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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
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Corporal Charles r. Knight, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ". Knight, OF lRives.
vile. 10 visiting his home on Q leave
OF absence from Chicamaugua Park,
Ca, where he is enlisted In Company
D. 61st Infantry. United States army.
Mr.. knight IS fayorahly known ,in;Eai
mont being . member, Of the local
lodge Of Elks. = i : s',.s- .scS5Tr-
Corporal Knight spent Monday In
Fairmont visiting his sister, Mrs.s H J.
Price on Quincy street, and shaking
hands with his numerous friends add
acquaintances. He has been IN the
service since last Juns.s He reports
that he IL happy IN the service add thar
they have between forty and MY
thousand in camp. All are anxious
TO 60 70 France and fitht for the sdAtn!
ocracy Of ths world. Hisl leave was for
10 days and It may be extended toll
days by permission from his colonel
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18

Fairmont's Chamber of. Commerce
was placed on record as favoring i'm.
mediate. steps to protect West vir.
ginia people and interests against
the discrimination practiced by gas
exporting companies at a meeting OF
the Board of Directors, held yester.
day afternoon in the Chambers
rooms, at which resolutions were ad.
opted calling upon the Governor to
protect the interests OF the citizens
OF the State and a committee was ap.
pointed to secure tho corporation
OF cities in this end of the State fin
any fight which 1t may be decided to
make to secure an adequate gas sup.
ply for the domestic consumers. es
The committee named by President
Jacobs of the Chamber OF Commerce
consists Of o.. s., Mckinney, r.. IT.
Cunningham, J. Walter. Barnes,, G. Il.
Shaver and Fred HmleIck. II Is en-
powered to retain counsel and 80 into
the matter thoroughly In dill its as.
poets. It Is especially empowered to
take steps to bring pressure upon the
Legislature should It be foiud that a
special session of that. body be nee.
essary.+ 1880. = ---.
IL developed during the discussion
which preceded the action of the d.
rectors that even after the Mononga.
ihhla Valley Traction company had
successfully negotiated for the pur.
chase n some gas wells belonging to
the South Penn OIL company which
were sealed mp the Hope Gas Com
pany stepped In and with an old OPP
Grating agreement between the two
concerns claimed the gas and II It
did not actually send t. out Of the
State prevented. It from being used
by domestic consumers.
r. T. Cunningham, OF the -Monon-
gah Glars company, who opened the
discussion gave some rather inter
esting statistics OF the local gas stu.
alton. He stated that the Philadel.
phia Gas Company ID piping. ~. 00o,,
600 cubic feet OF gas out OF the coun
try every day while the HOPE COM
pany.ts also exporting q large amount.
Hon. o. 8. Mckinney spoke at some
length In favor of his contention that
the gas composites can be regulated
so that the interests OF the wRS
Virginia consumers win be ppste1eFS
through D licensing system 6sR j. a.
Moore, general manager q - IL
Valley Traction 5ampass2,
told OF the efforts made ~ No Gae
department of his corporation = n.
- - (CouHnued on pa9e (4l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
Ivan Hawkins
Loses His Eve

Ivan Hawkins Of Field street under.
went an operation this morning at his
home for the removal OF an eye ball.
The operation was performed by Drs.
H. 4. Johnson and c. L. Holland and
so far as can be ascertained at this
time was successful. Hawkins was
injured on Thanksgiving day when in
driving rail the head flew off and
struck him in the eye. seriously In
5uring that member. Since that time
he has suffered terribly from the in.
jury. Every effort was made to save
the eye. However It was found. I'm
possible and this morning the eye ball
was removed. Hawkins is a driver
in the employ Of the ]. L. Hall hard.
ware store.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
many 10. GAUGE
GUNS N VICINITY
OF MORGAN FARM.
So Witnesses For Defense
Testify in Commute
Murder Trial.
CHARACTER WITNESSES
Accused Boys Father One
of Those Placed on the
Stand.

