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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-17
LEPERS SERIOUS. MENACE.
Statement Made That 500 Are nj
Large In the United States.

WASHINGTON - More than five
hundred lepers at large in the United
States constitutes a menace OF serious
possibilities unless proper steps foi
segregation arc taken, In the opinion
of physicians, nurses and others who
testified before the senate health
committee Tuesday in support OF a
bill to establish a national leprossa.
rum.
The witnesses, all OF whom had
made extensive personal researches,
on the subject. agreed that the three
hundred persons under treatment In
the country's three state or municipal
leper asylums inclued less than one
third OF the total of those afflicted.
They declared that the disease wan
rapidly spreading; that the danger
OF q serious epidemic was real, and
that segregation was the first demand
in the campaign against 1t.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-17

SPOKANE, Wash. - Railroads In
eastern Washington still are suffer-
ing from high water from melting
SHOWS. Washing out Of the Northern
Pacific tracks near Mesa compelled
the detouring Tuesday Of traing from
Marshal to Pasco via the Spokane
Portland and Seattle road.
The Great Northern is threatened
with the loss of it's tressle over Crab
creek because Of an Ice jam but was
able to use its main line to Leayen-
worth Tuesday after being forced
Monday 10 hare passenger Cross the
trestle on foot. STANDARDIZATION
trains of the o. W. r. & N. still arc
being detoured via Aver Junction be-
cause Of inability TO make direct Con
nections via Starbuck.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-17
GEM STATE LUMBER CO.


we have an agency for
Switzerland hand embroid-
cred Dress Goods, 100 SAM
Piles. Call in and see them.
Economy Cleaning Co.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
WILL REOPEN HIP
WITH FOR HIS SAKE"
Jack Lewis Will Bring First
Class Company to His
Own Theatre.

Jack Lewis, manager of the Lewis
Oliver players has leased the Hippo.
drome theatre and will open Monday
matinee August 81 with one of the best
stock companies ever seen in this
city.
In selecting the company Mr.. Lewis
has been very careful to engage only
the best people and he has secured
many well known actors who will sup,
port him during the season.
There will be two plays each week,
each staged with all special scenery
and electrical effects.
For the first three days OF the open.
ing week Mr.. Lewis has secured
through his New York agent one of the
greatest plays ever written For His
Sake" which will be given a com.
plete production and give each mem,
Der OF his company chance to display
their ability.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
RIVESVILLE.

Miss Stella Tough, who has been
ON the sick list for the past two weeks,
8 Is better at this tlmo.
While working on pipe line a
few days ago, Gilbert Lynch met with
a very serious accident, by falling
and breaking his arm.
Mrs. Martha Morris, an aged lady
OF near Cassyille, died at her home
Saturday evening at O'Clock.
Mrs. Morris was sick only a short
time. yet her death (due to a stroke
OF paralysis) was not unexpected. She
Is survived by several children and
several brothers and sisters. Funeral
arrangements have not been complet.
Miss Erma Lynch and her brother,
Dale, attended the play" given at
Laurel Point, last Saturday night.
There will be a peanut social and
Festival at Lynch Chapel next Satur.
day, August 10. Everybody invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Hawkins spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Michael on Stewards Run.
Rev. H. s. Chapman will preach his
last sermon for this conference year,
at Lynch Chapel next Sunday morn.
ing at 10 q. m. All are cordially inyit.
ed to attend this service.
Miss Nettie Davis and Ruth Tough
We're business callers In Morgantown
last Thursday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
WARRINGTON NEWS


Gap was calling on friends in town
yesterday.
Hank Eastman has accepted a posi-.
ton with the Imperial Restaurant on
Railroad street.
o. E. Simms of Broomfeld was a
bushes calltr intown Wednesday, af-
ternoon.
Arch Hastings is driving the Wells
Fargo Express wagon during the va.
cation of Glenn Watts.
B. F. Powell has returned from a
business visit to Barrackville.
Earl X. Jariehon of Smithburg is q
weeks visitor here.
Winston T. Smith has returned from
q bushes visit TO Fairmont.
Harry Tederlck OF Locust street has
returned from business visit to Ben.
ton Ferry.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Militia leaves Flood Zone.

