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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
WEALTHY WOMAN
.0UTWITS FRIENRS.
Marries Penniless Russian
Last Night; Event Was to
Take Place Today

NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Leaying
behind them a much disappointed
group Of New Workers who cur.
tously awaited their marriage an.
nounced for four o'clock this after.
noon, Mr.. and Mrs. Anatese Andre.
witch VonstiatskoY vonstiasky
were honeymooning today some.
where In America. !"
They have dropped from sight.
With the exception OF the brides
mother, Mrs. Norman b. Ream, and
her brother, Norman P. Ream. no
one knows where they went after
their marriage at 8 O'Clock last
evening by Father Terkeyitch in
the Russian Cathedral OF st Mich.
olas, They left the church In a
taxi. drove to Grand Central sta.
tion and took q train ostensibly
for the home of the brides moth.
err Thompson, Conn, but all in.
qutry there this morning failed to
bring any response.
The hasty, hpshed marriage last
evening and the subsequent disap.
pearance lof, the two, is the latest
chapter In this modern romance
which makes the former Mrs. Mar.
ion Buckingham Stephens one Nof
the heirs to a great. estate, the
bride OF a penniless Russian youth
most % years her Junior, s
r !
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
PASTORRELEASED
FROM.QUARANTINE
Church Services Again.
Follow Regular
Schedule

!. WATSON, Feb. Members Of
the NJ p. Church OF our commun-
ity are much pleased that the
Quarantine which has been on the
home Of Rev. a. w. Lowe has
been removed and that he will
again be able to fill his regular
appointments: There will be Sum
day school tomorrow morning at
the usual hour. with preaching
service Immediately following.
There willsalso be prayer meeting
on next Tuesday evening at seven
o'clock, and choif practice on
Wednesday evening at the same
hour. The choir from this place
received a vote Of thanks for the
services which they rendered dur
ing the recent revival services at
Fleming chapel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
Witnesses Hold
Up Court Work

Failure OF witnesses 10 appear
for trials in criminal court today
caused Judge p. N, Showaiter to
adjourn court until 0 O'Clock Mon.
day morning at which the court win
issue rules for all witnesses sum.
moned TO be there on that day who
are not In the court room when
court. starts.
Three misdemeanor3 cases were
set for today. and It was hoped BY
the Judge and court officials thar
they would be able TO dispose oil all
three OF them today, "a trial jury
was impaneled when court was
opened and the first case was
called, witnesses were absent and
a second case was called one wit
ness responded and then tlic third
case set for today was called and
important witnesses were absent
Court was then adjourned
! Atrial Jur55 rendered verdict
Of guilty as charged ii the indici.
ment in the case Of the state versus
Joe Shultz, charged with owuIng
and operating q hoonshine stilll
Judge ShoWalter sentenced Shultz
to three years In the state peniten.
ttary and fined him $500 and costs.
Attorney Ia O.. AfIsgraye asked Tor
a stay Of sentence, as he intended
appealing the case TO the circuit
court His request WIS granted.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
Mopongahela Coal Asso-
citation Announces 30
Percent Reduction
u 0 c HEGIE.0IE {
Some Details of'New Scale
Given in Dispatch From
Pittsburgh
fBy Associated lpressiI

y
PITTSBURGH, Feb Aioron
gahela Coal association in ses sion
here today announced that new
wage scale representing d redre
tlon of 80, per cent would be put
in effect upon the deternination of
the existing scale.
No '"check,ott' will be made un-
der the new scale, it was m.
nounced.
The new scale shows that min.
ers will be paid from eight cents
a net ton for short wall machine
cutting to slxty.sIx cents a net ton
for pick mining in entries while
day labor, based on an eight hour
day, will receive from So to N,5s
according to the form OF work per
formed.
The association is composed Of
coal operators along the Mononga
hela railway from the Pehnsyl
vanta-West Virginia state line tn
Parker Run in Marion county and
along the Mopongahsia ard
ypheeline ait~ay ia the Scotis
Run district. The assoc Atlon
maintains Headquarters az Morgan
town and represents g 5 bitutn!nous
mines. In arriving ~ the rev
scale the operators have had due
regard for al pertinent conditioEs
and believe that it js etninentls
fair and In accordance with the
conditions rs they exist at nie
present time.
The miners leaders have appt
emily shut their eyes to tlie clian-
ges that have been going on iti HE
way OF adjusting wages n othet
industries TO present Conditions
They have refuse1l toSresogniHe
these conditions and carry their
share OF tho burden of deiatton
says the statement issued by the
association today.
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REV. KING IS
THE SPEAKER
Excess Baggage" Is Ser
mon Theme at Re-
vival Meeting

