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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15

II he we're really seeing It for the first
time. He was seeing what Percy saw.
He turned TO the stsnographaT: Miss
SEIth. please show Mr.. Gro5scu2 how
10 read a categorical telegram aud
punctuate it I0r him"
Miss Smith,, who Vas sorry fer
Percy. looked appealinGly at the chief
who motloned her to bring me core.
spondsnca 10 bis desk
You saw this betore!" asked, or
rather asserted the chief
Percy could not trust himself to
speak. but nodded his head
We'll" said the chief more kindly
then it will be pretty hard setback,
when you see the real message. To
save time anG money, we have q sort
Of code. We heads try to keep so we'll
posted that few words are necessary.
And taking his pencil he punctuated
the telegram, ana as he read Il. ran
his finger over the corresponding ques.
tion In letter. "The message says;
Don't" Don't take on another
stenographer).
LET Crosscup go" Getting more
now than he can or will earn till his
hat gets down to normal. He ought 10
Re called plain Bighead Gross--K. pr
must have been the original nameJ d.
Pay five thousand" (For house on
BCecher ST.
Worth IT," Ito pay 500 to re.
model 'front.'.
Appearances asset OF office" $50
We are justified in paying that
amount.
The stenographer had slipped out;
she could not bear 70 see his humiiia.
ton. The chief really had q kindly
heart, and he tumbled his papers some
more without looking at Percy.
With a groan Grosscup sank into a
chair. his hahds before his face. Tears
OF modification ana disappointment
we're smarting fis eyes. Once or twice
ne tried TO speak, then be arose as II
to go.
Sit down, son; you aren't the first
man 10 lose his Job. You've got plenty
OF time TO look around. We might
even extend your time 4 month, Til
you get settled down somewhere--"
Get settled somewhere. Yes. in
that new little bungalow" he burst
out bitterly. Then ne opened his heart
and made a clean breSt OF the whole
Of the mornings business He stopped
short 0t the maddOninE thought
What will she say? How can I ever
toll her." Then maniully he pleaded
his cause:
Just you name the figure that you
can afford to Pay me I'LL my hat gets
down TO normal. I'll 60 out and tel!
the girl the whole story. then I'll marry
her on the date set Just the same, il
she'll have me. I'll see Il ! can't come
out ahead Of this deal after ail-I'd
like to show you once what can do."
1T nishtnt be 4 bad venture" mus.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15
FACTS AND FANCTES FOR WOMAN AND THE HOME CIRCLE

a calls here SOvOra dSyD last W.T.
MrG Charlie HArtOr Ond to Otig
Karl And Marion. were the Ouo1u d
Mr.. and Mrs. H, /. campbOll oolultty
and Sunday.
Frank Campbell. % ToEnlarlon,
spent the week end VIA tIialtl htlA
Mrs. Chester BummaeO, % Autpt
a. Kansas, 10 here visiting tiittoa
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15

hllA L.. g.. - I.-.5 there are
fascinating sets OF cuffs to match. and
sometimes the party is completed by
a festive BIT OF a handkerchief.
The first vest at the left is a won
full bit Of handwork II is fashioned
Of white organdie and trimmed with
tiniest pin tucks, and the small ruf.
fes are edged With silk ribbon. The
second vest is another confection OF
organdie but this time the vest prop
er is Of corn-color and the collar,
which is most thoroughly tucked, is
OF orchid blue ard plcot edged.
In the center 10 an unusual design
which resembles a blouse more than
a vest. The vest is Of organdie, with
two groups Of fine hand tucklng and
there is q double circular collar OF
chiffon with corded edges. The next
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15

that came over his chiefs face, he
2uShed the lock back saveEely: Lend
me a quarter TIL ! 90 out and get my
hair cut" begged Percy. an show
you whether | mean 4 or not!'
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15
e. LEFTY BROWN.

