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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
$1,000 STRIKE.
BALLOTS PRINTED.
All Of Replies Expected Back
at Headquarters by the
End OF June

DETROIT. May s1.-tBy This
Associated Press) .-Offlcfals -
the United Brotherhood OF Main
tenance of Way Employees and
Railway Shop Laborers today be-
gan preparation of strike ballots
to be sent within the next few days
to the 47S,00o members OF the or
|ganization throughout the country
and to the approximately $4,000
non union men of the crafts WHO
would be affected by a strike.
The brotherhood members. with
the non-union men. will be asked
to vote on the question of accept.
ing the wage cuts of from to 5
cents an hour recently. ordered by
the United States Railway Labot
Board Of Chicago. In a ma jority OF
the brotherhood votes in favor OF
rejection of the decreases. E. F.,
Cradle. grand pres dent of the
brotherhood with headquarters
here. is empowered to issue q
strike call Immediately, setting the
date for the waltout,
A resolution calling for the
strike vote and ordering Alrs4
Cradle to take the strike step in
the event it is sanctioned by the
membership was passed late yes
terday at a meeting Of the brother,
hoods executive council. composed
of all officers OF the unitn.
A strike ballot will be mailed to
each person affected by the rednc-
tions. it being desired to give nom
union men working beside those
holding union cards an opportunity
to express their choice between
continuing work at the reduced zig
ure or suspending their efforts.
Presses at the brotherhood print
ing plant here were set in motion
early in the day turning out tbs.
ballots it being necessary to print.
more than $550,000 of the slips.
It is expected by union officials
that the last of the number will
have been mailed by the end of ti,e.
present week or the first OF next
All the replies are looked for by.
the end of June. If a strike is de-
sired py the membership such a
call probably will go out during the
first week in July, MT. GEabe said.
The wage reduction ordered by the,
labor board become effective July
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

LOS ANGELES, May 27.-Scores
of dubious Los Angeles marriages
are virtually on trial in connection
with the bigamy charge against
Rudolph Valentino, set for pre-
liminary hearing June /.
This information comes directly
from the district attorneys office
on the eve of action against the
screen idol of a million American
women.
Unions said to include many so
cially and professionally prominent
Californians have been reported COR
investigation = unions parallel!nc
Valentines marriage to Winifred
Hudnut at Mexicali, Mexico, May
IS, before he was legally freed
from Jean Acker.
The status of these marriages
will depend largely on the outcome
of the screen stars case, recognized
as a constitutional test.
'If our position on the biganly
charge is sustained, as l am conf
dent it will be-" declares District
Attorney Thomas L. Woolwine,
"other prosecutions undoubtedly
will follow. .
Calls It Test.
81 regard this as a cleancut test
whether California can protect it
self from easy evasion of statute
by couples, one or both of whom
have been given interlocutory de-
crees, who step across the Mexican
line for the ceremony and return
to this state to live together
The only other case Wcolw1ne
admits be is definitely Investigate
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

Mt u u .
purpose was not solely to create
industry, but to guarantee lie
American standard of wages. and
the American standard of living.
Labor Arbitration
He referred at some length to
the methods of arbitration which
have become the general rule in
newspaper publication and which
have been preventative of strikes
and lockouts for the past ten or
fifteen years. The adaptation OF
this idea, and with the recognition
of the supreme public interest and
its right to serve would be a
powerful force in the future fo1
industrial peace. The question in
some form will come before the
Congress of the United States
eventually and because he believed
it would, he hoped to have a part
in working out a solution. he said.
Progressive Legislation
Scientific social legislation,
assuring to every child in America
some chance to become a decent
outstanding American citizen and
to share in the opportunities of
citizen ship is the best defense. and
protection which this country
could have against Socialistic agi-
tation, Mr.. ogden declared Some
might say that was not Republl-
canism. 1t might not be the Re
publicanism of yesterday because
conditions change and men
change 1t might not be the Re
spublicanism of today, but as sure
as the sun rose in the Ohio Valley
~ would he the r epublicaniSm OF
tomorrow, he concluded.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
RAILROADS !. Herr ! I: /.
GET L /. { S
Decided Decline in Shipments
Noticed Last Week in
Region.

