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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08
Politician Play at Dixie.

Politician Play at Dixie.
"Transgression," at the Dixie today,
presents powerful appeal to politi.
clans to serve the people rather than
their own interests. 1t shows the type
Of politician whose courage to protect
the people who placed him in office is
not swayed when his personal future
Jeemed ruined.
The story opens with the reading OF
the fathers will in which the mother
and two sons share alike. A woman
who lives by her wits seeks to marry
the younger brother for his fortune
and discard her first sutton. Both men
meet at her home one night and a
quarrel starts between them in which
the former sutton is killed. Just at
this time the elder brother, who is
mayor of the city, arrives at the house
and arranges for the supposed muir
derer to leave the country. The mex.
day the body is found in an alley. A
year later the mayor is engaged to the
district attorneys daughter.
The attorney is about to convict a
crooked political band headed by a
man found to be the husband OF the ad.
ventures, who was the cause OF the
murder. The latter goes to the mayor
and threatens to expose his brother IN.
less he gets the attorney to drop the
case. He, refuses, as does the attor.
rey, who would not allow friendship to
stand in the way Of duty. Just at this
time the missing brother returns and
declares that he did not kill the man
Sut that he was killed in a struggle
with the woman.
The players are Earle Williams,
Webster Campbell, Mary Maurice, I'd.
ward Davis, Corinne Griffith, Billie
Billings, Jack Ellis, Denton vane.
The EtorY q BY J. Stuart Rlaekton
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Mu,leaI Comedy at HIppodrome.

1.-THE Belle Isle Beauties" open in
musical comedy at the Hippodrome to.
day. The organization comes here
highly recommended and is said to con-
tain a splendid array of talent. The
chorus is especially spoken OF as being
well trained and made up OF pretty
women.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08

-HE Greeks are forgetting Greek
~ and learning French, says an AS
i ISOLATED Press despatch from
Athens. This is not because the
french expedition is there, or any al
He'd domination over Greece. but is
due to the moving pictures for French
mas been adopted as the cinema Ian
guage of Eastern Europe, just as 1t is
The diplomatic language. The moving
pictures is also public institution i'll
Greece and the Balkans generally. 1t
is not confined to small halls, but is
shown in the open at night, in vast
central squares. In front OF the royal
palace here is an esplanada where So
900 people have demonstrated during
the recent troubles over King Constan-
tine. This is now given over at night
TO the cinemas. with enormous crowds
al the small tables, and no charge ex-
cept for a drink. There are three per-
formances with some 10000 people
at each. And thus 10000 people take
an hours French lesson nightly at This
one spot.
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.MONOGAH


AZ present there are two cases OF
diphtheria in Monongah. They are
LADIES' Lesson and s. ]. Boydoh. Both
cases are under strict quarantine and
everything possible Is being done to
check any spread. The two cases are
both IN Thoburn On the west Side OF
tsAesrs9er. One OF. the cases was quar-
'anttred yesterday,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08

Lieutenant Roy b. tucker. OF the L.
8. aviation corps, who trained at the
Columbus. Ohio. barracks. Is spending
several days In this city with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker.
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Meeting Postponed.

The meeting OF the Home Mission.
airy Society of the NJ. z. church which
was announced for Wednesday after.
noon at the home of Mrs. r. d. Har.
den has been postponed until Wed,
nesday of next week.
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Motored 10 uhIontown.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Morries and
daughters. Of Hickman's Run, motored
to Uniontown Saturday to spend the
weekend with relatives. They were
accompanied 10 Laurel Point by Miss
augusta Morris who visited her cou.
sin, Mrs. Harley Thompson, there.
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At puljnnn

Mrs. John Long and Mrs, Jane WI.
ley went 10 sPuTiman near Parkers.
burg Saturday morning to visit NJ,
and Mrs, Punty. Mrs. Long returned.
today but Mrs. Wiley win be the
5sQese of;sAfrs. Rrunty who IS her. Etster
Tor q month or SIX weeks.
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Mrs. LLOYD Returns Home.

Mrs. Bertha Lloyd. of Muucie. Ind,
who has been visiting her uncle. Sher-
man Satterfeld. and other relatives
here for several weeks, has returned
to her home.
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Attended Cana.

