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Announcement Made Today
J of Those Who Were
* warded Commissions
J
j MJf Id' THIS STATE
J in Several Instances Privates
in the Guard Get
. Captaincies.
! WASHINGTON, Aug. 10?Adjutant
General McCain today forwarded Instructions
to the commanding officer
of the reserve officer's training camp
at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indlanap- <
oils, Ind., to Inform those concerned t
Df their appointments to commissions t
to date from August 15. The list In- f
eludes the following West Virginians 1
Third Company. I
To be second lieutenant, InfL sec.,
Officers Reserve Corps?John K. Ashk.,
ni,oi.ioBtnn Benlamin G. Oberlln, I
Charleston; William DeVaugh, Park I
ersbarg; Hary J. Anderson, Mannington.
Fourth Company.
To be second Lieutenant, lnft. sec, I
Officers Reserve Corps?Otto E. Le- I
Blanc, battallion sergeant major, headquarters
Company, Second W. Va.,
National guard; Lane S. Anderson,
i Charleston; Clarence 0. Morris, first ]
sergeant to Supply Co., of Second W.
Va., National Guard.
Fifth Company
To be captain inft. sec., Officers Re-1
serve Corps?James A Gartlan, prl-j
rate W. Va. National Guard; Fred K.I
v Swiger, private, W. Va. National
tr' Guard; Frank H. Geilfuss, regimental c
supply sergeant W. Va. national guard {
Wayne C. Lawrence, Jr., Logan.
To be first lieutenant, inft. sec, Offl- ?
:ers Reserve Corps?Charles E. King r
private W. Va. national guard.
To be second lieutenant, inft. sec., ?
Officer's Reserve Corps?Ronald C.
Callendar, Parkersburg; Fred T. f
Wright, battalion sergeant major, IV. r
> Va. National Guard; Emery Smith, pri a
rate W. Va. National Guard; George j
\ Shissler, Sistersville; Harry P. Jones, r
J Parkersburg; Clarence M. Ballard, t
f sergeant W. Va. National Guard;
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Seorge G. jacKBon, sergeant ??. i?. i
L t .National Guard. a
Wr Sixth Company J
f To be Becond lieutenant, lnft. sec., r
I Officers Reserve Corps?Frank E Ar- 1
lett, Clarksburg; Lewis D. Gerhardt, J
fr., sergeant Co. F. First W. Va. 1
Seventh Company. '
To be major, lnft. section, Officer's
Reserve Corps; Thomas M. Hays, ol
Huntington. '
To be captain, lnft. sec., Officers Re- 1
serve Corps: Frank H. McGregor, ot j;
Parkersburg; Wallace \V. Johns, Hun- 1
ting'on; Lindley A. Allen, Wheeling;
i, Patr.ck D. Koontz, Charleston; Albert
G. Hallock, Wheeling Frank E. Lin- '
I. aell, Athens; Joseph D. Holloway, of ?
: 1) Wheeling; Lewis H. Cort, Jr., Hunting ?
;on; Douglas H. Harnish, Parkersburg
Horace G. Freed, Charleston; Dennis .
M. Moore, sergeant, West Virginia :
, National Guard. ?
To be first lieutenant inft. section
g Officer's Reserve Corps?Martin W.
Lanbam, Grafton, William G. Stath- T
srs, Clarksburg; Engene G. Kerstlng, i
' Clarksburg, W. Va., Thomas VV. Peyton,
Huntington; Thomas D. Kern,
-k.rtMtnn- .Instils Stalnalcfir. -First
First W. Va. National Guard, Frank
3 Wallace. Huntington; John P. Jones
Princeton; Brown Lewis, Charleston;
Hubert G. Heinisch, Huntington; W, T
Hughes, Wheeling; Henry W. Bills, Ii
i \ iVheeling. j
T To be second lleut., init. sec., OSlser's
Reserve Corps?Earl C. Jameson ?
Huntington; Phillip A. Her6cher, oi ?
