The West Virginian. [volume], October 16, 1917, Image 1

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-lT'E:";"'T T<""I' "price three's I
COUNTR
19,000 MI
FEB II FIRE!
\ AT KANSAS CITY
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Half the Great Stock Yards;
in That City Destroyed
This Morning.
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SIM Id lilll SIKttIS
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A.nimals Liberated From the
Pens Reached the Bus!'
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iness Section.
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i. i By Associated Pit i
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct It!?.Mote
than one half of the Kansas City slock
\ yards, the sdcoud largest in the couuil
try was destroyed by tire early today.
It was estimated when the tire had
|j . been brought uuder control aftet two
hours that several thousand head of
! cattle had been destroyed Somo estimates
ran as high as 1?,nun
There wore 47.00(1 cattle in the yard
at the close of business yesterday, it
was said, and while it was possible
to liberate most ol them, so rapidly
did the flames gain headway that many
were caught and horned Hundreds
of cattle liberated reached the down
town section of both Kansas City Mo.,
and Kansas City. Kas ,
It was the third disastrous lire tti the
history of Kansas Cilv stock yards.
By 7 o'clock the tire hail b-eti oxtlu.
\ gulshed after firemen had been lightV
\ ing with approximately I tin pieces of
p I lire apparatus and dynamite
I ' No definite estlinales as to loss ol
f will be made until the insurance adJf
. Justors have taken a census of the
r number of cattle burned since the lire
f wan confined to the cattle pens which
comprise the larger part of the cards
WfMr
SI) TDIMRIt CIIT (Iff
UU I llllllULL UUI Ul I
Mrs. Trimble Some Scrapper
Herself?Once Threw a
Live Cat.
>v
The case of Lev ' limine. charged
with assaulting ho* v.-??e because she
would not give bin. u :iarr o? her earnings
to engage in a noker game was
before Mayor Howrn this joining it
developed that Lee '. ns ?i ?: the only
one who was acti'v in the tight, nut
that his wile who appeared to be so
religious am; so ocaeetuj m hei del
meanor bvfo?o police umr. yester lay,
took a leading rblo in ihr pugilistic
combat.
Mrs. O lie s .mas.. ua.ig.MM oi Mrs.
Trimble, testified in 'he case and told
of seeing her iiotMer throw voces,
chinaworn and in one ih.niit a live
cat at Trimble : on..mutely rrimble
was able to tlodrc th?- weapons and
escape lToni the Louse
Trimble did not ? ny making a practice
of getting drunk and remaining
away from home . well as gambling.
After hearing ;hr evidence in the
^ tunc, wictjur uuwen uismisscci oom
/ the husband and wife without fine
Bell Company Buys
$5,000,000 in Bonds
The American Toleiitioue aud Telegraph
compan* ami u- associated com
panies, forming the Bell system, announce
a subscription in behalt of
themselves and the:; employees for
$5,000,00ti o! tfco Secouc Liberty Loan.
This subscription tf^fS be alloted to
localities or section - jt 'tie-country,
as nearly as may be in proportion to
the quotas assigned by the Treasury
Department to the various Federal
Reserve Districts, so that each district
will get credit for its proportionate
share of the total sum The ac'ual
subscriptions will be made In each loI
ealtty by the associate rcmpan? opli
eratlng ia such locality
f i[ Civil Action For
Before JUBtlce Conaway this mornK
Ing the civil suit of Dr James A.
tor Graham against Henry ,L. Wilfocg, of
W' Fairmont, was attached It Is en acL
\ tlon to collect $172.?.j on a doctor
1# bill. Wllfoog contends that he and
K his wife wore separated and dlvoce
proceedings had begun in the court
-t when the bill was contracted. The
case was continued this atfernoon
I ; when the lawyers submitted points of 1
B< law on the subject. I
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lY'SSE
Piersol Guilty in
Keet Baby Case
Claud, Piersol, who has been found
guilty of kidnaping Baby Floyd Keet,
14-months-old son ol Mr. and Mrs. J
Holland Keet, Springfield. Mo., whose
dead body wsb later found In an abandoned
well. Above is the last picture
taken of the baby before his dlsap
pearance. Piersol's sentence was tor
15 years.
