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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
CANTOR CASE
HARD FOUGHT
Head of Former Local Tailor.
ing Company Charged With
Embezzling 5000

The case OF Joseph Cantor charg.
ed with embezzling $500 from Tom
Marich, OF Barrackville, is being
hard fought in the criminal court
today. Lawrence c. Musgrave, at
torney for the defendant, and John
w. Mason, assistant prosecuting at.
'torney, representing the state. have
had a number Of interesting argu
ments so far and Judge 3. NJ: Show.
alter has been asked to rule on a
number OF objections.
+ Cantor's attorney is trying to
show today that the money In.
volved in the case was loaned to
the Cantor Tailoring company in.
stead Of to Mr.. Cantor personally,
and since that time the Cantor Tail.
orng company has been closed and
receivers appointed to look after
the interests of the company. I,
The case will probably not reach
the Jury until some time tomorrow
as the attorneys are slow and de.
liberate In handling the witnesses
which makes the case drag along
quite slow. Il
Jurors hearing the testimony in
the case are: f. p. Ritchie, NJ. G.
Dobie, CIV. vandergrift, Joseph
Sandy, E. H. Ford, Hugh Amos,
Bert Warner, Joseph E. Fisher, Avis
Henderson M. P. Thomas, william
Phillips and Milton Perry.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
.ELBVENl LOCALS
MAKING APPEAL
Pass Resolutions on Miners
!, Condition to be Sent
Harding Z

Locals 1866, 1857, 40s3, 4O1S, 1920,
.41s2, 41SS. 41s4, Abs, 4Os1 and
4247, United Mine Workers OF
America. all located in the Wyatt
iIcection, have passed resolutions on
1.-THE deplorable conditions. Of the
miners Of West Virginia; copies Of
which they Will send to President
/ Harding.
! Tho resolutions ask the president
Ito use his high offices to see that
the operators carry out the written
agreement in letter and in spirit
between the coal operators, tho
United Mine Workers OF America
and award handed down by the uni.
tied States bltuminous coal commits
sion.
y Mention is made Of the conditions
.at Mt. Clare in the resolutions and
one paragraph says: Nov Mr..
President we ask you in the name
OF humanity II the cries and ap-
pealss OF the hungry ones OF al.
, mighty Gods little children is not
conducive to sowing the seed OF
I radicallsm which you, Mr.. PresI-
dent, and all true Americans are
trying to In every way possible to
stamp out of'this country"
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
NOMANMAYOR;;
. 50 YEARS Old
Adopts Slogan Of Pep As
She Enters Upon
New Duties

MAGNETIC SPRINGS, O., Jan.
1s.-Meet Mrs. Mary McFadden,
live-wire S0-ycar-old mayor OF this
town, who has put the magnetism
in Magnetic Springs. and already
started to draw attention TO her
town.
Appointed when Mayor N. G..
Brown resigned, Mrs. McFadden
Immediately adopted pep" as her
working slogan and happenings
have been chaiked up at rapid
pace. Thus far she has: W.
Ordered Marshal w r. Balm.
bridge to- oust bootleggers and hall
gambling. 81.
Adopted a curfew that will keeT
kids OF the streets after $3.50 in
the evening.
Moved her own office out of n
cold town hall iuto warm quarters
in a hotel.
Told poolroom owners she'll
close 'em UP II minors arc T'lowed
in their plades.
Announced she will serve coffee
and sandwiches at all council
meetings TO insure; full attendance
< Started a camps lgn for al bond
issue to build an addition TO the
town hall and to buy more fire ap
paratus.
"And that's only tho beginning
she says. "Thei town needs lIven-
ing up and I'm going to do It."
Mrs. MeFadden has been a Re!
publican all her life,
How did they happen to pick hel
for Mayor? Well, she's been tak-
ing a keen interest In town affairs
for many years and lax officials
have drawn her criticism.
So It was agteed-"Let her run
the whole show 49,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
Lower RATE FOR
COAL FIRST STEP
If Step Is Taken to Lower
Rates; Coal Should
Get Benefits