/ Charleston; Watt Stewart, Summer- 15
rllle; Leo. A. Coleman, Wheeling; Ho- P
i aer F. Barnes, Fairmont, Harry W. v
Davis, Huntington; Francis 0. Roller, 8
Charleston; William Walters, Wheeling;
Whiting C. Faulkner, Martins- ?
jurg; William A Ritchie, Huntington; fl
Caroll Beckwith, Princeton; William t'
L Snedeker, Wheeling; James B Kuy- f<
kendall, Charleston; Melrln Stewart. 1(
Jlendale, Andrew L. Kouas, Huntington;
Albert G. Springer, Blackville;
Howard E. Nay. Wheeling; Eugene C. I
Langfltt, Parkersburg; Raymond L. *
Beubring, Huntington; Frank S. Hu{ill,
Clarksburg, Clarksburg; Edwin L
Powell, Parkersburg; George G Davis
3utton; George L. Coyle, Charleston;
i Clinton C. Kemp, Welliburg; Raynond
L. Biddle, Parkersburg; Burmab .
kW 3. Dusenberry, Huntington; Charles E
,3 Mahan, Wheeling; Max C. Nelson, "
Morgan town; Owen R. Rlttenhouse, p
Parkersburg; John M. McConlhay, of c
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7ESJ VII
VINNERi
SIDE FE(
MACKENSEN J
While the Austro-German sweep
eastward la Gallcia continues, with Utile
evidence of opposition by the Rusilans,
a new offensive of apparently
jreat strength has been launched by
?ield Marshal von Mackensen on the
rorthern Rumanian front.
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in?MM
Mrs. John Brannon and
Mrs. Muggie Wilson and
Children the Victims.
Near Rivesville about seven thirty
>* clock this morning as a party comrosed
of Mrs. John Brannon and son,
tlrs. Maggie Wilson and son, Cecil,
iged aboui sixteen years ail of Fair
nont were going to Lowesville to pick
ilackberries, the car left the road and
ill worn ininrprl.
Mrs. Carpenter and her son were
letting in the front seal of the autouobile
the latter driving the car. The
ccident was caused by the brakes fali
ng to hold on the automobile. The car
an up an embankment turning over
wlce before stopping.
Immediately Dr. C. M. Cox and Dr.
Jraham both of this city were called
nd dressed the wounds. AH of the hi
ured persons were brought to Fairnont
on the one o'clock ear this a(ernoon.
Mrs. Maggie Wilson and son
vere taken to the Miner's Hospital,
vlrs. Brannou and son were taken
o their home near the Baltimore anil
)hio railroad yards.
Mrs. Wilson who is the most seiously
hurt sustained a punctured
jog. Her son Cecil had not uecn thor
lughly examined at the hospital at
iress time but he is seriously injured
aternally.
Mrs. Brannon who was riding the
ear seat of the car with her son
ustained a broken collar bone, while
ler son received several cuts about
he head and a broken knee cap.
Mrs. John Brannon is the widow ot
he h.te John Brannon who was killd
about a year ago in railroad wreck
ear this city.
rood Bill Is Now
Law of the Land
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 10.'he
administration food control and:
sod survey bills were signed today by
'resident Wilson ana became law.
The food bills were signed today by
peaker Clark In the House and by
enator Saulsbury, president pro ternore
of the Senate and taken to tbe
/bite House for President Wllson'e
Ignature.
The appointment of Herbert C.
too% or as fond administrator and the
all organization of machinery for conrol
and distribution of tbe nation's
ood supply is expected to quickly fol
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Jig Packers Plan
Tomato Corner
(By Associated Praia)
WAASHINGTON, Aug. 10.?Plan of
onsplracy among world's large packig
Interest to corner the tomato out
ut of the Pacific coast baa been dieovered
It waa said today at tbe offices
f tbe Federal Trade Commission.
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Competition Was Close In
Several of the City
Wards.
SAHS ? PRODUCE
Some Contestants Grew:
Several Crops On Their
Plots.
Tbe prize garden contest which was
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inaugurated uy ue vmv.
the Woman's club and fostered by the
city Board of Affairs was brought to
a successful close August 1 and the
prizes offered for the best vegetable
and flower gardens In the city were announced
today by the committee ap- ,
pointed to inspect the gardens
Forty-five or fifty entries were made
in the garden contest and the committee
on inspection and award of prizes
found it exceedingly difficult in several
instances to name the winners.
Two hundred dollars In prizes were
provided to be divided among the
eight wards- a total of $25 for each t
the wards to be divided as follows:
$7.50 each for the best vegetable garden
and flower garden In which the
contestant did all the work connected
with the garden, and $5 each for (lie
best vegetable garden and flower garden
where a portion of the work was
done by the contestant and honorable
mention to be given contestants who
maintained l'lower or vegetable garden
by means of hired help.
