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Personals,

L. c. Minor. of Fairmont, was a cal.
Ter to Monongah yesterday afternoon
on business.
Mrs. Anna Jordan, of Fairmont ia
visiting her mother, Mrs. Buckley. of
this town, for several days.
Miss Grace White has returned to
her home in Berryburg, w. Va. after
short visit with her brother. Mr.
Charles White.
Mrs. D. B. Oliker, Of Fairmont. was
spending the day with relatives here
yesterday. ''
George Leiving was a social caller
In Fairmont on last evening.
Miss Amanda Cunningham, OF Fair.
mont; was In town yesterday visiting
Miss Irene Holbert and father. Mr..
s. Ray Holbert. Of Fairmont, motored
10 Monongah yesterday evening.
Mr.. Richardson, OF Brockton Mass
was among the business transa ctors
mere from out Of town Wednesday.
Ray Cochran has recently accented
. position with the Arcade restaurant
Misses Cecil James. Froest villars.
Messrs. Charles Little and Oscar Lit.
tie passed through Monongah on yes.
terday en- route to the Clarksburg Fair.
Mrs. Clyde CASTOR, OF Fairmont, was
visiting friends and relatives in town
yesterday.
Mrs. E. P. Smith, of Barrackyille
was among the out of town business
callers here Wednesday.
MISS Maud Mason was a social cal.
Ter In Fairmont yesterday morning.
Miss Carrie Hunker. stenographer
Tor the James and Law book store of
Clarksburg. was visitor to Mononrah
yesterday attending to business,
Mrs. Lee Maxwell and friend. Mrs.
Smith, OF Clarksburg, were among tho
out OF town shoppers here yesterday.
Miss Hazel Lanham and Miss Retta
Smith. Of Fairmont, were calling on
friends here Wednesday.
Mrs. DR.. Roger and sister. Mrs. Me.
Creary. OF Fairmont. were here on
business yesterday afternoon.
Fred Colvin was among the Monon.
gah social callers In Fairmont yester.
day.
Mrs. NJ. L. sturm, Of Fairmont. was
in town Wednesday attending to bust.
ness.
Miss Lorraine sturm, Of Enterprise
was calling on friends in town yester.
day afternoon.
Miss Mile Evans, Of Fairmont. was
shopping in Monongah last eyeninr.
Virgil and Charles Koon, Of near
Worthington, drove to town yesterday
evening.
Joe Marcus, of New York CITY. was
In Monongah yesterday attending to
business affairs.
Mrs. W. q. Nixon, Of Clarksburp
was In town Wednesday visiting
friends.
Mr.. Grimes, school teacher at Ever
son. was in town yesterday on bust.
ness.
Mrs. J. H. Beckman, of Fairmont
was visitor in Monongah yesterday
attending to business.
James Price motored to Clarksburr
yesterday to attend the Clarksbure
Fair. Q
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DEMOCRATIC
Continued from page ~

and Governor Hatfield was indicted"
for numberless offenses and derelic.
lions ranging from melting mutiny on
the high seas to filching chocolates
from golden-haired baby. The result
Of that absurdly ridiculous party paper
on the public mind has been precisely
what few placid and president party
leaders foretold It would be. It failed
to be taken seriously by the public
because 1t was founded on falsehood
largely, and childing and Juvenile
promises mainly. have found that
nothing has so effectually contributed
to unity the Republicans in the locali-
! ties ! have recently travelled as that
self.same document promulgated with
such solemnity and high hopes by
those responsible for the curious and
novel instrument. 1t has served to
make the voters OF that party forget
their family quarrels of last June, and
to laugh with the rest Of the dear rub.
lie over the imprudent and audacious
bunk and piffle put forth to confuse
an honest electorate in a rational
choice Of the little shell which secrets
the elusive pea.
1t will doubtless be welcome news
to Governor Hatfield-and we carry
1t to him with unmixed pleasure-to
learn that. due to the strange charac-
ter, formation and Nominations OF that
marvelously strange and curious docu-
had risen high against him for some
grievance, fancied or otherwise, have
had the edge Of their bile taken off,
and are now not so critical of him per-
sonally. We say personally advisedly,
for, whatever opposition there was to
him In the late primary unpleasant
ness was, in the main. founded on per-
sonal and not official basis. In that
situation, there is an indication OF Re.
publican unity which assuredly is dis.
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in those circumstances. That was Q
party quarrel. a fractional affair. and
the trouble was personal one be-
tween Lilly and Hatfield. To believe
that Cornwell can step in and take up
family spat where Lilly left OF is
absurd. Lilly has come out for Rob.
inson and has urged his supporters in
the primary to do so. Only Repub.
lican could prolong that quarrel, and
there is no Republican so disposed.
AS an issue there Is nothing in 1t. An
issue is vital principle and over 1t
parties win and lose. DR.. Hatfield is
only vital personality, which expires
officially In few months. That's the
end Of 1t. The sooner my party gets
down to cases and digs up some prin.
ciples which mean something to the
individual voter, which appeals to him
seriously and to his sense Of RESPONSE.
bility as q voter the better It will be
for t."
Aside from Hatfeldism, the Demo.
Gratis up till now are laying on heavi.
est on the charge Of Extravaganza"
and increased taxation. These are old
friends as issues go in West Virginia.
They have been fought over ever since
the administration Of Governor White.
The Democrats have never won on
them, from which 1t may be accepted
as fact that they never proved their
charges.
A number Of men with whom talk
ed predicted that Hatfieldism and the
militant Doctor will soon be dropped
by the Democratic managers. They
will take new tact. With the drop.
ping will go the silly charge. Of course,
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WARRINGTON NEWS
o0nIey JONES' Correspondent Main St.. Bell Phone 90

