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^..tuicmrn lhfs mcmbew .wociateo p.at FAIEMONT.WEST VIBGPttA, MONDAY EVBtTOre, MABCH 25, BIS tooav new. tos.y PRICE THREE CEMTS
die 10 be made
iii: i schools
War Garden Clubs to be
Started in AH the
Wards.
i PREFER HOME GARDENS
S,| Special Supervisors Will be
r" - Appointed to Direct the :
| Work.
1 At a meeting of the Board of EducM
tton of Fairmont Independent school
jdlatrict held Saturday afternoon in the
offices of City Superintendent of
Schools Otis G. Wilson, plans for tlie
organization of War Garden work in
the public schools were discussed. It
is planned by the Board to spend a
considerable sum of money in educating
pupils of the schools in the art of
: tion of our entrance into the war will
be among the important matters taken
HF Several members of the defense orsanitation
have talked over the matter
V? and have expressed their desire to have
K a demonstration which will likely he
B>i the largest defaonstration that has et-er
been given in Fairmont. If the plan
B* Is endorsed the demonstration will take
' place on Saturday April 6 or Sunday
K' Plans for a big celebration on these
K. two days seem to be in common
Br.,., thronighout the state. Several cities
have already worked out definite plans
jr." tor their demonstrtaions.
|y.; " Atthe defense meeting this evening
B " plans will also be taken for additional
^Bv~ nommnnlty meetings to be held in the
Br ., near future and the further organlzaB
Qon of the community councils. The j
B - 'meeting of the County Council of DeBt;
- Sense this evening is extremely impor
M- taxtx ana every memoer is urgea to atH||fassion
Week at
B||a- First M. E. Church
KSrr?*Pa?sIon Week will be observed by
P Jhe First M. E. church with services
ptA night this week. There will be
EoT different preacher each evening'.
i??he Her. J. E. "Wells, pastor of DLagjaonA'
street M. E. church, will be the '
^^Hregpeaker tonight. Special mnsic at
Storery meeting The week's meeting
[y-fifcraally the beginning of special evsariffi*"**'1*
toeetlngs which win continne
kstfl'?hoot the middle of AprO.
garden making.
It Is planned to have the boys and
girls over ten years of age to enroll
in the war gaidcn clubs and to maintain
in their dSvn heme grounds a gar*
den where they will grow vegetables
under the direction of special supervisors
appointed to look alter the
work.
It is planned to have a demons tra
tlon gardeu of perhaps a halt' acre in
tacit.? agd. where the supervisor- wiU
; "" demonstrate the proper modes of
planting and growing vegetables to the
"IHXpils who wHI put their knowledge to
a' practical test in their own home gardens.
a
The governmeut rather encourages
the Idea of the home gardens rather
than the school gardens and for this
reason local school authorities will
encourage each pupil to maintain his
I own gai ut-u.
Teachers of the local schools who
are versed In garden making will be
placed in direct charge of these ward
gardens and these supervisors will
work under the direction of F. M.
Musgrave. supervisor of agriculture of
the high school.
' Complete plans concerning the orf
ganization of the garden clubs will be
announced later.
weWScil
meetinfi_tonight
Several matters of importance will
jome before the meeting of the Marion
county Council of Defense to be
held in . the office rooms of the Fairmont
Chamber of Commerce this evening
at S o'clock. The advisability
of having a big demonstration in this
k dtjf for the opening of the third LibMS'
T^ftn ramnaian and tlie celebra
ONS
U. S.Marine Was ||
One of First Hit j
By the Big Gun j
<3y Associate3 Press)
PARIS. March 25.?An American
corporal of marines was struck m
the chest by a splinter off one of
the first shells which fell during
Saturday's bombardment of Paris
by German:?.
He was wounded seriously but
his l.fe probably ?a: saved by the
deflection of the splinter by a cigarette
case.
* 1 ~ vannrtoil *
i'j iar as u<xo wcc vf?. ?
is the only American victim of the !
bombardment.
The Matin says one of slie shells :
firel in the direction or Paris ye-terday
struck a church in a "niburb
Several persons ?lv.i were aiiendrrr
a palm Sundav service were
tilled. ,
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UUX OF SAKO HOLOs!
IP LOCBST AVE.JOB
i
Because of the extremely cold
weather during 'he past lev- months '
1 and the inability to get a supply of
j sand it has been impossible for the
city to complete 'he work on Locust.
