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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-17
FIGHTING SISTERS.
OF FIGHTING MEN
twenty Thousand Nurses Now
Enrolled in American
Red Cross.

OF the eighty odd thousand register
ed trained nurses In the United States
about 10000 have enrolled as Red
Cross nurses, volunteering their serv.
ices at the front, in environments and
hospitals or In any other needed ca
pacities. This enrolment Is the nurs.
ing reserve of the United States Army
Nurse Corps and the United States
Navy Nurse Corps, and from 1t will
also be drawn contingents for service
under other allied flags than our own.
The enrolment goes on at the rate OF
1000 volunteers. a month. On basis
of an army Of million men over 3d.
900 nurses will be required for active
duty In the present year.
Up to the last of February over
1000 nurses had been actually detailed
to duty or were ready for immediate
mobilization. So 1t Is seen that there
are none too many, in view of the re-
uurements of the service, since be-
tween time of enrolment and actual
assignment to duty the nurse must I'M
dergo a period of special study and
training for war service, and the work
Of organizing and mohiliZing this
"army of mercy" Is no small thing.
A Nurse Is a Soldier.
Surgeon General Gorgas has called
upon the Red Cross to supply 5000
nurses for the Army Nurse Corps by
June /, and If this quota Is forthcom-
ing the total number detailed will
have reached 1900 So the mobiliza-
ton of another $4,000 to $4,000 by
Jan. l, 1919, will be big problem to
solve.
Now, a nurse is soldier. She Is
recognized officially by the govern
ment and included in those eligible
for soldiers and sailors war tnSur.
ance. A nurse goes into actual danger
of wounds and death by she'll fire and
bomb explosion. Her work Is arduous,
exacting, calling for the finest quail
ties of mind and heart. She is the
right hand Of the surgeon.
So, because nursing Is primarily a
woman's Job, the war nurse Is proper
ly the peculiar responsibility of the
women of America. While the trained
nurse Is urged to volunteer the risk
of her life at the front, the American
woman at home is commanded by ev-
cry dictate of patriotism and humanity
to support her fighting sister,"
The nurse fights pain, disease and
death. making her sacrifice with amaz-
ing cheerfulness and enthusiasm.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-17
FARMERS TAKE ACTION ON
FLOUR.

At a recent meeting Of Orange
Union, No. $50, the following motion,
made by Robert D. Browning, was
adopted:
Whereas, The Farmers Union Is
DESTROYS of cooperating with the Gov
eminent; and
Whereas. The Farmers Union rec
ognizes the absolute necessity of saw
ing every grain OF wheat and ounce
of -four for starving Europe.
Now, Therefore, 1t is adopted by the
Farmers Union Of Orange and Mad-
son counties that its members will try
to eliminate entirely ths use OF wheat
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-17
PROFIT ALLOWED ON CANNED
GOODS.

Based upon views Of the Federal
Trade Commission, the Food Admin
istration announces in cents per dozen
cans the following maximum margins
for licensed Gamer between cost and
selling price, excess Of which will be
considered unreasonable under the
Food Control Act:
Corn No. 2 Standard. .,...........1Sc
Corn No. 2 Extra Standard. ......22c
Corn No. 2 Fancy. .<............3Oc
Peas Averagel All Sizes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-05-17
new FOOD ADMINISTRATION IN
VIRGINIA
q.

Mr.. Hugh B. Sproul, of Staunton,
Va, took the office of Federal Food
Administrator for Virginia May 1st.
Mr.. Sproul is a successful farmer and
coal operators. Colonel e. B. White
was forced to resign the position be-
cause Of the demands of campaign
for Congress IN his district.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
ALLIED PATROLS ARE on BULGARIAN sol
PHOSPHORUS TO
Be MADE HERE
Government Owned Plant
Be One of Worlds
Largest.

