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. S ATU RD A Y^E VENING, JULY 20, 1M8. tomy*NtwtTooAY^
. DRIVINf
DOUBT ~ f
II
nniimrn,
bntllotn
Not Sure That The .
San Diego Was lij
Torpedoed i;
un THIilS SHE WAS;
IJ
I _ in
Bat Lot of Circumstances
Discourage That I
Theory. I
(Br Associated Pun)
KIW TORK, Joy SO.?All the xur I
rmn of the cruiser San Diego, said
to Bomber orer eleven hundred, have
arrived la New York. They werr
brought la dating the night on resru ,1
tag ships from the aeene or the de
straetioa of the cralser, which wax i
oak yesterday o(( Pirc Island Just!
east of New York.
eeofdlng to the commander of one
ad the rescaing ahlps which brought
la aome 500 of the crew, the survivors _
won of tho opinion that the Sea Diego ,
I wis torpedoed.
myumw wi (uv wriTuri wens rcpori | ?
ad to kin beaa debarked at Hoboken
and toonsforrod to fay* which .V*?k h
thorn to the aavy yard la Brooklyn. ,
f"" Information at the navy ,
yara and the Hobokea dock* waa re ,
that hod bo dTlllans were allowed .
aeeeaa to the annrlyora. Whether (1
there waa ton ot lite was yet un ,,
hoowm this forenoon and many Indairies
received at newspaper offices .
from relatives and friends of those
fofooeed to be on board the crnlser
co'nld not be answered.
WASHINGTON, July 20?Captain
. 1. Cbristy. commander of the ar ored
cr.l <T San Diego, sunk yester
day Oft L? Island, reported to the
Nwy depart ->jt today his belief that
toohip 11 ') doed In spite of the | (
ahooace of a iiy positive evidence of
fho presence of an enemy submarine.
The department still Is without Information
as to whether there was
low ot life though It Is known that
nearly all of the officers and men of
the crew 'tare been landed by rescue
Thar* was no disorder on the cruiser
the captain said, every man taking his
lad!on w If in ordinary drill.
The dispatch follows:
tfo captain of tl- San Diego re- r
- sa..i a ?- a ? ? * II
peosa w na nn i . 10 me dpih-i .
M the ship wo uk by torpedo. n
There ere bo com ; ve factors, however,
oe which to ! a definite opin '
In at preeent. In view of the followIn
elKBBUtanco First, no torppdo *
*Ae WM seen; second, no convlnc '
tag ertdeace that periscope was seen; .
in to submanuc appeared in spite
el (he tact that three unarmed re rue
Bttpe were in the vicinity for about
twe hears; four, ship was struck ?u.
the pert side abaft team which dis ^
seerajaa mine theory; fire, weather
wn flna, tea smooth.
Tha San Diego was bound from the
Portsmouth (N. H.) nary yard for New
York when she was sunk. Captain II
H. Criaty was la command, and u:: s
hoard wore fil nficers. 1.030 ealist< I 3
or. and 03 marines. The vessel had ''
hecu undergoing repairs at the nav: '
yari I
The See Diego waa an armored D
cruiser of ll.dtlO U)na displacement *
lit carried a complement of 1,114 1
effleare and men." *
This was the first major American "
war Ship te oe sunk by Germany's B
D-hoats and ths first war craft to '.??
eaet fiewa la Ameiiran waters.
he wee 103 feet loag and ban a
agted at II knots Her main arms- >'
aha aewalaSwd of tmi, a.inpii vnn> ? > e
H Wnk and M elxlneh (an* b
JOTW YORK. July It?An a* la tor, 11
Ma ataf the Long lalatpd ahora at ?
