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^ A Quality Newspaper for the Home ESTABLISHED 1868. MEMBER associated PRESS. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 16,1917. TODAVS^VS TODAY PRTCE THREE CENTS REPOR MHIHER DRESS PARADE WILL BE ufi n at g nTi nr.K IILLUni UU ULUUIV Kings Daughters Send Supply of Soap to Mobilization Camp. f 1300 MEN STILL THERE ! Rev. Di\ Broomfield Tells of! His Impressions at the Camp. ?.wc iub gruuuu win see that it doesn't take the average West Virginia sholdler long to learn the uaiiual. Thero are now 1300 enlisted men in camp. Five hundred pieces of soap and five hundred wash rags were sent the hoys in camp yesterday by the King's .'laughters. The men were greatly pleased to get these artlclse. Not since < the first day In camp have the slodlers looked so fresh and clean as today, they seemingly taking great delight in using the gifts. Xo more soldiers for guard duty .vill be sent away for the present, at leant no orders are on hand. Colonel Jolliffe. ably assisted by his i staff, has camp matters running at the :;roaiest possible efficiency. Equipment continues to come in every day and by five o'clock this evening there should he 100 or more horses on the grounds for pulling wagons and for ,, mounted orderlies. Should these horses he unloaded in time there may be some of the better ones in parade. Reports from the companies out of town lndlcnte the tnen. especially the ; company in Pittsburgh are having the times of their lives. Thev work hard.1 1 drill often Dut eat and sleep well. Colonel Lockett, Captain R. C. Burleson. Lieutenant Omvald Saunders have left Fairmont. They are the mustering officers for the United States Army. Sergeant Shetterly, U. S. Army instructor, sent here to get the First regiment In shape has been appointed to a commission as First Lieutenant West Virginian Infantry N. G. Out. of the 1348 soldiers examined by Major William A. Powell, U. S. A., for service but 48 fell down. Many ' of these were discharged because of bad hearing, eyes and size. Yesterday morning Rev. J. C. Broomflold, pastor of the Temple M. P. congregation. preached to the boys in * camp. This morning he jolted down the following impressions: Appreciating the keen Interest of the general public in the soldier boys aow in camp on the edge of our city, and the eagerness with which every item of news relating thereto is received, it occurred to me that a few words from my pen might not be , amiss. "I have visited the camp three times and had the pleasure of preaching there yesterday morning. My impresI sions were as follows: I "First, the optimistic spirit of the I boys in spite of the many things there were to discourage. Ham and snow I and mud, such as they encountered the first days In camp, were enough I to dampen the zeal of the most entbusiastlc. The boys, however, 'faced I the music' like real men, and the 'esplrt de corps' seemed to me to he I excellent. "My second impression grew out of the place occupied In the camp life I by the branch Y. M. C. A. that had ^^B been established there. ,< "A mere alert, wide-awake, accomB modating group of workers could hardBjy be found that Secrotary KIght and I his assistants. "I feel confident that many of the boys have quietly thanked God for the good cheer that these men have B provided. "The Y. M. C. A. headquarters are located In the fine poultry house of the Fair Ground Association. It has been ^^transferred Into a veritable club house. All that chairs and tables and cushions and stacks of magazines, and roaring fires and abundance of writing material, and good fellowship can do, ^HjUs been done there. In my humble (Continued on Pace Eight) p Fairmont Wc ^ * I . ? Dress parade at Mobilization Camp | yesterday evening wai so Impressive and so greatly enjoyed by the visitors which numbered thousands that it will be repeated today. The soldiers will do the same thing 1 aver this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Guard Mount and parade will be held and any one wishing to see the ceremony and to hear the band music may do ' so by walking In and comfortably seating hlmBelf in the grandstand. Tho ranks aro gradually becoming deleted by leaves to married men. All married men whether they make requisition for discharge or not will