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K I pajtf Circulation ^ j^P V I Audit xurrnu of CI mil ait i Closing New York Stocl j' QUNDED 1845. ioliEmr^ ^nninni rn nw nin EKIITLtU BJIAK SHORTAGE TODAY: - i igned Cars Help Out Today < on Many Divisions in Fairmont Region. I5S LOADS TUESDAY 1 K Coal Production Also Affect- : ed in 'Coke Belt?Not Result of Strike. ' i&Coal regions of Northern West . Virginia are again hard hit by car . shortages, and tho situation gen- , awiy appears to be growing worse Itdfead ot better. The region woke tip today to find the empty supply : on the Monongahela Railway shot ] to pieces! Only forty-two empties werei .placed In the West Virginia ; 'cmd today, which runs the meagre j jfrcentage ot S. while the mines ordered 635 empties. frAlong the Morgantown & Wheel- ] log Railway today there were 193 i empties placed and as a result 1 |H?Be plants are enjoying a 46 per . Wat supply. On the Pennsylvania . tend- of the Monongahela Railway there Is a 21 per cent run of cars 1 today, the mines in the Pennsylvania district ordering 523 cars. ' jAsfllgned cars are cutting a flguroi' the Monongahela and Morgan- J ivown & Wheeling railroads these Tdays.' ? ^'Twenty-eight per cent is the run ; fot /cars on the Monongah Division. ?? '& 0., today. The Charleston ^Division his a 29 per cent run, havzVingfrrdered. 332 empties. 1 On the Monongah. ^uOn |he Monongah Division to rd8^, ;as a result of car shortage, [.{here are 120 mines idle, which is) the largest number thus far of uny1 day this week. The mines on the ' division ordered 2,158 empties, hut /fcb# supply was limited to 782 empties on the division and of that number 559 coal cars and 41 coke ; Jfiare were placed at 7 o'clock this ijmtolnttg with the anticipation of t^e'whole 782 empties being placed fiSfiw^theLday ends. There were wftgrs,ordered for railroad fuel, fflfWyfih.'fO'r coke and 1,708 for iratumerclal loading. Forty BethBwttflf! Bteel Corporation otft-s- wfere 1 vW ^hfe division this morning. , Vljfle-to.lhe acute shortage on the Monongahela Railway today, there 1 ^.were twenty-oue out of the tnlrtym seven.mines ide today, making but y. Sixteen active operations on that road today. Thirty-six mines wen , idle today on the Charleston Divl1 slon - because of car sbortaee. r Tuesday's Loading. Coal loading in Northern West! Vitginla on Tuesday aggregated iyli4B6 -cars, which was 281 cars Sfeftron^er than the mines loaded on /"Tuesday of last week. f. Production off the various divisions yesterday was as follows: B. Monongah, 778 cars: Charles, .ton,. 65 cars: Conneilsvitle, 0; !r Cumberland, 75 cars; M. & K? 86 1 dais:' M. & w? 147 cars; Mononagjahela, 117 cars; Western Marv tend ? Wyatt-Blngamon & Helen's Run, 120 cars; Bellngton & Wca , Ter, 78 cars. : ! ; In the Coke Belt. ;'.; Xn -the Pennsylvania district of p #?. Monongahela Railway vester tony, me mines loaded IDS ears o: coal. This was ninety-nine cars 1 less than Monday, hut the decrease, Was due to car shortage rather -than effects of the strike of coal miners, TO REVIVE CAMPAIGN. WHEELING. Oct. IS.?Intensifiestion of efforts In connection with] the "New Eva Movement" was i urged today upon members of the "West Virginia Presbyterian Synod 4 in session here. Special stress Is f ?to be laid on a membership cam[i patgn not only toward new memT befshlp campaign but toward raisin,ring the standard of the present " membership, according to E. A. |." Krapp of Morgantown. president of the New Era committee. " -'M Carload of York Imperial Ap- I1 pies. Lay away your winter supply at 91.35 a bushel, at car. : Back of Coleman's mill? i I I HUGHES & REED FARMINGTON, W. VA. ! j I P I =? LI! DANCING J. | Wednesday Evening, Oct 18th. ; I I 8:30 TO 11:30 MASONIC TEMPLE I SKINNER'S ORCHESTRA | 1 J , NEW 1923 BUICK-6 i ROADSTER $1,280 Delivered I BEATY MOTOR CO. I Phone 85 for I DEMONSTRATION (8, Page 4 ^35*? ! UTELLUMS J By J. A. L. This city goes a rapid hait We sometimes think as suheasfate If we don't gather up 0ur8lack We'll meet ourselves a' comingback We madly range about