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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-09
Greater Fairmont and It's Manufacturing,
Commercial and Industrial Enterprises
The Hearty Handshake that
Makes the World Go Round

Who is it that meets you at the door with a
hearty hand-shake, and sends you off sat~f"d with
a real "comeagain" goodbye?
It's the home town merchant
And there's lot more meaning in that CHEEKY
personal contact than just the warmth of good feel
ing which it engenders.
Back of titles principle which has built up the
wealth OF nations. In it is embodied truth which
has produced one Of the best paid and most impor-
tant professions of modern times.
Why do thousands and thousands of buyers go out from every
community yearly New York and Chicago and other big
hand individual onespo dealing alone satisfaction Why do
thousands of highly paid buyers yearly EuoPe7 For the simple
who KNOW.
WISELY must buy IN PERSON.
1t is Just essential each individual citizens prosperity that he
do his purchasing IN PERSON. of the whom he knows and who
knows him, essential the of the biggest importing house
or industrial enterprise the country We cannot all go to New York
enterprise makes possible for purchase the best
own town, from Famonts merchants
Americas travelling statesmen again enbodments ef the
truth The successful business insists dealing directly and
facetOface, with the goods samples the table before him
He knows he cannot buy po6tably n any other way.
The once of signboard And it applies en-
Phacay to each and every of To buy p6aby must
deal with the who speclazes the articles want and with
whom deal personally verbally. directly
The biggest buying the world has SEEM the buying war
munitions in America by the Allies had be done by purchasing
by government missions by who the deal
person with the American sellers the spot
and the principle extends right down the housewives purchase
Of apron.
The world by personal The human equation the
ultimate fact The deal has been beered and
can be.
Don't forget those truths, the time out-ofown advertisements
appeal you Don't forget their universal vital application Don't
forget the smile and the nehboy good will of Farmont
merchants. Don't forget that having theirs you should give them
YOUR good will.
In their hearty welcome the door lies of the greatest forces
that makes the commercial world round And the long you
disregard it only at the peril Of your best welfare
Moral.
Stay in your home town to buyl
Deal with the who know and greet you their friends
Patronize Faimont merchants
THE NEW WATSON HOTEL {
European. Fine New Cafe in Connection
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
WYOMING DOPE
GET
Term IN PRISON
Man and Woman Arrested at
Casper Said to Have
Brought Morphine
From Canada.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May 2l.-What
federal officers declared was one of
the biggest drug smuggling enter
prises in the history of the north
west came to an end today when
David Baxter and his wife, Bessie
Baxter of Butte, Mont, pleaded
guilty in federal court here to IL
legal sales of morphine and were
sentenced to serve one year and one
day each in the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan.
Letters found in the possession of
the Baxters, federal agents told the
court, indicated that they had been
engaged in smuggling drugs from
Canada into western states for IS
years. One transaction, it was said,
involved $1,000 worth of drugs.
More than 800 hypodermie needles
were gconfiscated in concealed pock-
cts, filled with the drug, found in
coat sleeves, in the armpits, in
clothes Innings and even in the un-
derwear worn by the Baxters, the
prosecutor said. .
Baxter and his wife were arrested
at Casper, Wyo., three weeks ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
POLICE CHIEF IGNORES
ORDER OF SUSPENSION.

Colorado Springs, Colo, May 2l.-
An Intellectual effort to force Chief
of Police Hugh D. Harper to resign
was followed this afternoon by an
order from D. 6. Johnson, commits
sioner of public safety, suspending
him for 10 days. Harper has de-
clined to leave his desk until tomor-
row. and is sustained by Mayor
Charles E. Thomas and other men,
bers of the city commission.
Commissioner Johnson said his
reasons for demanding Harper's res
ignation were that the chief was not
cooperating property with the po-
licemen; that he was not enforcing
an ordinance which prohibits tourist
drivers from soliciting on Pixies
Peak avenue, and that gambling and
vice conditions were not being re-
pressed.
Under the city charter the chief
of police cannot be- removed except
by the mayor orlb a vote of four
councilmen. He has been assured
of support from both sources.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Mother Of Soldier
Killed In France Is
Dead Of Broken Heart

