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ESTABLISHED 1868. ? topav'?"nbwb today FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1917. member assorted press. PRICE THREE CENTS 1 EDI AT I Wy' Biliws AGM BECOMING Tmnr nnoonnr iniru UDobunt BAB ????? Position of Grand Duke Michael is in Doubt in Latest Dispatches. HUES ON THE MOVE Germans Are Extending Their Retreat Toward the South. t Somewhat conflicting advices are coming out of London regarding the fate of the Romanoff dynasty. Dispatches this marnlng announced thatj Grand Duke Mlcbhel had accepted the throne from his brother, Nicholas, subject to the consent ot the Russian people expressed through a plebiscite. Last night's advices reported the abdication of Nicholas in favor of ? Grand Duke Michael and the subsequent abdication of Michael thus O* ***(?* I p: ing Romanoff dynasty to an end. Of pie abdication of Emperor Nich' olas there can now be no possible doubt an the text of his manifesto announcing It has been received from L Petrograd. What has occurred In the case of Orand Duke Michael, however, Is still far from clear. The stirring news from Russia has detached attention largely from military operations of the belligerent powers. Nevertoeleas these are almost dally assuming wider scope and g. importance. The Germans on the Franco-Belgian front are continuing their retirement J>. and extending It to new sectors. They C'. have carried it far south to ti e Somme and by a movement announced today by Berlin have made at least a beginr nlng on the drawing in of their lines st a point where they have been nearest to Paris west of Roye. p The Berlin announcements, report 1 the occupation ly the French of " trenches between. Beauvralgnes and fe Lasslgny in this sector which the Germans had abandoned. The distance between these two places Is about five , miles. Paris last night gave some indtca; tlon of this move by reporting further progresses for the French nt various . points of thg front from Andechy to the south of Lassiguy. it- The front on which the withdrawal j movement is thus indicated Is approx -imately 11 miles. STJra'SCHURCH HAS NEW STATUE Altars Have Been Remodel? ed and Were Blessed Last Sunday. I ' Remodeling of the altars at St. Josf| eph Italian church has been compleu ' ed. The work which was done by i, Joseph Angclllle & Son, is very beau ||' tiful and must he seen to be appreciat j - t_'u L-urKP upanesceiu electric lights . hare been Installed. and n oeautlful ' new ttatue of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel S' Hum ihe Daproto studio at PietraBanta, L Staly. has been placed on one of the fn . aide altars. Solomn Blessing of this statue toon yplace last Sunday, with the Rev. Pastor. Father Joseph Martezana In f. charge. Special music was rendered l t-y the choir. The mermen of the congregation extend thrir thanks and are very grateful to Miss J. Morga who Mndly donated this statue. Personal News of the Congregation. Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Caldara have re & turned from a business trip to Pittsburgh. John Russo, who was in Pittsburgh on business, has returned home. Philips Llmina, wno resides at Gyp, sy, is 111 at Miners' hospital. Joseph Cerulla of Washington street, is also a patient at Miners' hospital. Tnrnun ,14 Amnfrrt Ult a. * ut nuiaiU) ui II aouiliy ton street, died at Cook hospital after a few days' Illness Burial wrs at Holy Cross cemetery. [ t t Commerce Body % ^ Pledges Support KT' The following telegram was sent ?' President Wilson by the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce this after\ noon: V "The Fairmont Chamber of Com., merce pledges Its support In any action you may take to settle what Pis to be,a great calamity to mtry In the possible tie up of traffic. "C. W. Evans, Secretary." ON FAILi BRITIS1 BRITISH TAKE BAPAUI AID 2 OTHER TOWNS Germans Set Fire to Stronghold Before they Abandoned It. BRITISH KEEP GOING Had Sharp Brush With the Enemy During the Advance. (By Associated Press) LONDON, March 17?Bapaume on tho Franco-Belgian front has been captured today by the British the Reuters agency announces. Reuters correspondent at British headquarters In France telographs that the towns of LeTransloy and AphTot.)<t.P(it1t nlon am .nnnrtod irt hit tn the hands of the British. "Our troops entered Bapaume this morning after stiff fighting." Reuters correspondent telograplis. "The place was In flames, the Germans having evidently made all plans for setting It on lire when forced to retreat. "Our troops are reported to be beyond the town." fairmont wins over mum bl wondershot Bud Wilson Hero of Sensational Finish to Today's Game. (Special Dispatch to West Virginian) BUCK H ANNO.