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PWILSOI FQURTYPESOFGAS I SOON BE IH OPB Bw 4 ' ??? WiHet's Clay Company Has y* der War and It Will! H jMT^B I WORKING Bill IHEjS W:"- Cuban Outfit There is Mak SC -ges in Mino] Bein ^ , T~ tnother new producer soon may be led to the list of three nearly ready aperate In the city?the Underwood >dncer, almost completed at the Iletts Clay company factory. An ert from Dayton. Ohio, will appear the city in about two weeks to fire s fourth producer which is vastly fcrent In style from any of the oth- i three In the city. While it is the all est. about ten million feet of gas I be made a month, nothing unsseen occurring. The producer is built in two sepae sections of red brick consisting tour furnaces each. Three men will employed to fun both sections. The dc part of the producer is finished I a roof over the top will go on next, im the top. coal will be shoveled in the same principle as other proera here. Measurement of the proer covers somewhere near 20 to Teet. [. P. Willett, president of the comy. and P. G. Willett, vice president, both in the city at present super- j snding work in the building of the j ducer and also attending to some nges in machinery in the factory o gas is nsed in the factory bui'.dand producers will turnish gas ely for the six kilns outside which e all the clay pottery. The Wil company make clay parts for glass j : - - xouse lurattces. Progress at Battle Works. B William Jacobs, of Toledo, Obio, ex pert engineer, who has been in the city a number of days firing the Cuban Producer being tried out in connection : -with Number 6 furnace at the Owens ' H Botle Machine company, expects to I B>?: remain in the city until various diffi- i culties in connection with the proper j Bi--_ running of the producer are mastered. Bv Gas' producers are bound to pass j B?J" through various phases of trouble and j . many adjustments will be found nec- { essary before satisfaction in every re- j ; spect can be guaranteed. The experi-! W(- ment. for such it is in this country, of j B--./ making coal yield more than were heat : H- - units by simple combustion, will call ' H ^tar the most expert attention to evrry B aLetail of the working machinery and | [ . equipment. Many small failures are! B bound to result and changes will have < B to be made to meet nnforseen emer-1 B gencies. The various industries about > I .- the city are watching and hoping for m- the best in the new %as making plants { B - and trusting in the old adage: "All's -well that ends well." The Cuban producer, the first of its B kind in the United States, stands built B? entirely of sheet-iron, at the extreme . right end of the Owens Bottle Machine ) >* factory. It is an exceptionally inters' : esting building with windows on ail sides and built on two floors. The B t lower floor contains eight furnaces or producers looking very much like B: home base burners viewed through a glowing open door. These stoves, speaking nntechnically. stand in a row. . one beside the other. It requires three1 Hf men to attend to them with an addi-j tibnal ash wheeler. On the floor above. I " . reached from the outside by an aato-j matic electric car. one entire side of! Btt, the room is plied with coal. The'car I pe?.- ' carries the coal directly -from the Tail- j '. road tracks at the back np a running He intilns. On the opposite side of the room stands 16 hoppers, looking much ; 3B? enlarged base burner tops. Two [? - <juvyirv*M w v?v*i ?*? Pg " 1 ? unit. Through these hoppers the1 K- - " coal is shoveled Into the red-hot furusees below which'are the producers. Today some changes are in the proM , cess of being made in each unit. Two Bxl'.f units have already been finished. r - These changes consist in moving the Hp':' hoppers (on the uper floor) back to H^.v.. the top middle of the producer; so that Hgv--. :when coal is shoveled into them, an Hlwr evener fire bed below can be maintainHS?'