davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
FAVORABLY REPORT
CHILD LABOR BILL
Measure Has Been StrenuOusly
Opposed by Mill Owners of
the South.

Washington, Jan. 17.-The
bill to regulate the employment
of children in the production
and and manufacture of inter.
staes products which is opposed
by southern cotton manufacture
ers, was favoiably reported to
the house today by the labor
committee.
The bill would make it unlaw
full for producer or dealer to
ship in interstate commerce
goods produced wholly or part
ly by children under 16 years in
mine or quarry products, and by
children under Id in case of
manufactured produces. Sixteen
would be the age limit for man.
ufactured products when the
hours were longer than eight
or at night.
"Ex-Gov. w. w. Kitchin, of
North Carolina, and others rep
resenting the southern cotton
mills opposed the bills" reads
the committees repor. "The
evidence of the cotton manufac-
turers indicated a gratifying a.
tention to the welfare of their
employees in other respects,
though it was admitted by
those from North and South
Carolina that the laws of those
states still permitted them to
employ IL year old children for
IL hours a day, while in North
Carolina there was no factory
inspection.
"The only opposition from
manufacturers personally ap-
pearing before the committee
has been from the cotton man
ufacturing states of North and
South Carolina, Virginia and
Alabama, and the manufacture
ing associations of those states
have been in the past opponents
before their own legislatures of
the raising of the age limit or
shortening of the hours for the
working children"
In it's report the committee
directed attention to the fact
that in several southern states
having extensive cotton mills
there is no prohibition against
employment of young children,
manufacturers in North and
South Carolina even being per-
mitted ito employ IL year old
children for IL hours a day"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
ZERO WEATHER OVER
EASTERN HALF COUNTRY

Washington, Jan. 17.-Near
zero weather prevailed tonight
over much of the country east
of the Mississippi river. No re-
lief was in prospect for tomor-
row, but the government fore
casters predicted slightly warm
er weather for Wednesday.
Skies were fair with the mer-
curry around zero north of the
Ohio during the day, but sleet
storms swept many sections of
the south all the way to the
gulf. The center of the cold
wave was over West Virginia.
At Elkins the thermometer reg
istered four degrees above zero
mark. Miami, Fla, was the
warmest place, with a reading
of "a degrees. On the Pacific
coast a new storm was moving
eastward.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
UNITED STATES
NAVY RANKED THIRD
Secretary Daniels Gives Com.
parisOn of NavieS of World
at Beginning of War.

Washington, Jan. 17.-How
the United States ranked third
among the worlds naval pow
ers at the beginning of the Eu-
ropean war, when data on for
eign fleets ceased to be avail
ale, is explained in a letter from
Secretary Daniels, made pub
lie tonight by Representative
Madden, Of Illinois. Mr.. Mad
den called attention to a state
m ent by Representative
Kitchin, the house majority
leader, who is opposing
the new navy program, declar-
ing that the records showed
the American feet was superior
to that of any nation except
Great Britain.
In reply, the secretary said
the strength of a modern navy
could be estimated on the num-
Der of dreadnaughts and that,
according to the departments
information, Great Britain had,
on August l, 1914, 46 dread
naughts, Germany %, the Uni
ted States Ia, France 13 and ia
pan 8. The United States now
has 10 dreadnaughts in commits
sion, building or authorized, he
added, but nothing is known as
to what other powers have built
or ordered since the war began.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
MORE REFUGEES
ARRIVE AT BORDER
One Hundred Americans Came
Gut of Mexico Last
Night.

Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 17.-Ap-
proximately 100 out of the 1000
Americans and other foreigners
who remained in Chihuahua
state after the massacre at
Santa Ysabel week ago today,
were expected to arrive here
late tonight.
Most of the passengers are
coming from the Parral district,
around which bandits are said
to be operating. The party
includes a number of women
and almost score of children.
some of whose parents decided
to remain in Mexico.
The train bearing the refu-
gees is not expected before mid
night and according to reports
from Juarez officials it would
be preceded by a train bearing
the body of Jose Rodriguez, the
bandit chief who was officially
reported by Carranza officials to
have been executed.
A number of Americans who
reached here last night from the
interior of Chihuahua state YER
flied the reports of Rodriguez s
execution.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17

fuel.
The Edison battery, expert
ments have proven, generates
nearly double the ordinary
amount of hydrogen during the
process of charging, but on dis
charging or while lying idle
gives off much less. During the
battery trials there were re-
ports from her officers of an un-
due amount of hydrogen. The
boat made one trip with observ-
ers aboard, and it was reported
that while in operation not
enough gas was generated to he
dangerous.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
Submits to Unconditional Lay
ing Down of Her Arms
Against Invaders.
BRITISH AND RUSSIANS
PRESSING THE TURKS
British Make Advances in Me-
sOpOtamia and Russians
in the Caucasus.

