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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
BUSINESS MEN HOLD.
FINE SOCIAL EVENT
Pleasing Features at COun
try Club Gathering
Last Night.

One of the most enjoyable dinners
and socia laffairs ever held by the
Fairmont Business Mems association
took place last evening at the Country
club. An address was delivered by
Congressman NJ. NJ. Neely, of this
city, which was very able. A goodly
portion Of Congressman Neely's ad-
dress was of an entertaining nature.
One hundred and thirty-three COW
ers were laid and this was the first
occasion on which the association
memebrs brought their ladies. After
fine menu was served, w. l. Lydic,
the present of the association, acted
as POSTMASTER and presented the
speaker of the evening in well chosen
words.
Aside from the address of Con-
gresham Neely, one of the features
was a sleight of hand performance by
John Reed, Fairmont boy who has
acquired quite reputation and is re-
garded as being very clever at this
sort Of work. He amazed many Of
the diners as he pulled series Of
clever tricks. A quartet of local boys
composed an orchestra which enliven-
ed the occasion, the members having
been Messds. Meredith, Ice, Mayors
and Cook. Attorney Trevey Nutter,
secretary OF the association, introduc-
ed the entertainment features
At the brief business session held
1t was reported that the association
was in fine condition. The present
membership is ia. There have beeH)
fifteen additions to the association
during the past three months.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Victor Shaw Under Arrest
on Three Traffic Law
Offenses.
STREET WALKER TO GO.
Man Arrested on Informa-
ton Brought Out at
Her Trial.

Many interested spectators gather
ed at police headquarters this morn
ing to hear Mayor Conaway try sew
eral persons who were arrested yes
terday evening for violating the trat-
fic laws, for lettering, drunkenness
and on other common police court
charges.
Three traffic law charges were
made against Victor Shaw, specify
ing reckless driving, driving on the
left side of the street and for violat-
ing the state law regarding the use
of spot lights as headlights.
In the absence of the witnesses for
the city the trial of the case was
postponed until o'clock this after
moon. Shaw did not directly deny
the charges but explained that he die
not desire to make statement until
the complaining witnesses were pres
ent and made their statement of the
case. The arrest for operating his
car with a spot light was made by
Policeman Eakle and that for reck-
less driving and driving on the
wrong side of the street was made
by Policeman Nuzum Both officers
will be in court this afternoon to tes-
tify::
In addressing the court, Shaw
stated that he had been reckless in
no manner in the operation of his
car and as for operating his car with
the spot light, he is of the opinion
that he had not violated the law.
He explained that his spot light was
turned down on his mud guards and
thar he had only driven his car about
twenty feet with the snot light on
until he was. stopped by lhe officer.
He explained to Mayor Conaway that
, he had just returned from trip OF
aDout 1900 miles to many Of the large
eastern cities and that in all his trav.
el he had not been stopped for the
nse of his spotlight and that he had
used 1t repeatedly. He did not un-
derstand why he should be stopped
on such a charge in Fairmont.
Mayor Conway here interrupted
and told Mr.. Shaw that he must NOT
think that West Virginia is behind
in everything.
Shaw stated that he had been up
at police court on many technical and
insignificant traffic charges, but that
&he charge brought against him fol-
the use Of the spot light was the
worst yet
Herschel Huffman was stopped by
Policeman DlgInan for passing 6
standing street car. The violation
proved to be a very technical one
Huffman explaining that he had moi
- tContipued on Page FourJ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Chamber Of Commerce
Will Meet Tonight

To receive reports of committees ap-
pointed some time ago, a meeting of
the directors Of the Fairmont Cham
Der OF Commerce has been called for
this evening,
All of the committees are not yet
IN a position to report, notably the Re-
organization committee, which has a
considerable task before 1t, but i'm
portant reports will be made at the
meeting this evening.
A report by the committee which
has appointed to investigate the equity
of the proposed increase in telephone
rates will be a feature Of the session
this evening, Following the report Of
this committee It is promised that some
active work will be done by the
Chamber along the lines recommended
In this report.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
PRESIDENT WILSON
TAKING IT EASY
Two Brief Talks at st. Louis
Complete Days Pro.
gram.
(Rn Assocfdled lrcstl

