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cracuLATJor*. , O T Dafly Average A A / for Jan. 1917 ~ j J / A Quality Newspaper for the V ESTABLISHED 1868. ~ fllMIPFi AMIS IK GERMANY ARE WELL TREATED No Outbreak Against Them "iy C* " "t r r > i a : :rk Herr Zimmerman Says Ger-! many Hopes There Will Be No Conflict. _________ LONEON. Fob. 6?A wireless die-, patch recel-.od here today quotes the Overseas news agency of Berlin to thej effect that Foreign Secrotary Zimmerman declared In nn interview that! Germany Joined with President Wll-j son In the wish that thore may be no .conflict and that tho German government -otter minato examination ot the President's cpeech to Congress lirddate "those words ot a non hostile character." BERLIN", Feb. 6?Whatovor may be their teeltng toward tho United States Germans in Berlin, as far as has been! heard outside the capltol have mau-j , iffated consideration and courtesy to' ward Americans since the news was . received ot the breaking off ot diplomatic relations. Aside from an occasional frank comment on tho action of the American government no acta ot hostile or even an nn'frlendly uaturo have been reported thtty ffVT and jnatiy Germans are going out. of their way to show a, friendly dtopositin toward the Amert. $an* marooned here. TKThe'.only difficulty which hag been reported thfls Tar" has been that at one district headquarters police charged with iftfegp. assports to go abroad refjfmgrvo Vise passports until holders nrel i&ble to show steamer tickets to America. On tho other hand the police in tho main residential district are accepting their return to America as an adequate reason for departure, but arc insisting that the customary Interval of a fortnight for mill-, tary investigation of the application! cannot be waived. The Foreign office to which the : American newspaper correspondents in a way are accredited has shown every disposltin to facilitate the deparjjturo of st'^li correspondents. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4?It was stated officially today that there is no: change in the status of some 2001 Americaus in Germany. They had i not been ordered by the United States to leave Germany hut had been advis_ed of the break in relations that they may make Individual decision. ah ?imn hhi in jury in Muir watians Jtiay Case Could Not Agree. The Intermediate Court docket being tried before Judge Vincent is to date exactly on schedule, each case being triod on the dato set for trial. This is a situation almost unique in local -circles since lawyers' unpreparedness has in past times materially hindered the progress of the dockets hearing. A hung Jury resulted in the case of John Muir versus Elmer J. Watklns, the jury this afternoon still having under advisement the arguments of opcounsel. The case was to'deteimlne tlio ownership of a car load of hay. In the case of M. B. Barker vs. B. C. Coogle a motion to quash execution was hear! before the court, in lieu of a Jury and was taken under advisement. Harry Shaw represented the plaintiff and Attorney Ralphsnyder the defendant. I Judgment for $1,932 was given In tho case of the First National Bank of. Fairmont vs. Wilson L. Cardln. In tho case of W. N. S. Ingles vs. H. Stealey a plea setting off statement of defense was objected. i In the case of J. Bakor, et al., vs. | Henry T. Bakor defendant filed decree oivale for an amount due and arguMbl Is now being heard on the caBo. case of the First National Bank :TS-,Furbee and Race, for a sum of $10,000, was continued until the 10th lnPLAGUE DEATH AT BROAD OAKS. CLARKSBURG. Feb. C.?Owing to tbe death of a child at Broad Oakathis morning from wha tls believed to be Infantile paralysis authorities there closed the. schools and established a Strict quarantine. Another case has been reported from Norwood. 4 f TODAY'8 NEWS TODAY ii nAurni N uUiLlil FIRS T PHOTOGR hwl jjr KG* bkSK/C|k : age < - ,. This great news photograph, jit'' in recent American history?the instan man empire! The Prcsldijnl is shown i ce i ? members of hotli the House ami the Men Behind the President are show t. Senate and House, respectively. Observe the official cloc'.c of the received his passports at 3:57, and juat oi his action. Notice the crowd in the gallery. Below- u close-up, string a large Bulletins' u lunuon, Feb. 6.?The American , line today announced that It was accepting bookings for the steamers Phil-' odclphla and Finland. The Philadelphia is scheduled tc leave Liverpool11 February 10 and the Finland February 15 for New York. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.?Information that Switzerland will not adopt President Wilson's suggestion that in the interest of world pence other neutrals will follow the lead of the United I States and break diplomatic rela- t t'Ons with Germany was received here t today. So far as is known this is the s first response. j t LONDON, Feb 6?If it becomes nec- 1 essary to withdraw American Relief c workers in Belgium -and Northern c France they wil Irecelve protection S from the German government and will be permitted to depart v/ithout fur- ' ther molestation. Information to this ' effect was received in a telegram addressed to local office of the Belgian t relief commission from Brand Whit- < lock the American minister to Belgium J WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.?Germany's disposition to regard the break with the United. States with colmneoc and I deliberation and in a peaceful spirit I as expressed by Foreign minister Zim- I merman brings new encouragement to those who hope the breach between the countries will go no further than : a severance of diplcmatic relations. I HATFIELD SENDS ? IN APPOINTMENTS Much Mystery About a Com- J munication to the State c Senate. 8 T o (By Associates Tress) j CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. t It was announced lit tho House today : that tho committee on tbc Virginia j c debt will hold public hearing Thurs- . day evening at 7:30 o'clock at the:' capltol and that the public generally j la Invited. The governor today transmitted to a the Senate a communication which Is g said to contain a list of his appointments confirmation of which by the f Senate Is desired. I . It is tint known whether this list In. I eludes any new appointees or not. j . The Senate will later, probably this 1 week, go Into executive session at !, which tlmj these appointments will > be considered. At this time the con-: tents ot the communication will not; be made known and more or less se-1 crecy will be maintained oven after; e the executive session is held. P HOG PRICES GOING UP. . |{ PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6?Active buy-it Ing credited to speculative Interests at: I Kerr's Island stock yards, today forced ' t the.price ot hogs to $12.90 a hundred j p pounds, 20 cents Iilrhar |j . ^ Northern Wes ~ FAIRMONT, WEST V WENT A! APH OF PRESIDE, *VS8^BA flBEgTMFI* i'.]'*."*! received from Washington, was snaipe I President Wilton broke the news or his dramatic message in the hall of tip ate Heton in serious attention. Vice President Marshall and Speaker Mouse, with the hands pointing to fiv eight minutes later tho President was gazing pit history in the nwkiug. view of the President, Vice Presirien WNITION~SG( DESPITE U-Bi ive Vessels Carrying Supplies Corps Have Left I Februa flty A*>soeLi tcil Prcsfj . ,j XI-W YORK. Feb. 6.?The German1tl ilocltaile' declaration lias not delayed fi ho transportation ot war materials F iiid munitions from the United States E o Great Britain and France. ' ; e Cargo manifests in the custom house s lere show that five steamships now , in their way from this port to Europe arry enough contraband and war ;cods to equip an army corps. Two of i lieso vessels fly French col- ' irs and thu others aro of British registry ' I it is holievcd in shipping circles I hat on account of the value of their! :argoer. Great Britain has made ar.- h nngements to convoy these ships r hrough the danger zone. III IIIlM PEIIIS I! GMTEOJ EOABI ( )ther Business Transacted JI at Special Session Held Today. At a. special meeting of tbo city Soard of Affairs this morning to get ^ id o? some business that was threat- a ning to hold tip later big business p everal building permits were granted. It "revcy Nutter was given a permit to ^ rect a residence on Locust avenut). acoh Einerlck asked for a certificato o open a pool room on Virginia ave- n iuc at number 024. This was turned ver to the chief of police for investl- ? atlon and report. Elmer Freeman j, rill erect a home on Boulevard and f( hist Park avenue. Charles F. Tooth- p nan was granted permission to build residence on Euclid uvonue. East v lido. ^ Albert Lehman, street commission- . r, who has been confined to his homo ui 14IO jiu it nuuai to i Q|<U1 iUU an PU1UV | (hut improved. Present at the meetng of the board -were Mayor Anthony lowen. Finance Commissioner J. Wal- >' or Barnes and Ira L. Smith. ! e ? ?;?: , T' PLAGUE CASE SUSPECTED. j" CLARKSBURG. Fob. 6.?A suspect- tc id case of Infantile paralysis was re- o orted to the health authorities today rom Broad Oakes, a suburb, the palent being tho 7-months-old son ot _ iarolrt Ruhl, a stogie maker. While . o he case is believed to be one ot; p .ollomyelltls, physicians Imreu'ntR jBKyi iad* ft thnsd dlagnosi* J b t Virginia's Greatest Newspaj IRGINIA, TUESDAY EVEI MIA F? A fV 5K57UIT VT WILSON TELL HM9I J^BBWrSWPfc^^BW ^ M ?m\I liifM hOjHBI Hp| wil&A'" ~^?