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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Appeals For Citizens Cooperation.

Gov. Cornwell has just issued o
statement calling upon the people OF
West Virginia TO respect the authority
Oh the military and to cooperate with
the soldiers in protecting life and
property now that both regiments
have been called out. II reads:
Il have received letters from citi.
zens of the state complaining of being
held up by troops on guard at certain
points and who feel that they hereby
suffered an indignity
81 hope all citizens of this state will
bear in mind:
L. That this country is in a state
OF war with foreign power which
has many subjects and sympathizers
and spies who are secretly plotting
against our government. ~-
%. That the troops on guard over
lines OF communication and other In
strumentalities of the United States in
West Virginia are in the service of
the Federal Government; that they
were called into such service by the
President, and they are acting under
the orders of the War Department.
-. That while IL would be i'm
proper for me to quote the orders,
they are stern and strict, and any citi-
zen halted by soldiers on guard should
instantly obey the order. To fail to do
so will be needlessly jeopardizing the
citizens life
"5. That the purpose Of the gov
ernment in placing soldiers on guard
is to protect American citizens, their
lives and property and to prevent
depredations that will embarrass the
government in its operations.
&c. That citizens here and there
may suffer temporary inconveniences
but war can not be considered without
Inconvenience, loss OF life and sacri-
fees of every kind
y. That it is the duty OF every
good citizen to aid his country in
every way possible, the least OF which
is to aid the soldiers OF his country in
the discharge of their duties and to
submit to any temporary inconveni-
ence without complaint
Bear in mind that these are not nor
NAL times. We must be patriots and
not murmur at imaginary indignities.
JOHN ]. CORNWELL,
Governor"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Big CELEBRATION
AT CAPITAL CITY
WHEN 1T is ANNOUNCED THAT
GOVERNMENT SELECTS THAT
PLACE AS ARMoR PLANT SITE.
ORGANIZATIONS SUCCESSFUL
In Their Piight-Five Locations Offer
cd Ey Capital City, All Of Which
Considered of Required Acreage
and Other Requirements.

Especial Charleston Correspondence)
Charleston.-Charlesto has cele-
brated in an informal manner the an
nouncement that the government
armor plate plant and navy projectfie
factories are to be located here. The
clubs and public meeting places were
filled with great crowds, and plans
were made to hold a public meeting
here at an early date to formally cele-
brate the event. Charleston's cam
paign for. the armor plant was in
charge of the chamber of commerce.
The city was one OF about forty visit
ed by the naval board. In presenting
its case Charleston fled elaborate
briefs with the board, pictures show
ing sites. tests of soil strata, acreage,
price of the land and geological facts
to support their contentious
Official records were also shown of
the gas fields, the oil areas. the coal
seams. 1.-The deposits of limestone and
charts showing freight rates and ac.
feasibility and distances, all of which
entered into the argument
The naval department did not Off
cially designate site, butffive were
shown within few miles of Charles
ton, all of which contained the require
ED acreage and complied with all the
othef requirements of the government
They lie along the Kanawha river val.
ley but are above high water and food
marks. They all adjoin gorges which
can be used as testing places for armor
plate, and through all the sites runs
the Kanawha river, devoid of sulphur
and other ingredients which would be
Injurious to boilers
The sites are all in the midst OF the
oil areas. gas fields and coal is within
a few miles of all sites. Any of the
sites offered the government will be
given without cost, as in the original
offers to the government a price per
acre was placed on them, the cost of
which will be met by the citizens OF
Charleston.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
FIRST JOINT COUNCIL OF WAR
AMERICAS PART IN NAVAL WAR
MAPPED OUT WITH BRITISH
AND FRENCH ADMlRALS
President Considering Martial Law
for Entire Country in Order to
Protect Munltion Plants and
United States Property

