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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
AUIAILLER BOYS
BODY FOUND At
HAMMOND TODAY
Yves Seen By Engineer on
B. & o. Road Who re-
ported it.
WAS LODGED ON ROCKS
Orders for Expert Diver
From Pittsburgh We're
Countermanded.
WAS LODGED ON ROCKS

W. King, Of Grafton. an engineer
On a Baltimore and Ohio railroad
train, found the body Of Clarence Au.
miller, who was drowned at Valley
Falls Sunday afternoon, shortly after
s o'clock this morning The body was
found on . pile { rocks in the river
at Hammond, q distance OF abort one
and onO.haIf mile below Valley Falls,
where be was drowned.
ARRANGEMENTS had been made 70
have Hugh Curley Of Pittsburg, an ex-
pert diver come TO search for the
BODY, but before he left Pittsburg this
mDFning q telegram was sent stating
that the body had been found and it
would not be necessary for him to
come.
The funeral will be held from his
parents homo, JamisOn and BOydson
streets, on Thursday morning at II
o'clock. The services will be coduct.
~ b. oV. H. q. stoetzer, pastor Of the
FIRST Presbyterian church. The pail
bearers viii be composed OF members
% the sophomore class OF Fairmont
Eigh schOl A choir composed Of his
Geholmatos will render appropriate Sc
leotionB. Burial will tRke place in
WoOdlaWn cemetery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
BRITAIN'S FOOD
CONTROLLER DIES
VisCOunt RhOndda Was
One of Worlds Larg-
est Coal Operators

LONDON. July 3--ViscOunt Rhon0.
da David Alfred Thomasl. the Brit
ish food controller, died this morning
Viscount Rhondda was the man Who
put England and most Of the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain on ratiOns
and won the gratitude even Of The peo'
pie whose food supply he regulated.
Before he achieved the task Il was gen
orally regarded as all but impossible
Food was running short In the CnI'
ted Kingdom in June. 1917, when t'le
Baron Rhondda was appointed Food
Controller Of Great Britain. The Ger.
man U.boats were sending ships o ne
bottom Of the ocean and Great Britain
was supporting tremendous army 81
France. The civilians a home we're
beginning to feel the pinch. Long
queues Of men. women and children
stood for hours at the food stores %
scores OF British cities and there was
a loud grumble from the public.
The man who as David A. Thomas
had been managing director Of thc
great Cambrian coal combine, appar
entity undertook his task with many
misgivings. 81 have a suspicion. = Do
told his Welsh friends. shat Lloyd
George conscripted me for this almost
impossible job because be knew had
.he hide OF rhinocerOs.
q am going there" he added, e.
guardian and trustee Of the consumer
and particularly the poor consumer.
lie declared that he was determined
CONTINUED on page eighth
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DEATH on MRs. FANNIE cOLLINs

Miss Fannie Collins, a former res
ldent Of this city died. June Is in st.
JOseph's hospital at Phoenix Arizona,
after an Hines with tuberculosis.
Miss Collins went TO Phoenix several
years ago and improved to some ex-
tent. She had spent some time with
her sister Mrs. @. f. Gordon in Oak
land Cal She Is survived by her sis
ter. Mrs Gordon. and a brother, H.
c. Collins. Of ShinnstOn. Mrs. Collins
was well known in this city as a
young woman of many estimable
qualities and her friends here will
regret to learn of her death.
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Moose Will Take In
Another Big Class

Tonight Fairmont Lodge, Loyal Or.
der OF Moose. Will initiate another
large class OF candidates. II is ex.
pected that fully 100 candidates will
be initiated. There are more than 200
eligibles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
DEATH OF JOHN GIBSON.

John Gibson, colored. died at Cook
hospital lat evening after a siege
with typhoid fever. He was a resident
of Baxter and was employed in the
coal mines al that place. The body
was prepared for burial at the Gun.
bingham mOrIue.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
BANK CALL OUT.

WASHINGTON. July 3.-The comp
iroller OF the currency today issued
4 call Cor the condition Of all National
banks al close Of business on Satur.
day, June %.
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WOMAN FINED S1O-Ora

WOMAN FINED S1O-Ora Davis, col
Ored. was arrested at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning by city officers charged
with being drunk and for loite. Nng.
At court this morning she was tried
before Mayor Bowen and fined $40.
which she paid.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-03
BIBLE CLASS TO MEEr.

