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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13

PARIS. April 13.--Most OF the bombs
dropped during last nights air raid
fell on one SPOT, striking house: II
was evident the raiders found their
work much difficult under the new
system of aerial de:enses and dropped
their bombs hastily. 1t was a still.
dark night OF the sort most favorable
for an aerial attack and raid was
generally expected The theatres we're
in the midst OF their performance
when the sounding OF sirens and the
noise of aati-aircraft guns gave warn
ING that the raiders were approaching.
TIE crowds IN the theatres made their
way 20 the cellars or to other shelter
nea- oy. arrangements for which had
been made in advance. AS on the oc-
&c sion of previous raids. ambuisrces
Of the American Red Cross we're first
on the scene.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
10 YOUNG BOYS
PERISH N FIRE
A At HOSPITAL
Three Wards of Oklahoma
Institution are Totally
Destroyed.
10 CHANCE TO ESCAPE
Origin of the Blaze That
Caused the Deaths is
Not Known.
no CHANCE TO ESCAPE
@ Assoe.ated PESO

NORMA. Okla, April 13-Betweer
30 and 81 boys aged 10 to 10 years, all
patients Of the state hospital we're
burned to death IN IRE OF unknown
origin that completely destroyed three
wards and the dining room Of the
Institution. The blaze started at 3
o'clock this morning
Later In the morning Dr.. GFiniu
aid the death list might reach 40.
The greatest number Of deaths occur
red IN ward Is where the children had
little chance to escape because OF the
rapidly Of the flames and subsequent
No lives were lost in wards 10 and
n but inmates we're rescued With
difficulty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
MONONGAR WENT
OVER THE TOP NIIH
WH0OP LAST NIGHT
Is First Marion county Town
to Reach Its Quota IN
Loan !
OVER DOUBLE NEEDED
Men of Many NationalitIes
Become Owners OF u
S. Securities.

NononSan is the first Marion So 91,
~ town to reach its quota IN the 41llse'
liberty Loan campaign. The en-
moves of the Consolidation Goa. com
panv OF that town have estabsisneG.
record that will be heard TO eqG4 ps
any olter community in the Gn1sea
States. Within the last tour DAYS
Subscriptions 70 the Third 4leeEsy
Loan campaign have been taken py
the employees OF the Consolidation S SS,sl
company amounting to $4l,150- 4ne
towns quota as figured by It's oaIlHLl1e
resources is but S17,6oO.
There are exactly I56 employs e
the company at Aonongah, maAz1re -
average per capita investment OF 0Es3
SIS. There ere few employees VIC
have not invested in bonds ana t41osS
who have invested EaTe purcea
enough bonds to make up for the EeEy
few who have not purchased;
TI.e record at Ndonongah IS an the
more commerdaDle, Considering Eng
fart that a very largo percentage q
the emuloyes are foreigners. Aulon
rhe purchasers OF Liberty bonds are
men OF German birth. Turks P94ess,
arstrfar.s. Italians. Britons, Russians
and other nationalities.
The movement for the sale OF oons4s
at MonouSah has been enthustas
supported by Superinte ndent $ El1 y
Gins and Nine Foreman T. f. Eleegl
as well as many other company Or
cIals. Subscriptions were taken
the various mine foremen as ho4c1s
Mine no. % (inside), Charles S5E43
Ter: Mine No. AZ Cinsfde). HsaAtss
Rowe. Nine No. 43 (outside}, Cha5ses
CIravto,7- Mine No. 60 (fnside9s Ell
L,cy.ii: Mines No. % and So Coutsio
H H Fleming; Monongah store, Gl1ass
Honors for the best sale OF bon
were won by the employees OF al4ne
No. 43 OF which Walter Rowe IS 1ots
man. The $50 employees of this mn
inside and outside, subscribe
bonds amounting to $22.10O. 4gl4e1
alone. exceeded the towns quota
Most OF the subscriptions tze1
were for fifty and one bundled dolla
bonds. Several emplc1'es tnyesteo
$500 and one employe of Nine NO g,
John Kelley. a Pole, who was born ll1
Germany. put his name dcWn
bonds amounting 20 $1,000.
With a total of $41,I5o already SUI.
criheG the employees at Mononea
continuing their campaign and ezpect
to set many more subscriptions peteEe
the campaign closes
The amount subscribed by e9s51 q
the three 91onongah mines follow
Mine No. % (inside) .--.-....S sssl99l
Mine No. 43 (inside) -.--..-...s1 Is te
Nine No. IS toutside) .....-... se5t
Mine No. 63 (inside) .-.-..- 80. $50
Mines Nos. % and s. (outside) ~
Monongah store. 1865.
lotai - !. = =. = 80
The meeting at Monougah last rs
was under the auspices Of the frel
administration and was arranged
pecially for coal. oil and game
turned out, TO be two meetrngs 70
opera house would not hold the peq5
pie and an overflow meeting was 8
at the church. J. Waiter Barnes efs
eraI Fuel Administrator Tor Wess
GINA. presided at the open house
meetins and Harry Owen. OF. the ~
trict Representative Office here a. t1e
overflow gathering The solS1e
went up TO Mcnongah in Tom Arne
automobile.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
BOTH LONDON AND
PARIS ARE RAIDED
In England the Raiders
Made Trips Far
Inland
sv Associated Pzess)

