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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Many Frozen Pipes
Throughout the City

Approximately so per cent. Of the wa.
ter lines in Fairmont are frozen, &C.
cording to statement by Water Com.
missioner Ira L. Smith this morning.
This, Mr.. Smith says, will affect LOCO
Fairmont homes.
Many Of the pipes have burst, caus-
ing general trouble throughout the city.
The city water department force
worked all day Sunday and yesterday
and are doing their best to relieve CON
ditions.
Reports from different parts of the
city indicate that there Is a shortage
of plumbers in the city and that only
the fortunate are able to get plum.
Der to repair their water connections.
Hartley's Handkerchiefs are beauti-
ful.-Adyt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

at the home Of DR.. G. B. McNeely il:
Center street.
Mrs. NJ. + Hamilton and Miss Stella
Wells have returned from Wheeling.
where they were guests of the for.
mer's sister, Mrs. r. B. Nay.
Lee Rahal, student in the Selfridge
school of Aviation at Mount Clemens,
Michigan, arrived last evening for a
visit among old friends here.
Lieutenant Leland F. Strader, of
Crawford, w. Va, is here on visit
with friends.
Merrill r. De So, of Cleveland, Ohio,
spent the week end with friends here.
Louis Meyers and son, Walter, have
returned to their home in Quinton, N.
j., after visit with friends here.
The Misses Lillian and Marian Helli.
well, Of Rural Valley. Pa, are here
for a visit at the home Of E. W. Mari
and family In Clarksburg street. They
are the daughte-a Of Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Helliwcll, the former having
been pastor of the Presbyterian church
here a few years ago.
Frank Kennedy, Of Fairmont. and
Miss nellie Padden, of Underwood,
were guests at the home Of Mrs. Downs
in Howard street fer tho week end.
Harold Mari has returned from a
snort visit in Wheeling.
Miss Gooiwin, CT Clarksburs. Is the
guest OF her sister, Mrs. c. C. Coffman.
IL CLAYTON street
7. NJ. Higgs has gone to Washing
ton, D. g, for visit with his brother
in that city.
Mrs. Charles F. Peard is tho guest of
friends and relatives in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Select Your Silk Hosiery at Hart.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Ertertalns aid Dinner.

Mr. and Mrs. Lucian H. Boor enter.
tanned at ono o'clock dinner~at their
rene in High street Sunday. Covers
we're laid for twelve guests, among
whom were, Mrs. Rose Steele, Mrs. P.
NJ. Hoge and the Misses jeanette ana
Carolyn Bright, OF Fatimont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

Some low scores rolled, but that Is
nothing unusual on the "Y" alleys.
Keep 1t up women, you are doing
good.
Where was those lawyers and other
business men when the roll was call.
ed in the AFTERNOON gymnasium elias
ses yesterday? Suppose business was
rushing, not that the weather had
anything TO do with the attendance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Aotel Arrivals

Bartlett-O. E. Bethel, Wheeling; H.
G. Masch, Pittsburgh, Pa; R. R. Black
more. Toledo. o.; c. c. Cole, Wheel.
ing: r. F. Ross. Indiana. Pa.
Wells-John U. Cunningham, John
Wilbert, Wheeling; Clifford Ryan, Clar.
ence Martin, Bridgeport. o.; Guy B.
Wallace, Ed Bell, Morgantown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
WARRINGTON
IllIn Wheeling.

Mrs. Charles Bennett left yesterday
for Wheeling to visit her daughter,
Miss Bessie. who is i'll. Miss Bennett
is a nurse in North Wheeling hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
aviation section of the U. s. Signal
Corps, at Washington, D. c., having
gone from there to Camp Holly, at San
Antonio, Texas.
Entersains at gridcc.

Mrs. a. G. Perry entertained at
tridge Saturday afternoon at her home
in Monroe street. as a Red Cross bene.
fit.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

Howard Lightner lett last evening
for Columbus, Ohio, where he expects
10 enlist in the U. S. service.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Len FOR Petershurn. VA

John Pitner. son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
S. Pitner. Of Beatty avenue, left last
evening for Camp Zee, Petersburg, Va,
to enter the U. S. army.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Called to Memphis. Ter.