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Aug. IL
Conditions having sufficiently lmprov.
ed along Cabin Creek and Its trihu.
taries, Col. c. E. Morrison. the head.
quarters company and the First Batal.
ion OF the Second West Virginia in.
fantry returned yesterday to mobiiza.
ton camp having been on duty In the
ood region since asst Thursday. One
battalion was left scattered along the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Conference Meeting.

The Fourth quarterly conference Of
the Logansport NJ. E. Church will be
held at Curtis Chapel August 10 and
20. DR.. o. D. King, district superin-
tendent will preside and preach Satur.
day evening at 1880 and Sunday morn
ing at 1880. Communion service fol-
lowing the morning service. In the
afternoon beginning at one thirty
song and prayer followed by an evan.
gelistic service at two o'clock con-
Quoted by the Rev. Mrs. Murray of
this city. Dinner will be served on
the grounds. All former residents as
well as the public in general are in
vtted to worship with us on that day
and to share the hospitality Of this
splendid church and community.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Personals.

Mrs. John Crumbaugh OF Fairmont
formerly Miss Margaret Shinn was
the guest OF Miss Lena Prichard yes,
terday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dollimeyer
and children and Miss McKelvy, OF
Homecoming. Md. who have been the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Beatty
left yesterday morning for visit in
Parkersburg with relatives.
Mrs. e. D. Conway of the Brookside
Addition has returned from visit at
her home in Morgantown.
Gilbert Musgrave OF Pennington
was calling on friends here Tuesday
R. H. Stewart has returned from
Hundred where he was looking after
business interests.
Thomas Downs, the local B. and O.
baggage master has resumed his du.
ties after two weeks vacation spent
In the east.
g. N. Paxton Of Littleton was a call.
ter In town yesterday.
Hon. William Rushford OF Glover
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
PythIan Meeting Called.

WHEELING. W. Va, Aug. ia
call for the First district convention
of the Knights Of Pythias to be held
in Wheeling August 90. was issued to
District Deputy Grand Chancellor
Charles Dietrich. All lodges of the
northern section of tho state comprise
the First district. Action will be TAX.
en- on matters which will come before
tho State meeting of the Knights OF
Pythias to be held ut Huntington on
August 20, 80, and 81.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
eootIeaaers Have srotherhood.

WAYNE, W. Va, Aug. 17-That a
bootleggers' brotherhood with its own
secret passwords. It's own. Obligations
and its own oaths which members are
sworn to be true and faithful to the
standards of the organization exists
In this county is charged and cognl.
zance of the charge taken by Judge
John NJ. Wilkinson Of the Circuit Court
in his remarks to the grand Jury here.
This brotherhood has reduced the sup.
plying OF liquor to the thirsty ones TO
more than q science.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Producer.

Allen and Co. have drilled in their
well in the Ryan farm in the Dents
Run field and at four feet in the thirty
foot sand got a showing of oil No
estimates as to the size of the well
could be obtained. Clayton Oil Co. on
the Straight farm is completed thru
the thirty foot and dry.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Well Attended.

mThe Battle Cry of Peace" which
was shown at Burts theatre Wednes-
day afternoon was well attended. AZ
ter seeing this picture we know why
we should have a larger army and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Gun Kills Bow.

MARTINSBURG, w. w., Aug. IL
Clayton Chambers, aged II, was killed
last night when a gun with which he
was playing was accidentally discharg.
cd
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17
Coke Company Is Sold

CoNNELLsvlLLE. Pa. Aug. IL
The Northern Conncllsvllle Coke Co.,
owned principally by Uniontown men,
was purchased by Conncllsvillc men.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17

Mrs. William Hess and daughter
Miss Nell have returned from Grafton
where they were visiting relatives.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-17

The plant is near Greensbnrg. The
now officers are: President F. L. Mar.
kell; vice president Cyrus Echard;
secretary, G. W. Campbell and trcasur.
er, ]. w. Buttermore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Illuminafinp the Flag
T,co Birmingham. Ala. Stores ] Jacksonville. Fla.