.." ed. It was discovered by Engineer H**~ Jacobs, that more labor than was nec . essary was being used to poke coal I1& . which fell to one side in the producer. H'~' some of it going to coke instead of to S::" gas. By changing the hoppers, coal as well as labor is saved. Before, coal /3L :had to be shoveled every 15 minutes. now every half hour. Expense in the %^anona changes and experiments on ^L-'.tha Bo tie Machine plant producers is ^9Qt being considered at all. It was ^^^Hjrtated today that whatever seemed Mt in the way of experiment was he done immediately. Every gas tng industry in the city will beneHlessons learned on this producer. Iff changes are also being made h unit of the Cnban producers; Hrches axe being placed nnder he standing platform in front hopper so that workers shov al may stand comfortably on Read The A M GETS PRODUCERS WILL pN IK m cm Underwood Plant Well UnBe Started In a We-fc *wo ST AT OWENS PLAN1 ing Gas But a Number of : Particulars Are g Made. : them. It has been discovered thai , standing on them without underneath protection is impossible. Change: will also have to be made in the port or entrance to furnace No. 6 as already trouble is being experienced there Gas is being ^producer satisfactorily and is being carried through a large, wide main to the glass furnace in close connection; bat when this gas passe: into a smaller pipe anjl attempts to en ter the furnace direct, the space is too small and as a consequence the gas Is backing up and out. A large: port will have to be made. The Morgan Producer will be ready to operate next week. An engineer to fire the producer will arrive at that time an dwhen both producers are run ning. competition between the twc will be watched with interest. It is claimed that Cuban gas is better, but that Morgan gas requires less labor in the making. A question of fuel against labor with benefits on both sides weighed carefully, will make the matter of deciding which produce: is to be torn down; with five addition al producers to be built like the sue cessful one, a matter of careful con sideration. The Lymn plant out the belt Una does rot yet show any signs of life. waftedIST frowned upon Kick Also Made Regarding Notes Slipped Into the Toll ?l iUJ. Complaint has boon received bj Court bouse authorities regarding improper conduct around the jail, li was written in letter form that muci throwing of kisses to jail occupanu and various passing of notes by mean: of strings let down and pulled up beside sother acts annoying to th< public had been noticed frequently Priosners are said to receive fruii and extra lunches from outside friends. t Judge Haymond stated this morning that this should not be allowed because the law provided for propel feeding of prisoners, and he did not believe in a morbid tendering ol ! gifts; that priosners should not b< allowed to feel that they were martyrs or heroes. I He said that whiel he understood the prisoners' desire to talk to outj siders through the bars and smiled cympatehtically at the note passing he did not feel that objectionabU conduct should be allowed, thougl the matter of passing on jail regulations was entirely out of his jurisdiction. Dr. James B. Clinton is Now a Captain It is now Captain James B. Clintor : instead of Lieutenant Clinton as here | tofore, according to a notification re ! ceived today by Dr. J. C. Broomfield from the IT. S. government statin; that Dr. Clinton who is a brother oi Dr. Broomfield, bad been commission ed captain dating from August 8, 1918 The last heard from Captain Clintor was & letter dated November 14 three days after hostilities- ceased on the western front and he was then jus) over the Belgian border at a town bj the name of Bonsecour and was vers bnsy cgring- for an outbreak of influ enza among the soldiers. Captain Clinton Is in the Medical Reserve corps and has seen active scr vice for a period of two years. He 1 states in his letter that he is anxious to get back to the states but still is ready to wait his turn and to still fur (her serve his country. Captain Clin . ton has received a decoration for dis tingulsbed service daring the time he has been in the service of the govern ihent. HOME FROM WHEELING. Today Hon. E. M. Showalter return' ed from Wheeling, where he attended the meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of West Virginia. He is a past grandmaster of that body. Attorney E. Carl Frame 13 in Wesl Union today. dvertisements Caret THUNE WARD WORK , RED CRO, An Appeal tor j (By ANTHONY FAIRMONT has never failed h during the progress of the war. is assured. The Red Cross has s for help. The world is its debtor. Without the assistance of the greatest of humane organizations < ' * rti. umrlf k not vet done. I here to bring to the wounded and destitu express the thankfulness of