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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-31
TETRlCK's RIDGE

Miss Goldia Watson is visiting her
grandmother, Mary Tetrick.
Miss Beulah Basnett visited rela-
,tiyes at Sturms Bill a few days last
week.
MISS Ruby Hess Of Annabele, IS
staying at Charlie Sturms'.
Mrs. D. W. Parrish was visiting
her parents, NJ. and Mrs. J. q. Ash
craft, Saturday and Sunday
Mr.. mad Mrs. e. g. Parrish have re-
ceived a card announcing the safe ar
rival of their son Wayne, overseas.
Those calling on W. E. Basnett
Sunday were: Mr.. and Mrs. K. S. Par
rish and daughter, Lillian, Mr. and
Mrs. ellis Hamilton ana daughter,
Grace and son, Gardan, OF Davis
Ridge, and Harry Glover.
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TIE DAILY
sHOR T STORY
Autu11n Give.
b FRANCES B. LNSKY.
a Halloween Stofyl

c spyftsht. 1913, by the Mcclure
NEWSPAPER Syudicate.)
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Mountain CITY Drug Co, and lead
ing druggists everywhere.
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..toot, toot' OF her own horn
Grace Campbell and her
Escne hurry1ng out to greet her,
.. ..e1y smothered laugh and
81 ef delight issued forth as the
'TlS delved forth under the Ecod
: little gray roadster and came
loaded with jecxo.lanterns. big
ms followed out for other
serious purposes, several brooms
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tiz@e7xas=yery thoughtful as
the little gray car again.
En-" she said to herself.
his Gaze is hopeless. Well
~e to be twice as nice to
Is, fe comes home, to make
h.s great disappointment.
sci" giving herself a little
r-a'ss let thinking OF Ad-
4 tie fun Of getting ready for
Is's a good thing that the
= his house. and that I know
apbclls so well that shan't
owing to arrive without an es-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
HOHENZOLLERNS TRY
TO BLACKMAIL WORLD
[Continued from First Pagc.] ]

port the Hohenzollern war policy on
the ground that it would pay them
to do so. Let me frankly confess
that 1 am one of those who were
led to agree to support the Hohen-
Zollern war plan when this appeal
was made to the leading business
men of Germany in 1878. L was
led to do so. however, against my
better judgment.
In 1912 the HohenZollerns saw
that the war had become a necessity
to the preservation of the military
system upon which their power de-
pendS. In that year the HohenZol-
lerns might have directed, if they
had desired, the foreign affairs of
our country so that peace would
have been assured in Europe for at
least fifty years. But prolonged
peace would have resulted certainly
in the breakup of our military sys-
tenn, and with the breakup of our
military system the power of the
Hohenzollerns would come to an end.
The Emperor and his family. as I
said, clearly understood this. and
they therefore, in 1912, decided to
embark on a great war of con-
quest.
But to do this they had to get
port them in their aims. They did
this by holding out to them hopes
of great PERSONAL gain as a result of
the war. In the light of events that
have taken place since August, 1914,
these promises now appear suprem e.
ly ridiculous, but most of us at the
time were led to believe that they
would probably be realized
l was personally promised a free
grant of 10000 acres in Australia
and a loan from the Deutsche Bank
of f15O,000, at 3 per cent, to en-
able me to develop my business in
Australia. Several other firms were
promised special trading facilities in
India, which was to be conquered
by Germany, be it noted, by the end
of 1915. A syndicate was formed for
the exploitation of Canada. This
syndicate consisted of the heads of
twelve great firms; the working CAPT.
tai was fixed at f20,000,000, half of
which was to be found by the Ger
man government.
There were, 1 have heard. prom
ises made of a more personal char
acter. For example, the conquest
of England was to be made the oc-
casion of bestowing upon certain fa-
vored and wealthy men some of the
most desirable residences in Eng
land, but of this 1 have no actual
proof.
Every trade. and interest was ap-
pealed to. Huge indemnities were, of
course, 20 be levied on the conquer
ed nations, and the fortunate Ger
man manufacturers were. by this
means, practically to be relieved of
taxation for years after the war.
These promises were not vaguely
given. They were made definitely by
Bethmann-Hollweg on behalf of the
Emperor to gatherings of business
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
How the Hohenzollern Prom
ises Are Working Out