The Community Bible class will
meet this evening at eight o'clock al
the East Park community house. This
lesson will BE- taught by J C. Blake.
more. Special fcstures OF the program
10 be observed will be a piano solo by
Miss Catherine YOst and an address
by E NJ MusgroVe on What TO Plant
and How to Plant Late Gardens" A
meeting Of the Boyscout organization
viii be held al seven O'Clock this eve.
ming at the Community house
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DEATH or NUNCIO LOPEZ
NnuclO LoLpe5, an eighteen year
nld Italian boo. died last night at
Cook Hospital following an illness
10 iunerol arrangements have been
made.
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YANKEES WIPE OUT A GERMAN REGIMENT
No Paper TO
be Issued
Tomorrow

IN accordaRbe with the annual
custom ana 70 permit every en-
ploye OF the paSer TO have The en-
tire day in which 70 celebrate In
dependence dag The West Viz
ginian will not be printed tomor'
row. July g.
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French Rename Region O1
the MaFne In Honor
Of Exploit
CHECK COUNTER ETIlcl
Germans Recover Some Po-
sitions They Lost to the
British.
(By Associated PreSs)

WASHINGTON, July 3. - General
Pershing's cOmmuniQue for yesterday
announces that one German regiment
practically was annlhllated n The
heavy losses inflicted BY TIE AmaFi'
cans when they Stormed and held TIE
villages OF VauX, B1s-de-la.Rocho and
the neighboring woods advancing tie
American position q thousand yards
on a mile and q half front.
War material captured Included
trenches mOrtors and over 90 machine
guns. Three American aviatOr8 alu
reported missing from squadFOnG
which participated in fighting north,
west Of Chateau ThioTFy.
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DUTCH eAelNEr 10 QUIZ.

ROTTERDAM. July 3.-The Dutch
cabinet will pisce the resignation OF
It's members in the hands OF Queen
Wilhelmina tomorrow says the Nieu.
we Ritterdamsche COurant
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PARIS. July S.-The general con,
handing the French army % ne nol8
de Belleau region Of the Name iIont
on reviewing the American troops ~
turning from the attack on that posi-
ton announced that the Bots % Bel.
leau hereafter would be known as the
BOis.des- American.
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PARIS. July .@FFohCh tIO1pt Iasl
night attacked the German position
along a front Of three kilOmoicT8
north OF MOulin-sOus.Tout1e and On.
proved their position.
West Of Chateau ThieFfy On TIE
Marine front, a German counter attack
I'm the region Of Vaux was checked 81
the French fire. Other German a.
iempts to advance north OF M0neel,
and in upper Alsace were without 70.
suit
In the attack on the MoullnSous.
TOutzent front the French troops pen.
etrated the German positions % q
depth Of 800 meters: 80 far the num-
Der Of German prisoners In this opor,
alton has reached 220.
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LONDON, July 3.--German troops
last night after heavy preparatory
Smelling attacked and recaptured he
greater part of the ground taken By
the British in their local operation
near Boulincourt, north Of Albert on
Sunday evening. the War oiicfo an,
nounced today.
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TIE WEAIHEE

Pair and warmer tonlOla and
THURSDAY.
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Second Fight Mount KENNEL Brilliant Victory For the Allies Sa

not yet taken any part in the battle,
nor have any prisoners been taken
from among them. but advance
parties OF them, who ihave presum-
ably shown greater aptitude than the
rest in the eight weeks or 30 OF
training which they have had so far
have evidently been sent in to be re-
cruited into the battered divisions
which have taken part in the recent
offensive. Apparently they will be
used Immediately and some months
before they would normally have
come up were It not for the very high
losses which the enemy has suffered
in the course OF his recent attacks
What those losses are It Is quite I'M
possible to determine with even the
toughest approach to accuracy. But OF
the two extremes advanced-haR mil
lion on one side and three hundred and
fifty thousand on the other-it Is safe to
say the latter Is within the mark ! The
equivalent Of ls2 divisions have been
identified in action on the West front
since March q, and at least 13s and pos
sibly 40 Of the $50 divisions available for
action have already been used, the bal
ance between these figures and the 12
divisions identified being made up Of d.
visions which have been used twice or
even three times.
Now. although divisions win not be
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GAS SO INTENSE
WEAR GAS MASKS
TWO WHOLE DA VS.

