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forD failed to discover a single mem
Der of the band"
The gypsies had put it over the kui-
tur
Nevertheless (here the French high
police chief threw up his arms in comic
despair), six months later this same
Kakarasca- Kralovitch tribe bobbed up
Serenely again in France, at Aubange,
on the Belgian frontier-increased by
the Escomplo- Rosalino Barca families.
France chased them into Belgium The
Belgian guards refused them they re-
manned four months on the frontier.
with their fine horses and comfortable
house-wagons, France paying their
board all the time. tHe showed me
sheafs of receipted bills for board, FOOD
and suppliesD What else to do? he
asked Where there are children. the
mothers must be fed, and where moth
ers eat, how prevent husbands and
brothers? They We're all under arrest
They snapped horses. told fortunes,
stole chickens, lived high: and all the
time they were quietly selling, now
horse, now a wagon twhere did those
house-Wagons go? Nobody knew ana
sailing down money, until finally. when
all was gone. horses. wagons, bears,
apes. utensiles, bedding, they said:
Thanks for hospitality" and melted
away in little groups. They were tired
of being with US; but We wer tired OF
them, too
Such is an example. in small. before
the war. of the great and mysterious
disappearance of the gypsies when the
war broke out.
Before mobilization there was such
complaint against them that a special
law had to be made to regulate them
The law of 1912 had scarcely got to
working when the war broke ont. and
all complaints. against the gypsies
ceased.
How? Why"
The complaints stopped. That is ALL
The law OF 1912. whose census realized
$4,000 true Romanichels or Romanys in
France at the moment it was made, gave
to the head of each gypsy family
formidable booklet. full of blanks to
be filled up by mayors of each town or
commune where they stopped-and
number. This family number. printed
on each blank. was repeated in white
enamel on handsome black sheet-iron
plates. as many as each band had wag
They must be attached TO the tailbo1rd
of each wagon, SO that countryside gen
darneS might jot them down, running.
though the band be in flight. Booklet
and number made the civil status OF
each gypsy family as to France. supply
ing the authentic papers nationality.
etc.) which they regularly lacked II
was a beautiful system. II will make a
good foundation again. after the war.
Great distinction was made between
The gypsies and the $4,000 remaining
''nomads" or "amDulants'' resularly
French citizens with papers, of the
census. on the one hand. and tramps,
looked on always as possible criminals.
There were French and foreign am
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whip of rawhide. supple, -oiled leather
and small lead thongs, more like
weapon than a whip, jeweled in its
handle to the tune of some $4,000. esti-
mated. Finally, among his personal
belongings were sixty-seven American
gold dollars of 1853.
K
hesitate to quote NJ. Seblle. for fear
of putting under his authority some
thing which he might not approve. The
more's the pity. because the chief of the
judicial Investigations services would
make more interesting hero than any
gypsy. / look on him cas- do many
as the greatest policier of the world.
1t was Sebille who broke UP the hotel
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of enc square except lot "a. on I'd
street. which was owned by Robert
Brown. and 80, owned by Mr.. Sewall.
In 1925 the same lots were in the name
of Robert Sewall.
This was probably Robert Sewall. I'd.
for the first Robert Sewall had been
dead four years. The improvements
were assessed at $4,000. showing that
the house which the British burned had
been rebuilt Ann r. Dermott was
living in a house assessed at s7c1.
George Collard had built small frame
on the west half of lot No. 4, and
Griffith Coombs had bought the east
half of that lot and had put up a small
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1st and B had passed to c. H. Wiltber-
ger d. A. Hall had bought into the
square and Robert Browns lot on I'd
street was owned by his heirs.
In 1S49 the only new owners who had
come into the square were w. Fischer.
James Moore and Jonathan Elliott. In
1859 the newcomers in the square We're
Thomas II. Parson, John T. Killmon.
Harriet Fischer, Thomas Scrivener, John
W. Boggs, Stephen c. Wales. David w.
Moore,<Ira A. Hopkins, Martha A. c. Lin
coin and Hope Thomas. The Sewall lots
were again in the name of Robert Sew
all New names in the square in 1864
were James O'Neil, Daniel Boston, Mi
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Price. Charles III. Holden. Richard Doyle
Phoebe w. Ross. Sarah p. Barnes. Oliver
w. Cook. 4. j. and Sarah c. Jones, Sam
uel Ford and William Williams.
In 1876 the old lots long in the
name of Robert Sewall appear in the
names of Susan S. and Ellen c. Danger
field, a misspelling of Daingerfield.
The new names in the square were
Adam Fay. John NJ Duncanson. Frank
Schuman. William H. Sloan. Sarah 4.
Griggs. Moses Anderson. John Grinder.
Ariovislus Pardee. Catherine A Tai
burtt. Almira Thompson. Philip A. OAR
nellie Caleb Pitre, William r. Blaney
and Isaac Beers. It was this Susan
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facing on B street is No. 2. and the lot
at the rear of the big house running
along ed street is No. 80. In 1900
these lots stood in the name of Robert
Sewall No. was assessed at $25S and
No. 2 at 1854. and the value of the i'm
provements $500, which indicates that
large brick house had been erected.
Lot was owned by the heirs of
James r. Dermott. There was a house
on. that lot and the Sewall and Dermott
houses were the only ones on the
