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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
RUM0RS ABOUT
GOFF STARTED
BY DEMOCRATS
West Virginia Senator Has
No Intention of Relin-
gushing Post.
(special Dispatch 70 Wei vlrelniun)

Especial Dispatch 20 Wet TlrgInian)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IL
Twice seince the election It has been
printed in newspapers in West Virgin.
la that Senator Nathan Golf was on
the point Of resigning, the second story
going SO far as to state that it was
"rumored' that the resignation had
been received by Governor Hatfield.
These reports originated in this city
and significantly appeared originally
i'll partisan Democratic wSpaperS.
Senator Golf issued direct denial
to the first publication, and Cover.
nor Hatticld's office has issued de.
NAL OF the second in so far as it relat.
ed to resignation being received by
him from Senator Golf. Senator Colts
secretary. Z. II. McDcrmott, has de.
MED the second report Of a resigna.
ton. Senator GOff who has been here
since the converting Of congress will
not take the trouble to issue any
more denials that has any intention
OF giving up his seat in the United
States Senate. His intimate friends
know that lie has no idea of quitting
his office before his term expires.
The persistent publication of these
reports has led to belief that they
are inspired. and their origin leads
to the further belief that they are in.
spired by Democratic politicians. Just
what the motive is behind its political
observers here are unable to state
but the CHIEF guess made is that it
Is a desire TO annoy Senator Golf. who
H. and has been in i'll health for sew
eral years, in the hope that he might
resign. If that could he brought about.
II would at once throw West Virginia
into the midst Of another statewide
campaign to elect his successor for
the balance of his term.
The suppositi0n held is that with
the sentiment Of the country and in
West Virginia particularly shown to
have boon strongly Democratic at the
recent election, with the backings of
the Federn. government and its pat
ronagc. with the additional help o.
promises Of Offices from Governor
elect Cornwell. and other conditions
which seem to them TO be: most tav-
orable to success, the Democratic par
ty in nation and state might be able
to gain a. member Of the Senate from
West Virginia. That in general terms
appears to the stae's politicians here to
he behind this undetermined, anony-
nous and insinuating attack upon SEN
ator Golf.
II this view taken OF 1t is in a gen.
eral way correct, there isn't the re-
hottest likelihood of the partisan Dem
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
REVOKE LICENSE
Of RESTAURANT
Board of Affairs Begins a.
Canvass of Bond Elec-
ton Ballots.

Official canvass of the vote ON the
recent bond issue was begun this at
tcrnoon by the Board of Affairs and
will likely be completed this evening.
At the morning session a report was
made by the Health Department Ne
gardlng the unsanitary condition Of
OF the hungarian restaurant on Wash.
lhGton street and that the proprietors
had failed to clean up when ordered.
1t is likely that the license OF the place
viii be revoked as it is now the only
course omen TO the board.
The treasury department reported
that number Of old outstanding paw
ing accounts had been paid. Two Wild
ows with several children had been
placed on the pension roll with an
allotment of four dollars per month
each. These were MIS- Bell Ellis and
Mrs. Mary Floyd.
Building permits were granted to;
Basil Layman and the Fairmont Win
dow Glass company Layman Will:
build garage on Morgantown avenue
near Auburn street. The Window Glass
company will drill well and erect Al
derrick on their property along the
belt line. The hotel license Of HE
Poplc who has been operating the
Madison hotel was transferred to W.
S. Lynch. S
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THIRD HOUSE At
CHARLESTON TO
Be RATHER LARGE
Many Interests Will Be Rep
resented Before Legis-
lative Session.
CONTESTS ARE LIKELY
Democrats May Make An
Effort to Control Joint
Ballot.
Special Dispatch to West vlrgInIan,

