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I Foh 1Q18 . J 5^* " * -8 8 IS WIS " 8 %4 8 8 ^I *1 . I A Quality N?^?paper for the HoM I *^ 8^^ R*xt v/i- . _j "tyttt r ?f<j|WI Itrl'Jw?'iywyJ^W _? . - _ ii.U eg, member associated press FAIRMONT, nil ARTILLEf [ FIRST AND SEGOI I "Patrols Visit the Destroyed I HI: ^ ' lested With a Lot of In the Amer* B&. Ariuiiki nrnrnirno OS fjpMAHUtdtmtnddt vOnring Gas Shell Attack By t Fell Within Their Own L Own Men We (By Assocla.' WITH THE AMERICi March 22?-Enemy first and si of . the sector cast of Lunevil plelely by American artillery After the raid into the < the American gunners shelle night and this morning. To ance from the arciilery cross* that the first and second lines troLalso obtained additional without casualties, the Germ; vwnlocf fhfiTYl ,*? cu uvt w ;::vaww On the sector northwest < deserted last night and surr trcl in a certain woods. T] Americans shouting "Don't ; I turned over to the French, was obtained from the deseii up ' with the war and decide< ners. Included in the informa s| was the statement that duri yv against the American lines or - were employed. One half of i in the German iines and gas ? . ' mans. The next day according were killed and 30 wounded 1 P-W. MGORE GASSED 811 VISIT TO CAPITAL : ! Got Good Dose of Chlorine . While Calling at Ameri. can University. *. . _ While visiting: the American Uni- i . Versity, Washington, D. C.. on Wednesi *?" day.'Coach Herbert Moore was almost suffocated by chlorine gas. He had [been visiting that part of. the building which was operated by the Bureau oi Mines when an explosion occurred and chlorine gas flooded the building. -By patting on a gas mask he was able to get to the open -without being suffocated. The trouble occurred on the upper floor of the university building and It was necessary for the res- j cuers to let Coach Moore and others down on a rope on the outside of the building to keep them from being suf b. located. Others who were on the same J floor with Moore and who were not i so fortunate In getting a gas mask for protection were severely hurned by tbe L. escaping gas. < HE He returned to Fairmont yesterday I at noon with papers for induction in the chemical' service section of the j army. i ItsVr , i t _ i II i w antea^i-aDorers i/< Apply American Valve and Tar>k < IS - "Co, Hickman Run. below ovens j j||v' Bottle Plant. Good wares. j P { WANTED Laborers in shipping department. m - J OWENS BOTTLE MA|| K | CHINE CO. ! I|j WANTED tor steady work In biadepartment. Permanent gjf; r\ position lor right party. Apply ; f to M. E Miller, manager job ^ Fairmont Printing & i / Publishing Company. IY WIPES OUT ] imm lines 1 'ositions and Return Unmo* ( formation Valuable to can Staff. IRREN9ERT09URME1 i ? !; Jie Germans Many Shells j tines and Many of Their re Overcome 3 ? ???? < ted Press.) GST-ARMY IN FRANCElino nncitions nn a nart .WUJiU M?AV ? X J Ie have been destroyed comfire. Grerman positions last night, d the positions heavily all day a patrol without assisted No Man's Lartd and found had been wiped out. The painformation and returned: ans apparently having decid-; af Toul a number of Germans endered to an American pa- > ie Germans approached the shoot." The prisoners were Much information of value :ers who said they were "fed i they would rather be priso tion obtained from the men I ng the gas projectile attack I February 27,900 projectiles "he projectiles fired fell withovercame many of the Gerto the deserters 11 Germans j cvhile taking out the dead. ' 1MWT" MESSAGE 10 U.S. - i II Is a Plea for a Feace Based Upon Justice. <By Associated Press* ROME. March 22.?A plea for a lasting peace is made by Pope Benedict ic his Ear-tor message to the United j sS'.ater, -which he sent through the As-1 rocialed Tresa Ihe lioly i" athers ' niaooa"? rar-f ' The rir?! message of the Risen . cavior to h;s disciples after sufferingj the tor'ure of Passion week. 'was: 'Peace be unto you." Never has the 1 world for wh.ch He sacrificed Him- J self needed so poignantly that message i of peace as today. "On this solemn occasion no better wish can be made to the country so dear to our hearts than that the Divine Redeemer may grant a realiiai Ion of the desire of all. That is, a' healing of the existing hatred and the concluding of a lasting peace based on I the foundation of justice, fear of God. j and love of humanity, giving to the | world a new organization of peoples j and nations, united under the aegis or: ,roe religious in aspiring to a nobler, purer and kinder civilization. "It is thus we desire to fulfill our Master's last injunction to His apostles. 'Go ye into all the world and reach the Gospel to ?every creature.'" Warrant Issued ? This afternoon from the office of Justice Coaaway a warrant was issued for Major Brock. : charged with stealing a stop watch from Billy May. the colored restaurant owner. The accused stands committed for a preliminary bearing. >'Why Not) ?r Order p The Sunday . TIMES Delivered to Your Home Colored Comics, Interesting Features. Special Artl; cles and all the latest news, local, state, national, worldwide. 