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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
STATIONS
.hAI0BESEPARATED
Report That Building of
River Bridge May In
'terfere for Time.

Preliminary steps are being taken
to separate the Baltimore and Ohio
and Monongahela freight stations in
Fairmont but, as yet no definite plan
has been worked. Last week officials
Of both railroads were here comforting
about the arrangements. They includ-
ed B. u. Holverstatt, Grafton, B. G o.
assistant superintendent Of the Mo.
nongah division; F. M. Jordan, Graf
ton, B.. & o. division, freight agent,
who succeeded H. II. Marsh, who was
recently sent to Cleveland as general
freight agent; ]. II. Huggans, Browns.
vile, Pa, general agent Of the Monon-
lgahela railroad, and H. B. Pierce.
Brownsville, Pay assistant superin-
tendent Of the Monongahela railroad. .
Mis believed thas fhe CONSTRUCTION
Of the new Monoigahe hela river bridge
will hamper temporarily the -Balti.
more and Ohio railroad SO that Il
would be almost imp possible for It to
handle fits own business. The B. & o.
might be atSa disadvantage almost a
year. until the structure Isl completed.
In view OF this condition the consolida-
tion Of the offices may. continue. to be
in force. although railroad officials
have made no announcement as yet IN
regard to:the matter.
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PITTSBURGH, April liz pho RIM
road freight tie up fn tho pittsbur,-h
district was almost Sofaniete th,-
morning and passenger traffic xa-
seriously affected because Of ths
strike Of switchmen and trainmen.
Blast furnaces and other sections OF
the steel industry were more and more
feeling the influence of tie strike be.
cause of the inability Of ttie failroa I, {,
to move raw material aud more chan
lO0,0OO men 1t was estimated Were sI-
ready out OF work.
The B. g %. railroad. ,itfs b,,ro r,
and Lake Erie and the Pen hnsyip4n,. Is.
lines, west. were the greatest 81, ffer
'ers although the strike Ia :tlie pftca Tn
Yards Of the Pennsylvania lines Ia Al
night hampered operations IA tl,at al.
rection. 81 4;
Until today the strike was corfInsd
to yardmen and trainmen hut fh,4
morning It became known that s6on
men had been taking q strike vote T. nd
in some places at least fhey were e,.
pecting to join the men already out.
Production of coke IN the EonneIIe
vile region has sunk TO less than one
halt Of normal and many companics
have ordered mines and ovens closed
At Connellsville the strikers issued d
statement to the public ia which. they
declared they had decided to stand
pat on the wage demands OF last july.
No trains will be handled ID or out OF
,Connellsville except passenger trains. 70
Z There was little change III the She
mango Valley where mills and blast
furnaces were comp el1ed to close on
Saturday. Over 8. 900 Smen were idle
in Sharon while others were ont az
Farrell y and Newcastle. Throurh
freight service on the Erie railroad
was practically at q standstill. No
disorder was reported from Ii any poin!.
the men simply leaving their places or
failing to report for work.
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twill Go Into Effect onlthe
First Of Next
Month";
PRESENT'PAv|AGPETITI0N
Other Business Transacted
By the City Board of
Dire ,ters.

Ordinance No. AZ, relating to the
regulation of traffic on the streets of
the city Of Fairmont, was finally,pass-
ed BY the City Board Of Directors at
the regular meeting held this morn
ing in the City hall. The ordinance
becomes effective May 1.
+ At the second reading Of. the or
dinance several changes were made in
the various sections by the unanimous
vote of the Board. Asithe ordinance
now stands 1t Is believed to be entire
" adequate to meet the demands of
the city and when effectively and
properly enforced 1t is believed will
result in fewer traffic violations and
In more orderly city in regard to
traffic rules and regulations. The
Board has expended a large amount
OF time and energy in the framing of
the ordinance, which is believed to be
model one. .
Action on Ordinance No. 43, rela-
tive to children lettering in pool and
billiard rooms. which passed second
reading last Monday, was deferred
until next Monday, at which time it
will come up for final action.
-Four petitions were presented to
the Board from property owners re-
siding in or owning. property on Mary
land avenue praying that the Board
pave certain sections of Maryland
fayenue. the petitioners setting forth
that the petitioners would pay two
thirds of the cost.
The following signatures were at
Stached to peti tittons asking that the
block OF Maryland between Alta vista
avenue and Euclid street be pavsd:'
Js Hough, K. e. sBunner, 3: I: 81.
Atmstf fong, w. +. Kisner, Fairmont
Building and Investme ent company.
Petitions asking that that portion
OF the avenue between Dearborn street
and Alta Vista avenue be paved were
Mrs. Lottie Heater, Mrs. Alice Daw.
son, G. e. Minor, W. E. Shackelford,
G. w. Kisner. Fairmont Building and
Investment company.
Names signed to a petition asking
that that block of the avenue lying be-
tween Camden and Dearborn, streets
be paved were John Kisner, w. H.
Shinn, Fay Nuzum, Jessie Stewart,
Continued on Page Four
r. ! IT,.
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YOUNGSTERS HELD
CENTER OF STAGE
Three Of Item Made Police
Court Lively Place This
Morning.

