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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-24
Belingon ". Va. Thursday February 9th. 1916
NOTE Unsatisfactory CON-
CRESS OPPOSES PRESIDENT
ELKINS TO PLAY ONE OF CHICA-
COS LARGEST MUSICAL COINED

The big fun festival "Septem-
Der Morn" will be seen at the
abbott Grand Theatre, Elkins,
w. Va, Friday night, Feb. 25th,
with all its tuneful, catchy,
whistling songs, girls of the pref
ty kind who can sing, tango dam
GERS, maxixe dancers, hesitation
walters, and acast of musical
comdy artists far aobve the av-
erage. The cast includes such
recognized stars as 10 aylor, "The
American Gahy Deslys" Mabel
atm, petite little prima donna,
Vera LaVere, Carl George, Wal
ter Welftt, John Patton, Curt
Vance, James Baber and AZ he'll
pers---mostly girls. Among the
many songs hits that are now
the rage everywhere are, when
Little Boy Loves A Little Grip
OH You, September Morn" "a
Sparerib from the Butcher Shop
of Life Where is the Pleasure
in Wine and Song-If the wo-
man is not There?", Beautiful
Dreams I'm Dreaming" etc.
Summing it all up, it is a
great big musical attraction, and
as the Chicago Tribune said:
THE musical show OF the Cen
tury."
The Birmingham News of
Oct. 18th had the following to
say about this show:
September Morn" proves to
be delightful musical comedy
treat, with many novel features
September Morn" is a whirli-
gig of musical delight, with not
disappointing line. 1t has beell
long time since a musical
comedy has invaded Birming-
ham with as many catchy and
tuneful airs as September
Morn" had.
The Birmingham Age-Herald
of Oct. 18th said:
"The tired business man was
literally catered to at the Jeffer-
son theatre last night, when
September Morn a bright roll
licking girl show with plenty OF
tuneful music helper to while
two hours or more quite pleas
antly."
This is good news to local
theatregoers for this long looked
for attraction will undoubtedly
draw capacity when it plays this
city.
Seats for this attraction will
be on sale at the Hippodrome,
Elkins, w. Va. Tuesday, Feb.
18th, mail orders will be filled in
the order they are received when
accompanied by cash addressed
to r. H. Talbot.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-24
24O PERSONS MADE
HOMELESS BY FIRE

PASSAIC, N. ", Feb. a.
Two hundred anu forty persons
are homeless and almost desti4
tute here todoy as the result of
a fire which swept through the
tenement district last night and
early today. According to the
police the fire started through
a quarrel between two men
chopping wood in cellar under
paint store by candle light.
In the quarrel the candle was
upset, mass Of rubbish caught
fire and in a few minutes the
flames had seized upon the high.
W inflammable material in the
store and were beyond control.
The loss is estimated at 5000.
900.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-24

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. E. Mosser
moved to Thomas, Wednesday.
Mr.. Mosser has been working
there for some time. They re
sided in the Riggleman house
on Elliott avenue. Sorry to see
them leave Belington.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-02-24

Mrs. C. o. Nelson, and little
son, of Ravenswood have been
here for the past few days Wis
iting friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
Special Bargains
 by Merchants in
 Today's Age-Herald

Pulled starts his June clearance sale of suits, dresses and waists. Louis Pizitz advertises the famous
 Frankel system suits at $15.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb announce a sale of shirts for men, $1.25 and s1.5O values for 79c.
 Porter's Boyden oxfords, cut on the popular English val last and lined with white kid. s75O.
 saks' Palm Beach or cool cloth suits at s5.95.
 Sommer Tailoring company offers straw hats of exceptional quality at $2 to $S.
 Yeatman- -Baugh features silk suits at $12.50.
 Cox Shoe company has g special sale of s4. $5 and s6 pumps at 95c
 Today Mrs. Decker holds her last demonstration of freless cook stoves at Hood & Wheeler's; refreshments.
 Walk Over shoe store feature sport shoes and oxfords for women, $2.50 to $500
 Realty Trust company offers its 7 per cent stock at par
 Jacobs drug store offers 15c can of talcum and 10 cakes of soap, both for 1Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
ROBSON FAILS ID
 FILE CONTEST IN
 THE TENTH DISTRICT
William B. Bankhead Will Carry Democratic Stand ard at the General Elec-
 tiOn in November

