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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1918.
ANOTHER WAR FUND Plan.

IN another column this evening The West Vnginian
prints another plan for taking of the repeated
demands for funds with which tOearry the war work
Of the nation. This one devised at Marietta. Ohio.
In many ways the Citizens War Board for Washington
county resembles the County Councils of Defense which
have been organized in the West Virginia counties, but 1t
was realized at the very beginning in Ohio that to make
ese county bodies at all effective they be put upon
business basis Quilted with Offices and paid clerks and
backed financially 50 that they can do things.
We must come to that IN West Virginia too, and the
sooner we do the better will be for every interest
Perhaps an enlargement Of the scope and the membership
o te County Council of Defense is all We need Il ought
10 Be possible TO arrive at some definite idea that point
al meeting which is to be held at The Famont Mon
Sl5v evening
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it on the war may get by for while.
-
But in the end they will be in the
same boat with the railroads.
When they want TO get back to cases
they will find that they GO not know
how, and they'll lose their businesses.
The wise baker will do his darn
dest.
Consumers are human and they wiz
appreciate that.
Coal trains are passing Cumberland
at the rate Of one every 40 minutes
now.
Now that there is no longer any
danger of any one freezing TO death!
But IL they keep that up right
through the rest of the year there viii
be no danger OF any one freezing to
death next winter either.
It's q safe guess that It IS not going
to take much urging to make people
buy their coal early this year.
Jimreed, the ". K. houndog patriot
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Senator Jim Reed, that sterling patriot from Mis-
souri, made another the food adminstra-
ton and government control in general yesterday and
among the other nots with which his speech Hber-
ally peppered was this: I'VE would have many
eatcss days there had not been many brainless
days Right as a trIvet. And the public is slowly
beginning to understand that the brainlessness for
which We are now paying such heavy penalty is that
exhibited in Congress running over period of many
years AS long as we have OF the Reed and Borah
type in the Senate we will have trouble.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09
RUFF STUFF

Has the steam gone out of the drive
against The loafers already?
There are lot of undesirable cit-
zens who have not yet gone to work
and who have not been arrested.
They are well known to the cops,
too.
BY way of variety the Four Minute
men might devote a week to telling
the public what good police force
could do for city.
Some OF the war bread sold In the
stores Is punk stuff
But, for the benefit of the guy who
makes this kick. you do not have to
eat the punk kind.
Much Of it's pretty good.
The bakers who lay down and blame
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09
penar+ment Meeting Monday.

The Home Economics department OF
the Woman's club will hold its last
business meeting for the present year
on Monday afternoon at 8 O'Clock. In
addition to the transaction OF ous1-
ness, Mrs. Anthony Bowen who Is re-
garded as an expert in the canning OF
meats will ten Of her methods ana
Mrs. S. J. Brobst viii also give DEM
onstration which win be interesting.
The next and last meeting OF the de-
partnent two weeks hence VII be Of
9 social nature,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

It does no harm to recall that history
OF long ago. JUST to show how times and
Baltimore have changed. and whac a
very fine thing that city has done for
thousands OF soldier boys who Will
soon be fighting for Ba!timorcaus and
the rest OF US IN No Mans Land. 5000
miles across the sea.
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There is TO be no Easter Monday
ceg.rollins il the Nations great Capt.
tal this year. Old Herb Hoover has
stepped in and put the ban OMIT, and
what Old Herb says comes pretty near
going these war times. us the first
direct thrust Of Mars at the happiness
of the kiddies of this country and
would to God that no greater sadness
than that is wrought by this order to
conserve the food toply should come
into their lives. Faith in the answer
ing of that prayer is made sick at heart
by seeing whether we are drifting and
thinking of the wars unspeakable
crueltfes TO the kiddies in the var
wrecked countries Of blood-drenched
Europe. Had the egg-rolling frolic at
Eastertide remained strictly a Wash
ington institution, it having originated
here in some strange way that no his
torian has been able to satisfactorily
explain, the pan on Easter eggs might
not have been necessary. But it long
ago spread to other cities, and it is
now a national custom. The officials
here evidently feared that they could
not enforce the order by merely issu-
ing it and doing no more, SO the Zoo,
the White Lot, the Capitol grounds and
the parks that are closeable VIII not
be available for egg-rolling this year.
Food administrators everywhere viii
do all they can to enforce egg economy
at Easter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09
Keep Your Stomach and liver
LJ..IGL,..