From the Electric News Service.
 In keeping with the nationwide pa triotic movement more American flags are being displayed over public and office buildings, hotels, clubs and homes, than ever before. Not content with all tshi, ways and means have been found to keep Old Glory flying "A hours day and to have 1t illuminated at night.
 new and novel electric flag has been devised purposely for night service. It is. made entirely of metal and the larger sizes contain coo red, white and blue lamps. A mechanical device controls these lamps so that the flag appears to be waving at all times.
 Another, and perhaps a more natural way, is to illuminate the flag with flood light projectors. In this case a 10x15.. foot flag is lighted by four flood light projectors mounted on the roof beneath the staff. Each protector is equipped with a 500-watt, gas-filled Mazda lamp with a parabolic reflector to direct tho rays upon the flag. The effect is to bring out the flag in strong relief against the night.
 It is not unusual to see one or more illuminated flags in almost every city. The ideal installation is over the court house or city hall. A large number of manufacturers are also Illuminating their flags after dark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
How Shakespeare aCribbed''

From the National Magazine.
 The reader now has the fabulous story of Macbeth as it existed when, by the arrival of King James I in London there was theatrical value to be found by Shakespeare in a Scots play. We have read the story as it existed in Eng fish when Shakespeare came up to Lon- don; as it existed in Latin before he was born; as it would have existed until today whether both Shakespeare and Middleton had lived or not. or even if there had been no written English language.
 A thought so impressive concerning Macbeth is to be considered here as casting intellectual light on our modern attitude toward the entire scriptures of Shakespeare. It is to be accepted by his worshipers that Shakespeare licked his- tories, novels, poems into shape for act ing, and the fact that fellow-playwrigh was striving to earn living in an original way did not deter Shakespeare from seizing the entire structure of that fellow playwright's drama. We shall ad- vert 2 to 9 such an act on his part because a man of genius. Robert Greene, thus depoiled. and dying in penury. cried out against the injustice of his fate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Back to Land From Trenches
By BRUNO LASKER Exclusive Service the Survey Press uBreau)

an improvement in the existing condi- tions of rural life generally.
 The social life of these communities is to be fostered by the means advocated in America by the country life movement, namely, the establishment of institutes and clubs, outdoor recreation, and, of course, schools and churches. Each col ony is to have at least one club room and village hall but efforts will be made to avoid anything in the nature of ex- clusiveness, and to bring the colony into the closest touch with the general social life of the neighborhood.
 A beginning is to be made at once with the establishment of three pioneer colo nies, each providing for about 300 fam flies.
 It is a conservative estimate to judge from the enormous demand for small holdings under just such conditions as are offered under this scheme prior to the war, which makes the committee Ian ticipate that the applicants for settle ment will be numbered by thousands rather than by hundreds" If industry should be slack at the time of demobil- ization, it is possible that tens of thou sands of families will gladly seek the peace and comparative freedom of a ru- ral home; and if they are denied it ir the mother country, many of them will migrate to the colonies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
Electric Heat

From the Electric News Service
 It is not always necessary to burn some- thing to produce heat. However, we have secured our heat by combustion for so long that most of us believe that heat can be produced in no other way. IL is hard to convince the user of an electric flat iron. or even a nelectric range, that noth- ing is burned within the iron, that there is no fire in the range. If you don't be- lieve that heat can be produced without fire and combustion try rubbing a coin briskly on the carpet. In few seconds the coin will be too hot to hold. If you rubbed it fast enough, and long enough, 1t would set fire to the carpet.
 When a coin is rubbed on the carpet it is heated by friction. By this same process Is heat produced in an electric iron, or even an electric range, that noth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
IN TERRIBLE CONDITION

