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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

William stobbs, OF Wheeling, is the
tweaty-first Washington and Jefferson
College man to be called to the colors.
He has Just received orders to report
to the officers training school for the
aviation service at Ohio State Univer-
sity, having passed the necessary tests
Former Circuit Judge Thomas II.
Harvey. OF Huntintgno. has donated
ten thousand dollars to Washington
and Lee University, Lexington. Va,
for the creation of the Harvey scholar
ship fund for sons Of ex-Confederate
veterans Of the counties of Cabell,
Wayne, Lincoln. Logan and N1ingo in
this state. These counties comprise
judicial distritc over which Judge Har=
vey presided for twelve years. Judge
Harvey is a graduate Of Washington
and Lee law school OF the class OF
1865, and is one of the few living mem
bers OF mat class. Before attending
the law school, Judge Harvey. then a
mere boy, served in the Confederate
army, together with his father. the late
Colonel Harvey. and received wound
which disabled one arm for life.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Tough home before the departure for
France. The Wheeling and Panhan-
die men in Batteries A and G OF the
413th Field Artillery have asked that
they be permitted to come to Wheeling
in q. body for the Liberty Loan demon
stration, and their request is expect
ed to be granted
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

List Of unclaimed letters rematninG
IN the Fairuont, ". Va, postofflee tol
,ta ,u-aaE- ending March I6. 1875
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Consulting State Veterinarian
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-21

Rheumatic misery Is now a thing q
Washington Journal., 1918-05-17

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auf benz 3amin bate Drei gsidlns
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IS 1T Ipdt. Run pol,sR mir
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nit ACKNOWLEDGMENT gugep ranO
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men19liae S9paAbeit,
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g%enofie ieines Wet6eS tpar.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

in the British Isles. In order to re-
duce the danger Of spies to a mini
mum
The shells being dropped into
Paris by the long-range guns, he
said are costing the Germans
81 900. 900 for every life they take.
Colonel Griffith Initiated a party
OF notable American and Frenchmen
into the Moose order on French
boat returning to this country. The
ceremony WAS held in ulid-Atlantic.
The Moose have raised n fund
of $500, 900 to be expended in war
work overseas The commission with
which Colonel Griffith was associa-
ted opened French headquarters at
s Boulevard Malescherbes, which
faces on the place de la Madeleine
In Paris. There are billiard andspool
rooms, a canteen, lodge rooms, eac.,
and the place has been given a
homelike atmosphere. It is estima-
ted that 10000 Moose from the
United states and Canada will soon
be in France.
Colonel Griffith took an active
part in the Red Cross drive in May.
speaking in many parts OF the state.
He not only knows about conditions
able to discuss intelligently the
as he saw them "over there" but
being an experienced military man
who has seen foreign service, he is
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

could feel the air pressure from some
"a tLusu bholIs. Our party was the
only party of civilians that ever
wer,.frn Trurrn-rr-nut. >
a A.-.4--ea,- 49,, szud when ask ed
as~1t German atrocities, that the
full extent OF Hun atrocities can
never be pictured: that ali descrip-
tons fail to tell even a small part
Of the awful story"
Colonel Griffith spent, all told.
IL days in the submarine zone. They
sighted a submarine on the spot
whore twenty-four hours later the
Tuscania went down. Oil come TO
the surface after depth bombs had
been dropped but this did not indI-
cate. necessarily, that the U-boat
had been hit. "The Germans now
make a practice" he explained, "of
releasing oil every time they are
chased, so as TO throw their pursuers
off the TRAIL
Spies Still Mcnacing.
I'VE haven't had our eyes opened
yet" he observed, Ito the danger
of the German spy and propaganda.
They are still battling with this evil
across the sea, and with all of their
elaborate precautions they have not
finally eliminated the danger. Amer
lea must sooner or later adopt a
registration scheme like they have
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