our hearl Cross Roll Call. ? On Sunday afternoon you wil that superb and efficient organizatic sible the splendid accomplishments i campaigns of the past. These worl otic. "l~hey give their services and 1 every citzen of this city to assist th ' home on next Sunday afternoon, or leave a statement with every name c name so that the workers may proce It is your duty as well as great PROF HUB 10 : MAKE ME OF ; MIHINE REGIONS Object is to Find Best Plan for Teaching Method to Miners. I The Federal Board for Vocational Education, of Washington. D. C-. has sequested that Prof. A. C. Callen, professor of mining engineering, and head I of the Department of Mining Exten! sion at the West Virginia University. Morgantown. make a survey and study of tne various mining regions in the United States with a few of advising o nthe best methods of education for mine employes in mining subjects, suitable both for coal miners and aiso for metal miners. West'Virginia has overcome many obstacles In the way of getitng over the countains to give mining education " | to its miners, and the work it has car j ried on through the university's MmII ing Extension department, has proven i i to the Federal board that West Vir> | ginia leads in its scope of subjects s- and character of the work performed . in conducting successful mining : classes. Professor Callen has been granted ' a four months' leave of absence be! ginning January l, 1919. to take up this wcrk, and during his absence It. - Z. Virgin, assistant director of Min. ing Extenscion. will have charge 01 " class work at the university a6 well t J as the Extension Mining department. ' j Mr. Virgin is now located at Fairi niout and conducts classes at the vari ous mines in the Fairmont-Clarksburg field. He will take up his new work 1 at the university January 1, 1919. but will continue, personally, to'teach his I classes now going on at the mines. Red Cross Gets Check. f The Hutchinson Coal company to1 day sent a check to J. Walter Barnes, state fuel administrator of the state of West Virginia, for the sum of $42.06 for the Red Cross. Mr. Barnes will send the check to the Fairmont chapter of the Red Cross. The Hutchinson company received this check as refund because one of the members L of the firm of the Grafton Gas Coal ! company, had retained a commission. . which Is not allowed by the govern. ment In cases where a coal tradesman is a member of the firm himself. \ The refund was made at the direction t of the United States Fuel adminis. tration .Washington. D. C. The particular shipment was one of several [ cars-that were sent for lake traffic to . Lorraine, O. The slip up was on a j technicality and was not intentional, t Letters to Clay Trade. ' Letters to the manufacturers of clay r products in which recommendations - are made as to kilns will be sent out within the next few days by R. E. 1 Rightmire, administrative engineer of the state fuel administration. There > probably will be fifty mailed. While i these plants are scattered all over the i state, many are located in the north era Panhandle. Mrr-Rightmire in his - letter nrges that an accurate record - be kept of each born. "Without this yon can not effect fuel economies," he . adds. A Modern Solon. In the mails today R. E. Rightmire, tlUXZIlXlloU All Y *7 CU^UICCl VI UiO OUtkC fuel adm In Istrat ic n, received a rather I unusual letter . The message is a mild 1 knock at a letter mailed out to owners of plants by Mr. Rightmire covering certain economic advice. After the i man takes a general fall oat of the < Continued on page, six.) It ROUS W^ORGAMl SS CHRISTMA - the Red Cross BOWEN. Mayor.) i any request of our country for aid She will not fail now when peace | erved faithfully in the supreme call folks back home the success of this ! :cu!d not have been accomplished, is yet healing and succor and relief :te- It is now our fortunate duty to ts by enrolling in the Christmas Red I be called upon in your homes by >n of workers wKb have made posof Fairmont in all the War ^Service cers are one hundred per cent patri their money as well. I call upon ese workers, by either remaining at j if you find it impossible to be there, if your family and a dollar for each ed speedily with their work honor to assist in this work * ' j Roll Gall Plans I at Farmington J Tomorrow evening the Christmas ' Roll Call committee ot the Fanning, .on