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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
.Y.NC.A. BEAN FEED
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
Christmas Exchange at the
Y. M. C. A. This
Season.

The last Bean Feed before Christ
mas will be held Friday night at 6:l6
o'clock for all members Of the boys
department Of the Y. M. G. A. The
feed had to be postponed on account
of the ministers and layman's sup
per held in the room at that time but
every one Is assured that after
Christmas the suppers will be held at
regular weekly intervals until spring.
As it is Christmas time and every
one feels the spell of Christmas COM
ing over him. the program will be a
little different. The feed will be
there but the boys wont go to their
Bible classes, but instead very ap-
propriate good time will be had. Plans
will be laid for a little Christmas gift
exchange in the "Y" and it is hoped
that goodly number will be present,
Those expecting to attend should
hand their names in at the desk be-
fore Thursday night SO that the ladies
who are to serve will know the num-
Der to prepare for.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
Local Red Cross Provides
Funds for Tree in
Hospital Ward.
YOUNG GIRLS SEND BOXES
Forty Soldiers Under Care
Of Elizabeth Kenny,
The Beneficiaries.

forty disabled, Ill and convalescent
yoldiers will be given a bit OF Christ
mas cheer by the Fairmont Chapter
Of the American Red Cross and will
be made to feel that life is well worth
The living on account OF donation
made .by the local chapter for the pur-,
nose Of bringing the. holiday spirit
Into the hearts OF men who have CIV
an I'M legs and arms and some o'
whom may even yet give up their
lives for their country's sake.
These crippled and otherwise DIS
abled soldiers are confined in a. GER
tain ward in the United States Public
Hellth Service hospital at Camp
Sewer, Greenvllle, South Carolina
The government, the local chapter
WAS informed; will furnish these men
a Christmas dinner and will give them
socks and caps but other than this
no plans had been made for their en-
tertainment at Christmas.
The local chapter came into touch
with this situation through q request
which came to 1t from Miss Elizabeth
Kenny. of West Virginia, a graduate
nurse of Cook hospital who saw
months of service as a Red Cross
nurse in France during the late war,
and who upon her return to this coun-
try was assigned to duty IN this goy=
ernment hoSr..salat Greenville. Miss
Kenny requested the local chapter to
send her the sum OF fifty dollars to
be used in furnishing Christmas
traa ana gifts for these men on Christ
mas day,
ed the amount to Miss Kenny with
instructions for her to expend IT in
bringing happiness and Christmas
cheer to the soldiers under her care
in this ward.
They did not stop at this, either. but
they interested Miss Dora Lee New
man who spent months in overseas
service and who. knows what these
things mean to the boys and she in
terested young women OF the High
school and the Y. W. c. A. in the pro-
1ect, with the result that forty boxes
will be filled to. 'overflowlng with
toothsome dainties, such as candy,
cakes, nuts and fruits and will be sent
10 Miss Kenny to be distributed among
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
B. & 0. Locomotive
Blows Up; One Dead

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Dec 17.-one
man was killed and two others seri-
ously injured when the boiler Of q
Baltimore and Ohio railroad locomo-
tive exploded at Covert Station, near
here. today. The dead: W. E. Skelly,
Painsville, Ohio. The injured: "A. B.
Coulter, Newcastle, Pa; B, T. Woods,
Mt. Air, Va.
Woods was so badly scalded that
hospital physicians said his recovery
was doubtful. No cause was assign
ed for the explosion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
lily Club Passes
On Its Constitution

A meeting OF the High school boys
club known as the Hi-Y was held II
the rooms Of the Boys department
Of the Y. M. G. A. last evening. A
proposed constitution and bylaws
which Is to govern the club, was read
and passed by popular vote OF the
members. The business was then laid
aside and seven new members were
admitted INTO the membership atteI
each had successfully passed the three
degrees required for those wishing
to Join.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
Want Government
to Keep Railroads
[By Associated pre5aI

WASHINGTON, Dec, ProtestrE
ing against enactment Of the Cum9lpai
railroad BILL now before the genate
Samuel Gompers, president Of tha
American Federation Of Labor and
representatives of the railroad broth
erhoods together with Spokesmens tcIi
some farmers organizations today
urged Chairman Cummins to with
draw the measure and give govern
ment operation Of the roads q teil
and Thorough peace time test,
The brotherhood representatives ars.
nounced that they planned to go6tt
the White house during the day u
urge President Wilson 70 uSa his 4,
fluence against the passage Of the tllI
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
RRITAlN no LET 90.

