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'*?4,4721 (f(ie West tjiminian pfe- : A Quality Neweparer for tl;e Home I Y ^ *bly r,ln" w,rmer ton,Qht* northern West Virginia's Greatest Newspaper ' |^9 ESTABLISHED 1868. TODAY'S NEWS TOOA^ FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1917 ^EMBER associatedTrebs. PRICE THREE CENTS ffll HALl TRIES I TO PICK NAME FOR DOFF TfOilHESTER' City Engineer Miller, Who Has Been to Sea Sug- ? b gests Plum Duff. t d BINGMAH'S BRIGHT IDEA] Dory Rolls Believes Woodrow Would be the Prop er Appellation. Most any one in sure of petting a , helping hand at the City Hall, but the t appeal of Tom Duff for a lift In so- i lcctlng a namo for that new baby , struck a responsive chord that for a while tills morning there was danger . that municipal activities ould bo sus- I pended entirely while the officials took I time out to think up names for the I Duff kid. Tom. as you probably know, is the funny little Individual who makes life merry for readers of The West Virginian. Recently he became the proud father of a son and heir whose picture was printed for the first time yesterj day when a request was made that the ] ft. good, kind public take a hand In solecting a name for the Infant. Mayor Anthony Bowen, when asked , what he thought a proper name for the baby, glanced sideways at the J. youngster and said "Call It Baldy Duff." This name does not seem inappropriate as the poor baby boy has t ' but one hair on his dome. City En- j glneer Shrewsberry Miller suggested i f Plumb Duff. City Clerk Albert J. i Kern called It Mac Duff, and suggest- j ed that the mother when wishing to t quiet the screeching imp should say "Lay down MacDuff, and let him who : cries get a whipping." Oordy Duff , ought to. be the baby's name said J . Walter Barnes. Albert Lehman when (' - asked said "Too much for me." .Miss Minnie Poling, wishing the iyoungster a loqg life and a happy one, Sb' suggester Nebuchadnezzar Duff. Chief Harr telegraphed that he desired his name -'mentioned aV the person'sag- > gesting Henry Drury Duff. Ira Smith said that David Duff ought to be the youngster's name. Charles W. Evans thought he was unable to think up an appropriate name himself said that his little daughter wanted the baby . named "Thomas Duff not Tom Duff." Officer Dlgman with his eyes toward k; beaven and a frown indicating deep thinking finally after ten minutes, blurted, "Name it J. Walter Duff." David Deane said, "Call the kid Awful Duff." Domlnick Castelucci asked for 1 permission to suggest & name and he said .smilingly, "Call it Victor Eman^ uel Duff." M[. Dory Rolls, the Janitor at the city ' hall who has been occasionally listening to the outbursts of patriotism at the city hall for the past several weeks ' and who has become Imbued with the z spirit of the times said, "Why don't < they call the baby Woodrow Duff." i These names and many more which ! have been telephoned to the orrice here and mailed to the Comic Editor ot The West Virginian will be filed and when a name Is selected It will ? be printed March 19 In the comics ot that date. Perhaps the best suggestion that came by mall was from Miss Marie Craker of 423 Jones street, Many nlngton. who wants the baby named Junior Duff. r ~ " ~ iCity Hall Notes J Chief of Police Fred Harr has gone to Pittsburgh being detailed by the cltj to take a prisoner there for treatment In one of the Institutes In that town. A question was raised at the city hall this morning concerning the showing of the picture at the Grand theatre Word was received here from Pitts- J burgh that the show was not fit to be shown to mixed audiences. Mayor Anthony Bowen sent a squad of rollcemcn to the Grand to witness the show this afternoon and to report on the moral standing of the reel. A com- < mlttee of women called on Mayor An- 1 linnu Rnvvfin tMa oftnrnnnn t, rnnfnr 1 ?wvu; 4JVOUU W??U UUUU M/ with him on the question of the cen- < % sorahlp of films. Army Privates May ] Get Commissions j (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March7?The War . Departemnt has directed that between 6000 and 6000 enlisted men of the army be designated by regimental com- j manders for commissions and company , officers In whatever army may be rals < ed. Orders have been sent to each ( k regiment to select 60 men who will ^ I be eligible for commission up to and < Includng captains. t TENNE8SEE RIVER UP t i CHATANOOOA Tonn. March 7.? ( Hi Tennessee river continued to rise to- I day and Chatanoogn Is practically an Island. Railroad traffic has been lm[ peded and between 4000 and 60OO per- I 1 Pj sons have ben driven from homos, t HBhSmTere st^of flood la expected to reach < lllf Worth While E< flnu i iim district is yon ioki 'rospect Good That .