Ma tth? the Ban Diego waa aunk "
aMM Ma treaaal auddenly Hat and
waa feMkwautal la baring an 8 .O.
flk Mfe taat oat from the wireleaa eta
ttta ta Vtra Wand, according to r,
oMjMNWi W alTlllana on tho ehore 0
Mlv * MM tareeUgatlon. the aria U|
tar aWaa aame oonld not be learned. ?
iaaJad at Mot of Wooda, near Kirc CJ
MWl baaoh. Rotting Into telephonic
oaparaataotlee with the wireleaa ata
, MB. ho ordered the operator to call
aM toaoaio la tho rlclnlry to the aid of
I *ho lea 6h< "
tfaoa aflor tho 9. O. 8 call had beer 8
mat oat. aevaa or mage ve?*ele race.'
tc Mm eoeae nod. cGrellag around tht | tj
(ton Waned on page eight.) i
I | Trv a
* \
5GERI
IE GERMANS
EO ORA# RARO ON
EH RESERVES
'rench Writer Says They
IpHfat flat 1M?0( i
Motion.
< Hy AMOrblxl I'
PARIS. July 2" The hi. l: . i hav.
?en forced to bring up lOO.Mh) rr
erre? to the army of the Cermai
'rown Prince as a result of yeatet
ay's fighting, and the French am
imerirans after fluctuations havi
cen enabled to strongly fortify tb<
rwly gained positions souther.st u
loissons, says Marcel Hutin in I hi
Jcho de Paris.
M. Mutin adds that the enemy reer
re toward the Paris region has bee;
rurtrated and that the efforts of th
rown Ptince against Kppernay, Mor.
firail and Rheims have gone fo
aught.
STATE SEAIEE CETJ
IEFECTIVE MEASURE!
'reak Ice Scale Attracts At
tent ion of State Official.
Violators of the laws govcrnln
mights and measures were diseorerei
oday when State Sealer of Weight
md Measures Stewart, of Morgai
own. rlslted a number of stores in Mr
longah. Tba official seized elgh
?: turnings mAsimc?. o-m "griRhatei
ia!f bushel, one defective scale an
hree scales set at one ounce aho\
ero, which allowed but fl(i"*n ounce
Dr the flrst pound. The scales an
!ifectlve measures were confiscate
>y Mr. Stewart
A number o( merchants about Fail
mint and Monnuguli end oilier point
iave been selling apples umi putntoe
iv measure, which i'. a vli latum i
lie law. These commodities must l>
dd by the pound Farmers who n
use to sell potatoes and aop'.ea h
?eight will be prosecuted al.-o.
lumber of merchants contended tbr
aimers will not dispose of them tha
ray. The state sealer asks merchant
o inform him as to any farmer wh
rill not sell ihe.se commodities tha
ray. The first one caught will be ai
vsted. Mr. Stewart declares.
There are a number of merchant
rho are selling hams tilat are wra;
ea up in pap"r. This Is literal. Th
tate laws call for sales by net weigh
nd not gross weight.
While In Fairmont today the stat
raler "shadowed" three ice wagon;
le tested the scales and found tha
p two of them the scales were run
iing heavy. A third one was found t
c incorrect. When the Ice was hun:
n It the weight wis twentyfou
minds, but yet it was between ftv
ind six pounds short of twenty "v
lounds. the weight represented In .
ale. Although the scales at hi
eighed th? hlork of Ire at twenti
MV pounds, after It was let atan
while It registered twenty-elgh
nunds.
No prosecutions were made In an
th? ra?p? ah vrt Stat* Saalp
itewart left today for his home h
lorgantown.
??
WAR STAMP DRIVE CLOSES.
Business incident to the war saviny;
tamp drive was wound up yeeterdaj
iternoon by Colonel A. Howard Klem
us. who so nbly assisted Count:
hairman Glenn P. Barns in tbo work
he Fleming building store room ha1
ten vacated now by the war saving!
tamp force Miss Kdna O Amos, o
tarrackville, who did very efficlau
rork during the campaign, has ac
apted a posi-ion with the Nafloaa
ank of Fairmont.
? . ?
CITY'S FIRST CURB MARKET.
Fairmont bas its lira test out at i
urb market w'.ion tbo Helpful Blbi
lass of the Baptist church had I
ooth and *o!d fresh vegetables thli
lorning. It was so successful the
10 class will bold another mark#
ext Saturday. J>r K. 0. Henry H
le teacher at tbe clam.
