The West Virginian. [volume], November 23, 1918, Image 1

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| y-Dr. Ice, of Mannington, Declares
Accused Man
Was Sane.
| MORE iVOITSESSES
They Tell About Mental'
P . ' Condition of Man on
& Trial.
The trial of Marcene Davis, ch-ircr
Y ed with the murder of Doyle Evcrson
' last Septembei. was tontinued this
morning pormptly at 1> o'clock. Very
ferv were present in court exrept
those j.-iuediately connected with the
'% trial. About 11 o'clock friends and
others intereifted in the case began
, to arrive and by :iocn the court room
t \ was well tilled. The brother of 9&sr'
etr.e Davis sat next to the prisoner,
te' h; has occupied this cnair ever}* moJ&4
??" iopat of the time since the trial bigan
*"M oh Monday. The mother of Davis
i^' and both children were present this
lr.omiac. sitting close to the prisoner,
lira. Davis did not remain in. the
S&; JObJu, though she was called tor cross
Kg..-- examination again about 10:30. The
gSg->-'- wile of the prisoner has black hair
jagD; and is about 35 years of ago. She
Bfcr* was dressed simply, in good taste. She
. htts- a stuall face with dark eyes r~d
|j|r isiitv. liatures. Her baby, "quite
M&. prominently connected with the trial,
1 very much resembles the mother, but
If W the oiler girl .agci 12, resembles the
Kg-*- rathe * strongly. Marcene Davis. r.imself.
Is a man of 3G of tall build,
t;V. smooth face and good featured. Not
xite since the trial began -Monday has
: , he looked anyone in the face but his
: baby. \. ith her he has bee 1 on the
best of sympathetic terms. a king
low to her and smiling at h .irious
i small game j with him. As his uioth.
er took her place tor the nrst cmc
tM this morning beside nim. he reaenea
' " orer and grasped her hand.
Testimony this moining was net
?a\ very different from yesterday and
"*i about the same answers were given by
t witnesses. The prosecution presented
" f questions from every standpoint in an
,/T. effort to change answers, but gained
gsjagr : very little. As the witnesses were
nearly all friends of the defendant.
r*V ' they were careful when replying and
L'k^v . w/*?<rV?oH or.wthinp- u*ftll before laalc
fet ing responses. New witnesses this
r morning were: George Cremenns.
5 ^ brother of Howard Cremeans, who
f: ' testified yesterday: Hosea Wire.
: salesman who sold goods to the prisoner,
and Sefus Wright, acquaintance
gt-'V of the priosner. Sheriff Glover testipf;'
fled to going after llavis on learning
" ' of the shooting, but stated he was not
*- " at home. He said the prisoner came
' in by himself the following day.
;.-V -v Dr. C. H. Ice was the last new witness
on the stand. Dr. Ice is from
jga . . Mannington and is said to be an expert
in brain diseases. Attorney
.Shaw for the prosecution asked the
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We have Inside steady work
all year round for laborers.
i ' J Good wages?Saturday afternoon
5 off. Come ready to work.
| Wfflets Clav Crf.
\ | Park and Indiana Ave.
ite TO THE TAXPAYERS )
k? OF MARION COUNTY
|R?.'. As tnere only remains a few
rj days more of the Discount
tC Oi AVUy **U/ UUi UI&Q ttUVtti
of It. as it Is a great business in!
vestment it would pay to borrow
the money for 30 or 60 days
and save the discount. Come
early and avoid tne rush of the .
last few days. Office open every' night
from 7 to 9 from 20th to
end of month. j
A. M. GLOVER.
; Sheriff of Marlon County. W. Va.
|i WANTED |
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-lis?*" 1 Parties able to furnlsn board, ;
'ZjZsPhi ' "and lodging to Railroad Men to !
I^> ' advise the undersigned, giving
fcKV' ' name, street number, number of
W- men able to accomodate, and
jj? ' charges. Baltimore and Ohio
j}'"-' ' Railroad to have many new men.
&' : _ consisting of Brakemen. * Flremen*
Ul1 ahop men. In this vic? &.
; - lnlty In the near future and
S?v - J . would like this information at [
J once.
Ki?.: 1 "J- D. ANTHONY. Employment
jggvi":,: - Supervisor, Baltimore & Ohio
. Railroad, Grafton. W. Va.
