The West Virginian. [volume], January 17, 1916, Image 1

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pLdvina Engle Here
^Fram the National Or
v:. ganization.
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Naders Will -Be Appointed
to Hold Meetings And
-Distribute Literature.
I -Miss Lav In a Engle, national suff
^ga-organlzer; who works In conjunc
tlW'wlth the National SuBfaso organ
U?tl5n, arrived In tills city this morn
pgfat'-ten o'clock from her home In
ng at ten o ciuc*
?Waihinglon and will at once take up
?tfie' work Of organizing this section
io&WeSt Virginia for effective work to
Sward the ratincation of tho Suflraga
amendment to .th.' State constitution
Iwhicli will be placed beforei the peo
file in the fall election of 1916- ?
W,This afternoon Miss Bngie wil11
ffii "conference' with momb.rs ofui
?state campaign committee at the Man
ley hoteL and plans will be formulated
Iforan immediate and active campaign^
iMrs" Lennc Lowe Yost, vice president
of the West Virginia Equal Suffrage
'iieaime arrived hero this morning from
'Moreantown and with Miss Margaret
l^o^eSoiufg'lS:
the nSonEafexecutlve
Committee of Huntington, and Dr. Har
riett -J'*ies, of Wh.ellng. The oth-r
nftwriteers of th? committee will con
Mlas Engle during her stay
|iiwth1otyplan to organize the mag
Mliiiiii i 11. .
Oinns will be maintained in
mont Mannington, Winfleld, rant, Lta
Val-Paw"Union.'Fairmont inde
Anion .lndependepUdla;
1Svf-<W^ome'ot the cUimBS**"8
? (t -will be Impossible. to effect
organization until hotter weather sets
Jffifbut-.in -the, more accessible
'' lets work will begin at 0I?c?" ..
It is thought that Mannington di
?A Jiiii he the first to be organized
ild Miss Engle will probably begin
time in the
:?tateandwillbe assisted by members
Tot 'tho local political e<l"a11^ c1^ t'he
Mm!bs Bngle Bpent'some time in tn
-i-resrs
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enthusiastic meeting of the Fair
r^nn'^Pblltical Equality club was held
rsitn?X night at tSe Uofe of Mrs
wssst~*r2s&
?^^?-ssTssag^
Itato and creating sentiment for the
cauBe. There seems to be little opp
IlgniKHrBsS
to defeat the cause but no such mave
" air-vet . been started in thls sectlon.
Tie suffragists In many localities be
the cause 'and
tviim create sentiment. , in
?i^4waUbUeU&n of
^ts^SlyTng to too sundtrd ami
do their utmost to carry It to Tic
'tory in November, 1916>
If. A, Shurtleff at
State Convention
jiA. Shurtleff of the firm of Shurt
Sand Welton, local shoe dealers,
fiaSfgone to Buffalo, N. Y., where he
?will attend a convention of the Walk
ijyerjBSbe dealers. This organization
ag perfected Ave years ago and at
ifipime Is attended by approximately
lOOjjWalk Over shoe men representing
ffgyery: state In the Union.
TjJThe meetings on Tuesday and Wed
aday.'will be held at the Statler ho
IJand the mee'ting will include an ex
jion to Niagara Falls, t theatre
y, and a banquet.
"ST: ??
temporary Bridge '
" For Mine No. 6
'?-?:? * ,|]i
' temporary bridge is being con
ucted across the. West Fork River
Monongah Mine No. 6 where the
fridge'collapsed last week. This
feraryfstructure will serve , until
ormaWntssteel bridge can be erect
?}"' ? ? "??"''Ij
he-chief consulting engineers
^Consolidation company, WilH
Vatson, of Cleveland, is here wo
ttie specifications of the J
"jjirtiiqh will be erected ?? J
"wii';
Two Degrees Below Over a
Wide Expanse of Ter
ritory.
IS AHEAD or SClltDULE
.Last Year the January Cold
Wave Did Not Occur
r Until 29th."
