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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23

zie Toothman, of Fairview, was pres.
ent and gave short address. Other
county officers were present. Mrs.
N. E. Green, also of Fairview, gave a
reading entitled THE Drunkards
Child" Mrs. Stella Wilson, of Fair.
mont, gave a short talk on the medal
contest work. Miss Lena Gump also
gave very suitable reading. The
picnickers arrived home about five
o'clock, being accommodated by
Sturm's truck. The Fairview ladies
left for home on the six o'clock car
declaring that they had spent very
enjoyable day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Birthday Party

Miss Mildred Tucker was hostess
yesterday afternoon at her home on
Cliff street to a number of her friends,
honoring her twelfth birthday ami
yersary. A color scheme in pink and
white was carried out in the table dec
orations. Father Boutlou who was pres
ent at the party, asked a blessing aft
er the guests we're seated at the Ia
BILE. The guests included John Carr,
Mary Denham, Edwin Shore, Virdie
Manning, Clint Carrico, Sylvia Dom
man, Josephine Farrell, Meredith
Small, Wilma, Margaret and Susan
Bracken, Helen Gould, Louise Russo,
William Hawkins, John Talbot, Sill
as Mills, Fermine Looman, Cecilia
Creighton, John Looman and Paul
Wayne Dougherty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
-Eor Miss o,Hara

Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Barry entertained
at dinner last evening at their home
on High street honoring Miss Mar.
guerite O'Hara, of Connellsville, Pa,
who is the guest Of the Misses Kath'
crime and Elizabeth Ford. Covers were
laid for six.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Barry en-
tertained thirty children at her home
in honor of the sixth anniversary Of
her birth of her daughter little Miss
Katherine Agnes Barry. A birthday
cake with candles was a feature of
the decorations
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Celebrating Birthday.

Miss Louise Raymond, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs, Jos. Hay
mond, is entertaining a number of her
young friends at party this afternoon
at Loop Park. Patriotic appointments
feature the event at which number OF
her friends are being entertained. The
occasion is the tenth birthday anniver-
sary of the hostess.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
THE DEACON.

Marion County IN the Making"
the history recently issued by the
James o. Watson class of the Fair
mont High school, is most interest
ing volume, but q study Of 1t is be-
lieyed to disclose some errors. 1t has
Iohn ]. Moon" as the second elected
mayor Of Fairmont when 1t should
read John J. Moore, natural typo
graphical error. 1t leaves out John
Barnes who was mayor Of Fair
mont In 1913. Festus C. Pitcher was
really the first mayor Of Fairmont,
holding that Office by appointment
until the first election which brought
Ia William G. Raymond John j..
Moore then served two terms, E. L..
Bpydston one term, ]. S. Barnes one
term, Thomas G. Watson two terms,
Albert Shore, one term and james
Neeson one term, holding office in
1852, the time when Marion County
In the Making" concludes that Marion
county was made.
The first circus In this section Of
the country appeared at Morgantown
Ia 1888, according to the findings of
the High School historians ana the
josiling crowd Of Marion county peo-
I pleg described as attending could not
have known that they were Marion
\ County people until the county was
formed and named several years lat
er. That history speaks Of The Mar
ion County Pioneer being established
Eifi l840, before the formation of the
county, and doubtless copied that
Statement from Hardesty's history,
published in 1883, which makes the
Same error.
Tradition tells that the knoll on
which the Fairmont high school
stands was once the seen of bloody
Conflict and Marion County in the
Making" describes the conflict as san
culinary" which proves that the Ian
guage do move.
The Indians were prepared as early
as 1886, according to Marion County
in the Making" which tells of bullets
being used in conflict on the knoll
where the Fairmont High school now
stands.
Coal Run was mighty about 1856
years ago, to believe Marion County
Ia the Making, being navigable by
canoe.
"Our modern roads began with the
efforts Of the Indians to find their way
through the unbroken forests" 1t Is
told in the high school history and the
modern roads end as trail for In
dams in automobiles who travel like
they were really on the war path
The last Indian seen in what is
now Marion. county watched the work
p,oceed on the Jamestown mill for q
minutes silent and alone" and
then passed beyond the brow OF the
hin and was gone forever" OF course
the histories refer to the last OF the
red men seen in this county outside
OF shows-Buffalo Bill brought red
men to Fairmont later who passed the
gin mills silent and alone" but
red man will never again see either
wooden mill or ginmill around here
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Big Munitions Plant
Disaster in Austria
tBy Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, June 90 More than
1000 persons were killed Or injured or
are missing in consequence of an ex-
plosion in the munition factories at
Bloeweg, according to an announce
ment mace in the lower house of the
Austrian parliament by The minister
of defense as forwarded in dispatch
from Vienna.
The CASUALTIES were given by the
minister us follows: Dead, 1856; miss.
ing, ITO; wounded, 625. OF the wound
ed $50 Nceived only slight injuries.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Returned With Bride

