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April 1917 v A Quality Newtpaper for the i IfllLRfl Its: I .Not a Single Flaw in Cele| ^ bration of Big Day f r ubmiki Congressman R a iney's ^ - Speech at Park Was Elo If? - " quent Ltenveraiict:. f" Memorial day was given a,splendid and thoroughly.appropriate celebration in Fairmont. From tho start of the i: morning procession which escort. .1 tho i. Veterans of 'G1 to the cemeteries for . the cervices at the gravesides, through '.he flag raising at Palatine Knob dur1 tug the early afternoon, the grand pio; 'esrion in the middle of the afternoon, V* tho nation by the eloquent ftp. ftatney at South Side park at tho con.K; .. cln!tVcn of the parade, up to the ending .of Uic band concert at Loop park in <re cttuiug there was not an unto; ward ibc.dent. Even tho weather was ail thai could be desired and ike Sy crowds everywhere were large. %?> The procession in the morning led by the Greator Fairmont band, started 1^' from the City hall when the vterans In motor cars, provided for the pur?: pose, went to Woodlawn and strewed Kj<| flowers on tho graves of the dead and Wr the beautiful and dignified Memorial day ritual of tho Grand Army of the st Republic was carried out by members f".- of Meade post. The graves in Maple W Grove cemetery, on the East side of 2 the river, were decorated Tuesday by the members of Pierpont post who fulfill this duty each year. ' During the morning those who did "jfi not care to accompany the veterans | C - tn fho mmplprv wore eiven an ohuor- I IjV; ~~??* ?-> - . lunity to listen to a concert by the | Sfe. Onrlow band which gave an interestIng cfmcert from the Court house 'jBf. stops. .-' fr* . Promptly at the^taei appointed, 1 r o'clock, the flag on PrfwJne Knob was T" raised and from that wifemony the |s>- peopie hurried back to town to take TSi part In or wjlftess the parade of the afternoon which started at the cort tier of First street and Fairmont aveil i r.ue at 2:0 o'clock. The parade was a splendid success, full of beauty, patriotic thrills and interest. It Is said that It was the best procession ever held In Fairmont and v, hlle there may have been others that exceeded it In numbers none that can : be recalled today ever approached If in symnetry and impresslveness. Easily the mo3!' interesting thing about It was the Ited Cross contingent, tho women all crowned with the regulation veil cap which in many in? stances was strikingly becdinlng to dhe faces underneath. As a beauty procession that part of the parade would draw crowds anywhere. But striking ac. It was, this contingent did not overshadow the old veterans who made their second appearance of the day well up to the front of the procession In automobiles. The soldiers from the First regiment camp, including all the camp mascots and the full train of baggage wagons, also attracted considerable attention. So did the Knights of Pythias every member of which carried a large American flag. Another shown body was the Italian organization, tho Knights of Christofo Columbo. I At the head of the parade was Col. cnel It. L. Osborn, commanding offi'' cer of the First regiment, with his ?tnff and headquarters company, all mounted Then came the band, following them came Company F. of Marti linsburg, Company C? of Buckhantion, Company T, of Fairmont, Company B, , nf- Rowlcsburg, the Sanitary Detach1 ment from Piedmont, the Machine Gun '! Company from Clarksburg and the Supply company from Morgantown. 'All pf the companies in camp took part in the parade and a section of Company E, of Craftoa,.was called In i from Honlt to do gpard-jjfuty at camp. The parade was headed' by the National Guardsmen who are already In draining for actual military service, K; providing 4n' inapt ring leading feature. , . The First rdgimeht band appeared in . (hat formation. Hairy F. Smith, grand marshal, and his staff, headed an au to delegation including tbe mayor, city I: commissioners and speakers. Mem hers of the Grand Army of the Repub lie, Daughters of the American Revo ) mtlon, members of the Red Cross, rep resentatlves from the Woman's club, W. C. T. U. and Ministerial association. Two troops of Boy Scouts were