Excess Baggage" was the
theme Of the sermon delivered at
the First M. E. Church last night
by Rev. Claude H. King. The
text was taken from the descrip-
tion Of Paul's sea trip as told in
Acts 81, which tells how Paul
and his friends started on their
voyage under most favorable con-
ditions, but were struck by a
great storm and had to throw
overheard everything that could
besspafeds q z ] I.
Prefacing his s ssfmoii. DE- King
said that the people had nov come
to see that the forces OF evil were
strongly .entrenched in the midst
of the church.. That we cannot
Of ourselves have revival. God,
himself, must do that. Only God
can bring to the people that spirit
which makes revival of religion.
I'VE are carrying too much bag
gage; to many non-essenttals;
things that have no place in the
Christian life."
We all start out as Paul did,
Or. King said. The soft south
wind is blowing, we are splendid
" equipped, thoroughly prepar-
ed for a safe and successful Yoy-
age. But. the time must come in
every life when the wind will
change, and the storm come upon
US. Sometimes we will have to
throw overheard a part of the
cargo we have piled on board. We
will have to choose between
things we value in order that we
may arrive In the harbor.
Sometimes. starting out SO fav-
orably in life, with everything
in our favor, we load ourselves
up with things we do not need;
things that are luxuries; excess
baggage. We go with the soft
wind, and think we can carry all
the cargo we can pile on board.
But when we come to the tudg-
ment bar how much will we want
to get rid Of? How much will we,
like Paul, throw overheard?
you'll be good bit like boot
leggers, then. Yo won't want to
own the stuff you brought with
you.n
''It is time we came back TO the
realities OF life. Throw out the
things that are contrary to the
teachings of Christ. Get rid OF
the excess baggage"
One man DR.. King personally
knew, who carried excess baggage
all his life, refused to relinuuisl.
any OF It In order that he might
be more useful In the church,
Would have nothing to do with
the church because doing SO would
force him to discard some OF his
cargo OF unessentials.
One day In Parkersburg this
man called Or. King to his bed.
side in a hospital. He was dying,
Looking Or. King In the face, he
Isaid: II want you to show me the
CONTINUED On page ayeJ
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YOST DISCUSSES
DISTRICT NEEDS
Bonds Issue Campaign
Started at Baxter
Last Night

The most enthusiastic teachers
institute of the year was held last
night in the Baxter school audi.
torium. Every teacher in the dis.
trict, with three exceptions, was
present. also two members OF the
board Of education, the county su.
perintendent Of schools, the district
superintendent, and about fifty pa.
irons from various schools in the
district. - 'f,5'
W D. ,Yost; presIde1t OF the board
et 90 e4lpi - poiif, NJ
spea ker; aud cessed tie hers
ing upon the Subject OF defn
School Needs In Paw Paw, Dis:
trict." sysi.'
"What constitutes a modern
school?" he asked. First, cooper.
alton, a board that is desirous Of up.
lifting the morals Of the school
sphere, an up to date faculty, . hus.
ting superintendent, and the con.
fidence and backing OF the patrons.
What. we need to do isst0 get busy
and put into operation some modern
schools in our district. Talking
will not bring such schools, but
talking plus action will. So we ask
your earnest anu hearty co-opera.
tion in spreading the propaganda
Of the school needs in Paw Paw dis.
trict."
Some Of the needs at Rivesville
as suggested by Mr.. Yost were a
Continued on page four).
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And Steel
Rust Proof Plan

fBv As1oelated pres,l

NEW YQRK, Feb; 4.=Diseov-
cry Of d method by which iron and
steel may; be maaerust proof. was
announced last night by pr. Miller
r. Hitchison, inventor and engin-
eery in an address before the
Alumni Ass ion Of Cooper I'M
ion, Chief credit Tor the discov-
cry; which was said to be one or
the most important IN modern
netallurgy was given 10 W. b.
Baliantine, IN English matcllur-
Dr.. Hute Gibson, who for many
yeats was Thomas A. Edison'a
confident ot chief engineer cxs
planned Z hat the method consisted
OF nanntac ctufing material which
When mixed with molten atcci 81
iron, makes 4 entirely rust proof
and 70 4 great exsent even acid
prpofs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
PROPOSAL MADE
RAIL OFFICIALS
Digest in Statement by
Akin; No Answer Made
By Rail Leaders