Paul Browne and bride, formerly
Miss Mary Genevieve Zimmerman, OF
Ashland, Pa, have arrived here from
Ashland where their marriage was
solemnized recently. They have TAX
en- up their residence at Sl2 Boyds;I
ton street. Mr.. Browne is employed
with the Consolidation Coal company.
His home is near Philadelphia
Personal g.,
The Misses Mona and Nina Simon
went to Morgantown yesterday where
they are the guests for several days
of Miss Dorcas Madeira.
Mrs. Perry E. Fennell and daugh-
tiers, the Misses Mildred and ThelmaI
of Morgantown avenue, have gone, to
mother, Mrs. E. G. Moore, who is ILL.,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Entertained Friends.

Miss Martha clifton Houston enter
tanned number of her young friends
yesterday afternoon at Loop Park, the
event honoring her eleventh birthday
anniversary. A picnic supper was a
feature OF the entertainment which
was enjoyed by number Of her young
friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Entertained Glass

Miss Gladys Watkins was hostess
last evening at her home on Bell Run
to the Philathea Class of the Fleming
chapel. The guests included Mary
Seaton, Ruth Smith, Ruth Smiley
Ethel Rice, Lucy Hughes, Mrs. j. E
Anderson, Miss Jessie Vandervort
Miss Mary Benntt, Miss Villa Davis
The next meeting Of the class will be
held July 20 at the home Of Miss Ruth
Snider, at Edgemont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Evening Chat

Songs or sobs,
Take which you please,
The world is full,
OF each Of these,
Smile and the universe
Is song,
Frcwn, and your world
OF things is wrong,
Sing, and your world
rs a world Of cheer,
Sob, and your world
rs drear-
Songs or sobs,
Take which you please,
The world Is full
OF each Of these.
THE DEACON.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
days with her parents, DR.. and Mrs, ].

days with her parents, DR.. and Mrs. ].
A. Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Ford left today
for Cleveland, o., to visit relatives.
Mrs. A. H. Kane and sons have gone
to Altoona and Bellwood, Pa, to visit
relatives.
Mrs. A. B. Robb and daughter, Miss
Helen, and son, Alexander, have return
ed from Wheeling where they had been
the guests of relatives.
Mrs. Lillian Edgar left this after
noon for Detroit, Mich, where she will
represent the Protected Home Circle
at the National convention.
George Irwin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Irwin, will leave next week for
Philadelphia where he will work with
Alexander McElwee, formerly Of this
city, now superintendent of PhiladeI-
phia city parks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
w. G. T. U. Picnic

The Women's Christian Temperance
Union held their annual picnic at the
home Of Mrs. Harry Michael on Whet'
stone, Thursday. A basket dinner was
enjoyed by all. The organization held
their regular monthly meeting on the
lawn. The county president, Mrs. Liz
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
The minister said tire explosion was
probably due to q lack Of caution on
the part O. the men employed ina
trench mortar workshop.
peIIean,s Habits.

The pelican is commercially regular
in his habits. The parent birds catch
fish, and, after eating their ill, tiy 70
their young, who eat by thrusting their
bills '.r'n the mothers throat and
fea the half-dlgested food.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
SUMMER AT GRAFTON.