H-ffEt BN, f1oSUItutbd = tsAeSs u ii.-it
ST LOUIS, Sept. o-Presluent VII
son reached today the real beglnning
of his speaking tour In the interest
of the peace treaty. the start uf his
long swing around the circle, west oi
Mississippi. Having sounded the key
note OF his appeal yesterday ct Col
umbus and Indianapolis, Mr.. Wilson
planned to take brief respite from
speech making today before plung
ing into the arduous program thai
will carry him into virtually every
western state.
Arriving in ST., Louis early this
morning he arranged to sleep late on
his special train and ten to keep most
OF the day free.
Early in the afternoon, however he
was to attend luncheon at a down
town hotel where 1t was expected he
would make brief talk on the treaty
and in the evening he was to speak
at the Coliseum where in 1916 he wag
renominated for the presidency.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Getting Ready
torBigUM.W.
Uention
(Bv Associated Pfea)

CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. s.
John L. Lewis, acting president Of
The United Mine Workers, and
,ther international officers have
established headquarters here pre-
iminary to the opening Of the two
weeks convention which begins
next Tuesday.
Two thousand delegates repre-
,enting 500, 900 miners are expect
ed to attend.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Agrees to Try to Bring the
Workers and Corpora.
ton Heads Together
WANT QUICK AGIIlN
Men Would Like Confer
ence Before Big
Meeting Tuesday.
(Bu Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Sept, 5.-Presi-
dent wilson has agreed to undertake
10 bring about conference between
representatives of the steel workers
and of the United Steel Corporation
in an effort to avert a threateped
strike.
The President was asked In Q 8teIer
gram sent him today by Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FED
Grafton OF Labor, and the committee
of steel men to say whether 9 CON
ference could be arranged before nexi
Tuesday when the President OF the
twenty-four Information unions in tliy
steel industry Will meet here 70 taxi
such action as they might deem ne.
cessary.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Admirers To
Give Pershing
Virginia Steed
lBv Associated Pres)

6u AS0cldled IITeSSI
WINCHESTER, Va, Sept. b.
Admirers of General Pershing have
purchased a Virginia thoroughbred
riding horse at Staunton and sent
1t to New York to be presented
when the General is officially vel
coined home.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Funeral Saturday
Of Mrs. Alta Minor

The body of Mrs. Alta Minor,
whose death occurred on Wednesday
evening at Terra Alta, where she had
gone for the benefit Of her health,
was brought here last evening and
was taken by Undertakers Musgrave
and Son to her late home on Columbia
street. accompanying the body here
were her husband, her father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hat
field, and Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Jolliff,
of Warrington, the latter being an
aunt of the deceased.
Funeral services are announced to
be held on Saturday afternoon at 4
O'Clock from the residence and will be
conducted by the Rev. @. P. Eddy,
pastor Of the Palatine Baptist church,
Of which the deceased was a member,
and interment WIN be made in Maple
Grove cemetery,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
MAJORITY FAVORS
LEAGUE Of NATIONS
GARY DECLARES
Head Of Steel Corporation
Believes Treaty Will Be
Ratified.

BOSTON, Sept. 5. = Immediate re-
sumption of business relations with
Germany and Austria was advocated
by Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United States
Steel Corporation, in an address before
the annual meeting of the American
Bar Association. Mr.. Gary prefaced
his speech with declaration that the
majority of the people of America
were in favor of the peace treaty and
the league of nations and that he would
assume that 1t would be adopted with
out change.
The re-establishment of trade be-
tween the United States and the Cen
trail Powers was urged by the speaker
on the ground that we need German
and Austrian goods and also that such
purchases would have a decided influ-
ence in stabilizing international ex-
change.
Prom an economic standpoint" he
said. considering of paramount sig
nificance the question Of benefit to
ourselves, we ought to resume bust
ness relations with Germany and Aus
tria at once"
AS further means to restore the in
ternational business situation, Mr.
Gary declared that the United States
"should finance other deserving cOun-
tries, less fortunate, in rehabilitating
their productive capacity and re-
sources and that we should purchase
their products up to the limits Of our
requirements and ability"
American business men were warned
that they were facing the fiercest COM
mercial struggle in the history Of the
world. Foreigners" he said, ARE gaz-
ing upon this country as the most
fertile field for adventure and exploita-
ton. AS Of vital consequence there
should be the most consistent and In
tense spirit Of cooperation between
all our people, between labor and capi-
tai, employers and employees, between
the state and private interests"
AS one essential Of success in the
coming business, struggle the speaker
maintained that we must have "a
merchant marine equal In every par
ticular to the best, unhampered by
laws, rules or regulations which might
interfere with practical business oper-
ation."
Turning to the labor question, Mr..
Gary said that the antidote for Boil
shevism was plenty of work at reason
able compensation. He maintained
that employers must not give employees
good ground for complaint, but must
furnish them agreeable and healthful
conditions Of work, an opportunity to
advance and to invest their savings in
the business with which they are con-
nected.
In respect to capital, Mr.. Gary de-
clared that whatever evil might exist
on that side OF the question, Govern
ment ownership had been proved NOT
to be a remedy. Whatever is every
body's business" he said, SIS nobody's
business"
Our experience during the war, he
continued, showed that Government
ownership is failure.
Admitting that capital when uncon-
trolled sometimes took improper
courses, Mr.. Gary offered a solution
Of his own.
'Why not have the law framed and
Ccontinued on Page Four
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Hotel Stockholders
Are Meeting To-day

