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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-30
SENTENCES Q.FiI....
W !. MEMBERS .| d
ARE SUSPENDED
Communication Made by Hard
ing on Condition That Con.
victs Leave Country.

WASHINGTON, Dec. SO.-The
sentences of eight members of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
convicted In the Haywood case OF
conspiracy and violation Of war.
time laws. were committed by Pres
ident Harding today, to expire at
once, on condition that the eight
prisoners leave the United States
and never return.
All OF the men are subject to de.
portation, and It was condition
OF their Communication that should
they return to this country the
clemency granted would be void. II
was further said that the President
had reached the decision that
should any one of them return, they
would be apprehended and returned
10 Leavenworth Penitentiary to
serve out the remainder of their
sentences.
The men whose sentences were
committed were: Aurelio Vinventi
Azuara, sentenced to twenty
years. G. ]. Bourg, ten years I;
Peter Green, ten years; Charles
L. Lambert, twenty years; Harry
Lloyd, five years; Burt Lorton, ter
years; Samuel Scarlet, twenty
years; Archie Sinclair, ten years.
The prisoners will be given six.
ty days in which to arrange for
their departure and will be requlr.
ed to give bond on their departure
from prison that they will appear
at a stated time and surrender
themselves for deportation.
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TOWNELECTIONS
IN COUNTY lobe
HELD.NEST week
Much Interest. Being Shown by
Citizens ln Several Of
Municipalities.

Several towns In Marion County
win hold municipal elections next
Thursday, and there Is much inter.
'est in the annual affair in various
Communities while In one or twGE
there IS Httle or no interest be-
|eause there isfbut one ticket In the
There ts additional interest in
1.-THE election at Riyesyille on &C.
|count OF the fact that the people
Eth0e VIII vote on a proposed.
|chahge y the corporate limits Of
the city. The matter has been the
basis Tor q great amount of7contro-
Iversy during the last several
months There are three tickets IN
the field a. Riyesville and a like
humber at FaIrview. II Is likely
hat there WIN be only one ticket
II the field AZ Monongah although
his Is not certain. while worthing-
on and Harrington will have two
ckets Tor the voters to select
lpm.
There Seems to be, a peculiar SIT.
iuatior existing at Pennington in
That several persons nominated for
fffice there have refused the nomI-
latlons, making the problem Of
baking up two tickets or even one
hard one While the situation
cemed ursettled there, according
70 reports received here at. 2.
p'ciocks 4 thought that tao mat.
w viii be cleared IN by Monday,
zen q definite lineup Of tickets
be efyenl i =
sR1e tickets insthe various towns, J.
tlie exception, of the ones at
hy'eF Which appear elsewhere
the papey, follow: -
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2FOUNDfDEAD IN
. PRIVATE GARAGE
Federal Prohibition Agent and
Woman Believed Over
come by Fumes.

TRENTON, N. j.. Dec. sO.-Wal.
ter A. Nicely OF this city, a federal
prohibition enforcement agent, and
a woman identified as Mrs. Anna
belle Gleason, mother OF three
girls, died today in Mercer Hos.
pital here a short time after they
had been found together in an auto.
mobile in a. private garage. The
motor was running and II Is pre-
sumed that they were overcome by
fumes. Nicely, a widower. was a
veteran Of the recent war.
Nicely served as ailrst lieuten.
ant with 111thi Michigan Gun Bat.
TALON, 29th Division, and was
wounded twice In the Argonne. He
became an enforcement agent in
January OF this year.
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FORMER ASSISTANT SECRE TA|RlY OF WAR INDICTED
Sentiment G rystallizing for
Paying Miners Here By Check
ds.Result of Recent oldupss

Sentiment Of paying the coal miners OF Northern West
yrgna by check Is once again being urged BY coal opera
following the cruel murder Of Paymaster
Dennis Of the sbursh Coal Co. last sat
uday The mining regions all the country are stirred
said by the dangerous practice Of paying miners in cash
Less than two daring robbery was committed
LOUISVILLE, MonongalIa when the OF the
New England Fuel e portation held up and
robbed The greater portion the payroll recovered at
ter of the killed AT that tme
the sentiment crysta King this region for the
ment OF miners by check g. ~ ,tlssS, - q p 49,
Within the past mon TINS the lnerests VIVA
At that time Mccullough, when asked to
opinion said that as lar as vas
nothing could construed to- mean that the
must be paid In cash. The West siae MOVE
specify currency tbs means OIL paying me
suggested that banking De made az
ter working hours 49, a; Z t,t (
Many operators In this region are IN favor OF max
ing an effort have the changed, They contend
that although pay rolls insured loss the daring
OF hghwaymen oh that they eporadize the lives
Of paymasters. what III result in the renewed move
to pay by check is a patter Of conjecture.
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.FINlANG.I|E j. MI|AY.
SETTLEQUE.STIOIN
CORPORATIONS
Government Feels That Inter.
national NATL, q .alists Can
Make Adjustments.
WORLD TN JEOPARDY
Hughes Thinks Peace.in Dang
or IfForcible Collection Is
Made From Germany. \

