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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01

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STATES SECRET SERVICE
in the deposit of small retail grocer
An expert was sent for aud undertook
the case.
He found that the grocer had re
ceived the bill from shoe dealer. who
had 1t from a dentist. who had il from
somebody else, and so on until the Sc
cret service man finally traced the note
to an invalid woman. who had used ii
to pay her physician. When questioned
this woman said that the money had
been sent her by her brother. who lived
In New Orleans.
The sleuth looked up the brothers
antecedents and soon became con
vinced that he was the man wanted
The brother, however. soon proved to
the satisfaction of the secret service
man that his suspicious were IN
founded. Indeed. 1t appeared that the
money had been received by the New
Orleans man i'm part payment OF rem
of house he owned In pittsburah
While the sleuth was a bit discour
aged, he couldn't give over the case
when he had gone so far. SO he took
the next train for Pittsburgh.
The tenant of the house in Pitts
burgh proved to be travelling oculist.
who spent most of his time In the mid
die west. The secret service man had
the good fortune. however, to catch
him Just as he had returned from a
trip, and the man at once recognized
the bad bill as one that had been given
him by a patient In Cleveland. the very
point where the sleuth had started.
The patient was boss carpenter
The carpenter. an honest old fellow
said that he had received the bill from
certain Perkins. The said Perkins
was the small grocer In whose bank
deposit the counterfeit had turned up
The expert few to the grocers as
quickly as the taxi would take hin
and found 1t closed. The grocer had
left town.
Afterward 1t was shown beyond
question that the grocer was the agen
OF an organized band of counterfeiters
His shop was mere blind That th'
bill which lie gave the carpenter should
get back into his own funds after trav
cling all over the country was one O
those miracles of chance for whicl
there Is no explanation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
TRACING FAKE BILL
Exciting Chase of United States
Secret Service Man.
MANY HANDLE COUNTERFEIT.
After Bank Clerk Discovers Spurious
Currency, Hunt Leads to Many Cities.
Grocer, Original Owner of Bill. Proves
to Be Agent For Organized Band OF
Counterfeiters.

Cleveland. O.-The tracing Of counter
felt bills back TO the persons RESPONSE
HE for their issue is IL curious and ex-
citing employment The experts as
signed by the government to this work
are among the most skillful members
of the secret service. The protection
of the currency depends in large meas
ure upon their efficiency. aud the pains
they take are almost infinite. The fol
lowing case is one illustrating the diff
ficulties which the secret service people
meet and overcome.
A bank clerk i'm Cleveland had de
tected counterfeit twenty dollar bill
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
TATTOOS HIS DAY OLD BABE.
Convicted German Military Attache
Takes No Chances.

San Francisco.-His coat of arms
sketched in indelible ink on the wrist
of his baby daughter gives assurance
10 Lieutenant G.. w. Won Brincken. mil
itary attache of the German consulate
here. that his young wife will carry
away no other couples child when she
leaves the hospital where their first
born came into the world.
In panic at the sight of numerous
other infants in tie hospital nursery
Won Brincken, lately convicted of com
plicity in the munitions plots involving
the German consulate. catechized the
nurses on their methods of identified
ton. Not satisfied with their system.
he called for ink and pen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
GOT $1,000 FOR EYE.
Young Man Then Lost Money on . csi-
ebration Trip.

Monessen. Pa.-Michael Kamar, aged
twenty-nine, who received $1,000 COM
pensation because Of the loss Of an eye
while at work In Pittsburgh steel
mill. Is now bemoaning bis desire to
celebrate because Of his newly ac-
quired wealth.
When Michael got his money he Inn
mediately arranged for trip to New
York. with stop at Ashtabula as q
side issue. He started one day at noon.
an hour after he had the compensation
check cashed. and in less than a half
hour was minus his thousand. He con-
tinued his journey to Ashtabula. but
returned home and said he would get a
Job.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
WOMAN OF 50 ELOPES.


Bellefontaine, O.-Securing restora-
ton of her right TO manage her own
property by securing the dismissal Of
her mother. Mrs. Harriet Fulwider. as
her guardian. Cora Woodbury. on the
following lay filed an application In
the Champaign county court to be ap-
pointed guardian for her mother, who
owns property valued at several thou
,anl dollars
1t was the announcement that the
mother. who is eighty-two years old.
had eloped to Newport. KY. and there
married Joel Bates. sixty-two years
old, that caused the daughter to peti-
ton the court TO appoint her a guard
ian for her mother
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
WOMEN'S CLOTHES IN LEAD.
Head In Value All Manufactures In
New York State.

