The West Virginian. [volume], February 20, 1917, Image 1

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I BULL WILL
LEC1UI BEFORE
LOCAL DOCTORS
Rockefeller Institute Man's
Visit Here May End
Soon
NO NEW PA WIS CASES
Quarantines on Homes
Where Patients Live
Soon to be Lifted.
Dr. Carroll G. Bull representative
ithe Rockefeller Institute of New
rk city who Is In the city for the
k>3se of looking Into the Infantile
frlysls situation here will deliver
Illustrated lecture before the medical
fraternity of the cllv nrobablv
Thursday night of this week. Complete
arrangements have not been
made for the lecture though it is likely
It will take place in the headquarters
of the Red Cross society on that
evening.
Should no more cases of the disease
develop here within the next few days
the visit here of the specialist may be
brought to a close shortly.
Reports from the city health department
today show that no new
rases of the disease have occurred
and that there are no suspected cases.
This makes a period of ten dayB in
which no case has developed and this
faot encourages local physicians t<r
hope that the worst of the epidemic
Is past.
All the patients who are afflicted
with the disease are reported to be
improving steadily. In the case of
Nan Johnson daughter of G. E. Johnson
of Chicago street, the quarantine
of six weeks required by the state
department of health will be lifted
within a few days. Others will be lifted
shortly. .The Johnson child is improving
and is able to sit up In a
chair but has not regained the use of
her lower limbs.
EE ENGINEERS
IHEOn ill
Commissioners Expect to
Make Selection Within
Few Days.
Bridge engineers galore flourished
about the city building today, four eminent
engineers representing three
companies occupying the day In explaining
their plans. Mr. Thomas and
n ?t noaneloEo r\t Etin TVia?m?b
hu ?Hiavvtai>u ul uie i uuutaa uiiugu
Company of Lob Angeles, California;
Engineer Perrlng of the Orlner company
of Baltimore; R. D. Hennen, of
Morgantown, all were appearing before
the commissioner.
With street commissioner Lehman
able to be back on the Job to a certain
extent, the examination Into the
merits of the various engineers will
be gono Into with greater dispatch. It
is planned to make the selection of
en engineer within the next two or
threo days.
One of the plans presented by Engineer
Meusser of the Concrete Steel
and Engineering company of New
Ydrk, explained to the city commissioners
yesterday would provide for
the building of the new bridge without
removing the facilities for crossing
Coal run, now provided by the old
bridge. To build according to this
plan would cost an additional $5,000
and It Is a question In the minds of
the commissioners whether or not the
Increased cost would bo justified by
the preserving normal traffic conditions.
Espionage Bill is
Passed by Senate
Km/ (By Assoclotod Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 20.?
The administration espionage bill providing
severe penalties for spying on
matters of national defense and punishing
conspiracy to violate American
neutrality was passed today by the
Senate by a vote '.f IS to 10.
[Most of the Big Net
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TODAY'S NEW8 TODAY
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BILLY SUNDAY OF
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Address Will Be Feature of
B. M. A. Quarterly Meeting
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'PEP' Will BE OB TOP
Frank Jewel Raymond Has
Made Similar Addresses
in Many Cities.
Frank Jewel Raymond, of East
Orange, New Jersey, called "The Billy
Sunday of Business," will address the
Fairmont Business Men'B Association
at their quarterly meeting to be held
on the evening of March 1. Mr. Raymond's
address will be styled "Making
Qood In Business," and It will be
filled chock full of live, straight from
the shoulder, tips.
Mr. Raymond has delivered talks recently
In Rochester, New York, Scranton
and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Toledo,
Ohio, and before boards of trade
and chambers of commerce In other
large cities. He will speak before a
body of business men in Cumberland,
Maryland, the night of February 28,
coming here the next evening.
Mr. Raymond's talks are In addition
to being filled with tips which can be
made applicable to any line of business
aro made local as much as pos
Bible.
With a keen knowledge of business
and lta practitlouecrs, Mr. Raymond
can bring to Fairmont business men
a shot ot that lire and initiative which
they have too often been accused ot
being deficient in.
West Virginians
Take French Leave
UNCLE SAM HUNTING FOR -86
WHO DESERTED FROM SECOND
W. VA. INFANTRY
CHARLESTON, W. VA., Feb. 20?
