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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
SCALE TO BE SIGNED TO
APRIL, 1916, THEN COMES
WAR, SAY MINERS
Officials Say VIII Keep Up Fight
For Screen Law-May Ask
Referendum

Special Dispatch 20 the Intelligeneer.
CLEVELAND. o.. May b.-Passage
OF the Gallagher bill by the Ohio
House of Representatives late today
In expected To bsing at least tempor-
ary peace between Ohio coal operators
and the $4,000 striking miners. Its
Immediate effect IL II predicted will
be expedition In the signing OF a wage
contract for the year ending next
April. After that Il IL to be war. ac-
cording to ocicials OF the United Nine
Workers.
The Gallagher bill permits mine op-
orators to sign wage contracts with
miners on either a screen or mine run
basis. Leaders of the operators say
they are now ready to carry out a
pledge made to the legislature that IL
the Gallagher bill was passed they
would try to negotiate a contract for
this year on a mine run basis. This IL
was believed tonight. will result in a
satisfactory close tomorrow OF the
scale conference between miners and
operators which opened here April q.
III we get the concessions the min
ers have promised we will continue
To negotiate TO sign a a. cent per ton
mine run contract" Charles L. Maurer
one OF the leaders OF the operators
said.
Members OF the Eastern Ohio on
orators association had promised the
legislature that we would try TO nego-
tate mine run contract IL the Gal
lagher bill was passed and we will en-
deavor to carry out that pledge.
With the Green law out OF the way.
next year the miners will be forced
70 give us the same conditions in the
Eastern Ohio field that they give the
Pittsburgh operators"
Nullltes Green Law.
The Gallagher bill automatically
nullines the Green bill, which probIh.
ited the signing of anything but a
mine-run contract. William Green.
national secretary of the United Mine
workers. is the author of the Green
law. The operators lay failure 10
end the Ohio strike at previous con-
ferences TO the existence Of the meas.
ure.
The miners probably will ask a ref.
erendum vote on the Gallagh. bill be-
Tore II Is permitted to become oper.
auve. according 10 John p. White. ma
uonal president He expressed doubt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
STATE EDUCATION
BOARD TO MEET

Special Dispatch 90 tho fnteiiirencer
CHARLESTON. ". Va. MAY g.
Announcement was made here today
OF n meeting 81 the state BOARD of
Education 20 be- held Friday and Sat.
urday. May Z and 3. a. Parkeraburr
Several new and important matters.
growing out of the laws passed bv
the recent session Of the Legislature.
VIII be considered. Among these will
be that of locating the ten teachers
training departments On hieh schools
OF the state. Many applications from
high schools have been received
This board will consider the rosuIa.
tons and course Of study that will be-
used In these training schools a. well
a. the requirements % be made Of tho
high schools IN which they Will be-
established. 70 also will consider the
requirements TO be- made on teachers
who apply for the life certificates pro
Yided for In the new certificate law
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
GALLAGHER MINING BILL
PASSES THE OHIO HOUSE

choose TO use the lump coal basis.
Passage OF the measure IL expected
10 arect negotiations now being con-
Quoted at Cleveland between eastern
Ohio operators and representatives OF
10000 miners. who have been on "A
strike FOR more than thirteen months
Operators have been noted as saying
the strike could be settled n they
were not forced to contract under tho
minerun law. Most OF the other
mines in the state are operating now
under NE minerun law
willis Says Mistake
To Representative Hays. OF Bel
mont a supporter OF the bill. and to
Representative Stevens. of Guernsey,
an opponent of IL, Governor willis
said he considered IL a mistake to
bring TO a vote the question of re-
consideration OF the measure. which
was lost April II. at the time when
the negotiations for settling the strike
were in progress.
Both sides were insistent on bring
ing up the Gallagher bill to-day. and
when so told the Governor said ~
that was the way they felt about IL.
they. OF course. could go ahead. but
he reiterated his belief that the issue
ought 10 be postponed
The Governor went further and said
in his opinion IL would be a mistake
TO pass the Gallagher bill at all; that
II any measure OF the kind were
passed. IL should be one TO which no
odium of lobby methods was attached
Apparently. though. the Governor
made no strong effort TO prevent what
happened Secretary Upton went to
the corridor outside and explained to
members who asked him what the
Governors position was. but mem
bers we're not summoned or pleaded
with.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
LIQUOR BILL
meOermott Measure For Decentrallxa
ton introduced In Ohio Senate
Yesterday.
Intsiiizenosr Buraau.
Columbus, o. May 5.

