The West Virginian. [volume], March 21, 1918, Image 1

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British and French destroye.
; , The engagement occurred of
the British casualties were si
casualties.
The announcement folio
"Vice Admiral Douer rej
U;. off Dunkirk between four ar
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bombarded Dunkirk for ter
been picked up from two ene:
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FIVE MEN SHORT
AT PRESENT TIME
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Mail and Other Business is
Heavier Than This Time
Last Year.
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If the Fairmont post office had a|
Service flag there would he Just nine;
stars on It as exactly nine attaches 1
.
! " of the local oft ice now have their;
names on the military pay roll. Ofi
the nine men who have entered the!
srevice there are fice clerks and four
carriers. Of the nine vaccancies but
fonr of them have been filled, leaving
the local office short just five men,
all clerks at the present time.
The ordinary force at the local office
is composed of sixteen clerks
and twelve carriers. There are Just
- 11 clerks and twelve carriers now in
fci" " the employee of the local office.!
Ahout four weeks ago an examination
sf. was held at the local office and there
were sixteen applicants. Just as the!
>: returns ?rom the examination are re-j
eelred additional appointments Trill:
be made to fill the present vacan-j
ft: - With the office short five clcrki,
j1 : the mall la ana welly heavy. Exclndlag
parcel post the mail at present is
Iv almost as hoa-ry ma it was daring the
fr Christmas holidays and has been this
ft way since the Christmas season.
J- Daring the month of Tebrssry the
- tosfl -was espectally heavy. Tins tar
ft;, -this month there has been no decrease
; to the smonnz of prQ handled and all
. : todtoetians point toward March being
a, busier month yet than February. '
Th? eleven clerks u the local ct
floe axe all working over thee In an
r:i effort to give the people st Fairmont
3?? tbe boat service poeslble. Some ere
ft-eoihfnr u ranch as sixteen hcro^i a
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Two Torpedo Boats
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Reports His Nation Had No!
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ro enemy destroyers and two i
rs. the admiralty announces.!
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ight. There were no French !
ws:
ions that an action occurred
id live o'clock this morning- j
ch destroyers were engaged j
rovers which had previously i
i minutes. Survivors have j
ny torpedo boats. One Britjt
reached harbor. The Brithere
were no French casual-!
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AMERICAN HELP i
Ill IEUK
Warns Them They will Have
to Resist the German
Peace.
CSy Assoeia ted Press!
MOSCOW. March 21.?Russia -will ;
eventually become a German province j
and Russians mill lose their liberty it i
they submit to the peace forced by the )
Central powejs, David R. Francis, the j
American ambassador, declared in a|
statement to the Russian people issued ,
from the American embassy at Vologda.
The ambassador pledged American
help to'any government in Russia that
would resist the German penetration.
He urged them to forget their political
differences and said he would not
leave Russia until compelled by force, j
i
James B. Toothman
Dies Near Barrackville
James B. Toothman, aged 56, a 'veil
known citizen of Marion county, died
this morning at eight o'clock at Ms
home abOTe BarrackriUs after an illness
with aorvoos exhaustion. Mr.
Toothmax, is survived try/hi* wife and
three children, Ted and Ofaoa.
The ftmarsl la .tanooneed to take
place en Vkidw afternoon at three
o'clock from tho Baptist cfattnoh at
Bacpaclnrait,' and tmerrecxit wSl he
made there by Itodertaker S. C.
HNANCe BILL. PA88E9 HOUSE.
WAStoNOTOK. March *1.?The ad
alnlstrmtfam bin %o establish a wxr
finance corporation was passed by the
Hoose today >99 to 2.
dy Reads The Want
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niKLHiuni? ssauuKi
' GERMAN M
Hand to Hand Fighting To<
in Gem an Positions Fort
Took Part in
?Bv Associ
WITH THE AMERIC
March 21?American troop:
vi'Ile participated tonight ir
penetrating enemy lines for
Hand to hand fighting e
to the American line after a
Further details are una
'1 ?**am /\n
jl HtJ raiu w ecu i icu vw
troops after a brief but inte
The Germans retaliated
high explosive shells on the i
filsliMM
HOME FROM FRANCE
Have Been Studying War
Problems There Since
Last December.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, March 21.?
Major General Leonard Wood and Map
jor General J. Franklin Bell, comxoan
dors respectively of 89th and 77th dlvlsloas
of the national army, arrived
here today from France on a French
steamship.
Qen. wood went abroad last December
to stady war problems at first
band Late la January while he. with
M or M other Fronch and American
oOloara, was watching the tiring from
a trench mortar Is a training camp a
eheB exploded killing some of the men
with htm and wounding others. It
wae only a few days ago that he left a
hospital after convalescing from the
wound.
Gen. Bell also arrived la Franoe la
Deeemher and has been visiting the
battle front and training camps.
Ads?They Are fust
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IS AILIHLE:
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>k Place?Our Men Remained
y Minutes?French Troops
the Movement.
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'AN ARMY IN FRANCE? |
s in the sector east of Lune- I
i a raid on German trenches
some distance.
insued. The raiders returned l
.bout 40 minutes,
vailable at this hour, 10 p. m. j
it in conjunction with French !
nse barrage fire,
with a heavy fire of gas and j
American batteries.
FORJUMANIANS
Central Powers Now Demand
Surrender of All
Munitions.
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MOSCOW, March 21.?Germany has
increased her demands upon Rumania
*nd now a?i? that Rumania surrender
to the Central powers all of her own
war monitions as well as those left In
Romania by allied troops.
Dr. Track's Mother
Dies in Penna.
Dr. John M. Trash has been Informed
of the death of his mother, Mrs.
