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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
EXPECT BIG FIGHT on
FDRTNEI APPROVAL
Harrison County Man Sc
lected by Governor For
State Road Commission.

Especial Dispatch to West virginian.,
CHARLESTON, w. va, Jan. "a
Appointment by Governor Cornwell OF
Major 6. P. Fortney, Of Harrison
county. as q member OF the state
Road commission to succeed a.
Dennis Williams. OF Morgantown, has
stirred friends Of the latter to such q
Fighting pitch that confirmation OF
the appointment by the senate Is I'M
likely. No progress at all was made
toward confirmation Of any OF the
Governors appointment at an execu'
tive session OF the senate the other
day 1t is understood, and another
such Meeting will probably be held
before the end Of this week.
n Confirmation Of Major Fortney's
appointment 1t is said by his friends
will bring an end to the discord that
is said to exist between members OF
the state road commission, 1t is de-
clared that Mr.. Williams has been at
odds with Scanlon, another member
OF the commission, for several months.
Friends Of Mr.. Williams say that
his services to the state merit his
reappointment and they point out
further that Major Fortney has been
out Of the state for years and is
therefore unacquainted with West
Virginia's needs and purposes in the
way Of improved roads. Major Fort
ney, who is son Of Ellis Fortney, OF
near Shinnston, has been in the
Panama Caral zone for the last sew
eral years, being In the governments
engineering service, he also has
charge Of the erection Of some locks
in the Ohio river.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
'THE CIRCUIT COURT
ADJOURNED TO-DAY
Sessions viii Be Resumed
Next Wednesday Morn
ing.

All the Circuit court jurors, were dis
missed this morning until next We'd
nesday morning at nine o'clock. One
Of the most important cases called for
this term was that Of Fred w. Bart
lett VS.. the Marietta Torpedo com.
pany which came up for trial yester.
day. The defendant asked for con.
tinuance until March term OF court
which was granted. This would have
been the most important and most
lengthy case Of the term probably oc-
cupying ten days or two weeks.
The matter concerns an oil wen in
Warrington owned by Fred Bartlett.
The Torpedo company lowered an ex-
plosive to enlarge the oil production
and in some unexplained manner the
torpedo used did not 60 down far
enough but stuck IN the casing Of the
we'll. In trying to pull 1t out, it ex-
ploded and Bartlett claims that his
we'll was ruined. He asks about $lv0, :
600 damages and claims to have spent
a great deal Of money trying to re-
move parts of the casing which caved
in and lodged so tight that no appli.
-ance can remove it. The defense
claims that conditions were uncon.
trollable and the accident was una
voidable.
Before the Jurors were dismissed
this morning the Al Donnally VS.. Fair
mont Brewing company was continued
on motion Of the defendant who stated
that H. B. Gilmore, president Of the
Brewing company, was sick in Balti-
more. In the A. Donnally VS.. Marion
Products company case, q motion by
the plaintiff for non suit was entered.
Judge Raymond told the jurors be-
fore Diminishing them until next Wed.
nesday that they had been very faith
full, some Of them sitting on success
sive cases. If there was any good
reason why any Of them could not well
continue through the remainder Of the
term, he said he was ready to hear ex-
cuses. All cases not ready by Febru-
airy 3 will be dismissed or continued
as ct that time all railroad cases will
be tried. The Shain VS.. Jollitr case is
set again for next Wednesday.
A number Of cases have been decid-
ed out Of court as follows. State vs..
Howard Showalter, felony, docketed
for January Goth, defendant not ready
this term Of court; Harvey Shain vs..
Fairmont Packing company, motion
for Judgment, continued for term OF
court on account OF absence Of Vaughn
Joliiff; Samuel q. Taggert vs.. Syca-
more Land company, action dismissed;
M. w. Shafer and Martha b. Shafer
VS.. Ada Skater, court issues writ of
habeas corpus to bring Ruth Shafer to
court January 25th.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
d. James s. eGaW 70,
Speak Here Sunday

