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ks-5,466| %mt iUmnmn j^^di A Quality Ntwapapar far tm Mama M w -w *wr_ / ^ j> a^ " w " ^' T partly datrty. ^ r?t Virpnim't Bat Nanpaga, 'r ^ I ESTABLISHED 1868. member associated press. FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, THURSDAY. EVENING, JULY 25, 1918. topavs news today PRICE THREB <SwS 1 " THijM 1 t ;LONDON Ml HUB t HOLDING SHE CONVENTION HERE Meetings at Willard Hall Are Expected to Last Several Days. MSTHERJORES HOTSHOT W. M. Rogers Makes Plea for Big Labor Day Celebration. The Male convention for the minrof the Fairmont field whieh have no contract with the United Mine Wnrkern of America la being held at Wil I lard Hall thla week, and opened at 10:30 thla morning. The ntorninc aeeeion waa devoted to the adoption of the call, the filing of credentials and addressees hjr "Mother" Jones and W. M. Rogera. president of the State Federation of Labor. Frank Keeney. preeldent of District No. 17, which includes the Fairmont-Clarksburg field, the Kanawha and tributaries field, excepting New River and Loup Creek, the I'omeror Held of West Virginia and the Qaysn River and Norfolk A Western to Bluefleld and the Flic Sandy of Kentucky, called the meeting to order. P. F. Galt?ns. international board member for Distrirt No. 17. acted as secretary in the absenre of Mr. Mooney. who ia expected to be Here oi the morrow. Committees were appointed as follows: Resolutions: Sam Ballentyne. Dave VmwUw rhooioo niiu.nio ftr r iVVWIVIt VH?? l?l> Mlliro|?l*>| '? ( Oould aad Isaac Straight. Unlet en4 Order: Ire Mark*. Joe | Angelo, Albert Holrhauser. Steve1 Veee end W. M. Wiltame (colored). ' The cell for the rooventton adopted et the morning session read: "To ell local uniona throughout the Fairmont field of district No. 17 1". M. W. of A. who hare no contract.; greeting: "This Is to officially notify you that the 8cale Convention of District No 17, U. M. W. or A., will be held -in : the dty of Felrmont July 25. If)IK. at 10:00 A. M . In Willard Hall. Repre-| oentetlves to the convention shall be 1 elected directly from the local unions 1 they ere to represent, and shall have : one vote for each 50 members or ; leas, or e major fraction thereof, hut no delegate shall he allowed more ' then five votes. "In case your charter ha* not b?cn I received, have two witnesses slen the credentials who are members of your local nnlon. "No delegate will he entitled to represent or cast more than five votes, but thl* does not prohibit two or more local unions from combining to elect a delegate provided such delegate doee not represent more than five votes." "Mother" Jones' address was filled wtth Interesting discussion of social and economic qnestions. as well as talk on coal mining and union organisation. W. M. Rogers made a plea for a Wg Labor Day celebration in spite of | the fact that coal operators were op(Continued on page eight.) _l jaaeaegg H I Importar Let every citizen pies I regulations: Don't throw paper on the street* where the same may blow into the s It baa become noticeable that < as formerly. Merchant* should see 1 In front of thetr respective pronert would take a minute or less of one a loose paper in front of vour store <aace of the City. Don't throw sosss and such lik? I This cloaa the sewers and is a direct should be sufficient to keep this fron Don't park your cars over niaht i baApltizens are violators of this law I V call your especial attention t "Cut all weeds and filth on your proi of yoar property, on the street or old Wa have been reasonably dillge I and now when labor of the City is v -* * * Pto r?t your ?cyi ?ini to fly and H int?re?t of Faire 5 Toura, " ANTHC Eve HEMS CI en i m Willi, us OFF Only About a Thousand Hoppers in The Region Today. Til* *ur BKnnlv in Knirn nnt v*?* ""fl"/ " " - region took another slump today anil the number of ears available was hut 1,067. This is not enough to keep the region upon its toes, oven with the present depleted labor condition Cual Notes. Clarence D. Robinson. Harv.