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I *Aiocikto now V- >! Daily Average S h ' V Oct 1918 A Quality Newspaper lor the I P ESTABLISHED 186& memb 'Mils M'KtHNEY STARTS MEMORIAL HALL ^ MOVEMEHT1NW.VA. 1 Thinks Building Should Be Erected at the Uni^ .4, versity. 10 BOYS id FOUGHT Opposition to Bridge for ^ <tihe Marion County Memorial. Favoring the erection of a memorial tall at West Vlrg'nia University, Morgantown, Hon. O. S. McKinney. former speaker of the house of delegates of West Virginia, suggested this plan of honoring the sailors and soldiers of L West Virginia who died in the recent world war, at a meeting of the Fairmont Chamber of Commerce last evening at the rooms In the Watson ' jp building. ' Mr. McKinney believed that in this hall the young men might he taught / mining or other Industrial sciences in which West Virginia is vitally interested. He believed that Fairmont * should get busy and inaugurate this as a state-wide movement. Mr. Mc ivinncy s suggestion came on me ucv? o? that made by \V. H. Finley. v.-ho said that "while there were scores 01 monuments at Chattanooga there was cn!y one memorial there and that was It Jk to the immortal Lincoln ? Lincoln W - Memorial University, r ' The state-wide suggestion came after come o? the members had referred to the erection o? a memorial for the Marion county boys. Mr. McKinney's proposition is entirely independent o? the county plan and appears to meet with the approval o? thousands of people who have heard the suggestion. fcA Announcement was made by C. W. Evans, secretary of the chamber. B that one of the items of business on W^' the evening's program was the proposition of dedicating the Monongahela rived bridge in course of erection as 3; ? snMior-.' ?nd saiiors" memorial. Sam R. Nurmm -was the first speaker on the , subject and he began by saying that he -would hardly be here when the matter would be acted on at the next | meeting and he desired to express / himself at this time. Mr. Xuzum was - A. ?PP?sed to using the bridge as a mem' ^ orlal as he believed the mere fact that it spanned two railroads and the river ! would indicate that this thoroughfare would be congested with traffic-practically all of the time .He thought it would be a smoky and dirty spot. "Put it in a park where families of the peow pie of the county might gather around the greensward." added Mr. Nuzum. Hon. O. S. McKinney stated that no striking or imposing status could be very well erected on the bridge, but fljf that it would be suitable to place a *** tablet on it indicating that it was a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of Marion county. Mr. McKinney recalled the statues he saw at Zanesville, O., and Indianapolis. Ind., to the Union soldiers and sailors, who sacrificed their lives during the Civil war. He believed that Fairmont should erect something along these lines. Mayor Anthony Bowen told of various suggestlon^along the lines of a memorial bridke. He personally has given the matter much consideration. Joseph Lehman urged uie enamour vo T act on the matter. J. M. Jacobs, preslJk dent of the chamber, urged the mem(Continued on page eight.) TO THE TAXPAYERS OF MARION COUNTY As there only remains a few Bp - days more of the Discount Period, why not take advantage of It. as It Is a geat business investment It would pay to bor% row 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 nleht from 7 to 9 from 20th to j end of month. > A. M. GLOVER, > Sheriff of Marlon County, W. Va. | j I Anderson s. | Restaurant OPENS WITH ^ _ Big Turkey Supper .Same Boyd Andeaon. Same Ev:- ' - "''jtYB ER ASSOCIATED PRESS. FAIK? FfRTCTK SPRING CHICKEN COSTS MORE THAN TURKTHIS YEAR Thanksgiving Dinner is Going to Be Rather Expensive. FRESH EGGSNOT QUOTED i ? i Country Butter Also is | Practically Unprocurable. Sprin gchickens are quoted in local markets today at five cents per pound higher than