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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-25

A number of counties Of West vir'
ginia have oversubscribed their alot'
ment toward the 100000 fund for
war work to be carried on through tho
Young Mems Christian Association,
according to State Superintendent of
Schools Skawkey who is treasurer Of
the fund. The state share of the fund
is $4,000. Many counties, however,
it is announced, are far behind in their
subscriptions.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-25

WANTED = Girl for general house
work. Call Bell 427-W. 6-l2.tf.2i62
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-25

WANTED-Capable middle aged wom-
an for general housework, three in
family. Good wages. Call Bell phone
1O44. 6-1S.tf No. 24sS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-25

WANTED II Good reliable nurse girl
for baby four months old. Inquire
Mrs. c. L. Russell, SO4 Quincy st.
6-2O-5t-25OO
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
SAYS CHILD RUNAWAY
HAS RIVAL BLOOD

Portland, Ore. March 3.--''The Lit
tie Bird Girl of the Woods" Is the
nickname given by friends who have
offered a home to Amy hitting, thir-
teen years old, of this city. reputed
to be Of noble blood and who shows
a strange mania for running away
from home
To hide herself from the eyes Of
the world Amy recently left her home
and was found three days later with
her pet dog hiding in the basement
or church. Following this adven-
ture the girl ran away again and took
up her abode in a cemetery. She was
discovered in this retreat ana the
home-fnding department Of the 1u-
vveniie court stepped In to befriend
her.
The girls mother declares she 10 Q
descendant OF royal English and
Russian families. but because Of her
morganatic marriage to John Nit.
ting, an employe In . sawmiii, she
has been disowned by her relatives
Each time Amy has been found she
has begged not to be sent homo again
declaring she would be beaten. Her
mother says her daughter IL never III
treated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
THIS Is LAST DAY IN
3 PRIZE. BALLOT CONTEST
Splendid Voting Values of All Subscriptions Turned In BY
Midnight Tonight Will Aid Every Active Candidate
In Clinching Claim On Automobile

Err Ssxty-six thousand votes for one
year subscription TO The Richmond
yirginian.
1 Thirty thousand five hundred votes
Tor q six-months subscription. and
nine thousand five hundred votes for
q three-months subscription. today,
Saturday, the last day this big extra
offer of votes VIII count In the great
circulation campaign which IS now in
full blast. Friends of the contestants
should avail themselves Of this one
opportunity and pay their suhScrlp-
ton either at the main office or at
the campaign Office. Subscriptions
turned in today viii possibly be those
to furnish a sufficient number OF votes
to assure contestant Of one Of The
Tirgfnian's valuable awards Today
subscriptions count most and contes-
tants should get in every suhscrip-
ton possible Out-nf-town contes-
tants may mail subscriptions and cou-
pons as late as o o'clock and they
will count on this offer Those who
reside on rural routes arc allowed 70
mail subscri ptions Monday morning
by first mail
Two Offers Close Tonight.
Tonight at midnight the opportu-
nifty to secure $50, 00o extra votes on
each club of s25 will close This is
equivalent to 5000 extra votes on
each dollar Of subscriptions secured
and sent In, this amount in addition
TO the regular vote that is issued,
Tonight at 10 o'clock the oppor-
tunity to secure ono OF the prize bal
lots will close. Nine million votes
are to re awarded TO thirty contes-
tants--ave prize ballots 70 each dis
trict All subscriptions sent In today
will increase your opportunity OF Sc
curing one Of these and the possessor
Of prize ballot viii find IT Will
rreatTv increase the claim To one or
The virginian's eight automobiles.
Every Contestant Should Work.
Every contestant who has been
nominated should make an effort to
scni one or moro subscriptions to-
day. There Is an opportunity offered
them for securing one of tho three
cars. y King Eight. a StuIebaker
Six, or one OF the Saxon Skies Thon
there are the other thirtY-six prizes
and cash commissions, all valuable,
seven chances there to win. Cer,atn
iy there was never a better oitpor-
tunity offered Those who hold back
and think that someone" else can
win and listen to those who say Il
lis impossible. and that II is all fixed,
will never get enough votes to secure
one OF the smallest prizes in the list
The management VI the paper Is Giv-
ing this campaign % get subscriptions
and those who secure the subscrfp-
lions in the right way and at the
Tight time when the vote offer Is
large are going 10 be the prize win
ners..
Voting in District Three
The voting for the contestants In
siistrict three has been a heavy one,
and there are many OF the ]adies who
have Il splendid lead and will no
doubt avah themselves of the oppor-
finity offered them 10 be among the
leaders and q winner at the end Of
this campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
PLAN DRY MOVEMENT.
Drys Of Alberta Hear at Oonveutio
That Dominion Law Is Sought

