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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Two base hits, Wright, Beverage,
Myers, H. Layne. First base on balls,
off Rosenbaum, (TOothman, Moran)
Struck out, by Rosenbaum, (Daw-
son, Moran 2, June p. Sacrifice hits,
Pride, Dawson, Ridgely, June. Stolen
bases, Toothman, Moran. Left on bas-
es, Idaway, Z; Monongah, 6. Double
plays, Trader to Higgins TO Trader.
First base on errors, Idamay, 8; Mo-
nonah, 8. Umpire, Jacobs. Time OF
game, 1:46.
The anne yesterday was the final
event of the three game annual series
between Monongah and Idamay. Mo-
nongah has won TWO OF the three games
played.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
IT Is our RnsINEss

10 dispense healtn-giv1ng prescrip-
tons In the proper way Not a bust
ness we have learned In a day, but
after years of hard wark and careful
study. We use pure drugs, compound
them with accuracy and charge you
IN honest price for our services,
Bring your next one to the Mountain
City Drug CO.. opposite Court House.
Phone 1216.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
SOME SURPRISES
IN CITY LEAGUE
Watson Building and the
Wholesalers Won Sat-
urday Contests.

The Monongah Glass baseball team
turled up like an orange peeling when
exposed to Harold's bullet like offer
ings at South Side park Saturday aft
ernoon and the Wholesalers pulled the
surprise of the season by trouncing
the league leaders by a 5-4 score.
The last one of the Wholesalers were
doing their bit, spurred on by the
leadership of "Bobbie" Hood. 1t look
ed impossible for the Wholesalers to
drop the ball while fumbles were not
one bit uncommon for the Glassmak-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
FINE cLorHINe VALUES.

Fairmont's newest and best clothing
store-the UNIoN-soon to open at
217 Monroe street (next door to the
Fire House,, will revolutionize the
clothing business in this town. Values
at the UNION store will be far and
away the best that have ever been Of
fered In Fairmont and this, too, with
a generous system of credit,-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
ALL IN ONE

With the SoEa-Tone you can enjoy
the worlds best music because the
Sona-Tone is designed 10 play better"
all records Of all makes. The adapta-
otlity OF the Sona-Tone to all records
Is one OF its special teatures-any
needle may be used, including the
jewel point, sapphire ball-all without
extra cost.-Van Writ & Bromley, Cor.
and Jefferson Sts.-AdY.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Double plays Volght to Salisberry to
Hickinbotham; Hartley to Vincent to
Kramer. HIT by pitcher Keener 1.
Hickenbotham. BY Dougan Lazadder.
First on balls off Dugan / off Keener
0. Struck out by DuGan 8, by Keener
10. Umpire Brown and Lawker. Time
2 hours.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
DON'T YOU MISS

The pleasure you might enjoy by be-
ing the owner Of an Eastman Kodak :?
II you are on vacation-afloat or
ashore-every where you go, you find
something you would like to remem-
Der. Would not photograph fill the
bill?' We have many different styles.
Let US snow you how easily they are
operated. A. G. Martin Company
Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
YOUR NEXT

Storage Battery should be a Prest.o-
Lite. There Is correct size for every
make and mode1 of car. As the Off.
cial Prest-o-Lite Service Station In
this territory We will be glad to extend
you every courtesy Please remem-
Der that the Prest-o-Lite is the Oldest
service 70 automobile owners in Amer.
lea so7th Side Service Station. Ith
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
CITY LEAGUE.
Saturdays Results.
NJ. NJ Co. 8; Watson Bldg. s
Monongah Glass 1 Wholesalers 5,
Game Tonight.
Standing OF the Clubs.
A SMASH up

Sometimes accidents will happen to
the most careful motor car drivers
hut no matter how serious the damage
we are prepared TO do the repair work
Our plant is modern. we employ mas
ter machinists only. who are experts
in this particular business. You pay
for what yon get and you get what you
pay fer-understand? Liberty Garage
Company. Merchant st. Phone $780,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
EIeventh Hnnr vintnru-

