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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

TRACTION ENGINES TO BE TAXED
CHARLESTON, w. Va, June 22.-
The State Road Commission has is.
sued ruling that all traction engines
driven on public highways would be
required to pay license tax, according
to the weight of the engine and would
be liable for damages done to roads.
This law applies to automobiles as
well.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
EAST SIDE
= NEWS =
Roscoe Reeves Here

Roscoe Reeves, SON Of ]. ". ReeEesi
Of Morgantown avenue, arrived home
yesterday from San Francisco, Cal. Mr..
Reeves has been working with an en-
cheering corps for two or three years,
and has travelled in almost every state
in the Union.
After a visit with his home folks
he will go to washington, D. o. and
take training for service in France.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

The Chamber of Commerce appointed committee to
write letter to automobile owners about the nagrant
violation of the traffic laws in this city Well that al
800 - vora+ion from the routine method of adopt
,na a resolution or issuing proclamation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
At cook HospIta

Curtis Vincent, Of State street, who
is a patient at Cook hospital. is 70,
covering from an operationstor appens
dicitis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

An historic bell, used on the steam
err Tell City which was sunk few
months ago, can now be seen at the
local wharf boat, says the Wheeling In
telligencer. 1t is said that the bell
which was recovered some time ago
is the best made and the most beauti
fully toned bell used on any steamer
on Central States rivers. 1t was made
at Louisville and its value is estimat
ed at $4,000.
In a recent issue the Elkins Inter
Mountain printed the following: oval
ter Wilhide, ]. NJ. Woodling and JOS
Nallen returned Friday night from
Whitaker on Lower Elk where they
had a successful fishing trip. Mr.
Woodling catching one rainbow trout
81 inches long and weighing 5 pounds.
Messrs. Hughes and Randolph
Clarksburg oil and gas producers, are
spending some time in Grafton and
Taylor county looking over territory
in louisville district for the purpose
of leasing large acreage and de-
veloping it. They state if sufficient
leases can be obtained they will be-
gin operations at an early date and
give the territory a thorough test.
John R. Thayer, who has long been
interested in the development of sec
lions of the county represents the
Clarksburg gentlemen. So far he has
been able to secure several leases,
and believes he can interest suffci-
emit farmers to have the field develop
ed.
The Clarksburg capitalists state
they believe gas can be found in pay
ing quantities in Knottsville district,
and further state they are willing to
invest their money in the undertaking.
A wholesale Jail delivery of the
prisoners in the bastile at Berkeley
Springs was prevented Sunday even
ing by the timely discovery Of the
plot by Mrs. John Miller a neighbor,
who gave the alarm, says the Martins
burg Journal. Mrs. Miller observed
a hole two feet square which the pris.
oners had dug through The wall and
informed the town sergeant, who put a
stop to the proceedings. The leaders
in the proposed delivery we're two men
named Reynolds and Hoyle, who are
wire from the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road. They have been placed in the
in Jail on a charge of stealing copper
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

some soss Be made to fee It from this unfair burden and
give L q fan chance
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

According to the Pocahontas Times
a Canadian lynx was killed at Split
Rock, Pocahontas county, on S. S, Var
ner's place. Early Monday morning
while John Slanker was eating his
breakfast, he heard fuss among his
chickens. On going out he saw the
lynx making off with hen. He
started his dog in pursuit and went
back for his gun. The dog soon freed
the lynx and Mr.. slanker coming up
soon put an end to the chicken thief.
Mr.. Warner sent the body off to have
it mounted. The Canadian lynx is
rarely found here now. 1t is the big
wild cat Of the higher mountains,
known locally as the catamount. 1t is
not to be confused with the bay lynx
or wild cat, which is so numerous in
this section.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
SHORT AND SNAPPY.

