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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25
USE MARTINS
RHEUMATIC AND
BLOOD ELIXIR
FOR

The Spring Months are breeders OF
rheumatism-nota dangerous thing
but very painful and IL allowed TO run
on 1t becomes steadily worse. Mar
tins Rheumatic and Blood Elixir Is
one of the best known remedies for
rheumatism-not a dangerous thing
and the joints move freely. tits also
fine for liver, kidney and stomach. Get
It at Crane'saD Drug Store. $1.00i liquid.
tablets. Thirty days treatment.
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5servIee HearInqsI

CHARLESTON, Va, April 25.-
Further hearing in the petitioniof the.
c~larksburg Gas company to the Public
Service commission for permission to
change its rates to consumers will be
held in Clarksburg tomorrow before
e. F. Morgan OF the service commits:
sion. Similar proceedings will be held
here In the cas- OF the Huntington
Water company, which seeks to ad.
vance its rates TO domestic consum'
ers.
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Personals,

Miss Ruth Irons, OF Colfax, is Wis.
iting her grandparents, MT. and Mrs.
j. l.. Carpenter, on Diamond street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hendricks,
of State street, spent Sunday at Lit.
Teton.
Mrs. Carl Gallihue, of State street.
is sick.
Gordon Linn, OF Benton's Ferry, was
in this city yesterday.
Bailey Nuzum Is i'll OF tonsiIitis at
his home on East Bridge street.
Mrs, Stanley Stewart, OF Clarks.
burg, and Page Shuttlesworth, of Lit
tie Falls, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward T. Bishop, on Columbia street.
o. j.. Morgan is Ill at his home on
State street.
Ernest Sturm and Otis Boyer, of
Arden, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hovatter.
Darrell Linn has returned from n
visit with his parents, MIR. and Mrs.
George Linn, at Benton's Ferry.
Lee Summers and Miss Clara Rine-
hart, OF Worthington, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Garlett, on State
street.
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LOCAL SOCIAL EVENTS

evening at her home On CASTOR ave-
nue.. Al feature OF the program wasEa
talk by Mrs. Maurice Miller concern
ing the life and work of her aunt,
Mrs. Mcfarland, a missionary to Alas.
ka, and for whom the local chapter
was named. Mrs. Andrew Closson,
Miss Davinyet Brown and Miss Edna
Wilfong were appointed delegates to
tho Presbytery at Terra Alta.
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To ~Parkersbura.

Mrs. George DeBolt goes to Park.
lersburg tomorrow to attend the sec
ond annual convention of the FEEDER.
alton OF Women's Clubs OF the Fourth
Congressional district, which conven'
es there tomorrow. Mrs. DeBolt is vice
president OF the federation. She will
be the guest Of Mrs. j. G. Cochran
president of the federation.
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For Mrs. Hutchinson.

IGNORING her daughter-in.law, Mrs.
Frank Ehlen Hutchinson, a recent
bride, Mrs. Clyde Hutchinson will en-
tcrtain at an informal tea on Thursday
afternoon at Sonnencroft from 4 until
5 o'clock.
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There won't be much room in Chit
cago hotels for women suffrage visit.
ors during the republican national con.
vention, so Mrs. George Bass, a con-
vention week hostesses, is arranging
to build a tent city in Grant park on
the lake front to accommodate the hun
dreds Of women whoawill take part in
the convention suffrage parade. The
camp will be called Fort Suffrage"
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Undoubtedly

The best way to start house-clean-
ing is to start it with a Vacuum
Cleaner.
We are now Offering the "Hartley's
Perfect" and the "Duntley" vacuum
cleaners, both with unusually strong
suction, specially priced at $5.75 each,
The "Frantz Premier" a powerful
electric suction cleaner is now $500.
Third Floor.
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EAST SIDE
: NEWS :


Mrs. William F. Boyers, Of Merchant
thirteenth birthday anniversary Of
both her daughter, Ruth, and her
nephew, Fred Bowers, of Triunc. The
evening was spent with various games
and tempting refreshments were
served.
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Choral Society Earlier.