kept In line for an offensive action up to
any such limits OF loss as viii the defen-
sive units before being retired, It Is hard
ly creditable that this mass Of nearly a
million and a half infantry alone. with
out counting artillery or other troops.
can have suffered 50 little as p or q per
cent OF its forces during 50 long and In
tense series Of actions.
The units OF which We have detail
information have. OF course, suffer-
ed very much more heavily than the
average. We have, for instance, the
case Of the Fourth ErZatz division.
which was virtually wiped out at
GiVenchy. We have the Thirteenth
Reserve division. which was thrown
against the French and pounded into
nearly the same case. We have the
First guard reserve division losing
something like a third OF its officers
in one days action. We have from
twenty to thirty detailed examined
and corrected cases OF this kind. and
we have further to guide Us the ex-
perience OF the allies themselves
when they have attempted a continued
intense offensive action.
From all these things It becomes
certain that the German losses can
certainly not to be less than the
$4,000 figure given above, and are
probably considerably higher.
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cupied no more than the earliest
hours Of the day. Long before noon
the French had organized a counter
attack which was singularly success
full. 1t not only retook the cross
roads, but got back the whole OF the
village of Locre, and finally pushed
on beyond, driving the enemy to
points actually within those from
which he first started. 1t was a clear
cut success in a "war Of movement"
the action taking place in the open,
ike that Of the old battles Of the
Marine.
Meanwhile the smaller and less i'm
portant enemy thrusts to the east at
Noormezeele had been held, and the
remainder Of the day-all the after
noon up to dusk-was taken up with
lnnumerable local concentrations of
troops on the part OF the enemy;
sometimes broken before they could
attack; sometimes broken in the
course Of the attack, but ALL destroy
ed before they could have any effect
upon the now restored defensive line.
Afternoons Fighting
Costs Germans Dearly.
1t was this afternoon of fighting
that was so exceptionally costly to
the Germans. and from the nature
of the situation and the fact that
the attacks nowhere got home II
was correspondingly less expensive
to the allies.
Certain details Of it which have
now reached London explain the char
acter Of this fighting and its results.
For instance, one regiment, firing
across the open glacis of fields
stretching down to the KENNEL brook,
had opposite them all the afternoon
portions of the Third Guard division.
These forces had to assemble as best
they could in the refined huts on the
opposite rise beyond the brook, which
rise was formed by the first slopes Of
Mt. KENNEL.
After making their assemblies in
these huts with very great loss Of
life in passing across the open ground
to reach them, the Prussian Guard
had to attempt an advance, again
across the open, to the brook. Every
such effort failed with murderous
loss. The mist OF the morning had
long ago disappeared and a light
wind had, happily for the British, be-
gun to clear away the gas. During all
its bloody efforts that afternoon the
Prussian Guard never so much as
crossed the KENNEL Brook. but it was
perpetually exposed to both machine
guns and rifle fire from the British
regiment until dark
Much the same thing was happening
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SAID HE'D DESERT
TO GERMANS; WILL
SERVEFIVE YEARS

ANNISToN. Ala, May 12--For hay-
ing made "contemptuous and disre-
spectful remarks" about The Star
spangIed Banner" as it was being
played. and for having declared he
would desert the United States army
and Join the Germans II he ever
reached the battlefelds OF France"
Private Abe Kenlen. Company B,
1O4th ammunition train, Camp McClel-
Ian, was sentsnced to i've years At
hard labor by general eOurt-martial
yesterday.
In addition. he forfeits all pay and
Is dishonorably discharged from the
army.
The findings OF the general court
martial have been reviewed and ap-
proved by General Morton, command
ing officer there.
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on every other section of.this ten-mile
line during this latter part Of the day.
and when the light declined the whole
offensive effort had failed
Several features are worthy Of remark
in this action It Is the first place this
year where the enemy has resorted once
more to his earlier expensive tactics OF
attacking in dense masses. which he was
thought to have abandoned. He did this
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What Congress Did Yesterday

The House Surenders and Passes the Administration Bill Au-
hOrzng the Use Of COnVicts in Manufacturing for the Navy
The Attorney General Authorized to Make the Distinction Be-
tween Slavery" and Involuntary Seritude" The Senate
Passes the POmerene Rent Administrator" Bill for the District
Of Columbia House Accepts the Senates Terms on HOus
ing Government Workers Washington Market and the District
Of Columbia Home GuarEThe OVerman Bill Before the House
Monday
By Wv. BYARS.
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By HILAIRE BELLoC.


