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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-08
FERDINAND

(Enterprise)

tBnIefpflSe)
Mrs. g. III. Hammer and children
arrived here from Lewiston last Thurs
day and are now domiciled In the
rooms adjoining the barber shop.
Professor G. j. Roupe, of Spring
dale, Wash, was I'm Ferdinand last
Thursday and signed up In the capac-
ity of principal of the public school
for the coming year. Mr.. Roupe comes
here with the best of sheepskins, and
we opine the school board has made
a wise selecti0n-this, we Judge from
the mans personal appearance.
Miss Margaret Wilson, who has
been teaching school at Sites arrived
here Saturday and visited until Mon
day evening at the 0. II. Ravens home
Monday evening, In company with
Prof. Smith she departed for Cotton
wood, where they expected to be join
ed by Misses Jewell Of Winona, and
Lillian Cope, of Sites, two other
teachers, and together they expected
to make an overland trip via the cay
use route to Joseph plains which Is
Miss Wilson'S home, to spend a short
holiday until the summer school opens
at Moscow which Is June 18th.
A. q. Nau shipped a carload of
porkers to Spokane Tuesday and paid
the local ham-builders $7.S5 per cwt.,
liveweight.
Among those from this section who
went to attend the big Seventh Day
Adventist camp meeting at Walla Wal
la, Sunday, were members of the fam
lilies Of John Goodall, Arthur Hasse,
Geo. Dutro, Richard Beasley, and
John Wagner, besides others, whose
names we were unable to get. On
Tuesday the families of Ben and t.
IL. Robinson and Harye Miller. of
Greencreek, passed through town for
the same place. In all these cases
the trip was made by automobile, with
the exception of those who went In
Fords
w. ]. McMurry this week purchased
a large lot In Vollmer's addition, Just
this side OF the depot and will at once
Degin the erection Of comfortable
home for his family.
j. A. Bushue, Anil Haener and Os-
valid Peterson motored over to Grange
vile wednesday morning, ON a mis-
sion OF securing for the latter gentle
man his final citizen papers.
We notice that some of our farmers
are paying In advance for goods or
dered from some of the grocery ped
dlers. Some of these concerns have
no more home or stability than bum
bic bee, and 1t is wonder that more
easy marks don't get the stinger run
into them and broken Off short
Miss Gladys Riley and Mrs. r.. e.
Bell were passengers for Lewiston
and Charleston Friday morning to at
tend the high school graduating exers
cises.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-08
KoosKIA
(Mountaineer)
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tMOuntAfneer)
Saturday morning about two O'Clock
the residence of Ed johnson on Kid
der Ridge was discovered to be on fire
and before help could be summoned
the dwelling with all contents was to.
tally destroyed, entailing a loss OF
about fifteen hundred dollars with
eight hundred insurance. The dwell.
ing had been just recently built and
was very neat farm house and is a
heavy loss on the owner. The family
barely escaped with their lives as be-
ing SO early In the morning they were
sleeping very soundly. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
E. w. Johnson, AL Peterson and
Tom Allison are business visitors In
the city from Lowell.
Decker Brothers have gone to the
Occur dAlene country where they viii
pack during the summer.
The Hovey brothers Saturday had
new Chevrolet car delivered to them
and now we have to watch out as
there are two of the ''tarnation" things
in town.
Fred Warrell was down Saturday
with a nice load of wool that was
AAtAAA tAAC HUN VI kneeD ne
purchased last year and as the nrice
OF that product is good he received
a nice check.
Vim Doyle is busy tearing down the
old Phillips residence west OF the de-
pot At one time this was the swell
est dwelling in town and was erected
many years ago by George Phillips
our popular conductor on the Clear.
water branch.
John Vanhorn, who has been experi-
menting several months with a motor
boat, Monday demonstrated that he
has boat that can successfully nayi-
gate the rapid current of the Clear
water river. With several people as
passengers he made the run Monday
to kamiah returning in the afternoon.
the uprun being made In two hours
and forty minutes, the time is not
slow considering the rapids he encoun-
tered between Kamiah and Kooskia.
lt has been the wish of many people
that some kind of boat service could
De successfully established on the riy
er and there is great possibilities of
the teat being accomplished.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-08

