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unother peak in [ pal production Preached Tuesday, k, I Dut by Non-Uunion Mines || in District- 118 MINES WORKING! | rive Less at Work Today Than Yesterday When Record !Was Reached. >al loading in Northern West tnia yesterday reached its isince the strike began. There 298 cars of coal loaded. The .er high mark was 2S7 cars Thursday. As yet, however, s are'no large plants at work, fe coal loaded on the various; ions was as follows: B. &j Monongah 50 cars: Charles-! 66 cars; Connellsviiie. 2.11 ^.Cumberland, 46 cars; Wes-' it* Maryland.Belington ver, 5 cars; Morgantown <fc elihgV 8 cars: Monongabeia, £rs; Morgantown £ Kingwood i; Fewer Mines Vvork i'day there arc lis mines at :*, or five less than on Tues\ There are twenty-one at : on the Monongah Division. O., today, or two less than irday. The situation is the i on the Charleston Division, O., where thirty-three mines .t work today. Six mines con-1 f to work on the Connellsviiie! lion, B. & O. The lone mine ie Belington & Weaver branch UTn rvlnnd iltvhi' continues to work today. Five mines continue to work on the | Morgantown & Wheeling Railway . On the Monongahela Railway togpJSi'a'jri there are live mines at work. Sjiior'two less than yesterday. On I a^aiBBBpj.v Morgan town & King-wood' ^ .there are 2 I mines active today, or o less than yesterday an(i two wSSTless"than Friday and Saturday oil KggL- last.', week. Empties Orderea. £'v: -Mines today ordered 345 empties' .West'. -Virginia; against ^^Mi^®:%^t.day.,:.J..Xhey, are. pieced -as Thevarious divisions: B. & O, Monoagaii, 92; Charleston, ^^^»^13craneilsyflle,' 20: Cumberland, 50; Western.-. Maryland.Beiingtorf U & Weaver, 5; Morgan town & Wheeling, 10: Monongahela, 25; feyiSIil.c'rgantotvn & Kingwood. 75. fttvSliv-"-7 With the Miners. /A r local meeting of the miners) )®lwill..be held at.6:o'clock tonight at! ^pT^raht Town. The'speakers will bo) I HeBatley, Fairmont, internation-j |g:y .e^'TesreschiaUve. and Patrick Buck-! ley, Fairmont^^ydco president of sub .district. 4. "V On Fri"!a-, afternobu at 2 o'clock; vyjyAia..-miner:.' meeting win" be held at! rjs||g|\lmma. The speakers will be Bat- f^v;;"ley..and Buckley, HSU, - A rally of labor forces will be! ^y5^hield :-at Gypsy. Harrison County, at Sflg 10;V.-o'clock Saturday morning. It gSSgyftni be an all day gathering. The RSay&TTt>'n'd«c and T.ahor Assembly of ^®j^littihberport will be in charge of the ppgLl^eeUp'g. The speakers will be gl^jyfili a m H. Harris, Charleston. ^pe;|pj^sident, and H. L. Franklin. ^S'CfttSrleston. secretary of the West ^plj^irghiia State Federation of Labor. gKgsSjSjJ&Hfr.'ls reported that a lone tent Wa»cwpar:<8 now in existence at LowsHBSPBir 's occupied by Mike Duand his family of six, five cbilrSP9K.- He was evicted from a mine jWff that section. iMiners' officials say the miners j3?:JFare holding firm, and about the ^jJLbhly, comment that C. H. Batley, inSgit,,, ternational representative, had to make today was that barely 100 iffip|ininers are working in the 'Morgan^'itCtitowii section despite all of the russ jPlpfinaade about it. fa^'IT Ten Reasons Why ipf-', You Should Attend 1 iJ THE BLUE RIDGE - No. 9.MUSIC L :.. For perfect presentation of pictures perfect music is essential ,md the Blue Ridge can boast of the finest motion picture or. chestra in Fairmont. All of >: them tried and true musicians ti, who not only an piay dut who SjS; can interpret the pictures to thejr highest artistic sense. ; Read No. 10 Tomorrow gj§ Subscription Payments Due bIIL": SiiYou will save the usual s^'~ substantial discount if Biff fi||§itt-7pay: May. Statement S- not laterrthan §£' MAY 10th k Circulation department 1| will be open evenings ungp til'9. o'clock. ^ j West Virginian -asst.. Freakish Hen-Fruit Laid at Winfield ' Seven Inches Long An egg measuring seven inches long and six and onehalf inches in circumference was laid by a hen belonging to D. C. Baker of Winfield a few days ago. The egg had two separate yolks in it. This same hen laid an egg some time ago \ which held a double yolk and was very large, but Mr. Baker failed to measure It. Neighbors .from all over Winfield District nave caneu ai cxie xsan-er iiuiue to view this unusually large egg and claim it is the largest ever reported in this section. 1 EASfSIDEFIRE ! LOSS ESTIMATED | AT 172,000 NOW Owners of Destroyed Plants to Rebuild at Once.Rob- bers Start Blaze- ' Robbers are believed by city police to have caused the fire in the B. Layman and Sons Garage and the A. B. Knight machine shop at,an early hour today, which resulting in Andy VandegriiT, an Kust Side fireman, being painfully if not seriously injured and a property damage estimated at S72.000. VandegrifE is a patient in the Fairmont Hospital and is resting easy, according to reports from the hospital today. Only ,a small part of the loss is covered by insurance. Luther Layman, a son and brother of the owners of the garage, discovered the blaze in a peculiar manner shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. He was going to his Kftmo t-r-i tVm t eoto! r\n nf fhp «itv from the plant the Monongah Glass Co., where he is employed, when he noticed two men come out of the garage and hide behind a gasoline filling station in front of the building. Remembering the recent: robberies and holdups in that section, he thought that the men were going to hold him up ra4KhlKrsturn"e"d?^na?®^S(^3S^4W back toward theteity^-' ; *f_' As he wheeled to run,f he saw the entire, rear end of the garage burst into flames and the two men start to run" away from 'the building. He hurried bach-'down Morgan town avenue and met Police(Continued on Page Eight.) CONFESSED BANDITS HELD UNDER BONDS: CINCINNATI. Ohio. May 10.. j Frank and Mike Solderits, Erwln: T-eischer, confessed bandits, ar raigned in police court, on three j charges of robbery today, were! held to the grand jury under $75. 000 bond each. Harry Sedgewich.j who admitted he was a "lookout" ion one robbery, was placed under| $25,000 bond and bound over. ATI pleaded guilty. FVank Solderits | and Leischer also pleaded guilty to two charges of assault, with in-1 tent to kill. They said they were! paid to slug garment workers. On; these charges, bonds of $50,000 wero added for each. Jacob ReicliI ert. union business agent, whom the bandits charged with paying them to beat workers, waived exI ominciinn rtn olitsrffOO r»f AC. sault with intent to kill, and was hound over to the grand jury under 515.000 bond. Man and Wife Fight Duel to Death Before Children SARNTA. Ont.. May 10..A duel to the death, between husband and wife, armed with butcher knife and axe. in the presence of their three small children, today was being investigated by a coroner's jury which has viewed the bodies. The duelists were Joseph Lam-1 bert, 33. and his 29 year old wife, who staged their battle yesterday in their farm house in Elkton. Edward, aged 5. who was in the house, told the prosecutor that "mamma cut herself with a knife and then tried to hurt papa," 1. IL LOST.Two bundles of clothes on Morgantown Ave. Finder call Fairmont Cleaners and Dyers. 