block. The lot owners on the street
side were George Collard, George
Fenwick, Benjamin Dulany and Daniel
Carroll. The land on the 1st street
side was owned by Gillis Groeneveldt
and Daniel Carroll. These men owned
all the lots on the C and I'd street sides
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glossy coat go ringw odmed. his plump
ness sink in. and even some teeth
came out (says Farmer Cardon), being
made Of hardened breadcrumb." The
Gorgans and ~Yankos were great at
tricking horses with dyes, injections of
pa raffin. false hair and drugs.
AS for gold (strange detaiD, they
found a massive gold chain of ancient
workmanship around the waist of the
Prince of the Gorgans. under his en-
broidered clothes. locked with gold
paddock of which nobody had the key.
On it were engraved: IT. /. LIB. p
1872" and no explanation could be OBJ
tanned. The prince said. simply: IT'S a
family heirloom" He carried a cruel
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them, but there is no authentic record
that any harm came to them.t Some 'o1
the accounts say that the shot was fired
from the house; some that it was
fired from behind the house." and
others that it was fired from near the
house." Some of the accounts say that
one shot was fired. while others have
1t that several shots were fired. In
deed, so far as the Rambler knows, the
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hulants, doing little trades and having
a fixed residence to which they return"
read NJ. Sebille. Nothing against them.
There were ambulant artistcs. mu-
sicians, acrobatS, etc, including pro-
prietors of games. etc. living very
much by small receptions. tolerated
by the populations as amusing. They
regularly obtain permissions from To-
have papers! Nothing against them.
Certain important tribes of Galician
gypsies also give guarantees. They
had no wagons. and travelled always
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Then the war broke out and it all
ceased.
y calm in the French countryside. in
spite Of war-the gypsies We're gone.
None arrived at the Saintes-Maries
on May - last" volunteered a minor
police official "a striking Indication"
1t is. perhaps. the strangest detail of
the story. Every five years Though
you did not know it, the chief gypsies
of America sailed back TO Europe. be-
fore the war. Together witt the gyp-
sizes of syria. the Danube. Germany,
italy Spain and all the world they
assembled outside lone fishing VIII
Iage in south France. on the Mediter-
raneau.
There they chose the gypsy king.
Why there? Because a servant wom-
an of Judea. in the days of our Lord
Jesus. lived the last years of her life
in this French fishing village and be-
came the patron saint of all the
gypsies. If you doubt. ask any gypsy
about st. Sarah and the little old
fortress-church of the SITS. Marys-of-
the-Sea.
Alone. among the lagoons with the
ANTIQUE village grown round it) rises
in some form. since the dawn of Chris
tianity. Good old King Rene of Pro-
vence gave il its present aspect in 144e-
History and legend tell how two Of
the Marys of the gospels were cast ON
this shore by tempest The gentflea
of Antioch mad put them in n boat
without sail or oars. They were wom-
en- who had wept at the foot of tho
cross. and visited the tomb and found
the Lord had risen. Mary Salome and &
Mary the mother of James lived on
this spot. with their Egyptian servant.
who was wrecked with them and whose
name was Sarah. Here they built the
church, died and were buried in 1t. Ara
because of Sarah (she who became the
gypsies' patron) these sands. each ycars
and greatly every fifth year. Wex0
strangely peopled. 4
STERLING HEzkxR (
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that private property had in general been scrupu-
1cusly respected by the enemy during his late
incurson. spoke what we believed from a
hasty survey. and perhaps without xufficien.
inquiry. Greater respect certainly paid
TO private property than has usually been ex-
hibited by the enemy in his marauding parties.
No houses were half so much plundered by the
enemy by the knavish wretches about the
town who profted by the general distress. There
were. however. several private buildings wanton-
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
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PARIS, August ., 1917.
nn07 7HERE are the gypsies?"
~ NAW They have disappear
WV ed since the war;
How could they dis
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The square bounded by 1st.. I'd. b
and C streets is numbered 725. The
corner lot is No. /, the next on the west
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-19
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals will be received until II a. m. Jan. r. 1917 at the of flee of the Divisional Road Commis- sion for the Third Division of Alas ka, for the construction of a bridge across the Nizina River near Youngs Creek as provided for in the Session Laws of Alaska, Capter 50, H. B. Mo- IF. Said Bridge to be pile bridge of 416 bents, 6225 feet to be the total length. Proposals must be made out in trfplicate and accompanied by a bond signed by two sureties for the full amount of the bid, said bond to be of full force only in case the con tract is awarded to the bidder. Bid ders will bid for the whole of the bridge and will also make a separate ginning at station 0-5, up to the amount of $24000.
 The above work must be performed according to the specifications and Proposals must be signed by the bidder, enclosed in a plain, sealed conditions on file at the office of the Divisional Road Commission at Val deg. Alaska, and at the office of the
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-19

