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FOB MATCHES SO !
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Inquest Clears Up Mystery
Surrounding Cause of
^} Explosion.
MATCHES nNRflniFS
mriiuiiLu uii uulvilu
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Witnesses Say All the Usu-;
; ? al Precautions Were
Taken.
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In older that he niieh' satisfy an ,
appetite for cigarette smoke a man!
l ame out of Jamison No. 7 al noon on !
Ihe fatal nineteenth day of last Octo- :
her lo procure matches and a few minutes
after lio returned to the depths
i . of the mine the first of the explosions |
, which cost all told eleven human lives i
and property damage to the amount of:
at least half a million dollars began.
This much developed today when,
Ihe inquest into the disaster was re-i
sullied at the mine. Undertaker Cun-I
iiingluim and Dudley Miller, an employee
of the Cunningham establish- j
inent. both testified that they found j
matches and cigarettes 011 the body of
Frank Higginboiliam and Undertaker ;
Jones losiiueu to a similar condition !
ol things with regard to Vance, two 01 ,
the victims. i
It was stated earlier in tile day that j
testimony regarding the way in which
,i the men got the matches would bo in- j
traduced before today's sossiou o? the I
inquest is adjourned.
The hearing was resumed this morn- j
? ing at tile office at the mine at 9 ;
2 o'clock in accordance with the ar-1
langcments when it was adjourned iast |
i week.
tt - . Chief Engineer K. Cowan was the 11
first one called today, it being the |
second time he was on the stand dur-j
ing the inquest, lie testified that'
upon his entrance into the mine the !
day of the explosion, after the dam- j
age had been done, he noticed that,
live of the six motors used in the mine :
were on the regular motor track while !
the sixth was in section South A, hav-j
x . ing evidently been moved there by
' /' Chapman, it is, Mr. Cowan said, possible
tlint Chapman left tile motor in
oouih A and tiieu walked to me shaft
where he was found after the explo,.
sion. None of the cars was in any ]
place where gas ignition was possible.
That there would be no occasion for j
thinking that the disaster was caused
by electric sparks was proved when
John H. Hugnes, engtner in charge of
the power house, stated that he had
shut the electricity oil the mine several
minutes before ho heard what
Bounded to him "liko a dynamite explosion."
he then turned and "saw a
cloud of lilacs soot coming from Coulomb
ot the shalt, and I knew what i
it was." Ho testified there had been
no short circuits during the day nor ;
no disturbance on his auimetre.
/ John Molloy, assistant superintendent
at the mine, was called following
Mr. Cowan, lie stated he went in and
inspected I lie mine at about 7 ti. m.
tile uav of tile e.MduMun alld look witii
Iiim two men who wished to work that !
;iuy. Ho did not know wliy nor how 1
Vincent and Foster went into the mine I
ind did not give tlicui permission.
G. A. Wetzel, lampman on day turn
it the niiue, told the jury that he had ;
glvon Vincent and Foster their lamps :
because "Vincent told me he had seen
Molloy and got permission to enter :
tho mine." He said he knew Vincent j
as being a regular worker and did not
jk > iigure he wus taking any chances and
us far as violating the law was concerned.
Vincent offered an identification
check, his regular lamp check
having been either misplaced or lost
the day previous. Molloy denied that
ho and Vincent had any conversation
tlio morning of the 19th.
: ( J. J. Mcluerney, night lamp man,
stntcd that he gave Matt Allison and
John Fagun lamps to enter the mine
the morning of the day of the accident.
It was one of the duties of the
lamp men to see that every man who 1
entered the mine besides having an 1
nlectric light should be provided with
a snfety lamp These lumps arc so
' constructed that gas in the mine can
be detected without injuring those
carrying them
11. E. Stevens, hoisting engineer,
f 1 stated that he let down into the mine
10 men on the morning of October 19.
John M. Haynes, night foreman, testified
that on the morning of October
17 at two o'clock, lie detected gas in
the north section. 'This he "dangerod
off" by putting up a brattice and put- j
ting on a sign "Danger?Gas."
Robert Russell and W. I>. Bridges,
cutter and contractor respectively,
corroborated previous evidence that
the mine was known to liberate gas
[P but each stated that, ill no ease where
they had had to use electric cutters
had there ever been any gas ignitions.
