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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
GUN T0TERS
ARE CAUGHT
Arrested by Off
GERS Last Night; Con-
fess this Morning

Ralph Prayer, claiming his home
place as vandergrift, Pa, Walter
Wood claiming to hail from Leach
burg, Pa, and Boyd Posey, claim
ing that his home is at Cairo, H.,
the three boys arrested by Lieut..
a. R. Bolyard and Patrolman
Adam Fanser OF the B. and @.
police force on a charge Of robbinG
a B. and o. camp car in the local.
yards last night and who when ar
rested had guns IN their possession
we're tired before Magistrate BIZ
lingsIea on the gun toting charge
and given a hearing on the other
charge this morning.
The trio confessed to both
charges. Posey who is claimed 10
be the leader OF the gang and who
according to the police Is wanted
In other cities OF the state for sim
liar crimes was sentenced TO
serve six months in the county 1Q1
and pay a fine OF 800 for carrying
a 50 caiibre revolver and was held
for tho next Criminal court grand
Jury on tho robbery charge. Mag
lstrate Billingslea also added to-
the commitment that in case the
800 fine was not paid by the time
the Jail sentence had expired that
Porsey was to work ont his h9e
on the public roads Of Marion.
county.
FansIer was sentenced to serve
ak months and pay a fine Of $50
for having a % cslibre revolver on
his person when arrested. He waai
also held for the criminal court
grand jury on tho robbery charge
Walter Wood the third member
Of the gang did not have any
weapon on him when arrested and
was Just bound over forsthe action
Of the Criminal court grandtury: on
the robbery charge. He was nm
able to furnish bail and was sent
to jail with hts pal4r
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
LUCKY COUPLE
PLEDGED GIFTS
Load Of Coal and Laundry
Book Among Presents
Listed To-day

The cfty's prospective bride
and groom must not be dlsap-
pointed today when they rush for
the paper to learn tho extent OF
presents in the last "a hours. This
couple will be married on the
steps Of the courthouse during
Trade Expansion week which
starts in this city next Tuesday
with n great bomb explosion at y
o'clock In the morning from the
new bridge.
give the bride something now.
omething borrowed and some
thing blue and u coin for each
shoe.
The Parker bye Works have
promised TO furnish something old
and something e and anytime
Turing next week will dye some
thing blue and furnish a coin for
each shoe. Don't forget the time
next weak-and we hope the
coin for each shoe will be sub
stautial. A bill will lie flatter
and hurt less.
Believing it is better to smoke
on this earth rather than take
chances on doing sc hereafter, r.
+. Haggertv and Company today
announced it would present the
lucky groom to be with Il box OF
choice stogics manufactured by
the company.
Realizing there is cold weather
ahead for the bride as well as
tho groom the Robinson Coal
company today pledged It's honor
to deliver n wagon OF high grade
coal TO the future home OF the
newlyweds.
The Troy Laundry announced
today 1t would be good fellows
and help the ncwlywedS 10 tho eT-
tent of presenting them with a
laundry book. 4 laundry book Is
lust like an leo book and the bride
can have n vacation on the WASH
question while the laundry book
lasts. Just hand out a check to
the kindly laundry wagon driver
whom he calls for his money"
r.. Hoffman says you have TO so
n long way before you beat him
to anything worth doing and he
comes forward just as the paper
goes to press to offer q handsome
black genuine leather travelling
bag to the fortunate b.Ide and
groom who have agreed 10 got
married next week before the en-
tire city.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
League Of Women
Voters to Meet

The regular monthly meeting
OF the League OF Women Voters
viii he held Monday evening, at
tho Y. NJ. C. A. ut 1890. Tho sub
ject for discussion at this months
meeting Of the League will be the
limitation OF armament. The
meeting Is open to all and any
one desiring to come will be vel
conc. Following Is tho pro-
gram.
Vocal solo-Mrs. Harold Sch
warm, Lending editorials by such
prominent writer's and speakers
ms Frank Cobb. Glen Frank and
VIM. f. Rornh will be discussed
by Mrs. C. C. Robb. Mrs. o. G..
Wilson and Mrs. Kemble White.
Plano Sulo--Nocturne In F
Schumann-Mr. John Huffman.
Catechlsm OF the Conference
Mrs. T. II. Miller and Mrs. Alex
RIheldaffer.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26

