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Audit Bureau of Osculations 1 | /ESTABLISHED 1868. IMPEACt CHARGES IDE HE USED OEFICEFI PVATE GAIN [ffi Congressman McFadden lp| Declares He Connived |Hp| With Brother. I DEMANliS INVESTIGATION ' Declared That Williams Commit Offenses "of a Serious Nature." | - ' WASHINGTON*, July 19?Charges that John Skelton Williams CompV trailer of the currency, aided h'a brother, Charles Lewis Williams in ' negotiating for the purchase by the - government ot property in Washington valued at more than $4,000,000 and received part of the commission for the sale were made today before the House Rules Committee by Iteip. reaentatlve McFadden, Republican, r' Pennsylvania. Mr. McFadden asked that the comN .mittee report out his resolution pro, ' vidtng for appointment of a special House committee to investigate the of. ficial conduct of ths comptroller and announced that tf the investigation was not oraerea ne wouia prerer charges on the floor of the House and ask for Mr. William's Impeachment. "Evidence that the comptroller j; mace use ol his office for private ' gain Is in my possession." Mr. Mc'i-' Fadden said. "It Is very complete. It - shows that he was Involved tn a financlal way with purchase by the j .government of the Arlington Hotel property for $4,200,000. He aided hl3 . brother in negotiating the sale and I am prepared to prove that he received part of the commission." Mr. McFadden declared he also could prove that Mr. Williams ha-1 taken part In other transactions "of a mpst serious nature." Mr. McFadden told Representative l'ou, Democrat, North Carolina he "would rather not" go into detailss of the charges before the committee now. Comptroller Williams in a statement today said the charges made by Mr. McFadden were "utterly without foundation" and "a falsehood from start to j finish." He declared he had no Interest In the sale of the Arlington property to the government and received no compensation in connection with it. RICHMOND, Va., July 19.?Lewis C TIT41 Homa Vtwithnr In Inn" Af pAmnlrnl. ler Williams, today denounced the charges of Representative McFadder . against the comptroller as untrue. He said the sum Involved was $1,000,00C v. Instead ot $4,080,000 as stated by Mr ' McFadden an dthat the comptrollei ^ was In no way concerned In the transV action. H. ' ' ? FUNERAL QF CHARLES R. T1MMS. Sr-; Funeral services over the body'ot Bs Charles Rush>1 Tlntms, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Timms, whose death occurred Thursday night at the home ol his parents at Graham (Heights took place this morning frcm the residence and Interment was made In the MeadHf cwdale cemetery by undertaker Musgrave and eon. Bii LOSTPOCKETBOOK ..containing sum of money, this ??r morning between Howard St., and 5?-." Courthouse or In Courthouse. Lib. era! Reward Telephone 924.J, gt'' Mike McCue, 205 Howard St. | 'Palace Restaurant. BaKV Formerly Anderson's 123 MAIN ST. B||t; The best place in Fairgl^pOLITICAL ADVEEfTSiNQ ~ ggfW " r "lw-n-"-'-"-"-"x^^-aruWL~"inn r-i"-r" Km Announcement. To the Democrats of the City KtuT I will he a candidate for City gK 'Director before the Democratic convention of Saturday evening, .and I respectfully solicit your rup. ? Thomas \. Deveny. jf m. I I I ngnra UEMUKlt ASSOCIATED PRESS. IMENf] | MEET MISS BECKLEY ]> V; EH ' / :i wHBhK" ' ^1 ^OZTL, jffBl Srr/cTZ.EK :" Jf$BBk ?who has written a new love-scria "Romances of a Summer Girl." whlc is to appear exclusively In this cit n The West Virginian beglnnin Monday. Miss Beckley is noted a one of cleverest newspaper wome in New York and we know you'll Ilk her serial as well as the special new stories which she has been engage to write for us from time to t'imo. ti i m i i. oriy xeacnc-rs Want Certificate: There were just forty applicants fi tho third and last teachers' unifor examination held at the Miller sclio in this city Thursday and Frida There wcro thirty-seven applicants fi the elementary grades, two for the hif school and one for the primary. Today the papers are being sent the office of the state superintendc: of schools, M. P. Shawkey, at Chatlc ton. There the papers will be grade It will likely be ^ptne time in Augu before tho papers are returned. The examination yesterday and t) day before was held by County Supe intendent of Schools Homer C. Toot: man. Matters of Interest In Labor Circle W. M. Rogers, Fairmont, preside of the West Virginia State Federatii of Labor, will leave for Martlnsbu tonight. Tomorrow he will organi the quarrymon of Berkeley county. 