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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
NEW CHARTER MAY NOT BECOME
EFFECTIVE UNTIL JULY OR AUGUST
Present Commissioners Can Take Advantage of Number
of Legal Technicates to Delay the
Election.
CHARTER W|LLCOMPEL ECONOMY IN OFFICE
Not Much Likelihood That Effort to Get Federal Courts
to Interfere Will Amount to
Anything:

Now that the supreme court Of West
Virginia has finally decided that the
New Fairmont Charter is the legal
and true charter under which the city
government must be conducted the
present City Commissioners, who com.
pose the Board Of Affairs, may. II they
so desire, make use of number OF
technicalities and subterfuges allowed
by the rules Of law to retain their Jobs
as long as possible and to postpone
the day Of calling the election Of new
commissioners as required by the pro.
visions OF the new charter.
By taking advantage OF the rule al.
lowing thirty days in which to ask
for rehearing. the present city off.
cials through the attorneys for their
representative, Reuben Anderson, can
wait until July ! to make their motion
for a retearing OF the case. This un.
doubtedly will be refused and the su.
preme court will then return its de.
cision to the Marion county circuit
court to be placed on the record of this
court. The provisions Of the charter
will then be In effect and under those
provisions the present City Commits.
sioners are required Immediately to
appoint election commissioners to
hold an election to select their sue.
cessors.
The new city officials will be known
as the Board Of Directors OF Fairmont
and are required to devote their en-
tire tima to the work. The salary re.
duchon under the new charter will
amount to more than $4,000 each year
and the Board of Directors are re.
quired to publish a fiscal statement
of the city's finances each year.
In the event that the present City
Board OF Affairs refuse to act as re-
quired under the act Of the Legislature
creating the new Fairmont Charter,
the pubic spirited citizens and attor.
neys who are behind the new charter
and who stand for more efficient ad.
ministration Of the, city's affairs, will
ask the court for an order compelling
the present City Commissioners to
proceel at once to hold the election
Of their successors.
According.to the opinion of the local
attorneys who have been active in the
fight through the courts of West vir.
ginia to obtain the enforcement of the
new charter. the application of the
Democratic attorneys for an injunc.
tion in the Federal court before Judge
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
ACTION MONDAY ON
Old MILL PROPERTY

The Board Of Affairs yesterday at.
ternoon took up the matter of applica.
tion to have the old Mill property on
the corner Of Cleveland avenue and
Jackson street removed.
signers Of the petition appeared
before the board and gave evidence
that the property which is owned by
Marcellus Jolliffe and G. Donnelly is
a fire trap and unsanitary.
County health officer Yos. submit.
ted his report to the board :orroborat.
ing these statements. He also pre-.
sented o petieion 10 the board signed
by several property o*aers living o.,
Jackson street, Locls tavenue anu
Cleveland avenue.
City Health Officer Chesney Tam
age was unable to appear and his re.
port on the matter was read by City
Clerk Kerns. DR.. Ramage reported
the property in dangerous condition
and unsanitary.
Several witnesses who signed tho
petition were examined and all testi-
fled that the property was in bad con.
dition and should be removed. IL
seems that one Of tho greatest dan.
gers Of the building is u brick chin.
ncy that Is leaning OF the Trinity NJ,
=. Church on Cleveland avenue. iii
the testimony given the witnesses
claimed that the building had been un.
occupied for some time until recentlr
when Mr.. Jolliffe rented his part Of
tho structure to . junk dea.er.
Mr.. Jolliffe and Donnelly were exam.
ined and both said that II they could
do anything to better the conditions in
and surrounding their buildings that
they would do II.
At the suggestion of Commissioner
Smith the case was taken under ad-
ybement until next Monday morning,
when the board will take action. May.
or Bowen and Commissioner Lehman
were appointed a committee to inspect
the building and make a report on It's
condition to the board.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02

