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"'JSrwHRl Viratnmn ''[al b ?""" I f r?< yirginia-. Bml lWp<^r UsL^ YnI rTTrrviftm ? FAIRMONT. WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 27,1918. today* niw. today price three cents 1 Iamerk ' GOAL OPERATOfi 10 K PIMM i M III OKI - /i tf! Appeal Made 10 loai .?nneis to Help With Big Job. CUIIX MIS MEN MKT V Slight Wreck the Annabelle Branch Has Been Cleared Up. There ha* been a chance tn protram of the I'nttcd State* Fuel Admlnlatration. D. K. l.awsoti, district representative of the Fairmont dlstrlct, stated this niorninft tha' t director of production for the tw> ! and a half counties known as tr Fairmont district, which Inclui' >'lkins. Iluckhannun, tlraiton, I'll ^ ppi, Clarkshurp. Fairmont, Morc,'.i .own and Klncwood. would not be 'business man" simply, as previous! innounced, but would be an experi need coal operator. The position will not pay any salary, and will have I ib rewarn in ilie aiiuwini^f ui mr htfchly patriotic aervlee that can be endered the government. The man j ?ho will be appointed will be expect-1 Ml to have a desk in the diatrirt rep-1 reaeota!:? <'> office, and to devote i aiost of his time to the work. A Direct A]>|*"l. At the diatrirt office of the Fuel Idmlnlatratlon this morning the fnl lowing open letter wa* given out: - jit > *-'7. 1918. I I Mr. Frank Keenev. pre .dent Dia. 17. United Mire Workers. | H Fairmont. Went Virginia. Mr dear Mr. Kc-eney:?In yea torday'a Issue of The West Vlr gin Ian. 1 notice titer quote a tele gram addressed President Wilson at Washington. D. C., whieh wn aent by the delegates of the Unit ed Mine Workers In conventln here, wherein they pledged tliel loyalty and srppurt to the U. S Oovernm-nt in this world crlsi i 1 and It has occurred to me th: there will be pre cnt next wc?'. an exeellent opportunity for yor to demonstrate to all coneernr that the United Mine Workermean Just what they say when they talk of patriotism and lo; As District Representative of the V. S. Fuel Administration. I Ian required to consign to Curtis Buy Piers next week for trail*shipment to New England. approximately !*0.000 tons of coal, to be used in various munition . and war order plants in that section of the country, and It is my opinion It iwll require every employee In this region to be on his toes every day next week in or der for us to sustain our reputation. The Fuel Administration in Washington have never called on this district yet for any amount of eoal hut what we always delivered the goods, and this order Is the supreme test of our ability. Furthermore, from the fart that J we are the elosest large producing district to Tidewater prompts the Fuel Administration to call on u* for more than our quota In supplying this trade, i I feel, now the matter has been brought to your attention, that the j United Mine Workers will rise to the occasion and support their Government in this crisis next Iwr-J* itj ihk f ?CiJ vuut* of coal It is possible to load The Baltimore t Oh'o Railroad hare pronn-ed the Fuel Administration In Uu. Illusion to ?et the cars into the region In suflfcient quantities to take care of this Curtis Bay order. In addition to the regular orders on file for munition plants, and I believe If the rank and fie of the Cnlted Mine Workers are fully advised of thr situation as It exl.