WASHINGTON. nov. 26-"Tae
contemplated saving OF several.
hundred milIions-of dolIars:
through tho Limitation Of arma-
ment will result in attempted raids
on the Z. S. treasury with freak
Legislation" said Representative
Fess. chairman Of the Republican
congressional committee in a
statement today. Congress VIII
have to be alertly on It's guard
to ~torestall in its Insipiency freak
Legislation aimed at tho funds
saved by the administration dis
armament policy he said. From
everywhere will come demands for
a slice Of tie money to fbe saved
which will not save the federal
government anything but only de
vert its present expenditures.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
SUP7. BARNES AT
SCHOOL MEETING
Community Session Held
at Moody School;
Very Instructive

County Superintendent l. A..
Barnes Friday afternoon took part
in the first school community meet.
ing held in Fnirmont district which
was held Mt the Moody Run school.
The event was very successful, the
pupils, patrons OF tho school. Miss
Ocea Prichard. the teacher, Super
intendent Barnes and Miss Eva
Blair, homo demonstration agent,
taking part.
Tho students had regular class
work during the morning but wero
excused from class shortly before
moon when their parents began Al.
irving at the school building with
lots OF good things to eat. Miss
Prichard had arranged with q mum
Der Of the children's mothers TO as.
slst her IL serving the pupils a pip.
Ing hot lunch and this was carried
out.
Following the lunch Superintend.
ent Barnes and Miss Blair taught
the children a number Of new games
to play and in fact the grown ups
as we'll as the children greatly en-
ioyed the innocent games.
A feature OF tho entertainment
was a Thanksgiving Day program
rendered by the pupils OF the
school. The program consisted OF
a number of songs and recitatious
by the different pupils and at the
conclusion of the program Nj.
Barnes gave n talk to the pupils.
During the cour8G OF his talk MIR.
BFSnes told the children OF the
gold prizes Offered for the hes.
speller and best penmcn in the
county as well as other prizes that
will he given as a reward OF merit
for cxcellency III other scholastic
work. In concluding his talk Mr..
Barnes insisted that tho country
needs better spoilers and also
urged the study Of mental arith'
matte.
Miss Blair was next or the pro-
gram and she outlined to the schco'
the course of work she Is carrying
ont in the county. She has estab'
lishpd hot lunches in mary o! IN"
schools OF the county.
Those attending the afternoon al
fair we're: Miss Prichard and het
punIls. Superintendent Barnes and
Miss Blair. Mr.. and Mrs. George
", snodeTIy. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Wilson. Mira. s. r. Ex!!nc, Mrs.
Edith McDougal, the Misses len.
Mo Straight. Prudo Wilson, Ida VIII
son, Ellen Wilson and Floyd VII
SON.
nity meeting Superintendent Barnes
suggests that any community IN
Marion county could have as good
a meeting as this II the people a
community spirit and Interest IN
their. schools which they ought TO
have, Mr.. Barnes mentioned tho
following places where good com
munity meetings should be held
CITY Point, Dudley, Davis Ridge
and Miller school In Lincoln dis
frict, milestone. Rymer and Glow
ers Gap In Warrington district;
sugar Grove. Laurel Run, Robinson
Run, Pharaoh's Run IN Paw Paw
district; Lake school. ForkshurE'
Mount Harmony in Winfield dis
'trict; Monumental and Pine GroTe
In FaIrmont district; White Hail,
Captain Booth and Kilarm in Grant
district; Pheasant Valley. S2ringeT'
Quiet Dell and Grassy Run, IN
Union district.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
SCHOOL PRIZE.

Another gold prize has been add
ed TO the list offered to tho pupils
Of the public schools Of the county
according to an announcement
made by County Superintendent ].
A. Barnes Saturday. This prize is
to be given to the eighth grade pu.
Pill making the highest average per
cent In the diploma examinations.
One prize is offered TO the eighth
grade pupils In the city OF Fair
mont and tho other to eighth grade
pupils outside OF the city. All pu.
pills however must take the same
state diploma examinations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
XPEC Ct
LENARY
SESSION
on
American Naval
Proposal

WASHINGTON. Nov. $50
much proGrcs has been made by
the naval experts examining de-
tails Of the American reduction
rIan ;hat Somo Of the arm dele.
gates expect another plenary SEES
sion may he held in the near
future to permit Japan and Great
Britain to submit their counter
proposal In concrete form. The
British naval experts we're said to-
day virtually to have com
pleted thcir examination OF the
technical points involved in Sec
Rotary Hughes proposal. The
japanese experts were still exam
tho figures and facts In
volvel. Tho British e said to
feel that satisfactory progress had
been made but they only divulged
that the submarine question would
be one OF the chief points involved
in amy agreement reached by the
conference. The conference, Great
Britain believes, will not DO an up-
qualified success unless some ac-
tion is taken to curb the size and
nature OF future undersess naytes,
similar to the steps proposed as to.
surface fleets.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
MARRIED. TODAY.

