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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Novel Social Stunt
For Lady Maccabees

What promises to be novelty in so.
cial events will be trench candle
Larty. which will be held next Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. j. W.
Lowery, 2o9 Third street. under the
auspices Of the members of Dent Hive.
Ladies OF the Modern Maccabees.
Atlast nights meeting the hive elect.
ed these officers for the ensuing term:
Commander. Mrs. E. J. Dent; past
commander. Mrs. Bertha Amos: lieu.
tenant commander. Mrs. Frances Arm.
strong: record keeper. Mrs. Name
Fawcett; financial keeper. Miss Mile
x. Evans: mistress at arms, Mrs. An.
ME Z. Thomas. sergeant. Mrs. Lillian
Fleming; sentinel, Mrs. Virginia Phil.
lips; picket, Mrs. Minnie Hough; cap.
tain Of the guards, Mrs. Ethel Hanway.
These officers will be installed on
Friday. January IL. by District Deputy
Great Commander Xittie e. Moore, of
st. John, Mich, the installing officer
for the state Of West Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
PROSECUTOR AFTER
CITY LOAN COMPANY.
No Statement Regarding
Ownership of Concern
Has Been Filed.

Complaint has been filed with Pros.
ecuting Attorney Walter Haggerty,
that the City Loan Company, conduct.
ing an office on Madison street has
failed to file with the Cleri: of the Coun
ty Court as required by the acts OF
the last legislature, a statement bear.
ing names of persons operating the
business.
Chapter SO. an act to regulate the
carrying on Of business under an as.
sumed or fictitious name, provides
that no person shall hereafter carry
on or conduct or trancast any mercan
tile business in this state under any
assumed name, or under any desig.
nation, name or style other than the
real name or names of the individual
or individuals owning, conducting or
transacting such business, unless such
person or. persons shall file In the Office
OF the clerk OF the county or counties
in which such person or persons own,
conduct or transact or intend to own,
conduct or transact, such business or
maintain an office or place of business
a certificate setting forth the name
under which such business owned IS,
or is to be conducted or transacted,
and the true or full name OF names
OF persons owning. conducting or trans.
acting the same with the home and
post Office address or addresses Of said
person or persons. Said certificate
shall BE- executed and duly acknowl.
edged by the person or persons so
owning, conducting or intending to
conduct said hiisineqs
Penalty upon conviction for failure
to comply with the provision OF this
act shall be net less than twenty five
dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars or Imprisonment in the coun.
ty jail not exceeding thirty days. or
both such fine and imprisonment. Each
day any person or persons shall VIC.
late any provision Of this act shall be
deer1ed separate offense.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Relief TRAINS
REACH halifax
WITH SUPPLIES
Loss Figures Now Believed
to be Fifteen Hun
dred.
tBy Associated Pressl

HALIFAX, Dec. S.-They Massachu.
sets relief train that left Boston
Tuesday night arrived here today.
There is absolutely no way o festi.
mating with any degree of accuracy
the number of dead as result of the
explosion on Thursday. Fifteen thou.
sand dead is the generally accepted
figure by authorities. In the morgue
there are 800 bodies.
The latter were view by multitude
today but only few were identified i.
There are probably 200 other bodies
on view awaiting Identification. In
the greatest number of cases this
will be impossible. A citizens com.
mittee issued statements saying be.
tween 5000 and 1000 dwellings oc.
cupied by poorer classes had been
destroyed. !.
Snow to the depth OF 2 feet covered
the devasted area The district is un.
der guard, Canadian soldiers being
assisted by American blue jackets.
The Mayor today issued an order
suspending the, Sabbath holidsy and
directing all stores. remaining safe for
occupancy, be kept open and all labor
continued Search Of the ruins Is
greatly delayed by heavy snow al.
thoughmany Of the injured had been
removed to nearby towns before the
storm set in. y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
NAME COMMITTEE
TO0RGAN|zE DOCTORS
Three Counties Represented
at Meeting Held Here
Yesterday.