1 Thirty-five restaurant hands ha signed the application for a chart of the Hotel and Restaurant employ* 1 union. W. M. Rogers, state president of tl West Virginia Federation of Lub< will address a mass meeting and p nic at Piedmont oh July 2G, and will organize a trades council at El Ins on Sunday, July 27. Fourteen hundred chemical wot era at the plants at Zieslng and Gn elli are signed up In the charter of t chemical workers' union. i ? Good Roads Meeting InWinfieidTonigh W'jrfielcl In Winfield district, th ' ee-vning will be the scene of a ma ; meeting which will cnen a campati ! for good roads in that district. It understood that there will be sever good speakers who will talk upon tl general subject of road3 and poi out bow permanent highways wou improve land values and make livli conditions better In itVnfleld. It the plan ir. this district to arrani a road building program and get bond issue voted upon without ai loss of time Army Colonel Quits After Controvers; KASHINGTON, July 19? LI. C Samuel T. Ansell. former acting Jud Advocate General of the army and t central figure In the controversy wit in the War department regarding mi tary Justice handed his resignation Secretary Baker today. CAR SLIGHTLY DELAYED. Due to an air motor blowing out t M. V. T. Rlvesvlllo car due In Fa mont at 1 o'clock this afternoon w HoVivful fjftnpn minntno nn T>n view siding. POLITICAL ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENT. ; To the Democratic Voters 'of th< City of Fairmont: I hereby announce myself as t candidate for the nomination foi City Director, subject to the ac. tlon of the Democratic City Con] ventlon this evening. Your sup. port Is respectfully solicited. J. A. JAMISON. ements Are Essentic v West V\ 1 FAIRMONT. WEST VIRGIN mm ALLIED SOiEISl IIDBEII! IMBEDS 1RCDJD1DQI Great Parade in Celebration of Coming of { Peace. KING GEBRGT REVIEWS Millions of PeoDle .Tam t.Via Streets as Boys Pass By. 4 1, LONDON, July 19. ? Nineteen U' thousand allied soldiers?picked form y famous combat divisions the names g of which are written large on the is pages of the history of the world war n ?marched through London streets e today in celebration of the return of s peace. The line of parade was more d thun six utiles in length and required over an hour to pass a given point. King George with other members of the royal family, army and navy officers and leaders of both houses of Parliament stood on the steps of the S I Victoria Memorial In 'front of Bucki ingham Palace to receive the salutes 3r of the warriors. m A magnificent rectptlon was given 0[ the hosts. The streets were bright .. with allied' colors, some thorough:)r fares being flanked with stucco pillars supporting figures of Victory. Spectatosr jammed every coign of vantage, t0 even the roofs being black with cheer?. ing htousands. Among those who wit,s nessed the parade were four thousand d widows, mothers and children of men at killed during the war. m MEADE TRIES in PQOVC AM AUDI g IU IIIUVL fill HLIUI When the trial jury gets the highway robbery case some time this afternoon In which Criss Meade, colored, is charged with holding up the Everson-Kilarm gasoline car in broad daylight, it will have some very con. dieting evidence to consider. The defense is attempting to prove h an alibi and yesterday atfernoon introduced two or three witnesses to . ' prove that Meade was not in the vtlle" clnity of