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Evening star., 1914-09-25
"Following is an extract from one

'Tollowing is an extract from one
with the English troops we have
great difficulties. They have a queer
They make good trenches. in which
they wait patiently. They carefully
measure the ranges for their rifle fire
and they open truly hellish hre on
the reason that we had such heavy
losses.
According to our officers. the Eng
lish striking forces are exhausted. The
English people never really wanted
war.
From another source: The English
are very brave and fight to the last
man. One of our companies has lost
130 men out of 240.'
Letter Printed and Given to Men.
THE following letter, which refers
to the fighting on the Aisne, has been
printed and circulated to the troops:
Letter found on German officer of
7eh Reserve Corps: Cerny, south of
Laon. September II, 1914:
my Dear Parents: Our CORDS has
the task Of holding the heights south
of Cerny in all circumstances till the
tt tsah Sorps on our left flank can grip
the enemy's flank. On our right are
other corps We are fighting with the
English Guards, Highlanders and Zou-
aVes. The losses on both sides have
been enormous. For the most part this
rs due to the too brilliant French ar
The English are marvelously train
ed IN making use of ground. One
never Bees them, and one is constantly
under fire; The French airmen per-
1Grm %onderful feats. We cannot get
Eld 81 them. AS soon as an airman
has flown over us. ten minutes later
we get their shrapnel fire in our posi-
tion. We have little artillery in our
corps; without it we cannot get for
ward.
Three days ago our division took
possession of these heights and dug it,
self in. Two days ago. early in the
morning, we were attacked by i'm
mensely superior English forces-one
brigade and two battalions-and were
turned out of our positions. The fel-
tremendous hand-to-hand fight.
English Fell In Heaps.
"How / escaped myself I am not
clear. I then had to bring up support
on foot. My horse was wounded and
the others were too far in the rear
Then came up the Guard lager Bat
talon, 4th Wager, 9Th Regiment, Re-
SSA AsC6A 6AIhSht 10, anu lduQWcnr TSEl-
ments 13 and 16, and with the help OF
the artillery. we drove the fellows out
of the position again. Our machine
guns did excellent work; the English
fell in heaps.
In our battalion three iron crosses
have been given. one to CO -. one
to Capt. - and one to Surgeon -
(names probably deleted). Let US hope
that we shall be the lucky ones the
next time.
" During the first two days of the
battle l had only one piece of bread
and no water. I spent the night in
the rain without my great coat The
rest of my kit was on the horses,
which have been left miles behind
with the baggage, and which cannot
come up into the battle, because as
soon as you put your nose up from be-
hind cover the bullets whistle.
"fWar Is terrible. We are all hoping
that decisive battle will end the war,
as our troops already have got round
Paris. If We beat the English, the
French resistance will soon be broken.
Evening star., 1914-09-25
ACCUSE CAP TRAFALGAR
OF A TREACHER0us ACT
Memhers ef earnspia Grew Say She
Iovsrsd xlAe, Etsn Fired
en 1eatdef&

MoNTEVIpH0, Uruguay. September
25.-Details Of the sinking of the Ger
man steamer Gap Trafalgar by the
British auxiliary cruiser Carmania sew
eral days ago we're related by the
sailors of the British vessel, which ar
rived here yesterday.
The hattie took place at a point 800
miles oR Rio de Janeiro. Brasil and
laSted TIVE holfa The Gap Trafslear
Evening star., 1914-09-25

cease nre was consequently given to
our guns which were firinE On this
particular section Of grapnd.
The German battery COMMANDERS at
once took advantage 9f the iull in the
ladders and onto A = hays,aesk g . issass e
undeF a tar more accurate Are than
aAx to which they had been subjected
up to that time.
"A British officer, who was captured
by the Germans and has since ESCAPED.
reports that while a prisoner he saw
men who had been fighting subss-
quently put on Red Cross brassards:
THAT Irregular use Of the protection
afforded by the Geneva convention Ia
not uncommon in confirmed by the fact
that on one occasion men In the uni
form Of combatant units have been cap
turea wearing ar a Red d. Cross oz oTTahssard. Ths
cuss given has been that they had been
detailed after the fight to look after
the wounded.
ut ts Feported by a cavalry officer
that the driver Of motor car with a
machine gun mopnted on It. which was
captured, was wearing a Red Cross.
Evening star., 1914-09-25

