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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
.rhe 1ath chaIr,, At Sand TonIaInt.

ne ISEn SfalF az 0Eah0 ohi9hE.
Invested with the prestige and at,
traction that have accrued during q
solid years run in New York. The
18th Chair" William Harris. Jr.'s. pro
ductfon Of Bayard EcilIer's melodrama
of mystery will come TO the Grand TO-
night
Out of the scores Of theatrical Of
ferinss made each season in New York.
a few-jlst few-invariably stand
out as unusual successes and one c'
two as veritzbie tfiumphs. During
the past season The 18th Chair'|haade
place for itself at the very head OF
the list. When other plays staged
at about the same time. had long since
forsakan Broadway for q tour OF ether
cities, or had been RELOCATED to the
limbo. which IS the hiding place OF fail
ures ana near successes. this piece by
Bayard WELLER continued to crowd the
theatre at which il was the attraction.
A skiIlfuly chosen cast whose every
member was selected after satisfac-
tory demonstrating in actual competi-
ton his superior ability 10 por; ray
Character to which he has been assign
ed, will perform this piece in Fair
mont. at the head OF it is Katherine
Grey and among its members who are
almost as well known are Kathleen
Comeggs, Louise Brownell.. Marta
Spears, John T. Dwyer. Bruce E!nore
and SidEey Dudley.
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,ress Praises "AlI Girl Revue"

Probably no attraction has ever
seen booked in this city that has
earned so much favorable newspaper
somment as ''The All Girl Revue"
which comes to the Hi2podrome me
last half of this week. In Wheeling
and Parkersburg. where the attraction
played within the past few weeks the
dramatic writer's devoted much more
space to it and reviewed in greater
detail every feature of the show than
has been accorded any other this
year.
Not only are the newspapers loud
in their praise, but personal testimony
IS offered by people who witnessed the
performance in other cities. a. VIII
liam Young, who manages 2aTrow 5
snsiish Daisies. announced to Hip
podrome audience on Saturday night
that no saw the show in st. Louis re-
Gently and that it was so entirely
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11
Local Moose Take
.h75 New Members

Fsirnont Lodge of Moose yesterday
afternoon initiated seVenty-fiye can
didates in Cunnin CHAM Hall. Six
hundred people partook OF luncheon
after the initiation came 10 close.
There will be special meeting on
Wednesday evening when another
class viii take the obligation OF tie
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-11

COY de Triekey. Mo-ette Sisters o.
McNeiI & Naye might aay OF them be
WORTH Of this honor oar~the effort Of
the management Is team work which
will insure the best performance.
+ If the reel should suddenly blot
ont. or the light nicker unusually,
please remember that orville Edgar,
the geaial operator at the Nelson. has
Just been married. It's q little nerv-
BUSINESS tbat ~In be overcome il a few
days.
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tary instincts. and is about to disown
him. when the real father 1e!is an
amazing story. The child IS not his
own, after all. buf the supposedly
drowned son OF The aristocrat that he
had stolen in revenge.
Corrire Griffith is both charming and
beautiful as the girl and E.vart Over
ton is the youthful victim Of the Grim
mails revenge.
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Eox kidaies Eeature q Nelsen.

BABES in the Woods" a spectacu-
lar production in which the parts are
played BY the kiddies OF the Fox
studio. is the big card at the Nelson TO-
day. The costuning and settings for
;!1is production were unusually eiabo-
rate. and while the play is a fairy tale
With a special appeal 20 children, il is
by no means void OF interest 20 their
elders.
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AppEo ATTRAcTIoNs.

oM4oDoRE ]. STUART BLACK
TON, who is one of the Oldest
~ producers IN the motion picture
Industry and who Is now doing
series OF pictures for Paramount, re-
Gently remarked that the greatest
change that had been evidenced in the
industry, was in the attitude OF the
actors, who had at Irst had 10 be kid
Mapped into going into a studio and
who now cant be kept away. When
he first made i. pictures. he himself
played two, three and sometimes four
parts IN the same production. BE had
10 do Il. There wasn't any actors TO be
had who would take the parts, despite
The fact that there was little or no dis
elimination as to the calibre OF the
lctoE.
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CLOSE Ups"
NARY Th,,rn, .

