pMTEl BAB [ IS OXE OF THE SI [ A TEARJEH ALSO Received His Large Check mThis Morning From U. I Li. S.Fad Administration. V LETTER ACCOMPANIES IT I "I^yal and Efficient SerVice" of Fairmont Man ^^/' Greatly Appreciated. 1 . Federal Fuel Administrator J. Wal-J H ter Barnes today is In receipt of a check from the U. S. government for B'Jrltfs year*a services as administrator K', for .West Virginia, and a letter com ' mending bis good -work as adminlstra tor. The check contained in the let ter "which follows was for the munifi . cent sum of $1. which is the sole com pensation Mr Barnes will receive for ^Liiaonths of hard and patriotic labor Bfrfixr the government. R The letter follows: Bra? "i. Walter Barnes, Federal Fuel Ad '?' minlstrator for West Virginia, FairB ,-!".- it gives me pleasure to hand yon . check of the United States Govern ; ment for ons dollar, in recognition of B,yonr service with the- United States : Fuel Administration as a volunteer for more than one year. H Von will accept it. I know, as a mer? -'/token of the appreciation of the gov . . .. eminent. and prize it the more beB.v cause conscious that it represents 1 something very much greater than Sj; With my sircerest regards, and p^r sonal thanks for your loyal and cffiB } cicnt service, believe me, Sincerely yours. V.v" fCfonO-? IT A r AOPTlhT Tt ir U* rv. UAIV4JBaited Stiter. Fuel Administrator."* HjJr - Oppositions Taken. Depositions were taken in an lraP'portant transaction on Saturday at the KOffice of Attorney M. W. Ogden in the H^ojihe Savings Bank building, this Krcfyr'which involves a specific perBWhtseg>ec.^tc-a_cm lahr-'xoal tract in ^^fyiSaKSsiT". In the lease Fisher specified H that the side track to be used for load tog coal should be built from the forty H;; -acre tract "upon the premises de ascribed in the lease." The coal com-paay claims that it has put the side P f trade on the railway right of way. Which is specified in the lease. Fishclaims that such is not the case KKaad wants the railroad to extend on H^gkhiB land. To build the railroad at the H - -joint Fisher wants it. the defendant I " ; company claims that it would neces^H sitate going np a steep grade and it onld cost the company probably $10, ng the Norfolk and Westhe mines in the Pocahonording to Mr. Colborn had heir operations to three a The lull will probably duration as the operators 1 look forward .with keen the prospects of foreign being the ray of hope in the surpjns stock of coal ety valve for future coal The operators along the y region and other fields lia and southern West Vire will materialize In six ' that time it is expected lpping congestion caused ting soldiers from* France food shins will be eased t K_ Willi the Pocahontas coal known for Its merits as a bunker; steam and Hnpritestlc.coal on the market It Is beHBBeved^that it win be in demand In forB eljpi raartx. The general impression m^^^BocaJhontas Held la^that there FAIRMONT COAL NO Mi "WO EAST" May Be Shipped by Rail to Inland Towns of New Engand. Modifications were made in this zone of the United States fuel administration today so that operators in the Fairmont field can ship coal to the New England cities by ran, according to R.0 B- Isner, district representative of the trailed States fuel amtnistratlon. Up until today the Fainnonters were not permittted to ship their coal by east of New York city and certain points in New Jersey nd Delaware. What coal tl ej shippped to New England was obliged to be sent by boats from tidewater and.as a result no inland citi*3 could be reached. With the modification of the zoning cn as announced today this will enable Fairmont operators to compete in the inland townn? of Nrw England with Pennsylvania coal Mr? Isaer stated today that he had received instructions from Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield that no price regulation would be effective fo: an indefinite period and surely not before February 1. Rumors had it that the change wculd be effective January first. It has been learned here that Carl R.. Gray. Ealtimore. former president of the Western Maryland railroad coinKpny, has resigned as director of tr\ sportation because of ill health The resignation will be effective on January 15th. msJulsi AT TIE POST OFFICE * - -'l -irkjr Streams of People With Bundles Can Be Seen There Today. Standing in line anywhere from a half an hour to an hour was the experience of belated Christmas box senders at the postoffice today and many were forced to go away again and again to return later only to find that conditions bod improved "but little and H-TcK tUnf l.