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Major Powell Reached Here1
the Final Medical I
r,.?
Regimenl
GETTING THE CAMP
Shinnston Bakery Got Bread
^ the Meat Contract for tl
Out Doc
V1 Gregory's band from Clarksburg was
| the first company to arrive In Falry'
raorit following the arrival of the San\J
ttary Detachment yesterday.
K The Sanitary Detachment slept In
If Its tents at the Fair grounds last night
The men reported cold sleeping hours
and great difficulty to keep warm, J>ut
,Kj.fjhey will not be able to make sucn a
statement tomorrow for 3000 blankets
are now in camp and If this amount
ft' .cannot keep them warm they will
Bp&have to build fires In the camp stoves
L which have also arrived.
J The Martlnsburg company left that
{. city at six o'clock this morning and
la v mnv rflpnh horn of OK fhla o?o??nnn
L provided they make proper connections.
The two companies from; Clarkg"
burg, that of the letter imlt and the
f 'machine gun company, should be found
^B&rnswering bugle calls at the Fair
grounds this evening. Klngwo^d and
*. Littleton should also spend the night
1 In camp.
Major W. A. Powell, Surgeon U. S.
A., arrived here this morning and
right away prepared for the filial
Physical examination before the First
'< regiment Is fully mobilized. His first
jit Job upon arriving in the city was to
y inspect the medical corps. Following
this he will start with Companies
? H and 1 and Headquarters company.
1 His work wilj take a week or so for
? ho tyiii remain here until the entire
ft. First Infantry is settled In camp.
K. y f s.ad- cUctrlclty have
?< been shunted onward to the camp
from the ends of the lines near the
f- Fair ground. There are already about
V 20 tepts standing on the ground but
this a small number compared with
what 'will greet the visitors' eye with
in two more days. The poultry house
at the Fair ground will be the location
Of the Soldiers' Y. M. C. A., J. W. Right j
t??Wl
I MIIH STORE
Charles Whitesides Chahged
His Plea in Court This
Morning.
Charles Whitesides, represented by
. Attorney M. L. Sturm, this morning
I withdrew bis plea of not guilty to tbo
fe indictment beld against blm or beI
ing one of a party of youths who reI
contly robbed a store In tbo First
, ward, and after pleading guilty was sen
K tenced to one year in the penitentiary
at Moundsville by Circuit Judge Haymond.
The trials of three other boys
of the gang are still to bo had unless
' they follow the precedent and plead
Willie Notes, colored, who was ln4
dieted for an attempt to kill George
' Washington with a board, appeared
In open court yesterday and plead
guilty. He was sentenced to one year
at Moundsvllle.
? Two continuances were granted yesterday,
the trial of Antonio Sabof.dono
for the shooting of Joe Marrea recent
ly, being set for April 12, and the
S case of Theodore Moore, which Is,
- 1 being continued to death, to the June
. ' LCI LU.
nElks Will Install
(fl | Officers Tonight
At a meeting ot Fairmont Lodge,
No. 194, B. P. O. E., to be held In their
H lodge roamS this evening, installation
of officers elected recently will be of
fected, and many matters pertaining
I to the growth and welfare of the lodge
|x.dlBcassed. Since the announcement
I 'that the lodge would have the two
I. upper stories In the new Deveny bulld t
ing. numbers of memberships have
^Bb'een secured and It Is expected that.
Bia record roster will soon be In their
The officers who will be Installed
Bow evening are: Exalter ruler, M
Be. Ashernft; Esteemed Leading
^B Knight, W. S. Black; Esteemed Loyal
Knight, C. H. Nelll; Esteemed Lecturer
tag Knight, W. D. Evans; Treasurer,
&>lin H. Rock, Jr.; Secretary, Charles
B'0,'Barry; Trustee, R. T. Cunningham:
HMttar, George Dner; Representative to<
Lodge, M. E. Aahcratt; Alter'fe
Representative, A. G. Martin.
.LETTE
FIT OUT
ilTTOHVT
This Morning and Will Begin
nspection of Entire
; at Once.
7m fixed if
Contract and Wheeling Firm
tie First Ten Days of the
?r Camp.
being personally In charge of the arrangements
to renovate this building
and putting it in cozy comfortable
shape.
The exposition building at the entrance
of the Fair ground Is b^ng used
as an arsenal and armed guards are
kept on duty there at all hours.
