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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
Mr.. STORK7LSF FREQUENT
CALLER AT HOSPITAL
And Babies He Leaves Are All Treated Exactly Alike
and Dressed in the Same Kind
of Sleeveless Frocks

Five new babies have arrived
over at Cook hospital during the
past few days. and are making
things lively for the nurses. They
are all fine as can be, and can
smile and yell both, depending al.
most entirely upon whether It Is
time to eat, or Just past the time
and the food has been entirely sat.
isfactory. Boys are greatly in the
majority this time, there being four
OF them and Just one wee little girl.
Usually the balance is more even
and generally dips toward the girIS
rather than the boys.
The hospital puts the new babies
in an outfit of its own supplying
during their stay in the institution.
Fine tucks and frills and web.like
materials such as the new mothers
have fashioned with such skill and
care, must be put aside until the
return home, and the dainty cloth.
ing can be given the proper care In
the laundrying. Because Of this
young Montmerency Van Gilt from
Fairmont avenue wears clothing ex.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
.GQAL OPPOSITION
TO REGULATION
ISnAIN.TAINED
Directors of National Coal
Assgo. 4 S Opposed to Frel,
inghuysen Bill

Decision to oppose the proposed
lFrelinghuysen bill. which the aas
l,tIet hettsres gill aid in btlizsns
tile Goal indal ltrS was reached on
| "Wednesday Il u directors, meeting
Of the National Coal Association in
Washington, D. c. The question
came up in the way of reviewing the
results OF the conference between
the committee or all phases OF the
coal tndustrSand Secretary Of Com
merce Hoover, Senator Frelinghuy-
sen and other officials which result
ed In a deadlock last week. The d.
rectors yesterday decided to stand
with helcommittee in Its absolute
refusal to accept the bill.
While affirming the stand Of the
joint committee which met the Of
ftcials, the directors have put moth
ing in the way OF any further con-
ference:to work out some other
measure but tho present bill as It
now stands is Objectionable.
II new bill is presented which
conains any form OF justice toward
the industry 1t is believed that IL
will not be opposed by the coal in-
dustry.
The general belief is that, the
present Freliinghuysen bill is un-
constitutional inasmuch as 1t would
| pick out'one industry for regulation
and let all others alone. Section
% Of the act appears to be most OBJ.
| iectionahle, because 1t carries with
1t certain powers which in effect
would be as sweeping as the fuel
administrator act. The section
which provides for such mandatory
powers is as follows:
"That the director, with the;
approval Of the secretary Of the
interior or the secretary (sec-
retary Of Commerco) shall have
the power to make and enforce
all rules and regulations neces-
sary for carrying out the pro-
visions of.this act and to pre-
scribe the method OF procedure
to be followed In making the in-.
vestigations authorized in this
act"
Much interest is manifest in the
way President Harding will line up.
TIe comes from a coal producing
state and is given credit with being
familiar with mining conditions,
more SO than some OF the senators
who hail from the east and seek the
passage Of the bill.
Coal Land Sales
4 W. T. Hughes and D. W. Reed, Of
Fairmont, as individuals late yes
Iterday afternoon sold, $50 acres OF
Iundeveloped Sewickley coal land
along Indian creek In Monongalia
Icounty to David Victor, Clarence
lCurrey and several other associates.
\ The price Of the sale was not learn
ed.
M. "A. Joliiff, local coal land own.
Ier,, has purchased from Mrs. Jesse
Price and others a tract Of 155 acres
4 Of Pittsburgh coal land along Paw
Paw creektn Paw Paw district near
slFairyiew. The approximate price
Twas SCI, 900. The tract Is undesel.
1 tcohttnaed % psss sSarl
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
EESSSP.EEDING.
n BARRACKV|LLE
SAYS
another Rousing Com
munity Meeting Held
Last Night
REPORTED
peakers Thank The West
visginian for Pub
licity
PROGRESS REPORTED

