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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-05
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Americus times-recorder., 1915-03-11
Coming on Thurs day!

free vote ballot for 100 will appear in Thursdays
issue of the Daily Times Recorder These ballots all
brought mailed the Thrift Club Department Saturday.
March 13no earlier later than that date For additional
information
Americus times-recorder., 1915-03-11

These Cabinets are now on display and may
be seen any time at:
The A. W. Smith Furniture Co, Americus.
The Richand Drug Store, Richand
Howell Cobb General Store, Preston.
Leslie Drug Co., Leslie.
Phillips Drug Co, omithville
Oliver Mcdonald Co., General Store, Plains.
City Drug Store Ellavine, Ga
Americus times-recorder., 1915-03-11
Fifty Per CT. Increase
On All New Sub
ScriptiOnS.

On subscription either weekly daily, Tor any
length of time which into this office before nine O'Clock
Saturday MI h March 13h you will receive 50 per
than the scale for the second voting period the Campaign usual
ly allows This offer affords you splendid chance
Rememberthe offer all off after Saturday
night at nine O'clock
Americus times-recorder., 1915-03-11
HOOSier
hitchenCabine'S

Purchased from the A. w. Smith Fur
niture Company of Americus, will be
given away free as second district
prizes in the Thrift Club Campaign.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
GERMANY COMPLETING
SUBMARINE EACH WEEK
Correspondent Declares They Must
Travel 3,4OO Miles to Reach
Dardanelles.

LONDON. June 4.-The Morning
Posts naval correspondent says he had
obtained authoritative confirmation of
the report recently current in London
that Germany is completing a new sub
marine every week.
"a considerable proportion of these, "
says the correspondent, come from
the Antwerp yards. and are being sent
to sea under the neutral waters of the
Scheldt
1T is impossible to believe" con-
tinues the correspondent. that the
submarines which recently appeared in
the Dardanelles were sent piecemeal
by rail to the Austrian coast, and the
evidence is strong that they journeyed
to the Mediterranean by way of the
Atlantic. distance of 3,400 miles, equal
to a trip across the Atlantic, and an
unprecedented feat for submarines"
Evening star., 1915-06-04
do what the French engineers have
already done.
Must Trust the Government.

do what the French engineers have
already done.
Must Trust the Government.
The government, which alone knew
the facts, must be trusted.
Il don't mind kuillotining minister's
said Mr.. Lloyd George-"generals. II
necessary. But until they reach the
scaffold they ought to be obeyed, and
above all. do not unnerve them by
sniping them from behind
II don't mind gullotining minister's -
Transcription means the raising by
compulsory methods of armies to fight
Great Britain's battles abroad. If the
necessity arose 1 am certain that nc
man of any party would protest.
I'VE won our liberties in this land on
more than one occasion by compul-
sorry service. France saved the liberty
she won in the revolution by.compul-
sorry service. The great republic to the
west won its independence and saved
it's national existence by compulsory
service.
TT has been the greatest weapon in
the hands of the democracy many times
for the winning and preservation OF
freedom. All the same, it would be a
great mistake to resort to it unless ii
was absolutely necessary.
1--WE were the worst organized nation
in the world for this war, which show
ed that we had nothing to do with
precipitating it. 1t is a war of NUM-
tions. and the government has decided
that compulsory powers are essential
to utilize the resources of the country
to the best advantage.
But One Object in View.
Evening star., 1915-06-04

state control of labor must be for the
benefit of the state and not for the
purpose of increasing the profits of any
Individual or private organization
In closing his appeal to the employ-
ers and men the minister said:
stand by your country, now that it
has risked it's honor and its life in the
most chivalrous cause for which any
nation ever went into battle"
The meeting passed reAoIution
pledging to support in every possible
way the efforts of the minister OF mu
nitions to increase the output of war
materials
Evening star., 1915-06-04
MADE A BRAVE FIGHT
AGAINST MEXICAN BAND
How Customs Inspector Sitter and
Texas Ranger Hulen
Were Killed.
Separated From Their Companions,
Two Americans Kept Up Bat
tie to the Last.

