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\ - " tlsHfef?- >' >' ' V. ' -I ... * - . "* I, THE WEATHER Colder and fair toniglit, except sno in the mountains. Sunday fair ^ ^ and continued cold. !/ ? I ESTABLISHED 1861. BELGIi AMERICA ia ttir uitim I - JLPJw1 anSL>BL>I f 4 State Department Officials An- [ nounce They Have Exhausted Means of Diplomacy. PUBLIC OPINION IS SOUGHT i American Relief to Belgium' May Have to Be Terminated because of Deportations. I ??f AtBCCt PrfiH* ' WASHINGTON, Dec. .0.?With publication of the American protest to Germany on the deportations of Beli gians, state* department officials disclosed today the United States governt, rnent has exhausted its means of diplomacy and lias laid the case before ( American public opinion from which: it will expect to draw guidance for! the next step, if any be taken. ' Germany's reply, conveyed in con-1 versa tions with Charge Grew at Berlin j by Chancellor von Bethmann-HolIwog is that the deportations are regarded as!'justified on the grounds of social necessity. No actual reply in the form of a note has been received from Germany but no doubt has been left by the chancellnr that the protest of the Cnited p hintes win r<q' neeaea. Official information shows also that the deportations are continuing. No judical ion has been given as to when i the official German reply will be received. or even it' one will be sent, but it is understood that if one does come it will readily be made public if the German government desires. I, The note last night, it was stated, was F made public without consultation * with Germany. | Meanwhile the second official statey ment from England published today ' ' that American relief In Belgium may.' 1 haves to be terminated because of the * deportations Is causing alarm. ffiSTra .?.? French Government Decides to Prohibit the Importation of , Printing Paper. 11 I / (BT ASSOCIATED SXESS1 :/ PARIS, Doc. !).?The government! ^ has decided to prohibit the importation of printing paper, according to a' semi-offlcjlal announcement. The object j? | of the step is fowfold. to help raise the;' * i exchange and to encourage the French paper industry which, it is considered in view of the local resources in lumber. should be independent of foreign supply. raoTli I c At a Fire by Acrobats Aqile in t Trapeze Work Rivals Cir- a cus Performers. [. f NEW YORK. Ucc. !).?Acrobats agile in trapeze work and climbing adapted; their profession to the work of rescuing fellow lodgers when a theatrical t boarding house in East Forty-fourth r street was wrecked by tiro today. Ac- 1 cording to witnesses some of the ten- t ants were saved by methods rivalling r vaudeville and circus performances, r About twenty persons were injured, n two of whom were severely burned and C may die. j i, On Washington's birthday of this c year five, persons were burned to death t in a fire in the same building. DIPHTHERIA- J c 0 n Causes Death of Grace Mc- . i Nemar, Daughter of Mr. and d Mrs, W. H. McNemar. Funeral services over the body of little Grace McNemar, aged four years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AV. H. McNemar, of Northview, who died at 9:15 o'clock Friday night after a short ill- |ness of diphtheria, were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and the I burial was In the Greenlawn cemetery; Surviving relatives of the deceased child are air. and.Mrs. AV. Hi McNemar, her parents: Roy, John, Thomas, Ray, Robert, Williaht and Chester McNemar, ti brothers; and Kate. Eva, Maggie and a Freda McNemar, sisters. ii SOLDIERS COAIE HO.ME. : s ( V ASSOCIATED (J 'ijHjk EL PASO, Dec. 9.?The Massachusetts ambulance company, the first of the Massachusetts units to arrive here ? and the last to leave, will start for , home Monday to be mustered out of I the service. The Eighteenth Penn1 sylvanla infantry will follow on De* AVOMAN SENTENCED. m Victoria Parise, who had been con- fi (? vlcted at a former day of the term ff on a liquor charge, was sentenced |j Saturday in the criminal court to |i serve two months in jail and pay a u flne of $100 and costs. The imprlsP onment part of the sentence was stisB j pended until March. si i\ SHIPS ARE SUNK. tl I LONDON, Dec. 9.??Lloyds reports r< \/ the sinking of the Danish steamer d SIckard, 2,119 tons gross, and of the A: [R British