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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

NEW YORK, May 25.-The slay-
ing of Clarence Peters, ex-marine,
last Tuesday, by Walter s. Ward,
SON of George S. Ward, million
aire head of the Ward Baking Co.,
followed the elder Wards refusal
to give his son $4,000 to pay tc
his alleged blackmailers, it was
learned today.
Young Ward had sent radio mes
sage to his father who was return
ing home from Europe on the Ma
jestic, explaining his predicament
and asking for funds to meet the
blackmailers' latest demands, said
an official working on the case.
When he received by radio the curt
response, Not one cent for black
mall" he resolved to meet Peters
and his two companions and tell
them he was through" this Off,
cial said.
The young scion of the house OF
Ward, vice-president of his faith
er's business concern and father
of two children, already had paid
his blackmailers sums aggregating
$4,000 according to Sheriff Wer-
ner.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
CRIMINAL CASES
CLOG DOCKETS
Parkersburg Term of Federal
Court Opens Today With
Many Cases.

PARKERsBURG, May 2s.-The
criminal dockets of the federal
court of the northern district OF
West Virginia are clogged by a
number of criminal cases whlchfare
multiplying at every term of court,
according to statement made
from the bench by Judge w E.
Baker, when the Parkersburg term
of federal court convened this
Ei,lG rrir ~ e. u 70 lSLnb bert. ot
criminal cases Before the court are
-detrim entail to the civil cases and
business, Judge Baker declared,
but stated that no relief is in sight.
Federal court has been IN ses-
sion in different cities almost con
tinuousIy since the beginning of
the Martinsburg term in April, and
at Martinsburg day and night ses
sions were held with only a brief
lunch period, the judge told the
court attaches and attorneys pres
ent, and asked for some suggestions
from them regarding some relief
from the situation which confronts
the court.
Judge Baker stated that he has
appealed to Judge Knapp of the
fourth circuit for assistance and tc
the Attorney General but that the
response has been that every court
in the country is similarly clogged
that every Judge is being overwork-
ed and that none can be sent to
West Virginia to assist in court
work here.
OF the 200 criminal cases thai.
we're on the docket at the Wheeling
term of court, seventy-five were
transferred to the Petersburg
term. F'iften of them are for fell
onies and the remainder for mis-
demeanors.
Everett Tefft, South Parkers-
burg, plead guilty to an informa-
tion charging the possession of
liquor and was fined 500 and costs
Because of the serious illness OF
Officer Joe Derr, Wit
ness, one case of a Glarksburg stor-
age business proprietor was con.
tinued to the next term. At pre-
vious trial of this case the jury dis
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
pARKERsBURG ATHLETES
sSENTERED AT ANN ARBOR
,AiRKERSBURG Nav

PARKERSBURG. May 23-
of the Parkersburg
kHigh School state championship
team have been entered in
sthe einter-scholastic track and Held
meet (which will be held at Ann
SArbor, Mich, under the auspices
8ofathe@ University OF Michigan this
Barnum, three time indi-
! siduaI5 scholastic cham pion of
NV est Virginia and holder of the
SsjEaafe records for the discus. ham
smer and javelin throw, and Han
naman, who hung up a new record
Sfor the 10o-yard dash at Morgan
town last Saturday, have been
selected to make the trip.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
RIOT AT BECKLEY I AMDS
FIFTEEN I MIN Frs ALL.

BECKLEY,sW5 W.. Va May 2233. -
Fifteen arrests were made last
night in connection with a demon
stratfon yesterday when tiha New
River Coal Co. opened the SpragIsi
mine on the so-calIed open shop
basis. The men weregarraig ignsd be-
for magistrate waived preliri
mary hearing and were held to the
grand Jury in s 4. 600 bah each
mo one was in jured during the
which was peril
paeI in by numb ber OF women
authorities said
A similar demonstration d also Y a.
reported to have taken place ait the
Echols mine n ear here, llen
large mum berS Of women with mud
and brick bats put to- nj ght miners
whoswere preparing to start opsra-
tions. None was reported irjured
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
LOCAL OPERATORS
IN SECOND PLACE ACE
Pennsylvania Coal Men al
National Convention Ex-
pect Strike to End
Hr II. H. DINLaP

