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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
Want MERCHANT
!, Street REPAIRED
Representative of Supply
Co. Appeal to City
Directors

semi-permanent improvement OF
$50 feet OF Merchant street was
asked at a meeting Of the city di.
rectors' board this morning by At
torney D. A. Richie, representing
the Universal Building Supply Co.,
whose plant is located on that
highway.
Consideration was given by city
officials to the propodition thslt
the street be surfaced with Stag,
with costs to be divided between
the company and the city. Should
the agreement be effected, the city
would pay the cost Of determining
a grade, doing grading work and
constructing two or three neces-
.sary cufverts white the building
cbmpunrt would attend to the purs
chase Of Sag and pay for the
labor required.
s. B. Miller. city engineer, W.
2. Arnett city director, and Ward
Brannon, president of the build
ing company, were named to form
a committee for the further con.
sidoration Of the matter, and to
make an estimate 'of the probable
cost. City officials stated follow
Ing the directors meeting that the
total amount expended would prob
ably be about $1,000.
While no time was set for n
meeting of the committee named II
was limited that the session would
be held probably tomorrow after
noon. 1t Is planned to make an
inspection of that part OF Merchant
street under consideration.
Attention was called to the fact
that Merchant street is one of the
most important thoroughfares OH
the East Side and that a large
amount of traffic passes over il
daily. President Brannon added,
also. that, while wagons can use
the road, It is practically impos-
s!ble, during bad weather, for
trucks to make effective PROGRESSES
To keep as low as possible the
cost OF surfacing the road, 1t is
planned to surface 1t for a width
Of about ten feet only.
Officials OF the building company
stated that it is particularly i'm,
portant for them at the present
moment that the road be surfaced
as they are now beginning work on
a new storage room, seventy-five
feet long, and are ordering bins for
use in unloading directly from
railroad cars by forces OF gravity
For this purpose, Mr.. Brannon
said, q special side-track OF the
Monongahela Railroad Is now be-
Ing installed.
Mayor William W. Conway
stated that the city realized the
value of having this part OF Mer-
chant street improved and that the
Fairmont government would be
willing to bear It's share Of the
expense in the matter. Other prop
erty owners along the street have
as yet made no formal declaration
Of their position in regard to equal
CONTINUED on page four.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
BREMEN TALKS
. TO QUOTAR|ANS
Wheeling's Poet Laureate
Entertains Club at
Luncheon

FaIrmont Quotarians were en-
tertained at their weekly luncheon
at the Fairmont today by Wheel
tng's poet laureate, 1gnatius Bren-
men. Mr.. Bremen has been rc-
quested by the program committee
OF the Quota club to talk on this
occasion concerning st. Patrick,
the patron saint OF the Irish.
Those present who had only
known the patron saint OF Ireland
as the man associated with snake
killing, the shamrock and the an
nual planting Of potatoes, were
much interested in the delineation
of the saint by Mr.. Bremen and
learned that there is a good deal
more to the character of st. Pat
rick than merely snakes, potatoes
and shamrocks.
Mr.. Bremen told now the saint
grow up from'a slave into d man
became arclIsbis shop OF
Ireland and the spiritual director
of that. country. Before launching
into his tribute to st. Patrick, Mr..
Bremen told OF achievements OF
the Irish in the various battles
and wars staged in this country
and elsewhere. est, Patrick" the
speaker said, "lIved to be 100
years old and died regretted BY
not only his own kin and country
men but by the world at large"
Following the eulogy to st,
Patrick, Mr.. Bremen; at the re-
quest of a member Of the Quota
club, recited "Aunt Jemima's
Pants" clever poem by Holman
F. Day, a poem he recently recited
before the Kiwanis club and which
ELECTED much praise. The poem
was greatly enjoyed by the Quo
tarians. Mrs. Kathleen Courtney,
club president, presided at the
luncheon and announced the
meeting of the board OF directors
to be held on Monday evening. A
vote of thanks was voted to Mana
ger Robert H. Fatt of the Fair.
mont for hanging in the hotel
lobby the framed charter OF 4he
Quota club. A committee whose
purpose 1t will be to visit the sick
of the club will be announced al
the next meeting of the club.
Covers were laid today for twenty
and sumptuous three course
lunch was served.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
BUSINESS GOOD
TRISN0NTH' N
GOAL INDUSTRY.
Prices. folding Up Despite
Falling Of. in Orr
7 ders Lately
1908 CARS PLACED
onlyB421 Cars Loaded on
Monongah Division
Saturday

