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cntClTATIONi m AO Daily Average S A J for Dec. 1916 J JL A Quality Newapapar for the Established m IN Ml SI COMMERCE BODE FOB MB ISSUE ' I THE PURPOSE Present High School Building is Entirely Inadequate. Ml FOR BRIDGES / Chamber Will Urcp Tunisia - o- o ture to Relieve the City. A movement for an Industrial High school, to be housed In a specially erected building as an adjunct to the present structure, and to be the finest equipped, If not the first, of its kind In the state, was started last night wheu by the unanimous voto of the Chami ber of Commerce It was ordered that the resident of that body appoint a . committee of three to report on what | site structure Is needed, locution, etc., . and to go fully Into tho High school [ 'needs of the city with an eye to the next few years' growth, l.f In the motion leading to tho action by tho Chamber, W. J. VViegel brought | out the fact that the present building , is entirely inadequate tor the needs V of the present student body, and that { because there are no facilities or room for caring for them, students from the First ward, which lies in Union district, will have to be denied admittance to tho high Bchooi from this timo forward. The order signed by G. M. Alexander the other day, will not apply to thoso East side students now in the school, but will bar any entrances next . year. The student body of the High school I '.baa grown from 200 in 1908 to 010, en' Tolled This year. Offices, rooms in jE&lha toanomcnt anil nnaro rnnms in frMa Hiitchir building are even now filled to overflowing with the High school ! /pluses. On this head G. M. Alexander gave a talk Jam full of surprising revela tions concerning the inadequacy of | the present equipment. ' . As soon as the committee reports on what action shall bo taken, the i Chamber will see that a bond election Is held to authorize the new building. ?In the new structure will be an industrial department which will teach uracil ttcal things to the young men and woi men. It is expected that the graduates from this department will be lilted to take responsible positions in ;he various mining, industrial and man* ufacturing industries of the city. A comittee will also bo appointed to see that a bill is passed by the present legislature relieving Fairmont from taxation for county brldgo work. It will also be asked that payments I In the past, amounting to some $50,004, be recovered. The equipment of the local fire de{ partment was discussed and it was recommended to the city Board of Af? fairs that a truck bearing an arial ladder be secured. Mayor Bowen assured the Chamber that its suggestion was welcomed by the city author!ties and that action would be taken in that respect at once. It was suggested by Secretary Evans that the traveling men with homes In Fairmont bo brought into memberihip ot the Chamber, either individual| ly or as a body, and that to enlist their aid in boosting the city a meeting ot banquet be arranged for them at a near date. It was found that there are more than 100 traveling men working from here. J. M. Hartley was elected national I'scounclllor to represent the Fairmont I < Chamber in the tilth annual meeting i of the United States Chamber of Comry merce to be held in Washington Jan?.uary 31 to February 2, Ho was also instructed to work for the re-election } of Robert Cunniugbam as director ot \ the national body. Substitute councillors were elected as follows: J. M. Jacobs, Anthony Bowen. T. W. Hennen, G. S. McKinney, W. J. Wiegel, ) H. J.1 Robs, George M. Alexander, J. I Walter Barnes, Fred Holmick and W. Hr-flpedden. Three referenda were voted on after discussion by the members, On f referendum No. 17 there was but one Hj/>diaaentlng vote. On Nos. 18 and 19 the . vote was unanimous In adopting them. Typhoid Inoculation Being Investigated (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, Jan. 10.?Tho antityphoid fever treatment administered n- topdbral troops was the subject of an ] Investigation today by a board of phy- j , flteians appointed yesterday in the Untted States District court at Kansas t ?City, Kas., by Judge John C. Pollock. HK. Harry D. Bord, a letter carrier, had [appeared before the judge to plead 8 guilty to a charge of theft from letters f. when he collapsed. Bord's attorney ? attributed his condition to serum Injection while on the border recently with Kansas troops. Judge Pohock refused to go on with the trial aud or< dered Investigation. ' ' \ _____ Horn* TODAY'8 NEW8 TODAY [RIAL Hi Constituent Thumps Senator Rosenbloom DR. GEORGE W. OTTO, OF WHEEL-1 INO, KEEP8 PROMISE TO BEAT HIM UP | (Special IMepnt'.