WASHINGTON, Jan: 10 =
Should .the Interstate commerce
commission decide as u result oi
its present Inquiry that rate
schedules may properly be lowered
the lower rates should be applied
first to coal, the commission was
told today by ]. D. A. Morrow,
vice president Of the National
Coal association. who said he spokl
for 1000 mine operators produc.
Ing approximately 60 percent OF
the country's bitumlnous coalp
Tho average freight paid on a
ton Of coal at the present time
between the mines and points oil
consumption amounted to 81. 81
while the price Of the coal at the
mine was $2.13 said Mr.: Morrow
He estimated that coal rates had
advanced from 81 to 200 percent,
according to locality since 1914.
Railroads would be justified, Mr..
Morrow asserted on making a re,
duction Of Is cents a ton on coal.
I'VE feel. thaS reductions in
bituminous coal freight rates are
a pre-requisite to the industrial
and business revival OF the United
States, upon which the prosperity
OF the carriers as we'll as the ma
tion at large must depend" Mr.
Morrow declared. A1
Although the t6al pyoducers sin.
cerely desire the financial posi-
tion, OF the railroads maintained.
Mr.. Morrow continued, they, re-
cognized, that Inflated rates on
coad must come down II costs to
the ultimate consumer are to be
substantially lowered. LIS
George H. Gushing, managing al.
rector Of the American Wholesale
Coal Association, asserted that the
average OF coal rates to large dis.
tribution centers today we're more
than 81 per ton above 1917 levels,
that these rates were unnecessarily
high and that the railroad return
from coal traffic are even now
greater than necessary, to allow
them to maintain credit. He esti.
mated that the volume Of coal traf.
fic during the next five years
would increase materially and that
the average production, by 1895
would be 5S5 100000 tons per year.
Railroad earnings on a volume
OF coal at the present rates would
be very greaat, far above the six
per cent. return now allowed them
by law on Sraiiroad capital railroad
Investment, Mr.. Cushing said. He
added he considered coal rates un.
reasonable. Export coal rates
should be reduced 81 per ton, HI
said
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
Hot : Dog-Gia3ses
! Are D Dismissed

CHARLESTON. Jan. 1s.-Cases
Of seven proprletors of hot dog
stands arrested Sunday ,lI charg.
ed with selling soft drinks On that
day in violation Of city and state
laws, were dismissed by W. W.
werth, justice Of the peace after
hearing the evidence today. /.
Judge Nerth held that sale Of
soft drinks with a hot dog was as
permissible as sale Of drinks with
any, other kind Of a meal. He took
under adyisement the cases Of
seven gas station proprietors.
Clifford. truth one Of the defend
ants, testified that gasoline was
sold not alone to please drivers,
but to physicians, milk delivery
trucks, and taxicabs, while E. s.
Book. as attorney for these men,
argued thar such uses Of gasoline
constituted a necessity and that
the Sunday closing law did not ap.
ply to his clients.
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DISCUSS TExTlR BOOKS

CHARLESTON, Jan. 1s.-een-
eral discussion Of text books oc-
cupied the morning session Of the
state board Of education here To-
day but no decisions were reached.
Heads OF number OF schools
arrived today to appear before
the boardtin connection with
school budgets among them being
Frank B. 'Trotter. OF West Virginia
University: c. H. Martin, Presi-
dent Of New River State School,
Montgomery. and C. @. Rossey,
President Of Concord State Nor
NAL school, Athens,
At the afternoon meeting 'the
board. went into session with the
state board Of control. It was an
nounced that difficulty was being
found In conducting the schools
on the budgets. The rise Of the
cost Of living above estimates
made In June had made It almost
impossible. members said, to con-
duct gthe boarding houses Fat the
rates fixed then. . 'N /.
- p y.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
TH!E WEATHER
Key Check Of
ArnoIdss is
Latest Find.