an Interesting feature of this section ot Ik-the street display. Garlow's band was the second musical organization In line leading the KnlghtB of Pythias I delegation. Members or the Independ ent Order of Odd Fellows, K. 0. T. M., and Protected Home Circle followed. ^ West's Drum Corps proceeded the Knights of Columbusf delegatlcn, the l^kHarochial school and the Loyal Order 't of Moose, which had a creditable showThe Elks' band, of Manrilngton, led ^^RtDe combined groups of members of Kthe two lodges of this order in Mar(Continued on Page Ton.) | LPj I Worn# I MEMBER A880CIATED PRESS. F ADTRA OBI FOIL PATRIOTIC FILLS B SCHOOL HOIS 10 SE HOOHCEO Interesting Program Prepared for Term's Last Chapel. The last assembly program of the closing year of the High school will UC an ISVtNlt luuiwiiun luui mug uv j ] tliy school. ' j s The program will be presented at j 10 o'clock and will be 0f more than usual interosi in that piizes in the j R various contests and letters for athlet- j lcs will be presented. The program j Is as follows: : Selection?High school orchestra. 1 j Awarding of letters to athletes?G. L M. Alexander, president of the Board of Education. Presenting of Prizes in best sketch-! es of living West Virginians, 0. G. <; Wilson, superintendent of Fairmont' district.' j Presentation of prizes in The West Virginian 50 in 5 contest, W. J' Wiegel General Manager of the Fairmont! Printing and Publishing Co. Selection?Boys Glee Club. Fairmont Normal school?Irene Barnes, Harry Watkfns, representing ' the J. 0. Watson class F. H. S., 1916. fl Selection?Girl's Glee Club. I" Presentation of Senior Class Gift A ?Robert Hawkins. Class President. 11 Acceptance address?Archie Mere- " ditli, president Junior class. Song by school?America. oillF I COLONEL OF FUST: - k ' y Promotions in First. Kegi- t< ment Wore Gazetted n' Yesterday. ' g jc Robert Osborne, of Clarksburg, hasj v been officially appointed Colonel of ('? the First regiment. West Virginia Na- ^ tional Guard infantry. This notice was received a't Fairmont yesterday. Colonel Osborne moves tip from lieu- jl tenant-colonel which position lie held !| when Colonel Clarence Jolliffe resign ' I ed several weeks ago. With the no- j tice of the appointment of Colonel Jolliffe came the announcement that Major Jackson Arnold of the First Battalion, West Virginia infantry has been moved up to the title of Lieutenant Colonel. Major Arnold's place as head of the First Battalion will lie taken by Major John Stewart of the Secondly Battalion. Major Stewart's place in ! p the second will be taken bv Major; j, Edward B. Carskadon of the Third t| Battalion. Captain George L. Wever g of Company F. of Martlnshurg. hasjj, been appointed major of the Third j Battalion. Captain Wever's place in I Company F is taken by First Lieu a tenant George F. Whitmore. Captain -j Whitmore has moved his family from 0 Martlnsburg to Fairmont, tno mouiii-|_ zatjon camp here not anticipating any I move within the the next month or( ^ more. Captain James S. Russmlsscl e of Buckhunnon, has heen appointea u Major of the Medical corps succeeding c Major Zadoc Kalbaugh, resigned. Sec- ,-j ond Lieutenant A. L. Anderson has (j heen made a first lieutenant. Elbert L. Kinkead for some time Regimental Sergeant Major, has been appointed first lieutenant. Howard Charnock. w second lieutenant, lias been appointed first lieutenant. Clyde Heater of the j reserve has been recalled to active , duty as second lieutenant and will sue- v> ceed Howard Charnock. A. L. An- 1 derson of Company F has been appointed first lieutenant. TT ? h I City Hall Notes 2 - {! It doesn't do any good to try to sell \ Ira Smith books. When he wants n books ho buys them but when he n doesn't want them he talks the sales man out of the notion. A book agent d direct from Hoboken with a line that a would make a dead mart buy Paradise s Lost ontered jov fully this morning and b greeted Ira Smith. Immediately Ira t( got busy on the circus coming here and c the possibilities of soft drinks in dry d Btateb. The agent left and believe it b or not?he loft in smiles and hadn't s gotten rid of one of his Twalns. b The city building has begun its sum- a mer