Albany. n. Y.-A special report from
tha, the chief manufacture In New
York state Is the production Of wo-
mems clothing, goods Of that kind to
the value of $345.316,OO0 having been
turned out In 1914. Printing and pub
fishing came next. with an output OF
s2o7 .26o.OOO. Next was mems clothing
$3.50, 900.
Other productions were foundry and
machine shop products. SITS. .45O. 600:
slaughtering and meat packing, $14S,-
100000; bread and other bakery prod
ucts. $l09,22S.000. The total value OF
all manufactured products was 1854.
sci 900
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01

Aberdeen. Wash.-A story OF three
sleepless nights at sea caused by the
bowling Of eleven cats Is told by Cap
tain o. Johnson Of the steamer Grays
Harbor, which arrived recently with
an assortment of stowaway felines. He
has been trying without success to get
rid OF the cats since his arrival here.
but every time he succeeds In getting
them ashore they 6nd their way back
70 the sh1p.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
FINDS RING IN TOBACCO.
Rancher Will Return II to kentucky
Girl Who Lost Il.

Marysville. Cal.-Miss Mayme Peetz
Of Louisville, Ky. employed In to
bacco factory. will recover diamond
engagement ring that slipped from her
finger and was discovered recently by
Jerome Hayes. Suffer county (Cal)
ranchman. when he bit into plug Of
tobacco.
The story of Hayes find was carried
In the press dispatches. Miss Peetz
saw the item and wrote to the post
master here describing the ring. and
Hayes will return it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
Buried Twenty Minutes and Lives.

Lawrence, Kan.-After being com
pletely buried at the bottom Of an
eighteen foot ditch for twenty min-
utes. Wayne Richardson, a laborer
from Clay Center, who was working
on the construction work in the drain
ing district OF North Lawrence. was
rescued alive without apparent injury
one day recently.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
!. i. i. j. i. !. i. i. i. !. i. 1. 4. 4. + 4. 4.
FEARS FOR LIBERTY BELL.

+ There are sections of the Lib
I. erty bell which are like rotten
I. rock You could cut out chunk
+ of the metal with dull penknife
1. aud indent 1t with sharp point
+ ed lead pencil" said Wilfred Jor-
+ dan. curator Of Independence
+ hall. In an address before the
+ City History society of Philadel-
i phia. recently.
4 Mr.. Jordan advocated the pas
4. sage OF bill by the Pennsylva-
1. mia legislature prohibiting the re-
+ moval at any time OF the bell
I. from Its case In Independence
!. hall
+
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
HONEY FOR FAMILY.
Farmer Gets II From Side Of hssse
Where Bees Put lt.

Where Bees Put Il.
Junction City. Kan.-W When Dick Cog
gin. farmer residing east Of this city,
wants a little honey for his morning
buckwheat cakes he steps out Of the
front door of his home. prizes q board
from the side of the house and ex.
tracts the amount he desires.
Several years ago swarm Of bees
selected the air space under the wealth.
er boarding for a home, entering
through a small knothole. Other
swarms followed and now supply more
than enough ho.sy for - family's de-
man6s.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
Texas Birth Statistics.

During the two years ended Aug. 81
1916. there were born In Texas cxe set
Of quadruplets. eighty sets of triplets
and 405 sets Of twins
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
MARION Co MAN
DIES At CAMP LEE

William Clemmons, OF Barrackville,
a member of the local colored contin.
gent of the National army in training
at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. Is dead,
according to message received this
morning, and his body is en- route to
this city for intermert.
Clemmons was detained here until
Wednesday, October 90, on account Of
the critical illness of his infant daugh.
ter and did not leave here on the Sat.
urday previous with the other mem.
bers of the National army contingent.
He remained here until the child died
and was buried on Wednesday. leaving
soon after for Camp Lee, where he
died. 1t is not known here what caus.
ed his death.
Upon arrival here the body will be
,aken in charge by Undertaken r. L..
Cunningham. The wife and aged
mother OF the man reside at Barrack.
vile.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
CALICO CORN IS
REAL SENSATION
At FARM SHOW
Marion County Apples Are
So Good They Will be
Sent Higher.

