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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Gubernatorial C a nd i d ate
Makes Powerful Speech
at Court House.
ASSERTS INDEPENDENCE
Makes Pointed Reference
to Corporation Backing
Gen. Lilly.

Although but few hours notice Of
his coming was given, a crowd that
almost filled the circuit court room
gathered Saturday evening to hear
Judge Ira E Robinson candidate for
the nomination for Governor on the
Republican ticket at the June prim.
aries For over an hour the learned
1urist held his audience with his ora.
tor. The speech was one OF the fin.
est examples Of above.board campaign.
ing that has ever been given In this
city. The greater part of Judge Rob.
inson's speech was devoted to poll.
tical sermon in which plea was made
for higher standards in politics and
for higher respect for the ballot.
Towards the last of his address,
Judge Robinson naturally talked a lit.
tie Of his own candidacy, and took oc.
casion to answer some false rumors
which have been set ahoat by the
hackers of his opponent, Mr.. Lilly, and
the Wheeling Register and minor
members of the Democratic press Of
the state. In answering these state.
ments that have been made in regard
to his candidacy. Judge Robinson
made no vicious TRADE against his on.
ponent, nor the Wheeling Register,
nor any of the supporters Of Mr.. Lilly;
but in manly and dignified fash
ion declared the statements to be
false and proceeded to give sufficien.
proof to satisfy all his hearers.
1t has been stated by! my oppon.
.ent. that should | be elected Goyerno,
OF west Virginia, would be lominat.
ed by the present Governor. I leave
1t 10 anyone that my past record shows
any instance of my being dominated
by any power. or Sperson.3 In certain
well.known cases, when several men
iully as! keen az, the present Governor
OF the state, disagreed with me. was
not dominated by their! opinion but
held to my own. I have never been
dominated by anyone in the past, and
have sufficient confidence in my own
character to say that / do not believe
shall be dominated In the future.
When men linked with certain biz
corporate interests Of the state fight.
ing for the interests Of Mr.. Lilly, it
would be very easy for me to say thar
should Mr.. Lilly be elected Governor
OF West Virginia, he would be doml.
mated by the interests whose influ.
ence aided In his election"
Judge Robinson fatty declared that
he was representative of no fac.
tion. He declared that he was NOT
the special candidate Of Henry D.
Hatfield. as had been said time and
time again by his enemies, and that
he had entered the race for Governor
at the request Of men from all over
the state and representing all factions.
Judge Robinson stated that twice be.
fore. once In 1908 and again in 1919.
he had declined to become candi.
date for the office. because he did not
believe that he was ripe for the high
position. When the call came this
time, Judge Robinson believed that
he was fitted to make the race ami
therefore entered the race.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Little Girl Injured
By Fall Over Bank

katharyn Brobst the young daugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Brobst
was injured yesterday afternoon in
falling a distance over an embank-
ment. For time it was thought that
she hal been seriously injured having
sustained concessions of the brain but
they were later found t. be slight, ana
she is greatly improved today. The
child who is aged nine years In COM
pany with the Misses Edith, Eleanor
and Ethel Durrett was picking Wild
flowers near Kingmont when Katharyn
slipped over an embankment. dis
tance of about nine feet. Help was
summoned Immediately and she was
brought to Cook hospital 8where medi-
cal assistance was rendered. She will
probably return to her home this eve
ming. x i'z'el1lIE n I
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Texas MobBurns
Convicted Negro

WACO Texas, May 15.-with Il, 900
persons as witnesses including women
and children Jesse Washington. negro
boy who confessed to the criminal as.
saulting and murder Of Mrs. Loucy
Favar seven miles south Of, here last
Monday afternoon, was taken from
the Fifth district court room shortly
before noon today and burned to
death on the public square. .l
The burning came Immediately az.
ter the negroes trial had ended. The
jury had returned verdict OF guilty
giving death penalty. Then by all Of
those from that part Of the country
where Mrs. Frayar was killed and
Washington was then seized.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
MEMORIAL SERVICE
.F0R0RDER OF MOOSE
Members of Order Hear
Sermon at Lutheran
Church.

