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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-03
WARD WILL FACE
GRAND Jury. FOR
KILLING It|IELI IN TER |.
Not a Single Phase of Story
Given Police bysCunning-
ham Substantiated.

WHITE PLAINS, N. ", June s.
The grand jury will consider the
killing of Clarence Peters. former
navy man, by Walter S. Ward
wealthy bakers son, next Monday,
1T was learned today. Fifteen or
more witnesses will be summoned,
it is understood, including George
S. Ward, father of the confessed
slayer, Mrs. Walter S. Ward, and
two maids in the Wards NewsRoch-
ellie home, Lulu Barrows and Amy
Mild.
Westchesters County officials to-
day began their second days inves
tigation =of James j. Cunningham S
story of the killing of Peters and
lis statement of an attack by black.
mailers.
S Despite their failure to substan
tiate a single phase Of Cunning
hams story those In authority
seemed convinced that the former
race-track mans stateme ent was
based upon actual facts. Sheriff
Werner declared that he would put
the man through a two hour cross
examination again today.
Cunningham only laughs when
he is told his stories do not. stand
investigation. He seems, embittered
by his arrest and says that the
authorities will get no more help
from him so long as he Is held in
jail.
When Investigators went "a to
Stamford, Conn, to follow up Gun
ningham's story, they were unable
to find anyone who fitted into the
story An attorney for Cunning
ham appeared at the Jail here with
the prisoners mother and stated
that he had been retained in his in
terests He said he would attempt
to free Cunningham on@a &habeas
corpus proceeding. unless hetswas
given a hearing.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE MAN
OF NEW YORK is IN TOWN

R. F.. Carter representing Com
munity Service, Inc, of New < or OK
City,sis in Fairmont today.
Mr.. Carter is here in the inter
ests of mis- firm and hopes to de-
monstrate to local persons the
need of community service or
ganization in this city,
Mr.. Carter explained the method
Of handing community service
work, stating that citizens usually
bring the matter before civic or
ganizations, with the result that
an organizer is sent into the city
by the Community Service people.
A local committee is then or
ganized and some social ally-minded
business man made chairman.
Committee chairmen are appoint
ed to start the work of organic
ing Fairgrounds; of looking into
the possibility of opening a school
building as social center;;$of of or
ganizing dramatic groups; OF
creating neighborhood groups
which would function to meet
neishborhood needs.
Mr. Carter called upon NUM-
Der of prominent local persons
during the day. Il
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BethIeham Mine italians
Get Ninety Days in Jail


George Naggi and Louie Novike
entered pleas of guilty to a charge
of violating the State Prohibition
Law by having moonshine mash
in their possessiaa. in their shanty
at Bethlehem mine when arraigned
for trial in Magistrate J. L.sBloch-
er's court last evening and were
sentenced to serve ninety days 81 IN !
the county Jail and pay fines OF
S100 and costs each
The men were captured by de-
putty sheriffs searching, for the
bandits who Shot Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence o. McVey. early Thurs
day morning. A. still and large
amount of mashswere found in the
shanty, but the men We're allowed
to enter a plea, to a misdemean1or
charge.
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FORD PROPOSAL
| AP PROVE=D |. ! | 4 TODAY |! | y
By COMMIT TEE [
House Military Committee
Votes to Recommend
Adoption.

WASHINGTON, June s. The
House military committee voted to-
day to report the Ford proposal to
the House and recommend it's adop.
ton.
The recommendation, however.
will be made by the committee in
reporting the Ford proposal that
the Gorgas steam power plant
which is sought by the Detroit
manufacturer be eliminated from
the properties, disposed of by the
government
The action of the committee fol-
lowed discussion of differences IN
the offer as made. by Mr. Ford and
the model proposal evolved by the
committee after inquiry into the
offer of the Detroit manufacture
and Others Complete agreement
was reached by the committee
members and representative of
Mr., Ford on the fertilizer PROPOSE
tion which had been in dispute
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DEMOCRATS SEEK
c. 0. P. SCAL.PS
Sour Grapes Believed Re-
sponsibIe for Attack on
Officials Here.
By THE wATcHMAN

