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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
TELLS Remarkable STORY AB0lTI
DEATH OF TELEPHONE OPERATOR
Met Girl First Time Night She Died and Yielded to Her
Plea That He Kill Her Because She Was
in the Way.
VAS TWICE ARRESTED NEAR SCENE OF THE CRIME
First Time He Was Arrested He Used Pocket Light til
Look at the Face of the Dead
Girl.

living and simply in the way Of 9th:
ers.
She even drew the handkerchief
from his pocket and asked him to tie
it together and place IL about her
neck, Best was quoted as saying,
Best said that when he complied
he at first refused to pull the hand
kerchief tight, but she begged him tu
do so, saying she was ready to die.
Continuing the statement Best
said he left the body and walked to
the river nearby, where he washed
his hands. which had been slightly
blood-stained from blood that came
from the girls mouth. he retraced
his steps to the place where the body
had been found by officers and was
stopped by a policeman He took
a searchlight and went and looked at
the girls face.
Best was released at that time. but
was rearrested later after workman
had told he saw a man coming up
from the river after the body was
discovered.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
Representatives of Locals in
Sub Districts 8 and a Are
in the City.
SCALE COMMITTEE HERE
This Afternoon Members
Will Explain Details of
Baltimore Agreement.

To interpret the new wage agreemet
for Northern West Virginia which was
signed between the operators and
United Mine Workers of America at
Baltimore. the other week, is the chief
purpose of the convention of the min
ers of sub districts and at Willard
hall today. Sub district 3, has its
headquarters at Grafton and sub dis
trict 4, has. its offices in Fairmont.
There is a large outpouring of the
delegates from the 200 local unions
at today,s convention and there are
between $50 and 400 of them present.
IN fact the attendance was so great,
tRat committee was appointed al
this mornings session to procure a
larger hall for the afternoon session.
but satisfactory arrangements could
not be made so that the second ses-
sion also took place in Willard hall.
The meeting was called to order
this morning by Fred G. Mooney,
Charleston, secretary and treasurer OF
district IL United Mine Workers and
Inc Work of the committee on cre-
denilais had not been completed when
me noon adJournmentEt Etook place.
miners sub scale conn iittee laf INC.
Baltimoret Con ventfon will submit {
their tnterpre etation of the new wage
agreen ent The members OF this com
mtrtee are. Gorge beavers, ,Riyesyille; !;
j. s. Farnasch; Grafton, president OF
sub district 9 Fred C. Mooney. Charles
ton,, secretary and treasurer of dis
tftSt IL. and Frank G. Keeney, Char
lesion, president OF district II, who
Will take the place OF Captain Percy
Tetlow of the United Mine Workers
International office, who is not pres
ent. =
The scale. which was agreed upon
at Baltimore, which apparently has
been satisfactory to the conferees,
Will be explained at length and all
phases of the contract will be covered
by the speakers.
The members of the scale commit
tee firm the United Mine Workers.
who participated in the making of the
scale at Baltimore, are as follows:
G.. F. Keeney. Charleston, president of
district IT: Fred Mooney, Charleston.
secretary aud treasurer OF. district IL:
Mike karbasick. Monongah; ]. S.
district 8; r. NJ. Williams. Philippi; !;
Q. c. Montgomery, Tunnelton; C. w.
Brown, Adrian; George beavers, Riv-
esville; Thomas Vance, Clarksburg;
George Traub, Grafton: E. w. Rock
enstein. Grant Town; Mike Maderiena,
Wendell; A, j. Higgins, Morgantown,
With the possible exception of one or
Two all OF the members of the conn.,
plete convention scale committee were
present. ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
IRy Associated Prcssl /

PONTIAC, Mich, April 2S.-Anson
Best, formerly of Flint, Mich, con-
fessed early today, according to Pros
ecutor Gillespie, that he killed Miss
Vera Schneider. IS year old telephone
operator. whose body was found early
Sunday morning on the oprch of an
unoccupied dwelling.
Best had been questioned through
out the night and broke down after
being identified by workman as hav-
ing been seen washing his hands in
the Clinton river near the scene OF
the crime few minutes after its dis
covery.
"she asked me to kill her." Best
was quoted as saying.
He even declared he met Miss
Schneider for the first time Saturday
night.
The confession. Mr.. Gillespie de-
clared, was made in the presence OF a
stenographer and several police Off
GERS, and gave no. other reason than
that Miss Schneider begged him TO
end her life because she was tired of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
0FST|LL
SURPRISE TO JOE
Neither Can He Account
For Fifty Gallons of
Mash.

