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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-25
Protests On Change
Of U. s. Engineers

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Feb. u.s.
Senator William E. Chiffon has been
asked by Charleston business men to
protest with the war department
against the proposal of Major Thomas
jackson, recently appointed head Of
the Wheeling rivers and harbors dis
trict, to reduce the standing of the
Charleston Office of United States en-,
gineers.
Major Jackson proposes to transfer
Reginald G. Hewes. who has beea
chief clerk to the local engineer for
number Of years. to Wheeling, fuf,
ther reduce the local force. place the
Great Kanawha dams under the su,
peryisiou Of the Wheeling Office, and
discontinue the publication OF the
daily river bulletin here. Joining In
the portest are scores OF coal ship,
pers: who depend on the crests OF the
rises in the Kanawha to run thousands
Of barges of coal to the Ohio each
year.
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RUSSIANS DENY DEFEAT.

10y ASSOCIATED PresslD
:PETROGRAD, Feb. 25.-The gen.
eral staff OF the Russian army has Is.
sued statement concerning recent
occurrences in Russian Poland, and
the German claims to q sweeping vic.
tory which reads as follows:
Official announcement given out in
Berlin to the effect that the Tenth
Russian army suffered severe reverse
In retreat TO the Rivers Niemen and
Bobr are absolutely not correct. The
German declaration that the Tenth
army has been completely annihilated
can be categorically denied. AS a
matter Of fact the component parts
OF two Of our corps, the Twentieth and
another. finding themselves in a. dan.
gerous situation, as We already have
announced. withdrew from their po.
sition at Wierballen. Russian Poland,
with heavy. losses. As TO our other
corps, these troops after having foiled
an attempt Of the enemy to surround
them, are holding today the positions
allotted to them, and for several days
past they have been engaging the
enemy.
Along this entire front our armies
are fulfilling successfully the duties
assigned them. During the past few
days two regiments OF the 29th diyi.
sion. belonging to the Twentieth corps
advanced from the Augustowo forest
and rallied our men,"
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Buckley's Condition
Still Very Serious

Deputy Sheriff T. v. Buckley. hurt
In the strike riot, continues in stu.
por at his home. Ill High street, &C.
cordtng to DR.. J. J. Durrett. the ply.
stefan in charge. His condition con.
tinues serious and Specialists DR..
Henry w. Thomas and DR.. Sheldon
Horsley. both OF Baltimore, who have
been summoned by DR.. Durrett. will
arrive In Fairmont tomorrow morning
when consultation will be held.
Sheriff c. D. Conway is recover.
ing slowly. but he is still confined to
his room in the sheriff's residence
connected with the county jail. The
discoleration OF the skin about his
face. head and shoulders is beginning
to disappear and 1t was believed this
afternoon that he would be able to
appear before the grand Jury, which
is in session investigating the riot.
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z MORE VESSELS
sink N GERMAN
WAR#z0|NE LINES
Crews OF Both Are Landed
Safe Except Loss Of
One Life.
GERMAN CLAIMS DENIED
CONTINUED RUSSIAN SUCCESSES
ARE REPORTED IN CAR.
PATHlANs.
fDY AssocInied PressN

by EresA,t
LONDON. Feb. 25.-The small Brit.
ish coasting steamer. Western Coast,
has been sunk by mine or torpedo
in the English channel at a point of
Beachy Head. The crew was landed
at Portsmouth today.
One sailor lost his life when the
small British steamer. Deptford. 23O
feet long and 1,20S tons, was sent to
the bottom in 90 minutes either by
a German torpedo from a submarine
or by coming In contact with mine
In the North Sea at o'clock yester.
day morning at a point off Scar
borough. The is other members OF
the crew were saved, and were land.
ed at South Shields at an early hour
this morning.
The engineer of the Deptford says
he was on duty in the stokehold at
the time of the explosion in the tor
pedo head or where the mine rent the
Deptford in twain. He says he saw
flag Of blue flame shoot up from
the bottom Of the ship through her
deck. The force of the explosion
threw him down violently and stunned
him.
He managed to reach the deck, how.
ever. as the vessel was heaving and
just as the lifeboat was being launch.
ed. 1t was the carpenter Of the Dept.
ford who lost his life.
After hours in an open and leaking
boat. in snow storm which caused
them to suffer acutely, the men say
they signaled steamer. but no no.
tice was taken OF their appeal. Later,
however. they encountered the steam.
er Fulgens, which picked them up and
brought them into South Shields.
Some members Of the crew say they
saw the wake Of submarine after the
Deptford was struck.
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BRITAIN HAITS
ON.MAK|NG FOOD
A CONTRABAND
Plan To starve Germany Is
Stopped Until u. s. Note
Is Discussed.
NAY. TAKE DRASTIC STEPS
BOTH GERMAN AND RUSSIAN
VICTORIES ARE PROBABLY
ENLARGED.
'MAY8TAKE DRASTIC STEPS
lRv AssnrIaiea prn.al