Il commend "The Purchase
Price," and 1 urge the people of
Whitebird and vicinity to see
this performance. You will en-
Joy every minute of the play
d. f. R. RICE,
Supt Grangeville Schools.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-08
HANNAH
A q .
(Progress)
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(Progress)
J. f. Schneider, of Portland, who
has been working ON number of for
mulas to put the Kamiah asbestos to
practical use for the past couple Of
years, is In town and is making an
effort to perfect local company for
the manufacture OF asbestos products.
He Is meeting with good success and
the organization of the company is
practically assured, Which will mean
great deal to Kamiah. If all goes
well new machinery will be here I'm
few weeks and force of men will
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-06-08

Il have read 1.-THE Purchase
Price" with keen interest and
appreciation. Each part is well
written, embodying the most
touching pathos, vivacious ac-
tlon, and fresh, gripping humor.
Hear and see it. Get its teach.
ings and be profited.
REV. R. e. GORNALL
Pastor Federated Church
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
SUFFRAGE WORKERS
HOLD CONFERENCE
Campaign Plans Are Dis.
cussed at Women's
Building.

A meeting OF the Marion county ex.
ecutive committee OF the Women's suf.
frage organization is in progress this
afternoon at the Women's building on
Cleveland avenue and Main street.
Miss Adella Potter. suffrage worker,
will address the committee and plans
will be laid for a vigorous campaign
10 be conducted from this time on un.
I'll the election in November. The
committee consists Of the county Off.
GERS of which Miss Margaret Mckin-
ney is chairman and the chairmen Of
the various district organizations.
Mrs. Florence Brown Cotnam, Of
Little Rock, Arkansas, who had spent
several weeks In this section in the
interest OF women's suffrage, left tc-
day for Terra Alta where she will en-.
gage In the work. Last night Mrs.
Gotham addressed large crowd OF
people at the postoffice corner In Mo-
nongah and made favorable impress
sion. Col. Thos. Price introduced the
speaker in his customary good style
and her talk was greatly appreciated
by the audience.
Miss Adella Potter, national suf-
frage worker, held most successful
meeting at Warrington last night and
was well received. Tonight she will
address the Marion county w. C. T.
U. convention in session at the First
Baptist church.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Tragedy Occurred in Camp
Where Georgia's Militia
is Modified
VICTIM CAPT. SPRATLING.
He Was a Physician And
Woman Says He Hound
ed Her.

Especial Dispatch to West yirgInian) z
MACON, Ca, Aug. s9-Doll:lfke TT.
tie Matte Adams sat In her cell and
gazed at the newspaper picture OF
the militia officer she had killed.
isn't he mean looking?" she re.
remarked. "But he looks worse with
his hat off,"
That was her epitaph for the man
she killed, because, she says, he ruin.
ed her life a year ago!
Despite her slender form and light
blue eyes that look at you trustingly
from under her low-done blonde hair,
Matte Adams is married woman,
mother Of three children and soon to
be the mother of four, You would
take her to be "a but she says she Is
80.
Capt. Edgar J. spratling was her
victim. shot down In his tent short.
ly after Mrs. Adams alighted from the
Atlanta train and tripped out to the
mobilization camp.
The girl-woman gave herself up to
militia authorities after the shooting.
Spratling, prominent Atlanta physi.
clan had insulted her when she went
to his office for treatment year ago,
she said here, according to the police,
and her husband, H. C. Adams. Allan
ia laundryman said the same thing in
Atlanta.
Spratling is married but has no
children.
This man has been bounding my
wife for weeks" said Adams in Allan.
ia. "She is justified in killing him IL
any person ever was"
Mrs. Maud Monk, former Atlanta
hotel keeper who is here, declared
Spratling had told her Mrs. Adams
was nagging him and had written him
letters asking that she be installed
In boarding house in Macon so she
could be near him.
That's lie," Mrs. Adams declared
In her cell. II never heard Of this
Monk woman! l never wrote DR..
Spratling letter. They can't show
any letter he ever got from mel"
When discrepancies were pointed
out in her stories she said:
Il didn't know what I was saying
yesterday"
When she didn't want to answer she
JUS turned her head away and looked
at the tops Of the green trees along
Mulberry street.
Although Mrs. Adams now insists
she had not seen DR.. Spratling for a
year, the doctors books, according to
his nephew, indicates she had called
at his office several times this month,
and htat he had operated on her son
for tonsilitis last week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
President Wilson Appeared Before
Joint Session Of Congress This After
noon and Made Report on
Entire Situation
He HAS COMPLETE legislative PROGRAM
Men Have Already Announced That They Are Opposed
to One Part of It-Compusory Inyesti.
cation and Publicity,

