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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
LABOR MEN IN ].
PROGRESS FOR
WORLD LEAGUE
GOMPERS PRESIDES I.
AT THE CONFERENCE: y
s5s.,st se
Main Peace Conference Soon
to Complete League Of
Nation. Plans. ,5.

PARIS, Feb. 6.-The internAtfonal ~
Dor committee Of tho peace eonference,,
at a meeting today decided that Az;
states which are members Of socisey3
Of nations shall be members OF tho in.5
ternationaI labor legislation committee,
The meeting over which Samuel COM,
ners persided, drafted and adopted tne
first two articles of an internatlonA
convention on labor: tsNE
PARIS, Feb. 6.-An Official commune iltts.
ication issued today says:
"The president Of the United seAies:
tho orenriers and foreign ministers o!.
the allied and associated powers, ana,
Japan.s REPRESENTATIVES on February o.,
heard Prince. Feisal. who presented the
case Of the Arabs. -
"The commission on internatonal9ie:
bor legislation under the chairmAnsnip
~ Mr.. Gompers, also met. The commits!
sion commenced 4 detailed examtnAtton
of the draft Of convention which pro.
vides for the creation Of 4 genefS L or
ganization with view to securing tnS
progress Of international labor leS1siec
ton, Small states. member OF tne:
league of nations. would tneces earaiy %
members Of this organization The tMo
first articles Of the draft were adopted
The official communication issued
this afternoon says: :.
"The commission 5n the league OF;
nations held It's third meeting last night
Appreciable progress was made IN tne
consideration of tho draft. It was fnr.
ther unanimously agreed. in accordance
with the decision Of tho conference $et
the Quai d'orsay yesterday that rsprS.
sentatiyes Of C1echo-Slovakta, Greeoei
Poland and Rumania should be a1eod-
ated with the commission in it, dSiberAc
tions. ~,
In their second and third sessions
the commission have covered practically
one third Of their task They have DIP.
cussed those articles which deal with
the motives behind the formation OF .
league Of nations and tho oh3Sets
which would safeguard the constitution
Of its chief organs and the aualifIcatton1
for membership in the league: si,. 80 ~
while, the decisions Of tho commits
sion with regard to each article ara pro.
visional., many apparent; difficulties
have already been resolved and gensr-
Al ssr&einent ;h1s been ;reiched on the
principles which undhfife tho Hhele
draft. 1t is therefore TO 'be expsets3
that the remaining articles will ba-se
cred quickly "a ~. ,. :. - =, -. e..
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Looks Like Another
Outrage by: The Hun

PARIS. Feb. 6,-Two railway coaches.
recently handed over 10 France by Ger
many played Il most important part In u
puzzling accident on the Par.S- Metz rail-
way line last night in whica five per-
sons lost their lives. S.%-rcn persons
were injured.
Train Number a.. bound for Metz had
lust entered the tunnel al Nantcuil when
the passengers occupying the two
coaches began to experience trouble in
breathing and strong obnoxious gases
began 10 fill the cars.
The passengers smashed the windows
but as soon as fresh air came in con-
tact with tn, gases the coaches became
a mass of fire. The passengers fled 10
the tracks in the dark tunnel. A train
going in the opposite direction crashed
into them and five were killed.
Of the sixteen injured. all Of whom
were treated at the hosnital at Chateau
Thicrry, eight suffered only from the
effects of asphyxiating gas. An offl-
cial OF the railroad company says:
THE fire in the coaches was not due
TO any defect in the lighting Or heating
apparatus nor to a hot BOX. The pres
cncc Of the obnoxious gas Is still un-
explained. Both coaches were consumed
by the flames"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
RICHARDS PUTS IN
BILL FOR CONVENTION
and PRIMARY SYSTEM
Special Dispatch 10 The lntclligencer'
Nv THOMAS D. MAYS.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. Feb. 6.-The
first measure introduccb during the
present session Of the legislature pro-
posing TO affect any important changes
in the laws now on the statute oooKs'
was offered in the House OF deicGaicS
today by Delegate II. c. Richards OF
Wheeling.
The proposed law is combination OF
the primary and convention systems aud
Is intended primarily TO supplant the
double election board law which Dele
gate. Richards unsuccessfully attempted
to have repealed at the beginning of the
session
The bill provides for primaries for
county and district officers excepting
judges Of circuit; criminal and interme-
date courts. but candidates for state
offices, delegates to national conventions
for United States senators and congress-
men,. judges Of the supreme court and
officers for vacancies, presidential cleo
ton and candidates for office in towns
in which the vote is less than SIX hum
dred arc to be nominated by convention.
The measure defines political party
as one percent Of the vote in the last
election. Primaries. under the terms OF
the Richards BILL arc to be held on the
first Tuesday in August.
It also provides that conventions shall
be held within ten days after the pri-
marics and that delegates to conventions
be elected at the proceeding primary.
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Debate Closes on the
$75o,000,0O0 Naval Bill

