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Newspaper
The West Virginian
Location
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
1
Amid unrest across several German areas, reports indicate ongoing conflict and shifting control. A separate note references a wage raise vote tied to Nafion's fuel bill concerning a 200 ton allocation, highlighting economic strain amid turmoil.
A fragmented report notes an estimated $200,009,000 yearly figure tied to a commission and miners, alleging interference and the President’s role. Details are unclear due to missing context and garbled text.
Judge Hughes advised the American Women Suffrage Association that claims anti suffragists use the Anthony amendment to the federal constitution would be ineffective in states restricting suffrage to male citizens until state constitutions are amended. He said the amendment would confer only the right to vote for senators and representatives, a claim he deemed erroneous.
Operators in the Fairmont region report relief in the export coal market with coal moving from Hampton Roads and Curtis Bay. Evening car supplies show 38 percent on Monongah division, 3 percent on Monongahela in West Virginia, and 690 B&O cars staged for early placement. Prices: government ceiling at 2.50 a ton takes effect April 1, affecting profits amid higher labor and material costs. Continued on page four.
A second revival meeting at the M E church on Fairmont avenue featured a campaign song urging prayer and courage to spread faith. The evangelist warned against backsliding while urging converts to avoid keeping religious slips at home and to engage Bible teaching. A tale of a man who left railroading for farming and failed is used to illustrate persistence, as residents are urged to stay on the Christian path and avoid drifting back to old ways.
Notice invites readers to use The West Virginian delivered daily at their door with home delivery by postal and carrier routes. Readers are urged to call 1105 or send a postal address for service.
Members of the Culinary Workers Union are requested to meet in The Balding at 8740 P. Torson Road. Ward, Finy Lee, coordinates unclear in text. The notice appears as a fragmented OCR segment urging attendance.
At a dinner at the Y last night, about 1000 women and girls pledged to back a $25,000 campaign for a future YMGA home. The effort seeks 1,000 memberships, renewing 700 existing, plus 300 new, with both women and men involved to reach the goal.
Welsh miners and local residents gathered at Porth yesterday as five speakers attacked wartime liquor restrictions. A bugle call preceded a resolution by Welch supporters threatening direct action if government liquor limits continue.
In Middlesboro Kentucky on March 23 hundreds of Harlan county miners search for detective agency operatives blamed for a Wallans Creek fight Saturday night that left three dead and several wounded The miners say the clash sparked a broader feud over detectives hired by Kentucky Coal Co amid a strike and tensions rise as armed groups roam the county seeking guardsmen and suspects including Bud Taylor deputy Sheriff John Burkes and detective Datestigo Hall
Wage dispute with the Culinary Workers Union may be resolved after an 8 p.m. meeting at Hotel Watson where restaurant owners are expected to sign an agreement. Most owners are seen as likely to sign, with only one or two opting to operate openly. By late afternoon only three restaurants had joined the original scale.
The Rebekahs lodge at Odd Fellows hall planned a social evening for newly received candidates. Fifteen applications have been received for the April class, with a goal to initiate about fifty candidates in April. Also noted were recent diplomatic appointments in Washington.
London dispatch reports state troops near Wessel to attack Soviet style Communist stronghold while German and Allied forces clash in the Ruhr Elberfeld and Wesel areas. Reports from Berne and Copenhagen describe continued fighting, arrests, and troop movements with no clear prophecy of a decisive outcome.
The Fairmont Independent School District Board of Education will convene this evening at 7:30 in the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. Members of the board and other school officials will discuss matters of interest to the district as appointed by the Citizens Committee, chaired by Georg. The committee includes Alexander, Lowe, Watson, Walter Barnes, Powell, Tutt, and others.
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