fITliAKGE \nd hoard each municipal UARGK \nd whoop it up for UIISANDT1IAT Til strength departs and LEAVKSUSFLAT We've captained precincts, teams \N I) BLOCKS We've been both Reds and BLUE8BYFLOCKS We've canvassed buildings by FRESCO RE We've cornered merchants in rilEIRSTORE We've camped in offices and HANKS We've pinned on buttons, filled DUTBLANKS We never more lie down \TXIGHT Without anqther drive INSIGHT Reighho?says we?our cause ISJUST 3o, dig up pleaser until i'OL'BUST! But we c#n see the silver DAWN Come up like thunder with j rHESUN \nd we believe as sure , larnic We have a chance to Black I ourgait i'ea, really have a time rOREST When we acquire a L'OMMUXITYCHEST We'll do It In one :;raxi>slam \nd let It go at that. l'esmam! lakeemIgo on BIO. ANNOUNCED ' i Shipments Off Monongah, Cumberland and Charleston Divisions Banned- { Announcement was made today j by the B. & 0.* Railroad that" an j ambargo was being placed on lake coal shipments ott the Monongah, Charleston and Cumberland Divisions. It is to be effective today. The scarcity of cars, with a lake embargo, is the only condition that will prevent a break down of the market, it is believed. There ap.pears to be a buyers' strike on with buying somewhat restricted. Lake coal shipments of fthe Monongah Division, B. & 0., on Tues-; day consisted of 165 carloads,; which was twenty-two cars lighterJ than Monday's lake shipments off j the division. Thirty-seven cars of! lake coal wore loaded off the Morgantown and Wheeling and two cars of fthe M. & K. Personal Mention R. L. Pollock, manager of the I Rivesville Coal Co., is on a busi-! aess trip to Baltimore today. He i will return Thursday. Harry C. Owen of the Taylor Puel Co.. -Morgantown, .was on a business trip to aFirraont today. This is Mr. Owens first trip here; for some months. During the war he was connected with the federal fuel representative's office. T. H. Johnson president of the Chesapeake Coal Co. Beliaire, O., Is in Fairmont today and expects to remain here for several days. Mr. Johnson has just returned from a trip to points in Colorado, including Denver and Cripple Creek, where he visited relatives, and i\t?usus iiio i>o. a ileitis in Ohio are hit by acute car shortage also. The Pennsylvania has been having a better run ot cars than the B. and O. Mr. Johnson says the use of assigned cars is general in the No. 8 fields now. The Grand Trunk, Canadian Pacirlc, Pere Marquette, Erie and others have resorted to the assigned car system. Operators not loading assigned cars are practically shut down due to the inequitable distribution of coal cars. With the Miners Patrick Buckley, vice president of sub district 4, district 17, Is In (Continued on Page Four) ' 1J A 1 Mppies CARLOAD HAND PICKED WEST VIRGINIAN APPLES. ON B. & 0. SIDING, 81.00 PER BUSHEL? DON'T MISS THE CAR NO. 35412 r ii i 11 ?i i i rr . ' 0 DANCE LYRIC THEATER Monongah EVERY WEDNESDAY MACK'S ORCHESTRA 1 Dancing 8:30 to 1:30 I V FAIRM PLANS COMPLETE' FOR COUNTY FAIR HERE NEXT MONTH 1 Premium List and Various Exhibits of Farm Products Made PublicFlans hare been completed for! the arrangement and classification of the products to be exhibited at^ the county agriculture fair, November 10 and 11. Tho affair Is under the general dlrectlo of the County Farm Bureau, of which IS". E, McComas Is county agriculture agent. No admission will be charged. The following rules and regulations composed for use In ,'onnectlon with the fair: All exhibits compctelng for prlxes must be entered by 2 p. m. Friday, November lr no exhibits| are to be removed before 3 p. m., Saturday November 11; all poui try will bo fed and cared for by the officers in charge; admission is free to all; in case of 'no competition, first place will be awarded but only second prize will bu given; exhibits will be on .display Friday, November 10, an I Saturday, November 11. The position of superintendents of the different departments art filled by the following pecson3: Boys and Girls Club, Lester Atha of Farmlngton, and Miss Elsie King, of Fairmont; poultry department, Slyvester Gump