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FAfllMONT, W. VA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21,1922,
?ED 1845
SINGLE COPY,
I of 1507 Empties Or
lered on the Three
Railroads
IE 1
hongah Division, B. &
Mines Loaded 773
Hi Cars Monday
?f
i approach of April 1 and
n^ral coal strike inevitablo. tho
"being loaded In Northern West
nla appears to be on the in
" dally.
ay the mines along tho throe
Sti? . ordered 1,507 empties,
ifcls forty-three more than
y's big order. The big in
08 on the Monongahela Rail
B3ay, where the various plants
63 empties more than on
. ,Thls In part was due to
pcrease of empties ordered on
M: & W.. which at 234 today.'
I an Increase of 35 over Mon
The Western Maryland or
L47 empties today, which Is
ire, than on. Monday. Plants
fjhe Monongah division. B. &
quested 919 empties, or 54
i the order they placed yes
i
in on the Charleston division J
",:the mines ordered 9S emp-|
Ich was'tho same afc yester
r orders on the Moqon-1
ftraTse*twfay^wlth '327 ?
against 370 yesterday. |
with the Increases in)
ers, there are mpre mines
On the three railroads to
e are 106 operations at
t would appear that the
[plants are working steadier
?east the daily production Is
normal than previously. To
itlvltles show that four mor^,
aye men In the pits todav
yesterday. Seventy-nine of
T?es at work are on the Mo
/division. B. & 0. or just two
iftn on Monday. The Monon
Hoday shows the host work
idltlons for a long time, with
its busy out of a possible 37
?the greatest number of oper
work on this Toad for a
. Conditions also are
osy on the Western' Mary
?here five mines, tho largest
&re at wdrk. The idleness is
jere today than It has been
fee time also.
nty-slx, mines today are work
uong the Charleston division,
*0.T which is just one loss thai*
Jday. With only thlrty-fonr
s at work on the Monuongahela
Jay in Pennsylvania, there are
less mines working today than
Jonday.
S personal Mention.
W. Showaiter, Diamond
p., went io Pittsburgh yes
afternoon.
uel Jf. Ecc)es, engineer, J.ara
C. Co., returned from
i Pa., last evening.
J.'Clark, Clark interests,
lid been In New York City
' ; has returned to Fair
1922 Loading Record.
"H.'of the mines along the
lallway the plants of
El West Virginia on Mon
90^1499 cars of coal. More
Ej or this total was loaded
(onongah division. B. & 0.,
Blears were produced yes
jThls proved to be the
jtjdally production on the
on ill 1922 and In fact the
' Untied on Page Four)
ggpag FOR SALE
omo now 6 room subur
ome In Fairmont; just
Hetod. Garage, halt acre
nd. All city conveniences,
.endears to pay. Barrack
oad, Hlllcrest section.
, H. STAGGERS
phones 1121-726
NOTICE!
ounty Court of Marion
"" jet in regular sos
doesday March 22nd.
pose of correcting
bg.the registration
ant District special
bool bonds to be
glttday, March 28th,
ATTHRFIELD
Court of
Thirteen Coal
Strikes Since
19th Century
Number of coal miners strik
ing at various times in former
years and days of work lost by
average strikers are as follows,
according to the government's
geological survey:
Days
Year Strikers Lost
1900 131.973 37
1902 200,452 83
1906 372,343 62
1908 145,145 38
1910 218,493 88
1912 311,056 40
1913 135,395 23
1914 161 720 68
1915 67,'190 37
1916 170,633 20
1917 160 240 15
1918 7fl",395' 6
1919 446,436 35
PROPERTY LINE
FIGHT1N COURT
Land Valued at $25 Ties
Up Court All Day
Today
Judge w's? CI!' '<? Jurors
laches of'the Ma ,?'Vand 811 ?
cult Court and th? Unty Clr"
of land In Paw |.L n; . , acres
county. The tlnv no this
Properties Sr^ '"o
SrHE^J
entered on the court docket^ j"
*>? Dalton and Mollin p n w
versus William e S,I' Du,ton
fniiv -???! . **? Sn*ith, unlaw
try detainer, it r
Con ley and E n n0ii . J
Morten t fta,t0n8' M"
J^uSTc lliTt^XnSm,Z
?ne ence between the two prop.
(Continued on page four.