baafaeH your interest IN from LOCO 20 as high
~ 900 or 5000 barrofs Of oil daily pro-
duction. You can't afford TO stay out Get
IN today while yov Opportunity only
knocks at your docw once IN a lifsttme and II
u up to you to grasp II nov. We will newer
sell another share Of This stock aftsr tho f1rBt
well drilling allotment OF stock has been sold.
should this well be a big gusher. &,eoo-
BARREL we'll this lease would make cur com
pany worth s.. .0oe, zoo, The OIL Is there, she's
all around US. big large producing wells II
win undoubtedly mean a fortune to you who
help me drilL This stock should all bo soid
and off the market within the next few days
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
Your Chance

tp rnaiee fortune by Investing IN cur drilling
aI.Strnept Of stock Our capitalization ia small.
Our possibilities tremendous. Big wells are
drifting nearer and nearer to cur Lease Only
a little ways north of US lies the famous Besgs
posl which has produced thousands and thou
eands of barrels of OIL We may get 5000
or 10 900 barrel Rusher. then every dollar you
invest with vs. to bring in our first well should
return to yoa a hundred fold, possibly 1000
for one within a few short woekR
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
Thank Quick! Act Quick!
Buy Now!

DON'T war; until all Of this stock ts gubbied
UP, by the wise ones OIL companies are CON
tracing to drin wells in every direction from
our lease. The minute this we'll is started
our stock will go up. Every time a drill
starts near our lease the valuable
property becomes. We feol we have one Of
the M ost valuable leases in this field and II
shoald not be but n matter OF time ti this
is proven by the bit going down into the oil
sad ssRa nk2agstng thspsaAasA n barrels Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
100000

or more year TO bs divided among tibs on.
mulgse- youngstown on Company stockhotdswn
Think what this means TO the stockholders Of
this company only capitalized for &Se,oee and
with only part OF this issued. this would only
leave few Of us to divide up the profits with
REMEMBER, THE UNISSUED EI5ARES OF
STOCK DO NOT DRAW DIVIDEND6. And
your stock should be worth
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
gS GuherSOftheY ear Comein Near Okm Oil Co ~

of for you and eve<y sthsr stDckhosdSr in tfsis
company.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ArxoTA6Hrez
OF STOCK TO BE SOLD II this vci1 comss n
n big producer. The proceeds dsrsve1 frem .
1900 1000 barrel weu should pay for ths
drilling OF this entire lsass within \ short time
from the ssle of odl Than tf,s procseds frern
tho sale Of oil viii 20 into a. des1Asnd. fsPA
which should gtve 1a n
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

scientific and technical side of tho
war. He also Is acquainted with
German philosophy and history,
which teaches him, he says, that
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
DriIlins

AAAH
To start soon as the necessary capital
Is raised to put down our first well.
Each one should be gusher and our
stock should be worth many times its
present price of 1Gc q share now,
should be in 80 days $500 a share.
Lease May Be Worth 81, ,0Oo, 10000
THIS COMPANY Is ONLY CAPI-
TALIZED FOR $30,000.00. AND
ONLY a FEW THOUSAND DOL
LARS OF THIS STOCK HAS BEEN
ISSUED. We are only offering enough
of this stock for sale which will raise
the needed drilling fund which will
set us ready to drill for the liquid gold
which underlies this wonderful Ok
mulgee field. You viii notice On the
map above our lease is wedged in
between the Beggs pool and the fa-
nous youngstown pool which is
known for It's 1000 and S.e00-barrel
wells that have been brought in dur
ing the past few months We figure
we win raise the needed capital for
drilling within 80 days or Less time,
and this is
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
Do II Nsvi Buy ISds&
Rejcice Tcunex1u4

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WITH ss
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TO pound down on n,0thw saxth fw a. nQ1fa
gpad that undsxf10 this voadarcA pouk xha
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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30
A Sure Winning Chsnce-of
a Lifetime

FOR roo II YoU taks adwantags Of ~ rfyuu
could stand and soc The big guahArs nnkug tnrx
sftsr tank with the black liquid gold end TIE
dr1Ib pounding away fn svsry direction nssn
lcasc, you would send In svery dollar you
could rake and scrAps and gnfhar together for
your share Of . waiting fortune IN tha Okmui-
geo Youngstown on nompany. Clip the coupon
below and mail n ~ oassa together with youx
remittance. Z
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-30