Within the next two y ieks work will
be started on al immense phosphorus
plant, which will be located on site
near this city The new plant will be
Constructed. owned and operated by
the government. and viii be one OF the
largest industrial plants in the state
and one of the largest plants Of its
kind in the W rid. With much cleo
trical machinery a large amount OF
electrical power viii be required. This
will be furnished by the large Rives-
vile power station which is now I'M
der construction by the Monongahela
Valley Traction company.
Other sites in the United States
were considered but Fairmont won out
because OF the electrical power that
will be turned out here in the near fu-
ture. The War Industries Board made
careful investigation of the compar-
alive electrical conditions Of various
cities in the United States. and for i'm
mediate service conditions in Fairmont
were the best.
Captain W. ". HUFF and Lieutenant
A. D. Mcclellan. are now IN Fairmont
representing the government in the
construction OF the plant They will
remain in this. city until the job is
completed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
LADIES NIGHT FOR
THE ROTAR|ANS
It VIII Work Change in
Meeting Place of the
Club.


Tomorrows meeting or the Fair
mont Rotary club will mark the last
meeting to be held at the Country
club for the season and also marks
the last evening meeting. Beginning
with next week the noon hour sched-
ule will be resumed.
Tomorrow evening will be observed
as Ladies' evening and will be the
second time the ladies have been the
guests of the Rotart club during the
summer. An outdoor program has
been arranged to precede the lunch
con and few informal after dinner
talks viii feature the meeting. 30
set program has been arranged. but
a general ogod time is anticipated -
the members. AS usual automobiles
viii be waiting in front of the Court
house at five o'clock to convey the
members and their ladies to the club.
The meetings held at the Country
club during the summer have been
most enjoyable and the club members
are loath to transfer the meetings to
the city. but it is deemed best as fall
is approaching to resume the noon
schedule and to have the meetings
held in the city. Excellent menus
have been served to the club and the
beautiful surroundings of the club
have been greatly e1joyd-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
DEMOCRATS ARE
REVISING THEIR
TICKET TODAY
Powell Finds It Necessary
to Pick New Legislative
Candidates.

Charlie Powel1's hand picked Dem
ocratic ticket is beginning to spoil on
his hands, and it IS said that the main
purpose of a meeting OF the workers
which was scheduled to take place in
this city this afternoon is to take Al
bert Kern and Judson r. MilleS of
as candidates for the House OF Dele
gates and substitute men who are less
Objectionable to the rank and file OF
the Democracy.
The ostensible excuse for this action
is that both Kern and E1iller are
clerks of courts and are thus not quail.
flied to be candidates for the legisla.
ture under the terms CT the constitu-
ton. Lawyers say there is nothing to
this: that neither of the men are
clerks of courts in the meaning OF the
constitution. but that the country PEG
pie might not understand this and
therefore the safe thing to do is to
get other candidates.
The real reason for the change is
that the Democratic voters have re-
VOTED against the cold b!ooded way in
which Powell. who is an attorney for
the gas companies. named the legisla-
tive ticket. so Powell was forced to
make other selections.
Another story heard in connection
with today's gathering of the leaders
is that both Henry Lively and Frank
Pryor are to be removed from the tick
ct as candidates for the Fairnont In
dependent district board Of education.
What this is for has not yet become
4 matter OF common: knowledge. but
it is a significant fact that The Times.
which runs the party ticket at the
head OF its editorial column. has no,
included the names Of these gentle
men.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25

are supposed to wore together and to
heartily cooperate in both county
and community
Chairman Lively requests that the
suggestion by Thomas Edison that all
business and social correspondence
should close with the words Yours
for the Fourth Liberty Loan be adopt
ed generally by the peope of the coun-
ty. II this suggestion is adopted as 1t
shofd be it is estimated that the word
ing would be written forty million
times every "a hours.
Handsome posters lave been re-
ceived by the local committee and
these will be distributed and placed in
windows and other advantageous
places on Saturday, next and Will add
greatly to I - decorations which VIII
be placed f. The street parade which
takes place that day.
District Workers
Rev. l. A. Barnes has consented to
act again as chairman for Union dis
trict and will begin at once to line up
his forces for the fray. Rev. MI
Barnes though e years OF age. has
been drafted to teach school and IS
now teaching the Benfon's Ferry
school and the committee through the
CO-OpefdClOu OIL 6fSS1oS1I SOSSPN AsSS
Ter. of the Fairmont State Normal
school, is endeavoring to secure sub
stitute teacher who VIII volunteer to
teach this school during the weeks OF
the compaign in order to relieve Mr..
Barnes OF his duties there. Mr.. Barnes
taught school for period Of Al years
and retired. However in view OF the
fact that so many younger people have
gone to war and considering the scar
city of teachers he was drafted to
again take up the teachers role
DR.. Fred ". Hill vii be able to take
the lead in the work In Winfield dis
trict, owing to various other duties
which compels him to decline but viii
confer with Chairman Lively and en-
deayor to find good substitute fol
this Craftsmanship.
Mrs. J. A Meredith, Woman's coun-
ty chairman. viii return this evening
from Pittsburgh and viii begin active
work at headquarters. Mrs. Meredith
has already announced that she has
IS live organizations at work through
out the county and expects to increase
this number to 80 shortly.
Sunday Meetings
A number Of Sunday meetings Will
be arranged in the country districts in
order that the farmers who are un-
usually busy at this season OF the year
and also coal miners may not have to
stop work to attend These meetings
Continued on Page Eight
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25

