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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
NEW 100000
THEATERl55'PER
CENT COMPLETE
viii Be Completed March IS
---Aim to Place Roof in I
Next Eight Days.

Approximately SIS per cent com.
plete to date is the estimate given
on the West Virginia Amusement
Co. Theater. the new 100000
building now under construction.
adjoining the WatsCN Hotel on
Main street. The foundation a
practically 50 per cent completed.
the brick work Is 81 per cent fin
lshed. the structural steel portion
Of the building Is 95 per cent CON.
pleted, and 65 per cent Of the work
on the roof Is through. These fig.
urges were estimated By w. @.
Hawkins, In direct charge Of the
construction work, who declares
that Falrmont's newest theatar will
be ready for opening, SO far as
construction work Is concerned. by
March 10.
The main object of the construc.
ton workers at present is to roof
the auditorium and stage OF the.
building within the next eight daya.
Efforts are being centered on this
aim In order that the interior work
may be started Immediately. It Is
estimated that the front roof will
be completed by January I. In the
meantime the inside work will BIZ
in process. providing that dry
weather continues and parraits the
completion of the back eAof.
Optimism in regard to the work
is voiced by these In authority. All
the necessary material for the
present work Is at hand and ma.
terial for the interior is easily avail.
able. A plentiful supply OF work
men is present and weather condl-
lions arc proving favorable.
When completed the building
will be one OF the largest consttuc.
tons made In this city for many
years. 1t will De the largest and
finest theater in West Virginia and
will have a seating capacity Of l..
274. The whole house will be done
in stucco relief. TIE color scheme
will be worked out in blue and tan.
The seats Of the first floor and
logia will be upholstered in tan
plush. The proscenium opening
will be thirty two feet wide and
twenty seven feet high. The stage
will be thirty eight feet deep.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following real estate trans
fens have been filled in the office
OF County Clerk Lee N. Satter.
field:
Mary ], Minnear and husband to
Emma c. Balnbridge. a parcel Of
land in the ]. W. Reeves Addition
to Fairmont; consideration 81 etc.
The deed carried s7.in stamps in
dicating a consideration Of at least
$1,000. 3
H. D. McTavlsh to "A, Jane cIell.
and, lots Nos 80 and IS In the
Poundstone Acres Addition to
Pennington; consideration $3.50.
Mary D. Steele to Columbus
Harr, a parcel Of land in Walnut
avenue, city; confederation So.
900.
Lawrence Barrackmans and wife
to Net Robinson "a parcel Of lard
at Barrackville; consideration
$1,000.
]! G. Glasscock and wife to TIL.
ar Chapman, parcel Of land in
the Bellyiew Heights Addition,
city; consideration $1,500.a
Charles s. Watkins to William z,
Cornell, a parcel Of land in, Worth
ington. Consideration $500.
Fairmont and Cleveland Coal
Co. ito Jacob F. Straight, a parcel
Of land in Paw Paw District. Con-
sideration $1,000.
Woodlawn Cemetery Co., to
Mrs. e N, Boyer, parcel Of land
In the Woodlawn Cemetery. Con.
,sideration $500.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Warrington Personals

Mrs. Glenn Norman and Miss
Fay Meade were shopping in Fair.
mont Saturday.
j. F. Shortle spent Sunday at
his home in Pleasant street. He
is employed at Cameron at the
present time.
Miss Reba Mari has accepted a
position In Modi's store during The
Christmas shopping season.
Mrs. Glenn Norman has retwn.
ed home after visit with friends
in Wheeling. a
Mrs. D. G. Tabler is in Clarks
burg, where she will remain foe
the greater part of the week, at
tending a special session Of the
Ladies' Oriental Shrine.
Miss Virginia Lopez sss return
ed home after q visit with friends
in Wheeling.
Robert Tabler spent the week
end with friends In Park:rsburg
Miss Mary Mann, a teacher in the
high school, spent the week end
with her parents In Fairmont.
Mrs. Paul Swtger Of Hovewood
is confined to her home by IN at
tack Of influenza.
H. D. Reardon Of Annabelle was
a week end guest of friends in
Warrington.
Little Mary Alice Kidder, daugh.
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. s. Kidder
is improving nicely after being
confined to her home because oil
bronchial pneumonia which follow
ed after scarlet fever.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
CLERKS J0BLESS AT
END OF LONG STRIKE


HUNTINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE
strike Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway clerks ended Friday, ac-
cordtng to telegram received
here today from E. H. Fitzgerald,
president OF the c. and o. Railway
clerks at Cincinnati. No strike
benefits will be paid after that
date, the message said. The men
are now free to return to work II
they SO desire. E, L. Book, general
superintendent, stated that all
clerks positions had been filled.
The clerks struck on July 1, fol-
lowing the failure Of their repre-
sentatives and railway officials to
reach an agreement on wages and
vacations with pay.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
JURY FINDS FOR
SNYDER HEIRS in
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
(contInued from plge onel

tense was not in court when the
verdict was read.
Little progress is being made
in the $4,000 damage case Of R. L.
Cunningham vs.. Charles E. Man.
ley, which was started Saturday
morning. Mr.. Cunningham, the
plaintiff in the case, was the frs;
witness called to the stand Satur-
day morning and at $3.50 O'Clock
this afternoon he was still on the
stand. The case will last for sew.
eral days yet.
At the opening OF court this
morning Judge Meredith entered
orders in number Of cases as fo,.
lows:
Amanda B. Conway VS.. John B.
Conway, chancery, decree of ref.
erence.
Arena Hefuer VS.. John Herner,
chancery, decree Of reference.
Fannie Maxwell VS.. Bessie E.
Maxwell, chancefy, decree confirm.
irg report OF commissioners.
Ora G. Straight vs.. verna X,
Straight, chancery, degree of refer.
ence.
The Ullman.PhIllpot Co., a cor.
poradon, vs.. F. Morgan Hamilton
and others, an order dismisslng tie
case.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
CONSTIPATION
HEADACHES
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For Stomach, Liver and
Bowels
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Food tastes better Immediately
Anyone who has lost their energy
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NoTE:-4upon inquiry It Is
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
EARTH. Z sHlo LIIl FEI.r


SANTIAGO. Chile, Dee IL
(By the Associated Pfess)
Strong earth shocks were felt ri
IllaDel and oyalle early today, A.
cording to adyices receive mere
State railway officials Said tliaE
communications north Of the lat
ter town had been Interrupted and
that the station at Godulmbo did
not answer calls, The shocks were
left very strongly at Los Andes.
but apparently extended no fitr-
Their south than Valparaiso; where
a tremor was noticed
The center Of the disturbance IN
believed to have beent 81 the Val
lenar district, where Tie RECENT
disturbances occurred.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
SCHOOL CHILDREN
MAKING A. MINUTE
TALKS AT SHOWS
Continued from Page one)

Blk Six" victorious, pitching the
first ball at a local game in
Saranac Lake
At the end OF the picture he
appeals to the American public
to support the Christmas seal
sale by means OF which tubercu-
losis associations are combating
the great white plague" On
December 2, Mr.. Mathewson gave
an address in the auditorium Of
the john Wannamaker store III
New York in behalf OF the seal
sale. His audience, consisting Of
$500 children and adults, ra.
ceived him with cheers.
Following the picture is short
film presenting in animated form
the Christmas health seal and
the Santa Claus health poster. In
this picture an attractive young
mother Is seen standing beside u
beautiful snow-covered fir tree.
She is clasping her badly in her
arms. AS she gazes at the tree
the child reaches out It's arms,
and at this moment the tubercu-
losis cross in scarlet slowly ap-
pears in the center of the tree.
The scene fades into an animated
cartoon Of Santa. Claus holding a
large envelope In the center OF
which a Christmas seal has been
placed. With a jovial smile and
a jolly wink, he raises his arm
and points to the seal. The pic
ture then fades into a closeup If
the seal. This is followed by IN
illustrated title showing Christ
mas tree laden with gifts and
bearing the title Stamp Out Tub
erculosis-Buy Christmas Seals"
.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Manpn!ilngton Society

'gWeek.End Guest

atNNVVCH-|H6 AaGoS
Miss Mary Jolitfe of Morgantowu'
was the weekend guest of Miss
helen Orchard In Pleasant street,
~ From Wheeling
Mrs.. Frank e. Furbee and
1 tylughtar, Martha Virginia, have re.
timed from a visit with friends
Iii wheeling. Fred Burt and his lit
tie daughter Virginia haye also re
turned from Wheeling where thoy
we're guests Of friends.
Oyster Supper
~ Columbus Hennen, an employe
OF the GSouth Penn water depart.
nent, gave his fellow-workers a
real treat In the way OF an oyster
suppef at the Morgan Station Fri
TiayS evening. Everyone employed
al this department was present,
except the ones who work at thH
Metz and Beulah plants.
\ THE atfair was strictly stag
party, which was the chief reason
TOR the supper being served first.
4 ffie slogan for this occasion was,
.aEat first; then, II you feel like
Il, ION with the dance"
4 Everything good that'is usually
| served with oysters was prepared
b. Nj. Hennen and his CO. worker
n the plant, Otis Yost, and they
proved themselves masters Of this
branch Of cookery. One Of the
\ kers said today that "I.um's
Nj systers varied in weight
from ssa TO two pounds.nr
THE guests present were
Charles willard, Guy Glover, WI.
! liam Gamer Willard Glover, al.
\bsFt Michael Joe Efaw. Frank
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
The Dixie.

