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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
French Are Forced to Give a Little
Ground IN Some Instances and Like
wise the Germans Give Way
in Other Instances
(BY ASSOCIATED PRESS }

pAJeIs Sant 26.-For fourteen days the battle OF
the Aisne has continued practically wlthouC ce1e W
still Paris waits for of some decisive result
Here and there, according to the ofhcla
ton the line has given to one side OF the oInel
the importance of these incidents on the maj result mas
not vet become apparent. - o,-o,,l
S,c movements On the French left wing to the nort-
west of Noyon where the French apparently g E
irving TO outank the German right the
troops it is announced compelled to give ll.e
,rro1d having come in contact with superior troops.
Fresh troops were brought however, ana tue
offensive resumed ,.s<.
Similarly on the heights OF the Meuse tne e1einais @
have had successes they have not yet succeeded the
saws crossing the river Inc ffench
report however that their right the 0erinans nave
heln to give wav attacks coming from Nancy ana
while the southern region OF WoeVre Ihe enemy 70 ~
retiring but the action continues
Heavy fighting going both the east anu WesI
wings of the battle between the allies and Germans IN
France according to the official announcement lssueo
this afternoon by the French war otnce
Following is the text of the communications
.First on our left wing between the So1n1ne ana Tue
Ose the battle continues very violently Between the
river Disc and Soissons, troops have advance9 sg
ssons and Rheims there been important change
the situation. U..1,,.,
lsSecond on the center between Rheims and Verdun
+, situation is also unchanged In the Woevfe region
t enemy, has been unable to the river ese IN the
vicinity of St NIhie but the offensive taken p our rooPs
eady has to large extent thrown him back upon the
river. To the south OF the Woevre region our 11aA 80 M
not ceased to progress The Fourteenth German any
co,.ne has fallen back after suffering great losses
.hird on our right wing in Lorraine and the Nosges
41, forces to have Deen reduced
back advance posts, have been ieptnsed ny 'e 81
trance into action of our reserves.
s.In the Russian zone the Russians nave captured
Tzeszo the railroad leading to CracoW ana nave se
taken two fortified positions to the nofth ana sous
rzemysl In Poland the Germans appear to have tort-
fed. themselves to the north of kallsz.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
TR AFFIC BOARD FINDS
SITUATION YER r GOOD

IL says: According to pre-arrang-
ed plan several squadrons OF COS
sacks and .artillerymen feinting re
treat began to fall back rapidly under
cover of the infantry. The Austrians
rose to the bait and EMERGED from
their trenches in the direction OF
small river. where companies OF Rus
sian infantry checked the furious
Austrian onslaught. Cossacks ana
artillery crossing by bridge begun
to entrench themselves on the oppo-
site bank posting severai macnlne
guns while the artillery MD their guns
in trenches under the pusnes unper-
ceived by the enemy.
when the preparations were com
plete for the enemy's reception the IN
fantry hurriedly retreated to the OPP
posite bank where they pretended TO
set fire to the bridge as though IN
tending to cut OFF the enemy's advance
The Austrian troops seeing before
them only a small body OF Russians.
blindly charged. The enemy,s IN
fantry with shouts of victory ap-
preached the bridge while the cavalry
dashed through the river. Suddenly
a terrific explosion was heard on the
bridge, which, massed with Aus
trian columns was blown to pieces,
while on the opposite bank the RUS
sian guns scattered death among the
Austrians until the river was chokeu to
with bodies. Panic-stricken the foe
attempted to fee but the Cossacks
consummated the work of demolition
fording the stream and pursuing the
enemy with yells of triumph.
"Half an hour later it was all over
and several Austrian battalions had
ceased to exist
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
RHODES SCHOLARS
Stop off in Washington City for
a Short Visit on Their Way
to New York.
,srIe,.L 70 ms rrtEeaAn,

WASHINGTON. d. C., Sept. 20
number of the american Rhodes
scholars stopped Off in Washington
this week on their way to New York
from which port they sailed for Eng
land to enter Oxford University. In
spite of the fact that many buildings
at oxford are being used as barracks
and hospitals. and that the university
forty per cent of the usual enrolment.
the war, it is said, has had little effect
on the Rhodes scholars.
The party was in charge OF T. r.
Mayo, of Mississippi who will enter
St. Johns College and, fand number
ed thirty men.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
PYTHIANS
Select Charles Town as Their
Next MEETING Place, and
Elect Officers.