of Barrackville; corn department, Edgar Fox of Fairview; potato department, E. T. Musgrave of Rivesville. The exhibits will be classed as follows: Exhibit A, 4-H Club, one half acre of corn for first year will be awarded the first prize of a trip to the prize winners' camp; one-eighth acre potatoes for the first year will receive the first prize of a trip to the prize winners' camp; one-eighth acre of potatoes for the second year will receive the first prize of a trip to the prize winners' camp; the owner of the prize-winning pig will be awarded a trip to the prize winners' camp. Each club member's exhibit is to'consist of a booklet, record Book, 4-H suggestions and a display of corn, potatoes, sewing and thwiikc; - - ? A trip to the prize winners' camp will be awarded for the first year poultry prize. First, second and third year sewing exhibits will each be awarded the first prize of a trip to the prize winners' camp. The first year garden exhibit will rcce.ve the tirst prize of a trip to the prize winners' camp. Exhibit B, farm products, will consist of ten ears of yellow corn, ten ears of white, corn and ten ears' of any other variety of field com. Three prizes will be of rerea for each ot the division entries. Exhibit B,. potatoes, will be awarded three prizes for each division. The exhibit will consist of the following products to be entered: One peck of early potatoes and one peck <5f late potatoes. First and second prizes will be given for each of the two divisions of exhibit A, eggs. Prizes will be given for one dozen white eggs and one dozen brown eggs. No premiums will be awarded unless there are four or more entries in each class of exhibit E, poultry. The following types will be considered eligible: Barfed Plymouth Rock. White Plymouth Rock, White Wyandotte, Single Comb Rhode Island Red. Rose Comb Rhode Island Red, Brown Leghorn, White Leghorn, Buff Leghorn, Mottled Ancona. Other breeds will also be acceptable. Exhibit P, the farm exhibit, may consist of any farm or farm home products that will assist in making an attractive display. No premiums-will bo offered for this exhibit. The premium llBt Is composed of W. E. Hawkins, one bushel seed potatoes; P. E. Hughes, 35 cash, Bruce Kerr. 32 cash; C. Atha, one bushel seed wheat; Cleon Brand, one bushel of yellow seed corn; Leo Swisher, 310 cash; W. E. McComas, 325 cash; Everal Mclntlre, trio of White Leghorns; L. W. SummerB, yearling Brown Leghorn rooster and one setting of eggs; John D. Tennant, Poland Chlng pig ten weeks old; E. D. Curry, Berkshire pig; B. P. Tucker, one bushel of seed potatoes; Basil Rudy, 35 cash; H. B. Amos, registered Poland Chlng pig; T. J. Downs, sed corn, seed potatoes or poultry: B. P. Gasklns, 35 cash; H. L. Tennant, 32 and one bushel of seed corn; T. L. Hallpenny, 32 cash; C. D, Conaway, 35 cash: George Noel, one bushel of seed corn; G. M. Rlnehart, two sottlngs of eggs, Buff Orphingtons or Anconas or both; J. A. Gynn, 35 cash; C. L. Shaver, 310 cash, TO FIX FAIR PRICE. WASHINGTON, Oct 18.?Federal Fuel Distributor Spens will go to Pittsburgh Monday with members of his staff to negotiate for a fair price agreement "with mine operators In the Pittsburgh producing district. An agreement ' which will be sought at Pittsburgh has already been arranged with some West Virginia producing companies and It Is the Intent of the distributor to secure agreements In all bituminous areas cast orthe Mississippi. t a Nentfaper?A Programs Fori ONT, W. VA-'WEDNESD/ ==f Professot Tiernan Not Compelled to < Quit Y.M. Hotel | SOUTH BENT). Ind., Oct 13. ?Prof. J. P. Tiernan, Notre Dame Unvlerslty law Instructor. wtio recently charged that Harry Poulln, haberdasher, was the father of Mrs. Tiernan's third child, was not forced to leave the Y. M. C. A. Hotel here, W. S. Dannor, secretary of the local Y. M. C. A., j said today. Mr. Tiernan, ho said, was never admitted to the hotel. lira. Tiernan roturned from Bronson, Mich., with her brother, Joseph Jasper, and is living at the Tiernan home. Pre vious statements were made ; that Mr. Tiernan had been j