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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-06

New Store.
John Shine has opened a new cloth
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or will He allow anything else in the
.se little ones.
Iren!
me were hung about his neck and that
ea-he will get no mercy from Jesus!
r to the end of the road.
And the artisan-the "low-browed
stunted, haggard man"-dwarfed in
Body and mind and soul because OF
the greed of his master-for him Je,
sus will battle until justice becomes
the motto of shop and office and stock
exchange
Cold-blooded schemers who rob
widows and orphans and helpless men
He will specifically deuounce. but
men and women gone wrong because
OF weakness of will and perversion OF
passions will have His sympathy and
compassion.
The sick, the imprisoned, the hun.
cry. the unfit, the down and outs
and those suffering because of great
burdens due to poverty-these have
gripped the heart of Jesus-American
Citizen.
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IONS WEAK, AIDS THE UNFORTUNATE
By the Rev. Charles stelzle.
women. +

Jesus is gentleman Especially in His treatment O
women. He ALWAYS speaks generously of them-neve
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Personals.
The Misses Lillian and Marie Smith
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MANNINGTON NEWS

oeny Correspondent Sporting
Railroad
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toe so big 1t was murder to put on
my shoe. I used salves and other
things, that ate off more of the toe
than they did tho corn. I'd cut and
dig with knives and scissors. but
now no moro fooling for me. Two
drops Of 'Gets-It did all the work.
It makes the corn shrivel and get so
loose that you can Just pick it right
off with your fingers!"
There has been nothing new dis
covered for corns since "Gets-It"
was born. It's the new way-tho
common-sense, simple, sure way.
Gets-It" is sold everywhere, 25c
q bottle. or sent on receipt of price
by Z. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. nj
Sold in Fairmont and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy by
Fairmont Pharmacy, Cranes Dru[
Store, ]. H. McCloskey & Co., Holi
Drug Co.
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Yesterday Sol Burka called us up
and in an excited voice told us some
one had stolen the Hips Big Flag.
We told him we didn't have it, and he
hung up.
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In THE Rise of Susan" which is at
the Grand today, the social ascent OF
a beautiful young mannequin meets
with disaster only to find happiness in
q less dazzling career. Susan, young
model in thSshop of a fashionable mod.
iste, attracts the attention of new.
~ rich dowager, who induces her to
pose as young countess and thus fur
Their her social success. OF course,
the young son of the house falls in
love with Susan and she is driven to
confess her deception at the altar in a
sensational wedding scene. Later as
a nurse she is blinded by the drug
fiend her lover afterwards married.
but the maniac very wisely throws her
self out OF the window, leaving the
lovers to belated happiness.
A Dramatic Mirror" review says:
CLARA Kimball Young meets with her
social triumph and disaster with GUS
tOmary grace and charm, looking equal
~ lovely IL her nurses uniform and in
the elaborate gown she wears &c the
pgeudo-countess. Eugene o'Briou as
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-28
Drive AWAY HEADACHE


a headache remedy without the dan.
gers Of headache medicine. Relieves
headache and that miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And It acts at onccl
Musteroie is a clean. white ointment
made with oil Of mustard Better than :
mustard plaster and does not blister
Used only externally, and in no way car
affect stomach and heart, as some in,
ternai medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat. bronchitis
Group, stiff neck. asthma, neuralgia, con
gestion. pleurisy. rheumatism. 1umbago
all pains and aches Of the back or joints.
sprains. sore muscles. bruises. chlblains.
frosted feet colds of the chest Cie otter
prevents nneu1n0nial.
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were useless and or n 0|9TaII9H
would help me, bat LYDIA +. Pinkham 3
Vegetable Compound has proved y
otherwise. am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work, '-- Mrs
NELLIE PHELPS. care of +. A. Ricer,
RID. No. 5, Fulton, n y.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the ct
ters written by women made well BIZ Ly-
dia e. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound.
If gou have bad symptoms and do not
understand the cause. write 70 the
lydia r. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given Tree,
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receive no heneht,
when SO many have
proved that Lydia
f. Pinkham S Y ege
table G ON pouu d
Will make them
well2 Fer over a
year / suffered so
from female weak
ness I could hardly
stand and was
afraid to 90 on the
/. street alone Doc
lors said medicines
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NNANFEH Experienced seamstress- Ap-
nIv Liberal Credit CfethIng Geo.. l3a1n-
H9n8 -e r.
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CENSOR is PERTURBED
Hut He Only Succeeds In Giving
English Publisher Free
AdyertfsIDr

