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STATE SCORES All
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f What Connutte Told Sheriff
j . About Shells is AdmitI:
ted as Evidence.
| SHELLS ARE PRODUCED
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1/ jDuuets were uuugeu rrom
w Tree With a Knife,
Testifies Glover.
Partial admittance of the confession
' Bf 'Walter Connutte, the defendant,
was allowed In the murder case this
morning before Judge Haymond In
i Circuit court. This is the first stroke
f 1
that the State has made in the trial of
1 Walter Connutte. charged with slaying
Fernando Thorn and llarvcy Hayhurst.
Judge Haymond in his opinion this j
morning permitted the tact that ConI
nutte told Sheriff Glover where to
find the shells to be testified to, but
that bare facts stood out by itself. After
the court had given his opinion considerable
law was cited to back up his
I position in the ruling.
Immediately following the decision j
Sheriff A. M. Glover was recalled to |
trte stand and testified to certain infor-1
/ nation he gleaned from Counutte as to
'r the shells. Trosecuting Attorney \V.
J H. Haggerty produced the shells and
they were carefully scrutinized and
the "0" or naught marked on tho end
in. lead pencil marks was observed.
Sheriff Glover told how he found a
limb from one to one and a half inches
in diameter shot from u tree. Later
' he" discovered that some one had
gouged the bullets from the wood with
i a. knife. Sheriff Glover (.old at length
of the finding of a twelve guage shot
gun. which has been frcsl^y oiled.
Attorney J. A. Meredith questioned
Sheriff Glovir about tho topography
of the Henry B. Morgau furm with
which the official said he was not very
1 well acquainted.
During Saturday alter the Douglass
case was cited. Attorney Norman mentioned
in the case was well known in
Fairmont aid was active here in Democratic
gatherings some years ago. He
was better known in these parts as j
"Old Man" Norman.
Again Tied Up.
Another storm cloud broke in the
Connutte murder case this afternoon at
2 oclock when the jury was withdrawn
while attorneys discussed another
"point of law." This is the fourth point
that haB been argued that way since
the trial began. More than a solid
week has been so spent.
The latest point developed was dissent
in fncilmnnv in I- l, I l
Ill H.(,UIII iu UJUUUhounds
circling the Keyser home several
times. Major Ncely tried to
elicit this information from Sheriff A.
M. Glover. Prosecuting Attorney Haggerty
objected and the jury was again
withdrawn. Major Neely said that ho
' had received this information as the
bloodhounds from a reliablo source.
Prosecuting Attorney Haggerty
claimed that the doys had followed a i
certain trail on which the wounded
foxhunters were taken over and wero
later pulled oft it. The state contended
that evidence incident to the bloodhounds
was inadmis3ablc. The court
at this wrting is hearing argument as I
to the point of law. Prosecuting Attorney
Haggerty is citing North Caro
_ Una law on the subject.
All jurors In the court room except-1
. ing those engaged in the Connutte i
trial were discharged by Judgo Haymond
until Wednesday morning. No
one has the slightest Idea how long it
will take to finish the case. Some
persons think the Morgan trial can
rtart Thursday, while others think
the entire week will be utilized for the
Connutte trial, it is purely a matter of
conjecture.
O I.PA Piiri-v ?' P
ul uidut uisinct, tne
juror who has a sore eye. wore a green
celluloid eye shield In the jury box toft
General Goethals to
Get Important Post
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. ? Pre-ar
raugement of some of the IBgh com
mauds In the War department was InWj
f dlcated today by detachment of offiB
' cere designated by Secretary Baker
to sit In department's war council.
B It became definitely known today
that Major General Goethals. builder
I oI the Panama canal has been offered
B the place of quartermaster general to
Succeed Major General Sharpe.
-Provost Marshal General Crowder
Bp Is the only officer assigned to war
council who will not bo detached from
I . his present office.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES8.
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NO ACTION ON OR'S
BEFORE RECESS
President Will Make No
Move Until After the
Holidays.
