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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Acting Pastor For
Grace Lutheran
REV. JOHN ROBINSON WILL FILL
PULPIT FOR THAT CON-
GREeATloN.

Rev. John Robinson. alclergyman at,
flliated with the Methodist Episcopal
denomination and until recently serv,
ing various charges, who has been a
resident OF this city for some time,
win occupy the pulpit OF the Grace
Lutheran Church as minister pro TEN,
for an Indefinite period.
since the resignation Of Rev. L.
K, Probst, from the charge several
months ago the church has been with
out a pastor and at this time 1t ts
not possible to secure the pastor de-
sired by the congregation.
Rev. Mr.. Robinson has frequently
occupied the Lutheran pulpit during
the past few months and SO pleased
the congregation. that they made the
request that he fill the pulpit until
a pastor was secured, to which re-
quest Mr.. Robinson consented.
Rev. Mr.. Robinson is BROTHER of
Charles ". Robinson OF this city and
OF Hon. Ira E. Robinson candidate for
the Republican nomination for COVER
nor OF West Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Immortal GEORGE
0UTPOINTS' old ABE
High School Debaters Again
Decide An Ever New
Controversial Point.

George Washington was proven to
have been OF greater service to his
country than Abraham Lincoln at q
chapel exercise held this morning at
the High school in celebration OF the
birthday anniversaries of these two
American patriots.
The debate was spirited one and
it was difficult for the judges, Prof.
Otis @. Wilson, Miss Mary Oldham
ana Miss virginia Vockrodt, to make o
decision. However, they finally decided
in favor of the side that supported the
proposition that Washington had done
greater service for his country than
Lincoln.
The program, which was splen-
did one, was tnterspersed with, patriot.
ic airs sung by the students. and brief
exercises.
Miss Irene Barnes and Sidney Levin
debated the Washington side, while
Miss Ava Curtis and Donald Conaway
took the Lincoln side.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Union District Good
Roads Meet Tonight

Tonight at 7.so o'clock the people Of
Union district will open their most
Important good roads meeting in the
assembly room Of the First ward
school. agitation in favor of an issue
otabonds to provide money for road
construction has been going on for the
past six months, and tonight's gather
ing Will determine whether the effort
has been productive Of results or has
been wasted.
The sentiment IN favor of permanent
roads in the district seems strong
sand there is every prospect that the
people will decide tonight to petition
theScounty court for special election
on the bond issue. In that event It
iss expected that the matter Of the
kind n OF roads to be built will be
taken up and perhaps decided tonight.
Itsis believed that the turnout tonight
will ihe large.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Important Meeting
Of the Farm Bureau

Atsthe meeting Of the Marion county
Farm2 bureau. to be held tomorrow at-
tefnoons in the county court house, the
members will make an effort to pre-.
pare plans for increasing the member
ship.
The bureau realizes that work in
thig community has just begun and
that the more members secured, the
Ereater8 the results which can be ac.
compIished. For this reason the price
81 mem bership has been brought be-
fore the bureau for the purpose OF
changing It SO that more members will
insIkelapplication the price which will
Aiost likely be decided upon being ST..
Thes sFarmington extension school,
which will be held next week, will
comedn for its share of consideration.
Uhe School will be held for four days
and the Marion county Farm bureau
willSassist in all its power to make it
q success.
Secretary "A. L. Thomas will BE in
chargeEof The meeting and will pre-.
sent to the assemhlage State Agricul.
iflral9 agent Nat T, Frame, who will
assist in devising means for the bu'
reau8 Ito increase Its membership:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Me,notiatlnna. a. at 1aeHalt.

WASHINGTON, Feb; 18.-7Secretary
Lansing said late sterday that the
United States would accept nothing
short Of a full and complete agree
ment in the submarine controversy
with Germany, covering the points for
which it. has contended as to the past,
and assurances for the future.
Secretary Lansing said the United
States considered the announcement of
the new submarine campaign tnconsis:
tent with the assurances previously
given and that the United States con-
sidered merchant ship with defen-
sive armament and one without guns
as all In the same class. Assurances
were wanted, he said. to extend inn
munity from liners" to all merchant
ships. .
The Austrian notice Of intention to
treat armed belligerent merchant ships
as subject to attack without warning
was made public today by the state de-
partment from Ambassador Penfielh in
Vienna. It Is dated February 10 and is
in line with the German declaration
on the same subject, already published.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Hindu Troops IN
Egypt in Mutiny
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS coRRE'
sPoNDENT TELLS cIRcUM.
4 sTANTIAL. TALE OF REVOLT.
(By Associated 'Pressl