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KENIG?
Chamber of Commerce Will
Be Glad to Hear It, If
Have.
Thanksgiving; day is the time set
for the turning over to the city of the
concrete bridge across Coal Run ravine
and it has been suggested to the
Boaid of Affairs and the Chamber of
Commerce by a number of citizens
that some formal celebration mark
the day. the character of the demonstration
to be determined, at a meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce to
be held on Monday evening.
Among suggestions which have
come to the ears of the officials of
the city is that the bridge be ropped
off ffon Thanksgiving day a short time
previous to the time set- for the demonstration
and that officials of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Business
Men's Association, the Fairmotn Rotary
club, the cit Byoard ofg Affairs
adn heads of religious, fraternal, civic
and war work organiaztions and members
of the press form a parade heact|
ed by a brass hand and carrying the
i American flag aha proceed across the
| bridge followed by any other citizens
I who may wish to join in the demoni
stration.
i Tl,lc morftlv 4?? n cjtinn
j Other suggestions which may come to
I the attention of the Chamber of Comj
rneree and the Board of Affairs may
i prove to be more feasible than this.
I Any suggestion that may come from
i citizens of the city will be considered
I and acted upon.
Work on the bridge is advancing
steadily at this time and Engineer
Fuller is confident the structure will
be completed and ready to turn over
to the city Thursday.
; Today the Traction company had a
! force of men at work stringing the trol
ley line and in wiring the standards
! on the bridge which will carry the
! electric lighting for the structure. The
lights which were contracted for some
time ago have not arrived here as yet.
in nrtll KlS raoctvr
| J? ilC UllU^C 10 A ?.OUJ ?* ? WV. awmj
f for" heavy Traffic on Thursday and ve|
hides of all kinds may cross the
bridge. As far as the bridge is concerned
it is also ready for street car
traffic bat whether or not the Traction
company will begin to operate
cars on that day could not be learned
as Manager E. B. Moore was out of
the city and could not be communii
cated with.
! Architect f'rea Meusser when here
! a few days ago stated that it was all
: right for the street cars to begin to
I operate as soon as the bridge was
completed as the concrete is dry and
[ ready to withstand heavy traffic,
j The bridge is gradually being cleared
of working material and debris
I which has collected there and the ap!
proaches are nearing completion.
Women's lubbers
rtv? Tliio Vnor
iXlgiitjl JL UJLO XV/ltll
Women's rubbers are quoted today
by local dealers at one dollar for the
shoes with heels and eighty-five cents
for the sandal. This is an advance of
ten cents over the prices prevailing
last winter. Several years ago this
commodity sold at thirty-five and forty
cents per pair and the shoes were then
made of much better material and
wore longer. The shoes that are on
the market now and have been for the
pas two years appear to be made of a
composition which has little real rubber
i it and in rainy weather the rubbers
make walking precarious as they
have a great tendency to slip.
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Consult the Union Dentists
for expert -dental service*.. Oar
prices are reasonable. Offices over
McCrory 5 and 10c store. All
! work guaranteed.
STENOGRAPHER j
Old established firm wants an ;
experienced stenographer. Mall j
application to Mr. Cole care West ;
Virginian Office, stating salary <
expected.
1 FOR RENT i
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Entire second floor of former
Homo Savings Ban!: Building,
formerly occupied by Dr. Sands.
Possession Dec. 1st. See Geo. H.
Brobst. Fairmont Hotel BIdg.
WANTED
Help In shipping .department.
Good wages. Steady employment.
Apply
OWENS BOTTLE
MACHINE CO.
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mJSMONT. westyirgcstl
ilLLElT
01 MARKET IS
00W OPEN TO
F110T COOL
fhanw in Tnnin? Will Re
! Offset to Close of
Lakes.
FLU WORSHIP RIVER
Operators Say There Are
Plenty of Orders in
This Region.
Coal from the Fairmont region may!
now be shipped into the state of Ohio
as the zone for that section has been
lifted according to the information
received today from Washington at
the office of the district representative
of the United States Fnel administration.
This means that the coal
of the Fairmont region may be shipped
into the markets of Youngstown and
Cleveland for by-product purposes.
This will also allow the coal here to
f be used in Ohio for domestic nur
poses. With this fiel dopen the falling
off of the shipment to the lakes
because of the close of navigation
will be counterbalanced and the operators
will feel no bump in the situation.
