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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
RTIy,,t.Tl STILLS I
NAY COST A LOT

In adition to the ordinary fines
and jail sentences imposed on vio-
lators OF the national prohibition
laws, all such case swill be report.
ed In the future to the internal
Revenue collectors who will also
collect the usual taxes with a pen.
atty for failure to register, accord
Ing to the statement Of Captain v.
". Mddn Of the Federal prohibl-
ton forces who passed through
Faimont this morning. In the par
ty with Captain Midkiff were Cap
tain ". w. Wheeler, Coleman Stan
ager and J.; ]. Doerr.
Under the law, the ta1 on a still
amounts to $1,000, which may be
doubled for failure to register. In
addition a distillers license is re-
,Quired and In case more than five
gallons Of whiskey has been sold
at one time q wholesale license
must be maid. Fsilure 10 resiger
may result IN taxes and penalties
amounting to more than $4,000 for
the retail, wholesale, distillers Il
cense and ownership Of the still
At the last term Of the Federal
court In Parkersburg an italian
who was convicted Of selling pick
handle was assessed $3.50 BY the
revenue officers IN addition to the
fine imposed by the core;.
Captain MidkM has requested
Sheriff Glover to keep the Federal
officers informed concerning con.
vicnous under the state laws 50
that the revenue officers can col.
lect the additional fines and pen.
altes.
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BOTH PARTIES
N CONVENTION
George Bowers, Of Man
nington, Presiding 0v-
er the Republicans.

At two o'clock this afternoon on
James A. Meredith. chairman Of
the Republican County Executive
committee, called the Republican
convention to order to nominate
candidates for the offices Of Judges
Of the Circuit and Criminal courts.
The convention Is held In the Coun-
" court room, In the court house.
George Bowers, Of Warrington,
was selected as the temporary
chairman and Clyde H. Smith, sec
retary.
court room, the Democratic con-
yention for the nomination OF
Judges was called to order BY
Carroll Currey, chairman Of the
Democratic County Executive COM
mittee. l. S. Schwenck, Of Man-
nington, was chosen temporary
chairman and Keneth Barnes, sec
retary.
Only two candidates are being
considered for the Republican NOM
nations, ". S. Meredith. for the
Circuit judgeship and Emmett N.
Showalter for Judge Of the Grim
inal court.
Judge william S. Raymond and
JadgA Scott c. Lowe will probably
be the nominees for the two offices,
although rumors are current re-
gardin gthe names Of Judge George
A. Vincent and Prosecuting Attor-
ney Walter R. Haggerty.
Governor Cornwell is expected to
address the Democratic convention
during the afternoon.
The business of the Republican
convention was dispatched with
considerable celerity. Both Sena=
tor Meredith and Mr.. showalter
were nominated without any delay.
and as The eWst virginlan went to
press the committees we're out
the candidates SO that
they could address the convention.
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EXPECT I5ljII
.GlEG lI||IlI||[R n
Gov COrnwel IS Here and
is Guest Of Geo. 7 4
Watson.
f

Governor John ]. Cornwell and
Major ]. N. Boyle, who will be
the speakers at the big Chamber
Of Commerce dinner this evening,
arrived here on No. 8 this morning.
Governor Cornwell will be the gues:
Of George 7. Watson while IN the
city and went direct from the train
to the Watson residence.
It was estimated this morning
that about $50 persons would at
tend the dinner. It had been
planned to serve 400 tonight, but
the ladies' Of the Christ Episcopal
church, who are serving the din.
ner, we're notified this morning
that they should be prepared for at
least 50 extra over the 400 mark.
and several new tables we're or.
dered placed in the c0umissary
room at the big brass plant to take
care Of the late reservations.
The affair will start with q big
auto trip this afternoon. The auto
parade Will form at the court house
at 3:15, and 1t Is expected to get
under way by 1880. A sixteen
piece band in the big Owens truck
Will head the procession. Today's
event Is the greatest thing OF Its
kind ever staged in this city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
Text Books, Long Terms,
Physical Education
Cost Money.

