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* ..' 'jv!" j - p**? ' ^ ' rn^Sk' ' ^br^lr - *"-*' i ' - 'cotiw anc?^*atfr*mr)>toi^ah?r'. hpf?"^i-3^b ^^p~fTl^^\TWwSyvJO^JSS, uvv ? ^ - t ^7-.* --^t>:' ' 1- -.. ' *t '"' * -' - .: -- . - ^' '' * ~ . *&*& i 1*tfrr pwrft>hk"^fimcf8bhths^y'^ MoiSSZMMMiSwS^^^V'ifc' -^^7^;; > ? West yirexmcts Best Newspaper " ??? *-: _ . ". . " _j - ' ilfea^teT fSHF.n ISfiK. member associated press. FAIRMONT. WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. todays rrews today PRICE THgHgjS^BBgal 1 1 :? ? -- - . . . - -j^MBmrntm 1^0 I ^ REPORT ^ I ?i^_? KtK^$3." Walter Barnes. Fuel AdminisplitEdtor lor West Virginia, announces ' -:tbat be has advices from the Federal ; l^^nel Administratino permitting the : wWflii>?w*T><inf anthracite coal for |:y' and Jefferson counties, tains - system cut off these panties from their usual of supply and the matter has fore the Fuel Administration e time, requiring several vis[r. Barnes to Washington *id ? to Philadelphia The,tact tmestic consumers in those t have been accustomed to use Ite coal and are not provided atlng apparatus suitable for I led to the special order necior the continued use of ancoal in those counties. Some ? -when the matter was passed was ruled that those counties i it coal from cars in bad shape j ere being handled by the Bal- 1 and Ohio, which would have j oft coal in a district accustomar supply'for the region' droplewhat today, when but 877 p, 38 box and 63 coke cars 9 placements were recorded. , m. 725 of the cars had b#rn j I.R. lawson. district rcpresenta- 1 of the IT. S. Fuel Administration. 1 returned from Pittsburgh, where Iras in conference with the east- 1 our. pooling committee. ' Report on Loading. I onday*s Official Bulletin which : o Fairmont this morning said: report was made to Director ' ttal-. McAdoo by the car service i on of the Railroad Administraon the quantity of coal of all 1 si loaded by roads for the week 1 d August 31. 1918. as compared i the same period of 1917. A t nary of the report follows: i t ears lignite 3.750 3.190 j and,Total 265.247 234,647 j summary of reports for the week d September 7, 1918. based on ' tl reports from most roads, but . the results of some roads estiI: cars lignite 3,070 2.914 j f&G&wnd total .... 227.070 204.757 B f Increase of 1918 up to and iuclud- 1 Bfag ve?k ending September 7, over 1 Vinmae period of 1817. 539.438 cars. 1 ' , Sew Coal Companies. I>' <Among the charters granted at H$!lHixleston yesterday, were two to H$|^E&irmont coal- corporations. They < S Dawson Connellsville Collieries ' B?S'*>- (Contmaed on Page Eight.) Register j |?_ WHI buy second band Cash RegH jrta-if la good condition and the jj The West Virginian. j Ur$s WANTED <?White Girts over 16 years of age ^E^^^selecting bottles. Good wages. sioiirens Bottle Machine Co. 1 Machine and shipping departK p y HREAC IAKADIAN AVIATOR VISITINfi III CITY J Lieutenant Murray Win Tell j the Miners About Great War. Lieutenant Gordon M. Murray, a Canadian aviator, who has been in France in active service since the Irst contingent of Canadian soldiers landed on the other side, arrived in Fairmont this morning. Under the auspices of the United States Fuel administration he will spend one month In the Fairmont coal field, giving all miners in this region an opportunity to hear one of his addresses on the war. Production Manager Brooks Fleming. Jr.. of the United States Fuel administration received a telegram from W. E. Kooplor. of Washington, late yesterday announcing the departure of Lieutenant Murray for Fairmont. Lieutenant Murray comes to Fairmont was a recommendation as a speaker of unusual ability. At a late hour this ? wa ei?hjv1n]o haH hpon nf ranged for Lieutenant Murray to follow out while in this region. This evening he. is scheduled to address ihe Fairmont Rotary Club. Tomorrow evening he will talk to the Coal Club, which will meet at the Country Club, end it is hoped to so arrange matters that all the miners will