Ten physicians attended meeting
et medical men which was held at The
Fairmont yesterday afternoon. The
cut OF town physicians present were:
Drs. T. NJ. Hood and S. L. Cherry, both
OF Clarksburg, and Drs. C. H. Maxwell
and S. s. Wade. both of Morgantown.
"A number. Of Fairmont physicians were
elso IN attendance.
An Organization committee com.
posed Of DR.. C. NJ. Waddell, chairman,
DR.. s. s. Wade. Of Morgantown, DR.. T.
IN. Hood, of Clarksburg, and DR.. D. G.
Peck, OF Grafton. was appointed. The
idea is to form district organization
composing the physicians Of Marion,
Taylor. Monongalia and Harrison coun.
ties. The next gathering is up to the
organization committee, which ex.
apects to call meeting during the early
rart Of January. 1t is planned to have
an out OF town medica! man of author.
3ty address every meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Gas Shortageo on the
East Side Today

Residents Of the East Side have been
suffering from poor gas supply since
yesterday evening, due to bursted
gas main in the river. only few feet
from the east bank of the river. The
Valley Bell. drawing ten feet Of water
came up the river yesterday evening
and while attempting to anchor
rammed into the gas line. The injured
main is the new ten inch main which
was Just recently laid across the river.
When the trouble occurred yesterday
evening. workmen were busy repairing
one Of the six inch lines, leaving the
other six inch line to furnish all the
gas for the East Side. Both the six
inch lines are now in operation but
have, not brought the East Side gas
supply up to normal. Workmen were
en- the job all night and are still work.
ing today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Thirty Seven of Her Crew Of About
One Hundred Are Known To Have
Been Saved By Life Rats
DANIELS BRO7HERIN-LAN
David Worth Bagley's Brother Was First American Off
Ger Killed in Our War With Spain Lost
Boat Was Large One
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. S-The American destroyer
Jacob Jones torpedoed and sunk in the war zone On
Thursday with the loss of large part of her crew
Thirty survivors were taken off on life RATS
The names Of 10 of the survivors have been received here
The names follow: FsS ssl"s
Lieut. John K. Richards, Ensign Nelson, N. ii. Gates.
assistant surgeon L. L. Adamkiewicz Charles Pierce
remen; Timothy Edwards Tolley seaman; John John
son. seaman Henry A. Stutzke, chief machniss riate
ney, seaman and Myron Flood, seaman. IS
The sinking occurred on December S;ococls s. 11
Wne the ship was on patrol duty She was bv
Io se nanas David Worth Bagey brother
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08

Commander Bagley's Brother was
the first American officer killed instiie
spanish.American war. The Jacobs
Jones was the ship which saved sc5
persons from the Drama, RI and b.
liner converted into an auxiliary
cruiser on October IS. The Drama
had been torpedoed by . Eubmarinsl
while she was acting as q part Of 4
convoy OF merchant vessels under .es-
cort OF American destroyers.
The Jacob Jones was one Of the
convoy. The Jacob Jones and an
other destroyer were detailed to re-
main by the Drama after submarine,
had been attacked and put out Of sac.5
ton. When the Drama began 10
settle It had grown dark. and her
crew abandoned her. The Jacob
Jones picked up in the darkness 305.
of the AIS persons on board. The
other vessels standing by RESCUED the.
remainder. The Jacob Jones peace
time complement was five officers,
five petty officers and 81 men. She.
was one Of the newest and largest,
of American destroyers with 1 dis;
placement OF 1850 tons and a length.
of 80 feet over all. She was COM
pleted in 1916, at the plant OF the;
New York shipbuilding Company,
Camden, N. ]. She burned oil; was
driven by turbine engines and had .
speed OF 1857 knots an hour.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
REPORTS SIGHTING
STRANGE VESSELS
Steamer Captain Says He
Saw Ship Towing a
Submarine.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. s.
Two mysterious crafts. apparently a
large submarine in tow of a steam
vessel were sighted off the Novo
Scotia coast in the vicinity of Hall.
fax on the night before the Halifax
explosion, according to the captain
of steamship which arrived here
from st. Lawrence river port today.
He said his steamship nearly ran
into the two strange crafts neither
Of which displayed any light. AT
first he believed the vessel in tow
was a buoy but later became convinc.
ed It was large submarine. The tow.
ing vessel he said appeared to be
signalling some other ship or port op
shore.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
McD onough Funeral
Largely Attended

Funeral services over the BODY Of
Anthony McDonough. who died Thurs.
day at Cook hospital following an Ill.
moss with peritonitis. were held this
morning at ten o'clock from st. Peters
Catholic church, Rev. A. Boutlou con.
Quoting tho services A large con.
course OF relatives and friends attend.
I'd the services among tho number be.
Ing several from out Of town. High
mass Of requiem was solemnized. Fol.
lowing the services the body was con-
weed to Holy Cross cemetery where It
WAS laid TO rest Special cars convey.
cd the funeral party to the cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
/. v. SPRAGUE Of
NEW ENGLANDFUE[
Co. DIES SUDDENLY
End Came in Hospital Fol-
lowing Operation for
Appendicitis.

