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Audit Bureau of Circulation* F1 i MMW jr uiniiui iiiiiu i iiiu m m hud |||P|Etie Children Especially j Were Well Taken Care of. BBwrO i . WEATHER WAS IDEAL v Elks Had Fine Party at the \ Miller School During j '? mw:i jiuujj. h .. ! tfewterday was ^Christmas day in-1 deed and In nearly every home was; R gorgeous tree with many presents J scattered everywhere and much white' I' tissue paper ana red ribbon and pretty cards tossed all over the bouso?and there were nut shells and, lifed candy -boxes and sick children. And Grandma and Aunt Jane and: E&d and Mother and all the relatives i ate along with the rest of the chll-1 dren until by night there wasn't a! 1 scrap of room for one bite of supper. | j Nobody even though of it! Every j f charitable organization In the city] was at the bottom of some happiness ouWde of fortunate homes; and lit-. tie', neglected children were given warm clothes and good food and toys because of these. First-came the home )oys. Next camie the Times; "\Fund happenings with over $2,000 nfent on tho poor in Fairmont. After at the Elks entertained 300 chilin at the Miller school, many of m foreigners. The hotels catered . 'he homeless doing their utmost. L1 o restaurants cooked elaborate, jjU-.a lit-ot-lhe-ardinary dinners. The ^ierks 'Svho worked hard all week rested. The street car conductors and motor-men had Utte to do and enjoyed the day. Store keepers and: their forces thanked God for Christ-1 uias. Young folks homo from school! for the holidays had a matinee dance! at Tbe Fairmont and danced till thelr| toes ached. Last night many of thei -rity clubs held aoaial nxeeings andj ' . mode merry. The Savation Army took| of eight dear little nursery IA4 '.wat#a tsri+fmnt TMronlS . And! othjena having a mother'perhaps whoj cculdnt provide a Christmas. Thest] babies had everything the heart could. desire n< The Army hall did Christ-] mat 'Up Ibrown in the evening with an i entertainment and presents and v tree for about 100. ! , The churches, two Catholics and jorie Episcopal stopped to thank God, ?r in services held during the day. / Many could not have been entirely V liappy yesterday witliout first^jyuJjjL % , ipfi the Father for ' \f (Cominuaa ? "oar.l / LOS1 : In of near Klaw's 1 oggery Shop Wlednfisday. Gentlen n's Pocket . ' booic.lLiberal Rewa i if Returned toT^ox^7040 Cart W^M^irtfnp*' * WANTED A WOMAN. One oflFaimAt's leading estaWishmem rerfiiWte .the Services of a womii jjW^Dly t)etween the ages ofTtfp anartt The work Is largely >?.oI^!loi? and infvolves c litiraMfoni business men lio sajopM# to^toiry. no orders to t|ke butselliaJLA^perlence and the ability irdesfl^itb the public w<rfild VC9W vajrfabllA) the person Xm witP^ppoWunuJ for rapid Idbmsow Applicants I will please ,; wrile TjjJly, nesc^uina their present taplB^men^and living details wfc ai|L toVwt^rferlencaf which would adapt tfcPnylor specialized solici|^'f Utton\way. Applications will be irtJttUCU tjMuiucywij. AUUICOD? TO 10,000 II The West Virginian 1 1 You\whB failed Co taMt aaian\\ Lay pa\ them aj/thpfrlfaco value f k a Vv Um\ dnKpy Ule , month \ ot j Brln wEn lie IM^eSCfirt kiereet adtfld, f ?? BMDEB ASSOCIATED PRESS. i?A Adjustment of St For a number of years The W of being the best paper published any This has been so because the people < paper of a high standard and every to meet this public demand, although' and effort ' All newspapers of the counby ,i the present time. The paper on whic so scarce that many of the papers in to reduce their size and some papers out of business. This scarcity has fo added to the increased cost of every is required in the making of a newsp present standard of quality at the < !d ] We have increased our advertu costs and our advertisers have shown we believe that our readers will be q order that the high quality of The V Therefore, beginning with Jam The West Virginian will be as follow DELIVERED BY CAR Postcard statement will be mailed on the first of each month. Single copy $ .05 Ono month 1.00 Three months 3.00 Six months G.00 One year 12.00 OUTSIDE OF By I Cash In One month % .7t? Threo months 2.00 By Ca 5c per NEW METHOD OF