turkeys. This is unprecedented in this city as the smaller fowl has hfrotnfnro n 1 t'o cr?M a t considerably less than his rival, the turkey. Local dealers attribute this to the fact that spring chickens are scarcer than turkeys this year. Dealers this morning quoted spring chickens at fifty cents per pound dressed and year old chickens at forty cents per pound with five cents dropped off on the pound when sold in the rough. Turkeys were quoted at 45 cents per pound dressed and 40 certs per pound In the rough. Turkeys are said to be unusually fine this year and judging from those on display in local markets today the truth of the statement will be borne out. Turkeys arc not so plentiful but dealers believe they will be able to supply the demand for the birds in this city. Thanksgiving dinners will come high this year as in addition to the bird himself, the other commodities to serve with the dinner will also come high. The following are some of the prices quoted for accessories to the Thanksgiving dinner as given hy dealers today: Celery five to eight cents per bunch; chanberries 20 cents per pound; potatoes (Irish) four cents per pound; potatoes (sweet) sijc cents per pound; pumpkins two cents per pound; oysters eighty cents for the extra fine; walnuts 50 cents .per poutd. Eggs are quoted at 60 cents per dozen for the storage kind and anywhere from 75 ecnts up for the fresh variety. Dealers stated today that it was almost impossibel to secure fresh eggs and for that reason could not quote prices on them. Butter is bringing 75 cents per pound for creamery butter and country butter is practically unprocurable. Boys Who Took Auto Get Another Chance Howard Sapp and Jim lee were before Judge Haymond yesterday for stealing an automobile some time ago. L. C. Musgr&ve was the attorney for the boys and respresented them to the judge as sorroy for their oifense and willing to promise to go to work and behave if alolwed to go on parole.. As both young men were under 21, Judge Haymond gave them, some very good advice and allowed them to be paroled for two years under bond of $200 to be given by the father of Howard Sapp and the stepfather of Jim Ice. The costs were to be divided between the two boys. Both boys stated that they could go right to work in the mines and earn over $4 a day. Judge Haymond told them to save at least $1.50 of that a day and have something 'Worth while In future years. We have Inside steaWy work all year ronnd for laborers. Good wages?Saturday afternoon off. Come ready to work. Willets Clav Co. Park and Indiana Ave. 4-?~ ? 1 1 " '" I NOTICE J All Union Barber Shops will | ?*all - -law TSatiVao^Yiii? TlaV ! ! j an ? / ?"?o ? ??-? i But Will remain open uptll 10 o'clock the night before. WANTED Help In shipping department. Good Krages. Steady employment. Apply OWENSBOTTLE MACHINE CO. . ty*.* f[ "'E' ^ West Vi 1QN T, WEST "VIRGINIA TUE )NBETW TO DEDICATE n Tmrocn/ Z7 iiiL/ilUiyr Procession to Cross the Hand Seven Brief Dedicatoi Been H With approiate exercises the new South Side bridge will be dedicated b formally on Thursday (Thanksgiving li Day) at nine o'clock in the morning, s; After a suitable program Is rendered e the bridge will be thrown open to 11 traffic and automobiles and trolley i< cars will use the new structure for the a first time. s This morning the finishing touches it were put on the arrangements when g the committee of arrar/ements appointed at last night's meeting of the G Fairmont Chamber of Commerce met t' and outlined a program. ? secMIeeree ( in javis case Jurors Were Discharged J for Term at End of Murder Trial. Marcene Davis was found guilty of murder in the second degree at 5:15 o: last evening. The court room remain- s cd well filled until the jury returned, fc Mrs. Marcene Davis passed thro'ign t] the most trying per ad of her life ^ during the suspense, but her husband j remained calm as usual. As the