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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

Miss Lily Marbury has returned
from Richmond, where she was the
guest of her brother-in-law and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren P. Taylor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

WHOLESALE
Oysters, Clans and Crabs,
]. BRILL, No. 2 King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

MONEY TO LOAN-On first mort
gage in Alexandria and Rosemont.
Apply to Howard ". Smith, lot
north Fairfax street. l-l2-tr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28
In Memoriam.

In sad but loving remembrance of
our dear mother, Laura Hughes, who
died one year ago, February %, 1915.
] often think of you, dear mother,
And my heart is said with pain;
All this world would be heaven
If I could hear your voice again.
One year ago you left US,
How we miss your loving face;
But you left us to remember,
That none on earth can take your
place.
There was an angel band in heaven,
Which was not complete,
So Jesus took our darling mother,
To fill the vacant seat.
Mother, I often sit and wonder
OF what you would think or say,
If you only knew the changes
That have happened since that sad
day.
Gone, but not forgotten, by her
daughter, Mrs. T. A. Hall.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

When in Washington and hungry
stop at Schneider's Restaurant l2th
street opposite Raleigh.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

Mr.. Leonard Chesser has returned
to his home sos Duke street, after
spending the past six weeks in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

Mrs. William Jackson Morton vii
conduct the prayer meeting Thursday
evening at s o'clock in the Girls Club
room, 921 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-02-28

Gone but not forgotten, by her
daughter, Mrs. T. A. Hall.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

more Russian people saw the only pas
sible road to the Worlds peace was by
Kidding the world OF the curse ani
blight OF German militarlsm, whieh
makes war inevitable. Even the men
that at the beginning of the revoiu,
ton had been fired most with dreams
began to see this absolute truth.
So the next cry was "No Annexs,
tons" which was in full swing wner
We arrived.
Nobody knew exactly what II meant,
! but the sound of 1t was grand and mag.
| unanimous, which was enough for halt.
baked intellects In Russia and the Unit.
ted States.
Therefore. at first it had a great
run.
After a time, men in whom the
thinking faculty was more than rudl.
mentary saw the whole thing must be
a device OF desperate Germany to save
her colonies, and then that too began
to fizzle out.
1t was followed by mo imperialism
Beware of the imperialisic aims OF
Great Britain, France and America!
Great Britain is fighting merely to get
more colonies. France is fighting mere
ly to get Alsace and Lorraine. The
United States is fighting merely to
grab more islands! Down with in.
perialism!"
This went quite we'll for two weeks
and deceived many persons, reaching
even to the national council, where
folks usually have more sense. Tie
signal had been given; the agents in
the trenches and in all the Russian
cities were repeating it at the same
moment that it was urged by hun
dred speakers on the Field of Mars
Notorious German agents from Amer.
ca sprouted it. coupled with the intor.
nation that being Americans they
knew well the real aims of the Uniteo
States. 1t died out before some stern
inquiries as to how France was fight.
ing for Alsace and Lorraine when she
was ruthlessly invaded. and exactly
where lay those islands for the sake
of which the United States went .ntn
war.
Just before we left the same agents
were to be seen running about Petro.
grad shouting, LET the allies state
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

how It works subtly and effectively IN
every country in the world.
1t is run by men that know their
Job and have no end Of money for it,
They knew how to appeal to the altru'
istic dreams Of the Russian and the
good nature OF the American and ge:
away with both.
They know that the greatest thing
In the world, II you want to influence
public opinion and get results from
1t, is to have millions OF people repeat,
ing the same thing at the same time.
They have therefore organized a
system by which at q signal German
agents everywhere begin TO parrot
the same catchwords.
1t is like huge fist that holds ten
thousand strings. The fist gives q
pull and ten thousand men at the other
end hop up in Washington, New York,
Milwaukee, Petrograd, Buenos Aires,
Pekin and the rest, shouting together,
Let us have peace by negotiation!
or Compel the allies to state their
terms!"
The whole thing was as plain as
day before US.
Right after the revolution in Russia.
when the country was warm with tle
hope of universal democracy and a
feeling Of good will to all the world, a
thousand German agents ran about the
Field OF Mars, the trenches and every
center OF thought in Russia, crying:
Why should we fight our brothers :?
The German people are like all the 9th.
er peoples of the world, brothers OF
ours. Let US cease to kill our bro Ii.
err"
This didn't last very long for very
good reason. Early In its career it was
met by Russian soldiers that had es-
capped from Germany's hell holes OF
war prisons and they had only to show
their scars and tell their stories to nut
the kibosh on the brotherly love bust.
ness.
You can't make much OF hit wifi,
your praises OF German civilization
when broken.down wreck of a SOL.
der gets up after you and tells how
ne was beaten, kicked, burned, i'm.
paled, mutilated and starved by these
gentle apostles of peace and fraternal
good will.
1t also became plain that every day
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

