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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06

Sometimes you hear men, sensible
men, too, say, "1'm going to vote for
Wilson this year because he kept us
out of war;
Ask such men a short question. Ask
them, '>Out Of what WARP
Did Mr.. Wilson keep Us out Of the
European war? No He has himself
in formal address to congress spoken
Of the European war as "a war with
which we have nothing to do, a war
whose causes do not touch u.s." How
could Mr.. Wilson keep US out Of war
with which we have nothing to do and
whose causes Go not touch US?
Did he keep the rest Of the western
hemisphere out Of the European war?
No independent nation on this side of
the world is involved in It; the only
people in it are the colonies Of Euro
pean powers and they had no voice in
their fate, for they were automatically
at war when their mother governments
went to war. Who kept Argentina,
Brazil Chile, Peru, out Of the Euro
pean war? Did Mr.. Wilson?
Did Mr.. Wilson keep Us out Of war
with Mexico? No. In his term more
Americans have been killed by Next
cans and more American property has
been destroyed by MeEicans than by
Spaniards during the whole Spanish
war. In his term we have seized q
Mexican port and have sent our entire
regular army and militia to fight Next
cans. In his term Mexican armed
no rr,v-NI0d 707,io1 coil q nd
fought battles against cur people with
in our boundaries.
President Taft went through two
Mexican revolutions during his term,
the revolution against Diaz and the
revolution against 1Iadero. American
lives were safe in Mexico during that
time. No Mexican cities were seized
by Americans and no armed MeXicans
invaded the United States while Mr..
Taft was in the White House. Yet Mr..
Taft never thought Of asking the
American people to vote for him be-
cause he kept US out Of war with Mex
leo. He put an embargo on arms so
that American weapons would not be
sent across the boundary, and he re-
fused to interfere in Mexican affairs,
When he left office Mexicans liked
Americans, and Americans were safe
in Mexico. Since he left Office Next
cans hate Americans and Americans
dare not remain in Mexico. Did Mr..
Wilson keep US out Of war with Next
co? Not if words mean anything.
Mr.. Wilson did not keep US out of
the European war, and he did not keep
US out Of war with Mexico
Out Of what war, then? Detroit
Free Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
The Celebrated
Rich Affidavit
Rich's Own Letter Proves His Affidavits to b
Tissue of Falsehoods
Their Chapter in the Fletcher Campaign of Mud
Money and Misrepresentation

For weeks information has been
coming to Sen. Page that there had
been prepared in the office Of Will
liams & Smith at Newport (political
headquarters of Allen M. Fletcher in
Orleans county,, an affidavit by a
former employee Of the Senator, Mr..
Arthur M. Rich.
Senator Page in his political ad
vertising last month made mention of
this affidavit, showing that 1t was a
part of a we'll laid plan to discredit
from the same office as did the La
noble County Savings Bank & Trust
Co. attack.
It would never do to print this It's
sue of fa1sehoods, Misrepresentation
and insinuation after it's Newport pa
rentage had been exposed to the pub
lie. Another affidavit therefore had
to be secured.
The Rutland Herald on the date Of
September 4, under a fve-column
front page heading gives the Rich af-
fidavit and the Herald story. Some
one has we'll said that 'the chain is
no stronger than it's weakest link"
and if this line of reasoning should be
applied to this unique contention il
loses all it's force, if it ever had any.
1t is exceedingly fortunate in this
campaign where the wrecking Of
character seems to be the chief bust
ness of the Allen NJ. Fletcher Sena-
torial club that Mr.. Rich's original
letters and a copy of the replies there
to have been preserved, for no bOlde1
or more deliberate attempt at char
acter assassination was ever perpe-
trated upon citizens Of Vermont than
this Rich affidavit secured by the Rut-
land Herald.
When Senator Page went to the
| Senate in 1908 he found there Will
| liam S. Bean, who had been the sec
| rotary of both Redfield Proctor and
John w. Stewart. Senator Page was
then entitled to a secretary and clerk
and he appointed William S. Bean
! Mr. Bean was from Newport, VT, and
living at that place was one Arthur
M. Rich. Mr.. Bean suggested thai
| Senator Page secure Rich's services as
stenographer, and that he also bring
from his home Office at Hyde PARK
another stenographer, assuring the
| Senator that he could handle his work
better in that way, and that these
| two stenographers would gladly work
for the allowance made for clerk OF
| messenger.
J Without Introductory remarks there
is presented herewith the 1etter-press
copy of William S. Beams letter which
! tells the story, not written in the
stress of a political campaign, MOI
written when it was expected thai
there would be need Of it's publicity
Even without comment, Senator Page
feels that he could leave the letter
Of William S. Bean alongside the af-
| fdavit of Arthur M. Rich, with full.
est assurance that the reasoning judg-
ment of his people would condemn tho
affidavit.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
Rich Twice Asks To Come Back
A. NJ. Rich, Esq,
Newport, Vermont.

