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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
HEAVY Fighting
N PROGRESS ON
EASTERN FRONT
Germans are Massing.
Troops on the Swiss
Border.

Heavy fighting is in progress on the
Rumanian front with Russians and
Rumanians apparently more than hold.
ing their own for the time at least
against Field Marshall Won Macken,
sens army.
Elsewhere in the field of military
operations there have been few activi'
ties of Importance.
This holds true of the Franco. Belgian
frot where the quiet has been broken
recently only the British activities
north Of the Somme which have result.
ed In advances for them recently near
Beaucourt- Sur-Ancre.
Indications are not lacking, how
ever, that the present specific condi
lions are not likely to endure long and
in this connection the extreme south
ern sector Of the line is being closely
watched.
Tho French here occupy consid
cradle section of Alsace the fighting
line touching the Swiss border be
tween Belfort and Basel.
Concentration of masses of German
troops across the line from Basel had
recently been reported in Swiss news
papers and belief is said to exist in
Switzerland that the Germans con
template an offensive with the object
Of freeing Alsace of the invaders.
The Swiss federal counsel this week
while expressing confidence that none
Of the powers contemplated viola
ton of Swiss neutrality ordered the
mobilization of additional troops as q
measure of precaution: Both Germany
and France assured Switzerland re
Gently that they would continue to re
spect her neutrality.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
LEFT ARM CRUSHED
MAY LOSE HIS LIFE
Machinist Named Noble Sc.
riously Injured at Min :.
ing Machine Plant

A helper by the name of E.. d. Noble
employed by the Fairmont Mining Ma
chinery company, was seriously and
perhaps fatally injured this morning
at about $3.50 o'clock while at work at
the plant.
The man was working with some
machinery, when his left arm was
caught by shafting and almost torn
from his body. He was taken TO Fair.
mont hospital No. 8 where tho arm
was found to be in such condition
that amputation was necessary and
accordingly the member was ampu-
tated near the shoulder joint.
The man is suffering severely flem
the injury and the shock and his con-
dition is considered serious.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
TYPHOID FEVER IN
THE SOUTH END
City Physician Warns PEG.
pie to Boil City and
Well Water.

Several cases of typhoid fever have
developed in Fairmont within the past
few days. all of them being confined to
the Virginia avenue and Eighth street
section, running to the river.
Vernon Richie, employed at the
Grottendick bakery, Is. suffering with
the malady in Cook hospital. DR.. Fal-
coner is in attendance. The patient is
showing signs of improvement.
Norman Knox, boy living on Gas
ton avenue is also being treated by
DR.. Falconer.
Clarence Copen, aged IL years, is in
very bad shape with typhoid fever
at his home below the Window Glass
factory on Tenth street, Clarence is
one OF family of six. The father
works at the glass factory whenever
the gas permits 1t to run. The Oldest
girl, Anna Copen, aged 20 years, Is
cripple. Grace, aged 16 years, is
recovering from an attack Of typhoid
which threw her out of work in the
summer months. George, aged ID, is
attending school. Gladys, aged 6. and
Pansy, aged 8, show no symptoms OF
the fever. A 13.months-old baby died
Just before Christmas from what the
doctor in attendance said was brain
fever. The mother and father and six
children live in three rooms and are
pinched for money enough to care for
the child Ill with the fever. The Chart
ties department have at times taken
shoes and clothing out there for the
children SO they could attend school
DR.. G. NJ. Ramsge, city physician, Is
now in charge and will likely provide
a nurse for the child should proper
quarters be secured or else remove
him to the hospital
The city physician asks that the PEG.
pie Of that section of the city who use
both city and we'll water. boil 1t be-
fore it is used. There are several 9th
er cases which indicate typhoid fever
but which have not been so diagnosed
at this time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
.Lynching Narrowly
Averted in Clay Co.
MOB FIRED INTO JAIL BUT WAS
FINALLY PERSUADED TO
0lsPERsE
(By Associated rress,

