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America Will Take
the Initiative If
War Comes
NOI AGAINST NATION
Our Quarrel is With the
German Government,
Says Washington.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 24.?The
United States government Is getting
ready to put Into effect measure of the
most far-reaching and aggressive character
In the event of war with Oe'rmany.
It will not be satiefied with mere attempts
to protect American merchant
I^TesselB. Its preparation will be designed
to meet any eventuality along
war If necessary. There will be no
half way measures.
U This program was agreed upon at
long cabinet meeting yesterday and
It guided the council of national defense
when It met today with Its ad
visory commission.
- The program decided upon Includes
military naval, industrial and financial
measures.
The question of sending an army
abroad will be left for future consideration.
Whether political allances with Entente
allies will he formed Is not
known although military as well as
naval cooperation Is possible, and
r the government will furnish both money
and supplies to the allies without
stint.
ly Suggestions before President Wilson
today Included the possibility of
floating a loan of five million dollars
for Entente.
When President Wilson goes before
Congress soon after It meets In extra
session on April -2 be Is expected to
make It clear that the government of
the United States will not be prompted
by hostilities toward the German people
but only by the acts of the German
government.
So far the President has given only
a preliminary consideration to his address
to Congress.
The object of today's meeting of
council of national defense with Its
commission was to take an Inventory
of what has been done In the way of
Industrial preparMness and to decide
what future measures are necessary.
The council Is expected to take
an Important part In tho conduct of
actual warfare.
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Signs of spring are beginning to stir
thingB about the Municipal building.
Doors have been flung opon, fires remain
unlighted each day and talk
(when there is a moment or two in
which to talk) Ib always concerning
garden planting and the price of potaties
and how easy it would be to
make a million out of a few chickens.
The war has taken a second place
lb the conversation activities.
The checker and chesB tournament
being held at the Fire department
la on the home stretch this afternoon
A caloionf DivaIIHln land
IT >VU *>UVIVtM?k VUtUk WWUtllMO 'VOU'
Ing with choss reports in his favor and
Chief Harr being dethroned from
checker champion In favor of Tom
Powell.
NEW BOWLING RECORD.
GRAND RAPIDS, March 24?A new
Forld record in doubles was made at
the American Bowling Congress tour,
lament here today by Ous Santorious
ind Wm. Hokschuh of Pe<xV. 111. The
icore was 1346.
Honors For Moewe's Commander
LONDON. March 24.?A Central
Kews dispatch from Amsterdam says
t Is reported from Berlin that Count
ron DohnaSchlodlen. commander of
|he Moewe, has been appointed aide
le camp to Emperor William.
The West Virgin
INS PR
:LION LP.
WILLIAM lEffi
WILL ERECT CITY'S
II III BRIDGES
!
His Company Was Selected
by City Commissioners
Today.
COAL M UDRE FIRST
It Will Cross Ravine Where
Present Structure
Does. ,
The first vote taken at the meeting
ot the Board of Affairs this morning,
gave the contract for the erection ot
the Monongahela river bridge and the
Coal run bridges to William Muesser,
ot the Concrete Steel engineering com
pany. The vote carried unanimously.
A report submitted by Street Commissioner
Albert Lehman and City Engineer
Shrewsbury Miller was present
ed and written in the minuts ot the!
meeting. The report was made last!
night following a deadlock vote ycsterl
day at which two ot the commission-]
ers stood for The Conrete Engineer-!
ing company and two for Sanderson i
tand Porter, Industrial egninoers of
New York.
The report in part stated that a
vote of the bridge committee which
consisted of the four commlsslners and
three citizens stood fire to two for tho
same engineer to build the two bridges
and live to two for The Concrete
Steel engineering company. The bridg
es are to be built out of the bond issue
of December 5, 1916, at which
election the city voted for an expenditure
of $760,000 for the erection of
two bridges and street, sewer and general
Improvements.
The Coal run bridge will bo erected
first at a cost of $100,000. Upon the
completion of this the river bridge
will be started and will cost $360,000.