With theAow beginning last night
In the "gloaming," us the poet says,
real winter weather arrived and tow
ard morning the thermometer was
lower than it has be=n yet this sea.
sou. According to the official report
of the local weather observer, the tem
perature at S A. M. this morning was
two degrees below zero. The r.port of
the local observers at Cincinnati and
Pittsburgh were both the same, being
two degroes below at those plac-s.
This seems to indicate a general cold
wave of much magnitude and uniform
temperatures throughout the Ohio val
ley.
The local preciplatlon was only nine
hundredths of aodffch but the snow
fall, being light and dry, the ground
is covered with enough snow to make
excellent sleighing. But the sound of
slelghbolls Is seldom heard In Fair
mont any more, and has been super
seded by the hoarse squawk of the
Klaxon and the buzz of the tin liz
zie. The familiar sight of Captain
Heed's sleigh filled with happy school
children was missing on the streets
today. Whether the air was too cold
for the Captain, or his horse was in
disposed, could not be learned. Prob
ably the horse, however, for the Cap
tain never fears the weather.
The cord wave in January of last
year did not arrive until lha 29th and
then the lowest temperature was only
8 degrees above zero. The snowfall
last January was very light also, the
heavy precipitation for the month of
5.41 inches being mostly rain.
Several farmers with sleds and
sleighs arrived fn the city this after
noon, lending the town the appearance
of an old-fashioned, winter. The proud
'j!ifr^-'inTfivarrTFaji the goou raca
mare Eva LM1>wned.by'Alec Riheldaf
fer. Eva appeared rtfor her daily Jog
with two strings ot slelghbells ?iiid a
speedway cutter and she seemed to
know that every one was looking as
she pranced up the street.
FAIRMONT SEVENTH
IN AUTO STANDING
But Marion County As a
Whole Does Better And
is Fourth.
According to statistics compiled at
the auditor's office at Charleston, of
seven counties, namely Ohio, Cab all,
Harrison, Marion, Wood, Kanawha
and Berkeley, Marlon county ranks
fourth In the number- of automobiles
owned in the county.
While the county ranks fourth, the
city of Fairmont ranks seventh in the
principal cities of the counties.
The following Is the list of the seven
counties and cities named. Fairmont
brings up the rear with a tottal of 333
automobiles, while Wheeling leads the
list with 1,260. Marion county has a
total of 940, while Ohio, which leads,
has a total of 1.433, and Berkeley
bringing up the rear, has a total of 438.
Counties.
Ohio ' 1,433
Cabell 957
HarriBon 940
Marion 715
Wooi 553
Kanawha 631)
Berkeley 438
Cities.
Wheeling 1,260
Huntington 892
Charleston 539
Parkersburg - 477
Clarksburg 470
Martinsburg 363
Fairmont 333
^Improved roads and the laying
of miles of paved roads will materially
increase the number of automobiles in
?the city and county this year and
Fairmont no doubt will rank high in
:'tiie list of cities containing the high
est number of automobiles.
Eon. Thos. C. Miller
is Visiting Here
Hon. Thomas C. Miller, president of
Shepherdstown State normal school,
and a native of Marion county, is
spending a few days in this city with
his sisters and brother at the family
home at BarnBtown. Mr. Miller is
prominently identified with education
al work both'of the county and state,
having been for, years Identified with
the educational work of Fairmont, and
held the position of state superinten
dent of schools,several years ago. The
Thomas '* C. ' Miller school in the
fourth ward Is named in honor of
Mr. Miller.
The above photograpn. taken at the Cusiruiriachtc mines in Mexico, shows nine of*'the 17 Americans drag
ged from a train and slain by bandits near Santa Ysabel on Jan.. 10. The picture is the,property; of Charles
"Truax, Jr., of Chicago, chief of the mining company, who is now on his w ay to El Paso to assist in caring for
the bodies. Charles R. Watson general manager of the mines, and one of th e victims, seated at the extreme ,right.?
REV F. P. HUMMEL
STRICKEN IN PULPIT
Morgantown Pastor Was
Supernumerary of Local
M. P. Temple.
Dr. J. C. Broomfleld, pastor of the
M. P. Temple and president of the
Pittsburgh conference of the denomi
nation, went to Morgantown this after
noon, where lie was called by the cri
tical illness of Rev. Frank P. Hummel,
pastor of the Morgantown M. P.
church and also a member of the Pitts
burgh conference.
