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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING1
I ONE cEsrAWoRp cAsHwrrH ORDER
MONEY ToiLoAN

MoNEYSTo loan in suns & SO ia 3
$50 to anyone having steady work.
Can be paid in small monthly pay
ments. No reference or endorsementa
required. Strictly confidential. Ad.
dress Box sos. clarksbufg. W. Va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

III Here Is another snake story. This
one appears in the Huntington Adver.
tiser under Barboursville date:
Green Simpkins, a Logan county
miner, moved his wife and six chill.
Edren to Niger Hill, seven miles south
in Cabell county, where he rented a
country home for them. The house, an
old structure. had not been occupied
for some time and It was rumored
about that the place was haunted and
that peculiar noises that no one had
\ the nerve to investigate came from the
upper part OF the old home at all hours
of the day and night.
"Mrs. Simpkins Was In possession
but q short time until these sounds
terrified her, but being from Braathio
county, Kentucky, she soon got over
her fright and with a gun las. night
went to the upper story and found the
cause OF the noise In the maneuvers
of dozen black snakes that had TAX.
en- charge Of that part OF the building.
She screamed for help and it came
soon and with two young mon battle
ensued between them and the snakes.
{ il was an encounter, tor. The reptiles
were dispatched after an hours fight
and another ghost knocked cut"
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
wANTED-Girl for general house.
work. Apply 5o3 3. Park Ave.
s,so.st No. 1870
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Two or three furnished
rooms for light housekeeping on
paved street and car line. Bell 1921.
S.2s II No 1875
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

Fox hunters throughout the state
are being notified Of preparations for
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

A golden jubilee celebration will be
given Saturday at Mt. Chatel, near
Wheeling for Sister Mary Philomena
who has been nun for so years. She
has been at the academy ever since
she took her VOWS as one OF the
teacherf. Sister Philomena in the
secular world was known as Miss Sa-
rah E. Campbell and was a daughter
OF the late DR.. Mathew Campbell who
was noted physician of Parkersburg
many years ago. She is a sister of
Mrs. W. P. Flaherty and Of George
9. Campbell, a well known hotel man
Of that town.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

FOR RENT-store room on Madison
street. opposite Watson hotel. F. NJ.
Murphy s-2a II No 1856
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

FOR RENT-Largs livery barn rear
OF Court House. Call Bell 444.
6.1s.tf.
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Proposed Amendment.

That Section one OF Article four Of
said Constitution as It now Is be
altered and amended So as to read as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-30

Contract Will be let TO the lowest RI.
sponsible bidder, but the rigiit n rsscrS-
cd to reject any or all bids and propos-
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The successful bidder {shail be roou,r-
ed 10 take the paving certtncates N
payment for the work OF said irliproves
ments. and give. bond as In said ordin-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
CABRERA IS WALL
STREET OBSTACLE
TO MEXICAN LOAN

Don Luis Cabrera, minister of
years ago in Puebla, Mexico, He
studied law in Mexico City and trav-
eled very extensively in Europe and
the United States. He took part in
the adero revolution, and, with Car
rama, prophesied that surrender to
the reactionary powers, headed by De
la Barra, would mean that the strug-
gle would have to be fought over
again. Under the Diaz and Madero
regimes he wrote powerful articles
in the press, under the well-known
pseudonym of Bias Urea. In 1913 he
represented the Constitutionalists, as
opposed to Huerta, in Washington, in
conjunction with Don Rafael Zubaran.
Two of his brothers were killed in re-
venge by Huerta's soldiers in Puebla.
He is now the minister of finance in
Don Venustianoj Carranza''s cabinet. In
this office he has been exercising his
ingenuity in order to solve one of the
greatest problems which confront
Mexico at the present time-the eco
nomic rehabilitation
Instead Of trying to secure a. loan
which would have placed the country
at the mercy of the bankers, he has
undertaken a slow and painful cam
paign in order to cauterize the ma
tional wounds, and to make up the
country's defalcation through it's own
natural resources.
Bankers have deeply resented this
policy, with the result that the strug-
gle has become harder
Cabrera has acquired a marked in
dividuality in the eyes of his coun-
trymen and in those of foreigners,
and at the present time is one of the
best balanced minds on whom Car
rama can count
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
RATES CUT |NHALF
BY GOVERNMENT
RAILROAD IN CHILE