hear him before he leaves. DUMMY ARTILLERY TO DECEIVE YANKS Germans Left a Lot of It in the St. Mihiel Salient ! WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON ' THE LORRAINE FRONT. Sept. 19.?! (By Asociated Press)?A German trick designed to deceive the allies eas been discovered in the St. Mihiel salient where the Germans abandoned j arge quantities of decoy artillery big i ;uns. little mortors and even machine ' ;uns made of wood and sheets of iron md tin I This dummy artillery has been j found in various sections for the most >art in places where it could be plain-1 ly seen by photographic observers.! :t is assumed that the Germans belie red the allies can be deceived by cam- j flouged artillery and have hoped that | :he allies would plan a heavy attack ; >n the section where the dummy ar-: tillery was located. Some of the larger "guns" were nade of sheet iron mounted on worn jut wheels that were scarcely able to tand even light usage. In one house a place where this de:oy artillery was manufactured has jeen found. Emergency Exams For Teachers Up against it for teachers. W. E. Michael, county superintendent of schools, hac ailed an emergency eximination to be held at his office in :he Coutr bouse on Saturday. Sep:ember 28. at 10 o'clock. Twelve :eachers are needed in the county. :hiefly in Union and WTinfield dis:ricts. IN MORGANTOWX TODAY. Sam R. Nuzum and J. H. Kinkead. > Fairmont, are attending the State ronvention of the Ancient Order of Jnited Workmen at Morgantown tolay. Marriage License. A marriage license has been grantid by Deputy County Clerk Phillips :o Yohn Young. 38. and Ada Delle E. CViikes. 21. both of this city. Povnantere MaHca VUA pW'ilbVX? JL 1 VUtV All members of Local No. 428 are urgently requested to attend call meeting. Friday evening. 8 o'clock, WTllard Hall. Sec'y Local 428. Brotherhood Carpenters & Joiners WANTED. Pipe fitters. Apply OWENS BOTTLE MACHINE CO. Wanted?girls and women \ over 16 for selecters. Apply < Monongah Glass Co. 12th Street Plant, ask for Mr. Rice. #-ll-?t ; Ihk Wn A BULGARIANS IN FLIGHT USE TOUCH - - m 11 MAUbUUNIA New Regiments Unable to Check the Rush of Serbs. FRENCH FIGHTING HARD They Have Put Part of Chemin des Dames Under Their Guns. (By Associated Press! LONDON. Sept. 19?The Bulgarians are in flight in Macedonia and are burning stores and villages, according to a Serbian official statement received here. The Allied troops now have advanced more than 12 miles, and their progress is so rapid that they have not been able to count the prisoners and war material taken. New regiments thrown in by the' Bulgarians have been forced to retreat with the others. The Bulgarians have been defeated completely, and the Serbian troops are pursuing them day and night. The Serbian and French troops have taken the towns of Topolets. Potshishta, Beshishta, Melynitsa, Vitolishta and Rasimbey. They have also taken the heights of Kuchkov Kamen. Lange is Fined nrol nmirt XXL X. OUl/i CilX wux V (Special Dispatch to West Virginian! | MARTINSBURG. Sept. 19?Enter-1 f ing a plea of 'guilty to the indictment! charging him with violating the es- 1 pionage act. Paul W. Lange. the box j manufacturer, of Fairmont, was lined | S2.500 and had costs imposed -upon I him this morning in federal court. | Judge A. G. Dayton pronounced the j sentence. After Lange had entered the plea of j guilty. District Attorney Stuart Walk-1 cr told the court that he did not be- j lieve that it was a case of disloyalty, but one of indiscretion, and did not press for a jail sentence. The dis-1 trict attorney said that he arrived at the conclusion as a result of a thor(ugh investigation made by agents of the government. British Take 8,000 Men and 40 Griins j WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN j 1 FRANCE. Sept. 19 (By Associaieu Press)?Field Marshal Haig's forces up to midnight last night had captured a. total of more than 8.000 Germans as the result of their drive of yesterday on the Cambrai front. Several thousand yards of the Hindenburg outpost line was in British I hands this morning in the Villertz secI tor southwest of Lecatelet. Forty guns were captured by the British, j | In the S.000 prisoners taken. 