To establish the fact that a ten
guage shot gun and shell is nothing
unusual in the community was the prin.
cipal endeavo- of the defense in the
trial of Walter Commute, charged with
staying Fernando Thorn and Harvey
Hayhurst, in Circuit court this morning
before Judge Raymond. There was u
large number of witnesses on hand TO
impart this information.
A brace Of witnesses were on hand
to testify to Connutte's good character
prior to the bringing of the charge.
School teachers. minister and men
Of the community came forth and tes'
titled that the boy had been well be-
haved and stood well in his commu-
nifty. The State endeavored to refute
the good reputation OF the accused by
asking all Of the witnesses whether
they had heard whether Commute had
whipped or threatened to shoot a school
teacher by the name Of Wilson.
Tracing the genealogy Of the Con.
Mute family to show that It was purely
american and not foreign as the name
might suggest was: another feature OF
this mornings evidence. The lads
grandfather came from Old Virginia
and later settisd in KeHtpcl His
fatker brought him here from Ohio.
The lads mother Is dead, he has two
brothers in Uncle Sans service and
on Thursday he will be seventeen
years old was developed from his faith.
cr's testimony.
The first witness this afternoon was
Major NJ. NJ. Nicely. He gave consid-
cradle testimony as to 10.guage shells.
which were purchased in this city.
AT some length Major Nicely ex-
planned the method employed in load
ing shells. He said that he had load.
ed thousands OF them when lad. Ma
jor Nicely explained the difference be-
tween machine and hand loaded
shell. After a machine loaded shell is
discharged 1t is necessary to crimp 1t
up further when 1t is refilled. Major
Nicely then produced handful of
shells, some of which he had lsirchas-
ed at the Hall hardware store at noon
today.
The State had offered 1O.guage
gun and 10-guage shells in evidence
ouN lhO puipOo0 VI stuc slSSLkIuOuy WAS
to show that any 10.guage gun could
lave fired the shell and that it did not
have to be the same gun that the State
had introduced in the case.
The defense rested its case at 1855
o'clock this afternoon. The case is
expected to go to the jury. this after.
noon.
The first witness this morning for
the defense was Roy Devault, Of Mon.
tana, who testified that he had known
the defendant for a number of years.
Mr.. Devault testified that there were
q number Of 12-guage guns and one
10.guage gun around that neighbor.
hood.
Rev. II. K: Ash, pastor of the United
Brethren church. Montana, an uncle
OF Commute through marriage, was
called and testified that the defend.
ants reputation was OF the best
Miss Mae Swisher, former teacher
OF Paw Paw district, now located at
Catawba, and Miss Ethel Harris, for.
mer teacher at Montana, boil, gave the
defendant good reputation.
James Carpenter. Of Parker, Run
Continued on Page (2)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
New Head For Cook
Hospital Nurses

Miss Margaret Leatham OF White
Plains. N. z. has been appointed gu.
perintendent of nurses and Of the
Nurses Training department Of Cook
hospital and has arrived here and as.
sumed her duties. Miss Leatham who
is graduate OF q western school
comes here highly recommended, her
services having been secured through
DIR. Peter Noe the infantile paralysis
specialist who was sent here from the
Rockefeller institute at New York to
care for, the patients at the Emergency
hospital at Monongah. Z, ~. : !.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
Christmas Rush Is
On at Postofiee

Already the postoffice force is be.
ginning TO realize that it is only few
days until Christmas. The first in.
crease in the mail was noticed yester.
day Today the mails are Just as large
IL not larger.
Tho force is expecting the mail to
increase from day to day until Christ.
mas and will prepare for the grand
Christmas rush. Thus far there has
been slight increase in the amount Of
parcel pott handled.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
')Rl AMENDMENT
NOW BEFORE STATES
Senate This Morning. Ac.
cepted Resolution Adopt
ed by the House.
fBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Dec. ls.-A sprohi-
bition amendment to the national con.
stitutton was finally submitted by Con.
gress to the states today for ratiflca.
ton or rejection within seven years.
The Senate completed the congress
sional action this morning by accept
ing the resolution which was passed
by the House yesterday by a vote OF
2S2 to 1913. There was no roll call IN
the Senate today. 4
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
coehran.Riehardson.

Miss Edna Lucille Richardson, Of this
city. and Paul Davidson Cochran. OF
Aladdin, Pa, were united In marriage
in Elkins on December 18th ut the
home Of the brides aunt. Miss Russell
Sayre, at whose home she had been q
guest for some time. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cochran left Elkins this morning for
New Orleans where they viii reside.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
Government Wins
Canadian Elections
DIV Associated prassl

OTTAWA. Ont. Dec. 1s.-Election
results received up to noon today in.
dictate that the government will have
a clean majority Of 48 seats with three
in doubt, two OF which have been pre-.
viously credited to the government
and one to opposition ard four seats
in which election is deferred.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18

