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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-15
new MOVE MADE
IN CHARTER CASE
Petition to Disr,iss Case is
Now Up to Federal
Court.

nr,"ney Allison S. Fleming, act.
ing on behalf of himself. Frank r.
Amos. l.. NJ. Davis and NJ. Earle Nor.
gan. Republican city committee. fled
Il motion yesterday in the Federal
court at Phillip To be made party
to tho Injunction proceedings now
pending in that court against the new
FairmOnt charter.
AS soon ms the two oi,er Federal
judges ran he brought to sit with
Judge Dayton the case will he con.
sidered and the natter passed upon.
In the event that Attorney Fleming's
motion is acted upon favorably. his
petition to dissolve the induction
and to dismiss the case on the ground
that Il has already been decided in
the state courts. will come up for con-
sideratiOn.
Attorney John 4. Howard Of Wheel.
ing is acting attorney for the oppo.
sition to the new charter.
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VIVA. BUSINESS MEN
WILL MEET HERE
Sectional Conference Will
Consider Matters for
Next Legislature.

l.. P. Soudcrs. president of the
West Virginia Business Mems Asso'
citation. has called Sectional confer.
ence Of that association. representing
the First. Second. Third and Fourth
Congressional districts. for eleven
O'Clock a. M. Thursday. November l6,
at the headquarters OF the Fairmont
Business Mems Association. in the
Jacobs building. This conference will
he composed of all the state officers
residing In these districts. and rep.
resentatives from each local associa.
ton.
The state officers who arc expected
to be at the conference are l.. p Sou.
ders. president. Clarksburg; Robert
Poland. vice president MartinsburS;
c. a. Schultz. vice president. Salem
]. e. Yeager. vice president. Parkers.
burg: K. F. Murphy. treasurer. Park.
ersburg; Charles Orr. Morgantown,
and J. W. Garvin, Moundsvillc. Mem.
hers Executive committee: G. W.
Gregg. WheelIg; II. J. Ross. and 4
B. Scott, Fairomnt. Members Advis.
DRY committee. and G. ". Duderar.
Clarksburg. State secretary.
This conference will consider most.
ly legislative matters. The associa.
tion will urge the passage OF several
measures by tie next regular session
of our Legislature affecting the welfare
Of the whole state
The Board Of Directors of the Fair.
mont association has been officially
invited to attend this conference. and
any other member of the local associa.
ton can feel free to attend and offer
any suggestions.
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MANY GERMANS
CAPTURED WHEN
BEAUCOURT FELL
Hundreds of Them Were
Trapped in the Under
ground Workings.

Copyright. 1916. by the ASsu. Press
WITH TIE ARMIES IN FRANCE.
VIA LONDON. Nov. l5.-Thc British
advance along both sides of the Ancrc
which continued yesterday with the
capture Of the village of Beaucourt. is
considered by the British commanders
as one of the most important successes
i'll -four months of offensive.
More than 5000 prisoners have been
collected in tho extensive subterran.
can galleries and chambers which
were sunk ON both sides OF the valley
and were miles in extent
Five hundred Germans surrendered
in tunnel near ST. Pierre Divion
which was mile and half long. This
tunnel gave access to scores OF cleo
trio 1T chambers in which companies
Of infantry were housed and which
contained quantities OF machine guns
and bombs.
Another 100 prisoners were caught
in a ravine south of Beaumont Hamcl
where they were cut off by the first
attack on Monday afternoon.
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Those on the ground after the SEQ
ond explosion stated that there was
great danger Of another explosion, and
were forced TO keep everyone away
from the workings.
Wires and fences were torn down.
roofs were again blown In, timbers
which were near for the purpose Of
making various repairs we're blown
out OF sisni. Several pieces Of smok
ing timber were discovered about the
premises.
Houses which stood above the val
ley where the two mine entrances
were sWohing and flaming had beer
rocked almost OF the hill. Women
were carried out OF their houses sun
rrinS from shock. and taken to Bar!
rackvilie.
Earl Henry. state mine Inspector,
and Tim cowan. both in charge Of re-
pairing the damage done by the explos.l
ion a month ago. were on the ground
at the time the mine blew up today.
These men were hoping and working
to get the bodies OF q, y OF the IN.
iOrtunates killed almost u month agd
from the mine. These are the bodice;
of j. Pagan. James Yanero and B. Il.
Chapman.
The explosion according to those.
who came from the mnie at the en-
piration uf their six hours at noon
was undoubtedly caused by the fire. q
Doctors and all sorts of medical.
aid were sent from Fairmont as. soop'
as III" explosion was made known In
Fairmont. The onS, medical attain
ton required however. was the bands
age for tho cut on Ambrose Stocit6.
vitch's heaS. !his was done by Dr.
Smith located ut the mine.
Soon after the 1851 p. m. exploa
ion horses and wagons were put "a
work hauling blasting powder from
tho premises. tho men In charge ;of;
tho work fearing that more explos.
ions night have a dangerous eject
should any OF the blasting powder let;
90.
Hundreds Of curious from Fairmonil
soon fockcd to Barrackville In autos.
and street cars. This caus.i the state
inspector TO again rope the workings
and TO allow no one inside except
those in charge OF handling the men
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OWENS OFFICIALS
TO VISIT PLANT

