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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
In the Balkans Bulgarians Are
Clearing Out of Serbian Territory
and in the Holy Land Damascus
Is to Be Surrendered.

PARIS, Oct. 2.-The Germans are
moving their heavy artillery away
from the Belgian coast, according
to reports here today.
The Belgian army cooperating
with the British army of General
Plumer and the French army of
General Degoutte, successfully re-
newed their heavy attacks on the
Flanders front.
Germans Falling Back
Paris Oct. 2-The armies of Cen
erals Gougad and Berthelot on the
front east and west of Rheims con-
tinued to advance today against the
Germans, who appeared to be fall
ing back more liurridely than at any
time since September g.
To Surrender Damascus
LONDON, Oct. 2-The Turkish
commander at Damascus has asked
for terms for the surrender of the
city to General Allenby's forces, the
Manchester Guardian reports. 1t is
expected that troops of the British
army in Palestine will enter the city
today
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Damascus has
fallen, the Evening News says it
learns.
Serbia Being Evacuated
LONDON, Oct. 2.-Serbia is being
evacuated by the Bulgarian troops
who are returning to Bulgarian ter
ritory, according to the Serbian off.
cial announcement of Tuesday night
Burning Belgian Towns
PARIS, Tuesday, Oct. 1.--(Hava:
-Agency)-The towns of Menin anc
Roulers, railway functions in Elan
ders, have been set on fire by tn,
German in face of the advancing
Belgian, British and French troops
French guns now control the rail
way lines running from Ostenc
through Thorout and Roulers tt
Coartrai British monitors are co
operating actively in bombarding tn,
German lines on and near the coas t
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
GAS EXPLOSION
Enire Family of Four Near Death


BELINGTON, w. Va. Oct. /, 1918
Spot Browning, wife and two sons
Murl age z and Blaine aged 6, are
lying in a critical condition at the
home of Mr.. Jas. Browning on the
West side as a result of frightful
gas explosion Wednesday morning
at 8 o'clock near the planning Mill.
1t seems that Mr.. Browning's
family was not well acquainted with
the use of gas and had allowed a
temporary wood plug to remain as a
stop. The increased pressure blew
this out allowing the rooms to fill
When Mr.. Browning lighted match
at A. NJ, a general ignitation took
place setting bed-clothing and furni-
ture on fire. Luckily Mrs. Brown
ing retained her wits and dragged
the children to safety. Though suf-
fering frightfully from burns aboutthe
face and hands her hair nearly all
being burned from her head. The
The entire family is horribly burned
and are in a serious condition. The
house was saved from destruction
by timely aid.
Mrs. Browning died last night
Thursday.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03

Men sometimes get lost in the
woods, but seldom in their homes
1t comes from good authority that
M. L. Halter got lost in the corridors
and rooms of the Luzerne Hotel, Of
which place he is proprietor, a few
days ago. By the aid of the entire
family (Which is not smalD he was
finally located in much scared con-
dition.
BY the way the Luzerne is one of
the best places to stop in town and
travelling men get "lost" with it's
good eats and accommodations.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03


WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 80,
Individual responsibility, applying
to every person engaged in the pro-
duction of coal, is the keynote OF a
proclamation addressed tonight to all
connected with the industry by H.
A. Garfield, IT, S. Fuel Administra-
tor, setting forth the urgent need of
a greatly increased output for the
next six months. Mr.. Garfield di-
reefs attention to the enlarged re-
quirements Of the country, due to
the necessity of meeting the needs
of domestic consumers and keeping
pace with the constantly enlarging
fuel demands due to the expanding
military program Of the nation.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
Coming.

Kate Richards O'Hare. Renowned
in Europe and America as magnifi-
Gent orator, a brilliant writer and
profound student of working class
economics will speak at Antioch
Church near Belington, Wednesday,
Oct. 8 at P. M. She is associate
Editor of the Social Builder Of st.
Louis.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
GERMANS PREPARING TO
RETREAT in BELGIUM
COTTON FIXING NOT
TO BE ADVISED NOW

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.--The
War Industries Boards Committee
on Cotton Distribution announced
today that it will not recommend
that price be fixed on raw cotton
at the present time.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
FOURTH LOAN DRIVE NOW IN
FULL SWING

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-The
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is
in full swing. Six billion dollars in
three weeks is the goal.
In New York City the campaign
was opened by President Wilson.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
DAILY GOODWIN DEAD

Daily Goodwin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. II. Goodwin died Saturday at Camp
Lee of Pneumonia. The body was
expected to arrive at noon today but
did not come, probably because Of
bad railway connections. Intern
ment will be at Maplewood.
s. H. Goodwin is we'll known here.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
Liberty Loan Day.

