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| '|5?r5,0< | A Quality Newtpa).er for th? mm jI ESTABLISHED 1868. i FAIRMf t IDALCARS ARE HOT MOVED EVEN AFTER | IH0 JfUU iff: 'Martinsburg Had Trouble wjfc to Get Fuel During Late Freeze. i 2,000 cars" stalled Ifip -Fairmont District Coal AsJfen" sociation Will Meet V' This Evening. The coal shortage may effect West : Virginia more than the majority ot the . people expected. Martlnsburg has had an experience -with a coal shortage which aroused that community and a ?< real famine faced that city last Saturday and Sunday. The situation in Martlnsburg was so eerlous that County Fuel Admlnlstra-i tor Henshaw threatened to comman| deer coal passing through Martlnsburg or rather thirty carB that wore lying nn hi tin tracks at Cumbo. right near Martinsburg. Mr. Henshaw called up J. Walter Barnes, stato fuel administrator, who refused his approval to L- euch action and later the county coal ^ committee took it up with the national r fuel administration at Washington bringing a wire from F. L. Snead, who "J ' emphatically declared: J; i "I cannot authorize County Fuel Adminlstrator Henshaw to commandeer coal passing through Martinsburg. Advise me of names and addresses of the a' previous coal supply of the dealers of your city." ynttif The answer to this last part of this rmessage further complicated mutters as the city had been using anthracite , coal largely, purchased out of the state - . . and had gotten nil Its soft coal from !' Virginia through Baltimore dealers, excepting that the city of Martinsburg . .. was provided with coal by the Consolldatlon company of Fairmont. B. -Max von Schlegcll. publisher of the ' Martinsburg Journal, with a stroke of . enterprise, got into the deal and wired Mr. Snead, of the National Fuel Admln. istration and the Consolidation here. The Consolidation had already asS. sured Mr. Snead that It would take care - of the immediato future of Martinsffl ' I hurg. i: R. W. Stewart, a coal dealer of MarP . . tlnsburg, got into the matter Monday in a more practical way. going to Cumberland and Keyscr and finding a car j-" of coal consigned to his firm at the ;*>. former place behind fourteen cars and ite: ' another at Keyser behind forty-nine ether cars. He was told that the block f. v* ; aae at tne two points lnoiuueu uvcr 8.000 cars. At first Mr. Stewart feared * that there was no chance to get his cars but be tried the railroad superintendent, explaining the situation, and the Cumberland car reached Martinsburg Monday night and the Keyser car Tuesday morning. ' Mayor Letter, of Martinsburg. called J. Walter Barnes, state fuel admlnls.'V trator, Monday night, and the Martins 1-. Burg Journal tells that he told Mr. Barnes "in plain language that the sit7/-,.. nation was critical." Mr. Barnes called - Martinsburg later and conveyed the Egte same inforlation that had reached - -ttiAiin fonm Mw Cnanrl IU6IO II UU1 1111 > UIIVUil. ?*': The movement ot coal Is still the H?i"; great problem occupying the attention JE * ' of railroad men and of coal men, who can only advise and suggest, having no real authority. The blockades are believed to have been pretty well cleared > out in the Fairmont-Clarksburg region but the movement of coal remains a ' problem. It would have been an easy .matter to relieve Martinsburg had mines had cars. E. G. Smith, of Wes;? ton, who is manager of the Groves r Greek Coal company on the Coal and '& - u. Coke, is in Fairmont today, accomjK * panted by Lloyd Rinehart. and tells of |f ' - -his company loading a car Saturday Bp .' - which was still standing on the siding yesterday. T. E. Boggess, assistant : secretary of the Central West Virginia jE .- Coal Operators' Association, has been l ^getting data on such delay in West Virginia yards for some time. Coal Notes. D. R. Lawson. secretary of the Cen(s?? " tral West Virginia Coal Operators' As; aociation. is in Washington. ' UK'"'.' " Frederick Edward Saward. editor of f<f- . The Coal Trado Journal, is dead. ' A meeting of the Fairmont District Coal Association is railed for ?Me at en. . tag at the office of Trevey Nutter, at 8 o'clock. All team track coal opera5 tors are aBked to be In attendance. CONDITION IMPROVED. The condition of Mrs. John W. Inrta, Ki'; who was stricken with paralysis Tuesf day night was slightly Improved today V .