steamships Avristan, 3.813 tl ft Conch, 5;620 tons, and Tan- a l 1 THE * WWi N PROTE DED BY G i?;?,? M GERMANS SINK SHIP I ARABIA'S PASSEN( . r^rr~ ' - J. . vS'?' ' . ' 1 \ ^ry^. . <? ? - s - x- ; The sinking Arabia (insert); one of tarnedoi GOFF'S RESK REPORT t jlovernor's Secretary Says There is Absolutely IMo Truth in the Report. ( r ASSOCIATED PRESS) CHARLESTON. Dec. 9.?W. F. Halahan, secretary to Governor Hatfield, aid today when questioned regarding he reported resignation of Senator loff: "So far as this office is concerned here is no truth in the report of Senior GofF's resignation. The resignaion has not been received and there s no information that it is to be ofered." <BY ASSOCIATCO PMCSST 1IU NT I N G T ON. Dec. A despatch o a local newspaper from Washington eceivcd today states that Nathan Goff, tepublican. senior West Virginia Uniev States senator, has tendered his esiguation to Governor Hatileld. The eason for J\lr. Goff's resignation was lot stated. His residence is at llarksburg In the event of the rcsgnation being accepted a successor ould be chosen only by a special elecion called by the governor. tBY ASSOCIATED PltCSST WASHINGTON, Dec. D.?At Senatoi loff's office: here today all knowledge f his reported resignation was dis-laimed. The senator himself was out f the city for a day on private busicss. Sometime ago when it was reported he senator would resign he _ ersonallv enied it. L01B8AR0 tearing Held in Charleston is Attended by Men from All over the State. (BY (HOCIHTCD PRESS) CHARLESTON*. Dec. Jl.?Represcnitive business men and farmers from 11 parts of the state attended a hearag before the federal farm loan board ere today of Charleston's claim to a arm loan bank. Howard "Williams, tatc commissioner of agriculture, adressed the board in support of the foposition. and farming and financial icts concerning the Kanawha valley i-ere presented. Treasurer :McAdoo id not arrive with the board. nnvm d/ii spc i IIUIML IttLHUL A Bucharest is Occupied by the . Commander in Chief of Teutonic Forces. !??' >liecl<T(D PKMtl AMSTERDAM. Dec. 9?Field Martial von Mackenaen. commander in hief of the forces of the Teutons and aeir allies In Roumania, has with is staff taken up quarters at the oyal palace in Bucharest, says, a espatch from Sofia to the Kolnische 'oiks Zeitung. The population of ie Roumanian capital, the message dds. remains quiet. About one-third f the inhabitants of the city fled. : DAI] EXCLUSIVE ASSO( CLARKSBURG, W [)PLE / ST MAY GERMANY N MEDITERRANEAN: IERS ESCAPE IN BOATS \ ^ j ||t| ? 'ipf 5; . : ; ?'' ~* /v ' -[ - .. * -;v . .' ; >.,: , ': > f ' > : " "SN . . '-^Sr r**' *'" I .^. M ?" < < ; the small lifeboats pulling away from id vessel. ^NATION IS NOT TRUE DEATH ANGEL Takes Miss Elizabeth Pritchard Following an Illness of Two Wonl/e' nnro+inn vunu uui unuiii Miss Elizabeth Pritchard dierl at 11 o'clock Friday night at her home at 69 6 West Pike street following an ill-, ness of two weeks. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the residence and interment will, be at the Odd Fellows cemetery. The services will be conducted by the Rev. William B. King, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of which Miss Pritchard was a consistent member. The deceased woman was a nativo of Clarksburg and resided here all her life. She was a sister of the late A. W. and George Pritchard. Her age was about 70 years. IBbblabs ~ Blow Safe in the Postoffice at / Dunbar, Pa., but Are Frightened Away by Liston. <?V ARICCIATKD CONNELLSVILLE, Pa.. Dec. 9.? A gang of burglars, believed to have been live in number, blew open the safe in the postoffice at Dunbar, near here early this morning. They were frightened away before thoy could: pret anv money. Hoffman Liston.-who 5 lives over the postofUce, opened fire; on the burglars and there was an ex-, change of shots in which no one was i hurt, but the burglars escaped. LOVE Is the Only Way to Conquer Hate and School Military Training is Opposed. <nv associated p?cssj ST. LOUIS. Dec. 9.?-Opposition to military training in the public schools is embodied in a resolution submitted to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ by the commission on peace and arbitration. The.commission also urged the American government to invite European belligerents to state the basis upon which; they would be willing to begin peace negotiations. 