LONDON. May 1s.-william Heine-
mann, the English publisher. sent a
telegram saying, Rush secret bread
urgent" The censor was scandaiizcd.
and summoned Heinemann, confident of
developing a German plot to tamper
with the nations food supply.
did you send that?" asked the CEN
sor.. Heinemann, unperturbed. admitted
that he had. The censor and special
agent OF the Food Controller said he
had better tell the whole truth in
stantiy or he would suffer most severe
penalties.
Il will willingly tell ALL" replied
Heinemann. Secret Bread is the name
OF new novel my publishing house is
Just bringing out. My telegram was
addressed TO the printer. urging him to
hurry the proofs. Here is a set of
proofs. Glad to have had you gentle
men advertise It."
The case was dismissed.
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RACES HALF FORGOTTEN
Unless Russia Does Sometime "a.
Them, They VIII Become
Extinct 1890

iEIkoGRAD. May 19.-The war has
brought into Petrograd for the srst
Time in their existence. some of no
obscure half-forgotten races which In
haoit the trans-Caspian regions. 4tha
frozen reaches of the north and other
remote provinces Of the Russian an,
pre-. Most of these savage peoples are
as Tar removed from civilization AZ
their ancestors OF 1000 years ago, ana.
though nominally belonging to Rusais
nave enjoyed none of the privileges - .
government protection conferred lipo;n
the other foreign races which occI,riv
regions in the central portion Of TIE
empire %,
Appeals are now being made to the
government to take all possible meas
ures 10 preserve and protect these
tribes, who are fast becoming extinct
icaVinE some of the most fertile AM,
richest parts Of Russia untenanted and
neglected. ~
Among these races are the votiaks.
Tungusi and the Samoyeds, ALI Of
which occupy lands rich in varied pro.
duce, and which contribute consider.
ably to the resources of tho country
1t is argued that IL no precautions.urr
taken to prevent the extinction Of these,
races. which is being fastened 10y
scurvy and other disease. lands which
they occupy will become uninhabited.
and Russia will lose a source Of con.
siderable revenue -.
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PAY WITH THEIR LIVES
Five Alsatians Put to Death by Firing
SOUND on Charge of High
Trcnson.

BERN. May ia Swiss newspaper
correspondent who spent several
months in Germany and returned re-
Gently. reports that early in March five
Alsatians one OF them a former officer
in the German army, were convicted
or high treason and shot in StrassburE.
The executed ex-officer served as a
lieutenant in an infantry regiment sta
TONED In Colmar. and was known TO
have strong French sympathies, as
nearly all OF his relatives live in
France. In July. 1914, few days be-
fore the declaration or war, he deserted
and went to Paris to enter the French
Foreign Legion as private soldier.
Later he acquired French citizenship.
received n lieutenants commission and
was detailed to the intelligence depart-
ment OF the army.
In different DISCUSSES and equipped
with false passports. he repeatedly
visited Germany TO get military in
formation and to enlist Alsatians whom
he knew TO be pro-French for cspion-
age work. In February he was recos-
ni2ed by one Of his former schoolmates.
VINO denounced him to the police. His
arrest and that Of four OF his con-
federates followed. and after a short
investigation the five men had to face
a court-martial. Their trial lasted but
two hours. and ended with their con-
viction. The next morning at sunrise
they paid with their lives for their
love OF France.
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DASH FOR LIBERTY
Five British Officers Succeed in Escap-
ing From German
Train.

LONDON May 1a.-Lieutenant Bert
ram Radcliffe. West Yorks Regiment,
who. after two and half years IN
Bavaria. has escaped and arrived in
England, explained to-day how he made
dash for liberty with four fellow
officers from German train.
LAS it was just on DUSK" he said. Eve
felt the moment had come to try our
luck. Few people were about. but most
of them were evidently too paralized
at the sight to do anything a few
gave chase. but we soon outdistanccd
them"
After heavy tramp over plowcd
fields the party got clear away. 1.-THE
only food we had" Lieutenant Rat
clffe said, was a tin of chocolate with
few biscuits. but we were too keen
on regaining our liberty to worry much
about eating. though we were hungry
enough before we reached safety
Thirst was worse than the hunger.
We had nothing to drink and dare not
ask for anything. At night we slept
in a wood IT was freezing, and the
only covering we had was British
warm Officers short grcatcoat)
wrapped around U.s."
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TANKS" Do GREAT WORK
IN ASSISTING INFANTRY
How Two OF Them Aid in Capture of
German Strongholds Is Brcez-
lily Described.
BARRED WIRE MOVED DOWN
For Forty Hours the Caterpillar Cars
Keep on Hunting Trail, and Fer
ret Out Nests Of Enemy Machine
Guns.

