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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06
POLICEMAN A. KERN
GETS HIGHVAYMAN
Porter Who Caused Row at
Traction Station Gets
Ten Days.

In the arrest at Clarksburg last
evening of Chat Johnson, colored
man, the city authorities believe they
have the man who accosted John
Maffo on Bennett street Sunday night
at about 10 o'clock. and after hitting
him, cut his clothing into shreds. City
Policeman Art Kern went to Clarks-
burg yesterday on information that
Johnson, who was wanted in connec-
ton with the holdup, was there. He
returned later in the evening with
his man, who is now in the city Jail
awaiting trial.
The case was continued until nine
o'clock tomorrow morning, owing to
the fact that some witnesses could
not be secured at this time. Seven
negroes were summoned to police
court yesterday morning and gave
testimony in the case and were dis
missed and will appear again tomor-
row when the case will come up for
trial. Maffo was also witness in
court yesterday morning.
Harry Rice and Lula Porter, color
ed, who were arrested on Pennsyl-
vania avenue last evening charged
with fighting, were tried in police
court this morning and were fined ten
dollars each. The woman paid her
fine and the man not having any coIn,
was sent back to the pail. Both are
believed to have been under the in
fuence of dope.
An ARRAY which took place in front
of the Monongahela Valley Traction
company's waiting room yesterday
evening at about Sis o'clock was
aired in police court this morning,
and the offender, Harry Fitzhugh,
was fined twenty-five dollars and
given Jail sentence of ten days. The
principal witnesses we're County
Clerk A. G. Martin and S. E. Burnett.
According to the witnesses the colored
man and ]. A. Polling, street car
motorman, had some words over \
sum of money the negro is alleged to
eve Polling. They grow angry and
scuffle ensued in which Polling felled
the negro to the ground. Polling
made several attempts to get away
from the negro, who kept following
him up, and young woman stand
ing on the outside step of the waiting
room told Polling to come into the
building and also told the negro not
to strike the man again. This anger
ed the negro, and re swore and said,
II will strike you," and grabbed the
young woman by the wrist and pulled
her down the two steps. Bystanders
went to her assistance, and the negro
threatened them also. Just then Po-
iceman Carl Kern came on the scene
and placed the man under arrest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06
TI OF pep LEFT.
II VEST VIRGINIA
tnrday' Game With w. &
j. VIII Be the Real
Thing.

SCFGANToWN, Mar. 5.-The
sptrft 0f the West Virginia students
asa of her local followers is not
wiped out by any means by the Pitt
fsyeFse Of last Saturday night and
az this week the big VIZ. game
which ends the season here on Sat
tifday has been talked up, so that
fiot only has the winning spirit
been Installed into the players but
there win be on hand a crowd on sat
irdsy night that will simply not al
NON the Old Gold and Blue 10 be
6uished Everybody recognizes
fact that West Virginia has the
VINO are capable of defeating
~ ~. They showed this when
IN the year before they were
inIIy organized they came within a
poinf of beating WI. on her own
1867 They have shown it, too, al
otSef stages Of the season by com
i've scores and there are lew
srs tHat believe the team will come
Ia ID the test Saturday night prepar'
to deliver the brand OF basket
stl that will be necessary 10 WIN
aturaIIy the victory that W 81.
atained over Pitt on We US floor
T6esday night tends to prove the
s eiFepeth Of w 81. The score was
400 the worst beating that Pitt has
receiyed this year and following as
Il does right on top OF the Pittsourg
defeat Of West Virginia on her own
floor here, it looks extremely un'
favofable, in the light OF compare
fite scores, for West Virginia VIC
great crowd is promised for the
came and this will be factor In IN
sitting the winning spirit into the
ocsi term. The members OF the
can are all youngsters and they are
Effected and can be more easily
pufred by encouragement from the
sideiines than older men.
ME indications now are that even
standing room will be at a premium
for Saturdays game. The ire OF all
local fans has been aroused at the de-
fest 81 the hands Of Pitt and every
boiy Is rampant for a victory over
ShinEton & Jefferson which Is
coqnized as the only thing that
can fully retrieve the Pitt reverse.
The advance sale of tickets at helner
Cores has already reached the
total sale for the Pitt clash and all
fi,ose who recall the crush that en-
sned there can imagine what Is going
IA prevail at the Red and Black en-
counter Many students who took a
ciiance on getting seats in the sec
ton reserved for the student BODY
and finally had to stand at whatever
vsnfage point offered at the Pitt
zsfae are making reservations OF
sssfs for W 81. so that they may be
assured Of seeing the contest com
Many fans are expected for the
SEASONS finale from Clarksourg'
EsIymont eManninSton. and other
NEARBY towns as w.&J has many
followers at these places and west
virginia grads, too, are unanimous in
their desire to see the contest Two
or three OF the Greek Letter frater-
6fties are having limitations and 9th
Ell social festivities centering around
tie big floor contest will mark the
weekend.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06
Dunbar Will Meet
Buekhannon Here