Mrs. ]. W. Peppers. who had been
the guest for a week Of her sister, Mrs.
Samuel Leeper. left this afternoon for
her home In Parkersburg.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Dec, 1s,--T6s
police had found neither motive Tor
the explosion or definite clew 10 III
perpetrators today. They were IN
elined. however. to reject the theory
that the explosive was thrown against
the building from an alley became of
a high fence, but nothing has been
shown to indicate the bomb was
planted" y
The last person admitted to the en-.
ecutive mansion was Chinese ser.
want who came in about eieven,thirty
o'clock. Il
The police say the explosion ocs
Cured between that hour and mid.
night. b s. r Rs pa Is ! 81
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
Notice to Taxpayers Who
Failed to Take AdYan.I
tage of the 2H9c Dis

count.
You are now notified that ID.
cember is the last month you can
pay your taxes at face value: Jan.
uary is the month that the law
compels us to add on 109s inter
est. am sure you win not want
to pay that amount Of interest
while money is SO plentiful. please
be prompt and come In ana pay!
your taxes before the rush at The
last OF the month. For your ben.
eft and accommodation the
Sherif's Office viii be kept open
on Saturday nights from Z TO
during the month Of December.
A. M. GLOVER, shefin
- ! ~ &
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POWERFUL BOMB
REAR0F
THE BUILDING
Police Are Unable to Discoy
er Motive Of the Per- al
|; petrators.
No ONE WAS INJURED
Gov. and Mrs. Stevens Were
Sleeping Near the Site
of Explosion.
nav Assnclated PresIslI

10y ASbOClbteu ifIGsbl e -
SACRAMENTO. Cal, Dec. ls.--What
Is believed to have been an attempt r.,
kill Gov. William p. Stephens ~
means of powerful explosive bomb
at midnight last night. resulted In
wrecking the executive mansion, the
entire rear OF the building being blown
cut The governor and Mrs. Stephens,
as we'll as the household servants were
asleep at the time and all escaped in-
jury. 4 *
Two men were seen fleeing from the
house Immediately after the explosion.
The defamation Of the explosion was
heard all over the city and windows
were broken by the. force Of It two Of
three blocks. away. Il was believed
that from 20 to 30 sticks Of dynamite
were used.
Governor and Mrs. Stephens were
esleep in wing Of the house lad jofn,
Ing the spot where the explosion toc..
CURED but beyond the nervous shock
were unframed. ). ~ s
The attempt occurred lust - tn
guards were being chang u. CI6iI6-
sen, one Of the watchmen; was the first
one on the scene having passed tho
spot few minutes before the expIo-
sion occurred. Clapssen said ne .Has
certain there wa. nothing unusual on
the ground. He expressed the opinion
that the explosive was thrown rom
The a1lev tvhict1 r1,nc o fny, ., An
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-18
The 2 WEATHER Z

Panty cloudy tonloht; ,sednss.
day sncw. 3
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
MANY MISSING TN
MINI. HOTEL FIRE

Minneapolis, Mimi. Feb. l2.-More
than dozen persons were missing
early to-day following a fire which
DESTROYED the Greenwood Hotel. a >
sto.y brick structure at Twelfth street
and Hennepin avenue.
As many more injured were taken
to hospitals and private homes and
some OF them are believed to be ia
tally hurt. Others were suffering
from exposure.
Altho no bodies have been recov-
cred the police insist that many of
the guests were trapped on the top
floor Of the building. Some of them
leaped out OF windows TO the icy pave.
ment. One man was dead when picked
up and woman who leaped with
her night clothes ahame was said TO
have sustained a fractured skull.
Five persons, gathered about a win
dew. and prepared to leap into a life
net. suddenly disappeared and are be-
lievel to have persisted
There were about 100 guests in the
hctel when the fire broke ont in the
basement and rapidly shot up front
and back stairways.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
BATHING EEACt. PAVILION
GRADING OF POOL
DEEP WELL, ETC,
STARVED ROCK STATE PARK,
Ottawa, ILL.,. Fell

