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f ' : -\m I 'PSPRI -'W??:" wBBi." * - -"" ^ "\-;":" : :~J".?' " t;-i^BK - - -- - ^ - -J*- - W^l A-, v- " , Tru r I I r~ ?wc?*no? ~ ' II W T I T AAy A T aa T-.^ ?& HUE WEATHER. ?S i??is.^i^ Ww liimtnmn * northern West Virginia's Greatest Newspaper ^ ^ ^ , ... 1 -: '- ' L_" -_ ** ~ ^ ^ -/J EST ABUSHED 1868 memsJr associated press. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1918. today's news today PRICE THREE CENTS % 9 j ?-' '- I _ == - USE DONE jf CONFERENCE i I fiJSSJfl! Immediate Relief ^Was Not Suggested byttfie Corpor atiofife. I immGOVERNOR I ^ C'^A-poration Managers Bolt J ed When Four O'clock I A Arrived. Hj ' ffot one single accomplishment resulted from the conference between the gas operators and the consumers at The Fairmont yesterday afternoon and if anything the seed of conten tion has been sown. There were' a series of speeches during the after * nc^Ai" in which both sides of the story H . were ably presented by attorneys and . shrewd corporation m?o. The conference was purported ot have been one called by Governor Comwell in the: hope that it would result in agreement upon some plan for immediatel relief, \ ? - ? Vir. H Keprcseniauvt-s ui uio >?<, ... ginia Natural Gas Consumers' Associ-: ation were firm in pressing the ques-' tion of relief and standing up for what; they believed is their loyal and moral; right. West Virginia's natural gas for, West Virginia homes and industries in whatever amount is necessary. The i pipe line people had a stenographer i on the Job for the purpose of prepar-' ing a copy for Governor Cornwell I they said. Both parties agreed that I the detailed statement should not go IB to the press. I John Pew, of Pittsburgh, vice presl'dent. of the Hope Natural Gas Company, endeavored to divert from the main issue b vasking K. L. Cunningham, president of the-West Virginia; Natural Gas Consumers' Association whether he thought that it was more important to manufacture glass bottles than it was to build ships for the government in Pittsburgh and Cleveland." Mr. Cunningham intimated that the meeting was not bringing forth the fruit that had been hoped j for as the consumers were meeting) with resistance and that the real question was not being fairly dealt with, j Hon. E. 31. Showalter. who represents the Carnegie Natural Gas Compan. said that that corporation is ready to hear any complaints and that the i corporation has failed in anything it | stands ready to remedy it. Hon. O. S. McKinney,*of Fairmont, addressed the conference. He said! he thoaght that the stenographic rec-; Iord was made for pnmicity purposes i or. as he put it. for the purpose of i "putting: us in the hole." His experience as a newspaperman prompted him to make ihis observation. Industrial plants in West Virginia, he said, only ask for a good supply of gas. Do| msetlc users, however, according to prevailing custom and government regulation are taken care of first and | were given the preference, which he thought was proper. Mr. McKinney came back strong in combat iiy: the op erators" position that only certain localities were after the gas conteracting the impression of any selfish interests. "We represent the people of West Virginia" declared Mr. McKin(Continued on Page (4) ! CBoeTIoiTo be greatl1mmfrbveb, Scaffolding for the Work Was Erected This Morning. 1 Scaffolding was erected in the corridor of the court house this morning preparatory to making extensive re( pairs. The entire walls will be repainted and all of the art work including the painting will be retouched. The big glass dome will be clean*ed and once again the rays of the sun will be given a chance to pierce the onaoue glass, which will shed at j least a iittle more light than at the j . present time. The contract has been let to Frank ! A. Lloyd, painting contractor, and he : figures on having ten men on the Job. ; The work at the extreme height ot i the building ot course will be con- j fined to the efforts of just a few work