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t War Office at Rome
Admits Mountain
Positions
Lost
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Berlin Report Says It Has
Been Abandoned Clear
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to Coast.
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j ROME, Nov. 6.?The Italians have
t eeen compelled to evacuate territory
J In the mountainous area north of the
plains ot northern Italy lit order to establish
their new Hue, the War office
reports. The enemy occupied the territory
after the Itallsin withdrawal
BERLIN. Nov. 6.?The Italian tine
on the Tagliamento river i as been won
Ij oy toe AURiro-iieritians. it was jrrtctaily
said today by the German general
) staff.
. The Italians have evacuated the en.
tire line along tlie river to Adriatic
coast. The Gorman statement says
i that trom the Hellr. valley to the Co!
V brlcon, north of tho Sugana valley the
l) Italians arc retreating (this region ltv
I clude\the Iront along the notomi". -s
I and Carnlc Alps).
Condagratiors. the German staleJ
tnent says, Indicates that the route he.
i lng taken by the retiring Italians is
. between the mountains and the sea
i through the upper Italian plains.
WATERCQNSWTION
IS LOW JUST NQW
Is*
|l Ngc itiuch Incentive to
I. waste it?mats me
Reason.
Water consumption in Fairmont 1>
lower Just now than It has been for
year. At present the water con
sumption averages 3,500,000 gaiolns
' per day. The low consumption is due
! to season of the yenr. In the hoi
i summer months, spiggots are let run
for cooling purposes, while In the
winter they aro let run to keep pipes
from freezing. For this reason the
i season in the year when temperature
, la most moderate, water consumers
are most conservative in the use ol
their water.
Although the water consumption Is
\ low Just now it is not near as low
I as It should he. At this time of the
L year 2,000,000 gallons of water pet
day should be sufficient for a city
' | the size of Fairmont.
1 It will only be a lew weeks until
. the water consumption in Fairmont
I will begin to raise because of waste
I, In letting eplggots run. It Is hoped
H that a large number of the new water
ta RlAtprR m?v ho orlrlnH liofnra tho rr\n.
[Hon begins to Increase. When
:ity Is entirely metered It Is es:ed
that the water consumption
at no time exceed the minimum
int that Is now being used.
ss Lindsay Begins
Work in Monongah
ss Maud Lindsay, bead rur-e and
assistant to Dr. Peter N'oe, Jr, at
Traction Path Hospital for polioItls
has returned from New fork
e she has ben visiting friends and
Ives for the past few'weeks.
mediately upon arriving here she
aed her duties as a nurse In the
loyment Relationship Department
le Consolidation Coal Company.
Lindsay Is at present at Monontaklng
thn place of Miss Sallle
ge. Miss George who was located
onongab at the time nf the polloItls
outbreak has been transferto
Carolina and, Ida May.
This Paper is
,
IBER ASSOCIATED PRES8.
AND A
MISS M'KINNEY WIL
ACCEPT HEW OFFIC
Appointment Broadens an
Strengthens Power She
Already Had.
i
Miss Margaret Mc Kinney Falrmoni
newly appointed police matron yest<
day afternoon appeared before tl
Board of Affairs and formally acce]
ed the office, though she has not bei
formally sworn In office.
MIsb McKlnnev's new nosltlon w
| follow closely the work she has doi
| so faithfully for the Associated Cha
' ties organization for several yeai
though she Is given broader powe
aud will, when Bworn In, be given pc
or to arrest and will be eligible
wear the badge of Ihe police wonts
Miss McKinney's duties will const
in looking after destitute women wl
come before the City Board of Affal
and she will be given power to arre
women wner-ever evidence Is such th
arrest Is desirable or necessary to t
welfare of the women and the cl
generally.
The work while following out t
linen upon which the Associated Cbt
itles work is planned, Is considers!]
broader.
JACK ABBOTT JOIN
MILLER
Popular Local Young Ma
Enlists at Boston Where
He Was Working.*
Jack Abbott, son of Mrs. J. 11. A
bott, of Fairmont, nephew of Fred
Martin, of Grafton, and A. G. Mart
county clerk of Marion county, onlh
ed In the field artillery at Boston th
week apd leaves there Thursday moi
Ing for Fort Slocum.
Mr. Abbott, who is 23 years of a,
has been In Boston since June In tl
employ of the Burrough Adding Ai
chine Co. He has been talking of c
| listing for some time but tbe she
' was not lessened to Ills mother whi
she received this telegram this moi
I ing:
! "Unlisted today In field service ai
| go to Fort Slocum, N. Y.. Thursdi
| morning. There for the present. Si
; ry I couldn't get home before enlf
! lng. Love."
