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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-04
TRAFFIC STOPPED
BY BIG GAS WELL
Oklahoma Valley Filled With
Gas, Threatening Trains
and Automobiles.

BRIsToWN, Okla, Aug. IA
giant gas well, estimated to be
making 30,000,O0O feet of gas an
hour and spraying oil, is. holding
up passenger and freight traffic
over the ST. Louis & San Francis
Co Railroad between here and
Kellyville and delaying all traffic
between Tulsoa and Oklahoma
City. The well is $50 feet away
from the railway tracks and has
filled the valley for more than a
mile around with gas. Railway
officials fear the operation of
trains would ignite the explosive
gas and cause a disastrous fire.
Oil men say that barring acct
dents the well will be under con
/ troll before night. The well came
in last night. The passengers on
the several trains held cannot be
transferred by automobile because
of the danger which would be in
Cured in the firing of the motors
exhaust
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BOYS NOT BLAMED FOR
DEATH OF LlTTLEs GIRL

h Youths who were blamed for the
'dea TIL OF little Miss Berhice Talk
ington, aged 4 years. who was
drowned July "a in the West Fork
River at viropa near Shinnston,
were exonerated by the child,s
mother, Mrs. c.. w. Ta1kington OF
Viropa, in statement to The
West Virginian today. .3s
Reports printed in a Clarksburg
paper states that Mrs Herman
High and four sisters, one the
child who was drowned, were
crossing the river in an old boat
whenFboys in bathing caught hold
OF its sides and rocked It until it
was filled with water and sunk"
In her statement, Mrs Talking
ton said that the boys had not
rocked the, boat and were in no
way responsible for the accident.
The bottom of the old, worn-out
boat gave way. Mrs Talkington
said, and the five occupants were
thrown into the water. The larger
girls and the woman succeeded In
reaching the shore but the child
went down and was drowned .sssE
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MEETINGS. BOOKED
IN FOUR r COUNTIES
Billy Sunday Business Mems
Club to Conduct Ten Diff
ferent Services.

The Billy Sunday Business Mems
Club will be active in meetings in
four counties next Sunday, and
some new territory will be reached
where the club has not previously
held meetings. In all, ten different
services will be conducted by the
club If the weather permits reach
ing all points. Some of these ap-
pointments are among the most i'm
portant handled by the club thus
far, and next Sunday will probably
be the biggest day in the clubs
history.
Group MOL, w. H. Barnes, lead
er will hold an afternoon and eve
ming service at Eldora NJ. P.
Church. Fred Cannon will be the
song leader, and other special mu-
sic and speaking will be features
of the program.
Group No. Q, Harry C. Drum,
leader, will hold a service at the
Boys Industrial School at Prunty-
town on Sunday, afternoon at 2:30.
An orchestra and several talented
musicians will accompany this
group, and a fine time is assured
for the boys at that institution.
This group will also hold an open
air service at Grafton in: the eve
ming at z p. m. All the churches
of that city will unite in the service
Some of the best speakers OF the
club will address the audience. The
musical talent will also assist in
the service. s
Group Nos Hive Smouse, lead
er, will put on a. full program of
music and speaking at the Colfax
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SPECIAL PROGRAM
PLANNED SUNDAY U. u .'
Musical Numbers to Be Fea-
ture Of Services at New
Church Here.