Dayton, will have no direct bearing
on the date in which the New Charter
will go into effect. The Federal court
will likely not entertain the applica
ton for another injunction and will
likely hold that the case has been de-
cided by the state courts and that
the matter Is now settled. That this
is the most probable action Of >the
Federal court Is indicated by its &C
ton in not considering the applica
ton for an injunction while the litiga
tion was pending In the state courts
II the District Federal court refuses
to entertain the application for an in
junction on the part of Reuben Ander
son to restrain the present city Off
cials from holding an election to Sc
lect their successors and allowing the
new charter to go into effect. the Dem
ocratic attorneys who represent Reu
ben have the right to take their ap
plication to the Federal appellate
court. But 1t is unlikely that they
will do this as the probability of the
Federal court Of appeals granting the
injunction after the District Federal
court ana the West Virginia Supreme
court have decided the opposite is
very remote.
The appellate Federal court is now
in session at Richmond, Va, and will
adjourn in few days until October.
Thus 1t is likely that nothing will be
done bysthe opponents OF the New
Charter and an election will have to
be held according to- the @provisions
o fthe Legislature some time In July
or Auguest to select the successors Of
the present City Commissioners.
A special dispatch received by the
West Virginian from Charleston which
went more into detail about the de.
cision handed down by the Supreme
court said: The court did not decide
that the section of the charter com.
pelling all voters to fill out their own
tickets was unconstitutional. but held
that If any voters rights were inter.
ferred with by that section he had his
remedy by way of mandamus.
Although the same case Is before
the Federal court 1t is the concensus Of
legal opinion here today that the Fed.
eral court will be guided by the action
fthe Supreme court and will prompt.
ly dismiss the injunction proceedings
leaving the way open for the holding
Of an election in Fairmont in the near
future"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
New Workers are Entering
the Seuen Thousand Club

All good things come to an end
sooner or later, and tomorrow night
at nine O'Clock marks the close, and
puts beyond your reach forever, the
Opportunity Week" offer in the West
Virginian's 1000 Club.
For the benefit Of those who may
not have discovered the nature OF
Opportunity Week" we herewith
state 1t again.
With each club OF five new sub.
scriptions which you turn in this
week you will receive $4,000 extra
votes. These votes will be in add.
ton to the regular votes on each sub.
scription, and the subscriptions may
be either old or new for any length Of
time.
While nine o'clock tomorrow night
is the closing hour, those who live
outside district No. /, will be granted
special extension. They have the
privilege OF working right up until the
close and then mailing their votes and
subscriptions at their nearest post.
Office. AS long as the letter bears the
postmark Of nine o'clock or earlier,
the subscriptions will be accepted un.
der thie offer even II they do fail to
reach the Seven Thousand Club office
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
.R|VESV|[LE MINERS
FIGHT WITH PICKS
Stone Through a Window
Starts Fight With Sc
rious Results.

Joe Hustle, of Greentown, Rives.
vile. Parker Run mine, Is confined to
his downy couch this morning with a
terrible pick wound in the face just
below the right eye. His boarder
Louie Vodas who assists Hustle in all
his daredevil undertakings is also con-
fined to his bed with sore head. He
has a pick wound In the jaw and one
In the top Of the head. Both men will
live.
It's no use saying that man like
Joe Hustle has been wounded unless
the details are attached to the story.
They are, presented here in their true
colors. Joe, as all Marion county tax
payers know, has habit of imbibing
the fermented juice Of onions or some
thing worse and chasing the entire
popuace of Rivesville to the river or
down the mine shaft. Yesterday he
and Yodas. his boarder, declined to
celebrate the dismissal Of the Fair.
mont city charter case and got picked.
Being picked is no Joy to Joseph
unless he can open someone's skull.
He failed yesterday, for the rock
which he threw through an Italian
neighbor's house simply broke the
window and scattered some glass
around the room. The Italians, Ralph
Napalio and Balyatore Toronso, when
they managed to get out of the way Of
Hustie's battery OF rocks, started out
the front door with clubs. They were
met by the belligerent Hustle and Vo.
das. Napalio soaked Hustle over the
head with club. It ripped that
gents head several inches. Toronso
seeing that to hit Hustle was as futile
as using pop guns at Verdun picked
up pick and struck Hustle in the
face. Here Joseph raised his flag Of
truce and went on a visit to Slumber-
land. Vodas in all fury started after
the assailant OF Hustle which was a
sad start for Vode. When he came to,
he found that he had been picked in
the jaw and in the top of the head.
Today both men are awaiting to be
brought to. the county jail.
Napalio and Toronso came to Fair
mont last, night and gave bond before
Squire r. Leigh Fleming for their ap.
pearanee against Hustle and his would.
be protector, Louie Vodas.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
Closing Exercises y !
Of Grade Schools