VALPARAISO, Chile, Nov. 2.-Im-
portant reductions in railroad rates in
the Cabildo section Of the north have
gone into effect. The system is state
owned and the lower rates are prin-
cipally due to carefully made studies
such as subsequently may be given to
rates on other lines.
The new rates for passenger and
freight service are in many cases only
so per cent or less Of the old rates.
The reductions are interesting as
an example of responsiveness of the
management of the state-owned lines
to public demand. June q and %
the National Society of Mining de-
ceived kilograms from mining centers
soliciting assistance in studying rail-
way tariffs on the north central sys-
tenn and in presenting to the official
in charge an appeal for lower rates
for the benefit Of the mining industry.
Study given to the then existing
rates revealed undesirable conditions.
Two distinct systems Of tariffs were
found to exist, one for the main lines
and one for the isolated roads.
The two sets of tariffs were modi-
fled for greater uniformity and of
stimulating the business to which the
lines might look for support.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
BENTALL, SOCIALIST
FARMER-NEWSPAPER-
MAN HERE SATURDAY

]. 0. Bentall, Socialist candidate
for governor, will speak at the old
Odd Fellows hall, 1S Lake avenue
North. Saturday night. Nov. 4. Ben-
tall has been farming nea~ Tichfield
for number " years, with intervals
Of lecturing and writing. He is an
old newspaper man. at one zine rum
nins the Chicago Daily Socialist.
l'efor' entering newspaper work
3entall was preacher. but could
not reconcile what he preached with
existing conditions. lie. will speak
Saturday night on the CAL .paign is~
SIT ct the pre- ,4denti.,l election 81.
Salll pro. ses to be an interesting one.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
JOHNSON. COURT CLERK.
UP FOR REELECTION

j.. P: johnson, the present clerk of
the district court, is running for re-
election. He has held the position
for a number of years and so far as
can be learned has rendered capable
and efficient service. Mr.. Johnson
makes his claim for reelection on
the ground that the clerks duties are
so closely connected with the district
court that the office will necessarily
suffer to a certain extent by a change
in officers. He also claims that he
has reduced the expenses of the office
to a minimum.
Johnson's opponent is William B.
Shaver, contractor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
TWO LABOR MEN ARE
UP FOR LEGISLATORS

Two labor men come up for cleo
ton Tuesday as representatives of
the fifty-ninth legislative district.
They both have good records. One is
William L. Bernard and the other is
Albert Meldahl. Meldahl has worked
almost continuously at his trade of
lather for the last 26 years. Bernard,
incumbent, at the last session voted
for the semi onthly payday law,
county option and the anti-roadhouse
laws. He voted again county division
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
RETAIL CLERKS DANCE
WILL BE HELD MONDAY

Local No. 3, Retail Clerks Inter-
national Protective Association will
give their dance in AKA hall, 221 West
Superior street, Monday evening, Nov.
6. The members of the union will
attend in a body and a. large attend
ance of friends and unionists is also
expected, it was announced today.
There re fifty members in the local.
Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock and
refreshments will be served. The Of
ficers of lccal No. 8 are Barney Mar
tin, president, and Gus Lindstan, Sec
retarV
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
AMENDMENT NO. 8
AND WHAT IT MEANS

The judge of probate is now the
only county officer elected for two
years. The constitution of the state
of Minnesota fixes the term of the
judge Of probate at two years. The
legislature has no authority to- change
the term Of this important office. The
legislature has changed the terms of
all the county officers from two to
four years and is powerless to change
the term of the judge of probate BE-
cause that term is fixed by the con-
stitution. Consequently the legisla-
ture has proposed this amendment to
be submitted to the voters of Mime
soa, and is is necessary to pass this
amendment in order to make the term
of this office the same as the other
county officers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
CROSBY RAISES PAY
OF CITY EMPLOYEES

