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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
HUNDRED DEAD
IN FACTORY EXPLOSION
German Munitions Factory Wiped Out
iir One Of Worst Catastropnes of
Entire War.

London, Aug. 7.-Accordins to re-
tier by the correspondent at Amster-
dam of the Exchange Telegraph com
pany, the explosion at tlenningsdurf
was n of THE worst catastrophes of
its kind in Germany since the war be-
gan. A munition factory was wiped
out, 300 persons were killed or in
jured and enormous damage was done.
Hsnningsdorf has been isolated by
police and troops.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
Germans Fire selulan CITY.

Amsterdam, Aug. 6.-Accordink to
the Echo DE Beige. the city of Liege
has been fined 100000 francs for dis,
obeying an order given by the Ger.
man authorities to demolish buildings
damaged by fire on Quai dss Pscheurs
4iege, the capital of the Walloon dis.
trict, is the Belgian city which offer.
sd such determined resistance to the
Germans at the outbreak of the wa,
when they invaded Belgium 30 as tc
avoid French FORTS from Nerdun t,
Belfort and to outfiank the French
northern and easterp armies.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
Teutons Take Food From Prisoner.

British Headquarters in France and
Belgium, Aug. "a British officer
captured north of the Waulbeek ont
day recently and rescued that night.
Said the Germans took away his water
bottle and bag OF rations. The Ger
mans apparently We're very hungry
because they began to Sat tue rations
at once and gave him only Il sip from
his water bottle, saying that all the
water was needed for their machine
guns. They sent an orderly, how
ever, to dress his wounds which were
given good attention.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
Old Sunday LIZ Lifted

Hartford. Conn, Aug. 1.-Afte, ~
eral centuries Of n~thtutorY hypocr,cy,
certain mercantile establishments
were open legally and transacted bus.
mes without fsnr Of police prosecu.
taon. Counscticut's blue laws have
given drug stores the monopoly OF Sun.
DAY Rhles, which Ire Especially profit.
able IN summer A Dew Law has h..
come operative, authorizing the sale
Of milk, bAksry products. fruits. ,ca
ace cream, confectionery, nonAlcoholic
beverages, %tpbarnn, smokers %surn,ia.
newspEperE, periodicals End drugs.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
Fort Provisions Sum.

III paso, Tex, Aug. IA military
board has been appointed Il investi-
gate the fire believed to be of incen.
diary origin which destroyed about
$4,000 worth of provisions and fodder
within Fort Bliss military reservation.
AL the hey and alfalfa for the cavaI.
~ and artillery forces and remount
station We're destroyed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
LITTLE FUNERAL AT BUTTE
Comrades Carry Body -Four Miles to
Cemetery.

Butte, Mont, Aug. Z. - With the
entire police force on duty. scores Of
special deputy sheriffs on guard and
400 members of the federalized state
guard in readiness for instant cell,
Frank H. Little, member of the gen
eral executive board Of the /. w. W.,
!lylrchsd by vigilantes, was buried here.
Approximately 1900 persons took part
in an orderly funeral procession from
q private undertaking establishment to
Mountain View cemetery, four miles
away, where simMe services. consist
ing OF addresses and protests against
the illegal execution of Little, were
held.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
HUGE TASK TO MOVE TROOPS
Must Go 10 Small Groups to Prevent
SWampinG Roads.


Washington. Aug. S.-Mohilizatiop
OF the first 6sT. 900 me to be called
out Tor the national army in Septem.
Der is being planned by the War col,
lcge, the provost marshal general and
railway traffic experts.
General Crowder said it was the
greatest problem in troop transporta.
l. ever facing this country.
1t Will be necessary, Crowder said
TO have the men leave in small groups
or the liniited railroad facilities would
be s~WaIhped. Twenty or thirty per
Cent OF the first quota in each district
Will leave between September ] and
September Is, about 40 per cent viii
leave in the secoud movement and the
balance will &C at a later date. prob
Gbly about October J..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
German sliers informed.

