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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
INDUSTRIAL
FAIRMONT

A new garage is being constructed on
East Park avenue by Contractor A. o.
Evans, for B. Layman who with his
son owns and operates service sta
ton and auto supply shop on Water
street. The building is fire PROOF
structure built of tile and concrete anG
will be fitted out as storage room
and repair shop. Some new equipment,
including a drill press, has been pur-
chased and will be installed as soon as
the building is completed.
twenty-five new houses are under
construction at the Leheigh Mine Of
the Jamison Coal company. The con-
tracing firm of Riley and Riley is do
ing the work and a number Of the
houses are already completed. A large
store, a warehouse, the store managers
residence and the new residence of the
superintendent are included, the re-
mainder being miners residences. A
number of new employees have been Sc
cured by the company to work the
mines at that place and this necessitat-
ed the construction of the additional
buildings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
NEWS ERoM The FRONT,

The bird who took the three knicks
at der kaiser is likely in for it more
now than IL he went through with his
original intention.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
Baseball at a Glance.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yestsrday

New YorKN9i PIttBDMBll o
st. Louis, g.; Brooklyn, 2.
philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 8.
Cincinnati, 3; Boston, ! (ten tnngs)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
caII Conference Of Women.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 22-
Mrs. ]. G. Cochran Of Parkersburg,
president Of the West Virginia Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, who was
recently appointed chairman Of the
West Virginia Women's Committee of
the Council of National Defense, has
issued a call for conference Of all
the heads Of the various women's or
CARNATIONS in the state to be held
May 90 at Parkersburg to effect an
organization for the purpose of carry
ing on the work in West Virginia ad-
vised by the national council,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
Ward Lanham Likes
Officer Training

ward Lanham, former teacher ana
football coach at the High school here
when Fairmont had one of the best
teams in the state, is working hard for
Uncle Sam at Fort Ben Harrison, Ind.
he has been assigned to the Seventh
company, eight hdivision. He writes
fiiat he likes the place fine, that he is
working each day and that there are no
Immediate dangers from any source ex-
sept the guard house.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
on THE CLUBS

Games Scheduled Today
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Boston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
BASEBALL.

South Side Park Saturday, May 20,
Ffostbuig VS.. Fairmont. Game called
~ $3.50. This is the opening game of
the season, and a hot game it will be.
General admission rs cents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
Modern Father Goose.

Jerry, jerry, quite contrary
How does your war garden grow?
Stick to spuds, beans, corn and cab
bages,
Aud let all needless stuff go.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Results Yesterday
All Rance postponed; n

Games Scheduled Today
New York at Detroit.
Others not scheduled.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-05-22

The traitors gone by would proba.
bly consider it an insult If they knew
that present day food sharks or profit
patriots" are classed in the same rank.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15

rograd, has fallen to the German
naval forces that captured the two
islands dominating the Gulf Of Riga
Hapsal lies 278 miles south of Pet
rograd, but with its occupation, Ger
man control of Riga Bay would be
complete and the menace to the Gull
of Finland extreme. No naval move
in the great war has so stirred the
speculatory inclinations of experts as
has the sudden dash of the Teuton
Baltic fleet.
A large British steamer, loaded
with admiralty stores, principally mu-
n:tions and 5000 barrels Of oil IN
bulk, was towed back into an Amer
lean port last night with fire in her
engine room compartments under
control after a 24-hour battle 20 keep
the ship from exploding. FIRE was
still burning in several CT the TANKS
last night, but it was said to be well
| under control and away from othei
combustibles. The cargo IS valued
at over So, 900, 900 and only the qu'cE
action of the pumps is thought to
have prevented an explosion. i"'
ship is practically new.
News Of the sinking of the Amer
lean steamship Lewis Luckenbach by
q German submarine off the coast Oh
France was received in New fork
Yesterday in a cable message to inc
shipping firm of George Lucken'
bach, Inc, from their French agents
Forty-seven of the 56 members OF the
crew had been landed, the message
said, but one boat with nine men wa!
| missing, The L.uckenbach wa
bound for Havre with 4 genera
| cargo. She was a steel screw vesse
Of 3,90G tons.
The growing difficulty of obtaining
iron and steel for war purposes II
! Germany is indicated by an imperia
regulation. just promulgated II
| Berlin, confiscating stocks of struc
| tural iron and steel, common tubing
| shceting, cast iron and cast steel
The order prohibits the use of an
| of these kinds Of steel or iron excer
by special permission. The orde
goes far beyond the original regula
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
I'm the Corporation Court OF the City
rs Aleyondria. Virginia..