Bret, Harte's famous Chinaman
with a smile that was childiike and
bland hadn't a thing on Joe RiccaZ
bpto an Italian from Koon's Run, who
was the most mystifled person in
Justice Musgroye's court this morning
regarding the presence of a still In the
stcond story OF his barn where II was
found yesterday by Deputy Sheriff
John Glover.
Incidentally Deputy Brown renew
ed a lot of old acquaintance while In
the city having been deputy United
States Marshal under Marshal c. E.
Smith, when the latter first assumed
the duties of his office.
Joe claims to have rented the build
ing to another man whose name he
could not recall nor could he explain
how one of his keys fitted the pad
lock on the door. The presence ca
fifty gallons of mash also provoked a
look Of blank amazement on Joe'a
face: Mother feller leave him.. was
his only comment.
Joe and his partner Joe ChicarelI
who was also arrested gave a $500
bond to appear before the grand jury.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
JAP GARRISON IN
SIBERIA WIPED OUT
[By Associated Prnss1

WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Japan-
ese guards in the district of Nichol-
aevsk, Eastern Siberia, are believed
10 have been annihiliated and several
hundse aese residents, includ-
ing the Japanese consul there, massa-
cred, according to an official state
ment issued by the Japanese foreign
office and made public today by the
State department.
The Japanese statement said the
suspension of communication with the
district rendered 1t impossible to get
at the real state of affairs, but that
it was evident that "a serious up
heayal" had taken place. Efforts OF
the japanese to dispatch a military
relief expedition into the district have
failed because OF the ice.
Meanwhile, however, the Japanese
have sent an expedition to Alexan-
drovski accompanied by warships.
The forces reached their destination
April % and found the japanese res
idents in that district safe. Most OF
them were. taken aboard the war
ships.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
CLASS DAY FOR EAST
SIDE EIGHTH GRADE
West Virginian Essay Con.
test Prizes Were Present
ed This Afternoon.

An original play OF rare merit en-
titled Thirty Years After Graduar
ticn" was presented by the gradual
ing class or the eighth grades Of the
East side school this afternoon as TIM
feaure of the class day program The
stage was arranged TO represent a
bers OF the class thirty years from to-
day and during the progress of thft
play different members of the class:
recounted Interestingly what had oc-
CURED during the thirty wears that
had trans Fired since they had COM.
pleted the grade work OF the schools.
Members OF the class had gathered
from far. and near TO attend a reunion
held at the home Of Zone OF the mem
bers. Many original features were in
interesting and highly enjoyahie
throughout. The class song. the class
motto. the class flower and the class
will all had their part in the program
which was carried out and the audi-
torium was tastefully decorated IN the
class colors, orange and black. while
the yellow rose the class flower was
also used in the decorations. In ad-
dition to the play presented, musical
numbers were pleasingly rendered By
the members of the Class
u CldSS VI OF lutLuDtlH VIII ut
graduated from the Institution on Fri
day evening of this week at 8:15t
o'clock when graduating exercises
will be held In the auditorium Of the
Diamond street NJ. E church
Prizes offered by The West Virgin
ian to the pupils writing the best es-
says on the subject what Kind OF
Citizens Does Fairmont Need - were
presented during the Afternoon.
The exercises were largely attend
ed. the guests including. patrons, par
ents and pupils OF the seventh grades.
SuDerfnt ndent w. A. Hustead made
the announcement at the school. ana
asks that eit be observed to the letter
that parents do not bring children TO-
the graduating exercises on Friday
evening owing to the fact that the
seatingl capacity is limited and the
suditorium win be crowded with tho
friends and relatives OF the pupils.
Judge q. r. Morgan. candidate for
the Republican nomination for gov
eTror, will be present and deliver the
commencement address and a musical
cantata will be presented by the pu-
pills Of the graduating class preced
ing the address. Z.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
Some Pittsburgh
Strikers Still Out
iRv Aasnclntle,fl .prnssl

PITTSBURGH, April ss.1Freight
movement in the Pittsburgh district
was still far ftem normal today be-
cause of the strike of yardmen and
trainmen, but passenger traffic was
said to be moving as usual.
Meeting of the strikers were being
held to consider the reports Of COM
mittees sent to Washington to place
their grievances before the Railroad
Labor board. and on the outcome OF
these meetings. 1t was said, the future
Of the strike rested.
Many factories In the district are
still hampered for want OF cars to
handle finished product, while raw
materials in some places are SO scarce
as TO cause total suspension. 4,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
KILLED GIRL At HER own. REQUEST
Autos Owned
Locally Must
be Registered

