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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-09
eleventh STORY
The Lost Paradise.

The first part Of the strange real-lffs
Romance Of Tom Mercer and Janet Cor
don was more or less like that Of an
pld.tlmc English melodrama. But the
latter and more tensely exciting part
Of 1t was like no other story ever told
since the birth Of time.
4 They were brought up together, Tom
Snd Janet, in the historic little village
Of Samoset, on the very edge Of the
sueek that formed the borderline be.
tween New York and Connecticut.
The village itself was on the New
York side of the creek. But in two
good strides and without getting wet
above the knee, man could easily
step into Connecticut.
I Hiram Gordon-Jnnet's father-was
the "big man" Of Samoset. His house
was the most pretentious, his lands
were the broadcast in the little com.
munity.
He and Tom MERGERS father had
been chums from their college days.
And Tom and his sister Miriam were
eyer welcome guests in the big Cor.
don house. Since the death of their
parents the two Mercer children had
been all but adopted by Hiram Gordon
Miriam Mercer was prlm, unattrac
tive girl, with q sharp tongue and an
oddly soured nature. Gordon's infu.
ence had secured for her the position
of principal Of the Samoset grammar
school. And She spent most of her
time at her duties there, growing more
and more aloof from her old friends.
From the first. she had disliked Janet
Gordon and had vainly tried to influ.
ence Tom against her.
As for Tom, h!mself-from child.
hood he and Janet had loved each
other. Their fathers had smiled on
the pretty romance. And when, in
young manhood, Tom asked Hiram
Gordon's permission to marry Janet
the request was heartily granted.
The course of true love gave every
promise Of running with most un.
eventful smoothness, fiawed only by
Miriam MERGERS sour and futile oppo.
hilton.
i Hiram Gordon was the president and
chief stakeholder Of the Samoset bank.
Tom had position of trust under him
Ind on the first of the year was to sue.
seed the retiring old cashier. This
would mean for him an income on
which he and Janet could very com.
fortably marry.
! Then, all at once, the plncidly IN.
eventful happiness Of the two lovers
received sharp setback.
i A fever Of stock speculation had
swept the country. as reaction after an
BRA of hard times. Hiram Gordon
YVES infected by 1t. He SAVIOR thought
he saw-a chance turn his comfort.
able fortune into enormous wealth.
I He speculatcd heavily, not only with
his personal funds, but with those of
the bank as well. And presently came
the collapse Of the bubble of false pros
perity that had lured SO many thou.
sand people into crazy investments.
Panic reIgned in Wall street. Dozens
bf banks were wrecked. And, with an
army of other unfortunates, Hiram
Gordon lost his all.
J Gordon could have faced the loss Of
his own fortune. But the fact that
hozens Of people had been impover.
ished through his folly was more than
he could bear.
He made hurried trip to New York
trying there to raise funds to cover his
Investors losses. He found the New
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-09

PsyeheIeaIeal Prshlsn,,,.

Just as problem in practicaIfp9ys
chology, how many can tell the anitiSia
Of Mr.. Bailey. one.tlme partner II ne
Barnum & Bailey circus. AndsNho Il
there doesp't know. on the othSr hard
that Mr.. Barnum's name was phini<n
T.lSprinyneld Republican.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-09

BY with the Pathe
Weeks weeks WI Of
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-09-09

VINO w. Re-.

Most people err not so much ton
want Of capacity to and their ob3Sct
as from not knowing what Object q
pursue.-Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
SIR ROGER EASEMENT
IS CAUGRT CARRYING
MUNITIONS TO IRISH
Disloyal Separatist Arrested and
German Ship With Arms and
4 Ammunition Is Sunk
tAsscia.od Pres. by Federal Wireless,

