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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Pauperism In
Great Britain

LONDON, Mar. 1.-The record for
paupersm for England and Wales dur
ing the past year is the lowest ever
reached. Comparing 1876 with 1915,
the ratio shows a decrease from F29.2
to 1853 per thousand, a fallingsaway Of
practically one half. Pauperism in
London separately has not declined in
the same proportion, nevertheless the
percentage has in this period been
cut down from 25.3 to 1879 As com.
pared with 1914, last year showed a
decrease in every division OF England
and Wales OF 69;702 persons or II
per cent.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
.BABV WEEK OPENS
ALL OVER COUNTRY
Next Year It WIN Be OBJ
served in the City Of
Fair1lont.

Goopefatingfw hsamovemen foster.
cd by the General ederation OF Wo-
mems CtubS!St % Esetsapart a week dur:
1nR each year as fttBaby Week" many
OF the clubs OF the state affiliated
With he West Virginia Federation be-
& todays celebrating the occasion and
many others will conduct the baby
week campaign later In the season.
Tha matter Of conserving Baby
Wecks vas taken up at the meeting
OF tie West Virginia Federation OF
Wofnensg cInbsghelds in this city last
Fail. and many clubs signihed inten'
tons 81 obserying the week. The To-
cal Wonan'a club, ssowing to the stress
Of so manyinportnnt matters claiming
attention ~ this time. decided not to
obserEe theSweek3in in any special
nef. though methodist of lettering the
condinons 81 infants have been n
viii ba discussed at the meetings OF
the clubs.
Next year tsissthe plan Of the club
TO devote aEweek at least to the babies
nrd %. carry forward an active cam
palgn Tor their bettermcnt.
IN many cities all over tho land 70.
day VIII begins these Baby Week
cafannfgns, which it Is thought VIII re-
Hult. iii better babies and better con
ditiops surrounding them.
Tte aHabySWeek" as held IN a
cities nave been primari!y educationai.
having a Stwo:fold purpose, first to give
to the parents Of the community the
Observation-Disclosures the facts with
feFard to- the care OF their babies,
necond, j make known to a commnn'
ity the Importance Of its babies. the
special f~actsgrelating to the babies OF
the eommunityEand the need OF per-
nnenf$work5forgtheir welfare.
Huntington. Parkersburg and Clarks-
abnre nave made extensive plans for
observing theSweek and are receiving
theh eartySsnpport Of many civic bod
fesf and o. the ministerial assocta-
tons.
Ms. AZ L.Iehman. who is a member
d the cfyicSand public health com
mfttae Of the STANDARDIZATION of Wo'
mems cilbsJand also a member of the
child welfare COMMITTEE. OF the
Daughterssoffth American Revolution
of Vet Virginia, tslat the head of the
movement inSFairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
German Dead In
Heaps at Verdu7n
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, March "A machine gun
operator says in a letter to his family
written from Verdun battlefield:
THE German dead lie in heaps
around u.s. It has been;thus for several
days. At times we were Obliged to
move our machine guns back 20 to
30 yards, as the German dead were
piled so high as to interfere with our
fire. We shot them down as they Jump
ed over their comrades bodies. We
are now resting but are always ready
to begin again to show the Germans
that the French soldiers are their
masters"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
a%nIclnE8IN a PRISON

AITBuRN, M ", March 4.-Edith
K. Meibefs WhoEWas serving sentence
OF 20 years for the murder OF her
ayeyearsoM son George. by forcing
poison down the chtld's throat n
leaving the bodyginga swamp on me
outakfrts % Albany on January 3,
1911, committed suicide in Auburn
prison for women this morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
French Steamer Sunk
II Bay Of Biscay

CIV Associated Press)

IA BOGHEEE, Rochelle, France,
March 4-ThetFfench steamer Lakme,
of pnnldrk83117stons gross. which sail
ed rom Ia Rochelle on Tuesday. was
sunk on the same day in the Bay OF
Biseay, dc APPOINT six miles northwest
81 ma de Yeu.f She is believed to have
struck 4 nine! Six Of the 20 men OF
The creW lost their lives.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Three Killed Ii Explosion,

