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THE BIG TWIG IS
inn nrmnu iifisn
II llfft litlilUK Him
lljv. '*
Operators Are Urged to See;
That They Are Turned ]
L ; , in on Time.
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[ IIFOS COAL CLERKS;
Other Items of Interest,
About Matters in FairJ
mont Region.
, !
--emphasize the necessity of the.
Operators speeding up their cost tig-1'
* ures, which are to be presented, to the ;,
t Fuel Administration in anticipation ofi
an increase in selling price," is the I
message A. Brooks Fleming, Jr., prcsi-!
dent of the Fairmont Coal club, gave
ont this morning when asked ior a
summary of the most important mat-;
ters in the coal situation in the Fair-'
mont district at this time.
Office Forces Busy.
I The fact that uttie coat nas ueuu
hipped from the Fairmont district recently
has not reduced the -work of the ;
clerical forces in the offices of coal
companies. In fact the work of the
office force has been greatly increased
with the establishing of the fuel administration
and this work has been
made laborious by the request for cost
of production which requires the prep)
aration of all sorts of data and the compilation
of figures which require the
services of expert accountants.
The principal occupation of. coal
operators lately has been keeping track
of coal that has been lost at some junction
point, commandeered, seized, diverted,
or sidetracked. Hundreds of :
cars shipped out of the Fairmont disjtr
tridt in the last few months axe still ;
'' > unaccounted for. The cars left-the mines
but where they went and where
they are now is a question too deep for
operators.
To straighten out the tangle is keepng
a couple of outside men of the Cen-:
:ral West Virginia Coal Operators* As- j
so'ciation jumping, and Tom Arnett j,
lost, patience to such an extent that!
he sent a man from his own office to;
Grafton. Kcyser. Cumberland and Bal-'
umore in search of cars shipped Lroru j
his mines or purchased by him.
The diverting of coal by the fuel :
f- administration has not been done with-!
IpV1 out making additional ofCk'e work and j
adding to the wprries of the shipper.
Tie rulings regarding coal which goes;
k through at contract price, which must i
be sold at government price and that
to which it is permissible to add a ;
small amount to cover tbe new billing.}
brings extra work and calls for a great
deal of correspondence. ;
Scott's Run Wants Increase.
The coal mines along Scott's run in ;
Monongalia county have asked the j
same increase in selling price that was '
recommended by j. Waiter Barnes.
Federal fuel administrator for West
Virginia, for the "thin vein" mines in J
all ot Preston county. The commit-1
'' tee named by the Scott's run operators
consists of K. fl. Gilbert, chairman:!
B. M. Chaplin. Thomas Henderson.
. Stephen F? Elkins and R. P. Davis.
W ' Wagcn Mines Doing Little.
I Wagon mines are not doing much in
the Fairmont discrict at present. Only
be vaccinated, but all the people j
f a few of tbe mines of that description '
!are loading much coal. There are different
reasons assigned. Some of the
(Continued on lage. Four.)
% will vaccinate i
! pioies 18 jaili
One Way to be Sure of Inoc-'
illation Now Will be to j
? Get Arrested.
K."Taking
time hj* the forelock the ^laR
rlon county hoard of health met tbis j
morning in the office of the Prosecuting
attorney and directed that all of;
K: the prisoners at the county jail be vac
dilated against smallpox.
Ir-.r- Xot only will all of the prisoners '
[??? now in the jail, which number sixty.'
brought there in the future will be
Hrai. ~ - vaccinated as soon as they enter.
The order making the vaccination
Hn compulsory at the jail was made by :
H the board, which is composed of Lee
Swisher, president of the county court:
W. R. Haggerty. prosecuting attorney,:
A - and Br. L. X. Yost, county health offi-: i
fc/ Sheriff Glover was appraised of the j \
K. ?, action of the board and Br. L. X. Yost j:
By expects to start the work 'etc this aft-11
1%.' 5g tjrnoon or tomorrow.
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UNITY
Visitor to City C
Mayor Bowe\
Mayor Anthony Bowen yesterd
which, was written on the station
tor itself:
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To the Mayor of Fairmont, W, Va
My dear Sir:?As you do not
inviting prosecution by addressing tJ
stranger in Fairmont. I never saw i
under cloudy skies it at once impres
| and a wholesome city. I have fou:
i business people has been marked by 1
lege to be housed in a quiet and resj
blance of lav/ violation or of public
away feeling that I want to come ag
Probably the atmosphere of Fail
to me because in the city I have j
on every hand and no effort being
the community.
