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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
New Loading Record.

Charlie NJ tchell OF Helens Run, an
American N uer in the employee OF the
Bethlehem Coal Company holds what
is believed by many to be a new rec.
ord for loading coal In northern West
West Virginia.
Records at the Office OF the Bethle.
hem Coal Company in this city show
that during the last twelve working
days in July, Mitchell loaded a total
OF twO-hundred and seventeen cars.
At eighty.twO cents per car he made
a daily average OF $l4.S3 or a total for
the twelve days OF $l7794.
viii Use Electric Power.
The MOnongahela Valley Traction
Company has just completed a con.
tract with the Berryburg Coal Com.
pany to furnish electrical power to
their mine near Berryburg.
In order to furnish the power It will
be necessary for the traction company
TO make an extension OF their trans.
mission system OF approximately four
miles. The extension will be made
from Galloway on Simpson Creek to
the Berryburg mine in Barbour coun.
ty.
Surveys began today It will take
from sixty to ninety days for the eX.
CONTINUED on page four.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
B. { 0. VETERANS
TO HOLD OUTING

Sixty members Of the Veterans As.
AOciatiOn Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railrad company held a very interest
ing meeting last evening in the rooms
on the second floor OF the +. q o. pas.
BengeF station. Two very interesting
addresses were delivered during the
evening by Attorney J. Price Kirby,
who has been counsel for the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad company at
Fairmont for more than twenty years,
and DIR. ]. II. BrownIeld. who served
as a physician for the company. Both
addresses were greatly appreciated by
the members. Attorney Kirby pointed
out the agreeable relationship between
the employees and the company.
The Veterans Association has de.
c!ded 10 hold an outing in a grove al
Gra ION on Saturday. August L. b.
& O. railroad men from Wheeling.
Parl rsburg. Keyser, Cumberland.
Nd. Fairmont and other cities will be
IN attendance.
The Veterans Association Is com.
posed Of men who have been in the
employ OF the company for twenty
years or more.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
NEW DRAFT CALL
FOR NEXT MONDAY
Forgot to Mention How
Many Men Are Wan
ted.

The local draft board is in receipt
OF telegram from Charleston an
nouncing a draft call for Monday. Au-
gust 5. The announcement states
that the contingent will entrain at the
local Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
1O:4S A. NJ. Monday, August 5. and
that they will go to Syracuse. y. Y.
The sender OF the telegram appa-
rently has overlooked a most import
ant item in his telegram as he does
not inform the draft board as to the
number Of men who will enJro,n.
As the call Is for mex. saonday
morning. the local draft board has
wired Charleston asking for the num-
Der Of men who will entrain and for
further details.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

wire and hundreds Of machine guns.
Seven hundred prisoners were cap
tured by the French, British and
Americans bringing the total for the
Marne battle to over $4,000. Between
July Is and July 80, thirty-three thou
sand four hundred Germans were cap
tured by the allies besides many guns.
great numbers Of machine guns and
large qucr;it.es Of material Of all
kinds
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

LONDON. Aug. 2.-Yesterday Fran,
co.British attacks on the Westerly
side OF the Marine salient was On a
front Of five miles and penetrated %
a maximum depth Of three miles, 40
cording to news received today. u ~
suited in the capture Of the entire
ridge which formed the water shed Do
tween the Ourcq and the Aisne, the a.
vices indicate.
The French also captured the entire
Neumiere woods on the line % in9
west Of Goussancourt at about the cen.
ire Of the salient The advance BY The
allies along the western side o. the
salient is described as extremely lms
portant-possibly the most important
thing the allies have accOmpllshed
since the Germans retired from ne
Marine
The importance Of the victory, i u
explained, lies in the fact that the new
Allied position commands the whole
area to the northward and takes IN
flank and rear the entire western gates
through which the Germans have been
retiring. This area is a nest Of Ger
man reserves and field artillery.
Goussancourt itself has been taken
Continued on page four.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
Hearings in Gas Case
Begin in MOrgantOwn

