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ALI I SITUATIC TA TU1 & IlAJ [?,. V Both on Land and Sea and There Are Expressions of Confidence in London. j FLEET SLOWLY CREEPING Toward Constantinople and the Germans Retire from North ern Part of Poland. LONDON^ Mar. 10.?As Lngland sees it not since the war began has been more favorable to the allies the situation, both on land and sea. than it is today. Confident opinions of this nature are finding constant expression in London. Slowly, but surely, it is argued, "the allied fleet is creeping toward Constantinople and thus opening another road ,to Berlin: retirement of Fiajld Marshal von Hindenburg's army from north Poland is said .to lift imminent bv manv Brit . 1sh observers of affairs; in the "West I* the allies claim the ascendency all j along the line, although no decisive engagements are being fought, while y In the Balkans and in Italy, occordIng to British interpretations of the political news from these countries the majority is clamoring for intervention on the side of the allies. This . is said to be notably true in Greece \ and Roumania. in spite* of the fact that the governments of these couu], tries still cling outwardly to the polj; icy of neutrality. I The crisis" in Greece seems temporarily to hare been bridged with the formation or a new cabinet, but "whether the new cabinet can conV t'rol the chamber o? deputies is causing much speculation here. Though \ f officially denied It is reported that a I ministerial crisis has arisen in BulI garia, where the premier opposing J intervention w'as opposed by King E > Ferdinand, tt Is said that the Bulry . garian prime minister stepped from I the office at the same time Greece's ft leading statesman retired. Paris of>2-: nWliir fnn-firmpfl tirtiif l.iimlnn hpsri! uh officiary last night, namely that the superd read naught, Queen Elizabeth, slipped into the Dardanelles proper op Monday and bombarded the Turkish forts, another of which an the " European side has been partly ,, demolished. Correspondents at Petrograd of English newspapers_ say the German J -failure to reduce the Russian's fort,< :ess of Ossowetz, together, with the reported German deTeat at Grodno and Przasnysz, means the definite abandonment of the German offensive In nor*U Poland, thus making, in the opinion of these correspondents. von Mindenburg's rush over i the frontier another costly failure. The Germans, though unable to advance in Russia, are reported to be I , linlrlinP 11 1 i ii e* cavoo thirlv niiloc ? M i *.?*?* u i ti< v ?" v M i vuiA % jr vw hind the extreme limit of their forV ward dash of a month ago. In cen' *tral Poland, both the Russians and ji the Germans are attacking alternateKly, "with no appreciable change in the situation bei'ne made. The same I. lc true, in the Carpathian mountains and generally along the western | I front in France and Belgium. I TURKS SLOWLY RETREAT BEFORE THE RUSSIANS V J R&. W ' ' ' V ?*Y ASSOCIATCO TJFLIS, Trans-Caucasia, via Petro\ grad and Ivondon. .Mar. 10.?The Turkish forces and the Kurds, who have been concentrated in the district i. of Khoi in northwestern Persia, are V slowly being forced by the Russians to retreat to the southward: Russian forces already have come into po.sl session of several villages in which Turkish troops had been quartered. Information reaching here is that a large number ot Armenians who remained in Urumiah, a city in Persian Armenia, were placed under the proh tcctlon of the American consular ot* hcials. 1 NO PERSONA I EXCEPT F i n a ka a a f d r\ n rv% rt m n m 111 uic iti<xnci. ui rci itictiieiit Highway Route to the ^ Town of Bridgeport. IT (By John C. Johnson.) Somebody, name unknown, take? occasion to criticize a little article published in the Telegram written by myself. The writers of the various Kr Mount Ararat articles seem to wish to secret their authorship and the ocily thing in Mr. Voter's article is W en attack upon my veracity. In St other words-? in plain Knglish?