"A great patriotic rally Is to occur
on Sabbath afternoon in connection
with the evangelistic campaign now
In progress In Fairmont.
A speaker Of national prominence
has been secured to address this
meeting, which will be held in the
Methodist church, at 3 o'clock, Rev.
Goodwin. pastor.
DR.. James s. McGaw, D. D., Cen
eral Field Secretary OF the National
Reform Association. is TO address the
meeting. He IL a speaker who Ii
known from coast to coast for his
power and leadership in reform meas
ures.
America and the New Era" is the
subject selected for DR.. McGaw's adj
dress. It has been heard by delighted
audiences in various parts Of the
country.
The meeting is for both men and
women.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
Thinkinu Of CLOSING.
Mrs. Mithcell Mills
Hears From Son

Mrs. Mitchell Mills has received
letters from her brother, Robert Free
man with the U. S. Rrmy abroad.
which brought the first news from
him since September and for whose
safety the gravest apprehension was
felt. Freeman's letter which was
written on Christmas day, stated that
he was in hospital in Treves, Ger
many, recovering from a dose sf mus
.tard poisoning which settled in his
hands. the accident taking place
while in action on the verdun front.
His letter was dictated because he
was still unable to use his hands.
Alfred Mills, q brother Of mitchell
Mills, has also written relatives. He
is in a hospital at Tours, France, re.
covering from wounds received when
q she'll exploded over the barracks in
which he and his comrades were
sleeping.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
SALVATION army
(continued from page ones

ment that he expected to go out Of
office before the next budget is made
up and wanted to leave behind him
q clean record as custodian OF the
city Of Fairmont.
Captain o'Be4ne thanked the com
mtssioners for their consideration Of
the project. He submitted summary
showing some Of the things the day
nursery had done during the time Of
Its existence. which tells its own
story. During the period from Nov.
ember 2 to Jan eary 70, the Saliva
tion Army in its day nursery provided
1854 meals and furnished S44 clean
lodgings to children who would other.
wise; perhaps, have had no place to
lay their heads. This was in addition
to hundreds Of quarts OF milk furn-
iished to these children being cared for
at this nursery. Fifty children rang.
ing In age from 10 days to twelve
years have been cared for from time
to time at the nursery and most OF
the time Is meals q day>haye been
provided.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

2 -. 4sl ~. x \. ~ u :. 4 1,
- ssAs = We us.st1 ssAesss ssl
nistration. ana John Mckay, con
nected With the same oLaces arc 70
DAY along the ~. e e. railroad.
United Rhine Workers.
James Diana, organizer, is gUhg 70
Junior mine IN the Clatksnurg secuon1
t0MgnL
w. =. Ray, organizer. y gong 70
bretz tonight.
NICK Aleli, organizer, - at hliAInl
To-Day.
3. A. Scott, organizer, - ~ Er1e
0'Y 1ss -. ....a. !. :. p,ra.
vile TODAY.
Ira Marks. organizer. "a In the Elem.
.inrton field TO-DAY
Last nirht W. r. Raw. organizer aa.
dressed 100 United Nine Workers at
McWhorter Racently these men
came into the union and the contract
vas exnlained
Offices of the Fairmont office OF the
United Mine Workers have been re.
moved from 404 (courth floor Deyeny
building to rooms, 401 and 402 (saule
noor) in the Deveny building. By
the new arrangement the United Mine
Workers have conference room,
which they had not before.
Mr.. Jenkins Returns.
4 u 1ank,ns nresident Of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
Conferred Today on
the Budget Bill
fRy Associated .press

CHARLESTON, Jan. 2s.-The first
conference between the Senate Fl
nance committee and the State Board
of Public Works was held this morn.
ing at 10 o'clock to come to an under
standing regarding the manner in
which the budget bill is to be handled
by the legislature to comply with the
constitution and at the same time take
care Of all the appropriations neces.
sary to be made.
The committee had gone over the
bill carefully and had marked mum.
Der Of provisions for inquiry but the
main question upon which the com
mittee desired information today was
that relating to the time at which the
budget bin should be passed.
Neither house met today until Q D
m. to take up their regular calendars
Both having exhausted their calendars
of yesterday in their afternoon ses
sion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
Funeral 81 Marion ". moran.

