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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-08
Mabel Normand'ss Letters
Reported Returned
:. to Her q
CHAUFFEUR TALKS
Evidence Shows Only
Short Time Allowed
for Murder

(By the Associated Press
Los ANGELES. Feb. s, lioea!
tion of Mabel Normand y ana Aiars
Miles Minter's letters 10 william
Desmond Taylor, murdered film
director, and renewed activity 81
detectives toward declaration hat
the sweetheart Of a screen actress
was seen near the Taylor apast
ments the night of the murder
we're new angles early. today 81 tfs
police investigation into the motion
picture mystery
The letters written to rayior bs
Miss Normand and for which sle
searched his apartments yatnly two
days after his murder have been
returned to her, according to detec
tiyes working on the case. 1fhe
return was made, 1t was dsc;ared,
after a man connected with The
film world, who had taken chem
for some unknown purpose durina
the confusion following the fiudins
OF Taylor's body had been tfresItl
ened with a grand jury inyestigas
ton, Who made this alleged sfbreai
was not stated. a Representative
OF Miss Normand said the letters
had not been given back to her.
Captain OF Detectives DAVID ID.
Adams stated the police never had
been in possession OF Miss Nor
mand's letters nor Of those written
by Miss Minter to Taylor Although
the latter also, acc cotdinE % capfaIr,
Adams, have been returned TO the
writer. K
Miss Minter has glards around
her house to- keep away tninvftet
callers IS she Is ~, it IS reported.
iHet attorney, !, however, denied she
had received the letters:
IT was reported also tkat mort
Information had been given 10 tlls
police to the effect that man IN
love with a screen actress who
did not return his love lint who
was believed to have had affeetion
for Taylor. had been seen near the
Taylor apartments betore the mnr.
der.
A story told by Howard FeIlows.
chauffeur for Taylor, that about
S:15 o'clock the night Of the mur
der he returned to the apartments
with. TayloT's, car, was said by HE
police to have satisfied them ii was
he who was seen t here by Mr.
Continued on page hycl
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Three OilDrillers
Seriously Burned

CLARKSBURG, Feb. S-Three
men were brought here today suf-
fering from burns received at Tan.
ner, Gilmore county, when an oil
we'll they we're drilling blew out
and caught fire. The men, C. w.
McCaull, OF Pittsburgh, Bert Bow
man Of Shirley and Randall Brink
ley OF Roanoke, w. Va, who were
seriously burned about their faces
and arms, had to be moyed threc
miles on a bob sled, then 4s miles
by power boat through water so
low 1t was frequently necessary to
pole the boat over bars or wade
and push 1t: 9
AT Gilmore they were put on a
train and brought here. The men
were fishing for a string OF tools,
they said, when without warning
the well blew out and friction set
The oil afire,, causing their injuries
and destroying the rig. Tho men
we're employed by the Riddle OIL
company Of Weston.
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Body Of Fourth
Victim Recovered

RICHMOND, Pa, Feb. S-Pollce
after an all day and all night
search OF the Lexington hotel
ruins, destroyed by fire with the
know loss of three lives. expresse !
the belief today that the1bodies OF
from 15 TO 20 persons may yet
be buried under tic debris.
Laborers under the police direc-
ton worked all night removing
debris In efforts to iiG't todles but
tho search was yet to be carried
to the ruins of the forwacd part
of the building.
Workmen engaged in removing
the debris shortly before noon
found a body burned beyond iden-
titlcation, and the list of known
dead was brought to four.
Tho police reported that re-
checking of the list of the hotels
guests on Monday night and COM
1arison win the leLl, injured and
those reported sale showed that II
persons S.ill'we m!n!iGs.
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TO TAKE UP RATE
. QUESTION AGAIN
Meeting of Valley Asso.
citation to Be Held
Monday

Much interest centers in the
regular monthly meeting Of this
Mononsahela Valley association
which will be held in clarksburg
next Monday. The freight rate
question will again come before the
orgaization and several other mat
ters of Importance will be discuss
ed. The meeting will convene at
1880 at the chamber of commerce
rooms, and the representatives Of
the association will be the guess
of the clarksburg Chamber of Com.
merce at a luncheon to be served
in the Waldo hotel at 1915.
The meeting Monday has been
termed an inter city session and a
special program is being arrang-
ed, which has not as yet been
gtvenloul for publication. III
1t Is likely that t. d. Connell
Ira Akin George T. Watson ami
perhaps one or two others viii be
Fatrmcntsb representatives Ut the
rs ssss - E-ss4 Nr-''S =.
4tsss ~ n = = l.,ss y:
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LOCAL KIlNIAI|.NIIII.Al|S
HEAR MRSABITE
Work Of Recent Disarma.
ment Farley Re
viewed