While there has been no great
re trenchment in the coal business
during the past week there are
visible signs Of an easement for
the next few weeks. The fear Of a
strike has caused many buyers to
store more coal than they would
have done under ordinary condl.
lions, but 1t is apparent that there
ALnot as much apprehension about
the strike that there was month
Aggos While the outcome Is IN doubt,
hare e belief among certain on
the niarkets that a strike may be
perhaps avoided.
White there are fewer orders
sthan there were earlier in the
4 Month he prices during the early
part q this week appeared to hold
~ fairly we'll, Mine run kept we'll
w TO tie 81 so to 81. SO mark and
~ some cascs perhaps there was
some disposed Of at higher prices
the bulk was disposed OF at 81. so.
Stack did not appear to suffer
liyery much either because this
IlpricEk ,,Nag eonsIstent at $40 to
ST 5o Three-qparter sizes have
-bsen Holding up fairly we'll due to
iie fact hat only limited amount
pared coal ts going out Of the
gion The prices Of this classifI-
tation have held up to $3.50 to
slss5.s
During the past week or SO the
coal shipments off the ,Mononga-
tcoptinued on page four.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
MINERS UNABLE TO ACT AT BALTIMORE TODAY
Warrington Bmeauof The
West Nirgni1ian Opened

Apprecang the Industrial and civic importance OF
nington District The West Vrgnian has established branch
office Warrington incharge of W. Swiger who has been
affiliated with the department Of the With the
opening of the Warrington bureau of The West vginan to-
day extensive Warrington and vicinity will be
published than in the past In fact effort will be- made
give the people Warrington District separate pagein
The West Vlrgnian each day
Mr.. S%ger, who moved Mannngon with his family last
Saturday has the branch office Of The West vrgna
in the Hess Building Market street. where telephone has
been installed The number Of the telephone is 49, and
number to remembr unucky doubt for those who fail
use IT.
An effort will be made by Mr. Swiger to keep the daily
Warrington District page filled with of the happenings
Of the community and the district in The Success
OF the bureau OF The West yirgnian will OF
pend more less the cooperation of thepeops of
Manningtbn District The daily in The West Vrgnian
however will almost the equivalent OF daily newspaper
for the people Of Warrington District and the Of the
undertaking seems assured -
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
LITTLE CHANCE
TOSTOP STRIKE

WASHINGTON, March 13.-Gov.
ernment officials were represented
today as being without hope that
the threatened coal strike can be
averted or that the proposed con.
ference between operators and min.
ers would be arranged. It was In
dicated that government interyen.
tton at least in the preliminaries OF
the situation was practically at an
end.
Holding that a strike call April
1 is almost inevitable, government
officials, according to the view pre-.
sented today, are now chiefly inter.
ested in, seeing that a sufficient
supply Of coal Is aintained for the
country as a whole. -
The situation with respect to a
sufficient supply Of coal, It was
stated on the same authority, is not
acute. There now is at the surface
OF coal mines and in stocks at con.
suming centers, It was declared,
enough coal to last the country for
ten weeks with the prospects, It was
added, that this supply Will be aug.
mented by production from non.
union mines aud from operations In
union territory which the Depart
ment OF Labor reports show, are
covered by district settlements be,
tween the miners union and local
associations Of mine operators.
Invited 10 Conference.
PITTSBURGH, March 1S.-un.
Ion miners OF the Pittsburgh BIT
luminous coal field were today IN.
yited BY, the Pittsburgh Coal
Produeers' Association TO meet
with Il next Monday TO negotiate
9 wage scale for the Pittsburgh
| district. il's
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
Plans for Funeral Of
Hustead Not Completed