Rev. Mr. Hummel was stricken with
apoplexy last night while filling his
pulpit at the Morgantown church. Dr.
Hummel had Just finished a splendid
sermon on the subject "Found Want
ing" and had picked up a hymnal.to
announce a-hynm numbdgKftff w3ucJi?
he would give an invitation to the" un
saved, when thb book was noticed to
drop from his. fingers. Dr.v Kelly, his
family physician, noticed the book
drop and going to the pulpit urged
Dr. Hummel to retire from the pulpit.
At the conclusion of the hymn and af
terjpronouncing the benediction, Rev.
Hummel sank to tho floor and was
carried from the church. A ?message
received from his bedside today said
he was still uncdnsclous and his re
covery was impossible. Rev. Hummel
was a supernumerary to the local M.
P. Temple and at the conference meet
ing last September was loaned to the
Morgantown church. Dr. Broomfleld,
who was called to Morgantown by his
illness will return tonight.
The'incident of Rev. Mr. Hummers'
stroke, recalls the death in a similar
manner at Llarrackville two years ago,
when Rev. Cieorgo Kinsey, pastor of
the Baptist church there (or some fifty
years, was stricken in practically the
6ame manner and dUd in a few min
utes. ^
6,000 Garment
Workers on Strike
(By Associated Press)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17?The gar
ment workers numbering about fi.000
went on strike here today for higher
kages and better working conditions.
As a consequence about 250 factories
are closed. The operators say several
thousand.workers who are not mem
bers of unions will Join the ranks of
the strikers. Nearly all of the strikers
are women and girls. All of the fac
torls are picketed.
ARREST AT BARRACKVILLE.
Constables Harry Connors and Sat
terfleld went to Barrackville Saturday
night where they arrested Miss Edith
. .imma and John Conaway for loiter
ing in that vicinity. They were each
fined ?20 and costs by Juctice R.
Leigh Fleming this morning which
they paid, after which, they were re
leased.
Amusements Today
See advertisement on page 9)
HIPPODROME
Lewis-Oliver Stock Co.
COLONIAL
Vaudeville and Pictures
PRINCESS
X-3
NELSON
A Question of Right or Wrong
GRAND
Lyman Howe's Travel Festival
IDEAL
Tlio Wrath of -Haddon Towers
DIXIE
The Iron Strain
I
IIIB SI
H OF THE
(SEMES SCALE
Western Pennsylvania Is Re
ported to be Holding
Out.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17.?'While
delegates to the bl-ennial cqpvention
ot United Mine Workers, which opens
Tuesday, were gathering here today
from different parts of the United
States and Canada officers of the un
ion wore endeavoring to roach an
agreement with ? coal operators from
the central competitive bituminous
district for a wage qpnferenco after
tilt; convention nt 11 1 f"'^
The Cenfcal competitive districts
a:? made up of Illinois, Indiana Oilio
and Western, Pennsylvania soft coat
Holds. The.mine owners in,the jo dis
tricts formerly has a four-etate agree
ment with the union miners but It
was broken up several years ago since
at which time each state ? concluded
Its. own contract with union ooiptoyos.
At a conference here today be
tween officers and union and repre
sentatives of the operators efforts
were being made to bring about a
new interstate agreement. The con
ference is a continuation of one held
in Chicago some days ago.
Western Pennsylvania operators
wore not represented in that confer
ence and when' today's meeting began
there was no indication that they
would participate although some coal
operators from around Pittsburgh are
in town. It Is said the principal ob
jection of the western Ponnsylvanians
to entering an interstate conference
is that in their territory they pay
workers on the screen basis, whereas
in at least two of the other districts,
tho run of mine basis prevails. The
Pennsylvanlans tear that if they go
into an interstate agreement they may
bo outvoted on the question of main
taining a -crpen basis.
Leaders from various districts In
town appear optimistic with regard
to the mining situation. Agreements
expire in many states in the spring
but they express themselves as con
fident /hat new contracts will be made
without trouble. Many of the men ap
pear to reject the views of John P.