The Future Market .
Prospects of the future coal market
of the product of the Fairmont
region was riscussed yesterday after- ]
noon at a meeting of the coal operators
of the Fairmont section, connected
with the Northern West Vfrginia
Coal Operators' Association, which
was 'held at The Fairmont The con- J
census of opinion was that the predict- j
ed lull in the coal business had not <
appeared. There has been no lack of !
consignment of cars in the region and j
business conditions appear to be all;
right. Future orders are said to be;
I consmeraDie in numoer ior practically
all of the companies. The operators
fel glad over the improvement
in the car supply and transportation
conditions generally.
Isner at Work.
R. B. Isner. the newly appointed district
representative of the Fuel ad-!
ministration, today stated that the affairs
of the office were moving nice- j
ly and is very much pleased with the I
organization's working facilities. Mr.
Isner is observing the workings of
the office until he assumes charge on
December 1.
Flu" Is Worse.
According to reports filtering in
" from Weston, Marshall, Mt. Clare and
various towns between Clarksburg .
and Weston the "flu" epidemic appears
to be on the increase. In the
city of Weston the epidemic has broken
out anew. In the mining sections
there are many patients.
Th? car SuddIv.
Today theer are 7,468 cars in the
Fairmont region. They are classified
as follows: Open. 1,371; team track.
25; coke. 65. The placement at 7
o'clock this morning was 1.103.
Day's Loading.
Cars loaded in the Fairmont region
yesterda ytotalled 1,069. The loading
was as follows: Fast, 978; west.
91. The shipments were composed of
965 coal and 13 coke cars east and
75 coal and 17 coke cars* west.
Production Division.
| Production Inspector George H.
Richardson is ont today after being
confined to his home because of Alness.
Mr. Richardson and Captain Fagan
are today at LumberportMiss
Mary L Alleman, a stenographer
at the prod action division office.
continues to be confined to her
home because of Alness.
Back Home Again.
E. B. Holden and Clyde Kimmel. of
the traffic department of the office
of the district representative, returned
today from a week's trip. Mr. Holden
was over the Coal and Coke raAroad
between Elklns and Gassaway.
Mr. Kimmel was at Clarksburg, Buckhannon,
Weston and FbAIppi.
United Mine Workers.
C. F. Keeney, president of District
17. United Mine "Workers And W. F.
Ray. organizer, left today for Charleston
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LABORERS AND
CARPENTERS
Wanted for
\ ESSENTIAL WORK
RivesviHe Power Plant. :
NOTICE
To City Taxpayers.
2% per cent discount allowed oa
taxes paid during October and November:
Pay early and avoid waiting.
"Office open evenings 7 to S?
! J. C. ROBINSON,
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* cl wjcJ^ Mot
Virginia's Best Newspaper
k SATURDAY EVENING"
INWAI
> SHE REVIEW AI
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When the First American field
cmburg yesterday the troops were
I Uuciicss ol Luxemburg. Marie Acle
side -while the troops were passing.
tain aim
EL L. Heintzleman, Jr. Firs'
of E5srhteeners to Turn
One In.
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Questionnaires from, the lads tvb<
were eighteen years old on Septembe
' 12 have begun to arrive at the head
; quarters of the city draft board in ib<
Watson budding. The first one to b<
received was front Harry L,. Heintzel
man. Jr.; -who delivered his persona] 1:
yesterday afternoon, preparatory t<
leaving- for college in Wisconsin.
It Is estimated by Captain Johi
Henshaw that there are fully 2,001
men and boys trom Marion count;
nuu.aic uy iu Mi
of the army and navy.
Justice Takes Pity
on Pete Jostoka
Pete Jostoka appeared hefor
Justice Conoway several day's ag
[on a bootlegging charge, feellnj
very badly Indeed. Pete is an Aus
trian' who cannot speak English
Harry Tchinski talked to him in hi
own language, and explained to th
Justice what Pete wanted don
about his case. Pete said he had n
health and couldn't stay in the jai
because it isn't a healthy place. H
said: "I no crooked man. I kno*
not'how you do but-X got cripple
hands and can't work and a ma:
gave me one dollar to carry bis suit
case from tbe train to Montana,
just carry for the dollar!" H
wanted to be released very mucl
and when.aslced If he wanted t
get witness to testify that he was" In
nocent about the suitcase contain
Ing whiskey he said he didn't knov
where he could get one because no
body knew anything about It. Jos
tice Conoway finally sent his
back to jail until later to give his
hesferlog and as no evidence enougl
a chance to get a lawyer. Tester
day afternoon Pete had anotbe
to convict him could be found, Jus
tlce Conaway let hiin go.