Amsterdam, Aug. IA German air
plane landed on the island of Anne
land IN account of motor trouble. The
occupants OF tbs machine were in.
termed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
death ASKED FOR RES|S7ERS
EXTREME PENALTY DEMANDED
AGAINST ANTLDRAFTERS.
Federal Officials Would Have Leaders
Of AntisOraftl Uprising in Oklahoma
Tried on Charge of Treason.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 9s.-The
death penalty has been demanded by
federal officials against Headers Of the
anti-draft uprisings which have, thrown
residents of rcentral Oklahoma into
turmoil for the last four days. Their
action has been declared by u. S. Dis
trict Attorney McGinnis to constitute
treason. Hearings will be started at
once at McAlester before United
States Commissioner r. w. McMillen.
The entrance of government agents
into the cas- with warrants against
the arrested terrorjsts Was believed
to have broken the back of the protest
against service in the new national
army.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-08-09
Prisoners Concentrated.

The jails in Seminole, Pottawatomie,
Pontotoc and Hughes counties were
almost cleared of their inmates, vir-
tualty all being transported to the state
penitentiary and county Jail at Nc
Aiester.
Clashes between bands Of draft re-
sisters and posses have cost three
lives, two of the malcOntents falling
before the fire Of the citizen forces,
and one innocent man being killed
when he evidently misunderstood an
order to halt. Numerous injuries have
occurred.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
NEW MONONGAH
SCHOOL BUILDING
Structure At Head of Main
Street Is Ready For
Occupancy.

A new public school building which
Is located at the head Of Main street
in Monongah, and which has been
in course of construction for several
months is finally completed and is
now ready for Monongah school chill
dren. 1t was the plan Of authorities
to begin school in the new building
September IS, but it now appears as
if the poliomyelitis outbreak will in
terfere.
The new building costing about
100000, although small, is modern
and up-to.date in every respect. 1t
has seen the center Of discussion
among school authorities OF Grant
district for years, but because of in
sufficient school funds never became
a reality Much credit for the new
building is due Col. T. G. Price, who
has Just recently been succeeded as
secretary Of the Board of Education
by A. c. Nixon of near BoothsVille'
Clyde Leonard another ardent work
er for the Monongah school and pres
ident of the Board of Education is en-
titled to much praise for his entnus'
iastic efforts.
The ground for the building was
purchased from the Consolidation
Coal company and the construction
Of the building was in the hands Of
the VauGilder and Burns, contractors
Of Fairmont. The building is made
Of red brick and is situated in an
ideal location.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Lincoln District
s. s. Convention

The Lincoln district Sunday school
convention will be held on Sunday
September 2, in the Methodist EpiscO'
pal church at Pennington. The open.
ing session will be held at 2 o'clock
and second session will be held at
1880 O'Clock. Delegates will be pres.
ent from each school in the district
and contributions of money are also ex.
pected from each school. The pro.
gram has been arranged as follows:
Afternoon session-Praise and devo.
tional, led by Samuel Mcmahon. How
to Get Absent Scholars Back to s. s.,
]. L. Rinehart. Song by Harmony quar-.
tette. The Power of Example, Mary
A. Snyder. Solo by Dan Jones. Ad.
dress by Mrs. E. NJ. Cox. Song by
Harmony Quartette. Address by W.
G. Cunningham. Appointing Of com.
mittees. Song by choir. Adjournment,
Evening session-Song service, led
BY P NJ. Conley. Are the S. S. of Lin.
coin instrumental in Winning Boys and
Girls to Christ? Willie Kerr. Song by
Harmony Quartette. Solo, Martha
Winnie. Report of committees. Roll
call OF schools. solo, Charles e. Smyth,
What the S, S. is to the Church, Rev.
Tyler. Song and benedlction.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
STARS oeQUTs I'M M0VlESI GET MARRIED
emocracy that included men and wO-