I congratulate you mast heartily o
which seems to stand first of all fi
which for n*'h:r::v"? "
SOiOPBAISESOn
FRANCE AT MEETING
Sons of Revolution Have a
Very Interesting Annual j
Meeting Here.
r
Attorney Fred T. Martin, of Grafton,
delivered a splendid patriotic address
at the annual meeting of the We6t Vir- j
ginia Sons of the Revolution held yes-:
terday afternoon at The Fairmont.
Mr. Martin's address was enthusiastically
received.
James i. Mooreland. of Morgantown.'
president of the organization, followed j
Mr. Martin with a brief address in
which he outlined the spirit of the
French people to the United.States dur- f
ing the Revolution and stated that allj
we could do, would not repay France!
for what she did tor the struggling j
colonies. ;
Mrs. George DeBolt on behalf of the :
William Haymond Chapter of the j
Daughters of the American Revolution ;
v.-hich chapter was entertained yester-'
day by the Sons, gave a pleasing talk
along patriotic lines and also told the
assemblage that the Daughters of the
American Revolution have undertaken :
to raise the sum of S100.000 in Liberty :
bonds of the third issue.
Mrs. \V. H. Conaway, regent of the
local chapter, gave a brief and pleas-;
ing taik. Musical numbers were rendered
by Mrs. 11. G. Stoetzcr. a mem-.
bor of the local chapter and Miss
Kaedel Hentdon.
A lunch was served at one o'clock :
at v, iiich covers were laid for the .fol-:
lowing: Mesdatnes O. S. McKinney, j
Hugh F. Smith. James It: Morelantf,'
i r. G. Stoetzcr. George DeBolt, A. W. |
Sterling. W. T. Black. A. G. Martin-i
C. E. Smith. Murray Dicsersou. Frank
rt. Lyou, Samuel D. Brady. H. G. i
Greer. Z. F. Robertson. Francis E. i
Nichols. Joseph Lehman, W. J. Boyd-1
ston. W. J. Wiegel. Henry F. Smith, j
K. t". Frame.* W. 1-1. Conaway. James!
A. Meredith. J. A: Fickinger. Paul Ham- j
iltou. Franklin Field of Washington,,
Pa.. Misscsh Florence Cavender, Mary ;
Martin of Oakland.
Messrs. Fred T. Martin, Charles L.!
Hickman. I. C. White. R. Hale. Ray j
V. Henncu, Samuel Leeper, W. J. Wie-:
gel. Dr. \V. J. Boydston, A. G. Martin, j
Henry F. Smith. Francis E. Xicnols.
Joseph Lehman. Henry F. Smith. Rob-1
ert T. Cunningham. T. W. Arnett. O-'
S. McKinney. James R. Moreland. Har-,
vey F. Smith, 0. M. Ritchie, E. C.!
Smith.
At a brief business meeting held dur-,
ing the day the following officers were i
clcr.'. J: President. James Rodgers i
Mo: m .nd. cf Morgantown; vice presi-j
dec;.. W. H. Morgan, of Parkersburg; I
secretary and registrar, 7. Ray Dille,!
of Morgantown; treasurer, Francis E. j
Nichols, of Fairmont; historian. Col. j
Henry Raymond, of Clarksburg; board ;
of managers, Charles Hickman, of |
Clarksburg; Harvey F. Smith, of j
Clarksburg: R. L. Bland, of Weston: j
Fred T. Martin, of Grafton; O. S. Mc-j
Kinney, of Fairmont: delegates to the j
national tri-eunial convention to be!
held in Philadelphia April 19-20. Har-j
very F. Smith, of Clarksburg: Francis!
E. Nichols, of Fairmont, and W. H.!
Morgan, of Parkersburg.
Hon. O. S. McKinney presided as
toastmaster during the luncheon and
introduced the speakers. The committee
on entertainment composed of Mr.
McKinney and Frances E. Nichols left J
nothing undone tor the pleasure and J
comfort of the guests.
Sixteen Lose Lives
In Michigan Mine
CRYSTAL FALLS. Mich.. Feb. 23 ?
Revised figures on the ioss of life in
the Amass Porter mine accident Thursday
show that 16 men were killed when
a bulk head gave way permitting water
and quick sand to rush into the ;
mine. As more water is threatening
to pour into the mine it is not known
wben the bodies will be recovered. 1
i Want Ad in The M
MEET!