Another rousing community meet.
/ was held last might in K. Of P. hall
It Barrnckyille for the purpose Of
ecuritle redress Of two evils that
6aye been the chief concern Of the
-esidefts of that suburb some time
Epast, namely, speeding and racing
T. by driyerssof autOmobiles and In.
adequate bar service, especially
Turing the rush hours.
The Rev AZ B. Lawler, pastor Of
the Baptist church, again presided
and IN The absence Of the temporary
secretary Mrs. George w. Kinsey
was elected to act.
\ Much more enthusiasm was man.
Stested than at the first meeting a
ieek ago; a circumstance which
ne offthe speakers attributed to
me publicity given the meetings by
The West YiEginian,
, "Eheres not SO much speeding
IS psforei r declared this speaker,
-and It's mostly on account Of tho
newspaper agitation. It's evident
that Z good many people read The
West Nirgtnian.'
A great deal Of business was
trans acted among which was the
receipt Of, the report OF the com
nlttee who waited on the county
court last Saturday. to ask for help
IN eliminating the speeding nuis.
ancei apartial report Of the com.
anittee who are securing signatures
70 the petition TO be presented TO
The Pnhtie Service commits siotl, at
f'ft.laS NJ for shalf hpsif
aeryiee during the rush hours; a
a. ecfslon to form permanent OF.
s0ntzati lion for civic and social vel.
Fare. The adoption OF resolution
devlsing ways and means of check.
ing M the number OF persons com.
peIied TO tand In cars while riding
10 and from the city; the receipt
ol i reanest from q number Of resi-.
dents 81 f1inf Crest that they be per-
niitted 10 sign the petition for bet.
.ter car service and q number OF
i athar important matters.
| The fifst spokesman for the com.
Sitttee. who waited on the county
isut, i5rs rsH.W. Burnett, expressed
his satisfaction at the result Of the
,hearine by the court, and stated
mat sheriff Charlton and Prosecut'
Ing Attorney Frank r. Amos, who
were present and promised to co.
opefafe III breaking UP the danger
ous practice OF speeding had al
ready,s ken steps TO put stop to
tlie nuisance, with results that were
Immediately apparent.
The old legal question OF the pre-
oondefance OF the evidence cropped
out whan Otis H. MiIscp, another
member q the commit quoted a
remark 0t one OF the Members OF
the court that more tbap one Wit.
ness ought ID be present I'D report
kvinlations Of the speed lSNks. and
! MAT Il possible there ought Ito, be
more wftuesses than passengers in
tcehtinned on page four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16

actly like Jim Jones who VIA abide
In the future on the outskirts Of
some mining settlement.
The little slip which the babies
wear Is made Of a light weight
white outing flannel and Is fash
ioned without sleeves. The shoul,
ders are extended with a sort OF
puckered fullness to where 1t Is
seameR down the sides, so that
there j plenty Of room for the
small hands and arms to fly around
all their owner likes, and sometimes
II things are not going we'll in his
estimation hand and arms will fly
like little windmllls, but the babies
cannot get their hands outside to
get cold. or TO scratch their faces
as tiny infants will sometimes do.
The hospital has found this type Of
slip for the new babies the best OF
all, although the babies wear them
ont pretty rapidly at the top where
their hands are exercising.
These five youngsters are grand
healthy babies and their new moth.
ers are all conyalescing rapidly and
very proud Of the array.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
NORMAL DORM
NOW ASSURED

The new Normal dormitory will
be finished reality In another
year II all goes well and today Nor
NAL students throughout the state
are very much pleased over the
news which arrived this morning
that the contract for the dormltory
had been let TO P. P. Thurston, OF
Richmond, Virginia, who would ar.
rive in this city very shortly to
start operations. Construction on
the building will start within the
next four weeks. The new dormi.
tory has been the dream Of stu.
dents and authorities Cor some
time, ever since the Normal baiId-
ing itself was started. Asyear ago
Architect R! A. ellis was. given
THE lt4ses liurnlstGt.S =
ian6hD. r. Talbot started many
months ago to excayate and build
a roadway which is now finished
and which leads to the Normal
building. Z
The contract was let for $154 900
but the equipment and furniture
will cost as much as this In add.
tion, so that when the entire build.
ing is finished and furnished, TIE
cost. as planned, win reach the
$250,00O mark.
The new dormitory will be built
at the rear of the Normal building
on the northeast side hext the Man.
nington car line. ThA huiIdinr will
be one Of the most beautiful in the
state and located as 1t will be on a
hill top with open country all about,
country very attractive and open 10
all the fresh air imaginable, the
site is ideal.
Contract was also let yesterday
for the erection OF the law building
at Morgantown, the price to be
about $4,000. The contract was
given to the Q. D. Keyser company,
Bellaire, Ohio.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16