WESTON, March 4:-Three men
were killed and two perhaps fatally
injured by boiler explosion at q. saw
mill at ireland, Lewis county. The
dead are Clay Bland, Lee 7McCarty
and Thomas Bennett. The injured are.
Alvin Nicely and Lee Bennett The
cause has not fbeens determined
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Finger Prints To
Identify Soldiers

LONDON, Mar. MANY Officers Of
the British army who have witness
ed numerous attempts to p%ersonate
soldiers fighting In the trenches, or
reported missing, are convinced that
the finger.prints Of every fighting man
should be taken as a certain means Of
Identification.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Push German Styles
at Che Golden Horn

nERIfSs Mar. "A leading Berlin
arm 80 dressmakers has just opened
an axifbitfonIofsGtGerm Fashions Tor
Women at SthegPera# Palace Hotel IN.
Gofstantfnople. -Four manikins EN-
nloyed by III lffrms ARRIVED on the Bal
mi ExpressS last week and are now
ehowfng OF screationss made In Ger
many for the benefit of Constantine
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
nnnNn Observation-Disclosures

KANSAS7 GiTY,SMo., March 4.-Fhe
Natiotfnf encainpment OF the Grand
ATmy OF Gle Republic will be held
hero from August 90 to September I,
Il was announced to-day. The dates
we're acknowledgements meeting Of the
Grand Amy OF the Republic national
o1acers. TWENTY-FIVE thousand vet
Grams are expected to attend.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Pennington Ho1dup
Was Mere Hot Air

The report that a man was netd3 up
and robbed at Pennington after being
beaten into insensibility was unbound.
ed, according to information IN tho
hands OF the county Officers this morn:
One OF. the county officers was at
Pennington at the time the r1mor.
started and5h immediatelyHraniitZt
the ground The search andsinYesttgas
dropped.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Sub Activities
Reported by Berlin
IRz Assstniciatad Pressl

BER1df5 MarchS4ss--The sinking OF
two French, auxiliary cruisers and n
British patrolSboatgby German subma-
rinea II announced by admiralty.
phe announcement also says that
rom Paris IS reported the sinking OF
Che transport Provence which. carried
1900 men ofeNhomS only sos were res
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

DON'T TAKE scoRcHEp MONEY.
TULSA, Okla, Mar. 4-Robbers dy.
namited the bank at Mound, Okla,
early today and escaped with $4,000.
The explosion scorched the currency
and it is thought it will be easily tden.
tilted. '@.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ROME. Mafeh1.-William +. Kelley,
tho American consul here, was found
dead 81 chair shortly before the
reakfaskhourtoday Death was prob.
abEy was ans 10 heart trouble.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
Austrian Submarine
NGetsI
INV Associated press.)

hEGHoRN, Italy, Mar: 4-The
a~teannahip Giaya, which left here on
TebrtafYS 3 o has been sunk by an Aus
train submarine. There were no
Atnericans9 onSboard.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

WIN Return-J. H. Nightingale com
missioner of weights and measures
for West Virginia who was in the city
yesterday for the purpose Of making
an address at the meeting Of the
Woman's Club left for Wheeling after
announcing that he would be back
here soontt to make an inspection Of
factories in his capacity as
commissioner of labor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

lMs man knows where the shoe pnehes and he lays the blame On no one but him
pie busy themselves trying to reform other eI people 4Im They vt think Eko things a would kil be Just
probably with yourself with mysef, with ourselves When. we ggtto the .I point sEt Of Of
reasoning in tading our Community problems. Where does the shoe pinch? Am
anything that is keeping back the growth of my community? "Am / leaving
ANYTHING undone Is advance The growth?p With this spirit w can cooperate. Co
operation wins every time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

New elli at HIp-Next weeks bill
at. the Hippodrome theatre will be the
Majestic Musical Comedy company.
The company will be here for the en-
tire week and comes well. recommend.
ed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