the first two measures introduced AZ
amendments to the bill, which has al
ready passed the house, increasing the
Interstate Commerce Commission
from Z to 8 members.
Brotherhood leaders, It was said TO-
day, will fight the compulsory iinyesti-
CATION feature Of President Wilson's
legislative program but support his
eight.hour day proposal. (,
Every effort will be made Il WAS
said to get separate votes on the prop
osition In Congress and leaders Wert
confident that could be done. \
A. B. Garretson, spokesman for the
men, expressed himself as strongly
opposed to the compulsory fnyestiga-
tion plan and while he didnot entirely
approve Of the proposed eight.hohr;
bill he said 1t would bring benefit to'
such numbers Of non union men that
the railroads doubtless would oppose
1t and he thought the brotherhood
would be behind 1t. 4
"The Canadian compulsory investi-
cation plans" he said, have proven
the greatest obstacle to labor that ever
has been devised. Invariably and +
speak from experience in dealing With
railroads. the railroad heads have used
the delay guaranteed them by law to
prepare for strike. \
THE eight-hour day proposal, failing
to carry, as 1t will of course, any ref.
erence to wages, would not embrace
our present demands and not be Who'll.
ly satisfactory to us. It would have
the effect, however, Of bringing the un.
organized so per cent. OF railway labor
OF which railway heads speak feeling
ly, under an eighthour day. It would
be step in the right direction and /
think you would find the railroads op.
posing 1t vigorously"
In order TO have any effect on the
present proposed strike the Presidents
legislative program would have to pass
both Houses and become law before
next Monday morning.
Once the men have left trains the
compulsory investigation would not af.
feet them u the opinion Of brotherhood
officials. The official declined to dis
cuss this phase of the situation fur
ther.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
ENGINEER DULL saw
HOLT ON THE TRACK
Did Not Suspect at the Time
That the Object Was a
Man.

George Dull, Baltimore and Ohio
railroad engineer, yesterday testified
before the coroner's jury tnat he saw
Brooks Holt lying on the track just
before he permitted his engine to run
over him but that he thought it was
some inanimate object, possibly part
of coat or piece Of tree. He contend.
ed that the accident was unavoidable.
The Jury found that because Dull
did not apply his emergency brakes
upon seeing an unusual object on the
track Holt came to his death. The Jury
did not say 'carelessness," neither did
1t say unavoidable" but 1t framed the
verdict In such a manner that either
could be inferred.
Dull testified that he saw the OBJ.
ject when 600 feet away from it. That
about the time he was 400 feet away
he could tell It was the body OF a man
and that he then applied his high
speed brakes. He ran 400 feet and
stopped after striking Holt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
RECORD7BREAK|NG
ATTENDANCE At
COUNT. INSTITUTE
Edward Rynearson's Ad.
dress Pleased Many at
Morning Session.

THE amount Of energy and the vast
sums of money spent each year in the
United States to combat the rayages
Of dirt is apalling," said Edward Ry-
nearson this morning IN his talk to
the teachers assembled at the Miller
school in the Marion county institute.
Mr.. Rynearson is the principal of
the Fifth avenue High school in Pitts
burgh and has been a close hand stu.
dent Of conditions in Pittsburgh for
many years. In his address this morn.
ing on Community Civics" Mr.. Ry.
nearson emphasized the Importance Of
teaching the school children to be
clean and to keep clean. "Educa.
tion in methods of keeping the com.
munity health good is OF the greatest
Importance and such common welfare
movements as milk and food santa.
tion and inspection should have the
support of every earnest teacher" was
another point made by Mr.. Rynear-
son In his address. His talk was
heard with absorbing interest by all
of the teachers present.
Previous to this address H. H. Hell.
ter talked to the iassemblage concern.
ing School Sense" and emphasized
the fact that the children must be
taught to use their own judgment and
act upon it in as many OF the school
affairs as possible. The development
OF initiative is one of the greatest
privileges that a teacher can have &C.
cording to Mr.. Heller.
The music today at the meetings,
under the efficient and able direction
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Annual Convention Being
Held. Today at First
Baptist.
COMMITTEES REPORT
Four Unions in Marion
County are Well Rep
resented.