REBEKAH MEETING.
The Daughters of Rebekah wil
meet m . rc^uuu oc?ivu vu
night at.7:30 o'clock. Members of th
degree staff are especially *eqseste<
to attend.
Be (Hi Hand for Our
OPENING
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[jerican troops
ir" itiii tiiiiimliiiw ^aiwwwgl
bkaa5saekg?a3"ftii?agl(
i?i d
a rmr passed through tie city of Luxre
viewed froir a balcony by the Grand
ia ide. General Pershing stood by her C<
ct
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t1 Formely Was Employed in ?
j Fairmont and is Well m
KncrrHere.
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9 1- E. Davis, of this city, has been ||
r informed that his brother, William J.
" Davis, who is well known in Fair8
mont, was killed in Action October 9.
e William J. Davis for a number of
~ years lived in thi3 city and worked
7 for the Singer Sewing Machine com- _
pany and other concerns. He was *
j well liked and respected,
j The Davis family comes from Wirt
county, and William J. was called to
g the army from that county last May.
He received his training in Camp JLee.
In addition to R. E. Davis, of this
city, lie leaves two oiun ,U1 VUAV1^?
A. : / J James H.. both of whom live
in \v iart county, and his mother. ,e
; corns in S
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ii Bavaria, and Rhine Country gj
? People Talking of Sep- at
3 arate Governments. te
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d AMSTERDAM. Nov. 23.?At a.Joint
o sitting of the soldiers and workmens y(
- council of the German navy it has
~ been decided to form a main commit- ?
- tee for the naval arm of the service. M
- It will- represent. all the councils of
II the navy and will have its headqnar- -y.
* ters at Wilhelmshaven. b<
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~ C OPENHAGEK. Nov. 23.?Resist- T
- ance in south Germany, especially in si
Bavaria, to proletarian dictation from
Berlin la rapidly growing and Is likely ^
to result in all of south Germany be
ix>S established as a new independent
11 government. according to Berlinzske 111
y Tidendes BerlTs correspondent. *
? LONDON, Nov. 23.?The chaotic B<
political conditions in Germany are
em ph seized in reports received here w
= from Amsterdam and Copenhagen pur
porting to reproduce direct telegrams
telegrams from Germany.
There fa a sharp divergence of op- vi
Inion in regard to the make up of the ti
new Germany. There is a general lack m
of harmony In different parts of the N
country and a tendency toward ^sepst- it
II ration. Bolsheriki ideas are declared gi
J J to be growing in tfre^ we^ where^a, m
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TODATS SEWS TODAY.
ERED
Nest Virginia Block
on Fifth Avenue j
roveruor Names Committe to Look I
Alter state's rart m the
Home Coming-.
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Not. 2z.
-Citizens ot West Virginia will
ecorate one block in Fifth avenue,
ew York city as a part of the big
'elcozne demonstration to be shown
there to the first contingent of <
jnerican soldiers returning from k
ranee it was announced today by
oversor Cornwell, who has apointd
a. committee to haTe ch&raa
r the decoration. i
The governor took thrs action la .
esponce to a telegram from the I
ifth Avenue association of the I
Cetrololis requesting the appoint;ent
ot a committee ol West Vir[nia
business men who are in the
ty frequently and to name as (
lalraan of a former citizen of the
ate now a resident of New York.
Irs, Woodley Coming
on Red Cross Work '
riLL VISIT FAIRMONT CHAPTER
UAhlftAV TA ADDAKI/IC CAD r
I*i v iiwr* Y v nu? ?#-? <?ik. ?>i
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
AT WHEELING.
Mrs. 0. I. Woodley, associate direcr
of the Bureau of Development of
:e Potomac Division of the American
ed Cross, with headquarters in AVashgton,
D. C., will arrive here tonight
om Clarksburg where she had visitL
the Clarksburg chapter and will
sit the local chapter on Monday.