..,,a Americans have been worrying lest the
Inc ,oMdnt fight and from the way the aliens turn
sd out T Tegtaon day. have probably been
ing lest the natives wouldn't fght-ClarksOuFs Expo
nent.
Quite number of chronic lOafers are doing eo1 3i
osSIe Worrying as to how they are to eyade the "eS
Virginia get to work" law.-Wheeling Register
Old Man cussn is no longer fussin bout snack to-
his worthless dog; the laws put crimR in the CRANKY
old simp, and bids him fatten hog'-hanaWha NEWS
The Kaiser will get his the devil will be cheated
st. Adams Herald.
.,o Tina man wears his lodge insignia, his Red
rro:s min his Liberty bond button and his American
Sag emblem there is not much room left on his coat
Ispe Flint to the style-makers- the 4apels
larger Wellsburg Herald
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

Tho following is from the Parkers,
burg Sentinel: 1.-The other day the
Sentinel called attention to the fact
that citizen of Long Bottom had six
sons registered for service in the
United States army and said that so
far as it knew, this was the record
in this neighborhood.
Marshal county, however, has fam
lily which goes our Long Bottom
friends one better. N. E. Bonar, Of
Murrayville, brings to our notice the
following item clipped from the
Moundsville Echo:
Marshall county may take the lead
in the state in the champion family
of soldiers in the great war as it did
in the Civil war.
ga family named Dayton living near
Board Tree, had seven sons register
ed yesterday. All, of course. were be.
tween 81 and 81. There was one set
of twins.
"'The Brandon family furnished six.
teen soldiers to the Union army dur.
ing the Civil war, all brothers, but
their ages were not confined to ten
years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22

George Simmons was in from Beav-
er Dam this week and reports a big
bear doing a wholesale sheep business
among the flocks on Williams river,
says the Ronceverte West Virginia
News, which continues as follows:
So far fully forty ewes and lambs
are missing. The heaviest loser is
Samuel Sheets, whose sheep are on
the Clark land. The bear has also
killed several head on Laurel Creek.
A reward of $45 has been offered for
this bear, in addition to the bounty
paid by the state. Mr.. Simmons says
there is an immense bear and little
one running together from the sign
left.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-22
lBY coNpo.l

steel cages, and will not be given
the libery of the corridors in the fu'
ture.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
FEWER FATALITIES
BUT MORE ACCIDENTS

cUhIUTSTDN. ". Va. Aug. g.
Their" wrrn fewer fatalities but moro
accidents In Tho IndusIrIcH Of the state
subject to the wurkncn'R COmpepBa-
ton fund during July than In J1ne.
according TO the monthly report OF
a. y. Crummctt. chief OF the claims
department, to Commissioner Leo OF,
forty.scvrn compared with flfty.lwo
fatalities for the previous month.
The report shows 2,1S5 formal apDli.
cations for awards. 2.4l9 accidents.
l,72l claims paid in full. 225 partial
payments and 2l3 clnims paid for less
than one weeks disability.
One fatality was reported 10 the
department tOdny. Charles Bryant. OF
DccOla. aged IS years. married. with
three children. emplOyc OF the ca Mn
Crcck consolidated Coal COMPANY
coal l0ndcr, killed by slate fall
mino OF The company at KuyiO
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09

NJ, ""I Mr. I"',h It"i'" ""i 'h'l
,I..u 81 I.Iy,ln -, "," ,IiiI"r n'r
l'"tI" "u"ll,.r. Mt". h"n""I ''"'"d. ~
hI"in "i'"'I
hI,u Irorn ,!",i"r 81 M"Im ri,""I Il"
tmIn",iup "II"r IlIu'"r.
I,rv FuIIrr T. N E"l""u"u "r ~.
I"hm'r ll"rnn ''niI"li" church. In" r"-
tu,nrI hum" rft"r nr"n'IImE II r"w hur"
viii rrI"uhq NJ t'ni'm"ul.
MIrrcr hGu"n ruh imIh"rIu" Travis
md hr"ih"r.. WIIllnn. "f Mn'n E'r""'.
hnvc returned h"nr" inter waiting rrI"nhr
mud rrlnIIv"r NJ n"Iroil
Miss Martha 10y Inns returned I" her
home MT NuLnIHvIll" after visiting MiHs
Lillian Iuaiur uf Mniu street.
MIra TrlIn M"rtpl"nd Of Eighth a'rc"i
viii l"ny" Sunday {" visit relatives nj
PIltrlurrb.
Mrs william RrlI. who hns been
visiting h~r druEht1r. Mrs. H. l.. '"di-
cord. ufIlick"ry. Ia. hn@ returned In her
home IN Main street. accompanied by
her grandson. Hurry r"dt""rd. Jr
Miss N"IlI,, sheets hQs returned tn her
homo at Wheeling after visiting Misses
Marie aud rnroncn l.uirnrI. "f Mmin
street
Min" Ferry If Main street viii leave
I"Inurrnw /" vinii his pnrrnIh at l'hIIGr-
r"u A. j.
Ais, Margaret Kelley at Main nirsei
wIi i..,. I"uI"Ir"w Tor Cameron
MIsa ,i"iIIr.Ir I.r".h WIN Ia Waiting
r.lnll,ra at canton. la "ArcrIri Ia 10
ulIn h"m,o -" M"tn .Irr"i hat"''lny-
hlian lin4l ''h"iI@"n IT n.uih M"T-
ri,"II .i,,,t ~ mi,.n'ii.r H.u-iaI lazy"
uIth i.IutI.,., TT i'"nIu,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
WANTS 5000 FOR A
PRIZE ROOSTER