Tho body OF Russell H, Hustead
whose death took place at Denver,
Colo, on Friday evening at 9:20
o'clock. left Denver yesterday
morning, accompanied by his Wild
ow and sister-in-law Mrs. Leigh
Hustead, the latter OF this city,
and is expected to arrive here
sometime tomorrow. Funeral ar
rangements will not be made
pending tho arrival of the body
here.
Mr.. Hustead was until recent
ly resident OF this city, having
left her last January for Denver
In homes that the climate might
prove beneficial to his health
which was failing. At the time
his health failed, he was employ
ed as office manager for the
Owens Glass Co., and previous TO
that time had been employed by
the Consolidation Coal Co. He
was son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. I. Hustead and was a
splendid young man. He was
member OF the Methodist Episco-
pay Church, South, OF Marion
lodge, Knights Of Pythias and OF
Fairmont Lodge No. 9, A. F. OF
A. Masons. He Is survived by
his wife, to whom he was married
five years ago. by one brother
Leigh Hustead of this city, and
one sister Mrs. William A. scra-
mage Of Fairmont and MCGEE. He
was nephew OF W. A. Hustead.
superintendent Of the schools Sot
Union District. He was 26 years
old at the time Of his death. The
funeral arrangements are in
charge OF Undertaken Eli Mus
grave and Son.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
KEENET ASKS OPERATORS
FOR ANOTHER MEEDN|iN
BALTIMORE ON MARCHES
German Princess
Denies Misconduct
[By Associated Pressl

LONDON, March 13-Prtnco
Eitel Friederich and his .wifo
have requested the government
department which deals with
the Hohenzollern's affairs to
proceed against disseminator OF
the story published In England
and the United States that the
princess has confessed to mis-
conduct with Baron .Pletten-
berg, says Berlin dispatch.
Eitel and his wife say the
story is untrue. They admit
that the princess testified about
a month ago at the first hear
ing In the divorce case brought
by the Baroness Plettenbcrs. in
which she is named as cores
pondent, but declare that her
testimony was exactly opposite
to that ascribed TO her. All
divorce cases in Germany are
heard in private.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
Unable to Discuss Scale
Before Miners of
State Meet
REQUEST IS GRANTED
Sentiment Shown 1ndi
Gates Strike VIII Be
Averted
BY U. H. DUNLAP
Staff Correanondnnt.

pArrt,Yo1n - ~. i \ <.
oASl5MolsN' "a. Mareh lss=Tss
.a,at saA - hSshey, pfeslaeht ot ats.
tEIet ~ onited Nine Mofkefs o.
atnesica' . to9as refused 70 alsc9ss
!. T. .,'s, mnso scale, OF any otner iasae
lMs9ltsu ~, W, V, IN inc wage salsagreement
MIN t1e coal operators at nia CON
ieEehce mere win the scale Com
Mlttee or the Northern West VII
glhia Coal Operators Association
However, tho scale committee %
tne operators and MT keenex Wtu
.0esln negotiations IN Baltimore on
March 20. This was agreed upon
at the meeting here today
AT this mornings conferences of
the operators and the sotticers ot
the United Mine Workers ot lNortli'
ern West Virginia. President
Keehey refused 10 discuss anything
officially in regard To the wage
scale or other issues involved
Keeuey admitted that lie was nor
In position tor offfcfaffy Discus
the various problems involved nj
the conference at. tiiis time. Tho
word "check-off' was not inentfon-
ed at the conference. Prfident
l5eeney stated fhat he flasiTea IN
first place the matter befofsia SSn.
yention Of district III Al 9ChaTii 4
ton ] on Marei, S ei'taiS' 81 = 10
Absolutely nothing was accom-
pllshed and the situatipn Ffem msii,s
in the came status al n ;Pessaf,,,
OF Annabelle chairman AZ MI
operators fuel committea. re,d III
telegram sent TO MI. Keenay .invits
ing him 10 the conferences 1siis
miners president in turn read tlle
wire he sent 10 the, operators
President Keeney said hs; would
desire an Informal conference iiatet
today provided one could lie ;s.
ranged, with five operators and au
equal representation OF the miners
The operators contended. howeyer
that Mr.. Keeney had no authority
to agree officially with the scale
committee and It was useless to az,
tempt to take up the matter
"The whole matter is m open
proposition as 1t now standF
Everything Is open for an agres.
ment II 1t is desired. We;w 70
avert suspension OF work on
April l." Mr.. Beeson declared.
Keeney said he wanted 70 On;
cuss the situation with the opese.
tors on March 25 at the Southern
Hotel, Baltimore, and the Fegneas
was granted this afternoon
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
Cremation to Be
Abolished to Save
Coal in Germany

