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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
THE MEXICAN SITUATION,

Ihe new flare-up over the Mcxi-
oan problem growing out OF the
Jenkins case was given serious CON
slderation on Nov. 000O at a meet
ing of the Presidents Cabinet.
There was no intimation as TO
what this government might do in
event President CarranZa refused
TO answer the note from the State
department demanding immediate
release OF WIN. o. Jenkins, consular
agent at Pueblo, held on a. charge
OF conniving with bandits who kid
mapped and held him for a $780,
600 ransom.
No attempt was made to conceal
the feeling that the situation was
serious and that relations between
United States and Mexico were
strained. Officials said the three
departments-State. war and navy
We're ready 10 meet any eventu-
allty and deal with any situation
arising out OLA more definite atti-
tude by the Carranza administra-
ton toward the United States.
In the absence of advices from
--AS $AhboSoS at MCNICO NIlN OFFICIALS
were not inclined to put much faith
In reports coming by way of Lo-
redo, Texas. that the release of
Jenkins "was momentarily expect
ed"
Meanwhile the government has
checked up the official and private
record OF Jenkins and has given
him high-class rating. Officials
declared there was no foundation
for the charges that he had con-
Spired with the bandits and that
information from every available
source showed that his statement
OF his capture and the methods en-
ploycd by the bandits, was correct
in all details.
The latest reports from the Ameri-
can embassy showed that Jenkins
was still in the penitentiary and ill
and that bail had been refused him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRAY,

J. &. Mckinney was shot while
standing OH his porch at his home
on Big Sewcll mountain, in Green
Sulphur district Of Summers coun-
ty' about 1880 o'clock Saturday ev-
ening, Nov. 22d. He was attracted
from his house by noise made TO
cause him to investigate its source,
and when he stepped out was shot
down with Winchester rifle, the
bullet entering his chin and burst
ing on the bones, scattered and
made serious wounds. He was
taken to the Hinton Hospital.
The shooting was reported to the
sheriff'S Office at Hinton and officers
from there in company with o. C..
Haynes. of Anderson, and the Iatter's
blood hound, went to the scene. The
dog took the trail and followed it
for nine miles to the house occu-
pied by London Mckinney, a broth
er-in-law Of the victim. In an hour
Sheriff Bolton had secured q con-
fession from London Mckinney.
who was taken to Hinton and placed
IN jail. He was given prelimin-
ary hearing but made no statement
as to why he did the shooting.
The accused is married and is
about "a years of age. His victim
is 80 years of age and has a wife
and six children. Ii is thought the
shooting is the result of jealousy or
some domestic trouble.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
GAS TANK EXPl 0lES.

Echois MidkiT, 10 years old, mar
rowly escaped being burned TO
death when GO gallons Of gasoline
exploded in the tailor shop owned
by his father, John MidkiH, We'd
ncsday at White Sulphur The
young man was in the room when
the explosion occurred and jumped
through a closed window TO save
himself Hc was severely burned
and badly cut. Mr.. MidkiT was
slightly burned. The local fire de-
Dartmcnt arrived in time TO prevent
serious damage to The shop and
contents.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
LABOR PARTY FORMED,

A new national political body. TO
be known rs the labor party of the
United States was created on Nov.
24th by the representatives of or
Sanlzed labor in convention at Chi
cago. The object of the movement
as set forth in its constitution will
be Ito organize all hand and brain
workers OF The country TO support
the principles of,a political. social
and industrial democracy"
The striking points in the party
declarations are:
Women are TO have an equal rem
resentation with men in the man
agement of affairs.
A national convention will be
held next summer for the purpose
OF nominating candidates for presi-
dent and vice-president.
The affairs Of the organization
will be administered by national
committee which will elect a secre-
tary-treaSurer as its executive head:
trade unions, farmers organizations
cooperative bodies and all other
associations which subscribe to the
principles of the party are invited
TO become affiliated with it. The
committee OH constitution recon-.
mended that the national committee
be composed of one member from
each state, but Robt. NJ. Buck. OF
Chicago, led fight to have man
and woman from each state. Action
was Deferred \
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
W. VA. REDS SEIZED,

Department of Justice agents,
with eight deputy shcriifs. arrested
Twelve alleged members of Hlc In
dustrial Workers of the World
in Monongalia county, this state, re-
Gently. and placed them in The Nor
gant0wn Jail
Search Of The quarters occupied
by The men revealed large quaint
lies of |. w. w. literature. Some
of the pamphlets denounced the
United Mine Workers as "machine
ridden. master dominated organi-
zati on and declared the I. w. w.
invincible because Of its "revoIu-
tionary' policies. y
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
MARRIED THREE BIRDS.