"the Kaiser and his hordes are not
human beings, but brutes, savages
and not entitled to the respect or
consideration of humanity"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
Gernan-American War

Women must improve themselves in
many ways to meet the approval and
ideals of the soldiers on their return
from the front, says Mrs. w. G. Sharpe,
wife of the ambassador to France, now
in New York.
Secretary Baker asks $4,000 100000
for the army for 191S-1919, exclusive
of appropriations for the coast defense
and heavy ordnance. There are now
/ 1,SS5,OOO American troops, and Mr..
Baker says there viii be 2,29S,000 by
July 1.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
started a roundup of slackers and de-
serters in every state.
Unless American agencies are able
to break the threatened corner of plat
inum engineered by German agents in
Colombia the women of the United
States will be asked by the war de-
partment to surrender all jewelry
made of the rare metal.
Investigation of the army aviation
situation was urged by the senate.
Carl Rodiger, a German naval Off
Ger, was arrested in New York, ac-
cused of plotting military enterprise
against Great Britain. A woman lee
turer at Yale and a German professor
also were arrested. A Vassar instruc-
tor will be interned.
Two American aviators, after des-
perate air battle, brought down Ger
man flyer, who fell behind the Ger
man lines. The battle began over the
-nerican lines at Toul.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
SPORTING


James Clarke, Jr., of the Boston A.
A. broke 1913 out of 200 clay birds in
the preliminary shoot of the national
amateur championship at Travers Is
land.
Ray Chapman of the Cleveland
Baseball Club enlisted in the naval re-
serves.
George Mogridge, who has been
pitching gilt edge ball for the Yam
KEGS, in fact, their mainstay until Love
rounded into form, notified Miller Hug
gins that he is to quit the national
game Mogridge is to accept a place
in the service of the government at
Sparrows Point, Md, in a shipyard
Fearing that permission to play Sun
day baseball in Philadelphia might
lead to public discussion and serve as
an opening wedge for the playing of
professional games, Mayor Smith an
nounced that he would not sanction
contests on the Sabbath between serv-
ice teams, as had been proposed.
Olaf Henriksen has quit the Indian
apolis club. 1t is rumored that the
former Boston player could not get
along with Manager Lajoie.
: Joe Birmingham, former manager of
the Cleveland Indians, has been signed
TO play on Roger Bresnahan's Toledo
club.
Fannie Durack, greatest of woman
swimmers, is coming to New York from
Australia to meet our champions In
competition.
Hollocher, the Cubs new shortstop,
is a success so far.
The Cincinnati fans are turning out
in large numbers to see Matty's Reds
in action.
Bert Niehoff is playing good ball for
the Cardinals, and is already favor
ite with Mound City fans.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
GENERAL

Henry Lichenor Francis Allison,
twenty years old, of Brooklyn, was re-
manded to Jail for trying to force his
way into West Point by giving false
statements as to his education.
A call for 6,207 skilled men for the
National Army was sent out by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder. All
states are included except New Jersey.
State officials were notified to call
men for the May draft quota. The
number of men was not given out, but
it is put at 250,OO0.
Women's organizations all over the
country are enlisting In the campaign
to suppress German language news
papers and other publications.
A. Mitchell Palmer, alien custodian,
demanded that enemy alien owned
stock in the Submarine Wireless Com
pany of New York be turned over to
the government.
The New York War Camp Commu-
nifty Service announced that special
bathing suits for soldiers and sailors
are TO have ~. s." in large letters
on the breast, so that cafes and hotels
viii offer them no liquor.
Franklin D. Roosevelt tells gradu-
ates of Drexel Institute that all Ger
many is Prussianized and only univer-
sal service will bring victory to the
allies.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
FIotsam and Jetsam of Live In
tereSt Caught From the Wires
and Boiled Down.
GREAT CONFLICT EPIToMlzED.
Important Happenings Ir the Forty
eight States Of the Union--occur-
renees at the capItal-Latest
Cable Condensations.
WAR BULLETINS

