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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
REDUCTION RAN
VEREWELL IN THIS
REGIONLASTNEEK
Heaviest Week Since Big
Pre-strike Output in
October.

Production in the Fairmont field
last week totaled s177 cars of coal
and coke, or4O73OO tons of coal
and 81 cars OF coke. OF this 6767
cars of coal and coke were produced
on the Monongah division of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroads.&c., 800
tons of coal and 81 cars of coke,
while the Monongahela railway pro-
duced 1410 cars Of coal.
Last weeks production on the B.
G o. railroad was an average Of l12S
cars Of coal and coke a day. The
production was the heaviest since
the week ending October 25-the last
full week before the big coal strike
broke, that having been 6981 cars Of
coal and coke. The production on
the Monongah division last week was
256 cars heavier than the CORE
spending week Of December, 1918.
Tonnage loaded on the Mononga-
hela railway last week was 1410 cars.
This Is the heaviest tonnage the rail-
way loaded since the week ending
November /, which was 1884 cars.
Car Shortage.
Indications are that the produc-
tion this week In the Fairmont re-
CONTINUED on page five)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
Coal Probe
Starts When
Miners Work
The Longer They Stay Out,
the Longer They Will De.
lay Final Settlement of
70 Scale.
IBy Assoclated Press

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Restric-
tions against supplying fuel coal to
foreign ships were relaxed today by
the Railroad administration to permit
the departure Of hundreds Of foreign
vessels which have been held in At
lantlc and other parts since the
shortage of coal became acute.
Heretofore the only foreign ships
which have been allowed to obtain
coal were fast mail passenger liners.
Coal production waS Expected by
Railroad administration officials to be
80 per cent of normal today Report
showed that miners were returning
to work rapidly in all fields except
in Ohio and Kansas.
1t was indicated at the White house
today that the commission which ID
to investigate the coal industry with
view to adjusting wages and prices
would not be named until the mine
workers had carried out their agree
ment to return to work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
7UILDING PERMITS TOTAuNG
Sl,250,000 WERE ISSUED TODAY.
About One Hundred and Thirty One Structures Of
Various Kinds Are Covered by Big Lot of Papers
Issued by City Government Today.
MANY DWELLING HOUSES N VARIOUS PARTS OF GITY'
City Directors Clear Up Lot of Routine Business at
Their Weekly Meeting This Morning Approach
to Old Bridge to Be Repaired.

up a street connecting Elkins with
Guffey. The deed was accepted Dut
the street will not be opened up by
the city until the contract is fulfilled
and the money is in hand.
Street Director Arnett was author
ized to at once proceed with some
necessary repairs to the approach to
the river bridge in lieu of the fact
that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company have notified the boaru that
1t will be impossible for them to build
the permanent approach to the bridge
before spring.
The contract for cement authorized
by the board which was granted to
Arch Fleming representing the Cres-
cent Portland Cement company was
received by the board properly signed
by Mr. Fleming and was accepted.
Director Arnett notified the board
to the effect that if weather condi-
tions permitted the paving OF Nor
gantown avenue would be completed
this week. All but about 400 feet afe
completed at this time.
Director Morris was authorized to
purchase needed supplies for the wa
ter plant and a deed presented by Dt-
rector Morris giving right of way for a
one inch water line through Pople
street was accepted by the board.
The deed was executed by the Fair
mont Land company aad the line will
be laid on Pople street between Nor
gantown avenue and Mill street. Di-
rector Morris was also authorized to
close the contract for the iron, brass
and other junk at the city water plant
with l. Funt.
Director Morris requested that a
Rudd heater or some other device for
heating water be installed in the new
annex to the city building and was
advised to look into the matter and
report at the next meeting OF the
board
The bond of Carl Nuzum submitted
at last weeks meeting was approved
by Major Conaway and accordingly
accepted by the board.
Webber and Drummond were grant
ed a license to conduct restaurant
on Water and Bridge streets. The
application of Ray Shackelford for
the position of superintendent Of the
city reservoir was received and filed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15