Washington.-"Clear the steamer
lanes of the German submarine men.
ace" was the course determined upon
after the first joint war council. A
British and French admiral came to
Washington. and with the heads OF
the American navy they planned joint
operations. Details of the operations,
will. be worked out at conferences
which will continue for some time.
Americas part in the naval end OF
the war, ii was announced at the Navy
the ocean highways clear for the con.
tinuous flow OF munitions and supplies
to the Allies.
The British and French navy OIL.
GERS conferred with Secretary Daniels,
Admiral Benson. chief OF operations,
and Counsellor Polk OF the State De.
partment. They reviewed the coast
patrol arrangements with Capt. H. D.
Wilson. in charge of the mosquito
feet of submarine chasers The plans
decided on include the relief of En-.
tente ships now on patrol duty on
this side OF the Atlantic by American
ships.
The French naval officer, Rear Ad.
miral Grasset, was accompanied by
his chief of staff. De Vaissean Ma.
quet, and Flag Lieut. Hennessy. Vice.
Admiral Browning of the British fleet
had with him Captains A. Lowndes
and h. G. Cheeseman. and Lieut. Com.
mander A. r. j. Southley.
1t became known that there is a
strong probability of a proclamation
by President Wilson placing the coun.
try and its possessions under martial
law as a necessary step toward the
suppression of attacks on munition
plants and Government property by
alien enemies and to make such out
RACES punishable by death.
Ten thousand and more militiameu
were ordered into protection purposes
The war department plans to have
the entire militia strength OF the
country mustered in and recruited to
war strength by the time the organ
ization of the new national army Is
begun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
WEST VA. GETS ARMoR PLANT
Charleston Is Selected Because Of
Military and Industrial Reasons.

CnarleSton rs selected because or
Military and Industrial Reasons.
Washington.-Secr of the Navy
Daniels announced that Charleston.
w. Va, had been selected as the site
of the Governments armor plate and
projectile plant construction OF which
at a cost of s11OOO.OOO will be begun
at once
Charleston was the choice OF the
General Board OF the Navy and the
Army War College over 1O3 other con-
tending cities. because it's location in
the heart OF the Appalachians gives
1t necessary protection from invasive
attack and guarantees greater eff
cheney and economy TO the Govern.
ment by the accessibility of raw ma
terials in that region.
Explaining the superior advantages
offered by Charleston over other Am.
erican cities. Secretary Daniels said
that that city's nearness to ore. abun-
dance and cheapness OF coal, gas and
oil and the offer OF a site without
cost to the Government. were import.
ant factors entering into the final de-
cision.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS

At 10 more or less widely separated
points, the British smashed new
gaps into the German wall Of men
iron and steel, or hurled back on.
slaughts by Hindenburg's infantry.
Below St. Quentin, the French
helped along, reopening With slanai
success their drive on the keypoint.
Gefman newspapers regarded the lat.
Get British attack as only Of local
importance, and expressed the be-
lief that the Hindenburg line would
hold.
IN counter attacks at Bulleoourt the
Germans claim 90 have taken 1000
prisoners.
The Stars and Stripes went into bat.
tie for the first time In The world
war, during the recent Canadian
storming OF Vimy Ridge In France.
To a young Texan, who went TO on
tarlo 20 enlist, and who Is now lylnq
wounded In the hospital belongs
the honor.
Germany Is only "a brilliant speok on
q hostile map" said a Geneva news
paper, commenting on the South
American Developments.
The Spanish steamship San Fuloenelo.
the fret 20 be sunk without warnlno
by q Prusslsn submarine, has been
torpcdoed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Road Law Effective.

The national governments interpre
tation of the new West Virginia road
law, passed in the recent session Of
the State Legislature. has been re-
ceived by Gov. Cornwell in a letter
from Secretary ID. F. Houston. of the
Department of Agriculture at Wash
ington. Secretary Houston explains
that effective cooperation between his
department and the state will be pos
sible upon such roads as county
courts designate as main county roads
and which are satisfactory TO the State
Road Commission; but otherwise
neither state nor federal aid may be
expected by counties. Continuing. he
writes after a road has been so
designated and approved. It Is be-
ieved that the powers conferred upon
the State Road Commission as to such
roads are sufficient to enable this de-
partment TO cooperate with II. AS to
roads not so designated and approved
by the commission, II Is believed that
cooperation Is not possible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
BRITISH PIERCE
GERMAN LINES
Won Hindenburg Defenses Are
Shaken to Foundations
by Mighty Blows.
TEUT0NS START BIG FIRES
Flames Taken to Indicate That Big
Retreat Is Being Prepared-French
AdVance-Gains Of Mile or More
Made on Twenty Mile Front.

