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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
FAIRvIEW

Mr.. and Mrs. Honor Amos, Of Key.
stone, are visiting relatives In Iowa.
Mrs. Claude Parker and Mrs. Amos
Smith were At Fairmont shopping on
Thursday.
J. S. Yost was 4 business visitor At
Fairmont Friday.
Mrs. J. B. Storey was 9 weekend
guest OF her daughters. Mrs. Sam
James and Mrs. James Lsnham at Fair.
mont.
Ralph Machesney. who has been
working at Pittsburgh. has accepted
a position with the MonongahelA Trac.
ton company at Fairmont.
Miss BERTHE Clelland. who has been
visiting relatives at Smithheld, has
returned home.
Mrs. Ora Davis Pepper, Of Kansas,
Mrs. Tressa Davis and children, OF
HOLSTER, Arkansas, and Mrs. Gerald
Davis. OF Oklahoma City. Oklahoma,
left Monday for their homes.
Charles BiDingslea, OF Fairmont,
was a business visitor here Saturday.
John H. Burns was business visitor
at Fairmont Saturday.
Mrs. Harry Arnett, OF Fairmont. was
weekend guest Of Miss Lillian Nc.
Bee.
John statler. who has been working
at Wadestown, spent Sunday at home.
DR.. and Mrs. Satterfield, of Fair.
mont, we're the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Bowman Sunday.
Mrs. Gladys Walls entertained in
fonor of her sisters, Mrs. Ora Pepper,
Mrs. HOLSTER and Mrs. Davis Friday
night who will leave Monday for their
various homes.
Mrs. Jesse D. Wilson and Miss Edith
Wilson, OF Fairmont, we're week END
guests OF Mr.. Wilson's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Pinkney Wilson.
Lyle McBee. Frank Hogue and Will
knode, Jr., Of the University at Nor,
Santown, were week end guests AT
home. "
!. N. Gillehan and daughters, Miss
Irene, were Fairmont visitors satur,
day.
Miss Virginia Morris, of Fairmont
was week end guest OF her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Morris, at her home
on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Timms. OF Man.
nington, motored here Sunday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
500 Reward, 500

The readers OF this paper win DO
pleased to learn that there 10 at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure In all its stages and
that 10 catarrh. catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru tho Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces Of the System thereby destroying
the foundation Of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature IN doing its
faith In the curative powers OF HALLS
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II fails
to cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 10.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

to save a lot Of water for the city next
summer.
But a lot of war gardens will 90
thirsty.
1t would not have done the cause Of
baseball any harm II It had been the
National commission, instead of some
railroaders who went to the hospital
after that wreck Of the Pennsylvania
Limited.
Team track coal men will now be
gin to take an interest in life again.
Well there's business enough for all
and even then the world is likely tc
do q lot Of shiyering this winter.
Be a big crowd In front Of the shor
again this afternoon to see the ball
game played.
Hope some OF them will have tn,
torethought TO step insids and cough
up = little coin for tobacco kits fol
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

This evening The West vrglnian will begin the publ
cation of series of recipes prepared by Mrs. S. ].
Brobst, whose abilities cook well known in
this community that it is not at all necessary for
to enlarge upon them. One of them will be published
each day. and the typographical form will be uniform
1t will be excellent plan for housewives who want
to preserve them to a scrap book The feature
will run for some time, for of the interesting
things about Mrs. Brobss culinary skill is her
y. The West vrginian considers itself quite FORUM
ate in being able to present this feature to its many
women readers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
LET The EMBARGO

A T the Baltimore and Ohio freight station the cheering
"A given out that thanks to the efforts of High
school students who worked after hours during last
week and Saturday. the freight congestion here has been
far relieved that the embargo against Famont will be
raised in few days 1t to be hoped that not an hour
serious drawback to local business.
AS long it is it is impossible to get goods shipped
here by freight matter how urgent the need Such
state of affairs brought operations to stand still in more
than business place that depends upon the freight sta
ton in this city for its supplies.
To large extent the freight gut here was due to the
neglect of people to incoming freight fast enough
Lack of labor responsible for some of it, and the in
adequate facilities which the road has also has to bear
part Of the onus. But now that the station and the yard
practically clear effort should be made to
keep them that way.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
MUST GET TOGETHER.