j men. The tiling and other stone work j which has worked loose is being ce- > merited into place. Kf / These improvements, which will cost probably several thousand dollars will put Marion county's court house in its right place?second to none in V the State of West Virginia. It will take a month to fio the work. i ?? ? * In War Times, Mor Kvv m 5S >TK. . m SB I Caillaux's Latest Address. * _ : ^^K9Kvor**s E?Pfit -. -?4: .: JBBB83BBBBR^Ar^y ^-^gai Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. Ex-Premier Caiiiaux is shpwn here delivering a. speech replying to the accusations against him. Since then he has been jailed on a charge of treason. PARTS MOTEL First Gathering: of Talent Last Nisrht Was Very Encouraging. I The first gathering of the talent for j the Elks' big show which comes to the Gran<i January 31 and February 1, was held last night at the K. cf C. hall. About seventy-five people were present representing the best talent of the [ city and the director was so very well i ! satisfied with the start that was made, ' that' he offered to have the show ready J I in 10 days. Enthusiasm seemed to be the key- ] note of the reheareal. The chorus attacked the pretty' music with all the confidence of professionals and seemed delighted with it. Enough was seen last night to make it certain that the j Anticred Brethren of Fairmont will I put over a splendid show, one that will take first rank with the wonderful perj forniancos for which Elks all over the country are noted. j Rehearsals will be held nightly and if the progress made last night is any | criterion, the big show will be ready ; for presentation some days before the \ date. The committee in charge is jubilant and is making every effort to have the rehearsals well attended and indications point to a great social, artistic and financial success. t' j Cured Patients Leave Hospital A number of patients have been dis missed from cook nospitai rnis wees anions: the number being Miss Mildred Rittenbouse, Mrs. Anna Glendenning, O'Brien Brandon, son of C. \V. Brandon of Philippi. George and Mina Lee Waddell of Phiiippi. children of Geo. Waddell." Prances Koboski. R. A. Gnsky. Mrs. Thomas Woods of Farmington. Mrs. E. L. Anderson of Route No. 3. Mrs. Charles Hess of GeorgeI town. I Mrs. Xathan Resrode. of Richwood. I who was here with Mr. Rexrode who ! is a patient at the hospital, underwent an operation recently at the hospital. J Among those recently admitted are Jim Gigio. Kalmor HoTat of Granttown. Mrs. Joseph Stabes of Annabelle and Mrs. E. L. Garner of Locust avenue. Russell Arnett is Buried at Woodlawn; Funeral services over the body of j Russell Arnett. a member of the Xa- : | rional aT.y whose death occurred at; Camp Sherman. Cbillicothe. O- on ! Thursday were held this afternoon : from tin; residence of his mother, Mrs. | J. M. Arnett. on Fourth street- Rev. i C. E. Goodwin, of the First M E. | church, conducted the services which were atv.ided by a large number o? j friends of the deceased, including a body of rfpresentatives from the Red j Cross. There were many beautiful i'tf.t?iT At tli; (onclusion of the services the : body was conveyed to TVoodlawn cemetery wncre it was interred by Under-; taker Muserave and Son. Among rela-! tivcs he-v for the services were Mrs. Prank- Crawford. of Detroit, Mich., a ' sister a? Mrs. Arnett; John Coleman, i of Terr i Alta. and Miss Carolina Cole- j man. of Morgantown. uncle and aunt. 1 of the deceased. 1 g Even Than in Ord :s FUEl COSTS MORE TO M MARIO! CO. THAN HARRISON Some Highly Interesting j Figures Shown in an Official Report. COMPAMSM 47 HEADS i Court House Janitors Much More Costly on This Side. I > ?? I (Spec. Dispatch to West Virginian.) CHARLESTON", Jan. 19.?Three audits covering the^ accounts of MaI rion and Harrison "counties and the City of Hinton have just been filed by W. S. Hallanan, state tax commissioner. The Marion county audit covers the sheriffs accounts from January 1. 1913. to December 31. 