Rosy-cheked apples that were a.
mong those exhibited at the county
agricultural show today at the court
house will be displayed later at the
national show at Ames, Ia, which will
be the first time in the history of
Marion county that it ever had anv
of Its products at the national show.
After the county show, which will he
held at West Virginia University at
Morgantown during Farmers week.
which begins on January z. Later the
apples will be forwarded to the nation
al show.
By far the most expensive exhibit
OF apples is made by A. T. Heck. of
Fairmont R. D. No Q, who has twenty
thre varities of apples spread over the
exhibition tables. They include the
Following varities: Crimes Golden.
Delicious, Gano, Champion, Widower.
Northern Spy. Jonothan, Stayman's
Winesap, Pencock, Winter Winesap,
Rose. York Imperial, Ribston Pippen'
Arkansas Black, Bentley Sweet. Will
liam Twig, Rome Beauty, Ample of
Commerce, Missouri Pippen, Sweet
Pippen, Chicago. Seeding, and Sweet
Ramo.
The next to the 'ergest exhibit of
apples is that Of James Shaw, of Man
nigton r. D. No. z. who has twelve
varities on exhibition as follows:
KING. Rose Beauty. Wagner, Grimes
Golden, Salone, Stark, Pecks Pleasant
W:nesap. York Imperial, Roxbury
Russet, Mann and Traders Fancy.
The third largest exhibit was that
OF Z. b. Jones. OF Catawba R. D. No. 1
VINO had eight varities exhibited.
They are as follows: Wolf River, Rose
Beauty, Black Twig. Grimes Golden.
York Imperial, King, Hyde and Wine
sap.
There was totcl Of forty-three
plates of apples exhibited. The prizes
we're awarded as follows: TO rthe best
general exhibits: First, A. n. Heck.
who received ten pounds of pyrox
spraying material donated by Arch
Fleming: second, James Shaw, pair of
pruning sheers, donated by the Hess
Hardware Company of Warrington:
third, G. B. Jones. pair of pruning
shears donated by the Hall Hardware
Company, of Fairmont. The apples
exhibited this year is better than ever
said county agent H. L. Smith today.
He added that the farmers who got
the apples this year are the men who
gave their orchards the best of atten-
ton, Generally 1t was supposed that
there were few apples around Marion
County this year, but the apples on
exhibit this year are very fine and as
a whole it is q very creditable exhibit.
County agent Smith stated that the
Continued on Page Four.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
Do What They Will
Teutons Cant Stop
Byng's Men
GAINS IN fL:.ANDER|S|||
America Looks Askance at
Latest Move in Rus
STA. ii

With achievements OF divisions
from other sections on the western
front the Germans are resisting des.I
perately the British advance on Cam
brai. Around Fontaine Notre Dame
less than three miles west Of Cambrat
and the Bourbon wood close by the
most strenuous fighting has occurred
with the British making progress Cen:
Gyng is combining his attack with the
consolidation work and the British areE
firmly established In new positions
which gives them opportunity 10 de-
stroy the usefulness OF Cambrai as e.
supply center as well as starting place
for drive either north bellird the
Drocourt.Q Quentin ssne cr west asainstI
Cambria. rs y
Heavy lighting is taiins placs 1t
Moeuveres. three miles southwes st 0f
Fontaine Notrc Dame and at ,Crevecoe.
ur about three miles south Of Camhrai
at the other end Of the wedge driven
across the E;ndenburg line Tuesday
and Wednesday. The Bourbon wood
is the dominating hill to the west of
Cambria and the Germans hayeaput mp
strong resistance here as well az at
Fontaine Notre Dame which tanks the
wood to the west The British, made 4
Continued on page four.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
River Also is Made to Do
Its Bit During Labor
Shortage
.L|TTLE TOWN GROW|NGUP
At Point Where New Power
Plant Eventually Will
Stand.

In the outskirts of Rivesville a
small new town is growing up. The
new settlement is on the site OF the
huge power plant which is being con.
structed for the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company by Sanderson &
Porter, construction engineers of New
York City. Activities have become SO
extensive in doing the present work
and planning for the great amount oil
work to follow. that the place is be
ginning to look more like small
village than construction camp. A
small machine shop has been built
and is now in operation, small port,
able saw mill, steam compressor, wa.
ter tanks, store house, stables, ir
fact every device essential in com.
struction work has been built and
ready for use.
A. c. Polk is in general charge OF
all operations for Sanderson G. Por.
ter in this district as construction
manager. He has brought to Fair.
mont for the prosecution Of this work,
a staff OF assistants and men who
are experts in electrical construction,
w. E. Hamilton Is Mr.. Folks princi.
pal assistant and General Superintend.
emit. Ralph Day is assistant superin.
tendent and ]. D. Alexander is Job en-.
gineer. Under these men Is an ex:
perienced trained body OF foremen
and men who expect to make record
in the construction of this big plant.
The attractiveness of the work has
been an incentive to labor and has
aided materially in overcoming the
abnormal labor conditions now pre-.
valent In visiting the camp one is
impressed with the extensive plans
that have been carried out to conven.
fence the workmen. A camp has been
(Coninutd on Page Four.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
Nicely to Speak at
Belington's Big Time

