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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Fighting Confines at Yer
dun Without Any Great
Change.
RUSSIANS II! PERSIA
One Of Their Columns Be
lieved to Be Nearing
Persian Gulf

(Associated Press!

PARIS, March 2157 German torees
made violent attack sin the Xerinn
sector west of the Merses slast might
The war offlce announced today that
the Germans had gained mo suceess
except that they obtained d sIfgl1t foot
ing southwest OF Malaneonrt wood.
East OF the wood the night was calm,
Russians Masslng silS Poland
COPENHAGEN. March 2tA dis
patch from Berlin says a great CON
centratlon OF Russian troops IS occur
ring In southern Poland. It's supp poseh.
the Russians are preparing an attack
on tho line from Zcartorys TO KoSel
Germans Take PrIsonsrs.
BERLIN, Mar. 21-Erench positions
northeast OF Avecourt8 were captured
by the Germans who took $500 priso-
ners, the var office announced t3osay.
Russian Progress In sPeFsa.
LONDON, March Renter dls.
patch from Tehcran says that Rus
sian forces entered SIspahan the old
capital Of Persia on March 10. j.,
pahan is one Of theS Important cities
of Persia with a. population of Come
80 900. 1t is 21S miles aputhweat of
Teheran
The foregoing dispatc Sindfeates q
Russian movement further TO the
south than has beenSt Sthe report tlither-
to.
Russian forces after hefrSpfure Of
I4amaden, advanced Southwest toward
Kermansluh in the direction d the
Turkish frontier. The arny reported
lat Ispahen evidently iss stfiking south
from the main Russian forces IN the
direction Of tho PersianEgult
Rulgars to Mine panpbe.
MILAN, March Q ~ Bucharest dir
patch to the Sekolo says tliat the
Bulgarians are making extensive uil-
itary preparationssa1 along tile Roufnnn-
ian frontier. "A number bort 1sden
with mines havesa arrived 9t Gturgevo
and 1t is believed that tie iHnIgars it,'
tend to scatter the mines bro ieaBt
In the Danube.
Austrians Give Ground.
LONDON, March Austrian fotc-
es in operation noTttwest pt tIsciez
ko on the Dneisters river nsar the Bulk
rowina border were forced 10y the ptes-
sure OF the Russianss to eyapn die the
bridge head forti ification and 10 aban
don their transpo
Under cover OF snigh t1ley succeed
cd in reaching the Austrian advance
post northwest OF $Zale Szczylsy north
Of Czernowitz, according ID flfe AUS
trian Official statement issped to-day.
The official statement tfibtite OF
admiration to the bravery OF the
Austrian troops who gaye only on ac-
count OF the superior strength OF the
Russian attacking forces
It adds that the only means left to
the Austrians to o3avoid captnFe was to
break through Russian ppsitfops at
Uscieczko and this they didwitlt com
plete success.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
B. & 0. Watching Big
Slip at Colfax

For some time the hill above the
Baltimore and Ohio tracks at ColfaS
has been giving that company trouble
by It's continuous. slipping toward the
road.bed. The past winter and the
rains OF the pasttwo weeks have great
ly increased the. flow of mud and rocks
toward the tracks. Although the rail-
road company has suffered no great
delay on this account thus far, they
have taken care to place extra watch
men on the ground and have ordered
steam shovels to be ready for an em-
ergency.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Mar. With Foxy Name
Lands Prison

Arrested yesterday evening on a
charge OF drinking on a Baltimore and
Ohio train, a man giving his name to
Squire r.. Leigh Fleming as "Nunyer
Bizness, Ills in the county jail awaiting
trial. NJ. u N I, 6, q .s.i. {
Nunyer is said TO be a wealthy land
owner Of near Mannington, just across
the Marion county line. He tried to imt.
tate Jess Willard when he got into the
Jail yard, but was subdued. He was
arrested by Connors and Satteraeld. hi
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
.lBx Associated Pressl

