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Attorney Shaw Asks Couito
Reconsider Three
Month Sentence.
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Shortly before noon toduy Attorne;
Harry' Shaw who represented Mrs
Core May in her recent trial for th
murder of her husband, the lute Wll
Ham May, presented an affidavit b
Judge Scott Lowe showing beyond al
doubt, that Mrs. May acted in self
defense.
'/ The affidavit was made by Clyd
Baker, who for six years has been a:
employe of the Fairmont hospital Nc
3 and who was the only person to hea
May say anything after the shooting.
Baker heard May say that it was i
good thing that she shot bin. when sli
did, oc_erwiso he would have kllle
her, or words to that effect.
In view of these clrcums'ances. At
torney Shaw today appeared in Crirn
? it.al court and made a motion tha
; Judge Lowe reconsidei his scntenc
i in the caso . Mrs. May was origlnall
' > sentenced to serve three months in th
Marion county jail and to pay ?. fine o
$25. Judge Lowe will reconsider hi
judgement, in ihe case.
Throughout the trial Attorney Shai
made attempt after attempt to tear
* |UBt what May had said, if anythiut
" after he had been shot. All of the wit
nesses testified that they had hear
hiiu say nothing.
The affidavit which Attorney Shai
tiled in court this morning follows:
Stato of West Virginia,
County of Marion.. to-wit:
Clyde W. Baker, being first
( > duly sworn, upon his oath says:
mont. West Virginia; that he is
thirty-six years of age; that he
is now employed at Fairmont
Hospital No. 3. In Fairmont,
, West Virginia, and that he has
pital for about nine years; that
he Is acqainted with William,
sometimes called "Billy'' May in
his life time; that affiant was at
. said hospital when said Billy
May was there as a patient following
the shooting which is said
vv to have taken place at his place
' of bsiness on Water street in the
month of March, 1919; that affiant
saw and talked with said May
en the day he died, and in said
conversation said May told affiant
Y k about the shooting; that about
/ ajw three hours before said May died,
aJiant went into the room occu"
pled by 6a!d May to change his
Ity |bed and to give litm an injection
t and affient said to said May.
(Continued on page two.)
LOST
Possibly in Post Office, bunch of
keys. Return to Box 6167 West
Virginian office and receive re
FOR SALE.
Bp Complete stock and
B fixtures. Must vacate at
, Star Cash Market.
BIG SPECIAL
Ice Cold Melons
Saturday Only
at 3c Per lb.
M. C. GROCERY CO.
430 Main St. Opp. Weit Virginian
.s /
ITCHi
10h, Listen Here!
By AO AM B. LANE.
Yosterday evening I
Met my old Friend
Mr. E. E. Meredith.
And he said "Adam
I have been Looking
All over for you. I
Want to have Just
One Word
With you about That
"Oh Listen Here" Stuff
Which you Have
IJeen offering Up
I On The West Virginian Salver.
11 To a defenseless Populace."
"Kd-aril?speak On."
Quotli I.
"Well," he said." You
tAre getting yourself In
Exactly the Right
Attitude
For a good Sound
Thrashing. You sit Around
And visit Among
Your frlendB, and Then
You make A
Bee
Line
I For the Newspaper
And spill everything You
Know
There Is a Constantly
Increasing Squad
In town, that Is Going
i To surely Maul
You one of These
Days.
Why. Charley Robb Is
worn 10 a nnauow
Trying to Figure
Up enough excuses To
Cover five Nights
y Absence from Home
I. And the other Fellows'
a Wives who have Been
On Vacations
Are coming In
1 On every Train
' From ten days To
Two weeks ahead Of
Schedule!
Enough is Enough
Adam.
i Mind what I sav."
i. S's I.
r "Ed the Green-eyed
Monster has Got
a You.
a Professional Jealousy Is
i Sticking out All
Over You,?
You needn't try To
Scare Me?
i Lerame tell you Something.
e Jimmy Herbert has Promised
y To take all My
e Lickings
n For me. All I Have
s To do Is to Write
And he stands For
y" The Consequences,
u By gutr, if The
Fellows don't Want
Me tO'tell On
d Em?
Let 'em Behave,
v I haven't Even
Begun to talk Yet!
There is yet John Rock.
rvtm Oillll LSUU1UU
And er, lessee?
Rev. A. I. Barnes.
And French McCray
That I Haven't
Mentioned!
The -whole Town
Will sit up When
] tel] what I
Know about Them!"
Mr. Meredith looked At
Me Enviously
And. sighing, turned Away.
Oreat Bluff
But it didn't Work.
