The West Virginian. [volume], April 14, 1917, Image 1

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I DAYS IS I
Germany Now Willing to R<
Evacuate France ;
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Berlin Newspaper Says It H
Nerves of Its Reac
to Giw
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COPENHAGEN, April 1'
and a half is predicted by th
of the Danish Socialist press
unofficial negotiations betw<
cialists against diplomatic de
II and in Berlin.
"I am assured from an ab:
he said, "that Germany is r<
Serbia, evacuate France and
agreement with Russia ovei
Dardanelles. An agreement
question as the Russian gove
GERMAN MORI*
AMSTERDAM, April 14Vossische
Zeitung of Berlin
many letters which proved 1
readers are beginning to give
He dwells on "Unfounded'
*> is spreading among those at h
( to judge the situation from si
as a whole into consideration
Playgrounds Asso. to
Bring Circus to Town
GENTRY BROS. FAMOUS DOG AND
PONY SHOW TO BE HERE
[JUNE 10
For the benefit of the Fairmont
1'iaygrounus association Gentry Brothers
Dog and Pony show will appear
here on Juno 10.. The appearance of
Gentry's show is always heralded with
delight and the fact that it will be a
benefit for the Playgrounds assures
a large attendance. The Playgrounds
association is planning big things for
the year.
W.VA. MACCABEES
WILL MEET HERE
I
State Convention Will be
Held Dunne Latter
Part of May.
Approximately three hundred Maccabees,
representing the Mnccabee's
lodges of West Virginal, will be in convention
here May 21 and 22, the two
days' session to be featured by parades,
banquets, etc., details of which
are now being worked out by a committee
recently appointed. The Maccabees
are now one of the strongest
and impoitant orders In the state and
their convention here will be one of
the largest Fairmont has entertained
this season.
Tho convention will be largely one
of instruction, the delegates being Informed
01 those things which the Mac
wcawwoo ai c uuiug auu piauuiDg. Al |
the convention will be a nambci of
women, rep. renting the women's or
itanfzatloub of the lodge, and who have,
been very vigorous In their work for
Ho' the good of the order.
H The local Maccabees lodges are planning
to royally entertain the visitors
I and It Is expected that the entire city
will help In making the visit of the
lodgemen pleasureable and Interesting.
GERMANS 8INK U. 8. SCHOONER.
WASHINGTON, D. C- April 14.?
I The American schooner Edwin R.
B Hunt, of New York, was abandoned by
the crew under shell fire from a submarine
near Cape Gata, Spain, In the
Mediterranean April 7, according to a
dispatch to the State department from
Consul Gassett at Malaga.
I 1 What an Advert
. -
tan Idea
Ell! FIVE
P HI)
:store Belgium and Serbia
and Make the I)ar
s Free,
THE POLISH RSOI
as Letters Indicating Tha
lers Are Beginning
c Way.
itcd PresB.)
1?Peace within two month
e Copenhagen corresponden
who confirmed the report o
jen Russian and German so
rnials in socialist papers her
solutely trustworthy source,
sady to restore Belgium an<
. with Turkey arrange ai
r the free navigation of th
is also possible on the Polisl
rnment knows."
lLE breaking.
?The military critic of th
writes that he had receivei
that the nerves of the man;
! way.
' excitement which he state
tome and warns the public no
ngle events but to take event
110 Company Houses
to go Up at Wyat
WILL BE BUILT BY SHINNSTOI
PLANING MILL FOR CONSOLIDATION
COAL CO.
Contracts for 110 company house
to bo built for the Consolidation Cot
company at their mines at Wyatt, wa
let yesterday to the Shinnston Plat
tag Mill, of Shinnston.
Work will be started at once and i
is hoped to have the houses comple
ed by next fall. It. Robinson, presiden
of the Shinnston company, has returi
ed from Pittsburgh where he contrac
ed for large amounts of material
which will be used in the houses.
i -
City Hall Notes
Night Chief of Police Seamon. 1
again confined to his home on the Eas
Side Buffering with tonBllltl8. Chie
Seamon has lost several days' wor
since last (all due to this ailment.