That the storm of criticism
against the Marion County officers
over the McVey case, referred to
in morning paper, is nothin<
more than spite brain storm on
the part of someone suffering from
sour grapes who has the medium
of newspaper to spit his spite
about the. county was the opinion
expressed today.
A careful reading of the story as
carried in a morning paper today
shows it to have no news value
whatever, being purely propaganda
in every particular, except a few
sentences concerning the offering
of a reward by the County Court
for the capture of the bandits-a
storyethat was carried in The West
Virginian.
It is just a little trick to which
someone has stopped to make
things as hard as possible for the
Marion County officers who happen
to be Republicans.
Such silly stuff as that of the
officers having no desire to make
any effort to catch criminals other
than kers@ is SO Sridicu7
lois as to- o-causeyfas snail atQeflickeE
% -
across the face of any reader Who
has a grain of commonsense.
The rambling nature;;of the artl-
Gle is such as to indicate that the
writer was so bitter propagand-
list that he did not even take the
time to write carefully enough to
make the exact meaning clear The
section dealing with the arrest of
Mike Popovich was SO twisted that
the latter part of the story contra
diets a statement in a preceding
paragraph.
None will take the story this
morning, seriously, because the po-
licy of the morning newspaper is to
seek to make things as uncomfor-
table as they can be made by pro
paganda or otherwise for every Re
publican in public life coming with
ing the range OF its activity.
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PUBLICITY EDITION
OFPAPER DELAYED
Special Issue of The West Vir.
ginian viii Appear Next
Saturday.

The National publicity Edition
of The West Virginia, in which a
majority of Fairmont and Marion
County merchants, manufacturers,
wholesale houses and other local
interests Will be represented will
in all likelihood be issued next
Saturday
Originally it was planned to
publish this large feature edition
today but the mechanical prob
lem proved an unusually big one,
and at least another week will be
necessary to complete the thirty
odd pages of material which will
be published
One reason for the delay of pub
lication hinges upon the fact that
there has been an unusually heavy
run of news and advertising car
rled in The West Virginia during
the past two or three weeks That
was especially SO during Trade
Expansion Days OF Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of last week.
During that period The West Vir-
ginian copy and mechanical staff
produced far more than the nor
NAL volume of material. While the
average run of pages for one week
or six issues. of The West sVir-
ginian is from seventy to- seventy
six, thereSwere printed during the
week of Trade, Expansion Days =
total Of ninety-eight pages
AS that abnormal load OF pages
was printed without an increase
in the operating staff. it has been
impossible to complete many Of
the National Publicity Edition
pages. 80 s..
3 Itsis interesting to note that up-
ward 20 one hundred and eighty
OF Fairmont and Marion County.
interests will be repre esented in
this special edition The list en-,
braces retail merchants in almost
every conceiva BILE line. wholesale
hous es, coal operators, banks,
industries and pro-
fessionaI folk. The news of their,
progress and cooperation in the
affairs of this sction will be clear
IL, outlined and when the news
papers are distributed throughout
the Snation, as will y be he case
the word that Fairmont and its
adjacent q sterrit tory are important
and attractive fields will be car
ried IN al convincing manner
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Coal Production in May a Third
as Much as Month Before Strike

Mines of produced S3o4
4152o0 741
April
In March Northern virgnas produced "a 2s
broke
produced Feb
20 1922
production reached.
Coal production
olowS B. & OMonongah
BelnEton
Morgantown
2070 Monongahela,
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NOT SPEEDING, BUT LOCAL
PASTOR LOST MoToRMETER

To-
DR.. H G. Stoetzer, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church. is
looking. for a motorme today,
whtc he lost q If. Bst stielsse6sg4+
Eyssterday ofternoon. DR. sfdetzeF
says that he lost the mo torneter
between the garage and his home
in &F,irst street. He noticed the
loss of the meter when he reached
home, but driving back slowly to
the garage he was unable to locate
it, DR.. Stoetzer says he hopes
some of his friends may find it for
him.
Church Day will be observed to-
morrow by the members of the
First Presbyterian Church. Mem
bers of the committee on attend
ance said today that they expect
ed large turnout for the service
tomorrow morning. DR.. Stoetzer
will tell of his trip to the General
Assembly at Des Moines.
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TWO FIRMS INCORPORATED

Certificates .of incorporation
were filed with the county clerk
yesterday by the Clark Coal &
Coke Co. and the Behler Coal Co:
The former will have Offices here
and its operation and works in
Clark district, Harrison County.
The firm is incorporated for
81, 100000, Of which $500 has
been subscribed and $50 paid in.
Incoroprators have Harry B..
Clark. Jr., Kenna Clark, Thomas
F. Rcbey and C. II. Waggener, all
of this city. The Behler firm is
composed of H. .Shain, M. A. j.
Joliff, S. ]. Snyder, Seymour Nc
Intire and Clay D. Amos, all of
this city. The firm will have its
Offices here and its chief works i'll
Grand District Monongalia Coun-
ty. The capital stock is $4,000 OF
which $500 has been subscribed
and $50 paid in.
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No 80 Per Cent Cut
Considered by Union

