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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-09-19
DE A 7 Il
TOLL MAY
BE 500

CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas Sept. H.
! Members Of a pleasure party aboard tn"
launch Waldo. which left her" Friday
afternoon. rcp~rtcd their safety today
on Mustang island after a thrilling bat
tic with tho hurricane which swept
this vicinity Monday.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas. Sept. 1S.-
Rapid growth Of the death list resulting
from The hurricane and tidal wave
through Corpus Christi and nearby
points Sunday caused the belief among
relief workers and local officials tom >ht
that tho total dead would approximate
five hundred persons.
Much of tho shore line Of Corpus
Christi and Nucccs bay. has not been
penetrated by scarchcrs. while only
small proportion Of the wrcCkagc IN this
city has been moved. -his and tn" con-
tinucd absence of many persons unhcard
from sine" the storm was responsible
for tn" rising estimate Of fatalities.
Bodies reported buried in tn" storm
district number 2ht. Of which only ~
could be dcntilicd Estimates of the
property loss run as nigh as S2O.OOp,"O".
Reconstruction "f tn" city is tcmp"r-
nrily in the background, civic leaders
agree. but the three or four thousand
/.
and in most cases mus; b" provided inn
mcdatrly with wearing apparel. as
majority lost all personal effects.
To every governor in tho nNco
States and I" the mayors Of many OF
the NOR. imrortant cities kilograms ap-
pcaling for aid haN" been son: 10y the
, relief committee. ana all through today
responses poured in from every quarter
promising every assistance and in many
cases forwarding money.
Rehabilitation "f Corpus Christi II is
becoming increasingly evident. rests
largely upon outside sources, for SO
| financially destructive was IN" storm 10
! local interests that II is admitted by the
! city's foremost citizens that not only on
it's own resources could the city rebuild.
at least for n numhe: OF years, any con-
siderahlc part Of the buildings de-
Strny,d.
| CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas. Sept. IS
, Among the dead in Sundays gulf hurri-
cane here identified tonight was BiShop
| Paul j.. NuSShaun of Corpus Christi.
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NEW WORLDS ALTITUDE RECORD
HUNG UP BY ROLAND ROHLFS;
34,610 FEET ABOVE SEA Level

climbing IS minutes" hc said. "and
maintained that altitude about twenty
minutes. I made tho first 10000 feet in
eight minutes. At n height of about 81
zoo feet my machine dropped about 600
feet. Tho machine turned over on its
car and kept going from side 70 side
with an oscillatinG movement. II was
terrible. After working with the mech
arism for sope time. | finally put on
high sphed and found that tn" machine
rightcd itself and began To climb again.
IStartcd 10 use IN" OXYGEN tanks about
10000 feet UP. II the oxygen had failed
for a second would lave been done for.
AZ my greatest height III" temperature
was 43 degrees below zero.
a peculiar thing that I noticed was
sort OF nervous twitchinR on my body
whcrc I have scars as tho result OF
burns I rcc@vod several years ago.
These began to pull and twitch and II
lasted for quite 4 while. My teeth
arhed too.
II believe all Official and unofficial
records have been beaten. I am salts
fled this machine can't BE- made TO 80
any higher with its present equipment.
am through with high flying for the
present"
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MTSEOI.A. Y. Z. Sept. 1S.-A new
worlds altitude record is believed 70
haye been made hero today. when Ro-
land Rohlfs. test pilot for tn" Iurtis
Airplane company. scared $3.50 feet
1bove sea level. according 10 IN" Official
haroSraph. in IS minutes. As Roosevelt
Field. his starting point. is 10 t""t
above sea level. Rohlfs actually climbed
:450o feet according TO the baroGrapb.
His al,;me,cr registered 34.4o0 foot.
These figures will have TO be certified
nv TIE government bureau Of standards
AZ washin gton before they are register
"A nv. the Aero Club OF America as Of
scial, The lower figure. that Of Rohlf's
,ltimeter, is considerably higher than
tbe nreyious record claimed by tho
sSranch aviator. Adjutant Casal". who
-o.e ?e13s feet at Paris in June. Ca
saIc's ng-,rcs have not been officially
registered.
The first person TO reach Rohlfs side
rrban n, landed. within twenty feet OF
~. starting point. was his wife. He
leaned from his car and kissed her. e1-
claiming: =,
II think rve done II this time all
right
Climbed 70 1Linutes.
II reached the greatest altitude after
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NEW YORK CITY
EMPLOYEES VOTE
To JOIN A. FL
POLICE AND FIREMEN
WITH THE MOVEMENT
ActionlncludesSteps toSecure
Charters For Groups Not
Now Unionized

