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ALL THE NEWS WITHOUT FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1915. PRICE TWO CENTS. ABLISHED 1868. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY. ASSOCIATED nvading Army Pinned to River Banks ?Many Prisoners Taken. BULGARIA STILL QUIET S&fc ?;? Germans Attempt to Cap ture Dvinsk in Drive From North. (By Associated Prei'.* ^LONDON, Oct. 9.?According to offi cial Serbian advices the Austro-Ger man attack has not won much of an Itojtial success, the invaders having EpjfTered large losses in crossing the TCa^e- and now being pinned to the Ibrinlt of the river. Many Germans are , among the prisoners and some of them ' laraTsaid to be members of the Prus sian brigade which formerly was oper -ijng against Italy. here still remains a slight element' of doubt as to the attitude of Greece :.which probably will not be dispelled until the new cabinet makes definite .pronouncement of the policy. Russia ha* made official announcement of the .. sinking of a Geramn transport by a ^British submarine in the Baltic. Although the last 24 hours brought no?climax in the swiftly changing po IJUcal situation in the Balkans. Lon jflojfibogins lo view it in a clearer per spective. \The departure of the quad ruple entente diplomats has given ?finality to Bulgaria commitment to the ri^ejoPthe Central powers, but as yet has been no formal declaration x^vwartbetween Bulgaria and Serbia 1 |jgrta&; entente. r;I?xcepting an unconfirmed ^report of > Russian bombardment of the Bui-1 wrian coast, near Varna no other act of hostility has been committed by Bulgaria or her new opponent. Never fowe* Bulgaria is reported to be pre paring a flank attack on Serbia car ried out in conjunction with the Aus SurcSennan invasion. She is concen trating cavalry supported by heavy ar- i clfljeix-under German command in the I direction of Koestendil southwest of j Sofia near the Serbian border. BaffihetPyinsk front still claims our g^Mtest attention in the eastern fight-1 jJns'Tcone.* The Germans are not.' launching an attempt to take the city from the north and their inslaugbt ex ceeds in.violence the previous attack Siom' the west and south. A desper ate action has been fought 10 miles north of Dvinsk and the Russians ad mlt.'the loss of part of their trenches, ivOn the rest of the easfern front, rapidity of attack and counter attacks, yie'ivcapture and realture of trenches feof trenches leaves it in doubt which sldeMt-really on the defensive. Ger man'artillery Are continues along the {gltole'.of the western front, being di eted with particular violence against w. which the Germans are making ^.determined effort to regain, "he report of the night indicates it the (ferman losses in the offensive iof yesterday against the position of - the Allies near Loos were heavy. This ^information was given out by the ^French office this afternoon. , i Other violent attacks on the part pbLthe Germans southeast of Neuville jS.tTiVaast were completely repulsed. fiUl the French advances of recent davs have been maintained. The official re gpor^says: he reports of last night set forth at the German losses in the offensive vement undertaken yesterday iinst Loos and the positions to the |oprth of and to the south of Loos TOttlly, held by our troops were very he assault was made by three suc ilve and very dense formations of n followed by the detachment in tlamn form. All these troops were cut down by the combined Are of our iafantry machine guns and artillery. ?,Qn1y a few detachments of Germans Ejw? succeasful in securing a foot ing in the trench recently conquered uy. tis between Loos and the roadway &mn*Lens to Bethune. Other local attacks equal to these in violence qjafut"our positions to the southeast ot^Nearille-SL Vaast, but they were completely repulsed. All the progress made "by us in the last few days has ieen maintained?' IsVy ? NOTICE TO CITY TAX PAYERS. The tax receipts for are now ready at the r's office. discount of 2i?