OF LODGE FALSE
Secretary Hughes Issues
Letter Denying
Agreement
[e^S|u8h?todaTs?t2a7eStte;
yesterday in the Senate^hat a "??
E???^?Hr
Presentation of the letter .
sgawsraa
i ^'jssmrThis brougi" ??
ix^\u\TS%ife^iltar"1
r?.u;rm'S?
Lodge, who at the timi'tim. I
?S?the1}r?OT^
SSS^^SA^
HopuWican, Idaho!^
rn^'tentlng a donlal made In a
'??f communication that an?
secret agreement existed with
thSer POWer* ln connection with
M, V . 11 delegates.
^i^ssmes
3or?he;fntatteeDSernaf "y ^Mtor
(Continued en v.ge jr0ur)
$ FOR SALE: Grocery store Do-J
IJ"f go4d b"?'ne?B. Small 8
( Mre W?t ytpnlln. "GrocerJ'" I
L vlT. .' " />- v ? . I
BILLY SUNDAY 1
Mil
Attacks Six-Hour Day as
Being "Dangerous" at
This Time
HIS FISjJ TABLE
Says Public Will Not
Stand for Contemplat
ed Action
CHARLESTON',.March 21.?Poll
cies that will afreet the mining In
dustry over a great part of. the
state's coal fields for the next two
years Were to be formulated under
vote of union delegates at the bi
ennial convention of district 17,
United Mine Workers of America,
which opened here today. Conven
ing in the Ksmawha County court
house at 10 o'clock ln*the morning,
the delegates from locals through
out the district heard opening ad
dreses by President C. Prank Keen
ey and others and then launched
into organization of the convention
for business. The district includes
twelve counties and part of anoth
er in the northern part of tho state
and all the unionized territory in
the southern part, an a thus covers
the principal part of the coal pro
ducing area. Under the charter of
the district, locals are entitled to
send one delegate for each fifty
determine' th*j number of ^properly1
accredited delegates until the ere-!
dentials committee report was re
ceived.
Most important of the problems ,
to come before the miners well
the wage scale and policies of the
international board which were j
incorporated iri a report on policy
by tlie executive board of the dis
trict. These included the provi
sions for a week of five days and |
a forking day of six hours, a3 j
adopted by the international con- i
vention. President Keeney had al-1
so announced his intention of rec- |
ommending that the usual invita
tion bo sent to the operatvs for
conferences on the wage scale.
The morning session was occu
pied with, addresses by representa
tives of tho international organi
zation with appeals to stick by the i
union in the coming suspension,
of work as the outstanding fea-l
ture. David Fowler,-international j
financial agent conducting the;
strike in Mingo County, and C. H. I
Bately, of Missouri, an interna-1
tional organizer, Aero the speak
ers.
West Virginia is ono of the.
hardest states to organize, said!
one official, adding that he hoped;
in time to see all men under the I
union banner.
Mr. Fowler referred to the men
who have been on strike for two'
years in Mingo County, adding i
"we are not going to give up there
until we win."
Mr. Bately devoted the principal
part of his address to an appeal
to the men to carry out the "sus
pension of work properly and
(Continued on page four.
DODGE ON TRIAL AGAIN.
KALAMAZOO. March 21.?Jobn I
Duval Dodge, youthful millionaire,
who yesterday completed a five
day prison -sentence in Detroit for
automobile speeding, went on trial
before a jury in municipal court on
a charge of driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
The charge grew out of a mid
night automobile ride here recently
that culminated when Emm&line
Kwakernaak, one of three girls
Dodge and a companion had invit
ed for a ride, jumped from the ma
chine and was badly injured.
Deputy Sheriff Preston, the first
witness, testified Dodge was under
; the influence of liquor when arrest
ed.
NEW CLUE FOUND.
RIVERSIDE, N? J., March 21.?
A photograph of a woman seated]
in a row boat with the scrawled
direction of "Cherclez La Feinme"
(find the woman) is tbl latest clue
in the 'killing of John T. Brunen,
oircus owner, slain in his home
'ten days ago.
The photograph and a letter
written by a man in New York
were received' today by Prosecutor
J. H.* Kelsoy of Burlington County.
"Find the woman," the writer
of the letter directed, "and you
will find the murderer."
REED ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
ST. LOUIS, March 21.?United
States Senator James A. Reed tc?
day announced he would seek ,r?*
election on therDemocraMc ticJiet.
