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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
wYER FUNERAL YESTERDAY

Funeral services over the body OF
L, c. Wyer, whose death occurred on
Friday in Clarksburg. were held yes
terday afternoon at three o'clock from
the First NJ. E. church in this city
Rev. c. E. Goodwin, pastor OF the
church, conducted the services and in
terment was made in Woodlawn GENE.
terry, Mr.. Wyer and family were form.
er residents of this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

with Uric Acid, which, Il not etadi.
Gated, will contaminate your entire
system. The results will be tracking
pains in the joints, muscles and limbs
CHRONIC stomach troubles and 1 slug:
gish liver.
The only relief is in the restoration
of the blood to tie normal, yieoront
condition, which can be aceomplished
by taking s. S. s., the unfailins
remedy for rheumatic troubles, Our
Medical Department is ct the dlhpobhl
of all users Of s. s. s. Swift Specliic
Co, SoS Swift Building, Atlanta, CT
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
snent Sunday al this nitr

spent Sunday in this city.
Mrs. Cora RACER is quite sick at her
home on Diamond street.
Miss Dana Jacobs. who has spent
the past three months with her grand,
parents in Morgantown, spent yester.
day at her home here.
Joseph Jolliffe and niece. Miss Kath.
crime Miller. returned. yesterday from
a few days's visit at Little Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Boyles, OF Ham.
mand. were visitors at the camp yes
terday.
Misses Nellie Powell and Nora
Kuhn, of Boothsville, are guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutte Brown.
Charles Davis, of Morgantown
spent Sunday here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
EAST SIDE
- NEWS--:-
Spent Sunday Here

Mrs. Stewart Cordray and two sons.
Mrs. Charles McBee, Mrs. Joseph
spurgeon and daughter, and Miss Ma.
bel Mckay all of Morgantown, were
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Shu.
maker and the latter's mother, Mrs,
Selby Sunday. An elaborate dinner
was served by Mrs. Shumaker in
honor of Mrs. Selbay's eighty-first
birthday anniversary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
four WEEKS
IN HOSPITAL
No Relief-Mrs. Brown Fin.
ally Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Cleveland, Ohio. -"For years I suf.
fered SO sometimesit seemed as though

II could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was all in my lower
organs. At times /
could hardly walk,
for if l stepped on a
little stone / would
almost faint. One
day ] did faint and
my husband was
sent for and the doc
tor came. Twas ia
ken tn fhe hosnitnI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

Here's new way young women
are showing pstriotism-a beauty
spot of the national colors. Girls of
the Chicago Art institute began the
fad.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
Descendant of Betsy Ross
is Making Flags

Miss Jane Ross is following the ex.
ample of her famous ancestor, Betsy
Ross. who made the first American
flag. She is here shown sewing a flag
in her New York homo.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
viii Entertain cluI

Mrs. D. H. Morgan, of Morgantown
avenue will entertain the Stitch and
Chatter club on Thursday afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED

j. L. X: What are the symptoms
of shingles? What is the treatment?"
Small blisters situated along the
course of a nerve, preceded and &C.
companied by neuralgia pain, Treat
ment consists of local applications to
relieve the pain and tonic measures.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23
Able to BE Out

W. S. Bristor, of Morgantown ave.
nue., who was injured in fall sew.
eral weeks ago, is now able to be out.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

WVNTTUE0 VTGCIITTy
Members of the East Eide w. C. T.
U. will hold mothers meeting tomor.
row afternoon at the home of Mrs,
Florence Gray on Diamond street, be.
ginning at 2:30 o'clock.
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Aid Society,"

The Ladies' Aid society Of the Psls
tine Baptist church will meet me,
day evening at the church.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

A. A. Ayers has gone to Chicago
on business. He expects to be away
several days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs Albert Criss and son
Albert. spent Sunday with relatives al
Warrington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

Mrs. Charles Paterson has return.
ed from Cameron where she was called
by her sisters illness.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-04-23

PERSONALS
Ralph Courtney, of Morgantown,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
Program

The Pageant
Professional .........-....---.-.....O Orchestra
Coronation --.-.--...-.--. Maid OF Honor
Welcome Sweet Springtime"
....-......-............... Chorus
Spirit of May Dance .....-..............
-...--..... .Mandelschn's Spring Song
The Dance of Night Coleridge- Taylor
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
LEG CUT in DISC;
One HORSE KILLED
Accident Befalls Henry Hoogensen,
Jr., Living Near Harlan.