Miss Daisy May Phillips and Lar
Ty ConiglIo were united IN marriage
today at noon by tho Rev. H. G,
Stoetzer. The ring ceremony was
used.
Tho respective families Of the
bride aud groom and O number OF
friends were present. A Inner
was served Immediately following
the ceremony.
The couple are planning to live
In the Jackson addition, In a house
which they have newly furnished.
Mr.. ConigIio IS an omploye OF the
Consolidation Coal company.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services for Joseph n.
Browand, nged Al years, a we'll
known iron worker Of the city
who died suddenly at his home
at $50 1-9 jackson street at II
O'Clock Thursday night will be
held at 8 O'Clock tonight at the
home. Following the services at
the home tonight the body will
be taken to his former home at
Altoona, Pa, on the s o'clock
train Sunday morning where bur
ial will take place Monday. Mrs.
Browand, her sister Mrs. Henry
Lnmherd Of MoDongah and Mrs.
and Mrs. Howard Freelnnd viii
accompany the body to Altoona.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
"a ArrENp

Captain and Mrs. Alfred Carr
Of the Salvation Army. will attend
Hhe big conference Of all Salvation
Arm yheads in the country to be
held at Washington. d. c. next
week. At least 5000 heads will
be resent besides many workers.
Commander Eva BootE. will be
present and n general study Of
conditions in the country will take
place.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
FIVE BODIES FOUND.

n. Y, Nov,
25.-Five bodies. -four men and
one woman were found in n life
boat ten miles southwest OF
Stony Point, Lake Ontario. by
tho crew Of the isabella H., a
light freishter. The victims
are supposed to he from the
crew Of the City OF New York,
a Canadian craft which left
Oswego two days ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
SERVING M

steve Dugan, a foreigner OF Man
nIngton, was brought to the county
iaII Friday night BY a county OIL.
Ger from that city TO serve q jail
sentence IN default Of paying a fine
of S25 imposed upon him by Magis.
trate ]. NJ. Barrack, OF that place,
for Rssaultlng and beating his wife.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
wHIskEY ON RED WING.

Va, Nov.
26.-The naval mine sweeper
Red Wing with a crew OF 60
men, was under navy guard fol
lowing discovery and removal
last night OF a large quantity
of liquor. An inquiry has been
ordered by the commandant OF
this navy district.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
RoRRERs a PAYROLL.

CHELSEA, Mass. Nov. 20
-Four men held up an auto from
tho First National bank OF Bos-
ton today and stole pay roll
funds. They escaped in an
automobile. One Of the men
was thought to have been
wounded by a shot fired by the
bank messenger. Officials of
the company said the stolen
bag contained $2S.444.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
OBSERVATIONS

Honesty is the best foreign
policy.
We favor open winters openly
arrived at.
4 bird in the hand is worth
several dollars.
Nothing hinders digestion like
worrying W Japan.
BRAND strengthened the worlds
friendship for France.
The road to peace Is paved with
good preveutors.
Marry in haste and lose half the
wedding presents.
Jazz music will not stop until
boiler making pays POTTER.
When a girl sees a movie kiss
she wants to Becond the motion.
Fortune smiles at some people
and laughs out loud at Others.
About 10000 arc killed each
year Mt railroad crossings. How
would undertnkers for ilagmen do"
A happy medium was jailed the
other DAY.
IreIand's national dance is the
jig and it isn't up yet.
Nations Will nnd there is no
wrcst in peace.
Lots OF men. who think they
were fools when they married.
haven't changed much.
China's open door cen to have
let the cat out.
Reports say thousands Of
knlckerbockors are being made for
spring; but there may be nothing
in them.
From the way they tussle about
the floor dance haul is correct.
Iivea of great men Oft remind
us that their lot was not sublime.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
Wire Flashes
(By Associated rresS1
FIRE DAMAGE $4,000 DOC

AUGUSTUS, Ga, Nov. 26.-
Damages estimated at $4,000
900 was caused by a fire which
broke out in the business dis
trlct early today. SO menacing
did the blaze appear at ono
stage that additional apparatus
was requested from other cit
iea.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
DATE CHANGED.

