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Car Being Driven By Her
Father Got Out of
Control.
JE WAS BADLY HURT
Other Members of the Familv
Esraneri With Slight
Injuries.
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Edith Petty, aged seven years, was
almost instantly killed, and her lather,
Brooks Petty, sustained serious injuries
last evening at about seven
o'clock when an automobile in whicn
^tlley were riding turned over on the
country road near buuuer's Kidge in
Winfield district, pinning its occupants
beneath it.
Brooks Fetty with liis wife and three
daughters were out for a drive and
were passing along a perfectly clear
piece of road when the accident took
and it is presumed the steering
g?ar refused to work. The car ran up
an embankment along the road and
turned completely over.
Edith Fetty was caught beneath the
car and was so badly Injured that she
succumbed to her injuries about fifteen
minutes later. Mr. Fetty was
badly cmshed through the chest ami
lungs and his condition is regarded us
serious. Mrs. Fetty and daughter.
Ruby, were also bruised and cut und
Pauline, the baby of the family, escaped
practically unhurt
The body of the little ..victim of the
-? accident and the other members of the
party were tuken to the home of
Jerome Saunders, the father of Mrs.
Fetty, where they are at present.
Mr. Fetty who was driving the cat
is an oil well driller and resides on
Buuner's Ridge near the Mt. Clairo
school house. The accident took
[ place near the residence of David Carpenter.
The funeral of the child Is announced
> to take place this afternoon at four
o'clock from the residence of her
grandfather, Jerome Saunders, and Interment
will be made in the Bunner's
Ridge cemetery by Undertakers Carpenter
and Ford. The Rev. Mr. Curtis
jP|r|ll conduct the funeral services.
* '^Irs. Fetty is a sister of Mrs. Lester
Gwynn and of Mrs. Dessie Watson, of
this city, both of whom went to the
stricken home this morning.
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Miss Flornco Curley of Wheeling
Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Joe
Hanley. '
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NOTICE.
We request that all union Barbers
patronize only the stores
dtBplaylne union store cards in
their windows.
Barbers Local 675.
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Him For Lite
(By Associated Press.)
WHEELING. W. Va., July 30?
Alleging that he has been Injured
for life as a result of a handshake, j
John A. Tennyson of this city, to- I
day filed suit In the Circuit court
for $5000 damages against Riley
Briggs, a former Wheeling police- j
man.
The declarations allege that in ,
grasping his hand BrlggB fractured
' a bone leaving Tennyson a cripple i
j for life. ^
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[XPERT PRAISES
LOCAL IHODS
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| Prof. H. H. Stoek, of U. of
I, is Visiting in the
Region.
Prof. H. H. Stoek, professor of mining
engineering. University of Illinois
Urbane, 111., is nere today making gen
eral observations. The pfactlces in
vogue here which made it possible to
extract a very high percentage of coal
are regarded by Prof. Stoek to be
among the very beat In the United
States and In his opinion the Consolidation
Coal Company Is a leader be|
cause It has paid more attention to
pillar extraction than many coal companies.
Prof. Stoek stated that in his
j opinion, Prank Haas, consulting en|
glneer of the Consolidation Coal company,
Is one of the foremost coal engineers
in the country.
Today Pjof. Stoek is visiting the
operation of the New England Fuel
& Transportation Company at Grant
Town?the largest and most exten-1
sive mine in the county. Yesterday!
lie was at mine 884. the Consollda- |
tlon Coal Company, near Hutchinson, i
; and on Monday he was at the opera-!
| tion of the Four States Coal Company I
i at Aunabelle. Tonight Prof. St|>k|
j leaves for Wheeling to examine coal!
mines In that section and thence hej
will go to Chicago where he has an
appointment for Saturday.
While the investigation is of a personal
nature, nevertheless Prof. Stock i
will submit the fruits of his work!
here to the mining interests of the j
State of Illinois, which are fully equip ;
pea Diit are probably not practicing!
pillar extraction ns successfully as the |
mines in the Fairmont region. Illi-1
nois and West Virginia are usually [
nip and tuck for second place in the I
mining industry of the nation. As a j
rule t>nc is slightly ahead of the other
only lo be surpassed by the other later.
Last year Illinois was second
by a slight lead, according to Prof.
Stoek.
The investigation being made by
; Prof. Stoek is rather an extensive one
; as prior to coming here he visited the
coal fields of western Pennsylvania.
| Connellsville and Uniontown. He
: came to Fairmont from West Virginla
University, Morgantown where he
was the guest of Prof. A. C. Callen,
head of the mining department, and
Prof. Robert Z. Virgin, assistant dircc
tor of the mining extension depart-1
ment of West Virginia university on
Saturday. Dr. Callen was formerly assistant
professor of the mining de(Continued
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WOMAI CAUGHT
They Confess and Implicate
Nephew of Woman
They Robbed.