Henry Hoogensen, jr., of Jackson
township was cut quite badly with a
disc during the last week. He had
been working in the fields and MOTTO
ing that his double-tree was weak
he started home to replace it with a
stronger one. John Anderson start
ed his tractor. which had been stand
ing at the side of the road, waiting
for good roads, just as Henry reach
ed a corner. a colt, on the side next
the tractor. became frightened
crowded the four houres over to the
side of the road and they bolted
Henry was thrown in front of the
disc. but by fast action he had with
drawn all but part of his right leg
and his left foot. The right leg was
cut to the bone, between the knee
and the ankle, and the left foot cut
some. John Anderson took charge
of the runaway. The horses, except
one. escaped. The fourth horse was
so badly cut that it had to be shot.
The other three ran into a post set
in concrete, and stopped. Henry was
taken to Harlan. his leg set in
cast and he is getting along we'll now.
1t will be some time before he will
be fully recovered. His physician
thinks that his wound will recover
without leaving a stiff ankle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
AUDITOR TO HELP
WITH CONSCRIPTION

The county auditor will be the
official to assist the sheriff in the
matter of taking the registration for
selective conscription, instead of the
clerk of the district court. as had
neen supposed by many up to this
me. Advices &c this effect were re-
ceived by County Auditor II. a.
Northup from Governor Harding
Tuesday morning.
According to the governor, he has
reached this decision after carefully
studying The proposed CONSUMPTION
law. A doctor is to be added to he
hoard and this will be done by az
pointment Of the governor himself
and the sheriff will receive notifca.
ton of his action. Auditor Northup
will be clerk of the board taking the
census acting with the sheriff
In his letter the governor speaks
of the newly formed council of ma
tional defense for the state. which
has just held its first meeting and
states that county councils are now
being organized to work with and
through the state council. The work
of organizing these councils will be
completed within the next three or
four days. The county council will
be for the assistance of the local
board. helping in every way possible
is urged to consult with it. Mem
bers of the state and county councils
will work without compensation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
WOMANS PATRIOTIC LEAGUE

The committee on gardening have
an acre of potatoes in the ground
and before the end of the week, eX-
pect to have another acre in pota-
toes. The potatoes are planted in a
spirit of obedience to the urgent call
for more acreage in vegetables.
Realizing that the planting season
will soon be past, and hoping that
the harvest will bring no regrets for
lost opportunities. Not all know how
to raise potatoes, but all may at
least learn to be obedient citizens in
times of a crisis. Any profits ac-
cruing from the crop of potatoes will
be Uncle Sans money.
The committee on tag day report
$149.50 raised last Saturday. The
response with dimes and dollars was
spontaneous. some contributing as
high as So. The committee Saturday
evening was not large enough to give
every one a chance to contribute.
If it had been, the amount would
have been much larger. Miss Mary
Davis, the treasurer. will have
charge of any monies coming into
the fund The community is to be
congratulated upon it's spirit of will
ingness in response to patriotic call.
Mrs. w. w. Smith, Chairman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17

the presence of meat there except
that sexual pervert carried it there.
Also it was recalled that the posi-
ton of the dress and smears of blood
on the body of one of the little Still
niger girls showed the workness of
the sexual pervert.
after some time spent at Wash
ington Kelly was taken back to Sioux
Falls to answer the charge of send
ing obscene matter through the
mails. 1t was at this time that he
made his confessions. All the time
he was talking of the murder
Meanwhile he entered a plea of
guilty of the charge of sending the
obscene matter. but because of his
mental condition he was allowed to
withdraw it, He was then taken to
Sioux City, where a man was going
to try to take care of him. Here he
again got into trouble trying to get
girls to pose in the nude for him.
He was taken back to Sioux Falls
He went back to Sioux City and got
into the same trouble again. He
was once more taken to Sioux Falls
The next time he was released he
went to Sutton. Nebr.
Tells Another Story
''He told a man that he was ac-
cussed of the Villisca murder be-
cause of a bloody shirt he had sent
to laundry in Council Bluffs He
sent the shirt all right, he said. but
the blood on it didn't come from a
murder, it was where blood dripped
from his face when he cut his face
shaving.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
WOMEN PLANT ACRE OF SPUDS