Over $4,000 In rewards Is offered by
tbe Adjustant General of the United
States for the capture ot men wbo
hare deserted from the Second West
Virginia Infantry since that organlzaI
tion left here last fall for San An
luuin, 1 OA. v/uicers ui me regiment
have made reports which show that
85 enlisted men have lett the camp
without leav% - A reward ot $50 is
offered tor the capture ot each. Several
have returned to their homes in
West Virginia and officers, seeking the
reward usually find them.
Adj. Oen. John Bond was Informed
by the War Department that Capt. A.
D. Bell ot Parkersburg, quartermaster
for the second West Virginia Infantry,
stationed at San Antonio, Texas, has
been detailed to serve four months In
a similar capacity with the United
States army in Texas.
Prayed Twice For
the U. S. Senate
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 20.?
The Senate convened twice within no
hour today and the chaplain delivered
two prayers, one at 10:30 a. m. and
again at 11 a. m.
At adjournment last night the meeting
for today was set tor 10:30. After
the body was called to order and the
chaplln had offered the customary
morning prayer Republicans called attention
to a standing order adopted
some time ago that regular meeting
hour should be 11 o'clock.
Quickly realizing the violation of
the rule the proceedings were ruled
out of order and members left the
chamber, returning again at 11 for
the second start.
Steamboats Eun
Again at Pittsburgh
(By Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20.?Navigation
on local rivers was resumed today after
having been suspended for nearly
two weeks because of low water. Ice
gorges In the upper rivers continue to
hold, river men said they did not anticipate
any danger from that source
unlesB heavy rains with moderation In
temperature occurred.
vs "Breaks" During ti
^ Northern W'es
FAIRMONT, WEST VI
no
md Upon
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That Government Must Say |
Where it Stands on Sub- (
marine Warfare.
RUPTURE IS HOT WANTED'
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State Department Anxious.
to be On Good Terms j
Dual Empire.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 20?Frederick Pen'
field, American ambassador at Vienna,
la said by Reuters Amsterdam cor- I
respondent to have delivered to the I
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister a I
request for a clear and final definition
of Austro-Hungary's attitude regarding
submarine warfare. The Am- -.
sterdam dispatch says, according to 1
a telegram from Vienna:
"Mr. Penfleld handed a memorandum
today to the foreign minister requesting
clear and final Information
as to what standpoint the Austro-Hungarian
government has assumed regarding
submarine warfare and whether
the assurrances given on the Occasion
of the Ancona and Persia in- '
cldents are to regarded aa changed or c
withdrawn. The foreign ministry, the n
dispatch says will submit the request
to a thorough examination and then 0
make a reply. c
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.?Ambassa- ?
dor Penfleld is acting under explicit
instructions from the State depart- n
mont in requesting the Austrian gov- h
ernment to state its position regard- ii
ing the intensive submarine warfare inaugurated
by Germany. n
Such Instruction was sent to the
Ambassador more than 10 dayB ago
and it is possible that it has been reinforced
in view of the delay in se- ?
curing the response although the Stato u
department officials todef declined b
to make any statement on the subject t]
for publication. b
Unofficially it has developed that
the State department is reluctant to n
severe diplomatic relations with Aus- g]
tria, desiring to maintain as long as
possible some official relations with c,
at least some of the Central powers. tl
A break with Turkey and Bulgaria 1b ,,
regarded as certain to follow a rupture
with Austria and deep concern for
the welfare of the many American citizens
in the near east is one of the
considerations that has influenced the State
department's policy in holding J
off.
COAL OPERATORS ,
MEET y. Off IK
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Baltimore and Ohio Freight o
Conditins are Best in ?
the Country. ^
A meeting of the Central West VIr- p
glnia Coal Operators association with t]
J. F. Keegan, superintendent of trans- t]
portation of the Baltimore and Ohio n
system, and J. M. Scott, superintend- a
ent of the local division was held in v
the chamber of commerce rooms this v
morning for the purpose of ironing out c
some of tho differences that have for li
Rnmfi time* hoon ovioHnt* Koinraon Mm H
operators and the railroad. ?
