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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
HARDING GIVES
FINANCIAL PLAN
Government Is Doing All
in It's Power to Cut
Expenditures
[By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Feb! 3. - An.
nouncing prospects OF a surplus
OF governmental receipts over ex.
penditures this fiscal year as a re,
suit Of economies in administration,
President Harding speaking today
at the second business meeting OF
the government declared he doubt
ed IF any government in the world
has made a more persistent ard
conscientious endeavor to cut down
its expenditures and institute econ.
omies and restore normal ways
again, than has the American gov,
eminent. q
The President aud Director
Dawes, of the budget who followed
him announced to the meeting com.
posed OF more than a thousand gov
eminent officials Of high and low
degree that direct savings OF 1872.
100000 and indirect savings OF
more than $104;0O0, 900 had been ac.
compllshed in less than six months
through the operation alone OF the
budget bureaus tdinRting ageh.
setaHs - ~
ME- Harding expressed the fur.
Their opinion that the efforts Oh the
part Of the government towards
economy had been, ref ected among
the people at large.
II cannot but feel that the gov.
eminent has in this budget organi.
cation set an example Of care and
thrift that has helped greatly to
make saving fashionable. If. to
some extent the government has
been a leader in $50 praiseworthy
a cause, we ought all 10 be graft.
fled to have had part In the at
fair. Much Of the extravaganza Of
government has been due to lack
Of sense Of individual report, and by
the same, It Is true in the incorpo-
rate business and the private al.
fairs Of the, people. II our efforts
here shall set a standard and IN.
spire an ambition for greater econ.
omies and higher efficiency, We
shall have served not only the gov,
eminent but the whole public par.
ticularly well. Perhaps our exam.
pie will be Of -seryice to the world"
The President reiterated his on.
position to deficiency appropria.
tons and made asplea for an under.
standing among officials Of the
government that the Common
good, not departmental advantage.
is the end at. which all OF us must
aim" 7r
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Trying To Dodge
Newspapers Now
.[By Assoolated Presal

NEW YORK. Feb. 3.-Mss; Ma.
rion B. Stephens, Chicago, trees
and Anastase Andreyitch Won, ats.
koy.v onsiatsky, Russian emplo Ped
by the Baldwin locomotive works,
both OF whom came TO New York
for the announced purpose of being
married tomorrow, this morning
had dropped completely from sight.
+ Mrs. Stephens who esterdRYs de.
MED herself to reporters after de:
'ploring the publieit given her en-
gagement, suddenly changed hotels
about midnight. Her fiRncee who
was TO have come to New York TO.
day, slipped out OF Philadelphia
late last night. #. (
The pair were seen this morning
at the Russian. orthodox church but
efforts were useless, asst was nor
learned whether they had been
married or had only been making
farrang ements for the wedding %.
morrow. They drove away mithe
church In an autpmob bile together.
Later it was reported af the
church that Mrs. s. phens; s, and
the Russian, 80, merely had gone
there to Sign the required snarttaga
documents.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
HUGO SHINES,
GIVEssA THRILL,
German Croesus Causing
Some Speculation in This
Country Now
'tBy Associated press i

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The mama
OF Hugo Stinnes-one to conjure
with In Germany-has smashed Its
way into Wall street, "a
Big business, particularly to tho
steel industry, is interested and is
asking X SHINES has designs upon
the commercial and Industrial &C.
tiyities Of this country.
Various reports have come to the
United States concerning plans of
the German croesus to extend his
interests to this country, where he
has heretofore been little known.
But the first concrete evidences Of
his plans came yesterday with the
announcement that he was nego.
tiating with several American rail.
roads for the sale Of $1,000 tons Of
German rails at a price including
freight, about $2.25 ton less than
the current American price OF $40 a
mere $4,000 tons is a relatively
small offering worth less than a
half million dollars at SHINES,
price. But It was pointed out, it is
a very fair sized initial offering.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Miners Head Of District
II Summoned to
indianapolis
DESTITUTE EANLILIES
Miners Board Meeting
About lib. OsCuts
Orders

