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Attitude of the Public is to
Wonder What It is Really
All About.
. SOLONS CARRY PISTOLS
Some Believe the Session Will
Be Peaceable While Others
Look for Stormy Scenes. |
<BT ASSOCIATED
CHARLESTON, Nov. 18.?The stage
Is set for the 1016 extraordinary session
of the West Virginia legislature.
Scores of tho members arrl\-ed today
Including Senator Fred L. Fox. Democratic
leader In the upper house:
Senator Ben L. Rosenbloom. one of the
illlJfcJL i Lli JJ U t Lill 1 L U1 U1I3 tvcputnn-.auo IU
tljo legislature, and Septimus Hall,
of "Wetzel county, who is the oldest
member of the assembly in point of
service, and the only member of the
present legislature who was a member
of the constitutional convention of
1872.
The legislators themselves are not
certain whether the session will be a
stormy one, and the attitude of the
public is to wonder what It is all about.
All kinds of rumors are in circulation
and conjectures are many. JSvery possibility
is suggested on the streets
and in the hotel lobbies, while the old
timers are telling stories of the exciting
times incident to the Goff-Fleming
contest in assy, some 01 mem are
reciting about the factional followers
having pistols ready for use at the
slightest provocation.
Those about the capitol are inclined
to the belief that the session will be
peaceable and that the program of the
administration will he carried out
without much difficulty, while others
are equally firm In the assumption that
the Democrats will he able to muster
sufficient strength to block any acts
net in keeping with their interpretation
of their rights.
GAS SUPPLY '
a Is Likely to Be Curtailed Owing:
to the Inability of the Company
to Get Pipe.
fnr msocutso pr*s*>
CHARLESTON, Nov, 18.?A circu.1
vnnUoi^ frtdow ht* iho
id I ItJl IC1 r? MO Ulttn^w wvictj wj T
United Fuel Gas Company, headquarters
in Charleston, advising that arrangements
be made at all industrial
plants it supplies with gas to
have an emergency supply of coal at
their disposal , during the winter
months.
The letter says that at times during
the winter it may be necessary at intervals
to shut off the gas supply for
a day or half day at a time. Inability
of -the company to get pipe to enlarge
its gas shipping facilities is said
to be the cause of possible curtailment
of gas supply.
MORGAN'S PARTNER
Holds a Long Conference with?
President Wilson at the |
BAN ON GRADE CROSSINGS.
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MARTINSBURG, Nov. 18.?Tho
city council has directed Its attorney.
Paul H. Martin, to prepare ' a bill,
which will be*presented to. the legisltuturo
for the purpose of eliminating all
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IS FIRM ADVOCATE
OF BIRTO COV^ROL
second uistnci.
(?v Aiaociatkd rnsaa)
MARTINSBURG, Nov. 18.?The official
returns from the county courts
of all the countleB of the Second
"West Virginia congressional district,
completed.and tabulated here today,
show that Congressman George M.
Bowers was re-elected at the recent
i aIopHAr> V?-t7 ft of JlfiO rtVftr
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Sam V. Woods. Democrat.
The pluralities by .counties, for the
two candidates are given as follows,
the returns being official.: Barbour
county, Bowers, 82; Berkeley county,
Bowers 119; Jefferson county, Woods,
1,214; Hardy county. Woods, 728;
Hampshire county, Woods, 1,325;
Morgan county, Bowers, 581; Monongalia
county. Bowers 1,170; Randolph
county, Woods, 785; Preston
county. Bowers, 2,013; Grant county,
Bowers, 1,058; Mineral county. Bowers,
112; Pendleton county. Woods,
36 5. The totals are Bowers, 5,3 77;
Woods, 4,517; Bowers's plurality
860.
GAQffl m RMMPRV
UnUULIUL 11 LI IIILIII
To Cost Almost a Million Dollars
is to Be Erected in the
City of Charleston,
??T *a*OCIATKD m(M)
CHARLESTON, Nov. 18.?A gasoline
refining plant to cost la the
neighborhood or one million dollars is
nrnTvAcn/^ hv Hahln P.taaIt PAflnfn tr
Company, a subsidiary of the Ohio
Cities Gas Company.
