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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

and thereafter the life Of an officer
in the army for his career.
Many a}poors boy has dreamed such
dreams and laid out his LIES course,
and nothing much ever came from 1t.
But this Crawford boy OF Sharon, Ka-
nawha county, is a different sort of a
%youngster, and this is a different sorl
of a story, one where dreams of boy
hood come true. C%rawford's folks
were poor folks. His father did what he
could to start the lad On the course
he was wont to travel, but the young.
ster had to work. while he got what
schooling he could get, to help support
the family. From the mines he went
into the company's store, and did lots
OF odd jobs In the mining towns. Fam.
lily affairs improved, and he got more
time for his studies, and the money
that he earned went into a fund that
would take him to college for one
year anyhow. Where there is a will
there Is a way, and this lad had the
will. He never gave UP and he has
been a student both at Bethany and
Marshall colleges. and was recon.
mended by the presidents OF, those two
institutions to Congressman Littlepage
as a worthy candidate for appointment,
and n who was equipped to pass the
entrance examination to West Point,
in judgment. He was also recon-.
mended by Albert NJ. Beicher, chief
OF counsel for the West Virginia Mine
Workers In West Virginia, and by Hon.
E. T. Jarrett. Other prominent pro.
fessional men wrote letters in his be.
half and his father, the coal miner, an
intelligent, well.read man himself,
writing in behalf Of his son, said he
came to the congressman with q re-
quest that he was almost. reluctant to
make, for he hardly dared to hope that
his. son-just a coal miners boy-would
be chosen from boys of more intiuen-
tial parentage and higher social sta.
ton for an opportunity SO much.
sought after.
Well, the happy ending Of this story
is that the poor miners boy has o
His storyttouched the heart and fired
the admiration Of the appointing pow.
er. Congressman Littlepage has
thrown openSthes door to him and op.
portunitya is tbeckoning him to enter.
The trapper boys dreams-dreamt In
those long, lonesome, dark days insthe
coal mines-ares coming true.
Johnny" Crawford, Of Sharon, may
loom a big figure In his country's mill.
tary history, who knows! Attoast to
him-and god speed!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02
Personals

Personals
Mrs. Edward Bishop and Mrs. Al
bert Helmick spent Sunday at Little
Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. White. Of Nor.
gantown, are guests of the latter's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Jones,
on State street.
Mrs. George Cox, of Gufrey street,
is visiting relatives at Spencer.
Miss lssa Satterfield returned to
her home at Petersburg yesterday
after a visit in this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

The Domestic Science classes Of the
Warrington High school entertained
the n,embersfo OF the Board OF Educa.
ton and their wives at a dinner on
Friday at SIX O'clock. The affair was
we'll appointed and the class and their
teachers Miss Green. were highly com.
piimented on the success of the din;
uer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02
WARRINGTON NEWS

the state convention OF missionary so.
icieties OF the Presbyterian church at
Terra Alta this week. Mrs! Beatty
goes as o delegate from the Woman's
Home and Foreign Missionary society
Of the Presbyterian church OF Man.
nington. The Misses Geneyieve Nc.
Gee and Madeline Basnett, left Monday
evening to attend the convention. They
represent the Park Westminster
guild.
From Plttssurah
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter o'Day and Mr..
and Mrs. James Allen have returned
from Pittsburgh where they visited
for several days
Personals
E. Clark Ice. OF Elkins, was here
Monday for a visit with his father, DR..
C.. H. Ice
The Misses Olive and Nell Burch,
of Burton, W. Va, were shoppers In
this city Monday.
robert Dickey Burnley has returned
from Cameron where he was visiting
with his parents.
Mrs. Charles Drake, Mrs. Clara Wal.
tiers and Miss Clara Drake have re-
turned from Fairmont where they.
were visiting with friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

Elk Congressman Samuel B. Avis,
who left for his home at Charleston
after a weeks stay in the city attend.
ing the local rate hearings as the at.
torney for the state utilities commits.
sion, expressed himself to inquiring
politicians here as firmly believing
that Judge Ira Robinson will be nomi.
mated for governor at the June pri.
maries.
There isn't a doubt in my mind"
declared Capt Avis. "of Judge Robin.
son being made the nominee OF the
Republican party byga majority which
will be at once a tribute to his ability
to be the chief executive Of the state,
but also will furnish unmistakable ev:
idence OF the popularity Of his candi;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