Competition was especially Keen In
the First, Second. Sixth and Eighth
wards and in these wards the gardens
with but one or two exceptions were
exceptionally tine. In several of thess
gardens two or three crops have beet,
raised.
A prize winner in the Fourth warn
bad maintained the greatest variety oi
vegetables in the smallest space anil
had given a splendid demonstration oi
intensive gardening.
One especially Important tad
brought out by the committee on inspection
was the fact that the garden
era in every instance were canning the
products of the garden as well as dry
mg vegetables for winter.
Many of the contestant whose gar
dens showed up splendidly stated to
the ;udges that this was their first but [
not last experience in gardening.
A great deal oi enthusiasm was man
ifested by all the contestants and it is i
believed (hat another contest would
bring a much larger number of people
into competition.
The judges who spent several days
(Continued on Page 10.)
Prof, Taft Was Given
Some Food Today
CLAY CENTER, Kas? Aug. 10Physicans
attending former President
William H. Taft who is 111 at a local
hotel, determined this morning to give
him the first food he had eaten since
the tttack of intestinal trouble early
Tuesday morning.
"I don't want to say danger mark
has passed,' said Dr. Morgan after hav
ing visitea Mr. Tare ror ine nrsi ume
since last night where he was sleeping
easily. "That would not be entire
ly correct. However I do not think at
any time there baB beeen an Immediate
danger. I was a Utile afraid of
conditions that might develop.
Day Conscripts Move
May Be a Holiday
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.?A national
holiday may be declared on September
S In celebration of the entratnment
of tbe draft levies for toe training cantonments.
No steps to this end have
been taken bb yet but tbe officials at
Provost Marshal General's office regard
It as a probable result of the simultaneous
movement of selected men
from all over tbe country.
Conferences were In progress with
railroad officials on details of mobllzation.
Transportation lines say the
problem of collecting tbe first 230,000
men from 4,570 districts Involves providing
tbem with sleeping car accommodations
where necessary and providing
tor stops at points where soldiers
can be ted well and quickly.
jticles Depict the Be
est Virginia's Greatest fiewspt
T VIRGINIA, FRIDAY EVE
S WIN 0
DEN CON
OP M0V1
GERMAN
Historic Bagdad will soon be th
carried out. It is reported that Germa
quer this territory. The photo show
principal street.
JgMMM,
IN HEAVEN C
Clementine Tizer Hurls Hat<
Leader Whom She Was Iiu
While She V
?
With tears dropping from her eyea
?UopiJntine riser, ^as arrested
by Policeman Wdod^ard iharged
with fighting her husband, this
morning at police court told a story of
how she had been induced to marry a
man whom she did not love.
When but a young girl in Blrmlngnam,
Ala., she with her parents frequently
attended a colored spiritualist
meeting. The parents gradually became
more and more convinced In the
doctrine until finally they succeeded In
getting the preacher, William Flzer,
who had already been married, to make
lova to their daughter. When he was
ready to propose to the young girl, he
told the parents that he was a great
power here on earth and that some
day he was to find hidden treasures.
pMliT
DIES THIS MDRNING
Well Known Locust Avenue
Citizen Had Been In
111 Health.
Patrick Gettings, aged 76 years, for
sixty years a resiueui ui ruuwuui,
died this morning shortly before six
o'clock at his home on LocuEt avenue.
Mr. Gettings bad been In {ailing health
(or some time and during the winter
and Bprlng had been seriously ill on
several occasions. He had grown bet- ,
ter, however, and was well enough to
go about his home. Last night about
ten o'clock he was taken suddenly
worse and despite the efforts of physicians
and members of his family continued
to grow worse until the end
came.
Mr. Gettings was born in Sligo county,
Ireland, in February of 1814. He (
came with his parents to the United
States when a young lad and bad spent 1
most of his life in Fairmont. He was 1
for many years engaged in the team- :
ing business having been employed in ,
this capacity with the old coal firm of
Piermout and Watson. For several 1
years owing to increasing age he had
not been actively engaged in business.
The deceased is survived by five children,
bis wife having died on April 4,
1915. The surviving children are Patrick
M., James L. and Charles E.. Miss
Winnie and Miss Mary Gettings, all oi
this city. Three grandchildren, Isabell.
Hannah and John Gettings, also
survive. Mr. Gettings was a splendid
citizen and was respected by the entire
community in which he had spent
eu many years of his life. He was a
devout member of St Peter's Catholic
church. Funeral services are announced
to be beld on Sunday morning at
9 o'clock from the church and the body
will be interred in Holy Cross cemetery
by Undertaker R. L. Cunningham
and Son.
st Point of America 11
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mints
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1NING, AUGUST 10,1917.