At the opening service OF the
BillingsIea Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church South, which will
be held at 10:45 O'clock Sunday
morning, an excellent musical pro-
gram will be presented by the choir,
under the direction of Mrs. j. Minor
Dunham, church organist and Choir
lister, and by Mrs. Durham. The
sermon will be preached by the
Rev. R. T. Brown, pastor of the
church, who has chosen as his SUBJ
ject, t.The Immortality of the Soul. =
The musical numbers at the
prelude, The Lost Chord" Sulli-
Thou Almighty King Edwards,
choir; duet, my Faith Looks Up
to Thee" Lachner, Mrs. James
Thomas and Miss Halle Orr; Of
fertory, "a Summer Morning., Kin
der, Mrs. Durham; anthem, In
That Day Shall This Song Be
Sung Nevin. choir; postlude.
March of the Priests" Mendels-
shon, Mrs..,Dunham.
The Reverend Mr.. Brown will
preach upon, "The Power of "a Good
Life at the evening service, and
the musical selections will be: Or
gan prelude, &Eyentide, Fair
clough, Mrs. Durham; anthem,
Life Up Your Heads" Ashford.
choir; offertory, 'Evensong," Mar
tin. Mrs. Dunham; anthem, '.Ye
That Stand in the House of the
Lord" Spinney, choir; postlude,
.'The Festal March," Schminke,
Mrs Dunham.
The personnel OF the choir is as
follows: Sopranos, Mrs. Clarence
Primm, Mrs. G. NJ. Ramage, Mrs.
c. f. jenkins, Mrs. Wilbur Shinn,
Mrs. Edith Snyder. Mrs. Carl D.
Yost, Miss Daisy Cross, Miss Sara
Watts. Miss Jessie Ra1phsnyder,
Miss Ruth Wilson, Miss Lulu Sny-
der, Miss Stella Martin, Miss Mil
dred Martin, Miss Edith Wilson,
Miss Brock; altos, Mrs. II. S. .Kopp,
Mrs. Leigh Hustead, Miss Margaret
Hanaway; tenors, L. L. Shircliff.
DR.. c. M. Ramage, Robert Smith,
H. T. Jones; basses, June Orr,
Leigh Hustead, Minor Dunham,
Ross A. Watts, Carl D. Yost.
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PRIORITY STATUS
OF COAL ANNOUNCED. [. D

WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.----Bitumi,
nous coal for household use and for
manufacture OF foodstuffs, medi-
cines and containers for foodstuffs
and medicines was given priority
status, by Interstate Commerc
Commission orders today which
amended the original orders declar-
ing an emergency in transportation.
Household coal will be supplied
Immediately after public utilities
and railroads and governmental
purposes.
Coal for the manufacture Of
foods and medicines will be plac-
ed in class A, therefore entitled to
railroad service before coal for
other purposes than those Sc design
.ated.
In addition the commission an
nounced that beginning Monday.
August z, it would have its agents
stationed in central points in nom
union coal districts to direct car
service to mines as follows:
II. Mayhood, Thurmond. w. Va,
B. S.sRobertson, 5Bluefield, W. Va,
C. C.. Semple. Huntington, w. Va,
w. l.. Barry, Norton, Va s.
Reynolds, Knoxville; II. M. Priest,
Louisville and ], b. Fordi Birming-
ham, Ala.
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.EJElC|TMEVT il /: ! ! 1 ! CASE
BEING HEARD HERE
Many Men Refuse to Serve
on Jury to Gust Min.
ers From Homes.

