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irw fforthern West Virginia's Greatest a'ew??taper Established ibja member associated press. fairmont, west Virginia, Wednesday evening, September 19,1917. today's news today price three centos IMOVEMEN f 3 PAST HI CHIEFS AT K. G. E. state mm Chas. E- Gaskill, of Fair ! y- mont, Numbered Among I Them. 1 LOYAL 10 PRESIDEITl Sick Benefits Total Almost $10,000 ? Wheeling Wants Next Session. i J Three past supreme chiels of t're | Knights ot the Li olden Eagle are a'.-j tending the thirtieth annual sea-ion | v. ot the Grand Cast.e ol West Virgmm,' which is meeting in Fairmont to uy . \ and tomorrow, they being Cliailes i. v [ Gaskill, ot Fairmont, itictiato UV.d* and T. H. Clay, both of liuntingto.-. There are lull' delegates pieseut I Aside trom passing a resolution . f loyilty to the hag and urging us inert j berg to stand by the t'resmeni the j opening session this uiurinug >vis devoted chiefly to tortnalities. The sessions, which v.ill .milout this afternoon and tomorrow are being held in the Fleming bunning S. J. Ellete, ol lluiniiigi ,.i the gru j , chief, is the presiuing rllieer. lie "I address of welcome was delivered j.' Mayor Bowen in well chosen woi js j Resopnses were made o> dupr.ia; Chief Richard Worn.a, of iluiil.ngt.n jA PaBt Grand Chicl 11. Iv ...m o. Km-; mont, and Graud Cuiei a a. u.uet-, <n i Unntlnolnn Tliu tiirm uliini .. uw |iVr i ilUUHUOvu"" ? ,IUM?.l?nml "V." I Rev. C. E. Good win. pastoi ol Eim A M. E. church. ?r Grand Lodge was opened in in mi | 18tic form. Seventeen pusi omuls w. re i instructed In the Glum. Kodge De-1 gree. According to me icpoa oi *c. Grand Master oi Records, .. ?i. t my, of Huntington, me ncni.K.ouip oi Urn I Grand Lodge is U.uuo. i tie van jus castles of the State nave $ih),uuu in-1 vested and combined they are wirtuj 160,000. During lUe year ine loiai n.y j ney paid out lor sick benefits ?ut. i $0700. Reports were uisu maue by tue j grand chiet ana Urauu Keeper oi the Exchequer Edward Kyle, oi Hunting ton. The real important uuaiiiess oi tile ! t Session will come up tomorrow w ie:i ; a ne wconslitution and oy-iaws will in all probability be adoptee aud ol- | fleers of the L/nnd Louge \>m be et .cited for the ensuing'year, me siutei of officers is expected to be electee and no opposition is conlumpia'.ed. Thus far Wheeling is the oniy city out for the convention next year. The Fairmont committee arra.goments for this meeting is coiup.? eo of W. A. Crowe. ' uaries E. CasMll. past supreme mei. am* - 'l Musgrove. Tonight the delegate < will uolrt a banquet, meeting at the lodge hall before the iestivitie. incident to the meutiug ui the Grnuc Lodge of the Golden Eagles the woman's branch?the Grain, temple oi the Ladies ol the Golden Eagle are meeting today auu tomorrow in Modern Woodmen nail in Faiiiuoni, in its seventeenth annual convention. There ! are seventy-live delegates present Mrs. Fannie Caution, ui Huntington, the grand templar is presiding, inis morning the credentials ci the dele- ; I gates were exauiincu anil tourtesn past templars were given I he Grand Tomple degree. The order is l.'luc j strong In West Virginia. Officers will I be elected tomorrow, only roui'ue business will lie transacted at :h!r, year's session. City Hall Notes Pllcemen Seamon, Holt, Boggess, and Woodward are attending the sesslon ot the Federal Court at Martins? burg. Miss Minnie Poling, scretary tor nu-i. AIU?-? j ?- - *" - w vii/ viwft Aiucu o. ivututt wui leave | N at 6:20 o'clock this afternoon (or HA Philippl where she will atend thet HI funeral services of her aged grandH father, J. D. C. Thompson. With four of the regular members of the Fairmont police force off duty H) the staff is just a little shy at present. HA Policemen Ford and Carl Kerns have nf both returned and are taking care of KS things at night. There is but one prisoner in the city jail and this is Addison White, the col fl ored lad who was found guilty of bootR\ 'legging. K \ " William Wilson, of Elkins, W. Va? M) piotored through Fairmont yesterday Ki ' on his way to West Virginia university Hi/ at Morgantown where he is enrolling HA gs an agricultural stud-nt. fj | Read The A( I OF SEI NEW (iRK^K MINISTER | Copyright Underwood & Underwood After an interval of four years, during which that country lias had no minister In the United States, Greece lias at last sent a new minister to the United States. He is George Koussos and he arrived recently to assume his new duties. Mr. Rousssos when questioned on his arrival predicted