1916. The audit shows there is remaining due the county and districts $1356.74 from exsheriff H. R. Furbee account findings shown by former audit, j The audit of Harrison county covers : the period from July 1. 1914 to July 1. 1917. and shows 87S.S7 to be due from Guy Tetrick. ex-county clerk, account correction of 15 per cent refund. I Also shows 12.40 due the county from | J. J. Crews, county clerk, account cori rection of 15 per cent refund, which I amount was paid as soon as called to [ the attention of Mr. Crews. The audit shows $6.08 to be due I. IVade Coffman. circuit clerk account correction of 15 per cent refund. An interesting feature of the audits | of Marion and Harrison counties is a | detailed classification of the expenditures from the county fund. The to! Lai expenditures out of the nemuji [ fund for the year ending June wSk 11917. are shown to be for Marion, conn' ty $124,398.44. for Harrison county. I $103,353.70. The classification is made j under forty-seven general heads, which are subdivided so as to show I the different expenditures under each I head. The expenditures for the two {Continued on Pace Four.J [Mil KrUSc COUNCIL IN UNE Big Meeting of District Com mitteemen to be Held Next Saturday. j A meeting of the county Council i of Defense has been called for Saturday afternoon. January 26 at 2:30 j o'clock at the court house. The meet ' Ing -will be attended by members of the county organization committee as : well as the newly appointed comrnit! teemen in the rural districts. An enthusiastic meeting of the County Council of Defense was held > in the office of Fuel Administrator J. : Walter Barnes yesterday evening. ; The chief discussion was the organ! ization work in the smaller towns. ' The following committeemen were ! appointed: Barrackville?C. t>. Clayton and ; Charles Morris. Fairriow?J. Y. Hamilton , O. E. [ Morris. W. H. Koontz. Rivesville?J. A. Hess. Smith Hood Grant Town?J. W. Devison. Dr. J. ! C. Collins. Baxter?Pat Hayes. D. D. Cunningham. Yh- Y* TTT TIJ11 i .uuuiciu<t?xjr. x*. v*. nui. Morgan Mines?MarciA Hite. Mononsah?Clarence Currey, Thom as G. Price. Worthington?A. J. McDaniel. Jerome Sturm. I. Mclntire. Annabelle?Superintendent Beeson Farmington?W. E. Maple. John A. Bock. Booths till e?Dr. D. C. Coplia. John Kennedy. Kingmont?T. C. Hnnsaker, W. A. Curry. Winfleld?Brady Meredith, Wagner Bunner. The above committeemen ' will appoint other members of their committee and carry out t.ue work in their districts. FUNERAL OF WILLIAM H. YOST. Funeral services will be held this evening at 7 o'clock over the body of William Henry Yost whose death occurred on Thursday evening. The servi/?no tr?n Ka frnm his late resi denes on Wilson street and will be conduct3.1 by Rev. John Brown, of the Palatine Baptist churhc. Interment, will bo made in the Moundsville W. Va.. ce iietery. the fnneral party leaving for mat place on Sunday morning, j I'nary Times Public H fcv . . .RULES HOW THE WORD 0 r:. ,-Miiin, I. 1RS^9E^K -MMHC HHI ?: .* . . . t ?: .- . -. . . - ... ? Heralds appeared one morninK o the manifestations of new born liberty ? _t 1.1. _ j tionary government ana u was giauuev OfTmakes fine sh0w1ngjn town Almost $3,000 Was Secured in the Campaign Wagi ed Recently. There will be general interest in the i announcement that the net tota' j amount raised for Knights of Colum-: ^ bus War Camp Work in the campaign j . carried on December 10-17. is j j 900.82. The gross total was $2,955.32. j ; The expenses of the campaign, rnclud-; ! ing printirg.st ationery, stamps, etc.. j amrvir.'ed to $54.5'.'. j While 'he main work of the cami paign was done during the time from I December 10 to December 17. not all of the money was collected in that period. The nienibership of Fairmont Council is widely scattered and, consequent'}*,: some contributions have been .'ate in coming in. This has resulted In some numba.