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'AMERICA
GERMA
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BISK NOW ON!'
I GREAT RIDGE j
WEST RAUPAUME
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Capture of That German:
Stronghold Expected
in Near Future.
FIGHTING AT ST. MIHIEL
Entente Movement of Importance
Has Stare d
in Macedonia
Another great retreat by the Ger- C
mans on the Somme front Is in prog- r
f _ ress.
\ The consequent British advance has
Wought General Sir Douglas Halg's >
forces almost to tho outskirts of Ba- .
paume the speedy fall of which Is now I
counted among the probabilities. I
The great ridge west of the town (
? is in British hands, the Germans having
abandoned tholr main defense system
here on a front of three and one
half miles.
Berlin official reports today do not
mention the retirement in Somme region.
Its only reference to operations
there consist of a statement that the J
British delivered attacks yesterday afternoon
and last night In the Ancro
eector which were repulsed with heavy
losses to them.
Other fighting of nptable character
is in progress on tM franco-Belgian
' front. N6t the least significant possibly
Is a French operation In the St. e
* ' Mich I el region, the sector of the fa- mous
German salient lying southeast ^
of Verdun. The French In an attach *
, yisterday made an Impression on the 5
* salient capturing the Romanvllle farm.
The Germans admit that one of their 7
' posts here was pushed back. '
The French also have held the Germans
from effecting gains lu new
attacks on the hotly contested posi- ,
lions near Malsons de Champagife and J,
have made fresh progress themselves 1
lu hand grenade operations there.
V The Turks are apparently still In ?
retreat up the Tigris from Bagdad.
They announce tho evacuation of Jj
Rjfthat city indirectly in an official state- "
Pfc*inent recording Turkish retirement r
i from south of Bagdad to a point be- '<
k tween Bagdad and Samara which lat- c
| ter place is on the Tigris about 76
|. miles northwest of the famous city ?
just captured by the British. J
[*. On the Russian front the operations
i have consisted mainly of raids.
? In Macedonia however, there seems
' to be an Entente movement of some
I importance in progress.
The current Berlin statement re- v
L ports attacks by the French iu the I
f lake region of Monastir and assaults 0
I on Teutonic positions northwest and ?
L., ncith of that city. s
'iff All attacks failed with const 1 treble
losses it is asserted.
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' City Hall Notes >
Water Commissioner Ira L. Smith f
eRBeft this morning for Brownkvllle, Pa.,
; where was called to attend the funeral ?
ur a reiHiive WUICII is ucujg ueiu to- .
day.
SUV Albert J. Kern, city clerk, left yesterday
for Pittsburgh where he will look
after Bome buslnes of the city relating
to the bonds sold for the erection of
two bridges, improvement of streets c
i and paying of indebtedness of the city. n
) From Pittsburgh Mr. Kern will go to *
New York. 011 matters pertaining to J
the same bonds. *
I Mayor Anthony uowcn announcea :
that he is devising a scheme whereby ?
be will use the police force of the city r
to wipe out speakeasies and bootleg- {
gers. Complaints have come to him 11
that n egroes who engage in tho sale 0
of whiskey havo begun to lay In a sup- c
ply before the bono dry law goes into 0
effect He means ea clean out the J
dives of the city with personally led 11
raids.
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Notice to
Taxpayers ?
* j All persons owing taxes at *
IKj this office are hereby notified t
I | that I will proceed at once to '
collect same according to law. t
| If you wish to avoid levy and 1
I costs, please call and settle at '
I | C. D. CONAWAY, Ex Sheriff. v
I j The West Vir
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INS BEGi
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General Maude
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lopyrlght Underwood and Underwood
ommander of the British army which
captured Bagdad.
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REPORT TONIGHT
-.arge Number of Witnesses
Were Befor^ Body
Today.
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A large number of witnesses 'were
xamined today before tho March
Irand Jury and by late afternoon It
rae hoped It might be able to return
few Indictments to the circuit court,
'rom the number and variety of the
rltnesses being examined. It is anticpated
that a busy term faces Judge
laymond.