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S.-A proposal
that all organized groups Of New York
CITY employees should form a central
council to b. affiliated with the AmHri-
can Federation OF Labor was apnr"'"d
at conference tonight OF executive
members Of fifteen city employees
unions
Represented at the conference were
the uniformed firemcn's union. police
benevolent association. teachers union.
union Of technical men, clerks. steno-
sraphers bookkceperS. water meter in
spcctors. health inspectors. building in
sprctors. tenement house inspectors
street cleaners union. teamSters union
and keepers a,s matrons unions.
The proposal which includes pro-
vision that steps W" taken to obtain
charters from the American Federation
Of Labor for the fcw groups Of city en-
plnycS not already organized so that the
entire body numbering approximately
100 600 may be associated with the
American Federal Of Labor, will be re-
fcrrcd back 10 the unions for action.
1t was brought out at tonight's con-
ference that the city employees did not
want to strike because the safety and
welfare OF the community depended. to q
large extent on their loyalty and labor
II was said. however. that there is
rapidly growing feeling Of resentment
developing among all of the various
groups and some leaders said they fear
cd that they will be unable to restrain
their members from agitating q strike
unless salaries are Immediately adjust
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also an opportunity for those now workS
ing to raise their total TO a surprtsire
big number Of the little credits that VIII
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There is a wonderful increase in en-
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The Intcliigcncer and friends OF She
contestants and prospective contestants
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Those who have been in the campaign
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Those who have obcycd the impulse
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Several prospective contestants Wne
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could make his concluding sentences
heard.
When he had finished. under the lead
ership Of escorting committee. the gen
cral passed down the center aisle Of tn'
chamber to tho door. members reaching
to grasp his hand as h" passed.
An impromptu handshaklng with son
ators and representatives in the LOBBY
folio Sed. and then tho cXp"ditionary
leader was given Il press gallery reccp'
ton. He was not 70 b. lurcd into any
lengthy speech. however. contcnt'na
himself with saying that he realized
that all the tumult and honor OF hiS
reception meant that he was merely the
! inst rument through which the nation
thanked the army.
Il am not taking it. personally" he
said
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AMENDMENT Of
SEN. JOHNSON
UP NEXT WEEK
MESSAGE CALLS HIM
BACK TO WASHINGTON
Treaty Up For Consideration
Today-WiIl Require Many
Days to Read-Endless
Debate

WASIuNGTON. sept. 1\.--F"nuhil-
can leaders mad" ready today for tn"
first voting test next week on III" Ger
man DcaC" treaty ard It's L"asu" Of Ma
tiCns covenant.
Word WAS sent To Senator Johnson,
Of California. author If an amendment.
to cnualiz" the voting power OF Gr"nt
Britain ard TN" United states IN the
league. and first up for consideration.
to return here at once So ihat DEBATE
on tho amendment might proceed Mon
dav. with tn" hnIc "f adopting or re-
jrctinr it hy ia" end Of IN" week.
Until this message to TN" california
senator was sent hy Senator R"rnh Of
Idaho, after y cNHf'r"nc" lHt" III tn"
dav With Chairman LodE" Of th" For
riEu Relations tnmmlttCr. IN" report
had persisted around tn" capital that
Senator Irhnson might y" absent soy
oral weeks. Senator Lrdr" declared
th"rc would r" II" N"t" ON amendments
this week. and opponents nf IN" league
w"r" prepared I" r"SiSt a't'mP.E u"
force ono by Senator liilrh"i"k. "f Ne
hraSkn. lrhd"r "f IN" admihiS'rh'l"h
Iuhi for ratification.
Tho ,-rpiy Will h,, ral,r,l up for con-
sIdcrntinn tG;m"rrnw. after Il two-day
irtrrrurti"n. for continuous c"nsid"ra-
tirr. Nc'uaI reading nf tn" pact. when
stopped short Tu"<lTy after Atr!"l" Ill
Of Tho lca.,l" cnN"uint had been reach
rJ - considerably NOR" "f L job IMAM
tho man not familiar with S"nA'"rlaI
discussion "f international questions
rirhi imnrin" The printed i"N' makes
4 book almost rs big and quite aS heavy
as N.w York 'uy t"l"rh"n" direct
nry. Every I'm" of II must h" read
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MORGAN |. OFT, PIONEER
BUSINESS MAN, PASSES AWAY
END CAME PEACEFULLY
EARLY LAST EVENING
Was Member Of Firm of OFT
Brothers, Now the Ott-Heis-
keilHardware Co. .---NcFun-
eral Arrangements