be discharged should they have dependants. New men to take their places are being drilled with the old members nnd iViaoa i.luUi~- * "" r GENE PALATINE KNOB TO j| BE GRACED BY FLAG Tall Staff Being Made by Fairmont Mining Machine Company. A giant flag will be waving from the top of Palatine Knob on the highest flag pole in the state, the flag and its pole to be the central feature of a park that is to be made on the knob by the Greater Fairmont Investment com-1 pany, owners of the land. The idea of making a park of the fa-' mous knob was decide.! by Greater Fairmont investment oiticials Friday and the placing of a great flag was decided Saturday On being told of the plan, S. 1,. Watson asked to be permitted to furnish the flag and his offer was accepted. Senator C W. Watson, who went to New York yesterday, was notified to make the purchase of the flag today. The park which will be built on the knob is being designed by Messrs. Paul and Ford, landscape engineers with Sanderson and Porter, and in the em-> ploy of the Greater Fairmont Invest-1 ment company. When finished It is I expected that it will be site ot the most j popular resorts of the city since the j knob is the highest point in Marion j county and Is the site of the first house j built In the county. On the occasion of the 1 aislng of the great flag, a public ceremony will be arranged and the event probably will be the most momentous flag raising! In the history of Fairmont. The huge pole on which the flag will be placed Is being manufactured by the Fairmont Mining Machinery company. MKMR WANTS 11,115,000 County Court Will Open Bids for Road Material Today Also. Bonds to the value of $1,175,000, to provide money for the paving of roads in Paw Paw, Lincoln and Grant districts. will be sold this afternoon by the Marion county court, the court be-j lng in session at press time tor that I purpcse. Representatives ot bond buying firms arc present, their bids having been presented lo the clerk ot tho county court before noon today. The inspecting of bids tor materials t obe used in tho construction of the roads, will also be started this afternoon. 12 o'clock noon leday was the lime limit for these bids, which having been advertised extensively in the' Manufacturers Record and other trade I journals are expected to have attracted a large number of first lass contractors. With the letting of the contracts I actual work will be starfe.' at once and j in a few weeks the first road will be- j gin to materialize. Roosevelt Plan Before Congress i My Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. C? April 16.? Theodore Roosevelt's plan for raising and accompanying a volunteer expedition abroad were placed before the Senate Military committee today by Chairman Chamberlain at a meeting called to consider the administration army elective graft bill. Details of the plan were submitted by the Colonel to the chairman of the Senate and House military committees in response to a request made when he was hero recently to confer with President Wilson about the project. While expressing hearty approval of the administration bill Col. Roosevelt insisted that volunteers could be put on the firing line and that the American flag should be there at the earliest possible moment University's Head Snfia.lrs fnr Wp.slpva/n ? JT '"J Presdent Frank B. Trotter of the West Virginia university, and who for a period of seventeen years connected with Wesleyan seminary, spoke in the theinterest of Wesleyan yesterday morning at the First M. E. church where the Launching campaign to secure half a million dollars for the institution was commenced. President Joseph Rosier of the State Normal school in introducing the speaker spoke briefly of the need of good institutions of learning all over the state and elsewhere and that the need for the institutions was greater now than ever before. Mr. Trotter gave an eloquent appeal for Wesleyan. Ho left here In the afternoon for Grafton where he spoke In the evening. Dr. H. H. Ewlng of Morgantown, occupied the pulpit at the First M. E. last night. men Read The West ... - ; i ERIKE II HT WILL COLLECT [ ON PMC BILLS romorrow Plan for Coal Run Bridge Will be Selected. The city Board of Affairs in session I his morning at the instance of J. Waler Barnes, finance commissioner, enered