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.-General de-
bate on the 15O,0O0.000 naval appro-
priutiou bill with it's new three-year
building program was closed today ana
the house worked until late tonight
on amendments. with a view TO pass
ing the measure t0morrow. Leaders
said that lf necessary a second night
session would be held.
4 without opposition tho house ap-
proved the provision fixing the t"mph-
rary personnel of the navy at @25.dn0
men, exclusive OF officers. for the As
cnl wear beginning next July. Ob3cc-
tion by Representative Butler. OF Penn
sylvania, ranking Republican member
of the naval committee, prevented an
increase from 1900 TO 27,es7 in the
permarent enlisted strength Of tho ma
rinc corps His point Of order on this
laislation was sustained by Repre-
sentative Garrett. OF Tennessee. Speak
er pro tenn. Mr.. Butler said he op-
boscd reorganization Of the marines
until q later time and added that the
increase now would needlcssly create
commissions In the corps.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
Ohio BOYS
GIVEN GLAD HAND
IN The QUEEN CITY

Special Dispatch to Tho lntclligencer.
CINCINNATI, O.. Feb. 6.-About 500
members OF the 33oth regiment, left late
to-day for Camp Sherman, for demopili-
zation, after participating earlier in the
day in a great homecoming welcome
demonstration.
The feature Of the Celebration was a
parade which was a continuous ovation
for the soldiers all along the route.
Throngs packing the limo OF march cheer
ing and waving flags, hats and handker-
chiefs constantly.
Touching scenes were witnessed when
mothers and fathers sisters and BROTH
ers and swecthcarts greeted many OF the
soldiers at the railroad station and along
the line OF march Of the parade
Eeforc and after the parade the SOL
diers were shown all the honor the citi-
zens could bcstow. Several hundred of
the soldiers are from Belmont and other
eastern Ohio counties.
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STATE AND j. 8.
OWNERSHIP Of
ROADS BRYAN

WASHINGTON, Feb 6,-Plans for
the solution Of the railroad problem
we're presented TO the National Rivers
and Hsrbors congress today by William
Jennings Bryan, Luther NJ. Walter or
Chicago! general counsel for the rail-
road security holders organization ana
other speakers. Improvement. or port
facilities was urged by Secretary OF
Commerce Redficld as means or In
creasing the nations foreign commerce.
In presenting a dual plan of state and
government. ownership Of railroads. MT.
Bryan predicted that the roads would be
returned to private ownership at the end
Of. twenty-one months after peace on the
same basis as that existing when they
were taken over by the government. un-
less tho president should arbitrarily
turn them back before.
THE railroads do not want this" said
Mr.. Bryan, NOR has such plan any
advocates but. it is likely to be accepted
because no other plan will be accepted
by majority"
Mr.. Bryan's plan contemplated owner
ship by the government OF trunk lines
80 as to give every state an outlet Tor
its products with the. distributing rail-
roads under state ownership. He fol-
lowed Mr. Walter. who presented the
so-called Warfield plan OF Operation.
The former secretary ,of state criticised
the six percent guarantee advocated
under the Warfield plan. saying that a
policy OF guaranteed incomes would not
be accepted by the American people.
Secretary Redficld declared in favor
Of wise expenditure Of public money for
better ways Of waterways and harbor
facilities and deplored the delays IN
loading and dischargng vessels in Am
erican ports and inland harhors. He
said radical improvement would have to
DO made if America was 10 compete sue
cessfully for the worlds commerce.
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HUNTINGTON. W. Va. Feb. 6.-Rich.
ard Ritz, Of Kermit. w. Va. was killed
and Fred Mullett, Of Warheld. KY. was
seriously injured by an explosion caused
by the inition Of gas escaping from
main Of the United Fuel Gas company
ner Remit. Nullett was blown into
pool Of water by the explosion and was
almost drowned when rescued. he
was borught to a local hospital Tor
treatment. The explosion IS said to have
been caused when one Of tho men
stopped to light pipe.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
PLANNING PROBE
OF THE BOLSHEVIKI