lowing a street lighter from the out.
skirts Of the town by way of an
echoing board walk along Locust
avenue. There was no touch of magic
or romance about this process. A
, half grown boy, running with a mag.
nificent clatter, stopped for second
beside each light to turn the key, and
toss flaming match aloft. Ensued
a glare, which blazed or died as the
breeze contended for mastery. An
ugly light, upon an ugly support OF
unadorned gas pipe. A light which
roared and smelled. Yet, one hears
this sound increasing and diminishing
at the approach and retreat from each
light.
1t was long way from gas and
board walk to electricity and paved
thoroughfares. Time, the wonder
worker, makes it very short in ret.
respect.
Sharp and clear the vision rises OF
a young girl standing with others, ST.
lently, intently, absorbedly awaiting
the pressure of a button which Is to
transfer. ma round, dark object, sus.
pended high above the upturned
faces, into a blue-white, scintillating
ball OF brilliancy. Increasing ease
and facility Of transportation had al
ready familiarized most Fairmonters
with electric street lights, but the
day, or night rather, when your own
home place begins to glitter like a
sun burst is proud occasion in 10.
cal history. What cry greeted the
miracle! There! there! and there, it
flashed as the current flew over the
wires!
A circle of children dancing in the
ring OF light with shouts Of ecstacy,
suddenly fled in fright to various
mas and pas, as the vivid, black
shadows OF dazzled bugs began to
dash over the street, with sharpest
outlines that made them seem objects
Of substantial reality.
These wonderful first electric
lights! With their advent began to
rise the roar of traffic on paved
streets, the changing of our initial
street cars. -Fairmont began to hum
in the rising scale OF the city voice.
This roaring song, how it swells with
progress! Tonight, the writer strolls
over the same highway, down which
the lamplighter hurried in village days
Of yore. The street lights are salts.
flying and beautiful-but no purple
shadow curtains are parted by their
radiance, for the city knows no twi.
light.
The silver music Of the sleigh bells
has tinkled away-away into the past:
instead the constant tone of the au.
tomobile, commanding, entreating,
domineering, or imploring, according
to the mood of the chauffeur, speaks
to the throngs of pedestrians. Our
city is here-self.couddent, self-as,
sured, SO let US say with pleasure,
Il remember this place when it was
but q YillageW
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
A MERCILEss JUDGE
one VINO Shows Mo- Eavor.

A merclIess judge is Father Time
Before him the weak and the wantins.
20 to the wall. Only the truth oar
stand. For years the following state
ment from this Fairmont resident haI
withstood this sternest of all tests.
c. W. Hawkins SIS Field street
says: II was suffering with q bud
back which was caused by standing
and walking so much, think. / sol
great help from Doan's Kidney Pill
and have known many others to rec
ommend them highly. am pleased Ia
be one OF the endorsers of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills" Statement given DeceIn,
Der is, 1909.
On February II, 1917, Mr.. Hawkins
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills have never
failed to help me when my kidneys
have been dlsordered. am alwaya
glad to endorse them"
Price 6Oc at all dealers. Don't sISB,
ply ask for a kidney remedy - get
Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same thai
Mr.. Hawkins has twice publicly rec.
commended. Foster.Milburn Co., Props.,
Buffalo, n, Y.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
THOMPSON CASE ARGUED.

