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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11
FAIRMONTERS SEE
RELATIVES ARRIVE
Messrs Connell and Murphy
See Brothers in S1sth in
Pittsburgh.

Relatives of several railroad men
arrived in Pittsburgh duieag the ear
ly part of the week With the 319th
and several Fairmonters were there
TO see their brothers. T. ID. Conneil.
freight agent, saw his brother. VIII
Connell, Of Connellsville. at pitts
burgh. and n. L. Murphy. ticket
agent at the Monogahela railway sta
tion. saw his brother. Arthur Murphy.
OF Brownsville. Pa. in Pittsburgh.
Both were members Of the 31sth.
They returned to the city at noon yes
terday. Mrs. Murphy accompanied her
husband.
Nine hundred loads were drawn
east OF Grafton on the Btitimore and
Ohio railroad yesterday.
H. L. Murphy ticket agent OF the
Monongahela Railway at Fairmont.
today received word that p. & L. z.
train No, 30 out of Pittsburgh Or
Chicago, has been replaced. It leaves
Pittsburgh at 9 p. m. and was aban-
doned during the war. II carries
Pullman between Pittsburgh and De-
tro!..
Clyde Spiker. former chief clerk at
the Monongahela freight station. who
was the first drafted man In Falrmont
to respond. visited friends here dur
ing the early part Of the week. He is
now visiting his home In Brownsville.
Pa.
H. L. Murphy. ticket agent Of
Monongahela railway, received " d
today that the excursion rate to & l.
yer is $70.2s a round trip. II hecaA .
effective Saturday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11
NEW CHARTER
WAS RATIFIED
BY LARGE VOTE
Every Ward Showed Ma
jority For it Except
Y the Second.
WAS QUIET
Total Vote in THE City Was
in Excess of
~ $500.

With voteNef more than two to one
the proposed neS>eharter for the city
of Fairmont was ratified by the voters
at the polls yesterday when the loan
was carried by an actual majority of
l,l3S. The vote cast was: For, 1851;
against, 713.
With the exception of the Second
ward the voters all over the CITY de-
clared in favor of ratlfying the char.
ter. In the Second ward. Attorney
Harry Shaw, who vigorously opposed
the adoption OF the new charter. man.
aged to carry that ward. The First
ward cast ia votes against the pro-
posed new charter, while It cast 23s
votes for 1t. The East Side wards
combined voted in favor of the char
ter. there having been a majority of
66 for it. The total vote on the East
Side was: For, 365; against, 299. op-
position to the charter made their
next strongest showing in the Eighth
ward, where 102 votes were cast
against It.
sf's Other wards voted in favor of the
charter and the Fourth rolled up the
biggest majority for it-290. The
Fifth was close second with ma
jority of 25S for the charter. The
Sixth and Seventh wards gave strong
majorities for the charter while the
Third ward gave majority of but Sc
for the charter.
Party leaders generally were in IA
vor of the charter as were many prom
inent residents who desire the city to
progress.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11
MINER MURDERED IN
>SIHkE IN PENNAI
Picked Off With High Pow
er Rifle Whi1e>at Work.
on Trestl&

CREIGHTON, Pa, June 11.-Apdy
! Ieebek 20, OF Tarenum. a sike
breaker employed by the Creigbtoh
CoafNcompan.. was shot and lplled
this meSning while on a motof car
crossil lg NJ eighty-toot trestle near
Another buhst from a high pow
cred rife passed Nlrough the at of
one Of four other mihsrs who vi ere on
the car. Police are searching for a
negro with rife seen bspeath the
trestle shortly before the shooting.
Fonr shots were fred by thsassas-
sin. who lay concealed in eli mp>ef
bushes under the trestle.
Toaay's shooting was the fri i tre's
BILE which has developed from strike
of FIVE miners June 2. The n aen de-
manded recognition of their union.
The company refused this and en-
ployed non-union miners.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11

Fair tonight ana Thursday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11
Dakota Mines Man
is Fined Five Dollars

Before Justice Mr.. Muagrove yes
terday NJ. o. Bragg was fined IS and
costs, amounting to s12.65. for as
saulting Joseph Mccafferty. aged IS
years. the other day at Dakota Mines.
Evidence in the case showed that
Bragg became angry when McCaHerty
called him bad names and he took The
boy by the neck and gave him slight
choking. The boy was fined 81 and
costs, amounting to 50. for using the
profane language.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11

Mrs. Harry s. Fleming and SON Paul
Will leave Thursday evening for PIN.
adelpha where they viii visit Doug.
las Fleming who is the formers SON.
he is there with a theatrical trope
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-11
oh, Listen Here!
BY ADAM 8. LANE.


