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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
FIRST TIME IN HI2TOR
MINING HERE THAT All hE
MINES WERE CLOSED down
If Strike Conditions Continue Long
Railroad Crews Will be Laid Off aid
District Will Suffer in Other Ways
mime WHISTLES BLOWN AS usual

and one-halt counties et Npfthern
West Virginia, were tied 1ip con-,
pletely as far as.he could learn and
he had reports from all sections NJ
Snyder placed the striking miners m
! numerica lstrength as folioy Out
in sub4district No. including the
Fairmont, Morgantowii, Giari issbnrs
and Fleming ton fields $4,000 to -
900: out in district No. ~, 600
out in the state of West Virginia, s.
900.
The rainy day had d tendency 70
keep the men indoors and Kept them
from congregatfng Late this alter
noon there was NO trouble bFewlls
and none was expected
From reports received here j. pl
the non-union fields itndins Gulf.
Pocahontss, Guyan Valley Tug River
and Williamson were WORKING iull
time. The New River ard Sanawha
felsd are down and are badly Grip
ispled,
4 9. ID moan 3enkinf pres
Eident 81 tiia 1itiipif West Virginia
Coal atators ociation acted as
spol IA b for the Operators and ln
sabst tanee saids
Tie Northern West Virginia Coal
Operators Y Assoc ton advised lls
members to blow thelf whistle at
the mines this morning O'Clock
as Is Gus tomary whe WORK s on ana
all Of them respo to the request.
Navy Fs,,.ys n, AN ttrfffifI nttf f0 work
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
on the Mononaahela.

ON the MonongaheIa Railway today
there, we're 70 cars placed by q o'clock
this morning. There Is a 100iper. cent,
|car supply. There were 2s1 cars OF
coal loaded there yesterday. None will
be place dior Monday, until Il is seen
tContinned on page fourJ
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

Tonsils Removed-Four children
he'd their tonsils removed today ct
COX hospital. They were: John Az
bright, Of Walnut avenue, and Misses
Virginia Kirby, Rachel and Kathleet
Hcllen, all of Twelfth street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

.Oh, Lste1l Hefe!
D. MAM GLANL

Ladies, get Set!
Sometimes Our
Very effort Toward
Accomplishment
Defeats the successful Growing
OF our 1abors.
over the gilded Lattice
OF his Banking
Cage, the Words,
zone who mas Tried
Too hard to Get
Married. might Be
Inscribed Of Mr. w. N.
Eagle, the City's
Most attractive Bachelor.
l am. Mentioning
William today, Because
i feel that He
Would be hurt il !
Omitted him from My
Matrimonial Offerings.
You see, am Exercised
About him, because the Audience
To Whom
now APPEAL Have
Evidently indicated Thumbs
Down for William.
But Why?
Isstood a Long
Time yesterday Trying
TO pick a Flaw
In Him.
j give you My
Word, he is Perfect!
Why in Thunder
He hasn't been Married
For twenty Years
Beats me Slick.
Look You.
No man in this Town
Has done More
B Assiduous Counting
Than has William.
He has Courted
Here
There
Everywhere.
He has burned Up
More Gasoline
Worn out more Tires u.
4 kmbied over more High
and essfrs Il
Y And BY Ways
Than Bobby Hood Ever al
tI3fe etf7 About
( mr.. ngle has Used
mo Bombast
About his methods. But
Every hour out i0fe.s
Z Business he has Profoundly
Deyoted to- the Wooing
sClf fair One.
Real1g, am Inclined
1p be a Little
Ssvere
with the women OF
Fairmbnt who Have
So scsntly Rewarded
such eonstancy Of Purpose,
S1lsse Consider!
/ Hopefully and Undauntedly
, Mr. Engle has Passed
Through group After
Group Of Debutantes
For the past Fifteen
Years
Itdoes seem That
The s0ng-title "pm
= Always chasing Rainbows"
Applies 20 William Like
g. a q S,iS,.,ay,1. pIookaP
Now, ] want to Know
What in The
Fire
Is the Reason
The wedding bells Do
Not ring Out?
Indeed am Almost
Persuaded that Unless
Some serious Attention
Is paid in This
Direction
It would be Best
To discontinue Ny
Labor of Love,
/ say, right Out
Fat
Get busy about william.
Iempae urge You!
jim III Thomas says Come
sht in during Banking
Hours and Look
Him Over.
Next week-oh Boy!
But that's a Secret.
Strike up ALL
The Band !.
Professor! "a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01