We guarantee every bag Of ALPHA
10 more than meet the U. s. Gov.
eminent standard for strength. Ii Is
tested hourly in the making by
chemists. to make sure that every
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

Delegate TO Convention
Mrs. Harry ,. Beatty will attend
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

Stacy Jones. OF Weston. was here
'yer sunday fer a visit with friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02

ounce % pure. live and active. Com
crete made with PHASeanalways
be depended on. The Government
has used hundreds Of thousands Of
barrels o. ALPHAC Cement. .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-02
Personals

E. Clark Ice. Of Elkins, was here
Monday for a visit with his father, DR..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-05
What to Do First

you the awards fill in Nomination Blank
this page and send bring the Contest Department. Grand Thea
Bismarck, n Oak
active contestant will get prize SIX
It all depends
Automobile Piano. small for your spare
4 Jewely Store
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-05

RULES OF CONTEST
reducing prizes.
Of the Theater
enter
settled the
decision shall be final.
sell tickets within so feet from ent
to during performance
Friday and closes October a. 1916
standing this
HOW n
full Of be sent direct
or the office Of the Grand Theater
equally divided the contest
Eachc receive
SCHEDULES: Of Tckes-2000 Votes
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-05
Notice to Contestants

Saturday. October a. 1916
contestant
will
will people
get
valuable possible for
TO make a lin
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
HIS TRIBUTE ALL TOO Llr
Son Should Have Acknowledged Mn
er's Goodness While She cout
Appreciate It

Pacifisi Henry Ford said in an lt.s
view In Detroit:
This war. with the widows /, VI
make, reminds me Of II sad story
"A girl. beautiful and gay, nsrA
a struggling man, and in due cum
four boys We're born to them. TSa
the husband died.
"1'he wife turned to with will. n
educated her boys. She sent then i
preparatory school and college
"When they graduated. up.iedts
stylish chaps. their mother VI, 4
worn-Out, Old-fnslioned. elderly, b
spirited woman. The boys kept pi
home for her, but there was littk b
common between them. and In I'd
years she took sick and died.
ION her deathbed the Oldest boy, d
promising lawyer now. said to her.
"'You have been n good mothd 4
u.s.
"Shc flushed with pleasure, and N
answered In II very low voice:
"lou never said so before, Jchn
"a few minutes later she was dsad'I
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
3s,188,0O0 new COINS
LARGEST COINAGE IN PENNIES
AT DENVER MINT.
With a Money Value of $1,e4a, $50, All
Former Records Surpassed Dur
ina Past Year.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denyer-The Denver mint sur
passed all of Its former annual com
age records in the fiscal year which
ended June 80. The total number ot
all pieces coined was 39.1SS.Oo0 ana
The total money value. $l,6i3.960.
or the different kinds OF specie
here were 1872 silver half dollars
coined. having n money value OF 1885,
noe The coinage of quarters was
nearly twice as heavy, S.OO2.o0O pieces
being made with value OF s15o,5oo.
There were S.5SS,00O nickels made,
valued at Sl.g, 100. Almost nine
tenths of the record in the coinage
OF pieces was in The mintage OF pen
nies. the total uLiIber coined being
u sos 900. and having value OF s3lS.
u6U.
The annual coinage of the Phila'
delphia mint WITS I55. ,3l2 pieces.
valued at S42.3Si.S1G. OF this total,
lG ,o&29S2 pieces. or s27.642.3S7. wer"
for foreign account, the bulk of which
went to Cuba and other Central AMI
South American Countries.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Larkspur Boy, IL. Kills Brother.

Denver-Edward Starr, a l4-year-
old I.arkspur boy. was hunting mag
pies on his fathrr's ranch at Lark
spur with a rifle Edward is good
shot. and when he cspied magpie in
a bush nearly lon Yards away he took
careful aim, with the full expectation
of bagging his game. He pulled the
trigger and heard scream. He ran
to the spot and found he had shot
through the stomach of his 5-year-old
brother Harry, who was concealed be-
hind the bush. The boy died at st.
Luke's hospital in This city.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
TAKE ENTIRE DELvlLLE WOOD.
Berlin Admits British Have Taken
Third Line Trenches on Somme.