that the entire Greek army would be in the war within three months. JIM JOOGE VINCENT'S COin . I intermediate Court Will Be-|( gin Its October Sitting October 16. , lnteimediate court will hold a ses- 5 siou on Tuesday, October 1U, but the jurors will not report until October t i'he Hollowing list of Jurors has been druwn by the jury commission-) ; ers ot the intermediate court for the: 1 October term: - II Fairmont district?VV. Chambers,! i Samuel Kopp, Sam Boelim, Walter j Mason, Louis T. Janes, J. J. Talking-' ton, Stanley F. Buyers, L. . Bennett, , 0. Richard Hall, Gleen B. Hamilton,!1 !T. A. Farley, L>. P. Kennedy. H. H. ; Staggers, R C. Jones. i'aw Paw?W. M. Mason, Frank | Wilson, F. S. ltadcliffe, O. N. Mus! grove. Mannington?Geo. B. Sturm, W. H. i ilibbs, B. F. lluey, J. . Robey, ' Lawrence Musgrove, 1. W. Tapp, Johu N. Rice, W. P. Richardson. | Union?W R. Baiubridge, W. S. i Thomas, Austin Stealey, T. M. Lake, P. B. Swearingen, Linn Courtney. Grant?A. C. Meredith, William Lan-j ham, J. W. Wolf. Fred T. Kenner, J. A. Haught. Lincoln?Roland Russell, John Vin* cent. F. B. Hayes, Fiery Glover, Newton Jones, H. C. Moore. Winfield?S M. Ferrell, K. Q. Musgrove. Two Traffic Cases Before Mayor Today Two traffic law violators were ba| tore Mayor Bowen thiB morning. One I was dismissed and the other given a | fine amounting to five dollars. ; Albert Jamison a young lad who was before Mayor Bowen only a few days ago charged with violating the vagrancy law was up this morning for careless driving. He was charged with driving his car bn some of the local side walks in a careless manner. He was given a fine of five dollars ana dismissed. A. E. Rownd was arrested this mornin gby Chief Harr charged with passin ga street car at the corner of Main ' street and Cleevland avenue. There was no evidence thai he actually bad violated the law and he was dismissed. Company Acquires Some Coal Rights Among the deeds recorded by County Clerk Martin Tuesday afternoon ' was one from Z. G. Morgan to The Fairmont & Cleveland Coal Company. It conveys all the Sewickly and JVJhpleton vein of coal and mining rights and privileges for the removal of same. The tract of land lies along the Monongahela river in Paw Paw district. The consideration is $5.00. ivertisments---The St OOND QUI MED 11 J M MEN ID BE QUITE INFORMAL ? Fairmont's Quota To Go On y Special Train Leaving. Wheeling. FEAST AT1HTY.SLC.A. C , . Short Talks By Prominent g Citizens Will Be a Feature. At a farewell dinner given by the Fairmont Chapter of the Red Cross in lehalf of the citizens of Fairmont, the ocal people will say farewell to the w 10 young men who will leave the city fo tomorrow evening for Camp Lee at m Petersburg, Va. Each of the honor cc tuests will have the privilege of in- M Ring two of his friends to attend the bt linner which will take place at the at f. M. C. A. fr It is not the purpose of those in '? harge to organize any formal march cc tfter the dinner has been served. All if the friends of tho departing boys t0 who wish to march to the train may lo so by falling in line at First street ?' titer the dinner. cc Captain White of the local draft board has been out of town for the ? past several days and has not made J; tny statement as to the time the men will assemble for roll call in the norninS. It is understood however lhat the men will assemble at nine Vclock for the first roll call. Again tt three they will be recalled. Prompt- s' y at a o'clock the dinner will be served it the V. M. ('. A. Invitations for the linner were sent out yesterday. d! CC The toastmaster of the evening will >o Major Henry S. Lively, with tho , following prominent citizens giving .. ibbreviated talks: Mayor Anthony * Howen, Captain Kemble White, Lion, ^i, Ira L. Smith, Rev. Dr. Herman G. , Stoetzer and Prof. Joseph Rosier. Immediately after the dinner a line at march will be formed and the young g men will march with their friends to Ihe railroad station. As each of the q young men march from tho building they will be presented with a box con- j,, taining a lunch to eat on the train. " m The train on which the young men e< will le;?.e is scheduled to arrive in Fairmont at 6:25 p. m. it is made iln in Whpplinc and wilt hrinp thp 1.. drafted boys from Moundsville, Man-Ia] nington and other town along the c? line. tl The young men who have been draft ic ed from the Marion County Draft p Board No. 2 will assemble at Manning- ol ton, leaving that town at 5:50 p. m. ir The citizens of Mannington will give the men that go from there a farewell b