922-R. Reward to finder. I r. fT NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS On or before the first Monday in June a list of all real estate and personal property for which taxes for 1921 have not been paid will be posted at'the front door of the court house and a copy of said list will be printed in the daily newspapers. Thereafter, the sheriff will proceed to collect such taxes. Tax books will close on June 30, 1922 J. D. CHARLTON* Sheriff of Marion County " -Jl 33 INDICTMENTS I RETURNED TODAY; BY GRAND JURY! /iolations of State Prohibition Law Lead.Two Held on I Shooting Charges Thirty three indictments, fifteen elonies and eighteen misdemeanors, were returned by the May term llarion County Criminal Court trand jury at noon today. The iniictments were read just before -he jury adjourned for lunch. At l'. )"c!ock, the jurors resum-ai their j. investigations and almost 100 wit- i lesses have been sworn to testify oefore the investigators this afternoon. The jurors are making an effort to finish their task today, but it is thought that the large number of witnesses to be called will prove too much of a handicap to get through this afternoon and that the jury will have to report again tomorrow morning. 11 Five still cases lead the list ofj ielony ipdictments, two felonious; shooting, one highway robbery, and, one dope selling charge. In the misdemeanor class, the most of th violations are in the liquor class. The indictment^ returned and}[ the nature of the charges are as' follows: : Felony T. L. Loudenslager. still. George Decimo. felonious shooting of Samuel Manuel at Carolina Mine. Guy Leeson. highway robbery. Morgan Hoit. feloniously shooting of Howard Anderson at West Chester. Tosev McKinsey. selling dope ... . - TXTTII cjlrpv dllU mi/UUSUluv . Claude Wills and Roy Williaqis, still. Stanley li^licke. Peter Menoski and Toney Cemosky, still. Joe Vingo. still. Andy Simon, still. Alex Braney. John Braney, and Joe Gregor. still. Misdemeanor J. L. Loudenslager, still and moonshine whiskey. J. Howard Crewes. assault and battery. Gerald Hamilton, nonsupport. Earl Bradley. fighting on a street car. Belle Leaaion and John Reigh Maitfagv.^otte-CfU#?rg|a§ house- of ill-repute | Domenick Melidal. loitering in '.iij house of ill-repute. " Domenick Abruzzi, loitering. i«jJ a house of ill-repute. Toney Cardros, loitering In a house of ill-repute. Tonsev McKinsey, selling -moon shine- whiskey. Claude Wills and Roy Williams having moonshine whiskey and mash in their possession.Joe Vingo. having moonshine whiskey in his possession. Alex Braney. John Braney- and Joe Gregor, having moonshine whiskey in their possession. RUDOLPH VALENTINO WILL WED HUDNUT'S DAUGHTER LOS ANGELES. May 10..Word has been received here from New York that Richard Hudnut. perfume manufacturer, has announced there the engagement of his daughter, Winifred, an art director, known professionally as Nata-Cha Rambova., to Kuaoipn vaienuuu. motion picture actor now employed here. REJECTED SUITOR SHOOTS GIRL AND HER COMPANION PITTSBURGH. May 10..George West, with a pistol in each hand, today opened fire on Miss Elizabeth Shuman and Mrs. Muriel Miller as they left their home on the North Side for the laundry where they worked. The women fell, each dangerously wounded, and West then shot himself in the head. He too, hcspital surgeons said might not recover. The police trace the tragedy to what they termed the indifference of Miss Shuman to West attentions covering a period of three years. REBELS SURRENDER. \ MADRID, May 10..Submission to the Spanish of portions of the rebel forces in Morocco and further successes in the Spanish military operations are announced in an official statement today. RUTH LEAVES HOSPITAL. NEW YORK, May 10. Babe Ruth left the hospital today and went to his hotel. Mrs. Ruth, who also underwent an operation at the same time, will remain at the hospital for ten more days at least. SI DEGREES CHICAGO, May 10.The highest temperature for May since 1895 was registered yesterday and one person died as a result of the 'heat when the mercury mounted to 81 degrees a* 1 p. m. Large Truck Going to Clarksburg' Friday Open for Load Phone 517 1 " % International Unio to Morgantou No great developments have pension in the coal fields in the j the only new development is that sent into the Morgantown sectioi situation. He is "Van Bittner, unio: in Western Pennsylvania, and esp effective inroads were made in th arrived in Morgantown today, acco The recent activities among r town section and a series of evicti a bearing on his being sent to Mi Reports received from Morgar evicted from the houses of the R( are living in tents, and it is reporti for the miners they will start a t Southern West Virginia. According to a report received bills distributed in the coke belt eneci. mat xxie miners a.ic ui un.c. nothing to it. and this is an effort the striking miners. iirafn FOR YJ. DRIVE Campaign Starts Tomorrow. F Mrs- Arthur Lynch to Be General Chairman. Mrs. Arthur Lynch, -who is chairman of the Y. W. C. A. member- u ship campaign which starts tomor- a row and will continue throughout a the week, and Mss Ruth Heintzel- s man, assistant chairman, have ap- ( pointed the following chairmen and t workers for the wards of the city s and surburbs: r First Ward.Mrs Harry P Robin- t son, chairman, Mrs Frank Amos, t Mrs Charles Holt, Mrs Ralph Wat- t kins Second Ward; (divided into three r sections): First Section. Mrs. L. j Criss and Mrs. W. H. Shinn. Sec- e ontl Section.Mrs. J. E. Barry; Mrs * Homer Hail; Mrs. W. C. Snyder; g Mrs. Edward Gross and.Mrs. Bail- £ ey Thompson. Third Section.Mrs W. A. Lawler; Mrs. Arthur Cassell t and Mrs. S. C. Watkins. v Third Ward.Mrs. Jack Biutz, J chairman; Mrs. B. F. Hamiliton; Mrs. Frank White; Mrs. W. S. I Meredith; Mrs. Hays Gaskill; Mrs. L. W. Shroyer; Mrs. Fred Cole; Mrs. Walter rick; Mrs. Manson 1 Swiger;. Mrs. Southard. 1 Fourth Ward-.Miss Mary Greer, £ Taylor: Mrs. George? IJttee: MrSw;4 F. V..' Battiger; Mrs..Sidney Rey!;!1 nolds;:- Miss Elsie Welcb;:'.MissJsKt^ 1 cille Fisher; Miss Com' Wheeks*;] < M iss Edith Huns'aker; Miss GpbwSm'1 Jones; Miss Florence' Jack; Miss j < Lucille Henry. < Fifth Ward: (Business Section!] < Miss; Minnie Ben Poling. : chair" I £ man, Mrs. G. M. Allender; Mrs. 1 J. J. Murray, Mrs. L. G;. Mas- 1 grave. Mrs. Warwick, Mrs. I. W. 1 Poling, Mrs. Bess Peddicord, Mrs. Myrtle Powell. Mrs. Isabella t Mooney, Miss Lelia Mercer, Miss r Ruth Fleming, Miss Elizabeth Hun- i saker. Miss Lena Hamilton, Miss I Nettie Johnston, Miss Elizabeth I Stone, Miss Ray Blocher, Mi3S r Luda Frey, Miss Elsie Beall, Miss e Beatrice Amos, Miss Mick. Miss -c Inez Jacobs, Miss Nell^Prichard,* s Miss DeBorah Fitzgerald, Miss Neil 1 Layman, Miss Rilla Minear, Miss l Straight. Miss Meta Smith, Mi3s c Cora Wheeler. Residential Sec-!-s tion: Miss Naomi Heffner." chair-j'l man, Mrs. Ira Smith. ;I Sixth Ward: Mrs. Frank Lyon, e chairman, Mrs. Glenn Barnes, Mrs.U F F. Hartley. Mrs. Fred Manson ]c Mrs. E. S. McCulIough, Mrs. P. P. i Lipson. Mrs. W. H. Conaway, Mrs. Jessie Wilson. Mrs. Fred' S Helmick, Mrs. W. D. Reed. Mrs. j R. K. Tallant, Mrs. Osmlan 1 Swartz. Seventh Ward: Mrs. W. J. Wiegel. chairman, Mrs. Floyd Pat- ton, Mrs. Frank Haymond Mrs. A. E. Oldroyd, Mrs. Nelson Beale, i Miss Helen Robinson. Eighth Ward: Mrs. H. C. Mc- Kay, chairman. Mrs. Paul Amos, Mrs. Andrew Henry, Sirs. H. H. Rose. Mrs. Carl Youst. Mrs. Raymond Fisher. Mrs. Ralph Doolittle Mrs. Marl Keenan. , Edgemont: Mrs. C. E. Mumford, chairman, Mrs. G. M. Wilshire, Mrs. Marshall Fleming, Mrs. T. R. Lake, Mrs. Ben Wilson. Mrs. Ralph Dollison. Mrs. W,. I. Lydic. Country Club Road: Mrs. L. J. Krom. IBarrackville: Miss Willa Straight League of Nations Council to Open Session Tomorrow GENEVA, May 10..