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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Mrs, Lyman Staman
Injured by Flames

Mrs. Hyman Staman, resident Of
Grafton street, was badly burned on
Saturday while engaged in housewnrk
at her home. In passing an omen
crate her clothing became ignited and
she was burned about the lower part
Of her body before the flames could be
extinguished. The only persons about
the house at the time the fire occur
red were several little children Of the
family.
Mr.. Staman who is a drayman had
left the house and hearing the screams
Of the children went back to the house
to ascertain what was the trouble, In
time to see his wife in flames. Hastily
throwing off heavy coat and sweater
he was wearing he threw her to the
floor and wrapped her In the, garments
thereby extinguishing the flames. not,
however, before she was badly burned.
While her condition is serious It Is
thought she may recover from the In.
juries. DR.. L. D. Howard was caIif.
and dressed her injuries and she w
probably be taken to Cook hospital 10
day for treatmant
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
INSPECT GREATER
FA|RMONT REGION
Landscape Artist and En-
gineers Will Work on
Development Plans

Arthur F. Paul. famous landscape ar.
fist OF Philadelphia, and two engineers,
James Boyde and Clarence Vorce, rep.
resentatives of Sanderson and Porter
company OF New YORK, are in Fairmont
rteaay ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ttss
Greater Fairmont Investment Company
In the Pleasant Valley region.
These men have been engaged to
work out the plans for the develop.
ment of this region as model INDUS.
trial and residential section and in
company with George T. Watson, r. T.
Cunningham, w. ]. Wiegel, directors
of the Investment company were
shown over tho company's land in
Pleasant Valley today.
The party will be here until tomor.
row and are guests at the Country Club
where luncheon was given for them
at noon today. Mr.. Paul is the land
scape architect who planned the
grounds for the new Normal school
building and for the home Of Senator
c. w. Watson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Prosecutor Thought She
Was Ready to Con-
fess Today.
JURY IS GIVEN HOLIDAY
Judge Rules That Cases
Against B. & N. Are OBJ
legations of NJ. R. R.

A Slavish woman. who told the Judge
through her interpreter that she was
Fl years old, and that her name was
Miss Gillepeis, appeared before Judge
Raymond today and plead not guilty
to bootlegging charge. She was sent
out to hunt $500 bondsman after it
was explained TO her with some diff.
Guilty that her bond for $3.50 for her ap.
pearance before the Judge today would
not be sufficient for her appearance
at the January term OF court.
When brought into court Prosecuting
Attorney Haggerty expected her to
plead guilty and he had the disappoint.
ment of standing by and hear her plead
mot guilty"
After she had told Judge Raymond,
thank you" and "Good.by, Judge"
through her interpreter, she left to
hunt bondsman while remarks were
made as to how a woman who looked
to be at least 30 or 80 could tell the
Judge she was 81.
A dismissal Of the case of the State
vs.. Moore, docketed for today, was
argued for by Attorney w. S. Mere
9th, who called the attention of the
court to the fact tnat the case had been
continued through several terms of Cir.
cult court, and that last term had not
been tried nor was there any record of
its continuance. This fact was incor.
porated by Mr.. Meredith Into 'motfol
to dismiss the case, since he argued
that an automatic dismissal of the case
had been effected.
Since there was no other state case
to be tried today, the jury was dis.
missed until tomorrow morning.
The Moore case was to have been
taken up today and tomorrow but
while its status is being argued there
will be short case moved up for to.
morrow, which the prosecuting attor.
ney believes can be finished in time
for the jurors to be permitted to be
with their families on Thanksgiving
cay.
A number OF orders were handed
down by Judge Raymond this moru.ng,
most important of which was All order
respecting the cases against the Buck.
harmon and Northern railway COM
pany. There are a number OF cases
pending against this corporation, now
Cefunct, having been incorporated into
the Monongahela Railway Company.
It was rule1 that the obligations of the
old Buckhannon and Northern were
properly the obligations Of the Monon-
sahela Railway Company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Now Recruiting
Lincoln District

Recounting the vote in this county
is progressing more rapidly this week
and at late hour this afternoon the
county court had completed three OF
the precincts in Lincoln district and
had fourth nearly done. Three pre-.
cincts yet remain to be counted in
this district and then Warrington and
Fairmont districts will be taken up.
But slight changes have been made
in the result so far and no official an
nouncement has been made yet of the
changes found. Fairmont and Man
nington districts are the ones in
which the greatest changes are ex.
pected and the attorneys and other
candidates interested in the recount
are eagerly awaiting the beginning OF
>iC count III th4Se Districts. - ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Principals Will
Meet Here Dec. 9

