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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
TROOPS Use THEIR SABRES FREELY.
Travellers From Russian Capital Say Shops Were Looted
During the Outbreak Which Began Last Sat-
urday-Berlin Says Rising Has Been r.
Successful.
tBy Associated Press.)

BERLIN, March 15-There has been successful revo-
luton in Russia according to Over Seas agency
(the official German news bureau) dispatch.
STOCKHOLM Wednesday, March 14-Berlin wireless
Associated Press Tuckeron March 15-Reports Of
rious disturbances in Russia published in Swedish
newspapers One publishes statement that railroad
bridge the Neva river in Petrograd was dynamted
by reyouonists Especially violent riots are reported 70
have occurred in Petrograd Saturday, shops being
stormed by mobs.
According to reports newspapers suspended publication
and authorities posted pacards warning people to stay
doors to avoid danger.
Another newspaper says travellers from Petrograd re-
port similar disturbances occurred there Friday Soldiers
compelled use their sabres and many persons were
wounded
WASHINGTON, March ia successful revolution
has taken place in Russia according advces received
through Berlin today embodyng what stated to be an
official report issued in Petrograd
The lead in the movement according to dispatches was
taken by the Duma which refused to accept dissolution
ORDER continued its sitting and organized provisional
government headed by NJ Ratzanko president of the Du
ma. SO
The imperial ministers the advces state were dismissed
and locked up -
People OF Petrograd and troops there numbering
are declared to have supported revolutionary who had
complete possession of the capital.
Order is said to have nearly been restored by Yesterday
the third day of the revolution
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
VAE[EY. GEM OFF !.
ON RETURN TRIP
TO PITTSBURG
Carried Good Cargo and a
Few Passengers From
Here.

The Valley Gem, loaded with freight
and carrying a few passengers, steam.
ed from its mooring at 10 o'clock this
morning and was off too Pittsburgh,
taking along with it the good wishes
and the good will of all Fairmonters
During the short stay here, awaiting
the forces of nature to lower the crest
of the river the boat hands and the
pilots made many friends among the
business men of the city, these bust.
ness men each and all announcing
that they would do all in their power to
help the Valley Gem in its quest for
big business.
The Gem in both its up river and its
return trip did not have encouraging
weather and stream conditions, but
the trips paid from momentary stand.
point. In fact the owners Of the craft
are more than satisfied with the show.
ing of the first round trip out OF Pitts
burgh and know that of certainty the
summer months will bring more bust.
ness and better river conditions.
During the absence OF the Valley
Gem the city will muster Its forces
and clean up around Water street and
the wharf so that the boat will be
able to secure freight which 1t could
not should present conditions at the
wharf remain.
1t is reported that owners of Ger.
tain buildings which are in course of
construction will ask the steel inter.
ests from which they have purchas.
ed their goods to have 1t shipped via
he Monongahela river to get the lower
rates. This is also true of few citl.
zens who have decided to erect resi-.
dences this coming summer. Not a
few of these prospective builders have
been anxious to get tariffs on various
articles which they will buy out of
town and compare the rates with the
last tariff issue of the railroads. :
They will OF course, select the cheap.
er route which invariably is that of
packet shipping.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
DAY FOR
GOLDEN FESTIVAL NAN

The Honor Roll and the Chocolates
continue to excite great enthusiasm
among all the candidates in The West
Virgihian's Golden Festival. When
the final count was made on the re-
ports Of yesterday, Miss Nellie Eckles
Of the city, was found to have Sc
cured the Honor Roll position. Her re-
port was but very. little larger than
those Of Linn Hall, of Fairmont, and
Miss Geneva Leonard, Fairmont. Miss
Edith Patton, of Worthington, was
fourth. while fifth position goes to
Mrs. Sue satterfleld, OF Monongah.
:, Only Two More Days Of Honor Roll.
After today. there are only two more
days Of Honor Roll and the Free Choc-
olates. The winning Of Two Pound
Boxes OF Chocolates is an event in 1t.
self. And every candidates who has
succeeded In placing his or her name
on the Honor Roll will tell you what
a wonderful help the Honor Roll has
been to them, and their campaign.
This Week Important.
This week will be one of the very
most important of the entire Golden
Festival. This week the big extra vote
coupon of 10000 extra votes on each
Continued on page ski
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
GRAND JURY MAY
FINISH TONIGHT
Returned % Felony and 10
Misdemeanor Indictments
Last Evening.

