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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-19

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-08-19
There's Abundant Charm
In These New Suits

characterized by the tendency toward
simplicity of the most effective tyne.
these suits forecast with absolute GER
tainty the smartly tailOred-even distin-
guished-appearance of each and every
wearer. We offer in Serges and POplins,
in all the wanted colors for Fall, an Ex-
ceptiOnal Value at $245O.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
GETTING READY FOR ICE RACES.
Shippers on North Shrewsbury Tuning
 Up For Title Contests

Red Bank, N. J., Jan. 2S.-With bright prospects of a resumption of ice yacht racing this coming week and the probability of sailing the North American championship events within a few days, ice yachtsmen are sharpening the runners and otherwise tuning up their white winged flyers for the king of winter sports.
 Many exciting races have been sailed by the shippers around the stove of the North Shrewsbury and Independent Club houses during the past few days and the respective clubs, which clash in the champion ship races, have been figuring from the past performances of the defend CTS and challengers how their favor ties are going to win.
 I. T. Straus' Imp and the Blanche, bought recently by a syndicate of h. dependent club members, were picked some time ago to race as challengers., By her splendid showing in this sea- sons races John Gibbons Ingenue was picked by the North Shrewsbury club as one of the defenders, and it seems to be 8 tossup between George w. Brauy's Daisy and Edward F1elders Drub as to which will race as the other defender.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
HOCKEY LEAGUE STARTS.
Six Games to Decide InterborougF
 Championship to Be Played.

New York, Jan. 2S--War time hoe key, under the auspices of the Anna teur Hockey league, the oldest gov erning body of amateur hockey in the United States, will start this week at the Brooklyn Ice Palace. A series of six games for the inter- borough championship has been ar ranged between the Crescent Attn Ietic club, representing Brooklyn, and a seven, composed of members of the New York Athletic club, the St. Nicholas Hockey club and the Hockey club of New York, represent ing Manhattan.
 The first game Is to be played at the Brooklyn Ice Palace on Thurs day evening. The following week the teams will play at the St Nicho- las Skating Rink. In the same man. ner the games will be played at all ternate rinks until Thursday evening March z, when the series ends with a contest in Manhattan.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
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Hartford team, the week before. He took my advice. and hit the next pitched hall so hard. that the ball lodged in the bat, and he made a home run before anyone knew where the ball was. The home run won the championship for our team.
 Oh, yes! There was Harry Wilson or the bench. Harry's foot was cut that day, and he couldn't play. Harry is married today and has a little "pearT' running around his house. He is the only one of the aforemen- toned wisem en that knows that mar ried life is better than single life. When he grows up, Harry, tell him about the Indian wars in Steele's lot, and the trouble the gang gave the "copS"On the beat.
 At this moment the telephone bell rang, and I was informed that some one wanted to talk to me on the tele- phone.
 Replacing the clipping carefully in the book, I went downstairs and placed it upon the parlor table.
 Taking up the receiver, a voice in Quired for me. It was Charlie, Ha, Ha and I left the house.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
OMTYEDT LOSES TITLE
5000 Enthusiasts Stand in Snow Up to Their Knees to Witness Ma tiona1 Ski Championship.

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Five thousand spectators stood up to their knees in snow at Cary, Ill.,, yesterday while watching weatherbeaten huskies of the north sail down an ice coated incline, then out into space while contesting for the national ski cham pionship staged under the auspices of the Norge Ski club. Lars Haugen of Chippewa Falls, Minn., relieved Rag mar Omrvedt of his title by making clean leaps of 122 and 116 feet. His longest standing jump was 125 feet. Omnvedt fell on each trial.
 Lars Haugen's winning jumps were below marks which have won titles in other seasons, but it is doubtful if the jumpers ever had as much oppo- sition from the wind in their at tempts. Around the top of the steel scaffold a sixty miles an hour gale was blowing right in their faces This made the descent anything but pleas ant and accounted for several somer- saults after the men had left the takeoff.
 finders Haugen of St. Paul, Minn., placed second in the professional class jumping with jumps of 11S and 11S feet. Third place went to Siguard Bergerson of Virginia with distances of III and 11O feet
 Sverre Hendricksen of Virginia, Minn., landed the amateur cham pionship with leaps of 1O2 and 101 feet Second place was won by Ibel S. Rudd of Chicago, who jumped 104 and e3 feet Lieut.. K. Jellum, also of Chicago, jumped 100 and 95 feet, winning third place.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
SYRACUSE MAY GET <
 PLACE IN LEAGUE
New Workers Slated to DiSplace' Dartmouth Because Of Location