The wife of lawyer in West Vir-
glnia has been married three times.
Tier maiden name was Partridge,
her first husband was Robins, her
second husband was Sparrow, and
the third one a Quail. There arc
TWO young Robins, one Sparrow,
and three Quils in the family. One
grandfather was Swan and anoih-
er Jay, but he's dead now and q
bird of paradise. They live on
Hawk Avenue. Eagleville, Canary
Island, and the fellow who wrote
this is Lyre and a member of the
family.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
SOLDIER DEAD TO Be BROUGHT HOME,

instructions that American SOL
diers dead. Inferred in France out
side the so-callcd "zone of the arm
ies, be brought home as soon as
arrangements are completed have
been issued by Secretary of War
Baker. About $4,000 bodies lie out
side Inc zone. Return Of those
within ii depends upon action by
the French government, which has
been asked TO Withdraw its rcslric-
lions.
Licut.-Colonel Charles G.. Pierce
mas been in charge OF The grave
registration service.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
MORRIS. HARVEY COLLEGE,

Seven cottage dormatories for
boyS, with accommodation for Is
teachers and students. will be pro-
viued al once al M0rris-Harvcy Col
legc at BarboursvilIc. The moi1cv
for The Improvement. which will
cost approximately $4,000, will be
derived party from the centenary
fund and partly from other sour
ccs. Morris-Harvcy is to receive
Ssoo'OoO from the centenary fund
but not all of This is to be thus
expended.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
SMITHS WON THE WAR.

K Who won the war? That's easy:
me Smiths did. War Department
records are said 10 show That there
we're 51.OOO Of This family in the
service. The Johnsons were sec
ond with 10000, and The others
mat placed" were the Jones clan,
22'oOO; the Greens, with 22,5OO;
lilc Browns with 5000. Moreover.
There were in the ranks seventy
-FOUR George Washingt0ns. seven
ulysses Grams, and scvcnly-rinc
Robert e. Lees.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
GOAL PRODUCTION NORMAL,

While there is, complaint Of q
shortage Of coal i'm the country at
large. the output i'm the New River
fields was 104 per cent Of normal
in the mines, according to a state
ment issued by r. l.. Lewis. sccrc-
tary of the New River Coal Opera
tors Association.
The normal output of these mines
in the New River district is 10000
tons daily; Friday the total output
was 20.02O, or 104 per cent of nor
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
NUMBER %
LACKS ENDURANCE. THEY SAY.

Yes the Essex has its Knockers.
Every good thing has the fellow
with an interest following il around
with a hammer. The knockers
couldn't say anything against the
ESSEX performance, on pick-up. ON
appearance, on roadability, on SER
VICE on comfort, so they said it
had no endurance. Only out this
season. and had not established a
record, you see. and they could
knock without fear of absolute
proof to the contrary.
But things are different now. II
has proven itself in its endurance.
When do most of us want 10 get rid
of our old car? About the time il
has made 10000 TO $4,000 miles.
and in some instances when it has
made 5000 miles.
a. J. Bruett. of the A. ]. Bruett
Piano Co... Milwaukee, has driven
his Essex 16,4OO miles, and he says
vi course, l drive car hard
nothing stops me, bad roads or bad
weather. My automobile is part of
my equipment and l need it eyery
minute. l average 200 miles on
quart of oil, and 16 to 18 miles on
gallon of gasoline, which is re-
markablc considering the speed at
which | drive and The roads ON
which | must travel. honestly
believe that in durability and per
formance the Essex is absolutely i'm
class to itself"
Geo. Harrison, of the Fl. O. Har-
riSon Co, San Francisco, has driven
his Essex 1894 miles. Thousands
of these miles were over rough
mountain roads. and has put it
through many spectacular stunts to
prove its power, reliability and en-
durance, and there. has been no up-
keep expense.
A. 5. Broadhcad, wholesale man
agcr of Tom Bottcrill, Inc, Denver.
Colo, has put his Essex over 49,
20O miles of road. He says: aside
from the perfectly wonderful per
tormancc OF the car over these diff
iicult roads, The most significant
thing to me was when | drove up
to my home, there was not q single
squeak or rattle in the car
Here are some of its perform
anceS:
An average of 90 miles to the gal
lon of gasoline. in an official 115
mile test. Accelerated from a stand
ing start TO 20 miles an hour in
So seconds; 10 40 miles in 8 sc;
to 66 miles in 81 seconds, top and
windshield up. Finished first in
the 1919 endurance race from
Stockton to Yosemite, finishing with
perfect score and against a field
of II contestants.
Won the first place in the liaht
car class, and second against all
classes in the Rim-of-the-World
contest, climbing eight miles, to an
elevation of nearly 5000 feet in
10 minutes and seconds. Broke
all records and finished first against
a field of much larger cars in the
ITO mile race over the mountainous
course between Sacramento and
Lake Tahoe.
The Essex is Supcr-Four with
the endurance of vibrationlcss
engine in a~framc made TO take care
OF the thrust and pull OF 50 h. D.
| Try the Essex on any road.
McWIIORTER BROS.
ll-2"-2t Lcwisburg, w. Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
AMERICAS MILITARY STRENGTH,