FAIRMoNT, Sept. 26--The West
Virginia Grand Lodge of Pythians
will meet at Charles Town next year.
oaicers were chosen as follows:
Grand chancellor, John P. Arbenz.
of Wheeling: grand vice chancellor
o. W. west. of Auburn: grand pre-
late. William G.. Brown. OF King
wood; grand master of arms, Thomas
RAY Ollie. of Morgantown; grand in
ner guard. James w. Robinson OF
Clarksburg; grand outer guard, T.
w. Bush, of Huntington; trustees. =
S. Reeves. of Princeton; Thomas h
Roby. of McMechen; and Samuel r:
Miller. of Fairmont; grand Keeper OF
records and seals. Samuet X. Mont
gomery, of Kingwood.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
To Democrats in This State, by
Appointing Them to Serve
Country as PoStmasters.
,srre,AL 70 ...r TrlEarAs'

WASHINGTON, d. c.. Sept. 26---
Another lot of old West Virginia post
masters have been re-appointed un-
der the civil service regulations, and
win continue to mold the positions
which they have been filing for a
long time. They have been reap
pointed because. when they took the
civil service examinations for theit
respective ofaces they stood highest
on the list or next highest with soma
good reason why the highest should
not be appointed. Most OF these post
masters have been In once for many
years and were promptly re-appointed
upon demonstrating their htness 20
hold their o1aces through the medium
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
FIRE ON SHIP
Burns Bales of Cotton and Ital-
ian Reservists Are Routed
from Steerage.
t.v Assee,Arsp rsEss,

hundred bales of cotton stored in the
lower hole of the White Star liner.
Cretic. caught fire this morning as
the vessel lay at her pier under steam
and ready to weigh anchor for
Genoa. Several hundred Italian re-
servists, crowded into the seserage
over night, were routed by the smoke.
The origin of the fire was not de
termfned, but 1t was thought that
the blaze might have been started
by lighted cigaret tossed into the
hold.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
Coaches Are Confident That
Their Teams Will Make a
Good Showing.

With ideal weather prevailing and
both teams in excellent condition and
one of the largest crowds that ever
assembled in this section OF the
country to witness an athletic event
indications are that the Carlisle
Wesleyan game this afternoon will
be the greatest event of its kind ever
staged in West Virginia.
Coaches Mount Pleasant and Gar
low, of Wesleyan, stated this morn
ing that all their men were in good
condition and that they expected
great things from their team this az
Coach Warner stated that while his
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
RlFlzE FIRE CARRIES
TO A GREAT HEIGHT
a, .,.oe,.,rp ,.rsS

PARIS. Sept. 26.-An aviator who
has just returned from the front tsils
6y,nr M ne men on reconnoitering duty He
:sWe are obliged to fly at a height OF
about one mile and quarter which
makes observation difficult; as small
objects, even with the aid OF the
strongest glasses, assume untam Mar
shapes and become fore-shortened. If
We fiy under that height we are greet
ad 81 q hail OF rife fire which Is more
afYecffve than the cannon. We fear
f3,s rides more than the bursting
shrapneI as the hre q the regiments
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
.BAvARlAN SOLDIERS
NOW UNDER ARREST
ssr As.eelAIsp I'D

LONDON, Sept. ga correspon-
danf ar Ostend is responsible for the
statement given out here today that
a number of Bavarian soldfers are
under arrest in Brussels charged
with Facilitating the escape OF large
body OF French prisoners from the
belgian capital. A court OF INQUIRY
is investigating. The number of
E,renchmen said to have gotten away
has been placed at several thousand.
The Bavarians are greatly fncensec
at the charges against them This
story lacks confirmation from other
sources.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
WORE PIE HANDED
OUT BY BLJRLESON

