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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-03
Sunday In
The Churches
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
CASTOR Ave. q Third ST.
Rev. =. A. Kunkle. N. A., Pastor.

hSNs We ~ NuHktcp We 49, FdbIoTs
Second Sunday IN Lent.
Sunday School at $3.50 q. m, VIM. j.
Shafferman, supt. Miss Bessie Dyer,
superintendent of the primary depart.
ment. We look for all the teachers and
scholars on Sunday. Be on time. Re.
member the Lenten boxes.
Morning worship at 10:45 a. m.
Theme THE Worship Of the Son OF
Jr. C. E. at 2:15 promptly.
Catechetical class at 8 P. NJ.
Sr. G. e. at $3.50 P. II.
Evening service at 1880 P. M, theme
The Covenant With Abraham" The
public cordially invited TO all services.
Church council Tuesday, March at
1880 P. N.
Wednesday evening Lenten services
at 1880 P. NJ. Meditation Apostolic
Zeal" Reading of End Passion Story.
Mission study class Thursday even.
ing at 1880 in the church study.
Catechetical class Friday at P. NJ.
20 Come, let us worship the Lord"
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FIRST METHODIST EPIcopAL
CHURCH

Services Tomorrow as Follows
Sunday Shoot at nine.thirty. Clas.
SEES for all ages. Every department is
urged to get out its membership.
With the quarantine lifted, and con.
ditions becoming normal every mem.
Der of the school should be present
at the session tomorrow.
The Sacrament of The Lords Sup.
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MoNoNGAH
LEAGUE Ended.

The last games of the 1s.week bowl.
ing were rolled at the alleys Thursday
evening when the Bucks took two
straight games from the Pirates. with
whom they were previously tied for
fourth place. Tho Braves and the Out.
laws were tied for second honors and
extra games were rolled. with the
Braves being victorious. The stand.
ing Of the clubs at the close of the 80.
game schedule Is MS follows:
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ODD. ISN'T Ir2

Hartford-The name of a 2s5.pound
reservist stands on the roll OF Connec
ticut's military census. The cavalry.
the reservist thought, was his "best
bet" He declared he couldn't handle
a gun. a team, an auto, boat. operate
a wireless or understand telegraphy.
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The prizes were won as follows:
High individual score, 65S, $500, won
by Schultz; high team score, $500, won
by Pirates; high individual average,
$500, won by Howard Fleming; Tigers,
first place, S35; Braves, second place,
$25; Outlaws, third place, SIS; Bucks,
fourth place, $40; Pirates, fifty place,
SIS.
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Miss Edna Field, of Morgantown.
was in Nonongah yesterday visiting
friends.
Rev. II. I, Webb, of Fairmont, was
In town yesterday afternoon address.
ing the missionary institute.
Mrs. Arlie Judy and Miss Bess judy
were in Fairmont yesterday attending
to shopping.
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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Or. II. G. Stoetzer, Minister

Services Y. M. G. A. Auditorium.
Supt. $3.50 Sabbath School, j. Walter
Barnes Supt. 10:45 Morning Service,
Sermon on "sanctlfication" by DR..
Charles Edwin Bishop of Morgan.
town W. Va. $3.50 Christian Endeav-
or, Topic Service" Jas. /, 1927.
(Consecration meeting), Leader, C.
C. Denham. 1880 Evening Service,
Sermon by DR. Charles Edwin Bishop
Of morgantown w. Va.
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Prohibitory Laws.

"Who was it said that he'd rather
make the songs than the laws OF his
country"
Dunno; but I'd rather make tho
laws for the people who make tho
songs we hear nowadays. '-Bosj
Transcript.
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per win be administered at ten.forty.
five. The membership OF the church
Is exhorted to attend this important
service and 70 take a part in the
same.
Eaworth League devotional meet.
ing at slx.thirty. Topic preparing
Happy Memories" Leader. Miss Edna
Jacobs.
Public Worship and Sermon at
seyen.thirty Subject Of sermon Build
ing to Live In"
Visitors and strangers will find a
hearty welcome at all these services.
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Superintendent,
We had a splendid gain last Sun
day. What will we do for the future
Preaching 10:45 Soul Develop
ment" Junior Endeavor $3.50 Christ
ian Endeavor $3.50
Preaching 1880 The Human
Touch" Prayer meeting Wednesday
1880
Let us make all these services in
teresting and helpful. We hope that
every member of the Church will plan
to be present at the big "Get-Toget-
her" Social Thursday night.
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FLEMING CHAPEL