How Customs Inspector Joe Sitter
and the Texas ranger Hulen lost their
lives in an attempt to seize smuggled
horses from Mexican bandits on the
Texas border, May "a. is described. by
one of their companions in the raid
A H Evans. collector of customs at
Eagle Pass, Mexico, forwards the state
ment of Mounted Inspector c. A. Craig
head to the customs divisions Of the
Treasury Department. Another state
ment which accompanies it is made by
Mounted Inspector ]. E. Vaughan.
Inspectors Sitter and Craighead. ac-
cording to the latter's account, with
Rangers Cummings, Trolinger and
Hulen, scouting along the Rio Grande
above Valentine, were Informed by
Villa soldiers that a band of bandits
numbering about thirty-1ve. were in
the hills on the American side of the
river, with a big bunch Of smuggled
horses and mules. Inspector Sitter, be-
lieving that the bandits could be trailed
and the horses. if under a small guard
surprised and captured, ordered the at.
tempt made.
Guard Put to Flight.
The horses were found, guarded as
Inspector Sitter anticipated, by only
three men. After short fight the
guard ran off But the hour of the day
was too late to allow the posse te
gather up the horses. So the party
struck camp. intending to try again
the following morning.
When morning came Inspector Sit
ter divided the party. Himself with
Ranger Hulen climbed a peak to be
Inspector Craighead with the two
other rangers went up a canyon te
advance on the horses.
The men were separated only few
moments when Mexicans opened from
all directions on Inspector Craighead
dismounted and found cover behind
boulders.
From this position they could see In.
spector Sitter, but were out of sigh
of the Mexicans. Sitter signaled ant
called to them to return down the
heavy fire. After four hours they
| worked their way around to the spo'
where they had last seen Sitter. He
and his companions. however, hat
| changed their position, and were not
to be seen.
Suffered From Thirst.
Badly outnumbered, the three men
determined to try to escape. They
walked about eight miles. suffering
much from thirst After finding water
they walked ten miles farther, to the
McGee ranch, and dispatched a Mexf.
can from there for help. They were
confident that Sitter and Hulen were
Evening star., 1915-06-04
HUNGARY GRANTS MORE
RIGHTS TO HER PEOPLE
Recognizes War Services of Multi
farious Nationalities-Aris
Violently Oppose.

LONDON, June 4-Telegraphing from
Budapest the Morning Post correspon-
dent says
las reward to Hungary's multifart-
Gus nationalities for their war service.
the government has drafted bill
modifying the restrictions under which
many of these peoples hitherto have
lived.
The bill allows the Slav population
considerable freedom: permits the use
of the national language in schools and
courts. and provides for a new Ruma-
nian university at Kronstadt The bill
has been received with violent opposi-
tion by the aristocrats.
TT is said that audiences granted by
the emperor to the Hungarian minority
leaders were attempts to form a coali-
tion cabinet"
Evening star., 1915-06-04
PARTY IN AID OF BLIND.
To Be Held Tuesday at the Home
$3.50 R Street Northwest.

Invitations for the second annual
porch party for the benefit of thu.
Home for the Blind. 3o5o r stree
northwest. have been issued by u
board of management. The party q
TO be held at the home Tuesday, from
3 to 10 pm Articles made by the in
mates at the institution are TO be on
sale, and ice cream. homemade cak.
and homemade candies are also to l,e
sold.
officers of the Aid Association for the
Blind. having the institution in charge
are Mrs. Laura V. sylvester. president.
Mrs. Henriette c. MetZerott, Mrs
George H. Brown. Mrs. James +. Gil
bert and Mrs. Emile Berliner, vice
presidents: Mrs. Joseph +. James. re
cordinG secretary. Mrs. 7. L. Mullett.
corresponding secretary. Mai. Richard
Sylvester, treasurer: Andrew Wilson.
attorney.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
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Evening star., 1915-06-04
TO TEACH IN SUMMER SCHOOL
Prof. L. B. Moore and Mrs. Ada San.
ders Going to New Orleans.

Announcement has been made that
Prof L. b. Moore, dean Of the teach
ers' college of Howard University, is
to be member of the teaching staff
Of the colored summer normal school
which is to open in New Orleans early
next month. Prof. Moore is to give
special course In the psychology of
education and school management.
Mrs. Ada Sanders. a graduate Of
Howard University, also Is to be one
OF the teachers in the summer normal
school. having in charge a course in
grammar school methods. All of the
other teachers and instructors in the
school. II Is stated, have been chosen
from among the colored teachers of
New Orleans.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
Commencement for Colored Pupils.