The Boards Of Education Of Fal-.
mont Independent and Union In
dependent school districts are
meeting today for the purpose Of
laying the school ta1 levy anu max
ing up The budget for the year
1921. Owing to various improve
ments and increases In salaries the
leyies OF both districts VIII be ma
terially increased.
Fairmon: Independent school dk-
trict will during the year build and
equip a gymnasium for the high
school. The school has been greal-
ly hampered In recent years owing
to the fact that It possessed no gyn.
nasium and could therefore hardy
hope to compete In athletics with
high schools Of the state which
maintained well equipped and mod
-ern gymnastums with the schools.
The Board OF Education to meet
this demand appropriated money
for the building Of a gymnasium
and for this purpose must raise the
levy.
To meet the increased salary ap-
preparation the levy must be In
creased as well as TO take care Of
the free text book appropriation.
Free text books will be furnished
the pupils OF the Elementary
grades In cases where new books
must be purchased. In the case Of
pupils having In their possession
old text books of the required kind
they must be used.
In the case OF free text books
the tax payer while he must pay q
little more taxes to meet the cost
will be getting more than the valua
Of the increased taxes in receiving
for bis children text books furnish-
ed free by the district.
The levy for the schools Of IN
ion Independent school district
must eceSSerily be consid eraK,yi
raised ID 0Ede oIproyide funds M
the eddtti tiopl bscut g sCtle6l
la,s - ydfiH 96iff sf6a,
;ecmifg the bnssds having iyots
9sa To- extend the tsrtn uf school
from 4 eight % nina months
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
E|PR[S}}NER l0
GET WAGE RAISE
OF logan HOUR
Means Thirty Millions
More a Year to the
Public.
RATES 70 ADVANCE
Increase to Men is Made
to Date Back to May
First.
rRy Associated Press.l


CHICAGO, Aug. l0.-Thirty NIL
lion dollars was added today TO tae
nations express bill. The United
States Railway Labor board award
ed the 10000 employees Of the
American Railway Express com
pany an increase Of 16 cents an
hour. The decision Is retroactive
to May /, 1920.
Under the terms Of the Esca'
Cummfns Transportation act the er'
press company will be permitted 10
raise It's rates sufficiently TO make
M the increased labor cost.
The decision applies to all ex'
press employees save $500 shopnenn
Who we're given an increase Of u
cents an hour IN the railroad award
ilast month. The award 10 express
men Is slightly better than the
average Increase TO railroad men,
fhe hoard finding that express en-.
nioyes as a class we're not so well
Iaid as men In other lines Of raii-
road work. :.
( Recommendation that express
:rateS Sc Increased 80 million dol.
I'm d absorb the wage award VIII
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WINDOW GLASS
/. Plant IS READY
Long Run at Full capaci-
ty VIII Start Tonor-
row.

With 24o men running the plant
to its full capacity, the Fairmont
Window Class company starts /.
run tomorrow that viii probably
last until the first Of February.
The plant has been Idle since No
yember and during that period they
have been stocking up 9 full line Of
materials and have installed arti.
fetal gas 10 use along With the
natural gas. On the tank both artis
dcial and natural gas Is used while
on the ovens the artific icial Gas alone
Is used, Z.
Y a good sized force Of men vas
working at the factory this morn.
ing cleaning mp the factory d gen.
.oral and healing up tie 6fens.
Practically all the skilled ffAD Dc q
imported. Many of 81 afe
on ne s1S Bea 1ing sestinS
seTafythiig d "a diheS { ITO start
with frlE Todu ction' tomorrow.
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MARSHAL Smith 70
STAY N SERVICE
Withdrew Resignation at
the Request Of the At
torney General
Especial Dispatch TO The West
-, isIsRinian