NOV that they have their fight before the Public
Service Commission against the practice of the Bati-
more and Ohio railroad in furnishing only box cars
to them it will be bit surprising if the team track coal
operators would wonder what they going to do
with their victory.
With the car situation. in this district particularly. bad
as now the little operators apt 10 find themselves in
worse shape than they were before if they insist upon the
road obeying the commissions order to the letter. They
could get all they needed of box cars under the old dspen-
saon but there times when pple operators cannot
get open at all and often not able to control those
that are sent to them.
There does not seem to have been anything for the COM
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Food Administrator Hoover picked a good city in
which to make his bread experiment. If his spe-
ciay mixed five cent loaf with approval in that
town it will be safe to say that it will get by in most
cities and small places in the NORTH at least People
who write about food like to talk of the bread of Paris
and the important place it occupies in the dietary of
the Parisi=ns but it may be doubted if there any city
in the world where the bread sold in the bakeries and
stores and eaten in the homes and the hotels superior
to that of Philadelphia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
RUFF STUFF

Eyes, Mayor Bowen will carve the
big cake"
But he won't keep the sidewalks
clear.
4 And that's one of the things he gets
paid for.
Philadelphia is to have FIVE cent
bread.
That'll probably receive lot of con.
sideration at tonight's weekly meeting
Of the Plunderbund.
The vote on the resolution to the
effect that the government is getting
soo darned fresh probably will be sol.
adAy affirmative.
thousand more water meters ought
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Not once in the six months special
session of Congress were partisan
lines drawn on any vote. The nearest
10 it came on the next to the last day
N the House. But then, it was only
The Republicans which lined up solid.
ly. and they had with them enough
Democratic members from Northern
states TO win their fight. There was
lodging on the vote by the wholesale.
II was on the question of concurring
IN the Senate amendment to the war.
risk insurance bill, which includes
widows OF soldiers-army, navy and
marines-who were In the Civil war,
the war with Spain and the Philippine
lnsurrection to receive SIS a month,
the same as the new bill provides for
widows made by the war with Ger.
many. To prevent this, the committee
on rules offered special rule and the
Republicans led by Uncle Joe" Can.
non, and aided by northern Democrats,
beat 1t by 112 to 144. Mr.. LittIepage
voted to adopt the rule. Mr.. Nelly, be.
ing out fthe city, was, of course, not
recorded as voting.
On the motion to concur with the
Senate amendment, the yeas were 176,
rays 49, three answering present ana
IVA members not voting. Mr.. Little.
page was not voting this time, but the
Republican members OF the delegation
did. They were for concurrence.
The result Of this amendment is SIS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
WASHINGTON NEWS -
GOSSIP ~ aEzzEEs sz99zs SMITH
az ooNDol

over which the War department has
jurisdiction"
But it is not at present navigable
except in limited way" injected Mr.
Reed. 1T is in my district and would
like very much to get the bill passed.
Mr.. Cooper-There seems to be q
conflict of testimony. The gentleman
from West Virginia says that 1t is not
ravigable, and the gentleman from
Georgia says that Congress has juris.
diction over it.
The Speaker-Half the streams in
the United States are not navibale
daughter and applause).
There was more Of this chaff, Mr.
Adamson guaranteeing that any boat
mat wants to pass under it can get un.
der this proposed bridge.
The bill passed finally without OBJ.
lection
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

month for approximately ti.oou wid.
owS nov on the pension rolls. and the
same sum for widows Of the present
war. II adds approximately 5000. 900
TO the pension roll. which al goes to
the widows. It does not affect the pen.
sionable status OF helpless children IN.
der sixteen year, Of age. -.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

league OF National unity representing church. political
labor agricultural and industrial organizations for lead
ing public opinion the war; President Wilson said
yesterday that the end only when Germany is
beaten and Germany's rule of auocracy and might is
superseded by the ideals of democracy That certainly
is direct enough and definite enough.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Those Monogahea Valley Traction company at
Pennington have set example in their contribution
to the fund for the purchase Of tobacco for the soldiers
in France which other plants throughout the country
might do well to follow. There certainly will be lot
fun among that crowd when the cards begin 20
back from the front line trenches perhaps and the
cpients compare them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
High and Dry.