jury q took their places at a little after five. 0 he began playing with his child, and t, did not change expression when sen- n tence was passed. Counsel for the b defendant attempted by motion to set aside the verdict as Contrary to the evidence shown. * Second degree murder calls for a punishment of from five to eighteen h years. It is not ye. known whether 0 Judge Hayomnd will impose sentence 1( tomorrow morning when court opens ^ again or later. The entire trial of Marcene Davis has occupied six days K Testimony has been mostly in the in- . terest of Davis, only witness stating ; that he considered him insane at the r time of the shooting- But two doc- " tors testified, one for the sanity of Davis and the other for the inasnity. One other doctor. Dr. Jams A. Gra- ( ham, said he thorght him sane, but did not claim to be an expert in the 1 matter. All addresses before the jury > wcr- finished yesterday at ope o'clock. At two the jury went to lunch and from there began considering the case. f( Judge Haymond yesterday dis- a charged all Jurors for the remainder o of the term of Circuit court. Two t cases which were to be tried were not g ready. In the Bruce Hill case, Vin- s cent, the man who was shot, recov- ? ered and disappeared. Prosecuting Attorney Haggrty stated that he be- o lieved that the man did not mean to t' turn up and he was unabel to go on t with the case without him. t The case of George tSeln was set n for December 5th. The State Is pros- d ecutlng Stein on a chareg of embezzlement. t' The next term for criminal cases a begins March 17. p n Thank Offerings for \ Cook Hospital t c Thanks offering week will be ob- o served by the Women's Hospital assooU?f?n' title wrPnl' OTtH TUJPCATl* 1 desiring- to do so axe asked to leave J donations of canned goods, fruits and pickles at that Institution, and If unable to deliver the goods to the hospital to call Mrs. S. D. Brady, phone 202, and she will see that donations reach the'institution. F One can of fruit or pickles will aid * materially In the work of the lnstitu- ? tion. and It Is believed If the women ? of the community will respond to this Jj call that the shelves of the hospital !" fruit pantry will be nicely stocked for * the winter season. *j Miss Deborah Fitzgerald will go to r Cameron tomorrow, where she will a spend the Thanksgiving holidays with j relatives. , - - ? a ? t LABORERS AND ? CARPENTERS Wanted for ESSENTIAL WORK a Rivesville Power Plant. * b - i NOTICE = To City Taxpayers. 2% per cent discount allowed on axes paid daring October and Norember. Pay early and avoid waiting. Office open evenings 7; to 9. J. CL ROBINSON, C^y Treaamet. | ? V ;C ^ rginia*s Best Newspaper SPAY EVENING, NOVEA EENK DDrnrr 4T I IDlXtLSUrlZ, /I I \Y MORNING some New Structure After ry Addresses Have lade. Citizens -will congregate on the ridge' for the purpose of participating 1 the exercises. 'Seven Four Minute peeecbes will be made and the spe&krs will be requested to star inside the imit," said a comltteeman today. The lea Is to have the affair a very pleasnt one and remarks as brief as posible. Otherwise the exercises will lap 3to the time set for the union Thanksiving church service. The music will be furnished by the. ireater Fairmont Band. This organlzalon has responded frequently during be war activities gratitiouslyiiiRliiiir FAIBMOJTMER . B. Stewart Writes Herschel Hamilton Was Killed in Wreck. A letter written by J. B. Stewart f the 113th ammunition train, over eas forces has been received by is sister, Mr*. Harvey Kopp. of bis city In wnich he tells of the eath of Herschel Hamilton, son of lr. and Mrs. Chas. Hamilton of liver street, which was the result f the wreck of an ammunition < rain. Clyde Cook, another Fair- ' lont boy the letter stated bad also een slightly injured and the writer ras on the train when it was wreekd and had some thrilling expersnces, and was slightly injuredNo