LONDON. april 13-Iu last night S
air raid on England one German air
ship reached the Midlands ana an
other penetrated almost TO the north,
west coast, It was officially announced
today.
The announcement reads:
-Four airships participated IN last
nights raid. two of them penetrated
a Few miles inland. OF the other two
one reached the midlands and the 9th
e- nearly reached the northwest coast.
The raiders we're travelling at great
height and showed no inclination TO
attempt to penetrate the defended
areas. Particulars OF the casualties
will be published later"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
Graded Schools Close
in Three Districts

Graded schools in Lincoln. Paw Paw
ard Grant districts were closed yes
terday for he school tefuo-
The high schools O. Lincoln ana
Paw Paw districts will continue Two
mouths
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13

). NJ. Jacobs Joins-Chairman
bert J. Kern. of the Fairmont fnl
Men. has announced the ap2otntU
Of ]. N. Jacobs as the twenty
members OF the local organizati0r
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
tBy Associated Press)

LONDON, April 13-The Germans made attack
last night west of Merve the northern battle front
and were repulsed the War Office announces
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13


BRITISH army IN FRANCE April $By Associated
far have
and south OF Ten
had intention o:
norm south
objective other Mvle and AiEe
and The third Bethuoe
:bs
the British had
$4,000 1400O
desous
British thrust II oTe
undoubtedly considerable Importance
Yesterday Vs
fall PIoes
staged today
Esise o
strong enemy
but reject
e
beat
they
terday
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13

LONDON, April 13-The British advanced their line
slightly in the neghborhood Of Fesubert and took few
prisoners.
There was heavy fighting last night near Neuve-Eg-
Use and Wulverghen and the battle here still in prog
ress at a late hour last night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-13
AMERlcANs IN AcTIoN.

PARIS April their
IN official
point enemy he
out by a
saa ae adjon
N 1
5onbarGment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

irritabilty at home; and if there Is real ly another woman in the case. If the ouiia board says Yes to this last ques- ticn then you and l part for life. Un- derstand. sir?
 You always manage some way to ex- plain your actions like you did about being at the matinee that day with that little Tattletale mink but once the ouija board assures me of your perfidy and purpose, then I shall take steps at once to free you of the ties which seem so irksome and so unpleasant for you.
 What's that9 You didn't suppose the ouiia board would ever be popular with women because it insists upon having the last word? Maybe it's a woman ouija board who knows? Certainly a man couldn't have such inspirations or be able to solve such questions as 1t solves. Whats that? You have no faith in the ouia board? And while you think one good lie deserves another. you don't be- leve the spirits are coming back from their land of ease and contentment and worry in these stormy times about Hooverizing and the price of eggs and the misery of wheatless and meatless days. and when the war is going to end, and what makes the Kaiser such a fiend and if women are going to get the vote. and when Congress will be full of eongresswomen, and all that? Well, it doesn't matter to me whether you believe in the ouiia board or not, I believe in it and when it tells me that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

down the board just like lightning and finally spelled out these words: Don't sit in seats 1o6 and 1o7, row c, at the theatre, because if you do some dread. fu) i'll luck will overtake you. I had Tickets for the matinee next day ana when I looked at them there were the fatal numbers l06 and 107, Row c. Well, said to myself. I'll just go and see If the ouija board really does know what it's talking about, and you know what happened You had thought was spend ing the day with Mrs. Gott-Rex knit ting for the Red Cross. I had never told you I was going to the matinee, and, thinking as you did that you had me settled for the day, you streaked off with that Tattletale hussy to the mati- nee and when little Anne and I sat down in our seats, 1os and 1o7, row c, sitting right in front of us in our very laps almost were you and that Tattle- tale girl. Now, tell me that ouija board hasn't got sense if you want to, but know it hasl
 whats that? Why make home any more miserable by bringing ouija board into our midst? Oh. yes. Mir. Caudle. I know why you make that remark. You are afraid it will put me on to your performances and I hope it will I mean to ask it dozens Of things which I've so longed to know: How much liauor you drink day; what becomes of all your money; and who do you spend it on :. what's the cause of your restlessness and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10
DOLL Y-ETTES
Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters" oh, fair Cook g-School Maiden it may the whole Family bad case of Dyspepsia.