lSpecla UL5VdtCu W AAo VICE.
Hirginian.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10:
United States Marshall Ned
Smith Of the Northern West Viz
ginia federal court district, who
last month rendered his reslgna-
9ion to the Department Of Justice.
which has never been accepted.
today withdrew It.
After a conference held here
with Attorney General Palmer. It
was announced by the latter's pri-
yate secretary. R. T. Scott, that
Marshal Smith had agreed, at the
request Of the attorney general, to
serve out his term. ITO make a
change In this office at the present
time" Mr. Scott said, would
seriously Interfere with our organ
ization and we prevailed upon
Marshal Smith to continue to serve
for the remainder Of bis term
which extends but for a few
months longer so as not 10 disturb
the efficiency OF our plans and for
the good OF the service" n.
Scott paid hish tsib1ts 70
the Official service foi Marshal
Smith. declaring that no marshal
had made a record more satisfac-
tory to the Department Of Justice.
Marshal Smith had planned to quit
the position at once TO give all his
time to private business invest
ments.
Mr.. Smith left for his home at
Fairndnt Imediately following the
conference this morning.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
|CAR SUPPLY On
,EI 'TO Fight Bl0N1THQDNG
R[ GAS RA|G'IP 10 PROMISE
;hn ORGANIZATION Were Mines on Monongahela
se4 IJn At Some RI. Are Well Taken
Meetings. Care OF.
lII0RE MEETINGS 9@E|NIS Of A. A. FUEL.
.E0IS Of R. R. FUEL
Between SEQ and 600
Loads a Day This
Week

Empties In copious numbers pre-
dicted BY the Baltimore and Ohio
officials failed to n,atedalize and
the Fairmont region today again;
went back into the car shortage
column. Due 10 the scarcity OF
cars there are thirty:two mines Idle
today. Only 916 cars were avail
able on the division today. Tn:
early morning placement shrunk to
tS45. Cars today on the Monongah
division are classified as follows:
Open, S24; coke, Al; m. 1. X, %;
NJ. v. T, 22. Cars left over from
the previous dag; were q The
mines today ordered ], 1,491 Jars OF
which Al were available for coke
Operations in the West Virginia
district Of the, Monongahela ran.
way today have all the cars they
can load. These. mines have been
getting q fdll run for some days.
There are fe0 empties today on
the Helen's Rum and Wyatt. .Binga:
mon branches Of the Western
Maryland railway.
Railroau Fuel Heavy.
During. this week the railroads
using assigned cafssia the Fatrmont
region wiilsbe giFen . 100, per cent.
car supply. This vii run the ae;
gregate Of railroad fuel loading n1:
to betweel5e0 and: 6QQ, loads danxs,
Naturally tktS 1slts ck dsS stks
cars available for commercial coal
but with the piers all closed TO e4s,,
port business except Port Rich
mond, which Is apt TO be closed
down almost any time, It Is be-
lieyed the price Of coal will weak.
en-. At least that appears to be the
forecast Of the market.
Railroads using assigned cars
and therefore will be benefited by
the foregoing are: P. & R, c. Of
n. J., Erie, Boston & Maine, Le-
high Valley, New York Central,
Maine Central.
Exhibit Manifest.
The B. & o. railroad has called
the attention Of operators who have
failed to exhibit the scale card on
permit shipments to the piers.
East Of Grafton.
The Baltimore and Ohio, railroad
on Monday moved S47loads in nine
teen trains east Of Grafton. OF this
number 591 loads were coal. West
ern movement off the division were
702 loads. The movement to the
lakes yesterday totaled 800 loads.
Apportionment Raised.
According to information. re-
ceived from Grafton the allotment
Of the Fairmont region to New Eng.
land has been raised this week.
The Monongah division Of the B.
& O. railroad will be obliged to fur
nlsh LIZ cars a week instead Of lis
cars as was in force last week.
Personal Mention.
C. II. jenkins, secretary and
treasurer Of the Hutchinson Coal
company, went on a business trip
to Washington and Baltimore last
D. B. Donaldson, Fairmont repre-
sentative Of the Arkwright Coal
company, Is on a trip today t.
Clarksburg and Grafton.
Daily Production.
Loading was heavy on the No
nongah division Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad yesterday
Continued Oh Page s
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A HUNDRED
IS FA|RNON1 RATE
Real Estate Valuation Of
City Over s1s,000,OoO
This Year.