an order giving the city collccor permission to go ahead and collect axes and paving hills which have been ong overdue. This will be done as p oon as possible and all outstanding 1 L lebts will be collected according to the j | nethoils prescribed by law. This and reading the minutes of the ast meeting preceded the adjournment j >f the body until tomorrow morning r vhen the board will sit again to meet .Villiam Meusser, of the Concrete itcel Engineering company of New fork. At this meeting Mr. Meusser vill present several tentative plans, >ne of which will be selected. This efers only to the Coal ran bridge. ftMKIEEVB : Lt MSI is. i.f. cm i DIES III HOME OF J. MJMMEI' Was Remarkable Woman in Many Ways and Well Known. 1 t HAD LONG BEEN INVALID j |i But Kept Up Her Interest < in Her Friends and Pub- ; lie Questions. C Mrs. Lorinda Frances Carney, prob- 1 ably the oldest resident of the city,, died on Sunday afternoon shortly after I two o'clock at the home of her son in' j law J. M. Hartley, on Quincy street,! I where she had made her home for the j las tseveral years. For the last sev-j eral months Mrs. Carney had been ill1 as the result of ia general break down J of the system and in the last week heri condition had become much worse.' ^ The end came quietly and peacefuly.' A number of years ago, Mrs. Carney! whose homestead is on Madison St., was injured in a fall while on a visit to her daughter the late Mrs. J. M.I Hartley. Her hip was injured by the! fall and woing to her advanced age she, never recovered tho use of her leg] and had Bince been practically help-1! less. She had remained at the Hart-j'. ley home since the accident. Notwithstanding the affliction which pro-', hibited her hitherto active duties Mrs. | , Carney remained busy spending hours , of the time in knitting and sewing, and muc hot her hand work done in|, recent years is the prized possesion! i of her grand children and great grand I, children. !; Mrs. Carney was a woman of ad-i i vanned ideas and until stricken with I > Her last illness maintained an active in j ( terest in affairs of town, state and i nation. She was a devoted student! fo the Bible and a constant reader of i the newspapers and her counsel wasji sought not only by members of her j 1 family but by a wide acquaintance ofl friends as well. Former residents of I the city on paying visits here after I ' absences of numbers fo years never! failed to visit Mrs. Carney who receiv-' ed them with a hospitality for which | she was famed and who never failed | to remember the visitor. She had been j many years a devoted member of the! 6 Presbyterian church. j j The deceased was a daughter of Ja ' i cob and Martha Madeira and was born i; on July 1, 1824, in Morgantown. She t was the eldest of eight children, the j j youngest of which. Miss Ellen Maderla.; , survives. Miss Maderla resides at the ! i home of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Smith on , Madison street. I i At the ago of twenty years Mrs. Car- , ney was united in marriage with John , Carney, a druggist, and during the |, earlier years of their married life re- j , sided in Morgantown, Grafton, Reeds-j ville and Fairmont. To the union was ;. V. .1 u.? " - uwiu uuu uauijiutji, iTiuty manna barney, wife of J. M. Hartley. Mrs. Hartley's death occurred two years ago on May 4th, 1915. Mr. Carney's death occurred in March, 1892, at the age of 70 years. Four grandchildren survive her, t namely, Mrs. Glenn Urcer. Messrs. E. i F. Hartley and H. J. Hartley, all of this city, and Carney Hartley of Denver, i Col. Ten great grandchildren also j survice. I Duiing the years of her invalidism > Mrs. Carney has been the object of the greatest devotion on the part of her t family, her granddaughter, Mrs. Greer, having come here at tho death of her ( mother to continue the loving care t which the daughter so freely bestowed . auu iu wiiiuii eacn mernucr 01 tne iam- j ( ily contributed. I t Funeral services are announced to. 1 be held on Tuesday afternon oat 2:30l 1 o'clock from the Hartley residence11 conducted by Dr. H. G. Stoetzer and interment will be made in Woodlawn ( Cemetery by Undertaker B, C. Jones. 