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Dailv Average for Jan. 1917 t / A Quality Newtpaper for tl.q H ' ESTABLISHED 1868. m\' . ilADC IIUIL BABY BUZZARD I IS FI1KI VERY sun ^P<MMWAHo4m?A l?n11 WT <> ?t Ua i xviupti Qtuiv i ui tt a v uc" ; lo wthe Zero Mark Lastt Night. THE IIMMS TRICKS1 One Year Ago Thermometer; Registered 41 Degrees Above. A (strong gale, driving a fine dry now, hit Fairmont at live-thirty last evening and tor halt and hour the city experienced a genuine blizzard. The few persons on the street when - the gale unexpectedly struck had great difficulty in getting to a place of refuge. A man in front of the Deveny property on Main street was lifted bodily and thrown against the metal bill hoards that face the street; a light auto delivery truck turning off Monroe street onto Main, was biown side way 2 inio me euro in irom 01 martin s drug store; a delivery wagon b'ilng driven down Main street was blown around in front of the horse and swept up on the curb In front of the Peoples National Bank property; a man rushed Into Comuntzis for protection and It took two strong men to does the door after him; transmission wires of the Traction Com-.pany's lines were blown down and ' tor a time the Clarksburg division was entirely at a standstill. . The thermometer took a sudden drop from about ten above to Just about the. zero mark, and while the blizzard died away in about hair an hour; a high wind blew all night and piled the snow Into drifts in every '.cornerand unprotected spuce. Church f attendance was reduced to practical' ly nil, as was attendance at all other meetings. Repair men from the Traction . company staff were forced to work in j the blizzard most.of the night, fixing, up iub wires that were blown down., .'mis morning everything was 0. K. j and working as usual. The official government thermom-| oter at eight this morning said that; JVlt was six dgrees below zero, with a rprobable lower, temperature earlier; In the morning. Unofficial thermometers In the city and nearby country' were nearly unanimous in declaring) that the temperature at day break) .was ten below. This afternoon a year; ago the balmy breezefe registered 411 degrees above. Storm Was Severe In Mountain Eegion (By AJsocln tcit Press' J ELK1NS, Feb. S?The mountainous regions of central West Virginia were hit last night by tbo moBt severe blizzard in the history of this) . section. With temperature of 10 below j v zero and a wind velocity of SO miles; much suffering and considerable property damage resulted. An unknown foreigner who sought I ' Bhelter In blacksmith shop at Slvad,1 here was found this morning fro-1 zen to death. The storm broke suddenly at C last night following whlcli! the mercury dropped 30 degrees In six hours. Citv Hall Notes = = 'i, : Today is February pay day at the 1 ' ' city hull and ail sorts of foreigners are visiting the city hall and each and > every one of tbem are more than in'* terested In the prospects of war in Europe. Strange to say, most of them leel that "Now Germany will get whipped If America goes to war. United States can whip them easy." This Is i a spirit which many Americans themselves tail to show. K . Albert Lehman, street commission- j ; cr. who has been 111 at bis home tor the past ten days, is reported as greatly-Improved today. Mr. Lehman has . been laid up withtfce grip which he caught when on the bridge Inspecting trip which took him to Cleveland vjyhere the weather was bo cold that ajbost of the party came hack here t- .Telephone messages from all over the city have been received today at the municipal building which state that the water, was, etc.. Is either off or. frozen. Although the city has noth-! lag tc do with gas or water in the prl-; vate house the city officials have lent | a helplr -he?-or pc.