The Monongahela Valley Principals
Association will hOI. the first session
of the year in this city on Saturday,
December 9. in ..u ...ller school build.
ing. Prof. o. A. Watson. principal of
the Miller school, is the president and
will preside at the sessions. The pro.
gram committee Is now working on a
program which wIII ne issued in Il =.
days.
Principals and teachers from Clarks.
lurg. Grafton, Morgantown. Fairmont
and intermediate points will be pres.
cnt at this meeting. Two sessions will
be held. one In the morning and the
ether in the afternoon. Principals and
teachers of high, graded and rural
schools will be present in large num-
bcrs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
n. VANDERVORT
DIES At HOME
Aged Veterans Funeral to
Be In Charge of Meade
Post.

Norval Vandervort. aged 81 years.
a veteran of the Civil war and prom.
inent resident of Marion county. died
on Sunday morning at his home on
the Country Club drive after a sever.
al days illness. He had been in ex-
cellent health Notwithstanding his ad.
vanced age until few days ago when
he was taken Ill OF bronchial trouble
which resulted in his death.
The deceased was a pianoeer res.
ident OF this section for a number OF
years conducting a farm near Watson.
For several years however. he had
not been engaged in active business.
He is survived by six children, his
wife having died seven years ago.
The children are James A. Wander.
wort, Of Fairmont; Mrs. Della Cherry,
OF Lebanon. Kansas; Mrs. John c.
Thompson and Mrs. Lloyd Wilt, of
Watson; Mrs. T. A. Hunsaker. of
Bellview, and Curt L. Vandervort, of
Oklahoma. One daughter. Mrs. En-.
ma Randall, and one son, John c.
Vandervort, are also deceased.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Board Passes Order
to Pave Sidewalks

At a meeting of the city Board OF
Affairs this morning, with Street Com.
missioner Lehman absent. business OF
last week was rounded out concerning
the purchase Of the sewer and water
lines by the city from various individ.
uals.
An order was also passed by the
board for the paving OF all sidewalks
where the property owners have fail.
ed to abide with the instructions re,
Quiring that these sidewalks be laid
The city will do the work and assess
the property owners for amount spent
in doing the work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
State Wide Primaries No
Longer Compulsory
Under New Law.
NOV BACK TO SENATE
Appropriation Bill Intro.
duced and Passed Second
Reading in House.
rs AssocIatcd prcssl

v
CHARLESTON, Nov. 1.-TWO I'm
portant changes were made by the.
House of Delegates today in the Sem
ate primary election bill when II came
up for amendment. The first elimin.
ates the provision in the Senate bill
which forbids fusion of political par.
ties. Second makes 1t possible for any
political party to nominate candidates
either by convention or primary.
This amendment provides that the
executive committee Of any party In
amp political division including the
entire state may issue call for nomina.
ton Of candidates either by conyen,
ton or primary and this cali can only
be overthrow by petition of 40 per
cent. OF the qualified voters of the
party. ISa
If the Senate accepts this the state.
wide primaries will no longer be com.
pulsory. n $
Delegate Mes Porter of Hancock. IN.
troduced an appropriation bill which
was advanced to second reading and
the House recessed until 2:30.
An effort TO indefinitely postpona
The introduction Of a fesofntio1 cdiiffla
for complete investigation of the late
election by commission OF three as
suggested In Governor HatfeIds spe
cial message OF last week, was prompt.
ly defeated in the Senate by Repubs
lican majority.
Senator Marshall led the movement
to postpone and Senator Blessina
moved for recess.
The minute the Senate was ready
for business Senator Marshall was ON
MS feet with a resolution proposing
that no business be taken up by. the
Senate other than that already before
II. That would provide for final dis
position of the registration and prf,8
mary bills and would effectually block
any effort looking to an Investigation
CT the election. ~
Mr.. Blessing promptly moved that
the Senate recess until o'clock and
President England called for a rising
vote. The molten carried 15 to ISy
Three other Republicans voted with
Marshall. Rosenbloom, Billings and
Miller.
Speaking of the prospects Of Gov.
ernor Hathcld's proposal of an election
investigation going through stan cor
respondent Of the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times said this morning:
James Denham, of Clarksburg. who
with Republican National Commit.
teman Virgil L. Highland, is credited
with great desire to see the reso.
luton adopted, is also on the Job. He.
Is considered TO have great ability a.
political manipulation. Mr.. Highland
was here. but has left Charleston.
1t is said that one OF the things caus
ing some OF the senators to hesitate Il
their lack OF information as to whom
Gov. Hatfield will name on the com
mission to make the Investigation.
1t cannot be learned that the Gov.
ernor has given any advance intina.
tons on the subject, but guesses are
being made that Frank Amos, chair.
man OF the Marion county Republican
committee, would be one Of the com.
missioners. He has been gathering q
mass OF information about alleged
frauds for the Governor. Ex.Goy. w.
z. Slasscock has been engaged In the
same work and he is mentioned as
probable appointee. He was In con
ference with Gov. Hatfield for a couple
Of days this week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
HOUSE AMENDS SENATE'S new PRIMARY ELECTION Law
Wheat Prices Drop
Sharply in Chicago
SELLING BY BIG HOUSES AND
MANY auMoRs HELPED
BEARS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Wheat prices
came down today with crash breaking
in some cases much as 92S cents a
barrel Big sales by some of the lead
ing houses started n general move to
unload holdings and gave an opening
for aggressive selling BY bears.
Talk Of tho likelihood of an arms.
tice in Europe had considerable to do
with weakening the market and also
warnings OF the presence Of fighting
submarine in the Atlantic. Continued
reference to possible embargo by the
United States was likewise factor
July wheat in which the greatest
decline took place fell to S1.45 and
as compared with S1.54B to S1.54as
at the finish OIL Saturday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Mackensen's Army Has
Crossed the Danube at
Two Points.
is QUIET ALONG SOMME
Bad Weather Helping to Re-
tard Hostilities in That
Theatre.
tBy Associated Press)