William T. Boston left Sunday for
Memphis, Tenn, being called there by
the death OF his mother.
Enlists In Signal Corps.
'Thomas Baumann has enlisted III the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Leaves to E.list,

Sterry Faulkner left yesterday for
Petersburg to enlist in the aviation
corps Of the q. S. army.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Y6yoOlk
CHAT TERI

II you want to see the world you
should get on that Normal basketball
team. According to present plans
they are going to have some long dis
tant trips.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

L;ield goals-Lavely 1, Toothman 1,
1ckley !, Hamilton 10, Binns, .,
Use. Foul gos.s--Jeffreg Z out of
{ Hamilton o out of S.
seferee7-Don Arnett.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

IA hianrsr. Of The Moponsahcia
|IeS Traction company is their
tp, 10 X Is assured TINT they will
! I all the burgp In raaching dis,
ce 81 me tIpleg AT z, -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

Three cheers for the lady's bowling
teams. They never broke any records
In their first match game. but made
an awful good showing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
asst BASKETBALL
On Y..Vc.A. FLOOR
Faculty Team Won From
East Side Independents
Last Evening.

The Faculty team was in hid-season
rm yesterday evening and easily
|9ns from the East Side Independents
the score OF ALA. The game was
'st and full of pep. Despite the cold
gymnasium there was a good crowd
Vending the kane.
The second game, none the less
|teresting, was q walk.away for the
bung team, under the name of Har
|eys. The final score was 1914.
|ae second game was featured by
F|e good playing and crack shooting
\ Hamilton. Layely for the Mining
'Achine team and Jefferies of the
me team played their usual good
jme. The score:
fEirst game:
cuity-24. East side-14.
,sepank SO. ............. Courtney
Forward
tpenler ................. BOehm
81 Forward
pore .................. Bennett
Center
wilkins .................... Stump
III. AudTu
ekey ......... Watkins
Guard
Yield Goals--Colebank /, Carpen.
8, Moore 3, Courtney 1, Boehm
Bennett 1, Watkins 2. Foul goals
Moore 8 out of 5. Watkins out of
Courtney none out of 8.
Second game: y
i1ers-fi. IIartIey,s-as.
lrey ................... Hamilton
Forward
Nesy ................. Binns
Forward
ecMey Observation-Disclosures. Hill
Center
,tnman ................. Gregory
Himnae. .s...; II .: :; Wilson
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Joins NAVY al Newport. r. !
EnIists AFT CoIun1hus Ohio.

Clarence Hasliins has gone to New.
port, Rhode Island, to enter the U. S.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
GIRLS ORGANIZING
BOWLING TEAMS
Two Already in the Field
and More Are to
Follow.

Living has become so interesting
:. die Y. NJ. G. A. that the girls
lcyo organized teams. Formal organ
ization took place on Saturday even
ing. Enough girls were out for two
teams and the first game was rolled,
resulting in victory for the team
Of which Miss Ruth Reese is captain.
The members Of the two teams are
as follows: Team No. Miss Ruth
Reese. captain; Blanche Henry, Dor
tina Howard. Letha Mann, Margaret
Arnett. Team No. 2.-Miss Louise
Conn, captain; Erma Henry, Marie
Barnes, Nell Dougan, Margaret
Barnes.
Later it is the plan to organize
other teams and to have regular
bowling league. Other teams will be
organized Just as soon as the girls
show up in large enough numbers.
The girls have exclusive use of
the alleys on Saturday evenings and
also bowl after their classes on
Thursday evenings. Scores from the
first game are as follows:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