-ts today, that they will fully do their part. I would lie glad !r have you lian die this sltr.ntlou in your usuai vigorou-. in.intirr and I firmly belli ve ?a will go o.er the top and advi o Washington that through the co-op' r..tint of the I'nitcd Mine Wo.he: w- have been ablt to give tn :n all the coal they hare called (or Verv truly yours. U S FUEL AMDIXISTRATION. D n LAWSON. District lit prescntutivc H Slight Wreck. Tula mornin:,' traffh was resumed >n the Auaabclie branch ot the II. Ac 0., after the track to Four States had been blocked for a day. During Thursday night two londtd en. I cars lumped the track a half mile above! the Junction, below Wn. thlneloa, an.ll 1' arorw thrown crosswise otrei the L track. The contents were not upset. (Continued on page eight.) I L -* v , ^ ;an ti Mil OFFICERS' PHOMPILY IP A STRIKE A MI Scale Committee at ConvenI tion Could Not Report ' Today. j IEENE1 cXPLAINS TO MEN Pells Them They Must Not Expect Anything Unreasonable. f Unfortunately the miners at a min near Lumherpoi t went on a stril. vosterdav. The machine men Id' the machine under the coal when they had trouble with it, and wei discharged. This led to an unautho ized strike. One over-enthusiastic miner calli I strike against the rules of the 01 unization. The union officials found the min is were In the wrong and the com .. any rlftht. i Sana Johnson, president of the local, waa attending the convention at . Falrmpnt and the mine committee [ was in error. I "The United Mine Workers will I not recognize a strike," said I'resl-; dent Keeney this afternoon. "Strikes j must be a thing of the past. We are r hindering the war machinery if we strike, and that must not happen." | Such actions as this hare hindered the operation of the organizations. President Keeney pointed out Ir an 1 address which started at 2:45. The scale committee of the minors' convention was not able to report at) the afternoon session. A motion to recess until Tuesday made under pres 1 sure that every hour of time was val j' uable in gettting ou coal was not en f tertaincd by President Keeney. wh > t explained the situation. > Somp of the members of the scale ' committee labor under the impression ' that they outflit to get $100 a ton ' Some of them labor under the inipre; 1 ion that the miners have had no ad 1 vance Some of them labor under tht hallucination that they are entitled to big increases. I can assure the coo vention that some kind of a report will he made this evening. Dispel from your mind any idea that you should 1 have anything unreasonable" J < German Subs Again ; Off Atlantic Coast! it (By A?soci:itcil Pi.'sj) [ t NKW YORK. July 27.?A British 1 J freight steamer was attacked by a 11 German submarine off the Atlantic t coast early today according to reports { received in insurance circles here. I The position of the ship which was i sending out S. O S calls was said to i be near the regular transatlantic r steamship lane. 11 ? jr Id Power Plants Soon |c Will Be All Right!; r Both of the engines at the Jayenne j i power plant which have been down t ? for the past several hours, will he I, started agnin late this afternoon and! will make electrical power much bet-|t ter In this section I Yesterday one engine at the Hutch inso nplani was down and poor street 1 car service on the Kalrview line and a few other lines in the Clarksburg re-, 1 ginn was the result- j J Service today on the Palrvlew line has been irregular but will be all right thia pv#-ninr. it i* said Th#? I at the power plant were put out of i < commission hv the lightening Thurs- > dav evening Wir^eld S. Clayton !j of Farmiugton, Dies!; IVInfietd S Clayton, well known,i fhr.iiir.hr.tit the roitntv died in t night!J at Fairmont horpttal .after a twji week'* illness following the ampu!a-| tion of hlr, lea. The deceased is snrvived by several\ children, r.r.n.c'.v. Mrs. Addle Most.1 ^ LaMar Clayton, both of Fairc'ianec, '. Pn: Mrs. Cini- Murray, of Idamay, , Will Clayton, of Montana; Harry, oi ' Iaimberport; Mr* Will Skinner, of ' Grant To.vn; Mrs Nina Swisher, of Catawba; Mi Mlrhael llarwalk. of i T Grant Town. p The body was taken this morning f to the hamr of Will Clayton at Moil f tana. Fir erst services will be held " on Sunday afternoon at 1:20 o'clock It from the Catawba church with Inter d ment In the Catawba cemetery by Fu-| Ji neral Director R. C. Jone* 1 Look at Th (OOPS HOW ALLIES GET RANC ? 4F"1 I . ^ ^ I j?f* J^rTfx *? .