London.-"Further important sue.
cesses" on the German second line
have been gained by the British, ac.
cording to the official communication.
The British captured the whole of Del.
Vile wood and repulsed strong
counter attack.
The British forces have held all the
ground gained In Fridays advance
and taken two or three more small
sectors Of trenches in the German sec.
ond line.
The Belgian communication SAYS the
Germans attempted an attack against
their advanced posts in the neighbor.
hood of Oudstyvekenskerke. They
were completely repulsed.
Russian troops have captured the
town OF Baiburt in Turkish Armenia
by assault. This information was
given in an official statement issued
by the Russian War Department. Bal.
burt 10 sixty-five miles northwest of
Erzerum and about sixty miles south
Of the Black Sea port Of Trebizond.
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FOREIGN

The potato harvest in Germany will
be delayed fortnight, according to
Berlin newspapers.
The royal chateau at Tatot. Greece
occupied as the summer residence
of King Constantine, was destroyed
by fire.
The Mexican Northwestern rail
road again has been opened for tbs
shipment of supplies TO American
troops in Mexico.
The latest statistics OF the labor
department show that while women
outnumbered men in France before
the war by 75G.GS2 Tin total pop
ulation of 39,602.25S). the war will
probably decrease the number of men
at least 100000 giving the women Il
majority of l.75o,OOo.
London newspapers. while express
ing admiration editorially for the fea'
OF the German submarine Deutsch-
land, insist that ii cannot have the
slightest military importance. nor can
it be regarded as demonstration Of
the ineffectveness OF the British
DlOChdut-
The development Of two million
horse power OF electric energy below
the Niagara Falls without disturbing
the Horseshoe and American falls,
and the expenditure OF s1u0.nO0,O0u IN
the work, are proposed in schem"
that has been submitted to the DO.
minion government at Ottawa for ap-
proval.
The engagement is announced OF
Mrs. Joseph hamber'ain. widow OF
the late British statesman. and th7
Rev. William Harley Carnegie. rec.
tor of ST Margaret and canon o.
Westminster Mrs. Chamberlain was
Miss Mary Endicotr. daughter OF tn.
late William Endicott. secretary OF
war in Cleveland's cabinet
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21

to mo at times. Lydia E, Pisls,a.! y.
Vegetable Compound and Liver Ppm, pm. !
stored me to health and l want IA E N.s
you for the good they have DOM n. !,
have had quite . lit Of troubl. Z,
worry but 1t does rot affect INV ~ 4
full looks. My friends say 'Wbvi%s. 'W ~
look 10 young and well?' low. !
to the Lydia E. Pinkham rem.s. |.
Mrs. RoBT. SToPIEL, Moore AVE..
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who mn.
from female troubles, neryouns
backache or the blues could see n. |.
ters written by women made wellhl.
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comm
II you have any symptom about M,
you would like to know write Ia 4
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co in
Mass, for helpful advice given mi
charge.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Thieves Blow p. O. Safes.

Denver,-The blowing of safe in
the postoffice at Minturn. Colo, du-
piicate of job at Craig, has con.
WINGED postoffice inspectors in Den.
yer that band Of expert cracksmer
are at work in the state and that
postoffice strong-boxes IRE their spe-
cialty. approximately 5000 have been
obtained by the safe-crackers in the
postoffice robberies. The blowing OF
the safe at Craig netted them $500
In cash. while that at Minturn added
$50 in cash. and stamps valued at
s2l0. to their store of booty.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Arrest Alleged 100000 Mail Thie,

Denver.-Cornered by postoffice in
spectors and police in the lobby of the
Y. NJ. c. A, W. Edward Diez of At
lanta, Ga. fought them off long
enough to toss behind counter ST.
600 worth of unsigned national bank
notes in his possession The bills were
identified by Charles NJ. Waters, cap.
tain of postoffice inspectors. as a
part of the series. amounting to ST..
100000. stolen from the mails in a
train holdup on the Baltimore G. Ohio
railroad at Central Station. w. Va,
Oct. S, 1915.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
BOY ACCUSED AS MARION LAM
ssRT,s SLAYER FREED ON
THIRD BALLOT.
JURY OUT FIVE HOURS
LAWYER DECLARES BOY WILL
TAKE LONG REST AND THEN
SETTLE DOWN.