\\ March 17.?Fairmont High wou from Buckhaution this morning In the hardest utaveil and moat aensatlonal game of the tournament, winning the game In the last forty seconds of play by a wonderful one-handed shot, mado the entire distance of the floor, by "Bud" Wilson. The score was 15-lfi in favor of Buckhannon when the last minute of play was rounded in. The first 20 seconds saw the Fairmont boys playing llko demons but unable to get ihr ball away for a shot, then Bud cut loose. When the ball was put In play again almost Instantly, a Bnckhautiou boy fouled and Jimmy Knight dropped a pretty foul goal just as the whistle sounded. Cathedral High, showing a flash of speed that failed to develop yesterday, licked Martlnsburg 111 to 21 In a bang-up game that again causes Cathedral to he looked on as the possible dark horse. Charleston, whom Fairmont will probably meet this evening. defeated Terra Alta by a ?l t" 13 score. Because Charleston won from Morgantown yesterday by but 8 points, Fairmont feels pretty safe against the Capital city boys this *v ening. Magnolia still showed herself as being able to stay in the runnina by defeating Clondennin by a 34 re 27 score. That the Fairmont contingent of rooters will win the big silver loving cup for the best rooting, is pracflnnllv o(1 mWtad hv nt'orv r\no onntinot ed with the tournament. During the game this morning, notwithstanding that Buckhannon was at home and the whole Buckhannon High school was present, Fairmont outrooted them by fully fifty per cent. Hundreds of additional fans will be pouring into town tonight, special trains being run to bring In fans who had time only to see the flnalB. The Fairmont boys are fresh and determined and feel that the unexpected brush they had with Buckhannon will but sharpen their endeavors when they dig Into the finals and semifinals. This afternoon Fairmont meets Cathedral, then Parkersburg, and should be able to put them both to sleep. Then with Charleston in the finals and the victory's won. HARRY E. WATKINS. SHAMROCK FROM REDMOND. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.? President Wilson and all White House employees wore sprigs of Shamrock today sent to the White House by John Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader. WILLIAM CARLTON'S FUNERAL. The funeral of William Carlton, of Monongah, will take place tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock from the home of Elza Lever at Monongah. 'Xr , \ . > . ?; RAILRC 1 FORCES RAILROAD BROTHERHO ; J^j ,W. O. L.E-E-.? Lee is president of the Brotherl son, president of the Order of Rallws retson, L. E. Sheppart acts as preside the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engln erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Eng mOSJLPIER i PLEASANT_I 1 Expert in Town Planning Ha ager of Greater Fairmoi ?Has Done Thomas H. Pierson, of the firm of Sanderson and Porter, and a specialist In town planning and workmen iiwuoiu($, ??ub ot'ieciBQ as general man-1 ager for the Greater Fairmont In-' vestment company this morning. and i occupied the day In acquainting him-' self with the local situation. Mr. Pler-| son. whose home Is now In New York, city, will remove here with his wife I and three children In a few weeks and become identified with the bigger Fairmont. Mr. Plerson is a graduate of Princharge In carrying out the plans of the Sanderson and Porter firm for the making of the Pleasant Valley project, a model, as well the most important manufacturing development in the state. Mrs. Pierson is a graduate of PrinmwSLSI WILL BE DRILLED Traction Company to Invest $110,000 in Hunt for New Supply. I Plans for drilling six new gas wells,. I to cost In all illu.nOO, or more than i $1S,000 each, was approved at a nieetI lug of the directors of the Monougahc-. | la Valley Traction company called in ; ! the company's offices at three o'clock I litis afternoon. The drilling of tho wells was authorized at a recent executive meeting and the action of the di-1 rectors this afternoon was but an official approval of that action. The purchase of the three hundred coal cars for the Baxter mine of the j company, delivery of which is expected i in the next few weekR, was also approved. Other routine matters were! taken up and disposed of. Mrs. Mary M. Connor Buried at Woodlawn The body of Mrs. Mary M. Connor, aged 4:i years, wife of Gideon H. Conl or, of Akron, Ohio, was brought to this city this morning 911 the 7:10 o'clock, train and was conveyed to Woodlawn 1 cemetery by Undertaker Eli Musgrave aud Son, where it was laid to i rest. The death of Mrs. Connor occurred' on Wednesday, Martn 14 at her home 1 in Akron, after an illness with acutej (illation of the heart. She Is BurvlveJ . by her husband and two children b> a former marriage, namely, Thomas Hamlll. of Akron, and Mrs. Arch Bell, of Clarksburg. She was a daughter of Mrs. Braden and the late T. J. Braden, at one time well known residents of this city. Accompanying the remains to this city were Mr. Connor, her husband Mrs. Braden, her mother. Mrs. Anna Braden Holt of Bower, W. Va? aer sis-: ter, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Windel and ! daughter, Nellie, of Morgantown, Miss Bessie Hess of Morgantown, Messrs j Joseph and James Connor mm Hufus Patterson of Newtown Pa., and Mr; and Mrs. Arch Bell, of Clarksburg. 