- (By Associated RreSS)
ELSPAS0, Tex, March 21.---Ayiators
ofEthe United States army are reported
today to be searching the almost blind
trails leading to passes in the Sierra
Mazda mountains where francesca
villa may seek to escape after his
defeat by the Carranza forces yester-
dayat Namiquipa.
Details of the fight, in which Col.
Cano. with about 900 Carranzistas took
part are lacking, but;tt is reported that
villa was bad Sworsted and that he
fed, sleayIng ShtsS 4 dead and fwounded
Captain B. D. Fou1ois is in charge
Sofsthe seven aviators selected for the
task OF scouting for Villa, who, after
his fight with Col. Cano is expected to
scatter his bandits ratherE thansrisk
an engagement with the American
troops who ARE said to bar his way
to}the; north.
Army officers agree that If Villa.
breaks up his command into small
bands and turns to the Sierra Madra
mountains as a lhiding,place, it will be
almost impossible to capture him.
law in these mountains. 1t takes 10
lStofi 2gdays to negotiate these tortuous
passes into the Sonora district.
MeMcans here believe Villa will
hideSh himself away III the mountain
fastness until the American troops
have given up the chase.
An5aeroplane, ono of six to arrive to-
day.was partially wrecked in So
foot fall. The pilot, Lieutenant T. s..
Bowen, was injured but not fatally
Eieutenant Bowen sustained brok-
ennose and other slight injuries. Lieu
tenant Bowen was attempting to take
the air under difficulties. The wind
was high and showed tendency to
Whfrl. Several attempts OF the ayia-
tortoIfy had been frustrated previous
1ySbysthe wind conditions. Finally he
wentsup but when so feet in the air
his plane took a dip and plunged al
most straight to ground
The six machines arriving were OF
the first aeroplane squadron which last
faIlfmade a successful fight from Fort
Sills Oklahoma, to San Antonio in three
days flying.
Iientenant Bowen was one of the
aYiators in this flight. His home Is in
Eranklin, Ky. S-
cavalry unit and additional artil.
IeTysh has arrived at this base. A reg
iInent of infantry and another rcgt.
mentt tof cavalry is on the way here.
VfllaSwas today reported defeated by
Gafranza forces at Cruces just south
90 RElsValle.
american troops have been dispatch.
ed Ia the vicinity where Villa was
reported as fighting with constitu-
tionalsist.
dyihgs column. 1t Is understood here
tiiat constitutionaliSts rtoops have
I5eenSd dispatched to the same neighbOr-
hood Ito cooperate in attempting to
frap4Villa.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Dispute 0verMexico
Leads to a Murder
(By Associated press)

CANNONSBURG, Pa, March 81
Angered because his fellow workmen
attacked the Mexican policy Of Pres
ident Wilson, Marcus Argeris, 50, q
Greek, is alleged to have shot and
killed Gustave Sells, also n Greek
at boarding house in East Cannons'
burg early today. Immediately after
the shooting Argerfs went to the home
OF Constable Miller where he surren'
lered,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Boy Playing at
Border Warfare
Shoots His Chu,1l
lRy Assoclated Press)

WHEELING. w. Va, March 21-
Thomas DeAnbaugh. aged u, and
George Howe. aged IA. were playing
at border warfare yesterday when
Definbaugl1 was captured by Howe
and tied to a tree.
Howe, is is alleged, then secured
a rife Of small callbre and fired
at his captive, the bullet striking
him Just below the heart.
He is in a hospital and physicians
say he cannot recover.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
NoC Changes .soon. At
thee .Cofe,Y House

Brooks S. Hutchinson, who last week
bought the Coffey House at the south
ern end of the South Side bridge.
from JU. VI Clayton; took title yester:
day afterno but will make no chan
,ges at the property for some time:
At present the new owner does not
knowEwh he will tdo with jtt..3 The pres:
Ient tenants will remain III
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
AMERICAN AIRNlEN SEARCH MOUNTAINS FOR Will 4
German Destroyers Chased
Back to Port By the British

yesterday morning four British de-
stroyers sighted three German de
stroyers OF the. Belgian coast. The
German destroyers turned and ran
for Zeenrugge chased by our own de-
stroyers. Shots were exchanged dur
ing this short running fight and two
enemy boats were observed to have
been hit. Our casualties were four
men wounded.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Reported to Have Been Bad
IL 3 efeated BY Colonel
Cano. +"
d.. 1. Will VII TRY 1O:HIDE
That is the Belief of Mexi-
cans Who Have Been
Consulted
RuLLETiN