A British scientist Of an in
quiring turn Of mind found that
brain efficiency In the tight lit
tie island is highest at ten
o'clock in the morning, least
r between 10 and / and next high
est at 3 in the afternoon. There
is no apparatus in Fairmont for
making exact tests, but an ANA
teur scientist has been making
quiet Investigations Of Fair
mont brains with quite inter-
esting results, for instance:
The laboratory was crowded this
morning with Fairmont business
men who wanted to have their
brains examined. Among those
who were examined were F. P. Hall,
Fairmont's weather man, Jack
Round, a big man Of Fairmont, and
Tom Connell, another big man
about town. =
In answering the questions which
were put to him, Jack Round made
1t very clear that he is an early
riser and proud Of it. His best
thinking comes In the morning aft.
er a good substantial breakfast ol
fried potatoes,i ham and eggs, cot.
fee and rolls. But he is nbt sure
that his Is q typical case, for he is
rather observant and he has no
ticed that some people look In the
morning as II they had been play
ing Rip Van Winkle and had just
walked up. And then there are 9th
ers who come to work walking on
their toes and ,whistling the latest
dance hit, even II he has been up
all night at some dance fest. Jacks
own brain seems to work very well
in the mornings, Judging from the
observations taken under the glass
1t Is understood, However, thai
some mornings he Is not SO pleas
ant and on such mornings it Is up
to those around him to watch theft
step.
Several questions were put tc
Tom Connell before he could be
induced to tell about himself. He
always tried to evade by teIltng
about his experience while work,
ing for the railroad and how be.
tween three and four o'clock in the
afternoon the men would work Just
like troopers. Tom gave the idea
also that since he was boss they
CONTINUED on page four)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
Fairmont Council So De-
cided at Meeting
Held Yesterday
PLANS FOR THE CAMPS.
Six Full Troops and Three
g Troops Forming in
City Now
4 49,

At the meeting yesterday evening
of the local Boy Scout Council at
the headquarters in the City builds
ing a motion passed which will EN-.
able Scout Executive Tate author.
fly to request the National head
quarters to amend the charter now
held by the Fairmont Council, so as
to read "Fairmont and Affiliated
Territory Council" instead Of just
i"Fairmont Council as before. This
move was made because a great
number Of the Elks who contributed
to the Scout fund do not live Ill
Fairmont but in the surrounding
towns and It Is intended to extend
the benefit OF the scout movement
to these towns. It is felt by Execu.
tive Tate that there will be- no
trouble In having the charter
changed.
Executive Tate reported to the
council that he now has SIX active,
full troops and three troops now
being organized In three Of the
churches. He is also endeavoring
Ito form a troop Of The Times
newsies. Altogether there are now
| t150 active scouts in the city with
10 scout masters and four assistant
scout masters. N
It was also reported that the first
camping party viii leave on July
l. IL. This partywill stay TWO weeks
and then the second group will 81
| for thas Rtoa 4 apf;ti1 ~ ttraa, 1 lles
| fgetherrmaking four! Weeks Of Z lanp
ling. OF the employees necessary in
the camp all have donated their
services with the exception OF the
camp cook. Harold Roush will be
assistant camp director. It will
cost, the boys about $40 to go to the
! camp for two weeks and many OF
the boys are earning their money
by selling The West Xirginian pic
ture. OF the new bridge.
The other business transacted in.
cluded the approval Of bills and the
approval OF the purchase of scout
supplies and advertising literature.
Bert S. Leopold was made the ex.
elusive Boy Scout outfitter for Fair.
mont by consent Of the council.
The council recommended the ap.
pointment OF two boys, Emmor
Saunders and Harold Roush, as
deputy scout commissioners. This
was the third council meeting since
the formation OF the scout council
in Fairmont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16

Ft 4 7tf 49,
fairs OF the Community generally
In his dealing With feifowmen he
was upright and honorable and waa
considered one OF the influential
mon ofsthe. eommunity lie was a
devoted husband ard father and re
win be greatly missed b tho family
circle. Five years ago hc and his
aged wite lebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
he Is survived by his wife who
was. formerly Miss Pleasent Eal,in
Of New MartinSyille and the follow
ing children, Harry ST. John W.
Forrest, Brooks and u Coleman
Fleming, Mrs. Arch Fleming and
Mrs, Emory snidet. 4 daughter.
Mrs. Frank Shore, tprineflyi Miss
LoYey Fleming Is deceased. Sey0r-
al grand hifdten and great grand
children survive also many nseces
and ,nephews.
The funeral Will tate place sst.
urday afternoon al :s0 form the
family residence and services win
be conducted. BY the Ref. John c.
Broomtteld, pastor of the ii. p. tenn
pie, OF which The deceased wat "a
faithful and consIF tent member
Burial .will be made III the Flemins
cemetery by Unde aker IL. 4. Gun
ninghain and Son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
Rev. and Mrs. Barnes
Married Al Years

