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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
THAT
Whey COLD
yopsr Time = Check Cough is at
Ii TIRE First symptom-Delay
10 Dangerous.

3 Hyou are still neglecting your cough,
~ sensible thing Is to stop taking
ances and begin taking DR.. Bells
7ne!Tar Hone.
& Treatment with this effective balsam
medy should give you quick relief.
Nd viii notice its soothing effect on
! y air passages from the first dose.
9 is name implies, It contains in.
ksdients proved to allay inflammation,
! Net coughing ana tickling in the
J tcat. and to loosen and expel the
belegm. Don't lose time from your
ftDrk.
Take a dose OF Dr.. Bells Pine-Tar.
ttoncy promptly and regularly US d.
siieted. Your cold or cough will be
Token up, and its ili.elfects thrown
Z 4 The taste is SO pleasant, children
A Re it'readily.
Ieas this adj out and taic it to your
itnsgist with s5c.and he will give you
y sgenuine DR. Eeli's Pine. TGr.iIoney.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
B. 4 Q. Photographers
Will Not Strike
I(By Assoclated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Difficul.
Hes which threatened a strike of q.
800 telegraphers employed by the 2.
= o. Railroad and the tie.up OF traf.
&c on one Of the country's most i'm.
Dcrtant munitions and coal carrying
eoads were settled today by the Fed.
edal board Of mediation and concilia.
don under the direction OF Commits.
olcner G.. W. w. Hanger.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
GERMANS RUSH
Continued From Page (1)

Continued From Page ~
that the Bolsheviki are meeting with
difficulties in maintaining control of
Moscow. The situation there is re.
ported grave with the Bolsheyiki gar.
rison refusing to obey its commander
who has ordered machine guns placed
in the streets in anticipation of upris-
ing. Whether clashes have occurred
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Dry Amendment Up
In the House Monday
(By Associated Press,

Wy 4fooUCIttItU 1853
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-By unan.
imous consent today the House
agreed to consider on Monday the
constitutional amendment for nation.
wide prohibition, which has already
passed .ae Senate. The Judiciary
committee today fayorably reported
the amendment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
Senate Will Probe
The Coal Shortage
tBy Associated pres.)

WASHINGTON. Dec. 11.-fnquiry by
q Senate committee into the causes
Tor the shortage of sugar and coal with
q view Of recommending legislation to
Improve the situation was ordered by
tie Senate today on a motion, Of Sena.
tor Lodge.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11
MRS. BURNHAM
JAMAICA, MY.
Sufferings Cured by MIDI.
cine Recommended h
Sister;in-law.
Jamaica. N. Y.-'T suffered "a
with my head and with backache,

weak, dizzy. ner.
|yous, with&o 81
flashes and fslt ery
miserable, as lwat
irregular forhtwc
0ns@ay
when ] was fe ling
unusually bad my
|sister-in.law 6sme
in and saidR y
wish you would fry
Lydia E. Pfnkhd ms
=
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-11

Big Line of Kid Gloves at Hart.
ley's.-Advt.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21

trial of the regular criminal and
 civil calendar will start.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
Government Is Satisfied Information Constantly
 Going Somehow to
 the Germans. SUSPECT SWITZERLAND
(By Ryley Grannon)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. - (By maiD-A friend has kindly furnish ed me with information regarding Department of State obtained and .eciphered Count Luxburg's dispatch es from Buenos Aires in which he recommended that two Argentine vessels be sunk without leaving a trace.
 It is not expedient to throw any public light on these matters, but promise to give the readers at the proper time a true story that is more exciting than fiction.
 In the meanwhile it may interest Americans, I know it will interest certain foreigners, to know that the dispatches made public are no; the only ones that are in posses sion of the United States govern ,nent. Admiral Lindman Minister of For ,ign Affairs of Sweden, is on the tight track when he assumes that
 he American Department of State las more information than it has 1ivulged If the Foreign Ministers 1f two other neutral countries would make the same assumption hey would be right also
 The State Department is in a DO sition to put a stop to pro-German activities on the part of their dip lOmatic representatives whenever certain important considerations will make such revelations advisable.
 The information in possession of the United States does not harmon
 ze in particular with the effusive protestations of neutrality made by Special Envoy de Lagercrantz.
 The information referred to was not obtained directly or indirectly from the American Legation at Stockholm. Contrary to the policy ,ursued by the Swedish government
 he American government has been absolutely fair and above board with
 Sweden, and no American in Swed- en has furnished the information
 which I refer
 The United States is not the only government that is busy acquiring Information. Germany makes a speciality of knowing what is going ln. A few weeks ago a most en- tertaining. batch of information des-
 ined for Count yon Bernstorff, via
 Stockholm, conveyed exclusively through neutral hands, was diverted 10 American hands.
 One of the Counts informants, it ppears, is a. charming woman who is acquainted widely in Germany The sidelights on American news contained in this correspondence are especially interesting, but Count on Bernstorff will be compelled to
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
KAISER IS USING COPENHAGEN
 AND IRISH PORT AS HIS DUPES;
 BERNSTORFF PAPERS ARE SEIZED