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6-The senate
Judiciary subcommittee to-day held a
secret session procedure in its !nvestI-
CATION Of Bolshcviki. /. W. W. and other
propaSanda in the United States. but
postponed hearing OF the first Witness,
Albert Rays Williams, writer. recently
returned from Russia, who had been sub
pocnacd. Chairman Overrnan announced
later that the first hearing would be held
Tuesday.
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WILL BE BACKED.

HUNTINGTON. w. Va, Feb 6.-The
department Of labor will back the lum-
ber interests. tho hardware interests and
all other interests helpful In produc-
ing permanent wealth was the message
Of Roger W. Babson. director Of the in.
formation an instruction service OF the
United States department Of labor
read before the convention Of West
Virginia Lumber and Building Suppl,
Dealers here today. Mr.. Babson de-
clared the nation Is wasting too much
time and energy In discussing wages
and prices and said that the only anti
dote. for Bolshevisn,. I. w. W.-ism and
other forms Of anarchy is to give the
people real interest In the land and
help them to have homes Of their own.
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PARIS, Feb. 6.-Sertous disorders
have occurred In Magdeburg, capital OF
the province Of Saxony, according to
Berlin advices. Soldiers and sailors,
armed with grenades and machine
guns, brok, down tho doors Of the
court hous, liberated 16o prisoners,
sr1ashed shoo windows, piuagsd shopo
and trained machine guns On tho In
habitauts TIL government troops arc
vigorously alta s1ing tho revolution
iEts
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, Fob. e-Foreoasti
oaIo-Fair Friday and Bsturday ex-
ocpt probably srow Friday night or sar-
urday pouthwoss portion, Ioruewhns cold
o. srtr:6cy south portion.
West Virginia and: Western ponnsyI-
vaa1a-ratr Friday aud probably eatuS-
day, no decided temperature Change
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-02-07
GERMANS REPULSE The
: POLES IN BIG BATTLE

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.-The city Of
Bro1nberg, German Poland, has been
captured from the Poles by German
troops after brisk fighting, according
to adviccs received here. :
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soo reoops ORDERED OUT.

TACOMA Wash. 6Under command OF 6feaoief a ss, -
400 soldiers shortly AFTER 1ococA ''f
49, ,rntarnced BY TIE army intelligence department
accompanied by 80 trucks carrying PROVISIONS s
mnnpi :. .., J.. .,.,,d
Camp officials that the would be placed IN seaue "
emergency ,....-
at Camp under orders from aor
General Joseph D. Leitch - .so,5 .o,,
Bus operating and Camp LEWIS were oeeo
placed in charge OF the opeo
Passes soldiers to Seattle were oeD1eo'
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MAcE1N1gTs OF sTEIH.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-Morc than
1900 nnchinist5 employed in cighty-five
shops went on Strike here today "a a
result Of O controversy with their en-
ployers involving tho Macy Basic wage
scale. retroactive pay and Saturday half
holidays. Tho walk oul docs no, affect
ship yards.
Betwaen $500 and 1000 mrn rated as
'rhoIpcrs" to other crrsfts strur': IN tho
Oakland and Alameda ship yards.
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ROOPS
u SEA TIE
COMBAs II STRIKE
Tie Field by Secretary Of War Baker, Follow
ppeaI irom tie Governor Of Warrington
eoe0 Men On Strike in Seattle, With All Employ
nsat, Affected