WASHINGTON. Dec. sO.-1as.
closure by Secretary Hughes, In
his New Haven speech last night.
Of the belief Of the washington
government that an international
commission of financlers, inciud.
ing Americans, might well be eau.
ed In to recommend a method OF.
settlement for the Preparations
crisis, apparently leaves the next
move IN the hands Of the allied.
premiers.
The American suggestion, Mr..
Hughes specified was offered as an
alternative in the event that the
premiers at their Paris meeting
next Tuesda fail to find a basis,
for adjustment of their views
among themselves"
The secretary stressed the view
that settlement by the premiers
wal. to be hoped for. He pointed
out that failing, such an agreo.
ment, the. world might be facing
the employment OF forcible, means
to collect reparations from Ger:
many and outlined, the danger to
world peace the. American govern
utent foresaw in that course. /.
The plain warning TO allied
kEtatesnen that the United StateS
could not look with favor ON Ut.
tempted 5foFGible collection was
reiteratedf by Mr.. Hughes IN his
address, andt the financial com.
mission plan put forward as an
alternative that would open hope
fully the way for American help
fulness.
AS a first condition Of appoint.
ment OF an economic commission,
however, Mr.. Hughes specified
that the whole question Of Ger
mans capacity to pay and methods
of payment must be taken out Of
politics. The problem AIst be
squared with economic facts alone,
he said, and relieved of all the
questions OF sentiment and clash.
ing political opinions and countar
charges.
It was this method alone, the
secretary's statement plainly indi.
Gated, which in the view Of the
American government would make
possible American economic aid
to Europe.
Secretary Hughes address and
Senator Borah's withdrawal Of his
navy bill amendment requesting
the President to call an economic
conference combined to clear the
air considerably with regard to the
effort Of the American govern
ment to be helpful in the reparn.
tions tangle. 1t had been made
plain that the administration saw
no present hope Of accomplishing
good results through the method
proposed by Senator Borah.
There was nothing here today
to indicate that the American gov.
eminent had It now in, mind to
take any other initiative other
than to suggest informally, as
Mr.. Hughes had done, a way in
which the Allied. Premiers them
selves might seek the aid Of Ames-
lean economic strength in restor.
ing Europe. Neither the White
House nor the State Department
would give any definite informa,
Continued on page tour.)
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.DOLLAR4AYEAR
MEN IMPLICATED
IN WAR FRAUDS
Official Under Wilson
Administration Faces Com
splraoy Charge:
SEVEN MEN INDICTED
Fraud In Construction Of
Army Camps and Canton
ments Charged.

4. WASHINGTON, Dec. 90: - tBs
the Associated Press Benedict
,crowell, assistant secretary Of war
under the Wilson administration
and six "dollara:year, men asao.
clated with the Council Of National
Defense were indicted here today
by. the special grand Jury inyesti-
eating war frauds ON charges Of
conspiracy to ldefrand the govern
ment In construction Of war time
army camps and cantonments.
I The others indicted are william
A. Starrett, Morton G. Thttle. Glen.
ems w. Lundotf, Clair Foster, John
H. Met Gibbons and James a. Mears.
The Indictment charges a CON.
splracy to maladminister existing
laws and regulations; TO control tho
giving OF contracts to friends, asso.
ciates and clients under the scost
plus, system, which It Is charged
resulted ina loss to the govern
ment OF millions OF dollars and 10,
dueed the morale of labor.
"
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XMAS BUYING LARGE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. - Al:
though lacking definite figures, De.
partment OF Commerce officials as
sert that the Christmas buying this
year was exceptionally, large. = De
paftment and other stores have re:
ported sales among the largest in
many years. & az
Mail order sales, II Is stated,
were the largest on record.
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ghree tickets pre: n tho field 1at
-csvilic NJ Mo, nun eipai eIsI.
they NeinE tue Citizens Prs.
sslye TiclSe People's Union
cr Ticke, and Peoples Tickes.
ahe eitiseHs Progressive ticket
Mayor George Hamrick.
Recorder Freeman.
co1ucilrnen4 " NJ. Daley, II.
Miller N p. eNicaleisou, b. w.
Iayton and y. G. Reoner.
The Peoples Union LaE7r ticket
|alaycfR. w. Durall. L.
|Reccrder p A. Barthlow
connci otha Bowman, j..
Ballah; Lee Toothman, W. r.
Lewis Kirk. q.
following Is the Paopl-'s ticket:
Mayor J Williams.
seeorder erris Williams.
souncifmei-L. r. Kirk, Sly.
ster Arnett, o. Z. Bowman. NJ.
Nichelsop and Howard John.
j J
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OIL PRICES ADVANCE.

