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AMERK
SUPREME
BROTHERHOODS '
1 EVERY POINT
THEY IRE AFTER
Agreement Between Men
and Roads Was Sicrned
w I'
Early This Morning. 11
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LANE TOlT tHE HEWSj
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Men Will Get Millions in;c
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Back Pay Since First ?
of Year. ?
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Adamson Lan is j
Consti utional
WASHINGTON. March 19?The
Adamson eight hour railroad law
was held constitutional and valid
In all respects today by tho su- j
premo court.
The decision makes eight hours j
the standard of a days work and
wages for men In operation of
1 trains and legalizes wage Increases
which went Into tentative effect on ,
I Its passage.
In deciding Adamson law test
; the Supreme ourt ruling was announced
by Chief Justice White.
(By Associated Press)
feir NEW YORK, March 19.?The rall> '
road strike has been averted. Yielding '
to the appeal of President Wilson j
? and racing tne probability of this ,
jpcountry's entrance Into the wot'.d war, i
the railroads early today granted the '
demand of the four employes" brotherhoods
for a basic elght-bonr day. ,
Jr. The telegraph wires this morning
, are carrying throughout the United ;
V. States messages from the Brotherhood ,
.: . chiefs rescinding orders for the Inau- j
guration of the great progressive ,
. utrtke at 7 tonight
The decision la regarded as a com- ,
plete surrender to the" Brotherhoods ,
brought about however, after the pak
trtotlsm of the railroad managers had j
I been put to the test. The President's .
a| mediators, playing what they consider- ,
their last trump card, weie nit sue'
eessful in their mission until after more
than 50 hours of anxious con- j
- ferences all of which pointed "within ,
a short time before the decision was
i v* announced to an Inevitable deadlock. (
i Secretary of the Interior Lane and ,
'Continued on page 10)
W. C. T. U. MEETING. !
The regular quarterly meeting of ]
the W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow i
in the parlors of the Union. Reports :
of committees will bo heard and all of
I , ncers nun buperuueuuenis are urged
P^to be present. Devotional exercises i
will be conducted by Mrs. Jennie En- :
1 gle.
GREATlVEEh
\ GREATER <
S" The Honor Roll ends with the issue
I of this evonlng. Miss Irene Straight
I of Rlvesville, wins the high position
If for Saturday. Mr. Fred l'ltman, of
I Worthlngton. was a very close second.
K Miss Edith Warder, of this city, was
K less than a year'B subscription bfehind
Mr. Pitman with Mrs. Sue SaAerfleld
I and Mrs. G. E. Hoover tied for the
[ fourth position. Homer Thorn was
l> fifth. Many others turned in excelv
lent reports but the lack of space proI
hlbits ns from publishing them all.
B Amnnir thnap who hnnnrfihTt'
| mention were ns follows: Miss Edith
ft Patton, Miss Beryle Baker, Mrs. Leila
Richmond, Miss Fannie Funt, Miss
I Sora Valattne and J. W. Conaway.
ft Last Week Was a Great Week.
I All the candidates and their friends
I accomplished wonders in The West
I Virginian's Great Golden Fostlval. PoI
gltlons changed with lightning-like
| rapidity throughout the week, so that
now, on Monday, the ascept of the enI
tire list is changed. Candidates who
| were leaders, have given place to the
' more ambitious ones, who have in turn
Ik taken over the reins of leadership.
^^HraUdates who have done nothing be-,
IlllhSB the week, have suddenly become'
flHnntfable opponents of tnose who ap-.
Kkarently seemed sure of success.
Determination Wins.
The ones who really want to win, go I
I ahead with a quiet determination;
Wl which accomplishes wonders. Some of
fc) the weaker ones spend their ttme|
(Continued on Pace Po*.)
IAONE
' COURT
MVTCoBuys
Parkersburg
Trolley Lines
Completion ot the transaction where
>> the Monongahela Valley Traction
company becomes the owner ot the
{antawha Traction and Electric commny,
operating sixty miles of elec lc
railroad in Parkersburg and Maletta,
was anonunccd In a telegram
ecelved bv Vipe President Smith
J ood of the local company late this ;
ifternoon. While no exact sum la
inounced to havo been paid, It Is un-j
lerstood to have been ovcr twp mil- |
ion dollars.