The Shlnnston Bakery company of
Shinnston was the successful bidder
for 2000 loaves of bread to he furne
Ished the First regiment when the bids
were opened at the Armory this morning.
Sohenck and Son of Wheeling;
were the successful bidders for the
beef to be used. This will do for 10
days after which bids will again be
open for the next tendays' supply.
Members of Companies H ami l
yesterday took a hike of the kind
which, if often repeated, as of course
it will be, will soon harden the men
into a condition of which the V. S.
Army regulars would be proud. Com
pany H marched from the city to Dakota
Mine and return. Company 1
took the same hike and besides hiked
110 narrackvme and return. The men
returned in good condition and though
somewhat tired from the trip were all
ready to answer the roll when time
came for medical Inspection last night.
Headquarters company was not'to bo
outdone, although the men are most
too busy to do much hiking, so it
befell them to hike to Watson and
back. These hikes are under tbe direct
supemiafei of commlsSlostdti officers
and will be lengthened each day
and will always be taken in the forenoon.
On these hikes the commissioned
officers in charge give lectures in
reconnaisance and patrolling and military
strategy The officers point cut
the physio-; raphlcal conditions which
are of military importance and advan(Contlnucd
on Page Twelve.)
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SKULIJ8 BRIKEN
| Former Fairmont Man is
T-V ? 1 ?
uangerousiy wounaed in
Scottdale Shop.
Earl Griffith, until recently s reside
nt i nFairmont, suffered a fractured
skull and otehr injuries in the
plant of the Scottdale Mining Machinery
company Saturday morning, when
a two-ton casting which was being
lifted onto a lathe by chains was precipitated
by the breaking of t7\ chains
Griffith was rushed to the Mt. Pleasant
hospital where doctors say he will
live. The casting in its drop struck
Griffith on the side of the head, fracturing
the skull and cutting his face
and neck.
lined for Having
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unciean rremises
L. N. Farris and Joseph Sllipo of the
Bast side were each fined $1 by Mayor
Anthony Bowen this morning after
being arrested for throwing trash
over the river bank. The Mayor has
Instructed his police force to order
every person In who refuses to keep
his premises clean.
Crislmus Mott paid $5 for being
drunk. Matt Lablock nervously twitched
with morning-after remorse when
the mayor soaked him $5 for his Jubilee.
Lloyd Glover, of Mannington,
was fined $6 and $1 costs for being
found drunk. He said he bought his
whiskey on Jackson street and was
turned over to the county.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FOR WEBB.
MARTINSBURO. April 3?Henry
Grady Webb, leader of bandits who
held up and robbed a Baltimore and
Ohio train No. 1 at Centra Station, W.
Va.. on the morning of October 9,
1615, confessed to nine counts In the <
Indictments here today before Judge1
Dayton. The court Immediately pass-1
ed sentence of 25 years on hta in the |
Atlanta, Ga? prison to which place h< :
will be taken In a few days. I
Try a Want Ad it
: AGAII
NEARIY TOWNS TO
TAKE PART 11R
DENOnil
Committee Continues Hard
at Work Upon the Arrangements.
shcialistsTake pari
Opposed to War But Very
Much in Favor of
America.
Arrangements are being completed
for the marching to take olace through
the streets of Fairmont on April 5,
Demonstration Day.
The parade will not only be made
up of Falrmonters and out of town soldiers
but /twill also contain delegations
from Mouongah. Mannlngton, Fairview
and Kingmont.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
will stop Train No. 4 leaving Fairmont
at 9:50 o'clock Thursday night to permit
Kingmonters to return to their
homes. Visitors from other cities have
facilities which will not have to be
changed to allow them to get home.
The committee, of which Ira U.
Smith Is chairman, is working night
and day with Harry F. Smith, Chief
Marshal, to get the plans worked out
for the line of march and the points
at which music will be played. The
city police and special officers will
see that the parade Is not molested In
any manner by traffic and will assist
the marshal's aides In caring (or the
mi'T^her?.' . , r r -"
Thousands of flags will be unfurled
to the breeze as the patriots go
through the streets. The only location
so far of any of the marchers
Is that the colored body will bring up
the rear. The colored men have asked
that this arrangement be made, they
stating that all they wish to do is to
show the white folks that they are patriots
and that they see America only.
