The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-06-10


cars in the Fairmont mining fields has
become acute and, as result, CONNER
cial coal here is very scarce.
Fairmont.-SiX alleged radicals
were released by federal officials herr.
on bonds of $1,000 each. signed by At
torney Harold w. Houston, of Charles
ton.
Chapmansville.-Ch w. CourSer.
63, of Huntington, was instantly Killed
here when he fell f,om n high Scafrold
while employed by the Crosby Lumber
Company.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of n strike of
Chesapeake x Ohio shopmen here are
denied by officials of the various
unions concerned. They say there will
be no strike.
WellSburS. a quarrel on
n principal business street here An
tonia Lazarc shot and killed his father
in-law, Antonio Tall, IL, police say.
LaZare in under arrest.
Huntington.-Ove a half million
dollars has been subscribed bv BAN
tiSt churches of u West Virginia coun-
ties, according TO George l. Neale.
state campaign director.
Huntington.-WHl Dcshon, 43. well
known in theatrical circles i'm West
Virginia, is dead at his home here.
He was formerly an actor but had
managed many theaters in the state.
Flemngton.-Rain following tho
robbery of the Pittvein Coal Co. store
here, prevented bloodhounds from oh.
ta!ninS the scent, and thieves ESCAPED
They got $1,000 worth of merchandise.
Moundsville.-Two stills were cap
tured by state prohibition officers in
raids conducted in Marshall county.
Eleven gallons of moOnShine liquor and
five gallons of mash were seized.
CharlestOn.-Under n new ruling is
sued by the State Department cf
Mines, mine foremen and fire bosses
must pass examinations and obtain
certificates before they can serve III
mines.
Fairmont-Bulletins of an anarchist
nature ana directed against the Amer
lean Legion, have been found posted i'm
thousands Of places in the Fairmont
region. Federal officials will invesfi-
gate.
Parkersburg.- Ninety-one seniors
will be graduated from Parkersburg
High School this year. Commence
ment exercises will be held early in
June.
Parkersburg.-The annual meeting
of the West Virginia Teachers Asso-
citation will be held on November & ;
and 6, it has been announced here
The meeting place has not been Sc.
lected.
Weston-Huntington was selected
as the place for the next annual eli.
campWent Of the /. q. o. f. state con.
vention at its closing meeting here. /.
d. Bailey, of Weston. was elected
chief patriarch.
Fairmont.-Paul Cytulik, a retired
soldier with a record for bravery. has
been granted a pardon by Governor
John j. Cornwell on a pistol-+otinq
charge. He had served four months Of
a six months sentence.
Huntington.-Three indictments for
violations Of the national prohibition
law and one for forging names TO
government pay voucher were return
cd by the federal grand jury ON jts
first day here.
Charleston.-E. l.. Mason. Luther
Jackson and Charles Darling. convict.
cd of operating Il moonshine still in
Federal Court here, were each son.
fenced to a year and a half i'm the fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta.
Bluefeld.-Threc lives arc believed
To- have been lost iu a confederation,
which completely wiped out one block
of the town of Welch, the county sc,r
of Mcdowell county, entailng "a pro,,-
criy loss estimated at over S2OOOoO
The charred remains of one body was
recovered and at late hour the otbe.
two persons had not been accounted
for They were said TO have boon
Ilunear.ans who were living over ,
Hungarian restaurant in which the fire
started
Matewan.-Ch Charges that coal com.
panics in AIiugo county were discborr.
ing and evicting miners who ioin n
union were made i'm telegram semi
Attorney General Palmer by Fred
Mooney, secretary Of District H. Uni
ted Mine Workers of America.
Bluefeld.-H. II. Payne. Jr.. waived |
a case against him, In which his name |
was used In connection with an al |
legged embezzlement, to the grand. iurv
a system of collection Is involved and
Payne threw the matter into the court
to force showdown