Railroad fuel shipments off the
Monongah Division, 3. & O., last
week showed a decided falling off
compared to the previous week. A
total of sixty cars of coal were load
ed on the division which was AZ
cars less than he previous week.
OFF the Charleston Division B & o
last week, II c4-s of railroad fuel
was shipped. Tie B. &. o. secured
ali OF this coal.
Wagon Mines Work
Wagon mines appear to be thriv-
ing again. Off the Mononsah Divis'
ion. b. & O., a total of twelve cars
of coal was loaded by this type OF
operations.
Coke Loading Off
Coke production last week aggre-
gated seventy-seven cars on the
Monongah Division, B. & Q. which
is seventeen cars short of the prev
ious week and fifty-two cars less
than two weeks ago. Practically all
of this coke continues to move
west. Seventy-five cars went il
that direction last week off the
division against two cars to the
east during that time.
Eastern Loading
Coal loaded to the east last week
off the Monongah Division, B. & O.
aggregated 319 carloads compared
to 372 cars the previous week. Tc
the west there we're forty-eigh'
cars of coal loaded while the pre-
vious week there were eighty cars
loaded in that direction
Freight Movement
East of Grafton, the B. & o. last
week moved 2,95S loads of freight
of which 1859 carloads were coal
The general freight movement in
creased 16S cars compared to the
previous week, while the coal move
ment dropped off 242 cars, indicat
ing that the demand for coal is moi
as great as it had been some time
ago due to the increased production
of coal in non-uRion as well as
fields that are now on the verge Of
casting off the union.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

ample evidence to sustain the Val
entino complaint upon the section
of the penal code which requires
proof only that couple has lived
together in California after having
been married outside the state be-
fore the lapse of a years tnterlocu
tory period.
"The statute was meant to cover
Just such cases.
Evidence in Valentines case was
gathered by Detective Edgar e.
King Of the prosecutors staff VINO
followed the Northumberland 70
nance trail across the Mexican Dor
der and back to the Palm Springs
(Cal) honeymoon cottage.
OF the other couples Woolwine
may prosecute, only few are salc
to have contracted their marriages
in Mexico. The other cases involve
other technical questions.
~ hundreds Bisamists."
"Hundreds of Los Angeles people
are legally bigamists," says City
Councilman r. S. Sparks. former
chief of the marriage bureau mere
"because they have married sec
ond time without the required tor
malitv of docketing the final decree
of divorce"
But the Valentino case, officials
say, has done considerable. to cheer
growing carelessness about iega
formalities incidental to divorce
and remarriage.
1t also has quashed the likelihood
OF Mexican border towns becoming
Gretna Greens for impatient lover:
unwilling to endure the years wa:
required by Californias divorce
| laws.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
NEGRO IN RACE
FOR CONGRESS
Mercer County Man Confident
of Election in Fifth
District.

CHARLESTON, May 81. ~ The
latest turn in fifth district politics
is the announcement of J. E. Mead
ows of Mercer County, negro ed1
tor, who is in the field for Congress
on an Independent ticket. Mead
ows was here yesterday and dis
cussed the situation With his
friends.
There are nine counties in the
district" Meadows said, land five
of them have more negro voters
than white. l can not but believe
that prospects for my election are
good"
Concerning his candidacy; the
West Virginia Courier, published
in Charleston. recently said:
y, E. Meadows of Mercer Coun
ty, one OF the oldest journalists OF
his race in West Virginia, is in the
city looking up some data pertain
ing to his independent candidacy
for Congress in the fifth congress
sional district
HE says that the fifth district
affords the only possible chance tc
send a negro to Congress, Of any III
the state.
HE speaks in very optimistic
terms of what the future holds II
store for the negro through con
certed effort"
Meadows said he would have ne
difficulty in securing sufficient pc
titions to permit him to demand a.
official ticket for his candidacy.
.If ten thousand names were
necessary" he said, II could easily
get them, even if the sisner does
have to vote in the general cleo
ton for the person for whom hs
signed the petition.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
Indorse ogden

Each day brings fresh evidence
of the growing sentiment for
ogden as candidate for the
United States Senate. One of the
latest indications was the action OF
the Taylor County Republican
committee in unanimously indoors
ing the candidacy of the Wheeling
publisher Coming SO early in the
cam paign, this decision is regard
ed as the forerunncr of similar
action throughout the state.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
STRIKE
WILL END SOON
John Moore Says Settlement
Not Improbable in Fair
mont District.