On account Of the Christine Miller
concert tonight at the Grand, the re-
hearsal of the Fairmont Choral So
ciety will he held at 2 instead Of at
1870 o'clock, the usual hour for re-
hcaTsal,
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M%artinsburg young mon are talking
tof organizing a machine gun squad
and have written to Secretary Baker
about It
At a meeting Of the board of dircc.
rectors OF the Peoples Trust company
Of Martinsburg last week, G. w. Nc
Rown rendered his resignation as vice
president and E. G. Henshaw was nam
edsto fill the vacancy. Mr.: Mcl[own
also resigned as a director, but the
vacancy was not filed.
The P~arkesburg News says: "A
product OF domestic manufacture may
beSseen in the window of the National
Supply Company on Market street in
the shape ola six inch shell made for
the use of the allies and condemned
for a trivial fault out Of over 900 shells
This she'll was made by a Marietta
concern that has recently completed
aScontract for this type OF shell and
is what is termed the high explosive
sheilSto determine it from the shrap'
mel shells which are made In a some
what different way for a different pur:
nose. This style Of shell is loaded
with gun cotton or other eplostvc and
used to destroy earthworks, trenches
and the like. while shrapnel Is used
against. the bodies of men only. Many
people viewed the instrument OF death
which was placed on exhibition yes.
terday.
In "a recent issue nj tho Charleston
Mail printed tho following tale which
Dr. White tho state mincralogist nrob'
ably could not endorse. but is interest
ing nevertheless: Way hack, possibly
aslfar back as the apple time in Eden,
aSsnake went TO sleep In the hill on
Campbell's Creek and mover awoke
Hard coal formed around the reptile
and its body became petriied. a few
days ago. while digging coal one n
one.haIf miles back from the opening,
Hues Meadows, a miner employed by
the Gampbell's Greek Coal Co., found
the stony remains Of the prehistoric
reptile, or about three feet of It. and
brought 1t to Charleston. Judging
from the part Of the snake found by
Meadows, the original, at the time OF
beginning its Rip Van Wrinkle. was full.
lyIseyenf feet in length. The formation
ofscoaI about the snake mashed the
reptile to about the thickness of about
efquarter OF an inch and spread out its
head in such a manner as to indicate
that It was OF the viper family. The
mashed form maintains its shape
utmost of the details. showing the pro
:hle of the vertebrae. The petriied
specimen was given to Mr.. F. C..
Burdette, the assistant prosecuting at
forney who will probably present II
20 the department OF archives and
history"
HRoxy." the pet pug dog Of Mr.. II
Mrs. J. w. Wysong OF Shepherdstown,
departed this life a few days ago at
The age OF IA years. Roxy" was n
genuine pug Of good pedigree and
5gRs highly regarded by his owners.
Parkersburg citizens are making
Preparations to construct a new hos.
pitsl on Prospect Hill where the city
WaterStanks used TO stand.
The volunteer firemen OF Morgan.
town are talking about purchasing an
electric horn to be used as an alarm
m the place OF the whistle which is
now used.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25

The Ladies' Aid society OF the Dia.
mond street NJ. E, church will meet on
Thursday afternoon at the homo of
Mrs. Lillian Scott, on Columbia
street.
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Has Typhotd Fever
Wlll Meet rhnrsdav-

Clarence Carpenter is i'll Of Ty.
phoid fever at his home on East Park.
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VISITING Here.

Miss Edith Satterheld, formerly Of
this city, who is now located in TO.
chester, Pa, is visiting here.
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The House Cleaning.
Supplies

y va vi
$1.5o. 500
Chemically treated dust cloths and broom GOV.
crs, 1oe, t5e, Csc, and SOC. -
"shino" Polishing Cloths for silver, gold, BRASS
and nickel. Csc.
Blue Ribbon Brass Polish, best on Garth, 15eY
and Csc.
Stove Pipe Enamel, large cans t5e.
Feather busters. 1oc, Csc, 35c, soc, CSC, and SlooS
Wool busters, Csc.
Wool Wal. Brushes. with long and short handle
for cleaning wall paper. ceiling, stdo walls, $780,
"Wind.O.klcan' Cloths, 1oc and Csc.
Thumbs Sunshine Furniture Polish, 25r and zoe.
"Noxall" Furniture Polish, Csc and Soc.
Brighten All" cleans and polishes in one opera;
ton, Csc and soc.
III & II" Carpet Soap. 15c or 2 for Csc.
Old Dutch Cleanser, 1oe or 8 for 25e.
Parsons Ammonia, 1oc a bottle. s2t3s
FEELS Eaptha Soap, 6 for Csc. .t..
Swift and Co. Wool Soap. 6 for 25e. ~ &
Swift and Co., White Ribbon Toilet SoapsSseS
for rs cents.
Lenox Laundry Soap, z for Csc.
Swift's Pride Laundry Soap, 8 for Csc.
Bon Ami. Toe; Shine All, Sc per cake. ~
Climax Wall Paper Cleaner, 1oc or 8 for Csc. NJ
Electric Wall Paper Cleaner, 1oc or for 25e.
Brooms. CSC, soc, Csc, 45e, SOC, 55e and soc.
S%cruhbing Mops, a5c to 75e.
Scrub Brushes, busting brushes, bottle brushess
commodc brushes. paint and white wash brushes,
at moderate prices. Basement.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25

