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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Charleston.-Two rural school con-
solicitations, by which five one-room
schools will be displaced by two graded
schools, one in Putnam and the other
in Cabell county, We're provided for by
boards of education meetings, accord
ing to information received by tho
state department of schools. One
graded school will be located at Rus
sell Greek, in Guyandotte district, Ca
bell county, replacing two small
schools, and the other at midway
place to be selected between Plymouth
and Black Betsy, to replace three
small schools
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Wheeling.-The new state road laws
calling for the use of shaded automo-
bile lights will be vigorously enforced
in Ohio county by Prosecuting Attor-
ney D. A. Mckee. Mr.. Mckee points
out that many accidents which could
be avoided have been caused recently
by the use of the high powered lights
without shade.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Morgantown.-The biggest man who
has been on West Virginia Univer-
ssity football squad in two decades will
return this fall He is w. S. Rhodes,
of Point Marion, who weights 240
pounds, and is feet Z inches in height.
He earned his letter here in 1916, then
went to the army, where he earned
lieutenancy and played considerable
football with his regiment.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Fairmont-An important real estate
deal has recently been completed in the
city by which the congregation of ST.
Peters Catholic Church becomes own
ers of the property of the late Mrs.
Marie Raymond in Quincy street, with
"a frontage of ITO feet. The purchase
was made from the Raymond heirs,
and the consideration was $4,000. The
family home place is included in the
deal.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-09-11

Lucille Morrison, eight
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Rogers, was struck and seriously in
jured at Sixteenth street and Eighth
avenue by a truck owned by the Weide-
mann Co. and driven by Paul Adams,
of 621 Twelfth street. The little girl
can not live, attending physicians be-
lieye. She was taken to the Chesa-
peake & Ohio hospital.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
Military Steps Will
Follow if Teutons
Delay Longer
must SIGN PROTOCOL
Believed at Paris German
Delay Will End Sud-
denly.
tBy Associated PressI

PARIS, Dec. 6-In note drafted
by the Supreme council today it is
demanded that Germany sign the pro-
tocol providing for the carrying out
Of the peace terms, failing which the
allies, it is set forth, will be obliged
to have recourse to military measures.
The utmost secrecy is being observ-
ed regarding the terms of the note
which was unanimously adopted by the
council this morning but it can be
said it is worded so firmly that con-
ference circles expect the discussion
with Germany regarding the putting Of
the treaty into force will be finally
closed.
The note recalls that making the
treaty effective needs the immediate
release of the German prisoners. It
leaves the reply to the German repre-
Nentatives regarding the claims for the
sinking of the German fleet at Scapa
Flow to be dealt with in special
note.
The note closes by directing Ger
many to sign the armistice protocol,
faibng which action, the. council de-
clares, 1t will be constrained to adopt
measures of coercion Of military or
der.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
DR.. Garfield Makes An
nourmecent to That
Effect.
OPERATORS CAN Do IT
This Attitude Will Add to
Difficulties Of Gov.
Cox's Effort.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-Not one
cent can be added to the price of coal
to finance any increases in the wage
of miners, Fuel Administrator Gar
field declared today after reading the
press dispatches to the effect that
Governor Cox of Ohio had proposed
that miners and operators in the state
compromise on the basis of 25 per
cent increase in pay for the men. DR..
Garfield indicated that the govern
ment would interpose no objection
If the increase could be given without
advancing coal prices.
There will be no increase in the
present price Of coal fixed under the
Lever act" DR.. Garfield said. mo
matter what arrangement and agree
ments are put into effect" he added
mat his position was absolutely un-
changeable from that taken on Novem-
Der 26 with the authorization Of tho
cabinet.
DR.. Garfield explained that in sug-
gesting the IA per cent advance which
the miners promptly rejected he was
not fixing wage scales and had no au-
thority to do so. He indicated that the
increase suggested was merely that
which the operators were able to
grant without increasing the price Of
coal which the government tAhas fixed:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
JURY DISAGREED
IN BOOTLEGGER CASE
Some Interesting Details
Cropped Up in Rode! J.
HEAVIER Hearing.