The twentieth annual convention OF
the Marion county W. c. T. U. is being
held today at the First Baptist
church. The four unions In the coun.
ty. Fairmont Central, East Side, Man
nington and Fairview, are largely rep.
resented and the convention is one OF
unusual interest.
Mrs. Lizzie Toothman, OF Fairyiew,
county president, presided over the
meeting this morning. At ten O'Clock
a short devotional service was held,
conducted by Mrs. N. E. Green. Mrs.
3. s. Amos welcomed the delegates and
the response was made by Mrs. D. 9.
Ferry. Mrs. Angie Charlton, county
secretary. called the roll and read the
minutes Of the convention at Fairview,
the institute at Barrackville and the
executive meeting at Willard Hall.
The hour from eleven until twelve
o'clock was given over to reports from
the county superintendents. The fol.
lowing reports were given:
Mrs. Menear, superintendent of lit.
erature.
Mrs. Hannah Jones. superintendent.
OF work among the foreign speaking
people. ~
.4Mrs. Elizabeth Dent, superintendent
Of railroad work.
Mrs. P. B. Swearingsn, superintend.
ent Of flower missions.
Mrs. P. L. Merrifield, superintendent
Of medal contests, and Mrs. Green, su.
perintendent Of cvangelistic work.
The following committees were ap.
pointed this morning and will report
this afternoon:
Credentials: Mrs. Florence Gray.
Mrs. P. B. Swearingen and Mrs. Engle,
the latter Of Fairview.
Finance: Mrs. McChesney, Mrs.
Ellsworth Swisher and Mrs. o. G.
Phillips.
Resolutions: Mrs. Jennie Engle,
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. jerks.
Courtesy: Mrs. Menear, Mrs. Pit.
ger and Mrs. Bowman.
Excellent work has been done by tho
four unions In the country in the past
year. One thousand four hundred and
fifty boquets Of flowers have been
distributed among the silk and nine.
teen thousand and fifty.four pages Of
literature have been given out.
Mrs. Chalfant, Of Fairview, who has
served as county treasurer for ten
years, is patient In Baltimore hos.
pital and following motion OF the
president, collection was taken for
flowers to be sent to her.
The noontide prayer was made by
Mrs. Ellsworth Swisher, after which
tie ladies' adjourned 10 the dining room
OF the church where dinner was served
by the ladies of the church. The pro.
gram for this afternoon and evening
is as follows:
1880 p. m, piano duet by Miss Elsie
and Mrs. Essie Hawkins; 200, mem.
orial services by Mrs. Jennie Engle:
2:30 a. NJ, reading Of minutes; report
OF committees; piano solo, Miss Elsie
Hawkins; address, Mrs. N. r. C, Nor.
row; roll call of delegates, election
OF officers, appointment of superin.
tendents, music and adjournment.
1880 p. M, evening session; music:
prayer by Mrs. N. R. C. Morrow; ad.
dress, Miss Potter; duet. Mrs. N, q.
Jamison, Mrs. Flo Dunham; benedic.
tion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Auto Races Here
On Labor Day

Fairmonters who have been wish
ing for the past year for a chance to
witness some classy automobile races
will have their wishes gratifed when,
on September 4, next, r. y. Mccoy
and orrin Bell OF this city stage nine
fast events.
Out of town racers have asked for
chance to compete and from the list
of requests there is certain toibe much
speed.
The best race on the card viii be q
$500 prize 10 mile event. Other races
OF one mile, two miles, five miles and
an Australian pursuit race will be In
termingled with motorcycle events.
Besides these the Voelker Bicycle
Club will hold fast races for good
prizes.
The races start at 1880 in the after.
noon, Labor day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Checker and Chess
Club to be Formed

