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BELLA|RE SALOON KEEPER|S u'|il|l'l!E \
AN|RDEREDBY MANN|NGT0NIGlRRI
NHDG|VE5HERSELF UP To- POLICE
WILLIAM .BEMon JETFE1S y eIox5
DowH IN CROWDED SALOON ~, ~,
WHILE PEOPLE LOOK on. -!
Bullet Severed Artery m Nsck And
Caused Death-Love Affair 1A46 Z,
TO Be Tho Cause. -

William 'Beno'' Jeffers, one OF tho:
owners and proprietors Of the Aecca!
Saloon. located on Belmont street, BetS,
laire, Ohio. opposite the city building
was shot by woman who entere6 the
front door Of the saloon last night
about 9:15 o'clock, and passed away az
death being attributed to q severed ar.
terry, pierced by the bullet. The woman
who was later arrested and lodged in
the police station stated that her naino
was Miss Alice Afford. her age as rs
years and her residence a. Mannington,
w. Va. ~
She entered the front door Of the
saloon which was crowded with people
and said, Nov you --
you have treated me rotten long enough
and you are going 10 pay for 1t now"
She reached over the shoulder Of Rus
sell Patterson, who was standing In Tho
center Of the floor and fired one SHOT
from a 32-calibre revolver which lodged
in the neck Of Jeffers who was be-.
hind the bar. He was rushed to the
hospital in Grafton's ambulance and
died a short time later. DR.. D.. w,
Boone was in attendance when .she,
passed away.
NOEOHSIs Tydll, as HOll. al
Prosecutor w. T. Dixon was called and,
made IN Investigation. while posi-
mortem examination was made by Dfs.t
F. s. Wright, w. J. Shepherd and they,
rendered q verdict that death was
caused from hemorrhage from sever
ed artery. ,;sE:::s5sS
The deceased was we'll known and haE
been the proprietor on equal terms of
the saloon with James Turnbuil. He
had resided in Bcllaire for the sp<st.
three years, at the corner Of Noble aud
Thirty-firth streets. He was IS years
OF age and Is survived by a wife, onc.
child. mother and father and By :i1c,
brother. Frank Jeffers He was q .cuaI:
miner at one time and was also q talent.
cd musician and also belonged to- q
number Of lodges and fraternA 3ocfesI
ties. ~
According to, the officers Of the county.
and city. it Is said that the sir1 had.
been seen at different times entering.
the saloon through rear door and IL
Is thought that she Was on intinata;
terms with the man whom she kitlsdi
Funeral arrangements arc incomplete. 81
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tx perts
Up In the Air Over the Types
of Warships Now to Be
Constructed

W,SnINGTON. May 92.-Thc navy
general board took up today The task OF
formulating specific recommendations
~ to types Of capital ships congress
will be asked 10 authorize. Secretary
Daniels and his three chief technica! ad-
visers. Rear Adnrils Griffin. Taylor
and Earle were present 1T the board
meeting today 10 tell what they had
learned while in Europe ;uS 10 the direc-
ton naval development was taking
abroad.
The secretary said later that the dis
.,ussion WAS OF Il very general charac-
ter. rs opinion in naval circles abroad
was found To b.: in Il state Of iiuH. There
is no clear trend in ship development,
the secretary Snid. and many differing
opinions prevail as la the direction ii
should take In England the officers
found a disposition IL await the out
come of the Paris peace conference. and
no additional capital ships were being
laid down. Three ships similar 10 the
new British composite battlcShip and
battle cruiser. the Hood, have been torn
up and all work done on them sacrific-
I'D. This did not mean. the American
officers wcrc told, that tho type lad
been disapprovcd. but merely that tho
whole naval policy OF Great Britain was
at present ST. problematical that III"
completing Of these three s40.000,000
vessels did not seem warranted.
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attacked and driven out in the evening.
Before I left Allenby he told me he hao
great hopes Of succeeding the next da5.
I remember watching some OF his Fsh'-
ing from an artillery observation post
established in a very roughly CONSTRUCT
ed hayloft. through the rotten moor OIL
which VIC wcr" nearly precipitated some
twenty feet to the ground.
'On my way back came TO inc heao-
quarters of III" Third Corps. They were
getting on fairly well and had maoe
some progress. but they had not yet
taken Armenticres.
On this. day, tho Second corps was
able 70 move forward with slight oppo-
sitton TO the line Giv"nchy-noFth~es'
OF Aubcrs.
or the Fourth Corps. the Seventh d.
vision occupied the line Houthem-
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Senator Johnson's Resolution
For Text Of the Treaty
Plunges Senate Into Parti-
san Battle That Will Be Con-
inued Monday