Five hits and a base on balls gave
the Watson building four runs after
two men had been retired in, the ninth
innings and pulled them ol& of a 81
defeat to a So victory over the Min
ing Machinery baseball team.
Dawson's excellent work on the
mound as well as his one thousand
per cent. smuggling was the feature Oh
the game. Ashcraft was the leading
hitter for the Watson building team
getting just four hits in five trips to
the plate.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Now the Consumer Fuel Company
boys from the City of Downs are try
ing to figure how Monongah has won
the county championship when they
have defeated the proposed champs
two games this season, one at Traction
park and one at Blackstone park, the
only games Monongah and Consumers
have PLAYED.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

conkeys, i.
Mccoakeys .o1o21OooOoooOL5
Consumers ...2000000110O a
Two base hits, Hautz, Perley, Nc
10y, Hines. Three hits, Bell. Home
run, Magee. Stolen bases, Burkhart,
Lewis Double plays, Venesky to Nc
Coy to Yenesky; Mccoy to Hines; Full
Ter to Hines; Bell (unassisted). Left
On bases, Consumers, z; McConkeys,
10. First base on errors, Consumers.
2 McConkey's), s. First on balls. off
Mccoy, 1 OF Burkhart, 5. Struck out.
by Burkhart, z by Mccoy, 5. Hits ap.
portioned, of Mccoy, 10 in IA innings:
ph Burkhart, In 10 innings. Wild
pitches, Mccoy. Umpires, Rymer and
Bebout. Attendance, $50. Time, 2
hours, 30 minutes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

This man Brownie" Hamilton look
ed bad at the bat, but he sure pulled
some great ones out of the air.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Scheduled Today.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at New York.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
WELCOME GUARANTEED.

1 expect your husband will be glad
to see you.
George is always delighted when
come home. You see. leave the baby
with him.-Sydney Bulletin.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Manager Rothlsyberger's home town
'(Downs) doesn't take up much space
on the map, but it's in the county lin
its just the same.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

He made the hard ones look easy
instead of making an easy one look
hlrd as Nefflen did Lemley's drive in
the first game.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
pouRTEn IL.

Lend me tenner, will you, old
chap? I'll pay you back tomorrow"
If you're going to have $40 tomor-
row, why not wait till then?"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
Sport Chatter
BY Tho OnIooker.

Did ye' ever see Robbie" Hood
smile? Well, you should have been
out to the p. m. game Saturday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Magee who played with Downs yes
terday and who put the ball over the
fence for homer is a nephew of
Sherwood Magee Of the Cincinnati
Reds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

Garry" Jackson was not as easy
as ne looked Saturday. That hit was
the one that won the game and there
Is no other player on the team that
the fans would rather have seen make
it,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

The Warrington left fielder has not
been doing much at the stick this
season. but if Uncle Sherwood could
only have seen him yesterday?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Yesterdays Results.
Brooklyn, 3; Cincinnati, o.
New York Chicago, wet grounds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


Yesterdays Results.
Chicago, 8; Philadelphia, /.
New York, 6; Cleveland, 2.
Washington, 4; Detroit, 2; eleven
innings.
Boston, q St. Louis, /.
Boston, 6; st. Louis, l.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18

June looked like January yester-
day.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
Pitchers, Battle.

From the beginning, the game was
pitchers battle between Mccoy, the
Consumer portsider and Burkhart, the
|peedy little McConkey twirler, the
after having a little the better sup
bort and naturally getting out with i
Jew less hits chalked up against him.
Both pitchers did exceptionally well,
holding their opponents in practically
livery inning where hits meant runs
The Consumer team got away with
bad start giving the visitors four
7rns In the first few innings. The
GORE stood Az in favor of Wheeling
Antil the last part OF the eighth in
ing
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-18
|0BR;FDUR TIE
IL inning GAME
Wonderful Contest Be-
tween the Consumer and
Me- onkey Teams.

