The West Virginian. [volume], December 29, 1922, Image 1

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Nies Idle on Monon
i( Fifty-Seven on
leston Division1,935
CARS~LOADED
^-roiuotion Yesterday Highei
Tfcaii^Thjt of Two Prer
K *'ou# Thursdays.,
C?r supply dwindled onlj
(lightly In Northern West Virgin!;
Boday. It averaged 35 per cent o;
Hhe (lvo divisions against 37 p?
B^-On the monongah Division B
It O. then- was a 39 per cent run
Bon the Monongahela 49; M. & W
48 parent, Western Maryland 2
(ei^cent.k and Charleston DivibBon
B. & O. 19 per cent. Th
Bupply increased slightly oh the
Bdonongah Division today compar
Bed t o yesterday due to (ewer cok
Bmrs and a slightly smaller emp'.i
I Thirty mines are Idle on the
RSngah-Division anil fifty-sevc:
B the Charleston Division.
^ XjaDlylsional Placements
^^Car supply data on the five di
unions In Northern West Vlrglnit
Ijffiir Cars on Empties Emptlo.
Railroads Division 7 a. m. Ordere.
Monongah 1001 SO" 2220
ston 75 75 311
\V. 293' ' 293 591
.M It. R. 304 304 001
jt'-B |;.H. R. 64 64 30
^^ 'als 1737. 1603 403S
MjW' Thursday's Loading.
Coal loading in Northern Wes
^ rginla yaWerday aggregated 1.93!
^ i&dt coal. .One week before 1,02.'
^BtcWereinired and two weeks he
"ie prodnctlon was 1,302 cars
^pbe loading by districts was a;
HloWS: 11 O.?Monongah, 1,07!
^ s; jj Charleston, 72 cars; Con
44 cars, uumoeriana, ut
IS arii-lt. & W.
Hll rare: Monongahela, 166 cars;
H Operations on ibe Monongahelc
Hallway In Pennsylvania yesterdaj
Haded 127 cars oC coal. . .
rover c. bergdoll
I BELIEVED ARRESTED
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 20
-Picked from a train aa a hobo
oliee today are holding a man
Believed to ibe* Grover Cleveland
^MTgdoll, the Philadelphia drafi
^ odger, Thn man gave his name
s Bill Jones and his home u
ri >. Pa. Potfce sent finger print:
Washington today and will hold
romim until an investigation li
^p3ergdoll- was reported recently
have left Germany in an at
mpt to enter the United States
V 1 vrlll nnt Vlo rn?nnn IViln fr\y l
any debts contracted by any
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Strong University
Club For
HU
1 Officers of Charleston W. V. 1
r Jy, secretary; right, A. Bliss h
MORGANTOWN. W. Va., Dec
29?One of the strongest clubs o
' West Virginia University alumn
, In' the state is the one at Charles
ton. There are 250 men and wo
s men there eligible to membersl-.il
in the club and President A. Bllsi
1 McCrum and Secretary W. T
- Lively are working hard to mak<
every one of them a member it
t the organisation.
Alumni Secretary Frank Roj
Plffli
; COUNTY PLANNED
i Controversy Over University
| Milk Supply Ends in
Investigation.
\ ;?
1 CHARLESTON. Dec. 29.?Tho
> entire' milk distribution of Monon
? galia County is apt to be drawn
. into the investigation by the State
. Department of Health of ths
i killing, because of tubercular In
) fectlon. of a portion of West Vir
. ginia University's'dairy herd. This
; was indicated today by Dr. W. T.
, Hen^ia.^.jhead of the. .Health Do*
payrment, Syho/announced that he
fwould start for' Morgantown Itnight
to conduct the investigu't
tion at the University, personally.
p; Doctor Henshaw, who is goint
at the direction of Governor Mor
gan. said he expected to obtain
during the day such data as was
available in this city regarding
the discovery of the tubercular ir.
I fectlon In tho University herd.