Everson when the robbery occurred. The state has succeeded In securing several witneses who saw ,k. Meade at Everson about the time of lg". the robbery and who identified him ho beyond doubt. Court reconvened at 1:30 p. m. and as soon as Attorney L. C. Musgrave, for the defense, and Prosecuting Attorney Walter Haggerty, for the state, complete their arguments the + case will go to the jury. TJie entire l morning was taken up with the examination of witneses, the last wttness Js in the case being examined shortly bess fore noon. >n T. V. Buckley, jailor, was one of is the flrst witnesses on the stand this al morning. Mr. Buckley testified that 10 he had a man In jail who was charged nt with the robbery, but who was later 1<1 dismissed after it was learned that he iff was not the party wanted, is James Fitzpatrlck, colored, was Se called to the witness stand nnd testia fled that he saw Meade on Jackson ! street, Fairmont, on May 28, about three days before he was arrested in Uniontown. Deputy Sheriff John Glover testified that when he brought Meade to _ the railroad station at Uniontown and jf the Ah argon were discussed, Meade o|. told him he had not been in Monongp* gah since he had been discharged he from the army. h- Harrison Martin testified that he H- Baw Meade at the mouth of Mine No. to 63 near Monongah on the morning of May 28. A motion was made bv the state to strike out the evldenepof this wincss. ho Claud Woods told that Criss Meade lr- was at his home the night before the as robbery occurred. Ho had seen U- Meade at the boiler house at Mine No. ....3 about 6:30 a. m. the morning the _ robbery occurred. He also told that ? eh had seen a 32 calibre Colt blue steel revolver in Meade's room.' C. W. Williams, of Everson, told that about 10:30 a. m. the morning of May 28 he had seen and was talki ing to him. Williams was plowing HiH nnrn af th? tlmo IT** ooM t Meade had told him he wa$ going to Fairmont and then to Pennsylvania^ He had about $4 In nickles and dimes which Williams saw. ' I Sandy Hall, another Everson resident, testified that he had seen Cries . Meade at Everson about 7 o'clock the morning of May 28 and was talking ? ito him. il to Your Daily Weltc g*y*r J || TTj By "^B irginia's Beit Newspaper ' flA, SAT mm Oh, Listen Here! By ADAM A LANE. When I came Home Last Evening I found Hermlone Gazing pensively At A table full OC Fat Quart Jars Filled with Fat Black Berries. "Name of A Cannon, Hermlone! We'll never eat That Many this Side The fabled Jordan." "I've juat Finished Counting them, Adam, There are Twenty-two! And there's Yet The Jelly. Adam, how Wonderful It is To Be a brilliant Woman! You see a Number Of ub went Blackberrylng Today As a sort of Lark. We caught An Early Fairvlew Car And rode Until We saw some Bushes Along a Hill-top, So then we Got Off at the Next Stop And walked Back A Mile Then we had To Climb three Fences And wade a Stream To get to Them. And Mrs. Walter Barnes Just would Bring A watermelon For Lunch Because she Knew We would Be Thirsty, So we all Had To help Carry It, and we Thought We would Die Before we Reached The berry Patch. There were Lots Of berries, Tho' And we began To Gather Them. "Now, girls," said Mrs. Jennie Engle, "Watch out for Snakes? Black Snakes, And black Berries Always were Real Chummy." this was a Most Unfortunate thing To Say, for Mrs. Pat Hoge And Mrs. Charley Hood Promptly climbed An Apple Tree And never Came Down Until all was Over. Goodness, the Sun Was Hot! And After About fifteen Minutes Mrs. Jack Meredith Looked down At A road Gang Busy on the Car ' Trjtrlf And said, "1 Will Go down There And make a Speech. Don't pick Another Berry; watch Me And Walt." And, first Thing We Knew She had those Men Spell-bound. They Laid down picks And Shovels and Listened With open Mouths. She talked ten Minutes. And at the Close They Wept? Then made as One Man for our Berry Patch. Adam, you never Saw Anything like It! They'were Pale With Emotion And picked like Mad? They