Commercial Traveters-Tonight the
local council OF the United Commercial
Travellers will banquet at the Y. M.
C.. A. and will have as their guests
the young men who recently made a
success OF the minstrel show. This
afternoon at the rooms OF the Dun
Gil in the Smith G Mckinney building
new members will be initiated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

Portraits In Plaee-The portraits Of
J. E. Sands and ]. NJ. Hartley which
were presented to the local Y. NJ. CA.
du5in5 the banquet held Thursday
night Of this week have been hung in
place In the reading room. They make
a decidedly impressive appearance
and add tone to the room.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

Joubert Lecture-This evening in
the auditorium Of the new Central
Christian church Wi1fred A. Joubert
will deliver a lecture on the Next
can Crisis From the Viewpoint of &
Resident Eyewitness. This viii be the
third number Of the RedpatE Lyceum
course. . I
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04

District Meetins-The community
meeting held last night In the school
house at Rymer under the auspices of
County Agricultural Agent H. L. Smith
was we'll attended. The meeting was
in direct charge Of Professor Lively
and the members of the Rymer Wo-
mems club were present and served
lunch. A<moverment to establish three
district high schools in Warrington
was launched.
Band concert-Anic sum OF money
was realized for the Barnestown
church at the concert given last night
by the Gar1ow's band.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-04
TOWN TALK

John poe Aaaln-John Doe. this
dime WITH D fphysiognomya different
from other times appeared In court
this morning and paId IS and costs
for being drunk at the Baltimore and
Ohio station. John Does facial fea.
turds must change with the aid OF
spirits.
Lunch a suecess-A great success
sale OF lunch served by the
OF the visiting and flower com
mittee Of the Cook! hospital in the MI
yum building ON Main street today.
Several hundred tickets were sold by
the ladies and an excellent lunch was
served and many edibles sold. The
proceeds will be used toward reftttng
OF the sun room OF the hospital and
in the purchase OF flowers for patients
at the institution. /,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
INTERVENTION IN
MEXICO solemn
DUTY OF U. S,
Governor Ferguson Believes
We Should Destore Order
in Republic.

Austin, Tex, May 9.-Gov. James
E. Ferguson of Texas, in a statement,
urged the United States to intervene
in Mexico to restore order in that
country eff it takes 10 or so years. "
"Since we have started we may as
we'll finish the job. The temporary
protection Of the border will accom-
plish nothing" he said.
Ruthless spilling of American
blood on American soil now give us
justification, and it is our duty to do
whatever is necessar yto prevent a
recurrence of further outrages against
our people. AS one who has measurd
his words, and now mindful of the
position here announced and it's con-
sequences, l have come reluctantly to
the conclusion that it is now the
solemn duty of the United States to
enter Mexico and assume control of
that unfortunate country, and give to
the Mexican people that government,
which they are unable to establish, if
it takes 10 or so years to do it."
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
IRISH POLITICS
AGAIN'TO FORE

London, May 9.-Irish politics are
again in the foreground as a result
of the recent rising and the conse-
quent conveyance of sentiment be-
tween John Redmond, Nationalist
leader, and Sir Edward Carson, the
Ulster leader.
A conference of these leaders yes
terday on the disarmament question
and significant debate in the house OF
commons today on the possibility OF
bringing Ireland within the purview
of the CONSUMPTION bill has given this
matter still greater Importance and
it looks as though lreland's unfortu-
nate experience has been the means
of adjusting the difficult home rule
problem.
1t is understood that manifesto to
the Irish people has been agreed up
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
CONFERENCE ON LABOR.