-h to Went Virginian) CHARLESTON. Jon. 10.?Or. George W. Otto. o[ Wheeling, sergeant-at-arms on tho lurtt state Senate, today engaged In a battle with Senator Hon L. ltosonhloom. of the I-'IrRt district. Otto j did all the lighting, meeting the Sen-1 ator in front of the Federal building ' he said: "I told you I'd give you a Hogging, take your hands out of your pocket3." "O. go on and plav." said the Sena. tor. Hut he took Ills hands out of < his pockets and Otto struck him twice. | No arrests have been made. DH. TNOS. S. LEWIS DIES III Ml Dead Physician's Wife Was Former Fairmont Girl. A message received here today an-1 nounced the death of Or. Thomas Smith Lewis, aged 44. which occurred at his home at Tuscan. Arizona, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Dr. Lewis was united in marriage with | Miss Madge Booher. daughter of Mrs. Mary and the late Thomas liooher, of! this city, twelve years ago last June. Two children survive, Thomas llamil-l ton. aged ten years, and Mary Mar-: gery. ugod S years. Dr. Lewis has been in declining hculth for some time though friends in this city were, unaware that his illness had reached a critical stage. The body will be brought to the home of his father. Dr. IJ. 11. Lewis, at Washington. Pa.., where interment wil he made. Just'when the body will reach j there Is not known at this time. Sirs.; Booher. mother of Mrs. Lewis, and Miss Edith Bryan, a sister, will attend j the funeral. Mrs. Lewis und children | spent a part of last snmmer in this > city returning to Tuscan In September.! Severe Cold Wave Headed This Way IT IS COMING FROM THE WEST PROVINCES OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON*. Jan. 10.?A pronounced cold wave of several days' duration Is predicted to overspread tho Middle Atlantic and New England > States, tho Ohio valley and lake reg- j Ions and Tennessee Thursday or Eri-1 nay. The weather bureau today Kent out! a warning announcing that a storm has i moved with great rapidity east, south, eastward from the west. Canadian provinces to tho upper Ohio valley and 1b being followed by the cold wave The storm will move eastward. Woman Goes to Jail to Work Out Fine Sylvia Iladcliffe, alias Sylvia Thomas, white woman, of White Hay. was arrested yesterday afternoon loitering with colored men in Water street, East side. She testilied in police court this morning that she is til years of ago. married six years ago and that her husband is in Iowa. Many complaints bad been made against Sylvia bunging around tho negro Joints on Water stroct ao tho mayor lined her $i!0. She went to Jail to serve out tho fine. A. L. Cofftnan, charged with being drunk, disorderly and resisting an officer. put up a forfeit of $10 for his appearunce tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock. When arrested he. hud tliroo pocket books, two knives and a rule. * "KTnnr Vrvnlr XXrvnv?<N />? now iicaxs Ui. German Raider tBy Associated l'rcas) NEW YORK, Jan. 10.?Persistent reports that a Gorman raider was seen in the Atlantic and sunk by a British cruiser yesterday aiternoon was current today in well informed steamship circles. Details arc lacking and as to identity of the vessels engaged and location of the encounter. The Weather * | "I West Virginia? |> I I Snow flurries toll U I night followed by SyJt. 11 _ fair; Thursday, \ much coldor with '' cold wuve. /' aAKT* i Local Readings. F. P. Hall. Ob. J X\Z7U Temperature at S a. m. today. 47. I \rjr^\ Vesterday'a wcoth1 or, cloudy; temper I aturo, maximum, r. Milium, ">; precipitation, .03. s;'? ' , . - y ^ V . Vv ' p. . L ; i*\.' -J-'.y*"iSidj;..*. ?<-. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRG ICHSCI noui OF CHILD Pitt REPORTED III CUT George Arthur Carr Stricken Yesterday, Died Last Night. DIAGNOSIS GONFiRMED Disease Seldom Attacks More Than One Child in a Family. Coorgo Arthur Carr, the six-year-old son of Mr. anil Mrs. Frank Carr, of 1031 Carluton street, died yesterday evening at six o'clock, a victim of Infantile paralysis. The child was sick but three or four days, the disease itself developing early yesterday morning. As soon as it became known in the Locust avenue section, the most densely populated residential section of the en* iliut the disease had been dlscov ereil consternation retimed, wild ru. inors found their way into many homes uud it took extraordinary efforts on the iui> city Physician C. M Ram age and the several doctors in the city, with the aid of the police department to convince tne puuiie that the one case had been Isolated aud that there was little danger of a sprend. Doris, the 11-year-old sister of the dead boy. was in class at school at the time the parulysls was diagnosed and for this reason it became necessary to Uosc White school until Monday, January 29. unless more oases develop, in which ease the time of shutdown will lie Indefluite. The attending physiciun at tho bedside of George Carr was Dr. C. L. Holland. Dr. Holland lust year took a po?i-Bi?..ate course at Harvard in Infantile paralysis which at that time wus cpi-juiic In Boston. He was ill attendance at ever 200 cases last summer and was absolutely certain that his diagnosis in tho Carr ease was ngui. i.uwcver, he called Dr. J. D. Clinton, of i-niladclphia. into ronsultation. and notified City Physician C. M. Homage. Dr. Clinton happened to he visiting Rev. .1. C. Broom field and gladly assisted. Ho did the laboratory work In ...