Word was received today ~ NJ.
l.. Haptonstall, Gharlestots acting
president OF district 10 United
Mine Workers Of America, III Fair
mont today that the international
scale committee will meet IN IN
dtanapolis on Wednesday, Eebru.
airy Sth, commencing at 10 O'clock
The telegram came from Lee Hali.
of No. 6 fields, Ohio, whois prest-
dent OF the scaie comittee Ilhe
purpose Of the committee meeting
will be 10 formulate a scale before
the convention proper opens on
Tuesday, February 18th Mr.. HAP,
tonstalI takes the places 81 e. +
Keeny, who was originally appoint
ed, but who has dropped unitud
Mine Workers activities as long as
the court cases are pend ny
against him.
K Miners Board Meettng
Late this Afternoon the district
board of district III United Mine
Workers Of America, will convene
a session IN Fairmont when tlie
general mining conditions of Nor
thern West Virginia and the prob.
lem Of handling destitute miner
and their families will receive al
tention. The board Will make i
personal investigation of matters
and 1t was limited today that it Is
possible that Il will make i visit
to Mount Glare section, which mp
pears to be the most keenly AZ.
fected In the region, especiaIiy any
mining town OF its size:
NJ. L. Haptonstall. Charleston.
acting president Of iistrire n. O.
H. Workman. Charleston. w n
Ray, David Ware, Charleston and
tfAItls itce itrtttey; Mtisohbnrr. dis
ltrict board members, vim hold tho
session Nick Aieilo! president OF
sub district 4, viii! ATTEND i por.
ton of the session at least
There is possibility of the
district board session continuing
into Saturday.
S. Mining School
The weekly session 81 the Far.
mont mining extension class VIII
be held This evening at tie Fair
mont high school annex, conimenr.
ing at 1880 o'clock. A large attend.
Continued on page fourl
b. o W. ~ =
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Hoover GIVES
RATE POLICY
Reduction Of Rates and
Railroad Expansion
Needed Badly
IBy Associated Pres, |

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Reduc.
ton of freight rates and resump-
ton Of railroad expansion are the
two sources from which the coun-
try may get its strong impulses.to-
wards economic betterment, Score.
tary Hoover declared today, APP
pearfng as witness in the inter
state commerce investigation of
the transportation charges. The
first he said, depends on a reduc-
ton OF operating costs and the
second on restoration Of railway
credit. 9
Transportation earnings, now
"perilously close to bond interest"
Mr.. Hoover, said make 1t impos-
sible for the commission to give
important rate reief,1 but heFde-
;clsred that improving conditi tons
swoulI allow; Downward reYis.o 3s
Edur1ng tdeepfesent ye9f.
When such reyfsions were made,
he said the commission should
apply them first to- the primary
basic commodities agricultural
products, coal and metals and tim.
bers-eyen II passenger rates,
class rates. and less than carload
shipments had to be charged more
TO protect railroad revenues. This
course should be adopted, he ar
gued, because the series OF hort
zontal percentage increases by
which the rates were advanced had
distorted the existing fabric Of
commerce in the United States and
was moving industry as a whole
toward its sources Of raw mater
ials. Incidentally rail wages
should not be expected TO go back
to pre-war levels, he said but
should follow downward step BY
step, the cost Of LIVING" and the
rates decreases should be SO ap-
piled as to maintain railroad reve1l-
ues, and restore the confidence OF
investors to ultimate railroad
earning power.
: There is danger that in the pres
ent period Of low earnings and
little traffic. the needs Of the rail-
roads in new construction; equip
ment, betterments and mainten-
ance will be neglected Mr.. Hoover
added, with resulting breakdown Of
transportation when a full load is
put upon them by industrial re-
sumption. This should be avtered,
even by the extension Of govern
ment endorsement of railroad Sc
curlties.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
CRAIG Reports
0NC Q | [
Ulster Premier Gives Out
Statement After spe-
cial Meeting
(By Assoclated iprass9

I LONDON, Feb. 3:Sir Jan,es.
Craig, the Ulster premier, deciar-
ed in q statement today That he
had been told by MichaeI Collins
head OF the southern ireland pro
yisional government, at their con
ference in Dublin YESTERDAY. that
Collins had made q promise of
bringing into the Irish Free Stale
almost half Of north ireland. in-
Guiding FermanaEh, Tyrone, Large
parts OF Cermagh and Down. and
Londonderry city. Sir James said
Ihe had suggested TO Mr.: Collins.
10 weeks Adjournment fofthe con-
Isideration for the boundaries be-
tween Ulster and south ireland.
but that Collins had replied the
differences separating them were
50 wide that p6stponement would
be useless.
The Ulster premier's statement
was made to the press after he
had conferred with Winston
Churchill, the colonial secretary
ct the colonial office. Sir James
emphasized the gravity which he
attached toathe hitch Fl the nogo-
tiattons with the provisional gov
eminent. z.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
.UN|ONMEET|NGS
ELLUNDERW Way
DR.. R. I. Brown Preached
Good Sermon Last
Night

