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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
COURT DEC|DESON
FOURCASEST
Jury Trials viii End May /
and Chancery Matters Will
Be Taken Up

Judge W. S. Meredith Is keep.
Ing things moving in Circuit Court
and the outlook at the present
time is that jury trials will cease
about the first Of May and that
chancery matters will then be
taken up for consideration. Today
four cases were disposed Of before
noon, and court was adjourned un.
til $3.50 O'Clock Thursday morn.
ing. The jurors were all excused
until that time.
In the case of Lafayette Snyder
VS. S. G. Meyer and c. H. Weaver
an order taking judgment fol
$562.07 was entered in favor OF
the plaintiff. Attorney M. w
Ogden for the plaintiff and Trev,
Nutter for the defense decided
that a jury was not necessary. and
Judge Meredith heard the evidence
and decided the case in favor ol
the plaintiff. Along with the judg,
ment for S662.07, the defendant Il
compelled to pay 10 the plaintiff
costs expended by him in and
about the prosecution of this case
L. 9. Musgrave, attorney for the
American Artificial Limb Co.
moved that the case OF Nick Rodo.
vich against his company be non,
suited, when Rodovich failed tc
appear for trial at tho time set by
court for hearing Of the evidence
today. Curt E. Amos, attorney
for the plaintiff in the action, was
present but was at a loss as tc
what had become of His client. a
Judgment was S1,296,24, and
Interest from thiss date. tosethei
with costs by them expended II
and about the prosecution Of this
case was the decision OF Judge
Meredith in the case Of the Balti.
more & Ohio Railroad Co. vs.
Harry H. Watson. The attorneys
In the case waived a jury and
asked Judge Meredith to hear the
evidence and decide tn case, which
he did.
The case of the Grafton Feed &
Storage Co. va E. T. Nuzum was
next called. and after a general
discussion 1t is thought that an
order Of judgment will be entered
in this case.
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Boy! Page This.
ChapandPre
a Leather Medal

Is 1t possible that a miner
can work in the mines for more
than a quarter OF a century and
not know what a coal operator
Is? Here's the story that Claude
j. Ryan, general superintendent
OF the Hutchinson Coal Co.,
tells:
Happened into the Erie mine
and ran across q colored man
who was talking about the gen.
eral strike that would be etfec.
tive April 1. The colored CERT
said Well cut no coal today
because this Is the last day OF
work 'How's that?' was the
question; to which the colored
gent replied, Wal, you see
boss, some big man has called
a strike, l asked what big
man. Walls John L. Lewis
What's the strike about?
asked the general super. wal,
you see boss, the operators
wouldn't sign up. Say, what arc
these operators anyway? I've
worked In a mine thirty.two
years and ! never saw any Of
Them"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
Mark Twain Mas
Limerick SHARK,
Says Mccarthy

Pounding out llmericks by
newspaper scrihes Is not a
brand new stunt, declares DR..
j. j. Mccarthy, philadelphia,
representative Of Phillips "kfllk
OF Maghesia," New York City,
who is attending the state den
lists convention in Fairmont
today. DR.. Mccarthy, who was
once city editor on the old
Hartford, Conn, Telegram, re.
calls limericks written by AM
erica's foremost humorist,
Mark, in a very artistic way,
Mark, is a very artistic way,
put up the first paragraph on
the advent of spring and left
the staff TO sweat adding sew
eral verses to rhyme.
DR.. Mccarthy later became
affiliated with the New York
World. He leaves this after
noon for Charleston, from
which place he goes to Phila-
delphia.
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Man Arrested for Selling
Counterfeit Certificates

NEW YORK, April 12-Hal w.
Vaughan, SO years old. was held
today for the Pittsburgh police on
charges Of having sold counterfeit
certificates of the Motors Mort
gage Corporation to a Pittsburgh
concern.
Vaughan, who said he had lived
in Philadelphia under the name
Of H. w. Horne, admitted, the
police say, that he sold the certi-
flcates. He said they had been
made In Erie, Pa, and that when
he sold them he did not know they
were counterfei eit. He declared he
made nothing on the deal.
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FORMER CITY MANAGER OF
WHEELING GOES ON TRIAL