forced to leave his room In the , hotel. Mr. Danner said that the Y. 1 M. C. A. catered to single mon and that because of the crowded condition at the hotel, Mr. Tlernan's application for a room was not accepted. Mrs. Tiernan was said to have returned to South" Bend to assist her counsel in preparing the testimony in her divorce suit which is pending in court. AlililS ME BANK Thieves Get $2,450 After Forcing Clerks to Back Up ' Against Wall. ERIE, Pa., Oct. 18.?An armed bandit walked into the Lincoln Bank here this afternoon and after forcing two clerks/ and a woman patron to back up. against a wall broke into the cashier's cage and escaped wijh $2,450 in currency. | The robbery occurred while a house was burning half a block from the bank and the robber took advantage of the excitement. Mill m i in no run lira uLMIIVIo uAK BUT J? STUB, No Action; on Awarding Ford; Planned Until Connell j Returns Home. A man claiming to be Nick Dont-1 onike, residing in Pennsylvania! avenue, and thought to be tbe win-: ner of the Ford car given away, during the trade expansion campaign last week, appeared at Gold- j en Brothers' store last night, seek-i ing his car. Unfortunately Dom-i onike does ,not have the stub to the : winning ticket, which was 90,220 A. B. It is thought that he is the, right man, but further identifies-1 tion will be necessary. No action! will be taken in the matter until' T. D. Connell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and head of the committee on the awarding of! the prize, returns from Charleston,! where he will bo until Friday. It is j said that Mr. Connell favors making no award unless the stub to' the winning ticket is forthcoming.! shackelford?rl ' dies in hospital1 I End Comes Quietly at 4:30. This Morning?Funeral | Will Be Held Friday. Mary Kathryn Shackelford, 17-j year-old daughter of Mrs. Essie i Shackelford of Barrackvlllc, whoi was injured at 6:30 o'clock yoster j day morning when an auto in which i she was Tiding struck a Baltimore] & Ohio freight train at the Barrackville crossing, died at 4:30 j o'clock this morning as a result of j the injuries received*. ' Miss Shackelford Improved some yesterday after her mangled limnl had . been amputated,, and for a short time relatives and friends had hope that she might recover. Relatives were at her bedside when the end come quietly at 4:30 o'clock this morning. The body of the deceased girl was remoyed to the Jones funerai home in "Jackson street and prepared for burial. This afternoon it. was taken to the Shackelford home at Burrackvillc. No funeral arrangements have been made as yet but it is thought tlfat the services will be held at the home on Friday. 1 Surviving the unfortunate girl are Mrs. Essie Shackelford, her mother, James John, Lerby and Clarence Thomas Shackelford, brothers, and Edna Shackelford, a slater; Roy Shackelford, her father, died about two years ago. YOUNG ROCKEFELLER ILL. BATTLE, CREEK, Mich., Oct. IS.?John D. Rockefeller, Jr., today began to enjoy a rest at a local sanitarium following his arrival last .night. Ho refused to discuss bis., .reasons for seeking treatment. .;The financier had no appearance of Illness. A in tht Commimity. iYEVENING, OCTOBER CONCRETE ROAD A80UT FINISHED TO COUNTY LINE New Stretch Cannot Be Opened However, Until Finished to ArnettsvilleThe improved state highway be.tween this city and Morgantown will be completed in Marion County this week, according to an announcement made today by Frank J. Wllfong, county road engineer. Only 1,000 feet of open road remains between the improved road now completed and the Monongalia County line and Contractors Cisler and Morse will have this stretch poured by Saturday. While this will complete the road in Marion coun-i ty, two and three-fourths miles remain to be completed in Monongalia County bofore the main highway will be open between the two cities. With the completion of tho wont In this county this week the work wil be rushed on the three-fourth k i of a mile stretch between the Ma-1 rion County line and ArncttSvllle,! and barring unforseen