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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Children May Travel-The Monon.
gahela Valley Traction company mas
removed the quarantine restrictions
which prevented children from travel.
ing on the line to Fairview and the line
to Warrington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Meeting Called off-The meeting Of
the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the u.
D. G. announced to be held tonight at
the home OF Mrs. A. F. Peddicord has
been postponed until further notice
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Mrs. George Fleming, of Monongat
has returned from ten days visit
to Pittsburgh, Washington and Con.
nellsville. Pa.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Charter Granted-Among the char.
ters granted at Charleston yesterday
@as one to the Monongah Operative
Company. of Monongah. to operate at
the same place; capital stock, $4,000.
Incorporators. Dominic Suppa, Bern.
ardo GRILL, Domenico Martelli, Tony
M. Tropea and Luigi Marchesaui, all "a
Monongah.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

To Handle Sport Goods-The Hail
hardware store which has always cal.
ried line Of sport goods is making
preparations to make that an import.
ant department OF the store.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Brings Wife Here-Mrs. G. c. Wed.
ding has come here from her former
home at indianapolis and will live at
The Fairmont during the winter. C. C.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

No AdViees Yet. w. Hight who
will be in charge Of one of the Army
7. NJ. c. AS and whose departure tor
the south was stopped yesterday by
telegram has not yet received the
letter which it is expected will sx
plain the delay in the departure Ut
his party.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Reed Goes to coIlese-Harvey A.
Heed' OF Alexander place, who for
some time had been an attache of the
engineering department OF the CITY
government left yesterday for Ada,
Ohio, where he will become a student
at Ohio Northern University.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11
LETTER LIST,

The following is a list OF the "1rN.
CLAIMED" letters remaining in the
post office at Fairmont for the period
ending September 1917.
Anderson, Miss Mack, Jno.
Emma ~. Martin Harvey
anderson, l.. ". Mason, Miss
Angermaier Jas. Rebecca
Barker, Mrs. Maud Mortified, Mrs
Bennette, Mrs. Bob.
mae. Miller Miss Lula
Botce, Miss Goldie. Miller Mrs. M,
Bonnell Miss Ida. Mitchell Walton
6ratt' bessie. Moran Rev. E. E.
P 6' saul, Moore, Rev. w. E.
6urns' CHARLES Morey, R. H.
Cellie Green Morris C. ].
chapman WilliamMorris Rawley
Glouston, Gorg Myers H.
Sook, James F. Ostfeld, Mrs. A.
Sozsd' MRS Simultaneous, Corporal
Davis Homer Ola r "
Deem Bee Paugh, Miss
Dlckerson, Rev. Marie
w. H. Pejovich. Gjuro s
Ednaburg, Mrs. Pell Arthur
Bertha Prichard NJ.
Elder, Miss w.
Orpha PYLE, Maste- I'd
Everly Frank. ward
Fluharty. Mrs. Reese Miss
Margaret Francea
r ora, JACK Roberts, Charles
Funk, Jas c. A.
Garrison Mrs. Roberts Cbes
Lulie Ross, Mrs.
Gilmore, John Charley
Wesley RudoInh West
Greathouse, Miss Schell, T. A
Blanche Seal. Mrs Garfia1d
Gregg, Mrs Sloan. Root
Mamie Smith, R. E.
Gump Jack Solof Bros
Hamei & Schloss Strawsey, Thomas
aamllton' l.. F. Tartaglia, Anibole
hickman John Thomas, Joe
Hollobaugh, Mrs. Thomas, p. G.
L. NJ. Toureille. Mile.
Howell, Mrs. ]. Henrlette
C. Vincent. Maste.
Ice W. G. Ezie
Jackson, James Walcutt. Willie
Knott, Geo. NJ. Washington, Mrs.
Loftin G. A. Bell
Loumin Harry Wentworth, Miss
McElfresh ]. F. Ruby
McVfcker, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. NJ. G.
Edgar Wilson, Miss Rosa
In calling for any OF the above let.
ters please state that they were FAD.
VERTISED" and give the date Of this
list.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Today's Legal Transfers-Clcmen,
una Clraco and husband to ] P. Kirby
9 parcel OF land in Lincoln district, 81
ana other considerations; P. Kirby
TO Vinzenzo Ciraco, a one half interest
IN parcel OF land in Lincoln district.
81 and other considerations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Marriage Lieenses-Marriage liceng,
es were issued at the County Clerk
Office yesterday TO the following cou.
pies: John Wade, aged AZ, and Helen
Wheeler, age 81. both colored resi-
dents Of Fairmont. Franklin Earle
Toothman, age % and Barbara Ella
Sehupp, age rs, both of Warrington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