ARREST IN SLOT
MMHIttF f!RilSAflf
r?"mnuuiiiL. UliUUnUL
i
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Says Slot Machines
Must Go.
I Incident to tliu raid ott siot mtt'
' chines in Marian county J H Brewer.
wlio conuuct's a store at Basnettsvillc,
was arrested by Sheriff (jlover
late Monday afternoon and gave bond
before Justice Musgrove for a hearing
at a later date. It is understood thai
the Prosecuting Attorney's office was
notilied twice about this slot machine,
This is the lirst arrest made in the
clean up.campaign enounced by Pros
I touting Attorney W B Haggorty.
I Today the prosecuting attorney's
office said that the "slot machine
1 must go, and that Is all there is to
it" l.ast f:;tu VV R. Haggerty, pros|
ecuting attorney, and Charles E. Mil
I ler. assistant prosecuting attorney,
I had the slot machine that was taken
| at Eisnettsville and they spent some
j time studying the machine especially
I its mechanical parts On one side
of the machine there Is a label, 'out
of order," ,Th.'? is." whore the Bum
is supposed tc come out. but the
prosecuting attorney's office claim
that this machine was operated de
spite the (act that no gum was given
in exchange It litis been learned a',
so that severa' of the old time slot
machines hr.vo appeared on' the East
PIde
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I Barnes am1 Saltz
Off for Camp Lee
tiiiph A. Barnes and Marlon Salt]
I tel't Fairmont at 12:25 o'clock tblB afternoon
t >;- Camp Lee to till vacancies
left in Fnl-tnont'B last quota o( National
army men by the pbystcal Inefficiency
of Adam Petere and David Guy Prunty,
The two men will arrive at Camp
Lee tomorrow morning at nine o'clock.
The local board received notice yesj
terday irom Camp Lee stating that
, Fatrm yit had received credit for thirteen
men to their last quota, also-re'
porting lh? physlcval disability of PeI
ters snd Prnnty.
I _ , ' '
| Lads Were After
ill U-ot JNickels
Macke7 Tedesco and Frank Burroughs.
two amall lada ot thle city,
wera arrested yesterday evening about
nine o'clock by Chlet Harr and Policeman
Fleming charged with breaking
Into the a to rage room on CleTeland
avenue owned by the Chilton alot machine
organlxatlon tor the purpose of
taking ntcklea from the machines.
They were locked up in the city Jail
and this morning taken to the court
house where they will be tried by county
authorities.
st Virginian's Many
COND L
LIBERTK L0A1
MUSS MEETING
SHUT EVE
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Rowe Will ^
i-?. Speak,
TALKS IK COURT HOUSE
Affair is Preliminary to Big
Demonstration of October
24.
The first big event in connection
with the Second Liberty Loan cam-1
palgn in Fairmont will take place on
Saturday evening or this week when
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
L. F. Rowe, will be in Fairmont to speak
to Fairmont Liberty Loan buyers.
The speaker will be introduced by
Judge W. S. Haymond.
The mass meeting of Fairmont citizens
will be held in the circuit court
room of the court house at eight o'clock
11 Saturday evening. The address is to
be given under the auspices of the Marlon
County Liberty Loan committee,
of which Glenn F. Barns, of this city,
is chairman.
! The meeting Saturday evening will
be preliminary in a way to the big celebration
in this city and throughout
the United States on October 24. The
| purpose of the meeting Saturday is to
get the people of Fairmont in the "Liberty
Loan mood" and to arouse interest
in the larger and more important
celebration in Fairmont on the afternoon
of October 24.
Chairman Glen F. Barns several
days ago telegraphed to ex-Governor
VV. A. MacCorkle, chairman of the
State Liberty Loar committee to furnish
Fairmont with c speaker for a preliminary
meeting some night this week.