-that 'you are a liar." My little holdings consist of one hundred and twenty Te'et on one side of the road in the village of Bridgeport upon .which.the r.rasselli routefwould pass, while on K the Pike route 1 control four hun tired feet on one side of t.ho pike and I two hundred feet on the other. It would not make any difference to me as to nay holdings which rout V was taken. As to the ownership of the.lapd on the pike, we {come to the mijk farm P; of Mr. Duffy, consisting of one hunm dred acres; npd the milk farm oi I Mr. Sturm nT possibly , one hundred )N IS MOS EM NOW | GERM A NEW - ti Ship No Sooner Anchors There Than a United States Guard Ship Begins a Vigil. TO PRESERVE~NEUTRALITY 1 May Get Longer Respite Than Usual for Purpose of Undergoing Rejairs. for associated stress) MEJWPipiRJT NEWS, Va.f Jlar. 10.? The German auxiliary -cruiser, Prinz Eitel Friederich arrived hero today presumably for coal and supplies. It also is said to he in nped of repairs and may intern here. It is reported to have 32<j French and Russian prisoners oi' war aboard. The auxiliary cruiser, Prinz Eitel Fricdrich. started out on its career as a warship from Tsing-Tau. It formerly was a regular liner of the North German Lloyd. It reached Tsing-Tau shortly after the outbreak of hostilities and the German marine authorities at that port equipped it. with naval guns and turned it into an auxiliary cruiser. No sooner had the Prinz Eitel an {chored than the United States coast guard ship, Onondaga. went alongside to take up its war.cn to preserve the neutrality of the United States until officials at Washington decide what shall be done with the ship Scarred by the red rust and salt of Us months at sea, the German auxiliary was painted white on one side and black on the other. It. was reported in marine cirtaJes I th:iT tho Prin7 PMtol ha/I .hann i>ha?o/1 to the three mile limit by a British cruiser, hut us the German, captain had sealed the lips of ills officers it was not confivmed. Within an hour a'tfer the Prints Kite1, had arrived in Humprton Roads a request was made-to the ,Newport. News Shipbuilding and. Dry .Dock Company for information whether the concern could at once begin work on repairs. The shipbuilding company immediately communicated the request to the navy department at Washington and asked whether the United States would have any objection. j Rear Admiral Beucty, commanding ithe Norfolk navy yard, after reporting the arrival of the German cruiser, received instructions from Secretary Daniels to make an investigation aud send him a full report. #ni_ _ j ? * ? * me cupiaiu or xne American sailing ship, William Frye, and his wife are said also to be on board the German cruiser. The Frye, commanded by Captain Kielne sailed from Seattle November 6 for Queenstowu and has not been reported since it passed Tatoosh. Washington, the following day. While details, are lacking. it is said the Frye was one of the ships sent to the bottom by the Prinz Eitel. Wiih-Captain Kielne and his wife are other members of the crew. SHIP CAN NOT STAY THERE SO VERY LONG ( r associated pnci?i WASHINGTON. March 10.?According to the doctrine laid down by the American government in other cases, similar to the Prinz Eitel Friedrich. the collector of customs at Norfolk must give the commander of the German ship twenty-four hours from the time of his arrival to talis on coal and provisions. If the ship needs repairing, however, .it _has a longer respite. Eliuore Burr, of Fairmont, was visitlug friends in the city yesterday. L FEELING" PUBLIC GOOD ' -.vrH-v ' ? *^L-'< '->-V ' '.'rf t."-Tw/vv^: r.