Sunday school at $3.50 a. m, Ralph
Snyder, superintendent. The men and
the women Of the community are cor.
daily invited to attend the adult Bi.
BILE classes Of the school next Sunday
morning.
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morning, except Thursday morning
when the Children's Instructive Mass
is at O'Clock
Evening Wednesdays turnout the
Lenten Season, at 1880 o'clock will
be sermon followed by Benediction.
Thursday, March 9Th, at 1880 o.
clock the regular monthly meeting of
tahe Sodaiity Of the Blessed Virgin
Mary will take place. All members
are urged to be present.
fridays thruout the Lenten Season,
at 1880 o'clock there will be. stations
OF the Cross followed by Benediction.
Rev. A. Boutlou, Rector
Rev. James Egan, Asst Rector
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CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Clarence o. Mitchell, .. o., Minister.
Sunday school at $3.50 q. M. Seymour
Mclntire, superintendent. We had a
fine attendance last Sunday; make It
bigger next Sunday. Morning wor.
ship and preaching at 10:45, sermon
theme, "At the Brink OF the River"
Christian Endeayor at 1850 p. m. A
meeting Of special value to young folks.
Evening preaching at 1880, sermon
theme, Governor Hatfield and An
other Governor on the Law Of Par.
don" The public is most cordially in.
yited to enjoy the fellowship of the
day with us.
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ST. PETERS cATHoLIM CHURCH
Sunday Mach q 1917

Morning: Mass at $3.50 and 1880 each
1890 o'clock.
This Is sodallty Sunday and the
members will go to Holy Communion
in a body as usual.
Evening Service: Benediction at 2:
80 o'clock.
Weekly Services
Morning: Mass at $3.50 and 1880 each
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BY MARY BOYLE o,REILlY.

Oy "FNhI 5SI LE OhElLI1s
NEW YORK, March 2.-England's
fear Of zeppelins has subsidized and
the secret of England's success against
death from the clouds lies in discov-
cry by a six-dollar.a-week drug clerk.
As result of this discovery British
gunnery was able to bring down three
invading airships in flames when a
recent raid was attempted. At the time
this story is written there have not
been any more raids and the British
people are wondering If there ever will
be.
am telling tho story of England's
method of stopping aerial warfare for
the first time. could not tell the
story while was in England for The
West Virginian. The censor would not
allow it to pass. Back in the United
States am able to reveal the real Sc
cret of Britain's battle against the new
form of warfare, brought into exist
ence by this world conflict.
The discovery by the drug clerk has
resulted in adoption OF Great Britain
of new form of rifle shell which sets
Zeppelin afire as soon as It strikes.
For this achievement, Alec Corr, the
young Irish drug clerk. has been ap.
pointed to a S10,000-a-year commission
with the government.
Corr was poor Belfast boy, gradu-
ate of an Irish school and apprenticed
to pharmacist.
His hobby was practical chemistry
and his room at home was laborator!
Uttered with all kinds of chemicals and
apparatus.
In this little room Corr made the
discovery which has revolutionized
aerial warfare.
The boy had read of the failure of
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anti-aircraft guns to bring down Zeps
flying two miles high. Specially man
ufactured bullets had pierced the vast
envelopes but had failed to destroy
the great gas bags. Something moro
destructive was wanted.
One day Corr was working in his
laboratory when a draft between the
door and window blew over breaker
containing a chemical which gave Oft
strong vapor.
Instantly the gas.laden draft set fire
to the window curtain. The boy inven-
tor saw and understood. By a fortu.
nate accident Corr had solved the prob
lem Of destroying Zeppelins. This
chemical, in shells, would set fire to
the Yep bags!
Next day Corr set forth his theory
in modest letter to the war office
He received formal mimeographed
acknowledgment.
Weeks passed. A larger and dead.
lter. air rair swept over London, muir
dering women and babies.
Alec Corr wrote second letter. this
tim time to JosepYDezlin' M. P.' for Bel
Four days later the druggists clerk
was ordered to appear at once at
Whitehall.
There, before a circle of eminent
chemists and inventors, the boy from
Belfast gave practical demonstration
Of his discovery. Like all great inven-
tons It is almost absurd in its sim.
plicity.
Alec Corr left Ireland chemists
assistant earning Sc week He re-
turned from London with a govern
ment appointment of $4,000 year.
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Shop at
Harriison's

II you are Interested in max.
ing your dollars have a fourth
TO a third greater buying power
then shop at Harrison's, Fair.
mcnt's great economy center.
New spring merchandise is be.
ing opened up every day and ev.
every section is filled with in.
teresting values. Thousands Of
new customers are finding it to
their advantage to trade here.
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Ford Prize.