Professor, dig In
Says London Police
Strike is a Failure
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, August 1?The pollct
strike in London and the British provinces,
called suddenly yeBterday in
protest against pending legislation effecting
police organization went Intc
= effect today. While labor circles deT
clared that some 65,000 policemen
11 and prison officials thrniiirnoii# is
J country had left their duty It was asserted
by Edward Short, the Home
I secretary of the House of Common!
during the late forenoon that tht
strike had been a failure both Jt
London and in the provinces,
- Notice to Presidents and Secretarial
1 of all Local Unions of Fairmont and
The President and Secretary - ol
Fairmont Central Labor Board.
In as much as the socialist party
is the only party In the corning citj
campaign that will represent the will
of labor and the Socialists bodng desirJoua
of ineoivoratlng into its plat.1
form the desires of the working clase
- of this city we the members of the
- City Elective Committee call ttpoc
the President and Secretary of all
local undone in the city and the President
and Secretary of the Central
Body to meet at Wlllardd Hall Sun
day at 10:00 a, ma. for tho jxtrposn o)
assisting tho committse In drawing s
odty platform representative of the
will of lslbor of our city.
B. F. MILLS. Secy.
) More Business This
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INGE
| FRENCH MARSHALS ANI
Americans accorded the place of 1
shows American colors being carried
PERCENTAGE PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
FOR ALLGOAL GARS
B. & 0. Hopes for Better
Supply of Empties in
Few Days.
Car percentage is in force on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad commencing
today, and It begins with
but 650 cars on the Monongah division.
The per centage plan wus devised
to secure fair distribution of empties
among the different coal regions
on the B. & O. system at a time when
the supply is below the demands of
'.the operators. In the past it has on
ly been a partial success as far sis
this region is concerned and has led
to a greut deal of controversy between
the Fairmont field operators and the
road. The reason for this has been
that the Monongah division for one
reason and another has always suffered
in comparison with the other
fields on the system. When the railroads
were taken over by the government
and the slate was wiped clean
the Monongah division was many
thousand cars behind the number to
which it was entitled under the per
centage system of car distribution.
With the car supply shot to pieces
mining interests are suffering in the
Fairmont region. The Consolidation
Coal Company today has comparatively
lew mines working. Pitcairn
and Junior of the Clark Interests are
both down. The other operators are
affected in about similar proportions.
Although there were 1618 cars or(Contlnued
on page five.)
New Commercial
Treaty With Britain
(By Associated Press )
i LONDON. Aug. 1.?The British for.
eign office has completed negotiai
tions with the United States according
. to me ravening i^ews, ior a new comi
mercial treaty between the United
. States and the United Kingdom. The
. text will be laid before parliament
> goon, it Is said.
! Wm. M. Thompson's
Creditors to Meet
(By Associated Press.)
t UNIONTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1?The
creditors of William M. Thompson,
bankrupt, brother of Joslah V. Thomp
' son, will meet here Aug. 19 to decide
' upon distribution of the remainder of
L the real estate. There are 325 cred
ltors and the claims are said to be
between $300,000 and $400,000. A
' yoar ago the real estate consisting of
i farm and coal lands Jn Fayette couni
ty were valued at $1,250,000.
[
A Refusal to Bluff.
[ "The reason you don't admire Wagner's
operas is that you don't under'
stand them," said the undaunted eni
thuslast.
i "Well," commented the candid person,
"Isn't that reason enough?"?
lT7a.klnir?sn Ctnr
If OM1U5WU WU*I<
August With the Ovt
. ?. ?. ?
IS CO
) AMERICAN COLORS IN
a
lcnor and led the big Bastlle Day pa)
under Arch of Trlmph.
MARSHAL NICHOLS
Local Hero Recovering
From Air Plane Injuries .
in Baltimore Hospital.
.Mrs. Mary A. Nichols of Locust
avenue has been notified that her
grandson, Marshal R. Nichols who Is
In a Baltimore hospital, being treated
for an injury sustained while In
government service abroad, probably
will recover from his Injuries The
young man was severely Injured when
the aeroplane in which he was riding
and which he served as a mechanic
fell to fttc ground. He was
caught beneath the machine and his
chest and lungs badly crushed. He
was brought to Baltimore about three
months ago on a cot and placed In
the hospital where it was believed ho
would not recover. But owing to his
qolendld physique it Is now believed
be will get entirely well.
He had been in the service of the
government four years at the time
war was declared by the United
States and he at once reinlistod and
was seni aoroaa ana siauonea ac
Queenstown. iHe was regarded as a
splendid mechanic. The young man's
mother died when he was born ana
he was reared by his grandmother
Mr Nichols of this city.