Monougah was we'll repHeseuted =, at
the baseball game at fraction Park
yesterday afternoon between the Con.
solidation Coal Company team and
Elm Grove. Fully 700 local people
attended the game.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08

ReE,i John Conway add Daughter,
Miss Edfth eonway, Of Shinnston,
spent the dag yesEerday with Mr.!
GeDBayss sister. Mrs. Hattie Ripcaid
and her son HerseheI, in Grney
street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08

There will be a business meeting
Of the W. c. T. U. at the Diamond
Street NJ. E. church Tuesday after.
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
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hate7IaI Hera

fheThmber, sand and otheIsnater.
ial tor the construction Of the foun.
tiatSon for the West Fork river bulge
asial arrived and isInow on the bank
!off The, river ready. for use.
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Missionary Meeting.

The Foreign Missionary society OF
the Diamond Street church will meet
Tuesday, October 18th, at 2:SO o'clock
at the church.
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Ah eoeiev-

The. ADD Soelpty of the First n. P.
church viii meet Tuesday evening
at the church. ~ members are e1.
pected to be preSent.
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In Pittsburgh.

Misses Pearl and Marie Scott and
Esther Layman. of this city. and Mrs.
E. T. Bishop and daughter, Miss Lulu.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-08

Of Ellington. are spending today IN
Pittsburgh.
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and Cyrus Townsend Brady, the pro.
duction by Vitagraph.
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4 IN THE
FRONT ROW
HEApLINERs TONIGHT.
Musical Comedy.

Hippodrome. =. Belle Isle Beauties
PhotopIayS.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
EDWARD N. O'BRIEN WINS
SCHOLARSHIP HONORS

Edward NJ. OBrien of this city was
awarded first prize in general average
at the commencement exercises OF the
Georgetown College Preparatory School
ctpal address was given by Rev. Al
phonsus J. Donlon, s. J.. president of
Georgetown University, who urged the
boys to be prepared and ready to do their
duty If called upon. He spoke of the
obligations of boys to prepare them
selves for duty in an emergency and
to give their services freely.
The first preparatory honors were
distributed as follows: General aver
age. Edward M. O'Brien. first prize:
Francis Weaver, second prize; Norbert
A. Dempsey. distinguished. and Leo
geometry, ]. Fendall Cain. jr., first
prize; Edward NJ O'Brien. second prize;
Eldor Mink. distinguished. and Frank
Weaver, honorable mention. Solid
geometry, Norbert Dempsey, first prize;
Edward M. O'Brien. second prize; Eldor
Mink and William F. Weaver, distin-
guished; Leo Hal1er. Leon McNierney
and Jerome Tierney, honorable men
.tion. French, Edward NJ. O'Brien, first
prize: N. A. Dempsey. second prize,
and Paul D. Page. jr.. honorable men
ton. German, William F. Weaver,
mention. Prizes open to general COM
petition, Paul D. Page for e1ocution.
and Wilfred E. Colvin for the best
essay. Wilfred E. Colvin also won the
prize for English composition.
The graduates were Joseph Fendall
Cain. jr. !; Wilfred Eustace Colvin, Rich
ard West Cooney. Norbert Anthony Demp-
sey, Anton, Harty. Leo Aloysius Haller,
Thomas Vincent MCGUIRE. Leon Joseph
McNierney. Eldor Louis Mink, Edward
William Francis Weaver, David Francis
Widmayer.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Germans Still Have
Over Two Million Men
on the West Front
By the Associated Press.

OTTAWA, June 2-The German army
on the western front at the end of
May. according to calculations set forth
In an unofficial estimate received here
today from Canadian army headquar-
ters in France, consisted of 157e diyi-
sions of which 107 u were holding the
line with the other fifty in reserve.
Estimated on the minimum and
maximum reckonings of $4,000 and
10000 troops to a division, this would
indicate the presence of from 2,047.500
to 3,150000 troops. OF these from
$4,000 to 100000 would be in the
reserve.
"Of the fifty reserve divisions, thirty
three are exhausted troops withdrawn
from the front after a period of service
there the dispatch adds. More than
half of the divisions at the front are
probably tired and in need of rest. After
the heavy fighting of the past two
months on the various parts of the
line more than thirty divisions were
withdrawn from German trenches fac
ing the British front.
This waStage is greater than had
been hoped for when the campaign
opened. 1t must be remembered that
German divisions are now reduced in
numbers, few battalions having more
than 700 men. The battalions on the
western front probably do not muster
more than 100000 bayonets available
for holding trenches. This. of course,
is exclusive of artillery. army service,
transport and auxiliary troops"
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Deaths Reported