COLLECT As the cost of collection of city losses considerable, a new method of whereby the subscriber can save the similar to that used in the collection that the saving is larger. As a newsp; unless it is actually paid for, no pa( scription has been paid. jjjH iliilis OIL UHillA Half Million Barrels of Refined Product Con- j tracted For.. I By Associated Press] GENEVA, Thursray, Dec. 26.? Contracts have Ju6t been closed by the Standard Oil company with the j Roumanian government and with pri-| I vato firms here for halt a million barrels of refined petroleum, according 1 to a Bucharest dispatch. y $ranan Davis Dies j CMstmas Afternoon! Trupian Davis, aged 47, a well known resident of this city died Christmas afternoon at '4:45 o'clock ar his home on East Ferry street af"ter an illness following an attack of ' influenza. He waa a native of Doddridge county and was a son of Francis : Marlon Davis, deceased. He is survived by his wife and three children, ' Madeline, Paul and Robert. Several [Bisters and one brother survive him, jaWo namely, Mrs. Grace Soott, of Arizona; Mrs. Ada Sullivan of Texas; Mrs. Ida Smith of Buckhannon; Mrs. V lOM Milium' ui i ....... ? V. Fletcher of Fairmont and William Davis of Clarksburg. Mi'. Davis was a lnsmber of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen' and waa also a member of the B. and 0. veternns association. Ho belonged ai'so to the Knights of Pythias lodge, and the Diamond street M. E. church. The body wa,? prepared for burial by Undertakers Carpenter and Ford. No funeraL*et'n9Tg?w|?nts have (been rr-ade aUffiis time, IWtice vj/CRx TappaVers. puring yn monjly^if December all unpaid t?es ?r 1919 man brf paid at their fee#value. S\ ' beginning jJutary IstVnterist wiifi be Ride/ Al the J/igal rite. Win not pa^mo\ m(B gave infer Y/tour teej?k ] (j / need a^ranti(m^' j/ciwn anc^ffiidae wfcrk ^^p\c; u lalcvja tf per to^lt gusre^tuigs fo 1 m^^otehley ' \ / 330 nmuq 8treet. / '\^ovei* drugstpw. rtsftwos OveKIt's Tin .v..:; - : v. Irmont, west virgin' ibscription Rates est Virginian has had the reputation where in a city the size of Fairmont of Fairmont have demanded a newseffort has been made by the owners it has required a great deal of money ire facing a very serious situation at h newspapers are printed has become the large cities have been compelled in the smaller towns compelled to go reed the price of paper so high that, other item of material and labor that apcr, it is impossible to maintain the nice. ing rates to help overcome the high a splendid spirit of cooperation, and uite as willing to bear' their share in /est Virginian may be maintained. lary 1st, 1920, the new rates for vs: RIER IN FAIRMONT IMPORTANT?If subscription is paid in advance the following rates by carrier in Fairmont will apply: One month .80 Three months 2.30 six montns One year 8.20 FAIRMONT Mail Advance Six months ?3.50 One year G.00 irrier. copy. [ON OF CITY SUBSCRITIONS subscriptions is very heavy, and the payment will be started January 1st, cost of collection. The method is of gas and electric light bills, except iper does not get credit for circulation )cr will be delievred unless the subrHE WEST VIRGINIAN.' H It T1 < masonic necepuon to Be Held Tonight Indications are that the reception to be tendered by Fairmont Lodge No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Masonic Temple this evening at 8:30 o'clock will be a big event. Fifty Christmas trees are being placed around tho room na one ol the chief forms of decoration todaj by Richard Shurtleff, chairman of tht committee on decorations. The Ladies of the "Eastern Stai will be dancing at the close of the nfght, music to be furnished by Phil lips' orchestra. This will be one of the big social events of the Christmas season. FUNERAL OF MRS. K1XO. The funeral of Mrs. Dorcas H King, an aged and highly respectec woman of this community, whos< death took place on Wednesday morning, was held yesterday afternoon ai Ray's chapel. Service,? were conducted by the Rev. S. J. Satterfleld ant interment was made by Unilertakei R. L. Cunningham. IT A TV'S PRF.TTItfST I " CHARLOTTA ORLANDO ROME.?