-'b'o. ?ho morning a-a most of the occupant* 1 worked In overcoat*. TODAY'8 NEWS TODAY FOR SUPREME HI i GUIS PHI! Of PARENT STATE West Virginia Given Until Mnrch fi t<i Onnneo ? vrrrvkv. Mandamus. HIGH COURT RECESSES No Action Taken On the Adamson Law This Term. (By Assucluted Press > WASHINGTON. D. C.. I'eb. 5.? The state ol Virginia was today given , permission by the Supreme Court to Institute mandamus proceedings 1 againBt the State of West Virginia to enrorce an early payment of the ' $14,000,000 decreed to bo West Vlr- glnia's share of Virginia's 1861 debt. r The Court ordered the West Vlr- [ ginia authorities to show cause by V March 6th why a mandamus writ 11 should not be Issued. 1 The Supreme court recessed today _ until March 5 without deciding the I Adamson law test case or the habeas! I corpus proceeding of United States I District Attorney H. Snowden Mar-1 shall, of New York. ! _ run troops 'l ii of uisr I ? . ' I Punitive Column Crossed International Border N This Morning. ? r\ a o (By Associated Press) . COLUMBUS, Feb. 5?Major Gener- v ial Pershing roilo out of Mexico today at 10 o'clock at the head of more ),i than 10,000 of tho American punitive expedition. tl .. ft Even Henry Ford's I Dander is Eising 5 (By Associated Press WASHINGTON. 1). ('., Feb. 5.? ? Jlenry ford, manufacturer and pacifist, announced here 'oday that Ic event of " war he woud i / e Ills facte I -s at the J disposal of the government and opor- j,'. ate them without profit. |w Bomb at Home of Collector Matone. I 1'A ASSI H'iil * I ' 'I . WASHINGTON. D. C.. Pel). 5.? Custom Collector Malone at New York i eputweu iu 1 reasury aeparimcnt 10day that ho had found a bond) undot , r tho steps of his homo.' FIRE IN LITTLE* WASHINGTON ' ? WASHINGTON. Ph.. Feb. 5.?This I v city was at the mercy of lires today jj as a result of the pipes being frozen j n In the puiup station. One small fire j lm broke out this morniug but was put j out with chemicals before much dam-! v age was done. : w NEWEST ENVOY MAY ? GO RIGHT BACK! F imr., I n IRK^ 61 tc k fljg; Ml ? i s QQyHT- TABNOWSKt; 01 Count Tarnowekt is the new Aus* w '-'-.ti r.mVr-->dor to the United States p( .'. -trl ej Itoro to take tbf J Pisco of the recalled savoy, Or, Dura- 31 be. If the m ^ Northern Wes FAIRMONTyWESTVl] nrnn rEHU GUARDING GE * . -. _'. Tbc probability that the Germ a disabled ho they cannot be seized by llcemen at tho docks where the liner a y*ew York police guarding a German lit AIRiNTWOMEII MING READY 10: 10 DUTY PROMPTLY: [r ted Cross Secures Work' room in the Municipal j Building. i i In response to a call Issued by the ' aiionai rtod Cross organization for roparednesc received by tho local!' ed Cross unit In this city yesterday, j meeting of the executive committee :} [ tuc organization was neid this mora- r ig at tile home of tho presieiint, Miss iT f 111 1 n Plftmlmr wl?on 1 9 <. <w.ulu(,t niicn (Jiaiin n cic | iaue aim comma tees were named to > ave charge of Hie worn. I ' Through the courtesy of Mayor An-' i louy nowen anu the cny Board ot At-; tirs the use of a room in the city i aiming on Monroe street was extendI to tae organisation aud tue room , ill aL once be tliiuit up by ihe ooe. j- -1 andlwiil bo in undy use. ] beginning with Wednesday of this ecu irom two o'ckic.i until five ? clock a- each day will be devoted to 1 aw worn, and members of the or- j i/.ation will meet and roll batul- j t,es, make garments and do uny work ; at is outliiieu by. the .National oigani- j ltion to be done by the local unit, j i An active membership campaign i. ill at once be Instituioii in oruer to ;curc moro members and thus groat- 1 facilitate the work or the society, i . Chairman of the various depart- I lents were named this morning as ] illows: 'Workroom committee, Mrs.' . A. Sipe, chairman; Miss Blake Wat- j1 in, assistant chairman; Finance coailittee, Mrs. Iloger Klngsland, chair-; tan; Cooperation Committee. Mrs. I !. T. Hartman; Hospital committee.;' irs. a. u. .Martin: Membcrsnlp com- j ilttee, Mrs. SI. E. Asheratt; Press 1 immlttee, Mrs. E. C. Jones. i' Instructions will be received from i ( 'ushiugtou National -licadtiuarters; lthln a short time as to just what 1 ork tbo national organization desires j ut