A levy Of one per cent or one
dollar on the one hundred dollars
property valuation was today fixed
for the year 1920 for the city OF
Fairmont BY the city Board Of Di-
rectors at q meeting held today.
This levy Is an increase Of seven
cents over the levy Of 90 cents for
the year 1920. The additional levy
is laid for the purpose Of taking
care OF the retirement Of bonds
during the year. Il Il
The Board will meet tom time
to time 70 make up the budget for
the year which will take coHsider-
able timess n 2
County Assessor James ".
Davis, who was appointed by the
Board TO assess city property has
turned into THE city his figures
which are as follows:
For the year 1920 real estate.
S13,Q9s,s00, which figure Is an In
crease ot S251, ,040 over the assess
cd valuation Of property for the
year 1918 which figure was S12,-
S4S.s40.
For the year 1920. personal
property $S:e2s,SH which figure
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
Travelled Six Ways
To Pour Pickhandle

i1means Of transportation were
used by Deputy She.itts Howard
Adams, Howard Woodward and
John Glover this morning while
making a raid at Murray and VI.
cinity In q search for yiolators Of
the prohibition laws. Taking a
passenger train tos3, the deputies
crossed the river ina boat to Mur-
ray, rods q freight train to ope-
kiska, rode back to the B. & 0.
roundhouse on q wrecking train,
climbed the hill and took g street
car and left It fora faster ride On
an automobile truck.
Eight houses ware visited With
search warrants and fifteen barrels
Of pickhandle poured ouS. NO ar
rests we're made.
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France al
landPIant toPfl|
tect Poles
RAILROAD IS ID
Warsaw No Longer
An Outlet to the Rsl:
M. Z

rBy Associated 9rea1i
PARIS. Aug. II. The Rdsiiti1
have captured tie toKn d; ;olstia
now thus cutting tie TSil.s
Daazig railroad, according d L.
ports from the Eseneh mnis,i5
mission toWatssy reeesSed Il "a
foreign ofiee todly.
PARIS, Aug. Il. VIM n6ih
Ing will be made publ relally1 =
the conclpsion IeSs q q {
Hythe conf terence on i6nd mil
Premier Lloyd Gs6f Sp9ild i
the House 81 Comma d. i /. ~.
aSrstuUd .tiiat: hy md ~
|lerand agreed up6n 3 ;.
taken IN the event fhS B6l5n a
seek to impose crull ding f1knI t8
Poland, says q Haysa diIi. 81
from Hythe.
LONDON. Aug. 1o-fHs aiic
elated Press -. am stll 1el5ill
Of peace" /" was tue opening ~ q
/ = - .aI T... = * n -, a.
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A. E. F. Will Soon
Be Thing Of the Past

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10
The American E1pedltionary
forces will pass into history Aug
ust 81, when the only remaining
unit Of the army that fought in
France, A. E. F. headquarters
here cease to exist. Records Of
the great army that was will be
transferred to the custody Of the
War department and the following
day General Pershing will open
headquarters in a new capacity as
general Of the army.
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Railroad News
In Fairnlont

II
J. NJ. Scott, Wheeling. general
superintendent Of the West VII.
.ginia district Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, Is In Fairmont today.
C. J. Proudfoot, Wheeling, divi-
sion passenger agent Of the B. & 0.
railroad, was in Fairmont yester
The Monougahela railway station
has notified that less than carload
freight Is now acceptable on mo
Pennsylvania railroad via the
Pittsburgh gateway.
H. B. Pierce, Brownsville. "a.
assistant superintendent. and ].
n. Huggens, Brownsville, Pa.
general agent Of the Monongahela
railway were In Fairmont today:
- HII'HI |lI = ~
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Ill0RE MEETINGS $Q9K.
Money Subscriptions
We're Made at Some
Places Last Night.

