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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-04-12

Tazewell County went over the top
in the Second Liberty Loan campaign.
She will do likewise this time. Watch
FER.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
THIS is DOLLAR DAY. "
Wilmington Merchants Believe 1t
Will be the Most Sue
cessful of All.

'Dollar Day" is being observed IN WI
mington today for the eighth time since
it's inception, four years ago, each sue
ccedng dollar day witnessing larger at
tendance and sales.
These sales, which are held under the
auspices of the mercantile section OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, have proved tho
most popular thing, both from the stand
point of the merchant and customer that
body has ever undertaken, and indica-
tions so far point to an even greater suc-
cess today than that of any previous
sale
Even though many OF the sales made
today are at sacrifice merchants teel
confident that such sales will net them
good returns in future sales and the bring
ing of new business
From statements made ut noon today
by a number of the most prominent
merchants. Dollar Day" IN point OF
actual sales made will far exceed that
of any previous special sale.
: At many of the larger stores thus morn
ng the sidewalks in front Of the entrance
TO the stores were crowded with shop
pers waiting for the doors to open. and
as soon as admitted the crowd began
buying Everybody has money and
everybody If spending IT. declared one
merchant, and the truth of the asscr-
ton could not be disputed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
WASHINGTON CLEA'1S UP
JAPANESE SITUATION
United State Government Credits
Mikado With Disinterested
Motives in Siberia.
BY Associa,ed Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington. March ct was au-
tboritatlvely stated today that the Upited
States has sent no communication to
Japan ON the subject of action In Siberia
and that If any views of this government
are expressed they probably will be con-
veyed To Great Britain, through which
the United States has received all its
information on the situation.
1t was further stated that the United
States has not assonted, disscnted. or
protested, and that without any exchange
Of written communications, Japan al
ready understands the friendly attitude
of the United States and its disposition
10 take no part.
In addition, Japan understands that
the United States credits her with dis
Interested purposes If action in Siberia
should be taken.
At The same time 1t Is understood Japan
understands the United States is giving
thought to the moral effect in Russia of
such action and would feel that the
absolute necessity should be apparent
before it is taken These views have been
expressed to Great Britain which as an
intermediary advised the United States
of Japan's views.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
MILFORD SOLDIER
TELLS OF RESCUE
FROM TUSCAN|A
John Z. Davis Had Thrilling
Experience and Witnessed
Tragic Scenes.
NOW IN CAMP IN IRELAND

John u. Davis. the Milford soldier who
WAS on the transport Tuscania, which was
torpcdoed few weeks ago, has written
relatives, telling Of his rescue and giving
other information lie rs now IN q camp
ior Scotch convalcsccnts in Ireland. j
had thrilling experience on my WAY
over, he writes eve were getting ready
to go to supper at about 5.55 o'clock,
when thud was heard and all the lights
went out. Everyone knew IN an instant
that we had been torpedoed. Thousands
were on the lower deck and rushed out for
the door Some Of the passengers lost all
control Of themselves, hut more of them
were calm and practically all of them got
ON deck The big ship was listing n lot on
the starboard side She had been hit IN
the engine room Fortunately the 1us-
cania sank very SLOWLY. ! waa scared
motionlessa for n few minutes. but recover
ed my composurn and tried tn get my men
together Some of them | pevc. saw
Some men committed suicide on deck,
others jumped overheard to certain death
| was near life raft on the upper deck and
made up my mind tn stick there till the
last FINALLY n British submarine destroy
or came alongside and threw ropes up and
Jumped on board A number were lost
bnc- third of the members of our company
are missing
IIe speaks very highly of the hcsritable
treatment received hv the American
soldiers For the present. he writes.
we are stationed IN a camp foF convales-
cent Scotch soldiers. who have been in
jurcd in action This is the third camp VIZ
have been IN II Is very interesting 10 hear
the Scotch soldiers recount their experi-
ences They treat the Americans like
kings and would take the clothing oH
Their backs for us Last night another
soldier and | were in the \ NJ G. A.
building, irving to write. hut II WAS So
crowded that We could hardly find table
4 fine Scotchman named Peterson asked
us to follow him and he took ua into n
neat office. where We could write lie
had been wounded i'm tho great Darlan
elles campaign All Of the sScotchmen here
have been incapacItated from active ser
vice on account of wounds They arc rn
liglous men and tell weird atoTips ot the
kilties going over the top one cannot
realize how kind they arc unless he has the
pleasure Of being among them. For dinner
today we had fine Irish stew, potatoea.
canned aprlcots and corn starch pudding
! am feeling fine The bills of Ireland arc
green
II got very sick on the way over. but
soon recovered and am feeling well now
lost my hat and an lrlsh lord gave me n
fancy stocking la put on my head II has
his initials on IT and shall kccp II aa a
souvenir
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
HIT NEAR TUsCANIA's GRAVE.
Same Irish Town That Took Care Of
Transport Survivors Provides for Cal
-