Mrs. Kemble White gave one Of
the most interesting addresses ai
the kiwanis luncheon today that ii
has been the privilege of that clul
to listen to. 1t was a respmo Oh
the results OF the Disarmament
conference which Just closed and
the underlying gsigniflcauce Of
many Of the proposals agreed upon
during the conference. Mrs, White
who was prominent I'M al of the
local campaigns waged during tie
World war, proved a very enter.
tanning speaker.
The attendance COMMITTEES sub
mltted a plan for increasing the
attendance which consisted ut di
ytdlng the club into two teams
headed, by members of the com
mlttee, each team TO try TO keeI
its attendance at 100 per cent, Az
ter the last meeting IN June, II,
attendance OF the teams Is to bs
calculated and the team having the
lowest per cent Is toentertain hi,
winning team at some BIND OF n
fair to be determined later, to COS
each member Of the losing tear
not less than 80. The plan wa
accepted,
y. F. Cole OF the boys commit
tee reported that the Boy Scouts
were expecting ID raise about
$1,000 to carry on ttieif work ii
the county during the present year,
but; that tho amount 10 be raised
through the Kiwania club had mol
been determined He further re-.
ported that the committee was
considering raising the clubs share
.ot the fund through 1 series Of
basketball games with elarksburs
4 AT the suggestion Fot ~. c. Lougl
the club instructed the secretary
to send to President Willard OF the
Band o. a resolution Of the club.
requesting him 10 consider favor
ably the table Of freight rates sub
mitted 6y the MononEaheln Val
ley association;
The committee on education met
Immediately after lancheon
IL
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Grew of Northern Pacific
Rescued This
Morning
ON WAY TO DRY DOCK.
Went on Sand Bar With
5000 Soldiers in
1919
nav Associated press1


NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The for
mer transport Northern Pacific,
which last claimed headlines in
1913 when she crashed onto a
sand bar off, Fire Island with
5000 American soldiers she was
bringing back from Europe, today
was destroyed by fire forty miles
off Cape May, N. J.
A crackle Of the radio early
this morning brought word that
fire had broken out aboard. the
swift steamer and that she was a
mass of flames.
Later messages reported that
she had been abandoned by Cap
tain William Lusti and her skele-
ton crew, which was taking her to
dry dock in Chester, Pa.
Rescue OF all her crew by
steamships which had rushed to
the scene next was recorded.
The latest message stated that
the vessel, blazing fiercely and
listing hard to starboard, was
uAtIIuS suuluedSLs
From early this morning the
staccato notes of wireless told the
swift story Of a gallant craft,
meeting her fate in cracking
Flames and leaping seas.
For several months the former
transport was tied up in Hoboken.
Then purchased from tho govern
meut blythe Admiral line for SER
vice on the Pacific, she left last
night for Chester under command
of the man had tramped her
bridge during the stirring days Of
the war. She carried no passen-
tgerss ellg b
be sfRalior Fbert- g s;Eyylie
bound from u picott Portlaia:
Maine and the steamer Transpor-
tation were the first vessels to
reacs the doomed craft; They
.2<omptly reported by radio, res
cue of all the crew, whohad taken
to small boats.
The Northern Pacific was built
In 1916 by the William Cramp and
Sons Ship. Building company Of Phil
adelphla for the Great Northern
Steamship company. When the
United States entered the war the
vessel was taken over by the Amer.
ican government, as a transport,
and was in operation during yir.
tually the entire period Of the sub.
se1uent struggle
On January /, 1919, she went
ashore off Fire Island when a mis-.
take in the lights shown along the
southern shore OF Long Island con-
fused her pilot. At this time she
had aboard 5000 American soldiers
being brought back TO America from
tho batuefields OF France. Tho
soldiers we're removed and the yes
gel was at last tloated on January
Is.
Almost a year later, on January
90, 1920, she played a heroic role
Continued on page four)
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CONSOLIDATION
PURCRASESBIG
GDALHOLD|NGS
Reported to Have Paid
s15,OOO,OOO for the
Tract
POST SCALE NOTICES
Monongahela Association
Busy-Miners Are
Active
POST SCALE NOTICES

