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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

An invitation to congress to send Q delegation to visit England and the
 British fighting forces on the front
 was received by Vice President Mar shall from Lord Chancellor Ffnlay and J. W. Lowther, speaker of the house
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

After cutting all the- wires leading from Sullivan. Mo, B miles southeast of St. Louis four auto bandits locked up the town marshal while they robbed the bank and postoffice.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

British corporations which have loaned $110 900 on southern cotton and farm1ands ars asking for payment,
 which may embarrass farmers unless they can transfer their loans
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Exports of American tin plate in the fiscal year totaled 521, A, ,390 pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

The allied military conference whicf was to have been held in Paris this month was postponed until October.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Portugal Awas declared in a state o Of siege, according to a telegram a Madrid, due to the general strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Viscount Reading. Lord Chief Justice of England, and Secretary McAdOo were in conference for half an hour
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

The department of agriculture an- nounced that the government will not take food supplies held by housewives
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Root Heads Nat. Security League.
 New York, Sept. 14.-Elihu Root has accepted the honorary presidency of the National Security League, suc- ceding the late Joseph H. Choate, it was announced here tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Condensed Teleqrams

The removal of the Belgian civilian Population continues
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Twentyfour alleged l.. w. w. mem bers arrived at Douglas, Ariz., on thei1 way from Columbus, N. M to Bisbee
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

At meeting of the four lodges of machinists at Bridgeport last evening, committee was instructed, upon vote, to meet Monday night to set date for the general strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

England, France and Italy will train American aviators, due to the tempo rary lack of machines and facilities fin this country. =
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Negotiations to provide credit of $75, ,000,000 for imperial governm ent purchases of meats, bacons, etc, in Canada are now in progress.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Secretary Lansing received the spe- cial Guatemalan mission which is in Washington to discuss questions growing out of the war
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

The war department wants 500 chap lalns for. the national army going to France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

According to Berlin report, Germa aviators never intentionally attacke allied hospitals.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

More than twice the amount of de- stroyers in the United States navy are being built in the United States ship yards
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

President Wilson is expected to an- nounce the appoin tment of the collector of the port of New York, to succeed Dudley Field Malone.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

The average freight rate per ton per
 mile received by the railways of the United States in 1916 was 7.16 mills, the lowest on record.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Bruce Smith, Chicago banker, was named as manager of the central di- vision of the Red Cross in place of A. H. Sprague, Jr., who resigned to enter the army.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

A large German anpIane was "direct 1y hit in a raid over Zeebrugge, ac cording to the British admiralty.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Lieut.. Walter Hoehndorf was acci- dentally killed on the western front. He was Germany's best aviator, after Boe1ke and Immelmann, both of whom were killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Spanish naval officers, under the new agreement between England,
 France and Germany, will control the
 hospital ships at Toulon, France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-15

Four hundred million Red Cross Christmas seals will be made this year to be sold throughuot the United States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
nc. BRAKE JOINS
klGAT Y.M.C.A. PARTY
Popular Normal School
Teacher Expects Early
Call to Camp Sheridan.

Expecting a call at any time to re-
port at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery,
Ala, Prof. H. C. Brake. registrar at
the Normal school is preparing to
leave Fairmont within the next few
days. Mr.. Brake has volunteered his
services in Army Y. NJ. C. A. work
and will be located at Camp Sheridan
with ]. w. Right, Rev. ]. c. Broom
field, and John Reed. Prof. Brake
will be in charge of the educational
department and will go under the IL
tie Of Educational Director" He
takes the place left vacant by James
Faw Of Cumberland, Nd. who enlist
ed in the marines shortly before the
Y. NJ. C. A. party left for the south.
Prof. Brake is from Auburn, Richie
county. For the past five years he
has been member OF the Fairmont
Normal faculty. Arrangements have
been completed whereby he may leave
Just as soon as he receives his call.
This is expected to be within the next
few days.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
WATER CONSUMPTION
IS Low JUST NOW
NJ. Much Incentive to
Waste It-That's the
Reason.