Her sons death in France last
October is believed to have resulted
in the death of the mother, Mrs.
Frederick Frahm, 90 years old, 1914
Military avenue, Tuesday, from a
broken heart.
The son. William Herman Frahm,
was killed in action on October II.
Since the news of his death
the mother became depressed and
moody, according to her husband,
Hans Frahm, who survives her. As
her dependency grew she became
weaker until her life was despaired
of. Tuesday she expired. her last
words being of her dead son.
Mrs. Frahm is also survived by
one daughter, Mrs. P. NJ. Carter,
Seattle, Wash.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22

Universal Service today obtained
the complete report and is able to
present exclusively the salient fea-
lures of the amazing document
which calls for action by both
congress, the State department and
the entire nation to end the deadly
traffic.
United States Exceeds China.
Although the peace confereHce
has already taken action to protect
China from the spread of the
opium habit, the report shows the
United States to exceed China and
lead the entire world in the con-
sumption of opium. Our annual
consumption of opium is so extern
siye as to furnish 80 grains of
opium yearly to every man, woman
and child in the country as COM
pared with two grains per capita
consumption, for instance, in Ger
many. The committees table for
the per capita consumption by the
United States and foreign countries
is "a grim story in itself. 1t shows
the United States as consuming
from 10 to 60 times as much opium
as is consumed by other countries.
The table follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Associate of Late James
Hill Dies After Operation

New York, May 21.-Ronald
Stewart, for many years associated
with the late James ]. Hill as
vice president and general manager
of the Great Northern Express
company at St. Paul, Mimi, died at
a private hospital here today fol-
lowing an operation for intestinal
trouble. He was s. years old.
Mr.. Stewart came to New York
when the government took over
the express companies and entered
the export and import business. He
was we'll known in the middle west
for his activity in charitable work.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
MIDWEST OIL, COMPANY
TO ENRICH WYOMING.

Cheyenne, Wyo., May 2l.-As a
result of an agreement suffered into
today between the, state of Wyom-
ing and the, Midwest Oil company,
the state treasury will be enriched
by nearly S3,000,000 in royalties
from one section of state-owned oil
lands in the Salt Creek field near
Casper.
Under the former leasing arrange
nent, the state received one-eighth
of the production, but under the
agreement made today by the state
land Loard and officials of the conf
pany, the state will receive one-third
Of the oil produced. Officials of
the board estimated that at least
5.sO0,000 barrels sof oil, valued at
Sl,50 barrel will be produced on
this property during the five-year
period of the lease.
The agreement contains a pro-
vision that the Midwest Oil COM
pany must Immediately double its
production on the property covered
by the lease.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Methodist Bishops
Want Equitable Wages
to Have Way Over Rent

New York, May 2l.-In a pastoral
letter made public here tonight on
behalf of the board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Amer
ica's $4,000 Methodist pastors and
the 4,250,000 communicates of this
denomination are called on as a
whole ito give earnest heed to the
application of Christian principles to
social reconstruction" The docu-
ment declares in part:
1--WE favor an equitable wage for
laborers, which shall have the right
of way over rent, interest and
profits.
1--WE favor collective bargaining,
as an instrument for the attainment
of industrial justice and for training
in democratic procedure.
"And we also favor advance OF the
workers themselves through profit
sharing and through positions on
boards of dictatorship"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
RURAL GUARDS
HANG MEXICAN
BANDIT CHIEF
Alberto AIcavar, Said to Be
Member of Band Who Raided
Cananea, Executed; Com
panion Granted Reprieve.

Douglas, Ariz., May 21.-Recog-
nized by a number of Cananea peo-
pie as one of the subchiefs of the
bandit gang which terrorized the
town early on the morning of May
9, killing five policemen, robbing a
bank and four stores. a Mexican
known to the Sonora officers by sew
eral aliases, but whose true name is
said to be Alberto Alcavar, was
hanged to a telephone pole at Can
anea, Sonora, Mexico, today, by
rural guards under command Of
General Carlos Plank.
1t. Antonio Flores, a former
member of the Maytorina army and
companion of Alcavar at the time of
his arrest Sunday in Augua Prieta,
opposite Douglas, when about to be
hanged, is said to have begged for
his life, promising that if it were
spared he would reveal to the Of
ficers the hiding place of the larger
part of the $4,000 gold stolen from
the bank and the loot taken from
the stores.
He was reprieved, but probably
will be hanged within a few days,
according to information received
here tonight from Naco-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
PLEA FOR
EXTENSION
TED
BY ALLIES
Germans Have Until May 29
to Make Full Reply; Terms
Will Not Be Signed, Cab
met Announces.
Hourly Temperatures

