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O, 4 received here tbie morning
%f Hfi E. S. Amos from government
offloiafe in New York announced the
eafe arjisjfcl "Over the Seas" of her
r sbij.<-CjjvrtiV E. Amos,
r CuyflB Amos was the leader of a
b contingent of National army men
which left, here March 4 for C^gip
Gregpleaf at.F,ort Ogiethorae. Ga? put
M whjch contingent was a few weeks
IgtwVtransferred to Camp Upton. M.
. V. Tl\e contingent was pieced in the
W IPiHfS]tdepartment of the army and
V April 21 for France.
( "Sjjetip tjie.fijytihocftl contingent of
army men to he ?ent
B tp^grapge landj th'e^short..space of time
m intejveqdng ' Between" (he time the
t bnnch of*l? men left here March 4
u "d tq^T 11. when r.'vi^caf'ion
has beep' received of their safe arribreaks
a record as far as this
section'of the country is cpncerned.
f ';. O^ly 67. da?s have intervened since
L this continent of men marrh'ed to the'
depot headed by a brass hand and enI"
trained for Camp Greenleaf and'today
they are sale on the o?ther sfde.
& In this contingent were tne rouow;
ing: Curtis Eflgar Amos, Paul 5.
Cumpston, David W. Holt. Antonio
'x' - Oletola. Amos Carl Swisher, Fred Wii^-,11am
Henry, WiHiam Hay Donlin.
Frank KendaH Everest. C^Jnl Oral
f.'c1' Smouse. Silvester Gity Hci^t. Kyle
i 7 Shaw Shriver. John F. Gfeliagher,
SSx**, 7 George R. Decker. Ho(y Frank Bohit,
K Frederick Adrajn Hadiii. Gilbert HerJJ"
bert Chapman, Dalton Van Fleet,
ifi Paul Amos another son of Mrs, E.
W; S. Ajnos has been somewhere in
France since February 1.
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P Dr. Clinton Writes About
Conditions With British
^ ; In the North.
!$. Sbrtraets from a letter received this
teornkig by Dr. J. C. Broomfield from
f7 bis Iwoifaer, it. J. B. Clinton, who is
Pp.-," bow medical officer of the First Cambridgeshire
Regiment, in the British
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BELGIUM, April 16,1918.
!' - Dear Folks:?I have been in Belli
giwn for the past eight days. We were
r hurried from "the battle of Picardv to
ittpe front Hne here, where the Germans
are attacking. We are now holding
the front line. The fighting is terrific,
but we are holding onr own?(Here
the censor erased a sentence). The
tiring has been terrific today and we
are expecting the Germans to attack
any moment. Surely this is some war
here! It ia a mystery how any one
lines, oday we ran for our lives; having
been ^helled out of our huts but escaped
so far. To be frank with you
It will l>e miracle if wje come out alive.
We are holding the Germans at present,
and ev.ejy man is going to until
the end. NB more retreating for us.
.To pnt it in plain language, It is eith.
er death or capture, but he will never
reach us. I oan't desortbe conditions
here. I bawen't bathed or had clean
clothes for weeks, and we sleep anymore
on .the ground.
If;- i must otoBe ror couaiuons are sucn
that l avas be shelled' out any minute,
v K big fight ip qoming off tonight. Keep
fcway from Europe. John. You can't
-do bait the good here you can at
. home. It in Y. M. C. A. work here
. feu wo^ld sell over the cotuner all
[ day. I have studied the question here,
i- frjtb Joe hi mind,;and your time woqld
fee wasted here In contract with what
k jou conld do with it in your work at
|i" Don't worry, but trust in the One
Who takes care of all things and hope
tor the best. I am enjoying the best
?~ ft health and am heppy in my work.
?=; Lovingly and in great haste,
1' ' Dutch farmers have found a way
, Jo treat heafher so it oan be used for
kttle fodder.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE88.
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Battle Bulletins !
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Associated Pres?)
PARIS. May 11?Heavy ^rtll.
lery flg'hting on the front bejpw
Amiens In tha^rsfljon of QftjA- ,
(MM and Mail]ey;?? i^eyaI (hi cSpcirt?'d
In today'* offiotal comtntintea?oa.