Camp Lewis are quaered
emergency as army
sympathy $4,000 shpyard who walked out
sIsnnaIy 81 10 enforce higher wages
General commands the contingent sou sol
Frank Watson has unoer n1n IN
battaions and machine gun COMPANY
Easiprnsnt oe soldiers included 200 hand gnades
granted by Secretary OF WI" BAKER
~ sdyicsa Governor Ernest Lister
sSFss TWO CITIES INVOLVED.
the vicinity OF Seattle quit "o o
l.h iasd.r said but not so general anu the
ssnd
- .,, ,fnore runriny closed restaurants and
and other industries ceased
established TO 1eeo s1lAefs anu
mon restaurants Patrons of the kitchens were
fashion Barber shops CLOSED w GIG
GATORS stopped running. -,
telegraph Seattle banded os ne e
suh companies telephone system conunneo IN sef'0
city government prepared for emergency mayor W
10000 viii be deputzed II necessary
Hanson said the troops probably would be assigned to cooperate
N Meaning order in guarding public utilities
is not under will itoe placed unoer M
coming at the request o oono
simply to cooperate municipality anu project ~
need for protection arises"
outlying Seattle tonight used various
DID, decreplt autonoohes appea
noe said they were ready big truck
station Three lieutenans have been assigned
truck cu,.r
committee OF the cena aoor
success All lines OF
which union employed crippled inc s'
said
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AUTHORIZED az BAKER.

WASHINGTON Feb 6-sendns troops from Camp leTe 10 se
after he had been aoVlse DS ~
.h,nrton Of the general ste Inc
.rasrt was directed to furnish military assistance ano
be state authorities mg request
said under the law the department was
,d urnh such executives might request me
~. .yarnor nota assistance but
situation IT, -.
envng Secretary executive that the az
the governor
~ No report commander had reaceo ne oe
,artnnent to-day
said that they close touch
~, +h strike suaon at commissioners Of the
+ s1e there cnfeing sides said
carly
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ton ot natural gTz. Delegate Moore De-
clarod.
IF All n N'cst Ei:Ciniau Grsi."
The bill was passed. by tho hounc by y
vuto Of G1 10 Ia.
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THE WEATHER

Fair Friday and Probably SaturnAy'
No Decided Temperature Change: ]:
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Montauk Terminal Is Not
Essential, and Funds Will
Be Provided by Sale of
Boards Cargo Vessels
Will Help U. S. Morale
Means Much in Creating
Enthusiasm Both Among
Citizens and Sailors
By Theodore M. Knappen
Ne,O York Tribune
Urst;nCfou PUyr01t

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 26.-Since the
announcement that he was planning tc
build two passenger ships for the At
lantic service, larger and faster than
any afoat. Chairman Hurley, of the
Shipping Board. has been overwhel line d
with telephone messages, kilograms and
letters of congratulatiOn, commendation
and inquiry.
Mr.. Hurley is enthusiastic over the
project. which. he said to-day, he has
had under consideration for more than
year. He said he was doing little
more than taking up project that had
been under consideration by the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine for five
years, but which had seemed too great
a task for private enterprise at this
stage Of the development Of the Amer
lean merchant marine.
Will Get English Ideas
Four models Of the giant liners have
been made and tested and the drawings
are 75 per cent complete. w. f. Gibbs,
New York naval architect, is Fastening
their completion, and VIII ieave at once
for England with complete staff of
craftsmen to learn and utilize all that
British shipbuilding can tribute to
their completeness.
The announcement published Friday
aroused some skepticism because of it's
inclusion of new Montauk marine ter
minal and harbor. extensive double
tracking of the Long Island Railway.
and other features that are not within
the scope of the Shipping Board. The
authority of the Shipping Board to un-
dertake such costly project at this
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