trouble this stretch will be completed in twenty working days, or by November 15. The contactors' supply base is located at Arnettsville, and it is possible that they will be able to make better time on the threefourths of a mile stretch as it approaches the supply base. The three fourths of a mile stretch is all down grade, *nd this also makes it easier for pouring concrete, and it is highly possible that the Btrip will bo rushed on the three-fourths It is almost a certainty that this Btrip will be open for traffic by Thanksgiving, and it will elominate one of the longest and worst detours on the road between this city and Morgantown. The detour starts at the blacksmith shop six luiico wui. U4. * an niuiit uuu iciurua to the main highway at Arnettavilla. With this detour out of the way.it will leave only two detours to make between this city and Fairmont, and they are not so long or bo had. Engineer Wilfong also stated that it will be possible .for the contractors to complete' another mile of the road near Georgetown and this will elominate another -detour beforo the winter weather sets in. If this work is completed it Will leave only one mile of unimproved road between the two cities. The detour around this mile is good and the road will be passable between the two cities all winter, it is said. If it was possible to get supplies the average of 200 foot of concrete poured each day could be almost doubled and the work finished in much less time. However, at the present timo the contractors are; only able to get enough supplies to keep one mixer working while they have another mixer idle. The road committee of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce is making every effort possibbie to assist contractors, Cisler and Morse in getting the gap between Morgan-1 town and Point Marion closed before tho bad weather arrives. This is the last connecting link between Morgantown and the state line, and if completed and if present plans materalize on the work between this city and Morgantown only one mile of bad road will Sep arate this city and the Pennsylvania Improved road this winter. Yesterday afternoon the Morgantown committee mot with the members o? the Mononalia County Court and other county officers in an cfofrt to get an Injunction pending In the Monongalia Circuit Court dismissed in order that the contractors can move large quantities of supplies over the Monongalia River bridge. The injunction! now pending prohibits the hauling of loads of over five tons across; the bridge, while the average j truck load of supplies is seven tons ! including the weight of the truck. Under present conditions the contractor can movo only one half I as much as beforo the injunction! was applied for. Thb committee j pointed out to the court that the! road would, when completed, be a' benefit to all the people and that' bb the bridge would stand a seven ! ton load the contractor should be allowed to move that weight over the bridge in order to speed up the road work. Maj. C. P. Fortney head of the State Road Commi&ion, was ap-i pealed to at the end of the con-' ference by the road committee in; an effort to get him to help them J out of the difficulty. Major Fortney 1 has not taken any action as yet. 5*o modification of the injunction of course, jvlll be made until the matter is formally presented to Judge I. G. Lazzelle of the Monongalia County Circuit Court. 0FF1CER8 ELECTED. CHARLESTON, Oct. 18.?W. L. Skaggs of Anstead was elected councillor of the West Virginia conuncil, Order of United American Men, at tbo thirty-third annual session here today. The next convention will be held in Charleston. Other officers elected were: J. Patterson, Charleston, vice councillor; O. T. Tyler, Charleston, secretary; H. W. Laughorn, treasurer: Grant Jarrett, Elklns, Inductor; H. J. Dickenson, Spyrock, examiner; C. C. Nelson, Maiden, inside pidf tector; and-G. W. Morris, Pinch,' outside protector; F. H. Harless, Charleston, nations.' representative, ... f 1 / . ' .a '-Msi k: : 18,1922. ~ Lauder Pleads to Glover Negro Accused of