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X -' t -""ik^\ifck.v K^. -.1 ;Hp* Mj tnr^- .? - ^ l , B ? ' BBBjS'^?^ '* , - BKIItt [ WED IK H f LEFT M ICKi mi 19THEI SHE! 1 ? ! > Retotrves Receive Word of Their Safe Arrival kTedav. ? . ? ? - - * iwma Atirn r FMUIftLVHIFISDVH I Men Were Put Into Medical Service and Hurried Abroad. -? Els . 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. is piiliai III NT MJIMKIIS 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 h brmy: 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. Ih air Battle Bulletins ! ?vIBy 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." iitirniPAU nip psiup mm on uuno en sweimice 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. P'MA! n'auu ucin u iihi u min iilhu USES m MS I . I 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. 13,10SS ! IN NOT 12 Ml ! i 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. .. ?~ " * ? BoHvia has built a road for automobiles taht crosses the Andes Mountains 17,000 feet above sea level. ?or a Cent a Word! ' -v r ' a. J FAIRMONT, WEST1 urn E mtn e JOHN GUTZOi EXPLOIT J Settlor Tried to Organise An Areoplene Company. h mm. n 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 ^ i (By Aesociated Press) ! 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." I ?, 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. 7" 1 Jk.' 1 . You Can Reach Ink ? r ? ? , - .i : - -"Y.V" ' ." ... '? 7 --'''A jh I "w'- v PUg n |' 5*^^ '^'/' irginia's Best Newspaper VIRGINIA, SATURDAY EVI tOMBII V BORGLUM miENDSHIP H <r J ^fc: fr- *? lw wwvv8 8W^^BKlff r j. ,...-. *-*T--""Bj GUTibk.Bc QUICK CHAISES I ORDER OEI DM 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. ! j 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 (Continued on Page Two) > Most Fairmont Horn ? a -w-?? ? SNING, MAY 11,1918. 7T <G GEf LOTTED TO || TTH WILSON | I .L, ( f c 5RGWJ^ , j ImFST MARGNJN Will Five Train Loads of Them Are Reviewed By Government Heads. _____ a a (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. ?-#? Loal Cases In Federal Court oG i h 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. \es With Your Ad in TODAY'S NEWS TODAY (MAN I iivinii _ llj Red Cross Drive Headquarters Says: - I 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. nfi 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. ?? 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 $929.19. NOTICE. Fairmont Lodge No. 9 Loyal or- ' der of Moose, will have a special '! meeting at 1:30 Sunday May 12 at ! Cunningham Hall Jefferson street ! for to initate a class of 300 candi- '1 dates. All candidates and members J are requested to he present. j O. M. DOOL1TTLE, Dictator. j WANTED TO RENT. i; Unfurnished bouse. Small fam ,! ily. Best reference. Address E. J. caiy of The West Virginian or call 1105, and leave honse number. j The West Virginiar idy and warmar toa^ht; 9 sly stwwors Sunday. < ? ' PRICE THREE CENTS' . CITIES cpruauvc un 1 uuimniu u mil StRVIGESUFFERS I MLOffi British Aviators Desiro$ V'fef Twenty-Seven Teutonic / Machines. a ' 12 WE m Ml 1 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^ .. ?*?? ~ * 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^ i Good wages. Apply to Mr. Millir t Fairmont Printing and Publishing J Company. ' ' i ? ' " ??. ;ww| ? . >><.1 Pork Loins pound -r - * , 1 1 'r?1 i , " ^#^1 -f&K