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TERRIFIC STRUGGLE IS NOW ON AT VERDUN

FRENCH TROOPS OCCUPY

' BLOCK HOUSES IN WOOD

"German Infantry Attacks on

Dead Man Hill Repulsed

by the French.

'GERMAN LOSSES ARE HEAVY

?Kaiser's Forces Succeed in

Gaining a Footing in the

French First Line.

PARIS, May 22?French grenn

'diers occupied several block houses

'.In Avocourt wood on the Verdun

ifront In the course of severe fight

ling last night.

Tho struggle west of Dead Man

hill wrb terrific. The war office

statement of today says that the at

tacks of German Infantry were re-,

pulsed.

Houses Abandoned.

The block houses in Avocourt

wood wore abandoned by the Gor

man s.

East or the Meuse Infantry light

ing occurred at tho Haudremout

quarries, coptured yesterday by the

JFronch. The Gummas attacked these

.positions and tho statement asserts

'were repulsed with heavy losses.

The battlo of Verdun, the longest

and most bitterly conteotcd struggle

of tho war, entered on Its fourth

.month today. Tlie Germans are

lhanimering at Dead Man hill, where

the most furious and bloody fighting

of tho three months' conflict has

(taken place. Clinging desperately to

tho trenches that they have wrested

Jrom the French on the lower slope

or tho hill the Teutons have hurled

60,000 men backed by sixty battar

Iob ot guns of all callbcrs forward

along a seven mile front from Avo

court wood to the Mouse in a desper

ate effort to seize the covotod sum

mit.

Germans Got FiKitliolu.

As has been usual In this war

when olther sido lost a well prepared

and strongly delivered offensive at-';

tacking forces have won initial ad-,

'?vantages. Tho Oormans havo suc

ceeded in gaining a footing in tliei

French first lino at a cost or severe

_ losses. However, Judging from the

^ exporlonou of tho past it will not be

? a (limoult task for the Frenoh to dts-!

lodge thorn borore they are able to i

follow up their advantage. Both

sides will then roturn to their former

popts to await anotbor offensive.

That the Oormans must continue

their tromoudou'i onslaught on Dead

Man hill or abandon the idea of

taking Verdun seems obvious. This

blood-sonlted summit and Its sister

emiaenco, Hill Nd. 304, form the key

the whole system of Verdun's de

foil sofl i

The fire from their batteries flanks

the Douaumont plateau across tho

river. Without the undisputed po

sitions ot this plateau military critics i

agreo that no attack on Verdun has I

any chance ot success. i

Oillvlal Statement.

The official statement continues:

"South of Berry-au-Bac French I

rorces exploded two mlnos with suc

cess at hill 108.

"In tho Champagne district a gas

attack by tho Germans was without

results. This emission or gas was In

the zono betwon the rond rrom souala

to flonnne-Py and the road rrom San

te Hllulro to St. Souplet. No sooner

had tho cloud of gas started than an

uaexpneted turn in the direction or

the wind drove It back on the trench

oi oI the enemy.

Balloons Sent Down.

"In tho rogion or Verdun French

aviators havo attacked a number of

napllve Gorman balloons. 6?x or these

balloons wore sent down on fire. In an

norial engagement one or our pilots

brought down a German aeroplane. In

the vicinity or Eparges two other ma

chines ot the enemy attacked by

(French aeroplanes were brought to

earth, one bohind tho enemy lines at a

point near Liancourt and tho other bo

hind our linos at Fontenoy.

"This morning aeroplanes ot the

enemy threw down bombs on Dunkirk.

"On the nights or May 20 and .1

several operations wore conducted by

(roups ot Fronch aviators. Shells

*ere successfully thrown on the rail

road station at Metz-Sablons, Avrl

court and Roye; upon munition de

pots at BiacheB and Chappelote: on

vloouacks in the vicinity or Azonnes

and on the village of Jimietz where

there had been installed the head

ouarters of the commandants ot an

important division. Furthermore

two of our dirigibles have ralnod

down bombs on the railroad station

and the .railroad line at Brieulles and

r< Don."

AUSTRIANS CARRY PEAK

IN THE TYROL FIGHTING

taV AMDOIATID man

BERLIN, May 2 2?Austro-Hun

garlan troopa have carried the peak

of Armentara ridge, tho scene of

tome of the heaviest fighting In the

recently Inaugurated offensive along

the southern Tyrol light. This an

nouncement Is made In the official

Austrian report of May 21.