The following deaths have been reported to the
health department in the last twenty four hours:
Harry Clay Mclean, 90 years, 1873 Irving
street northwest.
John W. wassum. So years, AIS Kentucky ave-
nue. southeast.
George W. Harrison. So years. s1s 10th street
northwest.
George Louis Butler. 81 years. 415 I street
Mary G. jenkins, 81 years. $40 Keefer street
northwest.
Mary H. Longworth, 65 years. the Astoria.
Harry Emmert, 30 years. Washington Asylum
Hospital.
Fannie Owens. 7s years. $3.50 o street north
west.
William Henry whitestone, 90 years, Naval
Hospital.
Jane c. Cunningham, s3 years. 1719 X street
northwest.
Leah Helen Dennis. 6s years. 6937 Georgia
! avenue northwest.
Ellen Furr Russell. so years. 1918 11th street
| northwest.
Mary V. Rouzer. 75 years. SOC 4th street north
east.
Oscar Parker. 20 years. a2s street northwest.
Mary L. Martin, So years. 4a0 Florida avenue
| northwest.
Mary Young. days. 1877 street northeast.
Rosa Johns, 46 years. 1919 Duncan street
| northeast.
Vivian simms. 1 month. 1888 street south
east.
Mary Whitney. 20 years. Freedmen's Hospital.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Raids and Counter Raids.

The artillery activity appears grad
ually to be growing in intensity along
most of the British front. with rains
and counter raids going on first in one
sector and then in another. These raids
are the means that the armies have of
keeping in touch with the enemy and
harassing him. First introduced in the
British armies by the Canadians, raids
were taken up by the French and Ger
mans. The last named were never very
successful at the art, however,alth ugh
recently captured Germans asserted
their company commanders promised
them iron crosses and long leaves of
absence if they brought back even one
British prisoner in a raid
Evening star., 1917-06-03
ITALIANS HEMM|NG IN
dunno, TRIESTE DEFENSE
Gen. Cadorna Scores New Advance
on Carso-Numerous Air
Battles.

Gen. Cadorna has set his effective
military machine in motion again. his
latest report showing a renewal OF
the Italian thrust in the direction OF
Trieste. The new advance was scored
south of Castagnavizza, along which
the Italians pushed something like q
quarter of a mile nearer their goal
The process of hemming in Duino, on
the coast to the south. an important
outlying defense of Trieste, is In
progress over this immensely difficult
ground on the Carso plateau.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Enrollments Announced.

Enrollments in the naval reserve an
nounced yesterday were:
Frederick A. Anderson. 1888 Park
road; John J. Laverine. Alb 5th street
northeast; Mrs. Grace A. Genler, Mt.
Rainier. Md; Michael F. Madigan, 652
Morris street northeast: Richard F. s.
Hanley. Towson. Md; Henry Cote. Lei
cester. Mass: William Guy Shreve,
West Falls Church, Va; Raye G. Fem
wick. $50 New Hampshire avenue; Alb
bic R. Riordan;; 1858 Az street south
west; William S. Putzki, 1862 California
avenue; Henry F. Fitzhugh. King
George county, Va; Hazel c. Douglas,
429 Ith street southeast; Gladys Eliz-
abeth Allen. Berwyn. Nd: Patrick l..
OBrien. 1425 NJ street northwest: !:
Francis c. Johnston. Riverdale, Md. /;
Howard I. Sites, 50 NJ street north
west; Percy c. Gibson. 50 M street
northwest; Horace l. Anderson. 512
10Th lot5 street southeast; Benton Hardy,
l43l Church street; Charles l.. Nc
Closkey. 1888 18th street northwest; j;
Edwin j. Giblin. 1909 New Hampshire
avenue; Richard E. Sibley. 612 G street
southeast; Leanore A. Haslup, 2114 18th
street northwest; Samuel T. Schwartz.
1885 Columbia road; John E, Layne,
1912 Shepherd street northwest.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
GERMANS RIDDLED;
ATTACK is TIMES
Continued from First Page.)