State Workers at
Co. S. .S Conventio
The Marlon County Sunday sch<
convention will be held on Friday
this week, November 9, in tbe Chi
tlan church at Barrackville. A spl<
did program has been arranged a
the opening session will be?hcld
10:30 a. m. Among the speakers I
the convention will be Mrs. Ella Sni
state secretary of elementary wo
and wife of State Secretary Sno
She will address each session of t
convention of which there will be
at 10:30, 2 p. m. and 7 p. m. Oth
>' speakers who will address the c<
i ventlon will be Rev. H. D. Clark
: Mannlngton. J. W. Cooper, E.
i Thomas, Rev. T. B. Lawler, Rev. ,li
> Brown, L. S. Schwenk and Mr. E
i ridge.
! Court Grants Two
Divorces Toda
i
Several orders were made In t
[ chancery division of intermedia
' court this morning by Judge V
cent.
In the cause of Tta* TV Mtrhnnl i
Bessie Michael a divorce was grant
from bed and board. Desertion w
1 the ground.
The next cause In which an ord
was made was that of William Be<
with vs. Ida May Beckwlth. An ab!
lute divorce was granted on t
ground ot desertion. A ten-year<
boy is now in the custody of the mol
er. Judge Villcent did not make
order in reference to the custody
the child at this time.
Surgical Patients
at Cook Hospite
W. G. Gould underwent an operati
yesterday afternoon at Cook hospll
and today is resting well with go
prospects of recovery. Mr. Goi
went to Pittsburg where be consult
specialists at the West Penn bospti
in regard to an operation and cat
here and entered the local lnstltutl
where the operation was perform
yesterday.
Mrs. A. L. Lepson. of this city, a
Mrs. Mollle Shingleton, of the Et
side, nnderwent operations today
Cook hospital.
Hall Brnmmage ot Sural Route b
1 Is a medical patient at the posit
Published in the In
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iet The revelation that U. S. troops an
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he a scouting party ot 12 Americans woro <
ty fighting line near the Franco-German
the great French fortress that stopper!
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? CBALDPERATOfiS'
TALK V AT All
, 1F0RMAL LUNCH
Harrison County Producers
Gather at the Waldo Each
t. Monday
a,
it
LIS . ? |
H Coal Situation *
Reminds Swayne
* of a Good Story
"The public does not understand
' the coal shortage." remarked Noah
H. Swayno ot Philadelphia at a recent
banquet held In Chicago. "The
situation of the operators is akin to
''f' that when my namesake was the
first navigator. Japhet looked out
from the ark at tho fathomless waters
and wept. 'Why do you weep?'
asked Brother Shem. T'mthlnking,'
was the reply, 'of all the fine fishing
Dand only two worms." That's the
oal man's condition today. Plenty
of orders but only two worms.
>ol
Coal Is being used In several man!n.
ufacturlng plants in Clarksburg and
nd In many of the priclpal buildings In
,at an efTort to conserve the supply of gas
which Is getting low. The Waldo hork
tel Is one of the latest big buildings
iw. to cut out gas and heat furnaces by
h? coal. Incidentally it has required a
great deal .more coal to heat that hoier
tel than the management anticipated
in. I ? -? ^ - - --
? auu 11 is saia mai mere is no money
ot saved In the substitution of coal
J- though there is less chance of failure
j?- to get supplied with heat. The facla'
torles using coal must have It hauled
several miles either by team or by
freight. There is so much difficulty
in getting cars that complaint has
arisen on this score which led the
yj Baltimore & Ohio to suggest that manufacturing
plants have individual cars
but the plan does not appeal to the
he lesser establishments.
Lto Coal mining operators In the vlcinIn
Ity of Clarksburg gather every Monday
noon at the Waldo hotel for a
rs. luncheon at which the topics of the
ed coal world are discussed and at the
as meeting yesterday the character of
the equipment provided for smaller
er mines In this region was touched up:k
on and it was Interesting to hear
jo- some of the operators and superln
be tenaeuis aescriDe me condition or
ild hoppers sent to them for loading,
th- Daniel Howard, president and genan
eral manager of the Central Fairmont
of Coal Co. and the Fairmont Big Vein
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Secretary Kight is
^ Back in This State
on
tai Secretary J. W. Klght of the local
od Y. M. C. A., now In charge of the
ild Army Y. M. C A. at Camp Sheridan,
ed Montgomery, Ala., was in Fairmont
tal yesterday evening. Mr. Klght is In
ne charge of the big army Y. M. C. A. cam
on paign In seven counties of West Virgin
ed la and has returned from the south to
look after his duties In the campaign
nd work.