Snowballs Favorite
Flowers of Spring
. This 1b the first day of
Spring; the vernal equinox to
?&y it technically.
Of course, you knew It was
Spring just as sooj^as you
stuck your head out from under
the covers this morning.
Did you ever road a diction
ary definition and then mako
tho deflnltl&a the facts.
.Vernal?of or pertaining to
Spring; appearing in the
Spring ar. vernal bloom.
"And purple all the ground
with venial flowers"?Milton.
' Np doubt you noticed the
vernal flowers the vernal cquin
oxial morning.
The snowball has been or Ib
about to bo adopted as Fair
mont's favorite spring flower.
It is said that the equinox la
usually accompanied by a storm.
The only other thing about
equlnor. worth while la the fact
that at this period, the days
and night are of oqual length.
This theory is generally accept
ed as an axiom; but of course
if you do not take any thing
for granted, you can measure
the days and nights and fight
it out for yourself.
PRISONER DID NOT
GEimSMTAG'
Only Two Persons Face
Mayor in Poiice Court
Today
Mike Madded and "Jiggs" Zel
lars, cbargcd with belli* drunk,
were the only
entered a plea of guilty' ana'
a fine of $5 and costs. Madden'
denied the charge but was con
victed just tho same. He also drew
a fine of $5 and costs. In default
of paying the fines, both men
were sentenced to work five day?
on the city streets.
Peculiar circumstances surround
the arrest of both men. Madden
wandered into the police station
seeking abetter for the night but
instead of being given "a dog tag"
the customary identification mark
for sleepers, he was registered up
as a drunk. This morning Madden
frisked his clothes for his identi
fication tag and when he failed to
find it he was peeved. He wanted
to he released with the other
sleepers and was indignant when
told that lie was under arrest.
When faced by the arresting offi
cer in police court, however, ho
wilted and admitted that he had
taken a drink or two.
Zollars was arrested at the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad passenger
station by Chief L. D. Snider who
was called there by, officials of
(Continued on rage Tour)
I
State, County and District
Officials Speak at
School
The first community celebration
of the standardization of a one
room school In West Virginia was
held today at the Sugar Grove
School In Paw Paw DlBtrlct, about
a mile from Fairview. The school
wag scored sometime ago for
points, and today the scoring was
accepted. It was the fourth school
In the state to bo standardized.
Melville Stewart, state assistant
superintendent of rural schools,
was the state representative at.
the celebration today.
It was planned to presont the
school with a door-plate and offi
cial certificate, but owing to the
f act - that, th ere ij a strike wher?
,the -door-plates ate being made, it
was impossible tp **ve them r?*ady
for presentation'today. Among the
speakers on the program today
were I. A< Barnes, county super
intondent of schools, C. C. Ttistin.
superintendent of schools,, (z P^w
Paw District, W. E. Michaels,
superintendent of Lincoln District,
A. L. Thomas, superintendent in
Mannington District, C. F. Prick
ett, superintendent in the/ Fair
mont Magisterial District,and Mr.
Stewart.
Edward Fox and D. W.'Ammon?.
A chicken dln%($irwas served fol?
m
CIVIL WAR HOW
I
Special Meeting of Dail
Eireann Cabinet
Called
sniping Continues
j Machine Guns in Action
?Situation More
Tense *
LONDON, March 21.?(By Thf
Associated Press.)?The dangers o!
the situation In Ireland are brought
forth by the morning papers, sev
eral of which take the view that
little more will be needed to Mart
actual civil war. Sniping between
the entrenched forcoe- cr. either
side of the Ulster, botda^has been
going on for several 'days and yes
terday machine guns were reported
to have been brought Into action.
Meanwhile disturbances continue
throughout the six county areas of
Ulster.
Moderate opinion in the south
favors jplnt action by the northern
and southern governments to re
lieve the" tension on the border, ac
cordingto the Times Dublin corre
Reports of murders, Incendla*
and other outrages ih the northern
districts, where the tensfbn'between
the .Protestants and Catholics is
raoH severe, take much space in
I tilephorieTyrli?
fin. CoMfp'Tyron'e and In paiis of
Counties Armagah and Londonderry
had been cut and Belfast was un
able, to communicate with those
districts, In consequence ot the
continued lawleesness In Belfast It
self, the ear men of the city an
nounced over night their deter
mination to cease work today oh
the ground that <hey were Insuffi
ciently protected from the gun
men.
i Meeting Called.