WANTED-Cook and waitress. Co9x
Hospital. 9.11.tf.2S26
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

Next Convention Here-Miss Eric
Knapp who represented the Centrai
Christian congregation OF this city at
the state convention of the Christ ali
church which was held last week at
Bluefeld has reported that the con.
vention voted unanimously to come t.
this city next year.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-09-11

= mononsah Man KiIIed-Thomas Ua
Wis, resident of Monongah, who was
camping on the Buckhannon river
near Boulder, Barbour county, with
party OF friends was run down by
train and killed. He was hard OF
hearing and it is believed that this ex.
plains the fatality. Mr.. Davis who
was son OF c. w. Davis, OF Mopol
gah, was member of the Fairmont
Order Of Owls. He was buried this
afternoon in the Anderson cemetery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Ground taken by Germans February to August, 1916
S MILE S

captured in sight of the intrenched camp
of Vcrdun. save only Vacherauvile and
the Cote de Talou. Early in the fol-
lowing December a second French forward
Push carried the French line to the front
Of Vacherauvillc- Bezonvaux; that is, ap-
proximately to the line held by the Ger
mans on the 18th of February. Last week
a final French push carried the French on
the west bank of the river over Hill 3O4
and lie Mort Homme northward to the
FORCES Brook. while on the east side of
the river the French occupied the front of
Samogneux- Bezonvaux and touched the
outskirts of Beaumont Valley. They now
hold all the high ground of the French
original position at Nerdun and stand
where the French had stood on the Odd Of
February, the second day Of the German
attack. Thus in three offensives, each of
them extending over no more than two
Gays, the French have retaken all the
ground of military Importance which had
occupied the Germans six months in capt
uring. They have also taken more than
$4,000 prisoners and nearly 200 guns.
Here, in a very brief compass, is the meas
ure Of the French achievement at Verdun,
end il is a plain indication of the growing
weakness of the German defence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Tn. Measure Of French Achievement

After a long pause the + rehch LOON inc
offensive on the 25th of October, and at a
single bound retook Douaumont' VauN and
all the ground which the Germans had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
America to the Rescue

The arrival of the first of the American
troops conceded with the beginning of the
leassertion of French determination and
French confidence General Petain, who
succeeded to the command of the French
army, is one of the few great men the war
has produced Within very brief period
of time his spirit, which was the spirit
which defended Verdun, has been infused
in the French armies, with results tha.
are now manifest.
The great German offensive on the
Chemin-d es- Danes, which was one of the
really impressive operations OF the whole
year on the Western front, was designed to
take advantage of French depression and
Of suspected breaking down in the morale
Of the French army As such il was one
Of the bloodiest defeats in the whole strug-
sic and one Of the least successful often
s!ves. Hitherto, in almost every instance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