Tho investigation thereafter, h.^
said, would be to develop whether
| milk from the Infected herd ha.l
been distributed for human, consumption,
eithpr among University
students or other residents or
tho county, and whether any illness
had resulted. In case- the
prior phase of the inves/gation
showed that the milk had been
used by the students or townspeople
.
Other herds In the county probably
will be considered in the investigation,
Doctor Henshaw said,
at the same time. declaring that
the county had a fairly good system
of milk regulation. Regulations
of the Stato Board of Health
forbid sale of milk frqm tubercu
lariy inrecieu cows.
TWO MEN EXECUTED
DUBLIN, Dec. 29.? (By the
Associated Press)?Two men
named Murphy and Whelan were
executed at Kilkenny this morning."
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WAITED |
Girls aged 16 years or over |
to work in selecting department.
Apply employment office
12th Street.
MONONGAH GLASS CO.
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f .WANTED
I Cook,' by Mrs. E. B.
I Moore, Locust Ayenue
and Oakwood Road.
Phone 164.
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ERIAL STORY TO APPI
WEST VIRGINIAN
PTAIN BLC
BY RAFAEL SABATTNI
Writer of "Scaramouche"
fascinated amused by Pete
;error of the Spaniard' and
anish Main.
aliment Today c
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.1 FAIT
/ Alumni
med in Charleston
WSW
J. Alumni Club: Left, W. T. LireIcCrum,
president
. Yoke has been working -with the
f alumni clubs which have been or*
1 ganized in several strongholds ol
. University men and women in the
state. Then (he has invaded a
number of towns where no orga
1 nization exists and has helped
J them get together there, alzo
Now he is working on the orgar.i!
zation of.county alumni clubs
1 such as the live one which wn3
formed at Weston some weeks
r ago..
Ill
j iMfplTED
Every Operator at Meeting in
Chicago to Be Authorized
Representative.
Every member of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators'
Association who attends the op|
erators-mlnera' conference ,iu Chicago
next \V$dnesda? will, bo an
authorized representative of .the
association, it was announced today
by the officers ^of.tho^ asf)?
elation. Thls actlon^was^t?^?^^111'
the. association meeting yeatorddv
afternoon ".before" .adjournment.
All?members: are being urged
attend the.conference.
, Among the members of the as.r.~
elation. who. are expected to attend
are C.*H. JenklnB. vice president
of the Hutchinson Coal Co.;
A. Lisle White, Cfarksbufg, Faicmont
& Baltimore Coal Co.. who
is .president of the association,
George S". Brackett. secretary of
tho aasoci&tlQh; Brooks Fleming,
assistant to the president; C. H.
Tarleton, gene^il manager of tin
West Virginia Division; Frank R.
Lyon, vice president; and Tusca
Morris of the legal department,
I Consolidation Coal Co., and John
A. Clark of the Clark C. & C. Co
G. S. McCullough, labor commissioner,
may also, attend.
The Moriongahela Coal Association
will he represented by W.
E. Watson, general manager,
Fairmont & Cleveland Coal Co.,
and Samuel D. Brady, president
of the Brady-Warner Coal Corporation.
Mr. Watson will leave here
on Sunday for Pittsburgh and
Youngstown, Ohio; arriving in Chicago
o!k. TueBday morning.
. Prospects of Meeting
It is thought that.little will be
ccomplished at the joint meeting
of coal operators and miners. Both
the operators; who want district
contracts, and the miners, who
will only talk four states agreement
or a basic wage scale arrived
at by that or other means, are
top far separated in their views
I to center upon any one plan.
It is believed that the outcome
win do me extension 01 mo qx
isting contract for probably two
or 'three months . By-that time, U
is thought that the'voluminous report
of the Fact Finding ^mmis(Contlnued
on page eight) '
-.'w. ,
NOTICE
Our store will be closed Satur-day
to business on account of
Inventory.
STEVENSON COMPANY
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H
r Blood, captain of the I
undisputed master of
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IMONT, W. VA.>FRTOAY I
VOTE ON BORAH'S
PROPOSAL SOUGHT
IN SENATE TODAY
Plan Bitterly Attacked Today
by Former Colleague oj
Senator Borah.