Gov. John j. Cornwell has designa-
ted Friday Oct. II to be observed by
the schools and Sat. Oct. II, by all
red blooded Americans as Liberty
Loan day. Both High School and
grades will probably render appro-
pirate programs for the day
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03

DR.. d. B. Caste has received his
official call to report for military
duty. Dock is hustling his belong
ings together preparatory for the
trip, tickled like a school boy with
his first pair Of long trousers.
Our city loses one Of its best with
Docks going, and all wish for his
speedy return.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03
RALLY

There will be Liberty Loan Rally
at Concord Church Sunday Oct. G.,
1918, at P. NJ EVERYBODY como
and be patriotic.
r. L. TALLMAN, Chairman.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03

ALL. anu WITS. IOWlcI- u IldItlS-
vile, parents Of L. F. Fowler have
returned to Belington for few days
visit after spending few days in
Parsons visiting their daughter
A Big freight wreck at Lusn on
the B. and o. delayed the night
train until four in the morning. The
engine with eleven cars left the
track, turning the engine over. No
deaths occurred but both the engin-
eer and fireman were injured.
DR.. E. M. Hamilton began the
medical examination of the school
children of the West side Tuesday
morning. Parents should carefully
note all defects and where possible
remedy the ILL., "a stitch in time
saves nine"
II. A. Mccoy drove his Buic down
on Elk Saturday evening returning
the same evening. Mack demonsra-
ties both the quality of his car and
his ability as driver in the trip
from Philippi home No one ran
him down or ran away from him.
The queer actions of Leoral Stall
maker can now be explained. That
noted long-legged bird of history
stopped at his home last Saturday
night and left a fine baby girl.
Mother and babe doing nicely Pa
Stalnaker awfully "swolled" up with
vanity
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-10-03

Grade Teachers and Enrollments.
e. d. Koontz, Prin. .Sth. 33
J. M. McVicker, 7th. 81
Mrs. w. M. McCloud 9th. 35
Miss Lois Radabaugh, 5h. AS
Miss Beulah Ballah w. Sdie 26
Miss Ruth Smith 4 E. Side 25
Miss Mabel Brandenburg Bird 43
Miss Leone Rohrabough End 40
Miss Gail Teter 1st w. Side 35
Miss Gail Teter LIST. e. Side 20
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Advertised Letters.

Belington, w. Va. 9-30-1S.
Miss Mary Chisler. Mrs. G.
Donley. Miss Florence Parrish.
B. B. RoHRBoUGH, P. NJ.
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Total 342
Miss Jessie Terrell, Music.
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Continued on third page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Kahn Says Army
Needs Is Billions More

CLEVELAND, July 27.-An $1S,OO0,-
100000 army bill for 1919-'2o to meet
the vast increase in the military es-
tablishment proposed by the War De-
partment, was forecast by Representa-
tive Kahn, of California. ranking mi
nority member of the House Military
Committee, in an address here to-day
before the League of Republican Clubs.
"This means additional Liberty
bonds" Representative Kahn said; ut
means additional taxation; it means,
II 1t means anything, that the Ameri-
can people must be prepared to give
their all. if need be. Perhaps the time
will come when every individual in
the United States will have to content
himself with the barest necessaries of
life and surrender everything he pos
sesses or earns beyond those bare
necessaries to aid his government.
We have not begun to make sacri-
fees in these United States. We do
not yet know the pinch Of hunger-I
nope and pray we may never know it
but we will be the better prepared for
possible eventualities if we begin now
the practice of self denial"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28

years old. Her son, who is fifty-seven,
opposed the discontinuance of the suit,
insisting on having the matter tried
out in court 50 that ne nigh. clear his
name, and also to prevent any future
use Of the same charges which the de-
PENDANT seemed to anticipate after his
mothers death and when her will il
offered for probate.
Mr.. Decker vigorously denied the
allegations against him and blamed the
action on Charles A Clark, who Is
married to his sister. with whom Mrs.
Decker is living. Mr.. Clark also is
attorney for Mrs. Decker.
All he received was an allowance Of
500 a month for acting as. agent for
several years, the total amount re-
ceived being $4,000. He added that his
mother made will in 1907 leaving all
her real estate in Hartford. Windsor
and Bloomfield, Conn, to him and two
brothers. A new will was drawn this
year, under which Mrs. Decker left ali
her property to others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
German Admiralty
Is Caught i'm a Lie