6c a copy. JUST RING 460. z People Read Your ' * F~* Lincoln's Great I Granddaughter . Will Plow Farm I Could Nut Sit and Knit While There Was Sterner Work to Do. ] Mary Lincoln Beekwith. great grandiaughter of Abraham Lincoln. has Seen representing the Woman's division of the Committee on Public Information in Cuba, has returned to this country and states her determination I to plough the fields of the family farm I La Vermont as part of her war work for this spring. "Last year there were only eight men left to cut the hay on an SOO acre * farm," said Miss Beckwith, "and con 22UOQS "win oe even worse wis ;cat. * could not sit on a verandah In Cuba and knit when there was a man's place to be filled here." Miss Beckwith has pruchased a tractor which will be attached to her automobile and she believes that the work of ploughing can thus he done i without undue effort or even discom- ? fort. She will take a short agricultural s course at Cornell as a preparation for ' her field work and hopes to organize a unit of young women who will aid farmers In that section of the country , lacking male labor. Communications should be addressed to her at Manchester. Vermont. Miss Beckwith. who is said to have inherited much of the spirit of her great ancestor, is the granddaughter of Robert T. Lincoln, of Chicago, Abraham Lincoln's eldest son, and at one time Secretary of "War. BROOM) P. 0. ROBBED LAS! 1HT - i i; Is Second Postoffice Robbery !; Within the County This Week. < Burglars entered the postoffice at BrocmSeld. W. Va., late last night and ; stole several articles from the store J owned by James.T. Graham and postal money .amounting to. $10. Entrance, was made into the postoffice by breaking a window glass on one side of the ' building. The postoffice at Broom- 1 field is operated by Graham in connec- : tion with a store. Fortunately there was biit $10 in the office last night and only a little change in the cash drawer. , "What articles might have been stolen . from the store is not known at this time. Sunday nijht burglars entered the postoffice at Montana of -which Charles ' Bartlctt is postmaster. Their efforts on Sunday night -were a litle more sue- j cessful than last night as there was j $50 in postal money in the office. 2s"o j money -was taken from the store. I As in the robbery . last night en-1 trance was made by breaking a window glass. In neither robbery were ! there any stamps taken. j Circumstances connected with the' two robberies lead thore who arc tnak-j iog icvest-.jatiur> to believe that the | rame person or persons robbed both t I l.ate this afternoon Sheriff Glover; and h:s deputies retumod from Downs. I where they made an investigation,; finding tbat?75 worth of money and be longings had been stolen. The stolen ' articles include the following: Be-' tween ?50 and ?60 in money ofnickles. dimes and small denominations; two flash lights; two ladies* Ingersoll wrist watches valued at S3 apiece, and two men's woolen shirts. The robbers effected an entrance by brcaking a hole in the pane of glass of the upper window, which was of sufficient size to permit one of them to reach his hand through the crevice and unlock the window, which was j then raised. There is no clue to the : robbers as they left nothing behind i apparently. Normal Students (ret Behind Government The student body of th? Fairmont "Normal' at: n. rnAPtfne halil Vfts terday unanimously adopted resolutions pledging the body to the rapport of the government in its fight igainst German Icultor. The resolutions pledge the rapport of the students to every patriotic move promises the conservation of food and clothing wherever possible and to lend to the government the money saved by economizing in these matters-. NOTICE j The Monongab Glass Company, beginning Monday. March 36th will return to their usual hours of operation. First turn starting at 7:35 a. m. Boys or girls 16 years or over can be given steady employment. Boys or girls 16 years or over can be gives day light employment "White or colored. Good : wages. Apply at Factory, 12th Street , , . Classified Ad in T " lua ?=== in ... . . "- J. - . . . . _. . _ WF CLEAR TET AOW ZOK SYSTEM imBHH Fairmont Coal Will Go Both East and West It Seems. EMBARGO JAST TODAY { Frank Haas Attends Pool1 Conference Held at Cleveland Yesterday The zoning system adopted By yt?e government with a view of bringing 1 tbout economics In transportation was mnounced last night in Washington, rhe information given in Associated Press dispatches is not very clear, rhe paragraph which seems to concern the Fairmont district reads: Pennsylvania, Maryland and Northern West Virginia will ship to West Virginia. Maryland, Dis- ? trict of Columbia. Delaware, Perm <sylvania, New Jersey. New York., jj New England and Lake Erie ports y for trans-shipment only, except f. that Pennsylvania mines may s ship as far west as Wellington.