LONDON, April 25.-Sir' Roger Case.
ment, the self.styled leader Of the "In.
dependent irish League. " has been
captured while attempting to smuggle
arms and ammunition to the disdffected
faction in ireland, aud the German
ship in which THE attempt was made
has been sunk. The above Statement
was tssued BY. the official press Nbureau
az thc war Utiiee last night AtlaE -
Easement was formerly in the British
consular service and leader Of y the
separatist faction in Irelang. At~the
beginning of the war he fed from Ire
land and went to Berlin where, in an
open letter to the Kaiser, he offered the
services. of the Irish people to the Ger
man Empire in the fight against Great
Britain. Since that time he has been
active in his efforts to get force of
German troops landed upon Irish soil,
following. the identical plans adopted
by the French under Napoleon more
than one hundred years ago. s.~'s.a.
Upon the publication of his letter
the British government took eficia ac-
tion and suspended his pension on the
charge of disloyalty. -.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
AMERICAN SHIPPING
INTERESTS ABANDON
PANAMA CANAL RUN
Representatives Of Principal Lines
Tell Interstate Commerce
Commission Of Decision ..
YEARS MAY ELAPSE ERE
BIG WATERWAY is USED
Disruption of Schedules BY Slides
and Profitable Foreign Char
ters Are Reasons
tAssociatod Press by Federal wiroloss.)

WASHINGTON, April %. - There
win be no regular stcamsh r service
by American ships through the Pana-
ma Canal for probably several wears
and no water competition between the
two seaboards with the transcontinen-
tai railroad system. THIS was made
plain yesterday when number of
steamship officials, representing the
principal American lines, appeared be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion with the announcement that they
had discontinued the service in exist
ence pfior to the closing of the 18TH
miam waterway and that there is no
Immediate prospect of the interrupted
service being resumed for years to
come. 20
Cannot Compete With Railroads
The reason advanced by the steam
ship men are that they refuse to run
any risks of their schedules being
thrown out by such slides along the
canal as are possible during the next
few years, until the natural slopes
along the great cut have been attain
ed, and that they cannot afford now
to compete with the prevailing low
rates by rail across the continent. The
rates which are today enforced upon
the railroads offer no Inducements to
the steamship men. -s.h "a, '..
The officials pointed out that there
is much better revenue to be obtained
now in foreign trade than in cpask,
wise u = .s--ss.i.-t !; A-s,f ~ y
American Hawaiian Quits I-,,s
President jackson Of the American
Hawaiian Steamship Company, which
has the greatest feet flying the Ameri-
can flag, said that his company had
chartered all its vessels except those
now plying between the Pac 'fc Coast
and the Hawaiian Islands. obtaining
a higher figure through chartering than
the company could obtain by Oporat.
ing its own vessels.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
SUBMARINE CRISIS
SHOWS FAINT SIGN
Of Being BR|DGED
Powerful Political Influences Are
Atyork In Germany To
Prevent Rupture
TEUT0NlC CHANCELLOR
HINTS AT CONCESSIONS
But Advises American Ambassa-
dor Kaiser viii Have To Be
.-. Consulted Again T..
Especial cablsgrnm to Hawaii shinpO.,

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The cris.
Is between the United States and the
German empire shows faint signs of
hattening out, according to dispatches
received from Berlin last night, with
growing indications that Germany in.
tends to do anything rather than force
a break with the United States over
the submarine controversy. j.. .,t.s
Powerful political influences are said
to be at. work in the Kaiser Is empire
to prevent any severance of diplomatic
relations between America and Berlin.
Germany Has Its Choice + -
While the German press continues to
declare that Germany will not give up
her submarine warfare, which is called
"a weapon of necessity official Ber-
lin appears to be willing to consider
the alternative of war with the United
states, or at the very least, the cutting
Off of all diplomatic relations and the
throwing of Americas moral weight III
the scale against the TeutOnic allies, or
the present friendly relations.
Envoy Confers with Chancellor
Ambassador Gerard spent more than
one hour in private conference with
Doctor Bethmann- Hollweg, the German
chancellor, following q summons to the
chancellor s Offices, No statement was
given to the public regarding the ma.
ture of the conference that took place.
II is sunderstood in Berlin, q however.
say dispatches from that city, that tho
chancellor after listening to what the
Aperican ambassador had to say, de.
clared that ii wouhl be necessary for
him to hold another conference with
the Kaiser before making final answer.
May Grant Conc essions .-....
Ambassador Gerard has eabled to the
state department indicating that guard
ed hints of Berlin's intentions are to
grant concessions, to American de
mands, but the extent of these conces
sions and their nature are. still un.
known. 1t is regarded as doubtful that
they 20 far enough to meet the terms
Of the last American note.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
This Is Latest Report, Which Also
Says That 25oo Men Soon viii
Join Bandit In Campaign
Against Yankees In Mexico
SHIFTING OF TROOPS .....
WILL BE FOR DEFENSE
General Funston Expected To Re.
distribute Expeditionary Force
To Protect Lines Of Commune
cation and Border From Attack
ASSOCIATED Press By Federal wirslsss.l