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Sept. G.
Argument on writ OF prohibition. in.
volving Al attachments and liens on
5000 acres OF coal lands in the north.
ern part Of the State, the property Of
Josiah V. Thompson OF Uniontown,
Pa. amounting to more than three
million dollars, counting interest for
two years, were made this afternoon
before the Supreme Court OF Appeals.
The writ, which is sought to be
made permanent, is issued on petit.
ton Of James II. McGrew and others.
against Judge Raymond Maxwell OF
the Circuit Court of Harrison County.
and is to prevent that court from in.
terfering with the holders OF the
attachments and liens, in proceeding.
under an order OF tho Circuit Court
OF Monongalia County, with the sale
Of the Thompson properties.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

their terms Of peace! what ara We
fighting for? Compel all the allies to
state their aims!"
And at the same identical moment
the same demand, you will remember,
was raised in conspicuous places IL
the United States and was included
in the activities OF the so.called peace
societies that pro-Germans, for their
own purposes, are maintaining here.
While was in Petrograd the able
financial department of the provision.
a. government conducted an inquiry
into the amount of corruption monoy
Germany had sent into Russia sinae
the revolution and through one char.
mel alone came upon traces OF fifty
million roubles.
Does Germany send her corruption
millions to the United States?
Does she have to?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
DEFENSE COUNCIL TO MEET.

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. GA
meeting Of the State Council of De.
Tense will be held September S, to
consider plans for closer cooperation
with the National Council OF De-
Tense. Federal Food Administrator
Herbert C. Hoover and all State Off
Gals are expected to attend. The
meeting will be held at the country
home Of Col. Z. w. Oglebay, recently
designated as food commissioner OF
West Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
STATES ouorA ElIlEn

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept. g..
All counties in West Virginia now
have certified enough men to the
Federal district boards to more than
fill the States quota of 9,1O1, it was
announced today by Major George S.
Wallace, head Of the State military
census and enrolment. Some coun,
ties have certified more than their
quotas in view of having enough men
to take care of any reflections which
may be made by the Federal boards.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
CELEBRATION FOR DRAFreEs,

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Sept. c.
A celebration to signify the city's
good wishes toward 151 young men
who are to 90 to Camp Lee, Peters.
burg. Va, as a part of the county 5
quota of the National Army is to be
arranged by committee being or.
ganized by G. II. Trainer OF Salem,
chairman of the county draft board,
and c. NJ. Bailey of this city, its chief
clerk. 1t is planned to hold the dem,
onstration the evening OF September
10.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
If 1T is THE new YOU SEEK

You should visit this store. New in materials,
new design, the Authoritative Garment Styles of
fall have authentic representation at Harrisons
Come tomorrow-view-buy if you are ready.
It's certainty you'll suit that you will want to
grand showing of the accepted styles 1t may be only
may be only fresh novelty in trimming-but the
suit is something Notwithstanding that strikes
an entirely new fashion note. In our suit you get
quality of the highest order-materias excellent
workmanship eYempary-lnings and finishings of
the first grade. Pleated and belted Styles plain tail
ored effects shown with large collars and buttons in
serges, whip cords and diagonals, coors of Navy,
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

SEN0. E'EOSSELL precious revolution
they must ARISE and never let that com.
mission leave Vladivostock.
The soldiers of Vladivostock heard
of this amiable gathering and took a
little hand in it. They sent down word
that they would be on the spot the next
day and would shoot the daylights out
of anybody that made any attempt,
even the slightest, to interfere with the
commission.
So we got through in peace, the com.
mittee which governed Vladivostock
giving US most cordial welcome. But
the German agents were on our trail,
nevertheless.
They followed on the next train all
the way to Petrograd, alighting at
every available station platform t.
tell the people we were band of II.
nancial adventures come to grab the
country and make its people slaves
and urging them to prevent our return.
AS the people responded only with
cheers for America, these heralds Of
kultur were obliged to take the lob
in their own hands, resulting in the
burning of the bridge at Viatca and The
attempt to burn the train, of which
the world knows the whole story.
You see, therefore, that we had hard
ly set foot on Russian soil before we
began to learn what kind of a deviiish
machinery Germany has set up and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