Announcement was made at the AL.
berta temperance convention at Ed.
monitor that a dominion wide proht.
bition campaign is to be launched i'm
mediately. Parliament will be asked
to pass a war measure prohibiting the
manufacture or importation Of liquor
for beverage purposes, with a refer.
endum after the war to mako the pro.
hibition permanent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03

Coming home intoxicated and de.
manding more liquor, John TarseIiz
OF Charlton. Pa. engaged In n pistol
duel with his wife She was killed
and he badly wounded. escaped.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
LIQUOR ADS BARRED.

South Carolina House Passed Bill
Previously Passed by Senate.
South Carolina hereafter will bar
all liquor publicity. The house of
representatives on February Is pass
ed bill prohibiting liquor advertising
in newspapers, periodicals or any
other form in the state. Tho bill al
ready had passed the senate. 1t is In
line with similar laws in other states.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03
MeIfa station. Va.


Mrs. o. d. Hartman ..........364,20
Mnrfonsville, Va.
Miss Myrtle Reynolds 500 800
Machipongo, Va.
Mrs. H" h Taylor ........3 24 200
Mrs. Bertriam Kelley 35o,700
Miss Sue Taylor ...............36O,S10
Mrs. Severn Bradford ....377,50
Norge, Va.
Miss Joyce Num- ..........S 52.100
Miss Laurie Jubsrg ......s71 500
Nassawadax, Wa.
Miss Rose Westcott 324, 400
Miss Doris Chandler .......350, 100
Mrs. o. J. Ross ......,..... 364,90o
Miss Sarah Lewis ......... .s29.100
Mrs. H. NJ. James ...... S59,100
PunGoteague. Va.
Mrs w. @. Burch 100000
Plain View, Wa.
Mrs. W. e. Grant .......4 05,3o0
Providence Forge, Wa.
Mrs. Eva Purdum ........ 26s,700
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03

Miss Ruth McGhee .......S75, 700
Miss Hazel Burnett ...........3 47.60o
Keller, Va.
Mrs f. NJ. Savadge ........247,6o 500
Mrs. Henry Byrd ...........3s $4,000
Mrs Garland Downing ....,....350, 200
Mrs. c. W. Bradford ..........32 9,700
Miss Lola Myers ........... 1926, 100
Miss Ruth Bull 40l. 500
Miss Emma Ralph ............34 10000
Miss Harriet Byrd 800
Lanexa, Va.
Miss Edna Martin 403100
Miss Iva Mae Walls 100
Miss Minnie Mckinney .....395. 900
VT. Holly. va.
Miss Mary II. Healey ....... 404 100
Mnkenie Park. Va,
Mrs. N. Fl. Gordy ..........4 04, 800
Morrison. Va.
Mrs. r I. Timberlake ...393 400
Mrs. o, ID. Hartman ........ 405,500
Miss Myrtle Morgan ...... 322,1o0
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-03

The vote standing In district one
ana TWO will be published Sunday
morning The entire list of all the
SIX districts viii again be published
next Tuesday morning In full.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
The Zeppelin Failure

Whatever may have been the cause OF
Count Zeppelin's death, the legend will un-
doubtedly persist that he died Of chagrin
al the failure Of the war engine which he
invented. Germany before the war had
pinned her faith of victory in any struggle
with Great Britain more on the Zeppelin
than on the submarine. The German peo-
pie knew little or nothing Of the U-boat
and Of It's possibilities as commerce de-
stroyer and blockader.
But they had seen the Zeppelin dirigible
developed before their eyes. It's inventor
had become popular idol. His many sue
cessful voyages across the empire had
caught the public imagination. The
Kaiser's government had plunged on dirig-
ibles for war purposes, although every
other government had exhibited n cautious
skepticism. In no other field Of warfare
had Germany 80 completely distanced her
rivals in preparation.
To the German mind the Zeppelin was
10 do more than any other new invention
10 yevolutionize the conditions Of war. It's
failure 10 live up TO expectations was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Enforce Respect for the Flag
,r of Tho Tribune.

