The West Virginian. [volume], December 28, 1914, Image 1

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Buildings Suf
^onijthe Blast and
J-Eire. ?
J'-';" [
fink That -Enemies
loon Man Were Re
^sponsible.
Estimated to be
Arrests May
'?Fo^ow.
IlHpjj^Ind.',. Dec. 2.?Three
^including two saloons and a
Ttet werif practically demol
-ibydynamlte early today,
building across the street
e ofjShe saloons was wrecked,
broke . out In the three build
ollowing the blast. Business
jgS&toj.tlib number of a, dozen
Jre/<suffered by the explosion.
IfglanB windows were Bhattered
uejjfrqnts of the buildings were
*ed.' . The saloons were owned
ifterfeWllson and Tbeo. Thomiv
d'-the meat market by A. Em
j^hllo the police wore with
Sfteflalte clew today, they were
njcffonltha theory that enemies
"son were responsible. Wilson
cently named in an aitldavit fll
Biafore, JUBtice of the Peace John
on, charging him wlthillegally
'nlSjjiis saloon. Sheriff J. Kel
3ulllvan county, was informed
ffebvered automobile was seen
i^eBt ,toward Sholburn im
rtyjftoliowtng the eiplosion.
loss Is estimated at $30,000.
wmakers To
Ws$On Labor
Dispute Bills
EE PROSPECTIVE LAWS ARE
EING PREPARED FOR THE
^VIRGINIA INDUSTRIAL COM
MI8SI0N MAY BE
SfrPnOVIDED.
u2eSST6N;-W'. Va:, Deo: 28. ?
Sljpitodiot /Trade is, send'ntr
les of the bill proposed by
ler Congressman William Pi
1, of Wheeling, for the settle
Industrial disputes.
MUffwiUlbe introduced at the
session of the Legislature. It
Iwjraje^maln, the provisions
-
^EffiuSroposed by C. B. Tay
Sfgtyheeilng, and a third, pro
Jajmunber of Charleston law
low??^ the provisions
SaaffiaS disputes law.
SfSjSjj^fciir provides that its
ration, shall be confided to a
rSKoJ-belcno'vvn as the West
BSdnstrlalCommlsslon. It is
toKltjthat It contains no corn
provisions, and its author
frStUhe vlrtue of "covering all
SsnMUBtrial dispute and put
gparties to such disputes on
Rnmeame ? footing."
Blmzblll1 provides that when
goyefrfatld employes are un
itgraeffelther of the parties
gfiottheiGovernor for the ap
;t: o?ia Board of Conciliation
SSjjJtfon, whereupon the Gov
Euwjppolnt one member of
HB3n|ths recommendation of
oyer and another on the rec
itfon'.'o_ftho employes, the
nberlto.be chosen by the two
?for the 'Charleston bill
I of the better features
Reeling bills.
Pennsylvania?Cloudy to
robably unsettled Tues
Virglnla?Partly cloudy
tonight and.Tuesday.
Ambassador Page on W ay to British War Office
&
Thlg is a photograph of Ambassador
Page Just leaving the American embas
sy, No 4 Grosvenor Place, London, on
his way to the Britsli war office. The
ambassador has been very active In
l.ondon, and his work on behalf ot
randed Americans and those In trou
ble lias brought him very prominently j
before tbo public in London.
Political Jobs Are
FiiTedT3yW ant Ads.
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 28.?For the
flrst time in local political history
classified newspaper advertisements
have been called upon to get men to
fill political jobs. A reorganization of
the election machinery is in progress
as a result of the election of Thomas
J. Scully as County Judge, liead ot the
Election Board, and men were needed
for clerks and judges.
It was feared that the classified ad
vertisement might draw applications
from only the .unemployed and would
not attract the class of cleric desired,
but members of the Election Commis
sion declare this did not prove true.
"The want ad' has made good," said
Anthony' CzarnecUl, election commis
sioner. "It not only goes to every
section of the city, hut goes to the
bright, intelligent, capable class of
persons needed for this political ser
vice."
Arch Bishop of
San Francisco Dead
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28.?Most
Rev. Patrick William Riordan, arch
bishop of' the' diocese of San Fran
cisco, died at his home oarly today.
