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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-27
'SyPPIYOF CARS
SLUNPS DESPITE .
BlGFUEL DEMAND.
Only 81 Per Cent Of Empties
Ordered de e. Available in
District Today.
MANY MINES CLOSED
40 Plants on Monongah Divi-
sion Unable to Operate
Owing TO Shortage.

There Is approximately a 81
per cent car supply in Northern
West Virginia against As per cent
Monday and 81 yesterday. No di,
vision has an adequate. ccr supply
today although the NJ. & K. has
almost q full run.
The BIG o. is apparently as
iard hit as ever. On the Mon.
,ngah Division where there is an
~ per cent run today, lao mines
are down flat due to car shortage.
The car supply on the Charleston
Division Is approximately nine per
eent with but "a emptie7 placed
Rhen 257 were ordered. Ths
Tconnellsyille Division fairs a
slight bit better with % per cent,
but the Cumberland Division
again has the lead with a SO per
cent run. Along the Morgantown
& Nngwood Railway there is a 20
|per cent run.
Along the Morgantown & Wheel
ling Railway today there is a 40
per cent run of empties. The Mon
longahela has % per cent while
the Western Maryland is short OF
ears pnfthe Wyatt-Bingamon &
Helen's Run branch with 3l6 per
cent. The Belington & Weaver
tGontipued on Page Ei5ht)
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Engle Settlement House to
Be Dedicated Tomorrow By
Methodist Episcopal Bishop
Prominent State Officials of
Church to Be Present at
Services Here.

The last touches are being ap.
piled to the furnishing of the
Engle Settlement House today in
preparation for tomorrow when
the final goal of the work will
be attained. e, Fresh curtains are
being hung at the windows. flow.
ers are being placed attractiveiy
in the various rooms. and every
thing is in readiness for the dedI.
cation service to be held at 3
o'clock tomorrow with Bishop
Charles Bayard Mitchell OF st.
Paul, Mimi, officiating.
At : o'clock tomorrow after.
noon Home Missionary Day will
be celebrated at the First NJ. E.
Church when the Home Mission
airy Society Of the entire West
Virginia conference meets at the
church. Addresses will be made
at this time by Miss Eunice Britt,
field secretary Of the national
training school in Kansas City;
Mrs. d. B. Street, superintend.
ent Of the national deaconess
work, Of Washington, D. c.; and
Bishop Mitchell. The meeting
will be presided over by Mrs.
Robert B. Nay of Wheeling, state
president.
Following the missionary meet
ing the dedicatory service presIl-
ed over by Bishop Mitchell, will
be held at the Engle Settlement
House at 8 o'clock. Addresses viii
be made at this time by DR.. R
Moore, superintendent of the
Morgantown district, and DR..
Claude H. King, pastor of the
local church. Open house and a
reception for all visiting ladies' of
the conference and members OF
the Methodist Episcopal Chur:h
will be held at the conclusion OF
the services.
The receiving une for the re-
ceptlon VIII be composed Of Mrs.
W. D. Reed. president Of the
Missionary society OF the local
M. E. Church,. Mrs. E. Crosse,
president of the missionary So
ciety Of the Diamond Street
Church; Mrs. Claude H. King,
wife OF the local pastori Mrs. d.
B. Street, Miss Eunice Britt, Miss
Blanche Kinison OF Illinois super
intendent Of the Engle Settlement
House; Miss Jennie Trumbull oil
New York, superintendent OF the
local industrial work, Miss Eliza,
beth Jones, local worker; Mrs.
Robert B. Nay, state president Of
the conference; Mrs. A. Arbuth,
Continued on Page Eighty
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DAMAGES
ASKED IN SUITS
Alleged Reflection on Mater
nal Percentage Basis for.
Two Suits.