COLUMBUS, n. NJ, Mar. al
1.-TWO aeroplanes OF the first squad
ron have been last in the flight en-
sfoute from here to the front In
Mexico.
Captain B. D. Loulots, in COM
S5mand OF the squadron, today re.
ported their failure to arrive and
said their whereabouts are not
known.
six machines arrived safely.
High winds made army afrman
tasks hazardous.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
(By Associated PreBs)

LONDON, March 2l.-An engage
ment occurred yesterday Off the Bel
CLAN coast between four British and
three German destroyers. Two Of the
German vessels were hit. Four men
on the British boats were wounded.
The official account Of the action fol
lows:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Kills Four Sleeping
Children and Self
.fRvl Aasociated pressl

+ GREENSBORO, n. c. March IL
Daniel G. Paterson. formerly q rail;
road man iIere,; shot and killed his
four children while they slept today,
and then killed himself. He Is beliey.t
ed to have been emporarily insane.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Rev. W. j. E:'ddyAt
The Pei eteRs Funeral

Rev. w. j. Eddy went 10 clarksburE
this morning, where he attended The
af 1aners Rsnttst Fl NsS M pIO@, oe
Cured on Saturday night at his home
in that place! Rev. NE: Petersand REV.
Mr.. Eddy we're close friends. havine
been associated IN stheswoFk oflthe Zap
tist ,denominati ION in sthts state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
Annnl1nnn alrti1 of sonl

Mr.. and Mrs w. c. Murphy, OF
Brownsville, announce the birth OF a
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Murphy were for
mer residents Of the East Side but
they now reside IN Brownsville, Pa,
where Mr., Murphy is employed as a
brakeman on the Monongahela rail-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
TThrees columns Hunt vllIa

IHFGSsNuFuETIHS FTUFlG WITH
sANSsANToN1o, March 21.-Keen
interest twas shown by officers at army
fieadquarters here today An every ru-
NOR concerning the lighting between
ia forces of Francisco Villa and Car
ianEa} troops near Namaquipa, towards
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
The Weather.

West Virgfnia-unsettled tonight
and wednesday. warmer tonight in
west. warmer "Wednesday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
governments win Cooperate

A0N1Tb1hCHt9 WlH Soso1C1aL aLo
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Presi.
dent Wilson and his cabinet today
decided to accept the proposal for a
protocol between the United States
and the de facto government OF Mex
fco for 8co-operation in the pursuit Of
General villa and his outlaws.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21
IIVIIIa FolIowers pefeated

T0RREoN, Mex, March 21.-Gov-
ernment troops routed a band of Villa
followers at Trinidad, killing eighteen
md capturing sixteen saddle horses.
They pursued the bandits as far as
JiniulEo.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21

PLAYERS WANTEpNAny kind OF
string instrume for apiateur orches
ira. Also beginners Prot Morace,
3o5 Quincy street FaiEmont, W. va.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-21

LOCAL WEATHER READINGS
F. p. Hail, Observer
Temperature at s a. m. today 34.S
Yesterdays weather clear; temper
ature, maximum AZ; minimum 20; pre-
cipitation -2S.
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CONTINUED on page ten.)
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
A GLASS OF SALTS WILL
END KlONEY-BACKACHE
ommends Only Salts, Particularly
u Bladder eothers You.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with q
lot OF drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract.
Keep your kidneys clean like you keep
your bowels clean. by flushing them
with q mild. harmless salts which re.
moves the body's urinous waste and
stimulates them to their normal activ.
filter the blood. In a hours they
strain from 1t 500 grains OF acid and
waste. 30 we can readily understand
tho vital Importance Of keeping the
kidneys active.
Drink lots OF water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharma.
cist about four ounces Of Jad Salts;
take n tablespoonful in glass Of
water before breakfast each morning
for few days and your Kidneys will
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid OF grapes and lemon
Juice. combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to clean and
stimulate clogged kidneys; also to
neutralize the acids in urine 30 1t no
longer ia source of irritation, thus
ending bladder weakness.
lad Salts is inexpensive: cannot in
jure; makes delightful cfrcrvesccnt
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep
their kidneys clean and active. Try
this. also keep up the water drinking.
and no doubt you will wonder what
became OF your kidney trouble and
backaCho- ADV.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
A CH|LO'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well.found.
ed. Their tender little "insides' are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only dell.
cious California Syrup OF Figs" Its
action is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative handy; they know children
love to take 1t; that It never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet.
on the stomach. and that n teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at tho store for q 5O.cent bottle
OF California Syrup OF Figs" which
mas full directions for babies. children
OF all ages and for srown.ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
COLORADO STATE NEWS