Before Gods spirit returns
again to the churches and the
world we are going to have to give
up sin." said DR.. R. T. Brown last
night. while addressing d large
ard ense In the First
FEp'scopai church. This was the
fifth service Of the union evan
gelistlc meetings, and the atten-
dance last night indicated that the
MEETINGS are well under way.
Dr.. Brown choose as his sub
ject, "The conditions Of a Real
Revival" The basis for the SER
mon is 70 be found In the second
chapter Of Acts, for it is there that
the account OF the day of pente-
cost, the day of the. first great
revival in the Christian era is to
be found.
"a revival is a scientific thing"
said DR.. Brown. He continued by
saying that We must have Gods
spirit in our hearts or we are
worthless.
APPLY he illustrated this with a
description Of a new engine he had
seen In the machine shops OF one
OF the railroads in Louisville, KY.
He described It as being complete
mechanically, and a thing OF
beauty, yet lifeless and powerless.
In contrast he described the same
engine with fire roaring in the FIRE
box; water raging in the boiler;
and the steam gauge ind eating the
presence of enough steam pressure.
Continuing he showed the engineer
pulling wide the throttle and max
ing the engine that was useles and
powerless a living throbbing scr.
want. ~a
The application was readily APP
parent as the preacher made his
plea for the church member to he
filed with the Holy Ghost without
whom the church member would be
as useless as the engine in the
machine shop.
The church Of Jesus Christ was
Instituted at a fearless cost, the
cost OF the lie Of Gods only son,
and God has a specific purpose for
the church.
Or. Brown said that a number
OF years ago he offered a reward
to- anyone who could produce a
card playing, dancing, theatre 60
ing church member who was a soul
winner and spiritual power in the
Continued on page hvc) VI;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03

BELFAST, Feb. 5.-Captain
Charles Curtis Craig, unionlst
member OF the house Or commons
FOR south Antrim, addressing
political meeting today said he was
convinced that within two or
three years south IRELAND would
have q Republic
He d declared that II any attempt
was m ade by the people IN south
ireland or by any commission
which nigh be appointed by the
imperial government 10 take
away large pieces Of the six coun-
ties from northern Ireland no
other result could come about
than civil war. II they wanted
peace and the Irish question set
tied without more bioodshed and
trouble he said, they would have
10 alter the 5pFoyisions OF the An
:gto Irish treaty regarding the
boundary question.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Mrs. Parker Dead
AtHertSon's Home:

Mrs. Fannie NJ. Parker, widow
Of the late y. Lee Parker, died at
the homo d. her son, Willie, on the
Gonley farm this morning at 9
o'clock ~
Mrs. Parker was d lifelong
resident Of this place. being q
idangh ter Of William w tlkins! Her
husband prece ded shef iii ssptems
Der 1913, She IS survived by
three hildren: Willie, at home;
Dale In Vheel I'M + W. Va; 4 and
Mrs. Alma Linsey, In Pittsburgh;
Three brot theirs also mourn her
loss: Seymore; ffn Los, Angeles,
Calf. Arthur, In Fort Pierce,
Fla; and yYaiter, in San Francisco;
Harry Watkins, OF Los Angeles.
has been here for some time, ON:
ing 20 the serious condition Eof
Mrs. Parker
The funeral will BE held Sunday
afternoon at Q q. clock. The place
will be announce d later Inter
ment Will be made in Jones GENE.
terry. Bet1YieWs q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
inference between Val
ley Association and
Railroads Today
|IANN ATTENDED
rominent Railroad Men
and Valley Leaders
Discuss Problem

