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Newspaper Reporter
Captures Desperate
e., Di,no,,h ~ m. Intsllisencer.

Special Dispatc to the Intelligencer.
Clarksburg, W. Va. Oct. ls.-Witn
the capture Of George Harrigan in the
woods south OF tho city late today by
state troopers. Ave OF the eight men
who escaped from jail here this morn
ing are back in the institution.
Tho prisoners escaped by knocking
sheriff I.aco l. Young senseloss with
blackjack. when he unlocked a corridor
door and overpowerinc Michael Stalnak-
er, an attendant. Ned across hills south
Of the city.
Those stlll at large are Russell Taylor
John Miller and q. e. Russell. wanted
for minor otfenses. Ono man was cap
tured by Wilbur VI. Swiger. q newspaper
reporter, who had been sent to get
the story"
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Judge M'CIintic Opens
B|uefie|d Court Term

Blnofeld. W. Va. Oct. 1S.--The Blue.
Cel1 term Of the United States district
court for southern West Virginia
opened today. with Judge George w.
MrCl:nuc presiding. The grand jury
was !mpan"!rd this morning and com
pf"ted It's business In short order. he
missed lato today. The number Of in
dlctmonts. II any. was not announced
hy Assistant District Attorney Joe
kenna. who is In charge of the govern
mort's Legal forces here.
Out of twelve applicants for natural
za'I"n. siN were admitted to citizen
ship. hNe dismissed and one continued.
Eleven cases on tho criminal docket
were disposed Of and ten cases On the
civil docket were ordered dismissed.
1t is the opinion Of attorneys here
that tho present term OF federal court
may continue we'll into November. Both
civil and criminal dockc,s are reported
as being heavy.
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|. 8. {. AND THE
LABOR BOARD To
FRAME PROGRAM
MEETING AT CHICAGO
MAY BRING RESULTS
New Proposals Will Permit
Both Sides to Recede
Gracefully.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Copyrtght BY The Intelligence,

Washington. Oct. IS. -- Prevailing
opinion today among members Of the
cabinet and others In touch with the
railroad situation is that there will be
no strike.
This Is based mostly on knowledge
that the labor leaders themselves are
no; eager for test Of strength, and
that the railroad executives cannot
afford 10 take an arbitrary attitude
toward any compromise solution that
may be proposed
Man, q compromise is being consid'
cred. The chances are that the call
ing Of the strike as protest against
second wage cut will lose It's main
jus stiflcation when a proposal IS made
THAT the interstate commerce commits
sion ant railroad labor board be given
an opportunity to work out a program
whereby reductions in wages shall be
passed on to the consumer through
cheaper freight rates.
As 1t is now, the labor leaders claim
the first cut in wages OF last July
wasn't passed on. The railroads claim
the wage cut was not big enough to
warrant drop In rates. The strike
has been called mostly TO prevent a
second cut The request for a second
cut in wages. it is suspected, is largely
the strategy Of the railroad execu'
ceptahce OF the frst rut.
At Cross Purposes.
Shippers organizations seem to be
placing az much blame on the United
States railroad labor board as on
either OF the parties 10 the controversy
duce rates. The railroad labor board
on the other hand claims II hasn't
been able TO operate single-handed,
since II could not know how far wages
could be reduced. because there was
no way Of knowing how far the inter.
state commerce commission thought II
wise 10 go in ,reducirg rates. The
i, labor board has been handling wages
! the Interstate commerce commission
has been handling rates. President
, Harding has wisely brought the two
agencies together. They have practi,
cally adopted program which will be
offered as the combined judgment OF
the two instrumentalties which deal
with American railroads.
Give and Take.
There are plenty Of technicalities.
plenty Of chances for give and take
in the negotiations to permit OF a
withdrawal Of tho strike order. or at
least lts indefinite suspension. while
the whole controversy Is further ex.
amined. This seems the most likely
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ploted is defensive plans and was
watching developments.
The rAh!n"' ga" only passive at
tcntirn I" the subject at its regular
meeting and there was no official state
menr on Nny phase If the strike forth
coming from any branch q: the govern
ment.
While authoritative information still
was lacking as 10 the basis upon which
the labor board was proceeding. tho
impression was gwen that II involved
some features. at l"as'. OF the sugges-
ton put forward by the puhlir mem
hers Of tho board, sunday, as one feas-
!hln plan" for preventing the tie-uT.
White House officials declined again
>;o discuss ,he possibility OF tho bro
thrrhocd chiefs being called 10 Wash
ington by the president. The president
was understood To- feel that the labor
board should <" ahead ~ whatever plan
had hecn worked oIl for t,s negotiations
and that 10 wrGid deal with the ques-
r!on Of talking with 'he union heads
personally when IcI cI"l"rments should
make Il apparent that such move was
necessary Nr nd, !sahlc.
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SCENE SHIFTS
IN EFFORTS To
AVERT STRIKE
CHICAGO CONFERENCE
ASKED BY PRESIDENT
Some Of the MmorRail Unions
Oppose Joining the Pro-
posed Walkout.

