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COAL PI
SUPT. I00T1AH
IK FOR IS
ABSENCE IM ARM!
W. E. Michael and T. G
y 1 Moore Will Be In Charge
of Office.
REGULAR OFFICE HOURS
Enrollment In the County
This Fall Will Be About
11,000.
Posted on the door of county superintendent
in the court house today
wis a notice staling that the business
affairs of the office will be looked
tar for the present by W E Mic'
and T. C. Moore who have been a s!:t
ing in the work of the olfice for several
years. The regular office hours will
be each evening from V to s a ,d all
day on Saturdays l.ett'r nay braddressed
to box No. b'Sm. Mr Michael
will have charge of the regular office
work?that of correspondence and do
tails of the school work. Mr. Moore
will have charge of the tinancisl secretarys
work, which Include< the hookkeeping
and payroll. In closing llontcr
C. Toothman the superintendent ci t
"give these men your heartiert < operation."
Today Mr. Toothman staled th-t
this year's census of young pcyplc, htween
the ages of six and twenty one
jcaio was xt.o-s nut h nuinner 01 me
older ones would not enter the school
as heretofore. He estimates the enrollment
for the coming year at 11.090.
Many of the rural schools will opeu
next Monday.
oin
FOB DRAFTED IN
Red Cross Canteen Committee
Will Also Give Men
Packed Lunch.
The townspeople oi Fairmont
through the Canteen committee of the
local Red Cross society will give a
dinner to the thirty young uieu of
the city who were recently called to
the serivec of the nation and who de
part on Thursday evening tor Petersburg,
Va? where they will undergo military'
training
A meeting ol the Canteen committee
and officials ul the itcd Cross was held
this morning when plans were worked
out for the dinner which will be served
on Thursday evening at live o'clock
probably in the Y. M C A building.
Illwlfntlnnc ?-M1 Kn ciiod lUemiwU
Red Cross society to the young men
composing the Kuirmont quota, and
each young man will be given the privilege
of bringing two friends to the
dinner. Covers will be laid for the
drafted men, their friend.-, the local
draft board and probably come of the
city officials though the complete list
has not been made out as yet.
It is planned to have several five
minute talks by prominent men of the
city. An excellent menu will be served
which will be prepared by the people
of the community under the direction
Of the local Red Cross unit.
In addition to the dinner to be served
the men, the Canteen committee is
planning to present each man with a
packed lunch to carry with him on the
Journey to the training camp
The Canteen committee is working
In conjunction with the advisory committee
of men of the city in their efforts
to provide a suitable send off
for the young men who go to give
their services to their, country.
Marion Co, Elks.
Get State Offices
DEER PARK. Md? Sept. 18?Offl
cars ware electee as ioiiows tonay at
the Ninth annual meeting of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks
reunion association of West Virginia
In session here: James Adyson. of
Wheeling, president; T. A. Williams of
Slstersvllle, first vice president; Dr.
C. H. Nelll of Fairmont, second vice
president; L. B Huey of Mannington.
third vice president; Jay Reefer of
Clarksburg, secretary. J. L. Cramer of
Parkersburg, treasurer. M. P. Whittea
of Bluefleld, A. E. Scheer of Charleston
and Lysle Jones of Parkersburg
trustees.
Long
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RODUCTIQ
POLIO SITUATION
IS CLEARING UP
No Foundation for Report
That Case Has Developed
In This City.
For some reason there was a mis- .
leading report circulating about Fair- j
| mont last evening that a little colored i
child living in the coal run section i
| had been afflicted with poliomyelitis. 1
I The suspected case was little Krt-1
j ward Lewis, aged three months. The
case was reported to Acting Ci'y
! Health Officer H. L. Criss, who ire;
mediately visited the case together
i with Dr. C. R. Welrich ot the stilo
! health commission and found the lit:
tie child to be afflicted with pneumonia,
but no traces of infantile panly1
sis.
Colored children are not altogetner
| Immune from the malady but it Is
j very rare among the colored rada.
Out of the entire outbreak in New
I York last year, there was but throe
colored children afflicted.
County Health Physician Dr. L. K.
Y'ost said today that not only are :
I there no cases ot Infantile paralysis in j
Fairmont but the situation throughout'
j the county is clearing up. The rase ;
| exists at Hoult.
