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[DEB J 845 M^RCH9,18S2. ?age of-200 ?ars a Day Jeing Loaded in Scott's Run fflgBfil?;atflllatcd with tlx' BBfl5Ufcrallro:id. la planning impiovcmonls and his cff HRBlStinE with the whole gfCQrOperatloh of the'oper reported. 1 production along the' M. & practically at a standstill at lnie..Only one mine of the Bhejn Steel corporation If operated, this mine being bralon where tho Pltaburgh IjXfcBjung worked with an* 50 production of about six Uu#S? ? .. . ? Increase Shown iping step with the erpand smand fof coke and encour iby an upward trend of , jj the, Connellsvlllo region ,editor the week a produc St. 113,710 tons, according ' weekly analysis of tho Con tlle Courier, made public fijhls ts an Increase of 61890 and was made posstble by dltlon of 640 ovens to the list; 674 of these were In l'ants of subsidiary concerns i United States Steel corpor is This, brings the total sr of ovens within 300 of Continued on page four. ibscription lyments ou will save the iual. substantial dis joint if you pay [arch Statement not Iter than ? March 10th p 'Circulation depart lent will be open Srenings until 9 Hock".' Ford Converted Into Real Still falLLIAMANTIC, Conn., Mar. 9.?A "flivver" converted Into a ?till has been discovered In the barn or Prank Nivadlas, farmer, In a raid by federal agents. .The :gae taqk, radiator, feed\ pipes were features of tbe apparatus. Sufficient liquor was found to ?order Nivadlas' appearance In court today WORK TO START ONCITYCARAGE Trucks of Sanitary and Water Departments to Be Housed in Bldg. City Director,:!,Clyde Morris an nounced today that work would be started in the near future on the ctty garage which Is to be built In Cleveland avenue on the lot owned by the city in'the rear of the fire department, between the olty and Hays building** The board ot directors voted about a month ago to; have this building erected to provide a place for the city garbage trucks and the motor apparatus ot the city wa ter works. These cars are kept in a rented building at tbe .present time and it was decldcd by the board to build tho garage In order to save the city paying out so much money In rent. According to city officials, the building can be erected very cheap ly, as the rjear wail ot the fire de partment building will be used as the back of the bulldlpg, while the wall of the city building will be used for tho right wall and the wall of the Rays building as the left wall ot tho garage. The only cost will bo erecting a front wall, roofing and placing a floor in the building. The front wall will be built of concreto blocks. The work on the building, whon started, will bo rushed to a speedy completion, and the room will pro vide adequate space for tffe can and some available room for'ptor age purposes for the water works. Smithfield, B1 u e f i e 1 d, Parkersburg and" , Spencer Win SPENCER, W.' Va., March 0.?1 Thirty-four high school girl basket ball teams threw all the "pep" and teamwork at their command Into tho game today as they vied for the championship of the state, at stake In the three day tournament in which they were entered. When the whistle blew for the opening of play at nine this morning, Smith field and Salem faced each other for tbe opening game, and as. soon as the rest period ended the first half Moundsville and Bluefleld took the floor. These four teams were drawn into a preliminary round, the vic tors of the first contest to meet Beckley and of tho second to fac; vlctors'ln the drawings for tho first round. The other teams as they were paired in the drawings were Buckhannon and Parkersburg, Princeton and Spencer; Masontown and Webster Springs; St Marys and Burnsvllle; Huntington and Montgomery; East Bank and Jane Lew; Wheeling and Follansbee; S'. Albans and Wlerton; Littleton and Fennsborough; Farmlngton and Sis tersvllle; Point Pleasant and Cere do-Kenova; Lost- Creek and I)a vis; Briston and Kingwood. ' Smithfield won the first, gamo by a 23 to 17 score after a hard tus sle, In which Salem finished the (Continued on page four. ..Constable's Sale March 10,1922 2 P. M; Bai'rickville West Virginia , X?Republic Truck 1?Concreto Mixor 1?Check Protector ,1?Iron Safe 1?Typewriter 1?Pipe Machine C.'W. HAWKINS. Constable. WHITE ROSE GASOLINE MARATHON GASOLINE MARATHON MOTOR OILS. BRIMFUL . "MEASURE * "V ' YOU GET WHAT