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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-31

Nov let Us give the var 3 rest,
The rout. the siege the sally.
and gaylv shed our coat and vest.
and 60 ana clean the a4teEt
Let's gather up the dogs ard cats
Which have this life departed
and let Tin cans and bricks and bats
OF - tins dump be carried
In winter Won may voice your views.
Which you believe important,
and base long sermons ou GAa news
But IN the spring you d ortn r
Then every able-bod1ed man
Should wh0op the Clean Il p slogan
And chase the old tomato can
The CASTOR hat and brogan-
So let as clear our baIglng bTows
o. trIdlng thoughts and narrow
And gather up the old dead COWS.
And work the rake and harrow
The rubbish left by careless men,
And lazy human cheeaea.
WtIl bring q host Of germs again
ana they'll bring punk diseases
and forty billion flies win come.
AS many microbes bearing.
and round our weary heads they 4 bum
And keep as busy swearing
I clean up Clean upt On every block
Let all the workers railE-
Sd man should stand around and tai
/ Until he's cleaned his a4leE-
WALT MASON.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
U-BOATS GOT WORST
OF THIS ENCOUNTER
American Gunners Knocked
Over Periscope and May
Have Hit Boat.
1Rv Associated Pressl

AN ATLANTIC PORT, June ga
fight between an American freight
steamship and German submarine
which took place June 6, one day out
from Genoa, Italy, and resulted in the
navy gunners on an American vessel
scoring at least one hit was reported
by the captain Of a steamer on its ar
rival here today.
The captain said the U-boat sudden
ly appeared at distance of about 500
yards and launched a torpedo. Its
wake was clearly discernible and :
was possible to maneuver the vessefso
it missed the ship by about 20 feet.
Fire was opened on the U-boat from
a stern gun and four shots were dis
charged in rapid succession and the
submarine submerged.
The second shot, the captain said,
struck the periscope throwing it high
into the air and the last shot fired
hit the water on the exact spot where
the U.boat disappeared.
The American vessel suffered no
damage. This is the second encount.
er reported within two days in which
an American ship successfully defend
ed herself against submarine attack.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
ARMY
RECRUITING WEEK.
Seventy Thousand Men Are
Wanted in the Next
Seven Days.
tBy Associated Press9

WASHINGTON, June ga nation
wide try Of one week to recruit 10000
men to bring the regular army up to
the authorized war strength OF 100000
began today in accordance with Prest-
dent Wilson'S proclamation for volun'
teers.
This is the first step in the war or
canization of Americas army. Next
in time is the completing to full
strength Of the National Guard, Then
comes the selection of men for the new
National army from the millions who
registered June S.
The President calls upon unmarried
men between ages of IS and 40 years
who have no dependents and who are
not engaged in persuits vitality neces'
sary to prosecution of the war.
This means that those between the
ages of IS and 21-31 and 40 as well
as recent registrants will be given op-
portunity fol immediate training and
prospect CT early active service.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
GAS MEN TO STUDY
GAS CONSERVATION
That Will be the Keynote
Of Their State Con-
vention.

Eight hundred gas men will gather
III shattuck Park in Parkersburg July
Il and IL, for the purpose of discuss
ing gas conservation and the import
ance Of Ut Eing all heat units In the
fuel Edw Robinson, of this city,
Who Is secrt tary Of the West Virginia
Natural Gas Association, was in PARK
efsblirg yesterday completing plans for
the big demonstration.
Demonstrations will be given by the
Donovan Boiler Works in high and low
pressure connections, The comparison
bringing nut the great saving that can
made with tne low pressure. Vari.
ntis kinds of modern machinery will be
demonstrated. No less than forty ex.
hibitors will aim to show the methods
az the heat unit utilization.
The convention will open Wednesday
a noon at which time addresses will
b given e1d papers read on the differ
sIlt phases Of the gas industry. In the
evening a band concert will be given
and the exhibits viewed. Special cars
vim bring the gas men to the city
where theywill be the guests at musI-
cai comedy to be given at a Parkers'
biirg theatre. Thursday will be fea-
liifed with athletic sports of all kinds.
IA tie evening barbecue will be open
and an CxEoast will be provided.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
OPENS
SEVENTH ST.PLANT
Will Make Tumblers for
Beechnut-Idle Five
Years.