This morning with Commissioner
Rider presiding the hearings in the
famous action OF the manufacturers
and domestic users OF natural gas to
compel the gas companies to provide
West Virginia with all the gas il
needs before II is exported TO other
states was begun at Morgantown.
Judge Morgan the president OF the
Public Service commission was ex.
pected later in the day. These two
members Of the commission will be
present while the hearings last. II
is expected that this phase OF this
important action will occupy several
DAYS.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

the salient has been widenei, while
east and southeast, the Germans in
the small pockets between Sergy and
Romigny are in a fair way to being
cut off completely.
Combats OF the greatest intensity
marked the allied forward movement
Thursday and Thursday evening. The
Germans used every natural advan.
tage to the full and had protected
their positions with plenty Of barbed
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

Surging forward between the Ourcq
and Plessier Huleu west Of Fere. Brit.
ish and French troops captured Cram
oiselle and Cramialle. an important
height. and approaching the hills
around the head waters Of the Crise.
From their new positions the Frankie
British forces outflankod the German
line nOr,hward to Scissors which has
been virtually unchanged since the
first day Of the allied counter often
sive.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

The JapGEeze are the only people
who have ever undertaken the sys.
tematic planting and harvesting OF sea.
weed and other marine vegetation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

Battcring their path through strong
German defenses allied troops have
made substantial gains on either side
Of Fere en- Tardenois. Fierce fight
ing continues on both sectors with the
enemy being forced back steadily.
Taking advantage Of the two sa-
lients driven into the German lines,
Gen. Foch launched heavy attacks and
their results have already proved the
value OF the positions. West Of Fere
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
But FrencO-British
Guns Command
Retreat
WONT STOP ON RIVER
Capture of New Positions
May Mark Turning
Point of Campaign.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2-The Ger.
man army in the SOissOns-Rhoims
salient today appeared again 10 Do On
retreat, the second withdrawal ordered
by the German high command within
a week
Pushed back by the Allied advance
to the banks of the Ourcq a few days
ago the German forces. in the opinion
OF officials here, were withdraWn %
day 10 the Nesle.
Deep satisfaction was expressed %
day in the part played by the Amofis
can forces in compelling the with
drawal OF the enemy.
Fighting desperately, the Americans
on Tuesday drove forward in the 20
gion north OF Sergy thereby creating
a den IN the enemy line which. coupled
with the smashing tactics on the Ger
man flank by The French and British,
made the Ourcq lire untenable.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02

on THE FRENCH FRONT ~
FRANCE, Aug. 2. - The imporlani
town OF villa en- TardenOls on ne
easterly side Of the Marne salient has
been encircled by the allied forces.
The French are continuing % az
vance and have taken additional towns
and villages at various parts Of tle
front between scissors and Rheims.
The enemy is resisting desperately
and losing in prisoners.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-02
the WEATHER

Fair and Oomewhut waFmsF'
Saturday probably rain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
LITTLE DANGER
OF ICE FAMINE
Is SEEN HERE
Supply on Hand Sufficient if
No Unexpected Contin-
gency Turns Up

Harrisburg is in no danger of an
immediate ice famine under present
conditions, survey of the situation
here showed to-day. Economy in its
use was said to be necessary, but
Harrisburg is not as badly off as
many larger municipalities.
The weather was unusually warm
early in the season, ice officials at
the United Ice and Coal Company
said to-day, and more than the usual
supply of natural ice has been sold.
Two hundred and fifty tons of ma
tural ice is sold daily, and the out
put of the artificial plant, 105 tons
daily, is consumed by the demand.
The last week has been cool and this
is said to have saved much ice.
The only exigencies that will Gre
ate an ice shortage are unusual
weather conditions. scarcity of cars
and men to transport the natural ice
from the ice houses to this citys or
n breakdown on the part of the atti-
hcial Ice plant machinery which
would cause the company TO lose lis
present ammonia supply One thou
sand pounds is the amount of am
monia the United Ice and Coal Com
oany has on hand at the present
time, which is all in use. The gov
eminent has requested ice manu-
facturers not to lay in a surplus of
ammonia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
German Ruse and Force
Fail Before Determined
French For Courcelles
By .4ssocintcf Prc,t