New York, Jan. 2S.-This will be al barren week for basketball tossers of the Intercollegiate league. MidyearI examinations will prove more intricata to the members than problems on thel court for the coming fortnight. The| next league game will not be played until Feb. g.
 Last Sunday night Princetor3 clinched third place by defeating1 Yale, displacing the Ellis in this posi- ton. This was the only change in the standing during the week. Penn sylvania continues in the lead witIa three victories and no defeats, whileI Cornell has a clean slate of two vic1 tories.
 Advices from Syracuse indicated that the upstate university may re- place Dartmouth in the league next season. Syracuse has repeatedly shown it's mettle against leagueI members, particularly Pennsylvania4 which it has defeated eight times iIa succession, the latest triumph com \ ing last week. Dartm outh's location makes it unsuitable for travelling il these times and the substitution o { Syracuse would result in a noFl
 compact league. k the only player to reach double fig ures in scoring from the court H.
 has caged fifteen baskets.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
TONEY TURNED DOWN
Reds Star Hur1cr is Placed in First Class in Next Draft by District Ex- emption Board.

Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 2S.-Fred Toney, star pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds, has received word that he has been placed in first class of the sc- Iective draft by the middle Tennesse district exemption board. The board upheld the ruling of his local board, from which an appeal to the district board was made by Toney
 Federal charges of having made false affidavits on his dependency claims before the local board are now pending against the Cincinnati National league pitcher, which will be heard at the March session of the grand jury. These charges and his subsequent arrest about the middle of December, were made after he had appealed from the ruling of his local board, which disallowed his de- pendency claim for exemption and put him in first class.
 Toney after his arrest, denied his statement was false and declared he is ready to go to war if shown how those dependent upon him would be taken care of
 However, he was put in class one by the district board, and that ruling is final except where an appeal to the president is made by the regis trant and Toney will be among the first who march away in the next call of the selective draft unless his call into service is held up awaiting the decision of the grand jury on the charge of presenting false affidavits.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
BASEBALL IN CANADA
Toronto Management Arranges to Bring Major League Teams to That bands.

Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 2S.-Baseball fans in Toronto do not expect to be without their portion of games next season, regardless of how the war may affect the local activities here. Plans are being made to have several ma~ jor league teams from the United States play games. Sol Solman of the Toronto club is quoted as being in favor of such proposal. MT. Solman states:
 The experience of the Chicago Ma tionals Detroit Cleveland, St. Louis, and New York Americans in Toronto Inst summer has caused the club to be deluged with applications for exhibi- ion games at the Island Stadium next year.
 "Should the International magnates at their schedule meeting on Feb. 12 decide that it would be inadvisable to play ball during the 1918 season, it is proposed to bring the Washington team to Toronto for an entire series with the Western teams of the Ameri- can League, viz, the worlds cham pion Chicago White Sox, Detroit Fig CTS, Cleveland Indians, and St. Louis Browns The proposal is for sixteen consecutive games at the Island Sta dium. each of the Western teams play ing four games with the Washington team at Toronto instead of at Wash ington. The Toronto and Washington teams are now negotiating to this
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
 REILLY WRITES CLASS OF UkAFl
M|DDLETOWN AGAIN
 BEATEN BY LOCALS
Y. M. C. A. Quintet Proves Right
 to State Championship