pilots continue to bring in accounts of
German alrplanes breaking to pieces in
the air shortly after being attacked.
This tendency has been notable for
more than a fortnight. Once shot out
OF control the German planes have lost
their wings. tails and other gear to
such an extent that when they finally
crash to the ground very little wreck
age can be seen.
A day or two ago British pilot flew
at an enemy machine head-on, man
time to avoid a collision. one of the
wings of the British plane, however,
scraped one of the German wings.
Whereupon the latter began to fall.
The British pilot dived after him and
was startled to see the Germans dam
aged wings fly completely off while the
tail dragged as if it's back was broken.
Whether faultiness in so many Ger
man machines is due to the speed with
which the Germans have to turn them
out to meet the British offensive, or to
the lack of suitable material. is a mat
ter of no concern on this side of the
line.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Fighting More Difficult.

Such experiences are possible nova
days with a ragged and irregular front
line for outpost positions as they exist
in the battle area east Of Arras The
fighting there is more difficult in some
ways than when the armies were in
Evening star., 1917-06-03
SCHOOL PUPILS ASKED
TO WORK FOR COUNTRY
Called Upon to Aid in Recruiting
Marine Corps by Personal
Appeals.

School children of the country are to
be called upon next week to share in
the work for their country by spread
ing the propaganda of the Marine
Corps in the sections in which they live.
The week of June 10 to 16, as every one
must know by this time, is Marine
Corps week, when the soldier sailor
branch of the government will set out
to get -four thousand recruits by Sat
urday night"
Friday, June s, is to be Marine Corps
day in the schools of the United States
The local Marine Corps recruiting sta
tion. in room 407, Star building, is
sending out thousands of folders de-
scribing the corps and asking the CO.
operation of school teachers and chill
dren to help procure the four thousand
enlistments necessary to put it on a
war footing. The teachers are asked to
read the circular aloud to the pupils
June s. On the front is marine in
dress uniform and standing with his
rifle at port.
On the reverse is a concise history of
the corps. the opportunities it offers,
stories of incidents in its many cam
paigns and some anecdotes of the sery-
ice
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Appeals to All to Help.

Every one of us should help the Ma
rIne Corps get enlistments in the COM
ing week. says the circular This
week has been set apart all over the
United States as Marine Corps week
president Wilson wants every strong,
ahle-bodied man to help in upholding
the honor of America. How can we
help? We can help great deal by
telling everybody what fine, splendid,
manly fellows United States marines
are; what splendid fighters they have
always proved to be.
You can tell your fathers and
mothers all about the United States
marines. because you know now who
they are and what they do; how they
are now preparing: that next week is
Marine Corps week the country over,
and that the marines need four thou
sand men by Saturday night
Remember, these are the men to
whom is intrusted the guarding of the
stars and Stripes in foreign lands, who
will soon be called upon to do their
part in protecting in this great war
the flag we love so we'll"
In addition to the schools, theaters
Will be called to help by allowing the
showing of Marine Corps moving pic
lures and by slides. urging young men
to enlist in the first to fight" corps
Attractive Marine Corps posters are
being placed in all parts of the city.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Prisoners Work Near Lines.

Strange working parties recently have
been seen just behind the German front
line. They labor under the eyes of
German guards with bayonets fixed.
The workers are clad in sort of gray
uniform, but wear straw hats, derbies
or civilian caps such as often are given
, to prisoners of war. 1t has been re-
ported many times lately that the Ger
mans are deliberately working British
prisoners in very close proximity to the
front line.
Three British soldiers who had been
given up as lost returned to their lines
yesterday after three days behind the
German outposts without food. The
trio became lost on patrol duty and
discovered they were inside the Ger
man lines. They hid in shell hole
during the daytime and tried for three
successive nights to return to the Brit
ish lines hefore they finally succeeded.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Gen. Wood to Talk for Red Cross.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 2-Gen.
Leonard Wood, commander of the
Southeastern Department, arrived here
this afternoon and will make an ad-
dress tonight at the Red Cross dem
Gen. Wood has also noti-
fed Vive Chancellor knight of the Uni
versity of the South, at Sewanee, that
he will be there June 10 to deliver
the commencement address of the uni
versity.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to thu
health department In the last twenty -four hours
William J. and Mary Muldoon, boy.
George II. and Elizabeth Hall. girl.
Joseph and Mary Rodano, girl. ---
Louis and Gussie Alpert, girl.
Morgan l.. and Louise E. Ruttue, girl.
Oscar Fl. and Mary NJ. Friedrich, girl.
CuyIer 0. and Blanche Boiling, girl.
willis C. and Gertrude Ryan, girl.
Clarence s. and Mary Jones, girl.
George E. and Margaret l.. Fell, boy.
Willard ". and Florence f. Stout, girl.
Irving and Ray Levy, girl.
John F. and Grace Thomoson. boy.
Calvin c. and Irene Davis, boy.
Morris and Ida Gottlieb, boy.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
Use Clouds as Screens.