City Clerk L. c. Arnett will be
at his office Saturday, May !. and
Monday, May 3, to take care of all
persons who appear to register
their automobiles in accordance
with the new ordinance which goes
into effect on that date. Every
auto owner must appear by May
10 or be subject to a fine. Copies
of the new ordinance will be given
at that time also.
There is no charge in connection
with registering autos. but the
registering must be done. The OBJ
ject of this is to acquaint the city
officials with all cars and their
license numbers so that their
whereabouts may be known in case
of trouble of any sort.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
762 Radicals Were
Ordered Deported
By AssocIated PressI

WASHINGTON. April 2S-A total
OF 762 deportation warrants have beer
issued by the Department Of Labor
as result Of the so-called radical
raids by the Department OF Justice
Assistant Secretary Post said today
in letter 70 Chairman johnson. o.
the House Immigration committee. Hs
wrote in replying to inquiry by Mr.
johnson. A total OF $3.50 warrants
were issued Mr.. Post said.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
PO[ESADVANCEON ON
1870 NILE FRONT
Army Invades the Ukraine
to Put Down the Bolshe-
wiki.
LRx Associated .press

WARSAW, April 2S.-(By Associat.
ed Press.)-A general advance by
Polish forces along a $50 mile front
into, the Ukraine was announced in to-
lays communique by the Polish gen.
eral staff.
The movement, 1t is set forth, is for
tho expulsion Of the foreign invaders,
Russian bolsheviki.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
WILL INVESTIGATE
TRADE W|THRUSS|A
u. S. Chamber of Commerce
to Send Committee
Into Russia.
fRy Associated Press |

ATLANTIC CITY, April 2s.-The
board Of directors OF the United
States Chamber of Commerce today
authorized the appointment of COM
mission to proceed to Europe to in
vestigate the possibility of resump-
tion of trade relations between the
United States and the Russian people.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
More Troops Quit
Mexican Service
I.sy AaseeIa ted pressl.

AQUA PR1hTa, r. h1sse'a Aprii sfg ffss SsI2pproxi.
mately 1000 Carranza troops at Parral
and Jiminez, Chihuahua, revolted yes.
terday, according TO information given
out here today by General Cilies, com.
mander in northwest Mexico.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
MICE MEIon ctiT

YOUNGSTOWN, o., April 2S.-Di,
rectors OF the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube company have decided TO issue a
stock dividend OF more than 400 per
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28

This is pay day for the mines. at the
operations OF the Jamison Coal and
Coke company and the men are being
paid OF for the two weeks dating from
April 4 to 18th. The pay is reported
to run heavy.
Today's is the last pay that the Jam.
ison concern will give the miners at
Mines and 10 as thereafter the Penn
CContinued on page eight.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-28
rHE MEATHER

Frost toniaht; warmer
Thursday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01

Substitutes: James McNaughton, Beni Burford, Bill Kirkland, Stew art Holt and Allen Shattuck.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
LAR!AT HIGHWAY WONDER TRAIL 0F
 VARIED SCENERY
Glaciers, Volcanoes, Big Trees Feature Sights
 On $500 Mile Trip.