MoRGANToWN, Sept. 27-Three
suits for SANDER and defamation OF
character, in each OF which $25, 5000
damages are sought, were today
filed in the Monongalia County Cir.
cult Court here as a result Of an
exchange Of epithets following a
500 damage suit in a local magis.
trate's court.
In the first case, John w. Parker
seeks $4,000 damages from Thorn!
as B.. Barker on the alleged state.
ment made by Barker to Parker
that I'm much obliged for that
damn lie you swore to in court to
day."
In the other two cases, Parker
is made dependant with Barker as
plaintiff in one case, and his moth.
er, Mrs. Elma ]. Barker, plaintiff in
the othnr, each plaintiff seeking
$4,000 damages from Parker on
the basis OF his reply to the remarA
made by Barker. Parker is alleged
to have used. a three word epithet
in referring to Barker which re.
Elected on his maternal parentage.
BARRIER seeks damages for the sian.
der ! to himself, while his mother
wants damages for the reflection
on her.
The exchange Of ephIthets. fol,
lowed the damage suit in the mag.
istrate's court where Barker sought
500 damages from an Italian miner
who. was alleged to have cleared
away a patch OF ground and planted
a garden on part OF Barker's prop.
.erty. Parker was among the wit.
nesses for the miner who testified
that the clearing Of the grouf and
the planting Of the garden hal i'm.
proved Barker's property rat er
than damaged II, and the magis.
trate's Jury returned a verdict for
the miner against Rarker
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TRACTION LINES
TO HANDLE FANS
Wesleyan Squad Will Arrive
Friday Afternoon via
N. P. & R. Co.

F. Howard Hardesty and the NJ. p,
& R. Co. transportation forces
will do a great business on Satur-
day Of this week In connection
with the West Wrginia=Wesleyau
football game at South Side Park,
A number Of special and extra ser.
vice cars will be run that day on
the interurban lines particularly
between here and Clarksburg and
here and Weston.
The first special service will be
on Friday, when the Wesleyan
squad will come down from Yves.
ton'in an extra service train over
the NJ. P. & R. Co. lines. It IL
thought that the Wesleyan squad
and coaches, forty strong, will ar
rive in Weston from Buckhannon
about IL o'clock Friday morning
and will either follow the IL o.
clock car or the IL o'clock car out
of there In a special to .Clarks-
burg, following the 1885 or 1886
p. m. car out Of there for Fair
mont arriving here either at
o'clock or 8 o'clock. The squad
will be quartered at the Country
Club.
About 1000 rooters will come
from Buckhannon via Weston and
Clarksburg on Saturday morning,
and the traction company Is max
ing plans to handle this crowd, be.
sides fans from Clarksburg, Wes-
ton and intermediate points.
There is every indication that
the crowd at the game Saturday
will be the largest that ever wit
messed a grldiron game in this
city.
Adam stansbury was here again
today, looking after some details
IN regard to the erection of the
bleachers at South Side Park and
the local sale Of tickets.
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FREIGHT HEAVY NOW.

Freight is heavy on the Monon.
gahela Railway these days. This
applies to both carload and less
than carload freight.
E. w. Schwear, Baltimore, gen
eral manager Of the eastern mines,
BIG o. Railroad, passed through
Grafton last evening en- route to
Eldns and Gassaway. He went to
Grafton from .Parkersburg.
Fred Batteiger, Monongahela
yardmaster, is out Of the city, and
E. w. Jefferies, Brownsville, Pa,
is acting in his place.
Expressage continues to be run.
ming heavy into Fairm6nt. Some
miners continue to remove from
the Brownsville section Of the coke
belt into the heart OF the Fairmont
region.
Passenger traffic on the B. & o.
Is running very light in and out OF
Fairmont this week.
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DISPUTED DISTRICT
WILL BE SURVEYED

HUNTINGTON. w. Va. Sept.
27.-Suryey OF the Boundaries Of
Ceredo District Of Wayne County
for the purpose Of annexing It 70
Cabell County will begin Thurs
day morning. The findings and z
map Of the district to be made by
Joseph N. Doyle Cabeil County
road engineer, win be submitted
TO the State Legislature Ia Janu-
airy with a bill calling for the an
nexation. Seyering of Ceredo
District from Wayne County
would reduce the size Of the
county by one fifth and reduce It's
taxable property by one third as
the towns OF Ceredo and Kenova
are Included in It. Agitation for
annexation to Cabell County was
started several months ago after
two referendum elections for the
removal OF the county courthouse
from Wayne to Renosa were de-
feated.
After the Wayne County Court
had refused to authorize tho sur.
yey, It was ordered by tho cabell
County Court
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K|WAN|ANS HEAR
Time DISCUSSED
New York,offlciaI Of Western
Union Points Out Cost Of !.
Debating Letters.

