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j^rom jVera Cruz Was
bijpted by Forces of
Zapata, Who sent Wild
gfeto Train of Car
land Party.
fflN 'DESTROYED
gSSSENGERS ESCAPE
ippitutibrialist Leader De
ies That He Had Intended
gpeejo aCountrv in Cen
al America ? Trip Was
--_?_NGTOX, D. C., Dec. 23.?Tho
jg^Cteheral Carranza from Vera
MXO;''the' Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Interrupted by Zapata forces, who
ire 1- Soled ad and from there sent
d locomotive into his approaching
JPfNj&itier; Carranza nor any of
party was Injured.
bese. facts were reported tonight In
private dispatch from a point on
inroad on which Carranza was
M iHny.; OfHclaIs of the Washington
yeriunent placed* full credence in
?enort,-but declined to comment
beyond saying that they had con
^advices, telling of Carranza's
i;for the isthmus.
neral Carranza, according to the
rlYat3?dlacatch. returned to Vera
?-g&tterjtbe incident at Soledad. and
iow?gone to Gordoba to inspect
oops. From Gordoba some of his
a say he will continue his Jour
[the lsthmuB, after which he will
?ferida, in the State of Yucatan.
-,.qn'za.'jKoglcla1? here deny em
?py5f; suggestions whleli have
?fcOJ^entTin Mexico City that Car-j
^Intended to flee to a Central
tcaojcountry. They say the first!
?janned his trio to the isthmus )
?.,5^tar,the'railway to that part j
ijCSacC'-.waa taken-over by the Car- J
ta faction.,,,,
Scbtt, chief of staff of the
?-yhowas sent,to Naco to endeav
jn';_the^TarrIn g Mexican fac
Jcoritinulng hostilities on
in/slde of the border, tele
piW^'anr-GaJTtoon from Naco
fdMe,of-noon today, as follows:
avy 'three days' storm; whole
?^giJer ,yater, travel most diffi
llaytorena unable to get to the
for 10 o'clock
nornlng at Osborne. I had a con
ggSj^^th'Carranza's agent last
conference with Hill has
jgUOT'nged for tomorrow, and May
~ SSSSl'telegraphed for another
jail Kentucky Town
istroyed by Flames
_ jflonATro Presr.^
3RTSMOUTH. O., Dec. 23.?With
gUonses down and ten buildings
re~',the town of Vancoburg, Ky.,
being wiped off the map by a
"^hlclr^started at one o'clock this
ng. "The flro started In the opera
backet' brigade formed but
flames, had too much of a start.
Effiejthtrty this morning the local'
^dep.irtment received a telephone
'or help from the mayor
Vanceburg.
?'>? * I
bvllle has also been called on
BSietance. The city is without
^protection.
bX'Bz -
feS|natorW,S.West
|Found Dead in Bed
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ETAO SHRD CMFWY
VALDOSTA, Ga? Dec. 23.?Former
BWS^: Senator William S.
id dead in. bed at his
'SfigalSK'y today. He had ro
aparftntl*) in good health.
cunI... 'fltated death apparently
5:. duetto >apoDlexv.
TSffiSS'.*?8appointed to the Sen- !
Jarch '2, 1914, to fill the vacancy i
""bytha death of Senator A. o.!
expired last Novem-1
RogcThomas W. Hardwick was
NOTICE
Union Barber Shops
tggjagetal] day Xmas. Will
^^Thursday until 10
3t
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197 VOTES FOR HOBSON
PROHIBITION A MENDMENT
189 OPPOSED IT IN HOUSE
GENERAL ZAPATA.
Ons of ?H? Figurci In
the Mexican Trouble.
1 Per Cent Dividend
Declared by P. E. E,
By Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.?The
Pennsylvania Company, the parent
company of the Pennsylvania railroad
lines west of Pittsburgh, today declar
ed a semi-annual dividend of one per
cent, making four per cent of the
year, a reduction of three per cent
compared with previous years.
In announcing the action on the div?
idend the directors of the Pennsyl
vania company stated that their ac
tion was due chiefly to the great de
crease of traffic and material reduc
tion in the revenue of the lines west
of Pittsburgh. All the stock of the
Pennsylvania company is ownad by
the Pennsylvania railroad company.
Read The West Virginian
It is on sale each evening at
the following places:
FAIRMONT.
Fairmont News Agency, Mon
roe street.
