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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
VISIT TO
B'NA| BIRTH HERE
First District President
Came to Fairmont
Last Night.

For the first time during the FIVE
years that Fairmont Lodge No. 726.
Independent Order B'nai Birth, has
been in existence, it last evening at
its meeting in K. of P. Hall. Fleming
building. had the honor of entertain
ing a district president. Marcus
Feuchtwanger. OF District No. 3, New
Castle. Pa. He was accompanied by
Morris Schaffner. of Erie, Pa, vice
president, and Leon p. Stein, Of
Wheeling, general Committeeman of
the order for the State Of West Vir-
ginia.
More than 100 people attended the
meeting. Mr.. Schaffner, who is pres
ident of the board Of directors Of the
B'nai Birth Orphanage at Erie, Pa,
gave very interesting account Of the
work Of that institution. Mr.. Stein
at some length told of how every
lodge in West Virginia was making
COINS in membership. Aaron Winer,
Clarksburg, president Of Clarksburg
Lodge Of B'nai Birth, responded to
some remarks. Simon d. Goodman,
who acted as chairman, made some
suitable remarks.
Musical numbers rendered consist
ed Of the following: Contralto solo,
Mrs. B. s. Finger; piano solo, Miss
Beatrice Osgood; volcal solo, Miss
Isabelle Klaw. The meeting was OPEN
ed by the singing Of America. D. NJ.
'osgood was chairman of the commit
tee Of arrangements.
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CITY PLANNING
FOR THE ROTARY
Next Meeting of the Club
Will Be Devoted to Dis
cussion of This.

This weeks meeting of the Rotary
club which will be held on Thursday
at The Fairmont will be devoted to
discussion OF project to organize a
City Planning Commission for this
city, according to an announcement
made today by President Lively.
Many OF the larger and more wide
awake Of the smaller cities of the
country have such commissions either
as a part OF the machinery OF the mu.
nicipal government or as voluntary
organizations to make suggestions and
secure expert advice to aid in the sys.
tematic development of the town.
1t is believed by some OF the for.
ward looking citizens OF Fairmont that
the time has arrived when Fair1nont
ought to have plan to work by, and
It is possible that concrete PROPOSE.
tion along that line will be made.
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ONE COURT WILL
s. Be EXCLUSIVELY
|. FORKA|SER' 'SCASE
Military Tribunals VIII
Take Care Of Violators
of Military Law.
MILITARY PUNISHMENT
Germany to Be Compelled
to Provide These Courts
With Evidence.
fBy Associated preas /

I f..
| WASHINGTON. April IS. New an
ticles proposed for insertion Id the
+, peace treaty to be considered at the
plenary session OF the peace confer
ence today, the State department an.
nounced, include the following:
Article THE allied and associated
powers publically arraign William Of
Hohenzollern, former German EFp
peror. not for an offense agsinat Grim:
inal but for a supreme offence against
international morality and the sanctitS
of treaties. 1t is proposed that q speS.
cial tribunal be constituted to try ne
accused consisting OF five judges one
appointed by each Of the tiya great
| powers, the United States, Great Ht1t
ain, France, Italy and Japan The q:
! lied and associated powers will request
Holland to surrender the fdriAek ea1s
peror for trial. y X Z.
| Persons accused of violations az tIlS
laws and customs OF war according ID
second proposed article will ia
brought before military tribunals an
II found guilty sentenced t6 the nlId
ishment laid down by military la n
All persons accused Of having c1tifi|i
ted an act In violation OF the laws and
customs OF war who are fled
either by name or by the rank 6ifice
or employment which they hell Under
the German authority Will be demands
led of the German government for trial
by the military tribunal OF the pniR
against which the criminal acts sS
perpetrated.
Article is as follows The Ger:S
man government undertake. 70 furnish
all documents and informal ION OF every
kind the production of which may ja
considered necessary to IA sure i4
knowledge OF the incrtmlna ia a1t
the discovery OF the offend aefS The jusl
appreciation OF the responsl bilitS
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
QUIET ELECTION
IN MANN|NGTON
Vote Light This Morning
But It Looks Like
Hess.

