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WAGES. INCREASED! { !; |
2O|PERI.CIE=N'|I'|.' |. ] 8 \ / BY U.
S5TEE| I'll COMP ANY
About $4,000 MensAffected !.
by Boost Giving Day
s$ Labor SO Gents.

NEW YORK. Aug. CBys the
Associated Press )-The United
states Steel Corporation today an
5nounced that the wage rates Of
day labor at all its manufacturing
plants would be increased 20 per
cent September I. and that other
rates would be equitably ad justed.
At the offices Of the corporation
it was said tina about 1000
men would sbe aft ected by the new
scale and that they wo ould receive
36cents an hour under the advan-
ced wages.
The corporation has about
10000 men on its payrolls. but
64,o0O8s are \ in the mining and
transportation d departments. it was
! said. .s5, 4. Vi
The increase Is the first since
February i; 1920. when the men
were boosted / o per cent and re-
Iceived .47.scents AN. hour. Two cuts
during the<year@ of IL 9204and 1921
had conside era bly, lowered the
wage from its high of 247Scents an
hour. All ~ ys3sf & a5I3tEs
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CANDY STORE TO
Be Opened /. \ | D HERE H:
Well Known Firm to Locate
Here---NeW System Bak-
cry Changes Home. If

The Benjamin Franklin Candy
Co. of Washington, owner of a
chain of fifty candy shops through
out the United States, will on
September 10 open a store at 422
Adams street, at the location now
occupied by the New System Bak-
ing Co., and owned by D. NJ. Os-
good, local merchant.
The New System Baking Co. is
transferring its place OF business
to the corner of Morgantown ave
nue. and Elkins street. This change
was found necessary because the
baking company's business has
grown considerably during the last
year and new and laI>cr quarters
were found necessary.
Moves SEPTEMBER
The taking company will move
to its new home September 1
when special group Of workmen
of the Benjamin Franklin Candy
Co will come TO Fairmont Spd put
tCont1nued on rage Four
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\ Only: IinpartiaI .Members


WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.--While
the Senate labor committee was
taking the first formal action to-
ward creation of the coal fact find
Ing commission recommended by
President Harding the President
51etsitab be known today that he wos
disposed to insist tha at the sinvestf-
eating body be made up exclusively
of impartial representatives Of the
public with out special representa-
5tion for either mine operators or
employees.
"a Abiu for a commission on which
the President would be free to
choose representatives of the OPP
orators, miners or the public as he
saw fit was favorably reported by
the Senate committee. At the same
time the House interstate com
merce committee, working indepen-
dently, refused to strike from its
tentative bill provision which
would expressly prohibit member
ship on the comm tttee by any per-
son having any interest in or con-
nection with the coal industry
The house committee'sb bill also
was favorab1y reporteS after a
number Of changes were made
from the form in which it originally
was drafted by Chairman Wins1ow.
AS perfected it provides for a COM
mission of nine nemembers, while the
measure drawn by the Senate COM
mittee specifies that the member
ship shall be five. In each bill the
commission is prcvfd ed with sweep
ing powers of Investigation;
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WORK ON SCHOOL
HOUSES STOPPED
SUDDENLY TODAY D
Paw Paw District Board Gets
Order to Reduce Its
Estimated Levy.

