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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-23
WILE
HOLD down PRICES
Strike Situation Discussed
Today at Largely At
tended Meeting. {.

One of the largest meeting of coal
operators ,of Northern West Virginia
for many years was held this morn
ing in the rooms of the Northern
West Virginia Coal Operators Asso-
citation in the Jacobs Building when
.,Sbor conditions generally and the
threatened strike in particular came
up for Consideration. Two hundred
operators attended this morning and
this afternoon another largely attend
ed meeting was held.
Influential coal operators appear to
agree that in order to place the indus
try in the light with the coal consum-
ing public it will be necessary for the
operators as an association and indi-
vidually as well, to discourage rapid
ly raising prices so that there may
be no danger Of a runaway market.
While there may be proper iustifica-
ton in a way to raise prices because
Of unfavorable and improbable work
ing conditions during the past year
yet the larger operators are firm in
believing that If the reduction Of the
cost Of living is to be their plea 1t
must start right now SO that the re-
marks Of the United Mine Workers
head may be repudiated. The prob
abilities are that before today's gath
ering adjourns the association viii
go on record as opposed to inflated
prices
C. H. Jenkins, secretary and treas
urer Of the Hutchinson Coal Compa-
ny, the president Of the operators
association, was in the chair, and in
the way of introduction he related to
the operators in detail the various
stages In the labor situation up until
the present time. His remarks were
supplemented by Everett Drennen, OF
the West Virginia Coal and Coke
Company, EIkins, who IS secretary Of
group Of operators from unions not
included in the central cmpehtiye
states, and which produces approx
imately two-thirds Of the bttuminous
coal product Of the United States.
Both gentlemen told at some length
matters in regard to the Washington
sessions.
Before the association adiourns its
meeting today two directors viii be
chosen by the Fairmont and Ellihs
group respectively, to act as success
sors to John M. Wolfe, former gener-
al superintendent Of the West Virgins
IA operations OF the Jamison Coal &
Coke Company now. located IN Phtla-
delphia; and Robert Burns IsneF, for
Continued on page four
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MEN
BOOST new ROAD
Morgantown and Wheeling
Railroad Discussed at
) Meeting.

Sixty people attended the meeting
in the auditorium of the Warrington
High school last evening to discuss
the proposed construction of a spur Q.
the Morgantown and Wheeling rail-
road, between Brave, Pa, and Man
nington, via Wadestown and st. Leo.
Another projected spur is from Fair
view to Warrington.
The meeting was called TO order By
DR.. M. F. Hamilton, former mayor OF
Mannington, who introduced Thomas
F Barrett, Pittsburgh, the president
of the Morgantown and Wheeling rail-
road company, who outlined the prop
osition in detail. At the suggestion OF
Mr.. Barrett committee was appoint
ed to look into the feasibility of the
plan and report at subsequent meet
ing of townsfolk. Among the mem
bers are: DR.. G. B. McNeely, E. g.
Martin, L. Snyder, T. ], Jones, Attor-
ney w. M. Hess, s. e. Taggart and
Charles E. Wemple, chairman.
Should the spur be built from Brave,
Pa. It would extend through Manning
ton to smithfield, connecting with the
West Virginia short line of the B. and
O railroad. 1t is said that the Pitts
burgh Gas company, which has the
biggest gas pumping station in the
world, is interested in the proposed
extensive of the M. & W. railroad
and it is understood that Mr.. Pue at
Brave is an extensive user of slack and
rtfis road would facilitate the move
ment Of the same.
The Morgantown and Wheeling rail-
road had an extensive program under
way-tfiat to run its line from Fair
mont to pittsburgh. The company is
financed at $5,O00,O0O and the regis
'trar is the Pittsburgh True company,
The distance of the proposed line
between Fairmont and Pittsburgh is
as follows: Fairmont to Blacksyille,
Pa Ito be built), 20 miles; Blacksville,
Pa, to Waynesburg tin operation
now), 12 miles; Waynesburg, Pa, to
Bridgeville, Pa. Ito be built, S5 miles;
Bridgeyille to Pittsburgh over the P.
CONTINUED on page four)
"
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That Advice to Ro-.
tarians By City
rshurtIeff
SAVES PUBLIC FUNDS
Fair1nont Favorably Locat-
ed for Notable City
Planning Work.