Especial Dispatch to West VirGInian)
CHARLESTON, Dec. ll.-When the
legislature convenes the second week
III January to be In session As days q
number of contests for seats in the
mousse Of delegates are expected to de.
velop. The Democratic majority in
this branch is believed from the un.
official returns from all the counties
to be just sufficient, as the count
stands, to make the legislature tie
on joint ballot. In the house there
Is sufficient Democratic majority to
make the situation uncomfortable for
the minority side and sufficient re-
duction of the Republican side is eX.
pected to be made to give the Demo.
Gratis working majority on joint bal.
lot.
While the situation is not pleasing
to the Republicans, they are hoping
!Or the best and promise to introduce
many measures popularity demanded
throughout the state, and it is said
that they will Join with the Demo
Gratis in passing law that will give
West Virginia the convention means
Of selecting political nominees from
y
session was in progress 1t is said that
members OF both houses. represent
ing both parties, agreed that the prim.
sisPSs law is noG what the people want,
although they kept demanding it until
1t became a fixture to remain on the
statute books until legislative action
could remove it.
Until the supreme court of appeals
decides whether the clerks of the legis.
Iature shall be prevented from insert
ing in the journals of the two houses
certain parts of Senate Bill No. !. the
registration bill. there will be no lit
tie uneasiness. particularly on the part
Of the Republicans. Senators Fred l..
Fox, Democratic leader in the sen.
ate, who brought action against the
clerks, says he can show where Ger
tain inserts were made in this bill al.
ter the conference committee had re.
ported the draft OF measure which
had met with approval from the mem.
bers OF both parties. and after the bill
had been passed by both houses.
Whether the alternative writ OF man.
damus awarded by the highest court
OF the state is made mandatory re-
mains for the action Of the court Tues
day, next. The alternative writ is re-
turnable that morning, and both sides
have retained able counsel to present
the issues. 1t is said that the con.
ference committee reports about which
complaint is made underwent trans
position OF paragraphs and other
changes in manner injurious TO its pur
poses and that these changes were
Continued on Page Eighth
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
NORMAL CLOSES
DECEMBER z
Will Occupy New Building
After Holidays-Dedi-
cation in Spring.

Friday December %, will mark the
last day the Fairmont State Normal
school will convene In the old build
ing on Fairmont avenue and to cele
brate this day Il program of an inter.
esting nature will be presented to
which the public, alumni and student
body Of the school viii be invited. On
this date the school will close for the
Christmas holidays and will not re-
convene un,il January when the new
building will be occupied.
A longer vacation than usual was
granted this year in order that more
time might be given over to the re.
mOval of the equipment, etc. from the
old to the new building. This work
will begin on Friday afternoon. Deem.
her ~ and will continue until every.
thing is in readiness for the recon.
vening of the school following the
holidays.
The special program will be given
on the morning of Friday, December
%. at ten o'clock. A committee has
been appointed to arrange the pro-
gram. Composing this committee are
Prof. Walter Barnes of the English
department Oh lle SClOOl, represent
ing the faculty, and the following
members of the student body: Misses
Minnie Dickinson. anna DOnham and
Mcssrs. John Reed and j. II. Lively.
No formal program will mark the
occupancy Of the new building except.
ing special chapel exercises on the
opening day but according to plans
mapped out at the present time. tho
latter part OF March or the first OF
April will be observed as dedication
day and this will mark also the fifticth
anniversary OF the founding Of the
Fairmont Normal which was establish.
cd in the year 1867.
In connection with the dedication of
the building and the observation o;
the littieth anniversary, the spring
meeting of the MOnOngahela Valley
Round Table Association will a.aU ...
held at this time and it is the inten-
tion OF having number Of prominent
speakers from out of the state present
on this occasion. The Board of Re
gents, the Board OF Education and the
Board of Control will also be invited
to be present to participate in the pro.
gram. The meetings at this time will
extend over several days and will
draw hundreds of educators from this
state here.
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Salvation Army to
Have Christmas Tree

Captain Bryant. OF the local branch
of th eSalvattOn Army.is planning
to distribute twenty-five baskets OF
food among the poorer families of the
city for Christmas and will also have
a Christmas tree for one hundred Of
the children of the city. The local
Army has had many requests for cloth.
ing and other neceSsaTies of life and
can use most any kind OF donations
that may be received.
The Thanksgiving dinner at which
nearly one hundred men and women,
boys and girls were fed has been the
means OF bringing the Army in close
touch with number OF families that
now attend the services regularly and
several Of whom haze been convert.
cd.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
tBy Associated pressl