London.-Two mighty blows by
British men and guns shook to its
foundations the German defense OF
the entire northern half of the Hin
denburg line. Field Marshal Haig an
uounced that the line had been broken
at one point and that the British
''have advanced astride the linden
burg line" for several miles.
This statement reveals plainly the
tremendous possibilities of the British
victory at Arras. The British have
actually turned the great Hindenburg
line, proclaimed by all Germany as
the eighth wonder of the world, i'm
pregnable as Gibraltar. Now the Sc
curity of this whole vaunted line is
trembling in the balance. A little
more smashing progress and the Brit
ish will have broken through com
pletely and German disaster or re-
treat to the border will follow.
Already big fires are reported burn
ing behind the German lines east of
Arras. The Canadian can see them
from Vimy ridge In that region the
Germans have only one single line
left. not yet completed, nowhere near
as strong as the positions the British
have taken in the last five days. The
fires indicate they intend to give it up.
1t was this hammering which 6e-
moralized the German lines on the
Somme during the winter and brought
about the recent retirement of the
Hindenburg line, stretching from AT.
ras southeastward TO st. Quentin Now
the top of this line has been
crossed and it is being attacked along
the entire distance. The meaning
of the airplane activity. when the
British flyers deliberately set out to
clear the air of Germans, has been
revealed in the new attacks.
The intrepid airmen are covering
the advance everywhere, keeping the
troops advised of enemy movements
and enabling the British artillery to
shell every area where concentration
appeared to be taking place.
The Canadians triumphantly an.
nounced that the famed Vimy Ridge
had been cleared OF all Germans.
Vimy was one OF the vaunted Ger.
man field fortresses, and the British
. find it difficult to imagine any
"strategical reasons" which would
call for giving 1t up. More than three
thousand Germans In the Why gar
rison, including one hundred officers
fell into Canadian hands.
They found hundreds OF Germans
holding up their hands over the bod
les OF their fallen comrades and beg.
ging for something to eat These men
said they had been cut of for days
from all supplies by the steadiness
OF the artillery fire. They could not
retire and no relief supply columns
from the rear ever reached the neigh
borhood of where the shells had been
falling I'm continuous showers.
The number Of German prisoners
now exceeds 1000. including 235 Off
GERS. and the total promises to reach
$4,000 before midnight. The victors
have counted over 100 guns. among
them a number OF Krupp monsters
Of s-inch calibre. sixty trench NOR.
tars and 1863 machine guns.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Order Provides Mems Discharge.

BY making personal application
to the commanding general East
ern Department, United States
Army, through proper military chan
nels, beginning with the company com
mander, all soldiers in the West Vir-
ginia infantry regiments having de-
pendents at home may obtain their
honorable discharge from the service.
A memorandum to this effect, sent out
from the department, was received in
the adjutant generals Office here, and
copies were submitted to the various
company commanders, who will at
once learn how many of their men
wish to take advantage of the Oppor-
tunity.
The entire Second Regiment has
been mustered into the federal service.
the work already having been com
pleted Col l.. w. V. Kennon, u. S. A,
had charge OF the mastering here and
Maj. William Wallace. u. S. A., went
to Cabin Creek Junction, where he
mustered c Company, of Charleston,
and to near Huntington, where he per-
formed the same office with reference
TO | Company.
Capt. Charles II. Bell, regimental
quartermaster, has been informed that
a shipment of horses and mules had
been started toward Kanawha City
and will be available at once. There
are 48 mules in the consignment
These will be used in transporting sup
plies and equipment for the soldiers
detailed to guard duty in the Southern
District of West Virginia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Changes Are Made.

