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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-23

PlTTSBl' RCIH. Aug. 22.--B"bby Jones.
the lT-yrar-nld phcnom Of Atlanta. or
:. Davidson HERON Of this city will be
the 1871? national amateur golf cham
pion before shutdown tomorrow. The
pair, tho solo survivors of rhc 1856 start
Crs in the tw'1lty-third utular tourna-
m"nt Of IN" /. s. g. A., which began AT
the Oakmunt club last Saturday. won
their way L. tho final round by defeat
ing We. Fnwncs, Jr.. Of Pittsburgh and
!. Wood l'latt of Philadelphia, rcspcc-
lively. her" late this afternoon. Jones
won from Fowncs tivc up and three TO
play. while Heron took Platts Soliing
measure seven To six.
Not in the history Of American golf
has the championship ever been fought
ou, in the final round by two such
youthful opponents of tho ancient and
honorable game. Jones. VIII" is playing
from tn" Atlanta Athletic club. is yet 10
So" his eighteenth birthday. while Her
ron Is bat a year or two past hiS ma
jorI,y. Neither has ever heretofore fig
urcd :" prominently in "A struggle for n
premier golf It'll" Of the country. al
though Jones won tho southern cham
pi"nShip in 1917 when but few month";
past 10.
Heron. however. has the almost
unanimous backing Of the oakmont club
members tonight. who are laying even
money on him. although il is admitted
that he has never played golf over the
club course except on Saturdays and
Sundays until the first OF August. Then
tho firm by which he is employed. learn
ing that he had entered the champion
ship tournament, told him to take a
month on and see what he could do. This
and his golf play while q student at
Princeton comprises virtually all the
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Efforts were made by both Rcpubll-
cans and Democrats to have the amend
mcnt's provisions cover necessities
other than those included in the amend
ment as reported by the agricultural!
committee. Inclusion Of kerosene ana
gasoline was proposed by Representative
Strong. Republican. Kansas. who sad
the prices OF these products had increaS-
ed three hundred percent in the last two
years. but his amendment was respected
by : close vote while that OF Republican
Representative Newton. OF Minnesota. 10
include raw cotton. was eliminated on a
point Of order by Representative Blan'
ton. Democrat. Texas.
Attempts TO bring farmers and farm
organizations within the Jurisdiction OF
the amendment also was blocked.
Recommendations Of Attorney General
Palmer to include retailers doing busl-
ness Of less than 100000 under the
profiteering section so that the depart
ment Of justice might go after the lit
tie ones were included in the measure
as passed.
Five hours Of general debate preceded
passage of the mcasure-thc first leg
islativc step in carrying out tho reconi-
mendations OF President Wilson in his
recent address to congress on the high
Cost uk IlNIIlS WIG i$'eNN Wv Va 49,
storage bill. modelled on the New Jersey
act recommended to congress by the
, President as worthy Of pattcrininG after
V ould be reported to the house next
week.
Debate today consisted largely in at
tacks and defense Of the ADM Illustration,
Republicans asserting that tho Demo-
Gratis with mastery inactivity" had
avoided any discussion or remedies for
the high cost OF living and Democrats
charging that Republicans had been
busy playing politics mindful Of COM
, ing elections.
Representative Rodcnburg. Republi-
Cau. Illinois. opening discussion on the
measure. critic zcd President Wilson's
feeble Ctorts 10 establish some sort M
connection between the present high
cost Of living an Il the Lcagu" Of Ma
lions" end said that The President $
mind for The last min" months has conf
pletcly been absorbed b. the idea or the
League OF Nations"
III there was q famine in China. the
Illinois member continued. "A drought
in India. p flood in tn" Mississippi val
lev. IN earthquake in Porto Rico, VOL
Canic eruption in Central America. or An
epidemic Of spinat meningitis in New
York city, the President by a process or
reasoning that satisfies himself at least
has convinced himself that the sole con-
tributing cause was the failure Of the
League Of Nations"
Representative Heflin. Democrat Ala
bama charged that Republican opposition
70 the League Of Nations had become so
pronounced that the chaplain OF the
house was mot permitted 10 pray for
acceptance Of the League Of Nations"
He said tho chaplain had Offered such
prayer. and "sincc then his lips have
been sealed by a high member of the
Republican party
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CONTINUED on Page Two.)