The plans for the refinery are being
made and work of construction
will begin as soon as practicable, and
completed by July, 1917, it was announced
today,
OTHER SUITS
r,V MiOCIATU FNFtH
OKLAHOMA CITY, Olda., Nov, 18.
?The fight of the Atchison, Topeka
and Sante Fe Railroad Company in
Oklahonda to resist compliance with
the Mfta'mson eight-hour law . was
started here today with the filing, in
|^i J ^. Alftllfct t 0,71
White House.
(Br AH HOG I AT CO PRESS)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.?Henry
P. DavlBBon, a partner of J. P. Morgan,
held a twenty-five minute conference
with President Wilson at the
White House tonight. The engagement
was made at Mr. Davisson's request.
Afterwards he responded to
all questions by saying I have nothing
whatever to say about my visit to
Washington." Mr. Davisson's call at
the White House was linked in some
quarters With a report that the Morgan
Interest had helped form the national
industrial conference board
with the purpose of organizing em-|
ployers to fight the eight-hour day.
Mr. Davisson told friends here that
the'story was an "absolute fabrication."
To newspaper men he said he
did not wish to make a formal denial
because he never commented on
newspaper reports.
SLOW EAT1N0
Is Advanced as a Remedy for
4,U? an ft ?-i+ UJrrh Pno+ nf
UIC n COt?j i L i 11 y 11 uvo i? vi
k? Food the People Eat.
tBV ASSOCIATED l>.t.n
CHICAGO. 111., Nov. 18.?Leisure- |
ly mastication as a factor in reducing
the cost of living was one of the
suggestions offered today before the
committee to investigate the high
cost of foodstuff. C. P. Kinney, who
for thlrty-Blx years has been feeding
students at Valparaiso, Ind., made
the suggestion. In his list of recommendations
made to the committee,
of which he is chairman, he said:
VEat slowly, you do not eat so much
as when you eat rapidly."
Mrs. Anna M. Wexler.
Mrs. Anna M. Wexler will preside
at a large meeting to be held shortly
in the national capital in the interest
of the dissemination of birth control
literature. Mrs. Wexler is organising
a chapter of the birth control
1 _ frt _ r x l -n
iezigue ia yrasmngton, wnere je,mma j
Goldman and Margar<*t Sanger broke
ground last spring.
BODY" WASHED ASIIORE.
(BY ASSOCIATED PAEB9)
CHICAGO, Nov 18.?The body of
nine year old Cyril "Sonny" Matthews,
who was lost from his home nine
months ago, was washed ashore by
Lake Michigan today. A nationwide
search for the boy had been kept up
continuously by his parents and by
.schoolmates.
CLASS FEEL!
BE ALL W
860
Is the Plurality of Bowers over
Woods for Congress in the
L SET
j
JNS ARE
OR SAME
SSAULT
N FAIL URE
.
Accordina to the Official State-!
ment by the War Office of
Germany.
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<?y associated piictt)
The British army delivered another
assault on the German lines
on both banks of the Ancre river
today in what Is described by the
German war office as another attempt
to break through. The attack,
which was preceded by enormous
aerial activity, failed, according to
the German announcement. The j
fighting Is still In progress near'
Grand Court, south of the Ancre. .
This action followed British advances
northeast of Bpaumont-Hamel and '
north of Beaucourt last night, ac- ,
cording to the British announcement.
French attacks near Sailly-Saillisel
last night broke down under the
. . _ _ _ .1 p .. i .. iia.a
i_reriTia.ii are, according 10 im?
German report. On the other hand
the French report a repulse of sn
attack by a strong German detach-1
ment on the French trenches at i
Biaches. - !