OMMISSi
HEST A.
SMENT j
'S BADLY WANT,
v
e scene of another terrific drive; if th<
ny will send a large army under the le
s the British troops now in possession
!AGE MADE
jOES WRONG
i
:het At Former Spiritualist
luced By Parents To Wed
yas Young.
Believing this the parents did all in
their power to hasten the marriage.
For a while after their marriage
everything went fine and the minleter
continued bis spiritualistic meetings.
But as the parents gradually learned
that he was just a common man. trouble
began. Finally the couple moved
to Fairmont and took up a residence on
Washington street where they now reside.
Early this morning they were both
arrested and brought to the city jail,
after a tight at their home, in which J
the wife threw a batchet at her husband.
Mayor Bowen put them both on
the witness stand. The girl is now
aged 22. The husband did not deny J
her story.' They were both put in jaii
until they are witling to make some
promise as to living peacefully.
Carpenters' Union
Wins the Strike
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. Aug. 10.?The strike
of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners to tie up all government
work on army and navy cantonments
and construction in this district
was withdrawn today when the firm
of Henry F. Spears, Inc., one of the
contractors for the government, agreed
not to employ non-union labor. The
agreement was signed in the presence
of representatives of the government
who have been holding conferences
with both sides with the result that
the Spears company yielded to the demand
of the union that it recognize the
union exclusively.
Drawing Tighter
Line On Drafted
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 10. ?Reports
from man; districts throughout the
country that as high as 80 per cent ot
the registrants called for examination
are filing claims for discharge because
of dependent relatives caused Provost
Marshal General Crowder to Instruct
exemption boards today to reduce
grants of Immunity from the draft law
to a far more restricted class and to
very necessitous and clearly defined
circumstances. Wholesale application
for discharge Indicate to the Provost
General that unfair advantage Is being
taken of the regulations designed to
protect men who properly should be
exempted from military service. Existing
conditions he estimated are a
positive menace to the raising of the
National army.
STEEL ORDERS INCREASE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10-The unfilled
orders of the United States Steelcorporatlon
on July 31 were 10,844,161
tons according to monthly report Is
BUOU IUUBJ I
This is a decrease o< 639.103 tons]
from orders of Jane 30. ,
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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
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iGAINS'j
BAGDAD
e plans of the German general staff are
adereblp of von Falkenhayn, to reconof
the ancient city marching along the
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Preliminary Hearing foi
Man Who Killed Daugherty
Now Going On.
Evidence ie being taken this aftei
noon in the trial of Glocchino Catalam
accused of the murder of Melvin 1
Daugherty. The hearing Is being heli
before Justice Musgrove and a larg
crowu 01 spectators IS preaeiu.
The interests of the state are belnj
looked after by District Attorney Wat
ter Haggerty while the accused is be
ing defended by Congressman M. M
Neely. A court stenographer is 01
hand and is taking down the evidence
It has developed thus far at tin
hearing that Catalano himself was In
i jured during the quarrel which pre
ceded the shooting and the defensi
will base its argument on the theor;
that the shooting was done in self de
fense. Many witnesses have beei
called both by the state and the de
fense. At the time of the shootlni
there were about sixteen or seventeei
people in the store and much evidenci
will be brought out.
Finance Bill Debate
Begins In Senatf
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10?The re
draft war revenue bill Imposing taxe
to the amount of two billion was takei
up for consideration In the Senat
with exclusive right of way until ati
posed of
The debate Is expected to last tw
weeks, after which it will go to cot
ference for adjustment of the dlflei
ences between the two houss. Th
leaders plan to push the bill throug
to final passage with the utmost exps
diency. To that end senators of bot
parties have virtually perfected a "gei
tleman's agreement" to restrict dl
cussion as much as possible.
Senator Simmons, chairman of th
finance committee who will pilot th
bill through the Senate ordered th
discussion on the measure today.
TWO KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
ALTOONA, Pa., Aug. 10.?Two pet
sons were killed, two probably fatal!;
injured and four others less serious!
injured earl ytoday, when an automc
bile in whic bthey were riding crashei
into a telephone pole near this cltj
All of the Injured reside in Holllday!
burg.
Conversational Superfluity.