The loyal order of Moose Of Fair.
mont celebrated their annual memo.
rial service in Grace Lutheran church
yesterday at $3.50 o'clock. Meeting at
their hall, they marched In a body to
Grace Church where they were met by
the ushers and escorted to their pews,
the choid and audience singing the
professional, 20 Lord, our God, thy
Mighty Hand Hath Made Our Country
Free" They marched past the alter
and deposited the red flower according
to their ritual. The opening service
was conducted by Rev. II. A. Kunkle.
NJ. A. After the reading of Psalm S.:
1.19 a vocal duet Come Holy Spirit
fJerome) was rendered by Mrs. Oliver
Wood and G. H. Bloom. The scripture
lesson was Gen. As: Ais. The hymn
"Our Times are in Thy Hand" "Blest
be the Tie That Binds" and Lead
Kindly Light" were used during the
service.
The sermon was based on Galatians
So Bear Ye One Another's Burdens
and sd fulfill the Law Of Christ" The
origin Of memorials and Of orders was
explained and the text applied to the
noble and far reaching work done by
the Loyal Order Of Moose, and refer.
ence made to their Moose Heart and
Home and Farm and to their notices.
After the sermon and prayer Grace
choir rendered suitable anthems IRE.
member Now Thy Creator" by Ira
Wilson In pleasing style.
After few parting words. hymn
and benediction, the order marched
out while the choir and audience sang
Onward Christian .soldiers.7
The choir consisted of Mrs. Shari.
dan. Mrs. G. Pilson, Mrs. Wallace,
Mrs. o. A. Wood. Miss Clara Leaman,
c. II. Bloom, Miss Watson, F. Stan.
hagen, A. Byer and Mrs. VIM. Shaffer.
man. organist. Mrs. o. A. Wood. di.
rector.
After the sermon and anthem the
following names of the departed
brothers we're read: ]. e. Rodehaver,
Birch Devault, W. H. Black, Earl
Toothman, A. M. Berns, Charles Beltz,
F. B. Atkins. J. L. Booher, c. e. John
son, J. NJ. Travis, Fred Taught, G. ].
Lambiotte A. v. Rollins. Frank Nelson,
M. L. Holden, L. ". Hammer, S. G.
Sherrard. Cleveland Kimmell, T. A.
Blaine and Grant Shurleff.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Another Suit Against
Mrs. N. Brown on Trial

The second suit against Mrs. Nora
Brown was begun today before the ju.
rors in the intermediate court this
being the Pittsburgh Provision com.
pany against Mrs Nora Brown and G..
A. Brown and company. The jury in
that case that was heard Saturday,
Wise Packing company VS.. G. A..
Brown and company, returned a yer.
dict for the defendant. Attorney E.
B. Carskadon represents the defendant
again in this suit and H. S. Lively ap.
peared for the PLAINTIFF. The hearing
Iof the evidence had not been completed
at press time this afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Six Bids For New
Traction Station

Six bis for the construction Of the
new Interurban traction station to be
built at Clarksburg had been received
at the local offices OF the Monongahela
Valley traction company at a late hour
this afternoon and 1t is likely that a
few more will be received before the
end Of the day. Smith Hood Of the
traction company announced that 1t
would likely be several days, however,
before the awarding of the contract
would be decided.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Seven Nurses Take
State Examination

Seven nurses from local hospitals
are in Wheeling today taking the nur.
Ees examination before the State
Board OF examiners which is being
held today prior to the opening of the
State Medical society in Wheeling to.
morrow. They are Misses Ruth Coke
ley. Charlotte Locke, and Edith Hol.
bert, of Cook hospital and the Misses
Nutter. Rucker, Cunningham and Nc.
Cutcheon. Of Fairmont hospital. No.
8, who left yesterday for Wheeling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
No Morning Session
s Of Local Courts

Both Judge Raymond Of the circuit
conrt and Judge Vincent of the inter.
mediate court being pail bearers at
the funeral OF ]. r. Bennett this morn.
ing, no morning session Of either court
was held. adjournment being from
nine o'clock until 1880 this afternoon,
A divorce decree was granted In
the circuit court in tho case Of Edna
A. Funk against q. D. Funk. AAttor.
ney French McCray represented the
platnn6 4 I. ]. gl \ :
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Mrs. Sadie Langley
Died On Sunday

Mrs. Sale Langley. aged 3S years,
died Sunday afternoon at her home on
Cleveland avenue after several days
illness. She Is survived by five sons
and two daughters. Her husband Is
deceased. Funeral services will be
held at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning
from the residence Of Mr.. Newkirk on
Cleveland avenue and the body will
be taken to Bentons Ferry for inter-
ment, Undertaken Musgrove and Sons
in charge.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
PnWER DEE.