Immediately securing possession
of S9,500 acres of Pocahontas coal
In West Virginia, Virginia and
ketucky the Consolidation Coal
Company will develop the ton
plans OF the Carter Coal company,
which 1t acquired by purchase late
Tuesday afternoon. Information
concerning the closing of the deal
was received by Frank r. Lyon,
Fairmont, vice president OF tho
Consolidation coal company, IN a
telegram from New York city last
evening at 5:17 o'clock.
For some weeks 1t was generally
know in coal circles that the big
deal was pending and 1t first came
before the board Of directors at a
meeting in New York city on Mon
day afternoon. The deal was not
formally closed until late yesterday
afteroon.
The acquisition consists OF IS 900
acres OF Pocahontas coal in Nc.
dowell county, w. Va. and 10000
acres in Tazewell and Buchanan
counties, Va, and 1850 acres Of
block toal in Bell & Knox counties
Ky. The coal acquired is not cont.
gious but is really two distinct
fields. The Pocahontas acreage is
one block cutting in a circular
manner in West Virginia and old
Virginia. The second field Is the
block coal in Kentucky. Praciic..
ally all Of West Virginia-Virginia
acreage is virgin coal but is tap
ped by tho Norfolk and Western
Railway and will not mean the ex-
tension of any railroad systems.
The Louisville and Nashville taps
the Kentucky field D 4.
From what can be gathered the
Carter plants are In fine order and
are we'll equipped Should the new
owners develop any new opera
tions, machinery would be INSTALL
ed on an elaborate scale. The Car
ter plants are reported to have
produced more than four million
tons Of coal on this tract last year.
In relation to the previously owned
plants of the company in the Jenk-
ins field in Kentucky. the newly
ACQUIRED field in Bell and Knox
counties In Kentucky lie. south
west of jenkins, adjoining the Har-
Ian fields. While the distance may
be 100 or more miles by rail, the
air line is probably but seventy
five miles.
1t is reported in Welch, accord. .
ing to q dispatch, that the consid-
GRAFTON was $15,O00,000 and that
the office of the company for The
new field will be located in Welch.
This will tako care of the Con.
soils Pocahontas domestic and ex-
port Goa ltrade. In the newly ac-
CONTINUED on page Hvc)
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ES.iTE|STi|FY i !
TOTWO.HANG|NGS
Senate Committee Still
estig a ting
Charges
TBv AsFoclatetl Pren.ll

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.2Fur-
ther efforts were made today by
the senate committee, inyestigat-
ing charges that American sold
lers were hanged without trial in
France, to clear up the alleged
shooting a soldier by a firing
squad near Chateau Thierry in
July, 1918. T.
George W. Jarborough, a high
school teacher Of Roanoake, who
recently testified that he was an
eye witness to the shooting, was
described by Captain E. B. Ed
wards OF Fort Sill, Oklahoma, his
commanding officer, as a soldier
above the average whose general
reputation was excellent. Ans
wering Senator Watson, Democrat,
Georgia, Captain Edwards de-
clared Jarborough was a good
man and that he would hesitate
to believe what he said under
oath. :,
Captain Edwards and other Of
ftcers attached TO the Jarborough
command testified, however, that
they never heard OF the shooting,
either from the Alabama teacher
or others. and that they, did not
believe such an execution could
have taken place without word OF
1t reaching their ears.
The shooting of William Faunt-
leroy, a negro acting corporal,
by a marine guard, which was
taking him to prison for being
drunk, was testified to by w. L.
Davis. negro Of Savannah.
"Fauntleroy was so drunk he.
could not stand on his feet" said
Davis. "The guards took him by
the arms and Just after they
started we heard a shot, the
guards saying the negro attempt
ed to attack them. But he was
too drunk for that, and the next
day they gave the dead man a
military funeral" Phillip Bell,
a negro of Memphis, about as big.
as Jockey, was called.
Did you see a hanging at Is
surtille" asked Mr.. Watson.
"Yes." f2
What did they hang him to-"
"a limb"
Before being hanged the negro
was arrested "by a mob Of white
men," Bell said.
"What did they arrest him
forI" 55
I, THE only, thing I know they ar
rested him for was to kill him"
Pressed by the chairman. Bell
said the negro was hanged be-
cause he. was going with a.
Scotch ,girItand white soldiers got
sore. = % {
when the negro was cut down,
Bell said he decided he'd better
leave the scene while the leaving.
was gooes
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Los Angeles Mayor
Defends Film Colony
tBy Associated Pressl