CROSBY, MIMI, Nov. 3.-All labor
ers employed on city work will re-
ceive three dollars a day hereafter,
by order of the City Council. Men,
bers of the Council explained that the
raise was granted because Of the high
cost of living and because all other
cities are doing the same thing. Other
employees were all raised in proper
ton at the same time. Laborers pre-
viously received $3.50 a day.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
in LINE WITH PROGRESS

B1NGHAMTON, N. Y, Nov. g.
Announcement of an eight-hour day,
effective November I, has been posted
in the shops of the International Tint
Recorder Company at Endicott. The
new schedule affects several hundred
emDlOveS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
NY. PAPER PRESS
MEN FAVOR WILSON

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-An told
there are SO men employed in the
press room of the New York Evening
Globe. a Republican paper. They
were po1led Friday. All Sc declared
themselves for Wilson.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
DON'T WANT PRISON
LABOR COMPETITION

BOSTON, Nov. 3.-Teamsters'
union, No. ,149. has asked Mayor Cur
ley to end the practice of the inuni-
cipal purchasing department buying
brooms manufactured in the house IF
correction tf Middlesex county.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
RAILROAD SHOPMEN
GET INCREASE

PALESTINE, Tex, Nov. 2.-1nter-
national and Great Northern shopmen
in Texas were granted wage in
crease amounting to about 100000 a
year, dating from Oct. 1. This affects
1000 men.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
BOSTON CLERKS ACTIVE

BOSTON, Nov. s.-Grocery and
Provision Clerks union is conducting
vigorous organizing campaign, while
managers are considering the union s
new wage demands. The unionists
have secured list. of, over 5000
clerks, it is, stated, ad are circulariz-
ing them with good results. 49,. =.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
GlLPlN UP FOR
REELECTION

S. w. Gilpin, judge of the probate
court, is up for reelection. He has
been Endorsed by many lawyers, jur-
rists and professional men, to say
nothing Of the hundreds Of poor peo-
pie he helped in time of stress.
Many a lawyer can testify to the
kindness. broad sympathy and the
Keen Judgment displayed by Judge
G1Ipin In the performance of his du-
ties as probate judge.
And many Il silent vote will Judge
Gilpin get from grateful legatees who
were saved from exorbitant fees by
his helping hand.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
TORONTO OFFICIAL
Il Twin IYV1l CITIES

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2.-Dr. W.
A. Riddell, of the Ontario Trades and
Labor branch Of the Department Of
Public Works, Toronto, arrived here
today to- make an investigation Of the
Minnesota labor laws
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
SHAVER WAS MEMBER
OF CARPENTERS UNION

William B. Shaver, candidate for
the position of clerk of the district
court, was a member in goo! stand
ing of local No. 17a of the car2en-
ters' and Joiners' union of Munising,
Michigan. according to Eric. Norberg,
president Of that local.
Since coming to Duluth, Shaver has
been in the contracting bust less. en-
joying a reputation for S luare deal
ing and fairness to his employees.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04

West End and West Duluth
Boys get busy! Turn in SUBJ
scriptions to us and get your
cut. ."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04

Warm Sweaters. $3.50 to $500
at The Big Duluth. 1.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04
k0 R BY
PIANO CO.
Wholesale and Retail-.-P Pianos
and Phonographs---26
Lake Ave. North.

Always furnish the best Pianos,
Player Piano and Photograph quail
ity and value in Duluth markets.
Good selection of many new makes
OF standard instruments arriving
daily to the Korby Piano company
store, rs Lake avenue North, and
they offer wonderful quality and
values on the opening Of their fall
campaign in the month of Noyem-
Der.
While the prices on all lines of
merchandise have risen. their >stock
was bought before prices went up.
For good instruments and right
prices the Korby Piano Co., 26 Lake
avenue North. is the place to 90.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-04

Winter overcoats, $40 to $35
at The Big Duluth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
The Church and the Wireless.