William B. Bankhead is the demo- cratic nominee for Congress from the Tenth Alabama district without a con- test. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson and his friends failed to make good the threat made by the captain sev- eraI weeks ago that unless he was de- clared the nominee contest would be instituted. Yesterday was the time limit for the filing of the contest and Gen. Bibb Graves, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, announced at an early hour this morn ing that no contest had been filed with him.
 It will be recalled that MT. Bankhead was declared the nominee of the demo- cratic party for, Congress from the Tenth district after one of the warm est political campaigns in the history of the state by a majority of 51. Sew eral days before the official returns had been compiled Captain Hobson gave out the interview to the effect that he would contest unless the re- turns showed that he had been named as congressman. The captain, in this statement insinuated that he would make some very startling revelations.
 However, the failure of the Hobson
  sion any great surprise as The Age Herald had previously announced that such an action was improbabl It had been reported that despite the alleged use of five detectives from one of the national agencies, the Hobson forces had been unable to gather any inform ation which would serve as sound basis for going behind the face of the returns. The election of Gus Hallmark from one of the polling places in Mar ion county, about which the Hobson men had made much ado, was found to have been strictly in accordance with the. election law, since MT. Hallmark was himself candidate in the pri- mary and had no right to remain in a voting booth as watcher for Captain Hobson or anyone else.
 It will be recalled that Col. l.. B. Musgrove of Jasper recently made a trip to Pittsburg where he conferred with Captain Hobson regarding the proposed contest. Captain Hobson was billed to make addresses almost con- tinuously in certain states having pro- hibition campaigns and many of his friends as announced in The Age-Her- a1d contended that he should not abandon these campaigns to engage in a very doubtful contest where his grounds for objection were so slim. It is expected that the action of the Hob- son forces in failing to file the con- test will meet with very general ap- proval over the state not only from the friends of MT. Bankhead, but es- peciaIIy from the supporters of Captain Hobson. Many of the leading advocates of the captain in his past campaigns viewed with extreme disfavor the ef- fort to file a contest in this election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

NO NEW DETAILS London, June 2.--Rear Admiral Heb- binghaus, director of the German ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

statement says the Germans avoided pro- longed action with the main British force, Officers pointed out, however, that the German statement reported that survivors of one of the sunken British battle cruisers were picked up by Ger man ships. This was taken as an in dcation that the Germans were advanc- ing rather than retiring at that time.
 The battle has not materially effected the relative strength of the fleets, ac- eording to the view of American officers. The German admitted losses do not rep resent a serious curtailment of her sea fighting force While the British losses are much greater, they have a greater reserve strength and the loss of the three battle cruisers, two of which were com paratively old, is not thought to have weakened the naval preponderance of the allies in any serious degree
 Officers noted the accuracy of the Ger man reports of damages inflicted upon the British fleet, comparing it with the list of ships admitted by the British to have been sunk. The British statement,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
WASHINGTON INTERESTED