The last of the idle factories in Fair
mont is deserted and idle no longer
the Seventh street plant Of the Monon,
gah Glass company having resumed
operations after standing idle for five
years.
Some extensive alterations and i'm
provements have been made jim the
plant, new machinery has been Install
ed and the plant, which was formerly
"a bottle factory has been equipped to
make tumblers for the Beechnut Pack
ing company. The machinery is OF the
automatic type, thus reducing the num-
Der of labe rers required, but about six
ty.five or seventy men will be en-
ployed,
The oil shed which was used as a
store room and packing room has been
torn down.and a new building erected
in which the products will be packed
for shipment to the Beechnut factories.
This is practically new industry
for Fairmont and affords an excellent
opportunity for young men who have
not been working the required thirty
six hours week to find employment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
HAVE
BIG POTATO PATCH
First Presbyterian Young
People Are Cultivating
Four Acres.

Several of the young peoples So
cieties of the city churches have
pdeged themselves to do something
to aid the country in the war crisis
and to this end are planning to farm,
to help conserve food stuffs, etc.
While a number of the societies
have not definitely outlined the work
of the summer others have been at
work for some time.
The Presbyterian Christian Endea-
vor society is doing It's bit" in cul-
tivating approximately four acres Of
potatoes. The ground for the potato
patch was donated to the young people
by c. C. Denham and is situated be.
tween this city and cayenne.
The acres were recently planted
with potatoes which are now up and
looking good and it is believed the
acreage will yield nice crop of spuds.
Both the young men and women are
working the patch and are enthusias-
tic in the work.
The action of the Endeavor societies
is in cooperation with a movement
urged by Frances E. Clark, noted
endeavor at the National convention
held in Boston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
REDWOOD YOUTHS
JOIN FIRST RECT.
Forty-Two Of Them in One
Bunch Were Accepted
Yesterday.


A bit Of real patriotism was mani
tested at the First regiment camp yes.
terday afternoon when forty-two
robust Young men from Richwoo4
marched up to the headquarters camp
ina body and expressed their desire to
work for Uncle Sam. They were given
a hearty welcome by Colonel Osborn
and soon passed through the necessary
enlistment procedure. AS they march
ed up through the fair grounds to the
headquarters camp. they carried with
them large American flag, which was
brought all the way from Redwood.
Colonel Osborn remarked today that
they were among the largest and
healthiest bunch of recruits that he
had yet received. Besides the forty
two that came in from Redwood
twelve other recruits were received
making the total enlistment for the
day fifty.fuur, making the biggest day
for recruits yet experienced at the
camp. Because Of the lack Of uniforms,
the recruits that came in yesterday
will not get to wear khaki until new
supply is received.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
DUNL IN I'LL
All Opportunity for Local
Favoitism to be Re-
moved
nEEARE ALL NUMBERED.
Numbers Drawn Will be
Photographed to the Home
Districts.
tBy Associated Press

WASHINGTON, June 2S.- Regula-
Iaons for drafting the new national
army which now await President Will
sons approval contain provisions for
syery step in the undertaking except
he actual method of the draft itself.
No official announcement has been
mac and official confirmation is be-
IND withheld, but it has been stated
and generally accepted here as true.
that the Federal government itself VIII
dothe drafting probably here in Wash
ington, so there will be no opportunity
fof local tsyoritism, political or other
wise.
AZ, the regulations stand now, every
resistered man bears number. The
numbers will be forwarded to Wash
iagton and the drawing will be entire
re- lby number. The identity Of the
numbered men will be unknown to
those in charge of the draft machinery
ind can be established only by COM
baTing the number with the printed
iist ia the mans home district.
AS the numbers are drawn they
WIN be telegraphed to home districts
where registered men will learn II
they have been drafted. -,
Then questions Of exemption Will
ZONE up and this will go before the
local board.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
GERMANS ATTACK
BUT GET NOTHING
Are Making Great Sacrifices
to Keep French Often
sive Down.