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 11.-Arrested
AFTER long auto chase early today
James Reed is being held by the fed.
cral authorities here in connection
with the explosion last night at the
Fort Pitt plant Of the Aetna Chemical
company which cost lives of three
men.
Meantime federal agents were hunt.
ing for three other men who, they say.
are suspected of having been concern.
ed in explosions in other parts of the
country and more directly with an ex.
plosion at the Oakdale plant Of the
aetna company September 10 when
I'VE men we're killed.
Reed was employed at the Oakdale
plant which is not Fort Pitt works.
He and his working companions, a fed.
eral agent who had been watching him
carry in the afternoon when it is al.
legged Reed tried to gain admission to
the Fort Pitt plant.
Samuel c. Jamison, coroner of Al.
!rs"-.!y county, al.er visl,!ng the ruins
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En- route to New York.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hall and chill
dren, Helen. James and David, Of Bel
fast. Ireland, sailed from that place
on December Sth for New York and
are scheduled to land on Saturday OF
this week. Mrs. Hall was formerly
Miss Molly Pinnell. Of Grafton, IL sis
ter of Mrs. Alva Hall and Miss AIDE
tin and Miss Abbic Carr. They will
spend few days in the cast coming
to Grafton for the holiday season. Mr.
an. Mrs. Hall have recently disposed
Of their estate in Ireland and expect
to remain IN the l'nIlru States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
Authorities Arrest Man Accused of Being RESPONSIBLE f,
Killing Eight Workmcn in Plants
Near Pittsburgh.
THREE OTHER MEN ARE BEING SOUGHT
o'n at Fort Pitt Last Night and at Oakdae in Septen
Der Lights Went Out Before
Blast Came.

OF last nights explosion expressed tho
DeItcf that the building had been
blown up by bomb.
Several agents who had been inves.
tigating explosions in chemical and
munitions plants throughout Western
PENNSYLVANIA are looking into report
among the workmen that ten minutes
before the explosion ut the oakdale
and at the Fort Pitt plant every lisht
IN the plants were eXtinguished for
fully minute. The men said they be-
lievcd this was the signal for confed-,
crates OF the plotters to leave the,
works.
Reed who was being held at the
Central police station was said by the
government authorities to have re-
sided in New York from which place
he went last summer to Uniontown..
Pa. where there were number of en-.
plosions in powder. factories. From.
there he went to Oakdale. They say
he speaks German and French fluent
ly and that the name of Reed Is an
alias. a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11

"Gyp the Blood" a petty colorcd
thief from Pittsburgh. was picked up
on Main street by Officer Borgess. at
two o'clock this afternoon a few min,
utes after Chief Ilarr had received
letter from the Chief OF Police at Pitts.
burgh asking that the local officers
be on the watch for him He Is want
ed in Pittsburgh for thieving and jump.
ing bail. With him when arrested was
colored woman who evidently was
taking care of him. When before the
chief she took charge of the CONVEX.
sation and bossed the BLOOD" around
in manner that was fierce
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Mrs. Joshua KCrns
Buried Yesterday

Funeral services over the body OF
IT:. Joshua Germs. whose death oc.
'Urrcd Friday were held on Sunday
af,crnoon from her late residence on
WHShinGton street. Rev. 3. VI. Mitch.
~ Of the Firs' NJ. =. church, conduct,
cd tie services and interment was
&G'o in Maple Grove cemetery by Tn
''rtllier Mus2ravc and son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
NEW REVOLUTION
STARTS IN GREECE
kilograms From King to
Berlin Picked Up By
Entente.
CRy Associated pressN

LONDON, Dec. ia telegram re.
ceived here today from Athens says
that a revolution had broken out in the
Cyclades, group Of Greek islands in
the Aegean sea.
The Greek battleship Hydra which is
under control Of the entente allies, has
Intercepted sttse- Greek advices say,
wireless messages from King Constan.
tine addressed to Berlin.
All the Greek communities in Egypt
1t Is said, have renowned allegiance to
King Constantine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
EXPLOSION Wrecks
BIG CEREAL PLANT
Employees Buried in Ruins
of Big Canadian
Factory.