"What this country needs " bt
gan the querulous citizen,
"Don't tell me!" exclaimed Senate
Sorghum. "This country has abou
everything that it can use in its bus
ness. And if there is one thing I
doesn't need at this moment It's som
one to collect a crowd and tell whs
It needs."?Washington Star.
Conservation.
May?Remember those enormou
hair ribbons little girls used to wear
Fay?Yea.
May?Well, I found one the othc
day in an old trunk, and I'm going t
make a bathing suit of it.
Fay?Won't that be gr-.nd! B>
what are you going to ao ~im th
goods left oyer??Buffalo Express.
ing Women--The S
THE WEATHER irl \J
Fair and contlnuad eool tonight;
turday (air and wanner.
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PRICE THREE CENTSj
ARMY
OUNCED 1
TMAYOR \
EJSI1W 1
, ml ii m i
GMOfll |
Believe There Would Be Le<
gal Obstacles To Its
Success.
THE! ML JM 1
Will Sea What Can Ba
Done At the Next.Municipal
Election.
After three weeks of silence, during |
which time minor details have been
worked out, the committee of Gut ,9
Side citizens who started a movement
to have Mayor Bower. recalled, hat at
- last arrived at some definite conclusion
as to what their next move will
be. The cause of the action will be remembered
as being the attitude that
the Mayor has taken in regard to the J
protest raised by the East Side people
I when a license to conduct a restaurant y^ji
j was issued to Billy May of Water
| street.
The long delay that has been experienced
has been caused by the cartful
r manner In which the committee of cltlr
zene from the entire city was selected.
After much thought the following com- il
mittee was appointed to take up the
matter and work out the proceeding*
for the recall of the present mayor: ., ' J
F. P. Kelley, chairman; Bruce Mor? 'iJffSi
- gan, secretary; K. A. Johnson, 1. D.
3 ltadford, Frank Cbipps, Fred Parltar, A a
J. A. Swlger. 0. J. Fleming, Arthur. " SI
X). Lynch, Seymour Jlclntyre and I. N. '< -a
1 Lough. These men met last Friday, 71
e evening aud discugsed the situation. JB
I it developed at this meeting that the '71
charter of the city provided that the 7]
8 mayor could not be recalled during the a
'irnl civ mnntho n?> t ho tool olv mnnika 7.19
? 11101 JIA UiUli Lli o ui IUU laob DIM IUUUUML
' of his term. This put a snag in the
' proceedings and resulted in the decl1
siou that the only thing that could be '?9
' done at this time is to wait until tbe ;J
9 next election. At this election active
measures will be taken by the East
Side citizens, headed by the commit;
tee, to take care of the interests of tht
j in deciding that nothing can be done
now in the way of a recall movement
py the Last Side people take the position
| that the term of Mayor Bowen is to .J
, end In December of this year. That j?,.:>3
would be the case If the city bad an
established government under the tint . M
commission form charter, but tbe lawyers
say that this is not the case; that
tbe legal frame of government is the
new charter which is now tied np in
j the Supreme Court and that what we
actually have at the city hall is a d?
facto government which will run on
's without interruption until the 8u- 1
n preme Court acts upon the charter In
> litigation. When that will be no one
. can tell. It may be several years hefore
there Is another city election In
0 Fairmont.
Bruce Morgan, secretary of the com- V.
m.ttee and one of the active workers
e fi i' the betterment of conditions on the l!
t East Side of the river said today that
- the people of tbe First and Second
1 wards are still wrought up over the ''/I
1 present conditions and that everything ??>!
s possible will be done to defeat Mayor
Bowen at the next election. He said
? that suggestions for the betterment ol I
the municipal affairs will be welcomed
by the committee from any citizen o{
BRITISH LABOR VOTE.
LONDON, Aug. 10?A conference .
\ of British labor party held at Westmin "yfki
' ister today voted to send delegatei r'i
'' to the Stockholm consultative confer js
11 ence by 1,046,0 00 to 55,000. The con'
ference was in uproar which ended
' only when the result of the vote was *
SEAMEN AND U. S. AGREE. *"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10?American V
ir seamen and employers have come to . ..
lt full agreement on wages and working
I. conditions during the war which the
li government official said today solved
e the problem of obtaining men to operate
great merchant fleet which U
The Fairmont Transfer Co. has r
moved from 223 Jefferson street
0 to Jefferson street, next door to ' r
the Masonic Temple. Household
1 goods and piano moving a special- - jS
e ty. Bell phone 517.
eries starts Monday |