Blayel shurtlefr, of Boston, secre-
tary of the National City Planninb
conference, drove home hardest in a
talk he made before the Fairmont Ro-
tary club today at noon the point that
city planning primarily Is not esthet1c,
but .utilitarian. 1t is as he put it an
organized effort to produce practical
better living conditions.
His next most important thought
was that the proper way to go about
Establishing city planning in a town
like Fairmont is to conduct cam
paign Of education the first object OF
which Is to unite public opinion behind
the project and the second to so fos-
Ter & study OF local conditions that the
plan eventually adopted will be5a Fair
mont plan conceived within the city
and not one superimposed upon the
community by an expert called in
from some other town.
In Mr.. Shurtleff's opinion Fairmont
with its many hills and generally IA
yorable situation will lend itself most
admirably to city planning and he pre-
dicted that IL the people here go in
fol, It in the right way Fairmont will
infime become notable along that par
ticular line.
Mr.. shurtIeR divided city planning
into four general heads, housing,
schools, recreation and transportation
and told how the city planning com
missions and city planning experts
seek to direct the developmentsin these
fields so that the city will bS able to
assimilate growth in the most eco
nomical manner. 1t is, hs said, the
duty Of city planners to prepare for tbs
Continued on pags nine.) u
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RA.IL EMPLOYEES
MAKE DENBNDS0 ON.
ADMINISTRATION
Threaten Strike if Wishes
Are Not Gratified at
Once. .
rRv Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, OcL 23. = lndtca@
tions that railroad employees will de-
mand granting of their demands for
increased wages, time and a hall. over
time, the eight-hour day and changes
in working conditions before the rail-
roads Of the country are turned back
by the government to private control
is contained in testimony by Timothy
Shea, chief of the Firemen's Brother
hood, before the Railroad administra-
ton board of railway and working
conditions,
Shea told the board during its hear
ing of the firemen's demands, accord
ing to the Testimony published, that to
members of his brotherhood was due
an increase in wages which he said "if
! cannot get 1t out of this conference
II may be necessary to use other means
but am going to get it."
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[Ry Assoclated Pressl'

WASHINGTON, Oct. %. - The
United Mine Workers today formally
rejected the proposal by Secretary
Wilson for settlement Of the coal
strike called for November first.
John L. Lewis, president Of the
miners organization, announced that
the proposal was indefinite, made
quate and failed to meet the iltua-
ton he added that he would so re-
port to the joint conference this af-
ternoon.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, re-
iterated that the union would con
slider no offer Of settlement that fail
ed to grant the demand by the miners
for five day week.
Secretary Wilson'S offer, made just
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-10-23
Secretary Wilson'S Offero Wage ITlcfe
ase Indignantly Turned Down,
Want Five Day Week
SAYS PROPOSAL WAS INADEQgATI
Little Hope Now Being Held Out for Any Adjustment
Time to Avert Great Walkout Scheduled
First of Month";

before the conference broke up yes
terday, set forth the case as follows
THAT wages be increased at ths
expiration of the recent contract y
an amount equal to. the difference be
tween increases in wages received b5
mine workers July, 1914 and the ID
crease in the cost Of living since thu
time,
"That the increase be senecti9s
from the Termination OF the preseni
agreement until March 81, 1920.
THAT on these conditions III
strike order be Withdrawn and thu
the miners continue to work on thos
terms; that negotiations be entered q
into at the usual time for ma king the
new scale effective after March 8
1920"
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WILSON STRIVING.
TO HOLD PUBDC'S
NENING0NFERENCE
Asks That They Continue
Their Work and Make
Report.
[By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Out OF
the wreck Of the national industrial
conference President Wilson today
sought to build new machinery to
bring about industrial peace in tho
country In a message to Chairman
Lane he asked that the public repres-
entatfves in The conference continue
their work and make a report to him.
1T is the hope Of the President and
other administration officials that the
public delegates who were appointed
by Mr.. Wilson and who represent
both employers and workers can for
mulate a program which will be ac-
ceptable to capital and labor.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor in a
formal statement today reiterated
that unless the employers group in
the conferences agree to the deciara-
tions that the workers without dis
crimination had the right to organize
it was worse than useless for lAbors
representatives to continue the de-
liberations.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.-Labor
withdrew from the national industrial
conference last night after its final
effort to obtain adoption Of a collec-
tive bargaining resolution had been
defeated by the vote of majority Of
the capital group.
When the conference convened In
the afternoon, the labor group pro-
posed the collective bargaining reso-
luton.
Under suspension of the rule, the
resolution Immediately was brought
Ito discussion and vote, the labor and
public groups uyiting in its support on
the roll-call The majority against the
resolution In the capital group was
one vote, but under the conference
rules this majority was sufficient to
defeat the resolution.
With the announcement OF the re-
sit, MI. Gompers told the conference
the resolution had ben erjected
without right or reason, rejected on
grounds so filmsy that the men sitting
In the employers group WIN have DIFF
flculty in explaining their action to
tnetf fellows In the world"
''You have defeated the labor
group In It sdeclara1on, declared the
Continued on page four.l
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PEORIA, Ill, Oct. 2S.-ollowing the
withdrawal Of the labor group from
Continued on page four.)
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oh, Listen Here!
Oy ADAM 9 LANE.