Archbishop Riordan contracted a
severe cold five days ago, which de
veloped Into pneumonia.
The condition of the lato prolato
took a decided turn for the worse
Bhortly after< midnight. Stimulants
were employed to sustain heart ac
tion, but he sank gradually until death
' occurred.
Archbishop, Riordan was born In
New Brunswick In 1841, and was ap
pointed head of the San Francisco
'diocese in 1884.
NOTICE OWLS!
There will be an installa
tion of officers and social ses
sion on New Year's Eve, De
cember 31, 1914. Come out
and have a good time.
* W.H. RANDOLPH,Sec.
Christmas Club is now open,
miss this invitation to join.
Everybody welcome.
Peoples National Bank.
.
Official War News*.
i ,
By Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 28?An official state
ment given out by the French war
! office this afternoon reads as fol
I lows: v
"In Belgium we have continued to
advanco. To the west of Lombaert
zyde we are actually at the foot of the
Sand Dunes on which the enemy has
established his line of resistance. At
a point south of Ypres we have lost
a section of trenches near Hollebeke.
In the region of Lens,.near Carcency,
the enemy yielded under our attacK
1800 yards of first line trenches. In
the valley of the river Alsne and In
Champagne there has been intermit
tent artillery fighting which was par
ticularly severe in the vicinity ot
Rheims and around Perthes.
"Here the enemy directed their ar
tillery" lire especially against the po
sitions to tho west of Perthes, con
quered and occupied by us.
"On the heights of the Meuse there
has been slight progress by our troops
along the entire front. In the Vosges
the enemey bombarded the railroad
station.at St. Die, but the raliroail
service lias not been Interrupted. In
Upper Alsace, northeast of Steibach,
a counter attack'of the Germans was
repulsed." ^.
By Associated Press.
BERLIN, via wireless to London.
Dec. 28.?The German army head
quarters staff .today issued the fol
lowing. statement:
"In the western theater, the enemy
successfully renewed his. attacks on
Nleuport, supported by warships,
which did no damage to us, but killed
or wounded a few inhabitants of West
ende. v
"An attack on the hamlet of St
George also failed/ South of Ypres we
captured one' of the enemies' trenches
and some dozens oT prisoners fell into
our hands on this occasion.
"Several violent atacks by the-ene
my in the region northwest of Ar
ras were repelled. To the southeast
of Verdun the enemy repeated his at
tack, but they also were without suc
cess. A similar result occurred when
he attempted to recapture - a heigh th
west of Senheim, for which we fought
yesterday.
"There is no news from East Prus
sia or from Poland. North of the Vis
tula and on the' left bank-of the Vis
tula our attacks' are developing not
withstanding tbe very unfavorable
weather."
At Sonneneroft."
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard" Lee Hutchin
son and daughter, Helen, of Manbar,
W. Va? who .had spent tho holidays
wl th M rfl. Hutchinson's - parents", Mr.
?nd.Mrs.L. G. Race, In Cleveland,, Q.,
arrived' this morning to spend sev
eral weeks with.the former^ parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E, Hutchinson, at
Sonneneroft.
ALLIES GAIN ON
Kaiser's Commander Comes
to a Halt on the Vistula
River.
Reinforced Teutons Re-take
Town of Wlava in Russian
Poland.
Russians are.Pursuing Aus
trians Through the Car
pathians.
Bt Associated Pkbms.i
LONDON, Dec. 28.?On the battle
line in bctb the eastern and western
arenas o? the war the onward move
ments today seemed to have lost some
thing of their headway. On the west
ern front the allied offensive has mo
mentarily shown a lack o? vigor, while
Gen. Von Ilindenburg, the German
commander, seems to have come to a
standstill on the Vistula. At the same
time, Vienna admits a check to tbe
Austrian forces stationed along the
jalician Carpathians.
French troops, during tbe past three
Jays, have made minor advances, judg
ing from official communications, but
apparently not at the same rate of
siwcd reported a fortnight ago Fog
accounts in a measure for this lessen
ing of efforts. With the exception of
the capture of certain Anglo-Indian
trenches near the Lys last week, most
of which tbe allies claim to have recap
tured, the efforts of the Germans to
send back tbe allied line appear, in tbe
opinion of British observers, to have
Decn abortiv*.