hannon where she will enter ". Va.
Wesleyan.
Miss Kate Mckee, of Pittsburgh, Is
in town for visit with her sister,
Mrs. Harr Anderson.
Mrs. Sarah Furbee has gone to Mid.
dlebourne for a visit with relatives.
Elmer Floyd, Of the Stewart Granite
Works, has returned from business
visit to Metz.
George Hawkins is a business visi.
tor in Wheeling.
Mrs. Hannibal. Of Rochester, Pa, is
here for the millinery season with the
Bonnet Shop.
L. B. Huey is in Bluefeld attending
the Elks' convention.
John Sweeney. Of Wheeling, was in
town yesterday looking after business
interests.
Mrs. Clark and son, Joseph, of New
Castle, Pa, are In town for a visit
with the formers son, H. H. Clarke
and family.
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VEST

take our vessel, the .Austeriy." The
morning that the captain Of the Emden
expected the AusterIy-to come IN sight
he sent fifty men from the warship to
one Of the islands to breakdown the
wireless plant SO that the operator
could not call Tor help while the Ger.
mans were disposing Of our ship.
When the operator saw these men
coming with their axes and saws, he
suspected trouble and Immediately sent
out wireless for help. It happened
that the British warship Sydney was
scouting about 40 miles away, and
picked up the call. It Immediately
steamed toward the islands, while in
the meantime the captain Of our YES.
sci steered out OF his course 40 miles
to the south OF the island for fear
that some thing Of the kind might
happen. When the captain of the En-.
den saw the smoke OF the Sydney he
thought that It was he Austerly.
when the cruiser came near enough
1t was signalled to halt. The snydey
plowed right on. It was commanded
to halt again. The captain OF the Syd.
new now thought that he was near
enough. 80 he s/ung his vessel around,
and sent broadside of great shells
into the Emden. The captain Of the
Emden saw he was in for It. There
was nothing else to do but fight. So
he cleared the decks while shot and
shell were raining down upon hils, and
he sent out a broadside. But his guns
were not strong enough to reach the
Sydney. and In about half an hour
his ship was turned about, and he
tried to run away. In his excitment.
he ran the bow Of his boat onto a
reef and was struck. The Sydney was
coming on with full speed. and liter.
ally tore the Emden to pieces. The
few men that were left Of the Emden's
crew were taken prisoners, the can.
tain among them"
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Want Cameo.