Mary Thurman, who is appearing
at the Hippodrome theatre today in
the Paramount-Mack Sennett comedy,
That Night is wearing some gowns,
or one nigh: call them 'gownettes
that make this comedy 4 veritah.e
fashion show. And the studio didn I
have to make such dent in its bank
roll TO pay for the material az that.
There are so many capable per
formers that Maurice l. Grcenwa!d.
the manage OF The All Girl Revue.
has written to Manager Robert Fisher
that no particular artist is featured.
Evelyn Wilson. Izetta, Adeia Jason,
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No. 3-The Death of the Baby
By Claude Piersol

A FTER the baby's mother had rescued us that night
~ at the crossroads where ten thousand Infatuated
men strung up at the end Of rope three times,
the Sheriff who had III custody, drove
try twenty miles i'll the teeth Of driving rain and hun
dcrstorm, to jail i'll All adjoining county.
AS told in these pages last week, each time was
hanged the mob allowed my body sway the wind until
lost consciousness, each time cutting me down with the
hope would tell where the baby hidden would have
died the next time had Mrs Keet who had hurried out
from Springfield III her automobile pleaded with the mob
TO spare and Taylor Adams and his two sons who also
had been arrested, until we had confessed
The mob followed us in automobiles on horseback and
Oil foot to the distant JAIL and frequently it seemed if
carried out but i'll the mountain country word Of men
the their bond Each time they threatened the
sheriff reminded them Mrs Keet had been promised our
lives would be spared until the baby was found
When were locked i'll cells began think about
the baby left in the Crcnhaw mansion with Carter Riley
RleyS girl and other members of the gang feared then
for its life knew that with part Of the gang in Jail the
others would take the quickest short escape The
we'll being OF the baby would be the last consideration
The next morning many persons out from
Springfield to My protestations Of innocence
the night before when it seemed if wero at the
rise to doubt in the minds of the people as to our
quit IT was said by some that no man, matter how
strong wied could hang at the end of rope and see
the world go dark, feel that death enveopng him.
and face eternity with lie his lips. So of the
people believed the police had made mistake when they
arrested me- SO my friends out to me.
Among these who was, in reality, member
OF gang but who then suspected lie brought
me message from the Crenshaw house, and, too he
brought me word that old grandfather whose favortc
always had been had killed himself early that morning
oythrowing himself in front of train. The old man.
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HoU the Bdby's
Life SlorcLy Ebbed AtUay