>Jfi%5v * unci sixty acres, also used for the production of milk. Mr. Sturm is a nice gentleman and a brother of one of the county commissioners. Then we come to the great Mountain View dairy, properly named. It is so high i that you can sec haurel Hill on the east and all the surrounding country. This farm begins east of the i second mile stone and extends -westward beyond the third mile stone, exclusively devoted to the production of lacteal fluid. Not far from this we come to the double crossing, the most dangerous crossing on any railroad that we know of. Many accidents in the lust sixty years hare occurred there. That we wish to avoid. As tc i the Grasselli route. It is conceded that a good route to Grasselli would ac. commodate all the people living in Simpson district-for a distance oi ; nine milesvto the Barbour county line , passing through a most. producUvf , and fertile country. As against a hall rozen families on the pike route, the Grasselli route would pass thf residences of possibly twenty-fiv* . hundred people. We have no por sonal feeling in this ihuuer-wbatevei except the public good. MC T FAVOR. SINCE WA N CRU/S 9ORT NE b MANY MADF *3> A ON THE CLA 4. For Appointment as Postmas- ? ters in the State Resulting from Examinations. . ( . # HrlflAL TO ;H? T[|.tl.9?i? ; ! WASHINGTON. March 10.?An other long list of fourth class postMasters in West Virginia has been placed on the classified list, after sue- . tessfully passing civil service exami- ! nations. Among them are the follow5 11 e: ' In Mason county?Wellington W. 1 Cornwell, Glen wood; Lizzie Zuspan,!; Hei^htd; Mrs. Eleanor M. Van Meter, ; lieale; George Grimm, Grimms Landing; Harry G. Porter, Ben Lemond; < (merles' H. Hayiuan, Mercers Bottom. In McDowell county?Herman L. ; Tutwiler. Roderfield. i In Kanawha county?J. C. Grvines, 1 Wake Forest. In Greenbrier county?John J. ' Perry, Sue: J. Watson Deiiz, Hutter- , , villo; John A. Littlepage, Ashbury; ' James L. Blaker. Blakers' IN!ills; John M. Ferrell, Clintonvillc; Henry , O. Suttle, Cornstalk; Dora B. Thrash- ' er. Due: William A. Anderson, FarfRclale; Fred G. llanna. Friars'Hill; J. A. McClure, Greenbrier; Charles K. Harrab. Hughart; William E. Burns, j Kieffer: Thomas F. Hefner, I\Iax\/eltou; William G. Sampson, Olivet; 'Amos W. McDowell. Organ Cave; James G. Wi'tts, Richlands; K. M. , iiiife. Sunlight;. Sherman X. Sevy, Trainer. In Putnam county?Granville Jivitlon. Bee; George S. Booth, Byrnside; Mack T. Roberts, Eggleton; James V. < Pauley, Heizer; Hezekieh H. Pine.. Scott Depot. In Wood county?-John T. Thayer, Dovisville: M. DeVaughn. Hanna; William A. Croft. Nicollette. In Ritchie county?French M. Ferrc-11. Donohue; Charles E. Hatfield, I-'onzo; Ernest C. Fredrick, .Hazel- . green. GERMAN SUI IS SENT ' * By the British Torpedo Boat Destroyer, Ariel, but the Crew is Saved. IBV AkVOClATCO PRESS! "LONDON, Mar. 10.?The German submarine, tJ-^0 has been sent to the botftoin, according to a statement issued today by the Britisit admiralty. ] The submarine; according to the pfflFARM~MO\ GA THERS i ?_?-?- * In This County as Result of the Holding of Mass Meetings at Several Places. 1! ! ? ? (By H. >V. Ptidderar.) i With the organization of district Faruiers Club in* Clay district, at Khlnnatou Monday and in Tenmile district at Salem;Tuesday, with meet-' Ings also scheduled at Bridgeport this : afternoon, Lost Creek .Thursday and Good Hope Friday, Harrison county Farm Bureau promises to have several hundred members at the tLpie of the county meeting in Clarksburg, Saturday.' March I'S. Indications of what a county agent , does is shorten by the following plan . for demonstration work adopted b> , several county farm bureaus In "West Virginia for iho season"of IfUo. Plan for JBeniunstration >Vork. Crop Demonstrations: Demohstra.; rions to be carried on by farmers who i will be listed as demonstrators and 1 It M#1 AMf n /% Afi t?IH'' rt tt M d if a ml /ut.'t UUUCHUIAC I.V \JCLLIJ UU tt UCUUltC piCVC . ' of work on a particular field with a: [ certain crop, to show the possibilities doc that crop in that section. County . agent will bo expected to^vislt regul lariy a limited number of demonstra* l tors as follows: Corn not to exceed [ 25. Potato not to exceed to. Alfalfa ) not to exceed 10. Cabbapc and to. maitoes not to exceed 10. Small fruits not to exceed 4. Orchards'not to exi ceed 10. Cowpeas and soybeans not to exceed 