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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23
Speeding UP THE
BASKETBALL GAMES
olne Changes Made ia City
League Rules Last
Evening.

sfth q view to speeding up the
mes II was decided at meeting OF
the managers and officials Of the CITY
tball league, held last nigh, to
limit the balyes to fifteen minutes
WITH five minutes intermission.
It vas also decided To change the ell
gibility rule so that all employees nf
the Ley company who were WITH the
concern when the Ley five entered
the league, are eligible to play on 1t
fielit Ewey. The old thirty Al3 rule,
however, will apply tc all who o,nj
tie Lev forces in the future.
Referee Toothman made n few re-
ifaFss about the rules and askel the
inanagers to see to 1t thar at, least
e7en men are presen. in uniform at
acl game 80 that he can enforH3 he
personal foul rule without sto2plnS
stlte Whole game.
Tfg card fol the coming Saturday
evening promises to be very nteres.-
fIig. In tile first contest OF the even
E1s the Watson building outfit which
bringing up the rear Of The r5t"o s.
sioR will 20 Up against the E!ectri-
8tisjiss league leaders, and the'e are
t4imors that the game will contain an
eledte.:t Of surprise.
All s clock the Fairmont Mining
Machinery. team will clash with the
Viest yifginlan five. The Printers
5are riak!nC hard effort to get 70 he
TOP 81 the heap and will give IA
.kf{nn,,k q hard hattie
The final game of the night starting
III 8 o'clock WILDE between the Kop'
bers.Monongah Glass five and the Ley
.fean. This is expected to prove one
Of The hardest fought games Of the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23
Evening Chat
a Nev,enaper 70 Years Old,

A Newspaper 70 Years Old. -!
What sort Of a Christmas time did
folks have here in Fairmont 10 years
ago? Can you imagine? Plenty OIL
room then to coast without danger
wasn't there? Do you suppose were,
any happier today or as happy? ! ran
across newspaper today The Baptist
Recorder which was printed here In
the city in 1S49, and to say had a.
fine time turning the worn sheets Tor
altour or two is putting 1t mildly.
The paper is the property OF Mrs!
4 George Baltch, Downs, W. Va, and Is
much longer and wider and thicker
than our paper of today and contains
more reading matter, though not asi
much of the sort OF stuff papers today
turn out OF personal nature. The
print Is very plain and correct. And
81 Course it was published but once a.
week. At the top of the first page Is
written: "a Family Newspaper--de-
voted to Religion, the Interest OF theI
Baptist Church and General lntelll-
gence."
Even in those days newspaper had
policy or aim. Nowadays pesGimis-
tic folks say sarcasticaly that there
are no real newspapers-that all oil
them are vehicles for the expression
of the men who own them. The Bap-
list Recorder made no bones g ~le
matter. 1t said plainly: Devoted to
the interest of the Baptist church
The paper was published every We'd
nesday by Joseph Walker, editor. Its
office was located on Adams street
Two doors below Jefferson, opposite
the court house. Across the top OF
the paper under the first line was writ
ten: Righteousness exalteth ma
ton; but sin is a reproach to any peo-
ple.' Wasn't that enough to start q
mans thoughts right each Wednesday
when he settled down 10 long even
ifig over his precious paper?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23

melancholy family affliction which
visited - the substance Of which
is that his own dog went mad and biz
his son, promising youth Of 49, his
hired man and his most valuable i'm
ported stock cattle"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23

Some Interesting Extracts.
Il IN those days a man wasn't COM
PEELED to pay for his paper in advance
though it was cheaper for him to DO
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-23
FOOLISH ouEarIoN.

She came dawn to breakfast very.
late aud her mother scanned her Sc
verely. Dill that man kiss you last
night?' sit asked.
Now, mother" said the sweet
young thing. blushing, do you sup
pose he came all the way from Great
Lakes to hear me sing?"-Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
l.so Woman Fined
For Disturbing Peace

<.,.,h. jedge, ah fit in the street .
=. what ye calls guilty OF
Thus pleaded Lena VIC
I ,be court house here yester.
.na =. had been hailed into court
lebs eharse preferred by Fannie
~. who declared that the sa'a
fV',, ,,;..or did willfully, malicious
- q her intent, strike, beat,
fight and "euss" the sad I
|.ssa .'s'iii n public thoroughfare , .,oI Of
~ Of Morgan City, and that
"A "A seek protection and justice.
a. about covered the direct evi-
q. hearing on the case, as some
.r,bor;ty would probably frame
:, Of course there was motive
-, administering such a trash
l, j Fannie McGee. And Lena
y hat motive was traced to an n
.a..,;on BY Fannie for her (Lenas'
|s..h,ud. IA. and thrilling way her hus-
IA lad Of messing around with
|rsraia
Al wouldn't mind dat so much,
a lena. "but dis here woman done
q, and Dragged to me dat she
a. cot nah mans alteration, an
I'M in to her"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
ARR YOUR TAXES HgAvvf
TAEY MAY BE HEAVIER VT