news of the death of Hamilton ' as been received by his parents ; ther than that' contained in tne , stter. The latest letter from him as written Oct. 25th and the letter rom Stewart waa dated the 78jb Camiltoa was a popular young man , f the city and his friends fear that bere can he no mistake as the Jet . sr stated that he was 'rignt ny me* , hen . killed. Jostly Fira^at Big Pittsburgh Steel Mill! i (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, Nov. 26.?Fire which rflowed-an explosion o toll destroyed bout half of the big pressing plant f the Crucible Steel compaany here i Dday. Two hundred workmen, enaged in the plant when the explolon occurred, essaped only, one ef heir number being slightly burned, i Fire engine companies from all parts : f the' city answered three alarms, amed m between a. m. and :20. When ! he engines arrived the plant was a iass yoI flames, and It was several ours before the fire was brought uner control. A' break' In an oil pipe line caused : hn fluid to run into an .onen furnace ad the-explosion which followed rip?d a Jong section o? root off the wire all! department of the plant. The laze spread rapidly and half of the -orks were destroyed before the ames were extinguished. Valuable machinery and finished ma. , erials were rained,. Company offlials estimated the total loss at $75.00 this morning. P. N. Day's lather Dead in Pennsy Word has been received in FWrlont of the sadden death of Frank ' 7. Day, father ogf Franklin N. Day, f 400 Gaston avenue, assistant proaction manager of the Fairmont coal istrict, which occurred In a hospital a Philadelphia' on Sunday . Mr. and ** XVmiwMI? TVav IsM Inimotflnto. ; T for Pennsylvania after they received he word. Mr. Day was a resident of Haxleton, 'a., and was sixty-three years old, ad was a business man of -that city. % death followed an operation, rhich was performed several months go. He la survived by five sons. The onersl will be held at Plttsville, Pa, n Wednesday. CONVICT CONFE88E8 MURDER. NEW YORK, Nov. 25.?-James Rean. a Sing Sins convict, confessed tolay that' It was he who' killed Mrs. loHand Ham el In her boarding house ere last February exonerating Miss Hlzabeta uaasa. at (imwuuiui, *tu. 19 years old. now on trail charged rlth the mnrder. ' WANTED Reliable men to drlTe wagons, and handle express. Steady employment. Apply to. BCr. Long. - <; ,.i . . J. American Saflway Express Co. , " " ^ ** * '^L * * ijpfip ? ' ' 1BEB 26, 1918. jotlav s mkmmmm m I! iiiHMVonmnu IU BE HOIiDAK AT MINES OF REGION Two Red Cross Nurses Arrive to Fight Flu Situa- I tioiu IK AT mm NO. 9 | * Fuel Administrator Barnes and Engineer Rightmire ? . .in Pittsburgh. After a strenuous "speed up" program to win the war miners in the Fairmont region will generally receive a holiday on Thursday, which is Thanksgiving Day. For more than a year as the wonting force decreased In numbers the p: oduction increased to far greater figures than ever. eclipsing records of other years despite handicaps. With the strenuous work done the majority of the big corporations -will "knock off" for the day and the wen will have a chance to spend the day with their families. Full Run Today. Keeping up the steady flow of empties, the B. & 0. has 1,938 cars in the T . Fairmont region today. The place- JLlI raont at 7 o'clock this morning was 1,35*. which means a full run. The cars today are classed as follows: Open, 1,826; team track, 35; cjbke, h Tester' y*s Loading Figures of yesterday show that the loading totalled I;071 cars in the region. Of this number 839 cars were loaded east and 1S2 were loaded west. C There were 915 coal and 24 coke cars dec loaded east and 113 coal and 19 coke the cars lo-dcd west. mil Nurses Arrive. Today two nurses sent to the Fair- *' mont region "By rhe'Fofomte division *w ?f the American Red Cw? society, ma: Washington, D. C., are doing splendid <!Ua work In relieving the miners employed by. the Jam!:? Coal and Coke n . company at Mine No. 9, near Far- /.I mlngton. who are down with the "flu." They are Misses Pierce and Murray and they were brought here from Philadelphia. The number of nf "flu" at Mine No. 9 are not Of such a number to cause any alarm. * United Mine Workers. 