__i .1 J_ _? w mou buai. iucj uau Acpi uieir pxa.ce la the "bread . line" which was constantly forming and reforming before the two stamp windows. Many persons, had Just this experience on Saturday and returned home disgusted to wait until bright and early this morning and then to try again. Brightx and early however, fonnd many others there and these persons were obliged to take up another wait. It was practically impossible to secure stamps at either window as the boxes came thick and fast. Streams of persons carrying anywhere from a fifty pound box to a basket fall of tiny packages were constantly wending their way to the postoffice and it looked as though the stream would not ebb* before night fall. Possibly never before in the history of the local office has the congestion been greater and the clerical force is about to be swamped by the belated Christmas gift sender. Tons of Christmas stuff is being received at the local postoffice and is being handled -as rapidly as possible and the great amount of package stuff as well as first class mail is also being dispatched as readily as fossible. MILDEST WrATHER ON THIS MONTH Mercury Up to 70 at Times Just like Spring?Warmest in 29 Years. Milder weather is being experienced tkia TV?/*om hor in tWo than probably any similar month during the history of the local government weather bureau. Most of the weather for the month was mild and reminded one of spring at times. P. P. Hall, local weather observer, todoy stated that the lowest temperature during the month was 24, while the mercury had.soared to 70. The Pittsburgh weather bureau has reported that-this December was the mildest In twenty nine years?since 1889. In the meantime everybody is hoiking for a "white Christmas." Von Eckhardt May 4 Not Be Becalled i?* ? (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?Ambassador Fletcher at Mexico City advised the State department today that ?3 Pueblo, a government organ, had denied that -von Eclchardt. the German minister to Mexico, had been-recalled. Other Mexican newspapers, however, say that von Eckhardt's mission there had terminated though he has not decided as to leaving the country. ] National Bank Remembers Loyal Employe's Work The National Bank of Fairmont today handed each of its employes a handsome check as a Christmas gift. These checks were for seven and one-half per cent of the salary of each employe for the year 1318 These sifts -were given the employes in recognition of much extra labor which was entailed during the year in connection with Liberty Loans, War Savings Stamp drives, etc. The employes greatly appreciate the generosity of tne bank in this particular. MAYOR BOWEN HAS BUSY SESSION I00AY < n T Tk . _ * __ i n _ T tv _ _ jba. Jttecmona jp ouna in uszed Condition?Says He Was Robbed. Mayor Barren was - greeted with : quite a group of offenders when he appeared in police court this morning and justice was quickly seeted out to the bunch. The firs: cfTenders tried were Jeseph Conaway. Ruth Van Pelt and Mary Miller. Jill accussed of loitering on the ' streets at two o'clock Sunday morning The trio were arrested as they stood in the doorway of Deitz's store on Madison street. The mayor held each ! on a ten dollar forfeit until he could ] talk with the officer who made the arrest this evening. W. J. Hamilton put up five dollars i for his anpearance this morning on a charge of being drunk failing to anpoar this morning forfeited the amount. Ms. Hattle McKee appeared before the major today to answ-er to a charge of entertaining a man by the name of ! Wilson behind closed doors at her ] rooms in the Snider boarding house | on Madison street Saturday night, j On complaint of Miss Snider who runs the house. Chief of Police Hanwent to the place and found the above conditions to exist. He told the woman to leave town or to appear this morning. AftPr inquiring into the case thoroughly and