The majority of men. however. pre-
ferred to pay rather than to be ruined,
and so the HohenZollerns in the main
got their way. But, apart from the
blackmailing of men who refused to
pay any more money into the Hohen-
zollern war chest, let us see how the
Hohenzollerns' promises are working
out. A circular was sent out last
March to a large number of business
men by the Foreign Trade Depart
men which contained the following:
1T will be wise for employers who
have foreign trade interests to en-
ploy agents in foreign countries who
can pass themselves off as being of
French or English birth. German
agents and travellers will probably
for some time after the war have
difficulty in doing business not only
In enemy countries, but in neutral
countries. There will undoubtedly
be a personal prejudice against Ger
mans that would probably make it
dlnicult for representatives of Ger
man firms to do business. Although
TINS prejudice will not interfere with
German trade. as il will be merely of
a personal character. it will facili-
tate trading transactions if employers
VIII employ agents who pass as
French or English, preferably, or as
Dutch, American or Spanish"
so this is the prospect we are faced
with after the war. The meaning of
this: SO loathed and hated have Ger
this: So leather and hated have Ger
mans become outside their own coun-
try that no one will want to have
any personal dealings with them after
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
The War Was to Be Won in
December, 1915

According to the promises of the
HohenZolierns, victory was to have
been achieved in December, 1915,
and the promises made to myself
and other commercial men in Ger
many when our money for the Kai-
ser's war chest was wanted were to
have been then redeemed.
But this is what has happened in
reality: In December of 1916 the
Chancellor, Bethmann-H Hollweg, be-
gan to have interviews once more
with businessmen. The purpose of
these interviews was to get more
money from them. Guarantees were
asked from seventy-fve businessmen
in Germany, including myself, that
they would undertake to subscribe
1000, 900 to the next war loan. I
was personally asked to guarantee
a subscription of 100000. I de-
clined to give this guarantee; so did
some others. I was then favored
with q private interview with Beth
mann -Hollweg's private secretary.
who told me that if I declined to
give the guarantee and subsequently
the money l would lose on a contract
l had with the war office. But not
only that was threatened with the
practical ruin of my business if l did
not give the guarantee.
I described this demand as black
mail of the worst sort and refused
to guarantee mark to the war loan.
Two months later l lost my contract,
and the greater part of my business
has been taken over at figure that
means confiscation. Moreover, I am
not to get paid until after the war,
but am to receive 4 per cent. on the
purchase price. Every man who de-
clined to promise a subscription to
treated in the same manner.
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Third Hun Drive Halts
Berlin Report Discloses
By Associated Press

Washington, June 5.-virtual ad-
mission that the third German drive
in the west has been brought to a
halt was seen here in last nights Of
ficial statement from Berlin. Tho
brief announcement, without CLAIM
of advances, served to convince of
ficers here that for the present at
least, General Foch has fought ties
enemy to a standstill without the
loss of any point of strategic valgs.
and without serious inroads of he,
reserves.
American troops aided in the
fighting. Presumably they are part of
General Pershing's main units, orig
inally posted farther to the north. 1t
may be, however, that they are
part of the reinforcements that have
been rushed over since the German
figh command determined to force
the war to a conclusion in the hope
that decisive victory could be won
before the American Army arrived in
France.
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1--WE Shall Not Merely Occupy
India"

The Emperor was particularly en-
thusiastic over the coming German
conquest of India. India" he said,
lis occupied by the British. 1t is
in a way governed by the British,
but it is by no means completely
governed by them. We shall not
merely occupy India. We shall con-
quer it, and the vast revenues that
the British allow to be taken by In
dian princes will, after our conquest,
flow in a golden stream into the ia
therland. In all the richest lands
of the earth the German flag will
fly over every other flag"
Finally the Emperor concluded:
II am making you no promises
that cannot be redeemed, and they
shall be redeemed if you are now
prepared to make the sacrifices
which are necessary to secure the
position that our country must and
shall occupy in the world. He who
refuses to help is a traitor to the
fatherland; he who helps willingly
and generously will have his rich re-
ward"
All sounded I admit, tempting
and alluring, and though there were
some who viewed rather obviously
the prospect of Germany being able
to conquer the world in year, the
majority of business and CONNER
cial men agreed to support the Ho-
henzollern war plans. Most of them
have since wished they had never
paid any attention to them.
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DARKEST NIGHT
GREAT CITY HAS
SEEN in YEARS
Broadway, Seaside Resorts
and Suburbs Feel Gloom
of Paris and London