-Tha-mast beautiful and fa vored eiaKlnItaly TSSiomia Cbarlott Orlan^f daughter of tSKformer pre mi iff She won consideWblo ropu tation by her devotion to w work. [71 Waited anfccT" 1 [ MO first Mass Carpaifers 4t 80( 1 jjer\ hour, ,'lply aJXlrnaa Worlcs T BicBpian RuVJjimTipnt, 'W./Va. FraKTV^jfey jp Coy Inc. per miBsr Aroly Btass PlantLeickn/n's Rui. FW Vi L5r * co-i 14. ?g to Planninj " v;,1 - ;;.' ' ') V-l Virginia $ flewspaper IA, F~'IDAY~EVENINGTD BsSIF PAY PRICE FOR j CIALRECEIVFD Fonns Issued to Which Operators Swear to Price and Tonnage. no pavmentTate given I Only Thirty-Five Per Cenl ( of Miners at Work Today. f Railroads are showing a fairer disposition to settle for the coal that was confiscated during the coal Btrike recently and today a series of forms were received by a number of comI panies Including the Philadelphia and Reading, Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad companies. The form must be sworn today, setting forth the, exact tonnage and the price. For some weeks the railroads, or at least a number of them, endeavored to pay no more than the govern ment price of tne region?$2.50 for mine run and $2.75 for lump coal. Some of the coal that was confiscated was export fuel, and the amount due the operators above the government price ranges anywhere form ninetj . ccnts to $1.25 a ton. ! The tie-up on the part of the rail roads has statred to vork a hardship on the coal operators of this section and already many of the small coin1 panies have been thrown up against it, resorting to the local banks tc bridge them over until the railroads 1 wake payments. The complaints havt ! been so numerous against the "poo! pay" tactics of the railroads that ap; aprently effort will be made to trj ' and pay the claims, although the rail,' | roads gave no assurance or indicatior , I as to what date they will do this. Men Scarce Today. I Probably only thirty-live per cen of the miners are at wQrk'today .a ' the mines in the Fairmont district ! The miners are taking the day off v a follow up of Christmas. Naturatlj the production in the region tpdui 1 will be very light, probably not reach ing the 350 car mark. Cars More Plentiful. With Christmas day allowing extri time to bolstor up the car supply thi 1 Monongah division of the Baltimon s and Ohio railroad te(}3y lias 1,385 car in the rt'fion. The placement earl; ' I this morning was 1,235. Cars orders " I by the mines along the division totalci 1 1,664 today . Cars left over from thi r previous day are 72. Today cars on the B. & O. railroai are classified as follows Open, 1,380 coke, 5. Cars in the West Virginia district o the Monongahela railway today rai twenty-Cive per cent. There were 14' placed' in Wort Virginia by 7 o'clocl this mori?*g while 267 cars wer< placed in the Pennsylvania district Wednesday's Production. Production In the Fairmont reglo: | on Wednesday fell to 4i. cars of coa j and coke?414 cars of coal and 1 caro j coke. Mines along the Monongah divlsioi of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad o Wednesday loaded 269 cars of coal an coke?26S cars of coal and one car o coke. Operations on tke Monongahela rail way in West Virginia on Wednesda produced 179 cars of coal in the Wei Virginia district and 69 cars in th Pennsylvania district. No coal was produced on Christ mas day on either the B. & O. or Mo iiongahela railroads. Daily Consignment*. On Wednesday thege consignment wore made oil the Monongah divislo of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Coal loaded cast, 228 iond/C. coal load ' .'d west, 40 loads; coke loaded wes 11 cart- tended by wagon mines, 3 cars : CSurtiLs Bay shipments, 27 cars; Obi | points, 6 cars; Michigan points, 1 i cars; miscellaneous points, 22 cars. Railroad Fuel. | Railroad fuel shipments on Wed nesday orr ttie Monongan division c the Baltimore and Ohio railroad wet 68 care. The largest consignment wo received by the Boston and Main railroad, which was 27 cars. All othc . consignments were greatly reduced. : Lutherans Remembe: : Their Pastor at Xma, At the Christmas entertainment c Grace Lutheran Sunday School a Tuesday evening the congregatio presented Its pastor, Rev. Roy J. Mej er, wit ha parse containing $12. I addition Rev. Mow unlived seven personal checjrt and aSiumber c other glftSy^-' | 4JWANTED AT OMCE. \ [| l(H)5yaboror| at 6o/ jter. hlur | i'iooojUeapii* accoModatlon Ind J co^Mfcyjft^plany^Apply; By3? 