"Is my son getting we'll grounded
in the classics?" asked the million
aire."
81 would put It even stronger than
that" replied the private tutor. I
would say that he is actually stranded
on ths@."-BQstop TransGriat .,....
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

the boys in the trenches.
Ecuador has severed diplomatic rela
lions with Germany.
They used to publish maps with all
the countries involved in the wal
blocked out in black.
That takes too much ink these days
Now q little black patch here and
would show nicely what countries are
NOT in the war.
Aud as a rule they are countries thai
do not amount to much.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Gar shortage" said the Geological Survey in the
weekly coal production report yesterday leads labor
trouble factor in reducing the countrys coal sup
ply" And shortage also breeds labor trouble. the
survey might have added.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

Fifty thousand dollars cabed to China yesterday
by the Red Cross for the relief of flood sufferers Big
it is the is not the only thing that makes de-
mands upon the funds and facilities this great
ization.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
SHORT AND sNAPPY

Among others who believe in the 'No indemnitIes, no
annexations dea the burglar who has been caught
and wants to go scot condition that he give up
the goods.-CIarksburg Exponent.
The awning architectural convenience that lines
up front during thunder shower almost well
persistent advertising lines em day, regard
less Of the r5cather.-The Ad Route
We hope this moratorium business won't be overdone.
A lot of subscribers becoming interested
Montgomery News.
friend asks If we enjoy good health We surely do
It's bad health we don't enjoy.-West Virginia News.
After few more ground raids like that of General
Haigs AFRAID reprsals will not be needed-Connells
vile Courier.
We've looked in number of booklets entitled words
Often Mspronounced" but have been unable to find
either Ccotte or schuppe-Uniontown Evening Genius.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

~ YOU DON'T GET YOUR PAPER GALL
WESTERN UNION"
Subscribers on our carrier routes failing to set
The West Virgtlian any evening should call IVES
TERN UNION" state the fact and give name and
residence and messenger will deliver s paper
your door at There Is no charge TO the sub
scriber for this service. The West Virginian plans
TO render to its subscribers the peEt newspaper de-
livery service possible and this part OF the plan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09

George N. Cohan was in chlcaso
recently and instead OF talking to in.
reviewers seriously permitted his
imagination 10 have full range. One
paper tells OF Il in this way:
"Cohsn said that he and Rear.
don. his companion, we're working
on a stock corporation scheme
for manufacturing dolls eyes.
which used to come from Ger
many. Also. he said. he. had a
scheme 10 furnish rubber sea
lions. operated by electricity, for
scenic spots on the Pacific Coast.
where tourists are sometimes dis
appointed with the natural sup
ply. He said that he and Rear.
don were on their way to Homo.
lulu, where they expected TO per.
feet a method OF crossing light
ming bugs and bees, SO that the
bees might work nights"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-09
What People Say
And Some Side Remark

Eddie Toy met some theatrical
friends on the street in Chicago the
other day and was complaining that
theaters would not extend theatrical
couTtesises to him:
~ think children, especially
those training for the stage.
should see all the good shows
but ! can't get passes for my
tribe and / don't feel like punying
up sixteen dollars to see show.
Foy works in vaudeville with his
seven children.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
APPOINTED TO MEXICO CITY
Luther k Zabrsie Instructed to Proceed to New Post Soon as Possibe-Wil Make Trip via Vera Cruz, Sail ing From New York May 31st