forego the pleasure of posting him self on Washington social and DO litical affairs.
 The government is satisfied that constantly is furnished to the German government regard ing intimate matters here. It has found Stockholm to be German intelligence headquarters, with Go penhagen a close second.
 The British government will be compelled to close down the cable to all dubious correspondence and all cipher dispatches before the Al lies can be sure that important plans will be kept secret.
 Despite a censorship over Irish mail that was supposed to be air tight, it has been found that infor nation from America has been sent Ito Germany by way of Ireland.
 Not only mail, but fruit and oil found their way from Italy to Ger many The trading is done through Switzerland
 The German government is trying to gain control of cable communica tions with Russia, in the hope oi crippling or cutting off intercourse between Russia and the Allies.
 The sending of counterfeit gold and decoy dispatches is going or constantly The Allied Governments exercise the greatest possible eau ton in their ntercommunication The use of couriers is increasing even for long journeys. Neutral correspondence necessarily is under close surveillance.
 No cipher messages can be sent from the United States by the Bul garian Legation or by any person formerly connected with the Aus trian or Turkish Embassies. The Bulgarian minister, however, is ac corded full recognition still, and there is nothing to prevent hin from gathering important informa tion here and transmitting it by mail.
 Americas friendly relations with Bulgaria, Germany's ally, cause nc end of astOnished comment among British. French and Italian Legations when they first reach Washington The free and easy discussion ol war subjects by government offic ials and legislators astound mer who have dealt with Germany al close range
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
Personal Mention

w. H. Clutter, manager of the Funter Bay cannery, and Captain c. H. Gallagher of Hoonah, arrived last night and are at the Gastineau Hotel for few days.
 c. T. McNicholl, vice-president and general manager of the Grand Trunk steamship lines is making a round trip on the Prince George and was about the city last night while the liner was in port.
 E. D. Jenkins, of the sales force of the B. M. Behrends store. left for the south this morning on the Princess Sophia. He has been or dered to report at Bremerton for duty in the Naval Reserve
 Mrs. Elizabeth Howdeshell ex- poets to leave within short time for Chicago where she will spend the next few months visiting with relatives.
 Mrs. l.. O. Colbert left on the Sophia this morning enroute to Washington, D. C.. where Capt Col bert has been ordered to report.
 Mrs. J. J. Underwood is visiting with Mrs. Elmer A. Friend during MT. Underwood's trip to Seattle.
 Miss Helen Troy leaves on the Prince George tomorrow for Seattle where she will enter the Univer- sity of Washington.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21

Gifts of Alaskan Old Ivory made at the Arts & Craft Shop, Front and Main street.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
LAGRIPPE BUG IS
 AFFlICTING MANY
 CHILDREN IN CITY

Dr. L. P. Dawes, city health off cer, stated this morning that a small epidemic of la grippe is rag ing in the city, both among the children and older people on account of the sudden change in the weath CT and the cold rain which is now falling.
 Reports which are being circulat- ed to the effect that the sickness among the children is caused by the sediment in the city water, caused
 by the high rains of the past few days, are without foundation to the best of his knowledge, Dr. Dawes stated today. No cases have been reported to him or have come un- der his notice where any illness was caused by the water Dr. Dawes stated that if such thing occurs, warnings will be issued for every one to filter or boil the water
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
NEXT COURT TERM :. WILL START HERE
 ON NEXT MONDAY