What am About
To Say
Is in the nature OF
A fair Warning.
Things have been Happening
Recently which Lead
Me to Believe
That some Double-dyed
Miscreant
Has been slandering
Me.
1t never Occurred
To Me
Until Mr.. Charley Robinson
And Mr.. Morgan Billingsley
Locked Horns
And
Charley told the Worla
About the Way
The awful Fibs
Which his Defamer
Spread broadcast
Knocked His
4 Place in the Public
Sun
Sky High.
When l Heard
AMr. Neely-who, by the Way
Ought to be In
Washington Tending
Tol Affairs
Ipstead of Loafing
tround in this Mans
Town
In Idleness
And a lot Of People
Saying
Being congressmana
Pretty Soft-eh?'
Well
When l heard Mr.. NeerJ
Draw forth the Awful
Effects OF Morg's
Terrible Ta-ra-diddles
1t came home To
Me-just like That!
Nobody has Asked
Me for a Match
For a Week.
Nobody called Me
On the Telephone
About putting Ny
Name
On the list of Doughty
Charter Supporters.
When ! went Into
The Manley Pool Room
Last Friday at Lunch
Time
Buddy Chambers did Not
Ask me to Play
And Ed Holbert Said
Get out of Here,
Adam,
We've no Time
For Amateursi"
Can you beat That?
And the day Before
l cleaned up On
The whole Bunch.
The Worst
1s yet to Come.
Listen Here,
Wait ,Conaway is the Author
OF a Profound
New Work
Entitled "The Subjugation
OF Man
Through Woman Suffrage"
1t Is enough to Scare
The Livers
Out of the Entire
Male Populace.
It is Bound
However
In Yellow which MakeU
One pause for Thought
The suffrage Color.
It has Waits Picture
Right Smack
In the Front -
And, by Golly-
Some OF these TomeO
Are Autographed!
Yes, siri
Mr.. Conaway sent These
To every Prominent
Person
Except Besides
Me.
For me-not Any,
Now I ask You
In the light of Recent
Court room Eye-openero
Wouldn't It Convince
Any one that Some
Malign Influence
is Practicing on Ne?
/ have Engaged
Jacky Fleming to
Stalk the Offender
Jacky being Considerably
Lonesome
And out of Work
Since labor Organized.
Results are Bound I.
10 Follow.
Play something Mysterious.
Professor.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
CRICSBY ASKS
 EIGHT CANNON
WANTS CANON FOR EACH ALASKAN TOWN, ASKS
 CONGRESS FOR THEM

Word has been received that Dele gate Grigsby is trying to obtain a captured German cannon for each of the eight Alaska big towns He has introduced a bill in congress to that effect the bill. exclusive of the title. being as follows:
 Be it enacted by the senate and house o1 representative of the United States of America in congress assembled, that the secretary of war be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to donate to the cities u. Juneau. ketchikan, Cordoya, Seward, Valdez, Anchorage, Fairbanks anu Nome, in the Territory of Alaska, each one cannon or fieldpiece cap tured by the American army from the forces of the imperial German government during the present war
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
GERMAN FORCES
 BEING REDUCED
MINISTER NOSKE SAYS ARMY BEING REDUCED

