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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
STATES
INTERESTED in
EXPERIMENTS
Method Of Driving Moisture
From >Lignite Coal Being
,sss. Tried in North Dakota.

Washington, May 27.-Lignite or
..brown coal".of Texas, North Dakota
and pother western states, probably
will be used extensively as fuel II ex-
periments soon to be made by the bu-
reau of mines in an effort to drive on
the moisture which makes it I'M
se~rviceable. prove successful. Initial
experiments will be conducted at New
Salem, n. D., and will begin at once.
Congress has appropriated 100000
for the work.
Lignites constitute o~ne-thirdf OF the
fuel of the United States,
but have beer little used because of
the great amount of moisture in them.
their tendency to disintegrate\ when
dry n their liability to spontaneous
combustion. States with Ignite de-
posts have been getting their coal
from middle west states, necessitating
an average freight haul Of n thou
sand miles. Reduction Of Ignite to
a ~serviceable fuel would end such
lengthy coal shipments.
Bureau Of mines experts believe it
the ignite infJ a superior brand Of
fuel but think it possible to make
valuable by-products such as gas, oil
and tarS.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27

quietly stepped through the bushes.
She whirled; andI.the two stood star
ing at each other across the pool. The
flowers lstraggled from her arms and
dringled down upon the rocks.
The Pearlhunter's eyes were the
first to fall. Dragging off his bat
tered hat, half awkwardly, he bowed
his head and strove for a wosa to
Justify his intrusion, But he was
back across the popl:: past the patch
rof sky at the bottom: UP the side Of
the rock where her feet had dangled.
The rock was bare. The girl had
gone.
Continued In tomorrow
|. EVENINGS Herald. &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
Brick Block At Park
River Being Improved

Fark River, N. d. May 27.-AThe
one-story brick blocklowned by j. V.
pied by Mike and Ole. the Park Riv-
er Land and Loan company and
Masluski's barber shop, is being en-
tirely ,remodeled and a second story
added, two modern six-roomt apart
fmentsato be put in on the second
floor. An entire new front will be
added, giving a very attractive APP
pearancR to the place.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
FALLS LEADS
IN NUMBER. OF R

Great Falls, Mont, May ,27-1n adj
ditipn to "a deaths in fires in the
state Of Montana during the past
year there has been ar unusually
large property loss as well. according
towns in the pnmber of fires, having
had .179' during the year.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
Montana Court Approves
State Elevator Statute

Great Fails. Mont, May 27.--In a
dectsio,l written a few days ago the
supreme court of the state upheld
the constitutionality of the statute.
whichs.gives the state the right TO
build a terminal elevator costing
.$25O,00O at this city, a bond issue to
finance the undertaking being pro-
vided for.
The opinion was written by Asso-
.ciate Justice Matthews. 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
GREEN VEGETABLES
SCARCE IN MONTANA

Great Falls. Mont. May 27.-Green
vegetables Of all kinds are scarce and
expensive in Montana this spring.
Even carrots and beets. which ought
to be plentiful, are very scarce in all
Of the cities. Fresh fruit is also eX-
,pensive. rhubarb costing on the aver
age Of IS cents per pound in the
larger towns.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
HAS LARGE
GRADUATING CLASS

Mandan. n. D., May 27.-The
largest senior class in the history of
the Mandan high school will receive
diplomas at the graduation exercises
to be held June II, when 10 girls
and Z boys will be handed their Gre
dentials. President Thomas F. Kane
of the University of North Dakota
will he the principal speaker on the
OccaSiOn. & - 3D. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
BURNS BARN
NEAR CROOKSTON

Crookston, Mimi, May 27.-Dur-
ing the storm on Tuesday evening
lightning struck the barn on the Tom
Morken farm. four miles east OF
Crookston, and the fire that ensued
burned the building to the ground,
causing "a loss estimated at $1,000.
The owner boughttte farm but two
weeks ago. q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
GRAND FORKS THURSDAY, MAY q, 1920.

surrounding counties. the intention
being to have Aan association where
by the sheep men may pool their
wool tin order to make better>sales.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
Morton Wool Growers VI
May Form Association

Mandan, N. D.. May 27.-At a
meeting of wool growers to be. held
here on Saturday of this week an
effort will be, made to form a wool
growers association for Morton and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
ROYAL CAESAR
Mo. 87I8O5
Bred and raised BY John DQnelly & Sons,
Grafton, n. D., at North Branch
Stock Farm.