BERLIN, Feb. 1S-A mutiny of
troops in Egypt is reported by the
Cologne volks zeitung as quoted by
the Overseas News Agency. Is said
an entire regiment mutinted, killing IL
officers, including a major and that
other Hindu troops went over to the
mutineers, After a battle OF two
hours It is said, the mutinous troops
were routed. The News agency state.
ment follows:
The Cologne volks Zietung publish.
es report received from reliable
sources in Cairo to the effect that
strong opposition has developed
among Hindu troops to the British.
"A Captain 'of the Australian troops
named Brown on January 10 shot two
Mohammedan servants who had made
a mistake, the paper says. Two Hin
dus who witnessed the incident killed
the captain with a bayonet. The
whole regiment then mutinied. The
majority OF the officers saved them.
selves by, flight but 12 including the
commander of the regiment and tho
major were killed. ,s
"Other Hindu troops were sent to
suppress the uprising, but refused to
fire on themutineers to whom part of
them wentgoYer. After two hours of
fighting with Australian regiments,
part of the mutineers fled into the 6es-
ert. The others we're killed or wound.
ed. There have been other cases Of
mutinies."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Good Old Outdoor Sport of
Hoss Lifting is Success
fully Revived.
,JQHN. c. KO0N THE loser
Rode Into Town and Tied
His Animal at the Usual
/. L. Place.

A return to the good old days in
this county is indicated by the revival
Of the great outdoor sport Of horse
stealing. A real old.fashioncd "Hoss
Thief visited Monongah last night,
and left with an excellent saddle mare.
Neither hide nor hoof Of either the
thief or the mare have as yet been
seen. The horse and rider passed away
into the darkness and fog and the
silence of the rainy night, and no one
noticed the way Of their going.
John @. Koon, who lives a few miles
from Monongah, in Grant district,
last night saddled up a bay mare be-
longing to his father and rode into
Monongah. John dismounted and nitch-
ed the mare near the end of the Booths
VILE bridge, which is the usual hitch
ing place for horses in Monongah.
About 9 O'Clock John went to the
fitching post to get his mare, but she
was not there. The Monongah officials
were notified, but as yet no trace OF
the mare or thief has been found.
: The stolen. horse is3a bay mare, six
years old I and %heayily y9built,c weighing
,about. 200 pounds. There Is. an old
wire sscratcii 1iat sund dera the fetlock on
;the5r fight front ankle OF the; animal. "A
richly finished cowboy saddle was car
ried by the mare when she was stolen.
%Any information 4 as to the wherea-
bouts OF the mare should be sent to
George w. sKoon. Of Monongah, the
owner Of the mare, or to Col. T. G.
Price, Mayor 3of Monongah.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
MEMBERSHIP
'RACEAI1N 1N|..M.G.A.
EI..NI.lIl|SIl'lIlRI i
Blues Leading As Tearsk
Square Away For Final
spurt.
BOTH SIDES ) ggAHgElIT
Big Sign on the Root VIII
Indicate Whine After
10sO'cllo{,c,:k.
BOTH SIDES ggNHlEl