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3.-The
price of Pennsylvania crude oil
was advanced rs cents to 1925 a
barrel by the principal purchasing
agents here at the opening of the
market today. Other advances Of
Is cents a barrel were: Cabell,
S2.11. Somerset $3.50; Somerset
Light $2.15. Corning at $1.75
and Raglan at $500 were un-
changed.
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football STAR KILLED

WOODBURY., N. j. Dec; 80.-Clarence Alexander
Wray a member Of the 1919 University of Pennsylvania
football team and Lewis Drummer of Philadelphia died
early today as aresut when Pennsy
Yania Railroad
Miss and Eliza
The party was on its way toa dance at the Woodbury.
Country Club when it was from
Atlantic City Wray and Brunner died in hospital from
fractured skulls. 4 I, 5. ,ss 4. u
Wray was star on the Pennsy lvania team. He was
brother Of Lud Wray, also Pennsylvania star. &. 4
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men SHOOTG
AND POLICEMAN
17-Year.oId High School Girl.
Inlured--- lone Of Gunner
Shot-..others Escape.

CHICAGO, Dec. s0.-one Of
three men early today shot a high
school girl as she was en- route
from school entertainment, kill
ed policeman and In turn was
shot and probably fatally wound
ed by another patrolman. The
girl, Miss Minnie Finkelstein, II,
was shot through the hip. Her
wound was not serious. The deal
officer was William j.. o'Malley, q
probationary policeman. ar
Miss Finkelstein said the three
men accosted her and another girl
as they were walking with her
brother and; another high school
student. When she protested one
OF the men began firing pistol
all three running when the girl
fell. Patrolman o'Malley, hearing
the shooting, dashed up only to be
shot three times. His partner shot
the gunman.
At the hospital the wounded
man refused to identity himself.
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AZ Worth,naton

There are two tickets in the
hd At WoTthington, the Peoples
let and the Citizens ticket.
Following IS the Peoples ticket:
llayor okey Drummer.
Recorders. o., Jscobs.
ropncilmen-C. 70. Ashcraft,
IN. BillingsIea, Henry King, c!
losbprne AMI Jesse NJ. Wood.
khe Citizens ticket follows:
iayor-E. j. Milan.
ecordef w. u. Leonard.
ouncilmen-F. a.. Billingslea,
Is Book, III. B. Corbin, A. D.
land and I McIntire.
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Al 3Mononuah

neither there will be more
a one ticket In the field
MIcfongah appeared uncer.
today according to the best
Irmatloh that could be secured.
ie Of The city OFFICIALS could be
tied and citizens from that sec.
j approached would admit moth.
Continued on page four.)
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CLEVELAND,

CLEVELAND, Dec. 30-Armed bandits this morning
held up the the Ferry Cap and Screw Company
and escaped with the weekly payroll The robbers en-
master Just returned from banker with the money,
heavily guarded by armed was caught
ly by the sudden raid.
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Last Minute Nelgs
To Strengthen Navy.

Il WASHINGTON, Dec. 80-A supplemental appropria-
ton Of 65OOOOO for battleships
mtted letter from Secretary Denman declaring that as
result Of the arms conference in Europe the nation must
adopt policy regarding its capital ships they are to
be maintained standard Of efficiency comparable to that
of similar vessels Of foreign powers!
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Turks Reinforce Troops

eATHENS, Dec. 30-The Turks are sending reinforce-
ments in the direction of Mosu the rich oil district the
ownership Of which is in dispute at the Lausanne conference
according to advice to the Central News from reliable
source.
ready left Van for Mosu.
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One Killed in Fire

ARDMORE, Okla. Dec 3O-At least one person was
killed and two blocks of frame business buildings were de
stroyed fire here today Two other are reported
missing.
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KlpNApEp CHILD RETURNED

KIDNAPPED CHILD RETURNED
DETROIT, Dec. 3o.-Hght:year
old Mary Giovannangeli, kidnapped
eight days ago and held for aran.
som Of $4,000, was returned TO her
home this morning less than
twelve hours after her father, Mic.
ola Giovannangeli, East side bank.
or, had reported her disappearance
to the police. r. ~
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CARS !
!. .D||'.R0PPINGLOWER
Coal Tonnage tor Week Ex-
pected to Show 81 Increase
veriPrevioussW Week.

