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" ^ ?io?, member assocTateo press. FAIRMONT, WEST VHMilNlA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, 1918. today's news today PkIceTtHREE GENTS ~yfj i ' ..i. ? ^^iziz^iiziiszir-*^ \.\3h IS ItiS'lAtSJ-i?onCJXJ oouo. - RUSSIAN F S ' " MtfBfiT CHESTER FRANCTS UNO "They Shall Not Pass" is Still Watchword^There According to Writer of Wailingford Stories. LOYALTY IS UNIVERSAL The Story of Papa Gu'.-lomont is Typical of the People of the Whole > French Nation. ^ * Prance today! The nation that s; That is the story that George Ran Writer of tne "Get-Rich-Quick-Wal to get for The West Virgin am. f And here is the first chapter of spirit of France?the spirit unquencl that stopped the Hunninsh onslaught; h* Prussia.i ct bay until the armies i . bon's dcfcnre. I Chester went to Paris exclusively eiated journal.-, comprising the News will write about twenty articles, ivhic! paper but The West Virginian. T1 By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER , and LILLIAN CHESTER. I (Copyright. 191S. by the Newspaper ' Enterprise Association.) I PARIS. Feb. IS.?Will the spirit. of France ever die. her courage ever ; \ falter, her faith ever fail? If yoi>; conld look into her eyes, you would j know. ' j Behind the weariness and suffering ' Is a calm, steady fire which has no j I quenching, a light which is an inspir- j 1 ation to see. J Three and a half years have pass- j ed since the bestial Boche defiled the i I soil of France with h?s swinish foot. | [ and stretched his greedy claw toward ; f rtiic. "They shall not pass." said France j then, and that Is what she says today, j For three and a half years there has I been but one thought, never waver- ! ing In the mind of every true citizen j ; of this great republic: to purge j France of her stain, and to throttle ! forever the monster which has men- j aced and so nearly devoured civilisation; and if any man says that any j large proportion of the French peo- j pie are willing to accept a to uiou ( i peace, he lies! There id not one loyal son of this nation where loyalty is al- j most universal, who is not ready now \ JLo make his last stand without am- : 1 "munition. arms or provisions, if need be, and fight with his bare hands un.til he die, rather than live to see any i foot of his beautiful country made aj swilling place for the hated Hud. And ; i, : back of him. and with him, are the! . marvelous women of France, who. raj (Continued on fare Twoi | : . High Requiem Mass For Mrs. J. L. Murphy Impressive funeral services were held this morning at nine o'clock at St. eter's Catholic church over the body ' of Mrs. John L. Murphy, whose death occurred at her home in this city on Friday rooming. High requiem mass was celebrated following which the < body was conveyed to Holy Cross cemetery where it was laid to rest by Undertaker Musgrave and Son. A large j * number of relatives and friends assem- j led at the church to pay a last tribute j to a much respected woman. The j . floral offerings were profuse. The pallbearers were chosen from j -j - - e 1 awn-ng me imiueuiate ineaus wi o?; ; family and were as follows: Judge W.1 I S. Haymond. John J. Muivehill, George j E.- Amos, Patrick M. Gettings, W. M.\ | v. Fleming and D. F. Talbott. .Among relatives and friends here ' from a distance for the funeral were j - Mrs. Lucretia Crogan and Miss Mar-j garet Crogan. of Cameron; F. E. Mur-1 1/ pby of Baltimore, and Mrs. A. L. Par-! V rish and Miss Ora Dent, of Manning- j I Slain Man's Widow 1 Granted a Pension \ Among the tiiree -women who se-j cured mothers' pensions before the. county court on Saturday afternoon . was Mrs. Marie Dalsendro. of Monon-j gah. whose husband was murdered by j H her brother. Clarcace Condastable at j - Monogafa. on Sunday Deccmben 2. The j H \ : amount granted -was $15 a month. Mrs. i Hi ' Dalsendro has several children. The | F.. pension was granted in the name of airs. Marie Allessander under which { gi family name the authorities had orlg- j inally drawn all of the papers. I _ Fairmont's SITUATIO WRITES OF :1 IEHSHABU SPIRIT I 'iOc- ' ' ' ' j ^ jved the v.