Funeral Of Marion W. Moran.
Funeral services over the body q
Marione Wesley Moran, whose death
occurred yesterday at the homo q
his sister. Mrs. Vernon CornweiL on
Jacobs street were held today from
Mt. Zion church followed u inter.
ment in the Mt. Zion cemetery BY
Undertakes Jenkins. Last evening
brief services over ne body were
held at the homo Of 5trs. Cornwsil.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
New York to Ratify
Dry Amendment

ALBANY. N. ", Jan. 2s.-Adopt-
ion by the New York assembly Of
the Thompson-McNab resolution to
ratify the federal prohibition amend.
ment was virtually assured today
when the Republican majority, after
a caucus, voted "a to to make the
resolution party measure. Suisse
quently The caucus action was made
unanimous &c affirmative votes are
necessary for adoption.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
Col. Watson Not Here
Up Till Late Today

COL WATSON HERE e..
Up until late this afternoon Col.
Clarence Watson had not arrived in
Fairmont and his friends did not ex.
pect that he would arrive today. &.
The belief here Is that Col. Watson
will go to New York City prior to
coming here.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
One Strike Ends And
Another Begins in N Y
(By. Associated Press. !

NE WYORK. Jan. 23.-Ending Of
the three months strike Of $4,000
garment workers engaged in making
mems and boys clothing and the
granting Of q az hour week was an.
,nounced today at Headquarters OF the
Amalgamated Garment Workers Of
America. Meanwhile the strike
which began last Tuesday OF 35,Ou0
ladies' waist and dress makers who
also demanded q a hour week was
Still in progress.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
TRorskY HAS ENOUGH

LONDON, Jan. 23.-Leon Trotsly,
the Russian minister OF war. has or
dered Yinoyieft, the Bolsheviki gov
ernor OF Petrograd, to surrender that
city without q fight, il 1t is attacked
BY the northern Russian forces.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

Contracts Let-Dr, q. w. Howard
AnS awarded q contract for the con-
sffaCti6n Of 4 handsome new residence
I iiiEii he intends to build this spring
al Prospect avenue to @. p. Minor.
Buiiding operations viii be started
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23
- WANT ADS

TOR sAI Six t6om frame house,
An p1c dren c0lf eniences. Call ct
Spence 81. o. phone TIER.
1-23.2t-5022
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I|3h s k1ia ottage. five room and
6aIl tt Ward Cali Phone 137s-R.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

tSeip ltatiDm 10.
tysf s feet, falling.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

stisps pelns NIesfy-Mrs. Sadie
fsc0ra 81 1924 Fourth street under
NeS Ia operation this morning at
Cook hospital She Is doing very
nicsiy at is time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

,tef. Miller Here-Prof. Thomas
q Miller president Of the Shepherds.
{o3n STATE Normal School, is In the
city spending 3 few days with mem.
befa 81 his family ut Barnstown.
Ptpl Miller SPENT the past week In
4 charleston, looking after matters Of
stats lesislstion g which he is In
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-23

Narfiane LIeense Marriage license
hts been issued to Leo Kennedy, 80
Boot hsviIle and A. Edna Coffman. 90
Hsilmpla ana Ralph johnson. IS aud
Hlancte Stern, 81, both Of Fairmont.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
The Eishinc Worm.

William Brake is little fellow liv
ing In Eastern avenue. Birds, fishing
worms. cl'ickets and spiders are
strange creations to him This year and
he Inns not been fully able to deter
mine Just what Kind of noises they
make when happy and when angry. A
few days ago William was watching a
nelghbor woman prepare ground for
flowers. An unusually, large fishing
worm came TO the surface.
"What is that?" William asked ex-
citedly.
THAT Is fishing worm"
well, i thought heard her going
'tweet. tweet' a while ago when you
commenced digging" he said, and ran
to tell his mamma of the strange
animal.--Indianapolls News.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
Yanka Like French souvenirs.

Yankee soldiers are keeping the
French shops busy these days. Sou
venirs of France and various regions
and cities of France are all the go.
Among these souvenirs are brooches
bearing the arms of different cities.
The head of the famous Lion of Bel
fort, the statue Of Bartholdi the
sculptor who designed the goddess of
Liberty, is another favorite. The LORI
taine cross has also proved very popu-
lar with the Yanks. This symbol has
two sets of cross arms instead of one.
1t appeals particularly to the Ameri-
cans because of the part which the
Yanks played in Lorraine during the
war. The Red Cross dog and the
lucky white elephant charm are other
French souvenirs which the Ameri-
cans are procuring in large numbers
to take back to the States.-From The
Spiller, France.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
HOW LANGUAGE is ENRICHED
New Words and Phrases Most Ere
quentIy Have Their origin in the
Patter Of Thieves.