NEW YORK. Jan. 19-What
is believed to be the'key check
that served General Benedict
Arnold's staff officers whenever
they unlocked Official docu-
ments, is one Of the revolution=
airy relics. acquired by the field
exploration committee Of the
New York Historical Society, 1t
was learned today.
The key check, probably. as-
sisted the traitorous Arnold the
night he removed military plans
from West Point and canIS
down the Hudson TO meet Major
Andre OF tho British. It was
found in the ruins Of an old
houseln Brooklyn, and With 1t
were about two dozen coppers
of the stamps OF George second
and George Third.
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DISCUSS FAR j
IEASTERNCASE
commit Takes Up Mat.
ter Of Chinese Rail
ways oday

itny rrclsjsi / 3.

Y 44 t8tl4sN9 ifANluGaAkN4N&EbaHl ....
lWsAsHINGTo Jan. 1s-The
III eastern committee OF the
faahinstori conference today
|dopted two resolutions dealing
fith the Chinese railways.
One OF the resolutions adopted,
Resented BY Sir Auckland Geddes
< the British delegation, pledges
|1ef powers and China against I'M
Hi discrimination in railroad rates
Ind faeilides. 9t-.le other. by Sec:
stary Hughes, express hope in
EVENTUAL unificat1on Of the Chinese
,ads 1nd derS Chinese control. Both
lore adopted substantially in the
|orm presented yesterday, although
few minor changes were made.
fWhens the subject of existing
nmfttments was taken up 1t was
ggeated that all the nations rep
ssented furnish the committee
itil as LIST of their agreements
siatitlg to China and tho proposal
|rss agreed TO. The. lists furnish
a are TO cover secret as well as
bnblie Understandings.
Although ii was said that the
lgreefnent TO furnish his intorma-
lon was only tentative in charac-
sr, most OF the delegates indicated
last they expected the lists to be
the hands >of tho secretary
leneral of the conference before
:e committee resumed Its sessions
omorfow afternoon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
Keystone c. & c. Co. Ac.
quires Greensburg Bas-
in Operations
.87l6 CARS YESTERDAY
Bailey Tonight on Miners
Education in Clarks-
burg

Information was received here to-
day that the Jamisou Coal aud
Coke company sold mines l, 2, 8, A,
s and 6 IN the Greensb1rg basin in
Westmoreland county. Pa, to the
Keystone Coal & Coke company.
which now becomes the largest in,
dependent coal producer. in Penn.
sylvania by the recent acquisition.
Between 1000. and 5000 acres bt
Pittsburgh and Sewickley coal is
disposed Of. 1t surrounding tho city
Of Greensburg being partially III
Hemptteld. Unity aud Sale town,
ships in Westmoreland county, the
streams from a portion OF tract
draining into the Loyalhanna creek,
No consideration was mentioned,
but the deal was pulled Saturday
after dragging along for several
months.
The Jamtson concern now retains
three plants in the Westmoreland
tISA4ts W. VI WuAGu dIb Ut tGEFyUpQ.
lis and third at Pleasant Unity,
which Is worked under the ThaW
lease on a royalty basis. The com.
pany also has three mines in North.
ern West Virginia., Nos. s and 8
near Pennington, and No. IL al
Brady, w. Va.
Hatley's Talk.
Before the Clarksburg Distric,
Mining Institute this evening at
1880 o'clock Charles II. Bailey
Fairmont, international organizer
United Mine Workers OF America
will deliver an address on Should
Men in and About the Mines Join
Mining Institutes" Mr.. Bailey q
course favors tho miners to Join
such institutions that promote theft
mining knowledge and he will refer
to the mining schools in England
during the PAST fifty years which
have educated the British miner,
Especially tho schools OF. Yorkshire
Northumberland and Durham will
be alluded to. Mr.. Bailey being
more familiar with northern Eng.
Continued on page twClvS)
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BILE PROPOSES
'A|DFORMINERS
Would Appropriate $780,,
900 For Relief Of IN
employed Men
[By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-An ap.
preparation sor s5O0,OOO for the re-
lief Of unemployed coal miners and
their families in Kentucky, West
Virginia, Alabama, Ohio and Penn.
sylyapta is proposed in a bill in.
troduced today.
: Destitutlon and suffering exists
in the mining district. Secretary
Of Labor Davis arranged today to
see delegation Of coal mine own.
ers In the New River field OF West
Virginia, including complaints to
the effect that miners are being
eyicted from company houses in
spite of their willingness to return
to work in open shop operations.
a. telegram Of inquiry was sent td
Governor Morgan OF West Virginia.
The melting today resulted from
the action Of the committee.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
John Archer Victim Of
Trouble at Star City
Last Night
MANY SH0TSEIREl
Can't Tell Whether EIe
Was Shot by r. obber
or Companion
Lny Aasoelatfd PrIe.,ll