Royal Caesar. No. s%71so5,/ the Second Grand Prize in The
Heralds Pure Bred Live Stock Campaign, is a splendid individual
Of straight'scotch shorthorn breeding. He was born July 4th, 1919,
and his color is red. His sire is Imported Caesar Augustus, No.
e54s72. His dam is Violet Girl, No. 7slsle.A half brother Of cae-
car Agustustopped the stock sale at Grand Forks, February "a,
la2osand was purchased BY oconndr Bros, Grand Forks, for sso5.
Mr.. oconnor stated that he would have gone as high as $1,000 to
secure this bull i il had been necessary. a..sa ! z- 4@.
As the head Of 4 h1]rd Of Registered shorthorns, Royal Caesar
is undoubtedly worth more than $1,000 to any breeder. AS ! com
nunty sire. he is worth many times that amount and will pav for
himself many times over by increasing the beef production 81 the
district to which rs goes Help your local candidate win Royal
Caesar and improve 1hs breedine1s1 your beef cattle.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
BEFORE MAYOR
FOR LD|1ER|NG
Five Persons Appeared in
Police Court This
Morning.

Loitering was the chief ofiense
Of the five different persons arrest
ed By city officers over the week
end. Four Of the five arrests were
on this charge and at police coult
this morning each were fined $40.
George Brow and Hattie Hale
were arrested at the St. Charles
hotel this morning about 1870
O'Clock. Each put up iorfeits for
their appearance at police court
this morning but did not turn up.
Margaret Folford and J. S. Lane,
both colored, were arrested at 3
o'clock this morning on Water
street for lettering and were
brought to the city jail and locked
up.
valentine Catillano who declares
that "moonshine" and not "pick-
handle" was the cause Of his arrest
was arrested by city officers yes
terday charged with being intoxi-
Gated. At court this morning he
paid a fine Of IS and costs amount
Ing In all to $5.12.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
TWO B. &0.ENG|NES
WERE ON RAMPAGE
Locomotives Found on
Paw Paw Branch Near
Riyesvile.

Two runaway engines we're found
on the Paw Paw branch Of the B.
and O., near RlvesHlle this morn
ing about 2 o'clock. Whether they
were stolen finn the 3. l. v. snopJ
here or ran away is causing Gle
B, and o. officials some concern
The matter is being rigidly inVesa'
gated.
Eenry L. Murphy, ticket agent
of the Monongahe;a railway at Fan
mont, Is home frum a trip TO ma
yre-de-Grace, Nd. He toured Ma
ryland By automobile beng accom-
panied BY Mrs. Murphy.
Tais afternoon at 2::30 o'clock 4 =
staess meeting Of tne alononsah d.
vision Of the B. and o. was held d
Grafton. Ernest Bartlett, trainmas-
ter, Fairmont, and John Sweeney,
Fairmont, acting roaG foreman Of
engines viii attend this meeting.
The B. and 0. baseball team q
Baltimore, put the cleaner 70 :tae
Iononeeh division team n Grafton
m Saturday to the tune Of I TO !.
The MonoIgah dtyisin plays thu
ConnelsyIlle division nine at Graz
ton this week. =.
There we're III tickets sold toF
the B. and 0. excursion TO Wheel.
ing on Sunday DESPITE the heavy
rain. The number was sn,ah, but
considering the rainfall 1t was a
pretty fair showing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
CAUGHT V|THGO0lS
But STILL DENIES
Deputy Sheriff Barrett
Has Merry Chase for
Man Wanted in Pa.

From two o'clock yesterday AZ
ternoon until ten last night, Dep
uty Sheriff James Barrett accom-,
panied ty Ben Kennedy, colored
and armed with a Pennsylvania
safe warrant, strengthened by q
Harrison county warrant, chased
George Davis colored from Lumber
mort through the surrounding coun-
try, finally landing his quarry at
Bingamon from which place he
brought the fugitive to the county
jail. I, -,
stolen a suit Of clothes, a pair Of
shoes, Stetson hat, 50 caliber Colt
revolver and 81 In cash from Ken
uedy at Niasontown, FaYette, coun-
", Pa, The warrant was Issued
BY Justice Sylvanus T. Gray, ot
Nasontovn, and q new West VIZ
ginia warrant was secured from ..
*, Taisf fofth, J. p Harrison
county. 1
The shoes were found on Davis,
who also had the coat IN his pos
session, but the revolver had been
sold for SIS and the vest and trous-
ers Of the suit could not be found,
Davis denying having stolen the
suit, Notwithstanding the finding
Of the coat IN the house where he
was captured.
Fayette county officers have
been notified Of the Arrest, Davis
having agreed to return without re-
QUESTION papers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
R. .R.CDLLAPSE|S
VORSETHANVER
Costs More Every Day
Than War Cost Says
Senator.
rsy Associated Pressl