'J? Robert Peters, organizer, Is at Cecil tvT Mine, near Grafton, today. Q.. H. T. Wilson. organizer, Is at Mea? , loir Brook mine, near Clarskburg. h _ Joe Angelo, organizer. Is in Ohio "J today. iUaI Isaac Scott and E. S. McCulolugh. c organlzers. are in the Worgantown section today. - ,rf EC. E. Peters, organizer, was at ,. Monongab yesterday. A wire was received today at the jr local office of the United Mine Work- ~~ era to the effect-that C- F. Keeney, Dresident of District No. 17, United ,. Mine Workers, would leave Charles- J? ton Thursday arid -probably arrive here on Thursday night. Mr. Day's Father Dead. p. Franklin K. Day, assistant man- XT J ager the production division of the Fairmont region, has been called to Pottsville, Pa., because of the death of his father. Good Car Movement. , Drawing 909 loads east of Grafton mo on Sunday the B. & O. handled a bet -?- * " a * '"*i ter car movement, man u nas nunc jn tor probably' three -weeks or more, With the coke cars, 102, this means j,a, a total of 1.011 loads east last Sun- atI( day- to Expect Good Supply. Itx Expecting a steady flow of empties otl] Into the region. 17.- B. Williams, local j represtatlve of the Railroad admin- jta Istartlon, feels that Fairmont region ag operators -will have an adeauate supply of cars this week. With the Thanksgiving holiday Intervening the ~ supply should be good. "Stenog." Resigns. _. Miss Mary I* Alleman, a stenogra- (1' pher at the prodnctlon division, has resigned her position to accept a sim- T-tllar one at a local Industrial plant. -LX Are In Pittsburgh. J. Walter Rarn'es, Federal Fuel < Administrator for West Virginia, and tin Robert XL Rh-htmire. Administrative to i Engineer, are attending today a meet- U?u lug at Pittsburgh where the matter of Ion fa el conservation Is being discussed. daj The plans' and requests of the ??al 28, oonserratlon' department of the x'uei bet administration have been to cordially eel and thoroughly carried out' by the ma public ,H?'at the policy of the admin- ebl istratlonhenceforth -win be gradually < to eliminate restrictive orders and to the c rry on necessni volantary conser- chi ration through edncatlonal . means, and this conference -was in line with that policy. 1 Coel Notes. en< Todays' report shows the follow- ch Ipg: - Mines, reporting. 178; mines chi dUmju. 0; nut laie. m; iow pn??c- me tlon, 300 tons. ..A.. . -IV J. Fatton. secretary of the toa Stotrthem "W?*t Virginia. Coal Open- sea d w cm jUI? V *-?*7 * 7 , > TODAYS NEWS TODAY. run a Hh kHH /.* -3^ JbB wff ^ wk. JJOto Jzns&OGSSF ldendorff'Flees From German Soil L1TARY BOSS OF GERMANY IOW IN SWEDEN ACCORDING ' TO FRANK FORT GAZETTE. (By Associated Press) JOPENHAGEN, Not. 26.-Gen. Lu idorff, reputed to have been lonj n/klnel 4 * f Vaa<I ft ovbutu uii ucau vi uci uiauj Itary affairs, has quit German soil ording to the Frankfort Gazette. I says he has left Sassnltz, Prussia Gneeilen. ^Hltr position la the Ger a military ystem was that of first rterma3ter general. 000 Soldiers Are Now on Way Home (By Associated Press) Washington; not. 26.?nearly 0 American troops are .expected tt Ive in New York before .the end o: 5 week, constituting the first unit! the expeditionary forces to be re ned home. The . 