Military authorities in Berlin are >
quoted as saying that the southwestern
theater of war. the Transylvanian
campaign, is to be the scene
o# decision of the war, not the Russian
front nor at Verdun nor on the
Somme.1
The German troops in western
Wallachia are reported by Berlin to .
be making good progress and scora
.a 1 ?. . _ I .. . I . t ? ill _1 Tt ..1 1
lug iunner gains in me Ait anci jiui
valleys. The Roumanians announced : <
that violent fighting continues In -1
those two valleys but say they made 1
progress near Dragoslavelle. ,
Closing In on Monastir. i
The Serbians and French continue
to close in upon Monastir, the im- a
portant objective on the western : I
Macedonian front. , Serbians report! |
the capture of trenches east of the J
Cerna while the French reached the ,
Outskirts of pXenana. "ITfeTTln, how- r'
ever, declares Entente attacks on the
plains south of Monastir were defeated
with heavy losses and that the
Germans recaptured a height taken
by the Serbians near Chegel,
New and violent fighting on the
Macedonian front was reported from
Berlin yeBterday.
Only minor operations on the Hussion
front are reported by tho Ger
man war office, but the Russians
(Continued on page 6. .first section.) ^
NG MUST
rtPED AWAY s
c
By the Establishment of Real \
Justice with a Heart in \
the Same. *
<BV ASSOCIATED PSC(t) A .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. ? Pres- 1
ldent Wilson told a delegation from ?
the American Federation of Labor
late today, that all class feeling In t
America should be wiped out by e?- b
tablishment of justice "with a heart 0
in it." He declared that no one who ^
fails to -work for this end is Qualified ^
to call himself a true American.
The delegation comprises the j
membership of the federation's an- j
nual convention, which has been <
meeting in Baltimore. i
The delegates came to Washington
on special cars and marched to the
White House headed by a band to con- i
gratulate the president on his re-elec- i
tlon. Samuel Gompers. president of r
the federation, acted as their spokes- g
man, declaring laboring people had
come to recognize that Mr. Wilson r
stands for justlco. freedom and right- t
eousness. "We have taken joy in up- e
holding your hands in your great f
work,'" said Mr. Gompers. - r
Deeply Gratified. \
"I need not say, coming to me as c
you do on such an errand, I am very c
deeply gratified and very greatly i
cheered," said the president In reply. (
"It would be Impossible for mo off- t
hand to Bay jnBt what thoughts are
stirrod In me by what Mr. Gompers
has said to me .as your spokesman, c
but perhaps the simplest thing I can *
say Is, after all the meat of the s
whole matter. What I have tried to S
do Is to get rid of any class division r
i in this country, not only one, but of
any .class consciousness and feeling. 1
TheNvorst thing that could happen ?
to America would -be that it should 1
be divided Into groups and camps in c
which thore were men and women 1
who thought that they were at odds
with one another, thaat the Bpirit
of America was not expressed except
in them, and that possibilities of antagonism
were the only things that wo e
had to look forward to, i
' Bpirit is the Essence. ]
"As Mr. Gompers said, achievement j
is a comparatively: small matter, but ]
the spirit In which thlngB are done, ]
is of the essence of the whole thing, t
and what l am striving for," and what c
I Tiope you aro striving for is to blot
oat all the lines of division in Ameri- ?
ca and create a unity of spirit and of
purpose founded upon this, the consciousness
:that we are all men;and
women of . the same sort >nd that if j
we da not understand each oti^er, we J
FOR T
CANADIAN GENERAL
WOUNDED IN ACTION
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General R. G. EL Leclde.
General R. G. H. Leckie, commanding
a division of Canadian regiments,
inclnding the famous Canadian Scots,
of which he is honorary colonel, was
wounded recently while on a tour of
Lhe lines under his command. He is
IV" in a. uu?^ uuspmu in jLionaon |
lonvalescimc.
3EADL0CK OF
COMMISSION
IS DISCUSSED
\t a Conference Held at the
White House and Three of
the Secretaries.