This evening at the high school aud
itorium the ementarys schools Of the
city will hold Stheir closing exercises.
Graduates from the J. walter Barnes
school, B. L. Butcher school, Thomas
c. Miller school and William r. White
school will be present and receive cer-
titicates Of completion.
The program will be as follows:
Piano Duet-Selection from Foust-
Gounod-Ruth Virginia sEliason. Mary
Louis Bennett, the White school.
Invocation-The Reverend r =.
Reading - The Banquet Lamp
Grace Cunningham, the Barnes school.
Cornet Solo-Melodyi IN F-Rubin-
stein--Karl Andre, the Fleming school.
Address,. NJ. Alexander, presi
dent Board Of Education.
Four.part Chorus-The Song OF
Spring-yeazie-The Miller school.
Presentation Of Classes and certif-
Gates.
Double Quaret-water Liliies-Lin.
ders-The Butcher school.
Music Directors:-
Beryl Morgan, Fleming school
Carol Powell, Miller school.
Myrtle Mckinney. White school.
Gertrude Creel, Butcher school
. D. = g. H. W L
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
NEW GUSRER IN
THE MANN|NGTON
DISTRICT HOLDS

A Bonanza oil well that is producing
about 1890 barrels of rich West Vir.
gtnia oil which sells for $3.50 a barrel
is flowing today near Warrington.
The well is located In what Is prac.
ticaliy new and undeveloped territory
In Marion county and Is on the Hig.
ginbotham farm near Dents Run, about
six miles from Warrington. The Hig.
ginbotham lease comprises about 100
acres and is the property OF J. ].
Allen and company.
The well was drilled in early Thurs.
day morning by the drilling contrac.
tor, J. A. Mason, and the tremendous
flow and force OF the spouting gush.
er almost tore the rig down. The en-.
tire country surrounding the rig was
covered with the escaping oil which
shot into the air many soet over the
top of the tall rig, and 1t is estimated
that more than five hundred barrels
of the flow was lost before the casing
head could be placed in position and
the well controlled. All of the idle
oil men OF the Mannington district
worked day and night with the Eureka
Pipe Line company until now there
are four 250.barrel tanks receiving
the flow and more tanks are under
construction. The Eureka company's
lines are taking the oil away as fast
as possible and the latest reports state
that all Of the production Is being
cared for.
The oil was struck in the Thirty.foot
sand and at the frs. entrance Of the
sand the well choked up with q and
made a shot necessary. When the
heavy charge Of nitroglycerin was fir.
ed yesterday morning the oil shot
nearly q hundred feet above. the top
Of the rig. The entire Warrington
district is discussing the strike today
and this we'll will likely stimulate drill
ing operations In this section to a
remarkable degree.
J. ]. Allen, VINO Is the chief owner
of the well Is in New York today ar.
ranging for the purchase Of the pro-
duction Of the we'll ani upon his re-
turn several other locations on this
lease will be made. Allen is the Jun.
ior partner Of the Frech-Allen Con.
tracing company who built the paw
ed roads in Warrington district. Tho
oil company, however, Is separate
concern and Is composed OF Allen and
some OF his relatives. Since the be-
ginnig OF the paying work Allen has
made his home in Warrington and
has many friends throughout the coun.
ty who are glad to hear Of his good
fortune.
The income from the well is esti.
mated at about $1,000 per day and It
shows every indication Of holding up
this production for a considerable
length OF TINA
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02

on the part OF many Of the smaller
merchants. The members Of the To-
cal association requested Mr.. Straight
to speak concerning his work and de-
sire to procure the enforcement OF all
of the regulations as soon as II Il
consistent with accuracy and thorough
ness. The Standardization OF the
weights and measures Of the various
merchants throughout the county ID
of great importance to the consumers
as well as to the merchants.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
GERMANS WIN BIC Naval BATTLE
Two Trains Wrecked
Because Of Seorms

PACKARD, Iowa, June 1.-TWO wo.
men were killed and 10 persons In
jured as result OF the collapse OF a
bridge over Cold Water creek near
here early today during hCtvy storm
under the weight OF north-bound pas.
senger train on the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific railroad.
In addition to two dead. seven are
missing and are believed to be dead.
either by drowning or as the result
Of injuries.
When the train turned over many
OF the passengers smashed the win.
dows Of the coaches and crawled onto
the sides Of the cars where they re.
mained until taken off by rescuers
in boats. The storm which reached
the proportions Of cloud burst near.
ly paralyzed wire service.
BLooMINToN. ILL.,, June IA tor.
nado blew the Chicago, st. Louis fast
mail No. II on the Wabash railroad
from the track near Saunemin. Ill.
early today injuring IS persons one
probably fatally. The accident occur.
red in deep cut which kept the cars
from oyerturning and probably pre-
vented heavy loss of life. The com
bination baggage and smoking car
and four coaches were blown from
the track. A Pullman sleeper crash
ed through the smoking car tearing II
to pieces.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
Mrs. George WI. HaII surprlsed