filled All Our Buckets And their own Lunch Palls And their Pockets And tried to Put Some in Mrs. Roster's Hat We had the Car So toll When We eot on The Oonductor Invited Us To "wait for the Freight" "What, on Earth, Did she Say To those Men Hermione?" "Oh, she made Them Her speech On Food Conservation! By the time She Finished they Thought The whole World Was starving To Death. Gracious, honey, It Was no Stunt At all for Her To make them Gather Berries. She got Seven Thousand xJonarB one or l'fie Same Gang For the Red Cross? Now, get out, Adam, I gotta make That Jelly." Professor, can yon Beat It? .] ire; You Wouldn't I % r *; ' " ' * I 1 |~I I I B B B B. B >B URDAY EVENING, JULYI MAI ANOTHER SLUMP I IN GOAL CARS IN i EIIIT REGi i TAfnl n?r{nf)1nn in T TU?? .ivi/oi L/niiiuics iu ucss -i.ua it 700 on Monongah Division. ^ TWEH|?ES IDLE: Slack Prices Reported to j i Have Advanced to $1.90 i Mark. I i With one exception today's car supply on the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was poorer than on any day of the present week. There were but 696 cars on the division today and the placement fell to 589 at 7 o'clock this morning. The most serious car shortage of the week was Wednesday, when there were but 629 cars and the placement dropped to 529. As a result of car shortage today there were twenty-six mines idle, while on Wednesday theer were 44 down because of the car shortage that day. On the Monongahela Railway the placement at 7 o'clock this morning was 160 with 250 surplus cars. Operators in the Elkins field appears to be getting adequate car supply from the Western Maryland railroad. Yesterday's Loading. In the Fairmont region yesterday there were 1,163 cars of coal and coke loaded. Actual coal loading was 1,160 cars, while the coke totaled three cars. All of the coke was sent went. Eastward coal loading on the B. & O. was 783 loads, whiel yestyard loading was 159 cars. Marine Situation. Little has broken in the marine strike along the coast, and from last accounts the strike was still on. From 400 to 600 sea-going vessels are tied up at the dockB. Shipments to Curtis Bay over the B. & O. yesterday totaled 68 cars, which-is but eight loads less than on the previous day. Curtis Bay snipmeats naturally have dwindled greatly, as have the shipments to St. George's Pier, New York city. Yestui-riav'H ahlnm.nlfl tn St Conran'o were 22 loads. To the Lakes. Shipments to the Lakes yesterday 1 i totaled ninety-eight cars over the B. 1 | & 0. railroad, which was the next to ;the largest shipment for the week, Tuesday's loading having been 110 I cars. I Other carload shipments over the B. & O. wei*e as follows: Michigan points, 23; Ohio points, 14; miscellaneous joints, 24. Unconsigned Loads. Today there are fewer unconsigned loads on the Monongah division of the B. & O. railroad than since they began to pile up last January. They have been cut down to 39 loads, twelve less than yesterday. Working Conditions. Naturally the car shortage is being keenly felt In the Fairmont region today. The Consolidation Coal company, the JamlBon Coal and Coke company, the Hutchinson Coal company and other operations are without cars today at a number of the mines or are at least somewhat affected by the shortage. Mines down due to look of orders aTe 66. These added with those affected by car shortage total 92 mines as being idle today. Railroad Fuel. Railroad tuel loaded on the B. ft O. yesterday total 281 cars. This is running up quite lively. ,It Is reported that the B. ft 0., P. ft R. and Bangor and Arostock are ordering heavier recently. Slack Price Better. Prices In slack are advancing, According to reports floating over the region because of the small amount of prepared size coal that Is being produced due to the lull in shipments to Curtis Bay because of the marine strike. Prices here are ranging from ai.su 10 fi.su ior siacx. i-niiaaeiphia sales offices are asking $2 a ton for slack. Home from Harrison. E. S. McCullough, commissioner