Inability to get jury today de-
1ayed the starting of the first Of
the 100 ejectment cases of the
Fairmont & Cleveland Coal Co.
versus miners living in its houses.
The first case, that of the coal
company VS.. j.. #. Brumage for
possession of house No. 12o.
was called before Magistrate M r.
Musgrove at s O'Clock this morn
ing and late this afternoon suffi-
cient Jurors had not been secured
to fill the box. u
The case is being tried in the
Circuit Court room on account af
the large number OF persons inter
ested in it. The case was origin
ally set for July 81. but was con-
tinued until July 2S- On that date
it was again continued until s
o'clock this morning, and all par
ties being ready the first case was
started today. n
sssAttorneyssC G y NJ Whit Of Char
lesion is representing the defend
ants in the cases and Attorney
Paul Armstrong is representing
the coal company. It was stated
this afternoon that it is thought
that only the one case will be
tried, the verdict in this case to
be used in all the remaining cases.
Attorney Whit said this afternoon
that once. the case is started, it
will not take long to finish It as
only a few witnesses will be used.
Constable Charles Hawkins. who
is attempting TO get sufficient
jurors TO fill the box. has had a
busy day of it, So far he has
brought in sixteen jurors, but only
eight of them have been eligible
to serve. Earlytoday a number Of
men when Questioned admitted
that they were interested in coal
mines and could not serve. They
were promptly dismissed AMI
others were secured.
Two additional jurors are need :
ed before the jury can be sworn
in, and after that the attorneys
for the plaintiff and defendant
will be allowed to strike two
names from the panel, leaving the
six remaining to h ear the evidence
and reach a verdict in the case
The Circuit Court room was
well filled today, thee1OO defen-
dants and members of their fam
lilies and friends being present to
hear the verdict. A number Of
persons interested in, coal mines
and officers Of coal companies who
are planning similar suits against
miners living in their homes were
also present and anxiously waiting
for the case to get under headway:
It is possible that the additi onal
Jurors will be secured in time for
the case to start today, and if+so a
night session will probably be hell
in an effort to finish up the case
today.
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DESERTED1WOM
APPEAL IS GR;'A N!!ITED|

Official allot-co ountingzhalte
few. minutes before eSnoont today;
when Mrs. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
a a&Croatian, walked I'm pons a
meeting Of the Count Court
s She led one little daboutgz
years old, and d$gscared Nour
mont nths-olds baby IN herTarmsSSh
was accompanied sbyssanothergWos
man of her own natfonaIitYSands
the two made 4a,tea.rfuI plea sbetoEa
the board. ssSssI
Mrs. Duganss sshusband hadsd de-
serted her atsDownssSs she said be-
cause Of the two CHI 1dren Iheys
are both adorable nfantssE Etho1g
except when they are scryingEand
Mr.. Dugan seems to have been
hard put for san;excuse.
Mrs. DuganS said her al1owamcas
wasn't large enoug beca1seasha
scouldn'ts live eonswhatsh shss4ga
ting. It had been an irightsshas
added, until shershusbandshad1eeks
her for good..sfs Ii
NJ f,""There 4" are more Croatians
Downs: said # Mrs Dugan
they are all out ofsWork and
have no place for to sstaypyn mo-
food for me to- eat IEsllayss
food for my child canget
nowhere to leave the it'll o1e
and can find kyhere
can keep them wi tbs me s
The County Court Isclda fas
allow Mrs.. DuganS$ s q I1onth
giving hersthe egopti on going ID
the county, home she desireds;
She decIaredS 4 grate tefu1lY that Sthe
;$25 would he Esuf dcfsnt to keen
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EFFORT TO KILL
STATE PRIMARY
Plan FORESEEN|
Mrs. Brown Now Saidito Have
BeenM artyr on Women's
Political Altar.
sys CHARLES BROOKS SMITH

By&CHARLES BROOKS SMITH.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. d
Returning pilgrims to the West
Virginia primary were not loath to
tell Of their obseryationso Of the
days doings in the localities they
visited, and they found interested
auditors eager for firsthand ac-
at the battle of the ballots. From
all Of which, one getsS an ear-full
of fatal errors made by defeated
candidates, valuable lessons sup
piled by the memorable contest fog
individual politicians and parties if
they had needed them and act upon
them wisely in the future, and
sharply conflicting opinions as to
the merits of the primary method of
selecting nominees. Already, the
mail voters who exercised their
privilege of long-distance selec-
tions, are being told that the oppo&
nents of the primary system have
begun another onslaught on it, as
serting that less than so per cent
of the registered voters turned out
to exercise what certain ce1ebrat-
ed wit designated as the sovereign
tered on by the proponents OF the
primary that, even at that, far
more individual voters had a hand
in writing the verdict than they
ever did have when the o1d-time
convention was the vogue. 1t is
regarded as an entirely safe and
sane prediction to make that one
of the spirited political contests
that will be wased in the next Leg
islature will be over an attempt to
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MEN use. STREET. {.
FOR CRAP GAME;
CITY GETS MONEY
Mayor Conaway Disposes of
a Number of Cases
This Morning.