cafnetout With Them This Is par||o-
ulaFly true Of eiie estnioreland aal
Eayette county 1iel There Is now
in my office q Committee of miners
from q mine in Fayette county where
i've hundred mensare employed. end
they have told me tina not only their
mine but a nunnber d other non
union mine care down
lGHARLRsT0 Nov 1--Reporie 81.
cetyed at tie hehd quarters Of District
no. seyente United Mine sorf..
81 America t6dhy inllicaled that on
rrodmately l2, % 1iters he'd an-
sWefed the stfiSe call in West Ylf-
gtfia. With one or two exceptions
where Organized miners are Workl1s
under recent con ntfacis and with one
csption Oh tie men left At the mines
itD fotect property union oiLlc4
% erted that die Te ponae % the eau
was 10 per- cen
The report does not include me
Randolph. Tue counties coal Ie'
sion. district Officials eain all1onSn
some OF the nnton men ln that district
witch SIS not thoroughly ofsanN
may Have walled ont For me llaI
stifhe tie Faifuion clarkepufs region
which includes one Of the largest cla
ifisid IN the stte, employing alIllt
iniately 1900 men. was lofcca 20 fes
peld op erasior The men we've oN'|
recently of sanized
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-01
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
RAVAGES OF DISEASE
 IN NORTHERN LABRADOR

Montreal, March 26-Fifty per cent. of the inhabitants of northern Labra- dor perished during the winter from an epidemic of influenza, smallpox and measles, according to despatches to the Montreal Star sent by mail to Battle Harbor and by wireless to St. Johns, N. F.
 Earlier reports had shown that an epidemic in the southern section of the coast has cost the lives of 26 per cent of the natives but first reports from the northern section are contained in tOday's desDatches. They tell of forty Newfoundlanders wintering on the coast for the purposes of trade having perished at Main with forty odd Eslli- mos, representing nearly the whole population of that settlement. Okak with a population of oyer two hun- dred, is entirely wiped out. At Hebron two hundred died. leaving only a rem nant of residents to dispose of the bodies, many of which were buried ir a single pit without collins or buria rite. Fifteen persons engaged i'll seal ing died on an island in Okak bay and their bodies were devoured by ami mals.
 Il is estimated that only four hun dred inhabitants from CrossWater bay to Main are left alive, the despatche> say but the full extent of the calam- ity will not be known until the open ing of navigation in the summer Medical aid was unob. .ainable.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
STATE OPENS ITS CASE
 IN MADDEN MURDER TRIAL

Hartford, Conn, March 26-The state opened it's case against the five alleged gunmen charged with the murder of William F. Madden in Man chester on Jan. 30 after the jury was completed in superior court today One of the points brought out by the state was that the storehuuse of Cheney Brothers silk mills, near which the murder took place, contained S132, 2,000 worth of raw silk on the night in question and that this silk had been unlOaded from freight cars during the two days preceding.
 On a motion of Senator Edward W Broder counsel for three of the de- fendantS, Judge Warner ordered part of the testimony stricken from rec ords. Senator Broder objected to the line of questioning used by States Attorney Alcorn, declaring that the defendants were not being tried for stealing. The states attorney said it was his intention to bring out later that robbery was planned by the aC- Palmer & Willard or West Hartford Itestifying for the state. said that he
 saw two of the defendants in Man chester on Jan. 2& ana 90. He identi-
 fled William $. Miller of West Haven Conn. and William BeSsler of Hobo ken. N. l., as the men he saw. The other defendants, all of whom were ir
 the court room. are John Neuss, Fred Klein and Michael Mcdonnell, all o1 | HobOken
 Harry Hills, a clerk employed by 1 Morris Madden, brother of the mur- l dered man. was unable to identify any | of the defendants. another witnes;
 was l.. II. Geer, an engineer employed | by Cheney Brothers, who showed maps | of the silk mills and the area in whicl | Madden was shot.
 The trial will continue tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
COMPOSITION AND OBJECTS
 OF WOMAN'S VOTERS LEAGUE