The Monongah baseball team being
unable to find games with first class
teams IN this section Of the state have
mad numerous advertisements during
tne past week In the Wheeling Intelli.
gencer 1t is evident that some time
within the near future the local team
Will schedule a weeks trip with teams
in that part OF the state. With several
OF the old Monongah stars such as
King. Talbot and Toothman home
again, the line up will be much strong.
er.
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concerning to the Watson. Cornwell
coalition. That they had counted on
the Lilly.Robinson setto lasting till
the millinium. or at least until after
the November election, was fact OBJ.
vious to the intelligent. They had
counted on keeping 1t going with meth.
DDS Of their own. But the plan Is a
plain failure right now. with the real
campaign between the two parties
yet to get Systematically and enthu.
siastically started.
Governor Hatfield will not be an Is.
sue in the state campaign-not so far
as the Republican voters are concern.
ed. The opposition will try to make
him an issue, and will doubtless con.
tinue as they have started to raise a
lot OF dust around and about the per-
sonality OF the governor. They did
that with the late Governor Dawson,
and are needless Of the misfortune
which resulted. Dawson personally
was an athena to the Democracy. Daw'
sonism. like Hatfieldism, was painted
horrible bogy man on the political
canvas. The Democrats may have
been as terrified as they pretended
to be, but the Republicans didn't scare
any worth mentioning. The bogy man
proved to be one OF the best chief ex.
ecutives West Virginia ever had, and
one can't get an argument from any.
body when he asserts that William NJ.
o. Dawson was one of the greatest
men West Virginia ever produced. 1t
is proper to leave to history the place
uvhtob Cnvorrnr uofHo1d rf1I ha ar,
corded, but the Republican state plat
form doesn't back and fill on declar'
ing that his administration Is one OF
the best the state has ever had. II
carrying out progressive platform
crammed full of promises for radical
legislation counts for anything In sup
port Of the case, it is won hands down
for Hatfield. He put every promise
over. and though some there are who
found fault with his methods, he put
'em over Just the same, and that was
what the voters of the state plainly
elected him to do.
A man in Parkersburg, and Dem
ocrat Of the safe and sane variety
punctured the tire OF his party's cam
paign managers when he said: ut is
WdotC VI tiluC anu elCI6y LUZ 10 "
try to keep up the bitter contest oil
Robinson and Lilly for the governor
ship nomination. 1t can't be done by
outsiders. II the fight wasn't bitter
enough to hold out in fractional bitter.
ness Of itself. there Is nothing that we
can do to prolong it, since those di.
rectly concerned are putting 1t behind
them, apparently intent on getting to.
gether and fighting 1t out with US in
the regular way. Our interference, to
my mind, will result only in bringing
about a result which we have been
hopeful would be avoided; that is, the
harmonizatlon and unification of the
Republican voters. No outsider ever
butted into family quarrel and got
away with anything that profiteth
him."
Strikingly similar was the argument
Of the Fairmonter, another scion Of
Democracy who carries his head high
in the clear spaces and has no Mlu.
sions: 1--WE can't beat the Republicans
by trying to make the personality OF
Governor Hatfield an issue. Some of
our people have been mislead into
thinking that because Lilly made Hat.
field an issue. That was well enough
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FAIRMONT PEOPLE
GET INSTANT ACTION

Those who have used 1t in Fair
mont are astonished at the INSTANT
action Of simple buckthorn bark, glyc-
crime, ETC., as mixed in Adler-ika. Be.
cause 1t acts ON BOTH lower and
upper bowel, ONE SPOONFUL Adler
ika relieves almost ANY CASE con-
stipation. sour stomach or gas. It re.
moves such surprising foul matter that
few doses often relieve or prevent
appendicitis. A short treatment helps
chronic stomach trouble. Martins
drug store.
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Thanka.

The Elks band OF Warrington gave
carnival display during all Of the
past week. which was patronized lib
orally by the people OF the city, and
the band desires now to extend their
thanks to the public for their liberal
patronage. and especially to the Dixie
theatre who were kind enough to only
give one display each night and close
in time for all their patrons to attend
the carnival.
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MONONGAH
Underwent Operation,

Bruce, the small nine year old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Rev. C. c. Lawson.
underwent an operation at his home
curing the week. performed by DR..
Johnson, OF Fairmont and DR.. J.\A.
fiedy. OF this town. The child ia re.
ported to be rapidly improving.
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Prevalent Complaint

All the worlds a stage and one Of
the most pathetic Of all the pathetic
features Of everyday life is the way
mediocre performers so\ often contrive
to get into the leading roles for o
time.-Ohio State Journal.
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that in the event of Judge Robinson'l
election to the governorship he would
be dominated by Governor Hatfield.
No responsible individual among the
Democrats has made that charge upon
the hastings, nor has any responsible
party newspaper. Certain It 10 that
John Cornwell has not, nor will he.
Mr.. Cornwell Is too chary Of letting
CONTINUED on page six.)
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At tho Presbyterian Church.