The witnesses examined since yeserday
afternoon are: Andy Sholita,
ohn Coulan, George Jackson, Sophia
loulan, J M. Lang, Floyd Croston,
tenry Mullcnaux, Charles Bock, Curt
'rim, Luke Mullcnaux, Earl Shuman,
larry Winas, Albert Stewart, Ed JenIns,
Abo Moore, Sumuel E. Miller,
'homas Ford, Edward Ice, B. D. Heron,
John Sansone, Arlie Parrlsh, Char3y
Holbert, A. It. Bolyard, T. L. Athn,
i. u. ?ans.
Drops Divorce Case in
Intermediate Court
In the case or Mallard F. Iloggs
s. Harold Fleming, and others, In
ntermediate court this morning, an
rder was entered filing petition of
Icott W. Dodd to participate in the
urplus.
In the divorce case of Edna Clayon
Stroman yb. George W. Stroaian
decree was entered dismissing the
ause as the parties to the suit had
ecome reconciled.
In the case of the City of Fairmont
s. Melvin G. Bunner, (on appear, an
tder was entered Monday quashing
no warrant and action was .lopped
rom the docket.
)5 to Graduate
From High Sohool
No date has been sot as yet lor the
ommencement to be held at the Fairlont
High school though the exercises
rill take place early iu the month of
une when a class of approximately 95
rill graduate from that institution, it
ad been the aim of the school to have
pi o no nt 1 nfl tn Ka l??anin tka -ni.n
i viwao ui *ww fcu uu nuunu ao WS
ury class. Owing to soveral condllons
that number will not be reached
ut the number will not fall far short
f that mark. The High school will
lose earlier this year than the grades
wing to the fact- that the school did
iot close as did the others for the Inantlle
paralysis epidemic.
Mrs. Lucy Ferguson
T~lioc< in P omnoTT
ivjo iu auu.u_ii_i.uj
Mrs. Lucy Ferguson? a sister of the
?te Colonel Robert White, of Wheelng,
and of the late Captain C. S.
Vhlto of Romney, W. Va., died on
'riday of last week at the home of het
ilece. Miss Anna White, In Romney.
>ho was for many years a teacher In
ho School for the Deaf, Dumb and
Hind in Romney. Two daughters, .the
lisses Luetic and Margaret Ferguson,
urvlve, beside a slstor, Mrs. S. L
Tournoy, of Charleston. The body
ras laid at rest In the Indian Mound
emotery at Romney.
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REARS V
GERMAN MINISTER
10 CHINA HANDED
i HIS PASSPORTS
j Chinese Government Eas
Seized German Ships
Interned There.
CREWS MEN OFF
Armed Guards Have Peen
Placed on Board the
Vessels.
WASHINGTON, March 14? American
minister Reinsch at Peking today
reports to the State department that
China had severed diplomatic relations
with Germany and that tho German
minister had been handed his
passports.
China has severed diplomatic relations
With Germany, taken possession
j of all German merchantshlps In Shang|
hat, about six in number, placed crews
on shore under guard and placed armed
guards on the vessels, acctrndlng to
advices to the Navy department from
the senior officer In Chinese waters
today.
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PUN VACATIONS
?n-rr.
Also Make Plans for Better
, Service at Monthly
Meeting.
At a meeting of United States mall
carriers held at the home of John
Hamme, 519 Walnut avenue, last evening
the matter of equalizing the work
of the men on the routes was taken
up. Several plans were investigated
: and one agreed upon. This will be
I presented to Postmaster Manley with
I requests from the men th^t such
I changes as are therein contained shall
do mane, oom lor me gooa ot me
service and for the welfare of the men.
The public likewise would benefit by
the change.
The men also took up the matter of
vacations and arrangements have been
made whereby all of them Will be able
to get the time off as will best suit
them.
Although the meeting was ot a business
nature. It became a pleasant social
event after the business had been
disposed of. The next meeting will
be held the second Tuesday April, the
place where It Is to bo held not having
yet been decided upon.
Fairmont Women to
Go to Convention
Misses Ethel Ice and Edith Ralphsnyder
will go to Huntington on Friday
where they will attend tho annual
meeting of tho Women's Conference
Missionary society of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, of West Virginia.