> "taggers and T. S. Neptune wer Fairmont coal men in Clarksbuig U'ednesuay. The Beaver Coal Company, which now operates a wagon mine at W'ea \cr. in Barbour county, experts to make a tipple mine out of the prop ertv shortly The side track is now ,n and work is proceeding on the tipPlf, The Lynch Coal Company, of Horner, between Weston and Buekhannon, of which P. J. Lynch, of Bin. Jay. W. Va., is a leading spirit, has 1.30H acres of Redstone coal who1 will he opened in the near futur. The tipple is now being erected. Tlx Redstone vein there is five feet thiri though it is seven and eight feet ii> ; depth at some points, and six feet a* Century, in Barbour county, i C. W. Ferguson, the deputy inspei i tor for the Buekliannon sub-district, was scc-u i t lluekhannon Tuesday light, a- ' stated that he was reeeiv' ing the heartiest eo-operation everywhere. He began his new duties July 15. i J. Walter Barnes is attending th" . gas meeting at Huntington. He left Fairmont la. t nicht accompanied h\ Sapper Coleman. one (?f the oratorical returned soldiers. 9011 WANT THEIR El GAS MEASURED Something unusual developed at the special session of circuit court this morning when thre bills Oi complaint were filed by the West Vireinia Gas Company against Corhin C. Shroyer and A. Wayne Shroyer. Elmus F. Richardson and Newton Jones to compel them to let the company place meters on their gas lines. The company, which is represented by Attorney H. H. Rose, bases Its stand on the direction of the Public Service Commission in l!>lfi. which requires the company to make an accurate return of all gas production, and especially the so-called "free" gas. which is given to persons on whose premises gas Is found. The majority of the leases provide "free" gas to the owners of premises where gas wells are developed, covering the gas for fuel and lighting purposes for a dwelling house. The company has made an effort to place the meters on private lines to ascertain the amount of gas that Is being used and there are a number of owners who have forbid them to do so. This series of suits will bring forth an opinion from the Marion circuit bench. Only one similar cbrc has thus far developed, and that was in Lewis county. This case, however, was settled before Judge Haymond Maxwell. it Notice ise observe the following: and alleys or oihcr exposed places tpeets. ltixena are not so careful In this :o It that all paper and such refuse lea la at all tines picked up. It of your employes' time to pick up ind woifld add much to the appeart refuse on the streets and alleys, violation of law. Your civic pride 9 oceuring. an any of the street rue .,ur r this very important regulation: DertT and vacant Inta ntvrl lev ?"? . . 111 mini lewalk. at in this observance in the past o scarce it will fall to the duty of tha and clean up. Do thi* NOW lay fever begins to hurt. lot . >NY BOW EN, Mayor ---- - ry Fly You Kill Rec toi N nil AND! HUB VALLEY i COAL MEN ALEII ?' * ? t* - * TL I 1 n .\re isoing invir ia'vvi ih-m to Help Win the War. iTEKflO IK Bib ASSO: Will Dissolve Their Local Organization And All Join It. Special Difcpatch to West Virginian > UIVKHANNON, \V. V.. July 25.? K. D. Baker. president of the Buckhannon-Tygart'a Valley Coal Operators' association, who has been prominent in connection with the working out of he many vexing problems which have ontronted coal operators in northern .vest Virginia, has mines eight mile from here which are known as the French Creek Fuel company. "I was greatly inspired by the talks of Messrs. Morrow, Neale, Calloway and others at the mass meeting of coal operators held at the Fairmont thiuiitry club July 12." he said last night, I "and I am satisfied that when the seri onsness of tlie situation is recognized by miners and coal operators generally the output of coal will be still fur iher increased where such a thing is possible.| j "I find that members of the Buck1 haniKUiTygart's Valley Coal Operalorn' association with whom I (lis-: cussed the mailer prior to the Fairmont meeting and since that time are. very enthusiastic regarding the North-j tern West Virginia Coal Operators' as scriatlon, the organization of which la > now being perfected.' 