! This morning Mr. Barns recevied the
| following telegram which is self explanatory:
CMARLFSTON. W. VA..
ucLuuer J9, rait.
Ulcnn F. Uarns, Chairman.
Fairmont, W. Va.
Hon. L. F. Howe Assistant Scc'y
! of Treasury. will address you SatI
urday night. Have good meeting
| for Mm. He is a great speaker,
and is considered one of the big
I men in the country. Will have you
I a big speaker for your demonstration
on the twenty-fourth.
W. A. MacCORKLE, Chairman.
On Saturday evening the Greater
I Fairmont band will be out to parade
j the streets and to arouse enthusiasm
for the speaking at the court house.
On this evening there will be no parade
of any kind. The parade feature
1 and Liberty Loan displays will all be
1 reserved until the afternoon of October
24.
HAD REFERENDUM
m TRUSTY HflNRRS
- -w www - <t/ " V i'V
Fellow Sufferers Want "Com
ical Pete" Put in Basement
Cell.
11 Tired of being locked np behind the
1! lattice work at the Marion county Jail
j "Comical Pete." one of the funniest
i prisoners that was ever behind the
bars, put it up to the prisoners this
morning to vote on whether he was
tbelr choice for "trusty" duty.
In aU solemnity "Pete" passed the
petition around, and by a vote of 43
to 13 he was trimmed. The majority
voted to put him in a cell in the basement,
where the cages are especially
small.
Today a committee of prisoners
met Jailor Thomas V. Buckley and
presented the petition to him. It
afforded many a hearty laugh.
It will be remembered that "Pete"
was a trusty, but beat it out of the
Jail kitchen one night about a month
ago. Later he was caught and put In
the bastlle to serve out his time. No
[ additional charge of Jail breaking waa
brought, however. Blnce then "Pete"
is desirous of getting out into the hall
and getting a lttUe fresh air and he Is
especially *?<1 ? the results of the
referendum.
LIBERTY BONOS.
Do your Christmas shopping early?
buy a Liberty Bona. ? Washington
(Pa.) Observer.
Yon And plenty o( places to spend
your money?mighty few places to save
it?Unlontown Genius.
Take at least one. ? Parkersbnrg
News.
Features Make it InU
? iii ?wmmmm??
ARGEST
fiiirs m i
COLORED II55
IH OF 11.21!
I
They Are Reported to be in
r Splendid Physical
Condition.
SURE 10 PASS TEST
List of Draftees and Their
Addresses in This
City.
The local dratt board has received
official notice trora Charleston to the
effect that the colored men who are
dratted will leave for Camp Lee
sometime between October 27 and
Nov. 2. Colored troops In some parts
of the state will go on one date and
others on other days The date set
for the Fairmont colored men to leave
has not been anounced
The ten Fairmont colored troops
are all in the very best of condition
and it is probable that every one of
them will pass the final examination.
Fairmont's colored draftees are:
Charles Herbert Jones?Order No.
5. serial No. 1095, 224 Nerval street,
Fairmont, W Va
William Jackscn?Order No. 25. serial
No 784. General Delivery. Fairmont.
W. Va.
James Ranzer Hicks?Order No. 44.
serial No. 604, General Delivery, Fairmont.
W. Va.
Oscar Walker Downey?Orde: No.
162, serial No. 549. 411 Corbin Place,
Fairmont. W. Va.
Joseph Hamm?Order No. 149, aerial
No. 525, Corbin Place, Fairmont,
W. Va.
Henry Gray?Order No 2. aerial
No. 458, 450 Morgantown avenue,
Fairmont, W. Va.
Charles-Johnson?Order No. 61. se?
1 X'? a no O ny.1!irnf? t'olr.
ritti nu. uouciai ucnvci,?, ranmont,
W. Va.
George Bartlett?Order No. 57, aerial
No. 1045, 113 Fairmont avenUe,
Fairmont, W. Va.
Metom Strain?Order No 02. serial
No. 1323, 334 Pennsylvania avenue,
Fairmont, W. Va.