The trial of Harry Rhodeheaver on
the charge of bootlegging began in
Justice Musgrove's court at ten
O'Clock this morning and attracted a
large crowd.
Attorney Ulysses s, Knapp appeared
for the defense and Assistant Prose-
cutting Attorney Chas. Miller and L.
c. Musgrave for the state.
The jury is composed OF the follow
ing: F. A. Crislip, L. w. Kelley, ], j.
Boyce, S. B. Elkins, c. E. McCray,
Melville Bunner, Newton Gaskin, Ira
Pricket, A. G. Goodwin, w. E. Devault,
c. U. satterfield and H. E. Moran.
The first witness for the state,
Frank Bell, testified to having bougn..
pint of whiskey from the accused
in November for six dollars. Attorney
Knapp for the defense tried to bring
out a motive for testifying against
Rhodeheaver by attempting to show
lllGL lllb h4lHSSo lluu u 4Cu W IuuAAC
dates with the wife Of the accused
without success. Attempts to ques-
ton witness about former convictions
for crimes were blocked by objection
of the prosecution.
Mrs. Rhodeheayer denied on the
stand having told Sheriff Glover over
the phone that her husband was no
good, wouldn't do anything but sell
whiskey, She also denied having made
similar remarks to members of the
city police.
She testified, however, that Frank
Bell had tried to make dates with her,
had also tried to induce her to leave
her husband and go to Clarksburg
and live with him. Her answer was,
she said, that man who wouldn't
support his own wife wouldn't be
very safe person for another woman
to lean on, which would seem to be-
sound doctrine from an economic
standpoint, aside from the moral side
of the case.
The prisoner on the stand denied
having ever sold whiskey in Fairmont
or any other place. He also denied
having been put out OF a leading hotel
for having been engaged in the booze
business on the premises. He has
lived in Fairmont since last April, he |
says, but hasn't worked in that time
on account Of physical disability and |
affluent circumstances which made
work unnecessary, and enabled him to
live at two of the leading hotels for
some time, at one hotel for three
months at stretch.
AT ono O'Clock the case went to the
Jury after q abort summing up and at
1850 the jury disagreed and was dis
charged,
1t Is understood that three Of the
Jury were obdurate on account Of the
failure Of. the states chief witness to
state Just where on Quincy street he
had bought the whiskey, which may
or may not be an Indictment OF the
present jury system, depending on the
point of view.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
LARGE FAMILY FOR
THIS YOUNG COUPLE
Young Salvation Army
Couple to Move Into
Nursery.

The home of the newly wed Saliva
tion Army couple this morning shines
from top to bottom. Mrs. Albert Pick
ering and Captain Pickering both say
they have very evidently arrived for
fight from the start to the finish,
but they are in good order for 1t and
will let nothing stand in the way to-
ward winning odt.
Monday morning both women in
the Day Nursery who have charge Of
the babies will leave for other jobs,
and Captain and Mrs. Albert Picker
ing will try the task Of being father,
mother, cook and nurse to the chill
dren there. The two women who
have been employed for some time,
are laving due to the unsettled condl-
ton Of Army affairs in general, and
as another excuse they say they have
been working too hard, Envoy Powle,
who is aiding the captain and his wife
in the work to be done, says he help
ed bring up a large family Of small
brothers and sisters and knows jpHt
how to attend to nursery youngsters,
so that the new problem awaiting the
three today doesn't loom very large,
at least at present.
The captain says he is relying abb
solutely on the herats of the Fair
mont people and feels sure they will
come to his rescue. In answer to the
apepal yesterday for groceries, a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
SQUIRE TIN. HOLT
DIES IN 89TH YEAR
Was Father Of Acting Post
master and Descendent
Of Pioneer Family.