a meeting of stockhoIders Of the
Fairmont Hotel Company Is being
held this afternoon in the rooms OF
the Chamber OF Commerce to ap-
prove the merger of that property
wit ha Mountain City Hotel Company.
operating the Watson. It IS pro-
proposed that the CONSOLIDATION be
known as the Fairmont Hotel Cor
poration.
on the completion Of the merger
1t is proposed t oadd two more stories
to the aFirmont Hotel, providing
sixty eight additional rooms, end the
addition of ten new rooms to ths
Watson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Funeral Tomorrow
for George Carpenter

Funeral services over the body of
George Mancill Carpenter, the six
year old son Of Mancill Carpenter,
whose death occurred yesterday fol-
lowing injuries he received the pre-
vious day when he was run down by
a city street car, will be held Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock from the
family residence on Vermont avenue
and interment will be made by Under
takers Carpenter and Ford.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
Plan Thoronnh Search

FL CENTRO. Cal, Aug. 21-A thor ough search of strip ten miles wide on both sides of the international boundary between Calexico and San Diego will be made for Lieutenant Warehouse an aviator from Rockwell Held on border patrol work who dis appeared yesterday, according to an announcement made today by Lieu tenants G. W. Pardy and C. T. Mo Laughiin, who arrived here from San Diego. they said, to conduct the search.
 After spending several hours here re- fueling and taking on water, the airmen departed late today. Waterman, they said, was last seen at Jacumba, several miles west of here about 5 30 last night. No trace of his machine has been found
 The searching officers could give no explanation for Waterman's disappear ance. They declared they would make a thorough search south of Jacumba in Lower California
 All available soldiers in the Mexican garrison at Mexieali. Lower California, across the international boundry from this city have been dispatched by Gov ernor Cantu, to search for Aviators Frederick Waterhouse and c. H. Con- nelly missing since yesterday. it was reported tonight. The men will search the territory south of MexicaIi and Tia Juana centering their activities south of Jacumba where the aviators were last seen. Governor Cantu's at titude toward the United States has long been characterized by friendliness.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
AMERICAN nNvAsIoNp OF SPAIN
(Living Agel

NlANlnS AEe.)
 The Barcelona ournal vanguardia sounds a note of warning against the danger, very real in the writer's opin- lon, Of the capture by foreigners of the natural wealth of Spain, and of her virtually becoming colony of the United States.
 A commercial invasion from that country forms a frequent topic of con- versation in Barcelona just now. This IS no mere rumor. That the Americans intend to establish in Spain one of tnelr mast lucrative markets, and to work to their advantage the neglected wealth or its soil is proved by the recent establishment of a number of American banks, by the daily opening or branches of leading New York Eouses, and by schemes for the con- struetion Of railways, to be managed rom the other side of the Atlantic.
 Tne P1zzarros and the Cortes of this conquest of Spain by America are af- Iaple managers, who arebrin ging in their train an army of commercial trayelers. foremen, engineers and clerks. With very few exceptions. Spanlards regard this invasion with lndl11erence, II not with actual approv- al, arguing that industries once set up in the country will remtain there. supply work, and cause money to cir culate. Let the Yankees come by all means they say. There is a tendency among the majority either to enjoy or hoard money made during the war and to leave the development of natural resoudces to foreign capital As a re- suit of the influx of wealth due to the war may be noted the increase of the theaters, muhic halls. and luxuries of all kinds.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
MEXICAN BANDITS
 PAY PENALTY