DENVER, Colo, Oct 1. Mot orists seeking the unusual in travel
 will find it next summer wearing ovcrcoats and furs on the night of 1 the hottest day in July, crossing the | Continental Divide while making l the 5,590-mile circle swing of the ] National Park-to-P Park Highway, the longest scenic motor way in the world.
 That's what members Of the of fcial party now dedicating the high states and connects twelve major
 national parks, have experienced since they left Denver August 26. | The party will return in time for a convention of the National Park to-Park Highway Association here November II.
 1 The wonder highway is like a scenic running moose, and by fol- i lowing the lariat, the motorist
 reaches the historic ruins of cliff dwellerG in Mesa Verde park, CT the
 Top of the World' in Rocky Noun i tain park, in Colorado. Starting i from Denver, the highway touches Rocky Mountain Park before enter ing Wyoming, where it passes through Yellowstone. In Montana, i it's course reaches to the extreme northern boundary, touching Glacier Park, then crosses through Idaho to reach Mount Rainier Park, in Wash ington. The highway continues through Oregon and California and completes the rough circle lariat by winding through Arizona, Northern Arizona and Colorado, getting back to Denver, the starting point.
 Tn the course of the circle which the hirhway describes, the mOtorist visits the frozen ice fields in Glacier park. Montana; snow-capped Mount Rainier in Washington; an extinct volcano in Crater Park, Oregon, and an active volcano in Lassen Park, California. Giant redwood forests in Yosemite and Sequoia parks, in California and the Grand Canyon in Arizona, also are included in this park connecting highway.
 The National Parkto-Park High way Association was formed to se- cure the improvement of the dozen transccntinental highways and con meeting roads forming the park-to- park highway, including the Yel- lowstone Glacier Bee Line, Roose- welt, National Parks, Old Trails Rainbow and Yellowstone trails The association hopes eventually to secure federal aid in the sum of $100,000,000 for hard-surfacine this continuous highways. The only stretch of hard-surfaced road a
 present is 1000 miles of the Pacific
 Highway, extending from Seattle to 1 San Francisco.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
Pacific Coast League
RED CROSS ORGANIZING
 CZECHO-SLOVAK NURSES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1-An effort 10 extend American nursing methods to Czecho-Slovakia has been started by the American Red Cross. Bayena Brezonova and Frantiska Rusicoya, nurses from that country, are on their way to enroll at the Massd- chusetts General Hospital School for nurses in Boston The plan worked out by the Red Cross and the Czecho- Sloyak government includes the e5- tablishment of school for nurses It Prague. Two American nurses have been abroad to organize the school on American lines.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
PORTLAND POUNDS
 SEATTLE HURLERS
 VIII MING 3 TO .
Rainier Hope of Taking Series Dashed Major
 League Games Of.

SEATTLE, Oct. 1.--Errors and in ability to place hits when they were needed lost the game with Portland yesterday for Seattle and d;mmed the hopes of the Rainiers of winning the series. The score was 3 to 0.
 Three pitchers, Schoor, Sweeney and Cooper, were used in despar- ate effort to stop the Portland men, but all were hit liberally. A total of eight hits were gathered off them. Gallio of Portland allowed seven hits.
 All games scheduled in the two major leagues yesterday were called eff on account of cold weather
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
DANES CHARGE OLYMPIC GAMES JUDGING BIASED

COPENHAGEN, Oct 1.-Danish papers have been outspoken in their criticism of alleged partiality in the judging of the Olympic Games at Antwerp. They complain that awards were given to the principle of Let the best man win if he is an ally"
 The National Tidendes special correspondent at Antwerp charges that all games were umpired with I bias in favor of the Allies. Typ cal in this respect, the cOrrespon- lent says, was the sword combat between Denmark and Italy. All experts were agreed, he says, that Denmark was superior; nevertheless, he umpires gave the victory to Italy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT.
Serial No. 04420.

August 27, 1920.
 Notice is hereby given that Mi. chael G. Munly, whose Post Offict address is 295 East Eleventh St. North, Portland, Oregon, has madf application in the United State' Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, fol a patent for 1409.6 linear feet or the Sitka Quartz Claim Mine Lode bearing gold and silver and precious metals, the same being 1900 fee northwesterly and 1096 feet south easterly from discovery shaft there. on, with surface mining ground 30o feet in width on either side of the lode line, and for a patent for 150C linear feet on the Sitka Quart Claim No ? Lode, bearing gold ant silver and precious metals, the sam6 being 80 feet northwesterly ano 1420 feet southeasterly direction from discovery shaft thereon, witl surface mining ground 300 feet in width on either side of the lod' line, totaling 600 feet in all of thu surface of said mining claims, sait mining claims forming a contiguous group, situated in the Territory oi Alaska. Sitka Mining District. anf described in the official plat ant field notes on file in the office oi the Register of Juneau Land Dis trict. Alaska. as follows:
 SITKA QUARTZ CLAIM MINE
 LODE.
 Beginning at Cor. l, identical
 with Cor f Sitka Quartz Claim
 No. ? Lode whence USLM No.
 bears s. 15' 06' E. 3539.50 it.
 dist; thence N. 47' 50' F. along line 4-3 of Sitka Quartz
 Claim No. 2 600 it. to Cor. No.
 2, identical with Cor. 3 of Sitka
 Quartz Claim No. ?; thence N.
 46o OS' w. 1409 60 it., to Cor. 3; thence s. 470 50' W. GOO it. to Cor. 4; thence s. 46' 08'
 E. 1407.90 fit. to Cor. l, the
 place of beginning. Containing
 19.357 acres.
 SITKA QUARTZ CLAIM NO. ?.
 Beginning at Cor. 1 whence USLM No. bears s. g 49'
 w. 23S310 it. dist; thence N.
 47' 50' E. 600 1t to Cor ?;
 thence N. 46' OS' w 1f9S.70
 to Cor. 3. identical with Cor.
 Sitka Quartz Claim Mine Lode; thence s. 47' 50' w. along line | 2-1 Sitka Quartz Mine Lode GOO
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01