of a civil service examination. Those
who have been appointe1, in addition
to previous lists. are: Robert y.
Moore. Beard, Pocahontas county; J.
L. Watkins. Caldwell. Gfeenbr1er
county: John l.. Campbell, Dawson.
Greenbrier county: Norval e. Wal
ton, Lobelia, Pocahontas county; T..
J. Vass. Marie, Summers county:
Clara J. Colburn, May. Pocahontas
county: Max J. Austin. Meadow Blum,
Greenbrier county: Mary Browning,
Mfnden. Fayette county; Carl Hunts
pfIler, Smoot, Greenbrier county: b.
p. Frantz. Thornwood. Pocahontas
county; Susie Canterbury, Written.
Fayette county.
New fourth class postmasters ap-
pointed in West Virginia following
civil service examinations include
Oakley /. Stoner at Afhnity. Raleigh
to succeed G. A. Hfnterleit-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
PITTsBURG FLYER LATE.

The Pittsburg flyer due at the local
station at $3.50 o'clock run several
hours late Saturday morning on ac-
count of small freight wreck on the
n. and r. Division, two miles west
of this city, the flyer had to be de-
toured around by the way OF Grafton.
1ihe wreck was cleared away by 10 SO
o'clock and No. Q run on schedule
time t-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
MUSICAL COMEDY.

.eThe Girls from Panama" a big
musical comedy company with ten
persons in the cast has been booked
for appearance Monday. Tuesday and
"Wednesday at the Odeon theater. This
is a fne company and 1t has been
drawing packed houses wherever 1t
has shown. The Tip Top Four will
close a suecful half weeks engage
ment at the Odeon with performances
today.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
DROP IDEA
sOf Equipping and Maintaining
An Ambulance Ship in the
European War.
t.v.,.oe,,.t, :, ,aGee.

LONDON, Sept. 26.-Acting on
suggestion from the British war 3
fee the committee n charge of tbs
American women's war relief fund
inZ of cquipping and maintainingS 81
ambulance ship and have instead pr
sented the medical corps with six 1lQ
tor ambnlances for use at the front
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
MINOR RESUL rs OF COMBAT
ARE NOT ALL ONE-SlDED
ATTACHE NAMED.

WASHINGTON, Sept. &c. W.
A. yerditz. OF Pennsylvania. was to-
day appointed commercial attache OF
the United States at Paris by Secre-
tary RedfleId under the new law au-
thorizing the appointment of COM
mercial attaches at principal worlc
capitals.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
|ATTIE OF TIE AISNE LAST FOURTEEN DAYS
CONTINUES WITHOUT A DECISIVE RESUl
TELEGRAM FOOTBALL

. An extra edition of the Daily
!. Telegram viii be issued imme-
:. diately after the close OF the
: CarlisIe-WesIeyan football game
; this evening. This edition VIII
:. contain complete details OF the
. big game and every football
!. enthusiast will want copy.
i Newsdealers are requested to
) place their orders for this edt-
. tion with the Telegram circu-
:. lation department by 3 o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
COMPLETELY ISOLATED
BY FALL OF A TOWN
tnr Aasec,AIao pRlss'

LONDON, Sept. 26.-The fall OF
The town of Khyrow, telegraphs a
Petrograd correspondent, completely
IsoIates the Austrian forIned posi-
Hon of Przemysl as regards ra1iroad
communication. Khyrow is twenty
niles south of Przemysl ana closer to
the junction of several railroad INES.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
GERMAN COLONY TAKEN
BY A FRENCH GUNBoAT
a.v A1eocIATEp rRlss'

BORDEAUX, Sept. z6-The minis
try of marine announced today that :,
french gunboat surprised on Septem-
her 21 and took possession of Coco
beach in Kamerun, the German coll
ony in western equatorial Africa.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
SIGNS TRADE BILL.

WASHINGTON. d. C., Sept. 2s-
President Wilson today signed the
trade Commission bill. He announced
not appoint, the members of the conn
mission until the December session or
Congress. - 8
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
RUSE IS USED
TO WIPE OUT AUSTRlANS
.r A..ee,A1ro .sssn,

PETRoGRAD. via London, Sept.
o6.-The Russkoe S1ovo has obtained
from wounded soldiers. it states. a
description of a cever ruse whereby
a small Russian detachment in Galicia
yirtually wiped out a large Austrian
force. In its account OF the incident
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL.