Commencement exercises of the Ma
tiona1 Training School for Colored
Women and Girls were held this after
noon at the school. the commencement
address being by Rev. Dr. E. W, Moore
of Philadelphia.
An exhibit of the work done by the
pupils Of the school was held yester-
day. together with demonstrations of
the training in such work as millinery
dressmaking, domestic science, plain
sewing, etc. Pupils in the commercial
department also made an exhibit of
work.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
Austria Hungary Joins in Cele-
brations as Result of
PeremysIs Fall.
SURPRISED AT SPEED
OF STIRRING VICTORY
Cities Bedecked and Thousands Fill
Streets and Sing National
Anthem.

RERLIN June 4-The iuhilation
throughout Germany and Austria Hun
gary over the fall of P.aremysl IS
mingled with surprise at the speed
with which the campaign against this
stronghold was brought to a success
full end.
Vienna, Berlin. Prague and Budapest
all have Witnessed scenes of the Wild
est rejoicing over this latest victory
in Galicia. Like Berlin the Austrian
cities are bedecked with flags. Thou
sands of persons fill the streets. alter
nately singing the German and Aus
trian national anthems. \ general
school holiday was proclaimed through
out Germany for today
Expected Stubborn Fight.
Almost all the expert observers in
Berlin expected a stubborn resistance
on the part of the Russian forces in
Peremysl. Furthermore, conditions with
in the stronghold show that the Russians
were looking forward to a long siege
and that they had endaavored to pre-
pare for it.
A correspondent of the Nossische
Zeitung says the Russians had brought
reinforcements into Peremysl from
Lemberg and heavy artillery and am
munition from Lublin over the new
Evening star., 1915-06-04
President Sends Birthday Greetings

Birthday greetings 10 King George l
of England were cabled yesterday by
President Wilson in this message: Il
take pleasure In extending to your
majesty greetings of friendship and
good will on this. your birthday an
niversary.
terdaN.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
Pupils Present Fairy Play.

Pupils Of Langdon School presented a
fairy play. "old Pipes and the Dryad."
on the school grounds this afternoon
Proceeds Of the entertainment are to be
devoted to the improvement Of the
school playground and the purchase of
additional equipment.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
Harry Lord to Manage Buffeds.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BUFFALO, n. Y. June 4-Harry
Lord, former captain and third base
man of the Chicago White Sox. has
been appointed manager of the Buffalo
Federal League team, succeeding Larry
Schlafly.
Evening star., 1915-06-04
VACATION? MAKE IT.
COLORADO THIS
YEAR

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Evening star., 1915-06-04
Minister Lloyd George Appeals
to Workers to Increase
Output of Materials.
TALKS TO EMPLOYERS
AND TRADES UNIONISTS
Declares German Victory in Galicia
Was Due to Superior Equipment.
Hints at Compulsion.

MANCHESTER, June 4-Declaring
that the German victory in Galicis was
e,..; .te-I. =,
uue " an o'ei 'upei io'i ia
eaui piheiil anu 'hal IL .he aiiie9 III 'le
west had been as well equipped the
a.i.in a4s 80 "uulu los az n.,u, nave nesn
LLOYD George, the new minister Of mu
nitions, made stirring appeal last
night to employers and workmen to
supply the British armies with the nee
essary munitions.
The speech was delivered before en-
ployers in the engineering trades and
trade unionists Mr. Lloyd George.
who had previously Iunched at the
Clarendon Club, received a remarkable
ovation from the people of Manchester
II come" he said, "as an emissary
of state to carry the most urpe,. rnas
ca 90 ever told to tho e.r. ar ~
- VI tnan-
CHESTER audience. Our country Is fight
ing for It's life, for the liberties of En-
rope. and upon what II does uno, ,,h..
70 10 nran.rad to s,orif,.
=. ' uepehos the
issue. !. uepehos more upon the mas
ters and men occupied in running
workshops than upon any part or tho
community whether Great pri.,; ~
emerge from This coloss.i az, s,rII VIII
beaten bumiI;ated strinnad S'lu lussie
honor and influence AVID :. ~ po"ef;
s,ave Of cruei mi,itarv e oonn
whether IT VIII come out triumphant.
good in the affairs of men.
Raason FOR aermar s,
7 come here to tell You the truth.
Evening star., 1915-06-04