They informed the jury that they him
U* often encountered gas. as witnesses
before them had testified, but that as
soon as a condition of this kind was
discovered It was remedied and regie
E SHOK
High Lights
European Wat
LONDON. Dee. 11.?The stand luadi
by the retreating Humanian army eus
?T Ploeehtl in eastern Wallaehia re
suited in the driving hack of the Ten
tonic forces a distance of several kilc
meters, according to a Pet rug rail di*
patch relayed in wireless messag*
from Rome today. In the course \o
tin? Rumanian attack two hostilsquadrons
are said to have been annl
hilated.
SALOXIK1. Dec. 11.?An advance
by the entente forces on o.ic secto
of the front northeast of Monastir 1:
announced in the Serbian otiiciai state
nient. issued today as follows: "Yes
terday there was artillery firing am
local infantry fighting. West o
Suhodol tile allies drove the enein;
hack several hundred yards."
IIKIUJN', Dec 11. "All Anstro-Huti
Kalian naval air squardon on Duceni
her 0 in spite of unfavorable weather
bombarded very successfully the avia
tion station at Helena and the bat
terles of Soobba." says an Austrian ad
mlralty statement today. "Direct hit
were scored on three hangars. A1
the machines returned undamaged."
1'AIUS, Dec. 11.?Four Herman aero
planes were brought down yesterday
two on the Verdun front and two it
the Champagne, the war office an
nounces. Intermittant cannonadim
occurred south of the Somme las
night.
NORMAL CLOSES
DECEMBER Tt
Will Occupy New Building
After Holidays?Dedication
in Spring.
Friday December 22, will mark tin
Inul fluv tin* VolntM/int Ufutn Vnmyo
school will convene in the old build
Ing on Fairmont avenue and to eele
brate this day a program ed! ?n inter
esting nature"" will be presented tc
which the public, alumni and student
body of the school will be invited. Or
this date the school will close for the
Christmas holidays and will not re
convene uiinl January S when the new
building will be occupied.
A longer vacation than usual was
granted this year in order that inon
time might lie given over to the re
inoval of tile equipment, etc.. from ilic
old to the new building. This worl
will begin oil Friday afternoon. Decern
her 25 and will continue until every
thing is in readiness for the reeon
veiling of tile school following the
holidays.
The special program will be givoi
on the morning of Friday. Docemliei
22. at ten o'clock. A committee hai
been appointed to arrange tile pro
gram. Composing this committee an
I'rof. Walter liarnes of the Englisl
department of the school, represent
ing the faculty, and the followiiq
members of the student body: Missei
Minnie Dickinson. Anna Donliam am
Messrs. John lteed and J. II. Lively.
No formal program will mark the
occupancy of the new building except
ing special chapel exercises on the
opening day but according to plan:
mapped out at the present time, tin
latter part of March or the first o
April will be observed as dcdieat'oi
day and this will mark also the fifticti
anniversary of the founding of the
Fairmont Normal which was establish
ed in the year !sr.7.
In connection with the dedication o
the building and the observation o
the liftietli anniversary, the sprint
meeting of tile Mouongahcla Valle;
Round Table Association will ai..u ...
held at tills time and it is the intcn
tion of having a number of promincn
speakers from out of toe state preset)
on tills occasion. The Hoard of He
gents, the Hoard of Education and tin
Board of Control will also be invitee
to be present to participate in the pro
Kram. The meetings at this time wil
extend over several days and wil
draw hundreds of educators from thi*
state here.
En route to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hall and chil
dren. Helen. James and David, of Bel
fast. Ireland, sailed from that plan
on December 8th for New York nn<
lire scheduled to land on Saturday o:
Ibis week. Mrs. Hall was former!)
Miss Molly Pittite!), of GraiTon. a sis
tor of Mrs. Alva Hall and Miss Ade
tin and Miss Abbic Carr. They wil
spend a few days in the cast cominj.
to Grafton for the holiday season. Mr
Biiu Mrs. Hall have recently dispose!
of their estate in Ireland and oxpccl
to remain in the I'nm *? States.
