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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12

Only the man or woman who have
felt the pangs Of hunger can really
appreciate what the Young Wom.
ems Christian Association Is doing
for the unemployed Of the city.
Chief Of TolIce L. D. Snider has
been providing sleeping quarters for
a large number of unemployed men
at the city building nightly but the
city could not provide them with
anything to cat. This obstacle
has been overcome by the Y. w. G.
A., which now gives the men good
hot rations every night before they
retire.
The opening of the new cafeteria
In Monroe street made 1t possible
for the Y. w. Z. A. to do this char
table act. Every night when the
cafeteria closes its door to the gen
eral public, the help gathers up all
the soups, coffee and other things
that have been left over from the
days business and carry it across
the street to the city building where
it is given to the unemployed men
who have applied for lodging.
Poorly clad men who have tramp
ed the streets and roads Of Fairmon:
and its vicinity for hours in search
OF employment. without funds to
buy things to eat turn up every eve
ming at the city building to get a
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
THROWS A
WOMAN INTO FIRE
Charleston Woman At.
tackled and Burned
BY Black Man

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Dec.
12.-Mrs. H. w. Stephens, wife OF
the Sales Manager Of the Concord
Coal Company, was badly beaten
and burned when she was thrown
into a gas fire, by a negro whom
she had beaten off after he enter
ed her home in the Edgewood dis
trict and attempted criminal as
sault. Mrs. Stephens Is in the hos
pital in a serious condition.
Leroy Williams, who had been
employed by contractor for road
work, was taken to the hospital by
the police and Mrs. Stephens ideh-
titled him as her assailant.
Mrs. Stephens, whose hair was
partly burned OF, managed to get
to the home of Ernest Carr, a
neighbor, and the police were sum-
monel. Chief Of Police John
Brltton found Williams in bed at
his home about an hour after he
received a report OF tho attack.
Williams denied that he had
known anything OF the attack,
even after he was ientlfied by Mrs.
Stephens, and had been lodged In
jail on a charge Of criminal as
sault.
Mrs. Stephens told Mrs. Carr
that the man entered the Kitchen.
soon after Mr.. Stephens had left
for his office and their son Willard
aad started for school, and that
she fought him OFF for about an
hour before he left her lying al
most unconscious on the gas crate.
She said he beat her over the head
with pan and In the ensuing
struggle drove her into the living
room, where tho gas was burning
in the CRATE. When S1e lost the
pan she said the man seized a
porcelain candle holder from the
mantle and beat ser over the head
with that until SIZE fell.
Pools Of blood near the kitchen
door and by the fire place gave
evidence to the police Of the force
of the blows which we're showered
on Mrs. STEPHENS, and beside the
burning of her hair she suffered
painful burns about the body from
coming in contact with the gas
flames.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
MOBOF WOMEN
ATTACK MINERS
Adherents of Alexander
Howatt Making Things
Lively Today

PITTSBURG, KAES., Dec. 12.-
A mob OF women, estimated at
1000, the wives and relatives of.
striking Kansas coal miners, adher-
ents OF Alexander Howatt. stormed
Mine No. II. of the jackson Walker
Company shortly after O'Clock
this morning and prevented the
miners employed at the mine from
returning to work.
The women appeared to have no
leader and principally were for
cIgners. The mob formed in
Franklin. about Il ME from the
mine. Men, in nurber estimated
at 5000, assembled at Franklin but
did not march to the mine.
About 125 miners had been work
ing at the Jackson-Walker shaft.
Many have been going to the mine
in theiI motor cars. An interur-
ban line passes near the mine and
other workers have been using 1t.
This morning the women, after as
sembling at Franklin. marched
dowl: the public highway, which
parallels the interurban line to the
station near the mine, and refused
to let the mine workers leave the
cars.
The women stopped motor cars
and ripped off side curtains. II
miners in the cars they we're told
they could not return to work.
Other persons were compelled to
stop their cars and wait until the'
women permitted them to pass.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
MAN killed WHEN
BRIDGE ECOLLAPSES
Charles CleIland Killed
by Accident at Grant
Town Today