AMSTERDAM, July o7.-Implicit be.
lief in the veracity Of German Ad.
miralty reports received rude shak-
ing in Germany when the German pub
nc had to be told that it was not the
american transport Leviathan (former-
~ the German liner Vaterland). but
the White Star liner Justicia which was
sunk last Saturday off the north coast
OF ireland. The Leviathan measures
Z2,ooo gross tons more than did the
The "Lokal-Anzeiger," of Berlin.
deems it necessary to declare that it
would be entirely wrong to jump at the
conclusion that German U-boat com
manders habitually overestimate the
tonnage sunk.
The newspaper, which treats the off,
clal report as an exceptional and an ex-
cusable lapse, admits, however. that
German figures on sinkings generally
are based on indications which are
fallible to the trained mariners eye,
a; as IN the present method of warfare,
IT is In many cases impossible def
nltely to establish ships identity :"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
German Clergy Will
Fight Hunger Unrest
Churches Urged to Preach
Patience Till Next Har-
vest Comes In

AMSTERDAM, June 3o-The SER
wees Of the clergy have been enlisted
IN various parts of Germany to assist
IN Keeping down the growing popular
dlscontent over food difficulties. In
the diocese Of Munster, Westphalia,
the official War Food Department has
arranged for special lectures through
out the diocese, at which the local
priests and clergy will preside and
emssaries of the department will fur
nlsh information, instruction and argu-
ments designed to answer complaints
regarding food scarcity and against the
severity of punishments for small
transgressions of the food regulations.
There also are many complaints in
the country districts over the intricacy
and inadequacy Of the food regulations,
and these complaints generally reach
first of all the ears of the parish
priests. The Rhenish Westphalian
Gazette" in an editorial approving Of
the scheme to enlist the assistance of
the clergy says:
"The last few months before the
harvest will be the most trying time Of
all. Therefore the Food Department
should remain in constant touch with
the priests and benefit by their OBJ
servotions among the common people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Germans Camouhage
Care of Prisoners
Especial Dispatch to Tho Tribuns)

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Germany
goes to great pains to impress neutrals
visiting German war prison camps
with the belief that prisoners of war
are not only humanely treated. but pro-
vided with extraordinary comforts and
liberal board. The Belgian Legation
gave out a statement to-day showing
the German method of receiving such
neutral visitors. 1t said:
M. lie Chevalier Ernest de Laminne
a Belgian prisoner of war, has been for
three years In the camps Of Germany.
Sent to Switzerland because of his
health, he succeeded in concealing a
series OF notes taken during his cap
tivity. The publication of these notes
mas been begun by La Revue Beige.
Ihe following are extracts:
AS soon as the arrival Of q neutral
wasf signalled there was general con-
fusion. The commandment rushed in,
visited the courtyard and barracks ka
followed by the Fsfdwebel.
"This had to be hidden. that re-
moved, everything scrubbed and swept:
the minor officials also exerted them
selves, and in a few hours the camp
was transformed. At the same time al,
order was given to the neighboring
farm to kill two pigs, which were
Aas NY Drought TO the Kitchen.
- Those gentlemen finally arrived.
Greeted with every politeness possible
and imaginable, piloted by the com
,mandant himself, they saw only what
he was willing they should: first Of all
the shower baths; they were magni-
ficent, and no one was there to tell
them that sometimes eight months
went by without their being used
that was the case at Munster; and then
the central heating plant, and no one
to add that in the middle of winter. at
IS below zero (Centigrade), we were
left without heat for three days at a
time-that was the case at Soltau
during the winter of 1857.
Then the kiteifer1,,~ he soup was
excellent, and no one to e&plain that
it was exceptional and that Non other
days it consisted Of the most nauseat-
ing liquid; nA<ane either to tail them
that~~the pigs Apread out at the en-
trance gwere then Snly for show and
that, /when they we RE gone the pigs.
too LIwould NisapteJr. THAT happened
at /Camp MunstkE and, from what I
hive since lessfD5e Jed, in Tie other camps.
tbo, at each Witt the same procedure
Vas repeated The pig trick, for in
sEanee, ). appears to have been the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Deserters Reveal
Plans to Americans
Enable Our Men to Keep
Track of Makeup and Move
ments of Foe
(By The Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 26.--German soldiers
W., VINO nave deserted into the American
INES on the Lorraine front have made
disclosures indicating that news of the
great American effort is slowly filter.
ing into some sections of the German
army despite the official effort to be.
little American participation in tbe
war One prisoner said he had heard
that there We're only 100000 Americana
IN France. Others, however, declared
1hey knew the. figure totalled 100000
the majority of whom were brought to
France "for other purposes"
From the deserters it was learned
also that the three Landwehr groups
IN Germany had been gone over with
a fine-tooth comb for fresh material to
throw on to the Western front. On
their own initiative the deserters have
enabled the Americans to establish not
only the exact makeup of the enemy
opposite them, but to keep track of the
shifts on the other side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Slackness Laid to Malvy
Defendant, Denying Charge
Cites Arrest of American
Woman