IN Irish Port, Monday, March & ~
The people OF this town, who a few days
ago won the gratitude Of the american
people by their kindness 70 the survivors
from the Tuscania have extended their
hospitality in the last few days to nearly
500 men from the Calgarian, one OF the
finest auxiliary cruisers in the Atlantic
service The Calgarlan was torpedoed IN
the late afternoon, not far from the place
where the Tuscania met her doom.
The ships bell had just sounded I
o clock when torpedo struck. The shock
was SO slight that il was thought the vessel
bad merely touched mine astern. It
Was hoped to get her to port safely.
\ considerable time later 4 second
torpedo struck her, followed quickly BY
two more BY this time there were several
trawlcrs and patrol vessels in the vicinity,
and the work Of discmbarking the crew
was hastened. BY good fortune the Cal
garlan remained atloat on an even keel
for some time, Notwithstanding the four
torpedoes. 1t was possible to take off
nearly all the crew except men in the
stokeholds and others who had be n
injured by the explosions
Most Of the rescued men were brought
here Hot meals and dry clothes were
provided, and there were turned over to
them the same beds which the Tuscania
survivors had occupied few days before.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
GERMAN A|RPLANES
OUR BOYS TARGETS
Much Aerial Work Being Done
Over Our Lines IN
France.
Rs Associated Press % Every Evening

With the American Amy In France,
Tuesday. March 5-ThIs has been n
qlnet dav on the American sector north
west of Toul The artillery on both sides
seemed content to fire few destructive
shots The shells were lnfrcquent until
late in the afternoon. when the American
artillery livencd things up q bit, firing
on q town in the enemy lines where troops
had been seen.
Although the weather was bright and
clear for the first time III several days. a
mist arose from the snow and observation
WAS obscured 10y the ground haze Aerial
forces took advantage Of this and operated
freely Groups of enemy planes came over
for Photographic work, but they were
kept high in the air by the American anti
aircraft guns Planes from the American
lines also were out in force In the trenches
the men divided their time between watch
ing the operations and drying themselves
out in dug0uts
Observation balloons were up for the
first time in several days being stationed
at intervals along the front rs far as the
eye could see in both objections For the
first time IN the war an American obScrva-
ton balloon, fully manned and protected
by Americans, went up. This Is the first
compete unit Oh biit Ct-E NIttt
to appear in the field For two days 1T had
been ready to ascend. the observers hav-
ing been up in French balloon several
days previously Today an American
balloon company was working where the
French hitherto have been.
The balloon was hauled out from its
hidden nest, and a slight delay was cx-
perienced in getting il off the ground
because the telephone wires from the
basket, in which were an American cap
tain and lieutenant, were fOuled, This was
quickly remedied and the balloon was
sent up. remaining in the air for several
hours 1t rose higher than either the
French or the German in an attempt to
reach an altitude specially favorable for
observation.
While it was at the highest point
the watchers saw two airplanes, with the
black cross Of the enemy on their wings,
headed in their direction The balloon
was hauled down so that it might be
grounded quickly if necessary American
gunners were on duty at many places
nearby, for the balloon was protected
heavily. They stood by their guns, but the
enemy planes, sailing across the sky with
shrapnel puf1s streaming out behind them
like the tail OF a comet, suddenly changed
their course and headed for home The
appearance of squadron Of planes from
behind the American lines, bearing the
insignia of the French on their wings,
probably was the cause.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
BRITISH NAVY CHIEF
PRAISES OUR TARS
Have the Respect and Esteem of
Officers of British Navy.
Geddes Says
nv Associated pre.s to Every Ercninp