Legal papcsr necessary to the transer,
logethor with directors and stock-1
mlders meeting necessary are expect-!
sd to be completed In the next thirty I
lays at which time the M. V. T. com !
>any will assume control and operaion.
It was also annouuced that at the
ecent stockholders meeting a quarter-,
y dividend of$12S per share was de-(
dared on the common stock of the
tompany, tho highest dividend ever
mid on the common Issue. The same
ilvldend per share was at the same.
.lme declared on the preferred stock.1
FAIRINT MAN IS
MLL?D HIU HUE
rheodore H<?uring's Body
Will be Brought Home
This Evening.
A message received here Saturday
mnounced the death of Theodore
Huering until recently a resident of
Jits city Which occdrfwi oh Shturfthy
jvenlng following an accident at Monica,
Pa., where he was employed in a
Sox factory. Mr. Mooring lost his life
while acting as a volunteer fireman
it a fire which destroyed a chemical
plant at that place. An explosion took
place in the chemical plant which
caused the collapse of the walls beneath
which Mr. Heuring was caugnt.
He died while being removed from the
ruins.
The deceased who with his family
resided on Gaston avenue, had been
i resident here for thirteen years. In
December he left for Monaca where
tie had secured work and his family
was planning to join him there In the
spring.
Upon receipt of the message airs.
Heuring accompanied by Mrs. E. H.
Ford, started for Monaca. Mrs. 1
arrived home last night and Mrs.
Heuring will arrive here tonight accompanied
by the body. The body will
be taken to the home on Gaston avenuo
and on Wednesday morning funeral
services will be held from St. Peter's
Catholic church at nine o'clock. Interment
will be made In Holy Cross cemetery
by Undertakers Carpenter and
Ford.
Mr. Heuring is survived by bis wife
who was formerly Miss Clara Kemper.
rif Rrtphputor Pa nnH nnn Hnnchtor
Miss Gertrude. He was a native of
Pittsburgh.
ClSPAST;
ONE IS HERE
HONOR ROLL
Largest Dally Cash Report.
Two pound box ol Huyler's
Chocolates sold by the Mountain
City Drug Store, glveu to each
Honor Roll Candidate dally.
Mlsa Beryle Baker, Mannington.
Mlaa Fannie Funt, Fairmont.
Tie for Monday
Mlaa Irane Straight, Rlvesville.
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jeannette Ford. Fairmont
Wednesday.
Mlaa Marie Dexter, Fairmont.
Thursday.
Mlaa Mary Murphy, Fairvlew.
Friday.
Mrs. I. N. Longstreth, Mannington.
oaturgay.
SECOND WEEK.
Mil* Olive Morgan, R. F. D. 3.
Monday.
Mill Edna Warder, Fairmont.
Tuesday.
Mlts Nellie Eckles, Fairmont.
Wedneiday.
Mlts Marie Dexter, Fairmont.
Mlsa Beryl Baker, Mannlngton.
Tie for Wednesday
Tie for Thursday.
Mist Alwlldt Miller, Fairmont.
Friday.
Miss Irene Straight, Rlvesvllle.
Saturday.
Tom Duff's Ba
IEARET
S ADAMS
GERMANS IN FULL |
RETREAT IN WEST
?
Greatest Retrogade Movement
Since Smashing
Defeat of Marne.
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STEP N
SUSTAIN
GOOD NEWS REACHED
HERE EARLY TODAY
Men Were All Ready to go
on Strike Saturday
Evening.
At 11:15 o'clock this morning the
members of tho Four Railroad Brotherhood
received notice in code that
the strike hod been called off, that
satisfactory settlement had been
made and that the Adamson law had
been upheld by the Supremo court.
