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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

will give you the benefit of her find
ings, which are based wholly upon
science.
Scattered about the main building
will be the Concession booths. Here
you may secure whatever your fancy
dictates in the way of food and drink.
All kinds OF sandwiches, coffee, hot
drinks, pop and pink lemonade, OF the
better than usual circus variety, made
from the real lemons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
GRAND DUKE ARRESTED.

PETROGRAD, April 1S-Grand
Duke BORIS, a cousin Of former EN-
peror Nicholas has been arrested at
army headquarters and sent to Tsar-
skce.selo where he is interned.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
CHRIST CHURCH.
Charles Baird Mitchell. Re-

1880 a. m, Holy Communion; $3.50
a. M, Sunday school; 10:45 a. M,
prayer and sermon; Friday,
4:S0 p. M, Litany. A cordial welcome.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

There are nearly 300 more youths OF
school age in Moundsville at present
than year ago, according to the emu
meration which has just been com.
pleted. 1t shows a total number of
S,o15 persons Of school age as com.
pared with 1850 a year ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
FLEMING CHAPEL

Sunday school at $3.50 a. m. Preach
ing at 1880 p. m. Welcome to all.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

A small derapidated building, near.
y hundred years old, the birthplace
OF the late ]. Nelson Vance, millionaire
steel manufacturer, has been destroy.
ed by fire at Triadelphia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

Two gas wells with a total proGuc
ton Of 100000 cubic feet have been
drilled on the Hawkins and Steel farms,
six miles from New MartInsville. 1t is
proposed to charter company for the
purpose of laying line from the wells
to this city, for local consumption Of
the gas.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

The Triadelphia district board of
education has awarded the contract
for the ERECTION of new grade school
at Peters run, mile north of Elm
Grove. The building is to be complet.
ed by September l.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

West Virginia University will send
a relay team of four men to the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania Athletic Car
niyal to be held at Philadelphia April
o. and %. The West Virginia track
men will compete in the following
meets this season: Ohio University
dual meet at Athens May 5; Western
Pennsylvania meet at Pittsburgh, May
10; West Virginia Wesleyan dual meet
at Morgantown, May so, and University
of Pittsburgh dual meet at Morgan
town June 2.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
HIGHLAND AVE. M. E. CHURCH
7. G. Meredith, Pastor

Sunday school at $3.50 a. m. G. o.
Parker, superintendent.
Junior League at 2:3o p. m. Hugh
Glasscock, leader.
Epworth League at p. m. Subject:
How God Guides" Mrs, Harry King,
leader.
Sermon at p. m, by Rev. w. F.
McKain OF Shinnston, pastor Of the
First NJ E. church there. His subject
will be, Christian Education"
Rev. L. z. Price, from near Morgan.
town, will preach at Hoult at 1880
a. mp and at Pitcher at $3.50 p. m.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

US! The special features will be the
repetition Of the Easter cantata at
the evening service, and the sermon
In the morning by the Rev. John Rob.
tnson. have been asked to preach
at II a. m. to the soldiers in camp,
and Brother Robinson has kindly
agreed to preach for me. l appeal to
the members and friends Of our COLI.
gregation to rally to the morning ser.
vice, and thus show their appreciation
Of Brother Robinson's help.
Sunday school at $3.50. Last Sunday
was high water mark for the year.
Let US exceed tomorrow. Preaching
service at 10:45 o'clock.
Christian Endeavor at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening worship at 1880. The Eas.
ter cantata will be repeated. An urg.
eut invitation is extended to all low.
ers Of sacred music to hear this up,
lifting cantata.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

a prODOsal to Issue s05. OOO in bOnds
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday, April "a, 1917

ouHuayI HPIh ~, lSII
Morning-Mass at s and 1880
o'clock.
Evening - Benediction at 1880
o'clock.
Weekly Services
Morning-Mass at $3.50 and Z
o'clock each morning except Thurs
day at which time the Children's In.
structiye Mass is celebrated at s
o'clock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

For the first time in many years.
the Monroe county grand jury will lie
called on to investigate a murder
Richard Akers, aged IS, Of Lindside, is
in Jail charged with the murder of his
father. John Akers, a prominent farm
er. He claims to have committed the
deed while protecting his mother from
the hands of his father.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

for new high school building has
been defeated at Salem. The PROPOSE
ton was submitted at the annual cleo
ton, at which the following officers
were elected: Mayor, M. B. Davis;
recorder. T. B. Gilbert; street and wa
ter commissioner, Eugene Gabbert;
chief Of police, James H. Moore; men,
bers Of board Of education, N. P. VIII
Jams and T. ]. CofHman.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