Waukegan, Ill.-Wnl Orpet is free.
1t took the Lake county jury OF farm
ers and railroad men just five hours
TO acquit the former University OF
Wisconsin student of the murder OF
Marion Lambert in Helms woods last
| February There were three ballots.
The first two stood II TO ] for ac-
Park holding out for a prison sen
tence On the third ballot Book
yielded.
After moment Will stepped for
ward and shook hands with the Judge
and as many of the jurymen as ne
could reach. Then he turned to try
to get out of the courtroom. His
mother came along. and Mrs. Taylor,
and the three walked quickly to a
waiting automobile. which whirlei
them away toward the Orpet home in
Lake Forest.
For the first time during the trial
tears sprang to Orpet's eyes as Judge
Donnelly read the verdict. He bit
his lip, though, and controlled him
self heroically He never looked so
much like small boy and it seemed
as If he had awakened gently from
some horrible dream Mrs. Orpet. the
boys mother. sobbed quietly. Mrs.
Edwin Taylor. his Madison landlady.
who sat at his left through the last
week of the trial. bit her lip and
managed to keep her composure.
Neither Edward Orpet. Wills IA
ther. nor Frank Lambert. the father
OF the dead girl. was in the court
room when the verdict was returned.
Both had been there in the afternoon,
but had disappeared and could not be
found in time to hear the verdict.
Orpet. according to Wilkerson, is
going into the country for n long rest
The boy himself would not talk
Wilkerson told of the boys plans.
"Will is going away" he said. 81
don't know where. but somewhere in
the country. and he is going to take
a long rest. Then he is going to pre-
pare himself to take up his studies
again and get himself ready for a ca
reer of usefulness"
Mrs. Orpet did not lose her self
possession for second She received
the verdict as If 1t were mere mat
ter OF routine. She noted that pho
tographer was trying to snap a pic.
ture of her son and herself and
warned him, meanwhile shielding her
own face with a newspaper.
James II. Wilkerson, chief counsel
for the defense, was unable to keep
back the tears and they trickled from
his eyes while he. with his associates.
Ralph F. Potter and Leslie P. Hanna.
were receiving congratulations.
We'll go home now. William" said
Mrs. Orpet, and they made their way
down the back stairs and to the jail.
Orpet's few belongings which he
had in his cell were already packed
He had recovered his self-posses.
sion by this time and thanked Sheriff
Griffin for making his four months
stay in Jail as comfortable as pos.
sible.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Hen Hatcbe. woodpeek.t

1t is unusual for hen to ha'eh Z
q wOodpecker. but an instance Y
ported by Ira COrdrey, u farmer u
ing near here.
The hen had been missing 10,
time. When found she was mo'pe.
IL baby chicks and one tlny w.
pecker, which appeared perfecls N n
py to let the hen scratch wofus
1t, and the hen is paying 1ust ~ ].
attention to the little woodpeele
1t Is to her brood of chicks.
The woodpecker's appearance VI
planned on the suppositlon ~.
woodpecker laid the egg 10 'hs
nest while the hen was on ioonus
food.-Federalsburg tMd.) p
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
FOR BABY RASHEs
cuticura Soap Is Best 6eeaus '
Soothing and Cooling. Trial Ffs

II baby Is troubled with rashs =
zemas, itchings, chafings or hot a
tated skin follow Cuticura Soap 90
with light application Of Cuticufs W.
ment to the affected part. Notha
soothing, cooling and refreshing V'
he is fretful and sleepless.
Free sample each by mail with pa
Address postcard, Cuticura, DeN 4
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdL
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
STATECAPlTOL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
LIQUOR SHIPMENTS INCREASE.
eaea and Rio Blanca Counties Are
LILLY White"

"LiIy White"
Shipments of liquor into
Colorado are increasing. Last May
1896 shipments came into the state
while only 1888 were registered with
the secretary of state in April. Not
withstanding this increase the proper
ticn of increase has fallen off by com
parison with other mcnths since pro-
hib.tion went into effect.
With all this amount of liquor be-
ing shipped into the state, two coun-
ties stand out as lilly white" In obey
.ng to the very letter of the prohibi'
lion law. Baca county and Ri, Blanco
are the two which have not received
on shipment of liquor since January.
according to the state records. And
1t ~ sure that not drop of the for.
tidden has come into these counties
because the system of checking would
reveal it.
Denver received G.S74 shipments OF
liquor during May. Pueblo was next
with 1.721 and Las Animas falls into
lire right behind with n total OF 1.l70.
FL Paso is next and is followed by
Weld county which received S37 ship.
ments during the month.
The state received as its share, OF
the fees for registering shipments OF
liquor, sS,1@7 during the first five
months of prohibition. In this time
C5.l00 packages We're received.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Medical Bill Ordered Referred