London. March The introduction of
the naval estimates in the House of Com
mons today was made the occasion hy Sir
Eric Campbell Geddes, First Lord Of the
Admiralty. for n lengthy speech in which
he summed un the naval situation during
the past wear. and gave a high comph-
ment to the efficiency Of the American
naval forces working IN tho war zone.
''on the whole. naval warfare during the
past wear has proceeded increasingly ~
our favor. said Sir Erlc. +" It has con
tlnued chiefly to test the strength between
the enemy submarine and the measures
we and our allies have taken for combat
ting that menace There have been
occasional interludes, such as the exit of
the Goehen and the Rreslau from the
Darianelles and the recent raid by enemy
1estroyprs on a Dover patrol
Occasional raids on our convovs and
the English coast are natural outcome
Of the blockadcd enemy irving 10 harrass
the hlockadIng fleet The exit Of thc
Goebcn and the Breslau was raid Of
similar character The Goehcn was re-
foated and while the reports justify the
belief that she Was damagpe1 we must for
the present treat her As q still efficient
engine of war The loss nf the Breslau Is a
serious ono for the enemy IN that area,
and much outweighs from the military
viewpoint the loss OF our Raglan and MIS-.
British monitors sunk during the engage
ment with the (,oebeu and the Brestau
outside the DardancllcS
''I'be Dover raid Is IN a way a salts
factory incident II has been commonly
believed that the passage of submarines
through the Straits of Dover has been
prevented BY nets and distractions since
the early davs Of the war That IS not
tr1ie and undoubtedly considerable
number OF submarines passed through
even towards the end Of last wear moro
vigorous policy was adopted recently
and the surface barrier Is now maintained
dav and night across the channel At
night, patrolling craft numbering over 100
tempting the passage has reasonable
chance OF being engaged.
"To raid this barrage, the enemy came
out on the night of February 4. ! cannot
comment on the incident, because the
admiral at Dover has ordered court
martial to elucidate If, but / can pay
tribute To the herOIsm and devotion of the
men, who. after being hammered by the
warships maintained their patrol and
went out again the next morning and ever
since Everything possible n being done
10 protect them.
might raids of thus kind always can be
undertaken by a determined enemy and
are tribute to the efficacy of the work Of
the barragc.
Continued on page
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
CALGARIAN 4 NOTED SHIP.

Montreal. One. March g. Whiie the
British steamship CalgarIan has been on
cruiser dutv along north, Atlantic trade
routes virtually SINCE he war began, she
also has made several special trips between
England and Halifax with distinguished
passengers On one occasion she carried
SIR Robert Borden, the Canadian prIme
minister, and on another she brought
over the Duke Of Devonshlre, governor
general Of Canada after taking his pre-
decessor in office, he Duke Of Con-
naught. back 70 England
The Calgaran navigation officer.
Capt H. - Kendall, commanded the
Empress of Ireland when she sank after
collision with the Storstad, a collier, N
the St Lawrence IN 1914. In the recent
Halifax disaster he had d narrow escape
from death It was Capt kendall who
identified the murderer Crppen on the
steamship Montrose when Crippen tried
70 escape from England on that ship,
which Kendall then commanded.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
LEGISLATIVE PLAN S.
Some of the Members Will En-
deavor to Have Door Open
for General Business.

Some of the members OF the Legs
lature, it was learned today, notwith-
standing the fact that in the call for the
special session. to convene next Monday,
Governor Townsend has proposed three
specific reasons war defence leglsla-
ton action on Federal prohibition amend
ment and plans for increasing farm labor r
willmakean effort to have the dooropened
for the consideration of general business
Included in the legislation they have
in mind it is said, is an act creating q
paid fire department for Wilmington, also
amendments to the income tax law, SO
as to remove the agricultural exemption
and the affidavit fee. Other measures
are also being considered.
Friends of prohibition say there is no
doubt about the Legislature ratifylng
the Federal amendment, though it will
he fought
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
NON PEACE ELEMENT
gFFNs TO nv csr~r~r
; A--o~i-,r,i Pre-. y R---r Fy---a,.r