thine and More Of It." was the
theme of j. c. Hale, division COM
mercial agent of the Western I'm.
lon Telegraph Co., who is attach
ed to the general managers office
in New York, at the MONDAY
luncheon of the Kiwanis Club to-
day. Dealing in an interesting
way with the strange thing called
time, he soon had his audience
wondering Just how he was going
to handle the subject. Once well
into the discussion Of the prob
lens Of the business man who liv-
ed and made his profits only as
he accomplished more during the
time that was allotted him, he ham
died 1t without gloves, referring
particularly to the situation that
Just now confronts Falrmont on
account. Of inadequate mail con-
nectlon, with New York.
Time. he said, could not DO
created. at Is, was and always
will be. We may change our me-
thods Of measuring 1t but we can
not increase the actual time. ex-
cept as we conduct our business
In such efficient manner as to
shorten operations, eliminate dead
time; and keep production up
steadily without useless waiting"
Aside from the element Of time
which he claimed was ''e big ele-
ment in telegraphinE, he referred
to the cost of letter writing, and
figured that the lowest cost OF
writing a letter when 1t was die
tated by a $4,000 a year man was
about 20 cents. The higher sal
aired man makes slow correspond
etice still more costly, and he re.
ferred to VIII Hays, saying that
every letter Hays dictated and
sent out Of his office represented
a cost Of probably S..
Speaking Of the salary Hays re-
,ceIYeds the speaker said that no
man could possibly earn such a
saiafgs land justify the expenditure
Oh the part Of his employer, I'M
iess the speaker himself were thu
man receiving the salary. MT.
Hale is considered a master OF tho
subject he had In hand, It'd his
talk was well received.
President Howard appointed two
committees, one to confer and act
with similar committees from the
Rotary and Chamber of Commerce
on the advisability Of floating an
other bond issue for filtration
plant. On this committee Doctor
Howard appointed Watkins, Con-
ley and Feaster. The other was a
committee to take up the matter
of a communists chest. This COM
mittee is composed Of G. M. Richie,
Glen Barns and Dick Hall.
The Rev. Claude Goodwin, who is
attending conference here this
week and who was an enthusiastic
member Of the Fairmont club while
here, delighted the club with two
vocal, numbers. Mrs. Donham was
at the piano today. Dave osgood
was the lucky fellow at the meeting
when Archie Koon pulled the paste
boards and was presented half a
dozen dainty sherbet glasses, the
gift OF Kreider Rock. President
Howard announced that Francis
McQuillan will discuss the Babson
commercial charts for the club al
the next meeting.
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INJUNCTION AGAINST
cHEcK-oFF CONTINUED

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Sept.
PA temporary restraining or
der granted by Judge George w.
McClintic in Federal Court In
Charleston ten days ego, restrain.
Ing coal companies from payment
of check-off OF union dues to the
United Mine Workers Of America
was continued IN effect here to-
day and hearing set for October 2
at Charleston.
The order was granted Kama
wha field open-shop operators
against the United Mine Workers
and several union coal companies
on charge that the funds obtained
by the .check-oft were used IN fur
therance Of a conspiracy in exist
ence since 1898.
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MORE BRITISH TROOPS EMBARK FOR DARDANELIES
Motor Truck DenloHshedby Train
But Driver Lands on Cov Catcher

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Sept. 27-And that is all there is
to it, said Blair Runyan employe of the oho State High
way Commission, he lit cigarette and walked away
In twenty minutes the remains of what five
ton automobile truck cleared from the Pennsylvania
tracks and the New York flyer proceeded on its way
Some persons are born luckily" unused the engineer
Here is fellow in truck hit by train going slxyfive
miles an hour and scratch The motor truck which
Runyan driving hit by the train whenat Kings Mills
Ohio yesterday The engine Of the truck thrown
than 200 feet and the truck filled with gravel dragged
half mile while the engineer made frantic efforts to the
train.
Instead If finding Runyans body they expected the
train found him the cow.catcher Of the engine.
Thanks for the free ride old top said Runyan passen
gers and train crew rubbed their eyes.
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MYSTERY ABOUT
EAST SIDE FIRE
Brookover Home Twice Visited
by Flames Within Only
a Few Hours.