laid on the door far tia rAaepsion Of
German wounded. It Is to the credit
OF the French that practically all the
German wounded were successfully ex-
'srhere was 40 justification on milf
tary grounds fer this act Of vandalism.
which seems to have been caused by
evaporation Barn Of failure-a sign
81 impotence rather than Of strength.
It is noteworthy that a well known
hotel not far Tram the cathedral. which
was kept bJ , German. was not
t0uehCd.e
Evening star., 1914-09-25

gar, opened Are sal eaak eho 0aNmaA
vessel The British boat then ooptannsd
on her voyage.
In announcing the sinking e tAs oa1
Trafalgar. the British o1eee1 egep Auv
Carmania lost nine msn ktllsA oN1 eAek
twsnty-stx otheta Weep 11QAAoA 1AH
survivors Of the Qermap ehl6 e aaid.
we're rescued BY Q polItse.
Evening star., 1914-09-25

lowered her aag - II 70 surrender.
VhereyRea . yswl Allied With callers
put out from the Csrmania to take pos
pessiea Of the German vessel
The Cap Trafalgar. howsver. SUD
denly apsnsd are upon the yawl. which
eenk. the sailors In the beat pertahing.
The CarmaniA whose omcers wsrs
sngered by the act Of the Cap Trafai-
Evening star., 1914-09-25

have been drenched to the skin for
some days, and their trenches have
spite of the incessant night alarms and
the almost continuous bombardment to
which they have been subjected, they
( have on every occasion been ready Tor
the enemy's infantry when the latter
attempted to assault, and they have
! beaten them back with great loss In
deed, the sight OF the troops coming
! up has been ositive relief. after
| long trying hours of inaction under
shell fire.
Do Not shatter British Nerves.
of artillery the Germans employ Is to
beat down the resistance of their
enemy by concentrated and prolonged
fire, to shatter their nerve with high
explosives, before the infantry attack
on doing this with us. but they nave
not done SO. though 1t has taken tnem
several costly experiments to discover
this fact.
From statements of prisoners: 1t ap-
pears that they have been greatly ofs,
appointed by the moral effect produced
by their heavy guns. which. despite the
actual losses inflicted. has not been a.
all commensurate with the colossal eA-
penditure of ammunition, when has
really been wasted. By this it IS hct'
implied that their artillery hre IS not
good; it is more than good-it Is eAGet
lent But the British soldier IS o1i-
ficult person to impress OF oeptsss'
high explosive, which detonate Win
terrific violence and form craters large
enough to act as graves Tor nSe norseo'
The German howitzer shells are
from eight to nine riches in caliDer.
and on impact they send up columns
of greasy black smoke. On account OF
this they are irreverently DUBBED coai
boxes black mai las or Jack Johh-
sons by the soldiers.
Men who take things ia this spirit
are, it seems. likely to throw out the
calculations based on the loss of morale
so carefully framed. by the German
military philosophers
"a considerable amount Of informal
ton has been cleaned from prisoners.
1t has been gathered that our POM
bardment Oh the 18th produced a great
impression. The opinion is also report,
ed that our infantry makes such sooo
companies are decimated by our rifle
fire before the British soldier can pe
seen.
Mixture Of Units Employed.
From an official diary captured by
the 1st Army Corps it appears that
one of the German corps contains an
extraordinary mixture of units. If the
composition of the other corps is sim
liar it may be assumed that the pres
ent efficiency of the enemy's forces is
in no way comparable with what it
was when the war commenced.
"The losses in officers are noted as
having been especially severe. A bri-
gade is stated to be commanded by a
major; some companies of foot guards
by one-year volunteers. while after the
battle of Montmirail one regiment lost
fifty-five out of sixty officers.
1.-The prisoners recently captured ap-
preciate the fact that the march on
Paris has failed and that their forces
are retreating, but state that the OBJ
ject of this movement is explained by
the officers as being to withdraw into
closer touch with the. supports, which
have stayed too far in the rear.
THE officers are also endeavoring to
encourage the troops by telling them
they will be at home by Christmas. A
large number of the men believe that
they are beaten.
Evening star., 1914-09-25