Tho Reds and Blues viii 60 hungry
until ten o'clock tonigh in an etfort 20
wind up the YIN. G. .5A.S camp IN .
glorious manner. Giving tdn credit
to both sides the Blues have 1t ~
the Reds SO farsins getting opp ptteations'
The score at present stands:
1st Day End Day srd pa9
Blues 1875 2s15 26oS
Reds ....... 1727 22os 22se
The Blues have a total ioti s7s5 pointe
against the total OF 61s4 for the Reds.
The work being done by both sidol
already shows the enthusiasm Whiel
penneates the atmosph mere bout y
The Blues by passing the Reds %
the second day seem TO have helpod
themselves to- the BANQUET pie. Thay
would not allow themselges 10 ke
would not allow themse elyes 70 be ppses
ed yesterday by; Reds. Tie Reds hoeis
Blues,u UP tonight WI henthe pek gttalsoa
the hour OF 10jo' ock: they 10y tl1eg
are glad the Blues were ahsad yer
terday and the day before because =
will make them fallBall tlle haftlaz
when two hours be before mtaright to
night the mass OF clerks talke cherf4
OF the last tlappli lions turned in eng
the result ofsthes campaign Is heraidrQ
to the city by the ndicatof lights "a
top Of the " M. o. A. building. r.
The lobby at the assoeiatiou buil9-
ing is decorated fin me White aprot1
which will later decorate the frenl1
OF some of our best citizens. It Will
be great climax to g WhitIwitld cau1r
paign when the losers SEQ beforq
them in their sleep the Visions ot large
banquet tables around Which theg
walk with trays and dishes and n4t
some duck (who, by tie WY, hoiqe
himself quite aloof from the bunel
Of waiters) what he shall haHe 70 eaS
Between the time the report Of thl
result of the campaign ana March 2
the date OF the BANQUET there Will hs
lots of time for the losers 10 become
reconciled to- their fates
& The inclementi weather today to G
certain degree hampefed the out-doos
work of the Blues and Redss hut they
report that they did most Of theif
work in the early part otstiie cstnpaisr
and that all that they shadsto do today
was to go around and collect applicar
tions already filled out. The town han
been thoroughly acanYasaed and thert
is not the slightest trace Of disap
pointments detected m the conFersct
lions OF the team members
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
.TO0EIERIzi.E..RI:UN
WITH FRONTAL
BAY0NE.T CHARGE
Feat Of Russian Infantry
men One of Wars
Wonders.

petrograd, Feb. 1S.-The fall Of Er.
zerum, the most important Turkish
stronghold in Asia Minor, and for q
long time considered impregnable, Of
fers an unprecedented spectacle OF a
first.class fortress built on. q steep
mountain ridge nearly a mile above
sea level, yielding to q bayonet attack
after only 8 hours bombardment. The
operations were conducted under the
most severe weather conditions, the
snow being deep and the thermometer
registering. at times more than 80 de-
grees below zero Fahrenheit.
The Turkish army defending Err
zerum, taken by surprise under the
method adopted by the Russians, is
now said to be in disorderly flight on
the road leading to Sivas. AS the
garrison, apparently is scattered IN
all directions it Is assumed here that
large numbers OF men were taken pris-
,oners, although official figures are
lacking.
After the taking Of Niskala it ap.
pears that the Russian attack would
be directed upon the Turkish right
flank and by rapidly transferring
troops the Turks made all plans to
resist the main assault from this guar
ter. Apparently they had little fear
OF success of this attack because of
the strong character Of the fortifica-
tions Sin that direction and even less
apprehension of danger from frontal
attack. g ..8 ,tf. "A.
Nevertheless after the Russian sue
ceeded In taking by storm the first
line forts on February 2, they began.
persistant3 bomb ardment, Of the Turk
ish center followed by "a bayoneti
charge, the impetuosity Of which swept
the defenders on their defeat.
The highest tribute is paid to the
bravery OF the Caucasian troops whose
charga Is consid Tered likely to go down
In history. as one of the most brilliant
feats OF the war. .sS .33
It IL recognized here that the sue.
cess OF the assault was due almost en-:
tirely to the bbayonet work Of these
troops since the artillery preparation
was Insult fdcientt IN Sinten enslty and dur
alton, according toS mill itary experts!
EoS oSfeduce event q gstrong2 field POSITION
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
.GLDBIWI0M.E|NT.O
HEAR.ABOUT Law
ON STANDARDS. !
Commissions J. H. Night
iingale Will Talk Here
on March g.
" WIZ [. !. ASK ASSISTANCE 9
Wants Women to Insist Up
on Proper Weights and
Measures.
ZWIE ASK ASSISTANCE

Commissioner ]. II. Nightingale,
fead Of tho state department OF labor
and ex-officio lead of the department
Z OF weights and measures will talk be-
fore tho Woman's club in this city at
sthe regular club meeting to be held
March A.
Mr.. Nightingale will talk concern
ing the now law recently passed ny
tho state legislature pertaining 10
the. proper use OF weights and meas.
lures and will solicit tho support OF
tho women OF the city In the matter OIL
insisting on the standard measures as
adopted by the state. and thereby aiG'
ing the county sealer IN MS WORK
among the merchants of the county
The local club is especially inter:
ested in this movement for correct
weights and measures and has fro
duently discussed the subject at us
1t is believed the women
5can do a great deal to aid in the en-.
forcement OF the law in the state and
seeing to it that all scales and meas
ures are sealed by the sealers as ap-
pointed by the courts of the various
counties.
conference Of the sealers of the
state Iis sch eduled to be held in Char
lesion March 16 and IL and w. D.
Straight the sealer for Marion county.
VIII attend the conference which will
sbe8 for the purpose OF comforting on
the best methods to be used in enforc-
ing ithetla Mr.. Straight is kept busy
fnSmaking the rounds of the county
stores inspecting weights and meas
ures used by merchants.
%: IA. Ashburn Inspector of weights
ana measures for the state depart
Inent, Is at present making tour OF
the state III the interest of the law
and may visit Fairmont in the near
future. a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Lodge Says Anything Less
Than Full Assertion Of
Law Unneutral.
STERLING IN ACCORD
One More Sea Horror and
America Will Assert
Itself Strongly.
tpy Assoem,ea Press.1


WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Lodge, ranking minority member OF
the Foreign relations committee, made
speech in the Senate today declaring
that abandonment by the United States
at this time of the principal that its
ports are open to, and its citizens free
to travel on, merchantmen Of belliger-
ent nations armed solely for defensive
purposes, would be an unneutral act
and step toward war He said it
would make the United States the al
ily Of belligerents whose merchantmen
had been swept from the seas.
Senator Sterling, OF South Dakota.
spoke on his resolution to declare the
Senate's concern at the recent German
naval order to sink all armed allied
merchantships. He said the issue
brought the United States to its grav-
est international. crisis. Instead of
yielding to the claim OF the, German
admiralty, said he, Their very men
ton should meet with vigorous pro-
test. Instead of denying this old right
OF the sea, we should now OF all times
vie with her or any nation In seeking to
uphold 4 It. It, is possible some danger
viii be incurred, but Il do not much
fear dangers will be increased beyond
what they are at present. But do
know, that, let. another sea horror oc.
cur nswhich American lives are In.
yolyed, and this administration and
the world will know there Is a real
America, not supine, pathetic and hesi-
tating. ~ ,-i1 Il
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Gas Explosion Restores Speech,
Wrecks Building, Burns TlDo
sons unmarried.

comfortable. Instantly the gas let go,
blowing out one side of the building.
Zol1ner was so badly burned it Is
feared he will die and his deputy was
also hurt.
The prisoner, who had been arrest
ed for peddling on the street, claimed
to be. deaf, and dumb, but when the
explosion 4 occurred he ran shouting
from the place. He has not been seen
since. -. ~ ). sz.r... n ssSss
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
bR=IEI=WERYTPRoaE REoPENED

L. 6RE'WEhIHFlnObc hG0FENGD
H. PITTsBURGH,F Feb. 1S.-Investiga'
4 On 4ofS the alleged political contribu.
.fion 81 the United States Brewers as.
saocl ation, the Pennsy1 1yapia Brewers
assnEaf36n and the Brew wers' associa'
tiont 6f Western Pennsylv ylvania, was
fakeh mp again by q United States
Graad Jufy here today
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
{ NC oRAwII wIIAoAIN INDICTED.

GRAFTON,IF Feb. 18-Chas. r. Dur
bip: former president Of the Grafton
Bank of Grafton and Col. John T. Nc.
McGraw, democrats ational commit.
teeman for West Virginia and sone of
I the bank 4 organizers were indicted
today by specia1S a1Sgrand jury which be:
gan d probe Of condi lions ON Tuesdasyl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
(By Associated Pressl

CARROLLTOWN, Pa, Feb. 1S.-
Two men were burned, one perhaps
fatally and prisoner escaped when
a gas explosion today wrecked the
town lookup.
The prisoner whose name the police
did not know, was the first man arrest
ed In the village for. a long time, and
when he took the man to Jail Mtchaei
zolIner, the police, struck q match to
Ight-the gas stove and make the man an
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
n'Err.lLJIle,-NrlIEp.To Blue CREEK

Mrs. Fay Carpenter and child. who
had been the guest of the formers
Mr.! and Mrs. y J. B. CroW1
for several months. returred today
tottheir home at Blue Creek w Ya.i Y.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
The Weather. ]!

y west virginia Snow furries and
much colder tonight; Saturday fair
and colder. Northwest wind.
LOCAL WEATHER I READINGS
n F.SP Hall, Observer 4
Temperature at IS d. m! today I3S.
u Yesterday Sweat athera clear: temper.
atufes smaximums 54 minimum s35;s pre-
SsIT{ffaf f0nFT a \ IA ii n X TX
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18