The Temple Emanuel Sabbath
school will be organized In the Ma
sonic temple at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. All Jewish children from
the age of to Is years are welcome
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26
10 PoLTCE COURT.

City police made no arrests Fridt{
or Friday nIKht and as result tliete
was no session OF police court
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26

concentrated on a single object is far
more deadly"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26

Railroads last year paid Minneso
ia $5,775.513.48 taxes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-26

scontlaued on pase ays.l.
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CONTINUED on page six }
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
American Sunday Monthly Magazine Section

Remington trolley, and it was exhilarating to see
the wide, blue river under the blue, Spring sky as
they swung across Westminster Bridge.
Il think we'll have some good times this summer,
young Maudie, when get my pink dress and fellows
take us up to Hampton Court and Richmond on
a Sunday. [ think London's lovely when its fine.
[ bet you Londons more than twice as nice as any
other place."
you are waving flags" said Maudie.
'Well, think its glorious riding on car when
its sunny" said Jenny apologetically.
Raptures in the code of the Ballots manners
were permissible only dresses and babies;
towards everyone and everything else in the world
a cody critical attitude was considered imperative
Futura, the Fortune Teller, lived in dilapidated
house set back from the road about twenty PAGES.
These twenty PAGES traversed a paved front garden
in which dead euonymus affronted the sun from
broken-ribbed barrel On the ground floor dress
maker, screened against curiosity by banks of gera
NUNS piled her trade in a dim light. Upstairs
other people lived in odor of cooking and unbeaten
carpets, among many others Futura herself in front
room whose windows ratified every time the trolley
went by Owing to the persistency of the traffic
she may be said to have lived in perpetual vibra-
ton
red, twill curtain divided the room in two por-
tons. This curtain, judged by it's decorations of
tinsel moons and stars and it's cottonwood SPIDERS
screened many mysteries from the concealed stranger
But whenever Futura re-entered humanity the
fimsy folds parted, and displayed dreary bedstead
painted with bistered, blue enamel, SO the mysteries
probably the side reserved for the strangers
Futura herself was shapeless woman with bleached
hair and watery eyes, always very much fatigued
and always very irreguarly powdered
I'm not going to tell her come from the Orient"
whispered Jenny. 81 reckon she'll jaw heads
off and never tell us nothing except what young
dream her husband used to be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

L IL just keep IIldI anu see WHAT
happens"
care you going to pay Mrs.
Dowlass for those blouses she
cleaned last month";" asked Irene.
"Not this week." said Jenny.
"Do you owe for anything? Be-
cause if you do we'll hide in the
dressing room when she comes
round, and the girls can say we
was took very i'll after the first
ballet and had to go home in
taxi"
Outside, when the performance
was over and the girls were group
ed in the court contented with their
leisure and the GOODNESS of the rich.
May night, the faccid individual
who had accosted Jenny and Irene
in Shaftesbury Avenue detached
himself from a constellation of
glowing cigarettes and dauntlessly
approached the two girls.
"Ha-ha," he staggered. Give
found you again, have I?'
There's liberty" murmured
Irene.
Been bathing, haven't your"
said Jenny. "Where was it you es-
capped out of-the Aquarium"
"I'm sure | did meet you down
by the seaside" persisted the
stranger.
"Well, l don't think so, Conger-
eel Willie. Unless you was the fell
low they pinched at the railway
station for excess baggage"
81 think you're very rude little
girl" protested the stranger.
"Who cares what long, loppy
thing like you thinks? Come on,
Irene, this fellows trying to
worry himself"
Just then Jenny dropped the five
shilling piece she had been medita-
Continued on page I6)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