BERLIN. oct | D4'D The German national assembly reopened here to- day for consideration of nanny problems for consideration of many problems and the enactment of new legislation designed to meet after-war conditions. Herr Noske minister of defense, made a short address to the assembly in which he asserted that the German forces are being reduced as rapidly as possible to meet the conditions of the peace treaty. There are now about 4oO.0o0 men in the German armies and many are being released from service daily Further enlist ments have been forbidden for the present
 Herr Noshe said that internal con dirions have greatly improved since the ass embly adjourned several weeks ago. There is practically no disorder in any section of Germany and the
 Jf, rument is apparently established on firm footing
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
NEGROES SHOOT
 AT LOADED CAR
FIRE ON OPEN CAR LOADED WITH WHITE WOMEN AND
 CHILDREN

HELENA, Mont, Oct. l. (P)-An engineer pulling Missouri-Pacific freight train arriving here tonight states that an armed mob of negroes fired on a steel goldola car loaded with white women and children as the train pulled out of Elaine, a small town near here The negroes, in order to secure an open shot at the occupants of the car, climbed into trees growing near the track, and deliberately fired into the crowded car. As far as can be learned there were no casualties. The negroes are said to have been unoer the leader ship of a white renegade. The blacks are resisting a posse sent to the scene, but fifteen of them have been taken and prot to jail here. The citizens of this city are greatly aroused over the incident,
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
SCHOOL NOTES

... aJ,, SIC worth of stamps and to thus. who are eighteen who have 4loo worth of thrift stamps Mr Hutchin- son is irving to procure some of the grntdr- for u~, and meanwhile every ls u trying to qualify for them.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
PANAMA CANAL
 TOLLS BOOSTED
HDl SE PASSES BILL INCREAS ING REVENUE OF CANAL BY
 FIFTEEN PERCENT.

WASHINGTON, Oct l. (H) The house today passed bill increasing the revenue of the Panama canal by at least fifteen per cent. The new bill requires that measurements on all vessels be based on the actual earning capacity of the vessel which will govern the levy of all tolls in the future.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
RULES FOR FLAG USE ARE STRICT

Every American loves his Flag and he takes glory in displaying it on every occasion. But, the ignorance of most Americans in the Set rules for use of the Flag is woeful. Military officers frequently point this out. For the guidance of those who revere the Flag but have d hay idea of the strict rules which govern it's uses, the War Camp Community Service recently called attention to a few of the rules
 They include:
 The American Flag never should be festooned or draped when used Tor decorative purposes. It always should hang flat.
 The Flag is never said to be at 'half mast" It is flown at half staff v And. when flown at half staff, it first should b. raised to full staff and then lowered to the half.
 On Memorial Day, fly the Flag at half staff until noon; at full mast from noon to sunset.
 | Never let the Flag touch the ground. In the army and navy this is an un- 1 foygiveable offense.
 In the military service, the Flag IS IlJlcrcd at sunset From private poles, l however the Flag may fly at all hours, Gay and night. But, it's an act of res Il rect. despite this allowance, to take II the colors in at sunset.
 When the American Flag is flown | anywhere with another from the same | staff. the American Flag flies upper most.
 When the Flag becomes old o1 soiled it is an act of reverence and
 , pct to burn it decently
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
MEMBER CLAIMS
 FRANCE RESTED
FRENCH DEPUTY CRITICISES AP PORTIONMENT OF VOTES
 TO COLONIES.

PARIS, Oct. l.-(P)-During the debate on the peace treaty today in the chamber of deputies, one member complained that France had been sighted in the apportionment of votes in the peace conference. He declared that while the British col onies had been assigned a delegate none of the French colonies were represented. His remarks were not given serious consideration by the members and it is not believed they will carry any weight in the ratifica- tion vote.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
SUFFRAGE BILL
 GOES TO COVR
UTAH HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TNES RATIFIES THE WOMAN
 SUFFRAGE MEASURE

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept 3O.-lP) The house of representatives, this afternoon, ratified the woman sui frage ;uDendment and it now goes to the governor for his signature During the consideration of the woman acted as speak er of the house, this being done out of courtesy to the ladies who congre- gated here in support of the bill
 The amendment was handled by women during the entire time that il was being considered by the state Legislature.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
IDITAROD ROAD
 WORK FINISHED
WEIR 5000 EXTENDED ON ROADS IN THAT DISTRICT THIS
 SUMMER SEASON.

