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Evening star., 1919-04-29
LEAGUE NATIONS
May MEET FIRST
IN WASHINGTON
Continued from First Page.)

gate. explained the nine points which
the labor commission wished en-
bodied in the peace treaty. Sir Rob-
ert L. Borden, the Canadian premier
then read the revised nine points.
The revised classes say that the
standard set by law regarding condi-
tions of labor should have due regard
for the equitable and economic treat
ment of all workers lawfully resident
in country, and also that a forty
eight-hour week should be aimed at.
The commission had asked for this,
except where climatic conditions in
terfered.
Sir Robert Borden said that the
changes in the phraseology were the
result of suggestions by different del
egations. and they had been accepted
by all the great industrial nations.
N. Clemenceau. the president, de-
cfared the revised nine points carried
Evening star., 1919-04-29
CORRECTS LEAGUE TEXT
Cable to State Department Tells Of
Change in First Sentence of
Article Five.

A correction on the text of the COW
enant Of the league Of nations re-
ceived by cable at the State Depart
ment today made the first sentence OF
article read as follows:
Except where otherwise expressly
provided in this covenant or by the
terms OF this treaty. decisions at any
meeting OF the assembly or council
shall require the agreement of all the
the meeting" The words "or by the
terms of this treaty" are added.
Another correction substituted the
word natives for ''nations'' in article
~. whore the military training of ma
t1ves Is referred to.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
iCENTENARY APPEAL MADE.
Bishop Mcdowell Asks Methodist
I. to Respond Promptly.

II Bishop w. F. Mcdowell delivered
conference in Baltimore yesterday.
sounding the call to Methodists ev-
erywhere to respond promptly to the
centenary appeal in order that sub
scriptions may be assembled on sched-
u1e Time. He told the delegates that
the 1900 churches in his jurisdi ction,
Spcluding Maryland, central Pennsyi-
vania, Delaware. West Virginia. vir-
sinia and the District of Columbia
all were expected to go ''over the
top"
: The financial canvas is to begin
May Is. Elmore B. Jenery of Balti-
more, financial campaign chairman
for the Washington area. presented
an elaborately detailed plan of hnan-
dial organization, which was Endorsed
by the pastors in attendance.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
c. BROWN HEADS COMMITTEE,

Chaplin Brown today was made
chairman of a committee of the
Washington Chamber Of Commerce
to consider all matters refsrred to the
local organization by the United
States Chamber of Commerce. Other
members of the committee will be
James B. Henderson. John Barrett,
John G. Capers, DR.. w. P. Carr. Charles
W. Claggett, Isaac Cans, Theodore N.
Lloyd, Henry b. F. Macfarland, George
NJ. oyster, tr.. and Albert Schulteis.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
} RUSSIAN CLAIM DENIED.
Propaganda Bureau Head Here Not
in Communication With Lenin.

NEW YORK. April 29.-The State
Depa rtment has never permitted di-
rect communication between Santeri
Nuorteva head of the Russian bolshe-
visit propaganda bureau in the United
states and Nikolai Lenin. head of the
bolshevist regime in Russia. accord
ing TO a letter received from William
Phillips acting secretary of state. by
II. Nontagu Bonner. president of the
Finland constitutional league of
America.
The letter. made public today. was
in response to an inquiry by Mr.. Don-
uer whether Il reported claim of MIR.
s.,.1xiexa TO that effect were true.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
TWO SLAYERs CONVICTED.

Cook, both colored. have been con-
victed Of manslaughter, by jury in
Criminal Division before Chief JUS
tice Mccoy in connection with the
death Of Albert Mason August 26 last
The men are said to have Quarreled
over a game of cards and a fist night
ensued when Mason was knocked to
the ground and sustained injury
which resulted in death ten days
later.
Albert Marbury. indicted with Cook
and De Saussure. was acquitted by
the jury. The other two men were
remanded for sentence. t.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
Eleventh-Hour Question.