Anita Stewart appears at the
Dixie today in the title role OF
Rose o. the Sea" as waif OF
the sea.who becomes a sales girl
in the city, then the flnancee Of a
millionaires son, and finally the
wife Of the millionaire.
So 1t Is sort Of a Cinderella
tale in some respects, but highly
dramatic withal, and some OF the
experiences OF the heroine are not
such as anyone might envy.
Rudolf Cameron plays opposite
the star for tho first time since
their sweetheart days, and their
many admirers will be glad to see
them together again on the
screen.
. The added features are Pathe
News and comedy. ,a n
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Two MENK|LLED
IN TRAIN WRECK
Norfolk 8 Western Freight
Jumps Track and Goes
Into Tug River.

WILLIAMSON. W. Va, Dec. II
men were killed and one
injured when an eastbound Nor
folk & Western freight train ri.
an lnterlocking switch near
Welch. W. Va, jumping the track
and going into Tug River.
X. NJ. Book engineer, Of Eek.
man W. Va. and the head brake
man were killed. The fireman was
thrown into tho river, but he es-
capped and walked mile and q
half and was then taken to a hos
pltal.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11

eral sag to below saturday =
finish.
Corn and oats as well as wiieat
reached new top prices for tho
season. but later eased OF with
wheat. After opening Unchanged
TO 1 lac up, May a 1s 10 4 i s. /.
the corn market lost most Of is
gains. y
Oats started 1-S to S-S up. Nav
AZ rs to Is and later held around.
Saturdays latest figures.
Provisions were higher In line
with hog values.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
CONDUCTOR KILLED.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Dec. IL
Roy s. Watson, 35 years old, West
ern Maryland Railway conductor
Elkins, W. Va, vas instantly killed
late yesterday in falling under his
train while shifting. He was for
Inerly .yardmastef at Knobmont
He was a member Of Fort Cumber,
land Lodge OF Masnns, this city.
MS wife and three sons survive.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
HEARING BEGINS

WASHINGTON. Dec. Ii Hear.
ings on a bill looking to the genes
al Improvement Of the Mississippi
River were begun today by the
House flood control commtttAs
which went In to all phaser Of the
subject including navigation. The
witnesses repre- sented al parts o.
the Mississippi yalleys x
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
APPRAlsEMI,,jE::Nl,rgB BIN

The apraisement bin Of the
estate Of the late Mary q Engie
was filed fol recording in the OF
flee of County Clerk Les il, Satter
field today: The appraisors. NJ, l.,
Gross, A. 5Efaw and j. d Rice.
placed tho value Of the estate 1t
$1,1se.70.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11

paid Back showing at the
Princess today and featuring LII.
liam West and Mahlon Hamilton in
the leading roles; is d story Of
mans perfldy and woman's trust.
and while sin is punished in the
end, and right and true love til,
umph It Is not a picture that any
but adults should see.
There are many beautiful scenes
Of the South Sea isles, and they
alone are worth going to see.
The Perils OF Yukon" is a fea.
ture that has to 60 with the rush to
the gold fields Of the West. It is
q serial that has been running fer
several weeks.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Pittsburgh Liyestoek

PITTSBURGH. Dec III cattla
receipts 1900. higher, steers SION
@$11 hetters S76$s so COWS -
@Se.
Hogs receipts 1000 higher;
heayles IS. 60@$S al: heavy YORK.
ers, light workers and piss ssap
Sheep and lambsireceipts s.oo1
steady: top sheep Ssi 5Os TOP lamb
SIS. rs.
Calves receipts 700 steady; TOT
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Liberty Bonds

NEW YORK. Ded liberty
bonds at / p. nj Liberty 8 f-s.s
S100.3S; second AS saS.s6i first
4 l AS $99.14; second LIS
$9S.54; third 4 las S99s04 /:
fourth 4 las 1852: victory
4 3-4's uncalled 500 2S vietafy
4 3-4's called 100.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
The Nelson