Since the incoming of the Hallanan
administration there has been a grad.
ual process of elimination until now
the official stan of the tax and prohibit.
tion commissioner looks considerably
reduced, to those familiar with the of
fee force during the Blue administra.
ton. Alf Curry, one of the principal
dry sleuths, went out by resignation at
the time of change of department
chiefs. Since that time, T. =. Bum.
garner and j. Terry have left, on the
excuse that there was no longer any
work for them under existing finan-
7cial conditions in the department; p.
III. Anderson has been replaced by j.
G. Mayfield, of Clarksburg; c. A. Pc
ters was left out by the new com
missioner; and Messrs. Edele and Nc
Cra were not needed just at present.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
U. s. SAVES sts,Ooo.ooo ON STEEL
J. A. Farrell Cuts PRODUCES Prices
to 1916 Basis.

Washington-The Navy Depart
ment roach an agreement with the
steel interests OF the country whereby
a sufficient supply Of that metal g.
assured for the ship program at q
saving Of S18.OO0.OOO for the year
The steel men agree 70 keep feeding
enough steel for All navy building al
the prices paid for the 1916 naval
program, which was far below THIS
years quoted prices.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
14a FRENCH AERos SHOT DOWN

with Captures and Balloons Lost, To-
tai is 1870, Says Berlin.
Berlin.-One hundred and eighty
French aircraft we're lost during
March. says an official statement The
German losses in the same month are
placed at As aeroplanes,
The statement says 161 OF the
French craft were shot-143 being
aeroplanes and 10 balloons-and that
10 we're captured Many OF the fiers
killed or captured were Americans,
says the statement.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
NAVY CALL FOR CRAFTSMEN

Work Being Retarded by Scarcity Of
Men In Drawing Rooms.
washington urgent call for
shin craftsmen has been issued by the
Government. as all the shipbuilding
work undertaken at navy yards Is be.
ing retarded by a shortage Of men I'm
the drawing rooms The Civil Serv-
ice Commission I'm making the call
asks that all persons qualified for
such work communicate with its Of.
fces throughout the country regard.
less of their private interests
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
License Tags Ordered.

The state auditor has entered int
contract with Cincinnati concern
for furnishing $4,000 sets of automo-
bile license tags for use in West Vir-
ginia as well as 1000 sets OF tags for
motorcycles and 500 automobile deal
ers license tags. The auto tags will
cost the State Department 22 cents a
pair, including material and printing.
Ihe cycle tags cost five cents each.
The tags will be issued by the State
Road Commission when it is formed,
ana the auditor. who has been and will
continue to look after the tag business
until the commission is appointed.
made the purchase so that there will
oe no loss Of time or Inconvenience by
the commission in this connection.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
BRAZIL BREAKS WITH GERMANY
Parana Torpedoed After Being Fired
Upon

Parana Torpedoed After Being Fired
Upon
London.-Diplomati relations be
tween Brazil and Germany have been
broken off.
Reuters Dio de Janeiro correspond.
ent also announces that Brazil has
severed relations with Germany. Bra
lillian interests in Germany will be
taken over by Switzerland, the cor
respondent adds.
F. de CASTILLO Branco Clark, secre
tary OF the Brazilian Legation to
France. at Cherbourg. took affidavlts
of the members of the crew of the
Brazilian steamship Parana. recently
sunk off that port According to the
Brazilian sailors, the ship was moi
sunk by a mine. as alleged by Ger
many, but torpedoed after five shots
had been fired by a submarine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
Baby Week ProeIalmsd.

A proclamation has been issued by
Gov John J Cornwel designating the
week of May 1-6, inclusive, as Baby
Week In West Virginia. He urges that
ali citizens participate in its proper
observance in every city, town and
rural community This movement. the
proclamation says. was prompted by
the high rate Of mortality among chill
dren under one year old in this coun-
try
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19

Dr. John IT, Mccullough. chief med
ical adviser in the workmen's compen-
sation department. has resigned and
will be relieved by DR. NJ v. Godbey.
OF Kanawha county, a member OF the
West Virginia Senate. Dr. McCul.
Tough. who is Of Mcdowell county. mas
occupied the position since May 81.
1915 DIT Godbey already has taken
up the new work and will be assisted
by DIT Mccullough during the re-
mainder Of this month John r Moore.
OF Ohio county, has been selected az
chief clerk
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
ROOSEVELT TO HAVE DIVISION
Wilson In Person Hears Him Tell
About French Expedition

Washington. President Wilson
heard Theodore Roosevelt tell in per,
son about his proposal to raise a di
vision OF 10000 Americans to fight
against Germany in France.
After conferring with Mr.. Roosevelt
for thirty minutes the President filed
the proposal in his mind for considera
ton. and Mr. Roosevelt. upon leaving
the White House. vouchsafed the Be
lief that the President Gin his own due
time" would reach a decision.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
STRIKES BARRED DURING WAR
Workers Leaders Agree to Suspension
Of Employment Laws II Necessary.