(By the Associated Press.).The eighteenth session of the council of the League of Nations will open here tomorrow with the prospect of several im- portant questions now. uciuio Genoa conference coming up for discussion. The probability for one thing of the league going extensively into the Russian question, is seen in a request filed .with "the League of Norway, asking for an independent inquiry into the fam ine In Russia. STRIKE CALLED OFF j CHARLESTON", May 10..The strike of the building crafts trades called last, wek has ben declared ofr, David Dick, president of the Charleston ..Contractors Assocfa- tion, announced today. The strike was called as" a protest against proposed 12-1-2 per cent wjm reduction. c r__ ^ n Man Sent " m to Aid Miners been noted in the general susjast twenty-four hours. About an international man has been i to take charge of the strike a organizer, who has been activt, ecially in the coke belt, where e open shop plants . Van Bittner rding to reports received, ion-union mines in the Morgannent cases no doubt have had organtown. itown indicate that the miners >sedal Coal Co. at VanVoorhis 2d that if no homes can be found ent colony similar to the one in in Fairmont, a number of hand have reached Lowsville to the " Miners' officials say there is made to weaken the morale of ~.uj V. ...wiitat-i J. i mYMsl MINERS^ STRIKE; :ormer Union Official Claims Walkout Unwarranted and Malicious* -i That the present coal strike "is inwarranted and unjustifiable and crime delibertely. maliciously nd .politically planned" was the tatement made today by E S. Mcjullough', labor commissioner of he Northern Coal Operators' Asociation. and for twenty years a niner of coal and identified with he miners' international. He was he principal speaker at the Kivanis Club luncheon today. He placed the blame for the tieip squarely on the national organzation of the United Mine Workirs and referred to the fact that eeling between the local operators ind their employes was harmoniius. He also declared that the niDers in conducting' their negoiations which led up to the strike lad burned their bridges behind t#m, and left no room lor semenent other than by government inerference. Referring to the wages paid niners, he said that the miner had lever been paid, enough money, md that in ;a-. great^ number of inleab'dowh, the.tprices until their vas little profit in the business *ex:cpt such as denyed from the bus: ness done with; the .small private :onsumer. Mr.* McCullough ad vet :ated the establishment of a high soiirt to settle .wage,- disputes, sand. ;aid that' strikes ought to be prolibited- by law. He is a firm be-" lever' in arbitration, according to lis statements. - ;; . He ch'aacterized as very unimely at.least bbe demands of the diners for a six-hour day.and an n crease in wages when the world tad lost millions of workers and tad rendered countless millions aore homeless and without food tnd had piled UP billions in war iebts. He said that the part-of a arie organization would rattier tave been to reduce wages and to engthen the working hours, in an .ffort to "blot out the loses of like rorld war. The speaker paid a iandsome tribute to the ability of 'resident Lewis of the mine workirs. saying he was the strongest ixecutive that had ever presided >ver "them He characterized him as i fighter worthy of his race. Kiwanian A. Ray Mapel made a motion that a commltte be appointed to confer with the head of the fire department and the City Board of Affairs, for the purpose of considering the installation of a fire alarm system in the city with conveniently located stations scattered through the city. Major Earl Smith asked that the committee also take up with the'city the matter of the purchase of additional fire fighting equipment as he stated that-a fire in a threestory building'in" the'city was'out of reach of the department with the present apparatus;7 The question of the location of- the station on the East Side was also, included in the motion on an amendment by Hop. O. S. McKinney.1 The matter was referred tc> the committee on public affairs, of which Clay D. Amos is chairman. M. C. Lough reported that the Morgantown to -Clark3bu rg - good roads -. project had o cen favorably ected upon! "The club-decided to put a baseball team In the field, and the direction of the. team was placed in the hands of the athletic committee composed... of Hines. Toothman. Beobe and Kline. The club voted to banquet the high school boys at 6:30' next Wednesday evening. mw/v miVcfml .Tim'trrArn Consisted three solos by Miss Frischkon assisted by-Master Albert Fuller on the violin. Miss Byer war accompanist. FAIRMONT MAN BL.ECTED WESTERN PORT, Md.. May 10. .The eleventh annual meeting .01 the West Virginia Xhtheran- Synoc today elected the following o.tIi cers: President, Simon Snyder, Wheel Ins, re-elected: vice president, I,; A.. MoCord. Wheeling, secretarytreasurer; Roy M eyer, Fairmon t; historian,-M.' t,., Peter, AuroraAccident,. Md.. was selected a: IJ»'»^ace of meetingjiffict year" '' llfi i RUSSIAN REPLY s DELAYED TODAY ; i$ FOR ALTERATION ] Answer to Allies Said to Con- , tain Demand for Billion Dollar Credit. 1 _ * :discount* sought ; f Alfied Recognition of Principle of Nationalization Asked. ""vni \tav in (Rv the As-, UC/llUfi, .liv.,, , sociated Press.).The Russian reply to the allied memorandum. which was ready for presentation this forenoon, was not delivered to the alies, as expected, as at the last moment, after a conversation -between Foreign Ministers Tchitcherin of Russia, and Schanzer of Italy, it was decided the reply 1 would have to undergo some alteration. M. Tchitcherin left Genoa at 1 p. m., returning to Santa Margharita to meet the other members of the Russian delegation. It was not expected therefore, that i the reply could be presented until .1 tomorrow. The fact that the de- 1 lay was due to M. Tchitcherin's ( visit to Signor Schanzer was re- j i garded in some quarters as a fav-jj arable indication. In French t circles, the belief was expressed ] that an attempt was being made j to influence the Russians to modi- j fy their reply so as to permit the ] conference to continue. The reply. says the Central News, requests that clause VII of l the memorandum be referred to < an international committee of ex- < perts with Russia represented on i it. With regard to the war debts. . the Allies are asked to state the j exact discount that would be made If the debts were acknowledged. , On the whole, it is added, the , reply is evasive. , 1 Clause VII in the allied memor- < andum,to Russian is the caluse relating to the statues of the Tor- ^ rugrL ownp.fl nrope^^^^^^.ussiftn^ SHlTer Than Kvpected j PARIS, May, 10.(By The Associated., Rress).The "Russian * reply to the allied memorandum .Will be stiffer than was expected, says a Havas. dispatch from Genoa .J -tliis afternoon,.-. This change is 1 "undertood to be due to instruc- 1 tions received over night from Moscow, "demanding allied Tecog- I hition or .tbe Taiioity 01 tne prm-1 jciplc -of nationalization/* Tie'reply, It is added, also in-I sistsupon a credit of $1,000,000,- j, 006 for Russia. » iSl! Many of the First Venire Called Fail to Show Up for - Service Today. When theCriminal Court trial jury was'qalled in court today, it -was found that only about half of the Jurors.summoned for service at this term of court had responded. An investigation made by Judge 3d. M. ShotVaiter,;: showed: that a num. her. of the/imen summoned were ill. some, of them'out of the, state and a, number "were not found,- by the officers' when they" were serving the summons'. Judge Shbwalter asiced fS® Jurycommissioners to ; call forty more jurors to report, forthwith for jury.