Select your Silk Hosiery at Hart.
iey's.-Advt.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

years Of hildhood-distinctly lessen
ing the danger OF permanent cere-
bral degeneration The drunkards OF
France and the British Isles are. as
elsewhere. brutal and mean: but. for
tunately for the good name of the
governments OF these two countries.
many men OF the ruling Classes. the
men who issue orders, are not ad-
dicted to the daily use OF alcohol.
either in youth or maturity"
And he ends his exposition of the
part that beer has played In the great
war with quotation from the elder
Moltke, who once said:
Beer is n far more dangerous en-
emy to Germany than all the allies OF
France"
A German on Beer Stupidity.
The German immigration to Amer
lea may be divided into two classes.
The one class, embracing the major
ity of these people, came to accept
American standards and offer varia-
tions which were in the general di-
rection OF original American charac-
principally In the rural districts and
the small towns. II Is beyond praise
for the strength OF its principles and
intellectual activity. Its whole hearted
loyalty and incorruptible morality.
The other class embraces those who
either had a financial interest In the
beer business or fell under the influ-
ence of those who have such an in
terest. This class Is characterized by
beer-degeneracy, which shows itself
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

In stupidity. immortality and disloy-
Il was of this class that Pref.
Adolphe Stille of LEIPZIG wrote in
Die Alkololfrage:
The injurious effects of the habit
ual moderate use OF beer stand out
nowhere so conspicuously as in the
United States OF America, because
there one finds material for compari-
son which Is scarcely obtainable else
where on the one hand the total alb
stinent Anglo-Americans, on the
other, the Germans who almost with
out exception are given TO the daily
use Of beer.
Where Arc the Active Old Beer
Drinkers?
Among these circumstances | put
first the striking fact. which was n
problem to me during the seventies
and eighties. that there was a much
higher death rate during the active
years among our Germans than
among the Anglo Americans The
German merchants, manufacturers
and hand laborers die In strikingly
large numbers shortly before or soon
after their fiftieth year. and we do
not find among them those active.
tranquil minded, gray-haired men
over 10 that are so common among
the Anglo Americans.
Who Lead In Culture and Science?
"A second noticeable difference liz
that the Germans in America show
far less interest than the Anglo
Americans in intellectual matters-in
science, culture and public officers
The city of St Louis, for example,
during the eighties, contained over
10000 Germans. but there was not a
single German book store worthy OF
the name. Schiller Goethe and Heine
could be bought, II is true, but they
seldom were for any other purpose
than as Christmas or birthday pres
ents, but whether they were ever read
or not is another question. And OF
German scientific books there were
scarcely any in St Louis except a few
medical books used by German ply
sicians."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
Beer Drinking Blamed for
Great German Brutalities

Of peace and quiet. the poison causes
arrangement Of brain tissue, often ex-
pressed merely In some form of senti-
mentality. pfain or maudlins II, how
ever the victim In put under STRESS
his nervous disorder Is likely to lead
to bad temper and bad Judgment, with
endless possibilities in the way Of loss
OF dignity, poise and the sense OF hu-
man fellowship"
To the hypothetical retort that as
much alcohol per capita is drunk In
England and France as in Germany,
he answers:
The Germanic peoples are the only
great group who feed alcohol to ba-
bies or very young children OF the
middle or upper classes. II the baby
has not been already prenatally dam
aged because Of beer drunk by his
mother, he still runs the risk of poi
soning from the alcohol bearing milk
or drinking mother or wet nurse
The child grows to manhood drinking
alcohol and continually Handicapped In
his development of cerebral, and
therefore moral control.
ION the other hand, nearly all the
alcohol drunk in France and England
IL consumed after the formative
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
Mh@|:kE!' T.
Opinions differ as to how good cars
should be; what is your idea about it?