of the most effective documents presenting
the Allied case to the German people that
have yet come to life.
And in these two actions on the Isonzo
front and at Verdun we may very Justly
see the answer of the Italian and French
people to the Papal proposal for peace by
negotiation. The Italian answer will
hardly surprise either the Austrans or
Germans. That Italy was prepared to
continue the war and would hear of no
peace that did not insure her possession
both of Trieste and the Trentino has been
fairly clear ever since the Papal proposal
vas first reported. But there is no mis-
taking the fact that the Germans believed
N August of this year, as in February of
last wear, that the French people were
weary Of the war and ready to make peace.
Nor is there any installing the fact that
the Germans expected from France and
from the United States totally different
response from that which the press and
the public have already indicated IN ad-
vance of the transmission of the official
response of the two governments.
The French situation remains particu-
larlv interesting. 1t is matter of COM
mon knowledge that the failure of the
French offensive in the spring to achieve
GREAT results and the very heavy casualties
that were incurred produced a depression
in France more extensive and more dan
gerous than any during the whole course
of the war. This depression was accentu-
ated by the collapse Of Russia and by the
possibility Of a separate peace between
Russia and the Central Powers. Undoubt-
cdly the extent and danger Of this French
depression were exaggerated even in the
eyes of those who saw it most closely.
Yet it was a very real peril in the minds
O. the Allied countries for many weeks,
and it was in response to the appeal of
French officials cognizant of this peril that
President Wilson very wisely and promptly
began the dispatch OF American troops to
the French front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
France Victorious

The Marine and Nerdun remain the two
year opens. On both occasions the French
defeated a supreme effort on the part Of
the Germans to crush French military
bower and thus win the war. The proof
Of German defeat at the Marine was I'M
mediate. Eighteen months elapsed be-
tween the German attack at Nerdun and
lie final French offensive which retook all
file ground of importance which the Ger
mans had taken in their drive. But 1t is
important to recall that in both the great
struggles between the French and the Ger
n ans the French have been victorious. II
is equally important TO recall that it was
orlv bv the violation of Belgian neutrality
that the Germans broke into France, and
that the ground they now hold in France
represents fruit not of military triumph
hut of treachery and dishonor. On the
frontier between France and Germany,
which was open TO a German attack In
August, 1914. the Germans have nowhere
penetrated beyond the first line of French
defences. and both before Nerdun and be-
fore Nancy they have suffered defeats
which will be memorable as among the
bloodiest in human history.
The value of Nerdun to-day, the slgnlti-
canoe of the recent French success, lies
in the fact that it supplies an emphatic
answer to the German claim that France
was finished French spirit broken and
France incapable and unwilling to con-
tinue the war. Moral values have often
greater Importance than military successes
r. The progress of war. Petain's victory
al Verdun last week may easily prove one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Three Years After

1t Is sometimes interesting TO 90 back
into the still recent past of this war and
contrast the situation of that time with
the present Three years ago last week
The whole world suddenly heard that vic
ferrous armies had broken French and
British resistance along the frontier and
were pushing rapidly OF toward Paris.
the fourth week IN August, 1914, leading
up to the climax OF Sedan Day in the first
hours of September, saw Germany rushing
forward to seize the prize of forty-three
years of preparation. IL is only three
years ago to-day that the world was talk
ing seriously of the fall of Paris, the col
lapse of France, the inevitable triumph Of
Germany. And now, after three years Of
war, one secs along the whole Western
front the slow but sure ebblng Of the
German tide. The army that was at
SenlIs on September !, 1914 and at Meaux
a. September 5 Is now In the ruins of St.
Quentin and on the heights before Laon.
The German press, which boasted three
Years ago of the approach of supreme
military triumph, Is now asserting that
the German defensive cannot be broken
and that drawn battle is assured, while
every German agent and German sympa.
thizer on the face of the earth is seeking
q promote prompt peace that may avert
a military disaster and an economic one
So far We have come in the first three
nfs pn k., -
battlefield last week demonstrate that the
Allied nations are still resolved TO con-
tinue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
petain's Latest Victory at Verdun
Great Moral Document for German
People-Austrian Rout Before
Trieste Unlikely-WOuld Pre-.
sage End, If 1t Came
By FRANK H. SIMONDS
Author of ''The Great War;" "They Shall Not Pass