The men here were in'a quandary
Saturday evening at six o'clock, neither
knowing whether to strike or to
remain in the service of the railroad
companies. The orders transmitted
to the local chairman here by Western
Union were late arriving and all
of the men held off from going to
work thinking that had the strike order
been recinded they would have
ben notified.
The recindlng order came about 8
o'clock and the men again returned
to work. No traffic was crippled by
the men nut reporting as the railroad
company had already cut off all
freight trains by issuing a sweeping
embargo against fast and slow freight.
Trains are running on their usual
schedules today.
SALVATION ARMY
SPEAKERS IN CITY
First Step in Movement to
Secure Permanent Home
in Fairmont.
'TVuinnoSt was liondted ye*?eroay
by having In several of her local
church pulpits representatives of the
Salvation army. The occasion ' f the
visit of these men to this city was
th? finiilraHnn nf n normanrnt home
for the army at Clarksburg.
Splendid addresses were delivered
by these gentlemen In several of the
churches where large congregations
heard with Interest the messages these
men brought.
The following men occupied the pulpits
at the following places of wor
ship: Brigadier David Dunham of Cincinnati,
Ohio at the First Presbyterian
church; Colonel Evans 0f Pittsburgh
at the First Methodist Episcopal
church; Major A. E. WIdgIng of Nashville
a tthe Central Christian church;
Brigadier W. O. Hunter of Pittsburgh
also spoke at tbls church; Brlgadlei
Albright of .Pittsburg at the Diamond
strcci M. E. church and Colonel Wll
11am Peart at the M. P. Temple.
Plans are in the making for secur
lng a permanent home for the local
Salvation army In this city* and al
ready several suitable locations are
being considered for this home. :
i AaiaaiA MAM
LUVINIi HUP m
ACTING PASTOR
Presentation ceremony Took
Place Last Evening at
Trinity Church.
Rev. AuBtln Wilson, retired minis
ter of the Ohio conference of the col
ored Methodist Episcopal churches
who had been occupying the pulpl
of the local Trinity M. E. church It
the absence of the pastor of th<
church Rev. >t. P. Hnyllng who wai
compelled to give up work for a tirot
on account of falling health, was lasi
night presented with a handsomelj
engraved silver mounted loving cut
by members of the congregation hi
has served so faithfully,
hollowing the evening services a
ine cnurcn ceremonies inciuent to th<
presentation of the cup were held
Frank H. Jackson, a prominent member
of the church In behalf of the con
gregatlon made the presentatloi
speech. In a feeling manner, he eu
loglzed the minister who had send
the church so well tand told of thi
esteem In which thi congregation hel<
Mr. Wilson. The cup was acceptet
by Mr. Wilson who responded to thi
| presentation speech with a few wel
j chosen words of gratitude.
The cup Is a handlome silver mount
cd affair, handsomely engraved.
H. M. Davis, of the Well Roth ant
company bond brokers In Cincinnati
is In fhe city today looking after mat
ters peculiar to his company's purchasi
of Fairmont Improvement bonds.
by Finally Gets a
WAR W!
'ON ACT i
MB CASE
BEGAN III COURT
THIS AMU
Seventy-Five Additional Ju- (
rors Were Summoned
Today
10URT ROUS PACKED,
l.es G. Race Did Not Appear!
to Plead to the New
Indictment.
The trial of Hoy Christner, charged
vith murdering Fred Shaver, was
itarted in Circuit court this afternoon
>eforo Judge William S. Haymond,
icoroB of witnesses and a large num>er
of curious persons and friends of t
he defendant being packed into the .
:ourt room. The March term of Cir:uit
court was started this morning (
>ut without anything being dune a l
lostponcment was taken until two
I'clock this afternoon.
Because it is anticipated there will ]
>e a difficulty in securing Juries for
tome of the cases on the docket, an ad-: \
litioual five Jurors were drawn this ]
nornlng and served with summonses I
ills afternoon. An additional 25 was ! [
ilso drawn Saturday evening and | ,
nakes in all 145 petit Jurors.
Work of organizing the jury and!