White, international president of the
union, who favors the policy of tfie
men remaining at work after their
contracts expire on March 31 so long
as there Is a possibility ot an agree
ment being reachod.
.. In many instances in the, past,',min
ing was suspended by the workers
when agreements expired and negotia
tions were still in progress. A shut
down in the anthracite field four years
ago lastod six weeks. -
Mannington Cops
Break Up Poker Party
seven poker players were arrested
in Howard Millen's place on Railroad
street in Mannington Saturday. The
game was at a> critical stage but the
rude officers stopped it and took the
offenders to the city hall. The seven
men put up a'forfelt'of $15 each and
Millen deposited 925. They .were to
appear before the Mayor this morning
but failed to keep the appointment
and lost their forfeits.
The Weather. vr
West Virginia?Fair tonight, not so
cold In west; Tuesday fair and warm
er.. ? -i'i 1
Western Penna.?Generally fair to
night and Tuesday; not quite,so cold;
LOCAL WEATHER READINGS
: > F. P.' Hall. ObicrwaMBBMI
Temperature at 8 A. M." today ?2.
KfeBtofday.'s'-.weather, rata;.temper*;
ture,-jniaxtmum. 84; minimum .-2; pre-;
BtTFIEU IS HOT
SENATE CMD1TE
Special From Charleston to
the Intelligencer Says
This.
WHEELING, Jan. 17.?The Wheel
ing Intelligencer this morning prints
prominently on its first page the fol
lowing special Irom Charleston:
'From close personal friends of Got.
Hatfield, it was learned today that
the State's chief executive baB de
cided not to become a candidate for
tho Republican nomination for United
States Senate. While announcement
to this effect has not been officially
made, the information was received
from a source as authentic as could
be .'without coming directly, from the
governor.. -. . . ... ? ,* ??'*.*V*
(.'.''While .Governor Hatfleld; has not.
at any tlme'saidt'tie would be' a? candl-.
..onrie^SyiMwften;;bete .advanced
by zealous 'frionils and also at times
by persons who'sought to embarrasB
him. ? - ?
' "Those who know Governor Hatfield
best, say he is more interested in
carrying out important state policies
than in any.'personal political ajnbl
tion. It is also known that the gover
nor is anxious to return to the prac
tive of .his profession?tEat of medi
cine?In "which he achieved, great suc
cess and distinction-before he en
tered politics.
"In any event, It is believed, it can
be accepted as a certainty,that he will
not bo a factor in the Senatorial race
in the sense of being a candidate at
tho coming election."
AT ROADS SCHOOL
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Balnbridge,
in charge of road construction work
done by county prisonora;" County En
gineer Frank Wilfong, and William
Bryant, left for Morgantown this af
ternoon to attend the "Good Roads"
school being conducted this week at
the state university..
Mr. Balnbridge, Mr. Wilfong and
Mr. Bryant will remain In Morgan
town until Friday evening and make
a study of scientific methods of high
way construction.
TEX SETSX
NEW RECORD.
"EEX RICKARD
Tex Rickard who set a record sev
eral years ago'.by hanging up, a;- purse
of 1101,000 for the, eJffries-Johnson
fight at .Reno, Nev.,; has set another,
record ,by, offering $45,000 for a flght
in New .York'between Jess Wlllar'd,7
champion; and iFrank :,Morani ? ? The
puree is the largest fever offered for a'
no-decision bout.,'?'' '? V? 7 ?
Rickard is'always .willing ,to take B
gambler's""chance., Hlsi *101,000 "risk",
aCReno drew'a gate of, *270,000.' It Is
estimated it will cost $66,600 tot stoge^
aaEilBlfia
Cold Wave Came
Just V^hen Needed
BUT FOR ITS TIMELY APPEAR.
ANCE PEACH TREES MIGHT
HAVE BUDDED.
The zero weather of last , night and
today came just In time to check the
premature development of"peach tree
buds which might have resulted In
serious Injury to the peacli crop In
Marion county, according to state-J
ments by County Agricultural Agent
H. L. Smith today. The snow of last
night and the cold is also beneficial
to the wheat fields, it Is said.