'he continued, I "and we are so certain that the broad-' er and bigeer organization is going to fill the wants that there is already under way a movement looking to the dissolution of our local association. | The operators in this section intend lo give their undivided support to the new organiaztion." "The Coal operators of this portion of West Virginia have set their heart on getting out more coal and winning ;he war. The miners are equally enthusiastic in this regard. There seems lo he perfect harmony from the miner right up the scale to I)r. Garfield. Ineluding bosses, superintendents, managers, inspectors and operators." "Upshur county coal development ; began about eighteen months ago." j continued Mr. Baker when questioned, j "The Pittsburgh, Bedstone and Frce! port veins arc being operated in this counly. There is tittle new develop: ment under way at this time owing to the inability to get sidings but there will be a great deal of development i when conditions once again favor j such a course." "The great drawback at this time is the scarcity of labor. The coal mines { | are not the only sufferers. The lumI ber mills are only operating about half j of their plants at this time and there ' is no industrial line in this section which has a surplus of labor or any-1 thing like it." Mr. Baker's mine is on the Coal and 1 Coke railroad and the Kreeport vein is being operated. The nearest mine to Buckhannon Is the Bed Bock Fuel company, five miles out on the Balttmore and Ohio, of which George Dellolt. of Fairmont, is the moving spirit. There Is quite a bit of coal in Up shur county which has not yet been I disposed of. There are big acreages j in the vicinity of Buckhannon owned j by the Posts, Maxwells, Hefners and j Leonards, while there Is quite a block | I around Alexander In the southern end of the county and various lumber com| panies have big holdings. Coal land is bringing $150 to $200 an acre for the Bedstone vein. The Buckhannon-Tygarts* Valley Coal Operators' association has fortytwo members and was organized January 1 last. E. D. Baker Is president and James E. Shlnn, formerly of Fairmoot. is secretary. The membership covered. Upshur, Barbour, I>ewis and . Bandolph counties. ! nriiTmisn n j n am I ivu?Atrnauic men to work on ice wagon. Apply City Ice Co., Merchant Street. Laborers Wanted in Shipping Department, Apply, Owens Bottle Machine Company. luces the Danger 0/ 2 4\ j, in ' 1 liiiiiii All New Record I lor Building r Destroyers I By Aivk-UIM PlfN) WASHINGTON. July 25 ?A new world's record in destroyer construction has been established at the Mare Island (California) navyyard in the commissioning of the Ward 71 days after her keel was J la'd. the Navy department an- j ncunred today. \ The Ward was launched seventeen and a half days after the first j plate was la'd. Formerly it re- | quired -4 months to construct a de- 11 struyer In this countty. IK MESSES jS 19 N119IEIIS' Entering a nlea of cuilty hi murder in the second degree Kobert Norris, colored, was ?ertenced today to serve nine years in the State penitentiary it Moundsvllle by Judge llaymond at ( .i special session of circuit court. Norris was charged with having hot and fatally killed another negro * >y the name of Ered l/cwis at the ' Baltimore and Ohio roundhouse in this city. Both men were presumed ' to have been drunk. " At the time sentence was passe 1 e Norris was represented hy Attorneys <> Charles Powell and I,. C. Musgrave. Prosecuting Attorney W. R Haggcrty <1 represented the state. u One of the peculiar incidents of the a ase was that two negroes who were c eye witnesses, and were detained by ' a the authorities as witnesses were in c csreerated since the latter part of! May. ? The ease was postponed at the June term of circuit court because of; .[ the absence of Important witnesses (( for the defense The colored gentry ( were beginning to get good und sore ^ because of their failure to give bond in the sum of $1000 they hail to be j Jiled. In view of the existing circum , ? - ? I stance i tie mate uecioea 10 iase ui -crond degree confe? Ion. Thu 6Cn I ' tence range* from & to 1* years and jfl Judge llavmond broke tbe maximum | r In half and gave Norri* nine years. Cl ninl | U IS SHELL WASHINGTON", July 2.V-Tho army j 'h casualty list today nlinwa, killed in ? action, 32; died of wounds, 6; died of r, disease, 31 died of accident and Other R causes, 3; wounded severely, 123; p wounded slightly, 1; wounded degree undetermined, lii; missing in action, t< 2; prisoners, 2. Total, 1SS. I The list includes: Killed In action. 