WASHINGTON, Dec. II. - Greal
Britain is prepared now to release
American owned goods seized during
the war upon the establishment OF
their Americas ownership at the time
the goods were shipped the State de-
partment was advised today by the
British foreign office.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
-.ahs Permission to Attack
NATIONAL Prohibition
Amendment.
IN THE SUPREME Court
Would Enjoin Government
From Enforcing It in
Rhode Island
IBy Associated pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. Y.
Rhode Island through8its
Attorney General, Herbert
A. Rice, asked the supreme
Court today for permission
to institute original pro
ceedings to test the validity
of the national Prohibition
Amendment and to enjoin
federal officials from ri
forcing it in that state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
State ATTACKS DRY Amendment in HIGH COURT
Abongine to
be Model For
Typical Kank

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-OtlR,
W. Leader, a Choctaw Indian Of
Calvin, Oklahoma, who was with
the artillery force which fired the
first American shot In the world
war and who after having engaged
IN three major operations Of Cha
teau Thlerry, St. Mihiel and the
Argonne was still present and &C
counted for when the last guns Of
the war were fired. has been Sc
lected as model by the French
artist, Dewarreux, for a portrait OF
a typical American soldier.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
aAn FIRE IN CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND, Dec. II. = Firemen
rA,ght for five hours this morning to
Rye the wholesale clothing district
from fire which started In four-story
brick building at st. Clair avenue and
West Sixth street, entirely destroying
it with loss estimated at $325OOO.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
SCALE COMMITTEE
MEETS IN CLEVELAND
Probability of Coal Price
Increase Was Discussed
This Morning.

CLEVELAND, Dec. T.-ProbabIl-
lty Of coal prices increasing after the
commission to be appointed by PresI-
dent Wilson to investigate the coal
situation makes its decision on the
.bituminous coal miners demands was
discussed here today by the scale
committee ofthe Central Competitive
field embracing Ohio, Indiana, 1lli-
nois and Western Pennsylvania.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
MANY disappointed BECAUSE WORLD DID NOT
CONE TO A SUDDEN land SECTACULAREND TODAY
SURE HAD ONE TREMENDOUS
SCARE IN INDIANAPOLIS
(By Associated PressJ

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 17-one long wierd shreking whistle
then sden finally practically all in the city
mingled with the ringing Of number of bells broke the stiffness
of the early morning Indianapolis today
it's notice the end ofthe world said moro than
The whistles calling the people to church, and I'm
ing"
1t developed throttle whistle at railroad
round starting the which the others
joined without knowing exactly why
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
Forty-Three Killed
By an Explosion
Rv AasnnInted Preea1

BERLIN, Dec 16.-Forty-three
workmen and women were killed and
more than one hundred injured in an
explosion at the Marien Field Ammu-
milton depot near Wllhelmshayen to-
day. The explosion occurred while
shells were being unloaded.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
HAD FRONT SEAT
FOR TIE BIG SHOW
When End Did Not Come
He Complained to the
Cops.
[By AssOciated Press