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44 SHOPPING
11 JDAY5
UNTIL
CHRISTMAS
V
ER RESPO
.110 MEAT
niESl 10
: BE RATHEB WE
Many Interests Will Be Repsj
resented Before Legislative
Session.
i
' CONTESTS ARE LIKELY
" I
; Democrats May Make An
Effort to Control Joint
1 Ballot.
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(Special I tispatch to West Virginian) j
CHARLESTON. Dec. U.?When the'
legislature convenes the second week
j | in January to be In session 45 days n
. I number of contests for seats in the
, j house of delegates are expected to tieL
veiop. Tlie Democratic majority Tn!
this branch is believed from the un-1
official returns from ail the counties j
to he just sufficient, as tho count j
stands, to make the legislature a tie j
on joint ballot. In the house there '
is sufficient Democratic majority to;
make the situation uncomfortable fori
the minority side and a sufficient reI!
duction of the Republican side is ex-j
! peeled to lie made to give the Demo-!
. : crats a working majority on joint bal- j
' lot.
While the situation is not pleasing i
to the Republicans, they are hoping
r lor the best and promise to introduce
| many measures popularly demanded
I throughout the state, and it is said
, that tliev will join with the Demo
] crats In passing a law that wilt give j
West Virginia the convention means!
of selecting political nominees from!
J this time. When the extraordinary j
' session was in progress it is said thai |
" members of both houses, represent- j
ing both parties, agreed that the print- j
'-t nry law is not what the-people wanr, r
i _i.i .. .<? .?. - .? -_.nl
i (tiuMiuKu mey uv;iiitiiiniw^ it. ljiiiu ,
1! it became a fixture to remain on the !
''statute books until legislative action!
could remove it.
"j Until the supreme court of appeals!
' decides whether the clerks of the lego.-I
, lature shall be prevented from insert*
I ing ill the journals of the two houses
: I certain parts of Senate Bill No. 1, the j
registration bill, there will be no lit - j
; tie uneasiness, particularly on the part ]
! of the Republicans. Senators Fred I., j
Fox, Democratic leader in the sen-1
" ate. who brought action against the
" i clerks, says be can show where cor
' j tain inserts were made in this Dili af- j
I tor the conference committee had re-:
' i ported thu draft of a measure which!
''1 had met with approval from the mem'
i hers of DotD parties, and after the bill j
' j had been passed by both houses.
- I Whether the alternative writ of man- j
' j damns awarded by the highest court I
' of the state is made mandatory re- i
' | mains for the action of the court Tues- j
' j day. next. The alternative writ is re
' j tamable that morning, and both sides
have retained able counsel to present j
' the issues. It is said that the con-1
ference committee reports about which j
3 complaint is made underwent trans |
' j position of paragraphs and other i
" changes in manner injurious to its put
1 poses and that these changes were j
1 ! (Continued on Puce Eight.) j
lap? BIB
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'i
I j Employees Buried in Ruins
I of Bis: Canadian
! Factory.
l'HTKItliOltO. Onl., Dec. 11.?An
explosion in the enginerooni of the
Quaker Oats plant here today blew
down the walls of the building, burying
an as yet unknown number of employes
in the ruins, which caught fire. I
Twelve have been rescued and taken
to a hospital severely injured.
TO!.FIX). ().. Dec. 11.?Four firemen
were buried under debris in the base*
me nt of the Paddock merchandising
. company's building which was totally
destroyed by lire this morning. Two
L men were caught when the roof collopsed.
So far as is known none is
Send. The loss is estimated at $Sr>,0Q0.
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B, & N. Cases are
Continued for Term
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Trial of the eight cases pending in
Circuit court attains! tho lluckhnnnon
and Northern railroad, was continued
until Hie next term of court, by Judge
\V. 8. Ila.vmond this morning. Tito
bearing of the cases against, the Buckhannon
and Northern, now a non-exIslant
corporation, is expected to prove
very interesting front the number of
legal points involve.
7.
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how the Germans h(
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c*^?e8sov <* 'i
ra'iT'"'d?
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This map of the northern Balkan
Rumanion front and the Serb-Greek f
Germans hopo to reach Odessa, tlussii
drive through Moldavia (northern Flu
Rumania) The present Rumanian ca;
dcr.
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STARTS IN GREECE
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Telegrams From King to
Berlin Picked Up By
Entente.