PINED FOR ASSAULT.
ion ay jusiicf ycinaway non span
?r Blair, of Carolira, $& and coat
n a charge of assault and batten
pou Virgil Piles, The warrant m
rved by A K BoJyard, apeHel ofn
w.
s e
GRANTED LETTERS.
Today the county clerk granted lei
re of administration to Edward
ark In Ike eeuie of Anna He?'ei
ranks. deceased, late of Fayette < oun
. Pa. The bond le 125 and C D. Con
iway la the snrety.
Want Ad in The
~ " - te?
WANS /
TOPOGRA
\ " ',i -\?i'?^cS!
I ~- /^^X.-'-' *T7I!*T
CQMPIE fi.V^Tr^i ^aijj
"1y/g 'Tct-r^*0 *o*" 1
I /fZ^- L*XC*FltG*L( ?*?S
> c,^~r
\ C -r^ *u2sr
_ X ' 'A*S o*I HK
..<*_ / > Bct<.
; ? r.*? / ?JVi*"
y/'fcsaSr^
uarcnarttrr/
^~4Sjy
i
p Thp ar< 'iv:>..ijln3 map show*
p French have I: i : . >r; m. it; thro(
line as it originally stood. This timl
res and made preparations for the oi
1 army.
ilFtCTEG SP1CS
I
Vinson Street Section
Has Typhoid Fever
Outbreak.
lifeiit rases of tjplioid have beer,
imported to City Health t'hyaician H.
1.. I'rtss during the week just ending,
making a total of about fifty-five cases
, which have been reporled in the pres
I ent epidemic.
Four of the eight rases reported
* during the past week were in the Rob-1
' , inson street section, where a total o.
" twelve cases have developed, lmme
1 diately after the health authorities
' I warned perrons to boll city watar be- .
r i fors using, resident' of that sactton .
' resorted to sprtags and wells la that
n' section which were badly cootamtaat
cd and which are certain to be the
^ cause of the twelve typhoid cases
there Robinson street has more ty
phnid limn any other section of the
. 1 "iu- |l
I *
s The eight cases reported during the
s past week are:
,! Miss Margaret Knight, Locust ave
c "Ui\ aged 15 years.
Miss Virginia Dare Lilly, aged 6
v \iurs. R13 Ogden avenue.
X i Minnie Caruso, aged G years. 300 Mrit
Kinney street.
it Rosle Morccne, aged 7 years. 201
s Billlngslea avenue,
e I Frank Hall, aged 13 years, Wilson
lt street.
r | Julius Marrene. aged 9 years, 201 j
I Billingslea avenue.
s j Tony Marrene. aged 11 years, 201
' | Billingslea avenue.
'' j Joseph Santilla, aged 15 years, 40?
Robinson street.
6 \ It will be Interesting to note that
, all of the eight above reported cases
| are children ranging from six to eight
rears of age. During the present epi-,
,,' derate there has been an nnusually :
; large number of children under fifteen j
r years ol age affected
r> I ? ?e
West Virginians in j
The Casualty Lists
1 WASHINGTON. July 20 - The Me-'
rine corps casualty list today shoes: ;
_ Killed In action. 5; died of wounds. 1; i
' I died of disease. 1; waundad revei-ely. i
45; wounded slightly. 2; missing.' 22; !
in hands of enotnv. 2; total. "I
The list Included:
Killed In letiee?Privates John
' noos. California. O ; Tracey K. Deck'
or. Parker* Olen. Pa.
Wounded aerercljr?Qoorge & Hon
f ry. Cambridge. O ; William Johnston.
Salisbury. Pa; Patrick A. Shannon.
s Woodlawm. Pa.; Pred C. Young. Kmt,
; Onto.
1 WASHINOTOIf. Jnly 20.-Tba amy
. casualty list today ahosrs: Klllad tn
aotioa. II; dlod of woanda. II: Had
of dlseaae. If; dtad of aaroplaae accldeofa.