With the end Of the week at
hand the supply Of empties IN
Northern West Virginia Is some-
what limited, dropping down 10 20
per cent today against IS per cent
yesterday.
Mines along the Monongah Div.
ision, B. and o., today have d 20
per cent run Of cars against 80
per cent yesterday. Along Che
Charleston Division there Is q 20
per cent run OF cars against 10 per
cent on Friday. The Mcnongahela
is down to 20 per cent today
against 40 per cent yesterday. The
Morgantown and Wheeling Rail.
way today had a ~ per cent run
against 4S per cent yesterday.
"A 81 per cent run o. cars Is on
the Western Maryland today. This
Is against 81 per cent on Friday.
Divisional Placements
Car supply data on the fiSe div
isions today is as follows.
Railroads Cars on Plae. Emp.
~ the Div. n. q. m. ORD.
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Tonnaoei WIN CAN.

O.
Indications are that the coal ton.
mage for the present week VIII
show an increase over last week.
despite the fact that there were hut
five work days this week and the
claims that the miners did not re-
spond 70 work promptly after
Christmas Day.
/ The car supply was better this
week, especially on the 81 & o. Sys.
TEN. which accounts for the In.
creased production. Twice during
the week the 9 200 car mark was
passed and q third time the tonnage
was within striking distance OF II
In the four days Of this week
there were 1924 cars 81 coal load.
ed against q ,s25 cars IN the first
live days Of last week. Last week
there was a daily average OF 1866
cars OF coal load ed while this week
there were {, 1b6 cars loaded day
on the average over the four day
period,
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THE WEATHER

Increasing elondlness followed
BY rain or snow tonight OF Sunday;
rising temperature
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Fun a oeiated Pres Vine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-06

resident of neither America nor Great
Britain. but of Canada. The selection
is fully justified by the account OF a
troubled time which has been written
by Prof. George NJ. Wrong of the Uni
versity of Toronto. Imposing figures
like Washington lose nothing Of their
impressiveness in his hands, but he
makes no attempt at the traditional
over -simplification Of the issue be-
tween Britain and America. THE ia
milisr workings Of modern demoe-
racy." he observes, "have taught us
that a great political issue must be
discussed in broad terms of high praise
or severe blame. The contestants viii
exaggerate both the virtue of the side
they espouse and the malignity OF the
opposing side" Some OF the greatest
personages on each side OF the water
exempIifed this unfortunate tendercy.
The loyalists receive welLba .anced
treatment IL Professor Wrongs pages,
both taeir grievances and theis Of
lenses being frankly set forth His
volume is fresh proof that il is pos
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-02-06