Probably every reader Of this pep0
nnds his taxes bit higher fhaa 10
ffkes 70 nay. Thousands Of tAsm have
bssn struggling ADs tAs hast few weeks
to make out reports on income taxes
to the government, and have found
that six per cent takes q pretty heavy
alice ont Of what was left over on New
Years day. Many Of you had TO DOT
row money to pay the taxes.
But this tax II nothing to what all
Of us will have to pay II the Victory
Loan fails to 60 over. Uncle Sans
war bills must be phid. He prefers TO
borrow the money from US and pay US
back later on.
But if he can't borrow 1t, he must
take tin the form Of taxes.
It's like the difference between rent
ing a house for ten years or buying 1t
on the installment plan. In one case,
you wind up with thick bundle OF
rent receipts. In the other, you have
a deed to your home.
Isn't it better TO lend your money 10
the Government at a fair rate OF In
terest than TO pay it out in taxes.
which never come back?
That's worth considering when the
time comes to invest in Victory Bonds.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
Unknown Youth Tries
to Pass Check Arrested

lean Louis Dejean, New Orleans
youth, was arrested here yesterday
for attempting to cash a check for
500 1t develops that the check was
stolen from a Mr.. Solb on west
bound train Monday night. The boy
who is about II years old. LETT the
train when it pulled in to Morgan
CITY. He went to several places,
posing as Solb and tried to cash the
check. The manager of Finkelstein's
store was on the point of cashing
the check when the boy was accost-
ed by Chief Sam Bulge, who placed
him under arrest upon his failure
him under arrest upon his failure
to give a satisfactory account OF HIM
self
Young Dejean is travelling under
the name of John Louis. He was
taken to New Orleans on an early
train this morning by railroad de-
tective to be tried in the Federal
Court.
He claims that he saw the owner
of the check drop his purse, and Ia
ter when he had a chance, he passed
up the aisle and picked it up. He
found nothing but the check and
few cards in the purse, and being
badly in need of cash, he decided to
get off the train here and cash it If
possible. To do this, he planed to
pose as the owner of the check a6
induced Mr.. Finkelstein to wire the
firm in Chicago that issued the check,
and this firm, thinking that it was
Mr.. Solb himself, wired to headquar-
tiers in Chicago for information
about Mr.. and the check, with the
consequent reply that Mr.. Solb was
man of about years, and has stop
ped payment on the check. The boy
then confessed that he had taken the
check because he needed the money.
He had not endorsed it, but had it
been possible for him to cash It,
he would undoubtedly be held on .
charge of forgery.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

reach 184 miles, and would make a
solid fence Of baseballs six feet high
for three-fourths of q mile.
Over 10000 bats were also fur
nished. Placed end 10 end. they
would reach 50 miles End to end In
the air, they would rise to ten times
the height OF the highest mountain in
the world. or be equal In height to 568
Washington monuments one on top
of the other. II these were made In
this fashion into one long bat. a man
with the build and elbow grease Of q
giant could stand in your town, swing
the bat and hit everything In q radius
Of 81 miles
Among other things furnished our
boys by the 7. N. c. A. for the carry.
Ing out Of the national sport were 2,220
baseman's mitts, 4,12O catchers mitts,
4,065 fielder's gloves, 1865 masks, zoo
bases. 80 home plates, and 2,743 In
dicaturA
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
PEOPLE MUST TAKE
VICTORY LOAN OR
|NuURE BUSINESS
3 0Mnks v1ers Forced 70 casSy Vhote
Loan They Would Nave No
Money 70 Lend 70 Public

fhak the Victory Loan. nike tts epus
predecessors, must be Q peoples loan
is especially stressed By Carter Glass.
secretary 0 the treasury. in q state
ment to ths pahlic. It = noG % be .
"banAsTs' loan The nations bust
ness sitAAt3oo depends upon % w1ds
dktztbst1on g possible Of ths VIC.
tory bAnAa.
The banAG. = = pointed ont ua4 be
left frse to sdvaaos money e1 budness
puSposAS: - De nerchants end moan-
factnrsrs and ths fasuer2 r II 0s
ba2U m0osy = usd - 4 pens To
tho goSsEnmsek. + stands 70 SsasoS
that tADs WIN be nons ~ 10 tand
On czupA = Uond mean "tt11A money" !"
vh1eh mems high htaCees rates and
rsnDab - extead notes and q eoo0al
haFdsllp 1pnn us men vao Aspaad
upaa q hanks 70 assist them In cAs-
Fylng en bnGG0ess and aGzocaltuR
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
MAYORS PROCLAMATION