New York. June 5.-If there were
any slackers abroad in the streets OF
New York last night they found nc
shadows under which to hide. There
were no shadows for the very good
reason that there were no lights
That is, there were no lights as New
York, especially downtown New
York. but more particularly the
White Light district. understands
light and lights.
New Workers last night had their
first application, albeit in a mild
form, of the structures that have be-
come an every day, or more proper
ly speaking. an every night occur
renee in London and Paris.
BY an order issued yesterday by
Police Commissioner Enright, at the
request of the military authorities
on Governors Island, metropolitan
New York was darker last night than
it ever was before. 1t was the first
taste for New Workers of a sudden
ly enforced war measure. And New
York responded to it as such.
Commissioner Enright's order call
ed for the dimming of all display
lights, advertising signs and special
illumination throughout the city, in
Guiding the seashore resorts, until
further notice. The order caused
considerable comment, but no ques-
tioning. There was no one in New
York who did not know yesterday
that German submarines had been
operating off the American coast.
There was no one who could say how
close the nearest of the undersea pi-
rates might be to New York har-
Dor.
Order Enforced by Police
When the last of the legislativelv
preserved daylight waned and here
and there a hotel and restaurant lit
up as usual-some few of the man.
ayers had not heard of the order
they were promptly informed by a
policeman that the only lights per-
mltted were street lamps and in
door lights and that the latter should
be shaded.
What did it mean? Was New
York to be bombarded by air? Or
was there a working model of the
German long range gun aboard one
of the visiting submarines?
New Workers from the Battery to
The Bronx were asking one another
these questions as they extinguished
lights or arranged curtains in COM
pliance with the order.
Whatever the reason for the or
der everybody obeyed it cheerfully.
Broadway at Q o'clock resembIed the
Broadway that New York remem-
hers on the first of Mr.. Garffeld's
lightless nights. 1t was even darker.
Certainly it was warmer. But the
feature OF the famous thorough
fare last night in it's unfamiliar
shroud of darkness was that it was
even quieter.
Everybody on Broadway under
stood that whatever it may have
been there was a good reason for the
order. There was no word of criti-
Cism for the author of the lightless
order such as was bestowed upon
the Fuel Administrator. And ev-
cry second person on Broadway and
Fifth svenue carried an evening pa
per and everybody seemed to under
stand
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men, and in many cases, to indivi-
duals. l have mentioned the prom
Use of grant of 10000 acres in Aus
tralia that was made to me. Prom
ises of a similar kind were made to
at least eighty other persons at spe-
cial interviews with the Chancellor,
and all particulars of these promises
were entered in book at the Trades
Department.
But not only were these promises
made by the Chancellor; they were
confirmed by the Emperor, who on
three occasions addressed large pri-
vate gatherings of businessmen in
Berlin, Munich and Cassel in 1912
and 1913. l was at one of these
gatherings. The Emperor's speech
was one of the most flowery orations
I have listened to, and so profuse
were the promises he made that were
even half of what he promised to be
fulfilled most of the commercial men
in Germany would become rich be-
yond the dreams of avarice
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05
Submarines Nearly 5000 Sink Ships Off Jersey Coast

German submarines which sank ships off the Jersey
had travel nearly 5000 miles around the Britain
to reach their destination The shows route from Will
helmshaven for believed they have able to leave
Zeebrugge Ostend the British raid which closed those
harbors the Belgian and the English Channel crossed
with nets The line in the east Atlantic showing the supposed
route of the American France believed the
from which these submarines have been driven by the
American Navy abroad
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Moderately Priced Dress
COttOns--Basement