(Continued from Ia e one)
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
GREAT DAMAGE |S WROUGHT BY FIRES
 IN NORTHERN PINES

MISSOULA, Mont, Aug, 21 - Un- controlled fires in every forest in cen- tral and western Montana and north ern Idaho are destroying much valu- able timber and threatening ranchers and stock men, without hope of stop ping the flames unless rain falls heavily, the federal forest service an nounced today.
 Rightly two thousand dollars worth of white pine timber in easily accessi- ble country on Steamboat creek, Occur d Alene forest, was totally de- voured by the flames yesterday. There are other bad fires in this forest.
 The situation in the Kootenai forest is more favorable although the Calla- han creek blaze is advancing down hill toward valuable timber with little prospect of being stopped
 The Ridge and Castle Butte blazes in the Selway forest are burning great stands of timber worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
 Several dangerous fires are raging in Jefferson forest, central Montana, the 5000 acre Monarch blaze being especially threatening. It is shifting rapidly with the wind. The Dog Creek blaze in the Helena forest has been checked On it's most dangerous side, while the UnionyilIe fire is advancing over a front of six miles.
 In the Bitter Root forest, all efforts to check the flames have been un- successful. The situation in the vii cinity of Missoula, is improved. the flames which swept the Rattle Snake valley having been entrenched
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
AGED ACTOR OWES
 CHANCE FOR LIFE TO GEO. M. COHAN

That no matter how many worries he may have on his hands. such as actors strikes, closing of all his the aters, and a few other trifles George M Conan still has time to see the human side of life, is proven by the following anecdote taken from the Kansas City Star.
 The bitterness brought on by the strike has caused George M. Conan to resign from the two theatrical clubs the Lambs and the Friars, of which he was abbot. Some of the actors have cut him because of the vigorous stand he has taken, yet George M. Conan, today an actor, though risen from the ranks, is known to be one of the kind est friends of the profession. An in- cident of a few days ago is typical. On Broadway Conan met George Full Ter Golden walking feebly and on his last legs, literally and figuratively MT. Conan shook hands with the sick actor and asked him how he felt. Golden replied:
 "Cohan, I am dying on my feet. The doctor told me today that I cannot live; that 1 had only one chance in a thousand.
 What was that chance?" asked MT Conan.
 ''The doctor said that if I would go to Southern California and take it easy and live out in the sun all the time ] might last a few years longer"
 Why don't you go there?"
 T have not a cent in the world. l cannot go anywhere. Besides it's only one chance in a thousand, anyway"
 Conan looked Golden in the face a moment and then said:
 Golden, you shall have that chance D
 He took him to his office in the Cohan & Harris theater and handed the broken vaudeville actor, who or ganized the White Rats, check for S10,000
 "Go to California" he said, "and try to live. The Lord bless you!"
 Golden is leaving for California. He told tlfA story against Cohan's wishes.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
SEARCHERS IND NO TRACE IF AV|AT0RS
 LOST NEAR JACUMBA
IHepublloan A. P. Leased wlrel


 SAN DIEGO, Aug. 21.-Colonel A. J. HanIon, commanding the army aviation forces at Rockwell field, North Island. announced tonight the two aviators from the Ninth aero squadron, with base here, had been missing since 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon They are second lieutenants Frederick B. Wa terhouse of Weiser, Idaho and C. H. Connolly of San Diego.
 The two aviators. Lieutenant Water house acting as pilot and Lieutenant Connolly as observer on border patrol work, started from Yuma, Arizona, to San Diego at 11:45 a. m. yesterday. Colonel Hanlon said his conclusion was that the aviators had been forced to make landing, possibly below the Mexican line. near Jacumba, in San Diego county.
 Leave no Trace
 flftteen machines were sent out from North Island today to try to find the missing officers, but all returned with out having. found a trace of them Lieutenants Warehouse and Connolly were in De Haviland machine with a 400 horsepower Liberty motor. They left North Island Tuesday morning. Near Yuma they ran into a severe storm which damaged the propeller of the airplane. Word of the accident was sent here and new propeller was sent out by automobile truck from North Island. The repairs having been made the machine went on to Yuma and starting on the return trip yes terday. The aviators were due here at about p. m. yesterday.
 The region south of Jacumba in which the aviators were assumed to have made a forced landing is exceed ingly broken, covered by dense growths of caparal and almost wholly unin- habited.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
INTERPRETING THE oMENs
(Youth's Compapion i