CHICAGO, Ill, May 23-Rec-
ords of the National Coal Associa-
ton, which will convene here in its
fifth annual conven ton tomorrow,
show that the Northern West Vir-
ginia Coal Operators Association
again ranks second among the coal
associations of the United States in
voting strength, with 116. Ths
Southwestern Interstate Coal
Operators Association. with head
quarters at Kansas City leads with
III votes.
The Central Pennsylvania Coal
Producers Association is third
with LA votes. The voting
strength is based on the member
ship f-the individual association.
The reason that the southwestern
association is so large is due to
the fact that it embraces vast
territory, Missouri, Kansas and
Arkansas in their entirety and
part of, Oklahoma.
Northern West Virginians pres
ent consist OF C. H. jenkins,
George S. Bracket and Oliver j.
Caldwell, Fairmont; Daniel How
ard and A. Lisle White, Clarks-
burg. Samuel D. Brady, Fairmont
and c. Jenkins, Morgantown, are
representing the Monongahela
Coal Association. T. h. Johnson,
Bellaire. Ohio, president of the
Chesapeake Coal Co. which has its
operations at Barrackville, is also
present
Expect Strike to End
Western Pennsylvania Coal OPP
orators say that the coal strike
will be over by July 1. They claim
that the miners there are becom-
ing hungry and that marked
change has been noted in the stu
alton within the past few weeks.
They believe that the miners will
accept the cut offered. 1t Is be
lieVed that operators will not
agree to give the miners the
check-off in Western Pennsylvania
but are apt to resort to all legal
means to prevent it
Golf Match Prevented
A heavy downpour of rain has
prevented jenkins and White from
teeing Off on the golf links OF the
Beverly Fill Country Club.
The meeting of the West Vir-
gfnia State Coal Association. took
place at the Blackstone hotel late
this morning. It is thought that
j. G. Bradley, Dundon, will be re-
elected state president. Mr.. Brad
ley believes personally that the
Office should go to some one else.
but the members generally believe
that ne should remain at the post
inasmuch as the strike is on.
Walter H. Cunningham - Charles
Continued on Page Ten)
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
Hot Dog Wagon Doomed to
ObLiUion in FARM ONT If
Cify Fathers Take Action
Traffic Blocked and Standards
Lowered, According to
Complaints.

The hot dog wagon is doomed =
This prophecy, sounding as It
does the local death-knen of one
of Americas most popular and up
lifting institutions, will bring sor-
row to the hearts of younger Far
monters. But it is true-that is, II
members of the Fairmont Board OF
Affairs do not change their minds.
Yesterday morning a restauran-
teur applied for license to operate
an eating-house at three different
places in the city. On investigation
the eating-house in question proved
to be an "itinerant hot-dog stand.
The license was promptly refused,
T. 1--WE have had number of COM
plants about this thing said one
member of the board. "One won
an on Benoni avenue declares thai
an owner has parked his bus in
front of her residence-ard that's
a swell residential section-and is
daily pouring water and other re-
fuse into the street. She tells me
that she cannot approve of the gen
tleman's method of conducting his
business.
The high school people have
been after me-" declared another
board member. 1.-The hot dog wag-
on paraded itself up to the front
of the building and made itself at
home there, 1 understand. know,
in fact. for went out to take a
look myself There it was. sure
enough, right in front of the high
school. with two or three ice cream
freezers standing in the street near
it. Whenever class was out {
large group Of boys and girls
would rush across the street to the
car With automobiles whizzing
II and : her aS and sEefv,whase
such was actions of their part
were extremely foolish, In my est1-
nation
A third member of the board
Joined in the discussion: Not only
all that is true. but some more
also I've been hearing complaints
about traffic being blocked BY
these cars. When they're standing
on the street they are absolutely
a nuisance and in the way. When
they're moving, they poke along at
two or three miles an hour and are
equally a nuisance.
II don't see that we have right
to issue license to anyone to eS-
tablish place of business on the
street of the city" added the first
speaker Much less right have
we to let these hot dog stands mi
CRATE from place to place as they
please"
'eWell.'' said the second member.
what are we going to do about it?'
'Stop it, suggested the third.
81 think Fairmonters should have
enough civic pride to realize that
such things as hot dog wagons are
n
standards Of the city. They are
dangerous to the safety of our citi-
zens. The wagons are unsightly
and also disreputa ble-looking And
they are SO unnecessary"
The round robin discussion
ended with the first speaker.
Well" said he, well just refuse
this license and hold over our cam
paign-planning until the mayor gets
back"
And it came to pass.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
COAL PRICES DROP
TO DOLLAR A TON
Effect of Governments Plan
to Hold Down Prices
Felt Today.