Heavy attack by the Germans are
continuing along the Aisne front with
the fighting at times assuming the pro-
portions of general engagement. The
substantial successes have attended
the Crown Princes efforts. The lat
est bulletins from the front, indeed,
indicate tie fighting to be turning
even moro favorable for the French
whose artillery is proving that it has
lost none Of it's effectiveness in break
ing up attacks.
The Crown Princes primary purpose
is apparently to forestall the renewal
Of the French offensive movement
which was expected in this important
sector south vest and south of the
fortress Of Loan the German key posi-
ton, which would be seriously menaced
by any further French advance.
So far as. appears, Gen. Petain has
lost none of his commanding position,
while the Germans have sacrificed
heavily for such small gains as they
have been able to effect. The plan of
the Germans seems to be to launch
heavy forces On comparatively narrow
front in the area under attack.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
COCKTAILS WINS IN
SHIP BOARD ROW
But Contracts Will Still be
Passed upon by Chair
man Denman.

WASHINGTON, June 23-The con-
test between Chairman Denman of
the Shipping Board ond Major-Gener-
81 Goethals, manager Of the boards
emergency feet corporation, for au-
thority to exercise powers granted by
Congress in providing a merchant
fee, win be settled by President VIII.
son, giving General Goethals the au-
thortty with directions that he build
all the ships possible, both steel and
wood
General Goethals will be authorized
to commander Immediately all ship.
ping now building, speed up its con-
struction and spend the $600000,000
appropriated by Congress for ship
building. Chairman Denman will re-
tain powers necessary for operating
and chartering the ships and as pres
ident Of the feet corporation will con-
tinue to pass finally on contracts for
construction.
The power granted to the President
to commander steel SUPPLIES probably
will not be delegated to anyone for
the present. The Government, it is
said, hopes to arrive at some arrange
ments to steel prices which will make
It unnecessary to commander.
The dispute over prices to be paid
for steel took a new turn today when
Chairman Denman asked the FEEDER.
al trade commission to investigate
the casts Of steel manufacture with
view to arriving at fair price, and
General Goethals requested the steel
committee Of the Council Of National
Defense to take the matter up.
Mr.. Denman has baked at paying
more than $56 a ton for steel and re-
fused to sign contracts made by Cen
eral Goethals calling for steel at $s5.
The question of price was gone over
by General Goethals yesterday with
members of the steel committee, most
Of whom are steel manufacturers and
authorities on TIE product.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Breaks Down and Confesses When Questioned By Judge
at Bologna Where He Was Arrested by the
Italian Authorities
SHE'D TEARS AND SHOOK UNDER ORDEAL
After Recovering His Poise He Gave Details of Death at
His Hands Of the High School
Girl.

the cubbyhole at the back to show
her the finished job.
l went down the rickety iron cellar
stairs to the front area and into that
now haunted. underground chamber
haunted with the cries Of terroriEed
girl in the clutches Of an inhuman
fiend.
Most Of the flooring was up and half
dozen men were digging below the
concrete foundation for more clews
and, perhaps, MORE BODIES.
The place was dark and evil smelling
from dampness, oil and gasoline.
A little light fiickered through the
two small dirty windows.
The unfinished brick walls were
thick with oily CRIME.
Cobwebs choked up every nook and
Granny.
1t was place for bats, rats and
other vermin.
In the gloomy atmosphere 1t made
one shudder to think that Q heapti.
full child like Ruth Cruger could haye
been so foully slain within stones
throw Of Broadway, her body lowered
through that hole in the ceiling made
for a register for primitive heating
system, and hidden away for so Ions
in that roughly dug grave without the
police being able to find out anything
about the whole business.
How many other cellars are there
like this in New York?
AErs IIuroiafnn saws aha kn0Vfa Of
twehty:t%o, and She suspects they may
contain the bodies Of other missing
girls!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
BY J. HERBERT DUcKwoRrH