(By The Associated I'r )
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.?It was indicated
today that President Wilson
will make no further move in the railtoad
situation until Congress reconvenes
after Christmas holidays.
GARFIELD ASKS
MB 10 CIVE
UP HOLIDAYS
Every Idle Day Costs 2,000,000
Tons of Badly Needed
Coal.
my Associated rressj
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.?To keep
coal production at a maximum Fuel
Administrator Garfield in preparing
to appeal to operators and miners to
forego the usual Christiana and New
Years holiday. Every idle day in the
mines costs the country nearly d.000,000
tons of fuel.
Authority to shut down industries
if necessary to supply householders
with coal was granted by the fuel administrator
today to W. K. Prudden.
federal fuel administrator of
Michigan. Many Michigan cities arc
said to he almost entirely without
supplies for domestic needs.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 17.?The
situation in the middle west where
cold weather and lack of fuel has
brought much suffering was gone
over at a conference today bewteen
Dr. Garfield and F. D. Balrd, in
charge of railroad transportation and
coal distribution, Mr. Baird reported
conditions improving somewhat although
there is great congestion of
coal cars at some terminals.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.?Now York's
coal famine will be broken In a few
(lays unless weatner ocncutions interfere.
Fuela administrators and
railroad officials declare today. Reeve
Schley, fuel administrator, stated
that the crisis had already been passed
with the arrival yesterday of 20,000
tons. Before night Mr. Schley
said he expected that another 25.000
tons would be received by barges from
New Jersey ports. In addition 50,000
tons were at tide water, Mr. Schley
asserted and the only problem was
that of transportation.
Thrift Campaign
Will Start Tonight
Committees from the two teams
which are being organized from the J.
O. Watson class to sell Thrift stamps
will meet in the office rooms of the
Fairmont Chamber of Commerce this
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The purpose
of the meeting is to organize the thrift
campaign, decide upon some date on
which the thrift contest will cloEe, ana
to select the members of the two teams.
Tbo meeting this evening will bo far
the committees which were appolntea
at the meeting at The Fairmont on
Triday evening.
Following the meeting this evening,
the two teams will hold separate meetings
and organize their respective
work. At the meeting this evening,
plans for selling stamps and scoring
nolnts Will also ho HnMdorl nnnn
Lmore days
0 to buy a
Christmas
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FAIRMONT, WEST
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1 LEGALJVISERS
I Six Lawyers on the List for
Today Did Not Show
Up.
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SOME NEW INSTRUCTIONS
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Men Must be Very Specific
About Their Occupations.
Ot the fifteen Fairmont lawyers.
j vtiiu, us ussuuiuie mumuurs ui lue
gal Advisory board, were supposed
j (o lend their assistance today to registrants
in filling out their questionI,aires,
just six of them have their
names on tho "slacker" list at presB
time this afternoon. Those who appeared
this morning ana this afternoon
to lend their assistance are as follows:
C. L. Shaver, ira L. Smith. W. Kenneth
Barnes, Trevcy Nutter, J. G.
Prichard. Brooks Deveny, A. J. Colvorn,
Albert J. Kern. Those who have
not shown up arc: French McCray, It.
Leigh Fleming, W. H. Conaway, Chas.
Powell, Frank Hayden and IS. C.
Frame. Walter Haggerty and Judge
W. S. Haymond were both scheduled
tor today, but are performing duties
in the Circuit court and could not attend.
Up to two o'clock this afternoon fifteen
registrants had come to the office
for assistance. This morning the
office was open from 10-12 o'clock, this
afternoon the office hours are 1-5
end tills evening from 7-9 o'clock.
In filling out the questionnaire,
every registrant must he us specific
as possible, especially when referring
to his occupation. The following instructions
were received tills morning
by the local draft board: "It is of paramount
importance to the selective lealures
of the draft act and the effective
employment of the man power of the
army that tho occupational classifications
of every registrant he set forth
with precision in his questionnaire.