The Bean letter contains all tn
Facts signed as a full, clear and COM
prehensive statement concerning the
trade made between Rich and Bean
Remember that Rich terminated hi
services with Senator Page March 4,
s911. Nine days later March IS, 1911
re wrote Senator Page in this /
guage:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
Letter from Mr.. Bean to Mr.. Ricn
December 27, 1909.

December 27, 1909.
Dear Arthur:
Yours of the Gath received.
[ think your plan a good one. If
you leave Newport at 11.25 Saturday
night, you will reach N. Y. about
11.35 Sunday morning. If you turn
to the right as you go out of the sta
ton towards 9TH avenue, you will fine
a good restaurant in about a minutes
walk, right hand side Of the street
Childs Restaurant. That will b:
handy and will save you lots of time,
[ enclose you, Penn. folder showing
Sunday trains to Washington. Pre-
sumo you will have time to get lunch
and get across the city in time for
the 1:25. You had better allow your
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06

Friends Of Wttson are still trying to
explain what he meant by 'too proud
to fight" But can they tell us what he
meant by "strict accountability
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06

Mr.. Wilson says his mind Is progress
sive, but those who try to follow it's
progress can never tell the direction it
is taking. It is just as likely to be
progressing backward as forward.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
A Tissue of FaISehoOdS

In the alleged interview of Rich, the
Herald makes Rich say that ito the
best of his (Rich's) knowledge and
belief this money was appropriated by
Senator Page and not applied to any
other purpose This is a deliberate
falsehood as is clearly shown in the
Bean letter. The Herald makes Rich
say that "he never had any CORE
spondence with any one regarding the
division of the pay In the light of
the Bean letter this is, of course, an
other deliberate falsehood.
The Herald makes Rich say ST went
to Washington in good faith expect
ing to receive the full pay; in view
of the Bean letter and in view OF
Rich's own letter of March Is and
April % above given this must be
characterized as a deliberate false
hood, either by the Herald's CORE
spondent or by Mr.. Rich.
The Herald quotes Mr.. Rich as say
ing when I was summoned to Ser
ator Pages Office and told to give up
half of my salary to Miss Seymour,
could hardly believe my ears" That
such an incident ever took place. IN
view of the Bean letter, is inconceiv-
able.
so MUCH FOR THE AFFIDAVIT.
CAREFULLY, CUNNINGLY AND
SHREWDLY CONCOCTED TO MIS-
REPRESENT, B UT WHOLLY
FALSE IN SUBSTANCE IN THE
LIGHT OF HIS FRIENDS BEAN'Sl
LETTER, TT IS CLEARLY \
TWELFTH HOUR STRUGGLE OF
THE ALLEN NJ. FLETCHER SEN
ATORIAL CLUB TO DISCREDIT
SENATOR PAGE BECAUSE A
MULTI MILLION WANTS HIS
PLACE.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
HOLLAND
(Intended for last week.

(1uCcIluSO LUZ last W0GhJ
Harry Hall and family spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Troy.
The cement bridge near o. L. Kel-
ley's is being put in this week.
MIR. and Mrs. E. A. Ferrin visited
their daughter in Island Pond recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Hall attended
the funeral Of George Young at Fran
coma, n. H.,
Clayton Hitchcock and family from
Springfield, Mass, visited his sister,
Mrs. 0. L. Kelley. the past week.
MORGAN CENTER
Miss Amelia DeLouria has returned
10 Lawrence, Mass, after spending
the past two months at VIM. De-
Louria's.
Qntended for last week.
A pleasant affair took place Thursday
in the way Of an old-fashioned dinner
given by the Helping Circle on the
lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Gilmore. Among those from out
of town was Rev. E. B. Harris and
Mrs. Best and Mrs. William Palen Of
Holland with. Mrs. Belleau Of Montpel-
Ter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
COVENTRY
GEORGE A. WARE.

