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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-07
only 221 VOTES
AGA|NSTEND
OF COAL STRIKE
Vote Came Right After
Lewis Had Made His
Plea.
ON ,MURRAY'S MOTION
Carries With It Acceptance
of the Award Of the
Commission.
ON ,NURRAY'S MOTION
IRy AssocIated prnsslI

BY Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Jan. The
United Mine Workers OF America in
convection here today ratified the ac-
tion of the International officers in
accepting President Wilson'S propo-
sal to end the coal strike on i per
cent basis and commission TO draw
up new wage agreement.
The vote was take- Just before
noon after Acting Presiednt Lewis
had made a plea for ratification. The
vote was taken on motion or Presi-
dent Murray, of the Pcnnsylyania
miners organization. that the report
of the International officers be Nc
Icepted.
According to Acting President
Lewis the ratification carries with il
acceptance OF any award to be made
by the Presidents commission.
The vote was 1859 for ratificatinn
to 221 against.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-07
THE WEATHER

Rain and warmer tonight; Thurs-
day rain.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-07
MINERS living
C|)STREAS0NABLE
N THIS REGION
Better Off Than Almost
ANY Other Class of
Wage Farmers.

Living expenses have really affect
ed the miner in the Fairmont region
less than any other class of people,
said one OF the prominent coal oper-
ators today. Ii. found that after
carefully comparing the cost of varl-
Gus articles with the prices prevailing
in 1918 that the cost of living had
increased 60 per cent, while miners
wages had increased 152 per cent
since that time.
That figures compiled by this large
coal company are correct may be
cleaned from the fact that the in
cerase of living figures is but ten per
cent less than compiled by Secretary
of Labor Wilson. who used the city
as basis rather than the rural sec
ton, which would naturally run
higher. This ten percent discrepancy
is due to the fact that there were no
increases in fuel to the miner, who re-
ceives it $1.25 cheaper than it actu-
ally costs the mine 10 produce and
deliver it.
One fthe big items Of the high
cost of living has been rent profteer-
ing, but the coal companies have
really not raised rents, or at least few
of them have done so. This particular
coal company still rents to its min
ers six-room modern home for Sc
month in as fine little mining
town as theer is in the region. This
is at teh rate Of 81 room q month.
The rent has not been raised since
1913, and yet the value of the house
has more than doubled and the cost
of making repairs is costing the coal
company more than twice as much.
While this may be said of this par
ticular coal company 1t is also true Of
other coal companies in the region,
and this is one of the inducements to
miners who have come here from 9TH
er fields. Added to this the comapny
store of the company has been an in
fiuence in keping the cost of living
down, and the foregoing company
states that reasonable prices are ex-
tended the miners rather than charg-
ing them the top-notch figure as many
mercahnts are prone to do.
The. Fairmont region is well equip
ped with homes of modern type
which have gas and electric connec-
tions. modern gardens, flower beds
and living conditions are most advan-
tageous.
Bell Gets More Crs.
It falls to the unusual lot Of the
Fairmont region to secure three OF
the four preemptory orders directing
car supply to be issued in the country
within the past two years. The last
of these was issued late Tuesday af-
ternon when j. J. Moynihan; Pitts
burgh manager of the eastern car
pool, directed the Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie railroad to furnish $50
cars and the Pennsylvania railroad tc
furnish $50 cars daily to the Monon.
gahela railway. Previously while
u Continued on page tour.)
Ia
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-07
POWDER EXPLOSION.

UNIoNTOWN, Pa, Jan. z: - APP
proximately 10000 pounds of powder
stored in the truck shed Of the Dupont
Powder plant at Fairchance, six miles
from here, exploded early today and
destroyed the building.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
WAR NURSE GETS PLACE
AT THE PIONEERS HOME

Miss Mildred Jones, who served
for three years as Red Cross nurse
in France, going there before Amer
lea S entry to the war, and remain
ing until peace came, has accepted
a position as a nurse at the Pion
GERS Home at Sitka, and will leave
on the Estebeth Thursday to take
up her duties there Miss Jones
arrived on the Spokane, and is a
guest at the Gastireau Hotel She
came North looking for work.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
e CLAS SIFIED ADS q
THE E M PRE-
Through Which the General Public
IS THE MEDIUM
Cam Always Have Its Wants Supplied