MoRGANToWNs Jan. TO-
John p. Archer. OF connells9iile i
Baltimore and Ohio police otticess
died here early today from gun
shot wounds received lii an eSt
change OF shots with q, man who
attempted to break into THE b y
o. passenger station at Star 1gt
sitrburb OF Morgantdwns shortly
after midnight.
Archer was insidea the stpt
City station in company With +
.Fs Ludwig, another 81 & ps OF
flcer, and State Trooper Fred ~
Davis, In anticipation of an NJ
tempt TO break into the station
which had been robbed four time
within the past two months 40
cording to Troopel.tS Davis the
three officers heard some one tl's.
ing to force tho door Of the bag
gage room about 1890 O'clock
When the man mad opened the
door and started to enter, the of
ficers made a rush for him HI
eluded them In the darkness, hos
over, and ran toward the rive
twice and Archer fI,,s;. seys,.,i
t,tnes During ne fir,Sy 4 ysSs,.
% fall ma ~ xsmins Il 4 X IN s, S,sed
that he had been shot twice! once
in the back Just above the waisI
inst .% S.ea Su - aaiT ~, . = ssIs '
iu.e III r.S S.gt'ss' n n MYNtsis w.
esGapSu, .IS,a : ,;,..,s .a,l ! 4 /.
a. esie. = VS. nuFlal ,..t ~ 4 Z, ~ n,
Town t n1spEes,; a,a;s, oHt q1ss sagls rs
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
FLYING / SQUADRON.
LEAVES TONIGHT.
Good Sessions Yesterday;
sWets" to Battle In
Ohio

Ohio will be the battle ground
Of the "wets," In their campaign
against prohibition, as seen by
Christopher P, Connolly, second
day speaker Of the Flying Squad
ron"
The squadron Is here in the in
crest OF law enforcement, under
the auspices of the Min steA'lal AS
sociation Of the city. Meetings
have been held erery afternoon
and night. at the N. P. temple, and
tonight's service will mark tho
conclusion Of tho campaign.
Mr.. conolly's subject at yester-
day afternoons meeting was the
wet propaganda that is going on
at this time through tho news
papers and magazines Of the coun-
try. The power of the press was
emphas zed when he said, What
we read today we think tomor-
row."
James H. woertehdykt, of Chi.
cago, gave the second address OF
the afternoon, speaking on ''How
to Proceed in Regard to the Ed
forcoment of tho Prohibition
Laws. Mr.. Wocrtendyke cmpha-
sized the duty of every citizen to
see that the officials and authorI.
ties enforced the Law. He said
that the officers must have the
support Of the citizens. >.
The first address OF the evening
meeting was made by MIR. Connol-
ly, who said that the 18th amend
ment to the constitution OF the
United States was made by tho
people, Of the people, and for the
people.
Mr.. Connolly spoke OF the geN-
eral lawldssness which is going on
throughout the nation at this time.
He told how England, now tho
most law abiding OF the world, had
this.same reign Of lawlessness 80
years ago, and how 1t had been put
down by enforcement of the laws.
Mr.. woertendyke, the second
speaker Of the evening, who is a
lawyer by profession, spoke OF the
enforcement Of the prohibition
laws from a judicial standpoint.
He told of the many caseD which
are dropped in the courts owing to
some minor flaw in the evidence.
Mr.. Woertendyke said that
many people are Of the opinion
that prohibition Is a permanent
thing, while the fight was really
Just begun, as the "wets'. ara
planning to launch a big campaign
In the very near future.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-01-19
COLD WAVE MAY
HIT HERE SOON
Chilling Blasts Out Of Far
West Sweeping Toward
Eastern Zone