CBV A SDOCIATKC PRUI1
WASHINGTON, Nov, 18.?The
eadloclc by the joint international
lommisslon In session at Atlantic
!lty to dlBcuss Mexican border proboma
was taken up tonight at a White
louBe conrerence net-ween. President
Vilson, Secretary Lane, chairman of
he United States commissioners, Secetary
Lansing and Secretary Baker.
Mr. Lano arrived here from Atantic
City today to report to the
resident on the situation. On enterng
the White House, he would not
liscuss the outlook. He and SecrearieB
Lansing and Baker are undertood
to have gone over in detail the
hjections made by Luis Cabrera,
hairman of the Mexican delegates,
o the suggested plan of border conrol.
Officials have made it plain that
f satisfactory arrangements for the
rotectlon of the border can be made,
leneral Pershing's American troops
n Mexico "#111 be withdrawn.
Tonight waB the' first time Presi
rent wiiBon. ana secretary Lane
lave confered since the president
net all or the members of the comalsslon
at New London, Conn., soon
ifter It began Its work.
The three cabinet members renainod
with President Wilson for
hrce hours; Secretary Lane said
ifterward that he was "well satisled"
with tho situation and would
eturn tomorrow to Atlantic City,
vhero the conference with the Mexiian
delegates will be resumed Monlay.
Asked whether there was any
irospect of settlement at Atlantic
llty. he replied: "Wo are good setters."
Secretary Lano refused to discuss
totalis either of tonght's conference
>r the commission's sessions at Atactic
City. Both Secretary Lansing
ind Secretary Baker referred all
[uestions to Mr, Lane, No statcnent
-was, made at the White House.
'There were Indications that, deflilto
developments In the situation
night follow Secretary Lane's return
o Atlantic City and that, a decision
me way or the other might be
cached within a few days,
tvir o/wa nn/vrnwo irrr r irn
juukjvn ki jkjujuu#?u'f
f?V AftftOCUTfD PX(fll)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa,. Nov, 18.?Joieph
Wilson, aged 053, a brother of
William B, Wilson, secretary of
abor, was killed today while placing
Millars in a mine at St, Benedict, near
iere, when a. big rock fell, on him,
3e died instantly. Secretary Wilson
was at once notLflod of the acolCONDITION
IMFROVES,
. .
AMOCIATra Html '
.^S^GlTOBSS&lUf.; NOV. IS.?
HE EX
ACTIONS
A WW V&f/\
sage oy uio legislature or isk. mv.
Naglo said tonight that ho would exercise
much care in naming this committee,
but declined to say how many
members it will contain. Ho Indicated
that overy possible manufacturing
intoroBt, large and small, would
have representation. The now board
of directors Is ne follows:
J. G. Hoffman, B. W. Potorson,
Alex Paxton, W. E. Weiss, W. H.
Abbott and J. A. Block, of Wheeling;
W. C. Kelly and Fred Paul Groescup,of
Charleston; J. M. Saunders, of
Mounds-villa; George A. Goctz, of
Charles Town; O. T. Frick, of Huntington;
E. T. Weir, of Welrton; W.
E. Wells, of Newell; R. Zieslng, of
Clarksburg; James Paull, of Wellsburg;
R. C. Kirk and W. N. FolIansbee;
J: L. Keener, of Morgantown;
R. T. Cunningham, of Fairmont;
C. F. Nelman, and J. T. Callahan,
of Parkersburg.
The members of the association
and their friends -wore ostertained
at noon at the Edcewood country !
club here, by local manufacturers.
The last session of the convention
was hold there. Senator 33qu
Rosenbloom, of
Kelly and W. E. Wells addressed the
manufacturers at the club before the
election of the directors, each having
suggestions to make along the
line of bettering manufacturing business
In West Virginia through legislation,
co-operation and organization.
The place of holding the next annual
convention -will be decided at a
meeting of the new directorate to
be held Borne time in December.
WHEELING'S
MAKERS
?
Along with the Strippers and
Forty-Five Factories Are
Affected by Strike.