MISSING ITWOUNDED
Some Exciting Incidents
in the Man Hunt
Yesterday.
George Mikalovicb, a barber of
Cleveland, Ohio, is in the Harrison
county,jan at utarksourg ana jonn
Voulaka la in the county 'Jail her.;
charged with robbing and severely
beutlng Mrs. CJeo/ge Yandrich, the
Wllllnrd Mine resident, near Shinnston,
who was attacked yesterday morning
by three unknown foreigners and
roDbed of J1.800. Both have confesse.ll
to the crime.
But one of the three men who committed
the robbery remains at large]
and that is a man said to be Nlck Ber-i
nlch, an Austrian, aged about 23 years,
six feet tali, smooth face and well
dressed, and with two bullet wounds'
in his body.
His cap has been found by officer.,
making the search, it has a bullet hoi; I
in the buck and officers are inclined
to believe that he has been shot some -;
wneer udoui me nead.
Marion county officers with Sherlh j
Glover's blood hounds resumed their
search fo rthe missing man again this
morning, but at a late hour this afternoon
hud not found him.
One other man by tHhTiame of 'Nick
Pauvln, alias Jim Hunter, nephew of
the lad/ who was robbed, haB been
arrested In Clarksburg. The two other
me narrested claimed that the crime
was plotted and planned by Puuvln,
despite the fact that Pauvin denies
being an accomplice In the case.
A party of about forty officers, including
several members of the Fair- j
mont police force, a number of .Marion j
county officers and several Harrison <
county officers, searched the woods |
about Everson thoroughly yesterday i
afternoon and evening in their effort j
to capture two men said to he George
Meliockovich and Nick Bernich, charged
with severely beating and robbing i
Mrs. Yandrich.
Sheriff A. M. Glover's blood hounds
which had been to Burnsville the en- j
tire day on a long trull, were brought
to Everson late yesterday and followed
the trail of the two Williard Mine
thieves until they were completely ex- ]
hausted. "Ed," one of the dogs followed
the trail until he was flat ou!
the ground from heat and over-work.
Even then he vainly attempted to
crawl along the ground on his stomach
In an effort to capturt the brutal
thieves.
Several times yesterday during their
search, officers thought they had captured
their men. Cnce two men were
seen hiding on the front end of a
frelht train. Officers Jumped the
freight and walked over the top of car
afte rear, and held the two men up at
the point of their guns, whereupon they
found that they had held up the wrong
men.
One other time a man was caught
hiding near a spring. He was watched
for considerable time and did not
move. Finally officers advanced on
him only to find that they had agalu
held up the wrong party.
The three men were stopped neai
Everson yesterday, but two of them
made good their escape, after one of
them bad been shot twice. As the officers
followed the trail vesterHnv aft.
erno&n and evening over the railroad
track and through com fields, the>
found blood stains here and there from
the wounded man.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN DYING.
NEW YORK, July 30.?Physicians
attending Oscar Hammerstein, theatre
builder and grand opera producer,
declared today that his condition Is
so critical they fear he can only live
a few hours. Mr. Hammerstein now
is In a coma and his entire right side
1b paralysed.
NOTICE
Mr. Towner, Representing
the American Silver
Truss company will be at
the Fairmont Pharmacy
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tuuay aria tomorrow. He;
will give expert advice in
truss fitting free. If you
are in need of a truss,,
don't fail to see Mr.
Towner.
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Unusual view of the capltol takei
of the U. S.
zeEandiaa
with locai
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Former West Virginia Guai
Plan Home Coming R
Ammuniti
Major Karl Smith thin morning received
a telegram frQm General
.March, chiei at staff of^tho United.|
States army, anouncing th'dt the trans
port Zeelandia with the 113th Ammunition
train which includes about 100
Fairmont young men on board has ar-'
rived in New York hnrhnr
Tonight, in response to a call which |
went out Tuesday, there will be a;
meeting in the Intermediate court i
room of members of 0'd Company H ]
which company most of the Fairmont'
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IN I COURT HOUSE
Room Formerly Used As a
Barber Shop Donated
By Court.
The United States Employment Bureau
has been moved from the Hayes
building on Monroe street to the lower
corner room of the Marion county
court house on Maine and Jefferson
streets. Ct. H. Richardson will be in
this office and will be glad to consult
or advise with anyone desiring to receive
employment of any kind. The
county court has donated the use of
this room temporarily to the Bureau.
42.
No Danger of Water
Famine This Summer
That there is sufficient water for ail
needs and there is absolutely no reason
to fear a water famine similar to
that of last season was brought out at
a meeting of the special water committee
appointed last summer by the
business men of the city which met
with Water Commissioner Ira L,
Smith last evening.