Timothy W. Sprauge who was
in Fairmont last week in connection
with the transfer Of parts to the Elk.
ins-Davis tract Of coal land recently
bought the New England fuel and
Transportation company, was taken
III and went to a hospital at Boston
for an operation for appendicitis,
where he died yesterday. A tele.
gram to this effect from Robert
Grant, president Of the New England
Fuel and Transportation Co., reach.
ed s. d. Brady this morning.
Alarmed About Coal Supply.
Many important industrial concerns
are worried just now regarding their
full supply for the winter and the
situation rs so serious with the Stand.
ard Line and Stone Company, at
Engles, Jefferson county, that the
matter has been taken up with ].
Walter Barnes, State Fuel Admins.
traitor, and also with the National
Fuel Administration. That concern
must have 1000 tons of coal per
week or 1t will be forced to close
down. The National Fuel Ad.
ministration requested the Robinson
Coal Co., OF Fairmont, and the West
ern Maryland Coal Co., to see II
the needs could not be supplied and
the local company shipped four cars
today.
Explosives Licenses
Thirtyfour high explosive licenses
were granted at the office of the
county clerk since. Thursday, making
total of sixty licenses issued in
that office since the law went into
effect. Licenses recently issued are
as follows:
vendors-J. l.. Hall Hardware Co. !;
Amos Coal Co.; p. A. Sacci; Hutch.
inson Coal Company, Conaway Bros.
Barracksville,: Consolidation Coal
Co., Ices Run Coal Co.; Four States
Coal Co.. Annabelle; Logan Mining
Co.
Foreman X. D. Bailey, foreman
for the Bethlehem Coal Co., j. NJ.
Powell, foreman of the Mccoy Coal
Co., Charles Mundell. Benton's Fer.
ry. II. d. McDougal, foreman Of Con.
solidation Coal Company, George Jar.
rett, foreman Of Consolidation Coal
Co., Ray E. F'itzbaugh. foreman Of the
Consolidation Coal Co., Watson; p.
NJ. Pitzer, foreman of the Consolida-
ton; Reilly Powers, foreman of the
Consolidation Coal Co., Beechwood;
kersburg. coming from Washington,
Continued from Page one.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Triple Construction
Progresses at Hoult

HouLT. Dec. e.-The Monongahela
Powder company received a shipment
OF cans and resumed operation on dou.
BILE time this week to catch up with
orders.
Work Is progressing rapidly on con.
structon OF the powder company's tip
pie at Rita and good start has been
made on the digging Of the shaft.
The Fairmont and Clarksburg Fuel
companys' tipple here Is being put up
snd they will soon be ready to ship by
rail as well as BY river.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Ell. JONES, milk
DEALER, MISSING
FOR WHOLE WEEK
Started For This citys ,!ss
Week and Has Not Been
Seen Since.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
For Several Years He Has
Been on Lincoln District
School Board
WE'LL KN0WNANDPOPULAR

Telling his family that he was com.
! ing to Fairmont to iook after his dairy
business 2. L. Jones of Downs, w. Va,
left his home at o'clock last Satur.
day morning and has not been seen
since. Mr.. Jones is a well known res.
fdent OF Lincoln district and for the
past three months has been in the
dairy business at the corner of Jack.
son street and Cleveland avenue, the
location OF the old Fairmont Dairy.
Mr., Jones attended the the funeral
of Festus Downs in this city on Fri
5 day. visiting his dairy on Friday at.
ternoon. Learning that the girl IN
charge Of the office was away on a
vacation, he decided to come to Fair
mont and take charge Of the office
work until the following Tuesday, at
which time the girl was to return.
With a grip in his hand containing
an old suit, which he might wear
around the plant, he caught the 7:15
car Saturday morning for Fairmont.
He,was intending to remain in Fair
mont until Tuesday Of the following
week Those In charge Of the dairy
I report that Jones did not show up on
Saturday and that they have not seen
him since. - -. - ,,---'---s---
4 Nothing whatever OF his wherea-
bouts has yet been learned. There is
not even a rumor concerning where
he might have gone.
For q number OF years Mr.. Jones
was member Of the Lincoln district
hoard Of education. He is man aged
about 4S years smooth faced. fair
skinned. dark hair, almost black. On
his right hand he has two fingers cut
on Just above the first Joint.
Heewa a man Of very pleasing per.
sonality and has many friends in Ma
rion county. He was always prompt
about reporting delays and absences
of any kind to his family and to
Z those In charge of the dairy.
Not drop Of milk was brought to
the dairy by the farmers today. al.
though the customers were mostly
supplied. Unless some one comes to
take charge Of the dairy tomorrow It
viii be temporarily closed down.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
State Ret;cent
In Morgan Case