- afantlle paralysis ep..., at Philadelphia last year in atuc..,.,.. noo,...-.. Drs. Clinton. Holland and P.amngc made both chemical and microscapio tests of the spinal fluid of the child nftnr It/a (lentil mid nrn\-n?l rntt. clusively tliat ho (llert 01' respiratory infantile paralysis. Infantile paralysis does not .,o froru child to child in tuniilies as doos measles, fevers, etc.,s seems to affect out one member of each family in most cases. Out of 1,002 cuseB in Philadelphia during the plague last summer there were but six cases where more than one child In the same family took tile disease. Just where the Carr child got the infection cannot be ascertained. There are no children under suspicion at tills time but the school will bo fumigated, and all the books exposed to a good ileanslng. after which the children will be allowed to go to their clnssrooms.: Dr. Itamage. Mayor Anthony Bowen, Chief of Police Fred Harr and forco are working In connection with the quarantine and will keep It in etfect until there are no signs left of any paralysis. The children who attended the school which Is located nearer to the the neighborhood in which the cast developed as a precaution that should any of them by chance be lntecteA they will be unable to sprcau u. Ten New Paralysis Cases at Elkins (By Associated Press) MORGANTOWN. Jan. 10.?Dr. S. L. Jepson, stato health commissioner, said hero today that ho had received a message from Ills office at Charleston stating thore were 10 new cases of infantile paralysis at Elkins, W. Va., and requesting that he tako stops to prevent a sale of railroad tickets for the transportation of children to or from Elkins. He wired the general passenger agents of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company and Western Maryland company asking that no tickets ho Bold for chlldron hound for Elkins from points on these lines. Leak Probe Hearings Have Been Suspended (By Associated Pressl WASHINGTON, Jan. 1ft?After another brief Beeslon today the House Rules committee suspended public bearings on representative Wood's resolution to Investigate whether there was a stock market leak on President Wilson's peace note. Many congressmen believe the committee will report against an Investigation. 7eit Virginia's Greatest Newsp INIA, WEDNESDAY EVEN Lawson on the Stam j ^2<^ea^ - \ - V "r" ^ il N^t j I 111?11 #? \i Thomas W. Lawnon, sketched 10 . tcsHfyUig before tlie House commit Key Found in k Traced to Asylu tJ5y Associated Press) I PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10?Oscar | i Brown, detective sent to Home, N. V. to trace the former possessor of a J key found In the apartment of Mazle I Colbert. the murdered art model, reported to detective headquarters here today that It was used at the Rome custodial asylum end that one of the' i employes of the asylum was missing. | | Efforts to liml this employee are' imlii] nitQ at unununAu uilu hi muiiuiiUHii Brief Illness of Asthma Proves Fatal to Well Known Woman. : Mrs. Mollic Davidson, aged So years, [wife of F. S. Davidson, sunerhitemlent of No. S mine at Monongah, and one of the best known women of that community, died last evening at eight , o'clock at her homo at Monougah after an Illness with asthma and complications. Mrs. Davidson had only been ill for a few days and her deuth came as a i severe shock to her family and friends, i Besides her husband she is survived , by seven children, five boys and two girls. The funeral is nnnounced to take place on tomorrow afternoon from tho , family rcsidenco in Monongah. Funeral services will be conducted by ' Rev. W. J. Eddy, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, and interment will be made in the Deeper cemetery by Undertaker R. D. Cunning- , ham. , , Police of Many Towns ! Searching for Thaw j (By Associated Frees) j NEW YORK. Jan. 10?Search for Harry K. Thaw. Indicted on cbargeB of kidnapping and assaulting FrederI. .1, n??,,. T- rtf Canaa. CI... \T? *\.t\ uuuij'i w VI^JI iuui) was particularly active today In New York, Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and Washington. Thaw was know to bo in Philadelphia Monday, but it was said there he had left Monday night for Washington and that he intended to leave Washington last night tor his home in Pitts "ir.rgh. mint? aper ING, JANUARY 10,1917. OVEME 1 Before t" Probe Committee vv ; 4 -f i it, #. 