Emphatic denial was made to-
day to the statement that the
ational officials of the
United Nine ENrprke f:-Amer=5
: icasare Seonsidering a confer
nceSwith the operators On the.
Z basis of a 80 per cent cut with:
the check-off at the offices of
the United Mine Workers of
America:
Charles H, Bailey, Fairmont,
international. representative OF
the United Mine Workers of.
America in Northern West Vir-
ginia, the official spokesman,
was out of the city today. but it.
is understood that he will make.
formal statement upon his re-
turn. ,-e.s.--s.
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KNOWS NOTHING
OF SETTLEMENT
j. L. Lewis Declares He Has
No knowledge of Any
Proposed Meeting

~ have no knowledge of matters
mentioned" declared John L.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America in re-
sponse to teleg; e$1 asking
whether any credence could be
placed in the report that the strike
in the coal fields will end within
thirty days and whether there are
ony prospects of conference pc
tween the operators and miners of
the Central Competitive Field be-
rore June IS.
The reply was received by The
West virginian ithis afternoon
from Indianapolis.
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COUNTY OFFICERS
STILL SEARCHING
FOR TWO BANDITS
New Developments in Case
Kept Secret by Prosecut-
7 ing Attorney Here

Silence and secrecy surrounds
the activities of the county officers
working on the case of the two
masked bandits who shot Mr.. anc
Mrs. Clarence o. McVey in the bed
room at their home at Annabelle
Junction near Worthingtons, early
Thursday morning.
Prosecuting Attorney Frank r.
Amos, when seen shortly after noon
today, announced that there were
no new developments in the case,
but that the officers we're still work.
ing on it. Considera BILE excitement
was caused this morning when a
foreign family which had been re-
siding at Carolina moved away
from that place in large truck.
The officers were notified and
went out to investigate the Gaze
but found nothing to connect it up
with the shooting of the McVeys.
Two men who were apprehended
by Deputy Sheriffs Hawkins and
Charlton were released after being
questioned by Prosecuting Attorney
Amos
When the IL o'clock Clarksburg
interurban car arrived in the city.
Tany Massagi was arrested by dep
uty sheriffs and taken to the office
of Prosecuting Attorney Amos, but
it later developed that he was ar
rested on charge Of carrying a
large knife, a violation of the anti
weapon law He is being held in
the county jail.
Relatives of Mr.. McVey who
have arrived in the city since the
shooting were closeted with the
prosecuting. attorney and Sheriff
Charlton for more than an hour to.
day, and it is felt that they were
able to give the officers consider
able information that they have
been trying to get ever since the,
SHOOTING occurred. After the inter-
view, with tn e. relatives the officers
were questioned ass to any new in.
f7rs;4at Gpg6En IN tlE ia - 4 but
theyfs said that there&a s. nothing
new. Us,
4 Michael Popovich. who was ar
rested by Policeman Corb1n OF
Thursday night and who
had been prisoner in the Harrl-
son County Jail, was brought to this
city and locked up in the Marion
County Jail last evening by Deputy
Sheriff Howard Charlton. The man,
is being held on charge OF violat-
ing the Johnson Anti-Weapon Law
as he had a revolver on his person
when arrested.
County officers will question him
in regard to the shooting Of MT.
and Mrs. McVey, but the story tolc
by him as to having the gun seems
to be straight and it is doubtful II
CONTINUED on Page Four
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CREDITORS CLOSI
LOCAL. PLAYHOUSE ] |.
Blue Ridge May Be Sold tt
Pay Off Debts Incurred sbY
Former Manager.

Decision to sell the Blu Ridge
Theater for the partial satisfactions
| of about $4,000 in debts incurrens
under the managementaof% f%SolS Bur
ka was made att a joint meeting
! of creditors with w. Lee Bysrss
trustee for Burka, held at o'clock
last night in the office of TreXey
Nutter, attorney for the ditors-s
ss Unless some arrangements for
supplying funds is made by credjss
tors, the theater will close aft ter the
last performance tonigh Byers
stated this afternoon. The concert
to be given by the Thorn ton
lee Singers tomorrow afternoon VII
Ebesthe only event to- osbeSstaged Intia
September 1, il Mr.. Byers plans
are carried out.
twas rumored this fternoon
that some plants to beWorked ont
whereby Mr.. Byers WI sbe5adyanced
the money with VIII ichst toEcarTY the
theater through the poor-paying
summer season. No of fficia1s con
firmation of this could be Obtained
this afternoon, however.
1t was brought out at the meet
ing of creditors astsnig hit that two
brea chesa Of the leases from g. C.
Ross to SOL Burka, later assigned
to Mr.. 8Byers as trnstee for Burke
had come about:s One in rhe failure
of the trustee to pay the rent TO-
Mr.. Robb when fts was due and the
other in the assigning OF the lease
to a trustee contrary to stipuia-
tions set forth in the instrument
Attorneys present concnrrsd Ia
the opinion, however, that the truss
teeship would be held legal in any
court and that ftheSpayment&0f the
rent would again vail date the Tease.
Should the lease be declared ir-
valid it, was held Burkaiss trustee
would no, longer have any aim on
the theater5 and it therefore could
not be sold by credi ditors who would
have no recourse except through
the instigation OF bankrup tcy pro-
ceedings.
1T was ind dicateds at the session
that several bids ngings s
Continued on Page Four
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.RUMORS OF MEXICAN
REVOLT .DISCREDITED