That A. J. Hess. present mayor
would be elected mayor Of Manning.
t0n was indicated at noon today by the
returns received up to that time from
the municipal election in progress
there today. His opponent is Squire
(T. B. Toothman. There is no excite.
inent at the polls, although the issues
of the campaign have been discussed
vigorously for some time.
with the exception OF mayor and
councilmen in two of the five wards
there is no fight. There is no figh!
for the position OF the chief Of police
over which some time ago 1t had been
expected that considerable rivalry
you'd develop should another man bc
placed on the ticket.
II Nj. Hess's election is confirmed
Il is expected that q period of rigid
enforcement Of the laws concerning
gambling will be inaugurated.
r. Is estimated that about twoNhirds
Of the vote will be out. Voting has
been put OF until afternoon largely,
because Of the inclemency of the
weather this morning.
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TURNING TABLES
ON BOLSRIl|K|
Those in North Russia May
Be in Tight Place Just
Now.
(By Associate e,i ,PrAss

N6y A3SOCIdS6Q .fIebt1f ~ - (t9I .|,
HELSINGFoRS, April 2S a nd
tional assembly has been f0ffned q 4 s
Olonetz, ITO miles northeast OF Pet NJ
grad, whore the Firms have driven oiif
the Bolsheylld. The Town was a
ed according to report by Eolnntsts r
troops.
H. 0aOtnre Of olonetz ~ ltyc4S ois
posed to the Bolsheyiit may hil49 III
important effect on the allied cam.
Daigns along the FnImansk Ia ilFag
and through 1t on the eittiat hon n the
Archangel region. EnS several ~ e|r3
allied forces commanded ~ General /
Maynard have been pressing south.
ward along the M1fu1adsi ia . Ilono
and were last reported & ingo h Ii &.
Povienetz at the northern end Of I4ai,4
Omega from, Provinenetz.
The Murmansk railroad swings
westward and before g che tho
southeastern edge OF Lake ddoSo y
becomes within a few Hillef 81 oIt5
metz. A Stockholm report SiidAtf
said that revolt had br0ly6n Out 'I1
Olonesk and It is possible that ~ 8 Boil.
sheyikl force facing ceHer9l Nj sl
may bt Cit of if the anti 3o 10 VI II
advance from Olonetz,
II the MnrmansI railroad IIic C8
be cleared as far south a9 0lQ56 |1
allies win be In position @ oliI all.
the Bol3 yild south OF li;.li i|14
also are threatened By the SID f41 ~.
vance In th eViatalna Ne Ion
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
20 Year Old
Mine Worker
Killed Todau
S. E. Layrnan Had Spent
a Life Time at the
Montana Mines.

After working for life time at the
Montana mines, 8. E. Layman, aged
70 years, was instantly killed this
morning when car on which he was
brakesman, jumped from~a trestle fall
ing on him and crushing his life out in
stantly. The car was driven by his
son in law, M. Bartholow, and the acci-
dent occurred when sudden hitch in
the mechanism threw the car of the
trestle distance of about eight feet.
The body of the aged man who was
probably the oldest employe in point
of age as well as service at the mine,
was brought to Cunningham's under
taking establishment in this city. 1t
will be taken back to his home tonight
and funeral services will be announced
later.
Surviving him are his wife five
sons, John, Harry. Otis, West and Earl,
the latter in France, and two daugh-
ters. Mrs. Mamie Bartholow and Mrs.
Burnwood, the latter Of Norwood. The
others reside at Montana.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
EAST SIDE SCHOOL
BOND ELECTION IS
SET FOR MAY 20
Board Will Ask for One
Hundred and Fifty
Thousand.
NAME ELECTION OFFICERS.
Suggested That Some Pub
lie Spirited Citizen
Provide Site.
'NANE ELECTION OFFICERS

On the same day the school levy is
to be voted upon in the city. May 20,
the voters Of the East side will be
asked to authorize a bond issue the
proceeds Of which are to be used to
erect a modern high school building
for that section Of the city.
This was decided upon at meeting
of the Board of Education OF Union
Independent district held Saturday
evening. Election officers have been
decided upon as follows:
First ward, John s. Scott, Attorney
H. II. Rose and George Shoemaker
commissioners; R. A. johnson and
Clarence Fisher. clerks.
Second ward, at the East Park
school building, q. F. Davis, Fred w.
McIntire and z. w. Morgan, commits
sioners, with Attorney E. B. Cars
kadon and E. c. Curry as clerks.
The board intends asking for $780,
600 only, which will necessitate max
fmum levy of 30 cents on the dollar.
The East side wants a high school
which will provide for the constantly
growing needs OF its young people. No
plans have been made yet as to the
size or sort OF high school except that
1t shall be very modern. It, has been
suggested by a prominent East Slider
that some rich. man step forward at
this time and donate a lost costing
about $4,000 as lasting monument
I for himself with the new school.named
after him. The $3.50, 900 asked will not
provide the sort Of grounds wished nor
cover what the East side would like to
have In the way of a high school, but
It is the best which can be done.
While many places have fallen of
on school enumeration, Union Inde.
pendent district has increased 300 in
the last year. There are 2O8 high
school pupils waiting for a modern,
adequate high school at the present
time. For the last two years the first
and second year high school pupils
have been attending such school in
the basement Of the Central building,
The third and fourth years have gone
to the high school on the west side.
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More Buyers Already Than
First Two Loans
| Produced.
TH0USANDSSAV THE TANK
Price Of Peace Film Being
Shown at the Grand
Today.