DUBLIN, March 21.?(By The
Associated ' Press.)?A special
meeting of the Dall Elreanu cab
inet has been called for tonight to
consider thcr situation In Belfast
and along the Ulster-Free State
border. Messages from the north
ern frontier Indicate that both
sides are' perfecting war arrange
ments.
Two more bridges have .been
blown up near Strabanc, County
Tyrone,.grid toJephone 'poles cut
down ttffd thrown across the road.
Houses Being Burned
BELFAST, March 21?James
Magec, shot by gunmen last night
died today.. Military forces sent
to the scene met a fusillade of re
volver shots under cover of which
the assassins escaped.
As the day advanced the Car
ters strike became complete. City
traffic resembled that of a Sunday
only tram cars and brepd vans
being operated.
Raiders last night surrounded
Glenglean Lodge, near Trlillck,
County Tyrone, close to the Free
State border but John Allingham,
the owner, opened fire and drove
them off.
Encountering Samuel Laoid,
worker on the Allingham farm,
who also* was an Ulster "B" spe
cial constable, they shot.and killed
him. -
Firing was renewed this morn
ing from the Free State Bide of
the frontier between Aughaoloy
and Caledon. ?
Houses hare burned in the vi
cinity of Omagh and at Dromore.
ASKS APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON,March 21?
President Harding asked Congress
today for < an appropriation' of
5100,000 for the care, custody and
operation of the naval, petroleum
reserves - in, California,, Wyoming
aria Oklahoma. ? < ?;
? ' I**"1 ? ? ?- ' ? <f
BANKER ARRESTED
MIAMI, Fla? Mafch21?C. M.
Clayton, .. .vice -.prraident of the
Miami National Bank, -was' ar
rested today on,a warrankcSirjfc
ii ;oualon of the federal prohi
bition-$.*rs.' - ' '
STRTKK EXTENDED J
In 'Newv\Eiiglanakto- Lawrence,
Mass., WAfl Bhwnnii^cT(jMiy hv
the. Units
.America, & t0fT"fX
i After leatntak;otiredticttons in
wages lnSSnwSoa^xittoaifallU.'
the textile leidei^'said he lad in
structed an orjanlier to proc. ad.
there, at-oace^toide^lare-astrike
ahrt.to i??isBemai?-? ??um
wjm
International Officers and
Headquarters of Miners' Union
floor
. -j ' .; / . .1 - v .iv .
County Officers Make
Three" Successful
Raids
? . Svi'..
Frank Yuqulnto' talked himself
Into the couoty;.jail this morning
on a charge of violating the state
prohibition Sheriff- J'.' D.
Charlton and .a number of his de
puties conducted a raid .at' Blnga
mon yesterday 'afternoon ' and
among, other houses visited was
Yuqulnto's.' A barrel of corn
meal mash wa? found1 In hit home
and destroyed T>y this officers. In
searching for moonshine whisky,
the oflcers found.a .38 calibre
speblaV Colt-revolver loaded with
steel Jacketed bullets.. The gun
was new, and the officers took It
along with them.
Thls'mornlng Yuqulnto stopped
Deputy Sheriff Perry , Burton
while on his way to the court
house and aaked him about his
gun. Deputy Burton asked, him to
acompany' him to the sheriff's of
fice whero they would seo . about
tho gun. When Yuqulnto arriv
ed at the office, a warrant charg
ing him with violating the dry
law yas served upon him and he
was locked up in J^il. Yuqulnto
was not at . home yesterday -when
the officers made their search.
In another house searched at
Bingamon, a 'still was foud'd" in
operation, the silver drops .of
mountain' dew falling from tin
point of-the coll into a pan.on the
floor. ? In addition to the still, two
barrels,of corn meal mash were
found in the house. The man of
the . house .was not at home and
the woman, was not in. condition
to be,-arrested and locked up In
the Jail.' The still was taken and
the mash'destroyed, and a close
watch-wlIT.be kept for the owner
of the outfit
A-thlrd' raid was made at'Bing
amon. and. while the" officers did
not-get any mash or.; moonshine
they discovered a Ilye gallon still
and, all the necessary .parte - to
make moonshine..- This qtitflt_vas
found at the home of J. If. Carter
a negro transfer man wnll. known
In this city. Carter, mantaiued:ills
innocence until the off lepra' un
earthed the still and then: !in sub
mitted to.arrest
&
SEEk MASKED MEN.