9 "Christians," the report concludes, "must clear away misconceptions and fallacies and falsehoods. There is only one Christian way of conquering hate and that is by love." PAYMENTS KORItn>DEX. car associated p?is(i BERLIN; 'Dec. 9.?Announcement is made by the Overseas News Agency that the German government, in re- t prlsal for Italian legislation, has is- ; sued an order forbidding payments to Italy and providing for receiverships. 1 ifor Italian business enterprises in < . ' LY TE ELATED PRESS SERVICE BY I \ VA.. SATURDAY. DEC * .11. I ' ' I ' 'I . M ? I + + + + + + + + < 4 + < + + \ ig, ^ I + 0L1> It LOCK iuum:d. + j + .. ? ?fr i + ???UCI?TtO r?lts) ; * OTTAWA, Out.. Dor. Kire + 4* early today on Sparks street in + ! 4* the center of the downtown 4? i 4* business district partly dos- 4* 4* troyed the oltl Titus block. 4* 4* containing a number of shops 4* 4* and olllccs. and entailed a loss 4* t 4? of about $10U,000. The heaviest: + ; 4* loser is the Woohvorth fifteen- + 4* cent store, whose stock valued 4* 4* at $30,000 was consttnied, + 4? 4* i 4* ? 4" 4" 4" 4* 4? 4- 4* 4* 4* 4? 4* 4? 4* 4* GRAND JURY Probe into the High Cost of Living is Ordered to Be Made in Several Cities. t it t *%nO CIAT?r> PltKt : WASHINGTON. Dec. !>.? Federal grand jury in vest i.callons into the high cost of living were ordered today by Attorney General Gregory to begin at once in New York, and in Detroit next week. Similar investigations in Cleveland, i Kansas City. St. Louts. Minneapolis and other points are under considern mm. Frank M. Swaclcor. an assistant at; toriuy general for t;lu\ government in the Now Haven case, will be asked { to take charge ol' the New York investigation. Reports to the department of justieo from its tield investigators indi; rate the. widespread existence of com-, : binations of brokers and dealers in | foodstuffs and coal to force prices upward. Most of these alleged comblna! tions were said to be local in cliari ncter. All data concerning them will he submitted to grand juries. i iieut ; ; Is Asked For by Joint Commitj tee Which is Probing Transportation Problems. (mr associated rneesi i WASlUXCJfrpN, Dec. 9?The joint | House and Scmate committee investigating transportation problems decided today to ask Congress to extend its life so It may postpone fur1 ther hearings until after the adjourn , mer.t of Congress. This is considered necessary that time may be devoted in j Congress to President Wilson's pro| gram of railroad legislation. If Congress does not extend the life of the committee some further hearings probably will be held and a partial report made before January 8, which is the limit of the committee's authority. EXTEUS NORTH SEA. '?V AGSOCIATKD PRKtt) LONDON, Dec. 9?A German war snip nas succeeded in running the British cordon In the North sea, according to a ship captain who says his vessel was held up and examined in the Atlantic. The vessel is not a converted merchantman, but is a regular light cruiser, said the captain. vflLLBEHELD Sunday Afternoon in Stealey Heights Methodist Episcopal Church. A revival of marked interest and gratifying results is in nrocrresa at the Stealey Heights Methodist Episcopal] church. Thirty-eight have bowed i at the altar and given their lives to Christ. Last night the Rev. J. B. Workman, superintendent of the Buckhannon district, preached a strong and convincing sermon on "The Revelation, Abomination and Damnation of Sin," and seven responded to the call for penitents. Is The Rev. C. W. Wise j Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 there s will be a mass' meeting for men at t which time the pastor, the Rev- C. W. \ Wise, who is conducting: the revival ? services, will speak on "Life's Profit j ILEGE >R1VATE WIRE IvMBEK 9, 1916. FT TO JOHNSON* IMFKOY ES. : CHARLESTON", We. !>.?A report j 1 has been received here that Treasur- f I er-elect William S. Johnson, of Fay! ette county, has shown marked Improvement at the McKendree hospital, i where he has been critically ill. and ' now is able to leave his bed. J ;.7V " 'L- '"-'J- m I. .