'Y BACK TO MEXICO. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.?| American tonsillar officers withdrawn from Mexico many months ago when the border situation was acute, have been ordered back to their districts the Stata department announced today For the present the policy of denying passports to Amerlacns wishing to return to Mexico will be continued. - fit-riw. mas' AD S ' IN BAP OD HEADS FIGURING E ^fefc^CTk L: ^#gi*?W Jfc ~ JP*mi V^RREN 5. >5T0NC lood of Railway Trainmen; Garret ly Conductors; during Illness of Garnt. Stone Is grand chief, engineer of ieers; Carter, president of the Broth;inemen. SONTOBE 'ALLEY CZAR s Been Elected General Man it Investment Company Big Things. ceton university, holding: the degre of civil engineer. He has bad wid experience In designing and erectln factories, bridges and various Indui trial plants and is the president c the engineering firm of Plerson an Goodrich. This company in the paf few years lias done more than fou hundred operations, including tw large sugar manufacturies. In 1913 Mr. Pierson supeHntende the construction of the manufactu lng town of Radin, North Caroltni for the Southern Aluminum compan: He planned and laid out the towi designed and built the water and sev er systems ami designed and bul the houses. As the manager of the Pleasant Va ley project, he is in a position to mak that development the biggest step 1 the "fifty in five." Ilmiw TO BUILDTANK PLAN1 First Building of New Fac tory Must Be Up in 45 Days. Ilolliert and Spedden have bee awarded the. contract fur the eonstrui tion of the American Valve and Tan company's factory at Hickman's rut The final arrangements were comple ed and the contract signed yesterda evening and the construction of th buildings will begin at once. The coutracl specifies thnt the firs building must be completed with! forty-the days and nil within nfnet days. Building materials and sppplies ar being transported to the site and ever thing is being got in readiness for speedy completion of the work. Thief Returns Checks He StoL Checks to the amount of $268 wliic were lifted from the pocket of J. h Richardson, of the Baltimore and Ohl maintenance of way department, wer returcd to Officer Bolyard, of the rai road company. With the checks Mi Richardson was robbed of $60 in cast The checks were sent in by Unite States mail to Mr. Bolyard in charg of the railroad. A note accompanle the checks which read: "I found thes near the round house." No slguatur was on the note. i. City Hall Notes (?ltizent> of Locust avenue last nigh met at the city hall with a proposltlo: for widening that street. The matte was taken Into consideration by th city authorities and will be InveBt gated In due course by the engineer In charge of the work. As presents the work will cost a large sum, mor than that allotted by the bond Ibbui Word was received from New Yor last evening that Heed and McCool bond lawyers of New York, have it vestlgated the legality of the bond Issued by Fairmont for the lmprovt ment of the streets and the bulldln of bridges and have found them O. B KE ORDER AUME; CI. S[ THRE ATEN! ^ ^ ^ W,i5:Carter. * . m -wm a f iUI ?; A.B.0>AR.R.FT5OM^ i TRAINS WILL RUM i SAY R. B. CHIEFS > 1 > . ? Roads in This Section Have: J, Cleared Their Decks n For Action. -! ? The Baltimore and Ohio rnilroml company has already started Its embargoes on freight and movement of empty coal cars thus seriously affectT ing Fairmont with its first order. This | i will cause the closing of all the mines | in this section and will throw dozens j of freight train men temporarily out | of work. Most all the railrond men In Kalr',-lmont who ure employed here in the ! rolling stock department are depenj dant for work on the mines and their I olltnut. Th? rnmnnnv hnu toltnn tUli i action in anticipation of a strike on [ its lines as threatened by the four railroad employes' organizations. The n railroad company was forced to take : this action to prevent a congestion of k slow freight on its sidings and tracks i when the strike comes in order that j tho fast freight trains and the past-1 sengor trains can get over the roads y | to carry the I'nited States mails and e j the shipments of food to and from i terminals. 