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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
ROTARY CLUBS
MUNICIPAL NIGHT
City Officials Will Be Guests
at Country Club This
Evening.

The city Board Of Affairs and the
heads Of all the city departments will
be guests this evening Of the Fair.
mont Rotary club at the regular week
ly business meeting and luncheon. In.
yitations were extended several days
ago to the city officials to be present
and with few exceptions the invita-
tons have been accepted.
Luncheon will be served promptly
at six O'clSck and automobiles will be
stationed in front OF the court house
Z $50 o'clock to convey the ROtarians
nd their guests to the Country club
yhere the meeting will be held.
Routine matters Will be discussed
and the meeting will be a get tOgeth
or meeting OF the ROtarians and the
city officials.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
Men Of Forty Can
Get Into Marines

Sergeant W. +. Mains, who Is in
charge Of the United States Mailne
recruiting station in this city lasi
night received a telegram from lieu
tenant Howard, Of Baltimore, Ma, Nno
is in charge Of Marine recruiting m
West Virginia and Maryland, stating
that tho age limit for enlistmenis nap
been raised to forty years. Heretofore
the age limit has been from eisnteeA
to thirty.siX years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
Wounded officer
Falls to His Death
lBy Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Aug. Lieut.. John r.
Newton. OF the ll7th engineers. here
on leave after being gassed at the
front in France. was killed in a fall to.
day from the sixth floor Of an apart
ment house while sitting in a window
According to friends with whom he
was visiting he became dizzy and fell
to the court yard. Lieut.. Newton's
home was N Sacramento. Cal lie was
% years old.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
METZ ENTERS SERVICE.

Claud r. Metz, well known in and
about Fairmont, left last night Tor
Camp Lee, Va, where he will enter mil
itary service. Metz registered with
the local board for division number
one. Sapulpa. Creek county. Okla
He was transferred to the local draft
board for entrainment.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
SLAVS
TAKE ANOTHER TOWN
BOlsheviki Newspapers in
Moscow Are Alarmed
at This Progress.
nRy AssccIa.,a Pressl

AMSTERDAM. Aug. THE town
Of Yekaterinburg. in the province OF
Perm. near the Siberian border, has
been taken by the CzechO-Sloyaks,
according 10 the newspaper lsbeStia,
OF Moscow.
For this new development OF the
Czecho- Slovak movement The BolShe-
Wiki press is raising cries of alarm.
The Prada. for instance, declares the
Czecho- Slovak danger is growing like
an avalanche. and that the mounter
revolutionary movement is extending.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
Fighters Fined in
Police Court Today

Charles Wkiteside and Godfrey
Johnson were arrested last night by
city officers charged with fighting. At
the hearing this mornig both confess
ed TO the charges OF fightin. White
side was not only found guilty OF be-
ing disorderiy but frankly told the
Mayor that he had not worked a lick
for over two months. He was found
guilty Of violating the state vagrancy
law and fined 500 in all.
johnson was found guilty OF beine
drunk and he. too. was fined 500.
Whiteslde was unable TO pay this fine
and went back 10 Jail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
YANKEES BLAST
OUTBARBEDNIRE
PLACED BY FOE
Their Line is Now Within
Two Miles of Cham
cry.
FRONT IS STRENGTHENED
Germans Unable to Stop
Them When They
Want to Go.
FRONT IS Strengthened
(By Associated PresS)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY on
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, August
/, q. m.-(By Associated Pro3e)--
Franco-American troops on the main
battle front continued yesterday TIE
process OF Strengthening out the line.
They scored advances in this ouort
the Americans pushing beyond Sorgy
to within two kilometres Of Chamory.
The allies forces effected their pro
gress against stubborn German resist.
ance.
Chamery the town the Americans
now are approaching marks the SPOT
where Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt Ten
to his death recently with his aero
plane.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
Is NOW IN 1HE SERVICE.