/ A baby cloud opened its contents at
|lackshere park yesterday afternoon
! the last half of the fourteenth in
ing and saved the Consumer Fuel
bmpany from what looked like a real.
pnest-to-goodness defeat at the hands
! the fast McConkey baseball team Of
Wheeling The rain, however, permit
I'd the Consumer boys to come out
btu a "A tie. the game having been
billed on account of rain in the thir-
ZENITH inning.
At the end of the thirteenth inning
be score stood IA, but in the first
|art of the fourteenth inning, the
Wheeling team came across with one
bore tally, putting the score .5-4 in
hyor OF the visitors. All that was
ecessary for the McKonkey boys to
i'm was to give the home team their
ats. Two men were retired and one
bore out would have meant victory
pr the Wheelingites, but just as Mar
hall. the last man stepped to the plat
er, rain came in torrents, and I'm
ire Rymer stepped toward the grand
tand and announced: This game is
allied at the end of the thirteenth
inning on account of rain
Though the visitors had the game
-actically cinched, baseball rules say
hat when such game is called on ac-
cunt Of rain, the score is that of the
asst equal inning, which made the
NAL score 4-4 tie.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
ARREST SOUTH BENDER THREATENING TO SHOOT SPOUSE
.3Oth DiOiSiOn
Starts Home on
The Finland
BY United Press

BY United Press:
WASHINGTON, March 12.-The
Goth division has started home. it
was learned at the war department
today. The transport Finland sailed
from st. Nazaire March 10 for New
port News, official cables said.
These units were aboard:
Headquarters 55th artillery bril-
gade; battery A. and first battalion
headquarters of 115th field artillery;
115th machine gun battalion, COM
plete; detachment OF 114th machine
gun battalion; Hath artillery, COM
plete.
Transport sailings were announced
by the war department. today as fol-
lows:
The transport Zacapa from Bor-
deaux for New York, due March II
with the following:
Bordeaux convalescent detach-
ments, 166. 167 and 10; detach-
ment base hospital. 13: detachment
26th engineers; 23 casual officers
two army field clerks, five civilians
IA nurses and IS sick and wounded
The transport Polar Land. from
Bordeaux due New York March "a
with the following:
Two casual officers and one casual
civilian.
The transport Haverford, from
Brest due at Philadelphia (no date)
with the following:
Three hundred and eighteenth
battalion signal corps complete. foi
Camps Upton, Gordon and Dodge
mobile hospital. 103 for Camp Funs
ton: casual companies, 9S4, Penn
sylvania. 993: Pennsylvania. 99s
Ohio; 1919, Michigan; 1880, Ohio
1.421. California;; 1923, Minnesota
1.424. North Dakota; 1925. regular
army; 1,430, Pennsylvania; 1,4S%
regular army; 1895. Illinois; 1,43S
Ohio; 1,439, oklahoma; 1,46S, Mon
tana: SO4. Colorado. Alabama; s.
I casuals and nine naval officers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
Berlin Menaced
By Outbreaks
Of SbartaCanS
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.

by nlted Press
BERLIN. March 11.-(Noon)-
Berlin was menaced by Spartacan
outbreaks today.
Government troops. after desper-
ate fighting. captured the greater
part of the suburb OF Lichtenberg.
Most Of the Spartacans fled from
there 10 the southeastern part of the
city proper. Strongly reinforced by
recruits, they entrenched them
selves. From these new positions.
their artillery now endansers a
large portion of the city.
Meanwhile the insurgent forces
remaining in Lichtenberg tell back
10 the railway station. where they
organized new defenses. Detach-
ment of a large part of the govern
ment forces TO combat the Spart-
acans In the southeastern section OF
the city rendered capture OF the
Lichtenberg station a serious prob
lem
The governments position was
made increasingly difficult by pub
lie demand that use OF artillery and
airplane bombs cease. Their fear
that resistance TO this demand
might turn the people against the
government, il seemed possible that
War Minister Noslxe would accede.
While fighting gained in intensity
the center OF Berlin was the scene
of gay social affairs. cafes and dance
halls being crowded TO capacity.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
.REVOLTS BREAKING
IN BOTH PARTIES
Younger Men Among Repub-
IiCanS and Democrats
After" Old Leaders.