-; |rse» commissioners drew-p the names of the, forty residents ot the; county from-the jury box, and Clerk Lawrence A. Cather issued summons for the additional, jurors. The" summons- -Were .placed in the hands of Sheriff, James 0. Chariton and his deputies to serve this afternoon. The additional jurors summoned are: - , ; Fairmont D i stri] S. Possetta, J. W. Lemasters. Fred Menifee. J. A. Carpenter, J. A. Neely, Acie Talkington, W. C. Billingham, J. W., Clossin, J. E." An" dersonandW..G..Srpith: Mannlngton District. .Russell Floyd,"J. B. Atkinson, C. C. Hamilton, Fred Beaty. T. J. Rex. Goff Sturip, R-, B.. Howard, .Willie ; Watson. Fred Sagers,' Homei-' M". ; Morris and George Heldreth. . "Grartf District - - ' " Roy McDonald, John Williams and J. H. Brummage.'; l||S|g||£gfiH I 1; - Union District. Clint Shaw, Joe Carpenter, jj J Canfield, J. L. Cox, G. Rl Watson ' and Eliza Wilson. Lincoln District. John E. King, S. T. Croft; George - Hardin and Bearl Toothman. ? Winfield District S>'G.. A. Sperling,-Charles*HHb anil i L..C-Baugb. Psw-Paw -District J H. J. Cunningham, David Ingles and-Jesse L. Eddy. 5PEC1AL POLICE PUT ON FORCE FOR CIRCUS DAY Chief of Police L. D. Snider announced today that a number of special officers have been sworn In to act tomorrow, circus day. when three of the regular members of the force will be attending "ederal court in Wheeling. Chief snider stated that it is always :ustomary to have extra officers on big days, itid that tomorrow ie is taking no chances and will iouble the number of special offi- ' ;ers for the day and night. Chief Snider is also endeavoring to have District Attorney Brown tontinue the case in which the :ity policemen are witnesses for a n . -i--*i. 11 1 a.ay su Luot curs cuuic iui m, be intact, as well as the extra officers. He will not know, however, until this evening whether District Attorney Brown will corn- , ply with his request. menITto lake points may i be changed soon , i\V _ocal Operators May Be Able; to Compete With Eastern KentuckyMatters relative to coal carrying -ates to the lakes took George S.j 3racke6t. Fairmont, secretary o£! :ho Northern West Virginia Coat] Dpera tors' Association, to. Wash-; ingtou. D. C., during the early, lart of this wek. For some time! :he Louisville & Nashville Railroad rad a very low coal carrying rate :rom xne eastern jveiiLucaj' i. ,li fields to Wisconsin points, which; ?ut practically all coal fields to the aorth out of the running. Some time ago the suspension joard of the Interstate Commerce Commission decided to annul these extremely low rates, and the de-j fails concerning the actual elimination of these rates was what has. seen of interest here, especiallyj the substitution of more equitable! :oal carrying rates to the Fair-! aiont region. As the proposition! now stands. It is expected that the! low freight rate will be abolished! jn May IS. If the higher rate is applied to I Eastern Kentucy coal fields, it] Wisconsin." By' the- present'.'rate, I Vlr... Bracket!- says the!'-Eastern! Kentucky fields Jiave a'70 cent dliferential on Fairmont^ ' j B.. & 0. Buying;Coal It is understood that during thej early part of this; week W. C. Reynolds.' Baltimore;^? representatiye of the B. &' Ov 'was visiting carious mines in Northern' West Virginia, including those* njeior Farmont, Grafton\and other points, in the interest of securing spot coal from the mines that are at work on the non-union basis. Practically all the railroad fuel secured off the Monongah and Charleston «3r«js~ J Ions of the B. & O. has heen received hy that carrier since the strike began. While the tonnage has not been large, it is a fair percentage, considering the amount of coal that is being produced. This Is especially true at times on the? Charleston Division. Daily-Shipments Thirty nine cars of coal * were* loaded east and twelve cars west? off the Monongah Division, B. &j, O. Of the sixteen cars of coke I loaded on the division yesterday,V there were 12 cars shipped westj and one car east. ' Nine nnconsigned loads of coal were loaded off the Monongah Di- vision B. & O. yesterday. Daily Railroad Fuel Seven cars of coal were secured by the B. & O. off the Monongah" Division. B. & 0. yesterday. The B.. & O." received the 14 cars of railroad fuel loaded off the ; Charleston Division B. & O. -East of Grafton The coal movement east of Grafton on Tuesday was 223 cars. In the. thirteen- trains, there were. 456 cars of freight moved Inclndr ed the coal-loads mentioned. To the west there were 3.3-7 loads/of ifljeight moved, of .which 35 cars were coal. At midnight there Were 264 loads; of freight on the Monongah Division' bound for the east, of which.182 cars were coal. District Institute When, .the Clarksburg district mining* institute meets on" Thursday evening. May. 18, at 7:30 {Continued on Page Eight.) DOES NOT BELIEVE CHILD U/*C STRIinK RY flIITniRT r The condition, of Joe Sentinery, the' 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sentinery , who.,-was , injured on Pennsylvania avenue last evening, is satisfactory- today at Cook Hospital, .Where/lje. was .taken, following the.*;accident.' The child was picked up unconscious by F. Klaw 'ahd ' rushed' to Xild hbfSpital "WHei-e X-ray-'pictures revealed < the fact that he was suffering from.head - injuries of - a serious mature.... Just how the, accident' happened, has not been ascertained/, although it is believed,the child must'have climbed on the tire which is carried- at the -back of ajntachine and, was"thrown .oft; the fall,rendering "him unconsciohs. Patrolman ; Digmah, who arrived^ "at -the -scene of - tbe.-gctP dent shortly .after the child was .pioked hp/; does-'not believe -from the nature of the injuries- that' the child'-was/struck by a can. J rESTIFIES THAT I COMBS BOASTED \ HE KILLED GORE Murdered Deputy After Help-; less Man Had Been Shot'^9H hv Marchers. * - LED BY MINISTER ^ Another Witness Tells of Seeing Three Men Shot Down < ^ by M a rc h e rs. CHARLES TOWN", May 10.(By Tho Associated Press.) .iajgae Combs boasted that he killed John Sore a few minutes after the Logan County deputy had boon shot by members of a marching:column S^|||| of miners and others. Valajsco Car. penter. who was inXth'a.tJsci^Uinn;testifie today in the trial of'iWil- liam Blizzard on a charge of trea- t son. Combs, who has not been ar-. rested, was with Rev. John burn, leader of the column: a law minutes before the shooting, Cajw -f|i|||| The course of the trial was npset 'v|f§I|g by the absence of Sam Hulme.ya. Kh witness who yesterday was to have been cross-examined today but was excused so he might' go: to:".l?j^ York to meet his future tbridet^HS was due to arrive on a trans-AtlanHulme Excused. 'r. IUhBB Sam Hulme, ono of the Logan de- 1 fenders whtf was taken prisons* $?|||||| during the fighting, was scheduled .'ijp&g to go to the witness stand today. Hp testified yesterday as to :hi£E<e&< periences while ahcaptive butjhad A^ggg not been oross-examfHed when H'hen court opened. T. C -Tgwnsend announced that HubdeASala w;r:'r\C$i been excused to meet his^futora H bride in New York. The -witnessJ who is an Englishman.andjaecygsl in the World War, went torfsgzpsusi plained he was expected -to^meet his future bride, and asfcedfrthftfr permission to leave and retunr;Igj* tor for cross-examination. Theperj mission was granted, and Hnlme i-fiS&fiti departed last night. State^.aUms pj[Sija5S nevs knew not hin got ^th Ls^MtiV.Josaid he participated in the.ma^ctaq to do anything but'. go,": was-.thfp first witness. At ^ Blair heihg^Xa ,|g||| clare he was g oing_,to lay^'dcn^hclfl n'lrrl Bible and kaJ the men to 'nght to. line- up and 'YememberweJSlSe no guard house or ^all^honses."^ Wilhurn's command, and^^rantped ing51 the next'morning, bat wereforriered. back by others who drew guns. Carpenter, Marching toward' the , shootlr^g. and halted in Bitch a poslti<jnEJthja.t Carpenter- could not- see or leaders of his party. He ;heard both sides, ask fc\- the pass word.