SEES COMPLICATIONS
Senator Johnson Says Borah
Proposal Worse Than
League of Nations.
WASHINOTON, Dec. 29.?A vote
before night on the Borah proposal
for a world economic conference,
which is opposed by the administration,
was sought by Senate leaders
today while the th^rd day's debate
on the project proceeded with
increasing fury. As "irreconcllia!
ble" colleagues ofN Senator Borah
i hurled broadsides at his plan as
. embodied in an amendment to the
j Naval Appropriation Bill, the Re.
| publican managers negotiated
I quietly for a roll call before adjournment
and a recess over New
i Year's Day,
Senator Johnson, Republican,
i California, who fought shoulder to
shoulder with ' Senator Borah
against the League of Nations,
, opened today's forensic battle with
a two-fisted attack on the conference
plan. The proposal, said Seniator
Johnson, was worse than the
| League and raoae likely to "em!
broil us in European controversies
and finally make the United StateB,
after 150 years, a part of the European
system." He adde.d that sucn
a conference would "jeopardize our,
future."
"I am aeainst it." said Sflnntnrl
1 Johnson, "for precisely the reasons
I was against taking the United
States Into the League of Nations.
I am against it because in my opinion
it will do exactly what, thua
far, we have declined to do. I am
against it because in even greater
degree, and with less safeguards
than tho League of Nations gave to
us, it will embroJl us In European
controversies, and finally make the
United States, gfter 150 years, o
part of European system.
/ "I am against the amendment, as
it is. presented, and., jost as in tfc?
former conteit-of which It is inVtny1
judgment a contJniidtibp, I am
against with either reservation orl
amendments. I have been unable
to conceive any amendment of reservation,
which, leaving the design,
would avert the possible injurious
consequences.
|. "I prefer the League of Nations
I with some rules of proceedure, with
the members bound by some parliamentary
agreement to this general
omnibus endeavor yWch has
neither limitations nor specifications."
Representation of the United
States on the reparations commission,
described by Senator
Johnson as. tho "most repulsive
element of tho Versailles Treaty,'
would follow necessarily from the
Borah conference, he contended,
and would cause the United States
to "embark nnnn a now fnoalm.
policy."
"It may bo naid," Senator Johnson
continued," that we can have I
(Continued on page eight.)
12,000,000 COAL
DEAL COMPLETED
7,000 Acres of Coal in Harrison
County, Ohio, Purchased
by Y. & 0- Coal Co.
CADIZ, O., Dec. 20.?One of the
most Important coal desls In the
history of Harrison County wa3
closed here today when the Y..&
O. Coal Co., purchased 7,000
acres of valuable coal lands from
the, J. M. Pugh estate of Philadelphia.
The deal was closed by
Walter O. Robinson, vico president
of the Y. & O. Co., and Is
said to 'h'avo Involved more than
$2,000,000. The company will
start to develop the ground next
spring.
EARTHQUAKE REPORTED
ROME, Dec. 29.?(By tho Associated
gress).?An earthquake
>m> ?* ittutmauUi ill LUd pilT,
vine? of Aquita, at 1:35 o'clock
this afternoon, according to a
message received here. No damage
was reported.
FANCY APPLES
One car fancy apples In barrels
and baskets, just arrived,
Walkers Siding.
J. M. PENCE.
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ROOM FOR RENT
One lacge famished front
room suitable for two persona;.
right in town.
PHONE 228-R
THE CUFF HOUSE
' ">Tea'r'Professional'Bfdg.