7000 now en rout< ne will be ofllowed soon by othei ts of the 20.000 . American troop: training in England. iecretary Baker said yesterday tha homeward troop moyement will b< ited only by transportation faclli i. Use of former German ship: sed in this country, Dutch vessel: :en over by the United States got ment, American ships and probably tish transports Secretary Baker in ated will permit a rapid return v s country of the -troops abroad. resident to Be Gone About Six .Weeks (By Associated Press) VASHINGTON'. JCov. 26.?About onnth, is tljp time President Wilsoi pects to be in Europe for the opes o fthe epace conference, and pre lnary discussion " No definite llmi t been fixed, but it was said author! ??oT?? 4^<n4 tlia nlafl U* ? WVI?; I m> *. yw be back oa American, soil wlthii -weeks after bis ship sails for th< er si<|e. t became known also today that th< I fan ambassador. Count Dicesllerc well as Asxl-assador Jnsserand. o unce, and the "American peace dele Jon. will cross on the Ship with (h ssident. ipt. Haymond Well t Land of Joan of Ar< Captain Frank C. Ha- nond is get galong fine In- France, accor.ltni a letter which bis father, Hon. Wil m S. Haymond. judge of the Mar i county Circuit court, received to - IBUaw era* Hatftsl rW?tr?h#> , and up .to that date he had no sh apprised of the fact that he re red a captains' commission; lnfor .tlon being received In this conntr; ore abroad. Captain Haymond states be was i ? front line. He is now rearing hi rrrons for foreign service. WANT A BARGAIN? SEW -YORK. Nor. 26/1? Fonrteei amy owned seats on the stock ea snse. the New Orleans cotton e raxe. the New York cotton exchens I other markets have been seized b Mitchell .Palmer, alien property cm Linn. It vn announced lottajr. Tb tts uriH be sold shortly, to" Amer a citizens.; > ._ '"-. a x*5THEWEATHEBf'-' ^9 * ' I I j "PRICE THREE GENilS TAUANS mmw | Ml 11 ALU I PRESE?CH Think Mixed Force Should | Occupy Territory on *|| Adriatic. XlM STRONG PROTEST Intimations That RivaJry'il Has Led to Eegret- . x | table Outbreaks. r ' (By Associated Press) ? LONDON'. Not. 26.?The carrying J out of the provisions of the ItaUaa-..-J| Austrian armistice on the eastera,:-?i?8|S northeastern Adriatic has. troOMM^fl mwh friction nnd ioalonslv on the 9 part of the JnJo-Slav population.-whoii aascribe to Italy the intention of per-?! manently occupying these rngjons.,jj which are virtually identical with j those assigned to Italy by the allied j agreement or 191S. The Jugo Slavs contend that theocelj cupatlon should have been by mired allied forces ^r.d not solely by ItaUnSH The Italian ocucpation o^Jlume has! been followed by a strong protest to ~J the Entente powers from the Crostnarus national council at Agran. It Is- reported that at some points the occu- I patlon led to regretable inIden.tshe--.-il tween Italians and the Jngo Shv^-ihMra| to these points mixed forces hunse..! since been sent. The Associated Press lemsrfttMM the allied governments 'are - everything possible to - ^promote a ; friendly settlement--between-the^riwwn s parties pending the final sillililllll'jitfm > the conflicting clalmes at the GERMAN KB M I ; y" v vffijKggjjlH - tionary Tribunal I BERLIN. Monday, Nor., 25?5^8^^ t demand Immediate convening > revolutionary tribunal for . pose of passing sentence -on the Ho3 henzollerns father and son. and on s von Bethmann-HoIlweg~ ?aj?' flwvW - Red Flag, the organ of Dr. "Kart'3 r Llehknecht In commentingon; - dlsclousure made In Mnnldt; e cerning the complicity of -GtHMml In bringing abont the -fcar William! the second most be commasded return and gire an account "before I IMS innuuai. The Spartacus "brgan also | minds a reckoning with loclnj^8 poganda calculated to absolrw'-isij&M 6 many from responsibility I Mrs. HalEan^ pIt Tames Sturgls, father of Mr*. TTe? s Hall, died- this morning at an esxgjfl > ifmr at his home at Pt lEHfcMCdSE^I e been -with him since 'Friday been summoned there on acopniiiyafi^B J The deceased. Is snrvire- I Mra.' Fred and 5 ' a > |h Expeditionary Forces.- - tn^Sjjjjj?3 message stated^that fc^s n a fhw days with' ^ e rival was entirely xmexpe I y ' t ? I >?AaAua*?fiit fn in -ro?^BE3KB|^l el Hawkins. of Bryantstreet. is a***? J? I-J be out atter athr^-weekr siege 1 tiie flu- v. {< "I