ne new McDermot Iquor license
bnl was introduced In the senate 10.
day and was put on the calendar for
Friday. four members ~ the tcmpor.
ance committee voting in favor OF its
recommendation. The bin is backed
BY tho Governor. but is not supported
BY the Hamilton county delegation
which o. Republican and wet. and
wants no change IN the license law
The Governor insists that each mem
Der be put on record on tho question
OF carrying out his campaign promi.
ses. iie says that the Legislature
viii be kept IN session until n decon-
trailer Of some kind H. passed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
Sign Agreement oday Ending Mine Strike
ASKS WEBB-KENYON
LAW BE UPHELD

WASHINGTON. May 5.-Counsel
for West Virginia today filed a brief
In the Supreme court asking that the
Webb-Kenyon interstate liquor law be
held constitutional and interpreted as
prohibiting the shipment OF liquor for
personal use" into dry territory. Il
also was submitted that the West Vir.
ginia statute against soliciting liquor
orders was applicable to nonresident
dealers since the passage OF the
Webb Kenyon act.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
JAP CABINET
TO CONFER
EMPEROR TO PRESIDE AT SES
SION TO CONSIDER
CHINESE AFFAIRS
Warships Take on Supplies-Hos-
tilities May Yet BE
Prevented.

TOXIC. May 5. $50 p. m.-The de.
between the JAPANESE
officials concerning the situation be-
tween Japan and China continue. Inc
emperor Will preside tomorrow at a
cabinet council. No official announce
ment was forthcoming today concern
Ing the situation.
A big fleet of warships is taking on
supplies at Sasebo. the japanese in
the province of Shantung are concen-
uating AT Using Tau and those IN
Mahchuria are preparing TO take
refuge In the railway zone.
The kokumin in its issue OF today
says IL learns from an authoritative
source that the United States Is en-
deayoring to mediate between Japan
and China and that this is one reason
why the cabinet deliberations have
been protracted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
PRESTON COUNTY
FARMER A SUICIDE

SPECIAL Dispatch % the Intellisencer.
MORGANTOWN. W. Va. MAY g.
The decomposed body OF A. J. Blay.
ney. a farmer Of Rohr. W. Va. Pres
ton county who disappeared from his
home in the Cheat mountains a week
ago, was found at the mouth OF Big
Sandy creek this morning by his son.
David Blayney. Blayney Is supposed
TO have committed suicide. while tenn
porarily deranged. his condition being
due TO long Illness. Since his dis
appearance searching parties have
worked day and night in the Cheat
mountains. looking for his remains.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
CHARLESTON MAN DROWNED

Special Uieuatch 20 the frteutg.r..-
CHARbESTON. ". Va. Nav
Ray Frame. a well known Charleston
business man. was drowned late last
niEht IN the Kanawha river Al tho
mouth of Davis Creek. Ha ia said
70 nave been engaged IN running a
rot llne which ne and some compan.
ions had set in the river. when hls
boat was capsized by the backwash
from passing TOW boat His body
had not been recovered from the river
late this afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
May Avert HostiIities.

PEklNG. May 5.-The third secre-
tary OF the japanese legation today
visited Tsao Yulin. the vice minister
OF foreign affairs. and intimated that
the legation might still be able 10 pre-
vent hostilities. He asked whether
China's reply OF May to the Japanese
demands was final Tsao Yulin said
that he had no instructions beyond
That reply. but after the visit OF the
Japanese secretary had ended Tsao
fulin repaired 10 the Winter palace
where he saw President Yuan Shi Kai
Leaving the winter palace Tsao Yulin
visited the Japanese legation.
Dispatches received here from Tsi-
nan, province OF Shantung. report that
Japanese troops have mounted nine
cannon In the suburbs OF that city
The Chinese troops. obeying a general
order from Peking. did not Interfere.
No Ultimatum.
WASHINGTON. May 5-Secretary
Bryan said today that the United
States had not been advised OF the
Issuance OF any Japanese "ultimatum"
to China.
As the state department here IL
well informed on the progress OF the
important negotiations in Peking this
led observers mere to the conclusion
that in all likelihood. the latest Japa.
nese note. while drastic and severe IN
tone. does not necessarily mark the
conclusion OF the negotiations.
In japanese circles Il IL believed
that this note will in the end be suf-
hcient TO secure the compliance OF
China with the principal demands OF
Japan. though Il is by no means GER
tain that there is not still left some
ground for compromise which would
involve japanese concessions in mat
ters OF detail. providing China recog-
nlzes the underlying principles OF the
Japanese demands In these sane
quarters. however II is pointed out.
mat II would be too much to expect
the Chinese negotiators TO make a
complete surrender. without an at.
tempt by President Yuan Shi RaI and
his party leaders. 10 elicit an e1pres-
sion OF opinion from the great powers
Interested I'm China and TO secure
moral support from them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
TRIsTATE BAPTIsTs
HOLD MEET AT FAIRMoNT