Miss Ice goes as a delegate
from the Women's Missionary society
of Williams Memorial church and Miss
Ralpbsnyder goes as a delegate fnin
tuo j uiuur Buuiutj. i lit: uuuvuuuuu was
to have been held In this city but ow
lng to the Infantile paralysis situation
here a few weeks ago the place of
meeting was changed to Huntington
Mrs. Jennie Armstrong of Logan, Is
the president of the society.
Pittsburgh Trains
Delayed by Slide
Trains coming into Fairmont from
Connellsvlllo and Pittsburgh were delayed
this morning on account of a
landslide at Ufflngton between Fairmont
and Morgantown. The landslide
occurred during the midnight hour
and was not cleared until noon today.
During the time Intervening mall and
passengers were transferred with
special trains from Fairmont to the
scone of the slide. The regular trains
duo here at 7 a. m. and 8 a. m. did
not roach here until 1:30 this afternoon.
Train No. 69 due here from Clarksburg
was one hour and thirty minutes
late in arriving here this morning
due to mud and rocks on the track
at Monongah. The track was cleared
at eight o'clock today. '
Training Camp Illust
r $
IN SUNK
IER RETR
VITH GEL
Where British an
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Map of Asia Minor where the Brl
drive to clear the Turks from their A
the advance of General Maude's am
vanco of the Russians in Persia tc
In Mesopotanmia. Numeral 3, indict
advance of a British army from the ?
Jerusalem, advancing east and north
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SAILS TOMORROW
Falling Also at Pittsburgh
But Cincinnati Reports
Flood Stage.
Unless the river changes about and
Instead of falling rapidly as It Is now
doing, starts increasing again the Valley
Gem will get out of town toraorrok.
The water crest Is 24.5 feet at present
and It will have to go down to 20 be
foro the Ge ra can start. During its
stay here the boat haB helped lots to
clean off the wharf, Captain McLaughlin
gladly helping the cliy do this work
to put In th etiino. j
PITTSBURGH. March 14.?The lo
cal riverB continues to fall and at the
local weather bureau It was said there
were no prospects of flood stage be
mg reacneu again, rne state at i a
m. was 20 feet and at 9 a. m. 19.S.
Heavy ruins In West Virginia will
probably check the fall of the Monongaheln
for a few (lays the bureau said.
CINCINNATI, March 14?The Ohio
river reached a stage of 52 feet today
two feet above danger mark. A stage
of 56 to 58 feet Is predlcitcd.
WMS~Em
MEET INNEW HOTEL
Marion County Graduate
Nurses Making Plans
for Convention.
Plans for the entertainment of the
West Virginia Graduate Nurses Association
which is scheduled to be held
in this city next September were dls-|
cussed at the first monthly meeting
of the newly former Marlon County
Graduate Nurses Association held yesterday
evening at Fairmont Hospital
No. 8.
Before the time for the convention
arrives it is thought that the Fairmont
hotel will have been completed and
should this be the case the sessions
will be held in that building.
The association which was organised
with a charter membership of 18
had that nubmcr increased to 22 yestorday
by the addition of four now
names. It is hoped the organization
will bo materially increased before
next fall as it is the plan to have every
graduate nurse in Marlon county
a member of the organization whose
purpose It is to advance the art of
nursing in an particulars.
Fairmont Hospital
Offers Beds to U. S.
Through an inventor of medical preparedness
for possible emergencies,
Fairmont Hospital No. 3 has tendered
the Army and Navy thirty bods for
their use In an emergency at the actual
cost ot malntainance.
rations Are the Besi
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BY GER.
EAT IN t
\MANY; I
d Russians Are L
B[JT 7 Syrian Desert
TOAj* j _ \ ? Otficr. Rly;
'4 1 Inttrmtior
nsn nave won a natable victory by c
static Empire and reach Conatautii
ly np the Tigris after the fall of Kt
i ward the Turkish rear, with tho a
ties the present front of the Russians
lue canal, which has entered the Ho
least
SlilisI
| PUBLIC LIBBARI
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[Two Directors Tenderer
Resignations at Annual
Meeting Yesterday.
Last evening in the Library parloi
the tw inty-slxth annual meeting o
the stockholders of the Fairmont i -lie
Library Association was held.
The various reports were rendered
1 and the association shown to be on i
good financial basis, although its rev
cnucs are derived sorely from th
building owned by the ass aiation.