81 got five proofs that didn't throw
no stones at. Edward Orwan nor the
Hughes kids with him, exclaimed
James Delligatti and Frank Romouo
almost ii unison this morning when
ithey appeanediSbe before the mayor to
kextricate themselves from an nuloyes
f1ys teficanl lent. srhst 70 oiloweti d fnE
isade Of e6clamat ions, the two: boys
and Sorwan an talking at once, each
shaking his fist in the others face
and each denying stoutly. that h.
threw any stones.
On the mayors desk rested q rock
the size OF a hens egg. More OF like
proportion were said to have been
thrown with, in addition, many fancy
words not in common use in the die
tionary. The two boys also denied
playing on top The Fairmont hotel
nights, in spite Of the fact that Chief
Moran testified that they had been
laeen there. Mayor Conway charged
them firmly with instructions that If
caught there in the future they would
be taken directly to the Detention
Rooms at Salvation Army headquarz
ters.e
The manner in which one of the
youngsters described the affair which
occurred Saturday evening was so en-
tertaining that spectators crowded
close to listen. Argentine movie pic.
turization of the happening caused the
Delligatti youngster to whoop in In
dian style as he told how he "whoop-
ed'' at Edward Orwan and the Hughes
boys. q
BY rights some uncomplimentary
names should have been added to the
whoops according to Orwan but the
two boys disclaimed all ownership OF
these.
"The trouble occurred at the shoe
stand a5ove The Fairmont. hotel and
itswss reported that much name call
ing and numerous stones had figured
before this in similar quarrels.
''Those Hughes boys, said Orwan.
Continued on page foul'.)
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Curtailment of Passenger Service on
the Roads Running Into Pittsburgh
Among the Early Possibii iitiies
PRODUCTION OF coke CUT lAlF
Thousands of Workers in the Steel Mills Have Been
Thrown Out. Of Work Because Raw
Cannot be Moved. s
.(By Associated Pres,

f1.3a (By associated Press3 sS8s
PITTSBURGH, April l2Cuamen Of passenger
entering Pittsburgh appeared possibility Of the
the that shop engineers and
discuss the adyb striking yardmen according leader,
Engineers and hremen employed the Conway yards
cons reports from Rochester Pa here Its
walk and will be hampered
of passenger locomotives the meeting
NEW YORK, April 12-Ihe Central Railroad Of New Jersey u-
pended all when
selling tickets The road the Of New
order affects approximately $4,000
City barred all except
Socialist paper
PITTSBURGH April 2In addinon to engine cre,ys III
yard. quitting indicated tsht shop spo
Of the line here word Of the engine
and had been received o'clock embargo
lines accord 70 officials here tl s ss
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Port Richmond st. Georges
and Airing IN Last Piers
to Go, Effective Today,
STRIKEEFFEGTSFELTHERE
Approve Differential Rates
Arranging Wage
Conference. 4,