Some wonder why don't include shock absorb
The reason is shock absorbing springs. No
other method gives such easy riding. Yet these
springs under our standards yet have
broken. In two years, not a single spring.
HOW HANDSOME?
How handsome, how luxurious do you want a
to BET
We believe that fine-car buyers want the limit
SO. in the past year, we have added "a cent to
the luxury cost of the Mitchell
Our experts studied all newmode cars They
noted detail which offered attraction Then,
In designing these Mitchels. they embodied all
the best Then they added heat fixed. long -endur-
ing finish So the Mitchells that you today
the handsomest In their class.
We afford all this at Mitchell prices becarse If
factory efficiency Under John w. Bate the ef-
ficency expert. factory has been two.
Now build the complete car. chassis and body.
under these Bate methods. And the saving pays
for these extras.
The Mitchell, figure offers Mt least 20 per cent
greater value than the average in this class Go
what you think about it.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
Harvard Professor Says Long
Devotion to Alcoholics Has
Broken Down Brain Cells in
TeutOnic Heads.

When a professor OF geology at
Harvard attributes the brutalities of
the German government to the
drinking OF beer perhaps his opinion
will not be met with cries of fanatic
Ism" Prof. Reginald Aldworth DAILY
does express that opinion. In doing
so, he merely re-enforces a massive
array Of evidence and agrees with the
great German leaders who strove
nightly TO rescue their country from
beer and ruin. Munseys Magazine
reports Professor DAILY as follows:
IL venture the hypothesis" he says
that lifelong drinking OF mild beer
has been one OF the most potent
causes for the amazing brutalities OF
official Germany. These crimes have
been ordered by men who for decades
have been poisoned by beer. In times
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

Some say that so per cent verstrength is a large
enough margin of safety.
So used TO think. The Mitchell led the trend
toward lightness up to three years ago Then
Mitchell became world-car. In some new coun-
tries il fearful tests In 1919. Mr.. Bate
spent n year in Europe, studying standards there.
Then in agreement with the best engineers. we
doubled margins OF safety.
Now the Mitchell In famous for endurance,
n the hardest roads in the world. Under ordinary
conditions IL is IA lifetime car. Two have already
travelled 200, 900 miles each.
Now the Mitchell Is known The Engineers
Car" because many noted engineers have bought
It, Every Mitchell dealer has n list OF them
Most cars are now bought to keep. And this extra
strength. In our opinion gives Mitchell desired
distinction, which every year increases.
WHAT EQUIPMENT?
Most buyers. have found, add some extra
features. And these extras expensive. SO
include every the features that wanted
We found them out by listing all that any
included Then by noting, In countless cases. things
that buyers added. So the Mitchell today has 81
features which nearly all omit.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
Medical Officers will Understand This

NctHeNi OiI1ccrs VIII Understand This
Everything was ready for kit in
spection. the recruits stood lined up
ready for the officer, and the officer
had his bad temper all complete. lie
marched up and down the line grimly
eyeing each mans bundles of needles
and soft soap and then he singled out
Private MacTootle as the man who
was to receive his welcome atten-
tions.
Toothbrush he roared.
"Yes, SIR
"Razor7'
"Yes, sir"
"Hold-all?"
"YeF, sir"
"H'm! You're all right, appat-
emily" growled the officer. Then
he barked. housewife ?"
"Oh, very well, thank ye." re-
turned the recruit, amiably; ''how's
yours7'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21

Shipping at New Orleans was yir-
tually tied up when 2,100 1ongshore-
men struck after they were refused a
wage increase.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21

course of the Entente, whom the King
now referred to as friends and allies
battling for the defense of humanity,
as against the rapacity of the Central
Powers. -
AIS a spectacle, also, today's event
had its interest. The ministers had
sought to give fuH scope to every
royal prerogative. for they wish the
new king to be a real representative
before the people Of a constitutional
monarchy. The splendid coaches OF
the royal establishment, with pow
dered groems and footmen, and her
aids and outriders in brilliant uni
forms, made an old world picture OF
royal pageantry. as the king moved
between dense cheering masses, with
solid, lines of soldiers stretching from
the palace to the parliamentary cham
Der. The marble colonnade of the
chamber was garlanded with wreaths
and flowers, and a great floral crown
above the doorway Indicated that even
In this abode of democracy there was
still a welcome for what remained OF
royalty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
HORSE CHESTNUT is
USEFUL ARTICLE FOR
NATIONAL DEFENSE