Transcript of Dollar Credit. -i--*i. WORKING! caneu ai cxie n curs cuuic ...:-at Gypsy. Harrison County, at...

  • unother peak in [pal productionPreached Tuesday,k,I Dut by Non-Uunion Mines

    || in District-118 MINES WORKING!

    | rive Less at Work Today ThanYesterday When Record!Was Reached.

    >al loading in Northern Westtnia yesterday reached itsisince the strike began. There298 cars of coal loaded. The

    .er high mark was 2S7 carsThursday. As yet, however,s are'no large plants at work,fe coal loaded on the various;ions was as follows: B. &jMonongah 50 cars: Charles-!

    66 cars; Connellsviiie. 2.11^.Cumberland, 46 cars; Wes-'it* Maryland.Belington 'n'd«c and T.ahor Assembly of^®j^littihberport will be in charge of theppgLl^eeUp'g. The speakers will begl^jyfiliam H. Harris, Charleston.^pe;|pj^sident, and H. L. Franklin.^S'CfttSrleston. secretary of the West^plj^irghiia State Federation of Labor.gKgsSjSjJ&Hfr.'ls reported that a lone tentWa»cwpar:: them tried and true musiciansti, who not only an piay dut whoSjS; can interpret the pictures to

    thejr highest artistic sense.; Read No. 10 Tomorrow

    gj§ SubscriptionPayments Due

    bIIL": SiiYou will save the usuals^'~ substantial discount ifBiff fi||§itt-7pay: May. StatementS- not laterrthan

    §£' MAY 10thk Circulation department1| will be open evenings ungptil'9. o'clock.

    ^ j West Virginian-asst..

    Freakish Hen-FruitLaid at Winfield

    '

    Seven Inches LongAn egg measuring seven

    inches long and six and onehalfinches in circumferencewas laid by a hen belonging toD. C. Baker of Winfield a fewdays ago. The egg had twoseparate yolks in it. This samehen laid an egg some time ago \which held a double yolk andwas very large, but Mr. Bakerfailed to measure It. Neighbors.from all over Winfield Districtnave caneu ai cxie xsan-er iiuiue

    to view this unusually largeegg and claim it is the largestever reported in this section. 1

    EASfSIDEFIRE !LOSS ESTIMATED |AT 172,000 NOW

    Owners of Destroyed Plantsto Rebuild at Once.Rob-

    bers Start Blaze- '

    Robbers are believed by citypolice to have caused the fire inthe B. Layman and Sons Garageand the A. B. Knight machineshop at,an early hour today, whichresulting in Andy VandegriiT, anKust Side fireman, being painfullyif not seriously injured and aproperty damage estimated atS72.000. VandegrifE is a patientin the Fairmont Hospital and isresting easy, according to reportsfrom the hospital today. Only ,asmall part of the loss is covered byinsurance.

    Luther Layman, a son and brotherof the owners of the garage,discovered the blaze in a peculiarmanner shortly after 2 o'clock thismorning. He was going to hisKftmo t-r-i tVm t eoto! r\n nf fhp «itv

    from the plant o£ the MonongahGlass Co., where he is employed,when he noticed two men comeout of the garage and hide behinda gasoline filling station in frontof the building. Remembering therecent: robberies and holdups inthat section, he thought that themen were going to hold him upra4KhlKrsturn"e"d?^na?®^S(^3S^4Wback toward theteity^-' ; *f_'As he wheeled to run,f he saw

    the entire, rear end of the garageburst into flames and the two menstart to run" away from 'the building.He hurried bach-'down Morgantown avenue and met Police(Continuedon Page Eight.)CONFESSED BANDITSHELD UNDER BONDS:

    CINCINNATI. Ohio. May 10.. jFrank and Mike Solderits, Erwln:T-eischer, confessed bandits, arraigned in police court, on three jcharges of robbery today, were!held to the grand jury under $75.000 bond each. Harry Sedgewich.jwho admitted he was a "lookout"ion one robbery, was placed under|$25,000 bond and bound over. ATIpleaded guilty. FVank Solderits |and Leischer also pleaded guiltyto two charges of assault, with in-1tent to kill. They said they were!paid to slug garment workers. On;these charges, bonds of $50,000wero added for each. Jacob ReicliIert. union business agent, whomthe bandits charged with payingthem to beat workers, waived exIominciinn rtn olitsrffOO r»f AC.sault with intent to kill, and washound over to the grand jury under515.000 bond.Man and Wife Fight Duel

    to Death Before ChildrenSARNTA. Ont.. May 10..A duel

    to the death, between husband andwife, armed with butcher knifeand axe. in the presence of theirthree small children, today was beinginvestigated by a coroner's jurywhich has viewed the bodies.The duelists were Joseph Lam-1

    bert, 33. and his 29 year old wife,who staged their battle yesterdayin their farm house in Elkton. Edward,aged 5. who was in the house,told the prosecutor that "mammacut herself with a knife and thentried to hurt papa,"

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    LOST.Two bundles of clothes

    on Morgantown Ave. Finder callFairmont Cleaners and Dyers.922-R. Reward to finder.

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    fT NOTICETO TAXPAYERS

    On or before the first Mondayin June a list of all real estateand personal property forwhich taxes for 1921 have notbeen paid will be posted at'thefront door of the court houseand a copy of said list will beprinted in the daily newspapers.Thereafter, the sheriff will proceedto collect such taxes. Taxbooks will close on June 30, 1922

    J. D. CHARLTON*Sheriff of Marion County

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    33 INDICTMENTS IRETURNED TODAY;BY GRAND JURY!

    /iolations of State ProhibitionLaw Lead.Two Held on I

    Shooting Charges

    Thirty three indictments, fifteenelonies and eighteen misdemeanors,were returned by the May termllarion County Criminal Courttrand jury at noon today. The iniictmentswere read just before-he jury adjourned for lunch. At l'.)"c!ock, the jurors resum-ai their j.investigations and almost 100 wit- ilesses have been sworn to testifyoefore the investigators this afternoon.The jurors are making an effort

    to finish their task today, but it isthought that the large number ofwitnesses to be called will provetoo much of a handicap to getthrough this afternoon and that thejury will have to report again tomorrowmorning. 11Five still cases lead the list ofj

    ielony ipdictments, two felonious;shooting, one highway robbery, and,one dope selling charge. In themisdemeanor class, the most of thviolations are in the liquor class.The indictment^ returned and}[

    the nature of the charges are as'follows:

    :

    FelonyT. L. Loudenslager. still.George Decimo. felonious shootingof Samuel Manuel at Carolina

    Mine.Guy Leeson. highway robbery.Morgan Hoit. feloniously shootingof Howard Anderson at West

    Chester.Tosev McKinsey. selling dope.... - TXTTII cjlrpv

    dllU mi/UUSUluv .