YO.U SEE YOU SEE WHAT YO.U GET ft.ft V/ ? - ? Mt. Slate Oil & Gas Service Co. ClereUnd and Locus? Avenues ^ ' ? - ? ' ? Compilation of Poll Sho\vs Sentiment Unani mous Here Much Interest in Wage| Scale Conference in Charleston Practically a unanimous vote In favor of a suspension of work on April 1 is being cast by the 14,300 miners in, sub-district No. 4 of dis trict No. 17 of the United Mine Workers ol America. This opinion was expressed today by Charles H. Batley, international representa tive affiliated with the sub-district headquarters here. Mr. Batley said that his opinion was based Chleriy on the results of the votes taken by the local unions as pub lished in The West Virginian. These results shqw the vote about 100 to 1 in favor of the strike. According to Mr. Batley, the vote in favor of a suspension or -work In the event that a wage scale is not agreed upon in the central com petitlve field will be about 100 to 1 in the local subdistrict. Although the strike vote has not been com pleted in this district, as many of the locals have not yet taken a vote on the suspension of york. the majority of the votes taken have been unanimously in favor of the strike. 1 The locals at Monongah with 700 members. Downs with 200 mem bers, Rivesvllle with 396 members, Barrackville with 350 members, as well as at Ida May . and Carolina, haVb all cast unanimous votes for a suspension of wofk. As the re sults of the votes taken by the lo cal ualons aro mailed direct to.the headquarters, at Indlaiiapolls, the not.iha.vo rflcoi ,enby/tho: varf' various''loptiii'Snd tfiroiigfi" unoffi cial sources Indicate; that"the -Voto Willi be overwhelmingly in favor of a suspension of work on April 1. ' J The locals at mine No, 8 of the Jamison Coal company and at Grant Town and Cambria have also vot ed, overwhelmingly in favor of the strike, but because of tho fact that the resultB of the votes are sent di rect to Indianapolis, few- other re ports have been received here. Interest In.Conference. Interest of tt)o union minors ,1s nbwTTontored on the wage scale and I constitution conference to be heldi In the KanSwha county court house at Charleston. The conference will open at 10 o'clock on the morning I of March 21. ' More Meetings Planned. As a forerunner' to ,the suspen sion of work on'April 1, three large meetings of the miners In this dis trict have already been held, and ,a number of others are being planned. The meetings already hold havo been at Scott's Run in Monongalia county and at RlveSville, and Al raina. Another meeting will be held at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at Osage in the'Scott's Run district. At the three meetings already held, the miners have showed a uni ted front for a .general suspension of work, during" the Impending stflko. Organization of Sunday Schools to Meet Here A conference ot the officer of the Marion County Sunday school association will be held in the V. M. C. at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, March 26. Plans will be discussed for the coming spring and Butpmer. County and district officers are ex pected to be present. A few schools have failed to send In their allotment of 7 cents for each person enrolled/ If these schools bring up their quotas, Mar ion county will again take ' her place in) Ihe front line counties of the state, as it did last year. . Some 'schools ? have over-sub scribed, and some have not report ed anything. If Marlon county tails down. It will .he due to the few schools that have negle.cted or refused to cooperate with the state and county program, it !b said. Display of the NEW REO At Reo Garage 307 Dunbar Street ?w HOUSES FOR'SALfiV"' Very handsome.new 6 room suburban home lit Fairmont, Just completed. Garage. Hall, acre ground.^ All/city, conven iences. Eleven-years to pay. Barrackville- Road, Hillcreit section. See H/H..8taggers, Phones ,1121-T?lEgEBHgai? 