II you want good health, efea1
complexion and freedom from Dfzzt=
ness, Constipation, Riliousnes9 Head
aches and indigestion, take Dr. Kings
New Life Pills. They drive out FER
mentius and undigeSted foods and
give quick relief. Still 25c, all drug
gists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

The most welcome delegation OF viii
tors out at Camp Meade, Nd. since
the establishment Of that cantonment
came down to the camp from Balt-
more. They brought with them the
triding sum OF $4,000, called up hum
dreds of the soldier boys who had de
odenton when it was closed by the
authorities because Of crooked work,
and distributed to each soldier deposi-
tor the amount he had in the bank
when its doors closed. This refund
money was raised IN three days by the
patriotic people Of the Monumental
City, ana not soldier boy loses sou
by the bank smash. They plotted to
kn Lincoln and they nobbed loyal
soldiers once upon time in Baltimore.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

intimates that Herb HooTeF IS Ors4n-
less
Mebby, but he has not yet got to
the raving stage
So far. according to cables from
London. the war has cost Great Britain
over 81 billions Of dollars.
And it has not been worth three thin
ones.
But at that, Britain is still able to
nay the bill and the fellows who start
ed this row may not be so fortunate
when they get their little statement
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

."rhe shrinking violet" formerly was
a useful metaphor to have lying h2nal-
ly near WIe.G conve.sGtionailsts ana
writer's had use for comparison Oh
that sort. But it is no longer as apt
as it was, and its popularity has be-
s11n TO Wane. This is due TO the dis
tressinS tendency Of the American dol-
lar to shrink, and as Shrinker the
violet, by comparison. is bold, bra
zen, expanding hu2zy- The shTl1E-
ing dollar" lays 1t all over the o!ue-
eyed fiowerIet. There was time when
the dollar was hard, lacked resiAency
and wouldn't bulge for anybody ats
main business was making others
bulge. All that is now changed. At IS
Shrinking" o. most languioiy. liquid
" and lamentaely shrinking. 1t start
ed to get that way about ten years ago
according to the Sha-ps at the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Thrifty house-
wives with their baskets at the mar
ketS OF early morning will be glad TO
know the exact time the shrinking dol
lar began 10 shrink They know it was
a long time ago, and that II has certain
Iv steadily kept at it, The figuring
fellows at the Bureau say that, COM
pared to what the dollar would buy in
1907, its purchasing power in this year
of our Lord is exactly 30 cents. That
is to say 81 cei:ts worth OF corn meal
ten years ago. seven years before the
wars outbreak in Europe, costs the
American housckeper one dollar. 1t
is to be hoped that this information
will not escape the employing class,
and it must have been given out spe-
ciaIIy for their benefit. 1t certainly
isn't of any use as knowledge = con-
ISOLATION 10 man who is on a salary
or on an hourly wage scale.
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What People say.
and Some Side Remarks

The greatest thought which came L
Joseph Roster on his recent attend
alce at educational meetingstn At,
lantic City was the Te-edueat5oR OF
soldiers wi;o are beng 50 crippled Of
injured in the war that they are
unable 10 resume their former vocas
ton. kEe spoke OF this Important
question at Yesterdays needing OF
the Rotary cub and outlined brfeays
the plans of educaticEcl agencies IN
regard to this work. he spoBe Of tSle
g-ca; value OF national gatherings n
any line:
west Virginia has not had the
recognition thSt her rcsources
should commend and this i5iasge-
" DE 10 the failure OF tnesta1s
TO have proper representation at
national gatherings
J. d. Anthony. freight agent OF tas
Baltimore &, Ohio. is ENCOURAGED With
the outlook and says:
'EC2 ba-gIs5 axe being modified
to svch al extent that ne are
now accepting Shipments tomany
points which have been under
embargo" ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

Join in heartily with the food conservation campaign
es they are fighting battle for Notwithstanding
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

Another good way to kill of lot of German propa-
Canda would be to have "repeatless day-MorSan-
inEn New Dominion.
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SHORT AND SNAPPY