One of the eleventh hour questions
awaiting decision at the peace con-
ference is the validity of treaties con-
cluded by Germany during the war.
A clause which has been approved
for insertion in the treaty provides
that Germany shall renounce all ad-
vantages from the treaties Of Brest-
Litovsk and Bucharest. and an addi-
tional sentence is still before the
council of three which provides
for a similar renunciation of "all
treaties concluded by Germany since
August 1. 1914. including those with
Poland, Finland and the Baltic prov
inces"
This would operate to terminate
various telegraphic and other conven-
tions negotiated with neutrals dur
ing the war.
Evening star., 1919-04-29

One OF tho results Of the war il an
important reform in court-martial
procedure In tho British army. For.
merly, a convicted man might be exs-
peal. Now If sentenced to death the
accused must be SO informed at once,
and given reasonable time to lodge
an appeal before co -~~matioh. =
Evening star., 1919-04-29

Nerve specialists by an examina-
tion of the thumb can tell II the pa
tient IL affected, or likely to be Affect
indicate this a long time before, there
is any trace of the disease iii any
other part of the system.--
Evening star., 1919-04-29

1t has been suggested that some of
the great guns employed in the war
might be used for firing hollow shells
filled with letters and parcels. gun
such as the Germans used in their
lonr-ranpe bomb rdment OF Paris
would carry a shell full of letters
from New York to Philadelphia in
go .:-an five minutes.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
MARTIAL LAW RESULTS
FROM TELEPHONE STRIKE
Girl Substitute Operators Driven
to Roof by Mob in Lin
ton, Ind.

LINTON, Ind. April 29.-Martial
law was declared and put into effect
here shortly after s o'clock this morn
ing as a result of trouble attending
a strike of telephone operators EN-
ployed by the Home Telephone Com
pany State troops are patrolling the
streets. aided by local police. NO Nio-
lence has occurred since the MOB
which formed late last night dispers-
ed between and o'clock this MORN
ing.
Militia Ordered to Linton.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April 29.-Two
companies of state militia. one from
Terre Haute and one from Sullivan, last
night were ordered to Linton. lnd-'
where a mob broke in the door and VIM
dows of the telephone exchange follow
ing an indignation meeting resulting
from a strike of telephone operators ana
subsequent use of Strikebreakers. Ac-
cording to a message to GOV Goourlch
early this morning. the mob stili sur
rounded the telephone building, but was
being held off by six armed men within.
Carries Reserve Ammunition.
Shortly after midnight Adjt. Gen.
d.
Brandt c. Downey of the state militia.
left for Linton to take command OF the
troops He carried with him reserve
supply of ammunition.
The telephone operators at Linton
struck last Thursday for higher wages
and recognition OF the union. Eight girl
strikebreakers were sent to Linton from
Indianapolis and their arrival and sub
stitution for the striking girls was the
cause of an Indignation meeting last
night which precipitated the riot
Girls Driven to Roof.
At an early hour this morning there
had been no shooting. but members OF
the mob, composed principally Of miners.
had an alteration In front of the tele-
phone building which ended in q fight
and the injury of one man.
During the rioting a mob OF 300 per-
sons broke the doors and windows OF
the telephone exchange and drove eight
girl strikebreakers to the roof. Ihe
girls later were rescued and taken to
place of safety.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
State of Siege.

The bolshevists have taken advan-
tare of every phase of Russian in
ternal strife and banked upon the
disorganisatfon due to the auarreling
Of the old parties. In soviet Russia a
state of siege exists which not even
the most powerful Inilitarists or auto
Gratis Of former times so much as
dreamed of.
AS | have already mentioned. the
people OF Russia are literally starv-
ing. But even the famine. is organized.
E.; card-rationins SJ=;-::-
Evening star., 1919-04-29
Case Now in Highest Court.