Dunbar High School expects 10 so
Id against q strong team IN Buckhan-
non at tie Miller gymnasium on FRI
day evening at S:15. The teams have
not cIasted this season and Dunbar
: 4 little dubious about the outcome
OF he game The home team is hard
al work and Coach Armstrong is put
ting them in shape for the contest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06
SPORT CALENDAR.
Erldav. March z.

Duck pins-Commercial League at
"Y," Hartley's VS.. Monongah Glass
company; Consolidation Coal com
pany VS.. West Virginian.
Basketball-old Normal school gym.
nasium at z p. m, Fairview VS.. Fair
mont High.
Observation-Disclosures school gymna.
SUM at Sis p. M, Buckhaunon vs.,
Dunbar High school.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06

Master Robert Grimes. who has
been i'll for the past three weeks from
influenza and complications, remains
quite sick.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-06
.RE[EUMATICS
NO LONGER
in DOUBT
llIIR oll'' RESCII ipIlfoN' sO'R
CUR s AND IIEE j 3 al CURED

Rhst lad : ZEN cos Ieredstn-
cltahl0 ulA' .ssNey lFone aPrG HcIiption
ss...5 . q nation q rheumatle educ-
ing elem its, was placed in tho bands
s OF It's tho sands o5uffererSjsy
Neutrot Pre- ftption d" Is a
Fsii \ IN +, - a and nSi5a in In.
f.ai. q ieir 81 muscles and hpber-
Ing Aem N a way that you'd
1lpriSe you.
..lsentfone q tcription 90" AN re-
Heve the worst ymptoms ipgthe most
6as sr two wed rs. c. 50 4 SOC s'' Or
bottle ana wateh Il work. Nothing
has ever done what this prescription
win do. Mall orders filed on 81 size.
Mountain City Drug Co., and lead
Ing druggists everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27

men, the convention decided. On
state committees there are to be as
many women as men, and in all
other activities Of the party the
women are entrusted with equal
rights. Another convention is to
be held early, next summer when
candidates will be nominated as
the party standard bearers in the
1920 elections. No exact date was
set for this convention but the
party will have candidates for
president and vice president of the
United States"
Mrs. Carlson charged that false
reports of various activities of the
Chicago convention were sent
throughout the country. She said
that this was exceptionally true in
reference to the wet and dry ques-
ton. She asserted that resolu-
ton was framed on the question
but a vote was not taken. Not
outstanding the lack of official &C
ton by the convention on this
question she declared that reports
had been circulated that the con-
vention had both favored and dis
favored both sides of the question
"The Labor party will soon be
one of the strongest political
forces in the United States" is the
prediction of Mrs. Carlson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
General No. $40.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the council of
the city of Rock Island, ILL.,, hav-
ing ordered the construction of a
10-inch Waterman on Thirtietll
street from Nineteenth to Twenty
first avenue; an eight-inch sewer
on Thirtieth street from Nineteenth
to Twenty-first avenue. and west
on Twenty-first avenue to Twenty
ninth street: and the ordinance for
the same being on file in the Office
of the city clerk of said city, and
said city having applied to the
county court of Rock Island coun-
ty, Illinois. for an assessment of
the cost Of said improvement ae-
cording to benefits, said assessment
being payable in nine installments,
each bearing interest at the rate OF
5 per cent per annum. and an as
sessment therefor having been
made and returned to said court,
the hearing thereon will be had on
the 10th day of December A. d.
1919, at the hour of 9 o'clock a. m,
or as soon thereafter as the bust
ness of the court will permit.
All persons desiring may file OBJ
jections in said court, before said
day, and may appear on the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island. ILL.,. Nov
Is. 1919. JAKE LISTEN,
Officer Appointed to Make the AS
sessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE.
(Gouora1 M 5OQl


Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the City Coun-
Gil of Rock Island. Illinois, having
ordered paving Of F0rty-first
street from the south line of Four
teenth avenue to the north line of
Eighteenth avenue, the ordinance
for the same being on file in the
Office Of the city clerk OF said city.
and having applied . the county
court of Rock Island county, Illi-
nois, for an assessment of the cost
of said Improvement, according to
benefits. said assessment being
payable in ten (1O installments.
each bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum, and ali
assessment therefor having been
made and returned to sale court.
the hearing thereon will be had on
the 9Th day of December A. D. 1919,
at the hour of 9 o'clock a. m, or as
soon thereafter as the business of
the court will permit.
All persons desiring. may file OBJ
jections in said court, before said
day, and may appear ON the hear
ing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois,
November Is, A. D.. 1919.
CLARENCE ISAACSON, :
Officer Appointed to Make the AS
sessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS NOVEMBER "a, /

people here in Hampton sold for
$3.50 per ton delivered. do not
know at what price the slack is
sold, II there Is any one who Ques-
tions the statements / have made
or who wishes to take side against
the coal miner. l challenge you to
get out in the open. All ask is
that you sign your full name and
address. Labor ought net and will
not take the blame in this prof.
teering to cover up the sins Of a
set Of profiteering vultures.
I have mined thousands Of bush
els of coal and know some of its
dangers and the expense attached
to it, for tools, powder, paper,
fuses and sharpening tools. Those
who write mostly know but little
about the matter. They pick a GER
tain day and date showing the min
er made $12 q day because the coal
bulletin at the mines shows it.
There were days when the same
thing could have been charged
against me, but what are the
facts? There are many times and
days when there are railroad cars
to load for only a part of a day
Usually two miners working to-
gether will work at the face and
get a lot of coal ready to send Out
when they have more railroad cars
to load.
You are not fair and honest to-
ward the miner if you charge him
with making the big amount every
day. When l mined coal I got 81
a ton. l could buy a sack of good
flour for $160 and other necessi-
ties of life at reasonable prices
This is condition and not a the
DRY. We, the majority, have felt the
effects. No one but an ignoramus
a profiteer, a coward. or the ones
who are selling their birthright fol
a mess of potatoes, will let it go or
much longer.
| No one loves the old. flag better
than l do, but there are many to-
day waving the red, white ant
blue, shouting patriotism and ye1
forgetting humanity, square deal
| ing and love.
| A party collar is thing of tn,
past. Under law and order we e
together to the ballot box. VIII,
should we who want condition!
changed, vote against each othel
when We want the same thing? W.
have been fools long enough. Nov
let us organize and act.
Yours respectfully.
G. F. McNABNEY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
SOCIAL CLINIC
FEATURE As An
AID TO CLERGY
Plan Of Episcopal Church Is t
Give Theological Students
Added Advantages.