The French gained gnqsnd on
the soother" aide of the Flcardy
battle front near OrWHers-Forel
southeast of Montdiddier.
LONDON. May 11.?-l[renoh
troop* advanced their I the, slightly
yesterday evening east of Lopre
on the Flanders front, the War
office announces. The atSts mehjt
I foHews: W i-.tnjjfffo
"French troops advanocd their
Unas slightly y~esterdey evomng
east of Locre,and'oapttired several
prisoners. We earrle'd out successful
raids dgrlng the night
west of Merville and brought
b^ck a few prisoners and machine
guns."
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Trench Dog With Message
| Captured By An American
Outpost.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON"
THE FRENCH FRONT. May 11.?(By
Aesodated Press)?American batterjigs,
bombarded the enemy line heavily
\a?t nigh't the shells causing (ires in
toe v.ill^ges of Campigny and Mp.snii
St. Oeor?s i west of Montdidilier)
Held, by the Germans.
German patrols continue active
along the front. One a'tterapte"d to
rush Araerioan out posts but was driven'off
by bri^k rifle (ire.
An American outpost caught a German
trench dog, the pouch about his
'lijsok contained a message that the
German retaliatory fire was (ailing
.'igort and that many of thelp own
shells were landing In Campigny.
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j Urges Every Member of Order
to Give Generously
to Fund.
Simon D. Goodman this morning received
the,following telegram from
Adolph Kraus. of Chicago, the president
of the Independent Order of
B'nai B'rith:
The Red Cross drive is about to
begin. This,noble work of alleviating
suffering. shouli appeal to
eevry loyal citizen ,and especially
to every member of our order.
Iffs purpose are identical with
our prinlcples /ad iclt\'s. In helping
it's work we carry out our
teachings of serving our God, our
country and our fellow man. Let
the response be immediate and
generous.
a here will be a meeting of the local
j organization of the B'nai B'rith tomor
row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock In the
j hall of the Knights of Pythias at which
| some very important business will be
LQucii (iuii 11 is uesireu insi sji
the members attend.
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iLarger Numbers Will Be
Stimoned From Month
to Month.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. May 11.?More
than 1,300.000 men have been called
in the draft so far and are either in
France, in camps or under call to go
into service before June 1.
This total of 1,300.000 includes aH
men summoned in the May contingent.
There is every indication that
even a larger increment will be summoned
In June than was summoned
in Aay, and a progressive monthly
mobilization continued throughout
the summer and fall month as hte
cantonments are expanded.
It is expected that at such a rate
the army will r.each a full strength
of over 3,000,000 within the next 12
or 13 months.
It la possible, some officers say,
that the number will be closer 5,000,000
than 3.000.000.
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BoHvia has built a road for automobiles
taht crosses the Andes Mountains
17,000 feet above sea level.
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JOHN GUTZOi
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Settlor Tried to Organise
An Areoplene Company.
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Made Astonishing Statements
About His AHeged
"Pull*
WASHINGTON. D. C., Mar 11 ?
Eocuptents taken Vorn the n
! partment files make a prima fac.e
| case against John Gutzon Borghtnt.
I nn oitlnt Ar a# nl Atf in n A nvnlri - 1
I i lie acurp-.v/i, Vi. IU tA^iuii i?*
i intimacy with the President and the
secrets of the aviation work obtain"!
through his relations as investigator
to start a private aeroplane concern,
in which he was to be a silent partner,
and this illicit knowledge his chief
stock contribution.
Negotiations between Borglum. HitI
to Gtbsqp. connected with the British
War Mission in the I nited States, ar.it
Kenvon Mix of the Dodge Company
of Wisconsin began last December, the
documents show. A statement by
Mix, included in the documents, tells
how he withdrew after becoming suspicious
of Borglum's activities avd reported
the affair to Howard Coffin,
then head of the Aircraft Product; ,n
' Board. -y>
A summary of the negotiations
signed by Henry Harrison Suplee, who
partipipated as a consulting engineer
for Mix, declared Borglum was to be
represented in the corporation by a
Mr. Harris, and that Borglum's "sole
asset in the transaction w/is to be,
first, his personal friendship and association
wtih President Wilson,
whom he statgd be could do anything
he wanted w'ith." 4 *
"Ai a further asset," Suplee's state'
ment declares. "Borginm gave everyone
concerned in this matter to understand
that h'ia mositinn with the Air.
craft Production Board and the aerial
section of the Signal Corps, C. S. A?
was such that he Obtain for
their use plans and technical details'
which this company could use and
thus save considerably, both in- time
and in money, in beginning operations."