Answers for advertisers will be
held two weeks after date of last
insertion THE EMPIRE cannot as
sumo responsibility to care for un-
called for-letters after that period.
Closing time for classified adver-
tisements: 2 p. m.
Closing time for display adver-
tisements: II a. m.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
ALASKA NOTES

Capt. Harry Rolf, well known sea-
faring man, who for years past
has made his headquarters at Cor
dova. is having constructed in Seattle
probably the best power boat of
its size ever built for the Alaskan
trade. The boat is nearing compile
ton and will be ready to depart
for Cordova about mid-May. Capt.
Rolf will command the dandy little
craft and Senator Hill, known and
liked all over Alaska, will be in en-
tire charge of the engine room.
100000 1t will be 64.10 feet in
length and 16 feet in width. The
ribs are 8 8 and the planking is
2R net There are two staterooms
and in the forecastle there will be
sleeping accommodations for eight
people. Aside from the substantial
character and arrangement of . the
boat itself, the engine that has been
installed a Seattle product, is con
sidered the best that money can
buy. 1t is of the Gulowsen-Grei type,
100 horsepower. In addition to the
big engine. there will be a 10 horse
power engine for hosting and other
purposes. The chaft will be the
first boat to be completely equipped
with the Scarlet lifesavng suits
The boat was designed by l.. H.
Coolidge. naval architect, and is be
ing built by Anderson, the Ship
builder.-(Cordova Times.J
Kowkow was plentiful in Eskimo,
Vile near Nome during the winter
Seals are numerous on the ice,
little way from the town and the
native hunters killed many of them,
one native securing nine in one
The seals are found about four
miles from the shore.
A late arrival at Nenana from the
Kantishna reports that Ed Bartlett,
who had the contract for hauling the
ore from the Aitken mine, some
thirty miles to the landing on the
Kantishna river, from where it will
be shipped to the Outside smelter
! lat the opening of navigation, has
finished the job, having hauled close
| to eight hundred tons.
Grace NJ Oldfeld ]. H. Scott ana
| Robert Joseph Diven were chosen
| by the voters of Nenana to serve as
members OF the local school board
to fill vacancies caused by the ex-
piratiOn of the terms of three mem
bers of the board.
Flying rock from blast in Nenana
canyon caused the serious injury
of. Andrew Larson and Mike Goloff
Each man suffered a compound frac-
ture of the leg, the left leg of one
shot and the right leg of the other
man receiving similar injuries.
The remains of Dan Mccarthy
have been sent to the family home
at San Francisco where the body
will be cremated, Mccarthy was
killed by his wife last October
during family quarrel and was
buried at Brooks where the shooting
took place. jury acquitted his
wife for the shooting
Forrest McKechnie, the eighteen.
monthsold child of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
l.. McKechnie, died at Petersburg
recently.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

: INTEREST IN THE CLASSIFIED
ADS is growing all the time We
have dole much, as you know. to
foeter such interest through "adver-
Using our classified" The audience
10 be reached through these little
ads is SO large that it would sur
prise those not familiar with the
Intimate place they have taken in
the affairs OF daily life in Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Kowkow was plentiful in Eskimo
Vile near Nome during the winter
Seals are numerous on the ice, a
little way from the town and the
native hunters killed many of them,
one native securing nine in one
day and another native killing six
The seals are found about four
miles from the shore.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11
FOR RENT-ROOMS

JUNEAU BOOMING HOUSE-0ver
Juneau Billiard Parlors. Quiet, COM
Portable rooms. Baggage stored while
you are out OF town. e Rates soc.
per day ard up.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Grace M. Oldfield, ]. H. Scott ana
Robert Joseph Diven We're chosen
by the voters of Nenana to serve as
members Of the local school board
to fill vacancies caused by the ex-
piration of the terms of three mem
bers of the board
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Forrest McKechnie, the eighteen
months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
l.. McKechnie, died at Petersburg
recently.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1920-05-11

Flying rock from a blast in Nenana
canyon caused the serious injury
of Andrew Larson and Mike Goloff
Each man suffered compound frac-
ture of the leg, the left leg of one
man having been shattered by the
shot and the right leg of the other
man receiving similar injuries.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
SWISS TO HOLD UNIQUE FAIR
Display q Watch, Jewel and Kindred
industries at 0snsva In The
.. Year 1910.