More than 3,000 Italians were cap

tared Saturday by the Austrlans.

Who also obtained possession or sev

eral villages. They took twenty-five

cannon and eight machine guns, the

statement says.

VIOLENT CANNONADE

HEARD IN THE BALTIC

(?V AMOC1ATCB MUD

LONDON, May 22?Reports from

^Kalmar la Sw.edeA or the Baltic as

Favorite for a Justice

Is Anthony M. Donahue

Anthony M. UoiiAfiiie.

Anthony M. Donahue, whose picture hero appears. Is a candidate for the

Republican nomination for justice of the peace of Clark district at the primary

election June 6. Mr. Douahuo anhounced his candidacy early and like the e-irly

bird he Is making line progress in his campaign of presenting his claims ind ;

soliciting votes of bis fellow party men In the distrlcl. He and the many frleids

who are aiding him voluntarily in the campaign have good cause, they say,!

to be confident that he will lie one of the two men Belected on the Republican

ticket as uomluees for justice of the peace In his distrlcL

Mr. Donahue is a native of Clarksburg. iHe was born here May 5, 1867.:

When three yearn of age ho was taken by his parents to the country where!

they resided on a farm and like many other country boys rural life made

a sturdy citizen of the young Donahue and gave him an earnest, sincere

character and a comprehensive understanding of the many phases of human j

lifo. Honest toll and earning his way by the sweat of his brow developed a;

keen sense of fairness in all things and a vein of sympathy for humanity

never ebbing In its flow.

Receiving a good education In the public Bchools. Mr. Donahue never

faltered In TiIb efforts to properly apply the same for his own advancement

and the best welfare of his fellows. Upon leaving the farm fifteen years

ago, he came to Clarksburg and has been A resident of the city ever since.

During his residence here he has followed various pursuits and thus ac

quired a widely ranging knowledge of human activities locally, which ob

servance and experience especially quality him to Judge affairs as between

man and man and as between the state and men and deal out justice im

partially and true to his oath of office but with mercy when occasion de

mands. He was engaged several years in the grocery business, In which he

came face to face with men of wery class and kind, high and low and rich

and poor, and by this close touch ho learned to know men and their needs,

an experience that gave him a wide familiarity with the routine of life and

a comprehension of humane nature which will stand him well In hand as

a justice of the peace.

After retiring from tho grocery business, he travelled successfully two

years for the Smith-Race Grocery Company and this added to his experience

In contact with men. And then he became a member of the police depart

ment of the city, In which capacity he has served with credit This service

has also Increased his knowledge of men, the position affording him opportun

ity to study men and become familiar with their trials, tribulations and en

deavors.

Experlenc-i flu Mr. Donahue for the position of magistrate and besldeB

he has keen Insight and foresight and his temperament Is Judicial. While

he does not pretend to be his brother's keeper, he Is one who wants him

treated fairly and with mercy If that will accomplish the best results for

humanity In the community.

Mr. Donahue's motto is: 'Enforcement of the law with fairness to all

and Injustice to none."

EXPENSE ACCOUNTS

OF THE CANDIDATES

? q

forwarded from Copenhagen to the

Exchange Telegraph Company state

that a violent cannonade was heard

last night and that It 1b believed a

sea battle Is In progress between

German and Russian warships.

RUSSIAN SUBMARINES

STILL HARRASS GERMANS;

(?* AICOCIATIO

LONDON, May 22?Russian sub

marines continue to harass German

shipping In the Baltic. A despatch

from Copenhagen quotes the

Folitlken as saying the Ger

man steamship Worms, 4.42K

tons gross, and owned In Ham

burg, Is believed to have been one

of the latest victims. The Worms

left Sweden several days ago and has

not reached Germany.

It is also reported that the Swedish

steamship Rasallnd, 877 tons gross,

struck a mine near Btookholm last

night and sank. The crew was

'saved.

AT KRS. COSTOH*.

The president of the Clarksburg

Central Mothers' Club wants every

member to be present promptly at a

meeting to fee held at S o'clock Tues

day afternoon at the home of Mrs, I,

J. Costos at 297 Clay strsat,? -

Not Later Than May 30 Ac

cording to New Primary

Election Statute.

According to the new statute, un

der which the primary election -will

be held two weeks from tomorrow, ev

er; candidate Is required to file, not

lens than seven, nor more than fif

teen days before the election, a com

plete statement of all money expend

ed by him In the furtherance of his

candidacy, or by any person In his

behalf, provided such expenditure

was authorised by the candidate fil

ing the statement. Under the old

corrupt practices act, which was

amended at the session of the leg

Is lature a year ago, such statements

were not filed until after the election.

