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A r\ r-l Daily Average A \ / ! 1 for Jan. 1917 \ ! A Quality Newspaper for the H 1 1 1 ESTABLISHED 1868. GER PRESIDENT WIL FOR DEW rniiMnT m If Battleships are S erican Shipping ( Forced to Stri U BUM MM . Much Interest in Decline in t Has Been Destr 1) lO 1. t WASHINGTON, Feb. 10by German submarines were ment officials today for a doi First there was the everpi : might bring a dispatch sayin; : sunk without warning or Am the United States to use forci Second, yesterday's reporte nage sunk produced wonder; only temporary or whether G , fipmething to lessen the force 'In reference to the status with Germany it is disclosed" United States has been deter President Wilson will not a: of war, but only for authority to. protect neutral rights. This would still leave the i | . Germany's choosing. Convo American war craft might b Practical interest in the p marine campaign was based here, indicating that not muc shipping was sunk yesterday was reported sunk Thursday I the two preceding days. i'-. A daily destruction of 33,0< maintain the rate which the ! sufficient to isolate England. - Reports that Great Britain ||| fleets of merchantmen throu dence here. | ilifir mm hotel Denied Here However That Matter of Lessee Has Eecn Ccttlcd. Iniuuaru u l\t ! CH nunilDglOTI RT1U " Lynchburg has according to the Hunt Ington Herald-Dispatch contracted to lease the New Fairmont hotel now In course of construction. The press statement goes on to say that Mr. - O'Neal Is in Michigan where he went to purchase furniture for the new hos" At the office of Brooks Fleming Jr. today it was learned that no such contract has been awarded and that although Mr. O'Neal was considered so . wmlso were several other reputable managers. Mr. Flvming stated that no such contract could be made without first having the Board of Directors sanction It. This has not been done and thus far no time has been set for a meeting to consider the awarding of a lease to any one. It is true that Mr. O'Neal was in Orand Rapids looking over furniture but simply in an advisory manner. jpggo-; u neai is president or tuo Frederick Hotel ompany and has opened | many (ine hotels during his career. FIRE IN ZANESVILLE IB^,' STDEBENVILLE O. Feb. 10.?Fire IBJRf which for a time threatened the Market street business section resulted in loss of $75000 here today. The | 7; flames started In storage room of the S. Reiner dry goods company and quickly spread to the store of McConnell and Lyons. The cause is not known. >m? s TODAY'8 NEWS TODAY iuu mm I IT ASK MEW ent to Protect Amjermany Will Be lrn Rlnur I\V X llOl UlUT? 1SE COWS 100 0 he Amount of Shipping That oyed Fro-' Tx"v )ay. -Late reports of ships sunk scanned eagerly by governable reason. esent fear that any hour g an American ship had been erican lives lost, thus driving e to protect its rights, id failing off of aggregate ton as to whether the failure was1 ? reat Britain has already done1. of the submersibles' attacks.! \ of a more pronounced bresk^jj that the precise course of the mined. I sk Congress for a declaration I y to take necessary measures " irst act of open hostilities to I ying of American vessels by I a rwrlnvnrl i W VAUUi-VUl | rogessive success of the sub- j , on Lloyd's report reaching h more than 10,000 tons total f although about 21,000 tons and about 28,000 tons each of 10 tons would be necessary to 0 i German admiralty believes 1 e is arranging to convoy great J igh the war zone gained ere- ? It V iwsliiri FDR DEVELOPMENTS! r t n..j j i _ ? - - - x>ui ine financial Condition 1 of the United States is Sound. 1 NEW YORK, Feb. 10. ?Dun's Review this week says: International possibilities still dominate all markets and cause a waiting policy In many quarters, though confidence remains a conspicuous feature 1 and banking resources unprecedented in trade and industrial circles. Financial conditions are intrinsically sound but doubts about foreign affairs restrict offerings of money and prompt business interests to differ important engagements for the future. Prepare- t tlons are in progress to meet any eco- s nomic contingency and some products | ' have been withdrawn from sale in an- j c tlcipation of federal requirements, gov- d ernment demands already being a ^ factor in certain branches. Absence of SDBCulative tenrtnnrinn In n.n/li.?