    Claude Wills and Roy Williaqis,still.Stanley li^licke. Peter Menoski

    and Toney Cemosky, still.Joe Vingo. still.Andy Simon, still.Alex Braney. John Braney, and

    Joe Gregor. still.Misdemeanor

    J. L. Loudenslager, still andmoonshine whiskey.

    J. Howard Crewes. assault andbattery.Gerald Hamilton, nonsupport.Earl Bradley. fighting on a

    street car.Belle Leaaion and John Reigh

    Maitfagv.^otte-CfU#?rg|a§house- of ill-repute |Domenick Melidal. loitering in '.iij

    house of ill-repute. "Domenick Abruzzi, loitering. i«jJ a

    house of ill-repute.Toney Cardros, loitering In a

    house of ill-repute.Tonsev McKinsey, selling -moon

    shine- whiskey.Claude Wills and Roy Williams

    having moonshine whiskey andmash in their possession.JoeVingo. having moonshinewhiskey in his possession.

    AlexBraney. John Braney- andJoe Gregor, having moonshinewhiskey in their possession.

    RUDOLPH VALENTINO WILLWED HUDNUT'S DAUGHTERLOS ANGELES. May 10..Word

    has been received here from NewYork that Richard Hudnut. perfumemanufacturer, has announcedthere the engagement of his daughter,Winifred, an art director,known professionally as Nata-ChaRambova., to Kuaoipn vaienuuu. motionpicture actor now employedhere.

    REJECTED SUITOR SHOOTSGIRL AND HER COMPANIONPITTSBURGH. May 10..George

    West, with a pistol in each hand,today opened fire on Miss ElizabethShuman and Mrs. Muriel Miller asthey left their home on the NorthSide for the laundry where theyworked. The women fell, each dangerouslywounded, and West thenshot himself in the head. He too,hcspital surgeons said might notrecover. The police trace the tragedyto what they termed the indifferenceof Miss Shuman to Westattentions covering a period ofthree years.

    REBELS SURRENDER. \MADRID, May 10..Submission

    to the Spanish of portions of therebel forces in Morocco and furthersuccesses in the Spanish militaryoperations are announced inan official statement today.

    RUTH LEAVES HOSPITAL.NEW YORK, May 10. Babe

    Ruth left the hospital today andwent to his hotel. Mrs. Ruth, whoalso underwent an operation atthe same time, will remain at thehospital for ten more days atleast.

    SI DEGREESCHICAGO, May 10.The highesttemperature for May since

    1895 was registered yesterday andone person died as a result of the'heat when the mercury mountedto 81 degrees a* 1 p. m.

    Large TruckGoing to Clarksburg'

    FridayOpen for LoadPhone 517

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    International Unioto Morgantou

    No great developments havepension in the coal fields in the jthe only new development is thatsent into the Morgantown sectioisituation. He is "Van Bittner, unio:in Western Pennsylvania, and espeffective inroads were made in tharrived in Morgantown today, acco

    The recent activities among rtown section and a series of evictia bearing on his being sent to Mi

    Reports received from Morgarevicted from the houses of the R(are living in tents, and it is reportifor the miners they will start a tSouthern West Virginia.According to a report received

    bills distributed in the coke belteneci. mat xxie miners a.ic ui un.c.

    nothing to it. and this is an effortthe striking miners.

    iirafnFOR YJ. DRIVE

    Campaign Starts Tomorrow. FMrs- Arthur Lynch to Be

    General Chairman.

    Mrs. Arthur Lynch, -who is chairmanof the Y. W. C. A. member- uship campaign which starts tomor- arow and will continue throughout athe week, and Mss Ruth Heintzel- sman, assistant chairman, have ap- (pointed the following chairmen and tworkers for the wards of the city sand surburbs: r

    First Ward.Mrs Harry P Robin- tson, chairman, Mrs Frank Amos, tMrs Charles Holt, Mrs Ralph Wat- tkinsSecond Ward; (divided into three r

    sections): First Section. Mrs. L. jCriss and Mrs. W. H. Shinn. Sec- eontl Section.Mrs. J. E. Barry; Mrs *Homer Hail; Mrs. W. C. Snyder; gMrs. Edward Gross and.Mrs. Bail- £ey Thompson. Third Section.MrsW. A. Lawler; Mrs. Arthur Cassell tand Mrs. S. C. Watkins. vThird Ward.Mrs. Jack Biutz, J

    chairman; Mrs. B. F. Hamiliton;Mrs. Frank White; Mrs. W. S. IMeredith; Mrs. Hays Gaskill; Mrs.L. W. Shroyer; Mrs. Fred Cole;Mrs. Walter rick; Mrs. Manson 1Swiger;. Mrs. Southard. 1Fourth Ward-.Miss Mary Greer, £

    Taylor: Mrs. George?IJttee: MrSw;4F. V..' Battiger; Mrs..Sidney Rey!;!1nolds;:- Miss Elsie Welcb;:'.MissJsKt^ 1cille Fisher; Miss Com' Wheeks*;] <M iss Edith Huns'aker; Miss GpbwSm'1Jones; Miss Florence' Jack; Miss j <Lucille Henry. <

    Fifth Ward: (Business Section!] <Miss; Minnie Ben Poling. : chair" I £man, Mrs. G. M. Allender; Mrs. 1J. J. Murray, Mrs. L. G;. Mas- 1grave. Mrs. Warwick, Mrs. I. W. 1Poling, Mrs. Bess Peddicord, Mrs.Myrtle Powell. Mrs. Isabella tMooney, Miss Lelia Mercer, Miss rRuth Fleming, Miss Elizabeth Hun- isaker. Miss Lena Hamilton, Miss INettie Johnston, Miss Elizabeth IStone, Miss Ray Blocher, Mi3S rLuda Frey, Miss Elsie Beall, Miss eBeatrice Amos, Miss Mick. Miss -cInez Jacobs, Miss Nell^Prichard,* sMiss DeBorah Fitzgerald, Miss Neil 1Layman, Miss Rilla Minear, Miss lStraight. Miss Meta Smith, Mi3s cCora Wheeler. Residential Sec-!-stion: Miss Naomi Heffner." chair-j'lman, Mrs. Ira Smith. ;ISixth Ward: Mrs. Frank Lyon, e

    chairman, Mrs. Glenn Barnes, Mrs.UF F. Hartley. Mrs. Fred Manson ]cMrs. E. S. McCulIough, Mrs. P. P. iLipson. Mrs. W. H. Conaway,Mrs. Jessie Wilson. Mrs. Fred' SHelmick, Mrs. W. D. Reed. Mrs. jR. K. Tallant, Mrs. Osmlan 1Swartz.Seventh Ward: Mrs. W. J.

    Wiegel. chairman, Mrs. Floyd Pat-ton, Mrs. Frank Haymond Mrs.A. E. Oldroyd, Mrs. Nelson Beale, iMiss Helen Robinson.Eighth Ward: Mrs. H. C. Mc-

    Kay, chairman. Mrs. Paul Amos,Mrs. Andrew Henry, Sirs. H. H.Rose. Mrs. Carl Youst. Mrs. RaymondFisher. Mrs. Ralph DoolittleMrs. Marl Keenan. ,Edgemont: Mrs. C. E. Mumford,

    chairman, Mrs. G. M. Wilshire,Mrs. Marshall Fleming, Mrs. T.R. Lake, Mrs. Ben Wilson. Mrs.Ralph Dollison. Mrs. W,. I. Lydic.Country Club Road: Mrs. L. J.