One thing that every woman
knows" is that II there 10 one feminine
garment more accommodating than
another that garment iS a fresh collar
and irilly vest.
This autumn Of 1918 the vest is
again coming to the front as accom-.
mediation and economiLsr eXtFaord..
nary. Sometimes, indeed. usually, il
is a froth OF crisp frills and dainty
collar which transforms q simple tail.
ored suit into the smarteSt Of tail.
leuT costumes" and again It appears
IN a blaze Of glorious color and digni.
fled by the title Of waistcoat
But whatever itS form or name il
goes happily about its patriotic mis-
sion Of conserving wool and adding
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-15

T. R. Neer was a business visitor in
Wheeling Tuesday.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
BOLSHEVIKI TREATED
 RED CROSS COURTESoUsLY

Stockholm, t&ionday} Oct 2i The last of the American Red Cross work CTS in Russia reached Stockholm to- day after a four day trip by tram from Perograd The party consists of Major Allen Wardwell, Captain J w. Andrews and E. M Davidson
 The Bolsheyiki showed the Red Cross party every courtesy and Pres dent Sverdloff. of the Russian Red Cross and many Bolsheviki officials sought to obtain the assistance of the American Red Cross to prevent the wholesale starvation of combat ants in Russia this winter
 Food conditions are rapidly growing worse in Petro9rad and Moscow AL though the Bolsheviki press say that the retirement of the Czechs from the Volga districts will make it possible Co obtain grain from that region, no sup plies are reaching the two cities.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
LIEUTENANT THROWS
 HIMSELF ON HAND GRENADE
WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIS OWN LIFE TO SAVE THAT OF HIS
 COMPANIONS.

Atlanta Ga., Oct. 21.--A story of how Lieutenant Kirk Newell former Auburn quarterback and rated as one of the south's best football players, threw himself on a hand grenade at 9 training camp in France in an ef- fort 10 save the lives of half dozen of his men is related in letter re- ceived here today from Captain Quinn hy Melton, former Atlanta newspep- CT man Newell has Leen sent back to this country and is recuperating at Fort McPherson.
 Lieutenant Newell was drilling his platoon, Captain Melton wrote. when one recruit, after pulling oH the safety pin, loosing the handle that li2hted the fuse of the grenade dror ped it and ran. Lieutenant Newell Captain Melton wrote, flung himself on the grenade The explosion killed enc man and fatally injured another
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
DELEGATES FROM ALLIED
 COUNTRIES VISIT ENGLAND
WERE RECEIVED BY KING GEORGE IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND WORDS OF CHEER EX-
 CHANGED.

London. Oct o2-K.ng George 1e ceived a large 1eputation of inter-par- liamentary delegates at Buckingham palace yesterday. The dcputation in cluded thirty British representatives, twenty-two from France, eIght from Italy and one from Belgium
 More than two years have passed said the king, since the first visit O! the parliamentary committee oI he French chambers when you and we were in the thi0cs of conflict, the !5- sue of which then seemed to many foreign observers uncertain, alihoueh you and we never doubted that ou cause, being that cause of right and humanity. would prevail. Now the armies of France. Italy Belgium and the United States, side by side, with ours, are driving the enemy before them, his forces shattered, his people flamoring for peace.
 Victory is within our reach And we arc all agreed that it must be com. plete victory. 1 corgratulate you, sen ators and deputies of Italy, on the prospect which opens before you of TO- covering the regions guarded by those Alpine snows where your valiant sold. iers have won such glory--regions in. habted by men of your own race am speech, who have long desired to bt united to free Italy
 And 1 congratulate you senator; and deputies of France, on the ap. preaching restoration Of provinces tor from yot forty seven years ago, whici have never Eavered in their loWnt attachment to France,
 And you, sir, representatives of thC senators and deputies of Belgium, wt rejoice to see you also upon our soil Your country, wantonly and wickedll attacked and devastated, has had ter. rihle sufferines to undergo, but tho day Of your deliyeranCe is at hand The British people, which has felt fol you through th0oe sufferines has ad- mired the coratancy and loyalty o your people and the devotion of yoll soldiers. and earnestly wishes for yol return of that prosperity which yol enjoyed and which you gallantly sac Iuficed al the call of duty"
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
NO CONFIDENCE IN
 GERMAN REFORMS
NOTE REGARDED IN PARIS TO DENOTE SPIRIT OF DEPRES-
 S IGN AND DEMORALlZATlON.