Alaska Transfer Co.,, Cordova, the Chitina Hotel Chitina; and the post office at Mccarthy, Alaska, where a copy of the same with form of con- tract may be seen. and proposal forms obtained.
 envelope and addressed to the Divis- ional Road Commission, Valdez, AL aska, and be plainly marked Pro
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-19
EDDY U REGULATE
 PRICES
(By Associated Press)

I WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Exten sion of the governments price fixing power to other products than food and fuei and especially to iron and steel is believed necessary by the federal trade commission in the light of ex perience gained in Investigating econ omic conditions since the United I States entered the war. Recommen. dation that a temporary adminlstra tive body be established to deter. mine reasonable prices for prime nc. cessities and also to regulate the dis. tribution of raw materials and finish. ed products was made in the commls. sion's annual report, submitted today to congress.
 Other recommendation suggest that the commissions powers of obtaining information be broadened to author ize requirement of reports from in- dividuals engaged in commerce, as well as corporations; that informa- tion gathered by temporary semi-offi- cial organizations such as the council of national defense, including all cor respondence, be ordered preserved that trade association files should be made to permit proper measures with regard to American industrial organ ization now and when peace is con- cluded; that the Webb bill to elimin- ate associations for export trade from the operation of the Sherman law be passed, and that the salary limitation of s5,000 year be removed from the commissions expert employees
 Declaration of war has not lesseneo either the number or importance of the complaints made to the commis- sion of unfair competition, but on the contrary the number of complaints has increased. During the fiscal year ending June 30, a total of l02 com plaints were disposed of without formal proceedings. leaving I91 com plaints still under investigation. Ap- plication for remedial procedure by the commission showed a decrease from the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916. In nine cases during the last year, the commission issued formal complaints, and in four the matter was disposed of by the issuance of orders to cease and desfst.
 Beside it's regulative function, the commission has been engaged in econ omic Investigations, the most i'm portant of which concerned the news, print paper, gasoline and coal indus tries. At the request of the presi- dent the commission has undertaken extensive inquiries into industries furnishing war supplies to the gov I ernment and information thus obtain ed is being used as a basis for gov ernment contracts.
 