GRAFTON. June 2S.-Miss A. Ruth
c.anlin, formerly Of this city, now re.
siding in Pruntytown, who attended
school at Marshall College in Hunting
ton, has arrived home and will spend
thessummer with her parents, Mr.. and
/ Mrs. F. G. Camlin.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
no WOMAN SOL I'D
THE RUTH CRUGER MYSTERY

New York does not know how sys.
tematizel the danger is for the girls OF
our city" she says. Girls disappear
in this city and too-ready public IN.
stantly says at least the girl was nan
as much to blame as the man. But l
can tell you otherwise"
In one year, S29 persons disappeared
from the streets of the big city ana
were never heard from again. IN
three OF it's five boroughs, 244 murders
occurred and many remain unsolved.
These conditions indicate either that
New York is the most criminal city IN
the world, or the police force is inetn.
cient. Mrs. Humiston's revelations OF
the inactivity of the police in the Huth
Cruger case have again aroused the
suspicion that they are still protecting
criminals insteld Of the public.
81 found myself blocked by some mys'
FERROUS person at every step" said Mrs.
Humiston discussing her difficulties IN
tracing Ruth Cruger against the appar'
ent will Of the police.
Mrs. Humiston has done remarkable
work as lawyer. She saved Charles
F. stielow from the electric chair three
times. She helped prosecute the peon'
age cases in the southern turpentine
swamps in 1906 and i'll 1907. Her maid
en- name was Mary Grace Winterton,
and she is a member of an old New
York family. In 1906 she founded the
PEOPLES Law Firm, where poor people
could secure expert legal aid for a
small sum.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
EIeotrIclans Leavina

The Bell Telephone boys that have
been here for several months are leav-
ing this morning for Grafton where
they intend to put in new toll line.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Has New Job

Richard Jones has accepted po'
sition with the Bell Telephone com
pany.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
WARRINGTON
Home From Pennsylvania
Visiting In Wheeling
Dave Matheney and Harry Thomas
are visiting in Wheeling.

Home From Pennsylvania
Miss Lucy Prichard has returned
from Chester, Pa, where she has been
visiting.
80, In Cleveland, o.
DR.. and Mrs. M. F. Hamilton are
visiting Cleveland, o.
Tetrick in Grafton
H. H. Tetrick is visiting in Grafton.
Powell In Fairmont
n N na-,aII 10 ,,;,iEir,,, in ENairpoOOt
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
mss Hazel, HATFIELD (Ar DOOR, AND MISS NINA HEWITT

sdonned drove tacas for the Red
Cross Red Cross week taxi com
nany gave receipts gross Miss Hazel Hatfield
daughter the ex-governor collected fares Of machine
Hewitt another popularCociey gTs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Home From Wheeling


Mrs. Ed. Walters has returned from
Wheeling where she has been visit
ing,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23

Mrs. Grace Humiston, who I'M
covered the Ruth cruger mystery
and below Alfredo cocchi, held
In Italy for the girls murder with
bis wife and children.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23

Powell In Fairmont
B. F. Powell is visiting in Fairmont
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In Cleveland, o.
Tetrick in Grafton

H. H. Tetrick is visiting in Grafton
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06

been chosen to attend some sort of con-
vention and that these delegates have
been chosen to represent the views of
1900, 900 people The word democracy
was probably adopted as part of their
self given appellation in order to give a
semblance of loyalty and patriotism to
their organization. Whether loyal or dis
loyal the effect of their efforts is pro-Ger-
man and individually they have made
themselves assistant Germans. During
the Civil War we had propaganda here
in Waldo county which started with a
peace at any price policy and grew to
armed preparation for resistance to a
draft. When the chief conspirator was
compelled to rest from his labors in the
seclusion of Fortress Monroe, his follow
ers suddenly became loyal citizens and
have remained such ever since. A diluted
dose of Prussianism would doubtless have
a pacific effect on the pacifists of the
peoples Council of America for Demo-
cracy and Peace" Their democracy is
not exactly what the nations democracy
needs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
ENGINE NO. 1, U. S. A.