pour forth through the gates between the
Julian Alps and the sea and begin gen
eral advance on an overwhelming front
into Austria. AS pointed out last year,
mopyla. AS long as the Austrians hold
out, very greatly superior Italian numbers
the entire action is restricted to thirty
mile front. Italy has great numbers
available; Austria has ever shrinking con-
tingents; and an Italian victory of sweep
.ng character might easily presage the be-
ginning of the end as far as Austria is
concerned.
1t is interesting to note that the Italians
owe considerable of their present successes
to the British guns which have been sent
to this front. They are also being aided
by new form of monitor, which is oper-
ating on their sea flank.
The Italian offensive on the Isonzo has
already gone far enough to earn a place
Gmong the successful local operations on
the Western front. 1t compares favorably
with the gains made by the French and
the British at the Sommc. 1t has sur
passed the British achievement at YpreS
this year in the amount Of ground gained
II may prove to be the blow that breaks
ID trench warfare and leads to open fight
ing on the Austro-Italian front. But it is
yet too soon TO forecast this.
Turning now to the Nerdun operation
we see military operation of relatively
restricted Importance, which constitutes
enc of the great moral victories of the
war. Prince Won Bulow once said, in the
Gays before the war, that Morocco was q
bell which Germany could strike whenever
she wished to attract French attention.
Verdun has. become a bell which France
can strike whenever she desires to prove
the fallacy of the German claim that
! rance is exhausted and incapable of fur
ther fighting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
What Austrian Kout Would Mean

At the present moment the situation Is
his: The Austrian right on the lsonzo
iateau has been defeated and perhaps
iCnted. 1t is falling back rapidly, and as
II falls back it will compel the centre Fac
ing Gorilla to fall back also, and thus Will
enable the Italians to concentrate their
Ire upon the Carso positions. 1t Will also
Enable the Italians to advance up the Wlp-
ZACH River and partially encircle the
Carso Plateau. At the same time they
are hammering at the Hermada works,
and the present promise is that within the
fext few days we shall see a general move
ment forward of the whole Italian army
u the direction of Trieste.
But many strong positions still remain
10 be captured, and unless there is an
actual Austrian rout the time is not yet at
nand when one can expect the fall OF
trieste. On the other hand. an Austrian
fout would mean that the Italians would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

Since wrote my last Sunday article TWO
.a;,srv events of very great Importance
-. taken placc-the Italian attack on the
20 front and the French operation oe-
-. vsrdun. OF these two operations on
u,a;,arv side the Italian is by all ODDS
% ,,ore important. 1t is, moreover, still
~ forward when these lines are writ
ard II is impossible to foresee its con-
.,.os on such evidence as we yet pos
-. although it is patent that 1t may be
,.of the great successes of the war.
Wv, week hope to discuss the Italian
.,;or in some detail, when our reports
= the progress shall be more definite Al
\, moment II is perhaps sufficient to indi-
81, the problem which confronted inc
,.rsns when they opened their attack. In
,rorst of last year the Italian army faced
...,word from the Julian Alps to the Bay
=, papzano. the northern end Of the Adri-
..;c Sea. in much the same posture as that
:, which it stood after the first brief ad-
r.,ce in the previous year had brought
no Italian army to the first position IN
which Austria had elected to stand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Germany's Altered
Position from Her
Victorious Au.
gust of Three
Years Ago
Copyright l9l7-The Tribune Association

the concentration Of huge park Of artif-
lcry and the lavish use OF men have en-
abled the attacker to gain one, two or
three miles of territory. Yet, on the
Chemin -des DANES, on ground which had
only recently been captured and was not
yet fully organized, the French halted the
German attack in its tracks, lost only a
few minor trenches along the Plateau Of
California and retook these trenches with
cut delay. The Chemn-des-D Danes battle
will yet rank among the important en-
gagements Of the war, because it was an
ether instance of the splendid capacity of
the French to rally in the face of momen-
tary depression and to hold against odds
end in conditions fully unfavorable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
A Moral V.rdun