Ask these deaers-tey know about "Nobby Tread" Tires
tell you they by far the cheapest tires the end
= the reliable dealer. in every locality
Evening star., 1914-09-25
Russia will be very quickly dealt with
of this there. is no doubt. =:
Work Done at Naubeu9e.

Russia will be very quickly dealt with:
of this there is no doubt. Z:
| Work Done At Maubeuge..
ave have received splendid help
from the Austrian heavy Artillery at
Maubeuge. They bombarded Fort Car
| fontaine in such = way that there was
not ten meters of parapet which did
not show enormous craters made by the
shells. The armored turrets were found
upside down.
| Yesterday evening about 9. in the
valley in which our reserves stood,
! there was such terrible cannonade
| that we saw nothing Of the sky but 3
cloud of smoke: We had few casual
ss Here tn the ,tems te1osr ef eada news ara the
| following: Recently a pilot and oh
server Of the Royal Flying Corps. were
| forced by a breakags in their aero
The pilot managed to pancake his ma
! chine down to earth and the two es.
capped into some thick underground In
the woods, The Ser enemy Iss came as,u up and END
| did not search for our men with much
zeal The latter lay hid till dark, and
then found their way to the Aisne,
! across which they swan. reaching camp
Numerous floating bridges have by
now been thrown across the A!sne and
some of the permanent bridges had
repaired been under Are. On the goth
nal Corps, Royal Engineers, was un-
fortunately drowned while attempting
to swim across the river with a cable,
in order to open up fresh telegraphic
communication on the north side.
Espionage by Germans.
"Espionage is still carried on by the
enemy to a considerable extent. Re-
| Gently the suspicious of some of the
French troops were aroused by coming
| across farm from which the horses
had been removed. After some searcn
| they discovered a telephone which
was connected by an underground
cable with the German lines, and the
owner of the farm paid the penalty
in the usual way in war for his treach-
cry.
| after some cases of village fighting,
| which occurred earlier in the war, 1t
| was reported by some of our officers
| that the Germans had attempted to ap-
i proach to close quarters by forcing
| prisoners to march in front of them
The Germans have recently repeated
| the same trick on larger scale
| against the French, as is shown by the
! copy of an order printed below. 1t is
! therein. referred to as a ruse. hut if
|
| tinctly illegal ruse.
| "'During a recent night attack (the
| order reads) the Germans drove a col
| umn of French prisoners in front OF
| them. This action is to be brought to
| the notice of all our troops, ~ in or
! der to put them on their guard against
| such dastardly ruse. (2) in order that
every soldier may know how the Ger
| mans treat their prisoners. Our troops
must not forget that If they allow
| themselves to be taken prisoners, the
| Germans will not fail to expose them
I to French: bullets. -:
| "'Signature of Commander
Misuse of White Flag.
Further evidence has now been col
| Iected of the misuse of the white flag
and other signs Of surrender. Dur
! ing an action on the 18th. owiHg to
this. one officer was shot. During re-
| A~h OLE ,1.,s
Evening star., 1914-09-25
Hombarded Rheims Cathearal.

Full details of the actual damage
done to the cathedral at Rheims will
doubtless have been cabled home. SO
that no description of it is necessary.
The Germans bombarded the cathedral
twice with their heavy artillery.
zone reason it caught alight SO quick
ly was that on one side Of it was some
scaffolding which had been erected for
restoFatieR work. Straw had also been
Evening star., 1914-09-25
Misuse of White Flag.