IVY ASHINGToN, April 25!--RumSI
w and nothing more continues tC
cluster about Villa, the bandit
leader, for whose elimination General
Pershing was sent into Mexico. DIFF.
ferent reports from the border yester.
day placed the robber chief in different
places, several hundred miles apart,
the last to reach this city declaring
that he is headed for the borher tow ms
again, followed by three hundred of his
men. ~ 70. a.
Generals Pedro Braeamonte and Banu.
clos, with 25cO men, are said to be on
their way to join him in his thrust
against the American lines Of comma,
nication. Ss@.. .". ~
Pershtng Credits One Report
The ether. report, reeeiHed earlier in
III" day, assoft6d that, slightly wound,
cd, he had been seen making his way
into the businesses Of the mountains
northwest of Par.ai. This report puts
him in the little town Of Nomoava.
General Funston is said to credit this
last report. g.a
Following out the idea of redistribu,
tion of the American forces in Mexico.
IT was asserted in military circles here
last night that General Funston il
expected to begin shifting the troops
20 as to bring them north, probably
into the region around Casas Grandes.
Object Is Defensive
There thev could Re more easily sun.
pied with the necessary munitions of
war and the forage for the Cavalry
mounts, and would be in no danger
OF being cut off by bandits. There,
also. General Pershing would be in D
position to safeguard the American
border in the event of any real trouble
with the CaTranza faction, and against
rowing bands of r0t bers.
The relations between the United
States and the Carranza de facto GOV.
ernment continue practically unchang
ed. Seror Arredonda,, the Mexican ON
bassador here, Yesterday presented a
note from his chief requesting The Uni
TED states to give an early reply to his
demand that American troops be with
drawn from Mckee as soon as possible.
ana until the de facto government and
Washington authorities can reach some
sort of an agreement governing the
status of the American soldiers south
Of the border, the exnedition is stalled
No Action Possible Yet
The ambassador was informed hv
Secretary Lansing that nothing can be
done until after General Scott and Cen
cral Obre9Ou have conferred. This con.
ference is to take place soon, either at
El PasO or at Juarez, The reply to
the Carranza demand will be forwarded
shortly after the result of this confer
cnoe becomes known, said the Seere-
tary.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
PRISONER
MAY Be PROVED SPY
Jailed in New York Plans Found
Upon Him
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal Wireless,

NEW YORK, April 24.-Documents
hav" been found on a Japanese stu.
dent, ShO Shato, which are reported
to contain plans Of fortifications and
inscriptions alluding to the immigra.
tlon situation aud California. The doc
uments are being forwarded to Wash.
ington.
The Japanese got into a row on a
car over transfer and was jailed, and
on being searched, the papers were
found on him. Most OF, the memoran-
da are in Japanese and-are now being
translated. The police say that one
phrase is Chow we can enter Amer.
lea.
Shiato has been held for week,
pending investigation. The police
statement with reference to the allu-
sons to Notifications and immigration
are not borne out by an examination
by federal officials.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
SUGAR MONOPOLY
LAW IS ILLEGAL
American Refiners Win In Su-
preme Court Against Planters
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirsloss3

'ASSoClAteu frebs Dy FEDERAL WireleSs.)
Q WASHINGTON, April G5. - Tn,
Louisiana sugar monopoly act, passed
by the last state legislature in the
Pelican state, and said to have been
aimed at the American Sugar Rein
ing company, was declared unconstitu.
tional by the Supreme court, yesterday
The act was the outcome, of pro
longed newspaper campaign conducted
by the New Orleans Item and other up
state papers. Mr.. Witherspoon, gen.
eral manager of the company at New
Orleans, was accused of "rigging'
the raw sugar market in New York, IN
order to lower the prices to be paid
shugar growers in Louisiana, AMI
copies Of letters purporting to have
been written by him to New York Off
cials of the company were printed.
Suits aggregating several million
dollars were brought by planters
against the refinery, and public SEN
timent finally crystalized in the pas.
sage of the bill, now declared uncon.
stitutional. Chief Justice White is a
native and resident of Louisiana.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
BILL GIVES 100000
FOR PEARL HARBOR
lAssOciated Press by Fsdsral wir.lsss.l

WASHINGTON, April "a. Pearl
Harbor naval station gets 100000 as
continuing appropriation" for car,
rying on project already settled in the
naval appropriation bin for the fiscal
year 1917 as framed by the house sub
committee on ways and means. The
bill carries a total of $217;852,l74, in
elusive Of money for public work. 1t
is proposed to divide $1,O0O,0O0 be
tween Pearl Harbor and Guam for fuel
storage plants.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
WILSON'S MANAGER
ADANDONS POLITICS
William F. McCombS Soon Will
Resume Law Practise
(Associated Press by Federal wirelsss.)