Within five months the weight of
American aid will force a decision in
the battle on the western front, mill
tary experts declare. Germany's total
strength now is 100000 men. The
whole position on the western front is
becoming more favorable for the al
lies.
The Germans, having suffered a Sc
we're defeat in the Ypres region, evil
IDENTIFY are preparing to transfer their
attack further south and the artillery
action has become intense in the Lys
sector. The allies captured an impor-
tant hill near Cassel, on the Amiens
front.
Mai. Gen. James W. McAndrew is
appointed chief of staff of the Ameri-
can forces in France.
1.-THE war will last long time yet
only crazy man dare estimate how
long" declared Gen. Sir William Rob-
ertson in addressing a meeting in Lon
don.
The lull which has brooded over the
western battle lines continues. The
expected German attacks on the Ypres
and Amiens fronts have not been
launched
The Germans must attack soon or
acknowledge their defeat in their am
bilious attempt utterly to crush the
allied armies. The present phase of
the battle is not unlike that before
Verdun.
British cover ground with dead Ger
mans in heroic seven hour battle at
Ridge Wood.
British in Mesopotamia advance 20
miles farther on road from Bagdad to
Monil. British gains in Palestine also
reported.
German batteries are active in Flan-
ders, but infantry action halts while
fresh troops are brought up to replace
their heavy losses.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
FOREIGN

Testimony at the Bonnet Rouge trial
In Paris connected that case with the
Bolo Pasha affair. One of General
Sarrail's reports from Salonica was
transmitted to the one-time Kkedive
of Egypt.
Enforcement of Irish conscription
act postponed pending Introduction of
a new home rule bill.
General Radcliffe, director of British
military operations, says the Germans
have failed so far in their objective on
the northern front and are using up
their reserves without strategic result,
thus impairing their chance of success
In the south.
The new home rule bill is expected
to be a compromise, with an Ulster
committee having the power of veto
over all legislation affecting Ulster
exclusively.
Prinzip, the slayer of the Archduke
and Archduchess of Austria in 1914, is
dead in an Austrian fortress from tu-
berculOsis.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09
WASHINGTON


The United States and Norway COM
pleted a general commercial agree
ment. The agreement was signed by
Vance G. Mccormick, chairman of the
War Trade Board, and DR. Fridtjof
Nansen, special representative of the
Norwegian government.
Shipping Board to continue building
concrete vessels despite Congress re-
fused to grant appropriation. VIII
spend $50,OO0,O00 from its available
funds
Secretary Baker outlined a colossal
military program to the house com
mittee and asked for unlimited powers
to increase the size of the army. The
army appropriation bill will carry
$16,OO00O0,O0O.
The war department almost immedi-
ately will resume the practice of CIV
ing addresses of American soldiers in
the casualty lists sent from France.
In the first four months of govern
ment operation the railroads received
from the government $90,000,000, of
which S76,000,000 was in loans, the
New Haven getting $43, 100000 to help
to meet maturing notes.
A. G. Townley of st. Paul declares
that the Farmers National Nonparti-
san League is loyal organization and
that it pledged itself to help the gov
ernment in every way in it's war activ-
tiles.
Registrations of shipyard volunteers
In the Public Service Reserve total
100000.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1918-05-09

Property of George Ehret, New York
brewer, is seized by government under
the trading with the enemy act. Mr..
Ehret is in Berlin ana his son will
continue business. 1t is valued at S4O,-
100000
The United States government has
taken control of the distribution of
steel, and war needt will be main-
tanned at 100 per cent. production.
First evidence of the determination Of
the government to keep all the great
war making factories at full tilt was
given when 5000 tons of pig iron were
commandeered from an automobile
plant and shifted to a war-essential
factory.
The Victor Talking Machine Com
pany was declared a combination in
restraint of trade and commerce in
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law.
Lieut.. William Won Bricken, former
ly military attache of the German con-
sulate in San Francisco, who pleaded
guilty to conspiring to overthrow
British rule In India, was sentenced to
two years Imprisonment.
A jury after six minutes delibera-
ton acquitted Capt Henry Allen for
killing S. J. Walker for cursing the
American flag, in Honolulu.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-16
WILSON BEGINS
THE CONFERENCES
OF PEACE TERMS
President is Anxious to Get Down to
Consideration Of Problems Now
Facing Whole World.

