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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
PRESIDEN7YS FRIENDS TURN 10
SENATE 8ACHTYONONaS4L
Senator'S Say Issue is Most
Important Matter Be
fore Congress.

II President Wilson and the. Republ
'fcan leader Mann, OF the House, will
discuss the attitude OF the Republi'
cans ON the armed ship issue at fye
o'clock this afternoon at the Presi
dents request.
The President Intends to place the
issue squarely before the Repupn'
cans in anSeffort to gain their support
1.-THE announcement of this confer
ence aroused much discussion over
whether the administration forces had
lost ground in the House, which they
hoped to overcome with Republican
Yotes. or whether the President, con
sidering the question entirely non'par'
Itisan. wanted to inform the leaders on
ali sides. The latter view was predomt
nant.
senator Gore declared today on the
Amor Of the Senate that the impell1ng
reason for his course was repor'
that Presfi ent Wilson had told certain
Conrressmen that q war between tne
limited states and Germany might not
he unrratefu1 and might result IN al
vancinr civilization by bringing aoout
the end OF the European war by mid
9a Senator stone vehemently denied i.
Senator Gore declared that at tne
proper time he would put squarely De, y;
fore the Senate whether the sinking ol
an armed merchant vessel by supmat ma
Ri rine would be considered suiticient
cause for war. Fl
The situation as It exists In the
Houss Is outlined In dtspa.en
from Washington which is prtnteo
on page q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
Charles Gray In
Tyler County Prison

Bond was fixed by United States
Commissioner Charles r. Lilley
against Charles Gray in the sum OF
$500 yesterday at Grafton for Gray's
appearance before the Federal courts.
Unable to secure bond yesterday
evening he was placed in the Tyler
county Jail to await the arrival OF
friends from Fairmont who are ex-
pected to go on his bond.
Should these friends, arrive to re-
lease Gray he will be re.arrested on a
state warrant on a charge OF carrying
liquors through the streets and alleys
OF Fairmont 3l ae
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
* uckian Arr ested
For Yost Law OfensS,ye, 81,

Charged with. Improperly labelling
his schnapps, H. "A. Hamrick, who
claims his home as sDanville, Ky, and
who says eEwas taking his whiskey
.toE Clarksburg, Is In the county jail
calmly waiting behind the bars while
his IS gpints of wet goods are securely
locked in the wine room at the court
house. 4. x .Si. v
s. Hamrick was arrested by Constable
Harry Connors on train No: 3 on the
Baltimore g. Ohio railroad. His trial
viii be held tomorrow. 4
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
Buying Furniture
Eo & New Restaurant

Boyd Anderson, prop: Of the now
dsfnnct Marietta restaurant, and Jesse
sfSffe ENuzum building. where he VIII
cSSen another restaurant as soon as
feIcaniget the equipment in place, Is in
4 ,fpltfsbuTgh where he is buying turnl'
fnre and supplies. 1t is expected that
heiwilly he back tomorrow and that his
nurchases will follow him in time to
permit Of the opening of the new es.
fabfishment within few days: All
tlie equipment in the place will be
brand new when 1t is opened for busi'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
French Artillery
Holds Foe Back
y lR3v- Alsslociated Pressl

iIsoNDoN, M March 2.An Amsterdam
dispatch says that Fort Vaux, hve
miles northeast Of Verdun, has been
destroyed by heavy mortars, accord
ing to unconflrmed German reports
but that the Germans. cannot approach
"a fort as the French have brougnt
asal QA tts EappFoeh'
II III Is added that a Germany battery
mas been destroyed by French shells
and that 1.-THE Germans. have iconeen:
trated 10000 Ehen near Buzy who are
fosfestime the offensive with reinforce
mentss & from the Argonne. Buzy IS
about 16 miles to the east Of .Verdun.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
pIPLoMArtc APPOINTMENT

WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar. 2-ol-
iyer Bishop Hartman Of New York
has been appointed secretary OF EN-
bassy at Berlin to succeed Alexander
Comstock Kirk of Chicago who has
been transferred to the embassy at
Constantinople. Mr.. Kirk has already
left Berlin for Constantlnpole.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02

issue and that he was framing a sub
stitute for all pending resolutions on
the subject.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,,
ranking Republican member of the
Foreign Relations committee, declared
he was in accord with Senator stones
desire for prompt action and he agreed
that the issue was more important
than anything else now before Con
gress.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
Wage Conference
It's Still at Odds