Marlon News Agency, Main
street.
A- G. Martin's News Agency,
Main street.
J. H. McCloskey, Drug Store,
Locust avenue.
Hamilton Drug Co.. Tenth
street.
J. B. Rose. Main street and
Parks avenue.
Holt's Novelty Store, Main
street.
Clarence Fisher. Grocer, Mar
kot and Columbia Sts., First
ward. . . ?
Howard C. Cunningham, Gro
cer, Morgantown Avenue near
Owens' Works.
M ANNINGTON
Smith & Milan News Agency.
FARMINGTON
F. G. Gray, Grocer,
W.Va. Dry Causes Ohio
Brewery to Fail
By Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, 0., Dec. 23.?The Hob
ter-Columbus Brewing Company a 512,
000,000 corporation went into hands of
leceivors today on orders of the Uni
ted States district court.
"Decrease demands for beer, adverse
legislation and the voting 'dry' ot
many etates and counties in the last
eight years' were given as cause. The
company had J4.350.000 outstanding
capital rtock jnd $4,899,000 outstand
ing bonds with 56,000,000 stocks and
the sapi*? amountof bonds authorized.
Most stock and bonds were secured
by mortgages on property, owned by
the broking company in Ohio, W. Vir
ginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana and New
Jersey.
In it3 statement, the company de
clar the voting dry of West Virginia
was "the last Btraw" in a serieB of leg
islative acts, which reduced serious
ly the sale of its product. Increase of
saloon license fee to $1,000 by the Ohio
legislature, eight years ago, a county
local option law and the more recent
license system by which the number
of saloons were cut down, were men
tioned a.e other causes.
Photo by American Frees Association.
General Zapata, one of the Rebel
leaders in Mexico, who is creating a
great deal of trouble for Carrauza.
tried t oput the constitutionalist lead
er out of his way by sending a wild
englno -which bumped into the train
carrying Carranza and Ills party.
Amendment on Prohibition
Goes Down to Defeat in
House.
Vote Was 197 Yeas and 189
I Nays?Not the Necessary
| Two-thirds.
Dry Champion Says Ques
tion Will be National Issue
in 1916.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.?By 8
1 vote of 197 to 189 nays, the constitu
tional prohibition amendment was lost
in the House last night after an eigh.
hour debate. In order to have the
amendment carry it was necessary
that it have the support of two-thlraa
of the membership of the House.
Under a special rule, which was
adopted without a roll call, the House
began just after noon today, an eight
hour debate on the Hobson resolution
to submit to the states a constitu
tional amendment for national pro
hibition.
An amendment by Representative
Mann to submit the Prohibition
amendment to state conventions call
ed for the purpose, was defeated on a
rising vote, 137 to 193. This was the
first vote of the night. Mr. Mann
demanded a yea and nay T?te
the long roll call began. The Mann
amendment was defeated on t:be roll
call by a vote of 210 to 17G. the advo
I cates of the Hobson resolution gener
I ally lining up against it.
Another amendment presented by
Representative Mann proposed abso
lute prohibition ot the "manufacture,
transportation, Importation and^ ex
portation of intoxicating liquors for
any purpose. _
"If we are to have prohlMUon. Mr
Mann said, "let us have prohibition
that will prohibit."
The amendment was defeated on n
rising vote, 209 to 77, after a sharp
exchange between Representative!
Mann and Hobson.
Following the defeat of ">e Mann
amendment Representative Hobson
offered several perfecting amendments
to his resolution. The first altered
the phraseology of the first sectlon o
the proposed constltulonal amendment
and included a prohibition against
any "exportation." of intoxicating li
quors. It was adopted without divi
sion.
City Manager Plan
Is Charleston's Hope
CHARLESTON. Dec. 23.?A city
manager to conduct the business af
fairs ot the city of Charleston Is one
of the principal features contained In
the new charter drafted Ay a special
I committee ot the Charleston Chamber
of Commerce, and presented at the
last meeting ot that body.
The charter also provides for a
mayor at a salary of *1,200 a year a
city collector, a city clerk, a police
chief, a fire chief, a police Judge and
20 councllmen, two from each ward.
The committee spent several
months In drafting the charter, and
during that time It examined the
forms of government In other and
larger citlos of the United States.
The Chamber of Commerce voted
to approve the charter as submitted.
It will be printed in pamphlet form
and in the daily newspapers.