tTIAHIT%TpN w Va. NmE \
Tho vnlu" Of u ruuri"r. 'Inim"h IL l."
worth {GnO iH ia" point IN hlgput" Ia
II ems" Appealed To tn" %urr'ru" Court
uf Npp"alH fr"m .I"rr"rrun county. A
prizr runsIcr was shipped by II II
Met ornirk. IN" owner. uf thnrl""
Town. from Warr"ulUwn. Va. iu w
! A. Low. at tanInuvill" Md Th" rUoa
tor died "n route. and tn" express
company offered to settle for $50, but
Mccormick insisted on 5000 and oh
tanned II Judgment in lhr Circuit Court
! of Jefferson county for $500
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
WARWOOD
nan Gross E.pr.~.sa Thanks

'''rhu Wnr,y",ri hrnn'h "r III" lt"l
crurr wI-hnn 10 thank the Ala n""l"lY "r
thu luthrrnu "huT,h r"r I,,,nt p''ninE lh"
lawn Tutn viii, d wan Ia Inv" i""n plV''n
Auuurt a. hat has h-"n changed !" l"l"r
.Ini~ hr'nuuu at ih" lt"h ''r"rn f"nilr"l
nn II,u nnr,n rt.nInE 1T" ln'ii"n la
,hhip" inu'h I.l"n""'l With lh"
lmt,I,,Ii-mp and .'.uit'ny rI"SH 10y iIi'
organization IL the n"i"" ~ ih" It"'l
Grams a,".IuIy" Th" alloy" nt"i"hS"I
wnh innu.,l yesterday lay Mo w.
E,a.,n-r. 'h"i,nn" ~ thn Itch ''I""n
tIuII,h
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
MILLION DOLLAk OIL DAAI

nAHSAh cry, AuB, h--itnldIn1s
ti,u E.rnnnu.Y ON ANA Refining Gumpa)
.v.Iu s,II l." iir. rr".iiGkTs ana Hsn
"Ta I,ur".aii"n, ~ wyoming ."iGSTN
h.,r I,,iuy i", e anh UDD. jhs FI"tlstt
,.,.iinI.ib 81 . I.ii,i"iF ~ nlri.h ~.ltI tb
Ini.n.n". .,,i "i.,r' 81 hhb an'sa ~ ni
In.a.. u. iihI"Inn," "nd H.nsL"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
Perponnls and Briefs.

Mr. md Mrs. W. Wnlf nui son. Homer.
Of Pittsburgh. arc Visiting ut the h"m"
Of H. r.. Shr1rtug
Howard Patton has purchased another
new machine.
Mrs. Alex Gibbs I" very Ill ut her
home ia South Nnrwuud
Misses Mildred unI FI"r"iI" Peterson
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09

ILIn uVuninu WIIIInu Iilnh" nnd n"i'l
IIuurinn uf iiuuiIh MnI"h"li "tIn"I, VII
Itnv.t Tor - 10 .l"y vi"it al Atlantic. ilIt
uuh l,IIinL,I t.IIn phlI" 1T tho i"II"i
thrv VII unII ,"' tit'i n"'i "il l""il'i.
p.Ir Ia ,,,y .uIIhi",I la th,. Iitli"'l nl"l'"
navy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
Rod CrnHz Work.