-although her condition Is still regardad as serious. I We mi w ? ' t.'S# MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRES8. WTTO Doesn't Pay To Get Gay With Your Uncle Sam (By Associated Press) MANKATO, Minn.. Dec. 20?A statement that the United States might as well be under the Kals. er's government as Us own was among those charged to Frank J. Busch, a wholesale grocer, arrested on complaint that he made seditious remarks. He told Municipal Judge Cornstock ho was sorry and at . the Judge's suggestion bought a thousand dollar's worth of Liberty Bonds, subiicrfibed $100 to the Red Cross and gave fifty dollars each to the Knights of Columbus and Y. M. C. A. Then today Judge Comstock fined him $000. ElEVllK KILLEDIN- TENN. Seventy-Five Men in Mine, Near Nemo, When Blast Occurred. (By Associated Press) KNOXV1LLE, Tenn.. Dec. 20?Eleven miners were killed in an explosion at mine No. 3 of tho DarBour Coal and Coke company at Catosa, near Nemo, Tennessee, late Wednesday afternoon, according to word received here today. Seventy-five were In the mine at tho time. Whether the explosion resulted from a gas pocket becoming ignited or from the premature discharge of a keg of powder in the mine is not known. italiansTqrged TO GIVE GROUND Invaders Have Brought Up Reinforcements in the Hill Country. A state ot siege has been proclaimed in Petrograd and the Ukrainian Itada has refused to ottoy an ultimatum presented by the Bolshevik! government. Disorders in the capital, duo it is said, to the looting of wine cellars and shops made necessary the proclamation of a state of siege. Between Monta Grappa and the Brenta on the Italian northern front the Italians are resisting desperately renewed Austro-German efforts to break through the hills to the plains. The Italians after withstanding strong attacks and Inflicting heavy losses 011 the enemy were forced to retire to new positions when the invaders brought up reserves. On the southern end of the Piave line, the Austro Germans have been checked in several attempts to cross the river. On the western front the Germans have not yet given any indications of where their advertised drive is to begin. The German guns continue to bombard various sectors along the front from the North sea to the Swiss border Including the Ypres and Champagne area. TV vr_ -t n 1 _ j nop. in eeiy speaKS ai Mannington Tonight Tonight Congressman Neely and J. O. Watson will make addresses at the Presbyterian church in Mannington Bt a mass meeting which will be held In connection with the Red Cross membership drive which is being carried on quite vigorously In the oil town. rrv./> ?u*-i. ?iti i 1- -i o Alio uicciiiig nuaii wiu ucgm ai o o'clock promises to be very interesting. Mannington's Red Cross has been very active and Its goal for the week is 1.000 new members. City Hall Notes City Clerk Albert J. Kehn and Water Commissioner Ira Smith are among the lawyers serving on the Legal Advisory Board today. Yesterday Street Commissioner Lehman was on the Job. An effort is being made to get Engineer William Musseur of the New York Concrete Steel Engineering company to come to Fairmont tomorrow at which time the finishing touches on the Monongahela river bridge contract will he made. The run to Jackson street this morning was made in almost record time. The fire department is familiar with tbe route to the Union residence, as the call today was neither the first nor the second trip that tbe fire truck has made to tbe same place. st Virginian Believes ^ ^ Northern Wi FAIRMONT, WEST VlRG test! COAl FAMINE HITS FAIRMONT; CUT'S PUMPS MAT STOP pAmmicDiAnAv c?;f u A -u I vvuiBUiowviivi UIIUUI XlBKkO Permission to Seize Coal in Yards. NO COAL CARS, TROUBLE Supply of Fuel at Pumping Station Will Soon be Exhausted. Today the coal (amine hit Fairmont just as It hit the towns In Ohio and other parts ot the country when the cold snap swooped down upon the country. And (or a (ow minutes tho people at the City hall threatened to do a little aviating a la Governor Cox. As It Is, through Finance Commissioner BarneB. who Is also West Virginia State Fuel Administrator Barnes, a request has been (lied with National Fuel Administrator Garfield tor authority to seize coal in transit so that the (Ires can be kept burning underneath the boilers at the local pumping station. There Is where the trouble is; at the pumping station. This morning C. D. Robinson who has the contract (or supplying the pumping station with (uel notified Water Commissioner Smith that there was not a car in this district available (or the shipment ot coal (rom the mines to the boiler rooms. Commissioner Smith's (irst impulse wan to find out how much coal was on hand and