Work on the new school build I'd.
ings at Fairyiew and Rivesville
was suddenly halted today when
&c. C. Tustin superintendent of
Paw Paw District schools was
notified by the tSate oBard of
Education and the state tax COM
missioner's office that the estimat-
ed levy of 40 cents on the s100
valuation for the new building
fund would not be allowed.
When the board met to estimate
the levy Tuesday August s it was
decided to lay the regular levy of
90 cents on the S1O0 valuation as
allowed by the law for the new
building fund and an additional
levy of 20 cents on the 500 valua-
ton for the same fund. This levy
of 40 cents would raise sufficient
money to pay for the two school
buildings. which are badly needed.
it was contended. Before laying
the additional 20 cent levy. Mr..
Tustin said that residents of Fair.
iview and Rivesville were asked
about the increase slN were VIII
ing to pay the higher taxes to have
suitable places for: their children
to go to school.
After sounding out the people,
the levy was estimated and work
started on the Rivesville building.
The excavation work has been
finished, the foundation erected
and part of the structuEe placed
for the first floor. The building
would have been completedsi in time
for part of the present school yeaS.
The work was halted today At
Fairview the excavation work had
been completed and the stone cut
for the foundation, but it had not
been put in. place yet
In. addition to cutting off the
additional 2O-cent levy. Mr., Tustin
said that he had been ordered to
reduce the levy below what it was
last year. The levy last year was
92 cents .on the s100 Saluation.
with the 20 cent additional levy
cut off the levy for this year
Stands at $1.06 and this will have
to betreduced at least 20 cents
| more on the $1O0 valuation before
(Continued on Pa, Four)
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COMPANY !: !
TO LEA|V': CITY ! |
Robinson Ice Cream Co. Will
Move Local Plant to
Eastern City.

The Robinson Ice Cream Co., a
branch OF the American Creamery
Co, which has been a dairy carry
ing ON business In this city since
Novem Der Is, 1921, will close out
itsSbusiness here Sunday. The last
milk delivery will be made on Sat
iurday. The reason for closing the
plant is said to be that the shipping
facilities here are not adequate to
the needs Of the VIII olesale and man
lfacturing business of the concer
The plant that has been located
here will be moved to an eastern
city. RI. : :
Officials of the local plant say
StheEretail business Of the company
In this city has been larger and bet
ter than anticipated when they en-
tered the city. According to the
dairy people, it always takes a
long time to educate persons In a
city where they never have. had
pasteurfzed milk TO the value of the
Fpasteurfzed produc ct. In this city.
according to the managerso of the lo-
scal:plant, the people were easily ed
ucated to theIvalue OF the product,
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GRAND AND PETIT
JURORS SELECTED |. [; |.
Members of Grand Jury Will
Report for Duty on
September 49,

Names of the grand jurors and
petit jurors for the September
term of the Circuit Court were an
nounced, this morning at the Of
fee OF Circuit Clerk z. ~. Cat ther.
Sixteen grand jurors have been
drawn and they will receive Of
fetal notice of their selection
within the next few days. The
grand jurors will be ordered to
report for duty Tuesday. Septem-
Der 10. Fifty petit Jurors have
been named and will report for
duty Monday, September 25. q
/ The grand Jurors are as follows:
Fairmont District-L. C. Boice,
Jerry Snider, Lawrence Cunning
ham, c.. S.&Robinson:: Lincoln Dis
rict-- N ~ M artin, 8 Carl s.Atha;
sUnfonaD Dfstri I'll OBJ .nn:Nnauui-J =
20 $50 ii ffs ssaH IA "a VIZ iJislrIcg
VII. POS, z. 33g5N \ Wilson; \; an
nington Distric ctHarrySHauEh
Arch Burt, E. .s TT oothman;;
Grant ntiDistrict-D.sP p Smith, J ohm
DeBolt; Winfield District-Wzl lie
81 Robe. &
5sE The peti Il Jurors are as follows: /:
Fairm on t Distric t. ". Cor
bin, W. F.:P Parker,s f.. E. Bice, p.
IL. Benny, G George w Fleming. r.
n. Burt. Burt Davis, w Clel-
land. w. Lee White. NJ. O. Mer-
srill. u. f. Cole, r.. Thomas.
Manninston District--A. r.
$Chestney, ohm Goff 81 J os. Patter-
son, Roy E. Griffin Henry c..
sBrummage, Wort Hilberry, J.s N.
Rice, Levi S. Freeland, William
Jobes. e e
Lincoln District-Frank Nay,
Walter Toothman, George
Nichols, H. L. Il McLain, William
Hinkle, Burt Rice, Howard Cole
man.
Grant District-Thomas Ever
EFT, Benjamin Fletcher, c. M.
Haun, William Amos, George Hall.
Union District Martin Van
Glider, n. B.. Bartholow. Hobert
.Berry,HJ. I. .Frum. G. B. Beatty,
Lloyd Morgan.
Winfield District ohm e.
Costello, C. NJ. Bowman, Lee e.
Holt, Guy ]. Holt.
Paw Paw Homer
Clayton, w. L. Bil1ah, George B.
Miller, Ross Berry, e. G. Boyle,
Waiter Burke. q
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DEVELOPMENTS IN
RAILROAD STRIKE
HINGE. / ]. I ON PARLEY A | ! |. !. [
Settlement Hoped For at
Meeting in New York
City Tomorrow.
VIOLENCE CONTINUES
Engineers and Firemen Still
! on Strike on South
ern Railway.
4fRy the Associated Press