* of -he members of the council who have not yet been heard from, but no doubt all will make it a point to con - f tribute within a short time. Certain features of tl'e campaign ! deserve special notice. The work n* j j the committee having charce of the : t campaign in Mannington was highly j < commendable. This committee conjsisted of D. A. Fitzgeral. Misses Anna j Outran. Mary uaugnan. vwnureu | Ryan and Mrs. C. R. Phillips. This ; committee raised a total of $364. in ti e city ? f Man-ing'.on. I^ator. a contribu j tion of 554 Z'j 'wis received from the ; Friendship club of Mannington. This j mad?the grand total from Mannington j 561S 20 While most of the work of the cam-. paien in Fairmont was done by mem- [ bers of Fairmont Council, yet very ma-; terial aid was given by Miss Grace McDopnell and Miss Rose Byrnes, who j conducted a vigorous canvass. This Is the second time these ladies have | aided the Knights in War Camp work. ; Within the past few days, through j the efforts of Rev. Father Flynn. of Morgan town, a check was received j . from the American Sheet and Tin date : ' company, a Pittsburgh corporation. ' having <u plant at Morgc.ntown. This I was the largest contribution received! froo. any source. . 1 The town of Monongah furnished a ! total of SS0.07. This sum was collect- j 1 ed in small amounts by a committee ; j in charge of Charles L. Wise, of Fair- j j mont. and P. F. Buckley, of Monongah. j Retiring Officer is Given a Ring .Mrs. Kittie E. Moore, district deputy great commander, of St. John. Michlast evening installed the officers of Dent-Hive. Ladies of the Modern Maccabees. at its meeting in the Fleming building. The following were installed: Mrs. E. J. Dent, past commander; Mrs. Bertha Ambrose, lieutenant commander: Mrs. Frances Armstrong* ! record keeper: Mrs. Mame Fawcett. i financial keeper: Miss Millie K. Evans, mistress at arms; Mrs. Annie E. Thomas, sergeant; Mrs. Lillian Fleming. sentinel: Mrs. Virginia Phillips, picket: Mrs. Minnie Hough, captain of the guards. Mrs. Ethel Hanawav. The district deputy great command-! er presented Mrs. Bertha Ambrose, the j retiring commander, with a beautiful! gold ring on behalf of the hive. Hillis Lecture in Qrond nnono TTrrnoo ! VXXOJJUU. VAJXOXtO JL1UUOV/ j The Marion county TVar Savings | committee have secured the use of the I Grand Opera house for the lecture | which will be Riven in this city one J week from today by Rev. Xeweil Dwight Hiilis. The saic of tickets will begin early Monday. Tickets will be on sale at I the Martin's news stand. Each of the I thirty members of the committee will | also be furnished a supply of tickets.! Spirited Newspapers a % - * / IFOR VI >F THE BIRTH OF NEW R - ^ f T NnflP WSli wJ& kW : ' ^Xk |Kw BJL?^ Ifc HHB <g >;. j ^Bk&i^B ^B" W^HK 't ',: >:-^ Bu..::;x!T"J|| ' :- ** ? ? - r -y i.^ y"-:n the streets of this city, and the laborc . -which the heralds read. It was the p ling news to the people, as new to then COAL MB OUTLOOK FOR NEXT WEEK IS STILl M GOOD Will Have a Line on It Late This Afternoon at Lawson's Office. Reports of the most encouraging nat.'re regarding the car supply for at least the first half of next week continues to be heard. At the office of District Representative Lawson it was \ said that it would not be known until late this afternoon how strong the movement of empties into this district is. but the prospect was considerea good. ; Throughout This section there is a vast quantity of coal ibove ground an* it is said mat me a. *c u. is iuwuuk . preparations to load such $f it as b* j longs to me road. Steam shovels will; be brought in for the purpose. Some.more of the J. V. Thompson j coal has been sold. J. G. Carroll, ret eree in bankruptcy for Josiah \. ' Thompson, former Uniontown banker j and coal operator, following a meeting j of Thompson creditors in the referee s ; office at Vniontown. issued an order j for the sale of 12.000 acres of coal | land to the H. C. Brick interests roi : $500 an acre, or a total of $6,000,000. j PeNNA PRODUCTION. HARRISBURG. Pa.. Jan. 10.?Penn- i fylvania productions of coal during j 1017 :?:.