PARIS, July 27.-Witnesses testify
ing to-day at the trial Of Louis Malvy
former Minister of the Interior, or
the charge of treason, declared that
M. Malvy had shown slackness in deal
ing with suspected foreigners living
in Paris. In response M. Malvy gave
instances to prove that the Prefecture
and the detective service had acted
energetically in this respect. The
former Minister cited, especially, the
case Of Madame Hoppe, an American
woman, regarding whose case Jules
Cambon, he declared. had transmitted
sharp protest from Ambassador
Sharp.
A Paris dispatch on March 7, 1915
during the period of NJ. Malvy's ad-
istration, announced the arrest of
Madame Hoppe for conducting an
alleged correspondence with a German
officer, then under treatment in a
Paris military hospital. The woman,
who was sent to a concentration camp
was, however. declared to be of Ger
man nationality and there was no
suggestion that the case had any
American connections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Crowds See Girl
Drown i'm Hudson
AS Canoe Upsets
Heroic Effort by Com.
panion Fails to Save
Alice Seagrave

Alice Glare Seagrave, sixteen wears
Ola last Friday, of SOB West 10th
street, was drowned yesterday after
noon when canoe upset less than
loo feet off 16Oth Street, in the Hud.
son River. Hundreds of persons on the
pier at 15Sth Street and at the Au-
dubon Boat Club, at 161st Street, saw
the accident and the rescue of the girls
companions, Herbert Sachs, eighteen
years old, of 772 St. Nicholas Avenue
and Edward Brown, eighteen, of SCI
West 144th Street.
\, Inc girl, who was the daughter OF
MRS. N. j. Seagrave, decided to PC
canoeing with her two friends instead
~ going nome at noon after finishing
her stenographic work downtown. Ii
was ABOUT o'clock when the canoe cap
sizeo' ana none of those on shore saw
what caused the accident. They were
aroused to the situation by Miss Sea-
graves shrieks.
Sachs was the only member of the
party who could swim He seized Miss
SSeagrave, who Immediately clutched
nm about the neck, and when Roy
SIiackman, Alexander Mahon and James
Fhnt' hfesavers from the Audubon
Boat Club, reached the spot in boat
the two young men and the girl were
all below the surface. Clackman dived
and brought Brown up unconscious
from twenty feet of water
Then Sachs and Miss Scagrave ap-
Reared thrashing about furiously
Sachs apparently had been unable to
break her hold. AS the life-savers pre-
pared to plunge to their rescue Sachs
struck and stunned the girl and she
sank. Before the two men could plunge
from the boat Sachs, who was oblivious
of their presence, dived after her van
ishing body.
few seconds later he came up with
out her and was hauled exhausted into
the boat. Mahon and Flint dived re-
peatedly without being able to recover
Miss Seagrave's body. and harbor police
who tried later with graphing irons
were also unsuccessful.
Sachs and Brown were taken ashore.
1t was necessary to use artificial res
piration in Browns case for several
minutes before he regained conscious
ness. Then the two youths went home.
News of the drowning Frustrated Mrs.
SearraVe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Ice Melts as Wagon
Driver Joins Marines