One of the E1quisitely
Nice things About
Being Adam s. Lane
Is that it Brings
with 1t the Opportunity
Every once in A
While to Carry
A bunch of Roses
Out through the Press
Room door and Lay
Them, not Only
Upon the door Step
OF the one To
Whom they are offered,
But to realize That
Hundreds OF other Readers
Will, that Evening
Inhale their Fragrance
And be glad OF
The Gift.
To the New
Secretary Of our Red
Cross, today, l Pay
My Tribute.
The woman who, AS
Chairman Of Home Service,
Has Been a Real
Wonder of Inspiring.
Single minded Devotion
To the interests OF
Marion county soldiers AM
Sailors and their Families.
Over the Threshold
OF her office In
The Professional Building
Have passed Hundreds
OF soldiers seeking Advice
And Assistance.
With unending Patience
She has labored
To unravel their Problems
And Difficulties.
She has travelled Into
Homes in every Part
OF the County
Sometimes to Smooth
The way for the Bitterness
OF a death Message;
Sometimes to fan To
Flames a Patriotism
Extinguished by Selflshness;
Sometimes the Happy
Bearer Of a long Delayed
Letter, travelling Up
A farm house lane Where
The stratning Eyes
OF motherhood grew Dim r
With Anxiety.
Who knows the Half
OF her Accomplishment?
Not even she, herself!
To her New
Office, she Brings
A knowledge and Vision
Based upon Deep
Experience.
OF course, 1 Admit
That they picked Out
A fairly Good
Chairman, and Vice
Chairman, and all That
Also that the Retiring
Squad stood four Square
In great Fashion,
But, friends, today Let
Us take of Our
Hats and give Three
Ding-busted cheers For
The lady who Stepped
Yesterday out OF
Two years hard Exacting
Voluntary Service
Slam into a Bigger
Harder Job
Without ninching. Here's
To Mrs. Joseph Roster
Altogether Everybody!
Professor, you Keep
Still,-give the Rest
OF US a Chance.
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Have Clue About
MISSING Child
l8y Aesociated y

BY Associated Efetsi
HANM0NT0N, N. w. Oct 2S-A
woman kidnapper Is In possession o.
missing Billy Dansey, someWhere in
the middle west Prosecutor Gaszili
Of this county, made This assertion to.
day. Information received ~ his IN.
yestigation from a passepger on
railway train leads to this BELIEF he
says. The three year old Child wan-
dered away from his home near here
fifteen days ago. Since tliat time g
country wide search has been IL prog
ress,
CLEVELAND, Oct Telegram
from b q. Gaskill, prosec at At-
lantIc City, today notified Cleveland
police that Billy pansey, kidnapped
from Hammontoh New Jersey was
on train bound Tor CleYeiaud with a
woman who had thought him TO say
that his name va sBEly pittsburgh
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Wilson's Condition Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-President
Wilson is making as satisfactory prog
ress as is possible under the circum-
stances his physicians said today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
HAD To KILL FATHER
GIRL TELLS THE JURY
Child Accused of Shooting Par
ent Says it Was in Defence
of Family.