William Albert Moor?Order No.
53, serial No. 514, 203 Hamilton street,
Fairmont W. Va.
First Billion to
Be in by Tonight
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Oct 10.?Treasurer
official declared today that "unless
all signs fail" the liberty loan will
have reached its first one billion dollars
in subscriptions tonight.
With billion dollar mark In sight
for today treasury officials were inclined
to believe, that remainder of
campaign would witness tremendous
acceleration in subscriptions and that
two billion dollars might be reached
by end of week. Dispatches from every
section told of redoubled efforts to
quicken the campaign
t Pittsburgh Editor
P/Mi-n/l T^rvnrl in
xuuiiu uuau m JJUU
(By Associated Press)
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16.?Col. Austin
Beach, managing editor of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch and tor many years one
of the best known newspaper men in
Pennsylvania, was found dead at his
home here today of apoplexy when
a member of his family sought to rouse
him for breakfast.
Col. Beach, who was 62 years of age,
was one of the newspaper correspondents
who accompanied the Commonwealth
of "Gen." Coxey 011 its march
from Massilon, Ohio, to Washington.
Civil Suit Over
Auto Collision
Today Justice Musgrove heard the1
civil suit of P. B. Swearlngen vs. R. A. ]
n?il.-I- TUf. I ? .ntinn 4 .. 11 t. I
ruwu^n. xuti is un ? . uwu iu viuueci
(or damages resulting in an automobile
collision on a brtdre across Finch
run near Barrackvt'ie S.rearlngen Is
trying to recorer ?*1.eo. The magistrate
will g'vs his decision In the oase
later in tbs city.
Women Guard? on
Brooklyn "noways,
(Br kssoelatsd 7rw?)
KBW YORK. Oct 11?On account
of shortage of man. power due to war
conditions women will soon be installed
as subway guards during rush hours
by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
it was announced today. About
50 women will be employed. The manual
labor tnrolred is light.
zresting to Every Me
STOCK
Great War Costs
U.S. $ 1,625,000
Each Hour of Day
(By Associated 1'ress)
NEW YORK, Oct. 16?The wat
costing the belligerent nations of
the world at the rate ol 5160,000.on
a day, $6300,000 an hour and the
United States is paying at least
:>ne-fourth of this staggering sum.
according to estimates made to
lay by the Mechanics and Metals
National bank of New York.
The estimated daily cost at the
ooginning of war was $50,000,000
and a year ago it was $100,000,000
This country's rate of expenditures
is groater than any other nation
Great Britain being second and
Germany next.
till DAI "mil MAI
FROM MAIUIll!
Leslie Ford at Cook Hospita
in a Critical Condition
Other Cases.
Leslie Floyd, aged 23 years, son o
James C. Floyd, of Barrackvllle, Is li
Cook hospital in a critical condltloi
| as the result of injuries sustained whei
I he tell from a tree on Sunday. Tin
; young man sustained a badly fracturei
leg and, it is feared, internal injuries
He was brought to tbe hospital oi
Sunday.
Mrs. Floyd Cole, who was Injured ii
an automobile occ'dent near Oaklaut
several weeks ago while returning wltl
her husband from a meeting of coa
operators at Deer Park, and who nai
since been confined to her home oi
Chicago street, was today admitted ti
Cook hospital for surgical treatment
Mrs. Cole sustained a compound frat
ture of the leg. The cast was recentl;
removed, and while the limb Is dolni
well, yet it was Uiought some surgica
attention was necessary. She will In
a patient there for some time.
Mrs. Percy Manley, who had beei
a patient for two weeks at Cook bos
Vilas Delsle Mundell 4 kit
Mrs. Mary Mundell 4 kit
i Mrs. Ed Dnoahue ... 2 kit
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WHY NOT HEAD IT "FAILED T(
CALL/'
John Moore, loe Terrill, Suga
Spears, John HunL Joe Woods, J. Bon
man and Terrence Pelley, apprehendei
In a poker raid (ailed to appear In Jut
tie* (.ewls court.?Moundsville corre
pondance Wheeling Intelligence!
head**! "Failed to Appear."
mber of the Family.
pital, has returned to her home nea
Barrackville.