WASHINGTON. May 23.-The peace
treaty with its league Of nations cove
nant was debated for three hours IN the
senate today and at adjournment 'he
resolution which furnished the VehlcIe
for tho discussion went over as ua-
finished business TO como UP again when
the senate rcconvcnes Monday.
The resolution merely calls on inc
State department TO furnish the senate
with the complete text Of the treaty Dull
as the debate progressed. discussion
shifted to the merits Of the league ana
treaty themselves. A dozen senators IN
Guiding the leaders IN both sides, were
drawn into the discussion and sharp
exchanges rrcsaErd the bitterness o.
the fight that H. TO come when the treaty
actually comes up for ratification.
Opponents Of the treaty in its pres
ent form lined up generally tor 'he
resolution and those supporting the
treaty draft led the opposition. Thcre
was no attempt to reach vote. now
ever. and some senators predicted II
would be several days before The pre-
llminary skirmish of tho treaty hgh'
would come to n decision. The leaders
both for and against apparently arc
feeling their way carefully.
Johnson's Opening Gun
Senator johnson, of California. Rr'
publican, author OF the resolution, start
cd the debate today. with short speech
charging that tho treaty supporters hao
something to conceal" This assertion
drew an indignant reply from Senator
Hitchcock. of Nebraska. ranking Demo
(Contiuued on Page Two.)
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MOONSH|NER IS
KILLED.; REVENUE
MAN WOUNDED
IN Bic Dat TIE
BFuefield Region, Over the Vlr-
ginia Line, Scene Of Desper-
ate Clash Between State and
Federal Officers and Alleg-
ed Illicit Dishllers

R1uEY1E1D, ". va, a1ay a.
On, alleged rtoonshtner has
bee, tilled and 1nternA ReVenue
Agent Robert Gardasr has been
aa,iously wounded and another IL
liot. dtstnlsr ts reported mortaAy
wounned m q night between 1ed-
eral and state agents and moon
sinners several miles from Wise
courthouse, Virginia. Tho con-
1tct started when tie officers NJ
te1upted to raid Ito stu yesterday
morning, and 1ate tonight stu WAS
IN progreES-
rhs scene Of the light L. Ear up
IN ths mountains 1-om Wise Conrt-
nous> and tho only uneons Of COM
,,,uuication for many miles IL by
carrier. II IS Known, however, that
tn, officers sT2rsed after tho stl,
which reports hero state IL On the
property Of . n1an named Mnuens.
rsSov were quite q distance from
tnetr goal when they were at
tackled from ambush. Sight revenue
ac-ent. and state officers were in
the party and they thought they
soou could overpower tho assatl-
Bullets rained thick and 1ast
around the officers, Gardner, who
was brought hero for medical at
tertcn tonight, stated. The off
csrs weee powsrless, he said, ana
could answer tho uoonSedners nre
only by guessing Is to their 1ocsa-
ton. This continued for several
hours, Gardner said %hen he 1en
with q bullet through his neck and
ono In the lett shoulder.
The officers remained on the scene
throughout the night, and the bat
ito was resumed at daylight this
morning. Ear1y today It Was es-
tablisnsd that a rnSu named Mrl-
lens was killed. whether he IS tho
owner Of the still Is unknown.
>rnere are several families Of that
'nalre In the section Reports
reaching hare BY travellers from
wise Courthouse state q second
moonShtaer has been Inoreally
wounded.
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Special Dispatch to The lntelIi9eneer
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 23.-
General Kerr, when seen by The In
telIioencer correspondent at the war
department late today, stated the
Following facts about the three alrtil-
Iery regiments of West Virsinlans.
now nearing home shores aboard
the United States transport ZePpe-
lin, due to arrive at Newport news,
Va, next Tuesday. w
The three regiments, a13th, a14th
and 315th Field Artillery Of the
Eiohtieth or ."BIue Ridge" division,
will be detained at Newport News
no LONGER than absolutely necessary
to transact the usual preIinnaries,
to complete which requires ordina-
riIy from four to six days. Then all
three regiments will be sent to
Camp Sherman, chiIIicothe, Ohio,
where they will be mustered out
The war department knows
nothing of any plan to transport
the arrived troops to Richmond,
Va, for the purpose Of parade and
review, and General Kerr has no
idea that such a plan will later be
adopted. He has heard nothing
about that The publication in west
Virginia newspapers that that would
be done was, therefore, without
official authorization.
cHAs. BROOKS SMITH.
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Ornne Phases Of the First Battle Of Ype Graphically Described by Lord French