he was startled to discover that it was barely enough to last until morning. He appealed to Fuel Administrator Barnes and was promptly told that (here was nothing doing, or words to that general effect, without authority from Washington. A statement of the situation and an appeal for authority to seize coal was sent on to Washington, and there the matter rests. It would not be very hard to seize the coal in transit if the permission comes to hand, for it is not transiting to any great extent, unless resting in the yards could bo classed under tbat general head. But that is the way they understand the word in the offices of rallroal general managers at nny rate, so it will have to go here in the present emergency. In ail seriousness the situation may become quite troublesome. The coal now on hand at the pumping station is expected to be exhausted some time during the night, and it that happens before an additional supply it will be necessary to shut down the pumps and take some steps to converse the water cn hand against the danger that it will be needed to tight fires. Dr, Tisdale Speaks on Community Health Keep disease away from the rural home was the chief point emphasized by Dr. T. S. Tisdale. a member of the public health commission, of Charleston, at a community meeting at the Grangevllle Baptist church last evening. Fifty people were in attendance. To illustrate his lecture Dr. Tisdale showed a number of sddes. Some of these were views taken in the vicinity of Grangevllle, this county, while uiuBia wwo ouuyyea itr uarnsoii county at Salt Wells, close to Shinnston. Means used to protect public bealth were Illustrated by tbe slides and special attention was paid to typhoid fever. Rural sanitation was also a phaso treated upon. 1 The meeting at Orangevllle was arranged by County Agent H. L. Smith. Godbey Girl Again On Stand in Boston (By Associated Press) BOSTON. Dec. 20.?Edith Godbey, a white woman, ot Charleston, W. Vs., chief witness for the government, was put through a searching examination tcday at the resumption of the hearing before Federal Commissioner Hayes in the case of John Johnson, negro wanted in West Virginia on Federal inditement charging violation of the Mann act. In the coruse ot her direct examination yesterday the young woman told In detail ot her relations with Johnson. Today William H. Lewis, counsel for Johnson, attempted to question Miss Godbey concerning her dealings with ilia nnlifa "? ?"?? ?>w rwi(?w vuwsawukwu UUU uu nUCg' ed attack by her on a citizen but tbli was ruled out. Newspapers Should ^VueNewst IN1A, THURSDAY EVENI WOMEN S^OW fe ^^.v: -: ;:9HhhB9^K W ^ ' '* $!** ' '^V' iff ^ jrfMBp 88^^ Mrs. Patricia Fee and Mrs. M white flakes, for men are scarce an women were not expected to do as g iisllim! CUM TITLE HERE Securities Believed Now to be in Possession of Germans. Bonds of the Excelsior-West Virginia Collorles^pjpaiw, edalns county, it developed today \'n\ circuit court, are in the hands of ihe GciSi mans in Belgium and perhaps the: Kaiser himself has gvien tftem the once over. This fact has pus an interesting .phase upon an otherwise commonplace legal proceeding; It appears that the Excelsor-Colleries Company procured 6,000 acres of coal land in Paw Paw district, this county, and issued $730,000 in bonds uuu iuu c,iuzuns savings ac mtusi Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, became the trustee under the mortgage, dated October 1, 1912. The holdings of the company were acquired by Edward II. Thomas, who let the outstanding bonds remain against the property. In the meantime $700,000 worth of the bonds were sent to Comptores National Bank, of Brussels, Belgium, where they wero to bo offered for sale by that banking, Institution. After n time Thomas sold the property to the Fairmont & Monongahela Coal Company, which proceeded to re-call the bonds so that It could get a clear title .While this action was in progress the European war broke out and the Germans loot-, ed Brussels. This morning wa$, ^;e time set for Judge Haymond to hear the petition of the Fairmont Coal Company asking for the release of the deed of trust. The company was represented by Attorney Charles E. Hawker, while the blinking-institution was re-' presented hv Attornev .Tnmps A Meredith. Judge Haymond held that he had no right to release the lien against the coal company's property. First lie held that thero was no evidence that the bonds bad not been sold, secondly, that there was no means of securing evidence as the bonds were In a country with which this country Is now at war and that the court had no jurisdiction In the matter and no steps could be taken until the close of the war. legal action of this sort was tested out during the Civil war in the State of West Virginia. The court held that it was Impossible to sue a man in time of war who was In the ^ontines of an enemy's country because It was impossible to get service of process on htm. It developed during the Interesting proceedings that about $10,000 of the bonds may be in the London market. It is thought that perhaps $19,OOTT of IhatM kn ?nn?) /~?t-1 tuciu v?