The Chemin-des- Danes battle was a
moral Verdun. II was intended first of all
to break the spirit of France, and, even il
it failed in its major purpose, to use
up French electives and prevent them
from being employed elsewhere, either in
landers or in Lorraine. The French an
swer was threefold. First, terrific de-
feat of the Germans on the Chemin-des-
Danes; second, participation, and effective
participation. with the British in the sue
cessful advance about Ypres; and, third, Y
in the superb offensive at Verdun, which
not only retook considerable ground, but
wrote "Finis" to the whole Verdun
chapter. The Germans had denied, and
still deny, that there was Battle of the
Marne, but no denial of the battle and de-
feat of Verdun could be possible, after
each of the positions, whose values had
/ keeh appraised by the Kaiser at the mo-
nient they were taken by German troops,
has been retaken by French soldiers.
Dead Mans Hill, Hill 304, Forts Douau-
mont and Vaux-these are the four SYM
bols of Verdun. When the kaisers troops
took Douaumont he announced that the
key of Verdun had fallen Three months
, before his troops entered Naux the Ger
man official statements had claimed it's
capture and the disintegration of the
French defence. Dead Mans Hill, when
captured, was celebrated as a pillar in the
foundation of the Teutonic military glory,
and of all these, the fruits of Ger
man effort, not one now remains In Ger.
man hands.
Despite all discussion, il is clear that
the Papal proposal has fallen and that the
French the Italian and the British people
are prepared to go forward with the war
through the winter and, if necessary.
through the next campaign. 1t has begun
to be recognized that, whatever happens in
Russia, the decision will come in the West
and total Russian collapse will not long
postpone it. The disintegration of Ger
ran morale is disclosing itself in each
successive operation along the Western
front. No one believes that this disinte-
grafton will 20 far enough to permit VIC
tory in the present campaign, but as one
by one the strongholds on the Western
front fall the meaning of the present stu
alton is revealed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Cermany's Aim at Verdun

The story of Verdun is familiar to the
whole world. 1t was an effort on the part
of Germany to do on the Meuse what she
had failed to accomplish at the Marine. In
its first phase, between February u and
February 20, 1916, it was an effort to
break the French line and crush the
French spirit by disaster which should
exceed the proportions of Sedan and rival
German achievement at the Dunaiec in
the preceding April.
After five days the French succeeded
in pinning down the German attack, which
had temporarily forced their line and shat
tered their defence, and thereafter the
struggle became one Of trench warfare.
The Germans, no longer able to crash their
way through the French lines, sought to
pound their way foot by foot and yard by
ward, breaking down French numbers and
preventing the use of French electives in
the great offensive battle which was al
1t is interesting, now that the French
have taken the offensive and are regaining
ground at Verdun, to recall the stages of
the German advance. On February u
they broke the French line on the east
bank of the Meuse between the towns Of
Brabant, on the Meuse, and Ornes, at the
foot of the Meuse hills; that is, on front
az about seven miles. The next day they
had advanced to the line of SamogneuX,
beaumont and Bez0vauX. By the 10Th
CT February they were south of Lowe
mont. they had taken Cote de Talou on
the eastern side of the great sweeping
bend of the Meuse, and they had captured
Dousumont fort. And here their great
advance was checked Between the 18th
n February and the last Of August their
advance. made by continuous pounding at
a terrible cost took them only to the ditch
e the Fort de Souville an: the edge Of
tne village of Bras, and gained them only
Fort dc Naux. Meantime, on the western
hank of the river, they had forced their
way in the same time southwark over lie
Mort Homme and Hill 304. In six months
this advance had cost them over 100000
IN casualties, but at the moment when the
Erencb and British attack at the Somme
compelled them to suspend operations
ycrdun was actually at its last ditch.
Tn. Measure of French Achievement
After long pause the rench loon Ihe
offensive on the 25th of October and at a
single bound retook Douaumont' VauN ana
=. l, -..,.A ,rhich the Germans had