Various things such a rain
torn and Q little nderstandiig
u details between the general
1sirman and the ward chairmen
tcembined to halt one or two OF the
fsehed eduled ward meetings last even
l6g to discuss ways and means o.
iecnring money 70. fight the gas
fe increase menace; but meet
Swere held In several wards to
go66 advantage and much work &C
COMP pHshed.
& A enod meeting was held In the
Mil igari. and 4 host Of signers
~ lid petition protesting agains,
III n tfafs increase were secured,
Enothar citizens, meeting will Ike
Z IL ~ 5ield there IN the near future,
M :: Z ....a,,;SS IA b.d a h,p turn.
-. ~ Sss,s;tS S RE "r ,a;n AM and q re Commit.
~. ~ Stssy ~. srnosntsd I M IN heIn secnre
~ sR.eS !ssd. = - tS.t t,.D wsrS Se 1'he
.1 ns1se y ~ ~ Ss conr,ittss - sNss war wore IN =
,sss9s1 srI. a. az ~ Tsyi S p sTarr tod AZ "
aGns - - ~ ~ s,rrs.r =. nm McintIrs
e.sa;, .sssg ~ S,atas s9;r,s Iia A. Ts-r % M
1S.s3sJ 1e S md ~ time t mo com, nm,
f., ,Ssesss ~ ssmas sau sMI eo,,Id t not sS H.
y : laus' se1.N W. y
49, 4 a rs,-,, r,bo ,y,a choir.
~ y, ~ 1sI s;l,S "Io ,;ord I10 meetine @
49, " s;ss ~ ~. t1t X ~. " cit,, last ' syan.
sS1st 49, ~. y4t.l aamns. .ue S. ~ ,s 10 @ .es.
.s @ sssEe g1T ~ grys HsnrT stated Ss ed tnis IS
ditiSE t6sl Sc lad no report q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-10
Scale Committee
Meet. Friday
fsy A,soc.s;ed pressI

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1o-Pres-
|ident Wilson today requested the
joint scale committee Of hltumin-
Gus miners and operation to meet
lat Cleveland AugnSt 1s oeonsider
any Inequalities in the sward ct
the bituminn1s eolI commission
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lloyd GEORGE STILL OPTIMISTIC OVER poland
Broke Coal
Loading Record
And Heat Too
fBy Associated P,tssl

WHEELING. ". Va, Aug. 10.
After loading six cars Of coal
In less than two hours this
morning, Tony BannOcS. who
set out to establish a new re-
cord at the Troll Coal Co..
mine at Fair Point O., fell
dead.
The coroner said he died
from q ruptnred heart. Ban
mock had recently broken all
records at the mine when ne
loaded Is cars In one day.
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SCHOOL, TAXES TO IG0UN1E COURT At
. JUMP DPNARlN0RI On TAlRAIE
Belief Around Court
House It VIII be
s1.s7.

Members Of the Comfy court are
busy today figuring on :hs tax rate.
but VIII not be able to give out
any definite information until a
late hour.
There Is an impression around
the court house, however, that the
rate will be about s1H.
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Club 10
REVEtAl||ES NIGHT
This Weeks Meeting
Will be Held at the
Country Club.