Cav associated rncas)
WKBELJNG. Nov. 18.?The strike of
stogie makers, which has been threatening
Wheeling for a week, was officially
declared today when 90S stogio
. _ S * A i A . 11 * X '
niaaers ana aiu 8trippers waiicoa out.
Tbe stogie makers are striking for II
per thousand increase, while tho strippers
seek a half a oont per pound Increase.
The striking stogie makers are
members of locals 449 and 501, affiliated
with the Cigar Makers International
Union.
Forty-five factories are affected by
Mho strike. Dealers say they cannot
pay "the advance sought. Shortening
of stogies and increase In price will
if tho arlvunrA !h ?rrn.nfr>rl. if in
Bald. Already nomo brands of stogies
have been advanced in price, due, Bay
dealers, to Increased cost of tobacoo.
The strike was authorized some time
ago'by a referendum vote of 715 out of
the membership of 908 and sanctioned
by a referendum vote -of the Cigar
Makers International Union, representing
600 local unions and over 52,000,
workers. Manufacturers woro given
until vesterday to meet the demands.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
.Of the Recent General Election
in This State Are Very Slow
in Coming In,
twr AUoctATn rmui
CHARLESTON, Nov, 18.?Fewer
than twenty of the flfty-flve counties
of West Virginia have ofBcIally reported
the result of the vote in the
recent general election to the secretary
of state. While most of the
candidates nave learned from the
county clerks what their own vote'
was in the various counties, none has I
gone to the trouble, time and expense j
of getting together the, figures showing
how'the other candidates fared.
It Is the claim of the Republican, candidates
for state' offices that their totals
are gradually increasing as the
unofficial returns sure received from
the figures they took to be approximately
correct directly of tar the eleotlon.
GIFTS FOR SOIiDIEBS,
. :
WASHX.ioToff-'S^S.^rh.ma:
ands of socks stuffed with, Christmas
gifts are to be Resented to the Amer^
ZIE SING IS
ONE OF L
? +
Of the West Virginia Manufacturers
Association for the
next Twelve Months.
<trv A?tociAren
CHARLESTON. Nov. 18.?A now
board of directorn was elected late
today at the concluding wosnion of
tho first annual convention of the
Went VIrelniu Manufacturers Ahbo
elation. This board will later doslgnato
the olllcora for the ensuing
year, but this is not expected to bo
done for sojne time.
A committee will also be appointed
by the present president. George
O. NagTe, of Wheeling, the purpose
of which Is to draft amendments to
tlio workmen's compensation Law of
West Virginia to bo urged for pas
rRA SI
WILL NO!
* 1 ? III ?? ^
of deut:
CHOSEN
URECTORS
ABYSSINIA'S NEW
WOMAN SOVEREIGN
Uizefo-Zeddita ia the new Empress
of Abyssinia, or "Empress of Ethiopia,"
as she prefers to be called.
Her succession to the throne <bf her
father, the late Emperor Menelik,
Was announced coma weeks ago.
T NEW FREIGHT AGENT.
<mr ASSOCIATED PMM)
WHEELING, Nor. 18.?J. A.
Fleming, freight agent of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad at Parkersburg,
today assumed charge of the
Baltimore and Ohio freight depot
here, succeeding O. M. Crlswell, who
resigned as freight agent here because
of falling health.
STOGIE
QUIT WORK
NINE HIGH SCHOOLS
"Constitute the Additional from
This State in Accredited List
of College Association.
r?V AtflOOIATID PMHI
OHARLKSTON, Nov. 18.?It was
learned at tho department of freu
schools today: that, nine additional
high schoolh of West Virginia were
admitted to tho Hat of , accredited
schools of West Virginia by the Association
of Colleges.and secondary
schools of tho southern states which'
recently met In Durham, N. O. These
sohools are in the following towns
and cities: WeBt Union. Davis. Bram
well, "Wellsburg, Elkins, Fairmont;
Piedmont, Sutton and Reader.
Out of the thirty-t&reoV accredited
high, schools of 1915 five were dropped
by the association this year by
reason of their'having; failed; to <raakp
report.. Graduates of these accredited
schools are permitted to matriculate
In any of the southern, colleges or
secondary schools in the southern association
without examination.