MISS MARY iETSTAy BISHOF HERE.
E Miss Mary Eta Bishop formerly OF
this city, now secretary of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Deaconess hame in
Cleveland, o., arrived last night from
Albrightsyille where she had spent the
past, two weeks with her father q. w,
Bishop. She leaves tonight for Cleve'
land to resume her work and will be
accompanied by her niece, Miss Vel:
ona Bishop, who will enter the home
to train for. a deasoness. Miss Blsh-
OPS home is in Albrigh ghtsville but she
has resided here for several years
with her aunt Mrs. Dora B. Mitchell
on Hamilton street. sa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-18
Hard at Work on
the Hotel Plans

The directors OF the Fairmont ho-
tel companyGwere unable to make any
decision last night at their meeting In
regard to choosing plans for the new
structure. The entire time of the
meeting was taken up with the discus;
sions of the merits of the yaItous de:
signs and types Of buildings. The exc:
'cutivet tcommittee of the company Will
meet again tonight with tnGs specillca-
.tions committees and Sanothed e1ort
will be made Ito arrive Ct a. definite
decision. sgS n
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-11
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN

HERE determined effort the of Vance Mccormick
Democratic national chairman create the impression that
there this campaigns that President Wilson has
done well under trying circumstances and that cogent for
making change presented According Chairman Wilcox
there abundance of issues They be all summed
up Mr. Hughes epigram America first and America efficient
under President Wilson, America has been first and
America has been woey inefficient America first that
the lives property Americans will be protected land
cline 1t that the interests of the nation shall
sacrificed what the president may regard the political
that this nation will protect its citizens and maintain their
standard Of living adequate protective tariff 1t that
the needed the will be raised
without imposition of burdensome industry and the
people generally that public whether they
represent this country foreign capitals the great domestic
nsrmentaes of the will be chosen because of their
ability perform their duties expedtousy and credab without
burdenng payros with ncompeten where efficient
the work, chosen simply with view to
urherng the political fortunes of the the White House
epgram that when group organization
shall that their interests be considered before
those of the people whole and special legislation enacted for
th benefit without investigation deberaon the executive shall
put and insist adequate investigation and the
reason and bey the of arbitration and compel
Congress responsibility deberave body
simply that may gain of section of the body
polite word Mr. Hughes stands for America first and
America Efficient while the Democratic candidate stands for
Wilson first and political expedency That the issue of this
campaign
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-11
DREAMS COME TRUE

70 daring enough horoscope Tonopah
year would had the hardhood to the
rapidly approaching achievement this district One short
year ago selling 46 so would have
been deemed insane optimism to predict the the
industrial development known
any mining camp the world There little for
trimmings hope occupied catafaque in the
vestbue vanished Utopia and the daped with willows
furnished fitting background for Pandora box of dire pre-
The stitched and the world only waited for the
pulse beats fade before buyng old Tonopah One OF
leading mining companies officially reported the end Of operations
sight hidden the feast of funeral baked
dismal wreched prospect could be depicted
the public places and when the hdeous head
Of litigation obuded ITSELF seemed though even the coroner
needed DEATH would have been
a logical verdict.
only missing object the obseque the Tonopah
struggling against adversely survived the assault silver With
grave beyond hope of the pumoo Tonoph
raiedraled suddenly off the cerements of the and
with usy yell bounded back into the of activity The
Tonopah the camp without failure was
off this mortal coil The camp spared for better
things. The apoheosis nigh
The day of dedication has New interests have entered
capital the record of today
Instead looking Philadelphia and Ptsburg for the news of
Tonopah gree the of Butte and the brains of Boston
interesting evolution Neither manifested
slightest Tonopah, but today they stand back of
heroic project the that combines financial daring
engineering skill and mining knowledge Into the hands of this
galaxy Of financial has passed control of 700 located in
block ground beautifully arranged for economic develop
conception of the undertaking rests between Bryce
Turner engineer every of Tonopa and Oscar
Daub the New York whose prophetic directed HIM INTO
the extremity of the Tonopah district the
probable of extending the life of this indefinite
age money hand the has begun and conservative
places consummaon less than months
with these happenings the border other
quietly gathering agmentary groups the fringe
until is estimated that 1000
have been doveed into project of far reaching Importance
buying rounded their charts but
day when they the public into their confidence will be
disclose the gigantic investments in mining history