Citizens of Belington will turn out
at a big union Thanksgiving service
on Thursday next and this year it will
be on a more extensive scale than
ever before. A parade will be held
and at 2 o'clock in the afternoon a
patriotic service will be held IN the
Methodist Episcopal church. Con.
gresham M. NJ. Nicely. Of Fairmont,
will deliver an address.
A football game will follow the pat.
riotic service and the receipts of the
game will be for the benefit Of the
Belington Red Cross Society. Beling.
ton, Barbour county, had been a hot
bed for unpatriotic utterances and the
vast majority OF the citizens want to
show the other parts of the State that
It is Just as loyal as any Of them.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
MINERS IN THIS
DISTRICT GETTING
LARGE PAY TODAY
Fairmont Coal Will Go to
New England After
This Month.

Today is payday in the Fairmont-
Clarksburg coal region and the two
weeks pay to be distributed today is
the largest for some time, owing to
the recent increase in wages of min
ers and mine workers. and to the
fact that the car supply was unusual
ly good for most OF the period cover.
ed by this pay. The Consolidation
Company's pay roll is the largest ever
distributed for a fortnight's work and
other companies have a big pay in
proportion to their Importance, max
ing today an important one to bust.
ness places Of the region. The coal
miners are making very big money
ut this time and with good car sup.
ply would prosper as labor has never
done in West Virginia. Tales are go.
ing the rounds of miners making de.
posts in the banks Of their commun.
tiles which awaken the envy Of the
bankers, totalling amounts which are
astonishing.
Liberality Of Miners.
Coal miners in the Fairmont- Clarks.
burg region are liberal to a fault. The
majority OF them are what is known
as good spenders." Few Of them
nurse dollar and hardly one in a
hundred is mean" about money. The
liberality Of the coal workers is
shown in the manner in which they
supported the war movements launch.
ed recently. The employees of the
Hutchinson Coal Company subscribed
S1,447 for the "Y" fund in Harrison
county through the efforts of G. j.
Ryan, superintendent for that district
and assisted materially in making q
record Of which Clarksburg is very
proud. The Hutchinson Company
demonstrated its patriotism in the
Liberty Bond loans and the men have
made a splendid showing in the Y.
NJ. G. A. work. The employees Of the
Consolidation made an even better
showing In the recent Red Cross cam
paign for membership for the local
chapter, an extension movement
which embraced Fairmont, Monongah,
Pennington, Fairview, Grant Town
and other points in territory covered
by these boundaries. There were l.
$50 members secured. of which only
five were juniors. making a check for
Continued on Page Four.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
SELL At us. PRICE
OR LOSE YOUR MINE
tBy Associated Press)

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-Michigan
coal operators were warned by Fuel
Administrator Garfield today that the
government will take over and operate
their mines II they carry out their
threat of refusing to sell coal at gov
eminent fixed prices. The warning was
contained in a telegram sent to w. X.
Prudden, federal fuel administrator
for Michigan. after Mr.. Garfield had
teen informed that some Michigan pro-
,lucers would refuse to ship coal unless
given higher prices. The telegram
reads:
"If Michigan operators refuse to ship
in accordance with prices fixed by you
under my authority. will take pos.
session of the mines. Give notice to
this effect If necessary, prefacing same
by statement that action is by order OF
the United States Fuel Administrator"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
US. DESTROYERS
sink SUBMARINE
Came Up After Depth Bomb
Hit 1t, Then
Sank.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24.-Deanite
news of the destruction Of another
German submarine by an American
destroyer reached the Navy depart.
nent today in cable report from Vice
Admiral Simms.
The submarine, damaged by depth
Tomb, went dow with all on board
after destroyer had attached a line
and was intending to take her in tow.
Two destroyers took part in the &C.
ton. sighting the periscope at 400
yards, headed for It and dropped a
deadly depth bomb.
Soon after the submarine came to
the surface with no signs of life aboard.
The SECOND destroyer came up and at.
teched a line, but the U.boat appar-
emily shattered by the bomb, went to
the bottom.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
us. IS AFTER NEGRO
GOV. NJ CALL LET Co
Mann Act Warrant Has
Been Issued in Boston
for Johnson.

