The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-28

| the three coal producing areas In West
Virginia will be oficerer. A. H. Land
is in charge Of the Kanawha district and
D. r. Lawson Of the Fairmont.
The entire fuel area Of the United
States Is divided In that way. but gen
eral change In the arrangements is
looked for when the government takes
charge Of the entire output and pools II,
which is the step now about to be TAKEN
When that step is taken. which Is a step
ONLY twice removed from tie government
taking over and operating the mines
the plan seems to be to divide the coal
producing area into zones" In An enor::
10 do way with long railroad hauls and
overlapping. It IS the plan. It seems
10 have a fuel administrator In which OIL
the coal states who vii lhAVe anthoFit? ,
in his state practically co-sxtensive Win :
the powers Of the national administrator.
If the new plan IS put into operation
there 10 talk among the West VirEintans
here that c. W. Watson Of Fairmont may
be placed in control Of the coal business
in West Virginia by the government.
However, there Is nothing but unsup-
ported talk to bear that out.
Miss Phylias Waters Of Charleston
has been recommended by Congressman
Fest position as teacher OF Ffsn':H
in the Howard university here, and u. :
W. Gall, formerly Of Philtppi. Tor 20
sition with the treasury. department. M :
Reed had up with the pension bureau
to-day the application Of Mrs. Jermima
4. Mcdonald widow OF wesley McDon-
I aid Of Richie county.
A permit has been secured oy Con-
gresham woodward granting leave Oh
absence from Camp Shelby to Chalmcr
+, Cooper of ParkerSburg, to TAKE inc
: examinations for admission to the Naval
academy, which are TO be held February
10. He was appointed upon recon-
mendation Of Mr.. woodward.
4. B. cundal Of ClarksburE has had
an experience with the well known r:n
,ape," an dhas gone back home to get
| the local exemption board. II 1t will. TO
/ transfer 7im from No. l class In the
! ouestionnaircs. so that the government
| which wants his services as an expert
! electrical engineer before the wars end
| Mr.. Cundall had applied for position
as an expert electrical engineer, ana
was summoned to Washington by 4 telc-
&. gram by army officials this week. He
brought with him his papers. certified
by the local draft board. that he was
far down the list and not likely TO De
called soon. but his name appeared IN
! classs l. That Is the reason Why Cob
/ Reed turned him down whe he appeared
| before him with the joint recommenoa-
=. ton from Nal. Rogers and Lieut. Bailey
/ that he be selected for the hre and power
division Of the army. In brief. the gov
/ eminent wants Mr. Cundall for SPECIFIC
expert work. but 1t cannot take what
Il wants because a mistake so Mr. Clln-
dali claims, was made In classifying him
| under the draft law. This mistake, IL
such II Is. can be corrected by the local
| draft board. and that IS what the Clarks-
burger went HON to try and nave ooHc'
Recent visitors: John B. Floyd. Jr.'
Of Charleston; J. B. Brown. an attorney
| from Huntington. who came TO take Den.
ator Sutherlands deposition IN sui
In court: Jack Dillon. well KNOWN loco
motive engineer OF RavensEood: John
, Marshall lawyer and ". W. "inkieman
~ PETERSBURG; Dan Harmon. Jr.. well
tnovn attorney OF WEIGH; John J. Part
low and s. A. Christie Of Keystone, who
wore among Congressman Cooper's many
callers.
Lieut.. Arlan Swigcr OF ststerSv!lle
suro does look daprer In his uniform.
When he was n member OF tho house Il
delegates from Tyler county it was nip
and1tuck between Bliss McCrum and
swlger which WAS tho" Beau Brummel
in Charleston. The controversy as 70
that still remains unsettled. The lieu
tenant was raised to be a soldier In the
training camps Of Harrison and Monroe.
md. being lawyer. he WAS sent to
Washington to write contracts for the
ordnance department. He has gotten
them up for millions upon millions. He
has become so injured to II that he
sneers contemptuously when he Is called
on to write q contract for only Z millior
or two for army supplies.