"It was dusk when we arrived and it is impossible to give you an adequate impression of the terrible condition in which we found the camu. We walked through the compounds to No. 8. reserved for hospital, and although 15,O0O pris- oners were crowded into a space of 101s acres, we might have been walking through a camp of ghots for all the notice that was taken of our progress The men seemed dazed and apathetic. That night we began our desperate fight against typhus with all of the odds in it's favor.
 Our only stimulant was camphorated oil which, although slow in action, can serve that purpose when other stmu- lants are lacking. But that is only one indication of the hopeless lack of facili- ties with which we were faced from the start The compound reserved for a hospital was such in name only, as it was not only without the most ordinary equipment and sanitary conveniences, but utterly lacked the most elementary com- forts. There was not a regular bed in the place and the mattresses were filthy and uncomfortable. Typhus is essen tially filth disease and to combat it suc- cessfully cleaning materials and changes of clothing are prime necessities. Many of the men had only the ragged rem- nants of their uniforms, their great coats having been lost or taken from them by the guards, while some mad to go about wrapped in a blanket with strips of blankets in the place of boots. Soap had been sent to the prisoners from England. but the men were not permit ted to receive any of their packages until MT Gerard, the American ambas- sador made his inspection of the camp after the epidemic was over.
 RECOVERIES AMAZING
 "The most amazing feature of the ep- idemic from the standpoint of a physi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

Only, in the case of electricity, friction"
 is called by another name, resistance"
 Electric heat is produced by the resist
 ance'' offered to the flow of the current
 by special resistance metal inserted in
 the circuit. The current flows easily and
 smoothly along the copper wire leading
 into the electric iron. In the bottom of
 this iron Is inserted a stamped leaf or a grid of resistance wire, through which the
 current must force it's way before it can flow on to complete the circuit. This wire resists the flow of current, but there is pressure, or voltage, enough to force it over the difficult path. In overcoming this resistance a part of the electrical energy is changed to heat energy and the resistance wire becomes quite hot. All wire offers more or less resistance to the flow of electricity. The term, however, is usually applied only to those wires possessing a higher specific re- sistance than copper wire Silver has the lowest electrical resistance of all the metals, but as silver is costly and as copper has but slightly greater resistance 1t is copper wire that is in commercial use, so all comparisons are made with reference to copper. The function of re- sistance wire Is to offer resistance to the passage of an electric current This re- sistance to the current causes the cleo trical energy to become converted into heat. and it Is by the utilization of this heating characteristic that resistance wire finds so great use today in the elec- | trical trade.
 l Resistance wires are almost always composed of alloys of various metals. They are usually given trade names by the concerns making them. The compost tion of the various resistance wires now on the market, however, are: Nickel and chromium. Nickel and steel
 Nickel copper and manganese (man- ganin).
 Nickel and copper.
 Nickel and manganese. Nickel.
 Copper manganese and aluminium. Copper, nickel, and zinc German | silver).
 The metals used are alloyed in varying
 proportions, probably no two concerns
 using the same proportions. The standard | metals or alloys used in resistance wire, by their specific resistance divide re- | sistan ;e wires into grades having definite limits, as from to 12 times the resistance of copper up to 45 to 65 times the resist | ance of copper.
 Resistance wire Is furnished in so-called | wire, ribbon and plate form. Usually only the wire is carried in stock, the ribbon
 and plate being made up on order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

When .Kitchener's s Mob' comes march ing home again at the end of the war 1t will be met with carefully worked out plan for putting the men and their fami- lies back on the land for building up agriculture in Great Birmingham. The plan has been worked out by the depart mental committee appointed by the pres dent of the board of agriculture to con- sider the settlement or employment on the land of discharged sailors and sol diers copies of whose report have just been received in this country.
 Says the committee:
 .'The demobilization of the navy and army at the close of the war will afford a unique opportunity of developing agri- culture in this country. It is of the ut most importance to the welfare of the nation that this opportunity should be seized and turned to the geratest possible advantage.
 NATION TO OWN THE LAND
 .'The men who have joined the forces include representatives of all the best clements of our population, many of them possess a high degree of enterprise
 