that city, most OF
them recent arrivals
from America, heid
a meeting to de
nounce the commits
sion, its aims and It's
membership.
We were coming,
they said, as the ad.
vance a 6 nts OF
American capitalists
to seize Russia, en-.
slave its people, and
overturn the revolt.
ton. II the Russian
freemen wished to
save Russia and the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

tender, aching corn or callus. Instant
ly the soreness disappears and short.
ly you will find the corn or callus SO
shriveled and loose that you can lift
it off with the fingers.
Just think! You can get rid Of a
hard corn, soft corn or corn be.
tween the toes, as we'll as hardened
calluses without suffering one parti.
Gle. You feel no pain or irritation
while applying freeone or afterwards,
1t is magic!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

This tiny bottle holds
an almost magic fluid. A
genius in Cincinnati dis
covered this ether com.
pound and named it free
zone. Small bottles of
ireezone like here shown
can be had at any drug
store for a few cents.
Don't limp or twist your
face in agony and spoil
your beauty but get q lit
tie bottle Of freezone and
onn1y a (auy lron1 - .,.-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06

The night before we landed at vla,.
vostock crowd of German agents In
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
WOMEN! READ THIS!
Lift off any corn or eaIIus with
fingers and It won't
hurt a bit.

Your high heels have put corns on
your toes and calluses on the bottom
Of your feet, but why care now?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
GERMAN AGENTS
FOLLOWED ROOT
PARTY IN RUSSIA
Did Their Best To Make
the Mission a
Failure.
INTERESTING PARALLEL
Russell Calls Attention To
Similarity of Tactics
Employed Here.

This is another of the series OF
articles by Charles Edward Rus
sell, staff writer of The West Vir-
ginian, who has just returned from
Russia, where he spent three
months as a member of the official
United States commission to the
new Russian government.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL,

Copyright, 1917, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-06
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26
RING NOTES
FTLTON LOsEs nOTT.

FULTON LOSES BOUT.
Little Rock. Ark. Dec. 26-Fred
Fulton. claimant TO the worlds heavy
weight championship. lost his bout
here Tuesday with Harry Texas
Tate, OF NOwata, Okla. in the first
round by a decision OF referee Billy
Hack, who ruled that Fulton was
using foul tactics. soon after the
start of the fight Fulton floored
Tate as they were coming out OF a
clinch.
1t was declared by the referee and
club officials that the blow had been
low and a foul Tate and his man
ager, Billy Mccartney. however. asked
that the fight continue. Hack
warned Fulton and the fight was re-
sumed Near the end of the round,
while the fighters were in a clinch,
Tate was thrown through the ropes
and into the crowd. Referee Hack
stopped the bout at this point and
censured Fulton for his conduct.
Tate's back and head were slightly
injured as a result OF the fail from
the ring Fulton attempted TO speak
from the ring. but the crowd would
not listen TO him.
While the fight was a no decision
affair. referee Hack stated after
wards that had il been permissible for
him 10 give a decision he would have
awarded the fight to Tate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26
BANG SUGGESTS
LARGERLEAGUE
Cleveland Sporting Writer
Believes Ten Circuit Club
Would Be Success.