Mr. Keegan laid the problems and
before the meeting and the coal men i
stated their troubles. Then pfter ev- \
erythlng was on the table the matter
was threshed out to the entire satisfaction
of both sides.
With the entire country In the grip
of an unprecedented freight congestion
the Baltimore and Ohio finds Itself
the only road that Is clear on Its own (
lines. There are no embargoes against
the Baltimore and Ohio by any railroad
and were It not for the embargoes that
railroad has been forced to declare
against other companies, there would
be now a free tand unrestricted movement
over the lines of the company.
The Improvement in climatic condl- n
tions Is expected to work with the F
w.n.?e,1 t- ~o1.l u
laiuunu ui maauifi &UUU 11H promise OI ^
better service made at the session this u
morning. v
Jean Neffe Starts
For Philadelphia \\
Theodore M. Boyer, detective from
Philadelphia, left on the 1:10 train B
this afternoon with Jean Neff, the lit- 1
tie' 15-year-old chorus girl who has J
caused such a lot of fuss around the \
police station the past few days. When ?
Jean was about ready to start with 1
the detective, Mayor Bowen, who has *
a soft place in his heart for little 11
girls who run away from home told o
hor he wanted her to go home and v
be a good girl. f<
Jean twisted her toe around for 1<
a minute and then started crying the o
first time she had shown any emotion c
other than Jollity since she was locat- y
ed Saturday evening. 0
he Day So Everybody
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lad Been 111 for Several
Weeks With Serious
Heart Trouble.
VOAKEI) HAflDFOR A YEAR
Vas One of the Leading Fig
ures in Cmmt.rv's Mil
itary History.
lily Associated Press)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 20.?
lajor General Frederick Funston,
ommanding the Southern Departlent
of the United States Army and
ne ot the leading figures In the
ountry's military history since his
apture of Aguinaldo while con*
landing a Kansas volunteer regllent
in the Philippines, died of acute
ldlgestlon last night. He collapsed
1 a hotel soon after dining with
riends, and did not regain consciousess
before his death a short time nfirward.
General Funston was at his office
esterday, with no sign of ill health,
luring dinner he seemed in his usal
good spirits, and after the meal
egan to play with a child of one of
he guests. He fell over unconscious
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uu; UUC VUUIU lUdCIl OlID.
Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Ireland,
ledical crops, U. S. A., General Funton's
physician, said:
"Chaneral Funston's death .was
ansed by angina sclerosis of the\arsries
of the heart. Death, was 'aliost
Immediate and without pain."
Colonel Ireland said General Fun(Continued
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Chompson Receivers
May Sell Coal Land
UDGE AT UNIONTOWN APPROVES
GREENE COUNTY TRANSFER
AT $200 PER ACRE.
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Feb. 20.?By a
o/.tul/,.. 1 J ' ?
vviuiuii UHUUDU UUWU UUUgC J. van
wearingen approved the private sale
t 202 acres of coal in Greene county,
lade by the receivers of J. V. Thompon
to Joseph G. Butler, Jr., of
'oungstown, O., and authorized the reeivers
to execute the deed.
The sale was at $200 an acre. The
urchase money is to be paid In cash,
tie purchaser first to pay liens on
tie p-operty prior to the appointlent
of receivers and to pay the balnee
to the receivers. The receivers
tera directed to give bond of $50,000
rith sureties to be approved by the
ourt, that being more than will come
ato their hands after the payment of
ens.
GREATGOLD
SOMETHING
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Greatest and Most Commen
mission System and
That It Offers to
Yesterday, The West Virginian enounced
to the public a Great Golden
'estlval. This Great Golden Festival
dll be something entirely new and
nlque to the public of Fairmont and
iclnlty. This Great Festival wllL be
ery Interesting and Instructive to
veryone at the same time affording a
reat many people the opportunity
ttey long have sought to make a start
i life really worth while.
The detallB of the Golden Festival
re upon the announced policy of
he West Virginian?honorable serlce
to the reading public. With The
y'est Virginian, this Golden Festival
i'first of all a business proposition.
!ven the most confirmed optimist
'ould hardly expect The West Vlrglnin
to give away a fortune In gold wlthut
some sort of a return on the lnestment.