take away the packers refrigerator carr
Lynn added. were as unreasonable as
proposals To tax" away packers butcher
knives"
G. r. caldwell. for the Mnulrro. Ga .
chamber Of commerce. also spoke for q
delegation.
'W".N' got Swift and company down
thor" and they've helped NOR" than any
thlug, els" /" get our farmers Ia div"rsl.
T." a.. said. "rh" liv" stock business
needs their national distribution"
". g. N"r'"n. also Of M"ultrc. rein
forced CALDWELL
Il Just want To say 10 tn" committee
that III not put much faith mys,lf in
lhc reports Of Ia" federal trad" commas
SION" h" said. "Thry have rr"judiccd
men making Their Investigations Three
of them w"r" down at MouItr" last
week and III talking about prices to
farmers paid Swift and company a
compliment. and tn" response got
showed they hadn't open minds
II. II. Bergman. for the Missouri car
lot egg and poultry shippers, expressed
objection 1" tn" licensing system pro-
posed in the Kenyon bill. War expert
ence with licensing. he said, had not
made the produce dealers like 1t.
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WASHINGTON. Aur 22-F"dc~al
regulation OF the packing industry. pro-
posed in tho Kenyon and k"ndr."k hillS
now on hearing hcfor" tn" sonat" agriCul-
tural committee. found neither friend
nor advocates in the long list Of Wit
ncasrS who aired their VIEWS today.
Most Of those tcstifyjng cam" from
points all tn" way between Missouri @nI
Georgia. and their occupations ran In"
gamut from farmer. through feeders.
Stockers. retail butchers and dealers In
produce and while their np.niunS aS To
tho reasons aud responsibility of high
cost Of living w"r" divers" and "CCa-
sionally most f"rCIhly put, ih. packers
all insisted. should y" Let alone. Inter
ference with them. IN" tenor # tn"
statements ran. would be dangerous to
the consumer and everybody else.
we've had governmental control %
railroads. and telephones am! tcle-
graphs. until were pluUh worn out and
don't want any more" W T. Carpenter.
stock feeder OF Tarkiu. Missouri. as
surcd the committee.
TINS in favor Of tho man who can
produce the cheapest going ahead as
far as he can. That's the way to cut
down the cost of living"
Thomas Dunn, st. Louis meat deal
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AV|ATORS AND TROOPERS SEARCH
FOR THE MISSING j. {. A|RNEN

Diego with his mother.
Lieutenant Z. X. Fox Of Rockwell field
misunderstood u conversation in tho Of
flee Of Colonel Hanlun. h"lG rommaud-
ant. today and notified Miss Georgia
Waterhousc that her brother. Lieutenant
F.. r. Wat"rhouS". and Lieutenant &. II.
Connolly. missing aviators. had hccu
found by Mexican cavalry patrol
Colonel Hanlon later declared no word
had been received at Rockwell field con-
corning either pilot.
Twenty powerful! airplan"% in addition
10 tn" machines now ont in search for
IN" missing avlatOrs ar" being held at
Rockwell field to start whenever they
may be required. Every machine is sup
piled with ammunition. and crews are
standing by in readiness for instant
leave.
One report. at variance with tho gen.
orally accepted report that the missing
men were last seen over Jacqumba On
Wednesday evening. is that man aR1
a boy saw two airplancs over the desert
south Of Calexico on Wednesday even
ing. and that the engines of one or both
planes were sputterins as though giving
trouble.
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SAN DIEGO. Cal. Aug. 22.--Am"rican
aviators and troopers. adcH by Mexican
troops, searched in vain today for Lieu
tenants +. g. Watcrhousc and =. II. Con-
nelly. army avia'ors. who wcr" last seen
on Wednesday when they lCtt Yuma.
Arizona on a return trip 70 Rockwell
field. near here. They were on border
patrol duty,
The search is being made over a strip
Of land extending southwark from the
Mexican border and reaching approNi-
mately $50 miles across from the Pacific
ocean TO the Gulf Of California. \ high
mountain rang" bis"cts it north and
south. All tn" country is Wild. cx-
tremcly rugged. sparscly Inhabited and
much Of It is heavily timbcrcd.
The airplancs from Rockwell field
severed the principal side of the Mexi-
can territory and other patrols worked
out of CaIeNico on the eastern side or
the mountain. The radio telephone and
telegraph services were used in the
search. and were augmented b. carrier
pigeons.
Lieutenant Warehouse OF Weiser.
Idaho lived here with his sister, and
Lieutenant Connolly resided in San
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-23
BEGIN WORK ON
RESERVATIONS
PEACE TREATY NOW
WILL BE EXPEDITED
Belief Grows That the Peace
Pact May Reach Vote
Coming Week