a iinal study Of the sclective draft
records made public on Nov. 9th
likes the military strength of the
united States al 10,0O0,0O0 on po-
tentlal military man-powcr. Reg
lslralions for the draft between the
ages of 18 and 4j totalled 23,9O8,-
37G, almost 80 per cent of whom
were listed as ''physically fit for
military service"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
FIVE CANDIDATES.

Morris p. Shawkcy, state super
intendent Of schools, will make
announcement Of his candidacy for
the nomination for governor Of the
State on the Republican ticket.
This makes the fifth candidate
to formally enter the race. Aitor-
ncy General England, Stale Auditor
Darst Fred Paul Grosscup, and
Judge L. +. Morgan arc The others.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28

An earthquake which Jared San
Francisco, occurred last Tuesday
morning. The quake was al al,
carly hour and caused much cx-
citcmcnt in some sections Of the
city. Tie property loss is not be.
licvcd to be heavy.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-11-28
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED,

President Wilson placed, this
week, the government again in con
,rol OF the nations food supply by
transferring The authority of food
nuniin'stratr to Attorney General
Palmer.
revival of the wartime functions
ni Administrator Hoover resulted
uirectly from government efforts TO
"verl famine in sugar, but the
poWcrs delegated TO the head Of the
department Of justice will be used
"iSo TO help put down The ever
counting cost of/living.
ne amount OF money i'm circu-
a.,ipn in the United States is 3d.
''''"23'7l9, a per capita Of $54.63.
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-07
IRISH RESENT ACTION
Peeved at Presidents Refusal to
Meet D. +. CohaIan.
Four Boston Societies Decide to Invite
New Yorker to Dinner on
March ~.

Boston, March delegates of four
Irish societies at meeting here OF
the Associated Branches of the
Friends of Irish Freedom voted to ex
tend an invitation to Justice Daniel r.
Cohalan of New York to be the guest
of honor at a banquet in this city on
March IL.
A resolution, which was, adopted,
declared that Americans of Irish
blood were grievously offended at the
action of President Wilson at the
Metropolitan opera house in New York
in refusing to meet committee
named by. the Irish race convention
of Philadelphia until Justice Cohalan
had withdrawn from the room"
Matthew Cummings, who presided
at the meeting, announced that JUS
tice Cohalan was one of the men who
had been selected by the national or
ganization of the Friends of Irish
Freedom to go to France to press it's
demands at the peace conference.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-07
DRAW TENTATIVE PLAN
Republicans Favor Seniority Rule
for House Committees.
-wo Minnesota Representatives Will
Secure Chairmanships II Sys-
tenn is Adopted.

Washington, March At the meet
Ing of the Republican committee on
committees which is framing the party
organization for control of the next
house, ii was decided tentatively that
seniority of rank will obtain in the
Republican membership and choice of
chairmen OF the IL principal house
committees of the next congress.
The agreement, IL finally adopted
would result in the chairmanships
being held as follows
Appropriations, Good of Iowa; ways
and means, Forney, Michigan; military
Kahn, California; naval, Butler, Penn
sylvania; interstate commerce, Esch
Wisconsin; agriculture, Haughen
Iowa foreign affairs, Porter, Pennsyl
vania; postoffice, Steenerson. Mime
sofa; rivers and harbors, Kennedy
Iowa; judiciary, Volstad, Minnesota
rules, Campbell, Kansas.
Increase of the majority member
ship of the committees also was de
cided on. Republicans agreed that
,heir membership on of the IL com.
mittees would be 13 against for the
Democrats, as compared with the IL
to ratio that obtained during the
Democratic organization of the house
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-07
MAKES STRONG DENIAL
Belgian Cabinet Officer DepIores
Call for Investigation.
Bitterly Resents What He Calls De-
sestable Slander Against Afneria
cans Who Helped.