* * ?? * * ? j *V ; ; '^"""- aH'muT | ?g Hfre'i a novelty in war photop or getting a ranee on enen>r airp apparatus between the pnlea la | Taft pun soon in the harkcround rates the range finder and calls ol ,?I IIS i a m in '[qui. inr? nil uiumnr. iinnnu leu tonic Hold on Fere-enTardcnois Becoming Precarious (By Associated PressI WITH THK AMERICAN ARMY ON PHE AISNE -MAKNE FRONT, 8:30 a a., July 27. ? The Franco-American orces on the front northeast of Cha eau Thierry ha*e driven the Germans Imost entirely out of the woofled area vhlch they have been so stubbornh lefendina The allied pressure is be nit constantly maintained and earl) oday the punishment of the eneAi) ? All! e:? ?lei, >} un int/i.v lire wu-* icnuiucu wiiii idded vigor. Under the cover of the big gun! he Franco-American troops again an crawling forward. The advances is bringing the allie; till nearer to the important roa>' unction of Fere-en-Tardenols. It I: >eing carried out through the remain ler of the dense woods In this regiot tnd over the rain soaked field and hllli in their outskirts. Slowly retreatlni he Germans are fighting stnbhornl) is they retire. Persistent as was th< ernian rear guard defense however he enemy's most Intense effort to holt lis lines are still being put forth 01 lis flank in the Kheims and So!sson< egions. PARIS, July 27 ? Further advance' vere scored by the French last nigh n the region immediately to the nortl if the Marnc In the district where th? lernnns have been clinging to th? iver. The war office announced to lay .hat tlse French lines were advanc d to the north of Port-a-Blnson. On the Champagne front the Frenct amou out a ;orai operation in in? egion south of the mountain with iut a name an a result of which theli ines were advanced nearly two third! i? a mile on a front of approximate!; wo miles The French took 2<Kl. prisoner* Ir hi* operation. Yankees May Have Long Range Gun Base I By A- soelatcd Press) PARIS. July 27?The number o Jorman prisoner* raptured by the al ics slnc> hegirring of the counter of ensivo is placed at 20,000 by the Ila as agenry. America.) troops hate discovered a Irocv north of Chateau Thierry en ilacements of German super cannot vliich iiorbarded towns behind tin nint and perhaps Paris. M ? E. D. Morgan Does Stunts in Hay Field E D Morgan, of Farmington Routi was in Fairmont this morning ahak hp bands with his many friends. Mr ilorpan. who admits the he is ore o. although he looks to be less that >0. spent some of his time last week rorkitig in the hay fields. Mr. Mor tan is perhnpa the oldest continuum ubrcrlber to The West Virginian Hit afher, George H. Morgan, was a reg lar reader of 111? paper way back Ir 'it il war days and when the fathei lied E. D. kept up the subscrtptfoi ust as he kept up the old farm ami other Morgan affairs. at Typhoid Record I, - low IE ON GERMAN AIRPLANES ^ ^ raphe. It shows the apparatus us?-<I ilaneg trying to bombard Allied lines, pointed at the airplane, and the antffs aimed at the same angle. One man I the degrees to the artillerymen WAREiiSOK l US FIFTH TEAR ! Ill TOMORROW Complete Chronological Rprard of thp Four Years Fighting. * , Tomorrow will make the fourth an niversary of the declaration of war igalnat Serbia by Anatra Hungary and the beginning of the German moblliza tlon. The German invasion of France which wait destined to aet the world 1 afire began on Anguat 3, 1314. Below are Hated chronologically the principal events that have happened during the four years of practically un Inter' rupted fighting that have taken place: ; 1914 Jl'XK. , 28?Archduke Francis Ferdinand I and hla wife assassinated at Serajevo . by Serbian student. Prlnclp. ' | JULY. " i 23?Austria sends ultimatum to I Serbia demanding punishment of as1! sassins and suppression of pan-Serb lanism. ' t 28?Austria-Hungary declares war - on Serbia. Germany mobilizes. 31?Russia mobilizes. World's I 1 stock markets close. I AUGUST. 