This statement, the documents show,
was made to Six after Boralum had
shown hja presidential authority as
I investigator, and at this point the suspicions
of Mix were aroused and he
withdrew from the negotiations.
The documents also declare Borglum
told Mix that "through his friendship
with the White 'House and acquaintance
with Mjr. Gibson, the engineer
in the employ of the British
ministry of munitions, he would have
access to the best foreign and American
desjgns and practices."
Suplee's statement further declares
that Borglum gave hlpa to understand
that the personnel of the aircraft
board was "highly distasteful to him"
and that he proposed to change it "by
virtue of his friendship wifh President
Wilson" and asked Suplee to sug
"gest men for the places.
BORGLUM DENIES IT.
NEW YORK, May 11.?Gutzon Borglum,
accused of having sought secretly
to capitalize his friendship with
President Wilson by undertaking to
promote a private aeroplane company,
issued a formal statement today denying
"any connection now or at anytime"
with any aeroplane production
concern or any plan to organize such
a company. He declared further that
.the War department had "systematically
directed the opposition" to "in
vestigation3 of aircraft production in
which a billion dollars a month has
provided us with no planes" and
charged that "every subterfuge had
been resorted to gain time."
Eight Men Reported
Killed in Action
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! WASHINGTON, May 11.?The casualty
list today contains 69 names,
I divided as follows: Killed in action,
j 8; died of wounds, 4; died of accident.
7; died of diseases, 4; died other
causes. 3. Wounded severely, 4:
wouded slightly, 34: prisoners previously
reported missing, 5.
, Eleven officers were Included
Lieut. Adrian C. Edwards. Carrollton,
111., and Walter Flato, New Vorl:.
were killed in action.
Col. George E. Leach. Minneapolis,
Minn., and Lieut. Mortimer 1.. 01. >nhardt,
New York, were wounded
slightly.
Listed as prisoners are Capt. John
P. Hardesty. Winfleld, Mo.; Lieuts.
William H. Gordon, New York city:
Thomas Benjamin Kern, Bethlehem,
Pa.; Frank K. Miller, Madeira, Pa.,
and James E. Qulgley, of Adrian. Pa.
' The name of Liuet. Alton P. Wood.
| Boston, appears among those who
I died of "ohtre causes."
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The richest woman In Japan Is said
to be Mme. Hone Susuki, sole head
of a shipping company that has made
more than $100,000,000 since the
war.
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ID COAUNBOSTRY
War Has Given New Aspects
. To Mining Conditions.
I All Operators
\ to Meet Here
Next Tuesday
j Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
i there will be a general meeting of
I all the mine operators of the Fairmont
region at the rooms of the
Central West Vireinia Coal Onera
| tors' association,
j It is understood that the question
I of organizing the Fairmont field
j will be discussed, and all operators,
' whether they are affiliated with
| the Coal Operators' association or
I not. will be welcome at the meet- j
| ing. !
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Reversal of policy is no longer an
unusual thing in the Fairmont coal dis
trict. War has changed the perspective
to such an extent that things
which would have been viewed as revo,
lutionary a few years ago are now accepted
as the natural course of events.
For instance the friction between
the coal operators of this section and
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has suddenly
given away to the heartiest of
co-operation, which was brought about
largely by a meeting held at Baltimore |
recently and by the addresB of A. W.'
Calloway. Director General of Bituminous
Distribution of the Fuel Administration,
who spoke to the Fairmont
Coal club last Wednesday.
The moment the railroads passed to
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(By Associated Press) j
LONDON', May 11.?Five trains load- j
ed with American troops arrived in j;
London this moving. They were c
marshaled at the Wellington barracks s
for their march through the streets of c
London today. {
The troops will be reviewed by Am- j
bassador Page at the American em- a
bassy and later by King George at
Buckingham palace the Americans
came through the archway of the
Horse Guards parade into Whitehall ..
to begin the march through the West ,
end 6treels and thence to the embassy i j
and Buckingham palace. '
Members of the war cabinet including
Premier Lloyd George, Chancellor r
Tlnnoo T nm * J t ~ -3 T
uuuoi xjavv, > ts^uuut euuuci cum J.