 number can be attracted to seek a career on the land at home it will give stim- ulus to the agriculture of the country"
 The principal recommendation is for the creation of large state colonies of small holdings by the board of agriculture. This colonization bears strong resemblance to the provisions of the Crosser bill, now before Congpess, especially in that it in- sists on the necessity of retaining in na- tional ownership the land which is to be leased out to men of the necessary ex- perience No man is to be allowed to take up land unless he has such ex- perience, either through previous voca- ton or through training received in em- ployment on a state coloney at weekly wage.
 The idea is that, while in such em- ployment and after having shown prom ise of becoming satisfactory small land holders men should be given the psivi- lege of renting land near their cottages, provision being made in laying out the estate that adjoining land may be added to their holdings in course of time as they become capable of taking larger area. The initial housing difficulty is to be overcome by taking over from the war office, free of cost, some of the mili- tary huts no longer required after the war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
FURTHER DETAILS OF GHASTLY CAMP
 GIVEN BY DOCTOR Major Priestley Tells of He- rOic Fight By British
 at Wittenberg UNSTINTED PRAISE
 FOR GERARD GIVEN Only Through His Intervention Were Barest Necessities of Life Obtain able-Death Only Penalty for
 Infraction of Rules

London, June 10-(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) .)-Major Priestley of the army medical corps has supple
 mented the recent official report on the typhus epidemic among British prisoners of war in the Wittenberg camp in Ger many last year with further descriptions of the horrors that he encountered there. Major Priestley. 1t will be remembered, was one of six British doctors sent to the Wittenberg camp by the Germans when, it is alleged, the German medical staff abandoned its post at the camp after the typhus broke out Major Priestley is one of the three survivors among these six
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

British doctors, the others having suc- cumbed to the fever.
 wire by the German guards said the major to an Associated Press correspon- dent in describing his introduction to the Wittenberg camp, "and instructed to proceed to a certain hut, where we found our mattresses on top of a stack of collins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
EXPERT GUIDANCE

Considerable emphasis is laid on the need for expert guidance for the settlers l in each colony by resident director and an agricultural or horticultural instruc- tor Men of practical experience, as well
 as scientific knowledge are to be chosen for these appointments. In addition, the plan provides for occasional instruction I in the several branches of agriculture by a system of extension lectures more familiar in this country than in Eng l land.
 1 There will also be demonstration farms,
 run as far as possible on commercial basis, so as to teach proper business
 methods as well as methods of good cul- | tivation. Farm management in fact, is | to be one of the principal subjects of | instruction not only for the men but also | for their wives who frequently make the | better bookkeepers.
 | Cooperation in all directions is to be encouraged and helped each colony be- ! ing provided with an establishment for cooperative sale and purchase under the management of the director. The training | farm of each colony, in addition to giv- ! ing opportunities for training, will also | provide facilities for hiring out to the l independent settlers horses, machines and l implements. Each coloney is to have | cooperative credit society. which will be | the principal means of capitalizing the individual holdings, and which is to be l financed at the outset by the state to the extent of $1 .25 for each acre. It is estimated that the settlers will be able to afford the payment of rents suffi- cient to cover the capital outlay and the cost of management. except the salaries of the resident staff and the cost of pre- | liminary training. But since. the land re-
 mains in the ownership of the state, it is proposed that no sinking fund shall
 be charged.
 MORE FOOD AND MORE FARMER The committee. which consists of some of the ablest men in the movement for the British agricultural revival as well as representatives of the farming inter ests and of army and navy, finds one of the chief motives for it's recommenda- tions in the need shown by the war of
 strengthening the defensive power of the country by producing more food at home But, apart from the economic reasons for increasing the rural population there is we think, general consensus of opin- ion that it is also most desirable to dol this on social grounds
 lj This means that men must not only be employed on the land. but that they must be given every inducement to stay
 there. and to bring up their children in
 the country This is only possible with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25

"The most amazing feature of the ep- idemic from the standpoint of a physi-