*cr!d! . J; dolph Cluster, famous novelist ?r.d llingforcl" stone.-, v.er.t to t-jrope j, t?r*< ?forv?the slorv of the ( la'ol;. unbreakable. unconquerable, jt the very gales of Pari., and heid of the allies had rallied to civilizafor The West Virginian and assop.npcr Enterprise Association. He h can he read in no other Fairmont lis is the first: tmmlIIF fEi. 22 MEETINGS * - J ???? J Some of the Towns Have Al- j ready Completed Their Arrangements. j Wash in stem's Birthday trill be gen- f erally celebrated in Marion county in j addition to the patriotic programs to j be rendered at bait a dozen different schools in Fairmont. The suggestion tor a county wide observance of the day came out at such a late date that it is boiug to require some hustling on the part of leading citizens of each community Dut it nas oeen louua uiu affairs of this nature are often more | successful when arranged on short no, tice than when planned far in advance. The celebration of Washington's I birthday in Fairmont was announced I at some of the Fairmont churches | yesterday and is widely heralded in 1 the press. Bamestown had already I arranged for a celebration of Washlng! ton's birthday on Thursday evening at the church. The exercises of a patriotic nature anonunced for other j school houses in the city will be held i on Friday evening at 7:39 as far as is known at this time. The Morion Countq Council of De: fense deems Washington's birthday a propitious time for the birth of a ; movement in which the furtherance of information concerning the status of the war and the duty imposed upon all patriotic citizens is the purpose. It has therefore urged that programs be rendered at community centers which consist of the singing of pa| triotic songs, recitations and address- j es and that the community take occa- i sion at that time to select its repre- [ sentatives on the Marion county Counj cil of I>efense or endorse temporary committeemen already named to give attention to other patriotic matters which should have community action. This weke (Feb. 17-23) having been - - - - TTTaoV hv designated as ouu.? ? M. P. Shawkey. state superintendent of free schools, according to newspaper articles, makes the holding of such metings the more opportune. As far as is known nothing official has reached Marion county in regard to State Song Week but it is told in newspaper items that the idea is to encourage the staging of patriotic songs this week and to especially urge that every gathering held next Friday have at least two verses of "My Country 'Tis of Tbee" as a feature. The effort to arrange for celebration J at various points throughout the coun-, ty depends large!" upon the energy of ' ; those who take chargp of the work in ' tContinued on Page ?ogt.j J. T. SIMMONS DIES. J. T. Simmons, a well known farmer, [ died this morning at his home near Col-1 fax. Mr. Simmons efore he came into: this county. 15 or more years ago, lived [ in Taylor county ami was a railroad ; man. He is survived by one son. WJ1 liam. He was 45 years odl. Funeral j services will be held tomorrow after-' noon at 2 o'clock and the interment will be ma*. ? ir. Shriver cemetery. Car-, penter and Ford are the undertakers, in charge. KMC1A Does Much N STRAIf (.M.C. A. INTERESTS! FIRST CAI? OF BIS MEN Of FAIRMONT; Many of Them Will Give i' Next Three Days to , Membership Drive. nrnmn TAiiflnnniufi it mm lUMUJiifuwii Annual Meeting of the Assoiation to be Held Tonight. i Tomorrow, morning at 5 u'i lock the big V. M. C. A. membership campaign, the annual drive that makes Fair-. mont's popular community center" j possible, will be on in full' force, with i every member of the faithful Red and Blue teams aiming at the big goal.' "Over the top tor Memberships." The ; busiest men of the city, who can ai ways be depended upon to support 1". M. C. A. activities, will practically lay j down their work for three days: Tues day. Wednesday and Thursday, to ao, their part in the campaign. The big meeting of the campaign will i be held at the T. M. C. A. this evening i at which time the two teams will or-; ganize their work. It is especially important that every member of the two teams be on