Mr.. and Mrs. +. c. Pixler. former.
ly Of this section, are now located at
Berkeley. Cal. where Mr. PiXler is
enrolled in the aviation service. Mrs.
Pixler who was Miss Martha Duncan.
Sister OF c. H. Duncan. formerly lived
In Fairmont and her husband resided
in Morgantown. They left these parts
and later located in Kansas Mrs. l..
+. Duncan. mother OF c. II. Duncan,
recently located at Albion, Mich.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
AS FIGHT COMES UP.

Tomorrow evidence will be taken
Rt Morgantown before the public ser.
vice commission. which will sit there,
In the fight OF the city OF Morgantown
against a number Of gas companies.
The fight is on 10 compel the compa.
MES 20 furnish gas 90 Morgantown
and West Virginia interests before
those OF other states. Attorney
James a. Meredith will represent the
MOrgantown litigants.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
PEOPLE MUST Be SAVING
However There is no I'M
mediate Danger Of Ano-
Their Dry Spell.
Firing Up
Boiler That
Was DOWn

This afternoon at two o'clock the
defective boiler tube which burst
his morning had been replaced.
The boiler Is being fired up and
the pump which has been idle all
morning will be started immediate.
ly.
At two o'clock this afternoon a
pressure OF one hundred and fiji
teen pounds was registered on the
water gauge in the Office OF the
water department in the city build
ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
HOME FROM PHILlPPl.

Miss Pearl Mason. OF the United
States marshal's office, this city. has
returned from Philippi, where she at.
tended a wedding.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01
As Divisions Used
By Germans in
Name Fight
CBy Associated PressJ

PARIS. Aug. I'm the fighting
on the Soissons-Rheims front July
10 TO 81 the Germans used IS diVi.
sions. according TO the Echo de
Paris.
Many OF these divisions we're
used several times being brought
back into the fight alter a rest Of
only one or two days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01

WITH TIE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT, Wed
nesday.-(By Associated Pross)-llo
allies brought into action their heavy
artillery. their aviators and patrols
having reported mile after NILE o.
barbed wire standing along the Oof,
man lines. The heavy guns soon lnunl
the range Of the entanglemonts. some
enemy infantry had dug In behind ne
wires but the lines we're for the most
part manned by machine gunnofa.
The German artillery reply consist.
ed chiefly OF shells from the ~ ana
lO5. The machine guns with the lcal.
Ter pieces indicated were active ~
an effort to prevent an allied advance.
The purpose Of the American eng
French attack which Is IN . norm
easterly direction probably ls lor ine
purpose of outflanking the Monn'er
wood and in cutting on the blunt clee
salient in the line between ROminenf
and Cierges.
This salient was made more acute
by the American advance north nom
Cierges to Seringes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01

PARIS. August 1.-The Germans
this morning attacked the French %
sitions in the region Of Bligny south
west OF Rheims. The attack was ~,
pulsed, says the official statement -.
sued today from the War ohiee.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-01

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY on.
THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT. Wed.
nesday. July 3l.-(By Associated
Press) American and French troops
launched an attack Wednesday after
noon from Seringes to Ciergos on ne
center OF the Marine front for the pul.
pose Of Strengthening the line and
demolishing barbed wire entang'e.
ments which the Germans have placed
through the hills, forests and open
places.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16

We have Panama hats cleaned. Hesterly's.
 Try one of our Hartford tires. You'll find it the thing. Prescott Hardware Co.
 SERVICE CAR-and first class service to all customers; careful driver. Calls answered day or night, promptly. Call 94, Star Restaur- ant. 16m1
 The S. I. A. will meet at the gram mar school Friday afternoon at o'clock. All those who have not paid dues this year are urged to send it in so that the books can be closed for the year.-Sec'y.
 Constable Fred Murrah went to Reader yesterday and took into GUS tody a negro by the name of Robert Mcintosh, who was wanted in Hemp stead county for desertion. Officer Murrah talked to member of the local board at Hope and was notified that he had arrested the right man and he will be taken to Camp Pike to- day and turned over to the officers. Mcintosh had been working at the saw will at Reader for the past nine months, secure in the belief that he had succeeded in evading the draft. and the arrest came as quite a jolt to his ocheming mind The negro orig inally registered from Blevins.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16