Under the present statute, the candi

date must file his statement both be

fore and after the election. May 30

is the last day on which statements

may be filed before the eleetlon.

Candidates for county or district

offices file their statements with tho

county clerk. Candidates who are to

be voted for In a sub-dtvlslon larger

than a county make their reports to

the secretary of atate. Blanks tor the

Sreparation of such statements may

e obtained from the clroult fllerlc.

A candidate tor a oous??fflc? U

POST-GRADUATE

E HERE

Under Direction of Dr. Paul D.

White of the City of Bos

ton, Mass.

The post-graduate medical course

hereunder Hit? direction or Dr. Paul i

I). White, of Boston, began this!

morning with an attendance of twen

ty two men. The course will consist

of a lecture In the morning from 3 ,

to 'J:30 a. m.. and a clinic In the af-!

ternoon from -I to fi p. in., during tlie

next ten days. The following physi

cians will be present regularly:

Drs. J. H. Win field, R. A. Haynes,

II. H. Eskor, J. E. Wilson. J. MeOue

Bowcoek. J. F. Williams, E. F. Weh

ner. C. C. Jarvis, C. 0. Post, C. A.

WilllB, S. M. Mason. .1. ]\ McC.ulra.

C N Slntor. C. T. Arnelt, T. M. llooil.

C. R. Ogdon, H. E. Sloan. A. T. Post,

K. L. Osborn, W. T. Gocke, W. T. |

Owens, C. M. Kessler, B. F. Shuttle-;

worth, S. L. Cherry and P. C.:

Showalter.

Mother of Raymond Kirk, of

Meadowbrcok, Dies at the

Home of a Daughter.

Mrs. Mary J. Ktih, aged 74 years,!

died at the home of her daughter.

Mrs. L. I). Ford, in Fairmont at noon

Sunday.

Mrs. Kuh was the widow of John'

C. Kuh. who passed away twenty-j

oight years ago. Her children surviv

ing are Mrs. L. D. Ford, of Fair

mont; Karl Kuh, of Grafton, nnd

Raymond Kuh, of Meadowbrook. Dor

sey and Earl Kuh and Mrs. H. W.

Simpson, well known residents of

Fairmont", are grandchildren.

Mrs. Kul) was a native of Grafton,

and her parents were pioneer settlers

of that vicinity. She was a member

of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal

church, of Grafton, and belonged to

the Woman's Christian Temperance

Union and the Order of the Eastern

Star. Since last November Mrs. Kuh

had resided at Fairmont with her

daughter.

The funeral will take place in St.

Paul's Methodist Episcopal church

at Grafton Tuesday afternoon at 2:30

o'clock. The funeral party will leave

Fairmont* on the 11:01 a. m. train

Tuesday for Grafton.

Short services will be held at the

Ford residence, Monday evening at K

o'clock, conducted by the Rev. W. J.

Eddy.

MRS. BUTCHER DEAD

Wife of Emory Butcher, Well

Known Braxton County Res

ident, Dies In Hospital.

Mrs, Myrtle Butcher, aged 28

yoars, wife of Emory Butcher, a well

known resident of Palmer. Braxton

county died ftt 8:30 o'clock Monday

morning tn a local hospital following

a four montha Illness of tuberculosis.

The body was prepared for burial at

a local undertaking company's estab

lishment nnd will be taken to her

home Tuesday morning. The fun.

ertil services and burial will be held

there Wednesday.

Surviving relatives of the deceased

woman are Emory Butcher, her hu?

bmd, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bright,

her parents, Mrs. Rosey Oumm, a

sister and Amos, Charlea, John and

George Bright, brothers, all real

dents of Braxton, county,

FILED FOR RECORD.

A certificate ot the approval of the

bond ot William Poat as trustee for

Rollta D. Prleo, a bankrupt, baa teen

filed for record la the office of the

county clerk here. The bond la |S0,

000 and C. D. Munaon and U. G.

Young are hla sureties. It la an Up

shur county oaae.

COURT WHjL meet.

The county court will hold a spe

cial term tomorrow to call the pri

mary election June 6.

SENT TO THE ROADS.