NA8KVILLE, Ark., Marph 21.?
Police .today ^rere , seardilig' for
masked men who late yesterday
ittSirid.Tailed -WaltijrtBibbs;" 35,
yean old as he attempted to pro
tect Joel rHarrls? about -60, who
.was UMa^ootdde' M the town
win *hof'orti:beTerelJ "afWr" Ul?
J Declares Operator Has to
Turn About and
Fight Now
WASHINGT.ON,.March 21,-Coa!
osemors who face the, prospect o
j? Wko of their employes April ?
-arcs
S^iftgaagi
IS^^sassSj
to confer. Mr, Cus'hJni ?J0rftors
(hat ware.' JI?- ? ,s declared
minesFSB?*,???*??? <? the
?MI the>caf" aifowj. ??
PayJuie.MjSa^te? ~!?,Ul?, refuse t0
inff arafn^+w- ,^1* not strik
r^lro5d mimlB12)#?'.SP?*0?- the
lorer' it f? P?r^0 nianufac
tor stand? at apoiiJ^h^fl opera*
see the cauae ff^SECff8 1,0 mu*
?ff?c? ?n^?otW ? H? aPd^e
?bont ?nd-flght ?a Sl.^^LS'?
SSaSSa^^Si
audience!
?ml-to refr.Vfrom i'n^,m,""'h
PLOOO-REA^utfi ,T?..
INDIANAPOLIS, Marcl
A formal call fop a '"sti
both anthracite and bltui
coal minora on April 1 wj
out today from the hei
ters of the United Mine
er? of America. iVgS
Copies of the call
placed In the mails fq
ver.v to officials of wife
union's 8,00<i locJrts'oy
tlons scattered throi
the country. ThVtefej
call was not majjfc publ:
In the absence of all o
of the union.
Formal Order Issue)
Indianapolis
Office
Indiana Operator^
Determined to Sf
Check-Off.. ;
NEW-iORK, March"' 21'
order for a susponalonVot,
the anthracite and bltumli
mines throughout the ?
fectlng about 600,000.?
be,Issued lato thla i
iSM
?ln? yorkmTMo^^?
Murray declined' to-d
details o ? th? order 4L
time.
Us Issuance coincides
first meeting of theftiiiJfS
tee of anthracite miner
operators to draw up ajSnh
contract for the orief^M
March 31. In their demand
ed'on the oporatorsabou'"
ago, the miners, in addition
mandlng a 20 per cent li
wages, declared that a aui_ ,
of work would follow the fft.Uu
tho. sub committee to come'
agreement before April AJJ
generally conceded that, n
agreement was reached'be"3
date,
The operators In their
the miners' demand* dec
(Continued on Pa|
Lowsville Residents
fer Titles of Mo
Property '
Ejectment orders ot
town magistrate dlrectln
sheriffs to ouit mine
houses at Lowsvllle bold
the son union Fairmonf.
Coal Co., have been jit
the officers with written
ments, of which ihe foUoi
example:
"I executed th? wltMi!
mjf bailwick by v retadi
within named defeujlai!
Calabls_ and upon Invi
found no personal;proRer
that belonging to Ralolij
- The preelden t of the;
reported ,td Magistrate S
ten. at Morgantownip
every ejectment ordepjfe)
evaded by the occupan
houses by a transfer of tl
the property to some ^otl
ber ot the family. He 1
some effective, meant of
the houses* which to .'fl
needed for.men now wi
the company mines.: .'(tSj)
: "R1CKARO JURY 8EL;
Tstm roRK. Mii-cSw
sight jurors -tentatljeBS
the task of , examining?
was continued today In*!
Tex Rickard, sport ;
charged with crlmlifilM
16-year-old Sarah Schoei
lection of a jury was
before noon.
CAUGHT IN ICI
ERIE, iPa.j March 21.
ing tug Liberty is caught;
off Dunkirk, N.'Y.^aooort
vices received here. Capl
Boyd, of Erie- Is in com
heavy sea Is runninr,' ati
I. I. i-''Sti

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