auxiliary of the Bed Cross will ; uotd a meeting beginning at 7 o'clock j at the auxiliary quarters when the members who are going to take part ' ..i the Roll Call may register and receive their instructions. The people i ui Farmington made a wonderiol rei ;-ponse to every previous call upon j tiieni for patriotic service and the i committee is confident the record will I be no different this time. Sunday, while the work is going on, the headquarters will be open, beginning at 1 o'clock. The memoers of the committee are Mrs. M. Gallien, Jfiss Nell al-jrphy. Mrs. J. J. Jenkins and Miss [ Frances Haggerty. * i Railroad Engineer Loses Part of Foot ^ George Bokev, of Rowlesburg, was ! operated on today at Fairmont hospi1 tul for the removal of a part of his i foot which was crushed recently In an j accident. Mr. Bokey is an engineer j on the Morgantown and Kingwood j rauroau r.na susuuneu iuc mju.j : when his foot accidentally became i wedged between two bumpers on his i train. The accident occurred about a j week ago and he had since been a I patient at the hospital. It was at ! first hoped the foot could be saved. ! However, it was deemed necesary to ! amputate a part of the foot and the i operation was performed today. He j is doing very well. Yankees in Charge of Adriatic Port By Associai. d Pres ;. AMSTEKPAM. Dec. 13.?An American squadron has arrived at Pola. formerly one of the principal Austrian training naval bases, and has taken over the command of the port. Jugo-Slava war vessels in the ha: bor have hoisted the American flag, according to a telegram from Lalbach. reporting the arrival of the Americans. ? New Church for Colored Residents Colored residents recently organized a church in this city which is known as the African Methodist Episcopal church. The organization was perfected with a membership of approximately ?5 which it is expected will be increased soon. The Rev. Bud Shafer of Alabama, is the pastor of the congregation which will hold its services on the third floor of the "W. C. T. TJj building on the first and third Sundays i of each month. Services will be held there cn the coming Sunday at eleven Ior>^ v-sn o'rfoclc and Sunday school will be held at 9 o'clock Sunday mornIns. Funeral of Glenn Satterfield. Funeral services over the body 01 Glenn Edwin Satterfield. whose death occurred Tdesday. were held this mornlns from the residence of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Satterfield on the East side. The body was taken to Colfax on the noon train where a second service was held, in the church and burial made in the churchyard. CARLTON BOSSES CABLES. . NEW YORK. Dec. 13. ? Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph and Cable company, has been placed in coarse of all marine cable systems of tho United States by Postmaster General BuxieBon.it was announced at Mr. Carleton's offices here today. He has accepted the appointpiexiL WELCC 7NG FOR | S ROLL CALL L i Last Nights Round Up of! Workers Proved an Inspiring: Affair. .5 An enthusiastic "round up" or "get i together" meeting ot chairmen, cap- j tains and all workers in the Red Cross ! i Christmas Roll Call aw 3held last even-j ing at The Fairmont when approxi-1 mately 200 earnest men and women : gathered to receive final instructions j | relative to- a whirlwind campaign j which wiH'be waged throughout Fair- i ; mont and Marion county Sunday after- i ! non for the Durpose. if possible, of put-1 | ting the entire thing over in the space | of a few hours instead of permitting it to drag through the three allotted days. The workers are united in their en! thusiasm and will leave no stone uni turned to meet the desires of the I chairmen of the Christmas Roll Call ! and put Marion county across in the first few hours. Chairmen are confident that with the united support of the vice chairmen. captains and workers that this can be done and that the county will "round up" with a full membership. It is desired that every man. woman and child in the county be enrolled in this, the greatest philanthropic organization in the world and everybody can become a member merely by the paying of one dollarPeople throughout the town and county are urged to cooperate in every way possible, to be at home on ] Sunday -when the canvassers call, to] have the dollar ready to hand them : and to place the Red Cross service card in the windows. Thursday