. II is one of the difficulties Of fol-
lowing q great military campaign in
written articles that the part which
: is played by the army on the defensive
s is always difficult to explain. 1t is
30 true that it is safe to say that the
pubIic's interest always lies with
offensive action, and that even when
that action is futile it can be more
: easily aroused by it than by a sue
cess of the most brilliant kind which
, is effected by the defensive forces
= And yet, perhaps. three-quarters OF
the decisive battles and campaigns
of history have depended for their
= success upon some longish defensive
phase before their close.
= The allies in France and Flanders
are at this moment fighting a de
8 fensive action which they hope is the
prelude to such a success. They are
fighting q series Of battles, the place,
time, and intensity of which are de-
Z cided by the enemy, who has the
initiative and who attacks when,
where, and IN what strength he
.pleases. The whole future OF the war
Z depends upon the skill with which the
higher command Of the allied side
7 fixes the exact limits of the time OF
:. action, the space Of ground sur
rendered, and the expense of men en-
dured in their defensive.
But it is exceedingly difficult to
: give a popular general conception Of
these vital factors. The most bril-
= liant defensive action is nothing more
than a block; a calculated "sale Of
9 ground" and a defensive campaign
is, after all, q retirement
Brilliant Piece Of
Z Work Mt KENNEL
!. At any rate, one Of the most bril-
a liant pieces Of defensive work in this
2 or any other campaign Of which we
. know was performed on Monday,
: April %, and should be carefully
studied, and apart from the great
: strategy OF the west front campaign,
: as a technical example Of the success
full performance Of the task which
: the allies now have to undertake.
1t was the largest local action
? which the enemy had attempted for
six weeks-since his advance was
brought to a stop before Amiens. It
+. was pushed with extreme vigor and
= at a corresponding expense Of life to
him 1t completely failed, and this
: failure was followed by 1--WE full days
in which he was unable to move be-
3 cause OF the way in which the blow
= had shaken his local organization.
Struck to Win
> Range of Hills.
: The details Of the action were as
follows:
: After the capture of Mount KEN
b. mel the enemy was faced by the re-
mainder Of the range OF hills, which
were grouped Immediately opposite
him beyond the low saddle in the
s. ridge (the group including the some
what Isolated Mont Rouge, the lower
Scherenberg beyond it and at the
: western extremity of the range the
Mont des Chats). II he could seize
: the whole OF that range quickly the
enemy might make the holding Of the
= Tpres salient impossible. That salient
has no strategic value in itself, but
the rapid evacuation Of it by the
British forces would certainly be ex-
4. pensive, and might be locally disas-
trous. Moreover. when once such a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-12
PARIS CHILDREN
RAISE S2,5O9 FOR
/. j. S. WAR ORPHANS

PARIS. Nay II Subscriptions in
the Paris schools for funds to rear
the first American war orphans have
totaled 1900 francs (s2.5Oe). 1t is
announced Two hundred and sixty
thousand children contributed to the
fund
The school officials did not intend
to mate hthe American children's eff
forts in behalf of French orphans.
but simply wished to give some token
OF appreciation
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-12

In the Senate yesterday, Senator
Hollis resented the fashionable habit
of calling all who disagree with US
anarchists, Bolsheviki, or something
worse. Blu: no truthful person could
ever say anything worse Of Senator
Hollis than that he resembles Abou-
ben-Adhem-mayh his tribe increase
as one who loves his fellow men.
And finally he may discover some
means OF securing universal hap
piness without making it compul-
sorry.
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air attack by the use Of low flying ma
chimes. which fired at men on the ground.
One important piece OF news which
appeared during the week Is the
statement in the official French COM
munication that certain boys in ele-
ments of troops made up from the
German class Of 1920 have now been
identified in field depots Immediately
behind the front. These boys have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-12