NO HI m
ROLE FOR NIELIS
Has Wife Who Married
Another Arrested on
Bigamy Charge.
Believing that her husband had
been killed in a railroad accident, Mrs.
Grace Wells married a man by the
name or rulers. L,ast nig.lt ner first
husband turned up with Monongalia
county officers and with Deputy
Sheriffs John Glover and James Barret
of this county, went to the houBe
where she was staying near Barrackvllle
and arrested her on a charge
of bigamy.
Mrs. Wells claims that she had
not seen her husband for a period
of six years and was of the opinion
that he was dead.
coordlng to Wells, his wife, became
Infatuated with Ellers and eloped
with htaa. One ohlld was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wells and when the latter
went to Morgan town recently to
gert the child. Wells went before a
Justice and swore out a warrant
against hiB wife, charging bigamy.
Mr. and Mrs. Wells and their small
child were taken baclc to Morgantown
yesterday evening by Monongalia
county officers.
An Idsalltm.
Some day we'll get the man all right.
With neatly drawn designs.
So clear that none will gtart a fight
To change the boundary lines.
?Washington Star.
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SURFLUSFOOD ARE
RECEIVER IN II
Unlikely That Car Load
Lots Will Be Ordered
for Fairmont.
A price list of surplus government
food stuffs for salo to municipalities,
was received by Commisioner of Finance
J. Walter Barnes this morning,
The price list Is that far carload lots
purchased from the Zone SuddIv of
lie it in Chicago, 111., the cost of freight
and distribution to be added, but gives
one an idea of the reasonable prices
which the government is asking for its
surplus food.
In view of the fact that the government
is arranging to huve the food
stufTs ordered and delivered through
the Postofflce department, it is nol
probable that the city of Fairmont will
place an order as originally proposed
Acting Postmaster Clyde Holt had
not received any official notice of tht
plan to distribute food through tht
postotfico at a late hour today, but li
expecting the official notice togethei
with a price list in most any mail.
It is th eoplnlon of the city official!
that the food ca nbe ordered througl
the postofflce at approximately tht
same price that It could be ordered bj
the city with the freight and cost oi
distribution added thereto. The par
eel post rates on the food should be t
small item.
The price list of food stuffs receivec
by Commissioner Barnes this mornint
reveals some interesting figures ir
comparison with the prices prevallinn
in the retail trade.
Bacon in crates for 34 cents pel
pound while that put up in twelve
pound tins sells for 36 cents pel
pound. No. 1 baked beans nut up bj
the W. H. Dyer Packing company sei;
for .074 per can.
No. 2 peas put up by some of tht
very packing companies and most pop
ular brands sell at from 10 1-3 to 11
cents, per can.
TSweet corn put up in cans by th<
Sears and Nichols Packing companj
of numerous brands, sells for 9 1-2 t(
11 cents per can. String beans of tht
udbl tauci; ami lium 11 10 1 a !
cents per can. Canned tomatoes rangt
from 14 to 17 cents per can.
Chinese Making
It Hot for the Japs
(By Associated Press.)
HONOLULU. Aug. 1.?Serious antiJapanese
disturbances are reported a1
Tsl-Nan-Fu, capital of the province
of Shantung, China, according to cablt
advices received here today from Toklo
by the Nlppl Jljl, a Japanese dailj
paper.
The cable added that the commander
of the Japanese garrison had declared
martial law.
WHY ARB SHOES HIGH?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1?A resolution
directing the Federal Trade Commission
to lnaulre into the Increase
In the prlco of shoes was reported out
I today >y the House Interstate Commerce
committee.
Investment?But M<
INRl
LENINE PLANS 1
10 PROVE NO 01
nrPTnnrnnnrn
nwiuncunutn
Adopted This Plan ]
to Put Bolsheviki
After Sh
TROTZKf 10 mm
Russian Premier's Theories
ment of the Most Imp<
Government?1
SIW'KWII.M Ann. 1?(Bv Asso
elated Presa.) ? The Svenska Dagbladt
ia Informed by persons closely
connected with the Russian Soviet government
that Nlkaoli Lenlne, the premier,
Intends to begin a drastic change
of policy and then retire.
One condition of his retirement will
be that Leon Trotzky the Bolshevikl
war minister be left In command of the
Red army.
At recently held meetings of the Soviet
commissary, the newspaper's informant
says, the question of giving
power into the hands of other Socialistic
parties was earnestly discussed,
but Lenlne declared the best
way to check reaction as represented
;by Admiral Kolchak, head of the all
Russian government at Omsk, would
be to drop power for .a time In order to
prove that no other party was able to
reorganize Russia.