Rev. and Mrs. Helliwell and family,
OF Rural Valley, Pa, will arrive this
week for visit with friends in town.
Rev. Helliwell will fill the pulpit of
the Presbyterian church Sunday at
both the morning and evening service.
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Returned Home

Miss Blanche Fleming and brother.
Lester, Of Tucker Station, have return.
ed after weeks vacation with friends
and relatives in East Liverpool. o.
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Acute INDIGESTION.

Glen. Jr.. the small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Fleming. OF Brookdale, ia re.
covering after several weeks attack
OF severe case of acute indigestion.
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Entertained.

Claire Hess entertained large par.
ty Of young folks Wednesday evening
at the home Of his parents in the South
Side. He will leave soon for w. v. u.
for the, winter.
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10 Iaach

Miss Josephine Clark will be a mem.
Der of the faculty of the Rivesville
High school this winter.
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IMPROVING,

Howard. son OF Rev. and Mrs. H. d.
Clarke, Of Clarksburg street, who re.
Gently underwent an operation In Bal.
timore, is slowly improving.
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Dauahter.

Born. Monday, September 18th, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sine, of the Burt
Hill, a daughter.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Grafton is making elaborate pre-
parations for Big Business Jubilee
which will be held September 20.
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Within ten days. according to the
Parkersburg papers. work will be
started on the Baltimore and Ohio's
proposed $350,000 freight terminal
warehouse In that town. ]. ]. Walsh
q Son, of Baltimore. have the contract
for tho new structure and J. j. Walsh
y already on the ground.
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the which
thu
arm OIL ar dtona feet
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In recent issue Of the Huntington
Advertiser printed the following:
away back in 1913, George Hull pur'
chased four hundred acres OF land
from James Renick. These two men
ware very close friends. both living
In 6reenbrier county, then In Virginia
They separated then, one going south
and the other north.
Several days ago Roy B. Cook, Of
the Frederick pharmacy. who is in.
yestigating family records, received
an old deed, dated 1913. from Green.
brier county. 1t was a record Of the
purchase Of four hundred acres OF land
by his great.great.grandfather from
James Renick. He showed 1t to q
friend, H. M. Harlow, who happened
TO be in the pharmacy at the time.
.sWhy that is my great-great.grand.
father, exclaimed Harlow. And so IL
was.
After one hundred and three years
the descendants Of both men were
close friends, Just as their great. grssld.
fathers before them had been.
~ 6eor8e u. breece, president and
general manager Of the West Virginia
i lumber Co., has purchased q large
tract Of timber land from Crawford
~ Ashby near Orange, Va, and is now
making arrangements to convert It in.
10 lumber and move it to market. A
large double band saw mill, planning
mill and Q fannie acid plant are now
under construction near Orange, and
& thirty-mile railroad is being con.
structed through the timber area to
connect It with q main line railroad
One of the most interesting features
~ the General or World conference
OF the Seventh.Day Adventists which
was recently held at Weston was the
recital by Elder Arthur g. Deniells
~ Warrington, D. c., Of his personal
te1petience while a passenger on the
steamShip Austerly, which was being
lpurbu6d BY the German commerce
sfaider Linden when that vessel was
funk by the Australian cruiser Sgd.
yney, Of the British navy, of Cocos
islands early In the war. Elder Dan.
tails said:
! Our route lay along few islands
called the Cocos islands, about hail
way from West Australia to Ceylon.
The German warship Linden had sta.
toned itself ct the cocos islands to
Il
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Continued on page six.)
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
FARMER READY
FOR EMERGENCY
Rock Island Completes Survey,
Pointing to Excellence of u. s.
In Event Of War

There will be no necessity FOR
bread tickets" or meat diet restric-
lions in the United States. in the
event OF war, because the American
farmer is prepared for emergencies,
This is the lesson drawn from an
agricultural preparedness survey
just completed by the Rock Island
lines. as a voluntary contribution TO
the movement for industrial prepar-
edness. inaugurated by the naval
consulting board.
Emergency increases OF from 10
to so per cent in the supply OF bread
stuffs and pork are possible in most
Of the central Mississippi valley
states, according to statements made
by directors OF a dozen state expert
ment stations.
L. NJ. Allen. passenger trafiic man
ager. who had supervision OF the
work. states that the outstanding
fact is the ability Of the wheat, corn
and cotton states not only to sus'
tain themselves. but 10 furnish the
bulk OF the nations food supply and
to make quick changes in the farm
Ing program. should necessity arise.
II appears, further. that the nation
has available peculiarly esicient and
convenient channels for reaching the
farmer.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
HUGHES To open.
CAMPAIGN HERE
G. o. p. Presidential Candidate
Will Address Big Open Air
Meeting Aug. Z