All preparations have been made tor
the Willie g. Morgan rurder MAJ.
which will be started In circuit curt
before Judge Raymond on Monday:
morning at . o'clock. a
Deputy sheriffs wera tusy during
the past few days summoning jurymen,
100 Of whom were called by the spss'
cial venire. The prcsecitipg attor-'
ney's office has guarded everything
pertaining to the trial very cauticuslf
and will not snow It's hand y anyway.
Even the names OF the 100 men called
by the special venire have scen With
held. =:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Something Doing
Regarding Nick
Ron1anovEx-Czat
(By American Press)

WASHINGTON. Dec. S.-The
American Consul at Tif1is today
reported rumor that the former
Gar of Russia had escaped. The
message contained no details and
made It clear that there was no
confirmation Of the rumor.
LONDON, Dec. s.-The guards
surrounded Nicholas Romanoff,
the former Russian emperor. near
Tovolsk, Siberia have been dis.
armed by Bolsheviki soldiers and
sailors, according to a dispatch
received in Petrograd and for.
warded by the Exchange tele.
graph comapny. The Bolsheviki
leaders intend to move Nicholas to
some other place, fearing he might
be lynched
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
DR.. Broomfeld to
Preach Tomorrow

DIR. John C. Broomheld, who is en-
route to>this city from Montgomery,
Ala, where he IS located at Camp Sher.
man with the Y. NJ. G. A.. will occupy
the pulpit at the II. P. Temple Of which
he Is pastor at both services tomorrow.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08

AMHERST, Dec. s.-An estimate
OF 1000 persons dead in the Halifax
disaster was contained in private
telegram received here from the
stricken city today by an undertaking
firm. The message asks that 1000
collins be sent to Halifax at once.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08

PROVIDENCE. R. L., Dec. s.-A
special train bearing 81 physicians
and so nurses and a car load of sur.
gical supplies left here this morning
for Halifax. The unit was made up
entirely of volunteers and was sent
by the Providence chApter Of the
American Red Cross.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
COVERED DISH SUPPER

The Queen Esther Circle OF The
First NJ. e. church will hold coy
cred dish supper at the church on
Monday evening beginning at $3.50
o'clock. Following the program, a
program will be rendered. /.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08
Ecuador Breaks
Off With Germany
(By Assooiated press,

GUAYAoUIL, Ecuador. DEC. u,
Ecuador has severed diplomatic rell
tons with Germany according 20 an Of
fetal announcement made by the Eoy-
eminent today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-08

snssx lsoslaht ana sundsy esld
wave Sunday.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-11-16