The colored people sent a committee
to confer with City Commissioner Ira
Smith. Mr. Smith at first did not care
to take upon his shoulders the work of
the committee but promised the colored
boys that they would be allowed to
march inasmuch as the First regiment
National Guard has gladly consented
to be in the same parade with
Americans of 50 matter what color.
I so many suggestions have reached
! the committee concerning the line of
| march, the positions of various bodies
i in the parade and other matters that
| it will take until tomorrow night to
thrash the matter out. It is understood
that there will be as little insigna
as possible among the fraternal
organizations because this parade
is not to display uniforms but to display
patriotism for America.
Even the Socialists who are absolutely
against wars of all kinds have
announced that they are with America
in this crisis and that they will
assist all possible to make the parade
a success.
The committee will publish in the
daily papers arrangements as tlioy are
ready for publication and will inform
out of town organizations by this meth|
od. The committee meets toftight for
| conference with the marshal's aides.
Jesus; Amet
In these stirring days,
one from the other by th
is right and what is wrori
: dering what is THE CHI
In order to aff
ascientious spirits
interpretation on
do," the Rev. Chi
American minister
tributor on reiigioi
umns of this news
for publication di
five chapters on
"Jesus: American
In these chapte:
has attempted to i
his ideas of how
. duct Himself un
and strain of our i
He a citizen in some great American
city in 1917.
This adaptation of Christ-like
conduct has been treated in a fitting
maner by Dr. Stelzle and .vill
1 The first chapter of this
ed on another page today.
t The West Virginic
Presidents
War Message <
To Congress
The foil text of President Wilson's
address upon American relations
with Germany, which was delivered
at a night session of Congress
last evening, is printed on
Page 11 of this issue pf The West
Virginian.
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NO STRIKE ON SAT
UNION CARPENTERS
Simply Won't Work for Contractors
Who Do Not
Meet Terms.
Carpenter work on the First Presbyterian
church, being built under the
direction of John M. Klsner, and certain
jobs by Holbert and Spedden,
contractors, is still held up today because
of the refusal of the carpenters
to work unless a wage advance announced
by them to become effective
April 1. Is acceeded to by those contractors.
Much stress Is laid by members of
the local carpenters union, No. 428,
upon the fact that the refusal to work
on the part of several of their number,
is not a strike. Says James L. Watkins
one of the officials of the union.
W. M. Rogers, president of the local
carpenters union, said this morning:
"The refusal of the members to wori i
on the Klsner and Holbert and Spcftden
jobs, Is hot a strike, neither Is It j
a walk out. It is simply a refusal [
on tnelr part to work unless certain
wage Increases which they had demanded,
are granted."
Mr. Rogers continued and declared
that the local union is much opposed
to striking and would go to almost any
end. before a general strike would .
ho deslared. . Mu, S - ,vv: ;
Tiliirft.'orlirt carpenfcjprTwhrt reruwli?
to work are now employed ou other
Jobs in the city where the unions' demands
were met. The New Hotel contractors
being the largest employers
of the refusing men.
A meeting will be held in the Trades
Council hall Friday night at which
matters pretaining to the situation will
be discussed.
Lenten Services at
St. Joseph's Church
Beautiful and apDroprlate services 1
were held Palm Sunday at 8t Joseph's
Italian church. So great was the crowd ,
that many could not get Inside and
had to content themselves hearing 1
Muss kneeling on the steps leading into '
the church. A beautiful and Instructive
sermcn was delivered by the rec. Rev. '
Father Martorana. At the conclusion
palm was distributed to all.
On Gocd Friday evening special ser- 1
vices will be hold, consisting of Stations
of Cross and a sermon on the
Pesslou. Easter Sunday morning at
ten o'clock, solemn High Mass will be
sung by the rector and special music
will be rendered by the choir.
$150,000 FIRE IN PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH, April 3?Fire of unknown
origin today gutted the first
three floors of a six-story building in
Penn avenuo occupied by Taylor brothers
Furniture company. Several adjoining
buildings were damaged. The
loss Is estimated at $150,000.
ican Citizen
when men are being torn
eir varying ideas of what
ig, many persons are wonIISTIAN
THING to do.
modern life, were -fri? Xtv'jULZLB. (
afford a fin: illumination, we are ,
sure, for the guidance of all per- t
sons who wish to realize today the
ideal of conduct set by the Nazarene
2,000 years ago. (
interesting seriqp is printi
. <
in- They Are Read
I UP
II HEW MINES
ran
W01BIE1
W. E. Watson Sells 1,500
Acres to Valley Camp
Company.