fl. to Cor. 4, identical with
 Cor. l Sitka Quartz Claim Mine
 Lode: thence s. 46' 08' F.
 150O 1t. to Cor. l; the place of
 beginning. Containing 20.603
 acres. Magnetic variation from
 29o 53' E. to 30' 05' E.
 The said Lode Claims are situat- d in latitude 57' 39' North, longi- tude 136 06' West, and said Lode Claims are about one-half mile North of the town of Chichagof.
 The said Sitka Quartz Claim Lode is bounded on all sides by unsurveyed Inoccupied and vacant land. The aid claim is designated as Mineral Survey No 956-A.
 The said Sitka Quartz Claim No is bounded on all sides by vacant lnsurveyed and unoccupied land The said claim is designated as Mineral Survey No. 956-A.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- ,ersely the mining ground, vein ode. premises, or any portion hereof so described, surveyed plat ed. and applied for. are hereby ,otifed that. unless their adverse .laims are duly filed, according to aw and regulations hereunder within the time prescribed by law with the Register of the United States Land office at Juneau Alaska. they will be barred by vir- ue of the provisions of said statute
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register. Dated and posted on the ground
 this 27th day of August, 1920. Date of first publication August
 30,1920.
 Date of last publication October
 30, 1920.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
HIGH FOOTBALL SQUAD RARIN TO
 Go-BUT WHERE?
Hilltoppers Unable to Find Opponents for Best Little
 Team Tn Alaska,

The best little football team in,- well. in Alaska anyway-and noth- ing in sight to give it mixup. A squad primed full of pep and rarin to go and nowhere to go except to teafight. This is the main portion of the worries of the Juneau High School team and Coach Phillips.
 Having been fed on raw beef, red pepper and hard work for the past month. sustained through the grind by lively expectations of getting rio of their accumulation of ginger on some worthy opponent, things look dark for both boys and coach. They cant find anybody willing to come cut and take part in some real sport.
 What do you think of this?'' bemoaned Mr Phillips today. "The soldier team at Fort Seward fails to materialize Metlakatla cant see us. Douglas has no team with whom we may exercise. We send the Elks a bunch of live wires, a cordial invi- tation tc meet us in a friendly set to but-nothin' doin. And the teams weight doesn't average 13o pounds.
 Now, we want a game for a week from next Sunday, and if it is possible we are going to have it, he added. MT Phillips said that there are over 30 young men in town who have had football exper- fence and from whom could be se- lected a good football squad. The coach offers them the use of the school gymnasium evenings for signal practice and his own services as ccach if they desire it.
 "Those lads of mine do not weigh much,' he said, and regulation uni forms are not needed
 MT. Phillips announces the lineup Of the 1920 team as follows:
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01

Beginning October 1st prices oi milk quarts 25c, pints 122c, hall pints cream 40c, gill zoe, whole sale and retail.
 adv. MENDELHALL DAIRY.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
Pacific Coast League

At Seattle-Portland 3, Seattle 0. At Vernon-Vernon 6, San Fran
 cisco 4. At Sacramento-Salt Lake s, Sacra-
 mento z. At Oakland-Los Angeles 6, Oak
 land 2.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
LEONARD-BRITTON BOUT IS POSTPONED BY RAIN

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept 90.-The ten round bout between Benny Leo nard, lightweight champion, and Jack Britton, scheduled for tonight, was postponed until tomorrow evening be cause of rain.
 ADVERTISE THAT READINESS TO SELL into a SALE.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01

Old papers fer sale, 25c. per bun dle. at Empire office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
YOUTHFUL GRID STAR
 DIES OF BROKEN NECK

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Melvin Keppler, aged r. captain of the Lock Haven High School football team, died here today of broken neck received during practice game yes terday.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-01
2UMLER'S SUSPENSION
 UPHELD BY DIRECTORS

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1.-Sus- tension of William Rumler of the Ialt Lake Club for alleged gambling V President William Mccarthy was pheld by the Pacific Coast Baseball directors in a resolution passed un- nimously at a meeting here last light Rumler was barred from play ng in the league for a period of i've years