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-In a deter
mined effort to report the peace treaty
before the end Of next week, the senate
foreign relations committee suddenly in
tCrrupted its public hearings today and
arranged 10 go to work tomorrow on
proposed amendments and reservations.
Although ono witness will be heard
Monday members thought that might
be the last hearing before the treaty
was reported. |, VS. indicated that the
waiting list Of others who arc TO appear
later would not b. permitted "a stand
in the way Of an carly report.
senator Hitchcock. of Nebraska. the
Democratic leader. declared his belief
that the report would BE- laid before the
senate during the coming week and as
s. rted that he he'd been assured the Re-
publlcans would cooperate 70 that end.
Some Rcpu blican members agreed with
his prediction. but Cha rman Lodge de-
clincd 10 say when nc thought the CON-
mittce would act.
Late today plans TO expedite tho COL
sheraton of amendments vas discussed
at conference Of Republican mem
bers OF the committee. and they Will so
over the subject again tomorrow morn
ing before the committee session begins.
II Is likely that among tho firsl
ing to STRIKE out or modify the articles
giving Japan control OF Shantung prov
ince. China.
The story Of the negotiations result
ing in the Shantung provision was told
to the comrRtrr Today b. Professor f.
T. Williams. who was technical adviser
TO the American peace delegation. H.
SAID he had strongly objected ~ tn"
settlement reached and thought IN" AM
erican delegates should not have assent
cd 10 IT,
During the day there was more deoat"
on the treaty In the senate. Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Colorado. criticisi1S
the provision for an International labor
organization and Senator Fall. Republ'-
can. New Mexico. taking exception &c
information given the committee b.
President Wilson regarding the resump'
ton Of trade with Germany.
Although he r"fra!ncd from saying
whether he would vote for the treaty.
Senator Thomas expressed grave doub'
AS to the wisdom of theNlRbor prorisions
and said there were articles in the labor
section which seemed TO violate the Am
erican constitution BY delcgating l"g!S-
Iative and judicial functions TO internal
tIonal bodies.
Senator F-lF referring TO statement
by the President that so far as he knew
the United States was not trading with
Germany. declared there had been suS-
pension Of the trading with the cnemE
Get which could be effected only by
presidential authority and that merchant
vessels were sailing direct between Ara
Crican and German pots. The eNpor.
trade TO Germany in June he sal j.
amounted TO Ss.000.0O0.
No explanation was made of IN" Co
ession to begin work on amendments al
once in tho committee but it il known
TO have been reached after Democratic
members had renewed their request for
carly action and after some Of the Re-
publican senators not on the commlttc"
had expressed strong dsapproval OF de
laying . report To- hear the additional
witnesses summoned yesterday.
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1000
American Troops to Re-
main in Germany After
September 30th.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Americae
forces which will remain in Germany
after September 30 are the Eighth IN.
fantry. Seventh machine gun battalion.
Second battalion of the sixth fieid AZ
tillery. Thirty-ffth field signal battAls
ion. First supply train, First mobile ore.
nance repair shop. Company A Of che
First engineers. Field hospital NO. II
and Ambulance company No. Is. THU
was announced today by the war De.
partment. Me-
The aggregate strength Of these untts
will be nearly 1000 officers and metL
The infantry regiment comprises $500,
, tho machine gun battalion IT'S. the 81
tillery $50 and the engineers II $50,
giving a total complaint strength ~
$500. -st
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SAYS
PLUMB PLAN IS
BOLSHEv|ST|C
Asserts Railroads Must Have
Higher Rates Before They
Are Taken Over