MARION, O., July 12. = The
transportation and high cost OF
living problems were discussed at
conferences today between Sena'
tor Harding and Senator Cummins.
Of Iowa, chairman Of the Senate
Interstate Commerce committee,
and J. L. Taber, Of Barnesytlle, o.
Senator Cummins, talking to the
newspaper correspondents, empha-
sized the gravity Of the railroad
situation and the necessity for the
wise handling Of the Transportation
problem, but asserted every DAY
furnished a "vindicahon OF the
new railroad law" not only as
passed by the Senate with the so
Called antistrike provision, but as
finally approved by the President
.The inability Of the railroads
10 do the business Of the country Is
costing the country every DAY more
Than the German war cost the peo-
Die any one day. said Senator
cummins, who added the, people Of
6hs country do mol favor govern.
ment ownership at this time al
'siIr: M. Taber said he discussed the
agricultural situation and the nlKa
cost Of living with Senator h !.
Ing whom he found "aliye to the
importance Of proper recognition
to agriculture and who realizes the
necessity Of agriculture properly
functioning Il the nation is 70 en-
Joy enduring prosperity and tran'
guilty"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
Another Delay in
Spa Conference

SPA. Belgium, July 12.-lBy the
Associated Pess)-The German
allied conference was brought 70
a temporary halt this morning oy
the coal question. The allied pre-
miers who met at 1880 O'Clock 70
discuss the German reparation anu
The question Of priority In coal DE-
liyeries from Germany were unable
10 finish their work in time Tor the
general conference to sit at l1:N
o'clock. -.
The German councillor and bis
colleague who had arrived with a
numerous stat, were informed by
the secretary Of the conference
that the full meeting had been
postponed until this afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
Lithuania and the
Russians Agree
ssy Associated Prcssl

MOSCOW, July 12.-Lithuanla
and he Soviet government OF Rus
sia have reached an agreement rel.
alive 10 the establishment OF peace
said representative Of the Soviet
government in negotiations TO-DAY,
He said the agreement included
understanding as to boundary and
indemnify and that Russia recoS'
ni,ed Lithuania,s right to Wilma
Koyno, Grodno.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
AduefHsing
EuenjMakes Dog
Tags Sell Faster

Friday evenings West VIZ
ginian carried an article urging
all dog owners to secure their
annual license tag and explain, ]
ed that Mayor Conaway woulc
hold the owners and not the
dogs responsible. Until Friday
evening only IS dog tags had
been issued. In the first two
hours that the city clerks office
was open Saturday morning,
more dog tags were sold tnan
in the whole month previous,
and before the days business
ended 126 Fairmont dogs were
wearing the little aluminium Tag.
The rush for tags continues al
the city clerks office today.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
LABDRPARTIINl
49[RS IlAER|g||I|' [
LaFollette Probably VII
be Standard Bearer Of
Movement.

CHICAGO, July R,-Amaeal1er
tion Of the Labor party o. ltne
United States and the ccmmittee
Of 4S In . new polihcaE movement
with q single party management
one platform and one prest entail
ticket are included In the yecqnas
rnendations submitted 70 the. Labor
party and Committee Of IS cons
vention delegates when i ccuzen-
Senator LaFoIlette Of Wisconsin
Is the most talked Of candidAte m
the presidential race. The tenns
Of the proposed combine aIe lllis
derstood BY party men to have mes
his views. - !
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
SLACK TO run BIG
BILLIARD ROOM
Old Standard Garage to
be Relnodeled for
That Purpose.