Apparently it was asleep when the girl
of The shaft. They were going to leave il
in the attic room, while they stole away aclI
Just as they were about to leave the roo|
impclled the girl to take one last look at th]
in the crib. She turned back and bent oNI
she Strengthened, suddenly, and stopped II
just two words
1T g dcad!'
With curse Carter and Riley went al
crib. Roughly they shook the little body. \
and hands Topped over listlessly. Its e.l
open, no matter how much they shook it.
went white. He broke the silence:
Good God We've done it!''
Carter and Riley both had deliberately p
sert the baby, knowing that only q, miracle
life then, but now, face to face with the
murder they were scared. The girl was II
cover her wits
She unfastened her skirt and dropped her
pctticoat. Spreading this on the floor she Lii
with its now filthy blanket, and laid it
Smoothing out its night dress, the same gar
when it was stolen out of its nursery win.
then wrapped the undcrskirt, with the 81
around the still body. She folded the ends
over as if she were wrapping up loaf o.
grocery store bundle
One of the men tore some wire off on old
had been left hanging on one Of the walls do
with this wire the "bundle was tied. TIL
some discussion as to what to do with 1t.
terrupted the argument by saying
"Lct's throw it in the old wcl-no one
it there
Her suggestion was quickly followed. J
others carried the little black bundle into
unceremoniously tossed it into the black holI
the splash as it fell into the two feet Of wat
tom of the well. Then they all crept steal
hills. Riley and the girl have never been Il
was arrested later, and turned States evid.
trial he declared that the baby died and ro
the ve1 the day before 'ras arrested. and tn
ent at the time In this he acas mrong.
When realized that the baby was dead,
was no more need of my confessing-that
save the child s life. Cletus Adams, though
when / whispered to him, from my CELL 81
He sent for the sheriff and said he was rea6
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chlds life with his if the Of the gang attempted
to carry out their murdcrous plan.
1t was later this day that Cleus Adams the
youngest of the two Adams boys got word into my cell
that he intended to confess He said he couldn't stand
worrying about the baby wanted, also, to tell the
Sheriff the whole thing but feared that if did there
would be chance of the little life being saved
had no doubt the gang would kill it if posse should
surround the house told Cletus our confessing might
harm the baby instead of saving it's life We both re-
manned silent.
That night, in the Jail, I could not sleep I was
opsessed by vision each time closed my eyes Of the
yearold baby with the ptul tears its cheeks hold
ing up ITS hands toward The only comfort my
conscience could take in the knowledge that after
the kidnapping the events passed out of my control be-
cause OF the assertvcness of Carter Riley and others Of
the gang who were strangers in the community
When the first plans for obtaining the ransom failed
would have returned the baby to its parents before
hogan to suffer for lack of But for have
tempted tins would have resulted not only in my
dcath but the death Of the baby we'll.
During the evening the sheriff spent time in my
CELL urging me to make confession He told me how the
young Mrs Kee who had saved lives the night be-
tore had sat day and night at the window little Loyds
room waiting, watching and hoping Each time the tcle
phone bell rang the sheriff told me- her face would light
up; her eyes would brighten with look of eager
pecancy and she would stand breathless until her hus
band or some of the family would listen the
celver Always she sensed the lack of good news,
before the person at the telephone could repeat the mes
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had to think Also of plan get the others in the
gang who had not been arrested Of the country and
at the time get the baby safely back into its parents
hands.
The messenger told Carter Riley and the others,
still hiding at the mansion. They had kept the
baby drugged all the night before fearing that any
minute the mob would learn from of us where they
and surround the house. told him urge Carter
and Riley to slip the hills with the baby, find
mountain boy the city and send him with the little
fellow to the Keet home. Then argued, they could get
into the hills and hide in until the search for them
relaxed.
Afterward this same messenger told me what trans
pircd in the Crenshaw house that Cayhc fifth day after
the kidnapping.
The baby Weakened early in the morning but there
was no milk for it. / had intended returning to the
house with supply of condensed milk the night
before. My arrest stopped that The little fellow could
not any morehe could only look piteously up at
the girl when she bent over him. or over the side Of the
crib at the hardened men around him. The would
fists would open and shut in spasms.
There was no need now to drug the baby-but the
girl and Riley declared they didn't the kid star
ing at them like that &c. when they couldn't feed it,
they gave it another drop Of audanum All that day
they kept the baby in the hidden shaft while they keep
ing one lookout the roof remained in the
underground. Little Lloyd alone and unmatched in the
dark shaft. was virtually abandoned
The girl kept herself under the influence of her NOR
phine: Carter and Riley Toward the mid
die OF the afternoon Riley suggested that they end the
suspense by killing the baby outright deserving it alto
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news had taken out a can Of milk the night b|
baby could swallow very little after going
food at all the day before. 1t made feeble
draw tie milk through the bottle nipple b
eXerton was too much for it, it was so veal
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who loved me more than any
thing else on earth, feared to
live and learn that l was
guilty. He preferred to die
while there still was doubt.
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whispered throd
bars when the ST
in to see me:
"Thcy're cd
their getaway to
leave the baby il
Riley and Cd
tcrmined, he sal
more chances. |
back to the Crd
with a promise
the gang had Id
rush back III hi
to notify me.
It was my
notify the sher1
baby could be
diatcly after l
Riley and the
gotten away.
The mcssen
late in the aft
told me VIII at h
Shortly afte|
Carter. Riley's 4
len and two oil
remained in h
house prepared I
had taken the
the shaft, whcr\
nearly all the
and all night.
had been brin]
Z I'll. IL sl
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h has o.s ,ts iu.,sr but which surface 4. sim
s so' a 10 v 9nc,sSked Some use black paint
there ar ree sI nn,Ss. coarse: VII u
xIys sstsf.etion su, 1t ' dicu! hf for tho
n wnirS t. To get q finish anything ike that
While tho vsrnish aiono Will xIve new
Ulster u may not give a nice clear black or
may DO. the better have seem 's sSme PAM en.
cellent Jobs done with the latter by novicea
n.2 have Just learned how TO drive my
on steep hill and When pressed on srat tse
starter button tho starter was dead and The
ssnEIne N w9u,d ba not lei the car coast
Was something the matter with my BAT.
.,s, The The fac. act that the battery worked O. X
y was nothing wrong with Il; You proba6 bly,
star. your .nEine. This is mistake is b GO
eentIy has missed lo,. and though fn have
Z! doss MT help. My ,compression is GOOD
What mskss the miss7 II ''KhS
key 9ssve r,,yS you n, made mis,aks
ms1i: ihey do no. %@Sne Of 1a 1Sssr
.r Other and Sc. II ihe CYLINDERS one one
By prH6so Sc nrd 1.s one whfh no, and
Q. There is a constant drinp,nk OF e Ss.o.
line from my carburctor when am no,
Ssnf Can you . 80 .ma nj NM: turn
a Either tn. nost Of your c,r,ur.,,- 4.
II OF cork thus being too heaWy spii ms soaked
the ieys' Of gas In the Goat chamber tn rs
t@o sIyh. e. 9Th the n9at valve is NOT seating
der II. "O1'oh un-
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is generally cut in the top Of tho hous-
Ing. tho cover OF which also acts as a
lock for tho nut B. 80 as to prevent it's
turning Of It's own accord.
Figure shows the bevel gear and
the difYcrential (to which 1t is fast
ened) in the axle housing. Here and
are the adjusting nuts by which
the bevel gear can BIO moved to the
tight or left.
number OF makes OF cara. notably
tho Ford. have no means for adjusting
the gear OF pfnion. These cars are 80
designed that the gear and p!nion can
be placed In only ono position.
AS. In most cars. the diTerentiaI
makes It impossible to see how the
gear and pinion is set. Its adjustment
must often be made entirely by sense
OF touch and by hearing. 1t is for
this reason that this work should be
left to . mechanic accustomed TO do
ing IT.
Let Is alone is good advice as re-
CARDS number of parts OF the auto
mobile. and can be -.pplied to some e1-
tent TO the dinerential gear and driv-
ing pinion. but II you have reason to
believe that these arc not properly set.
have them reset at once but by
hight grade automobile mechanic onlyi
The ordinary machinist no matter how
fine mechanic, cannot do this.
worn gear and plnon will be
noisy. this also often being true OF
new gear and pinIon. unless they
were previously ground In" on one
another. Manufacturers who have the
gear and pinion ground In" before In
Sailing In car. will not sell
a gear or pinion separately In case
one needs replacing. but will insist
that tho two be purchased together.
or late years many cars are equipped
with spiral gears and pinions. In
these the teeth. Instead OF being
straight. are cut to the segment Of
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nounced sentiment among = majority
OF the committee members In favor
OF Imposing a tax OF some extent on
)ewelry. but no decision has been
reached as to how this tax should go.
Representative Longworth. of Ohio. an
nounced the extreme view when he
said that In his opinion all Jewelry
sold during tho time Of tho war should
be taxed 100 per cent
Il can think Of nothing less essen
tial during tho war than tho pur-
chase OF 1ewelry unless it be artificial
nowezs." Mr.. LonEworth said
Few OF the members can be said to
share this view, but II is probable a
tax will be placed on Jewelry for the
double purpose Of discouraging It's use
and increasing the revenues. The com.
mittee alone will decide in tho secret
sessions now being held Just how large
the tax will be.
Many OF tho members OF tho COM
mittee are almost convinced that even
II luxury taxes should DO resorted to
II will be found impossible to raise
by taxation tho 5000. 100000 which
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress to
raise by this bill. Several believe that
IL will not be possible to raise more
than $4,000. 100000. leaving the other
$4,000, 100000 to be provided for by
loans and sales Of bonds.
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s|MPL|F|ED LESSONS IN
CARE OF AUTOMOBILE
1o FINAL Drivo'' Described Inter-
estingly by Export in Ma
chine Construction,
How TO ADJUST THE p1N1oN
'oaolesome Problems Of Automo-
oue Owners Quickly Solved by
1uerrhch, Who Tells Them Brief.
" How to Apply Remedies.
Auto Lesssn No. 100.