St. Louis, Mo, March 26.-Following the organization of q bipartisan, non militant and non n-sectarian Wom- ans voters league, the annual con- vention of the National American Woman Suffrage association adjourn ed late today without deciding on a name for the league.
 It was agreed that the name should not be applied until after the conven- tion in February 1920, which is to be a centennial celebration of Susan E. Anthony's birthday. Arguments also were advanced that the name of the association should not be changed while there is still a. nght for suffrage in many states and the federal amend
 ment unratified.
 The object of the new organization which is in the form of two houses, one composed of delegates from voting states and the other from non-voting states, is to secure protection in their right to vote to the women citizens of the United States by appropriate na- ! tional and state legislation and to in-
 crease the effectiveness of women's 1 votes in effecting better government i At the afternoon sess1on $S9,000 was | raised from the various states, com , pleting a budget of $120,000 to carry l the work during next year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
NEW MEASURES FOR
 SITUATION IN HUNGARY

Paris. March 26-(French Wireless Service). New measures must pc taken by the peace conference in vlew of the situation in Hungary and other parts of the central empires, the Temps says. The newspaper suggests the fol- lowing programme for the conference:
 The allies can no longer pretend to settle entirely the fate of the entire world, but they must feel that it Is their absolute duty to solve some es- sential questions and agree on policy which will permit the reduction of the allied military forces and the gradual abolishment of chaos.
 The frontiers of Germany have to be fixed and decisions have to be taken with regard to Italian demands. The questions in which Belgium is inter- ested have to be solved as well as the territorial claims of the Czechs. The Poles, Jugo SlaYs and Rumanians have to be conciliated. Common danger will make it easier. It is necessary to say what the allies have a right to demand payment for and to stipulate guaran- tees for this payment. It must be de- cided whether parts of Germany will or will not be occupied.
 The League of Nations must be es. | tablished if it is needed to bind the al 1 lies together and to continue the worl of the peace conference. These are the
 chief questions which a peace treaty | ought soon to solve.
 The German. government may re
 fuse to sign or may even declare be
 forehand that it cannot accept discus
 sion on the basis yGsked by the allies 1 Whether Germany Elves or refuses he l signature and whether we are to at i tempt to negotiate with her or moi should not DaralVZe us The narIia ments of the allied countries are qual
 flied to sanction the final act of tn
 peace conference and must sanctiol if'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
THE MODERN WOODMEN OF
 AMERICA INCREASE RATES

Chicag, March 26-More than a million members of the Modern Wood men of America, the largest frateTnaI insurance organization in the country had their rates increased today to meet the abnormal death losses resulting from the influenza epidemic which caused a reduction in the beneficiary fund of the order from $12,000 900 to S7O0, 900.
 On the present membership the in- crease is a flat advance of 50 per cent. and all new members joining hereafter will have to pay materially increased rates.
 Even this increase is said to not a strictly actuarial rate but it was as far as the membership could be in- duced to go at this time.
 The action was taken today at a special meeting of the head camp of the order after three days debate. Two tables of rates were adopted at today's session, one TOT new members and the other for the present member ship. The table for new members is based upon the experience of the Mod ern Woodmen of America and is ma terially lower than the National Fra ternal Congress table of rates. This will meet the requirements of the ade- quate rate laws of the various states
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
TELLS OF CAUSE OF
 DISORDERS IN EGYPT

Washington, March 26.-Belief that
 Pan -TuranIsm is back of the dis
 orders in Egypt and that the move
 ment is akin to bolshevisim was ex-
 pressed today by Miran Sevasly, an
 expert on affairs of the Near East. MT. Sevasly conferred today with of ficials of the state department. The appearance of the Turkish flag in the Egyptian riots was said by MT. Sevasly to indicate the in fuence the Pan- Turanians had secured in Egypt. The Khe-
 divial court, he said, is composed of Circassians and Turks and not of | Egyptians. He asserted that under ! lying the Bolshevist movement in l Egypt was the Pan TUranian move ment and militant Mohammedanism
 which looks upon massacres and | footing of non-Islamic people as or 1 dained of God.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
LITIGATION OVER ESTATE OF
 MRS. MARY BAKER G, EDDY