For the benefit of the Polish Catho.
lie church, the members are now busy
selling chances for five passenger
Ford automobile. The number winning
the automobile will be made known
on the ninth day Of April. Committees
have been appointed to take charge Of
the work and the entire town is being
solicited. The following are among
the workers on the committee: John
vingle, Pete McGraw, james Gallagher,
James McKain, Patsy Mcdonnell.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
THE SEVEN SLIPPERS

The Festival of the Seven Sleepers,
 commemorated at this time in July, was introduced into the Christian church at a very. early period. The legend on which it is founded relates that the Emperor Docius in the year 2b0, having set up a statue in the city of Ephesus, commanded all the. in habitants to worship it. Seven young men, disobeying. this command, and knowing the punishment that would follow fled to Mount Coolius, where they concealed themselves in a cav ern. sDocius, enraged, caused all the caverns on the mountain to be closed up, and nothing was heard of the sev- en fugitives until the year 479, when someone, digging a foundation for a stable, broke into cavern and discov- cred them. Disturbed by the unusual noise the young men, who had been asleep all this time, awakened; feeling very hungry, and thinking they had slept but one night, they sent one of their number into Ehpesus to buy some provisions. The antiquity of the coin he saproffered to the dealer aroused suspicion, and the matter was brought to the attention of the authorities. After an investigation the whole matter was declared to be IlIIoCl0, duo III It's COH1I1e1nOraL1On the festival was instituted. This leg lend. which is merely an adoption of a more ancient one, has found a place in the Koran. According to the Mo- hammedan account, the s1eepers were accompanied by a dog, named Kra- tim. This animal. after it's long sleep, becoming a great prophet and philo- I sopher, has been admitted into the
 Mohammedan paradise, where it sits beside the ass of Balaam. The other
 eight animals that enjoy this high
 privilege are the ant of Solomon, the
 whale of Jonah, the ram of Isaac
 the calf of Abraham, the camel ot
 Saleh, the Cuckoo of Belkis, the OK o1
 Moses and the mare of Mohammed
 Alban Butler in his great work on the saints gives a rational cast to the leg
 end of he seven sleeperts. He asserts
 that the young men were put to death
 by being walled up in a cave, and that
 only their relics were discovered ir
 479. Those relics he says are preserv.
 ed in a. large stone coffin. in the
 Church of St. Victor at Marseilles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
EARL OF ROCHESTER

Today is the date of the death, in
 1880, of one of the most interesting sfigures in the history of that period.
 Among all the gay courtiers who crowded around Charles II, none was
 more celebrated for his conviviality and with than John Wilmot, Earl of
 Rochester. He early displayed re-
 markable talent and distinguished himself in many ways white at Ox- ford. He X became a member Of Charles II entourage at the early age of eighteen and there quickly be- came the leader of every excess. He
 was generally wittier at the end of debauch than at the beginning, so 1t was the aim of his companions to make him drink deep, He has con fessed that for almost five years he was never sober. Meanwhile he wrote satires on all of those. about him, and made a number of enemies. lIn one instance he handed the King
 a paper which Charles opened ex- pecting to find a. droll description of
 some ladies, but it proved to be wit
 ticisrn on the monarch himself. On
 another occasion he scribbled on
 Charles bedroom door the well
 known. ephitaph: Here lies our sovereign lord the King Whose word no man relies on;
 Who never says a foolish thing,
 Nor ever does a wise one"
 The earl joined Charles in many of
 his wild pranks in the streets of Lon- don. At one time he disappeared from court. Just then stories were circulated about a wonderful clair voyant and mountebank who was practicing on Tower Hill Those who consulted him were startled when they found he disclosed secrets which they hoped were known to none but
 their most intimate friends. The life ] of the court seemed to be laid bare 1 by his wonderful bowers, until the
 man was discovered to be none other than the earl. That he had a spirit
 for better thin4s- had h> @~sA wgAs~slgs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
MRS. MOONEY IS
 ACQUITT1ED;J JURY
 IS OUT 51 HOURS
Will Ask Bail on Seven Other Indictments for
 Murder.