NEW YORK, March z.-Bitumtnous
coal miners and operators from the
midd district are still apart today on
tine matter o fagreeing on an increase
in3swages for miners.
When the subcommittee OF employ
sees!met neither side had anything den'
10 offer and adjournment was
fakanEuntiI tomorrow to permit fur
fherE erEconterence among various groups
ofsoperators.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02

.VERDUNIRA!QSE
IS PONnIIG
THE FRENCH
They Feel Sure Germanso Of
fensiye Has Not
Ended.
EXPECT EXP new / IAgIIGS
Germans Report French
Failure to Retake Fort
Douaumont.

tBy Associated lPreasJl

Nby EssuClAlsuI EIS1bJ
PARIS. March 3.-The War once
announcement OF this afternoon ssaya
that there was intermittant' bombard-
ment of the verdun and SWoeyre ttont
during the night but that there was
no development Of Importance.
BERLIN. March The official
statement OF today says the French
sacrificed men unsuccessfuI1y in d
counter attack on Fort Donanmoilts
one of the outlying defenses of Yer
dun which was captured by GermAns.
The situation on the Franko:B giuna
front the statement says Eis nnphang
ed. y N is5
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
nonERrl MlLsoN pEAp.

Robert Wilson. colored, formerly OF
North Carolina, died this morning at
Cook hospital. The body was taken
in charge by Unde dertaker Musgrave
and Sons and is now at Their 5estab:
lishmenE on! Monroe street. 4 Il, , s,i.si n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
IS vER.Yt III. ILL.

Warren Devault Is very Ill at his
home near Smithtown. He is suffer-
ing from grippe and complications,
and has friends and relatives in this
city who will -egret to learn of his
alarming condition.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
BIRTHS Report i:
More Ships Sunk
fRy iAIsILLo,iclated n ,ilt Pl:iress.llI n

q (By Associated PressJ
J. LONDON, March 81 Thes sinking OF
four more vessels was reported here
today. AZ. 4 Il &. ~ q, .si Z
Thescrewss Of three British ssmacks
landed at Lowescrott Thtfr vessels
are said ito have bee sunk In the EN
North Sea. @ M ;3s " " .ss Il
g.s The Italian. sailing ship Elisa sls
feporteds to have been sunk
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02
Has PNEuMoNlc FEVER

Noble Layn1an, "a popular High
school student. is III Of pneumonia
fever at his home on ogden avenue.
Miss Baker Is nursing him. VA
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02

i Jacob Harr who has BEEN III at BIZ
home on the East side IL doing very
well at this time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-02


M MoRGANsTo otVE N 4 NJ IAN ERE
4 I Frank Shut t1esworth OF MorgantoJ b
was g visitor IN the city yeaterday! q
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
The Peanut Industry Seems To~Be
Real Business Around Enterprise
J.E. H. in MouItrie Observer.

ENTERPRISE, Ala.-More empha-
sis is placed on the peanut crop here
than at other points visited. We saw
fifteen hundred tons stored in the
seed warehouse of the oil mill here
and more coming hourly by wagons
and cars. The mill is running day
and night, selling the oil and cake at
the same prices as cotton seed and
products. The white Spanish nuts
give up so gallons of oil per ton,
while the "little runners" or North
Carolina peanuts, as we know them,
produce seventy-five gallons of just
as good oil per ton. The mill man
deducts four dollars per ton differ
ence for runners and here we found
the mill management, farmers and
business men all urging the growing
of the "little runners" instead of the
Spanish on account of the longer
growing season and greater yield.
A specially made, wide-pointed
pillow is used for uprooting the vines,
after which they are stacked in the
fields, like hay, until thoroughly cur
ed. Travelling machines (pickers)
like oat threshers go from place to
place and thresh or pick the nuts
from the vines and bale the vines for
hay. The present charge for picking
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
CHAMPION BIG EATER
SHOCKS DENVER GIRL
LATEST RECORD is 10 POUNDS
OF SAUSAGE, "a EGGS AND 4
LOAVES OF BREAD.