Dress gingham in fancy plads checks stripes and plain
shades. Yard .................... 29c 35c and 800
mems separate skirts Yard MINIMUM. 35c and 400
Printed Flaxon in styles of figures stripes and checks
Yard 25c
Imported madras shirtings Yard .............. 400
Cretonne for drapery in new line of styles Yard
25c and 35c
Chaie Persian and floral designs Yard ........ 29c
Dives, Pomeroy Stewart.-Basement
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MiMin County Amishmen
Ask Protection From 'Boes'

I,ewistOwn, Pa. June 5.-A dele
cation of Amishmen from the Big
Valley, ten to fifteen miles from
Lewistown, came to town yesterday
to confer with the Miffiin County
Public Safety Committee. with a
view to getting protection against a
band of hoboes and panhandlers
who, it is reported, have established
themselves in large numbers in that
part of the county. The Amishmen
say that the unwelcome visitors are
forcing handouts of food from the
people of that section and if refused
they make threats to burn farm
buildings and ruin crops and stock.
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Furniture For Summer: Cool & Attractive

going fully
should furnish the porch bed
from the heats intensity
looking genuine
urniu
In showing many pieces including
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Here is the Hohenzollern method of
redeeming promises. We are to get
back our pre-war trade three years
this we must submit to have our
trading transactions controlled and
supervised by the state.
Can any German to whom such
prospects are held out by the Emper-
or fail to see that he has been bam-
boozled and humbugged and fooled
into supporting war from which
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-05

loves in grey, pongee, white and black Pair,
$3.50 to $500
Dives, Pomeroy stewart-second Floor.
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to get the commercial classes thor
oughly into their grip before the end
of the war, and to minimize the
chances of a revolution.
These men who have agreed to ac-
cept aid now for their business, and
state control after the war, have re-
ceived a notification from the Foreign
Trade Department to the effect that,
with proper organization, Germany
ought to recover her pre-war trade
three years after peace is declared.
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the utmost he can hope to gain is tC
come out of it without national bank.
ruptcy?
Thyssen's revelations show that
Germany's businessmen definitely
entered upon this war TO loot the
world for their own enrichment.
Now the world should see that
to the utmost farthinE they be
made to pay the full cost of this
war.
Manufacturers Record.
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Lhe war. - II
Trying to Prevent a Revolution

moreover, being secretly bolstered up
with. state aid. A condition of this
aid is that the owners of the busi-
ness receiving it shall agree to ac-
cept considerable degree of state
control over their business after the
war. This is part and parcel of
plan on the part of the Hohenzollerns
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Bungalow and Day Beds

Bungalow beds fitted with good spring . S5.o5
White enamel bungalow beds, fitted with extra
HHe spring $3.50
Bungalow beds, in white enamel, 3 It. wide;
fitted with extra good spring ............ $3.50
Day beds in green enamel the mattress covered
with cretonne finished with rufle and extra pillow
$3.50
COMBINATION mattresses ............... $6.05
White enamel beds ................. 81 0S
Two-piece felt mattresses covered with art tick
Curled hair mattresses covered with fancy art
ticking .................... 500 5O
Steel cots. fitted with spring and felt mattress
$9.95
art rth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
SOUTHERN STATES
 VOTE AS USUAL FOR
 REGULAR NOMINEES
In Louisiana a Woman Suf- frage Amendment to the Constitution Is De-
 feated.

Atlanta, November 5.--Southern states, east of the Mississippi river, returned their usual almost solid democratic dele gations to the House of Representatives in todays election. while all democratic candidates for the Senate were elected
 There was no turnover anywhere in this trritory
 For the 76 democratic seats in the House from the nine states there were contests by republicans in only 15 dis tricts, while the democrats contested only one of the three seats held by the republicans. Ten senators were elected rom the states. but the democrats were opposed only in Tennessee, North Caro- ina and Georgia, with the race between Senator Shields and Henry Clay Evans Tn tennessee the most formidable con- test of the day Latest returns indicated Shields election by 15,0O0 to 2O,0oO.
 The only republicans elected in the south were two representatives in Ten nessee, one of swhom was without op- position, and one in Virginia, also with out opposition. In the normally demo- cratic districts the only close contest was in the Tenth North Carolina, where Representative Weaver had an apparent ly safe lead over James J. Britt.
 State tickets were contested in only two states, Alabama and Tennessee and in the former the democratic candidates were elected by overwhelming majori- ties. The result of the contest for gov ernor of Tennessee was not certain late tonight.
 In Florida the state constitutional pro- hibition amendment was adopted by 8 large majority, while in Louisiana the equal suffrage amendment to the statel constitution was defeated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
WEST VIRGINIA