Water consumption in Fairmont Is
iower Just now than it has been, for
. year. At present the water con.
sumption averages 3,5O0,00O gallons
per day. The low consumption is due
to season of the year In the hot
summer months. spiggots are let run
for cooling purposes. while In the
winter they are let run to keep pipes
from freezing. For this reason the
season in the year when temperature
Is most moderate, water consumers
are most conservative in the use Of
their water.
Although the water consumption is
low just now it is not near as low
as It should be. At this time OF the
year 100000 gallons OF water per
day should be sufficient for a city
the size OF Fairmont.
It will Only be few weeks until
the water consumption in Fairmont
will begin to raise because Of waste
In letting spiggots run. 1t is hoped
that q large number of the new water
meters may be added before the con.
sumption begins to increase. When
the city is entirely metered 1t is es.
timated that the water consumption
will at no time exceed the minimum
amount that is now being used.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
New England Fuel Buys the
Empire Coal and Coke
Holdings.
WILL DEVELOP PROPERTY
Transaction Engineered by
Brady and Hite Means
Much to Fairmont.

Ten thousand four hundred and forty
acres Of both the Pittsburgh and So
wickley coal in a tract which lies along
the Monongahela river in Marion and
Monongalia counties almost from Paw
Paw creek to Point Marion have been
bought from the owner, the Empire
Coal and Coke company, by the New
England Fuel and Transportation com.
pany, Of Boston.
This is one of the largest and most
important coal deals that has taken
place In this section of the state in a
long time. and 1t means a great deal tn
Fairmont. 1t was Swung by S. D.
Brady, of this city, who was assisted in
arranging the details by r. M. Hitc.
Negotiations were in progress for a
long time and the transaction involved
q large amount of work On the part OF
both Mr.. Brady and Mr.. Hite.
The coal sold is Familiarity known In
this section as the Elkins-Davis ira t.
1t was bought up many years ago by
the two late United States Senators
and the Empire Coal and Coke com.
pany was merely holding concern.
While they were alive they did not
take much interest in efforts to buy the
tract as 4 whole or In part. =-es-stses
It's understood thatti,e new owner
will Immediately develop the tract.
The New England Fuel and Transpor.
tation company is a large corporation
interested in public utilities in the New
England states. 1t is the owner of the
Federal mine property at Grant Towr,
one Of the largest coal operations in the
state, from which great quantities OF
Goa! are shipped every day to Boston
where 1t is used in producer gas plants
and in other ways by the New England
company's subsidiaries.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
But Japs Assent to Chinese
Independence and the
Open Door.
GLEARSUP BADSTUATION|
Wiped Out Work Of Years OF
German Disturbers in
the East.
(By Associated Pressl


WASHINGTo. D. c. Nov. (. Jspal
and the United States have reschsd 4
complete agreement in regard ID China
and at the same time have arrived al
. clear understanding as to military.
naval and economic cooperation b.
the war with Germany. sslI 3;
This momentous development was
announced today by Secretary Lansing
who made public notes exchanged by
him and viscount Ishii. special Japan
csc ambassador, formally recording
the agreement recognizing that Japan
has special interest In China but u
knowledging the independents and tex
ritorsal integrity Of the great eastern
RepIblic and reaffirming the doctfi.e
Of the open door" for commerce and
industry. (, =
In statement accompanying tli6
note Mr.. Lansing said .yiscount Ishii
and the members Of his mission, nnp
on the way home, had performed Il SER;
vice of the highest value to the United
States as we'll as to Japan by cleafinn
away misunderstanding which Il I'M.
checked promised to develop . serious
situation In the far East. bespoke. 1 =
the attitude Of constraint and doubt
fostered by the campaign of falsehood
adroitly and secretly carried on by, tas
Germans and said that through the
frankness and cordially OF the JaDsr
nese commissioner, the propaganda Of
years had been undone in few days.
The following is the official statement
from the department:
ION Friday, November 2, 1917, the
Secretary Of State and viscount ishii
the special japanese ambassador, Ak
changed at the Department Of State the
following note dealing with the policy
of the United State and Japan In re.
gard to China:
1.-The Department OF State,
Washington, Nov. 2. 1917. y
'Excellency:
have the honor to communicate
herein my understanding Of the agree:
ment reached by us In our recent con.
yersation touching the question Of mu
tual interests to our governments re-
lating to the republic Of China. In or
der to silence mischieyous reports tne..
have from time to time been circulated
it is believed by US that a public an
nouncement once more of the desires
and intentions shared by our two gov,
ernments with regard to China is adj
visable. The governments ofsthe Ijni.,
ted States and Japan recognize that ten.
ritorial propinquity creates special re-
lations between countries and cobses
quently the government of the United
States recognizes that Japan has spec
cial interest In China, particularly ths
part to which her possessions are c5p.
tiguous.
"'The territorial sovereignty II Chi.
Continued on Page men.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Red Cross Buttons
For School Children