1?Germany declares war on Russia and Invades Luxemburg. France ! mobilizes. ; 2?Germany sends ultimatum to t Belgium, demanding free passage of i her troops. 3 ? Germany declares war on , France. Germany Invades Belgium. 4?Great Britain serves ultimatum on Germany, demanding assurance that neutrality of Belgium be respected. Great Britain declares war on 1 Germany. Germans attack Llege and ': begin to overrun Belgium. 6?Austria-Hungary declares war r on Russia. . I *? rieef Drltlnh tPAAfta lanil In ' I 1 II ni i>i nifn nw|in muvt iii r France. 10?France declares war on Ausi trla-Hungary. 12?Great Rritaln .-1*c1are* war on Austria-Hungary. 2::?Japan declares state of war with Germany. 20 ? Germans destroy Louvain. (Continued on Pars Six) t! f County Court Holds Very Busy Session These ftuardians were appointed al t today's session of the connty court: Serena Merrifield. guardian of Hel i en Merrifield. aged 7 years. Infant hell of Thornton A. Merrifield. late of this connty. The bond is 1300 with C. W. Hawkins as surety | J Luther Arnett. guardian of Au drcv Arnett. aged 16 years. Infant hell I of William F Amett. The bond Is $3. ! ">00 with J. A. Hamilton as surety. 0. II. Nelll, guardian of John Sjrl vanus Nelll. aged 2 months. Infant hell [ of C. H. Nelll, late of this county. The bond is ?:.0O with A. G Martin as sure r' ?Ti These letters were granted: 3. A. t Hamilton was appointed admlnlstra tor of the personal estate of William < F Arnett. deceased. The bond la $7,i 000 an 1 the sureties are J. I.uther Ar net? and J F. Sattcrfield: E. D. Flu i htrly. administrator of the perronal r estate of Conrad Fluharty. late of this i county. The bond la $10,000 and the I sureties are F. A. Fluhrty, A. K. Fluharty and C. C. Fluharty. and IhengoandKi ARRIVI pumping srm doubles over dtk mic J u I I I Tubes in the Boilers Went Bad All in ? Bunch. PUMPALS00UT0FS0R1S 11 Mines' tSuspeiieu . iieing v Cause. Nine bursted boiler tube!) at the' ! city pump station in four da} a. and' I the discovery of a defective pump has ; made it necessary for hundreds of, Fairmont families to go without water, despite the fart that workmen at the rlty water station have been working night and day to make the necessary repairs. If no more trouble develops both of 1 the city pumps should he in operation by 2 or 3 o'clock this afternoon, which will mean an ample water supply for all by evening. With the water lower than usual last Tuesday morning, three boiler tubes burst. No workmen In this city heing available to make the repairs.' it was necessary to send to Grafton < to get two men who arived and re-1 paired the tubes. The tubes had been repaired, boilers fired up and the two city pumps started for about ten hours when on Thursday five more tubes gave way. Renalrs on the Ave tube* were completed this morning, when one more tube burst. This was repaired and a defective pump valve discovered making It neceasary to shut down one of the pumps for repairs. Two workmen were secured from the Fairmont Mining Machinery Company, who were put to work Immediately on the defective pump. The trouble mentioned has made it Impossible to operate both pumps more than ten hours this week. With 1a monthly consumption of water ee-1 tlmated by Water Commissioner. Smith of fi.000.000 gallons ner I (month. It would be necessary for both pumps to run at full capacity ) continually to meet the demands of the city. The chemical* in the water caused | from the water emptying Into the I river from the mines in believed to I be the cause of the boiler tubes hurst-1 ins no easily. Heretofore the work-! men at the pump station have had : tubes to burst, but never more than J one or two a month, which the work-' men themselves were able to repair without extra help. When nine tubes burst In less than one week, the pump station employes were helpless, and I had to call for allltional help which i ' at the time happened to be very diffi-] I cult to secure, resulting in the poor water supply. 