With subscriptions still coming in
In steady stream. 1t is asserted that
already more persons In Marion coun-
ty subscribed to the Victory Loan
than to the First and Second Liberty
loans combined.
There were 3,02s subscribers to
the First and 1854 to the Second
loan. This means that ther are al
ready more than 1858 subscribers.
It is believed that the Victory record
will be surpassed only by the Fourth
loan, for which there were 1885
subscribers. Ten thousand, eight
hundred and forty-three persons in
the county own bonds Of the Third
issue, and 1t Is believed that this
number will be surpassed before the
time expires for purchases Of the last
issue.
Thousands Of people filed the city
yesterday to see the captured German
tank be put through its PAGES. Coal
Run was selected for the proving
ground, and piloted by Sefgt. T. II.
Hoyt, with Dutch" Watkins and Max
Wilson, two local boys who we're tank
drivers IN France, the tank climed
trees, waltzed ingrfily back and forth
across oCal run and gave the folks of
Fairmont and Marion county an idea
Of what they could do and how they
did it.
A large tree growing on the side
of Coal run ravine was attacked by
the tank and after push or two was
forced over, but with Its top resting
on concerto engine foundation left
by the bridge builders. The tank was
so far UP the tree that when it was
stopped by the foundation the rollars
of the tank were left in the air. It
was necessary for tho tree to be part
.ly CHOPPED away with an axe before
the tank could get its feet on the
ground again.
Thousansd Of persons packed them
selves on the South Side bridge and
on the banks OF the ravine to watch
the tank. Scores of boys found a
vantage point in the arches that sup
port the bridge, climbing from arch
to arch to the despair of their moth-
ers. Hundreds of out of town visitors
were present, the street cars doing a
circus day business in the afternoon
and every roa dbeing crowded with
automobiles.
This afternoon the tank is showing
off before the people of Warrington
and that end of the county, and to-
Continued on page threeJ
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EOuR GAII0Rs nRdI.

NEW YORK. April 2S 6lli
ors were drowned early tll ili1Fnli,3 +
when motor dory bel0r liis q lIla
u. s. Destroyer Bel was SINK 'n d
collision With the q. s. i11| f.
cordnig to an OFFICIAL II |ta1t0
this afternoon from the nice u I11
chief Of stan Of ReaF llnllf5 tSh|sf
Robertson. s
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
Swiss President to
Settle Adriatic. Muss
(By Associated Press. !

GENEVA. April 2s.-Gustaye Ador,
president of the Swiss federation, has
received an urgent summons to the
Peace conference in Paris and left for
there Sunday night. The newspapers
here state that he has been invited to
act as arbitrator IN the question Of the
Adriatic.
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MRS. cHAs. II. cApIro HERE.

Mrs. Chas. Henry Caplto and chill
dren. of Charleston. are here on a
visit to the formers uncle, william
Miller and sisters, the Misses Miller.
at Barnstown. Mr.. Captto accompan.
led here here and went on east for a
business visit Mrs. Capito was for
merly Miss Pauline Miller, a daugh.
ter of T. c. Miller formerly Of this
city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
'Eightieth Division
Coming Home Soon
fRY Assoclated Pressl