I
(Uy Associated Press!
LONDON, Dec. 11?A telegram re-'
ceived here today from Athens says
tltat a revolution had broken out in the i
Cyclades, a group of Greek islands in'
the Aegean sua.
The Greek battleship Hydra which is j
under control of the entente allies, has |
intercepted,- -the Greek advices say.i
wireless messages from King Constan-i
tine addressed to Berlin.
All the Greek communities in Egypt
it is said, have renounced allegiauce to
King Constantine.
Salvation Army to
Have Christmas Tree
Captain Bryant, of the local branch
or lb eSalvation Army.is plan limit
to distribute twenty-live baskets of
food among the poorer families of the
city for Christmas and will also have
a Christmas tree for one hundred of
the children of the city. The local i
Army has had many reiiuests for clothing
and other necessaries of life and :
can use most anv Uiml of donations'
that may be received.
The Thanksgiving dinner at which
nearly ono hundred men and women,
boys and girls wore fed has been tire
means of bringing the Army in close
touch with a number of families that
now attend the services regularly and
several of whom have been convert-1
td.
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Mrs. Joshua Kerns
Buried Yesterday
i i
Funeral son ices over the byly of
Vrs. .Tcf'hi m 'Corns, whoso (loath occurred
Friday were hold on Sunday :
.t'icrnoon from her late residence on
Y.'shinr.ton street. Rev. R. AI. ditch-;
I1. of the Fir * M. P. church, conduct '
d the services and interment was i
i-To In Mm pie (trove c metery by Fn- j
rtaher Muspravc and Son.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS |
TOKIO. ? Fieiii Marshall Prince,
Iwno Oyama, commander In chief of!
Japanese Manchuriau army during!
the Russo-Japanese war is dead. He
was 74 years old. His wife was educated
In this country.
BERLIN.?Emperor William has
conferred up Field Marshal von lllndenbnrg
the grand cross of the Iron '
Cross.
LONDON.?Earl Ourzon of Kedles- '
ton. former Viceroy of India and head
o. the war council in the new cabinet
is to wed again, this time Mrs. Grace 1
Elvina Duggan. widow of Alfred Duggan
of Buenos AireH. Curzon's first
wife was Mary Victoria Loiter, daughter
of the late Levi Z. Loiter, of Chi- :
cage.
BERLIN.?The German commercial
tmdersoas boat Deutschland arrived
safely off the mouth of the River
Wcsor yesterday.
PITTSBURGH.?As the result of an
explosion at the Aetna Chemical company's
plant at Fort Pitt which rocked
all Allegheny county throe men j
were blown to bits. The dead are W.!
I). Williams and Charles Leisen, of I
Carnegie, and an unidentified man. !
WASHINGTON.?An organized ef i
fort to induce Congress to make wage'
Increases for all government employes !
from the President down to tho hum-1
blest laborer will be made by the Am-1
eriean Federation of Labor.
OR*
)PE TO REACH ODESSA
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b shows the battle lines on the Husso- I,;
rout; the arrows indicate how the ! f
I'a great Ulaek Sea port, by a double , ,
oianiu) and Dobrudja (southeastern ; j
pital is at Jessy, on the Russian bor- (
mm about i
GOFF SIM ;
BY DEMOCRATS i
i
West Virginia Senator Has i
No Intention of Relinquishing
Post.
(Special DlupaluJi to Went Virginian)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 11.?
Twice selnce the elect inn It litis honn
printed In newspapers in West Virgin- k
ta that Senator Nathan Goff was on
the point ot resigning, the second story
going so far as to state that it was
"rumored" that the resignation had
been received by Gorvernor Hatfield.
These reports originated in this city
and signillcamly appeared originally t
in partisan Democratic newspapers, j
Senator Goff issued a direct denial
to the lirst publication, and Governor
Hatlleld's office has issued a denial
or the second in so far as it relat
ed to a resignation being received by
hint from Senator Goff. Senator Goff's |
secretary. E. 11. McDermott, has denied
the second report, of it resignation.
Senator Goff. who has been here
since the convening of congress will
not take the trouble to issue any
more denials that has any intention ,
of giving up his seat lit the i'tiited
Statos Senate, ills intimate friends
know that he has no idea of quitting
his office before his term expires.