With a number of witnesses to ex.
anime yet today, the Mdrco grand Jury
will make an effort to bring its labors
to a close this afternoon and return
the balance of the indictments remain.
ing in its hands. Yesterday afternoon
at the close of the days session the in.
dictments that had been found to that
date were placed in the circuit clerks
hands and read in the court.
The indictments, twenty.three fel.
onies and ten misdemeanors, were as
follows:
Floyd Anderson, alias Charles vii.
liams, alias Gyp the Blood, colored,
picking the pocket of Tom Yacquento.
Calvin Bennett, robbing pool room
Of Carter LEVEL and Charles Kenney.
Thomas Mullholland, robbing pool
room of Carter LEVEL and Charles
Kenney. "
Robert Brown, robbing railroad car
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Ernest Christian, colored. robbing
Frank Mondell, at point of revolver.
Jess Baylock, colored. robbing Frank
Mondell at point of revolver.
Leroy Moore, colored, robbing Frank
Mondell with loaded revolver.
Hoy Christner, numbering Fred
Shaver.
Cecil Hawkins, assaulting Hiram
Jones with intent to kill.
Charles Noble Layman, assaulting
Hiram Jones with intent to kill.
Ralph Masters assaulting Hiram
Jones with intent to kill.
CeYil Hawkins rObbing Hiram Jones
Charles Noble Layman, robbing
Hiram Jones.
Ralph Masters, rohbing Hiram Jones.
Angelo Marrea, shooting John San
some with intent to kill.
Willie Noates, colored, assaulting
George Washington with intent to kill.
Frank Piscioneri, murder of Ed.
ward w. Brooks.
John Shriver, unlawful selling, Sec
ond offense.
Antonio sbordone. shooting Joseph
Cerullo with intent to kill.
Mike Shopano, attempting to kill
Markto Kartum.
Mlsdemeanors.
Ode Baker, liquor violation.
Arlie Christy, liqu6t yiolation.
Ben Keys. liquor violation e counts
Arthur Yost, liquor violation.
Angelo Marrea, carrying a revolver.
Frank Pischionerl, carrying revol.
yer.
Antonio Sbordone, carrying revolver.
Steve Novikoff, intimidating a wit
ness.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
DR.J.L.HENDERSON
NORMAL DOCTOR
Prominent Texas Educator
Will Make the Com
mencement Address.

DR.. Joseph L. Henderson of the Uni.
versity of Texas, and former West
virginian, will deliver the commence.
ment address at the Fairmont State
Normal school commencement on Fri
day, June s. DR.. Henderson was born
in West Virginia and is graduate of
the West Virginia university and is
known as one of the foremost educa.
tors OF Texas.
One hundred and thirty.five young
men and women will be graduated
from the Normal on this date. Fifty
from the regular Normal school course
81 from the short course and 20 from
the Senior Academic course.
Detailed plans for the remainder OF
commencement week have not been
worked out as yet. The annual liter
airy contest will take place during the
week and already plans are being
made for this important event.
Unusual interest centers this year
In the commencement exercises owing
to the fact that It will be the first
commencement held IN the new Nor
NAL building.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
FRED BARTLETT
TRADES HOTEL
Gets Business Block for His
Berkeley Springs
Property.