The matter was taken up with the
Chamber of Commerce by the Business
Men's Association and the meeting arranged
for last evening. C. W. Evans,
Trevey Nutter, Fred Helmlck, Roger
L. KIngsland and'Ira L. Smith attended.
Mr. Smith explained that bat one
pump was being used this summer in
supplying the city, meaning that one
pump and one boiler are down all the
time dui Kepi in wormng conniuon
such that they can be uBed at any
time.
The necessity of constructing a filtration
plant is provided in the report
of the Fuller-McClintock company was
also mentioned by Mr. Smith.
Palace Restaurant .
Formerly Anderson's
123 Main Street.
The best place in Fairmont
to eat.
f Voice of Yours and
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BOMBER FLYING OVER
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i from the Martin Bomber which has
tnewYork
l soldiers
rdsmen to Meet Tonight to
eception for the 113th
on Train.
members of .the 113th Ammunition
train were taken and all other solthat
may care to attend,
t this meeting plans will be made
to.have the Fairmont boys discharged
from the army at the same time and
sent back to the city in a body. If
mis can oe a0ne mey win oe accorded
a rousln greceptlon. Major Smith
who has been active in planning the
home coming expects to have some
further information regarding the
movement o fthe 113th for presentation
at the meeting tonight.
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WHEIHORSES BOLTED
Ladder Truck Driver Hurled
From His Seat in
Pittsburgh.
(By Associated Press.)
PITTSBURGH, July 30.?One fireman
was killed and two others injured,
one probably fatally, when three
horses attached to a ladder truck ran
away en route to u fire in a warehouse
in Duquesne way early today.
Dashing out of the engine house at
Short and Water streets the truck
jolted Paul Poletta, 48, the driver, from
his seat and ran over his prostrate
body crushing him to death.
The frightened horses then ran under
an elevated railroad track and
crushed Albert Ott, a ladder man, from
his place at the steering wheel. He
suffered serious internal Injuries, as
did Lieut. Jas. S. Tully^who jumped
just as the truck after four blocks of
man careening strucK a water plug
and over turned at Fourth and Liberty
avenues.
The fire which was confined te the
first floor of a six-story building, was
extinguished after several hours.
Boys Are Accused of j
Robbing Shine Parlor
John Secure and Mack Tedesco, |
two boys about 17 years of age, are
In the county Jail charged with stealing
$25 from the sho shining parlor In
the basement of the Watson Hotel i
owned iby Pete Treaufiluo. They were
arrested thle morning by Constable
B. F. Rain age, following the swearing
out of a warrant before Justice
W. W. Conaway.
The two boys were brought before]
Justice Conaway and denied knowing
anything about the stealing. They
were both placed In the county Jail
to await a hearing (before Judge
Scott, C. Lowe, who now has charge
of Juvenile court
VI8ITORIAL AMENITIE8.
Mrs. Hashlelgh?Some of my boarders
are very witty.
Her Caller ? Well, they say that
hunger sharpens the wits, you know.--,
Boston Transcript
Mine and the Other
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Vice President Bell Confer- g
ing With Superintend- ?
ent Van Horn Today. ?
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Adequate handling of coal out of
the Fairmont region was discussed at
considerable length at a meeting of j tj
the transportation committee of tbo |
Northern West Virginia Coal Oper- ^
ators' Association yesterday after- s
noon at the rooms in the Jacobs build- 3I
Ing and as a result today George T. a
Bell, executive vice president of the j,
association, Is conferring with C. W. j.
Van Horn, superintendent of the Mo- q,
nongah division of the Baltimore and j(
Ohio railroad at Grafton.
It was the opinion of the members bi
of the committee that the operators a
should do all in their power to co- A
operate with the Baltimore and Ohio ri
railroad and to that end effort Is be- b
ing made to got in touch with the n
railroad officials. ti
It developed at the meeting yester- 01
day that the Baltimore and Ohio rail- *
road goes on car percentage on Aug- *j
| ust 1. It Is the belief of the opera- I
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tors tlxat the present car shortage
Is not due to inefficient movement of ?
the B. & O. east of Grafton as it is
believed that the B. & 0. is doing ..
the best under the circumstances.