The fight which has been made nv
certain branches Of the medical pro.
iession against bill passed by the
last Legislature granting full license
to practice to all. physicians who had
passed an examination before the
state Board OF Medical Examiners
met with partial success when the
state Supreme Court declared that the
law must be referred to the vote of
the people at the next election.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
TAFT slated as peace Envox

/, Washington.-A to promi.
nent administration officials here.
Wilson expects to ask former Prssi.
dent TAFT to serve as chairman Of the
American commission which viii -
appointed to cooperate with 4 Msrf.
can commission for the settlement 81
IL Rre9tdsnt's dispute with Gen, car.
l1ns.. !! 2, Before leaving washinstou
esHr aecprdt % fhese officiaIs.
e e. 4 l y leHt A. ,fys stsFza ained Is N
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
City Of Denver Pays state Tar.

STATE Treasurer Allison Stocker re.
eelved a check for s162.221.23 in sec.
ohd payment OF taxes from the citv
ana county OF Denver from the state
treasury. The first check, sent a
noh.h ago. was for $275.OOO. The to.
'ai the city and county pas to n.
STATE is approximately s75o,Ooo. Thu
next payment is due Aug. /.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Blast Wrecks Part Of Gas Plant

Lafayette-An explosion of gas in
the feed pipes at the generating plant
of the Western Light & Power Com
pany, caused about $1,000 worth OF
damage. The west wall of the fan
house was blown out. None of the
machinery was damaged and no one
was hurt
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21

Tered, iered with H.
| trouble, bssI,s:
nervous sp.lA p
the bluea. . NJ d;
dren's loud t.liSs. NJ
and romping n,
make me 70 a.,,ss
! could Just y
everything top;,,.
and ! would AMI
over and feel n h
that l would NJ
want sn~...
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Pioneer Woman Dies.

Boulder-Mrs. II. w. Allen. sc
years old the wife of pioneer physi-
clan died here. She came to Colo.
RADIO with her husband in 1864, living
at Black Hawk. Valmont and Boulder
Nine out of thirteen children survive,
and all but one of these. Arthur Al.
len. now at the border with the Idaho
militia was here for the funeral.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Militia Visits Denver,

Denver-Fifteen hundred men, rep.
resenting the military strength oil
Colorado. were shown to Denve,
Saturday when Adjutant General
Gamble brought the entire militia at
the rifle range to the city to parade
in the downtown section.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Strike Murder Charge Dismissed,

Trinidad-Judge Charles Cavender
Of the Sixth District Court here.
granted an application for dismissal
OF the case against J. w. Protain,
member Of the United Mine Workers
OF America. charged with murder.
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
To start Herd Law Fisht July %.

Glenwood Springs-Hundreds OF
western slope stockmen are to gather
in this city July 20 to complete thei1
plans for defeating the proposed her5
law which is being agitated for the
November election,
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Wellington Pays 100000 Dividend.

Breckenridge. The Wellington
Mines Company paid = dividend oj
100000 July i: similar dividend oi
100000 was paid BY the company
March IS. 1915. The company's finan.
cisI statement which accompanies
the aiyidcnd checks to the stocfhoid
81, shpws ut ttWeea Dec. /. 1SfI
'el1 Ifay %, ~ 10 c6inpSdy g
icssys9 4 1! - :. n i " si1s a m
81 Z
The Ordway new era., 1916-07-21
Public Utilities Commission su,r..

uo''e o''"t'es Commission Supreme.
IN sweeping decision announced
ny tne State Supreme Court, original
jurisdiction in all cases concerning
puplic utilities and the power to abro.
gaze contracts made by municipalities
WIN such utilities is conferred upon
ane state Public Utilities Commission
me case was that brought to the su.
preme Court by the Denver ana South
riatte railway against the city of En-.
glewood on appeal.