.
in ffc Community
5VENING, DECEMBER
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ACTION EXPECTED
ON REQUEST FOR
He ReturnsBALTIiifSRE,
Dec. 29?Fu
ther action In the case of Dr. I
M. McKoin) -treated here Tuesdo
for the{ murder of Watt Danlc
and Thomas Richards after the
were alleged to have been kldnai
ed last August by a white robe
mob-at Mer Rouge, La., is n<
expected until nevt Tuesday. J
that time, it is believed, Governc
Albert Ritchie of this Btate wl
act on the requisition for McKol
preferred by Louisiana author
ties. 1
Doctor McKoin, a former mayi
of Mer Rouge, was charged wit
the murder of Daniels and Ric!
ards Wednesday on an affidavit ?
the sheriff of Morehouse Paris
The mutilated bodies of the tv
men were discovered in Lake J
Fourche after the lake had
dynamited by'unidentified pc
sons.
It was stated by former Uniti
States District Attorney Robert .
Carman, counsel for "^octor M
Koin, that should Govern
Ritchie act unfavorably towa
the doctor, an attempt will
made to obtain a federal writ
habeas corups in the United* Stat
Circuit Court of Appeals. Doct
McKoin was refused release <
bail yesterday after hearing <
the write of habeas corups o
talned in city court Wednesday.
Doctor McKoin at the city ji
stated today that he "wou
rather die forty times than
taken back to Mer Fouge." I
predicted that there "would
more bloodshed than ever" if 1
over put his foot on Mer Rom
soil again.
Renort Nftf Cflnflpmifl
BASTROP, La., Dec. 29.?Sta
authorities again today declined
comment upon the report that tl
two signed confesslofis Implicatli
forty-five persons In the kidnapli
and murders ot Watt Daniels ni
(Continued on plgo eight)
GIRL'S SLAYER NOW
BELIEVEDJDENTIFIE!
NEW YORK. Dec. 29.?A litl
whlto satin coffin, containing tl
body of 10-year-old Theresa McCt
thy, stood today on the spot who
her Christmas tree had been. Wi
her heart pierced by a bullet fro
a 22-callbre. pistol she was foul
dead In the Brooklyn home ot h
mother, Mrs. Pauline McCarth
late Tuesday. r .
Benjamin Prenderrllle',.. a^ele:
In' the Brooklyn postofflce apd
boarder . at the McCarthy hom
who admitted to police that 1
owned a pearl bandied &callbre t
volver, Is held on avcharge of hon
olde. He told the police he becan
frightened when he saw the girl
dead body and.threw away that i
volver and two others he owned
larger calibre. "Police say Prendt
vllle has a police record,
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29,-1922. ,
"he Benevolent Tyra
West Virginian to
Get Radio Reports
on Pitt Grid Game
. Through the courtesy, pf Ray
I Dixon, Tho West Virginian will
[ be able to give p)ay by play
I radio reports' on the Pit*
Leland Stanford game, which.
^ ^will be. played at Palo . Alto,, j
pT | ^u.|,'iuiuuiivw, uitcniuuu. mc
87 'reports will *oe~ brbadcasted ?
' ! from the KDKA station al ]
1 Pittsburgh. The game will
[ ' start at 2:30 p. m. Pacific
! time or 5:30 p. m. Fairmont
time. The same excellent play
| by play service will be given on
[- this game that was provided
* for the fans when West Vir
y ginia played Goniaga on ChrisV
9 mas Day
1SUPPLYOFCOAL
? DECLARED GOOD
jr
Ih
bof
Federal Fuel Distributor Opti
mistic Over .Resuls of
Recent Activities..
ir.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.?The
^ country's supply of bituminous
'* coal is now good, whiio current
c- production of anthaclte is exceeding
expectaUons, Conrad ?. Spens
who retires as federal fuel distributor
on January 1, reported to
President Harding today in a fine2
al estimate of fuel conditions.
nr Reviewing at length tho work
of his office, which was establish?n
ed September 22 after the conclusb
ion of the national coal strike, Mr.
opeua ueumruu ruwrouu co-opera111
tion during tho emergency had
'a ben satisfactory, and that continJe
uously better results In stfce move*e
ment of coal should obtain during
coming months.