WASHINGTON. March 12.-
Party revolts are smoldering on both
the democratic and republican sides
OF the house Of represe natives.
Younger members OF the parties
are out 10 overturn thei- old leaders
and put new blood into party poll
cieS
\ combination of northern and
southern democrats is after Champ
Clark. who has been the leader Of
house democrats for a dozen years.
They declare frankly that Clark
should step aside for a younger man.
who is more in sympathy with the
party policies as expressed through
Pres't Wilson. Rep. Sanders, Louisi-
ana. is head OF the anu-Clark COM
binatiOn.
Rep. Longworth. Ohio. Is protest
ing against the republican organiza-
tion as effected in the last few days
in the meeting OF the republican
committee on committees
Longworth has risen day after
day in the committee meetings and
told his colleagues that the men they
are choosing 10 head important corr
mittees are unit for the jobs and
have grown out Of touch with the
wishes OF the people.
IL Longworth takes his fight TO the
caucus against the committee
choices. all OF which have been made
under the seniority rule. he is GER
tain 10 gain some support
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
FOOD SUPPLIES
ARE P|L|NC Up
Growing Amounts in Storage
Should Bring Prices
Down.
BY United Press

BY United Press:
WASHINGTON, March 12-If
the old fashioned law of supply and
demand was in good working order
today. chickens. meat, eggs and
butter certainly ought TO be cheaper
eating.
Just listen 10 these department
Of agriculture figures:
Frozen poultry stocks in store.
March l.. totaled 1i0,003.3S2
pounds. an increase of 90 per cent
as compared with the same date a
year ago.
Additional reports showed these
increases over March /. 1918.
Broilers. 9I.S per cent.
Toasters. 1851 per cent.
Fowls, 1911 per cent.
Turkeys, 2.9 per cent.
Miscellaneous. 119.7 per cent
The above report, however, failed
20 state who holds the chicken sur
plus
But that isn't all Creamery but
ter in storage shows an increase OF
500 per cent. while packing stock
butter gained 51.2 per cent over the
1918 fgures.
And while chickens were piling
up in storage. eggs were keePing
pace. Case eggs held March 1 had
increased PSI per cent over a year
ago. Frozen eggs. however. showed
decrease OF 29.5 per cent
Meats. too. Joined the CROWNS
food boards.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
C[|MK|NG CLASS
DREW POLICE
TO THE owl"
Sergt. Roberts Says "MuSic"
Drew Him to the ReveI,
Where Three Gallons of
Whisky Were Obtained.

Clinking of glasses that could be
heard out into Center St is what
caused Night Patrol Sergt. Benjamin.
II. Roberts to investigate Tony Bar
rett's Owl one night in Septem Der
of last year, and which led 10 the
finding Of three gallons of whisky
in the kitchen just back OF the main
bar room in the Barrett place by
the police. it developed in the trial
of Barrett in the superior court
through the testimony of Sergt.
Roberts Wednesday morning, on a
charge of violating the prohibition
law.
The jury was finally selected We'd
nesday morning, after all day Tues
day and a part of Wednesday morn
ing was consumed in the selectio n
of the jurors.
Sergt Roberts was the first wit
ness placed on the stand by the state.
The officer testified that as he cross
ed Center st. on Washington av. on
the night of the arrest he saw a man
hurry out of the alley. This caused
him TO turn into Center st. and as
he passed Barrett's place he heard
the clinking of glasses. This sound
caused him 10 investigate.
Gets "Rrinforccments."
Sergt Roberts said that he went
10 one Of the Owl windows The cur
tain was drawn. but there was a
space at one side of the curtain that
permitted him to see inside the room.
just in the rear OF the main bar
room. He said he saw a man and
woman inside. and that he could
hear their voices. His suspicious
were aroused. so he hurried to po-
lice headquarters and got Patrolman
Walker Bador and Detective Horace
Hamilton to accompany him to the
| Owl
When the officers reached there
they found the door to the room IN
which the sergeant had seen the
man and woman short time before,
closed. Sergt Roberts knocked, and
/ the door was opened by Mike Sing
I lingler. who Immediately tried 10
/ close the door 10 prevent the officers
CONTINUED on PAGE IA
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
Peace Treaty
May be Ready
During Week