PETERBORO, Ont. Dec. 11.-An
explosion in the cnginerOom OF the
Quaker Oats plant here today blew
down The walls Of the building. bury
ing an as yet unknown number Of en-.
ployes in the ruins. which caught fire.
Twelve have been rescued and taken
to a hospital severely injured.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
B. & N. Cases are
Continued for Term

Trial OF the eight cases pending in
Circuit court against the Buckhannon
and Northern railroad, was continued
until ehe next term of court. by Judge
W. S. Raymond this morning. The
hearing of the cases against the Buck,
harmon and Northern, now nnn.ex
istant corporation, is expected to prove
very interesting from the number oil
legal points involve.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11

TOLEDO. o., Dec. Flour iiremen
were buried under debris in the base.
me Mt of the Paddock merchandising
cOmpany's building which was totally
destroyed by fire this morning. Two
men were caught when the roof col.
lopsed. So far as is known none is
dead. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
CIGARETTE SMOKER RESPONSIBLE FOR JAMESON MINE HORROR
High Lights on
European War

LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE stand made
by the rctreating Rumanian army east
Cf Plocchtl in eastern Wallachia re.
suited In the driving back of the leu
tonic forces distance Of several kilc.
meters, according to a Petrograd dis.
patch rclaycd in wireless message
from Rome today. In the course \Of
the Rumanian attack two hostile
squadrons are said to have been ami.
hilated.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
French Destroyer
Sunk in Collision

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Overseas
News Agency says: German newspas
pcrs state that the French destroyer.
latagan, sunk in collision with Il
British transport is the fifth French,
destroyer lost in this way Turing the
war" KS
No previous report has been re-
ceived of the sinking of the Yatagan.
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SALONIkl. Dec. ll.-An advance
by the entente forces on one sector
OF the front northeast Of MOnastir is
announced in the Serbian official state.
ment issued today as follows: Yes.
terday there was artillery firing and
local infantry fighting. West Of
SuhOdol the allies drove the enemy
back several hundred yards
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
BRIEF KILOGRAMS

TOXIC. - Field Marshall Prince
lwao Oyama. commander in chief of
Japanese ManChurian army during
the Russo.Japanese war is dead. lie
was "a years old. His wife was educat.
cd in this country.
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BERLIN, Dec. l1.-"An Austro. Hun.
garian naval air squadron on Decem.
Der in spite of unfavOrable weather,
bombarded very successfully the avia.
ton station at Belgena and the bat
teries of Soobba," says an Austrian ad.
miralty statement today. "Direct hits
were scored on three hangers. All
the machines returned undamagcd."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
City Hall Notes

City Clerk Kern is daily receiving
inquiries from bond and banking hous-
es regarding the date OF issuing the
100000 bond issue recently authoriz.
ed in the city election and as soon as
the canvas of the ballots is completed
this afternoon the board will likely
set the date for receiving of bids for
the handling of that issue.
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The Weather

West Virginia
Rain or snow to-
night; probably
rain. Tuesday cold
er and generally
fair.
Local Readings.
F. P. Hall, OBJ.
Temperature at
S a. III. today, 30.
Yesterdays wealth.
er clear; tenpera.
ture, maximum AZ;
,ipitation, none,
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PARIS, Dec. Flour German aero.
planes were brought down yesterday,
two on the Verdun front and two in
the Champagne, the war office an
nOunces. lntcrmittant cannonadng
occurred south OF the Somme last
night.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11
Daily Thouoht.