Portions of the dying declaration OF
Earl Furbee were excluded from the
testimony by Judge Raymond in the
OFT murder case this morning. The
greater potion OF the declarations
went to the jury, however.
The state rested its case shortly
before II o'clock and the defense be-
ran by placing Mrs. Mary OFT on the
stand She endeavored to picture
Earl Furbee as q dangerous mana
1eHowswho carried revolver almost
Continuously and also pair OF steel
knnckles and one who laid in wait
for people against whom he had a
grudge.
The state angle forced Mrs. OFT to
admit She purchased the cartridges
With which the shooting was done and
she voluntarily said, we thought We
mieht have need for them"
One Of the most imposing men at
the trial today Is Aaron Furbee, OF
GJoyer's Gap, former president OF the
county court and under whose tenure
OF office the present court house was
built He served In the Confederate
army during tn eCivil war and he Is
wearing his suit of gray at the court
house today Eight1,four summers
have shown on his brow and he Is a
NeN preserved man and rather active
~ one cf his years He. is Earl
FGrbee's grandfather.
Miss katherine Deegan. public
sterographeE. was recalled this morn.
ing ana read the dying declaration OF
Earl Eurbee. In this statement when
asked by Prosecuting Attorney Hag-
gertE. who shot you" Furbee re-
oiled, -Clark Ott." In answer to the
, H,o
shot you?' Furbee replied. Il was
INST about fifteen steps from where
You start up toward OTIS" The next
question asked Furbee was, do you
know why he shot you?" Furbee's
answer was. because went over
and got that little girl He said he
Wa8 going to kin me for 1t" One
Of the questions asked Furbee was
.stifd Won quarrel with this man who
shot you. Furbee's answer was
e.no, Old John was quarrelling with
me. said few words to him" In
his statement Furbee said he did not
make any attempt to hit Clark and
that he did not have any gun on
his person or In his hands. He also
SHld his father had no weapon. Fur
bee furthermore said in his dying
deciaration that Clark OFT said that
ne was gong 10 get even ~ASA A4S
and Just turned around when he shot
me. To the question. did you put
your hand in your pocket" Furbee
replied -no. SIR" The next question
asked Furbee was what did he do
when you turned around2" Furb.e
IN reply said: "Ie had a gun in his
pocket coming toward me. Furbse
aid John OFT had shot at him on a
pfevious day with shotgun He
ttreateneds to XIII me-" added FFurbee.
Portions OF Furbee's dying declara-
ton. which were ruled out of the
case incluedd the statement that
sthey ordered me to- being the an
swer IN part to the subseque1. ques-
tfonss did You go there TO get the lit
he boy. .aThe question. did anybody
send word for you to come get the
dttle boy.s and the answer. yes she
dfd.s was ruled out of the case en-
farely. Several other minor questions
=
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
Want 500 Red
Cross Members
in the Parade

It Is expected that at least 500
members Of the Red Cross viii
t-yafEGe SSt6fdaS and II present
plans are carried out this body OF
women wearing the full Red Cross
uniform and carrying American
flags will bring up the rear OF the
procession. giving it an interest at
the very last that few parades pos
sess.
It is the hope of the officers of
the Fairmoat chatper and of the
parade committee that the mem
bers of the auxiliaries from all
over the county will turn out for
the parade. The Red Cross mem
hers Will assemble at the corner of
Fairmont avenue and Fifth street.
not later than 3 o'clock. 1t is re-
quested that they wear white
dresses. the regulation cap and
carry flag.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
BU[GAR|AIS ri
FIGHTING BACK
At one Pgl||lI
Allies VIII Take Bellies Nexf
And Then
~ Uskub
BRITISH GAIN ATQglAlI
They Also Were Successful
Last Night IN Flanders
Raids.
(By Associated Press1