Straw Hat Cleaner at Hesterly's. Tires. Tires, Tires! Prescott Hard ware Go.
 Solid Aluminium Cooking Utensils, the best for cooking purposes, wear longer. See our large assortment. Krescent Variety Store. 14d3w1
 While someone is giving his life what are you giving? The Red Cross campaign for $4,000 in Nevada county begins Monday.
 A number of young high school students went on a picnic this morn ing on Grassy Lake, chaperoned by Mrs. CoraMunn.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16
Prescott Ice Comnarx
 Telephone 56

Guthrie Drug Store, careful drug gists, phone 101.
 Hartford castings, Hartford inner tubes. Prescott Hardware Go.
 Face Powders, all makes at Hes terly's.
 LOST-One big black SOW, weight about 250 pounds. Got out of my lot in Prescott on the 9th. Information leading to recovery will be fully paid for L. J. Griffith, Prescott, Ark.
 J. C. Wallock, proprietor of Wal loch's Bakery, returned this after noon from Jonesboro where he at tended meeting of the Arkansas h. dustrial Bakers. The making of war bread was dealt with and the receipt will be adopted by all the bakeries in the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Odorono for Precipitation odors, at Hesterly's.
 Prescott Hardware Go. sells Hart ford Auto tires.
 Norris Exquisite Candies, fresh by express at Guthrie's.
 Mark M. Smyth announces the sale and delivery of Nash Six to c. c. Calhoun.
 Mrs. Irwin Blakely left yesterday evening for Malvern, where she will visit home folks for few days.
 Mrs. Fletcher Logan of Gurdon, who formerly resided here, is spend- ing a few days in the city visiting friends and relatives.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Doak of Spark man, motored to the city yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. c. J. Read, which was held this morning.
 Rev. Jarrette E. Aycock, evangelist, will hold a series of revival meetings for 10 days, beginning May 22nd, at the Nazarene church in Prescott
 Jim Ferguson, candidate for com p,iSciouer of mines manufacture and agriculture, was in Prescott today shaking hands and getting acquainted. FOR RENTING furnished or un- furnished rooms; good location near business part of town. Phone 282 or see Mrs. A. J. Nichols, West Elm street. 16d3
 Mrs. Ella Fowler returned to her home at Texarkana this morning af- ter visit in the city as the guest of Mir. and Mrs. E. Y. Blakely. She was accompanied by Miss Lyda Griffin, who will visit there.
 Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stepphens of Blevins, motored to the city last night and were accompanied back by P. C.. Stephens, president of the Bank of Blevins, who was returning from the State Bankers Association meeting in Little Rock.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16

Hartford Tires are better. Pres colt Hardware Go.
 Bee Brand Insect Powder at Hes terly's.
 JUST RECEIVED a large assort- ment of solid aluminuh ware utensils. Krescent Variety Store. 14d3w1
 Rexall Corn Solvent will remove those corns without pain or your money back. Sold only at Guthrie's.
 Have you tried one of these Hart ford tires? Prescott Hardware Co. has them.
 FOR SALE-One 5-passenger tour ing car. Looks and runs good. Price on right terms to right party. Ad- dress P.O.Box 384, Prescott. Ark. 14d6
 Dr. Etta Champlin, osteopathic physician of Hope, Ark, visits Pres colt professionally on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. For infer nation call 45. 16-tf
The Prescott daily news., 1918-05-16

The increase in cost of all materials and loh
 increase the price 10 cents ne 1oo made May 1st to all classes of trade This does not ~ effective increased cost of manufacture and delivery and we the expenses to the minimum by cutting out all reduce cries and saving wherever possible pat dev regular routes must get their ice from the wagons and on special deliveries Orders received after D. m will n Tor cred until the following morning. ' De delv-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-12-02