CLAY. W. Va. Jan. ia mob of
more than $50 armed men appeared
at the Clay county Jail here early to.
day and demanded Andrew and How.
ard Sampson who were confined there
charged with~nurdering Preston Tan.
ner and burning his home.
The turnkey who had the keys could
not be fonnd and the mob fred into
the jail but no one was wounded.
a number OF citizens, including law.
yers and clergymen. addressed tile mob
and pleaded with them not to lynch
the men.
On the promise Of the lawyers that
a special term of court would be call,
ed and the prisoners given speedy trial
the mob disposed.
The Simpsons will be taken to SUIT
ton or Charleston while arrangement
for trial are being made.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
PLEASANT VALLEY
WILL Be BEAUTIFUL
sanderson and Porter Had
Landscape Expert Here
Yesterday.

After having gone thoroughly into
the Pleaasnt Valley district, the mem
bers of the firm Of sanderson and Por'
ter, engineers, returned to New York
last evening.
The entire property was gone over
thoroughly and plans were made for
the correct placemen: Of factories that
will be secured for the district.
A landscape artist was with the par
ty and one OF the important things
done was the planning Of the project
so that 1t would not only be practical,
but very attractive.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
ELEVEN entente
WARSHIPS ARE
RUNT|NGRABER
Shippers Believe Several of
Her Prizes Have Been
Armed.


NEW YORK, Jan. 10. = Notwith.
standing the known activity of British
warships, eleven OF which are hurry
ing from many directions to South At.
lantlc waters IN search of the German
commerce destroyer which sank the
Voltaire and George and other En-
tente vessels, increased apprehension
was felt in marine circles today owing
TO undenied credence which the ship.
ping world in general has placed on
over Eight reports that the black raid
or believed to be the famous Moewe,
Is not operating unassisted.
According to these reports fugitive
raider carried several sets of anna.
ment and have furnished guns to at
least two of her captive ships, the st.
Theodore and the Yarrowbelle, which
in turn became preying rovers.
The Yarrawbelle, British, is report.
ed to have arrived at the Cape Verde
islands with the crew of eight of the
ships which were sunk. Her early de.
parture on ratding mission would
cause no surprise among shippers.
Reports, as yet uneonfirmed, placed
the present whereabouts OF the Moewe
at considerable distance north of
Brazil where her havoc was accom-.
plished.
Meanwhile the Entente war vessels
aside from hunting down the raiitug
squadron are keeping close watch on
several vessels expected of supplying
the Moewe and her allies with food
and assisting them in other ways
AS a precaution against illega! use
of Brazilian territory, as base of op.
Grafton for the Geramn ships, por.
ton Of the Brazilian navy is maneu.
yering of that country.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
TWO LOCAL BANKS WILL have new HOMES
IA Year Old Boy
Kills Benefactor
TELLS POLICE HE MURDERED TO
GET MONEY WITH WHICH
TO Boy FOOD.

CLEVELAND, Jan. 10. - Hunger
drove Lawrence Southall, aged il, a
Chicago orphan, to murder Charles H.
James, aged 40, Baltimore and Ohio
railroad car inspector, who had be-
friended him here last night. The boy
confessed today. say the police.
The lad had been ordered out OF
town. He took refuge in the railroad
yard. Nearly frozen he was taken into
the inspectors shanty by James to
warm himself. He says he attacked
James to get money for something to
eat.
James body was found by fellow
workmen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
Dan Leonard Falls
! Out Of State Capitol
tBy AasocIated prnssl

CHARLESTON. Jan. 19.-Dan B.
Leonard, of Parkersburg. assistant
clerk of the House Of Delegates, in try.
ing to lower window In the clerks
office today fell from the second floor
Of the capitol, distance of 20 feet,
breaking one shoulder and sustaining
other injuries.
Gov. Hatfield who is a physician re.
ported that the injuries are not inter.
nal and the victim will recover, He is
In q hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
Coal Operators discuss EMBARGO

Representatives of the Central west
Virginia Coal Operators Association
will this afternoon take up the matter
of the removal Of the embargo on cdaI
to st. George with the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company. With even a
is and 20 per cent. Har supply the EN-.
barge is proving embarrassing and In
the event car supply was brought to
normal would not permit Of the local
operators awaiting themselves of the
increase.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
Armed Guards
NowP Placed on
Potato Trains
(By Assoclated pressl

