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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.
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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
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Jie Germans Many Shells j
tines and Many of Their
re Overcome 3
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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.
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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.
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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
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Is Second Postoffice Robbery !;
Within the County
This Week.
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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
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WF CLEAR TET
AOW ZOK SYSTEM
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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 .
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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.
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NOTRE
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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?|
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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