1r ? Bicycle Bandit Stages Holdup, and Escapes: DETROIT^ Mlqh., Msjxh 9?A manridinga'blcycle palled up alongside a man and woman in an automobile la the northern part of the city early todaff. flourished ? pistol, demanded and obtained the motorists' money, then' pedaled himself to a hiding place the police.flyer was unable {to locate.' AT WINCHESTER Fairmont Bloodhounds Trail Negro to Railroad MARtiNSBURQ, W. Va? March 9.?Monroe S. Payton, who yesterday escaped from Jail w)ioro be wa* awaiting trial on a charge of alleged criminal assult, wai captured Jn Winchester, Va., early today, and returned" to Martins burg. Ho was placed unde* "Special guard, which tho authorities said would be maintained until after his trial next Tuesday. William Brannon, who escaped with Pay tire., la still at large, but Is being hunted by officers In tin mountains near Winchester. Bloodhounds brought here from Fairmont trailed the fugitives, to the railroad yards. The scent wai lost there, the men baring board ed' a freight train. - ? zSK&SSteB didTfincy fareloot dance that took the house by storm. SS?5S?i an There' does not seem, to be an\ tSWS?ftS2ftjE ing reports among &e defers, ah Itany Bales will be. made later as a rilnlf of'the demonstrations Uii" wlefc It "as reported , this morn te* that four 6-66 Wge car* and S &Fa!ff ~J|le gSS SSSSSPfe tonioht. Part One?8 to 8:15 p. m. March "Mothers ot Democracy , ranella?Davies-Hartner Orches S^reno solo. -Sweetheart"; Feist -Miss Nellie Dixon.; ^er-Da^Ha&er cSS?*a -&??? ?sf Se7eSS" ?!HavWu Forgotten"; S8B^tt - Davtes-Hartncy .Or-' Medlwot popular songs/' "Wabash ffloM" "Let The World Go Bye. "Ycm-Hoo"?Thei Liberty Revue Y^rt Two?9;45,to Hip. m. S#NW? j?f- Davle*Hartner Orchestra. "m??rv. Mftdlev of popular songs. BVeTJ. s Nile." "Mammy ot Mine," "Strutt Miss U?le"-The ,6S,* ot aTeatW"; (Continued on Page Tom) , sml?' - COAL MINERS 100 men'(of developing, new I r(lnRoomUr0Wa"l0?P-S'd C"" ll Testifies in Own Defense for Hours at Los j xvngeles Describes Her Appeals to ; Main She Is Accused ' of Killing ? LOS ANGELS23, March 9.?Th& story of Madglynne Connor Oben chaln of Chicago, which she said! she had waited seven months to tell, concernibg J. Belton Kennedy, local broker, for whose murder she j Is on trial here, began today whetM she was called to the stand as a witness in her own defense. I She smiled at th% clerk as she was sworn as a "witness. Her opening testimony was that she had been In.;, the county jail for seven months,1 since the morning Liquor Valued at $400, 000 Taken by Customs Inspectors * NEW YORK, Mar. 9?The American schooner Victor loaded with more than 3,000 cases of American and Scotch whiskies, "wbOBe value was estimated by fed eral agents at nearly J400.000, was seized by customs lnipectora In the lower bay today and tied up at the Battery, pending court action. Five Clarksburg Persons Indicted ? CHARLESTON, -March 9.^-Jn dletment of five persona on.arson charges at Clarksburg was report ed to Fire Marshal Topping today. According to the marshal's reports those Indicted wet's' Cv A. Lewis, his wife, his daughter Dora, his son Julius and C. A. Feldman, all Charged with setting tire to Lew Is' store October 30. 1921. Julias ?Lewis,-who is at Clarksburg, the Mm mamTmiI antrl wee thn nnlo DATE 8ET FOR CAMP CHARLESTON, W. Vi; March 9.?The annual period of training of the "Wfest Virginia National guard,. extending over twoweeks,: la.to he held at the national army camp at Camp Knox, Kentucky;;he glnnlng on August 6, and ending on|Angoat<Spy^aceeMlilc^to an nodnownent^br Adltitjint?Genwil JoMWiOhiniock.'^;. . Three Captured After Thrilling Chase lor Bandits in New York .... NEW YORK, March 9.-r-Two bandits alighted from a taxi cab in front o( the Penn Pott hotel, Eighth avenue 2nd Slit street, early today, entered the hotel and robbed. the cash res liter of about U00. While one waa rifling th* till and holding ' the night clerk onder his pistol, the other kept watch. A newsboy, known merely as "Able," proved the nemlsls of the highwaymen. He was passing the hotel Just as the holdup was In progress, sited up the situation at' a glance, and' began rapping on the sidewalk with a stick ho wu carrying. Two po licemen ran to the hotel, arriving Just in time to see the two men" run out, jump into the taxi and dash away. The. officers commandeered another taxi cab, and .then be gan ad exciting cbase during which nearly a score of shots wert exchanged by the policemen and the fuguUves. ' The bandits' car went down Eighth avenue1 to 18th sctreet and then turned east. It came to grief at First avenne, a mile and, a half from the scene of the robbery, -when It broke an axle. V Two men jumped out of the disabled car, but when the po licemen arrived thoy were astounded to find, two, women and one man still In It. They .were placed under arrest, and the pur suit of the other two was resumed: The time' lost in making the arrest, however gave them a chance to make their escape. Joseph Rosier Also Gives| Address on Education al Problems . The Rotarians were entertained at their weekly, luncheon by Charles Wa)teflel& Cadman Iroru Los Angeles, Call who will be heard with* PrincAa Tsfantna in the musical concert to be given in the First M. K. church tomorrow evening under the auspices of the D. A. n. . A questionnaire from the Rotary Club of Sidney, Australia, on the / benefits of national prohibi tion was received and referred 'to a-committee for reply. Australia is about to vote on national prohibi tion and the: Rotary clubs ot that country are endeavoring to obtain a report'of results obtained by other countries. Joseph . Rosier, president of the Fairmont -State Normal school, gave an address along educational llneB. This Is the first ot a series ot addresses that .w;lll be made by various members ot the club ar ranged Xor b'y'the educational com mitoe. ' rvj .... .. / - V IfeV' ~y,: Sawpaqirigasatwaffi KSBa Home of Dr. Holland Ran sacked and $30.-in ' - Cash Stolen City and county police are to day ' trying to unravel one of the most barriing robberies that has jcourred in this city in recent months. An unknown robber en tered the. home of Dr. C. L. Hol land 'at 400 Locust street Snd got away with <30 in money but left no? trace or clue upon which the officers might trail him down. Sr. Holland today said that the robber apparently entered ' the home early in the evening and remained in the building until all the memberB of the family had re tired as he says he tried all the doors and made- sure that the house was securely locked before retiring at. 12 o'clock! The robber made a noise in the dinlg room at 1:30; which awaken ed a child on the second floor and the cry of. the child awakened other members of the household' scaring the burglar away. The robber, it is thought, first entered Dr. Holland's bedroom and remov ed his pocketbood, containing $56 and three checks from his pocket. ?He then ransacked dressers and other furniture in that and 'other rooms of the house and secured a number ot pieces of jewelry. This jewelry was carefully wfapr ped In a piece (if muslin nnd plno-' ed in the ibottom of a bag in which the robber intended to carry away lilt plunder. He , evidently then went stairs and had removed all the' drawers from the buffet, and it' ll thought that he was just starting to gather the silverware together when he became frighten ed and .left the house by a side door, snapping the lock on the door as he*left. Dr. Holland, In making an lnves iigEtSon following his exit, found six >1 bills In a library down I stairs. The jewelry taken from 'the upstairs room and the rob ber'B plunder-bag were found-In the dining'room. While examin ing the doors to ascertain where the robber had.' got. In the house. Dr. Holland'found a 120 bill, just outside the door and three checks. In the bacfcqF&rd. The robber cot away with .two J10 bills and two bills. Cyi Police-were, ht a loss toiaxplaln how the .robber,' after.-gettink the money, would-be *o oarelees as to lose" almost hal f. ot, (MSefore mak ing his getaway. CLARKSBURG 1* CLARKSBURG llam aiandt' O " -the 'W. B. Osb T Federal Inspector Con demns Dairy Cattle and Orders Them Killed Two fine bred dairy cows of the counjy were killed in the old Wise slaughter house at Utztown yes terday afternoon and their car casses were cremated at the city crematory today. This is the first official step taken by the federal, state and city governments to rid the dairy herds of the county of dis eased cattle. , Dr. George W. Neft ot Charles ton, chief Inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry, passed the death sentence upon the two fine cows after they bad been inspect ed by Dr. John A. Rath bone, an as sistant inspector, and Dr. J. J. Cran well of this dty. The two cows were a part ol a herd from which milk was being-sold in this city. In order to verify.thb inspection made by Dr. Bathbone and Dr'. Cranwell, Dr. Neff and Dr. Cran well were, present- yesterday ,-when the two Qows were killed and;an Inspection .-was.-made of . their lungs showing that theipows had tubercu Ipsia.ln an adraijqsd^rt^ge and that it was dangerous to use milk from am*... ernment, and-so tar Only two cows have beMWSSntencedto death.