guages now and then. The board called the name of Tattletale. It then began to speak chiefly of women Elise recalleI moment of the past with MT. Tat tletale as the host Then trumbling along came Marie, Julie, Yevette and long string of girls who had kept their thoughts to themselves so long that the expression Of them was verbal ex- plosion and poor Mrs. Tattletale all the while was saying: Strange, but 1 never heard dear Mir. Tattletale mention one single. solitary one of these girls names in all my life. Old Tattletale began to finch and jump and start like a ner- vous dope fiend and then he said Curl ous, but they must have me mixed up with someone else But the board said, Nay, nay; it's old Tattetale' And then his poor wife began to cry and declare that she was mistreated woman and that she was going to find out lot of other things about him and every woman present was distracted for fear the thing would call her husbands name {; and that's why l say I'm going to get me a ouija board of my own and hold my seances all by myself because 1 couldn't stand the disgrace of having the thing tell of your fearful and fright full escapades and affairs before a crowd
 MT Caudle the ouija board told me a queer thing the other day What s that? You thought I had sense enough to not believe in such fool things? Well, I haven't, and when you hear this you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

her tribe of ouijaers you don't give it much?
 Well. how about your dear friend Miss Tattletale and her faith in it? was present at a ouija board seance the other day and she actually had the nerve to ask if the man she was going to marry would be a bald-headed widow CT with eight children, And there l sat like a bump on a log. The mink. Did you ever hear of such nerve? And what did I ask? I asked the ouija board what had become of all your splendid New Years resolutions and, believe me, l got an answer that would stagger a sailor Whats that? I shouldn't be so personal? Indeed, that's what I should be and what I am. 1 am going to buy me a ouija board of my own and con- iure it if I can to find out about some of your antics, sir. Whats that? You thought I was above such things? 1 am, but I must meet you on your own plane and whatever the ouija board tells me I'm going to believe. I am going to ask it who you spent that $50 on Christ mas. I mean the $50 that was recorded one the jewellers bill and which was not for a present for me, and when I con- fronted you with it you denied it and said it must be intended for some oth- CT Mir Caudle. You remember, sir.
 q felt so sorry for poor Mrs. Tattle- tale the other night when we were work ing the ouija board. The thing began to sneak in French, You know ouija boards have a way of talking in foreign Ian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10
YOUR RED CROSS


 From a report to the Americanl Red Cross by Dr. William P. Lucas, bureau of needy children and infant mortality, department of civil affairs. American Red Cross, Paris.
 There is a wise and great-hearted pre- feet at the head of the government of the department of Meurthe ct Moselle in France, a prefect who pushes to the limit of his own strength his far-sighted work for the refugees of his district, and welcomes with courtesy and discrimina tion the cooperation of the American Red Cross. He has indeed gone to the length O Appointing the Red Cross di- rector of certain children's refuge his official representative. in order to smooth his path administratively
 The situation of the women and chil- dren close to the lines at such a place as - presents a most tragic picture. The population of these small villages which have been bombarded and gassed naturally cling to the localities they know and love. Tn one village which had suffered almost complete annihila- tion from bombardment and in which only a dozen adults were living out of a populat ation of 400 or 800, the people had crept back and with the help of the sol diers quartered there had restored ill crude way their little church.
 A few hours after we passed through the village the bombardment began once more and after several hours nothing was left. The constant danger in which the civil population finds itself makes it difficult to expect them to live nor mally. To draw them away to safer places and to get them interested in work that seems to have some future to it, some permancncy, is the splendid work of Prefect Mirman.
 At - accordingly, where the peo- pie from several villages are gathered together, the refugee girls arc taught sewing and designing of garments ali in a most attractive way. Each girl makes small models of various outfits -trousseaux and layettes and these are mounted in folders with the patterns and dimensions and instructions to be taken back to their villages later. The old men and boys are taught carpentry, and all the furniture made is used at once in the asylum or stored away to be taken home to their beloved villages when the war is over
 In this way the great prefect seeks to give the poor people of his dstIict a new hold upon life by giving them the feeling that in spite of all the destrue- tion around them, in spite of the ruin of all they had, they can still accumulate possessions. they need not sit empty handed in the wake of fire and shell.
 So the work in the district of Meurthe ct Moselle offers so much hope. The American Red Cross is caring well for the children in it's hillside refuge. The grown-ups, who have lost everything but their children, could have no better en. couragement than the knowledge that the boys and girls are safe and well and are even happy. If the Red Cross can continue to give them that assurance, new life will quickly develop where tn. :. old has been plotted out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10