Dovlestown. Pa, Dec. io-"I shot
NV father had 10 do IL 70 save us all.
That was tho statement Of fifteen
vsar-old Clara Bartel this afternoon as
she took the stand in her own defense at
her trial for the murder Of her father at
thrir home near Fdgewuod Bucks county,
on the morning Of August -.
Three jurors wcpt openly ~ the girl
told her story ~ father who, she avcrred,
abused her mother, herself and the other
small children.
Bartcls aged mother. Mrs. Amelia
Eartel. eighty wears old, said Clara told
her; Grandma, J killed hun ! had TO
10 u 90 save Us
The commonwealth closed is case at
: o'clock YESTERDAY afternoon and the
defense oueucd lis case immediately,
Under direct examination the grri told
of finding a bundle of letters written by
another woman 20 her father h'dden n
tho PEAK Of the barn She testified that
he rad the letters and kept them for
-eycral davs and finally showed them 10
her mother. For this her father beat her,
she said
After she had been gwen 3 media, for
seilIng Liberty Bonds she said. her father
said hc W., SONG To Kill her" and eX
pressed tho hope that they sink every
damn American She also told az
,ever.l instances when Bartci had threat
sned 10 XIII her and her mother
One night. she said, her father ordered
her 70 20 ont INTO the harnyard and ind
= stuck with which he drove hls hogs
She told 90 his beating her mother the
morning OF the shooting and also chasing
her downstairs, shouting j am going TO
kill tho whole damn lot Of YOU and do II
L. e. hA MA
whore the guns were usually kept, but
tbev were not there Then, she said she
ran INTO another rooIn and got \ shotgun
and. closing her yes pointed II al her
father, not knowing Il was loaded The
c7,u was discharged and the shot tore
through her fathers body
Mrs. Bartcl he defendants mother
recountcd many incidents designed 10
Illustrate her husbands ugly temper.
She said that on the morning of the shoot
lng her husband Knocked nor across . bed
Ard ran down thc stars after Clara,
sayine II am gong 10 Ill you ail and
do II now Then she said she heard
the shot and ran downs; airs and found
he- h,ls band lying on 'hc floor lie was
moaning and would not answer when she
SPIKE 70 him
''CIara said 10 her. T had to do it 20
save Us ST said The witness
Mrs Otillv Secsc. . nclchhor of the
Bs-tels who WAS the first person to arrive
y +he Rartcl home after the shooting,
estifed tha Clara was hystcrical, and
sd 4 had % do il 10 save Us I'll
Mn Stcinmllcr, sister 81 the dead
nan. testified that Clara had told her
hat s'ic c<sroakcd M hsh'nd her father
tnd ~ho; h,r1 whlc &c was bending over
tSiuG h,s shoe She said wd,n SIC wen;
n ;h- Bartcl homr and wen. upstairs.
both Clara and Mr, Nart1 said Get
1ut of here
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
GAS GUsHER spURTs FLAMES,
Friction Blamed for Firing 25.000,G00
Feet Day Well

PIttsburr. Dec. 10 Gas. rushing from
5 snake Hollow gusheE u the Ackees
port district 81 the rate II 25.o00000
feet every p hours, was lEnited supposed
Il BY friction or drilling operations, yes
terday Flames shot morc than 100 feet
nto The sir and the fire Was visible yoT
ive miles
The nell had bccn producing for
seek At the rate ol l00oo,010 feet daily.
and the owners decided "a drill deeper
a1to the sand Yesterday Tic drilling had
.ust bean >ta-tcd Whrr WITH ) roar,
ntw ioree oi - rushed from thc vel
sud immediately iGnltcd Two drIliers
verc painfully burned. the dcrrck de-
tiroyed and nearby house consumed
by the flames
No effort % exting.lsb tho f-c was
r2de las night. hut steam vIll be used
DAY 10 smother the flames e the mouth
o' the -ell l. Is estimated that q loss
Al more than - 900 daily WIli be sustain
sj by the owners until the fire Is put oUt.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
To Cure : Cold n one Day

,ste Laxative Bromo Quninc Tablets.
lt stops the Cough and Headache snj
s orks Of the Cold l. " Groves sigma
ture on each box. 30c-Ad
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
The Contingency

One thing hangs upon another That
,lseision vii have u be handed down
Yes
Before We can set en- IN
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
Holiday
Sugge stions