administering severe reprimand and insisting . .that tirewoman reform or leave the city at once the Mayor releaser her. She claims that she has a husband who is In the naval service In France and her little eight year old daughter appeared in police court with her this moning. The local .poi're fo-ca were kept husy aturday and Sunday in picking up offenders several of whom were j taken to their home being ill and in , no condition to jail. Ed. Redmond { was picked up by the police cn Jack- j son street in a dazed condition and j ctntod he had been robbed of a sum of money. [ Sunday evening a white man named Lewis was picked up unconscious with ''is face bleeding. He was removed to his home near Jackson street. Whether the man obtained his injuries by a j fall or had been hit in some manner | could not be learned as he was in no j condition to tmpat this knowledge. A. P. Case Now in Supreme Court (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.?The Supreme court of the United States rendered today its decision in the injunction proceedings brought by the Associated Press to stop pirating of news by the International News Service. Associate Justice Pitney delivering the opinion, began with a review of the case. As between the public and news ' gathering organizations Justlse Pitney expressed doubt whether there could be any propriety In uncopyI ighted news. As between rival gathering organizations he said there was a Quasi property interest. Want Permanent Rank for U. S. Officers (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. D.. C., Dec. 23.? Bestowal of permanent rank of Gen ' ?? nf j oral joon j fersums. tmci vi American forces in France, Peyton C. March, chief cf staff, and Casper H. Bliss, military representative at the supreme war council, and a permanent rank of lieutenant General, Hunter Liggett and Robert L. Bullary, commanding first and second army, was asked by Secretary Baker In a leter to Chairman Bent of the house military comTrying to Get Better Passenger Service Following the discussion that Fairmont should have better passenger train facilites. C. W. Evans, secretary of the Fairmont ""Chamber of Commerce. is arranging a conference between officials of the B. and O. railroad company and The Monongahela Railway company, and the special committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce. The members on the passenger! service committee from the chamber are J. Walter Barnes, chairman; C. B. Robinson, C. E. Smith, W. J. Wlegel. and A. T. Watson. [THREE ARE KILLED IR R AO WRECK AT WESriffl, PA Engineer and Two Express Messengers Have Lives Snuffed Out. RAILS PROW SPREAD Large Number of Soldiers Were on Train 66 When Accident Occurred. t (3y associated Press.) WEST NEWTON, Pa.. Dec. 23.? Three persons were killed and several *? ?DAiifUkAnn/l .neooanvAP I iUJUiCU OWUIUMWUJUU )????,?!> . i train No. 66 on the B. and O. railroad was derailed near here this morning, i were over turned. The dead: Engineer I Suttle; G A. Osborne, express messeni ger; John Osterly, express messenger. The Injured: J. L. tioutz, fireman, scalded bv steam. Four unidentified men. Osborne and OstOerly were crashed to death in the baggage car, where the four unidentified men were injured. The body of Englneeer Suttle was still buried under the wreckage an hour after the wreck. Railroad officials at the scene cf the acident said no passengers were injured. The cause of the acideut is-undetermined, although it is believed to hare been due to the spreading cf rails. A large number of soldiers were aboard the wrecked train. MAJOR CUM HEARS FROM FRANCE i * . Major E. B. Carskaddon is in receipt ! of a postal card from Capt. George M. I Ford, a former resident of this city, who- weat-cver seSis~as CommaBdte? j officer of Company C, 150th infantry, I of the 08th division, which indicates ' that some of the former West Virginia guardsmen at least saw active service on the western front.. These former- state guardsmen re( ceived ?reiim.inary (raining at Camp [ Coxnwell in this city and were later j attached to the 3Sth division and trained at Camp Shelby, Miss. Perhaps 1000 of these men went over seas last summmer and it was believed that none of them had got into action. However this card would indicate this' impression to he falce. Major Carskaddon believes that the 'nfantry roits of this division, including the 15Gth regiment of West Virginians. were used as replacements and that a number of them saw active service .' The card reads as follows: November 19. 