' avenue near the intersection of Cleve1
land avenue and Jackson -ctrect. It is :
; believed at City iiall that a suppiv of
! taint will be s.ecurcd wi-.hin the next
I week jr two and with good weather it
. will only take a short while to com
. plcte the job.
Work was abandoned on uoeust
avenue beeause of the cold weather;
laud since the weather conditions have
i been favorable, it has been impossible
' to set sand. The bricks are on the job
i and ready to be laid. 1
The big part of the work in the Loi
oust avenue section was completed in
the fall when the weather was favorI
able. About the only work remaining
unfinished is the laying of the brick
j between Cleveland avenue and the
1 Billingslea residence.
I !
j Holy Week Services
I St. Patrick's Church
1 The following services will be observ !
j e:l by St. Peter's Catholic during the
present week in observance 01 Hoiv
j Week: ' ?
| Maunday Thursday?High TO3SS ai:
I 7:.10 o'clock a. m.. followed by the wo-;
.cession of the Blessed Sacrament.;
j Evening service and sermon. 7:3d j
Good Friday?Mass of the PreSanc-j
tified. 7;:>0 o'clock a. in. Evening ser-i
^ioe at 7:30 o'clock.
Holy Saturday?Ceremonies begin at
7 o'clock a. rt>.. and the masi proper]
will take place at S o'clock.
Easter Sunday services will take
piace at the regular hours. S and i0:0o
o'clock in the morning and 7:S0 o'clock
in the evening. Special music is being
arranged by the choir.
Pa:in Sunday was fittingly observed j
yesterday. At eight o'clock children's
i communion service was held in which '
} the children furnished the music. The [
blessing of the Palms took place at;
10:30 o'clock. At this service the j
choir furnished appropriate music and j
Frank Jordan sane two solos? "Ave Ma
ria" and "Jesu Dcus Madge Most
both selections being the compos; / .ns
, of Mrs. \V. A. Smail. i
|
| Holy Week Services
tor Boys and Girls:
Special services in observance of!
Holy Week will be held this week at i
the M. P. Temple and will be conduct- i
ed by the pastor, the Rev. John C. :
Broomfield. Services will be conduct-,'
ed each afternoon at four o'clock and :
each evening at 7:30 o'clock. The.
afternoon services will be especially j
for boys and girls and will be held in :
the lecture room. The evening services
will be held in the main audi!
torium. Tonight the theme will be
j "Monday the Day of Authority" or the
[ value of being in the Will of the Lord.
f TO" pnoiic is javnea iu suvuu uivbo
services.
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNIC
LOMDON. March 25?The admiralty
announces that the American steamer
Chattahoochee 5,088 tons net 1ms bean
sunk by a German submarine off the
Bngtteh coast. Her crew of 78 was
landed safely. The master states that
the submarine fired a number of top
pedoes, four of which struck the ship.
MARRIAGE LICENSEE.
Today Deputy County Clerk FhJQlpa
issued these marriage licenses: Dare
Shephard. 32, widower, and Radle MoClain.
21. colored, both of rsrminffton:
John R- Moody. 20, and Mary C.
Jacobs. 21. both of Grant Town ?
\ds in The West VI
HOI
BIC GUI FIRED
ONLY FEW SHOTS
M MORNING
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Parisians Refuse to Take
the German Monster
Seriously.
TALK MOnToF BATTLE
i
Compare It With the Assault
the Germans Made on
Verdun.
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'Fly .Vsoeiatcd Fro--'
PARTS. March L'V ?The long range
bombnulasc-u ?! Paris tss resumed at
0: :y thi; i.: :-.?ng but teas, interrupted
alter the second shot.
After a brief interval two more
shots were fired. The bombardment
was again suspended ar teu o'clock.
As was the case yesterday the pee-.
J ' ^ -'*or Collarr.
PIC Qi<2 UUl lunu I\J * .
which v.cre filled on Saturday remained
empty this morning.
Soon after they were awakened bi
ti:c tirsr shots, the people we
brought to their windows by the rattling
of drums. Policemen searched
through each quarter of the city introducing
ihe'new system of alarm which :
is distinguished from the alarm in the
esse of air raids.
The police came in for a great
amount.of chaffing, the people being ,
greatly amused at their lack of pro-'
Ttclenc-'. w>; tv-ofreiv dmnK .. .
This appeared to mark their limit;
of interest in the bombardment. Work '
was resumed under normal condi-!
tions.