Pittsburg, November 6.-With moro than half the state heard from at mid night the returns indicate the cleo ton of former Senator Davis Elkins, republican, to the United States from West Virginia to succeed Senator Ma than Golf. Out of the 1895 pre- cincts in the state 1091 had been heard from and these gave Elkins lead of almost 10000 over his democratic op- ponent, former Senator Clarence w. Watson.
 In the congressional contest Neely of the First district is returned to Con- gress, while In the five other districts of the state the vote was too close to give an indication of election with but half the precincts heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
MISSISSIPPI

Jackson, Miss, November 5.-Only meagre returns had been received up to midnight from today's elections in Mississippi, but the return of a solid democratic ticket to the Senate and House was assured.
 Two proposed amendments to the state constitution, one seeking to lower the qualifying age for governors from 50 to 21 years, and the other providing for classified property tax, both have been defeated on the face of the re- turns so far received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
Defeats Thompson for Con- gress by Vote of About
 Five to One.
LITTLE INTEREST IS
 SHOWN IN CONTEST
Less than 50 Per Cent, of Qualified Electors Go to the Polls-Repub- licans Fail to Support
 Thompson

George Huddleston goes back to Wash ington as the representative of the Ninth district in Congress for two years more. The voters of Jefferson county, which composes the Ninth district, by an over whelming vote. gave him their indorse- anent, despite the attacks made on his war record.
 Joseph o. Thompson, who received the republican nomination, made a very ac- tive canvass of the district, going into every precinct and personally interviewing large percentage of the electors. The influenza epidemic compelled cancella- ton of the speaking dates he had planned and made it necessary for him to see the voters personally, or as many ot them as it was possible for him to call upon.
 The large democratic vote he had couned on to give him the majority failed to materialize, they either staying away from the polls altogether, or scratching Mir. Huddlestons name with out putting their mark alongside that of MT. Thompson. Not only did MT. Thompson fail to get the -Huddleston democratic vote. but the republicans de- serted him at the polls. His vote yester- day fell several hundred under the vote cast for him when he was candidate for governor in 1910.
 REPUBLICANS DISSATISFIED
 This defection of the republican vote is attributed to dissatisfaction with MT. Thompson in the matter of handling his campaign. There were intimations dur ing the campaign that he was paying too enough to the republicans, and many of them resented this to the extent of stay ing away from the polls, or voting for his opponent
 The appeal of President Wilson for the return of democratic majorities in the national House and Senate caused many democrats who otherwise might have voted for MT. Thompson to change their minds at the last minute, most of these, however, staying at home or going fish ing. The vitriolic speech of former Presi- dent Roosevelt in New York week ago last Monday night, however, brought to the support of MT. Huddleston more an- tagonstic voters than did the appeal of the President. During the closing days of the campaign the expression common ly heard on the streets was that if Roose- welt had not made the bitter attack on President Wilson, democrats in Birming- ham and Jefferson county might with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-06
DEATHS

Emile Danne-Aged 52, died at a To- cal infrmary November 3. Funeral services announced later by Johns. Margaret G. Cnmpbell-Aged 31, died at a local infrmary Monday night. Tho remains were sent to McElroy yester- day morning by Loy.
 Mrs. Emma Fox-Aged 29, died at. local infirmary Monday. Funeral services from the residence, 1919 Pearson avenue, West End, this morn ing at Il o'clock, interment in Elm wood.
 R. l.. Llemas-Aged 31, died at An- niston yesterday morning. The re- mains will be received by Loy today at noon and carried to Elmwood for Funeral services and interment. De- ceased is survived by widow. moth CT, several brothers and sisters