4, Proceedings involving the right OF
the Postmaster General to take over
0Ontrol of both the cable and land
wire systems are now pending in the
Supreme Court. Arguments in the
gable cases were heard early this
year.
Arguments in cases arising from
the Postmaster Generals order In
cyeasing rates are to be heard by the
court Monday. The cases resulted In
appeals from South Dakota and Mas
DAchusetts court DEGREES. although
Dtmilar actions have been brought in
4bout twenty-one states.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
Shows Attitude Abroad.

Possibly the best representation OF
the European attitude toward
America and her responsibilities is
gained from the diplomatic editor Of
the London Observer, who looks at
the situation in this fashion:
Forever and forever. for good or
i'll. the United States is going to be
in the general worlds concerns, not
out of them. II America were led to
XIII the league of nations and the
soul of every better hope for man
kind. it would be her own coming
generation she would doom as well
as that Of Europe and elsewhere: for
NEXT time she would know on the
European scale the meaning OF death,
of grief and of calamity.
Relatively the Armageddon has
hesn a fortunate war for the United
states, and fortune rarely comes
twice in that particular way to any
country
we put our faith on record that
the United States in a pinch never
will undo that element of moral
splendor which has entered into her
history from the foundation, but will
lead civilization forward instead of
plunging it backward into political
ON kness-a social chaos ~nicn wouiu
Evening star., 1919-04-29
WIRE CONTROL END
ORDERED By CABLE
rcontinued from First Page.)

q heavy cross-fire from republicans
who are preparing to have his ad-
mfnistration investigated, from demo-
cratic campaign leaders who think
he is too heavy load for the
party to carry in the 1920 campaign.
tremely significant"
Republican leaders in Congress said
today that the relinquishing or govern
ment control and operation OF the wire
services will in no way delay or min
imixe the proposed investigation of the
Post Office Department. Labor leaders,
Including the heads of the local and ma
t.onal federations for federal employees,
said today that they will continue their
efforts to have Mr.. Burleson ousted. as
inlmicsl to the interests OF the working
man. Members of the democratic ma
tfDnal committee are continuing prepa-
rstions to present to President Wilson a
demand that Mr. .Burieson's resignation
be asked for.
sPastmaster-Ge -Burleson. in ap-
nouncing that he had recommended to
President Wilson That the wire services
taken over as q war measure should be
relinquished, the cable service probably
not later than May 10. explained that
no legislation is necessary as regards
the cable properties. but that the
restoration Of the telephone and tele-
graph wire systems Is contingent upon
financial protection to be obtained from
Congress
Abolition of the enemy commercial
blacklist, general lessening of the
tS4fic borne by the cables and other
circumstances arising from transition
- q peace basis. Mr.. Burleson said.
hid resulted in his recommendation
to the President that the cable lines
b no longer operated by the govern
ment.
Post Office Department officials who
have aided in control of the telegraph
apd telephone companies expressed
the belief that few of the companies
could weather the financial storm il
the properties were turned back with
eat remedial legislation.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
Decline to Suggest Legislation.

Omcials responsible for the actual
management of the properties under
governm ent control declined to sug-
gest what sort Of legislation would
be necessary. Republicans in Congress
have made no secret of their intention
at the forthcoming extra session to
press for the immediate return of the
service to private management. Lead
ers in this movement have asserted
that in SO doing they would endeavor
to protect the companies interests.
By proclamation of the President,
the entire wire service. with the Tex-
ception OF cable lines. was taken over
by the government on July 81 last
and placed under the direction of
the Post Office Department. The
proclamation as to cable control, as
shown by Post Office Department
dies. was signed by the President on
November 2. but no announcement as
70 this action was made until after
the signing of the armistice Novem-
Sher II.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
|LENIN INTERVIEWED
ON RUSS CONDITIONS
Soviet Dictator Discusses Aims and Meth
DDS of Bolshevism-Chaos Reigns, g.,
Correspondent Declares.