Due to break In the line between
Hutchinson and Jayenne. the power
on the Monongahela Valley traction
line was off for ten minutes about
8 o'clock this afternoon Traffic in the
city was put at a standstill until the
break could be isolated. Repairmen
have left the city for the scene of the
trouble and during repairs all cars
will be run. r
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
Sno'w is T.uo
Feet Deep on
Dakota Plains.
tBy Associated Press)
DEADWooD, S. b., May .15-
Snow Is nearly two feet deep on
the level here as result Of a two
days snow which ended today.
High Lights on
European War
.fRy Aesariat.d pro,,,

1y1, W! ahsoclatea fressl
BERLIN, May 15.-The British have
been attacking the German line near
Hulluch in northern France In an ef.
fort to recapture the trenches recent.
ly taken by the Germans there, but all
their attempts have been repulsed, &C.
cording to today statements by the
war office. In the Verdun region the
French failed in attacks near Dead
Man hill! and near the Caillette wood.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15

PARIS, May 15.-Heavy artillery
firing along the Macedonian frontier
is reported by the Vavss correspondent
at. Saloniki telegraphing yesterday.
to infantry fighting is in progress how
ever. The Bulgarian camp at Kan.
tht has been bombarded by French
aeroplanes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
RooTLEeeERs JAILED.

Thomas Sikloe and Mike Orblrusch
were arrested last night In Manning
ton charged with violating the Yost
prohibition law. They were tried be.
fore Squire Bonock and sentenced to
serve each 60 days In Jail and to pay
each fine Of s100. They were
brought here this morning to enter
on their terms.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
WOMEN INSPECT CITY.

Members OF the Civic committee Of
the Woman's club accompanied May.
or Bowen on tour of the city this
afternoon to inspect the results Of the
recent cleanup campaign.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15
The Weather,

West Virginia Thunder showers
this afternoon or tonight. Cooler
Tuesday, partly cloudy and cooler.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-15

LOCAL. WEATHER READINGS.
r. P Hall, Observer
Temperature at 8 a. m. today SO
Yesterdays weather clear; tempera.
ture. maximum 90; minimum, so; pre-.
cipitatton o2, y 3 A.. ~.
Evening star., 1916-01-09

tutions. collecting articles of food and
clothing and dispensing the returns
where most needed.
The girls devoted their entire morn
ing of the Tuesday before Christmas to
the making and filling of Christmas
stockings, which they distributed to
AN assemblage of children from the
Arthur school on the following Mon
day at happy celebration held in the
Sunday school room of the North Caro-
lima Avenue Methodist Church. A
beautiful Christmas tree WAS heavily
laden with good things for the chill
dren, and the members of the associa-
tion Joined in the games of their lit
tie charges.
As yet in its infancy. this girls civic
association promises a bright future.
The members are earnest and sincere
in their efforts. they have new plans
and new ideas. and they can reach, in
their girlish zeal, unfortunate persons
unknown to organized charities.
The names of the officers and the
representatives from the various
schools follow: President, Miss Marion
Saunders; vice president, Miss Mary
Mckenzie: secretary, Miss Janeiro
Brooks; treasurer, Miss Margaret Ry-
monds school, Grace Roberts, Anna
Gillin and Eloise Thomas; Hilton
school, Easter Treger and Grace Rob-
inson; Maury school, James Keyser.
Mary Lake and Helen Hutchinson;
Carbery school, Margaret Richards and
Olive Ramsey: Peabody school, Eliza
beth Schoefield and Dorothy Schoe-
m
Evening star., 1916-01-09