Mrs. Woodley is arranging for a
ate conference ef Red Cross chaprs
to be held in Wheeling on Tuesiv
of next week when important matrs
will be considered.
C. AV. Evans as chairman of the
ommlttee of Finance of the local
tapter, and Mrs. J. EL Robinson,
tali-man of the committee on mera- B
trship will attend the conference as h
degates from the local chapter. t
Mrs. Woodley wired Mrs. George, v
aBolt rtoday .that she..would?arr?rel
ire tonight at nine ociock ana as
xs. DfiBolt is out oI the City Sirs. J. e
.'Meredith -will meet Mrs. Woodley f
so -will be a guest at The Fairmont ?
iring her stay In Oils city. 7
The conference to be held at "Wheel- _
g will last all day Tnesday and in
is afternoon matters pertaining to c
re Christmas roll call of the organ!- c
ition will come up for discussion.
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BUS? THESE DATS i
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fS??rMA lfaanc TncHeoS
V^-i. t * 4-W Juvv>|n^ v MWWV^? jj
and Peace Officers
a
on Jump. ?
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Mike Asalwski .charged with stealing c
.20 from Art PavHck, lias been re- o
ased and the complaining -witness
larged with costs in the case. Jus- ?
ce Musgrove issued the warrant ?
ime time ago. hut was convinced cf
dike's innocence and so did not try ..
le case. Yesterday Justice Conaway
inducted . the heating with Frank
mas representing the state and ~
reneh McCray. the prisoner.
John Seckron was tried before U- S.
ommissloner J. P. Klrby yesterday
ternoon for violating tbe Reed <?
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UVUUUiCUh k'Qvniuui w
nts of whiskey from Pittsburgh last e:
onday. He was held for grand jury
: Par leers burg in January. a.'
Salratore Procoffl, at a bearing yes- a
rday before Justice Conaway, was li
ven four months and 5500 fine. Pro- h
)ttl is one of several Italians who a
rough! in two car loads of whiskey is
> Monongah last Angust. None of the ti
her Italians haTe been located as tl
L
Victor Cassell .age 16. who stole an Jj
lto belonging to S. B. Banes of c
nnhn* ??1 drove it- was sentenced ?
ssterday to the reform school for live
sars. Judge "Vincent also allowed c
Ictor and William Paris, two colored 7*
>7s, to. leave his court on parole. "
hese boys failed to attend ichool. .
his morning Judge Vincent Is eon- 7:
deriag changing Cassell's sentence *]
id tnrnlng him over to his father on ?
irole. ?
Sheriff Glover is searching today _
r Harry Cole, charged with stealing
oney and jewelry and escaping to- aid
Fairmont yesterday- The rob- b
try ocarred at Pour States. So tar
jitter Cole nor an accomplice sop- -n
>sed to have been with him have
sen found.
nni cecvuri err cold ptpt
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 23.?The So- t<
et authority of Rassla hare ordered b
tat & cruiser be ready at the shortest r
>tice to sail from the month of the c
era river In the Golf of Finlasd. and t
Is announced that In case of dansr
fourteen members of the govern- S
ent sin embark for a neotrsl port, e
ocriiny^^get^^^icc-5. :!
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Seven Divisions and Two
kMEUJWTIES
Several thousand Americas aol- I
diers sailed for home today oa the |
liners Lapland and Minrol*aha.P>
men Taarched from the' raHxoa/i I
landing stage amid tbe^rOjrattj||
iws i
inses, 2,204; wounded, 17 I
i?n prison* rs in. ramd r
x/r^wA?nnmt nf w*"' .,^iw&* >
osed. The strength c
in army to.be maintainr
as indicated bcmpe demoblllza- :
0 nplan announced.
American troops in Italy incite
te 332d Infantry-wflLbwr stat o
letlmebeing.-atrCattaro. Fiumemd .
riest. One betfatfrin of infantry s
located at each place
The composition of dilated
for returns so far as known i
1 follows: The 31st which
eorgia, Alahsma f:
casta. Iowa. South Dakota.
Pest Virginia.
ot to call a-*eaera!
sst ?gainst the execution on Deer
12 of: Thomas
sached last ntghtby t:
isco Labor- cogocfl. which ts at
on^ Gor. Xt