Therefore, the registrants' answer, to
Iberies one, question three, page tour
must, without fail specify his particular
job within his industry, by answering.
for example, not merely railroad
man, but track layer, trainman, or enr
shop repairer. All men rendering assistance
to registrants should be instructed
to secure for that question
as specific an answer as if he be questioned
for nine and ten in series eleven,
page twelve, unless registrants
have already fully answered these
questions. If questionnaires filled are
i.ot specific enough, boards should secure
adequate answers under section
cne hundred, paragraph three, before
proceeding to classify.
Special instructions were also received
from Charleston this morning
relative to the assistance to be given
by the Legal Advisory Hoard. All active
and associate members of the Legal
Advisory lioard must enter upon
the left hand margin of the front page
of the questionnaire to whom any advice
or assistance is given and "given
by me," and shall then sign his name,
followed by description "permanent
member" or "associates member" of
the Legal Advisory Board. It Is of the
utmost importance that this order be
strictly observed. The object is that
the questionnaire, on its face, shall
tiisclose the name of every member of
the Legal Advisory Board who renders
any assistance, and in order to fix responsibility.
SUGAR SHORTAGE
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Stevenson Company Has Big
Shipment And More Is
Coming.
So far as Fairmont and the immediate
vicinity is concerned the sugar
crisis is past, and there is a prospect
that the people who have been hoarding
sugar are going to be sung good
and proper.
Tho Sevenson company, wholesale
grocers, have received 113.000 pounds
for distribution here and another
shipment of the same size is expected
shortly. At the Stevenson establishment
it is said that there is no occasion
for alarm over the sugar situation
and that there is a prospect that
the price of sugar to the consumer
will come down shortly and stay down
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officers are getting their final instri
naught visited the American officer
THiliuT
CENSUS OF FAIRMONT;
Whole CityWHl fctetS^ered
During the Afternoon
of January 13.
A religious census of Fairmont and
its suburbs will be taken in ibis city
on Sunday aternoon January 13 according
to plans made yesterday afternoon
at a meeting of pastors and
Sunday seliool workers held In the
offices of City Commissioner J. Walter
Barnes.
The object of the census is that the
pastors and Sunday school workers
may come in contact with new families
who have moved to this city and are
not enrolled in any of the churches
and to secure also the names of older
residents of the city who are not
alTlllated with any of the church or
Sunday schools with a view to "Increasing
the enrollment and efficiency
of the local churches and Sunday
schools
The wards of the city will be the
units of the canvass and committees
appointed to canvass each ward will
be responsible for the census of the
ward they represent. .These committees
aro to district their wards and
select the workers to assist themln the
census gathering.
These committees consisting of two
men from each ward will hold a meeting
soon and will report to H. T. Jones
the secretary the names and numbers
of the committee. Mr. Jones will then
report the committees to the various
pastors of the city.
The committees will make the canvass
on Sunday afternoon January 13
starting at two o'clock and it Is the
plan to complete the canvass by evening
of that day
The following committees were nam
ed to have charge in their respective
wards:
First ward: W. A. Hustead, Lata
Brown: second ward, Levi B. Harr,
Fred Mclntyre; third ward. Frank
White. J. C. Glasscock: Fourth ward,
Cecil McDonald, W. D. Straight; Fifth
ward, Kenneth Barnes, Harry William
son; Sixth ward, W. F. ShafTermnn,
Tom Boggess; Seventh ward, George
Brobst. James Welton; Eighth ward
W. E. Buckey, Guy Crigier: Edgemont
T. L. Henderson, JameB E. Anderson.
The following were present at the
meeting yesterday: Pastors, W. J.
Eddy, C. E. Goodwin, R. J. Yoak;
Superintendents of Sunday schools,
C. W. Evans, J. A. Swiger. J. Walter
Barnes, H. T. Jones and Seymour Mcintire
and W. A. Hustead, Fred MeIntire,
Frank White, Cecil McDonald
W. D. Straight, Harry Williamson. W.
F. Shaforman, Tom Boggess. George
Brobst, Guy Crigier.
The promoters of the census believe
that when it is completed it will
give a pretty fair idea of the Teal census
of Fairmont.