vested, do hereby make PROCLA-
NATION that Sunday April 9th.
1919 be set aside and observed as a
day dedicated to Elkdom; That on
that day we do Honor to Morgan
City Lodge No. ll2l and to the Or
der it SO fittingly represents by dis
playing from every house-top and
roof-top within our city limite that
glorious emblem of Freedom and Lii
berty, the American Flag, and that
all good citizens decorate their
homes and places of business not on
" with Our National Emblem, but
with the colors of the Order Purple
and Whites1
And l further decree that on said
day, and forever more the fresdom
of the City of Morgan City, be grant
ed, and enjoyed by every Elk, who
shall on that occasion visit us, and
we greet you Brother with the hail
WELCOME!
Given under my hand and seal of Of
flee at Morgan City, La. on this 5tf
day of April A. D. 1919.
MAURICE D. SHANNON, Mayor.
A. B. O'BRIEN, City Clerk.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
IN MEM0R1UM

Whereas, It has pleased our Hea-
venly Father, in his infinite wisdom,
to remove from our midst our be-
loved sovereign Mrs. Albert Toer-
ner who passed away on March zz.
1919. and,
Whereas, by her many ennobling
traits of character she has endea.
jred to us. and in her career has
left an example to her friends and
sovereign, and,
Whereas, those qualifications
which she possessed, influence us in
sincere desire to testify an appre-
citation of her life among us, be it
therefore,
Resolved. that in the death OF
sovereign Toerner who was menl-
Der of Myrtle Grove No. SO Ber-
wick, La. we sincerely deplore the
loss of one to whom we have be-
come affectionately attached by long
association.
Resolved. that a copy be sent to
the family, published and attached
to and become part of the minutes
of this Grove
STELLA WALTERS, Guardian.
Committee
HAZEL DOLAN,
EVA AUENSON,
WILMA GOUNER.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

WHEREAS: Morgan City Lodge
No. ll2l of the Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks of the United
States of America, has designated
Sunday, April 9th, 1919 as the day
upon which one hundred new men,
bers will be initiated by it into the
principles of Charity, Justice. Bro
therly Love, and Fidelity and,
WHEREAS: Believing it mete
and just that public recognition
tion should be given the splendid
sentiments which have at all times
animated Morgan City Lodge No.
1121, and its members, in their pub
lie and private activities; the mate
iral assistance they have contributed
to every work for civic advancement
of our City; the generous and prompt
relief given to very cry of distress
with that unostentatious charity that
knows no distinction. and seeks no
laurels; and the Fidelity they have
displayed in the loyal and patriotic
services they have rendered our be-
loved Country in Peace and War,
Therefore,
BE 1T KNOWN THAT l,
MAURICE D. SHANNON,
Mayor of the City of Morgan City,
BY virtue of the authority in me
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

TIE noed Noe the h1inoos tho VIC
tory bonds vim bring p ptA1n 70 any
maa Who stops to think fhe var b
noG over, though he eetual 0GAnng
has Gsased 1hs btlls ass stii1 ranz1ng
ap. lf1laeos of men ase stiri In uni
torn, dssUaAs pay aAd food snd c1cth-
mg. Tn0 0sess&aTy q the TraasnTy
declares:
.0oveEnmsnt contracts c9nnce be re-
pudiated- The goods must be paid tor
IN fnil. Our shipbuiding activities
must b carried out
SO, u can easily be seen that The
fob h not finished. What would you
think Of q farmer who built him q
house, laying the foundations. pn&fing
ND the walls. ceiling the rooms--and
Forgetting the roof
The roof win not Be put a our m.
tional house until the Job = nnishsd
and the bills paid.
The campaign for Victory bo0ds Vii
begin on April r. Tho ex1ct details
Of the issue have not yet been m
neunced, but It Il considered certain
that the bonds viii b made n unusu-
ally attractive investment
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
Cuts furnished by
The Daily States