Don't be shy, my dears' breathed Futura.
"Cards, or hands, or a written delineation Of the
past the future, and the character of your future
husband with his good qualities marked in red ink?"
Cards. please" said Jenny. "Only | don't
want to pay more than shilling
Maude's chair at this moment lost leg and there
was irresponsible gigging for some time.
Never mind, dearie," said Futura placidly.
"There's been trouble with that leg before. Cut
three times with your left hand, she added, turning
to Jenny. "You will have a letter from fair man.
Two dark women have talked about you lately.
A very fair man"
II don't want to hear about men" Jenny inter-
rupted.
Don't you, dearie?" said Futura. But they're
in the cards Cut again"
"Isn't there anything about clothes?" asked
Jenny.
you'll have letter from absent friend which
will cause scandal. [ see ring. Your wish will
come true, and think that's ALL
"My wish will come true?" Jenny persisted
Its in the cards, duckie. Is your friend going
to have her fortune told?"
mo, thanks" said Jenny who was anxious to
escape into the sunlight again "Shes engaged to
be married Come on, Maudie.''
The shilling jingled down into Futura's slow and
circumhuent hands, and as the two girls turned in
the doorway to nod their farewes the fortune-teer
was getting ready to bank it in her wrnked stocking
''What life" said Jenny. II guess ballet
hoppings better than that"
That night was treasury night at the Orient, and
whatever msgvings had seized Jenny in Futuras
bowsy abode were allayed when she received from
the treasurer sovereign and fve-shilng piece as
the price of her weeks entertainment.
Fancy" she said GIVE never had it like that
before. It's always been a sovereign and two half
or perhaps mixed shllings and sixpences.
| call that very funny to get fve-shilling piece.
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Jenny and Irene fled to their dressing room, but
before they able to reach the stage again. the
piano was tinkling the melody of the first movement
and the pole of the ballet-master was humping
the hollow boards. The stage-manager fixed Jenny
with a scowl as she, with dovegray tarlatan swayng
around her slim grace took up her position in the
first line.
sThere goes the discount on my new costume"
she whispered to her neighbor
Cant hear what you say" painted the neighbor
who had already been dancing for some time.
81 said I'll get fined half-a-crown for being late"
And in the course of the morning this presentiment
was fulfilled.
AS the rehearsal progressed the new costume
came to seem more and more desirable. Jenny
recalled its trim appearance outside in the sunlight
of Shaftesbury Avenue away from the dust and
gloom of the Orient. Somehow that dress must be
achieved; and inspired by this determination, she
danced an intricate movement, of which she the
pivot, into complete confusion. All the girls talked
and explained; the ballet-master flashed his eyes
and swore; the accompanist re-t his cigarette; but
Jenny clothed everyone in her new pink dress and
was serenely happy.
The rehearsal came to an end; and upstairs in
the dressing after the petty incidents of the
morning had been chartered to pieces, girl named
Nellie James announced that " Pink Dress" would
win the Derby.
what do you mean Pink Dress?" exclaimed
Jenny
81 mean what l say" said Nellie James, a stout,
compacent girl with dull, dark hair. "My brother
knows fellow who was in bar-room yesterday
that heard fellow who knows the jockey say Pink
Dress was going to win the Derby"
"Your brothers nothing to go by" said Jenny
scornfully. Yet inwardIy she was shaken by the
coincidence and made up her mind to dig more
deeply into this matter.
To this end she consulted Dick the stage-door
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

keeper, reSerVlng Tor him questions
she would have disdained to ask
the dressing-room. From him she
learned that the Derby would be
run in about fortnight, that Pink
Dress had no earthly chance of
winning, and that if she invested
five-shilling piece, such were the
odds against Pink Dress, it would
bring in fI2 los. in the event of
the filly's victory. Jenny was pro-
foundry impressed by Dicks infor-
nation and made up her mind to
have her fortune told by cards that
very afternoon and see if the cards
limited at horses or new clothes.
"Who's the best fortune-teller-
Cheap" inquired Jenny of the
group of girls punched in the stage
door.
One of them informed her there
was woman in the Remington
Road who would tell fortunes for
a shilling, if she knew it was for a
member of the Orient Ballet.
"Why should she let MS come in
cheap" asked Jenny, suspicious as
always of patronage.
Because she was married to a
man once who played in our orches-
tra-only he died"
"What sloppy reason" said
Jenny. 81 reckon she ought to
charge us girls double. Guess it
was some of the has-beens here
who did up the poor fellow. Who's
coming with me down Remington
way?"
Maudie Chapman volunteered to
accompany her, and Jenny welcom-
ed her warmly, for with Maudie
there was always fun, and the
merry, May afternoon would flash
by whether the fortune-teller was
a success or a failure. Down on
the Embankment they caught the