Miss Lulu Shaver, of Benton's Ferry
and William F. Bremen, of Pittsburgh.
were united in marriage Yesterday III
this city, at tho home Of the officta'
ting minister. Rev. W. ]. Eddy, of the
sFirst Baptist church. Mr.. Bremen is
2a member of the staff OF the Pitts
Sburgh Chronicle:Telegrap and left
last evening with his bride for Pitts
Eburgh. Miss Shaver, now Mrs. Bremen,
3isf a member OF a well.known Marion
County family.
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.euests Il sonneneroft.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehlen Hutcllin:
son, whose marriage was solemnized
recently at Logan. w. Va. arrived here
yesterday from Philadelphia and Al,
siantic City, where they had spent a
briefihoneymoon. They are now guests
at Sonnencroft, the home OF Mr..
sHutchfnson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
70! Hutchinson. where they will re-
main a week.
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Entertained Chapter.
Miss Edna Jones entertained the
Mcfarland chapter of the Westminster
Guild of the Presbyterian church last
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25

The regular meeting OF the vii
liam Haymond chapter Of the Daugt'
ters OF the American Revolution VIII
a6e held on Wednesday, afternoon at
the home OF Mrs. James a. Meredith,
ION Morgantown avenue. y annua!
collection for patriotic education will
sbeltaken at this meeting and members
Sare asked to bring or send contrthu-
sffons. The chapter provides for the
seducation OF a mountain girl at Berea
ecollege, Bcrea, Ky, and the education
.al fund is for this purpose.
The regular program for the meet.
ing is &c follows: Deborah Hart ny
Mrs. James Morton Black; NoiGl!
SWebster, BY Mrs. Morgan Chambers;
sMercy Otis Warren, by Airs. Edwin
Forrest Hartley; Vocal Solo. by Miss
Virginia Mulvey. The executive board
Awill meet at $50 o'clock and the reg
iular meeting will convene at three
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-25

at a meeting Of the board Of dlrcc.
Frectors of the Peoples Trust company
of Martinsburg last week, G.. w. Nc
Rown rendered his resignation as vice
president and E. G.. Hemshaw was nam
ledsto I'LL the vacancy. MI: Mcl[own
also resigned as a director, but the
vacancy was not filed.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

M~artinsburg young mon are talking
tof organizing a machine gun squad
and have written to Secretary Baker
about 1t.
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sfrthday party.

A surprise birthday party was given,
atsthe home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Rice. Saturday evening. April y, N
honor OF Mrs. Rice's seventy-fourtn
r Saffair until all the guests arrived
eater dark. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. Asby rice and g~randdaugh.
sand daughter. Margaret; Mr.. and Mrs:
SCiarence Valentine and n virgil;
Mr. and Mrs. Harry HUM anu sun
and children, Marie. Flossie. G%enevieye
and Bessie; Myrtle Hoult. Rushell
Rice. Dayy Hoult, Ira Smith n Ar
sthur Hoult.
During the evening some excellent
Emusic was given by Cleveland Renner
sand Rushell Rice on guitar . vlolln'
Ar late hour refreshments were ser
wed, which had been prepared by the
guests.
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Parkersburg citizens are making
Preparations to construct a new hos
pitsl on Prospect Hill where the city
water tanks used TO stand.
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The volunteer fremen OF Morgan
s9Ma .ass Sosn Ai to S soU nss : az Alarm RI,
IA the place OF the whistle which Is
now used:
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sRoxy." the pet pug dog Of Mr.. AM
Mrs ]. w. Wysong Of Shepherdstown
departed this lie a few days ago a
3he age OF Il years. Roxy" was {
genuine pug Of good pedigree anC
sSRasl highly regarded by his owners.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28

eral fund Of common sense, business ability
and humanity, and q disposition TO work
The results speak for themselves. We be
lieye the people Of New Mexico, regardless
Of politics. have a. right to be pretty well
pleased at what McManus has accomplished
At the state prison. While the superintend-
emit has some pretty definite ideas about
reformatory opportunities in the peniten-
tiary and i sane and just view Of the CON
yict as a man who is to be made better II
possible, and not worse by his confinement
he Is not led astfay by sentimental and vi
sionary theories and has stuck to the com
mon sense viewpoint. AS a consequences he
has come mighty near making the New
Mexico penitentiary what such an institu-
tion ought to be-. His financial showing
moreover. Is astonishing.
We congratulate him and the taxpayers
on the showing made in his report to the
governor.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
The Only Defense