Special Dispatch 20 The IntelIiEencsr.
FAlRMONT. W. Va. May 5.-At The
annual meeting OF the Trl-Association
of the Baptist Missionary societies OF
the Judson. Goshen and Union dis
tricts. held here today, Morgantown
was chosen as the next meeting place.
Officers were reelected as follows.
President Mrs. p. p. Garrett. OF
Bridgeport. W Va
Vice president-Mrs VIII Moran.
Grafton.
Secretary-treasurer C. y
Hawkey. Shinnston.
About seyenty-fve delegates we're
here
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
rntelligcneer Bureau.
Columbus. Ohio MAJ ri

The Gallagher bill passed the
House tonight by "a to 81 vote.
making II ready for the Governors
signature. The House killed the bill
by vote OF SO to 81 three weeks ago
and to-day's action was on reconsid-
Grafton.
The bill would make optional with
coal mine operators and miners the
making OF wage scales on the run-of-
mine OASIS which is compulsory un-
der the present law. The former law
is retained. however. and will govern
wage agreements In the future unless
miners and operators specifically
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
BY VOTE OF 81 TO 81 BODY
RESCINDS IT'S FORMER
ACTION
When Measure Was Defeated 53
to 52-Will Affect Conference
Now on at Cleveland
HOW THEY VOTED

Twenty one Democrats voted
Tor the Gallagher bill. East
ern Ohio votes were as fol.
lows; Belmont. Hayes-yes:
Hodgin-yes: Carroll, kemmer-
emo; Colunnbiana, Whitaere
mo; Whte-no: Harrison.
seethan-yes; Monroe, cra~-
ford-yes; Trumbuii. Make
yes; mahonIns, Flemins-no:
helnzleman-no.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
INJUNCTION
AGAINST B.&O.
MUST SUSPEND COLLECTION
OF TWO AND A HALF-CENT
FARE UNTIL AFTER MAYu
When Court viii Have Ruled on
Mandamus-Must Stop Using
CoupOns-W. vi. Answers

SPECIAL Dispatch 20 the ,n.eliixenc.r
NhAhl-ESTON. W. Va. May s.
An injunction commanding the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Co. TO sus-
pend the collection OF two and one
hai cent fare in West Virginia until
ater the supreme court OF appeals
had ruled on the application OF the
pubic service commission for a per-
emptory writ of mandamua. Nav II
was issued late this afternoon nv
Judge samuel ID. Littlepage. OF the
hanawha Circuit court. The iniunc-
tioh was granted on the application OF
tne commission through Attorney
General Lilly and Special Counsel
Avis.
The commission was Informed to-
day that number OF places in he
state the coupon for the extra fare
was still being issued as though nv
the authority OF the Kanawha Cirsuit
court. and upon being Informed OF
thls by the attorney general. Judge
Littlepage admonished the attornevs
Tor the railroad that II this continued
tomorrow he would cite the ofrIcIals
OF the company and their agents for
contempt OF court
Files Answer.
Ihe Western Maryland Railroad
mis- morning filed an answer TO the
erder OF the commission to show rea.
son why 1t should not be required 10
maintain the two-cent rate until the
commission had passed upon its claim
that IL would be conflscatory. The
roao makes the same contention as
the 3. q o.. claiming the commission
mas no jurisdiction to regulate passen.
ger rates. In its tariff. filed several
weeks ago. the company gave notice
OF its intention 10 charge 2Ik cents a
mile. BEGINNING May II. The commits.
sion took the reply under advisement
ana IL Is believed II will take the
same course as was pursued in the
B. & o. case. directing the road "a
maintain the two-cent rate until Il has
shown cause why Il should be given
authority TO raise II.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
SANCTION r1ARrTAL Law.