WHEELING. Aprl 1s.-Homcr
erago, former city manager, chare.
ed with having delivered to ex:Fire
Chief Buriey Thompson a number
of ballots which the state alleges
were used illegal in the election
here last May, went on, trial in the
Ohio County Criminal Court today,
Neither side expected the case 10
80 to trial today, the state having
asked for continuance on the
ground that an important witness
was absent from the state and
could not be brought here for trial
The defense; however, Objected
strenuously To the form Of attida.
Wit furnished by the state In regard
to the absent witness, and when the
court refused d continuance on Sons
Of the indictments the ,pfosecut6s
told the court 10 call q Jury and
proceed with the trial.
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.MAS0NS TO OBSERVE
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Judge showaIter Will Deliver
the Address Tomorrow
Night

Scottish Rite Masons Of FaIrmont
will gather on Thursday evening at
Masonic Temple at z O'Clock to oh
serve their annual Maundy-Thurs.
day meeting. The ladies OF the Or.
der OF the Eastern Star will serve
the dinner.
The address this year will be de.
lfvered by Judge Emmett M. Show.
alter OF the Marion County Grim.
inal Court. His address will be In
keeping with the observance.
The basis OF the feast is roast
lamb, and the service is analogous
10 the Sacrament Of the Lords Sup,
per, observed in Christian churches
and TO the Feast OF the Passover,
observed by the Hebrews. Maun,
dy.Thursday is the Thursday rre.
ceding Easter. and 1t Is claimed
that the etymology of the word he
gins with maund. a hand basket
from which presents were distribut.
ed to the poor on the Thursday pre-.
Ceding Good Friday. Some claim
also 1t is a corruption of Mandate
Thursday, being one of the Dies
Mendati or Day Of Mandae, hav'
ing reference to the direction as
to observing the Sacrament OF the
Lords Supper and the new COM.
mandment Of. reciprocal love.
The committee Of arrangements
is composed Of Robert c. Jones and
Attorney E. Carl Frame.
The occasion will be open to ali
Scottish Rite Mason who have at
tanned the eighteenth degree.
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tuberculosis Clinic to
: Be Held Friday Morning

The second free tuberculosis
clinic OF the Marion County chap.
ter, American Red Cross. will be
held from till II o'clock Friday
morning at the Y. NJ. c. A. Build.
Ing on Fairmont avenue.
Or. J. B. Clinton. a local physI.
clan, will act as chief clinician. He
will be assisted by Miss Evelyn
Thomas. the Red Cross public
health nurse for Marion County,
and by Miss Ruth Heintzleman.
Clinics for tubercular patients
and suspects are being held by the
Red Cross chapter here on the Sec
ond Friday in each month. The
clInis in March proved especially
helpful, bringing a number OF cas-.
es OF tuberculosis to light. Sever.
al applicants for examination are
expected Friday.
The clinics here are conducted
in a manner similar to other Red
Cross clinics throughout the coun.
try. :"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
RUSSIANS OPPOSE
PLAN OF ALLIES
Foresee determination of Sow
let Government in Recog.
milton Of Debts

GENOA, April 12.-(By The AS.
sociated Press).-The Russian del.
elgation to the economic confer.
ence is staggered and amazed at
tho sweeping changes in the SO.
Wet government suggested in the
report Of the allied experts on
Russia, now before the sub.com.
mission entrusted with formulat.
ing plans for Russian re.construc.
tlou.
Lenine, Trotzky, Chitcherin and
others of the Bolsheyik leaders
have repeatedly said that the rec.
oEnition of Russia's debts would
be a subject for negotiations
looking toward the recognition of
the soviet. The demands embod.
led in the report for general rec.
ognitlon Of the rights Of person.
al property and better protection
for foreigners contemplate chang.
es in the soviet government, how.
ever, which would in the opinion
of the Russian delegation, as ex.
pressed today, wipe out communt.
ism entirely.
To Make Proposal.
Prime Minister Lloyd George OF
Great Britain is expected to pro.
pose at the earliest opportunity,
probably at tomorrow's sitting Of
commission number one OF the con.
ference, a pact or undertaking that
no nation shall attack another,
thus abolishing the possibility OF
war for the duration of the bact.
Reuters correspondent said today.
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Miners Kitchen Wrecked
by Explosion Of Dynamite

N HEGKLEY; w. Va. April a.
nSeSplosion Of dynamite wrecked
ftey kitchen ot the home of James
Penn, q coloreG miner employed by
tie Raleigh Coal and Coke Co.
carly today, but nobody was injur.
cd Investigations by the state
police the sheriff and the Beck
ley city police caused them to be-
liexe that dynamite had been
placed on the sill of a kitchen
window. plastered up with mud
and then exploded. The outer wall
was torn off and the interior Of
the room reduced to wreckage.
Penn lives IN Sylvia, southeast OF
Baekley; and within the corporate
llimits OF that city. The Raleigh
Coal and Coke Co. operates five
mines IN the New River fled.
lNNlfil ,litftffl Fr1f4.. I .
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GOODROADSISSUE
CARRIES ES|N.UN|ON
Vote is 1861 to 5s6; viii
Be Sixth District to
Be Paved