"SoI ny SIrO-Hungar1an
armies and with all lines of re-
treat cut off, except into Albania
where hostile tribesmen must
be faced, Montenegro has ask
ed Austria-Hungary for Peace
and her request has been
granted. The unconditional Law
ing down of arms by Montene-
gro was made the basis of the
opening of peace negotiations,
and Montenegro accepted these
terms imposed by the dual
monarchy.
rms announcement was made
to the Hungarian parliament by
Premier Tisza, and it was met
with an ovation on the part of
the members of the chamber.
Thus comes the first withdraw
a of any belligerent from eth
er of the alliances that have
been fighting with each other
since August, 1914.
1t had been conceded for DAYS
that the situation of Montene-
gro was a critical one. Although
the army of the little kingdom
fought valiantly against the
A Austro-Hungarians, it was un-
equal, because of inferior forces
lack of guns and it has been
stated, shortage in commits
sariat supplies, to the task of
holding back the armies that
had, in conjunction with their
allies, succeeded in crushing
Serbia.
Already the Montenegrin
capital and many of its import
ant towns had fallen into the
hands of the Austro-Hungari-
ans, and the invaders were well
on their way to Montenegro's
chief seaport-Antivari. Last
accounts had the Montenegrin
government at Scutari. The
whereabouts of King Nicholas
is not known.
The British and the Russians
in Mesopotamia and the Cau-
casuS region, respectively, are
pressing the Turks hard. The
army of King George coming
northward from Persian gulf
to the relief of the British forces
at Kut-el-Amara, has driven
the Ottomans to within six
miles of he beleaguered town on
the Tigris.
The Russians in their drive
along the front of nearly 100
miles in the Caucasus have won
additional points of vantage
from the Turks, especially in
the Arasa and Inid valley re-
gions. Constantinople admits
this, but says that south of the
Arasa in hand-to-hand fighting
in a Russian advanced position.
heavy casualties were inflicted
on the Russians by the Turks.
On the other fronts little
fighting of moment has taken
place. The British and French
guns in France and Belgium
have been busy bombarding
German trenches, while on the
Russian front there has been
fighing only at isolated points
from the Riga region to Buko-
wilma.
According to he semi-official
Overseas News Agency of Ber-
lin, Entente Allied roops have
landed at Phaleron, port five
miles southwest of Athens, and
once the port of the Greek
capital. The Berlin newspapers,
the news agency says, attribute
this as part of the preparations
Unlocking to the overthrow of
ing of Eliphtherios Venizelos,
the former premier, who always
has sided with the entente pow
ers, at the head of a Greek re-
public.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
KAISER MUST WAIT WEEK

Rome, Jan. 17.-AccOrding to
repors received by the vatican
Emperor William underwent an
operation last Thursday. AL
though the operation is describ-
ed as having been successful it
is said that a week must elapse
before his majesty may be pro-
nounced out of danger.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
BUT ONE TENTH OF
AMERICANS LEAVING

El Paso, Texas, Jan. 17.-Approx-
imately one hundred of a Thousand
Americans and other foreigners who
remained in Chihuahua state after
the massacre at Santa Ysabel week
ago today were expected to arrive
here late tonight.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
OSBORNE PLEADS NOT
GUILTY TO INDICTMENT

White Plains, N. Y, Jan. II.
Thomas Mott Osborne, form
er warden of Sing Sing prison,
pleaded not guilty today before
Justice Morschauser to the in
dictment charging him with
perjury. The date of his trial
was set for Feb. z.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
Dynaminter Gets Life Sentence.