Colder shumate and Oliver S.
Lewis, OF Baltimore, traffic officials
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company discussed the counter.
proposal offered by the Mononga-
hela Valley Association yesterdsy
in a general way at the afternoon.
session Of the meeting but did not.
answer or SAY anything definlte Vim
any way abodt the pro d 4 !.
,e, ~ 8 & m tlit al "a
'tef PROPOSAL were ~ Akins, James
n tJsutehfteids n. 9, ilsihn; lrhonas
p. eonneli, 4. Dye Benjamin
'Dowd HI, OF the assoe iat, ION and "a (
"a. nlarsh, Of Wheeling and Y I
Bro@p Of Grafton state fSpreseh.
tatiyes of the railroad company.
SLIPPERS in the valley who were
almost as much in the dark as the
railroad company and the general
public as to the contents Of the
counter proposal were delighted
today when the text OF It had been
published and its contents noted.
The association will have the
whole hearteu support Of all the
shippers In this section Of West
Virginia in insisting that the rail-
road company act fayorably on the
counter proposal.
Abrief summing up Of the vital
points Of the counter proposal by
Ira Atkins. traffic manager OF the
Monongah Glass company, and a
member Of the committee that draf
ted the proposal gives a clearer
idea Of what the shippers are ask
ing that the proposal itself as It
is drafted in technical tariff terms.
The summary Of the proposals Is
as follows: -
THE Monongahela Valley Ass0-
ciation's counter proposal to the
transportation Ines, Is the taking
of the West Virginia group. or
cities, which Is composed OF Fair.
mont, Grafton cIarksbnrg, Shinn-
ston, Mannington, Weston, Buck
hannon, Rhilippl and Elkins, and
putting them on ia geographical
standpoint to the mark sts ot the
c; r A.. territory. Tie West vir5
,gnia group has cen penal aiised ia
the past and at he pfe sent time
by making their lfei hit rats 4
plus rate over Pfttabdtgii, nd siife
proposal Of tho West virginia
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FAST ACTION
AT MEETINGS
Wind Up Formal Work AT
Arms Session
Today

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The
arms conference today wound up.
its work with a whirl&ind Of ac-
ton. d
It formally approved the vari-
our agreements to make for peace
in the far east and in the closing
Arthur j. .:Balfour, head
ing the British delegation, yoieing
the feeling Of statesmen every
where that China is the keystone
OF that structure, uttered a SOL
emn warning that the world ex-
pscted q respect Of the settlements
arrived q in strict good faith.
Any nation, the British states
man said when the future aimed
10 tfansgtess the principles 1aid
down I'M the conference with re-
gard to China need not plead IL.
noranre nor seek to invoke any
secret underst tandfng with min
Of Chinese officers. ( Z 4 (,
Such d nation, Mr.. Baltour de.
cIared would be Considered cont.
side the comfy of nations. q 4
In a brief hours work which
pfeeeeded the 0ratorY day. work
OF the conference, delegates took
6nfftff Il Il ffg IA a, I3si,yt 4,,Jttt, !. ~.
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Given5Ghance
To Form Cabinet

/. ROME, Feb: !: ! The king is un,
derstood to have offered Sthe task
of forming a new tabinet 10 EnrJ
CO De, Nicola, presld6t OF tbs
chamber OF .depnue& 1t ts known
that the latter issq uctant to, ac.
cept, having refuses several sim
liar offers in, the past. but he Is
said to be wayering under the
pressure OF the ntRior.ty groups in
the chamber. j az, ".
The offer isl said. to- have been
made yesterday at; one OF the
King s many conferences with
leading politE CLANS and members OF
parliament It is generally beiiey.
ed; however, that the crisis will
endure for a, ,ght or ten days 3
Senior Bononi was the only for.
mer premier receiyed by, the king
yesterday but former premier Gi6ii
it'll Orlando, Nitti and Sonnion
have bean invited "a. call today.
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aHoting for New Pope
Continues; Mass Cele-
brated Today
IUGH SPECULATION
Fpthing Definite, How
ever Can Be Learned
About Sessions