Paris, May 2l.-The German
peace delegation has been granted
an extension of seven days, OF until
May %, in which to reply in full
to the peace terms, according to an
official announcement.
Berlin, May 21.-Count Won Brock.
dorff- -Rantzau, head of the German
peace mission at Versailles, sent
Premier Clemeceau, president of the
peace congress, yesterday, note
saying that within the next few days
the Germans would address COM
munication to the entente on terri
torial and other points and were pre-
pairing a statement of observations
by the German government on the
draft of the treaty. .
As experts had to be consulted.
the counts note continued, it will
be impossible to get through all this
work within the. time remaining be-
fore the expiration of the Is days
limit for the German consideration
of the treaty. He, therefore, sug-
gested that the contests of the pros
pective notes should be regarded as
having been made the subject Of
written discussion and he requested
that period be granted for setting
them forth in detail.
Say Terms Spell Destruction. ].
Germany declines to sign the
peace terms because they spell the
economic destruction, political
dishonor and moral degradation of
the entire German nation, not only
fol. the present, but also for Still
unborn generations" was a state
ment authorized by the cabinet yes
terday through the Associated
Press. Iz .-.
THAT these consequences must
logically follow acceptance of the
peace conditions the American press
itself has recognized without ques-
tion," the statement continues.
Toward them Germany took the
standpoint that acceptance of such
conditions could not be demanded
and that the entente was unjustified
in imposing such demands"
Germany has not only moral
right to compliance with the general
promises made it, but a firmly
grounded, definite, clearly defined
claim, according to the basic rules of
international law, on all the entente
powers and especially On the United
States. A specific recognition.of the
right of Germany and of the Ger
man peoples to a peace of right, JUS
tice and reconciliation, instead Of the
paragraphed song of hate which was
written at Versailles, is contained in
the note of the American secretary
of state, Lansing, of November S.
1918.
"In it the secretary of state mott
fed the Swiss minister in Washing
ton Internationally that the estab-
lished basis of President Wilson'S IA
points should be authoritative for
the peace conditions. Secretary
Lansing announced further that the
entente governments after careful
consideration also were prepared to
recognize the conditions set up by
President Wilson as the basis for
the conclusion of peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Fifteen -Year-0Id Omaha
Girl Arrested in Sioux CITY

Sioux City, Ia., May 21.-Rosa
Poth, 15-year-old girl, who says
Omaha is her home, was arrested at
a local hotel here late today, and is
being held for juvenile officers
from Omaha. =
Miss Poth said she came from
Omaha with the Patterson Carnival
company after Charles "Blackie"
Schaffer, one of the concession men,
had promised to give her work.
Schaffer was arrested on charges
made by the girl in her story to
police officials, and is being held
pending the arrival of Omaha au-
thorities.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Gov. M'kELVIE.
TO WELCOME men
OF 18th DIVISION
Nebraska Soldiers Expected to
Reach Port Early Today;
Kansas and Colorado Ex-
eCutives to Take Part.

New York, May 2l.-(Special Tel
egram.)-Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie
of Nebraska, accompanied by his
military aide, Assistant Adutant Gen
eral Storch, and Gov. H. ]. Allen
of Kansas. accompanied by delega-
ton of Kansans, arrived in this city
tonight to prepare welcome for the
1000 members of the 89th Division,
who are scheduled to arrive here on
the giant troop ship Leviathan to-
morrow.
Governor McKelvie arrived at the
Grand Central station at 7 o'clock
and was met by a delegation OF
former Nebraskans, headed by Nor
ris A. Huse. vice president of the
American Press association and
chairman of the local Nebraskan
committee selected to assist in the
welcome to the men of the 89th
division. Tonight Governor Nc
Ke1vie occupied a suite at the Balti-
more hotel. Governor Allen pre-
ceded Governor McKelvie to New
York and took up a suite at. the
Waldorf-Astoria.
The welcome to be accorded the
Eighty-ninth will be on par, if not
eclipsing similar welcomes accorded
incoming troops held at New York
since the soldiers commenced arriv-
ing here. - .
Beside Nebraska and Kansas trops
the Leviathan carries a number OF
Colorado and Missouri soldiers. 1t
was announced tonight that TIE gov
ernors of Colorado and Missouri
were expected to arrive in this city
tomorrow in time to join the well
coming party.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Russian Reds Urge
Hungarian Leader to
Hold Out at All Costs