the local organization will pur-j le. Tho Board of Managemeut of the i alrmont Woman's club lias unani*' * lously decided to co-opcrato with tlie 11 od Cross organization in the move- 4 lent for preparedness In any event I lat may confront tho United States In I te present crisis between tbe Unitea tates and Germany and to that end islre to call tbe attention of all the ub members interested or In sympa- , ly with tho movement to this action . id to ask that all the members in 1 rmpathy with the movement will co- s jerate In every way possible with the ' ed Cross society and to take heed to ( ly call of any naturo Issued by the i od Cross for help in the work which J te organization may be called upon 4 i do. Otrer organizations will be asked to Sillate with the Red Cross organizeon in tihs work and a ready response + expecteu irom inuiviauais as wen j i organisations. I ( I : LITTLE NEWS IN BERLIN 1 BERLIN, Fob. 6.?Up to a lato hour \ its evening the United States em- c is?y had roeolved no official lnetruc- K one In regard to tho breach of tllplo- . iatla relations between tho United tales and Germany. HOQ PRICES HIOH f PITTSBURGH, Feb, B.~Hogs reach- t 1 the hlihoit prise here ilnoo 1600 , hen they void for $18.00 n hundred I >und? at Harr Island steak yards to- t ;> thle price showed a ndtnaoe ? ) cent* per hundred over the close t ' Saturday. t IWI t Virginia's Greatest Newspaj RGINI A, MON DAY EVENI RMAN LINERS AGAINST t > 1 VV i i ^ .n liners Interned at Hoboken, N. J., I the United States, has caused author i have been laid up since the beglnnl 10 pier. Latest Wai BERLIN, Feb. 5?Accordin ifficial quarters there is no p )f orders to submarines. MANILLA, Feb. 5?Custor oerts have discovered that e nan ships anchored here hav< rhe vessels have been seized WASHINGTON. Feb. a?A r~j? -T-??? .7. ? r'---? - ' * :or all German consuls and cq? stated to accompany- Count v nan embassy staff out of the )f more than 300 in all probabl BERLIN, Feb. 5?United las decided to go to the United rhe plan to hr.ve American Brazilian minister has been at vho will represent America i larture. NEW YORK, Feb. 5?Thi 3hiladelphia arrived at Liver] iccording to cablegrams recei iteamship Finland also of th Jverpool at S this morning. NEW YORK, Feb. 5?The , )legram today saying that th ying passengers left Liverpo< s the first American pasengei momulgated her new submi Slew York carried 231 passem ans. She is expected to arriv WASHINGTON, Feb.T^i 'nee today with Secretary Ba >nd Secretary Daniels of the egislation to empower the go if ship yards, munition plants ying the work of preparedne WASHINGTON, Feb. 5?C jower the President to take o ;he administration railroad la ,he House today without the ;ure. GALVESTON, Feb. 5?Caj vegian steamship Agereon wl ng from Gibralter reports lu i the captain and crew of 40 n Shinto Maru, 22 miles from tl Vlaru had been sunk by subn (, according to members of tl CHARLESTON, Feb. 5?A he West Virginia Legislature >f the President of the United c relations with the Imperial vas not a dissenting vote in th Senator Duty in the Senate. HAGUE EXPECTS RUSH THE HACtTE, Fch, 5.?The United Itntes Wer-tlou hero very buey odny preparing to cope with the ex- S lectqd rush o? American* from the t errl orUt oJ the Central powor--. It t a CB:auAtM that- there are probably \ OS American* scattered through Oer- c nany sod AmtFta'Hungary. i v ' mini a per _ NG, I'ttbKUAKY 5, 1917. EPARI SCUTTLING! k^H! ?/ I . 3 ^ ^ KHi^a SPKj^a **? 1LU WM, ? ^ aay ue scunieo or uieir macnmery ltles lo place an extra guar* ot po- , g ng of the war. Tho picture shows r Bulletins g to information obtained in Sl rospect of any modification j ta p. a officers aided by navy ex- J,1, very one of the 17 Ger2 been extensively damaged. ti and the crews removed. T 101 tTangements are being made; ? nsular officials in the United ti 'on Bernstorff and the Gercountry. The whole party tc ly will go via Cuba and Spain Cl re States Ambassador Gerard 1 States from a Spanish port, interests taken over by the * tandoned and it is not known ui n Berlin after Gerard's de- ^ ge ti 2 American line steamship; pool at eleven p. m. Sunday, j01 ived here this morning. The j ~ e American line arrived at,fl American line received a cae steamship New York car)1 at five p. m. Saturday. She r ship to sail since Germany' irine warfare policy. The: gers including many Amerie here next Monday. 