duty to get the first in-' strnctions and prepare for start on ; Tuesday morning. While no member-1 sbips may be turned in until 9 o'clock j tomorrow morning, workers are at lib-! erty to get out as early as they wish , and see their men before anyone else gets around. The two teams will meet in.the^andttorium of the Y. M- C. A. at 6:30 o'clock for dinner. The dinner will be in charge of members from the Young Women's department, who are actively engaged in the campaign this year; both in preparing dinners for the workers and in actnal membership solicitation. The Toung Women's department will not only be represented in the kitchen but will be represented by two active teams, the members of which will sit at the tables and plan their part in the campaign. In view of their fine equipment and the complete or- ganizaclon of a department for the women. much will be expected from the members of the Young women a department In the present campaign. Those who have been taking advantage of tbeir membership privileges fully realize what the Young Women's department means, and will make an extensive campaign to get many more Fairmont girls into the organization. Mrs. C. E. Hutchinson is in charge ot j the Red team for the girl while Mrs. A. G. Martin is in charge of activities 1 for the Blues. ( The purpose of the meeting tonight > will.be primarily to get the two teams i for ?rtf#vn The little red i and blue booklets, the membership ap- j plication blanks and other printed mat- J ter will be distributed at the meeting' tonight. The entire membership of the association has been divided among the two teams, and no man will be permitted to get a membership from a prospect on another team on either Tuesday or Wednesday of the campaign. Thursday is free for all and any prospect, regardless of his team color may be landed. Following the 8:30 o'clock dinner tonight the annual meeting of the Fairmont Young Men's Christian Association will be held, at which time a board of directors will he elected, and other business will he taken up that properly comes before the meeting. Postal cards announcing the gathering have been sent out to all senior members of the association. As a means of conserving electrical power as well as cutting down the expense of the campaign, the big electric sign on the top of the Y. M. C. A. building will not be flashed as in previous years to show the team that is ahead.'. Announcement of the teams leading and their standing will be made | through the pfess and on Red and Bine ' ~ -* - ?- V IT f A I ouiietia oonras ui uio i. .u. v. ?.j lobby. J. W. Kight. who is in charge of the I campaign, is -well pleased with the ex- [ cellent spirit which leaders in the work J have already shown. It is likoly that J the present campaign will be the last j which Mr. Kight wQl direct in this city ; and be Is aiming to make it the most successful, which will surely be no easy job comparing the Red and Blue campaigns for the past two years. The addition of the Young Women's department with its complete organisation is expected to be a big factor i in the campaign this year. The Fairmont Y. M. C. A. is no longer for the benefit oC any one. class of people but is open to all classes of botb sexes. Ex-Secretary Kight explains it as a -community center"* for the benefit of alL Each Year io Keep IS RELAT m. msi job cms res RAILROADS The Old System Will Not Do Under Present Abnormal Conditions. me mm cost Work in This Distinct Will Have to be Hurried. Car Supply In Fairmont Region | Is Good Today The car supply in the Fairmont district is "good" again today and there is great rejoicing among coal operators and coal miners. "It is possible that the concerted action of various forces in northern WestVirginia is bringing results," said F. J. Patton. acting district representative of the National Fuel Ad? trho states that the UllUIQli?i>iVM> car sopoiy is the best of any Monday for^weeks and Monday is generally the best day for cars. There is a "full" car supply at most mines today -which is hoped to indicate that the "earless" days bare passed with the "heatless Mondays." The National Coal Association hat passeg "resolutions -which recommend to the National Fuel Administration the doing away with "assigned cars" for loading railroad fuel and it the sag gestion is adopted it will mean a great deal to the Fairmont district. The res olution adopted by the directors of th? National Coal Association in Washing ton last week, which has not yet beet printed fn the daily press, is as follows: "Wh?rMs. the war in which ouj country is now involved has thrown an enormous strain upon the transpor ration facilities of our railroads, there by disturbing the regularly established and developed system of distribu tion of coal from all sections to the ex tent that it has been difficult even foi the railroads to secure a satisfactory supply of fuel: and. on account of inability of the railroads to increase the transportation facilities, motive power and equipment, in time to meet the necessary increased coal require ments, the system of distriubtion ol cars for railroad fuel, which has beer in effect f#r many years, has been in tensified to such an extent that it has almost completely demoralized coai operating organizations and further ag gravated unusual and severe labor con ditlons. The directors of the National Coa Association view this situation witi apprehension, feeling that unless-it is *h? condition now existin; will become aggravated to such an ex tent that a very serious interruptlor to the supply ot coal will result; and therefore recommend that the presen' method of the special assignment o' cars to any mine for loading railroad fuel bo discontinued and that the Pae Administration, through its Districi Representatives, provide from thf available car supply, in the various die tricts, a satisfactory supply of coa for railroad purposes." Accounting Committee's Plan. The accounting committee nsmec by the Central West Virginia Coal Oper ators' Association at the meeting held here February 6. met last Saturday having taken the intervening time it obtaining definite information and i: getting instructions from Washingto: as to the mode of procedure. This com Twsftaao PAWSktS OtZ A. Brooks Fleming. Jr.. chairman, o Fairmont. A. Lisle White, of Adamston. A. C. Beeson. of Worthington. R. B. Isner. of Hlklns. J. M. Wolfe, of Fairmont. This committee was named by th< operators' association to ascertain th< method of procedure and advise th< best way to secure an advance in thi selling price of coal from the Fairmon district. The finding of the commit tee is that each operator in the distric is required to make a statement show ing the cost of production in 1916 specifying cost of labor (which in eludes mining), supplies and overhead In addition there must he monthl; statements of the same kind for 191 and January of 191S. The time is so short that this worl must ba speeded up as mucb as poes: ble. There is danger of the goverx merst closing r/ this department o the coal work without granting the it crease to the Fairmont district, unles (Continued on Page Four.) the City Favotably ions or Fairmont Twin Sol Are Making Go 1 ^ -' . i V V" .' tV-' *-r \ . - ://' \ ; There is at least one set of twin; j have gone to the vrar from Fairmont?i printed herevn'th. Lloyd W. Bolton an( i of Mrs. S. E. Bolton, of 1009 Bryant stn j devoted to each other and to their nto i from Camp isneioy waere incy i-u*=. Engineers. They did not both enter fore the First regiment !eft the camp the letters they -write to their mother anxious to make a record she and Fa : MEN III TRENCHES i _______ i 1 Wore a Tin Hat and Carried i a Gas Mask on the j tj Trip. ? -I ?r i By Associated Press > j WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX FRANCE, Feb. IS.?Gen. Pershing i has completed a two days" inspection r oi the American sector northwest of I Toul in a "tin hat" with a gas mask s i swung over his chest. The American commander In chief ' walked through all the first line - trenches, splashing through the mud j and slipping on the ice. He dropped i . into the dug outs and visited batter-1 ies busy hurling iron rations at the s; enemy. 1; The Genera! also appeared in regi mental headquarters in a dug out in " a town which had been riddled by sbeels. 