23 Ger-I ; man regiments were represented. An assault delivered by Australians at 11 o'clock last night in the center of ' the Villertz sector forced the stub! born Germans to pull back from the advance line to strongly fortified de-; ' fenses in the rear. Furious enemy counter attacks delivered at numerous places along the line made late yesterday resulted in sanguinary fighting. In every case the Germans were thrown back and their losses were heavy. Senate Orders Probe of Breery Bribes ?L (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Sept. 19?Investigation of political and propaganda activities of the brewing interests was ordered today by the Senate. It will be directed principally at charges that the brewers haev bought I a Washington newspaper, contributed j unprecedented sums to campaign I funds, influenced newspapers through I advertising contracts, paid money to I citizens and government officials and j obtained pledges from members of Congress. German Attack Stopped. jl PARIS. Sept. 19?Along the Vesle H where American and French troops are stationed, a German attack north east of Courlandon was broken up by jfl the French \ artillery fire. H i nrt TTimrregtc* wrtXTron || V> A1JL lUUiOO Hiuiiuu rApply White Cloud Restaurant Madison Street. . * MAN LI SCENE OF ALL] As a prelude to what Foreign French and Serbian troops broke thr ran (indicated by the arrow), capturi MSSIms! W - V IHIIV 1 IN LOCAL CHURCHES Mrs. Blanche S. Bartlett Coming Here to Aid Local Workers. A Home Service Institute will be! conducted in this city beginning; Thursday. October 3. under the direction of Dr. Bristol, of the West Virginia university. Mrs. Blanche Sheppard Bartlett. a woman of much fame as a lyceum and Chautauqua worker, and who is doing home service work for the National Red Cross organization, will arrive here tomorrow and will hold a conference with local Home Service workers relative to the organization of the work. Classes will be organized and preliminary plans made for the institute to be held in October. Flans have been made whereby Mrs. Bartlett will give brief talks concerning her work in the local churches on next Sunday morning and evening. It will be arranged so that she may be ableto give some five or six ten-minute talks in several of the churches at these services. Mrs. Bartlett has traveled extensively through this country and Canada in her work and is a gifted woman. Express Eates are to Go Up Again (By Associated Press) NET7 YORK. Sept. 19.?The application by the American Railway Express company for another ten per cent, increase in express /rates has been approved and an order directing these increases is about to be issued, acocrding to the understanding of) Travis H. Whitney, New York service commissioner who returned here today from a meeting in Washington of the special war committee of state utilities commissioners which met there to protest against the proposed increases. Japs in Siberia. TOKIO. Tuesday, Sept. 10 (By Associated Press)?A contingent of Japanese cavalry, together with troops belonging to the command of General Senemoff. the Cossack leader, entered the town of Tchiga in the trans Bel-! kal September 6. The arriving troops 1 were enthusiastically welcomed. L Tests in Denmark have shown that concrete is not affected by long immersion in the ocean, even for as long as half a century. TODMS 1 GtigQONET ^COVWrtO/VlAldr qu>JUU*A-' ? ' ??? ? _____ "V JJ ' _J VI 7? - ^ BS^B^SS8^sBsBSBS?n8gSffl]H NE AT ED DRIVE ON MACEDON 7A R ' Hfigww ^ * ??? . ... *tAuLF iALONIKl 77^ ^ Secretary Balfour announces will be : ough the enemy's main defense betw Dg 3 mountains, 1500 Bulgarians and i iililF REC0RDAI F.H.S. Spirit of Enthusiasm is Also Marked a the School. The enrollment In the High school has jumped rom 448, tho