The river bridge will not be the longest
span In the world as the first tentative
plans submitted showod. Tills,
according to many engineers will be
impracticable and will also cost muchi
more than the amount appropriated
for the work. The Coal run bridge
will be built In the same location the
present bridge occupies.
|| industrial!1
fairmont
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Home additional equipment has been
purchased by the Harry B. Coal and
Coke company for their mine at Pit
Cartn, near Clarksburg. One hundred
additional mine cars have been purchased
and a new electric haulage
motor Installed. These additions will
bo about double the out-put of the
mine. A huge bin for storing coal has
been constructed at the mine at Evtrson
and this will materially Increase
the out-put of this mine since It will
enable them to work it on the days
when cars cannot be secured. The
Maderia Hill Coal company has opened
a new mine, which is electrically
equipped, at tVllsonburg and have in
stalled electrical equipment in mine
No. 1 at that place.
Lloyd Layman, who with his brother
owns and hag been operating a number
of coal mines, is contemplating
the purchase of a motor truck for
transporting the coal to the railroad.
The mines that are being operated arc '
not located on the railroad and tho
boys have been hauling the coal in
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Pennsylvania road In regard to the
small track operator. But now that this
has been settled the Improved method ,
of transportation will be adopted as
soon as the business warrants It.
At a meeting which was held at Jane
Lew last night the final touches were
placed upon the organization of the
Graham-Scharfnecker coal company.
This concern which has had a charter
for some time has a paid up capital
of 125,000 and the mines are in
such Bhape that will be able to ship
coal within two weeks. The officers
of the new company are T. II. Graham,
president; Alex Watson, treasurer and
J. J. Scharfnecker. general manager.
The concern, however, Is a promotion
of Alex Watson and the success of
ilie enterprise Is most gratifying to his
many friends throughout the district
who know him for an enterpr'sing
businessman as well as a good i ,l<ow.
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MILITARY DICTATOR !|
OF NEW RUSSIA |
Gem, Ale-xeipf'
Gen. AlexellT Is carrying through |
plans of the new Russian government]
10 pusn tne war naraer against tne
central powers.
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IN WAKE OF WIND j
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Ten More of the 100 Injur- ^
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NEW ALBANY, Ind., March 24.? c
Revised official lists of the victims of c
the storm which swept over New Al- *
bany late yesterday sbiw.d the num- ?
bor of dead to be .11 ann placed the e
Injured at approximately 100. t
Of i he injured 10 or more aro expect- *
ed to die, while It :s thought that a s
number of bouie3 still lie buried under ),
the debris of wrecked buildings. II
The search of the ruined structures "
In devastated sections Is going for- n
ward under military supervision and ?
all persons except tuose actually en- c
gaged In the work of rescue are being t
sent out of the stricken district. s
Early this morning a cordon of state
troops was thrown about the storm- v
swept part of the city anil these sec- t;
lions were cleared. Thereafter only
those persons bearing military passes ]<
were admitted within the lines estab- b
lished by the 3oldieis.
Approximately 3U0 residences. Indus- j
trial plant3. and other buildings wero I
badly damaged or destroyed. In some I
Instance:, houses had been so torn to I
pieces and the wreckage intermingled
with that from other structures that
those who had lived in them were unable
definitely to locate the sites upon
which thoy had stood. Houses nad
been picked up bodily apparently and
then thrown to the earth with terrific
force smashing them to kindling wood.
Other houses appeared to have been flattened
aB If some iremendouB weight
had been laid on them. Smnll outbuildings
and sections of roofs were
carried for blocks and trees were torn
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Special Services at lt
First M. E, Church i
Plans haVe been made for splendid 0
sendees to be held at tho First Methodlst
church on Sunday In connection 11
with the evangelistic services which 11
began at this church last Sunday, f
Kev. C. E. Goodwin, pastor of the 0
church will preach at both services,
his theme for the evening being "The
Brldgeless Gulf." Special music has t
been planned for this service and Bplen t
did results are expected.