A-~n~Frtri presa ~ E-r~r R--~ssr-r
Petrngrad rr b~iny e-v--r-t~f ~ -
Bolshevik government Mo~~rv. the -
Clent capital, again ls IN foeorne ne 80
N the Rpsrian z0vryrrnrr-. whti~ rrfro
grad is n 10 made 4 free pspr'
The Is1prlaticn n Prgrugrad = -r-iiignr
II huruediy and varfpsis gpvrvnrlrri'
departments are rrTnpviu- furfhrr ul-Hel
away from The f-crtnan iuvadrr- m
shevik counsils in hTae~ow md 'h~ rro
vrnces are sad - - rnorr oppr~ei
The Germans and urpar-fs lssacr 'han
thnse n Prtrograd
Previnus vrpor'- hat 10 t--i ierurs
II the German vrace treaty. ~hich take
from Russia thorannds ~ errt~re rYiles
~ Europe and Asia would nnt ~ ~
cspted by the Ali-Fussisn rongrena
Workmens and SoliisrS' Delegates tnd,-
Gated also that The ron-peane Clements
IN the Bolsheyrk ranks were gaming tle
upper hand EvaIViation III .'.'rngrAd
Eas stated a. ono - inc rnsaaires fhs
war party proposed
Action on the r,cars treaty ~ tbs opn-
gress when u meets "a AnsoDu r.rnhahi.
will CAUSE The downfall a anlna nj
Trotzky. i they ~ not reaen ..rfarc-
hand A snction 0f tho Boishevlkl : a,id
IN lean toward tho Sorral levolutinnistz
of the Loft, who have baen rppuaed "a
the IauIne regime and .nriinrd p ~
friendly n Tho Entente Allies although
favorable ~ an immediate general rnanc
Apparently Germany InVTttingiv
played into the hands of the AlLfiiIaaian
Congress by granting respite trfurr
the treaty should be ratified krunrfF
from petrograd Indicate the congress and
allied ORGANIZATIONS wrii fisr hp ltrr
venIng days m recruiting an army ana
preparing for a defence AGAINST ,he f,eT-
mans.
Amenran Consul rrdweil "a -r-
turned N petrograd along sIth Raw
rnond Robins, head lf he permanent
Rcd Cross Commission ~ ItuEta ..r
novaI az the government - Moscow urni'-
ably will compei theTn ~ go herr also
IN the lighting fronts n Franoe and
Italy there nas Deen little activity cE-
Cept by the artillery.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
U-BOATS GET"
TWO BIC SHIPS,
BUT ONLY 48 LIVES
Use -Four Torpedoes to Sink Con
verted Cruiser Calgarian
Off Irish Coast.
ARMENIAN STRUCK AGAIN
NJ Associa,oi Press 70 Every Evening

ny Associated Press ~ Every Evening
London. March 6 Official announce
nent was made bv the Admiralty that
the British armed mercantile cruiser
Calgarian was torpedoed and sunk
off tho French coast on March ] Two
officers and i6 men were lost
There wern Gl0 persons aboard, nearly
500 of whom have been landed ~ an
Irish port The Calgarian was struck
hv four torpedoos
The Allan liner Calgarian was = veEeel
of i1.5l6 tons gross. 1fS feet long and
20 feet Of beam She vas built IN Clas-
Cow N 1914
There arc no published records ~ he
recent movements of The ship, which
for sonp tine has peen IN The service ~
tho British government he last re-
port g1veu ont concerning the liner was
in april ~ 1915, when she sailed from
Halifax FOR England With Canadian
troops
i most unusual circumstance IN con-
nectoQ with the sinking ~ the Calgarian
ls the fact that she was struck bv four
torpedoes 50 far "a published reports
have shown, IN no previous casn hss q
merchantruan been subjected 70 guch
q heavy attack by submarines
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
ARMENIA ToRPEDOED AGAIN.

An Atlantic Port, March g. The
American steamship Armenia, formerly
o German merchantmen, lies beached and
badly damaged on the British coast after
being torpedoed by German submarine,
it was learned with the arrival Of the
Armenias crew here today The attack
took place on Feb. 9 about three weeks
after Secretary Daniels made public the
details Of a similar attack on the Armenia
in December.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
| DEAD. | I'LL
FROM GAS FUMES
Peculiar Accident at the Deep
Water Plant of the du Pont
Powder Co.

Sevcr. workmcn were overcome by
hlnncs from an acid contamer III the
chemical plant 81 the du Pont Company
Al peep " ster POINT vest erday afternoon.
enc of them. an Italian laborer, was so
~,riouslN injured that he died early this
morning SiN Others are IN the plant
hospital wherp the physicians report that
unlS one of them Is IN a serious condition.
The dead man Is Filippo Gallo, y years
old. ~ ; Cumberland street, Penn
Grove, a driver employed at the plant
The man seriously injured Is Robert
Rollins. Negro wagon driver, employed
hy one uf the contractors.
The accident occurred when workmen,
omptvlng sulphuric acid from pipe
icadine to a cOntaineT used IN the manu-
fscturc Of phosxcnc gas released the fumes
Vhlch spread through the building and It's
virinIty These fumes affected the men
before they were aware OF their danger
Phosgene gas Is used m TIE manufacture
of one 81 the ingredients OF smokelcss
Itou der u l. heavy and colorlcss. Ordl-
narilv the AR dlssIpates IL at once, but
atmosphere conditions yesterday kept
t { lose 20 the ground and 1t swept the
building affecting men more seriously
N the outside than those within, who arc
accustomed tO Il A. soon as the trouble
Was realzed every worker who showed any
signs Of suffering was gwen prompt treat
fncnt ~ tho plant hospital At that
lnnc none Of them had developed serious
-vmptnns Later however. the bronchial
ouscestlon caused bv the fumes became
pronounced IN a number of cases and the
psant officials promptly bcgan roundup
~ every man known 60 have been any
pherr near the building
Most " them were So slightly affected
that they were dismissed after treatment
The man who died had not realized
that he was the victim of the fumes and he
did not report ~ the hospital. but went TO
IN home IN Penn 8 Grove, where during tie
the night the congestion which caused his
dcath developed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
UKFA|2 METHODS LAID
TO MAIL ORDER HOUSE
Sears, Roebuck g. Co., of Chicago,
Accused by Federal Trade
Commission.
BY Associated Press to Every Evenisn