Aurelia c. Ockershausen, vs..
Harry Ockershausen. In Chancery.
Upon written application of the
Complainant stating specifically the
last named place of abode of the de-
PENDANT, and it appearing to the
Court that process has been issud
and returned by the sergeant of the
city of Alexandria, Virginia, snow,
ing that the defendant was not
found within the jurisdiction of this
Court, the Court on the 18th day OF
October, 1917, doth grant the fol-
lowing order of publication:
The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain = decree absolutely divorcing
the complainant. Aurelia c. Ocker-
shausen, from the defendant, Harry
Ockershausen, on the ground Of will
full desertion for a period of more
than three. years, and for general
relief, and am affidavit having been
made and filed that the defendant,
Harry Ockershausen is a .non-resi-
dent of the State OF Virginia, it is
ordered that he do appear within
fifteen days after due publication o!
said order of publication and do
what is necessary to protect his IN
terest in this tsuit.
And it is further ordered that a
copy of said order of publication be
published once a week for four sue
cessive weeks, in the Alex
andria Gazette, a newspaper pub
lished in the City of Alexandria.
Virginia. that a copy be posted at
the front door OF tn" Court House
of the Corporation Court of said
City on or before the next succeeding
rule day after this order is entered.
and that a copy of said order of
publication be sent to said defend
ant, by registered mail, at 2919
Olive Avenue. Northwest. Washing
ton, D. c., his last known place of
abode.
A Copy Taste:
NEWELL S. GREENAWAY,
Clerk.
II. Noel Garner, p. @
2I7-4w.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
f AIR POWER
Discovery of Liberty Oxygen Makes
Flving at Six Miles Possible.

Discovery of Liberty Oxygen Makes
Flying at Six Miles Possible.
Aircraft flying the Stars ano
Stripes may lombard Berlin from q
height of six miles through the lat
oct invention of American %scientltc
genius. .,
This unheard-of height can easily
he attained by the Liberty motor
according to all experts. The only
difficulty has been that in such
rarjfed atmosphere the aviatof'
themselves could do nothing; tho
terrific demands on their lungs te
keep life in them was too great &c
hermit action by them, Alrplanes
have attained heights of $4,000 feet
hut the difficulty of breathing all
hut made the aviators powerloss.
Now American science steps in
with the twin Of the Liberty motor
"Liberty, oxygen" is it's name and ~
is a respiration DEVICE which auto,
matieally supplies to the. filer thef
oyvpen which is lacking in the. ma
tural air at high attitudes.
The device is the joint production
of experts of the aviation section
Army Medical corps: 1t is"hailed py
the government here and by the IN
ternational experts on! aviation m
Washington as the solution OF the
last problem of the air-and an as
surance of superiority in the air 10
America and her allies for the re-
mainder of the war.
American and allied air;ratt cay
Av over Germany now at heights unI
attainable to German aviators anda
at their leisure can lombard and deI
strov military depots, arsenals ana
the great war industrial plants. De-
tails of the invention IRE guarded
with tho utmost secrecy. Only the
hare announcement is made of Glib
erty oxygen"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
RATTLE IN ESS.
Officers and Whisky Blockaders
Clash And One of Latter is Kill
ed Still is Destroyed.

Albemarle, N. c., Oct. 'l2.--As
the result of a pitched battle be-
tween officers of Stanly County, near
here Friday night and a gang OF
whisky ~hlockaders, n man is dead,
two are wounded and two are now
in Stanly County Jail. None of the
officers was injured except one, who
is suffering from powder burns.
Virgil Lee Pinion is the dead man,
and Will Smith. alleged to have
been the leader Of the gang, and I
man named Howell are the two un-
der arrest. The two men known TO
have been wounded made their cs-
cape. leaving trails marked by blood
through the woods.
Acting on information that 4 gang
would gather at a point about six
miles north Of the place, four deputy
rhcrifrs surrounded the spot in the
early evening. Shortly after a num-
Der of men gathered at the Illicit
distillcry. and as the officers at
tempted to get carer they were dis
covered and fire was opened upon
them. The officers returned the lire.
and for some time a pitched battle
ragged in the darkness. When The
fight ceased the officers sent for re-
endorsements and then searched the
grounds. Pinion was found dead. with
several bullets in his body, Smith
and Howell, who were recognized by
the officers in the light of flashes
from their guns, were arrested at
their homes later. The two wound
cd men are said TO be known, but
have not yet been found. A large
blockade still was cut to pieces.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
BUSINESS MEN WORRIED.
Germans Are Afraid They viii Re
Threatened With Bankruptcy Az
ter The. War.