(By the Associated Press)
Rail executives will meet with
the big four brotherhoods as med
iators for settlement of the shop
strike tomorrow.
Southern Railroad officials are
running passenger trains as a re-
suit of walkout of engineers and
firemen at Spencer. N. c., on
Washin line In pro-
test against the presence of armed
guards.
Firemen at Princeton. Ind. are
on strike on Southern Railway
Union leaders claim service be-
tween Louisville and St Louis
suspended.
Violence continues, including
bombing of railroad mems hotel
at Smithfield, Pa, and kidnapping
Of eight negro rail workers at
Salisbury, N. c..
Attorneys for striking shopmen
at Cleburne, Tex, plan court test
of Texas "open port" law.
4 Federal authorities are contin-
uing an Investigation of wreck at
Gary, Ind, Sunday:
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TWO ARRESTED BYsPOLIcE
TURNED OvERTO COUNTY

q Three men ch arged with being
Intoxicated were arrested by city
officers yesterday. Two OF the men
had a quantity of Intoxicating
liquor in their possessi on. and
were turned over to county auth
critics for further prosecution.
The two men gave the names of
Frank Fabo and J oe Moras1ey.
The third man giving the name
of Dudley Duncan,co colored, was
arrested in fillmore street about
s2fo'c1ock this M orning When ar
and was intoxic Gated. No persons
could sbes found who saw hind drfv-
ing while SintoxfcatedS and Mayor
w. W.. Conaway let him8of with a
fine Of $40. rs, &.
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ll||NES5H[T BY CAR
SHORTAGE TODAY
IN | /. LOCAL [: ! | REGION. [: & {:
sPraeticail All Of Business Is
Shipped Out Of District
No. on Priorities.
I3s9 MINES WORKING.
Cars Loaded Yesterday Ag-
gregated 1,41o, and 1890
EmPties Placed.
MINES WORKING