Building permits aggregattng the
sum of S1,25O,OOO were granted this
morning by the city Board Of Direc-
tors at the regular Monday morning
meeting. These contracts are a part
Of the big building project which was
launched in this city recently and
which was engineered by Major James
M. Boyle, of No. IA Wall street, N. Y.
The buildings which number ap-
proximately 131 will be built by the
Fred T. Ley company Of Springfield,
Mass, which company Is already on
the ground and the architects who
furnished the plans for them are
Dreher, Churchman, Paul and Ford, Of
Philadelphia. e.
The permits as granted this morn
ing include 12 houses to be built by
the South Side Land company on Gas
ton avenue between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets; The Fred T. Ley COM
pany IA temporary buildings on Owens
avenue to be used as commtssary and
for other building purposes; the west
Virginia Metal Products company
four structures, on Winfield street
yGad six houses in the West end; the
,Fairmont Mining Machinery company
Is houses between Tenth and Tweltth
streets below Virginia avenue; The
Pleasant valley Homes company, 81
houses on Winfield, Owens and Dodd
streets and the Fred T. Ley company
10 build two additional stories to the
Fairmont hotel to be of brick and other
fire proof material and to cost $780,
900.
) The houses included in the build
Ing project will all be substantially
built and modern in every particular
and will most OF them be two and
Dne-half stories.
Permission was also granted to the
West Virginia Metal Products com
pany to construct a water main to Its
properties now in the course Of con-
structlon on the Speedway the COM
pany to do the work and the city to
refund water revenues from same to
the company until the work is paid
for The line will supply approx
mately IS houses and will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
The city accepted a deed from B.
Il. Gaskins ct al, granting to the city
thirty feet of ground fronting on Elk
lns street for the purpose of opening
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
TWO BIO. TRAINS
COLL|DE0NN.R R. SPUR.

B. G o. passenger train 81 the
Pittsburgh train, and extra COZ collid-
ed head d-on at Highland station. kAis
county this morning at 1901 o'clock.
Both engines were slightly damaged
but no one was injured The authori-
ties are investigating to determine
which crew is to blame for the acci-
dent.
Due to the heavy coal movement the
B. & o, railroad increasing the num-
ber OF firemen and brakemen for
crews. The number will probably be
increased from Is to 20 per cent. for
service over the winter. The heavy
tonnage to be hauled by rail will give
crews plenty Of work for an indefi-
mite period OF time,
F. R, r, train due here at 12:40 over
the Monongahela Railway was two
hours late on Sunday due to a land
slide. The B. & O.. Pittsburgh train
was late in arriving here last evening
owing to tree falling on the tracks
near Murray. rii yIl$l
Passenger service has been again
restored on the B. & o. railroad,
Trains il and 10 between New York
and st. Louis and the train to and
from MorgantOwn have again been
placed back on the schedule. The
conservation move was made because
! Of fuel shortages.
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JUDGE BORST HEAD.
Of OFANEB|CANI00
IN N...G|TY TODAY
Will Address an Open
Meeting at First M. E.
Chi

Judge Henry 81. Borst, sire Of the
sovereign grand lodge of the 1ndepend..
ent order Of Odd FeFllows, is in
Fairmont and will make an address
to the public tonight at the First NJ.
E. church and will be entertained at
dinner this evening at The Fairmont
hotel. Judge and Mrs. Borst were
married only last Wednesday and are
making a honeymoon trip which In
cludes two stops in West Virginia
Fairmont today and Huntington to-
MORO wright.
There is a general handshake of
Odd Fellows at the hall of Marion
Lodge No. II this afternoon and sew
eral conferences are on which are
important to 0ddfellowship. The
meeting tonight is for the public as
we'll as members Of the order and a
splendid program has been arranged.
The night meeting starts early as
Judge and Mrs. Borst must leave ca
the six O'Clock street car tomorrow
morning for Clarksburg in order to
make the long Jump to Huntington
where Judge Borst speaks to Odd
Fellows of Southern West Virginia
tomorrow night.
The plan was to have parade OF
Odd Fellows from the hall Of Harion
lodge to the church this will be aban-
doned as there is obstruction on the
part Of members of the Greater Fair
mont band towards marching with
non-union organizations brouht here
on the initiative Of other Marion
couty lodges.
The program for the public meet
ing at the First M. E. church tonight
which will mark the occasion Of the
first visit To SWest VilSUia of a
grand sire Of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows, has just been
completed and is as follows:
d. Organ Processional-Mrs. j.
Minor Dunham, Of Fairmont.
81. o. o. F. Opening odo-odd
Sim; 5. 1nvocation-Rev. v. l. canter, Of
o'4. 4. Vocal I solo-Rev. Claude e.
Goodwin, of FairTnont.
s. Miss Arma Bing, Of FaFirmont.
6. Introductory ,Address-Revg g.
N. Coffman, of Feirview.
z. Address-Hon. Henry V. Borstr
Of Amsterdam, N. Y.
IContinuea on page. iour)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
Biblical Story Likened
Unto Movie Scenes