WASHINGTON. April 2s.-All or
ganizatlons OF the S0th virginia.
West Virginia and Western Pennsyl-
yania) division were assigned today
to early convoy home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-04-28
Burleson Wants to
Return Gable Lines
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. April 2S.-Presi-
dent Wilson has been asked by Post
master General Burleson to approve
the immediate return Of American
cable lines to their private owners. In
announcing his action today the Post
master General said he hoped restor-
alton Of the properties could be effect
ed by May 10.
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OF being Done Up"
(Whatever that Is?)
And ! made Earnest
Inquiry regarding Ny
Beloved Heavies.
After noticeable Hesitation
The female Members
OF my Family
Came across with The
Intelligence that they Were
Now reduced To
The humble station OF
Floor Cloths!
Every two years This
Always Happens.
And ought to Be
Sort o. used to It,
By Now.
But, / Amt.
No!
get Worse.
Well went Bluely
And Goosefeshily s4
Down Town. TTNgI
Grouchy-No Name!
I huddled my very Swagger
Winter oyercoat Around
Ny Ears
And resolved to Sleep
In it that Night.
stopped by the Ten
Cent store Corner
To have a Word
With Artie Simon.
We had several Words
For Ira Smith
Happened along, and Ira
Has Tennyson's Brook"
Faded.
Somewhat .cheered, I
Ambled up Past
The Liberty Loan Hut.
And Smith Hood Banged
On the window, and Said
"C'm in-don't cost you nothin'
To en- In!"
So went In
And made a Bee
Line for the Stove.
Mrs. Leeper and Mrs. Conway
Both looked at Me,
And they Said.
Goodness Gracious. Adam!
Where did you get All
That green paint on your Nice
Overcoat?"
And I remembered About
Leaning against that Dad-beAA0A
Mail Box
While / was Listening
To Ira.
had to get Outside
To Comment
In Difference to the Ladies.
! ask you--man to Man
Shouldn't the City
Pay for cleaning my overcoa43
I'll tell the World
1t should-and 1t VIII.
Too!
I'm going to c'llect All
The fellows in this Town
That got Mixed
u2 with that green Paint
And we are going To
See About
This Outrage.
So much for That.
went on down Street
And knocked my Hat
or
On one OF these Here
Low down Awnings
That somebody was Writing
About the other Day
And the wind grabbed That
Hat.
The hind Wheel
OF Martin Bros delivery Wagon.
It looked most like
An Accordion
After That.
! went to My
Office and remained There;
u was not safe to Be
Out.
A few minor strains On
The Accordion, Professor.
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AT MANNiNeroN FUNERAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hall, Of OIL.
YER street. and Mr.. and Mrs. Lock
Hamilton were in Warrington yester
day attending the funeral Of Glenn
Stewart, young soldier, who con
tracted tuberculosis while in the army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05

about revolution and pillage unre-
buked In public places"
Declaring that the nation "hovers
on the borderland between peace and
war;" and pointing out that Ameri-
cans are fighting and enduring hard
ships in many climes, Senator Sher-
man continued:
while they risk their lives and
endure hardships in alien lands, our
President spends nine weeks in cere-
mony. banquets and visiting with
kings. the powers of the earth in
endless stately palaver. 1t is the old
story of magnificence and misery, of
splendor and suffering. of selfshness
and sacrifice. While he coins new
phrases and chases infinite abstrac-
tions into the empyrean heights of
impossible human yearnings, the AM
erican nation drifts. We drift in
Russia. We drift in Mexico. We
drift on the brink OF war and peace.
We drift in industrial reconstruction.
We drift on domestic policies and in
ternal peace. The only definite goal
is profigate expenditure and huge
taxes.
Nothing but the grossest of ego
tism took him to the peace confer
ence where no executive of any other
civilized power sits. He cannot resist
the lure of the limelight. The groups
to which he panders applaud, and the
average man looks on 1T silent, but
with undisguised disgust.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05

had to be warned several times by
the farmer to be more careful of my
language. (The Boche commander
was sitting there all the time, you
know, taking it all in, and he un-
derstood French very we'll, but, de-
spite all warnings I would persist
in saying "Boche" every time I
spoke of a German. Translated,
hat means hog" you know, and is
quite ain insult, but I never did cure
myself of that habit, and still
have it.
Chocolate Appreciated.
After we had talked awhile, the
farmers good wife brought out some
small bowls and gave us some cho-
colate. Mani but that was some
surprise, for I did not know the
Germans let alone the Belgians,
had such luxuries, but it sure was
good, for you know what a sweet
tooth 1 have. and it had been
starved for an awful long while.
And then he brought out the shoes.
Brand new they were, and Boche
at that. But their nationality both
cred me not at all. What / wanted
was something to walk in, and 1 did
not care where it came from. AS I
had some money, 1 offered to pay
for them, as l knew under the Ger
man yoke he was not growing rich
so, after some parleying, We
agreed on 80 marks (about So and
my home address.
Hopes to Visit America.
He wanted that because he ex-
pected to come to America after the
war, and wanted at least one friend
there Surely he deserves any help
or kindness that could be shown
him or his family, for giving me
those shoes was the greatest kind
ness man ever did for me. simply
could not walk any more in the
others.
When I spoke afterwards of how
I got those shoes to some other Bel
gians they denounced this farmer in
no uncertain terms for taking money
for them. He should have given me
them, they said. Anyway, he helped
in other ways, too, or, rather, his
wife did, for the next day she gave
me a loaf of bread to last me on the
march. And to finish off that first
memorable night in Belgium, the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05