^ o and Loraine. Ohio. 1 There are other mentions of West 11 Virginia but if the Fairmont district t Is intended to be covered in "north- t ern West Virginia there is little s change. This ruling would permit Fairmont district coal to go east and v west, which is necessary for the pros- c perity of the region. To limit Fair- 1 mont district coal to the east would mean a situation suqh as exists today and will exist tomorrow, for there Is , an embargo on coal going east fori I these two days. If Fairmont district j I coal were to go east only the mines | would be idle today, and tomorrow [ under such an arrangement. The zoning system does not go into effect un-.j tc April 1. however- I The railroads'claim that ft Is an: otter tmiJbs??9tBty^o'ah$ aXTtSTSaTf. of the Fairmont district east and this J embargo would appear to be positive proof of the correctness of the claim. In the last three months possible ten per cent of the Fairmont district coal has gone west but there has been a very poor car supply- In the last two or three weeks possibly twentyfive per cent of the output of this. * district has gone west- When operat- j ins conditions are had in this dis-:, trict it is because coal is going east' j and cannot be handled over the moun- i tains and through congested gate-jj ways. ; c The zoning system as reported 1 seems to have had a worse effect on' r the Guyan field than any other in f West Virginia, cutting that coal from' the tidewater market. ' -j The zoning system does not interfere with present shipping conditions ' to any extent in West Virginia as far as the work of the County Fuel Ad-, ministrators are coii'-emed. J FalterFames. Federal Fuel Administrator of t West Virginia, received information i regarding the zoning plan in advance 4 but the official statement for publics-,1 tion was not issued until last night, j J The Possible Advance. j The advance in selling price for j Fairmont district coal is well as for < the output of the Pittsburg, Connells- i rille. Kanawha. Gnyan. Ohio and oth- ' er regions is being considered by the 4 Fuel Administration at wasflingron | and the chances are that an announce- ; inent of the decisions for all these j; regions will come at the same time, j. The promise i? that the request for; an advance will be acted upon before April 1. { Coal Notes. Frank Haas, of the Consolidation, was the only Fainnonter present at the Cleveland pooling conference Thursday. C- H. Jenkins,' of the j Hutchinson interests, was a delegate t but could not get there, delegating i representation to another represent*- 1 tive of that company with headqnar- ' ters in Cleveland. Governors of States, chairmen of J rite State Councils of Defense and j about 300 presidents of corporations . -? J 3JW OLfiOr iaOUObfNU ******* p j er at Washington April S for a confer ence regarding the Amerieaririiig of < aliens, -which -would considerably add to the labor available for coal ' The offioee of the Coal & Coke rail way are to be removed from ETkins to Charleston. The traffic offices are to be moved right away and the date' of the removal of the general offices la yet to be determined. William MMortimer, special freight and passes*- i ger agent, gave out this information . at Charleston.In Auditing Department?Julian Mobrae of Jacksonville, Fla_, has accepted a position la the auditing department of the Monongahela "Valley Trac Hon Company. he West Virginian ' - , "i? -11 . . W- -V 1# ; t % _ . , - *V,1 < K NOTRE m U. S. Officers I Do Not Think It's Big Push ire Inclined to Believe Germany is Afraid to Risk That Now. (By Associated PrcuV WASHINGTON. March 22.?Amerian military observers, already having xressed their doubts on whether the ierman drive, begun yesterday, really leralded the long expected German ofensive were closely scanning the oficial dispatches today for evidence to upport their view that the German nslanght, terrific as it may be. really 5 the lore runner of some other moveaent. American observers think that the nilitary situation in Franco is against he probability of a real German offenive at this time. The view prevails that Germany now rould hardly stake the issue of the war in a desperate drive against the all int impregnable allied line in the rest. mans claim nnur niinnrnnrn mt siM&ata Seavy Artillery Figrfitinff Continues Today in Flanders. (By Associated Press) BERLUC, March 22.?(British adairaJty per -wireless press.)