, Two fires of mysterious origin,
one about 10 o'clock last night and
the other at 4 o'clock this morning,
practically destroyed the residence
of L. L. Brookover in Vermont ave.
nue.. Mr.. Brookover today was un-
able to place an estimate on the
loss. The furniture was injured
and the house partially insured. he
stated.
There was no person in the
house when the fire started last
night-at least the family had been
away since early in the afternoon.
A report that a window in the
house was found open gave rise to
the theory that II might have been
OF incendiary origin. The house Is
also alleged to have been vacant
when the second fire started.
The,f first fire was discovered, it
Is said, by L. L. Schooley, a neigh
Dor near the Brookoyer home. He
went to the home Of T. D. Connect,
secretary Of the Chamber Of Com.
merce, whose lot adjoins the Brook.
over lot. Mr., Cornell turned In an
alarm to the East Side fire station,
and the company responded quick.
ly, Chief o. ]. Watkins going over
from the central station.
The fire, 1t is thought. started in
q wardrobe on the second floor bed
room. By midnight the fire had
been extinguished, with little dam.
age, except by chemicals and wa
ter, save In the one room. At that
time Cornell, Schooley and the fire
chief, It Is said, made a complete
inspection Of the house, and It was
their verdict that the fire was out.
L. L. Brookover, the owner, run
ming on the Rivesville line OF the
N. P. & R. Co., returned home
about that time. He and two neph.
ews made an inspection ,of the
house, then went for bite to eat.
and returned to the house. Mr..
Brookover says that he remained
at the house until about 8 O'Clock
this morning. At that time all was
well, and he decided to go to Wat
son to get a machine and drive TO
Metz for his wife. After he got
the machine, the lights failed to
work and the trip was abandoned.
He returned to his home to find II
again visited by fire, and this time
the inside entirely Quilted. Fire.
men were still on the Job when he
arrived. ma
7. D. connell says that the Sec
ond fire must have started about
$3.50 o'clock or thirty minutes
after Mr.. Brookover is said to have
left the house in good condition,
as Mr.. Connell was aroused BY a
neighbor at 3:45 this morning,
and at that time the fire was
burning to beat the band !" to
use Mr.. Connell's term.
Mr.. Cornell says that he and
Mrs. Cornell remained up until /
o'clock this morning following
the first fire, and then when they
retired they took a final look at
the Brookover house there was
NO indication OF any trouble at
that time. This together with
the fact that Brookoyer himself
is alleged to have left the house
at 8 o'clock, at which time there
was no indication Of fire, makes
the second blaze one of the most
peculiar In the history OF local
fremen.
{ The statement of the fremen
that all evidences Of fire was gone
and that thorough examination
of the premises was made before
they left TAT midnight is substan-
tiated by Mr.. Cornell.
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LAKE SHIPMENTS
NOW RESTRICTED
First Strike in Region at Nor
gan Mine...CIaTksbur9 Has
Largest Mining School.

Some coal Is moving to the lakes,
but apparently the commercial sup.
ply was so limited on the Monon.
Sah Division, B. & o., yesterday
that the full quota Of 100 cars was
not reached. In fact there were
forty.three cars loaded to the lakes
yesterday against forty on Mon.
day, The prevailing price for lake
coal Is reported to be In the neigh.
borhood OF 81 at the mines.
Daily Shipments.
Eastern coal loading OF the Mo-
nongah Division, B. & o., on Tues.
day aggregated 1872 loads, while that
loaded east totaled Is cars. Coke
loading on the division was fairly
good yesterday although not as firm
as Monday, Tuesdays loading being
twenty.nine cars. Nineteen cars OF
coke were loaded east and ten cars
west. Eight cars Of coal were load.
ed to st. Georges yesterday.
Coal loaded east of the Charles
ton Division, B. & o., yesterday to.
tailed thirty.three cars.
The First Strike.
What is generally regarded as the
first strike since the agreement was
signed with the miners broke in
the region this morning at the Nor.
gan mine Of the Virginia & Pitts.
burgh Coal Co. Probably 100 min.
ers failed to return to work this
morning. Pending a review Of facts
In the case yesterday by E., S, Nc.
Cullough, labor commissioner.
Northern West Virginia Coal oper.
ators' Association, and Patrick
Buckley, vice president Of sub dis.
trict 4, district II, the United Mine
Workers Of America, decision was
reached to discharge two coal cut.
tiers for failing to live up to the
agreement. The miners then struck
today in protest to the. ruling made,
Clarksbnrg Leads
With fortY-one men enrolled IN
its mining extension school
Clarksburg now leads for ENROLL
ment, SURPRISING the Fairmont
Continued on Page Eighty
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More Turks Enter Zone.