ist After spending yesterday afternoon
at and evening in Fairmont looking after
local business be left this morning for
lo. Martlnsburg where le will make his
ah headquarters In the Campaign,
terest of All the Peoph
KSHHBHBI
Mt Virginia's G/e?'o< Mwsp
1IN1A, TUESDAY EVENIN
iSETTLI
? FROM VERDUN'
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s fighting near the Marne-Khine canal
they must be. The canal along wh'ch
captured by the Germans crosses 'he
border, east and south of Verdun,
the Germans from straightening tholr
battle of the Marne.
iTMTRlcES~
REVISED UPWARD
Government Announces
Charges Today for Three
Buckeye Counties
WASHINGTON. Nov. Coal prices
in the Palmyra, Massillon and Jackson
fields of Ohio were increased today
by the fuel administration as follows.
Run of mine from $2.35 to $3.75.
On prepared sizes from J2.G0 to $1;
slack and screening from $2.10 to
$3.50. - -
Modification of prices also was announced
for certain counties In Kentucky,
Tenessee and Virginia.
IATE SUFFRAGE
mm hfrf
uuii UII IVIV hiik
Call Went Out Today for a
Meeting at The Fairmont
November 20-21.
The anunl convention of the Went
Virginia Equal huRTuge Association
will be ne.ld In this city on November
20 and 21 and tho sessions aB well as
the headquarters will be in the Fairmont
hotel.
The convention will be of a business
nature and officers will be named to
servo the ensuing year.
Mrs. Lena Lowe Yost, president of
the organization, who has Just returned
to Washington, D. C? her winter
headquarters, from Huntington
where she presided over the sessions
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convention will Issue the call for
the convention today.
This will be the first convention
since the election of last fall and many
Important matters will come up for
consideration.
SpeciaLServices at
Williams Memorial
Special prayer service will b? observed
tonight from seven to eight
o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal
church. South, In observance of missionary
week. Mrs. S. F. Pollltt will
have charge of the service which will
deal with medical work In ChlnB and
V3UII V_UUBl WUI K. /V KU?U UI fZt>,UUU
has been set by the denomination
for mission work and this matter will
be discussed at the various services
during the week. Special music will !
feature the service by Miss Relnwald,
Miss Eiser Hoffman and Mrs. L. N.
Yost.
Red Cross Buttons
For School Children
Red Cross buttons will shortly be
given out to the schools of the city
which have become auxiliaries of the
Red cross society and as soon as they
can be procured banners will be floated
from the roofs of the auxiliary
school houses. The White and Butcher
schools have already attained the goal
while the Miller school as well as the
other schools are making rapid strides
toward It.- The East Side schools
have become interested in the project
also and It Is thought these schools
will be organised as auxiliaries in the
near future. I
?of Fairmont?You i
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aper
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G,~NOVEMBER 6,1917.
i nuiNl
b villlll
nfiuii
ALONG n RIVER
CHANGES HANDS
New England Fuel Buys the
Empire Coal and Coke
Holdings.
WILL DEVLLOPjIPERTf
Transaction Engineered by
Brady and Hite Means
Much to Fairmont.
Ten thousand tour hundred and forty
acres of both the Pittsburgh and S'i
wickley coal in a tract which lies along
the Monongabela river in Marion and
Monongalia counties almost from Paw
Paw creek to Point Marlon have been
bought from the owner, the Empire
Coal and Coke company, by the New
England Fuel and Transportation company,
of Boston.
This is one of the largest and most
important coal deals that has taken
place in this section of the state in a
long time, and it means a great deal to
Fairmont. It was swung by S. D
Brady, of this city, who was assisted in
arranging the details by R. M. Hlte.
Negotiations were in progress for a
long time and the transaotlon involved
a large amount of work cn the part of
both Mr. Brady and Mr. Hite.
The coal sold is familiarly known in
this section as the Elkins-Davis tra t.
It was bought up many years ago by
the two late United States Senator?
and the Empire Coal and Coke company
was merely a holding concern.
While they were alive they did uol
take mnch interest in efforts to buy tbo
tract as a whole or in part.
It is understood that tpe new owner
will Immediately dovelop the tract.
The New England Fuel and Transportation
company is a large corporation
Interested in public utilities in the New
England states. It is the owner of the
Federal mine property at Grant Town,
one of the largest coal operations in the
state, from which great quantities of
coal are shipped every day to Boston
where it is used in producer gns plants
and in other ways by the New England
company's subsidiaries.