The "Federation Horlogere Suis-
Sc" Federation Of the Swiss Watch
Industry is welcoming the organi-
zation in 1920 at Geneva of q fair Of
the watch and jewel and kindred in
dustries. Mr.. Rudhardt, director
Of industry of Geneva, took the in
itiative in the Institution of the fair.
He considers that the new conditions
made by the war for these indus
tries require a more effective co-or-
dination between the workers and
the producers that it must be ex-
pected that considerable efforts will
be made by foreign competition to
take from Swiss manufacturers the
unquestioned supremacy which they
have hitherto enjoyed in the world
market; or at least to diminish its
Importance.
1t may safely be said that nothing
will be omitted in order to give this
fair, the first of it's kind in Switzer-
land, a strictly business character,
while not neglecting the artistical
side. The "Palais Electoral has
been chosen for the fair. The par
ticipants will have at their DISPOSE
ton 1872 boxes of various sizes. The
smallness of entrance fees will allow
the participation Of firms of modest
Importance.
The sale to individuals will not be
authorized.-Journal de Geneve.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
GIRLS MAKE GOOD
ON DOUBLE JOBS

Capable ''bookkeeper-sten-
ographers" are always in great
demand and earn good salaries.
Northern business men; nearly
always call for the thoroughly
trained students of Dakota
Business College, Fargo, N. D.,
to fill this two-in-one job.
Within a few days Miss E.
Brendemuhl was thus employed
by the Northwestern Telephone
Exchange, Miss M. Larson by
the Master Oil Co. and Miss E.
Veden by the F. 0. Knerr
Dairy Co.
"Follow the Successful" I"
Write F. L. Watkins, Pres, 806
Front St., Fargo, N. D., for in
formation.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
J0BLESS DRAIN GERMANY
Vast Sum Of Money Already Paid Out
to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Asked.

Berlin.-The German government at
the end of December had spent IN 1919
1,O0O,OO0.OOO marks for support of the
unemployed, according to the figures
Of the labor ministry. (The mark ia
worth 2.1l cents ut present exchange
rates)
Another 1.OOO.OOO.OOO marks will
have been paid out before the arrival
of the time specified for this support
to cease. it is estimated.
1t is planned, because Of the huge
amount expended in this way. to try
to induce the unemployed to work on
emergency labor. Cndersecretary Of
State MOellendOrf has demanded a
fund of 5.OOOOOO.OOO marks to tackle
the unemployment question.
The representative from Baden has
announced that idle textile workers
there are leaving for the Ruhr district
to become coal miners.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
Submarine "vaIIey"
Found Off Mendocjno

San FranciScO.-The apprOxi-
mate location and shape Of an
uncharted submarine valley.
which caused the wreck Of the
steamer Bear with the loss OF
five lives in 1916. has been re-
ported by Captain Lukins of the
surveying vessel Wenonah Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The axis Of the valley is Civ
en- as about ten miles to the
north and west of Cape Mendo-
cino, CAL, and it's head about
five miles off shore.
The unknown presence Of this
formation is blamed for the
wreck Of the steamer Bear,
whose captain was deceived by
sOundings taken in its vicinity
during a storm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
GOOD PROFIT IS
FOUND IN KELP
Besides the Commercial Potash
Many Valuable By-Products
Are Turned Out.
EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESS
Plant Established by Government in
California Demonstrates Profit
Can Be Made With Produc-
tion on Commercial Basis.

Washington.-Kelp, apparently. is
going to be profitable source of pot
ash. an important fertilizer Ingredient
that the United States formerly OBJ
tained almost wholly from Germany.
During the war an experimental kelp-
potash plant was established by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture at Summerland, Cal. Before the
second year Of operation was COM
pleted it had been determined not only
that the plant could be made self-sus-
tanning on the basis Of potash alone,
at $3.50 a unit, but that number Of
valuable by-products could be profit
ably obtained. The chief Of the bu-
reau Of soils, which bureau operates
the enterprise, estimates that If the
plant turns out $500 worth Of potas-
stun chloride day, it may at the
same time turn out $3.50 worth a day
Of the four principal by-products.
Many 6y-Produets.
Among the by-products whose CON-
mercial obtainability has been estab-
nshed are iodine, common salt. am
monia, and bleaching carbon. This
bleaching carbon, formerly imported
from Europe and sold for 20 cents a
pound, has been prepared and sold
from the Summerland plant at Is
cents a pound and appears at present
about able to pay the production cost
Of itself and the potash, with good rea-
son to believe that it may ultimately
be made to pay the operating cost Of
the entire enterprise. It has been
definitely established by large-scale
operations that very little of the nitro
gen Of kelp Is lost in the various proc
esses and that it can be commercially
recovered as ammonia, thus yielding
another important fertilizer element.
In this process enough combustible
gas is released greatly to reduce If
not to eliminate fuel consumption in
the plant A tar is likewise recovered,
and its subproducts, kelp oils and creo-
sote, have been shown to be of value.
respectively. as flotation agents and
disinfectants. Still other valuable BY
products are likely to be recovered.
'The field broadens tremendously as
progress is made" reports the chief
Of the bureau of soils.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
Two Birthdays on Ono Voyage,