me,ho s' 81 F tfsns G GaflEet The
1--WE from the propeller shaft to tho
n" wheels Is known az the Final
I've I've There are four types OF final
ulIre used. namely. the bevel gear and
pinion; the chain; the worm and woern
nheei. and the internal gear drive. Tho
s' OF these is used In pleasure cars
a"o Hsht trucks, while the last three
arc used in the heavier trucks.
no entirely satisfactory mocha nism
HHa yet been devised for driving ono
"ha't by another. when the shafts are
=. soout right angles to one another.
~. ne oeVe! gear and pinion Is perhaps
sne moat satisfactory. but 1t has many
HuIn. and II either tho gear or pinion
\ poorly cut or even slightly worn.
or they they are not set just right.
ao'se Will result. and possibly the teeth
"trip or break
rue reason for this can be eeen from
rig. l. The circumference OF the left
nahd portion of the gear is greater
.nan that OF the right hand or inner
portion This means that the teeth
must be thicker on the outside than
on the inHide the same being true of
!ns driving p!nion. The smaller driv-
ing gear IL called tho p.nion.
Obviously. tho pinion must be act
teeth como exactly into tho CORES
pondinE wider spaces Of tho gear. II
IL be set too far to the right. in tho
case OF Fig. l.. tho heavy portion Of
inc teeth Will have to try and wedge
into spaces too small for them. while
II set too far to the left, tho heavy
portion of tho teeth Of the gear will
nave to wedge into spaces on the pin
Ion which are too small.
the pin!on 10 only q little out Of
the proper setting there will be Z
growing" but II much out. the teeth
VIII soon be broken. 1t is very i'm
iset up properly.
whom properly set. Will hum" TO some
extern. there being q slight fault In
the cutting OF them
Not only must the gear and pinion
be set properly. with respect to hav-
Ing the teeth 1T into their proper
spaces. but they should be set SO that
the top OF the tooth comes 10 about
one-biIty fourth o. an inch from the
bottom OF !ts space. II set closer than
this. the teeth Will bottom" which
VIII also cause a "grow!," while II
"humming"
, Figure shows the pin.on. the pin
ION SHAFT, the pinion shaft housing
abe pinion shaft bearings and the ad-
3usting nuts.
IL II were necessary to move the
p!nion TO the right. the nu, a and its
lock nut / would be looscned and the
Hu, then turned so as TO screw to
the right. after which the nut A is
just frightened again.
II the p!nion is 10 be moved to tho
left. the nu; Il is turned so as TO move
10 The left the desired amount. and tho
nut then turned until the bearing c
Jus, hits the nut again.
In order TO get At the nut hole
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spiral They have proven to be more
nearly noiseless than the straight bevel
gear and pinion.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