BOSTON, Nov. 24.-Federal author.
tiles in Boston, it became known today,
nave been ordered to arrest John John.
sun, a negro, of Charleston, w. Va, on
a warrant charging violation Of the
Mann white slave act.
Johnson, who had been held here on
charge of being fugitive from jus.
tice, was released Wednesday after
Governor Mccall had refused to grant
q requisition for his return to West
Virginia for trial for an alleged attack
en- white girl.
Search is being made for the negro
who is charged with transporting a wo
man from another state to West vir'
ginia.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
NOTICE.!

For the accommodation Of merchants
and business men, and for the con-
venience Of those who on account
Of their work hours find it impossible
to reach the bank during week days,
the undersigned banks Of the City Of
Fairmont will be open for the trans
action OF all banking business on
Saturday nights between the hours
Of 7 and 9 O'clock from today until
after the holiday season.
The National Bank Of Fairmont
The Peoples National Bank
The Fairmont Trust Company
The Home Savings Bank
The Monongahela Bank
The Fairmont State Bank
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-24
CAR CONFERENCE
At BALTIMORE
Was PLEASING
Railroads Busy With New
Scheme to Provide
More Cars.
ALSO saw GARFIELD
And Heard Him Say The
Ohio Pooling Scheme
is Good.

Tho transportation committee of the
Central West Virginia Coal Operators
association had very satisfactory In.
terview with A. w. Thompson, vice
president Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, at Baltimore Tuesday. and
tits, in connection with the fact that
It was ascertained in Washington yes
terday by G.. H. Jenkins, president of
the association, that railroad men are
already busy on an arrangement by
which cars can be pooled. in line with
the decision of the Coal Shippers Ter
Mjnal Pool association. organized We'd
i.esday last in Cleveland. causes en-
enlargement for the Fairmont- Clarks-
burg region operators.
The conference with Vice President
Thompson. who is in charge of the
operations department Of the B. & o.,
resulted in assurances which the oper
ators have accepted in the best OF
faith. The conference committee con-
sisted of George T. Watson, OF the Con-
solidation Coal company, Clyde E..
Hutchinson, of the Hutchinson Coal
company, G. H. jenkins, president, and
D. r. Lawson, secretary OF the Central
West Virginia Coal Operators associa-
sion, and c. D. Robinson, who is inter.
ested in a score of industrial concerns
5 IN the Fairmont region, some of which
are coal companies and nearly all OF
which depend to grea measure upon
coal.
Approved Cleveland Meeting.
DIR. Fl. A. Garfield approves the for
nation of the Coal Shippers Terminal
Pool association at Cleveland last
Wednesday. This is no hearsay tale:
10 idle rumor: no unsubstantiated re.
port" 1t happened that C. E. Hutch.
inson and G. II. jenkins were in the
cater room of his office at Washington
yesterday when DR.. Garfield received
a delegation of thirty or forty news
papermen. These Fairmont gentlemen
were in the outer office awaiting an in
terview and were ushered in with the
newspapermen through mistake. 1t
vas too late to back out when they
discovered the error, so they concluded
that fortune was on their side and lis
tened. DR.. Garfield told Of the organ.
iation at Cleveland and endorsed it
strongly, pointed out that the coal oper-
stors and railroad men were working
out the matter Of transportation on q
sane basis. He approved of the pool
system in unqualified terms. DR.. Gar
field toop up various other matters
with the newspapermen and talked in
q way that convinced Messrs Hutchin-
sen and jenkins that President Wilson
could not have made wiser selection
OF fuel administrator. They got the
idea that the government is determin-
ed to have the coal operators and rail-
roads handle the coal supply so that
people won't freeze tod cath.
Mr.. Jenkins is one OF the advisory
board Of seven which has the actual
control of the Coal Shippers Terminal
Pool association. He and H. Z. Booth,
I OF Cleveland, who represents the NJ. A.
Hanna company, which ho6 its largest
coal holdings in the southern part of
this state. represent West Virginia on
this board.