More than 100000. 900 invested in
the glass interests of the United
States. will be represented In Fair
mont Tuesday. November Il. when 60
Of the leading glass manufacturers of
ton of the plant OF the Owens Bottle
Machine company. From here the
party will travel in their special car
ever the baltimore and Ohio, 10 LlarkS-
lurg, where n new plant OF the Owens
company hns just been started.
S. S. CcChrane. manager Of the local
plant, has been advised of the martyrs
coming, and is comforting with d. & o.
officials. with q view TO having the ii,.
spcctiun special run directly alongside
The Owens factory.
In the party are f. D. Libby and NJ.
csts; S. D. Richardson. ]. d. Robinson
J. Owens. Of the Libby.Owens inter.
and other prominent glass men. The
party will leave Toledo November 20
and will make Fairmont the first stop.
ping point. All the properties or
Owens patents lcssces located In West
Virginia indiana and Illinois. will be
:isited. making Il the most cunprehen-
sivc trip of inspection ever undertaken
by the various officers. Their com.
pletc West Virginia itinerary has no,
been made known yet, but will be an.
nounced in few days
Whether or not Il welcoming com.
mittee from any of the business mems
associations, will meet the party. will
not be known until It is known defin.
itely whether or not they will have
time to leave their car for a has.
ty inspection Of the property they are
specially interested In.
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big Boy" Recovering
From Bullet Wound

big Boy" who is a colored man
named Solomon liawes. is In Cooks
hospital today suffering with a bullet
wound in the chest and William Dan.
3els. colored. Is In Jail TO await his turn
before the grand jury charged with
shooting Halves.
The bullet passed from right 10 left
through the chest coming out near the
left arm pit. Halves stated In Jail this
morning that all he remembers about
the affair Is that he was drunk and NOT
responsible. lie does not know what
led up to the shooting.
big Boy" was working behind tho
counter in the Peru restaurant on Wn.
ter street when he was shot. He Is
now entirely out Of danger. Mitchell
Gibson, George Rose and Lacy Haw.
kins, all colored. saw the shooting.
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Odd Case Centers Around
Three Year Old
KIDNAPPING IS CHARGED
One of the Women May
Serve Long Term in
penitentiary.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. X,

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov. I5.-"Who
Is my mother"
A blue.cyed. three.year-old girl regis.
tered at st. Peters orphanage as Val.
da Margaret Wahlquist, wants to
know.
Mrs. Ollie Randle Trumper SAYS she
Is the child's legal mother. She has
been charged WIN kidnapping the baby
from the orphanage.
Mrs. Lena Purvis Wahl1uist is the
other claimant.
The only plea on either side is moth.
or love.
According TO testimony. Mrs. Trum.
per got the child from the orphanage
on probation.
Then tho Juvenile authorities took
Nalda from her.
According to the charge ON which
Mrs. Trumper was arrested. she re-.
turned to tho orphanagr and whiskcd
the baby away in an automobile. She
was overtakcn by police.
In court appeared the other woman.
Mrs. Wahluuist says she is the child's
real mother and that she left the IT..
tie girl at the orphanage because she
was too poor 10 care for her.
The only evidence in her favor is
the name under which the child was
registered at the Orphanage.
She says she can't bear TO have her
child known As the baby of another
woman.
To comnlicatc affairs for tho IL jury.
men who will have 10 decide which
woman is the child's mother. the ba.
by looks like both OF them.
All are blondes. although Mrs. Trum.
per's hair Is lighter. All have blue
eyes
II Mrs. TrumpcT is acquitted she
will get the baby. Il found guilty
OF kidnapping she will not only lose
tho child. hut may he sent 10 the pen.
ttentiary. The maximum penalty is
five years.
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old GLASS PLANT
TO Be PUT AGAIN
IN OPERATION
W. Va. Factory on East Side
is Taken Over by Co.
lumbia Company.
NEW SITE CONSIDERED
Monongahela R. R. Wants
Scalise to Move Nearer
Their Line. es...l