There s something ilere for
every member Of the farniIv-use-
full and at the same time most ap-
proprIate glfts for all. We men
tor JUS, d few Of them and many
other. quite a> attractive eWait
your choosing.
SILK HOSE
For Men and Women.
CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS.
CENTEMERI KID GLOVES.
WOMEN'S MOCHA GLOVES.
MEMS GLOVES.
WOODEN GLOVES
For Men and Children.
LADIES' NECKWEAR.
BOUDOIR CAPS.
HANDKERCHIEFS
For ALI.
APRONS
LINEN AND TURKISH
TOWELS.
TOWEL SETS.
DAINTY UNDERMUSLINS.
SILK UNDERWEAR.
AND CAMISOLES.
SILK AND SATEEN
PETTICOATS.
SWEATERS
For Women and Children.
WOOLEN SCARFS.
INFANTS DRESSES.
DOLLS.
FANCY BASKETS.
HOLIDAY NOVELTIES.
S.H.Staats
4O5 Market Street
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-04

Thomas +. Willard, who lived and
travelled for 20 years in the Orient,
has told the senate foreign relations
committee that the Shantung clause
in the peace treaty means war be-
tween the United States and Japan
within ten years. The Japanese stu
alton is creeping up. he says. just us
the German situation did, and he be-
lieves that while trouble may start in
many ways. the United States will be
sucked in. Willard was adviser to the
Chinese delegation in Paris while the
peace treaty was being framed. He
advocates reciprocal clause in the
French agreement with the United
States and Great Britain providing
that France shall come to the aid Of
the United States under the same con-
ditions that the United States has
agreed to aid France.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-04
SEEKS ONLY BACHELOR HERO
Girl Accidentally Locked In Bakery
Refused to Be Rescued by
Married Fireman.

Chicago.-Miss Dorothy Lehman, &C
cidentally imprisoned in Chicago
bakery where she was employed. re-
fused to be rescued by married fire
men. The young worker picked an I'M
welded hero to save her.
Miss Lehman was the last to leave
the plant after completing the days
work. When she tried to open the
door she found 1t was locked-in fact,
all exits were locked. After an hours
Imprisonment, she succeeded in ut
tracing attention by tapping on, the
window. Police were unable to re-
lease her, so they summoned the fire.
men. The plan was to hoist ladder
to second-story window. 1t devolved
upon some stalwart fireman to go up
and carry her down.
There was q rush Of f1remen for the
lob. Much argument followed be-
tween the married and single mem.
hers of the company. The choice was
left to Miss Lehman.
"Send up bachelor" she said. And
a bachelor rescued her.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-04
PREACHESCOSPEL,
UNEARTHS STILLS
Preacher Uses Bible and Shot.
gun in Business of Breaking
Up Lawlessness.
PULPIT IS ARSENAL
Stunts Down Moonshiners, Destroys
Their Stills and Pours Out Whis
ky-Is Terror to Lawbreak-
ers in Mountains.

ElkwOod, Aha Bible and shot
gun are the weapons the Rev. John
B. Coins, uses in his business. Sum
day morning he breaches to his con-
gregation in a little church near the
mountains. When he enters the pull
pit, the "raiding parson,'' as he is call.
ed, places shotgun in the corner and
lays revolver beside the open Bible.
On Sunday afternoons the pastor
roams over the hills, hunting for
moonshiners, destroying their stills,
pouring out the whisky and arresting
the /mountaineers, If necessary.
The pastor is an ordained minister
and also an internal revenue officer
appointed by Uncle Sam to put the
moonshiners out of business. Recent
~ he was so active against the moon
shine industry that the moonshiners
sent delegation to his home. The
parson told the delegation that he was
going to preach sermon especially
for the lawbreakers of that district on
the following Sunday, and he invited
the moonshiners to bring their
friends and attend the service.
: Takes Guns Into Pulpit.
Elkwood's tiny church was packed.
The "raiding parson" went to church,
carrying revolver and shotgun.
"Now," he said. II am going to
preach this sermon into you, or am
going to shoot it into you. You can
take your choice" He preached the
sermon. But later somebody threat
ened to dynamite his house. He ig,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-04
Inspired Prophet Needed.

A great musician once translated
the blows of the blacksmith's hammer
into music. We want inspired proph-
cts to translate all the work of the
world into the music of the spheres,
and show the relation Of the hum
blest service to the highest law
Frank Walters.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-09-04
He Preached the Sermon.

nored the threat. He was shot at from
ambush. But he kept right on.
One Sunday he preached his regu-
lar morning sermon. In the afternoon
he got word Of moonshine still op-
Grating in his district. On the way he
met prospective bride and groom.
He tried to dodge them, failed. and
married them by the roadside.
Then he hurried on to the still. He
slipped through the underbrush, COW
cred two men with his shotgun and
marched them in as prisoners.