CONNELSV1LLE, Pa, May % !.
The federal government plan
to prevent sky-rocketins in tine.
price of coal was felt today in the
Fayette biEuminous region when.
prices dropped 81 a ton, fam 81 25
and $3.50 to So. % and So. so at
the mine.
Leading steel interests which
buy in the Fayete region or own
their own mines here have turned
to the non-union fields Of West
Virginia and Kentucky with the re-
suit, according to leading brokers
that there is no demand from this
field. The price reduction, they
said would be marked by sus-
pension of operations in about
seventy five wagon mines in the
Fayette district.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
HIGH MARK MADE
TODAY IN MINES
DOING BUSINESS
Northern West Virginia Has
1872 Mines Working Today
According to Report.
REDUCTION GAINING
'52s Cars Loaded in Region on
Monday---4oo Enpties
Ordered Today.

4{sRecords compiled at the office of
Ehe Northern West Virginia Coal
30perators Association show that
there are 1872 mines working in the
Northern West Virginia field To-
5day. This sets a new peak in the
5number of operations active since
/ the strike was called on April 1,
There being twelve more mines
&Sworking today than yesterday when
She mark of 120 mines in operation
East Thursday was ec<1aioA.
bach division today is as follows:
27. Monongahela CIV.
|Na.3 50, Connellsville 7, Cunber-
land s.; NJ & K. 81.
! Mines at Work
The number of mines working in
each division today are os follows:
27, Charleston SO, Mon
3ongahela CIV. Va.) Z. Connells-
|Si1fe$6, Cumberland 25, NJ. & x. 81
IA IsI WI & WI. Western Maryland l..
1sutside the Northern West ViT-
}nia field, one mine was working
"a zthesB. c.. & G. and thirteen On
he8Pennsylyania end of the Mon
bngahela
4 Production Monday
Ess5sThere 332 cars of coal load
dE5InatHe$ENo oTthern@ west virginia
field on Monday. which is 13 more
than on Saturday. The distribu-
ton or this loading by divisions is
as fellows: Monongah 54; Charles
ton IS; Monongahela CIV. Va.)
90 Connellsville 81; Cumberland
IS. NJ X. 50, NJ. & w, 10;
western Maryland 6.
Outside of this belt there We're
51Sirty8 seven loads on the B. C. &
and sixty-eight on the Penn
:Esylvania end of the Monongahela.
EmPties Ordered
En1pties ordered today numbec-
ed o04and were distributed as fol-
lows: NIonongah 105. Charlestor.
.64 Electromagnetic CIV. Va.) IS
$Sonnellsville 25, Cumberland 65,
8 I.ssT. X. IS, NJ. & W. 10, Western
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
VALUATION INCREASED

CHARLESTON, May 23-The
increased valuation of Raleigh
County realty is estimated at
S9.8o3,427 in a communication
received toda Walter S. Hallan-
an, state tax commissioner, from
the office Of the assessor, Ward
Cook. The actual Increase on
completed territory is SIS 5,S03,427
and asF..conservative" estimate for
the other four! districts is $4,000
900.
This is approximately. a 81 per
cent on the basis OF the 1921 real
estate assessme ent of s26,671,134.
In the city of Beckley the 1922
assessment Is S4.221,17oe u. :
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
GRECO GETS SIX
MONTHS IN JAIL
FOR KILLING MAN
=
italian Who Killed Alleged
,BIackhander Is Let
Off Easy.