SHARON, Pa.-Edward Burke has
useless" Lennon beat to a FRAGILE
when it comes to eating. He recently
cleaned up ten pounds of sausage,
two dozen eggs, four loaves of bread
and drank a gallon of buttermilk at
one sitting, and then declared that he
could have eaten more.
An account of Burke's "big eat
reached Denver, and young woman,
signing herself Miss Anna Solomon,
sent him this warning:
81 must say that your desire for
money is extraordinary. Do you not
realize that you are violating the
laws of nature when you try to imi-
tate the elephant? You are what
term a human hog | never die
like men in general, but a man OF
your type l simply loathe. Of course
I have never been in need of $50
possibly the circumstances were ex
tenuating, but nevertheless | war;
you never again to eat as much foOC
as YOU are credited with having de
voured. | knew a man in Los An
geles who after fasting eight day.
went into a cafe and ate for three
hours, and died the same day. Bea1
that in mind, sir, and cease making
hog of yourself"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
COMMITTEE FAVORS
NATIONAL DRY BILL
Representative Webb Will Ask Spe-
cial Rule for Its Consideration
After Christmas Holidays.

WASHINGTON. - The proposed
national prohibition amendment to-
day was ordered favorably reported
to the house by the judiciary commit
tee by a vote of II to 7.
The proposed universal suffrage
amendment was ordered reported
without recommendation.
Chairman Webb said he could not
ask for rule on the resolution until
after Christmas. The proposed pro-
hibition amendment, drawn by Mr..
Webb, follows
Section 1. That the sale, manu-
facture for sale, transportation for
sale and Importation for sale of in
toxicating liquors for beverage pur-
poses in the United States and all
territories subject to the jurisdiction
thereof and transportation thereof,
are forever prohibited.
Section 2. That the congress and
the senate shall have power independ-
emily and concurrently to enforce
this act and all needful legislation.
Fresh candy at Herman's. Buy
yours today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
FOOD PRICE INQUIRY
WILL COVER COUNTRY
u. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL APP
POINTS REPRESENTATIVE TO
( MAKE INVESTIGATION.

WASHINGTON.-Geo. W. Ander-
son, federal district attorney, has
been appointed by Attorney General
Gregory to conduct the high cost of
living investigation by the de-
partment of justice. Mr.. Anderson
will commence at once national in
vestigation of food markets and will
hold hearings in various cities of the
country.
Mr.. Anderson will coordinate the
inquiries in progress at Boston, IN
New York, Brooklyn, Chicago and
other principal markets. His desig-
nation was said to be due largely to
his work in Investigating charges of
conspiracy to control the milk supply
in Boston, which attracted much at
tenton at the department.
All special agents of the depart
ment throughout the country have
been instructed by the attorney gen.
eral to cooperate with federal attor-
neys in investigating food cost
increase. Officials repeatedly have
pointed OuC, uOWSNSI, CidO IiAC leu
eral government can take cognizance
only of agreements and conspiracies
to control prices when they affect
interstate traffic, and has no jurisdic-
ton over such matters as local con-
certed action by retail dealers.
The department of justice has
turned over to the federal trade COM
mission the facts developed in its
relating to coal. Anti
trust proceedings in two coal cases
already are pending before the SUI
preme court, but the recent inquiry
is said to have satisfied the depart
ment officials that even the normal
price of coal is too high. The trade
commission has been investigating
the question for some time.
Very latest hats.-HOrnady.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

/ is ten cents per bushel. The hay is
packed for eight to ten cents pei
bale, and is now selling at from 81 to
$12 per ton, according to grade.
The best thing about this whole
situation is that great feed crops are
PRODUCED and marketed at a good
l1ce and there is no guano bill to
pay. These crops are all soll-Duild-
ers and the dealers in commercial
fertilizers have gone out of business.
These farmers are not going to try
much cotton-even at 20 cents.
They say that the fight against the
boil weevil is so fierce and the fact
that they are bound to lose one
fourth to two-thirds of normal crop
even if no rainy season sets in, when
they stand to lose the whole crop,
they are not willing to risk guano
bill, land rent and labor on crop
so uncertain, when they can make
more money out of the other crops
without the intense fight and uncer-
tainty coupled with a debt for fertil-
iZers
What makes the difference between
these farmers and those of Terrell?
They have an assured cash market
for every ton of these crops they can
produce-markets opened up by the
wholesale and retail merchants and
cotton seed oil mills.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
HER MONKEY WAS
REAL NAUGHTY
Woman's Pet Bit Girls Ankle,
Scratched Mr.. Monk, and Tried
to Hold Up a Train.

