Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-10-12

Of the washington, Alexander & Cooke
Company In Ansofn. near Charles
Town. was totally destroyed by fire..
entailing loss of building and mate
rails OF about $4,000. There was
about $4,000 OF stock on hand which
was damaged about two per cent. The
loss Is between eighty and ninety per
cent. The mill was built In 1913
Huntington.-Alleg his daughter
Is incorrigible and took vengeance for
fancied wrongs By attacking her moth
er. C. e. Hamlin, of 427 Camp street.
had the girl arrested on a city war
rant charging assault and battery, &C
cording to police report. The girl
is II years old. According to state
ments at headquarters she attacked
her mother and inflicted slight wounds.
Huntington.-Nine barrels of tar as
cended heavenward in the most spec
| tacular smudge ever beheld in Hunt
ington when tar reducing apparatus
in use at Eleventh avenue and West
Fifth street ignited. Futile efforts 10
smother the flames by the use of chem
icals finally were abandoned and the
| tar was consumed The tar destroyed
| halted temporarily the paving work
on Eleventh avenue west of West Fifth
street.
| Wheeling.-One man was killed. an
other injured and four others narrow
| ly escaped death on the rail when a
north bound short line Wheeling and
Lake Erie train crashed into an cleo
| trio section car near Highland City.
! Fog and haze that hung heavy over the
| tracks in that vicinity was responsible
for the fatality. Roe Antill, of High
land City, sustained a broken neck and
crushed skull Stem Bariboal was bad
| ly bruised, while four others escaped
by jumping.
Characterization for damages has
been commenced In Kanawha Circuit
Court by Mrs. Ora Howery against the
| Charleston Interurban Railroad Com
pany. Plaintiff asks $4,000 damages
for physical injuries alleged to have
been received when she was struck by
a traction car May 20 near Dickinson
Mrs. H. e Fletcher also brought suit
against the same company for $4,000
damages for injuries claimed to have
been received when jostled from car
! platform at Luna park.
Huntington.-Appl for all in
| junction restraining Lon H Kelly,
United States District Attorney, and
his assistants from enforcing the pro-
vision of the Lever act against coal
companies in anticipation of demand
by federal attorneys before the grand
jury which convened here, was over
ruled by John c. Rose, of Baltimore,
| at the opening session of court here.
The injunction sought by the operators
| asked the court to find the Lever acr
Invalid against the complainants and
all others, and If the act should be
found valid, then that it be found in
applicable to the complainants.
Sistersville.-When she fell from the
running board Of an automobile in
which she and number of girls were
! returning from Sundayschool. Mary
McCune, II, of Joseph Mills, sustained
injuries that proved fatal five hours
later. The girl was riding on the run
ming board Of the machine and lost
her balance when she made an effort
to retrieve her hat which had been
blown from her head by the wind. She
| fell TO the ground with terrific force.
crushing her skull and fracturing sew
eral ribs. The MANNED body was ia
ken into the home of Fred Terrell, and
DIR. A. 0. Conaway, Of Centerville,
called.
| MISUNDERSTANDING that the ma
val ordnance plant at South Charles
ton is the largest Of its kind in the
| world; that the United States will be