Fred Bartlett, oil magnate of Man.
nington, and owner OF the Berkeley
Springs hotel at Berkeley Springs, has
arranged to trade his hotel for bust
ness block in Altoona, Pa. The trade
will be made with G. C. Miller, of AL.
toona.
The transaction consisted of the
hotel for a block containing a hard.
ware store, a theatre, grocery and
20 apartments, all rented. The eX.
change will be completed this week,
Mr.. Miller desiring the totel at Berke.
ley Springs where he can stay on the
ground and improve and devolp the
hosiery and make his investment
pay.
Mr.. Bartlett's other business would
not permit him to put much of his
time at the hotel and he. feels that as
he could not look after the hotel as
he should so the trade was attractive
to him,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
Meeting Was Adjourned At
ter An Hours Preliminary
Discussion.
NO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE
Will Renew Consideration
of Mems Demands Late
This Afternoon
tBy Associated Press,

NEW YORK, March 15-With no
announcement as to whether any agree
ment had been reached the Joint
conference today between the four
chiefs of the railroad brotherhoods and
railroad managers to consider demand
OF the Brotherhoods for immediate
settlement of the eight hour contro.
verysy adjourned after an hours dis.
cussion until this afternoon.
w. G. Lee, spokesman for the
brotherhoods said that in the mean.
time no statement of what had occur.
red at the conference would be made
by either side. 1t was said, however,
that adjournment was taken to give
time for the managers to consider In
separate session the ultimatum pre-
sented by the chieIs threatening a
strike unless the demands were com.
piled With, 4. !, -. -, = !. ,,
rms tnAHagersSwe 70 give tie an!
swer at TOUR o'clock.
The managers after having lunch
brought into them began consideration
of their answer. No counter PROPOSE
ton, 1t was learned, was made by them
to that of the Brotherhoods.
They simply listened to the EN-.
ployees spokesman with little com.
ment on their part it was said.
An impression was gained however,
that both sides were in a conciliatory
mood and ready to thrash controversy
out If there seemed possible chance
of reaching an amicable agreement.
1t was believed by some that the
! managers during their interim confer.
ence would formulate a counter prop
osition in which case there is a possi-
bility that the joint conference would
so over until tomorrow before con-
clusion is reached.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
Pushed By British from Rear
and Menaced on Flank
by Russians.
WAY OUT IS DIFFICULT
German Retreat in Somme
Region is Being Con-
tinued.

With the exception of the notable
German adjournment on the Franco.
Belgian which whether voluntary or
forced is continuing. The most in.
teresting military movement at pres
ent in progress are those in western
Persia and Mesopotamia.
Disorganized by their defeat at Kut.
el,Amara and before Bagdad, the Turk.
ish forces in that section of Meso2o-
tamia are retreating up the Tigris and
at last reports were more than so
miles to the north of Bagdad.
Eastward, across the Mesopotamia
border in Persia, two columns OF Rus
SLAMS are advancing toward the line
OF the Turkish retreat driving other
Turkish forces before them. One of
these columns had captured Herman.
p0tamta border after defeating the
Turks In a t%o days battle. In eastern
Rermanehah It has already advanced
early 100 miles since capturing Hama.
den on March 8.
To the northwest another column
is pressing southwest and had advanc.
ed from Sakkiz to near Baneh only 10
miles from the Mesopotamia frontier.
Both these Russian armies are threat.
ening the main Turkish forces in
Mesopotamia retreating under the
British pressure from Bagdad, with
Mosul probably their objective. To
reach that place those forces have
some $50 miles to travel up the Tigris
from the position at which they were
last reported about 40 miles south
of Samara.
From Baneh the Russians are with
in $50 miles across the country, from
Mosul in the Turkish rear, while the
fast moving Russian force at Herman.
shah while still 1S5 n4tles from Samara
constitutes serious menace to the
Turkish flank in this field of long dis
tances and rapid troop movement.
The only other way OF retreat for
the apparently out-numbered and out.
Unanswered Turkish army lies to the
westward where communications are
lacking and the country difficult.
OF the Franco.Belgian frontier OPP
erations aside Of those of the British
on the Somme frontier the current
statement reports little of note. Raids
have taken place in several sectors
along the French line. The present
spirited fighting in the Champagne
has died down to artillery action.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
Burglars Ate While
Robbing Go. Store