San Francisco. July 26.-Attorneys for Mrs. Rena Mooney. acquitted yes- terday of a murder charge growing out of the Preparedness day parade bomb explosion last July, said they would move today that she be admitted to bail on seven other indictments charging her with murder in connec- tiop with the explosion.
 District Attorney Charles NG FIckert declined to say whether she would be brought to trial again.
 The jury which returned the verdict of acquittal late yesterday deliberate for 51 hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
DAVID BELASCO

"Its a Belasco production" That, gentle reader, is usually sufficient to make a play a success. That expres4 sion is in the mouth of the people from Maine to San Francisco and re- fleets the genius of the man who has
 perhaps done more for the American stage than any other. Not alone has he brought the stage to higher level,
 but he has injected his enthusiasm
 and his art into the blood of his ac- tors and, actresses. He is known as a star maker, and he has made many and lasting ones. David, Belasco was born in San Francisco on July 25, 1859, and today, on his fifty-eighth
 birthday you will find him busy at his studio in the Belasco Theatre in New York, working, over manuscripts, correcting them, perfecting them, so that when they are produced under his care they will be perfect plays. His father was an Englishman and his mother was of Portuguese descent.
 He was educated at the Lincoln Grammar school in San Francisco, but decided at the, age of fifteen that
 he had had enough of school. He had hankering after the stage. Not that he was stage-struck, but the stage land had a great fascination for him, | so he quit school and took a job as 1 call boy in the old California Thea | tre. At that time such stars as Booth, Charlotte Cuchman, Mccullough and Adelaide Nelson played ,their annual engagements there, supported by To- cal, stock companies. As call boy he I studied. That's what he took the | job for anyway. He wanted to be on the scene of activity. So when he
 wasn't busy telling actors and ac- | tresses when to- go on, he could be
 found with a book in front of his
 nose, or watching the acting from
 the wings. Did. it. profit him any i The best answer to that. question is i'the statement that at the. age o1
 twenty he became so pronounced that I he was. persuaded to go to the East He finally decided to. heed the cal
 and went to New York where he be-
 came identified with the old Madison
 Square Theatre. Now began his req
 career. He produced one play after lanother with success, assisting in the writing of many of them. It was d 1 this time that his attention. was at. tracted to Mrs. Leslie Carter. He al
 once discerned in her a great actress Il and devoted his best efforts to hel Il training. It took four years of heart breaking labor, Encouragement an( thard luck before he finally landed J her as a successful star in his pla,
 s'The Heart of Maryland" Three T years later he established her as tn. ll greatest emotional actress in -Ameri
 ca in 'Zaza-' What he had done fo I Mrs. Carter, he found no difficult.
 lin doing for David Warfield. Hi latest stellar creation fiss France Starr, the heroine of 'aThe Easies | Way" n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
THE WEATHER

New Haven,s July 26.-For New Haven and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
 Connecticut: Generally fair to- nigbt and Friday; gentle south winds.
 Scattered showers, have occur red during the last 24 hours in the western and southern districts Some heavy thunder showers were. reported. The greatest amount of rain was 3.26 inches, in Wash ington, D. c. Considerable cloudy weather prevails this morning east, of the Rocky mountains. put there is no well defined storm area. The temperatures continue somewhat above normal in.s the central and eastern districts. Fog was reported generally last night. along the north Atlantic coast.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity partly cloudy weather and not much change in temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26