Vienna, May 2l.-"Hold out at all
costs" is the wireless word sent to
Bella Kun, Hungarian communist
leader, by Leon Trotzky, Russian
bolshevik minister of war, in a new
code arranged by airplane a week
ago, so that the allies might not
intercept messages.
Keep on presenting a fair face
to the allies, thus fooling them
until we are in possession of
Roumania."
Nikolai Lenine, Russian bolshe-
vik premier, is also sending words
of hope to Bella Kun. s.
The Hungarian red army has
orders, it is affirmed to Americans
here, to burn Budapest and slay all
hostages.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
BIG HORN GIVES
WARM WELCOME
TO OMAHA PARTY
Boosters Enjoy Plunge in Hot
Springs at GreybuII After
Inspection. of Oil
Refineries.,

Thermopolis, Wyo., May 2l.-
Especial Telegram Omaha busi-
ness men who are making a tour of
Wyoming, Montana and South Da-
kota towns, finished their visit to
the Big Horn basin with a four
hour stop at Thermopolis Wednes-
day evening. ,-,.....-.
During the afternoon the special
halted at Cowley, Lowell, Kane,
Greybull, Basin. Henderson, Wor-
land, Kirby and Lucerne. The Big
Horn territory gave the party one
great welcome after another.
The Omaha men were enthusiastic
over the receptions rendered them
along the way. Short automobile
trips were made at Lowell and Wor-
land, SO that farming sections and
sugar factories might be viewed. The
oil refineries at Greybull proved OF
great interest. The acquaintance Of
nearly every business man along the
route was made. After the parade
the party took advantage of a
plunge in the famous hot springs.
The special train left here at mid
night for Lander.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Presbyteriians Urge
Closer Relations Of
Capital and Labor

St. Louis, May 21.-The One
Hundred Thirty-first general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church.
u. S. A., today unanimously adopted
a resolution endorsing that part of
President Wilson's message to con-
gress pertaining to. the industrial
situation and Urging that a program
be formulated to bring about closer
relations between capital and labor.
After heated debate as to whether
the assembly should endorse the
inter- church world movement. which
plans the alliance of all protestant
ism, the matter was turned over to
the executive commission with full
power to act within the coming
year.
A resolution presented by Rev.
Frank M. Silsley of Oakland, CAL,
calling on the governor of Ohio to
prevent the Willard-Dempsey fight,
July 4, failed of adoption. The res
olution declared the fight should be
opposed because one of the partici-
pants failed to answer the cali to
patriotic duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
INSANE MAN" GIVEN
VERDICT FOR $4,000,

New York, May 2l.-John Arm
strong Chaloner, Merry Mills, Va,
millionaire, who escaped from an
insane asylum here q years ago.
was awarded a $4,000 verdict
today against the New York Eve
ming Post in his 100000 suit for
alleged libel. The defendant at once
moved to have the verdict set aside
on the ground of excessive damages
and Judge Hand took the motion
under advisement. ),
Chaloner's suit was based on an
Evening Post story reporting the
killing of John Killard at Merry
Mills, Va, 10 years ago.
Although still insane, according
to Judgment of the New York
supreme court, Chaloner was per-
mitted to prosecute his suit in fed
eral court when he produced judg-
nlents of Virginia court declaring
him sane.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
BOLSHEVIKI TO MOBILIZE
ALL MEN UP TO AGE OF 40.