Auston Chamberlain came out on the 1
balcony at the war office and watched J
the scene with interest.
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Loal Cases In
Federal Court oG
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A number of acses of local interest b
were up in federal court at Wheeling _
yesterday. I
Alfred Westfali, who was accused J
of bringing in whiskey confessed and ||
was given ten days. He was arrested . j
in Fairmont while en route to another lj
point in West Virginia and claimed ;
mat a pnysician naa pvescriDea 11 as ;
a medicine. Herbert u. 01 ;
nongah, confessed to bringing in whis-1
key. He was given seven days and I
fined $26. Claud Wells, charged with
bringing in whiskey from Uniontown ,
and who was arrested here confessed =
and was fined $5.
Attorney L. C. Musgrave represented
a number of the accused. D. M.
Sliomo, of Belington, whom Mr. Musgrave
represented, was fined $30 for
bringing in whiskey. Herman Croasten,
of Tucker county, whom Mr. Musgrave
also represented, was held over
for the Elkins session. He is charged
with violating the military draft.
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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
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Red Cross Drive
Headquarters Says:
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T}ie collecting of monies for tie
ted Qross War Fund will; not start
.ntil May'30'for the campaign is*set
o'r May 2V27 but a few contributors
or one .reason or another hare'already
:H1PFED.IN'. th gt rbi? The first dblation
came from Father A,. Boutlou,
rho^pinned his card to a $10 bill and
eft it -v^ttb a note that it was for the
led Cfoss War Fund.
The .organization for Union district
is reoorded at the War Fund head[iiarters
in the Fletairfg budding is:
Rev. I. A. Barnes?vice chairman,
f. L. Cl^iian,captain at Benton Ferry,
tusseu,mcnois, captain at uouax. uaid
Satterfield, captain at Grassy Run. I
i'ercy Shatter, captain at Hammqnd,
L R. HurisSker, captain at Kingmonl
ind George Flemiifg, captain at W5lnit
Grove (Springer.)
The organization for Grant district
ins not been reported to the headluarters
in full. The records show:
John Riggtns. vice chairman. 1). P.
Smith, captain Eldora and Boothsville,
L C. Hoult. captain at Kilann.
The organization for'Paw Paw disrict
reported at headquarters is: J.
i'. and Dr. F. G. C. Yost, vice chaimen,
it. D. Hall, chairman at Basn'ettsville,
William Ice, chairman at Hoodsville,
Elmer Hibbs, chaiman at Robinson
Run, Lee Michael, chairman at Sugar
drove. Rev. C. N. Coffman, chairman'
it Fairview.
Lincoln. district?W. E. Mapel and
H. D. Martin, vice chairmen.
Annabelie. A. C. Besson; Bingamon,
M. G. Dobbie; Festus, Festus Parrish;
Middletqn, Rush Miller; Harter Hill,
Jcorge Tate; Worthington, Isaac Mciotyre;
Thoburn, Howard Martin;
If ess aclicwl, Ellis Cunningham;
White Rock. C. C. Shrover; Carolina,
Will McMahpn; Farmington, L. N.
Whitlatch and Howard Goieman; Davies
Run, Elmore Wilcox; Hawkins
Station. P. S. Barpckmiah; Bethel,
I'ody Pitzer; McClellan, 5. 4. Kuh'n;
Dudley, Ben' Stewa?t; Qavin Ridge. J.
\1. Dpwns: James go'rk, P. D. Co'steHqf
ida'May, G.'E. Jeffries; East Run, C.
W Arha- wiilte Rnrlr r r akr^-.r
Winfield District, Dr7 F. W. Hill,
vice chairman.
CataVba, Dale Haun and Mrs. Ruth
Summers; Forksburg, Eldora Moran;
Hoult, Golden Houl't and Mrs. Nellie
Harr; Lake school,,Arl Bunner; JJount
Harmony, Glen Carter; Murray, W. H.