Further evidence has now been col
Iected of the misuse of the white flag
and other signs Of surrender. Dur
ing an action on the 18th. owing to
this. one officer was shot. During re-
cent fighting also some German ambu-
lance wagons advanced in order to
collect the wounded. An order to
Evening star., 1914-09-25

Foss- Hughes Company 1220 Conn. Ave. NV, "Fisrcs.
Arrow"
The Luttrel Company, 1914 N H. Ave. NV, "Faclard'
National Electrical Supply Company, 132S30 New York
Ave. NV.
Irwin T. Donohoe $50 18th ST. NV.
Wilson-Goucher Tire Company, 1705 18th ST. NV.
Culpeper, Va.-Shepherd Motor Car Company. -.
Leesbms, Va.-John Hill Carter, Leesbmg Garage.
Strasburg, Va.-Alfred Bly,.
Winchester, Va--Auto Livery Company Auto Supplies
Winchester, Va-N. A. Cooper & Som, Auto Suprjiap.
Charles Town, w. VA. S. Allen, Prop JelFsrssu
Maztnsbws W. Ya.-car 4 Dicken. Ford"
Martinsburg, w. Vat. w. Martin, "ChalmsrA"
Martinsburs, w. Vas w. Kent Miller, Cadillac"
Frederick, Md.-Ideal Garage.
Frederick, Md. Chester Kemp.
Rockville Md. H. Warfeld.
Brunswick, Md. C. H. Feete & Bro, Brunswisk C>ss>.
rATES TIRES Sell the Best Of Evsytaias
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
GHAlGEl
To TWO Months Later is Billy
Sundays Clark bIFg En-
gagellle1t.

w A. Sunday, the noted evangelist
who is now holding forth In G'itts-
burg, has postponed his Ciarks5urg
engagement from March and April,
1915, Ito May and June of the same
year the following letter just re-
ceiVed from him in Pittsburg by
Felix o. Sutton Of the local Sunday
committee, ezpIains the reason for the
postponement:
II find that may be compelled TO
ask Clarksburg to shove her date
back until MaY-June, instead of
March-April. Knoxville, Tenn, which
must be covered next season. is pc
cuIiarly situated as regards meet
ing. ana in order to carry. on a suc-
cessful campaign there it Is necess-
airy to give them an earlier spring
date, si1ch as March ApriL CIarksburg
being farther north presume II VIII
not make so much difference
''Therefore / trust that you may al
accept this change gracefully ana IN
this way make it more agreeable All
around
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
RNAIO or b
70 ~ Ak.
on a Resolution lying on Sen
afe Table Relating to Mine
Strike IN This State
RIGHT OF TRIAL By JURY
And Moi by Military Authorities
Urged in the Resolution m
Very Strong Way.
,.erelA.. e &c rELEeaAll

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. 90
There lies on the Senate table.a res
s3Intion introduced by Senator Borah,
III is 4 forerl1nner OF a speech w1lcff
Il soon to follow In which the. sup
fscf l1iIt briefly referred to In Che res
goIution will be enlarged upon ana uis-
Guessed at ali angles. When THIS lter sp-
coming speech is made II Wl4l pc Of
interest Go the thinking people OF
yVogt Virginia, because the basis o. y
lSs5tII ge the studies which the ldano
sfatesnans made I'm West Vtrginia
IsyiIan he was one OF the Investigators
annointed to probe into the hana.Wna
county strike troubles In fact. ~ Us
stated on good authority that Tue MS Is,
toT.y or that industrial conflict VIII
furnish practically the entire ioun
datfon for the forensic slruct9ae
which will be erected. The rcsolu-
ton which will be tailed 70 rs as
follows: 80,
aResoIved, That the right OF trial ria
by Jury for persons charged VIII
criminal offenses, as that right ~
Guaranteed by the National Constltu-
ton and by every state constitution
OF the Union, lis an essential eteIn emf
and fundamental right OF cltizensnsp
and a vital principle of free instttu-
tions and a republican form OF goY-
eminent; that any tendency TO sup
plant it with trial by military ccnl-
mission under the plea OF necessity -
al variance with the basic principles
Of our whole system and theory OF
government, indefensible, and 1nto&-
erable.''
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05

Sideslaipe in West End of the
Yards and Delay Traffic
for Several Hours.