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, March Is
Burglars calmly sat down and enjoy.
ed feast taken from stock while plum.
dering the store OF the Consolidation
Coal company yesterday morning.
They escaped with 500 worth of loot.
A night Waterman, who saw the men
at their meal, telephoned to the sher.
IFS residence for assistance and with
in short time officers were in the
scene with pair Of bloodhounds. In
the meantime, however, the burglars
had departed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
Coal Producers Will
Fight New Tariff

An increase of freight rates on coal
from this region, amounting to five
cents ton TO Tidewater points and 10
cents ton to lake points, and agreed
upon by all the railroads engaging in
the coal carrying traffic, has been an.
nounced to become effective April IL.
A meeting which the coal men hope
may result in some decrease in these
rates, will be held soon in Pittsburgh,
where representatives from all the
coal producing districts in West Vir.
gfnia and from the Pittsburgh and No.
in Pennsylvania, will meet with the
representatives of the many railroads
A call for this meeting was expected
this week, but it evidently has been
postponed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
Former Fairmonters
Strike Oil In Okla

Frank Billingslea, former resident
OF this city and son of Mrs. Lou Bill
ingslea, also formerly of this city, who
has been located in Tusla, Okla, for
some time, has made considerable
fortune in the oil we'll business and
according to Il Tulta World, q news
paper published. there. A well drilled
by the young man who is only % years
Of age, came In recently making go
barrels per hour and according to the
newspaper is considered quite gush-
er.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
HONOR ROLL
-araest pallv cash Ram

Largest Daily Cash Report.
Two pound box of Huyler's
Chocolates sold by the Mountain
City Drug Store, given to each
Honor Roll Candidate daily.
Miss seryIe Baker, Warrington.
Miss Fannie Funt, Falrmont.
Tie for Monday y
Miss Irene ST. aiaht, RlvesviIIo.
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jeanette Ford. Falrmont.
Wednesday.
Miss Marie Dexter, Fairment.
Thursday.
Miss Mary Murphy, Falrview.
Mrs. ]. N. Lonsstreth, Mannington.
Saturday. 7sisa
SECOND WEEK.
Miss Olive Morgan, r. r. D. 8.
Monday.
Miss Edna Warder, Fairmont.
Tuesday.
Miss Nellie Eekles, Fairnont.
Wednesday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
I'm under our Control.

The whole scheme of our voluntary
actions, all that we do from morning
to night of every day, is beyond doubt
intrusted to our control. And from
our inmost consciousness we do know
that, whenever we WILL we can make
ourselves execute whatever we ap-
prove and strange In Its birth what.
ever We abhor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
eRAYsoN CONFIRMED.

WASHINGTON, D. C., March 15.-
DR.. Cary T. Grayson, President Will
sons friend and naval aid, was con-
firmed by the Senate today as medical
director and rear admiral in the navy
after long fight against him by Re-
publican Senators.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
THE WEATHER.

Fair and warmer tonight; In
ereasIns eIoudIness and rain FRI
day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-15
cuaAN TROOPS N sANrlAao

HAVANA, March 15-Government
troops under Colonel Sanguily, accord.
ing to a message received here this
morning are disembarking at Santa
go to take possession Of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
PROPOSED VALLEY TERMINALS

IT is such friendly conferences as
that held this week, with city off,
cials, officers of the Municipal
League and officials of the Valley
Railways Company present, when the
solving of traffic difficulties in Market
Square was under discussion, that pre-
serves public faith in the WILLINGNESS
OF corporations to go a step beyond
the actual necessities from their own
point OF view to cooperate for the
best interests of the community at
large.
The suggestion developed at that
conference for the erection of a ter
minal station in Walnut street will
benefit the public for the present at
least far more than it will the COM
pany. Such depot as will have to
be erected will cost many thousands of
dollars. 1t is a wise and far-sfghted
corporation policy that sees in meeting
reasonable demands of the public tba
eventual profit of the company. What
ever the railways owners expend i'm
helping the people of Harrisburg
solve their traffic congestion problems
will be returned to them amply in the
years to come through increased earn
ings, for the saying is as true as it is
trite that building follows the troll
ley" and better service over the river
will attract hundreds of residents to
the West Shore who have not gone
there because the trolley schedules
are not to their liking.
On the other hand. the city is wise
in doing anything that will develop the
West Shore as a residence district. If
those who have their homes there can
get to and from the big stores of
the city easily. quickly and frequently
there will be no reason for the devel-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10