This morning at 1880 o'clock the
car distributors office at Grafton mo-
ified local coal offices that embar-
goes had been declared on Port Rich
mond, Arlington apd st. Georges piers.
Fol-. almost a week when the embargo
was clamped on Curtis Bay the flow
Of coal automatically went to Port
Richmond which stood the strain OF
the heavy shipments until at the close
Of Saturday when It too was embargo
ed as was Arlington. Notes were is
sued Sunday that the embargo was lift
ed on st. Georges but this morning
message even cancels shipments to
that pier.
1t was also announced by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad that none of
the coal for any OF these piers would
be moved today even II the cars were
loaded. Usually "a hours notice is
igiven to operators.
Some coal was going to Curtis Bay
on permits but the tonnage was wan
ed considerably and 1t is said that the
permits have not been isued too freely,
Switchmen's Strike.
So far the switchmen's strike has not
struck the baltimore 9 Ohio system
In this section and there is no imme-
diate danger that Il will It is thought.
UP until noon the eastern lines were
in good shape.
AS q result of the strike in the mid ;
die west coal shipments have been tied
up. This Includes Cleveland and 9TH
[er cities. From last repnrts Eincin.,
matt was about the only cityso fSany
size or ccnsequence that Has not been
affected. 4 /, : & I. Ss ls " q
Effects OF the strike are being felt
on the Monongahela railroad today.
There are between 80 and 40 mines idle
because of tieup, in empHes snorth
Of Brownsville, Pa, as both p. R. r.
and .s& L. p. railroads are affected.
There are no cars in sight for the
Mononahela railroad on Tuesday. and
the prospects are rather slim for shax-
ing any at all according to railroad
officials, 80 r ~
Daily Car Supply.
With transportation hampered by
the switchmen's strike today there are
1907 cars on the Monongah; division OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad ana
an early morning placement Of 1852.
This is SO cars more than were cred
ited-1757. Today"s cars are classified
as follows: Open. 1850; coke, 81; n. e.
c. K, "a; M. " T., 6. q a 4
k On the Monongahela railroad today
there are Al cars placed in the West
Continued on Page Four)
f. : .aII 4 . =
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Kansas Min ers Il Are
Striillzingsas ! d Pro test

81 l1sNShUHGs Z. Kansas, ,s April a.
Ninety PEE cent. sofs theEc coal mines N
KSnsas are IDLE tpday, the mfnsrssre;
[trainilg from work as q dsmonstra:
ton Of protest against the imprison.
ment of Alex. HoWat, their president,
and three other district union officia1s.
"A crowd ;of miners were marching
on Gerard where the mine officials are
held. Leaders planned to ask that
Hcwat be given his freedom to make
an address.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
EuNERAL oE MRS. EAST

Funeral services Of the late Mrs.
James Fast, who died in New Mexico
last week, will be held tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at the home OF G. f.
Rollins, go Jamison street. The body
will arrive here tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Fast before her marriage was
Miss Ellen Rollins.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-12
ONO STRIKERS I
D|DN|0T'G0.BACk
Prices for Food stuffs Be
ginning to Soar in In
dustrial Cities.
.lBy Associated PRESS,

lBy Associated Pressl :
COLUMBUS, o., April 21Return Of
switchmen to work in the local yards
in any considerable number did not
materialize today. OF 150 men en-
ployed on the first track on the Penn
sylvania yards not more than 60
showed up for work and several Of
these quit before noon.
TOLEDO. o.. April 12.-To avert
Ia general Industrial shutdown and
suspension of street car service here
during the strike CT insurgent rail-
road workers, Mayor Schreiber today
ordered the confiscation Of coal on the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks and its
diversion 10 the Toledo railroads and
Light company. z B.
Food prices are reaching new high
levels here as result of the acute
shortage caused by the railroad strike.
Detroit is drawing heavily on the al
ready low supplies both by interur-
ban lines and light vessels.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Profit From Waste

Washington. Sept. 24.---To develop
neglected sources of public and pri-
yate profit through the application of
new processes discovered by. depart
mcnt OF agriculture experts, an Of
nee OF dev slopment work has been
created by Secretary Meredith in the
bureau of chemistry. The star will
pe made uD of engineers headed by
David j. Price, chief engineer I'm the
dust explosion Investigations conduct
ed by the department, who will fur
nish for the convenience of manu-
tacturers data upon raw material sup
ply, cost or production, and the uses
TO which the product is adapted.
In, Carl J.. Aisberg, chief of the
bureau OF chemistry, sponsor of the
new plan, said such a service was
urgently needed to translate the work
OF the bureau into terms that could be
understood and applied by the manu-
facturers and investor" Every wear,
he said, valuable discoveries are made
concerning utilization OF manufacture
ing waste; "a new food ia round, or n
new dye, glue, or preventative. II will
be the business OF the new office to
give such discoveries practical appli-
cation. .....
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Rapist Confesses Guilt
James Washington Professed
Repentance and willingness
to Die Before Elec- y
I. 'trocutiOn.