LONDON, Sept. 27.-tBy the As.
ISOLATED 'Press) = More Turkish
troops have drifted Into the chanak
zone, according to official advices
today. This is not regarded in Of.
ficial; quarters, however, as aggra-
waiting the situation much, and the
opinion was expressed in these
quarters that trouble would be
avoided.
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MERCHANT BOUND euILrY.

, CHARLES TOWN, W. Va, Sept,
27!-Three months In jail and a fine
Of 5000 was the sentence imposed
by Circuit Court Judge Woods to
day on Francis E. Miller, Kearneys-
vile merchant, who was found
guilty Of selling liquor.
ULYSSES Wallace was sentenced
to serve two years in the penlten.
tiary and pay o. fine Of 5000 for
operating a still.
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"a penahd ! EvlaoliatIo,.

PARIS, Sept. 81. The Ansora
government has decided to send 4
note TO the powers demanding the
immediate evacuation OF Thface.
according to statement attribut.
ed by the Figaro to Ferid Bey, Ken
altst representative IN France.
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REPORT OF ABDIGATI0N of GREEK
KING Observation-Disclosures
.REVOLUlONISTS CONF|RMEDT0DAY
Immediate Evacuation Of Ttace to Be Demanded ii, Note Il
Powers From Angora Government. More Turkish
Troops Enter Neutral Zone Of Straits.

LONDON, Sept. 27.-The abdication Of King Constan
tine of Greece is accepted accomplished fact in the
highest official quarters here
This is based message from high diplomatic of
cal at AthenS which is understood state
ceived information of the kings abdicaton.
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Report Of Abdication Confirmed

LONDON, Sept. PA. Reuter- dispatch from Athens
received shortly before o'clock this evening King Con
stantine has abdcated. S.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens said that
it was affirmed that the King had decided de
mands of the revolutionaires.
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Pope Pius .Wirasl Atneal-

ROME. Sept. 27.t By tie Az.
ISOLATED Press) Pope Plus today
wired Mustapha Renal sPasha urE-
ing that the Turkish Commander
adopt every possible measure to
avoid further blood shed.
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5000 Soldiers Embark

ALDERSHoTT England, Sept. 27:-Nearly 900 SOL
diers of all left here today for ebarkaton to the
Near East.
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U.L 5. Commander LeaYta

PARIS, sept. 27.-(By the As
seated Press)-yice- Admiral An
drew T.. Long, U. S. NJ, COM
mander of the American naval
forces In European waters, has
gone to .Constantinople To direct
the naval operations should any
become necessary It was said
here today.
Vice-Admiral Longs mission, 1t
is expected, is q1ite apart from
that Of Rear Admiral Marx L.
Bristol. the American high com
missioner to Turkey, whose poll.
tical Jurisdiction viii remain IN.
changed.
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Paris Dispatch Not Unietstood

Paris Dispatch Not underssocd
WASHINGTON, Sept s7.-tBy
the Associated Press Paris
news dispatches announcing that
Vice-Admiral Long Of the Ameri-
can navy had gone to Constantine
ople to direct possible naval
operations" were not understood
in official circles here. where it
was indicated that participation
OF American ships In any demon,
stration against the Turks was not
a part Of the American policy to-
ward the Near Eastern problem.
At the Navy Department Il was
said that so far as the Wasting
ton government had been adyis-
ed, Admiral Long was on board
his flagship, the battleship Utah.
either at Lisbon or on the way to
Gibraltar, where the Utah rs due
on October 8. He has planned TO
go to Constantinople later. how
ever, but only for the purpose OF
observing conditions and co-oper-
ating with Rear Admiral Bristol
in relief work.
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Fair to1isht and Thursday; not
much shsnss 4, Temperature
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Fun Associat ted Press wire
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Andll pureau. o.. CiftnIhtlona r1rnrc.