WASHINGTON, April william
F, McCombs, chairman of the Demo.
cratic national committee aud manag.
er of Woodrow Wilson s campaign for
President, has notified the President
that he will be unable to continue In
his party Office after the St. Louis con.
VentiOn.
The President, in his reply, express,
es much regret that the party is to
lose McComb's aettEe> leadership.
Fred Lynch, national committeeman
for Minnesota, is expected to succeed
McCombs, who will enter law part
nership.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
BR|TA|N.MAKES REPLY
AS TO SEIZED CARGOES
Defends Interference With Neut-
raj Commerce Being Justified

WASHINGTON, April 25.--sir Cecil
Spring Rice, the British ambassador,
yesterday delivered to the officials Of
the state department Great Britain 3
formal reply to the American protests
against the interference with neutral
commerce by the British navy.
In this reply the French government,
which has been consulted in every step
of the negotiations, concurs fully.
The reply is a technical defense of
the position assumed hy the Entente
allies, and instances the similarity be,
tween the allied policy and that adopt
ed by the North during the war be-
tween the states. .
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
NAVY WILL SURVEY
FOR AUXILIARY SHIPS
Privately Owned Shipyards Also
Come In For Preparedness
Associated Press by Federal wiroless1

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The bu.
rea1 of nav igation of the navy depart
mcnt Yesterday issued orders providing
for the inspection and survey of all
privately owned vessels in this mari
time district.
Full details of all vessels as may
Prove available for auxiliary purposes
in case of war are to be obtained and
furnished to the department.
Incidentals regarding the details of
the conversion of such vessels as may
be found available, as well as a list
of the dock yard facilities and those
shipyards where Immediate work ear
be undertaken within fourteen days af-
ter the declaration of war also will be
secured.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
SOLONS DEBATING ON
IMMIGRATION MEASURE
Press BY Federal wirslsua.)

WASHINGTON, April "a. - Secrc-
tary of State lansing, Senator Stone,
chairman of the committee on foreign
affairs, and Senator Smith of Georgia
chairman of the committee on educa
tion and labor, held conference today
over the immigration bill now before
the senate, and relative to Japan :
protest against the passage of the bill
with it's present Asiatic exclusion fea-
trSes. Senator Smith 5 committee will
ondeaVor to modify the bill on Thurs.
day.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
NIPPON yUSEN KA|SHA
VESSELS TOCAL[ HERE
They viii Take Bunkers Return
ing From Atlantic Coast
Especial cablssram to Hawaii sAinpo3

TOXIC, April 26.-Despatehes from
San Francisco announced last night
that the N, Y. X. steamer Sanuki
Maru, has passed through the Panama
Canal, and is due to reach the Cali,
fornia city by May s.
Following the publication of this ies;
patch the officials of the N. Y. X. line
announced that after the return of the
Sanuki Maru to Japan it is intended to
inaugurate 4 four weeks service hee,
tween Japan and New York, via the
canal
Steamers averaging 1900, tons net
burden, will be used in the service, and
will stop at Honolulu for coal on their
return voyage.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
STEAMER IS ToRPEDoED
AFTER IT LEAVES PORT
tAssociated Press by Federal Wireless.l

LONDON, April 25.-Teutonic sub
marines took further toll from British
shipping Yesterday when one of the
divers sent the British steamer Parisi-
ana, Captain Dixinson, to the bottom
shortly after she left Newport, Eng
land, for Norfolk, Virginia. The ships
crew was safely landed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
ARMY TRANSPORT LOGAN
YIELDS COCAINE PLANT
tAssociatsd Press by Federal wirsisss.)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25--Oue
of the biggest hauls of cocaine ever
made by federal officials in San Fran
cisco, was announced last night. Five
thousand dollars, worth of the drug
was found by customs inspectors in
the bunkers of the army transport
Logan yesterday. The stuff was hidden
under tons of coal.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
ENGLISH TOWNS RAIDED
WITH INcENDIARY BOMBS
tAasoclatsd Press BY Federal wirslsss)