1; died of eeoldanta aad afha:
causae. II; vouadad severely, IT;
1 wound ad. dag-aa. undartenntnad. 1;
1 mtaahty. I; total. IN,
1 Tho list Inalndod:
Killed In actton-Privataa Oarnd
' St 111 Inn. Hamilton 0.; dlod of
L wonndi, Ragtaald W Smith. Uethle
1 ham. Pa.; dlod at dlseaaa. Private
vinaaat J. Staeger. Short Croak, W.
tfm .I(a4 ?\# SMl^Mlta stiif nthmr
own, <*901*1 john w. Kalrna, Hor
blMtova. P*.: iulf* Do Sotto. Keao1
a Pi.; woanded ?er?r*Jy, Corporal
t Arthor Darid, Poieet CIRr. Pa.: Jo
1 ?eph P. Murphy. A?h?tllo, P*.| WIMm
. R. Pettoo. VOBOtl*. Pa.
??
HOMK WITH M'SONKIt
Deputy Sheriff John S. Olorer re1
turned at noon today Mnb Cincinnati,
1 O , from which place ho broght C. U
Richardson. charged with fa'.ce pro
j trnao by hla ancle. B. A. Richardson,
of Mannlngton. The aaeaaed haa boo*
bold for trial before Justice Coaaway.
West Virginian? Pn
j
ACROSS
PHY OF THE ALLIED OFF1
ifi:"jy "Tf JS *"**1
om thine of the ihar.irter of the co'in'
drive L itvreil tile .Vnne and Martin i
>er afforded excellent cover under whiei
-eratiou which Berlin reports adtni: wj? i
Ills I
ADDRESS MIRERS
mi we
Cor para Is Walsh and Bowlby
Will Leave Today J
for Charleston. i
8
Corporals Walsh and Bowlby. who
have been working so faithfully in this ,
action for the past several days and |j
who have made such a decisive sue |,
can wherever they have held meet i B
w w.ll leave late (Ua atteroow for ? t
< harlevon, where (hey wUl ape&d per-1
oral day*. Corporal WUah M Mbd-J a
tried to make hi* lut address la thin n
ftion at KlnKtnont thla afternoon at tl
4 o'clock. Corporal Bowlby will make , 9
hi* last 11 (Idret* in thla section at Nor i
wood at 5 o'clock
Sergeant Heck held a meeting last I
i Ight in Tunnelton and will apeak v I
Meriden this afternoon at 3 o'cloc' I
At 7:30 p. m ho will addre*a a meeting
at Phllippi.
Carl 11. Fisher, treasurer of the i
Woodruff Coal and Iron company of|
Pltttaburgh. was in this city today,
rallin;; at the offices of the Central
West Virginia Coal Operator*' Association.
r
With tha U. M. W.
rre-iJriit C. F. Kc ey. of the Sevcnteent'i
dh-.trict of Unit?! Mine Workers.
returned last evening from
Charleston where he ha* been tor the
pa rt several daya.
J. I.. Lewis, of Indianapoli*. Tnd. Intel
national vice president of the Pnl'd
Mine Workers, was in this city yes- *
t Tjav ; ttd w hlle here paid a visit to 1
the local office or United Mine Work- a
crs.
Thvid Fowler, who has been In the 1
Mnr-nntowr section for the past sev- J
eral days assisting In tha organisation
of miner* has returned to Fairmont
W. F. Ray. B. A Scott and Organizer
I'e'en are spending the week end
at their hemes Mr. Ray is a resident
rf St \lbat s. W. Va.. while Scott and J
Poter* are hoth from Charleston. t
Mother Jones was iu the Fairmont: v
rcn'c r yc stordev arriving tr. Fairmont j
Wednesday evening.
No Tutl for Country Club* I
After December 1 *15 privately owned
country club* i* the stato must'
close down for tho I'uited States Fuel
administration has restricted the use
of fuel to any such club*. Tb* new
order wtU be In effect from December
1. lilt, ntll April 1. Hit.
Notlee of the new rating ha* been
reonlvod at the ofUo* of State reel
Administrator 3. Walter Barnes la the
following wonts: "No private Contra
clab shall burn or ase fuai of any description.