With the miners back to work
after the strike today, the Fair
ran into car shortage.
5Thfss was not general, however,
'buta appeared to be confined to
AsSN onnogah Division, B. & O.,
shere twelve mines were report
Ged ito have received no cars
This morning there were S42
sEempties on the Monongah Divis-
sanp1y 8 90 cars were placed at Z
.{soslock this morning. On the
n SGhar1eston Division, B. & o.,
there were 213 empties, of which
S6swere placed, that being the
number ordered. On the Mon
oGgahela Railway there were SAT
3 sAmpties, of which $50 were or
Sdered and placed.
SssssM ines on the Connellsville Di-
vision, b. & O., ordered thirty
Gears and that many were placed.
On the Cumberland Division, B.
there were $50 ordered and
ssplacad. Operations along the
gldorgantown & Kingwood ordered
J11s 1sSempties, but lib cars were
2prorted to have been placed I.
SAIong the Morgantown & Wheel
ing railway the mines ordered
200 and that many were placed.
On the Western Maryland
branches there were sufficient
Igssmp pfiss today. On the Belington
sg&sSWeaver there were ten placed
Mines Recovering.
sVarious coal companies are
getting into shape, but
kfkSMil IL probably be week or ten
daes until everything runs
ssmoothly. The miners are slowly
getting into condition and the
sS.WeHENof cleaning out the mines
gST Sin full tilt. More miners
since april l. Day after day ad-
al tional coal companies are sign
$inggup with the union, and this is
putting larger number of min
srs$back into the pits.
The per cent of production being
gecured by the mines appears to
Sbesrunning from next door to moth.
sSjmg up to about 40 per cent. Various
RMnpanies perhaps are running less
EdfGperhaps slight bit more de-
kpanding upon the shape the mines
isSSwereEin when the strike ended.
ItEis expected that all of the div
isions in Northern West Virginia
lsssWillSbe showing big increases by
sanirs several weeks, however, un-
til the production gets to be espe-
S.ciaI1yS heavy.
Priorities First
Coal companies that are not ship.
ming coal on priorities are out OF
Sjick these days. This is practically
a1lof fsthe business that is going off
hnB o. Railroad in aprticular
n Ia hetk kpub1ic utilities and railroads
d sSnnsar to be getting the big end
y fithe shipments and those who at
\tempt to ship coal on classes be
Nneath these in the scale as laid
$ Continued on Page Four)
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TRAFFIC HEAVIER
ONB|... |. |: &! O. SYSTEM Is !. | 4
Additional Crews Being Add
ed by Railroads TO
Handle Increase.

Applications will be received at
the office of Ernest Bartlett, B.
& o. trainmaster, until 5 -. M,
August 81 for one conductor three
brakemen, one engineer and one
fireman for the Fairmont-Keyser
pool between Fairmont and Key
ser with home terminal at Keyser;;
also one brakeman for the Barry
burg run, which was formerly held
byl S. F.. Bower.
Traffic Heavier
With the reopening of the coal
mines in Northern West Vi>-~Sa.
passenger traffic picked up great
" during the past two dayS> Miners
are going to and from work. and
there is a rush by those who have
been out of the state to return to
work.
J.. NJ. Scott, Wheeling. genesal
superintendent, West Virginia Dis
irict, b. & o., remained in Fair
mont today. He is overseeing the
movement of coal out OF the Fair
mont section
g. & O Trains Late
Trains 43 and Sc were both rum
ming an hour and q half late today
Other passenger trains were run run:
ming on good time
MaIiets On Again
With the return Of activity at
the coal mines in the Fairmont
section the b. & o. Railroad is
again moving its trains out ofSthe
local terminal Since the coal
trains are moving again, South
Side residents have noticed the
return Of the fine cinders and coal
dust, which is sprayed on porches
and other points
Shipments Strike
There are now new develop
ments in the shopmens strike in in
Fairmont. 1t is said that there are
fifty six men at work at the local
b. go. shops. The men appear
to be boomers. coming and go
ing like tide.
Pennsy Excursion
The Pennsylvania Raj.road viii
run excursions to Atlantic City and
other seashore resorts on August
80 and September IS The round
trip rate will be S15t so with stop
over privileges on the return trip.
at Philadelphia and Harrisburg.
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COAL HIPNlEYI | / | !
TO.LAkIAR
Local Producers NotsR equireds
to Ship so 2 Cent q
Tonnage There ,lI