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KANAWHA DEAL'
Holding Syndicate in Manington
District's Big- J,1
gest Tax Payer. jj
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Mannington district of Marion coun- b
ly contributed quite a bit of the 30,000 d
[ ere coal tract which is connected
with what is known as the "Little Kana- j3
wim Railroad" deal recently con- t
su mated. That syndicate Is the larg- J
est tax payer in Mannington district B
and the coal lands included are those
bought up some years ago by James fi
Hare for the J. M. Guftey interests. ft
The coal land was purchased by j,
George Gould in his effort to make the j
Western Maryland railroad trans-con- a
tinental system with the Little Kana- ft
wha railroad as a part of the general ^
scheme. It was purchased by the f:
Gould-Kamsey interests when the Wa- j:
hash railroad came Into Pittsburgh.
The "Little Kanawha Railroad" In- *;
torests wore purchased of the Gould- ~
Ramsey crowd by the Pennsylvania, ^
New York Central and Ilaltimore & ?
Ohio railroads and originally the B. "J,
& 0. had one-fourth. The deal said to
be about consumated gives the B. & O. }
solo control of this big tract of land ?
and will Interest Mannington district ?
farmers for development is plannea '
which will include a railroad lino from ?
Parkersburg to Burnsvlllo and will ef- ?
feet values in this county.
Coal Around Mannlnoton. i
There are four or five thousand acres ^
of coal around Mannintgon which Is j
still held by its original owners. It Is *
all in the vicinity of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad and is certain' to be de- I
veloped in advance of co&l lying at
less accessible points. It is held by
the heirs of the Blacksberes, the
Beatys.' the Keens, the Pricbards. the
Rymers, and the Wilson Nay heirs. w
Coal Notes. S
Dr. James H. McClung is chairman T
of the Nicholas county fuel committee o
uid other members are P. N. Alderson, it
of Rlchwood, and W. G. Brown, of Sum- t(
mersville.
H. H. Rose, executive secretary to f<
J. Walter Barnes, state fuel adminls- p
trator, has been Id Wheeling straight- C
enlng out problems in connection with t<
the coal supply in Ohio county. f<
Posters showing how to conserve w
coal are being sent from Washington F
to the local fuel committees of the =
various counties of West Virginia by
parcel post, which are to be posted in
steam boiler rooms.
The Fairmont and Mannington Coal
company has its plant at Norway siding,
near Fairmont. J. M. Orr is a
leading factor in the company.
The car supply is way off again today
and consequently there is little
activity at the mines. ?
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16 TOBACCO FUND
'rincipal Berdine of Worthington
School Brings
in Club Donation.
That the boys in the trenches are
ependent upon their friends back
ome is not being lost sight of entire!
even during the Christmas rush
hen thero are so many other things
) remember. Saturday H. D. Berdine
rlncipal of the Wortliington school
rought in n club contribution of four
ollars which was contributed by himelf
and the following :E. L. Billinglea,
Miss Georgia Billingslea, Frank
;i!lingslea, Romino Reamer, Buryl
ate, Walter Sturm, Eugene Meeks,
ames B. McDanile, Maud Dolan, W.
. Plaster Mrs. C. It. Atha, Mrs. HenV
King and Mrs. A. J. Jenkins.
Other recent contributions to the
ind aro
Irs. H. C. Cummins 4 kits
Irs. H. F. Knodo 4 kits
'. E. Johnson 4 kits
,. W. Cooper 4 kits
.. Friend 4 kits
liss Lela Wortman 4 kits
lattic Mcran 1 kit
Ithel E.-Tennant 1 kit
larl D. Wilson 2 kits
[alnh B. Wilson 2 kits
essio Blanche Yost 1 kit
!. C. Roll 4 kits
.. L. Heffner 4 kits
Ilss Bridget Klely 2 kits
. A. Cook 2 kits
V'm. Donahue 4 kits
V. H. West 2 kits
Irs. L. M. Conlcy 1 kit
Irs. S. A. Dunham 1 kit
Irs. J. A. Fickinger S kits
Irs. Glenn Greer 4 kits
lary Crane Hartley 4 kits
rellie Patternson 2 kits
A. Pilling 1 kit
l. H. Rahn 2 kits
V. C. Dobbie 4 kits
I. L. Darrah 4 kits
Another Local Boy
IsQuarantined
Victor Levelle, a local young man
'ho recently enlisted in the United
tates Marines. Is now located at
'arlff Island, two miles out in the
cean from Port Royal. S. C? accordtg
to information contained in a let
jr louuivtju uuro uy reitttivco luuuy.