killing several men. We were taken
through the trenches and saw all the
wonderful system of carrying on war;
fare, being shown about everywhere" !"
Miss Holt gave some interesting
details of the work done at the Phare
de France, in Paris.
Three hundred men have been
taught useful occupations at the
Phare." Miss Holt said. 1--WE have
helped three thousand more partly
blinded men and men suffering from
wounds in the head, and we have
helped the blind in fifty other hos
pitfalls, besides cooperating with all
the other institutions. Contrary to
reports that have been given out.
there are only two thousand men in
France that have been totally blinded
by wounds received in the war"
She said that many men who in
the first stage of their blindness were
in utter despair and even threatening
suicide had been reassured that life
stlll held something worth while for
them, and were now useful citizens
self supporting and working hard for
themselves and for France. She
added that she was over here for n
snort vacation and would then return,
Miss Holt said that she had left Miss
Cleveland, who has been acting as her
secretary, in charge OF the work in
Paris. III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
Sadness of a Wedding

There is something sad about a
wedding. The young groom is leaving
home in which he always has Lad
his way, and is going into one in
which he never will have his way. AL
though his parents do not go through
the formality of giving linn away at
the altar, they know we'll enough that
in a few minutes he will be a SON.
in-law to another woman, while to
them he is nothing but son. There
he comes, with another man holding
to his arm. 1t looks as if he might
have made an attempt to escape, and
that the strong best man captured
him and brought him back. fIe is as
happy as he is nervous, and so trust
full that he has no fear for the fu-
ture.-Claude Callan in the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
Now For Real Preparedness /!
tFrom the Kansas Citv Times1

II oiiA lile NdESaS IlmeS.
Congress has the same duty to-day
many-that event has done no more
than to make it clearer. A national de-
Tense law that will provide, in the
shortest time. trained reserve of citi-
any adequate army reorganization plan.
congress rejected the advice of the mill
tary experts and year ago adopted q
plan resting the national defense upon
force that was neither national nor
state, regular nor militia-a force under
divided command that could not be
trained as unit nor incorporated with
regular army.
Congress might ordinarily have fin
ished this work and gone home undis-
turbed by reflections upon the ade-
quacy of its plan. In more even times
its weakness might not have been dis
closed. But the mobilization on the
Mexican border can have left Congress
in no doubt as to the total insufficiency
of the whole National Guard and fed
eeralization scheme to provide a first
line of defense. 1t has broken down
completely, the breakdown has been
testified to by the highest military au-
out any system -. defense whatever
that could be relied upon to produce
even the beginnings of an army.
Congress is confronted by the plain
events of the Mexican mobilization did
not make the duty plain enough it is
palmer to-day. The country is ready
for real preparedness now. 1t has learn
ed considerable in the last year as to
what real preparedness is, and Con-
gress need not be afraid that the reality
coming after so much of sham-will
prove too great a shock.
Irrespective of what is done 10 meet
the immediate emergency. now is the
time for Congress to provide for uni
versal training, so that never again may
the nation face crisis so unready as II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-10
WHY NOT HOME RULE?

CENAToR BEIDLEMAN intro
~ duces an amendment to the
Clark act to correct an obvious
defect in the tumble of legislation
designed to regulate Harrisburg and
other third-class cities, a member of
the House introduces bill further
amending the act to permit cities to
appropriate money for public band
concerts, another legislator proposes
in third amendment that city con-
trollers must sign all warrants and a
fourth member wants to get through
an amendment to allow cities to en-
gage in the milk and coal business.
And the end is not yet.
Surely the time has come for such
home rule provisions as will give Har-
risburg and other progressive cities
the right to adopt their own charters,
which will enable the municipalities
now cramped and hindered to develop
along legitimate lines. instead of halt
ing and hesitating over legislative bar
riers which long since should have
been removed.