Recent attempts by the Germans to
use floating clouds as screens for air
plane raids have led to some rather
spectacular sky bombardments by
British anti-aircraft guns These guns
have occasionally driven the raiders
from cover and forced them to turn
back over their own line. German
avlators seem especially trained in the
defensive use of clouds. for during air
battles if a bit of passing vapor is
available they invariably dive Or side
slip into it. This is only another
demonstration of the German passion
for digging in, such as first brought
the world war to trench fighting. The
Germans dig in on the land, in the air
and under the sea.
Evening star., 1917-06-03

fixed trench positions. Then each side
became accustomed to the others trench
habits and the slightest unfamiliar
move by day or night had an easily de-
fined significance. East of Arras at
present there are only short stretches of
trenches with posts between them. but
each shell hole is potential strong
point and may hold a nest of machine
guns. A chain of connected shell crat-
ers makes first-class trench position
under the new order of things.
Evening star., 1917-06-03
italian Report of Successes.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. June 2.-The Italian an
nouncement reads:
"Artillery fire was heavier than usual
yesterday in the area north and east OF
Gorilla and particularly in the north
ern sector of the Carso.
THE enemy concentrated fire on our
lines on the Dosso Faiti, which was OF
patrol and infantry attacks, and was
vigorously answered by our batteries.
On Thursday night we again repulsed
enemy attacks on Hill 652 in the Vodice
area. Two enemy attacks preceded by
heavy artillery preparation against our
lines on Hill 1875 south of GraZigna and
on Hill ia. north of Tivoli also were
unsuccessful. The same night on the
Carso south of Castagnavizza our in
fantry made surprise attack and ad-
vanced our line about 400 yards on
one-and "a a-quarter-mile front.
There were numerous air encounters
yesterday above Gorilla. Raids attempt
ed by the enemy on the city were all
repulsed. One enemy machine was
brought down near AisoviZza. Our
bombing squadrons of airplanes, ac-
companied by chasing machines, also
were very active yesterday. Military
works. aviation camps, dumps and rail-
way functions were successfully bomb
ed from Duino to Opicina northeast of
Trieste. All our machines returned
safely"
Evening star., 1917-06-03

A New Jersey inventor has patented a
machine for hanging wall paper, ena-
bling a man to do three times as much
work as by hand.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18

books are necessary if we expect
to have free schools.
The State Superintendent re-
Gently secured reports from 1886
school districts which are using
free text books, and of the 1856
reporting 375 reported in favor OF
free books and 10 opposed them
The above clerks reported the fol.
lowing reasons for the use Of free
text books:
l. One hundred forty-two dis
tricts reported in favor of free
books because it has proven of an
advantage to poor parents.
9. Forty-thrce districts report
ed a better attendance since the
adoption Of free books.
3. Nineteen districts reported
that the pupils take better care
Of the books.
+. Tlevcn districts favor free
books because it gives equal
rights to all children.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
FRANCE OWES ON OLD WARS
Some Villages Have Not Paid
German Requisition of
1870.

Paris, Jan. l3.-Discussion of
the proposition for the integral
RESPIRATION of all war damages in
France has developed the fact
that some French cities and vii
lagos have not yet finished pay
ing obligations incurred in order
to satisfy acquisitions by the Ger
man armies in 1870.
Two villages of the old depart
ment of the Haute Marine, four
villages of the Aisne, one of the
Haute Saonc, two of the Somme
and eight in Meurthc and Moselle
still owe a portion of the money
borrowed to pay the contributions
levied upon them, while the city
of Amiens, fined 5000. 900 during
the short occupation of 1914, has
not vet finished paying the mill
ion dollars the, Germans levied on
the town in 1870. It still. owes
$500, 900.