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Prirato
cd at existing rates, Robert S. Lovett.
president of the Union Pacific railroad,
today told the house interstate COM
mcrcc committee during a discussion in
which he contcndcd the railroad problem
rs solely question Of railroad credit.
Howard Elliott, president of the Nor
thcrn Pacific. another witness. urged
carly adoption of national tranSporta-
ton policy. declaring delay only tended
to make "all classes uncertain and IN
settled"
In adoption Of the transportation poll
icy he thought congress should observe
! four principles. as follows:
Government regulatory machinery 10
encourage the present transportation
system so that rates will pay all costs,
including new capital needed for eXpan-
4, sion of facilities. abandonment OF pres
cnt method Of adjusting wage and work
! ing disputes. with substitution of
| sane method Of decreasing these qucs-
, TONS" including abolishmrnt OF strikes
! modification OF the Sherman law TO per-
/ nit consultations and making OF fed
eral authority supreme in regulating
/ rates, securities and accounts. Railroads
J should have the right to initiate rates
, Mr.. Elliott argued adding that the in.
! tcrStatc commerce commission should
| have the right Of suspension and review.
: Both Judge Lowctt and Mr.. Elliott
, urged the adoption Of the reorganization
plan of tho association of railway eNccu-
iiycs including provision for federal
transportation board. representing the
public. TO aid tho interstate commission.
Referring to the Plumb. or organized
labor plan for triparti;c control OF the
railroads, Judge Lovctt said:
1T is rather bold move OF the
: American Rolshcvists to take first for
: RuSsianization the one industry that az
! fcCts all tho people,
! Railroad employees. he added do NOT
understand the Plumb proposal. but
when they do "lhcy will rcpudiatc and
. refuse 10 support 1t.
: III railroads were turned back ia
their owners today under existing condi'
tons" declared Judge Lnvctt. III is not
too much To say that half Of tho roads
would go into bankruptcy and tho div!'
dcnd paying roads would have to reduce
their dividend payments"
! Wage increases without pronOrtionato
! increase of rates would be disastrous,
! Judge LovCtt asserted. adding 1T is ut
tcrly impossible To cnfrsider the private
3 owners taking over tn" railroads and
operating them ut tn" present rates" He
: offered two solutions: One. to raise the
! rates; tho other. pay the loss from the
! federal treasury.
! Under private operation. Judge Lovctt
! said in reply To Representative Rayburn.
! Democrat. Texas, the railroads could not
DC operated ANY moro economically
: than the government has"
! In arguing that credit was the sole
: question involved in INC railroad prob
; lem" judge T.ovctt said tho govern
mont did not propos" to guarantee inter-
/ est or dividends. but that il was tho
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-23
Town Oh
Nitro 1'1|I|
Be Sold
s7O,OOO,OOO INVESThlnU
IS TO BE SACRIFICE
Industries, Residences, CIV
Improvements, All Included
In The Sale 4

WASHINGTON, d. O., Aug. 94-xoe
town Of Nitro, West virginia, 49,
pleIs INDUSTRIAL community, s0MNNs
ing 1877 manufacturing buildings, heoos
ing Accommodations for 10000 pooDA4
and the utilities and civic tmD1ovOy
ments that constitute the convsa4saDoN
of a city, IL to be sold By the Wa1 -
partment ~ built by thP gove11
at = cost Of approximately tToyooVoS
Nitro II the Hte Of the second ~.
est smoksless powder plant ~
world. The bids, which must eov.
NOT only the powder plant ana -
other Industrial units which were OcoAe
ted to prepare the ingredients Of POM
der making, but the civic eonA,n1n
as we'll, to which the UAitoA Dtoeoo
also holds title, will be opened q -
O'Clock, September 80 ut the o2oo 81
the chairman Of the ordnance di0teet
salvage board, ITO Market StRoOl
Philadelphia
The industrial community Of NITRO
containing tho plants needed 70 Pro
cure powder, stretches for more thAN
four miles along the east bank o. -
Kanawha river. !,
Set on the foothills overlooking ~
Industrial area L. the civic COMMUNITY
more than 1900 furnished ,porA1ia
houses, homes Tor tho workms1, d
permanently constructed sxsoHtiNo
residences, hotels, boarding hoaoo0s
dormitortes, club houses, general ~
special stores, cafsterias, and moving
picture shows, . modern four hundred
bed hospital, . twsuty-four room school
house, large barracks and mess halls,
together with T. II. G. A. building AAA
recreation halls capable Of prov1diAa
posper housing and feeding fAcilttts1
for 5000 persons.
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duty Of congress to make rail invest.
mcnt so attractive as to induce priVHke
Investments that will secure the neceoe
sary development needed by the public
Pointing out the additional need ok
railroad facilities. the Union Pacific
president said:
IF the government itself Is not going
to furnish the money. then we must lqlA
to private individuals for IT. and not
only regard for their constitutions
rights. but good policy and common
honesty demand that they should be en-.
couraged and protected. instead Of made
the victims Of every half baked theory
that unthinking and immoral ignoraneD
can suggest" -
Government ownership was opposed
by Mr. Elliott. but Judge Lovett assuitt.
cd that the committee would not con.
slider it as the solution Of the rail prLb.
lem.
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PROBE
Of Alien Property Custo-
dams Administration
Now Proposed.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-lnvestlga.
tion of the office OF the alien property
custodian as administered by 4. Mitchell
Palmer and also by Francih =. Garyan'
the present custodian. was proposed IN a
resolution introduced late to-day by
Senator Calder. Of New York. ChhSid-
Grafton of the resolution was temporar-
lily postponed.
Under provisions Of the resolution
which was referred to the contingent
expenses committee OF which senator
Calder is chairman. the invchtigation
would he made without delay by SER
ate committee composed Of five members
authorized to examine and audit the ac-
counts of both Mr.. Palmer and Mr.. Gar
van. and investigate the administration
Of the office.
Senator Frelinghuysen. Republican,
New Jersey. who opposed Mr.. Palmer
nomination at attorney general plans 10
speak on the resolution tomorrow.
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May Reward Captain Matlack
For Saving Life of Comrade
PITTSBURGH CAR STRIKERS THROWN
OUT OF THEIR ORGANIZATION