17th. and orders were sent 10 Rawlin-
son to move on unh attack that place
on the 18th. He did not. however.
march. Tho embargo ] had laid upon
him as to his left flank was. perhaps, a
sufficient justincation: but II have
always regretted that the cavalry did
no, gci this very necessary support on
the 18th. which might possibly have So
cured 10 US the line Of the L!s from
Mcnin upward.
do not imputn blame for this In the
commander nt III. Fourth Corps. SUCH
instances Of disregard of orders occur II
every campaign Only when tho full
history nf tho war is known. and all IN"
cards arc LAID on the table. can a. right
jud cment hc formed.
Nothing impressed me so much with
The increasing power ard weight Of iha
cterlys' opposition as mSswn ,persstn
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Gheluvelt-St. Julien in touch witt
German outposts.
The Third cavalry division moved to-
wards Roulers, and was slightly cnGaG'
cd with the enemy in forest Of Houth'
oulst. In the evening they occupied the
line cke--Westrooscbckr.
Reports pointed to On increasing hos
tile advance centered on Thourout.
My ideas as TO an earnest offensive or
our part were 40 far modified by what
had seen and heard that sent Wilson
to Foch expressing my conviction that We
could not hope to advance cast on tho
lines which we had discussed on tho
1eth until our left was cleared. Ar
offensive on that flank was tho only
move open to US. This. If successful
would drive the enemy back from
Bruges, md possibly clear Client.
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PARIS. May 23.-Gernany' economic
status under tho terms Of the peace
treaty is the result of her own behavior,
particular!y through the ruthless sub
marine warfare. the allied and associated
council informed Count Won BrockdorH-
Rantzau, IN answer to his note on the
economic ,e:estions. The allied answer
which was made public today with tho
,ext Of tn. German note. is negative. IL
points out that the German plea is cXaE-
rera1ed and ignores the fundamental
considerations which led to the imposl-
tion Of the terms
The loss To world shipping through
the German submarine campaign. 1t Is
declared in the reply, was nearly thirteen
million tons The allies propose to
make Germany repay only four million
tons. Responsibility for this shortage
in shipping is placed directly on Ger
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inghcm- -Prrmcsques-H -Houplncs. after an
excellent advance for which PultcneF
deserved great credit
Or the left Of the Second Corps inc
Third Division had made soma advance
TO the line Lorgirs-He Tho F1fth
Division on the right WAS up against
Ia RaSscc. but could make no further
hcadway. 1t was 4 most formidable
stronghold.
Tho cavalry wcrr watching tho River
I.vS to Mrnin.
As Ia The Fourth Corps. d0uh'l"SS
RawlInS0n was restricted by the war;
ing I had given him and was naturally
somewhat anxious about his left finnk
His troops made but little progress to-
ward tho objective assigned /" Them.
I have good reasons To tEtnk that
Menin was very weakly occupied on INC
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u. S. May Take Mandate
For COnStantinOpIG

PARTS. Thursday. hfay z2.-Henry
Morgenthau, former American ambas-
sador to Turkey. has submitted memo.
randun to President Wilson concerning
the proposal that the United States
should become mandatory for CONSTANT
nople. It Is understood that he favors
the inclusion OF Cons stantinoplc. Anato-
liza and Armenia under one mandate as
being advantageous for adverse pur-
poses by combining 4 largo section of
northern Asia Minor under one central
administration.
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was anxious 10 know what support Foch
could give me in the north. l told Will
son 10 assure Foch that the Second ana
Third corps. as we'll aa the cavalry
would continue their endcavor to mako
headway east, so far as circumstances
permitted.
Foch replied that he had already Two
territorial divisions and two cavalry d.
visions besides some six or seven
thousand marines. on the User. He
could have another regular division
there either by the 22d or the Esd, ana
nc would then advance with all the
forces at his disposal. in support of my
left, and clear the country as FAR as
Ostend and Brugcs.
BY the night Of the 18th the Third
rorps had captured Bois Grcnicr and
Armcntfcrcs. and were on the line Rad
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Sighted Hawker in Mid :
Atlantic Last Monday