A checker and chess club is to be
formed in Fairmont. There are sew.
eral fine chess and checker players in
the city and they have been meeting
to arrange a club room and other de.
tails.
Those in charge Of enrolling mem.
bers are Rollo Conley, for chess play.
ers and Francis Thralls. for checker
players. The club will consist of but
so members, after which none will be
taken In until some member resigns.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Germany Expects
Greece to Go In

LONDON, Aug. 2s.-An exchange
Telegraph dispatch from the Hague
says Germany is making preparation
for the eventual entry of Greece into
the war which German diplomatic cir
cles regard as certain. Many Greeks
have departed from Germany and to.
the Greek minister in Berlin
is to be received by Chancellor Won
Bethmann Hollweg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Mexican Raiders
Wreck Texas Mine

Ell PASO. Aug. GA band of armed
Mexicans raided Big Bend mine near
Terlingua, Texas, Monday and destroy.
ed the mine and machinery. A troop,
OF the Fifth United States cavalry at.
tackled the raiders It Is reported,
killed seven and chased the remainder
over the border.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Nothing New in the
Balkan Situation

lBy Associated Press)
LONDON, Aug. pa British off.
cial statement regarding operations in
Greece issued this afternoon says:
There were no developments on the
Struma or Doiran fronts"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Furious Fighting by
New Belligerent

yo>,n1Ry Nssocated Press1
LONDON, Aug. 29:-Desperate fight
ing on the border between Rumanis
and Hungary is reported In an Ex.
change Telegraph Company dispatch
from Berne, Switzerland.
The Rumanians. the message says.
are making furious efforts to capture
the important passes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Bank Robbers Now
Do Jobs in Pairs

DANvILLE, H., Aug. 2s.1Robbers
In a double bank robbery early today
at Homer, ILL.,, secured over $4,000.
The robbers worked quickly. Their
plans were well laid as the explosion
at the two banks were simultaneous
and were SO muffled that only few
people in the town were awakened.
$500 was taken from the Raynor and
Rabb bank and S4,50o from the Citi.
zens bank.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK.

lBy Associated Press)
ROTTERDAM, Aug 29.-The SIG.
600 Norwegian steamship Renteria
has been sunk. Nineteen OF her crew
arrived in the waterway today on a
lugger.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29

"a Cook IHospltaI--Bernard Fleming.
Ihe thirteen year old son Of R. Leigh
fleming, tis now convalescing from an
tack OF typhoid and Is reported as
coyering rapidly at Cook hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
The Weather.

West Virgin:a-Fair and warmer to-
night and Wednesday.
LOCAL WEATHER READINGS.
F. P. Hall, Observer.
Temperature at a. m. today, 81.
Yesterdays weather. clear; tempera.
ture, maximum, Il; minimum, so; pre-.
cipitation, trace
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
Traction Company
Breaking Records
RECEIPTS FOR THIS YEAR Ex.
PEcTED TO BE LARGEST IN
CORPORATIONS HISTORY

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2s--Earnlngs
Of the Monongaheia Valley Traction
company continue to break all previ.
Gus records, and, barring unforeseen
developments, the Indications are that
the company will round out the cur.
rent year with the largest receipts
in its history. The comparative state.
ment for July shows;
Gross earnings .sl1s,7ss.s1 ss5,s44.ss
Operating ex.
penses .... 46,611.64 80,694.60
Net earningss 72,157.s7 S54,s5o.23
Fixed charges,
taxes and in.
surance ..... 32,7a5.s2 25,ss7.s5
Net surplus. 8 3s,422s5 s2s,252.ss
Period Januaryto July:
1915. 1915,
Cross earningssS5s,o21.2s s534,654.so
Operating ex.
penses ...... 342,S52.7o 221,677,6 81
Net earningss51o,1ssAs ss12,s77,1s
Fixed charges,
taxes and in.
surance ..... 225,134.27 1S0,092.49
Net surplus. .s2s5,oa4.22 slsa,ss47o
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29
NOTICE.

Consumers Of city waterla are mott
fed that an impure condition in
the water prevails at this time and
boiling water for drinking purpos-
es is recommended by the City
Health department. The impurity
will probably be corrected within q
week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-29

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