Including coal, so Ira or nab
ant gao, teal oil or otter patrol eea
prod not* or use power domed from
any each fad for the pnrpooe of boating
or cooking." Wood or peat may be
need prortdlag It le arwflabie wtthent
tbe we of the rallrande. ilnemplhini
may be given by the state AMI administrator
. Already State Fuel Ada in- a
istrator J. Walter Barnes hae t seeds ed one
appllaatlon tor n exemption.
Mine Worfcem Wanted. I
TWItr n?uuwi|FHi ?! mm
of tie United States Kaployanat Serrlee
n?e Bursas reesafly opened at
OliiMnt has erden hr M net
frca the CoasetldsMoa Goal compear,
fn eluding mtaers. machine mee. ma- "
chine helpers, *ohe pall ere end coke ,
forkers. The prdtotaaiy estimate
that that compear would meat es
many as l.Mt^eewMjpreaeetera.^i^
the ooal operators la this I?estate
riilnity para htm aa order far ?M ana
and tollowtaa that meeOag other seal
operators la that rtciatty gate Ma as
(Ooattaeed ea Page Bight!)
?th) Nearly Evetybod
THE I
3NSIVE
"" ?
tz. i
r> over vhith the American? and
rs. Noie the finest* a'cng tie
ii General Koch assembled hie for
a complete *>jrj.rlse to the German
r
CAMP MOIOAT
rhey Will Report to Draft
Board at 8 O'clock in
Morning.
Sixty four men will leave thin city
t 9.16 o'clock Monday morning for
amp Meade, Admiral, Md. The men
iho will depart will appear at the ofIce
of the local draft board on the
ourth floor of the Wataon building at
o'clock Monday morning.
notices were nem ouv iu iur men
vho will leave early In the week, but
ecanae of ordera from Charleston. the
neat board refuiaa to on nun nee the
ante* of the draftaaa until the day
hey depart. ? i?
Tb# train la achedated to pull out
I 9:15 a. a. Although tbo eatralulent
hour ia very early there la eure
o be a large crowd at the atatlon to
ee the boya off
iSOEWOf
TUNG ROOSEVELT
Jerman Aviators Dr<>p Note
Inside The American
Lines.
(By Auorlated Pre**)
PARIS. Juy 20.?German aviators
latre dropped a note Into an American
iviation ramp confirming the death
if Lieutenant Quer.tln Roosevelt
???
n-rivrincr fi-prmn/na
/Ill AU^ vvi mvvuv
Back to the Marne
(By Associated Frees!
PARIS. July 50.?French and Amcrian
troops are continuing their adance
between the A lane and the
lame, according to an official stateicnt
Issued by the war office today.
South of the Marne the French have
hrown hack the enemy between Fbaoy
and NeutUy and have retaken
Tonnd toward the Marne
The Allied advance has reached the
ine Vlersv beyond the woods of Mou>y,
east of Tillers Htloa and Neuttlr
it Front. The statement follows:
"Tester-day and last night French
nd American troope continued their
dranee over Urn greater pert of the
rant between ne A lane and the
tone.
"Vlersy has been reached end the
poops have gona beyond Mauloy
socda east of Villere Melon and eonuered
JteutRv It Front acd Lltyttgnoa.
South of the Mama our troops hava
Irtran buck tha Oennana between
'oaody and NooUtaw end have gained
round toward IMa
WANTED
At odm too lobororo at City Roo
arvolr prmtMa Oood
Bftat boar day. Apply Wator Doyartmont.
City of IfclraonL
Laborers Wanted
in Shipping Department,
Apply. Owens Bottle
Machine Company.
jy in Town is Read
RIVER I
bus ik
hi hi
Ill HI
I Reports From Amei
; Indicate That th<
i is Moving Tc
GERMANS HUE TBI
Allied Forces Continue The
Par! of the Line Close
I
Advance is N
i
H iih the Fiench Army in Fiance,
Pttu)?Entente allied fr. ^p% today <
southern banlf of the river Matne am
Lanl/ment.