Union District yesterday Joined
the ranks OF the honor roll dis
tricts Of the county by passing the
$391,000 road bond issue by 307
more votes than the three.fifths
required by law. Union is the
sixth district on the honor roll,
and Winfield. the black sheep OF
the county and the only one that
has not voted for good roads, Is
expected soon to follow in Unions
footsteps.
One interesting fact about the
election results is that more votes
were cast yesterday in precincts
Nos. 1. 2 and s, those parts Of
Union District which lie In the
city than were cast In the sntirt
eight wards OF the city recently
when the filtration plant issue
was up. Though; the precinctt
named were the ones in which s6p:
position to good roads developed
the issue carried there by the
necessary three-fifths and about
$50 votes more.
Election Important
Yesterdays election was i'm.
portant, tnasmuch as the roads af.
fected connect the roads OF the
main highway between Falrmont
and Grafton and include a part
OF the road running to Wheeling,
The new paving will complete the
characterization road to the Tay.
lor County line.
The principal improvements un.
der the bond issue will be on Nor.
gantown avenue, running from
Merchant street to the Grafton
road and from there to the coun.
Continued on Page Eight)
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BOYS WORK COMMITTEE
TO PLAN SUMMER CAMP

The boys work committee, Of
which ]. F. Cole is chairman, will
meet at 1880 tomorrow night at tho
Y. M. C.. A. The boys department
Is planning a boys camp this sum
NOR in three periods of two weeks
each, from July "a to September 2.
At the meeting Of the committee,
detailed plans will be outlined for
the camp, as well as suggestions
for summer recreation for those
boys who remain In Fairmont. Bs
sides j. F. Cole, the members o.
the committee for boys activities
are DR.. H. L. Satterfield, r. A.
Johnston, Ward Lanham, E. F..
Church. E. ]. Hawkins, G. H. Cole.
bank, R. W. Himelick, DR.. w. ]
Boydston. A. I. Garrett and R, U.
jackson.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-12
SEIZE STILL NEAR
MORGAN STATUE
State Prohibition Officer and
Sherift's Force in Raid
Today

Within stones throw Of the
base OF the monument erected to
the memory of Morgan Morgan,
which also marks the spot where
Morgan killed a famous Indian
chieftain, county officers, led by
w. D. Brown, state prohibition
officer. today raided the h6me OF
Joseph kastoc, and seized a ten
gallon moonshine still and a gallon
and a half of moonshinc whiskey
and destroyed forty gallons OF
prune wheat mash. Kastoc was
brought to this city and locked up
in the county jail.
Kastoc. according to county Of
ticers, was recently run out Of
Monongahelia County for disturb.
Ing religious worship. The teacher
OF the Sunday school bothered by
Kastoc came to this city and noti-
fled local county officers to be on
the watch for Kastoc as he was a
moonshiner ands bad egg. The
officers took the teachers word
and feeling that the time was ripe
fer action today made the raid and
got their man with the gods.
Deputies Ed Hawkins Howard
Charlton and Constable C, C.
Wheeler. assisted the state officer
in making the raid and bringing
the evidence back to this city,
where 1t was turned over to sheritt
j. D. Charlton for safe keeping.
Later in the day, armed with a
number Of warrants, Brown and
a squad Of officers left the city in
cars TO make a number Of raids
during the afternoon. The raids
are being made upon information
furnished the state prohibition Of
ficer bv persons who areinterestel
In breaking up the moonshine
business in Marion County. g
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Two Additional Plants Closed
Today.in ConneIIsyllIes
District
DROPS b
Four Out Of Fifteen Mines Be-.
tween Point Marion and
smithfieId Down
tBy The Associated PtessI