Compliments
n on Moral Tone
ay received the following letter.
ery of The Fairmont and speaks
rainnont, W. Va., Feb. 21. 1918.
know me, I assume that I am not
lis communication to you. . I am a
t until day before yesterday. Even
sed me as a fair city, a clean city, \
ad it to be so, my contact with its 1
rare courtesy. It has been my pnvijectable
hotel. I have seen no semdisorder
anywhere, and I am going
;ain and stay longer. |
niont has made an especial appeal
ust come from I found lawlessness
made to build up a moral tone in
n being the chief executive of a city
or righteousness and for the things I
(ours very truly.
JOHN P. McCREA.
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WHO IS WILLING 10
TALK or rucrj
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The Chesters Happen Upon
a Man Whose Mind is
Made Up
This is the sixth article by
George Randolph Chester, famous
novelist, and his -wife and collaborator,
Lillian Chester, who wont to
France especially' for The West
Virginian ' to tell the . story of
Franee Today exclusively ""in this
city to oar readers. The Chester
articles are being published daily.
By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER.
and LILLIAN CHESTER.
(Copyright, 1918. by the Newspaper
'Enterprise Association.)
PARi~. Feb. 23.?We have just
been dte> -issing peace with Andre
Fuelot. and'we have arrived at a very
satisfactory conclusion.
Andre is altogether a man of peace,
although at times one might seem to
detect a ferocious opxression in his
left eye. and a still more ferocious
expression in the place where his ]
right eye used to be.
Andre's plan is very simple, and >
docs not include haggling over terms. !
Any kind of a treaty will do. be- J
cause tlie important point lies ' in !
when the document-is signed. t
He wants to continue the war until
only one German remains, conclude a!
peace with him, they try him with i
due decorum, and hang him for the
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crimes ui me nuua. i
To some this view rear seen* more !
or less radical: but if your sister had j
been in the captured and evacuated j
district, and bad seen her fahter and !
husband and son hilled and if" she and |
her daughters had been for 1S J
months the slaves of German beasts.
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KITCHEN sliEN
FOR THE FAIRMONT
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Manager Fatt is Going to
Make Vacant Lot Do
Its Bit.
The latest undertaking at The Fairmont.
where everything in conection
with food conservation seems to begin.
is the hotel garden which Manager
R. H. Fatt is planting. The Fairmont
will, have a garden of its own
this summer which will help in supplying
food for the hotel.
Manager Fatt has a large vacant
lot in the rear of the hotel which he
thinks ought to be used for something.!
He has 'decided to clean it off and j
have a real garden this summer. Just j
as scon as the weather is warm J
enough be will have the soil tested j
and will plant the land In vegetables j
best adapted to the soil. - ;
It is not the plan to have the garden j
nroduce. all- the vegetables necessary.)
to keep the big hotel going, but merely
to help in the movement for a booster
crop for 191S.
Woodward Leaves nospital?Howard
Woodward, who recently underwent
as operation for appendicitis at
Cook hospital returned today to his;
home. v
st Virginian. It Ri
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Germany's seizure of practical
there is Poland, and the Ukraine; co
German Empire.
Including the Ukraine and Pol;
added approximately 35.000,000 souls
The two large cities which Gem
and Lutsk (2).
FOP. PHYSiCAL TEST'
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One Hundred and Fifty Up
For Friday and Saturday.
.
About one hundred and fifty more
Class 1 men will be examined at the
Y. M. C- A. on Friday and Saturday of ;
next week by the. local draft board.;
The one. hundred and tifty men called j
for examination on these two days will |
be the one hundred and fifty Class l.
men nolding the lowest order numbers j;
and not already examined. The men '
called are likely to be those holding:
orders numbers 6S9-1200 inclusive. ,
The examination next week will he |
held on the third floor of the V. M. C. j
A. as usual. v
Calis for physical examination will I
be mado ont by the local draft board j:
the first of next week.
There are six delinquents from the ,.
examination held by the draft board j;
yesterday and today. The six men are |:
as follows: j;
Order No.
355 ' Joseph Brock Cox.
370 William Henry Bassett.
5SS Faure Dellegatti. t
62S GcserveRecrisci. " "
639 Vernon Clemmon Kelley.
641 Frederick LeRoy Morris.
None of the above-men appeared for !:
physical examination and nothing:
whatever has been learned of their j
whereabouts. Others did not appear !
because they were" out of town "and un- :
able'to get here.