Paris. Sept. 21.-The Horse Chest
nut Collector is the latest official to
be added to Frances long list of func-
tonartee. One will he appointed in
each commune of france to verify
the quantities of horse chastnuts col
lected by school children and turned
over to the state in the interest Of the
national defense. The crop is immense
In France. Heretofore it has been
only partially untilized as fodder. The
bulk OF it found no other employment
than that of munitions for bows bat
ties.
The government has appealed to the
school children to see that not a. horse
chestnut goes to waste. Their use as
fodder will be extended to replace
corn, rice, barley, etc, in the manu-
facture of alcohol and. acetone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
DANGEROUS EXHAUST

Every motorist should know and
from an automobile motor are poison
ous When allowed to escape into the
open air they are quickly dissipated
and cause no damage though it is un-
wise to work close to the exhaust with
the motor running, even in the open
air.
It is when the motorist works over
his engine in a closed unVentiIated
garage that trouble comes. He is like
ly to overcome before he realizes his
danger and as the motor goes on run
ming his condition becomes worse I'M
less he is discovered.
Uncle Sans Bureau of Mines which
naturally concerns itself with poison
Gus gases, has been investigating the
automobile exhaust. These fumes,
known to the chemist as carbon mon
oxide, are the same as the gases in
mines, which have long occupied the
attention of the bureau.
1t has been determined that this gas
Is dangerous to life if present in the
air breathed in quantities as small as
two-tenths of one per cent. An ex-
pertinent showed that the air within
small garage became extremely dan
gerous when the motor had been run
ming for fifteen minutes, and fifteen
minutes passes quickly when you are
adjusting a motor
Carbon monoxide gives one no
warning. 1t is odorless, colorless and
tasteless, as well as deadly poisonous
It is SO sudden in its effects and acts
! SO without warning that the collapse
of the driver is followed by death in
| many cases. The fatalities from this
Fcause have been increasing of late, &C.
cording to government reports.-Mile.
stones.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
What Germany's Victory Means

What Germany's Victory Means
It means the triumph in the world
of Prussianism, Prussianisn being an
other name for despotism, cruelty and
Intolerance.
It means the spread of Kultur, a
thing which seems to be good for a
German but which is fatal for anyone
else.
1t means the denial Of justice to
Belgium. to Serbia, to Poland, to the
Russians.
1t means, sooner or later, an assault
by force of arms upon the principle
of the Monroe Doctrine.
1t means the greatest blow ever
struck against the principle Of repre-
sentative government among the peo-
pies Of the earth.
It means the loss to France, not
only of Alsace and Lorraine, but OF
her northern provinces.
1t means the tearing down of Great
Britain as a great constructive and CT
vilizing force in the world.
1t means that this planet is to be
made an unfit place wherein to live
for men and women who believe that
intelligent human beings are capable
of self-government. = &
| 1t means the apothesis OF a half
mad despot called a Kaiser and, his
degenerate first-born, called Crown
Prince.
| 1t means unrestricted murder of
non-combatants on the high seas; in
discriminate and unrestricted slaugh-
ter from the air of innocent victims
| in! yunarmed cities; and unrestricted
rapine, brutality and servitude for the
helpless peoples Of captive and vas
sal states upon the land.
What Germany's Defeat Means:
The exact opposite of the things
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-21
MEXICANS BECOMING
AESTHETIC FORMING
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Mexico City, Sept. 21.-A National
Symphony orchestra has been organ
lied under the direction of the De-
partment Of Fine Arts. 1t will give a
series of concerts each six months. a
portion Of them being devoted to
classical music and the remainder to
popular selections chosen with idea OF
improving the popular musical taste
There also will be five concerts short.
ly devoted to chamber music by Mex.
lean composers.
A school to train moving picture &C.
tors also has been organized under the
direction of the Department of Fine
Arts. The department has been train.
ing a chorus of 1000 voices to take
part in the celebration of Mexican in.
dependence, Sept. 16.