"Darchenu," the Hebrew pedagogi-
cal magazine, which was suppressed
by the old regime, after its very first
issue, is being published in Moscow.
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MMMmMMmMMwMMmmmMMMMMMMMMMmMMMMMM
favorable to Zionist aspirations is
no surprise in Zionist circles. Theo-
dore Herzl, the first leader of the
movement, practically predicated
his hopes upon the agreement of the
British Government, and twice dur
ing his life the British Government
by it's offer of Ell Arisch and it's Of
fer in 1913 to arrange for the settle
ment of the Jews in British East
Africa exhibited the intentions of the
British towards the Jewish people.
Fortunately at the outbreak of the
war the British leader of the English
Zionist movement, DR.. Weitzmann,
won the confidence of the British
Government by his whole hearted
idealism. AS chemist he is the in
ventor of the high explosive now in
use by the British forces on the
Western front. He declined to take
any reward for this contribution. to
the success of the war, asking in ex-
change nothing more than that the
British Government should listen to
the appeal of the Zionists and ap-
prove their ambitions.
The present officials of the British
Cabinet were at all times in extreme
sympathy with the proposed nation
al home idea on their individual
account. The Premier, Mr.. Lloyd
George, was an active participant in
the plan for the establishment of
Jewish settlement in British East
Africa Lord Miner became Zion
list while in control of British affairs
in South Africa. Mr.. Balfour long
ago declared himself Zionist. The
Zionist political committee formed
in London comprised DR.. Weitz-
mann, DR.. Sokolow, Lord Rothschild,
Joseph Cowen, DR.. Moses Caster,
Chief Rabbi of the Spanish and Por-
tuguese Communities of Great Bri-
tain, Mr.. Leon Simon, aided and adj
vised by the Zionist Philosopher
Achad Aham, (Asher Ginsberg)
were therefore in a position to make
proposals to the British Government
which would not fall on unsympa-
thetic ears. They were given the
fullest possible support by the Rus
sian Zionists, whose leader DIR.
Tschlenow, is now in London, and
by the political committee of the
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London-Great Britain has finally
uttered the fateful word, which means
realization of the great hope that has
lived in the heart of the Jew and has
sustained him through the centuries.
1t has officially declared itself in
favor of the Zionist Movement and
the establishment of Palestine as a
national home for the Jewish people.
The actual formula adopted by the
British Cabinet recognizing the
Zionist Movement and declaring it.
self in favor of the establishment of
a Jewish State in Palestine as it has
been communicated to the Provi-
sional Zionist Committee by the
British Zionist Federation is as fol-
lows
"His Majesty's Government view
with favor the establishment in Pa
lestine of a national home for the
Jews and will use it's best endeavors
to facilitate achievement of this OBJ
ject; it being clearly understood that
nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious
rights Of the existing non Jewish
communities in Palestine"
The Declaration made in London
was addressed to Lord Rothschild, a
member of the Zionist organization,
DR.. Chain Weitzmann, President of
the English Zionist Federation and
DR.. Nahum Sokolow, an official of
the International Zionist Organiza-
ton. The Declaration which changes
the status of the Jewish people after
1900 years of political denationaliza-
ton was written by the Hon. Arthur
]. Balfour, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs on behalf of the
British war cabinet.
It is safe to presume that this text
has the approval of all the Entente
Powers and will have the unques-
toned support and appreciation of
the Government of the United
States.
The claims Of the Jews for Ma
tional Home now being recognized,
the procedure still ahead of the Zion
ist Organization is to set forth in
due course plans for the approval of
the Governments for carrying out
the Jewish ideal to it's full fruition.
That the British Government was
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St. Paul and Minneapolis 16 1917.

Zionist provisional committee OF the
United States, composed of Hon.
President Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
DR.. Stephen S. Wise, DR.. Harry
Friedenwald of Baltimore, Mr.. E.
w. Levin Epstein Of New York and
Mr.. Jacob De Haas, Secretary. Co
operation and agreement was estab-
lished with other forces through DR..
Schmarya Levin, member of the
inner actions committee and Cla-
renee l. Desola, head of the Can
adam organization.
Every step taken in the develop
ment of the program was carried on
by careful cooperation despite the
difficulties of the mail and the cable
so that the American organization is
in position to say that declaration
of the British Government will
create whole hearted approval
throughout the Jewish world. The
Zionists in England have had to
combat very serious opposition in
GLIDING one member Of the present
British cabinet and that opposition
coming from group Of representa-
tive Jews of old standing in the
British Jewish world who recently
organized itself thoroughly to COM
bat Zionism is indirectly the cause
of the declaration by the British
Government at the moment. Their
protest and manifestos and appeals
being presented when the military
campaign reopened in Palestine
practically led the British Govern
ment to call in the Zionists and give
them hearing before the war cabi-
net and finally created an oppor-
tunity for declaration as to what
the British motive is in it's campaign
in Palestine
In the United States while there
has been some opposition to the
Zionist program from the moment
that it was realized that the ques-
ton had passed from the academic
to the practical state, opposition
ceased and it is therefore safe to as
sumo from the information in the
possession of the provisional COM
mittee that there will be practically
unanimous approval amongst the
Jews in this country on the declare
ton of policy made by the British
Government. W
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GREATEST DAY IN JEWISH HISTORY
Engands Recognition Zionist Movement and Declaration in
Jewish State Palestine Means Realization of
Hope of Centuries