The greatest military movement on a
the Franco-Belgian front since the battle
of the Marne Is still in full swing,
with the Germane ill retreat on front
of nearly 100 miles. French territory
approximates 620 square miles, has e
been abandoned.
The retirement of Field Marshal t
von Hlndenburg's army has virtually I
resulted in the straightening out of |
the famous Arras and Noyan salient
and apparently the retrograde movement
Is still in progress.
Should the expectations of many i
military observers who have been
watching the operation be reajteed the
retreat will not step short of the powerfully
fortified lines running from
Lille to Laon through the defensive
positions of Cahbrla and St. Quentin.
Both British and French aro sharply
following up the retreating Germans,
employment of cavalry having enained
the persult'to keep in touch.
car mm
system may change
I
:
| Representatives of Local
! Operations Attended Final
I. C. C. Hearing-.
D. R. Lawson, secretary of the Central
West Virginia Coal Operators'
I societion, and ?LJ?.-Hlte, baSte returned
from Washington where they were
representing the loeal association In
the final argum nts made berore the
Inter-state Commerce Commission on
the revision of the present plan of car
dl3tribbutlon ou the Baltimore and
' Ohio.
The decision of the Inter-tate Commerce
Commission will be rendered In
' the noxt thirty days and In view of a
tentative decision that has already
1 Deon made, it is felt cocndeiu (hat the
ilnal de:i-ion will grant the revision.
With a favoraole decision iu? ji.es'
ent plans for the distillation at cars
'; will be replaced with a system that Is
1 expected to considerably Improve conuitiot
s m the Fairmont region. In
!. some quarters It Is predicted that the
I new system will ontirety do away wi.
Individual cars.
1 Any system which may be adopted
" to replace the present one, will not
I be accepted as final by the commls
slon, but must thoroughly be tried out
and proven satisfactory before the
nal approval of the commission la
I given.
C. H. Jenkins, pretident of the Ceni
tral West Virginia association, was
I and una Me to make the trip to
Washington and R. M. Hite went In
his stead.
VALLEY GEM'S STAY
| WAS VERY SHORT
Packet Came Up Loaded
and Took Good Cargo
Away.
i The Valley Gem. as majestic as an
- ocean greyhound, steamed Into Fair!
mont on Its second trip yesterday ev- j
i; enlng and at nine o'clock this morning '
i I was again out of sight. It remained
t at the wharf all night and this morn- '
j ing wended its way down the river
, to Pittsburgh.
The Falrmont-Morg&ntown and ,
l Pittsburgh Packet company will meet
j next Tuesday morning at the office*
of the Fairmont Chamber of Com1
merce for the purpose of organising.
At this meeting a representative of
, the company will be named who will J
. take charge of all the business to be
. handled In the city by the Valley Gem.
, At present there Is no local represen,
i tative.
j The boat came loaded and returnJ;
ed with a cargo. Both trips being
, profitable to the company according
to Information gleaned about the
wharrs'last evonlng.
BRIT16H DESTROYER SUNK.
1 LONDON. March 19.?A British de,
stroyer and merchant vessel were sunk (
- and another destroyer damaged in the
3 German naval raid at Ramsgate, the
admiralty announced.today. (
Name Today? Lo
letting the machinery' of the court in ,
notion was the first thing taken up '
it the session last this afternoon and 1
t is hardly expected that much will be
lone in the matter of trying Christner
in til Coraofcrow marrfimt. Otrtstnqr is ?
represented by Attorney HatTy Shaw,
vhose plea for his client will probably
>e self defense. Prosecutor Haggerty <
las prepared a strong case for thb .
date.
Les 0. Race, whom it was reported
night appear in court today to answer .
he newly found indictment against '
lim, did not appear and Prosecutor (
daggerty said he had no intimations .
hat he was expected to appear.