LONDON. Feb. 25.-The proposals
of Washington to Great Britain and
Germany which are in London, as.
sumed to embrace the abandonment
Of Germany's selfdeclared war zone,
and the adoption by the beligerents OF
some dehniate policy regarding food
stuff for the civilian population, have
noticeably quickened public interest
both here and In Germany, in this del
tcate diplomatic situation.
The British press In general is re.
strained in tone. but the average Eng
ltshman claims to resent what he con.
siders q hint at any attempt 10 inter.
fere with absolute blockade OF Ger.
many should Great Britain care to en-.
force this with her sea power.
\ In the meanwhile and In spite OF
1.-THE sinking Of four more British mer.
echantmen. involving a loss OF four
lives, Great Britain still holds of from
declaring food destined to Germany to
be contraband. 1t is believed that II
the step is taken, 1t will be postponed
until the American proposal has been
discussed at length. Just what this
proposal is. the public here and In
Berlin is unaware. Its only informa.
tion has been cleaned from the meagre
and qualified dispatches from Wash.
ington.
There would seem to be no doubt,
however. that Great Britain will re.
serve the right to declare food con.
traband, at any time she deems It nee.
essary, especially as Germany's So
called blockade has been enforced
with all the power Germany has at
her command for a week past. How
the British cabinet feels about this
matter would appear to have been
plainly indicated by the statement
made by Foreign Secretary Grey, Pre-.
mier Asquith, and First Lord OF the
Admiralty Churchill, all of whom have
more than limited that drastic retalia.
tory measures might be expected at
\ any moment.
Now that the Russians have made
O stand on their own soil, the fight.
ling in the eastern arena OF the war
Is iresolying itself into mass OF con.
Trajectory statements and counter
claims. The Germans claim OF vic.
tory In Russian Poland are circum.
stantial and detailed. The Russian
denials. while emphatic, are sweeping
and general.
It would appear from dispatches
reaching London that at the present
moment, neither Austrians or Ger.
mans are making any Roadway any.
where on the line from the Baltic
ftoithe Carpathians.
British observers are calling atten.
ton to the fact that apparently there
has been no decisive battle at the
northern extremity Of the line to prove
whether the recent advance will be OF
lasting value or not.
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consideration Of proof against.
persons accused of implication In
the riot. ~
It is predicted from rumorsy
that have filtered through the
locked doors OF the grand Jury
room that indictments will be re-
turned against from 20 to so per.
sons. A Justice of the peace may
issue a John Doe warrant, but &C:
cording to the state laws a grand
jury is not permitted to indict an
unknown person. IA grand Jury
may return an indictment against
a man known by an alias, but it
must indicate clearly Just who the
person is. For this reason It is
not believed that more than 80
indictments will be returned.
The fact that a criminal lis not
indicted by the grand jury, how.
ever, does not prevent his arrest
on a John Doe warrant issued
from the office Of a justice of the
peace.
Citizens of Fairmont and espe-i
cially railroad men, with whom
Constable Riggs has always been
favorite not only as an officer
OF the law, but during the 16
years he was yard master for the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad here.
are among the persons who are
willing to aid the officers In, taking
into custody the men responsible
for his death.
The county officials, who claim
that police officers, including con:
stables. sheriffs and deputy sher.
IFS, may cali upon the militia to
aid in serving warrants, quote
section 1910, paragraph 5, sof the
code of West Virginia. This sec.
ton OF the law reads as follows:
"Such officer may, inscase re-.
sistance be made or apprehended
to the execution OF such process
or order. summon to his assist.
ance, either orally or In writing,
so many Of the male inhabitants
of his county OF the age OF IS
years or more, or require the com.
mandant Of any company. regi.
ment Of separate battalion Of
militia or volunteers to call out
such portion or the whole thereof,
to assist him, as shall be deemed
sufficient for the occasion; and
he and those assisting him. may
use such force as shall be neces.
sary or proper to overcome any
resistance made to the execution
of said process or order. and TO
seize. arrest and contlne the re.
sisters. their aiders and abettors,
to be dealt With according to
law"
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Claim that this Action is Within the
4 Law and Governors Consent
is Unnecessary.
MEN VOLUNTEER TO HELP make ARRESTS
Grand Jury Is Still Probing Riot and Large Number Of
Witnesses Are Being acknowledgement To
Return About Fifty Indictments.