Dr. Yost has been besieged wtih I
i calls from various parts of the county j
j today concerning ihe reported case'l
In this city, but was able in each inj
stance to state that there was no n ?\v |
patients.
tain?
i OF YOUNG BANKERS
Many Fairmont Trust Company
Stockholders Gv -ts
of President Hood
I
The dinner In honor of Fay M. Denj
ham and Fred M. Jenkins, attaches ol
I the Fairmont Trust company, who
I have been called for the National
I army, which was given last evening
! at The Fairmont by Col. Smith Hood,
j president of the company, proved to
I be a very notable testimonial, for othj
er guests of Col. Hood to the number
I o labout 40 were Fairmont Trust company
stockholders, and under the
; skillful handling of the host the din |
tier became a family affair during
which the young men were assured |
that their careers in the army would
be watched with affectionate interest,
their places open when they return,
and they were each given a cashier's
check for $100.
Practically every one present bad
something to say during the evening,
including the ladies, of whom there
were quite a number, and there was
a strong undercurrent of patriotism
and of laith in the ability of the two
young bankers to make good in the
new environment, to all the remarks.
Special interest was felt by all in the
brief speeches made by City Commissioner
J. Walter Barens, who will
have two sons in the National annv?
just as many as^the bank will huv*.
he said?and C. S. Riggs, who has a
son already in France.
During the course of the speech
making Col. Hood read several leltere
or regret which contained express! ju
of regret for the honor guest quite as
laudatory as any made on the floor,
and he announced that the absence of
Treasurer Fletcher was due to the
fact that he has been summoned to
attend Federal court at Martinsburg.
a summons which, be added with a
smile, is quite as imperative as a call
to the army. The dinner party con
sisted of the following:
Charles L. Wise, W". M. Kennedy,
T. L. Blrcblnal, J. C. Fetty, Norman
Cordray, Clarence D. Robinson, Fay
M. Donham, Smith Hood. Fred M. Jamison,
J. A. Jamison, 1. N. Lucas, J.
E. Anderson. J. H. Beckman. . E. Watson,
r., Smith Hood, Mrs. amison, Mrs.
Alexander, Mrs. Hood, C. L. Shaw,
John F. Phillips. A. B. Meredith. J. W.
McDonald, J. Walter Barnes, A. B.
Fleming, H. J. Hartley, Mrs. Anna
Morgan, Mannington; Miss Nettle
Martin, Miss Edith L. Bryan, Mrs. M.
A. Fletcher, Lee Swisher, J. B. Crowl,
J. L. Leech. M. E. Fetty, C. S. Riggs.
Mrs. A. Howard Fleming. Mrs. James
L. McCleary, Mrs. D. N. Snider, Genevieve
Cordray, Mrs. Ella Fetty, T. W.
Hennen. Ward M. Downs, J. C. Herbert.
Joseph Lehman, O. F. Lough,
James O. Watson.
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Hoult Child Dies of
Infantile Paralysis
Olln P. Hoult aged 4 years and 11
months, son or Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoult
of Hoult djed this morning at the
home of his parents from infantile
paralysis. He had been ill for several
days before his case was pronounced
to be paralysis. The body will be interred
late this afternoon in Meadowdale
cemetery by Undertaker Musgrave
and Son.
Evenings Are Here?
IN FALLS
MARINES GUARD1
UNION IRKS Hi
SAN FRANCISCO
Industrial Disturbances
Along Pacific Coast Are
Spreading.
tlGElENJAI GO
Striking Carpenters Are
Doing Their Best To
Spread Strike.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18.?Two
companies of United States Marines
were on guard duty here today at the
plant of the Union Iron works, largest
of the concerns involved in strike of
approximately 25,000 mechanics affiliated
with the San Francisco lrjt
Trades council.
The walkout of workmen followeti
the failure of employers to r|ach u
setllement o? difference growing out ,
of demand of the men for an increase
of oO per cent in wages.
A strike of all union freight handlers
employed in the coast division of
Southern Pacific railroad will be called
at noon today unless company officials
here grant an audience to representatives
of the recently formed union, according
to a statement by Gordon A.
Page, an organizer. The workers -1e
mand a 15 per cent increase in wages !
and a re instatement of several men !
alleged to have been discharged in
for their- efforts in forming the union.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.?Secretary
Wilson has telegraphed W. T.
Boyce assistant commissioner of tm
migration at San Francisco to tender
his offices as mediator conciliator in
settlement of the strike of iron workers
and ship builders there. Mr.
Boyce has been instructed to keep in
close touch with the deevlopments and
to advise the Department of Labor
promptly concerning them.
Extension or tlie strike to mills producing
lumber for government snips
is feared by the sbip building offlci?i:i.