11 A Co.Jnc Conymcfrn 7 fdf the\ew Year ECEMBER 26, 1919. APPOINTED TO Fi: Lett, John P. White, former Pr esi of America, who will represent the m in? pointed by president wnson. nigm, . Cal., who will represent the public, (Copyright, Underwood itOlFftif p fiURNEOJO DEATH Christmas Day Tragedy at , the Home of Mr. and Mrs. ] Dayton Hawkinberry. j ; Funeral services over the body of ; . V/5awutha Raymond, the t.wo year old i son of Mr. and Mra. Dayton Hawkin-: j . berry whose death took place yester- J ' day aft.tmoon at tho home of his _ ' parents on Factory street, Bellvlew as I a result of burns reoeived a. short time j previous were held this afternoon , from the residence and inttrementj A was made in the.Jones cemetery by| 11 \ undertaker Muagrave and Son. I ?1 cnrisimas a ay ai auoui imuji wo little fellow followed his mother out (i of the houst to the porch and while ' dtending there a neighbor called to , Mrs. Hawtoinberry to come into her ' j house to .aoe some Christmas gifts. 1 She stepped into eha house for a few | minutts and when she returned homo Y J wan horrified to see her baby boy r lying on the floor footrJbly burned. r The chjd had returned into the house ' ami it is' supposed his cotliing had become ignited from the flames from a pas fire. 1 The inttrior of the room where the 5 tragedy occurred showed how the ^ 8 child had crawled on to a chair and g] 3 then onto a table in an effort to put jI( 1 i ont the flames and had then reach-; aj J ed ehe open door and fallen to the j t)) 1 floor. His clothing was still burning I, j, 5 whtn he was found and he dived le^s j thai, an hour. 1 He was a popular child in the com. nvunlty in which he resided and hU { de?th ha,5 caused deep sadness thore.jC| I LET UM BLOW! \l l8 PEKENG?TheyJra building up the a little one3 for the winter. And after ir the bandies have been tied and fastened there isn't much heiadway old a Jack Frost can nwlte on the little t] - ones- , , cl New Years' at the "Y"?The T. M ?! a C.' A. will give a New Year's party f, on New Year's night from 7:30 to .p 10 o'clock and the public Is cordially b invited to attend. There will be an c n orchestra and a son-feat with a good e J1 leader and probably some good boIos. j Games and' stunts wilj follow a.regu_1 C] , lar program which Is being plttn'ed; e |( and after this there' will' be an in- . ir formal social hour with refreshments ; s< served. i> ! n itl "j A Bold Guess. j si "The man who prentended he want-j ed alcohol for his radiator made him-j elf terribly, sick by drinking it," said Mr. CbiugginSi reproachfnlly. i rt "What's the mfatter with him?" in- a vw [.vriw tmnrietor.' "1 d'no exactly., Mebhe you'd call it tl i auto intoxicatfon." ? Washington sj ~! SUr ". "(I -Let usHelp You With TODjrS KiSW'8 TODA 5 COAL SCALE K:'. ' > : " I . jh lent of the United Mine \Vorkeri >rB on the commission or inrce ap Henry M. Robinson, of Passadena I & Underwood) Boy Scouts To Benefit by Gas Baom I By Associated Press] PITTSBURGH, Dec. 26.-Comnon Pleas court today gave troop Vumbor 4, Boy Scouts of McKees)ort, permission to lease a lot it )wns in the natural gas belt for Irilling purposes. Tho lot was riven to the troop some time ago jy Harry Bruco and his wife, Liz. lip Bruce. Under the terms of the petition ,'Iled In court the troop is to get J2.000 for the lease afld one-eighth 5f what the well brings forth. MjIlillS ME now UK j ' ... oung Wilt Walked IiU Tom Buckley's Office This Afternoon. At 2:30 this afternoon Kenne ilt walked Into the office of Depu leriff Tom Buckley at the jail, loo g sheepish, and Tom reachad ov id put a check mark at the end laat on a list of four names ai on .sa'd: "All right, besn looking for you a; me; must have wanted to R^ei iur Christmas on the outside." Ana that was an mere was 10 u Gse of an incident w.hieh begi liankssiving day when four priso ? took advantage of a chance cape from the Marlon county Ja t. the tme Jailor Buckley made tl tdicl.io that they all would con ick. Three of them did in rather she Prt but Wilt hung out. Howee iickley refused to worry. Now W hack and any ntoesaity to wor is been removed. 