With the French Army i'm Franco.
Wednesday, June IL. - The defense
of Courcelles, on the left wing OF the
battle front by the French against
attacks repeated day and night from
June to June II makes a wonderful
story of heroism. The village, which
is most important, owing to its COM
manding position, was for forty-eight
hours almost surrounded by the en-
emy, but the French held on and
when a favorable opportunity came
SORTED and counterattacked, repuls-
ing the Germans from the vicinity
The Germans tried every possible
ruse as well as force to take the viii
lage. The growing crops on the
fertile land in the vicinity were a
source of considerable trouble to the
offenders, as the Germans could
creep through them until they reach
ed the edge of the village. The en-
emy also covered their helmets with
clumps of grass and weeds and
crawled slowly forward. They could
not, however, shake the determine
ton of the French to retain pos
session of the village.
The spirit of the offensive was so
high among the allied troops that
they continued their advance on the
left to-day. despite the fatigues they
had undergone since the beginning
of the week. Another batch of sew
eral hundred German prisoners was
brought in together with numerous
machine guns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
Plans of the Teuton
Leaders Are Upset

In his review to-day of the situa-
ton on the fighting front in France
the military expert of the New York
Times says:
THE best indication that the Ger
mans are having a much more diff
ficult time than heretofore is the
size of the French counter efforts.
These blows have been delivered
with great strength in the very teeth
of the German attacks. and have
been twice successful. The first re-
suited in the recapture of Merry while
the second, made over wide front
hurled the Germans back from the
Aronde river and restored the orig
inal lines north of Be'loy and the
Gemlis wood. 1t is positively reas-
suring to have this proof that the
French are present in such strength
and that they not only feel suffi icient-
ly strong to hold the Germans in
check, but to attack themselves. The
result of these reactions Is that the
Germans, held fast on both f1anks,
are being forced either to halt their
advance completely or to continue
on an ever-narrowing front, while
the French remain on both fanks at
the very base of the advance in great
strength. 1t is not a particularly
pleasing alternative
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
Parade and Mass
Meeting This Evening
End Recruit Drive

Astreet parade followed by a mass
meeting in Market Square tonight.
will close the drive for recruits
waged by the Harrisburg recruiting
station, S25 Market street, during the
last week. The meeting tonight will
be staged by the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows.
The street parade will begin at the
Odd Fellows hall, Third and Cum
berland street. in time to terminate
in the Square at o'clock. when the
meeting is scheduled to begin. All
odd Fellows in the city have been
asked to be on hand carrying Ameri-
can flags. The formation will be as
follows: Platoon of police, detail of
United States Army recruiting party
with allied flags, Municipal band,
Canton No. IA, of York; Patriarchs
Militant, l. o. .. F.; Canton Harris
burg No. 81, Patriarchs Militant, l.
. o. o. F., and the subordinate lodge
members. The Cantons will be in full
dress uniform. Frank b. Wicker.
sham, Assistant District Attorney
and the Rev. George n. Lauffer, OF
Steelton, will be the speakers.
The meeting last evening was in
charge of the Veterans of Former
Wars. Philip S. Meyer, county So
licitor, outlined the work of the boys
under 21 in the Civil War, and told
of the havoc that would be wrought
if the Germans capture Paris.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13

Arnold w. Brunner, world-famous
New York architect and creator of
Morningside Park in New York, the
civic center of Cleveland and the
State Capitol Park of Denver. thus
summed up what he is working out
as the way he plans to treat Capitol
Park, the park extension and the
new bridge which is essential to re-
lieve the traffic conditions of the city
and to replace the present emer-
gency. always out of repair structure
at State street and the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Mr.. Brunner came here yesterday
and after a, two-hour session with
Governor Brumbaugh. Auditor Gen
eral Snyder and State Treasurer KEEP
hart constituting the State Board,
in which the members endorsed
everything he planned and went on
recor,. in favor of the bridge, went
all over the city again with Super
intendent George A. Shreiner. He
visited the Hill and looked at the
project from a dozen angles and then
studied the river front and the whole
valley in which Harrisburg is sit
uated, closing the morning with a
visit to the site of the Camp Curtin
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
ARREST WITNESS
WHEN SHE LEAVES
COURTROOM NO. |
Woman Called to Stand in
Defense of Another PriS-w
oner Now in Jail
PREFER TWO CHARGES
Accused of Unlawful Liquor
Sales and Having Dis
orderly House