'resident Wilson at confer-1 ker of the War Department L Navy discussed expediting !u vernm'ent to take possession jb; and other facilities for hur-1 jj !ss if it became necessary, 'i ifi b' Carrying a provision to em- d ver railroads in time of war :bor bill was reintroduced in si compulsory arbitration fea- a, u If! jtain Anderson of the Nor- 01 lich arrived here this morniving picked up on January len of the Japanese steamer * le nearest land. The Chinto ? larine shell fire on'January tl le crew. ? ill resolution was adopted by I today endorsing the course! States in severing diplomatGerman Government. There j ?i e House and but one, that of! ^ Ui . . . . ol COLD |N HUNTINGTON. a HUNTINGTON*. Fob. 5?Southern Vest Virginia was today in the grasp tt >f the most severe blizzard of years, ol The temperature this morning was vi en below zero the coldest In more ol ban ten years. While the snow fall w ivas only four Inches the high wind ai itv*o mo buuw uiiu nuge onus. All IIC allrood trains are far behind schedule, si ' ... ... ., ' Par k m* ooid. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88. IFOR IEWLY ARRIVE mm? unuc orcnp IIUIIIL ULI Ull Jerman Crews on I Vessels Have Bee Nominal An York E wm iff ituation at Washington On< Throughout the Countr Agency is But (By AatocUted Pren) < WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 6.? i till fervently hoping for peace but 1 LtiuiK every poasiDie Biep lo prepare ( io country for war, it it mutt come, reildent Wilton today appealed to ongress to quickly dispose of all rouue business, appropriation bills and mdlng legislation and clear Its deck ir action to meet any eventuality. All officials realize tbat the situaon had resolved itself into one of inse waiting and careful preparation, hey realize that the hoped against rert act may come soon or be long ?layed. Meanwhile they are putting very agency of thfe^government in moon to moot it Apparently the next question of reat moment to bo decldod, relates i Austrian participation in Germany's impaign of ruthlessness. President Wilson Is ready to sever Motions also with the dual monarchy i soon as It officially subscribes to ie German declaration. I While officials refuse to admit that! ustrla's formal announcement of her ' iheslon to Germany's declaration of I irestrlcted submarine warfare has j sen received officially, there is rea>n for believing it is now before the jvernment, and that appropriate aeon is being considered. GERMAN CREWS PRISONERS. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.?Nearly 2,000 'fleers and men, remnants of the iMTiirn mmmir Fi muinm inrftniiLt 11 CASE INJHE CITK! ieorge Hayden Frye Came '1 in Contact With Jolliffe j Boy. j, The first case-of intantlle paralysis . > develop lu the city which is attrib- j led to direct contagion was reported j y the Board of Health yesterday as :1 mi 01 two-year-oia ueorgc Hoyden ryo, of Walnut avenue. The sufferer!1 i paralyzed In both logs, one of them eing partially so. Vaughn Jolllffe, Jr., to whom the Isease resulted fatally, was a cousin i t the Frye boy and both had played igether prior to the Jolllffe child's | ckness. ] The quarantine covering Walnut i renuo will be doubled inasmuch as to disease seems to spring up In that l action. Children will dot be allowed > visit the picture shows or any oth- ] r promiscuous gathering particularly : this time, as the disease now has i ken on the contagious aspect. i Other children suffering with the Isease seem to be getting along very i ell. Tho Frye case makes the velfth in tho city since January 9 and i 10 first to be reported within the pastj ] ve days. | i ?