MTSs SeoT9e w. Td' ouTpriseu
Mrs. George W. Hall we'll known
resident Of near Boothsville was the
honor guest yesterday at a surprise
birthday party at her home which
event was arranged In honor Of her
sixty eighth birthday anniversary by
members Of her family. About fifty
Of her relatives including her children,
{ grandchildren and a number Of friends
Joined nthe celebration which was a
most enjoyable one. Ice cream and
cake were served during the evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
Justice Hughes
Talks at Last
BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO REPUpl
ATE HITCHCOCK AND HIS
WORKS.
(By Associated Prcss)

WASHINGTON, June 2-When in.
quiry was made of Justice Hughes to.
day whether Frank H. Hitchcock was
representing him at Chicago the Jus.
tees secretary Lawrence H. Green
made the following authorized state.
ment:
at is perfectly well understood
that Justice Hughes has no repre-.
sentative"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
The Weather,

West Svirginia-Thunder storms this
afternoon and tonight. Saturday fair
and cooler.
LOCAL WEATHER READINGS.
Temperatures at s a. m. today 67.
Yesterdays weather clear; temper
ature. maximum 81; minimum 4s; pre-.
cipitation none.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-06-02
ENTERTAINED CLASS

/ Miss Monta Faust entertained the
Z u. A. Clayton class Of the First Pres.
byterian Sunday school yesterday af.
ternoon at her home on Locust avenue.
The guests spent the afternoon ut
needle work and refreshments were
served
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-06

called ont the rcn and they started
ON the jump for the bank.
Helen, in the interval. had taken the
securities from the box and showed
them to Spike. As they turned to
leave, the Waterman, rc.enforcei by
the officers, pomced down on them
Helen. desperate over the situation.
upbralded the Waterman.
4 wurdy discussion followed. But
Helen and Spike were started for the
station. where iaorc developments had
already taken place. The victim Of
the hOld.up, in response to the ser.
scants mossagA. had arrived. and on
having the suspects. Ward and Adams.
paradcd before him. was unable to
Identity Scagiuo's reta.ncrs. IN fact.
no distinctly declared thcs" were not
tn, men thay had eaten all his FREQ
lunch and robbed him.
Tho chief refusing to ho satisfied
continued u ask questions. His IN.
stinct concerning criminals seemed TO
tell him tina, this pair were crooks.
and. II not answering to one charge.
should Justly be n"id to await another.
While this was going on In the oalcc
4 the chief. iielcn and Spike were
ushcrci, with the complaining watch.
man, int, the booking room. Helen
demanded the use ~ the telephone.
and In spite q tho serious charge
LODGED against her something in her
bright eyes ar hcr dUncnnor satisfied
tho sergeant she va. TO criminal. and
he banded her the phone from his
desk. She called Rhnclandcr up n,
Soagruo's rooms.
When the bell rang. Soagruc told
Rh.nclander to answer II. and from
Helen u, the station the latter learned
OF the plight she and Spike were IN,
No explanation that Helen and
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-06

Adams hurried on uptown to u ieath-
er goods store. Breaking precipitate-
iy in on the proprietor they pulled
and hauled his stock about with small
sense OF responsibility. Evidently
they wanted bag. but they seemed to
the shopkeeper hard to suit. 1t was
only alter much searching and many
hard words that Wards eyes lighted
on something such as he was looking
for.
The diner had been put on and
luncheon called. Rhinelander, taking
Helen started for the dining car. close.
~ watched by Ward. No sooner had
the two seated themselves at a table
than Seagrue's men following took
seats directly behind them Rhine.
lander placed the handbag at his feet
ward made no move until Rhineland-
er became occupied closely with tho
bill OF fare. While he was irving to
tempt Helen with the various dellca.
cies offered, Ward put his foot care
fuily out. slid Rhinelander's bag away
with his toe and. unobseryed BY the
y,
pushed the dummy leather bag into
its place
The knaves then coolly ordered
their luncheon. ate i'-somewhat hur.
riedly-and left the dining car ahead
of their victim.
When slackening speed warned
Ward and Adams that the train was
nearing Occanside, they were in no
hurry to start out. In fact, they
Jagged noticeably in their movements.
and Helen and a;hinelander left the
station and took taxicab uptown
without noticing the change Of bags
that had been PLACED on them.
And Just at this juncture blind
chance itself took a hand in the little
game. Two city detectives in plain
clothes had come to meet the train
and were refreshing their memories
by reading description Of two hold.
up men expected on it. Scanning the
faces OF the incoming passengers for
such pair as would fit their search.
the detectives noted Ward and Adams
getting slowly out of the coach While
the pair did not quite suit the dcsCrip.
ton, the officers, on general princi.
pies, crossed over to meet them and
stopped them for examination. A
few curt questions and equally voluble
answers did not satisfy tie plain
clothes men, who. after some discus.
sion insisted that the suspects should
accompany them to the station
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-06