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Sr.fl.lrls Prove Fatal
For Little James Tork I
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James Tork. the two year old infant;
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tork, died j
this morning at Fairmont' hospital as '
a result of bums he received on Thurs-.
day when he fell into a pail of scald-'
ing water at the home of his parents ;
on Hamilton street. The body was j
prepared for burial by Undertaker R.:
C. Jones and this afternoon was re-1
moved to bis home. No funeral srrangements
bare been made. j
eaches Twice as Man
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s_l *' . a _4 J . tuCj ' ?
tory Ta
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-iooMUes ' t
?i?i?i? 1 in i?rmTWTra
:iy all the Baltic provinces of Russia gi
vering about S5.000 kilometers; which
and. Germany lias more than doubled 1
to her population.
lanv added to her aread after, the resum
slefliill
STOP BANK m
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Was Not Disposed to Interfere
With Receiver For
J. v. xnompson.
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PITTSBURGH. Feb. 2U-?Judges W.
H. 3. Thomson and Charles P. Orr, in
United States District court here to-;
day refused a petition of G. R. Scrag- j
hatn..D. M. Hertzog and R. M. Hite. '
trustee of the estate of J. V. Thotnp-.
son, former t'niontown banker, to stay i
the receiver's sale of the First Nation-,
al Bank of Union town, scheduled to ;
tak.e piace in that city this afternoon, j
The court in handing down the order
stated it .was not disposed.to inter- i
fere with the action of the receiver in j
bringing about a -final adjustment of i
the Thompson affair.
The petitions filed .today by the trus- j
tees was supplemental to the one filed ;
January 11 and declared the individual i
sale of the bank's property including J
an adjoining theatre would be disas
trous to the general stockholders in- j
asmuch as there were ample funds to I
pay off all the indebtedness of the in-1
stitution without selling the real prop- j
erty. The petitioners also set forth
that the sale of the stock of the Wet- j
rel Coal and Coke company and the '
Liberty Coal company were worth approximately
S750.000. was about to be
made and the funds thereby derived
could be utilized in meeting obligations.
* It also declared that negotiar
tions are under way for the blanket
sale of the entire Thompson estate to
a ;xew. iuift i.uuvdu ? .
tions might be successfully concluded J
should the sale of the bank proper! y i
be deferred from 60 to 90 days.
Pneumonia Plague I
Again Breaks Out 1
BOSTON. Feb. 23.?The pneumonic |
pldgue has broken out in Shansi province
in China and assumed such pro- i
portions that all North China is -seriously
threatened. Advices to this ef-1
feet -were received today by the American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions from members of its I
staff in North China. j
y Fairmont People i
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E-ves-her. a-huge - legion. -In addition
is 50 per cent larger than the whole
:he area ot the German Empire and has
ption of hostilities are Dvinsk (1>
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On III HAPiDLY
Production in This .Country
Already Ahead of
England.
fpv Associated Press*
WASHINGTON". Feb. 23?Seven hun ;
dred thousand army rifles have been j
produced in the United States since j
this country entered the war. accord-}
ing to a statement made public today ;
by the ordnance bureau of the War]
department. During the week ending i
February 3. the total production was j
7.S05 Enfields and 1.442 Sprinfields or j
a total of 9.247 sen-ice rifles added to :
stock every" day. In addition the gov- j
.pnmAnt *2.115 Russian armv 1
rifles during the week making a total i
output of 72,132 weapons of this class, j
This production, the statement says,
is the greatest ever achieved by any j
country in a similar period of ten i
months. It is four times greater than j
the British output after ten months !
of war pnd twice as large as the British
output after two and a half years
of war. "We have today" the statement
says "a total of 1.300,000 service
"rifles. Only about fifty per cent of
the troops carry rifles. "We have in
addition 160.000 Krags. 100.000 Russ
rifles- and some 20.000 Ross rifles or
a total of about 2SO.OOO training rifles.
Rifle cartridge production is on a
similar scale the statement showing
that a total of 7.300,000 was the daily
average output in Jannary.
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income'ta:
. We have secured the 5
kinson for Monday, Tuesd
ruary 25th, 26th and 27th,
and friends in making out t
This servicers free.
