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|NAcTERA At ART
Of FCANOUFLACE
Nv g. II. srEINHAUSER.

CAMP STUART. Va. June Cor
ooral Charles c. Wilson, Of Shcrrad.
Marshall county. is pointed out hero as
one of the celebrities Of the SOth Diri-
sion Through tho war he was an cX-
! pert blacksmith and painter: Corporal
Wilson however, soon became the bat
terry camouflagc non-Com. While over
seas, his decorating ability was dis
! covered by an officer and Wilson was
ordered to the a. l.. +. Art University
lat Paris. He completed course in IN
terror decoration. His work as cam
outage expert helped greatly TO pull
of the great work of Battery G. III" de-
signed and constructed the artltiClal con-
cealments of every ono of tho eleven
gun positions held by his battery in tn"
Meuse- Argonnc offensive. and although
the battery was in most instances very
close TO the infantry'S front line. and
in one instances took up n position
ahead of the infantry. tn" guns were $"
carefully concealed that they w"rc never
discovered by the Germans aerial OBJ
servers.
Wilson was scout corporal and 7ano-
ramic skctchcr in his battery comman
der's detail, and was on" of tho clever
est panoramic artists in the regiment.
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WASID NGToN. June l.-Invcstiga-
ton Of differences between tho South
crn Bcll Telephone company and it's en-
ploycs. at Atlanta Ga. which has led
10 y throat Of a nationwide strike OF
telegraph and telephone workers. was
ordered tonight by Postmaster General
nurlc:uu. who said that information
reaching him on the subject was con-
fliCtng.
81 have asked Union y. Bethel. chair
man uf the wire operation board. to
find out exactly what the facts arc.
MIR BurlcScn said. while nothing
has been yaid =" me Ivy union repre-
scntativcs. I understand their claim is
that 4 number of Io."rh"nc girls were
discharged ny the Southern company.
because Of membership in unions. On
the other hand. the local company has
report cd To mo positively that this is
untrue: that they have not discharged
any employees for that reason. or for
anything else than inrfficienCy. My
order Of October S. 1918. required all
companies 10 refrain from dIsCharginS
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Fifty Minute Engagement Ends
in BoIshevik Warship llee-
ing to Shelter Under the
Guns of Kronstadt Great
23,3O7 Ton Batheship Is
Among the Russian Ships
Engaged
Every member

HELs1NaFoRs, Saturday, May 81.
(By The Associated PreBs)-A nifty
minute battle occurred this morning
between q Bolshevik fleet comprising
the battleship Petropavlovsf, (23r3o7
tons) and three other warships which
had been bombarding tho coast west
Of Krasnaia Gorga Us miles west Of
Kronstadt) and seven British war
ships. This Rusrians eventually flod
to KronEtadt.
(saturday's fighting, which took
place In the Gulf Of Finland, was the
second the british have had recently
with Eolshcviki naval forces, which
ary trying to harry the Esthontan
army approaching Petrograd from tho
west. On May l6, 35-minute naval
fight occurred not fur from tAs To-
cality Of the one now reported. It had
a similar result, tho Bolsheviki fleet
retiring on Kronstedt. Some Of their
vessels were reported to have been
hit The British admiralty later re-
ported that there had been no casual
ties to the British forces.)
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Of
TIE RHINE IS
PROCLAIMED

MAYENCE, June 1.-The Rhine
republic was proclaimed to-day in
various Rhine cities. The pOpu-
lation welcomed the event with
satisfaction and expressed the
hope that il would pat an end to
the painful uncertainty prevailing
in the Rhine provinces regarding
the allied nations and Germany.
The new government is headed
by DR.. Borden. 1t has been in-
stalled professionally at WciS-
baden. DR.. Borden addressed a
message to the different govern
mcntS and to ;he peace conference.
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TERMS
: 'MORETHAN The
GERMAN NPE0PL[
CAN WITHSTAND
So Declares Count Won Broe
dorff, in Note Outlining
Various Counter Propo
No Refusal to Sign CT
Treaty &