(By The AssociateS Press
Two more plants OF tho Al. &
Frlck Coke Co. were closed today
by the United Mine Workers II
their campaign to carry the coal
strike into the connallsyiiIs re.
gion. but the important Ieisenrine
and Trotter plants, employing some
1000 miners, and coke workers.
were in operation with what the
management termed as increase
forces.
Union organizers, however. had
not abandoned the attempt to carry
the untonization movement ftito
the heart OF the region, and d mum
Der OF meetings were held fhfs
morning near the Leisenring plants
and more were scheduled for fiiis
afternoon. Mine bosses and super
tntendents were said tosbe work
ing among the Frick men and
were optimistic that their efforts
to kecS @e plants open would be
uIi
successful.
The mines closed were Colonial
NO. ! and oliphant They vera
important. plants in ordinary times.
but recently only about it0 mon
have been employed in beth
Reports from other sections pt
Fayette County indicated that the
union was making progress atnpng
the smaller operations. fifteen Dc
ing down on the smithtleId and
Masontown branch OF the Baiti.;
more and Ohio Railroad; while
four out OF fifteen were down on
the Fairmont branch botweeri
smithtsl I'D and Point Mafi1n. That
the strike has eaten into coai and
coke production Ii the Fayette
field was proved today nv figures
from the Baltimore and Ohio
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Officials ofgunionsB Barred
From Colorado Mine Camps

DENVER, Colo, April IL Mike
'Livoda, yicepresident of district
No. is, United Mine Workers and
N. f. Figaro, board member OF ilis
organization, were ordered out Of
camp Of the Aguitar Coal minius
property by Colorado rangers yes
iterday, according 10 statemcnl
fssued by Felix Fogiiauo, secrc-
tafy.treasirer OF district No. IL.
'Pogliana declared that the union
officials were informed by tho rang.
efs, who are on duty in various
coal camps during the strike thai
they could not address the miners.
Y Eight persons We're arrested az
lrfinidad, following orders issued
BY Colonel 7, j. Hanroclz, in com
mand 81 the rangers. 10 round mn
allegediIl w w and any agltators
found in coal camps
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ASSIGNED GAR
CASE RETURNED
United States Supreme Court
Sends Back Case to
Lower Court

Information has been received ir
Fairmont that the long drawn out
fight made by the Northern West
Virginia Coal Operators Assoc.a
ton against the B. & D. using as
signed cars for railroad fuel viii
be still longer prolonged. Recent.
ly the United States Supreme Court
handed down an opinion in Wash
lngton, setting forth that the case
was brought through the !mprope:
legal channel and that It had nc
Jurisdiction in the matter.
This means that the case will
have to be started again in lower
courts, Details as to irregularlty
In procedure have not been re
celved in the Fairmont field as yet
This test case was brought b.
the Lambert Run Coal Co.. one Of
the plants Of the Robinson Coal in
terests in Harrison County. This
case was started almost two years
ago at Phlllppi, ", Va, before the
late Judge Alston G. Dayton, who
sustained a temporary injunction
The federal circuit appeal court
setting at Ashyille, NC. dissolved
the injunction and then the coaI
operators appealed the case to the
United States Supreme Court.
East Of Grafton.
Seven trains drew 274 loads oil
freight, east Of Grafton on the B. &
0. OF that there were 6S cars oI
coal. To the west there were 9E
cars OF freight loaded. OF which siN
were coal. At midnight there were
1853 cars Of freight unmoyed TO the
east, Of which nine cars were coal
Daily Shipments.
A total OF 43 cars OF coal were
loaded to the east of the Monon
Continued on Page Eight)
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MINES
! IRESUM|NG WORK
IN REGION HERE
Stimulated by CurtaiI.
nlent Of Production in
Coke Belt
GAINS
sey,s'l, More Mines Than Yes
. terday Working in District,
FiguSes Show
PRODUCTION GAINS