The streets were full of people
whose cole subject of conversation was I
the new* battle on the Sorame which is
generally compared with Verdun.
G-ive-s Hp Business
rn- C1?_~ -at, ?
-LU oervt; biic i^ctbiuxi j
G. T. Fcdcrcr. whose meat market .
is one of the best known retail estab- ;
lishments in Fairmont, will 150 with j
the next lot of drafted men who will ;
leave here April 2. and he is now busy j
making preparations to close out bis t
business.
The business he leaves here Is a '
very nice and prosperous one. but he j
said today that, the only regret he had .
over the call of his country is that he i
will have to part for a time at least >
with his many customers, who have '
been very kind to him and for whom ;
he entertains a feeling of gratitude j
for the part they played in making hi?
business career the success it is.
Wilson Congratulates
British Commander;
/By Associated Fress>
WASHINGTON. March 23.?President
Wilson today called Field Marshal
Haig congratulating him on the
British stand against the German of- (
fensive and predicting a final allied
victory. The President's message J
read:
"May I not express to you my warm '
admiration or tbe spienaia steadiest
ness and valor with which your troops
have withstood the German onset and
the perfect confidence all Americans
fee! that you will win a secure and final
victory.
Ralph G. Wilfong
Joins the Engineers;
Ralph G. Wilton*, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Wilfong. of 200 Locust
avenue, has enlisted In the United
States engineering corps and has successfully
passed the examinations and
it now stationed at Camp Meade, Md.
Mr. Wfltong was a former resident
of this city but has been located for
Ve eevee vAnra *> RwiHur. W.
Vs.. with the Bea-rer Coal oompany.
Recently he went to Jenkins. Ky-where
he was employed aa a mining
engineer with the Consolidation Coal
eompeny. He expects to come here
later for a visit with relative*.
Wood Before Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON*, torch 25?MMpl
General Leonard Wood, who recently
retained from battle great was egged
before the Senate Military oomxnilMe
late today to inform the committee regmeucBl
military situation
and especially as to the American Expeditionary
force. "7 ' . .
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fiERMANS CLAIM
THEY HAVEJAPAUME
Say Fighting is Now in
Middle of Old Somme
Battlefield.
Ey Associated Ppsss"!
BERLIN. March. 25.? (British Admiral^"
per W'treiegp Press.) ? The
nrtyf *taln.&nr ti _^.h-v
north of the Somme in the middle ot.
the former ijommc battlefield, says
today's official statement.
Bapaume was captured in night;
fighting.
In the evening Nesle was taken by j
storm, the ^itement adds:
British. Americans and French were i
thrown back through a pathless trood-!
ed country. Guiscard and Chauny:
were captured in the evening.
Violent fighting developed for pos-;
session of Combles and the heights
west of the town. The enemy was defeated.
the statement adds.
More than 45.000 prisoners and more
than 600 guns have been taken, the
statement says.
REUTERS REPORT.
< By Associated Pre** ?
LOXDOX. March 25.?The British
this morning were counter attacking
between Xesle and Ham. Reuters' correspondent
at British headquarters reports.
The French also were in action.
North of Bapumc he states the Germans
were attacked in considerable
force at dawn but did not get through
the British barage.
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IN THICK OF IT
Same Commands That Were
in the Cambrai Fighting:
Last Year.
(By Associated Press}
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN" FRAXCE, March 25?American engineers
have again been in the throes
of the fierce conflict in -which they have
done excellent work in transportation.
The presence of the American engineers
on the battle front has long been
known. They were praised highly for
their gallantry in the battle at Cambrai
last fall.
German cavalry in small amahexa
baa been in action bat thus far U has
been used merely to harass the British*
during their withdrawal.
Air Raid on Paris Early.
This Morning
CBy Associated Prnfl
PARIS, March Jo.?Another ah mid
alarm was sounded shortly after one
o'clock this morning. After threefourths
of sa hour firemen*" bugles
sounded and church hells annomced
that all was clear and the Parisians
-were able to return to bed.
TRU8TTES TO MEET.
A meeting of the trustees o! the
Tint Presbyterian church win beheld
Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock In
the offices of City Commissioner J.
Walter Barnes in the city bonding. :
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BRiTISH GUNNERS
They Have Been Covering
British Retreat in Splendid
Fashion.