the Fairmont Rotary club endorsed the Roll Call and pledged the active support ot every Rotarian. Many members of the club will be used as canvassers by the ward chairmen. Decorate j In Honor of Red Cross It has been suggested by Mrs. , Edwin Robinson, chairman of the 1 Red Cross Membership committee, in charge of the Christmas Roll ' Call, which will be held Sunday, that the city be decorated with the Stars and Stripes and the flags or j the Allies Saturday and Sunday in honor of the event. The suggesi tioa has been well received wherI ever it has been learned of, and 1 there is an excellent prospect that the buildings in the center of the i city at least -will display flags to- I morrow afternoon and all day Sunday. City Chairman John M. Wolfe opened the meeting last night and succeeded in a brief address in putting vim and enthusiasm into the man> workers gathered to receive final instructions. Mr. Wolfe later turned the meeting over to the county chairman. Mrs. Edwin Robinson, who also gave a brief and "to the point" address to ! the workers. The sepakers of the evening were then introduced and gave splendid talks. Among the speak- ( crs were Dr. J. C .Broomlield. Henry S. Lively Mayor Anthony Bowen and Mrs. J. A. Meredith. A comprehensive outline of the workings of the campaign as outlined by the National Red Cross organization was given to the gathering by H. A. Williamson, treasurer of the local chapter. Printed circulars outlining this work were also distributed to the workers. Workers for the rural districts met at The Fairmon tlast night also for a conference with the extension chairmen, Mrs. Kemble 'White, and Mrs. A. L. Lehman. This meeting was also an nna and the auxiliaries which are situated at various centers throughout the county will do their part in making up the county's quota of Red Cross members. Workers in each district ol the county will form organizations and each district is urged to secure supplies at once. The following is the list of auxiliaries together with their chairman who will assist in. the canvass: Catawba?Mrs. Ruth C. Summers. Bethlehem?Mrs. Ben Jones. Walnut Grove?Mrs. Ida Morgan. Pine Grove?Mrs. Freda Everkdrt. Benton's Ferry?Mrs. Morgan Stanley. ... Hoodsville?Mrs. Dentil Straight. Carolina?Mrs. Laura Justice. Millersville?Mrs. Dale B. Miller. Murray?-'Mrs. W. H. Hess. Annabelle?Mrs. Fay VandervortRivesvillc?Mrs. E. S. Phillips. Ida May?Mrs. "W. W. Hawkins. Watson?^Mrs. Artie Herrington. Grant. oTwn?Mrs. J. W. Dearor. Hickman Run?Mrs. Harbly Morris. BasnettvUle?Mrs. Clara Wilson. Boothsvllle?Miss Arch Hall. Hoult?Mrs. J. D. Bowman. Middleton?Mrs. J. W. Duthcr. ?Ealiason?Mrs. Ifm. Fatton. Kingmont?Mrs. Violet Watkins. Hammond?Mrs. W. G. Ratcllff. Collar?Mrs: Russell Nichols. Norway?Misa-Grace WiHers. (Continued on Page Fou-' tnos W/iUi j WHEAT ^. TheCommitty ! Posts a Notice for the Public \ i The following notice was found ! I attached by stickers to the door of the Hill dental office in the Skin- i I ner building on Main street this ; I morning: I (NOTICE TO THE PCBMC) We your Committy on private investigation do submit the Following report as to what 1 is being done with the "whiskey And booze that is being taken from the miners and other people in fairmont. we believe and have reasons to # believe that Nine tenths of the pecious fluid is being drunk and sold under the t roof of the court house by the \ gentlemen in charge if you I want any further proof let your wants bee known. COMMITTY. j r.ni iiTTPr nn liUMMIIItt UN WAR MEMORIAL MEETS TONIGHT a \ President of State Library ? Association Endorses a s One of Suggestions. ii \ Suggestions incident ?o a fitting sol- j, diers" and sailors* memorial for the n boys or Marten county, vbo served in 0 the United States army daring the jvorld wrr, will be threshed out tonight at the rooms of the Fairmont . Chamber of Commerce at 7:30 o'clock, when the special committee ot the u chamber, will meet New suggestions ;h will no douot he received, bat it Is not . believed any definite action will be ^ taken. n E Kon. O S. McKinney, chairman of the committee, urged the people to . m!Llr? snnrostions. either to the com- _ mittee or through the newspaper col- 2 i-mils, so that some Idea can be gleaned as to what the majority o fthe people desire h This morning The "West Virginian b received the following letter regarding cne of the suggestions already made: a CLARKSBURG. Dec. 12.?