BY United Press:
PARIS. March 12.-The peace
treaty with Germany may be com
pleted this week. if the present
schedule OF the supreme war council
is maintained.
Final consideration was 90 be
given the military, naval and air
terms today.
Discussion Of Germany's eastern
boundary Il expected 10 be finished
tomorrow Her western frontier is
10 be taken up Friday, when Pres'r
Wilson is expected TO participate in
the discussion. on Saturday repara-
tion and financial assistance for Ger
many will be settled.
Disposition Of all scheduled bust
ness will. of course. mean compile
ton OF terms for the preliminary
treaty.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
CRITICS OPPOSE
ANY MENDMENT
Of LEAGUE PLAN
Offer No Changes Themselves
and StubbornIy Cling to
Bitter Opposition.
BY l.. c. MARTIN.

BY United Press:
WASHINGTON. March 12-Fol-
lowing word from Paris that tho
peace treaty is nearly complete. with
many leading articles contingent up
on a league of nations. the fight rag
ing about the league took a new turn
today.
Opponents OF the idea viii try to
amend out of the treaty application
Of the league. if it is embodied in the
peace covenant when il comes up for
ratification. Sen. Reed declared to-
day.
At the same time Chairman Cum
mings of the democratic national
committee. in statement on the
subject. declared:
The III considered talk about a
peace treaty first and q league of
nations afterward." is persuasive
only with those who do not under
stand the problems involved. Such
a policy would postpone an effecti-e
league for generations and it would
reduce the treaty TO a mere scarp
of paper to be torn 70 tatters the
moment international interests came
into conflict with each other"
Reed il Confident.
Sen. Reed speaking for the "bit-
ter enders' predicted however, that
efforts TO make the senate swallow
the league plan by 50 Interviewing
il with the peace settlement that one
cannot be acted upon without the
other. viii fail
Other opposition senators believe
the senate could render the league.
as now proposed. impotent by add
ing the peace treaty. if the league
were embodied, a provision expressly
stating that nothing herein shall
be binding on the United States n
it conflicts" etc. and then specifying
the Monroe doctrine and other
American policies.
Critics Oppose Amendments.
Anti-league senators expect radi-
cal amendment OF the proposed con-
stItution in an effort 10 take the
wind out Of their sails" they said
today. They regard Taft's sugges-
tions Of amendment as inspired oy
Pres't Wilson.
They are, therefore, preparing 20
battle in the senate 20 the very end
f for complete defeat OF any league
plan in connection with the peace
I treaty. This does not apply 20 al
senators opposing the present draft
Of the league charter. but il does
represen. the views Of the most ex-
treme opponents.
Meantime Chairman Cummings OF
T the democratic national committee
7 today further suggested a possible
new political alignment I'm 1920,
I urged all Americans regardless OF
their old party Affiliations 20 support
J Pres't Wilson in his efforts 20 Sc
cure a treaty Of peace that viii
make future wars impossible"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-12
DEVALERA, FUGITIVE LEADER
OF SLNN FELNERS SAYS WAR
OR FREEDOM IS ALTERNA TIVE
Correspondent is Spirited to
Hiding Place for MterUie7C
(Copyright by the United Press le1al

NEW YORK March t2.-Edward De Valera fugitive Sim
rem leader who escaped from Lincoln prison in England and
being hunted by the British government has been found and
interviewed by the United Press staff correspondent.
De Valera who will probably be named president of Ireland
event of revolution there located Dublin by Ralph
Couch of the United Press Couch cap pulled down
his eyes he could not led to the rebel leaders hiding
place, where De Valera gave the interview
Later the correspondent secured signed statement which
me onnen chet predicted violence and bloodshed in Ireland
If the peace conference does not act to prevent IT,
With De ValeraS statement and the Interview with much
first hand knowledge about actual conditions in Ireland the cor
respondent returned to the United States thus nSng
livery Of his information in New York without interference by
the censor