WASHINGTON. June i.-Germsn3
although realizing tha: she must niAe4
sacrifices TO obtain peace 10 convincA4s
that the execution Of the peace treAk&
as drawn. are more than the German
people can bear" f Y.
Count Won Brockdor<k Rantxau, heo4
Of the German peace delegation. thun
sums up the altitude Of the Gerrnans M
tion towards the proposed treaty -
peace in a note to the allied and oseoss
ciatcd powers. outlining various Germe
contemporaries. The German nes99
delivered to Premier Clemcnceau. pro4lf
dent Of the peace conference last Thur
day. was made public tonight by. 80
state department.
The German delegation now here j
its note asserts that 1t will refuheS ~
sign the treaty but declares on oenaS
Of the German nation that even IN III
need. justice for her Is too sActed2e'
thing to allow her to stoop to acht~tA
conditions which she cannot undeftnei
TO carry" Af
Exclusion Of Germany from the leaFi
que Of nations, the note asserts, meA
that in signing the peace treAty2ueESl
many would be executing "a decree ~
its own prescription. nay Its own oeel1'
sentence" go
been disappointed in their hope 904S.
peace OF Justice which had Aee4a q
ised" and stand "aghast" at 49,
! mands made upon them by the ~
| ious violence OF our enemies" ONt4
ing it's counter-proposals the Ges
delegation agrees to reduction OF ders
many's army and navy on condttiSh tnet
Germany be admitted immcdiateiy5t{n 80
the league Of nations: TO renounce asn
many's sovereign rights In Alsace Lcss
raine and Posen but aS to oil other tessss
ritories which Germany is called 49,
to give UP the principle Of seifNese2
minatfon applicable at once. 10 askeat
subject all German colonies to Aeotnk
istration by the league Of nAtio4A bes
under German mandatory and 70 wA9N
the indemnity payments REQUIRED nftA'
amounts that will burden tho 0efae1
taxpayer no more heavily than the taxs,
nayer Of the most heavy buraa
among those represented on the rstaIas.
tions committee. ,,.is,
The note declares Germany II ytuA
IN pool her entire merchant win
or the associated powers NeutfA p,sas
ticipation in the inquiry as to the -
sponsibility Of the var II asked
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life miserable for the entire battery
with a continuous frontal and cnfiladcd
fire from the heights east OF tn" Mouse
The scope OF their efforts for our o"hc-
ft varied from us TO 2l0s. No cas-
ualties al our battery position. VIC were
simply lucky. Battery u. in posiuoh
on our right flank was registered upon
with tho assistance OF boche planes.
They suffered the loss OF one gun. TWO
men killed and a considerable nunher
OF casualties. About noon the oattrrS
commanders were ordered forward Tor
registration from onevaux Ridge Smell
fire having broken our line Of communal
cation II was late in the afternoon -
fore registration could be Accompanies.
In the meantime the; batteries continued
to hrc on designated targets About =
U,ciock. communication re-estaolished'
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Captain Lovcjoy began his registration
on crossroads north of Bricullcs. Al
this point Captain R"chC. IN face Of III"
Joint objections of IN" registering party
at that time IN tho -. l.. pr"r""d"d t.
the top Of the tower with uIr control
Instruments. AZ W. had Hrir" p@icd.
this action immediately dew th" "n''-
my's fire. with the r"suI, that cur cas-
ualtles numbered two officers. several
enlisted men of our own organizations.
and Ave "doughhoys.' LI'urrnnut Lay
ton wounded in the leg. l.itwtruan; blue
wounded seriously in both mgs. which
eventually resulted in death. Captain
Beebe. wh0, in my opinion was directly
responsible for these casualties and was
so reported, escaped with wound in
the map case" Ee was shortly after
wards sent to the rear to school for fur
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Governor John J. Cornweli today
wired the wesE Virginia boys that he tF
cnroute to washington to confer win
Secretary OF War Baker and have the
boys ordered dcmobllzed. but prob
abilities are that they will be on their
why home before the governor sees the
secretary
The governor wired:
West Virginia soldiers. Sl+th Field
Artillery. Camp Stuart. Virginia:
Just talked TO Adjutant General
Harris over the telephone. Am quite
certain that ne will cancel order. but
to make II sure am going TO Wash
ington to see Secretary Baker. who
will return there Monday. The gov
rrrL r Of Virginia wires me- as follows:
Am advised that West Virginia
troops will not parade in Richmond.
This finally dispoSns OF IN" matter"
Think you can feel assured you will
not be called upon to parade.
JOHN ]. CORSWELL. Governor.
When Battery c comes homo il will
bring with it "Cootic" the regiment mas
cot, a French dog wearing n collar with
service and wound stripes the blue
ridge insignia Of the Eghtieth division
and a French war cross. "Cootie" went
through tho st. Mihicl drive with the
Wheeling boys and was Gasscd. but they
,arrd his life.
To-day tho boys stood inspection and
Monday morning they will be up for In
.pc..ticn once moro Each time officers
say. This ia the last" but the boys
dom, care n rap how many inspections
ire made as lonS as it means getting
homo soon.
Th" soldiers arc getting restless. cuss-
ing every ono for delaying them. but to-
days announcement that they would
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COMMANDER READ AND HIS NC-4
HEROES GET LONDON OVATION