sustained several weeks ago, from 4
falk
John Hebdon, rs years old, died at
st. Luke's hospital in Denver from
blood poisoning caused by an ulcer
ated tooth. He is survived by thir-
teen children and a number of grand
children.
Fermented malt liquors which have
been masquerading under the name Of
malt tonics" have been placed under
the ban of the state prohibition law
by John Lynch, state pure food in
spector.
The Colorado Springs Chamber OF
Commerce has sent letter to Con
gresham c. B. Undertake asking
him to support the campaign to Sc
cure a government war munitions
plant for Pueblo.
Dynamite crews were sent out Mon
day from Durango by the railroads in
southwestern Colorado to open their
lines. The wet snow of the past week
turned into ice and in many places
solid walls of ice block transporta,
ton.
January set several new mining
records in the Cripple Creek district
and during the month total of Sl65,'
600 in dividends was paid out by the
three largest companies. The Goldel
Cycle paid out 100000. the Nindicator
$4,000 and the Portland $4,000.
There were 1874 tons of ore taken
OFT with Il bullion valued at S1,207,-
5i3.G6.
While Charles Levinus Thompson.
81 years old, veteran of the MeXi-
can and Civil wars, is approaching
death in the Littleton hospital his al
torneys are battling for possession OF
a Sl,000,000 island in the Hudson
bany, N. "a legal fight which has
| been in progress in the courts con-
tinuously for siXtysiX years.
Twenty thousand dollars for the re-
lief of the Jews of the warning ma
tions of Europe was Denver's contr;,
button, made within less than two
hours, at the massmeeting at the
Auditorium.
Gradually sinking from effects of 4
secondary infection in the bullet
wound in his chest, the source of
which he still refuses to divulge. john
Parkin, alias Claude Maddox, who, the
Denver police assert, is the bandit
wounded in pistol duel with the
night Waterman at the Du Nan hotel
a month ago, probably will never ba
brought to trial for the burglaries for
which Harry l.. Joyce, alias Adams,
his confessed accomplice. was sen.
fenced to seven years in the peniteh.
| tiary.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
Minor Mention,

Denver's estimated fire losses of all
kinds in 1915 total only $244.354.33.
President Wilson nominated James
A. Rutledge postmaster at Woodman.
Con- Cunningham, rs, pioneer
miner, died at Leadville from
paralysis.
Funeral services for Judge c. A.
Wilkin, who died in Canon City, were
held in Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. Vim. e. Edom of Den
yer celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary last week.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department for extensive improve
ments to be made at Fort Logan.
Mrs. Emily Lyman, 60 years old,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs
f. b. Clark, in Denver, of heart dis
ease.
John I. Mullen was elected presi-
dent and L. w. Bray secretary of the
Metal Miners Association at the
meeting held in Naturita.
Pueblo has the lowest death rate OK
any city in Colorado, according to Il
Census Bureau report. The death
rate was 1O.5 thousand
John !. White, former state public
examiner and active democratic poll
tlCian, who was found nearly frozen
TO death at Castle Rock, may recover.
William Scott Lee, head of the
Colorado state free employment Of
tice and former mayor of Denver, IS
critically i'll in st. Luke's hospital.
The nineteenth annual convention
OF the Colorado Osteopathic Associa-
ton, in Denver, elected DR.. +. \. Lue-
dickie president for the coming year.
Just four weeks before the date set
for her wedding, Miss Tillie Sachter,
q, died at ST. Anthony's hospital in
Denver following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Keen interest is manifest among
residents of the park region and thou.
sands of travellers in the program for
the improvement of the Rocky Noun
tain National park.
F'iftyfour arrests for drunkenness
in January were made against 223 ar
rests for the same offense for a cor
responding period in 1915, according
to the Denver police.
Removal of the district headqua"-
ters of the United States bureau OF
,it,n To rn1r A.,
School Of Mines, Golden, was author
lied by Secretary Of the Interior Lane.
Robert Gabriel Richville. % years
years a resident of Colorado, died at
! St. Anthony's hospital from injuries
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Crink glass Of real hot water
before breakfast to wash
out poisons.