^^~~*it. T^S i *4B?ip, A^f*jy^|^^Kt-*>^Ba J at the rao^t momentous mlnuto the diplomatic break with the Gcr* 3 House of Iteprescntaives, as the i Clark, iircsidlnc officers of the ' 0 minutes after S! Vou BcrnstorfT 1 lellinc the national legislature | " ' " * 1 t and Speaker. ' L, JJP*1 ^FORWARD JAT THREAT 1 Enough to Equip An Army' "Jew York Since rv 1. Throe of them left New York after I lio date on which Germany' deelareil | jr unrestricted submarine warfare. I our of them, the Rodhnmbeau, for iordeaux. the Adriatic arid the Carmu- _ ia and Baltic for liverptol, carry pas- I encers. " I The only two American pas'scngor | hips at sea. according to a declaration f agents of the lino carry no contraand cargo. They are the ICroonlnnd Inch sailed for Liverpool January Ul, nd the New York which departed for he sarno port February b. The American liner St. Paul arrived ' ere from Liverpool Inst night and the i Philadelphia and Finland of the same , ne, reached Liverpool yesterday. mSIw iF WOMAN FROM Mi c V toiirrktof T>~to AI?- n it 1 /uugntvi JU)<oaII IU lUiO* V_/? IV* J, Roth of Youngstown at ^ Cook Hospital. i, t! A baby daughter was born on Satur- f( ay at Cook hospitial to Mr. and Mrs. n . K. Roth ot Vounqstown. Ohio. Mr. n nd Mrs. Iloth were en route to Shay, \ 'a., and when they reached this city c . was deemed advisable to Btop here. I Irs. Roth entered the. hospital and h >io baby was born there. Mr. Roth t as returned home. u Mrs. F. H. Smith ot Saberton ave- n no is a patient at Cook hospital. Mrs. . E. Culllhcr a resident ot this city a 'lio had been visiting in Coltax came ero today and entered the hospital . >r treatment. Mrs. Charles Davis of I erry street who was operated on at ic hospital recently and Mrs. C. E. lanes of Chicago street who had been patient there both returned to their j omes on Sunday. ANOTHER PITTSBURGH FIRE. 5} PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6.?Fire which 1 s )r a time threatened to destroy an 1 $ nilrn lilnolr In Foat .....w ? ? ui. A .v^uuutQu ivmnjr ui esulted In a loss estimated at (130,- b 00. The names started In the stable b lid spread rupldly to the Ardmore boil. a four story structure. A number $ f other buildings were also burned, s FIRE AT KEARNEYSVILLE. u CHARLES TOWN. W. Va., Feb. 6. f< -Five early today destroyed the plant e t the Standard Lime and Stone com- g any at Kearneysvillo near here. The a >ss was estimated at 135,000, covered ii y insurance. e mtnta jcr ?ING, FEBRUARY 6,1917. AAiirri\ri IML jMBgHBraBMHI irar 1UVS SEKICKU COALONW.M.H.II. *aid Cash For Between 700 and 800 Acres Along Helen's Run. Title to a block of between soven nd eight' hundred acres of Sowlcklyj oal, together with a 146 acre farm . hlcli will be the scene of any de-' elopmont that may bo undertaken,) amo into the possession of Harry 11.1 Vatson by a cash sale this morning. I 'he coal Is located on the Helen's tun branch of the Western Mary-j ind, the tract incorporating pracli-! ally all the Sawlckty coal available ar drift mine operation in that secIon. Tho purchases were mado from the allowing parties, tho price paid relotninw rrvnfldnrtlnl rrc vwxiiubuum. UiiUO ttllU CJttlautha Morgan. James E. Morgan, Fllbur M. Morgan, M. C. Cochrane, scur Cochrane, Z. F. Davis, T.. Riley luff man and the Davis and Parrisli eirs. Tho 146 acre farm ot Oscar ochrane was purchased to 1)0 used 8 a scene for any development that lay he made. , The coal has been carefully tested' nd is found to bo ot a high finality. Jost Chauffeur $5 to Be on Wrong Side ?? Cecil Miller drunk, was fined $20 I l police court tills morning. It was i iiller's 'steenth visit to the mayor's' inctum and bis last fine which was 10, was. doubled. Elmer Hoboay, rank, was tlncd $5 and coats, costs eing $1 tor taxi service. Both Hobay and Miller went to jail. Ralph Baker, chauffeur, was fined 5 for running an auto on the wrong , Ide of Main street. While thns runins he struck Ed Holbert, picked him . p on the fender and carried him a! jw feet. Baker said that auto drlv-i rs after being at the wheel for a while et careless and that- be tried to get roundi the laft side of...a street car I i a hu^ry when the accident happen-1 11 in MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. NCEOFN % 19 W|iHK .< m9 '':'. bu9HS1HH^^^^E9^^^V 4au ^*^B9 Bp ! '^1 _ ' tfrrii (IT riirnrniir i...? j1 SI. tVtSIUNt WAS BRITISH^COLLIER Not Much Prospect of a Break on Her Account. tr.y Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.?An official report of the sinking of tho steamer Bavestone and the killing of an American seaman reached tho Stnte department today from Consul Frost at Qucenstown. The ship was a provisional British collier. Consul Frost's message said: T?