Reports from the country districts
about Keyser indicate that the peach
crop will not be very heavy this year,
particularly in the high ground orch
ards. Frost is said to have killed the
buds of many of the nursery stock
trees. In the lowlands the damage has
not been so extensive. Native trees
did not receive as much injury as 9TH
ers, It is said.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14
M. .. TEMpIE

M. P. TEMPLE
J. c. Bloomfield, DID,, Pastor
Tomorrow will be busy day will
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

Resolutions recently adopted by the
Kings Daughters, Of Beckley, offer
the services of the entire membership,
numbering eighty we'll known women
of Raleigh county, to the American
Red Cross Society. Mrs. William Tay-
lor, president of the organization, said
the members we're not only willing but
anxious to be of service in any capac-
ity in which they can be used by the
society, at any time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-14

An electric railway system connect.
ing WEIGH, W. Va, and Graham, Va,
a short distance from Bluefeld, is be-
ing planned. A line is proposed to
touch Gary, Keystone, Northfork, Po-
cahontas. Boissevain, Bramwell and
other thriving towns In Pocahontas
coal regions. The trunk line would be
30 miles in length. More than $4,000
inhabitants would be accommodated.
The cost Of the proposed line would
be between four million and five mil.
lion dollars.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-03
CHANTECLER

este estilo. Ell gebierno trata de pros
cribir Ia deplorable mania, que a pun
to esta de hundir para siempre Ia res
petabilidad de esta potencia formida-
Bile.
Otro de los defectos de este pals
IN tanto dificil de enmendar por cier-
to-es la construction de sus casas.
Dye, Rita. Con que tie consigas
treinta palos de escoba, algunos GUAM
tos tejamaniles Y mil p~alillos de diem
ties, me comprometo 2 construirte tn
casa.
La e~dificaci0n es materi& barata
en- este suelo, no tanto per Ia mano
de obra, cuanto por ell material que
EXTRA en- su construction.
Aqui clavan ocho estacas, sobre
elias ponen ocho duelas; encima de
las duelas, unas trancas de puerta: p
arriba de las trancas, una lamina, Y so
bre Ia lamina una anuncio de ITO
let, y liseo.
He ali una casa habitacion, con to-
das las comodidsdes, con "galerias",
con "yarda", y con puertas dc "ceda-
uPsSa-s Ia g. plana, col. 5a.)
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-03

Cada pueblo tiene u pequenos de-
fectoS. ' el que olga que no., eS UT
perfecto bellaco. FL romano, por e
jemplo. tuvo el defecto capital de no
ser griego, 10 cual, como Sc compren-
dera, acabo por perjudicarlo muchisi-
mo; Ell mexicano, tiene, ell pobre, el
defecto de no banarse Y Is debilidad
i~nStintiva de partirse el alma por IN
qpitame ali esaS pajas, 10 que ma
da lie honra nj lie da preStigio; el anne
ricano. 4 Su vez, tiene Ell defec-
TO de raspar los ~cerillos en- las
paroles. Y de servirse de los dedos q
guisa de panuelo. con singular eco
nomia. pero con grave deSdoro de Ia
buena crianZa.
Varias tentativoS Sc han hecho por
los moralistaS mas afamadCS para
proScribir de este pals eSaS malas cos
tumbreS; pero todos los intentos han
sido vanoS, Y ell pueblo americana ST.
que en- SuS trece. asi 10 fajen, o aSi
le caiga una lluvia de rayos.
NADIA de extrano tiene que, yendc
listed por Ia Gale, sumido en- Ia mas
profunda de sus cavilaciones, sienta
de pronto un chasquido cerca de sus
narices.
-iCaballero! Ne ha tornado usteC
Dor IN guero?
-iPor Que, senior?
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-03
CUARTILLAS FACILES
Pequenos defectos