Paris. Oct 22-The German reply to President Wilson excited much excitement in the lobby of the cham CT of deputies this evenins 1t was consde,ad on every side to denote a spirit of depression and demoraliza- ton preyades Germany. Concerning the conference to the conditions of evacuations and armistice the note is regarded to be wilfuIly equiyocal crafty and obscure
 Parliamentarians are unanimous ir the belief that the so-called consti- urona! reforms in Germany afford no guarantee that the reforms will be lasting or elficacious.
 The newspapers express the opin- ion that the note is a moral abdiea- ,ion of the German emperor They say chat Germany feels the need of peace and is giving way but that the government would like to attain peace witho.t accepting just and ne- cessary sacrifices and declare that an armistice cannot te considered m- less it gives the allies at once exactly tine same guarantees as a complete victory
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
RELEASED FRENCRMEN
 TELL OF HUN ATROCITIES
TWO MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBEF OF DEPUTIES HELD IN LILLE
 FOUR YEARS.

Paris, Oct 22--The chamber of dep uties today enthusiastically welcomed Deputy Delorey and Raehebom, ol Lille, returning to their seats after four years in the hands of the Germans Amid an impressive silence N De- lorey said:
 "It Is impossible to denounce all the German crimes, but the most aDom- inahle was the carrying off of women and girls Of l6 and 19 by enemy sold iers, their enforced submission to med ical examination and their being oblie- ed to work under French machine gun fire for the German army
 Tho chamber shouted its indgna- tion One member cried:
 We'll teach our children that We'll never forget
 Then M Delorey resumed:
 "The Lens plains are nothing but ar immense area or ruins with not one house intact There cannot be 8 Frenchman who does not wish those culpable chastiscd'
 NJ Ragebom told how German soll. iers had insu'ted and violated l.iIlc women and how they forced l5 yea old children to work for them.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
BRITISH OFFICIAL STATEMENT

I.cndon Oct 22 British troops have entered the western suburbs of Nalenciennes, Field Marshal IIaig re ports from headquarters tonight The text of the statement reads:
 We have entered the western sub urds of Nalenciennes and north of that town have penetrated deeply in- to the Forest de Raismes toward tn angle of the Scheldt at Condo
 Progress was made east of St Amand and we reached the Scheldt D at Hollain and Bruyelles south of Fournai. Both of the places are in our possession
 Northwest of Tournai we have driven the enemy from the village of troyenne and progressed beyond 1t towards the Scheldt. Further north sharp fighting has taken place for the crossing of the Scheldt at pont-a- Chin.
 Several counter attacks by the Ger mans to retake the bridgehead esta5- lished by the British yesterday cas- ofA the Lys river failed with severe
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23

With the American Army Northwest of Nerdun, Oct. 22. In retaliation toI the damage of American bombing planes recently German aviators las, night raided the American front and back areas in the largest force since
 the American offensive began on the
 Mouse and In tAe Argonnc In addition to attacking the infantry the Germans
 bombed the region around ClernOnt
 Montfaucon andd RarecouTt Four
 bombs were dropped near the Amer ican hospital in the neiehbOrhood of Rarecourt, one of " bombs tearm down an outOuilding. The glass ends of four former French barracks, now used by the Americans as hospital wards were shattered
 A Red Cross nurse Margery Sawyer, .of Buffalo. New York, was blown from her he'd, but was not injured All the .patients were taken 10 dugouts, none of them being injured
 Another Red Cross nurse, Mabel Butler. of New Haven Connecticut was in the same building with Miss Sawyer, bat was not hurt Both Of them Immediately went Co the aid of patients.
 When the first bomb fell tho hos .pital attendants gave their first at .tention to their charges. leading or |carIying them to shelter Rocks thrown up where this bomb struck broke the windows in the southern end of the bullding Ten other bombs were planted in succession in a great semi circle Througout most of the night German planes were heard many Itimes passing over
 The clear weather early this morn ing permitted of some aerial work and the Americans downed Ilanoyer bi-
 plane at .Bayonyillc, a uIumpler at Bulancy, and a balloon in the vicinity of Tailly.
 Aside from the normal harassing ar Idnery fire of the enemy on the mont Hines and the rear areas and similar Iactiyity on the part of the Americans the day passed without incident. There was no infantry action of importance and the line remains as it was last might.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
BRITISH ENTER THE CITY or vALENC|ENNES