democracy that included men and wo-
men.
If you will stop and study that lit
tie fact for time, and let 1t seep into
your mind and heart, and look at It
from every angle, you will, am sure,
discover how comical position We
assume when we undertake our fay-
orite and understanding attitude to.
ward the new democracy.
In a short time elections will be
held throughout Russia to choose
delegates to the first Constituent AS
sembly, which will adopt a constitu-
ton and help to launch the Russian
republic.
Men and women will vote for these
delegates. Women will be among
those chosen and will sit in the as
Sembly and help to make the consti-
tuition.
1t will not be necessary for any,
body to argue for this privilege
Everybody will think 1t perfectly nat
ural and right.
The National Council adjourned on
July Z, but It left in charge Of the
government It's executive committee
Of ESQ, apportioned among the work
men, soldiers and farmers, and this
executive committee is now running
things in Russia.
1t operates the machine. You do
not hear anything about it, for rea-
sons 1 shall tell you hereafter. But
you can discount any stories you may
read from day to day about anybody
else ruling" Russia. This Is the
only ruling power, being the repre-
sentatives OF the people.
The rest Of the world seems to have
q fear that there may be a counter
revolution and a return Of the old
conditions.
Unless German victory and German
influence can bring it back to life,
there isn't anything else anywhere
in the world quite so dead as the old
order in Russia.
It's deader than a mackerel that
for sanitary reasons the board Of
health has ordered to be cremated.
If the Germans, assisted by the
American copperheads, the American
doughfaces and American pro-Ger-
mans do not break through that front
not even the ghost of the old order
will come again.
II they do, you will see the car
back in the winter palace and you
ought to have clear understanding
as 70 who put him there.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
DR.. PETER NOE Ill
At HIS HOSPITAL
PoIiOmyeIitis Specialist Suf-
fering From Effects of
remah.

DR.. Peter Noe, Jr., the representative
of the Rockefeller Institute Of New
YORK City who has been in charge OF
the Traction Park hospital for polio
myelitis, was taken very ill at the nos
pital late last night. DR.. C. R. Werlich,
the state health representative who
has been located at Fairmont was
called to the hospital at 1880 o'clock
last night. Together with DR.. j. A.
Riedy, OF Monongah, he went to the
hospital and gave Dr.. Noe treatment.
The cause of his illness is not known
as yet, but it is the belief Of DR.. Wei
rich that it has been caused from over.
work. While performing his duties
in and about Monongah, he has been
called to Warrington, Grafton, ClarEs-
burg, Fairview and many other points
where poliomyelitiS is prevalent, and
has been on duty almost continuously.
During the night he was delirious
and was very i'll until this morning.
This afternoon he is showing much
improvement and should recover after
a short rest.
DR.. Noe is scheduled to address an
assembly Of physicians in Clarksburg
this evening. DR.. Werlich will go to
that city and fill the engagement.
One new case Of polimyelitls was
hrnupht IN the hoanital Yesterday
making the twenty.eighth admission
to the Traction Park hospital and the
thirty.fourth case that has developed
in the county. The child is Paul Cam,
aged two years and six months Of Trac-
ton avenue, Monongah. Serum was
administered and 1t may be that the
child will not be paralyzed.
Miss Bogen, one Of the nurses at the
hospital who has been there since the
outbreak left this afternoon for Gin.
cinnati, Ohio.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
MRS. R.L. Fleming 5
LONG ILLNESS ENDS
Wife of Former Justice Will
Be Buried Tomorrow
Afternoon.