The Columbia Art Glass company.
operating on the East Side. has taken
over the old plant OF the West Virginia
Glass company, and will from this time
on operate It in connection with their
own plant The taking over OF the
West Virginia company's property in.
creases the capacity OF the operating
company At least fifty per cent. and
puts to active use a plant which for
some time has been lying idle and re-
turning no benefits to the community.
Orders have been pouring In upon
Antonio Scalise, owner and operator
Of the Columbia factory, SO rapidly OF
late. and tho quality Of his specially
ware is becoming SO generally known.
that the erection OF another and more
modern factory Is now being consid-
cred. The latter part OF this week. of.
ficials Of the Monongahela Railway are
coming to confer with Mr.. Scalise con.
corning a site for his factory near their
lines. It Is likely that this site will
be we'll out toward East Park.
The difficulty to be overcome by the
Columbia company is the securing OF
material from the railroad. and get.
ting the ware back to shipping point.
Orders now In the hands OF the com.
pany call for the shipping OF several
car loads OF ware each week. The
present location OF the factory makes
II necessary 10 haul this amount Of
ware to the station In wagons. An
condition OF the streets In
the locality OF the Columbia makes It
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-15
FIRE DESTROYING
BARBOUR Co. TOWN
Blaze Which Began in Res
taurant is Unchecked
II Junior.

Ivy NSsoclltct! .reSSl
section of Junior. a small town near
Belington, was wiped out with a loss
of between 100000 and $4,000 by fire
which is still raging at noon today.
The fire originated in building on
First street. occupied by restaurant.
pool room and moving picture theatre.
From there IS jumped across the street
and wiped out Dibcy's store and
Mearn's general store. Matthews gen.
cral store and postoffice which, was In
the Elhon building and the residence
of L. n. viquesney and other resi-
dencca.
a, noon tie fire was uncontrolled
and the cn::re residence section is in
'inrgoi.
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JAA1IS0N NO. I AGAIN BLOWS UP; NO One INSIDE AT TIME
v. VA. LABOR CASES
IN SUPREME COURT
Right of Workmen to Or
ganize Unions is the
Principle Involved.


WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-the Su.
preme court has ben asked TO assign
for hearing Oh December two cases
involving organized labor and particu.
larly the right OF workmrn !" organ.
izc unions. Both cases are from West
Virginia in litiSat!,r OF tho TIitchman
Coal and Coke company against the
United Miro Workers and .,s officers
and the Eagle Glass company against
the American Flint Class Workers I'M.
ion and i,s Officers.
The last Ease was reached on the
court docket today but requests were
filed to postpone the hearing until De-.
cembcr with the United Mine Work.
DIS case. In the United Mine Work.
crs suit the validity OF finding by
Federal Judge Dayton that the union
Is IN Illegal organization Is appealed
FROM.
In the glass workers union case the
Eagle company OF Wellsburg. W. Va. is
appealing from a decree holding that
the union Is not an unlawful organiza.
ton.
The glass workers case has never
been heard by the Supreme court: the
United Mine Workers case was heard
last March but no decision was reach.
ed and reargument before full bench
was ordered
The court recently put into effect
sentence imposed upon four Mine
Workers leaders for contempt OF court
In violating an injunction during the
strike troubles Of the Hitchman com.
pany of Judge Dayton against inter.
ference with coal companys employees.
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THE GERMAN VIEW.