The charter yas read to the cham
ber by Attorney George W. Mc(Clin
tic, who put it into form after the
special committee had completed Its
work, it provides for the lnltiativo,
referendum and recall and numerous
otherprogresslve measures.
Sends Code Message
Wireless Dismantled
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 23.
Lieut. Crenshaw naval radio officer
at the Panama cans! ?necabl?dtt?
lug cole messages.
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Western Pennsylvania ?
cloudy tonight and Thursday and prob
' .-hiv annw flurries near the laKes.
west Virginia?Generally fair tonight
and Thursday.
New Orleans Police Arrest
German's Who Planned to
Blow Up Liner.
Had Placed Bomb with Clock
Attached Set For Six Days
Ahead.
One Man Makes Confession
and Says He is a German
Spy
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23.?New Or
leans police last night said they bad
frustrated a plot to blow up the French
Steamship Chicago by the arrest of I
five Germans. One of the Ave, the po-1
lice sa'd. admitted they constructed a
bomb with a clock attachment set for
six days'and a half from today, which
they intended to ship by parcel post
consigned fo the Chicago, which was
cxpectsd to sail from Now York Sat
urday.
The man who makes this confession
Is known as Hans Halle and also as
Frank Helm. The police are In pos
session of unmistakble evidence that
he Is a German spy and that in the
course of his operations In tbe United
States he has masqueraded In woman's
clothes. He has made a startling
confession, according to the police, and
Involves the other men who have beeu
arrested.
Hallo took the police to his room at
a hotel and there they found an In
fernal irachine which the prisoner said
he was preparing to send to New York
tonight He said that he had made the
bomb li:it.self and it was 75 per cent
dynamite. It was timed to explode
he said. In six and one-half days.
The policg who made the arrests to
night ' toy that they have conclusive
evldenca against the prisoners. Their
schemo was to,destroy ships sailing
from tU?" port with horses and mules
to be used by the army of the allies
In Europe. So far as can bo learned
the iBch^me was to place aboard the
ships bombs of sufficient explosive
power" to destroy tbehi and according
lb Halle it;was planned in?every case
to havc'the Combs explode while the
Vlpa were at sea. Halle is said to
have explained the clock work of the
bombs he has made and to be quite
proud of his efforts. The other pris
oners have refused to talk.
Official War News |j
Br Akpoci'tttd Presh.T
PARIS, Dec. 23.?The French war
office this afternoon gave out an offi
cial statement as follows:
"Yesterday in Belgium, we made
slight progress between the sea and
highway from Nieuport to Ostend as
well as In the region between Steen
strawe and Blschoote where wo occu
pied a forest, some houses and a re
doubt To the east of Bethune, work
ing in conjunction with the British,
army wo captured the village of Giv
enchy?Les-La Bassee which had been
lost to us. In the region of Arras a
heavy fog made It necessary for both
the encwy and ourselves to lessen our
activities. To the east of Amiens on
the Aisne and In Champagne there
have been heavy artillery. engage
ments. In the region of Porthes Les
Hurles we carried after a spirited can
nonade and two assaults the last sec
tion of the line which we occupied 'a
part Dec 21, we made an average gain
of 800 yards.
In tho last trench which came into
our possessions we captured a section
of machine guns including tho gun
crews.
A violent counter attack was re
pulsed. We also made progress to the
northeast of Deausejeur where further
counter attacks on the part of the en
emy were without success. There has
been a pi eceptlble advance on the part
of our troops In th forest of La Grurle,
again3t p. front of trenches 400 yards
wide and running not les than 250 yds.
deep. We blew up with mines, two of
tho German lines of works and occu
pied tho excavations.
The lighting Is going on in the vicin
ity of Boureuilles with the out come
fairly serious. It would appear not to
have b?cn possible to retain entirely
the position acquired yesterday morn
lng. There has been no Incident from
the heights of the Meus to upper Al
sace.
Miss Margaret Buchannon of Par
kersburg passed through the city to
day enroute to Morgan town to spend
the holidays with relatives.
ARMIES SUSTAIN BIG LOSS,
MEN SUFFER IN TRENCHES,
XMAS MAY CAUSE A LULL
Warsaw Continues to be the
Scene of Most Desperate
Warfare.
Real Winter is Being Experi
enced and Suffering is
Intense.
Armistice May be Called for
Christmas Day is Now the
Belief.
By Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 23.?The 80 mllo
front Id Russian Poland to the west
of Warsaw, 'where the Germans and
Russians are at grips on the hanks
of the Bzura, the Rawka and the Pll
lea rivers, continues to be the sccno
of the most desperate fighting in eith
er the eastern or western arenas of
war.
When the weather conditions under
which the troops are fighting are re
called, the suffering of the men in the
trenches may to some extent be appre
ciated, as the country is experiencing
the full force of winter.
Each side sustained large losses in
this battle, and although the Germans
are said to have forced the Russian
lines at a number of points, it Is nev
ertheless a fact, according to reports
reaching London, that the Russians'
strengtli has straightened out. Again
there comes trickling from Holland
reports of vast movements of Ger
man forces from east and west. A
dispatch reaching here from Amster
dam says that thousands of Germans
j have passed through Aix La Chapelle
| toward Northern France. This activi
ty may be the forerunner of a renew
ed offensive In the west under the
eyes of Emperor William, or it may
simply be intended to offset reinforce
ments which Great Britain has been
throwing into the tense field of hos
tilities. As the situation appears to
them today the allies In Prance anil
Belgium continue more on the of
fensive than the defensive and every
day shows slight change to their cred
it is believed that notwithstanding
the failure of the men for armistlnce
over Christmas, some sort of a lull
will set In on Christmas day itself, as
Christmas sentiment is deep ~ln the
men's hearts.- ?
J. The London newspapers have decld
j ed unanimously not to publish on
| Christmas day and the official press
bureau will also suspend activities.
Thousands of tons of Christmas
presents have been sent to the front.
The distribution and enjoyment of the
gifts is another argument for the prob
able suspension of hostilities wherev
er this Is possible.
Business Men Turn
'Newsies' for Charity
DEI710IT, Dec. 23.?More than sev
enty business and professional men
of Detroit, who once wero newsboys,
resumed their -youthful occupation to
day to jalse money for Christmas char
ity. Headed by James J. Brady, Col
lector ol Internal Revenue, the "New
sies" stood on street corners, where
they cried their papers thirty or forty
years ego.
So thai. the regular boys should lose
nothing, their papers were bought
from Ihtm at the usual rates.
Actors to Amuse
British at Front
LONDON, Doc. 23.?A novel scheme
for the entertainment of the troops In
Franc's has been approved by the mili
tary authorities. A British concert
party, consisting of Ellaline Terriss,
Seymour Hicks, Ben Davies, Ivy St.
Heller, Will Van Allen and Eli and
Olga Hudson will leave London on
Sunday next and play for a week
among the British soldiers In France,
giving performances at various places
along the lines of communication.
Franz Joseph's Mind
Wanders, Says Prince
PARIS. Dec. 23.?The Russian Slove
describing an Interview between
Prince James of Bourbon and Emper
or Fran* Josef, shortly before the for
mer escaped from Froshdorf Castle,
says tho aged emperor appeared to
Don James as totally Incapable.
"Tho Emperor," it says, "changed
subject without apparent sequence,
abd seamed to have forgotten why
he summoned Don James. The Em
peror begged the Prince to tell him
the truth'about the war, saying he
knew well why he wii being kept in
ignorance."
Glass Plant Starts
Employing 700 Men
RANTS Pa., Dec. 23,-Seven hun
dred men who have been out of work
lor two months were given employ
ment this morning at tUepiantof the
Amertcon Plate GIosb Company at
James City, started operations to Its
?UTh? company has enough orders to
'insure operations for eight months.
Palace of Kutuktu
Destroyed by Fire
dispatch re
ceived heVe from Urea, Mongolia, re
lates that the interior of the palace
nf the Kutnktu, or the Diefled Lama of
the Mongols, with all its priceless
treasures has been entirely destroyed
"by fire. The Iobs entailed is said to be
wealth of the Kutuktu, which is
derived from contributions of enthusi
devotees, is described as very
great. In and out of the Kut"Wu. the
L?ma owns 150.000 slaves and abund
ance of world goods and the most pre
tentious palace in Mongolia.
Troops to Leave
Colo, in 10 Days
BTWA3niNGTON. Dec. 23.?Arrange
ments ..or beginning the ^Hhdrawal of
federal troops from Colo'ado strike
district within the next ten days were
made today at a conference between
Pres Wilson, Gov. Ammons of Colo
rado". Cov. elect Carrlson and Senator
Shafrotli.