"A crap" game being staged by
five young men under street light
at Spence and Grafton, streets at
4:45 O'Clock this morning was rude
ly Interrupted by Policemen <Haw-
kins and Cothern, and the quintet
was escorted to the city jail.
At police court today, p. F. Nc
Veley. w. v. Watson and Jack Cor
don three of the men, were present
for trial. August Smith and Mike
Tredesco, the other members Of
the party posted $40 forfeits for
their appearance but failed to ap-
pear today.
After hearing the evidence of the
arresting Officers, Mayor w. w.
Conaway imposed fines of $40 and
cost upon all the men. The three
who appeared this morning entered
pleas Of not guilty to the charge
of gambling, but Mayor Conaway
added chargeszof lettering and
fined. them on mat charge. 1t was
indicated that the two who put up
for their appearance were in the
act of rolling the bones at the time
the police made their appearance.
McVeley, Watson and Gordon
made arrangements with Chief L..
D. Snider to pay the required
mount and were released from
jail.
John Calhoun and Bessie Reed,
arrested Tuesday night by Police
man Joe Hawkins on charge of
lettering in the city streets, appear
ed for trial today. Fines of $40 and
costs were imposed upon each. Cal
houn paid and was released but the
Reed woman was unable to pay.
She was ordered to jail, but after
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ANOTHER. |: RECORD
|zSIIABL|SHED in
OAlPRODUCT|ON.
pfaIs LOAD ding in Region For
T Thursd Drop in
Active Mines.
fON0 NGAH HIGHER.
otai aiding on Local Divis-
ION Rec aches Mark of
146 Loads.
DNONGAH HIGHER.

Mnewnproductio record is es-
bbHshed practically every day now
EtheSNorthern West Virginia coal
kHdssSDespite the fact that Wed
Esday's production reached the
farksofg $40, new peak since the
art7of the strike, the production
Thursday shot up to SCI cars, or
6moTes loads than the new hign
caH Of the day previous.
EHeN loading on the Monongah
Hisions of the Baltimore & Ohio
ilroad ayesterday was 14S COM
EsdSWith that OF 135 the previous
On the Charleston Division,
le@Ioading was an even 100 of n
Hing of of two points from the
EeYious lay. The Connellsvill;
iYision also showed a falling off
pEoduction from fifteen to four
bens On the Cum berland Division,
here was IA drop of five points.
RpmS Sninety-six to ninety-one. The
s2ssskssshowed good increase in
Radfng,ahowever.. going up to LOG
foPn rs the previous day. There
last also an increase of one load
1.-the M e w.. the loading going
ontwenty-six to twenty-seven.
he R.R: shot up from seventy
Event Sninety-six while there We're
Fre#1oads on the b. N. e W. and
bur- sonstf1e b. e H. r.
|TenSless cars were ordered in
EeTsrggfon Today than yesterday,
Here being 634 cars ordered today
|sscompared to 644 yesterday.
here are 177 mines active in the
so today as compared to 200 on
aEsday.
jOngthe Monongah Division of the
aItfmore q Ohio Railroad there
3eTesseventeenlo load Of coke yester
There were eighteen ship
3entssof coke to the west. The
tfaIcoaIs1oads reached las, with
east and Is west.
lheTeswere ISL cars ordered on the
tNision today, with 296 in the ter
tory; placements were 1S2 and
here were ITO cars left over from
fsSpTevfous day. There were eigh
coke cars ordered today ana
{fesplacements the same. Railroad
HsIstotaled eighteen, with the Bal
more Ohio taking all Of t..
lhere ares213 idle mines today and
Iherenwere four loads on the
western Maryland yesterday, with
@5Ds cars available today and
Beventeen mines down.
/ (NDn@the West Virginia Division
yf#the Monongahela Railway, the
)5ading yesterday was ninety-six.
kEIthaplacements today ninety-fve.
Ehessplacements on the NJ. 6 w.
lodaY are thirty-ene. There are
mines idle and fifty
left over from the pre-
kiouss day VI
|SE GSpH Hhe esPennsylyania Division OF
IhSsame road, the loading yester-
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To Start Comnnissary.

MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Aug.
4.-The Baltimore & Ohio today
to Sell cigars, cigarettes and other
articles at it's com misSary which
the management said, would be
opened for thirty shopmen and
guards, who will go to work in
the shops here next week. The
new workers, it was said, will
sleep and eat at the plant.
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STRIKE
SITUATION SHOWS
GLOOMY OUTLOOK
Settlement Of Strike on South
ern Railway May Be
Reached by Men.
c.LER KS MAY QUIT
Former Service Men Being
Used to Fill Jobs on East
ern Railroads.
.CLER Ks MAY QUIT

Representatives OF the six shop
crafts and the Southern Railway
management will meet tomorrow to
discuss settlement proposals. The
news of this meeting gives hope
that settlement will be reached
with the men on this road.
Clerks on the Illinois Central are
reported to be taking a ballot on
the proposition of supporting the
shop crafts by strike
The labor board says that it can
have no official attitude toward 8
new crafts organizat ton,
New York, New Haven & Hart
ford and other eastern roads are
reports to be filling jobs with for
mer service men.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4.-The
and Pittsburgh &
Lake Erie railroads today an
nounced that their shop force
were within rs per cent of nor
NAL and that traffic was unaf-
fected as result of the strike.
Additional men are being put to
work daily, it was added.
Union leaders said the strikers.
ranks remain firm
A statement from the Balti-
more & Ohio said the situation
was re-assuring. Forty men, it
was said, went to work in the
back shops here : yesterday and
additional workers will be put
on from time to time.
These men, the officials de-
clared, would be, housed and fed
at the shops. good freight
and Improvement in
passeng ger service was noted in
the statement.
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NATIONAL GUARD
EXPECTED [. HERE II: |
SUNDAY EVENING
400 State Troops to Be En-.
camped Here for Inde-
finite Period.
.BARRAckVILLE CAMP
Plan to send Troops Out Of
State for Training This
Summer Changed.

CHARLESTON, Aug. a.
Change Of the War Department
plans SO that the West Virginia
I National Guard regiment might
receive its training within the
state borders was made at the
request of Governor Morgan, it
was brought out when he made
public today telegram he had
received from Secretary of War
Weeks. This referred to the
governors telegram of August
7, and approved the governors
request "providins existing
program can be modified SO as
to permit training required by
law under federal supervision
and participation in federal ap-
propriations. The commanding
general of the Fifth Corps Area
had been advised of the ap-
proval and appropriately in.
structed,' the telegram added.
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FUNERAL OF BOY KILLED
BY LIGHTNING ARRANGED

The funeral of Lindsay Dusen-
berry, 26, who was killed yesterday
while at work in corn field at
Hickman Run when he was struck
by lightning, will be held tomorrow
afternon at 1 o'clock from the fam
lily residence, and burial will be
mad in Hopewel1 Cemetery by Car
penter & Ford. The young man is
survived by his parents and ten
brothers.
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Consider Proposals