The New Britain Y. M c. A. bas- ketball clearly earned the right to the state championship title Satur- day evening, when the Middletown five was downed on their own floor, score 31 to 19. The contest was the second that the quintetS engaged in this season, the locals being Wctori- ous both times. Accompanied by large delegation of fans, the New Britain boys took the floor, weakened somewhat by the absence of Kopf, and the poor physical condition of some of the other players. But, when the game started Slater and his boys forgot all about this and imm ediately proceeded to show the over-rated champions a thing or two about the popular indoor game. At the end of the first half the score stood $ to in favor of New Britain.
 The second half was repetition, al though a despatch from Middletown, in a Sunday paper states that New Britain was outplayed, the score does not indicate it, the locals piling up 15 points while the best the home team could do was to amass IT points. Every player on the home team scored Slater leading with five goals from the field and like amount from the foul line. Merwin Jacobson dropped two into the net and Seigrist also located the basket for a tWo- point count. A MiddletoWn paper in it's Friday issue claimed that "Chief" Larson, New Britain's wild man., would not run amuck on the Middle town floor, but Victor was right at home nevertheless scoring two field goals, besides making life miserable for the opposing forwards. Ste panian's work was all that could be asked for.
 The summary:
 NEW BRITAIN MIDDLETOWN Stepanian ........:... Salmonson
 Right forward
 Slater ONerdlck
 Left forward
 Jacobson ............... R. Spear
 Center
 Larson ................ Ahern
 Right guard
 Se1grlSt Ru1nn Left guard
 Score, New Britain 31, Middletown 19; goals from floor, Slater ,, Ste panian 3, Jacobson 2, Larson ?, Sci grist 1, Salmonson 4, Overdick 8, Ahern l. Ruffin 1; goals from fouls, Slater g. Overdick 1; referee, Fauver, Wesleyan; scorers, Lubeck, New Brit 1 ain and w. Spear, Middletown; time | of halves, 20 minutes
 Another banner crowd is looked for | tomorrow evening, when the Fiske : Red Tops of Chicopee, Mass, the un- 7 beaten champions of Massachusetts, will play the locals in the Y. M. c. A. 1 gymnasium. With all other places of amusement closed, lovers of clean en- | tertainment can find a pleasant eve ming of sport at this game. Dancing will follow the contest.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
MAXWELL TO PLAY STANDISH.

Pinehurst, N- C., Jan. 2S.-Norman Maxwell Is paired with J. D. Standish IT., of Detroit, for the thirty-six- hole qualifying round of the annual St. Valentine golf tournament. The first eighteen holes of tho round opened today. Standish won the North and South championship tournament in 1909, was runner up to Chick Evans in the recent Western champio onship tournament and has thrice been Mich isan State champion.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
LARSON-SHEPARD
 IN DECIDING GAME
City Bowling Championship Con-
 test at Aetna Alleys Tonight

The final match for the city cham pionship between Larson and S1leparu will be rolled tonight. Each will roll ten strings and the winner will take the handsome cup, which
 The alleys will be open all day Monday and closed all day Tuesday.
 Owing to the early closing order all match games, except where inn possible, will start at 7:3O p. m promptly
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
WILLIAMS WITH 'SOX
Former Secretary of Chicago Cub Said to Be Slated For Business Man ager of Former Champions.

Chicago, III, Jan. 2S.-Charle Williams is about to become bushes manager of the Boston Red Sox, it wa said here today.
 The former secretary of the ChscagI Cubs is now negotiating with the oq ficials of the Boston club; in fact,
 said to have come to a definite under standing with them, but announea ment is being withheld until the ar nual schedule meeting of the Ameri can league.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
NOTRE DAME BASEBALL DATES.
 South Bend, Ind, Jan. 2S.-Coach

Jesse c. Harper yesterday announced the 1918 Notre Dame baseball sched- ule as follows:
 April 19, Indiana at Bloomington; 22, Wisconsin at Notre Dame; 27 Wisconsin at Madison; 30, Michigan at Notre Dame. May 3, Indiana at Notre Dame; 4, Michigan A. c. at Lansing; s, Purdue at Lafayette; Il, Michigan A. c. at Notre Dame; 17, Iowa at Notre Dame; 25, Purdue at Notre Dame. June 1, Iowa at Iowa City; 7-S, Michigan at Ann Arbor.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
SKATING CHAMPION DIES.

St Paul, Jan. 2S.-John K. McCul- loch. twenty years ago amateur skat- ing champion of the world, died in a hospital here last night. McCulloch, 8 Canadian, was also known as eye list
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
Stanley Works Hardware League.

Hing single, Humphrey, 130.
 High three strings, Humphrey, 323. High team single, Hardware. 51S. High team three, Hardware, 1419.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28

Wednesday, Jan. 30-Stanfey Hard ware vs. Stanley Works; Skinners vs. Corbins
 Thursday Jan. 31--R. X E. vs. Ian ders; New Britain Machine vs. Colts.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
Factory League Standing.

High single, Screen, 142. High three strings, Foote, 337. Tigh team single, R. & E., 534. High team three strings, Stanley Works, 14S4.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
Skinner Chuck League.

