West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-08-13
FnoM GronoR w. SUMMERS.

Washington, August ll.--Quite
number of West Nirginians are anon,
the Americans who have been inconvcni
onced in their travels by the war il
Europe. Some are on the other side anc
can neither be heard from 10y friends nol
receive word from their people I'm this
country. Thousands of requests hav,
been made of the State Department 10y
Americans for assistance in locating
friends abroad, getting money To them
and assisting them 10 return home. The
Department is doing all lt can To rostorc
communication between Americans
abroad and their friends on this side the
ocean, but IL is difficult TO accomplish
this in many cases. IL In especially dini-
cult TO get any information as TO Ameri-
cans in Germany or Austria, because OF
the war conditions and the strict censor.
ship of those countries and tho countries
through which the messages must pass.
IL IL believed however, that no American
If IN any danger, the worst that could
happen being detention abroad and diifi.
Guilty in getting funds from home. The
Department is undertaking To supply
transportation and funds for all Ameri-
cans abroad who need assistance in yet
ting away from the territory involved in
the war, Former Congressman John w.
Davis, now Solicitor General, and Mrs.
Davis are among the West Virginians in
convenienced 10y the conditions. They
were abroad and were about TO return
when the war broke out. They were on
the Mauretania which landed them in
Halifax. On account of the difficulty in
getting letters of credit honored abroad
they were without funds when they land.
ed and had To remain there few days
before starting Tor Washington. Con.
grcssman Neely has been asked 10y
relatives of persons abroad To assist in
locating or in getting aid to number o
persons from West Virginia. Some o
them have been located others are bsinl
sought by the State Department and m
effort II being made 10 get funds 30 others
Those for whom one kind of assistance
or another has been asked include Jacot
Koblcgard, formerly of Weston, now o
Springfield, Ohio, his son, X. n. Kob.
logard and his family, who are supposed
to be in North Schleswig. Germany, j.
NJ. Hartley, of Fairmont, who was in
Germany but reached Paris in safety
Miss Rosa Sweeney and Miss Grace
Courtney, oil Morgantown, Misses Allie
Fleming and Louise Nichols, OF Fair.
mont, and Miss Gertrude Garden, o.
Wheeling, who were mt Lucerne, Switzer
land and Miss Helen Harden, of Wells
burg, who was i'm Italy
Senator w. T.. Chiffon and Congress
man James A. Hughes are West Vir
ginia's members OF the Congressional
committee % attend the funeral OF Mrs
Woodrow Wilson. The Senate resolu
ton provided that the senior Senator
from each State bc placed on the com
mittce, while the House resolution pro
yidcd for one member from each Stat,
and the Speaker designated i'm each cas,
the Oldest member in point of service
Mr.. Hughes having several longer thar
any other present member from Yves
Virginia was selected as one OF the com
mittee.
Congressman Brown was successful il
his efforts 10 have post Office establishc,
temporarily at Caddell, Preston county
where the National Guard encampmen
will be held. The office will be establish
ed temporarily and a postmaster will b
designated. II is the intention 10 Civ
persons in camp thoroughly good ma
service, both 30 and from the camp.
The European situation and the posi-
bility OF emergencies arising in thi
country at any time have made it i'm
perative that quorum he maintained a
all times in Congress and Democrat
Leader Oscar Underwood made specia
request for members 81 remain in Wash
ington. The request was not needed 70
Congressman Nesly and Brown for the
have been very regular in their attcn
dance, only leaving town when II va
necessary and then for but q few days a
a time.
| Congressman Sutherland finally file,
his expense accounts with the clerk q
the House, as required by law, but di,
It about a month after hc should hav
done so. Taylor George filed his frs
statement, as required, showing his ex
penses TO have bcen Sil5O. lie is r.
quircd 20 file another statement after tb
nomination is made in the secon
district. William James, Progressive
also fled a statement as candidate Il
tie second district showing ho had mad
no expenditures Hugh Ike Shott's fins
statement showed he had spent in a
sl,2aO0, exclusive Of his assessment
compared with $40 reported by Edwar
Cooper, who defeated shott.
West Virginians in Washington al
interested in a report that came from N
Progressive convention for the secon
district, at Kcyser, when y. &. Keil
was nominated for Congress. The rcpo
was 10 the effect that George NJ. Bower
one Of the candidates for the Republica
nomination for Congressman, had a
clared himscli 10 be a Progressive. III