Los ANGELES. February S-A reply to criticisms OF
the motion picture colony resulting from the murder OF
liam Desmond Taylor has issued by Mayor George E.
Cryer. 95F
.,o,.t ~ uens maoe IN OUTSIDE cues
Los Angeles unfair and due believe hastily formed
conclusions by people not familiar with facts said
THE Arbucke and the staying OF Mr.. Taylor we're
indeed unfortunate affairs but is not criticize
entire group OF people such those In the motion
picture industry for Incidents of them not true
fact, which have been published broadcast lately
Los Angeles is proud Of the fact It Is the motion
picture capital Of the world While my acauautanceship with
the personnel Of the and engaged industry
snot large persuaded there are hundreds Of clean
law abiding men and women engaged In the making motion
pictures and in their behalf ask the open minded udg
ment and the handed Justice Characteristic Of our
American people,"
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DESCRIBES FIGHT.

s YoRKVILLE, Ohio, Feb. s.
Mayor Harry Coss, Of Yorkville,
telling the story OF the fight, said
that he was seated In a restaurant
across from tho mill gate when the
fight started.
There were quite a few men on
the street." he said, @and. the depu,
ties and mill guards were behind
barracades in the plant. For two
nights there had been some shoot
ing and It was resumed at Q o'clock
last night. Early this morning the
men in the mill opened fire with
riot guns and q machine gun. shoot
ing up the main street or the town.
Elmer Cost was Killed and James
Lewis hurt. "a
about ten bullets came into the
restaurant where I was seated with
SIX other men, hut we@were not
hurt. The shooting lasted about
i n CONTINUED ON page toufJ
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.SPEAKSON.FUNNY
SIDE OF BANKING
Tells of the ".Wifey-
Hubby" Joint
Account

Miles Of smiles continues TO 20
around Fairmont today as a result
OF the witty talk gwen last night
by Harry E. Engle, assistant
cashier OF the Fairmont State bank,
who addressed the Social Brother
hood OF Grace Lutheran church on
The Funny Side Of a Bankers
Life" }" Thirty men attended.
The deacon admitted that per.
haps at times 1t was diEcult to
see the funny side Of a bankers
LIE, but probably the best example
or humor at a bank is the Joint
account which "wifey" and
hubby" keep between them. Both
draw until funds are exhausted anu
when they appear jointly at the
bank and carefully inspect the
amounts Of the checks It usually
winds up in a family squpabble at
the cage in which economics and
its application are big factors. The
man who oyerdraws his bank ac-
count but offers a check TO square
matters up: the cautious lady who
is'instructed mot t6asign her name
even on the check she wants Ca sh!.
ed the man who waits an hour
and H. half TO see the cashier, on
.iinpo ortatft business but onIy Y 10 re.
.ceive one OF the bank 3 calendars
and other funny incidents to the
banker were all recalled and told
with seasoning and verbal adorn-
ment. Gsr'
( Mr.. Engle traced his banking
career Of eighteen years or more
back to the time he was a mes.
senger. Naturally the copper cen:
had Its attraction to the juvenile
mind and he expressed the belief
IL he had acquired one Of the large
bags Of cents he could live happy
all OF the rest of his life. As a
matter of fact he as a youngster
was willing 10 carry them away II
presented to him even II they
broke in two. Because he believed
pennies were the greatest thing
In the world, his first employer
arranged for him to carry = $500
worth OF pennies from one bank to
the other. Af.er struggling for
blocks with the cumbersome parcel
he at last arrived at his destina-
tion, haggard and without a stitch
CONTINUED on page twoJ
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
LASTS FOR WEEK
Boy Scouts OF America
Celebrating 18th
Anniversary

Do you remember your 18th
Felt quite proud and happy, did
you not? :
Folks came around ana patted
you on the back and remarked on
your splendid growth and intimat.
ed that you were rapidly coming
into the young womanhood or
young manhood stage of your life.
Perhaps you had a birthday par.
ty, a big cake with candles-at any
rate 1t gave you what has been pic.
tured In the cartoons by artists as
that great aud glorious feeling"
That is just the situation with
Boy Scouts OF America today. This
is their 18th birthday, and troops
all over the country are Celebrat.
ing the event. The birthday party
will last the greater part Of week,
with special programs every day.
The big event for the local scouts
will be a mass meeting at the First
Presbyterian church on next Sun
day evening when a special service
befitting the occasion will be held.
It Is desired that all the scouts In
the city will be present.
1t was intended to have big
father and son banquet this eve
ming, when local scouts would in.
vito their fathers or some other
near relative to dine with them.
On account Of numerous meetings
in the city at this time and the re-
viyal services now going on, It was
decided to cancel this banquet.
Two troops in this section, Troop
No. 2, at St. Peters Parochial
school, and The troop at. Monongah,
will observe the reaffirmation Of
Continued on Page Four
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.K. Day Appointed General
lanager OF PocahontQs and
Ielv River Divisiion of Consol
lnouncement Made Here
lat 3 O'clock This
Afternoon