Two Baltimore g. Ohio yard en-
gines sideswiDed at 10 O'Clock Thurs
day morning near the water tank az
sAcamston. Both engines We're fe=
raflad and one turned over onto the
tracks 4o1 the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company and all Adamston
and Wilsonburg cars have been trans
ferrlng passengers at that point since
the accident.
The cause of the accident could not
be found out, the two engines were
ehe largest In the services in the local
yards and came together while rum
ming at a high speed. The engineers
and lremen on the engines saved
their lives by jumping before they
came together.
The Grafton wrecking crew arr
rived on the scene shortly after IL
O'Clock and started to clear away the
wFockaga and It is thought that the
tracks VIII be clear by this evening.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
CHANGES MIl>
And Will Return to Mexico City
to Serve against as Mir
ister of Finance

PARIS, Feb. 5-AdoIto Lama, who
in January resigned his position as
Mexican minister Of finance as a pro-
test against Provisional President
Huerta's decree suspending the pay
ment of interest on the Mexican ma
tional debt decided today to return
TO Mexico to serve again as minister
of finance He will leave Paris for
New York on February II accom-
panied by Salvador Echegaray an
official of the Mexican finance depart
ment. Provisional President Huertas
after Lanlats resignation, sent him q
long friendly cablegram expressing
his confidence and reliance upon
Senior Lama and urging him TO con-
tinue as minister of dnance.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05

EDITOR Of G 3aF ton Here to
Book 1gag erlent Of
Noted Reader

~ -
Miss Nina Avres. mt recently one
Of the editors 81 the 5Se Ia Citizen
az Char1eaton and for mum ber q
wears en- "a gel Ia new aper work IA
that city, Is ii the city en- aaoring
Miss Laura A ga won't, = otee
tefpreter OF plays and operas Of kal-
tfmore, who is 10 make a tour th1so = i
this section in the near future NESS
sAyres resigned her position on lc
Citizen at Charleston q week or two
ago to take the position Of manager
for Miss Haugh Feut.ss
All OF Miss Hauga JEout's time
through this section has been hooked
excepting Febrnary 90 and Miss
Ayres sgliI try TO BRING her 10 Clar:lSs7
burg on that date Miss Ayres Is
consItltil L with local clll b yEomen and
hopes to be able to make the en-
gagement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
REAGE WARRANT
Sworn out BY Charles Thomas
against Hiram Blackwell,
a Local NEGRO.

Hiram Blackwell, a negro, is a
prisoner In the county jan awaiting
a hearing before Jdsttce Jackson ".
Carter on a peace warrant sworn out
by Charles Thomas, janttor OF the
court house.
Al recent evening Blackwell enter
ed the boiler room in the basement
az tho court house and started an
argument with Thomas and Thomas
had officer Shope to remove him. He
was placed in the city lock up ana
kept there until the warrant was IS
sued and then he was removed TO
the county Jail
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
In House, One of His School,
mates, and Both Of Them
Have Made Good.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Feb. o.
REPRESENTATIVE Moss delivered
brief and effective address on the nm
al day of the immigration bills pen
dancy. He advocated the passage OF
the bill. He was granted permission
to further extend his remarkss Win
the result that his constituents viii
be later furnished with an interest
Ing document which viii fully SET
forth his views on the important
question of immigration. In the
sveech ne made, he quoted literally
from "The Immigrant Invasion, 2
volume from thg-pen OF DR.. Frank
milan Wnrne. The interesting part
about this is that Judge Moss and
Dr.. Warne were schoClnates togeth-
er and intimate boyhood friends, that
hofI1 have .sniade good in their
chosen work. and that they are botn
now residents Of washington. Dr..
YEarne, like Judge Moss =
Young man. hut he IS a 81,
among the stati tlcal
study labor proni ems railroads itlay
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
SORE ARMS
Have Many Kentucky Legisla-
tors as Result of Undergo
ing Vaccination. rs
snv Assoe.a1rn pRgss1