$650,000 Road Bond Proposition Has Been Endorsed. That Lincoln district voterB have uthorlzed by their three-fifths majorty vote the Usuance of $650,000 In iondB for the building of nearly thirty | nlles of bard surfaced road In that i llstrict, seems assured from reports oming from various parts of the dlsrict this afternoon. The vote Is well I epresented, although several who' vlshud to vote one way or the other ; rere forced to stay at home because j >f the almost Impassible condition of i he roads. (Treat care has been taken In the landiing of this election that no techilcalities be violated or any other [round ho givon those who lust year ipposed the majority vote of the dlsrict and succeeded in delaying for a ear the district's Improved highways. With tho authorizing of the bondo, vork will be started Immediately on heir preparation for sale, and In the text tew woeks bids will be asked ana vork Btarted. It* rAlltNIS AT COCK HOSPITAL i Or. Carter Fleming and Frank Reed, Jr., Have Been Discharged. Sevoral patients have been admitted 1 o Cook hospital within the pust week ind several have been dismissed or vill bo during the week. Among the lew patients who have been admitted j ire Mrs. W. S. Watson, of Emerson itreot; Mrs. Margaret Hanable, ot! llnnnington; Mrs. John Toothman, of 1 3axter; Albert Frurn, ot Barrackvllle; ] f. F. Barrnckman, ot Mannington. Dr. Carter Fleming, who was oper-1 ited on tor appendicitis recently, was : emoved to his home on Fourth Btreet I md Locust avenue yesterday. He is | ecovering rapidly. Frank Reed. Jr.,. he young son ot J. Frank Reed, ot this tls home this afternoon. Captain ot he Salvation Army Victor Bryant, vho was operated on at the hospital, vill be removed to his home tomorrow. Burned Out Family V In Need of Furniture AIRMONT ASSOCIATED CHARITIES MAKES AN ESPECIAL APPEAL. Assistance 1b wanted by the local Associated Charities organization for i needy family In this vicinity who ro :ently suffered the loss of their home md furniture from a Are which deitroyed both house and furniture. The family consists of eight memiers of which one is a cripple. Two :hlldren aged 16 and 12 are recovering 'rom severe illnesses and the ten year' >ld son of the family is now very ill.: The family needs furniture, food tnd clothing and at once. On account: >f the many calls which the local charties Is' obliged to respond to, the reasury is somewhat depleted at this lme and it is unable to supply all the teeds of this destitute family. It 1b asked that the women of the ;lty will look up any articles of furliture and clothing that might prove if use and notify the charities organzation who will have the articles calliH trw The children who are in need of dothing are girls, four, six and sixteen years old and hoys 10 anl 12. Honey will also be needed to care for he family. Fairmont Display at Clarksburg Show' The Standard Garage will have an ixhlblt in the Automobile Btrow to be leld at Clarksburg from March 15 to .7 inclusive. The exhibit will consist >f Packard and Hudson cars and will }e one of the features of the show. Hanager Bury, of the Standard, has eturned from a business trip In Detroit and other points and 1b ready o finish the last lap of the great Lin:oln Highway Sweepstake race which he Packard company has undertaken ind in which he 1b leading the local talesmen. Returned Home. Mrs. N. E. Jamison and son Mansleld have returned from an extend)d wetaern trip which Included a visit >f several weekB with Mrs. Jamison's lister, Mrs. R. O. Kendall, at Holtsrillo. Cat. Mrs. Jamison and son accompanied Mr. Jamison, who had ipent the past several weeks In Call'orala, to Wheeling a couple of weeks igo, where they visited until yesterlay, when returned to their home In his city. Capt. K. D. Walker went to Wheelng today to attend the funeral services of Dr. Morris, which will be held it midnight tonight in the Scottish lite Temple. ditorials on Local j EXTRA SESSION OF KRESS HOI LATER THAN JUNE Washington Generally Thinks This Will be the Outcome. MONEY WIHJE REEDED In Addition There is Much Legislation the Administration Wants. (By AsHOcIatcri Press) WASHINGTON, March 7.?Prospects of an extra session of Congress soon seems strong today. Members of Congress generally now look for an extra session to be called 1 to meet not later tliun June as the re-' suit of hints said to have been thrown I out by officials close to President Wll-! son. Aside from any action on the j armed ship bill tho need of an extra ; session to pasH the big supply meas- : ures which failed at the last session is regarded by officials as imperative. Nearly all of the exe utive departments of the government will suffer, particularly the army defense plans, unless Congress supplies