[Editor ? The West Virginian.]?A recent issue ? of The West Virginian contains a, let- b ter from Mrs. Emory F. McKlnney. b suggesting a public library building as a memorial to the soldiers of Marion ? county. This is certainly a happy saggestion, and I trust that it will be b given consideration. 1 What conld be a more "fitting and ^ lasting memorial" than a well-equipped G modern library? It was thought necessary for the morale of the soldiers a and sailors that they be provided with G books during the war; is it not Just ^ as necessary that they be provided a with some reading for the morale of a ? community ' ?J If those who made the supreme sac- V rifice could be consulted no one can a doubt that th'.? memorial most pleasing to them would be something that o would benefit their companions in arms s and carry or. down through the ages d the accounts of their heroism and one- *; in heioine to bring peace to the ? wo! Id. Wfc! can no this so well as a d library. where biography, history and a nuyps will show to coming generations a the wonderful things accomplished, by h our American soldiers. ti Verr truly yours, c S. SCOLLAY PAGE, President. * State Library Association. o LOOK WHAT JOY DID. WASHINGTON. Dec- 13?More than ~ 2.000 American soldiers In France, suf- 5 fering frr>m shell shock, were cured z. by news of signing of the armistice. * Surgeon General Ireland today told the Senate Military Committee. Of 2.300 shell shock patients, he said, all f except abcni 300 were almost immediately cured. s MORE GOVT. OWNERSHIP. f WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.?Perma- t nent government ownership of tele- j phones ar;d telegraph lines as an aui- j iliary of the' Postoffice department t was proposed in a joint resolntion to- s day by Chairman Moon of the House i Postoffice committee, who said he 1 had been Informed by Postmaster < General Burleson that President Wil son lavors the measure. ARGUING GAS CASE Attorney James A. Meredith, representing the city of Fairmont, is in Charleston today arguing the gas case before the public service commission. Other local attorneys interested are Charles Powell, and Kemble White, representing the Hope Natural Gas company. FORMER EMPRESS ILL. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 13.?The former German empress has suffered another serious heart attack and a doctor has been summoned from Berlin according to the dispatches received here ; * . ?- --rsWgm kTA *4\ft*? 'D?*M<An4'AjX.' i A'-?I3SB?S^B .xox wi jl x COCIIWCU i m ji himmbg ed Scene When Big tfrs. Wilson C WMsan^cirt Brest for Partaat^. * Wilson's progress fromthu utiiuKSiW to his train MS^blc^dcig^ BREST. Dec. 13.?(By Ahoc: . 1 >ress.)?President Wilson axHf&jlMfi^H he harbor of Brest at 1 o'clock t fternoon on board The arrival ?"?? an as the presidential Washington entered at >nir donb'o rolnmn of A him. nimlaBlM oughts and destroyers <and-1'.: units 5 miles tie shore The sea-^wa aled at the entrance <rftth> harbor, nd a grout cheer arose-Jrom : y Miss MitrylretW^oa.-tA |IA PrpaMA?#'? IsnittM' -- There was a thunderiagiar s the President's latmdt^-leJQWB leorge Washington and-landed pier io. 3. It* was escorted tot^lie tribune mid cheers and salvos'and the a ote ent Wilson came ashor^'^wttfiHEBB Wilson, who carried" an.Anaieric: . a : nd a bouquet. The day broke dark-and gloomy ver Brest this nrorndnj^Beav;- cloud hut out sunshine and k-; own pour of rain wliTi llpl1lTjlBgg||M erday abated .duringhe wind subsided'to gig- - eze lowing in from the seal The avenue nd terra.res leading .iron-, the re still drenched, bnttgr. amiy orers hr.ve been cldarhagil 'ii'JilBjfl he route which Freafifint Wilson ?: over, and wihd-tortrp^scc - ns een replaced with.itoeiS^yti t animation. A smujOcdtT- r--ru:.--rs. in their war jaficC^are at anchorge with a score of Amerlcaat^gieiHgB rs about them. he big liner. La Fiat. lital ship, but abopt rans-Atlantic service. rican troyers. naval ysu :raits gilded abo?t?3frteS3M8BB^^B arther uX lay the^graat uerchant ships, traimfwlr^gggpl ind quaint bretong^aldwgnBMj^ :ar)y morning a leetofai . .... ?r? -f?1_ or. keeping an -onCtnbk for the ap irogcblng ?eet ^rendi ?n-X Americ: be streets sod Xookastijpm long tie Coma llaj romenade leading -Jteta .arbor to thc-cttjrMBSttfvrbicli Frt'Sient Wilson trill piS^eSta * ^n^vnaMi^^l