' Two huudred ouoks had been donat
| ed and one hundred and forty-sevei
purchnsad within the year.
When It because known that U. A
Clayton and Mrs. Annie E. Carroll wb
have for many years been identifle<
with the official hoard of the associs
tlon, are unable longer to serve in tha
capacity, profound regret was fol
which was embodied in suitable resc
lutions.
Mr. Clayton and Mrs. Carrell hav
been identified with the association a
stockholders from the beginning am
both have served as treasurer, the foi
mer resigning from that office las
vr.ir
The following directors were eleel
cd: Mrs. J. Engle. Mrs. George D<
Bolt. Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, Mrs. u
A. Clayton. Mrs. N. R. C. Morrow, Mi
B! L. BUCcher, Mrs. Francis E Nichols
I After the adjournment of the stock
holders' meeting, the directors organ
Ized by electing Mrs. N. R C. Morrow
president; Mrs. George DeBolt, vie
president, and Mrs. J. Walter Barnes
secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors hold thel
meetings in the library parlor the firs
Monday evening of each month.
dm^THREL
OF FESTIVAL
i
Three days before the final close o
the Honor Roll and the blg'two-pouni
boxes of HuyleFs Chocolates fron
the Mountain City drug Btore. It wa
ten days ago that the Campaign Man
ager announced that he would creat
an Honor Roll in The West Virginian'
big Golden Festival and place on thi
rostrum of distinction the person whi
attained the highest record each da;
in securing subscriptions. The pei
sons who turned in the most mone:
on subscriptions each day were t
go on the Honor Roll and receive i
big two-pqund box of Huyler's Chocc
lates free. This Honor Roll provei
very popular from the very first an
nouncemcnt. The race for this covet
ed position became greater as the day
have gone by, until for the recori
today, the third day' before the closi
nf Pftnnr Pftll tha onnnlol vano ban Ar
velopcd very Interesting proportions
The various records for today's pc
sttlon were higher by far, than for an;
one day since the announcement. Mis
Edna Warder of Fairmont, finally sue
ceeded In reaching the commandlm
position after a furious running race
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
t Sport Feature Ei
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MAN U-Bi
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SIX SHIPS
driving the Turks
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> ^^BAGDAD >
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'?/ Boundinn??
Koweti?\ -?-|j
apturlng Bagdad and a Russo-Brltlsh
lople haa been begun. Arrow indicates
Jt-el-Amara. Arrow 2, Indicates the adlm
of Joining forces with the British
in Armenia. Arrow 4. Indicates the
ly Land and is in striking distance of
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[ RUN A RAILROAD?
i Baltimore and Ohia Gives
Wise Gdys Chance to
Air Their Views.
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A conference between committees
f! of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce1
1 and the Commerce chambers of Clarks
I burg, Morgantown and Grafton, and I
11 Baltimore and Ohio passenger chief <
a (W. E Calloway will take place In the
. j local chamber Tuesday, March 27.
B j The conference is to discuss the pro.
posed changes which will be made in
. | the Spring schedule and it Ib through
j I the desire of the railroad company to j
: make the schedule' meet the needs of |
the people in the citios represented.'
^ that the conference has been called,
j Secretary Evans of the Chamber of!
.; Congnerce, asked that all Fnirmont- j
t j era who have any Ideas that they think
11 may Improve service in Fairmont, to I
I communicate them to him and they!
I will be presented to the railroad olfi-i
- I ctflltt for pnnnlilaratinn ?? thn ? ? ?? !
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DIED IN MONTANA.
t A message was received nere yesterday
by Mra. Isaac Hunsaker from
Butte. Montana, announcing the death
h of her ilaughter-ln-law, Mrs. A. L. F.
Hunsaker, which occurred In St.
' Jajnea hospital at that place. No fur'
ther details were contained in the messago
and no news of a previous Illness
' had been received by friends. The famlly
formerly resided in this vicinity.
a ? ?
How to Do It.
r Naturnlness Is the art of making
t people think well of you by not making
them think of you.?Life.
Tdaysmore
HONOR ROT J.