The fall session of court will con vene next Monday. On that date the members of the Grand Jury will report. Judge R. w. Jennings, who has been attending the meeting ol the American Bar Association is known to be on his way west and north and is expected to arrive here Tuesday night on the Princess Al ice.
 If Judge Jennings should not be here by Monday the roll of the jurors will be called and they will then be excused until later date The petit jury will report for duty
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
CHEAPER MILK IN SIGHT.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.-Cheap- CT milk for the consumer is indi- cated as the hope of the Food Ad- ministration, in statement issued forecasting reductions in cattle feed costs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
COUNT WRANGELL TAKES
 HOLIDAY ON CONTINENT

LONDON, Sept. 21-Count Wran- gel, Swedish minister to Great Brit ain, creates sensation by leaving London with his wife for the conti- nent Ion a holiday"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-09-21
WAR LOAN
 TO BE FLoATeD AT ONCE

SYDNEY, Sept. 21-The govern
 ment or Australia has introduced a bill for war loan of s40O. 900 900 or which $lO0,O00,000 is to be float ed immediately at AZ per cent. It
 VIII run Tor 10 years and be free from income taxes.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25

patton makes us familiar. A
grand metamorphosis, 1 say, from
the Man Who Could Handle Il to
the Man Whom Ii Handled. And
you can take it from me that its
handling is rough"
always" Smith emphasized.
He was keenly interested in what
the man had to say.
I'm a type" the other contin-
ued. "You can find me in any of
the cheap, dirty saloons or in any
Of the swell clubs. l belonged to
a swell club once. However, W I'll
let that pass. Yes, you can find
me in any of those places. There's
a big army of mean inspiring,
lovely line of men with their eff
cheney gone, their livers hardened,
their kidneys ruined, their brains
foggy, their waistline too big,
their regulations too little. They
are the boys who could handle it.
They re the fellows who despised
the drunkards and the spreers."
They had reached the entrance
to Smith s office building, where
they paused.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25
CONTINUED Next week.l
While sluaoard. s,e.n.
Prom the Philadelnhia puhlic T..d.,

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
IN the rush Of other things have we
lost sight of the daylight Conservation
movement? This simple method of adj
vanclng the clocks an hour needs no fur
thec explanation or advertising. highly
successful abroad. it has become 4 GUS
tom rather than an experiment.. SO that
Its repetition in Europe is almost with
out question.
This spring %frugality will be common
70 al of us. Artificial lighting costs
heavily IN the fuel which is required to
produce the gas and drive the electric
uynafnos. by abolishing an hour of this
Unnecessary expense many dollars and
inuch coal might be conserved for more
Logical purposes. Again, the new agri-
cultural urge which is animating every
one. be he city ~or-country bred. is going
to require time from those already hard
pressed for that scarce commodity. MANY
a business man plans to gardenize his
lttle lot. but Is unable to leave his office
before 5 O'Clock. After that time the
hours OF light in which to dig and plant
are all too meaEer for the work in hand.
But II his official day ended when the
sun stood at the height which we now
cal! 4 O'Clock, he might further his yege-
table projects while they were Wis. bile.
me experienced farmer has long prac-
ttced this economy OF time. He is a motor
iously early. riser. has his meals at what
seem unsod!y hours to city folks, and
AFTER a = O'Clock supper fares forth to the
nelds to ploW and reap in the long and
peautlIul twilight. He has never wasted
But the man who is taking up
agriculture as q necessary sidel:ne needs
every assistance. and one of the greatest
to his .praiseworthy efforts would
be a grant OF longer evening hours tn EN-
his labor
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25
Navy .Eirs4

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
1t employs about two tons OF British
shipping to keep each soldier eau.pped on
the western front.
1t is estimated that it would take about
eight tons to supply each American sol.
der OF an exped;tionary force.
France" assumes that this country car
command the use OF the total shipping OF
Friends of the kaiser would advise
America to send q big army, which would
only embarrass the allies. Our present
business is to sink U-boats and to contin.
enemies. Reinforcelnents of men can 70
TO the front as they are needed.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25
A cheaper and Batter w.x

Girard, In the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Assuming that rgures of the allies ara
correct, 5,OO0.OD men have died during the
war. 1t has cost 81. 900 to kill each man.
Properly invested. the money already
spent on war would have yielded suff.
Gent income to keep 5000. 900 boys AND
girls or the world in school and colleges
for all time.
1t would much more than support all
the churches of the world until kingdorp
Instead of permitting the roya, amb..
tons of a few dynastic families to kin
100000 men at such a cost wouldn't ii
be much cheaper for the rest of the folks
to Danish those half dozen monarchs?
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25
Used Airpianes as Ambu,anc.s.