-Por que me ITALIA listed las COST
las con un palillo.
No, es cue enciendo una "mecha".
Encender una mocha" en- los Esta-
dos UnidOs eS n imperante necesi-
dad popular. ante cuyos designios Sc
eStrellan todaS las buenas intenciones
de los moraliStaS. Por encender una
mocha Sc perjudican las fachadas,
Sc pintan las paroles, Sc ~profanan
las eStatuaS Y Sc echan q perder GUAM
toS monumentoS esten al a~lcance de
los transeunteS.
-iOiga listed! mi mujer no es una
LIZA de esmeril.
No; pero como eS tan. ."raspo-
Sa", me decidi q premier una mocha.
Algunos alcaldes de pueblos cerca-
nos, deseoSos de poner coto 4 los des-
names de sus subditos, han ordenado
que en- los trajes masculinos Sc pc
que IN raspador, precisamente sobre
el hombro derecho de Ia americana.
a fin de que los transeuntes tenean,
entire 81, modo de encender sus me
chas', sin deteriorar los edificios nj
blicos.
En- otros %sitios, Sc ma estacionado
en- cada esquina I'm ciudadano Tue no
tiene mas obligation que estar en-
cendiendo "mechas' TODD Ell dia, para
regalarlas a los ~paseantes. Y asi, DOR
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-03
TIR0S AL BLANCO
DESENGANO

Pues, senior, resueltamente
va es un hecho bien probado
que ell "gobierno" de don Venus
va de fracaso en- fracaso,
pero de los campanudos,
sin que puedan evitarlo
sus indecibles e~sfuerZos
q tai fin encaminados.
81 es en- guerra, caudillos
mas adictos y mas braves
cuando salem a campaha
sencillamente dan dado',
va porque les pega Villa
10 meno IN susie dlar!o,
va porque los despedaza
en- Morelos Emiliane.
va. en- fin, porque los Cedillo,
que no descansan un ratio,
dan cada felpa a los hombres
del senior don Venustiano,
que estos al final no saben
d6nde quedo el colorado.
81 es en- politica, todos
lie ven el pelo al anciano
cuatrocharquero, en- tai forma
cue va 10 tienen "cantiado';
Y en- Hacienda, 10 indecible.
10 descomunal, 10 magno:
va ell gobierno de don Venus
no tiene medic centavo,
y aunque suena cor emprestitos
del Gobierno Americana
para nivelar ST. regimen
Que esta muy d~esivelado,
los banqueros de esta TERRA
dicen que no ~quieren tratos
con....personas tan conspicuaS
cIal Venus V su cotarro.
Don Venus esta de malas;
da lastima el pobre anciano;
V es su brujez tan terrible
cue Sc incauta de los Banco..
Y hace con la mano iZquierda
su '.legalidad" 4 IN lado.
A hacer mas grande 81 pena
V su sufrir mas amargo,
ha venido Ia noticia
de que aqui no hay nj un centaVo
que pueda graciosamente
desprenderse de suS amos
para engordar los bolsillos
del cuatrocharQuero anciano.
No hay de pima, ~viejec!to;
busque listed por otro lado
los ~precisos "tecolineS"
para que salga del paso...
Los banqueros de eSta terra
nunca pecan de confiados..
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-03
RENUNCIA.

Tn abogado de nombre
Victoriano Pimentel.
mexicano distinguido
que, segun me dicen, es
furibundo porfirista,
como TODD hombre de bien,
Dol los nuevos "diputados'
de Venus nombrado fue
Magistrate en- la Supreme
Corte de Justicia. Bien;
pero 10 malo del case
es que el senior Pimentel,
que nunca supo hacer ronda
con hombres de mala fe.
rechaz0 tai nombramiento
con firmeza Y honradez
dignas. no de un carrancista,
sino de un hombre como el.
mo quiero ser Magistrate
-dijo-porque me hallare
con que me sera impossible
sujetarme a mi deber,
pues c~ualquier militarcito
con grade de %''coronel'
tiene hoy mas autoridad
que c~ualquier hombre de Ley.
Digame, Gde que manera
fa!lar I'm juicio podre,
81 me encuentro con que Sc hallan
interesados en- el
tres 0 cuatro generates"
que no mas ley
que ell canon de n pistola
para hacer obedecer?
Por tai motive, %senores,
Magistrate no sere;
les doy expresivas gracias,
puesto qIe me aprecian bien
V me ofrecen n ''chamba"
que muy despreciable no es;
mas. no hago ronda con gentes
cue estan fuera de Ia Ley.
CHANTECLER.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
COTTON