** UW iwuuu iu vmwatsu. Special Venire Being Summoned Seventy-five additional jurors were drawn this afternoon by Judge Haymend, Sheriff A. M. Glover and Circuit Court Clerk William 8. Black In the court room. They compose special venire summoned for the trial of Willie G. Morgan on Thursday, December 27. Within the neit day or so the deputy sheriffs will bo busy serving the summons papers. Be More Than Net ' I.I | jg "I _ g . . M, ?. M,^L? NG, DECEMBER 20,1917, ,.M, VERS IN SHOVBLERS HELP CITY'S 9 ary Kelly at work In the streets of N o tl could not be obtained by the Street 1 ood and rapid work as tho men, they n: Snuff Boxes Are Again in StyleTo Carry Sugat (By American Press) LONDON, Dec. 20.?Snuff boxes are said to be coming back into fashion, but with the diilerence that they now contain sugar Instead of , snuff. The sugar rationing is expected to make it necessary for visitors to carry around their own sugnr and the old tightly fitting snuff boxes, of sllrer, enameled and inlaid wood arft being brought to light for this purpose. There is said to be also a demand for futurist boxes with weird effects painted on them. Will BRING W AND JOBSTQGETHER Employment Bureau to be Established by Y. W. D. of Y. M.C.A. A community employment bureau is the latest undertaking o? the Young Woman's department ot the Y. M. C. A. A committee, consisting o( Miss Nettie Johnston, Mrs. C. E. Hutchinson, and Mrs. Jane Montgomery has been appointed to work out the details. The bureau has not yet bcsn organized and has not begun its work. Orgahization will take place sometime in tho near future,, following llio meeting of the commitee. It is generally belived that the woman's employment bureau will be of great aid to both the employers and tho employees of the city. Business men, housewives and others do siring -women employees will report to the Young Woman's department as will all who are seeking work. Those who have heard of the , employment bureau aro pleased with the prospetcs ot such a local organization. Questionnaire Rush Is Now on in Pull Each day the number appearing to get the assistance ot the Legal Advisory board in preparing tbelr questionnaires Increases. Yesterday evening there was the biggest rush yt for legal aid. While all the lawyers were busy with clients fully thirty waited in the Jury room and about the court, bouse. The number of questionnaires that are returned Increases from day to flay. Today the local draft board sent out questionnaires to those holding order numbers from 388-469 Inclusive. Tomorrow morning questionnaires with order numbers 470-560 Inclusive will be sent out. Laborers Wanted In Shipping Department. Apply OWENS BOTTLE MACHINE CO. vs Purveyors?It Tri ^ TODAY'S NEWS TODAY I GAS nn ?WT1PPK mvmsa^.- - ^1 j w York to free them from the fluffy Cleaning Department. Although tho loro than exceeded expectations. AjmfTnF?T~ rtliuIIILIl I MIL HI LIS ONIK PLACE Central Department Made Record Run to Jackson Street Place. What was at first expected to he a dangerous fire was put out In quick time shortly betore noon this morning by the central fire department. The property owned and occupied by List Union, colored on Jackson street caught fire and before the alai-m was sent to the fire station the flames had gained considerable headway. Within a minute after the nlarm was sounded the city fire fighting force were on the sceno fighting the flames, which had started In tho rear of the restaurant on Jackson street. The location of tho building made the ITamos hard to fight, but soon after tho water hose were turned on, tho fire was under control. Quito a bit of damage was done to the upper story and the rear of the building. The cause of the fire seems to be unknown. Fewer Losses at Sea Declares Lloyd George m (By Associated Press.) LONDON, December 20.?Speaking In the House of Commons > today, Fli, v til T.lnvil fipnrpp PriHqh Primo Minister said that tho