In the death of Mr.. Ware, which
occurred at his home in Coventry
August 25th, the town has lost one of
it's best citizens. A man of strong
convictions, a great worker and a close
student of the times. he was always
deeply interested in whatever was for
the best interests of the community,
and the country at large. Always a
strong friend to the temperance
cause, he voted for many years for
state and national prohibition, feeling
that that was the only way to solve
the problem. That cause has indeed
lost true friend and loyal supporter.
He was born in Irasburg, Dec i3,
1874, the son of Alonzo S.. and Mary
Kidder Ware. He was united in mar
Nov. 25, 1873. All of his life, except
a few years of his young manhood,
which he spent in Massachusetts, was
passed in Irasburg and Coventry,
where he was honored several times by
town offices, wherein his good judg-
ment and strict Integrity were appre-
ciated by his townspeople. The funer-
al was held at his late home Thursday
afternoon, Rev. A. S. Bole, a former
pastor, officiating, assisted by .Revs.
Taylor and Claris. The bearers, all
old friends of Mr.. Ware, were, F. C.
Williams of Newport, Charles Putney
of West Derby, George Metcalf of
Irasburg and Fred Hermon of Coven-
try. The beautiful solo, Here and
There" which has comforted many
sad hearts with the joys of life i'm
mortal, was very finely rendered by
Walter Cleveland. The large gathering
of friends, not only from Coventry, but
other towns, and the beautiful flowers
amply testified to the esteem in which
Mr.. Ware was held. Mrs. Ware died
several years ago and the remaining
members of the family are two daugh-
tiers and one son. Ralph Ware. who
lives on the old home farm in Irasburg,
where his father lived for many years
Mrs Clarence Brooks of Berlin. N. H.
and Mabel Ware, who has most faith.
fully cared for her father in the home
since the death of Mrs. Ware.
Other relatives and host of friends
will mourn the loss of a good man.
Interment was beside his wife in the
Coventry cemetery.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-06
HE kept US OUT
OF WHAT WAR?
Disingenuous to Boast That It's
Through Any Act of Wilson
We Are Out of the Euro
pean Contest.
RATHER SHOULD Be BLAMED
FOR MEXICO BELLlGERENCY

During the Present Administration We
Have Seized a Mexican Port and
Sent Our Entire Army and Militia
to Fight Mexicans While Armed
Mexican Forces Have Invaded Amer
lean Soil and Fought Battles Against
Our People.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

man he was. Although the man who
had to listen TO his Lale OF wonders,
happened to be a perfect stranger, sun
he was good natured stranger and
heard the story through.
1t seemed that all the other guests
were panic stricken, but this Gaavc
man, there he threw Out his ntlte
cnest until his coat almost cracKed)
had calmly put or his clothes, washcA
his face, CombeG his hair, AHA just De'
fore the walls OF his room were broken
through by the firer!cl he Game MAIN,
ing out in sartoriai SplcnIor and with
all his belongings carefully packed
and in nls hand bag.
1t must some time occur TO the men
who arc planning the defenccs OF our
nation. the number of brave heroes
who have graduated from the snail
hotel and boarding house fires. WNel
they do think OF this they will organ
lie a brigade Of "Fireeaters" who no
doubt will astonisn the world with
their deeds Of bravery and Calmness
under fire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
KREW-PINA
a Household Remedy
You Can Depend Upon

Although irew.Pina has been on the
market Only one year, 1t has already
proven itself the king Of household
remedies In all cases OF muscular sore
ness. due to overwork, rheumatism
or strains. Also for colds, coughs,
Group, miners asthma, and like affec-
tons Of the bronchial tubes and air
passages. 1t has wrought wonderful re-
suits. For children II has truly been
God.seud. because there Is no un-
pleasant odor or burning sensation.
and no matter how vigorous the ap-
pliCation. Krew.Pina cannot blister.
Neither does it more susceptible to
cold nor discolor permanently the
clothes. In short, it is an ideal salye.
containing no harmful ingredients, but
possessing wonderful powers for re-
lieving pain. 1t can be secured fresh
from Martins Drug Store or from the
Mountain City Drug Store in 25 cent
jars. Keep jar in the house Tor
emergencies. Your money back IL It
does not give satisfaction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
FAIRVIEW.