Tho Billy Sunday club meeting
scheduled to be held at Z o'clock
SUNDAY evening at Benton's Ferry
has been changed aud will be held
at tho same place at 1880 o'clock
Sunday afternoon instead.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
By The Way:
Daily column given to curren'
events and frank comment
FRCHTFUL

a FLYING torpedo, controlled
a by wireless. has been perfect
ed by Uncle Sam. 1t can be sent
a distance Of 200 miles and made
to drop exactly where wanted
Frghtful weapons like this make
il obvious that real armament can
not be brought about by serapPins
aayies or limiting standing armies.
The world must disum mentally
attain a universal hatred Of war
before the god Of war can be
securely. Gagged.
Modem disarmament should be-
gin in the laboratory, as well as the
steel mills and navy yard.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
D E 500, 600.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 26.-Four
armed bandits entered the Of
flee OF tho St. Louis Refining
company in the heart Of the
business district to-day and es-
capped with diamonds and
Jewels valued at 100000.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
BUYING

D ATLROADS in the last
N month have bought $4,000
900 worth Of new rails and equip
ment. They are making inquiries
for additional orders on a huge
scale.
This interests steel manufactur-
ers. who think the next buying
movement in steel will start with a
food Of railroad purchases. some
setting the spring Of 1922 as the
date.
1t Interests the rest of us, because
so goes steel industry. SO goes gen
cral prosperity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
roRArER TEACRER DEAD

Word has been received OF the
death OF Miss May F. Shuttles-
worth who died at Baltimore yes
terdpS, Miss shuttlesworth was
formerly IN instructor at the Nor
NAL here. The funeral will be
held. at CIarksburg tomorrow at
the home of her nepAew, Judge
Hymond Maxwell, at three
o'clock.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
.IRIeH QUESTION %pouaTFuL.

TiNBRIDGE, Weli'. England,
Nov. 36-LofH Chancellor Berk-
enhead speaking at a mass
meeting today said he could not
confidently predict that the
Irish question would be salts
tactorily solved.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-26
THE WEATHER.

Rain tonfEht and sunday Part.
1y cloudy and cooler,
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
NEW DEFENSE FOR HONOLULU
Big Guns to Be Rushed by Rail About
Island of oahu-Plan New
Fort

Honolulu, Hawaii.-Two Important
announcements of further plans for the
defense of Oahu, the island on which
Honolulu is situated. were made re-
Gently by army headquarters here. one
calls for formation Of railway artillery
battalion and another contemplates
the establishment Of a new fort 10 com.
mand the entrance to Pearl barbor
the navy's great base six miles from
this city.
Twelve-inch mortars Will be used bv
the railway battalion and the tricks
Of the Oahu railroad will be utilized
to transport them. To strategic points
on the island not touched by the rail-
ways at present, spur tracks Will be laid
so that, in case of emergency. heavy
guns may be rushed to any section of
the coast line aE fast as locomotives
can haul them. The railway mortars
have a range Of 1900 yards.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
makes Me Tired" Says Girl
Who Baked Burglar.
With Her Father's Revolver She
Made Thief Drop His Plunder,
but He Outran Her.

Fort Worth, TeN.-Ro>e Breedl'Ne,
nine-yenr-old girl at Alba, near Fort
Worth, who stopped burglar with
her fathers sIN-shooter after Is had
gathered up the silverware In the
home of her parents, says hero stun
makes her tired" After one day of 1t
she has declared a strike against hav-
ing her picture taken, publicity, and
explaining TO visitors.
ore day the family was away from
home. leaving Rose playing with her
dolls alone in the big hcu-c- She saw
burglnr enter, and she hid under
the covers of her bed. but lef; a peek
hole through which she saw the in
sruder ransacking the place.
Tinn l." gathered up the silve-ware
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
Plan Greatest
Dam in World