04 ? VWsjMy, ijhfr J. ' Jp^lf V 1 */ -aib m ?\crt , . ;-C.. I < / r The West Virginian while lie was te. lodel's Ro m in Rome Y. being made to learn whether 'lu ha<' nncuiiuulnti r\P ?lm !??* ?? I'uruvuuivu \/?. nn- i\v? ?>nao vnu of a bunch o? eight found in the apartment. A reeuuetment of the niuretl so far as details of tho crime are known was planned today by detectives to learn whether any one outside of the Colbert room could have heard quarreling Paul Sheltman to Be Buried in Va, DELEGATION OF TRAINMEN ACCOMPANIED RELATIVES WITH THE BODY The body of PhuI Sheltman, uged 24 years, Baltimore and Ohio railroad brakeman. who was run over at Uarnncsvllle, Ohio, and who died later in a hospital at Bellaire, Ohio, was taken at 1 o'clock this afternoon to Beuna Vista, Virginia, tho former homo of the dead man. where inter uiciiL win laitu inui:*?. ruiu-iai services were held this morning at 9:30 o'clock by Rev. W. D. Reed ot the Diamond Street M. B. church. Undertaker Musgrave is la charge. Two brothers. Harry Skeltman, ot thlcs city, and Edward Sheltman, of Morgantown, and Mrs. Paul Sheltman, Widow ot the deceased, accomt>anted the body to Virginia. BcsidcB the rclitives a delegation ot the brotherhood ot Railroad Trainmen wont along, Sheltman at the time of his death having been a member of that organization. Fluke Verdict in Hinterliter Case OLNEY, 111., Jan. 10?The Jury In the case of Roy Hinterliter, charged with :he murder of Miss Elizabeth Radr.llfte, his sweetheart by an illegal iperatlon brought in a verdict of mandaughter at 3:30 this morning, but on being polled one juror declared he was not satisfied with the verdict. Judge Miller sent the jury back to deliberate further. BLAST KILLS MINER. CLARKSBURG. W. Va? Jan. 10.? Injuries .and bunts, received when a charge of blasting powdor exploded In tho Francois coal mine northeast of the city, caused tho death of Peter Rezzo. coal miner. Rezzo was tamping the charge when it exploded. Death resulted In a few hours alter the accident. which was the first fatality In the Francois mine. The victim leaves a widow, two children and a brother, the latter a resident of Pittsburgh. MNtiift ences aro attending the meetings held by Rev. Mr. Jackson at Williams Memorial M. 13. church on .Fairmont avenue. This evening the theme of the evangelist's sermon will be "Tbo i Power of Personality." Much Interest Is being manifested in the theme for the sermon to be preached Saturday evening which Is, "On How to Get Married." Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock a mass meeting for men will be held at the Princess thea tre on Jefferson street. ( This morning at 10 o'cIock Kev. Mr Jackson and Mr. Webb visited the Normsl school and tho former delivered an address to the student oody by invitation from the Y. W. C. A. In Arkansas there are a lot of razorback hogs but as yet there are no safety-razor-back bogs by Luther Bu.tnank. I ^ I MEMBER A880CIATED PRE88. NTLAU BUTCHER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DROPS I | inlaut .Plague Scare Not Felt in Other Parts of the City. ? Nlnety-soven pupils (ailed to report at roll cull at the Butcher school tills morning, this uumbcr representing 3i per cent, of the average enrollment. The enrollment at this school is normally 27-">. The decrease in attendim- e at this school is attributed to the eonsterna-' ilon caused throughout the cl-.y yesi torday when city health authorities reported the existence of a case or infantile paralysis, the victim dying later | in the day. City school officials anticipated a decrease in attendance at all the ward schools, and especially at the Batcher school which is loctaed nearer to the White school which was ordered closed for a period of two weeks, and 1 were gratified that lite percentage of decrease was not target. , Other schools in Uie city were cut down some in attendance though the percentage In each of the other schools i was very small. The kindergarten ut the Butcher, school was suspended by tile, teacher. Miss Edna Rlnoburt. until further noj lice. School oificialr. believe that today win nun. the lowest aitcnduuce at tho schools and mat after the wiarr ' dies down to some extent, and if 110; lurthor cases develop, thai the varl. tus schools will resume normal con : 'lit ions. The ,\V school where the iiifon ' tile paralysis victim was u pupil will, renin In closed for a pern., of two weeks nud if no new cases develop will at the end of the two weeks resume 1 work. The