Less than two hours after she had
testified in defense of Harry j. Ken
nedy, charged with larceny as clerk
while in the employ OF the American
Express Company, Emma Eichel-
berger, 1881 Wallace street, was ar
rested as she was leaving Courtroom
No. L and was committed to jail 10
await a hearing on charges of selling
liquor without license and of con-
Quoting an alleged bawdy house. Ell
forts We're being made this afternoon
by friends it was said to furnish
bail for her appearance at the hear
ing.
The charges were made by Coun-
ty Detective James 7. Walters, short
ly after several other witnesses on
the defense told in court that they
had purchased intoXicants at the
Eichelberger house and had seen a
number of girls there also. The
informations were made before AL
derman Charles Emmett Murray and
a few minutes later Detective Wal
ters bearing warrants for her arrest
returned to court just as the Eichel-
berger woman was leaving. She was
Immediately arrested and taken 70
Jail.
Kennedy was convicted of three
charges of larceny of money which
he had collected on c. o. d. deliver
les. Judge c. V. Henry specially pre-
siding. sentenced him to serve eight
months in Jail, the term dating from
the time he was first imprisoned
three months ago. He stated when
he was called for sentence that he
was willing to enlist in the Army il
he would be accepted or become u
[Continued OH Page f..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
CITY ASKED TO
PLACE ITSELF
ON BEEF RATION
Moderate Use of Pork Urged
at Home to Aid Sol
diers Abroad

An individual beef allowance of one
and a fourth pounds of clear beef,
or one and a half pounds. including
the bones. per week. is the restric-
tion the Federal Food Administra-
tion has asked householders to place
upon their meat purchases until Sep
tember Is, according to word received
here to-day by Donald Mccormick,
local food administrator, who asked
residents of the city to follow the
new rules
% Hotels and restaurants are re-
quested not to serve boiled beef more
than two meals weekly. beefsteak
more than one meal weekly and roast
beef more than one meal weekly.
The limited ration of beef is nee
essary in order to supply the needs
OF the American and Allies armies
and the civil populations of France,
Italy, Great Britain and the Amer
lean people. Local householders are
urged by the food administrator not
to exceed the beef Limitations "un-
der any circumstances"
Pork Is a Substitute
Pork is the substitute to be used
in place of beef While the surplus
of beef is not sufficient to supply the
demand for the armies of the Allies
and America. there is enough of an
increase in the supply of pork to
permit an economical increase in its
use. Householders. therefore. can
serve the food administration by be-
ginning an increased use of fresh
pork, bacon, ham and sausage in
place Of beef products.
Changing conditions of production
from season to season. changing sit
Uations in shipping and the incr cas-
ing demands of the growing United
States Army. with the fluctuating
supply of local beef in France. are
given as reasons making it impos-
sible for the food administration to
determine any beef policy for long
periods in advance. The policy an
nounced to-day will hold until the
middle of September.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13

ing out of the Belleau wood, north
west of Chateau Thierry. The Ger
mans. who had been told to avoid
capture because the Americans
would torture them, started to run
after the American machine gunners
had made the wood untenable, but
the artillery barrage was so perfect
that the Germans were cut off from
escape
Among the prisoners were six of
ficers. a major, a captain and four
lieutenants. All were poorly clad.
and some had pieces of bread tied
to their uniforms with string. The
prisoners said they were glad to be
captured and several expressed a
desire to go to the United States
after the war to live.
L. :. Has Many Prisoners
All of Germany's plans, they add
ed, called for ending the war next
fall. The prisoners were told, they
said, that the Americans had many
negroes opposing them.
The scarcity of officers in the Ger
man army is shown by the fact that
one of the prisoners. a first sergeant,
commanded company. He said
this was common thing now. All
the prisoners expressed admiration
for the lighting qualities of the
Americans.
The barn in which the prisoners
were confined to-day in the rear
of the American lines held more
prisoners of war than the United
States has had in one building at
any time in more than fifty years.
Comparative quiet prevailed along
the Marne sector to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
French Troops Hurl
Enemy Back to North
Bank of Matz RiUer