Ne Review acknowledges the cour-
NV Of the New Orleans Daily
III, ID lending this paper the Elk
II, used in this edition Of the Re
wx. The cuts were used in the
|petial edition Of the Daily States
|sies days prior to the big New Or
|luas celebration. This favor from
he States is appreciated by the mem-
|Iu Of Morgan City Lodge No. ll2l
Is veil IS by the Review manage
|sst Brother Rosss of the States
|ha added another good mark to his
|usdt ID the esteem of Morgan Cit
~
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

How dull the night communique:
This sector had . quiet day"
A quiet day-they only Haado
A little, undec1slve raid:
But when tho smoke had cleared away
In No Mans Land three stlll fofmD ~.
One gave for Freedom, love and ltfe.
Say what she gave, his hea1t-WrunG Va5os
The second, who'd failure seemed,
In death his faults OF life redeemed
The third was born to bless with 9m1
The world that DID him this great wrong.
II they In vain were sacrificed,
There is no virtue In q Christ.
Edward n. Teall
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

kaisuss oubiiw,o vantsy.
& 0e innumerable stories told e
= G.kaisr's vanity none surpasses
r. eocsnins q little incident that
- Dlacs q board Z British warship
~ ~ ran ago. The recently de-
|p1M Emperor was being entertained
H. ennR during . visit to the British
- asd when smoking began took
~ dsae and looked around for q
-. One not being handy. an OH
- Ansdlately offered him q pen.
- which William used and re-
npd with TIE solemn remark, Keep
! - yuad II well: one day it win
Ehtlnsfic-
N1Hau many WM ~.
- DGl1dpal e one ol the ehiel
1snn schools loe airplane mschan,
= tlnlu that flying is going to b
let great American amusement
1uninds - that our aviation corps
- @at1ined Z great many young
= hrgs wealth who have shown
elves good sportamen. They car
J y byy and maintain their OWL
- and, having become accus
~ . . speed Of q hundred and
y nnes N hour. will find the ordi
" nodes of travel tame.-Youtht
oonlon.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
ENOUGH BALLS 70 RUN
LEAGUES 347 YEARS
Af,o So Miles oS eats-Furnished
American Tfoops BY Y. n. G. A.

On the basis Of there being played
$50 games for the season and allowing
five new balls fer each game, enough
basebails have been furnished the Amer
ican troops by the Army 7. NJ. c. A.
to run the National league and the
American association for BAT years.
Allowing two new balls for each game.
there were enough baseballs to play a
series OF 25 sand-lot games for 7.149
clubs.
There were 355, ,955 baseballs bought
and shipped by the Y" from July.
1917, to November 80. 1918. for the use
OF our army. Side by side. they would
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
WATCH OUT FOR
STOCK pEODkERo

\ RfcADERS:-Gek the names
D and addresses Of all persons
, and companies Offering you
, speculative or doubtful stocks
D and securities. particularly II
3 they are offered in exchange for
, your Liberty Bonds or War Saw
3 ings stamps. Man them. with
3 copies OF their circulars. to
B FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
. Washington. d. c
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

many
Of from her
adm1ng question belt containing 20
rank branch service and
Private
Aihie
The lucky Miss Helen Kosby.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
AVOIDING
ARGUMENT.

W / I e y -
George, who do
you regard as
t h e greatest
general in all
history?
H Il b b y
(promptly, de-
string peace)-
Joan OF Arc. my
dear.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09

Aorgan City Daily Review
seled to your home for 4Oc
nth.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
TROUT STREAMS GOING
DRY IN CALIFORNIA

PASADENA, Cal, July "a (by AS
sociated Press) Southern California
mountain streams which heretofore
have maintained at least a "trickle"
during the summer are going dry, and
many trout are dying as the result,
according to S. w. Sopp, engineer of
the United States forest service, with
headquarters here.
For the first time in many years,
Mr. Sopp says, the waters of the Little
Santa Anita and Fish canyons are in
sufficient, and the streams have gone
dry. The streams in Pacoira and
Rogers canyons dwindle away, and
the San Gabriel river, as a result, is
practically nothing but dry bed
The mountain trout are dying in the
rapidly-diminishing pools.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
WAR DOGS ARE BEING
DEMOBILIZED AND MAY
Be RETURNED TO NOME