enrollment for the first day of school, to 515, as against 500 for the year 1917-18. On the first day of school officials estimated the enrollment and were at that time convinced that this year it would fall considerably short of that of last year. However, the actual tabulated enrollment shows that before the end or the first week or the 1918-19 term ther are 15 more pupilst in attendance than during the preceding year. This is indeed gratiying to school officials, who anticipated a considerable falling off owing to the fact that many of the older pupils who bad secured employment during the summer months would be loth to return to their studies. There are a larger number of young men enrolled in the school. Especially is this true 'n the upper grades, and school officials attribute this to the fact that the government has advised the young man to stay in High school and complete nis eaucation beofre entering; other schools or ta.ting np other duties. The Commercial department seems to be especially -favored in point of enrollment, there being 168 students in the short hand and book keeping department under the direction of Prof. J. C. Dance, and 130 have enrolled in the typewriting department conducted by Miss Garth Watson. Chemistry also has its share of attention this year and enrolled in this below ,w333351dance, m m m m department are 90 pupils. Mathematics also is attracting more than usual attention. City Superintendent Otis G. Wilson is much gratified at the large enrollment in the High school and believes the spirit of enthusiasm manifested by the boys and girls will result in a banner year's work for this school. The enrollment in the grades also shows steady increase as new pupils are being enrolled daily. ITALY, TOO, TURNS DOWN AUSTRIA ROMS. Sept. 19?The Italian government has no knowledge of the Austrian note inviting the belligerents to a oenference except for the text of the document carried by the telegraphic agency, the semi official Stefani News Agency announces. The government, however, is indicated by the agency to be in no mood for opening such negotiations as are suggested by tbe unofficial text. "If the text is correct," says the agency statement, "the Italian government points out that Austria's proposals seek to create a semblance of peace negotiations without any real consistency or tbe possibility of a practical outcome." "The Entente nations 'and the United States," the statement continues, "have made known their terms for the essential basis of a Just peace. On these points the Austrian note says not a word. Tbe same remark applies to the Italian aspirations."^ SPECIAL WAR TAX WASHINGTON. Sept. 19.?Extension of the propsed special war tax of ten dollars a year on business or occupations so as to -include all persons in professions and trades earning $2000 or more annually was approved today by the House Ways and Means Committee.. Thirty-one of the branch offices of the Federal Employment Service now have women's divisions, each in charge of a capable woman skilled hi placement work. p ^ "T "" ST. (H IAN FRO NT ?^KAVAUk~<SrtA = SCALE v MH-CS | j|p^ a great offensive aginst Bulgaria een the Vardar River and Lake Dormany gnas. mmr KILltDJ ACTION Seven German Planes Attacked Two Yankee Flier Wednesday. WITH AMERICAN ARMY ON THE LARRAINE FRONT?(By Asodated Press) Cept. 19.?First Lieutenant David E. Putnam, of Newton Mass, Amerean ace of aces was killed late Wednesday Afternoon while on patrol along the American line. Lieut. Putnam was flying with Lieut Wendell A. Robertson of Fort Smith Ark. when they were attacked by seven German machines. Four of, these made for Putnam's aeroplane and- three attacked Robertson. The { attack was sadden and unexpected and the enemy was able to fire from j above. Lieut Putnam was shot twice thru the heart Hs machine glided to earth at Limney within the American lines Lient Robertson returned safely. War Workers at Kingmont Quilt fBy Associated Press) KINGMONT. W. Va_. Sept. 