The suggestion OF a Cleveland base
ball writer that as a war measure the
two major leagues should combine
into a ten-club league, benching
Washington entirely and discarding
one team IN each Of five cities-New
York. Chicago, Philadelphia. St Louis
and Boston-is interesting as show
ing to what extremes ideas can ayi-
late in an off-season-thou6h perhaps
it IS not a wilder proposition than
soma other warwild scribes and even
masnates have advanced.
What a chance indeed for the rival
majors TO agree on such a proposition.
when some Of them have TO roped and
getner in joint conference TO settle
matters that are little more than incl
dental and routine.
And pray tell Us. where IS the Ma
poleOn OF baseball who could elimi-
nate one club IN New York or Boston
or St Louise Certainly the club own
erS themselves never could reach an
agreement Fancy the sweet time
that would be had in getting the
Giants or the Yankees to lie down
and play dead for the period Of the
war in New York.
A ten-club combination with the
elimination OF six cities might be pre-
ferred by the public 10 entire sUspen-
sion. II the situation were so desper-
ate that the choice lay between the
two moves-but we rather think that
whatever the public might prefer or
demand we would find Is club own
ers deciding 10 suspend before they
could be brought to an agreement on
such a plan as Friend Bang suggests. .
st. Louis Sporting News.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26
BOOM At
CAMP SHERMAN
Schedules of Track Events,
Boxing and Wrestling
Being Carried Out.

Regular schedules OF competitive
games. interspersed with regular play
periods for the soldiers each day. is
the way sports is being doomed at
Camp Sherman. ChiIlicothe. Ohio.
To state It as did Ed s Conner,
athletic director OF the camp. boxing
is setting & merry pace for the other
sports, but that probably is due to the
fact that johnny KiIbane is boxing
instructor at that point and that a
squad OF men from each company has
been detailed to take lessons from the
featherweight champion each day
Regular schedules are maintained
in baseball. football. soccer. basket
bali. volley ball, indoor baseball
dodge ball quoits, wall scaling. track
and other branches Of sport. The men
are having fun out Of il Camp life
and hard army work are winning for
them more sports activity than a ma
1orIty Of them ever before pretended
to engage in.
The regular schedules OF games are
supplemented by group games con-
Quoted for an hour each day by com
pany leaders. Thirty OF the most
popular games are used in this hour.
For instance. there is swat tag, cha
riot race, burden race, three deep. In
dian baby. and all the games the boys
played when they were schoolgoiuS
kids
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26
CALIFORNIA ''IP' AND STANFORD
MAY RESUME ATHLETIC RELATIONS

X Az FRANCISCO. Calf, Dec. 90
The one topic among followers Of
- football here concerns the posi-
blity OF a resumption Of gridiron re-
lations between the university Of Cal
i-0ruia and Stanford university. The
couceusus Of opinion is to the effect
that the offer recently proposed by
stanford. whereby that Institution viii
play . game OF American football
against California II the latter viii
reciprocate by playing an annual
Rugby match, is an eminently 1aiy
one.
May Restore Relations.
Nonpartisaus see in this PROPOSE
ton a clear way whereby the annual
big game" viii be restored after a
break of three years Which of the
CODES Of football, American or Rugby,
would furnish the big game would
not be a matter. they think. for de-
termination so much on the part Of
the colleEians as 1t would be for the
public The public VIII pay its money
see the contest which IL prefers
on the support Of the public would
depend which code would be restored
20 first favor.
Students OF college athletics.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-26

III PASO districts football elevens
wound up the 1917 season Off
II ciauy Tuesday afternoon when
the fast Seventh cavalry regimental
team. headed by Capt. Moore. broke
through the defence OF the Sanitary
team for a II 10 nothing victory dur
ing the first 10 minutes Of the con-
test. Consistent line rushes by Capt.
Moore, Sergt. Mai. Packer. and full
back Munros who carried the ball
over on one Of the touchdowns scored
by the cavalry. The second touch
down was made by Capt. Moore
through the line for a five yard gain.
SergL Packer kicked goal both times.
Contest Very Fast.
From the time OF the initial kick
off until the referees whistle AZ the
end Of the game, the contest was Bit
terly fought up and down the field
Both teams exhibited a superb brand
OF defence. the Sanitary players at
tributing the success OF the Seventh
TO the fact that the troopers "gOt the
jump on them" and scored twice be-
fore they were fairly warmed up. The
Sanitary team showed excellent pro-
ficiency with the forward pass and
during the last quarter came very
near scoring several times, as a result
Of an accurate throw by the back
field
Fuuback Marks OF the Sanitary
eleven proved to be a tower Of
strength in the defence OF this team.