Washington, May 2l.-Swedish
press reports from Petrograd via
Helsingfors, transmitted to the
State department today, say the
bolshevik regime at Petrograd has
constituted a committee for the
defense of the proletariat" and has
vested it with broad powers.
Mobilization of all men up to the
age of 40 has been determined upon
and the military comrnissariat has
been empowered to requisition
horses and arms.
According to the reports, owners
who refuse to deliver requisitioned
materials are to be executed.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Manufacturers Urge Repeal
or Change of Antitrust Aci

New York, May 2l.-Repeal or
radical revision Of the Sherman
antitrust law act so as to admit of
greater latitude in business regula-
tions was urged in a resolution
adopted at the final business session
of the National Association of Man
ufacturers here today. The resoiu-
ton recommended creation of tri-
bunal composed of business men to
consider complaints and administer
the operation of business combines.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22

Mount Clemens. Mich, May 21.-
A vehement denunciation, in which
Henry Ford was characterized not
only as an anarchist, but danger
Gus one, startled spectators in Judge
fuckers court here today. The as
ssrtion came from Elliott G. Steven
son of Detroit, one of the counsels
for the Chicago Tribune, which is
being sued for $1,000,000 damages
by Mr.. Ford on a charge of libel.
The pivot of the alleged libel pub
lished June q, 1916, was the head
ing of an editorial reading: Ford Is
an Anarchist"
! In his comment, incident to de-
bate on brief in which the plain
tiff seeks to limit the evidence, Mr..
Stevenson alluded to the assassina-
ton of President Mckinley, the
bomb outrage during the prepared
ness parade at San Francisco, the
wartime offenses of members of the
Industrial Workers of the World
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Prohib Leaders Plan
To Have Repeal Of Dry
. Law Held Until Iuly 4

Washington, May ! 2l.-Notwiths
sta ing Preside: Wilson recom-
mendat.on Or repeal of wartime
prohibition in so far as it relates to
wi -es and beers, the opinion seemed
to gain ground at the capitol today
that all repeal measures would be
kept in committee until after July |.
In the meantime, however, pro-
hibition leaders MANNED to enact
legislation fo4 the enforcement of
the wartime prohibition act and
the constitutional amendment. Sem
ator Sheppard. democrat, of Texas,
a thor of the wartime act, said to-
de-" he was confident 'sorcement
legislation would be passed before
July |,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Capt. Philip Mccullough
ASSIGNED, to Fort Sheridan

Washington, May 2l.-(Special
Telegram Capt. Philip McCul-
Tough, signal corps, upon expiration
of his present leave of absence, will
proceed from Omaha to Fort Sheri-
dan. Second 1t. Josiah 0. Tooley,
infantry, is relieved from his present
duties and will proceed to Fort
Omaha. Major Alpha Campbell,
medical corps, is relieved from sta
ton at Fort Russell ard will report
at Denver.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
Former Crown Prince of
! Germany Liable to Trial

London, Tuesday, May 20-Fred-
erick William Hohenzollern, the
former German crown prince, will
be liable to trial under the terms of
the German peace treaty, it was de-
clared by Andrew Bonar Law, the
government leader, in the House of
Commons today. Mr.. Bonar Law
said that the commandants of pris-
on camps also would be liable under
the treaty's terms,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
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BITS OF NEWS
WILSON. ACKNOWLEDGES
COURTESY OF CONGRESS.

Washington, May 21.-President
Wilson today sent acknowledgment
from Paris of the notification ca
bled him by the special senate COM
mittee that the senate had convened
in extraordinary session and was
ready to receive communications
from the chief executive. please
express my appreciation to the SEN
ate committee of its courtesy" the
presidents message. said, "and say
that / have communicated with the
congress in the usual manner
through the message presented yes
terday and express the hope that l
may soon be present in Washington
to communicate to them full infor-
nation with regard to international
affairs"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-22
BROTHERHOOD VOTES
INCREASE OF SALARIES.

Cincinnati, May IL Protests
against what are claimed to be ex-
travagant salaries were drowned
with cries of cheap" and "piker''
as the national convention of the
brotherhood of railway clerks today
voted these salaries to national Off
GERS.
Grand president, $4,000 a year;
grand secretary-treasurer, $500;
grand vice presidents, each, $4,000;
organizers, each, $4,000; editor "The
Clerk" 5000; members of the
board of directors, expenses. The
salary of the grand president has
been $500.