| Squire T. M. Holt, one of the ven
cradle residents of this city, died yes
terday evening at his home on the
East side after an illness due to in
firmities Of old age. Squire Holt was
SO years Of age and was born at Houit
August 1, 1880. He was the son Of
John H. and Matilda Holt and his
grandfather was one Of the first set
tiers in this section having establish
ed the old mill at Hoult which is 10
Gated near the site of lock No. Is. The
deceased was one of the Oldest resi-
dents of this city and had resided on
the East side for a period Of 65 years,
During his residence here he had
engaged in various pursuits and for
several years served in the capacity
of Justice Of the Peace. He had
been in declining health for the past
several years and during the past
two years had been entirely confined
to his bed. His wife preceded him to
the grave several years ago at the age
of so years. He is survived by two
sons, Charles e. Holt, of Huntington,
and Clyde S. Holt postmaster Of this
city. Three sons are deceased.
He was a member of the Diamond
street Methodist Episcopal church.
His body was removed from his late
residence to the residence of his son,
Clyde S. Holt, in Fairmont avenue
this afternoon and the funeral is an
nounced to take place, on Sunday aft
ernoon at $3.50 O'Clock from the resi-
dence, and interment will be made in
WoodnAwn cemetery by Undertaken
Musgrave and Son. 1he services will
be condS Scted by Rev ]. G. Buckley,
pastor ofNhe Nhurch.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
mime CONDITIONS
REMAIN ABOUT The
SAME IN REGION
Diverted Coal Not Being
Paid for Is the
Claim.

No great changes have been made
in the working conditions at the mine:
in the Fairmont region during the pas
twenty-four hours. If anything thert
are a few more mines working today
than on Friday.
The only large operations that re-
main idle today are Monongah mine:
Of the Consolidation Coal company
and Wendell mine Of the Maryland
Coal company. Nothing has changed
materially in the Remington fields
where the men agreed to go to worl
on Monday, or along SCOTS Run,
The Consolidation Coal company re-
ports today that all of its mines are
working except those at Monongah.
The Jamison Coal and Coke com
pany is turning out its normal pro-
duction. The Hutchinson Coal COM
pany has its mines working.
The Robinson Coal company reports
that the miners returned to work at
Davis mine, near Pennington, today,
while those at Barry mine resumed
work on Friday.
The Clark interests today report Is
per cent. of the miners working at
Junior and Salvatore mines and that
the remainder will return to work on
Monday. Pitcairn is turning out gooo
tonnage. The miners at Tunnelton
will return to work on Monday as will
the others at the other mines who
have not yet reported for duty.
Indications are that the miners who
are holding out will resume work on
Monday, although the Feast OF the
Conception is observed in
the Catholic church that day and as
this is generally observed as holi-
day by the Italian Catholics, it may
have tendency to keep some of them
out of the mines on Monday.
Diversion Muddle.
With the diversion of coal to the
Central West Coal committee and tEe
Northwest Coal committee both at
Chicago with shipments by the way
Of Lorrain, has come considerable con-
fusion and the prospects are that
operators will have task ahead in
securing collections.
The diversion apparently has been
under the auspices of the United
States Railroad administration at the
direction OF the federal fuel admins
ration. The final consignees in many
Instances cannot be located and oper-
ltorS are beginning to wonder where
hey viii receive the money for the
,oal that they originally had conslgp.
I'd to Curtis Bay and other points.
Charges made to the B. & o. railroad
q some instances have been returned
lth direction to charge to final con-
,ignRes, but in many instances the
Iasl has been gobbled up by the rail-
llAntinuei on page fonr.l
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number Of articles were donated y.
day and as they wer set inside tle
nursery door the children clapped
soundly, very much pleased with The
presents,
Captain Pickering paid ayisit q
some of the business men in the city
yesterday and found that OWN V
the time Of til year it would be imposs
sibl for them to engineer the putting
on of campaign to raise q budget O.
carry on Salvation Army work heTe
It will now be necessary for Other
Fairmont people to take up the mat
ter, and the captain sasy he hopes
earnestly and sincerely that some.
thing can be done tohelp him YeIl
soon, as he is without funds re q
hoping somehow toAsoon get financial
support as in the past from the pub
lie. Donations of all kins are eq
by him.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
Peg Gray Gets go
Day Jail Sentence