Therefore, the first and
jremost object of the Golden Festival
i a special advertising campaign of its
wn, with a secondary object of lnreased
circulation, naturally. There
ou have the financial secret of the
olden Festival. You should not conr
Reads Evening Pa
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NING, FEBRUARY 20, 1917
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| GEN. FREDER
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, JEIWS CITY
Was Well Known Resident
of Glover Gap for Many
Years..
Mrs. Lucy Sellers aged 60 wife of
w. it. seuars 01 uiover Gap mod at
an early hour thla morning at the home
of her (laughter, Mrs. A. B. Moore at
Barnestown, where she was taken
following an illness at Cook hospital
where she was a patient some weeks
ago.
Mrs. Seliars came here for treatment
suffering with a complication of
diseases from which she did not recover.
Mr. Seliars who is engaged
In the undertaking business at Olover
Gap was here with her during her
illness but had returned to his home
on business and arrived here this
morning called here by her death.
Mr. and Mrs. Seliars and their family
are well known throughout the
county whero they had spent practically
their entire life.
Complete funeral arrangments have
! not been made at this time though It
is probable that the body will be taken
to Glover Cap for interement on
Thursday. Undertaker Eli Musgrave
is in charge of the interment.
iWfestivaL
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dable Features Are the Comthe
Wide Opportunity
Get Bank Account.
found this Golden Festival with a prize
contest. It is not a prize contest in
any sense of the word. There can be
no comparison, for there are no two
Identical features to compare. The
rules of the Golden Festival appear
below. They are worked out on a
business basis, and must be lived up
to throughout the campaign.
There Is no lottery or chance feature
to this campaign. The members
of tl}e Golden Festival simply become
quasi employees of The West Virginian
for the time being. Each Is pala
ten cents on every dollar which he or
she turds in as collections, while he
or she 1b in the employ of The West
Virginian; providing he or she does
not win one of the regular awards at
the end of the campaign. As It is with
all employes, some are worth more
money than others, according to ability
and energy. Those who are worth
more money receive added compensation,
according to their energy, as
shown in the listed schedule of the
awards for Increased energy.
All receive the same amount of co(Continued
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PACKET SERVICE I
DEPENDS UPON 5
LOCAL INTEREST I
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Committees Appointed To Sn
Sell Stock and Traffic
Pledges. tiii
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Committees appointed at the meet- Prl
ing of the Chamber of Commerce yes-1 lo*
terday afternoon to secure for Fair-J
mont a racket service to Pittsburgh. 1,0
met this afternoon in the Chamber of, Br
Commerce rooms and perfected their, tui
organizations. A committee was ap- we
polr'ed to get stock subscriptions, another
to get pledges for freight, one to an
cahvasB Morgnntown for stock and pri
freight and one to go to Pittsburgh
and secure co-operation from business i
men at that end of the line. /J,
The committees arc as follows:
Committee on stock subscriptions?
C. D. llobinson, Odell McKlnney, J. L.
Hall, Anthony Bowen - nd E. C. JoneB.
To secure freight?A. C. Lyons, J. P.
Hart, Harry E. Engle, Harry J. Hartley,
C. W. Corbin.
To canvass Morgantown?O. S. Mc- j
Kinney, H. J. Boss, C. H. Jenkins.
To visit Pittsburgh?C. W. Evans,
J. M. Jacobs, Thomas 1. Brett.
The committee named to work out1
the charter and name the company is ""
George M. Alexander, M. L. Hutchln-1
son and R. T. Cunningham.
It was agreed that the purchaso ol'a
the Valley Gem was the logical first .
step in the establishing of river traf-! _
flc locally. I
The Chamber also endorsed the1
measure now hanging fire In the legis- J}Jj
lature to converse the natural gas j ,
within the state. ! .
All the stock subscriptions that; TV
will be need to turn this deal Is $4,500i " ,
and the committee which has this part ] ,
of the movement in charge felt sure j ,
this afternoon that It would be a matter
of a very short time before the nec- .
essary subscriptions have been secur- ntl
ed. '
The members of the committee ap- gn
pointed to make an investigation of t,ei
the local freight situation were also
very optimistic. They felt that FC
enough freight could be guaranteed ]
to make the packet line a profitable die
venture from the start. Au
The report of the condition of the au>
Valla,, f 1 - - *1?