Ottawa, ILL.,, Feb. Y, 1917.
Sealed bids will be received BY the
undersigned. until noen on Saturday,
the third day of Marcn, 1917, for DO.
ing all work and furnishing all ma
terlals necessary to complete the
buildings, and performing other work
as outlined below, according to plans
and specifications prepared therefore
BY Jason F. Richardson, Jr., architect.
sos Central Life building, Ottawa, Ill.
!. Cae Bathing Beach Pavilion,
frame construction. including electric
lighting, plumbing, etc, concrete foun-
dations, slate roof, plaster exterior. "
?. Drilling, blast 'ag and moving OF
approximately 400 cubic yards of sand
work, and dwelling of about 100 cubic
yards of earth. Furnishing and build
ms Of 30 rods OF fence, and rebuild
ing certain fences and setting up poles
for lighting, and certain other clean
Ing up and grading
,. Drilling and piping OF deep water
well about 500 feet deep for salt
water supply, and fresh water supply.
Contractors may receive plans and
specifications for various items Of the
above work by applying to the secre-
tary or the architect
A certified check of 10 per cent of
the amount OF the bid, must accom-
pany each proposal as an evidence OF
good faith, payable to the Secretary.
The right is reserved to reject any
and all bids and to accept any bids or
combination OF BIDS that may be con.
sidercd OF advantage to the Park
Commission.
All proposals shall be plainly
marked as to the items of the work
lid On.
Sioncd: A. RICHARDS,
Sec'y Illinois Park Commission.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
u. S. DIGS INTO
FOOD PRICES

Washington, d. C.. Feb. l2.-The in
We igation into the soaring cost OF
living. ordered by President Wilson
viii re sWeering and far-reachilg
enc officials declared today. Under
or1cr3 from the White House to spec d
UP, The Federal trade commission was
working diligently todav preparing fig
ulei on the cost OF the inquiry IS re-
que ,ted by the President.
Little difficulty in getting the fulds
for the investigation is anticipated il
administration circles. 1t is expected
that Congress viii provide the funds
Immediately and enough for the D.
par merit of Agriculture TO cooperate
70 the fullest extent. President VII
son let il become known that he con
Sfccr5 it OF utmost Importance that
the nation know where il stands on
the food supply situation on the pres
ent crisis.
Conferences. between heads of the
Departments of Justice and Agricul-
turc and the Trade Commission were
held today
Francis J. Heney, specially appoint
ed Investigator for the Federal Trade
Commission in the news print inquiry.
is pushing rapidly ahead in his work.
it was said today, The entrance OF
the famous San Francisco graft prose
cutter into the investigation has given
it renewed impetus.
Mark Hyman and Bainbridge Colby.
New York lawyers, appointed as spe.
cial attorneys for the government, ale
ready to begin their work before the
grand jury in New York.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
/ PRACTICAL EDUCATION.

n The General Education Board OF
New York has decided to turn our
educational system upside down. 1t
has made up Its mind that we arc ali
wrong with our strainilg after "cul-
tire" and formal discipline" that we
HAYS been wasting time and money
and effort. We have been teaching
childhood and youth according to al
artificial standard established long
ago. The new plan proposes to pre-
pare children to live the life of today
and do the work o. today.
The dead languages" are to be
dropped. All "deadwooo is to be dis
carded There is to be no more for.
NAL teaching Of grammar, with ~
endless and futile parsilg, diagraming
and what not. Nothing is to be taught
merely because Of its academic or the
oretical interest. Utility will be the
test OF everything. Mathematics will
be reduced to simple arithmetic, alge.
bra, geometry, etc, having a direct
use in practical work. Books will be
used less and the pupils senses more.
There will be pictures, lantern slides,
charts. maps, shop and laboratory,
special reading matter, discussions to
give the pupils sufficient contact with
their Industrial, social, economic, vo.
catiohal ana domestic environment SO
AZ to derive the basis for their school
work from real situations They WI
study everything round about them,
atd 80 learn to know the world and
make themselves at home in it.
The board Is starting in small but
sihnlheant way. It is putting its plan
into operation in the Teachers Col
lege OF Columbia University, teaching
teachers who are expected to be mis-
slonafes Of the new educational gos
pei. The board announces that 1t Ia
ready to back its convictions with
whatever money Is needed. 1t ha,
$sb,0Go,1O0.
The experiment Is bound to resu
in Improvement, whether 1t revolh
ti0ntzes our educational system or not
Everybody knows that present educa
tion doesn't really educate, that per
haps half its effort Is wasted. WI,
should boys and girls, when they q
to work. have to forget what they'v,
learned In school, or learn everything
anew from the ground up? II th'
General Education Board can prepar,
them to fit into the workaday world
without robbing them OF any legitI
mate taste or enjoyment, more powe
to IT.!
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12