Charles Clelland, aged IS, the sole
support of his mother and younger
brothers and sisters and a splendid
young man OF this community, was
killed this morning when the bridge
connecting the plant of the New
England Fuel and Transportation
company at Grant Town with the
engine room collapsed as he was
riding over 1t.
The young man is motorman on
the car which. carries the fuel. from
the mine to the engine room and
this morning at eight o'clock while
making one OF bis daily rounds on
the car the bridge collapsed carry
ing him to the ground several feet
below so badly injuring him that
he died while On route to the hos
pital in this city.
The accident IS a most deplorable
one especially so as the young man
was an industrious and splendid
young man and supported his moth
or who resides with her father, John
Pickett, on the Barrackville road
near the Monumental church. Her
mother was formerly Mrs. Jean
nette Prickett and the boys father
Is a nephew OF E. A. Billingslea. of
this city. His father went West
some years ago and 1t is not known
where he Is at this time.
The body was taken off the inter
urban car when 1t reached this city
and conveyed to the Cunningham
undertaking establishment on Mon
roe street where It was prepared
for burial. No funeral arrange.
ments have been made at this time.
1t is alleged that this Is the third
man who has met death on this
bridge when tie bridge collapsed
under too heavy load.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
WITNESSES AWAY
AT TRIAL TODAY
Adjournment Taken Until
This Afternoon in Hat.
field Case
(By the Assoclated Preg,.l !

WEIGH, w. Va, Dec. IA
member of important witnesses on
both sides were absent today when
the trial OF c. E. Lively, "Buster"
Fence, and William Salters, on a
charge OF killing Sid Hatfield and
Ed Chambers, got under way in
criminal court here. AS soon as
both sides had announced they
we're ready to proceed with the
trial Judge James French Strother.
presiding. announced an adjourn
ment until afternoon.
A court attendant searched every
person entering the court room for
arms, and only witnesses, the jury
panel OF jurymen has been sum-
moned for tho trial, the regular
term Jurors having been dismiss
ed last month. The present sitting
Is an adjourned session Of the
November term OF the court.
Mrs. Sid Hatfield and Mrs. Ed
Chambers, who were with their
husbands when they were killed on
the court house steps, August 1,
and who are expected to be among
the witnesses we're not in court to-
day, prosecuting Attorney g, L.
Counts eaid, howevcS that they
would be present tomorrow.
The prosecutor Is being assisted
by q. j. Van Fleet. a Charleston
attorney who has been active In
many cases concerning mine un-
ion workers. Attorneys for the de.
fendant are Litz and Harman, f.
q. Cook, G.. W. Howard and
strother, Taylor and Taylor, all Of
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
VALLEY LEADERS
MEETING TODAY j.
Connen ROup and Watson
Go From This
Body

George T. Watson, president, and
Thomas q. Connell, secretary OF
the local chamber of commerce, and
L. Glenn Roop, went to Weston to-
day to attend the December meet:
ing OF the Monongahela Valley Ass
ISOLATION which Is scheduled TO be
held in the chamber of commerce
rooms in that city today. The Wes-
ton Chamber Of Commerce enter
tanned the delegates at a luncheon
at noon.
This meeting is probably the
most interesting meeting that has
been held since the association3was
organized. The association win
give its answer to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad company in;re
gard to the proposal submitted 70
the associations representative at
a meeting held here last week by
Colder ShumatO, general tFelght
traffic manager and o. s. Lewis.
freight traffic manager OF theSrail.
road. The association will also
take up the questions OF good roads
as It pertains to certain state roads
passing through this valley.
All the leading traffic men ot.the
valley and John, F. Lent, OF the
Lent Traffic company, OF Pitts
burgh, who have been making an
analysis OF the proposal made by /
Mr.. Shumate will be present at tho
to make their report to the
representatives before action Is
taken on Mr.. Shumate's proposal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
Details Will Be Announc-
ed in Formal Com.
munique Today
HUGHES MAKES REPORT
Certain Definite Rights
Given U. S., Includes
Cables
EBy Associated Pressl