Charley Hartley, of Farmington, ha
been admitted to Cook hospital for sur
gical treatment.
Mrs. M. D. Proudfoot, of Falrview
is a surgical patient recently admittei
to the hospital for treatment.
URGES ELKS TO AID
TOBACCO FUNDI
Helps to Brighten Lives o
Soldiers Says Exalted
Ruler.
Fred J. Mersheimer, exalted rule
of the Washington lodge of Elks, to
day warmly endorsed plan:, to raise ;
fund with which to buy smokes to
Amelcan soldiers in France, am
urged the members of the antlerei
herd to generously suport the move
IUUUU
"I most heartily approve this spier
<3id movement." said Mr. Mersheimor
"It affords every one an opportunit:
to contribute to the comfort and en
joyment of our soldiers in th
trenches.
"From my own observation am
what I have heard from soldiers notb
lag gives them more genuine dellgh
or pleasure while in the field than to
bacco. Tbey long for it when the;
cannot get it. and are entirely differ
ent men without their smokes. To
bacco seems to brighten and chee
and comfort them. They should hav
their American tobacco everywher
they go. I am sure this movemen
will appeal strongly to Elks not onl;
in Washington, but throughout th
country, who know the Joys of a gooi
smoke and who may be relied upoi
'to do their bit for the boys 'ove
| there.' I should like to see the Elk
lead *11 other contributions to thi
fund.*
Op to noon today the contribution:
to The West Virginian tobacco fum
were as follows:
Miss Olive Davis ..... 2 kit
C. H.Vaughn .'. ?.. 2 kit
Sam Vaughn ?... 2 kit
Mabls Williams 1 kit
YARD (
IH THOUSAND Ml
in ILLINOIS; II
I
_T
>> age Increase Won at Recent
Did Not Become Efl
the Men Ex
iWAS CDNTINGENnPO
Mine Officials in Territory Affc
is Likely to Lead to G
| in Central I
(By Associated Press) . foi
SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Oct. 16.?Be- j da
' I cause wage increases did not become j Ja
! effective today 10,000 coal miners In ! de(
Central Illinois did not appear tot work cd
this morning, 't was admitted ai otJ
(ices ol the Illinois Coal Operators'Association.
coi
Mine officials said they expected the j cr?
strike to spread rapidly According to 1
l'eorla operators a general walk out
it the Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania I 011
and W est Virginia was probable. !lns
1 Demands of ten cents a ton lncroase i tot
iiiifiill
ij MMIHE Hill
! !
| Mayor Bowen Will Deliver W
Address of Welcome at
Synod Tonight. #
y
g Rev. Earl A. Brooks ot Weston will
I preach the annual sermon at tho 06
B opening session of the Presbyterian
1 Synod which will convene this even- ev
ing at 7:30 o'clock in the new First th
r Presbyterian church. The address of po
welcome will be delivered bv Mavor Pa
B " OV
Anthony Bowcn and the response will
be made by Dr. J. W. McDonald pres- ha
ident of the Presbyterian congrega- m;
j tion. bu
Hon. M. M. Neely will address this dri
session on the subject, "Why We Are
in the War and What America Must sir
do to be Saved." 14
Delegates in large numbers arrived sh
here during the day and were met at 11b
the trains by representatives of the mi
congregation. While a large number
I have arrived today, more will come th
k tomorrow and it Is thought that there co
| will be 125 visitors in the city for ca
thia meeting. ca
in conection with the synod meet- thi
? Ing the Synodical which is composed
I of the Women's Home and Foreign he
Missionary societies will also meet, of
the sessions of these bodies to be
held on Wednesday and Thursday in -jthe
Sunday schcol room of the new Jj
edifice.