The Potato Brigade met at the
committee room of the city library
Monday evening and cut up ten
bushels of seed potatoes in the lat
est approved pattern. preparatory
to planting the acre of good Iowa
soil that had been secured northeast
of town for their venture.
Tuesday morning was made "Po-
tato Planting Day. and a goodly
number of capable women under the
efficient leadership of Mrs. VIM.
Rucker planted the ''spuds" in a
few hours because many hands make
light work.
A picnic dinner by the roadside
made the toilers forget backaches
and all expressed satisfaction in a
good start for bountiful crop.
Automobiles brought the toilers
back to town and except for the hoes
and empty potato sacks one might
have thought that the Potato Bri-
gade" was only a jolly picnic party
returning from a days outing.
Plans were made for a sign to be
placed on the plot under cultivation,
so that passers by would know that
the work was undertaken in pat
riotic spirit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
RETURN FROM
ATTENDING FUNERAL

Mrs. Annie McNutt and daughter
of Ross and Mrs. Alex Ferguson re-
turned from Moore. Oklahoma. the
latter part of the week where they
had been called to attend the funer-
al of Mrs. McNutt's father. Thomas
Owen. The Owen family lived here
many years, and their old friends
will be interested in the following
peared in the Sentinel, of Moore,
Oklahoma.
Thomas owen was born in Lin
conshire, England, March 18th,
1869. They settled at Cleveland,
Ohio and later moved to Audubon
County, Iowa.
On March 10th. 1887 he was unit
ed in marriage to Emma Single
decker. This union was blessed with
one child, a daughter He united
with the Methodist Episcopal church
at Hamlin. Iowa, and has lived
faithful member ever since.
He with his family removed to
near Moore, Oklahoma in 1902.
where he resided until his death
May 4th. 1917.
He was kind husband, a devoted
father and a good neighbor, ever
ready to help the needy.
The funeral was held at p. m.
Sunday May 9Th at the NJ E.
church at Moore. Okla. Relatives
from away were his daughter. Mrs.
Annie McNutt and daughter of Ross,
Iowa and Mrs. Addie Ferguson. sis
ter of Mrs. owen. Of Audubon. Ia"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
MINISTER ARRESTED
FOR AK CRIME
Gently and Arrest Made for The
villiSca Murder.

REV. L. G. j. Kelly, formerly a
minister at Macedonia and later at
Carroll admitted at least two diff
ferent times to killing Joe Moore
and his wife, their four children and
the two little Stillinger children on
the night of June 8, 1912" accord
ing to statement by Attorney General
Havner of Des Moines.
Zone admission was made to the
jailer and sheriff at Sioux Falls, S.
D., at the time he was incarcerated
there for sending obscene matter
through the mail. The other was
made later to the deputy United
States marshal there The preacher
talked necessarily about the murder,
and the officials quizzed him about it..
He admitted doing it, and said he
would like to kill some of the offic-
ials who had been OBTAINING him.
Had Early knowledge
"The crime was discovered about
$3.50 O'Clock on the morning of June
10, 1912. Between $50 and 8
O'Clock on this morning Kelly told a
reputable witness in Macedonia
the details of the crime, and said
that he was the first person to go
into the house after the murder.
"A few days later he told another
man in Macedonia that the men who
committed the ak murder did the
work about l o'clock in the morning
and that while he was at work he
heard some one going along the
street; that he went out onto the
back porch and listened until the
CT do IA
then went back and completed his
work.
1.-TWO weeks before the murder
Kelly was caught at the window of
the home of another man. looking
into the room where the mans wife
was in her night robe putting the
children to bed.
He told a man in Macedonia that
he heard the "thud, thud, thud" of
the ak that crushed the life out of
the eight persons from the place
where he was. Two weeks after the
murder he went back to Villisca to
preach at his little charge outside
the town, and wrote minister there
to get him the key to the Moore
home for he wanted to look over the
place.
Wanted Girls to Pose i'm Nude
Late in the summer Rev. Kelly
went to Carroll. There he advertised
for girls for class in stenography.
Girls who answered the ads testified
TO the grand jury that he tried to get
them to undress and pose for him in
the nude. While at Carroll he talk
ed of the murder on every occasion.
and told one man that he was sus-
pected of the Villisca crime because
of bloody shirt he had sent to a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
BREAKS LEG IN ACCIDENT