'ThI, cvcuiuE. lnri'nh Of III" r"guInr
hnrln,rr meeting which tho l"rnl brunch
of the It"d rrn"r organization In" h""n
having each week. Mt tho city hall. III"
in.Iica ur III" ""cirIy will new In III"
1,uwrra room ON Seventh mud water
atrcGtH.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
Dependency Due to indigestion.

about three months ago when
WAS suffering from indigestion. which
caused hcadnche and dizzy spells and
made me feel tired and respondent
hrgnm taking ChHmhrrIuin'a Tablets.
writes Mira. Geo. Hon MhC"dun. n. Y
"rhla medicine proved to bee the very
thing | needed. al uuu day n treatment
relieved me greatly. unrd Two hnl
llra uf 'hunihrrlalm'n Tablets nnd they
rld me II liin IluIiiilc. Dhtnlnnhir
everywhere. Adv
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
airlR' Sowing Club To Moot.

ThIa evening tho Girls Sewing club
will meet at tho home Of MlHs Eleanor
Furdycr Of High street. After d"N"iinR
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
Duoa Worwund I.lks nuup7

r"ri nu'i bay /" many II mr"ht ""lll"r-
Mrs MurtIu viii IT,. IN 'hurH,. l'"luF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09

n ( 0. T0TA[ OPERATING REVENUE
LAST YEAR WAS S116,968,881 So
aU(JUnDINu TO hHHUhI hHFbhi
WHOM III MADE rUnLIb
TUnhY
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-09
IirIt,n i'i,iI IiIl"fS

al hmIi I" mnwlmr. lIu" ntl"'" VIII h'
,r.r rnd uIilI i.,""t'"I n.ni "lui"ll"'""
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
YUKON PAYS FOR WAR

Figures collected by the Daw- son News show that Yukon ter. riaory had raised S95, ,O31 94 for 1he Yakou Patriotic Fund up to .3aiy 8l. I'his is more than $lO Der hes1 flor the men, women and children of the territory. Most of the Yukon patriotic con- tributions have been made to this fund, and it's collections have been distributed among various other Canadian funds, among them being $12,562.6O to the Canadian Red Gross. The fund was started at Dawson in December, 1914, and was de, signed to care for all demands for patriotic purposes upon the people of Yukon territory.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
THE NEW JOURNALISM

Certainly decline in dignity and seri- ousness has during the last twenty years endangered the high reputation of the Lon don daily press. It is about twenty years since the peculiar qualities of American ism" invaded it-the chatter of snobbery the staring "scare-heads," the scalp hunt for sensation new every morning with he coffee and the train. Every evening an nstinctive scent, keen as a bloodhounds, B, was put on the track of what the pubic would want next day, and, in full cry, the logs gave tongue.
 What the public wants IS not at ell nec- essariiy truth at any price. "A mixture f 6 lie doth ever add pleasure" and people rown accustomed to their morning dram feel shrunken and unfortifed without those "vsin opinions, hattering hopes, false val"- ations and imagnations as one would" of which Bacon speaks as pleasurable ln hi; essay "Of Truth"
 Perhaps those outside Fleet street hardly real7e what guileful reptile insinuated itself into the public mind when Fleet street, about fifteen years ago, began to talk of "story" instead of "repor" or article" It then became the renorter's or correspondents duty to send "a good story" and a good story does not invari ably imply truth. The purpose of report became pleasure rather than accuracy, anc because the "good story" gives pleasure. the people loved to have it 80. Under such in, Auence the news of the daily world, with all its incalculable issue of continuous des tiny and far reaching decisions, becomes g cinema show of startling events, raoid dis connected, meiodramatic and faked: 'The veal.hy vi-cornt marries the pretty scsn stress" 'The Hon. Mrs BridsweA loves her dog and parrot" "Lora Grey repuu- ates American swank."
 Another danger to which America anism has exposed us is the decline of the leading article It was thought tt at ~oa'ers were not what the public wanted. Perhaps hey were not, though for many years the present writer heard long passages from, his own Headers" hurled about the rail way carriage by strangers every morning before he had well recovered fr"m writln them, and often hurled at himself. But it did not much matter whether 'lea'ers" were read or not So long as the Header WAS there it expounded the opinion of the parer, and the news was left alone. As Headers" declined the opinion of the paner had to be expounded in the news.-Loudon Nation.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
THRICE ARMED