- - ins and distributing channels is a fa- I vorable augury, and generally the com- c merclkl situation is more wholesome e than might be expected after many months of almost uninterrupted expan 1 slon. With buyers and sellers alike 8 adopting a cautious attitude, new commitments are in lessened volume, though in some Instances the inquiry has broadened and In all lines current. needs continue extensive, in spite of b the high prices. e Weekly bank clearings $6,226,689,- n 297. a on Local Amusemei I r Northern Wes FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGIN YlS WORLD'S GAY1 THE STARS AND 8TR1PES B I SHOWING THE ENTIRE NATION IS EVIDENCE THAN IN NEW YORK. STREET IN THE WORLD. IN WAR-I WI HI IRIS' I Vt Least That is the Understanding This After- ? noon. o b Owing to the absence from the city ti f George M. Alexander president of t( he Board of Education no official tr ctlon regarding the re-openlng of the F lementary schools of the city whicr p; lad been closed for a period of ten A [ays owing to the Infantile paralysis j| Ituation could be taken today but un- a 2ss further notice is issued the schools it rill open Monday morning at the. usual j, lour. Mr. Alexander Is In New York and p ould not be reached today but us M0.1- [_ lay wbh set as the opening day aud ^ 10 word has been received from him 0 the effect that tho schools should . lot open it is presumed that he deires they will open as per schedule m Monday morning. ? The 1 jildings have been placed in 1 cadiness o receive the pup.ls and the * icalth etc. or the pupils will be care- b ully guarded by the school officials. a in ras I of oralis 1 tfot Known Officially WhaJ f Steamers Leave This Side. c _____ ^ (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Fob. 10? All informsion with respect to the clearing of vesels at the Custom house, including heir names, is being withheld. Offifnl onld tniinv that tlila iron hnlniy .... ....... . "?'> "v.-oi lone (or the present ou orders (roin n Vashington. I tl The steamship Baltic, ot the White g Itar Line, ha sarrlved safety at Liver- M 100I, according to .. cable message roelved here today by officers of the s ompa.y. ti The message, besides announcing a hat the Baltic had reached her pier, 0 aid "All well." BURNED TO DEATH. PARKERS LANDING, Pa., Feb. 10. f, -James Powers, aged 70, was burned y o death today by fire whlchfoiiglnat- a id in his residence and spread to a T umber of adjoining buildings causing 1; , lost estimated at $20,000. v its By Reading Old m\" J |4 my I n *r-m I t Virginia's Greatest Newspc IA, SATURDAY EVENHs DH/ Ml 1ST STREET IN iOSSOMED EVERYWHERE AFTEI I BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. NO I THIS PICTURE SHOWS A 8ECTK .IKE DRESS. W DEAL . L. Hall Went to Zanesville to Take Look at the Revonah. OrvIIle Noll, of the Pittsburgh and rownsvllle packet company and J. . Hall of the .Hall.'Hardware comany left last evening for Zanesville hlo where Mr. Hall will Inspect the evonalaa vessel owned by the Pittsurgh company. Mr. Hall made the 1p following the announcement yesrrday that the Chamber of Comlerce was considering securing for I alrmont the use of the Revonah, a I acket steamer now plying the Ohio, llegheny and the Monongahela rivers : makes trlpB up the Monongahela t present as for as Greensboro but s schedule will be extended to take 1 Fairmont. No action will be taken by the hamber of Commerce until after Mr. [all returns and makes a report of is findings concerning the condition f the Revonah. Should this boat owevor not come up to standard it '111 serve to make the proposition ven better. If Mr. Hall finds that le Revonah will not do for the ser-| Ice In this end of the river a new oat will be Tmrchflsed of nnrb /van.! bllitles as the Chamber of Commerce emands. Mr Hall's report will very likely e officiality received before the reglar meeting of the Chamber, a specil meeting being necessary. I UN SI IEPITSM1UE lank Ten Ships in Atlantic and Five in North v;:- . Sea- * L..&. r <By Associated Press) BERLIN, F.eb. 10?A German subtarlne has returned from the Atlanic where she sank 10 ships of an agregato tonnage of 19,000 the Overseas lews agency says. In addition she sank In the North ca a British steamship of about 300 ans, the British trawlers Shamrock nd Thistle and two other trawlers ne British and one French. HOG PRICES STILL GOING UP. PITTSBURGH Feb. 10.?Hogs sold or 313.36 a hundred pounds at the [err island stock yard here today an dvance of 35 cents over yesterday, he prices now prevailing are generalt higher than those daring the civil, rar local stockmen declare. I Staaer's "Front Rc I - Kg minta pcr^y G, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. m WAR DRESS B'hXRRE i KB KB: THE BREAK WITH GERMANY. /HERE WAS THE FLAG MORE IN IN OF BROADWAY, THE GAYEST inn BernstorJT and His Party ' Will Leave New York ^ Next Wednesday. '* ?? (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 10. ? Ambassador Gerard's train will leave Berlin approximately as scheduled tonight but will enter Switzerland by way of Slngen Instead of Basel as originally planned. Americans who will travel with him were informed late this afternoon that their baggage must be at the depot for inspection not later than eleven this morning so as to avoid delays and confusion at the frontier. The train will conslct largely of day coaches with a saloon car lor the ambassador and possibly sleepers tor women. Despite the fact that details of Mr. Gerard's departure have been indefinite until t' i evening the