Salvatore Greece was sentenced
to serve six months in the county
jail and pay a fine of 81 and costs
by Judge E. M. Showalter in Grim
inal Court today when he entered a
plea of guilty to misdemeanor
charge in connection with the
death Of Laurence Guiseppi. or
Lawrence Joseph, at the Salvatore
mine of the Clark coal Co., on Hell
ems Run several months ago.
A felony indictment against Gree
CO was ordered nollied by the court
after the prisoner before the bar
had entered his plea of guilty to
the misdemeanor charge. Greece
was represented by Attorneys
Frank c. Haymond and Harry
Shaw. The state was represented
by Prosecuting Attorney Frank r.
Amos and John w. Mason assistant
prosecuting attorney.
The court and the attorneys re
viewed the case carefully before
Greece was allowed to enter his
plea of guilty to the misdeme eanor
charge, as twill be Remembered
that he $shot Guis eppf to. dea tllsi si4E
the coal company offfct In review.
ing the case. 1T was brought out
that Guiseppi came to this city
from Pennsylvania looking for Gree
CO. He found out from local ltal-
ans that he was at the Salvatore
mine on Helen's Run and then
went there in search of him. He
found Greece, who did not know
him in the coal company's office
and began questioning him. At first
Greco denied his idenity, but later
when pressed by Gusseppi, he ad-
mitted his identity and grabbed a
gun kept on a shelf in the office.
According to Grecco's story and
blue prints presented to the court
by his attorneys today, Guiseppl
bloked the only exit from the room
and started to close in on Greece.
Fearing that the unknown Italian
was going to kill him, Greece SAID
he fired in self defense, killing his
assaiIant. Greece calmly awaited
the arrival of the officers follow
ing the killing and surrendered
when they arrived, claiming self
defense.
1t was also proved in court that
Greece had received numb OF
black hand letters and that ne
thought Guiseppi was one of them
and was hunting for him
In reaching the decision to allow
Greece to plead guilty to the mis-
demeanor charge, the court and
prosecuting attorney took into con-
,sideration all the evidence intro
duced by the lawyers for the de-
fendant and also the fact that there
were no eye witnesses to the Kill
ing. Judge Showalter ordered Clerk
Gather to date the commitment
from the day Greece was arrested.
BY doing this, Greece will have 10
serve about three months longer
in the Jail and pay his fine OF 81
and all the costs of the case to re-
gain his freedom.
At the conclusion of the Greece
case, Judge Showalter announceo
that all the cases set for today and
Wednesdav having been disposed
Of by the confession route the trial
Jurors would be excused until >
O'Clock Thursday morning. the
present term OF court viii soon be
over and to date there have beet
but two or three jury trials
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
GENERAL WOODS YACHT
CAUGHT IN BAD TYPHooN

MANILA, May % .--WNrq NE!
Queries to the Yacht Apo on " wa1ca l!.l1
Goyernor-General Leonard 1ooo
and his wife and daugbter sailed
Saturday for M1ndoro. nave noI ltln
been answered. and the tEphoon
which ragged yesterday IS peheVeo
responsible for the delay IN tne1r
return.
The Apo is believed to nave
sought refuge in some port Oh
Mindoro. General Wood planned
hrief visit of inspection on the is
land No serious damage from the
typhon has been reported.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
REPUBLICAN WINS
HUNTINGTON RACE

HUNTINGTON, May 23.-1ndica-
tions today was that there would
be no change in returns in Hunting
toms city election when unofficial
returns gave state Seantor Floyd S
Chapman, Republican mayoralty
candidate, majority OF 1858 over
his Democratic opponent, Mayor c..
w Campbell.
Ira C. Roe, Republican, was elect
ed city commissioner by 1,271 votes
according to unoffiial returns, over
Levi Johnson. Democrat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
EDAkoTA MAN JAIuEp.

walter Udzik, wanted by county
Officers on charge of violating :
the State Prohibition Law. was ar,
rested by Sheriff James D. Charlton
and members OF his force at Dakota
today. Udzik was brought to this
city and locked up in the county
jail pending a trial OF hearing be-
fore a local magistrate
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

DAvISBORO, Ga. May 23.-
Mrs. Billy kitchens, bride of six
weeks, and rural mail distributor,
was shot to death by Charlie
Atkins, 15-year-old negro, who
wanted the machine the girl was
driving.
Mrs. kitchens was driving along
a road through a swamp when
Atkins sprang out and demanded
she stop. The girl reached for a
revolver as Atkins shot her in the
face with shotgun
Atkins then dragged her body
to a. swamp, where it was found
later and drove the machine
home.
A posse captured Atkins, fog
ged him, strung him up and then
pumped his body full of lead.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
sEssIoNs SUSPENDED

WASHINGTON. May 23-(By
The Associated Press Because
of continued. delay in receiving
fun instructions from their gov
3ernments, the Chilean and Peru
Wan delegations to the Washing
ton conference today suspended
their joint sessions until Thurs
dag.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
TWO TRAINMEN KILLED