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 17-Chas.
Johnson, 65, farmer, living at West
Salem, was in Cleveland today with a
reserved seat ticket so as to be in the
front row when the world came to an
end. After going to house whore
the beginning Of the end was to be
staged and finding that no one there
had even heard the end was at hand,
Johnson complained to the police.
Two men came to me last Saturday
and sold me a reserved seat for SIS he
said. They told me all the members
of my religious belief were to wait
for the end in Cleveland.
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 177-Frana
schlesinser dirsStor Of the Allegheny
observatory, was busy this morning
answering telephone calls from an1>
ious persons in ala parts Of western
Pennsylvania who wanted to know
"just when the end OF the world would
come"
He quieted all their fears with the
plain statement that he was unable to
tell them and advised them to go
about their business as usual, adding
that If the end was really coming
they would know It without consulting
IN astronomer.
DR.. schlesinger also has received
many letters concerning the end. Some
of them were evidently written by pen
sons who had taken the matter serious
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-17
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pNeIespAYsi
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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROO1

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Womens' complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in . healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss Of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp
toms of kidney trouble.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, = physicians pro
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get q medium or large size bottle sim
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
BILLINGS MAN TAKES
OFFER OF COLONELCY

Billings.-A commission as chief OF
staff of the American Legion of the
Lithuanian army, with the rank cd
colonel, has been accepted by w. H.
Morse, of Billings. recently lieuten-
ant in the American army. Mr. Morse
will leave here February 10, 1920, to
report to the Lithuanian representa-
tive at Washington, d. c., and will
sail soon after for the new Lithuanian
republic.
The legion, permission for which was
granted at the peace conference, is to
be formed largely of Lithuanians now
in this country. 1t is understood that
Col. o. S. Perry of Kalispell also has
been offered high office. The lower
offices will be filled by men selected
from the Lithuanians in the universe
ties of that country.
The Americans chosen to hold ranks
above that of major are men who dis
played exceptional ability during the
world war.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
IRRIGATION DELEGATES
RETURN FROM SALT LAKE
Meeting Results in Big Program for
Reclamation Work in Montana and
Other Western States

Butte. = Five delegates from Mon
tana who attended the irrigation con
gress in Salt Lake City have returned
These included State Senators ]. E.
Edwards of Rosebud county, Edward
S. Booth of Fallon county, Ii. A. Call
wey, Butte; Representative Ronald
Higgins, Missoula; and Lieut.. Gov. w.
w. Mcdowell, Butte.
The meeting in Salt Lake, which
drew 156 delegates from 10 states, re-
suited in an organization being formed
that will urge on congress the PROPOSE
ton of appropriating $250,000,000 for
irritation purposes in the semi-arid
states of the west. Lieutengant Gov
ernOr Mcdowell is vice president of
the organization and Senator Harry
Gallwey of Butte is a member of the
executive committee, which will meet
in Washington, D. c., December 10 to
discuss plans for the purpose of Sc
curing congressional action.
Montana has number of impor-
tant irrigation projects under head
way which will require, it is esti-
mated, 100000 to complete, and for
these projects it is hoped to provide
the finances through sale of irriga-
ton bonds, and the Montana members
of the irrigation association hope to
obtain federal supervision of the
projects.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05

| Above are pictured two pretty sew.
| Ing or darning sets which are intend
! ed to hang somewhere conveniently on
wall or be suspended from some
place of vantage on the bedroom fur
niture. At the right of the picture
an embroidery hoop is wound with mar
row satin ribbon and decorated with
bows having many long loops. A
thimble, spool of thread, emery bag
and needle case are all tied TO the
hoop or suspended from it. The small
kitten Of cloth. much dressed up with
bow of ribbon on the neck, carries
darning needles in its side and large
pins along its back. A little, tinklng
silver bell hangs on the ribbon about
It's neck.
At the left two heart-shaped
pieces of cardboard covered with fig
ured satin are sewed together along
the sides forming a pocket open at the
top which will hold needles, pins and
other things. A spool of black and
a spool of white thread are fastened to
the front of the pocket with ribbon.
Small scissors are suspended at the
bottom, thiInble is placed at the
left and glove darner at the right.
Large pins with white heads finish
off the edge of the pocket and few
safety pins are suspended on bit
If ribbon at the center.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
BOARD TO PROTEST
WATER DIVERSION
MONTANA COMMISSION OBJECTS
TO IDAHO TAPPING LAKE
YELLOWSTONE
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
State Highway Commission Decides on
Three Standard Kinds Of Paving
for Road Projects Outside
of Montana Cities