Where the Exemption Boards located their per- sonne and places of probable examination and correct ed quotas to be called for examination for first ca
 FIRST DIVISION tFirst Voting DstrictsJ
 George c: Edwards chairman; F. A. Bartlett, seere- @ Y. M C. A. building, s33 Main St: Tel Barnum 3e41 Ex- aminations will be held in the Y M O. A. Gymnasum. Quota to be sent to 452 Probable number of exam nations necessary to get quota, 1856. SECOND DIVISION.
 Districts Judge John s. Pullman, chairman; Henry Lee seere J. S Pullman State streets Tel Barnum 165 Examinations to be held in Elias Howe school Clinton avenue Quota to be sent to 250 Probable number THIRD DIVISION ' Nsxh Dftricts)
 Sanford Stoddard chairman; Archer G. Wheeler sec retary Dr. D J. Mccarthy, examining physician Office, seventh floor of First Bridgeport National Bank building Tel Barnum 5S4 Examinations to be held at the Bridge port High school Quota to be sent to 3 Probable number of examinations, 1126. FOURTH DIVISION
 (Eighth Ninth Disaicts)
 Edward s. spargo, chairman; George M. Coughn, Room 4oe Warner Building Tel. Barnupa 1515-3 Place examinations, Read School, North Ave. Quota to be sent war 386 Probable number of examinations 1851
 FIFTH DIVISION "A cTenth Eleventh Voting Dstricts)
 James Coulter, charman Frank P. Day, secretary; Dr. J. Formichella examining physician Office, Automatic Machine Co.,. 113 East Washington Tel Barnum 27Oe Place for examinations Franklin school Nichols street Quota to be sent to war; 1885, Probable number of examinations required 1155. SIXTH DIVISION
 Precincts of Voting Dstricts) z L. B. Powe, chairman; AlbertE. Lavery secretary Dr. J. H. Finnegan examining physician Office; Engine Co., No.e Barn1lm and Central avenues Tel Barnum 21O6 Place for examinations Engine House Mo- G. Quota to be sent war; 319 Probable number examinations 957
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Creditors Demand Their Money
MALW ELM & MZDDLE STa

In
  creditors this E orde
  suit is
  be A Ahandsom
 
  s25o0 Extraordinary 
 
 
  the fnoto  flannel
   silk $265
   io'coc and Saturday p E. < *.t
  l each ustonler on f . 9sg. {EDw
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26

sooner see less vines, but one thing that can be taken as encouraging is that early potatoes show a good set ting in the hill, and this leads to a belief that unless ruined by lice or blight, there should be good crop of late potatoes.
 Aside from the lice and apnfds, not for many years have there been so few bugs, flies and insects as this year. There have been very few of the ordinary flies and but few pota- to bugs, and that flies are few has been noticed by automobiists. One can drive for a day in the country and not see a tent caterpillar, when this time a year ago, they were to be seen everywhere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26

directed, is evident from his .volun-- teering to join the Earl of Sandwich when he went to sea in 1665- During the engagement which :. fc flowed .- it.
 was necessary that :. dispatch should: be carried from one ship to another,
 in the heat of the fight and in an. open boat Rochester vert on
 mission at the -sk of his life. Af+er that he retn red ed his gayities. His constitution wa.
 not strong and a. L-<
 three he died, after having -repensss1 of his past follies and embracing the Christian faith.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Wage Increase For
 Railroad Men

Paris, July, 26-The government has given orders that all employees Of the state railroads will receive sS4 creases in salaries of at least ss4' annually. The ruling takes effect as from June 1. 7 It was decided on after the receipt of a report from Georges Desplas, minister of public works, that conditions of railroad workers must be ameliorated immediately by increased pay to meet the high cost, of living.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Berkman Returns;
 Will Appeal Case

Atlanta, July 26.-Alexander Berlz- man, anarchist, who has been serving a two year sentence in the federal penitentiary here for obstructing the operation of the military draft law, is en route to New York today, where, it is understood, he will give bond pend ing appeal of his case to the United States, supreme court, authority for which recently was granted by Asso- eiate Justice Brandeis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Man Wanted in Huge
 Robbery Is Arrested

Chicago, July 26.-Homer J. ,Minot, said by the police to be one of the men wanted for the robbery of the branch bank of the Bank of Montreal in New Westminster, B. C., several years ago. in which more than $350, 900 was taken, was in custody here today.
 Two men who were with Minot when
 he was arrested also are held ip jail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Freight Clerk Held
 For Superior Court
 In Bonds of $1, ,0OO

Isidore Levine, 22 years. of s36 Connecticut avenue, who was arrested yesterday on a. serious charge follow ing the allegations of two boys, waiv- ed examination when arraigned in the city court this morning and was held by Judge Frank Wilder for the September term of the superior court in bonds of, s1roOo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26
Steel for 20 Vessels :.
 Leaves Pittsburgh

New York. July 26.-The first ship-l ment of steel for 20 vessels to be built by the Terry Ship Building Co. for the United States emergency, fleet cor poration has left Pittsburgh for the new plants of the company, it was announced here today. The vessels will be. cargo carriers of the single deck type and twill be built of steel except for the finiahings The total cost is estimated at s1o. 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-26

i. Police :, Commissioner Art
 Woods appointed Mrs. Grace Hun ton a special investigator, for the
 lice department without pay All unemployed men at Bist