Modernizing the third chapter OF
Acts, Peter and John were pictured
ina scenerlo Of a motion picture with
five scenes by Rev. Roy j. Meyer,
pastor of Grace Lutheran church, last
evening.
The movie" leads would be as fol-
lows: First, Peter and John are seen
going to prayer meeting at 8 o'clock
in the afternoon; second, they meet
a lame man; third, Peter and John
Give attention to lame man; fourth,
modern lights from ancient history;
fifth, "Peter's Application of the
Miracle to the People"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
Judge Raymond
I'LL No Court
Session Today
Believed That Oysters Judge
Ate Friday Night Were
Responsible for In
disposition.

Judge VIM. Raymond of the Cir
cult court sent a message to the court
house this morning excusing the ju-
rors woh had been summoned until
Tuesday morning.
Judge Raymond has been i'll since
asturday night with an attack Of pto-
maine poisoning caused, 1t Is thought,
by eating some oysters Friday night.
Sunday morning DR.. Carr was called
Ito the Raymond residence and has
been in attendance on the judge sew
eral times since.
This afternoon the patient is re-
ported much better with chances that
the Judge will be abel to hold court
tomorrow.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-12-15
fBv Associated Press

by asSOClaI6u 6TGssI
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE war
time prohibition act was held con-
stitutional today by the Supreme
court,
The decision of the Supreme court
deciding appeals from Kentucky and
New York involving the constitution
ality of the wartime prohibition act
was read by Associate Justice Bran
deis.
Federal court DEGREES in New York
dismisstng proceedings brought by
Dryfoos Blum and Co. to compel in
ternal.reyenue officials to-permit the
withdrawal from bond of whiskey for
beverage purposes were affirmed by
the court.
The signing Of the armistlce did not
abrogate the wartime power of con-
gress, Associate Justice Brandeis said
in reading the decision of the court.
Justice Brandles said the government
did not appropriate the liquor by stop
ping its domestic sale as the way was
left open for exporting it
In deciding the question the Supreme
court also dissolved injunction re-
strainsng revenue officials from in
terfering with the removal from bond
of about 7O,0OO,OOO gallons of whis-
key valued at approximately S75,000,-
900 held by the Kentucky distillertes
and warehouse companies Of Louis
ville Ky.
Justice Brandeis also called atten-
tion to the contlsued control of the
railroad and Resumption Of powers
by the government relative to coal and
sugar under war acts to show that
the government continues to exercise
various war powers despite the sign
ing Of the armistice.
The constitutional prohibition
amendment is binding on the federal
government as we'll as the states ann
supercedes state laws the court de-
clared.
The judgment Of the court in the
Kentucky and New York cases was
unanimous. Justice 5[anueis .[ .,ssasl sllu
there was no OASIS loT Tue Gontentl9n ~
tnat president wilson s'a.eLngIt ta4it1lit,dL ~
mis- message Velolng tne prol!D4Ilog tlol
enforcement aGt' tnat tne %ar tias. uau
come to an end was pFoctan1atl9ll ~ Il
announcing tne termination OF tHe @
war, In rendering lts opinion @ @tne
court confined ITSELF entlreiy 70 tne
wartime prohibition act and tooK no
action on the SO called peer cases
which attacked the consututlonatlty
OF the prohibition enforcement act'
.,.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l5.-Constltu-
tionality oTthe war time proh1oition
and the prohibition enforcement laws
was attacked In the supreme court IN
three different appeals. one came
from Kentucky where the former stat
ute was held invalid. Two came from
New York where botn acts were sus-
tanned.
Beside the millions Of dollars IN
the nm decision a@d aoas aecFs ct SsPsg Taued
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THE WEATHER