LONDON. May 1s.-How two British
tanks" or armored caterpillar cars,
assisted in the capture of wancourt
and Heninel. south Of Monchy. recently.
is breezily described by a correspondent
at the front as follows:
Our men were held up by those
great stretches OF wire between them,
and were menaced most evilly by the
enfilade fire of machine guns from
Guemappe and high point south.
Two tanks came to the rescue and did
most daring things Romped up said
an officer. though 1 have not seen tanks
rompinS. Anyhow. they came up in
their elephantine way, getting the most
out OF their engines and most skillfully
guided by their young officers and
crews, who were out on a great and
perilous adventure.
climbing over rough ground, cleav-
ing through snowdrifts and mudbanks,
with their steel tanks thrusting their
blunt noses above old trenches and
sandbag barricades. they made straight
for the great hedges of barbed wire and
drove straight through. leaving broad
lanes of broken strands.
One cruiscd into Wancourt, followed
from distance by the shouts and
cheers of the infantry. 1t wandered up
and down the village like a bear on
the prowl for something good TO cat.
1t found human food and trampled
upon machine gun redoubts, firing into
German hiding places.
The second tank struck ZigzaC
course for Heninel, and in that village
swept down numbers of German sol :
diers. SO that they fed from this black
monster against which bombs and rifles
were OF no avail.
For forty hours those two tanks
let me be fair to the men inside, and
say those officers and crcws-did not
rest. but went about on their hunting
trail, breaking down wire and search
ing out German strong points SO that
the way would be easier for our in
fantry."
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WAR IN RUE De LA PAX
All necanse New Fashion Says Women
Must Have Pockets on
lItpR,

PARIS, May 19.-There is war in the
Rue dc la Paix. and it is all on account
of new fashion decree, which says
that women's dresses should have
pockets on the hips.
Some very prominent dressmaking
houses adopted the fashion. but others
equally prominent. decided that no
pockets should be worn The inter-
ested parties-the women who intended
ordering new drcsses-stood outside the
ring and watched the battle with bated
breath.
The midinettcs. however-the little
work girls of the Rue de la Paix-
have violent arguments during the
luncheon hour, when ,those who work
for the propocket houses try to make
away with the scissors, thimbles and
even the powder puffs of the employees
Of the antipocket firms.
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AUSTR|ANS TAKE
''H0HE SCHNE|D'
10
Famous Peak Safely in Their
Possession After Desper-
ate Struggle.
HARD BLOW TO ITALIANS.
Ends Their Hopes of Advance
Into Tyrol by Mount Z. g. &.
Stilvio Pass. ~.
HARD BLOW TO ITALIANS.

AUSTRO-HUNGARIA ,TIEADQUAFt!
TIERS ON THE ITALIAN FRONT, May
1s.-After months OF careful prepara.
tons, Austro- Hungarian Alpine troops
have captured the famous 'Hohs
Schneid' peak of the Ortler group, on
Italian soil. The peak rises to,aa
height OF 10000 feet, four miles south
of the Mount Stilvio ridge. and its
possession enables the Austrians to
dominate the whole mountain region
in this sector and to hold the Mount
Stilvio Pass against attack. ,,-t
The capture of tho '.Hohe sehnefd.
may be classed as one Of the greatest
feats Of the campaign on tho Italian
front, as the difficulties which had to
be overcome were enormous. During
the dreary winter months. while big.
yards howled around the dizzy heights,
Austrian sappers and engineers dug
and blasted tunnels through the eternal
snow and ice on the mountains. This
work took many weeks, and was al
dangerous as It was tedious t,S
In the meantime, number Of the
heaviest Austrian guns were dragged
to tho tops OF the mountain peaks north
and northeast Of the "Hohe Schneid.-
As soon as the tunnels were completed
these batteries opened a terrific berfi.
bardment. For two weeks the region
was veritable hell. Whole mountain
sections were blown to pieces, but still
the Italian batteries vigorously. re
turned the fire from their vantaKa
points ..,- -s,<> ,,.s,s7slSs
When at last the majority Of the
| Italian guns were silenced, the final
dash began. Advancing through tho
ice tunnels, the Austrians and Hun,
garans reached the summit of tho
"Hohe Schneid" and overpowered thu
Italian forces holding tho peak in a
short. but extremely bloody, hand-to.
hand fight. ssa
HOPE OF ITALIANS 1870
ENDED BY DEFEAT
This important victory ended the
| Italians hope Of getting possession OF
| the Mount Stilvio Pass, for which, tf;eeyy
have been fighting nearly two years.
The battles for the Stilvio ridge BE-
gan in June, 1915. and have been kerr
up ever since. At one time the daneer
that the pass leading through the ridge
would fall into the hands of>--the
Italians was great. Alpinieri detach.
ments reached one OF the peaks guard
ing the entrance of the pass. but lost
the advantage gained by them when
the Austrians undertook a counter.
offensive and wrested Monte Scorluzzo
from their grasp. 74
I Later the Italians tried to advances
INTO the ortler region from Bornifo
ana Santa Catarina through the Val
Heoru and the Val Cedeh. In April,
1915 they twice tried to storm the
Monte Scorluzzo. but their attacks.
broke down and they suffered great
losses -
The capture of the "Hohe Schneid-
ny the Austro -Hungarians removes ali
danger OF an Italian advance into IN.
fyrol at the western end OF their line
The Mount Stilvio Pass, which Is fba
highest mountain rond in Europe. may
thanking OF the right wing OF the sAus-
trian army is made impossible. wv
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lawyer. Object to Saving.