Life is not merely to live, but to
live we'll eat well. digest well, work
well, sleep well, look we'll What q
glorious condition to attain, and yet
how very easy it Is II one will only
adopt the morning inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise, split
ting headache, stuffy from cold, foul
tongue. nasty breath, acid stomach
can, instead. feel as fresh as a daisy
by opening the sluices OF the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole Of the internal poisonous stag.
nant matter.
Everyone. whether ailing, sick or
well, should. each morning, before
breakfast. drink a glass OF real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels tho
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
ing. sweetening and purifying the en-
tire almentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach. The &C
ton OF hot water and limestone phos.
phate on an empty stomach Is wonder
fully invigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour lamentations, gases, waste and
acidity and gives one splendid ap-
petite for breakfast. While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate Is quietly extracting large
volume OF water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flushing
OF all the inside organs.
The millions OF people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells,
stomach trouble. rheumatism; otheIS
who have sallow skins, blood diIor-
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get a quarter pound of LIMESTONE
phosphate from any store thayhandles
drugs which will cost very little, but
Is sufficient to make anyone pro-
nounced crank on the, subject OF In.
ternal sanitation.-t.dv.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03

tIict gave up hope of recovering from
an illness from which he was then a
sufferer, he wrote letter to Cover
nor Carlson recommending that Jas.
i. Cooper of Canon City be named il
IT. became necessary to appoint a sue
cessor to him as district Judge Judge
Wilkin died at his home in Canon
City, and his funeral was held in this
city, and the governor, complying
with what proved to be a dying re-
quest, appointed James l.. Cooper
Judge of the Eleventh district Judge
Cooper has been county judge of Ere.
mont county for sixteen years.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-02-03
SLIDE UKCOVERS GRE
VEIN CARRYING $4,000 PER TON
FOUND NEAR DURANGO.
Miners Discover Rich Tungsten Orc
After Snow Hurled eouiders
From Mountain.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Durango, Colo.-TcrrillC ayalanChes,
that have tied up traffic, imperiled
lives and forced the suspension OF OPP
crations in many mines, are respons!-
bic for one OF the richest mining
strikes in the history OF this section.
tungsten ore running $4,000 to the
ton has been uncovered and men who
ned the snowswcpt camps III fear OF
their lives have bravcd the dangers
and joined in mad rush to the tunG.
sten fields.
According to District Judge w. \.
Searcy, Silverton miners, prospecting
along Cement creek, saw boulder,
ten feet in diameter, which had been
carried down by slide and mad ,puo
on striking the bottom OF the ,ulch,
exposing siX-foot black strean
The streak, says the report. proved
10 be tungsten assay.ug 50 per cen
pure, and said to haie market value
OF $4,000 ton dt present prices.
Mining Ipcn say this discovery
would me \ body OF the richest
tungsten ever found.
\ tu"gstcn fever that is said to
over .cigh the fear of avalanches is
re .Nrted at Silverton Claims havh
snecn located for twelve miles along
Cement creek, on Boulder and Sultan
mountains, and up the side gulches.
Miners driven to Siverton by mines
closed on account of the snow have
joined the rush. Other miners arc
reported to have left the La Plata dis
trict on snowshoes, defying slides in
the forty-milc trip to Cement creek.
Occasional new damage to mining
properties is reported from slides, but
so far no deaths have been reported.
The ore house of the Jumbo mine
was carried distance of several thou
sand feet and buried deep under an
avalanche.
A slide in La Plata canon has co...
cred cabin near the mountain top in
which Eli Blunt, an aged miner, Is
held prisoner. SO many slides are run
ming that it has been impossible to
attempt rescue.