Boston, ass. ay "a conference
which is expected to result in great
benefit to employers and employees
alike will be held in this city to-
morrow, when more than 200 en-
ployment managers and directors OF
personnel in large New England in
dustries will meet in convention az
the Boston City club. The conference
will be the first of it's kind held in
this section.
OF greatest interest to the workers
will be the discussion Of reducing ex-
cessive hiring and discharge of en-
ployes. The question of keeping the
working force up to the maximum
strength. the proper selection and
examination of applicants, their train
ing, promotion and transfer are other
matters that will receive attention.
\ The conference will conclude with
y banquet at which addresses will
We made by several eminent leaders
of New England industries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
EXCHANGE SHOTS
OVER RIO GRANDE

Marathon, Tex. May 1.-TWO troops
of the Eighth cavalry. now moving
toward Boquillas, on the Rio Grande,
are camped tonight at Miller's ranch
70 miles from here, while the twn
troops of the Fourteenth cavalry and
the machine gun corps, which left the
Marathon base this morning, reached
camp 80 miles south of Henderson's
ranch.
These will probably concentrate at
Boquillas, where Colonel Sibley will
determine their disposition.
A long-range right across the Rio
Grande between detachment OF
American soldiers and bandits. took
place at Bouillas yesterday.
Capt. Cole fthe Fourteenth cav
airy was making observations along
the Rio Grande and reported the
fight He did not think any one was
Killed or injured. Capt. Fox of the
Texas rangers said he believed sew
eral Mexicans were hit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
NUMBER CHICAGO
STRIKERS grows
BY THOUSANDS
Workers in Several Lines
Quit Yesterday, Demand
ing More Pay.

Chicago, May 9.-Thousands Of men
were added today to the list of those
on strike here.
Six hundred cutters of the Amalga-
mated Garment Workers quit, throw
ing the trade into confusion.
Three thousand employees of local
canneries walked out. They demand
an increase of As per cent in wages,
having declined compromise offer Of
30 per cent.
Five hundred employees Of the Chica-
go Screw company demanded higher
wages and shorter wages, and 300
employees of the Pete Shutter Wagon
company quit for the same reason.
The strike of. employees of the In
ternational Harvester company con-
tinues.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
ARMIES Fighting
AROUND VERDUN
ARE DEADL0CKED
Russians Put Down Turkish
Administrations Bonn
bard Mayada.

London, May 9.-French and Ger
man forces fighting northwest of
Verdun apparently for the moment at
least are deadlocked, the Germans be-
ing unable to advance further and the
French attempts to expel the invaders
from captured positions being unavail-
ing.
To the east and northeast of Ver-
dun, where violent infantry attacks
and bombardments have characterized
the recent fighting, only intermittent
cannonading is now going on.
The only infantry engagement re-
ported anywhere along the French
front was launched by the Germans
against the French trenches to the
west of Hill 3O4, northwest of Verdun.
The French, however, brought into
play their curtain of fire and the Ger
mans were unable to advance.
Smelling by the Germans of the
Russians at the Ikskull bridgehead, on
the eastern battle line, which has been
in progress for many days, continues.
There has been artillery activity on
various other sectors of the Russian
front, but no infantry maneuvers of
Importance have been reported.
The Russians have put down with
heavy casualties stubborn Turkish at
tacks, and southwestward in the region
of Mush, drove the Ottoman forces
from their defenses in a mountain
chain. In addition, the Russians
operating westward from the Persian
frontier toward Bagdad have dis
lodged the Turks from fortified posi-
tons and driven them further west
ward.
The Gorilla bridgehead and around
San Martina, in the Austro-Italian
theater, has been heavily bombarded.
At San MARITIME, Vienna asserts that
the Italians suffered heavy losses
through the explosion of an Austrian
mine. Bombardments have featured
the fighting~on the other sectors of
this front. Dispatches received in
Paris from Salonica are to the effect
that there has been vigorous artillery
activity on the Macedonian front.
An Athens dispatch says the Ger
mans and the Bulgarians in this
region have heavily bombarded the
village of Mayada, the shells causing
much damage.
Semiofficial dispatches from Berlir
say that the Turks are rapidly con-
structing railroad through the desert
preparatory to another advance or
Egypt. Five patches Of sick anC
wounded British soldiers from Kut.
el-Amara, aggregating 1918 men
have reached British headquarters or
the Tigris.
Hospital ships are proceeding tt
Kut-el7Amara, to take away the re
mainder of the sick and wounded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
u. 5. ON VERGE
OF BREAK With
gen. CARRANZA
Only Reversal of Attitude
by Oregon Can Avoid
Open Hostilities.
FUNSTON DELAYS
LEAVING Ell PASO
Mexican Minister of War Insists That
Date BE Set for Withdrawal of Il. =.
Troops, and Again Notified This
Cannot BE Considered.

