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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

Three Jews are in the Lithuanian
cabinet-one as under secretary OF
state for foreign affairs, another as un.
der secretary Of state for commerce
and industry. and one to hold the new
ministry Of Jewish affairs.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
Attand nance.

a large number OF Elks and their
ladies attended the Valentine dance
last evening at the EIks assembly hail
at which the Elks were hosts. Edgar
Barrett's orchestra rendered music
for the dancing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
Much Imnroved.

Miss Eunice Minor. who has been
very i'll for several weeks, is now inn
proving nicely. Her brother, Ken
meth Minor, has been quite Ill the past
few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

evening when the pastor, Rev. G. c.
Lawson, spoke on the theme, More
10 Follow" This evening his subject
for discussion will be Hell and Those
Who Go There" There will be gooL
5tnging at these services. The pub.
lie is invited.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
TO Attend Pan Hellenic Dance,

Tho Misses Mona and Nina Simon,
Eleanor Peddicord and octayia Hunt
will go to MorgantoWn Monday to at.
tend the Pan Hellenic dance at the
w. v. L.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

Mask Valentino Party Toniaht.

A masked valentine party will be
held at the X. Of P. hall tonight at
which members of the Rebekah lodge
will be the hostesses. Odd Fellows.
Rebekahs and their friends are invit-
ed to attend the event.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
Draft Board Records
to Be Inspected

All records OF local draft boards are
expected to be completed by tomor.
row. 1t is understood that all in the
state will be ready by that time I'M
less it is a few that have not yet got
their work completed.
The next step will be the visitation
OF an inspector from the government,
who will approve the records after
which they vii! be sent to Washing.
ton.
During the last two years the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor has increased
its membership over 100000.
Our chocolate, cream. lemon and
custard pies can not be beat, give us
trial. Boyers' Restaurant.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
Recovering.

j. f. Blackwood and son, George,
are recovering from an attack of influ-
anza at their home in Maryland ave.
nue..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

Have YOU tasted our hot cakes? II
you haven you are missing some.
thing. Boyers' Restaurant.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

at First M. p. Church.
There was an interesting service
held at the First NJ. P. church last
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
LOCAL SOCIAL EV MS

by the Social committee to take In all
classes at the Y. w. department. Ths
event today was under the direction
Of Mrs. Harry Hartley, chairman Of
the Junior committee. assisted by Mrs.
Paul Hamilton and Miss Louise Leon.
ard.
On February the goth the nurses will
be entertained at the Y, the Seniors
on February 28th, Divisions Of the
Business Girls on March z and 18th.
Tho Normal school girls will have
their party on the 18th OF March and
the High school girls on April LIST.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
now RAISES
800 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved Of Or.
ganic Trouble by7LydiaE.
Pinkham's tVegetgble
GshpOund

ortkon, Ill.-"I toSs lydia E. Pink
ham Vegetable C9hpound f9rFan or
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
Entertalned FrIendS.

Miss Harriet Sheets entertained a
large number of her friends last even.
ing at her home. Games and dancing
we're features OF the entertainment
and a six piece string orchestra rem
dered music for the dancing. A lunch
was served during the evening. Mrs.
c. L. Sprayth assisted the hostess in
serving. Miss Sheets who will enter
the Cook hospital training school for
nurses In the near future received a
number Of handsome gifts from her
friends.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14
.GILIIII ETIIIIIIIIII[I

nv health 8 I can Ido al my work and
I am so graft full q lat ] am recommend.
ing It to my friends. - Mrs. D. N.
ALTERS, r. RI y, Oregon. III.
0nlywonen \ hohave suffered the tor.
lures Of such troubles and have dragged
along from day 10 day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia q. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brougl to Mrs. Alters.
Women dveryWlege in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon.
mendation, and q there are any com.
plication6 write Lydia p. Pinkham's
Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result Of their 20 years experiences
+ o Of your service.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-14