PARIS Sent e5-stnbborn ~ -
e;..a,no .. 49, s..a,s;....ss., -, -:
- De1s -:
Alhed army under General Erencnet
D'Esperey on the Bulgarian frontier
s.s.;eS - -, 80. Z
Sd se1eion' "Hele Autlo 'es = -
proceeding on the Lott bank Of tts
river Vardar.
The Bulearfans are l,ol6fEe sfT;s, - :.
.o.;+ta,. =. ~. $500
ros-e-1e W - =
their own fornttex
This is the only place where tnes
are Offering such reststance
With the expected ian Of Be99es,3t
Is believed that the next oetect9Ee q
the allied army VIII be yskugs n 9 3
der to reestabish the Sa!onlldzs5
railroad connection to Usk1n tI.3ll4
be easier to move into Bu1gRr1e -
that route than by attemptngt % en-
ter through the Strumltsa o.sfslet
where the natural defenses are exeeL,5z
tionally strong. =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
Russ May Return
to the Assembly
CBr Associated PRESS

WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-A hope
full sign from Russia came today IN
news reachin gthe State department
that the government OF the North at
Archansel has notified the Pan-Rus
sian conference now in session at Ufa
of its acceptance of the plan to set up
anew the constituent assembly as the
general governing authority.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
LUSG,foToR SAVES BABY.

| Respiration was restored to the
eighteen months old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Noble. OF $50 vfr-
GINA avenue. yesterday by the civ
lungmotor after the child had fallen
into tub of water. o. J. Watkins.
chief of the fire department. was call
ed to the scene and after a few min
utes work with the lung motor was
able to save the child.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
NEW SFRONI BERLIN

LONDON. Sept. 25.-Count von
Hertling, the German imperial chan
cellor. in addressing the main COM
mittee of the Reichstag yesterday de
cIared that the submarine warfare IS
slowly but surely diminishing allied
tonnage. above ALL" he said, ut Is
restricting the transportation OF rem
forcements of men and material from
the United States"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
RAn For BuLGARIANs

PARIS. Sept. 25.-The Bulgarians
in their ertreat northward. says the
Echo de Paris. are not likely TO De
able to defend the famous Babuna
pass southwest of Uskub. where the
serbians made heroic resistance IN
November. 1918. The pass is near
bellies. which is almost within reach
of the advancing Serbians.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25

FUNERAL OF MRS. MepoUGLE.
The body of Mrs. BENJAMIN F. Nc,
Dougle whose death occurred Sunday
at Pine Grove was taken to Cedar
Point ". Va. for interment yesterday.
The funeral party came here and went
to Clarksburg by trolly and from there
proceeded to Cedar Point.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
LIBERTY LOAF MEETINGS TO Be HELD
N COUNTRY DISTRICTS On SUNDAY
Governor Cornwel Writes
He is Certain to Be Here
Saturday.

Governor John ]. Cornwell telegraph-
ed Henry S. Lively county chairman
| of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
Iuodayt63ne eEecf5 That Without tan he
would be here ON Saturday to take
/, part in the parade which VIII launch
the Loan campaign in this city and
| county.
! The governor has stated that If
possible he will bring with him a West
virginian who participated IN the
Chateau Thierry engagement who
would also have few words to say.
This young man was drafted from a
Charleston business house. sent to
; France and actually participated In
,, the fighting around Chateau Thierry.
Immediately following the big
street parade Governor Cornwen. who
will review the parade from the Main
street entrance OF the court house.
viii address the asssmblage from the
court house steps.
The parade committees members
are all hard at work and everything is
lining up splendfdly for the pageant
which promises to rival any proceed
ing enoIe IN tnls :alrece,on
civ SupeIlntenaent OF ssnools D.1s
=; Mllson mas assuIeos Sna n E I'D;
moore Inat ene scnooi cnnaLsn : VIII
De IN me ana otneF oIs sn,, LOIS
In the cry nave aiso sisnIneio the,F
intention OF peinG among tne marcn-
; ers when the Dig rarade moves on
The parade Will form on Fairmont
avenue and VIII cross the Fourth
street bridge proceed up fourth stree1.
down Locust avenue up SacksoM 10
Quincy TO Main ana enence ao"n NAN
to Cleveland avenue wnere II VIII as
band
At Headquarters
Headquarters where the business
and organization activities relative to
the campaign VIII De conducted Is a
busy place these days and many COM
ni.tee ehairmen ana memoefs :. com m
formation concerning their part IN put
ting over the loan Mrs Samuel
Leeper. and Mrs. Ralph Day are In
charge there and they are kept. busy
wering queries.
ON Thursday evening at 7:30 at the
headquarters meeting Of the county
~ HRa q.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
ARCHBIsHOP Ireland DIES.