CHICAGO, Jan. ia cold wave
bearing snow. reached: .castYard
from the Rocky mountains t6day.
Leaving behind. the coldest wealth.
er known in Washington and Ore.
gon since 1909, and below zero
weather in the nearer western
states, It was expected To reach
Illinois by noon today. Predictions
were that the coldest weather OF
tho winter. would be produced with
minimum readlng-ot five above,
Tho lowered temperatures will
spread into Kentucky, louisiana,
MIsssssipp3 and south western
states, the government weather bu.
reau said
At Deer Park, Washington, a tenn:
perature Of IS degrees below zero
was recorded. Northern Idaho and
Montana are experiencing below
zero weather and at Billings, Mon
tana, the temperature fell to 20
degrees heloy. Casper, Wyoming.
reported SO 6<degtees below and a
three inch snow fall.
In Nebraska andithe Dakotas the
thermometer descended rapidly
with predictions that 1t would go
below the zero mark before night.
fall. . ~, n
Denver dispatches /, told OF ex.
treme cold in Colorado, while from
San Francisco came word that the
cold wave had penetrated the
southern part the state causing
snow TO fail at Redlands, in the
heart OF the citrus fruit district and
threatened crops there. AT Reno,
Nevada, the temperature was seven
degrees below. Z. g
Kansas City reported that the
thermometer there! had reached the
10 above mark while indications.
were that It would 30 even lower.
Snow, sleet and rain accompanied
the cold. = n
Texas Sfelt the cold wave which.
reached far south into that state.
while New Orleans was preparing
for some unusual cold weather fol
lowing the drop In temperature Of
40 degreessin parts ofi oaIsiana.
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MINERS. TOIFIGHT
. ANY Wage DROP
Will Use Every Power at
Their Command Says
One Of Leaders
JHILl

SIAMOKlN. Pa, Jam ts
The United Mine WORKERS IL
America will resist With every
power and influence any demand
by the coal lgop orators of tiie conn-
try for q reduction in wages, Phu,
lip Murray, International vice
president Of the union declared to
the anthracite wage Convention.
He contended the AthenrF that
lower wages would stimnlate WORT
IN industry was a false one,
Wages OF. mine workers in Ala
ban1a, Mr.. Murray SAID had been
reduced to $3.50 for q nine hour
day and inrTennessee 10 81 81 a
day yet there has been no IN
crease In steady EN- i,loyment
among the men who afe working
under the reduced rates
Mr.. Murray supported the de-
claradon Of John I. Lewis tli1t
there must be no Ghackward step
in wage negotiht Ions
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Horton Talks To
Normal Students

John Miller Horton, Morgantown
spoke to 'the students Of the Fair.
mont State Normal school this
morning at the chapel service. Mr.,
Horton Is a true optimist and
,humorist and his talk was thor
oughly enjoyed.
The serious. portion OF the ad.
dress was expressed by I'VE live
on deeds not words. "A, long life
time is nothing" Mr. Horton told
the students that the only way t1
find truth and honesty is to sedrct
for It. aad, TO question everything
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WITNESS TELLS \.
OF EXECUTION
Alabama Soldier Tells
Committee That He Was
Only 20 Steps Away