PEORIA. Ill. I, May 23.:-Two
trainmeu were killed when the
engine and several cars of a. Min
neapolis and st. Louis freight
train plunged through a burning
trestle at Cedar Creek this morn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

BELFAST, May 23.-(By5 The -
sociated Press.l The greatest aid
in the recent history of Ireland was
carried out early today Whers
swarms of police swept through
Ulster and rounded up 200 Sim
Feiners, the majority of whom were
Irish Republican army officers.
The northern government,sa az
tion was taken, it was stated in8an8
effort to suppress not onl " hsA
Irish Republican Brotherhood but
all other Sim Fein organizations
in the six county area.
The governments move foilows8
swiftly upon Irish Republ licans army
raids and burning Of building I'M
the counties of Down and ANTRIM
and the hosti1ities in Belfastrsa
Gently eliminating in thesS murder
Yesterday OF w. ]. Twadell. mem
zber( of the Ulster Parliament.
w Nearly cry town and village ms
Ulster was visited, but the bull
OF the prisoners was taken in he
country districts from IfaTmshou
Comparatively few captures were
made in Belfast. Most OF the Irish
Republican army living inS the Sim
Fein districts of Belfast anticipat-
ing action by. the police as a&resulLE
of the Twaddell assassinati ions had
gone ION the run. 70 ''@
The captures include GapaI@
Healy, member of the F'ermanaghs!
Continued on Page ETenl
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

Among the odd birds OF Austria
liza are the black swan, the Tyre
bird. the honeysucker and the
brush turkeys
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23

CHICAGO, May 23-Deep mys-
terry involves the shooting of Ed
ward L. Thornton, millionaire
Chicago lumberman- aged .53.
According to Mrs. Everett
Thornton. the dead mans sister
in-law. Thornton was cleaning a
gun belonging to her husband,
when the weapon went on acciden-
tally and Thornton was shot
through the lung. AS it was an
accident, Mrs. Thornton says, the
police were not notified. The
management of Grant hospital
whittier he was taken from his
home. fearing he would die, as, he
did later. called in the authorities,
however, and an investigation is
being made.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-23
WHOLESALER RAID
CARRIED OUI IN
IRELAND Today A
Irish Republican Army O officers
Compose Majority Of
Those Arrested.
LEADERS CAPTU.R RED
Action Follows Raids ar'd
Murder of Member q
Ulster Parliament.

BELFAST, May 23-cBy$-T-t.a he S
Associated Press.)-lt was Off,
ficiaIIy stated at q o'elock8this
afternoon 800 Sim Feiners had NJ
been taken prisoner by the Y 4 -Sss
ster authorities and that they
would be interned. sf
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-06-30
HEADL|GHT LAWS NEED REMAINING
 MOST URGENTLY

Not only does the great inconsis- tency in headlight dimming laws anu regulations throughout the country present a problem to the motor car manufacturer but the discrepancy also imposes difficulties and dangers on the tourist.
 The traveller does not know what to do as he motors along strange roads at night. Is he expected to dim his lights on the approach of an other vehicle or is he permitted the use of the full strength of his lights at all times? Or do traffic rules re- quire that his lamps always be dim med one way or another?
 Those who have motored through various parts of the country in re- cent years realize that there is some thing fundamentally wrong in the present and common practice of dim ming electric headlamps. A better understanding of the problems of driving a motor car at night is need ed both by state authorities, in whose power it is to make laws governing the use of lights, and by motorists generally. "
 The idea that when two cars are approaching each other both should dim their lights has been proven bas. ically unsound, dangerous and in furious to both drivers. What is needed is more light properly used and less light improperly used.
 The dimming of lights on country roads is responsible for more cross ing accidents, more collisions at turns or narrow parts of roads, more run ming down of pedestrians and vehicles than any other single cause.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-06-30
WANTS 4 SPECIAL
 FINISH ON BATTERY

Merciful gracious, Agnes, can you beat it?
 Here come a radio ran and asSs for a special finish for his Gill radio bat tery in order that it will match his furniture in his living room, where he has his receiving set installed!
 And just to please him the exter- for of the hardwood case was finished in golden oak", says Black & Ellis local Gill battery dealer. "Of course