J? 'With the seasonal reduction In
^? other traffic which this year has
been greatly retarded, additional
power should -be released for the
transportation' of coal," the .report
said, "and while this power generally
is not yet up to standard due
to the shopmen's strike; barring
extreme weather, wo are hopeful
afj that the situation may be careji
au for without serious distress. Difficult
weather might result Quite
seriously."
Dto take oath of office
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.?
Pierco Butler of St. Paul, recently
confirmed by the Senate to fill
Je the vacancy on the Supreme
he bench caused by the resignation
ir- of William R. Day, reached Washre
ington today and will take the
th oath of- office when the Supreme
m Court meets next Tuesday,
ad ??
er BREWER FOUND DEAD
y- ST. LOtJlS, Dec. 23?William .
k J. Lemp, former brewer, today
2 w&sfound sbot to death la hls-of.
flee here. A rerolveii' wae found
u' nearby. Police expressed the be.
.. lief he had committed suicide.
His father and a sister were sul.
"e ^eoL'a
11
e- An old Chinese boot,known as
of "The SlHrwortp Classic/' says a
ir- Chinese orapredb' reared slllt.
worms 4500 years aco.
fTH?SINGLE COPY 5c.
RETURN OF FLEET
STIRS PESSIMISM
Action Regarded as Precaution
in Event'of Breakdown J
of ConferenceON
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STILL UNCERTAIN
Outcome of Vote on Sub-District
Offioersi Creating
^ . ;,<lift^!tiif!ere.
Uncertainty of the results in the
election of the United Mine-Workers
ot America ranks Is creating
Increased Interest day after day.
All ol the chief district officers
were re-elected without opposIUon:
President, C* Frank Kceney; vice
president, William Petry, and secretary
and treasurer, Fred Mooney.
R. M. Williams withdrew in the
fight for vice president.
The fight for International hoard
member Is practically settled as B.
A. Scott, Charleston, is leading M.
L. Haptonstall, Clarksburg, three to
one, it Is said. The contest for
auditors, tellers and credential
committee Is close. Issac Scott,
Charleston, and W. F. Palchell,
Chelyan, apparenUy have been
elected. P. A. Bsrtholow, Rivesvllle,
has a slight lead on H. i.
Wilson, Dry Branch. In sub district
2, W. F. Ray, St. Albans, and
C. H. Workman, Marmet, are leading
for executive board members.
in bud district *, wun oiuces in
Fairmont, Andrew McQomas, Wyatt,
continues to lead. J. L. Studi
dard, Rivesville, is leading for vice
president, and C. F/'Davis, Pursglove,
appears to be-leading Robert
Peters for secretary and treasurer,
according to reports received here.
Tony Teti, Wyatt, has been elected
a member of the. district board,
while the contest for the second
place is nip and tuck, with Frank
McCartney having a slight load
over James Hart, Pursglove.
SHIP IN DISTRESS
IN TERRIFIC GALE
NEW YORK, Dec. 29?The
steamer Munmotor 'rnm Boston*
for Norfolk was Waterlogged and
hi'distress .today In a terrific
gale off Cape May, radio mes.
sages picked up here said. Her'position
was given as sixty miles
southwest of Five Fathom Bank
light *
Coast guard cutters from Cape
May put out to her assistance.
The Munmotor Is a steel motor
ship owned by tho United States
Shipping Board. She is.of 1.4R5
tons dlsDlacement and his been In
the coastwlde freighting trade.
DOPE PEDDLER FINEO,
BELLA1RE, 0., Dec. 29.?Joseph
Vgrgoach of this city, whom state
authorities have been trailing for
the past year or more, waa arrested
here t<*lay and fined $700 on a
charge of peddling narcotics. Be
wis arraigned before Squire Morrell.
Officials claimed that he had
an '.eitenelre trade In river front
towns. " .
POLICY CONDEMNED
TOK10. Dec. 29.?(By the Assoclated
Press)?Thep rlry council
today passed a resolution condemning
the policy of the-Kato
cabinet Snch action Is unprecedented
In the history of Japanese
politics.