Los Angeles, Jan. Matthew
A. Schmidt. cinvicted night ago of
murder in connection with the dyn
aniting of he Timtes building, was
sentenced today to life imprison-
metn in San Quentin prison.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17

CONTINUED on Page Al
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
WEATHER

day continued
cold and fair;
Wednesday fair
and warmer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-17
Terrific Explosion Aboard E-2
While Craft Was Undergo
ing Repairs in Dry Dock
MEN WERE AT WORK ON
NEW EDISON BATTERY
Gas Fumes Had to Be Blown
Out Before Bodies in Craft
Could Be Reached.

five dangerously, in an explo-
sion today on he submarine E-2
while the caft was undergoing
repairs in dry dock at the New
York navy yard. One of the
men killed was an enlisted cleo
trician and the others civilian
workers.
At least three of the ten now
in the hospitals are not expect
ed to live.
The dead: Roy B. Seaber,
electrician, second class, Cleve-
land; James Fl. Peck, civilian,
general helper, Brooklyn; ]. P.
Schultz, civilian machinist.
Brooklyn; Joseph Logan, civil
ian, general helper, Brooklyn.
The injured: L. Miles, Ra-
mond Otto, August Kapin and
Otto Hasert.
The dctonation was terrific,
but the submarine itself, from
the outside, shows no effects.
The interior was badly shat
tered, but so tight was the ves-
sells shell that there was no
means of escape for gas and it
was more than an hour after
the blast before the work of re-
covering the bodies could be
completed. A ladder blown up
through the coming tower fell
$50 feet away.
away.
The injured and one body
were removed soon after the ac-
cident, but three bodies far
down in the craft could not be
reached until the gas had been
blown out by compressed air.
Soon after the explosion several
naval officers led a rescue party
but it were partly overcome by
fumes. 1t was then that com
pressed air pipes were run into
the shell.
The number of men inside
the submarine at the time of
the explosion is not known
definitely. About twenty were
working on the craft.
1t is not thought possible that
anyone who was inside could
have escaped injury. What
caused the explosion has not
been definitely decided. Rear
Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher,
commandant of the navy yard,
after a brief investigation, de
clined to express an opinion. He
said:
"The men were working in
the battery compartment of the
E-2, discharging the new Edi-
son batteries through a rheos-
tat to measure the voltage, and
the explosion occurred in that
compartment. The battery
will generate no kind of gas
and there was no gasoline on
board. The engine was of the
oil burning Dysel type.
Pending the appointment of
an official board of inquiry Rear
Admiral Usher named a tenn
porary Investigating committee
as follows:
Lieut.. Commander Pope,
Washington, commander of the
receiving ship Maine; Lieut.. l..
M. Stewart, of the torpedo boat
destroyer Mccall, and Lieut..
Rush II. Fay, commander of the
submarine division to which
the E-2 was attached. This
committee Immediately began
to take the testimony.
The opinion was expressed
that the press of withdrawing
the charge from the batteries
might have caused the forma-
tion of hydrogen gas. The ex-
-plosions of that nature have
been frequent on all submarines
of the navy and slight ones
have occurred on American
boats.
The E-2 was the only vessel
in the world equipped with the
Edison nickel batteries and she
made her first trip with them
December 7, last. It was re-
ported that the new batteries
gave better speed with less
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Real Cause Of Badness,

Men cut their hair short and women
do not, and 1t is a popular impression
among men that cutting the hair IN
creases the growth. II It does. It must
be very limited aid to growth, says
the American Magazine. The real
causes Of badness In men. according
to those who have carefully studied
the subject, are the hats they wear.
Women also wear hats. but theirs are
fastened to their hair and do not grip
the head. The tishef1tting hats men
wear interfere with the nourisnment
Of the roots OF the hair. They COM
press certain arteries, veins and
nerves, with tho result that the hair
10 retarded in Its growth. The main
vessels carrying nourishment to the
roots Of the hair are in front of the
ears on the underside Of the skin
and are easily compressed between
the skin and the skull.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Extinct Billy Goat.

Strange is the march of time. The
billy and nanny goat were once dom
mating feature in every civilized
American community, Zlm writes In
Cartoons Magazine. A snapshot could
not have been taken without q goat
somewhere In the picture, but the goat
was not deemed at insect to hobnob
In swell society. Its product might
be admitted across the threshold Of
the rich, but not its savory self. The
highest standard the goat has ever
attained is the mascotship OF yolun.
teer fire company, or similar office
In the United States navy, which was
practically the lowest rank OF any
living thing aboard. In his palmy days
vivid posters were often seen Of him
In the act Of juggling with glass Of
fresh book, and now, since the brew.
cries themselves are in dIsfayor, the
American billy goat is doomed to pass
down the line OF hasbeens!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Reformed Lover.