MOT long ago the Rambler wrote
~ part of the story of the little
church whose foundations are buried
deep in the made ground" on which
the Elliott Woods experimental wire
less station stands. opposite the south
side of the Capitol grounds. on B street
between South Capitol street and Della
ware avenue. The Rambler told that it
was the first church building erected by
the First Presbyterian congregation of
Washington. which had held services
in the carpenter shop in the White
House grounds. the building then in
school house at 10th and F streets
northwest. later acquired by St.
Patrick's congregations; In a building
near the navy yard called Academy
East. and in a basement room in the
Capitol building. These places were
worship in from 1895 to 1912. the
date of the building of the little
church whose ruins lie under the wire
less station. The Presbyterians used
that church until 1927. when they
Methodists-Israel c. NJ. (which oc-
cupied the building until 1873, when
the building was wrecked by the slide
of earth where the south part of the
Capitol grounds B and South Capitol
streets. had been filled in.
In that story the Rambler had occa
sion to mention the Rev. John Brack =
enridge several times, and wrote that
the records of the Presbytery of Balti-
more showed that April 80. 1894, Mr..
Breckenridge was licensed. and April
%, 1895. he received call from the
churches of Washington. then small
bands of believers who met for wor-
ship without any formal organization"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Mr.. Breckenridge preached the dedica-
ton sermon in the little church on
Capitol Hill. and was long identified
with Presbgterianism in Washington,
Bladensburg and Rockville.
X =
The writing of the name of Mr. Brack-
enridge recalled to the Rambler that sew
eral years ago, while walking through
the southern part of the Soldiers Home
grounds late on winter afternoon, he
came upon a burial plot hedsed in with
fir trees. Two tall headstones. one taller
than the other. and two footstones, stand
in the middle of the plot. The taller
tombstone is inscribed:
In Memory of the Reverend John Breckenridge
who died May 2nd 1874. aged 10 years:
Washington. fully supplied the Congregation at
Bladensburg for near forty years. The Rockville
Academy was reared under his superintendent
He sleeps after prudent. useful pions life beside
his wife-thr Orphan Asylum in Washington, her
unassumins labor of love
His shall perish from the dust and be
shall have no name in the street:
He shall neither have nephew anon:
his people. nor any remaining in his dwellings.
oh. that my words werc now written that they
were craven with an iron pen and lead in the
For 1 know that my REDEEMER liveth and
that He shall stand at the latter day upon the
this body in my flesh shall see God. Job XIX.
The shorter of the gravestones is
thus inscribed:
In memory OF Eleanor. wife of Revd John
Breckenridge. who died September 81. 1917, the
81 year of her age & - of her marriage.
At her left lies her daughter Mary.
No stone marks the grave of Mary.
The stones at the grave of Mr.. Brack-
enridge and his wife are upright except
that at the foot of the grave of the
wife, which has an inclination eastward
of about ten degrees out of the per-
pendicular.
The Soldiers Home was created by
act of Congress of March 3, 1851. The
institution at the outset took over the
farm of 256 acres owned by George w.
Riggs. Additions were made to the
grounds in 1853 and 1855, and in 1872
the government acquired Hardwood.
100 acres, which was the summer home
of w. W. Corcoran. The little house
on the hill near the tombs was that in
which Mr.. Corcoran lived during
number of summers.
The farm had been bought by Mr..
Corcoran in 1852 from the heirs of the
Breckenridge family. Mrs. Brack.en
ridge was Eleanor White, daughter of
James White, who owned this land and
a large acreage in that locality. 1t
was by his marriage that Mr.. Bracken-
ridge came into possession of the land.
The old White and Breckenridge house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