1.-THE militia may he summon.
ed without the consent OF Govern.
or H. D. Hatfield to aid deputy
sheriffs and constables to serve
capias' In the Pennington district
following the wholesale indict-
meuts of strikers which the spe.
cial grand jury is expected TO re.
turn at the conclusion OF It's ses-
sion late this afternoon or tomor-
row."
Such is the opinion expressed
by county officials today, and sup
ported. they claim, by sections Of
the statutes OF West Virginia.
This means for one thing that
martial law will never be a neces-
sity in Fairmont district.
Men carrying rifles appeared at
the court house today and yolun-
teered their services as special
deputies to aid in arresting riot
ers responsible for the wounds
which caused the death Of Con-
stable Riggs. the probable fatal
injuries TO Deputy Sheriff T. v.
Buckley and the serious injuries
to Sheriff C. D. Conway and
other officers.
Following the death OF Consta-
Bile Riggs yesterday the senti.
ment against the strikers has
been growing. and this morning
county officials declared 500 men
armed with revolyers and rifles
were in readiness to serve on a
posse In support OF deputies and
constabies with warrants for the
arrest OF the men responsible for
the murderous riot Saturday af.
ternoon.
This statement Is, borne out by
the men lettering about the court
house with guns In their hands.
One organization alone Is report.
ed TO have offered to supply the
officers with 100 armed inen to
be sworn in as deputies.
During the session Of the grand
jury yesterday 81 witnesses were
heard and today nearly score
of additional men appeared be.
fore the jurors and told what they
knew OF the riot. Witnesses are
being heard rapidly, but the ju.
rors are showing an independent
interest in the probe, as is indi-
Gated by the many questions ask.
ed the witnesses by the individual
jurymen.
After hearing all the witnesses
which the deputies and consta.
bles were able to produce under
the direction Of Prosecuting At
torney Tusca Morris. the Jury
this afternoon began its delibera-
tons over the evidence and the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-25
\ WRIT {
IS FILED BY WELL
Seeks To Stop Further, Pro
ceedings In Bribery
Charges:

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Feb. 25:-
A. Leo Well, the Pittsburgh attorney
upder Indictment on a charge Of hav.
ing attempted to. bribe members Of
the West Virginia Public Service. Com
mission In an effort to influence "a de.
cision in favor of the Manufacturers
Light and Heat Company, for which
he. was chief$counsel, last Heyenins
fled petition in the Circuit Court
for writ to prohibit the. prosecuting
attorney, the Intermediate, Court, and
Judge Henry K. Black. from proceed
ing further with the indictments
against him. The motion VIII Sbe 3ar-
gued March s. .ss.',,i :. Z. -: <
The petition sets forth several srea:.
sons for the issuing of the writ .ot
prohibition. The nam contentious
are:
That the indictments do not set
forth any charge OF bribery. but
charge that offers were made to two
Of the Public Service Commissioners
to testify to certain facts In the cases
pending in the United States courts,
and that to testify in such courts
would not be the official duty of.such
commissioners. and therefore It Is not
an offer OF money to influence their
official action, and therefore not brib-
cry. -.
That tho Indictments do not allege
that the commissioners were asked to
testify to anything that was not true,
and therefore. even II they had been
offered money to testify, such &C.
would not constitute a crime under
the laws Of West Virginia or of the
United States. ~; 49, -
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AusTRlANs LOSE MEN.

10y stboOClhttu Z EGSSsl
GENEVA, (via Paris), Feb. 25.-
Continued successes for the Russians
In the battles which continue to rage
furiously in. the carpsthians. are de
scribed in dispatches to Swiss news
papers. Austro-German forces arc
said to have lost 5000 men at Dukla
pass. while melting snow at Uzsol
pass reveals the bodies OF 1000 Aus
TRANS and Russians.
The Austrians are reported to have
launched number OF futile attacks
at Dubova, In which they lost heavily
The Russians captured at Grownik Q
transport wagon with the regimenta-
safe containing $4,000.
The Russians claim to have cap
tured an advance post with 500 mer
at Plasa. The dispatches say that ad
ditionat- Russian columns have burst
into Marmaros county, in Hungary
bordering on Galacia, Bukawina and
Trausylvania. capturing conveys.
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DELAY REPORT ON
:. THE DAYTON PROBE
Committee Will Not Report
Action sAtfThis Session
Of. Congress.
fRy Associate press.N .

:. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--No action
will be recommended to this Congress:
by, the House judiciary subcommittee
hearing charges against Federal Judge
AZ: G. Dayton. Of West Virginia.
+ Chairman Mcgillicuddy began pre-
pairing a sreport't today, which may
serve as a basis of any action which
the 7 st1ty.foufth9 > Congress decides te
take. '.ssf ~ FS'kA 500
!. The hearings were practically con
cludedS yesterday.lf After the commit
tee, meets I Friday, afternoon to hear
Frank Burke a secret service man
an effort will be smade to formulate
a report promptly in the, hope thai
the matter may Be disposed of before
Congress adiourns Marcia.
when Harry W. ::Chadduck. cashier
OF a. Grafton, ". Va. trust company
was called toitestify about note or
which Judge; Dayton and his son were
payers, counsel for the Judge OBJ ected
to the private financial affairs" Of
the jurist being .pried into Attor
ney Blecher said The expected to show
that Judge .Dayton's loans were SC
extensive S"that he must have been
borrowing money. on the strength Of
his judicial Office. The committee
decided that loans would not be gone
Into unless 1t was proposed to show
some Interior motive on the part OF
Judge Dayton:
Judue'e Bank Deallnua.
: iO.iJ Fleming cashier Of the First
National Bank of, Grafton. produced
records. Of a $1,000, note by Judge Day,
ton and f. O: Blue; for. which: a cash
ier's check was issued by Judge Day,
ton, and endorsed to the Newcomer
Coal Company. - Fleming also pro
diced records OF notes upont which
Dayton ;was an {indorser..
FLA. Rsiuhard cashier Of the First
National Bank of Bellingtop,s w. Va,
showed records Of Ia ss3; 900 note made
by Dayton and Blue in 1906, still held
blythe bank. Z y .l;..5ss
Nv. h Lewis, cashier; OF the Mer'
chants National Bank Of Clarksburg
W. Va said that his bank held two
notes Eof Judge Dayton, one for $500
secured by collateral, and another,
originally for 1880, but reduced to
$1,000 made by Dayton and Blue.
|, F. o., sFarnsworth, cashier Of the
Buckhannon Bank OF tBuckhannon, W.
Va, said his bank holds three notes on
which Dayton Isl q Joint maker. total.
Ing $3.50, and dating back to 1912.
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Riggs Funeral
on Next SUNDAY
SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED AT
THE HOME, 22t SPRING
STREET.

The funeral Of W. r. Riggs, the
constable who died yesterday morn.
Ing at the Cook Hospital. as the re.
suit Of wounds received In a fight with
striking miners on Saturday. will be
held on Sunday afternoon from the
home, 221 Spring street.
As announced In The West Vir.
ginian yesterday the services will be
conducted by Rev. H. G. Stoetzer, pas,
tor OF the First Presbyterian Church,
assisted by Rev. H. D. Howard, OF
the First II. E. Church.
Charles H. Riggs. OF Cherokee, Ia,
brother OF the deceased, will arrive
in the city today to attend the fu.
neral. "
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Have Been Picked Up By
Officers On John Doe
Warrants.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
MEN ARE BEING sx.
AHMED BY THE GRAND
JURY.

The county Jail Is crowded with
prisoners arrested as witnesses and
principals In the strike riot In the
Pennington district which is being in.
vestigated today by q special grand
Jury. These men have been picked
up in Fairmont and other cities on
John Doe warrants.
About 40 men in all have been ar.
rested in connection with the riot and
their testimony has been of great as.
sistarce to the grand Jury In Its probe
to determine who are guilty OF the
murder Of Constable Riggs and the
wounding Of other officers. The men
arrested during the last "a hours in
clude the following:
MATTHEW 6EpoNA, No. Q mine.
SAMUEL BURMESE, No. 8 mine.
STEPHEN 6uRNiss, No. Q mine.
JOHN BolAsH, No. 8 mine.
FRANK MoRANcE, No. 6 mine.
MICHAEL scoYNlck, No, s mine,
MATTHEW THOMAS, No. 8 mine,
had gun.
ROBERT klNkLE, Pennington dis.
trict.
MICHAEL NAeLeR, Pennington
district.
ALEC MAMcARY, No. 9 mine.
MIKE peBoskY, No. s mine.
WELDON MIckLosT, No. s mine.
E. SLYhock, No. s mine.
TONY BRUNGETT, No. 8 mine.
6RoNo SAVAGE. No. 8 mine.
JOHN FLETCHER, had strikers
whistle.
CHARLES MuNHoLoviE, Farm.
ington district.
Some OF these men are held only
as witnesses. Those who can salts.
~ the authorities that they know
nothing Of the riot and the Identity
OF the men responsible for the death
and injury OF the officers will be dis.
charged.
According to reports altering
through the closed doors Of the grand
Jury no new features In regard to
the details Of the fight near No. 8
mine and the seige OF Sheriff Con.
away and other officers In the com:
pany store have been disclosed.
The principal efforts of Prosecu.
ting Attorney Morris and the county
officers are directed towards estab-
fishing the identity Of the men re-
sponsible for the riot.
The inquest by the coroner's Jury
empanelled yesterday will be held
under the direction OF Coroner Frank
A. Lloyd as soon as the evidence in
the case Is well In hand.
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To Arrest Coal8Man
For Pollutin River