From the Brooklyn Stand ard Union.1
Building locomotive in twenty work.
ing days may not be worlds record but
certainly it is an achievement which
should not pass unnoticed. The distinc-
ton of doing this belongs to the Baldwin
Locomotive Works at Philadelphia, and
it was done for no less eminent person.
age than Uncle Sam.
The Government has placed several
large orders for engines to be used in
France, and this is the first of the $50
allotment given to the Baldwin Com
pany. 1t was a case of pulling the con-
Germs throttle wide open, and how eff
fectively the big shop responded to the
impetus is shown by the result-a ready
for-use 166, 400 pound locomotive with
the letters ''U. S. A" in big type on the
tender.
When the Baldwin shop gets going
right on this particular job it will turn
out four engines day. Over 1000 loco
motives, majority of them smaller than
the twenty-day product, have been or
dered by the Government. All are to 60
to France. 1t is needless to mention that
each will be called upon to do it's part
toward pushing the Kaiser's army out of
that country and Belgium.
And when the war is over, what is to
become of these engines7 That has not
been considered yet, but probably they
will not be brought back to America.
How would it do to present them to
France and Belgium. But that is some
thing which must be left for the quiet
days which are to come when tarpaulin
has been drawn over the big guns and
their voices hushed for an indefinite
Deriod
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
THE REASON.

THE idea got recognition only when
and because there was feeling that the
war was not being managed satisfactor-
ily," says Golfers Weekly, in giving an
account of the adoption of the Senate
amendment for Joint committee on war
expenditures Golfers has been friendly
to the Wilson administration, but it is
not of that sort of friends who sneeze
whenever the President takes snuff and
who change every time the President
changes. The article from which this
quotation is taken explains that the
Weeks Madden resolution was introduced
early in this session of Congress but
made little Roadway at first. Continuing,
Golfers says:
"The air of Washington and of the
country was filled with episodes which
were chargeable to lack of effective ad-
ministration by the President. The Den
man-Goethals situation, which had held
up for months the vitality needed building
of ships, was but the most conspicuous
of many aspects of the management of
the war which gave apprehension to the
friends of the administration and oppor-
tunity to it's enemies"
Several other instances of bad manage
ment are cited, all supporting the con-
clusion above quoted, that the Senate
vote of So to 81 in favor of the Joint
committee, in body majority of which
is Democratic, arose from realization that
the war was being mismanaged.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
Mother says this flouris best"
DAISY BNKER
AMERICA.

America, proud in her strength.
AND proud IN all her sires bequeathed,
Hath drawn her sword, twill not be
sheathed,
Till Germans learn its weight and length.
Across the sea her banner flies
With France and England close allied,
Their colors floating side by side
Give comfort to war weary eyes,
Poor bleeding France, at what loss
Hath she withstood the invading foe,
America will help her show
The INVADERS where the Rhine to cross.
Then how their coward hearts will quail,
For towards only wanton slay
The young, the old, who weep and pray
For mercy, but of no avail.
Their impious Kaiser with uplifted hand
Thanks God for all his gracious care,
And not forgetting in his PRAYER
That pc Wer be given his pirate band
All ships to seize, sink, or destroy,
All modes of piracy pursue,
Their flag should be of blacklist hue,
Black as the methods they employ.
n luOuSdHu CRIMES lie AT MS door.
Millions lie dead at his command,
Beneath the sea and in the land,
And still he calls for more, and more.
Warped in mind and dwarfed in soul,
That soul he has, seems little doubt
Though small, the fiends have found it
out
And have it under safe control
S. S. HASKELL,
Brooks, Me.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
ARE YOU RUN DOWN?
Awaken to the Danger and Aid the Weak
ened Kidneys.

Kidney sickness often runs you down
to the verge of collapse before you know
the cause. When you seem unable to
pin your mind to any task, your back
aches and you cannot do an ordinary
days work, it is time to ask yourself
this question: care my kidneys working
right2" The answer may be easily found.
Weak kidneys slacken their filtering
work and the uric circulates with the
blood, in many cases, attacking. brain,
nerves, muscles and vital organs. Don't
wait for the serious trouble-begin using
Doan's Kidney Pills when you feel the
first backache or first notice urinary dis
orders. This remedy has given new life
and strength to thousands.
Proof of merit in Belfast woman's
statement.
Mrs. Margaret P. Wood, 10 Vine ST.,
Belfast, says: 81 suffered from severe
pains across my back and at night they
interferred with my rest. was subject
to dizzy spells and black spots came be-
fore my eyes, My kidneys were some
what disordered and felt miserable and
run down. Doan's Kidney Pills seemed
to be Just what my system required and l
soon got relief l can recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills procured from the City Drug
Store to anyone"
Price Coo. at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's Kid
ney Pills-the same that Mrs. Wood had.
Foster Milburn CO., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
Coal Prices.