Western Theological seminary,
Chicago, with graduates in the
clergy Of this and every central and
middle west city and state, is 70
add a social clinic" to its activi-
ties. This decision is result of
the Episcopal church's nationwide
campaign now in progress. The
project has aroused the enthusiasm
of the hundreds of graduates here
and elsewhere who have gone out
from Western Theological since its
founding in 1884-eight of whom
are bishops. Bishop Granville H.
Sherwood, formerly of Rock Island,
now of Springfield, is one of them.
The influence of the seminary in
church development is being ex-
tended steadily as its alumni
grows.
In this connection the feature Of
the nationwide campaign which
provides for a new community
house as an adjunct of the semi
nary Is of interest not only to the
graduates of the institution but to
all who are interested in social and
religious work. Rev. William c.
Dewitt, dean of the seminary, has
asked for $4,000 to be provided
through the campaign for the es-
tablishment and equipment of the
community house which'is to be in
the nature of a social clinic" for
theological students, similar to the
surgical clinics maintained by
medical colleges. This is an in
novation in theological training
work which will be watched
throughout the country with gerat
interest.
In the same connection it Is
pointed out that two professors at
the seminary have recently left Ito
accept similar positions in the east
at an advance of $500 salary a
year each and a third is expected
to take a $1,000 post soon. To corn
pete with such offers and at the
same time combat the high cost OF
living, salaries are to be raised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
CAPTURE OFFICERS, WIVES.

Tiga, Siberia, Nov. 24.-EigEt
thousand wives and children Of Of
ficers in fleeing from Omsk are re-
ported to have been captured by
the bolsheviki.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
Wireless Phone Concert
From Young & McC osnts
Heard at Clinton, Iowa

The wireless station Of r. NJ.
Bailey at Clinton, Iowa, enjoyed q
wireless transmitted monograph
concert last night. Mr.. Bailey re-
ports the music and voice rs COM
ing in much clearer than over the
ordinary telephone line. The big
station in Young & McCombs toy
department is operating every day
and evening. sending out phono-
graph music over the wireless
phone. Hundreds Of boys in this
vicinity who have constructed their
own wireless stations report re-
ceiving the signals and music from
the Young & McCombs station. al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
WOMAN REPORTS
ACTIVITIES OF.
PARTY MEETING
Mrs. r. ]. Carlson of Rock Island
Was Named ON Constitutional
Committee at Chicago.

Mrs. p. J. Carlson, 1920 Thirty
eighth street, returned to Rock Is
land yesterday from Chicago,
where she attended the four-day
Labor party convention, which
came to a close at $3.50 o'clock
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Carlson attended the con-
vention as the representative of
the Tri-City Woman's Trades I'm
ion league. She holds one of the
Offices In the league, which is an
auxiliary composed of mothers and
wives of organized workmen.
A number Of tri-city labor un-
ions had representatives at the
convention. However, Mrs. Carl
sons report of the convention is
probably the most interesting
brought back to this city.
Named on Committee.
Mrs. Carlson was one of only
three women to be named on con-
vention committees. This was the
committee on Labor party cOnsti-
buttons. The committee is CON-
posed of 16 men and three women
There were approximately $500
delegates present at the conven-
ton of which number about sew.
enty-five were women" Mrs. Carl
son said. The delegates came from
all over the United States and
there was one delegate from Eng
land and one from Canada.
Equal Rights for Women.
Women in the Labor party are
to have equal rights with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
reQkyplfplt