>, ' \ | THE STRONG MAN C David Lloyd David Lloyd George, the idol of W aristocrats is today the overshadow! Britain. Iie^plans to prosecute the wa tiou than was noticeable under the Aa MANY LIB* GIFT *? Among Which Are5,000 Volunteers in Early Chinese, Japanese and Korean. A (SY AfltOCIATKD PNKtfl) "WASHINGTON, Dec. 9?Gifts from many [sources have brought more than 28,000 volumes to- the library of Congress during the year, and comprised more than one-fourth of the additions to Its shelves. lie- cc talnlng Its place as the third greatest D library in the world, and the greatest ir in the western world, the library now S( contains 2,451.974 books. 15-1,200 tl maps and charts, 7 7 0.2S-1 volumes ai and pieces of music and 392,905 tt prints. For large additions to the Chines, m Japanese and Korean collections the oi library acknowledges debt to Dr. si Walter T. Swingle, of the Bureau of n< Plant Industry, who visited the far lo East In 1915 and purchased on behalf cc of the library, a total of 5,892 volumes. including early Chinese books p< printed from blocks; Chinese lTistor- of ical and descriptive works covering ar the period of first contact with Eu- la ropeans; early Chinese dictionaries and encyclopedias; Chinese works on natural history and pharmacopoeias; georgraphical works; the writings of Confucius and the works of amous scholars; and a good copy of the oldest Japanese printed work |g extant, probably dating from the beginning of the thirteenth; century; and a large collection In the writings of Kaibara, the Benjamin Franklin of JtapanThe Lincoln documents which have been presented to the library are of 0j> exceptional interest. These consist to of the original draft of Lincoln's ru second inaugural 'address; and his ^ two drafts o fthe Gettysburg address presented by Clarence L. Hay, who ge had them from his father, the late JtE John Hay: and: a memorandum as to an the improbability of his re-election, presented by Miss Helen HIcolay. ce As a rule the American composer sti wd the American music publisher ire beginning to prefer the national co Lo a local library as the permanent no custodian of manuscript scores. The tri chief of the music division records si: act only gifts of autograph scores of \merican composers, but promises of rifts to come. In the document division an effort was made to complete the files of oflicial publications of the Latin-Amer- |? lean countries, and it was exceptionilly fruitful through a visit to these countries by the law librarian, Dr. E. M. Borchard. The library's collection af Latin-American documents may cow be considered one of its importmd features. m? A number of Yiddish books camo Mj ;o the library in the two Deinard Re collections. The Yiddish literature t ffh n the United States assumes - a re- mE tpectable place as compared to other awl cept such as contain works on rellg- reI ions of some some true that the Yiddish tongue will be Mead before Mc ong, the Yiddish* literature; will -still Tl1 ? " ??? ? - ? REPULS1 j - H )F GREAT BRITAIN | ^ ! I George. ales and the pet aversion of British ng figure in the politics of Great r wnn greater vigor ana aeterminaquith regime. IARY SIN YEAR I SIM|NG re the Mass of People While the Few Are Receiving War Profits, Says Socialist. <?V ABaOCIATKO PRCltl 1' AMSTERDAM, Dec. 0.?In the t >urse of a discussion in the Prussian! q let on the question of an increase j, i the salaries of minor officials, the j iciallst deputy Ttrobel, according to 11 ie Vorwaerls. attacked those who I e receiving great war profits while ie mass of the people were starving. , The deputy quotes the cases of , Inor railway ofilclals who were not . lly on short commons, but were . iffering from hunger, their Income >t ; being sufficient ,to' buy ; their al- a ted amount of food. The speaker ? included: 1 "Wo long for and hope for any sace mediation in the interest of the' * ficial state workers whose sufferings t e increasing the longer the war sts." NEW STOCK c Likely to Be Distributed to Stockholders of the South Penn Oil Company. q r car AivoctATCO pnm) a, PITTSBURG, Dec. 9.?Stockholders ? the South Penn CHI Company' were ?j, day called to meet In Pittsburg Feb- ^ ary 14 next to act on a proposition ^ increase the capital stock from 2,500,000 to $20,000,000. When the p gregation order was Issued the cap- ? it of the South Penn was $2,500,000 ^ d the increase to the present cap Llizatlon was made through a 300 per nt stock dividend and an issue; of Q ick to stockholders at par. a The announcement was made at the ^ mpany's offices thi smorning that the b w stock if authorized will be disputed to stockholders through a yur com siock aiviaena. BLOCKED .? the Action of House Judiciary Committee on the -An- v thony Amendment. ^ ?