Wheeling and tho Wheeling district
lost it's oldest business man and NOR
chant last evening AZ Sis U'rloCk. when
tho death angel removed from the land
Of tho living Mr.. Morgan l.. OFT, who
peacefully slept way. following brief
illness. death being directly attributed
to infirmitics or old age. Mr.. OFT passed
away at his late home at Echo Point
where hr had lived for a number or
years. His Immediate relatives w"r" at
the bedside when the end came. ana ri!
though il was not altogether un"Xpcct-
cd, nevertheless II will como as direct
shock 10 his many business associates
and friends
Mr.. OF was born AZ Woodstock. Vir-
Sinia, on August :. 1928. being iii TN"
92nd year OF his age. He was son or
the late Samuel and Sydney ll"tsN"u
OFT, pioneers in the Woodstock district
The family moved from Virginia t" TINS
district in 1882 and Mr.. Samuel OFT ia'd
the foundation Of what proved I" h" the
largest and most popular hardwar" h"S-
mess in the state, the firm being kho" II
in later years as OFT Brothers. Of which
Morgan l.. and Henry O. OFT his only
sons, were IN charge and which was
finally changed into the oit-H"iSk"li
Hardware company. the name that 1t
goes under at tho present time.
Attended West Alexander School.
Mr.. OFT in his boyhood. attended Rev.
DR.. McClaskey's school at West Alex
ander. Pa, following which he entered
his fathers store, remaining in that
business until five years ago. when he
disposed Of his interests and has since
lived a retired life. Durinf; the time he
was connected with the company 1t grew
and prospered and today it has record
Of being one Of the most widely known
establishments in the Ohio Valley.
Mr. OFT was one OF the organizers OF
the I>auehltn Mill Company of this city
and was also one OF its directors until
the company's property was disposed Of
\ fcv wears ago. Ho was for several
wears the president Of the Fort Henry
Club. of this city. He was staunch
member Of the Vance Memorial church.
Of Woodsdalc and a devout Christian
and until compelled by the infirmities
OF age to remain at his home. vas a
regular attendant at church.
His wife was Miss Virginia Blue.
daughter Of Charles Il. Blue. Of Hamp-
shire county. West Virginia The sur
yivors arc ono sister. Mrs. Caroline
PAUL, OF Woodsdalc. and the following;
children: Mrs. Charles Burlctt Hart:
Charles B. OFT. vicc-prcsidcnt OF the
Eagle Glass and Manufacturing com
rany Of Wellsburg. and Miss Florence
NJ OFT.
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral. but it is stated
that DR.. James Meas" Potter, pastor OF
the Vance Memorial church OF Woods
dale, will ofriciate.
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ANSWER Of
STEEL MEN
To WILSON
REASON FOR STRIKE
ACTION ANNOUNCED
Eleven Points in Letter Declin-
ing to Defer Their
Walkout