North of/the river Vistula, in Russian
Poland, tbe Germans, again reinforced,
have retaken the town of Mlawa, hut
south of the river they still stand on
their old ground. ,
In Southern Poland, where the Ger
man right Joins the Austrian left, there
has been some fierce fighting, with
?'slight gains for ihe Austro-German al
lies, Judging from reports coming from
Berlin and Vienna.
In the Galician Carpathians, the Aus
trians have been compelled to give
ground, acording to an official state
ment, from Vienna, but Petrograd de
clares also officially that the Russian
forces are pursuing tbe AustrlanB into
the Carpathian mountains after taking
many thousand prisoners.
By Associated Press.
PETROGRAD, via London, Dec. 28.
?The investment by the Russians of
the Austrian fortress of Cracow has
again been raised. Following" the dis
covery of an attempt made by the
Austrians to divide the Russian forc
(Continued on Page 3.)
Canada Troops
Kill1 American
Wound Another
MEN WERE HUNTING DUCK OUl
OF SEASON IN CANA
DIAN WATERS.
SOLDIERS ORDERED MEN TO
COME ASHORE, WHICH
THEY DISOBEYED.
By Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 28.?One
American was instantly killed and an
other wounded by Canadian troops pa
trolling the Canadian border at Fort
Erie, Ontario, opposite this city, to
day. The men were hunting duck out
of season, in the Niagara river and
' Canadian waters. Provincial police
officer, Thomas Delaney, of Fort Erie,
?ordered the men to stop shooting.
They declined and Delaney called
upon a corporal and two privates of
the 44th batallion of the Canadian
militia (or assistance. The corporal
ordered the men to come ashore. In
stead they headed their boat for
American waters and were beating a
hasty retreat, when at the order ot
Delaney the soldiers fired upon them.
Walter Smith was shot through the
head and killed, and Charles Dorsch
was seriously wounded In the shoul
der. Both reside in Buffalo. When
the hunters toppled over in their boat
the soldiers put out .In a boat andj
towed the craft to shore.
Russians Cut Aus.
Armies in Twain
By Associated Press.
PETROORAD, via London, Dec. 28.
?Russian forces, acordlng to advices
received today from Galicia have suc
ceeded in crossing the Diala river
and taken possession of a 20 mile
strip ? of territory south of Tuthow,
-thereby separating; the two Austrian
armies. The forces of General/Bo w
ehm-ErmollI, the Austrian command
er, are claimed by the Russians to be
retreating precipitately and the west
ern Austrian army Is said to be badly
crippled.
r* {/'?h i
tour Killed, one
HuriwhenHome
' .
For Aged Burns
City Home at Cambridge,
Mass., Destroyed by Fire
Early Today.'
Many Inmates Suffer Very
Severely From Fright and
Exposure.
By Associated Pr?ss.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 28.?Four
deaths and the probable fatal burning
rf another Inmate in the Are which
swept the occupants'of the city home
while they were asleep early today
was definitely established when the
officials made a careful checking up of
their register today. Many others
among the 238 inmates mostly aged
men and women suffered soverly from
Tight and exposure and several -were
partly overcome by smoke. Police,
tiremen and nurses assisted them
down stairways, fire escapes and lad
ders and while the building was burn
Ing they wore cared for by nearby
residents I-ater the majority of the
Inmates were taken to the two city
buildings and provided with matress
es.
Congress Will
Rush Business
After A Recess
MEMBERS ARE RETURNING TO
DAY FOR REASSEMBLING
TOMORROW.
WANT TO FINISH WORK TO AVOID
AN EXTRA SESSION IN
MARCH.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON". Dec. 28.?Senators
and Representatives were returning
to Washington today from their holi
day recess for the reassembling of
Congress tomorrow. With their re
turn, evidences of activities >began
to appear on both sides of the capi
tol. and the Democratic leaders were
still determined, to expedite the pass
age of all necessary legislation- bo as
to avoid an eitra session after March
4. Practically all of the real work
of the session Is yet to be accom
plished. On the House side rapid
progress has begun to be made in
clearing up appropriation bills and
a few general measures, but in the
Senate In addition to the supply meas
ures the entire administration legis
lative program remains to be dis
posed of.