Battle flags of the world having
been furled, Nome's canine war vet
erans-Alaska dogs sent from that
city to the western frOnt-are to be
demobilized soon, according to word
received from the Blue Cross Society,
which is known as "the animal Red
Cross" Some of the dogs may be
sent back to Nome.
No service flags hang in Nome for
these Malamutese, Siberian dogs
and huskies, and it is generally under
stood that all of Nome will not well
come all of the dogs back. Nome has
enough dogs now, it is believed.
Some of the dogs formerly owned
by "ScOtty'' Allan, noted driver of fast
dog teams, will be given a welcome.
Allan made specially of raising fast
dogs for the races there each spring
A large number of dogs were taken
to France during the second year Of
the war by Lieutenant Rene Haas.
They were sold to the French govern
ment at about $25 apiece. When the
dogs reached France some of them
did the work required of them and
some of them didn't. One report came
back that Alaska dogs were not suited
for the work.
Of A i
in the Alps, hauling sleds over the
winter SHOWS. Others were used in
various lines of work along the battle
fronts.
Approximately 10000 dogs were
used by the allies on the western front
during the war. Many of them were
loaned to the French government and
are to be returned to their owners.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24

Read the Daily Times for the latest
and most reliable world news.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24

A special meeting of the Order Of
Eastern Star will be held on Thursday
evening at TAB o'clock sharp.
LUCY DAY, Worthy Matron.
EMMA HOWARD, Secretary.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24
short STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
OCCURRENCES

~ ~ ~ Z ~ E0@A Y S64aAaH
The Whitehorse Star has a fight on
with Gold Commissioner Mckenzie of
the Yukon. 1t is over the late quar-
antine for Influenza
The steamer Tutshi made a special
excursion trip into the West Taku
arm last week with a party of eighty
| Mystic Shriners.
Someone has to pay for victory, al
ways. That is, maybe, the reason we
are having so much rain this year.
We can't have everything.
If the salmon don't start running
soon there are a number of cannery-
men in Alaska who will be seeking
places in the Pioneers home this fall.
F. D. Browne, engineer in charge
of the Nenana division of the govern
ment railroad, promises that trains
will be running between Nenana and
Fairbanks this year.
The steamship AnyOx recently com
pleted a voyage to Alaska and return
from Seattle in which she steamed
3,422 miles in twenty-six days, towing
a barge most of the time
Joe EspIin, foreman of the Copper
King mine, in the Whitehorse district,
fell from a ladder a distance of forty
five feet He was taken to the hos
pital and treated, but is not danger
ously injured.
Three Toggenburgoats have been
| purchased by the experiment station
operated by the government near Fair
banks. An experiment will be tried
there to test the possibility of goat
culture in central Alaska.
Mrs J. H. Russell, pioneer woman
of the Interior country, has left her
home at Nenana for a trip to
the States to visit a son. This is Mrs,
Russells first trip Outside in eighteen
years.
Someone by the name Of Chambers
pitched a game Of baseball for the
railroad boys at Cordoya on July 4.
1t may have been Jimmie Chambers,
who is in that part Of the country. He
was member of the Douglas team
many years ago.-DOuglas News.
Ike Mitcham, who was convicted Of
sedition at Fairbanks some time ago,
and who escaped from the federal jail
there and was afterwards located and
sentenced to longer term and or
dered deported, has escaped from the
federal jail at Everett, Wash, where
he was being held for deportation,
A bald eagle with a wing spread Of
seven feet two inches was shot on the
Turnagain arm a short time ago by the
master mechanic of the Alaskan en-
gineering commission. Anchorage
folks claim that it is the largest ever
shot in Alaska. 1t is to be mounted
and will adorn the office Of the man
who shot it.
A Whitehorse man, while out fish
ing recently, was standing talking to
a friend while holding his fishing rod
on his shoulder He was startled at
tug on his line, and discovered that
a hawk had mistaken his artificial fly
for a real one and had swallowed it.
The hook was firmly embedded in the
birds throat and was with difficulty
extracted.
The folks at Dawson have now
learned that the yellow substance that
has been falling there is not sulphur, |
as they had supposed. E. l. Gale, M.
A., science instructor in the Dawson
schools, made an analysis of the stuff |
and found it was the pollen of an ever
green tree. This was the same con-
clusion a TreadweIl chemist came to
a month ago.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-07-24

The Daily Times Job plant Is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-06
First published in The Topeka State
journal, April 80, 1871

Resolved: That the Mayor and Board of
Commissioners of the City of To1eka
Shawnee County, Kansas, deem it necessary
for the best interest of said city that Lane
Street between Eighteenth Street and Nine
teenth Street in said city. be graded. curbed
with combined curb and gutter and paved
twenty six (26) feet wide with two (2l inch
asphaitic concrete on five 90 inch con-
crete base.
w S. HANCOCK, Commissioner.
/, Eta NJ. Coveli. City Clerk of the City
of Topeka. Kansas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing resolution is n
true and correct copy of the original, now
on file in my office
ETA NJ. COVELL.
ISeaL1 City Clerk.