Chicago. Oct. Efforts to aver; the
nation vide rail s,rinr scheduled tor
October % tonight. found governmental
agencies. representatives OF the pun'i"
! and some railway labor unions taking
action simultaneously. which all hored
would prevent II tc-up of tho country
transportation system. through Walk
out of nearly 100000 employees, In pro-
test OF wage cuts.
Foremost among tic moves being
made by the different groups was a
meeting between the United States rail-
road labor board and The heads OF the
five unions, which have already auth
orizcd their men to strike. called Tor
Thursday by the board. and at tho re-
quest OF President Harding, It was said
by the board members.
Ask Rate Reduction
The first move on the part q! public
orranizatIon TO avert a str:xe came when
the American Farm Bureau Federation.
represcnting l250.OO0 farmers. sent
rntItions 70 the Interstate Commerce
Commission, asking an immediate 10 TO
20 per cent reduction in freight rates on
necessities, and announced that II also
would appeal TO The labor board not to
grant a new n per cent wage reduction
which the roads have announced they
will seek. but rather to generally re-
vice wages in accordance with the cost
Of living In various sections. Concur
renee In these requests should avert
the strike. the federation said in Its an
nouncement through which IL Nolun-
tsercd to NEE, with union and rail rep
resentatIves ns 4 mediator
Will Oppose Strike.
A series OF meetings 10 last all week
will be started tomorrow by the eleven
rail unions which have not yet Issued
strike calls. although most Of them have
voted for strike. Leaders Of several
OF these unions announced that at these
lOontinusd on Page EourtoSn
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FIFTEEN THOUSAND PENNSY
TRA|NMEN To IGNORE STRIKE
Brotherhood Ch arm an AS
serts Trainmen Will Con-
tinue at Work If Road Op-
crates Trains.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. 1S.-C. E.
Musser, chairman OF the Brother
hood OF Railroad Tralnmen OF the
Pennsylvania railroad. said tonight
that $4,000 trainmen OF the Penn
syIvania system would refuse 10
obey the order for a general rail-
road strike and would continue 10
work "1f the road operates trains"
The organization Of which he Is
head recently voted against a strike.
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ABOVE i
THE NECESSARY
|TWO-THIRD VOTE
FOURTEEN DEMOCRATS
SUPPORTED TREATIES
Two Republicans, La Toilette
and Borah, Voted Against
Ratification. =.