'CopyIisht. 1918 By Fred. c Gu,rri,ch.)
80 1mssne,o Rscssn,ly 4 r,oppsd run,
], was airing of No. Instead Of no. /. BY
Changing thr ,,, wires on tho distributor II
m'nt ! can make to the magnetic TO have it
A. Assuming that the magnetic was wired
correctly befor" the engine stopped. then IL
= p 81; have sippGd where connected 10 the
6, indsr No. ! on TOP dead center bstwssn
z. ihprcsaion and power. and then reyciNc
Tic magnetic shaft In tho direction OF ro-
talon until tho interrup,er points Jus, begin
To open. and the distributor brush In an
uroachinr the No. serincn. Then con-
NC, the secondary wires to Tho cylinders in
Q. have g. car and would lik. to
t he, II could 2a ai,aeh electric horn
i ian od ,ha, the q has A. C. current
A. Some horns will run on both aiterna,
,nE or direct current. and would try the
york: II !! does you can use Il Without
danger 70 IL or the rest Of the circuit: hui
H., Il viii not not, blow Then there is no way
which i; can be made to ,orera,s.
y can you tell OF good hodv vsr-
nish for car now three years old which
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cided to send secretaries wherever
American troops go. II American SOL
diers are sont in force to Italy, Rus
sia. or any other part OF the world.
they will DO accompanied by an ado
quate force OF K. of c. secretaries with
full equipment. including portable huts
and supplies.
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TAX BILL WILL CUT
INTO THE IUXIIRIFS
fContInned From Eirst pnrel

1Contlnned From First Page)
These include suits costing over $40
hats over $40, shoes over Sc gloves
over 81. hosiery over 81.
The recommendation OF the Treas
ury officials that all jewelry be taxed
s. per cent OF Its retail price has
brought n great many protes,s TO the
committee. Manueac. Jewellers
declare such tar would be ruinous
TIE testimony taken before the com.
mittee showed that there exists a pro-
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Record Catch o, E,.h.

PRINCE RUPERT. b. C. August 10.
Five days fishing for hallbut Noted
each member OF the crew Of tho Atlin
$685.. The little craft. after nshing
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scventy-nve miles of this port. -.
turned with $4,000 pounds Of hah. N
is believed this Is a record for the
Pacific Coast
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*. OF c. Men Follow Flag.
NEW YORK, August 1o.-William J.
Mulligan. chairman OF the Knights Of
Columbus committee on war activities,
has announced that the order has de-