The committne decided to aBk the B. c'
& 0. to furnlBh a statement as soon "
as the region goes on car per cen- "
tage, hat will show the aggregate
cars furnished all regions, which are
supplied b/ the B. &. O. _
Opinion is expressed here by the J
operators that the statement that the
B. & O. is not getting ita full share
of coal cars,out of the eastern car
pool Is probably correct. The answer
of H. B. Voorhees, Baltimore, n
general superintendent of transports- d
tlon of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, f'
lo the wire of C. H. Jenkins, presi- s,
dent of the Northern West Virginia cl
Coal Operators' Association, as to
car shortage is Interpreted here to ?
mean that ihe B. & 0. is not getting h
cars in abundance from the car pool, a
It is understood that the New York I<
Central Is getting a 100 per cent car
supply, while the B. & 0. and C. & a
O. are probably sb much as 40 per 11
cent short of a full car supply. u
At the meeting of the Transports e
tlon committee yesterday afternoon Cl
W. L. Andrews, of the Consolidation n
Coal company, a member of the cornmitton
flflirl Iia KoHnwod ' B
was correct In Mb statement that the J'
B. & O. main line was handling at "
present the coal produced in the Cl
Fairmont field, hut It Is not able to c
haul all the coal that should be produced
In the region. F. J. Patton. J
of the Paldb Ooal company, Is of the A
opinion that the B. & O. cannot handle-more
than from'900 to 1000 carloads
east of Grafton daily. The committee
will urge upon the B. & O.
company the necessity of completing E
the improvements on the Fairmont; t<
Morgantown & Pitsburgh railroad and si
the diversion of BOO eastern leads h
daily over that route. Last fall about ti
100 loads of coal a day were dlvorted ti
by the way of the F. M. & P.. but at t:
the present time all of the coal is
being moved east of Grafton. fl
The committee also passed a reso- k
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Fellow''s Business.
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iituation Pronounced Much
Better By Adjutant
General Dickson.
AST HIGHTWAS WHO
Various Inquiries to Fix
Responsibility Have p|
Been Started. >*19
(By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 30?BlUer lightIK
between whites and negrtes
?! end last night to all parts o( Chiigo.
Serious casualties were more - ;
umerous than at any similar period
i the racial war.
The city authorities made no call
jr troops and in the absence ft such
suucsta Gov. Frank O. Lowden could
ol 0rder the soldiers to take charge,
though with the arrival today ot two
lore regiments 8000 armed men
ere resting on their arms. While
le state soldiers completed two days
ork of polishing bayonets and rilling
irtrldge shells the death list amountd
10 27. An Incorrect police report
ist night had set It higher but lnvesgutlon
showed ho one had been kllld
In the spectacular automobile
rasn and race light at 35th and StateLreets.
The authenticated deaths la last
Ighls lighting were two, both Heroes.
One was killed in the TtetteU.-'.vt
latrict ot the Weat aide sad Ira Hen4
0,' was snot dead when be wbundd
one ot two policemen who atopped J
> search him f or weapons at Fiftieth |
nd State streets.
In other Instances white and black
lashed each other with knives, shot
11 ambush and ran down lBOlated
leuibers of the other race and beat
rent into insensibility.
There was some looting of abanoned
residences and stores In the
uuthslde black belt and a number of
null fires were ascribed to lncendl- I
rlsm . As the overworked police
irce dashed to quarters several miles
out the center of the war the smoul- I
eriug of flames of anarchy burBt
irth anew in the black belt.
During the rest of the night outreaks
occurred with regularity. State
ttomey Uoyne announced that the
ugust grand jury will investigate the
ice riots and attempt to fix responslillty
for the outbreak. Cornoer Hoff I
iun today resumed the taking of teauiony.
In the inquest over the body
[ the victims. Adj. General Dickson I
Iter making a tour ot the danger
one early today reported the sltuaon
much improved compared with
usterday. He said the moat serious
ituatlon confronting the police is In
le stock yard district.
One more victim was added to the
st of deaths caused by injuries re- . ,4|
eived in the race riot. Berger, an Octal,
white, 21 years old, an employo
f the Chicago Telephone compady n
as sh0t in the abdomen In a fight
lth negroes, dying this morning.
traffic Law Breakers
Before Mayor Bowen
Charged with fighting with his wife -6
id creating continued disorder. Any
Clayton, a one armed man was be>re
Mayor Bowen this morning and
;ntenced 10 serve 16 days in tbe
Yesterday Clayton became lntoxiited
on hard cider and went to hie
ome and beat his wife, whereupon
a order was issued by Mayor Bowen
Charges have been brought against
man by the name of Ross Barber for
ifuslng to stop his car when ordered
> do so by Policeman Dlgman last
renlng. The case was continued at
lurt this morning to get the testlmoy
oi the officer. ';
Car No. 19110 belonging te the
obinson ice cream company was,
opped yesterday by Officer Nuzum
>r passing a standing street car. At
lurt this morning the driver of the
ir was fined $S.
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ouiki Moonsnme
Still in Tree Top
(By Associated Press)
CHARLESTON, W. Vs.. July 30?
eputy Marshal Reedy today reported
) the U. S. Marshal's office here the .
slzure of a 20 gallon copper ketXle
ldden in the thick foliage of a tree
>p In a laurel thicket on the mountin
side near Anstead, Fayette -ounr.
Hemp Ewens on whose land the
nd was made denied ownership ot
nowledge of the moonshlnlng outfit, vj
'o arrests were made.
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