COLUMBUS, O.. May 31.-Offz-
Gals of the United Mine Workers
OF America calculate that the gen
eral suspension Of the coal field
of the country will not last many
more weeks. They base this opin-
ion on the claim that coal produc-
ton is restricted and that the price
levels have showed signs of mount
ing.
John Moore, president of the
state federation of labor and leg
islative representative of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of Washington
who will be remembered by Fair
mont operators as spokesman OF
the miners at the aBltimorea con-
ference was in Columbus today
Everybody is sitting tight at the
National capital, but Mr.. Moore
thinks it is not generally realized
there of the danger of stocks being
largely depleted by June 5. which
he thinks will be probably ten
million tons less than normal at
this time OF the year. Personally
he does not believe that the strike
can continue more than four or
five weeks longr. A settlement IN
the outlying districts, Northern
West Virginia included,~ before that
time will depend on circumstances
He does not. think that the miners
should be penalized in Southern
Ohio because of the high rate CT
GENERATING costs in some OF the
mines here
Demand District Contract
Basing keen competition with
West Virginia non-union fields a.
the reason that Southern Ohio coal
GENERATORS insist upon dlstrlct
agree ment, Walter D. Mcklnra!Y,
secretary Of the Southern Ohio Goa
Exchange, claims this is essent1a!
for the welfare and protection o.
this field. 1t is necessary, he con
tends. that the wage scale must DE
made in more equitable proportions
with the non-union fields. He says
it is a proposition that rests be
tween the miners and the people
because il high wage scale is re
tanned the public will be obliged u
DOT the bill. In comparative
statement made today. Mr.. Mckln-
ney shows that in the first three
months OF this year that practlc-
ally two cars was shipped into
ohio for consumption to every one
that was mined in the Buckeye
state and utilized within the con-
fines of the state. While not all oi
This fuel comes from the non
union fields. he claims that tue
greater portion does.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
7sENTENcEo TO EXECUTION.

LONDON. May 31.-(By The As
sociated Press.)-Major Herbert
Rowse Armstrong, leading Welcn
solicitor, who was convicted iast
month on charge OF poisoning ME
wife. viii be executed in the Glou
chester Jail tday. He is the first
member of the English bar to be
executed for murder.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

Virginia, as well as in other states.
there are too many high school
graduates who fail to make good
when they leave the high school.
There are too many failures
among those who go to college
and there are too many among
those who so directly into bust
ness employments who prove un-
satisfactory to their employers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
roLrvrA,s CLAIMS REJECTED

BUENOS AIRES. May 31-CBy
The Associated Press)-Claims of
Bolivia for consideration IN the
settlement of differences between
Paraguay and Argentina over
boundary questions along the
Pilcomayo River have been reject
ed by Argentina, It is disclosed by
an exchange of notes published by
the Argentine minister of foreign
relations.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
INVASION ONLY RUa1oR

SANSALVADOR,a May 31.-CBy
the Associated Press .--Reports
of an intended invasion of Mexico
from Guatem ala by General Fellx
Diaz are without foundation, ac-
cording to a message from the
Mexican. charge de affairs IN
Guatemala.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31
CARDS OF THANKS

we wish to express our heartfelt:
appreciation for the flowers, auto auto
mobiles and for the various other 9TH e
acts OF Kindness extended from the
good people of 1dgemont upon the the
death of our daughter.
MIR. AND MRS. CARL BUSH .s5
Edgemont.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARE
WINIFRED HUDNUT VALEN-
TINO AND RUDOLPH VALEN-
TINO, WHOSE RECENT MAR
RAGE is DECLARED BIGAMOUS
BY LOS ANGELES OFFICIALS;
IN THE CENTER ARE DAGMAR
GODOWSKY AND FRANK MAYO,
WHOSE MARRIAGE UNDER SIM
liar CIRCUMSTANCE ALSO IS
UNDER INVESTIGATION.
ing is the marriage last October OF
Frank Mayo, screen actor. and
Dagmar Godowsky, daughter of the
famous pianist.
This marriage took place at Tia
Juana, Mexico, a few days after
Mayo's preliminary divorce decree
from Joyce Mayo.
! 1--WE probably shall take no &C
ton in this case, however, until aft-
err the Valentino hearing the dis
trict attorney says.
t'Our investigators have gathered
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