NEW YORK, June 23.-I have just
visited the dark, dank cellar of horrors
where the body of poor little Ruth
Cruger was buried.
have walked from the Cruger home
on Claremont avenue, few blocks
away, to the Cocchi motorcycle shop
along the same route the young high
school girl took on that fateful, tragic
afternoon to get her sharpened skates.
l have peered into the small, cup
board.like room at the back Of the
shop where Ruth was probably muir
dered, and have looked down the hole
in the floor through which the limp
and lifeless form was afterwards low.
cred to the cellar below.
The Cocchi shop is in a very un.
savory spot in New York, The neigh.
borhood has a bad reputation. 1t is
the abyss of squalid Harlem. 1t is a
place of mean tenements, dirty base
ment stores, and vile gin mills.
At the time of the trial OF Yushe
Botwin, king Of the white slavers,
it was said that nearby moving pic.
ture theatre was a notorious hangout
for cadets in the pay Of the white
slave trust.
This part of West 18th street is in
low.lying part OF Harlem. 1t is so
low that few doors away from the
Cocchi shop the Broadway subway
rumbles over high viaduct.
Though wealthy Riverside drive is
but two blocks off, everything here is
cheap and sordid.
The motorcycle shop is typical
third.rate place Of its kind. There
is perhaps storage room for perhaps
20 cycles. Almost everything in the
store has been carted away by the pc.
lice.
Ina corner noticed a big cardboard
sign with red ball and the words,
Skates sharpened"-th the sign, no
doubt, that lured Ruth to her doom.
When Ruth called for her skates 1t
is supposed that Cocchi lured her into
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Student Gardeners
To Have Picnic
WILL GO TO TRACTION PARK
AND DINE ON STUFF THEY
CULTIVATED

Plans are now being made for pic
mic to be held next Friday afternoon
by the boys and girls of the High
school who have community and home
gardens. The picnic will be held at
Traction park and those who attend
will take the o'clock car. 1t is hoped
to make lunches made up as much as
possible from the products of the gar.
dens the feature of the affair. If all
who are eligible attend the party will
number about so young people.
The High school gardens, both those
back of the school building and at
Bell Run, and those that are being
grown at the homes of the students
are In fine condition. Some Of them
will produce food in important quaint.
ties. The student who have what are
termed home gardens get credit fol-
the work they do in them. At the High
school plot and at Bell Run the stu.
dents have been faithful in their at.
tendance, and the plots look very
nice,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
landlord O'Neal
Goes to Huntington

George H. Weber, the proprietor Of
The Imperial we'll known hotel in
steubenyiile, o.. and Mr.. Mettdorf, OF
HE same city, were in Fatrmont Ior q
FeW hours yesterday consulting Man
srer r. i. O'Neal as to the erection OF
similar hotel in steubenyille. Both
were especially well pleased with the
local building and expressed their M
fention Of returning for the opening
ceremonies,
Manager o'Neal left yesterday even
See for Huntington where he is in
charge of "Tke Frederick" While
t6ere he will attend to business in the
interests Ct the local house after which
he viii return to Fairmont in his Hud'
son car.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Governor Hatfield to
Serve in France
REPORT TO THAT EFFECT WAS
BEING CIRCULATED IN
WASHINGTON TODAY

Special Dispatch to West virginianl
WASHINGTON, D. c., June q: II
was reported in Washington among.
members of the West Virginia colony
TODAY that former Governor Henry y.
Hatfield had been ordered by the med.
ical department of the army to report
here to receive further orders for ser;
vice in preparation to his being sent
to France. Inquiry made today at the
Office of the surgeon general from
which Office such an order would be
issued. ELECTED the information thai
there was no record in that Office 9!
such an order being issued.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Pershing Organizing
French Relief Work
fRv Associated Press)