' NO CONTEST
Of 'Hughes's Plurality In Minnesota
unless Republicans
Contest California,
l?v Miooitm r?c??i
ST, PAUL, Minn., Nov, 18^?Democratic
leaders in Minnesota,t were Inclined
tonight to accept without contest
the verdict; of Secretary; of -State
Schmnhl, announced today,.; that
Oharlos ?}. Hughes : is officially ttKa
winner of ^Minnesota's twelve electoral
votes. Statements mode by the leaders
tonight wero that a; contest in;the state
Is improbable, unless the Republicans
Insist on a recount In California.
Hughes's - plurality as officially announced
at the capital in St, Paul today?now
almost two weeks after etoceotion?-was
390, the smallest plurality
a Republican candidate for president
ever wasgiven In this state. The
totals were Wilson, ; 1794.57 J Hughes,
" -w- ________
TO EdELD ADDITION,
IBY AISOCtATKO ??USJ
ESSION
flit it ; I- ','\ur> if -?,?
? ...
DILL-AY
5CHLAND
p
According to a Statement Wade
by Hilken, President of Forwarding
Company.
BONDS TO BE FURNISHED
'?
Suit by the Scott Company is
Friendiv One and Brouaht
for Protection.
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NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 18^1
The sailing: of tho German merchant
submorino Doutscbland Cor Bremen
will not be delayed by the action .
brought. against It by the T. A. Scott
Company for the loss of the tug.
Thomas A. Scott. Jr.. which was;
sunk by the Doutscbland early yesv"
torday off Race Rock lighthouse with
tho Iobb of Its crew of five, according;.
to a statomont tonight by Henry G..
Hilkon. president of the Eastern For-^
warding Company,* American agents :
or the underwater lino.
The Doutscbland had started' for":
Germany but returned to port after ;
the accident. Today the Scott Cornel
pany 'libelled the Deatschland foivj
812,000 for the loss of tho tug.
President Hllken said that steps
had been taken to fnrnlsh bonds to
meet the amount of the suit which.
Mr. Hllken said, was a friendly on<e&
and had been brought by the Scot*:*
Company as a matter of safe protection.
Papers In three additional suits,
each 'for $60,000. It was learned-' tOsgf
night, have been Issued In the lntOT-gj
ests of the families of Captain Johnls
Gurney, Engineer William A. Catnap
unci Cook. Clarence B. Davison, thrOea
of the men lost with the Thomas
Scott, Jr.
an ml
To Bar of United States to Aid
in Defining International
, Law and Right is Made.
car *??cxjiat?o Mi>r
NEW YORK, Nor. 18?An
to the bar of the United States,
great neutral nation, to aid In tfefinSgj
Ing International law and right It*
such terms that the world pen'
might be maintained; was madoblff8m|
Robert Laird Bordon, premier of Canada,
in an address at a luncheon given
In his honor at the lawyers* club
here today. The peace which the
entente allies Beok, Sir Robert added,
departing from his prepared speech.
Is an abiding one and not an ; tnc<
elusive .one.; The club elect?
premier as ah honorary life member.
IBIr
In the,City of Wheeling is Ternto
Act on Demand.
l?r ASSOCIATED MHII
, WHEELING. Nov. 18-ggVgg5B55r'l?
threatened milk < war -was averted
temporarily at least when members
of the Tri-State MlUag^noroiB^asoclatlon
in session here this after*
noon failed to demand a twenty per
cent increase. The meeting had been
called finally to act on the proposed
demand, it having been endorsed at
was adjourned at the call of tho
i"T instructed to obtain additional
idllk diBtributorB have pTepav
to fight the producers by bringing
m jfofe CLOTHES
,ut tne ^uitra-^asmona-we Kind
ohioago, ^rr^r f
ufacturera' Association. said today at
the close of their annual convent:
Empress Uizcro-Zeddlta.