Dr. J. T. Keenan, of Grafton, who is ,
assisting with the services went home f
this morning but will return here t
next week. Dr. Keenan preached a t
o|iiouvti(i oci UJUU Uil lUt) HUDJtJCL 1 U0 | ^
Throe Groups" last night which waH .
heard hy a large and appreciative .
congregation. No servlco will be held
tonight. c
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MUSTERING OUT THE SECOND j
HUNTINGTON, March 24?Work h
of mustering out the West Virginia f
troops from Federal service was com- y
plctcd here this afternoon. Mustering
them out as a Btate body will not t
be accomplished until the men havo c
reached home stations. The members a
of machine company will entertain s
with a banquet tonight. li
ising in Fairmont, B
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THISJVEHING
udgc Haymond Read Instructions
tt^Jury Right
After Lunch.
lEFENOAITJ STAaD
Jrosecutor Called Christner
Dirty Coward in Address
to Jury.
The fate of Hoy Christner charged
rlth the murder of Fred Shaver will
e in the hands of the jury this ?fernoon
and it is possible that a ver
let will bo returned before the court
djourns this evening. At the start
f the afternoon session Judge Hay
lond read bis instructions to the juy,
a half hour being required, and uner
his instructions and on the evienco
submitted in the case it is belg
expected that a verdict of acqultal
rill be returned.
Yesterday afternoon the defendant
res placed on the stand and told the
lory of the shooting, his being the
ist testimony to be heard in the case.
Vhile the prosecutor got him tangled
p on a few minor points the bulk of
is story was a straightforward reltal
of the events leading up to the 1
ital shooting and the Bhooting itself.:
With every available inch in both >
he court room and gallery, packed to ,
:s capacity this afternoon,.the biggest |
rowd that has been present in the
ourt house for any trial in recent
ears was present. Word going to 1
he street that the prosecutor was i
taking his final plea to the jury caus- ]
d hundreds of Saturday visitors in
own to try to get in but only a few
,-ere able to squeeze inside the room.
In his final plea, the prosecutor is
houting his aase to the jury and as
e dramatically points his finger at
ttle Mrs. Cbristner and belittles ,
that woman's" heroic efTorts on the ;
tany occasions she was called upon to '
rotect and minister to her husband,
he Is sitting huddled up In her big
hair with her head bowed and her
hin fingers picking jerkily at her
kirt
Christner is pale but calm, turning ,
fhitcr every few moments as Haggery
calls him a "dirty cowiard."
Attorneys in the court room are
ooking for an acqultal within the I
our i
:iSHBS i
GET SQUARE DEAL!
Agreement Signed at Chari- '
eston Yesterday Makes
This Point Clear.
News from the Charleston district :
hat the coal operators and miners |
here had signc ' contracts lor a year ,
vhlch gave to the miners an Increase I
f six and a half cents a ton, and to \
ho day laborers an increase in wages |
t from 15 to 25 per cent., brings to ,
Ight the fact that miners in tho Pair- I
aont district have been much more 1
avored with raises than those of any
tber district j
The raises granted by tre Charles- i
on operators yesterday were the tlrst
bat had been given in three years, and
iy contract the miners there are bonnd .
o work at the same rates for one year.
Ipposed to this the Fairmont miners
iave been granted four Increases In
he past thirteen months and had their
forking time reduced from tsn to nine
lours. The increases to day labor i
iave totaled 30 per cent.
Tho local miners were given inreases
on February 1, 1916, May 1,
916, November 1, 1916 and the last on i
larch 1.1917. It will be seen that they j
iave been getting the benefits of the
Irst of these raises for more than a
car.
The total Increases granted to local ]
elners amount to between 8 and 9 ]
ents a tun, granted in thlrteon months,
s opposed to tho six cents a ton given :
s a reward for three years of faithfnl
ibor by the Charleston operators. I
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If the Germans are driven from
ally reports their next stand is to be
Franco-Belgian border, In the foothill
would mean giving up about half the
German hands. The new, shorter lin
this map. together with the supposed
manB are now defending.
BUILDERS SUmi 1
MEN JET HEBE1
C. H. Toothman Was Elected
Chairman of this District
Organization.
A district meeting of the West Virginia
Lumber and. Builders Supply
Dealers' Association, attended by
about thirty men from this district, including
Mat ion, Monongalia, Prestr.n
and Taylor counties, and representing
Morgantown, Grafton, Fairmont and
Mannlngton, was held in the office of
the Fairmont Wall Plaster Company
last night.