% will allowed for prompt lent J. R. MILLER, Treasurer. Woman Killed When Home is Dynamited WIFE OF ITALIAN MERCHANT DIES IN HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES. MONEY HAD BEEN DEMANDED IN LETTERS UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH. <Bv Associated Press > INDIANA. Pa.. Oct. 5.?Mrs. i'rank Anionucci. wife of a well-to-do Italian merchant at Creekside, Pa., died in the hospital here today as a result of injuries received oarlv yesterday when the Antonucci residence and store were blown to pieces by dyna mite. Antonucci recently received let ters demanding money, under a pen alty of death, and Wednesday evening two strange men approached Mrs. An tonucci on the eirwi and told her that if she wanted to live she must take her children and leave the house. Posses and Blood Hounds on the Trail Near Sistersville. MM ME ESCAPE About ?450,000 is Thought to be Amount of Money Stolen. (By Asxjc'aifd Press.) WHEELING. Oct. 9.?Captain T. R. Johnston, of the B. and 0. railroad po lice, received word at headquarters here today that the men who robbed B. and 0. train No. 1 at Central yes terday were making their way toward the Ohio river in the vicinity of Sis tersville. They were being followed by a sheriff and posses with blood hounds and were making good time. Captain Johnston was at once pro vided with a special train and taking a party of men left for Sistersville. Fosses working farther down the river were ordered to close in on Sis : tersville in the hope of catching up with the men before they could cross to the Ohio side. Once over the river it was thought they had a better ; chance since the hunt had not ex tended to that side. GRAFTON, Oct. 9.?Present indica tions are that the bandits who robbed the New York and St. Louis train near Central Thursday have made good ' their escape from the cordons of offi cers stretched about that region. The sum obtained is said to have been about $450,000. though Postal Inspec tor C. H. Saffell. of Washington, wno is here representing the government in the hunt for the robbers, declined to admit the figures were exact. He admitted, however, another large | amount of money on the train was overlooked. Congressman W. G.*Brown, of King wood, 20 miles east of Grafton, stated he heard a high power automobile pass his home at o o'clock Friday morning traveling in an easterly direc tion at a high rate of speed. D. ?. boiuen, an undertaker at Oak , ianu. Mu.. -o miles east of Kingwood, claims to have seen an automobile pass nis piace going east the same uiormug at < o'ctocs at a hign rate of speeo, containing tour men. i he progress oi tne maciime farther {east is Deing traceu. Biooa hounds . could do notning on the trail thougb I they were on tne ground less than I two hours atter the roboery. Mrs. W. H. Tiliiland, oi Cumberland, | claims to have seen a man get oif the : train at Central, where the robbery occurred, and hts description agrees with that or one of the robbers. He was on the tram when she boarded n . at Cumberland. Few of the men ap peared to be professional crooks, but the third croou seemed younger and was ill at ease and nervous, it is be lieved he was a tool of the other men ;and merely furnished information to get the train at the time when ux? money was aboard. WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.?PostofTice inspectors today after investigation of yesterday's holdup on B. and O. train near Central, W. Va., said that less than $100,000 in currency was looted by the robbers. First reports placed the amount of currency in transit be tween the treasurer and western hanks at more than $500,000. Investi gation developed that no sncb large amount was on the train. COOL ill era runs IN SECOND GUI Both Teams Are Confident of Victory Before the Battle Starts. Crowds Again Wait All Night for Chance to Pur chase Seats. ! (By A.?.?octatM Pr#M.> PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 9.?Clear and cool weather are conditions todav for the second same here in the world SIX? championship between the Philadelphia Nationals and Boston' | Americans. At 5 a. m. the tempera-1 I ture was 4$ degrees with prospects | that it will prow a little warmer bv afternoon. Confidence stimulated bv fruits of victory in the initial strug gle for the baseball supremacy of the ! world was apparent in the camp of , the Philadelphia Nationals, and when they entered the second game of the big series it 'was with determination to make it two straight. Their worthy opponents, the Boston Americans, al though defeated temporarily at leas:, were undismayed and were equally determined to even up matters. The news that nearly 700 bleecher seats remained unoccupied during ves terday because the fans had dispaireu of securing admittance caused thou-, sands to dock to the grounds today; and there was an unprecedented crush for the seats. The presence of President Wilson, i who was fo throw out the first ball also increased the demand for admit tance. The gates had scarcely closed , ^yesterday 'before^ jbe enthusiastic j "hleachenfes beganto fonn in line forj the nearly all night wait, for an op-1 portunlty to obtain the first row ot j seats today. By midnight the line had grown to several hundred and as. j 10 a. ra. when the gates were opened, i it extended for blocks. There was a vast difference in the spirit of last night's crowd compared to that which surrounded the park on the night previous when rain made , the long wait a most disagreeable one as well. All hands had brought va rious devises for making themselves comfortable and despite the chill wind ; every one sepmed happy. Vendors of coffee and sandwiches did a rush busi ness through the night and early ; morning hours. STOLEN K ON i BANKS IN WEST Mail Car Robbers Believed . to Have Overlooked a Million. Washington, d. c.. Oct. 9.? Twelve consignments of bank notes and Federal reserve tunds were snip j ped on the B. & O. train robbed at ' Central. \V. Va.. by registered parcels post from the treasury department to j banks in the west and middle west. [The banks to which this money was [shipped follow: 1 The First National Hank. Eoynton. jOkla.; First National Bank. Bradsbaw. ' Neb.; First National. Brigbam City, |Utah; First National, Bristow, Neb.; ? First National, righton, Col.; Farm !ers' National, Berkley, Okla.; First | National. Lyons. Kas.; Harney Coun ity National, Burns, Ore.; Jewell Coun jty National. Burr Oak, Has., and Sil | ver Bow National, Butte City, Col. Officials at the treasury department | refused to disclose the exact amount ! of currency on the rifled mail car, | but it has been learned from other i sources that there was at least $1,500, 000 in currency on the car in packages of about $5,000 each, $5,000 being the maximum amount accepted under the rules of the postal department for ; shipment in a single package. It is the belief here that the robbers {took about $500,000 of this amount jeither overlooking the remaining $1,* J 000.000 or deliberately leaving it be ' cause the notes were of such large denominations as to make is difficult of disposal without arousing suspi pion. The mony stolen is in national bank notes. The money left is Fed eral reserve funds. According to the statements or gov ernment officials here the stolen bank notes are legal tender -without the sig natures of the officials of the banks to which they, are consigned, and a considerable number of such unsigned notes are actually in-circulation due to the neglect of bank officlatsjn affix ing their signatures. The only way in which the stolen notes can be iden ? tilled is by their serial numbers. FOSTER PITCHED TODAY'S GAME FOR RED SOX. SL" 1?OSTER BOBBERS FORCE iwmm TO ABANDON CAR Story of Holdup Near Cen tral, Told by Clerk Haines Huff. ONLY GET HALF OF MONEY Bandits Told Men to Get Coats and Vests Before They Left. ! CINCINNATI, 0.. Oct. 9.?A thrill : iug story of his experience with the ' courteous desperadoes wro rifled the mail car in his charge of half a million ; dollars at Central, a few miles west > ot Clarksburg, W. Va.. was related by ' Haines Huff, chief clerk in. charge of : the car when the New York and St. I Louis express arrived in Cincinnati? J shortly afternoon yesterday, ? more 1 than four hours late. Clerk HuEf begins the story of the ; train holdup after the engineer and fire-1 ; man bad been cowed- into submission : by masked men who -^rded the