Christian Tracb, which occurred at
her home In Stroodsborg, Pa., on Toesday.
of heart trouble. Sbe was eighty
years old.
Dr. John U. Tracb has been Informto
attend the funeral and will not retorn
to Fairmont until about Tuesday
of nerrt week. He has made provision
for bis practice.
Like Fresh News. Tri
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W.J. Ml WILL
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RED CBS DRIVE
A. Brooks Fleming, Jr.,
Heads Chapters Permanent
Finance Com.
TV. J. Wiegcl will be the chairman ol
the Rod Cross campaign for tie local
and national drive to be made in this
city beginning May 20. and 'will engi-j
necr all work necessary in raising thei
necessary funds. A. Brooks Fleming, j
Jr., will succeed George M. Alexander j
as chairman of the permanent finance I
committee.
The selection of Mr. VViegel as chair-;
man of the campaign followed the action
tni-i-n hv the local chapter Red I
Cross committee in authorizing A. I
Brooks Fleming:. Jr., the new financial j
chairman to appoint a manager or.
chairman of the campaign. This morning
Mr. Fleming announced that lie j
had appointed W. J. Wiegel as chair- j
man of the forces to be in charge of
the big drive. Mr. Wiegel has accepted
the appointment.
In announcing Mr. Wiegel's selection
this morning Mr. Fleming said i
that Mr. Wiegel has been actively engaged
in all other successful cam- ]
paigns in Fairmont and Marion county
during the past several years and ,
has had wide experience in campaign ,
work. His experience in past cam- ,
paighs and especially his successful
efforts in connection with the Salvation
Army drive were all taken into ,
consideration in his appointment. i
The local chapter of Red Cross has j
not been advised as to what its ap- 3
portionment will be in the big *100. ,
000,000 National Red Cross drive and ]
for this reason does not. know what
sum will he asked of Fairmont and
Marlon county.
VILLA FOLLOWERS ROB TKA1N.
KL PASO. Texas. March 21.?Villa
followers, under Etifanlo Hofcuta. dynamited
and robbed a Northwegtera
mixed passenger and freight train this .
morning at Santa Sofia, 110 miles '
southwest of Juarez killing two pas- .
sengers and bounding ten. According
to messages received here today and
confirmed by the Mexican general consulate.
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btflMAN Um
German Emperor ^
vincial Council 1
Momement of th<
BOOM IF THE GUNSPL
Impossible to Say Yet What
the German Ir
Sen
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mar a/ii one o/ the greatest m
JZmperor William in a telegram 1
according to a Central A'cm disp*
LONDON. March 21?r
dawn this morning began a
wide section of the British fr
The statement follows:
'A heavy bombardment was ope
thic morning against our whole fron
south of St. Quentin to the river Scarp
"A sncces-fnl raid was carried o
of St. Quentin. 33 prisoners and 3 ma
troops.
'Prisoners were also taken by
Messines ana in another successful rai
forest
The artillery action on
heard distinctly at Dover a
coast of England. The firing
has been heard in this distric
at 3 o'clock this morning anc
til seven a. tn.
From VfTtdeuC north to tic rr
miles and the beginning of the Germ
along this wide front may mean that
irennan oiicusive ju uro ?cdi. um u^cu
It is of course impossible to say
fire on this fu,nt means that it is along
in Us limits that the heavy German t
struck. There 1s the consideration th
area may be a feint to cover a stroke ii
Germans Strik
(By Arsocia
PARIS, March 20?A st
by the Germans against Fren
v;ar office announces that af
my was driven back.
German Artillery
Active at Rheims
(By Associated Press> i
PARIS. March 21.?There has teen
an intense and sustained bombardment
of the lectors north and southeast
of Rheims as well as on Champagne
front the War office announced
today.
Between Canrieres wood and Beionbaux
on the Verdun front the Germans
were driven back in violent hand to
band fighting.
In Lorraine the Germans suffered a
complete defeat in the region of Nomeny
sustaining heavy losses without attaining
any success.
VIENNA. March 21. ? fBritish admiralty
per wireless press.)?AustroHungarian
artillery has taken part is
the fight against the English and
FYench on the western front It is an- i
aounced in today's war office state-1
(cent. !
No More Inductions
After Tenth of April
Individual induction into military
service will be closed ay^r April 19 |
according to -information received at
the office ot the local draft board.!
Voluntary inductions are alreadyj
closed.
An individual Induction is an enlist- i
meat following orders from the chief
irginian and Watch
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ISIVE IN WEST
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rires Rheinlish Pro- 18
rhat the decisive
e War Has Come JM
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MYHEARDIN DOVER 1
; the Action Means or WheBi"-'j
? /Tt"/? /7 / lb. J.rUb,. ir. *Um 9
omenta in German history," said-',.
to the Rhcinish provincial couaak-'
-
rhe Germans shortly .befiMr??^
heavy bombardment ov?;a-p
ned by the enemy shortly before djiw?/ -ijjBjl
t from the neighborhood of Vcndeuil lj
at bv us last night in the neighborhepdfr;;
ichine guns were brought back by ssarrr.rfMa
us in patrol encounters southeast.6f;;t|i
d carried out by us south of Houtholst
the western front could
nd other towns on the east
r which was the heaviest that^
:t from such a distance begsat->
I lasted at brief intervals
rer Scarpe is a distance of nearly'.JS&SM
an artillery of a heavy bombardments^*
preparations for the much advertised ;
whether the present burst of airtfllwy'i-.^M
r the line indicated or somewhere with-.'--?';;,
low. if one indeed is coming, istobsri?>
at the bombardment in tills particulai
1 an altogether different sector. <
, ited
Press.)
rong attack was madeto^^^a^H
of the department In which the perin^'/aa
is enlisting. ";
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