What is considered the first
large shipment of II Ia ke# coaEsoII
the B.. & O. Railroad int this I'D
was shipped yesterday ywhenasixty5s
i've cars went forwards Its1ssu ms
derstoodt that the Four States
Coal Co., Four States, has been
ship ping some lake coal recently.
Earlier in the season and lust
before the strike broke ttes
Hutchinson Coal " Coz. sent some
lake tonnage out of this iii eldSb1tf
not In any large quanity.
The Consolid alton Coal Go he
largest lake ishfpp persf inst de1ds
Will no doubt be ipping heayy
soon as they attain Did: :tine#nTosss
duction condlti ons followingtheF
strt ke- 81 sss5S
Consol Trains Men,
Il; Fifty-ffve miners In 6theSNeM
|River,Pocahontas division Cor
solid dation Coal Co.'S I'll CoaIwoods
w. a., haye{b been@ trained fnNHrst
aid work under the Directs oE
George M Y Grove at JnitedS
States Bureau OF ofsMinesSsafetysf sfaa
ton at Coalwo cd 49, nds:
Joseph&D. Reed dtrecteors
safety department. the Gons1li-'
dationg Coal: Co. The min arescnes
work was not taught&at thtgatinasss
always spec lied Z inSt his typs oss
work. Origtna1 Iyss Was&p 1annea
of put on aScourses OF trainfn IN
May, but the strike interferedSWttns
this arrangement-s
htpments
s Eastern coal sshipmentss o1h liza
lMonongah Division, G,.sst tnsskS
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REM MOVAL Of PRO HIBITION
COMMITS ssIONER DEMANDED

ss WASHINGTON, Aug. RE
presetative Hill. Republican,
Maryland, today addressed let
ter to Secretary Mellon requesting
the removal Of Federal Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes. H who. Mr.
Hills charged engaged in d efraud-
ing the in that he is
using and causing to be used the
official mail franks of the Treas
urys for. the. sending
out OF personal political propa-
lganda inSSthe interest OF himself
and his associates, the Anti Saloon
League ssaaSES f5 n
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MUST RENEW BONDS

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Aug
22-One hundred or more persons
on Indictment in Logan County for
participation of disorders OF last
summer must renew tn cir bonds
not later than September IL. ac-
cofding to an announcement made
in Circuit Court today by Judge
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old WAGES Restored

BALTIMORE. Md. AugA =
Agreement restoring part of thu
3 and 4 cents per hour cut in the
pay of railroad clerks and other:
station employees, decreed by the
United E States Railroad 81 Labor
Board was announced here oday
For at class OF snipioyes Oh ie
Baltimore e Ohio Railroad sys-:
TEN. The exact figures, however,
could not be learned -.
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LUMINOUS coal STRIKE ENDED IN IL LIN
All Is N0t#Beer That Fodnns,
According to Federal Director.

WASHINGTON 22..A Is gold that glitters noI
prohibition director for Pennsyl-
today Commis-
sioner Haynes situation with respect to
flood.
Discussing beereepisode Davis further
q =.
exaggerated and resulted from public Of
defiance of the Legislation
of his oath to respect
under tu control
of eff outstanding agents
beer, sensational news
passed
off laric public usual
bun
declared the situation in
Davis matter
in revealed that real beer and IN
some tseven hu1labaoo
had nothing
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AGREEMENT FOR
. OLD Wage SCALE
REACHED [0DAY
Formal Ratification u Of Con-
tract to Be Made With
in Few Days
NO CHAN GEs lN'AD|EI
Indiana Operators and Mn
ers Also Near Settle
nent 4 oday. ss
NO CHAN GEs M4DH|
5se