SoStNS " 000AG NltSl
pulled me down I'M
III could not putmy
foot to the floor and
could sesTeely do my
work and as ! live
on a small farm and
raise six Hundred
chickens every year
it made u very hard
for me-. .,,--ssqq''i
saw the Com.
rp9dnd advertised in
gar paper, and tried
X II hoe NaOSnpn5
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
PRAISE FOR AMERICANS
AMERICAN TROOPS WERE FIRST
TO BREAK THROUGH THE
HINDENBURG LINE.
Field Marshal Haig In His Report On
Operations Aiiudes To the "Splen-
did Fighting Qualities of the
American Forces"

Gondon-American troops were the
first to break through the Hindenburg
line, according to the Daily News, in
its comment on the report of Field
Marshal Haig on the operations from
the end of April last to the close of
hostilities. The News points out that
at least the first mention of a break
through contained in the field mar
shaPs report was in the course of his
description of the days work on Sep.
20, in which he wrote:
North of Bellenglise the Thirtieth
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and District of Columbia Amer
lean division, Maj.-Gen. e. NJ. Lewis,
having broken through the deep de-
lenses of the Hindenburg line, stormed
BellincOurt and seized Nouroy. On
theis left the Twenty-seventh Ameri-
can division New York; Maj.-Gen.
Organ, met with very heavy enfilad-
ing machine gun fire but pressed on
with great gallantry as far as Jouy,
where a bitter struggle took place for
possession of the village The fighting
on the whole front of the second Amer
lean corps was severe and in Beliin-
court, Nouroy, Gillemont farm and a
number of other points, amid the intri-
cate defenses of the Hindenburg line,
strong bodies of the enemy held out
with great obstinacy for many hours.
These points of resistance were
gradually overcome either by the sup
port troops of the American divisions
or by the Fifth and Third Australian
divisions
Field Marshal Haig, whose report on
operations from the end of April until
the end of hostilities, was made pub
lie, pays a high tribute to Marshal
Foch and alludes to the splendid fight
ing qualities of the American forces"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
VILLAFURNlSHED MUNITIONS
According To Testimony, $3.50, 900
Worth of Munitions Was Paid
For BY German Agents.

hington.-iEvidence designed to
show that Francisco Villa, the Mexi-
can bandit leader, received $3.50, 600
worth of munitions paid for by Ger.
man agent through the Mississippi
Valley Trust company of ST. Louis in
1915, was presented to the senate COM
mittee investigating German propa-
ganda by Maj. E. Lowry Humes, in
charge of the investigation. Maj.
Humes said the money was sent by F.
A. Sommerfield, now interned as an
enemy alien, who received credit to
that extent from the st. Louis bank
through the Guaranty Trust company
of New York.
The munitions were manufactured
by the Western Cartridge company at
Alton, H., and shipped to Hippolite
Villa, a brother of the Mexican bandit
at Ell Paso, Texas, according to the
documents presented by Maj. Humes.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
PRAISES ROOSEVELT
IN PROCLAMATION
PRESIDENT WILSON CABLES FROM
PARIS ON DEATH OF FORMER
PRESIDENT.
JRDERS FLAGS HALF Mast
United States Has Lost One of Its
Most Distinguished and Patriotic
Citizens, Who Endeared Him.
self To the People.

Washington.-The following procla
nation on the death of Theodore
Roosevelt was eabled from Paris by
state department.:
Woodrow Wilson. president of the
United States of America.
"A proclamation to the people of the
United States:
1T becomes my sad duty to announce
officially the death of Theodore Roose-
welt, president OF the United States
from Sept. IA. 1901. to March 4, 1909,
which occurred at his home at Saga
more Hill, Oyster Bay, y. Y, at AIS
o'clock in the morning of Jan 6, 1919.
In his death the United States has lost
one Of its most distinguished and pa
triotic citizens, who has endeared him
self to the people by his strenuous de-
votion to their interests and to the pub
lie interests of his country.
"As president of the police board of
his native city, as member of the Iegis-
1ature and governor of his state, as
civil service commissioner. as assistant
secretary of the navy, as vice presi-
dent. and as president of the United
States, he displayed administrative
power of signal order and conducted
the affairs of these various offices with
concentration Of effort and a watch
full care which permitted no divergence
from the line of duty he had definitely
set for himself.
In the war with Spain he displayed
singular initiative and energy and dis
tinguished himself among the com
manders of the army in the field. As
president he awOke the nation to the
dangers of private control which lurked
in our financial andiindustrial systems.
1t was by thus arresting the attention
and stimulating the purpose of the
country that he opened the way for
subsequent necessary and beneficent
reforms.
His private life was characterized
by a simplicity, virtue and an affec-
ton worthy of all admiration and en-
ulation by the people of America
I'm testimony OF the respect in which
memory is held By the government and
people of the United State. | do here
by direct that the flags of the white
AouSo anu the several departmental
buildings be displayed at half staff for
a period of 80 days, and that suitable
military and naval honors under orders
of the secretaries of war and of the
navy be rendered on the day of the flu
neral.
Done this seventh day of January,
In the year of our Lord, one thousand,
nine hundred and ninetaau and of th,a
Independence of the United States OF
America, the one hundred and forty
third. WOODROW WILSON.
by the president. Frank L. Polk,
acting secretary of state''
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
HAVE PURPOSE IN WALKING
AccompIishes Nothing. No Mat
ter How Far He WandeTs-