64 ME REPORTEI KILLED INUTIDI (By AssoclaieO Press) WASHINGTON. July 27-The ma rlue corps casualty list today shows killed in action 1; wounded severely. ! 7; missing. 4; total 12. ; The list included, wounded severe i ly, private John A. lloboiynk. Young ' town. O. Mi..sing in action. Private Michael llardos. Dunmore. Pa ; Thur' man E. Worsci.ll, Zanesvllle, Ohio. The army casualty list today shows killed in action. 44; died of wounds. 20; died of disease, 5; died of airplane accidents, 1; wounded severely. CO; | wounded slightly, 2; wounded degree 1 undetermined. 14; missing. 2; total' "t J I lie list inciiiui'd i\ 111t'ti in utuui. ?John W Htrdmau. Johnstown, Pa., wagoner; Joa. H Boewe. Port Carbon. Pa.: Paul Mease. Lebanon. Pa.; Francis X. Conahan. Hazleton. Pa.; ' Joseph Cura. Maderia. Pa.; Cush Hatfield. Horse Pen, West Virginia; ' Russell L. Poinie. Tippecanoe, Ohio; John W. Sholly, Lebanon. Pj.; Joha 'l L. Smith, Shlppem-burg. Pa.; Wa. li. Swingle, Nelsonvtllc. Ohio; Finley R Taylor, Tralnor, Pa. Died ot wounds?Private Sandy ' Bobenmver, Greenville. O.; Arthur M 1 Drury, Bowllnggreen. o. Wounded severely?Private lva.i Bates. Olencariel. Pa.; Frank Henderson, Tiffin, Ohio; Joe W Stroud. St. Marys, Ohio. Wounded degree undeterminedLloyd N Bell. Pltchville. Ohio. MERCURY GOES AWAY UP. Warm weather prevailed today and "Old Sol' emitted sweltering rays. The thermometer ranged from 94 to I 98 this afternoon at 2 o'clock at variI ?ia points over the town. II Eevry Fly You can > NG IN cut WATER IS DECLARED SAFE But Water in Two Springs is Condemned By Staie Chemist. Of thief sp?<iinen? of city water, t.o fron the reservoir and one from a spigot. ? nt to the State Hygienic laboratory at Morgantown, all were returned to Wat*r Commissioner In L Smith marked "safe." Of twr specimens of spring wafer, one fron a concrete sprint; on Robinson street, and another front the Tchinski sprint in the same vicinity, both havi t een returned marked "unaafe." The tests just received which are the first official tests of city water since the typhoid outbreak became so serious, removes all doubt of the condition of the city water, nnd Indicates that a great number of the typhoid cases in the Robinson street vicinity have been the rejv.lt of contaminated springs, which have been used almost exclusively in that section atnce the health authorities warned the consumers to bolk etty water before using. NEW REGISTRANTS GET PHTSIGU EMMS Only Two of Them Were Rejected Outright By the Surgeons. Of more than seventy new Das* 1 registrant* who were examined at the V. M. C. A. this morning, but two were rejected because of physical Inefficiency. Sereral others were referred t ? the Medical Advisory board for fur'her examination. There are about ninety of the 1918 class 1 men under the Jurisdiction of the local board, several of whom were transferred to other boards for examination. Several others were not expecting the call and wen' nut of town, being unable to get here for the *amlnation this morning. Others were sick and unable to take their physical examination. There were nine who failed to ap pear for examination this morning s follows: Order No. 1 Oscar Lewi* Daltou 11 George Smaliwood. 22 George Pines. 28 Jean Wilson. 60 Joseph Ralph Miller. 75 James Mcpherson 100 Aaron Weekly. 113 James Bridges. 