OPEimi) ROADS
Mines Will be Modern in
Every Detail and Opened I
at Once. 1
Two lhlnee, one on tho Baltimore and
Ohio spur up Teverbaugh creek and (
the other on the Western Maryland
spur to Wyatt, will be producing 4,000
tons of Sewiskley coal per day Inside
the next thirty days. 1,600 acres of
Sewickley coal has been sold to J. A.
Ralgcly, of the Valley Camp Coal company,
lor tliese openings. The purchase
of the coal, made from W. E.
Watson, with oflces in the Jacobs
bnllding, was completed some days
ago.
Both mines will be electrically equipped
throughout by the Monongahela
Valley Traction company and will be
of the most modern type. Employment
to several hundred men will be
offered.
Engineer J. J. Enure ' will be in
charge of the new mines and person-1
ally supervise their opening.
The Valley Camp Coal company Is
one of the biggest coal operators in the
east, operating mines in Pennsylvania;
controlling 5,000 acre* of coal near
Wheeling and 8,000 acres in the
Charleston field. This is the first mine
of theirs in this section.
MISS CLARISSA SPENCER WILL
SPEND SEVERAL DAYS IN
FAIRMONT.
Miss Clarissa Spencer, world secretary
0f Young Women's Christian As
sociatlon and member ot the National
board o? the Association arrived in
this city today and will spend several
days here in the interest of the cause
she represents. Miss Spencer was
accompanied here by hor secretary.
Miss Mable Ward of the Ohio and
West Virginia Y. W. C. A. organizations.
Wednesday morning at ten
a'clock Miss Spencer will address the
Normal school girls.
Today at noon MIsb Spencer addressed
the girls of the Hiah school in an r
Interesting Way concerning the work r
of the Y. W. C. A. generally. A large .
number of the High school girls heard 1
the address. s
I
PACIFIST BANNWART RECANTS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.? t
Alexander W. Bannwart, Pacifist dele- v
gate who had a fist fight with Senator
Lodge in the capltol yesterday, repent- 1
cd when he was arraigned in police '
court today and told the judge Presi- I
dent Wilson's address to Congress had ,
convinced him the Pacifists were t
wrong. Senator Lodge sent word he ^
could not leave the Senate to appear ?
against the man and the case was dropped
after Bannwart had expressed f
regret for the Incident to courts and t
announced his change of heart j
AZTEC SURVIVORS
WASHINGTON, April 3.?A dispatch
from Ambassador Sharp dated
at Paris, 5 p. m. yesterday, said 19
survivors of the Aztec were landed
yesterday afternoon at Brest and 28
persons still were missing and their
rescue was doubtful because of heavy
sea and storm.
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING
NEW YORK, April 3?The British
!reight steamship Treverse reported by
3ermany as having been sunk was torpedoed
without warning on March
18 and 24 members of the crew are uniccounted
for, according to officers
>f the Barber line steamship Venezle
vhlch arrived here today with five of
he Treverse crew.
THREE MINERS ENTOMBED.
INDIANA. Pa., April 3.?Three met.
vere entombed by explosion early tolay
In the mine of the Conemaugh
Smokeless Coal company at Robinlale
near here. Rescuers entered the
vorkB afterwards and are attempting
o locate them. The cause of the explo =
ilon has not been determined.
?
Crowding on Steam.
"is there aty reason for hurry in
his matter of preparedness?"
"No," replied the military expert.
'The time for ordinary hurry has
>assed. and now it looks like a case
if rush!"?Washington Star.
By Practically Evet
f;
u.s.s
D.S.ATWA1V
1 EVERY RE
IRE AC11
Cabinet Holds a W
Problem of Na
Is Given Cc
Ml DM?
Council of National Defense ;
Preparing to Bring I
Bear Upon
(By Assocli
WASHINGTON, Apr.
resolution declaring a sti
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uci uiaiiy anu uuctilllK
cute war against the In
ment to a successful tern
the Senate today. Senat
eign Relations Committc
sent for immediate consii
Follette objected and it v
for one day.
In the House consider
tion war resolution by t
D C.. April 3.the
German empire today awaiting oi
Every agency was moving to glrc
which President . Wilson in hiB addrt
ural foe to liberty.