AAOAN OP a
Because large monkey belonging
to Miss Katherine Smith, of Los An
geles, Cal, was not served break
fast at the usual hour he went on a
widespread rampage, bit young wo-
man on the ankle, but couldn't make
a meal Of it; climbed all over a man
he disliked, and finally held up a
passenger train.
AS a climax he got mixed up,
scrambled egg fashion, with a man
named Mr.. Monk and scratched his
face severely. The two-legged Monk
objected, and when he could find a
gun he pumped shot into the four
legged monk until the latter resem-
bled a sieve and ceased to breathe.
The Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany, through It's engineer and fire.
man, was astonished and frightened
when the monkey, half standing in
the middle of the track and grinning
horribly, confused the locomotive.
The face was too much for the COM
pany and the engineer shut the throt-
tie and threw on the brakes.
The startled passengers crawled off
and helped chase the chattering sim
ian away. 1t was then that Mr.. Monk
had his revenge.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
A STRANGE CASE
Right Here in Georgia.

Atlanta, CAV found DR.. Pierce's
advice most satisfactory in quite
a peculiar train of circumstances. Soon
after arising in the morning peculiar
feeling would begin at my stomach,
which seemed to swell, everything
would become dark and 1 would faint
dead away. When 1 became conscious,
vomiting would set in and very large
beads 81 perspiration would cover my
entire body and would wet my clothes
through and through, also had trouble
peculiar to women. Insufficient sleep
also retarded my gain. My blood, no
doubt, was poisoned by my being
badly constipated. The constipation
was relieved, however, by the Pleasant
Pellets and, wonderful to say, Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery en-
tirely cured my case of unusual health.
The trouble never returned. MRS. D.
B. GOLDEN, 2I3 Coolidge Place,
Atlanta, Georgia.
An imitation of natures method of
replacing waste of tissue, enriching i'm
poverished blood and increasing nerve
force is when you take an Alternative ex-
tract of herbs and roots made with pure
glycerine, without the use of alcohol,
ike Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. This vegetable medicine
coaxes the digestive functions and helps
in the assimilation of food, or rather
takes from the food just the nutriment
the blood requires.
Pure blood is essential to good
health. DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery not only cleanses the blood
of Impurities, but it increases the
activity of the blood-malling glands,
and enriches the body with an
abundant supply of pure, rich blood.
1t thus cures scrofula, eczema, erysip-
elias, boils, pimples and other eruptions
that mar and scar the skin.
Write DR.. Picrce'7 Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, Y j., h.lu1.lct on blood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
TWO MITCHELL COUNTY
MEN ENDORSE TANLAC
JOHN STEADHAM SAYS HE HAS
GAINED IS POUNDS. J. E. Gull
PEPPER SAYS 81 FEEL HUN
DRIED PER CENT BETTER"

Statement after statement from al
sections of Georgia are being made
from day to day by people who have
tried Tanlac and are willing to come
forward and tell other sufferers just
what it has done for them; and these
grateful testimonials have accumu-
lated until there is hardly a county,
village or crossroads in this great
state that has not furnished living
witness to the remarkable powers Of
this medicine.
Only few days ago at Pelham,
Mitchell county, Ga, two well known
farmers and leading citizens, John
Steadham and j. E. Culpepper, made
statements that have caused great
deal of talk in that section and in
duced hundreds of people to buy Tan
lac.
After stating candidly that he had
gained fifteen pounds on three bot
Ties of Tanlac Mr.. Steadham went on
to say: when / began taking this
medicine | had suffered a good deal
for the last month or so, and | was
awfully pulled down and weakened
by my condition. | had pains in my
muscles and joints something like
neuralgia, and was terribly nervous
and feeling just like | was suffering
a regular breakdown.
"Well, gentlemen, three bottles of
Tanlac have simply relieved me COM
pletely and built me up fine. It's
fine medicine and l want suffering
people to know about it.
Mr.. Culpepper was also warm in
his praise of this medicine. "Tanlac
has made me feel 100 per cent bet
ter" he said, land since taking a
thorough course of it my general
health has improved wonderfully. |
have taken eight bottles of the medi-
cine, for / felt all bad and run down
and my constitution seemed to be
undermined. Tanlac has built me up
and | certainly do recommend it be-
cause it's a good medicine. | had
suffered 10 months and | was lucky
to find out about Tanlac."
Tanlac, compounded from the most
beneficial roots and herbs known to
science, is a powerful recOnstructive
tonic. 1t creates a healthy appetite,
builds up the system, purifes the
blood, promotes digestion, and invig
crates and revitalizes the system in
way that brings back the color to the
cheeks and the sparkle of health to
the eyes.
Genuine Tanlac is sold in Dawson
exclusively by Dawson Drug CO., in
Parrot by City Drug Store, in Sas-
ser by Davis Drug Co., in Bronwood
by the Wall Drug Co., in Graves by
D. M. Dismuke, in Arlington by Tai
ly's Pharmacy, in Edison by D. C.
Lewis, in Moye by Mrs. C. B. Duke,
in Leary by Leary Drug Co., in Nor
gan by G. A. Dozier, in Kimbrough
by J. B. Troutman, in Smithville by
Phillips Drug Co., in Leesburg by
City Drug Store, Williamsburg, r. F..
u. nv w. M. Sutton.-adv.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
SNAKE BITE CURE is
BEING MANUFACTURED
Annual Loss of Life in India From
Reptiles More Than 10000.