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Having read with great indignation of
the action Of public school children In
Newark, In refusing to join in the singing Of
our national anthem, cannot refrain from
giving expression to my feelings and to sug-
gest that prompt action be taken BY the
proper authorities TO make tho hard and fast
rule, TO be enforced by the principal Of every
public school, that every child failing 70 par
,icipate in any exercises established for the
furtherance OF reverence and enthusiasm for
the Stars and Stripes be expelled and not al
lowed 70 again enter the schoolroom until he
or she is ready 10 conform to such patriotic
expression a may be the custom Of the school
20 practice.
Are loyal taxpayers to give to the children
Of aliens the privileges OF education without
demanding nj least a token OF gratitude tow
ard the symbol of our lberty-"The Star
Spangled Banner? A COLONIAL DAME.
New York March 7, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
The Newark Children

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: was deeply moved by the article in
to-days Tribune describing the refusal Of
pupils in Newark n. j., school to sing "The
Star-Spangled Banner" The children were
not to blame. They did as their parents in
structed but the attitude Of such parents is a
serious menace to the United States.
In the European conflict. cannot blame
German-American for being pro-German in
stead of pro-Ally. because Of his traditional
love for his fatherland, but when an issue
arises between the United States and Ger
many, an American citizen OF German birth
or ancestry who instructs his children to re-
fuse to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in
our public schools and who tells them in
stead to whistle "Die Wacht am Rhen,'
should be placed either in detention camp
or sent back to his beloved Germany, which
he prefers to his adopted land, to which he
has solemnly but falsely sworn allegiance.
firmly believe that 95 per cent OF our
German Americans are true Americans and
will prove their loyalty to the limit, If the
occasion arises. but it is high time that the
other per cent should be put or sent where
they cannot longer insult Old Glory.
c. D. CRITTENDEN.
New York, March 3, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
To tho Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The disheertening and disquieting
thing about the trend Of affairs in Washing
ton is the apparent half-hearted action III All
matters pertaining TO the national detenee.
This is brought especially to mind by Admira'
Fishes remarks quoted in the morning papers,
II in the worlds history nation has ever
had ample warning 10 get ready Tor wsr'
America has had it in the last thirty months
and vet how pitfully little has been done OF
is being done. While some part OF the blame
for this condition of affairs may be laid at the
doors If various public and private indiVid-
uals-pacifsts such as Bryan, cranKS ana
near-traitors such as the twelve Sena'oria
Benedict Arnolds, etc.-yet full porto" u
the blame for the possible national disaster
which hovers over us must be laid 10 tne
rresent Administrations other words, 10
Mr.. Wilson. as its head. II one may venture
to predict his future course from MS past
Mr.. Wilson will not even now take any very
active steps toward proper and adequate war
measures. | wish | could think OTHERWISE
but | cannot but feel that this tendency to
inaction is inveterate, being part and parcel
of his constitutional makeup. All Of US
know and meet such men in our daily lie.
Well educated, cultured, of the highest
moral convictions and intentions, he lives
moves and has his being in the land OF
dreams! An extreme example of this type
well known to the medical profession, Is the
man who cannot get dressed in the morning
h.csuse he cannot decide which shoe to put
on irst
When Mr.. Wilson should act vigorously
and decisively and in the most practical way
he becomes lost at the critical moment IN
maze of theoretical doubts. Nothing ouI 'he
most acute clamor from the newspapers anu
other patriotic forces of the country ever
stirs him to patriotic action
With a sorrowful and foreoodlng hear'
affirm this.
His fine notes have scarcely been penheu
and the ink dried before other phases OF the
problem so enthrall him that he hesltates'
He is like boy who, encouraged oy tne
clamor of his schoolmates, whips OIL MS coat
doubles up his fists, scowls very herceiy' ge's
ready to deliver mighty blow upon an oP-
ponent (who has insulted and traduced ms
mother and then suddenly turns and Walks
Tor shall say crawls p rapidly away! NO one
more than the present writer wants TO stand
lovally and whole heartedly behind the fresi-
dent. but who can tell which way he is FAC
ing? He says there is no turning DacK' Dut
is he moving or standing still!
Can any one doubt what practical man OF
action Napoleon, Washington, Grant, CleVe-
land. Roosevet) would have been dong all
these past thirty months? Getting READY ior
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
The Handicap of Beauty