Falr and continued cold tonight
and Tuesday. 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

frankly known to all people that the
allies have tried by every possible
means, by unfailing patience, to give
Germany chance to show her hon.
esty and good faith, and that Ger
many, as result. looks on the peace
treaty as joke. has resorted to time
wasting maneuvers, and is diligently
putting herself in good position to
recommence the war.
They count on their propaganda
and international bolshevism to sep
arate the allies and even to excite
combat between them"
The peace conference heard all this
fully-and used it's own judgment.
Now, 1t Is said. there is still time to
prevent Germany from establishing
herself in Russia. Repetition, rep
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IT FROM A GERMAN AT1McAL wEEKLY 80 -

better, with small present effort, to
prevent the future war than to wait
until the calamity assails us?
A great present remedy, they now
say, Is still Intervention in Russia
to help Russia, at once against Ger
many and bolshevism. The bolshe-
visits have announced their purpose to
spread their poison through all other
countries. Present interference will
prevent this; land as we know from
terrible experience that the battle
fields In another mans country is a
whole lot better than in our own, it
Will pay to finish the bolshevists in
Russia rather than in France, Eng
land. Italy and America later on"
1t Is agreed in principle Il con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

care. because the allies will be forced
to reconstruct them a little later"
Aye. they say. the conquered allies.
1--WE have limited the German army
to 100000 men; but they have at least
100000 guns. ETC.. and how many
millions Of trained men ready to be
promptly reorganized? (The American
Intelligence knew lot about this, as
early as six months ago) Though de-
mobilized.' these weapons have been
iedistributed for self protection' against
their fake revolutions and to arm mil
lions Of Russian soldiers trained by Ger.
man officers"
With these troops, German. Rus
sian, Austrian. Hungarian. Turkish,
Bulgarian, and perhaps Of certain
countries today neutral, armed with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

"A general society of nations shall
be formed in virtue of special agree
ments of such a nature as to furnish
mutual guarantees of political inde-
pendence and territorial integrity to
small and weak nations as well as to
the grand nations"
Now. they say, If independence Ia
thus guaranteed to the little states as
against the greater, how absurd will
1t be to permit powerful state like
Russia to fall to the mercy either Of q
marauding band of bolshevists operat-
ing in the final interests of Germany,
or Of Germany herself. or both.
All repetition. repetition, you re-
peat-get into Russia before the
Germans, aid Russia to establish a
real government, aid public works and
individual efforts. Blockade Russia,
!. e., the bolshevists, and expel and keep
out the Germans.
Well, here's something that isn't
repetition:
This great effort must be extended
to Poland and Rumania. It Ill cost
a little dear, but from the Importance
OF the need and Of the great business
that will be established between these
countries and the allies 1t will be
more than repaid. Repaid? they say
It is the only way. they say, to safe
guard our independence, our civiliza-
ton. the democracy Of the world, the
future of our children-prevent Ger
many from starting and winning the
new war OF which she dreams and Is
actually. at this hour, preparing!
And I quote the last sentence of
arguments which persuaded me to
undertake this story:
otherwise. we are lost! ESQ ran
the words); and it is an insult to the
intelligence of the majority of the
citizens OF the allied nations to i'm
agine that. once properly informed Of
the true state Of affairs, they will not
sustain all governmental policies to
these ends, in the matter!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