1 The colonel was not there at the L time, and the commander in chief ?: called for all trench and other orders I i ar.d all papers. He sat down and read -1 <*Vi orfrv rifjp of them. I j la the dug outs General Pershing } j suggested some few changes here and '; there, and in the trenches he also ' I directed that some small changes be j! made. > j Mrs. R.E. Kidd Dies lj at Clarksburg Home '' Mrs. R. E. Kidd, aged about 35 -i years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1; F. F. Prickett. of RivesYil3e? died at > j her home at 308 Summit Court, II Clarksburg, yesterday morning at j 20:30 o'clock. Mrs. Kidd was well 1' known in Fairmont and has many !o cal friends who will be grieved to i learn of her death. ' j She Is survived by a husband. Justice R- E. Kidd, of Clarksburg, two ! children. Robert Earl, aged 7 years. ' and Ruth Louise, aged 7 months, and a brother. Ear! Prickett. of Elkins. Funeral services will be held from - the residence at Summit Court toi morrow after noon at 2:30. with Rev. 5 ; Canter in charge. Burial will be made siin the Masonic cemetery. tj :j Ship Carpenters Go Back to Work :.j *5*1 < By Associated Press) *i KETV YORK. Feb. IS.?The strike by carpenters in the Atlantic seaboard ? ship yards engaged on government I- contracts is over. John Rice, national organized of the Brotherhood of Cari penters and Joiners, said today, i- Several thousand men who are still s ont are expected to be at work tomorrow morning. Before the State and CENTRAL diers Who od at Camp Shelby "X > \ F \ 3 amon^ me ujii.. v ?mv j the Bolton tv/ias, v. hose pictures, are 3 Corporal Albeit F. Bolton are sons eet. They are 23 years old and are . titer to whom they write frequently j mberg of headquarters company. 113th j the service at the same time but be- i here they were both in it. Judging by they both like the service ar? are irmont can be proud of. snsfin j AFTER KAISER BILL! | Will Expose German Con-! I quest, Kultur and Ger- j man War Practices. I - I Warning the people that a German j | victory means "Denser to Democracy" ! j will be tie soie purpose of a campaign . which will be waged by the r'pur M;aate Men during this and the nest ww-Tc. \ Attorney Frank C Haymond. the chair- j man of the Four Minute Men nas ar- ' i ranged a program tor the speakers and | ; a strenuous effort against tiio kuscr i will be waged. | At neon today a lunch was served ! at The Fairmont, the Four Minute j | Men being the guests of Chairman | j Haymond who has been so active in ; i putting forth Uncle Sam's cause before J j the people Mr. Haymond in address- j j ingl. the Four Minute Men said that ] i a great deal of importance was attach' ed to this campaign. In fact it has ! been regarded even more so than the I others and for that purpose it will exj tend over two weeks Instead of one. ; The two subjects that will be put be; tore the people will be "Gcnnan "War | i Practices" and "Conquest and Kul-1 I tur" (aims of the Germans in their! own words.) Mr. Haymond in his remarks said i that in the first campaign which was ! i in -lie interest of the sale of war1 ! stamps, there were twenty six speech ' es made by twenty one speakers. Be! twean 6iv and seven thousand people ! heard the little orations. In the sec : ond campaign, which -was waged to ' stimulate enlistment in Uncle Sam's ! ship yards it ere wore fifteen addressi es made. All of the speakers were I faithful, only one man being absent | and that because he was called out | of town. In this campaign the averi age attendance at the theatres was j 250. Last week the slogan was "'Give i me your binoculars" or "The Eyes of ' the Navy."