The late John Philip Quinn, who
for 20 years Travelled all over America
exposing the electric roulette wheel and
other cheating devices used In gam
bling. had n reform story that he
would tell while exhibiting his queer
paraphernalia In his private car.
Don't be afraid Of REFORM" he said.
Help every poor fellow who wants to
reform. The way most people act
you'd think they all believed religious.
ly in the reform story. You stopped
smoking because she asked you to?'
was the question put to solemn
looking chap. Yep And you stopped
swearing because she asked you tor
Yep And you gave up your poker
parties and went into refined. serious
society for the same reasonT Yep,
yep, yep And yet you never mar
ried her. We'll. you see. after I'd re-
formed like that, found I could do
BETTER"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
orloln Of ~. roothb.paA.

When did the English first adopt the
toothbrush habit, which is ncw being
denounced by certain mediesl author
tiles? In "Esmondn Thaclesay makes
Lord Castlewood spend az tenth part
Of his day In the brushiag Of his
teeth and the oiling Of his hair and
in doing so the novels. commits a
double anacronism. During the first
half of the eighteenth century all fine
gentlemen wore wigs aud had no use
for oil on their hair. while the tooth
brush was as late as 1864 unknown to
Lord Chesterfield. Writing to his son,
Chesterfield says: 81 hope you take
great care of your mouth and teeth
and that you clean them well every
morning with q sponge and tepld wa.
ter. with a few drops of arquebusade
water dropped into 1t. do insist upon
your never using those sticks, or hard
substance whatever, which always rub
away the gums and destroy the var
nish Of the teeth."-Londoa Chronicle.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31

"Pate de foie grasr is a French dish
made of goose liver and served BY
Irish walters. "zim" writes in Car
toons Magazine. You will find 1t men.
toned on the menu Of almost every
fashionable hotel md restaurant II
It is ever your good luck 10 eat in
q place where they have patty-de-whst-
you.may.call-lt on the bill Of fare,
don't display your bad bringing up by
calling for II. 1t will save the waiter
the humiliation OF explaining how 1t
happened that they are Just out Of 1t
and how cargo on Its way was over
taken and sunk by q German subma-
rine. Pate de foie gras is standard
filler which is kept in type form to
give the place swell air. Don't ever
attempt to pronounce the dish aloud
In public, because 1t Isn't what It
spells. Let the Irish waiter pronounce
1t for you, then you'll make no mis-.
take. In ordering, point to 1t with
your finger, preferably the one with
the big diamond ring on It, and don't
forget that generous DIP should fol-
low at the conclusion Of the service,
for the dignity of pate de foie gras
should be sustained at all hazards!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Burns, OF Wheel.
ing, are guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
Burns on CASTOR avenue.
Mrs. J. L. Dawson and son, Paul
and Mrs. and Mrs. o. W. Sanner and
son, Robert, left yesterday for Daw.
son camp. near Rowelsburg,' where
they will spend couple Of weeks. Mrs.
A. NJ. Arnold, mother OF Mrs. Dawson.
and Mrs. Sanner. accompanied them
as far as Grafton and went on to Alex.
ander. W. Va, where she will visit
her son.
Miss Emma Snider has returned
from visit at Morgantown.
Miss Eudora Ramsey and Miss Flea.
nor Furman, of Greenville. N. c., are
spending a short time In this city,
the guests OF Mrs. Kemble White on
Benoni avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Rownd left yes.
terday in their touring car for Sum.
merfield, Ohio, where they will visit
Mr.. Rownd's parents.
Grove Cunningham. OF Pittsburgh,
spent the weekend In this CITY with
his mother, Mrs. Sarah Cunningham.
Miss Virginia Leary, who had at.
tended the Normal summe. school, has
returned to her home at Chester, w.
Va.
Miss Mamie Hall. who was called
here by the death of her brother, Will
Hall. has returned to Gainesville. Md.
accompanied by her nephews, Joseph
and Frank Conley.
Mrs. R. B. Parrish and children, of
Baltimore, formerly of this city, arc
spending few weeks with relatives
at Tevenbaugh. They spent yester.
day with friends In this city.
Mrs. Dennis Coburn is the guest OF
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Camden
Summers, at Clarksburg.
Mrs. ]. E. Watson, Jr.. Is the guest
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
F. Blackford, in Parkersburg.
Miss Stella Tibbs left Sunday for
California, where she will spend sew.
eral weeks with her sister. Miss Mary
Tibbs. She will also visit in Den,
yer. Colo, and other western points.
Miss Ella Ward left Sunday for Den.
yer for several weeks visit aslo.
Miss Ward and Miss Tibbs will make
the trip together.
Birch Butcher who had spent the
past three months in New York city,
where he had been under the care
OF specialist, returned to his home
here last night. Mr.. Butcher has en-.
tirely recovered. Enroute here he
spent Sunday with friends at Frost.
burg, Md.
Miss Miriam Grace Petit, OF Little.
ton, is the guest OF her aunt, Mrs. L.
n. Wetzel, in this city.
John Murphy, OF Grafton, spent Sun.
day in this city with his mother, Mrs.
Winifred Murphy. He was accom-.
panied here by DR.. Robert Judge and
Edgar Foley, also OF Grafton, who were
his guests for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Fleming arriv.
ed here today from Cameron to spend
a week with Thomas Murphy and sis.
ter, Miss Margaret Murphy, on Ma.
pie avenue.
Harvey Shain and daughter. Miss
Eloise. left this morning for webster
Springs. where they will spend several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Butcher will
leave tomorrow for Terra Alta, where
they will spend several weeks. Mr..
Butcher, who has been Ill, is improv.
ing.
Mrs. W. E. Hundley. of jackson
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31