San Francisco, Cal.-W. C. Sam
mons, purser aboard the steamer
Archer, now in port from the Orient,
celebrated his f1ftieth birthday twice
on the voyage from the far East. Sam
mons birthday fell on the day that the
Archer approached the three hundred
and sixtieth longitude. He was the
recipient Of many congratulations from
passengers and crew. Then the steam
er crossed the longitudinal line and
the same day was repeated. giving
Sammons another birthday. The
Archer, operated by the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, carried a $6,0OO,-
600 cargo. including $3,OOO,OOO in silk
and 81. .ONO, ono in tea.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
WAKE UP, AMERICANS!

u F. W. MURPHY Agricultural socie
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
AIRPLANE BUILT LAST.

What is the "life" Of an airplanc ?
The question is partially answered
by the recent publication of the facts
concerning a Bristol Fighter, which
has been in continuous commission
on the fighting front, and in Hol-
land, for over two years without the
expenditure of single penny in re-
newals or repairs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24
DON'T Be SCARED OF GRIP.

''The surest way to precipitate an
evil is to become obsessed in the an
ticipation of it, says the Medical
Press and Circular (London), in
deprecating the too oft-repeated
warnings against influenza. Which
means that there is not likely to be
a recurrence of last years epidemic
unless people get scared into it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24


country
crme TO what brood of vpers do they The slain boys
should search for true to these
On the contrary they blind followers vicious leaders
dssntn and dscord Who the most who shoots
violence?
hate and prejudice and
which results lack Of harmony discomfort
snakes grass? The people Minnesota
prejudice
aIray classa bitter public
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-24

The rifle shots which resulted in the death of the
soldier boys at Centraa Washington have echoed and
reechoed around the globe They have
true patriots everywhere.
What an indictment to civilization and citizen
ship that it should require such. horrible tragedy to
the people of America to the appreciation of the
grave dangers which confront u.s. In all the long
annals of time have more nobly died more
entitled to be classed martyrs in the of
humanity than the four young men who gave their
that their countrymen might be aroused the
necessity for prompt and vigorous action against the
enemies of the nation. And how fervently should
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27

man wrote the League Of Nations
L suggested
We think you wrote it, ne re-
spondcd.
That's what we're after-vha
people think I exclaimed, not
what we are told "a banquets and
IN interviews that they thinK'-an
attitude of mind being the most
pregnant factor i'm the relations of
people, I'm It's behalf nations have
made war and done all kinds Of
foolish things as well as wise.
So YOU laid the cornerstone Of
the temple of peace in the presence
Of all the. newspaper correspond
euts he continued. a year and
more has passed. 40 more Amer
lean automobiles or soldiers are to
be- seen I'm the streets of Paris All
your experts have gone home long
since and with them all the brigade
of special correspondents. You have
not even ratified the treaty. no
American sits iu the supreme coun-
Gil except as "a detached observer
20 look after the very troublesome
task of settling all the new tenants
in their quarters You've lost inter
est i'm YOUR temple Of peace i'm the
same ay-well-I-it's rather an
annoying simile / have i'm mind He
hcsitatcd. diplomatic habit interven-
ing after the strain of unaccustomed
candor
Please lot me have it, / begged.
You are a strange people 10 us,
powerful. energetic. amazing. but
we In Europe do not understand
YOU. possibly because YOU are so
N-,fr L,r.f M ,nnffnunrrs for
cign policy as we have. So you for
get your temple If peace which had
Infested YOU so much at the time.
lust as the child forEets the house
Of cards that he built on the rug
yesterday and is of TO other things.
1T looks as il the league was &c
be one of the main issues i'm Our
presidential campaign, I said. If
we haven't continuous foreign pol
.cy we certainly started an explosive
one I'm Paris If you doubt il read
all the speeches that have been
made i'm our senate and out of it,
But-and there he came TO the
point lly-'but we i'm Eu-
rope have 10 live i'm that temple. II
does not suit us It's very rambl-
ing sort of barracks. with a cellar
under some parts and none under
other parts. halls without stairWays
and stairways without halls: plumb
ing without bathtubs and bathtubs
without plumbing: the walls gener-
ally out OF plumb; an immense back
door for secret diplomacy and no
front door for open diplomacy as
planned. kitchens disconnected from
the dining rooms; apartments that
are all dining rooms and no kitchens
and YOU are not even furnishing
MS the money 10 make needed
changes or 20 finish the structure.
Yes the housing question, which is
universally acute, becomes bedlam
of a crisis i'm that temple of yours.
" OF ours
-" Yes. so we think
" That's it-what you think.
beg your pardon"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
HEAR ECHO OF
PONZI CASE HERE
Postmaster Gets Instructions
Regarding Acceptance of In
ternational Reply Coupons.