< hod unprecedented total of 2h7,73i?.0i:d net tons and it it had not ) been for abnormal conditions due to j the war would have gone to nearly j o00 millions, according to a summary j ?u reports ot tnc production issuea to- ; flay by Frank Hall, deputy chief of the Stat"? Department of Mines. IN EASTERN OHIO. WHEELING. Jan. 19?Wm. Applegarth. secretary of the Pittsburgh \c;n Operators* Association, said tofiay that tully 50 per cent, of the coal i mines it eastern* Ohio were closed for j want of tars and the remainder was I operating only 20 per cent, of their | capacity. One company with a normal ; capacity of 25.000 tons a day was able yesterday to load only 19 cars. 1 DESERTE^fiOESBACK 10 CAMP SHELBV Evan Williams Picked Up at Monongah Kas Been Returned. Officers from Camp trhelby. Haiti's burg. Miss., came to Fairmont this morning and took in custody Evan Williams, who was arrested at Mo uuufzaa several wee&s ago oy vaict j of Police Finley for having deserted from that cantonment. Corporal Rob-, erts. a Huntington boy. and a private I took Williams in charge. Th? ac-j cased was cuffed in accordance with ! instruction from the camp officers. I It is claimed that Williams can slip ! handcuffs and he was informed that If j he did so on the trip that he wr.u'd i be shackeled about the ankles. Wil Iiams will probably get a five year s.?n:enee vo a federal jail as this offense is considered very serious in war t me. While here Corporal Roberts told Sheriff Glover that he knew his son. Howard, very well, they being in the same company at the camp. Howard, ho said is getting along fine and is making good. Mr. Glover Is the chief i clerk of the company. 1 re Needed-The West (EST VI [JSSIA WAS PASSED. ? Jl..J*. . .t "J?.! . V 1 'W ' # % - 199* * i Mt >' .?. >?- : i N x"-:'. . j B '^BBV B i miiTm 1 J Hi 4 znr~*g. Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. irs paused in their wort to listen to roclamarion of the Russian Revolui as to the rest of the world. iMlSiT ARE GETTING COAL Transportation Congestion Is Clearing Up, Washington Reports. (Bv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.?Reports to the Fuel administration today show the transportation congestion through-; out the east being cleared and bunker j coai being unloaded in increasingly j large quantities. Few empty cars, j however, have begun to move as yet to ' the coal mines. Serious consideration was given by j Fuel Administrator Garfield today to the request of, the theatres that they ; be permitted to close on Tuesdays rather than on Mondays. Late this afternoon the change was made. PITTSBURGH. Jan. 19.?Few if any of the steel mills exempted yesterday from original order the Federal Fuel administration were in operation today and the situation here was altered very little from yesterday when practically all industries were closed. Many mills had no coal and while | steam boats tvere battering at the 16- ! inch ice in the Monongahela river in | an attempt to open a way to the mines j above the city there was little prospect that coal would be available be- | fore Monday if then. WASHINGTON. Jan. J9.-Although j much of the confusion attending the j enforcement of the Fuel administration's five day closing order continued today it was evident that its applica- j tio?i would be far less drastic than at j first believed. A list of interpretations ; in specific cases which probably will j be given general application was be- ' ing prepared by fuel officials front , which minor exemptions may result to supplement special rulings made yesterday. ' In the face of President Wilson's statement that the order was issued with his full knowledge and approval and another explanation from Dr. Garfield declaring that the railroad congestion is ihrcatcning the food supply vigorous opposition in Congress apparently has spent itself. Pew violations have been noted by fuel officials and these, it was believed, wc|-e due to misunderstanding. Dr. Gartield said it would be easy for plants to evade instructions but he believed there would be few such cases. He