BERLIN. Nov. IL. North Of tn"
Ancrc the British attacked ceaselessiy
yesterday with strong forces today's
official report says. The British cap.
tured the village OF Beaucourt bu,
everywhere else their violent assaults
broke down with heavy losses.
Serious Russian attacks were made
yesterday on the front southeast OF
Lemberg along the Narayuvka river.
The far office announces that all Rus.
sian assaults were rcpulscd.
The invasion OF Rumania is being
carried on successfully by Ausirians
and Germans. the war office also an.
nounces. Engagements along the road
leading into Wallachia. southwestern
Rumania yesterday terminate success,
fully for the Tcutonic forces who took
more than 1880 prisoners.
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FRANK AMOS SEES
GOVERNOR HATFIELD
'By Associated Tr"SSN

CHARLESTON. Nov. l5.--Judicial
inquiry into alleged election frauds IN
Marion. Cabrll. Logan and Webster
county will BE- instituted at once. &C.
cording TO inforation received here to.
day.
The regular Republican committees
In each OF the counties named will have
charge Of the litigation which under
the corrupt practices act may he insti
tuted in the circuit courts in the state
Frank Amos. chairman the Marion
county committee. consulted with Gov.
Hatfield today before beginning pro.
cecdinEs.
Among the charges made is that
moro than 500 fraudulent votes were
cast in Marion county alone.
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NOTHING NEW TODAY.

LONDON. Nov. la.-British troops
north of the Ancre were engaged last
night in consolidating of the ground
won In the new offensive movement
and no further important operations
were taken.
Today's official report from the
Franko.Belgian front says: During
the night We secured the ground won
by our attack yesterday north OF the
.Ancre. More prisoners have been talk.
en-, the number Of which will be re.
ported later.
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Vandergrift Child
Dies This Morning

Arthur ". Eugene. little son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Vandergrift, Of Mar
ket street. died this morning at half
after six o'clock at the home Of his;
parents after an illness from pneumos
Liza. He was aged months. The faith
or Of the child is employed with Tue
fire company. =;
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday and interment will be made
In the Gladly Creek cemetery at q
O'Clock by Undertaken Musgraye and
son. !: d
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COLD WAVE GRIPS
MOST Of COUNTRY
Snow Predicted for This
Section Tonight Bis
mark Coolest Point.
,Ey Associated IressI

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-Zero a.
9ismark, y. D.. was lowest tempera-
ture reported this morning in any part
OF the country The cold wave still
held sway east Of the Mississippi and
sbnormally low temperatures continue
In practically all parts of the country.
Freezing temperatures were report.
ed as far south as the Gulf coast. In
the north indications were for lower
temperatures tonight In the middle At.
lantic states and along the northern
tier states. Snow was prediced for
New England. middle Atlantic and
Great Lake region and rain or snow III
the interior Of South Atlantic states.
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BOMBS DROPPED ON PALACE.

BUCHAREST. Nov. 15.-Thc occm.
patton by Rulnunians of the town OF
Boasic In Dobrudja Is announced to.
day by the war office. Hostile airmcn.
the official statement reports. dropped
bombs over tho palace in Bucharest.
The Queen and the Princcsscs how.
ever were not In the structure having
left after the death OF Prince Mircea.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-15
THANKSGIVING NOVEMBER 40.
(By Associated Pres

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-The usual
Thanksgiving day proclamation with
be issued from the White House in the
next few days. President Wilson told
inqnirers today that he would follow
custom and designate tho last Thurs.
day OF the month which 10 November
40.
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Constellation
Leo MeteOrs
Visible Tonight