Mr. Levelle left here December 7
jr Port Royal having previously
assed tbe examination required at
umberland and Baltimore. The letsr
states that*he will be quarantined
>r two months at Tariff Island after
'hlch he will be transferred back to
ort Royal.
Laborers Wanted
In Shipping Department. Apply
OWENS BOTTLE
MACHINE CO
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I Five of the Merchant Ships :r '
Were of Some Neutral v
Nation.
OGCURREDirNflRTH SEA 1
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Time and Particulars Have 4.;
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Public.
(Py Associated Press) . '' '^'Ij
LONDON, Dec. 17?One
British and five neutral -t
merchantmen, a British de< |
stroyer and four mine
sweepers have been sunk in . -V1
the North Sea by German
naval forces. v
FAIRMONT MOOSE 1
VISIT CLARKSBURG I
Heard Much Patriotic Ora?
tory During Initiation of A
400 New Members.
Fairmont Lodge, No. 9, Loyal Of.
dor ot Moose, was well represented
at Clarksburg yesterday, where tbl
lodge of that city initiated a class of ~4
four hundred candidates. The Cere> ' -'4
monies wero conducted In the andl< : j
torium ot the Masonic Temple on 1 :},
Pike street, and was attend by much ? ??Jj
speech-making, the keynote ot which
?.no nnletnttnm nn.l
nua j/tii i lukinm uuu ll(*tcllinilDUI? B*". \ >/
Senator Pollock, of Ohio, who Is no*
located In Fairmont, delivered ''i-.'jgS
stirring address which brought forth
volley after volley of cheers and on*
lusty "Hurrah for Senator Pollock.* '
The meeting was presided over W . -M
Mayor 11. C. Gordon, who Introduced
the speakers and delighted the crowd
with bits of humor injected Into hii '.'v?
prefatory remarks.
Attorney General E. T. England, : S
.of Charleston, was intensely earnest
in his plea for complete co-operation ":
in the prosecution of the war, and
detailed incidents to prove bis claim
that the 'worst Is yet to come", and jftsra
cautioned his hearers that the conse*
1 quence would bo dire .if Americana
at home would not realize at once
importance of complying With tba
various methods of conservation and. Hi
production, suggested by the Natlonm'
al government. He waxed enthusiasm *
tic in favor of the war garden Idea V rb
and declared that every available foof
of ground should be cultivated and
planted.
S. J. Risbeck, of Pittsburgh, Na<
tlonal Director of the order, briefly
summarized tho growth of the Moose ,,
organization In the United States.
From the standpoint, of Moose ^
members the most Important speech . \ j
of the occasion was delivered by Supreme
Dictator John W. Ford, ol
Philadelphia. It was also the most ; ijH
masterful. He linked fraternallsm
and partiotism together and conrlnc '
ed his hearers that they were one and ,!''!
the same in spirit and effect.- . . ;.S|
Notice to Taxpayers Who *|l|
Failed to Take Advan-. - Irfs
tage of the 2l/ifo Dis- .j|^B
count.
You are now notified that Dot
cembor is the last month von can - V 'Ji
pay your taxes at face value. Jan- : : - ?(:i
uary Is the month that the law iXsgfa
compels us to add on 10%' interest
I am sure you will not want
to pay that amount of Intereat'.
while money is so plentiful. Please '?
be prompt and come in and pay 7
your taxes before the ruth at the '
last of the month. For your benefit
and accommodation,' the
Sheriff's Office will be kept open
on Saturday nights from 7' to 9
during the month of December.
A. M. GLOVER, Sheriff. .