    Krom.IBarrackville: Miss Willa

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    League of Nations Councilto Open Session Tomorrow

    GENEVA, May 10..(By the AssociatedPress.).The eighteenthsession of the council of the Leagueof Nations will open here tomorrowwith the prospect of several im-portant questions now. uciuioGenoa conference coming up fordiscussion. The probability for onething of the league going extensivelyinto the Russian question, isseen in a request filed .with "theLeague of Norway, asking for anindependent inquiry into the famine In Russia.

    STRIKE CALLED OFF jCHARLESTON", May 10..The

    strike of the building crafts tradescalled last, wek has ben declaredofr, David Dick, president of theCharleston ..Contractors Assocfa-tion, announced today. The strikewas called as" a protest againstproposed 12-1-2 per cent wjm reduction.c

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    n Man Sent "

    m to Aid Minersbeen noted in the general susjasttwenty-four hours. Aboutan international man has beeni to take charge of the strikea organizer, who has been activt,ecially in the coke belt, wheree open shop plants . Van Bittnerrding to reports received,ion-union mines in the Morgannentcases no doubt have hadorgantown.itown indicate that the miners>sedal Coal Co. at VanVoorhis2d that if no homes can be foundent colony similar to the one in

    in Fairmont, a number of handhave reached Lowsville to the" Miners' officials say there ismade to weaken the morale of

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    mYMslMINERS^ STRIKE;

    :ormer Union Official ClaimsWalkout Unwarranted

    and Malicious*-i

    That the present coal strike "isinwarranted and unjustifiable andcrime delibertely. maliciously

    nd .politically planned" was thetatement made today by E S. Mcjullough',labor commissioner ofhe Northern Coal Operators' Asociation.and for twenty years aniner of coal and identified withhe miners' international. He washe principal speaker at the KivanisClub luncheon today.He placed the blame for the tieipsquarely on the national organzationof the United Mine Workirsand referred to the fact that

    eeling between the local operatorsind their employes was harmoniius.He also declared that theniDers in conducting' their negoiationswhich led up to the strikelad burned their bridges behindt#m, and left no room lor semenentother than by government inerference.Referring to the wages paid

    niners, he said that the miner hadlever been paid, enough money,md that in ;a-. great^ number of inleab'dowh,

    the.tprices until theirvas little profit in the business *ex:cptsuch as denyed from the bus:ness done with; the .small private:onsumer. Mr.* McCullough advet:ated the establishment of a highsoiirt to settle .wage,- disputes, sand.;aid that' strikes ought to be prolibited-by law. He is a firm be-"lever' in arbitration, according tolis statements. - ;; .He ch'aacterized as very unimelyat.least bbe demands of the

    diners for a six-hour day.and ann crease in wages when the worldtad lost millions of workers andtad rendered countless millionsaore homeless and without foodtnd had piled UP billions in wariebts. He said that the part-of aarie organization would rattiertave been to reduce wages and toengthen the working hours, in an.ffort to "blot out the loses of likerorld war. The speaker paid aiandsome tribute to the ability of'resident Lewis of the mine workirs.saying he was the strongestixecutive that had ever presided>ver "them He characterized him asi fighter worthy of his race.Kiwanian A. Ray Mapel made a

    motion that a commltte be appointedto confer with the head ofthe fire department and the CityBoard of Affairs, for the purposeof considering the installation ofa fire alarm system in the citywith conveniently located stationsscattered through the city. MajorEarl Smith asked that the committeealso take up with the'citythe matter of the purchase of additionalfire fighting equipment ashe stated that-a fire in a threestorybuilding'in" the'city was'outof reach of the department withthe present apparatus;7 The questionof the location of- the stationon the East Side was also, includedin the motion on an amendmentby Hop. O. S. McKinney.1 Thematter was referred tc> the committeeon public affairs, of whichClay D. Amos is chairman.

    M. C. Lough reported that theMorgantown to -Clark3burg - goodroads -.project had ocen favorablyected upon! "The club-decided toput a baseball team In the field,and the direction of the.team wasplaced in the hands of the athleticcommittee composed... of Hines.Toothman. Beobe and Kline. Theclub voted to banquet the highschool boys at 6:30' next Wednesdayevening.

    mw/v miVcfml .Tim'trrArn Consistedo£ three solos by Miss Frischkonassisted by-Master Albert Fulleron the violin. Miss Byer waraccompanist.FAIRMONT MAN BL.ECTEDWESTERN PORT, Md.. May 10.

    .The eleventh annual meeting .01the West Virginia Xhtheran-Synoctoday elected the following o.tIicers:President, Simon Snyder, Wheel

    Ins, re-elected: vice president, I,;A.. MoCord. Wheeling, secretarytreasurer;Roy Meyer, Fairmon t;historian,-M.' t,., Peter, AuroraAccident,.Md.. was selected a:IJ»'»^ace of meetingjiffict year"

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    RUSSIAN REPLY sDELAYED TODAY ;

    i$ FOR ALTERATION ]Answer to Allies Said to Con- ,

    tain Demand for BillionDollar Credit. 1

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    :discount* sought ;f Alfied Recognition of Principleof NationalizationAsked.

    ""vni \tav in (Rv the As-,UC/llUfi, .liv.,, ,

    sociated Press.).The Russian replyto the allied memorandum.which was ready for presentationthis forenoon, was not deliveredto the alies, as expected, as at thelast moment, after a conversation-between Foreign Ministers Tchitcherinof Russia, and Schanzer ofItaly, it was decided the reply 1would have to undergo some alteration.

    M. Tchitcherin left Genoa at 1p. m., returning to Santa Margharitato meet the other membersof the Russian delegation. Itwas not expected therefore, that ithe reply could be presented until .1tomorrow. The fact that the de- 1lay was due to M. Tchitcherin's (visit to Signor Schanzer was re- j igarded in some quarters as a fav-jjarable indication. In French tcircles, the belief was expressed ]that an attempt was being made jto influence the Russians to modi- jfy their reply so as to permit the ]conference to continue.The reply. says the Central

    News, requests that clause VII of lthe memorandum be referred to <an international committee of ex- <perts with Russia represented on iit. With regard to the war debts. .the Allies are asked to state the jexact discount that would be madeIf the debts were acknowledged. ,On the whole, it is added, the ,

    reply is evasive. ,1

    Clause VII in the allied memor- <andum,to Russian is the caluse relatingto the statues of the Tor- ^rugrL ownp.fl nrope^^^^^^.ussiftn^

    SHlTer Than Kvpected jPARIS, May, 10.(By The Associated.,Rress).The "Russian *

    reply to the allied memorandum.Will be stiffer than was expected,says a Havas. dispatch from Genoa .J-tliis afternoon,.-. This change is 1"undertood to be due to instruc- 1tions received over night fromMoscow, "demanding allied Tecog-

    I hition or .tbe Taiioity 01 tne prm-1

    jciplc -of nationalization/*Tie'reply, It is added, also in-Isistsupon a credit of $1,000,000,- j,006 for Russia. »

    iSl!Many of the First Venire Called

    Fail to Show Up for- Service Today.