of the Northern Coal Operators' association, returned today from Harrison, near Elk Garden, Mineral county, where a hearing was held with United Mine Workers over a grievance at one of the Brady operations. Several of the points have been settled. E. S. McCullough and S. D. Brady represented the operators .and Frank Drumm, president of Blstrict 16, of Cumberland, William J. Trlckett, of Cumberland, secretary of district 16, and Joe Loftus, of Cumberland, international organizer, represented the (Continued on page four.) I {now Where to Shop \ TV probi 9, 1919. TODAY'S ffEWS TODJ Wm I. JAMIS AND I PICKED FOB 10 m msm IUMEDJN STATE Fairmont Was Not Named In List of Thirty Six. (Special Dispatch to West Virginian.) WASHINGTON. July 19?In a batch if several hundred presidential postuaster nominations sent to the Senate or confirmation there are thirty-six n West Virginia. Practically all. of hese nominees have been serving for ;ome time, and are presumed to have teen successful in tlitr so-called examnation test tor postmasters of the iresidential class. The nominations lent Into the Sonate are: Emery C. Queen to be postmaster at Jerkeley Springs, in place of W. Jack dunter. resigned. Francis M. Peters to be postmaster it Bluefleld, in place of Floyd J. Brown, leceased. Harry Brooks to be postmaster at Bridgeport, in place of William M. Davis, resigned. Henry S. Percival to be postmaster it Holden, in place of Bertha W. Smith, leclined. Ethel M. Zimmerman to be postmaster at McMachen, in place of Otis M. Carroll, resigned. Gaylord E. Berry to be postmaster a? Madison, in place of Henry M. Walker, resigned. Walter E. Stout to be postmaster at Parkersburg, in place of Simnts Powell, removed. Worth D. McClung to be postmaster at Rlcbwood, in place of Fred Amlck*, resigned. William A. Burgess to be postmaster at St. Albans, in place of Guy F. McComas, resigned. Arthur J. Duncan to be postmaster at Fayettevllle, in place of A. D. Smith, Jr., resigned. James B. Ballard to be postmaster at Dunbar. Office became presidential July 1, 1918. Edward P. Boggess to be postmaster at Lumberport. Office became presidential October 1. 1918. Hardin b. Carroll to be postmaster at Mason Town. Office became presidential April 1. 1918. William A. Stackpole to. be postmuatnp at Pitta flrnva ftfflnu hanamo presidential July 1, 1918. Abner Nut Harris to be postmaster at Thorpe. Office became presidential Octobeb 1, 1917. Hayes Sapp to be postmaster at Newburg, In place of Hayes Sapp. In cumbent's commission expired February 4, 1919. Alex. L. Hatfield to be postmaster at Matewan, in place of A. L. Hatfield, incumbent's commission expired January 26, 1919. James F. Beatty to be postmaster at Mannington, in place of J. F. Beatty. Incumbent's commission expired January 12. 1919. William G. Bayliss to be postmaster at MacDonald, in place of W. G. Bayliss. Incumbent's commission expired September 16, 1918. Fred S. Hathawriy to be postmaster at Grantsviile, In place of F. S. Hathaway. Incumbent's commission expired January 30, 1919. Owen J. King to be postmaster at Elklns, in place of 0. J. King. Incumbent's commission expired April 24, 1918. C. Forest Hull to be postmaster at Durbin, In place of C. F. Hull. Incumbent's commission expired March 3, 1919. George H. Merchant to be postmaster at Cairo, in place of G. H. Merchant. Incumbent's commission ex plred February 4, 1919. Robert G. Oxley to be postmaster at Athens, In place of R. G. Oxley. Incumbent's commission expired February IB, 1919. William N. Cole to be postmaster at Williamson, In place of W. N. Cole. Incumbent's commission expired August 19, 1918. William W. Irwin to be postmaster at Wheeling, In place of W. W. Irwin. Incumbent's commission expired December 22, 1918. Charles Lively to be postmaster at Weston, in place of Charles Lively. Incumbent's commission expired December 29, 1918. Daniel J. Moran to be postmaster at Thomas, In place of D. J. Moran. Incumbent's commission expired March 2, 