Reptiles More han ZO,OOO.
midas annual loss OF over 10000
lives from snake bite has forced the
production of an antidote serum.
The Parel laboratory, Bombay, keeps
supply of cobras from which venom
is extracted every ten days. The
snakes are forcibly fed with egg flip
through a tube The venom is dried
over lime and then dissolved in salt
solution.
Increasing doses are injected in a
horse until at the end of two years
the animal can stand a dose 200
times the original one and is quite
immune from the cobra poison The
serum from the blood of this particu-
lar horse is an antidoto and is abso-
lutely effective if injected in time.
Many lives have been saved by its
use. However. each bite requires an
antidote made from the venom of the
same sort of snake that inflicted the
bite.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
ONE IN TEN MARRIAGES
IN U. S. ARE DISSOLVED
CHURCH FINDS MAJORITY ARE
AFTER CONSIDERABLE PERL
Cd OF MARRIAGE.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The divorce
courts, as busy as they are, reveal
but small proportion of the marital
infelicity in this country, says the
Commission on Family Life, which
reported at today's session of the
quadrennial meeting of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America. The report included sta
tistics and discussions of many
phases of the complex problems of
marital relation. AS to divorce it
says:
cat this moment it is thought that
one marriage in ten is broken by d.
vorce, and that in some states the
proportion may be as high as one in
four"
cit is a striking fact" the com
mission says, that in the majority
of divorce cases dissolution of mar
rage has occurred, not hastily after a
brief trial, but deliberately after a
considerable period of marriage
the average exceeding six and one
half years. Common observation will
show frequency of divorce among
people who have been married TWEEN
ty years or more"
The commission believes that the
entrance of women into the indus
trial field plays an important part ir
the increase of divorces. 1t deplores
the fact that unfortunately the
larger part of humanity in America
as elsewhere, are strangers to the
lofty views which the church enter
| tains of marriage.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
RAILROADS REPLACING
COAL WITH OIL AS FUEL
In Texas Consumed Over Eleven Mil
lion Gallons Last Year.

In Texas Consumed Over Eleven Mill
lion Gallons Last Year.
The railroads of Texas and Louis
lana will consume close to II, 100000
barrels of fuel oil during 1916, as
compared with 11,O2O,259 in 1915.
The greatest consumer of this fuel
in the two states is the Southern Pa
cifc. Last year its system in Texas
and Louisiana used 4,454,899 bar
rels, and this year the consumption
will be nearly 100000 barrels, it is
stated. The Santa Fe was the sec
ond largest consumer of fuel oil, it
having burned 2,537,460 barrels last
year. The Southern Pacific's sub
sidiary steamship line, operating be-
tween Galveston and New York, used
307,542 barrels of heavy Mexican oil
for fuel last year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20
CHRISTMAS TRADE is
OPENING UP VERY HEAVY

Shoppers Flocking to Dawson From
All Sections to Buy Holiday Goods.
There remains but one more week
for the people of this section to do
their Christmas shopping. All of the
stores have their full displays of
Christmas goods, and for the next
three days there will be such rush
in Dawson as the merchants here have
hardly ever seen.
The stores are probably as well
supplied as they have ever been in all
lines of goods. There are more
American made goods on the market
than have ever been seen before.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-12-20

Deep-seated coughs that resist or
binary remedies require both external
and internal treatment If you buy a
dollar bottle of BILLIARDS. HORE-
HOUND SYRUP you get the two
remedies you need for the price of
one. There is a HERRICK'S RED
PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for the
chest, free with each bottle. Sold by
Dawson Drug Co.