Postoffice' Acquaintances, Givei in Federal Couri WHEELING, Oct. IS.?Convinced that the wrong man had been arrested, Judge W. E. Baker In Federal Court thla morning, acUng on the recommendation ot Assistant District Attorney H. E. Whlteshew, dismissed a charge of using the mails to defraud against William Burkett of Moundsvllle. The case was one of mistaken identity, the court waa informed by the district attorney. Back In 1917 a man named Burkett was Indicted tor an alleged offense committed In 1914. It'wae charged that Burkett organised a iioMT CONDITIONS NO.W Former Director-General of Railroads Declares Farmers Suffering. BILLINGS, Mon*., Oct. IS.? William G. McAdoo. in a speecn here last night, said deduction of farm credits, "by the present administration' in conjunction with the influence of Wall street, "and the blighting effects of President Harding's policies of deflation and normalcy" hayo reduced the country from a condition of "unexampled prosperity to a state of appalling disaster." Mr. McAdoo asserted that restriction of farm credits under the Republican administration , had forced the rapid sale of farm products afid livestock to tyVi an extent that the products oF the entire country has i>een reduced t > 15,700,000,000. The former cabinet officer said bus nes depression had followed conditio** which have never before been experienced in this country.Mr. McAdoo, advocated a constructive policy for the restoration of farm prosperity and recommended aN system of "agricultural credits -to fiirnistt farmers and I stockmen ample credit at reasonable rates, constrCKive legislation for the protection of farm co-operatives and. elevator and warehouse systems for grading and storing grain at reasonable cost and alteration of the 'Republican inttrnatlonal policies, as remedies for bringing back prosperity. WILL PROBE WRECK AT BARRACKVILLE Prof. B. L. Lively presided at the Kiwanls luncheon today in the absence of Dr. Leroy Howard, who has a record attendance of 100 per cent so far this year. His absence today was not counteagainst him, however (aa he will lunch with the Kiwanls in Philadelphia today. Two committees were instructed at the luncheou to Investigate the collision yesterday at the Barrackvllle grade, crossing. A number of committees made partial reports today, and the confmlttees were continued in cfTect until their matters had been cleared up. Bob Smith delighted the club with a solo, and then he and Jack Abbott sang a duet. Miss Hartley played the accompaniment. Charles R. Hoult had as his guest, Gordon Panniell and Clark Miller had It. M. August as hin guest. Charle: R. Hoult drew the attendance prize today, an auto HlieiOf tVin ilnnnttnn' ,.t VU.nU W. D. Evans' name was first called .but pressure of business took Evans away from the luncheon early, " Professor Lively called the attention of the club to the recent catastrophe at the Barrackville crossing and asked two committers which had jurisdiction to look into the matter vitli the Idea of-suggesting a remedy for the dangerous crossing. NAVY DAY INDORSED. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Oct. IS. ?Designation of October 27 as Navy Day was officially Indorsed today by Governor Morgan In a proclamation' calling for observance of the day and .sending a message of greeting and affection to the officers and men of the navy in tho name of the people of West Virginia. Observance of tha flow wonv sections it the state is being fostered by the Navy League to cail attention of the citizens ot West Virginia as In other states, to the Bervlces ot thj navy in the past and its need .In the past 8ALE8MAN QUESTIONED CHICAGO, Oct. 18?Maz Moser, Now York jewelry salesman, who told the police last night that he had been robbed o? (300,000 worth of unset diamonds, was questioned again today at the detective bureau. Moser said he was leaving a down town hotel with a friend when three bandits jumped on the gunning board of their automobile and forced them to drive Into a residence section where about 250 unset diamonds .anglng front one Itc six carats,,were.