Paris, December 16--Presfdent Will
son has indicated TO allied leaders his
desire to get down to work as soon
as possible.
The president and Premier Glenn
enceau exchanged IDEAS on the course
of procedure in a aconference yester-
day. sW
1t is understood the American dele
gates are in favor ~ the preliminaries
being conducted hg Wilson and one
representative EACH from France, It
ally and Great Britain.
This body would formulate a Sc
ries of proposals which would be sub
mitted to open conference of the full
delegation of all the entente belliger-
ents for debate, pribr to drafting the
final treaty.
Some of the entente representatives,
it is reported, favor having the full
delegations of America, Great Britain,
France and Italy, and one representa-
tive of Japan, draw up the treaty and
submit it to the other entent belliger-
ents for signature.
Wilson is continuing to work hard
between festivities. A private. direct
telephone line connects his room with
Colonel f. NJ. Houses room.
In conference yesterday, in which
House, Clemenceau, Henry White and
Herbert Hoover participated. arrange
ments we're made for the fullest pub
licity throughout the world concern
ing Americas position.
The conviction is growing that pub.
lie opinion is swinging more and moro
into line behind American views. This
conviction is borne out by press com
ment here and renorts from other al
lied and neutral countries.
At 2:30 this afternoon President
Wilson officially was received at the
Hotel De Vile as a citizen of Paris.
The city is greatly impressed by
the simplicity with which the pres
ident placed wreath on LaFayette's
tomb yesterday. He was accompan-
led by Brig. Gen. Harls, French aide
and secret service man.
Attached to the wreath was his per
sonal card, on which he wrote:
For the great Lafayette, from .
fellow servant of liberty"
A number of aged nuns, who hap
pened to be in tn e cemetery, We're
greatly confused by Wilson s unher
aided appearance. They were the only
native witnesses of the simple cere-
mony.
The street celebrations in Wilson's
honor continued all day yesterday and
last night.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-16
GRAND JURY GIVEN
SPECIAL INSTRUC-
TIONS BY court
Judge Newell Calls Grand Jury's At
tentlOn TO Hospital Ward at Jail
and Storing Of Bedding In
Court HOuse-0wens Case
Set For Friday.

The December term of the Mason
Circuit Court was convened in earn
est this morning and the first thing
done was the assembling and instruct
ing of the Grand Jury.
In his instructions to the jury Judge
Newell gave the usual instructions as
to the local option law, the game law
and gambling and in addition called
the attention of the Grand Jury to the
condition of the hospital ward at the
county Jail which had been reported
as being unfit for occupancy. He sug-
gested that the jury investigate and
make some recommendation as to the
establishing and maintaining of some
sort of hospital ward at the Jail that
might be used in confining the in
sane.
The Judge also called attention OF
the jury to the fact that all of the bed
ding that had been used in the Emerg-
ency hospital when so many were i'll
with influenza had been stored in the
Court House.
Mr.. Joseph Davis, member Of the
Grand Jury, was excused and Mr.. ].
B. Ross was summoned to take his
place
The criminal docket was called and
the majority of the cases we're passed
for this term. The case against Har-
ry Harvey charged with knowing a
female under 16 years of age was con-
tinued and the cases against George
Wood Owens, former City Clerk, were
continued until next Friday by agree
ment of attorneys In the case.
Mr.. E. H. Bryant was named fore
man of the grand jury and the jury
retired to its room on the second
floor of the Court House.
Harrison Thomas charged with vio.
lation of the local option law Piled
guilty and a fine of $50 and costs was
assessed against him.