TOXIC. Nay q. go %. n-rhe offt-
'lal fafntif today publishes an imuerfaf
ordinance sa-rtiouing the autIIrsfior -
fuarti1l Jaw and the military requiaffton
law on fhc kwang -Tung peninsula and
The south Nnncfurfa raiIrond
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
SUNK CANAL BOATS
TO PREsERvE THES

FAsTON pa May .-Ofnciafa Of ths
IrIirh Coal and Navigation Company.
Dn Whoe. cnral lines the hoatmen are on
.IrIke f"r hIEhrr vases. to-day Ordore 4
nNIHe bored fn 1a rHn.f boats fvfn in|
ht.iuH ut Inrks in E1afur and vicinity
eiukinE fhCr This was done. n wHa|
."l's bored Dob la canal boats lying IN
thf boats avid fu kfru the boats frnna
drNing uuf during fHr fio up.
IHorn Gro APPARENTLY r0 hopes for an
early settlement N The strike
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06

LEECHBuRG. Pa. May Snow
fell here last night The fan was
light and u melted quickly.
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WAgHINoToE. May s.-roreoastf
West Virginia. Ohio ana western
rennsyivania-Fair Thursdays rain Fn-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-06
ETHICS AS EXPOUNDED BY
BARNES MAKES INTEREST
ING EVIDENCE
Quotes Barnes That Ruff Raft
Could Not BE Trusted to Handle
Affairs Without Leader,

SYRACUSE. y. Y. Nav Thu
ethics Of boss rule and machine poIi.
tics as Theodore Roosevelt claims
William Barnes expounded them. were
related by the former President ON
the witness stand I'm the supreme
court here today. The Colonel swore
that Mr.. Barnes had told him that
inc rin-ran could not be trusted 10
handle political affairs without a lead.
or. and had expressed himself a. DO.
ing In favor OF the Democratic and
Republican organizations combining
10 defeat legislation providing for di.
rect primaries.
The Colonel went upon the stand s,
the end OF a day congested with tes.
timony about public printing and pub.
nc money. He related. what no al.
legged 10 be the substance OF corvcr.
salons he had with the former chair.
man of the Republican state commit.
tee over a period Of from 1895 until
he left the White House lie told pis
story with all the forcefulness AZ hie
command. In part. it follows.
Mr. Barnes and 7 had many con.
Versations upon the nature Of the boss
and the domination Of the machine
ihfl" WIS more Nuan one COnVprsa-
ton concerning the franchise tax bin
There were some before Payne U.ouis
p Payne. state superintendent Of in.
surancel was removed they were Inn
the spring Of 1899 and again In the
beginning Of 1900. Those conversa.
lions were upon the power OF and the
necessity for the machine under our
system of party government.
Always Alone
tenerally our conversations were
held In the executive mansion az Al
hany. We were entirely alone OH
ers were held IN tho Governors and
the secretary's chamber On the erecu.
i've Offices Al tho capitol We were
entirely alone then. too
Other conversations we're held In
The reception room. and probably 9th.
er persons were there We had one
tax on train from Albany 20 New
York One ~ the conversations was
Just prior 10 the appointment Of a
successor 70 Payne, who had been
tconsanusd on Page Tsn-)
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RUSSIANS ARE REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO RE-
TIRE IN GALICIA
And British Admit Check Near
Ypres-Reports From Eastern
Theatre Conflict

LONDON. May 5. l1:10 r. m-The
German official report issued this af-
ternoon claims victories both over the
Russians in western Galicia and over
the British 10 the east Of Ypres in
Flanders. Field Marshal Sir John
French. the British commander I'm
chief. has admitted that he was com
PEELED TO readjust his lines in the re-
gion OF Npres, but the French com
munication far from confirming a Ger
man victory in Belgium. states that
the German attacks were repulsed and
that the Germans. being taken on the
flank by French artillery. suffered very
severely.
A late report from the British war
office also says that German attacks
we're repulsed although the Germans
used asphyNiating gases and did get a
footing by the use OF these fumes on
Hill No. so. southeast OF Ypres. which.
since the British captured Il recently.
has been repeatedly attacked.
There has been fighting all along
the rest Of the western front. IN all
OF which the Germans claim to have
been successful. The French. how
ever. have another story 20 tell. They
insist that their advance continues
both along the User canal. In F1and-
ers. and In the Woevre. where battles
have been continuous for weeks on
end.
Conflicting Reporta
Conflicting reports from the beIliR.
eronts In the east make IL Impossible
10 quite judge Of the position there.
The Austrians and Germans tonight
say that the Russians have been bad
ly beaten IN western Galicia and have
commenced 20 retire from the western
Carpathians. whereas the latest Rus
sian report while admitting that the
Austro-Germans succeeded In getting
across the Dunajec river declares that
they were checked there
The country around the East Prus-
sian frontier also has been the scene
Of battles Of more or less Importance.
while a. the other end Of the Russian
line. in eastern Galicia. the Russians
are attacking the Austro-Germans de
spite their reported defeat or check
in the western part OF that province.
Athens credits the allies with furth-
Or successes in their attacks on tho
Dardanelles and smyrne. but tho
Turks again report the defeat of allied
troops who have landed on the Galn.
poll peninsula
The German submarines seemingly
nov are dcvoting their attention to
tho British fishing feet Fifteen trawL
ers have been sunk since sunday
night but without any loss Of life
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tcontanusd on Page Tsn)
The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-07
DYING DECLARATIONS