Thrice is he armed. the saees say, who hath his quarrel just; thrice armed, therefore, IS Uncle Sam. who's out to win or bust. For never since the world began has nation gone to fight with nobier purposes in view, with cause moro truly right. We covet not 2 perch or rood of any foreign soil. DO treasure chests of friend or foe do ve desire to spoil. We were not hunting for g scrap, peace was our end and aim, we heaved sigh of true regret when we broke in the game. We sighed In pity wheu we saw the old earth painted rod. we sui fered wrong with patient hearts, and laid away our dead. But patience can not always laat. nor pity still endure when wrong is heaped on bitter wrong; such wrongs tho sword must cure. And 80 we took our harness down, and and strapped It on our breast, and reached for claymore, helm and lance, and trusty srbalest. And now the fatefu! die is thrown, and crimson war shall last, till autocrats and lords of war are relics of the past. And ever as we pot the foe, aud bag the kaiser's men, true inspiration shall we find, again, and yet again, in that great u tuth tho sages wrote in volumes filmed with dust: Thrice IS he armed," SO runs the rode, "who hath his quarrel just. .'-Walt Mason.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
CUBA DONATES SHIPS

Havana.-At tho presidential palace recently, in the presence of General Marti, secretary of var and navy, and William E. Gonzales, United States minister to Cuba, President Meuocal signed decree transferring to the United States government four large German steamships, the Batavia, Oli- want, Adelheid. and Cons,antia, of an aggregate tonnage of approximately 10000 tons which were seized as prize, of war by the Cuban government on the day this country declared war on on Germany
 Minister Gonzales, acting ss the re- presentative of the United States shipping board, when asked the amount the United States government was paying to Cuba for these ships, re- piled, "absolutely nothing"
 "Presidsnt Menocal.' he continued, ''decined to consider offers to pur- chase or lease, whether made by gov erumen's, navigation companies or in- dividuals. He regards these prizes of war not as agencies for commercial profits. but to be used, as he stated in his decree, for the common ben%it in aiding to bring the war against the government ot Germany to prompt and victorious end"
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
SlGEL'S GRANDSON

Tho grandson of Gen. Franz Sigel has gone to war for the United States, and in doing 80 ho, and his mother, who permitted and urged him to go, have upheld the highest ideals and traditions of the Sigel family, to fight for human liberty whenever tho need is and tho call comes.
 Franz Sigel was ono of that sturdy band of Germans who struck for Ger man freedom against German autocrxcy and cruelty in is48. Their revolution was put down by tho reigniug king of that day and Sigsl and Carl Schurz and other leaders fed to America to save their lives. They gave life to the great German immigration to America which began about that time Sigel and thousands of other German Americans went into the civil war and and fought for freedom.
 The daughter Of Gen. sigel depended upon hsr only son. He asked for sx- emption from war service because Of that. and the exemption was about to be grauted. But when hts mother learned of 1t ahe weut with him before the draft board aud said:
 "We have thought It over aud l think we eau manage If my son goes to war. His grandfather, Goa. 'siEel. fought for Lincoln and liberty. It is only right tbat his grandson should have his opportunity to do his share in the new fight for freedom" Noble another! She will have to do her share. too. while her 500 is away. -Kansss City Star.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
PRICE OF ALASKA SPRUCE

AS the result of a conference held in Washington recently between authorized represent atives of spruce manufacturers of Oregon and Washington and representatives of the arnal corps the aircraft production boerd, the British French and Italian mis- sicns now in Washington, and the lumber committee of the national council of de- fense, Howard E. Jayne and F. A. Douty of Oregon proposed on behalf of the spruce men to furnish aircraft spruce for the com ing years big program at slO5 ner 1000 feet This price is about one-helf that which las been paid up to now by many of the airriane manufacturers. The price applies to the al ies needs as weu as to these of the United States.
 If it is finally approved by government authorities it will in the opinicn of the lumber committee unquestionabiy result in big saving on spruce requirements.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
GRAND DUCHESS
 TIRES OF EXILE

New York, Nov. 2G. Former Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicola evna Romanoff, the second daughter of the deposed Em peror Nicholas of Russia, re gently escaped from the exile home of the royal family in Si- beria by means Of fictitious marriage with the son of the for mer chamberlain of the ear. The grand duchess is now on her way across the Pacific ocean chaperoned by an English woman.
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-12-01
One by Mark Twain

Mark Twain tells of 8 man who when he came home drunk, explained to his wife that he had mixed his drinks.
 "John," his wife advised, "wher you have drunk all the whisky you want, you ought to ask for sarsa. ps rilla."
 "Yes," retorted her husband, Out when l have drunk all the whisky 1antI cant say sarsaparilla. ."-Ex.