MEXICO CITY. June a.
Stories of plans for revolution
in Mexico with General Felix
Diaz as the leader are discredited
in official circles.
II Diaz is already in Mexico j.,
his presence has not been reported
to the war office. Advices from
New York are that he has been
seen there during the past two
days. The Obregon government
has no fear of an insurrection
headed by Diaz, and treats his
rum ored activities as mere propa-
ganda started in the United States
by enemies of the administration.
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STEAL CANOES

MOUNDSVILLE, June 3.-TWo
young men giving their names as
John and Encil Brown of Pitts
burgh were arrested last night at
Woodlands, twelve miles south of
here. and returned to this city by
Sheriff John Hazlett on charge
of stealing canoe at Wheeling.
The boys each had a revolver on
them and wereSsentenced to six
months in the county Jail this
morning by Squire Riggs. They
are being held for the theft Of the
canoe.
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DEMANDS RUSSIANS
WITHDRAW CLAIMS

PARIS, June - (By the AS
sociated Press Premier Poin-
care In a memorandum forwarded
yesterday to the United States
government and to, all the powers
which have received Invitations
to- attend the Hague conference on
Russian affairs, demands that the
Soviet governme ent withdraw its
memorandum, presented at 9the
Genoa conference on MaySt11 as
a condition for French participa-
.tion at the Hague meeting with
the Russians. sisy II
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GARFIELD PRICES TO
APPLY TO FAIRMONT

Coal prices as sanctioned by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover for
Northern West Virginia means
$3.50 a ton for mine run with
Garfield differentials declared c.
H. Jenkins, secretary and treasur-
er o fthe Hutchinson Coal Co,
today.
The Garfield differentials would
be equivalent to the following
prices: Mine run, $3>5Q; slack,
S325: lump. S3.75.
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AMERICANS WIN.

CHISWICK, England, June 8.
-CBy the Associated Press -
The fnal-yin the womenss dou oies
in5Sthe Middlesex tennis champ
ionship layed here today were
won by Mrs. Lamber Chambers
and Miss Eliza beth Ryan Of San
francisco They defeated Mrs.
iBeamis and Mrs. Peacock.
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NINETEEN INJURED.

CHICAGO, June Nineteen
persons were injured, two aseri-
ously. when Chicago and North
western passenger train No.S6
from Omaha to Chicago wasSS-
near Quarry, Iowa. according to
Official reports received at the
railroads offtce here.
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KILLED IN MINE

Word was received here last
night fthe death of Robert Wat
son, 6S years old at Scottdale, Fa
He was killed by. a slipSin a mine.
He is the fathers-of Mrs. Frank 5.
.F'ollansbee of rGant Town. Mrs.
Follansbee is at this time a apatlen
in local hospital.
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GOAL OPERATORS
UuAN|NOUSFOR
HOOVER'S |. !. Y PLAN
Written Report Of Conference
Read at Meeting Here
This Morning.
NEW d PEAK REACHED
LProd duction Reaches 424
Cars in Northern West
s8s Virginia Friday.
soal operators OF Northern Yves