High single. Bowers, 150.
 High three strings, Bowers. 334 High team single, R. & E., 534 High team three, Tool Room, S91
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28

Wednesday, Jan. 30-Hardware vs Mill; East Gate vs. Dept. No. 200.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
Averages.

Thursday Jan. 31-Office vs. Ship ping; Tool Room vs. Drill Room.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-28
By Briggs

Friday, Feb. 1-Berlin vs Union Mfg.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
SIX BILLIONS IN
NEXT LIBERTY LOAN
McAdoo Sends Appeal to Banks-New
Financing Plan to Provide Funds
for This Summer.

WASHINGTON, June 17.-Secretary
McAdoo, in a letter to the presidents
of banks and trust companies, made
public last night, outlines the financial
need of the government, which, he says,
will require the sale of certificates of
indebtedness in the next four months to
the amount of $6,OOO,O00,0 900. This will
involve the issue every two weeks of
about $3.50 100000 of such certificates,
the first issue of which will be dated
June %, and will mature on Oct. %,
with interest at 4 12 per cent.
This policy of issuing certificates of
indebtedness has been following in ad
vance of the sale of every Liberty bond
issue. Mr.. McAdoo s letter is taken to
mean that the next Liberty loan will
be foated in October, and will bear
1-2 per cent interest as all previous
loans have carried the same rate of in
terest as the certificates of indebted
ness sold in advance of the bond sales.
There has been some talk in congress
that the next issue would be made more
desirable to investors than those pre-
viously issued, by being made non-tax-
able up to amount of holdings not ex-
ceeding $4,000. The position taken by
Secretary McAdoo in his letter would
appear to be against such procedure
and in favor of raising the interest
rate on the next bond issue to l-E per
cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
EGYPT TO SUPPLY FUEL OIL.
New Area Yields $1,000 Tons of Crude
Petroleum Monthly.

LONDON, June THE announcement
that large quantities of petroleum will
soon be available in Egyp., says the Lon
don Post, will reassure British ship owners
whose vessels make regular use of the Suez
route
When the resources of the Sontn Per
sian oil fields are developed, he adds, the
requirements of the navy and of the
merchant marine should be absolutely
guaranteed as regards oils for raising steam
and running internal combustion engines.
A note by the acting financial advisor in
Egypt regarding the current budget states
that the new oil area discovered at Hur-
ghoda three years ago now yields about
5000 ton of crude oil monthly and that
the refinery at Suez has been enlarged
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
Sec. Baker Approves of
Terms Given Men Who
Refused Military Service
EIGHTEEN MONTHS
TO TWENTY YEARS
Mr.. Baker Also Went on Record in
Favor of Returning the Prisoners to
the Countries of Their Preference
After the War.

WASHINGTON, June l7.-Sentences
ranging from Is months to 20 years inn
prisonment imposed by court martials
on socalled conscientious objectors who
refused military service at Camp Upton,
n. Y, and Camp Gordon, Ca, were ap-
proved today by Secretary Baker.
Most of the men objected to fighting
against Germany or Austria because they
had relatives there In approval the find
ings of the court, the first of the kind to
reach the department., Mr.. Baker went on
record in favor of returning such men to
the countries of their preference" after
the war
Twelve objectors were sentenced as
follows:
Hyman Polkes, Is years: William j
Seider, 90 years: Joseph White, Is years
Anton Zsoldak, 10 years; Julius Levin.
thai, Is months; Lewis SiIverman, lC
years; Mayer Suffkind, 10 years; Lewis
II. Blumenthal Is years; Samuel Spire
FIVE years; Paul Bauer. 10 years; Will
liam Charles Schwab, 20 years, and Mi
chael Ciupa, 10 years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17