undertaken without delay. to recdfy the whole line
 To many officers fl seems possible that events have so shaped the lines ,hat great drive may soon be ander- taken. calulIted to upset the whole German plan of retirement Already the allied lnes have been shortened so that couaidcra lc forces must b. available for the work. particularly British The time comuot be far away when the American second army, nnder Major General Bulard will be put into play
 To some observers it seems possi- ble that a wide attack may be made by two American armies. both cas- and west of the Mouse, the thrust he ing aimed at the great railway artery passing through Sedan and Mont. medy
 A operating French assault wcs ct the Argonno would naturally be 8 bart of such a thrust TO other oG- fcors, however. recent French raidml operations in Alsaco seem to havt significance.
 Apparently attenuation is desire as to the German strength on lha front and as 10 the gronnd and Qual. fly Of troops there Such raids in. yariably precede offensive operations they rarely disclose by the locality the exact place of the proposed at. tack
 So far as the German peace over lures are concerned, army officers hold that manifestly now is the time of times for a crushing blow. Witt l the hope of early peace being dangel before the eyes of the war-wear} German troops, their morale will bt at its lowest ebb. it was said, while it the allied and American ranks tho round-about German admissions c defeat can only have given new zes for the fight.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
MEMBER OF FRENCH MISSION
 DIES OF INFLUENZA

Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 22.-Accom- panied by Commandant Toujant of the French mission, officers of the Ninth division, and eight sergeants, the body of Captain Gaston Cheno member of the mission, who died yesterday Of influenza at Camp Sheridan. will he shipped 10 Washington tomorrow for interment in Arlington National ceme- tery.
 Six captains of the Ninth division will serve as pail bearers.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
LITTLE ROCK MEN ARRESTED
 FOR OFFlCER'S DEAF K

Little Rock Ark, Oct 22.-R. F. r,enison and Henry Lanchart local garage proprietors, were re-arrested by the police tonight following news ol the death at Lake Village, Arkansas of Deputy Shelitf W. H. collins. Dep .uty Collins was wounded when he at tempted to stop an automobile speed ing through Lake Village lie had re- cclyod information that the car was filled with whisEcy which was being brought from Louisiana into Arkansas
 Donison and Lanchart were arrested at that time ont had been released on bond
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
lBy Tho A.socLalol pro..l

(By The Associated PIcssl
 The fall of Valenciennes to Field Marshal Haig's forces .s imminent. De spite the desperate resistance of the Germans the British have entered the city on the west while 10 the north they have made a deep thrust into the great Raismes forest and are moving in the direction of Condo. near the angle of the Scheldt
 Valencepnies had been in uninter- rupted French possession from l6Ii until the 'onrush of the Germans east erly in the present war led them mary miles into France It is now about to he added 10 the rapidly growing list of towns, the redemption of which has brought rejoicing to the French pee pie.
 Although the progress Of the allied forces in Belgium and French Fland- CTS has slowed up somewhat in the face of the stiffening of the lines Of read guards aiding the retreat of the German armies appreciable aalns na&e been made, some of them of much importance
 Hollain and Bruyelles on the Scheldt south of Tounai. are now in the hands of the British and north of Tournai the village of Froyenne has been cleared of the enemy who is withdrawing to- ward the Scheldt There has been sharp fighting for the crossings of this waterway at pont-a-Chin. the Ger mans are battling hard ro keep the allies from 0utflankng Tournai on thc north.
 Behind the Scheldt the Germans are massed in strength their machine guns on the east bank arc active and are receiving the support of artillery and trench mortars.
 In the north the Belgians have reached the Lys canal alon thelr eu- tire front and have captured bridge head with numbers of the enemy west of Meerendre
 An item of great in terest appears in the latest announcement by tne French war office concerning opera tions along the Aisne II says
 The Czecho- Says with us re-tooT the village ot Terron
 The French are still moving active ly to the north of I.aon and have now completed the occupation of Cns'- andry and Grand Lupe. To the south west of Ghent they are firmly estaD lished on the east bank of the Ly5 river having made ccos sings at sey- eral points against which the ene- my resisted with determination.
 Around Le Cateau, where Ameri- cans are fighting with the British fourth army activity has diminished greatly. The same is true of the American sector northwest of Verdun where the chief activity of the enemy has been the shelling ot the enemy lines with mustard and other gas shells and an air rad which came near tc achieving the destruction of n Amer ican base hospital
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
AMERICAN DEAD TO
 BE BROUGHT HOME