spent a great deal of time during the
 past week going through the county in
 the interest of the junior membership Talks were made at Inglenook apf Boyles, where the county high schools
 have gone lover the top" with 100 per cent. The schools at Lynn Crossing,
 Bethel Sayre, Alliance and Docena were visited and the history of the Junior Red Cross explained in detail. The
 schools were organized and instructions left with the leaders in each school that
 would enable work being carried on for the Red Cross in the schools. As the organization of the American Red Cross gives to men and women in the country an opportunity to help in the great cause, 1t does not overlook the advantages to be gained by having
 the children work together in their schools. Today the child in school IS given privileges of learning and helping as children have never before had. It is to be incorporated with the regular school work Parents are urged to take an interest in the work to be done by them, to assist in keeping them in school and giving them every encouragement possible.
 1t is the aim of the local chapter school committee to continue working until practically every school is enrolled 100 per cent and can be proud of having beautiful auxiliary banner on the walls of their school
 Members of the Junior Red Cross in Arizona are altering the ladscape of that transcontinental crossed land by gather ing up the tin cans along the railroads and highways and selling their booty for the Red Cross at varying prices per ton. In southern California the junlor members of one chapter are turning Tn S1o0 a month by collecting old tinfoil. Are there more tin cans in Arizona than tinfoil in California? And how about Alabama?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10
". C. 7. U. ActiUities
 For God Home and Native Land"
Fly MRS. MABEL Y. LEAkE


 Readings were given by Mrs William Ratliff, Miss Cora Tillman and Miss Nan Godfrey, after. which an ice course
 was served by Mrs. T. M. Nesbitts band.
 Mrs. Spence. in charge of the sewing room, announces, beginning next Tues day, the room will be open from 9
 o clock until 4, and the workers are requested to come and assist in the work for the sailors and soldiers. Mir and Mrs. Harry Bumstead enter tained the l.. T. L. of the Frances Will lard at their home Friday evening with colonial party.
 After the silver medal contest, In which Neal Collins was decided the winner. the minuet was danced by the | little l., T. l.. workers who wore ! colonial gowns. Seventy five guests enjoyed the hospitality of Mir. and Mrs. | Bumstead.
 i Mrs. Bumstead reports great inter-
 est was taken by the Sunday schools In | Temperance Sunday, and that the 1 Southside Baptist church alone had IT
 requests for readers to give temper ance readings for the junior and inter-
 mediate departments, l Mrs Myatt. secretary at headquar- ters, reports the lunch and rest rooms were made very much more attractive
 Jackson and Mrs. William Hood this week
 So appetizing have Mrs. Myatts
 menus proven to the business women who frequent the lunch room, and to
 their friends they told of the home 1 cooked food served. the volume of
 business has increased until an assist | ant is necessary. At meeting of tho
 headquarters board Mrs. F. l.. Acton
 was rendered the position and has ac- cepted it.
 | The headquarters committee will
 meet Wednesday morning at 10;3O in l the auditorium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

68 M last. MT. caudle. believe
 AA have found something which
 will solve the riddle about you and your domestic affairs and I'm the happiest woman alive. Whats that? You'd like to know what it is? Well, it is better than a detective; it's safer than a policeman and it's more reliable than gossip; it's the ouija board. What's that you say? You haven't opened your lips? Well, open them at once, and your ears, too. for I'm going to tell you some news. What's that? The ouija board and all the ouijaers are fakes. pure and sim pie. Not on your life? Has it told me anything worth while? Just you wait and hear!
 Whats that? It's an old scandan- monger and is instituted of the devil to make trouble in happy homes? You don't believe 1t can mean well? Then listen to this: know the ouija board means well when it can locate you in the evenings when you've phoned that you've been detained at a directors meeting and won't be home to dinner. I know the ouija board means vel when 1t tries to solve the 'you-are-the- only -woman-I-ever-loved proposition. l know the ouija board means we'll when it Is trying its level best to enlighten poor, suffering humanity-woman hu- manity-on the subject of the kinds of husbands we have and what they are up. to.
 What's that? A little old piece of rec tangular wood 16 inches wide and 24 inches long and a half an inch thick can't be even remotely related to spir- ftualism or anything respectable? What's that? In spite of Patience Worth and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-03-10
Useful for Automobile Tires

From the Popular Science Monthly
 The urgent need of cotton material which will meet the requirements of a tiro foundation (flexibility. strength and resistance to strains in the direction of the threads and diagopally) stimulated MT. William G. Trautvetter of Paterson, N. J., to invent a. loom by which it is possible to weave a cotton fabric with diagonal reinforcing threads.
 The diagonal threads are carried in srools mounted in large reel. As the reel revolves, the threads of the upper haH are moved across the fabric in one direction, while those Of the lower half are carried in the opposite direction. diagonally across the fabric. The filling or weft threads always pass under the warp threads, and over the bias threads. Since the diagonal threads are interlaced with the warp threads, while the weft threads are intermeshed with the warp and with the diagonal threads. a fabric is produced which is remarkably strong in every direction