Carl Mikelsen and Mike Nissen
who accompanied Peter Jorgensen on
a little auto joy ride last Thursday
evening met with quite an accident
on their return home about six
o'clock The car skidded on reach
ing a point in the road near George
Slayton's farm in the north part of
town caused by the slippery condi-
ton of the road following a light
shower. The car turned over twice
and in doing so Carl Mikkelsen sus-
tanned a broken leg. Mike Nissen a
few slight injuries and Peter Jorgen-
sen a broken rib. All of the injured
are doing nicely and will recover.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
GOES TO NEW POSITION

Carlos Conway left Tuesday morn
ing for Lehigh. where he has accept
ed a position as operator on the
linotype in the Argus Office. He
worked in that office five years he
fore coming to Audubon last sum-
mer to accept a position in this
office. There must be some peculiar
attraction for Carlos at Lehigh for
his mind was always on that town.
At any rate Carlos is a good printer
and workman. and we hope he will
find his new work to his liking.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17

Council Bluffs laundry. He said he
sent the shirt all right, but that it
wasn't blood that made the stains. it
was hair tonic, and that he had tried
to wash it out but couldn't. He ask
ed another man in Carroll if a per-
son could be convicted of murder if
he was crazy at the time he did it.
He asked If insanity was good de-
Tense in a murder case. He told
another man in Carroll that the rea-
son he was suspected of the Villisca
murder was because he did not sleep
in his bed at the Ewing home, where
he stayed in Villisca that night. He
explained that he was nervous and
did not go to bed. but got up early
and caught the $3.50 O'Clock train
across to Hastings to go up to
Macedonia. He told another man
the same thing except that he slept
on lounge down stairs and was ner-
vous and caught the earlier train.
Wrote to Bluffs Girl
REV Kelly went to Winner, S.
D.. from Carroll. Soon after he ar
rived there he put an ad in the
Omaha World-Herald for a girl for
stenographic work and for posing A
girl in Council Bluffs answered the
ad, and the answer from Kelly-the
first letter-was in itself proof of the
sexual perversity of the man. 1t con-
tanned every kind of lewd sexual
suggestions. not all hidden. The girl
took the letter to her pastor, who in
turn turned it over 90 the postoffice
authorities at Council Bluffs. They
say the girl wrote a decoy letter.
Kelly's answer to this was even more
obscene if possible. The girl kept
writing under the direction of the
postal authorities, swear. He was
kept there for a few and each answer
was of the same brand of obscenity
"The postal authorities then order
ed Kelly arrested by the Sioux Falls
authorities. He told the man who
came after him that he knew what
he wanted-he wanted him for that
Villisca murder business. He was
told no, that he was wanted for send
ing obscene matter through the
mails. He denied emphatically that
he had done anything like this. but
when confronted with the letters ad-
mitted his guilt.
while in the Jail at Sioux Falls
he made many indecent proposals to
the prisoners there, one of them an
Indian. He would have spells when
he would threaten his own life and
that of those about him. at others
he would simply months and then
taken to the federal hospital at
Washington, ID. C. At that place he
often threatened the lives of the stu
dents.
Caught Stealing Meat
1T was while here that he was
found stealing pieces of meat from
the table and secreting them in his
room. But he always denied any
knowledge of this
Here the attorney general recalled
the fact that a piece of bacon was
found on the floor of the spare bed
room in the Joe Moore home the
morning after the murder Mrs.
Moore was a noted good housekeep-
err and there is no explanation for
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
WILL LOCATE IN AUDUBON

c. Level. of Rockwell City. has
come to Audubon to take charge Of
the Consumers Electrical Co.. taking
the place of VIM. Stoddard, who has
been here since F. f. Tedford eft.
Mr. Stoddard has enlisted in the
army and expects to leave soon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
TAKING 4 NEEDED REST

Mrs. o. c. Osterholm and three
children. have gone to Glenwood for
a visit with relatives. Mrs. Oster-
holm has been in quite poor health
since spring and her many friends
hope that her visit will help to
bring her back to good health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17

Neff Sowerwine, of Omaha has
been a guest at the home of his
cousin Wilbur Sampson, tho past
week, this being the first vacation he
has enjoyed for over two years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17
4. II. :. MAY DAa
PROGRAM MAY ri, 1917