Germans Are Afraid They viii Re
Threatened With Bankruptcy Az.
ter The. War
American Headquarters in France,
Oct. l5.-There is an increasing
fear in German business circles that
the entry of the United States in
the war will make it extremely di-
ffcult for Germany to regain her
economic prestige after peace is de.
clared, according to information
reaching here.
The action of a number Of South
American republics in serving rela'
tions with the imperial German gov
ernment, thereby shutting t;,e11
doors to German trade, is believed
to have inspired Germany's reported
new a move 1t is believed tina
this new peace feeler will include
AN offer to make geographical con
cessions, in return for a promise b,
the Allies that they will not inter
ifere with Germany's economic de-
velopment after the war.
Sensational articles dealing viii
the "after-war conditions" in Ger
many are appearing quite frequent
Nv in the German press.
The Arbeiter Zeitung says tina
the United States and Japan VII
draw the larger part of the worlt
trade after peace is concluded, wnel
there will be a serious lack or Ia
boz and capital in Germany.
The Alldeutsche Blaetter says:
."If peace be declared today man!
workjnpmen would be without en-
ulovment. The factories would haV'
to shut down because of the lack o
raw materials, and being unable t
Import these necessities and food'
stufrs, we would go straight into
bankruptcy.
Several articles in the German
nrcss charge that an economic coai
ition l. being formed against tn
German Empire under England:
directions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
MORALE OF GERMANS.
State Department Announces That
Kaiser,s Soldiers Are Dissatisfied.

KaiSer,S Soldiers Are DlSSaitsneo
German troops are dissatisfied
That announcement of the state de-
partment, based on official reports,
spelled to international authorities
last week the significant fact that
Germany's doom is nearer than
many believed. Taken with other OF
fetal ami reliable reports on the IN
ternal situation within Germany,
the announcement that the depart
mcnt had such news means thai
Germany is gradually but surely ap-
nroaching the breaking point, and
that a revolution against Hohenzol'
lernism is rot as impossible as man!
! allied diplomats have declared 1t tf
be.
From one American diplomatic
f.! source close to the internal work
ings Of Germany came the addet
news that Germany's economis
ctrain is increasing, and that PresI'
dent Wilson's peace terms are slow
Inv fltering into the minds OF "ef
man folk as something ~altrulstl'
| rather than sinister. The mu'iAS
,board the German feet takes on al
Idcd significance i'll the face OF th'
state department. admission mat ~
r~eports showed dissatisfaction WIZ
the German army. The state de-
r.artment also has reason to hel'e's
Chancellor Michaelis will be over
thrown soon. and while this may no
I've Immediately important such al
oyerturn is significant m view OF TIT
militarjst backing he has had.
Amsterdam, Oct. l5.--One md'ca
4;on Of the political crisis in Ger
many, which may hint at retlfemeh'
of Chancellor Michaelis, is furnish
ed in remarkably frank German
newsnaper editorials. The CentralS
~oro,n Germmia, voiced a vigorous
demand for men Of the highest OK
n~orionce in leading positions, an'
urocd that the ablest general be plac
;, IN supreme command of the army
IThc Tageblatt expressed hitter con
1omnotion of the long recess perlo'
Of Ihc reichstag, declaring that I'M
nross cannot accept such evidence
NJ "slacking."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM

N. B.-Following schedule figures
published only rs information. MOI
guaranteed.
Trains leave Union Station, Alex
andria:
4:27 a. m, Daily--Mcmphis Spec
ial. Sleeping ears and coaches Tor
Lynchburg, Roanoke, Knoxville
Chattanooga. Nashville, Memphis.
Washington sleeping cars open after
1000 p. m. Dining car.
TAT Il. M, Daily-Local 20 liar
risonDurg. Buffet parIor car.
SIT a. H., DaiIy--Local to sta
tions between Manassas and Char
l~ottcsvillc and limited beyond to At
Ianta. Coaches only.
9:l7 a. M, DAiIy--U. S. fast mail
Coaches and sleeping cars to Char
lotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, New
Orleans. Sleeping car Salisbury to
Asheville. Dining car.
4:O2 p. m, Daily except Sunday
Local to H~arrisonburg. Buffet par
lor car.
4:22 p. M, Dally-Local 10 Char-
~Iottesville. Parlor car to Warrenton,
daily except Sunday.
5:12 p. M, Daily-BFmingham
Special. Coaches and sleeping ears
to Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining
car. Daily tourist a to California.
5:22 p. m, Daily except Sunday
Local for W~arrenton.
7:l7 p. m, Daily--Augusta Spec
ial. Coaches and sleeping cars to
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken and Au-
gusta. Sleeping us TO Ashcville.
Dining car.
1902 p. m, Daily-Washington &
Chattanooga Limited. (Via Lynch
burg). Coaches and sleeping car to
Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga,
New Orleans. Dining car.
HOP p. m. Daily-New York &
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. Club and Observation cars TO
Atlanta and New Orleans. Sleeping;
car to Macon. Dining car.
S. D. SHELTON,
Union Ticket Agent, Alexandria, Va.
r. II. DeBUTTS,
Division Passenger Agent, Washing
ton, D. C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
PTRLIC SALE.
Wednesday,, October

On Wednesday, October "a, 1917,
rain or shine. at - o'clock, noon. l
will sell at my farm at Lincolnia,
Va, five miles west of Alexandria
on the Little River Turnpike, the
following described property: 80
head high grade milk cows; IA fresh
and others coming fresh very soon;
10 head of good grade h%eifers; all
COWS and heifers Tuberculin-tested
in past 80 days. Milk cans and uten-
sis. One good draft horse. Wagons
and harness. Terms 90 days with
privileges of renewal. Discount al
lowed for cash. Lunch will be served.
Will meet any train if notified. Geo.
White, Proprietor, APO North Payne
street, Alexandria, R. P. Woolf, Auc-
tioneer, 241-St.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
Suicide or MRS. STILES.
Farmer Society Beauty Ends Her
I;r. With Poison in illinois iio'ei.

Former Society Beauty Ends Tier
I;re With Poison in illinois Hotel
Nc lillian Stiles was found dead
!, = hotel at Aurora, H., yesterday
having committed suicide by poison
\ note she had written to a frlehd
asked that her body be cremated anu
the ashes thrown into the lake.
A dozen years ago Mrs. Stiles, q
| society beauty and wife OF a prosper
ous business mar, eloped with Her
hcrt Crane, millionaire. Mrs. Crane
cned for a divorce and Mr.. Stiles
took similar action. The trials OF
those suits created a sensation at the
lime owing to the social prominence
Of the parties. Mrs. Stiles and Crane
took up their residence at the 'a'-
ter's country estate.
Several years ago Mrs. Stiles
.ouictlv returned to her. old home At
Streator, H.. and: some time ago W.
Crane married the daughter OF Il
wealthy Costa Rica planter a year
,ao Mrs. stiles took up her resi-
,dnrca with friends at Evanston. She
registered at a hotel at Aurora on
catnyd,v, and when she failed to
appear yesterday morning the r"o"
vns entered and the body and the
note found.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Co.

Steamers of this line leave Alex
andria every Monday, Wednesday,
and Saturday. Mt 4:45 p. m.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS
Cuisine and appointments unexceIi'
ed.
Freight for Baltimore, Phi!adel-
phia and New York solicited and
handled with care. Through rates
and bills of lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, 1925;
witt, return trip $3.50. State rooms
II way $500 and up.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
Norfolk and Washington
Steamboat Company.

Every day in the year for Fortress
Monroe, Norfolk, Newport News and
points south via superb, powerful
steel palace steamers.
Through connections made at Nor
folk with steamers of the Old Domin-
ion Steamship Company for New
York and Merchants and Miners
Steamship for Boston.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
Washington Southern nv.
Schedule in effect July 2, 1917.