Helena. - The Montana irrigation
commission, which is composed of Dan
Boyle, ]. e. Mccormick and Lee
Dennis, has directed a letter of pro-
test to the members of the house and
senate of the national congress against
the state of Idaho being permitted to
dam the waters of the Yellowstone
lake and Yellowstone river in the yell
lowstone National park, and then d.
vert them through tunnel to the
state of Idaho for irrigation purposes.
In the letter the Montana commits
sion points out that If the state of
Idaho Is permitted to carry out its
plans, water from the headquarters of
the Yellowstone river, which irrigates
vast area Of the state, will be di-
verified from the eastern to the western
slope and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific watershed.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05

Narrow ribbons and small white eel
uloid rings help fashion many pretty
gifts for baby as may be seen in the
picture above. Flowerlike bells of
ribbon in which safety pins simulate
stamens hang at the end of narrow
ribbons. that are suspended from a
small ring under a little bow. An
other pincushion for baby has the
hours of the day painted on 1t and
hangs by narrow ribbons from ring.
Bows, loops and rings decorate the
cushion at the bottom, making place
for several sizes of safety pins. A
bow and long end conceal a common
pin that is thrust into one of the num-
bers on the clock-to indicate the hour
when baby is to be fed Below this
pretty gift is strapd of very gayly
colored beads and at the right band
crocheted of silk floss. edged and
with ribbon, to be used on
the carriage to hold the baby safely
IN It.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There in
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that is by a constitutional remedy
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infian.Sd you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. snd
when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
dueed and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an infiamed
condition sof- the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE
All Druggists 75e Circulars free
F. ]. Cheney g. Co. Toledo. Ohio
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
LEWiSIUWN MAN HEADS y
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
~s<O-s M <--e---------
Steps u jganization of State
Teoti ,Sh May Affiliate
9. or Federation

|
He' z. Cummings of Lewis
town sCIf ed president of the Mon
| tana State Teachers association at
their meeting In Helena.
Prof. Robert Clark of the State Nor
NAL college was elected vice president ;
W. D. Sweetland of Kaiispell, incum-
bent, treasurer; J. H. Underwood of
the State university at Missoula, ex-
ecutive committeeman, two years; G.
w. Grandy, Terry, executive commit
teeman, three years.
The association endorsed resOlu-
ton asking minimum salaries of $500
for teachers In this state, and also
endorsed preliminary steps for the
formation of state federation of
teachers, which, it is understood,
will later seek affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor
The creation of re position of
state physical director, the Smith
Towner bill, the direct apportionment
of the income from state school funds
to the schools, amendment of the COM
pulsory education laws to permit more
effective operation in districts of the
second and third class; enforcement
Of the Montana anti-cigaret law, the
passage of laws similar to those of
Kansas and Utah, prohibiting the
manufacture, sale and use, or adver-
tisement in any form of cigarets; ap-
preparations for support of vocational
schools; budgets for the support of
evening classes, and thrift and saw
ings instruction were endorsed in the
resolutions adopted.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
Name Stock Agent.

1t Is announced in Helena that DR..
Black, with offices in the First Ma
tional bank building at Great Falls,
has been appointed by the federal rail-
in charge Of feed and stock ship
ments. Any stockman who Is unable
to get cars for loading feed that has
been purchased at any point. or who,
after the feed IS loaded. is experience
ing delay, Is requested BY the railway
administration to communicats viii
Mr.. Black.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS

Insist on "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
In "'Bayer package" containing prop
er directions for Colds, Pain, Head
ache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheu.
matism. Name "Bayer" means genuine
Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of IL
tablets cost few cents. Aspirin is trade
mark of Bayer Manufacture Of Mono
aceticacidester of Salicylica
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
WANT NEW BRIDGE PIERS.