True translation filed with the
Postmaster at San Antonio on
December End as required by the
act of October 9th 1917.
,sa gielu 9prf 1T Der 9ampier
nNauretania" nit 1000 amerifoni.
id)en 5olbaten an Nprb eimsetroffen.
Wadl Wfitteilnngen bes Gencral
Narh merben bor 8eibnadJten $780,
900 Maann nniercr 3rnppem entiaisen
mersens ltusefGbr 100000 psn bie=
len fpmmen nus amerifaniIdfn 3a=
eeru.
IS ldeint, nls lDeam bic &abl fit
bic oeatihe misunderstanding
am is. 6ebranr itnttfinben isti.
4nrt Gisner, Der baseriIhe Yrc-
mierminiiter, Ipa erfiart baben, Ser.
lin babe ben &rieg beramlaft mno lei
iett babel, cine @jesen-H -HeboImtipn ms
SebeH su rnfen. and Der friibere
arsHprins 9inppred)t BON 8aperm
iDf eiac @egenrebplntipn 81 0uniten
Der friiberen 6ettId)en nmO 6itcrrei-
djiid1en Gaiier urganiiieren. SeiSe
Nafrihten fuinnen ans Ser Sdmeis
nnS finb onrdJ feline anbsre Wadridl-
ten beitatigt.
aurt Gisner ioa, luie aus appen-
basen genel0et iuirb, iid) bereit err
flart baben, bic @erant,uprtnna fir
cinen &onflift gaDerms NIT bem frii-
beren oemtiden Heid) at iiberaebmen.
Der Wplfsrat In 8reslan nerlanat
BON Der gerliner Negiermng, 6af io-
fort cine MISUNDERSTANDING einbe-
rnfen uer6f.
sSu 3iga 1T Die 9itbanilde NepM.
blif pruflamiert trproeu. Garl IT'D.
MANI lit Yr1iioent 6erielben.
Der fribere oemtIGe @eihsfausler
pon 8efbmann-Splneg indt in ei-
mem Artifel in Der NorbbentId)en sla-
semeinen 3eitnns nad)5nlueiieu, baF
0entihlanb nidt Die 5djmlo on BEN
9riese trage, erflart aber: cgSir maI-
len aber Dor Nllem siigeite6en, 6ah
bnrd) syebler mnieres Nationalfaraf-
ters mn6 bnrd Ierfeblnngen in nm
Term allsemeinen getragen mir sm
Der frieseriiden Spannnne, meldJe
,uabreao Der ietten Sabre in Der
2nft lag, beigetragen baben. 8orte,
bic ais 6sransforoermng anfgefabt
Iein mDgen, iunr6en bGmfia aeiprD-
den. Die allbeufide sGtisfeit inn
Snlan6e nnb i'm gnslanoe bat ms
ben sr6kten Sd)aben eetan, ppr allem
aber bat nns nnfere Sluttempolitif
Die am Wieiiten perbangnispolle Cp.
poiition sebrad)f."
5er friibere oentide &aiier erflart
IN IeIner aboanfnuasnrfmnbe, oaf er
fur iminer anf bic prenfiidje mno
Die Sentid)e aaiierfrone pcrsidte, oak
er alle yeamfe nnb alle Cffisiere nno
Sploaten Hires Sremeibes emtbinoe
nno oah er boffe, tie iuiirben biejcni-
gen nnteritiitem, bic jett bic Nadjt in
Snmeen batten anS bic 9entid)iano
sesen bic orobenoen @efa6ren Der
slnardlie, Der ,6nngersnot nnb Der
fremben 9erridaft idiiten uiiben.
Ams Sonoon iuiro gemelbet, bic
iekige cusliide Hesiernng, bic aoa.
Iitionsresiermna, merbe, uenn lie
tpieber sur Reaiermns fpmme, es ais
lire Anfsabe betrad)fen, bem friibe.
rem oentiden aaiier @eleaemleit IN
gcben, anf bic anflagen, oab or
Sdlmlb an ben ltnterieebootmorocn
nn6 Der 6rntalen gebanolnna Der
eSefansenen traae, sn antiuortem nno
bnk lie enfldhoiien lei, bic Sdnloi-
aca sn beitrafen. 60 erflarte Cir
ssreberif 6. Smitl, Der @encralau-
malt, in elmer Nablreoe.
Die SentIdje ylegiernns loa otu
Gmttnte NGdteu ben gprid5laa ac-
mad,t baben, Snrd) eiat nenfrale thu
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-12-02