BERLIN, Feb. 21-Germans
are talking Of abolishing cre-
matories In order to save coal.
Letter writer's have been carry
ing on a campaign in the Berlin
newspapers protesting against
this method Of disposing Of the
dead as a waste Of fuel. In the
Berlin district last year 4,762
bodies were cremated.
A defender of cremation ad-,
vocates doing away with ceme-
teries'as a menace to the health
of the people. He suggests
that, as Germany Is short of
farming land all these plots
should be utilized for agrlcul-
tural purposes.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
SECOND PRISONER CAUGHT

CHARLESTON, w. Va, March
13.-The second Of the two life
term prisoners who escaped last
week from the Clay County jail
was captured last night and re.
turned to county authorities, II
was reported to state police head
quarters today. After the cap.
ture Of Freeman Duffield, Sat
urday'i the detachment. from head
quarters commanded by Lieuten-
ant. Kings continued its search
for his brother orville, who es-
capped with him.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
FRIENDS PAY FINE.

Charles Negley and Mitchell NIL.
Ter were convicted in Magistrate
N. R. Musgrove's court Saturday
night on a charge Of stealing s14
from Mrs. G. D. Everhart Of Pine
Grove Saturday afternoon Fines
on each Of the men, and In default
on each Of themen, and In default
Of paying the required amount
they were locked up in the county
Jail. Negley later in the might
was released when friends paid
his fine and the costs In the case,
which amounted to s14. Miller is
still In jail. Y
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
GIVEN THIRTY DAYS.

BIZ Ashcraft Of Hawks Nest
near Manniston is a prtoner In
the county jail, serving a thirty
day sentence, and he must pay q
fine OF $40 and costs before be-
Ing liberated as q result Of being
convicted in Magistrate J. NJ. Bar
racks court IN Mannington on a
charge Of stealing six chickens
from a Mrs. Higgins, who also
lives at Hawks Nest.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
FUNERAL HELp TO-DAY.

Helen, the infant daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Towles, died at
noon yesterday at the home OF her
parents in State street, The moth.
er, Of the infant was before her
marriage Miss Bessie wiltong.
The funeral was held this after.
noon from the residence aud burial
was made IN Maple Grove cemetery,
by Carpenter & Ford, local under.
takeEk. u. -. al s.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
COURT REFUSES
HOWA7S APPEAL
Decision of Kansas State
Courts Not to Be
''''. Reviewed

/ WASHINGTON. March 18.-The
supreme court today dismissed the
wrlts OF error by which Alexander
Howat and other labor leaders
ought to have reviewed the decI.
sion of the Kansas state courts
holding them guilty of contempt Of
court for their refusal TO upbear
before the court of Industrial rela-
tIons.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
KILLEp. .lN EIeHir.

PITTSBURGH, March 1S.-
Lindsay Montgomery was killed In
a fight during a card game at a
house occupied by four brothers
named Blair in the Hill district
early today. Seven persons have
been arrested and are being held
for a hearing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13
THE WEATHER.

lncFcased ondiness and esatnSy
e. tonight followed ST rsih Tasss
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-03-13

EulIg Assoeiatedl Plress SMife
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
IN THE FACE OF LOWER WAGES

Washington. The cost of living
continued to rise in 26 cities of the
United States during the month of Oc-
tober. and did not fall in any quarter
covered by the labor department sur
vey. The increased burden upon the
masses was distributed as follows:
Philadelphia, 4 percent; Cleveland.
Newark, New Haven. Providence.
Scranton and Washington. D. c., 3
per cent; Bridgeport, Columbus, Dem
yer, Jacksonville. Kansas City. Little
Rock. Manchester. Portland, Me-. and
2 percent; Cincinnati. Detroit.
Memphis, Norfolk, Omaha, Peoria.
and St. Paul. | percent;
Chicago and Milwaukee. fraction of
| percent.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
JUDGE lands REPUDIATED
(By The Federated Press)

Milwaukee-There will be no pro-
secution of Victor L. Berger and the
four Socialist codefendants under the
indictments returned in the local fed
eraI court during the period Of war
hysteria. Announcement was made
that Federal Judge F. A. Geiger on
May 8. 1922, dismissed three indict-
ments involving Berger, Oscar Amer
niger. Edmund T. Melms, Leo Krzy-
cki, Louis A. Arnold and the Social
Democratic Publishing Co.
The action of the court in quashing
the indictments leaves the indictments
in the western district Of Wisconsin
and those in Chicago the onlv ones
pending against Berger. The Chicago
indictments have hung fire since the
supreme court ruled Jan. 81, 1921,
that former Judge Lands had nc
right to sit in the case. No further
action has been taken in the case by
the court of appeals.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
WOBBLIES HAVE TALKFEST
(By The Federated Press)