For most history any careful ms
torian will do. No objection can be
raised, for instance. against any prop
crly equipped American, Frenchman or
Samoan who sets out to tell the story
OF China or Persia, Australia or Peru.
But there i one field OF history where
the incest discrimination must be ex-
ercised. This i the history OF the
historians own country in it, relation
TO other countries. Once this was easy
enough. ANY defect of scholarship IN
the historian wa afoned for by patri-
cite ferror. All he had 70 do was 10
give the various enemies Of his coun-
try the worst OF Il on land and sea. m
diplomacy, art and manner. But pa
srioticr history has gene out Of fssh-
ion. Il has been succeeded by sci
entifc- history which in it deter
ninafion 60 l.e impartial has some
times leaned backward Who can BE-
trusted to write . history which shan
be neither ~patgioiic~ IN the bad sense
nor lacking IN appreciation Of the ma
tion's triumPhsi
An interesting solution 81 the prob
lem a. Il exists Tor his country has
been adopted By the eslitor u The
ghronicies Of America series Fublishrd
s. ne Yale University Press. A. the
narrator - The military side q to
Amerirsn Rtyolufion b has cAcsen .
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Sears; fourth, Grace Ellis; NTH, MISS
sberburne; sixth, Blanche Roy; sew
enth. Miss Leavens; eighth, Charlotte
Pills. ninth. Miss Katherine Spear.
BOYS race; First, X. Kendall, Barre
second. William McRac, Barre; third
q Bennett: fourth, @. Munsell; nfth'
Fred Brock; sixth, John Cattanacn
seventh. Carpenter Brock; eighth, w
Shepard; ninth, G. Ranslow; tenth, r
oGrady; eleventh, Donald Motion
twelfth,l Horace Teaehout.
Smalf children's race: Mics Nlikn-
son. Master Gleason. Miss Gleason ana
Miss wilkinson in the order named.
Obstacle race: First, Fred Brock. sec
ond, Carpenter Brock; third, W. Shep-
ard: fourth, @. Munsell. :,
Leap frog contest: First, r. Kendall
and William McRae of Barre; second
II Brock and w. shepard; third, @.
Munser and W. Chamberlain; fourth,
Cattanach and Teachout.
Obstacle race for girls; First, Miss
Culver; second, Miss WalSsri third,
Charlotte Ellis; fourth, Ethelyn FER
kins; fifth, Grace Ellis; sixth. Blanche
Row
Three. mile ski and snowshoeing race;
First. Hermon Ledden. on snowshoes /;
second, Winston Chamberlain, on skis;
third. Charles Lovely; fourth, Carpen'
ter Brock: fifth, Robert Lowe; sixth
Charles Bennett; seventh. William
shepard, eighth, Edward Nichols T;
ninth. Fred Brock; tenth, Carlos Ban
croft: eleventh, Marshall Reed:
twelfth, Herman Segel; thirteenth, G.
L. Scribner.
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sKI-JoRING RACE EXCITING.
Competition Held on Vermont Aead
envy Campus.

Saxtons River. Feb. 6.-The first
winter carnival Of the new Vermont
eeademy reached a most successful eli
max Saturday afternoon, visitors from
far and near fiocking about the acad-
my campus where all sorts OF snow
shoe and ski competitions were decid.
81. Owing TO the imperfect conditions
Of the Ski jump the performance.
scheduled for Saturday were omitted.
The chief feature OF the afternoon
was the final event. quarter mile ski.
ioring race. Two Of the fastest horses
in town pulled Mel Samson. Russell
BLACK. Philip Ransom and Hastings
around the campus track az brcakneck
specd. The races were run Of in three
heats. Black and Ransom being the
dret two contestants, Of which race
Black was by far the victor.
The second heat between samson
nd Hastings was won BY samson,
zen came the final between Black and
zm-on. which vas the most inter
sting of the day. The two horses ran
llek 90 neck throughout the whole
ur-c Up to the last tuo yards. when
blacks sfeed gave q last burst %
ped. smashing over the line few
fstf ahead q samson in = most thrill
~ finish
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RECORD JUMP
FOR The EAST
Was Made BY johnnie
Carleton of Dartmouth
College.
In CONTEST HELD
AT BRATTLEBORO
Carleton Covered 100 Feet
In Flight from Ski Jump
Off

grattleboro, Feb. a.--The climax g
l,pattleboro's winter sports activities
.ame Saturday afternoon IN the Yer
mont state amateur ski Jumping cham
piouship contest, when n crowd Of near
" 5000 saw Brattleborc's new SIX
lump formally opened in the presence
Of Lieutenant Governor Abram W
Foote. who came here officially TO rep
resent Governor James Hardness
The crowd also witnessed the New
England amateur record Of III feet
made Friday by ping" Anderson At
Berlin, N. H., smashed time after time
ii times to be exact, and equalled once
and the eastern United States record
ef lis feet beaten four times and
caualled once. The longest jump OF the
dsy was ISL feet, made by Johnnie
Carleton of Dartmouth college, hut did
not stand las q record because he tel
directly after landing, but on lis first
trr he cleared 100 feet in beautiful
form and followed it with jump Of
lac feet, also in fine form.
The only injury Of the day was te
q. N. Proctor, aged II years, Hanover
high school boy, who, after clearing
ia feet on his first try, made q won
derful leap OF 81 feet. As he did 50 9
ski strap broke and when he landed
the point of the ski stuck into the
snow and the heel of the xxi struck
him in the back, between the shoulders
He was removed to the Memorial hos.
pital, where it was found that his in
Jury was not serious.
Professor j. W. Goldthwait Of Dart
mouth and Andre Dahl of Boston, the