With the American Army North west of Verdun, Oct 22.-All the American dead in France will be talk on home after the war. according to orders received by the army chap lains. The grave registration bureau has been working with this in view, blt nothing definite regarding the fu- ture disposition of the dead was known until instructions came to the ehaplains from Washington
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23

Washington Oct. 22.-Tbe preyail- ing belief here tonight is that any act. ion President Wilson may take as u result of the new German note will await and largely be guided by a de- cision of the supreme war council in France.
 Shrewd diplomatic observers ana some officials take thilg view. though no intimation OF his own attitude has come from the president, because ad- mittedly the one question Immediately at issue-is q military problem-that of evacuation of invaded territory by the German armies as the only con dition upon which the plea for an armistice even will be given consid- eration.
 The Germans are eYacuating Bel gium and northern France as rapioiy as they can move before the sweep of the allied and American soldiers and still maintain their organization.
 Since the government at Berlin says they went 10 get out without further fighting apparently the issue is o..o for he allied war council to determine whether it shall be suggested through President Wilson that General Foch be applied to for terms, or wheth- er without further diplomatic barley the approach of a white flag from the German lines shall be awaited The official text of the German no,e reached the Swiss legation here nv cable early today but it was not de- livered at the state department be- cause the entire day was spent at the lega ion ou he tedious task of decod- ing the document and preparing an English translation of tho German text. l The translation was made with the greatest care by Frederick Oederlin. the Swiss charee. becanse there are obscure phases in tho unofficial ver- sion received yesterday by wireless 1 which may be cleared up by q more accurate rendering of the German.
 When the charges work was done. Secretary Lansing had left his office and an eDgagoment was made for de- 1 livery of the note at ten o'clock to- l MOTION DlOfHlnS.
 This incident in itself was pointed to later as evidence that exchanges be- tween London, Paris, and Washing ton have been proceeding since the ar rival of the wireless version and that pending word from the war council ,of what the military situation oe- mands the president is in no hurry to know the exact verbal difference be-- tween the official and unofficial texts. There also were reports that any act ion might wait upon a diplomatic con- ference about to convene in one of the allied capitals, but these found no of ficiaI confirmation.
 The usual cabinet meeting was in session all afternoon and 1t was as- sumed that the German note occupied it's attention No member of the or ficial family would discuss whether he was taken into the presidents con- fidence.
 Those in official, diplomatic ana congressional circles, who do not pre- tend to have heard anything from the white house on the subject are con- fidently asserting opinions that the Germans will draw an answer from the president or that they will not.
 One group, recalling that the pres ident's reply to the request for an armietice and peace negotiations was ohara cterized by him as a decision. :"
The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-23
DR. GEICER's WIFE DIES.

Little Rock, Ark, Oct 22-Mr5 Florence Geiger, wife of pr. !. G Geiger or tho United States health soryice, died tonight of pneumonia following influenza Dr. Geiger. who is in charge Of the local influenza sit nation only recently recovered from that disease.