Ell Paso, May 9.-Tonight's confer
ence began shortly after S O'Clock
with Generals Scott and Funston and
Oregon and Juan Amador, Mexican
subsecretary OF foreign affairs, TAX
ing part.
1t was understood that General
Obregon again brought up the subject
OF definite date for the withdrawal
OF the American troops from Mexico
Again he was informed, it was said
of the American governments firm
determination that the troops shall
not be withdrawn until brigandage
has been put down and danger of
raids across the border brought to an
end.
1t was suggested that in view Of the
Big Bend raid, under the nose of Car
rama troops, the United States could
scarcely consider the de facto GOV
eminent fully capable yet of. coping
with the bandits. In the face of this
statement, General Oregon is under
stood to have asked for more time to
consult with General Carranza.
General Funston had planned to
leave here tonight for San Antonio,
where, at his headquarters at Fort
Houston, he was to take charge of the
new troop disposition that will come
with the dispatch of 5000 militia and
regular army men to the border.
Funston Delays Departure.
After the conference, however, it
was announced that he had postponed
his departure, and this circumstance
added to the optimism that prevailed
following the announcement that
negotiations would continue.
All day today there had been hints
of war in the atmosphere of Ell Paso.
Prior to the conference, word went out
that only one thing would prevent a
break--complete reversal by General
Obregon of the attitude he took at
yesterdays meeting, when he declined
to sign the tentative agreement for
Mexican and American troop CO.
operation, unless it was modified ia
set a date for American withdrawal
from Mexico.
There were a few optimists to point
out that in the end the Mexican min
lister of war must concede the point
of the United States. The great ma
jority concluded that he was more
likely to withdraw from the negotia-
tons.
General Obregon went into the con.
ference this evening announcing thai
he had new proposition to make the
American representatives. He in
tended to ask, he said, that common
border patrol be stretched along the
border, American troops guarding the
American side and Mexican troops pa.
trolling the Mexican side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
LODGE MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Fort Smith, May 9.-The fraterna!
organizations OF this city are prepar-
ing for something unique in memorial
exercises for deceased members. Next
Sunday is to be observed by the
lodges of the city, of all kinds. as
union fraternal memorial day. Dur
ing the forenoon, the graves cf all
deceased members of the various Or
ders will be decorated. At 80 =. m
there will be a parade to the new
theatre, where the memorial services
proper will be held, the addresses
being delivered by ministers Ut the
city. The plan is attracting Il great
deal of favorable comment, and it Is
hoped that it will spread to othe!
cities of the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
ROCK ISLAND STOCK UP.
Reports Indicate Early Re-adjustment
of Roads Affairs.

New York, May 9.-Extraordinary
activity today in the stock and bonds
issues of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific company, now under receiver
ship, was accompanied by reports OF
an early readjustment of long differ
ences among the standing commit
tees identified with the roads reor-
ganization. Rock Island stock was
the most conspicuous feature of the
day on the exchange, about $4,000
shares changing hands at an extreme
advance of points, and closing at
81 ga, a gain of over points. Sew
cral demand bond issues dominated
that branch of the securities list, with
gains of l to 4 points.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-05-10
SHOOTERS AT MEMPHIS.

Memphis, Tenn, May 9.-Many Of
the best amateur and professional
shots Of the country were here to-
day for the opening Of the annual
Interstate Southern trap-shootina
tournament. The tournament will
continue three days and is being
conducted on the grounds Of the
Memphis Gun club. A great rray Of
cups and several thousand dollars in
prizes will be distributed.