In Holland, more'tban 10,000
acres are. devoted to the cultlva.
tlon of tulip bulbs. . . ^
Firm Stand at Lautanna la
Taken by Allies on Cspttu*'
lation and Oil Fielda^
LADS ANNE, Doc. 29;?(B/rii
the Associated Proso)?Ishmet
Pasha sent a loter to Marquis Cur
sou this afternoon reaffirming his
demands that Mosul district with
Its valuable oil fields he turned
orer to Turkey. The note,.denied.?
the British contention thatytufsal
Kurds who Inhabit the district, WftSffl
not friendly to the Turks dnd-wnjtjffjf
Mosul to remain under the/ArjiWS
government of Irak. ? it vjtfSSj
Marquis Cunon, the British :t
foreign secretary and head of On
British delegation to the Near
East Peace. Conference, plans io
leave Sunday for Paris, Where be
vrill remain until Tuesday for the M
purpose of conferring with Prime
Minister Bonar Law In regard to
the Near Eastern sltMtlon?^*
LONDON, Doc. 29.?(iyithb As
soclated Press.)?The hasty return
of the British fleet to Constantino
pie from Malta attracts wide attcn
tlon here. Nothing Is forthcoming
from official circles to explain the
move, but the obvious assumption
Is that rupture is certain If the uncompromising
attitude of the TurhtfeS
at Lausanne Is ever adopted.
There still are many fdrqlgnfflH
In Constantinople and the dispatch
of the warships Is regarded u'l .
necessary precaution In view of the
possible attitude of the Turks In
that city In the event thatItljerediJ
a breakdown In the LamaaS^ygo^
On Verge of Failure
LAUSANNE,' Dec. :3ftp-By .tili|B
Associated , Press)?The Near
East peace conference stood today
several causes, chiefly t& contest
over the ownership of the Mosul
wu "Diuo ouu mo iimnuvu urvny*
The Allies are stressing the
capitulations Issue, taking a tlrra
stand against the subjection "of II.:
foreigners In Turkey, to-the Juris- Sj
diction of the Turkish courts.and "
Insisting that special courts with
foreign Judges aitUhg In them
must pass upon cases In which
foreigners are lnrolred.
The Turks are s tronglyi. resutitj
Ing what they declare to be the
Invasion ot Turkish sovereignty 3*8
that would thus be brougU'?4fi9?BH
but their delegates Insists that it
Is not the question of; capitulations
that presents the , gravest
danger of a conference fvlUheJSSj
The oil issue they declaje, li ?
the real one on which the yMee *;fl
are prepared to makee stahnMn
Despite the critical stag'e.Teach'scfl r
ed by the conference, with hardly
a single question of tntpamn o-fi!
definitely settled, the delegates
have not given up hope that an
adjournment finally will be reach,
od. Today the Allies were strait-'
lng further word, frbmjthe Tufke C
regarding the forelgtf* courts
question, wnicn ismet Fajliajyw- ffl
terday asked- further.timejto^con.-,;^
MOTORMEN RECALL
BAD DAY IN 191?
Snow and Ice today recalled to
a number of motormeh and con.
ductors on the lnterurban lines of
morning In 1917, when rata turning
to snow and s!eet;froie. and .
held fast as It fell on the tracks .
and trolly wires; Tbli ,took iplace
between midnight and the time
the first car left the barn ta tho
mornlngl When they started out.
the fire started to fly front trolley.
and rails and" It was some job
making any progress atfrll. Tbu 6
o'clock car out of here for Mannlngton
reached thereabout noon.
Part of the way two trolley poles
were used, one In front to knock
of the Ice and sleet and the other
for contact, for, power. .g
LOCALmiDRIVER^
Uli IKIHL IUMUKKUW
local taxi driver, "who' ta'chargcd
with selling liquor, will come before
Justice M. R.> Musgrove tomorrow
morning at 9 o'clock. Lee
was to have been given a hearing
before Justice Musgrove this afternoon,*bnf
by.agreement the case
was continued until tomorrow
waa arreated near Honlt"tor ha?
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