1918. I got to the very front of the front line in time to he in at the death and am now well into territory occupied by Germany en tbe 11th. This ard was captured In an abandoned German camp. GEORGE M. FORD. Capt Inf. A. E. F. Captain. Fr-rd Is a son of Rev. Ford, who was a former pastor of the Diamond street church, and marrired Miss Annie Linn of Keyser. Christmas Religious Service for Ex-Kaiser (By Associated Press) LONDON, Dec. 23.?Wm. Hohenuollcra lias arranged for himself a Christmas celebration after the traditional German style as far as the circumstances -will permit, according to a dispatch. to the Daily Express from Amsterdam today*. The arrangeraent at the ex-emperor's insistence fill include elaborate religious caremonies on Christmas eve. The idea c-i. using the cillage chapel for these however, has proved impractical for various reasons, one of them being the fear of popular hostile demonstrations. The service accordingly will be held In the drawing room of Amerengan castle which will be converted into a chapeL City Board of ^ Affairs Meet Today Little business of importance was transacted by th city. Board of Affairs at its regular weekly meeting today. A number of bills were considered and adjusted and routine business transacted. The case of Nancy J. Stain which has to do with proceedings instituted by the Stain woman against the city amoving a piece of fencing on the property which,obstructs the street on which the property is located was further considered and again taken under advisement . Permits to build garages wen granted to Robert L. Langhlln at Bellview and Clarence E. Stark on Fourth street Mr. Stark is . the successor to H. ,W. Smouse who sold hia grocery _ KO CRISS ROLL CAU | 11GLKETHI3IT E^be of Wounded Soldier in France Joins From ~ ^ Kingroont ??? ** The time for collecting memberships for the Bed Cross Christmas Roll Call has been extended until 9:30 I o'clock tonight and memberships may I be obtainedat headquarters in the JI Fairmont hotel. Saturday young -women of the city maintained booths in business houses while others pa troll- i ed the streets and collected quite a J large number of memberships. This work win be continued today and it is ' believed there -will be quite a harvest of new members taken in the few remaining hours of the drive. Captains and all workers are urged to* have their complete reports into headquarters tonight in order to save trouble for the chairmen of the Roll j Call in snbnfttting reports to Wash- r infrton. I i Yesterday Alfred "Work, a three day J d old infant of Kingmont. whose father; j. is doing; duty with the TJ. S. gov3mmeat in France, was enrolled as an j, active member of the Red Cross. Lit- p tie Mary Jean Howard, the little v daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L. p. Howard. d is perhaps the youngest member of the _ Red Cross in this city her name hav- ^ ing been enrolled when the little miss ? was barely sixteen hoars old. Fairmont has made a magnificent showing In this roll call and when E complete returns are in it is believed she will stand among the first cities in the state as to membership in this great philanthropic organization. " J . PERSONALS i ' ii i. ?, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Klmmel are the guest sot relatives in Morgfantown. Miss Jessie Shuttlesworth. of Mor- J gantown. is the guest of her aunt. Mrs. W. T. Menear. in this city. Miss Hazel Bennett, of Grafton, -was a recent visitor to this city. Miss Rosalie Skiles. who is a student at the XTrslline academy at Pittsburgh. is at home to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. n Hugh Skiles. ? Henry Tchinski, who has been In the TJ. S. army stationed at Camp Lee. Va? arrived here today having been honorably discharged from service. He is a son of < Henry Tchinski,' of ? Feuusyivanijr avenue. ? Mrs. M. C. Lough who had been a 1 patient at the Mayo Brothers hospital 1 at Rochester, Minn., will arrive home 8 tomorrow. 