1 Corpo ralCharlcy MrMullen, Spencer, I e W. Va.; John II. Mullen, Ixirraine, O.; ' C Albert I'opp, Norwood. Ohio. j a Wounded severely. Warren Eckhart. ? Lansdale. Pa.; Jules Wargo, Mones-' 11 sen. Pa.; Clifford R. Meyers. Mason.'1' W. Va ; Albert Williams, SEciotovllle. I ri Ohio. j The Marine corps casualty list to , J day show*, killed in action, 20; died of wound*. 3; wounded severely, 38; missing. 3. Total. 84. The first list dated July 22 includes: Killed in action. Corporal Franel* E. Williams. Alliance, O.; Private Ray- ?l mond J. Cahill. Manayunk. Pa. Wound ? - I. ed severely. Private James W. Kaiser, " Kast Liverpool. O. J The second list, dated July 23. In- ?1 eludes, killed in action. Private Krnest ir H. Baier. Mason county. W. Va.; J' wounded severely. Sergeant Irwin { Danford, Quaker City. O. " Bloodhounds Figure j In Boys' Arrests ; A Bloodhounds recently purchased by f Sheriff A. M. Clover did effective work n yesterday when they led to the arrest ? indirectly of three boys. Albert Hager. C Earl Lilley and l-oranee Patterson, of the East Side, who are charged with 1 stealing Junk from the shop of I*Funt. J Deputy Sheriff W. E. Harris had charge of the dogs which got the trail to an Italian's shanty. There the officers found that an Italian hoy had followed the alleged culprits and was E chased back. He led the officers to * the point wher they had hid their h booty. Later the boys tried to sell c the same Junk to Punt and were f nipped. They are being held before 3 Justice Oonaway who will certify the v case to Judge Vincent's Intermediate t court. 8 _____ a I D? \Y7 1..J ||? LXjy w cuncu k Bright hot to work in printing 1 office. Good r>urroundlng*. Op. portunity for a hoy who will atlck * to the Job. Apply Mr. Maple. West Virginian Office. .. J 1 t "yphoid Fever in You i Willi NY HAS IBM SUB ' SHELLED BL All ALLIED VESSEL ankee Craft Popped to the Surface in Suspected Water. j f I ii ms u ?ut Merchant's Shell Did j ?4. Not Explode Fortunately. (Ei> AwirliM Tiom) WASHINGTON, July 25.?An Ameri un' .submarine has been fired upon by n allied armed ship off the New Erg ind coast. The submarine was only ! lightly damaged and a naval tug is ' wing it to port. Reports to the Navy department to- j ay said the submarine, which was ruining submerged, suddenly appear d near the allied ship and the latter pencil fire. The scene of the attack was not far infant from the water in which a Gerlan submarine recently appcurcd nil w hen the American submersible ante to the surface the captain of the i Hied ship assumed that it was an ' nemy vessel preparing toatttack him Only one shot hit the submarine f hich quickly made known its identi f when the alli?d ship began to fire. | he shell struck on the deck near the inning tower denting several plates | : was announced that the vessel could e repaired in a short time The Navy department later issued j Iris formal statement: "The Navy department Is Informed hat a United States submarine was ired on by mistake by an armed merhirnt vessel on July 22 off the Amerlan eoast. One shell penetrated the uter hull of the submarine, hut did ot explode. No one aboard was inired nnd the submarine proceeded to cr base under her own power." i'airmont Sub Region ; Business Men Here At the rooms of the Fairmont hamber of Commerce In the Watson uiiding this afternoon the Fairlont sub region eomnjittce on war esources and conversation is in sesion R T. Cunningham, chairman, Is residing. Monongalia county Is well represen?d there being J L. Keener, Col. E. 1. GGrant and M. R. Warwick, of (organtown In attendance. Taylor ounty is not represented, but the iGrafton business men are wide wake and have sent in their share( f the money to maintain a sub (lis-1 rlct office. The other counties are! oing well. Preston county was not 'presented today. ? fere's a Chance for a Turk to Do a Bit Red Cross headquarters