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LONDON. March 25.?1The British
in their retreat defended every hill,
ridge and fortification with the great;
est st&hbornness. messages from Ger
man war correspondents on the west!
ern front say. according to a Central
! \"eTs disnatch from Amsterdam. The
British artillery. It is added." splendidly
sacrificed itself in covering the
retreat, the batteries only breaking
up when the German storming troops
arrived within a Vv hundred yards of
the positions. The British gunners
then fired their last ammunition and
retired.
piTS
! KILLED ill BATTLE
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fBy Associated Press)
LONDON, March 25?Prince Henry
of Pless. head of younger branch of
the Pless family has been killed In
the fighting on the western front, according
to Central news dispatch, quoting
advice* received from Berlin.
Prince Henry XXVhwu head of the
younger brand} of houWof Pless. He
was born Is 1358 and succeeded his
father Prince Henry XIV as head o!
the principality' upon die latter* death
in 1913. - ~ H#
wis *. general In tha Prosatan eav.alar.
Bseide his retpiing In his owa
right.**head of the younger branch of
'<? k.a mm*mA mm mm
Sent ?3&'jOc^ob?r I90s"of th? prindpalit?
of th^ oW^r brmabb.of th* hou?t,
BritigiL Withdrawal
Made in GoodOrdei
TBr iMdiM guif
LOtTOON. March 25. ? The Man.
cheater Guardian ?n a significant
'feature of the sitnation on the battle
front ia that'after three day* fish tint
the enemy claims only 5,000 prisoner:
more than after the second day,
which means that the British with
draws! after the xnptora of the front
west of St. Qaentoa mis.made in ex
cellent order. The newssner.regardi
thie as a good omen tor thyatnre.
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LONDON. JIarch 25.?Fr
have developed northward 2
the War office announces. T
attacks yesterday afternoon
The British drove back
Somme bodies of German tr
river between Licourt and B;
The atal*!ncGi^ follows:
"The battle continues with
front- Powei-ful attacks del
day afternoon and evening no
repulsed. Only at one point di
our trenches, where they \vf
Elsewhere the enemy attack
chine gun and artillery fire i
his troops were dmven back ^
"During the night and th
French Aidi
PARIS, March 25.-The I
the assistance of the British .
battle front, the War office ;
j Noyon and on the right ban
| with the Germans is in progr<
! The statement follows:
' "French troops began to 1:
| battle now being fought on
j lieved certain of the allied fc
j this sector cf the front.
! 'At the present time they a
I in the region of Novon and tl
on the right bank of the C
forces.
Northeast of Rheims then
action in the region of Courc
In the Champagne two Gei
Fuippes resulted in failure,
prisoners near Tahure.
There was much artillery
and the Vosges. At daybr
the French lines east of Blen
The Germans were repulsed
tacks have again developed i
to the south of Bapaume."
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Aeroplanes. ^
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WITH THB AMERICAN ABMY IK
FRANCS. March 25. ? On the Tool
front there was considerable artillery
acttrity daring the night American
sons hesTOy aheQed the Genua frost
line positions.
vrnmrmv batteries replied using many
; cms shells.
later photographs -were taken from
i aeroplanes of the damage Inflicted by
the Americans.
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STANCE T8 BRITISH
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d Commanding Officers -
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northward of Bapaume.jj ^'5%1
to the eastern bankof?h?'-:
oops which had crossed tile
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d the German infantry reach ||f|
ire immediately thrownoufc. 11
s were stopped by rifle, ma- / _ i
n front of our positions and ':-J|
is morning fresh hostile at- ^
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rrench on Saturday went
and took over a sector of iba ^
announces. In the region . ^
k of the Oise heavy fighting .
occ *
ntervene on March 28 in the
the British front. They re- .>'^g|
>rces and took up fighting on vJ||
ire engaged in heavy fighting* ~-M
>ise with important German
rman surprise attacks
eroy and east of Badonvilfer.
n this neighborhood and
Fairmont Meat JIirketTCo^TSS^^^
son and Monroe Sts.. % block from, s
Postoffice. Reason for rfnTtif "T
drafted for military service. 'ggMSU
Call 1329-J. > OH
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I NOTICE TSSi
j There will be a meeting of the 3
g Fairmont District Coal As socle j
I tion in the office of Trevey-Khttea^*
In the Jacob* boll ding. MoaficRS
evening at 8 o'clock. All tstm 1
track loaders urged to atten?7&ip&
portant. --^^gSg
Laborers ?a shipping departinett-^
Apply
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CHINE CO.
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