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. "a
Kentucky legislature and many resi-
dents of this city are nursing sore
arms today the result OF vaccination
due to a smallpox scare which devel-
oned yesterday when it was an
nounced that Senator ]. F. Porter, OF
Dixon, and Representa- A. J. Oh
liver, of Allen county, we're III of the
disease.
Doctors expressed the opinion t l.t
the two LEGISLATORS contracted the
disease from negro waiter at a ho-
tel where many members OF the state
assembly are stopping.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05

of the Northern Part of the
Stale Join ia Protest against
Increased Freight Rates
tapEelAL 70 TNa ElFeRAla,

WASHINGTON Feb. 5.-There
was a conferences of coal operators
whose properties are located in the
southern part of West Virginia held
here this week. 1t was one OF their
usual gatherings which are held from
time to time.
While bituminous operators IN the
Rittsburg district were here lat the
same time to protest against the rail-
roads being granted the right to
make a Eve per cent increase in their
freight rates, and while the operators
in the northern part of West virgin
ia Joined in the protest, those from
the lower end Of the state did not do
so. interviewed about it they de-
cIared themselves absolutely fndtter-
granted their petition or denied it.
AS one stated it: ut makes no diff
ference to us If freight rates go
up we'H not pay the increase. the
consumer will defray that expense.
So, as the slang saying Is, we should
worry,
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And Policemen and Firenaen
Are to Have Them While
They Are on uty

HARRISBURG. Pa Feb. 5.--Ishe
public service commission today ruled
that abroad companies IN Pennsyl +
vania may igsue free passes to their
officers and employees to be used tor
the transportation OF the dependent
members of families OF such officers
and employees.
The ruling ds strengthened py :
declare Ion mat the granting of these
concessions WIN not be regarded by
the commission as . violation OF the
provisions of the public service com
pany law, which went into erect ian
uary j.
1t also ruled that the free trans
portatioa furnished by common car
rfers TO policemen and fremen In the
discharge Of their public duties e not
such free transportation As e pro-
hfbHad by the provisions OF the law
The. commission did not pass upon
the question regarding reduced rates
for clergymem.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05

WASHINGTON, Cd 1s7--l g z &
man Sutherland mas introduced q
increasing the pay Of rural mail car
Tiers. Their minimum pay
ST 100 a year for a distance OF ~ 81
four miles. Mr. Sutheria and =
make their pay from 81 200 ~
according to the TIE and 9 ~ 81
the route travelled Tile pill onio
$50 provide additlonas pay Tor
class postmasters on accol qI 3
parcels post BUSINESS and max
minimum compensation
ciass postmasters so q mont
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-05
MIRDER CHARGE
AGAINST a Pittsburg Man Who
is Placed under Arrest in
City Of Wheeling.
on asseers4Eo passu,

WHEELING, FEB. 5.-Norman
Stanley, arrested here early today IN
Connection with the murder OF Rob-
ert Mercer, of -Pittsburg, whose body
was found buried ina shallow grave
in the basement of the new city hail
ia Cleveland, decided later IN the
.day to return to Ohio without extra
dftion papers. When told that q
charge of murder had been entered
against him in Cleveland he said II
am in the clear. He admitted ne
was with Mercer the night Mercer.
disaopeared and said he would toll all
he kpew OF that nights ezepts when
the right time came.