Charles "Peg" Gray confessed to
having more than a quart of whiskey
in h'r possession yesterday before
Justice Samuel Butcher and was SEN
fenced to pay a fine of $10O and to
serve 60 days IN jail.
Gray was arrested one morning last
week by two deputy sheriffs as he was
leaving a Pittsburgh train at Hoult
which 1t was claimed he had been do
tng for soma time.
The sentenSe is the minigum under
the law.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
Secretary Lansing Declares Flaty That Attitude of
United States Has Not Beeh
Changed in the Least
TWO INVESTIGATIONS ARE BEING MADE
No Official Notification of the Release of jenkins
Yet Reached the State
Departments

| zales who was sent to Puebla byit
Mexican government to inyestigatetle
facts in the case. The inyestigatlon
7 by General Gonzalez, who was q
Plebla on December 3, had then pfac
tiCally substantiated the position
en- by this government on behalf 81
jenkins,
1.-TWO poems from Santa Lucia "a
mitted to General Gonzalez that they
had made declarations against Yea
kins under threat Of execution, Othel
witnesses, testified they had been com
PEELED to make false statemen
against jenkins under duress One
witness was threatened with pistol
another suspended by a rope; and
another beaten until he made his dee
laration against jenkins.
These facts are shown in the cctirs
record Of the case"
Every effort was made here todayto
check up on a cabled report from Mex
leo City, saying tina according % At
Puebla despatch to q Mexico City
newspaper, Jenkins was released atteg
j. Salter Hansen had deposited q $500
check for bail. Officials OF the STATE
department said they had no itifotnia
ton whatever concerning Hansefsof
the question Of bail, and that they dii
not know Hansen. They stood on the
statement that the consular gent ND
been reletsSEd on demand az this goy
ernment.
In some quarters, how eyer there
was a suggestion that here may have
been a confusion ofinames IS Secge
tary Lansing announced that de-
spatch from the Afaeft Jean enieassy
said Third Assistant Secretary
thew 3. Hanna had been Gent %
Plebla in connection with repre-
tions for release Of Jenkins. Officials
declared however that even if ths
names had been confused there VA
no information here to indicate that
Hansen had put up bond, and ia tact
they expressed utmost assurance that
he had not done so.
Reports from jenkins since hia a.
rest and personal letters from himsto
relatives in this country have all quo
ted him as being most determined not
to put up a cent Of bail In ord er 10 oh
tain his release. This fact was cited
by officials to support their conten
ton that the release OF the cOnsulaI
agent was brought about by urgent
representations made by
this government ana the resulting y
made by General bio
Gonzalez, who was ssnt 10 irlye tigase
the facts in the case
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06

i WASHINGTON Dec. 6.-=Willian o,
jenkins, the American consular agent
imprisoned at Puebl9, Mexico was re-
leased Thursday night.
The American embassy in Mexico
City reported his release in an official
dispatch received by the State de-
partment this afternono and almost
at the same time news dispatches
were received from Mexico City which
said check had been deposited for $500
with the civil authorities at Puebla.
This difference in the two reports
seemed to raise some doubt as to
whether jenkins was released uncon-
ditionally on the diplomatic. represen-
tations Of the United States govern
ment or whether he had been released
on bail, as the Mexican authorities
have contended he could.
The State department, however, took
the view that jenkins had been re-
leased on its diplomatic representa>
tions.
The release Of Consular Agent Jen-
kins was brought about by urgent Dip
lomatic representations made by this
government and the resulting investi-
CATION made by General Pablo Con-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06

KEENEY AND JETERs LEAVE.
C. F. Keeney, Charleston, president
of district II, United Mine Workers Of
America and II. E. Peters, Fairmont,
president Sf sub district 4, will leave
tonight foH Charleston. Mr.. Peters
will return Pere after few days trip
to CharlestSF. n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
Some Mines Were
Short Of El1lpties

A number of the mines Ia the West
Virginia district of the Monongahe hela
Railway were short ofempties today
This was due to the engine en-
below Morgantown last nigh END.
ties arrived late in the morning
The noon p. r. R, passenger train
arrived here half hour late today
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
tBy Associated PressI


