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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Deferred Classification
Claimed For RailrOaderS

WASHINGTON. S"1h. battle-ground
directors nf 'hr railroad administration
,rrrr instructed today t. claim d"lcrr'o
draft rlas$iriculinu for Railroad gen
oral ,fIirrs .shupnrcn. irainmcn- skilled
ynrdu,ru, r,:h and maintenance "t way
fur,iuen and skilled workers. t"i'Ph"h'
and telegraph rIr:rulurS ami "lh"F "SSch-
till employs.
Aside from employees nnncI IN inc
list SCH, 10 the regional directors me a"-
mjnis,ratinn SAID deferred CLASSIFICATION
shrn!d he obtained Tor others cirari!
,.,%ssarv. the Federal managers using
The. greatest care and discretion in
doing 81.
Following ar, tlin>.. on tn" list: Con,
cr;l officers. master mechanics '''"''"
b,,u.n and shop furrm"n. fnarhlnlS'S.
s,iorkunithS, bnl,rr makers. tin copper
srniths pine Nti"rs. electricians, lr"'Eht
cor and MESSENGER chr rrPaIrman ana IN
sn,rtnrs, helpers and apprentices 81 th"
,,rcrnuc. chemists. lu""muiIV" 1nSpcc-
TORS. gam; leaders. superintendent anu
assistant sup"cInt "udrn,s. tram In;IS'"r>
and assistant irainuaHlrrS. train DIS
butchers and directors yard InH:'"rS
and rs.I%tnuts road frrrr'n If engines
ami ASSISTANTS travelling engineers.
,,rr,,,ru inSrrrtnrS lm"mniiv engineers
ana motormru. locomotive Iir"m'm and
h"lp"rS. conductors; ana rrak"'h"ll aHo
I'm rrnrn, train haEragcm'u AMI express
rn.sSrngrr> !ar.! t"rrm'n ana helpers.
hostlrrs "nEin" E"us" n"n. i"i"|raphcrS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
ISLAND MAN Is
KILLED IN RAIL.
JOHN c. KELLEY OF Els NORTH
EUEoN STREET IS INSTANTLY
KILLED Or vIADUCT.
Body Is Pound by Railroad Len- put
e Is Not Krowr Nov Ee
Net Els Death

John e. Kelley. wei! Sn"w" y""nS
r,gch,n.S; IT the i:as;.1.i'cs X th'"
I:ai!r,..l! company. 'Ia3i"y.r! NJ Ben
wood. wa>, instantly Killed about i2:3p
O'clock Ills ,mrrniu.> ~ III" Lat; r'"9'>
x ONO rai!rnad ri;.iuct. just "Et7 'A',
c-e..k hc;w-..n Mark: a:d '.;'!i
s:-.r;S. wh8n he MS run down Icy =
lucu,no:iv. coming III !" secure rs i9;lii.
H.. resided with his parents. sir. AMI
Mrs. C;""rS" k"!l,". ~ No. ID N"S''
Huron street. 'slInd. and il Is said tnt'
no had :su:l.. down - l:enw'oI last 60
INK "a secure his pa. AID y ~ ;A"uGh'
That b.. tr.::rd',. :, !,'crtn.'i;E.: ;" 7id''
10 e.:i INA. -. FIJI OF WHOM :"ar the
Il. r,.;. He = s--v.sr'! hc>!'i'S his par
.,r,S hv i've sisters ard or brother.
Thu. rrlirinS w"r" viewed b: COUNTY
C.,rt.::cr L. L. II"hhS ami w"r" cor
y.vod 20 :ir rai:t,c Undertaking eSiao-
1;Sh,.,cas 20 be prepared rnr burial.
To,.r,c Ertt"y nar several registration
cards IN his pocket and i:a'l just TO-
turned from lamp 'ir':. 3!';.t. Ia.
vhor. n. w"at with ,hc Wheeling. '!rHtt-
e., about .wn weess ago. He had been
r..,.c.el on account OF h"lns; hard or
s,~frie; mi r".-:-nSA. II" vas ~"l'
k;,ov:n tcG ja! = h"<t =: friends Nh"
WILL % ila, ncd - cara u his uE,'n!S'!
demise.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Stogie Maker Missing;
Friends Are Anxious
Has Been kissing From Home Since
September 1St-