( j fla.t.t.firs "Rfifnrp. t.Tip n -??vhw*w w w**v i Intermediate Court5 i The motion to quash the indictment ;alnst J. C. Ruley. charged with ilropractic practice in tho city withit c state license, Is still under conderation by Judge George Vincent, i the Intermediate court, a decision i the mattor not being expected fori day or two. ! Tho attention of the court today was ikon up with a hearing lot the case [ John Mulr vs. Elmer J. Walker, inliving a legal tangle based, on a load [ hay. A motion to dismiss appeal as sustained in the caBe of Moore gainst BllUngslea, and a Judgment ir |T1S was awarded Bill Payne In a lit against N. C. Steele and other*. 1 My cloudy and not quite to m I Tuesday fair and warmer, PRICE THREE CENTS WAK mm P IS OVER nterned Merchant in Placed Under est in New < larbor 9 P HE DECKS ; of Tense Waiting But y Every Government sily at Work :rews ot the 2S German merchant ihips which were laid up here at the mglnnlng of the war, are prisoners tolay on board their vessels. The federal authorities explained hat the German seamen were "not 'orclbly detained but simply requested" to remain on their ships. . Members of the crews however who -cturned from shore leave last night ind today were notified by the police ind federal detectives on guard at the German line piers that If they went iboard they would have to stay. WASHINGTON, -Feb. 5.?A reso- ' ution - endorsing President Wilson's ictton In severing dljlomatfc relaJona with Germany was Introduced d the Seante today-by Senator atone. ;halrman of the foreign relations 7 committee, emphasising particularly " he President's expressed desire to naintnln peace. The resolution recited the sever:nco of diplomatic relations with lormuny and concluded by declaring 'tnat the Senate approvt the action if the President as set forth hi his iddress to Congress." Republican Senate leaders* among nem i^onge, uamnger ana, Smoot, free consulted and the Republicans till support the endorsement Senator Stone requested taht the 'a evolution go over for a day nndcr ;he rules Tor action tomorrow and II vas agreed without debate; ^ movie nap sets womb Democrats See Opportunity to Create Jobs for the > ( Deserving. ??? (Special Dispatch to West Virginian) WHEELING, Feb. 5.?Robert T. Deans, Charleston representative ot ihc Wheellug Telegraph haa sent this paper the following which will be of considerable interest to Fairmont pechPwffal plo: "An apparently Innocent'little.bill.. Jlupunillg iu pt'lUUL CUU BUU-U Ul Ueiimr moving pictures, promise* to develop the biggest right of the leglsautre?one that will even eclipse the irohlbltion battle. In the prohibition csun there was no question of politics ?in the moving picture censorship It s all a question of pontics. s'r%' "The matter of morals and reform iromptcd the introduction of the proposed legislation for censorship of novlng pictures, but the moralists and eformerB have been swept aside and tow the two dominant political ftc Ions are lined up for the fray. "Tho proposed censorship bill, In roduced by Delegate Fleming, and a atur one introduced by Delegate Ha? nond, will neither emerge from the touse committee on judiciary. Instead tere will be reported , for passage a 1 >111 dratted by the Democratic mem- j! >ers of the committee. It la declared, ' ; loslgncd with the object of providing lomo additional Democratic patronage o satisfy the hungry horde clamoring it tne pio-countcr. The hill It Is de:larcd, will provide for {he appolntaent of s board of censors by tho next ' ;overuor, with salaries of a tor from iespicablo figure. "The ides of the Fleming bill was to real the censorship of movies from & in educational standpoint, and give he appointment of the board into the hands of the stato board of regents. * This board would have been self-ensalntng from fees collected. However, lie Fleming bill was doomed when be Democratic politicians saw the pos- *5 jlbllltles, and determined to drni' heir own bill and force It throvgh the egislature "