H.C. BRAKE JOINS
unimPART*
Popular Normal School
Teacher Expects Early
Call to Camp Sheridan.
Expecting & call at any time to report
at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery,
Ala., Prof. H. C. Brake, registrar at
the Normal school is preparing to
leave Fairmont within the next few
days. Mr. Brake has volunteered his
services In Army Y. M. C. A. work
and will be located at Camp Sheridan
with J. W. Kight. Rev. J. C. Broomfield,
and John Reed. Prof. Brake
will be In charge of the educational
department and will go under the title
of "Educational Director." He
takes the place left vacant by James
Faw of Cumberland, Md? who enlisted
in the marines shortly ibefore the
Y. M. C. A. party left for the south.
Prof. Brake is from Auburn, Ritchie
county. For the past five years he
has been a member of the Fairmont
Normal faculty. Arrangements have
been completed whereby he may leave
Just as soon as he receives his call.
This is expected to be within the next
four liflvg
????
(?ity Hall Notes~
Checks (or e month's labor are being
distributed among the employes at the
city hall today. It Is pay day in every
department.
Reports (rom the Irwin Livery station
this morning that the two mulca
arrested Saturday by Policeman Ward
were eating more than they wore
worth. Someone from the livery stable
asked tbe Mayor this morning
what should be done with item.
J. I. Michaels, a termer resident ot
Fairmont and especially well known
here has written to Mayor Bowen. He
Is located at ElDorado. Kansas. He
tells the Mayor that he likes the country
and la having a great time. He sent
a picture ct an oil well making 22.000
barrels a day with a dally income ol
135,000.
Can't Be Well Intor
Itl
iiL nnday
T0PAV8 NEWS TOOAV
fsf nui
ARMOUR SCO. WILL
HAVE BRANCH HERE'
GreafPacking Plant Leases
Part of ^Marion Products
Plant.
Expecting to do halt a million dol- 1
lura' worth ot business a year. Armour
& Company, the world-lamed packers,
of Chicago, will open a branch in Fair
mont about December 1. The city is
especially fortunate in having a plant
ol such magnitude and importance locate
here.
Announcement was made on Mon- I
day that the Armour firm had leased a I
portion ot the space occupied by the I
Marlon Products company. Its floor
space will be 40 feet by 100 feet in dimensions
and Arthur J. Bock, the com- s
psny's builder, of Chicago, Is born '
putting thlngB Into shape. He expects
to have the necessary Improvements
completed by December 1. The tlrm
will deal In meats on a wholesale basis
only.
W. N. Ball, of Grafton, the district
manager, on Monday afternoon said
that Fairmont would have meat served
to it in the most sanitary way. The a
meat will be shipped here from Chicago c
In refrigerated cars. They are dispatched
with speed leaving there on
Monday and arriving la Fairmont c.n
Wednesday night.
The meat will be removed from the
cars and placed In the refrigerator
rooms of the local plant from which
plant it will be conveyed In anto trucks
to all of the surrounding towns where
it will be furnished to stores. The
most sanitary precautions will be used
in handling the meat after It reaches
the trucks and It should reach the con
sumer In perfect shape.
J. C. Deck, cashier of the Grafton
plant, will act as the local manager.
The cars will be shipped over the B.
& 0., coming here via Benwood.
eSVje
Cop Happened to be Close
When Row Started in
Kitchen.
Because he wanted to be good to his
wile by helping her with housework, (
Shirley Hannigan, of Jefferson street, 1
spent the night hi the city jail. This c
morning a nine o'clock Hannigan wns f
before Mayor Bowen and told the story .
of his trouble. *
Yesterday at noon Hannigan gave
his wife money to go to the movies.
Without washing the disheB she left
early for the picture show and did not
| return until almost six o'clock. In the
meantime Hannigan and one of the
boarders came in forthelr supper. Desiring
to have something to eat, they
washed the dinner dishes, got out the
frying pan and proceeded to cook their
own meal.
The wife was very angry to return
home and find her husband at the stove
nnd Immediately an argument ensued
| It was not long until the argument na<!
turned into a sham battle and then to
a real fist fight. Hearing the girl
screaming. Policeman Woodward rushed
to the scene and arrested the husband.
"Hubby" had been in jail only a few I
minutes until the wife called the pn<
. lice station and pleaded for his release,
i The wile was summoned to court tnis
; morning and after a talk by Mayer
Bo wen, both were released. Before i
i the hearing was over both had made J
up and left the police station apparcn' j
ly trying to forget the trouble of the j
night previous.