LONDON, May 23-The cable ship
Faraday reports that 1t sighted the reo
Light Of an airplane during the early
hours of Monday at SO degrees. sS
Minutes north latitude and 80 degrees
west longitude. approximately midway
between England and Newfoundland
and IN the course which would nave
been followed by Harry G. Hawker III
his attempted Fight between the Amcrl'
can continent and Ireland
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HINES ORDERS 100000 TONS Of
RA|L9A MAKERS TERMS, BUT
WITH D|SAPPROVAL EXPRESSED

disapproval OF the prices and the man.
nrr in which they were established.
The price submitted by all of the bid
drrs was announced by Director Hines
as Si1 Il ton. which is tho exact price
agreed upon for such rails by the steel
manufacturers and the industrial board.
Tho companies submitting bids were
Carnegie Steel Company. Illinois steel
Company. Tcnn3Ss"c Coal and Iron Com
many, Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
Bethlehem steel Company and Lacka-
wanna Steel Company.
III his recent "rlnon holding the price
Continued on Page Two.)
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WASHINGTON. May 23,--Ordcrs for
oG1. 900 tons OF open hearth rails have
been placed by the railroad administra-
tirn. with six steel comnanieS which IN
response for request for bids. quoted
uniformly n price based OH the agree
mont between Tho steel interests and the
recently dissolved board Of the depart
mont nf commerce.
Director General Hines. whose refusal
10 abide NY tho agreement was an in
flurniial factor in tho dissolution Of the
indual rial board in announcing tho or
dcrs fortnight. said they wcr" placed
under protest" and with the "rmphatlc
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experience on the afternoon Of the 11$th:
when went Into Armentiepes 10 Try aHl'
study the s.luatia,: with a view to e93ls'
mating future possibilities. 4 good o<ns5
look was afforded from sone high bgtln.z
tngs on the eastern e6So OF this ptsS
The towr was being heavily ahclle6, md;
the way in which large baiidiDGs veHs
he.nS smashed and tuned into r1iinFi
proved that prpise.:!cs CT large caliheA
wcr" .a!!!nE. and .h&. G cohstdeFAA3d
forge ni heavy artillery WIS., therefore,
IN .c.Icr asniun, the fouE- II VAS :cvt.l
dent .snt rs.xrrfui seintorcenenJk TeNs
coming ;.p 20 ih.' "ntrS. ;:ii,i
rt4..i, ch:% sc:c:'narn in AfyD4
very v,vidIy, !srTnEnticres has = 11ANHS
fncturlns inpuss:ian and the day betH&s
Sunday every "nc was wearing hso be1t:
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PROBE GERMAN
ARMY ACTIVITY

PAE1S. May 2a. (By Tho Assoctatod
Press>-The council of foreign min
tSters had an extended and varied
program for today's' sessions The
questions for consideration included
the restitution Of Belgian archives
stolc- by tho Germans, tho military
situstion created by the German army
in Slesta, the reports OF tho Baltic
commissions on tho problem Of the
Harat Of Temsvar and the status OF
Ruthenians tr Hungary.
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PARIS, May o%.-(French
Wireless Servicc.) - Reports
were in circulation in peace con-
ference circles Thursday that
Count Won Observation-Disclosures
was NOT satisfied with thr delay
Of one week granted the German
delegation in which to make its
answer 20 the peace treaty. and
that he bad asked for an addi-
tional week. 1t was said officially
today. however. that the Germans
had not asked for any further
delay.
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MANY TEooFS COME

NEW YORK. May "2-With nearly
sim former National guard Of III llinoisl
and the 25th enKincrrs. less company c
and casuass. in all 5.i72 troops including
lSs nurSes--the steamship kalser1n
Auguste Victoria arrived here To-Day
from Brest. Travelling as casuals were
lieutenant General Robert l.. Bullard
and Rrigadier General Herman Hall.
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CAPTAIN Chamberlain
Has Been Acquitted