?The , 5ritisli first line has beea captured >y German troops attacking from the outheast of Arras as far as La Fere, . he war office announces. Hea-ry artillery fighting continues a Belgium and French Flanders, re:onnoitering detachments are said to tave penetrated the opposing lines at nany paints. Ostend was bombarded rom the sea. ... iYants Hotel Men to Attend This Meeting j R. L. O'Neal. hotel and restaurant cod administrator for West Vir'ginia, i s today sending out letters to all of he influential hotel and restaurant nen in the state urging them to attend he meeting with the federal food auhorities at Washington on the morn - ? *-r.v ng of Marco at, wmcu iuu? Administrator Herbert Hoover -will adIress the meeting. Following the nee ting at Washington on Friday hose attending will catch a special rain for Xew York, where they will >e the gaests of the federal authorises at the Biltmore and Manhattan iotel3. Administrator O'Neal is makng a strong plea for a good attendmce from West Virginia. [lured Patients Leave Hospital A number of patients hav# been dlsnissed within the past 24 hours from Took hospital, among' the number being Mrs. Frank Ewing. of this city; Miss Margaret Martin, of MonongaQ. ptd C. B. Keebler. of this city. M. B. Engle is s surgical patient admitted ttom ilbrightsvCle, Prestos county. Be was aecompenied here by Dr. Soldsmith, of thst place. H. T. Ixwigh. who is a surgical patient at the hospital, is doing very well. Miss Cora Hamilton continues to improve from a rorgieel operation. Express Messenger Arrested in Pitts, PITTSB UKG-H, March ii. ? 7. W. Coyne an express messenger -who until last December operated between Pittsburgh and Morgan town, T7. Vjl. was held lor court today by a magistrate here charged with stealing a package containing $750. Coyne who Urea la ConaenatiBe. left the service of the contpesy soon after the -money disappeared last December but was arrested ob the utieat Than Ptiss Your En fK"' v\' MAN OFFEN mm HI . "** 4 r~i 7 Fighting- Last< Hour Thursday TiMit/vw^nnt . liiipui lain VJT GERMAN LOSSfSJ Teutonic Aim Seems to Have 1 Line Positions Whicl T hem Four J <By Asaocia LONDON, March 22?T ein front continued until late ports. The British are holdii fjllows: Fighting continued ur on the whole front betwei river Sensee. Our troops emy in their battle positi "During the enemy's massed infantry offered full advantage was taker ports testify to the excee enemy. No serious attac morning. bnt_hea.vjL_figh. pected.'V ,' r ? '* * LONDON* March 22?E shal von Hindenburg and G< gone to the western front to says an Exchange Telegraph Bulgarian and Austrian tern front the dispatch repo: The Bulgarian troops "wh tern front will lie used as a st says. The number of Austria hut Austrian cannon in greal trated there. The Austrian war minist is now in Berlin, is said to h von Hindenburg that Austria of eruardine the eastern froi west began? BRITISH ARMY HEAI March 22?The fighting is s force of the offensive has pas The enemy has failed b; program as is attested by c wh at he planned to do in the Last night was fairly c morning the Germans were Droiselles. There are indications th their attack today. iiiMir HO TO WASHINGTON Announcement has been made that T. H- Flerson. general manager of the Creator Fairmont Investment coma>rf (vu of Hm most active tousi xess men of this city has resided Ms position with tie local company to a?cept a position u associate architect doing work tar the XT. S. government. He will be associated with Sr. J. H. SeSfboor. a well known architect from Washington. T). C. Mir. Fieraon -will be in this dty until about the first of May, at which time Is will move Us family to Washington. D. C. and there begin lis new work. Messrs. Plerton and DeSftonr will assist in much of the architectural work in connection with the bousing which mast be provided at Waabington and other aotive munition and shlpbaOding ?enters. Announoemeat has also been made tlat JC 8. lynch. chief engineer for tie Or eater Fairmont Investment company. ?Q1 retain to his father's estate in New Haven. , npfy House in a Mi t Without Any I ' ^^ESeaisH erman Gains lal urnr uriw iirniu ?? i Were Taken From " ted Press.* : last night the war office itil a late hour last night . en the river Oise and the i continue to hold the en- I and artillery, of which'* l?| . ~u~~ J. * ?* i-i" - .. : 5kis? UUI Ail xe- :|-i 1-StiH to l/e mperor William, Field ^raisjMfi eneral von Ludendotff troops are now on ich have arrived on the wes? ;er General von Steiner, ns would take over the.woi|p*? i bombing m the region ca|| at they intended to cpntinue -WaSS^M LONDON'. March 22.?It is not. jstJ possible to give more than * warfffe-3 eral and vague Idea of tie ftchttng I Thursday on the front toets?yn^tflB3 Oise and the Sensee which ootrfjfl^^J with swaying fortunes, according to 1 the accounts of correspondence British front in the morning uasraps> Hie German attack made am British frost -vest and sonthwest^blaB CamtraJ evidently aimed at receptor- S lag an Mm TT111il< inlii11 g ITiiVr^eilSowB dispatch to the Mooting.Beet from British headquarters in. Francs adds? 8 The German army attaching e the Searpe seems to hate del.-'.-ei Its first blow principally In th r gle of the Arras-Cambrai anc amneCambral road whBe the < army south of Cwiiwil is : against our trench system* gion vest of the Scheldt ChaaMBBW doubt the enemy hopes thstgflig^HB tachiag .forces Of these two a may succeed In fanning Jc