in the afternoon before they depart. B| The young men who go from Fair- ni mont are: tl HOMER C. TOOTHMAN I> ISAAC RICHARDS w CLAYTON CAMPBELL <1 GEORGE ROSCOE BARNES HOMER FRANCIS BARNES . t EMERY WHEELER TOWNSEND V HARRY ROBERT LEAF HARRY CLEMENS ORV1LLE L. NAY LONN1E ALVIN GREATHOUSE JOHN EWING RAGER HOWARD LESLIE HOUGH 11 NEZER HAWKINS ri FAY MARTIN DONHAM 21 DOLPH MARKS L LESLIE EARL McWHORTER FREDERICK R. HEINTZLEMAN S VERN WIBEL V OSCAR WILDS HARR R ROBERT JOHN WEST A JOHN FOREST DEBOLT 5' CLARK HOWARD GR8SS N ANGELO BARR N CHARLES LAMBIOTTE a: ALBERT PETER RUPPEL EDGAR LEE MOORE tl JOSEPH CURLEY h ARCH WILLIAM ADAMS a JAMES M'SEVENEY KNOX FRED MUELLER JAMISON H JACK W. HEINTZELMAN N Legal Scrap Over J Hinkle Property I Before Justice Conaway Mrs. 8. Nelninger, of Fairmont, has been pros- j, ecutcd on a charge of larceny of a 3tep 0 ladder, valued at $6, a mirror valued f; at $6 and a clothes brush valued at }1 k and one and a half dozen glass Jars, rr The prosecutrix Is Mrs. Rosa Tucker. It appears that a warrant was Issued t< against Mrs.' Nelninger for rent due w on the Nelninger hotel in Jackson n street and the parties agreed that a' she should retain certain belongings, tl Now Mrs. Tucker, the new lessee of the House, brings this action to recover thes chattels,.as she Is respon- ic slble for the property. si ores Are Full of Neu - LWyW OTA 10 in 11 STARTED a K:- , ? rill Pick Up Men From Counties Alcr.i, itie Road. AMPS READY FOR HEM Jut They Will Get Only Part of the Equipment of a Soldier Now. (Associated Pres:) PARKERSBURG, Sept. 19.?Al lecial train beailnf; a number of' 'est Virginia selected men left here r Camp Lee at Petersburg, Va.. jthis orning. Men from Ripley, Jackson mnty. Spencer. Roane county. St. arys, Piasants county and Elf?u-j h, Wirt county, came to this city I id boarded the special train. Men om Iliechle, Calhoun, Harrison, Tayr, Upshur, Barbour, and Doddridge mnties were to join the tran at lints enroute. in all 421 men were make up the train The men were given rousing send Ts from each county seat. Wood mnty in which Parkersburg is lotted, was not required to furnish ly men 011 the first call as the coun' has furnished its quota in cnlistent The men will go into training Camp Lee Thursday. CAMP LEE. Petersburg. Va. Sept. ?Examination of the men of the icond quota selected for the Nationarmy from Virginia. West Virginia id western Pennsylvania began toty with the arrival of a Virginia mtingent. The Richmond quota "paraded the ty Btreet led by the Forty-seventh ew York Regimene band before iming to camp. About 3,000 men ere expected today the remainder ! the forty per cent due later. CAMP SHERMAN, Cliillieothe. O.. ept. 19?The second contingent of; I per cene of the drafted men from | hio and Western Pennsylvania be- j in arriving at the Cantonement ire today and by Saturday night ore than 15,000 men will have loini the camp organization. WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.?Three' undred thousand men of the Nation. army today are on their way to 16 intonements to undergo an intensive ainin gperiod preparatory for sere over sea. Today's increment reresents approximately 45 per cent [ the total quota under the first call win 11i_u11y u,u?u cacuiimiuii uuuiua. Because of obstacle* encountered y the War departmen in procuring applies it is probable some o? the ten will be only partly equipped on teir arrival. No attempt to comletely outfit them for war service ill be made till just prior to th'eir eparture for France. -? V. C, T. U. Selects State Delegates Delegates to the state convention of te W. C. T. U. were named at the sgular meeting of the local organ! ition held last evening at the Public ibrary parlors: The delegates nan d were Mrs. Elizabeth Dent, Mrs allie Menear. Mrs. J. S. Pollltt, Mrs. /. E. Arnett, Mrs. J. T. Altman, Mrs. ichard Gilkeson. Mrs. C. E. McCoy. Iternates were named as follows: irs. S. E. Miller. Mrs. W. D. Evans, Irs. J. S. Hess. Mrs. P. B. Swearingen, ira. John Yost. Grs. George Ciark nd Mrs. Hennen. The reports of the committee on le year's work was read. The union as a membership of 1 AS paid up tembers. The annual convention meets :n tuntington October 30 and 31 enj ovember 1. I J. Jenkins Dies it Morgantown Home Notice was received in Fairmont tiiB afternoon of the death of J. J. Bnkins of Morgantown after an illness t about one year. Mr. Jenkins is the ither of O. S. Jenkins and C. H. Jenins, both prominent residents of Fairlont. J. J. Jenkins has resided in Morganawn for about twenty years and Is ell known in that section. The fueral will he held from the residenc t Morgantown tomorrow afternoon at aree o'clock. W. E. Watson who had been crit:ally ill at his home at Smlthtown Is Imewhat Improved at this time. > Things And Adver CAMP IS NEW FRENCH PREM !H?!1 ' 1 >"" < ? 