Miller Carpenter and Vlneeat Roe

ky were finel $8 and costs each Mon

day In Magistrate T. G. Nlcewarner'a

court and sentenced to serve seven

days each on the county roads in de

fault of payment for unlawfully rid

ing a train In the local railroad yarda.

limited to $300 In his expenditures,

and (be purposes ror which the mon

ey may be spent are restricted, A

candidate for a state office, for Con

gress. or for the state senate, may

spend |75 for each county In the-di

vision In which he Is to be voted for.

A candidate for an offloe in a magis

terial or school district may spend

$60, and no more.

Arthur Thompson, of Charleston,

who holds ? position in the office ot

the state historian and archivist, la

her* Haiti#* - -

SIBLEY'S TWO TROOPS ARE

REPORTED AS IN DANGER

aSHION ART LEAGUE IS PUT TO ROUT;

COAST BATHING GIRLS GO SLEEVELESS

I Miss Victoria Wolf in price winning costume, photographed during bathing

girls' parade.

"Knees may show, but elbows arc taboo," was the mandate of tht

Fashion Art League to the bathing girls of southern California. But the

girls are defying the league. At the recent bathing girls' parade at Venice

every beautiful feminine arm was bared. One of the prize Winning cos

tumes at this parade was worn by Miss Victoria Wolf.

FAVORITE PLACE

| AT WORLD'S FAIR

Is the Echo from the Young

Woman's Christian Associ

ation BuHding There.

The Young Woman'* Christian As

sociation building at the Panama-Pa

cific exposition was erocteil at a cost

of J43.000. Five thousand visitors

used It dally. Girls came to It for em

ployment, recreation, advice and pro

tection, Salaries, exclusive of the

lunch room employees, cost (25,000.

The work that was actually done lo

this building from day to day wbb a

living exhibit of Young Woman's

Chrlstlon Association activities.

Facts for 8lx Month*.

Five hundred and eighty-six so

cured room through the list of Inves

tigated places.

Three hundred and eighteen girls

placed In positions.

Ten thousand, three hundred and

thirty women used couches In rest

room. Many emergencies met, such

as securing legal aid, railroad trans

portation, medical and hospital care,

friendly advice and Interest.

Five hundred and ninety-four

dollars drawn from emergency fund

for pressing cases.

Ninety social occasions, luncheons,

teas and parties for girls employed

on the grounds, dinners to members

session In city, evelg classes In tonog

raphy, typewriting and store sales

manship were open to women em

played <at the exposition who visited

to be better prepared for work.

.w* !:V.

Eleven thousand. five hundred and

fifty-eight attended the 5 o'clock

Sunday vespers.

Forty-ntno states and thlrtoen for

! elgn counties represented on the reg

i Inter at the Information defik.

j Three thousand seven hundred and

thlrty-0110 meals were nerved In cafe

terta dally average. How did thoy all

; como about?

Tho Young Woman's Christian As

sociation sent out a worker from Its

headquarters In New York In the fall

of 1812. A local committee was

formed; tho needs of -women at pre

vious expositions were studied;

plans made and altered as circum

stances developed, and a staff of

workers was on the ground before

the exposition was open to the pub

lic; young women were secured who

bad large experience In many lines of

social and religious servle.

Kasy for (llrlx.

The result was It made It easier

for a young woman employed on the

ground to lead a straight, forward,

normal Christian life; It has safe

guarded people who did not know

there was any peril, and turned away

from danger some who were attract

ed to It; It has given girls higher

moral standards and power to live

up to them; It has brought people to

gether for mutual and - permanent

helpfulness; It has Introduced to

Christian fellowship In thousands of.

communities, people who were here

(Contlnued on'page five.)

BITTER DEBATE IS

TO BE PREVENTED

By the Leaders of the Presby

terian General Assembly If

They Can Do So.

<av AiaociATio mlu)

ATLANTIC CITY, May 22?It wit

evident today that some of the lead

er* of the Presbyterian general as

sembly In session here are trying to

prevent bitter debate on the floor of

the convention over the alleged

. heterodoxy of the New York presby

tery and have the matter adjusted

without any dlsoussloo on the part

of the assembly In open session.

The committee on bills and over

tares of whlah J. Rosa Stevenson,

Prlnoeon, Is chairman, today report

ed several minor overtures and reo

ommended their referenoe to different

committee* and then asked for

further delay to make a report on

the New York presbytery contro

versy.

Desptte a warning turned on Sat

urday against the. distribution In the

assembly of pamphlets on contro

versial matter* to come before the

! commissioners, a-paper written by

th? n*r John Pox. of the N?w York

presbytery, on the subject ?? "Prlt

?! .?. ? '??r'ijl'X ^'?