"A beautiful tribute to mother
love Is Silver Wings which viii
be featured for the first four days
Of the week at the Nelson with
Mary Carr-who gave such a
touching portrayal of the mothe!
role In ".over the Hills -as the
Mass.sf 3
: II carries one PACK TO the days
/, OF their childhood, with the sim:
pie, homelys experiences Of every
day life up through the years 70
maturity, With all its cares and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11

responsibilities. Joys md sorrows.
mat ase the common lot Of ali.
Soma incidents may seem 10 30
over drawn 1t times, but Others
VIM lind fiji MAN hearts 1 re5pcns
siye chord 4 !, y
Mutt and Jstt provides the com
3edy.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-11
Chicago ProdUce.

CHICAGO. Dec. Butter IN,
changed.
Eggs unsettled; receipts 1896
cases; firsts, .49@.5s: ordinary
firsts, .42@.46; miscelianeous. a
80; refrigerator extras .2S is2N
20; refrigerator flfstsI .2s i.2G
~ IL.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08
Paul P0iret's Tdlk on Fashions
Misunderstood, Going Home
Partisan Designer Finds Bewldering Lot of Opin-
ions Credited to Him in Newspaper Interviews;
Says He Didn't Criticize American Women

Paul Poiret is going back to Paris
on Monday convinced for the last time
that he cannot make himself under
stood and resolved that until he is
perfect master of the English language
he will never be interviewed by an
American newspaper man.
When NJ. Poiret arrives on his
periodic visits to the United States he
Is greeted by newspaper men as n
"rood story" From his lips they
count on receiving a message that will
interest at least 80 per cent of the fem
mime population between the ages of
ten and sixty. His message is what
will be .the thing" in dress for the
coming season as dictated by the most
exclusive Paris designers, of whom NJ.
Poiret is one.
But just because his word carries
so far is precisely the reason why he
won't talk any more--unless American
newspaper men get him right. This
was vouched for yesterday in the pres
ence of NJ. Poiret by his friend and
spokesman Norman Bel-Geddes, a
scenic designer who is engaged with
M. Poiret in the forthcoming produc-
tion of "Orange Blossoms"
1t seems, according to Mr.. Geddes,
that hardly day has passed since M.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08
Says She Was Bergen's
Sweetheart and Vanishes
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


SARANAC LAKE, N, Y, Sept. T.
A girl, about eighteen years old, who
gave her name as Maude Boyea, told
Patrolman Lawrence Duquette here to-
day that she had been the sweetheart
OF John Bergen, the motion picture
stunt actor slain by George A Cline
at Edgewater, N j., during the time
that Bergen's company worked 81
Lion Mountain.
The policeman undoubtedly could
have learned considerably more than
he did had he kept closer watch on
the young woman. She vanished when
he went into the postoffice to answer
a telephone call, and search for her
was continued for hours without re-
suits.
Duquette and asked him concerning
the whereabouts Of Bergen. He ques-
toned her and learned, it was said
that she was in complete ignorance of
the shooting. At Town Hall he OBJ
tanned a copy of newspaper contain
ing an account of the murder and this
he showed her. She broke down when
she read it. ,ss14se.
"Jack promised he would write to
me" she said. 81 watched every mail
but no letter came. l thought he had
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08

Poiret arrived in New York that he
didn't get a bundle of clippings repre-.
senting nearly every Tom, Dick and
Harry town in the nation, each giving
different version of what M. Poiret
is alleged to have said about American
women and the way they dress. Even
the initial interview wasn't pfinted AS
the distinguished designer wished il
printed, and of course every town paper
wanted the right to give It's own in
depreciation.
"He feels he has been unfairly
treated" Mr.. Geddea said, because
opinions, for which he has asked, have
been twisted into meanings remote
from his mind. The papers quoted
him as criticising the American woman's
ability to dress, He feels it so keenls
that he has nothing more to say to the
press"
Mr.. Geddcs then explained that M
Poiret did not say that America should
rot design her own clothes. He simply
said that she doesn't. When some
corset manufacturer loses his temper
because Poiret says that corsets are
obsolete as hoop skirts and shouts
back that he is selling as many as ever
t., fat women, he is missing the point
Mr.. Geddes went on.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08
Blind Beg,g,al's
Pilot Takes Bulk
OfDay's Receipts
Roundup of l3 Mendicants,
Ia of Whom Are Able
Bodied, Reveals Fat Prof
its i'm Street Soliciting