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Rep-
resentat tives of the six striking
shop crafts unions on the South
ern Railway will meet in Wash
ington tomorrow with II. w. Mil
Ter, r,vice-presiden ent in charge of OPP
erations on the, system, to consid-
er proposals for settlement of the
strike on the basis suggested by
President Harding to the eXecu-
tives of all the railroads..
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Not to Take Men Back.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE Long
Island Railroad, through President
Peters, announced today that un-
der no circumstances would it take
back the men who went on strike
in the various shops on July /.
The only old employees who Have
a chance to get back are those men
walked out because they had to for.
low union orders he said.
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According to Information reach.
ing here today from the state
capitol, 400 members Of the West
Virginia National Guard will ar
rive here Sunday afternoon for an
indefinite stay They will come,
it is said to furnish that visible
protection" needed in order that
the coal operators Of this section
may carry out their agreement
with President Harding in the ac-
ceptance of his "invitation"' to re-
open the mines that the country
might not, suffer from a coal ia
mine this winter.
While there is no definite infor-
nation available, the action in
sending state troops heer is safo
the coal mines in this section, al
though the proposition is one, as
has been stated before. which is
an individual one with the opera
tors in the district.
On the beautiful flat bottom at
Barrackville, three miles from
here. where last summer and the
summer before, birdmen had a
landing place, The state troops will
be encamped- Provision is being
made today, it is said, for the
feeding of the troops and the es-
tabliShment of camp of standard
requirements.
While the coming OF the troHps
is looked upon with mingled fNs1-
ings, there are many who are firm
in the belief that there will Do
no actual fighting In the region
1,,k @F
will be sufficient to keep the stu
alton steady without actual com
bat
That there is a tendency to big
ger operations. seems to be indi-
Gated by the production records OF
the last two days. esterdays pro-
duction in the region was 591 OF a
new peak since the strife began
in the Northern West Virginia coal
fields, while the production on
Wednesday was $40 in the same.
territory. which was peak pre-
vious to the production record of
Thursday. i-
The town was running wild with
rumors today in regard to the com
ing of the tro>Ss, but the forego-
ing statements are made on tho
basis of information coming from
SouICSS ShdG oAouAu We 1h ou Lie
know:
With the troops here Sunday, it
is not unlikely that next week will
see a wholesale resumption OF op-
erations in the Fairmont region.
If this be the case. it will mean
showdown in the strike situation
in the Fairmont territor
According to Information receiv
ed by The. West Virginian through
the Associated Press at Charles
ton, the troops are not being sent
here in connection with the OPEN
ing Of the mines, according to
Governor E. F. Morgan, but mere
ly for the summer encampment-
The guard units were to have
gone to Camp Knox, Ky, for sum
mer instructions but the change
announced yesterday provides for
Fairmont and half at Nitro.
No reason for the change was
given by Adjutant-General. John
Charnock, but he said it would eff
feet a saving Of over $4,000 in
TRANSPORTATION. At the Fairmont
camp will be Company A (Military
PoHce )of Parsons: Company B.
ST. Albans c.. and D Of Charles
ton. and the band section of the
service company of the first batta-
lion. At Nitro will be Company e
of Logan, Company F of Mt. Hope.
Company G of Mullens, Company
HRof PIT. Peasants, Company of
Williamson Company Is OF Welch,
Company M OF Logan. Headquar-
ters Company, Second Battalion,
TALON. C1endenin. is s5-5S
ssTs
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NERS' CONF FERENCE IN CLEVE And H0PELE
Dog Decorated for
Saving Life ofCat

LONG BEACH, Cal, Aug. =
Spot, a dog is being decorated
today for bravery by the Long.
Beach Humane Society. The
dog is credited with having
jumped from the municipal pier
July 13 and rescued cat which
was struggling in the sea.
Spot is owned by William
Wrigby, chef, on the steamer
5Bergland. Wrigby also owns the
cat Spot saved. The -animeIs
are the Bergland's mascots.'
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WILL EXTEND WORK.

tSSOUTH MANCHESTER, CONN,
Aug gg24 The Prohibition Foun-
aation Inc, formed in 1916. Of
3yhich$ q. Il. G.. Hohenthal Of this
townSS Isl international secretary
EorSEurope, has arranged a cam
bugn for Italy, Hungary and
Eermany and is planning to ex-
EendSt11e work to poland and the
|BaIkans. Mr.. .Hohenthal announc-
ad today.