25. Cover Crops: Cover crops to be ' si/ v?u uj a 11 uouiuu5irauira &aa wj ' operators. ..These cover crops to be| ; crimson, clover -where advisable, ac-; '{cording to conditions, and rys' where L !:it is not - advisable to sow crimson i - j clover. * ' . . ABLE R BEGAN ER AT WS, VA. ELIGIBLES Lf & 1 caid, Rock.Cave. In.Boone county?Leftridge Sutlin. Setli; Andrew H. Perry, Eciiart. Lloyd K. Stone, Andrew; James E. Chapman, Estep; George H. Eehois. Foster; Burwell S. Ballard, Lowgap; William A. Garrett, Ottawa; Silvester Nelson, Turtle Creek; Mrs. Orpha firice, Cne^da. In Lincoln counts*?Alexander Elkine. Bernie; Delila Mulling, Bulger; William L. Austin, Garretts eBnd; Robert L. Mullins. Priestley; Theoiore B. Hatfield, Bangor; Mrs. Minnie Midkiff. Smith; T. J. Gill, Gill; Linzy Huffman, Leet; William T. Black, Myra; Samuel G. Pauley, Sed; BurIn Mingo county?Everett m It. Christian, Hempden. In Upshur county?William A. Kinroil Spurlock, Spurlockvllle. In Nicholas county?Elmer H. McCarty, Beaver; Logan. F. Bell, Gilboa; John H. Holcomb, Nettie; John C. L^nflr-O Tin ncinunio * /" i f I - i rioJUfiCi . I . Utruillt; l>ui- J tcv. Snow HOI; James B. Carden, Sola. In Mercer ' county?Thomas F. Bramraer, Barn; Bartley A. Foe, Sandlick. In. Webster county-?Annifc S. Boggs, Boggs; Clayborne C. Johnson, Camden on Gauley: G. M. Dyer, Dyer; William A. Arthur, Orndorf; George L. Ramsey, Penbro; William D. Kelly, Poling; H. F. Given, Upperghide. In Fayette. county? William H. Carver. Eagle; Eyerette R. Kincaid, Kincaid; A drain A. .Legg, Leander. In Summers county;?Robert H. Blaker, Elton; Robert M. Webb, bunta; Mrs. Jennie .A. "Housby. Santifee; Charles C. Clark, TopTiet; Mrs. Willie A. Meador, True. New fourth class postmasters in West Virginia have been appointed as follows: Willis E. Evans, Cottageville. Jackson county, to succeed Welch Bibbee; Mrs. Mamie Gibson, Creston, Wirt county, to succeed J. P. Camp (Continued ou page 5.) BMAR1NE FO BOTTOM cial announcement, .was rammed today by the -British torpedo boat desstroyer, Ariel. The members of the; submersible'a crew surrendered and were saved. j The submarine. U-20, was built in l-fcbSL ,It had a displacement of $40 tons and a speed of seventeen knots! on the surface and twelve knots submersed. rEMENT HEADWA Y established. Fertilizers aud' Lime: That the farmers buy only higbt grade fertilizers and that they be bought in carload lots. That lime be purchased where! limestone is not available in* the comity. Where the, lime stone is. available, that the farmers be assisted in burning the lime or in arranging to have same crushed for use 011 the land. Grouping of demonstraiiousj '("hat in so far as it is possible the "demonstrations be grouped into not more than 4 centers, properly distributing! them over the county. . These centersi to be visited regularly each month by; the county agent. . The Roys' and Girls' Club "Work: j That, this work be carried op in connection with , the demonstration work and that the county agent assist and; arrange for leaders in th'c boys* clubs in all sections where there is sufllcifent interest to form-these clubs. 1 Encourage Euro Bred Stoclc. iLive Stock: That the use of pure hport kIpos >ms. eniviiimiirail In oil tlons of the county. That arrange-] merits be made to secure pure bred sires of morit from recognized breeders. That hog raising demonstrations! be arrange#;for on from four to ten: farms. That dairying be encouraged by arranging for eight or more dairymen to keep accurate records of milk production and cost of feeding. That the silo building be encouraged in all of tho live stock sections. That the merits. of the home made silos be clcaidy shown the people. That the use of cotton seed meal be encouraged. In 'connetcion with the feeding of silage. Coo-Deration with Organizations: i That the cotmty agent co-oiperate^with; all Granges, Farmers' . Clubs and H M XK |H gnJ| | H flHi L \Bk. ^ SCOT HIGH IS Wll . f _ Jsm^M mk BfcL^HB ^jK?H^H^g^H^^^^H|^>>. ssi mH9 JHHM ' I