1 'jut1, " ? ' * - - . ;.|r %?<:::'* . \ I"; ' . This new photograph which has just Painleve, the new Premier of France an the British armies in France, Painleve the right. M. Painleve was formerly really wonderful record in that difficult iSMf 1IEMUM City Health Officer Is Taking Post Graduate Course at Johns Hopkins. City Health Officer Chesney M. Ramage was in Fairmont today looking af ter the health conditions of the cty. Dr. Ramage has been at John Hopkinc Hospital at Baltimore for1 the past month taking a post graduate course in brain arid hone surgery. Ho will return to Baltimore late this evening or tomorrow morning where it will take him about one more mouth to complete his course. During his absence the health affairs of the ctiy have beeu in charge of 1 Dr. H. L. Criss. Upon Dr. Ramage's return to Fairmont which will be about the latter part of October, he will begin a more extensive practice in surgery. He is very forunate in that Dr. W. E. Eddy, the resident surgeon at Johns Hopk'ns wa3 one of his class mates in the lillo class that graduated from Johns Houkins. ? . Helen Run Coal Co. Secures Coal Land By lease the Helen Run Coal Company today acquired the Sewickley coal rights on a tract ot land in Lin- f coin district (rom James \V. Davis, et ux., Lon H. Davis, et ux.. Charles S. Davis, et ux., Tacie S. Davis, her nasband, Willie Downs and Claude L. Davis, for ?1,000 and other valuable considerations. The tract contains 54.19 acres. The company is to provide an expert engineer and the Davises arc to receive ten cents per ton ot 200 pounds on each ton mined. J, D, G. Thompson Dies Near Philippi J. D. C. Thompson, aged about 91 years, died at his home near Philippi this morning after a long illness. Mr. Thompson is well known in this 3?c tion of tie state, and especially so among the pioneer residents of the county. His funeral will be conducted at Philippi tomorrow with the Rev. C. D. Mtichell of this city in charge. lEAii'S ABOUT COMPLETE According to the records of County Superintedent of schools Homer C. Toothman today there are 397 teachers enrolled for the coming term in Marion county. The teachers are distributed among the districts of the county as follows: Fairmont, 15; Grant, 33; Lincoln, 6S; Mannington, 84; Paw Paw, 51; Union, 19; Wlnfield. 22; Fairmont Independent, 90; Union Independent, 25; total 327. In a large percentage of cases the districts have their full quota of teachers, although there are two exceptions. The numbers are not complete in the teaching force of Union district, which lacks five and Wlnfield District, which is shy two. tising Merchants Set ; IN Fill! IER AND GEN. HAIG j u.-i > ;?< {".. j. UM.WII?W|?WWB I ' KH .-* } w?p5p&i-*^Rn ' v I-: ?' jn ts BK *11388? arrived on this side shows Pauline id Field Marshal Haig in command of on the right and General Haig on French minister of war and made a post. BOSOM OF MIH . 2 Lincoln District Teachers 1 Attended Lectures While Camping Out. The teachers of Lincoln district numbering approximately 65 are holding their second annual camp at this time in Joliffe's grove near Farmington. The first annual camp was held last year under the direction of district superintendent .Phillip M. Oonley and j so successful was the affair that it wus voted to make it an annual camp. The camp will last three days and i prominent educators of the state will address the teachers. City Supe-iutendeut of Schools Otis G. Wilson will address the camp tomorrow morning ! and in the evening will go to Hundred j where he will address a gathering 01 teachers of that community. Tomorrow evening President Joseph Rosier of the Fairmont State Normal school will address the Lincoln district teach ers camp as will also Prof. Walter Barnes of the English department ot the Normal. This meeting is a camp, literally, sleeping quarters are provided for the young women in a pavillion in the grove whife the young men occupy tents situated in the grove. Men's are served on the grounds and recreation ol' all kinds is provided. The morning and evening sessions are taken up with addresses anil in-1 structions of various kinds and a pa: t of the afternoon is given over to recreation, such as swimming, boating, games, etc. The schools of Lincoln district will open