in no way incompatible with the policy
of disposing of the emergency feet.
The main business of the Shipping
Board now is to build as symmetrical a
feet as possible, and dispose of it as
the opportunity offers. These great
probably be disposed of, but in any
event it will take years to sell all the
ships and in the meantime the gov
ernment will be in the ship operating
business. Possibly it may have to
operate some lines indefinitely-a
transatlantic line might we'll be one
of these. The Shipping Board has
some 300 steel ships built on the Great
Lakes for war emergency that it pur-
poses to sell at the earliest oppor-
tunity. The proceeds realized from
ter use than in building the great lin
ers. After all, s4o,O0O,oO0 for two
great ships is but drop in the
bucket compared with the $2,700, ,0O0,-
600 for cargo ships.
shipyards Are Big Enough
FIFTH-At least two American ship
yards have ways large enough for the
building Of such ships. During the
war The New York Shipbuildng Com
pany at Camden, N. j., put in two auch
ways and the Newport News Company,
Newport News. Va, is now building
two ways OF thn necessary size. 1t
may be six months before the first keel
is laid. and it will take three years to
complete the ships.
.SIXTH-These mighty vessels will
fill American scamen of all grades
with pride III their calling and their
country. They will be powerful in
strumcntality of marine morale. Also
they VIII contribute tremendously to
arousing and sustaining popular in
terest throughout the country in the
mercantile marine. They will be the
capstonc of the momentous shipbuiId-
ing effort that has put the United
States back en- the seas, that now
sends three completed ships a day on
their initial ocean trip and that has
already pat $50 ships into the sea
lanes OF commerce, not counting those
In government service.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

time was questioned and it was sug
gested that it was incompatible with
the settled policy of disposing of the
emergency ships to private owners as
fast as possible.
1t was also noted that the announce
ment did not state that the project
had been adopted by the Shipping
Board. | discussed these and other
points with Mr.. Hurley to-day and he
covered them as follows:
FIRST-The project has not been
passed on by the Shipping Board; it is
still in the preparatory stage, but in
MT Hurley's opinion it is certain to be
adopted, and, he believes. with the en-
thuslastic concurrence of Congress and
the people.
No Authorization Needed
SECOND-No financial or other au-
thorlzation is required from Congress,
because in passing the last appropria-
ton for shipbulding that body spe-
clncaliy provided that the Shipping
Board might dispose Of its smaller
ships and use the moneys thus real lied
to build larger vessels in order to bal
ance the fleet. A number Of great pas
senger liners are needed, in addition
to the seized German liners, are needed
to round out The fleet, as there were
none in the war programme, and only
comparatively small number will re-
suit from alteration and conversion of
transports. Mr.. Hurley frankly says
that these great "word beaters' are 10
be the show windows of the .leet--the
enthusiasm -aroUsing marine colossi
that will be seen and known of all
men. the impressive symbols Of the ar
rival Of the United States as a great
,,.,tt ~ ..
vii. pay, both commercially and psy-
cholog cally. Every American who
goes abroad, ne says, viii prefer them
to all other ships.
Terminal Not Necessity
THIRD--The references to the Mon
tauk TERMINAL railway connections,
in the original announcement were ad
ventitious The private persons who
have been working on the plan for
years have always counted on Montauk
as the terminal, because of the time
saving and the ease of approach. The
construction and utilization Of the
ships in no way depend on the crea
ton Of new marine terminal, with
all its primary and secondary cost.
The Hoboken terminal could dock them
tomorrow if they we're ready. In fact,
Mr.. Hurley now regrets that he said
anything about the Montauk develop
ment, as its mention has raised dis
cussion and prompted suspicion that
befog The essential idea. That is
something that would have to be left
largely to private initiative and capital.
1t is logical that it will come some day,
and these new ships will probably ad-
vance its realization. but they are in
no way dependent on it.
Policy Is Sell and Build
FOURTH Although the ships will
cost at least $2O,0o0,oOO each, Mr.
Hurley says that their construction is
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27
Would Honor Marine Men
Mayor Asks War Department
for od Division Parade

The Mayors committee to welcome
homecoming troops is back of a plan
to arrange a parade and reception for
the I'd Division Of regulars and ma
rines. The I'd is the division which
fought valantly on the Marne and in
the Soissons offensive.
Mayor Hylan yesterday sent telc-
rram TO Secretary of War Newton D.
Baker and Secretary of the Navy Jo-
sephus Daniels asking if the Federal
government would sanction the parade
on the arrival of the troops at This
port The Mayor said that the city
would extend every courtesy to the
boys from overseas if the departments
would permit parade.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-27

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