? A -v^r- A V JL > JL m. V/ ,
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' HONOR ROLL
s
,. Largest Daily Cash Report
e Two pound box of Huyler's
3 Chocolates sold by the Mountain !
b City Drug Store, given to each
3 Honor Roll Candidate dally.
f Miss Beryle Baker, Manmngton.
Miss Fannie Funt, Fairmont
y Tie for Monday
3 Miss Irene Straight, Riveaville.
* Tuesday,
j Mrs. Jeannette Ford. Fairmont
t. Wedneaday.
Miss Marie Dexter, Fairmont
3 Thursday,
i Miss Mary Murphy, Falrvlew.
8 Friday,
i- Mrs. I. N. Longstreth, Mannlngton.
Saturday.
>- SECOND WEEK.
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wmtc mwi y<iii| r*. r. U. O.
Monday.
g Mit* Edna Warder, Fairmont.
Tuesday.
>er Presented to Fair
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WION I
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GIVEI AMERICA!
SMPpQI
Crew Saved Without Aid
From U-Boat That
Sunk Steamer.
CARGO WAS CONTRABAND ]
Details Yet Lacking But
Washington is Not Excited
Over Incident.
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LONDON, March 14.?The American ,
steamship Algonquin has been torpedoed
by a German submarine. The
crew was saved.
The Algonquin was torpedoed with- '? 5
out warning at 6 o'clock on the morning
of March 12, according to a report
made by the American consul at Flymouth.
The cousul says all on board
were saved.
The submarine refused assistance
according to tho consul.
NEW YORK'! March 14.?The Algonquin.
owned by the American Star line
of this city, was recently transferred 'iSjS
from British registry. She waa reported
to have about 10 Americans in
her crew. Officers of the line said the
vessel was worth approximately $450,000
and the cargo which conslstea
mostly of food stuff worth more than
$1,250,000. . \-V 1
Where the torpedolnr took place
has not been learned: The boat was
one of the first American freighters
to sail from the United States after
Germany announcod her submarine
campaign of unrestricted warfare. She
was cummamiea ay i_api. a. r?oruDerg,
a naturalized American of Norwegian
birth. She was a vessel of 1,806 tone
gross, 235 feet long and 40 foot beam.
She was built in Glasgow In 1888.J
Prior iol sailing the Algonqufh's captain
said he had no fear that his vessdl
would be torpedoed. "I feel safer In
sailer through the war zone on a ves- ..
sel flying the American flag than I do
trying to make my way about New
York streets and dodging taxi cabs,"
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.?
In the absence of official dispatches on
the destruction of the steamer Algonquin
officials withheld comment,.-but.
the unofficial view was that nothing in
the incident changes the situation between
the United States and Germany.
President Wilson already has taken
steps to place tho nation in a state of
armed neutrality which with the breaking
of diplomatic relations is practically
the last measure possible short
American ships now are being armed
to defend themselves against unlawful
submarine attack. 1 he general review
today Is that the arming ot sbips
is the only answer to tho submarine
operations short ot a declaration ot
war. which may be made only by ConThe
circumstance that the Algonquin
carried food' stuff which are contraband
and that she recently was transferred
from British to American registry.
a transaction Germany might
plead she would not recognize, are not
taken to outweight the tact that the
ship was reported to have been destroyed
without warning. Neither
docs the (act that apparently no lives
were 1 ist mitigate the situation.
But the real (act as unofficially expressed
is that while destruc'ion of
American ship in such a manner Is serious
tlic American government has already
talten all the steps it can talce
to meet such a case unless it wishee
to lane the last step and declare wah '!
The real Issue o( peacg,or war is expected
to come when an American
armed ship lias bad a clash with a German
submarine. Up to the present in
the absence o( action by Congress all
that could he done to meet such a case
as the destruction ot the Algonquin elready
has been done. It is generally
accepted on (irst report as not being
the "overt act."
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Burglars Break Into
the Grand Theatre
?
Robbers entered the Grand theatre
last , night and alter breaking down
doors to get in were disnppointod in
their hunch (or the money collected .
(rom the show was not left at the tncatre.
The theatre managers have no
Idea who the person could have been
and Bill Miller states that nothing U
missing but a (ew tickets for the shov
Friday, persons using tickets lor the
show which were not purchased at thu
box office just prior to their entrance
to the theatre will be suspected. S
mont Readers