Red Cross buttons will shortly be
given out to the schools OF the city
which have become auxiliaries of the
Red cross society and as soon as they
can be procured banners will be float.
ed from the roofs of the auxiliary
school houses. The White and Butcher
schools have already attained the goal
while the Miller school as well as the
other schools are making rapid strides
toward It.. The East Side schools
have become interested In the project
also and It Is thought these schools
will be organized as auxiliaries in the
near future.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
MISS Mckinney WILL
ACCEPT new OFFICE
Appointment Broadens and
Strengthens Power She
Already Had.

Miss Margaret Mckinney Fairmont's
newly appointed police matron yester.
day afternoon appeared before the
Board Of Affairs and formally accept.
ed the Office, though she has not been
formally sworn in Office.
Miss McKinney's new position will
follow closely the work she has done
so faithfully for the Associated Chart.
ties organization for several years,
though she is given broader powers
and will, when sworn in, be given pow
er 10 arrest aud will be eligible to
wear the badge of the police woman.
Miss McKinney's duties will consist
in looking after destitute women who
come before the City Board of Affairs
and she will be given power to arrest
women whenever evidence is such that
arrest is desirable or necessary to the
welfare Of the women and the city
generally.
The work while following out the
lines upon which the Associated Char.
tiles work is planned, Is considerably
broader.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
( CO. WILL
HAVE BRANCH HERE.
GreatsPacking Plant Leases
Part of Marion Products
Plant.

Expecting to do half q million dol.
lars worth OF business a year, Armour
4 Company, the world.famed packers,
OF Chicago. will open branch in Fair
mont about December /. The city Is
especially fortunate in having a plant
of such magnitude and importance 10.
cate here.
/ Announcement was made on Mon.
day that the Armour firm had leased a
portion of the space occupied by the
Marion Products company. Its floor
spacs will be 40 feet by 100 feet in d.
mansions and Arthur J. Rock, the com.
pany's builder. Of Chicago, is here
putting things into shape. He expects
to have the necessary improvements
completed by December 1. The firm
will deal in meats on a wholesale basis
only.
w. N. Ball. of Grafton, the distric.
manager, on Monday afternoon said
that Fairmont would have meat served
to 1t in the most sanitary way. The
meat will be shipped here from Chicago
in refrigerated cars. They are dis.
patched with speed leaving there on
Monday and arriving in Fairmont on
Wednesday night.
The meat will be removed from the
cars and placed in the refrigerator
rooms Of the local plant from which
plant 1t will be conveyed In auto trucks
to all Of the surrounding towns where
1t will be furnished to stores. The
most sanitary precautions will be used
in handling the meat after It reaches
the trucks and 1t should reach the con
sumner in perfect shape.
j. G. Deck, cashier Of the Grafton
plant, will act as the local manager.
The cars will be shipped over the 3.
& O., coming here via Benwood.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
STATE SUFFRAGE
CONVENTION HERE
Call Went Out Today for a
Meeting at The Fairmont
November 2O-21.

The anual convention Of the West
Virginia Equal Suffrage Association
will be maid in this city on November
20 and - and tho sessions as we'll as
the headquarters will be in the Fair.
mont hotel.
The convention will be of business
nature and officers will be named to
serve the ensuing year
Mrs. Lena Lowe Yost, president of
the organization. who has Just re.
turned to Washington. D. c.. her win.
ter headquarters. from Huntington
where she presided over the sessions
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union convention will issue the call for
the convention today.
THIS will be the first convention
since the election of last fall and many
important matters will come up for
consideration.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
JACK ABBOTT JOINS
FIELD ARTILLERY
Popular Local Young Man
Enlists at Boston Where
He Was Working.