With regard to that Spring offensive on the ives!
front the would like but he's Just little pi
-L-niontown Evening Genius
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WASHINGTON NEWS =
" GOSSIP 81 azzzEzs sz59zs SMITH

iorts of the latter. 1t was slick piece
Of showman's publicity work. but II was
in horribly bad taste. NO man should
be taken advantage of in any such a
manner certainly not the President
OF the United States.
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HIS REVERSIBLE SUBMERS[BLE

.NThe way U-boas' Uncle Iehabod
u IS oF0ao
Uboat has no hope
the thing it shows its perlscopeE
el the darned subneFstoFS
tina they'll De IeEsGsn he
bottoms Of boats ana then 0
Uboa and keep the darned things
Copyright 1915 by the Newspaper Asoeiaton1
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ling agolt 2 g rs ese2
nd lsI1or ocInE5 le tzotles
81 he he Red Sross
Is ave advice. est also
Be aIaS1 o. answer questions about lealslrsnee
HER ILL As NEEDED.
TER boy m the army, her heart : with him. and Il
usually do. N no broken doses When she gives.
Mrs Emma Brantley. of MeAdoo. Teas. Is her name
ard address Not long ago. she received the Treas
nv DeDarent two checks for So representing the allot
4nent made to her from his pay by her boy. Warren the
amount which the government adds to allotment
Enclosing the checks to the sender. she wrote this letters
January 80. 1918.
treasury War Risk Insurance,
washington, DC
H'I will state that don't need any allowance
at present. and don't want to take anything
from the government that it needs in a time
like what We have got t9 fa ea or71Ev
"NfcAdoo Texas
And Berlin says that Americans are just blufng! hat
the people are not interested their government Var
Here IS the letter Mrs. Brantley received IN reply:
Dear Mrs Brantley:-
II have your letter of January so with
rhich you returned allowance and allotment
checks for November and December, totaI10G
$50, sent you by the Bureau OF War Rlsk IN
surance OF the Treasury Department 4ou
have evidenced splendid spirit Of PATRIOTISM
in sending this money back to the government
but since it legally belongs to you, assure
YOU that you need feel hesitancy in accept
ing it i therefore return the checks to you
should you desire to place the money at the
disposal of the government, / would Suggest
that you invest it either in Liberty Bond or
Sincerely yours.
wv. G. McADoo."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

LOUISVILLE -
ton investigators they had spent $4,000 in pol
ificaI fight in charged it to operating expenses
Them was the happy days:-Charleston Leader.
Germany is preparing nicely Drowned and luscious
tempt the world with on April 1stClarksburs Expo
rent.
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J. intimates that Herb Hoover is brain
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-02
FRETFUL BABIES '
NEED a LAXATIVE

When you. baby is cross and frestui
the chances are it is eonstipated and
that mild laxative is all that is neces-
sary to make it comfortable and happy.
Inactive bowels are the cause OF as
much discomfort to children as to older
people, and unless the condition is
promptly relieved is very aPtt develop
serious illness. .. =, .
For children there is nothing that
will act moro easily than the combina-
ton of simple laxative herbs with pep
sin that is sold in drug stores under tho
name of Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup PePsin.
1t does not sripe and is FREQ from,
opia.e or narcotic drugs, is pleasant to
the taste, and positively effective; chill
dren like it and take 1t readily.
If you have never tried this simple:
inexpensive remedy, get bottle OF
Dr.. Caldwelrs Syrup PePsin from your
druggist and have it in the house to use
the mex. time any Of the children seem
GU, Of sorts. A trial bottle can be OBJ
tanned, free of charge. by writing to
Dr.. W. B. Caldwell, 456 Washington
ST., Monticello, Illinois.
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MoundsVille Briefs.