LONDON. Nov. 27.-The Teutonic
campaign against Rumania is develop
Ing rapidly with a converging drive
on Bucharest from three directions in
progress.
Immediate threats to the capital
seem to be greatest on the southeast
where the invaders have approached
10 within so miles after Field Marshal
Won Mackensen had forced a passage
of the Danube at two points and Ell
fected a junction with the armies OF
General Won Falkenhayn which are
pressing rapidly eastward after having
broken the Rumanian resistance on
the lower Alt.
The rapid Teutonic advance south
east OF Craiova turned the flank OF
the Alt position as did the Danube
crossing. These factors together with
the continued pressure on the south
ern end of the lines also theoretical
ly out.fianked, has now resulted In
Rumanian abandonment OF the AIT
line.
Bucharest announces this today re-
porting also Rumanian retirement
little to the east of the Topolog rtv'
err, a tributary of the Alt on the east.
: This retreat apparently places the im.
portant towns Of Rimnik on railroad
from Craiova to Hermannstadt In Gen.
eral Won Falkenhayn's hands.
The threat on the north and north
west from the border passes east of
the Alt Is still being held in check
by the Russo-Rumanian troops and
entente military writer's assume that
the Russians are sending further
forces to help out the Rumanians de
tending the more immediate menace
further south.
Sofia today gives some details OF
the crossings of the Danube. The
crossing at Zimmitza was made by
Bulgarian troops which are said to
have captured large quantity OF
grain and the town. The Germans Ell
fected their crossing near the mouth
of the Alt occupying IslacZ.
In Dobrudja north OF the Constanza
Tchernavoda line the Russian advance
appears to have come to halt. The
Bulgarian War office announces the
hostile forces which had been attack
ing had now entrcnched before Bull
garian position.
Seemingly there is no disposition OIL
the part of either the British or French
to attack in force in the Somme reg
ion just at present. Extremely bad
weather has been reported on this
front.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Rev. Dr.. S. V. Leech
Dies in Washington

Special Dispatch TO West virginianl
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Rev. DR..
Samuel V. Leech is dead at lis home
here. aged seventy.nine. He was a
retired Methodist minister who in the
last ten years Of his ministry was sta.
toned at Morgantown, Charleston and
North Street Church. Wheeling. Since
his retirement from active service in
1906 he has lived here. He was ia.
nous as lecturer as we'll as a minis.
ter and was author OF numerous books
and pamphlets. His body will be in
tered in Arlington cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Mission Society to Meet.