What Is believed TO be an echo OF
the Ponzi case IN Boston is contain
ed in the announcement of the post
master that international reply
coupons OF Italy that are not stamp
ed at the office OF issue. or those
bearing the date prior TO March 81.
1921. will not be ACCEPTED al any
post office In the United States.
According 20 the assistant post
master the Italians in this country
avail themselves OF the opportunity
10 send postage 10 their friends and
relatives in Italy through this means
Five cents Is paid for the coupons.
and they are exchanged IN Italy for
a postage stamp. without the pay
ment of any additional charges.
Dealing In international reply cou-
pons OF Italy is not as large in South
Bend now as Il was before the war,
though the dealing with Hungary is
larger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
WOMEN SHOULD TAXI
~ VFRNE

tt the statement made ~ a New
York Assembly of women that
healthy American women are 60 rare
that tfov .ire almost extinct b. TRUE,
a. is time for tho WON EN- of Nmerica
10 take warrins and look 80 their
health Il may be headaches back
aches. dragging down pains. ncr-
vCUsness. mental depression that arc
tcu-talC symptoms of some organic
der9nEemcnt for which Lydia T.
linkham's Vegetable ComVuund-o
simple remedy made from roots ans.
herbs-is a speciuc and may be- re-
lied upon 10 rc~tur, women TO %
healthy normal condition.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
HOLD NEGRO COUPLE
FOR DETECTIVES
Runaway Pair From Chicago
Await Arrival of Windy
City Authorities.

Clarence Young, age Is. aud
Hazel Conley, age 16, colored, were
taken 10 the county jail Thursday
morning by local detectives TO be
held for Chief OF Detectives James
Mooney Of Chicago
According 10 Chicago authorities
the two escaped and came TO South
Bend with The intention OF getting
a marriage license. When Sergt. OF
Detectives Samuel Koczorwski ap-
pretended the pair they said they
were on their way to Crown Point.
The youth had A solid gold ring and
plenty Of money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-27
UFRE on BUSINESS

s Whitney, a representative Of the
Central Vocational office at Wash
inGton is i'm the city on official BUSH
ness.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-06
ROBERTSDALE

Mr. and Mrs Axel Benson Of Ham
mond had their little son christened at
the home of the formers parents on
Roberts avenue last sunday by the
swedish Lutheran church minister Of
The East SIDE The little one was
named Gilbert John. = y O'Clock
course dinner was served Those from
out Of town were Mr. and Mrs. Char
ley Benson. Nj and Mrs George Ben
son. Ny and Mrs. Axel Benson and
Miss HIS Of Hammond.
Mr. and Mrs Val Brown or Ham
mond. visited the formers parents, Mr.
ard Mrs John Brown Of Myrtle avenue
last Friday evening
George Benson and wife are moving
from Hammond. in with the formers
parents on Roberts avenue.
The Ladies AID of the Lutheran
church had surprise party in the
church basement on one Of their old
members Mrs Duvau who expects to
leave for Lima Ohio. to live with her
daughter. Mrs. Duvall was presented
with two pair of lovely silk hose bv
members Of the Aid who regret seeing
her leave as Mrs. DuvaN has been one
Of their MEMBERS for % Years
NJ and Mrs Louis Fisher Of Amy
avenue are the proud parents q a
Young son who arrived a. their home
last week
Mrs. August schmittle OF Myrtle ave
visited relatives in Chicago the lat
ter part If the week
Miss Elsie PERI OF East side was the
guest Of Miss Cecilia Ezgers Of Lake
avenue On Friday.