GOES TO REWARD

Mrs Mary E. Dickinson. widow OF
,he late Bissell Dickinson. one of. La
Sale countys oldest residents, died at
he. home in Gran Rapids township
Sunday afternoon at S:3J o'clock.
FER demise is attributed to infirmi-
ties Incident TO old age. She had been
III III health for several months.
The deceased was born in Glasgow.
KCutuck}. OFT. l6. 1887, and moved 10
Illinois in lSi7.
Mary E. Farrell was married in
NJ. Carroll, II, Feb. 8. 1851. TO 2, b.
llckengca. and came To La Sale
coulty at that time, residing In Rut-
land township moving the following
spring to Fan River township, and
later to Grand Rapids township in
1869, where she has lived for the pa t,
iifty-Ivo years.
She leaves surviving. her five chill,
drer-Mary York, Sarah Fogg. I.u-
actie Strickland. all Of Chicaeo;
Charles H., at home, and Frank J.. of
Mission. Texas, She also leaves two
brothers and two sisters-C. T. Far
rell, OF Marseilles, John w. Terrell.
OF Manhattan. Kansas, Mrs. Jane
/ homas, of Paris. No, Sarah Smith,
OF Shelton, Conn, and four srandchn.
dren and six great-grandchi
She was well known in Ottawa and
leaves host OF friends. She was
woman OF unbounded charity and
never spoke i'll of any She enjoys the
esteem Of her neighbors and highly
appreciated their friendship and sym.
pathy. She was general favorite
with all and The community in which
she lived so lone and so well unite in
'ay.ns she was a good CHRISTIAN
woman. 4
The funeral services win be held
Tuesday afternoon at 1:20 at the res.
dence. Burial will be made in the
irand Ridge cemetery.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
eERM-PRooF cooks.

Once more the well-worn library
book has demonstrated its apparently
germ. proof quality. A hacteriologisl
OF Johns Hopkins University recently
examined rs public library books
Which had been in circulation for
years and $50 books from homes III
which diphtheria had existed. He
found no deadly germs of any kind in
the books.
That may be blow to the germ
maniac but it's a cheering thought TO
the rest OF the reading public.
Whether the dryness of the books
made them immune, or whether there
Ia some chemical safeguard in the
paper, ink or binding is not known. 1t
doesn't really make much difference
to the reader. He's relieved to know
that he's not running any undue risks
when he carries particularly frayei
and thumbed volume into his home.
This apparent immunity Of books
need not, however, make us careless
and utterly Indifferent to the germ
idea. We can still heed the warnings
and sneeze into our pocket handker-
chiefs instead OF into our books The
usual precautions against the spread
Uf disease thru books-as we'll as thru
clothing or am other medium--need
not be set aside. But let us cease to
worry about germs where even the
bacteriologist fails to find them.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
Tho Turquoise.

Ainon. the early Mexicans turquoise
was regarded as emblematic of she.
cess. ana was worn In preserve health
The peculiar property of the turquoise
OF <ecoming dirty green in color as ii
gives up its moisture. led to a belief
that ITS change in color foretold mis-
fortune, and hence the oriental prov
erb that the turquoise palcs when the
well being Of the giyer is in danger.
II was believed in the orient to be d
remedy FOR all diseases of the head and
heart and in cases of poisoning or
Stake bite ii was given with wine.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
WINTER MAKING
ITS LAST STAND

Washington Feb 12-Old King Win.
ter is fighting the last round of his
annual bout Yol have the word OF
Uncle Sans best weather foreca5ter
for it.
in all probability" he said today,
this will be the last extremely cold
weather Of the season. so far as the
eastern states are concrnd The pres
mt wave will begin to break up tonight
1t will be more moderate tomorrow
and thereafter even more So
The present cold wave is one OF the
seyerest of the season. according 10
the weather bureau. It is the tail end
of last weeks SILVER producer
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
MAX BLOOM G. COMPANY
PLEASE GAYETY PATRONS

Max Bloom and his musical comedy,
The Sunny Side of Broadway"
pleased hundreds Of Ottawa theater
goers Sunday with their three appear
ances at the Gayety Theater Max
and his horse were the big headliners
OF the tabloid production, while Miss
Elsie Moore, sololst, greatly pleased
the audience with her numbers. 1t
was Miss Moores fourth appearance
m this city and she was given a big
ovation when she appeared Oh the
stage.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-02-12
WHO Is BOSS IN YOUR HOMEw
WILL BE EVANGELiST'S TOPIC

The above will be the theme OF the
sermon at the Jefferson Street Chris
tlan Church tonight by Evangelist w.
w. Vose, of Eureka. This is not a
men only meeting, but men are es-
pecially invited. There was one ad-
dition to the church yesterday Tues.
day nights theme will be As there a
God? The week night meetings com
mencc at o'clock.