a statement as this: You can learn
at home how to cure diseases and bad
habits without drugs, win the friend
ship and love of others. increase your
income, crafty your ambitions dispel
worry and trouble from your mind.
improve your memory, Danish domestic
unhappiness and develop a wonderful
magnetic will power that will enable
YOU to overcome all obstacles to your
success
Even so, and it was big order. the
person so equipped could by the flash
of his eye make any other person
though he met him on the street his
willing slave. Nor was meeting him on
the street necessary. The trick could
be done by letter, telephone or tele-
graph.
This scamp, l said a while ago. rob-
bed his dupes of s1,500.00O. 1 can't say
that l have any feeling of pity for
them. They got what was coming to
them and he got what was coming to
him-a term in the penitentiary. A
good many takers are in prison. Still
others are on the way.
How can the guileless. the ill. the
needy. the unhappy and the supersti-
tious be protected from the swindlers
who are forever trying to get their
money? I would answer by saying
that counsel with a sensible friend,
successful business man. If possible. is
the best safeguard l can think of at the
moment. And yet. business men them
selves are sometimes misled or fooled.
j have spoken of them. The advice OF
physicians. as I have pointed out. is
dangerous in mining and real estate
schemes. AS for preachers. I'd say keep
away from them on any sort of a pro
posal that is not spiritual. on the
whole. l suppose, lawyers and bankers
would be the safest persons with whom
to confer when one is in doubt
But why should one be in doubt
when a stranger offers one something
for nothing. or n ring that will knock
out dyspepsia in short order, or a stone
that will Immediately end poverty and
misfortune. or a lozenge. which, on be-
ing dissolved in water and dropped in
ones eye will cure corns. toothache and
badness. not to mention typhoid fever
and cholera?
II said that only a willy old psychol-
ogist could tell. Perhaps 1 am wrong
Maybe an alienist would be the right
man, after ALL
Copyright, 1916, by James B. Morrowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
War and Peace.

MY B. TRITES. the novelist. said In
we New York on his return from
the war theater:
Germany wants peace. but the allies
still want war. Here is an anecdote
that illustrates the respective atti-
tudes of Germany and the allies on this
subject.
Cardinal Hartman, the German
peace propaganda, met in Rome. dur
ing the recent consistory. an English
cardinal.
Cardinal Hartman approached his
English confrere with outstretched
hand and cried amiably:
'Eminence, we won't talk about
war
mo- said the English cardinal in
cold voice. and we won't talk about
peace. either
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
OLD HOME OF DIR. JOHN f. BERRY

an easterly direction of Benning road.
which at a distance of mile from the
town of Benning turns southeriy.
climbs the Eastern branch ridge, gen
orally following the course of Piney
run. and connecting with Bowen road
on the crest of the ridge within rev
yards of the southeast boundary line of
the District. At the point where Ben
ming road bends from an east to a
southerly course Central avenue be-
gins heads toward the east. crosses the
District line and leads away over the
rolling farm land of Prince Georges
county for about four miles, where 1T
forms a junction with the road which
leads from Bladensburg to Upper Marl-
boro by way of Landover, Brigbtseat.
the crossing of the western branch of
the PatuXent and the hamlet of OAK
Grove.
Central avenue was formerly called
Mud pike. 1t was a road opened by
turnpike company and much of the
stock of the company was bought by
the landholders along its course ana
adjacent to ii. The investment was not
a profitable one, the stockholders never
recovered their principal. so the Ram
bier was told. and the road. not paying,
fell into deplorable condition and came
to be called throughout that section OF
Prince Georges county THE Mud pike.
The road was taken over by the county
of Prince Georges about half century
ago. and was then maintained on par
with other county roads.
From the crossing of the steam rail-
road and the state road ii is but a short
walk to an old store which has been a
landmark in that part of the country
ever since the Rambler can remember
1t stands on the brow of Il hill. and before
the recent reconstruction of Central ave-
nue. into a modern good road the way
sloped steeply to a lively stream, which,
having its source in high lands between
Oakland and Forestville. near the Wash
ington and Marlboro pike, flows norther-
~ across Central avenue then crosses
the Sheriff road between Deanwood and
Brightseat, and empties into Beaverdam
creek near Magruder and Tuxedo, north
eastern suburbs of Washington. II was
not long ago that the hill at the top OF
which the old store stands was noted as
one of the bad ones in the vicinity of
Washington. but the roadmakers have
changed that state of things by making
a deep cut through the crest of the hill
and tilling across the bottom of the val
ley through which the little stream flows.
The traveller passes over the stream on
high cement culvert.
On the east side of the stream the road
formerly climbed another hill which has
given pain and trouble to horses without
number. but the grade of the road has
been materially diminished by the cut
of this hill a dirt road, full Of
mud and snow when the Rambler last
walked that way, which passes beneath