Miss Marie Strong of Bellaire. O.. ia
sprndiug several days here. the guest ~
Miss ELLA Coughiun Of Jefferson avenue.
Rev. Hlair W. Roberts OF McNechrn
Will occupy the pulpit at The First NJ.
r. church here Sunday morning.
s. NJ. Cunningham Of Seventh street
Is tho guest Of friends in Glen Easton.
Misses Rcss Rosser and Dorothy Was
muth nf Rrlairc attended dance here
last evening.
raIv Martin Of Canton. o. Is the guest
Of r"iativcS here.
Hiss Hclmu Ferguson Of WellshurE IS
errnding several days hero the guest Of
Miss Dorothy |arSrn OF Fifth street.
Mrs. Elizabeth Harley is seriously i'll
mt her home on Eighth street
Miss Ehcn 2akrr IF Akron. o.. Is
spending several days hero with rrla-
tiH"s.
Mr., and Mrs Frnd Knapp md Ehwarl
Knapp Of Endicott. W. Vs., are the
guests Of friends and relatives here
Mrs. c. II. D. Summers Of Gallapolis.
o., Is the guest OF relatives here.
LEST. Fillmore Compton Of Camp Han
cock, August, Ga. is the guest of his
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CAMP SHERMAN. O.. Fh- IA" the
hay draws nearer when the Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania boys here Will
move to France for their final training
before they close Ia on the enemy line.
he whole Division IS being carefully
Eeeded out.
A colonel never knows at night what
s6Ncers he will have the following day:
! captain Ia not able 70 coun: definitely
N the strength or makeup OF HIS pa
hoons for many days together. The ma
bhine Is being rctouchcd. General "ttI-
eers are being looked over I" determines
their efficiency. their fitness for the
strain; lower officers are similarly I'M
der observation: the men are being
keenly watched.
: Nearly every day a call comes Tor
Camp shaman men. \:or Washington
seems to have disc--~Sred that in the
great melting pot hersA there arr OH
GERS and soldiers which will dovstau In
almost anywhere.
General Pershing called for well drill
no: half dozen were selected and sent
ncross. Then he called for interpreters
pprty-six men rcSpoaded-ntcn VINO
knew French. German. Italian. Russian
Hungarian-all the languages that
niles or enemies would be likely to use.
Scores Of men have been transferred
10 aviation fields. 70 hospital units. to
ordance or cuartevuaster departments,
10 motor truck trains. 20 ammunition
brains. to military police duty, to OH
ners' training caInp.
The baker the barber. the brewer,
Ehe professor. the lawyer the dentist.
DE nechanic-they arc all here in Camp
Sherman.
While the heart Of the people OF Ohio
Rtirs with tho tread OF its sons toward
ne battlefield: while patriotism and
sentiment bubble over on the streets OF
cleveland. OF Canton. Of Akron. Briga'
Her. General Frederick Perkins is going
about the business OF war in cool. scten-
kific fashion that auEers the production
Of q perfect machine.
=. There Is no thought OF sudden peace
IN the preparations being made here; nj
Huiding purpose except 10 produce thu
absolute perfection of physical force. q
Wing better than the German army. and
\ thing that will make 1utur. genera
lions in Ohio and Pennsylvania and
West Virginia. too-for many OF the best
officers come from there-proud or the
B3rd Division.
new spirit % liberty is being born
here. Call the men couscrip's If you
will. but they arr men who are proud
of the privilege OF being part OF the
first contingent OF tho National army
that will carry the flag forward TO-
wards the goal within 4 year-men who
will set a good examples Tor the wave
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-02
Keeping the Children
Off the Street i
Is simply a matter of making the home so aftr
tine that they wiI not Want to Leave it

Conscientious parents that wish give their children
STRENGTH Of character education and moral standards they
can be proud Of cannot afford to have their children roam
ing the streets at night and is hard to prevent them rom
Look about your home and see if it is as attractive as
should be-see wonderful changes could be made with
few pieces of good looking furniture.
Think Of the pride that your children will take In
home that is nicely furnished and then realize that YOUR
home NAV be nice furnished without any great lnconven
ence to Yourself under convenient credit system Let us
exnain This more in detail at your leisure
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-02