VI. Pnntorroid. a prominent Nortre-
9ian ldryer and statesman. ncM TO
Russia as the labor party memocf oJ
the social democratic studio kom mtss1oH
(St,4dy c0mmisSion). rhich trds 10 a"-
reSti00fS political and social CondfiOnS
During their entire risit in Russia a
special attGche accompanied the party.
but the commiSsion determined ITS 0Un
itinerary and there ,Cas no attempt 10
prearrange the scenes for them.
BY VI. PUNTORVOLD.
It is doubtful if an audience with the
czar ever was much more difficult to
obtain than an interview with Nickolas
Lenin. His quarters in the palace OF
the former supreme court at kroml is
guarded by phalanXes of red cadets,
Those student officers are extremely
jealous in their duty 1t required a
few lines Of writing in Lenin's own
hand to get me past the gates.
/ noticed that he used red ink.
Once in the preSene of the dictator ]
and my associates Of the social demo
cratic studiokomission were cordially
received. l had expected to interview
Lenin. At first it was just the oppo-
site. Lenin interviewed me.
The head Of the peoples commission
is keenly interested in international af-
fairs. In his body of advisers he has
two Norwegian socialists.
His first questions were about pol;i-
cal conditions in Norway. What was
the condition of the army? What were
the views of the military leaders there
How was the balance of power between
the political parties?
Then we came to the conference al
Bern. In his sing-song German, he
bitterly criticised the result Of that con-
ference, about which he knew only what
Russian officials had been able to pick
I'D from wireless.
Evening star., 1919-04-29
Watches Replace Medals.
Admits Shooting Opponents.

The newspapers have been full of
red terror" Peters. member of the
Petrograd military tribunal, declared
feelingly that he had had only two or
three thousand of the counter revolu-
tionists shot. Even though Peters
considers this a modest number, there
are no less than 500 similar tribunals
i'm the soviet country, and no one Of
them has been inactive.
However. a recent decree takes away
the right of these tribunals to infiict
the death penalty without full trial.
The decree. however, makes an ex-
ception of cases of open conspiracy.
This provision is so indefinite that the
tribunes, in practice, still have the
right summarily to shoot prisoners.
Despite it's communist theories, the
soviet has arranged a concession sys-
tenn so advantageous to foreign cap
italists that no nation of the world
has ever placed itself in a similar
position.
Copyright. 1919, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-07-25
New York

NEW YORK. July 25-The same
speculative influences which have beon
foremost on the bull side Of the stock
market since last Tuesdays RAPID re-
coyeTy were operative again yester-
day, though in modified degree. Sur
face developments, exceeding the sus-
pension OF extra" dividends on the
common shares of Bethlehenf Steel,
were mainly encouraging All the
varied tcharacter of the trading offer
cd further proof of the activity OF pro-
fessionsl interests.
Passing ,of the Bethlehem dividends
oceas.oned little surprise, such a
course having been predicted ever
since the United States Steel direc-
tors took similar action three months
ego,
steels were among the consplcu-
tously strong features Of the early ses-
sion, that group opening at material
advances, but falling back irregulnrly
on announcement Of the Bethlehem
action.
All the favorits issues, including
United States Steel, reversed thei.
sition Of the early and intermediate
sessions the reaction ranging from
3 TO s points and causing an irregular
to heavy close. Sales amounted to
100000 shares.
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FINANCE. OIL AND Gas