This, Lenlne contended, would
Three Nations Can
Validate the Treaty
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 ? It wes
i made known at the White House to;
day that the protocol to the peace
treaty which was sent to the Senate
late yeserday by he Preslden included
; the agreement that the German treaty
shall come Into force on Its ratification
by three of the assoclae powers
and Germany.
What else was contained In the protocol,
If anything, was not disclosed.
Great Britain and Germany have already
ratlfjed the treaty and as soon
as it shall have been approved by two
otlierB of the Associated nations. It
| will take effect aB far as thoBo four
countries are concerned, permitting
> Immediate resumption of full dlplo!
matic and trade relations.
' The protocol reached the Senate
yesterday too late to be laid before
the body. It may be taken up today
' In Executive session and later made
publjc.
; Bela Kuhn Holding
on Tight in Hungary
(By Associated Press.l
! VIENNA, Thursday, July 31?Bela
Kuhn, head of the Budapest Soviet
government, after conferring today
! with those seeking to establish a new
' government in Hungary told them
' that it "was a contest between a Hon
and a mouse" but he wouldl give an
' answer by August 5. The conference
took place at Bruck on the frontier.
I Railroad Increases
Up to Congress
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.?President
| Wilson today asked Congress to create
a special investigating commission
to pass on the wage Increases
asked by the rail shopmen and other
' railway employes.
! POLES RATIFY TREATY
PARIS, Ag. 1?The Polish Parllar
ment yesterday ratified the German
treaty and also the treaty for the pro.
edon of mlnoriy by a vote a* 245 to
41. . .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1?A copy of
a treaty between the "big five" pow.
signed at eVrsallleB on June 28th was
put into the Senate record today by
s Chairman Lodge of the Poretgn ret
latfone Committee who said It had
- been submitted to the British parliament
two weeks ago
ote Advertising. It Pc
JSSIA
IIDWHEIK
mm can
pecoiinl
Because it Promises
Back Into Power
ort Trial A
M OF RED ARMY
Have Received The Endorseortant
Members of His
Fighting Goes on,
strengthen the Bolshevtkl and enable
them to resume power.
Lenlne's views were shared' by
George Tchttcherin. the commissary
for foreign affairs; M. Stoutehka, commlssarv
of iustlce. adn Prof. Todroiakl.
commissary of the interior.
LONDON, Aug. 1. ? New* waa received
here today that the volunteer
armies of Oen. Deniklne, one of the
most important of the Russian antiBolshevlki
forces, have scored another
Important success capturlg the city of
Poltava.
LONDON, Aug. 1.?Successes for the
Bolshevlki in the Onega sector of the
Archangel front are reported In a
Soviet official statement, sent by wireless
from Moscow The statement declares
the Bolshevlki forces hare advanced
14 miles, aided by a mutiny
among the allied troops.
CMIIT input !
in liw cum
Committee Will Report
Monday as To What
It Finds. : ;
(By Associated Press) <3
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.?A special
committee to consider means of reducing
the high cost of living was 1
appointed at the meeting yesterday 'S
of members of Prudent Wilson's
cabinet with Attorney General Palmer.
The committee will compile suggestions
thus far made and report to
the Cabinet meeting Monday when
further steps will be taken, s
WASH1NT0N, Aug. L?Attorney cGneral
Palmer yesterday summoned
the headB of important Government
departments to confer with him im I
mediately on the high oast of living
land to consider appropriate measures
iu iuuiiLi! uncea iu me average cm- |
Those requested to meet In the !
Attorney Genersl offices were Secretaries
Glass, Houston, Red field and
Wilson Director General Hlnes, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury
Lefflngwell and Chalrmon Murdoch
and W. B. Colvcr, of the 7edetal|fl
Trade Commiselon.. .
It was said that the Attorney General
called the conference on his own
initiative and not at the suggestion
of the President, with whom it was
learned he conferred last night following
representation or request for .
governmental action by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
The conference, however, was believed
to have the sanction of the L'
President, who has been reported as
determined to effect some relief for
wage earners.
i T)lo nonortniont r\f?In a Maa alwAmslw*
- nuuui wi vuaiivc usk/
has under way. several investigations
bearing on the cost of living, bat their
nature has not yet been dty*|l
closed. In addition, the departments' I
experts are examining evidence stfti
mltted by the Federal Trade Com
mission on the packing Industry and :3
a decision is expected shortly as to
whether or not prosecutions will bs
Mrs. Charles Watkina, of Shinneton, '!
is in the city today the guest of rela<
tives. She is leaving Tuesday fot
Phlllppl where she will attend the Baptist
summer assembly at Broaddus In
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