Jack Abbott, son of Mrs. ]. H. Alb.
bott. OF Fairmont nephew OF Fred T..
Martin, of Grafton, and A. G. Martin,
county clerk OF Marion county, enlist;
ed In the field artillery at Boston this
.Weei apd leaves there Thurs,iay mofr.
ing for Fort Slocum.
Mr.. Abbott, who is 90 years OF ase.
has been in Boston since June in the
employ OF the Burrough Adding IA.
chine Co. He has been talking of On
listing for some time but the shock
was not lessened to his mother when
she received this telegram this morn.
ing:
Enlisted today in field service ana
go to Fort Slocum, N. Y. Thursday
morning. There for the present. Spr.
ry couldn't get home before enlist
ing. Love-"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
State Workers at
Co. s. s Convention

The Marion County Sunday school
convention will be held on Friday of
this week, November 9, in the Chris.
tian church at Barrackville. A splen.
did program has been arranged and
the opening session will be, held at
1890 a. m. Among the speakers for
the convention will be Mrs. Ella Snow
state secretary Of elementary work
and wife Of State Secretary Snow.
She will address each session OF the
convention of which there will be 8,
at 10:30, 2 p. m. and p. m. Other
speakers who will address the con.
vention will be Rev. II. d. Clark Of
Warrington, ]. w. Cooper, E. J..
Thomas. Rev. T. B. Lawler, Rev. Jno.
Brown, L. S. Schwenk and Mr.. Ed
ridge.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

Coal is being used in several man.
ufacturing plants in Clarksburg and
in many Of the pricipal buildings in
an effort to conserve the supply of gas
which is getting low. The Waldo ho-
tel is one OF the latest big buildings
to cut out gas and heat furnaces by
coal. incidentally it has required a
great deal more coal to heat that no.
tel than the management anticipated
and it is said that there is no money
saved in the substitution of coal
though there is less chance of failure
to get supplied with heat. The fac.
tories using coal must have 1t hauled
several miles either by team or by
freight. There is so much difficulty
in getting cars that complaint has
arisen on this score which led the
Baltimore & Ohio to suggest that man.
ufacturing plants have Individual cars
but the plan does not appeal to the
lesser establishments.
Coal mining operators in the vicln.
ity OF Clarksburg gather every Mon
day noon at the Waldo hotel for a
luncheon at which the topics of the
coal world are discussed and at the
meeting yesterday the character OF
the equipment provided for smaller
mines In this region was touched up.
on and It was interesting to hear
some Of the operators and superin.
tendents describe the condition OF
hoppers sent to them for loading.
Daniel Howard. president and gen.
eral manager Of the Central Fairmont
Coal Co. and the Fairmont Big Vein
Continued on Page Teu.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Miss Lindsay Begins
Work in Monongah

Miss Maud Lindsay. head rurse and
Arst assistant TO DR.. Peter Noe, Jr., at
the Traction Park Hospital for polio.
myelitis has returned from New York
where she has ben visiting friends and
relatives for the past few weeks.
Immediately upon arriving here she
assumed her duties as nurse IN the
Employment Relationship Department
Of the Consolidation Coal Company.
Miss Lindsay Is at present at Monon.
gah, taking tho place OF Miss Sallie
George. Miss George who was located
1t Monongah at the time Of the polio
myelitts outbreak has been transfer.
red to Carolina and, Ida May.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
WAS GOOD TO WIFE
.BDT LANDED IN JAIL
Cop Happened to be Close
When Row Started in
Kitchen.