Two much warm weather during the
winter months in this latitude results
in premature development of various
fruits with the results that a drop in
temperature in the late winter or early
spring destroys the swelling fruit budsi
and tha'-proBpect of a crop
While the zero weather of the last
36 hours has been beneficial to fruit
growers and farmers a drop to 10 or
12 degrees below continuing for 48
hours or more might result in such
injury to peach buds as to prevent u|
crop next summer.
Continued cold weather with heav^
snow is beneficial to wheat which will
continue to grow under a blanket of
snow and appear green and flourish
ing when the snow melts. Changes of
temperature during the winter, how
ever, which results in alternate freez
ing and thawing results in injury to
wheat, the roots being torn from the
soil by the action of tha frost.
Body of a Baby
Found in a Trunk
AUTHORITIES, WHO ARE INVES
TIGATING, BELIEVE IT WAS
THERE MANY MONTHS
Count offlcers aro investigating to
day the finding of the form of a child
in a trunk In the A. D. Simon flats
on Jackson street yesterday evening.
The trunk was found in a room that
bad not been occupied, nor the trunk
been opened since last October.
The county physician when called,'
stated that the body must have been
placed In the trunk about three or
four months ago. Occupants of the
flatr remembered ? the owner of the
trunk-butithey knew absolutely .noth
ing of the child's body being placed
therein.- . ?
' A' prospective tenant while.:-belng
shown through the flats, upon enter
ing the room which contained tho
trunk asked concerning the odor, ap
paranetly arising from the trunk which
led to an investigation of the contents.
The decomposed body of the infant
was found and the offlcers notified.
The body is to be burled by the coun
ty. and an investigation started in
an effort to locate the mother. Physi
cians expressed the theory that tho
birth was premature.
Judge Haymond's Illness
Has Taken Turn For The
Worse.
H. S. Lively was this afternoon elect
ed temporary Judge of the Circuit
Court of Marlon County to occupy tho
benoh during the illness of Judge W.
S. Haymond who suffered a relapse
after, resuming his place on the bench
last Friday.
Clerk of the Court'W. S. Black an
nounced this afternoon that Judge
Haymond Is confined to .his .home as
a result- of tho relapse and that he
probably will not be able to appear In
court for three' or four days or prehapa
(longer
This means a postponement of the
decision, in the Fairmont Charter case
which it was expected would come up
for final action In the local court to
day. A temporary judge has authority
only to enter Buch formal orders as
may be agreed upon by\ the. attorneys
on each side and to dispose o( other
matters of similar character.
.The;' January term of < Intermediate
Court ;will open tomorrow with Judge
George A; Vincent on the bench. The
trial list for the. term will be arranged'
tomorrow after.-.which ? chancery busi
ness and the hearing of motions will
be'; taken up. . Next .week Jurors have
beenv ordered to attend court ,when
misdemeanor 'cases'and civil! cases re
quiring a Jury:will' be tried. ? A half
dozen-or more Tost law'cases 'are ori
the Intermediate court docket for trial
at this term.! ~ I
New Tmntabie For
theB^fl-Iari^Sere
?The- Baltimore; l^^Ohlo^^^BM?
Company's engnieera; are-. --wetting,]
Fairmont-these daysjlopktagjnto! the;
possibUtty^of^^?MwSStuurn^Sl?|?
take "carefoytK^new4Mall^,?uffi??J
which 3 a?WOTTsctWStd;?beSnsedihMe |
shortly;
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Only One Pbintp!
The Mind of
Dayton
Probabilities Arfc|Thal
tOrneys for Defend
Will Ask <#$80
Mrs. Fred Ran
Injured in Am
Mrs. Frederick Randall,
daughter of -Mr.?ari'dfMra
son, Is In,a h6spltal!ju3s?
Cal.. snfferlng tromjaBBrBj
minor injuries ousfc^HraiJ
mobile accident, which oc
lior home at SaiitajB^tira
day. Details otMhe^ocfde
ing, but . lnformatlQn#cp?
message to her brother,-;Ja
son, receivedjyegt|^fira
her Iniurieay.wereffnogMiH
would' be removodJ^ttlMj 1
a few
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