The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-14

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SNorthc life; ted publisher, dlea
sthisssmornin,g.%E News Of his death
sWasS giyenE out by physicians VIVA
have been attending him as fol
Slows n
scoulnt IN orthcliffe died at
So'c clock. The end was peace
ne Heath sof no other IN off
(: cial person could have made
deeperHimpression in England tnan
sssthat OF count nth ! cliffs lifts . ne
isss sI1es;,; s4svas not a surprise rs the
ssbuil etins ISSUED by the doctors
forS fha astss$week plainly indicated
a their patient was dying Thc
atureSSof III the fatal disease has
tssyet3 been revealed, but It is
ected the House will be told
count Northcliff was by far
s!sSsss most noted figure in British
and the first lqu estlon
gsso in%eyeryone's lips was to the Ell
sss.factS his death !; will have on the
sssn,olIcies of sthe Times and his other
which, since the emu
al heaswar, have .5tron gly5opposs1
III lloyd George government ana
s Ssasiitsaprinciples.Sw ith the notable eS-
ceptionH5ofE its I'd alings with Ire
81 arC.swtich&LOrdE ISOIluClllle -
s1u1IpportadS throughout.
I,ate err was tated that the
cause of Visco cunt Northcliffe
deaf was the production OF pns
within the heart which was 10
flowed by acute blood poisoning !.
ma medical: terms used In CIV
u ing the cause Of Viscount North
cIiffe's d cath were Lucrative en-
docardi lis, strep tocococoa.- septe ~
icem Ia and terminal syncope-
his in popular pariance means
an in Inflammation Of the l1nlng
OF. the heart. W., Waen
sSsonsequentS Infection Of the blood,
sSafin1dI ss5s sud- en- failure OF the heart
dus sfo painting.
Viscount n orth cliffe, the son OF
anSIrish barrister, became an col,
tor at q II years. owner ana
fisher Of + the London TIMES
and 8DAILYs MAIL, the moulder OF
|ssS n11jlbl IL opinion. a man OF powerful
IN luenc s:in the making and un-
Ssnnaking5of British cabinets ana
who with David Lloyd George,
in a great measure -
i sarousingsE to more vlsoTr-
ss3gous action in the war.
He was created Baron OF the
aia#ofSThanetin 1905 and made q
sYiscount in 1917 after he had
sgeryed wi th distin ction as head OF
SsSthe8 British Mission .to the Un,teo
8 States to consolidate British IN
\ Sterestss here during the war.
oasTi discount Northcliffe is as
cribed the arousing of the Brlt:s.
Ssss I'M lie to al knowledge of the fac1
tfat the British army in Francs
sss:was insuffic equipped with
SssIIi rh8axplosive shells, that British
on the Trench front were
short OF ammunition asd that Lore
tchner, then Secretary Of stats
SfursssWar was sending the Br1tlsn
FNsgunn ars shrapnel while Sir John
s:sErench was commander, was ap-
linen Ing for the same kind OF hlgt
sssaxpiosiyes that Germany was
the line in vast guam
Outstanding Test
This exposu has been charac'
ss tarized as one OF the outstanding
feats of the war i
s;rasult ted IN the appointment OF
sDaVi dLloyd George as the FRS
British minister OF munitions anc
nut him son the road to become
prime minis ter.
Owing, 1t Is said, to the rigit
cansorships (which the then Barol
s bitterly assaled, tine
British People knew little abou
the Econduct sot the war at tina
time They were told of the vic
tories% and advances, but 1T i
Claimed that theS q disasters and de
sfeatsIswere not fully REVEALED Or
ficiaI England is said TO hav'
knoWns forsmonths that the wron'
Kind. sshel1s were being furnish
ed.. Lord Northcliffe knew thes'
cnndftfonsabe because he had visite'
SSthesfronton .several occasions =
tha4I gondons Times, Colonel Rep
Sssss?instouri 3 France and Repingtoi
sSssnfstheATimes published dds
spatthex1osingHth e5gituat ionSans