the necessa ry funds. In addition there are other measures that the administration regarded as almost imperative which failed to paffi. Tliey Included amendments to the shipping and federal reserve laws, legisaltlon to strengthen the Adamson law, foreign selling combinations, and enlargement of the Inter' State Commerce Commission. The President himself has not yet indicated whether he has gfven up hope that an extra session may be avoided, but many members of Congress still Insist he will call Congress soon. Secretary I.ansing was caleld to the White House this morning to bee the President. Secretary McAdoo was also present. When the Senate met Senator | tfon of the rule comwSng precedence of a motion and for the appointment by the Vice President of special committee to revise that rule. The committee would consist of four Democrat and three Republicans. The Democrat and Republican cloture committee agreed at their conlerence to recommend to their party' caucuses later today a change of the, rule bo by a two-third vote in the Sen-1 ate debate could be shut off and dilatory tactics prevented. They slightly changed the wording | of the resolution framed at a meeting last night and this will be submitted to their caucuses for approval. Interesting Meeting at the Dunbar School A parents' meeting was held at the Dunbar school last evening which was J well atttended and grcaly enjoyod. Addresses were delived by City Superln-I tendent of Schools Otis 0. Wilson and j President of the Bonrd of Educntlon i George M. Alexander. Prof. Armstrong, J principal of the Dunbar school, and 1 Frank Jackson, a fefmer principal of I the school, also delivered addresses, j Splendid music was furnished by the ] mgn ocnuui v.nurus oi uie uunuur school. Following the program a social hour waa enjoyed and refreshments were served. Open Bids Saturday For Tank Co, Factory Bids for the construction of the American Valve and Tank company's new factory ,t? be located on the Monongahela railway at Hickman's Run, will be opened Saturday, the contract awarded and the building operations started at once. C. S. Riggs, of the Monongahela Industrial company, received a letter from President Wedding of the Valve and Tank company yeaieraay. saying mac enugn orders had been secured to keep the factory ruhnlng full time for an entire year. Guns for Ships in Very Near Future (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. March 7?The definite impression that American merchantmen would be armed in the near future gained ground today following conferences between President Wilson and administration officials and Democratic Senators. Z. T. MARTIN BURIED. Funeral services over the body of Z. T. Martin, whose death occurred at New Martinsville, were held yetserday from the Andrews Memorial M. E. church In Grafton. The services were conducted under the direction of the Masonic lodge, of which the deceased was a prominent member. Mr Martin, who was more familiarly known as "Tone" Martin, was a former B. & 0. conductor. He was an uncle of Mrs. H. T. Jones, of this city. Topics Are a Reguk / WHEN 1 M l I Ml?? T ! I iiiiisii IH CITY SATURDAY ? Sailing Days From This City Tho "Valley Gem," riTer packet formerly employed on the Muskingum river, was purchased by the Falrtnont Morgantown and Pittsburgh Packet company, ot Fairmont, from the Muskingum Transportation company'-at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Marietta, Ohio. The boat left McConnellsville, Ohio, today for Pittsburgh-and will arrive here Saturday evening. Besides opening up to local shippers a modns of freight transportation cheaper than rail, It will provide Ibcilltles for excursions and regular passenger service which the city has long desired. Whed loaded with freight the Valley Gem will furnish accommodations for 140 passengers. . On excursions a passenger company; of 340 can bo carried. The boat will leave Pittsburgh at 6 p. m. on Tuesday and Thursday even-1 ings, arriving here Wednesday and; Saturday evenings, Fairmont ts Cleared at 8:30 a. m. on Monday and Thursday. A wharf Is to be built by the city which will accommodate both passenger and freight terminal facilities. Regular service will be started next week. Miss Mona Simon's ' Slayer is Indicted (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS. O., March 7.?Charged; with killing Miss Mona Simon in hla> room at a leading hotel here six weeks ago, Wolden H. Wells, u young bro-; kers clerk formerly employed in Kansas City, whose borne Is In Huntington, Ind.. today was indicted for first degree murder. His trial will be held probably April 1st, West Virginia Land Is Forest Eeserve WASHINGTON March 7.?The National Forest Reservation commission today authorised the purchase