LAWRENCE: Kansas. Nov. Is
a shower ot mcteors radiating from
the constellation Of Leo will illun
mate tho sky tonight shortly after
midnight. II was said today by Prof
E. c. Stcuffer. Of the University Of
Kansas.
He said that more than 100 me
teors already are visible through
the telescope.
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universal you will hear the baying of the hounds
and the cheering of the mounted hunters they
pursue the crafty fox through fields and woods
a Christmas morning.
The Christmas dinner is less formal
function and it is likely that the family and the
guests will be in place when the blessing is asked
by the host. Even the allurements of the hunt will
not make the overlook the time-hOnored Gus
tom of being in place when the stuffed gobber is
served
The Country Dance.
In the evening all join in the Old-time country
dance. The very name suggests quadriIles, Ian
GERS twO-steps, waItzes and even, perhaps the
schOttish. These delightful recreatiOns still OBJ
served, come from the mother country" and have
nourished in east Virginia for three centuries.
Nothing is more joyous than Christmas dance
a Virginia plantation where observance of the
season is inherited where the servants
groes, the fidders are negroes and thoroughly IA
miliar with the dear old dance music fOndly
membered by those of ante bellum days. Invita-
tons have brought out the countryside, whose
social position deserves the courtesy. The great
house is decorated with all the evergreens of the
season. Bright fires burning and the servants
hand to wait on the "wite foxes"
The night is a starry one, and rime of frost
has settled over the landscape. Outside there is
rumble of vehicles over the slightly frozen road
leading to the house, bugges carriages, perhaps a
fOur-Inule wagon, with its gay crowd OF young
people, the black jehu guiding his team and COM
ing in a rapid trot- There may be two
tomObiles
The big front door is thrown open, blaze of
genial light welcomes the incoming guests who
shake hands with the host and hostess standing
within the portals. Upstairs go the 'gyrls' to the
ladies ROOM. while the gentlemen go to the room
assigned them. All is hustle and happy prepara-
ton for the coming dance.
Nine o'clock chimes from the timepiece on the
parlOr mantel. The lively bevy OF maidens are
troOping down the broad stairs. What visions of
loneliness are these highbred Virginia girls!-and
they charge the very atmosphere with coquetry.
Young gentlemen offer hurried requests for the
dance Then the real revelry begins with the
hddIer's call of Choose yo' pahdnahs fo' de fus'
GuaddriIl.'
Turkey in the Straw"
There is a graceful sweep of skirts across the
well-waxed floor, clasp OF hands the couples
fall in place The scraping OF viOlins to the tune
Of Turkey in the Straw" and the head fiddler
calls '-fohwud fO'" One dance follows another
with short intermissiOn. until supper is announced
at ID O'clock Then the musicians play march
for the couples as they make their way to the
big dining room
Around the heightened mahogany table is
spread feast Mt for the gods. Cold turkey, tur-
key salad. picked oysters. cold ham, celery
olives. beaten biscuit. thin waters fruits cake and
black coffee. at 80 dancing is resumed There
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have been quip and jest around the hospitabIe
board. Love affairs begun. and harmless jealousy
can be easily dscerned. The 'lancers' is the next
figure "A couple steals of after the set is over,
secluded lounge in the hall offers opportunity for
the sweet nOthings," or maybe true love called
forth by the prOpitious time and place.
The negro servants stand around the hall door
and watch with fascinated gaze the many couples
as they 90 through the dances. Happiness fairly
CLEANS their dark faces.
The night is waning. already the ROSTERS have
crowed for three O'Clock" From until de
brek er day" the dancing keeps up. and when the
first red streak appears the horizon the violins
play Home, Sweet Home" It seems that the fd-
oilers fairly excel themselves they draw their
bows for this the last waltz The dancers swing
TO the steady rhythm of the music The music
ceases The dance is over and one more old-time
Virginia Christmas gathering is memory Inc most
and hostess speed the parting guests, and pres
emily the great house" is quiet.
The Customs inherited.
The customs inherited from English ancestors
viii be forgotten In this section OF "Oie
Virginny,' where the plantation owner was very
king, where the smaller farmers had their own
peculiar pleasures, and where even the negroes
following the example OF "de wife fOkes') have
always made merry in the Yuletide season. fol
lowing the time-honored customs which have
listed so long that like the common law, ''the mem
DRY of man runneth not to the contrary"
Changes have taken place in this favored sec
ton, many OF the oldest families have sold their
ancestral homes and moved to the cities. The
numerous welI-knOwn estates have passed into the
hands of wealthy persons from the North and
West but in spite OF changes. the spirit OF Christ
mas animates the natives OF all classes and is
caught by the strangers within the gates" for
the Northern and Western folks that have settled
and made their homes with in nearly every
case enter into the social life Of the communities
in which they reside, and during the holiday sea-
son join hands with the natives-an In humor for
the week Of frOlicking-
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EIsHERmEn SAVED MoosE-

bull moose was seen lately, pursued by a bear.
close to the town Of PinedaIe In the state Of
Wyoming Two men, fishing in Fayette lake early
one morning, were greatly astOnished to see him
emerge from the timber at a high rate OF speed
and rush toward the water. A few seconds later
however, they were able to grasp the reason for
this singular conduct, a large black bear came
into view at the same spot. but on beholding the
men he at once took fright and made into the
woods. After splashing round In the lake for
some time the moose came out. blew the water
from his nestrils and stood only few yards away
from the fishermen, eyfng them sereneIy. He was
OF unusual size and had a magnificent set OF
horns He skirted the shore OF the lake ar Ieis-
urely gait for about q mile and then darted into
the woods.