LONDON. May 22--CRy The Associ-
a,nT - rrrssS-It is unofficia}ly reported
that the court martial which has been
trying Captain Edmond q. Chamberlain.
Of San Antonio. Texas. the aviator who
claimed TO have performed many thrill
inr exploits over tho German lines has
acouittcd him of the nrst charge Of
perjury and forgery. rho vote on III"
iirst specification is understood 10 hay"
been seven to on" and on the Scrond
specification solidly in chamberlain
favor.
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THOUSAND
PRISONERS AND MANY
GUNS TAKEN BY The
N0N-bOL LSHEVIk ARMY
THOUSANDS SURRENDER,
TURN ON COMRADES
Petrograd 'Keds, 100000
Strong, viii Defend City
Against Attack
EVACUATING THE
CITY OF MOSCOW

LONDON. May 23.-The oper-
atiens of non-Bolshevik forces
against Petrograd are having
great and rapid success, accord
ing to various reports received
here from Helsingfors. The cor
respondent of the Daily Mail at
the Finnish. capital says that the
Bolshevik resistance seems TO be
broken and that they have lost
several thousand prisoners and
thirty guns, A great number OF
machine guns and five armored
trains also were captured.
4 North Russia corps cooper
ating with the Esthonians sue
cessfully attacked the Bolshvik
position at the Gatchina railroad
station (thirty-fve miles south OF
Petrograd).
Thousands of Bolshevik soldiers
in the Gatchina area and in the
coast region west of Petrograd,
who surrendered with their arms
and ammunition, the correspond
ent adds, subsequently, joined in
the attacks on their former COM
rades.
1t is repSrted in Helsingfors
from, Petrograd that the Boil
sheviki are prepared to defend
the city and that all the work
men have been armed. The de-
tenders are said to number
100000.
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TEE wEATEER..

WASHINGTON, May 2a-Forecast:
We9tarn Pennsyfvanta and Ohio
Partly cloudy with local showers Satrlr-
day and probably Sunday.
West vtrg1nin-Partly cloudy with
local showers Saturday and probably on
Sunday; moderate temperature.
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Nv yield 1earrhal viseouns French, OF
vtrcs, L p. o. IL, etc., Copyright 1913
By rne Gew York Herald co. EeEaa
tered IN canada In accordance With the
eopyr.gh sr. Copyrighted In Great
Britain. Copyright 1919 BY Houghto1-
Mtfltu c.
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Twerty-sixth Instalment

On the 1th went out to sec the cav
airy. Thc.5ay WAS wet and misty. and
it was alrrkt impossible to get arn'ierS
Tho Fir and Second cavalry dif'-
esons fouAA all day to gain tho pass
axc Of ttE&ys from Warncton to CO.
mines. bN&';thout success.
The SeesdAcavalry division gained
footing IN ENknaton, but. was counter
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NC-4 Cannot Start
Before Tomorrow

PoHTA DELGADA, My %, CBy
the Associated Press.)-Lieutenant
Commander A. C. Read o. 9. H.,
announced tonight that strong
easterly winds Off the coast Of Por-
eugal would prevent his starting In
the seaplane Nc-4 for the flight to
Lisbon before daybreak Sunday.
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All of The soth On The way

speciaI Dispatch To The 1ntclligencer.
CHARIESTON, w. Va. May 23-Prac.
,icoliy tho. entire EiEhticth division OF
the national army. which saw some OF
the hardest lighting In the Argonne and
ST. Mihicl sectors Of France Just pre-.
yiouS To tho signing Of the armistice last
November has now sailed from France,
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LONDON. May 19.-Gene-al Maynard
commanding the allied forces on the
MIumansk front in Russia has removed
hts headquarters 400 miles southwark
on the Murnansk coast to KEN. on the
White sea at the mouth Of the KEN
river. according to Reuters correspond
ent with the British Murmansk erpedi-
ton.
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LONDON. May 33.-The Bolsheviki
have begun the evacuation Of Moscow.
according to reports brought from Pet
rograd TO Copenhagen by travellers and
forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph
company. Typhus is raging in Moscow
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BITTER ATTACK IN THE PEACE
TREATY AND NATIONS LEAGUE

and tho sttuation there Is considered
desperate.
The railway lines between number
Of places in central Russia have been
dtsrnautled. tho reports say, m order 10
Improve rlain hne service out OF MOS
COW