of 738 acres of lsnd in Randolph oouaty West Virginia which will-be Included in the eastern national forest Cunarder Carmania Has Smoke Screen NEW YORK, March 7.?The Bteamshtp Carmanla ot the Cunard line whic harrlved last night from Liverpool is equipped with smoke screen apparatus recently In vented by the British admiralty. She hlso carries a naval six-inch gun with an eight-mile range. The smoke is controlled by an electric buttoh from the bridge. HOG PRICES SOAR. PITTSBURGH, March 7?The price of hogs continued to advance here today, quotations of )15 to 115.15 being posted at th tstock yards. Receipts were very light. Brokers predict the prices will reach $17 by the end ot the week or early next week. ir Feature of The I nHE BURGLAR A1 108 cot co;s INDICTED FOB MUM PPlPt 1 '' ^. . ;<W;fv. M '~i ft* NEW .YORK. March 7.?The federal grand. Jury which' has been Investigating the high cost of foodstuff and fuel returned two Indictments today : naming, as defendants In the first 108 corporations and 55 Individuals In the business of producing or selling coal. The-defendants In the first indictment are charged with participating In a combination among selling agents and producers of 22,000.000 out of 35. OOO.QOO tons of coal produced annually In certain districts of West Virginla, arbitrarily to fix prices at which this coal is marketed. The coal In question, produced in the Pocahontas and New River dls trlcts'In 'West Virginia and In the i western part of Virginia, Is of smokeless character, used extensively for steaming purposes by manufacturing plants, steamships, railroads, schoqls, hospitals and other institutions. The defendants, according to a sum mary of the .Indictments made by 1 Prank W. Swacker. United States special deputy attorney general, who has conducted tbe Inquiry, are understood ! to have agreed during January to more than double the price at which coal should'tfe sold under contract during the-year beginning April 1 from $1.25 to $3 a ton at the mine. It was stated that- as the result of the proposed increase In the contract jprtce-spotcoal' Is being hold-at present ,at more than treble .price, this coal-selling recently In Bostonfor $13 1 a ton. .IV 1 ^ The' individual jJefenduflU In the 4U OV 1UU1VIU1DUV tu c. R. H. T. Adams, Jr., ."Charles C. Beury, Thomas G: Beury. William J. Benry, C. H. Board man, D. W. Boone, William A. Brown, George H. Caper- , ton, George .C. Clausson, Justus Collins, R. A. Coulter, T. S.' Crockett, Oscar M. Beyerle, Frank Ellison, Thorn. , as Farrell, John C. Gallaudet, J. Frank Grlmet, Robert H. Gross, W. H. Holland, Jr., Kuper Hood, Thomas B. Houston. George W. Jones, Matthew C. Jones, John Laing, George Lawton, WilllamLecfcle.JohnJ. Lincoln. E. , C. Luther, Isaac T. Mann, Edward J. ' McQuail, James A. McQuall, Thomas Nlchol, J. C. Pack, Louis R. Page, Louis R. Page, Jr., J. H. Barrott, Robf erf D.'""T?tWrsoh,' B. W: "Patterson, John A. Renahan, H. H. Rothwell, S. A. Scott, WHUam P. Slaughter, W- ,C. Stephenson, J. C. Sullivan, W, P. Tarns .1 Jr., John J. Tlcrney, Lawrence E. Tierney, Edward Thomas, W. De L. Walbrldge. E. E. White. W. T. Williams,' John T. Wilson, George Wolfe, Walter S. Wood and John M. Wright The Individual defendants In the second Indictment are: William Beury, William J. Benry, W. C. Stephenbon, R. H,.Poff, Worth 1 Kilpatrlck. J. A. Armstrong, William " L. Lewis, Samuel W. Patterson, James ' A. McQuall, Edward J. McQuall, W. 1 J. Richards, Wnilam A. Phillips, M. ' K. Watkins, Horace L. Haldeman, E. E. White and Preston A. Vought l The defendants are officials of coal < concerns doing business chiefly in- the 1 Pocahontas and New River districts. .1 ?-? ? : ; 1 ut. n. n. i^arr win return tne latter i part ot next week from Green Cove j Springs, Fla.. where he bas spent the ] past several weeks with his father. Dr. Logan Carr. 4 % Vest Virginian? Gei VRIVED MB^lA u^UUujW^r^' TO HE1P BONOS SECURE fl ON Carl Springer Chosen Lead For the purpose of securing funds to provide for an athletic coach for Broaddus Institute, the Baptist denominational Bchool located at Fhlllppl, the Marlon County Broaddus Club was formed at a meeting held at !