Speaking of Becker's maintenance
TO the last of his innocence, the Day
tona Journal shows close and deep
with human nature when
it says:
at is not improbable many murder
ers refuse to acknowledge their guilt
because of a desire for human sym
pathy. They realize the world has
little sympathy for a self-confessed
murderer, and they know that as
long as they maintain their innocence
there are some who Will believe them
ard look upon them as a martyr to
the law. No matter how low in the
scale of public estimation a man may
sink, he still has a lingering desire
for the commendation and sympathy
of his fellows; he still hopes that
someone will have faith in him and
| believe him not altogether bad. There
| is little else in life worth while when
| the hand of our fellow man is unani-
mously turned against US. The mur-
derer going to his death may fear the
| hereafter but he fears still more the
condemnation of those among whom
he has lived and whose friendship anc
companionship has made life worth
while. He takes a chance as to eterna
punishment for a chance that some
one in this life will believe him limo
cent and not altogether bad. The de
) sire for human approval and sym
pathy is the strongest appeal to tn
hearts of men. We all strive for
and often the murderer dies with
lie on his lips in order that he ma
have a small share of it."
The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-07
AMERICAN AND GERMAN IDEAS

There is considerable food for
thought in the following editorial
from the Columbia State:
Dr. c. J. Hexamer Of Philadelphia,
president Of the German-American
Alliance, in his address at the Pan
anna Exposition. did not depart from
the truth when he said that German
influence in America for freedom,
education, religion. culture and good
citizenship was second 10 none" He
could have used no language too en-
rphatic in describing the wholesome
and sterling virtues Of the Germans
II the United States-their industry.
their sobriety, their sturdy patriotism,
their Uncommonly high sense Of finan-
cial obligation, their abiding faith in
education, their love and encourage
ment of music and the fine arts. We
wish, when this war ends, thousands
OF Germans would come 10 South Car
olina. We wish our German element"
were twenty times so numerous as it
Is.
/ At the same time let it be remem-
bcred that there is one thing that we
get from the English, the Scotch and
the Irish and that is the love of in
dividual liberty. In 1775 and 1888
our forbears went to war with their
= fatherland and asserted independence
of it because King George H., who
was a German, denied to them eX-
. IL ~
t their British ancestors. King George
A spent his long life endeavoring to
Y restore to the British throne the alb
solute power which the British mobiles
ard commons had torn from it
\ King George III. was an accurate pro
: totype of the Emperor William IL.
4 whose victorious armies entered War
: saw yesterday. And King George, foi
: his day and generation, was, person
q ally, a good man-as Emperor Viii
: liam is no doubt.
Had the population of the ThirteeI
a Colonies been predOminantly German
a in 1775 there would have been no re
: bellion. Had that wild, profigate
roistering, brilliant genius in who's
veins coursed the blood of the Stuarts
Charles James Fox, or the Irishmar
]. Edmund Burke, been the prime minis
ter under a thoroughly British king
the American colonies would hav
= been given no pretext for rebellion
The colonies rebelled because the
=, were British.
All that DIR. Hexamer claims fo
German Americans is true. Of all tn
- various races blended and blendin
: IN this American melting pot" the
are of the most valuable and desiri
BILE, but the American notion of iii
erty is as far apart from the Germa
as the poles are apart. Which is tt
superior it were useless to discus
81 but the fact remains that between II
rs British and American ideas there
OF no essential difference. Whatever v
III have, good or bad, in our politics, ol
le' form of government and our laws
'al this republic is British. The citize
"h no matter what his racial eXtractio
'uI who in his heart does not resent al
en- rebel against the basic ideas on whi,
Is the Hohenzollern system rests c;
:. never be happy in the United State