send out man to bring In the vic
tim of the hold.up for their further
Identification.
To complete Wards chIgrin. the
precious handbag was checked IN
under the sergeant y desk.
On reaching the hotel in which
Rhinclaudcr had taken Helen. she sus'
gcstcd that while he made his pay
mcnt to Scagruc she would ~ to tho
safety deposit vault Rhnclundcr him.
sclr was president OF the Safety DE,
poSIt Vault company and place their
securities away before starting for t'yo
iaIl to intercept Spike when he should
be released. In parting they agreed
to meet again at the hotel
Helen went directly 10 the vault.
which she reached Just IN tine to
max. her deposit OF the stock ccrtih.
Gates In Rhinclnndor box tho watch.
man was closing the cage when nh"
came ont to 20 to the penitcutlary to
meet spike.
Il was long drive, but ,ncc there
sho was nc, kept long In suspense.
In the wardcus Office shn HNaitcd
spike, who. greatly changed, present.
~ entered tho room.
Rhinrlandcr had found ScaEruc IN
his rooms without words the two
SGT about the business In hand sea
gruc showed the agreement aud
Rhlnclandcr, placing the handbag On
the table, opened II To- take out the
money inside. he found an odi.look
ing package and thought that Helen
mus, have wrapped the currency up
differently after she had taken II from
him. lie unrollcd bunch OF news.
papers astouishod At the situation
but could find nothing inside them
tina, looked like currency: The money
Was gone.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-07-06

He turned to the telephone. Spike
and Helen had reached the rooms at
the hotel when Helen heard the ring
OF the telephone. She answered, the
call. Listening, dumfounded. she did
not tell Spike what she heard. but
with her face somewhat blanched and
Rhinelanders words ringing in her
ears, she hung up the receiver. Get
the stock from the safety deposi.
box" he had directed, and will use
that as temporary security until can
replace the money"
Seagrue shook his head. NO. Mr..
Rhinelander." he said slowly. that
wont do. must have legal tender,
and have it today, or our contract
doesn't go"
Helen, with Spike as her escort,
reached the bank only to find it
closed as she had feared. The watch.
man. despite her appeals. refused them
admittanCe. But little obstacle
such as that was not serious deter
rent to Spike. He had detied the
law too long to be baked now in the
interests Of justice and fair play. He
had been a maefactor with the law
against him: he brushed aside all
sCruples now in taking the role of
a bcncfactor with the law still against
hiIn. The Waterman had his way.
III the case is as bad as you say"
Spike muttered to Helen. we've got
10 do something"
Helen shook her head despairingly.
1t may mean millions, Spike" she ex-
claimed What can We do" In her
distress she clasped her hands.
DO" echoed Spike scorniully. Go
in and open the box AMI get your prop
crty-therc's nothing else to do"
"Eut how?' cried Helen. wide.eved
with pcrplexity.
Spike tossed his head. 1t was set
high above a pair Of swinging bread
shoulders, ard whenever Spike shook
his head in that way, Helen knew
some suggestion was coming. He bent
forward and pointed his finger at her
to emphasize his words. You put the
stock in the box, didn't YOU" She
nodded half.frghtened assent.
That he continued sti!,ly. was
your business. Now, you want to get
it out, don't you She nodded once
more. That he declared with much
positivencss. is my business
A moment later, at the side OF the
bank. Helen. frightened to death, fol.
lowed Spike through an unguarded
door. He led the way hastily and
stcalthily to the vault. and Helen with
her key. opened Rhinelander's box. 1t
was while they were thus feloniously
abstraCting their own property that
the Waterman saw them. He turned
in an alarm. At the police station
where it registered. the sergeant