PARIS, June %. - The Amalgama'
ton of the American clearing house.
one of the chief institutions for hand;
ling vas. supplies contributed by
America, with the Red Cross has been
decided upon by General Pershing
The transfer has already begun and
the organization of the clearing house
and all its assets will be in hands q
the Red cross by September !.
The clearing house has been the tIii
termediary between 5000 societies and
contributing individuals in the United
States and has handled 500,000,000
francs worth of food and clothing and
100000 francs in cash.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Drafting FOR NEW ARMY TO Be
DONE N THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
New Jersey ToUn
Leads Red Cross
City Honor List
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, June 23.-Engle-
wood, N. j., a residential community
near New York city, has collected
more than FIVE times its apportion-
ment for the S1O0,OQ0,O00 Red
Cross mercy fund and stands first
in a list of honor cities issued to-
day by Red Cross campaign head
quarters.
Englewood's goal was $4,000 but
$112,74O has been raised already
and the local committee expects to
get much more before the campaign
closes Monday.
Flint, Mich, was second in the
list; San Jose, Cal, third, and
Orange, N. j., fourth, all having
raised more than twice their quota.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
nEn naoss lN RussIA.

WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The Red
ross win send an American mission to
Fassia to work along and behind the
battlefront in the same way a similar
tinisslylf is.te operate in France and
Belkinm In that way ambulance ann
relief for the Russian army viii
IA npplIeu.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
ElvInn Moth No pestruetiye.

When a woman opens a closet and
q moth flies out she thinks, as a rule,
that the moth has been eating her
clothes. AS a matter of fact, however,
the creature does Its eating in the
grub stage, and is harmless when 1t
has become a flying thing save that It
win produce a ravenous progeny.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
MalIn and reeth No. polsonoul

Nails and teeth of animals are not
IN themselves poisonous. A scratch or
bite from a dog or cat may prove poi
sonous, but only because some Inn
purity or germ has been deposited In
the ugly wound that results. When Q
serpent bites 1t discharges a special
poison, which is secreted from glands.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
Early Use Of Lead.

In Job 1924 is an allusion to the
use of lead to ill carved inscriptions
upon stone by pouring the molten lead
into the cavities of the letters to rem
der them leglble and at the same time
to preserve them from the action Of
the weather.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
where We Are.

A clergyman, in muslng on our COM
mon morality, gave vent to his feelings
in this remarkable apathegm: were
here today and away tomorrow
Chr; egister.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23
(By Associated Press)

BOLOGNA, Italy, June 28.-Altredo
Cocchl. the fugitive New York motor
cycle dealer, abandoned today his pre-
tense of innocence of the murder Of
Ruth Cruger and confessed his guilt
Jealousy was the motive. He was un.
BILE. he declared, to win her love and
became furious when she rebuffed MS
persistent attentions.
The admissions Of the young ltal'
ian whose escape the New York po-
lice failed to prevent were made in
tears after searching interrogation
by Judge Zucconi brokn down Cocchfs
reserve.
Prior to this examination Cocchi
had cody and insistently maintained
he had known Miss Cruger only two
DAYS before her disappearance in Feb
ruary when she went to his shop to
have her skates sharpened and had de,
clared his conduct toward her was en-.
tirely correct.
Under Judge zucconi's searching
questions today, Cocchie finally burst
into tears. He became to agitated as
his confession fell haltingly from his
lips that the persons surrounding him
believed he was about to have an cpl
.leptic fit.
He was granted time to recover and
then resumed the story Of how the H.
year.old Wadleigh High school grad
t1ate met death at his hands in the
building where her body was recent
" unearthed from the cellar.
After making up his mind to tell the
truth Coccbi talked freely and without
reserve. He gave full details of the
crime Including the burial of Miss
Cruger's body.
On retaining to the cell he said to
The prison attendants, "At last l feel
relieved. / have freed myself from a
nightmare with tortured my con
science. Now have told everything
ind am ready to suffer any penalty"
NEW YORK, June 23.-With the an
nouncemont from Italy that Alfredo
Cocchi had confessed to the murder Of
Ruth Cruger, the policies efforts were
turned today to the problem of having
the motorcycle dealer brought back
to New York to face trial. District At.
torney Swami announced that he had
conferred personally here last night
with Frank L. Polk, counselor Of the
State department, and was assured the
United States would exert every en-.
ergy to have Coccht returned to this
country.
The authorities are working on the
theory that Cocchi had accomplices
both in the commission of the crime
and in connection with the escape from
this country after eluding investiga
tors.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-23

prohahly local shcgsess tonlunk
aBd sunday; not much chang
tempsrature.