Nitro-glycerine, powerful ex-
plosive. is onc"of the most vigor-
Gus heart stimulants known to
medical science.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-31

EVERY BIT OF DULLNEsS
disappears with a Golden IS Clint.
Snampoo--Ady.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
CRITICIZES ACQUITTAL.
Mrs. Anderson Cannot Imagine What Kansas City People are Thinking Of.

Collingwood, N J., Oct. 25.-The acquittal of Peggy Beal charged with the killing of F. Warren Anderson, so- called perfect lover" was criti- cized here yesterday by Mrs. Flora Anderson, mother of the dead man.
 T can't imagine what the people of Kansas City are thinking of" she said. "A verdict of acquittal flies in the face of justice. Her claim to freedom on the ground of emotional insanity is an appeal which does not take into account what she did. It was not necessary that the extreme penalty of the law be invoked. A second degree verdict would have served notice throughout the country that women cannot commit murder with impunty,
 T am sick of reading of the rur- ders that are committed every day A woman of charm and some beauty it would seem may kill as she pleas es and escape the law"
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
TO WED HIS FORMER
 WIFE THIRD TIME
Jerome Uhl, Twice Divorced From Same Woman. Will Be Her Part
 ner Once Again

New York, Oct. 25.-Jerome Uhl, painter and opera singer is to be mar ried for the third time to the woman he first married in 1903-this Miss Elizabeth Norris. daughter of Henry l.. Norris of Philadelphia. The mar riage will be solemnized in Rome, Mir. Uhl said, the former Mrs. Uhl and her daughter having sailed for Europe, October 5.
 Uhl was divorced in 1914, his wife alleging cruelty in that he paid more attention to his art than he did to her. They were remarked in 1917 in Santa Barbara, Cal, but were di- vorced again two years later. This time Uhl had taken up singing and Mrs. Uhl charged he was more inter- ested in his singing than in her. uhl formerly sang with the Century and the Chicago opera companies.
 Four weeks ago Uhl sang in Green wich, Conn, and his former wife heard him. They made up their diff ferences and arranged to be married for the third time.
 MT. Uhl is a son of S. Jerome Uhl, portrait painter of Cincinnati. who painted Lincoln and every succeeding president except Roosevelt. He is a cousin of Coles Phillips. painter.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
AGED HERMIT FOUND
 DEAD IN NEW JERSEY
Police Find Cause Is Another
 Mystery

Egg Harbor N, J.. Oct 25--Two duck hunters today found the body of John Ditch an so year old hermit whose life. since he moved into the woods near here almost a half century ago has been a mystery, Ditch s death is equally mysterious.
 Egg Harbor police and Dt Souder county physician are seeking to de- termine whether the venerable recluse met death through illness or violence. Two deep cuts in the wrists are the only marks on the body. These cuts, in the opinion of police, were not serious enough 10 cause death of themselves, They suggest that the hermit may have been struck by an automobile or attacked.
 The body was found by Henry Lehnsis and August Weber, both of Egg Harbor.
 In the trousers pockets the hunters found s365 in worn paper money and a small amount of silver. Another pocket of the worn coat contained handbook which showed the hermit had a $500 balance.
 John Ditch had made no friends. Late in the seventies he wandered into town and out again, making for the swamp country beyond Egg liar bor He found little hummock and there dug hole in the earth wherein he lived,
 A tunnel bordered with odds and ends of timber led to the tiny room barely high enough for a man to stand erect in.
 Here the hermit lived until 191 9. He cultivated a small patch of ground beside his fox hole. He spent his time in wood chopping and working for the saw mills near his strange home. In winter he hunted, picked holly and sold cranberries. Two years ago Ditc h decided to spend his remaining years of leisure above ground and built himself a two room hut.
 Ditch spoke French and English. A saw mill boss from Canada occasion ally had long talks with the hermit in French.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
 COMMENT IS BRIEF
No Enthusiasm For A. Bonar Laws Choice On Cabinet-Discuss
 NIcKenna's Speech