1 ;t I This embargo cats off about sixty n j trains dally from the amount now eny I tcring and leaving Fairmont. It will i affect also the shops where the ene I gines will not have to be made ready ; for movement of trains. I a The Monongahela railroad will not 1 j accept nor handle any freight whatsoever 011 tts lines, for points on Its line. It will, however, move freight i to junction points where it can he handled by other railroad companies 1 >> subject to strike conditions. Local < freight and pick-up freight trains which move cars fro mstnall stations h have ben cut off as there is no work for them to do. ' The Baltimore and Ohio railroad o will accept neither perishable freight , e nor slow freight for movement and has since last Wednesday embargoed i r livestock. i ." Fifteen hundred coal cars are sent ( .j into this. section daily [or loading. Tklo will Vvo r?ff osv,I flin nmknwiTA 1 ' 0 1 ilia n ill ww v,ui UII U1IU iuu vuiuuib" | ^ on food stuffs simply cuts off all rail-1 e road employes within five hours af , e ter tho Btrike becomes effective. The local trainmen and engineinen are ready for the strike and General Superintendent J. F. Keegan of Wheeling, with Jurisdiction over trains entering and leaving Fairmont on the Wheeling division claims the road will run regardless of the men now employJ ed on Its lines. J. M. Scott of Grafit ton, superintendent of the Monongah division claims also that the Baltimore n and Ohio will soon be running norr mally after tho strike is called. The e workers feel differently about this. . They think nothing will get them what they have naked for except a strike 8 and that no sooner will this be called d than the railroad manager will fall 8 to their knees_. The local trainmen ' and enginemen will positively make no demonstration one o( their number k said this morning. They have agreed t, to stay of the railroad company's i- properties and not to gather in the s public strata. They will not resort to !- subterfuge, claiming that they have g struck honorably and they hope to L win honorably. 1 STANDS TY IS IN MI1S ARE ) UNABLE TO MOVE [118 run I i Railroad Managers say They:] Cannot Act With Law in Court. [HE MANAGERS ADJOURN ? I Prospect Now is That Strike ! Will Begin at 7 O'clock Tonight. BULLETIN NEW YORK, March 17. ? The orospect that the great railroad strike due to be lrau.iurj.tcd with. in a few hours would be prevented or at least that a truce would be declared, brightened this afternoon when shortly before 2 o'clock Secretary Lane, member of the mediation committee, of Council of National Defense, announced the situation was encouraging. Mr. Lane said ha would have an important statement to make later. This announcement came soon after the committee had finished a three hour conference with Brotherhood chiefs. At about the same time the committee of railroad managers was , summoned to the hotel where the mediation committee had been In conference with Brotherhood leaders. Whether a Joint conference of both sides of the controversy was planned or whether mediation committee would confer with managers alone could not be definitely learned. Newspaper men were barred by hotel employees from j , approaching the room where the activities were rioina nn arH i were conflicting reports as to pre- 11 clsely what the next step in negotiations would be made. There was reason to believe that Secretary Lane had a con- j crtte proposal for submission to ( the railroad managers which he j( expected would meet with their j , approval. This proposal it was j, reported had already been con?- , munloated informally to managers and had met with their unofficial ! < approval. NEW YORK, March 17.?Kor more j' than six hours, until 3:40 this morn- , Ing. the committee from the council of , National Defense labore.l with rail- j , ron.. managers and the Brotherhood Chiefs without finding a way to pre-!, vent a national railroad strike called >, lor seven o'clock tonlgl '. Hope of settlement was not aban-' j doned however, for the mediators con-, linued their efforts a few hours later, j j It is probable that these peace con- ] ( ferenccs will continue all day. j . The mediators went into conference again with Brotherhood representatives at 9:30 a. m. and with railroad I managers, at 11 o'clock. Prior to a resumption of conferences i one of the mediators said the situa-l lion was devoid of developments. | Neither side had made overtures he said and he did not consider the out- j look promising at that hour. : . The mediators began their labors j ( at 9 o'clock last night with the arrival; , of Secretary Lane. Mr. Willard had I. reached New York early In the oven Ing and Secrotary Wilson joined them - j at 10:30. The first session was with the lead-1 ( ore of the Railroad Brotherhoods They ' declared they bad come here with no ^ (Continued on page 10) i j e-* ( JOHN M. S7UDEBAKER DEAD. j SOUTH BEND. lnd.. March 17.? ! ] John M. Studebaker, aged 84, honor-1 ?w.r ?f Ue* -# ??