sion. The South Penn OIL Company
has setarted to drill test wells ON the
L. Cobb, w. p. White and s. S. Huff
man farms. The Peter Silman OIL
Company has a rig Up on the Adam
Littlepage farm. Koontz and Osborne
are drilling on the ]. NJ. Baird farm.
The United Fuel Gas Company is drill
ing six wells In the William Cobb
farm.
In Indian Creek, Elk district. Kama
wha county, the South Penn OIL Com
pauy has completed and shot in the
Weir sand No. BON the ]. F. Cork
farm. 1t is located 600 feet south OF
No. and showing for a 5-barrel
pumper In the Smithfield district,
Wetzel county, the same company has
drilled No. % on the Blackstone Wells
farm an old Big Injun sand producer,
to the Gordon sand and found nothing
in the lower formation.
In Proctor district. Wetzel county,
tho Hope Natural Gas Company has
drilled a test on the A. r. MeHenry
farm through the Gordon sand. 1t is
natural producer showing for 20
barrels a day. This location Is 700
feet north Of the same company's test
IN the Ezra Mason farm. The we'll
on the Ezra Mason farm was the first
to call attention to- this district, and
10 the time Of the completion on the
McHenry farm, the best producer.
In. Battelle district, Monongalia
county. the Manufacturers light &
Heat Company is drilling at 2,149 feet
at it's test on the Robert Clovis farm.
In Grant district, Wetzel county, the
Wayland Oil and Gas Company is
drilling an old we'll on the Smith
Edgell farm from the Big Injuu sand
to the Gordon.
In McKtm district, Peasants county
Dinsmoor G Company have completed
second test on the Lewis heirs farm.
It Is a duster in the Cow Run sand.
In the same district, Stfohens & Com
pany have completed No. 3 on the
Mary Davis farm. It will make a light
pumper in the Cow Run sand. On
Middle Island Creek, UUnion district,
L. G. White & Company have con-
pleted> a test on the Bailey heirs farm
It will not make better than a very
| light pumper in the Cow Run sand. IN
the same district the Anhut OIL Com
pany has completed and shot in the
Cow Run sand second test on the
G. c. Bailey farm. II Is showing for
10 barrels day.
Schlagel & Fried have completed
No. 10 on the S. e. Lemon farm, To-
Gated in Union district Tyler county.
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Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, July 2b.-There was
quito active trading IN Barnsdall Cor
poration on the local exchange yes
terday with a gradual upward move
ment in the stock from 34s4 to 81, the
Halter price level being maintained at
the close and representing gain OF
points over the last previous close
This stock was in i'll favor following
its debut on the board a short time
ago and declined from Al to 80 in sub
sequent trading. It's rise to 81 has been
slow. Ohio Fuel Supply was active
on a slightly lower scale and Okla
hcma Natural Gas had good day from
81 TO BAN, Columbia Gas and Elec-
trio was traded in at 6SA to 63ts and
there was some activity in Riverside
Eastern common although the price
range was narrow and the close was
unchanged from Wednesday. The
brewings were weak, Independent com.
mon losing u on the close at 35s and
Pittsburgh Brewing common selling
down " from Wednesdays close of 8.
There were few trades in the Fire
proofings with little change in prices.
American Window Glass Machine
common sold between 1876 and 1875,
closing at the latter, points under
the last close.
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Oil and Gas.

Shooting old wells second time in
the Weir sand extension in Big Sandy
district, Kanawha county does not
bring the increase in production tina,
followed the first 81
creek the United Fuel Gas Company
gave its No. / on the William Cot1o
farm, increasing its production from
1e3 to las barrels the ensuing "a hour.
On Jordan's creek, in the same dis
trict, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company shot
! No. on the William Nichols farm,
bringing its prohibition UP from 113
to 800 barrels a day.
z IN no other district in the lower
southwest fields is there as much
new work starting as in this develop
ment. AT the present time there are
II rigs up and Ia wells drilling. Some
Of the wells drilling and starting are
important tests, touching an extension
to the producing limits of the extern
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DON'T YOU MISS

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II Is . duster IN the Big Iniun sand.
In the same district Peter schagel1
has drilled no. Is ON the a. D. Riggs
farm through the Cow Run sand and
dry. In Nurning Springs district, in
Writ county. the Richter OIL compa-
ny's No. ts on the NJ. Richter farm
Is a buster, The Same company has
the rig completed for a second test
on the T. F. Mays farm. In the same
district the South Penn OIL Company
Is drilling a test on the Pepper heirs
farm.
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO. July 25.-corn averaged
little higher in price yesterday, ow-
ing to wide spread lack OF rain. The
close was unsettled, h-cent net lower.
to accent advance, with September.
81. 959s 91.s5h and December S1.66%
@1.66%, Oats gained Y to "A cents
In provisions the outcome varied from,
rs cents decline to rise Of so cents.
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