AS a sculptor, aeronaut, "Presiden-
tial investigator" and promoter Mr..
GutzOn Borglum got no closer to the
surface in the Senate yesterday than
the pages of the Congressional Rec
ord in which Senator Thomas had
inserted one of the most important
chapters in modern aeroplane his
tory. But Mr.. Borglum's fame Is
Just beginning. He and several other
remarkable geniuses will be studied
in future ages in explaining world
war as a result of taking the limit
off," The rule of genius with the
limit on is that the worst blunders
are made only by men who render
most
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-05-12
By Wv. BYARS.

Columbia, the need was too urgent
to permit stopping for the solution
Of riddles. The House adopted the
report just before adjournment, to
get it out Of the way of the "Overman
bill" which is staged for Monday.
Otherwise, there might have been
two days debate. The Senate GER
tainly improved the bill, especially
as it cut out "cOst plus" contracts.
Senator Watson announced that on
Monday he would move to suspend
the rules and present an amendment
to the Postoffice Appropriation bill
pOstponing the enforcement of new
rates on second-class mail matter
until July l. 1919. This is what suf-
fering newspaper publishers all over
the country hope as a means of re-
lief until they can find something
better.
Mr.. Guion, the new Senator from
Louisiana, was made chairman of
the Committee on Coast and In
sular Service yesterday, and Mr..
Xenophon p. Whitley, the new Sen
ator from Missouri, chairman Of the
Committee on International EXPOSE
tions. Both are positions Of i'm
pOrtance enough to be adapted for
educating the sense Of Senatorial
dignity.
Mr.. johnson of Kentucky has
studied Washington history enough
for several volumes. He used enough
of it for a valuable volume yester-
day in a favorable report from the
District of Columbia Committee on
the bill to forfeit the charter of
the Washington Market Company.
The grounds is covered back to the
time of BOSS" Shepherd and for
ward TO the time when the market
company, paying only $500 a year
rent to the city, began charging the
Government $4,000 a year for part
of its floor space.
New bills in the House yesterday
were by Mr.. Mott, providing for fur
loughs with round-trip fares for
visits home at least once a year by
soldiers and sailors in camps in the
United States; by Mr.. Kehoe, to
compel "alien enemies" to wear
badges, and by Mr.. Connally, to for
felt the citizenship of nautralized
aliens who commit sabotage and
similar offenses.
In the Senate, Mr.. Hitchcock in
troduced a bill, following closely the
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probably under the desire Of achieving a
rapid result by main force
In the next place the numbers engaged
were larger than have been employed
in any local action for many weeks in
fact. the German concentration was the
largest since the main offensive, in
March.
Again, for almost the first time, the
enemy copied the British innovation in
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sas. oOo,oo EoR DEFICIENCIES.

The War Department-has asked
Congress for s33,OOO.OOO to meet de-
ficiencies and pay expenses Of the
army medical department until July l.,
the end of the present fiscal year.
The department also has asked 1884,
IT'S for contingent expenses and sta
tionerY.
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U. S. WOMEN TO FARM ABROAD

The first unit OF woman agricul-
turists under direction Of the Commit
tee for Devastated France will sail
this month to work in the Aisne dis
trict of France, where the French
government has placed large tracts OF
land in the hands OF the committee.
It was announced yesterday. Special
qualifications are required for this
unit
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FIRE DAMAGE is $4,000.

Damage estimated at $4,000 was
caused by a fre. of undetermined
origin, which broke out yesterday
afternoon in the stables and shed in
the rear OF the Continental Pie Com
pany, 3139 o street northwest. 4
number of horses were rescued, but
firemen were unable to save the shed
from the blaze. which spread quickly.
Mrs. Susie B. Flynn and Mrs. Grace
Brennan eXtinguished a fire which
started in an awning at the EarlinE-
ton apartments yesterday and threat
ened 20 spread. They threw several
buckets OF water on the flames which
were creeping to the woodwork OF
windows of the floor above the blaz-
ing awning.