&. Day, who until his pres.
appointment has been district
|ertntendent OF the Clarksburg
'rict OF the Consolidation Coal
iapany's West Virginia division
|wh9ah diarict he was the per.
a1 representative of the general
hager, has been appointed gem
l manager OF the new division
eliat Company which consists OF
Ipertie iesf OF the Carter Coal com.
" Just purchased. The property
lofated In West Virgiia, Vir-
tl and Kentucky, and will be
'fated as the Pocahontas New
n division.
!r. Day has been in the employ
The Consolidation. Coal company
e May 1906, when he Joined the
!lneertng corps Of the company,
Has assigned to temporary
Il In PeAnBylyania and Mary
q. From Maryland he returned
West Virginia in 1907 as dis
i engineer. In 1915 he was
de division engineer Of the West
igtnia division.
rom September 1916 to 1917,
. Day was In Russia for the
lsolidsfion Coal company on a
'ctal mission. Upon his return
nj Russia he resumed his duties
Division egieer. From Septem.
t91S 10 December 1918, he serv-
az assistant production man.
2 taf the q s. fuel admins
4 Jannary 1919, Mr.. Day was
dc superintendent of the Clarks-
'g district OF the compapy's
~ Virginia division, which posi-
he held, with the exception
nine months spent in South
ERICA ON special work in 1920.
], fntils his appoiu ment as gen.
i manager OF the holdings Just
chased.
This ppointment is in line with
nsolidation Coal company's
ICY of fpromoting loyal, efficient
n To positions Of trust. Mr..
will leave for his new post Of
y on February 10 and take up
tContinned on page fourl
|F u RI
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M1lsr STAND TRIAI

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Nearly
fifty corporations known as the
glass trust recently indicted On
charges of violating the Sherman
antitrust law, must stand trial.
under a decision handed down
today by federal Judge Knox In
over ruling demurers to the indict-
ments.
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TWO ARRESTED| .
YORKV|LLE FIGHT.
Detective and Deputy
at Mill Charged
With Murder
lRy Aaspclated prt,rl

WHEELING, Feb. S-Trank
Wolfe of a Pittsqurgh detective
agency and T. R. Robbits OF York
Vile, a deputy at the Yorkville,
Ohio, plant of the Wheeling Steel
corporation, were arrested this
afternoon by Sheriff Lucas and
taken to Steubenville, where they
were lodged in the county jail
charged WITH murder. l
The sheriff alleges these men
ara responsible for the death Of
Elmer Cost, who was killed in a,
clash with employees Of the mill
this morning. y
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Says Employers
Broke Contract

More than 800 union men affi-
lated with the building trades In
Fairmont are out Of work asa re-
suit of what the employers call a
strike and what the union men call
a lock out. This estimate on the
number Of men affected was made
today by a representative OF, a local
union. who declared that the situ-
alton had ibeen brought about en-
tirely by the action of the em-
ployers. u Z
s1t Is a lockout and not a
strike" he said. 'tThe members
Of the builders, exchange have
violated all existing contracts with
the local unions
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LuNrBERMEN CONVENE

PITTSBURGH, Feb. S.-Ths
fifteenth annual convention OF the
Retail Lumber Dealers associa-
tion opened here today. Lumber
men were present from Pennsyl.
vania, Eastern Ohio, Western
New York, West Virginia aud
Maryland. The session will last
three days.
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Bindness on
Decline Now

WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-The
number Of blind persons In the
United States decreased from
57,272 in 1910 to 52,617 in 1920,
according TO figures for the last
census announced today by the
census bureau. The decrease
was attributed in part to ad.
vanced methods for treatment OF
blindness and also to education
of the public in prevention OF
blindness. The afflictton was
shown to be more common
among negroes and Indians than
other races.
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TO FORM NEW CABINET

LONDON, Feb S-FormGr Pre-
mler Orlando Of Italy has accepted
the invitation Of King Victor En-
manuel to form a new cabinet to
succeed the Bonomi ministry which
resigned last week, says an Ex-
change Telegraph despatch from
Rome today.
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MRS. ROBINSON ntJRlEp

The body Of Mrs. John U. Rob
inson, OF 1925 Main. street, Graf:
ton. WHO died In Cooks hospital
Tuesday night, was taken TO Graft
ton this morning, The funeral was
held from the esbyterian church
iv1ere at 9 80 this afternoon. E
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THE WEATHER

Falrs tonight ana Ihlfsdsss Il wzaaer
ssaigat