st. Paul. Sept 25.=Archbishop
Ioian Ireland OF the st. Paul diocese
of the Roman aCtholic church. died.
at 3:35 o'clock today after long III
ness. He was so years old.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25
PRESIDENT VOTES IN PRIMARY.

PRINCETON. n. J.. Sept. 25.-Presi.
dent Wilson cane to Princeton yes
terday and voted at the primary cleo
ton. After performing this duty the
President walked back to his special
train and started on the return trip to
Washington. He was here less than
half an hour.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25

Fourth Libasy Lam dsaa s..
mdap aftanoon. Cet 3 L1.s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-09-25

Headquarters wishes to. emphasize
the fact that this Is fifty-fifty cam
nafgn and that the men and women
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05

thus delivers IL to the consumer.
Therefore, like the railroad, 1t is alb
soluteiy essential in these times cs-
.pecially that the highway problem
should occupy as permanent n part
In all our governmental agencies as
do the railroads or waterways
AZ the present time the road or
highway question In Washington is
handled by one department head,
which7 hasa no authority except to
handle federal aid projects. That
IL the office Of public roads Under
the law the office Of public roads
has no right to do anything today
except experimental work and to
supervise and look after federal aid
projects, Due to the enormo GUS
amount III traffic thrown on the
roads and the importance with
which they are ranked II is abso-
iutely essential that the government
should have some one authority who
VIII speak and promulgate policy
that will put this transportation
whore IL should be.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
CHALMERS SALES GROW
IN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT


DETROIT, Mich, May While
wages and general business Condi -
rons throughout the east received
"a sudden boost with the first wave
OF war orders, the tide OF prosperity
IN the western states has been grad
uat hut positive until now Detroit
In the role Of a clearing house re
celves continual reports Of the un-
questionable and growing prosperity
on the Pacific
The CanifornIa edition Of the
manners Monogram Just issued
here, Is replete with convincing fig
ures OF coast conditions as they exist
today with the United States thir-
teen months at war.
In san Francisco the ma Rose
Chalmers company. a distributing
organization that started in to mar
ket Chalmers cars In 1915 with hut
single country dealer, has TODAY
close to fifty, and in a territory that
measures three times the size Of
Belgium, every dealer is contracting
Tor mare cars than in any previous
gpugnp
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-05
PROPORTION OF AERO
ACCIDENTS IS SMALL
coSTrNUED FROM FACE ONE

f"'' 'Nifb . Npi Abb bNf
m airman. Immediately following
the first exercises in which the
students develop their sense of bal
ancc and stability. they are drilled
In aerial dynamics
Lieutenant Chase declared that
air pockets are not pockets" at
all, but are ascending and descend
ing currents caused by hon and cold
waves in the air. A plane ascends
ia warm currents and falls in cold
currents. Forests and wet grass and
trees make cool air, level stretches
where the sun shires contain warm
air.
An aviator must understand
reteorology, photography wireless
tclegraphy and be master of ma
chine-gun fire. Lieutenant Chase
added. When he becomes a flying
cadet and wears a white hat band,
he gets his first ride aloft. After a
lew trips ne does solo" that IL.
goes up atone the most important
0art OF his training. Next he flies
In formation and then on cross -coun-
try trips where he is compelled to
land guided only by maps and instru-
meuts. Then comes his higher de-
velopment with machine gun fire
and other special training which in
creases his usefulness as one of the
eyes Of the army"
Officers commanding the Texas
camps while deploring the fatalities
that have accompanied the training
OF Uncle Sans flyers, say that, in
comparison with the namber OF men
" no have been trained and become
expert the total is surprisingly
small