The statement of coal deat-, l. p
famine in hard coal is immneu. aa '
prices will not drop to the CONSUME d
met by flat statement from I'r
Garfield, fuel administrator, To 70. '.'
that all the machinery at the disposal ~.
the Government will be used 20 "''
about cheaper coal for the CONSUME
that retailers, profits will be e'' INV
that, as a last resort, the GoveTnU'-
will seize coal at the mines and sci. N .
consumers, thus eliminating the r'.'',
if necessary. Another step along
line of price cutting is the eStabIIsI''''.
of purchasing commission to buy st
plies for the Allies. This propoS''S
contemplates international price HN
and, in the end, provision that the NV Nv.
vidual consumer shall buy at the p''
fixed for the Governments,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06

Mr.Dater is a firm friend of ''Fruit-a.
tives''. He believes in the healing and
restoring powers of these wonderful
tablets made from fruit juices. He
knows-because he tried tFruit- a-tives"
when he was i'll and suffering, and is in
a position to speak with authority.
65S FIRST AVE, Troy, NY.
APRIL 29th. 1915
ct have been sufferer for years
with Kidney Trouble and Constiba-
tion. I tried "Fruit-a-tives'' about a
month ago, and with almost immediate
results. The Kidney Trouble has disap-
peazed and the Constipation is fast
leaving me" HENRY DATER.
"Fruit-a- tives" is the greatest Kidney
Remedy in the world, and is equally
effective in relieving Constipation.
Soc box, for $3.50, trial size Csc. At
all dealers or sent on receipt of price
by Fruit-a-tives Limited, OGDENS.
BURG, NEW YORK.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
A SANE STATESMAN.

The sanity and poise of judgment and
general statesmanlike character of Secre-
tary Lanes work, either as an Interstate
Commerce Commissioner or as member
of the Cabinet may be explained-in fact
some folks do explain them that way
by the fact that he, having been born
in Prince Edward Island, is not eligible
for the Presidency and, in consequence,
is not bothering himself with the prob
lem of how anything he may do will af-
feet his chances for the Democratic nomi-
nation in 1920 So he Just goes ahead
and does the thing which commends it.
self to his sense of justice and to his in
tellect-both of which are normally de-
veloped
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-06
A NEW USE FOR CONCRETE.

That nursery rhyme about the men of
Gotham who event to sea in bowl
without further contributing any record
of their doings has no warning in it for
the mariners who are now venturing
forth upon the waters in concrete ships.
Recent history fully justifies the innova-
ton. Half century ago the new ma.
ter ial was as strange a factor in naviga-
can" started out with her cargo of coal,
or when in 1884 the "Garry Owen" nosed
the Irish coast unframed during a storm
that numbered the same coast with the
debris of her wooden competitors. Let it
be admitted that the earliest vessels in
concrete left the yards as experiments,
and that by many they were regarded as
freaks. 1t took time to familiarize the
average mind with the notion of "stone
ship" But the war and it's Unsuitable de-
mand for iron and steel have helped the
builders to new IDEAS
Already new department of this in
dustry is in the making. Concrete barges
are now in use on the Panama canal;
France, Italy and some of the Scandi-
navian countries have had concrete YES
sells in service for several years past,
mostly for river traffic. Great Britain
is at this moment constructing a motor
coaster of concrete; there is plant at
Moss, Norway, where concrete ships of as
much as 5000 tons displacement are being
turned out; and the Norwegian govern
ment has Just given permission for the
building of two acknowledgements YES
sells for service in the North sea, the
larger of 1000 tons dead weight, the
smaller of 600 tons. The Swedish minis
ter of marine recently ordered a concrete
lighter of 1000 tons, to be followed at the
same establishment by concrete ship of
1000 tons. Not to be outdone, the United
States is also entering this field. Several
weeks ago a Baltimore firm launched a