1t is necessary that the language
Of nation should be refreshed and
strengthened now and then by the in.
PRODUCTION of new words and phrases.
and, as BELTS democracy these spring
from the soil; not one of them de-
scends upon us from the Olympian
heights. observes the New York Her
aid. Neither scientific nor scholastic
bodies ever enrich the common tongue
meaning that they gain immedlate>and
enduring vogue. The slang of the I'M
dergiAduate collegian Is pltifully in
ept and meager.
For anything that can give new
zest to the vulgate we must look to
the stage, the gambling house and even
to the opium den and thieves resort.
Returning soldiers will certainly bring
with them much of the argot of field
and trench OF which "cooues" Is
sample. The word 'joint" MS applied
to Ubiquitous and other resorts comes
from the joint of bamboo from which
an opium pipe Is made. dope" was
originally the slang term for opium
hence "dope" and "dopy." Innumer-
able are the verbal products Of the
gambling house. Among the common
est Of them are -four flushing" keep
ing tab" standing pat and "down to
cases." To "give the Office" or of
fee" some one is very old bit OF
London thieves slang.
The cause Of all this is quite ap-
parent to the thinking mind. Persons
of education and cultivation have. a
vocabulary of their own sufficiently
large and varied to enable them to ex-
press themselves without going be
yond Its limits. Those who are lack
Ing In education sometimes coin words
In an emergency that prove so express
slve that they acquire general cur
rency.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
MEANS END OF ALL THINGS
Number 49," Originally Newspaper
Symbol, Has Come to Have Sig
nificance OF Dire import.

BY frequent reference to 1t, noted
by newspaper readers, doubtless tbs
meaning of that cabalistic symbol $50
has become familiar to many, but this
incident and explanation is printed in
connection with the obsequies of Sir
NVilfrid Laurier, in the Montreal La
Patrie. "What does that signify?'
was asked by thousands who filed past
the casket of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and
had remarked the bouquet of flowers
upon which lay the symbol '30' in red
figures. This floral tribute was given
by members of the press gallery in the
Dominion parliament. For them this
number means the same as the words
which the great departed pronounced
some days after being stricken by his
malady: "It is ended" (Cest fini.)
The origin of this conventional symbol
has been lost in the traditions of jour
nalism, but after each night and at
the end of every day the conventional
$50" trayersed the continent from end
to end. Editors in time adopted the
sign $50" to inform the staff, the
various news departments and the
composing room that all the copy"
was finished and that there would be
nothing additional. Finally, for news
paper men, the number $50" became
the symbol of the end of all things of
earth, and even Of life.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
SUBSEA VESSELS AN OLD IDEA
Inventors Had Thoughts Of Such Craft
Centuries Ago, as Ancient
Records Give Proof.

Not In 1860, when Lord Verulam
first made vague allusion to the
subject but in 164S, it seems, was
first mention made of the submarine /;
and then at some considerable length
in a memoir published at "The Brazen
Serpent, in Paul's Churchyard." And
with this discovery comes another,
that the submarine, or ''Ark for Sub
marine Navigation" as the author,
John Wilkins, terms it, had been tried
and found practical possibility in
the days of the civil wars. "Cornelous
Dreble' had experimental with 1.-THE
contriyance." there in England" and
found it feasible" There is some
thing captivatingly Ellzabethan about
this John wilkins, chaplain to the
Prince Elector Palatine," and his far
sighted consideration of the subma-
rine. as war auxiliary. Londoners
became acquainted with him one
March evening recently, as they
opened fheir Pail Mall Gazettes and
dipped into the contents "Cornelous
Dreble and his contrlyance" arouse
a tantalizing curiosity.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
Famous Old Inn Gone.

The city ofrAugsburg has seen the
last of that famous inn, "Drel Moh-
rem or preferably, in sonorous
French, '1'hotel des Trois Maures."
The Bavarian revolution has demol-
ished it with the famous room and
fireplace in which the financier Pug
ger, to save his life, lit a FIRE with
all those II. o. us" awkward re-
minders of monarch's Indebtedness.
1t was in this hosiery, too, that Marie
Antoinette put up on her way to
France to become the wife of the
dnuphin. Over the Intel of the "Trois
Naures" were carved the lilies OF
France In commemoration of the
event. Now the inn and the lilies have
disappeared in another such cataclysm
as swept Marie Antoinette to the gull
lotine, some hundred and twenty-odd
years ago.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
ONE MANS BEST INVESTMENT
"Speciap Account Opened by Man.
ager Of Big Enterprises Has
Paid Big Dividends.