LONDON, April 25.-Three Zeppe-
lin S, equipped with incendiary bombs,
raidcd towns and cities in the eastern
counties of England last night. As yet
there have been no reports of the dam
age dOue by the raiders.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
VILLISTA RAIDERS TO DIE

DEMING, New Mexico, April 25.-
Seven Nillistas, captured during the
Villa raid on Columbus. and charged
with murder in the first degree, were
sentenced to death yesterday. They
will die May nineteenth.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
BRITISH OCCUPY GERMAN
TOWN IN EAST AFRICA
ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wirsIsls.)

LONDON, April %. - The British
have occupied the German East Afri.
can town of KondOa. in the Irangi dis,
trlrt, after a series of hard fights.
kOndOa, the latest success of the Bri-
t'sh and Boer forces under General
Smutz, is an important railroad town
which gives General Smutz important
communication lines in his campaign,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE

LOS ANGELES, April 24.-Three
persons were killed today, and four
very badly burned by an explosion in
the Pacific Reduction Company's plant
for burning the city garbage.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
FRENCH LINER ARRIVES
CARRYING DEFENSE GUNS
(Assoclatou rrsss BY Federal wirsisss.)

NEW YORK, April 25.7-The French
Transatlantic liner, ROchambeau, reach
ed here yesterday, carrying a defense
gun mounted on her after poop deck
The steamer 5 commander declared
that in future all French freight and
passenger vessels will carry defense
guns,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25
DEMOCRATS WILL FORCE
ARMY BILL TO CONFERENCE
ASSOCIATED Press BY Federal wireless. }

N1ho1UVH'VVW "
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The Dem
ocrats in the house of representatives
yesterday decided to force the army
bill into conference at once, under spec
ial rules, in order TO avoid the result
of Congressman Mann's effort to delay
the measure in the interest of a larger
army.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-25


Important On
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
BAEREsvILLE CHURCHES.

FIRST Methodist Episcopal church.
corner Church street and Hro4duar
~, hehVilie. Ohio. Price Alexander Urlt.
~. ID ministcr-Mrs. pr. o. d. -.-
h2n, AKRON. o. will give the morning
auofess sunday. Sho o. The cues. NO
me :" oman's Foreign MissIouHrr sH...-
~ ana viii represent that great N.-I
~ ANIMATION. ia the evening fle r1.t
VII give sermon on Cody ami ..-
kOdly Mcn--A Contrast" a fine Ir-
tIan or anthems and church hymns Pr
Fr@i. l.; Hanlon's trained choir
me big Bible school swIu-s along
IN Us splendid work for this comm -
". 500 Every sunday is ths slogan
-. - " heaton and his Co-adlut0ra l.s
neartY lpvitati0n 10 an who ar. 0ni
kaked in similar work elsewhere
gonc THIS coming sunday. Hr .
Patterson leads the Epworfh f...H". No.
totions 500 o'clock iu the Hn..0.
Great Task" is the theme
Dutch Market Tuesday eVcu.HE .. .f
uinlnE parlora. opens al $3.50
The Queen Eathorg meet ...
evening with Miss Helen shrrHr. ..
cherry street
Wednesday evening woman
~ isHlonary society meets WITH N.
thur ORg. 401 West Main sfr0r.
. cottage Prayer meeting InHI.
this coming week in anticipate.
coming revival
sunday evening. Starch f0
Union anti-Saloon league rally.
"a BY the Hon. James a. Nh...
bus Ohio
Special revival services tea.
leth with "a great eco To '.
day service
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-03-11
HIS TROUBLES
HUNG ON FOR
8 OR 6 YEARS
RICHARD E. .8URREll TELLS
HOW THEY SURRENDERED
TO NERv-WORTH.

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ceived:
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Nerv-Worth to my friends and neigh
oors as being a splendid tonic.
RICHARD T.. BURRELL,
1905 Eoff 81.
Like all the Wentworth statements.
this one is backed by the endorser's
own signature. This Is what conyinces
folks.
Your dollar back at Rau's drug store
II Wentworth does not help you.
haus guarantee backs up Nerv-
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