New Orleans. December 30.-Cotton on this market last week went to netv high record levels on both spots and contracts. While holiday feeling was much in evidence, good demand dsvel- oped in both departments and prices re- sponded readily. On the weekend spots were 100 points higher than the close of the preceding week, at 30.i3s for middling, the highest price in this mar keA in over 50 years. At the highest levels, futures were s5 to 1o7 points up. net. The close showed net gains of 79 to 102 points. January traded up to 2s.60c. the highest future price ever re- corded in this market.
 The market was sustained chiefly by the demand for actual cotton, which appeared to come from belated Decem- Der spot shorts. Peace talk was a sus- taining influence, for a while. and so was the rather large export movement, which promised to bring the total clear ances for the first five months of the season up to 2.25o,00o bales.
 The taking over of the operationk kof the country's railroads b. che goverA- ment was an important builish featurl, 1t being considered 1t would result irA improved transportation, and allow . larger movement of raw material and fuel to the mills. Bullish traders re- newed their forecasts of probable do- mestic consumption for the season of S,000.000 bales.
 This week the market will cont,t.I with more or less of holiday feeling, both American markets being closed Tuesday, while Liverpool will be closed Monday and Tuesday. After the holiday the trade will carefully watch to see whether the spot demand is to extend over into the early part of January. .
 Monday night ends the present gin-I ming period, the report on which ifs due January g. Bearish traders think thjsI report will show the recent eJovern- ment estimate of the yield was too low while bulls think the figures will con- firm it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
STOCKS AND BONDS

New York, December 30.-The final week of an epochal year in Wall street was attended by an event of para mount importance to investors in secu- rites, the assumption by the govern ment of the management of the rail- roads. The announcement was followed by sensational rise in the stock mar ket and gave cause for reflections 10 financial interests in general as to the economic import of the move.
 Transportation experts maintain that until the President unfolds his plan be- fore Congress it is idle to attempt to form more than an abstract idea of the manifold problems and difficulties involved.
 Already it seems to be taken for granted, however as seen in the recov- cry of securities, that the proposed guarantees offer very fair measure of protection to investors and insure sta bility of existing interest and dividend payments.
 Those who look beyond the present era profess to see inevitable changes in the economic history of this country. In essence, as influential interests view the future, the phrase public owner ship" takes on new significance.
 Negotiations between the central powers and Russia's delegates revived peace rumors. but the attitude of the entente allies. as enunciated by the British premier and the French foreign minister. was regarded as more than an offset.
 Meantime bankers In touch with this country's allies reiterate their belief in an indefinite prolongation of the war and the foreign exchange markets re- fleet no deep undercurrents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
BOSTON MEN AS
 HIGH FINANCIERS
By HOLLAND

New York, December 3O-(Special) Not even the absorbing activities at Washington and the investigation now under way by the committees of Con. gress, have overshadowed the statements and testimony which have been brought to the attention of the federal trade commission, which appear to in. volve some glittering high finance ir which the packing interests of Chicago in association with Boston interests were some years ago involved. Of course the public is suspending judgment. fol there remains to be heard such evidence as the other side may produce It is borne in mind, however, that the trans actions took place at a time when high finance of peculiarly brilliant and not always highly moral character was pre- vailing in the United States. That time appears to have passed
 One question which has been freouent. " asked since the trade commissions counsel Mir. Heney. made his statement. and began to offer evidence is this: How did 1t happen that Boston interests an6 Boston men were so conspicuously identi fled, according to MT. Heney with what he alleges to have been an extraordinar, demonstrat1on Of the subtle capacity o1 high Nanance?
 In one of his statements. MT Heney saic that the late Richard Olney, who was President Cleveland's Secretary of State Frederick H. Prince and E. V. R. Thay- CT appeared to be identified in one way or another with this transaction. But the transaction itself was based upon the properties represented by the Chicago stock yards and the packers of Chicago are presumed to be men of wealth suf- ficient to accomplish anything in the way of organization of new companies whici might seem desirable to them without seeking help in eastern financial centers
 Of course while this investigation is pending it would be Inappropriate tc pass any judgment upon the merits ot the case. But it Is possible to suggest some reasons why men of high authority an Boston may have been associated with transactions involving the Chicago StOck wards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
BOsTON'S GREAT RAILROADS