by Associated frtSS To Every EV0nlEn
Washington. March Complaint was
issued to day against Sears. Roebuck and
Co, Of Chicago. by the Federal Trade
Commission, charging unfair methods Of
competition in the conduct of its bust
ness.
The complaint summons the firm to
answer the charge that it has advertised
sugar for sale at three to four cents a
pound. actually at loss, but only upon
condition that certain amounts Of other
groceries be purchased for which a suf-
ficient price is charged to make a profit
on the combined sale. The complaint
further charges that the concern, with
the purpose of injuring competitors,
has circulated catalogues representing
the quality of merchandise sold by its
competitors as inferior
The complaint charged that the low
price on sugar was made for the purpose
of lessening competition and creating
monopoly, A hearing has been set for
April H.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
BRITISH RAID THR BOCHES.
Dig Into second German Line and Take
Back Prisoners.

By Associated Press fo Every fvenina
London. March Field Marsha.
Halg 0tFicral statement psuea last night
reads
In he raid last niEht Monday at
WarnetOn strong resistance WAS cnnuum-
tered ami at least go 81 the enemy vcrC
killed Our troops, nevertheless, reached
the second German iine and rrpuLsed t'so
counter attacks HIth further .oss fo me
enemy our own .lsua.aes werr ighf
During the night The enemy r4drd
two of our posts, one south oi S. QutuLln
and the other southeast of Ep.uy Pour
of orr men are missing.
To-day the enemy artillery IA Shawn
some activity az different points between
F1esquieres aud the Scars river tiostile
working parties "a tia. area acre dispersed
by our artillery.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH 6. 1918
NEWELL RESIGNS.
Clerk of the Municipal Court
Quits City Service for
Better Position.

Frank II. Newell today resigned as
Clerk of the Municipal Court. Ills reaig-
nation was accepted by Judge Churrhman.
In his resignation Mr.. Newell stated
that he was going Ia take a better posi-
ton lie has held the position for n
number of years
No appointment has yet been made
to fill the vacancy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
Calparian a British Cruiser.

ny Associated Press to Every Evening
New York, March s The Allan linrr
Calgarian, Lorpedoed of the Irish coast,
has been for zorne months serving ~ a
British cruiser, converted from the status
of merchantman, conveying cargo ships
between British ports and Nova Scotia,
according - officers here Of the Can
adlan- Pacific Ocean Servlce, Lid, own
era of the Allan Inc The head offices
~ this company are in Montreal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
ENGLISH RAIDS MAKE GOOD.
Break into Boche Lines and Take Bsok
Prisoners and Guns.

London. MaECn . EnEilsh troops
raided the enemys trBnchc- carly thts
morning east Of BullecuuTt ,nd cap'lrml
a few prisoners and two mashino rIna,
saws today's War Othcs vTor' lIr
casualties were slight.
Successful ralds also uUre rarre-i nus
by our troops last night north 1i no
Scarpc and IN the nClghborhvod 81 Ions.
Southeast 81 Gouzcaucourt hosizls
ralding party WAs rcpulscd
Additional prisoners and uaeHiae
gun we're taken ~ us as 2 result II thc.S
encountcrs
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-06
"GOTT MITT UNS" AGAIN.
Wilhelm Very Confident About the Help
Of the Deity.

ny Associated Press TO Every Evening
Amsterdam. Holland, March 6.-Em-
perur William has telegraphed a message
- ocnrratulation TO Held Marshal Won
Ihndenburg ON the glorious conclusion"
d the war ON the eastern front. The,
telegram, as quoted in a Berlin dispatch
SAYS further.
Vow the costly prize Of victory IN the
long struggle a. IN our hands. Our Baltic
brethren and cuuntrymen are liberated
irum Russia yoke. and again may feel
themselves Germans God was with US,
and viii continue 10 aid Us