Territorial Road Commissioner Sheldon announces that the territor- ia road work in the lditarod sec ton has been completed, and that all vouchers for wor, dCne al 1t are now in. over three thousand dollars of territorial funds were ex- pended on road work in that dis trict during this season. The tools have been stored in the road com mission warehouse at Iditarod, and the work has ceased for the sum mer. The results of the summers labors are reported to have been very satisfactory.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
BANKER URGES
 LENGTHY TRUCE
SIX MONTHS INDT SPIRAL TRIrE lS URGED TO REDUCE
 HIGH PRICES.

ST. LOUIS, Sept 30 J4) Ad- dressing the American Bankers as sociaton, which is in session here, Governor Harding of the federal re- serve board this evening urged a six months industrial truce in order that conditions may become settled and the high cost of living thereby reduced.
 Governor Harding stated that h, has made a thoro study of the situa, ton and he is convinced that labor trouble is the main cause of the high prices. In his opinion there is d small chance of any bettermenl of the present situation as long as strikes continue.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
TREATY SHOCKS
 BULCAR PAPERS
CREATE CONSTERN ATION IN BJLGARIANS WHEN
 TERMS PUBLISHED.

PARIS, Sept 29 (P) When the terms of the treaty of peace were published in Sofia newspapers, ac- cording to adyices received in peace conference circles here, they created consternaton in all parties The newspapers. themselves, altho know ing the general trend of the terms, were apparently badly shocked They appeared with deep black borders and all cafes and restaurants closed early to express their grief over the conditions composing the final set tIcment.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
Ey Vida Gaustad.

Ey Vida GauStad.
 Nearly all the -ind,nts ale back H school now. In the eighth grade Der ,.am Moody has returned and when Dm Finger arrives on the Reliance ruu grade win be- complete. some of inc eighth graders are taking aIge b.a with the high school this year. They are:
 MeIWin Anderson
 William Herring
 AIbiua Miller
 HaIrirtl l.azrllc
 The use of the regular reading books m the eighth grade has been discontinued Tuuglewood Tales" talk Ing their place This will help the pupils Jn Ohclr hsh school English later on.
 Miss Anita No.uaI, la now Mrs. luppers assistant She is doing tIe clerical work such as making the re- ports and also gives individual help .o those children who need it. Later ou she may teach penmun-hip three .mes week as we'll,
 Ms Nouo'- pupns are all studying
 Their room is utIy decorated tul the season. Two pupils from this lgadr left fol the states on the Ala ska Hector Galloway and Harry St George. one new pupil is enrolled, Horace Pitke.
 The high school girls have gym uasium work every day with Miss Edmund- A soon a. an instructor can be found the boy7 will have mili W5 tactics.
 Flank prWrcc who has been on uhc Reliance this past summer and Lloyd Pinkerton who succeeded James Moore with the signal corps are the latest enrolled pupils in high school tho d few more are expected
 The typcwiting class with Miss Ed munds are anXiously awaiting the ar rival of the typeWriters. Meanwhile they are cataloguing the new books for the library. They are also sorting the magazines and filing important clippings for future reference. The magazine table has been moved into ;hc assembly room to make room for the typewriter seats which are placed ny Jue window in the library for the use of the pupils in the commercial course
 The council of defense has given S56.75 toward our gymnasium We . 3ltuy thank them for this help and will try to show our appreciation more practically when we get the gymna sium
 All pupils having school gardens ale requested to report them at once SC that full record may be made The cards may be procured from Miss Carpenter.
 Nr Henderson, the territorial com missioner of education arrived Tues day evening. He plans to visit oul school for the rest of the week.
 Outside, hand grenades are being awarded to those between eight anC twelve years of age who have a least $5 worth of thrift stamps; t' those between twelve and eighteeI
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
REPRE- RESENTATiVE TESS
 REELECTED CHAIRMAN

WASHIGTON, D C., Sept 30.-(F) Representative Fess of Ohio was to- day reelected chairman of the republican congressional committee. Fess is one of the leader of the re publican element here and his re-lec- ion was expected.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-02
DOUSE LEAVES
 NENANA TODAY
VnI. COME UP FROM RAILROAD TOWN TO-DAY AND WILL
 RETURN TOMORROW.