1 .Miss -Virginia Fleming arrived here 1* yesterday from Washington, D. C., to E spend the holidays with relatives. Z Miss Bessie Reed, librarian at the C Fairmont High school, has gone to her t home at West Alexander. Fa. to spend I the holidays. ? J John J. McCool, of Brockport. N. ,S Y-, is in the city having been called L here by the illness of his father. John A J. McCool, Sr. The latter is improv- 1 lag. Miss Ethel Honlt arrived here last o week tor a visit with her mother, Mrs. o T. T. Honlt. Miss Honlt has been re- v siding in Washington, D. C., for some t] time. g Mr. and Mrs. William Rennie left S Jt ! in is mornmg ur x/euruju auav-u.., m ^ sepcd the holidays -with their daugh- C ter, Mrs. Harry Mason. James Hart, who attends school in Baltimore, is here to spend the Christ- J mas recess with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hart A. L. Westcott is seriously ill at the Kessler hotel in Huntington with pneumonia. Mrs. Westcott has been with him several days and his parents were b summoned to his bedside from Jersey f City, N. J. , - V Corporal Bernard Ginkie. who had ? been stationed at Camp Lee, Va? in government service, has returned to a his home in this city having been hon- a orably discharged from the army. ^ Miss Helen Rogers, a student at y the Fairmont State Normal school, t has gone to Monndsville, where she ^ win spend the Christmas vacation. a Miss Lncile Henry, of this city, accompanied her. They will remain there until the Christmas vacation period at the Normal School In concluded. I oFrrest Hartley, who attends the r Episcopal High school of Alexandria, . Va., is here to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. ? Hartley- t ? t Salvation Army Spreads Sunshine c Ca.pt. John U'Beirne. ol uie ooi.?-i tion army, has donated to Fairmont State hospital No. 3 a fine Christmas j1 tree which will be utilized for the benefit of five children, four boys and a j girl, -whose ages range from nine to eleven years of age who are patients at that institution. These children were admitted to the hospital for treatment for injuries of various natures and the tree will he decorated for their enjoyment as well as for the enjoyment of the hospital staff and other patients confined there. Many nice gifts will find their way. to I these little tots from this tree. AVIATOR VISITING HERE. \ Sergt. Carl T. McElfresh, of the ae- j roatntical department of the United , ' States army, stationed at Camp She.-- t [man. Montgomery. Ala., arrived here < this morning to spend the- Christmas j holidays with his parents. Mr. and i [ Mrs. A. T_ McElfresh, of 113 Pine ? street, thrs city. |3e was a clerk in the ? 1 Third" Mstlonalbaak; Cincinnati. .Ohio, i and enlisted afler the war broke out. ? 3* WTSw ' ffMl COKE . Ill POM, ? ^ Dispatch States That British Territory?Nationalisl Of Pol 'OUSH NATION H designation of Minority Mem in the Ebe meni {By Associated Press) ! i ZURICH. Dec. 23.?(Havas.)?Field j i' larshal von Hindenburg, according to eports received here from Germany, as concentrated a- large force of sol- I iers in Posen. Posen }s German Po- ]< tad. Polish nationalists have claimed d t as part of the new Poland and Brit- fc 3h troops have invaded the territory, e iccording to reports from Berlin last II reek the Polish government has or- I ered elections to be held in several a art sof Posen. Danzig the Baltic ot occupied by Polish forces last reek. Is in Posen. t G ZURICH, Dec. 23.?(Havas.)?The s Ibert government in Berlin is report- p d to be faced with another crisis j S iliiBiSin UMfflUfES laisc in Subscription Rates I There After January 1. , Twenty-four new mooks were placed n the shelves of the Fairmont Pubic library on Saturday. These are in ? ddition to those added to the library v everal weeks ago. h The books added on Saturday are as k allows: Children's Book ofr Patriotic k itoies (two volumes). The Cinder v ond. High Adventure, Glory of the c 'reaches. Dandelion Cottage, Jos- P elyn's Wife. Boy of Bruges, Polly of e xady Gay Cottage. U-boat Hunters, k ."ora-Sqnare-Accounts, Earthquake, s' lathleen's Probation, Rough Road, o leppetin's Passenger, This Way to P Ihristmas, Out to Win, His Second d Fife, Dere Mabli. Daughter of the tl .audi. Herself. Himself. Myself, Kind a tdventure, Amazing Interlude. The t< qairrel-cage. Home Fires in France, S ast of the Plains Men, Little Colonel's c laid of Honor. Mary Ware, Happiest n 'ime. a After the first of the year the board p - - * j - ??