One Of. the fiasst, billiard and
pool rooms In the state win be that
on which work was started this
morning in the. building formerly
occupied by the Standard Garage
company on Madison street. A new
company recently organized BY
Harry B. Clark has acquired the
property, consistin got aone-story
brick building, owned by the gar
age company standing on a lot for
a long time owned by the Traction
company, forty-fye by one hun
dred and fifteen feet, located next
to the Kenyon hotel. 1t is expect
ed that the work Of remodeling the
building, under the direction Of J,
'C. Burchinal, the architect, Will Dc
completed in about two months.
An entire new steel and plate glass
front, new floor, stucco outside and
new rof are some Of the improve.
ments to be made, the details Of
which are not yet entirely worked
out by the architects.
The billiard room when com
uleted will contain fifteen tables
fourten pool and one billiard, q
cigar stand, modem soda fountain
SHE shining stand and possibly a
lunch counter. The tables are 70
be the latest model Brunswick
Bake Collanter type.
Deputy Sheriff Edward Slack. !;
whose business ability Is well
known and whose personal popu-
larity is an assurance Of the sue
cess Of the new enterprise, vii be
the manager.
Il was rumored some time, ago
that George T. Watson and Walton
Miller had taken over the site Of
the new billiard room from the
Traction company, and it Is sup.
posed that they are financially In
terested in the deal, but in the al ab'
seuce OF both Mr.. Watson and Mr..
Miller from the city, the report
could no the verified.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
No Cars on M. R. R,
Line for Tuesday

There win be no enptiss IN the
West Virginia district Of the Mon.
ongahela railway on Tuesday, q
least the supply viii not reach the
FairmDut end Of the line. No emp
ties up tili this afternoon had reach
ed Youngstown. from the west, but
Il Is expected that the Fairmont
end wfi have cars for Wednesdays
lnadfnR
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
SCHOOL
N AUTOMOBILE
State Association Work
ers Will Soon Visit the
County.

AT yesterdays meeting Of the
Marion county Sunday school as
sociation plans were made for tne
coming visit into this county Of the
STATE Sunday school workers.
y. o. Doolitlte, state rural sun
day school worker, and William
McKeehan. specialist In young peo-
nle's union work will be IN this
county from August 8 to August
IL They are travelling in an auto
mobile that Is fully equipped with
an organ, song books and all that
coes with a Sunday school ser
vice. Also they have with them
a motion picture protector: The
automobile Is also equipped 10 ac-
comodate the two men Il they
should be required to spend q night
out on the road. =
The workers will hold eighteen
meetings in the county and the
dates are arranged as follows:
Paw Paw district-Fairview on
Tuesday. August 8 and Baxter On
Wednesday, August 1.
Winfield dtstrict-Montana on
Thursday August 5 and Winfield
on Friday August s.
Union district Colfa1 on Satur-
day, August Z and East Park Com
munity building on Sunday, August
Warrington district-Manntng-
ton on Monday august 8.
Fairmont Notwithstanding
on Tuesday. August TO-
Grant district-Boot on
Wednesday, August II, In after
noon, Thobum In the evening.
Dates for the county conventions
Of the Sunday school we're also de-
cided upon. Fairmonps Will be on
September u.
The next meeting OF the Asso-
ciation viii be held n Warrington
on October 5 and S. Warrington
is planning something big for this
meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
Poles Defeat Russ
Cavalry General
rsy AssocI,ted Pressl

WARSAW. July 12.-Vietoties
for the Poles m the Pripet region
and In Volhynia are reported Z n
adIices received here today. me
Bulshevik cavalry leader, General
Budeny. had been defeated, tne
sdYices stated, and be Is fleeing
to Rovyno upon which the Poles
ara marching.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
More Than 1000 Cars on
o. R. R. with 176l
as Placement.
B|GUNDER-PR0DDG10l'
Drop Of 17S6 Cars Of Coal
Less, Than Correspond
ing Week Of 1919.