Great Falls.-Although work IS in
progress by the contractor on the quar-
ter Of a million dollar bridge across
the Missouri river at First avenue, a
meeting Of taxpayers was held here to
protest against the use Of old piers
in the new structure. r. j. McDer-
mand called the meeting. 1t was
voted TO send a committee to the coun-
ty commissioners to see If the piers
which are allegedly unfit for the new
bridge, may not be replaced by new
ones.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05

If there is anything man appre-
cfates more than another it is waste
basket TO hold things that he doesn't
want or case to hold things that he
does want. Here are both these SEN
sible gifts. made to match, and happy
is the man who viii receive them at
Christmas time.
of very light board, covered with dull
rose-colored tapestry and finished with
dark-green braid Handles with tas-
sells to match prove convenient. A me-
dallion of figured tapestry bound by
braid completes this practical and
handsome gift. The case for papers
is made to match the basket.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
FIRST STEPS TAKEN
TO ORGANIZE MILITIA

MISUNDERSTANDING steps looking
to the formation Of regiment of mi
litia in Montana have been taken by
Adjntant General Phil Greenan.
'We will soon have the work of or
ganization well under way" said the
adjutant general. There are many
ex-seryice men who are anxious to go
into the national guard organization
and keep up their military training.
ut is the intention to organize
companies first in those towns where
companies of the Second Montana reg
iInent existed before the war was be-
gun"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
Dainty Ribbon Carriers

Ribbons and laces that set off the
faces of fair women, do not end their
usefulness in this way. Here they ap-
pear in Christmas garters of dainti-
ness and beauty that will bring joy to
the recipient. Ribbon. shirred over
fiat elastic and ornamented with tiny
chiffon roses, makes the pair shown
with wide fiounce of lace falling from
one edge of them. The carriers at
the right are made of wide satin rib
bon shirred over fat elastic, with mar
row frills of val lace set on them
and finished with rosettes made of
the same ribbon. Each rosette has
a bow of narrower ribbon at the GEN.
ter and three little blossoms of the
narrow ribbon, perched at the edge.
The rosettes and flowers are shown
separately.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
Disnroportlon.

How often the innocent have to
suffer with the guilty"
"But they suffer more'n their share"
protested Mr.. Growcher. "The boy
that plays the trombone in the next
fiat makes all the innocent people IN
the building suffer while he seems to
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
What Profiteerinq Leads To.

Il see where tenant was arrested
for beating his landlord over the head
with club"
"Well?"
'He must be smart fellow"
'sWhy sop
HE demands trial by jury-seems
pretty sure no twelve men good and
true would decide a case against
tenant and in favor of landlord now
adays. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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1oRpELoED.!
Don't blast your Liver and
Bowels, but teks
"Ca,carets."
You men and women who can

You men and women who can
feeling right-who have hea
coated tongue, bad taste and 1.~4-
breath, dizziness, can't sleep, are BIZ
ious, nervous and upset, bothered with
sick, gassy, disordered stomach and
colds.
Are you keeping your liver and bow
els clean with Cascarets. or shocking
your insides every few days with Cal
omel, Salts, Oil and violent pillsf
Cascarets work while you sleep they
cleanse the stomach, remove the sour.
undlgested, fermenting food and foul
gases; take the excess bile from the
liver and carry out Of the system all
the constipated waste matter and pei
son In the bowels. Cascarets never
grippe. sicken or cause inconvenience
and Cascarets cost SO little too.-Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-05
Army Hospital at Helena.

Announcement from Washington, d.
c., that Fort Harrison, near Helena, is
to be made a rehabilitation hospital, to
serve Montana, Wyoming. Idaho and
the Dakotas, has been followed by
receipt of word that the institution
will be open as soon as alterations and
repairs can be made. No congression-
al action is required, as the war de-
partInent has turned the fort over to
the treasury department, which has
the rehabilitation in charge. The in
stitution win employ about $50 doc
tors, nurses, internes, attendants, ETC..
and is expected to take care of hun
dreds of patients.