Word was received from Fred Douse last night that he would leave Nenana at eight o'clock this morning with the launch Victory for Fair banks He did not say how many passengers he was bringing. He will leave for Nenana again tomor- row morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21

committee heartily approves of the plan of C. J. Bennett state highway commissioner, for immediate con- struction work on a big scale, pro- VICtng employment for some 4,O0O la bOrers on the state highways.
 The committee believes that city and town officials can aid the situa- ton greatly by following the example of Mir. Bennett and imm ediately start ing repairs and improvements to local highways. The committee recom- mends that a special appeal be made through the farm bureaus that the farmers make their wants known for work during the coming season to the federal employment bureau, The committee recommends that constrllc- ton work held in abeyance because of the war be started immediately by the state. The committee also urges that projected construction work be started now whereve~ practicable The committee ul.t-rstands that a large sum of money is available for additions to the Norwich State Hos pital, and we believe the immediate beginning of this work would help materially in the eastern part of the state.
 The committee believes that just as men and women responded to the call of the government during the war both in industry and in war service, they are equally called upon to per form a patriotic duty now in the period of readjustment by accepting employment available, bearing in mind that the sooner we get back to normal conditions. the sooner the men and women will find the employ ment for which they have fitted them selves.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
TAX ADVISERS
 GUILTY OF FRAUD
Revenue Officers Claim Mis- representation, Prosecu-
 tions to Follow.

Washington, March 21---F'raud or misreprese nta.tion by private income tax advisers in many cities has been reported by revenue officers, 1t was learned today, and investigations are to be made by United States attor- ney7s Prosecutions are probable in a number of cases
 Private tax advisers reaped a, har- cest last week, according to the re- ports, during the rush of citizens to file their income returns. The advis- CTS opened offices and by advertising drew thousands of persons to them Revenue officials charge that many of them were guilty of illegal practices in leading citizens to believe that their offices were branches of the rev. enue collectors organizations and in aiding taxpayers in making out false or misleading returns.
 Revenue bureau officials said today their reports indicated the practice was widespread, although they had not yet compiled a list of cities from which reports came, to be referred to the department of justice. Officials also exl lained that the criticism did not refer to banks and reputable institutions which gave great aid to the revenue authorities in spreading correct information on the tax sys- tenn.
 To make repetition of this condi- ton impossible next year, Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper plans to build up an organization of thou sands Of volunteers to be given class instruction on tax regulations for dis semination to taxpayers. Neighbor- hood headquarters will be maintained to aid citizens in making out returns and many more centers for paying the tax will be established than were maintained this year.
 'It must be made as easy to pay taxes as to buy postage stamps" said MT. Roper. "The congestion prevail ing at collectors offices this year will have to be eliminated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
URGE PEOPLE TO
 MAKE GARDENS

Washington, March 21.-Mainten- ance of home gardens to meet the continued need for food is being urged by the Department of Agriculture in a nationwide campaigr now well un- der way. Federal garden experts said today that the interest was as great as last year, when the patriotism of war acted as an incentive. Pamphlets and other publications pointing out the necessity of continuing last years war gardens are being widely spread by the department.
 Officials of the department today pointed out that the need for home production of vegetables continues be- cause, while there are fewer American soldiers overseas, there are more hun sry civilians now than before in other countries who look to the United States to furnish them with food. Moreover, it was said, the railroads of the country still will be overburdened and the state, country or town that feeds or assists in the feeding of itself will aid greatly in reconstruction abroad and readjustment at home.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21
STOCK MARKET

New York, Wall Street, 1O:30-The outstanding feature at the active opening of today's stock market was the extra ordinary demand for steel shares and affiliated equipments, fol- lowing the adoption of the new sched- ule of prices by the manufacturers. United States Steel was especially stimulated, changing hands in nu- merous large individual lots at an overnight gain of two points. Oils advanced one to two points and mo- tor, tobacco and distilling issues averaged one-point gains. Shippings and coppers also improved moder- ately, but rails were irregular. Local fractions were not further affected by latest receivership proceedings.