War, war, war at the lire departmen
war at the police station. At one plac
the war 1b doped uo that the Unite
States should win In 10 days. At th
other It will take 11 days. Serious lc
tone conversation can be heard at th
police department when spies are met
tloned. The police (eel that person
are running the streets complaints
about the spies and about certain pe<
pie In town refusing to allow the!
children to salute the (lag and other
I speaking in public disrespect(ully c
the (lag. Whoever hears this tal
I should report It to the police so th
proper action can be taken a gains
miwd? iruw occuj .Luuituuu to incite nou
The police were called upon to ii
vestlgate and report to Falrchance, Pa
on a 2(H) pound six toot tall forelgne
who arrived In the city last evenlnt
The foreigner said he was a Slav an
that the $1,100 which he carried wa
to purchase a farm in Florida. He wa
freed. The Falrchance authoriile
were notified of the Investigation.
Royal Arcanum in
Hands of Receiver!
(By Associated Press)
BOSTON. April 14.?Thomas J. Boy
ton, formerly attorney general c
Massachusetts, was appointed receive
of the Supreme Council of the Hoy;
Arcanlum by Federal Judge Aldric
today.
iser Wants is Result
ESDRAl
of Conqi
TOWN ON THE
:\
^ I British- Tommies were welcomed
;1 fleeing Teutons?tills photograph, ta
g j r.its beside a wheelbarrow on which b
'IS |
s REM PERSON |
s Brought Down Opponent,
t Alter Himself Jferujp'^' $
s Fatally Wounded.
" Staff CorresDondence. Associated Press 1
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, April 14.?These days are
|] filled with incidents of individual exploits
which are difficult to sort from
the mass coming in from so wide a bat?
tie front.
One of the most remarkable is that A
of a young airman who although shot u
in the oyo and leg in an air duel yes- (
terday succeeded In bringing down the
opposing machine in his own line, 11
a dragged himself from the aeroplane P
. and made a verbal report on his mis- b
sion and died a few moments later.' t
?BUSH AGAIN I
l- HAMMER TURKS 1
s
t
Moslem Force in Mesopota- 0
mia is Being Hotly I)
Pursued. *
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it . c
. (By Associated Press) *
; LONDON, April 14. ? The Turks J
* have sustained another defeat at the
handB of the British In Mesopotamia.
The war office announces that the
t. Turks are in retreat after a battle in je
which they sufficed heavy losses. .
d The Turks were driven from their j,
positions near Ohnllyeh, ten miles .
" northeast of Deltawah (Deltawah Is 35
e miles north of Bagdad.) *
i- Thoy thea withdrew toward Seraijlk j;
a and thence toward Dely Abbas. The
K British are pursuing the Turks. On jj
>- Wednesday the Turks lost 200 killed .
T and 700 wounded. ?
a
k John G. Johnson
J Dies in Philadelphia J
.. (By Associated Press) \
? PHILADELPHIA, April 14.?John O. g
r Johnson, widely known lawyer, died e
f. at hlB home here today. Death was t
d due to heart disease. Mr. Johnson had 1
a heen ill but a few days. He was 77 t
s years old. li
s John O. Johnson stood in the front h
rank of his profession having been re- c
talned largely by corporations In groat
legal cases that had come before the o
Supreme Court of the United States In b
the last 20 years. v
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3 JURY DISAGREED v
Unable to reach a verdict the Jury 1
composed of E. L. Morris, T. S. Man- o
n ley, Harry Neptune, Ernest Sherwood,
if Walton Nigh and James Hartley in I
ir the case of State vs. Marlon Bowen f
il was discharged. Bowen who 1b color- t
li ed was charged with liquor selling, v
Bowen will be retried next Tuesday, t
fc. If He Advertises on
VINGCl
lest Is I
SOMME AFTER (
wun smiles tiy tne people as they pi
ken In Nesle, shows a woman elial
edding and bag had been laid prepar
hhh
M CAMP FOR
HME*
rhree .Companies Sent to
Points Inside the State
Lines.