GREELEY, Colo, Jan. 19.-ATsns
ed guards are riding IN every car
on a special train of As cars loaded
with potatoes Which today, IS speed;
Ing eastward.
1t is made UP of extra choice tub.
ers loaded from points in thls dis.
trict The guards are roGuil ed 10
tend stoves placed in every car TO
prevent. freezing as well as to pre-
vent loss by theft.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
WISHING In CITY

Dorothy Garnell, of Cumberland; is
visiting in the city. She viii spend
several days at the home OF Mrs. &. X.
Rogers Of Main street
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
PRESIDENT AT cApIroL

WASHINGTON Jan. President
Wilson went to the Capitol again TO
day and held conference with admins
itratiQn senators.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
pANlsH SHIP SUNK

LONDON, Jan. 19.--Lloyds report
The sinking OF the Danish steamship
Dngmar-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-19
CHILDREN HELPING
BOARD OF HEALTH
No New Cases of Infantile
Paralysis Were Re
ported Today.

The city Board of Health reports
no more cases of infantile paralysis
with none under positive suspicion.
Bryan Colebank and Nan Johnson 10th
victims of the disease are reported as
showing no improvement, but with
prospects rather encouraging.
The children of the city are obey.
ing the order of the Board of Health
requiring them to stay indoors when
there is possibility of them congIe.
eating ~ crowds OF more than three.
None of them asked admittance to the
theatres of the city and they are 9th.
erwise assisting in keeping the mys.
tertons 1disease. under control r.
GRAFTON, Jan. 19s--There have
been no new cases or suspected cases
Hof infantile parals sis reported here Tor
the past 72shours.
Early this afternoon. another death
occurred of this disease Tile child
being the fiyeyear-old daughter OF
Frank Henry. a railroad man. The
child had been III for some time ana
was wholly paralyzed.
The exact situation here now is as
follows: 10 cases being treated, five
deaths and one suspected case. This
statement, was issued by City Clerk
Fortney this morning.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26

Cloud City Miners union tonight No official action will be taken regarding the attitude of the union until the matter is presented to the organization in a formal way it was stated
 The union miners denied a report that they might return to work pend ing the findings of the investigation board The men said they would not consider returning to work until a def mite proposal had been made to them regarding wages and this proposal had been acted upon by the union.
 Efforts to have a meeting between the miners and the operators held here in which the unions question would not be injected, were made here today. but nothing definite done regarding such a meeting to consider the differ ences between the miners and man agers. The pumps continue to be manned by volunteers.
 Operators here insisted tonight that there was no idea of arbitration or recognition in any way of the unions. either locally or nationally
 One of the officers of the operators association said tonight:
 We will accept the findings of this investigation committee and will abide by these findings or close down. if we find we cannot operate. This action was not taken because of any action of the miners union and it was not an arbitration proposal. The gov ernor made a patriotic appeal to the operators to produce metals for the federal government and this appeal has been heard and answered in spite of anything the unions have done or may do. It is. in no sense a recogni- tion of the unions"
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
BICYCLE RACK
 QUESTION G0ES
 OVER FOR WEEK