I LONDON. May 1s.-The nation is
saved $125.000 annually by the abol-
ton OF nincty-five revising barristers
lawyers who revise the voting lists)
provided for In the new registration
Dill The lawyers thus affected, many
or, whom have lucrative practices
strongly object to the action of the
government and have addressed to It
petition. in which they say they
ought to receive a compassionate al
lowance" for the loss OF their occupa-
ton.
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BELGIAN QUEEN
VISITS FLORENCE
Beloved Elizabeth Will Spend
Several Months There in
Strict Incognito.
HER HEALTH FAST FAILING
Work in Red Cross Hospitals
and Among Destitute Peo-
pie Telling on Her.
by CAMILIO CIANEARRA,
international News Service Stan Core

spondcnt.
ROME. May 1a.-Elizabeth, Queen of
the BelEians. Is in Florence. where she
will spend four or five months in strict
| incoEnito. She is the first royal visitor
to The city since the terrible conflict
began. The large. distinguished exotic
colony that dwelt in Florence all the
year around began to disperse in 1914.
and American women are left behind
to remind the Florentine cabby Of the
prosperous time that was.
The city herself has undergone a
considerable change. The number Of
cabs has been reduced. practically all
OF the tcarooms have been shut down.
owing TO lack of patronage. and the
wclIknown Florentine art world is to-
day represented by only a few aged
painters and sculptors too old to wear
a uniform.
The city's chief function in the pres
ent war il to nurse back to health the
sick and the wounded, and for this pur-
pose every villa on the wooded hills
surrounding the city has been con-
verified either into hospital or a sana-
torium for convalescinE officers. not
only Of the Italian army. but of the
| Serbian and English as we'll
The Florentinc had never seen the
Queen before. and in the street her
pale. frail. blonde figure attracted no
attention whatever. 1t was only when
her Unborn interest in hospitals and
medical clinics In general brought her
In contact with the Italian Red Cross
that her identity was disclosed
a III.ES US Svuprx-
FRENCH COUNTESS
Yet when visiting hospitals nobody
is permitted to render to her the hon.
age due to a Queen. For the nurses of
the Red Cross, we'll as the doctors
and orderlies, the Queen is simply
French countess.
Colonel d'Autremont. who accom-
panies the Queen, said that three
years of incessant work in Belgian
Red Cross hospitals and among the
destitute population Of the little king
dom had begun to tell on the Queen.
who is not constitutional1y very strong.
trip abroad and n long rest in diff
ferent surroundings became imperative
With the arrival of the Queen the
public has also learned that her daugh-
ter Princess Mary Josephine. will be
educated in Italy and at the expense
OF the Italian nation. In connection
with this. il is related that soon after
the English government decided to
educate Prince Charles. King Albert.s
second son. the Italian government re-
quested the privilege OF looking after
the education of the princess. The
royal parents accepted. and the prin-
cess. who is girl of twelve. will enter
the College OF the Annunciata, where
only girls belonging to the nobility are
admitted.
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BRITISH EXPERT PRAISES
UNITED STATES SAILORS
Declared by PcrcivaI A. HIslam to
BE as Fine a Specimen OF His
Race as Can Be Found.
sELF-RELLANT AND ADAPTABLE
American Navy Suffers From Our
Love Of the Huge, There Being
Too Many "Nlost Powerful" Bat
tlcships and Two Few Cruisers.