The persistent publication of these;
reports has led to belief that they
are inspired, and their origin leads
to the further belief that they are inspired
by Democratic politicians. .Inst
what the motive is behind its political
observers hero are unable to state.,
but the chief guess made is that it
Is a desire to annoy Senator Goff. who
i-i and lias been in ill health for several
years, in the hope that he tnighl
resign. If that could he brought about,
it would at once throw West Virginia
uitu i in* uiiuni wi iiiiuuit'i niair-w iui;
campaign to elect liis successor for
the balance of his term.
Tile supposition held is that with
the sentiment of tiie country and in
West Virginia particularly shown to
have hcon strongly Democratic at the
recent election, with the backings of
the Federal government and its pat
ronage, with the additional help o"
promises nf offices front Governor
elect Cornwall, and other conditions
which seem to them to he: most favorable
to success, tins Demoeratic party
in nation and state might lie able
to gain a member of the Senate from |
West Virginia. That in general terms j
appears to the stae's politicians here to j
be behind litis underhanded, anonymous
and insinuating attack upon Senator
Goff.
If this view taken of it is in a gen- 0
ernl way correct, there isn't the re- S
motest likelihood of the partisan Dent e
ocratic scheme prevailing. If at any 1t!
time during ills term of office. Sena j t!
tor Goff entertained the thought of re- s
signing from the Senate on account of tl
the condition of his health, which
close friends know from Ills own lips
t
(Continued on rage Eight.) 0
The Weather ;;
? 1 West Virginia? b
CMOH, ltain or snow lo-1 It
?>sht; probably 1 e
p WmmlIai" 'ucs c?id-1'
Local^ Readings. c
yesterday's woatiiBF
clear; tempera^
ture. maximum 42; t
muiuuuni, ii>; precipitation, none. t
ON MINE
POUR PLANT I
Bill BP, J
Authorities Arrest Man Accu
Killing Light W
Near Fit
EHREE OTHER MEN
IJoth at Fort Fitt Last Nigh
her Lights We
Blast
(By Associated Press) ,
l'lTTSHUUGH, Doc. 11. ? Arrested
ifter a long auto chase early today
lames Reeil is being held by the fed ral
authorities here in connection
.vltll tho pvnhiiii.in !.?? - " -
...^ wn|..Vi>.uii inni. infill ill 111 U
"ort Pitt plant of the Aetna Chemical
ouipany which cost lives of three
nen. ,
Meantime federal agents were huntng
for three other men who, they say.
ire suspected of having been concern-1
id in explosions in other parts of the
ountry and more directly with an exilosion
at the Oakdale plant of the \
\etna company September 15 when 1
ive men ano killed.
Heed was employed at the Oakdale 1
>lant which is not a Fort Pitt works. \
le and his working companions, a fediral
agent who had been watching him j
tar'y in the afternoon when it is aleged
Heed tried to gain admission to
he Fi.rt Pitt plant.
Samuel C. Jamison, coroner of Ai- J
c; y county, ai-or vismug tue ruins j
EARLY CLOSING (
say Saturday Hours are
Concern of Each Individual
Store.
The resolution adopted recently by
Iwi (.'elf ? *?<<&?
a UIMUU1IV iniiiiaiuilill U??Ul'I<l UUII
ictitioniug the Fairmont Business!
.Ien's association to take some action j
elative to the closing of the city!
tores at nine o'clock on Saturday ev
tiling instead of at ten o'clock the'
tsuai hour of closing, the reason he
ng given by the Ministerial body that
he clerks were too tired to attend the
louses of worship on Sunday morning,
vas turned down by the Business j
den's association which association ;
iaimed it had no jurisdiction over a j
nater of litis kind and that it was up
o the individual business houses to'
uake an innovation of tltiB nature. j
The committee appointed to present'
he resolution to the Business .Men's'
issocialion composed of ltcv. \V. J.
Cddy, ltev. it. T. Webb and Secretary
lames A. Kiklit, of the V. M. C. A., j
ippeared before the association sov J
sral days ago and this morning at a |
ueetitig of the Ministerial association
uade its report.