Hess ?5jd Mrs. W. E. Kisner; Motan,
r. C. Finch; Montana Mines, W. J. Davis,
Carl Dawson and My. W. T. Davis;
Nebo (Buner), L. W. Summers;
Shaw, J. J. Heiskell; Winfiel'd, Sam
doore; Mt Clare, Dave Carpenter.
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mOOPSTO RUSSIA
Economic Domination Does
Not Fulfill Their Pressing
Needs.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 11.?Russia has been
mddenly faced with events that may
igain change the political outlook, the
?etrograd ocrrespondent of the Dally
express telegraphs. Germany, he says,
tas apparently found that economic
Inmininn OVAr Rnccian torrHnrv le (?.
iufficient and is seeking military ocmpation.
An extra session of the Bolsheviki
;overnment council has been held in
'etrograd to discuss the situation ereited
by the ultimatum recently delivred
by the .German ambassador.
The situation in Ukrainia has beome
so disturbed that the Germans
lave dispatched large detachments of
lavarian cavalry from Flanders to
Jkrainia. the correspondent at Amsterlam
of the Exchange Telegraph comiany
reports.
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Jotel DeBuckley is
raying Proposition!
Fines received from justices by A.
1. Martin, county clerk, totaled $1,37.19
during April. The prisoners'
card during the same time amounted
o $929.19.
NOTICE.
Fairmont Lodge No. 9 Loyal or- '
der of Moose, will have a special '!
meeting at 1:30 Sunday May 12 at !
Cunningham Hall Jefferson street !
for to initate a class of 300 candi- '1
dates. All candidates and members J
are requested to he present. j
O. M. DOOL1TTLE, Dictator. j
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British Aviators Desiro$ V'fef
Twenty-Seven Teutonic /
Machines. a '
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Tons of Bombs Were Drogi
ped on Cities Back of f
German Lines. Y\ i
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 11?Cloudless weatl j!
er on Thursday favored the British
aviators according to an official I tat* ji
ment issued today dealing with afar aft ?$}$?
tivity and 27 German machine* were 1%M
downed and 12 driven down out of cow - .
The statement follows: ' r " A
"The cloudless weather on Thurft
day enabled our aeroplanes to carry
out a full day's work. More than >4
tons of bombs were dropped on differ*
ent targets including important rail* |
road stations at Touraay, Marcolng, ?!
Chaulnes and Cambria, and billet* at
Carvin, Peronne, Chitilly and the
docks at Zeebrugge.
"Fighting in the air was more or leta
continuous and it was particularly d
fierce towards dusk." ' . ' iifflfll
"Twenty-seven German machine* L
were downed, 12 driven down out of *j
control and four hostile observation '
balloons were destroyed. Six of out ' $
machines are missing."
Soldier Boy iDes .
At Camp SelBy IjB
Mrs. W. W. Conaway today received :
word that her nephew, Louis Linger.
Of Weston. SlaS at glialKt. TV.*- BSS
tlesburg, last night, of dysentery. Ho
was a member of Company C of the '
West Virginia National Guards, and i
was a young man of sterling qualities. ;
While the camp was on the fair
grounds at Fairmont' he visited the
home of his uncle, Justice W. W. Cot* ;
CREATING NEW STANDARD.
The Y. M. C. A. today is using mors
motion picture films than was the to? v
tal output of all the studios la this .
country three years ago. '-''S'jgjlflM
Real Estate I
Large Brick Residence in East Park,
handsome in appearance, elegantly i
finished, and modern thruout,' |5500k
Edgemont let fronting 1B0 feet OS ,
Country Club Road, running back.fl^
feet along alley and 50 feet al0n| 8-room
house near Normal school^
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jiv i ruunn street, 8-room hous? %
good lot building suitable for garage, ? J
Xsar Willctts Pottery, 7-room cot ?
tage lot 40x175 feet, owner llrea oui
of town, price $2750. Easy terms.
Walnut Avenue home, six-room
house, nice lot and garage, at a bar
Owner in France, 210 Dearborn
street. East Park house 6 rooms, lot
4 room cottage near view strebt^m^^^|
above Locnst avenue $1350. Terms t*
.Main Street Opposite Court House. ^ |9
| Experienced Job Pres4^^^|
Feeders. '-v^
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t Fairmont Printing and Publishing J
Company.
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