There the Immigration bill Is un
finished, with prospects of a continua
tion of the light against the measure
because vof the illiteracy test provi
sion.
Knights Templar
Grand Master Die's
TROY, N. Y? Dec. 28.?Colonel Ar
thur McArlhur, grand master of the
gTand encampment, Knights Templar
of the United States, died suddenly of
apoplexy yesterday at his home here.
He was 64 years old. '
?Colonel MacArthur was the editor
and proprietor of the Troy "Northern
Budget" and was widely known as a
newspaper man. He was a prominent
Republican. Governor Morton ap
pointed him a member of bis military
staff and be was retained in that ca
pacity by Governor Black.
For many years Colonel MacArthur
was prominently Identified with Ma
sonry and was olected grand maBter
of the grand encampment at Denver,
Col., in 1913. He has been a Mason
since 1S72.
Laborer an Heir to
Estate of Millions
PORTER V1LLE, Cal., Dec. 28.?Har
ly Schulz, a laborer who bas made-his
home here for several yean, has been
Informed that he Is one of the heirs
to the estate of Cecil Calvert, Lord
Baltimore, which Includes a largo
tract op valuable land lying in the
suburbs of Baltimore, and saidf to be
valued at several million dollars.
Shulz's father, who Is a resident of
Chanute, Kan., Is a grandson of Al
fred Calvert, the younger brother of
Lord Baltimore, said to b^ the only
direct claimant to the estaio.
Dr. D. L, Jamison to
Lecture on Asia
"What I Have Seen and Heard in
Asia" will be the; subject of a. lec
ture to be 'given on" Tuesday nlsftt
at' the -First- Baptist Ichurch-.by -Dr.
D. L. Jamison, of New. York City.
. . Dr. -Jamison spent- several years in
travel through Asia and his lecture
will deal with conditions as he saw
them. Dr. Jamison is a guest'at the
The Sultan of Tukey has been driv
en into the war against the allies by
the advisers about him who are friend
ly to Germany. He is not believed to
be much of a force in the government
and It is not thought that he'hftd much
to Bay about the decision of Turkey to
Join with Austria and Germany.
The Sultan of Turkey.
Servian Food
Supply Is Low
Br Aurociatfd Pw.hb.'T
MITROVICI, Hungary, Dec. 28.?It
Is stated here tbat the supply depart
ment of the Servian army has proved
.unable-to meet the demand made1 up
on It and that in consequence the
troops have suffered the greatest hard
ships. This asertlon. seems to be
borne out In part by the condition
of BOO Servian prisoners who were
standing'about , the market peaces
heretoday. It was. a pitiable specta
fiei, BOO^men In- rags, ^unwashed'anil
unshaven;. Though "'the ground was
froiena score, had no hoots and were
"buBy trying to avoid contact ;with the
cold, earth by'.Ufting one . foot; after
the other. "What , once had been a
uniform was now a collection, of rags
torn and soiled and In. some instances
supplemented *by, bags. Very few of
Had Shoots;
the
become
WAR DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RE
CEIVED-REBORT-OF BIG ,
DISORDER.
PHILIPPINE COMMISSIONS DE
CLARE THAT UPRISING IS
FABRICATION.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28?No fur
1 ther report from Governor General
Harrison on the insurrectionist dis
turbances In the Philippines has como
to the war department today and offi
cials declare the governor general's
cable of yesterday giving details of
scattered disorders and generally min
imizing Jhe Importance was all they
expected, unless there were new de
velopments.
WASHINGTON, Dec.' 2 ? Brigadier
General Prank Mclntyre, chief of the
bureau of Insular affairs, announced
that the war department has received
no report from Governor General Har
rison or any other official source for
confirmation of the unofficial reports
of an uprising in tlie Philippines.