LOGAN. W. Va, Feb. 25.-whols.
sale arrests OF coal operators and
their employees in the Logan coal field
are planned on charges OF poIluting
the Guyan river by pumping mine wa
ter containing sulphur water into the
stream. A dozen arrests have already
been made Of employees ION warrants
Issued by Magistrate White.
The pollution Of. the stream has kill
ed. It Is believed, every fish IN that
river. Thousands of dead fish have
been floating out OF the Guyan Into
the Ohio river.
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Hear Girls Story
In Alleged Crime

Miss Nellie Moore, aged u, the
daughter OF Theodore Moore. a farmer
Of near Hoodsville, was questioned
this afternoon by Prosecuting Attor.
ney Tusca.. Morris In his office re,
garding serious accusations which re.
suited yesterday in the arrest OF her
father.
The Prosecuting Attorneys dice
was ready for a hearing late this
afternoon before Justice Of the Peace
NJ. R. Musgrove at which the father
would be given a chance to prove the
innocense which he claims. Moore
was arrested late last night by Con.
stables J. Frank Russell and Charles
sattarfala
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Yeggmen Make Haul;
Town Is Terrorized

BLUEFIELD. W.. Va. Feb 25&A,
Clinchfeld. Va. last night robbers
blew the safe at the postotficei the
Southern Express Office and N & W.
railway, and the commissary Of the
Clinchfeld Coal Company, ransacked
these Offices and several other bust
ness houses. carrying away much
United States mail. The. town was
terrified by the yeggs, who escaped.
Postoffice inspectors, railway detec.
;iyes and other officers, aided by the
bloodhounds, are tracking the rob.
bsfa, whose booty viii run into sey.
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American Horses
On Way TO- the War

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Feb. 25.-
The Chesapeake and Ohm Railroad
has since November % hauled through
this. city 1884 horses consigned to
the French and British armies. The
horses were taken TO Newport News
and there transferred for shipment.
The horses passing through here are
being shipped from the Middle West,
gathered at Cincinnati. Kansas City.
Chicago and Memphis. The railroad
has handled "a trains Of horses com.
posed OF ,ss4 cars since the war be-
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Small Boy Dies Of
Pneumonia Fever

Edward Yeager, aged three years,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Yeager,
died this morning at the home OF his
parents at New England. after an Ill.
ness OF a week with pneumonia.
Funeral arrangements. which are in
tharge Of Undertaken R. L. Cunning.
ham, have not been completed.
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Frenchman Rewarded.
For Sinking Vessel

PARIS, Feb. 25.-French marine
assurance companies have turned
over to the minister Of marine 81 900
to be given to the crew; Of the ship OF
the second light squadron which sank
a German submarine at Boulogne
Tuesday. The Marquis Of ornano has
offered a prize Of $1,000 for the next
Zeppelin dropped down In France.
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Car Strikes Wagon
Driver Is Injured

CLARKsBURG, W. Va. Feb. 25.-
Peter w. Ash. prominent farmer OF
Wilsonburg, was seriously injured
when q Wilsonburg street car struck
and wrecked q wagon In which he
was sitting. The team OF horses
started acros the car track Just as the
car came aAong.
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Cow Sets Milk:slR e! e,.e'olrd !.
With, 10 Tons5I IN Year

COLUMBUS. o. Feb. sS25.-Tests
completed by the Dairy Department
OF the Ohio State University establish
a new worlds record i'm milk pro:
duction. 80 .xltj Il l.,i
The champion is 4Marnes Cowan, a
five.year-old Guernsey COW. 4 Of Bar;
berton. In year she produced twelve
tons Of milk. and i 400 pounds Of but:
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Germans Buy Dogs { 81
For Sausage Meat.

COPENHAGEN Feb. 25.-German
agents are buying dogs OF all kinds
In West Jutland from farmers and
peasants, as much as s14 being offered
for fat dogs. These. &c is7said. are be-
Ing made into assusagess for human
consumption, principally among ne
GErrian nrnrlstinps .z-. -