Poor Miss Jane Cowl, laboring through
a successful theatrical season in the face
of as great a handicap of beauty as falls
to the lot of few actresses, is pathetlcally
respondent about such charms. They
never carry anybody far. Beauty helps to
get an opening, but there it leaves you
stranded. Moreover, it tempts to laziness.
Double effort and double ambition are
needed TO overcome it. Better far be plain
and condemned to earn public favor as
you march along.
Yet, having jeered appropriately, we
turn to wonder if there is not handsome
element of truth in Miss Cowl's philosophy.
The male animal is unquestionaby sus-
ceptible. But to what? Is it to beauty,
sheer beauty, or perhaps to something a
little more worth while and great deal
more within the achievement of most wom-
en-? Whether you are discussing actresses,
mattresses or stenographers, or sweet
hearts or wives, is it perfect contours and
textures that count or something else
again, something that might be conven-
iently assembled under the title of per-
sonality and be briefly rated as charm?
The searching, conscientious inyestiga-
tor is reminded of the startling diversity Of
taste among males by which a delectably
meagre maiden is rated distressing beam
pole by partisans of embonpoint. And
what is less invigorating to the student of
admirable bones than the curves so often
passing current under the adjective hand
some? The intensely scrubbed, apple
checked maiden, commonly 1enominated
wholesome" has a wide following. Yet
so has the dark lady, redolent of mystery
as we'll as the bathtub. Finally, we seem
to recall a sentiment amounting almost to
disfavor directed by youth toward those
too outstanding beauties who were the OBJ
iect of many admring eyes and rendered
ones awkwardnesses eXtra-conspicuous.
One might dance with such houri for the
thrill of it. For steady diet, for the calm
bunch which results in friendship and
marriage, males, young as old, seem to
pick on different plan. Whether posi-
tive handicap or not, beauty is not the
point, on stage or off.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Want. to Divide Illinois
lFro,n 40 MiI,cnukee Journall


An Illinois legislator wants to divide his
state into two, one TO consis, of Chic go, the
other to be the rest of the state. Oddly
enough. the proposal comes from Chicago. 1t
would seem more natural that the great, pros
porous prairie state of Illinois would like to
be freed of the incubus Of n city that had
grown too fast to know how to behave: free
to make it's own laws, without the everlasting
trading that goes on for things wanted by
Chicago. When city grows bigger than the
rest of the state put together. the city ought
to have home rule-and ought the rest OF
the state. For ourselves. We have always
thought it pity that the northern third of
Indiana and Illinois couldn't be one state and
the southern two-thirds another. That would
relieve Indiana politics Of the kind OF city
there is going TO be along Lake Michigan from
the Illinois to the Michigan boundary line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Abolishing an Economic Waste

New Jersey, one of the sufferers from
the full crew laws foisted by the railway
brotherhoods on many states, is making
valiant effort to get rid Of this mistaken
piece of legislation and to substitute for
it something sensible and effective. On
Monday the Assembly of that state will
vote on this substitute measure, which
gives TO the state Board of Public Utli-
ties the power TO determine how many
men shall constitute the crew of a train
of certain size and character, and TO en-
force its determination. Behind the effort
TO repeal the full crew law are the State
Grange, the State Chamber Of Commerce,
local boards of trade and commercial or
PLANTATIONS and prominent business men
Of the state.
II the full crew law had done what 1t
was calculated to do-if il had really given
needed protection 20 the public and the
railroad employes-any attempt 70 repeal
IL would be reprehensible. II has not done
that. Extensive investigation has proved
that only a small percentage Of railroad
accidents, whether affecting public or en-
ployes, is due 10 causes in which the num-
Der Of men in the train crew could pos
sibly be a factor The full crew law
actually has been notable not for re-
sultan. Increase in safety or decrease in
accidents, but for an increase in the rail
road payrolls. It has compelled the en-
nlovment Of men in crews Of trains for
whom there was no use. II has, therefore,
been an economic waste. II has taken
that much money out Of the railroads
treasuries and prevented the expenditure
Of that money for improvements which
might have contributed 10 the safeguard
ing Of lives and property in transit.
The sensible and wise way TO handle
this problem il 10 leave il 10 the judgment
Of the Public Utility Commissioners, who
have their staff Of experts for consulta-
fion. 10 determine the number OF men
necessary for safety in any train crew, ac-
rording % conditions That course would
Assure the public protection. II would az
ure the railway employees fair deal.
r. would assure the railroads treasury
freq from union raids, an income pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
The Road Is Cleared