decoration. George Crones who s did not put arsenic in the Chicago din- u er's soup is in charge of the work. Ev- a ery window in the building will be c shaded with these awnings. ti ave Something About Ik. P g H w ^ Northern ff AIRMONT, WEST VIRGtt INSLUI START OF TORNA Andale, Kansas, between Wicin ts devastating way through seven m treet in Andale?houses torn into shr " ^ inniui nniinfsi sun MM. SUM Mi: in i BIS j Students Take Up Collection to Pay French Child's Keep. A movement is on at the Normal I rltool whereby Ine students will adopt I ar one year a little French orphan,' aving all expenses for its keeping, j ,t a recent chapel program Miss Fausma Davis, a student of the Junior Norlal class, presented the idea to the tudent body lor ratification. Almost limediately a motion was put Into el-; jet am! carried unanimously that the j rphan bo adopted. At a meeting of je student body this morning, a col iction wns taken for this purpose, it.h the majority or the students re-1 ponding liberally. ' Uecause of tho many orphans in ranee since the outbreak of the war, I n organization has been fonugd to i are for them. Faying the money trough tho organisation, the price or eepiag an orpnsn one year is only $35. j inny of the largo eastern schools have j iken up the idea and have adopted! "om one to three orphans.' The Nor-1 lal will he the first school in West Irginia and one of the first in the i ouih to help the unfortunate French; iilldren. The money secured in the collection ! esterday morning will be sent linmclately to the French Orphan Society, hereupon a pnotograph of'the adoptd child will bo sent back. Mli FATALLY; HIES Miss Eona Efaw, aged 21, is dead and 10 house in which she resided tugethr with its contents is destroyed as a ssult of a fire which started when in victim of the flames attempted to tart a fire by the use of kerosene oil, i the kitchen of her home at Geegura, Ianiiiugl<fn district. Miss Efaw who resided with her! ged father, went into the kitchen oil I uesday evening between five anu six j 'clock to start a fire preparatory to reparing the evening meal. Accordlg to an eye witness, a young woman 'ho was a guest in the home, she pickd up a can containing kerosene from corner of the room and emptied its onlents on the supposed to be dean ' re. S?me smouldering embers evi-1 ontly were still alive, as when the oil! cached the ombers they sprang into! anus, the flamts enveloping the body ! f Miss Efaw. The young woman who 1 'itnessed the tragedy, in attempting i extinguish the flames was badly urned and her clothing almost burned om her body. Seeing that her efforts ore fruitless, she ran to a nearby field nd summoned the girl's father, Solo ion Efnw, who hurried to the house uly to find the building in (lames and is daughter burning to death inside. The young woman was finally gotten -om the house and the (lames extln uished not, however, before she was itally burned. She was made as cornjrtable as possible by Dr. Phoebe loore, of Mannington who was sum* toned but died about 6:30 o'clock Wedesday morning "" The death of tho young woman Is eoply deplored as she was well known nd admired in the community in which he resided. The aged father is heartroken. Miss Efaw was housekeepei ) her father and they were devoted ompanlons. Her mother had been norl olnno ohn n-no o email olu'irl Until* cuu oiiiww otiv I" ?.i ?* uuiuii \iunui t ?u? i rothers and a sister, Mrs. Nat Dodd, urvive, the latter a resident of Metz. Owing to the condition of the girl's ody the funeral was held yesterday ftornoon at four o'clock with short ervlceB at the home of Col. R. B. Ash, 'here the girl was taken following the ccident. Rev. Tyler, of Mannington, onducted the funeral services and insrment was made at Gcegum. the House That Is jTW H + 1 H I - "%-\T ^1 'eat Virginia's Greatest iVetvsJ IA, THURSDAY EVENIN ;kydu nn^?KTTxm - 1 ' ' * '- -' ? ? ?" *Y\n nnint frnm . la ana nuicuiu&tiii, 10 ?.?o instm. nwm idtllo western states. This picture Bbc eds. Twenty were hilled and more tt \ I0< NEBR. \ 1 .V? f A, I s I ' KANS. ! j andaue ??I,L_ I _ WICHITA |* ' *"jS i \ b i OKLAHOMA ? i ! ! L Mote titan 200 dead, nearly 1,200 in jured, thousands homeless