tinue to Quote) that we ought not to
interfere in other peoples politics,
but on condition that they are honest
home politics. not expressly nodded
to blast our own! All would SUBJ
scribe to Russia settling her own af-
fairs If in so doing we were not leav-
Ing Germany free hand to establish
q pro-German government there, put
masses OF German officers to the train
Ing OF Russian troops-as they did
VIGOROUSLY with Turks in Turkey
and TRANQUILITY to mobilize all Rus
Sian resources. So true, they say, It
Will happen in Russia II we do not
prevent the repetition Of the German
Turkish program. Shall we hesitate
on the point Of delicacy7 Be sure
the Germans will not do so.
German education Of the past forty
years recognizes force only. They
told US frankly they would sign any,
thing, but would not keep their COW
enants. In their Counter PROPOSE
tons they said that they will not pay
any money before seven years-in
1925. We may well believe 1t, be-
cause they expect to crush France
and the allies before that timer
Our only safeguard against this
menace, the memorial represented to
the peace conference before peace was
sighed. would have been q simple
prolongation Of the armistice, itself
. mere suspension Of hostilities, with
the threat OF recommending war on
twenty-four hours notice.
I 60 on repeating what I hear
everywhere.
1t Is an ungrateful story. but It 10
. national duty. they say, to put the
truth before the publio--"to make Il
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war materials made surreptitiously in
Russia and elsewhere. France, they
say, will be crushed, II not in three
years. then in Ave years. Then. with
the additional cannons. planes. ships,
etc., captured in France, they will
attack England. 1T will be the old
story over again. only. this time. sue
cessful. The fate Of England will be
quickly that Of France. Then, with
the combined captured fleets and re-
sources, they will attack America"
SO, they say, the threat Of the
kaiser to Gerard will be made good !.
ana we VIII pay bitterly the price Of
our mistaken kindness Of yesterday
and today. Worse. they say. the new
war Will be OF such frightfulness that
the war Of 1s14-1s1s will seem a.
child's play in comparison.
The only way for the allies To nre.
vent the catastrophe, they say. ia to
get effectively into Russia before the
Germans do
One OF the fourteen points of President
Wilson for the armistice actually
gives this power to force the Germans
out OF Russia. 1t reads:
Evacuation Of all Russian territory
ana the regulation Of all questions
concerning Russia, in such a wav as
to assure the best and most liberal
cooperation with the other nations
OF the world to give Russia an oppor-
tunity to fix. without let or hindrance.
tho independence of It's own develop-
ment' political and national, and as
sure her OF a sincere reception into
the free society Of nations. under the
institutions she has chosen for her.
SELF"
Another clause for the armistice
declares,
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Sympathy.

THE sprightly young man one sees
rushing around the House of Rep
resentatives these days in a more or
less successful effort to keep weary
republican congressman on the lob ia
Harold Knutson Of Minnesota. whin
Of the House.
knutson has gained this honor after
very brief membership in the House
because he is just SO everlastingly
active that after he decided he wanted
the Job there was no way of keepinp
1t away from him. He went out after
the place and gave other folks who
aspired to 1t such a hot race that they
just naturally fell down by the road
side. with their tongues hanging out
on their shirt fronts, so to speak, and
ne romped home a winner.
Such a campaign as Knutson made
Tor the Job as whip is typical of him.
his method Is to pick out something
that ne wants. race around in secret
for bit, until he unlimbers into fine
action, and then sneak swiftly up on
the blind side of the man who has the
possession he prizes and lift 1t. May
De ne uses some psychology in plan
ming his assaults, too The story of
how he first got into Congress will
settle that question.
some -FOUR years ago, so they story
goes knutson was the city editor Of
a small paper up in Minnesota when
the congressman from his district de-
cided to run for the Senate. so Knut-
son decided he was the boy for tho
Job OF representative. Whereupon he
snatched moment here and there
when ne was not reading copy, max
ing up the paper, or meeting the A:2l
local, and outlined a campaign all of
his own kind. Having no great
amount Of money and, unfortunately
peing against man who had great
deal OF the same. he figured that he
would have to do something different
and cheap. Thus cogitating, 1t occur
red to him that he possessed an auto
mobile Of the common garden. or
leaping tuna. variety and that almost
every voter in his district owned the
same kind OF machine. so he had
best appeal to the said voters on the
ground Of fellow sufferer.
Hence, when Knutson started out
campaigning, he fixed his machine 40
that by merely waving his hands over
IT. or speaking harshly to it. he could
throw the dingus or the carburetor
OF Or something otg out Of keller: Approach
pass. the machine would wheese, drop
the corners OF its mouth and stagger
UP against tree as II to die. Then
knutson would appeal to the voter for
aid and always get 1t. There never
was anything seriously wrong with
the car and practically every voter
would fx 1t: Then Knutson would
congratulate him on his KNOWLEDGE NJ
mechanics put himself in strong with
the voter causally mention that he
was running for Congress and mass on
to the next voter to repeat the per-
When the votes were counted. Kput-
sons opponent. who drove a high
powered car which never had a pimple
or q blemish on 1t, was sadly in the
rear and Knutson was riding on 10
fame on the baked enamel winrs ~
his apiritsd diver. $50 -