We ask that you assen
to take as little of Mr. Will
The Nations' Ba
is Any Other Newsp
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GOOD A1IEN0ANCE
AND INTERESTING
mm m
Those Who Attended* 4
That More Gatherings' |? v^|i
Should be Held* :
IWENn-SlPffiS
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America Be Sung Was
Marion county, celebration igf-Wtdu B
ington's birthday was successful Tfej 38
yond the hopes of those who planned : 3sE|
and prepared for it. .At practteaHy <
every one of the community gatherings
the attendance was large and .at
"one of them was there a small crprrdi . jJSa
)5t encouraging feature about .
the arrair is that everywhere the
gram was pleasing and those * :' *?$&
turned out went away feeling, t^at Vj3&3
more of this kind of meeting* should
Charles W. Svans who did
the hard work in recruiting the'speak"' *-3|a
ers and assigning them to the various,
meetings said this morning'''
twenty-six speakers had re^poridjiJE
his appeal and all of them prepawi^Es
special addresses suitable tot thelpiu?-rjjSS
ticular occasion. Mr. Evans thrM^jS
this record alone Is a pretty good^m^Sig
dicaiion of the patriotic spirit'Ofthe"
people of Marion county.
Another feature of the cetehi#Sm^
which was the subject of mtrchifawfej^jB
able comment today -was .the patriotic!
instrumental duet which Mrs..
Donham and Miss Katharine
rendered at three of the meetiaKfedBring
the^eVMhg: THgfiTWfiite *35r JECpo
ler schools. '
At most, if not all of the- meethM#*g^i
Governor Cornwell's requestshould
join in serving Americs-'ii^i^^^l
complied with. At some ' meetttgw
The Star Spangled Banner also
sting.
At the High school last nitft: speyJaa
cial vocal music was rendered
dresses were delivered by Judge W-^3i
Haymond and Hon. O. S. McKfnrierj
A large crowd attendedthe meetingj . -. j
which was held in the Centralschool'-VjSS
building on the East Side. * If.
Hustcad. of the East Side schools^'ac^v ^
ed as chairman of the meeting.: 'Jj/mfigS
dresses were delivered there" by Mrs> ^|sj
J. "Walter Barnes. Attorneys H. * ;S
Lively. Harry Shaw and Major
Carskadon and Leri B. Hztrr. 3ESMSferfM|j
otic driHs were given.
At the Dunbar school the palrtotWT;.3ffi
meeting was held -in the afteraoont.i-:^
at 3 o'clock. Attorney B. F. Bamtiw.VtS
and Attorneys Ross A. Watts, seerai'..'..^
tary of the board of education, ;deHv- **
ered addresses. , " V.'-S^Wj
At the Miller school .addresses were-''
delivered by Attorney Ira L. Smltlt -r
and C- W. Evans. The other meetteg^SS^S
were addressed by the followingi'V'T^S
J. Walter Barnes and Mrs. J.. ;A-y
Meredith at the White school,
Jacobs and Henry S. Lively st--^&?^";
Fleming school and Rev. H..G. Stoet-_* v'fij
zer at the Norwood school. ,
Stoetzer was also on the program v/5
the Norwood school where she
A fair sized assemblage gatheredy
the Worthington mass meeting; .which?VA>
was held in the Christian church rl*st"-?
night. Patriotic songs were HaSepia^M
with enthusiasm. Addresses wwn,?B-??j?
livered by Mrs. George DcBolt, prs|Ident
of the Woman's club.
mont. and H. H. Rose: executive-:
retarv to J. Walter Barnes, fedbr^^i^
fuel administrator.
At Fairview.
FAIR VIEW. February 33.?Paepjfjjfgjj
triotism was maniloet at & gathertWBgi
lield last night in the Metfcodizt:EpIp:
copal church. Sootb. in this pleceSssB
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AHll.il Has dUCUUSU?u.- -.vv !
was 'one of the series of gatherings
held over the city and county in^pojri-J^
uiemoration of Washington's btrttjiliqfc-^
Quite frequently tears filled the,-?s?^
of those assembled as the speaSew-jpt
discussed the -war aims.
The meeting was arranged by
committee composed of X T. Hnmil- 1
ton. chairman. W. H. Coontz,' C. E. j
Morris and Rev. C. N". Coffman. .aadijg
the revival service for last night
(Continued on Page (4)'.
;ervices of Mr. A. J.
ay and Wednesday, Feti- Z
to assist our customera-|3|
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xucuiuc xa.a. xv^vx us? |
ible your figures in ordergsi
dnson's time as possible. ^;'
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