Detroit Will be the scene OF the
initial offensive in the presidential
campaign Of Charles Evans Hughes.
II was the Detroit and Michigan
delegation, II Will be remembered,
that led the break to Hughes in the
Chicago national convention.
Mr.. Hughes viii arrive in Detroit
on Monday, Aug. Z. and will address
monster open air meeting here.
Charles B. Warren, ranking member
of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cam
paign committee, and a close per.
sonal friend of the form er justice.
was instrumental in Obtaining the
early campaign date, and he Is max
ing the arrangements for Mr..
Hughes trip TO Detroit From De
troit. Mr.. Hughes will go tc Chicago
and then to st. Paul lie will res.
for two weeks in the mountains be-
fore going to San Francisco. Mr..
Hughes will make a dozer speech.
es between San Francisco and
Washington.
NO place has been selected fer the
open-air meeting in retroit. Invita-
tons will be issued to state Repub.
licans and Progressives. but every.
tody In the state will be welcome to
come to Detroit and greet the presi-
DENTAL candidate.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-15
BY CARL W. ACKERMAN.


(Stdf Correspondent United Press)
BERLIN. July 15.--Berlin Is anx-
iously awaiting a decision by the
American state department on the
status Of the submarine Deutsch-
land.
A formal finding that the
Deutschland is q merchantmen. In
the face OF protests Of allied diplo-
mats, will go 4 long way toward
convincing Germans that America IA
really trying TO BE neutral. 81 tho
same time II will be blow 10 the
Won Tirpitz supporters who have
been urging a disregard for Ameri-
can opinion and the resumption OF
former submarine policies.
Ambassador Gerard has received
certain confidential information re.
garding the Deutschland. but he will
not discuss IL in any way.
The American conauls al Bremen
and Berlin denied today that they
had been asked by Washington why
they had not reported the Deutsch-
lands departure. such a report was
received here from London. They
said they knew nothing OF the
Deutschlands departure.
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Henry r. Roach Neg
lected Clients Inter-
ests, Is Charged
PRACTICE
FOR 3 MONTHS
Client Wins Suit When
He Engages New
Counsel

Failing TO perform legal services
for Negro client from whom he
had taken q rec. Henry r. Roach. q
Detroit lawyer, has been suspended
from practice IN the Wayne circuit
court for three months, as the re-
suit OF a petition for disbarment
brought In the circuit court before
Judge Alfred ]. Murphy. by the De-
tro,t Bar association Roach form
erly practiced law IN Lansing. He
Is a University OF Michigan grad
uate.
Although the actual amount OF
money involved In the matter was
only IS Judge Murphy severely
scored Roach after Attorney
Paul Moody had tried the case for
the Bar association. sustaining the
charges OF the petition.
A serious subversion OF the re-
lations of attorney and client was
shown 10 have been brought about,
Judge Murphy declared, maintaining
that the amount OF money involved
did not indicate the moral turpitune.
He commended the work done by
the grievance committee of the Bar
association.
Ulous A Johnson, a colored man.
retained Roach in attempt TO re-
cover his life savings, which he had
invested in the Unique theater. No.
230 Gratiot.ave.. on the representa-
tons of Henry r. Campbell that ii
would prove a highly profitable in
vestment. After paying Campbell
81 900, Johnson discovered that he
had beef victimized. Roach under
took TO die an injunction restraining
Campbell from disposing OF his in
terest in the property.
Waiting in vain for the suit to
start, the Negro wrote a letter 10
Judge Murphy, April 81, 1915. This
was turned over 10 the grievance
committee and led 10 the action.
Johnson later retained Attorney
James n. Pound In his case against
Campbell. and recovered his invest
ment with interest, after a sensa-
tional suit in which 1t was shown
that Campbell had distributed free
tickets 10 swell the attendance in
his theater on the occasions when
he was exhibiting il TO the pros
pective purchaser.
The colored man testified in the
disbarment proceedings and was
highly commended by Judge Mur-
ply. Roach's defense was that he
had entrusted the papers TO an as
sistant by the name OF Mcdonald,
who never filed them and disappear
ed without warning. being last
heard OF in Garfield. o. Roach's al
legged recalcitrant attitude, when in
formally called before the grew
ance committee OF the Bar associa-
ton, was held a contributory az
gravation. He was defended by
Charles T. wilkins.