The friends ii Walter Fed Miller
ar,. anxious Us L. his whereabouts as
h. has been missing Sinc" SuHoay'
S.pt. list. MIR. Miller WAS Il St"E1e roll
,.- and worked =. tho I"litck plant on
k.iriIi,or:tn street ;tud rorlucI ~ ~ =
Seventeenth street.
ll,: let, his room an the morning Oh
,h,, first and tnc last seen Y! MN WIS
when he passed the Atlantic Engine
b,l;,,. ~ Tie: corner of Seventeenth anu
E..tr streets and from that Tine OIL MS
whereabouts. have bcrn mystery
Ills ahscnc" was noticed alter 4 &c"
hours bu,.it WAS thought he would turn
H., my time. bu, rs days IILSSed by anu
Miller did not rcturu. has friends DC
r.,,,.. -,Ii;r,,:e! and communicated win
,,.,.ry plar" they thought hc could &C.
.y.n trlrgraphIug his parents III 1lsilu,
ram Ia bu, h.. was not there ana
,h,.y lad NOT heard from him Tor quite
i while. Lt.,
10. rnori was left in Il state which
world ,l...,r,,> H. Wa only going ouI '"'
:. ;.,v tributes; and Eo theory can DC ''o-
y:,uc,.L Us to where hc is.
Miller WAS 81 years OLD. about i've
.,..t. rr.h; inches III height. hau teu
hair AND blue eyes: he wore l. sutt MI
and ,l,rk coat md trousers ano IAu
shoes
Wh,le faul play is not suspected N".o
80. his friends tluk h. has met Win q"
nrrid.,ut which might have caused LIS
..rs.nce or probably death
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Many Portuguese to Work
Behind American Lines

LISHON. S.pt. Eth" i"rtnSuHSe
,.,,v.ru,n.ut il:usi promptly answered Il "t'-
.r.l psrshiuf'S call and th"us;tl'cS Oh
,ynrIlrc:l ar. being recruited i'll PORTUGAL
rcr tI,.. American tur'"-s IN FRANCE
,;..i,r.! lcrShug. through Thomas H.
Birch. .ln,rric;tr minister III LISBON IT,
ru.StrrI permission al IL" Portuguese.
..,,,,.rrn,,ri Ia recruit in Portugal
skilled and unskillcl workmGn in oraer
r. r.N.Is,. American soldiers nav doinS
that woriI in f'fTluc:. The Portuguese
government promptly consented ana as
:. result thousands. nf laborcrs who are
enthusiastic to enlist are BEING re-
rrutc4l throughout IN" country under
tn" supervision of Captain w. W. Dyer
and his staff
Portugal entered the war March ?.
1916. and since. then has trained ana
equipped an army of more than $4,000
lu"n tor st,r:icc in Franco and Africa.
NJ I'll. present time the government Is
actively c,lr;.:-:d in training mad organ
izing additional forces
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
COTTON PRICES MAY
Be fixed BY BOARD

WASHINGTON. S"p;. I%.--i'rcstd"nt
Wilson ;ls.,uunr.d to-day that the COM
mite. T. b. ,Ht.neI BY the var indus
tries. boa ri 10 invcst:.;;t;. the cotton SIT
;:atiou will rccumth"nd basic prices i"e
the various standard grades oi raw cot
ton only i; it's inquiry c"nvinc"S 4 tAat
price t;NiaS IS n:c"SS'.r,.
Tn. primary purposes OF tn" inquiry
the President said. arr I" br"1'irn ~:
channels 81 distribution COR inv grade
cotton. which now - practically unmHr-
kr,ablo. u clira:,l;c hnHr's;nS and t" APP
,,or,ion t!I,, supply atsrn@ tn" allied na-
ts'uS.
During t." Investigation Il separate
committee. III tire. soon. - tr nlfi;"u
will buy cotton :or chc 49, az II" hitru
states cor"rtmen, aa'l III" allies 1T
rri,>cs 10 hc approved j." the President
Sinc,. most nf thr cotton az the country
is rrGii-cV! FOR war uS"S. thiS govern
,uent buying is expected 10 Staoil!Ze
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
August Registration
Added 1888 Men

WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.-Rcgistr"-
ton on August ~ Of men who had
reached q years since June i last. add
ed 15I.9G3 men TO tho nations man pow
CT enrolment tho provost murThal gen
cral announced to-day.
This was just rs less than the ad-
vance estimate Of 15S.0ll.
Most OF those found available for mill
tary service in this group will be on the
way to camp during the present month.
'rh. retnark;Lhlr cloScucSs with which the
registration approached tn" eStimnt"
was said by officials "f the provost mar
shul's staff to Indicate that TIN" proper
ton Of Siackcrs among American youths
Is entirely negligible. Tho estimate was
based upon totals Of the registration OF
June 5. 1915.
I3y states the August - registration
included tho following: Pennsylvania
1882: West Virginia. 1853; ohio. S,S4f:
Kentucky. 3,TT3.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
HET AT PARNRSBURG

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Sept. IL
I.,r,;crsbrr:; WAS chosen today by the
West Virginia United brethren confer
.nc, IN session hers. as the place for
the meeting IN September. 1919. THIS
=. ,hn houi" NJ Eish"p ". NJ. WrrkiE.
y yr:.r resolution r:tS adopted this att
.-:uun. after which thr business OF IN"
6a: wa; Interrupted I"r tiv" minutes "l
silica. prnycr. during which hIrin" fu'"-
nr.n :..r tn" ru.u "whn arc going over
III. ,n;,'' an! cnrnf"r' Tor In" r'latIH':'
ef thn~" III" fan IN ha;;l" WIS asked.
Addresses: t.. .NntI-Snlr"n workers ana
representatives rr N" w"rn"n'S ms
e!rrarr department ut IN" ch"0'h fen
:u-ca ;"iat'$ m.~'tinGs i'nS;"rS viii
H.. sta.i"n'd Sundny morning. when mo
appointments; w:il b. read h. Eiah"p
HI!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Ohio Co. Medical Society
To Meet This Evening
Special Session in University CLUB .
Pay Tribute to DR..
MeBTan.

\ special mCrtinr Of The Ohio County
Medical Society will b" held t0nIEht At
o'clock in tie University Club To adopt
n resolution in In"n"rum OF IN" latc
Ir. W. j. MrGr;Iil. who passed A".lF
Friday morning. and 10 pay tribute to
his son. Captain Emerson MrEr;u!, Al.
L.. now III the American army.
TIL" senior Dr M"Eral was III" oldest
n,rrnb,r uf IN" society. Arrangements
will also b. made 1T tn" meeting Tonight
for the nn,rnh"rS IL attend tn" funeral
IN BODY. which will bs held in the
f:nnlly Nom" IN The Island Monday
aft. rriuun at n'c!nrk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
TO RESUME ATTACK
ON JUDGE BONNlWELL

uhEEISi1l'It;. Ia. S"pi. i%.-lnni-
cations tonight arr. that thc attacks Up
on Judge Eugene &. B"nnlw"'l VII! DO
resumed tomorrow when tn" i'Hfno"rati'
state Committee holds lis adI"uri!m'h'
meeting hero in pursuance al action
taken on September {. when the IIrS'
charges wcr" mad" by National Com
nit;crmIn 4. Mitchell Palmer. JunH'
:onn!w'!l does not intend |" II" mere
his friends say.
Mr. Palmer arrived from NaShihEt""
luIc TONIGHT and intimnlrd lha h
would have something additional to Say
md EXPRESSED the belief that tho stale
committee would back HIM up.
State Charr1nnn Rurp predicted thai
The platform would be adopted ii the
meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Shipyards Must Have
100000 More Men Soon
Declares Mr.. Schwab