C.Siun of III" national war labor board
a. {" Il wHg" increase.
The strikers nr" holding out for a
l2-c"niS-nI-h"ur increase. The war Ia
boz board recently granted thCm s.
cCntS.an-huur increase. Thu receivers
hay" Announced they will operate cars
next week. Accordingly. they have ad-
vert lscd FIR crews and have Informed
mon If ,h, LEGAL division who have tied
up trolley transportation her" since
August - that they Will h" given un-
til 10 II. IN. Monday TO return 10 work
or '"rsId,r them: clNcs discharged per-
manrully.
Tn" call fer mon cam" today follow
ing tho handing down Of n decision in
United S'at,s district court. saying the
receivers had fun authority to operate
tn" lines under all circumstances.
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PITTSBURGH Aug. @@.-StrikinG
mo,ormcn and conductors "f tn Pitts
burEh street Railway Company, COM
priSing Division S. Of ia" Am&lEamatcd
Association of Street and EirctriCal
Railway Employees 81 America. hay"
national organization. according 10 word
received tonight by the receivers If tn"
company from w. II. Mah"n. Detroit.
international president Of TN" "Ssocia-
ton.
This action followed tn" refusal yes
tcrday of the carmen % return 10 work.
after taking II referendum vet" n the
request IF the national ORGANIZATION rf-
flCcrS. who hay" urged ,hr mon In stand
by their agrccm' nj To ahd" hy The de-
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22-Tho
war department up to a late hour to-
day had taken no action toward halt
ing tho southwark advance OF the
Eighth cavalry troops through the
section below the Texas Big Bend dis
trict. while officials continued to
maintain silence regarding the scope
or secondary purpose Of the expedi-
ton, secretary Baker declared that SO
far AZ he knew, orders recalling the
force had not been sent.
The extreme reticcnce Of every state
ana war department Official led today
to tho report that the situation was
being handled directly from the
white House and that reports dealing
with both the military and diplomatic
features on receipt here are sent to
President Wilson.
Only dispatch giving fresh details
Of Captain Matlack's exploit in res
cuing Lieutenants Peterson and Da-
Svis, the army aviators, after paying
one ransom, came today from Major
General Dickman- according to Secre-
tary Baker, and thh- telegram later
was KILLED" by the commander Of
the southern department with the in
CONTINUED on PaE" TwO)
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Pursuit Of Lawless Gang By
Eighth Cavalry Continues
Danger Of Clash With
Carranza Troops Grows as
q. S. Troops Advance.

MARIA, Texas, Aug. 22.-A move
ment was started today by business
and cattle men Of the Big Bend dis
tr1ct to urge that Captain Leonard T.
Aatlack be awarded the congressional
medal Of honor for saving the life Of
Lieutenant Paul n. Davis, when he
rescued him from bandits last Mon
day night. Matlack made q statement
to General Dickman last night that
he heard tho bandits planning to am
bush himself and Davis and kill both
Gringoes." He then made q dash for
the river with Davis behind him on
horseback, he said.
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ONLY ONE ARRIVED.

PITTSBURGH. August 22.-Of the
nine acroplancs attached to tn" ALI
American Pathfndcrs." which left Mine
ola. l.. l.. August Is on its cnast-to-coast
flight and tour only on" arrived here to-
day. The remainder arc expected to ar
rive before daybrCak from points in
Eastern Pennsylvania. Tho exhibit Ia
composed Of motor trucks. an aerial
squadron. 4 Photographic unit. field
radio company and a searChlight unit.
The personnel is composed Of 90 officers
and 95 mon and is expected to reach the
Pacific coast some time next winter.
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DEVASTATING cLoUpBuRSr.

USIONTOWN. Pa. August 2z.-Rc-
tween 50 and 60 acres of land werc flood
cd by cloudburSt in the COnncllsvillc
coke region. near here. this morning.
Buildings were swept away. mines flood
CT. trees uprootcd and railroad tracks
washed out. Wires are down. but early
reports said n number of persons were
missing. believed To have been drowned.
The plants of the Republic Lumber COM
pany. at Herbert. was struck by light
ming and burned. The loss is estimated
at more than $lO0.OU0.