen. AlGXiess Of
the Russian army, regarding military
situation as regards the Rumaniun
army.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
GUESTS OF PARENTS.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Moore and son,
John Potter Moore, of Arnabellc, are
the guests of the formers parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. u. Moore, on CASTOR ave.
uua.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
TO SPEND XMAS IN BROWNSVILLE

Mr. ant Mrs, Arthur Finley leave 10.
morrow for Brownsville. Pa, where
they will spend Christmas with the Ia;
ter's father, J. d. Simpson. SIR. Sira.
son, who will pass his SGD mile stone
cn Christmas day, has been in i'll health
Tor some time. -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-20
Germans in Trenches Know
Nothing of Peace Talk
Say British.
NUMEROUS AIR BATTLES
Teutonic Front in Belgium
and France Same as
Last Year.

il:y ~ yciItD4 PICs"D
PETROGRAD. Dee, @O.---British adj.
fniralty per wireless press.-Russian
troops operating in the region Of the
river Bystritsa in Galicia, says the
Russian official statement issued todag
broke through the barbcd wire On.
ENGAGEMENTS in front Of AustrO German
advance post yesterday and pcnctrat.
ed into BOhorodezany Stare southwest
of Stanislau. The Teutons are said
to have fed in disorder leaving some
prisoners in hands of Russians.
With British Army in France out
Of group Of German prisoners taken
on 4 section of British front Sunday.
only non.commissiOned officer had
heard anything OF the German EN-.
peror's peace proposal This cirCum.
stance coupled with fact that there
had been absolutely no demonstration
from any part Of the German trench.
es caused much speculation among the
British officers as to whether, despite
the EmperOr's address to his troops
The new peace ovcrturcs have been
permitted TO reach the men actually
engaged on the fighting sne.
bUCulutltS CdpluTeu Wllulu the last
few days repeatedly mantion the au.
daclty and initiative Of the allied air
men and Field Marshal Won linden.
burg is quoted as having issued or.
ders that the supremacy of the air
must be sharply contested. Accord
ing TO these documents the German
chief of staff has ordered that where
German lines arc crossed by hostile
aviators. German machines must pene.
trate all equal distance over the allied
line.
There has been only comparative.
few hours Of good flying weather in the
last week but numerous COmbats have
taken place. 70 being fought on one
forenoon on certain sector
German artillery has recently been
quite active and has responded more
freely to Tic continuous fire. Accord.
ing to prisoners. the prcpOnderance
of British shell fire has depressed
German troops in trenches who
thought their own artillery was not
supporting them with the same vigor
rs the support the English gave their
men.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-13
College Training Of
Amy Officers
By d.. James Avery. St. Louis. Mo.

ar the young college This brought forcb to mind
when the whole country deeply interested in the question of national
strong preparedness and this movement
should have the support every patriotic American and
that all Americans patriotic
The great problem where to in making provision for instruct
ing young would be called officer
soldiers It Judgment that the coeeno only the state COL
eges colleges but the great institutions of the East
the solution It at the college where military nuc
ton part of the regular discipline becomes part
young teaching Every young college looks forward to
trolling Others but he unless he himself has been and be
controlled =
young officer have power control Others must himself first
obey The military organization large college offers ideal
method giving just exactly that education who cannot
develop leadership military organization is whose success in life
Every captain must study his and it in
this study character developed soldier taught simple
but of behavior He must tell the truth and hate lie
He respect for his rights and must show equal respect
for AS he the uniform of his organization he
must be gentleman first last and all the time he will disgrace his
friends as well love his country and with
single mind That certainly not hard platform for
young college man to learn. ...
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-13
Use of Tobacco
Among Children
by q w. WRITTEN. Warrington. D. c.

public The study school children city the
of which the willing obvious disclose But
experts gathered the data feel that they none the
less valuable geographical location not advertised
Answers tobacco obtained in all from 2S15
pupils ages four and and nineteen and three
quarters years. Of nearly Hundred AZ per cent admitted
the FORM Of the 043 boys 81 admitted the use
of tobacco girls only six admitted such 1t IS
believed by the however, that the admitted child OF
tobacco do not complete there probably
practically all the of the children were known
parents the list secured represents the number OF children
making of the weed with parental consent
Most of the bows admitting tobacco smokers while
the girls confessing its clippers of snuff
boy found who smoked while the youngest cheWe
was eight and the youngest pp oed however that
boy began girls began dip three Some
thing magnitude the problem of combating the of tobacco
among children brought out when the found that one
girls led by her begin dipping snuff when three
the family physician who declared that the habit
would preserve her health.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-13

"tapa" petticoat, made from mulberry
bark and reaching from the waist to
the knee, wear the enveloping "holo-
ka," counterpart of mother hubbard"
which Christian modesty dictated.
Nearly everyone understands the Eu-
ropean moral code: But the race ia
dying! In a little while the Sand
witch islanders" who we're in many
ways an unusual people, and WHO, be-
cause of the benign climate and their
exceptional health, enjoyed a life OF
much singing, dancing and surf bath.
ing with few difficulties and little dole
will have gone the way of the Carib
Indians under Spanish rule.
A people whose kings AND great
chieftains wore flaming robes made Of
the feathers of tropical birds of re-
splendent plumage, somewhat Guido
ing in effulgence the rajahs and sui.
tans Of "Ormuz and Of Ind; :" people
who builded majestic temples to OBJ
scure insular gods; a people whose
sons were warriors and whose daugh.
tiers were the mothers of many war.
,riors' sons until white men came to
tell them that their way Of life was
wholly wrong, that their moral char.
acter was atrocious; and taught them
better way of life which proved to be
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-13
FAv0RITE WORK OF AUTHOR
"Treasure Island" Stevenson Himself
Said, S"Seemed to Me Like My
* Right Eye"

-
Stevenson's Treasure Island" has
been chosen by Louis Rhead for this
years. contribution to his illustrated
edition of childrens classics. 1t has
been dramatized for the Bandbox the
alter, relates the New York Telegram.
All this recalls what Stevenson him
self thought of his famous story. 1T
seemed to me-" he said, "as original
as sin; it seemed to me Ike my right
eye"
He relates how He read 1T aloud to
his own father, who ".causht fire at
once with all the romance and child.
ishness of his original nature.
Ellis stories; that every night of his
life he put himself to sleep, with, dealt
perpetually with ships, roadside inns,
robbers, old sailors and commercial
travellers before tina era of steam. :.
"He never finished @one of these
romances; the lucky man did not re-
ouire to! But in Treasure Island
he recognized something kindred to
his imagination; it was his kind OF
pictwesqueness."
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-01-13
; T is announced that the territorial
government of Hawaii will restore
RI thei>. former grandeur the an

vTI announced that the territorial
government of Hawaii will restore
to their former grandeur the an
4 cient temples upon the islands.
Several impressive examples of these
twelfth century edifices are said to be
In such a state of preservation that
work upon them may be undertaken
with certainty as to the correctness OF
the restoration. The Mookiui temple,
one of the most striking, is described
as having walls aggregating over 800
feet, with breadth of eight feet and
q height of 20 feet.
The Hawaiians are an interesting
people doomed, seemingly, to early ex-
tinction as a result Of their contact
with the invading and appropriating
white man who brought them, along
with the consultations of his religion,
decfmating disease, devastating vices
to which the Kanakas took like
ducks to Water-and advice upon the
Importance of abstemiousness and
six days work week which has been
neglected by the natives, as it is
usually in balmy climates.
Primitive Conditions Changed.
The Hawaiians, when their Eden
was discovered, we're as race wholly
unconventional, in the sense in which