Thirteen beggarsg--- twelve of them
able bodied men---were herded into
Night Court before Magistrate Froth-
ingham last night in the police cam
paign against mendicants. The strang-
est story Of them all was told by the
crippled one, John Sladhta, forty-one
years old, of 42o First Avenue.
Sladhta is stotally blind and has no
arms. His face is badly disfgured.
He said he was injured in the Black
Tom explosion and since then has
earned his living by asking aims of the
public, usually in the vicinity of Fourth
Avenue and Thirty third Street.
Chow much do you earn in a day? ?"
he was asked.
"It varies" the beggar replied. ~
generailss can figure on taking in from
$40 to $25 day. But all get is $3.
The balance goes to the man who con-
ducts me to Thirty-htird Street in the
morning and then takes me home at
night. That is the way he makes his
living, and he certainly takes the big
gest part of my receipts"
The cripple was held until to-mor-
row, pending an investigation into his
case. The police were asked to pick up
the man who is alleged to pocket the
bulk Of his money.
The Magistrate said he had no pa
tience with the other twelve men, none
of whom had any physical disability.
Each had from S7.to $40 in cash. One
of them admitted that in the course of
one hour yesterday he took in $12 at
t.the, corner of Thirty-third Street and
Fifth Avenue.
Magistrate rockingham sentenced
several of the prisoners to from ten to
thirty days in Jail and held the re-
mainder for Investigation.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08
Lawyer Called White Rat
By American Legion Aid.

Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer
was characterized last night by Donald
G. Strachan, chairman of the Second
judicial District of the Kings County
American Legion, as a. "cold -blooded
white rat" at the opening of the
fourth annual convention of the
Brooklyn branch Of the Legion.
Summing UP his condemnation of the
governments attitude toward disabled
soldiers, Mr.. Strachan said:
"Were it not for the strength of the
Legion and the fear it has installed
in the hearts of many. the fate of our
wounded buddies would be sealed by
the orders of such cold-blooded white
rats as General Charles E. Sawyer,
who stands in the way of proper hos
pitalization for our veterans under the
Langley law.
"When we returned from France we
heard on every side: Let us forget
the war Then we began to visit ram
shackle hospitals such as Fox Hills. we
found profteers at work. We found
profteering undertakers' organizations
endeavoring to exploit the return of
dead comrades. We found profiteers
undertaking the rehabilitation of
wounded men. We found that schools
had been started as means of obtain
ing graft. Then we decided that we
couldn't forget the war"
New-York tribune., 1922-09-08
Goldwyn Biographer Sues
His Subject, for $5OO,OO0
VIII Page Thinks Sale of Book
Would Have Earned Him That
if He Hadn't Been stCanned''

Ordinarily about all a theatrical
manager needs to create publicity is
a facile typewriter mad smooth work
ing imagination that does not permit
itself to be hampered by mere facts.
But when publicity man becomes a
biographer. why that is quite different,
as Will A. Page will tell you.
Mn. Page is one of RToadway's best
known concocters of theatrical public
slty, but in the case at bar he appears
as q biographer, who complains that
he was hampered in q job he undertook
because Samuel Goldwyn, motion pic
ture producer, who engaged him, failed
to keep him supplied with historical
facts.
viii Pages story, told in Supreme
Court complaint, is that Mr.. Goldwyn
retained him to write his autcbiogra-
arrangement was that Page was to re-
ceive for his labors one-half Of the
proceeds from the sale of the book. Mr..
Page oiled up his typewriter, sent his
imagination on a vacation and waited
for Mr.. Goldwyn to send along the
facts and materials that he wanted
woven into the story of his life. But
they didn't come, according to Page,
who just had to wait. He waited until
June 6. On that day the ready and
willing biographer received something,
but not material for his book. 1t was
his release by Mr.. Goldwyn from any
further consideration or participation
of the proposed autobiography. In the
language of Broadway, Mr.. Page was
canned"
Feeling that he was not being treat
ed right in the matter, Mr.. Page con-
suited counsel. with the result that a
complaint was filed in the Supreme
Court yesterday wherein Mr.. Page sets
forth the foregoing details about his
contract with Mr.. Goldwyn, and also
demands 100000 damages, which figure
represents the plaintiffs idea OF what
the autobiography Of Mr.. Goldwyn, as
written by Will A. Page, would have
produced if the motion picture producer
had gone through with the contract.