street, has gone to New York city,
where she will visit her mother who
is patient at a hospital in that city.
E. Trikett continues III at his home
on Pierpont avenue.
Miss Madge Holt is spending the
week at a camp near Kingmont.
Miss Rebekah Baker, who had been
the guest OF her sister. Mrs. Arthur
G. Martin. has returned to her home in
Cincinnati, Ohio,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Tueker.WIndsor

The marriage Of Miss Mary yalen.
tine Windsor, only daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. C. W. Windsor, and E. Bry.
son, Tucker. was solemnized on Sunday
ut noon at the home OF the bride on
Fairmont avenue. Or. H. @. stoet.
ger, pastor OF the Presbyterian church
performed the ceremony In the pres.
ence Of the immediate family.
The bride was becomingly gowned
In suit OF blue taffeta silk with har.
monizing accessories and was unat.
tended. Miss Windsor is a young wo.
man OF pleasing personality and has
spent practically her entire life in this
city where she is popular. Mr.. Tuck.
8er is an employe OF the Consolidation
Coal company. He is a native OF Frost
burg, Nd, but came here to reside sew.
eral years ago. Mr.. and Mrs. Tuck,
or left Sunday afternoon for a trip
to Baltimore. Washington and Frost.
burg, Md. Upon their return they will
be at home in this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Windsor, parents of the bride. yester.
day issued announcements OF the mar.
riage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Spent Day at Valley Falls

Mrs. Joseph Roster. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alex odbert and Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Brothers chaperoned a crowd
OF young people who spent yesterday
at Valley Falls. In the party were
Misses Marion Bradshaw, Dorothy Cd.
Der. Edith Bradshaw, Mary Josephine
Roster, Agnes Bradshaw. Mary Gil.
hart, Dora Lee Newman and Messrs.
Paul Billingsley, Paul Amos. Ray HUFF.
man, Elmer Tharp and Nat Newberg.
The party went to the Falls on the
11:01 train and returned at 500.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
Spending Day at Camp comfor.

The Junior Loyal Daughters Sab.
bath school class OF the Central Chris.
tan church, chaperoned by its teach.
,er, Mrs. L. n. 'Wetzel, went to Camp
Comfort today where they are spend.
Ing the day as the guest of Miss Gladys
iShroyer. Miss Eva Hartley also &C.
companied the class which is compos.
ed of about fifteen young girls. Mr..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31

John L. and Mrs. De saulIes
Mrs. De saulles, who is suing for
divorce from the former Yale quar-.
terback, was Senorita Blanca Era
Euria, daughter of the richest woman
In Chile. After romantic love az.
tatr, the couple was married in 1912.
De Saulles was made minister OF
Uruguay in 1914, but resigned soon
utter. They have one child.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-31
WellerGordon

The marriage OF Miss Gordon and
Thomas Weller both OF Meyersdale,
was solemnized at Meyersdale. Pa, on
"Wednesday OF last week at the home
of the bride. Miss Gordon was for a
time employed in the Hartley depart.
ment store In this city and was well
known here. Mr.. Weller is a shoe
merchant OF Meyersdale. where they
will make their home. While resi-.
dent OF this city Miss Gordon resided
with her aunt, Mrs. James Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips and daughters.
Miss Olive and Fanny. were in Mey.
ersdale for the wedding.