Washington.-By an agreement
reached at a special meeting OF the
Council of National Defense and its
Advisory Commission, and made pub
lie. Samuel Gompers. in effect, pledges
American organized labor "to a full
and loyal support OF the Government
in the war with Germany"
Under this agreement It IS believed
that the United States will be spared
in the national crisis the strikes and
lockouts which have been most EN-.
barrassing and even menacing in
Great Britain and other belligerent
countries for two and a half years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
NO MORE MAIL TO GERMANY

Washington. -- Postmaster-Genera
Burleson suspended mail service to
Germany during the war. and also in.
structed all post offices to refuse as
well any mail destined for Austria.
Hungary Luxemberg. Bulgaria and
Turkey as IL cannot be despatched at
present without passing through Ger.
many.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
West Virginia
News Cuttings
An epitorne of most inn
Portant events transpir-
ing in state

Spencer-Races were held three
nights OF last week by the members OF
the Roane County Fox Hunters Asso.
citation. The first race was held at
Billings Station.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
W. ". companIes AasInnsa.

owing to a contemplated change in
the form OF enlistment. recruiting for
che West Virginia regiments OF infan.
try has been suspended on orders re-
ceived from the Department Of the
East. At the time OF receipt OF the
order applicants from recruits we're
humorous and nearly every company
OF both regiments has accepted from
Ten to thirty or more OF them. The
FIRST Infantry has received its distri-
outiou orders. Every company has
oeen definitely assigned to a place OF
duty and is in direct communication
With the department headquarters at
Governors Island. N
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
WHEAT SPECTATORS oUlr
James A. Pstten says HE Reason ID
Patriotic.

Chicago A. Patten. who
announced FIVE years ago that he had
retired from the field Of speculation.
is retiring again. This time for pa
triotic reasons" Accompanying him
are Arthur Cutten Charles Lewis and
other big traders on the Board OF
Trade The Wild short session when
wheat SCARED 10 70 18 cents a
bushei. may have something to do
with it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
WILSON coNseRVes ENERGY

President Decides 90 Abandon Many
Minor Duties.
washington With every minute OF
his day occupied by the tremendous
tasks OF the head of a great nation at
war President Wilson has decided to
abandon many of the minor dutes
which have hitherto taken up much OF
his time. Secretary Tumulty and his
assistants have begun 70 refuse an
requests to see the President except
those coming from men with the most
important business 70 discuss
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19

Elkins.-Sheriff Stuart L. MarstilIer
and Deputy Sheriff w. ]. Long hurried
to Helvetia, a German settlement in
the remote mountainous part of Ran.
dolph county, where rioting was re-
ported as the result OF a German flag
being hoisted. The emblem is said to
have been torn down.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19
New Exhibit In Arnhlu...

The model OF the famous old Blen.
nerhassett mansion which has long
oeen an object Of interest among Wis
itors to the state archives I'm the cap.
ltol annex has been moved out 10 the
lobby entrance and now faces callers
20 the museum. This change was
made necessary IN rearranglng the col.
iection 80 as to make room for A nne
objection of mounted stuffed animals.
lO"i and birds This exhibit now oc.
oupies large glass case IN thesoentsr
~ me main room. 70 was contributed
oy Sidney Morgan.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-04-19

Welch.-It is estimated by prohibt
ton officers who have been working
In Mcdowell county last week, that
sentences approximating six years
have been imposed during the last six
weeks by the courts OF Harrison, Min.
go and Mcdowell counties, on persons
convicted of violating the prohibition
laws.