Columbia, Sept 24--''I am glad 1
am ready TO die" said James Wash
ington, the Anderson county negro.
Just before ne paid 'tha death penalty
at the state penitentiary today shortly
before noon and just after ne had
confessed to the crime. for which he
died. criminal assault on IA fourteen
year old girl near Pelzer early in
August. To the penitentiary chap
lain the twenty live year old negro told
OF the assault on the little girl. Just
before being strapped into the death
chair he told Superintendent Sanders
that he was sorry for what he had
done. but that he was ready to die.
Sc said het appreciated what the su-
perintendent had done for him since
he has been In the prison.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
TO Eliminate
Grade Crossings
Railroads of State Will Comply
With Orders of Railroad
Commission

Columbia, Sept. 24.--The railroads
of the state are preparing TO comply
with the recent orders OF the railroad
commission and iof Attorney General
Wolfe for the elimination of the dam
gerous grade crossings in many places
The attnrney general has been advised
since he issued orders, to the railroads
TO comply with the commissions in
-strNtions, that the roads arg ready
to, comply
A conference of attorneys and Of
iicials OF the Southern Railway was
held with the attorney general in his
Office IN the capitol yesterday after
poon. regarding three grade cross
ings on the Southern, for whieh n elim-
ination orders have been issued. These
CROSSINGS are considered among tne
most dangerous in the state and haya
been the cause OF serious accidents in
recent fmonths. They are the Dead
FaiH crossing. in Greenwood county;
the Frees crossing in Union county.
and McBride's crossing on the line
between Union and spartanburg
countless
The railroads advise that the cross
ings will be eliminated as soon as the
technical details and plans for the
bridges TO be erected have been COM
pietely worked out.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29

A splendid supper was served last
night at 8 o'clock at the "Y' dining
room for all of the Young business
men OF the city who anticipate join
ing one OF the volley ball teams for
work and exercise this winter. There
were present a bout thirty-eight
healthy bodies with corresponding ap-
petites who immensely enjoyed the
following menu: .El.-
.. Chicken stew, So. = IT,
Rice and brown gravy, .s-H
J. " Candied yams.
= Be- Fruit salad,
Hot rolls and butter, ..H
'l' Coffee and iced tea,
o.. Ice cream and cake. -
After supper several short and en-
joyable speeches were given by
Messrs. Epps, Rice, Hodges and By-
an. Mr.. g. f. Hurst acted as toast-
master for the occasion. ., '
The men have been divided into
four classes among which much
friendly rivalry is bound to exist this
winter. The teams are. ..-
Beetham, captain; w. "A. Bryan, L..
L' ''io"ii, II. bFoWil, Barns, Crunp-
ton, Dufiie, Epps, Guthrie, Hill, Nc
knight, Parker, Rice, Ward, White
head. +. Kolb.
f. NJ. Hall, captain; e. Andrews,
A. j. Ard, Boykin, y. c.. Burns, c. Il!
Hurst, Il. ID. Hodges, Dr. Green, n. G.
Haynsworth. 8. Nash, Pritchard, Riv-
ers, I'll. Rembert, Todd, Shirer, r. b.
Waters.
j. Chandler, captain; Blanding, w.
j. Crowson, ID. Doar, Geo. Bultman. G..
G. Cooper, Heidt, Levi, Mccoy, Purdy,
Plowden, G. Shaw, Geo. Warren, G. II.
Wilson, II. II. Williams, Duke.
/. Edwards, captain; Beck, j. Bry-
an, III. Andrews, Atkins, ID. Cnttino. 5.
DinkinS, T. Il. CrecCh, T.. l.. Cashion,
+. Cain. II. Darr, II. NJ. Crowson, W.
b. Levy, II. Folsom, H. w. McCollum
]. A. Stubbs.
A trip to Charleston for picked
vollcy ball team was discussed and
approved, which means that the team
must come back with the victory.
All present want 10 extend their
thanks to the management OF the "Y'
dining room for the consideration and
also to the young ladies who were
Kind enough to assist.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Ban on Chinese Bonds
Business Organizations of Shan
ghai Refuse to Buy Latest
Peking Issue

Shanghai, Aug. 21.-AlI of shan.
ghafs larger Chinese commercial and
banking Institutions have placed = q
ban upon the latest issue of bonds off,
fered by the Pekin government and
sold for a time in Shanghai at IL per
cent OF their face value! 1t was re-.
ported in Chinese financial circles i'm
Shanghai that the Peking government
brought out S20,00O,G0O worth Of,
these bonds after failing to obtains
money for current needs from Japan
or from other sources. E.a
The attitude of the commercial and
financial interests in connection with
the bonds was set forth in a telegram
of protest that was sent to the Pc
king government. This was signed by
So local organizations and the Sham
ghai Street Unions, representing all
the larger trading guilds of the sea-
port. In this message 1T is pointed out
that these bonds will in time come into
the hands of foreigners who will en-
force the demand that they be re-
deemed at full face value.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Charges Against Cox
Republican Members of Investi,
eating Committee Trying To
Prove That He Received
Campaign Contributions