A II
Conditions have not changed ma
Verbally in the coal strike in Nor
tSsn West Virginia, II anything
| there are asfew more small mines
at work and production on Tues
day Jumped up slightly over Mon
tayls showing. A keener demand
ESfSS coal has prompted the smaller
aees to start up. AS yet none Of
tlttSIarger mines have attempted
to- operate because for some time
the coal market has been 30 para
lyzed that there was no desire on
their part to produce coal even II
they could have done so success
iells4 Curtailment OF coal produc.
ton in the coke belt Is new
slant on the situation that was not
considered before the strike broke.
Probably seven more small mines
are az work today than yesterday.
Today there are T3 mines at
work In Northern West Virginia.
en- the Monongah Division B. &
o. there are Ia at work, or one
inpre than yesterday. On the Char
gsston Division B. 6 o. there are
n mines 1t work today, or gain
Of two over yesterday. There ap-
pears to he about seven mines
wofking on the ConnellsVille Di-
yision3B B 70 o. and 10 on the Cum.
herland Division B. & o. which
are similar figures to those at work
Yesterday. on the NJ. & K. Rail-
way, there was II mines working
today or two more than yesterday.
One mine continues TO work on
tho Belington & Weaver Branch,
Western Maryland, but all OF the
mines on4the N. & W. and Wyatt
Helen run branches, Western
Msryland are downfall.
sliebt Tonnage Gain
y Mines IN Northern West Vir-
g4nia Yesterday loaded 1873 cars Of
coal or 26 cars more than on
Nionday The tonnage on the va.
rfous di9isions was loaded as fol-
lows 81 4 0.-Monongah Dlvis-
ion, "a cars; Charleston, AZ cars:
Connellsville cars; Cumberland,
90 cars; M: e X. 81 cars; Monon-
gShela IS cars; NJ. & w. 0; Wyatt
Bingamon; Western Maryland o.
More Men Strike
o Nick Aiello. Fairmont, president
~ sub district 4, said today that
only three small mines are at work
IN sub district and mat they only
employ 81 men out OF $4,000. He
says they are scattered about his
sub district, but declared that
sbme sof these men will strike be-
fore the end OF the week draws to
4 close. Thirteen men were organ
ized at the small mine at opikeska
w Va today, according to Aiello,
and were not in the pits today.
4 Mr. Aiello says that he has nu-
mefons letters from the miners in
snh district 4, who want to know
where all OF the mines reported to
heSWorking are turning out coal IN
s,sb district 4. The Monongah Di'
4on, B. & o. extends from Graf
- To Parkersburg, Fairmont to
kfSft6rl. Fairmont to Clarksburg,
Harrisburg to Redwood, Grafton
to Dickens and Grafton to Beling-
,tContinued on Page Eight
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FOREST PROTECTION WEEK
DESIGNATED BY GOVERNOR

CHARLESTON, April IA The
week from April 16 to April % was
designated as Forest Protection
Week and the last day Of that
period as the golden anniversary oI
Arbor Day In a proclamation issued
by Governor Morgan today.
A protection from waste and de-
structlon from fires Is a recognized
problem which merits the best
thought OF the state, the governor
declared in the proclamation.
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sURCHARGE ON PULLMAN
BERTHS DISCONTINUED

CHARLESTON, April IL. The
Public Service Commission today
ordered discontinued after April
30 Of the SO per cent surcharge on
Pullman herths as applied in state
rates. Other passenger rates as
fixed by the commission on Febru.
ary l were ordered continued until
October Is or until the commission
issued a further order.
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FOUND DEAD in SHACK

MAYNARD, Ohio, April H.
George A. Flowers, 80 years old
until three years ago trapper in
q local mine, was found dead in
his shack near here today. Flow
ers started In the mines when he
was a boy and followed the busI-
ness for more than seventy five
years. The aged man who had al
ways lived the life Of a hermit.
was believed to have had consider.
able money hidden on his proper
Ity. A search Is being made by
county officials. So far az ia
known, he has no Immediate rela.
itives. s!,s3
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honY EouMn

EAST LIVERPOOL, O., April Il.
Tho body Of an unidentified man
aged about 26, who Is believed to
have been murdered, was found in
a field near Pughtown, w. Va,
seven miles from here, shortly be.
fore noon today. The victim had
been horribly beaten by some
blunt instrument, '7k Is
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WHOLESALERS MEErlNa.

PARKERSBURG. April 12.-,
Prominent wholesale grocery men
from all sections Of the state ar
rived here this morning and after.
noon for the nineteenth annual con.
vention Of West Virginia Whole.
sale Grocers' Association which
opened It's three day session at5 2
O'clock this afternoon. 3
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Radio Broadcastng Station VIII
Be Installed at State Universitu

MoRGANTowN. April 12-west Virginia University has re
ceyed permission from the Department to
goner head Of the deparment Of physics Tentative plans
being considered for sending regular
six in the afternoon daily Sunday Programs will be
broadcased Sundays from 1045 O'Clock The programs
Will include results Of athletic agricultural information and
on the University Later planned
Quoting extension The program will be broadcased
within the next fortnight, DR.. Waggoner said.
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sALFouR MApE EARl

LONDON, April 12. king George
has conferred an earldom on ST.
Arthur James Balfour, It was Of,
aflcially announced today.
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THE WEATHER

Eaif senlnlit probably tlhtt
tresk M the mountains; Th1rsaay.
insEeasl slrp elslatness and NsaFEt,st
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