In his youth Mark Twain edited ! weekly journal in small Weste n town. subscriber wrote him one day to remark that he had discoy- cred a spider concetled in the folds of recently delivered paper. The TheWriter wanted to know whether such an occurrence was a sign of gooo or bad luck.
 The young eritor replied in the next issue as follows:
 Constant Reader: Theappearanee of spider. in copy of lost weel<,s paper was a sign of neither good nor bad luck; that intelligent insect was merely studying our colums in order to ascertain whether any store in the neighborhood had failed to advertise in our paper, in order that he might make for that establishment and there weave web across the doorway. where he might dwell in undisturbed peace"
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22

General Dickman at a reception and band concert given at Colonel Lang horne's quarters tonight. Cattlemep, their wives. his fellow officers and their wives rushed to congratulate Captain Matlack on his rescue of the two aviat- ors and his escape with part of the money.
 Carried U. s. Ar3munition
 He is scheduled to fetufn by air plane at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning to rejoin his troop, which is part of the squadron under command of Major James P. Yancey.
 Rifles and automatic pistols belong ing to the four bandits killed in Mexico yesterday were recovered by cavalry troops together with quantity of Mauser, American made automatic pistol ammunition, which was found on the bodies of the men killed
 All Were Fugitives
 Jesus Jani, who was Filled in an as- sault on the blockhouse yesterday was arrested at the Brite rssnch last year, taken to Candelaria, Texas, and placed in jail. His son, Francisco, also killed yesterday, broke the locS, liberated hie father and both escaped to Mexico.
 Juan Jose Fuentes, the third dead bandit identified, is charged with kill ing man named Chavez at Barrancas, Chihuahua He crossed to the Amer ican side following the killing and was pursued back into Mexico by United States troops lately.
 According to Captain Matlack, who knews every bandit anl bad man on both sides of the border, Jesus Ren- teria is the man who cut the throat of Mike Welch. United 5tates mail stage driver between Valentine and Cande- laria, Texas, the night of December 25, 1917, when the Brite railch sas raided. He said he had evidence that Renteria sat on the aged mail drivers body and cut his throat with a pocket knife while another member of the present band held his head by the hair. Renteria is known as 'the fiend" on both sides of the river, Captain Matlack said tonight
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
BOOST SAN CARLOS PROJECT
PINE sTUMPs WORTH MILLIONS
lChicaen Trihune :,

Norway pine stumps obstructing agricultural development in northern Minnesota potentially are worth about ss00,000,0 900. according to State Auditor Preus.
 ''Distillation of pine stumps is a problem of recent development" he said. Tt is done to secure various ingredients of great commercial value. Experiments have proven pine stumps on cutoyer northern Minnesota lands are exceptionally rich In rosins and adapted to the manufacture of turpen- tine, pine tar, pine creosote. pine oil and similar products. A company is being formed to establish a plant in the northern part of the state"
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
ONE KILLED IN AIRPLANE FALL

CLEVELAND. Aug. 21.-Fred Price of Canton, Ohio, a passenger. was fa- tally injured and Lieutenant Joseph Skoening of Chicago, airman pilot, was seriously injured when the air plane in which they were flying crashed 1 800 feet to the ground this evening.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
BY WAY OF WARNING
(New Haven Register. ]

tNeW Haven Reglster.) Gibbs-It says here that a New York man has had his daughter arrested because she has "a mania for con- tracting debts.'
 Dibbs-Let me have that article; I'll leave it where my wife can see it.
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22
WAYS IN SIGHT

Answers, London) She-I never see her anywhere with out her husband. I wish you were as congenial.
 He-I wouldn't be as jealous as that fellow for all the money in the world
Arizona republican., 1919-08-22

BOOST SAN CARLOS PRoJEc-