* The Four Minute Men at the lunch eon praised the theatre managers- for their kindness. It was suggested that j the best results were obtained by , showing several advertisements nntil I the audience was changed and then j the name of the speaker be flashed : on the screen; j After much enthusiasm was shown ' in the coming campaign the Four Mini ate Men decided to speak in the thea; tres three night this week and three nights next week. It was also decid? ed to hod a luncheon next Monday i afternoon at 12:15 o'clock at The Fair i mont. i Those present at today's meeting: : were: Hon. Frank C. Haymond. Attorneys R. A. Watts. A. L. Lehman. A. J. : Kern. E. C. Frame. Ira L. Smith, H. j S. LiTely and John Guy Prichard. J Hon. Anthony Bowen. W. J. Wiegel, ! Hon. O. S. McKinney, Glenn F. Barns, j Hon. E. M. Showalter. and H. H. Rose, j secretary of the fuel administration 1 of West- Virginia. Nation?Get Behind ' J. ' . AUSTRIA DOES KOI WAHT WAR TO SE8ESUME0 Interests of That Country Do Sot Demand nf HAcfilifiAC . -^3 juiu|#wvii v*. -i - iri?y? I?T?> ? ? RUSSiAN F^CTtblS FfSHI 1 Bolsheviki Control Kleve Af f|Jl ter Bloody Battle ia Streets. < By Associated Press.) LONDON. Feb. IS.?A deep and serious schism has been-created be- igg|H t^eon Germany and Austria -Hungary "fSSsS by the termination of the armistice . between 'h? Central powers and Ru?- iKc sia and the renewal of a state of war, . MS r.ccordine to the Copenhagen corre- 'yjj The Austrian press, continues the correspondent, is warsin? Germany. against the reoberiing of hostilities'in '-?<31 which Austria does not wish to par- ' ^ The ?f-ruI-ofTfficia1 Fremdenblatt Hi : silent. but the Xeue Freie Press* to. Quoted as poin ;ing out that the An*man monarchy no longer border* Vj|H upon Tlussia and is not. -like Ger- ^5g| many, ?oinpclled to resume warfare. fB~ Associated Press.) '* vTmB PETROGU.VD. Sat.. Feb. 9.?Kler, cae or the principal . cities of th<* . Ukraine. was captured by the Bolshe- . Tiki oc Friday after sanguinary tight- *?# : inc. The streets were tilled, with deao' or wounded. While the flghtiar . a* j was at its height on Thursday th* . -'3llBI city was bombarded by Bolsh**fiC Polish troops have defeated JkS? ' sberiki uoops at Dobvuisk, SS agGe? southeast of Miosfc. Other Poles ar* advancin srtoirarrt Smolensk. Ru- . manians control the Akkerman dis- " trict of Eessarabia and are threaten- ,/|g The casualties at Kier are estimat- " tr<gpM [<d ?t t/iO'i kiled and 7.000 wounded. Chancery Matters : ^|l Are Up in Court fm Eftfore Judge Vincent in .Interjnedi ate court oa Saturday afternoon vorce action of F. L- S. Ferling. of . Mannington. ts. Sadie Ferling -was preseated. The evidence of F. L. FerllBg. S" Frank PhilHps and Stidger Fletcier . - ;$j! was taken in open court. Attorney I>. ' 3 C. Musgrare represents tie plaintiff.' - vat The chancery cause of Margaret '-?T! Wiles ts. Ona C. Wile's for non-support >. was before the court. Wiles -was -de- "-?# lained on Saturday on a warrant issued !' ? on Thursday last. Tie defendant iad ..t?P been employed in Morgantown sndwsx represented by an attorney from .tbac . place. The accused has a wife and a ." '' two year old child. The cause will -'i?. v. heard oy Judge Vincent on Wednesday % afternoon at - o'clock. Tie plaintiff rTsj was represented by Assistant Prose- ' iSSg cutir.g Attorney Charles E; Miller. Tie -SgSj accnred was placed in tie custody.of - j the sheriff. ! Cottrill Left Jail : ;; j After Settlement jgM C. L. Cottrill. Jr.. or Mannington.ov-.. " ] er whom extradition proceedings had | been pending, was released from-the- V' i Marion county jail on Sunday after-. | noon by Sheriff Glover. The debt and I the costs amounted to $544?0. wiIda . ' does not include the clerk's costs and ; vSS CottriU's attorney's fees. 11- J. 34c" : tT \ Craner. the agent ot the State of TCaj> sas. who was sent here to take jOi^?g|gj trill back to that St&te lett for ISdorado. Kansas, from Charleston, direct v Cottrill was alleged to hare two worthless checks, while in Eldorado on a visit last summer. The ?w young man claimed that heanintenidionally overdrew bis bank account..-. . jyiMjgl Explosive | Under the new government- rdtytf^ is necessary to tarnish a cerUfiefeopy . ^ ! of the high explosive licenses lal.tfis^;-^ I making of certala contracts. - r-^v~-:isal A. G. Martin, county clerk,todsfci^.^iSa J ceived this insthiction in regard tovthe certified copy: "The appHcaat.^ntg appear in person and produce the oris- $ inal license. He must pay a'feerof? twenty-five cents tor each twtfnMijgffiB copy issued." This information from the bnreas of high explosives at Washington. D. a * " t~1 j 91