and millions of (lollajjB lost in property are the tJllof a toriado (hat swept through seven middle western states along the path shown in the map. One storm starting from Andale, Kan., and another from "Savre, Ala., they met at the juncture of Kentucky. -jjT Bcdy Now Has Sanction of Law and is Ready for Work. CHARLESTON, May 31.?Governor John j. Cornwall late yesterday announced his appointment of the advisory state council of defense, us provideo lor by act of the recently adjourned Legislature. The list is practically tile same as the uid, the place of agricultural commissioner, James Stewart, being taken by Frank Keegan, a transportation expert. The list follows: John Lee Coulter, dean of the College of Agriculture, Morgantown; Frank Keegan, general superintendent Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Wheeling; T. C. Atkeson, master of State Grange, Buffalo; 0. A. Arnold, president State Horticultural society, Keyser; Howard Gore, president State Live Stock association, Clarksburg; (J. P. Shaw, president State Board of Trade, Huntington; 0. O. Naglc, president Manufacturers' association, Wheeling; W. C. McConaughey, president Wholesale Grocers' association, Parkersburg; William Rodgers, president State Federation of Labor, Fallrmont; Lynn S. Horner, president West Virginia Natural uas association, Clarksburg; A. B. C. Bray, president Slate Bankers' association, Ilonceverte; C. A. Short, president West Virginia Lumber and Supply' Dealers' association, Sliinnston; Dh J. E. Hador, president State Medical association, Huntington; G. H. Caperton, Charleston; Mrs. Joseph G. Cochran, president Federation of Woman's clubs, Parkersburg. Dailies Hereabout in Good Condition Dair yinspection in this section has been completed. Drs. Howard Wood of the state'B service, and Dr. C. M. Damage, city physician, have spent some time on this work and have reported that very favorable conditions wnm fnmiH at each and every dairy visited. Scores were made, the highest being over 71 which is the best so far in tiie state. Due to this being the first inspection and most dairies not knowing the requirements for high scores, the names of the owners of the dairies and their scores will not be made public. However after each has been notified what to do and how to keep the premises according to regulation, scoros will be made and the van1 ous figures published. of No Use to You B . ' - ' - V / di 1 ' mJU m. A J| xiperlf0f^ v MAY 31,1917. IfINU UK LEFT IN SHREDS! vhich the tornado started and swept j iws what the storm left of a main j lan a score injured. WA \:hica&^v^""T ?i ill. >&D. j j. mo. ( / { j i \i KN ca| i&a ! lythesville^^ TENN. ark. / '"%> \ : / I -S/^VRE , i 'j?/(lMtN&Hp Ml* \ MiSS.j ALA. j ....... , >. IQIIUtiBdCtlt hhu uw itiK most damage In the area beiwcen Memphis ami Cairo. The tornado whirled northward li? Matioon and Charleston. 111., where morn than 100 are reported dead and nearly 700 iujured, and ended in the center of Indiana, around Hebron and Koutg" The lietance traversed was I more than 100 miles. msin Succumbed Tuesday Evenin? Several Hours After Severe Operation Futieral services over the body of Mrs. Columbia E. Abbott whose death , occurred on Tuesday evening wore held tills afternoon at 2:30 o'clock 1 from her late residence on Maple 1 avenue. Rev. H. G. Stoetzer of the First Presbyterian church, pastor of tbo deceased, conducted the funeral services which were largely attended 1 by relatives and friends. There were many bautlful floral tributes. At the conclusion of the services the body was conveyed to" VVoodlawn ceme- 1 tery where it was laid at rest. The pall bearers were J. H. Rowand. A. G. Martin, J. E. Anderson, 0. F. Jenkins, C. H. Jenkins and Dr. L. D. Howard. 