WASHINGTON Dec. 12. The
controversy between Japan and the
United States over the Island Of
Yup has been settled, and the terms
OF the settlement will bo announced
during the afternoon, Secretary
Hughes today told the far eastern
committee OF the Washington con
ference.
Although the terms OF the treaty
we're held for an official announce.
ment in the daily communique OF
tho far eastern committee, it was
understood the convention gives.
the United States certain definite
rights as to the Island OF Yap, IN
cluding cable rights.
The agreement is in the form Of, a
treaty which includes all the ISIS
ands over which Japan has the man
date in addition to Yap. The pace
has been approved by the govern
ment heads, but announcement as.
to whether It was actually signed
was withheld.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
'eY" CAFETERIA HELPS
FEED CITY LUCKLESS
Hot Coffee, Soup and Good Things to Eat Sent Over
to Police Station Every Evening by Kind
Hearted Women of ''Y. W."

place to sleep in out Of the wealth
er. Chief Snider always takes cars
OF them, but it was up to the girls
OF the Y. w. c. A. to come forward
with the big thin and give the men,
tired and worn by their walking
and shivering from cold and ex-
posure, a good piping hot bowl OF
soup ard a steaming hot cup Of COT
fee anu other good things to eat.
Saturday night one old man was In
such bad condition that he drank
six cups OF coffee before he stopped.
The rations give the men new
spirit and each morning they start
out from the city building with re-
newed hope and vigor and eaca
night 1t Is noticeable that some OF
them are missing from the line.
they have finally landed job anu
are making their way, thereby leav-
ing little more OF the rations for
their less fortunate buddies.
These men arc not common
tramps, but many of them are high
class workmen who have been hard
hit by the depression and cannot
find any employment In their par
tlcular line OF employment and arc
out looking for any kind OF work in
an effort to provide for themselves
and many OF them for their fami-
lies.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
Yap-Guam Cable
Never Sealed
Rr AssocIatad pressl

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Steps
for the opening OF the Yap-Guam
cable, it was said at the department,
had been taken some months ago in
order to facilitate communication
between America and the far east
during the armament conference,
but the arrangement never was car.
ried out.
Navy department officials like.
wise said that so far as they knew
the cable never had been unsealed.
The future status OF the cable is
expected to be defined in the con-
ference between Japan and the Uni
ted States in respect to the Island
OF Yap.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
MAY DELAY RESULT

DUBLIN, Dec. 12.-The possibill.
ty that the Dali Eireann may not
r:ach a decision on the AnElo-Irish
treaty at its meeting here WedneS'
day was suggested in informal ad.
vices from Dali members at the
mansion house today. Some OF tho
Sim R:in Legislators through De
Valera, acting on the principle Of
self determination, might refer the
question OF ratification to the coun.
try at large.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
First Arrest In
Big Mail Robbery

JERSEY CITY Dec. 12.-(By
the Associated Press.)-The first
arrest in connection with the two
million dollar mail robbery on
lower Broadway, New York, sew
eral weeks ago, became known to-
day when Frank Calabrise was or
dered arraigned before Federal
Commissioner Queen. Calabrise,
charged with the theft of four
packages of registered mail. had
been secretly arrested a month
ago and confined In jail here by
postal Inspector
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
Boom in the Steel Industry
Is Expected Soon,
Says Report
INSTITUTE
al Tradesmen Glieved
10 Learn of George
{DeBolt's Death

,tfnes in the Fairmont region
week loaded 4425 cars OF
& and 10 cars of coke, the coal
i1g having shrunken 1895
Compared to the previous
i. The region during the sec
week Of December, 1920,
5ed 1850 cars OF coal and '152
( of coke.
1ading on the MonongahF Di-
q IA, B. & O., last week was
Il cars OF coal and 10 cars of
Nthe coal loading having the
ear1y In April and s04 cars
than the previous week; 1928
.f5 less than the corresponding
ek of 1920 and 41S1 cars less
Il the corresponding week OF
s6perations along the Western
railway last week load
864 cars OF coal, the best load
8 Tor ten weeks, having run
cars less than the previous
81 sor. 8 46 cars less than the cor
sbonding week in 1920.
Hines along the Monongahela
lySay In West Virginia last
ssk loaded 1906 cars Of coal or
II cars less than the previous
81 and 566 cars less than the
rfesponding week OF 1920.
Iaat week the mines on the
aarf eston Division, 3. & o. r. R.
sd 2T9 cars bf coal or drop OF
cars compared to the previous
IA Monbngahela In Penn
! there iwere 1920. cars of
q Idaded on 226 cars less than
& pfAgfeus week, !, "
~. DeBpIt's Death
PIE stdden death OF George
yBolt president of the Despard
co. was the chief subject
\ d in coal circles. Mr.. De-
long association with the in
( fry IN the coal field made him,
heciaIiy well known. His many
and were grieved to learn OF
3 demise.
steel Boom Expected
pittsburgh newspapers are con-
lent that there will be big
lom in the steel Industry. There
quite little foreign business
8tg received to say nothing of
large amount OF equipment
1 the railroads are expecting to
dee or have already placed. The
ON Is scheduled for 1922 and n
duction in freight rates will
,eed It along it is believed.
Clarksburg Institute
Harrisburg district mining in.
ltute will discuss West Virginia
Hing laws at its monthly meet
4 in tho Harrison county court
use at Clarksburg on Thursday
antng at 1880 O'Clock.
Personal Mention
IA. Lisle White, Clarksburg, pre-
lent, George S. Bracket. Fair
mi, secretary of the Northern
Rst Virginia Coal Operators
'socintIon, and c. H. Jenkins,
r CONTINUED on page nineT
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
sLACKmAIL FAILS