123 George Harold Roush Orrin Kmerson Bell was transferred to Oakland. Md , for physical examination. Glenn Arnett took his examina lion at Chautauqua. N. Y? and Howard Louden, another local registrant, will be examined In Charleston. The examination began at the T. M. C. A. this morning at 7 o'clock and continued until 18 o'clock. Dr. Chesnev M. Ramnge. Dr. Fred Hess. J. M. Jacobs and John Henshaw were In charpe - ?? Food Situation at Acute Stage 'By A?so-tsted Press) WASHINGTON. July 27 ? The food situation between Germany and Russia has reached an acute stage, according to advices recelred today at the state department. There Is not enough food for both countries, and the question aa to who will get what provisions there are has reached a critical stage. ? ItrSHIANS SIIOOT AVIATORS AMSTERDAM. July 27?Two aviators who were captured by the Bolshevik! when they alighted on RuaI slan terirtorv were ill treated and I shot, according to German r? porta. I tori i n has nrotested and made a de luand that "those responsible for the execution bo severely punished. WANTED?Reliable men j to work on ice wagon, j Apply City Ice Co., Mer- j chant Street. Laborers Wanted in Shipping Department, Apply. Owens Bottle Machine Company. Reach ITALY ] m mm 1 i nisi I 01 FRENCH moil I : Not Much Change in Salient on the Marne Saya i M.?k jM 4*?wa v?ot ?-| ut ingr inn I Hoj^d That It Will Show I 300,000 For the Month of July. ?.1/ / iwdttef PrrMt WASHINGTON. July 2. ? Tralasd, [ competent American troops f:on France have bc^un to arrive la Italy General March announced today at bis regular conference with aew^aper men. Neither the number cor the place where they are to be aeod has been communicated to 'be War depart* . tnent the General Mid. Two additional American army ' corps have been cryanlied la Fraaee, General March announced. They an I the Fourth and Fifth commaadad by i Major GoneiaN George W. Reed, sad ! omar liundy, respectively. Summing up the battle altoatioa da the Aisne-Murne front, Gen. Marsh . paid that it had resulted accord but to t official advices in forcing the Germans back 11 miles further from Paris ~, and shortening the allied Unas by tea g miles. wv R Thp ^tooKions on tha flanks of tha . I salient near Solsson* and Rhelma Mi I relatively unchanged, Qcneral March J Raid. The German withdrawal kpQ teau Thierry towarda tha salient continues and tha laplfl German center of Fe reen-Tardaaq^HM now within three and one-half JuflH of the allied lines and under eoeetiHS shell nre. The most striking advance last Wednesday which Gen. Mildftra noted was by tha British forcee Jql west of Rhoims. This advance of a ? mile and a half on a fear mtli front, J he said, marked a special source of . danjter to the enemy placing hie (OrOOB to the south ir an awkward poaUloa. The German attack at Epldi only "3 delayed the American pragma Mfff| these troops are mai l .noytng forward. J With r.0,000 troop* aloe* laat week.3 the number of Ametieao oolllMj transported nv<r seas during la i.' expected to reach a record Of SOi.Md.njj Secretary Baker and Genera) March's chief of staff, today told maabera if 1 the Senate Military committee. Mooney Gets Reprieve'|H From the Governor! (By Associated Pr*M) LOS ANGELES. CaL. illy M?I Governor William Stephet uacni ed today he had decided to gr5m?| reprieve to Thomu J. Moo nop, fNnl will operate as a etay of mmIh| until December 13. 191>. The governor announced that MS took thU action at thii time that sH perrons In thin atat* and throsgfcenfm the country might be assured tha full- 1 eat conalderatlon will bo given tfefffl caae by the executive and Judicial-1 branches of the government of OiBG| fornia. VISITING THEIR DAUtlUIl vj Mr. and Mr*. Prank Carpenter, 41 Gaines, who had been to Camp MMMH to visit their aon Norman, are fMN ping In Fairmont on their wajr MB home, and are guests of their MH ter, Mr*. David Lamberd, of HH chant street. DEATH OF JOSEPH SAUNOM^J Joseph Saunders, aged 71, dtdCflH night at his home at Banadml^| er an illness from dropey and a eMHl plication of diseases. He te SIM by bis wife and several cilMieuM neral arrangements which ^ mH _rharge of Funeral Director ham, will not b? mad* of ralatlre* from a dlitaaca. . boy to work la office. Good aummndlafa. M portunlty for a boy who win wH to the Job. Apply Mr. MagMB We*t Virginian Office. Qonauit the Union Dent lata | for expert dental aerrlena. Ml price* are reasonable. Ofbmfll er McCrory S and !0e tiara. | work guaranteed. 1 . a emu* a a i 'fiM 9 .. q