/ EByi Associated Press1
! ROME, Feb. 4.-Accordlng to the
leiani News Agency, Mass was
siebrated in the Sistine chapel at
30 O'clock this morning with all
Cardinals present, after which
| D bgllottng was resumed.
Cardinal Marini, It was added,
ID recovered sufficiently from his
mess 10 participate in today's pro-
|edings.
BalIoting by the conclave Of the
llcred College was TO be resumed
Iday, the initial voting yesterday
IviR tailed to indicate the sue
kssof 70 the late Pope Benedict.
Doubt as to the smoke signals
|hich came from the chimneys in
|e morning caused some confu-
IN but the eagerness with which
& throngs assembled before st.
kterss was evidence that the Pop.
|ace would not have been sur
Eised at am election on the first
|Ellbt insufficient tow, 1t seems
is mixed with the straw in which
le ballots were. burned, this result.
Is IA light smoke, the sign OF elec
Isefetiop prevails inside and
4 lH1de the Vatican, and no fnHtng
PIE from The smoke iputfs may be
|hthered as to the activities OF
le conclaye. t@
Elmundo under the heading: "The
|rst itdiscretion is the only news
lpef pub blishing a purported report
/ what the conclaye accomplished
its first day sitting.
This account says that Cardinal
aspaTfi and Cardinal Lualdi arch.
lShop Of Palmero were leading on
|ie first ballot with Cardinals La
6ntatne and Laureti next, there be.
r scattered votes for Cardinals
ascae eessi! Eega, Ratti and Tacci.
Ioreella these are Italian members
the Sacred College.
The second ballot, according to
be newspaper was virtually un.
hanged while the last vote gave a
lrong majority for Cardinal Mis-.
angelo. archbishop of Florence,
lany votes being lost to Gasparri
nd Lafontaine.
Vatican officials who, although
ot attending the conclaye, are re,
uted TO be best informed say all
bis IS speculations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-04
MOVIE STARS CALLED 4
AT MURDER INQUEST
Mystery Surrounding Killing of Movie Director Still
Remains Unsolyed; ManyWit-
nesses Summoned
nesses Summoned

morning, claimed they possessed a
number otapossibie clues and that
suspicion was directed toward a
young motion picture actress
whose name they withheld, and
through her toward another film
director likewise unnamed by
them.
Revenge with Jealousy as the
probably direct cause was confirm,
ed in the minds OF some detectives,
they said, as the motive for tho
killing. The closer the dead dIrcc
tors life was scrutinized, the de-
tectiyes said, the more they were
led to adhere to their original
theory.
The latest motion picture ac-
tress to be drawn into the investI-
cation said at one time to have
Continued on page ayel
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NEW Miners WAGE SCALE ANNOUNCED AT MEEET|N(
BUILDERS WILL STICK I
BY THEIR WAGE scale
This announcement Made Today Following Publ-
cation of Counter Wage Scale by Local
Unions Recently

The scale of wages adopted by
the Fairmont Builders Exchange
at its December meeting became
effective February /, according to
members Of The exchange and all
the members OF the organization
are now and will continue to re-
organize the scale as adopted at
that time.
The classification OF workmen
and the price being paid per hour
is as follows:
Carpenters, per hour, go, 70 and
so cents.
Cement fin:shers, 50 cents per
hour.
Bricklayers, s1.OO per hour.
Hodcarriers 60 cents per hour.
Laborers, 40 cents per hour.
Lathers, 80 cents per hour.
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.Alrs, Bar May
BE Postmaster
~. ,sHfNGTnN. II q FaLI

SYlksH1NGTo ToN p. Q. FEB.
eongre ssnan Rosenbloom has
ireeoumended 10 the First Assist
ant Pm naster General the ap4
nointmeut of Mrs! Afazella III
Harto as postmaster ~ Fairyiew,
Marion county Casper 81 Kirk
man tnr nostrnaster ~ Captina,
Marshall county mud Dudley 4
peBplt for postmaster at Bellton.
3slarshan county. He recommend
I'D to the Fourth Assistant tlie
appointment Of William H. Bart-
LETT, 10 fiji vacancy IN the rural
carrier foroa connected With the
post office al Flemington. Bartlett
III an ex-soiulcf.
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Gas Filters, 20 cents per hour.
Painters, go, 70 and so cents per
hour.
Plumbers, 20 and so cents per
hou:.
Plasters s1.OO per hour
Roofers Composition 10 cents
per hour.
Roofers, Tile and slate and tin.
so cents per hour.
Sheet Metal Workers 80 cents
per hour
steam Filters, so cents per hour.
Steam Filters Helpers, so cents
per hour.
Stone Cutters, So cents per hour.
Stone Masons 75 cents per hour.
Tile and Marble Setters, 80
cents per hour.
Electricians, so cents per hour.
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.Rfo0K 'PT.aiSs
p0IfGHKMEpSIM n

oonasei ;for James 4! sfiiinas
SUCCEEDED today, in blocking, at
least Temporarily, another effort
by Mrs Anne Q. Stillpap to OBJ
tain additional expense money
and thes appointment of a com.
mission to take testimony at
Montreal In the stillman. divorce
case. The motions tpf these ends
were held pending for a week by
Supreme Court Justice Morschau-
her, who upheld the bjection OF
Mr. Sullman,s counsel, that the
affidaYits supporting the applt-
cationsWere basedson hear say and
therefore were insufficient.
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nlds ssafttN ldeet