is in need t an interpreter, or perhaps it would e more accurate to say, in need of iterpreters. The Home Service dcartment which in the course of its uties acts as a go between for people ? foreign countries and people here i America must know Just what the >ttcrs contain so that it will not get ito trouble with the censors of this r foreign governments. Just at presnt It has on Its hands one letter for .ustria and another for Turkey and : needs some one who can read them nd who will volunteer to aerve in a imilar capacity from time to time. ,ny who can do this will confcre a avor upon the officers of the Fairlont chapter If they will get In touch rlth Red Cross headquarters in the Tty hall. I Plenty of Youngsters; Want in Marines! The United States Marine Corps nust certainly be a favorite biench of ervice with the aeveenteen year old ioys In Marlon county and vicinity, ir at least this is the impression ormed hv Sergeant George W. fains, the marine recruiting ofiicer .ho has Just opened a recruiting staion in the Kuzum building on Jefferon street Despite the fact that the ige for enlistment in the marine orps is from In to 36 .any number if young boys hare applied at the reruiting station for enlistment. Ser;eant Mains has congratulated them or their patriotism. This morning Sergeant Mains eircised with the scrub brush getting lis urw rrrrumn^. ohit nraiiru ?*uu eady for busineai. Before noon tolay the scrubbing had been done and he rooma were ready for Inspeetion. t Family?Swat Al i BEEN D! >*? iMll' LI TOMORROW Fnrfv Minute !si>rviri> as far as Willett's Potter). Regular so trice on the Norwood loop of the Monoi! .ihela Valley Traction company as far as the Speedway corner near the Willetts pottery will begin tomorrow morning. Ballasting has not been completed all the way out the Speedway, but j w-ork on this is going ahead with all possible speed, and it was said at the office of General Manager K P Moore this morning that it was the ( expectation to have the ears operat- I ing all the way to Norwood hefor. very long. For the present one shuttle ear will be operates! on the new line fiom the corner of Merchant street and Morgantown avenue, giving a forty minute service and connecting with the regular Fast Park cars at the transier point. Merchant street and Morgantown avenue. From this point the new lin? runs by way of Merchant. Market and j Hayniond streets and Morgantown , and Fast I'ark nvenues. The ear making the connection will he marked "Fast Park and Fair Grounds" instead of "Fast Park." The operation of the new lino will he of great benefit to the many restdents of the Morgantown avenue section and for the employes of the Willets-Clay Company plant. SOME SIM WATER in urnu niiinrnnnn 15 Vtlil UANbtnUUiH City Will Have Frequent Testa Made of Local Water Supply. % Investigations which Dr. II. I.. Criss. Fairmont health officer ha.? been making have confirmed the suspicion that some of the typhoid existing in this city came from infected springs and en effort will now he made to prevent the public from using the water ot springs that produce water deemed to be dangerous to the public health. To that end Water Commissioner Smith today is trying to make arrangements to have bacteriological tests made locally either at the splendidly equipped laboratory which the Consolidation Coal company maintains here or at Cook hospital where the equipment la especially adapted to that kind of work. When arrangement* have boon completed tests of th? city water will be made every day or so and the results printed in the newspapers for the guidance of the public. Water from the springs roundabout will also be tested and dangerous springs will be closed. The city water is believed to be entirely sale now. but it will be advisablc for the public to boil all of It used for drinking and in cooking until further notice. Samples of the city supply have been sent to the state chemists and a report on It is expected either today or tomorrow. 