An American business man had be
come convinced Of the reasonableness
of the doctrine of mans stewardship
He had thought 1t all out and decided
that 1t might be good thing to try
the experiment. His various business
enterprises had prospered; his income
was constantly increasing; he GER
tainly could do things which he might
have done but had not. One night he
lay awake bordering the whole mat
ter, and before going to sleep prayed
over 1t. Then he made up his mind,
says the Christian Herald. Next morn
ing he instructed his bookkeeper to
open In the ledger new account In
his name, and marked Special" to
which the bookkeeper should regular
ly carry one-tenth of all the profits
He warned him never to fail to have
the Special" account ready when
called for.
And that business mans Special
has never failed. 1t has been to him
wonderful revelation of the capacity
of man immersed in big enterprises
for doing good on a large scale as q
side line. 1t has helped n build
churches, to promote the gospel, to
support missionaries, to maintain and
train orphans, to bring gladness to
homes of suffering and to many shut
ms. He has had a hand in a hun
dred noble enterprises for Christ and
humanity. And the most extraordi-
nary thing about 1t is that 1t has
given him a new zest for business,
having, as he himself would say rev.
erently, God as silent partner. 1t
has not only been means Of bless
ing his business, but it has purified
his whole life, ennobled his charac-
ter and made him ten times better
man.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
They Were prepared.

The wife of an Indianapolis nnef
chant was recently quite sick. One
day after she had Improved a bii
and her seven-year-old son had been
permitted In her room for little
visit, she voiced the thought that had
worried her all the time while she
had been III. Ted" she asked, what
would you have done If mother had
diedY
Back came Teddy's startling am
swer "Oh, the girls could have gone
to grandmother's to live and papa and
lived have gotten us new wife
right away"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
Taxes Drive Out Estates.

There are. or were before the war,
nearly LOCO great country estates scat
tered over Great Britain, many of
which have now been closed because
Of the huge taxation. OF these sixty
may be classed as private palaces, for
each required stan Of from 200 to
600 servants and attendants. Outside
Of the household servants there were
many men employed as caretakers for
the grounds, gardens, parks, coverts,
outbulldings and stables. Rocky
Mountain News.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
PIANO FOR SALE.

We have stored at Payette stric-
thy high grade piano which, for
quick disposition, will be sold at a
reasonable discount. Terms to
Irresponsible party. II interested
write at once for particulars to
THE DENVER MUSIC COMPANY,
Denver, Colorado
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17

WANTED am prepared to han
Idle all kinds of fruit and produce,
am making two trips a week into
the interior with auto truck. For
prices and particulars, see b. II.
Fitch.-GUY HOWARD. 24tf
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17

w. C, r. The regular meeting
Of the w. c. R. End and 4th Friday
of each month at 2 p. M. Grange
Hall. Galena Coughanor. President
Hattie Mathis. Secretary.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17
on London,s ,eu. rIcket,.

BY simplifying the system Of tickets
given TO London's omnibus passengers
q saving of 100 tons OF spapar pulp =
year was Effected. indianapolis Newa
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17

4S acres Of land, half In alfalfa nc
better land Inquire at Enterprise. II
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-07-17

WANTED -, Contract for getting
nut and hauling derrick tirlbers and
osts on your forest reserve permit
Stanlev Goldsmith. Weiser, Idaho. If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-29

is diseoncerting to both the performers
and that part of the audience which de-
sires to enjoy the melody to the last
minute, the house being thrown into
confusion of sounds and the view of the
stage being cut off by those standing by
their seats. The result is that the finale,
which is oftentimes the best piece of the
entire production, is absolutely lost.
One might, perhaps, overlook this hurly-
burly and mad rush to get out of the
building if the production had been of a
mediocre or really poor class because
there would not be strong incentive to
stay to hear the misery through to the
end; but when the entire presentation
has been excellent and the performers
have striven hard to please the audience
with high-class entertainment it is mex
cusable thus to turn the cold shoulder on
The friends of the moment before Would
1t not be more courteous to remain in the
seats until the curtain rings down for
the last time?