Everybody knows that in case Of war the
government would resort to any army draft
Ii Il became necessary, CONSUMPTION was
The military policy OF both the north and
south in the CIVIL War. 1t must be the pol
lev of every nation whose existence Is
threatened by an enemy.
Compulsion, then, comments the Kansas
City Times, already is the law and not =
new one. and all the country now has to
decide is whether armies SO raised for the
national defense in the hour of danger shall
be trained armies or armed mobs.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood speaks for real
democracy when he asks for a universal
service law that would give the nation
trained armies without creating a profess
sional soldier class. The national defense
Is the business of the whole nation, Of It's
entire citizenship, without distinction, and
no volunteer militia. system can ever supply
that defense alone. None ever has. Test,
money that attempted liberalization Of the
National Guard has failed seems complete.
"A great standing or regular army, even II
II could be recruited, is against American
and democratic policy. Only one way re-
mains to insure effective national defense,
and that is a citizenship trained to arms in
time Of peace.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
Armenia Is Most
Distressed Country
On Face Of Globe

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
London.-George +. Gracey, a member OF
the American Committee for Armenian and
Syrian Relief, who has helped to feed and
clothe $4,000 Armenians in their native land
and again when they fled to the Caucasus
to escape the Turks. has just returned to
London. Most of this was possible only
through the generosity of the American
people" declared Mi. Gracey, who is not
an American. but an Englishman. and has
been a member Of the American committee
for the last twelve years. Since the war
broke out he has been directing the relief
work for the Armenians from Tiflis.
Armenia has replaced Belgium and Ser
bia as the most distressful country on the
face of the globe" said Mr.. Gracey. The
Armenians have twice been driven from
their native land. Those who we're net
massacred when the Turks invaded their
country early in the war fled to the eau
casus. They returned when the Russians
drove the Turks out of Armenia. They
were forced to flee to the Caucasus again
a few months ago when the Turks chased
the Russians out Of Mush and Bitlis, and
for a time threatened the cars army at
Van, on the east side of the lake Of that
name.
when the Armenians we're able to re
turn to their country early this year they
we're without food, clothing or the means OF
making a living. The American committees
came to the rescue by supplying some S0S
900 with goo head Of cattle and a large
quantity OF agricultural implements. This
work OF repatrioting them ran along from
May to August of this year. Just as they
were getting on their feet again and start
ing out to face life anew along came the
reinforced Turks. The Ottoman troops sue
ceeded in 6Aking Mnsh and Bitlis in the
very heart Of Armenia, Then they moved
along the northern and Western shores OF
Lake Van with the object of encircling the
ltown~of Van, which was the base Of the
Russian operations in that district. They
did not get to Van, but cling to the shores
OF the lake. That is the present military
situation in that territory.
THE object Of the Russian incurslon in
to Armenia was not only to rescue the Ar
menians but to establish a line from Treb-
izond on the Black sea across the neck OF
Asia Minor to Aleppo and thus deprive
Turkey OF the resources of Mesopotamia'
Those who have followed the course of the
war know what happened. They know that
shs Russians were only partially successful
that they captured Trebiz0hd, Mush and
|Bitlis but were unable to extend their line
further south and prevent the subsequent
loss OF the two last named places.
Although the Turks did not retake Van
|rumors Of their approach struck terror to
the hearts of the repatriated Armehians
who had been chased from their homes q
year before. AS stated, they fled to the
|csucasus one more. taking with them about
$4,000 Of their couHtrymen irom Mush and
|Biliis, SO that we are ct present confronted
with the problem Of caring for about 55.'
|Oo0.h :
Mr.. Graeey said he wanted 70 pay tribute
70 the work Of the American Red Cross Ia
Persia It's base is at Khoi and a Dr. Haz-
lett, an American, is in charge.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
An Opportunity For Thrift