Indies. has. been officially. advised sby the Secretary of state at Washington of his appointment to the American consulate general at Mexico City, Mexico, and has been instructed to proceed to his new post at as early 3 date. as is possible. Mir. Zabriskie has telegraph his acceptance of this assignment to the department of state. and is planning to go to Mexico City via Vera Cruz. sailing for this port from New York. aboard the S S. Mexico of tse Ward Steamship Line,- on Thursday, May 31st. 1917.
 Mexico City is the capital and ief citS sof Mexico. It has 3 popu ~ vi of about 55o,oep. It was foundee Asl the Aztecs in 1895 and is the fin Ni city in Spanish America It has ! cathedral founded. IT 1873 a national palace, a li>rarv of 27o.ooO volumes.
 museum, and 2 military academy.
 ]. For four wears MT. Zabriskie was deputy and vice consul at Callao, Pe- TIT He returned from Peru in the carly part of 1915 and in March of the same year he was appointed vice con- sul nat Moscow. 7 Russia. Something over a year ago he was appointed vice consul at. St. Thomas. Danish West Indies. serving at that post until the islands were acquired by Uncle Sam. He goes to his new post as vice con- suI
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
FUNERAL
John I. O'ConneII.

The funeral Of John J. -O'Connell was held V Wednesday morning at 930 from the home of his cousin; Mrs Jerer,ia h Murphy. of 736 E.ton avenue. Bronx, N. Y, with many relatives and friends in attendance. A rqeuiem high mass was celebrated in St. Peters and St Pau1s church at 10 o'clock and Rev. John Sheridan oficiated. The bearers were Patrick OaConnelI, Michael SuIi- van, John Healy and Peter O'Keefe of New York and Thomas and Timothy Murphy. of this city. There were many floral offerings and the body was laid to rest in the S,mily plot in the Calvary cemetery.
 MT. O'Connell died Sunday in New York after a serious illness of several weeks He was born in New York Sept. S, 1894, and was the son of John and the ate Catherine Murphy O'Con- nell. He was employed in the French Cable company and for the last two years had been manager of the office on Mercer street ..
 Mfr. O'ConneII was. we'll known in this city, where he had been as freuue7t visitor. He is survived by his father Irl New York and two sisters, Mary of New York, formerly of this city. and Kathleen of this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
URGE MINIMUM PRICE
 BE MADE s1.5t
Growers Want Protection Against
 Loss. in Potato Crop.

The Connecticut Vegetable Growers Association of which F. F. Peckham of this city is vice president, have sent the following letter to the secretary of agriculture at Washington D. c.
 The press has stated that there is the possibility of minimum price per buShel being set upon potatoes byathe Government. The Connecticut Vege table Growers Association, through its executive committee in special session, has voted to request the Secretary of Agriculture, if given authority. to set upon potatoes purchased from the a minimum price of $I.50 per bushel growers. We request your aid in se- curing the adoption of this minimum price. The reason for this request is the high cost of production per acre, as. indicated below: Land rent or in terest Sf5: seel $S5 fertilizers s32; blowing planting etc $f4; cultivation S10: digging and marketing $50, total s1S6
 The average yield of potatoes in this state is only about ninety-flve bushels per acre and the average price received for ten years has been a bout $50 per acre. Such average yields and prices this year would mean a considerable loss to the growers, at the present cost of pro- duction. The growers of Conn ecticut will do their utmost to relieve the present food situation and plant to the limit of their ability to care for the crop; but they do not wish to face the situation of producing crop at an cost and then in, case of over production or speculation etc. be obliged to sacrifice the crop at less than cost, s has sometimes occurred.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
SUES CITY FOR
 DAMAGES OF se,ooo.
Trial of Case Brought by Mrs. Mary Lucy Started in Superior Court

When the superior court came in in this city Thursday morning the trial of the $6,OQ0 damage action brought against the city of Norwich by Mrs Mary Lucy was started. TEs- action is brought as the result of a fail on Main street Dec. 22, 1916. Tyler D. Guy, George l.. Pitcher, civil engineer, Bertha Dusgan, N. Douglas Sevin. Thomas D. Dillon, weather observer, Dr. Patrick Cassidy and others were among those who testified. When the afternoon session was opened Jeremiah D. Lucy went on the stand and at 2.25 o'clock the plaintiff rested Charles B. Chandler Maj Jgaret P. Connor and others wsre introduced by the defense and at { o'clock court adjourned to come in again after the short calendar session this CFridayl morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
RETAIL GRocERs CONSIDER
 THE CHAIN STORES
John J. Horan Tells How Competition < May be Met.