prochement with the Senussis. Prince
Hussein was an uncle of Abbas Halmi,
the deposed khedive. He was the eld-
est living prince of the family of Me-
hemet Ali.
Whether the project of making the
head of the Senussi khedive or sultan
of Egypt ever could have been carried
out now belongs to the realm of con-
lecture. About all that is known is
that Sultan Hussein is not the kind of
a sultan to command the support Of
the Senussi the regenerator of Is
lam. He is too modern in his tenden-
cies and too much in touch with the
western civilization, which is inher-
emily antagonistic to pure Islamism.
Sultan Hussein was educated in France.
The administrative positions he held in
Egypt, including that of minister of
finance, were not such as to bring him
into sympathetic relations with the
Senussi.
1t is evident too. from recent events.
that he had no influence over them. or
they would not be in revolt and making
raids against British garrisons.
Now that the Senussi are openly out
against British authority. there may be
some opportunity to know the full
measure of their influence not only in
dispatches from Cairo have indicated
that in the encounters which have
taken place they have been poorly
equipped, and have been unable to hold
out against machine guns and field
pieces. This confirms the statements
made in the past that they were a reli-
gious order purely and not a military
one. Yet it is doubtful if, even in mill
tary operations, they can be disposed of
as easily as were the horde of desert
fanatics who went up against Kitchen
er's men and guns.
That the Senussi would form any
real alliance with Germany is very
doubtful. but SO long as they are in ac-
tive hostility to England and Italy the
same purpose is served, for they may
be made to harass British troops along
the Nile and at all the outlying posts.
In the larger politics of the world war
English sympathizers will regret that
England has not been successful
with these followers of the prophet in
northern Africa as with the Moham-
medans in India.
1t is not unlikely that the leaders
Evening star., 1916-01-09

"Powhatan held this state and fashion
when Capt. Smith was delivered to
him prisoner, also that the "Sas-
ouesahanoughs" (Susquehannah In
dians) ARE a gyantlike people, while
a note states that the crosses which
appear on the map indicate the places
which hath bin discovered, what be
Where these crosses appear that map
possesses an accuracy which in "a gen
eral way holds good to the present
tirne, and they appear with sucl fre-
quency that the exploring settlers fol
lowing him must have been largely
guided by 1t. He examined the shores
of Chesapeake bay with thoroughness,
sailed up some of the rivers, including
the Potomac, which he entered at it's
lowed up as far as the falls above
Georgetown, passing the sites of Mount
Vernon and the present city of Wash
ington.
Mr.. Phillips. in monograph on the
subject has said: IF we knew moth
ing of Capt. John Smith but what is
conveyed to us by his map of Nir-
ginia it would entitie him to rank
pre-eminently high among great eX-
plorers and cartographers. Journey
ing along unknown streams in a coun-
try where at every step lurked danger
from the native savages and from his
rebeIlious crew, Smith made a map
which is an authority to the present
day Its typographical correctness is
remarkable, and his knowledge of In
dian names and locations has yielded
a rich harvest, from which historians
have abundantly reaped."
In these explorations Smith disre-
garded. when he found impossible to
Evening star., 1916-01-09
How Carbon Evaporates.

TT is well known that the carbon film
of an incandescent lamp gives of
it's substance slowly and deposits ii on
the interior of the bulb. SO that be-
fore the life" of the lamp is over.
during its six hundred to eight hum
dred hours of burning, the light is
often dimmed by this brown smoky
deposit.
Berthelot. the French chemist. who
has studied this phenomenon, says that
ii is real vaporiZation of the carbon
with a .recondensa ton of the vapor on
the glass bulb. The deposit is amorph-
Gus, like lampblack, and has no trace
of graphite. This is owing to the COM
paratively low Temperature of the film.
In an arc light the higher heat changes
the carbon to the graphite form.
Berthelot states that carbon has an
appreciable vapor tension at tenn
peratllre not above reddish white,
which may be estimated at 1,200 de-
grees centigrade to 1,500 degrees cent?
grade This tension is SO feeble that
several hundred hours are necessary to
produce few milligrams of con-
densed carbon, even in the almost abb
solute vacuum of an electric bulb.
Evening star., 1916-01-09