Chicago.-"The 18th convention Of
the Industrial Workers of the World
finds our organization steadily streng-
thening its lines" declared John Ora
dy, general secretary-treasurer in a
statement preceding the annual gather
ing which opened here Nov. Is. Indus
trial unionism in the coal fields and on
the railroads. general strike next
spring for the "a wartime politicals re-
naming in federal prisons, and inter
national affairs will be the principal
business.
Frequently the attitude of the /.
W. W. toward the craft unions is mis-
understood" Grady said. Our one
aim is to organize all the workers into
industrial unions regardless of their
craft affiliations. We contend that the
craft unions can no longer cope with
the highly centralized development of
industry. and therefore must give way
to more modern form of organic
alton. Economic necessity will decide
the fate of the A. F. of L. and wall has
ten the growth of the |. W. w.
the A. F. of L. and will hasten the
growth of the I. w. w.
While hitherto the I. W. w. mem
bership has been made up principally
of migratory workers. we are now
reaching out steadily to take in work
ers who are able to have jobs the year
around in one place and who reside in
that place with their families.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
UNIVERSITIES TEACH
COOPERATION
by The Federated Press

Washington.-Of the 30 large uni
versities of the U. s.. Is give courses
in cooperation, according to a report
made by the department of labor.
Seven of these give separate courses
in consumers and farmers co-opera-
ton. The subject receives the great
est attention in Columbia university
and the University of Minnesota. A
course in cooperative marketing and
is part of the curricu-
lum of the University of California, as
also of the University of Kentucky.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
ANCIENT ROME LESS RE-
ACTIONARY THAN DAUGHERTY
(By The Federated Press)

! Washington. - Outspoken defense
! of free speech, and the right Of com.
munists to share it. is voiced in a state
ment issued here by Dean Charles N
Lathrop, New York. executive secre-
tary. social action department. Nation
al Council of the American Episcopal
church.
His statement, characterized as an
expression of his personal views, reads
in part. as follows:
Our government, particularly in
the arrest of the alleged communists
in Michigan, seems to take the posi-
ton that it is crime to be commun-
ist. | cannot help but be reminded
of the original communists, who were
the first converts to the Christian
faith. If the Roman government in
the early years of Christianity had ta-
ken the same attitude, the entire Apos-
tolic college you'd have been arrest
ed, Saint Peter, Saint Paul. and the
rest of them. They would have been
in the same position as Mr.. Foster,
MIR. Ruthenberg and the others are
to-day. Fortunately the imperial gov
eminent of Rome at that time was not
so reactionary.
HAS our government so utterly lost
its confidence in the judgment of our
people as to think that we must be
protected from any kind of program9
If our people haven't sense enough
TO reject a propaganda that is danger
Gus to the country. then | think it is
better for the country to get into a
dangerous position. Apparently, we
are to be cuddled because M. Daugh-
erty, the attorney general, and other
moral lights are afraid to trust us to
consider possible schemes that they
feel are dangerous to the community.
Personally, have every confidenc in
the mass of our people to feel that
they can't be fooled. and that, there
fore. we can permit any propaganda
o be disseminated; it will have to be
aiken at its face value
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-25
COLLEGE AUTHORITIES
OBJECT TO TRUTH
(By The Federated Pressl

Detroit. D. Eaton. former over
seas soldier. writer. and senior stu
dent in the literary department of the
University of Michigan, has been dis
missed as literary editor of the Michi-
gan Daily, campus publication, be-
cause of his review of John Kenneth
Turner'S Shall 1t Be Again? in which
he said that America dishonored it.
self by entering the war and said that
most history professors are asses
The board of control Of student
publications, composed of four faculty
members and three students, also ruled
that he should be barred from any edi-
torial position en- the Chimes or the
Gargoyle. two other campus pubIica-
tons.
Joseph A. Bursley. dean of students
and one of the members of the board,
brought Eaton's writings to the atten-
ton of the federal board for vocational
training. No action has been taken
by that body. Eaton said, however,
that if he were deprived of the federal
boards financial aid, as a result of
the college authorities. his education
at the University of Michigan would
come to an end. Eaton was an en-
listed man in the medical corps and
saw overseas service with transport
unit.