About 25 of the retail grocers of the city and this vicinity were in at tendance at a meeting held in the Wauregan house, Thursday evening under the auspices of the American Grocers' Society. The meeting was for the purpose of considering the I~chain stores and their relation to the retail grocery trade. -.t A. r. Sampson. representing the so ciety. gave brief talk on the work of the chain stores and how best to combat them, and buying and selling at such figure as would not have q serious effect on the retail grocery business of the Independent. store.
 MT. Sampson introduced at the con clusion of his remarks John J. Ho. ran, the general manager of the so- ciety. as the principal speaker of the evening. and he told of the purpose of the. organiza tion in detail.
 He strongly advocated cooperative buying as the only method through which the grocers generally could compete with chain stores.
 The retail business is buying and selling" said Mir. -Horan, "and the rrou- bIe with the ordinary retailer is that he lays too much stress on making sales and not enough stress on pur- chasing the things he is going to sell You can't possibly compete with the chain store if the. chain. store sells the goods at prices, lower than yours. ;rld the chain store will sell goods at lower prices than yours as long as you buy the way you. are buying now
 Every retailer knows that his sis
 ter-in-lav-. cousin, Ill his relatives, will go block past his store to n gtfTa1 fl9 fStOrc to- buyF an article when the price at the chain store for that article is. from | to , cents less than he can sell 1t at. That is the com petition that the ordinary retailer is up against. and the sooner he realizes it the most assured of success he will be-" =t:..
 The ociety had no salesman the speaker explained, but every second month price lists are sent out to eN- cry member and the retailer makes his purchases from these lists. The or Saniza ton has a large warehouse in Newark, and will in the near future erect a much more extensive building in which it's goods may be stored.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
LEGISLATIVE CLUB 1917
Orga anization Formed Before Opening
 of Closing Session. .


 Thursday morning before the house session opened, Clerk Kenealy called a joint session of the senate and house to order and officers were elected as follows for the Legislative Club of 1917:
 President-Speaker Frank F. Healy, Windsor Locks.
 Vice President-Senators George w. Nlett. New Britain; Henry II. Lyman, Middlefeld: Patrick B. O'Sullivan port; Robbins B. Steoeckel, Norfolk; ; Charles L. Spencer, Suff1eld; Howard E. Futile. Naugatuck; Representatives Frederick NJ. Peasley, Cheshire: John c. Geary. Waterford: Robert c. Eaton, North Haven; C. Denison TaIcott, Yer non.
 Treasurer Senate Clerk John Buck ley, Hartford
 Secretary-House Clerk Edward J. Kenealy, Stamford.
 Executive Committee = Senators bald Macdonald, Putnam; Harry A Leonard, New Haven; John IT. Barnes, Norwich; Stephen Whitney, New Hay en.
 Representatives. Albert J. Bailey, Norwich; Edward F. Hall, New Brit ain; John G. Wightman, Stafford; Samuel Russell, Jr., MiddletoWn; liar ry F. Back killingly; Arthur W. Marsden Madison; Arthur M. Waitt, Sharon; George Bradford, AIontYille; Frederick w. Hurford. Stamford; Frank E. Morgan. Fairfield; Frank R. Fenton, Windham; Howard w. Tay Tor Danbury:" William J. Hsrners1y, Hartford; Gourdin I. Gaillard, New Haven
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
GIRLS! MAKE A BEAUTY LOTION
 WITH LEMONS


 At the cost of a. snaall jar of ordin- ary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the most wonderful lemon skin softener and complexion beautif1er, by squeezing the juice of two fresh lemons into a bottle con taining three ounces of orchard white. Care should be taken to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, eallowness and tan and is the ideal skin softener, smoothener and beautif1er. f.sst7 -.stiss S4zs
 3.Just try it. Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make up a. quarter pint of this sweetly fra grant lemon lotion and massage il. daily into the lace, neck, arms and hands. It should naturally help to whiten, soften, freshen and bring out the roses and beauty of any skin. It is truly marvellous to smoother rough, red hands,