- * 1 j<ic3>uuiik vjl <uv msi ui live luuuu* , ; ?rs of the Studebnkor corporation, died i early today. Death was due to impov 1 < jrished blood. j r LASTDAYOF ROLL STI1 The race yesterday for the roll of I distinction In the West Virginian's 1 Great Golden Festival was a hot one 1 ind stubbornly fought, with the posi- i lion changing hourly throughout the I My. t Miss Alwilda Miller finally won out > ever Mrs. Ooldle Pltzer. There was ' i difference of less than a year's sub- 1 scrlptlon between Miss Miller and f Mrs. Pltzer. Mrs. Sue Satterfleld was bird. MIbs Edith Parker was fourth ind Mrs. O. E. Hoover was fifth. i Today is the last day for the Honor l Roll, and the race and rivalry will i be the keenest of the whole Golden i Festival. Everyone is determined to 1 have tbe final position. The results I if tbe voting today will make tbe vot- f Ing of former days look like a mere t bean bag battle. As the closing hours { baco will become even more wild and v FLAMES P.R.K. MEN If io sior sin 01 UNCTl Declare Expense Would Seriously Drain the Broth- | erhood Funds IB WARRANT FOR IT 1 Strike Vote of Last Summer No Longer in Effeet. Men on Ohio Road Wont Go Out on Strike (lly Assocluled Press) COLUMBPS, March 17. ?En- j giueers. conductors and trainman of tli? t'incinnatl. Lebanon and Northern rallrond, a subsidiary liJS company of the Pennsylvania railroad. this morning Informed Genoral Superintendent I. W. Greer, of the Southwest system of the Penn- ', >'* .1 sylvanla. that they would refuse to obey the strike order. (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, March 17.?'Trainmen today filed a bill in equity In the Federal district court here enjoining he Brotherhoods frcrn calling a strike >n the ground that the expense attached thereto will seriously impair the a beneficial fund of the Brotherhoods. H The kill was filed by the attorney i Tor members of the lour Brotherhoods. Tho action is against the local chairman and chairmen of their general grievance committee. .i-SfJaM The action effects the Brotherhoods jr. all railroads In Pennsylvania. Ac.ordlng to trainmen, thfey believe that tot more, than 10 per cent, are In favor >r walking out. The bill alleges that ibc joint ballot on which the striae f ivas called Is not In effect at this time Inasmuch as it was obtained eight months ago when times wore not at o (critical a stage as today. The strike ballot obtained eight .Mj months age was cancelled last tell shen the Adamson law was enaiteu, the bill usscrts. Complainants in this action allege hat the refusal to arbitrate by the lirand Chiefs is contrary to the const!lutlon and by-laws of the Brother lOOUS. No Judgo was in the Federal bolld [ng when the bill was filed so a walk jut will not he prevented unless pa- a pors are signed and nn order Issued ' >y the courts enjoining theorem Jonathan Carpenter Died This Morning Jonathan Carpenter. aged 59 years, ,3 i well known resident of Grassy run, lied this morning at 1 o'clock at hla ionic after an illness of several weeks. , :'-<ffl| The deceased was horn On April 12, 1858, and in the year 1886 was united ,s| ii marriage with Miss Sarah Jand Haylurst, who survives him with seven . hildren. namely, Mrs. Emma Reed, of Prlckutt's Creek; Wayne Carpenter, I VIrs. Mir.ta I/ambert, Mrs. Ota Comity, if Fairmont; William Clinton and Miss [sale Carpenter, at home. One broth- 7 *r. Joseph Carpenter, and two sisters, Vlrs. Eliza Vincent and Mrs. LavlM Hawkins, also survive. Funeral services will bo held on * Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and Inerment will he made In the Hayhurst ;emctery by Undertakers Carpentet_; THE HONOR 1SINTEREST ?, 'urious. It Is interesting to sly the enst. to watch this constantly changng battle, with the fortunes of the rictors constantly changing, new one* 'Ighting their way to the lead, only " ! .0 be rcplncod a tew minutes later by lome other aspiring candidate. And he work that everyone is doing with he aid of their friends Is nothing ihort of wonderful. s * Pivotal Week - ' ^11 'This coming week Is going to be a iort of pivotal week. By it, your 'rlends will form their, opinion aa to vhetbor you deserve any more of their mpport for the finish of the Golden festival. There are three or four of he candidates who are making the treat mistake of resting In confidence m their laurels. To these the Manager' would whisper a word of friendly (Continued on Page Eight.'