Washington, June 2.-Naval officers and members of the congressional naval com | mittees were eagerly awaiting tonight de- tails of the naval battle between the Ger | man and British fleets. The meagre re- | ports established beyond question that IL was the most important naval engage l ment of the war.
 Lacking knowledge of the object sought l by the German fleet, officers here would not hazard statements as to where victory rested. While the British suffered the loss | or more ships, according to the official statements Of both sides, if they parried an attempted raid and drove a consid. erable fleet back to it's base without it's naVlnS come in sight of the English coast, they could claim success it was thought. On the other hand, if the movement of
 the German fleet was only an exercise
 cruise or an attempt to lure the enemy
 into trap, apparently the victory was | theirs.
 The location of the fight threw no 1 Hsht on these questions. It took place.
 according to the official statements,
 some place north of Horn reef, off the | lower coast of Denmark Presumably
 the German fleet came out of Wilhems- 1 maven and returned 10 that port
 some officers thought it possible that scouting. aircraft had located the British pa nattie cruisers off the Danish coast.
 me British statement says the battle | iS' iiSHt dTIHOfeu cruisers and light cruisers bore the brunt of the engage
 ment- It also indicates hazy weather. Under these conditions it was thought possible the German commander saw an opportunity to swoop down >on the Brit
 lsh force with battleships to outmatch
 the battle cruisers before a supporrlnr
 Iorce Of British battleships could come
 to thelr aid The fact that the Ger
 man pre-dreadnaught Pommern was
 sunk shows that the Germans had battle ships with them
 GERMANS DREW OFF
 when the four fast battleships sent
 10 support the lighter craft reached the
 scene, according to this view, the Ger mans decided to draw off to Wilhelms- maven and running fight down the Danish coast ensued.
 Neither official statement tells how the British battle cruisers were lost, whether by gun fire, mines or torpedoes Nor do
 they state definitely which fleet was
 compelled to draw off. The British
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
Lookahere men :!
An ouerf1o,o sale for those men ,oho
failed to buy shirts i, our last sale

On May Annual Sale of mems 125 150 shirts 1900 shirts in the sale and had to end the sale the following closing time because the shirts all sold of disappointed.
 for store to dsappoint it's patrons though unavoidable, tried to get more shirts We told the predicamentof hundreds of disappointed men-of how we under-estimated our ability 150 shirts for 79c. The manufac
 turer helped us you, duplicate the sale of three weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
Danish Captain Tells of Witnessing Beginning of
 Great Battle in North Sea
tcontinued from Page one)

miraI Hebbinghaus, director of the ad- miralty, told the Reichstag this after. noon that the British torpedoboat 1oss- es were greater than had first been reported At least three of the destroyer flotilla flagships, said Admiral Heb- binghaus, and nine or ten other de- stroyers had been sunk. Of these the battleship Westfallen alone sank six.
 The German battleship Pommern was sunk by a torpedo, the admiral con- tinued and the Wiesbaden by artillery. The Frauenlob was last seen by a Ger man destroyer in a night encounter with a heavy list and the admiral said 1t was assumed she had been sunk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

this being confirmed by the prisoners rescued. Several of the German ships rescued parts of the crews of the Brit ish ships which were sunk, they in- cluding, it is said, two men from the Indefatigable, the only survivors from that ship.
 On the German side the small cruiser Wiesbaden was sunk by gunfire and the Pommern was sent to the bottom by a torepdo
 The fate of the Frauenlob is not known and some torpedoboats did not return
 The German high sea fleet the state ment adds, returned to port June l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

miralty, in making the announcemer of the sea battle to the Reichstag gav no new details of the fight other tha what had been officially announced b the admiralty, according to a Reuter- telegram from Berlin via Amsterdam
 NO complete statement of our dam ages or losses yet has been received he said in conclusion. "Of course, som of our ships were severely damage' The main portion of our fleet returne to harbor with the men in splendi spirits. Our men, ships and guns stod the test of battle well.".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
Auto Recovered

The five-passenger Dodge automd bile of pr. R. B. Macline, 2S15 Twenty ninth avenue, North Birmingham. whio was stolen from in front of the Bid theatre late last night, was recovert early this morning at Fifteenth stret and Fifth avenue, north. by Officer Jones and Ryan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

MINERAL CITY CHAPTER NO. 101 The members of Mineral City chap ter are requested to meet at the Ma sonic temple Saturday. June 8. at 3 D. m., for the purpose of attending the funeral of our deceased companion Archibald w. Miller.
 0. $. FINCH, High Priest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
TONNAGES LOST