ten der and climbed over ihe coal to the j engine. The attack on the engine | crew was carried out bo silently as not to attract the attention of even ; the mail clerks on th# next car. Mr.1 j Huff said: "The first we knew of the robbery j ? was when the train stopped near Cen-j ! tral, W. Va., about 2 o'clock this morn-; i tug. "Some one came knocking on the j ? door and when we opened up there 1 was a revolver pointing at us. The man who held it was masked. He got; in the car and made us put up'our j hands. He seemed nervous and order ! ed us about considerably, i "He ordered the other clerks. Albert I Phillips, of Athens. O- and Cecil Plum-1 mer, of Ludlow. Ky.. to get out of the car. He kept me in the ".car for a ' while. Then the bandits cut off the j mail car and the locomotive and ran It down the track a way. "The robber got a third of a sack of registered mail, which 1 think was | about half of the shipment of unsigned i money we had in the car. "The robbers put me and the flre-j man off and rode in the engine down the track. We walked back to the main train and then on back.to Cen tral. W. Va- about a mile.' to give the alarm. Later the fireman and I. with a few others, walked five miles over the hills in the dark to get the loco motive.*' Albert Phillips, another clerk, com mented on the nervousness of the bandit who entered the car. "He was a smooth-spoken fellow and talked a lot" said . Phillips. "When he ordered us off 'tbe car he (Continued on page ten.) Every Play in World's Series Games Shown by The West Virginian. CROWDS SEE CONTEST Details of Games Shown Just One Minute After Actual Play. That..The- West-. Virginian score board has made a-great hit with the fan3 ,of ; Fairmont goes without say. .ing. Xo player in the world's series will make a bigger hit than has the big.elecfrlc board, which depicts every play made in the baseball classic. Hundreds of fans gathered around the office of,The West Virginian yes terday and braved the chilly blasts to watch Boston and the Phillies play, while a much larger crowd watched the'game this afternoon. The excellent service given the fans of Fairmont Jt>y The West Virginian on the annual struggle for the cham pionship of the baseball world is the talk of the city. The West Virginian electric score board was less than one minute behind actual play at the Philly park. Yesterday afternoon Hooper went to bat at 2:09 and the first play of the world series. Hooper's single, was on the board at 2:10. And so on through the entire game bvery play was given right up to the minute and with such accuracy that every one of the great throng in front of the West Virginian ofTice was able to follow every play made on the dia mond. No sooner had the umpire called a ball on the batter in Philadelphia than the electric board flashed the called ball; it a hit was made, presto change, the little lights got busy and displayed to the fans just where the ball went and how many bases the batter made on the hiu The crowd -went wild Friday, when, after Boston had tied the score in their -half of the eighth inning the Phillies came right back and got three men on bases with only one ont and Cravath up. The crowd was pulling for Cravath.to hit the ball over the fence, but the best he could do was to roll a slow one to short, one run ner coming over the pan as Craratn died at first station. Luderus then sot an infield single, bringing in one more Philly player and sewing up the con test. The crowd.went wild and made so much noise that even the office dog awoke from his slumbers and barked his way into the big doings. The West Virginian score board is Continued on oaca ten.)' Hooper, rf . : Scott, ss Janvrin, ss . Speaker, cf . Hoblitzel, lb Lewis, if ... ! Gardner, 3b Barry, 2b .. iThomas, c .. Foster, p ... | Cady, c xHenriksen BOSTON. R. 1 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 Totals x Batted for Scott. H. 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 0 10 PHILADELPHIA. R. H. Stock, 3b ... Bancroft, ss Paskert, cf . Cravath, rf . Luderus, lb . Whitted, If . Niehoff, 2b . Burns, c ... Mayer, p-... 