The city commission in a short plans for the paving of Willetta street from Central avenue to Third avenue, and also adopted a resolution of intention to pave East Moreland street from Central avenue to Seventh street. Bitulithic paving of the order officially known as 25-A is specified in each instance.
 An initiative petition, said to carry more than the required number of names, and calling for the passage of an ordinance prohibiting the manu- facture or sale of liquors in the city of Phoenix, was in the hands of the city clerk He said that it had but a short time before been delivered into his hands. He thought he could have it checked and ready for formal presentation to the commission at the next meeting.
 A proposed ordinance requiring the placing of bicycles in racks to be pro- vided by the city, rather than against curbs or buildings, was read and pro- voked considerable discussion. Man oSCl 1IdIsS odlu IL WdS luteEieu lO rlace these racks 100 feet apart on the downtown streets and panalize those who failed to make use of the racks by charging s1 impending fee for all whose bicycles might be taken up by the police. Commissioner Woods wanted to know what the rtcis cost the city. He was tvld Ut the thirty-two racks already Il Us" mad cost S4 each The measure was laid over until another meetIng.
 County Treasurer Sam i' Webb notified the commission that the city was indebted to the county in the sum of $14.01, delinquent taxes on lots in West Capitol addition, pur- chased by the city for fire house matter it appearing that there may have been back taxes due at the time the lots were purchased.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
MARINE MINISTER
 STILL YOUNG MAN
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PETROGRAD, July 25.-Lieutenant Lebedeff. who has been appointed temporary head of the Ministry of Marine. is only B years old. He served with distinction in the Japanese war, and in 1907 in the mutiny of the Brest regiment at Sevastopol. From there he escaped abroad. and at the out break of the present war enlisted in the French army as private.
 Subsequently, he was given a con- mission and placed in command of a. detachment of Russian republican vol unteers. Later he served a year and a half at Saloniki and was awarded the French Military cross. He returned here in the early days of the revolu- tion and was collaborator of the social revolutionary organ, "The Will of the People,
 M. Kerensky, recently appointed him president of commission to fornu- late new regulations for the naval service.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26

Billings, accompanied by Mooney, place the suitcase on the sidewalk.
 The defense contended that the bomb was hurled from the roof of a building and witnesses testified they had seen a. black object coming through the air before the detonation.
 Bits of what purported to have been pieces of an alarm clock, by which the state contended the bomb was explod- ed; pieces of what purported to have been parts of a suitcase and other ex- hibits such as bullets and jagged pieces of iron picked up on the scene after the explosion, were admitted as evidence.
 Eleven days before the explosion Mrs. Mooney obtained about twelve pounds of nitre, a compound of dynamite, one witness testified. A detective testified that bullets extracted from the bodies of victims and picked up from the side walk were identical with many found in Mrs. Moneys apartments.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
SECOND GALL
 EXPECTED BY
 NOVEMBER 15

The 6S7, 900 men just called to the colors under the draft law are to be followed by 500,000 more to be sum moned for training before the end of the present year. The call for the second increment of 500,000 in all prob ability will go out from the first to the middle of next November.
 Exemptions granted in connection with the first call will not necessarily apply to the second draft The men excused from the first draft must be prepared to demonstrate that the req sons still hold good why they should rot, take up arms.
 No new drawing Of numbers at Washington to designate the order in which the second army will be called is necessary. The government in sum- morning the second national army will start exactly where it left off in com- pleting the call for the first 6S7, ,000 The men will be called for examination and either ordered to the training camp or be excused exactly in the priority in which the black capsuled numbers were drawn last Friday, ex- cept. of course, for the elimination of those numbers held by the men taken into the service in connection with the first call
 Of the 6S7,O00 called last Friday, the first 187, 900 selected after the physical examination and the exemption pro- cesseS have been complied with will be assigned to places in the national guard and the regular army to fill those units of the military establish ment to required strength. The re- mainder, or 500000, will follow along as members of the new national army Notwithstanding reports to the con- trary, war department officials insist that the 500,000 would be in the var ious cantOnments and hard at train ing by September IS. The men util ized to fill up the regular army and the national guard will be sent to the designated units as rapidly as the pro- cesses of the draft are completed.
 The decision to at once pave the way for the calling out of a second army of 500,000 is a direct reflection of the official attitude toward the re- cent developments in Germany. Out of all the talk of peace in the German Reichstag there has developed, officials now know, a complete victory for the military autocracy and a determination on the part of the German war lords to carry on the war even more des- perately and, is possible, with a mag nified display of ruthlessness and sav- agery. The only possible answer, of ficials in this country are a unit in declaring, is for the United States to rush war preparations to the very limit of the resources of the country in man power as well as in money and equip ment of all kinds.
 In justice to the 1O,OOO,oO0 enrolled for military service the government officials in charge of the draft will see to it that there is no loose con- struction of the exemption regulations. The local boards have been impressed with the vital necessity of strict con- formation with the letter as well as the spirit of the draft law. The gov ernment wants justice done in every case, but this justice must be admin istered in an even handed and abso- lutely impartial manner
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26