Three of the largest railway systems in the United States represent not only Boston ability as that existed a genera tion or more ago. but also Boston cap ital. These three are the Burlington rail- way system, the Atchison and the Union Pacific. Boston's Identification with the promotion and construction of these lines was for years a matter of civic pride 1 in that city. Afterwards Boston lost control of these systems and no longer l is prominently identified with any great
 railway system.
 When John M Forbes one of Boston s ablest business men, began the construc- 1 ton of what at last became the Burling- ton railway system, he planned the de- velopment of town sites along the line l of the road. In this way many town ships were built up upon which the re- motest farms were dependent. The plan was successful, both from a devel- opment and from money point of view. When the Atchison system was under development like plan was also adopt ed which served to bring prosperity to the Atchison. So also the Union Pa cific, which was for years a distinctly
 Boston possession, initiated the example set by Mr. Forbes, and established town ship sites. In this way there came one of the first of the fine demonstrations that trade follows the rails.
 i In order to supplement these systems and to furnish adequate market facli- ties for the farmers and stock raisers, Boston capital established at Kansas City and Omaha what became great stock yards. These stockyards were for long time no more than accessories of the
 railroads. They were, as the railroads themselves were, representative of Bos- ton capital
 Among the men of capital who in-
 vested heavily in these railroad proper
 ties was John F. Thayer. grandfather of K V. R. Thayer, who was recently
 elected president of the Chase National
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
Air Service in the Army
Frederick W. Finn of the French Aviati

Frederick W. Finn of the French Aviation
 Corps. in Leslie's.
 The vital problem of aviation is organi- Zation. To maintain fleet of 10000 air planes in the field would require the ser vice of at least 10000 men in the war skilled air mechanics machine gun ad- justers, and the like, efficient mechanics in trades which are at present almost un- known in America. Before they could enter on active service the whole 150, ,000 would have to be built into a reason ably smooth running military organiza- tion. Building up the service independ- ently would not suffice; it must needs be built into the army.
 An air service is not thing in itself; it Is an integral part of an army, and it is effective in just so far as it renders service to the other branches the in- fantry and artilley. To appreciate the complete subjugation of the aviation to these arms one need only consider the disposition of the aerial units in either the French, British. or German armies In the French army each army corps has it's own escadrille; if the corps goes from A1sace to Belgium. the escadrille goes with it. There is an intimate personal relation between the aviation comman- dant and the infantry and artillery com manders of the corps.
 
 wholly on precise orders that come from staff headquarters Groupes of heavy ar tfl1ery likewise have their own escadrilles; if there is a concentration of heavy guns in sector there is a correspond ing concentration of artillery squadrons Tn trench warfare an army corps is the largest movable unit; the term army" Is applied to designate a certain sector of the front. For each army there are a number of escadrilles de base, of the same composition as the army corps squadrons, and which serve as reinforce ments for the latter while they are in the sector In addition each army has one ore more fighting squadrons which pro- vide protection for the reconna issance machines in the sector and are used to carry out by themselves long-range re- connaissances.
 Each group of armies likewise has it's own fighting escadriles which are shift ed about to brace up the army escadrilles in sectors where there is hot fighting This already complicated relation between land and air units is still more closely knit together by the selection of observ- CTS. Each escadrille has its own comple- ment and in addition each infantry and light artillery regiment has at least one officer, trained as an airplane observer, who Is temporarily attached to whatever escadrille Is working with the regiment Even the regular escadrile observers do not content themselves with flying over the lines: they spend part of their time with the batteries and with the infan- try in the trenches with the sole purpose of developing unity of action between the services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
IRON AND STEEL

New York. December 30.-Gov ment steel contracts for munition n ufacture continue heavy. Practic all rounds and forgings the gova ment requires for shipment for next six months, amounting to 1.500 tons, have been distributed. Prepa tions are under way for allotment heavy tonnages of shell steel for t allies, who will require more next yed than this.
 Orders for barges and motor boat hulls for inland waters have been placed by the war department with southern manufacturers. Wire product demands from domestic consumers are active.
 Railroad control by the government Is expected to result in larger orders for equipment.
 The iron and steel institute commit tee announced the establishment of prices on forging ingots, splice bars, tie plates, rails, steel bars, steel and iron spikes, track bolts, cut nails and cast iron pipe and steel castings Very little pig iron is available. De- cember sales amounted to 100000 tons
 All prices now established will remain in force until April 1.