BRITISH ROLLER IS !
ASM ITS WAY;
LONDON, Nov. 6.?British attacked
this morning .on the Flanders front in
the neighborhood of Passchendaele.
The War office reports that satisfactory
progress is being made.
LONDON. Nov. 6.?Canadian forces
in their offensive against the Germans
this mnrninf tiftrthfloat nf Ynron nn thu
Belgian front have established them- j
selves at a point-100 yards beyond the J
village of Passchendaele, says a tele- gram
from Reuters correspondent at :
the British headquarters In France. j
BERLIN, Nov. 6.?After drum f re !
today, says the German official state- |
ment, regarding the western front. J
strong English infantry forces attic'.:- [
. oil the German positions on both sides ! j
: | of Passchendaele and at the Mentu- j j
I Vpres bend. {
mat Unless You Real
T?
BE WEATHER.
and warmer tonight; Wed
PRICE THREE CENTS- '
STION
ffiJll
fill GRANTED
3ut Japs Assent to Chinese
Independence and the
Open Door. s.
JLEARS UP BADSlTilATHM 1
Viped Out Work of Years of ^
German Disturbers in :'|f
(By Associated Preu) V
WASH1NGTO, D. C., Not. 6.t Jap?f?:Vi|
nd tie United States have reached
omplete agreement in regard t# Ch'tta JJ;
nd at the same time lrnve arrived it
clear understanding aa to miUtarjV ''
aval and economic co-operation lr. 7
ha war with Germany. * ; :-j
This momentous development
auounced today by Secretary Lansing
vho made public notes exchanged by
ilm and Viscount Ishll, special Japan
as ambassador, formally recording ?
he agreement recognizing that Japan
las a special Interest In China but uc;
aiowledglng tbe independence and teK J s
ltorlal Integrity of the great east era
lepablic and reaffirming .tyta doctrl-w J
if the "open door" for commerce^atiu^^
In a statement accompanying thb >-J
lote Mr. Lansing said Viscount lihll
inri Ihp tnomhom nt hi. WM| *? ? iSli
>n the way home, had performed.a ?? .
. Ice of the highest value to the United
States as well as to'Japan by cledMit* ,j
;way rnlsurderstgudtngg Which "tf^ilP"
hacked promised to develop * serious iSfiwI
Jtuatlon iu the far East. Hsi spoke.<X , m
he attitude of constraint and doubt ;"
ostered by the campaign of falsehood" ,
idroltly and secretly carried on by the
lermans and said that through the
rankness and cordiality of the Japs- ?.d
tesc commissioner, the propaganda of
ears had been undone in a few days.
The following is the official statement
rom the department:
"On Friday, November 2, 1917, the v:j;
Secretary of State and Viscount IthU :
he special Japanese ambassador, as? ,r
hanged at the Department of State the
ollowlng note dealing with, the policy
if the United State- and Japan in re;ard
to China:
" 'The Department of Stale,
" 'Washington, Nov. 2,1917. , j
'Excellency:
" 'I have the honor to communicate
lercin my understanding of the agraonent
reached by us in our recent con ersation
touching the question of mu "
ual Interests to our governments leatlng
to the republic of China. In orler
to silence mischievous reports taot
lave from time to time been circulated
t is believed by us that a public au
. - ? ''
twuiiv^uiCUb U?bG lUUIt3 UL UiO ucoirni
ind Intentions shared by our two gov- ; a
>rnments with regard to China ia advisable.
The governments of the Tinted
States and Japan recognize'that tel.-itorial
propinquity creates special re-'
ations between countries and conse
luently the government of the United
States recognizes.that Japan has sp.-. y
:ial interest in China, particularly the 'Hj.
iart to which her possessions are con- :
iguous. j $;??
" 'The territorial sovereignity irf Chi
(Continued on Page Ten.I
Laborers Wanted J
in Shipping Department. Apply
OWENS BOTTLE
MACHINE CO. :
Notice to Taxpayers^ ?|
The tax books tor all ot the '*
Districts ot the County are now ready
tor collection. 1 will give - : %
a discount of 2% per cent on ';#
all taxes paid on or before November
30tb, 1917. There is si- - *
ways a rush during the last few -ftS
days ot discount, so please call '
at mv office at your earliest con- /renience
and avoid tbis rush.* .'-fsj
Save TIME and MONEY. ?|s|
A. M. Glover, Sheriff. J ||
CITY TAXES.
A discount of 2% per cent will {
be allowed on City taxes for prompt " u
payment. Ortlce open evenings 7
J. C. ROBINSON. City Treas. ;
I it Regularly