'urbee Funeral to > Be Held Saturda Funeral services over the body oward It. Furbce, distinguish' tfzen of Marion county whose dea icurred Wednesday morijlng at 1 we in Mannington will be held S* day afternoon at two o'clock fro le Mothodist Episcopal church annhigton. The services will induoted by the Rev. Jphn Beddr ul interment will he made in tl aimtngton cemetery following tl ir vices. A reqilest has been mai ist no flowers be sent to tlie hone fveral local people will attend t ineral. Jhristmas Program at Fleming Churc A large number of men, womi nd children enjoyed tjie Christm ;ee arid program at the Flerali lurch last evening. The'ehapel w acked to capacity and a program n interesting nature was succet illy carried out. A feature of tl rograni was a Christmas solo sui eautlfully by Mrs. D. P. Fltkh. hristmas tree was a feature of tl vening and from this tree toys, ca y and fruit were distributed to tl liildren. Presents were given se ral children who had been' faith! i attendance upon thb Sabba :hool during the year. The cor luriity spirit prevailed througho ie' evenln gand the affair was high icceuful.. No Grip. Solicitor?You don't think my Job el one? Why,, I'm a traveling sale ian. I sell brains, not muscle. Solicited?Well, I must say, yon' ie first traveling salesman I ev rw that doesn't, carry a sample wl m.?Yale Record, ' Your Advertising fev :-A-i jhtly cloudy tontght; Satur- ' -^8 r PJUCE ,THftE? Ji Hi II ION IM K ERHflH ] Incidentally He Gets^Hjs;'Vl| Decoration Conferred in His Real Name?';1 :;j|| ws niii if iwi | I v_. .tu TPL.. ift-fijin ? j .v.iiu ?: j"j oluic <pj.t/|V?'u f. a Took.Nine Germans | From the Kaiser. ''I I By AMOciatftd F'reis) "is BOSTON, Dec. 26.?How Arthur B. v#j M Abbott long wanted as a. fugitive from pf ^ I justice for the theft of *15,000 fwwai : tig _ the Federal Trust company of Oil! : ' city enlisted in the marine# and Sergeant Wlilllam ii. Haskell wrt; . ji 1 cited for brilliant war sorrlee WM 11 disclosed today when it was announced that he had been set free on pro. i batlon by the district. attorney and {,? that he had received the Croix : de ffl ' Guerre officially under his" right name i Abbott, who was employed. as' # ' te ? bank bookkeeper at $20 a week, dls- ,j?; ? bank loss became known and .it -w?r iffe learned tht he had been living like ?' -SiB man of wealth and leisure 8 from his family. He evaded a natlbi ,-v;? wJde search for him and enlfetad ]J?. the marine corps at New Orleans ','ai Haskell and went overseas with -the a Sixth Regiment. He was one of the ,S famous 1309 marines who ,?**!! ?; through the Argonne. He wcited: ' ? ; for bravery after capturing a machine ' j !gun and nine prisoners near Viersys ! on July 19, 1018. ! ] After receiving n honorable dis- j I charge last January he immedit^; : 5^ relnitoted again as .Haskell. He yrii \ ,/J ? detailed aboard the U. S Dolphin in f (July nd ordered to Portsmouth1 ft. I ! whero he was recognized and'art^BtV j District .Attorney Pelletler ief Bos. j . 1 tpn on learfilbg of;.his service, record ;'0, ordered his .release on probjrti<j?.:J#?i was rearrested.by the N^Vy:.TWparti ment charged with enlisting under a ' j Mm name, but his commanding -of-> fj| j fleer affected his release ^within a J Isbolt time and a few days --later,, \ I decorated him as Arthur Abb&ft With : ' ,Jl the Croix de Ouerre before the .shi^s crew and a marine detaill drawh. up at ""^$9 11 * attention. 'f. The' citation accompanying the 6f declaration vjaH signed by General : 10 j Petaln add was presented ;to Abbott' >? by Ms commajiff.T^: officer jQ!,,th'e uj absence of an official'- representative . of the French government " 0. Xmas Ttavel At Height Yesterday m I v Jr? p" I ie - ' i v- r .; v 8 ui |^^i;';-?K^ , ** i at fplljj?\wfl^^"^i!? ?f& A * V^w^o^Bb'^w5.*i^i(? tai'bw ' ? I ?- model for - painters ac.l sculptors, If coming to America, to appear on UifiJnj re stage. Her. wiptj^wnd form hate er been so nrapli the subject! of art'ijB th even poets hate paid hq&L&ge to'MUflH Balfonr. . ' "- i