The Rev. and-Mrs. /. A. Barnes
~ Bentons Ferry are celebrating
Ir4lst wedding anniversary to-
light their three sons, Dr.. Her.
b Frank r., and Fred, with their
wives and two. daughters, Mrs.
Lawrence Linn and Mrs. Bert Stan
ley. and their husbands viii assem-
BILE at the Barnes home to assist in
the celebration.
Rev. Barnes iscounty superintend-
ent Of schools.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.g[IRRED. BY REPORTS Of
ASSASSINATION OF LEADERS
President Keeney Declares False
Reports Were Circulated Deliber-
ateIy to Cause Trouble. For
the Miners, Unions

= u. 4 y . !. . 7, = a, ~,
teEaaS ana We're tolseMea ipS tne
e9ttlRs oI.NSlges nlal ia lSiIiA y ashiiceit
.tor PEestdsnt ss theeIeyl ana nus as
sistants to feaen tne Ee nllhes WIN a
true ss st'lsetnen lsa y: Il I.
MT heeneys sasa pe anaay no m.
lornatieya As to Wpo slaStee the
report, bnt that ne ana otner OH
slass %9Sla s, ~ 4 saoseusn IN
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
oh, !. , Listen Here.
tiy ADAM s. LAAE

b ~ 4l"'ai4 ~ THl
There are times When
II begin to Believe
That the, milk OF
Human Kindness d
Has been Pretty
Thoroughly Watered.
Mans duty to His
Fellow man Seems
A secondary Consideration.
The other Day
was Chatting
Over the Back
Fence with Mr.. Benjamin
Ramage.
He was Surveying a..
Ny garden and Twas
Pointing Out
To him the Things
IN itfwhich We're, % q,
Eapeo9atly suese
Regard those soabbagesT
Benz SIS II
t'They are Indeed
Remarkable plants he Admitted
"Yes,' I informed Him,
II have given Them
Enough care and We
Are going to Have
Cold SIaw
Before anybody else In
This Neighborhood.'
We stood and Gazed
At them in friendly Silence.
"Looltit TIL Pretty
Little white Butterflies
All over" 1Remarxed.
II think a Butterfly
Is as pretty As
A Flower"
"Not that sort" said Ramage.
"They lay eggs on
Your .cabbages and Make
Green worms all Through
WHAT! /" rsexclaineds1n
Horror.
Sure" he said contentedly,
Green worms on Every
Leaf"
"oh, my lawsee!" ! Agonized,
"Whatll ! Do:"
"oh, shoe en- OF. Catch
TIL butterflies, = said Ramage,
"or-Ill tell You.
Put coal ashes On
The Cabbage
That's a good Thing,
SThe worms get tn, Ashes
In their Teeth
And put in The
Rest OF the TiuieS
PickIn'S ,Em.a
Friends, l can Tell l-..,f d
When folks are kidding
Me, and I:thought That
Heartless Of 'Ranage.
I hurried into Town
And went to Clyde
Holt.s Store. VA. ". 4
"Clyde," i .implored, Gimme
A butterfly net tAt 49,
Once"
eve don't have ,em," He
Replied. )
Gee! we never Shave.No
Call f'r butterfly Nets;
Wv - =. ...E.st' NyEi.iu
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
THE WEATHER

Falt .snlulss arc FrIaay
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16
VlAR Ching MINERS RETURN H0ME
THE YOUNGEST FLYER

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-16

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-10

 Clue Is
 Exploded

Failing to hear from the police of Norfalk, Va. with whom they com municated over a week ago, local of f1cials are inclined to believe that the letter alleged to have been written in that city by John Kenneth Moore, missing Stratford boy. is another hoax.
 The communication which was re- ceived by the boys father, George Moore, asked that money be sent to a certain address in Norfolk and bore Kenneth's signature The orig inal copy was sent to the Norfolk po- lice last week, but it's receipt has never been acknowledged
 The handwriting has been com pared with some of the boys papers in the high school, and is said to be entirely different In view of these facts, the police are convinced that the letter was only another attempt of some person to obtain money un- der false pretenses by using the name of the missing boy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-10
 AVerted
 Murder