LONDON. June l.-Thc crews OF the
rhrcc American naval scaplanes which
started on the memorable trans Atlantic"
flight completed so Sallanuy by the
NC-4 through her arrival al plymouth
yesterday. came 10 London this after
noon and were given TYPICAL American
reception as their train stopped al PAD
d,ngton station. Am'riran sailors and
soldiers who had been waiting for their
arrival rushed for the car that contain
ID Lieutenant Commander a. {. Read
Who brought the NC-I safely across tn"
Atlantic. seized him and bore him on
their shoulders up and down the plat
form and then to an automobii" Tor
parade.
one Of the first to roach the Nets
commander after nc canrc from the tram
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Bois-dc- SoptsarGcs Position n the open
and very poor. CamnunaGc discipline
excellent. This position was occupied
about p. m. Tho country in tn" vicin-
lty was being heavily gass"d with mus
tard but no casualties wcr" reported.
October 4, 1913.
At j:2j n. m. I, new advanC" and Il
nov harraEr. Tho enemy mad" what
appeared Ia be an effort at rountcr bat
tory WORK on our battalion, bur hc was
quickly and effectively silCnc"d by our
hcavics. The ridge just 200 meters
north of our battery position was con-
tinually shrlled. n considerable number
of "doughboys' being cut to pieces at
this point as they went over the top"
at daybreak. At 6:l5 a nj. the follow
ing order received from battalion COM
mander: ...-.
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Battery Continues Gallant Aleuse Offensive September October 1918

AT 9:03 you Will take your battery
forward TO CunCl where you VIII re-
port to {. O.. leading battalion, 31Sth
Infantry. You arc authorized to take
from \ and u Batteries such horses
and loaded caissons as you may need.
(SiEnCd) "EhGF.R.'
At this time there were available
with the Battery thirty-two C22) ser
viceablc horses. undcrfcd and much
worn out because of overwork on am
munition the previous night. Word was
gotten to the rear for Lieut.. Strong to
come forward with horses and limbers.
reporting to the Battery at $40 a. m.
The roads we!e bad. the country full Of
gas. accounting for considerable delay
in delivering the message. LII. For
guson was sent forward to establish
contact with the leading battalion.
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Parade IL OF.

was Harry e.. Hawkcr. who had at
tempted to shout his congratulations as
Lieutenant Commander Read was being
jostled about on the shoulders and
heads OF a score OF mon. Tho daring
British aviator. who had wired his con-
Gratulntions TO the crew OF tho NC-4 at
Plymouth. had arrived at the station
half an hour before tho train came in.
as IL was twenty minutes late. The
hugo crowd outside the station waiting
10 sec the successful American filters.
chccrcd him and Mrs. Hawker as they
drove up in their car. When they were
inside the station three cheers wcr suG-
gcSted and led by an American officer
and givn holm by the American fight
ing mon. They then gave three cheers
for Mrs. HaHkcr.
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COMMITTEE MEETING
THIS EVENING

Tho executive committee Of tho home
coming celebration for tho Slith will
mCcr this evening nj : o'clock in th"
First Branch Council chamber 10 take UP
various matters and work Oh the details
Of the big demonstration.
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GOVERNOR CORNWE[[ ON WAY To
WASHINGTON To OHA5TEN WORK
Of GETTING MEN OUT Of SERVICE
Sergeant "B' GOmpers First WheeEnge to Reach Home
= Leaves For Camp Lee Ahead Of Comrades Battery
c Boys Attend Services and Enjoy Real American Sum
day Dinner
By S. n. sTEINHAUsER.