I. S. Neptune was business visi
tor here Tuesday.
Mrs. W. p. Sutton. Mrs. Mary Nc
Bee. Mrs. Larney McBee. Mrs. Claude
Parker, Mrs. Ollie Toothman, Mrs
Meta Carrico. Misses Mildred Cum
minis. Ruby Snodgrass Thornhill were
at Fairmont shopping Wednesday az
ternOon.
Mrs Barth, OF Gray's Flat, was here
shopping Wednesday.
Mrs. Linnic Billingslea. OF Fairmont
who has beer visiting her son, Claude
Billingslea. has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Y Hamilton and
daughter, Miss Fern, were Clarksburg
visitors Thursday.
DR.. j. W. p. Jarvis and DR.. c. NJ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
these troubles are expected to be done
away with in a few days.

Frank r Brahm, or the Marion Pro.
ducts company. returned today from
Charleston where he attended the ar.
nual convention of the West Virgin.
Ia Ice Cream Manufacturers associd.
ton. Mr. Brahm was elected dircc.
tor in this organization for the en-.
suing year and the next meeting will
be held in Wheeling in December. 1917.
W. VI. B. Sine. Of Clarksburg. is the
new president Of the association while
5. b. Halfner, Of Elkins, is vice prcsi-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
INDUSTRIAL
FAIRMONT

The new unit OF the NIonongahela
Valley Traction company's at their
Hutchinson Power Plant. cannot he
started until about December 10. said
Superintendent Mecks. OF the plant.
This morning. Poor deliveries of parts
Of the engine and generator has caused
the pOstponemcnt OF the starting OF
the big engine from the first of the
month to the 5th. 1t is believed, how
sver, that all the parts will be on hand
and assembled by that time.
One of the mine specialties made by
the Fairmont Mining Mahcincry com.
pany, and viii hchas been accredited
remarkable reception in the mining
world, Is small portable mine pump.
motor driven. The pump, a marvel
of endurance and compact efficiency.
is mounted on sturdy truck to run
on the track In the mine and can be
moved to any point where the ser.
vices or pump are required. The
motor Is what Is known as a long dis.
lance control motor. The power can
be shut off from switch above ground
and when turned on again the motor
Will start operating the pump without
any attention whatsoever
An expert service designed to meet
the needs of the individual, has been
inaugurated by the Traction company
in their electrical department. Hence.
forward on request, any householder
or business man can ask the Trac.
ton company to send lighting ex.
pert to their home or place of business
and plan them real and efficient
lighting system. The experts not only
plan the placing Of lights to give the
highest lighting power, but also arc
experts in design Of fixtures.
Work on Strengthening out the
curves on the Warrington division OF
the Traction company is progressing
rapidly, nearly so men being employ.
ed on the grading and bridge building
incident to the curve reduction. Some
trouble is still being experienced in
securing right Of way privileges but
+ 2 =. q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
BURNERS RIDGE.

There will be Il boX supper at the
Laurel Run school house Saturday
night for the benefit of the school. Mu.
steal entertainment is on the program
and the ladies arc requested 10 bring
boxes to help in the work.
LibcTius Vincent and son. ErazeI.
from kingmont, was visiting the for.
mcr's hrothcr-in-law. ]. c. Moran. Sat.
urGay night and Sunday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

II. B. Moran Of this section. started
Sunday to take a position in Akron,
Ohio.
Emmet Lake moved recently TO Arl
Burners farm near the lake school
house.
George Jones was at ]. c. Moran's
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arl Bunner were call.
Ing on v. II. Bunner Sunday.
Bert Summers. from Grafton, went
through town one day last week.
Willie Matthew. from Glddy Creek,
was OH this rigc the latter part OF last
week.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

dent and c. F. Jamison, of Huntington,
is the secretary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

clelland were business visitors at Fair.
mont Wednesday.
Rev. LAWYER of Barrackvilis, was 8
business visitor here Wednesday.
Miss Toy Rice. who has been work
ing 1T FairInont has returned.
Herbert Snyder, OF Bula, was q bus
iness visitor here Wednesday.
Mrs. Harres, missionary, will give
u lecture at the NJ. E. church, South,
Thursday night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07
Evening Chat