Three more companies of the West
'irglnia First Infantry left camp this
nornlng for points In West Virginia
o do guard duty. Company H, Fairaonl's
crack unit, left for Grafton to
atrol and protect the numerous
ridges and freight yards in that secIon.
Company M, of Terra Alta, also
aft at the came time to do guard duty
t I'arkersburg. Company D, of Llttleon.
loft tor Wheeling at the same
ime. TUiB leaves still in camp suffiient
companies to do guard duty in
be First regiment district and do it
horoughly.
Company H had 97 men leaving here,
lompany D had sixty and Company M
lad 65. Captains /Thralls, Captain Board
and Captain Freeland" left with
he companies.
Nothing concerning the movement
if troops will be given out until each
nd every unit reaches its destination,
"he camp has been officially named
ilobllization Camp, Fairmont, "W. Va.
Vith the break of day Companies H.
) and M were ready to eat and break
amp and move silently to the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad station where
rains were ready to move them on to
ther points.
The men in all the companies were
;lad to go and the officers were more
o. This move takes Company H away
rom Fairmont and there will be leBs
.sking for permits to go home which
estroys to a certain extent the dlBdiline
of the soldiery. Each day .two
r three mon have had permits to stay
lonte and each day others would show
? In ? U ? annlra mlin hail nnt liorl In.
Pi 1U IUO lailiUi, Truu uwu uub uau uitraction
the day before. The same Is
rue of the other companies. Company
1of. Terra.Alta,.which, went to Barkrsburg
Is now farther away from homo
,nd there will be fewer leaves or abencc.
Company D. of Lltttleon. which
ias gone to Wheeling, Is In the same
iz and chances are that by the time
he entire section of northern West
Virginia Is patrolled by the West Vlrlnla
Infantry matters will be arrang
d so that all soldiers are ma nr irom
heir homes as the orders will allow,
'he WeBt Virginia Infantry First regment
will see that the railroads haulis
passengers, troops and freight are
;ept running and that all tunnels are
arefully protected.
Many men have asked for discharges
n account of being married and hare
ieen given the privilege of taking, adantage
of the order granting them
lonorable discharges. Recmlts are
ranted to take their places. Recruitng
will take place at the hospital tent
n the camp grounds.
Tomorrow at 11 o'clock Rev. J. C.
Iroomfleld of the M. P. Temple, will
ireach to the soldiers at the Y. M. C.
i. at Mobilisation Camp. At these serIces
the men will hear a male quarette
selected for the occasion.
Any Other Basis H
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HERMANS LEFT
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v. upyrigm uuuerwooa ana unaerwooi
r essed Into the ruined towns after th
itlng with n group of soldiers?her chil
atory to hasty flight.
liirifff
[HIED 111 nci
] Has been Accepted fo? Trail
ing as Naval Medical
Officer.
Herbert Sblnn, the youngest son c
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shlnn, of Wasl
lngton, D. C? former residents of thi
city, has entered the United State
navy medical staff according to a le
ter received by his aunt, Mrs. N. C
Cochran, of this city.
Mr. Shlnn, who Is 22 years of ag(
was a student at the University c
Maryland. When the United State
became involved In war with German
the president of the university wa
called upon to state how many stt
dents he could graduate within a shot
time who would be eligible to join th
naval medical reserve corps.
A census was taken of the stdent
with the result that out of 110 stt
dents twenty-five were found to hav
obtained an average of 85 per cen
or more and these were posted a
eligible for the corps should they s
desire to enlist. Herbert Shlnn wa
among the 25. Following this M
Shlnn passed the physical test an
has now subscribed to the oath. H
must attend the Navy Medical schot
and after completing a subscribe
uuuree win De assigned 10 auty proi
ably In some base hospital.