next Monday and an unusually large enrollment is expected in these srhnnlK I New Teachers To Meet This Afternoon A get-to-gether meeting for the new teachers who teach for the first lime this year in the public schobls of the city, will he held this afternoon at lour o'clock in the Butcher school building. Superintendent Otis G. Wilson will preside at the meeting and (he purpose of the meeting is to give the new teachers instructions along certain administrative lines necessary to the growth of the schools. There are 1" new teachers In the local schools this year. A meeting of teachers was held yesterday in the Butcher school which was wel attended. Poli Quarantines Off In the State County Health Officer L. N. Yost received the following statement from S. L. Jepson, the state health commissioner regarding the poliomyelitis quarantine: PROCLAMATION "The situation as to infantile paraly sis naving recently greauy improvsu, only five cases having been reported from the whole state during the week ending September 15th. exercising tno authority conferred by law on this department, all quarantine restrictions against travel heretofore Imposed by j any local board of health or by "he State Healh Department are hermy | declared removed. S. L. JEPSON. State Health Commissioner, j 1 Cheaper Than Non ^ iltior I EiOLlMENT HI NORMAL SCHOOL ' ' " '-'M First Chapel Experiences At School Were Held This Morning. * ????? t ^ r I I IIn Tft Tlir ATlldPIIVA IALU IU intSIIWHIS I Enrollment for the First 1 Day Was 185 and More Are Coming. ' H With IS", students enrolled for the 1 first day an increase of some thlrtffive or forty over that of last year, and with prospects of a Urge enroll, ment by the last of the week, the Fair, mont State Normal school started off today with bright prospects of a banner year. v>,?5gjjSM President Joseph Rosier predicts excellent work for the school year of 1917-17. More counties In the state have representatives enrolled at ths ichool than heretofore and the Northern part of West Virginia contributed liberally to the student body. There has been a material dropping '9 off in the enrollment of the High school classes or lower grades of the .J Normal and a decided picking up In * the higher grade work. Owing to the fact that after this year the High ichool grades will be dropped, because the local High schools provide ad? nuate facilities to carry on this work, |1 this is decidedly gratifying to the school officials. The first chapel exercises of the year i$l were held this morning at .11: iB o'clock and was attended by the atuiont body, the faculty .anil. saveraLJfi- ' ;ja Itors from the city. Talks were given by the members of the faculty outlln- fl y Ing the work to be carried on' fluting * I he year. ijin. J Men Showed Much Enthusi asm During Their First Meeting. Candidates for the Fairmont .high school football eleven assembled at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday evening and talked over plans for the 1917 fe J team. There was a good turnout o{ the candidates and Coach Moore was well pleased with the enthusiasm that was shown. After making plans t? practice, talking over the 1917 sctied- .... ule and getting the positions that j each candidate was trying for, ttja evening was devoted to blackboard work. The first plays were worked out and the candidates went away V 23 with much added knowledge of the 1 Another successful practice was held yesterday afternoon with several ad- ' ditional candidates showing up. TtU men trying lor the team are at South Side Park again this afternoon. They will be at practice every day this Frances Daugherty S Dies At Mononerah I Frances Daugherty, aged 12 years, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrr Chas. Daugherty, died last evening at si* o'clock at the home of her aunt Mrs. T. J. Shackleford, near Mono fii gah. Gastric fever was the cause oS her death. Mf. and Mrs. Daugherty, parents of the young girl died eight ? years ago and since that time she had resided with her aunt. - She was a bright attractive girl and her death is deeply deplored by relatives and jf?' friends. Several sisters and brothers survive. -.gKSnii A brief funeral service will be held "'' tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock from th< M. P. church a1 Monongah. conducted by Rev. M. Lawson of this city, formerly of Monongah. The botjyv" i $ will be taken to Enterprise for "interment by Undertaker Cunningham, 3 Laborers Wanted [ in Select and Shipping Dept. Apply OWENS BOTTLE \ . MACHINE CO. -Advertisers