!. pITTSBI'RGII Sept. 1S.-Thc steer
workers national committee lat" tonight
made public a letter il has drAitcd ana
sent To President Wilson. giving eleven
reasons why ii gould not comply Win
his request In postpone IN" S'cei "oIh-
crs' strike called for next Monday. Ihe
letter also rccitcs the history OF thc
movement TO better the conditions or
tho workers. and expresses faith in the
presidents "dcsire to bring about con-
ference" with employers.
"Wc regret that for the first time
YOUR call upon organized labor cannot
meet with favorable response. the let'
ter states. "If delay were no more thah
delay. even at the cost Of loss OF mem
hrrShiu in our organizations. we woulu
urge tho same to the fullest or our
ability. Notwithstanding tho men arc
firmly set for an immediate striK". but
dclay here means the surrender Of all
hope"
The text Of the letter in part follows;
"Answcring your request through
Samuel Gompcrs. president or the
American Federation or Labor. that th'
date of tho strike in the steel industry
of this country he postponed from Sep
tcmbcr 90 next. the date heretofore
fixed until after a conference called b!
YOU 10 meet in Washington OCTOBER
next. We respectfully make the follow
! ing report:
For years there has been great un
rest among the steel workers or $u'
country because Of tho unusual. un'
, American and dcspotic industrial condi.
lions. Finding no recrcss in individual
efforts. the mon naturally sought by
;hc example of other workers through
their organizations. 10 associate them'
.,lyos for collective defense.
I'm meeting called on September i
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WASHINGTON. S"pt. 1>.--Summary
Of the bulgarian treaty Of peace. cahl'd
70 tho state department. by III" Amer -
can mission at Paris. shows tn" pact ~
follow the sam" general plan as the AUS
trian treaty. Many clauses are id"r'lCal
with tn" Austrian treaty. says IN" sum
mary. cAccpt f." tho substitution OF
names. such as tn" l"agu" Of nations.
labor. aerial navigation. penalties prls-
oncrS Of war and graves.
Regarding III" change in the EulGar!-
an frontiers. the important changes are
to the south whore Bulgaria c"dr% West
crn Thracc to the principal allied ana
associated powers and agrees to accept
whatever disposition Of this territory
the powers ultimately decide. but II IS
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REou1s1T1oN REFUsUED.

CWNIiLESTON. u. Va, S"nl N
Coy.rnur John !. C"ruw"N did not honor
the rrru!slti"n OF ~" governor Of on"
for Razir smith. formerly Of Columbus
Ohio. but now living a. Quinnimont. W.
Va. following an Investigation held thlS
morning in the governors office smith.
IL Is claimed bought some furniture
from "A Columbus firm. making partial
payments upon 1t. He afterward left
for West Nir~.nia. hut left his furniture
in Columbus il was ascertained at the
investigation.
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 1s.-Reaching
it's climax in a scene in the house cham
ber that drew added dignity from the
simplicity Of the setting. the nations
welcome TO General John J. PershinS
came to an end today. when the thanks
Of congress and OF the American people
were extended 10 him and TO the army
hn commanded.
There were no military bands or ranks
Of snldicry But ono flag. that draped
IN tho wall back Of the speakers chair.
was displayed. The only other touch or
color was the uniforms Ut the high ofii-
,.crx of tho army and navy. gathered 10
$50 comradH given highest honors
But tho warmth nf tn" greeting he re-
"eivcd coupled with tho fact that few
Americans ever hav" been similarly
honorcd. could hav" left no doubt in
General P"r<hinEs mind that II was tho
heart Of the nation that spoke - him.
After tho senate membership. accord
,ng - custom had marched into the
hous> chamber TO find seats in tho front
benches. The senior officers OF the gem
cral staff. headed by General March.
took their places while Admiral Benson
iHd the bureau chiefs OF the navy 70
their seats on the LEFT. Members Of the
r-csident's cabinet then flied in.
"Nr. Speaker announced tho ser
Snant al arms. John Persh:ng. general
or tho armies Of the United States. and
his stan"
Senator'S representatives and the hun
drNdS in the galleries rose To face the
main entrance to the chamber. The
,'oor swung back and the joint receipt :"
o-mmittc" came in. Behind them walk
Cd General PershinS at the head Of his
staff \ roar OF applause. run"tuated
with a Shr.n rebel yrli' greeted him.
cumnu1ns SPEAKS
Senator Cummins. OF Iowa. president
y.ro-tem of tho senate. from his place
beside Speaker Gillett. gave the first
erecting His references to the valor Of
.hc troops in Franco brought frequent
bursts Of applause. He paid eloquent
,ributc = tho officer he addressed and 70
.hn Soldiers who will sleep forever in
France rs we'll as 10 those who have
como hone.
Speaker riilI"tc employed n lighter
touch. Prefaring his own remarks. he
said t&at tn" commits" Of arrange
fncnts. having provided for tho address
N behalf Of the senate. had thought II
hitting to provide also for few plain
and hornrly words from the repprcsen'
rst.vcs of The people. tho House His
remark was greeted with roar OF
laughter by Senators and representa-
riVeS alike.
Tho former speaker. Champ Clark. I"
Missouri General PcrShing'S homo state
had been assigned IN" pririleg" OF "N
planning 10 the general the resolution o
hanks congress had adopted
General Pcrshng in reply told in mod
"St language OF what tho army ha'
lone. of it's realization that il was tn
sustaining courage Of the American peo
plr that had mad" possible the victory
lie showed deep feeling as he spoke o
he graves III Franc" and when he r"
f"rrcd To tn" manned and crippled mer
who have come back to the nation as
grateful charge. tn" outburst Of applaus'
VAS dcafcninE.
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HEWAR:T READY
To PROSECUTE
FORMER KAISER