So hchave that the odOr Of your nc.
tons may enhance the general sweet
ness OF the atmosphere.-Thorcuu.
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WASHINGTON.-An organized eff
fort to induce Congress to make wage
increases for all government employees
from the President down to the hum.
blest laborer will be made by the Am.
erican Federation Of Labor.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-12-11

Neutrality-suspicious. William has
conferred up Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg the grand cross of the Iron
Cross.
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BERLIN.-Thc German commercial
underscas boat Deutschland arrived
safely off the mouth OF the River
WcScr yesterday.
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PITTSBURGH.-As the result OF an
explosion at the Aetna Chemical com.
pany's plant at Fort Pitt which rock.
ed all Allegheny county three men
were blown to bits. The dead are w.
D. Williams and Charles Lessen. OF
Carnegie, and an unidentified man.
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LONDON.-Earl Curzon Of Kedles.
ton. former Viceroy of India and head
0. the war council in the new cabinet
is to wed again, this time Mrs. Grace
Elvina Duggan, widow of Alfred Dug.
gan of Buenos Aires. Curzons first
wife was Mary Victoria Letter, daugh'
ter OF the late Levi z. Letter. of Chi
cago.
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minimum, Is; precipitation, none.
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Continued on Page Eighty
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-29
NOTICE OF PROPOSALS FOR
STREET, IMPROVEMENTS

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of a resolution adopted by the
Board Of Commissioners and approved
by the mayor of the City of Ardmore,
Oklahoma, on the 25th day of October,
1916, proposals will be received at
the office of the city clerk Of the City
OF Ardmore until O'clock p. m, on
he 9th day of December. 1916, for fur
.nishing the material and performing
the work necessary TO improve the
following streets and portions thereof
in the City of ArdmOre, in the manner
and subject to the conditions follow
ing. towit:
That portion Of Fourth avenue,
northwest from the west line of Wash
iugton street to the east line of b
street northwest, including alley
crossings and street intersections.
Said street shall be improved by eX-
cavating, grading, paving and draining
the same, the pavement proper to be
constructed of reinforced concrete
four inches in thickness and twenty
feet in width with a concrete gutter
twenty-four inches wide and a con
crete curb six inches thick on either
side thereof Said Improvements to
be constructed in accordance with the
detailed plans and specifications pre-
pared by the city engineer OF the City
OF Ardmore, and on file in the office of
the city clerk Of said city.
All bids shall be- submitted in seal
I'd envelopes and plainly marked in
ink on the outside, and each bid shall
be filed on or before o'clock p. m, on
the 9th day OF December, 1916, and
shall be accompanied by a certified
check drawn on some bank in the City
OF Ardmore in the sum Of $500. The
contractor to whom the contract for
said Improvements may be awarded.
will be required TO execute to the City
Of Ardmore a construction bond con
l.tioned according 20 law for the full
and faithful execution OF the work
and the performance OF the contract
and for the full protection OF the city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-11-29

and all property owners Interested,
against any loss or damage by reason
of negligence or improper execution
OF the work in a sum OF 30 per cent
OF the estimated cost of said improve.
mouts said contractor will also be
required TO execute an additional bond
i'm the sum of 80 per cent of the esti-
mated cost of said improvements
conditioned on the maintenance OF
said improvements In good condition
for a period of five years from and
after the completion and acceptance
of said work said bond in each in
stance 10 be subject to the approval
OF the mayor and commissioners.
The contractor to whom said work
may be awarded shall receive in pay
ment for said work, street improve
ment bonds at par issued and secured
as provided by the laws of the state
of Oklahoma; provided that in case
the property owners shall elect 10
pay cash for said improvements, as
they may do under the laws OF Okla
homa, then and in that event the city
reserves the right to pay Tor said i'm
proyemcnts in cash or part cash and
part bonds
All proposals for construction of
said Improvements win be considered
by the mayor and Board of COmmis-
sioners of the city OF Ardmore. Okla.
at a meeting to be held at the session
chamber in said city al O'Clock p. m.
on the 9th day of December, 1916, and
the contract will then be awarded to
the lowest and best bidder who will
undertake TO perform the work, fur
nish materials, execute the bonds and
construct said improvements accord
ing to the resolutions aforesaid, and
plans and specifications filed in the
office of the city clerk of the City
OF Ardmore, and comply with all other
terms and conditions of said resolu-
tion.
The mayor and commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any and all
proposals that may be received, if for
any reason the same shall be unsatis-
factory.
G. II. BRUCE,
(SeaD City Clerk.
First published Nov. 10. 1916.
19-l0t