of Daniel Boone: the Fitch map. en-
graved and printed on a cider press by
its maker. who then. travelling from
place to place, peddled it, to raise
money to build his first steamboat, and
the many more.
Rare old charts on skin or parch-
ment show beautiful coast lines and
sailing points, while quaint sketches
of eriffins, cannibals and giraffe neck
ed men indicate how, according TO
travellers tales, the unexpected coun-
try within was peopled
A great paper wheel, five feet across,
with wedge-shaped spokes running TO
the rim. is but the upper half of a map
to be fitted about a globe. similar
wheel, with different designs, forms
the southern hemisphere. 1t is divid-
ed into twelve cores running from
circular center. 1t is of very unusual
design and not another like it is
known to exist or even to have been
II was made in 1858. and is beauti-
fully engraved with illustrations sup
nosed to show the character of the
Various peoples. Many of the old map
makers seem to have regarded hnish
rather than accuracy in their nanol-
work and cheerfully gave color to the
eler IL they lent themselves to Illus
tration.
The globe map, which is in perfect
condition, represents California as
large island, living off the coast OF
what is now known as the state OF
California The cartouche contains the
title surrounded by classical figures
led by Francisco Morosini, the Doge of
Venice who is described as the captain
general of the sea.
Mr. Phillips, while browsing about
some old shop in London, found it and
recognized it's worth. The dealer was
in negotiation with a man for its pur
chase but the latter had haggled
little too long. American cash and
promptness secured the prize and this
old map now reposes with the many
others in the cases of the librarys map
division, where. but little noticed. the
various maps tell their century old
stories of singular beliefs. customs and
poMer of the nations.
Evening star., 1916-01-09
The Height of Meteors.

MT ETEORS. or shooting stars. are
GV4 small solid bodies that fall
through space. become incandescent in
the atmosphere of the earth, and usual
ly disappear in the form of gas or dust.
If two observers stationed several
miles apart see the same shooting star
and note the point in the sky where it
appeared they can construct hypo-
thetical triangle. the apex of which is
the point of appearance of the meteor
and thus obtain the approximate height
of the shooting star when 1t first be-
came visible.
For long period of years. it appears,
a German observer employed this meth
cd of estimating the height of shooting
stars. From careful observations of no
less than 102 meteors he found that
the mean height at which shooting
stars first become visible is eighty one
miles. The mean height of the point at
which they disappear is about ffty-
nine miles. and the average length Of
their visible path forty-ive miles.
Evening star., 1916-01-09

not only did il serve as the basis of the
cartography until actual surveys deter
mined with greater accuracy the
bounds and lines of the country he
plotted but was invaluable to the
Virginia Company" which had en-
ployed him, and to the settlers of the
colony.
The map is about sixteen inches long
by fourteen i'll width and. like most
of those old maps, has very eiaborately
engraved designs on the face or mar
gin The most striking. that in the
upper left corner, is one Of Powhatan
in state as of the time when Capt.
Smith was his prisoner. The chief,
adorned with formal hcadpiece Of
feathers suggesting . bishops rniter,
sits on an elevated bench with a saw
age on either side. His followers re-
cline in rows below them. and promi-
nant in the foreground is a pot or cal
dron most industriously boiling above
cross-stick fire and containing provis-
ion for the feast which will follow the
powwow If the engraving correctly
depicts the bearing of the savages.
they observed order and dignity.
The upper right corner contains the
picture OF large semi ma ked Indian
armed with an enormous bow. He car
ries 4 club in his right hand and bears
lightly on his back the carcass of Il
young doe. In the lower left corner is
quite remarkable representation of
Il ralleon OF the day, its high poop. in
ciining sides and peculiar rig suggest
ing the caravais of Columbus. With no
sails set, il is nevertheless kicking up
a great commotion in the Virginia
sea-" which lies just outside the mouth
of the Chesapeake bay.
The legends inform the student that
Evening star., 1916-01-09
A GIRLS CIVIC SOCIETY

T7NHERE is a newly formed girls civic
association in the northeast section
of the city. The purpose of the as
sociation. as presented by Miss Janeiro
Brooks, the secretary. is to bring cheer
and comfort in substantial form to
needy folks at Christmas, Easter and
Thanksgiving.
The organized charities help thou
sands" Miss Brooks said, but | have
nearly hundred names Of families who
are overlooked because they are proud
and prefer to suffer in silence rather than
make known their needs"
Credit for the first suggestion of the
formation of a girls civic association
goes to Miss Eloise Thomas of the Ed
monds school. who submitted the idea
to Miss Elizabeth Bache, the cooking
school instructor of the seventh divi-
sion, who received it enthusia stically
and really proved to be the moving
spirit in the organization.
The association numbers sixty mem
bers, with a prescribed membership
limit of 200. AS yet there are no dues,
but 1t is the intention of the secretary
to submit that question at the next
meeting, together with other plans.
1T is very nice to help at Christmas,