Erom Portland and Astoria, Ore.,
came reports that striking carpenters
were trying to persuade other work
men to walk out and lumber mills
(night be effected.
ONE BOMB'S TERRIBLE WORK.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 18? In the re- j
cent raid by Entente airmen on the
Belgian town of Roulers, says the'
Courlere Dla NeUBe, a newspaper of I
Maastricht Holland, a bomb fell on
a building near the market and killed
or wounded 900 Germans.
TO RAISE $1,000,000
FOR CAMP LIBRARIES
1
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept 15.?
The Liberty War Council of America
wants $1,000,000 to supply our boys
in tbe camps and on ships with gooa
reading matter.
Harold Braddock of Montclair, N.
J., in charge of the campaign for this
fund, is urging American citizens to
coiunouie.
Money, rather than old hooks, Is
wanted?to erect library buildings,
ship books and furnish a trained library
in each camp.
The Liberty War Council, appointed
by Secretary of War Baker, is under
the leadership of Frank A. Vanderlip.
famous banker, and co-operation
to raise the money is promised
by the churches, libraries and leading
publishers throughout the country.
Have The West Vin
; OFF 3,
FRENCH VICTORS CEL
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I >^>_ \ BWy
HH M .-' '*;IVK' .
The tri color flew gaily to the breeze
In the Alsatian town of Masscvaln on
the third aniversary of the Frnech reoccupation
of this town, which has
been under the Prussian heel since
STsjBirW
TERM THjSMOHNING
Every Indication Points To
Record Breaking Enrollment.
Students from all parts of the stato
enrolled today at the Kairmont State
Normal school, for the first r" astei
of the year 1917! and students will ontinue
to enroll during the week tad
the full quota which will attend ibi
Normal for the semester will not he
known for several days.
Several of the stuuents who have
signilied their intention of attending
the Normal this year were detarioa
at home to help with the fall wcrk
about the farms, but will be in during
this week or next. While the
greater number ot the students who
enrolled this morning were young women
yet the number of young men
who have enrolled is a gratifying surprise
to the faculty.
The large building was a hive of
industry today the various members
of the faculty endeavoring with the
aid of the students to properly classify
and register the students so that
routine work might begin tomorrow.
It is believed the enrollment this
years will be larger than that of
last year, all indications pointing to
that fact.
The various members of the faculty
who reside out of the ctiy were in
their places this morning as well at,
the local contingency and according
to President Joseph Hosier, things are
starting otf with a vim which bo-ICS
well for the semesters work.
The first chapel exercise for the
year will be held tomorrow morning
at eleven o'clock. The students wilt
assemble in the auditorium and short
talks will be given by members ct
the faculty who will outline the work
which will be carried on this year.
Patriotic songs will also feature the
program for the chapel exercise.
Each incoming train and trolley today
brought its quota of students for
the Normal. The girl3 dormitory is
full and many of the young wo.vn
students will be obliged to take rooms
elsewhere throughout the ctiy.
?
Minnie Jean Reed
Dies In Harrison Co.
News was received here today of the
death of Minnie Jean, the eight months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
T5 nnj UUU 1 '
ivc7t_-? wuivu uucuu ru yesiernay ai
their home at Benson Harrison county.
The child had been ill for two
weeks apd her grandmother Mrs. Mary
Reed had been called to Benson by her
Illness. She returned home a week
ago, however, when It was thought
that the child was recovering and no
further news of her illness had been
received.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Reed and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Redd and Miss Thelma
Reed, the latter a half sister ol
the baby motored to Benson today and
attended the funeral services. Mrs.
Mary Reed is in Wheeling with her
son John Reed and family and could
not reach Benson In time for the services.
The baby Is survived by a hall
sister and brother. Miss Thelma and
Chester Reed, and by two sisters Lll
llan and Beatrice and a brother Toten.
linian Sent Regulari
000,000
EBRATE IN GERMANY!
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^ -y>-?tg.wflp < tfibTywgr
11S70. Not the Alsatian girls in their
| picturesque native dress, and the 1
French poilus walking down the vil-|
lage street confident that this partj
of France's former glory has been re-:
I won to the tri-color forevtr.
OliEiTi
BANNER WHEAT CROP
More Wheat Will Be Sown
In Marion County
This Fall.
Probably the banner wheat crop
threshed out in Marion county is that
of W. H. Manly near Kilarm. Grant
district, which averages 34 bushels to
the acre on a tract of ten acres. Mr.
Manl ysold his product to the Shinnston
Mill Company at $2.20 a bushel. H.