It was decided at the meeting this'
norning that each church of the city j
votild hold individual services during ,
ho week of prayer beginning January !
instead of holding union services as
las been the custom for a number of
cars. Following the week of prayer
ivangelistic services will be held in
he Southern Methodist Episcopal
hurch when Rev. Jackson of Marion,
'a., an evangelist of note, will conduct i
he services and 111 the First M. I'.
hurch the pastor. Rev. M. B. Mitchell,
vill conduct similiar services. The
ithor churches of the city have made
to definite plans as regards evangelstie
services at this time.
Citv Hall Notes
| *
City Clerk Kern ia dally receiving
ntpiiries from bond and banking houss
regarding the date of issuing the
700,000 bond issue recently autliorizd
in the city election and as soon ns
he canvas of the ballots is comideted
his afternoon the hoard will likely
et the date for receiving of bids for
he handling of that issue.
"Gyp the Blood" a petty colored
Itief from Pittsburgh, was pickejl upj
n Main street by Officer Boggcss at i
wo o'clock this afternoon a few mintes
after Chief Ilarr had received aj
itter from the Chief of Police at Pitts-1
ntrph asking that'the local officers)
e on the watch for him. He is want
d in Pittsburgh for thieving and jump-,
tgjtail. With him when arrested was
colored woman who evidently was
aklng care of him. When before the
hief she took charge of the converatlon
and bossed the "Blood" around
u a manner that was fierce.
Daily Thought
So le-lutvp that lite odor of your nc- I
ions may enhance the general sweet-1
less of the atmosphere.?Thoreau.
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HORROR
MEM '
P DETECTIVES
ised of Being Responsible fox
orkmen in IMants
tsburgh, I
ARE BEING SOUGHT
t and at Oakdalc in Septem* 1
nt Out Before I
of lust night's explosion expressed the
belief Hint the building bad been II
blown up b> a bomb.
Several agents who had been lntertigiitiuK
explosions iu ehcinical aj&JjjH
munitions plants ..noughout Western
i'entisylvania are looking Into a report . V%S
among ibe workmen that ten minutes ?
bctore the explosion at the Oakdale
and at the. Fort Pitt plant every light
In the rilnnls wurn
- , ' ?? VA^tllgUIDUOU AUI' |j
fully a minute. The men said they believed
tills was the signal for confed- I I
crates ol the plotters to leave the L]
Reetl who was being held at the
Central police station was said by the
government aa.aorities to have re- eyB
sltletl in New York from which place V,*
he went last summer to Unlontown, H
Pa., where there were a number of explosions
in powder factories. From -Jj
there he went to Oakdaie. They say '11
he speaks German and French fluently
and that the name of Reed is an
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Board of Affairs Begins a |?|
Canvass of Bond Elec- ji
tion Ballots. ij
Official canvass of the vote oil the
recent liotul issue was begun this at- j
ternoon by the Hoard of Affairs and '|1
ttill likely be completed this evening. via
At the morning session a report was
made by the Health Department regarding
the unsanitary condition of
of the Hungarian restaurant on Wash- ^f
ingloti street and that the proprietors'.
had faded to < lean up when ordered,
it is likely I hat the license of the place
will he revoked as it is now the only 9
course mien to the hoard.
Tlie treasury department reported w;
that a number of old outstanding pav- tl'. 1
ing accounts had been paid. Two widows
with several' children had beep .-a
placed on Hie pension roll with
allotmeni of lour dollars per month j
each. These were Mrs Dell Ellis and i 1
Building permits were granted 'fcBasil
l.aymati and the Fairmont Win- ,
dow Clara company. I-a.vman will
build a garage on Morgantown avenue ->$
near Auburn street. The Window Class
company will drill a well and erect a derrick
on their property along thd:?-i;
lie!! line. The hotel license of H. E.
Pople who has been operating the ''H
Madison hotel was transferred to W.
French Destroyer ;;jtl
Sunk in Collision
iPy Assnelnted Press) ''InfB
BERLIN*. Dec. It. ?The Overuu .";{
News Agency says: "German newspapers
state that the French destroyer. JtS
uuagan, sunK in collision with a
British transport is the fifth Frencha?
destroyer lost in litis way -urlng the
No previous report has been received
of the sinking of the Yatagan.
Girls,, boys and laborers
at 6th Street plant.
Monongah Glass Co.
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