* A??OCIATMO PKUt) WASHINGTON. Dec. ' 9?Appoint- h) snt of .Representative Walsh, of R issachusetts. to-succeed the late bi presentative Moss, of West Vir-jsh da, on. tho judiciary committee : In y prevent the Susan B. Anthony' lo Xrage-amendment. being favorably wi >orted' at this, session of Congress, th Walsh is an ! anti-suffragist,; while ; isa;-was! a i ; suffrage sympathiser, hs o m^onty^^ of suffrage^on pjj THE CIRCULATION ^ the Telegram la more than donbla I ' the net pah* circulation of the I ^1^19 other CIark.nbu.rg paper. J ^ Im PRICE THREE CENTS. | t FATE FORCES J ED AGAIN I By the French Troops in Violent -J 1 Artillery Fighting on the Somme River Front. RUSSIANS ~LOSE HEAVILY fl Thousands of Prisoners Are jH Taken in Roumania by the 1M Victorious Teutons. Tlio situation in Greece is not only / ; |9j again or decided political interost. but potentially of marked military import in connection with the supposed pur- ' pose of the Central powers to turn importunt sections of Field Marshal von >?b| Mack en.sen's huge army in Roumania upon the Entente's Saloniki army. Correspondents in Greece report a per- ? sistently hostile attitude by King Con- ,;/ ? slantinc and the Greek ltoyairsts toward the Entente and declare efforts are hoing made to gather a strong ^Iji army In the I-urrlsa region for an attack upon the Entente forces from the . roar simultaneously with attacks by * tlio Teutonic allies from the nortli. Rrltlsk military writers call atl.cn- :: tion to those contingencies and decls- jl|^| ivo action with regard to Greece is : jjj^H urged in the interest of sound strategy j I ,?9 and the safety of the Fin ten to forces in 'a I ?nv associated rnaaai 1? I ItKRWX. Dec. !).?Violent artillery : - M fighting occurred on the Somme front , jiffl yesterday, it is announced officially. An ' -,S9 attack, on .German trenches was re- j[ Strong attacks were made yesterday Ijy the Russians In the Carpathian for- ' st. the war Office' annonnces. North n if poriiii Watra and south of the Tro- us valley the Russians gained ground it the cost of,heavy losses. In western [touinunia several thousand more pris- 9 mors have been taken, as well an ; iiany cannon. The Ron man Jans are a^WI -ctreatlug rapidly. Since December 1: Ik* Roumanians have lost more than 9 mMXR) men and ISI cannon. 9 RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE I CONTINUING TO RETIRE f?jr amouatjo r*ctnf provlnvc of Wulluchia. says (ho Bus- I dan official statement issued today, |g| the Roumanian troops under unceas ng hostile pressure continuo to re- |B .Ire to the eastward. In conseluence of this, it is added, the Rus dan troops who arc on the left flank >f the Roumanians, arc also retiring. ^re to Be Centrally Distributed 1 by the Baltimore and Ohio 9 zed distribution of crossties used on || he various lines of the Baltimore and >hlo system will be adopted^ ieginnlng of the year through which || t is believed that the work rack maintenance will be facUltatedi%^^^N^^^^H In a circular issued by J. Mi Davl ice-president of operation and main- p enance, it Is announced that 'the otmont of ties will be handled by the imbor preservation department, tin ter the supervision of F. J. Angier. .nd the engineers of the maintenance p if wav on tho Hnon on at- on/1 tom*.nAi* .WnWSBOfflBi ? -- ??, ?? -?? ?-wr ? wvww n^yaii ; %* ho Now York and Chicago terminal B l?r ASSOCIATCO M?M) ulry Into food prices, United ilstrict Attorney Clyne sent lnvestlga>rs to Elgin today to attend the meetlg of the board of trade, which organ:atioa Axes the price of butter that i said to govern largely ' the 'salesy^^^ iroughout the country. Federal officials have served suboenas on a number of the - smaller ackers of the city to appear next ionday before the federal grundEmry At the United States attoraevffioffl'cflM was announced that the egg supjpl^H t Chicago Is controlled by four me ad that a duplicate set of books-has een kept by several storage yrareOUSCS. ;| ^ ^ ^ it liaH D. Scott Thompson, proprietomoa| le Thompson Garage Com junced Saturday afternoon that he