Boston, March 26.-LitigatIon has been started in the Massachusetts su- preme court in an effort to determine
 which of two sets of trustees appoint
 ed by the late Mrs. Mary Baker q.
 Eddy has authority over the Christian
 Science Publishing society. On peti
 tion of the trustees of the society the
 court has issued a temporary injunc-
 tion restraining the directors of the
 First Church of Christ. Scientist, from
 taking any action intended to inter
 fere with tn etrustees m the discharge of their duties and from attempting to compel any of the trustees to resign. The bill sets forth that Mrs. Eddy, as founder of the Christian Science movement. determined to put into the hands of different sets of trustees the organization of Christian Science churches and the work of circulating Christian Science publications.
 The plaintiffs assert that the affairs of the publishing society have been ! highly prOsE EeroUs and successful and that they have paid over to the l defendants more than $450,000 as earnings and profits from their con 1 duct. of the trust for period of, six months ending Oct. 1, 1918.
 1 The bill of complaint recites ar i opinion submitted to counsel for the ! directors, John l.. Bates Clifford P 1 Smith, Leon M Abbott and Edwin A | kTaUthOff. by counsel Tor the trustee, of the society, Charles E. Hughes, Sila, H. Strawn and Sherman L. TVhipple This opinion states that the powers O the trustees are clearly set forth il the deed of trust and that the directOr have no authority to order the resig
 nation of the trustees.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
I ing $406 to William H. Tayior for pre- ] r!a "a tinrl of iEt,

ing $406 to William H. Taylor for pre- paration of the manual and roll
 Favorable report was made on the bill authorizing Thomas E. Enders to construct a bridge across :he waters between Mason's Island and Dodge's
 Island in the town of Stonington.
 Also favorable on bill to authorize
 the town of Groton to issue bonds of i$10,oOO for refunding of outstanding Bonded indebtedness and to pay float
 ing indebtedness.
 Also act authorizing city of New. London to issue $500, ,00G school bonds, S500,000 municipal wharf bonds, $29GO00 sewer bonds, S341, GOO water refunding bonds, $e04 4.00n. funding and retunding bonds; also an act amend ing the charter of New London in reference to the teachers retirement fund which provides merging into the , state retirement fund
 ayorable report also authorizing the city of Norwalk to issue improve nent bonds not in excess of S100. .o0O. 1 An act concerning consolidation of l Savings Banks and Trust Companies, favorable reported. provides that not
 more than three executive officers of | savings bank, and no II leasurer of sav- l IinGs bank, having deposits of over s1,- l t00000 shall be cashier of any bank
 of discount CT circulation.
 The Norwi':h Firemec Pension act | was the first business taken from the calendar and passed The full text of
 the act is as follows:
 ! Section l. There shall be ir the city Of Norwich fund called The Fire iran's Pension and Relief Fund, which shall consist of the folloMin re- lSources: All moneys. deposits. securi- ties and other properties now in the
 care or control of the chiei' of the fire department of said city. or of any
 other person. donated or iTtended for
 the general benefit of the members of til department; all beluests or dona-
 ticns from public or private sources to
 said fund on account of service rem
 deled or for the purposes for which said fund is established; sII moneys
 or property presented to any mem ber of. the fire department On account Vf special services, except such as v may, hy special vote of the board of ! fire commissioners, with the approval ! f. the mayor, be retained by such : member; such monthly assessments or r the salaries of members Ct the de ? partment, not exceeding two pel I | ccntun3 as tEe trustees of said fund !, may from time to time de: ermine Nt U asSessments shall be payable earliel l tIdiI ttl dS3eSSHltnJ OH Lle SdldT1o. ' Of July, 1919: the income and inter
 est from all money and other prop Il eIty belonging to said fund; an, c money voted to said fund l,y alega $ meeting of said city all additions tt U said fund from any and all sources Il Section 3. Said fund shall be undel y the general care of a boarl Of trustee. O consisting of the mayor tho treasurer u ard the chief of the fire departmen ' of said city, who may inyt~t or rein vest said fund as the state laws re o lating to the investment of trust L. funds permit.
 't Section 3. On and afte- the first da, - Continued on Page Nine, Col. Four
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
REDUCTIONS IN PRICES
 OF INDUSTRIAL. MATERIALS S