Palisscro. Van voris. Pa: Nick Eayan.
Avclla Pa: Albert Caminiati. Louis
Magnet, Srcrto Spandacini. Cleveland:
Vincent Comrtto. Rolla. o.; Felix A.
Laughlin Bridgeport. Conn.
French and Greek: Christoe I. Terso-
pulos. Columbus.
French and Flemish: Peter Eroes.
Kipling. O.: REM Dcchrrco. pnshler. Q.
German: Corporal Harrison Hellncr
Tiftin.
French and German: Robert A. Mar
ccllcaux. Cleveland: Paul Arnold can
ton.
Dutch and French: John Van Erp
Glendale. O.: Zeger Van Harten. Cinc1n-
natl.
welsh: Joseph L. Perry. Akron.
Spauish and Italian Charles Gerra-
son. Akron.
Greek and Roumanian: Victor An
drews New Kingston. Q.
Sergeant Richcnrode. Cleveland. serv-
! ing in the 324th machine gun battalion.
lnl ii class of o5 non-commissioncd Off
GERS in the 332ud infantry, 30Sth en-
rinccrs. 30sth trench mortar hattery.and
S"4th machine gun battaltons. who
graduated in q bayonet school conduct
ed by CAPTAIN Owen of the British for
etgn mission. J.,
Other Officers in the best dozen, In
order OF merit. were:
Corporal Haight. Columhs: Sergeant
! O'Ncil. Cleveland; Lance Corporal b
| Simccheck Cleveland: Sergeant NJ. Auo-
bard. Youngstown; Corporal c. II. Bel
,c1 Akron: Sergeant Z. j. Brady. Can
ION. Corporal F. Schubert. East Liver
pool: Corporal II. II. Measlc. Akron Ser
reant G. Nelson. Akron: Corporal j. Gill
i.enjc Akron: Corporal Mcnamara
The six men pronounced good" were
Sergeant H. J. Hardy and Corporal x.
I, Feezel. Akron; Corporal +. G' Ge'z'
Alliance: Corporal Z. Mccarthy Akron;
Sergeant G. Otto. Cleveland; Corporal
Brown. 3oSth engineers.
Eight men who passed were: sergeant
Campbell. Sergeant Kinney. CorporalS
! Armstrong; Burdett Halliday. Sonnie.
and O'Brien. 30Sth engineers sergeant
T.. W. Cirieb. Canton.
contain Owen pronounced the men
re,dv to take up final assault work and
the tactical use OF the bayonet in trench
fighting.
Dat. Of incalculable value onTto,o 900
soldiers and applications for. insurance
en,aIling thousands Of dollars were
threatened by fire which broke out to-
day In the boiler house adjoining tho
barracks in Section e occupied by tho
Personnel and Government Insurance
departments!
Wtale the Camp Sherman fire depart
nent under Lieut.. Graham. OF Glove
land, was wheeling into action. CAPTAIN
Lawrence. Of the Personnel office ana
Lieut.. Shcehan. Of the Insurance de-
uartmen,, formed bucket brigade ana
this probably saved the records.
Officers and soldiers from the SOSth
Signal battalion. across the streed,forTn-
ed into line and buckets OF water were
thrown onto the barracks. which are
onlv a couple Of feet from the boiler
shed, 70 keep tho fire from spreading
Meanwhile clerks inside worked like
beavers carrying records out into the
snow.
A steady stream from the fire hose
soon subdued the flames. Despite the
imminent danger of an explosion OF the
boilers the rircmen rushed Into the shed
with fire extInguishcrs. An overheatcd
| boiler caused the fire.
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DEATH LIST as

PARIS. Feb. 1.--Forty-fve persons
were killed and POI injured in the
German air raid of "Wednesday night
according 10 the latest revised figures
to-day. or these, 81 persons were
killed and 1871 injured in Paris. while
II We're killed and IS injured in the
suburbs.
The killed include II women and 5
children.
The funerals Of the victims OF the
raid will probably be held Sunday,
all expense being betrayed by the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-02
New Schedule InallGnrated.

Tn" Wheeling Traction company yes
i..rck,y morning luauGuratcd its new
rush nnur" schedule on tho lora! d.
vision ur IN" Wheeling system. The
r"mrpumy * considerably handicapped In
op~rnIir" lhr cars every fifteen minutes
tlurIu2 certain periods Of the day. on ac-
count "f III" shortag" Of equipment and
The w,niusr conditions. but nevertheless
ar. putting forth an earnest effort II
comply vain the service commissions
rr,,TuI order.
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BOTH WILL RECOVER.

FAIEMONT. w. Va. Feb. 1-l1An X
I.awsnn district representative Initcd
States fuel administration. VINO was shot
and wounded yesterday by MISS 'elra
t'rrrrll. II stcnograpler in an office in
In, same building with him. is recover
inc and il is thought he Will be OFT
within 4 few days. Miss Terrell. who
.bnt herself. after wounding Lawson. ~
imnrnyiug and will be- dismissed from
the hospital soon.