LONDON. Sept. 18th" attorney Ecn-
cral. Sir Gordon TIcwart. has completed
the casc for tho prosecution Of IN"
former German emperor according I" tn"
Mirror. Tho place for tho trial has not
yet been settled
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NATIONAL Committee Votes Don Motion Rescind Action and Fu
BULGARIA MUST PAY HEAVILY
FOR HER PART IN WORLD WAR

stipulated that in any event FulGaria
western frontiers shall bc modified
slightly in four places to Scrbia's advan-
tagc.
rho Ru1carians ar" required to recog-
nizc IN" Independence" Of the Serb.
Croats and CIol enc state, Within three
months tho BulEarians arc required 10
dcmohilizc IN" army and subsutut" vol
untccr cnliStmcnts. Th" bulgarian
army i= reduced to twenty thousand
men, exclusively fer the maintenance
Of order and frontier control. All war
shirS. submarines. or air forces must
be Surrendered. BulGaria is required to
pay rs rcparat"ns two and quarter
billions Of fronCs in gold within 50
years.
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MILL WAGE INCREASE

WA ASHrNGTON. Sept. & y" wage
increases will be granted At this tim"
TO navy yard employees or workmcn in
ship yards engaged on government work
representatives Of th" emergency fleet
corporation and the navy department
decided today at n conference held at
the navy department.
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GENERAL PERSH|NG
Is rendered THE
THANKS OF NATION

Exercises In House Chamber Climax Of Wonderful Welcome
Extended to Returning Commander Of the American
Forces-Senator Cummins and Speaker Gilleu Both
Pay Beautiful Tribute to Commander and the Men
Under His Command Beautiful Tribute to Men Re-
turned Manned and Crippled and Those Who Did Not
Come Back
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FUNERAL OF GEN. BELL.

HERMOS.A IIF.A''U. Calf. Sept. Ia
Funeral services were TO be held todr~
for Brigader General James VI. BE L.
s. A.. retired. who died hero Tuesday.
General Bell was a veteran Of th" Civil.
Spanish American and Philippine wars
and of a number OF Indian campaigns.
He was SO years old and born at Will
iamsburg, Pennsylvania.
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THE WEATHER.

ohio-Showers Friday; Saturday prob
ably cloudy In south, showers In north
west virginia-Showers Friday; Sat
urday probably fair.
western Pennsylvania-Shower Frt-
day and probably Saturday.
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Stirred Deep Feeling.

~ ono point tho generals words STIRRED
hep feeling, That WAS when he said:
"'rh" graf achieve mcnts: tn" hiGn
.d..al~. tn, sacrifices Of our army and
.ur p"opl" belong /" n" party AMI n"
,r""d.
\ salv" Of applause interrupted him
and Il VAS a minute or two before he