The school children OF Washington. D. G.
have saved more than $4,000 worth Of waste
paper since the fall term began. That fl
worth while, not merely for the money con
sideration, but particularly for the habit
OF thrift that has been created
We are a wasteful people, declares the
KANSAS City Star. It is a common saying
among Americans who have travelled IN
France that a French family could live
cmfortably on what is thrown away from
an American kitchen. Take this matter 81
waste p alone, Paper is actually scaree
at present and the time is coming when
there won't be boundless forests to draw
en- for its manufacture. AS a matter OF
conservation of natural resources we ought
not to destroy waste paper when Il can
be used over again. But we haven't learn
ed the lesson Of e~conomizing that the poo
pie have learned abroad.
Waste poper houses are now paying from
2 cents to $3.50 a hundred pounds for used
paper. But how many families are Saving
their old papers and their magazines
Mighty few, although the experience Of
saving would be good for the children even
where the money is not the obIect-and
the money isn't to be sneezed at.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
Watching Hiram

Closing an eloquent N timely editorial
on the subject Of Hiram Johnson, Of Cali
|fefnia, just elected to the United States
Senate, an exchange says in clarion, though,
on the whole, sympathetic tones
Watch him.
The advice is we'll meant, but unneces-
sary, says a writer in the California Out
look.
You might as we'll tell the denizens Of the
frozen North to watch the aurora boreal.s-
There's nothing else to watch.
watching Wilson is like sitting In a So
ance where tables tip and bells tihkle, and
boards rap, and graveyards yawn, but moth
ing is visible to the naked eye. Watching
Hughes Is like looking at the frost IN the
v lndow pane-beautiful, apparent, puzklltig,
Intricate. but not diverting. Watching
Roosevelt Is like pdtting a cyclone on a mi
cfoscopic slide. But watching Hiram John.
son Is going to be the chief outdoor and in
door sport, recreation and adventure Of the
American continent for the next twenty
years.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
Danger of Panama
Slides At An End

Panama.-The slides in daiIIard Cut,
which have been menacing navigation. have
been overcome. Today the chanHel is in
better shape than it has ever been before.
For a minimum width of 1S0~feet it is thir
ty-five feet deep. and it is at least thirty
five feet deep clear across the original
prism, three hundred feet wide. The slides
III Cncaraeha and Culebfa, which have
huIged forward as IL to smother the water
way under their mass, have been dredged
away until they look flat and impotent
Barring some unforeseen development, such
as a new break in a wholly unexpected
place or the crumblIng Of the great cliffs al
Gold Hill or Contractors Hill, the interrHp
tons Of traffic by the slides are done.
The engineers IN charge will not commit
themselves to prophecy but the fact thai
they have taken away ali but three Of the
drbdges and cut out The Sunday and holt
day work lisa strong indication Of theft
confidence in the situation. The thfes
dfedgss are carrying the excavation back
o. the original channel line in order to es
labllsh a defensive zone to prevent en-
cfnachmnts oh the channel. Much work Z
yet to be done to complete the channel e
It's full width Of three hundred feet, with a
Bottom forty-nve bee above SPA level. Civ
ing a depth Of foftE1fiFe feet but Il il a.
ready possible now to give passage TO the
biggest ships on the seas without any trout
LTo
El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-12-28
Increase In Big Incomes
fThomas r. Logan ii Lesiie's.1

(Thomaa f. Logan In Leslie's.)
Wal prosperity has dodbled the number
Of our citizens having annual incomes Of
$4,000 to s5O0.00O IN the past year as com,
pared with the year previous. The receipts
from the individual income tax show-an in.
crease OF $4,000, 900, the total for the year
ended June 30 last being sB7.s4s.Rs4. AZ
car4:ng u the estimates Of the uommlssitF
er Of Internal revenue this viii be raised
during the current year 10 SILL 900,
New York paid onefourth Of AL the cprpor
alton income taxes and nearly one;half Of
all the direct income taxes collected last
year. In the latter respect i, yielded nearly
five times as much as Pennsylvania, nearly
six times as much as Illinois, more than
seven tines as much rs Massachusetts, and
eight times as much as Ohio The five states
named paid iour-fifthe OF the income tax
collected Ia the United Stated The states
that went Republican last election paid al
most 30 per cent Of the total. and Ohio
about six per cent. one hundred and TWEEN
ty Americans have iheomes 6f a million or
morela year not counting income from cap.
itai stock. New York supplied "A and Penn,
~sylyania 10. New Jersey and Ohio follow,
seven and six. respectively while Con-
necticut Delawarb sud Illinois have four
each. OF the Southern states thfee have res
idenis With incomes Of $l,000.poO per am
mum. or more. the returns giva one apiece
to Georgia. Missouri and Oklahoma.