1 WILL INTERN PETER NOW WHEELING, W. Va? April 1G.?Peter Boni, Italian, I. W. W. worker, who narrowly escaped lynching at Dillonville, Ohio, yesterday for tearing up an American flag, was today ordered interned for the duration of the war. Federal unthorities will remove him to Columbia in the near future. BIG TANKER SUNK NE WYORK, April 16.?The British tank steamship Narragansett a ship of 919G tons and one of the largest carrier of bulk oil ever built, has been torpedoed and sunk somewhere off the Irish coast. BRYAN AT WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON, April 16. ?Presl dent Wilson received William Jennings Bryan at the White House this morn- t Ing. They conferred in the President's f room before he went to his office. f ' Virginian. Advertise PHUMPTLY FREED: e o Was Arrested as a German JJ Spy While Making Oil n Prospects. c ii IJr. Frank Reeves, doctor of phills- * rhy at Johns Hophins university and >011 of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reeves, of :his city, who was arrested Saturday 'J on Cabin Creek as an alleged Gor- c nan spy, was released today after an ; P lppoarance before federal authorities!'' it Charleston. 0 Dr. Reeves was arrested on the B nountains of Cabin creek Friday even- ^ big when detectives discovered him nuking maps of the region. In his room C it Charleston where he has been stayng with his wife, a German woman, vere found many other maps of the 'harleston region with location marks ipon them. Inasmuch as he was in the region jjrospecung ior an on company tlio j n naps were a perfectly natural part oil j n lis equipment. e d Wheeling Vocalist ? to Sing in Fairmont f. a liisie Guudliug Duga. if Wheeling, a d uprano of ability, will ting with the ' 'airniont Choral society at their May v estival on Thursday, the third. The | c' lociety will sing Hady.'s "Creation" 1 ^ ind Mrs. Duga will sing the soprano :11 mrts. W. D. Harringtoof this city, a vill sing the tenor scores and Jack Ab.. .. . (Un l? mil aha A .1 ?" HI"'-. I f> /uil, uninuiic. ciiuius ui wily | ** roices ^ill support the soloists. Week- si y rehearsals have been held since " jarly in February for the event. The egular rehearsal will be held Tues- a lay night at 7:30 at the Y. M C. A. ti luditorium. K CI French Launch New ? Drive in Alsace ^ PAIUS, April 16.?The French pene- T rated the second line las-, night at sev- 1 ;ral points In Alsace. The official reports mention great lumbers of German dead were found n trenches which had been torn by E Tench shell fire. Prisoners and booty \ vere brought back by the French. L Further gains wore maue by French c roops south of the Oise. j There was heavy artillery fighting p luring the night in Alsace-Lorraine. ^ he Champagne, in the region of Sols- e ons and Rheims, and south of the j, lise. Between Solssons and Rheims ^ he shell fire was particularly severe. cl The artillery fighting became extreme- c y violent during the night on the front a letween Solssons and Rheims. SOCIETY LEADER IS i\U\V ariKlXUALlST p ^ ?* 1 si h< BK!S9MB8MI pi tc v t ^ fil /T/er. cTcoTrltoMO 01 A Chicago society leader announces the has talked to the spirit of W. T. T Stead and has become a believer In C iplrltuallam. cl rs Who Want to Rea NGERI iERMANS U Oil III OOD110 BEMOUSH LENS tritish Patrols are in Town But Fall Not Announced. IGHIMG J ME Yench Report That They: Are in Second Line Trenches. (By Associated Press) LONDON", April 16.?Although Brlt.ih patrols have been in the streets of j ens and Gen. llaig's men are in the j utskirts of St. Qucntin, the fall of' either of these towns has as yet been i fficially announced The Germans, it is apparent, have ' ent in their reserve and are making desperate defense to enable their j ngineers to complete the dstruction' f the mines an# factories at Lena liich might have been useful to the , Hies. Despite the fact that all along the ue between Lens und St. Qucntin the i erman resistance has stiffened, Gen.; iaig reports today the capture of Vll- j :ret which straightened his line norm-1 rest of St. Quentin and announces furher progress to the northwest of Lens. | Counter attacks which the Germans | avc launched at Monchy and Lagm-1 aurt suggest that the British are an roachiug dangerously near the now lerman line which, according to unfficial accounts, the Germans have ot had time to complete before the Iritlsh offensive was launched. >unday School Work in Grant District