Electricity is practically the except.
ion to the rule that everything costs
more than II did ten or twenty years
ago. Everything else seems to have
gone up, and is still going up,but Gle.
Ctricity is ten times as cheap as 1t
was twenty-five year ago and is still
dropping in price.
The actual cost OF production has
rot diminished materially, If at all
but concentration Of operation and
OF the facilities by which it is pro.
duced has had its effect. II is u fact
however, that partly because OF this
and partly because Of improvements
lamps and lamp material, one can buy
now for 10 cents the same amount OF
light which in 1885 cost $l00. In
1885 you paid $l.00 for 500 candle
hours OF light, while now the same
$l.O0 buys 5000 candle hours. Here
1t is interesting TO note that in the 80
years proceeding 1911 the yearly manu-
facturc and sale Of electric lamps IN.
creased from about 10000 in this
country to l60,00O,OO0.
Did you ever notice that a survivor
OF fire, no matter how trivial con.
Migration it was. tells Of the wonder.
Jul self control and presence OF mind
he had. while at the same time is filled
with tales OF how other folks in the
building were mad with fear and crazy
with fright?
When the MaderIo Hotel burned
this morning at Norgantown a travel.
ing man was one OF the persons who
was i'll the building at the time. To
nearly the first person he met after
arriving in Fairmont today lie began
telling what brave, self possessed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-07

Knock and you knock alone IS right
We knocked on the radiator the other
day for three hours to get more steam
and the janitor slept on.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-02
Beat The Hessian Fly

Seed your wheat late so that the
Hessian Fly cannot lay its eggs upon
the young plants and injure them next
spring. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture Farmers Bule-
tin No. 640) says:
"The application broadcast of some
quick acting fertilizer containing a
large percentage Of phosphate (phos-
phorus) made as soon as general in
festation is apparent will cause the
plants to tiIIer more freely and give
them sufficient vigor to withstand the
winter and thus increase the number
of healthy stems the following spring.
While it may seem far fetched
TO bring forward as a preventive mea-
sure the enrichment of the soil. fer
tile soil will produce plants that will
withstand with little injury attacks
that will prove disastrous to plants
growing on an impoverished or thin
soil. 1t is also on the thin or i'm
povershed soils that the difficulty of
growing late enough to evade the fall
attack and at the same time secure a
growth sufficient to withstand the win
ter is encountered, and whatever can
lie done to obviate this difficulty will
constitute preventive measure"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-02
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness
Is the result. and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused by
Catarrh. which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous usrfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure Send for
circulars. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio
Sold by D., '"ists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-09-02
ST, 900, 900, 900 Owned By Women

More than 81 ,000,000,000 of wealth
is actually in the hands of American
women, if the best statistics are trust
worthy, and As of them alone direct,
manage and hold the purse strings of
more than 1929, 100000. Nearly every
State in the United States has its rich
woman. known locally, and yet utter
~ unknown to the newspaper readers
Of the country. Statistics show, says
the Baltimore American, that their
combined holdings go we'll over the
81 900, 100000 mark, and the potent
element of the situation is that the
riches carry with them influence over
the big business of the nation. The
mails are overflowing with letters to
the great women of the money world.
Many of them are from pl OCCASIONAL
beggars, but a vast majority are ear
nest appeals for help.
Chief among the women who hold
the reins upon money is Mrs. Mary
Hartman. 1t took Edward H. Harri-
man less than 100 wOrds-99 to be
eXact-to transfer his entire estate to
his wife without the slightest restric
ton as to what she should do with it
or how she should do it, There have
been many cases Of inheritance where
no such free hand was given. and they
have not been included in this sched-
ule. For instance Mrs. John Jacob
Astor Inherited a huge estate. saddled
with the condition that she should not
take another husband, and still enjoy
The full fruits Of the Astor fortune.
In marked contrast will this situation