either dead or had made good their
escape. For as soon as the three men
had got out of range the firing ceased.
A posse was organized at Maria and
it. picking up the three survivors of
the fight. On May 25 the posse arrived
at the battle-ground. There they found
the mutilated bodies of Sitter and HUI
len about thirty yards apart.
sitter had made brave fight" at
tests his comrade. Inspector Craig
head, having made three different
stands and fired about sixty or sew
enty shots. Hulen was wounded early
in the night and was only able to fire
one shot"
The bodies were loaded on a pack
mule and carried through the noun
tains to the MCGEE ranch. There they
were buried. All lost their horses and
saddles. Sitter's horse was killed.
Hopes for Another Chance.
Inspector Craghead expresses the
belief that the Mexican bandits crossed
the river. There is note of expec-
fancy of another chance at them in his
COMMENT that he does not believe they
will stay on the Mexican side. as Villa
soldiers are nearly as anxious as they
are to be rid OF them
Inspector Vaughan adds much detail
to the story told him by one of the
rangers who survived the battle. Rocies
lying all around the two dead men,
when found, indicated to him that they
had been stoned as well as fired upon.
He says their bodies were badly
bruised.
Both lost their arms and their pock
cts were turned inside out by their
slayers Hulen's boots were gone and
the spurs of both were also taken
Evening star., 1915-06-04
Appeals to Workers.

"For the moment we have more than
plenty of men for the equipment avail
able. More men will come to the call,
but we want the workshops to equip
them with weapons. The state now
needs the help of all and I am perfect
ly certain that British engineers can
Evening star., 1915-06-04
But One Object in View

There must be one reservation-that
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-14
FRANK is AGAIN
SENTENCED TO DIE

Atlanta, May 11.-Leo M. Frank
has been resentenced to be hanged
ON June % for the murder Of Mary
Phagan, the Atlanta factory girl.
The sentence was passed by Judge
Ben H. Hill of the Fulton county
court. Mary Phagan was killed
April 26, 1913.
Before being sentenced Frank
made a statement in court in which
he reiterated the declaration of his
innocence. Gazette.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-14
Edward E. Strauss & Go.
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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-05-14

MODEST OF civic investments. It is
an investment from which future
generations. far distant, will declare
the largest dividends. not in paper,
but in patriots.
And do we not owe the survivors
OF that war something? In our little
town there still fingers small num-
Der of the men wlo followed the
fortunes of the stars and bars"
with fidelity and faith" uneqaal-
ed in the annals of war. l look at
their feeble forms, hint of tie
martial remaining still, as they
walk the street and wonder in my
heart if the God who saved them
from a leaden death fifty years O
will graciously withhold the last
and final enemy now | would they
could live forever here in a new
Valhalla of the braye-in peace in
stead of strife and amid the plaudits
OF on-coming ages. What loyal
son but yearns to have them linger
on with us, these men so good, so
great, so sad in the grandeur of
self-sacrifice. and marching painful
, ~, silently to their last, long biv
: ouac.
But let us not forget that the
Confederate soldiers and their, wiz es
and daughters who passed through
: that war are already immortal.
!, They belong to history with the
great soldiers and civilians who led
them. Nothing we may do or not
!, do can add or detract from the
!, glory which is theirs. But there is
: tie most solemn duty that man can
: owe to man incumbent upon us
the duty son owes his father vic
!, offered his life for him; the duty q
= son owes his mother who bore MN
: the duty citizen owes the State
80 which protected him.
- Happily we are the sons OF South
= ern cavaliers Happily the genius
Of Southern chivalry Is not deae
: and in the knowledge of all Oh
;, fathers and mothers have suffere,
for us we shall d. iull and aprro
> PIRATE js.stice to hem living IN
, deed.
M In most of the county sites c
cd our neighboring state Of Georgia tn
70 first object that strikes the visitor
IN eye is beautiful and imposln
,.c monument to the Confederate 50
no diers, often of white marble su
nd mounted by the white marble figu
70 of Confederate infantryman-
;c4 me the most glorious figure in liter
ter ture or art.
What an average 0unty i'm Ce{
and ola can do, Jackson county can {
ave Without further authority than tn
,gu- OF loyal son Of one of the true
we'd of Southern patriots, invite the {
. in operation of all my comrade-sv
ap- in this the most laudable und
in taking in which we can enga
AVE There can be no preferment in
! in sacred work. Help should be {
,rm- countersign. Personally / wish
,uild honor m" father and mother {
nd their comrades. Nothing else.
+ to wish to unite with all tn. men {
and women, boys and girls i'm Jack
, is in unselfsh effort in this Labor
astly devotion. There is quiet, deep
tisn, triotic determination in the he;
love Of men and women, young and
nter as witness the organization at d
d so boro, that brooks no defeat.
man We have business and profess
o,ntv al men in Jackson of influence
" in me ans who, when the matte
called to their attention, will
,ivelv sDond nobly.