lBy Associated PEeBSl
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19-The
shooting Of a firing squad in
France was described, to a senate
committee making Investigations
today by George Yarbrough OF
Roanoke, Alabama, who said he
was an eye witness.
During heavy shell fire near
Chateau Thlerrey," said Var
brough, Twas going up the road
with other men when we, saw d
soldier, his hands tied behind
being marched towards the woods.
The sight was SO unuSual 1t dis
tracted out attention from the
shelling. There was an officer, !
Judged o be. al ma jor, In charge Of
the squad, and When they started
to shoot the soldier, a white boy,
about 20 years, he asked that he
be not blindfolded.i
The witness said he was 20 steps
away when the command was
given to fire. He was positive the
execution was in July, 1918.
Yarbrough said he did not know
whether there had been a trial,
and that he knew Of no other exc
cution.
Yarbrough, who said he had ap.
peared here reluctantly after a
soldier had requested that he be
summoned, tet< led that he had
heard the soluler was shot for
neglect Of duty. He did not know
to what command the man was as.
signed but said he understood the
officer in charge of the firing
squad was with an infantry regi-
ment Of the. Third division.
Colonel Walter A. Bethel, assis.
tant Judge advocate general of he
army told Yarbrough he was an
extremely Intelligent witness and
he wanted him to help give any
additional facts which might en-.
able the war department to look
into the shooting.
81 wish I could help" said
Yarbrough, :but have told all i
know. / was close to the squad
all members of which fired at the
command. The soldier fell and
the officer walked over, felt his
pulse, and turned away. Then he
ordered the;squad to move on
WAS there any thing about the
execution ito make you believe 1t
was an abuse of power?" Chair
man Brandegee asked.
Nothing whatever, but ] felt
that If they had detailed squad to
kill a man they could have detail-
ed a squad to bury him."
T. A. Sinclair, of Westville,
Okla. testified that he saw three
public executions at Issurtile, or
one more than shown there by the
war department records. Sinclair
knew Of no illegal execution.
James NJ. Elliott Of Newark, N.
j., told Of seeing two men showed
under a faucett fully clothed and
forced to stay there 90 minutes.
One d'ed a few days later, but he
did not know the cause. Under
questioning He said he had suffer-
cd from concussion after being hit
Bye a falling tree, and that 1t had
affected his memory.
e.
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II INDICTMENTS.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 19.-seventeea
indictments were returned this aft.
ernoon against seven directors OF
the closed Night and Day bank and
Arthur o. Meininger, cashier, on
charges OF receiving deposits after
the institution was in a falling coz.
dition. Those indicted included
former Governor Elliott w. Major
and William A. Allen, Judge OF the
St. Louis court of appeals.
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Respect for Treaties That
Fixed Peace Terms to
3 Be Observed
.PRESE NIE:.D[I. D. TODAY
Position Of Former Prem.
iertBriand is Finally
Selected


PARIS, Jan. 19.-Firm treat
mcnt of Germany and strict exc,
cution of the peace treaties we're
demanded by Premier PoIncare to
day in presenting his new cabinet
to parliament and reading its
statement Of policy in tho chamber
OF deputies.
This platform. as the Premier
voiced 1t brought out an ovation
from tho chamber approaching the
enthusiasm Clemenceau was wont
to arouse in the dark days OF the
war.
The chamber was crowded while
outside fingered a throng outnum.
bering those who succeeded in
gaining admission.
Premier Poincare accepted an
immediate discussion OF interpret
lation, this delaying the appeal 10
the chamber for a vote OF confl,
dence. The ministerial declaration
declared that the problem of re.
paratlons dominates all others and
that II Germany falls to fulfill het
undertakings upon such a capital
question the French parliament
must. after consultation with the
reparations commission, examine
measures TO be adopted to enforce
fulflllment. The first of these
measures. the Premier declared.
will be the establishment Of eff.
cious control OF Germany's budget
her issuance OF paper money and
her exports.
The declaration emphasized that
other clauses Of the treaty OF
Versailles: such as disarmament
and punishmertgaf those guilty oil
war crimes must be fulfilled.