The visitors will be entertained in
r the homes of the Presbyterian congre"
gation. Dinner will be served on
1 Wedensday and Thursday in the dinJ
ing room of the church by the ladles
} of tho Presbyterian Legion society. Se
1 A social hour will follow the opening toi
" service this evening. Pa
The session's of the Synod and the da
l" Synodical will continue through foi
Thursday. ml
y -? hi,
e Little Girl Burned
<iR
In Gas Explosion sei
" Margaret Carpenter, aged about
_ two, wandered into the kitchen at the rei
i- home of her grandparents, Mr. and Gr
r Mrs. J. B. Crowell, of 50 East Park ave*
nue about 5 o'clock yeBterday and
j turned on the gas at the oven burners =
. Ul IUV IttUgO. A 111 tJ VVtt.3 uuiuiug uu
e the tol> of the range and when the exj
plosion occurred the lnqulsltiTe little
n person was hnrled clear across the
r room. She sustained bnrns on the
s neck and chin and the hair on one /
g side of her head was badly singed but '
she was not seriously Injured and was
s doing Tery nicely today.
3 ..
s
Fairmont Normal]
Changed from Norm;
GRAND OPEF
First number tonight, beginning at <
r Subject
j IN THE WAKE C
Is an orator and has seen the things 1
> fifty cents. Season tickets for nine nui
' the box office before the performance.
It is a Real Home Nev
IN FIRE !
1 QUIT WORK
P10 SPREAD
Conference in Washington 1
ective Today as
pected. .jj J
r PRICE ADVANCE j
icted Say That the Trouble
eneral Walk Out
Hstrict. _.,j
- digging eoal; f.ve dollar* a da? tor
? work and 1 i per cent advanca lor j
rdage anu deai. work war* to has* 1
en nllowet by operators It waa stater
dinger, t upon permission by tha
el adtnlnisi ration (or an Increase In
>1 prices to absorb the wag* In- -I
sasca. ra\S
Today was the beginning of th* see J
pay period (or October and miner* J
listed that tbe advance in pay begin
liniir
D FENO FOR SELVES
ar's Influence Felt in Enrollment
of the Night
School.
With an enrollment ol SI .student*; . .
wunten'Trtra'25 men. the erening 0 ;
hool conducted by tbe High school B
Iclals. started ott auspiciously last "
enlng when a meeting was held at . ?|
3 High school building (or the purse
of arranging preliminaries preratory
to the formal opening this ;tS
ening.
Clases were organized in short- 'a
nd, typewriting, bookkeeping .penmship.
spelling, business English, a
siness arithmetic and mechanical
awing. "1
t'orty-live students enrolled In the
orthand classes, 62 in typewriting.
in bookkeeping, (our in penmanip,
seven spelling, 15 business Engb
10 business arithmetic and 4
jchanlcal drawing.
Pour married women were among ^
o list enrolled for commercial
urses one or two of which may be
lied upon to support themselves in
se their husbands are drafted in
a National army.
Regular sessions of the school ifill
held on Tuesdays and Thursday*
each week.
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aFollette Demands
Bill of Particulars
????? .',o
(By Associated Press) - " i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.?When the
pate committee investigating Sena
La Pollette's much discussed. St.
ul speech began its hearing here toy
Senator La Pollette-presented a
-mat demand that the committee subt
a formal copy of charges against
n. and that he be permitted to sumin
and crosB examine witnesses. This *
layed the start of the proceedings
the committee went Into executive
ssion to consider demandB. v ,' v
t ? .
MEXICAN TOWN RAIDED.
MISSION, Texas. Oct 16.?Reports
iched here today of a bandit raid at
anzeno. a Mexican vlllaae on the Rio
ande six miles southeast ot Mission. ..
ring could be heard at Madera City.
Laborers Wanted
in Shipping Department. Apply
DWENS BOTTLE
MACHINE CO. |j
Lecture Course
al Auditorium to i
IA HOUSE
sight o'clock. Dr. Lincoln Wirt
IF THE WAR
ie talks about. Single admission i
inhere, $2.60. Tickets on sale at .