Schedule in effect July 2, 1917.
For Washington and points north
daily sos, 1923, S:33, 1898, lO:45 a.
m. 1901, 1928. 2:30, Through train
for New York, via P. R. r. 5:l4,
$50, S:23. 1893 p. m.
Saturdays only, AN p. m, and
Sundays only sos p. IN
For Fredericksburg, Richmond and
points south at 4:37. 1852 (local) and
9:47, a. N. 1916, 1922. 1882. 6:l7
flocal) 1902, 9:47 p. m. daily.
Accommodation for Quantico at
l1:18 a. m. daily and o:l5 p. m. Sat-
urdays. Night :rain leaves ll:30 p.
m. daily for stations Lorton to Fred
c.icksburg inclusive.
NOTE-Times Of arrival and de-
pArture and connections not guasan.
tea.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
TRADING RESTRICTIONS,

Enable America to Legally Employ
Barrier of Such Force Against
Teutons That They May Speedily
Submit.
President Wilson last night IS
sned the regulations. for the enforce
ment of the trading with the enemy
act.
They constitute the most faf.
reaching control Of every phase OF
intercourse between the united
States and the rest of the world.
They give legal force to every
move of the United States IN cast
ing about Germany an economic
barrier which will force her into sub
mission.
Not only do the new regulations
provide for cutting off trade between
tbe United States and Germany,
but they do the following:
1-Cut off trade with Germany's
allies.
2-Cut off trade with those who
do trade vita either Germany OF
her allies.
o.-provide a custodian Tor all
enemy property in the United States
i-Reouires special licenses fos
trade. or intercourse with any enc
NV or ally Of an enemy within tho
United States.
5-Authorize the Secretary OF the
Treasury to investigate and super
wise all foreign exchange and pre-
vent its working to the advantage OF
the enemy.
G-Empower the Secretary of tht
Treasury to stop the taking from OF
into the United States of any com
munication other than by mail, telc'
rraph, cable or wireless.
POLITICALLY creates Il r~onsorShiT
hoard, consisting Of representatives
of the Secretaries of War and OF tht
NAVY. Postmaster General, Wal
Trade Board and Committee on Tub
lie Information to censor mails
cable. radio or other means OF com
munication.
S-Authorizcs the Federal Tradt
Commission to keep secret any pat
cnts that may be developed for The
interest of the United States and t
provide for working in the United
States under patents held by enemies
or allies Of the enemy.
9--yests in the Postmaster Gen
cral the authority to censor foreign
language publications.
,lO-Charges the Secretary OF
State with control over the entry
and egress from the United state;
OF enemies Of allies Of the enemy.
ll-Authorizes the Secretary OF
Commerce to hear appeals from re
fusals of customs officers to gran
clearance papers to vessels.
l2-Charges the Attorney Genera
with the enforcement Of the crimi
nal sections of the trading with the
enemy act.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
SECOND MYSTERIOUS FIRE,
Half Million Dollar Store Blaze OF
BROOKLYN Waterfront.

New York. Oct. 15.-The cause OIL
tho second destructive waterfront hfe
in Brooklyn that occurred Yesterday
i being investigated. The loss was
estimated at 100000. Several build
j, ps of the Charles Williams stores
were destroyed. There is a susplc-
ion that the fire was Of lnccndiary
origin.
The entire brooklyn Fire Depart
ment and several companies from
lower Manhattan fought the flameS
for eight hours before danger OF the
fire spreading had ceased. A fire
department lieutenant and five fire
men were overcome by smoke.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
Don't get UP

at night. Drink the celebra-
ted Shivar Mineral Water. Positively guar.
an,eed by money-back offer. Tastes hnei
costs a trihe. Delivered anywhere by Out
Alexandria Distributors, /. 5. Harper, Inc:
Phone them.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
NEWS OF THE DAY

Unconfirmed reports from Swedish
sources say that the town Of Hapsal,
or the Esthonian mainland, terminus
Of the direct rail to Revel and Pet
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15

1t was reported in Norfolk last
night that Resnati, the Italian avia-
tor, made j night flight $50 miles to
sea three nights ago with 4 number
Of passengers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15

ton issued last July, which applied
only to certain kinds of industrial
iron.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-15
THE LIBERTY LOAN BONDS
PATRIOTISM

We as a nation are offering our lives to our
country.
To ensure victory. the Second Liberty Loan
must be promptly and fully subscribed.
Now we must offer our money.
1t is not a gift-ft is 4 loan.
The security is our country.
Buy at least one government bond.
1t is 4 privilege as we'll as a: duty.
1t strengthens the war for democracy.
1T is PATRIOTISM!
Go to your bank and subscribe for your share of
these bonds. They bear 4 per cent interest.
They are free of the normal Federal income tax
and all local property taxes. They are quickly
marketable and are the best collateral.
DO YOUR PART
1t is better to loan to uncle Sam than
to pay tribute to the Kaiser.
N. RUBEN & SONS