In calling an extra session OF Congress
for April 16 next President Wilson has
done the right thing. An extra session oil
the 65tb Congress was indispensable, not
only that American sea rights should be
properly maintained, but primarily that
tse work Of securing the nation against
attack should be completed.
The sense Of the country in the matter
Of German aggression has been disclosed
bv the action of the Senate in amending
its rules. No one can mistake the deter
mjnation Of the people of the United States
70 support the President in a policy TO
resist German methods and pretenslons
and 10 protect American lives and rights
at sea. If Mr.. Wilson desired an express
sion of national opinion in advance OF ac-
ton. he has had it.
The country. having made ITS decision
manifest, will not now hesitate TO INSIST
that its decision be expressed both by Con-
oress and by the President, in firm, brave
ard definite action. Our ships wait in our
barbors; our citizens are exiled in foreign
lands. unable 10 return to their homes be-
cause of the German murder threat. We
are being blockaded, not by German ships,
but by German "terribleness."
No President ever had better chance
to speak with the support of whole ma
ton than has Mr.. Wilson; no President
ever had a more propitious moment to earn
tho support of united nation by translat-
ing into action it's unmistakable will.
The Tribune trusts that Mr.. Wilson, IN
the five weeks interval before Congress
meets. will not return to the policy OF
"vatchful waiting" which can no longer
be justified. even by the weak, if once &C
curate, argument that the country is not
ready. The country is ready. The last
stronghold of obstruction. the United
States Senate. has surrendered. The last
defenders of German interests against
American lives have fled their position.
Mr.. Wilson should now act with prompt
ness. If, as it now seems, it lies within
his power to arm merchantmen in advance
of the meeting of Congress, The Tribune
believes he should do it. Any action he
takes can be taken with the fore-knowledge
that it will be supported by nation at
last awake to the meaning of German
methods and the menace to it of German
world policies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
THE WILSONIAN FILIBUSTER
From the Presidents Procrastination Sprang
the Senate's Obstructionists

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: President Wilson is reported to be
engaged in scheme to divert public atten-
ton from his own malfessance in refusing to
arm American merchantmen by devising
methods of ending filibusterng in the Senate
Apart from the fact that the reform OF
procedure in that body is a matter entirely
outside his province, he is laying himself
open to a retort from the twelve Senator'S
whom he seeks TO discipline that he is him.
self the best example of the obstructlonist
that American history has produced. not ex-
cepting Buchanan. He talked the Lustania
case to death. And now when American
shipping is rotting in our harbors he adopts
an alternative method. By an evasion that
suggests itself to his fertile brain he en-
deavors to avoid the duty incumbent upon
him Of saving the country from commercial
ruin and from the contempt of mankind, al
ready more than half-earned by his shifting
yet obstinate policy of non-resistance to ag-
gression, until some force, extraneous to him.
self shall have pushed him over the brink.
He had claimed the authority TO arm Ameri-
can merchantmen until il became evident that
it for him personally 70 90 so. ana tneh
he took to quibbing over an obsolete and in
applicable statute. He had at his back the
moral force of the eighty-four Senators who
signed the protest of loyalty to him, but
moral force with President Wilson is not
compelling force; no more so than with the
twelve Senators who resisted it. Can any
one expect Senator Stone and his gang of
obstructionists to be better than their chief,
in an emergency or not TO pattern after the
model of how not to act that has been set
before them at the White House?
1t is safe to predict that the Presidents
next intrenchment for delay will be to raise
the question. whether it is not better TO con-
voy our merchantmen than to arm them. This
will give time for more futile discussion. in
the hope that the country will sink back into
the apathy and confusion Of purpose which
have hitherto resulted from his adroit diver
sions But if he ever dares &c call Congress
together in extra session he will find that
the nation has awakened from the hypnotic
sleep that the fumes of his rhetoric cast
upon it. G. l.. STOWELL.
Dorset VT, March 8, 1917.