Washington. March g - Progress
 toward probable reductions in prices
 was reported by members of the In
 dustriaI Board of the department of commerce today after conferences
 with representatives of the coal, ce- iIneDt, buildiSg hardware, hox board and glass Industries It was said, however, that it was unlikely that the price schedules for commodities pro- Guced by any of the five industries would be completed without further conference.
 Chairman Peck of the board said ttat a spirit of opera ton had been shown by the representatives of all 1 the industries It Was understood | that the conferences with the cement glass and box board industries had
 reached the point of preparing sched | U.es to be submitted to the board for l its approya, within few days. l General policies only were said tc ] have been discussed at the boards
 meeting with the coal men. Officers l of the National Coal AssC iation rep | resented the industry ard officials ot l the fuel administration were pres 1 eTt
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
BAKER TELLS OF VISITS TO
 DEMOBILIATION CENTERS

Washington, March 26.-Upon his return to Washington today from a swing around the country visiting ar my demObiliZation centers in company with General March, chief of staff, Secretary Baker said he had found that the best record generally of dis charge for me1N from NIerseas after their arrival in camps in the Uniteis States was forty eight hours. The sec retary told of one small camp where the men were released on the same day of arrival and said that in none<of the camps visited did the period exceed six days.
 MT. Baker gave a detailed descrip- tion of the processes of demObilization. including the examination of each man by from ten to thirteen doctors to determine whether the men had suf- fered any injurious physical effects by reason of their service.
 During his visits to the camps the
 war secretary noted that agents of the
 department of labor and other govern ment agencies interviewed each dis charged man to determine whether he had q job and if not what his qualif1- cations were and what work he de- sired to take up.
 MT. Baker called attention to the fact that he had by invitation spoken be- fore chambers of commerce or similar bodies sin many parts of the country during his trip. In these addresses, he
 said, he generally spoke of the league of nations proposal as being to his mind world necessity because of the nature of the modern warfare involv- | ing whole peoples in the actual con- i t1ict. Mr. Baker added that without exception he had found his hearers il l agreement as to the necessity of estab- 1 fishing some means of substituting ar i bitration and peaceful settlements fol l force in international disputes. 1 MT Bakers plans for a visit to Eu rope at an early date have not beer
 changed and he still hopes to sail some l time next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
POlNDEXTER AGAINST
 LEAGUE IN ANY FORM

Cincinnati, O., March 26-Senator PoindeNter of Washington, republican, addressing the Business Mems Club here tonight declared that the pro posed league of nations plan was ut terly intolerable' in whatever form it may be developed and was unaccept~ able to the senate and the American people. He said ''union of action and cooperation" was highly desirable if it did not involve surrender of the in dependence and sovereignty of the free nations of the world
 Under the constitution of the league of nations or any constitution
 based upon similar principles" said
 Mir. POindeXter, the autonomy and
 self determination of the individual nations would be absolutely destroyed.
 In other words. while pretending to
 preserve liberty, it would by this very act at once destroy the liberties of the world and set up a monstrous military despotism in it's place
 Europe with it's community Of in terests may feel thaNit can control the proposed league of nations and un- 1 doubtedly it can; the United States | however with a different set of inter- ! ests, having paid the fearful cost of its l entry into the war against Germany i to preserve liberty. would make a mon 1 strous mistake now to surrender that very liberty to a different form of world l government in the shape of a league ot
 nations with authority and power tc | enforce it's decrees upon the United | States.
 The plan proposed of a league su- ] perior to and alien from the nations
 over which it is to rule, with independ i ent power, and authorized to use force | is utterly intolerable in whatever form | it may be developed. No arrangement containing this element of a super gov. | ernment of the world with sovereign and supreme power over the nation which is advocated with so much for
 mal propaganda throughout the coun ltry. will be acceptable to the senate O
 to the people,"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-27
TO REPORT ON CAUSES OF
 LABOR UNREST IN ENGLAND

London, March 26.-The committee appointed by the industrial confer ence summoned by Premier Lloyd George in February last to consider the causes of labor unrest and to in quire into the question of hours and wages, has comopleted it's report. which would be submitted to another meeting of the conference on April 4.
 The committee consisted of thirty representatives of the employers and thirty representatives of the trade unions. The report contains a whole series of far-reaching recommenda- tions for improving the conditions of the workers and the relations between employers and employees. It is said to have been unanimously adopted.