Gen. Mclntyre has had no reply ti
his query sent to Governor General
' Harrison asking for a full report of
the alleged uprising-or the plans for
an uprising that are supposed to have
been thwarted. In the face of per
sistent unofficial reports that some
thing in the nature of an uprising has
occurred, war department officials are
! in a quandary because of Governor
| General Harrison's silence.
Manuel Quezon and Manuel Earn
shaw, the two resident commissioner*
from the Philippines to the United
States, declared toda.y that the re
ports of an 'uprising undoubtedly are
fabrications started by American bus
iness Interests which are anxious to
.defeat the' Jones Filipino Indepen
dence bill.
Daring Attack by British at:
Cuxhaven Causes jTh
ing Battled
Commander Hewlett<E^ob
bly Drowned?Wr^c^ed''
Machine Found! : .
? i
Cruisers, Destroyers, jSub;
marines and Seaplanes in
i Deadly Encoianter.
LONDON, Dec. 28.?Assisted by
light cruisers, destroyers and" iwSina|5
rines, seven British naval alrmenr'pll^
| oting seaplanes, made a daring |ai?*
tack Christmas day on the Gorman
naval base at Cuxhaven, at the mouth
ot the Elbe. Six of the airmen TraS
' turned safely, but the seventh^ConulI
1 Hewlett, It is feared, has been lds'typ
as his machine was found oft Helgo
land wrecked.
What damage done by the-bomb's^
thrown by the stacking party icoujig
not be ascertained, but the German^,
reports of the affair say that the
raid was fruitless. V' : J.1
i The enterprise of the British nav5>|
In thus attempting to "dig ouf' theS
German fleet brought about a'battle;
between the most modern o'tSwH?
machines: The British squadron, ln-f
eluding the light cruisers Arethusa
and Undaunted, which have been en
gaged in previous explqlta^on.itl??o?g
man coast, was atacked -by'%Zeppell
and submarines. '
Cruisers Worst Zeppelins.
By rapid maneuvering
were able to avoid the^. submarines,
?while the Zeppelins found|ffi?iSTr
the cruisers too dangerous jfor?r
to keep up the fight. The ??
seaplanes dropped bombs, -whlcli|^
cording to the British accotmv?fell
harmlSBely into the sea.
mans, however, claim to have hit two
destroyers and" their: convoy/atiMillal
ter being set afire. *,>"
^ The Brltlsh^ships renr~
vicinity forTKree Bbors^
attacked by any surface;1'
picked up three ofjtheXBatjmj
and their planes. ,Three^otl
picked up by, submarines^ ?r?tji
machines were sunk..< Com. Hewlett,
it is thought, was drowned.
Girl Loses Spefcl
But Continues .to5Si
.r*
ST. LOXJIS, Dec. 28.-fB&tilila5
ler, 18, has not spoken for jib.
At times she will sing in aide
with excellent inflections. -;F
John Trexler. a prosperous jncri
has spent several thouBand.-doIli
an effort to cure the young worn a
Three years ago the girl^wasfoS
ated on for supposed.Inflammation!)
the right knee. When: shejC
from the hospital she seemed|_
depre'ssd. For days Bhe: jjoul<tfHEj
a window without saying a won
Gradually her speech becameJlesgSn
til six months ago she cei
entirely.
Actor Faints; Ellis! .
From. ChairjM]|
NEW YORK. Dec:
inson, an actor, met e.jjtrrigic'
early this morning folio?
afternoon party. ???
Seated tn a chair at hlsjhoi
versing, Dickinson sSddeniy
falntjn Rspell. He foU;forwa
his chair and struck
such violence that hla ;bT ""
tured. He diod two hoi
Loves WomanlM
Husban?
CLAYTON. ? fciMBgL-,
Wilson, a Santa Fc brakema
t-weon Arkansas CItyffiSfi"
' Kan., waB killed last nighl
hpmo of his fathervin-law '
Brown. Wilson hail br?
from his wife for twojyeL
to Clayton to effect afCKi
onciliatiori, to which BroiraBl
in love with Mrs. WiIsoig|j
Uon. ? ? /{T'
Brown, after shooting '
to his own "home, set|ft*
then committed [iniiMM
tag-burned.
Fritzi Scheff'slH
receipts of
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