The May Day exercises OF our high
school will be given next Monday.
May 2lst, on the school grounds.
The program will begin at 2:30. In
all. there will be about ninety-five
persons taking par; IN the exercises.
and all will have pretty costumes.
No admission will be charged but
to help defray expenses. souvenir
ribbons will be sold at ten cents
each.
The following IS the program:
Professional Characters
Bugler-Dalph Johnson.
Spirit of May-Ralph Johnson.
Buck, Mae Alt, Mae Fest.
Night-Benie Higley Mildred Ker-
win. Blanche Fancher Cecilia Foley
Brownies Mildred Jones. Louise
Frederickson, Blanche McLeran,
Margaret Graham.
Fairies-Wilma Swezey, Annis Ash
by, Bernice Sturdiyant. Alice Viewer.
Katherine Carper, Airline Bailey.
Lucille Wilde Marguerite Dye.
Dawn-Eunice Nelson, Henrietta
Jensen. Gladys Wedemayer. Velma
Spencer.
Sun-Fifi Goldstein
Woodland Spirits-Verne McLaugh-
Ian, Marietta Malthesen. Grace John
son, Claudine Kruse, Florence Lang,
limo Spencer. Sudie Rucker, Mary
Jensen.
Irish Peasants-Gladys Larsen, AL
ma Andersen. Arasel Sloan. Ethel
Hyde, Lena Friedericksen. Mildred
Kempf. Hazel Christoffersen. Tires
sa Wheeler, Pear kester. Merle
Clark
Swedish Peasants Myrtle Davis.
Ruth Pound, Anna Fabricius. Mar
garet McSarville. lola Davis. Brid-
ella Potter. Bernice kerwin. Mary
Koenig, Lovilla Jordan. Blanche
Hoyt, Clara Bonnesen, Alice Ross.
Florence Kibby. Euginne Nelson,
Brittle Haahr, Alice Steere
japanese GirlsRuth Johnson. Ruth
Reed, Margaret Jensen Cenia Bis
gard, Leola Mccain. Alma Spencer,
Lucille Jordan, Lucille Perrine.
Flower Girls-LOuise Leach. Mar
jorie Hoover
Queen of the May-Elsie McLeran,
Maid of Honor-Gladys Swezey
Pages-Earl Kingsbury, Donald
Jensen.
Canopy Bearers-Charles Fullerton,
Charles Cole. Akzel Christensen.
Harold Buthweg.
Attendants Meta Fredericksen,
Gladys Farnham. Clara 4 Frederick
sen, Dagmar Jensen.
May Pole Dancers-Wanda Wright,
Joy EDDY. Inez Rutherford, Bessie
Hollenbeck, Mable Laubender. Ger
trude Dye. Rebecca Weeks, Dagmar
JpnSan Anna HanSaD Maruarat Jita
Essa Law
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-17

The Brownies Dance ...-...---.--...-.--
.---..-. Torch Dance from Henry VIII
Dance of Dawn Adler
Fairies Reyel ............ Grade Children
Sun-Solo Dance ......-...................
...--....-......-... Greek Dance Helen"
Dance of the Spring Flowers.
.--..--..-..........N iolets Roses. Daisies
For-g et-me-nots -.....-.-....-.. Garlands
The Theme of the Pageant
On the eve of May, the Spirit of
the month comes forth to dance, but
Night resenting her early coming,
overtakes her. an, sends her back
to the forest There she falls into
troubled sleep. and the Brownies
the moods of darkness-play about
her.
Dawn comes and scatters Night
and the Brownies, and with the ris-
ing Sun, the fairies appear and
rouse the sleeping Spirit of May.
In the full realization of Spring
time, May weakens the flowers by
the spell of her wand. and these
forget-me-nots, daisies. violets. and
roses-dance for cry Joy of being
flowers.
Thereafter, came subjects of the
QuccH VI the May, peasants from
foreign lands, japanese Girls. and
Maypole dancers, to pay her their
respects.
PART III
Peasants from foreign lands pay
homage to the Queen of the May.
irish Lit --...--..-.-...-....... Folk Dance
Ostagapolaska -............... Folk Dance
japanese Fan Drill .-..-....-.. Selected
Maypole Dance ............ Senior Girls
Spring Song-Finale ............. Chorus