19.? The War activity society ot k/tgmont held its first quilting bee yesterday at the home of Mrs. Rachel Tucker. The club was organized August ISth at the home of A. H. Hoffman with a membership of twenty, each pledged to' assist in all war relief work. Officers 'were named as follows: Chairman. Mrs. A. D. Brice; rice chairman. Mrs. G. R. Hunsaker; secretary. Miss Edna Hoffman: treasurer. Mrs. B. LL Hillberry: supervisors of work. Mrs. Rachel Tucker and Mrs. B. X>. Hillberry. Have Grip Under Control. GREAT LAKES. HI.. Sept. 19? With about 1.000 cases of a mild form of influenza at the naval training station here, the medical authorities stated today that the disease is under control. All the afflicted are in quarantine: British Labor Party Adopts Wilson Plan (By Associated Press) LONDON. Sept. 19?The aims committee of the International Relations eommittee of the Interallied Labor conference today made a report recommending that the conference "subscribe to the 14 points formulated by President Wilson, thus adopting a policy of clearness and moderation as opposed to a policy dictated exclusively by changes on- the war map." Seabians Sold Into State of Slavery (By Associated Press) PARIS. Sept. 19?The Serbian government is In possession of documents proving beyond possible question that thousands of Serbian prisoners have been sold as- slaves for a specified period to Turkey by Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary and Germany, according to a Balkan agency dispatch from Corfu. The prisoners, it is said, were delivered to guards who are engaged to work in Asia Minor. It is said they were subjected to terrlbue treatment and thousands had died from typhus, cholera and hanger. SON ON OTHER SIDE, i Mrs. Bess Hinenman of Sixth stieet has received word from her son Guy j Hinerman. announcing his safe arrival overseas... Hlnerman enlisted in the service as a photographer leaving this city with Coyd Tost and Earl 1Wndaor LOXDON, Sept. IS? ? BrftljHmwlJ] night made farther piogtepW!;dn^aWBBB drive into the HindenhCDCg thw^?S58M| circlement of that town. ' -^' In a continued advance ?>rlfc|sjp post position of the Htndfrrihng^ 1 The Australians . 11 ill fiwil llmfl wfirM heavy bombardment ^ : The enemy foDdwed^tliis: ment by a strong intsntqjBoaBBi a wide front northward! it cinity of Trescoult ly repulsed at all ,p6nKgS3B3MM loss. He was driven off also w: casualties shortly afterward^.jfejBS launched a strong attack npflJSi Moeuvres. Some German aartles^aa^MBSB ed at points In entering' theiwBH trenches were entirely dispc counter attacks. Press)?General Mangih*s~ tacked along the. ftont-aawig^B Soissons today and capitnred ombes farm, oh the plateau of Sancy and where the Cbemin des Dameaflr off from the road leadhqpffnn sons to Laon. A strong counterattack grenadiers of the Prussians: repulsed by the French, who: < enemy back of the road lea> the plateau or Ange Gard Colombes farm. This road than half a mile from the^GMuE Dames. This success pats t in possession of parte* of tant plateau of Ange Gsfrdier commands the ridge aloajyjajjjJ^JgB the famous "ladies'" way", f siderable distance. deeper the' wedge aontrtjgiaB denburg position in the.:^gB gion, and $Kdlitate?d.;Oe^^H the direction of : offensive late in VKj&ijfflESt The fighting in thia.lji^^HW most severe during the The soldiers contdcbe^aeeDjBWMB from shell hole to shell UViU U . ct there more than ygjPM ground at the.'su^wHj most in evidence - uray-th<gB tfllery curtate-jj^^jjg^gi marked by <?tanai?g?a| gave the outlines oEflip tbey are trogueatSs%jlM8 line to shift fw^ljwww do their officeggl u 1,'jjalpial tbey are attacked, wesgg happens that iii?rWgB|(BB ordered to sometime: behind them- bs^sSE They attribat^thejjaJjB them of the gretgen^gg to fear enteria|ha?gBMi that they - mighft Iw' IglMSB don their posts iithey fc to be sacrificed..,^ tered yeste?jflfe^!^^SH in circntt, comtgajaSBiM A decree grass, gnardlan. egBgjijM mSS fSSBmammSB A decz^e^MMHmjM of Emma V