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. H. ne
Shipvarus Of IN" country must NV :
"0n. 600 more mon by january |. II Tue
sh,pping program Is /" Il" carried CUT
said Charles ". Sch"ab. dIr"'i"r- E'"''-
al Of thu emergency ii"''t '"fi"ratI""'
her" tonight. II" Will confer WIN hr"-
yusl Marshal General trnMH"r h"N'
TUESDAY un.lhr mrti'r 81 draft rA"lnp-
inv. IN order Ia -; moro men Cor TN
ylpls. Large expectations ar" ha:H q
u,,n ihc men IL nuiI-cSScntIal indui-
tries coming To III" plants. tn" nr"''S'
sary men in the yariS must somehow D"
retained. he said.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
ENEMY DRIVEN BACK
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT

PARIS. Thursday. Sept. ETH" "'i-
ri:,, statement issued this evening re-
gnrdinw operations in Macedonia. says:
Near. East. September ll.-ThHrr WIS
artillery activity on thu Who'll" ir"ht
E::l,Iuv r,.cunnoitrr!ng parties N th' r.
,c.nn -: IN" - runIa and t"rna rivers
were driven Off.
"Aviatiun---Frcnch and British air
rla mes dropped more than ioO Kilograms
Of explosives in the region OF Dcsn'rkA-
pu, GraGSku and Sores.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
OBITUARY
Mra. Auna Criswen-

Following an illness uf Il months. OF
com plication OF diseases. Mrs. Anna 'riS-
wrll. wife OF Nelson CriSweil. died IN
the family home Thursday evening
Mrs. CrIswcll was aged 50 years ana
had lived 4 great many years IN the
Sherrard and Wheeling districts She
leaves several children in this COM
munity She was q member Of the Nc
Mcchcn Methodist church.
Funeral services will b. held this aft
ernoon 1T o'clock in the homo or her
son. at 1911 McColioch street. The pas
tor Of thr McMcchrn Methodist church
will ohictatc. IntrrIncnt will be in
Antioch cemetery. Slserrard. Marshall
county.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Fell Down Elevator Shaft
And is Painfully Injured
Catherine McFadden Fails Down SnA1s
At The Wheeling Stove and Range
Company.

Catherine MrFaddcn. L we'll known
young lady Of Market street was pair
fully injured last evening when she fell
down an elevator shaft nj the Wheel
ing stove and Range Company building.
and fractured n leg. She WAS rushed l"
the North Wheeling hospital and il IL
not though; that her injuries will rcsu!'
seriously.
DR.. Eippus waa called and set tho in
iur,.d member following which sh" was
reported to be resting easily. 1t is moi
known who was TO blame for the acct
dent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
New Spalding Rule
Book For Football
For Sale BY Fl F. Fredrichs Now-AazJ
Important Changes.

Tho 1915 football guide. edited by
Waiter Camp. has arrived in IN" city
and is lux IN sale Ivy II. i. Fr"dr;"hS.
local starting ::u,-!S man. TIL" raj" book
this YEAR contains many important
chnurnS. which ar" for tn" hritrrmcn:
OF the game \ very interesting cullec'
lion of stuiislicS and records dating
back n long number OF years ur until
the prcsrn, date. have been complied y"
y7lriuus sport writer's and cIn be found
in this football guide.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Premier I'll; All His
ENGAGEMENTS Are Oft

MANCUF.ST :e..i.,. l3.s~IreHirr
l.!n.r t:nnrG.. is suffering from In?iucn-
n. and all his Lancashire engagements
have. been cancelled. His physician al
;c- 4 visit to tn" Premier at S:SP p. M.
sand that his temp nature was stit hlKh
and i was doubtful If h" would be able
=, leave. for London on Monday.
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and telephone block operators, tclc-
graph clerks. maintenance or way Tn
ginecrs. division engineers. ro;tdmaStrrS'
field engineers, SUPERVISORS. CONSTRUCTION
fyrcrnru section frrcmtn. bridge buD!d-
ing and water service fnrcInen, BRUCE
building and ship and wharf carpch-
t,rs. signal maintenance men and tclc-
graph and telephone Inain1LincrS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Francis May JenH-

BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.-Francts May
jerks. millionaire philanthropist found
or Of the Maryland League for National
defense. died to-day at his homo. beech
Hill. Dublin. y. II. He was 10 years
old and since the United States entered
the var he had given his time. fortune
and energy to patriotic work
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
David ]. Evans in France

Word ySas received hHre y"$t"rda!
telling ,h..i David J. Evans had arrived
s.f.lv IN France. II" ~ u vol known
;"siGra, ~ Martins Ferry and taS 4
hos, 81 friends who VIII be- rl"aS'd Z"
!..rrn tina, he is across and ih;st ne Is
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
West Virginian Among
II Honored For Bravery

WASTITNGTON. S"pi. 1T T"nrrai
l'nrshine has awarded d''N'nEu'Sn'"
service CROSSES to l. "TirrrS and men.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-14
Sir Sa1nuel Evans.

LONDON. Sept. l3.-Sir Samuel Evans.
president Of tho British prize court, dieu
to-day at Brton-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
GIRLS RESCuER GETS HUG.
Life Insurance Agent Asks Premium for
Saving Bather.

Atlantic City, Aug. Sawed from
drowning in the surf by +. J. Bowers,
who il here from Virginia attending
life insurance convention, an attractive
young woman. whose name IL withheld
by the beach authorities. displayed her
gratitude in manner aa novel ms 1t WAS
pleasing To her heroic rtacuer. The
young woman in her struggle had scratch
cd the face and shoulders Of her rescuer
and was filled with remorse when she had
recovered. Sheinsisted upon accompany
ing Bowers 10 beach tent, where he
received medical attention
There the fair one placed her bnnds
ON Bowers shoulders and said 'T cant
thank you sufficiently for what yo,l have
done owe my life Ia YOU and | would
like to do something to show my appre-
ciation"
Just hug me" said the rnodc~t hero,
and the Young woman obeyed in a
manner that WAS pleasing alike to the
principal and spectators
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
E|CHHORN HATED
WORST OF ALL HUNS
Most Ruthless of German Tyrants
Was the Assassinatcd Slave
Driver of Ukrainians.

London. Aug. IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam
saws that the murder oi tieid hlhfsiia'
Won I,ichhorn has created consternatioii
in German official circles, and That IL ~
expected the German government VIII
demand immediate and exemplary pun
ishmcnt of the assassin under the threat
of occupying more land IN the tkralhe-
The German newspapers, the co,fe
spondent says, unanimously assert tnas
Germany must Interfere with her iiii
atrcngth in Russia if Germany docs not
desire to lose what prestige shc stiil has
in the east -,
Tho Amsterdam correspondent of Tho
Daily Express telcgraphs;
'"f'he assassination of Field Marshai
Won Eichhorn, while causing widespread
indignation in Germany, must have oc-
rnsioncd little surprise among those VINO
knew what this most ruthless oi Nil the
kaiarr's genarals had done Mt klev To
starvo and plunder Ukraine for the benciit
of Germany.
'From the very beginning Eichhorn
treated the Ukrainians "a slaves whose
only reason for living was To sec that
Germany obtained enough food from the
land Ills hrrt measure WAS to torce
the peasants under the most severe pen
Germans benefit Ills Inst was to TX
n prico for corn which would enable the
Germans to obtain bread more chcaply,
but which would absolutely rum the
IlRraine peasants and landowners
'fThe climax was reached when he
ha,i two popular members OF the t,rat
Ukraine government arrested and sen-
fenced to vari0tis terms of imprisonment
for plotting against Germany he son
tenrp of the German field tribunal last
week ca,lsed general indignation.
Germany will soc 10 It that Eich-
horns murderer Is punished nj once,
hut the matter Will certainly not rest
| there German journalists who tray
| elcd through Ukraine recently all re-
| turned Ia Berlin sounding the note oi
warning that the Germans were more
| hated there than anywhere IN the world
/ The fact that EichhornH Wzsassin ~ a
Russian and not n tkrnnlan " Ngnih-
cant 1t viii probably causc Germany
10 scck a quarrel not so much with the
Skoropadski government at kiev. which
IA German through and through, only
moving nj the German Ambassador q
heck and call. hut with tho Moscow
| government. which Ia unable Ia dire
| cover Ambassador Mlrhach'e mur-
dcrcrs.
There arc many signs that Ter
many onv awaits the opportunity oi
breaking with the l}olshevIkl now that
their rowcr "a waning The newspapers
are moro and more Insistent about the
punishment Of Mnbach $ murderors A
semi-oihcial note published yesterday
by tho foreign office accused the Bol-
shevlat cnvoys nov visiting borlin with
the object Of completing the Rrcst-
latovsk treaty Of dong everything e
destroy that treaty and hmted PLAINLY
that Germany patience WAS bong sore',
tired hv the Bolshevlki
"A few days will show whether th'
assassination Of Fichhorn will serve rs {
prrtcxt for rupture with the bolshc
Wiki ar whether Hindcnburg and liert
hing will await tho assassination of tn
kascrs next envoy 10 Russia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
VIII EN HOT AND TIRED
II orsford's Acid Phosphate