I'm presenting the counter pro-
sal % the Monongahela Valley
Fspciation 70 Colder R. shumate
Bsltmore, General Freight trat-
manager, OF the Baltimore and
10 Railroad, at a conference
I'D in the local chamber of com:
Fce rooms here today, George
Hlfatson, president of the local
slber o. commerce and chair
q Of the general comittee Of
}e Association that drafted the
cposai stated that the proposal
las abslutely the least that the
,nmittee could afford to offer.
Much dime. and work has been
bne hs the special committee Of
he ASSOCIATION in investigating
u proposal made by Mr.. Shumate
a meeting held here recently
II was finally decided to re-
The offer ant 20 present 4
r proposal u cue railroad
spans
IA the Committees letter Of re-.
lotion handed to o.. S. Lewis,
ieight traffic manager of the
mpany the reason for rejecting
'le offer was set out as follows:
e1p the analysis Of the proposed
~ as presented 1t was found,
10 not materially, as a whole,
from the present rates, there
do not afford a measure of
that IS necessary for the
nercial development. sought
many years, and which from
4 OF mileage, geographical 10.
lon as well as material benefit
the Baltimore and Ohio system,
knnot bedenied !"
The counter proposal as present.
70 MI Shuinate today repres-
ks8a large Sampunt Of work on
OF the committees OF the
1htfth N44u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
u representing shippers III the
lev. According to Chairman
tson o. the general committee
offer Ii the very last word
bm the association and upon 1t
lev VIII make their fight. to the
syers detail OF the proposal
|sie by the railroad men has
N carefully studied and then
requirements Of the valley
be studied and with this data as
basis The counter proposal was
ifted aud its acceptance by the
lroaa company is vitality neces.
'Y y INC bus'ness in this sec.
4 Of West Virginia is to thrive.
The comnlete text OF the counter
posal as presented Mr.. Shur
c by Chairman Watson in behalf
Continued on Page -Four
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
|RIL RATES COUNTER PROPOSAL
babe TO SHUMATE;; SESSION HERE
25 Lost in
Accident at
Gates Mine
.lBy Assoclated Pressl


y GATES, Pa, Feb. .3-Twenty
ifive miners lost their lives in
the explosion which wrecked a
part of the Gates mine OF the
81. G. Frick Coke company yes
terday, according to an official
announcement today. Twenty
bodies have been recovered.
The other are buried under a
fall of slate, and cannot be
reached from the entries in
which rescue crews have been
working. Rescue. teams, were
sent early today to the Eben.
dorm mine and expected to work
their way through old workings
to the section Of the Gates mine
affected by the explosion.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Writs Of Error
Granted Today

CHARLESTON, Feb. S,-wrtts OF
error were granted by the supreme
court today in cases appealed from
Wetzel and Nicholas counties. The
first was in the case OF auto sales
company against Clarence Yoste,
involving sale Of a second hand au.
tomobile, and the other the case OF
Nunciato De Felice Du Vincenzo
against the Redwood Banking and
Trust company over money order
for $3.50 alleged to have been lost
in the mails between United States
and Italy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Refuses To Give
Out Statement

YORK, Pa, Feb. s.-when ask
ed today whether he had refused
an appointment to the United
States Senate from Iowa, iHanford
MacNider, commander of the
American Legion declined to make
statement. Members OF his party
said his only answer to the 7ques.
ton Is: /,
"The American legion has NOT
been, Is not, and, / hope never
will be, In politics The American
Legion cannot be used as a step
ping stone for political prefer.
ment."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
Way Late

ROME, Feb. 3-The steamship
Presidente Wilson, bringing Car
dinal o'Connell Of Boston to Rome
will not arrive at Naples before
next Monday morning. It was an
nounced that wireless message
from the vessel had been received.
The captain has decided to call at
Algiers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
q MAKE REQUEST

LONDON, Feb. 3.-The presi.
dents Of the italian senate and
chamber Of deputies have 4 yised
King Victor Emanuel to ask fof-
mer Premier Giolitti TO form d
cabinet in succes.on 10 the Bonomi
ministry It is understood says d
Central News dispatch from Rome
today v - ~ ). W. = { . q : -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
ADOPT HEsoLUTioN

WASHINGTON: Feb. The
resolution Of Senator LaFoiiette.
lRepubl lean, Wilson's In. d esigned
to prevent tnpdiffcat i6n 81 tlie
federal court decree requiring the
s'big five" meat packers 70 re.
linauish their unrelated lines bus:
mess was adopted today by the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03

By J. a. L.