MoNTCIAIR, N. j., July 27.-There
will be many Sunday dinners here to-
morrow without the usual ice cream,
because Frank V. Cranley's patriotic
emotions overcame him in the midst of
his ice deliveries.
Cranley was driving his ice wagon
along Bloomfield Avenue, when he saw
departing quota of selective service
men marching down an intersecting
street attended by cheering crowd.
Cranley saw man he knew in an
automobile, bound for the celebration,
and he jumped into the car. His horse
cropped grass along the curb and the
ice dripped and dripped. The parade
went past Marine Corps recruiting
station and there Cranley got out.
Some hours later his boss received this
telephone message from him:
Pm going to Paris Island with the
marines. The ice wagon is on Bloom
field Avenuetield Avenue. Goodby."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Adolphus D. Pape
Attorney Dies at Age of 81 in
Sanitorium Here

Adolphus D. Pape, an attorney, died
yesterday at the Radium Sanatorium
157 West Seventy-fourth Street, from
a complication of diseases. He was
lived at $50 West 121st Street, was
born in New York and educated at the
Columbia Law School. He had been
associated with the late John Graham
and Henry S. Bennett. In more recent
years he practised alone at 1876 Liberty
Street.
Mr.. Pape is survived by three sisters.
He was a member of the Church of the
Atonement, Edgecombe Avenue; the
New York County Lawyers Association
and New York Lodge, F. and A. M. The
body was taken to the Campbell Flu
neral Church, Broadway and Sixty
sixth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Would Aid Czecho-Slovaks
American Defence Society
Urges Speedy Action

The American Defence Society issued
warning yesterday against the peril
of permitting Germany to control the
resources of Russia. Allied and Amer
lean assistance to the Czecho-Slovaks
in Siberia was urged. Failure to cope
with the situation now. it was said,
might mean defeat instead of victory
on the Western front.
Concerning offensive measures to
aid Russia" the statement continues.
that one which holds out the best pros
poets is the one against AUSTRIA Hun
gary, directed from the Italian and
Macedonian fronts, with the essential
auxiliary participation of the Slav and
Latin elements held in subsection by
Austria, whose instruction should be
systematically organized in accordance
with the plan of Andre Cheradame."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Clemenceau Pleased With
Americas War Efforts

PARIS, July DENOMINATION for the
spirit Of the American soldiers at the
front and the part America is taking in
the war was expressed to-day by
Premier Clemenceau on receiving the
delegates of the Social Democratic
League of America, who are visiting in
France. He also expressed his high
appreciation of the support that the
delegates are giving the Allies and the
work they are doing in France.
The delegates came away from the
conference much impressed by the
vigor displayed by the Premier and
with the absolute confidence which is
evidently inspiring him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Colonel Willis L. Ogden
Brooklyn Woollen Manufact-
urer and War Veteran Dies

Colonel Willis L. Ogden. of 70 Pierre
pont Street, Brooklyn, prominent in so
cial and philanthropic circles. died yes
terday at his home. He had been i'll
two weeks with heart and kidney trou-
BILE. He was seventy-four years old.
Colonel Odgen was founder and pres
dent Of Willis L. Ogden & Co.,
woollen manufacturers, Of 33 Fourth
Avenue. He was q veteran Of the Civil
War and at one time commanded the
28d Infantry, New York National
Guard.
He was a director of the Brooklyn
Trust Company, the Brooklyn Savings
Bank and the Packer Collegiate Insti-
tute, besides being president of the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music. He was
also trustee Of these institutions as
we'll as the Brooklyn Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Children and
the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A.
He is survived by four daughters,
Helen and Alice Ogden, Mrs. Alexan-
der M. White and Mrs. Scott MacAha-
Ian. The funeral will be held on Tues
day, with burial at Greenwood Gene
terv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-28
Mother Withdraws
Charges Against Son
Mrs. Ella G. Decker, Alleging
Misappropriation, Drops
Suit of $4,000

Mrs. Ella Cecilia Decker, of AZ Yves,
Forty-sixth Street, obtained permission
yesterday from Justice Mullan to dis
continue her suit for an accounting
and injunction brought against her
son Frederick Fl. Decker, agent of hel
property, whom she charged with mis-
appropriating $4,000 The court OF.
dered that Mrs. Decker pay the cost
OF the proceedings. which will include
$1,000 counsel fee.
Mrs. Decker is more than eighty-fve