Mrs. R, Leigh Fleming, wife Of for
mer Justice of the Peace, Raleigh
Fleming, died last night shortly be-
fore nine o'clock at her home at S26
CASTOR avenue after a long illness.
For more than year Mrs. Fleming
had been in declining health from an
incurable malady and several times
had visited specialists and various
sanitariums in the hope that she
might secure relief. At times she i'm
proved to some extent but TO rthe last
several months it was known that
she would live but a short time.
The deceased was formerly Miss
Laura Katharyn Raymond, a daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Raymond, former residents Of
BarrackVille. Her marriage to Mr..
Fleming took place in Grafton where
she resided at the time in the year
1905. Two children we're born to the
union, both of whom survive, namely,
Mrs. C. Clyde Cunningham, wife Of
Golf r. Cunningham and Eugene Ber-
nard Fleming.
Mrs. Fleming was woman of splen-
did qualities and during her long i'll
ness had caused the deepest regret
on the part Of her relatives and
friends. In her home she was de-
voted wife and mother and during
her illness had been the object of
the tenderest care on the part + her
family.
Funeral services are announced to
be held on Saturday afternoon at 2;S0
o'clock from her late residence and
interment will be made in WoodlGWn
cemetery by Undertaken Cunning
ham
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Hard Coal Prices Fixed At
Figure Now Being
Charged.
CURB PUTUPOH JOBBERS
They Are Permitted To
Take a Profit of Is Cents
Per Ton.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. "a
Government control of the coal in
dustry was made alomst complete
last night when President Wilson
named DR.. H. A. Garfield, president
of Williams College, fuel administra-
tor, fixed anthracite prices for pro-
ducers and jobbers and set a limit
on profits to be made by bituminous
wholesalers.
The next and final step will be to
make regulations for coal distribu-
ton and to fix anthracite and bitumi-
nous retail prices. This will be done
when a distribution program is per-
fected and when the Federal Trade
Commission has completed plan un-
der which retail profits may be fixed.
The anthracite prices fixed, effect
i've September !, are virtually the
same as those now charged at the
mines under a voluntary arrange
ment made by producers with the
trade commission. The prices that
NAV be charged by jobbers will re-
duce present costs sharply. Bitumi-
nous jobbers' profits, too, will be cut
by the new price scale set for whole
sale transactions.
The jobbers' profit on bltuminous
is limited to 10 cents per ton OF
1000 pounds, wherever delivered.
Producers who incur the expense
OF rescreening anthracite from At
lautic or Lake ports for re-shlpment
by water are permitted to add not
more than FIVE cents per ton to the
price.
Anthracite prices are fixed as fol-
lows: White ash, broken, S4.55; egg
s4.45; stove, $40; chestnut, $3.50;
pea $500; red ash, broken S4.70;
egg, s4.65; stove $3.50; chestnut,
$3.50; pea, S4,1O; Lykens Valley. bro
ken, S.; egg, $500; stove, $3.50;
chestnut, $3.50; pea $4.S5.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Alleged Traffic Law
ViOIater Disputes It

With the exception of one charge for
violating the city traffic laws, the reg
ular nine o'clock police court program
was blank this morning.
Boyd Anderson, proprietor Of the
Anderson's restaurant, was the viola
tor before Mayor Bowen this morning.
He was picked up by Policeman WaTd
at six o'clock yesterday evening charg-
ed With passing standing street car
at the corner of Main and Jefferson
streets, the violation occurring yester-
day morning at 1918 o'clock. When
before Mayor Bowen Anderson did not
believe he was guilty. The case was
continued until eight o'clock this even.
ing at which time, R. Walters, motor
man on the street car, will testify in
the case for the city
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
TWO KILLED WHEN
FREIGHT RAMS CAR
Passenger Tran Was Late
and the Other One Was
On Tine.
cBv Associated Press)

MANSFIELD, H., Aug. AY-Two per-
sons were killed and dozen more or
less injured early today when a freight
train on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi,
cago and st. Louis Chg Four railroad
crashed into the rear sleeping car OF
an east bound passenger train stand
ing at the station here.
The passenger rain which was dus
here at 1O:9O last night was delayed
on account Of engine trouble and had
stopped for repairs. The freight run
ming on schedule time, had received no
stop signal and ran into the rear sleep
ing car telescoping it.
The fireman Of the freight and an
unidentified passenger were killed.
Engineer MCGOWAN, Of the freight
train, was slightly Injured, The in
jured, all Of whom it IL said win reeoV.
eli, were taken to the railroad station
ppd adioal ga Srraraonsd
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Government Will
Build l,27O Ships
(By Associated pressl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-The gov
eminent ship building program calls
for a total Of 1,270 ships Of 7,96S,0OO
tonnage It was revealed today in es.
Inmates the shipping board has sent
to Secretary McAdoo on which to base
request for a new billion dollar an
IlnEiatiNl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Cut out the plctu-e c. a., 4cLl Ordes.
Then carefully fold dotted line ! Its
entire length. Then dotted line 2, and
SO on. Fold each section underneath
accurately. When completed turn
over and youth find asurprising result.
Save the pictures.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Will CUulldCnSS
Barring only the
success of Germa-
ny, democracy has
come there to stay,
Not half way
democracy nor a
fake miscalled by
Democracy's name.
The gods real
thing.
Russia will be
ruled by the Rus
sian people. All Of
the Russian peo-
pie. They will rule
it absolutely.
Autocracy is a
dead issue in Rus
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