It is different from walking You
walk with n purpose, whether it Zoe 10
get somewhere or just to stretch your
limbs The saunterer is going no.
where in particular and somewhere in
general. He is out for Impressions,
adventure, or perhaps only to lose
himself in brown study.
You can saunter along Il country
road or a shady lane. thinking
thoughts and INDUCING a little in
dreams, drinking in subconsciously
the beauty of the countryside, the
sweetness of the air and the reStfuI
stiffness which reigns over all. Even
as you go peacefully along. nature
may provide you with one OF her
dreams of life in the scuttling away
of some small animal, the rapid, slant
Ing descent of q bird upon its prey,
or the stealthy bound of some animal
tracking its quarry.
In the city street You can saunter
and get the more fun, because every
body else is intent upon something, In
q hurry. and only you are free 10
watch and gather impressions. And
what a bagfuH of Impressions ana
ideas you can collect if you read from
the faces, the dress and the actions
Of the people who pass you What
ever their clothes, they are al some
body. and the somebodies they are the
saunterer speculates about. What DO
they think, what do they feels Here
is the stream of human life with aH
of its joys and sorrows, its follies and
pretenses and ambitions. II one has
the time to saUnter along and keep
his eyes and ears open. he viii Ice pro-
vided with much grist for his intel
lectual mill. much material for philo-
sophieal Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Nine Dead In Bio Blast.

Pittsburgh, Pa--Nine persons are
dead and a score Of others suffered
from injuries as a result Of fire and
explosion which wrecked a film ex-
change building here. The damage is
estimated at $1,000, 900.
Trapped by walls of flame, which
turned the interior of the building, an
e.ght-story brick structure, into rag
ing furnace, some OF the victims, most
~ women, were hurled from the build
ing by the explosion, while others
jumped from windows or were saved
In thrilling rescues by firemen.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
BUILT 1882 SHIPS IN 1918
THE VESSELS REPRESENTED A
GRAND TOTAL OF 2,721 ,281
GROSS TONS.
Bureau of Navigation Report Shows a
Decided Check In Output Caused
BY mistice--NoVember the
Record Month.

Washington. - American shipyards
built 1852 vessels of 2,271 ,2S1 gross
tons during 1918. Reports of the bu-
reau of navigation of the commerce
department, made public, show this
total, of which all but $4,000 tons rep
resented seagoing ships, the seagoing
tonnage alone aggregating 1861, 1921
gross tons. The bureaus figures for
1917 construction show that 1,034,000
gross tons were constructed by Ameri-
can shipyards.
The armistice brought about de-
cided check in the yards output. No
vember was the month of the greatest
construction in the history of Ameri-
can shipbuilding, III vessels Of 557, $50
gross tons of seagoing ships being pro-
duced. In December only 153 ships
were completed and the tonnage
amounted to 1859.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Exports Increase Steadily.