Hampton. Nov. 26, ls1s.-To the
editor of The Argus: 1 ask Of you
the privilege to express in your
paper some of my sentiments
along the line Of coal. Every writ
er or newspaper writing on the
subject Of coal that have read, al
ways leave out the vital, deceptive
part in the controversy. Not one
Of them start the subject of coal
before it is mined and trace that
coal through the different hands
it has passed until it reaches the
consumer.
Why not? To do 30 would give
the public the knowledge that
those sharks don't want the public
to know. In this writeup I will
start with the miner.
Miners at Matherville, ILL.,, re-
port that they get for mining the
coal. IS cents a ton of Is bushels
Of coal. Bear in mind this Is lit
tie less than 4 cents a bushel. They
do not say who gets the nut coal
and slack which means much in
figuring the profit.
, Next I will take the freight rate
to ship the coal. This rate is alb
solutely fixed and any one writing
or saying that the shortage of cars
adds to the cost of shipment tells
a barefaced lie. The freight rate
from La Sale, ILL.,, is $1.38 a ton
or So cents a bushel, to Hampton
The rate is no more to the cities Of
East Moline, Moline and Rock Is
land. Bear in mind that the coal
SO far has cost for mining anG
transportation to market. less thar
81 cents per bushel, or about $2.3s
per ton.
The dealer here in Hampton solo
his coal delivered for SIPS per tor
or 20 cents per bushel Subtract
the cost for mining and freighr
from what the coal sold for to thu
consumer and the difference i.
about $500 a ton or about 20 cent!
/ a bushel profit to be divided be
tween the operator and the loca
coal dealer. In the cities men
toned / am informed your loca
coal dealers are charging $3.50 ;
ton, or "a cents per bushel. leav
ing profit of s6.27 to be divide,
between the operator and 1oca
coal dealer on each ton. I hav'
shown what the cost of mining an,
freight is and the profit to be di
vided> What the public wants t.
know is, who is getting this unjus
profit?
| 1t is certainly not the miner.
is either the operator or the loca
coal dealer and perhaps it is both
: I have not the figures giving tn
sale price of lump coal on RAILROAD
tracks at the mines or could di
vide the profit l have mentioned.
! Bear in mind that the operate
and local coal dealer both sell tn
slack and nut coal. Nut coal sol
by an East Moline coal dealer t,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
BRADFORD FAMILY
RETURN FROM TRIP

, DR.. Eli Bradford and family re-
turned Tuesday from an extended
automobile trip through southern
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. While
stopping in Cincinnati, they narrow
ly escaped losing their car which
was in a garage damaged by fire.
The Bradford machine was merely
scorched and some of the windows
spoiled from the heat. Many other
tourists lost their cars. DR.. Brad
ford reports that the roads are in
splendid condition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-27
her music set forth every ideal to
which music can aspire.
sings st Best,


Madame -Heink sang to
best advantage probably a group o.
five compositions Of her accompaa-
list, Frank LaForge: Before the
Crucifix." Expectancy" Retreat"
ITO a Messenger" and "Flander
Requiem" Each is a more or less
familiar number from her great
repertory, but in each number she
discovered some new accent, some
unaccustomed infection to prove
the enduring vitality Of her art.
Other numbers included: Aria
from "Rinold" (HandeD; my
Heart Ever Faithful" BACH; "Ah,
Mon Fills" from lie Prophetic
(Meyerbeer) and a concluding
group, Dawn in the Desert
(Ross), Indian. Love Song" Uieur-
ance); "Have You Seen Him in
France" (Ward-Stephens), Cry of
Rachel" (Salter), TAPS" (Paster-
nack) and when Pershing's Men
Go Marching Into Picardy" q. H.
Rogers. Her songs are models of
pure ideals, studies in serene and
untrouble bel canto that meet every
demand, sustain the purity Of style
and achieve wide range of feel
ing.
Especially well in the last group
was sung the Indian Love Song,
Taps" and 1.-THE Cry of Rachel"
They exerted a wide appeal and
achieved an obvious display OF
dramatic gifts and linked with
these is a diction that imparts to
the text it's just rhetorical EN-
phasis, with spirit Of sincerity
and a sense of beauty in a way IN
equaled in the world of art today.
Therefore it become necessary to
repeat what has often been said
before that she is the greatest OF
prima donna contraltos, the high
priestess of her art.
La Forge Numbers.
Mr.. La FORCES numbers were:
"Nocturne" ] Chopin, Dance
(Beethoven), Romance" (LaForge)
and "Etude de Concert" Mac
DowelD. He as well as Madame
Schumann Heink practically
doubled their numbers with en-
cores which were graciously and
willingly given, both seeming te
exert every possible effort to please
their hearers and add to their. en-,
jOyment of the musical feast.
The concert was put on under
the direction of Amoo Grotto No. 81
M. O. V. p. E. R., and is the firs1
/ of many splendid musical offerings
that are to be presented during ths
season by this organization Nine
Matzenauer, soprano, and Ma,
Rosen, vio1inist, are to be the mex
offering, appearing at Augustans
Tuesday evening, Dew. 9. y