1 The death of Mrs. Abbott occurred 1 on Tuesdny evening at half after eight o'clock at Cook hospital where she had been a patient since Monday, ' on that day having underwent a se- 1 vere surgical operation for a eompli- 1 cation of diseases from which she had 1 ben very ill for seevral weks. For several hours following the operation her condition was regarded as satisfactory but several hours before her : death it was known that she was sink- 1 ing rapidly. , Mrs. Abbott was formerly Miss Co- i lurabia McKlnney a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Johit S. McKlnney. She was united in marriage with Lee i Roy Abbott, a brother of the Misses Alice and Amanda Abbott of this city, his death occufring a number of years ago. Of the children born to the un- < Ion four survive, namely, Roscoe M. Abbott, ot Kingwood; Mrs. Sidney Reynolds, the Misses Mary and Ieora Abbott ot this city. She eldest son, Robert Ieroy Abbtt, died a number ot years ago. Two brothers, 0. S. McKlnney and Clark McKinney, also survive. The death of Mrs. Abbott cast a gloom over a wide circle of friends in the city and the deepest sympathy : was expressed on every hand for the bereaved family. Mrs. Abbott was a splendid friend and neighbor and an unusually devoted mother. She was the object of the tenderest care and devotion on the part of her children to whom her death came as a severe affliction. A number of relatives were hero for tbe funeral services. Wrong Again. One might think (but would be dead wrong If be did) that hams are cured by a veterinary surgeon. .] f ut Yet Valuable Use t i fit LAL | ? warn L TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EATTO FRENCH ONES HID AGAINST ASSAULT Germans Used Gas and the Fighting Was of Bloody Character. Desperate attempts by the Germans to push back the French from the van;age ground won In the recent attack by Genoral Potain's forces in the, L.'hani])flgne region, have been renewed.; As a whole the French line remained Intact under the successive severe blows dealt it early today in a sustained effort of extremely violent and san;uinary character, gas being freely employed. The front was dented at only one Qtui lii?I KhVhtlv thi? Crown Prince's troops gaining a footing in =01110 advanced trenches northeast of Mont limit. Along the British line In France comparative (|uict continues, broken into <nly by trench raids. Increasing artillery activity from the Arras front Is : reported today, the big guns on both sides have started up agaiu in somewhat lively fashion near fluiiecoiirt uid further north along the Scarpc, ?ast of Arras. The political situation in Spain is leing closely watched particularly in vitw of today's newspaper announcement in Madrid that the constitutional i.uarantees would shortly again be suspended. Former Premier Romanone is ijuoted as declar'ng that conditions In the country is known to he suffering keenly in a general economic way from liie war. as well as directly from submarine 'Inning were becoming graver i very hour. PALATINE III r "n m 1 impressive ceremony took PJace on the Summit Yesterday. As shouts of patriotism burst from tho throats of hundreds of loyal citizens of Marion county, the largest flag in West Virginia was unfurled from a ninety foot pole on the top most summit of Palatine Knob yesterday afternoon at 1:30 and as he stars and stripes unfurled the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner" were wafted on the breezes by the First I Vest Virginia Ilnfantry band and two companies of First West Virginia In-1 rantry stood at attention. Shortly after the crowd had assembled the flag tied with twine was lift-1 ed to the lop of the pole where a lineman placed it in position. A commit , e selected from the William Haymond Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, composed of past regents and officers of the chapter, namely, Mesdames George DeBoit, H. U. Stoetzer, w. h. uonaway aim a,, r. Hartley, pulled the cord, atached to the flap;, which unloosened from its bindings, fluttered, unfurled and spread to the breezes. Hollowing the unfurling of the flag Mrs. DcBolt as a representative of I he Daughters of the American Revolu-, tion, recited a poem appropriate to the occasion in her usual charming man-1 ncr. Mayor Rowen in a few patriotic' words introduced Hon. W. S. Meredith I and right royaly did Judge Meredith do honor not only to the occasion but1 to himself as well, when in a few brief sentences he outlined the history of the flag, the loyalty we owe to it* and j to ourselves in this great crisis whfch I Is confronting the nation. Judge Mere-1 dith concluded his