CHICAGO, Aug. %. An agTees
ment to settle the Illinois coa1s
strike was reached this safternoons
by the sub.committee OF IlHnofsg
operators and the miners scale
committee. vi s5sS S9ss
The settlement plants asimp1ySas
renewal OF the I 2rwa ageacontract.s
which is in accord with the recent
Cleveland ement for settlement
OF the nation.wid g coal strike
which began April I, last
Although the settlement Sp1anshads
not been signed, the leaders inAthe.
subcommittee conf were
agreed that the ratification of thag
agreement wouI not be long desg
layed.
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FOR
LIMITING PRICES
Of COAL STARTED
Emergency Measure to Be
Drafted in5Day or Two,
According to Hoover.
Il AT. / E.Y.s CONTINUE
Agreement in Indiana Blum
inous Fields Believed
Certain Today.
p A.R. .L.EYS CONTINUE
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated PresS)
legislation for emergency fed
eral control of coal prices>is to be
drafted in a day of SO, Secretary
Hoover announced at Washington.
n House interstate commerce com
mittee continued work today on
the WinsIow Bill for broad inves-
tigation of coal industry.
Highest soft coal output since
coal strike began April /, estimated
at between five and six million.
tons to include !, 100000 tons un,
der the recent Cleveland agreemen,
predicted for current week by cen
tral distribution committee at
Washington.
Senate labor committee reported
favorably Borah Bill for federal
commission to investigate the coal
industry. ~
Anthracite miners and operators
prepared to continue efforts to
break deadlock in hard coal strike.
Illinois operators and miners
continued sessions with some pres
pect OF agreement before night.
Indiana operators and miners re-
sumed efforts to reach settlement.
southwestern Coal Operators
Association and mine workers ops
5ened conference to negotiate work.
ing agreement.
Mining is expected to start to
morrow I'M Iowa as a%result of op.
:eratorseminers greement5 yester:
sEtay3 ~
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No Furttue:.r,. t,u:.,. stems planned

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Pre-
ddent Harding although hopeful
of success for the New York rail
strike settlement saidltoday he was
not ready to take any further steps
than those stated in his recent ad-
dress to Congress.
The declaration to Congress that
the laws would be enforced and the
right of workers to enter railroad
service guaranteed, it was added,
will remain as the final government
stand until there is change in the
situation.
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.cIearjna Up Tie-Up

GREENSBORO, NJ C., Aug. Y.
With road officials substituting
for striking engineers and firemea
who refused to work in and out
Of Spencer, while state troops are
on guard duty, the Southern Rail-
way today began clearing the vir.
tual tie-up of its passenger trans.
portation service between Wash
ington and Atlanta. Freight trains
however, are not being moved.
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Who said woman couldn't
keep secret? Mrs. Anna Glud,
Oakland, Cal, served two5years as
a drummer boy in the Civil War,
4 but she didn't tell anyone aboutSit
until her s 8th birthday annIver-
Ssary Fecently. Her father and
SGenerals Grant we're the only two
who had shared the secret until
then.
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indiana M Agree {

TERRE EIAUTE, I'M I, sAugs22s
Il (By the Associated N Press );z=5S'N Yorkss
OF the joint sub-scale eScommttteesofl
the Indiana Bituminous CoaIsOpsrs
ators' Association and the union
miners, centering around sthesresesy
Enlistment Of the wage contract
that expired at the beginingS the
strike almost five mont nthssagosgWass
virtually compile ted Stodayssresultings
in a meeting this afternoo ofa1I9'
members of the scaIes comnittees
with the view OF sidering the
final "details Of a settle lemenf
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-H1J-PFodfaIet Prsdis steds

WASHINGTON Aug Bgs
the Associated ssPradictton
iment of Labor. on the asbasfs fre
ports from its 1iators thatS
within aweek sufff ffcint bituninous
mines will be in opera ion tpSpr0E
duce 10000 900 tons weekIy u
4 Normal productionsof$b itumir-S
GUS prior to the strike amounteds
to approximately 900 900 tons.s
and Department of Labor Officials
saw in their iliatprs Sreportsa
return to normal -cond itions pros
duction and possibiltt an iu-;;
crease OF production over norm3l
conditions. which would help thss
CCoEtinued son Page -Four
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To Return to Work

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-An-
nouncement was made today by
general officers of the Southern
Railway that North Carolina Ma
tional Guardsmen were being with
drawn from about the company's
shops at Spencer, N. c., and that
members of the train. service broth
|erhoods by agreement were return
ing to work.