From the Scientific American Supplement-
illustrative of what airplanes can be
work. the review Paris Medical cites the
following unusual exploit carried out by
French aviators. During the retreat Of
under very trying circumstances, a groun
Of French filters, which was attached to
this army, succeeded in accomplishing q
feat which is rare.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25
CHAPTER XIV.

oSAt AAC y .
the storm had broken in the news
paper world, presagins the hurri-
cane Of sensation, blame, acclama-
ton, criticism and question that
would sweep the country that eve
ming and the following day. He
tried to start his story, but could
not. Telephone calls came to him
one after the other. The news had
swept through the newspaper and
political part Of the city as il by
magic. Correspondents were al
ready sending their papers bulle-
tins announcing that they were
about to put on the wire the "big
story" Men talked eagerly about
it in the hotel Hobbies, at the capt.
tol, in the office buildings, OH the
street corners. Waller, sitting in
his office, had a mental picture of
the excitement, the perturbation
among the prohibitionists, the ex-
ultation of the whisky people, the
doubts of some Of the Smith sup
porters, the quick rallying to his
side of his most earnest followers.
And he knew that nearly every
person was asking another:
What will people think of it?
What will people say?'
He thought, a little grimly, that
few people have any opinions of
their own, that most of them mere
ly reflect the thoughts of others,
that nearly all are too much like
sheep. The great thing was to give
the sensation the right twist, the
proper slant, to make them say,
Hes all right" instead of, Hes
all wrong"
The telephone calls multiplied
and piled up. 10 all of them he
answered that at 4 o'clock he
would have his story ready. When
the representatives Of the after
noon papers said they could not
wait, he answered that he was
sorry but that they would have to
satisfy themselves with what ev-
erybody was saying about the in
cident. In his own mind, he knew
that the verdict would come from
the morning papers, from the fin
ished and complete stories, not
from the sketchy and necessarily
fragmentary articles slapped on
the wire by men who ihlaaa aot.tinae-
enough to reread their copy in
search of mistakes. Finally, he
locked his door, took the receiver
Oft the hook, and sat down at his
typewriter to get out the story
which, he hoped, would turn the
tide in favor of the agitator.
At the end Of al hour and a
half, q few minutes before 4
o'clock, he arose from the ma
chine, stretched his tired arms and
shoulders, and began to put to-
gether the pages Of q story which
would cover two columns and q
hall. He had made six carbon
copies of It. 1t was q good story.
He.s.felt''' that. It had in it some
Of Smith q FIRE and eloquence-and
Z great deal Of Smith 8 anguish.
Afterward, when other members
Of his profession had time to com
mont, they said II was 4 great
piece Of dramatic writing.
he called an Office bow rave
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25