    When theCriminal Court trialjury was'qalled in court today, it-was found that only about half ofthe Jurors.summoned for service atthis term of court had responded.An investigation made by Judge 3d.M. ShotVaiter,;:showed: that a num.her. of the/imen summoned were ill.some, of them'out of the, state anda, number "were not found,- by theofficers' when they" were servingthe summons'.Judge Shbwalter asiced fS® Jurycommissionersto ; call forty more

    jurors to report, forthwith for jury.-;|rse» commissioners drew-p

    the names of the, forty residents otthe; county from-the jury box, andClerk Lawrence A. Cather issuedsummons for the additional, jurors.The" summons- -Were .placed in thehands of Sheriff,James 0. Charitonand his deputies to serve this afternoon.The additional jurors summoned

    are: - , ;

    Fairmont D istri]S. Possetta, J. W. Lemasters.

    Fred Menifee. J. A. Carpenter, J.A. Neely, Acie Talkington, W. C.Billingham, J. W., Clossin, J. E."An"dersonandW..G..Srpith:

    Mannlngton District..Russell Floyd,"J. B. Atkinson, C.

    C. Hamilton, Fred Beaty. T. J. Rex.Goff Sturip, R-, B.. Howard, .Willie

    ; Watson. Fred Sagers,' Homei-' M".; Morris and George Heldreth.

    . "Grartf District - -' "

    RoyMcDonald, John Williamsand J. H. Brummage.'; l||S|g||£gfiH I1; - Union District.Clint Shaw, Joe Carpenter, jj

    J Canfield, J. L. Cox, G. Rl Watson' and Eliza Wilson.Lincoln District.

    John E. King, S. T. Croft; George- Hardin and Bearl Toothman.

    ? Winfield DistrictS>'G.. A. Sperling,-Charles*HHb anil

    i L..C-Baugb.Psw-Paw -District

    JH. J. Cunningham, David Inglesand-Jesse L. Eddy.

    5PEC1AL POLICE PUT ONFORCE FOR CIRCUS DAY

    Chief of Police L. D. Snider announcedtoday that a number ofspecial officers have been swornIn to act tomorrow, circus day.when three of the regular membersof the force will be attending"ederal court in Wheeling. Chiefsnider stated that it is always:ustomary to have extra officerson big days, itid that tomorrowie is taking no chances and williouble the number of special offi- ';ers for the day and night.

    Chief Snider is also endeavoringto have District Attorney Browntontinue the case in which the:ity policemen are witnesses for an . -i--*i.11 1a.ay su Luot curs cuuic iui *» m,be intact, as well as the extraofficers. He will not know, however,until this evening whetherDistrict Attorney Brown will corn- ,ply with his request.

    menITtolake points may ibe changed soon

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    _ocal Operators May Be Able;to Compete With EasternKentuckyMatters

    relative to coal carrying-ates to the lakes took George S.j3racke6t. Fairmont, secretary o£!:ho Northern West Virginia Coat]Dpera tors' Association, to. Wash-;ingtou. D. C., during the early,lart of this wek. For some time!:he Louisville & Nashville Railroadrad a very low coal carrying rate:rom xne eastern jveiiLucaj' i. ,lifields to Wisconsin points, which;?ut practically all coal fields to theaorth out of the running.Some time ago the suspension

    joard of the Interstate CommerceCommission decided to annul theseextremely low rates, and the de-jfails concerning the actual eliminationof these rates was what has.seen of interest here, especiallyjthe substitution of more equitable!:oal carrying rates to the Fair-!aiont region. As the proposition!now stands. It is expected that the!low freight rate will be abolished!jn May IS.

    If the higher rate is applied to IEastern Kentucy coal fields, it]

    Wisconsin." By' the- present'.'rate, IVlr... Bracket!- says the!'-Eastern!Kentucky fieldsJiave a'70 cent dliferentialon Fairmont^ ' j

    B.. & 0. Buying;CoalIt is understood that during thej

    early part of this; week W. C.Reynolds.' Baltimore;^? representatiyeof the B. &' Ov 'was visitingcarious mines in Northern' WestVirginia, including those* njeiorFarmont, Grafton\and other points,in the interest of securing spot coalfrom the mines that are at work onthe non-union basis. Practically allthe railroad fuel secured off theMonongah and Charleston «3r«js~ JIons of the B. & O. has heen receivedhy that carrier since thestrike began. While the tonnagehas not been large, it is a fair percentage,considering the amount ofcoal that is being produced. ThisIs especially true at times on the?Charleston Division.

    Daily-ShipmentsThirty nine cars of coal * were*

    loaded east and twelve cars west?off the Monongah Division, B. &j,O. Of the sixteen cars of coke Iloaded on the division yesterday,Vthere were 12 cars shipped westjand one car east. 'Nine nnconsigned loads of coal

    were loaded off the Monongah Di-vision B. & O. yesterday.

    Daily Railroad FuelSeven cars of coal were secured

    by the B. & O. off the Monongah"Division. B. & 0. yesterday.The B.. & O." received the 14

    cars of railroad fuel loaded off the ;Charleston Division B. & O.

    -East of GraftonThe coal movement east of

    Grafton on Tuesday was 223 cars.In the. thirteen- trains, there were.456 cars of freight moved Inclndred the coal-loads mentioned. Tothe west there were 3.3-7 loads/ofifljeight moved, of .which 35 carswere coal. At midnight thereWere 264 loads; of freight on theMonongah Division' bound for theeast, of which.182 cars were coal.

    District InstituteWhen, .the Clarksburg district

    mining* institute meets on" Thursdayevening. May. 18, at 7:30{Continued on Page Eight.)

    DOES NOT BELIEVE CHILDU/*C STRIinK RY flIITniRT

    r The condition, of Joe Sentinery,the' 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.Sentinery , who.,-was , injured onPennsylvania avenue last evening,is satisfactory- today at Cook Hospital,.Where/lje. was .taken, followingthe.*;accident.' The child waspicked up unconscious by F. Klaw'ahd ' rushed' to Xild hbfSpital "WHei-eX-ray-'pictures revealed < the factthat he was suffering from.head -injuriesof - a serious mature.... Justhow the, accident' happened, has notbeen ascertained/, although it is believed,thechild must'have climbedon the tire which is carried- at the-back of ajntachine and, was"thrown.oft; the fall,rendering "him unconsciohs.Patrolman ; Digmah, whoarrived^ "at -the -scene of - tbe.-gctPdent shortly .after the child was.pioked hp/; does-'not believe -fromthe nature of the injuries- that' thechild'-was/struck by a can. J

    rESTIFIES THAT ICOMBS BOASTED \HE KILLED GORE

    Murdered Deputy After Help-;less Man Had Been Shot'^9H

    hv Marchers. * -

    LED BY MINISTER ^Another Witness Tells of SeeingThree Men Shot Down < ^

    by M archers.

    CHARLES TOWN", May 10.(ByTho Associated Press.) .iajgaeCombs boasted that he killed JohnSore a few minutes after the LoganCounty deputy had boon shotby members of a marching:column S^||||of miners and others. Valajsco Car.penter. who was inXth'a.tJsci^Uinn;testifiedtoday in the trial of'iWil-liam Blizzard on a charge of trea- tson. Combs, who has not been ar-.rested, was with Rev. Johnburn, leader of the column: a lawminutes before the shooting, Cajw -f|i||||The course of the trial was npset 'v|f§I|g

    by the absence of Sam Hulme.ya.Khwitness who yesterday was to havebeen cross-examined today but wasexcused so he might' go: to:".l?j^York to meet his future tbridet^HSwas due to arrive on a trans-AtlanHulme

    Excused. 'r. IUhBBSam Hulme, ono of the Logan de- 1

    fenders whtf was taken prisons* $?||||||during the fighting, was scheduled .'ijp&gto go to the witness stand today.Hp testified yesterday as to :hi£E