NO BLUB BRUGES.

IIV ASSOCIATED NIM

ZURICH, Swltserland, May 22.?

Prices of man's clothing In Vienna

have been advanced fifty per cent

by tbe unanimous vote of the Tolls'

Association. Wages are said to have

gone up thirty per cent since thp war

and the oost of materials, cloth, lin

ings, and trimmings have risen from

100 to 800 per cent. Some kinds of

elotll, notably blue serges, cannot be

had at all.

COMMITTED TO SCHOOL.

Ernest Howell, minor son of Mrs.

Lucy Howell, of New Fair Grounds,

was committed to the state reform

school fbr boyj at Pruntytown Mon

day afternoon by Magistrate W, fl.

Starcher, on the ground of incorrigi

bility.

teal Scholarship Terms the Bible" ap

peared on the floor of the assembly

today. It supports the opponents of

Um New York nreabytenr. v. Si

And There is Some Anxiety Dis

played at Headquarters of

General Funston.

MOVEMENTS ARE HOSTILE

Forcc of the Sixth Cavalry May

Be Sent to Rescue of Little

Punitive Column.

IS.ICIM. TO TH? TILIttRANt

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. May 22.?

Stmit> anxiety us to the reported slt

unllon of the American troop* south

of nofinlllnM was displayed today at

flonornl Kunston's headquarter*. No

olBi-lal eport, however, Indicating

hostile movement* of any hands near

Colonel Sibley's two troop* of tho

Fourteenth cavaliy Imd been ro

celvod.

When last accounted for Major

Langliome and "Ills two troop* of tho

I IClRhth cavalry wore moving north

| wind in join Colonel Sibley. If It la

established that the little pumtlveco).

limn I* In danger It I* probable a

force of the Sixth cavalry will be

u*ed a* a re-enforcement.

CARRANZA'S NEW NOTE

IS DUE IN WASHINGTON

WAJlH !N'3Tc""'Ma/""?The stato

department ban been advlned that a

new note from General Carranza on

the border situation prohahly will

roach Washington today or tomorrow.

It will be transmitted through Ellseo

Arrendondo, the Carranxa ambassador.

Some officials believe It possible the

new note deals with the Glen Springs

raid.

LYNlSMIE

Is Commuted from Death to

Ten Years in an English

Prison.

(iy MtoeiAiio mint in I'liriWtiiili

WASHINGTON, May 22.?Ambas

sador Pace at London today cablod

the atate department that lie had

been officially advised by the-British

government that Jeremiah C. Lynch,

the naturalized American citizen con

victed it complicity In the Dublin re

bellion, had originally been sentenced

to death but that the sentence had

oeen commuted to ten years' impris

onment. 1

NEW NOTE

To Great Britain Making Fur

ther Protest is Laid before ?

President Wilson.

new

(?V ASIOCI.TID PHfatl ?

WASHINGTON, May 22.?The

note to Great Britain making further

protest against Interference' with

American malta was laid-before Presi

dent Wilson today and probably will be

sent to London Tuesday. The general

terms of the note were framed at the

state department but the president Is

Including some of his own language.

ARffJLL if

As Just Passed by Congress Is

Being Considered by

President Wilson.

(?* ASSOCIATED FNIH)

WASHINGTON. May J 2.?Presi.

dent Wilson Monday began consider

ation of the army reorganization bill

passed by Congress last week. ' He

expects to sign It within a few days.

He discussed features of It Monday

with Chairmen Hay and Chamber'

lain of the House and Senate mili

tary committees.

Representative Hay told the fres

ident tbe army appropriation bit]

.would be ready fir the House later

.thla week. It will carry approxi

mately $150,000,000, an Increase of

150,000,000 over last year's bill,

FATA! CTCIOH*.

? wewnsiaw pnusi

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22.?Threi

persons, two white and one negro,

are dead, and ten more are injured

as the result of a cyclone which struck

Sunnyside and Bongo, ten miles south

of here, t&is morning.

To Wealthy Men .oft

giitia to Behalf or.Univer

sfty Cadet Corps.

fBV ABIOCIATIO MtlM

MORQANTOWN, May

geant George W. May of 1

Virginia University cadet. con

preparing an appeal to t*

men of the state for fund

members of the oorps to :

of the government n

camps this summer.

members of tEe:

tour of them

of the govern:

mer. The

fratn the e

is to be mai

nAn nf tha I