-' A few or.the her'da'htve not been'in spected yet, hot the'-, work' is going .toward at a rapid rate'and it is thought that \ the preliminary In spection wlH - soon be complete^ andi-the diseased or infected cows will be cleaned out ot all dairy herds in the county. ?When theprelimina?- 'inspection is completed, the city will employ a; veterinarian to- continue the work and to look after the provi sions of the local ordinance con corning the distribution of mlik in the city.* 'A part-of the ordinance' is to the effect that a dairyman is not allowed to add .a- new cqw to his herd until 'It has been,duly inspected by an appointed in spector and given andean bill of health. " .'' ? The owners ot,th'e cows- .killed yeaterday afternoon will not suffer any financial' Io?s- as the federal, state and county governments pay the owner-Tor-all cattle killed up on an order, if aD finapector fork ing for, the government. Wlen the.death setence.is paesed upon * single cow. or a number, which ever It may be, appraisers are ap-, pointed to place a price on the cow or cows aid the government paya the owner this price. A peculiar' phase ot the situation is that some ot the condemned cows are slaughtered at a slaugh tering house at Wheeling under federal government Inspection and some of the meat is usable. It' was the intention to ship the cat tle from this section to Wheeling to.be slaughtered but on account of bhiy,two cows being condemned In the firet 600 inspected, it'was nectnes to kill'them In this city. The dlieased cattle must be ship ped in a special car. and.lt ls not thought that a sufficient number will he condemned In the county to justify, shipping vthem'lo the federal -slaughtering house. ? v Wheelmg'Election Fraud Cases Called V ?;WHEELING, ;W;, Va., Marci'" i; ?Upon the request of Prosecut ing Attorney - Carl- Bachmann, cases .(rowing, out iot \ .this A May. election here. Involving former .City Manager Homer. Crago, re^ called;. ex-Olty,.; Solicitor ? J.. J. O'Brien, who 'resigned, and ex pire Chief,Thompson,j deposed, by City 'Manager Dowier, were- jet down for trial^In -.Ohio Connty' commeWaVco'jrt^jMj^. '. ':^ : tor, April". Crago's for, April'-ia Seiby Jones, poll olerlc, April,17J ImPMI mwiM&m gainst, hlmi-'oa ?? Secretary of+Bi to Avert || New Mel Southwestern Mi fuse to? Cor Offer Ma! treasurer of the Injur Ion,' had;'- mUlriterare gram yiasterday thai IthreaUned a jtate-ne Farrlngton t(*ltiy sei at Indianapolis ate [lag him to road j"( I again." The messag by Mr. Gren's reply-' Itelogram that the. Ihi If tears were, pleased'J Irlngton was in ajdcoi Would Advise; Refuse Loi Certifio washington."?M Comptroller of. the Cu singer announced to? the event of enactment bonus legislation, *J>i payments of adjusted; tltleates ho would ?4j hanks to decline to. aci I ttflcates a& security^ Mr. Cri8slng6r? ff proposed plan o tlabul service cerUflcatosTfoi soldiers, is desired? for loans to eig.tuas | their face value,i sts I kind ot frozen credits I while he would be wit I tty to order nation I refuio to accept then I be would strongM? I ?Hftlr afif pntftllCO. CHARLESTON, ?Trial ot a BUltH leged shortage In former Sheriff,?! begun In circuity with the state ap I tiff and.'th# forme National Surety fondants.; Jha.jili were malnlyamHt the books of the the close ot- Mr.'Ji ltaary.'l,a#U.iffl? I. Frank Sneed. fc [ ln the eherlff's [The: an, to-. check llitha" scale of thi' WASHINGTON, '? I miners and coal olpert I urged today by Secref 1 Davis, "In the Intorwtvr} I tense to get together, sadjij I country from, the costl; | a strike.." gjp The labor secretary-i I statement said that .wit I proval ot President' Harff I entered into direct ooif I with representatives fo I operators ot the central ! I Held with a view to"a!J I ing with operators,,,; I prior to March 31,- wh( | ent working agreement,; Propose , KANSAS CITY, ? ?A trans-Mlssisslppl I to replace the wagsi I central' competitive Ki I proposed at the brtef I here this morning ho? land miners of the - sou 'field It was stated by* Jat I ley, vice president of, | of the mine workers A , The proposition. Was, I Harry N. Taylor, vto> * I the coal and coke cf | not discussed todeu^ . Representee I said they could take - I the proposition. unalrJ I taken up by the dlstrl I resented;, J. K Jj