Americans in Berlin have shown little tendency to worry an' the delicacy of the situation has not etiected the serenity of the German public. The bulk of Americans in Berlin are still somewhat in the uark as to when they will be able to g:'. away. Most of those who wish to leave have already applied to the police for formal nennissiun. but few it anv have as vet received It The rules generally enforced but 8omewbrc relaxed that at least a fortnight rnus' tlapse between the date of applicatio and tlie granting of permlss.on to leave is apparently being rigidly udhered to. NEW YuilK, Feb. 10.?The steamship Frederick VUI. was given permission by the owners in Copenhagen today to c-nvoy former Ambassador von Uermitorff and his suite to a Scandinavian port according to a cablegra mto Scandinavian-American line officers here. Later it was announced that the Frederick Vlll. will sail Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In addition to the Ambassador's suite, provision has been made for carrying about two hundred Oerman consuls. Rumanian Loot Is Carried Away (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 10. ? Enormous a: ounts of supplies captured in Rumania are being transported to Ger many, Austra and Hungary, Bays an Overseas News agency dispatch. More than 400 steamers and 700 tugs are carrying corn, wool. leather and other raw materials up the Danube. The steamers tow 10 bargeB each carrying as much Ireight as 650 railroad cars. w" Column Every I I P?rtl r d?y;" MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. n nr u v% ASKS U.T SUGGEST PREVENT Communication Poan Pnooiirc JLIVVXl Switzei U PROMISE! WASHINGTON, Feb, derstood to have addr< States a communicatioi] two governments discus preventing actual war 1 While information r< through which the con dressed is lacking it is pi forwarded by the goveri Germany is underst clear that although dip been broken she greatly maintained. Preliminary outline! munication do not indica it any suggestion that i her submarine warfare, However the whole c clearly to invite this goT? gesfcions regarding step vent war. In connection with 1 cation information obta feet that while Germai her new campaign of certain German diplom of the world were infoi tary necessity prevent period in which neutra maritime interest everj oised so that neutral ships would hot he subje do attacks. iSlSTI TANIER MURDERi d t Booger Hole Trial Testlmo- h ny Is Also Full of Mys- [ ticism. I ?* 1 CHARLESTON, W. Va., Feb. 10.? J That Howard Sampson waa In love t with tlie r. urdered man's wife and f that his father, Andrew Sampson, r ?as superstitious and ha,d dreams a that tlie man .who ?a3 later killed at c Booger Hole, Clay county, would do r him bodily Injury, were features brought out today at the trial of the former at Clay Court House, for killing of Preston Tanner, a prosperous young farmer of the community. 1 Jennie Sampson, slater of the man c on trial, and daughter of tbe other ; man under indictmert for the mutuer I was one of the principal wltnosses to- t day. She declared that her fathe: c Evening in The We y cloudy tonight and Sun- I at to cold tonight. I Im BflH ffj |H^k HH m| B1 H PIYN MAKE IONS TO WARFARE j Said to Have J :d Through fj land ;i j nnc manc 3 H it l mniiL 10?Germany is unsssed to the Lfnited l suggesting that the 3S ways ana means of Between them, egarding the channel lmunication was ad'obable that it is being lrneht of Switzerland, oodto have made it lomticT^atiorahad desired that peace be 3 regarding the com- , tte that it carries with Germany may modify iommunication is said ernment to make sugs it thinks miffht nre the coming communiined here is to the efly was arranging for unrestricted warfare ats in different parts med that while miffed the granting of a 1 Is might adjust their || t care should he exer- ji passenger-carrying 1 set to unwarned torpe- -1 ad told her ot a dream In which he aid lie saw Tanner standing over him rit ha gun, and that :.e believed it aa better for Tanner to leave Booger tole and go back td bis old home on "Bunk" Truman testified that toward Sampson had told him a lew ayB before the murder that he blended to have Tanner's wife even If e had to kill her husband to get her. Jasper McCune detailed a conversation he bad with S&uipso; aftan be killing, In which he quoted the ccused with having said'that he had layed dominoes wltli Tanner, at the 'anner borne the evenlig before the rnrder. He said he slept there and ' ite In the night waa awakened by he realization that the bouce was on Ire. He said, according to the witess, that he jumped from a window nd ran home, after htaring some ne, apparent drunk, in a- adjoining OCrtl. -JW FIGHTING JOHNSON BILL vriAitijUtB tun feD. iu.?in we lours today the most vigorous tight it the session Is In progress on the luseaBe ot tho Johnson bill rcguialng public service corporations and tiviug public service commission widir powers than It now enjoys.