v V* ^ - . . v. . , SCOTLAND H. Prominent local water works offi Commissioner. Mr. Highland is auth itary Control of Waterways and Sewj the national committee'on plumbing a of the American Water Works Associa waterworks.men throughout the count + In History of the State Auditing Department as S.hown by J Auditors Report. . findings 'All favorable i In Handling More Than Half J Million Dollars There Are ? No Losses to the City. J * ? < Officially declared by high author- ( ity to be the best conducted public ( oltico in West Vireinia. the final re port or the recent audit of the ac- L counts and transactions of Scotland! G. Highland, as secretary : of the ] Clarksburg Water Works, and as sec-" retary and .superintendent' * of. ;rthe ^vater Avorks I and* sewerage board,, < | consisting of Honorable William'^H. I Lewis, president, casmer " Merchants t National Bank; Truman J. Lynch. . prominent merchant and real estaCe \ man, and - John 0. Brooks,; generaL? district superintendent, the " Consoli- ? dation Coal Company. as members. < was filed today by State Tax-Corn-'j misaiouer Fred O. Blue. The report j covers a period' of eight years" froh> -] 3.107 to 1914. involving the sum of , $503.1824.93. In the whole elaborate report 1 there is uot an adverse finding: as to;i accuracv or methods of handling i over one half million dollars.- On 1 the contrary, the state tax commit- .1 sioner authorizes the board-to'.re-;i fund to Mr.' Highland the suui of $3 7.84. t . The report of the VSOUison, Audit and System Company, covering .a * part of the period examined Uy the i state tax commissioner, also gives a i clean bill ot' health. < The receipts from this- department < have been expended in enlargement ] and betterment of the system, i Among the larger items of expendi- ] tures during the last five years are i the following: 'J New construction out of c proceeds of bond issue 1 of 1909, including modern filtration .plant . . . $iy4,474'.00 "1 Cash payment- of hond is- 1 sue of 1887 and .3.896.. ? riTor the original construction oC the water works .............. 50,014.57 ' Cash paid into sinking fund on bond issue of - 190!) # for water works improvement ........ 69,945.00 Extensions or mains Trom current receipts. . n5.026.7S I New fire hydrants .... 7,476.95 New sewers 5,032.04 101(1 biils paid contracted [ prior to the creation of the water board in 3 909 S.949.'33 water meters: 7,094.53 lJam No. 1,. and equaliz- , ing reservoir 2,915.17 J ;Gas wells, regulator sta- } titiii and buildings, pipe ' ; lines and appurtenances 16^)00.00 < 4 ' 3 These items aggregate J1 the sum or $391,928.57 i At the close or the audit ^period 3 April 20, 1914. there ' was a cash;1 balance ou hand of $15,6.14.83, ; showing the water department is a '< financially sound institution. "A work which has taken several ' years of study and painstaking ef-11 fort is completed. Detail maps show- J ing the-complete gridiron of distrib-j ution pipes, on. which; the. location of j t all valves ar: ' " " >PF1 h and's rl rnoui a i * ir?JW.' Jr '. ?. %> '<} ' * -' .* ' '!.'. ' . : "" >tJ/j- ' ', ' ' . ' . . ' '-" :~.. . i v*. - " f' jar Of 9k. fm IBk HIGHDAXD, cinl, highly praised by State Tax or of the specific bill for the "Sanige Disposal." He is chairman of .nd sanitary control of watersheds, tion and is widely known among ry. i " . -r it. each street intersection, which is napped on a separate plan of. a size nn venient for field use. Book records have been- discarded ..?&/far is possible in favor of tracing ecord&jT capable of easy and rapid eproduction. The rules and regulations of the joard published in 1912, the board's ourth annual report, issued in 39.13, ind the Sanitary Piuinbing Code and leport, published in 1914, all -of -vhlch were neatly bound and in exed nnd distributed among water consumers generally, 'are- sBown, to )e correct in every detail. A further abstract of the state tax ron\misgioner!s report-follows: .^Charleston, W. Vd... Mar. 9. 