Great Britain's admitted loss in ton mage was ,S10 for the six battle cruisers and cruisers. That of Germany, eXclud- ing the tonnage of the Wesbaden, of which vessel there is no record, was 15712. The tonnage of the capital ships sunk by the Japanese in their fight with the Rus sians in the battle of Tsuhima in May, 1905, aggregated 5000. Twenty-one Rus sian craft were destroyed in this fight including six battleships and four cruisers. The remainder of the sunlen craft com prised coast defense and special service vessels and torpedo boats.
 That the casualties in the fighting off Jutland were heavy is indicated by the fact that of the crew of some 900 on board the Indefatigable only two men are known to have been saved. Full details of the fight, in which Zeppelins are de- clared to have taken part, are being gathered by the British admiralty, and pending their receipt the censor is with holding. permission to correspondents to send out stories from London
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
GLYNN ID DELIVER
 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Former New York Governor Chosen Temporary Chair
 man at St. Louis

St Louis. June 2.-Martin Glynn former governor of New York, was elected temporary chairman of the demo- cratic national convention by a subcom- mittee on arrangements of the national committee here tonight
 J. Bruce Kremer, national committed man from Montana, was chosen tenn porary secretary of the convention and John I. Martion temporary sergeant-at- arms.
 Earlier in the night Chairman Me Combs had announced the following de- cisions regarding tickets
 That in addition to the tickets re- ceived by individual delegates and alter mates, each national committeeman would be given number of tickets equal to the number of delegates from his state. In states where double dele gations were chosen, half the number will sit in the delegates section and half in the alternates sction and the alter naes will be given guest tickets, if any.
 Two thousand tickets were allotted to the Business Mems League of St. Louis.
 Whether or not the committee later changed this plan could not be deter mined1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
NEWS SPREADS RAPIDLY


 The official announcement of the sea fight was given out at the governments s official press bureau at o'clock yester- day evening and spread with almost un- believable speed to the remotest corners of the kingdom All the London evening newspapers rushed special editions into the streets and the presses were still turning out papers at 10 o'clock at night, although virtually nothing was being printed beyond the bare official announce ments
 As an illustration of the rapidity with which the British newspapers and tele, graph works when a great occasion arises it may be stated that the news of the naval battle reached Cardiff and Edin- burg two minutes after it was given out at the press bureau and the newspapers of those two cities were displaying it to the public few minutes later In Lon don copies of the official statement ap- peared as by magic in shop windows, clubs, theatre lobbies, hotels and restau- rants, while huge posters put out by the evening newspapers stared the populace III the lace at every street corner
 PUBLIC IS ASTONISHED
 The attitude of the public for the most past was of astonishment The view had apparently been very general that the German fleet would not dare risk a full hedged engagement. Thousands of those who bought special editions of the news papers in the streets had friends or rela- tlves in the big fleet and there were im- med1ately many anxious inquiries
 A considerable crowd gathered at the admiralty headquarters hoping for some more definite news but official sources yielded nothing beyond the brief official bulletins. Nothing except the battle wa s talked of in the hotel Hobbies, the clubs street cars and cafes. It was remarkable how the feeling of confidence in the great British fleet kept it's hold on the popu- lace, despite the undeniably heavy losses chronicled in the official accounts of the fight. Everywhere the talk was not so much of the loss as of confidence in the future and determination to prepare to carry on the struggle against Germany with increased force.
 THE GERMAN VERSION
 Berlin, June 2.-(By Wireless to Sayville. 1.-The German admiralty an- nounced today that the German high sea fleet on May 31 had encountered a British fighting fleet The engage ment which developed, the admiralty says, was favorable to the Germans. The battle continued all night.
 The German admiralty announces that the large British battleship War spite, the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Indefatigable, and two armored cruisers were destroyed.
 It is also reported that a small Brit ish cruiser, a number of torpedo boat destroyers and torpedoboats were sunk.
 The German admiralty statement adds that by observation it was estab- lished that a large number of British battleships suffered damage from the fire of the German big ships and the attacks of the torpedoboat flotilla.
 The admiralty statement also de- clares that the battleship Marlborough of the English was hit by a torpedo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03

it was said, did not disclose the same degree of observation or knowledge or the opposing forces, although it is pos sible the British admiralty did not choose to give out it's statement With all available details in that respect.
 Applying the first lessons of the en- gagement to American naval prepared ness some officers insisted that details of the fight would demonstrate the ne- cessity of adding at least two dread naughts to the naval bill before it is signed by the President They expected clear indication that dreadnaughts are the indispensable element of any fleet. The navy bill passed the House by over whelming vote, while news of the fight was coming over the wires. It carries five battle cruisers and no battleships, but officers hope the heavier craft will be added by the Senate.
 NO NEW DETAILS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
OFFICIAL STATEMENT