Washington.-Stea increase in the
overseas movement of freight since
the signing of the armistice with an in
cidental accumulation at Atlantic and
Gulf ports is shown in report of the
exports control committee of the rail
road administration. Most of the accu
mutation is at North Atlantic ports,
The estimated tonnage Of export
freight, exclusive Of bulk grain and
coal disposed of during December was
an increase of 107 per cent over De-
cember, 1917.
The report notes that $4,000 tons of
shipping will arrive at Hampton Roads
in the next ten days for orders, and
that these vessels can be sent to any
port needing ships to relieve freight
congestion
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17

first lieutenant in the Seventh Cavalry
when part of that famous regiment
fought the battle OF Wounded Knee in
December, 1890.
At the beginning Of the Spanish war
Bell was promoted 20 the rank of ma
jor He sailed from San Francisco for
Manila on June 10, 1898, and took a
prominent part in the Philippine cam
paign. One of his exploits was to swim
out into the harbar and around the
Spanish Notifications to get infOrma
ton which could not be obtained in
any other way
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
MAJOR GENERAL BELL DEAD
Was a West Pointer of Glass of 1878.
Forty Years In Army-Had Many
Assignments

New York.-Maj. Gen j. Franklin
Bell, commander of the department of
the east, died at the Presbyterian Hos.
pital.
His death was due to heart disease
He was taken to the hospital for OBJ
servation, but it was not realized that
his condition was serious and his death
came as a complete surprise. Gen
Bell was 63 years old.
Gen. Bell was a West Pointer of the
class of 1878, and during his 40 years
in the army had many difficult assign.
ments. AS a lieutenant he partici.
pated in some of the hardest fighting
in the Indian campaigns. He was a
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
American Casualties In Russia.

Washington-An official report from
The American military attaches with
Ambassador Francis in Russia, an
nounced by Gen. March, shows total
deaths from all causes in the American
forces in the Archangel region up to
Nov. 25 to be &c. OF these nine were
killed in action, seven died of wounds,
three were drowned, two died as re-
suit of accidents and 65 from disease.
Later official reports, Gen. March
said, show that the military situation
at Archange1 is entirely in hand and
that the troops are adequately fed and
clothed for winter campaigning in that
section
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
PoIncare May Visit America.

Paris.-President Poincare will prob
ably visit the United States late in
June or early in July. This announce
ment was made by the president him
self.
When it was suggested that the
greatest reception ever accorded for
eign ruler was awaiting him, the presi-
dent said:
81 must return President Wilson's
visit. | am not looking for the honors
Of a reception. | simply wish to thank
America and Americans for what thew
have done for the cause of liberty and
France"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Plans For Monument Begun.

Oyster Bay.-A movement to erect a
monument here to commemorate the
life and work of Theodore Roosevelt
has been inaugurated by leading men
of Oyster Bay and Nassau county,
while at present it is planned to in
clude only those who have been citi-
zens of the town and county in which
Col Roosevelt made his home, it was
said that the movement might be ex-
tended to become nationwide
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
SAMUEL MEEK DEAD.
Arkansan, Educated in Tennessee
Was Treasurer of New York Times.

NTNdHSan, CuuSaeeo III i0"iicSSeSi
Was Treasurer of New York Times.
New York.-Samuel w Meek, as
sistant treasurer of the New York
Times company, died at his home here
after a years intermittent illness from
colonitis.
Born in Montrose, Ark, in 1864, Mr..
Meek was graduated from the South
western University at Jackson, Tenn,
and soon became publisher in Nash
vile. He later became business man
ager of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
the Cleveland Leader, Richmond (Va.)
Times-Dispatch, Washington Herald,
Richmond Virginian, the Philadelphia
Press, and in 1917 associated himself
with the New York Times. Funeral
services and interment were in Nash.
vile.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17

Count George F. Won Hertling was
considered the most learned man of all
the men called to the chancellorship OF
Germany since 1871. He had won for
himself a scholars reputation before
he entered political life, and up to
1912, when he became Bavaria's minis
ter-president, he had combined educa-
tional and literary work with his politi-
cal activities. Won Hertling was ap.
pointed imperial German chancellor in
October, 1917, succeeding DR.. George
Michaelis. He resigned in the fall Of
last year.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
WORK WHILE AT WORK.