1t is contended that among the re-
suits OF the project would be:
Absolute flood control.
Provision for irrigation of 2,250,0o0
acres, Of which 100000 acres would
be above the canyons.
Three hundred miles of the river
made navigable.
The area which could be served
with power Includes Arizona, Nevada
and Utah, more than one-half of Colo
rado and New Mexico. one-fifth of
Idaho and Wyoming and three-quar-
tiers Of California, with possibly large
areas In northern Mexico.
Power would be used for the electri-
ficati0n of steam railroads. as well as
for commercial. agricultural. mining
and municipal uses, thus saving 10000
barrels of fuel oil year.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
THIS GIRL REsENTs HERO STUFF

she could hardly restrain herself.
When she saw him walk across sec
tion of the floor just vanished. which
her mother had warned her not to
step upon, she slipped from her hiding
place. got her fathers big weapon and
went into the dining room and holding
the pistol In both hands, ordered the
robber to hold up his hands. which he
promptly did. After compelling him
to replace the plunder she ordered
him into n closet, but instead he
slipped through the kitchen door and
fed, with Rose in hot pursuit, clad
only IN her nightie. But the burglar
man could run faster and got away.
The family returned a few minutes
later to find Rose in the yard still
holding the gun and regrettlng her
failure to capture the man.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
LEOPARD LOOSE ON STEAMER
Big Cat Scares Passengers Of the
Granite State on Trip Across
the Pacific.

San Francisco.-A leopard which
escaped from its cage on the forward
deck OF the Pacific Mall liner Granite
State, which arrived here from Cal
cutta, India, created excitement
among the passengers and crew.
The big cat broke loose during a
storm and was captured after II had
been locked In the officers messroom
and prodded into cage.
The Granite State carried large
collection of Wild animals, valued at
more than S200,O0O which are to be
distributed among American ZOOS and
to motion picture firms.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
me to try il.

me to try it. was then in bed part Of
the time and my doctor said l would
have to be operated on, but we decided
to try the Veget table Compound and l
also used Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. am dressmaker and am now
able to go about my work and do my
housework besides You are welcome
to use this letter as testimonial as am
always glad to speak word for your
medicine. Mrs. w. M. STEPHENS, l103
N. Commerce St, Vernon, Texas.
Dressmakers when overworked are
prone to such ailments and should profit
by Mrs. Stephens experience.
Write TO Lydia E. Pnkham Medicine
Co. (confidentiaD, Lynn, Mass, about
your health. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
Lumber Production Shows Increase.

Denver.-The total production OF
ming and New Mexico in 1920 was
124,992, 900 feet. board measure, of
lumber; 1851 900 pieces of lath and
10S,000 shingles, according to COM
pilation made by the United States
forest service in cooperation with
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association. 1t is stated that there
were eighty-three idle mills in the
three states, and that 81 per cent of
the output was cut by twenty-five
mills.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-07-29
Find Nations
Oldest "Flat "

VIII be fully five years before the en-
tire find Is disclosed-consist OF an
apartment house containing about
1000 rooms, together with domestic
Implements.
Strangely enough, there is no trace
of the people-and the scientists say
there must have been fully 10000 of
them--In the way of burial ground or
skeletons. 1t is conjecturcd that tile
inhabitants left the valley In lelsurely
fashion, as there are no evidences of
flight, when at the very zenith of their
development. This exodus Is estlmat-
ed to have taken place fully 1000
yeurs ago. and, so far as the investlga-
tors have been uble to learn, the peo-
pie stepppu ou, sf history when the
janltor turned the key in the gigan-
tic apartment house they vocnted.
AS Big as TWO City Squares.
The shifting of sands which hid the
structure for centuries gave scientists
their first clue TO the existence of n
hitherto unknown race. Excavations
disclosed building equaling in extent
about two ordinary city squares and
so well constructed as to defy the raw
ages of time. Its curved front swings
in an arc Of 700 feet, and the 10000
600 pieces of stone which form its
walls bear every evidence Of having
been quarried and carefully cut All
that is known now is that the COM
munity consisted of approximately
10000 persons and that they cultivated
some 5000 acres OF land.
Construction Of the Best.
The walls of the building are re-en-
forced by heavy timbers just as steel
rods are used today for that purpose
in concrete construction Excavation
in the inner court revealed an amaz-
ing labyrinth of kvas, cists, shafts
and variously walled spaces
The floors and ceilings were con-
structed by first laying heavy support
ing timbers across from wall to wall.
Upon these were laid smaller logs,
plnced closely side by side; over these
came thin cedar slabs, next a layer
of cedar bark and finally a solldly
packed layer Of earth. Some of the
rooms show n remarkable state Of
preservation of both masonry and tim
bers.