WITH AMERICAN AR
NE FRONT, 8:30 A M. Jul;
?The battle zone along the
attacks between the Aisne an
ed further suth tward Chat*
i_ .1. J __ i
previously aneciea, atvorain
morning
The Franco-American f
steady pounding of the nor
.Soisanna though the movei
' advance wlueh characterized
The attempt of the Cro\
thjir forces to meet thr stead
i resulted in such stren^hting
i cate that the hattle is approa
will *oon be locked in a gian
Both on the northern
! south the rehiforccd german
; hold their positions.
| German Dead Cover
Fields Near Soissons
*
WITH THR AMERICAN VRMY BE !
TWEES THE AISXE AND THE,
MARNE, Friday. July 19. Night?(By
Associated Press.)?American troop*'
participating in thr Franco-American
advance late today of about a mils and .
a quarter on the Sotaaona-Chateau
Thierry front went forward against,
strong machine gun fire over ground '
covered with German dead.
Under a barrage fire from 71a and
55s American infantry and machine
gunners advanced through ripaninr
grain fields trampled by retreating
Germans Thursday and reached their '
, objective according to schedule de-1
j spite the fire of German machine guns ,
The homhnrdment of the hl? German .
mins was feebls at this polrt.
British Advance 1
On Flanders Front
(By AMM<ated PfM'
LONDON, July P) ? British troop*
last night advanced their line* on a 1
mile front aonth of the town of Hebur j
tnrne, the War office announced to-:
day. A avcceeeM raid was carried
ont by the British near Beaumont
Head.
Hebertume la about midway of the
front between Albert and Arras. BeauMOUNDS
ARC OUT
Seniors of the Normal School
and other persons desiring Mound*
may get them by calling at the
Normal School or they will be left
st eoarenUent places. They are
being mailed to persons ont (Ids of
city. j
PITTSBURGH SI
Are 10c
II
Bat to* ?i mil get all tie M
menta la U* drive of the allied ar
boga at the front la France, la the
FAIRMONT SI
J Still 5c
mg the Paper These i
MARNEj
ininm nnnir, 1
mm unlit I
rican Headquarters I
e Hard Fighting 9
iward Marne
HIE TO 0110 i I
ir Steady Pounding on Thti I
to Soissons But Their
ot as Rapid.
July 20. Ha. m.?(By ,liociakJ
m( duvmg bii(l( the Cantons m At
J arc no? apptoachmg the f'ttm Mfc t y
MYON THE AISNE-MAR- y
20?(By Associated Press)
front of the allied counter
id the Marne is being extend':
?au Thierry than the recto;*
ig to information early thia
orces are continuing ttos^
thern part of the line nfltttl
rnent is lacking the dnHlifl
the firsf9iys oftHe^B
en Prince's generals to JflH
Iv movement of the tlliiS jMM
of the opposition as to tiQ
chirg the point when tmlM
t struggle,
nd of the line and
s are making a desperattpK
moot Hamel la two and a featf flSfl
*outb or Habortnraa.
A* the remit of roatwWWb ipMI
tlon no tb? Plandera front, tkt MMm
:?h lin? waa advanced along t MaiflH
ot 4.00*1 yard* In tba Metaran
The village of Meterea aad a m8fl
of hulldlnra aontbwaat of tbt tlj
known aa I > Waton, are now Ml all
the Brttkb troop*. Tba prtMMlfl
taken rrgregata 434.
jjU n
Pershing
WASH1NOTJN. Jay tt?OOwMpf|
progrom by the Americana WMfl
the Alme and tba Mama waa MfdH
today by General Parsblaf
communique for Friday.
Conault tba Unlaw Deadteba"
? for enpert dental lecrloea. <JMM
| prices are reasonable. OflM#l
| er McCrory 5 ami lie itgn itffl
I aork guaranteed.
'' iwAySl
Good boy over II yean e(iM
to learn trade la
Permanent tar tba
and aa excel! eat epfWtMlM^H
learn a trade la vhlehdflH
aent la steady. Mart WrtHfl
conditions Apply to Mr. MMM
Tba West Vlndnlaa OttaJ
_ _ . _ _ _ _r _ ^.nnnnjxin.ninnjT_riji_ri-?Lji_i_i
; news, with the latest dtWrttfB
mr. tk? m?i froa Mr (
a Copy
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