! which is dated June 1, says:
 During an enterprise directed to the northward, our high sea fleet on May 31 encountered the main part of the English fighting fleet, which was con siderably superior to our forces.
 During the afternoon, between Ska gerak and Hornriff, heavy engage ment developed which continued dur ing the whole night.
 'In this engagement, so far as known up to the present, there were destroyed by us the large battleship Warspite. the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Indefatigable, two armored cruisers apparently of the Achilles type, one small cruiser. new flag ship of destroyers, the Turbanant, Ne store and Alcaster, a large number of torpedo-boat destroyers and one sub marine.
 By observation, which was free and clear of objects, it was stated that a large number of English battleships suffered damage from our ships and the attacks of our torpedoboat armada dur ing the day engagement and through out the night.
 Among others the large battleship Marlborough was hit by a torpedo. This was confirmed by prisoners Several of our ships rescued parts of the crews of the sunken English ships, among them being two and the only survivors of the Indefatigable.
 "On our side the smaller cruiser Wies- baden, by hostile gunfire during the day engagement, and his maJestys ship, Pommern, during the night, as the re- suit of torpedo, were sunk.
 "The fate of his majesty's ship Frau enlob which is missing, and of some torpedoboats, which have not returned yet, is unknown.
 "The high sea fleet returned today (Thursday) into our port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-03
.BERL|N'S CLAIMS ARE
 ADMITTEDLY BRITISH
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by gunfire; that one battle cruiser had been blown up and two others damaged and that a submarine also had been sent to the bottom
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-03-16

Lines Worth Remembering
War; That mid game the world eo loves
tu nIHN Jonathan Swift
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-03-16
ASPARAGUS the Bus Gets Hot Tips
From Charlie Chaplin
Shorty Mortified; Gus Inundated
BY JACK LAIT
BY JACK lat

'uu ur my or somebody else what's got
tnD mmW rs funny, something
1u. and hs colonel shorty. had
been assigned tp the private room
NN.r. 'N" slup.pbout comedian was
being tnI Tho busboy was gricyuusy
disappointed and felt cheated Tho dron
ruN wore dinner clothes and his nrc
Was smoothlv shovon aud ho took hla
food sDU1ush
Shortly sccntng "a big up. tor no had
read oft the huge salary fixed Tor the
s.lnuu clown, was on his toes and up
and 700 it IJc transmitted this unwoutrd
energy 60 his rhambcrlai" Gus, by
short horks nf command and roproof and
Hu occasional push that cent our little
h.r0 sliding On feet that were not meant
tnr 'hH' Kind Of lotomotion
rh. dinner was In several reols.
r.m cocktails to dcmi nssrs served hy
courses and relays shortys squad of
mw Included the guest of honor and
hs brother syd nt tho head OF Jho long
Uh'.
, 1.-TWO oyetor fork and % aolt oyIar"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-03-16
Daily Lessons in History


One Hundred Years AGO Today.
1916 A uuru. uI republican members
nominated Jlm.. Nunur uf Virginia
mud Daniel - rompkus of New York
as candidates for president and vice
president respectively
ssvsnty.FWe Years AGO.
lNil President William Henry Haui-
SON prepared a Proclamation calling an
oNtr1 session uf congress tu be convened
May q. 10 consider the state of the
revenue and finances of the country
Flfty Years Ago Today.
1866 Secretary o0 state Seward direct
'H the United States minister nt Vienna
90 make on emphatic PROTEST nl.usl the
enlistment OF AustrBUs to support lHr
cause ul Emperor MuNumllnn m Mexico.
Twenty Five Years AGO Today
1891 A monument known aa IN, Tow
Zen ot Liberty built hv the government
with stn'o nId, was dedicated ol New
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