 A small man doges when he meets
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-19

posals for the Construction of tt Nizina Bridge" The right is hereby reserved to rt ject any and all bids.
 JAMES E. WILSON. Chairman Divisional Road ror, Third District Territory of Alaska JOHN H. SELLEN, Secy.
 1o1n
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-19

A small man doges when he meets a great opportunity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
PRICE FIXING.

n NE carload of actual wheat sold in Chicago yester-
" day for $3.04 and another carload sold in St Louis
for $3.l0 And while these bona fde transactions
taking place May wheat which means an option on
wheat to be delivered in May, by which time southern
wheat will be coming in. if the buyer demands the gain
shot up from $2.54 to $40 and then back to $258, in
Chicago.
1t perhaps would be asking too much to look to the
government to do anything with the spot market but there
certainly should be way in which the wild speculation
which took place in the wheat pit yesterday could be
trolled.
1t used to be taken for granted that government OF.
gained is could not control prices but that day
has passed Now practically all but the people who are
prOhting by manipulating the markets feel that some at
tempt at least should be made while men who have given
careful thought TO the problem satisfied that it is both
legally and practically feasible to FIX maximum and mini
mum prices and prevent gambling in food stufs
he real obstacle in the path Of effective price CONTROL
in this Republic the necency of our legislatures state
and national Thousands of people passionately resented
the way in which the Adamson eghthour bill was exaced
from reluctant Congress, but the fact is that there pac-
hcally other way in which advanced legislation may
be obtained. There time when the corporations
shaped the law making bodies to their own ends by putting
gun to the heads of the Legislators fguativey speaking
but that day has passed. passed because the corporations
afraid to popular wrath by openly exertng their
influence legislative halls and about the only good end
the law makers is to pass appropriation bills
In the matter of price fixing legislation is quite certain
that nothing will be done unless the public makes great
howl. Write to your congressman and tell him what you
thing about present high prices and the duty of the admin.
istration in the circumstances.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
81 CHARLES BROOKS smith.

who see in the pathetic appeal against
CONSUMPTION an effort to turn the
minds of the public into channel
where they will be of particular use to
the furtherance of Mr.. Clark's politi.
cal desires in the future.
Prominent officials and those "in
the know" politically believe that the
Speaker was actuated by politics, that
he was thinking of 1920 and the Demo.
cratic nomination for the Presidency
when he made his statement in favor
of continuing the volunteer system.
He was playing politics" said one
of the well known administration Off.
Gals in the War department. He
knows that Secretary of War Baker is
likely to get the nomination, II the war
is over three years hence. AS Secretary
Baker is turning heaven and earth to
secure anniversary service, Mr.. Clark's
political mind advised him to get on
the other side of the fence. His state.
ment will not prevent the adoption Of
universal service by majority of the
House-he will be just as successful in
1920"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
NERVOUS LITTLE
GIRL MADE OVER
BY WENTWORTH
Mrs. Charles Mcbride Tells
Her Druggist the Re-
markable Story.

Here Is welcome proof Of the claim
that Wentworth Is truly a family
tonic, blessing equally the weak and
nervous child, the worn out yetrean
and men and women Of all ages"
II have used one bottle Of your
Sarv.WCrth on our little girl and !
find II to BIO a great medicine. She
was very nervous and did not sleep
we'll at night, Had kidney trouble,
She has taken one bottle Of HeFV.
Worth and seems 10 be improving very
mueh. ] THINK ANOTHER BOTTLE
WILL CURE OUR LITTLE Girl
MRS, CHARLES M'9HIpH,"
Marietta @,
Cranes drug store sells NeFYsWnFth
at FRiFment and hands yaHF deIlaI
hack Il this Famous FaMily Feaie desI
net benefit FeaF child or yourself,
AsIE teF TIE Aew NeEY.WeFtA tazative
Tablets. ebe q her. WeAaeFfglIF gaed
fer liver and beWeis, E3sAeefaiIy val:
Rabie iR connection With NelEsWeFtA
the tsassi
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SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 20, 1917.
MARKETS IN FAIRMoNr.