BUFFALO, Dec, 12.-Alleged
attempts to blackmaiI Cleveland,
Detroit and Chicago business men
resulted in the arrest here today OF
Fred K. Harskie, when he called
AZ the post office general delivery
window and received a dcoy let
ter.
Jacob Kline, merchant Of
Cleveland. complained to the police
of Harskie's alleged demands and
threats.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
oRAlc ATTACKS PREMIER.

BELFAST, Dec. 12.-In a state
ment on the general outlook, Sir
James Craig described the situation
as grave, he said Ulster was deter.
mined not to swerve one inch from
the path she had worked out and
not to alter her ideals. He accused
Mr.. Lloyd George Of a breach OF his
Dledge to Ulster.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
wITHpRAW oEEIcEs.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.-Japan.
through her arms conference dele
cation, announced to the powers
represented IN The far eastern COM
mittee of the Washington confer.
ence today hsr willingness to with.
draw Japanese postoffices from
China January 1, 1923.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12

CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-'Lucky
Tommy" O'Cqnnor, gunman and
killer, who was to have been led
today to the death cell in the Cook
county jail. to awGHt hanging
Thursday morning for the killing
of a policeman instead was leading
the combined force Of 5000 police
and deputies a merry chase, after
~ sensational escape from the
county jail. -Four jail guards were
overpowered by o'Connor and four
other prisoners, but Q'Connor's re-
putation as a killer suffered when
he failed to use revolver, which
had been smuggled to him.
The jail break was characterized
by Chief OF Police Fitzmorris as q
frame up between O'Connor and
Jail officials.
The sheriff suspended three
guards and offered reward Of
$500 for the apprehension Of
IO'Connor.
jail guards Davis Strauss. "Dar
ling Dave" O'Connor, the gunman's
brother, and several prisoners
were to. he-questioned again today.
Strauss was quiEzed at length
but was unable to add anything Of
importance and was held in a cell.
All jail rules were violated in hand.
ling the prisoner, according to a
memorandum Of the state attor-
news office.
Hundreds OF reports were receiv-
ed by the police of "O'Connor's hid.
ing place, but no trace Of tho
prisoners, had been obtained early
today.
In investigating reports OF plans
to assist the escape Of O'Connor,
jail officials say they learned that
one Saturday night, man drove an
automobile to the side of the jail
and paced up and down the street
for three hours.
Th most generally accepted tho
ory to explain O'Connor possession
of the revolver is that. at the last
minute, he obtained It from some
other prisoner in the "bull per-"
who was less carefully watched Th
prisoners had just been released
from their individual cells 10
mIngIe in the morning exercise
periods when the rush for liberty
was started.
The series OF accidents that be-
fell drivers OF automobiles COM
man9eered by OSonnor In his
flight also has helped to conceal
his flight, police said. The first
car halted in the rear OF the jail,
went dead" within blocl.
through over eagerness Of tlIS
driver to obtain speed. The next
two crashed into the curb in round.
ing corners too rapidly, and the
fourth. containing man and two
women, vanished entirely.
O'Connor's companions left him
after the disaster to the second
automobile, making their escape on
foot.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
FoIIR KILIEp