Special Dispatch InteIigeneer
NEWS 1Wiam Gompsers regimental supply
will be the first Wheeling or west VIZ
division He left for Camp Lee tonight
He the first Sot
Zeppelin Wednesday
o Squire J.. and is attorney
LAST CHAPLAIN.
to-day Wheeling boys here attended peca
chapns
will be in churches.
throughout today but none Jared oee
they could down
with veal roast sliced
regular American meal
$500 messtund
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their commands only m" very. very few
happv CvcitS Of almos; two years Of
military lf".
l:attcry "C'' 3Iiih Field Artillery VS.
posing for the Int, lig"nC"r STAFF pho
,osrrThcr nj camp. when n battery Of
2I"ih mCn passed IN GrrIl. civ" them
hell hnyS. who Mur tho ball game"
shouted Captain Lesser Graves and
every voice If that battery "f Wheel
;nr bows arose with u mighty shout
"Who won tho ball .;amc"" Tho mon
Of tn, %l:th were given leave by thcir
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"WHO WON THE BALL GAME?"
THIS YELL IN CHORUS OF THE 33 WHILE THE
BOYs WERE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED INTEIILGENCER
A REAL STORY.

commander 10 get even but their rc-
tort was 4 weak orc and the 3l4ih mon
continued their taunts.
"A ball gam" played IN France won
by rhc 3l4th men ~ III" sur" spot II the
whul" seth division" Captain Graves OK
planned IN tn" 1nt"lhgcnC"r correspond
rnt." Tho boys from Wheeling CAV" tho
3l3;h ah awful druhhing and even their
officers arc sore. They ar" p""v"d now
Continued on Page Two.)
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der cover Of the hill until further r..
heavy shell-hrc, to put the Battery ~
3lSth Infantry. under command OF ~
jor John c. Wise. He reported conotAe,
cradle shelling along all roads IsAdtnG,
to Cunel and expressed doubts a. 20 our
ability TO pass crossroads just 3Uuth o3
Cuncl. After considerable delay Lieut..
Strong reported to the Battery with
limbers and horses. having lost soma
horses coming through tho SAelloe
areas. Lieut.. Strong. himself sunofiAn,
from shcll-shock. was left at the Echsa-s
on when the Battery made its advancG
About 1000 a. M. the battery ADoVO1S
forward to take up position - ogeaN4
In vicinity Of Cunel. Upon reaeAn&
Hill 2S7. 1t WAS decided. becanse ok.
(ooa4iDAsa O. HA0o II - 81
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instruction.
October ! and 2,

their instruction.
October l and 2.
F,ring continued throughout th"so two
daxS under constant Shrllhre. both IRON
Ia; nnd Hank from tn" enemy. '"nSld-
rrably annoyed throughout III" "niir"
r":I"d by enemy planes. Only once did
the allied planes come to our assistance.
Thry "utnumbcrcd the boch" four To
one and much To our satisfaction
brought down ono enemy plane
October ..
The infantry had moved considerably
forward Our part in the days work
WAS comparatively light. However
Fritz continually reminded us OF his
knowledge of our whereabouts by drop
ping @. /. cans In our vicinity. but with
mo damage. Reconnaissance made In
the afternoon Of new position west Of
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THE GERMAN NOTE

WASHINGTON. June 1.-Mecets,
of the peace treaty. as framed
Versailles conference. Is declares "
more than the German peopte
bear" by Count Won Brockoot1t
Eau. head Of the German peace eeie
tion in a note to the associates sox
tcout.uusd on P.ss fwsiSs)
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This morning The rntsl14gsneer
uxesen&s tho second tnstAll,nsnt
OF tho thrilling narrative By Cap
tain Lester Graves, ccrnmAndtng
Bst+ary o (whSsunS) Of tho 31+tn
West virginia Field Artillery,
telling Of ths gallant work Of the
local lads In the Mouse oRsnsivs,
OF Ssp*anbSr-ootobe 1918. rhs
oouotndtng tnStAltznHnt VIII be
Rtvsn tuesday morning.
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TUE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, S1u,o -.-Torcca st:
Ohio-Thundcr showers, cooler Mon
day afternoon or night; Tuesday show
ers, cooler.
western Penneylvania-Partly cloudy
Monday; thundCr showers and cooler by
night; Tuesday showers and much
cooler.
west vIrg1nia-Partly cloudy Mon
day; thunder showers and cooler by
night; Tuesday showers and cooler.
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start early Tuesday morning was met
with the shout that there would be no
sleeping Monday night. They are go
ing to stay awake to make sure that
trains and boats will nct escape them.
Parade IL OF.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. June 1.-THE
proposed parade Of the men Of the soth
division scheduled to take place at
Richmond on June will not be held
that is. in so far as it applies to the
15sth field artillery brigade. composed OF
West Virginia men. according 10 word
received by Governor Cornwell. Cover
nor Cornwell and all OF the state Of
ficials would have attended.
When the brigade arrived at Newport
News and the men found that the pa
radc was to como of on June 5. and that
the members Of il were to he held in
camp for the occasion. they put up a
mighty kick sending vigorous kilograms
to Governor Cornwell saying they want
ed to be discharged and allowed TO 80 to
their homes Immediately.
Governor Corawell took the matter up
with the war department officials, so the
naradc is of so far as West Virginians
arc concerned. Great preparations had
been made by the state of Virginia and
the people Of Richmond 10 entertain
visitors from this state. and the disap-
pointmcnt there is very keen. as indicat-
cd by wires that came to the governor
tnday. He had been cooperating with
the Virginia people to make the parade
a success. but when he found il would
delay the discharge Of the West Virginia
men and they appealed to him for aid
in hurryipry IN their discharge, he natu-
rally got busy. with the above result.
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ANOTHER NATIONWIDE STRIKE
0F PHONE GIRLS Threatened