gives pro mpt relief 10 tired nerves. 1t
cools and refreshos Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
$40 BALDWIN ENGINES
FOR FRENCH RAILROADS
War Department Places S25 900 900 Con-
tract With Delaware River Loco
motive Builders.

Washington. D. c., Aug THE
" AT Department has ordered $40 loco
motives for military railroads in France
from the Baldwin Locomotive Works
at 3 total cost Of S25,OoO.eo0. Ten thou
sand freight cars for service IN France,
costing SIS 900. 900, Will he ordered with
In a few DAYS
The locomotives Will be of the Amerl-
can mogul consolidation type weighing
10000 pounds and will cost $4,000
each Delivery Will be started January l..
All except 400 Of the freight cars 20
be ordered Will be OF the box and gondois
type and will re only about two-thirds
as heavy as the average car used on
American railways The Others will be
tank cars. The individual cost Is 81 500
each
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-01
WOMAN TRA|LtO SPY
BERNST0RFF;; TO DIE
Austrian Sentence Bares How the
Czech Situation Annoys
Vienna.

Washington, Aug T. Miss Mlada
.Jnrusek, n Czech girl, of New York, re-
ported in dispatches from Zurich "a have
been sentenced tn death by an Austrian
cotIrt-rnartiai on charge OF having
orernted under the instructions ri Czech
examinations in the United States with
the purpose Of spying upon Count Won
Bernstorff tho former German ambassador
is we'll known among the Czecbo-Slovak
representatives. here.
Miss Jarusek has always bce n much
Interested in the national movement
of her mother country, and returned 20
Bohemia m lol To aud her relatives,
whom she knew were IN great distress
She sailed on the Same ship with the
German Ambassador, Bcrnstorf her dc
parture being known 10 only few OF
her most intimate friends
II ia presumed that Some of them mad
vertept1y let the fact Of her sailing be
known IN the presence of German or
Austrian agent II ~ considered I'M
possible for the Austrian Government IN
have indicted her ou a charge of espionage
unless it had obtained information from
this country regarding the circumstances
Of her sailing
Officials Of the Checho-SIovak national
council here say Miss Jnrusek g case Is
/ n proof of how seriously the Austrian
| Government Is watching the movements
| for Czcch Independence and how FAR,
even to shooting women, II IS ready 10 -
/ to intifnidate those connected with IT..
Misg Jarusek was employed by Coun-
toss Won ZeckendorH rs n tutor for her
children when she vas sont To Austria
hv tho National Bohemian Alliance On
! the same ship with Count Won I'ernstnrff,
+, according "a statement made IN Now
| York bv her brother. Slavomir kratochvl
| While employed bv tho Countess.
F.! kratochvii sad. she met Count Won Bern-
| etorff and members ut the entHurage, as
we'll az other prominent 'rrWahs 9he
gained their confidence, nc declared, ana
for that reason the bohemian Alliance
decided to send her over on the sarne sinp
with the dismissed ambassador IN the hopc
| she might obtain Information TINT would
f,c valuable to the organization m ~