Paris, June IS. - French troops
last night struck heavy blow
against the German forces which
have been advancing on the east
ern wing of the new front OF attack.
The war office announced to-day that
the French had hurled back the en-
emy to the north bank of the Matz
river.
Violent combats continue between
the Aisne river and the Nillers-Cot-
terets forest. The Germans have pro-
gressed so far as the ravine east OF
Labersine, north of Cutry.
The Germans last night made q
violent attack on the American sec
tor between Bouresches and Belleau
wood, on the Marne front. The
defenders, as the Germans could
inflicted serious losses on the enemy.
holding the gains which they had
made.
After violent fighting the enemy
has obtained a foothold in Coeuvres
and st. Pierre Haigle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
With Poor Starving the
Germans Battle on West
Front; Orphanage Horror
By Assoeiofcd Press

Paris, June 13.-Germany. al
though attacking on the western
front, is starving, says the Echo de
Paris. An article appearing in the
Berlin Arbeiter Zeirung relates the
details of six children starving to
death in an orphanage at Zenefort.
Thuringia. The orphansge was found
to have been ransacked by its starving
inmates and physicians who visited
the place found several of the chill
dren sheer skeletons.
Professor Franz Z. Helm, widely
known economist, writing in the
Bayerischer ZeitUng of Munich.
warns the Germans that the coming
weeks will be harder than any that
have passed and processes to fore
see general paralysis in the sup
ply of wheat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-13
Germans Hurled Back Across
Matz River, Where They
Held Formidable Positions
For a Short Time
YANKEE FIRE TOO MUCH
FOR ATTACKING ENEMY
French Withdraw Slowly Be-
fore Center of Enemy At
tack Where Slowness of
Movement Worries Kaiser
By associated Press

DN -iSNQGsCgCG EFCNS
German forces which succeeded in
crossing the Matz river to the west
of the Disc, on the battle front south
of Noyon. held their positions there
for but brief period. French troops.
counterattacking the enemy, have
hurled him back TO the north bank
of the river and checked his advance
toward Compiegne.
The news from the scene of the
tremendous struggle, as told in Of
fetal statements. shows that on the
field west of the Oise the Germans
have come to halt, for the present
at least.
Huns i'm Bad Place
The. enemy has not renewed his
attacks on the line from Courcelles
10 Antheuil. where on Tuesday a
brilliant counterattack of the French
swept the invaders back and re-es-
tablished the French lines on the
plateau overlooking the center of the
German position. This position is
most embarrassing TO the Germans
for it places many of their most i'm
portant lines of communication un-
der the direct fire of the French ar
tillery.
Further east, the Germans, SINH
larly. have not continued their ad-
vance toward the Aronde river.
Cheering News
The crossing of the Matz river by
the Germans on Tuesday night con-
stituted a very serious threat to
Compiegne. 1t also tended to weaken
the French positions on the east
side of the Disc river. The French
success in driving the enemy back
across the Matz, therefore, is cheer
ing news for the allies. The French
are now strongly posted on the south
bank of the Matz.
East of the Disc the French have
withdrawn their lines south of the
Ourscamp and Carlepont forests, but
are protecting the Laigue forest
along a line which is very strong.
This change in the line is expected
since the Germans occupied Ribe-
court on the west bank of the Disc.
Hun Progress Slow
The attack on the front southwest
of Scissors is making ground, but
the progress is apparently too slow
for the Germans to realize their plan
TO cut in behind Compiegne forest
and outfiank the French positions
further north. In the fighting so far
the Germans have made less than
mile along atfront about three miles
long from south of Ambleny to st.
Pierre-Aigle.
The Germans realize, evidently,
the danger to them in the Chateau
Thierry sector, near the Marne and
have made a violent attack against
the line held by the American Il oops
northwest of that city. The Ameri-
cans have held their ground and
have repulsed the enemy with heavy
losses.
In the Flanders salient the British
and French have been active. The
former have improved their posi-
tions near Merris, on the western
angle of the battleline there, while
the French have extended their lines
near Ypres.