BIG WAR LOAN TO
BE PASSED T0BA1
.Believed That It Will be Gr
en An Almost Unanimous
Vote.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 14.?Passag
, before night' of the seven billion do
{grower revenue bill by the House b
an almost unanimous vote'wad assui
ed today.
The measure was taken up In th
House at 11 this morning under a
agreement to begin discussion c
amendments under the flve-mlnut
rule. General debate closed last nigh
Voting on the bill itself was to bi
gin early this afternoon.
An amendment was edded to 11ml
specifically distribution of the propoi
ed three billion dollar foreign loai
which the bill would authorize, t
countries actually at war with Gei
many and only during hostilities. J
was approved by Secretary McAdo
and agreed to by the trainers of th
bill and after several members ha
Insisted that without the limltatlo;
the secretary of the treasury mlgh
make loans to European neutrals a)
ter the war ended.
Paradoxical Patriots.
"Funny, Isn't it, about minute men?'
What's funny about them?" "Tba
they are men of the' hour."
e Wastes His Monei
r AR0UN1
bandoned'
PLEASANT VALLEV
LAUD AVAILABLE
FOB GARDENING
300 Acres to Help Fairmont
Fight Old High
Cost. I
AT NOMINAL RENTAL
Greater Fairmont Investment
Company Makes 11
Liberal Proposal. ||
At a meeting of Greater Fairmont
Investment company directors held II
yesterday, it waB decided that nearly
iui b? uuimruu acres ox nne agricultural
land held by the company In Pleasant
Valley, be made available to those In
1 the city who want gardens, truck
e patches or even small crops. This
a great tract was therefore this morning
"opened for settlement" as It were and h
It Is expected that In a few days the q
v entire territory will be taken. Q
President of the company, Clarence
Robinson, is In charge of the allotment
of land, for which a very small rental "1
indeed is taken, and all persons who h
? want to farm this summer; who are .
familiar with agricultural practices but
" have 110 place on which to plant, should K
? at once get In touch with Mr. Robin- w
son. m
By this 'throwing into ubb of this G
great tract of fertile land, hundreds of ft
[| gardens, track patches, potato pftlrJiee. F
eto_ are expected to develop. Thou- ft
omwla nf tlnlloM ?nw*lt tirrwiM
OAUUO Vi UVIIOID TT Wl W VI |>iVUUVO UUU
necessaries can be raised on the tract tl
this sammer. thereby making produc- tt
tlve land which otherwise would be m
worthless, and keeping In the spirit of
if the day which demands that every foot st
i- of ground be made to produce some- is
3 thing. w
13 It Is especially urged that house- it
t- holders who living In town/halriKtttf $
' garden or opportunity to grow one, bi
take advantage of the offer and pint in
>. a garden In Pleasant Valley. Wheat, H
'f corn, potatoes, oats, turnips, scores of tt
18 things, should be produced In abund- t!
y, ance and a very considerable nick put tt
8 in Ole High Cost o' Livin' in Fairmont. p,
1 Those who want to get of the tracts q
1 of land, which varjr in size to suit the
e plans of the rentor, should see Mr. tt
Robinson in his office In the Haggerty r(
8 Cigar factory, at once, since It Is ex- a,
' pected that the territory will be eager?
ly taken up. 11:
nonims l
! PLEASING AFFAIR
G
ui
Student Actors Made De- *
cidedly Favorable Impres
sion Upon Audience. hi
f ? :
I Another triumph has been achieved m
for Miss Pearl M. Hodges, dramatic tl
coach at the high school, since the ex- B
cellence of the play which was preV
seated by the Junior class last night e'
was largely due to her able and etficient
coaching. n(
The play, "The Blossoming of Mary
Ann," was unusually well presented T\
and many declared It to be the best it
thing yet attempted by local high
school talent with the possible excep6
tion of "The Man from Home," an am'
bltlous play which was staged last
r year.
r* The plot, while not especially novel, _
yet abounded In heart gripping epl- *.