1915 JAn ..Tvroi? ' A . ' Phtaf T?cribf?tnr .AVIkt I. v> Ul ' V/ w a u.V| VAAlb* ? U n pvv?v?. $ and Supervisor of Public Offices, i Charleston, \V.?Va! , Sir: 1 bare the honor to report thatVin Compliance -with" your ,instructions j ihd the provisions. .oC_an-'act. of the' dglslatiire of; West. -J'irginia, ontl-| led, "An Act to Provide tor the In-) itfection and Supervision-of Public} >tlice? and to .Establish a Uniform; System' of Public Accounting. Audit-; ng'and.^ lieoortinEr,'*;, (Acts W.. Va.. l90S}-Page."238), lAproceeded to aulit" the accounts of the Clarksburg Vaterwork and Sewerage Board,; Harrison County, West Virginia audi cport thereon. aud was. assisted in said audit by Mark C. Kyle, W. W. 1 fjemlej" and B. F. Stewart, Messrs* Kyle. Xeraley and Stewart perform[ng the field work. (Sghed) EVE RET A. DOVER, Chief Accountant and Auditor. The state tax commissioner says, 'The examination discloses that the financial records of the hoard are yell kept and entries made* up to late. .We fj.nd that losses on account >f delinquent water rents amount to iractically nothing, the rentals beng charged- to thef-property owner. '.t is the" practice to purchase supJlies and materials on quotations 'ront. bidders and discount bills by :a'sh payment. Receipts are shown or all nioneys 'paid out on the la>or pay rolls. A minute record is cept ,by the secretary and all disjursements made by the board-are shown on this record." ^ TELL YOU 1 O VER T For Clarksbura "Style Day-'i and the telegram Will Gladly Announce the Same, j __ Plans Tor the observance of Clarksaurg's first "Style Day? Krida., VTarch 1?, are rapidly nearing ,comjletlon. Practically every merchant md business , house in the city is cojperating with the Telegram in-the preparation for the entertainment of .he public on that day. In. addition- to the names already published, the Xollopviug merchants a'ish the public to know that they ire making special arrangements to llsplay new spring' goods on "Style Day" and will have.,important announcements in the "Stylo Day" manner of the Telegram,-which, will "be ssued Thursday. March 18: Model Shoe Store,- -Baker'o Underselling Store, Block-Parrish Tailor1 lug Company, United Woolen Mills PARALLEL + + * + + ' T<J ^ PI5 W*AK^ ^eAMPAIGK.^ 4? niittee cf tbc Voinari suffrage + ;< HE- a^ociatJou that Mi^s ^ Ethel * state' prison " 1 Sentence is Given Ernest Gill '\\f| upon ^His ^Confession of jH Ernest Gill indicted jointly ' with Mart Lewis on a charge of junk from the ; Brotberhoh 1. Company, confessed in the ' v '!nal court Wednesday, morning art :,i James W. Robinson sentenced Jlim V-iH to serve two years in the state penitentiary at Moundsville. A jury hid brought in a verdict of guilty against Arils. Edgell confessed to a of the prohibition laws and was septenced to Jail and roads tor six months and to pay a line of $140. /-'"'I INVESTIGATION I Into Cause of Explosion of the I Layland Goal Mine to Be Thoroughly Made. ' iBY ASSOCIATSD PKCSO ' CjHARjLiE.STO'X, Mar. 10.?A thor , ^|B ough investigation into the cause ot solidated Coal CoT I 349 bodies have been recQveted/^-il be made by the state department o According to Chief Earl Henry/<> the department the mine will'be snip clenilv .cleared nf falls of slate ;k5 roof by Monday to permit mining e> ports to carrofully examine tJie "Work ix?S* and determine the origin Mid cause. The coroner's inquest , will likely "begin next Wednesday. H CARDINAL MONS I Conditions^ in^ MexicoP ReGibbons was "given a * persona} the Catholic church, it became lm<^yv') ceived in conference here Archlb'ftlJ^j Moray del Rio. head of the church i came to Xew Orleans from^\,.C^u/ been imprisoned and that the slthli^i said "Wednesday he was in corhe.pondenec with President Wilson ai [Secretary Bryan over the situation. H people: into, the s^'lun?% accordin?*to% th? local physicians, ten people from this city having been committed" t the state asylum for the insane TsUie Most of the elopers laid In a supply before the law went into effect. 13ti gepo