intimated however, that vio lations would be dealt with vigorously under the fuel law : % .1 the coal sup-1 ply of offending plants would be cut j off. The government's desire that plants j effected by the order pay the employes wages during the closed period was emphasized today in a telegram to state administrators signed by Dr. Garfield. "Will ycrn kindly give public expression of my application of public spirited and patriotic action of employors in the states who mav determine to pay wages of employes during the suspension period specified in regula-, tlons of January 17. They are bearing their share of the sacrifice which we i are all called on to make to the common good." ?1< Claude fetraignt and G. M. Draper, of Ycungstcwn, O., are guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Powell, and other relatives. I w O w Listen You are requested to ! meet at the Hall Sunday, j January 20, at 2 p. m. to attend tne vv. i. jsrooits ) [ lecture at the Central ! Christian church. A large : ! attendance is desired. H. T. JONES, Clerk. : Virginian is a Public / IRGINIA I STATE FUEL CHIEF 1 BUST RULING OA I DISPUTED POUTS 1 . (Says Even Plants Owning Their Own Coal Mine Mnst Close. * r-^? PEN PUNT CLOSED IN fl v % Some of the Decisions That Have Been Reached Again today the office of J. Waite* Barnes, state fuel administrator was flooded with Inquiries from all sections of the state with reforence to the interpretation of the orders of the United States Fuel Administration. The chief misunderstanding today seemed to be as to plants ojerating when owning their own mine and pro- ' 'during their own coal. A ruling from D. \V. Kuhn. fuel administrator for the Pittsburgh district was printed In the Pittsburgh papers this morning. .jSj stating that **A mill owning its own mine may continue to operate both mine and mill if using fuel only for its own use."' The above ruling is a direct eon1 tradictici of the ruling received yesdey by pl-oe ' : .-m Washington by Administrator Barnes. Th'o governmen would not t ven permit Adminisirator Barnes t-> rule that the LangCriss Box Company at Clarksburg could operate, even though it used . S nothing but refuse from their product. In accordance with his official instructions Administrator Barnes in today informing all plants operating ...Xj* with coal mined In their owe' mines that they must cease their, opera- ^ .a tion. r ' -J A qtaestlon also arose as to the state penitentiary at MoondsvOle. which was making trousers for a pri- gM rate concern on contract. Admfnfs1 trator Barnes referred this to Washington where he was informed that the penitentiary plant must be clos; od. I State Fuel Administrator J. "Walter Femes today announced the following niies effective In West Virginia with reference to the orders of the*TJnitert . States fuel Administration: The local office Is empowered t? grant relief where same is necessary to prevent injV-ry to health or mjory to property by fire or freezing FiihI includes natural gas, coal, wood. oil. gasoline, or" any burnable product. Power bolaiued from electric plants I which burn coal or gas is consider-. cd as though the party using such power burned coal or gas. Drug stores. oJices of physicians. (Continued on Page (4) I - ' Laborers Wanted in Shipping Department Apply OWENS BOTTLE MACHINE CO. S ; ? _ . _r __ _r_._ _-_|_un__. -i.-l_-_r_n_rL.n.nj-u-Lj * -SV-fl By Reason of the recent order of the United J9| ! States Fuel Administra- 'jS! all stores will remain closed on *9 Mondays, beginning January 21. until further order, except that "5>j onil TTicat stores will re- 1. ' ?."V ?. ? main open until twelve o'clock, J ; ya noon, and drug stores all day. TREVEY NUTTER. J Secretary Fairmont Business Jja Men's Association. . ? *35 i ' yPS ' ? Shorthand and Typevmting Class j . For Beginners j will be organized Tuesday ; % | night. January 22, at the j I High School Building. | New students or former ? I i * old students will be ad- ? , mitted. If interested, call 1 m '> s I I | ? "1 m "al