Coal operators Of Northern Wes
}gSVirginia held a meeting this morn
~ SklgEat 1890 o'clock at the rooms
!yssaS9 the Jacobs Building when the
unanimously adopted the
3Siaover plan for arriving at the
4 SprfceSo of coal during the coal strike
q The Sm mbership IS well pleased
3sswithS$ the plan, which they think
= , is equitable.
A The5report of the Northern West
ANrginia aconference with Secretary
45Hoover was made by George ).
Brackett, secretary of the assoc1a-
I Stion, n,who read a prepared report.
4 rs: Mccullough. labor com
missioner. Northern West Virginia
&sGoaI operators ASSOCIATION, gave
3Iasresume of the labor situation In
He coal fields and particularly
West Virginia
ID Fit was decided to hold the next
meeting of the asso-
sfation II ,Clarksburs but the date
&orsmeeting place in that city was
Snot decided
Fifty coal operators attended the
3kmeeting5 and every section or the
region was represented
Eat the gathering.
coal loading took a slight brace
Hin Northern West Virginia on Fri
s6iay5 When there were 424 cars of
coal loaded. This was gain of At
cars cover Thursdays loading and
!#establ blished a new daily peak for
since the strike began.
ysSgThe former high daily record
syas reached on May 25 when 4O6
T&are4 0f&sc0al were lOade .tlaS4-a
y S The#coal loading on the various
E|Idfyisions Were as follows: B. & O..
eMonongah;s 81 cars; harleston, 80
onpe el1sylle IS cars - Cum Jun
land ss71 carssS MoRongahela,22 %
& rs:sIorgantown e Kingwood, SO
#Morgantown & wheeling, 10
sscars ars%Befington@&s Weabter, Wes-
aTn Maryland, 9 cars.
43 lines At Work
sspAA sThere has been no change in the
5 9s3afum ber Of mines at work on the
IN IA SssstS1,ln.union basis today, there being
4 !ssEthe same number as active on
S5shursd lay and Friday.
y 8 THE nun ers of mines at work on
ITfie various divisions today was as
zSfoIlows: 3. & O.-Monongah, 26;
$S,har1eston, 36;; onnelsville, 8;
8enmperland. 20; Monongahela, Z;
sdorgantown & Kingwood, rs; Nor
town & Wheeling, s.; Beling-
song Weaver, Western Maryland,
Empties Ordered
Today there are 414 empties Or
sderad by the various divisions in
NORTH West Virginia as FOL
lows b & o O.--Monongah sS;!
sshar1eston so; 'Connensville 70;
nnberlandas75; Monongahela 50;
Nolsantown & Kingwood 95; Nor
2sga1ito wn a& SWheeling 10; Bel1ns-
a.sEsslssIE Eynsa&i1, ad ION --RaSa EOurl -----
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STEAMER r. STILL SRI g 8 AGROUND.

80 THREE RIVEhS, t2ue-,5 uHs . !.
The Canadian Pacific passen-
ger steamer Montcalm, which
went ashore at Becancour, op-
posite Cape De La Madeleine yes
terday, was still aground today,
but was believed to be insno seri--
lous danger. Her rudder IS
broken. Officials said they hoped
to float her during the day. NO
passengers have lefty the ship.
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Rupture IF e Ayerted:

LONDON, June Rupture Of
the Irish negotiati tons has again
been averted but thereSis fittle dis
position here to take a very opti-
mistic view Of the situa atfon.
The answers of Arthur Griffith
president of the Dali ssIreann. toS sig
CContinued on Page -Four
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Two British Destroyers Also
Reported to Have Reach
ed Belfast
ILITTLE O.PT.I.M.I.II..s: SIN.
Rupture of Negotiations Again
Averted Despite Gloomy
Feeling

BELFAST, June 3(By5 the
Associated Press) The British
forces in Northern ireland we're
reinforced today by the arrival Of
twelve officers and ninety-sevens
men of other ranks of the Royal
Air Force. They were followed
by twelve fighting planes.
A battery of howitzers was alsoi
landed. Their destination y is be-
lieved to be Enniskillen, VIII ere
there is much military &activ :.s
Several troopsh1ps bring ngtnEs
English and Scottish regimentss
also entered the harbors today.
The military in FermanaghSare8
communicating automobiles and
boats, and it is believed tina he
recapture of the Bellekk salient
recently seized by Irish Republi lie
an army forces is contemplated.
Sir James Craig, the sGlster#sPF Pre5-s5 re-
nier,, on ihs arrival from London
told the newspaperment that his
visit had been profitable, and that
he was pleased with the results 8sos
far as Northern Ireland was con-
cerned. The British cab bfnet, tieg
said, was now fully advised of
the situation from listers view
point.
The twelve Bristol fighting
planes will be flown over 'FRONT.' En-
gland this afternoons and #wil be
qua rtered at AldergroVe,Se eighteen
miles from this city.
,3S S Thsagcrownsfssrees ara raf fiiia
rep placing the ulstefs SpecfaE coasts
sbulary men who have been duty
along the border. and fhs latter
are returning to police work
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AMOS Is ATTORNEY.

ClaysD 4 Amos was named attor-
ney for the Behler Coal Co. IN l.3 q q
paper filed yesterda lay with the:
clerk Of 3theEcoun tyz court