Sunday school workers, representing early all the schools in Grant district,; let Sunday afternoon at Manley chapI on Coon's run and organized their Istrict for more aggressive Sunday :hool work. M. >i. ClelUnd. of Boothsillo was salaried nrn-i'Hpnf I X. inchart. vice president; Miss Nora oon. secretary-treasurer; Mrs. Ashbo lanley, superintendent cf tlie Homo epartment; Oiiell Talkington, superitenilont of the Cradle roll; L. C. /eeks. superintendent of organized lasses and adult work; Mrs. G. B. ioore, secondary superintendent; D . Smith, superintendent of missions nd temperance. A great deal of interest was maniisted in the work of the Sunday I'hools; a large number tuning part t the discussions that were had. People outside of Grant district who tlended and assisted the organizaon were H. F. Barb, county secretary; 1. J. Thomas, county treasurer; F. G ray, president of Lincoln district, and Irs. Lish Pigott, secretary of Lincoln dstrict Sunday School association. Jlarksburg Minister n Grace Church Pulpit The Rev. W. L. Heuser ,of St. Mark's Inglish Lutheran church. Clarksburg, V. Va., filled the pulpit of Grace utheran church last Sunday night in ichango with Pastor Kunkle who applied at Clarksburg. Rev. Heuser reached an interesting sermon from .eta 9:8, "And Saul arose from the irth; and when his eyes were opened, e saw no man; but they led him by re hand and brought him to Datnasus." He was present for the Senior hrislian Endeavor meeting and gave all- a- *V.a uci^iut vom UU IUO v<i UJJlil UUBCU' nee of the Lord's day. The choir endered "Sun of My Soul" very aceptably. Ats, Agnes Neville Dies in This CityMrs. Agnes Neville, aged 39 yeara. Ife of Theodore Neville, of Grant own, died Sunday morning at Cook ospltal after a brief illness from aralysls. Mrs. Neville had moved i Grant Town recently from Davis, 7. Va., where she formerly resided, wo children by a former marriage irvlve, Earl E. Evans, of Salamanca, Y.. and Mrs. A. H. Phillips, of Grant own. The son and a sister, Mrs. R. . Rlnker, of Concho, W. Va., arrived sre yesterday In answer to a mesige announcing Mrs. Neville's serifs Illness. The body will be Interred at Grant own but the hour has not been set. hdertaker Musgrave and Son in large. i ch Them Directly A MAN CJ in COIN IN I won nm Morgantown Barber, White, Victim of Throw Down by Cupid. Police court this morning was 99 and 44-100 per cunt, pure negro. Three gentlemen of color were pinched at 1:45 this morning on Cherry avenue for trying to break into some nouses In that section. They are Allen Milburn, oi llaltimore; John Miller, of Pittsburgh, and Elijah Wright. All were released tor lack of evidence. Nine other blacks, Edward Link, Charley Williams. Bob Crowder, Jaac Ellis, Seymour Scott, Shields Hallway, Charles Ji-huoon, Prank Baker and C. Merchant forfeited $5 each for shooting crap in the presence of the chief or police who was searching Scotty's place on Jackson street for a man wanted at Clarksburg. The men refused to come at first claiming the chief should first have a warrant. After being told that they were caught in the act rolls nf-Hillu mora /HcnlnvoH "-"H oooli "vn, UiU|/IUJ WU uuu VBVU duced the $5. Jack Fanning, colored, was juggeo Saturday night drunk and gave to yesterday tor his appearance this morning. lie tailed to appear. Telia Watkins. drunk at the B<imure and Ohio station, forfeited $5. John Korber, barber, of Jlorgantown, was the last prisoner called. Korbei was badly cut and scratched, having beeu arrested for being found drunk on Washington stree.t He had purchased a pint of water from a negro for $1.50. He told the court he was not a drinking man that he had come here to get married and was turned down and iust got drunk. He was fined $5 and being unable to pay was allowed to gel out of town. German View of West Front Fight BERLIN, April 1C.?Between Solseons and Verdun, sayB an official statement issued today by German army headquarters the Britisn and French yesterday lost 11 aeroplanes, mostly of the latest type. "On the north bank of the river Scarpe," says the German official statement, "our destructive fire kepi down British attacking waves and a storming attack could not be carried out. "Northeast of Crolsiles our fire ren dered abortive a strong British attack the enemy suffering