/> nrioo I trustees ucujucu w f subscription to $1.00 for an indl- d idual membership card and $1.50 tor be family card. It is not too late to ire subscriptions for Christmas gifts, leveral children have said -wistfully b bat they wished they'd get one for d hristmas. d ? ? s 5 M. V. X. Passenger * Cars Arrive Here i t< Three dcnble track passenger cars t uilt by the G. G. Kuhlman Car Co., at d Meveland Ohio, for the Monongahela c "alley Traction Company have arriv- A d here and are in the local yards. h They will be taken to Clarksburg nd transferred to the traction lines P nd -will be put in city sevice here and 1 i Clarksburg when the wheels for ? be trucks which have been promised * >y for this week have arrived from be American Steel Foudry Company, ? t Chicago. f , _ b REGULATING SEASON'S WAGES. * WASHINGTON", Dec. 23.?(By As- { ociated Press.)?In its first interpre- j ation of the LaFollette Seamen's act he Supreme Court answering quesions certified from the lower court tolay declared constitutional the secion. regulating the payment of wages o seamen hut limiting its application I o foreign vessels only while they are r n American waters. h e CHILD BURIED HERE. The body of the/ five months old 1 :bild of Mr. and Mrs. W. Guy Cheat- 0 lam, who reside at the Almlna mines teas Morgan town, whose death oc- * rurred Sunday morning after an ill- J less with acnte indigestion, was 1 roneht here last nighL Services were J leld at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and * nterment was made in Maple Grove 1 :emetery by Undertakers Carpenters 1 ind Ford . Mr. Cheatham, father of he child, was formerly manager of 1 he Jewel Tea company and resided J lere. plans Being Worked Out. The dance tc he given by a number < >f society peop'e cf the city as a bene- t it for the Salvation Army nnrsnry < promises to he an enjoyable affair. < Vrrangtement3 are being made to have j i number of card > tables in play, and < hese tables will be in charge ot Mrs. J ] Z-. W. "WatsCit- Prizes will he awarded ] n these games. There will be no eat- : >ense to the dance other than will be ] >rowided for ont side of the money semred from the sale of the tickets, and : he entire proceeds will be-devoted tc t he maiatsinanoe of the daystmery. i T? ''17* ; v~ i " Mil FORCES . and. h rough the resignation -ofithe ty members of the *** usen, -head of the G?riBte?uis3S8j ye industry, is ink between "bu8iness~ Juid .udendorft and -was one ot'tl e most| ireat Britain of her fntentfos to evnurtc tit Ttisnna? nfta^rftl liminaries irtuallv complete th'e^-'^^^^SSfl ly the principle part fork for the-acfaal pllarfptefcjjla onference. Mr. WHattt ooMljiSBMB ressing of till problems applying food to tlfte St. dministrator. It h^SeCT^^^SBBB ) the entente n attorns thjtetj^he ." linds of the people'^ho^ar irect fashion ** tirooosal ->?TTB t-n win It tha ered by Germany under le armistice. > Since word came from Bnd^gj merican delegates > advocate destruction < i. essels. to avoid contention over 'Jgjijg|^B istribution the mbject .merican and allied ere. Some officers found reason.-Cagj|HjM orting sncha course ~b:- in le dlfficnity of Incpn ther navies craft of Gennah-iodfiiwH^^M on. Officials have professed to|nw| othing about the :.at*Sta?^^HH^^H resident until today when<$lt9B| sarned that he viewed the- plan as al>gether nndesiraHe. H WASHINGTON, ^ao^b.. D - 23.? j 1 disposing of amene he wa evenae bill with asSev efore adjoummmt;tod*jgHBSS||^^^^M xpressed its first hdfe?BiM8HB| 'inance committee : elimn -so called luxuries. . ^ ^The iaxnrfeg ars and was the sab. of sharp roversy. It impo ate on a variety of artl?M'^^W Lied prices.' An or". estrlction on this section was p ed later. NEW YOBKtike States transport Cetlric arrived in port oday trom. X?nm>r an troops. -'Mjm&Bmie 5 officers. 2?6S . : times and serreali*d^MlB^*^^^* xtmprised ; "Wir,: r casual coi tallies No- 1062 colored^? 067. Liverpool ;ea 002 colored. loos, iw^togES 007. - . i-j&ssgi S The SS2d ad 424 pie latter 74 are