-take.. ^ PnH A 80c A MOI Not Guilty s Gap Robbery Theft, Without Money, Friends n Attorney for Trial t October 24. fake detective agency using the mails to defraud in connection with the operation of the agency. Upon pleading guilty to a charge of violating the Volstead Act, George Fox and Mike Kinick were fined )100 and' costs. Both *bad served three months in jail. Jack Lauder, colored, brought back from Ohio, plead not guilty to robbery of the Glover's Gap postoffice on November 9. His case was set for trial October 24. but as Lauder said he had no money, no friends nor acquaintances in this soctlon. Attorney Edgar Glaqs was appointed to defend him. Miilii INSPECTION TRIP Pesident of B. & 0- Arrives Hera This Afternoon From Pittsburgh. Passing: through en route to Clarksburg on the annual fall i:i-| 8pectlon, President Daniel Wlllard of the B. & 0, System, and party, including Vice President Charles W. Galloway, Baltimore, In charge of operations, arrived In Fairmont this afternoon. The party had been in Wheeling yesterday and left there for Pittsburgh, from which place tin special train left this morning and arrived over the ConnellBvllle Division. It was first reported that President Willard and his part/ would reach Fairmont at 1:30 o'clock, but the train did not arrive until after 3:30 o'colck. Whether the party will stop in Fairmont long enough to confer with local officials and inspect the property here was a matter of conjecture when the train arrived here, but it was thought that the stop would he utilized chiefly to change engino and that the party would leave almost immediately for Clarksburg. At Fairmont J. M. Scott, Wheel-1 :lng general superintendent of the West Virginia district; B. Z. Hoi[ verstott Grafton, superintendent of the Monongah Division: A. H. Frcygang, Grafton, district Engineer, Monongah Division, and Ernest Bartlett, trainmaster at Fairmont, were to join the party and accompany it to Clarksburg. T. J. Ward, Fairmont terminal yard master will groet the party here, but probably will not leave the terminal. NEW BOOK WRITTEN ! BY WEST VIRGINIAN Man Well Known Here Author of 'Sowing and Reaping.' I Fairmonters will be interested in \ a new book of fiction entitled "Sowing and Reaping' 'that is now offered for sale on local book i racks. The author of the book is | W. Burns McGregor, a Parkersburg I man well known in Fairmont, a brother of Mra.i G roege brother of Mrs. George Carrol, local woman who met a tragic death, in this city last November. ounius uuu ivca|iiUB una ueeu written with but one thought up-, permost in the mind of the author, j that of the triumph of good over; evil. In the romance portrayed, the perverted, evil, selfish mind of i Lloyd Lowther, spoiled son of a ; wealthy father, brings in spite of! unlimited advantage in education | and social position, nothing but | sorrow and unhappiness upon its reckless owner, while tho manly upright, clean ideals of Robert Bruce carry him through many vissicitudes to triumph and joy in the. end. The author clnims for his book nis certainty that "no one will be the worrfe for reading it It is clean in language, elevating, uplifting, and Inspiring in thought....The book is romance and not a sermon.' The reader will agree with the author when he closes the book after following the various characters through to the end of the story. STEPHEN JOYCE DIES A message received here by Sirs. Ignatius Cain of Maple avenue announced the death,oI her brother, Stephen Joyce, which occurred several days ago at Pittsburgh. Mr. Cain had resided here until rocently when he was taken to Pittsburgh tor treatment. The body was taken to JCingsvilie, W. Va., for burial. Mrs. Cata Vas 111 and unable to attend the funeral. TRAN8FER PASSENGERS ST. AUGU8TINE, Fla? Oct. 18.? All the passengers have been safely transferred from the Clyde steamer Lenape to the steamer" Arapahoe, and efforts to float the Lenape which went aground yesterday are continuing,- according to the United States wireless station at Anatasla Island. Lighters have arrived to assist In the operation and a,large tug has been requested.' tonight and Thuraday; Bodated" Press Wlrs JTH?SINGLE C0PY,5c.