WASHINGTON, Dec, 6. - The
] American government has not chang
ed its attitude on the jenkins case,
and had no part in obtaining his re-
lease on bail, Secretary Lansing de-
clared today in denying rumors that
the State Department had unofficially
passed the word on to the embassy at
Mexico City to see that the consular
agent was liberated on bond.
The State Department, 1t was said,
has not yet been advised officiallythat
jenkins was released on bail. 1t re-
ceived word that Jenkins himself did
not know until after he was liberated
that bond was furnished and that lIe
IS conducting an Investigation on his
own account to determine who was
responsible for his liberation.
Officials refused to comment on the
report current here that ]. w. Han
sen, who furnished the $500 bond,
was acting for Luis Cabrera, minister
of finance in Carranza's cabinet, They
are awaiting report on this from the
American embassy at Mexico City.
An official report to the State De-
partment said the CarranZa soldiers
who shot James Wallace, an Ameri-
can oil man, near Tan1pico recently
had been arrested.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
THEWEATHER

Rain and warmer tonight suns
day clearing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-06
JENKINS CASE not Yet SET tiled
oh, Listen Here!
BY ADAM s. LANE.

ATUuuQ u6E6 tLSCGuLly
That have given Me
One Of the Grandest
Ideas
Toward the Attainment
OF genuine economy That
Has ever been Offered
In this or Any
Other Community.
Hem!
This is a brand New
Proposition and l
Bespeak for 1t The
Deepest consideration O.
Every wide. Awake
Individual.
You all know What
An extensive Educative
Campaign The Times Has
Been launching About
The paper Shortage.
l, myself, have Shed
Tears over their Pidable
Plight.
All this in Order
That the common People
Will not curl Up
And die When
The new subscription Rates
Are Released.
The West Virginian Lent
Real Color
To The Times Lament
BY coming out On
Paper that looked Like
My best Silk Shirt 4 r
After Hermione Carefully
Washed it in City
Water.
And yesterday when 1
Took my modest Contribution
In to the Editor
He Said
To Wit
adam, the print Paper
Situation is a Fright.
We're going to Have
To economic on Space.
Pm afraid You
Will have to Retire
From the public Eye"
Right then, Friends,
I had this Illumination.
What is the Use
OF a newspaper Anyway?
/ advise that We
All cut out the Newspapers.
Less hire a town Crier
To read the News
Each evening from The j
Court House steps,
Gee, It would Be
AS much fun as It
Used to- Be
To 60 for the Mail.
Everybody could Discuss
Everything Together,
And heated Discussions
Could be adjourned to The
Alley in the Rear.
Here tho is the Biggest
Thing Of All.
1t would do Away
With the Advertising!
No more would The
Women read about Things
They never thought or
And go and Buy
En-!
No more would They
Depart leaving the House
Unlocked and the Milk
Bottle Unguarded
To buy bargain Day
Establishments, or Have
Mysteries because it Is
Only SO many More
Days til Christmas.
Why, 1 believe I Could
Save a hundred Dollars
If Hermione didn't See
That remark Every
Day Somewhere.
Goethe more Think
About this the Better
I like 1t.
Frank Hall could Keep
Us posted on The
Weather. 7
Less have a mass Meeting
And get Some
Action.
Get"the drum, Professor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-30
EEL LOOPS THE LOOP AND AIDS IN LANDING OF 92 POUND FISH
By CHARLES H. MANDY

much less the appetites of the whole party. whereupon, Mir. Mabry, whom we are inclined to think was just a little too boastfull, assured his guests that they would dine on fish the following morning.
 That evening MT. Mabry, unasssted, set out and baited several hooks, one in particular firmly tied to an overhanging catching a cat fish weighing at least five or six pounds but had no idea that upon that hook he would make the re- cord catch.
 An eel took the bait on his hook and the large cat weighing ninety-two pounds attempted to swallow this eel later in the night, the eel anticipating the discom- fort of being digested by cat, nimbly escaped through the cats gills, looping the line over the limb of the tree. The cat taking advantage of the cells inability to escape, again attempted to swallow him and this time he escaped in the same manner, this process was repeated until the cat was firmly fastened to the limb.
 "The result being that Mir Mabry safely landed single-handed, the half drowned or otherwise disabled ninety-two pound catfish before breakfast on Friday morn ing.
 After what is considered a good day and a half of good fishing Mir Mabry and his guests arrived in town with large strings of trout and Dream besides cat steaks enough to last each family a week"