-o home of Mrs. Harry P. Robinson on Columbia street.' Quite a number of the former students of Broaddus were present at the meeting and a temporary organization was perfected with Carl Springer as president pro tem. The organization will bo perfected at a meeting to be called later. Plans were also discussed for a banquet of the Broaddus students and alumni to be hold In the early spring. It'Is desired that all the people of the county who have been or are students of Broaddus Institute will communicate with the president pro tem Immediately so as to become members of the organization. More Paralysis Quarantines Lifted Dr. C. M. Ramage city physician has lifted the quarantines on several of homes where poliomyelitis occurred. There are three more cases the time on which has not run out but which will expire within the week. Dr. Ramage Is expecting word from the work of Dr. C. G. Bull of New York who was here for several days about ten days ago securing data on the infantile paralysis problem for the Rockefeller Foundation. By theofod of the week all traces of Infantile paralysiB in Fairmont will have disappeared according to the city physician. mSSlRENE WINS HI Second Day of Honor Roll ai With Increased Entl ni ? _ a mioses mm oai The second day ot Honor Roll and the free Hurler's Chocolates, In The West Virginian's- Great Golden Festival, as even more entertaining than the competition for the firet position which was announced yesterday. The Honor Roll candidate tor the lecond position is MIsb Irene Straight Jf Route 2, Rivesvllle. Miss Straight today wins the two pounds of Huyler's Chocolates and the high regard of her many friends, who feel that they are ell repaid for the efforts they have made In supporting the campaign of Hiss Straight thus. far. Mr. Fred Pittman, of Worthlngton, (Continued on page nine.) t Into the Habit of ENTENTE GETS READY FOR HEW DRIVEOH WEST Air Scouts Taking Great Risks to Secure Information. BRITISH KM BAGDAD On the Eastern Front the Weather is Beginning to Moderate. Intense aerial activity reprevalling on the Franco-Belgian front indicates the probability of Important develop ments there in tho near future. The entente aviators are taking extra hazardous risks in their insistent search for Information of hostile movements and dispositions. This is evident by a Berlin report of 18 Entente aeroplanes shot down in air engagements on Sunday and 15 similiarly destroyed yesterday, The aerial scouting Interrupted by Monday's storm -was thus apparently in full swing again on Tuesday with clearing of weather. v ? at-- 1? kafawtm aalleMl mrneteaiui?m miuuu i auuw-^wa the British while continuing to piok up trenches abandoned by Germans in their sustained retrograde movement along the Ancre have contented themselves with raiding operations In the Bouchavesnes sector, north of I'erronne, on the Somme front end to having effected a gain along a front of nearly three quarters of a mile there in a recent attack. In the Verdun region the french and Germans are continuing to dispute ground north of Caurleres wood where the Crown Prince's troops effected considerable gain early this week only to lose the greater portion of It as result of French counter attacks according to Paris. . The French made another attempt to regain lost ground but Berlin reports a repulse for them. On the Russian front Berlin reports a lessoning in the severity of cold weather.with some increase in artillery activity but no important movement by the Infantry arm. British cavalry had advanced to ft within nine miles of Ctesiphon on Tig- /i ris front on Monday aftefnoon, It Wns announced today The British are now within less than 30 miles of Bagdsd. The town of Lajj which they resetted on Monday 1b 28 miles from that city. Since the Call of Kut-el-Amant on February 26 the British have advanced about SO miles. - [M ? More Censure For ' : Pacifist Senators (By Associated Press) '. $ DES MOINES, Iowa, March 7.?A resolution declaring that the Iowa General Assembly recognized that the action or Senators Cummins and Kenyon, "by aiding in the filibuster against the armed ship bill in the United States Senate, held up the state as an object for scorn and con- tempt." and repudiating their action Is expetced to be taken up (or consideration in the lower branch of the House today. The resolution was Introduced yesterday, but was laid over till today. TOLEDO. O., March 7.?Forsythe Post G. A. It. has adopted a resolution by a unanimous vote censuring Congressman Isaac R. Sherwood, of this city, (or his vote against the measure to authorize President Wilson to arm merchant ships. The resolution exorosses the onlnlon of the post that Sherwood did not represent patriotM sentiment here. CRUISER HIT8 MINE BERLIN March 7?The Russian armored cruiser Rurlk struck a mine in the Qulf of Finland and was badly damaged according to a report from Stockholm says an Over Seas News Agency announcement. She was dealt- "j ed at Const rodt STRAIGHT % GH POSITION id Free Chocolates Closes' lusiasm?Honor Roll urday's Record. HONOR ROLL Largest Dally Caeh Report Two pound bos of Hurler's Chocolates, sold by the Mountain. . City Drug Store, given to each Honor Roll Candidate dally. Miss Beryle Baker, Mannlngton. Miss Fannie Funt, Fairmont. Tie for Monday Miss Irene Straight, Rivesvllle. Reading Them