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 :e1 - ? 2';'i i 2 Totals R.] Boston 10000000 1?2$UM Philadelphia 00001000 0?1 fi Summary: Two-base hits?Foster. Cravath. Ludenis. Struck out Mayer 7. by Foster 7. Base on balls? Off Mayer 2. Time?2 honrs.'l;gjin!nnijL Umpires?Rigler and Klem, National League; Evansl and O'Loughlin, American League. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.?The Boston RetBB feated the Philadelphia Nationals in the game pl'ayeffihein today by a score of 2 to 1. This makes the seriesjtied as the National League team won the first game yesterday The attendance for the second pa me of the world's series,, pli today, was estimated at about 23.000. the capacity of the grounds. opened the game as pitcher for Boh ton. while Thomas was annoi the catcher. Manager Moran placed his faith in Mayer, bysecuUiii to the plate with Burns on the receiving end. President Wilson and party occupied a box located in tife] | between the plate and third base. A band of music entertained before the start of the game. The private betting of the series was at even money. The Jilj gates were opened at 11 and at 12 o'clock the open stands v< the limit. Manager Carr;*an expressed confidence in winning tod*# and Manager Moran also had high hopes of repeating yestardftyg Carrigan worked Foster; Moran relied on Mayer. First -Inning. For Boston?Hooper walked. Scott 1 filed to left. Speaker singled. Hooper : taking third. Speaker out stealing i second. Hooper scoring on the play when Burns muffed the ball. Hoblitzel singled to center. He went out steal J ing second. One run. two hits, one ; error. For Philadelphia?Stock out. Scott to Hoblitzel. Bancroft struck out. I Paskert out. Barry to Foster. No runs, no hits, no errors. Second Inning. For Boston?Lewis fanned. Gard ner singled to left. Barry struck out. Thomas out. Mayer to Luderus. No runs, one hit. no errors. For Philadelphia?Cravath struck ] out. Luderus fanned. Whitted out, Scott to Hoblitzel. No runs, no hits. J no errors. Third Inning. For Boston?Mayer struck out Fos ter. Hooper and Scott. No runs, no bits, no errors. For Philadelphia?Niehoff fanned. Burns out to Hoblitzel unassisted. Mayer fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fourth Inning. For Boston?Speaker popped to i Bancroft. Hoblitzel grounded to Lu derus. Lewis singled to left. Gard ner filed to Whitted. No runs, one hit. no errors. For Philadelphia?Stock flied to Speaker. Bancroft out, Hoblitzel to Foster. Paskert flied to Hooper. No runs, no hits, no errors. Fifth Inning. For Boston?Barry out. Stock to Lu derus. Thomas out the same way. Foster doubled to right. Ho6perH walked. Scott flied to Whitted. No runs, one hit, one error. For Philadelphia?Crarath doubled to left Luderus doubled to center* scoring Cravatb. Whltted out, Scott to Hobliuel. Luderas taking third. Niehoff lined to Hoblitze;. Boras fanned. One ran. two^tsftno errors. Sixth Inning. For Boston?Speaker filed to Ban croft. Hoblitxel Hied to Nieboff. Lew Is fanned. No runs, no hits, no er For Pb ilad el pbU-rBwflouU^Barry to Hobliuel. .Stoct^but, aame way. Bancroft singled to reenter. Paskert out, Gardner to Hoblitielj No runs, one bit. no errors, j Scventh Innlnfj For Boston?Gardner filed to Wkit> ted. Barry singled to left. Thomas ; forced Barry at second. Foster sto* pled. Thomas going to second. Jan* vrin runs for Thomas. Hooper singles. I filling sacks. Henriksen, batting for Scott, filed to Loderus. No runs, ! three bits, no errors. For Philadelphia?Crarath struck one Luderus flied to Hooper. Whitted fouled out to Cady. No runs, no hits, no errors. Eighth Inn^ngS For Boston?Speaker <mlLoderus : to Msyer. Hoblitxel filed to CraTath. Lewis out, Bancroft to LsMn. No i runs, no htts. no errors. ; For Philadelphia?Gard ner to Hobliuel. Born? popped to Janvrln. Mayer flied to Speaker. No runs, no hlU, no errors, i For Boston?Gardner singled to right. Barry filed to Paskert. Janrrtn sacrificed Gardner to second. Foster singled, scoring GardheSjjljl Hooper struck cni. One run, two hits, no For Philadelphia?Stock flied to left. Bancroft fanned. Paskert flied to cen ter. No runs, no toKs$3| errors.