5osen iein, sesen 397 Millipnen i'm
@urjabr.
glmgnit 3alaesfi, Der @oriibenoe
bes pplniiden Resentidaftsrats, Scr
iid sur 3eit in Bern befinoet, err
flart in elmer 9epeide an ben rSeip=
.iid 8parS Of Deputies" in 2onopn,
oak Die ltnrnben in @alisien feinem
politiIdlen aarafter sebabt batten,
ion6ern MIR bnrd angeblid) hobe
Yreiie Deranlakt ieien nnb baf pol
niidle 2abenbeiiter ebenio sefitten
bdtten ipie iiSiIde.
ilngefabr 200 bentide llnterice=
boote foaen uabrenS oes arieses SER
itOrt iein.
Bic cine 5pesialsepeidje ans
Baibiuston ,melbet, lit man in Ct
nat drserlid barber, bah Der Bra
i;beut it'd, ieibit snm Niitglieo Ser
Jriebensbelesation ernannt nnb fei-
uen SunsSekmann, iueoer Gepraien.
tanteu nod Senator. geridiebenc
Senatoren baben iidD iebr idarf bar
ilber amsgeiprpden. SeIpnbers belei-
bist fiiblen iid Die 9iepnbiifaner,
neil er feinen berporragenben Hepn=
blifaner snm Mitslieo Der 9elega-
tiDn ernannt fat. '0enrb 8bitc, Scn
friiberen 0eianbten in Earis, lebcm
iie nid]t ais einen iplden an. Sena-
tor Gnmntins BON Soma mil einea
Seidlnk einbrinsen, Der bic grmeu-
ming eines apmites pun bier bemp>
fratiid)en nnS bier repnblifaniiden
Senatoren anpronet, ipeldes madj
Faris geben mnn ben Senat oariibcr
nnterridtet balten ioa, mas in Der
JrieSensfpnferens seidiebt. glnoere
Senatpren balteH Die Grnennnng eli
mes ioldlen aomites fir nnpiiroia.
Sine Gepeide nus 8aIbinaton last
man lit jekt iibersengt oapon, oaa
feline perfansnisbDlle 9ieibnng in
Der ssrieSensfonferens siuiidem ben
Naiierten mntereinanber ooer slui-
iden ben alliierten nnb ben @er-
tretern Der @ereinigtcn Sfaatcn
itattfinSen ,uerbe. 5riibere SepeIdeu
lagfen, cine iuldle Heibans ici Iebr
luabridJeinlid.
Sine Sepefdle ans sonbun bebamp-
tet, aereHsfg, Der frii6ere rmiIiide
Yremier, babe iid) bitter iibcr Die al-
illerfen beflagt; CT bebamptet, lie
datten Jimklanb perratem. 9imslauo
babe beruiIdle Spfer gebradlt nno OH
ne oieie babe Der Sieg nidlt errnmacn
fuer6en f6nnen.
Die INSTRUMENTATION Srmr-
pen in gtorS- -9inelano haben Die
Stabt aarpagprosfi i'm @unuerne-
ment glrdanaeI semp,nmen.
Counting mprsen babem amerifanl-
ldDe Srnppen bic premkiide @rense
ilberIdlritteu nno bic Stabt Srier &c
lest.
Die brittle amerifaniidIe glrmee fat
aeitern mnsefabr 400 Gnaoratmeilen
SentidDen Serriturinms beIebt.
9as Sdlad)tidiff u9ennIpluaniaD
nno cine stnsabl n9eitrpper" weroen
ben 0ampfer George @aibinaton,
ami benz Der Eraiibent mad europa
faBrt, seleiten.
Cine Sepeidle ans Yaris mclbet.
baf bic FrGliminar aonferensen
5luiidDem Graiibent gSilion muo ben
Eremierminiiterm Climb @eorae, Sic.
meneean nno Srlanoo am f6. &c,
5ember beginner iollen. @au alan6t,
baR iidl Sieie bier MGnner ii6er Die
meiiteu Ynnfte oes Srieoenspertra-
ges bis gSeignadten einiecn weroen.
Sm Sanmar mirb Samn bic oeutid)e
Delegation sngelaiien iueroen. Mam
Wiro ibr baum oas Neinltat Der 8era.
tnnsen mitteilen nnS lire 8orid,laae
besiiglidI Wiloernngcn entseaeunell.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-12-02