The cabinet at a war session wai
credit to the nations already at war
by taxation for use of the United Statf
navy to the fullest state of efficiency
and the raising of a great army on tt
service?the first increment of whici
The Council of National Defense
joint session continued the work of n
"bring the government of the Germs
the President expressed it.
The War department and the Arn
to Congress its plans for raisingan ai
for it.
Work in Congress on the resoluti
existed went rapidly forward. The i
proved the resolution as Introduced a
The Senate Foreign Relations comnlttee
approved the administration
esolutton declaring a state of war exsts
with Germany In practically the
ame form as it was Introduced In both
louses last night.
Changes were made to the wording
tut the effect remains the same. The
ote was unanimous except tor Chairnan
Stone. Senator Borah, of Idaho,
vas absent. Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, who will handle the resoluion
on the fioor, went immediately to
he House Foreign Affairs committee
o show it the changes, the Senate comalttee
had made in order to have it
tut before both Houses in the Rame
orm. The resolution as approved by
he Senate committee now is as fol-i
own:
"Whereas the Imperial German 1
government has committed repeated
acts of war against the government
and the people of the United
States of America; therefore be le
"Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of -the
United States of America In Congress
assembled, that the state of
war between the United States and
the Imperial German government
which has thus been thrust o^on
the United States Is hereby formally
declared, and that the President
be and he Is hereby author
izcci and directed to employ the
entire naval and military forces of
tile United SiatbB and the recourses
of the government to carry
on war against the Imperial
government and to bring the confilet
to a successful termination
all o? the resources of the country
aro hereby pledged by the Congress
of the United States."
Chairman Stone who voted
against tho resolution cald he
would not make a minority report,
but expected to speak on the floor. j
M. W/ OF A. NOTICE.
All members of Monongahela
Camp 14627 M. W. of A. are re- j
quested to meet at hall at 2:30 P. 1
M., Apr. 6 to Join In patriotic pa- !
rade.
W. E. DEVAULT, Council jj
1/ Person in Town
ENATE
mm
. KflJUUlH
'TriSt.
ar Session at Which
tiorial Finance
msideration
T PLANS REACT
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and its Advisory Commission
National Resources to
the Situation.
ited Press.)
. 3?The administration
iteof war exisls with
the President to proseiperial
German Governlination
was presented to
or Hitchcock of the For;e
asked unanimous conieration,
but Senator Larent
over under the rules
ation of the administra*
he House Foreign Com-The
United Statue is really at war with
tly the formal recognition of Congress.
L the nation against the government
>sa to Congress characterized as a nati
called to discuss thf extension ct
against Germany; the raising of mostft'
>s in the war; the equipment of the
to cope with the submarine menace,
le principals of universal liability to
i Is to be 500,000 men.
> and fts Advisory Commission in a
loblllzatlon of national resources to
in empire to terms and end the war" as
iy General Staff was ready to present
'my as soon as the legislative body asks
%
'on to formally declare a state of war
innate Foreign Relations committee ap'lthout
change in effect
ROAD PETITIONS
BEFORE CO. COURT
Advisory Committee for
Grant District Has Been
Appointed.
Two petitions for new roads were
presented to the county court this
morning, one for a road through the
land of Perry Lough In Paw Paw district
and the other for a continuation
and completion of a new road begun
last summer in Mannlngton district.
Thomas L. Thorn was appointed deputy
sheriff to have charge of the prisoners
when working on the roads. He
gave bond, was swom In and is ready
to take up his new duties at once.
An advisory committee for Grant
district was appointed by the court yesterday
and will consist of the following-.
Everell Mclntlre, Hutchinson;
A. T. Collins, Hutchinson; Carroll
Curry, Mcnsngah; Johp It. Manhr.BW
Monongah; Lloyd Rlnebart. Everson;
Royal E7erson, of Everson; George W,
Hill, Watson; G. M. Hale. Watson; G.
C. Galllher, Watson; D. P. Smith, Elrtora.
w. o. w
NOTICE
All memebers White Oak Camp
No. 20 Woodmen of the World are
requested to meet at their hall on
Thursday, April 6 at 2:30 o'clock
to take part in the Patriotic Demonstration.
Wear your badges.
W. C. DAUQHERTY,
Council Commander
! H. T. JONES. Clerk.