The, mee'lng was presided over by
George D. Hawkins, state secretary,
with headquarters In Huntington, in
the absence of C. A. Short, president,
of Shinnston. Several new members
wore received into the association and
It was arranged to have re ruler monthly
meetings in Fairmont on the second
Tuesday of each month. Fairmont was
selected for the meetings because
members from Grafton and Morgantown
can come to this city easiest.
C. H. Tootbman, of the Fairmont
Wall Plaster company, was elected
chairman of the local association and
Murray Dickerson, secretary.
The West Virrinia Lumber cm.
Builders Supply Dealers' Association
Is a state association designed to promote
cooperation among <bo builders
of the state. The state is divided Into
thirteen districts and Fairmont is the
headquarters for one of these. A meeting
was held in Clarksburg, the head
mother district, I ist week and more
than sixty were prosent. It is the intention
to t'.ke n number of members
Into the local division and it is expected
to make it one of the strongest
In the state.
Lee Guthrie Was
Buried This Morning
The body or Leo Guthrie, aged 32
rears, whose death occurred on Thursday
at his home at Akron. Ohio, accompanied
by a number of relatives
arrived here last night on the 9:36
train and were taken to the home of
his niece, Mrs. Luther Hawkins on
Haymond street. This morning fu
neral services were conducted at
sight o'clock by Rev. W. D. Reed, pastor
of the Diamond Street M. E. church
snd following the services the fnneral
party drove to Mt. Xebo where fur:hcr
services were held In the church
there and Interment made by Undertaker
R. C." Jones.
Many at the Funeral of
Late Luther Lowe
Many Falrmonters and Marlon county
resldentg left yeBterday for Lowesvllle
to attend the funeral of Luthur
Lowe, who was hurled at the Mt
Hood cemetery from the ML Hood
church. The pall bearers were members
of the Odd Fellows lodge which
took charge of the funeral services.
Mr. Lowe Is survived by a brother
Phillip Lowe, and two sisters, Mrs
Rebecca Wlsman and Mrs. Tlllle Starrett
He was aged 46 years and four
months when he died. He was for
years a residents of Fairmont, at the
time of hlB death being agent here
For the Cadillac automobile.
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the "Hlndenburg line," according to
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territory In France that remains in
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TO HAVEEXCHANGE
iMeeting for Final Organization
Will be Held Mon
day Night.
For the purpose of completing the
organization of a Builders' Exchange,
comprising a co-operative association
of all the contractors, supply men, and
others allied to the building trades
in Fairmont, a meeting will be held
In the office of the Fairmont Wail
Plaster comnanv next Mondav even
Ing at which time a committee will
submit by-laws which are now being
prepared and the final organization
of the Exchange effected.
The Fairmont Exchange will be the
only one,of its kind in West Virginia,
although not the first, since a similar
organization was once in effect
in Wheelling and aboutyiifteen years
ago one was extant in Fairmont.
It will be the object of the Ex
change to promote closer relations
among the members of the organization,
which will permit of a very
valuable interchange of ldoas and make
much easier the arriving at facts neccs
sary in the building trades. It will also
be the aim of the Exchange to see that
none of its members does any job in
a manner that would be a discredit to
his profession. In this way the public
is rendered a service by the assurance
that any Job done by a member
of the Exchange must be first
rate.
The committee which is preparing
the by-laws for the Exchange is composed
of W. H. Speddon, T. L. Burchinal,
Fred Mclntlre, C. C. Meredith,
and Charles H. Toothmnn. At present
the Exchange's sessions will bo
held in the office of the Fairmont
Wall Plaster company but soon quarters
of its own will be secured.
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Honor Fairmont Man
H. T. Jones, a local man, was for
the third time elected head clerk of
the West Virginia Jurisdiction of the
Woodmen of the World at the recent
convention In Bluefleld. The other
officers elected are as follows:
Head consul. Dr. H. S. Herman, Hagerstown,
Md.; head advisor, H. W. Tippett,
Washington, D. C.; head banker,
E. T. Redlnger. Grafton. W. Va.; head
clerk, H. T. Jones, Fairmont, W. Va.;
head escort, A. L. Thomas, Huntington;
head watchman, J. E. Satterfield,
Parkersburg; sentry, J. S. Hall, Bluefield,
W. Va.; managers?C. C. Floyd,
Clarksburg, W. Va.; W. G. Scott, Wash
ington; C. B. Linger, Terra Alta ,W.