other schools will not he dosed unless coses of the disease i lioulu develop in those schools. Aecordiug to grades the n'.lendaiic i was cut down today us lonuws at the 1 II..I .Us. . puuuui ncuuui. Decreased Attendance. First grade j second grado , Third grade I; fourth grade I" ' Fifth grade J., li . Sixth grade * ' Seventh grade ! Eighth grade .. .. ! j Total Hi i VERDICT OF 5,375 j FOR J.W. FLEMING Long Drawn Out Suit Ends j in Compromise on Dam- J age Claim. ? ! A verdict for John \V. Fleming in the i ; sum of $5,375 was returned this morn-j ' lug by the jury- which has been sitting since before the holidays on the case] of John \V. Fleming vs. The Monon-I gnhola Railway company. The sultj : was for S12.000 which sum is said lo1 I havo been the amount of damages to l the plaintiff because of the grading I of Diamond street Incident to llie ! building of the defendant's lines in the East side. The case roachod the jury at It: 30 yesterday afternoon. The plaintiff { was represented by Attorneys Tusca Morris and Harry Shaw, and the defendant by Attorneys \V. S. Meredith and Frank Cox, the latter of Morgantown. MEEK FN IN HI THE fflllKSS Address Will Be Delivered Sunday by Evangelist Jackson. Lareo and deanlv interp?tf?d audi ADVERTISING IN IE WEST VIRGINIAN BRINGS TRADE # PRICE THREE CENTS fl NCHED ! IFCISMFM } L.LUIULIIIUIIL CONVENES FOl 1917 SESSION ! Mrs. E. 0. Murray of Marion County Made Opening Prayer in House. IS LATE GETTING START 1 Guodykoontz Presides in Ser ate and Thurmond in 'M Associated Press* _ '^rVV' CHARL.ESTON. \V. Vu.. Jan. 10.? Thu West Virginia legislature as- j scmbly al noon today in regular aessliion was moro than an hour in got- 1 tiiii: oritauir.nl. The caucus selection from last night, word elected as fol. Senate. Wells Goodykoonts, of Mln go. president; John T. Harris, of Par kcrsburg, clerk; O. A, l'lttjr. of Charles ton. door keeper; Jack Smith, ol Wayne, dour keeper. House J. K. Thurmond, of Greenbrier county, spc-ukcr; II. L. Hamilton. o( Calhoun, clerk; John Kenna, of I Charleston, .argennt at arms; J. W. KlilJ, of Uraxton. door keeper. . ( - 3$ In the Senate the minority nominated Senator Fred L. L. Fox for presl- . Tho Secretary o? State presented hcili houses with a list of members I elected to the legislature. From the same stmiv- the returns from the varl- I nus counttca on the state offices in the last election were submitted, nece ssi- m I tat lug a Joint session of the two bouses jl Clerk Harris called tho Senate la order a\id Guy Prlchard performed that function In the house. In the Senate an agreement hsd been made to call Senators C. C. Coulter to the chair, three members of this branch having tho same length of service to their credit. Hy reason of being old est I member I11 servleo In house Septimus Hall, of Wetzel county, was called to 1 Itcv. W. li. Hurting, or Charleston, eft 1 oil 1 tie invocation In the Senate and Sirs. I". O. Murray, wife of a member from atarlon county, prayed in the In "accepting the presidency Senator ] Goodykoontz gave expression to thanks and called attentiou 10 ...ctia- I hie important legislation that will bo infrmlitno/l ??rwl 4W? I7r-?I-'- ' * JJUUUUUlAci UllU lUll'UUU tiV UiC VUdUlia debt problem which will probably be BUFFALO BILL DEAD. .* 'M DENVER, Jan. 10. ? Col. Willlmm -'tH Cody, Buffalo Bill.. eoldier, huudcr and scout died at 12:05 p. m. here today at the home of his sister. REFINED OIL ADVANCES. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.?The Standard Oil company of New York todayumiounced ail advance ?> points in the price of roilued petroleum for export. making refined 12 cents per gallon In cases .the tanks 14.75 and Stand- * ? ard white in barrel, 18.90. V-** HEALTH NOTICE There is on<| case of Infantile parlysis in the city. It Is located on Carleton street, Eighth ward. The child's condition orfers no hop# for his recovery. Several children were exposed to tho case and for this reason tho school he attended has been closed. All children who attended the school must stay oft tho street until Tho source of the contagion has not ' ffl been discovered. The subsequent action of the Board of Health will be letermlned entirely by developments. TDK UttUl mines t6 do to proven t your chiljl from suffering If there la i spread of this disease Is, to keep the, towels loose, keep the child on a carerul diet, spray the throat with listerne, or Dobell's Solution and keep the child drinking lots of water. BOARD OF HEALTH, By DR. RAMAQE. Christmas Savings Club The Peoples National rt iTIWSMB * still remains open for the enrollment of members. 9 ? 1 - Corner lot Bellvlew addition. 3 Terms reasonable. Answer R, | i -1 West Vlrgiqlan. . j | * .-V''" vffijtfWjffiSwM SV - *1 V' I