^ NEW LETTERS IN 00= Choir Leader Refers to L'oveij " at 'Sweet, Adorable Baby.v^ 'l kins' in Letters. BANK VAULT OPENED Creat Secrecy Being Maintained Regarding New In* formation Obtained. -,; ?j NEW BRUNSWICK, N. l',_ Oct' |11 IS.?Officials conducting^ tho Investigation Into the nmrdw.i&jjj^a Edward Wheeler Hall,' rector'of*^ the Church ot St. John . the Evangelist, and his choir loader, Mrs. Eleanor lUnoJiardt Mills, September It,were at the edSnfj^SB house early today. . . , ; J. While newspapermen sgaln >. . wore barred from the courthouse^"*; >58 It was understood that prolocutor il -:M ot Somerset County began at once "yd? consideration ot stenographic; copies of statements taken yeitsr-^- 'iH day from rolatives of the;slaIh;'jagB rector. Including those of Mrs.'.'*#? Frances Stevens Hall, hll wldOjr.jtA*? and hor two brothers, Heni7:and%%kg Willie Stevens. None of the officials W0uldi0t-Sffji| tor any prediction as to what may. '.Vj.lw bo expected'today. Crowds ofcUr-.sgSjj lous poople, attracted there" by.v.<?J porslstent rumor's that tWo;;dr?i* more arrests may be expected at any time, gathered about the ; courtbouse to await developments A second series of lettera'saldrijES to have been written by Mrs,' H Eleanor Mills to the Rev. Wheeler m 1 Hall was made public tbdawbMWii the authorities he they contlnuedajj their efforts to Bolve the mystery Jig ot the slaying ot 'the couple Ssp^M tember 14. 1 Unaddressed and nnslrned-tholHiMl letters are filled with terms ot JS endearment. In them the mldil^S ter is orten rererred to u sweet, adorable babyklns." They speak ' '! of "a love nest" wjjyan'e scribe the various moods of "a ] woman "loved and loving wtthotttftt? tbe conventions" as-fellOWtt-fdiiSglgi "Dearest, deafest boy: WosAjt 'e I happy to And a sweet note for I I didn't expect you .would irisk 'lea* lag one for me yesterday, Sttch : delicious eclairs." "My darling, how.-wrt^SnJIS seem today. * I am tired? j want to lie and; ^ "Oh, you sweet adorable bs^yi ; "The note you left was crumlh' S led but I had to hide It lnl'mS^ 1! small orange purse as I met him." "I'd build a waiting love sest;pM people would mean nothing. .'! I had rather watch the buge^StHSj ants aa they crawl along.' 'Doi'lSsj you love to watch an ant aS'it. creeps along, honey?" "And darling sweetheart I long for our love ta^beJtoosflSH truest?as pure as we can mSkewl It, for then It Is truest to nature." II "I know I'm a craiy),cat;'*i,tf^|JM "Charlotte talks ? then D? asks questions that annogr(^|^a^j tj "Darling mine, didn't: ToalheKwH mo purring blissfully contentetlraH "Sweetheart, my true heart, I ,1 could crush you. Oh, I sini''"W^^B i "One time I told, you I hateS \?j I your work?I hated your .jarlsh. 3 II guess it is because I am Jealous of It, because It must come first, in your life. Not because oficon- t ventfons, but because you'love. I tan so. Ob I know It, because rfoonSBH are a true priest, born for 1C V',; I "I have the greatest . offjallv I blesslngB?a noble man's :~'deSpgH true, eternal love, and my heart Hg Is his?my life.is bis?tril,th8jiS|fs "I will bate the wlnterJhi^MH Then I dream of curling up'/lit: a .have. Will It ever be?" .''jrijffilj "I am holding my sweet'baby- > IktnB' face In my bands andjlbok^R [ing deep Into bis heart .find,reid-jffl Ing there a message that makes I me live?gives me streng^|$SBjM | Mrs. Hall, the wldOw.-.wffitlHBrlB moned from her home to ay to open ber safety deposit. .-ault?agfoa the Peoples National Bank. What . was found In the' valutwas? not checking up on newly acquired In-, formation. Great secrecy as^tMits V nature wis maintained. . breakfasted at the HalObomeftSjifl morning, declared the rector's widow was greatly ngitated when, she saw morning papers contdliKfM Ing copies of Mrs. Mllla'^fcttBrs to pure souled. He wsS: wrapped up In the doing of the Lora'ajwork." ,, She protested vigorously that the letters said to be-written'to Mrs. Mills by her. huibandj||rtre' not *'