'
pline,."s composed Of some 80 men,
slept in a barn on the outskirts OF
the town. 1t was not all bad, for
the barn was filled with hay, and
that made a warm bed indeed, and
since 1t began to rain soon after
we were placed there, we were
more than thankful, even no eats
were forthcoming.
The Boche had promised us some
coffee and our ration of bread, but
1t never arrived until 8 p. mi so
most of us worked up little. tur-
nip stew, and, firing of waiting for
our allowance of bread, went to bed.
Hardly had fallen asleep, however,
than I was awakened by the owner
of the barn and asked to come
down in the kitchen.
Gladly I pulled on my shoes and
followed, for I had asked him ear
lier in the evening If he could not
find me a pair of shoes, as I could
not march on the morrow with the
ones I had. He had said he would
let me know that night, so I de-
scended into his living room with
high hopes.
The Russian Interpreter was
there, the Boche commander and a
French adjutant who was with the
camp of discipline. and they were
just sitting down to dinner. Gee!
but that meal made my mouth
water-nicely Drowned notatoes and
white bread and butteiy not much,
you say, but to me, who had been
existing on turnip stew and black
bread for a. month-that looked
like a banquet
Scraps Greedily Eaten
The Frenchman was not invited
either, but luckily they did not eat
all the potatoes, and we were given
them with a piece of bread also.
The farmer, his wife and two chill
dren watched us curiously as we
ate, and when we had finished, the
usual conversation began as to how
/ had been taken prisoner and
what I had suffered.
So many times had told the
story that my French was improv-
ing and I could spiel it off pretty
fiuently; as for my other grievances,
grew so eloquent over them, un-
der the influence of the warm room
and nicely Drowned potatoes that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05
SHERMAN FLAYS
WILSON, CALLS
HIM SUPERMAN
Illinois Senator Says Presi-
dent Cannot Resent Lure
of the Limelight

Washington. Feb. 5.-Senator Sher-
man. of Illinois. Republican, deliv-
cred another address in the Senate
today assailing President Wilson and
his administration. He took the sub
ject "superman- government and self
government" mad asserted that the
President was a supermaa by virtue
OF usurping AUTHORITY.
Much of the speech was devoted to
All stack upon Henry Ford, WIN
Senator Sherman said. was IAN aileg-
ed superman" because he invented an
internal combustion engine.
"he United States" said Senator
Sherman. "is no longer a republic OF
self-governed people. 1t is the rule
now of the alleged superman at tie
head of a group or class aggregation
seeking their own advantage. Meth
er is it government of law. 1t is a
rule of some men, selfish, greedy
ambitious, impractical and dreaming
Others build a class despotism found
ed on spoilation. Another grour
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-05
Shaffer's Last
Flight

lar who could not be handled at all.
They simply would not remain quiet
with all those eats wandering
around loose. No sooner would the
guards straighten them out in one
place than they would break out
in another.
1t was really amusing to see how
busy they kept their guards. I re-
member once the whole mob went
after basket of bread, and the way
they did it made even me laugh.
You see, there was an iron fence
some seven feet high along the
road. We were lined along out
side of this. Well, back of this fence
some twenty yards was a large
building, sort of a warehouse, 1
guess.
out of this house came a Boche
soldier with a large basket of bread
on his arm. What he was going
to do with it don't know, for he
was coming towards the fence. The
Italians saw him coming, and, not
withstanding the spike-topped fence,
climbed over and literally swamped
that Hun. When the dust cleared
no bread was to be seen, not even
the basket.
AS for the Boche, he was so fu-
rious that he picked UP rifle and
applied the butt to a belated Ital-
ian, who was still hunting a few
crusts among the debris. Butt met
butt with resounding whack, and
the Ialian looked up from his en-
crossing occupation with an air of
such surprise and Injured innocence
that 1T was laughable.
However the Boche did not get
another strike. The whole COM
pany OF prisoners had seen the dis
comiiture of this Boche, and it sure
did tickle them.
That night the camp of disci-