HUNS FRUSTRATED
BY OUR SOLDIERS
Foiled by Alertness of Artil-
lery in Trying to Enter
Village of Xivry
CASUALTIES OF
ENEMY ARE HEAVY
Artillery and Machine Guns Cut Down
Germans Who Tried to Cross to No
: Mans Land-All Who Reached the
Village Were Captured.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Sunday by The Associated
Press.-In the attack on Xivry on the
Toul sector today the Germans hoped to
enter the village and carry off large
number of prisoners, but the alertness
of the american artillery observers com
pletely overturned the plan. Examina-
tion of the Germans captured in the
fight disclosed that the enemy planned
the raid a week in advance and that
the 600 special troops which took part
in it were rehearsed behind the Ger
man lines The American artillery and
machine guns inflicted heavy casualties
on the Germans in No Mans Land.
Only a small group got into Aivry.
where they were quickly surrounded by
the Americans and either captured or
killed. Eight prisoners, including a
lieutenant, remained in American
hands A majority of the American cas-
ualities. which do not include any miss
ing, resulted from the German artillery
fire. Casualties among the French civil
ians occurred when a German shell burst
near church as procession of vii
layers was returning from mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
THREE MISSING
RETURN TO COMPANY
Soldiers from Connecticut Are Account
ed for-Thirty- Nine Names in
Casualty List.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE army
casualty list today contains 80 names
divided as follows: Killed in action, six:
died of wounds, two; died of accident,
airplane, one; died of disease, four; wound
ed severely, "a; wounded, degree undeter.
mined, one; missing in action, one. New
England names follow:
Severely wounded. Private Joseph G
Balenger, Lowell, Mass, Marion Finatra
East Boston, Mass, Missing in action
Private Robert S. Niver, Hartford. Conn.
2ejoined company, previously reported a
missing, Private Edward L. Guerney
New Haven, Conn, Carl H. Nilsson
Plainville, Conn; Boleslaw r. Sefoik
New London, Conn
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
CATTLE OF HIGH
RECORD IN SALE
Fourteenth Two-Day Sale of Holstein
Cattle Begins Tomorrow at Pa
vilion on Vernon Street.

. The 14th two-day sale of registered
-Friesian cattle win begin to-
morrow about noon in the pavilion of
the Purebred Live Stock Sales company
on Vernon street. There are about 80
head in the various consignments to be
disposed of including a greater number
of animals of high record than has been
brought together at any previous sale
by this company Among them are a
36-pound COW, 36-pound son of this
same cow, three 30-pound cows, three
27-pound cows and two 26-pound cows.
Most of the old consignors and some
new ones are sending their cattle to be
disposed of at this sale.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
Intensive War Savings Cam
paign to Be Made
Here Soon !
STAMPS SOLD NOW
AGGREGATE $4,000
Leaves $13O,OOO Worth to Be Disposed
of in Brattleboro-Method Similar to
Those of War Chest to Be Adopted
$50 per Capita.

Plans for the campaign for war saw
ines stamp pledges which viii be made
in Brattleboro beginning Monday of
next week and eliminating June % were
put in motion at meeting of the local
war savings committee, L. L. Dunham
chairman, Saturday, evening While
the details have not yet been worked
out it is probable that drive similar
to that which filed the Brattleboro war
chest will be undertaken
The purpose of the campaign will be
to get every person in Brattleboro to
agree to buy a certain amount of war
savings stamps between now and the
end of the year Cards bearing such a
pledge together with space on which
to designate the place where the stamps
will be bought are to be used by the
solicitors, each of whom will be given
a definite number of persons to visit
and report upon.
The school children of Brattleboro
have taken to the savings stamp idea in
a splendid manner and the local COM
mittee has no fear that they will slac ken
4 tHcii choils tuc
vacation, but among adults there seems
to be an impression that war savings
and thrift stamps are distinctly juye
nile institutions. 1t is partly to counter
act this idea that next weeks drive is
to be held.
Brattleboro is expected to purchase
s150,o00 in war savings stamps by the
end of the present year, but the town s
total purchases thus far amount to
hardly $4,000 Thus it will be seen
that the object of next week 8 drive is
to secure pledges for the purchase of
approximately $4,000 in stamps dur
ing the next six months. These figures
show that while the children's help is
as needed as it is appreciated the local
lquota cannot be reached unless every
body in town buys to the limit Of his
liability. The average per capita quota
for the year is set at $50, whereas Brat
tleboro s total purchases to date aver
lage less than So per capita.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-17
Umversaist Church

Wednesday, June 10, at 7l5 p. ma
regular meeting of Boy Scouts, troop
No. a.
Thursday, June 20, at 3 P. m.-The an
nual meeting of the Mission circle, with
report for the year, election of officers.
etc. The annual supper for members and
invited guests will follow the business
meeting
Thursday, June 20, at 7.30 p. m.-The
regular meeting of the Daughters circle
with Miss Annie Richardson, 70 High
street