Paris, March Emile Franqui, a
member Of the Belgian cabinet and at
one time chairman of the Belgian ma
tional relief committee, announced
that he had sent the following message
to United States Senator William M.
Cald"~ - Washington, under date OF
NJ
II am shocked by reports that you
ha - IN investigation of the
statement that some American food
was sent to Belgium and northern
France in such bad condition that ii
poisoned my countrymen. How could
such lies be received seriously?
During four years of the German
occupation, l, myself, was head of the
organization which co-operated in Bel
gfum with the American relief COM
mission, l have had daily knowledge
of the quality, use and effect of the
precious food which saved my nation
and the lives of the people in the oc-
cupied parts of France. / bitterly re-
sent and my countrymen are filled
with sorrow that responsible men
should lend their ears to detestable
slander against Americans who gave
us four years of their life, strength
and talent"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-07
Volunteers and Ailtia, After Sup.
porting Government, Go Over
to SpartaCanS.
MANY KILLED IN BERLIN
Won Hindenburg Declares Plans OF
Allies to Give German lnheri-~
tance" to Poland Will
Be Blasted.

Berlin, March THE volunteer ma
rine division and a portion of the re-
publican militia, which have been sup
porting the government. have gone
over to the spartacans.
Berlin, March THE military situa-
tion on the eastern front is painted in
blacklist colors by Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg in an interview printed
here. He declares that unless the
population generally rallies TO the de-
tense of their homes and families it
will be impossible to ward off attacks
by bolsheviki hordes.
The expectations of the Poles and
the Entente that the Poles will sue
ceed to the German inheritance in the
east will be blasted he says. Il know
the Poles and the country in the east
will belong either to us or to the boil
sheviki"
Spartacan Failures Claimed.
The strike situation in central Ger
many is unchanged and a renewed ef-
fort by the spartacans to secure the
proclamation of a general strike at
Dresden and Magdeburg has failed.
Normal conditions have been re-
stored at Halle where the railway sta
tion was found stocked with supplies
of food. clothing and other commodi-
ties which had been Communicated by
the spartacans. At Leipzig the general
strike of citizens as counter action
against the industrial walkout is still
going on and threatens to complicate
the situation.
Berlin Battling Ended by Truce.
Copenhagen, March Both the
spartacans and the government forces
lost large number killed in fighting
before police headquarters in the Alex
ander Platz. according to Berlin dis
patch to the Politiken. The fighting
finally was ended by negotiation.
An account of the fighting given in
a Berlin telegram says that the crowds
before the police headquarters in Alex
ander Platz assumed a threatening
character so that the square had to be
continually cleared by government
troops.
Early in the afternoon the sparta
cans made an effort to smash the door
OF the headquarters by using hand
Grenades. This attack was accom-.
panied by general firing against the
building from surrounding houses And
streets, the government troops reply
ing from the headquarters. About SO
civilians and sailors tried to storm a
building in al side street where the gov.
ernment had stationed artillery, but
were repulsed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-07
Secretary Glass Abandons Plan
to Fund Allied Obligations
in United States.
REMAIN IN TREASURY
the American Government, viii
Not Be Placed On the,
Open Market.

New York, March New York
bankers have been advised that Sec
retary of the Treasury Glass has def
nitely abandoned his lplan to fund the
Allied obligations. held by the United
States and sell the securities, bearing
the guarantee of the American govern
ment, in the open market
The plan has been abandoned by
the treasury, it was learned in Wall
Street, because it was found by the
secretary after a careful survey of the
situation that the unloading of such a
huge mass of high interest bearing
securities in the open market would
demoraliZe the whole investment struc-
ture, resulting in serious depreciation
in the valuation of investments car
ried by savings banks and other SINH
lar institutions.
interest Rate High.
AS proposed, the plan would entail
the issuance of new foreign govern
ment securities in small denomina-
tions to the amount of the obligations
held in the treasury against the ad-
vances made to the Allied nations.
These securities would bear the guar
antee of the United States, both as to
principal and interest. The rate OF
interest on such securities, the bank
ers have said, would have to be more
than per cent, and probably around
51a per cent.
If. as has been proposed, the total
Allied debt to the United States gov
ernment were refunded in this fashion
1t would mean the issuance of approx
mately $S,675, 100000 of new securi-
ties. This amount, the bankers have
told the treasury, could not be abb
sorbed by the investment market with
out causing the liquidation of huge
amounts of outstanding corporate Sc
curities held by investors, who would
see the advantage of selling the same
and buying the new foreign securities
bearing the United States guarantee.
Obligations to Be Retained.
Bankers asserted that the only man
ner in which great mass of these
new securities could be sold would be
to extend the distribution over long
period of years. The abandonment of
the scheme by Secretary Glass, as in.
dicated by private advices from Wash.
ington, means that the obligations OF
the Allied nations will be held in the
treasury as at present, for the time
being at least.