London, Oct 25. (By Associated Press)-The king has summoned a council for today, at which the new ministers announced yesterday by Premier Bonar Law will take their paths and receive their seals
 Nowhere in the London press this morning is any special enthusiasm shown for MT. Bonar Laws choices, although the unionist papers, as might be expected are calmly appre- ciative.
 The fact that eight of the new min isters held office under the Lloyd George administrative deprives the editorial writers of an opportunity of speculating upon their possible achievements, and the tenor of the editorials suggests that the commen- tators are awaiting disclosure by the premier of his full program which he is expected to outline at Glasgow to- morrow.
 It is assumed that all of yesterdays appoint-es will be members of the cabinet except perhaps Attorney Gen. Douglas McHogg and the lord ad vocate, w. A. Watson, and there may be further cabinet appointm The unionist political writers believe many of the under secretaryships and minor posts will not be filled until after the election.
 Reginald Mckenna's speech at tracts much attention in the news papers today. His defection is obvi ously a severe blow to the liberals and is correspondingly hailed with enthu siasm by the unionists who believe it will ensure them the support of the whole community. It is regarded further as an indication that the par ty boundaries are changing.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
City Items

Tabs fair tonight Jesters hall.-- advt.
 Headquarters for Women's Coats. Besse- Leland's of course,-advt.
 MT. and Mrs, Alfred Cayer of PTS North street are receiving congratu- lations on the birth of a son, Sunday.
 Meet me at Scnn.urr-s for dmner-- advt.
 Tabs fair tonight. Jester's hall.-- advt.
 The Women's Home Missionary so- ciety of the First Congregational church will hold regular sewing meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Members will please notice the adoption Of Thursday as the regu- lar day for meeting.
 Dan Nolan's Ukulele orchestra meets Friday night at Grotto's Hall, over Fox's theater All players of melody instruments are invited to come and play with over so ukuleles. -advt.
 The mercantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce will meet Fri day morning.
 Tabs fair tonight. Jester's hall.-- advt.
 meeting of the Woodmen of the World will be held at 8 o'clock this evening in Turner hall.
 Tabs fair tonight. Jester's hall.-- advt.
 Masquerade Ball at Foresters' Hall, Berlin, Thursday evening, Oct. 26.-- advt.
New Britain herald., 1922-10-25
LOCAL GIRL WEDS
 FAIRFIELD PASTOR
Miss Mary F. Adams Becomes Bride Of Rev. F. D. Akers At Her
 Home on Grand Street.

A pretty fall wedding took place yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Elisha F Adams of 7s Grand street when their daughter, Miss Mary Elizabeth Adams, became the bride of Rev. E. D. Akers of Fairfield. Conn, ...
 Rev George w. C, Hill, D. D.. pas tor of the South Congregational church. assisted by the father of the bride, performed the ceremony The bride, who was given away in mar convention color of crepe meteor, trimmed with white crystal beads with rope of pearls around her neck She wore a veil caught with orange blos- sons and carried bouquet of bridal roses The groom was attended by |, z. Joseph as best man. Miss Irene Wunch presided at the piano and played Lohengrin's wedding march.
 Immediately after the ceremony, a wedding supper was served to 50 in- vited guests A reception was held from s until 10 o'clock, Friends at tended the reception from Brooklyn Bridgeport and other surrounding cities and towns.
 MT. and Mrs. Akers are planning to take a trip to the Pacific Coast where they intend to make their future home.
 Mrs. Akers is a trained nurse, hav- ;ng graduated from the Battle Creek Sanitarium Training school in the class of 1914. Rev. MT. Akers is graduate of New York college and Yale university. He has served as as- sistant minister of the Fairfield Con- gregational church from 1913 to 1921.