baoo ats gbarton, Sraop .. Guiuart
ans 5nntinstOtn, Solomon g. sll-
inp ams Niron, Marf q. 8rasiuea
ams DC 8alb, 6enrD M. 8nrleion
ans Waranese, g. e. &ilibarba ans
0alueiton, Sames aelly Neiuinm ans
San gntoniD, Cline s. sSpbmiom ans
SDf5nrt, idiper periumnbet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-14
Registration Thursday Was Nearly 10 Per Cent Great
 CT Than Estimates
SOME OFFICIALS THINK 15,OO0,OOO REGISTERED
Complete Figures From All States Expected to Reach Washington Not Later
 Than Tonight

Washington. September 13.-First re- turns today to Provost Marshal General Crowder from the second great mobiza- for the war on Germany indicated that at least H,ooo.o0O men had been added to the army reservoir. The estimated number of men between IS apd T and S2 and 45 years of age was 15,0o0,od0
 Ten states. widely scattered, and the District of Columbia. gave substantial totals by telegraph during the day and on these figures General Crowder an- nounced that these states were exceed Ing thelr estimated registration by S5 per cent. The returns will not be made pubic until they have been checked for possible errors. The states reporting were Tennessee Louisiana. Minnesota Mississippi Arkansas Oregon. Rhode Is- land, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin
 Complete figures for all states are ex- pected to be in hand by tomorrow night, at the latest: and some officials believe that they may show a total registration of nearly l5,000.000.
 Some local boards zealous to give the speedy service requested by General Crowder, engaged today in an unexpect- CT race to be the first to report, bringing their returns to Washington in person or sending them by courier, The chairman and secretary, respectively of Locals g and 70 i'll Philadelphia, brought in complete copies of their registration, with serial numbers attached, before the provost marshal generals office was opened. A special messenger from New York brought the record of local board No loI, where the serial numbers and lists classifying the registrants in age groups were ready five minutes after the office closed last night. Local board No in Washington likewise had finished the numbering as it's office was closing.
 Complete returns from the registration of August 2f, when youths who had reached their Fist year, between that date and June ,, 1918, also were made public today. They showed thai 1oI,96S men had gone into the draft re. serves against an estimate of 15S,o1i.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-14
Sanders Says Warrior Fleet Will Be in Commission as
 Soon as Possible
REPAIRS MADE AT
 NEW ORLEANS DOCK
Distinguished Inspection Party Leaves Washington to View Nitrate Plants
 at Sheffield

Washington, September 13. Special. -Preponderance of steel sheeting over available supply of engines for ships may delay the consummation of the pending deal between th0 gov ermnent and Woodward Iron company, whereby the former in collaboration with the latter planned the construction near Birmingham of its steel plant, valued at $25, 5,0en GOO.
 Intimation to this effect was offered in Washington by Chairman A. +. Woodward of Birmingham of the Woodward company and President Frank H. Grockard, With Mg. Woodward and sAIr crocllard. Rooeft Jemison of Birmingham came east for consultation.
 on account of the absence from Washington of Chairman Replogle of the steel committee of the war indus- tries board definite announcement as to the status of the proposed entcr- prise was impossible this afternoon. The Woodward officials left for New York and will there consult with the chairlnan. Mr. Woodward will return to Washington Tuesday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-14
Judge Reynolds Declines
 Republican Nomination

Montgomery. September 13.-In let ter to Pope M Long, state chairman of the republican committee of Alabama, Judge l.. F. Reynolds of Clanton, who was recently nominated in convention for governor of the state to oppose the democratic nominee. Thomas H. Kiiby, has declined the nomination. Among other things. the Chiffon official criti- istration of the states affairs, takes a pronounced stand for prohibition, and on that ground states that as the demo- cratic candidate represents his views perfectly as to this issue, he would not oppose him.