jury composed of labor men, to hear evidence adduced at Mrs. Mooney's trial and render an independent verdict to organized labor.
 Mrs. Mooney was brought to trial May 21 before Superior Judge Emmet Seawell, of Santa Rosa, and a jury.
 The specific charge against her was the murder of Mrs. Myrtle Irene Van Loo, one of the ten victims of the ex plosion. In addition the defendant was charged with having been a member of a 'murderouS conspiracy" to over throw the government and bring about a state of anarchy. Much testimony and many exhibits intended to support this theory were ruled out ny Judge Seawell Various letters written to and by Mooney extracts from an anarchist publication called the "Blast," edited here about the time of the explosion by Alexander Berkman. an associate of Emma Goodman, and other documents, which the state contended showed de- signs of the alleged group of conspira- tors. were admitted.
 Aibi was the defense which the de- fendant's attorneys sought to establish by a score of witnesses, who declared Mrs. Mooney and her husband had been on the roof of the building in which they made their home more than a mile from the scene of the explosion, throughout the afternoon. Mrs. Mooney and the four other defendants told of their movements in detail on the af- ternoon of the bomb murders. The de- fense sought to prove that others rather than the defendants were the persons who had been seen in the vicinity of the explosion by the state witnesses.
 The states contention was that Mooney and the others sought to pre- vent the parade because it was a mili- tary preparedness measure which might interfere with their alleged plot to overthrow the government and that Billings, accompanied by three of the other defendants placed a suitcase which, the state contended, enclosed the bomb, at the spot where the blast occurred. One witness said he saw
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
BANK DEPOSITS
 REFLECT GREAT
 GROWTH IF C|TY

Phoenix people have nearly s3,0OO,- OOO more money on deposit in the banks of this city at the present time than they had year ago, according to the statement of all of the banks Of the state just issued. To be exact, the increase in deposits in the banks of Phoenix at the present time over those of June, 1916, is just S2,907.- S3017 The total deposits in the Phoenix banks is s11, ,232, ,42762. One year ago they were $8,324,49745.
 In June, 1916, the citizens of Ari- zona had s53,9S5,047.3S on deposit in fifty-three state and thirteen nation- al banks. This sum on deposit has increased to s6S,899, ,59345, and the number of banks to fifty-six state and fourteen national The increase of deposits throughout the state for the year is s15546O7
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
PLAN STATEWIDE
 LOYALTY LEAGUE
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DOUGLAS, July 25.-Plans for form ing state wide Loyalty League for Arizona to combat the threatened dom- ination of I. w. w. and other disturbing elements were discussed today at a meeting of members of the Douglas and Bisbee Citizens associations and Bis bee Workmens' Loyalty League The meeting adjourned with the under standing that at another meeting to be held in Bisbee in a few days definite plans for the organization would be presented. The Bisbee men said part of their mission here was to thank the Douglas citizens who aided them in the I. w. W. drive" of July 12
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
MIAMI STRIKERS
 REFUSE BONDS
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MIAMI, Ariz, July 25.--When bound over to the superior court in Globe today on charges of rioting in the early days of the copper miners strike in the Globe Nj ialni district, many of the strikers and their sym pathizers held refused to attempt to raise the $1,000 bond fixed by the justice of the peace who presided over their preliminary hearings. About 9 men, all members of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers secured bondsmen. About thirty others elected to go to jail, but it is believed many of these later will secure bondsmen.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-26
GASOLINE DESTROYED Republican A. p, Leased Wjre1

PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Three- quarters of million gallons of gasoline were destroyed by fire as the result of an explosion in an oil still at the plant of the Atlantic Refining company here early today. For a time the entire plant was threatened with destruction. Six employees are missing. No esti- mate of the damage was obtainable. The explosion shook the entire city and the blazing oil gave it the appear ance of midday The cause of the explosion has not been determined