The regular MONDAY lunch Of the
Kiwanians tomorrow has been
pushed over to the evening hour,
6::3O. and the members are prlrt.
legged for the first time to be &C.
cornpanied by their ladies'. This IS
ali IN honor Of the visit Of Hon. l.
n. Frantz, the newly elected dis
trict governor. Plans which were
laid al Charleston when J. A. Mere
dith. trustee, met the new district
governor, were completed last
week. and President Earl Smith re
ceIved a wire yesterday which con-
firmed the tentative arrangements.
Mr. Meredith, at the Clarksburg
meeting last week, extended a
warm invitation to members Of the
new lodge there to come to Fair.
mont and meet the district GOV.
ernor, and 1t is likely that the city
up The river will have a represen'
tation here. It seemed wise, there
fore, to the committee in charge
10 change the place for holding the
reception. to the Country club, as
the Y. n. c. A., the regular mees.
Ing place Of the Klwanians viii not
be large enough to accommodate
Nj. Frantz viii be accompanied
By l. ]. Corbly,. who graduated
from Fairmont Normal some thirty
years ago, and after receiving Dc.
gress from various universities.
took the presidency OF Marshal!
college. He Is widely known not
only as aerleader in educational
lines, but he Is a brilliant speak.
er, and his address will no doubt
be one Of the features Of the even.
NJ Members Of the order shonld
4nInnhona Elarn Hamilton chair
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sEyRES, Ff1acs a ! ~ 'I
Associated Pfsis -Ins l.t.
treaty WITH TtfEl5 VI, .'.411
hess & 1903 2. q. tS1lg
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Members Of the order should
telephone Glenn Hamilton, chair.
man, at phone 2s2, advising him Of
their intention to be present, and
whether or not they will haye
gueats.
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.R[A[EgIATE BOARD
BACEyBRIDGEPIAN.
Notifies Rotary Club Com
nittee Of Its Formal
Approval. y

At a meeting Of the Fairmont
Real Estate Board held this morn.
ing, 1t took action supporting the
plan OF the Rotary club to finance
the completion Of the Monongahela
river bridge. The following letter
vas sent 10 R. T. Cunningham,
that the Real Estate
Board is back Of the movement:
FAIRM0NT REAL ESTATE
"A BOARD.
Fairmont, West Va,
August 10, 1920.
Mr.. R. I. Cunningham,
Care FaIrmont Rotary Club.
Dear Slr:-At a meeting Of
the Fairmont Real Estate
Board held today we unani-
mously voted to go on record
as being behind your suggest
ed plan 10 finance the compile
tion Of the Monongahela
bridge.
We wish that you would
make II known to the COM
mittee otthe Rotary club that
we stand back Of them to our
limit, and trust that you will
call upon US II We can be Of
assistance in any way.
Yours very truly.
n rRYN-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-20
HAD WHISKY BURIED
ALL OVER HIS FARM
But Officers Found the Entire Lot
and Arrested the Owner. An
gelo Durotto, of Near Dover.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Dover, Sept. 20--One of the biggest
hauls in whisky raid ever known in
lower Delaware, was of yesterday after
noon by Federal Officer Howard and Chief
Of Police Lane of Dover, with the assis-
tance of William Cassons of Dover and
Caesar Rodney Comegys of West Dover,
who provided the officers with automobiles
The raid was on the farm of Angelo
Dorutto, known as "Nick," in West
Dover, near Hartley, where more than
400 quarts OF liquor were found in many
hiding places, in bottles bearing we'll
known labels, besides two cans of dope"
used in making a preparation with a
kick" in it. Many of the bottles bore
seals as if coming from bonded warehouses
The farm from which the wet" goods
were secured had been under suspicion
for some time and for the past several
days had been shadowed by Federal
officers.
Federal officer Howard first went to
the farm and pretended to bargain for
some wet goods and soon had Duratto
trapped. He admitted that he had '1oad-
cd" up for the Dover carnival, which
opens here tomorrow.
The officers found the liquor in the
kitchen of the house, in the barn and
stable under cover of straw, in n chicken
house where it had been buried in the
ground and covered with boards, l7o
quarts were found buried in hole in the
ground which had been covered with
several bushels of pears. Other lots were