Before Judge Haymond Saturday S
Soy L. Moulton, Indicted for stealing
jroperty belonging to L. B. Brown, con'essed
and was given a sentence of two r
rears in the penitentiary. Earnest
Christian, one of three negroes who "
vore charged with holding up and robjlng
Frank Mundell of a suit case of
whiskey, confessed and woe sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary. 1
Christian in his confession exonerated s
Jess Baylock. indicted as an accessory, \
and the indictment against Baylock I
was annuled. * I r
Angelo Marrea, indicted for shoot- t
ng at John Sansone with Intent to i
(ill. appeared represented by Attortey
Uusgrove and gave bond of ?l,5<w f
'or his appearance later in the term. I
The Jurors drawn this morning are: f
3. B. Hall, Sam A. Shuttlesworth, T. <
B. Henderson, Ed T. Tennant, C. E. t
Meredith, J. F. Gump. M. B. Cries, F. 1
M. Billlngslea. H. B. Bartbolow, C. R. '
Devoe, Charles E. Snider, A. L. Prich- t
ird, C. L. Clayton, M. B. Efaw, Bud
Barnes, A. W. Burns, A. W. Blnns, J. t
M. Jacobs. George Sverhart. John M. s
Prfckett. W. E. Hawkins, J. E. Ander- i
ion, Sam B. Iseman. Geo. L. Ballah, i
James J.. Gettlngs, John F. Phillips, Al- <
tort Riggs, T. W. Osbourne, Geo. M. 1
Morgan, Forrest Flomicg. Dent Brand, t
J. A. Fear, F. H. Huey, Fred Beatty.
C. E. Parrish. Chester A. Prlchard,
?-? * * -W rnshln I? To*?. i
Joan Li. UCCUU, IT auot v>u? Kill, U. i>Mi |
tIb Parker, W. H. Rice,- M. C. Clayton, '
ludson Miller. Walter Fleming, 0. G. I
Parrance, J. W. Snowden, A. M. King,
William Michael. Frank Amos. Clarsnce
Crlss, F. B. Tennant, L. H. Orr,
Pinckney Arnett, A. Howard Fleming,
J. M. Prickett, M. V. Barnes. Arch
Brownfield, R. E. Davis, J. D. Carpenter,
Ira Adklna, Marshall Hawkins, H.
D. Martin, Charley Clayton, Clarence ,
Kramer, Clyde Hays. A. B. Clelland, '
I. W. Irwin, C. C. Robb. A. J. Dick, J.
E. BeaU, J. M. 8tiles, F. W. McInUre,
Chas. B. Highland, ames A. Knight,
Bam Liper, W. T. BUI, Geo. H. Brobst,
Jerome Stule.
riift tnmra drawn Saturdav
were: Thomas L. Jones, C- H. Bowers,
Luke Satterfleld. Hiram R. Linn, H. ,
C. Snyder, John T. Hyland, C. E.
Morris, M. A. Morgan. L. Lee Bice.
T. M. Leeper, N. M. Malone, Z. F.
Deris. A. L. Parrish, Ira L. Danley,
Brace Hill, Daniel B. Anmiller, Frank
Morgan, A. B. Jolliffe. R. E. Mockler,
Lloyd Tetrlck, T. S. Hardesty, Charlie
Bmlth and Bruce Morgan.
In addition to the above hundred, '
the original drawing of forty-fire will *
report in the morning.
ZEP8 RAID LONDON.
BERLIN. March 19.?An attack on <
London by Zeppe'inea lasting one and j
one-half hours was made Saturday
night, the star office announced today.
Bombs were dropped successfully and i
the airships returned safely. ,
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ITH GEI
in plai
clear ?m
of is
Congress May Be Ci
Earlier Than
Day Air
IE JUIU
Not Intended Yet to Have A
European Co
LilllVI
* (By Assocti
WASHINGTON, March ]
ion to protect American sh
narines appears certain as a
)f three unarnled American
oss of American lives.
Calling of Congress in e:
ooms as strongest possibilit;
vas understood to have othei
With American ships aire
arobable step would be an a
narines out of shipping lane
There appears to be no pi;
?nter the war in the sense th
;ered it.
The fact that some Americ
>f the ocean unarmed is a f;
Most of the American flee
against operations of Germ
vaters.
There seems to be no doul
arming of American ships 1
question was whether the Pr
an his own responsibility or
specific authority.