The Womens Foreign Missionary
Society OF the First Methodist Episco-
pal church will meet Tuesday after
noon at 1880 o'clock at the ladies' par
lors in the church. The devotional SER
vice will be in the nature Of Thanks
giving service which will be conducted
by Rev. c. +. Goodwin. who will also
sing a solo appropriate to the day. Let.
tiers from the missionaries working in
Korea and India will be read. The
hostesses will be Mesdames S. j.
Smith, Will Reynolds and Hal Hall.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Hq. Company to
Get Equipment

The Headquarters company of First
Regiment, W. Va. National Guard, will
meet Wednesday night at 1880 in the
Armory. Equipment for this company
has been ordered from the War depart.
ment and will likely be here in few
days.
When the new equipment comes
and is given to the men this company
will probably begin drill. The company
is now complete with the exception OF
16 more men that are needed for the
mounted section. These men will be
recruited from the applicants who at.
tend the meeting of the company Wed.
,nesday night at the Armory.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
Shaefer Well
Is Big Gassel

Between two and three million feet
per day is the flow of gas from the
Shaeffer well, drilled in on the ouaef-
fer farm, near Enterprise. Saturday.
The we'll, which Is an Independent one,
is of the best that has come in locally
tor some time.
Considerable interest among gas
men had been conferred on the Shaef.
fer drilling for some time, number
of prominent gas men being on the
scene at the time it came in.
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RETURNED FROM BALTIMORE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Ashcraft and
Clyde Hill have returned from Balti-
more where on Thursday of last week
they attended the marriage of Nelson
Beall. of this city, and Miss Mary
Wellener. Miss Callie Frey, who also
attended the wedding is now in Pitts.
burgh where she will spend month
with relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Beall are
on a honeymoon trip TO points in
Florida.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
The Weather

West Virginia -
Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Warmer
tonight and in the
east and south por.
tons Tuesday.
Local Readings.
r. p. Hall, OBJ.
Temperature at s
a. m. today 80. Yes.
terday's weather,
clear; temperature
maximum. AZ; min
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
City Hall Notes

Officer Dent Holden was appointed
city sanitary officer Saturday to take
the place of SEED Pitzer who will spend
his hours of duty out doors. The of.
flee of sanitary officer is difficult
one In Fairmont inasmuch as the city
commissioners demand cleanliness
even to the point Of 100 per cent. eff.
ficiency.
OF the five hundred auto license
plates ordered for the current fiscal
year but eight remain. These eight
will be gone within few weeks. In
order to prevent shortage City Clerk
Albert Kern today ordered so more to
have on hand for the remaining six
months. The license plates show that
at present there are 1872 cars in the
city of Fair1nont. There are others
no doubt which have no city plate on
them.
There may be no hearts in the bos-
oms of policemen in many places but
in Fairmont there is tinge of senti.
ment In several of the cops IL one can
Judge from the interest they take in
the flowers and dumb brutes about ,ue
city hall. Each morning a cop can
be seen carefully watering the flowers
and picking of the withered ends OF
ferns and almost. as often can they be
seen caring for some stray dog that
happens to get ousted from police So
ciety and is left 10 feed of oxygen and
tin cans
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27
WANTED

Young man who is high school
graduate TO learn the jewelry bus.
lnegs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-27

Mrs. Laura Staggers returned yes
terday from a visit at Beverley and
Elkins.
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A, 3. SCOTT q CO.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

"Look ail right ia short si1irtsf be asked
Mons proved - him that SHE would He en-
tered heF name ard addrca@-shs gave faAae Ones
naturally Then her voice was tried and in five
wtaatea ere vas rHRaRed ana instructed to report
for rehearsal next morning
~tnd Ged help thoae wha aren't quick" sire
producer told them We've aat to put tbis sh0w
on i'm two weeks and that means SOME work.
Mana knew IL and wasn't thankful faf SHE
sgaz glad. too that the public performance would
hegtn ~ soon. II mean that there would be lezs
tsae ta mmit before Hhe coa}d ba gin the execution
IF her plan against Charles Holmook whom, ae
Tat SHE hadn't even seen.
For chr next tvgo weeks tt was tired Mona
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

hesn transformed mta little Monte Carlo"
Mona herself aeafeely knew the apartment
ESQ skilIfuiY had Is bveu transformed into ths
sfmelaaee ~ une of tie ea3y aud hazardous gani.
hlmk dens that cater ta the patronage "a rieh
aud fashionable people sud esgeeiaity women.
that IL Amased her 4 saaxg and smiling ntau
eaWr forward to welcome them Ana pretended
th8t he knew Mona well. though she had ueYvf
taid eYra on him bef0re he wss the ~prupres
tot" Mona had 60 admtra Mary cieeernsss. He-
sides the proprietor there we're several ether
saEegm waiter. twa three er0uplers amd
Dealers and nunhur ~ playera, wvll dressed
people vvho paid aa attentless 10 the newcomers.
"Aw fnI glad "a yoNs RnttNt said Mary,
comlng up to them *hut | was saFs you'd pex~
@uaae her, Mr Holbgopk II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