employees for any such reason. -
seems TO me that a discrepancy - e,
the facts is the only difficult point ~
tho situation"
Union leaders continued. however TO-
go forward with preparations Tor q
walk-out some time after noon to.IAeBs;
row. S. ]. Konenkamp. president ~.
the CONNER ,ial Teleeraphers' Union
America. failed to reach Washington ~
time TO interview post office officials on.
the strike subject.
Resolutions were passed at IT,
meeting calling for a walk-out At npc4;
TO morrow OF all telegraph and teleS'
phone operators Of the Bell systet
American Telephone & telegraph COM
pany. Western Union and PostN sya..
toms in Washington. unless Atlanta
operators alleged 10 have been diA<;
missed are returned to places before:
that time. - y,
Big Strike ThrsAtsuSA.
ATLANTA. Ga. June 1.-Offc.a1
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LEAVE FOR CAMP LEE TUESDAY
BY S. n. sTEINHAUsER.

Of the 314th field
4 regiment
be within 4S
battery Battery being composed en-
Wheeling
unit all plans changed to im
tho Wes Virginia atroOpS
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September 30, 1918.

Fns battery continued In action
througheut the day. On thss. as well
as The preceding day the 6oehs made
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Big Strike ThroAtSoSd. ~
ATLANTA. Ga. June 1.-OfNc.all
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ONE WOMAN'S WAY
The Story Of a Girls Fight for Success
By CAROLYN BEEoHER
rH,ITIn u.

~tCopyrghi. 1919, ~ CaIolyn Deeehcr) $1,000
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%TuCUMCNRI VOTES

IN o. recent irftrr received here. IL
was f0purfrf hot Isaac kIrknntrrk
had hcon accidentally killed in Franco
"a f~M llfs before me letter wua writ.
tOu and tiHt Pc had been buried There
Tho rpftuft if received with nidnrar.
hut until officially notified hv Wash.
inrton. ~ viii not boz received ua nu.
thHntlc % Is tru that there have
nctn n lrrur number OF Nrw Mo1Icnur
rouor'cd ut the %caaunlty ilsta each
day Tile deceased was serving us .
ntHt %iiou'rurrt
60, M'tIs = HcnHoncr who bias
hrtu pastor of The Christian church
hero zoe @ 81 past two and e. half vrlrs.
has %fceiru.al bis pnatnr1tc and viii
take rp wctL elsewhere
iuilof Tc-ry. of EnEinnd. recently
returned home from camp Pixie. Ark.
where ho boz boon stationed for sever.
~ months Tie sass that Zen Noill OF
Endso WIN HOS also returned home.
mudo un orNiuhlp record fuf himself
while ui f'ur Pike Ar Nriit hIf tho
hullr D.r 'rn times in nH many shots
ana 900 tfItr necessary and ufflImI-
mac requirements 900 in one mtuuts
und Hrs tHcurdlusly Ciuss,d as an oz-
u,It UUrmHt
LOU. Abbey. who lives near Mel
rHnH. ttHftHi during the recent SNOW
storm O. goo from Tucumruri ~ Mel
ruar Ifn SNOW WHH ru deep hr soon
become t.ui and hIs feet frogo Hs
rDrutfs I HU tlod tu obtain shelter
uf two u'u.ftut places. hut WHs turn.
od awe" ilH finally munHgeI o. "huN.
Tile iU ODE fnfW house OF e. A. word
sho ht,. in ths QUAY utiEhhorHuud
and tlcrr D, was trkgu iu and r.r.'