No comment was made ai
pon d statement that the P
and considering questions th
(By Associated Press)
LONDON*, March 18, 7:44 p. m.?
The sinking of the American sttiamhips
City of Memphis, Illinois unci
'Igllancla were announced today,
fourteen men from the Vlgllancla are
nlsBing as are some of the men from
he City of Memphis. The crew of the
lllnols was landed safely.
The City of MemphlB, In ballast
rom Cardiff for New York, was sunk
ly gunfire. The second officer and
lftecu men of the crew have b#eu landid.
A patrol boat has gone In search
if the other members of the crew. The
ntnois, trom London tor Port Arthur,
rexas, In ballast, was sunk at 8 o'clock
bis morning.
The Vigllancla was torpedoed with>ut
warning. The submarine did not
tppear. The captain, first and second
nates, first, second and third engtleers
and twenty-three men of the
:rew have been ianded at the Scllly
(lands. Tbe fourth engineer and thlrsen
men are missing.
n bi. 10
be held 111 Service
\
Drder to Muster Command
Out Has Been Countermanded.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO. March 19.?Orders were
ssued today by Major General Thornis
H. Berry, commander of the Cenral
department U. S. A., suspending
til mustering oat of troops In the Central
department subject to further
totice.
HUNTINGTON, March 19.?Orders
rere received here today postponing
he mustering out of the United States
lervlce the Second West Virginia infcntry
who arrived yesterday from the
torder. It was said orders came from
he department headquarters in New
fork. The regiment will be kept here
n temporary barracks.
Hiss Susan Arnett and brother,
Bernard Arnett, spent the week-end
irtth friends in Morgan town.
i
trip on Page 5
RMANY
IK TO
URINES OUT
UNO LANES
_
ailed for Some Date
April 16, the
eady Set
Irs ie ?
i
merica Enter the War as the
A TV
unines nave
edit.
?ted
PreoB.)
.9?New and aggressive ac~
lipping against German sub*
result of yesterday's sinking
i merchantmen with possible
<tra session before April 16
y, although President Wilson
r courses under consideration
ady being armed the most
ictive campaign to clear Sub;S.
an to have the United States .
at European nations have enis
an ships are on the other side
actor in the situation. - -A
t is needed at home to guard 'J
ian submarines in American
1
)t that steps to supplement
.vould be taken and the only
esident would take such steps
wait for Congress to grant
t the White House today beresident
was getting reports
loroughly.
ilMIi
liiATrn rnnn mm
HAitn rnuM kin
i'Wm
City Commissioners Will Redeem
Water Works
Bonds May 1.
At n meeting of the city-Board of
Affairs this morning P. W. Garrett
probation officer of Marlon connty appeared
and asked that the financial
condition of Mrs. Mary Lloyd on Chew
street be investigated. He recommended
that the city provide provision
such as are necessary for the Immediate
needs of the family. Pending
further disposition the matter was refcred
to the Charities department with
Instructions to investigate and to provide
as the department sees fit. .
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company according to a letter from
Monongah Division Superintendent J.
M. Scott, at Grafton, desire* to ms
chase 350.000 gallons of water dally
from the city and has asked that a
price be quoted. This matter waa referod
to Water Commissioner Ira L.
Smith and Finance Commissioner J.
Walter Barnes for investigation and
report. Their findings will be announced
at the meeting of the Board
of Affairs next Monday morning. ^
Fairmont water works' first mortgage
bonds totaling $125,000 and bearing
five per cent, have been called
In by the city. They will be advertised
as redeemable May 1 next.
Paul G, Armstrong's
Mother is Dead
A message received here this morning
from Attorney Panl Q. Armstrong
announced the death of his mother,
Kirs. Maitha J. Armstrong which look
place lact night at her, boms at I n?
iontown. Ohio after a long illness with
a complication of diseases. The husband
cf the deceased died two years
age. The funeral will take plane Wednesday
nftornon. Mr. Armstrong waa
called to Unlontown several days ago
hy hie mother's Illness.