ABERDEEN, Wash, Dec. H.
Two mon, a woman and a baby ara
dead, two men are injured as re
suit Of two slides on the ClemUns
logging Company's railroad about
II miles south and east Of AberS
deem last night,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
THE COTTON CROP

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. - The
cotton crop this year will amount
to 3,9S9 100000 pounds, which Is
equivalent to S,34O,OOO bales of 500
pounds gross, the department OF
agriculture announced today in its
final estimate.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
Daily Stock Market Quotations

Among the added news features appearing in The
West Vrgnian this evening the financial reports OF
the day. including the closing stock market quotations at
New York grain and produce prices and livestock reports
These reports will appear The West Vrgnian each day
from
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
WOMAN DRoPs DEAD

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Airs
Lena GIicksteIn, 7e, mother o.
DR.. Abraham Glickstein who va
shot to death in his Brooklyn
office Saturday night fell dead To-
day from heart diseaseS Rhils
viewing her sons body.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
SEEK BAD MAN;
FIND A BISHOP
Odd Incident Today When
Police Hunt Escaped
Murderer
(By the Associated Press

(By the Associated PreSs.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Pollce
reported at 9:5Oa. m. they
believed they had O'Connor
surrounded in house on the
southside. Rifle squads and
tear gas bombers equipped with
bullet proof steel shields
mounted on wheels were dis.
patched to the scene. When
police arrived they found the
tip was false. The man who
an excited peighbor had report
ed as Iresemt3I:ng GiC'C Cohnfs
bore no likeness to tho fugi-
tive. When police rushed the
house, they reported. a surpris-
ed man appeared at the door
and identified himself as Bis.
hop Charles Anderson, Of the
Episcopal church5
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12

PARIS, Dec. 12-pluro Chem
din. 146-year-oId Turk, is out Of
work-and luck.
He's too old to tote pianos.
though he's done that NIL his lit,
in Constantinople.
And he's too young-looking 10
exhibit himself as the worli's nlG-
est man, which ne came to Paris
to do.
Djuro's eyes are bright anil hIs
step firm though his birth regl6tra.
ton is dated 1875. Doctors say
he'll live to be $50.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-12
GOING HOME

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-An OF
the British deIegatesto the arma-
ment conference With the excep-
lcontInusd on psEs stEhtl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-17
War Department
Defends Its List
Continued from Page Ono

Continued from Page Ono
their own purging of men who are on
Il unjustly. If I nm interested in one
thing more than another, 1t Is in Keep
ing clear the names Of men who served
their country.
mo doubt the way the Government
has chosen is the easiest, but this is not
always the most just and honoraDie.
I shall write letter to every post IN inc
State"
When Colonel Galbraith was asked
about the publication of the Stacker
lists, he said, Let the good WORK 60
on"
Further" he continued, II want to
say that I do not know of n more pa :
triotic service that the newspapers can
render than by the publication of these
lists as they are furnished by the Wat
Department. Emphatically, ! do not
agree with the position taken by Major
Airdock."
Colonel Galbraith said that to sur
mise the national officers Of the Legion
would protest to the War Department
against the publications was too pre-
posterous for consideration.
"Stop for moment and think
this Is the only chance that the men
wrongfully on the lists have to clear
themselves" he continued. "If this Is
denied them. then their names will re-
main disgraced until the end of time
The injustice to them, to their children
and children's children will stand per
manently on their country's records. NJ
man with his discharge papers in hi
pocket fears the publication of thu
Stacker list but there are others wht
do fear, the real draft dodger."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-17
NEW SKlP-STOP COMPLAINT
Service Commission May Consider
Philadelphia Situation Today

Harrisburg. May l7.-public Service
Commissioners yesterday continued until
today the executive session and may
discuss the Philadelphia skip. stop Situ-
ntiOn at that time. One new COMPLAINT
on skip stonS wa filed Yesterday bv
residents Of Ninth and FitAwater streets
neighborhood.
The Noble improvement Association
yesterday interyeurd in the Glcnsido
Business Mems Associations : complaint
against the new rates of the lhiladPl q.
phia Gas and Electric Co. for the Jcn-
kintown division.
Complaint was also filed against tho
service of the Moscow Water Ga. by
Moses W. Sewell, Moscow. and against
the gas rates of the Luzorne County Gas
and Electric Co. by G.. Xua. Kingston.