re didn't-altogetber I'm not going 70
play said Mona.
However. il easier 10 say that she
wouldn't play than TO stick 70 the resolution
gooei II was. The sight Of the rolling ball, the
disappointment ~ seeing IL roll into number
ahe would have played II sli too much for
Mona In few minutes she drew out her purse
and riaked. one by one. che few quarters that u
held. She lost regularly and AZ last she turned
a disappointed face mp 70 Holbrook
~rhereI'se lost ali J had r. she said. Now
I'm going home r
Don't b@ silly. he said He squeezed her
hand, and left couple Of bills in Il. Take that
and play tlll you've got enough 70 pay me back
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02
Plot By George Bronson HOtUard, NOUelizatiO
EcoeYRfeHrED ~ KALEn coMgANr.1

for gambling himself" said Nous Hes told
ua So"
~You ike IL, though don't voa2T
@Ah-f see Yes FIN crazy about il Mary
/ believe you're a gruims n
"pont - Too aore there's wise proyerb
about not counting Your chickens before they're
patched my DEAR 7 haven't worked ont the Dr.
tails at at yet-F thought We Il better act, ia "A
case like this The spur of chr moment"
n think sn. too, Well their arr few things
we car decide, Suppose yeu turn up AZ Curate's
on Views Years Eve 4 think he may persuade me
70 have supper there with h3m that night Y
And, 10 bin delight, Mona did yield 70 Hot
brooks pleading to that extent She had fore
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

addict stt5a .vsap Wheo hs found that @be ~eald
uat drop uta hls hand. lAe : rips appe he I'll.
toub8ed hla efforts ta vla heF,
"Ahs heH getting verY enthusiastic Mona
cold Mary "hoo about your plau4 have you
really eot once
~ eeFtatnN have 81 sHld Mars @Iaoh here
I've heen making . Tess ltttle purchases"
Aua She taoA Naua tWta thest SPARE fuom
where setwrat packing laNes had beeu placed
Aaaa afted oat ia enthusiastic approval at What
theN revealed A eoalette wheel all the other
patRrherHalta 1T gambling
49, e@n term this apartment into perfect
m"del - d eamhlpE hause ~ hoar'a natlye."
aeta Many n thnb that's 9ataE to ~ the pruper
waN W hooA e"Hf iltua friend"
"Wvll-hee awfui0 careful 10 aoeaat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

at HH 77ga home ar WRak
teF NIGHT morning
after morning mr.
haaraata nftr
Tested into tf,a small
She was na
s f4..ss ay.,...y
a... rI..r,er tsf
,aa a. sba T
f.r protected
r and
managed 70 oscar.
~ 4h{rw
than .rcs,s.sat@ar
suaH fba gaevsrs 80,
f4.nate~ a.,.,,.,
whom 8ela.roak sIl.t o..t
a,sfsesr If Aeing sts4rl
If having H., .y,,o.s
an ae.afsse II bnr.fr
and her el..r~,
~ t6. ti,,...
RI rra for f4a ...,.-..
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-02

don't know how long it is since
bad money enough To watch the
little bali rolling with some of
nay money backing it Z"
Come be- a sport" said
Mary Bring your friend along,
No nse can't afford IT,
said Mona.
Sure YOU eau said Hol-
brook I'm stake you r.
That's the way 60 talk +"
said Mary There you are, Betty
Nouve got live one in tow to-
night H
Hoibrook hung eagerly on
her answer tie was sure that
now, by q lucky chance. lac had
eome upon Mona S wea ktaeSs,
w ell don't know Z" said
Ateaa doubtfully. bat making it
~eem that she was greatly
tempted
wen be along said Hol-
brook su look for It's ia about
an hour, Misc Dean I'll giaran
Tee 60 persuade her =
~All right IN leave her to
you" said Mary
And at last. though rshAet-
antlg Mona consented
"fii 80 and hook on. she
said B0t Ina uot going to let
}uu stake me wont he andcr
obligations 60 you % any other
uan r.
Oh, don't talk fuolishaesa ~
said he ia be tickled ia death
to give sau chance e. have some
tuu NaH know tm willing Co
DO aayghins / can foE sou 81 ANY
time fou give the word /"
When thn hour waa up she
iesl bsm 60 the apartment she
shared y lth Mary which had