? " Vi/ uuui n uiv.u nwo mnue l? VUO LUI
Chamber of Commerce was to the ef- coi
feet that the boat Is a splendid one An
admirably adapted to the service it
would be put to on the Monongahela
river.
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ADMIRAL BATES DEAD.
B1NGHAMTON, N. Y? Feb. 20.? 1
The funeral of Head Admiral Alexan- t
der Berry Bates who diet) here yes- (
terday, has been fixed for Thursday f
afternoon. Interment will be made
here. % ?
g Times.-Remember t
cloudy tonight ?nd Wed- |
PRICE THREE CENTS
CITY
Ewioncm
(All STORMED BY
WIS in
ish Carts Stormed and
Burned in the Tenement
Districts.
fEWAHTBREAD'TKECRY
nexpected Jump in Prices
Responsible for the
Outbreak.
(B}' Associated I'reaa)
SEW YOHK, Feb. 20.?The cry ot
usewives unable to meet the educing
coat ot food wua heard In the
y acat of government today when
. eral hundred women from tho tencmt
districts stormed the city hell
amlng, "Wo want bread."
They came to place their plight bet
e Mayor John P. Mitchell. Many
rrled babies. Thev swarmed un the
ipa and tried to push their tray Into
3 building.
Police on guard shut the gates and
mi the basement, where there is a
lice station, reserves rushed up and
itoreu order.
rhe women were Informed that
tyor Mitchell bad not yet arrived,
s. Ida Harris, president of the Motb)'
Vigilant League, and three other
imeu were allowed to enter and
alt the mayor's coming.
'We ure starving," Mrs. Harris told
3 mayor's bodyguard. "Wo demand
lp from the mayor. We will not be
iponsible for what happens if we
n't get it."
Yesterday there were riots In three
lerent places In the tenement dlacts..
Joseph Harilgan, commissioner of
lights and measures, has appealed to
ite commlssioners of agriculture and
ite department of food and markets
roughout the country to co-operate
bringing food supplies to the New
irk market.
rhe situation which exists here reited
from an unprecedented jump in
ice of staples, particularly potatoes
d onions, variously ascribed to short
ips. heavy demands, speculation and
Iroad congestion.
rhe indignation of housewives In
3 lower East Side of Manhattan and
3 Williamsburg and prownsvilie dlscts
of Brooklyn overflowed when
Dduce r 3ddlars quoted potatoes from
e to Beven cents a pound and on
is irom lb to it> cents.
rhe police estimated that at least
00 women took part In the riot in
ownsvllle. Push carts were over-ned
and set atire and vegetables ire
doused with kerosene oil.
rhere were similar scenes elsewhere
d the police had their hands lull supBasing
the angry women.
ndrew Wanted to
Argue the Matter
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JT MAYOR BOWEN THREATEN*
ED TO CLAP ON AN ADDI*
TIONAL DOSE.
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Andrew Clayton, corn cob pipe In
nd, and with a great little grouch
, slounched up in front of the mayor
s morning and plead not guilty to
ihaeno ni" limmlronnoua ii . - ..4. 5
uunigo uv ui uiinvuuvDB> / "' ii
'Your honor, I wuzzent doln' a thing,
st sleepln' away like a little lamb,
1 along come Kerns an' some other
p an' told me to 'come along* (putl
ff). No. sir, yer honor, I wuzzent
'You cctwi hear his holloren for two
les," sain one of the firemen who
(1 heard the officers tell of the ar'Ten
dollars," Bald the mayor.
'Ten dollurs!" said Andrew, "why
r honor, I'm a citizen of thin "
'Twenty-five dollars if you say anter
word," Bald the mayor.
\ndy didn't have the money so
imbled down stairs to his little iron
ILLOW PEREMPTORY DEMAND.
LONDON, Feb. 20.?A Central News
ipatch from Zurich today says "The
strian emperor has given a long
dience td Count Czernln, minister of
slffn affairs, who nrevlouslv had a
aference with Frederick Penfleld,
aerlcan ambassador.
VANTED?Boys o? legal age to
work In factory, steady employ-; $
Bent. Opportunity to learn goodrade,
good wages. Apply at tacory,
12th street. Monongah Qlass
hat Mr. Advertiser