1KIM HELD FAR til Registered mpji of neither the 1917 or 1919 classes will be released tor enlistment In the navy, marine corps or the emenrenry fleet herafter. An order from Charleston this morning was received by the local draft board asking that no more releases be firen. The telegram which is and which will be of much interest to many local young men who have been waiting to enlist in the navy or marine corps reads as follows: "All local draft boards shall | refuse to release to the navy, marine corps and emergency fleet all registrants! of the 1*17 or isia classes who hive ben or will be classified In Class 1 until sufficient number of physically qualified Class 1 registrants are la sight to fill promptly all calls up to August 31 with generous allowance for men rejected at ramp. This applies whether registrants have been finally classified or not." The order is likely a safety measure to assure that there will be enoug: Class 1 men to fill the big calls which are coming for next month. Dout is expressed in the telegram as to whether tome boards will have enough Class I men physically qualified to fill the August calls. I You Can This Eve mm ALUES POSH ? I I THREE MILES I mi MR Germans Making Desperate Efforts to Keep Pock* m et Open. mm inns hi 1 [Teutonic Counter Attack in Region of Dorman Was Repulsed. FRENCH HKADQUARTEM Of 1 FRANCE (via Ottawa) July 15? French troops are now within AlH j miles of the town of Fera ? Tlfta i nois. in which is the meetiaf point *f eight roads. It is the renter of tha OenMR ; com muni cat Ion in this region. At d town Is being heavily shelled dsAft- j and bombs are being dropped by tente allied air squadrons. WITH THE AMERICAN Aft** J ON THE MARNE. (1:30 P. M.) JMH"| :rj (By Associated Press) ?fnMpa American troops thle morning *# - vanced their lines north of the Ma me more steadily. Tho Oermidfc continue their retreating movoalNfl to the north. The French and AmerteaM *tlfc2 made gains on other parte of tbpfl miles of battle front. The Qe viciously resisted la a aeJilM jl cases. LONDON. July 15?The Pall Mifl Gazette says that rumor* or miH that British troops have mad* advance in the direction of about midway between Rheima ajK Solssons. It la also reported IflH French forces have advanced an dmal other part of the Alsne-Marn* and that the armies of the leMRH crown prince have been placed iP-mEa position out of which It seeag In m impossible to extrleat* them. WITH american ARMY ON iWwk aisne marne front. WedneadilH Juiv 24. nleht.?(Bv Associated PraflH ? With their linen of reduced by operations am tMr and their rear north of tkt bcinjf constantly pushed the flwiHH have been forced to five np niOfO ritory. The French and iMMl troops rested tonl(ht mm dhfti^H In advance of the point WhMi^f^H started this morning. WASHINGTON. July ? ?*gK>M progress by the American laroaajH their attaclca between the OrtfaajH the Marne is reported by OaaMvH shing in bis common kpse hrdH day. received today at the WIlfM partment Northwest of JantfMNM AaaMl troops penetrated the aooay to a depth of from one to two aMBjfl LONDON. July 25 ?Nine dtftjjfl of reserves from the amy Of OHH Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria MU division from the eaatera and line have been rnahed to thoM^H the German Crowa Prtaea IM Soissons and Rhelms, hat, aajl jj tera correspondent wlththo BjHU troop* in ranee, nrQmli^H well hesitate to path aen the already crowded alM M|fl the difficult they hare eC t|H tho'e already there. ance on the son there sectoce dffijH salient has been redneetf to shell it Is added and the aaaMdjH less Is concentrating efforts init open the northern outlet ffHH salient The allied dries toward OddM Chateau not only threateaa tt^^H communication with ois, but Is a serious thieatuHfl German troops around ffptdoUH line of retreat would paoe MM Fere. Rotarians to The Fairmont Rotary dak uMl Its regular weekly meetlag WiH .h? I U fc M V ? , I Will be the regular beabMaf^H and mattera ot lmpnrtaaaa* tMB considered. Antomobllaa wtU aaeaaibte |H of the court bouaa ad C:St convey the membara to tfcaj^H luncheon will be served at dfcdM promptly. Heretofore tike MM baa been terred at aovw l?| tbia evening It will ba Nfwfl It la probable that aooM oat afl guests will ba aataitalaai atBwB eon tbia evening. Ft lad diMftfll be the principal Itaai la flto b> ning