L. Smith, the county agricultural agent
states that he regrets that he did not
get at least some of this grain for seed
purposes.
The general indications point to
more wheat being sown in this section
this year. Some of the best wheat
grown in this section of the state is
procured from the Hoffman seed house
at Landlsville, Lancaster county, Ta.,
having been purchaesd from that firm
for ten years or more.
In his travels over the county. Coun
ty agent Smith has learned that Thomas
Pritchard o? R. D. No. 4. Monongah,
has 120 bushels of seed wheat for sale
at $2.50 a bushel from his home. It
is clean wheat and only one fanning
will be necessary. Mr Smith has a
sample of the wheat in his office at
the court house.
MORGAN CQNIINUES
TO DENY SHOOTING
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I Talk Indicates That He Will
Pin His Faith In An
Alibi.
Another day's developments in the
fox hunting murder of Saturday ni$ht
finds William S. Morgan, the accused
continuing to deny his guilt. He is
endeavoring to prove that he was seen
at other places at the time of the murder.
Deputies have visited the scene
of the murder but have been unable
to add anything further to the evidence.
For some reason an impression pre
vuueu yesieroay mat juuu ivnigni was
among those arrested and brought to
Fairmont and later released. This is
not true, however, as Knight had no
connection whatever with the happenings
of Saturday night.
Charles Musgrave the member of
the fox hunting party that was wounded
about the face and neck is not at
his home rapidly recovering from the
younds. He is able to get about.
TYPHUS PRISON CAMP.*
PARIS, Sept. 18?Albert Champion a
French soldier who on his third attempt
has just escaped from Germany
brings information according to the
Paris edition of the New York Herald
that 3700 French and British soldiers
and 15,000 Russians have died of typhus
at German concentration camp
at Cassel, 90 miles northeast of Frankfort
on the Main.
ly to Your Home?It
IONS fl
116 QUESTIONS FOR
COALJflODUGERS
National Association Making
Wide Inquiry Into
Costs of Mining.
W ith tlie object of proving to tl>e
Federal Trade Commission that c-.il
cannot be produced at per ton. the
National Coal Operators Association
is sendin all the subsidiary coal associations
large circulars to be lilted
out and returned. These will show
the cost, income and tonage of the
bituminous coal production Irom every
mine affiliated with the national
organization.
The circulars were received at the
office o? the Central West Virginia
Coal Operators Association, which is
one of the charter members of the
national organization, yesterday, and
are being mailed out to each of the
members today.
The reports when complete will
show exactly the coBt of operating the
mines and putting the coal Into "?rs
ready for shipment. The reports contain
in all 116 Items giving the most
detailed information regarding the
cost of production.
The memberB of the Central West
Virlgnia Coal Operators Association
wil make out their reports Immediately
and mall them to the local office
in the Jacobs building. Here the reports
will be compiled and sent to
the office of the National Coal Operators
Association at Washington and
later submitted to the Federal Trade
Commission.
foormbI
BRIDGE UfllHC
East Side Approach To
Structure Across River
Quite a Problem.
. %
Jut where the new Monongahela
river bridge will land on the East
Side is the principal problem that the
members of the Board ot Affairs are
now confronting. Plans were received
in Fairmont yesterday giving four different
versions of the bridge. They
are being considered and one of the
four plans will likely be selected within
the next few days.
Two of the plans shown the bridge
landing at the corner of Newton and
Water streets. One of these show
I the driveway on the west side ap
j preaching the bridge i a direct line
from the corner of Jefferson and
' Washington streets and passing
through property at the corner of Jcf
ferson street and Cleveland avenue
benolgnig t oht eVane herls . Thsl
plan would make the street and the
bridge in almost a direct line troir
Washington street to Newton street
Another plan with the bridge land
ing at the corner of Newton streel
cuts off less of the Vance property
and makes a slight angle between the
two streets. *
The third plan which is the choice
of many shows the East Side landing
on Water street Just above the Penn
j sylvania railroad station and aboul
ISO feet from the corner of Newtoi
and Water streets. This would make
the street and the bridge in a straighl
line from Washington street to the
landing on Wattr street.
The fourth plan shows the east sidt
j landing at the corner of Newtor
| street, cutting through very little o
! the Vance property, but with a con
j siderable angle between Wasliingtor
| street and the east aide landing.
City Hall Notes {
The second consecutive peaceful da>
prevailed in Fairmont yesterday re
suiting in an absolutely blank progran:
for the nine o'clock police court ses
sion.