Va.; Albert Markley, J. Blaln Dlvin,
The following delegates were In attendance
from the White Oak camp
No. 20 of Fairmont: E. F. Morgan, |
Bruce Morgan. W. C. Daugherty, L.j
D. Snider, J. W. Snowden. A. F. Carpenter,
George Ice, J. C. Phillips, H.
T. Jones. John Hartley.
Guard'Phyilclan Promoted.
CHARLESTON, W. VA? March 24?
Dr. W. W. Point, captain in the Medical
department of the Second West
Virginia infantry, who was with the
troopB in Texas since last summer,
has been promoted to the rank of major
according to advices received by
Adjut. General John C. Bond from the
War Department Dr. Point has been
doing service as a major since the recent
resignation of MaJ. Sfancls T.
Ridley of Blueeld. When Dr. Point is
mustered out of the Federal service
it will be with the new rank.
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OBJECTIVE
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Men and Munitions
Massed on North
End East Front
OLD HIBI1 IDEA
French Making Decided
Gains in Vicinity of
La Fere.
Increased peril to the so-called Hln
aennurg uno or the Germans In northem
France, running through Cambral,
St. Quentln, Le Fere and Loan la Indicated
by today's Paris official statement.
The French are continuing their
strong pressure from St. Quentln to
the Alsne an have driven through
to the Olse river directly north at La
Fere at some points. Apparently they
have gained control of high ground
In this region and are able to command
the city with their guns.
That the Germans were despairing
of holding La Fere a point to the new
line was Indicated by last nlght'a announcement
that they had opened the
sluice gates and flooded the city.
new French advance to the Olse can
hardly fall to make the place Still
more difficult to hold.
Further progress has also been made
by the French further to the southeast
on the east bank of the Ailette
river west of Laon where the Germans,
while still falling back toward
their new lines are apparently offering
a stiff resistance. Paris military
critics also point to a German peril
hero where the left end of the German
line at St. Gobaln Is threatened with
out flanking.
Last reports from the British mid
of the line also Indicated strong German
resistance but recorded also further
advances for General Halg> forces.
notably in the region southeast of
Arras.
in jmrt at lease, ine uerman nun> .
ment in Franco may be explained by
an official statement of tbe new Bussian
war ministry in which it Is announced
that the Germans are concentrating*
great quantities of munition.
supplies and men on the aartbern
end of the Russian front. A Teutonic
offensive in the near future in
this Important but long neglected war
area is thus indicated.
Field Marshal con Hindenburg who
Is credited with establishing the new
line in the west, la classed as a believer
in tbe idea that a decision- in the
war can thus be gained in a campaign
on the eastern front against Russia.
Meanwhile the Russian provisional
government continues its effort to
strengthen the defensive measures ot
the nation.
Want New Bids on
Hauling the Mails
Postmaster Manley has been authorized
to again a^k for bids for screen
"afeun oui ?n-c uv.m'.tu iuc acyvb miu
the postofflce. Owing to a misunderstanding
on the part of some of the
bidders about tiie Dight service required.
It was necessary to reject all
bids and new bids have beon asked for.
Intending bidders can get the necessary
information -egtrding this service
by inquiring at the office of the postmaster.
Bids must be in tho hands of
the postmaster to forward to Washington,
u. C.. not inter than 12 o'cloc c
noon April second. For lnforfnaUon '
regarding n unices have been posted
on the bulletin board in the lobby
of the postofflce and at the conrt honse.
Intending bidders should show whether
they intend to use horse-drawn or motor
vehicles. Intending bidders should
enclose proposals in sealed envelopes,
marked "Proposal for Screen Wagon
Service cn Route No. 416007," giving
the- names, ana then should hand
same to tho postmaster to forward to
Washington.
RUSSIANS TAKE A TOWN
PETROGRAD, March 24.?Capture ;$
by Russian troops of the Persian town
of Kerlnd in the sectors west of Kermanshad
about 40 miles from the MSaopotamlan
border is announced by the
War office. Persuit of the Turks continues.
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