19X9. Robert E. Hedrlck to be postmasterat Franklin. Office became presidential January 1, 1919. Andrew J. Taylor to be postmaster at Ansted. Office became presidential Jailnary 1, 1919. . Morgan T. Morrison to be postmaster at Sutton, in: place of M. T. Morrisonl Incumbent's commission expired February IB, 1919. Margaret MoGugin to be postmaster at Ravens wood, in place of Margaret (Continued on Pago Four) if There Were Noru ' I I xM?r? * I SOME NEW CAHBIBAld The beat guess on the atreeU Is Dr. J. A. Jamison and' Squire wffl \V. Conaway as the nomlnees'o&|^H democratic party to aerre the city I on the Board of Directors;' subJeolitjjH another which is also a favoritS^B lor the Worrla.Conaway. comblnafBgH Curb stone sages insist thatyCiaBM away will be one of the mah^aSm^M ated and Jamison will he iilii I MINNOW hate. East sidera whOae'lugHB^H means considerable, tnaiat^iSH^H Ing a Democratic representative on I the Board of Directors and for reason the candidacy of Dr. JhuSHiMH who formally announcbd>tmjm5B^^H press today, is regarded as ratherraM that the candidacy of Tom Deveny may change the outltwk censMdftgfflH Deveney has for years beem<Ciuju^H man to the party and now if he. tfjgl mands open and above reoo|3t||^^H by hlB party he may cause somefogR^H bie. Humor has it that'Tom and Ttffig en are not the. best of frtBndS,.u|^H they have not even ex6biirige!d;iM^H years. Dereney la known tO^MB^I considerable following, but whether it I Is Influence enough to.cope, Influence of . the "big building" itaWilH npt be known until the In full Bwlng tonight Sulf^nj^^H say, however, that Deveney^H|^H loafing on the street corndr^ftyfl^^H as usual today and Is believed .tc^^H out doing consIderabl|l^electidmM|^^| Squire Conaway se'em?.ffij9|^^H surest guess as be is variciuJUy!&oi|^H pled with names of other asiiK$|^^| He Is believed to be accehUbioyg^^f IJIg UUIIU1UK UlUUgll IQ1B WIIIOH it developed that he may'! hot) betke^| candidate either. The ''big stlckaH not long ago let it drop, whethegjwM posoly or Inadvertently bo seen that Squire Conawny was a I good man and would make a stromH candidate. political game logn" onoughto'kjy|M how to drop hints to be nsedtaSt^^H advantage and the mystery^mB^^H day seems to surround ConavWSMB^^B dldacy Is, to say the learagl^H Interesting. Dopesters have it that reallzt^^| original ticket was fueling causes naving aevetopj^MH that they may not^ecel^eJgnm^^B support. In other bunch may see the '9ia^nmEB|^^H the wall" and be obliged to somewhat modify the slate. .. 3?S|& Barnes is perelstent 'WJiHs^^^B that he will nt be a candl^3|fl^^^| mor has It that his namerpjOMS^^^I be sprung before j the conrenttagf||^H night. ther gossip Is Clem 8haver and TuscaarSj^^H fight to a finishe tonlght onsf 'gli^B the best of terms and that they may which Is concealed Up^ea&feB^BW sleeves. (Wiseacres go so far as to state '.l^H it is probable that the --"namji^^^^H "corporation"~ candidates :.'hglra||^^| been sprung on theicpyHga^^M and that tonight they will come fortl as .'/dark horses." ?0| At any rate there Is going hot time in the. old .townSWiBB^^B course the "big steaimsNUM^^^^^I oiled to such a nlcety^f^M|^H glide over Its victim favorable to the t'corpofflwB^^^^B ?so readily as hot. oquciu Ul D4UU1U. . I Some more timber developM^^^H | on tbe "curb" urhen^wHn^^l handed It out .thatdespl{b;fH^^H that they had no announced he of the Hon. O. 8. Mi TTtiljjilMB^^M Waitman H. Conaway would bpa^^B to the scramble; - The talk tlon even went.so i far .amm<9^^^| that Col. Conaway|>njj?Bjffl^^H^H nine mate of Clyde MfemgH Everywhere one lookS'toB^M of these numberles avptrsm^^^H oflfce of "city dad" can be seen a several voter* "oonliNB^^^^^^B low conversation except convention" 1 itaMj "Well anyway the agotiyj^^^^H be over and. the reusEgH^^^^H know which two amah|#gj|^^^^H less candtdates'farfntKjB^^^^^H ine their city an theJIgnHB^^^^^H have been pidted^sSj l'V%-~r kii\ "*, ! widcs99 'j l'i T"'|>: \ li[i4"