washington, Sept. 25.--The absence
lof witnesses halted the inquiry into
the implied charges that Governor
Cox in 1915 received a concealed
campaign contribution of five thou
sand dollars from the Dayton Metal
Products company and the senate
'campaign investigating committee to-
day turned ite attention to the financ-
Ing of the stars and Stripes, the SOL
dter publication. i.
Mrs. IL. M. Parks the assistant di-
rector of finance for the national com
mittee, who underworld the controll-
ing interest in the publication, denied
on the stand that the democratic ma
tional committee or any members of
II contributed or lent her money for
the purchase of stock.
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National Tax
Association
Members of State Commission
Attended Meetins in Salt
Lake City

Columbia. Sept 24.---W. G. Query,
Of Wexford. and ]. r. Derham, Of
Green Sea, members OF the state tax
commission. returned 10 the commits
sion office in Columbia yesterday, at
ter having attended the thirteenth an
nuqi convention OF the National Tax
assoc on, In Salt Lake City, Utah.
This Is an Organization of tax officials
of all the states. Both the South
Carolina commissioners were accom-
panied on the trip by their wives,
Some valuable ideas regarding the
tax machinery were obtained by the
South Carolina commissioners at the
national gatheTing. and it is likely
some of these will be wc~ked out in
south Carolina i'm the future.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Colby Talks of Suffrage
Says State Department Not
Elertioneering

Washington, Sept.N 23.--Secretary
Colby, in a statement issued tonight
accused the Tennessee Anti-Suffrage
delegation which recently called on
him of attempting to obtain official
statements declaring the validity of
Tennessee's ratification of the woman
suffrage amendment in doubt because
of the political effect such a state
nient might have in Connecticut and
Maryland
1T was obviously an improper
thing for me to do" said Mr.. Colbys
statement. "and amounted to the use
OF the state department for anti-suf-
frage electioneering."
The secretary's statement was is
suedfas a denial to an article in a
New York newspaper declaring that
the delegation had said that Mr.. Colby
scored the ratification of the suffrage
amendment, declaring it's success was
due to ''weaklings on capitol hill"
Asserting this was utterly untrue"
Mr.. Colby added that the Tennessee
delegation apparently sought to i'm
pute to him things which / have
never thought, much less said"
They wished me,' declared the
secretary's statement, Ito publish some
statement in which an opinion was
expressed or implied that the action
of the state of Tennessee was incon-
elusive and that grave doubt existed
as to the finality and legal effect of
it's vote on the constitution amend,
ment. on questioning them / dis
covered that their theory was that it
would have political effect in Con-
necticut and Maryland and might
cause either one of those states to
vote differently on the subject of rati-
hcation<if they but realized that the
action In Tennessee was overshadowed
by doubt as it's true effect.
I'm other words, they wished to
impress upon Connecticut that it's ac-,
tton was not perfunctory and merely,
expressive of friendly sentiment to
equal suffrage but in view of the un-
certainties which they wished to be
given official emphasis with regard to
Tennesee's action, that it might be
decisive as to the ratification.
The Tennessee legislators went so
far as to submit to me a statement
which met their specifications, with
the request that ! should issue it. 1t
was obviously an improper thing for
me to do and amounted to the use of
the state department for anti-suffrage
electioneering. 1t required but a, lit7
tie reflection for me to perceive this
and quite naturally / decided against
the issuance OF any such statement"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-09-29
Plan to Save Children
Dublin Takes Drastic Action To
Curb Speeders

Dublin, Ga, Sept 23---FollowIng
several automobile accidents to chH-
dren, including the death of one child
recently, now that the city schools
have opened for the term. the City
Council has passed one OF the most
drastic traffic ordinances ever put on
the books here. No automobile shall
drive past a school house or the block
on which it is located rat higher rate
of speed than seven miles per hour
They must slow up when the block is
reached and not pick up speed until 1t
is passed. The penalty for the first
violation of this ordinance is $25 and
the second $500 fine. Srss., ...
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Needs OfState
South Carolina University
Ask Legislature For S423, ,8
Next Year

Columbia, Sept. 25.-The 1921 leg
islature will be asked TO appropriate.
$423,6S4 for tie University. OF this
is needed for installing heat
ing apparatus in dormitories not now
equipped; S91,564 is needed for re-
pairs to several old dormitorles; and
S223,l2G is needed for regular Uni-
versity operating expenses next year.
The trustees have decided TO put an
item of $1,000 in the University
budget for the establishment of the
school of public health nursing.