4ht stA4Ati tAS1AAAgA tstAAuAAtGaLpht sNuISk
OF tho d apartment Of mines, will
address, the safety me citing at
Gtilis' theatre, Clark sburg on Sun
day Afternoon at 2:45 O'clock !.
Other speakers will be Evan J..
Griffiths; state mining inspector,
Clarksburg; Adam Crawford, Fair
mont and J. w. Reed, safety iirec
tor, Consolidation Coal Company .
The meeting will be undre hte
auspices Of the safety department.
Of that coal company with the
United States Bureau of Mines and
state department of mines cooper
at.ng. Educational films, safe
and Dangerous Practices in Btu.
minous Coal Mines" and "The
Story OF Sulphur" will be shown.
TWO first aid teams will demon.
strate dressing broken arms and
broken legs This Is expected to be
the biggest safety meeting Of the
series. All miners are urged to at
tend.
Lake Differentials.
Coal operators Of Ohio, West
Virginia, Kentucky and Pennsyl-
vania' will be represented at a
meeting TO be held at the office Of
M. A. Hanna & Co., Cleveland,
on Monday morning at / O'Clock.
Lake differental adjustment will be
discussed, G.. H. Jenkins and
George S: Bracket, Of Fairmont.
leaves late tomorrow afternoon to
attend the meeting
Working Conditions,
Seventy two mines are working
today in the Fa!rmont region OF
which 55 are on the B, & d. |; two
on the Western Maryland and Ii
on the Monongahela. .Eighteen are
lat work on the Charlestoa tiiYis,
ion B, & o and as are acttys OF
1.-The Monongahe ela in Penny ytvania,
on the three ran id 4 800 emp
lties are ordered today A0I ON The
lB. Cos So on the Western
lAIarylandS and 30 on the AIonoh,
tgahela. On the Charlie ton diyts.
lon, b i0S 6s am ofis fet and
s2sb; are rreque ested on the Afon6n;
gahela .n Pennsylvania
Weakly Tonnage
~ Indlcat lions are that d & prodici
H6n II Northern Test NlfFila This
week viii eunHl or slightly erir.
lpassl last week. figuras IN fire
.ldiaSs the mifes !tfl NSnr4 n 49, fytss n
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ToIsET'DATE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4.-The
ate Of Roscoe q, Arbuckle's third
|'ial on q riianslsughter charge arls.
rs from The death OF Misc Virginia
Iappe viii be set by Superior Judge
larold Louderback here, next Mon.
ay morning The comedians sec.
nd trial ended yesterday, like the
|rst, IN q tury disagreement.
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Los ANGELES, CAL, Feb. =
Mystery surrounding the shooting
to death in his Hollywood home OF
William Desmond Taylor. motion
picture director, whose true name
1t Is alleged was William Deane
Tanner remained unsolyed today.
Police working on thecase since
the body was found Thursday
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Lambie At Safety Meet
at Clarksburg
Sunday
TAKE DIFFERENTIALS
Meeting at Cleveland
Miners Board at
Clarksburg

The following announcement has
been sent out today by G. H. Tar
Teton, general manager Of the
West Virginia Division of The Con
'solidation Coal Company:
Effective February l, Mr.. Wal.
ter j. Davis is appointed superin-
tendent OF Consolidation No. 96,
Baxter, West Virginia, and Con-
'solidation No. 81, Rivesville, West
Va, vice Mr.. Charles E. Potter,
resigned.
Mr.. Davis has been in the EN-.
ploy Of The Consolidation Coal
Company since boyhood, his first
position having been that Of mule
driver at old Anders mine. He
has since worked at Monongah
and several other mines in this d.
vision in every capacity from mule
dryer TO superintendent, and his
appointment as superintendent Of
the above mines is in recognition
Of the ability he has shown as q
practical mining man in the
various positions he has filled.
This appointment is in line with
the policy OF The Consolidation
Coal Company to promote when
,eyee possibIe men from their rank
-. ID 1II1lI.t4 i
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(By the Assoclated Press,

(By the Associated Press.)
Los ANGELES, Feb. fla
nous stars of illmdom were sum-
moned as witnesses today at the
inquest into the death OF William
Desmond Taylor, motion picture
director, soldier and adventurer,
whose true name may be William
Deane Tanner. slain by a bullet in
the back at his residence here
Wednesday night
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THE WEAgTEEER

Z Fair Tonight and Sunday some.
what colder
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