~H i-1- ..111 TS i 1 IUI IOIUIIU1 I7JU1CU1 tuliiur ?itLVI> ; I stone sunk bv shell fire from German i sulimarines in vicinity of Fastnet yes- j I tcrday, February 4, American negro j naval seaman. Itlchard Wallace, of Bal-, i llmore. was killed during shelling of j < boat after Just left Eavcstonc. Details |1 not yet available." < Consul Frost's dispatch In doscrib- I Ing tho Eayestone as a provisional col- l Her leads fb the possibility that the do- i stroyed vessel might bo classed as a 1 warship. It at the time of sinking, tho Eavestono was in the admiralty service no possibility of trouble with Germany un that score opens up. Ambassador Page has been Instructed to send further details. Ih any case officials say it is doubtful if any inquiry < will be addressed to Berlin. 1 Barbour Co, Woman ' Is Fatally Burned < (By Associated Press) GRAFTON, Feb. 6.?Sire. Wayne Heatherly <lled last night at her home on Hacker's creek near Phillppi. Barbonr county, from/the effects of burns received yesterday morning. t The women who. was tho wife of a . prominent cattle dealer was nursing J her three-months-old child and in mov- , ilic In nlnno i* in n croHln linn ignited from an open grate. Sbe rushed from the house screaming for help and before her husband succeeded in extinguishing the flames she was terrible'burned. The hclld was uninjured. JOHN D. WINS AGAIN. CINCINNATI, Feb. 6.?The United Stater Circuit Court of Appeals here today upheld the decision of the United States District Court which ruled that John D. Rockefeller does not'c have to pay taxes to Cuyahoga county Ji V& ; ?* -17 MfPfe _ $d?nrH?iGK| FHE WEATHER. udy and warmer tonight; bly enow or rain Wedneeday. PRICE THREE CENTS EUTRALS M 1M OF IP Plans to Mobilize Industries of Country Are Going Forward fflW'S PUN Parly of German Officials to Go By Way of Christiana. (By Associated Frees) WASHINTON, D. C? Feb. , iVith prospects for another day ot raiting for developments of the ruthessness submarine campaign that nay bring war between the United states and Germany, immediate Inter:st here centered today upon the doitruction of tho British steamer Bareitone iu which an American seamau est kfi life. Apparently;, officials are confident hat this incident will not prove to he he overt del that will cause bostHlies but nevertheless a complete report s awaited with grave anxiety. Earlier in the war the State depart, nent received several similar reports >f the shelling of vessels by subma. lues and the Injury of passengers or :rew in life boats, but Investigation In luch Instance led to the conclusion hat the vessels wero resisting or tryrig to escape. If this Is found to bo he case with the Eavestone the act vlll not be regarded as Illegal. Meanwhile a conference of neutral lattons Is being discussed on the eug;estlon of one of tho European neurals most severely affected by the war ind although It is believed the Idea las been favorably received by Presilent Wilson there Is no definite indt:atlon that the plan will mature. Relations with Austria are not on sound foundations owing to the known tdherence of the dual monarchy to Germany's submarine war program jut certain differences In her antounced intention, make it uncertain ust what the United States governnent may decide to do. ' The Senato today was ready to idopt the resolution indorsing tho President's action in breaking relations with Germany and the House is ixpected to place itself on record In i similar way. The War and Naijy departments continued to formulate plans for moblllzaion of Industrial and commercial lorces as well as military so that these night be placed in operation under jovernment direction on short order. Conn von Bernstorff. his staff and >11 German consults In this country somprisiug a party of more than 200, will sail next Tuesday from New York . jn the Scandanavlan liner Frederick i for Christiana and the State departnont foils assured of guarantees of safe conduct tor them from the oh les. ?> , i Quarantine Has Not Yet Been Lifted From Pub lie Places. The city Board of?'l|$3?b reported his afternoon no cases of infantile jaralysis Under suspicion and that here is none to repurt following the Jeorge Fryo case. Those cases whtoK J :xist in the city are showing signs of v mprovomt nt except perhaps a case or wo where the children are so small it s difficult to see any change either or better or worse. The quarantine if show bouses, etc., continues as pubished when the ailment was first dis ;u>cicu iiuic. Little Nan Johnson, who was one it the early victims. Is getting along nmously. She is now able to sit up n a chair and has recovered the use >i her right arm. It In believed that ih< will soon have the full use of both lcr lees anil the riaht shoulder.