severe losses. "North of the Arras-Cambrai road," the statement adds, "Our thrust drove the enemy back on Lagnicourt and Boursies. To sanguinary losses of Australliis must be added loss of 476 prisoners and 15 machine guns which have been brought in and also 22 guns captured and rendered useless by explosions near St. Quentln," says the announcement. "Artillery fire again has increased. From Soissons to Rheims and in western Champagne there was exceptionally heavy artillery' fire end mine throwing." mu nt [i PMn 01 Mil Ul LL IHQU BROGEJOLLAPSES Four Mexicans Injured, One of Them Seriously EL PASO, April 16.?A span of ths International bridge which connects this city and Juarez gave way early today when a crowd of Mexican servants and workmen were waiting for the bridge to open. Four Mexicans were injured, one seriously. The span that collopsed was on the American aide of the border line. Big War Loan is Now Before Senate (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 16.?The even billion dollar war revenu ebiil which haa passed the House was approved today by the Senate finance committee and will be taken up in the Senate tomorrow. FREE MOVIE SHOW. 1 A moving picture exhibition of : views of Washington, and which wbb prepared for the Baltimore and Ohio 1 railroad, will be sho-vn free at the \ high school tomorrow evening, beginning at S o'clock. The film which is 1 said to be an exceedingly interesting . one, is in charge of C. W. Allen and . W. H. Foust, traveling passenger agents of the road. WHEAT NOW *2JO CHICAGO. April 16.?May wheat although handled in small lots only, today sold up five cents to $2.30. rid Quickly Must Us> VITAL Mill GDI OK IN BERUN SAY HOLLAND WIVES News Brought to That Coon try by Travelers From Germany. STRIKE BEGAN TODAY j No Particulars Given in Brief Report Received , j in America. (Fy Associated Press) LONDON, April 16 -? Travplors arrivincr in WaT- ifl .^V.. w i i > i?ijj M* **V/4 ; | land from Germany, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Central News Agency says a general strike commenced this morning in Berlin and that riots have taken place in the German capital. TURKS INTERN AN AMERICANGUHBQAT [ Action is Perfectly Regular And Has Been Exnnntnrl HH jivv-vui (By Associated Press) LONDON, April 16.?An official statement issued by the Turkish War office says the American gunboat Scorpion has been interned. WASHINGTON, April 16?The Internment of the Scorpion has been expected here for some time and Is perfectly In accord with the rule necessitating such action for a belligerent war vessel not leaving port within a certain time. About two weeks ago the Navy department through the State department cabled Ambassador Elkis suggesting the Scorpion leave Turkish waters for the Black Sea but Turkey Objected to tbis on the ground that the sea was practically dominated by Russia, an enemy of Turkey's ally, Ger. Departure through the Dardanelles was thought impossible and as a result a part of the crew went through Austria into Switzerland before the ' ujjM break between the countries occurTo Examine Nurses at Huntington The State Board of Examiners for registered nurses will meet at Carnegie hall, Huntington, on Monday May 14. It Is urged that all regis- *;S tered nurses In the county who have been eligible to take this examination l'-i for several years will do so at tills time aa tills will be tbe last opportunity given these nurses to take the state Several nurses from Fairmont Hoe- : pital No. 3 and Cook hospital expect to take the examination. Chas. Horan Dies at Mt. Hope, Baltimore Charles Horan, brother of Lawrence Horan, of this city, and a son of the 1 lo to I .Qii'rnnno end file I n#tvi a Tlonn ? - - ' died last night at Mt. Hope, Baltimore, where he had been a patient for the last several years. He was aged about 38 years and is survived by his brother. His parents, former prominent residents of the city, are deceased. The body will be brought to this city for Interment leaving there tonight and arriving here early in the morning. No funeral arrangements will be made until the arrival of the remains. tysl WANTED?Boy about 18 years of age to feed presses. Good chancs to learn Printing Business. Fairmont Printing & Pub. Co. _ _ . . _ . _-l-.r.-u-_ j luu-j_i_i i_ g Its Columns [