The West vIrginlau is on sale On
cry evening at the following places:
TENTH ST. PHARMACY, corner
Tenth and Virginia avenue,
EAST SIDE NEWS CO.. Market 81.
THE FAIRMoNT" HOTEL. JsHer.
son street.
sTEALEY's PLACE, Watson Hotel
Bldg
UNION NEWS co, Street Car Sta.
ton and B. & o. Station.
WATSON BUILDING NEWS STAND,
Main entrance Watson Building.
FAIRMoNT NEWS CO., 124M Main
Street.
CLYDE s. HOLT, Main Street.
MORAN & PRUNTY, corner Bridge /
and Water streets,
J. H. MCLosKBY, corner sixth and
Locust avenue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Chamber Of CommerCe-Meeting to ar
range farewell for the county's quota
in the National army.
Odd Fellows hall-Patriarchs Militant.
Red Mems hall-Waneta council.
Modern Woodmen hall-White camp.
Maccabees hall-Showalter tent.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
THE WEATHER.

west Virginia
Fair tonight and
Saturday except
probab bly, thunder
showers in the
east. Cooler.
Local Readings.
E. p. Hall, Oh.
Temperature at
s. a. M. today, SO.
Yesterdays wealth
er, cloudy; temper
atuTe maximum,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
Hurdle, T1iIlion-~ e
Io-red to Russians

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Another
lredit Of $1OO,O00,O0O to the Russian
government was made today by the
american Governments
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

III In Buekhannon-Fay Smith, son
81 F. j. Smith, is very i'll in Buckhdn'
non where he went several days ago
on business. His parents left FOR
Buckhannon this morning on receipt
Of a message announcing his illness.
Mr.. Smith has been in bad health for
some time and his friends are appre'
hensive concerning his condition.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
BY CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL
Copyright, 1917, by the Newspape
Enterprise Association.)

Many other things about Russia
may be doubtful, but there is one
Russian certainty all may bank upon
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Ask for Widows Penslons-A mum.
Der OF petitioners for widows pensions
presented themselves before the, coup..
ty court this afternoon. The county
now allows pensions to widows under
certain conditions instead Of depending
upon the county charitable institution
to provide for them. The petitions of
the women we're considered by the
courl and will be acted upon promptly
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
All of the Russian People
Will Have Hand in
Ruling :. -.
THROUGH THE council
Few LAWYERS and Some Wo-
men Held Seats In That
Body.

This is another oil the series ,
articles by Charles Edward Rus
sell, staff writer for 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, 1917-08-24

WhoslwrIsh for Governor - Copies
nave reached Fairmont of the Journal
Of Commerce of Baltimore In which the
suggestion is made that Maryland
Democrats would like to see Jere H.
Wheelwright, president Of the Consoli-
dalton Coal company, elected governor
Of that state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24
EVENTs ToNlGHT.

81; minimum, 6; precipitation, IS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

OF to Training Camp-Late today
odell P, Mckinney, Lawrence Gun
uinglam and w. L. Doolittle will leave
for the second officers training school
at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

WIN Repair Bridge County court
this morning filed an order for the re.
pair Of the bridge at Monongah and the
work will probably be begun within a
short time. 1t is estimated that the
work OF repairing the structure will
cost between twelve and thirteen thou.
sand dollars, although the original cost
Of the bridge was only about ten thou.
sand.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Today's Legal Transfer - Sedonia
Heck and husband to Albert G. Heck,
acres of land on FinCh's run, Marion
county; 81 and other consideration.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Lodge Session at Camp-This even.
ing the members OF Mountain City
lodge, Knights of Pythias will go to the
First regiment camp where a speciai
farewell session will be held for the
members OF the order who belong to
the regiment. Congressman M. NJ.
Nicely will deliver an grafton.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

satterfleIds EIeet-At the Satterfeld
family reunion which was held vest r
day the following officers were elect.
ed: President, H. w. Sattertield, Fair.
mont; recording secretary and treas
urer, W. l.. Satterfield; corresponding
secretary, Miss Beular Satterteld; COM
mittee to compile history OF family.
DR.. H. L. Satterfield, Miss Della Satter
field, Rufus Satterfield,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-24

Warrants for sootIsgsers - War
rants were issued by Justice w. W..
Conway today for W, c. Kapp and
Ben Casio. two foreigners who we're
arrested by county officers last night
charged with violating the prohibitory
law by bringing into the state more
than one quart of liquor. The two men
will be given preliminary hearings next
Monday.