The International News Service pre-
sents herewith most interesting ap-
praisal OF the United States Navy by
Percival a. Hislam. obtained abroad.
Mr.. 1Ifslam is one of tho foremost
naval authorities of Europe. and the
author of many books and treatises on
naval matters. What he says about
the defects In our fleet and in praise
OF our sailors is. therefore, Of special
interest.
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AGED WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. I.ouisn Adnmy More Thar III
Years Old When Death
Takes Her. 1919 80

BERLIN. May 1s.-The Beriiner Tag &
blatt reports the death OF Mrs. Louisa
Adamy. OF Luedensched. weatphafIa
who probably was the oldest inha BIZ
tant OF Germany, having reached thu
phenomenal ago of 113 years and two
months. The woman was born IN Feb,
ruary, 1904. and remembered the re-
treat Of Napoleon j. from Russia Ssksl,
the battle OF Leipzig well. She Mn
married three times. and leaves pssffys
200 descendants. s. s ~,
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ny rEnCIvAL \. nIsLAM.


Ten years ago the United States
Navy ranked without question as the
second in strength among the world's
fleets. Then came the Dreadnought
era, bringing with il what Germany
took to be her main chance for elbow
ing Britannia off the seas, and in the
avalanche of German Shipbuilding and
the frequent expansions of the navy
laws. the American fleet was relegated
TO third place.
Nevertheless, if America has not al
ready recovered her status. ii will not
be long before she does. Her fleet in
commission includes fourteen Dread
noushts. of which six arc armed with
the fourteen inch gun. The Pennsyl-
vania (haSship of Admiral Henry T.
Mayo, COMMUNICATIVE chief Of the At
lantic FleeD. and the Arizona carry
twelve OF these weapons apiece, while
the Oklahoma. New York and Texas
have ten.
Behind these are eight earlier battle
ships OF the DreadnouGht type, carry
ing eighty twelve-inch guns between
them. Five ships similar to the Penn
sylvania are in various stages of COM
pletion, while in the last two ship
building programs there have been
which four will carry eight and the
other twelve sixteen-inch guns; five
battle cruisers. with a speed OF thirty
five knots. and armament Of ten
fourteen-inch guns. as well as numer-
Gus scout cruisers and dcstroyers-al
of thirty-fivc knots-and q large num-
Der of submarines.
BATTLESHIPS ALONE
DO NDT X>v,rC
The American Atlantic Fleet con
tains some OF the finest battlcships
afioat. but the whole navy suffers from
Uncle Sans traditional love of the
huge He has been so keen on build
ing the biggest and the most power
fur battieships, that he overlooked
for years the fact that battlcships
alone do not make fleet
The British navy has found it's fast
light cruisers simply invaluable since
the first day of the war. Uncle Sam,
however, has not launched a single
light cruiser since 1907, with the re-
suit that the so-called cruiser SQUAD
ron attached to Admiral Muyo's COM
mand is composed for the most part
OF old armorcd cruisers OF twenty-one
knots and coast service gunboats that
could not mako more than ten i'm a
choppy sea.
This defect has been taken in hand
under recent programs, but it will be
the better part of two years before
the new thirty -fivc-knot scouts are
ready for commis sioning. The case is
similar. but not quite so bad, with de-
stroycrs. modern battle fleet de-
Ponds upon these craft and tho first
cruisers to keep it free from sub
marine attacks at sea, and we have
been told that. although we had over
zoe It. ID. DIS when the war began, and
now possess such q splendid notilla
OF light cruisers. the British navy could
not be provided with too many de-
stroyers IL every shipyard in the world
were supplying us at top pressure.
Tho Americans, however. possess
only fifty or sixty OF these craft, so Il
is qutte>clear that any fresh output for
some considerable time to como must
Continued on Tenth Puge.)
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Drop. Letter 10 pr,.on.,,. WE.

LONDON. May 19.-Just after Lieu
tenant c. a. r. Shum, OF the Royal
British Flying Courps. was taken pris-
oncr by the Germans. a hostile aero
plane assembled and dropped n letter to
his wife into the British lines.