remarks with the j recital of Joseph Rodman Drake's fa-! nous poem "When Freedom From Her Mountain Height Unfurled Her Standard to the Air" etc. He was roundly applauded. i Mayor Bowen then introduced Captain Thomas B. Reed, a veteraa of the Civil war, who read a stanza of "The Star Spangled Banner" nd as the ceremonies were concluded proposed three cheers for Old Glory which were enthusiastically given. The ceremonies Incident to the raising of the flag were decidedly impresstvn anil the nrAsenre of the aODroxi mately two hundred khaki clad .soldiers added dignity and seriousness to the occasion. As the BOldiers left the Knob, crowdB of admiring cltizonB watched with Interest their splen-1 did bearing and manly tread. Among the distinguished visitors who climbed the Knob yesterday to witness the ceremonies were Congressman Henry T. Ralnoy of Illinois, who expressed himself as delighted with the magnifielent scenry the view of which is obtained from the Knob. The flag unfurled yesterday was the wlft of former U. S. Senator Clarence W. Watson while the flag staff was donated by S. L. Watson. -It is the intention to construct a road way leading to the Knob's summit and to place benches around it thus making a park. 2 Sale Ad-One Cent ? 1 .. a| is set mm agist one i i fill ii it i ????? At Least Ten People A 10 S. i,I;l PI WY DlAfe^H t i i tt* ? ' roan (By Associated Press) ill Missouri ami south Illinois yesMirday caused the death of ten persons ami injury of 50 or more, according fa) advices today lrom various communis, lies over wliich the storm passed, < .;-:j At Mineral Point, Missouri, lour 1 <;iH ivcii allied and 110 Injured. At Palmtop H three are known to be dead and a number injured and at Eye, one man kiUe<LvAa|j In Alexander county Illinois, two men killed and another one hurt. Four oUtcr Missouri towns, Uranlievtlle, H Torrcn, Dlehlfladt and Bismarck were^? reported struck by the storm but definite information has not yet those points. An antouiatic block signal on th?9 Iron Mountain railroad near Mineral*.'^ Point put into operation by the wlnd. J warned a Memphis-St. Louis train ffraaH rying 400 passengers who watcbcld the storm destroy a village and than gave aid to the injured. The victims were H placed on the train and taken to De-- J Soto where they were cared for at tire Scores of negroes at Mlnentl Poim^M aided in the rescue work according to Conductor tlragg, of the Memphis-St, Louis train. A nutuhor of freaks are report thrill.Yy race with a toruaao was woffl j by the engineer of a Missouri and, J Bonno Terresa railroad near Mineral i lJoint who possibly saved lives of 100 | passengers. When the twister became visible the conductor ordered the enjffifw! neer to put on full steam in an effort to | out run it. The storm followed the | train more than a utile before it chaaj|. ' A I.iberty Bond window at the J. Hartley and Son Co. department stOMr'?>1 attracted considerable attention yesterday from the crowds that thronged the "3; streets from early morning till late last night. The central figure was a mod ern Goddess of . Liberty bearing aloft J a car on which were inscribed thp words, "If Vou Can't Fight/Buy a LH^aj erty Bond." American flags and syin?j| bols floated over the figure while the i flags of England, France and Italy, .J were also displayed. The Hartley storo has established a Liberty bond OfCC#.'^ on the second floor and is taking subscriptions for the bond issue. . ' For Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A remarkable sale of Men'??ra and Women's Low Shoes?aimo?t'j?a 500 pairs to go on sale at very low'jlg prictts at < j.| This is the last week In whlcS^cffl you can pay your 1916 taxei.r,i$l and avoid having them appear"',*] on the delinquent list. Don't <bw|l a "slacker". Help support yotnpM government Do ybur bit b]F:?| paying promptly. Office open .1 evenings. T7i_. oi ! ? ux-oiieiw^t^fH ^WLr_r -,.n_r _r_-_-jW - - - r, H Notice |f^H Taxpayers We are now making up the 1911 I delinquent tax list tor pubUMtlflgpiS June 1.1917. Those who owetaxetLj should come In and par at'?raB| and save cost ot publication. vj?H| flee Monroe Street. mm J. R. MILLER, Treagufleipfl : a Word mI -1