to have direct dealing between the farmers who
grow food near this city and the townspeope who con-
sumo it something will have to be done than merely
announce that farmers who park huckster wagons on
Madison. Jefferson and Monroe streets west of Jackson
will not be molested. AS the matter stands the ofhand
action OF the city authorities injustice to the people
who occupy property in the blocks mentioned and will
prove unsatisfactory to both producers and consumers.
he market problem is important enough in this town
to merit some panstakng study And about the FIRST thing
the Investigators would find that there must be regr-
lahons tor the guidance of both buyer and seller regular
days which market will be held and certain hours dur
ing which it will be open. Sanitary and police arrange
mentsS also will have to be made The question of wet
and cold weather and the problems these conditions bring
IN their train must also be given thought Finally
probably will be found that nothing worth while can lie
done until some enclosure which will make it possible to
carry on business without interfering with traffic and
which would prevent street traffic from interfering with
business, will have to be secured
here plenty of people in this town who feel srono
y that in the matter of vegetables and country produce in
general the retailers OF Fairmon fair The re-
taes on their part say that this ;that they make
very little profit such merchandise under the most fay-
orable conditions and that they frequently lose heavily
through spoiage, the of Refrigeration and other items
incident to that kind of business. Some of them say and
doubtless mean it. that they handle such stock only as an
accommodation to their customers who otherwise would
not be able to get easily and that they would drop all
such lines if the town had real markets.
IN uSuce 10 the consumers, to the merchants and to the
farmers the city government should make real effort to
solve the market problem In this county this year more
food will be grown than ever before and the best way in
which to enable the farmers to turn the produce into
money. and at the time make possible for the CITY
dweler to get of the benefit of the unusual YIELD
to make sincere attempt to establish farmers market
in Farmont If Mayor Bowen will do this he will find
that will be of monument to his administration
than the bridges Given the money which the taxpayers
put up anyhow any build bridges, but it is going
to take considerable fund of patience and much hard
But Mayor Bowen can do IT. if he will but make the effort
and once it done the people will call him blessed for
years to come
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good hing 10 keep m touch wh the home folks By faith.
fully reading the newspapers that are made fd their con-
sumption and he. Ladies Home journal can DO no, resi-
harm, but she really ought also 10 read one Of the Wash
nsteh shees The stad old Star Is 10 be recommended
this connection: Soon or late Ii gets the news, and we
read t regularly she would have seen some mention Of
congressman who favor the Presidents CONSUMPTION
But the quickest way to get posted on this messy war
business 10 give her present tutors the slip and ask Gus
Gardner: Sometimes he talks in way that the boys IN
feet gentleman even If he mixed up in Massachusetts
politics. and he will tell her the whole horrd truth in words
Of syllable if she insists on having put that way
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28

Mrs ]. A. Shaw killed at the rear door of her
home by trap gun March 81. Yesterday. April a.
and one month to the day later than the fatality
ner's jury reported finding on the case. Coroner
Lloyd to be doing his best prove the public
that the office of is useless cog the admins
tration of the law and needless expense on the tax
payers Had the people of New York adopted the con-
stitution which drafted 1915 coroners
would have been abolished in that state and it is pretty
safe to that any constitution making in any
state will have the effect of junkng this job which Is
useful for no other purpose than provide political
plum for some importunate politician, who, however
datory in the performance of the pefuctory duties is
always prompt in calling for his fees.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-28
RUFF STUFF
BY RED
BY RED

Juyenyne court" officer az darret
calls 1t must need an A class OF off.
Mr. corenoE:
What delayed the inquest over a
Lieyd.Geergs says free ireland:
He also Is trying 10 inform the weird
that he ~ fighting against such gov:
eFnment az that which controls fVe:
land.
food fsnias nov faces the world"
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1t was caused by Germany, why not
starve all Germans first.
Nationwide prohibition IN the ual.
ted States ought to be extended into
Fairmont,
Fairment is IN the United States, yeu
say,
Yes, but the sane laws do net affect
Raymond Carter's gang 90 affects
American eitisens,
Il some guy came te yeur trent aeeF
WITH a eaRRea and intended killing ven
would yen ask yepF wife for more than
SlS a menth to protect the home7
-
We heard an ageaneat yesterday
RteFs eas Rsa eAid de beY5 eHEht NJ