margin of losses at sea is narrowing. Sinking by submarines, ho declared, is decreasing while ship building is increasing. The Premier'said the sinking of submarines was increasing, Bltliough merchant tonnago was down by 20 per cent. Ho added the loss has been only six percent ot imports over that of last year. Templar's Toast To the Saviour In keeping with an International custoi - among the Knights Templar of the United States, on Christmas .uay tne members of Crv-ie Commandery of this city will meet in the Masonic Hall in the morning at 11:15 o'clock, when exercises will be observed. At 12 o'clock noon a toast will be taken In commemoration of the Savior's birthday. At the same time all over the country similar toasts will be taken by Templar bodies, the time at the various places being calculated in advance. It is a beautiful custom and will be open to the public. FOR One second hand Sevenl with stack and attachmer insured by the Maryland mium paid for two years selling, larger boiler to I 407 Jacobs Building, Tele] gs to Be Public Spiri In tonight, probably taralnata '# Friday; ooldtr Friday. . | PRICE THKEECBirra^;-! atp iwiiuniini iueI IIILL IULLUIV 1IIL j mm tEi I Special Gas Committee Told 1 to Go Ahead With a ill BE ? AFFAIR I Dudderar Tells What Clarks / burg Has Been Doing' About Matter. "i West Virginia gas for WesfVlrgjtatS' by the most direct method practical was the keynote of the meeting of the board of directors of the Fairmont * i: Chamber of Commerce last night to the rooms to the Watson building.1 Most of the discussion was confined to meUiods for hastening relief and - \i many opinions were given and threshed out during the meeting, which Jut-/ "1 cd less than an hour and a halt It ,1 /'? was stated that Governor Cornwall hps ,V bad a listening ear this way and* hps j heard the "S. O. 8." calls that wars ;Wj tent out from tho suffering common}. / ties, particularly Clarksburg and Fairn.ont. Forces will rally around, the Governor and the matter will be put i up squarely to the West .Virginia Pub* lie Service Commission. If advantage, ..' . if cub a concerted movement <^ill>Jlp made In couunctjlon with Clarkthnff. Morgantown and possibly other com-. munltles. As the matter stands thp jfta committee Is to work out the be?t*pleh The principal speaker of the evenlug was G. W. Dudderar, secretary{61 /..i . tho Clarksburg Board of Trade, who re- % lated the activities which that -hddjjr ' and tbp manufacturers of that city had M teken in the fight for gas. Hsl staled' - ' that the movement was for an adequate natural gas supply as well"as a cheaper rate. He said that eighty pfcr .J cent, of the gas to that sectlomli owned by eight pipe line companies and that ~ 8b per cent, of their production Igbea , cut of the state. Six times as much gas went out of the state'than ..WpJf marketed within the confines of 'West; Virginia bv fhnan rnmnirllmi ntH Mr. Dudderar, during tho past year. Each . year they Increase their outafdesop* " a Hon. 0. S. McKlnney was emphati'* :: cally of the opinion that the gasoomianles should furnish West Virginia people first. He believed that It would * ho impossible to pass an act that would"-. :' interfere with their outside business, but providing that they' first gave.aa''^?a adequate supply for local consumption that would not matter., We must have : ,^ an adequate supply, said Mr. McKln- 5 ney, but it should not be any concern of ours what they do with the, surplus V~?tgas produced. Mr. McKlnney stated f that he gathered from Ms telephone message with Governor Cornwell that Clarksburg's rate case would, come up for action on January 3. He intimated! 4 that pcr,hapB tho entire gas situation in vnrious West Virginia cities might;5!! (Continued on Page (2)' Notice to Taxpayers Who M Failed to Tate Advan- ?| tage of the 21/2% D5&i$ You are now notified that De* } ' <? comber is the last month you cain ], pay your taxes at face value. Jan-'Jv? Aary is the month that the >J?to$||g compels us to add on 10% inter- Ifi est I am sure yon will not .we&t-fj* to pay that amount of interest-If while money is so plentiful.. PU??t: |!0 be prompt and come In and' naV Irjrara your taxes before the rjish at.the'.|| last of the month. For your ben-'JJl? eflt and accommodation , tfiifclS Sheriff's Office will be kept opebdl on Saturday nights from 7 to ; during the month of December, jj y-Five Horsepower its, in good condition; sii4|| Caualty company.' t in advance. Cause a iwofollo^ Inflmwo R/iftmSi 'V 4UWVWUVVM >U4?|??MV AWWWMIV^I