If we could take a
LuMfoF1EAD
And crack some burgher
oNTHEHEAD
And tell him to dig
uPoRDrE
We might again afford
soMEP1E
But every single blessed
GEEK
Who raises up his voice
TosPgAK
.Proclaims as loud as he
cANHoLLER
That he possesses not
ADoLLAR
We're very interested
ToKNow
How to pick out
PRospERoUsBo
Whom we could amite
uNToTHEFLooR
And garner dollars in
GALORE
We hope that this will
MEETTHEEYB
OF bandld bold, or
GUNMANsHY
who'll tip US off how
ToPRocEED
To land the coin we
soRELYNEED
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
.GAL|.PLENAR|IE|'
SESg0N;;NILL
Be THE final
Thought that ALI Negotia-
tons Can Be Com
pleted Saturday
make PREPARATION
Big Nine Of Conference
4 Meets Together for
Last Time Today
tBy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, Feb. S-The
big Nine" OF, tie arms conference
meeting today for the last time
whipped into shape the treaties re.
lating to China and issued for
NAL call for a plenary session to-
morrow, toimark the final windup
Of the Washington negotiations.
1t was decided to base only two
treaties. on the Chinese decisions
OF the conference and to embody
in them only a few OF the resolu-
tons adopted in regard TO Chinese
questions. One Of the treaties will
cover the Chinese tariff revision,
and the other the Root -four
points" and the open door. The
remaining resolutions are to be
represented at the final plenary
session, as a series of joint poll
.cies.
The nine heads also discussed
the signing Of the naval and far
eastern treaties Monday shall be
in public or private. In some
quarters 1t was suggested that the
signing be at the big green table
In Continental hall where tho plen-
airy sessions are held, but there
was no indication Of a definite
change in the original plan to hold
the -ceremonials in the diplomatic
ante-rooln OF the state department
which is too small to accommodate
any considerable number Of spec
tators.
Plans had been made today for
the Japanese and Chinese to sign
their treaty on shantung, bit It
was decided 10 postpone that also
until al ondays TheS only remaining
merit gs al the day was a VII dup
cess on called Tor late afterh oon
to Near Chinese stat ment of5 the
twenty one demands and I'd spread
1t and tie Japanese Iststement OF
yesterday formally on the commit
tee records.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
FoUNlp DEAD

Z BARNEsVfIIi0, o.. FEB.
Henry yanTo sen Of Henry burg,
q civ war eteran was found dead
in bed this morning, death being
attributed to heart trouble De
ceased was . p.dneer of Belmont
county and had been d farmer an
his Slffa.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03

WASHINGTON, Feb. s-chipa's
reply to the Japanese declaration
Of readiness to give up entirely
group 5 of the celebrated twenty
one demands as I'll as economic
privileges secured binder resulting
Continued Oh Page -Four
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and sat.
uraasi somewhat colder Tonight
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Fun Associated Press Wire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-05-04
SUNDAY EVE. BUS SERVICE

The Green Transportation Co. are
putting on an extra Sunday evening
bus, leaving Ellsworth at p. m,
River Falls at S:45 and arriving in
St. Paul at 1920 p. m. Returning it
leaves the st. Paul Hotel at 1900 p.
M, the Ryan Drug Store at 11:05, and
arrives in River Falls at 1890 a. M,
and Ellsworth at l a. m.
The agent of this company informs
us that this addition to the service is
to accommodate. those who wish to
spend the day and evening in the Twin
Cities, and believes it should be very
popular. He states that reservations
can be made, and in case of crowd
too large for a single bus, more serv-
ice will be added.
The company has six of these Pack
ard twin-sixes, and those who have
patronized them declare that more
comfortable mode of travel is hard to
find.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-05-04
A JUG FULL"

The carnival crowds on both days,
were splendid hammered and deport-
ment at the dances and on the street
was ideal, but on Saturday night the
hootch hounds began to appear in
side-streets and alleys.
Mayor Vannatta, Alderman Bar
tholomew and an able crew OF Chief
H. A. Hutchin's special police were on
the job at the first sign of moonshine
disturbance, and from then until af-
ter the carnival activities had ceased
these men We're busy rounding up the
bootleggers and their pals, with the
result that Sundays dawn found the
City bastile jammed beyond comfort
able capacity.
Fifteen men, rounded up by Mayor
Vannatta and Alderman Bartholomew
spent the night and Sunday in Jail.
Most of them were from out of town,
and Sunday afternoon their friends
motored here to get them out. Spec
ial court was held after midnight
Sunday, and the jail was relieved Of
its patronage. Fines of $25 and costs
were assessed against each of those
released.
The vigorous roundup staged
against the moonshine gang by May
or Vannatta and Alderman Barthol-
omew and their assistants is highly
commended by all, and it should serve
as an emphatic tip to others who
might have an inclination to indulge
in that traffic here.