C uoflna etawawlw sot r\ff hv t\la 'VnmpHv
DVUCD VIVTCtlJ DVk VU u; "?V Q1
n. contrast" and the cast unlike most jj
" amateur aggregations was able to put
" across the tragedy as well as the com- ~
I edy. The work of Cathrine Rlggleman "*
* as Elane Jewett, a society girl, and ul
Marie Shuttles worth as Mary Anne. =
II was especially commendable. Paul j'*
Stevens also deserves special mention
' (or his portrayal ot William Barkley,
? a Yale man, while the entire cast gave
f" excellent support to the principles.
' A feature ot the program which was
? appreciated by the large audience in
J attendance was the music by the high
a school orchestra, an organization1
* which Is proving of great value to the !
boys and girls ot the high school as
r' well as to the community at large.
WtLHELM IN GOOD HEALTH
AMSTERDAM. April 14.?An official
statement issued Berlin says that alt
( recent reports of Illness of the Emperor
are unfounded.
f.The West Virginian I
DLENS
[ElUS
iffitnr
OH MINES
British Have Bull- I
dog Grip Upon
Their Whole |
Line
10 CE1EWT1 e
mpression Prevails That
Greater Events Are Soon .
to Follow.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 14. ? The Brltto.
ivo taken a bulldog grip on the whols
errnan line from Loos to north of St.
uentln and refuse to be shaken off.
Under what the newspapers call the
ialg plan" first one section of the
indenburg line and then another has
ten subjected to violent bombardent,
followed by infantry attacks,
klcli have badly shaken if they have
it broken the front on which the
ermans have depended for the dense
of the Industrial district of
ranee which have bean in their hands
>r more than two years.
The Lens coal mining area around 'P
te town is being closely Invested and
le German hold on it is becoming
ost precarious.
Several more villages and positions
luthwest of the town fell into Brith
hands during the illght together
1th 4. eight-Inch howitzers and the
le here has been linked np with the
isltlon taken from Germany In the
ittle of Loos.
The German's stay In St Quentln Is
cewlse additionally threatened
rough the capture by the British of
ie village of Payette, a bare mile
>rthwest of the town, from which
>int the British gunB command the
erman line of communication north.
Again the British have advanced furor
toward tho Cambrla-St. Quentln
iad, while southeast of Arras they
-e approaching Queant, which Is the
>rthern extremity of the new German
ie defending Cambral.
General Horne. who is considered
ie greatest artillery expert In the
rltlsh army and who assisted Oen-al
Nivellc in the successful attack
1 the French north of Verdnn In De mber
last, commands the British
irees around Lens where, owing to
ie natural defenses composed of
aste dumps around the mine the erllerv
must largely he depended upon.
en. Home has on his right the army
oder Major General E. H. Allenby
ho has also gained new laurels in this These
generals and their colleagues
ader Field Marshal Sir Donglas Halg,
ive accomplished since Monday a
ork which many writers expected
ould occupy a great part ot the earner,
but thus far there has been no
ag waving or celebration In Great
The Impression prevails that greater
rents will soon follow and that with
is fall of Lens the relief of Lille will
)t be long delayed.
fast Hurry If You
Want to Join Navy
<By Associated Press) 'r
WASHINGTON, D. C? April 14.?
rlday the 13th. produced a net gala
: about 1.300 men for the Navy,
hould a similar recruiting percentage
: maintained and naval officers said
>ey were confident It would, 18 more
iys would obtain the maximnm of 17.
Two Boat
Excursions
Steamer Valley Gem
Sunday, April 15
Afternoon 3:00
Evening 8:00, j |
Produces Results ||1