2 That another Fairfield county nt1r- der was averted only by the timely and heady action of Samuel Day of Bedding, was brought out this morn ing during the hearing of evidence in a divorce action of Ada May Osmun against Richard Alhger Osnun.
 Day, a carpenter, living a half mile from the OSmun home, late last sum
 mer was engaged in some repair work on the premises when he heard a viO- lent argument going on within the kitchen. One word led to another, and when he heard the husband threaten the wife's life he knocked sharply on the door and stepped into the kitchen just in time to see Osmun in the act of reaching for his hip pocket Mrs. Osmun testified that her husband had a Agun'' and had previously threatened her life.
 She also testified that he told her that every time he looked at her it made him mad He beat her on nu- merous occasions since 1917 when their marital troubles commenced. They were married in Feb. 1870, and have no children. He is a travelling man His rnistreatment caused il- ness and nervous breakdown. Once she was a patient for two weeks in the Danbury hospital and last fall from October until December she was confined in a New York institution. She was granted a divorce.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-10
Wife Engaged Two Men As Spirits
 To Scare Husband

New York, June 10-Dan F. Kaber, wealthy Lakewood publisher, met death after attacking two foreigners engaged by Mrs. Kaber to pose as spirits to brighten him into a, better attitude toward her, according to e statement which the New York Even ing World today, says Chief of Police Christensen obtained from Mrs. Kab- CT here.
 The newspaper quotes Chief Chris jensen as saying that Mrs. Kaber had consulted a woman medium for ad- vice as to how to change her hus- bands attitude toward her. The pub fishers surly manner after an illness was said to have occasioned the visit.
 By advice of this medium, Mrs. Kaber was said to have employed two foreigners to appear at her husbands bedside in the night as ghosts and, as she expressed it, to try and shake little civility into him.
 Aroused from his sleep, MT. Kaber men and to have been stabbed to death by them in the struggle.
 According to the newspaper, Chief Christensen said Mrs. Kaber had de clared that she had refused to pay the two foreigners when they reap peared after the funeral, asserting that they had not fulfilled the role of ghosts as she had intended and that she would not involve herself by pay ing for murder.
 Mrs Kaber then was said to have
 (Continued on Page Twelvel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-10
Income ax Man Catches
 Lou Bogash

Lou Bpgash encountered a new variety of K O. yesterday, but came up smiling after the K O. and ad- mitted his adversary, who is generally regarded as champion of the world at his own or any other weight, was entitled to the purse
 Lou has been so busy handing out wallops to his opponents in the squared circle that he neglected to pay proper attention to certain little forma1ittes demanded by a long, lean gentleman who packs a solid punch.
 Bogash was waited on yesterday by a representative of Uncle Sam's in come tax department and reminded that the old gentleman was a little bit unified because the local fighters autograph on a substantial check had not been forthcoming to fill an aching void in the treasury archives
 Lou declared that the little matter had entirely slipped his mind, but cheerfully sat down and after he and Joe Smith had figured out his in debtedness cheerfully drew a check which set him back 400 bucks
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-10
Bryant ned Not Strike
 Novak Girl

w. Gerald Bryant took the stand this morning during the hearing con- ducted by Coroner John J. Phelan in to the death of Mary Novak, five, of 124 Columbia street, who died Tues day from injureieS received on May 23 when struck by the Bryant car near South Park avenue and Gregory street.
 A number of witnesses were exam ined, including traffic squad officer Harry Beardsley who made an inVes- tigation three days after the acci- days later on a charge of reckless driving.
 The general trend of testimony was to the effect that the Bryant car, a Buick coupe, license number 32173, was south bound on Park avenue yak child and another little girl were crossing the street When Bryant sounded his horn three or four times the smaller of the children went back to the east side walk. The Novak child made a similar start, changed her mind. and dashed to the west sidewalk.
 Bryant braked his car and turned sharply to the right, endeavoring to thus avoid the child The little girl apparently ran directly into the car, which was going at a speed estimated between 1 5 and 25 miles an hour, was not run over. but struck with S1f- fcient force to throw her On the parkage. She suffered a fractured skull, and all her limbs were broken. She was taken to St. Vincent's hoSp1- tai, where she held her own for sev- eral days, and then rapidly declined Bryant is now being held under bonds of $1,OO0 on charge of manslaShter, pending the result of the coroner's inquiry