Because he wanted to be good to his
wife by helping her with housework,
Shirley Hannigan, of Jefferson street,
spent the night IN the city Jail. This
morning a nine o'clock Hannigan was
before Mayor Bowen and told the story
Of his trouble.
Yesterday at noon Hannigan gave
his wife money to go to the movies.
Without washing the dishes she lef:
early for the picture show and did not
return until almost six o'clock. In tire
meantime Hannigan and one of the
boarders came in for their supper. De.
string to have something to eat, they
washed the dinner dishes, got out the
frying pan and proceeded to cook their
own meal.
The wife was very angry to return
home and find her husband at the stove
and Immediately an argument ensued
1t was not long until the argument mad
turned into q sham battle and then to
a real fist fight. Hearing the girl
screaming, Policeman Woodward rush
ed to the scene and arrested the hus.
band.
Hubby" had been in jail only few
minutes until the wife called the pc.
lice station and pleaded for his release.
The wife was summoned to court this
morning and after talk by Mayer
Bowen, both were released. Before
the hearing was over both had made
up and left the police station apparer.
ly trying to forget the trouble of the
night previous.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
cial.Services at
Williams Memorial

Special prayer service will be OBJ.
served tonight from seven to eight
o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal
church, South, in observance OF mis-
sionary week. Mrs. S. F. Pollitt will
have charge Of the service which will
deal with medical work in China and
Gulf Coast work. A goal Of $4,000
has been set by the denomination
for mission work and this matter will
be discussed at the various services
during the week Special music will
feature the service by Miss Reinwald,
Miss Esser Hoffman and Mrs. l.. N.
Yost.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Secretary Right is
Back in This State

Secretary J. W. Right OF the local
Y. NJ. c. A., now in charge of the
Army Y. NJ. c A. at Camp Sheridan,
Montgomery. Ala, was in Fairmont
yesterday evening. Mr.. Right is In
charge Of the big army Y. NJ. c. A. cam
paign in seven counties OF West Virgin
la and has returned from the south to
look after his duties in the campaign
work.
After spending yesterday afternoon
and evening in Fairmont looking after
local business he left this morning for
Martinsburg where be will make his
headquarters in the campaign.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Court Grants Two
Divorces Today

Several orders were made in the
chancery division of intermediate
court this morning by Judge Vim.
cent.
In the cause OF Ray B. Michael VS..
Bessie Michael divorce was granted
from bed and board. Desertion was
the ground.
The next cause In which an order
was made was that Of William Beck.
with VS.. Ida May Beckwith. An abso-
lutte divorce was granted on the
ground OF desertion. A ten.year-old
boy is now in the custody OF the moth.
er. Judge Vincent did not make an
order in reference to the custody OF
the child at this time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
Surgical Patients
at Cook Hospital

". G. Gould underwent an operation
yesterday afternoon at Cook hospital
and today is resting we'll with good
prospects Of recovery. Mr. Gould
went to Pittsburg whore he consulted
specialists at the West Penn hospital
in regard to an operation and came
here and entered the local institution
where the operation was performed
yesterday.
Mrs. A. L. Lepson. of this city, and
Mrs. Mollie Singleton, OF the East
side. underwent operations today at
Cook hospital.
Hall Brummage Of Rural Route No.
i fs a medical patient at the postal
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
COAL OPERATORS
TALK SHOP At AN
INFORMAL LUNCH
Harrison County Producers
Gather at the Waldo Each
Monday
Coal Situation,
Reminds Swayne
of a Good Story

1.-THE public does not understand
the coal shortage" remarked Noah
II. Swayne Of Philadelphia at re-
cent banquet held in Chicago. 1.-THE
situation Of the operators is akin to
that when my namesake was the
first navigator. Japhet looked out
from the ark at the fathomless wa
tiers and wept. Why do you weep?
asked Brother Shem. Tmthinking,'
was the reply. of all the fine fishing
and only two worms That's the
oal mans condition today. Plenty
of orders but only two worms.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06
OHIO COAL PRICES
REVISED UPWARD
Government Announces
Charges Today for Three
Buckeye Counties

WASHINGTON. Nov. Goal prices
in the Palmyra, Massillon and Jack
son fields of Ohio were increased to-
day by the fuel administration as fol.
lows.
Run of mine from ss.s5 to 1915.
On prepared sizes from $3.50 to 81;
slack and screening from $40 to
1880. s-..ss--'ss- -
Modification of prices also was an.
nounced for certain counties in Ken.
lucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-06

LONDON. Nov. s.-canadian forces
in their offensive against the Germans
this morning northeast Of Ypres on til.
Belgian front have established them.
selves at a point>100 yards beyond the
village of Passchendaele, says teie.
gram from Reuters correspondent at
the British headquarters in France.