It's a good thing not to take your
hobbies to the Office. It's also good
thing to dispense with easy chairs and
other luxuries in your place of busi-
ness. Take the rest cure at home The
Office is a place OF toll. 1t should be
comfortable. but its appointments
should be suggestive OF work and Elf
cheney rather than leisure. Instead
of making man feel like taking a
nap the office environment should be
an urge to his best efforts.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
MORTALITY HAS INCREASED
Death Rates Ircrease-OfficiaI Nor
taIity Figures Reflect RaVages
of Recent Epidemics.

Washington.-High weekly death
rates in the large centers of popula-
ton, continuing after the passing of
the virulent stages of the influenza
and pneumonia epidemfcs, have greatly
increased the annual mortality records
of the country for 1918.
The figures of the federal authori-
ties represent an annual rate per thou
sand estimated population. Below are
given the statistical records of 20 of
the leading cities for 1918, as COM
pared with 1917 rates:
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
PORTUGUESE CEMETERIES.

ments, the cemetery Of Lisbon shows
rows and rows of tiny chapels ranged
in long avenues bordered by cypress
trees The Portuguese are reluctant
to bury their dead out of sight. and
these chapels serve as mortuaries for
the coffins. which are placed on the
shelves within. Through the iron grills
the eye discerns small affairs and dow
ers cleaning through the subdued
light of Che interiors.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17

health. ! believe the Compound win
cure any female trouble. Mrs. ALICE
HELLER, Christopher, Ill.
Nervousness is often a symptom Of
weakness or some functional derange-
ment, which msy be overcome by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
thousands Of women have found by
experience.
If complications exist, write Lydia E.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
suggestions in regard to your ailment.
The result of its long experience is
at your service.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Street Railway Warts Receiver.

New Orleans.-At a meeting of the
directors of the New Orleans railway
and light company it was decided to
ask for a federal receivership for the
company.
The abnormal operating expenses
and excessive awards of the war la
Dor board" in the matter of adjustment
of salaries were among the reasons as
signed for the action.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Man Locked Out From Home Freezes
To Death

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Returning to his
home early in the morning, Robert Col
bert, aged rs, found he had locked him
self out.
Procuring a Ratchet, he chopped a
hole in the lower panel of the door,
and attempted to crawl in While try
ing to squeeze through the opening, his
clothing caught and he was held till
he froZe to death.
His body was found hanging in the
door by neighbors shortly after day
light
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17

ilSINO0SncSSs a ~ ~
was in q run down
condition. Two Of
our best d o ctOrs
failed TO do me any
good. | heard so
much about what
Lydia E. Pinkhams
V e ge ia bic Com
pound had done for
others, l tried it
and was cured. /
am no longer ner-
vous, am regular,
and in excellent
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Gates Will ProbateG

Beaumont, Texas--The will of Mrs.
Delora Gates of Port Arthur, widow of
the late John w. Gates, was probated
here. After naming nearly SO bene-
ficiaries ranging from $500, 900 to her
brother in Illinois to $4,000 each given
employees, amounting in all to 81 ,3O0,-
600, Mrs. Gates bequeaths the remain
der of the property to her niece, Delora
F. Angel of St Charles, III.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Rolla Wells Resiqns.

St Louis.-Rolla Wells, governor Of
the federal reserve bank of ST Louis,
and of the Eighth federal reserve dis
trict, confirmed the report that he had
resigned his position and said that he
had been notified that his successor
would be selected soon.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Drunkenness Decreases.

London-Licensing statistics TO
1917 show large decrease in convic,
tions for drunkenness in London and
Wales In 1916 there were $4,000. and
in 1917 $4,000 Greater London convic.
tions fell from $4,000 in 1913 to $500
in 1917
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
To Look For Hospitals.

Washington.-A resolution by Sena-
tor Hardwick of Georgia, authorizing
the public buildings committee to
make an investigation regarding build
ings available for hospitals for return
ing American soldiers, was adopted by
the senate without discussion.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-01-17
Open Negotiations With Poles.

Paris-The German government has
opened negotiations with the Poles,
who have invaded the province Of Po-
sen, according to the Frankfort Ga
zette, which says there are hopes that
an understanding that will end the
fighting will be reached.