nv olAASS OoJ W OCilNCI
copies to every newspaper and cor
respondent office in town. Now
he led the crowd to the cars on
their way to Smiths offices.
The agitator, stepping from the
inner office, confronted the semi
circle of eager faces and bowed his
customary:
Good afternoon, gentlemen"
There was nothing unusual in
his demeanor. His smile was the
same. He did not even look tired.
AS always before, he impressed
them as a man vibrant with en-
ergy. He held in his left hand a
paper which, some of them OBJ
served, was a map Of the city of
Washington. Evidently he had
just left his desk to meet them.
Every mar facing him sensed to
a nicely how near John Smith
stood to tragedy and ruin. They
We're trained to "get" and esti-
mate the force Of events, the prob
able consequences of national af-
fairs, the results of clashing per-
sonalities. And all of them, watch
ing him intently, thought that he
must be a brave man.
So keen was their appreciation
of what the thing meant, so accur-
ate their provision of the danger
threatening him, that for a few
seconds nobody put the question
they all wanted to ask.
He bowed slightly again and
asked pleasantly:
What is it you want to ask,
gentlemen?"
They've got all the essential
facts, Mr.. Smith," Waller spoke
up. "They've seeli my story, and
that covered everything that hap
pened at Senator Mallon s house."
"Pcrhaps," Smith suggested.
1T might be easier fer all of us,
might cover everything more
promptly, if l told you in my own
words all there is to tell. In fact,
what | said this morning in Sena-
tor Mallon's house is all 1 could
say now. 1t is all-that is, it is all
l know. Naturally, a man with a
memory five years old cannot
speak, either accurately or by
guess, of things said to have hap
pened pix years ago. That seems
quite logical, doesn't it, I realize
the things you would ask, the
things you would like to know. Be
iieve me, gentlemen, your desire to
know them cannot be one-half so
great as mine. Here you are, be-
fore ME, thrusting your heads
against the stone wall of my ig-
norance of my own past. Well'-
he spread out his hand in a hope
less gesture, and smiled-"I have
had my head against that same
stone wall for exactly five years.
Your concern about the facts this
evening may give you some idea Of
what-how shall / say it--of what
/ have suffered each day and each.
night. You see, that is ali. I told.
my story this morning."
The sallow faced young man.
who. by this time, had built up !.
reputation for his questioning
nnvuay.c mt fhn Hr~< r,,o~r,,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-05-25

the room watched the agitator.
Apparently unconscious of their
scrutiny, he was listening, not so
much with eagerness as with a con
~centratcd, calculating interess :, as
if he strove to remember, tried to
drive his brain to do a work of
which it was incapable. 1t was
plain that he was cropping III the
dark, beating aimlessly about in
the sea of ideas brought forward
by what Mary Leslie had said.
Avery read her words:
I am his wife. My maiden name was
Mary Leslie. 1 was BORN and brought
up in Des Moines, Ia. His name is
Jack Gardner. don know where h,
was born. but it was somewhere in the
south, in Virginia, l think. We met in
Shanghai. 1 had gone out there as Il
trained nurse. He had some money,
n he married me a week after he
met me. Then he got to hitting the
pipc-opium. He had been hitting it
before he married me.
o know. without my telling you,
what that meant. Things went to
pieces. He go me into the habit. We
used to go to a place on the Foocllo-:'
road. l guess it's still there. 1t was
known as the House with the Red
~lacquered Balcony, and it was run by a
Portuguese we called Charlie.
AS said. things got worse. My hus-
bandS money CAV out. He didn't
have much. after all. Then l walked up
one morning in Charles place to find
that l had been deserted. l never saw
the man again until today when l went
to see Miss Edith Mallon. 1 went to
see her because l was down and out.
I've been down and out a good many
times. When Gardner left me in Shaug-
hal. l had to work as a servant. l got
pack TO the states by coming over as a
iady's maid. l came to Washington to
try for a position as an army nurse.
Those are the facts.
Avery stopped reading and
looked at Smith.
"That s her story, sir" the cor
respondent said.
The agitator addressed himself
to Avery:
1T recalls nothing, absolutely
nothing, to my mind" he said.
Those who heard him recognized
the regret, the sadness, in his
voice. There could be no doubt of
the fact that he was sorry he
could get nothing from the story.
1t was evident that his great de-
sire was to get light on the mat
ter from somewhere.
"Does she explain" Waller
asked Avery, "why she is known
as Mary Leslie if she is really Mrs.
John Gardner?"
ooh, Of course, she explains it,"
Avery said carelessly. cts the
obvious explanation: She pre-
ferred to resume her maiden
name"
Smith put one brief question:
And the proof Of this a
riagef"
"she has no documentary evil
dence," Avery replied, "but she
claims it was in Shanghai. Several
news associations have cabled to
Shanghai to get all that end of the
story"
Waller exn,a;nad 70 Smith.
"Under Favorable cnnd;t;ons
we onrh+ - "a .coiis
Shanghai in six. or seven b a :
It's 6 O'Clock hora nom LUIS o.
o'clock in the mornino there W.
ought to hear sometime ton;obt"
"NThat is" Avery modified M;f
the men there find anvth;no1
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