Emperor is on
The Battle Front
ByL^ONeDe^e238-A dispatch from
roloitno, says that Emperor William
???*?? entire staff reached Cologne
Joky from Berlin on his way to the
western battle front.
Wilson to Give 125
Turkeys tqimployes
WASH1NGT0I^.I^23^-Pre8ident
?ariiBnn will distribute about 126 tur
Zyl ic employes at the White House.
.toUo^ll a custom established many
y?STe president will spend Chrlstaas
ouletlv here wltli his daughters. Mrs.
fYtmcls B. Sayre Is expected here to
I morrow. ... '
by American Frwi AuoclaOon.
EDINBURGH. Dec. 23,-Thousands
of aliens, including Americans, have
been deprived of their votes as Par
liamentary electors in the United
Kingd.-jri by the order that all foreign
ers register.
And/ew Carnegie sailed for home In
September before the order was pro
mulgated, and therefore his name is
?tUl on the roll of electors, but not on
the roll of foreigners. However, he
cannot return to the United Kingdom
while the war lasts unless he Is pre
pared to register as a forolgner.
|judge Gary Says Wag
Corporation Employe
Not be Diminislied^@)r
a Few Minor Adj'u
Will be Made.
IPIECE WORKERS
RECEIVE iil?Sl
| Says There Are^Some
dences of a Change for
Better in the Matter of
provement to Buisi^sffl^SS
ditions.
. 5
NEW YORK, PocffggaSBja
be no general reduction.;i?r.wages^
I the United States SteelVCorpor
I at the present time, according
I announcement made tod'?
| Elbert H. Gary, chairxna
Iporatlon, after
poratlon's finance commltti
I will, however. be some readjust!
I in the pay of "skilled labor orfplSS^j
| work" on a lower basis.
Judge Gary Issued the follow
Istatement: ?
"After giving carafuL consldsri&pifij
J to the subject It haa been decided
I make no general reduction .in the w
I es of the employes of the Unl'
? States Steel Corporation atroffiraine
I There will probably beeomerea dibit
mcntB In the amounts paid to
I labor or piece work, ? depen'dlBg
| special conditions.
"In view of the generalfilepc
I in business which haa^be
led for some time, deer
I general wage scale; have
levltable and Imminent,'^!
I determined to continue' "the
I scale for the present, atjye
I the hope that Improvement^
| ness will be realized.
"Already there are some evideno
| of a change for the better."
Although the statement'doegfl
Ipllcitly say that the reajtJu"
the pay of skilled JaborjCf'
I lower basis. It'; jjgs^expji
I half of the corporation tha
la natural asjramptio&T^S
I borers on the rolls oftthe1|f
I are understood to" numtie^,
I per cent of the more than?200;6j
Iployes, and are among v the?fi
| paid.
??ve?seemeill
. bu&BKe
lace Riots Renewed.
In South -Carol*
GREENVILLE, S.;
Fighting between whites an'djneg
In Oconee county, near -Falqffi
C? which resulted lnrfufe^klli
four negroes and the woundln
four white men Sunday,'waiftren!
today, reports from there sta
fifth negro was report ed'-kflled^
Magistrate W. C. McLune, -shot
I day. was said to be In a d"'?
tlon.
I TXT ? TLT 12*
Order jtnfteei
|Br Associated Press.1 v:
NEW KENSINGTON,'**?
An orler for 600,000 alurc'
teens tor one of the belliger-.,
of Europe was received -tiyjjjS
facturln" company. here^tSday
cral months will be requ
the order but shlpn^ntaJjSiJ
made cach week,
229 Killed in Aiit
Accidents
BOSTON, Dec. -23;-w
22 per cent In the numb
car fatalities In Mossachu
year'ending Novomber I
ed by the highway con _
There were 7,961 accide
229 persons lost theirjllye
were injured. Of those
were pedestrians, </
TRAINS^.
All trains.wereflatcS
account of the heaVyjpi
Another reason for del
amount of express sh
the Christmas season,
requiring more time
kind of . traffic offe
HUMANE 80CIETp*$
Hazel Wilson* o'f<
en to'the Home,;0(;!tti?
at Wheeling yes'tT "
en over to'the,; Hi
the result that she
in the above name
AllGbods Marked In Plain Figures
Om? Price to Everybody
A* B. SCOTT &
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