An mines along the Monongan
dfVisiou Of the Baltimore and ONO
.isaiiroad are working today Tor q
change. The full run Of cars gives
I. .nrnmise Of t6day's production run,
oing heayy, first, because the cary
morning placement has been aas M
nrate and second, because the
! Primers are anxious to put In 2 nar0
! iday,s work after mine idleness
ad6ring the last four days Of last
f6ere are a total Of 2,o77 empties
an fhe Baltimore and Ohio railroad
today and II this favorable run run
co1id keep up for q few weeks tne =
botton1 would automatically fall
oiit of coal prices. The early morn
inr placement on the B. & o. today
.is: :f.76i The cars are CLASSIFIED
ss follows: Open, 1,94S: coke, 81;
n. q &. Il. g.; N. v. T., Sc. The
mines today ordered 1,765 cars Of
when 81 were requested for coke
loading. The number OF cars lelt
over from the previous day were
'yjs jEsmuties on the Monongahela
railway were right fair today,
fhere having been Ill cars placed
m The West Virginia district anu
S7l, n the Pennsylvania district,
al. me cars placed In the WeS
Virginsa district there were l50 as:
slsned. This number included 100
New York Central and 50 Canadian
BseIfic cars Only fnel cars, arc
m sisht today for Tuesdays Load
Ing on this line.
Open tops on the Helen's Run
and Wyatt. .Bingamon branches Of
AZ western Maryland railroad 10
day number 159. OF these there
we're 22 left overs from Saturday.
This total today corresponds to a
fan run along these spurs. The
western Maryland is busy moving
coal north and this morning several
heavy trains were moved in that
direction.
Washington Meeting.
Pressure Is brought to bear In
washington to have the fuel ad,
nninisration revived. The fuel
situation in the northwest is such
that much fear Is anticipated 10
those sections for the coal supply
Of the immediate present as well
IS for the coming winter. Coal qn'
ouestionably has not been moving
10 the lakes in the volume It has IN
Aother years and as a result the gov,
ernors Of Iowa, Wisconsin and
North and South Dakota, according
4 to a dispatch sent out OF St. Paul
MINI, have made request Of Pres
CONTINUED on Fage Four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
Gov, Cox is Back
On His Old Job
By Associated pressl

COLUMBUS, O.. July 12.-Goy-
ernor Cox the Democratic presi-
dental nominee arrived here today
from his home at Dayton. prepa-
cd to resume his duties at the ex.
ecutive office. This afternoon he
was to confer with Franklin D.
Roosevelt, his running mate.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
Orangemen Parade
Without Disorder
tsv Associated Pressl

: BTLFAST, Ireland, July z
Last night passed quietly in Ulster
and as the great orangemen's day
parade was formed in this city this
morning there was no evidence
that the day would be marked oy
anything out Of the ordinary for
the the celebration Of July II:
Telephone messages from Lou
donderry and other points reported
everything quiet, and 1t was said
they were expected to remain So
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
aNNFAyTDrEs

A baby boy born to Mrs. Con
Cunningham, 1874 Lowell street,
at the Cook hospital died 3 short
time after It was born. The par
ents survive.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
COAL OPERATORS MEEI|NG At WASHINGTON TO-DAY
Hundreds Of
qpFactoriies
AfpClosedUp

TOXIC, June 16.-The clos
Ing down Of japanese factories
on account Of the existing de-
preston in business has espe-
eially affected the hat, shirt and
umbrella makers Of Toxic. Five
thousand workmen are idle and
facing want.
In the Osaka district over
200 factories have been shut
down. The match industry has
been seriously affected. thou
sands being thrown out Of en-
ployment
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
'D, s, H[AUHSERNCE NAN WILL
Be INVITED 70 VISIT TARNNI
Gou. Clement
GoesBackOn
SufPto,nise

RUTLAND, vt., July IL.
Governor Clement today issued
a proclamation refusing to call
the legislature in special ses'
sion to make possible ratifica-
ton Of the federal amendment
for woman suffrage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12

sTt's . aigud trick Il you do Il
and I'll pit my money on myself
to come out topside up!n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-12
THE WEATHER:

E.ttonieht; Ius.aal pas.l elo1a
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1920-09-10
No 23597

No 23597
Order for Hearing Petition for Letters
of Administration
State of Minnesota, County of Hen
|nepin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
james A. Murphy, Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petition
of Jane Murphy and John
Murphy, praying that
Letters Of Administration on said
estate issue to Peter A. Jeub Of Hen
nepin County, Minnesota;
1t is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this
Court on Monday, The 4th day of
October, 1920, at 10 a. H., at the
Probate Court in the Court House at
Minneapolis, in said county, and then.
or as soon thereafter as said petition
can be heard, show cause, if any there
be, why said petition should not be
granted.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given, by
publishing this order once in each
week for three successive weeks,
prior to said day of hearing in the
Echo de POuest a newspaper printed
and published in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 3rd day
Of September, 1920.
By the Court,
JOHN A. DAHL.
Judge Of the Probate Court
9-24