Chief Harr proved himself an effi
cient teacher on moral3 yesterdaj
when he brought two youngsters tc
the city hall building for fighting. At
ter fatherly advice they were dismiss
ed.
The city officers are looking for a
Ford with license number 11,017. A
telephone call was received at the
local station asking the officers to lool
out for the car which was stolen or
Saturday evening. As yet they havt
been unable to locate the theif of tht
car.
City Engineer S. B. Miller and Streei
Commissioner A. L. Lehman are it
Pittsburgh conferring with represen
tatives of the government relative t(
several matters pertaining to the con
struction of the Monongahela rivei
bridge.
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ANOTHPB LVNCHINO IN GFORGN
ATHENS, Gsu, Sept, IS.?Ruiu
Moncries, a negro 30 years old wa
lynched early today near Whitehall
The usual crime was charged. Hi
I body was found hanging beside th
I road.
Interests th Whole
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. MONTH
FUEL III IS
i CERTAIN UMLESS
i cum mm. I
Ullf IIIUL UUUUIIU
Homes of the East Will
Have Hard Coal To Keep
Them Warm.
tndusiry 10 suffer
Will Not Be Enough Soft '
Coal To Keep Them
Running.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS?Report*
to the Geological survey on the prtv .
ductlon or bituminous coal showing *
decrease during the month of August
at the ratae of more than 3,000,000 tons
a month Indicates a shortage of coal
this winter, feared by many government
officials, may be a reality unlets *
production shows a decided Increase.
Indications are that while there will
be sufficient anthracite for domestle
consumption In the east there may
Insufficiency of bituminous to keep.lnr
dustrial plants going at the preeent car
parity.
MS MADE OF
mimic mill i
UllUUIIIIVU IIILIIIk
'
Tube Dug Up After Quartex
of Century Is Good As
New. | ?
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| The Gas department of the Jlonoty*
| gahela Valley Traction Company made
i an interesting discovery last week
I garding the durability of the pipe that
! is laid under the city for the gas liue^.
| By removing a piece ot the pipe trotyl
j one of the six inch mains that have
| been under the ground for over twenty
' live years, the local authorities fount)
| the pipe to be in the best of 'dohdl!
'Ion.
; The oldest of the lines have bpijty a 'v;
| in the ground for almost thirty years
i and it was the opinion ot the gas db- "if".;
! partment that before many years they
; would have to be replaced with Bef? '
- lines at a considerable cost. The ptece
'f of steel that was removed from .the
' i main after a tap for the new (jaW'
mont investment building on Cl^vfr
'I land avenue was weighed and found
< to weigh exactly the same as the toy ?3
;i it was put into the ground. It is, lha
| opinion of the gas experts thai ' all
'I of the local lines wilt be good for at
I least a hundred years. ....... -.j
NICDLn SALVAtr : I
WRITES DF THE WAR 1
>lre. Anna Clrmo, of Monougah. y??j , . J
terday received a letter from tier
brother, Nicolo Salvlti, who li with
i. the Italian army lighting for pospesalou
of rieste. The letter was writ|
ten on August 13, and foresh'adowii
| the brilliant Italian offensive which
1 won for the Italian army the profound
i admiration of the whole world. F&a
letter shows the writer, and indeed i:.)
the whole Italian army, to be tngplreu
with loftiest courage and patriotism
and ready to make any sacrifice* hccessary
to win Trieste "the shining
city where our brothers are suffering
under the Austrian rule."
Nlcolo Salvltl, the writer of this.lil!
, ter, is well known to many Fairmont
. and Monongali people. His father i?
Camlllo Salvltl a prominent Motiongab
merchant and he himself weat to
the Fairmont schools and was graduated
from the Fairmont Business ttl
\ ?11L juuiuu uiu iuiiuu aiiny jusi-SrS
j a few weeks previous to the breaking j.lji ?a|
out of the war and has seen some very
. hard and hazardous service tins* / 31
Italy entered the struggle.
' i GERMANY
APOLOGIZES
I STOCKHOLM. Sept. 18.?The Gep
. man minister to Sweden today formali
ly expresed to the Swedish govtAment
Germany'a regret hi consequtn|
ce of the Swedish-Argentinian tele- I
i BLOODY DISORDERS IN FINLAND
HELSIXFORS, Sept. lS.^In th?
i course of dlsordeds at the Flnnith fortified
seaport of Viborg, 74 miles gf < J
i northwest of Petrograd in which sol
; diers wer inrolved twenty offfcffi*' 'mm
, were killed and sixty others missing .Ha
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