Washington. Oct 1s.-The peace
treaties with Germany, Austria and
Hungary. were ratified by the senate
tonight the vote being 66 10 20. or
eight more than the necessary two
thirds and In the case OF the Hungarian
treaty. due to the absence Of three Sena-
tors. being .66 to II.
The senate action completed the ad.
mtristrattou's immediate peace program
and brought a full state OF peace with
the principal enemy powers. Remain
Ing now only are the formal exchanges
OF ratification except in the case Of the
Hungarian treaty, as that government
alone has yet TO complete parliamentary
action on tho treaty.
Only three Republicans. Senator
Borah. OF Idaho; LaFoiIette. OF Wiscon-
sin, and Norris, OF Nebraska. who. ao.
sent OF account OF illness. was paired
against ratifica tion. voted against the
treaties.
Fourteen Democrats. on the other,
hand. supported the treaties. while two
more were paired in favor OF ratifica-
tion.
Before final action was taken. DEM
ocratic effort to substitute for the Ger.
man treaty the treaty Of Versailles with
the twelve Lodge reservations was de.
feated. and the foreign relations COM
mittee reservations prohibiting Amsri.
can membership on the allied reparA.
tions commission or any other intefn2.
tional commisaion Eithbut the. cement
OF congress were adopted.
For Justification.
Republicans: Bail. Brandesse. Bur-
sum, Calder, Cameron. Capper, Colt.
Cummins., -CurttA Dillingham;. DUPONT,
Edge. Elkins, Ernst Fernald. France.
Frelinghuysen. Gooding. Hale. Hareld.
Johnson. Kellogg. Kenyon. Keys. Len.
root. Lodge, Mccormick. McCumber. Nc.
KInley MCLEAN. McSary. Moses. Mel.
son. New, Se~berry, Nicholson. Nor.
beck. oddie, Page. Penrose. Poindextsr.
shortridse. smoot. Spencer. Sterling.
Sutherland, Townsend. Wadsworth. War
rem, Watson Qndiana). Weller and Will
lis. Total. 81.
Democrats: Ashurst, Broussard. DIAL
Fletcher, Gerry, Kendrick. Myers Owen.
Pomerene. Ransdel Shields. Ira mmell,
Underwood and Walsh (Massachusetts,.
Total. II.
Arainst ratification.
Republicans: Borah and LaFollette'
Total. 2.
Democrats: Caraway, Culoertson'
Glass. Harris, Harrison. Helfin. James
New Mexico), King. Mckel!ar. over
man. Pittman. Reed, Sheppard. SIM
mons, Stanley. Walsh tMontana). Wat
son Georgia). and Williams. Iotal. 10.
with the vacancy caused by the death
y, Senator Knox the total membership
Of the senate was 9S
SIr. .enators were paired as follows:
Hitchcock. Democrat Nebraska; Jones'
Republican. Washington: Ladd. fepuU'
lican. North Dakota: Phi7ps' Fepuon'
can. Colorado: Smith, Democrat SOUTH
Csro,,na and Stanfeld. Republican.
Oregon. for ratification: ana MOTIFS. he'
nubl;ran. Nebras ska: Robinson. Demo-
80, .rL,nsas. and Swanson. Democrat
VIRGINIA against ratification.
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EX-K|NC LUDWIG OF BAVARIA
REPORTED DEAD IN HUNGARY

, Switzerland. and later 10 tho Austrian
! Tyrol, with other royal members ot his
household. At one time he was reported
to he living at the castle OF Naduz under
fictitious ma me. and also 10 have been
driven to the Alps by Srart.c!des.
! In March. 1919 he received permission
- tho SW.s government TO reside at
Zl.ers. and thithcr he went few days
later to take up his residence. He re-
manned nearly year In Switzerland.
where Nte's viciss!tudes IN virtual exile
and In financial distress are said 20 have
threatened his sanity He was severely
III for several months. and once was
erroneously reported dead.
On December %. 1920. Ludwig re.
turned 70 W!ldenwart. southern Bavaria.
where be remained most ot the time
since. Bavarian royal!sts held a mon
ster demonstration on the occasion Of
ths-Ssy.nty-sIxth anniversary Of hiS
January 4.
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Denied by Corey.

philadelphia. IA. oct. lS.-H. r.
Corey. general chairman Of the Locomo-
tive Eng and Fir"men. denied that
tha PENNSYLVANIA railroad was shifted
from tho FIRST II m" fourth group IN tho
strike order herause or any fear tts mon
would not obey. II" said it was the
hr",h"rhr"d's r"'iry to start III" walk
out wh.rc there Is III" most disagree
m"nt.
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EMERGENCY TARIFF !
BILL EXTENDED TO
FEBRUARY |, 1922

washington. Oct. lS.--A bill to extend
~. M. emcrsency tariff law TO Feoru-
erv | WAS passed late today. by the
hon.e 10; to a. The measure now
goes 10 the senate.
II the extension is not authorized the
sn.rgency law will expire November -.
democrats with only few exceptions
opposed the proposed extension. "hi!e
Republicans practically unan'mousy
supported Chairman fordnev OF us
go. and means committee, who held
that the temporary law should be kept
4, effect until the permanent arln
.,hcdu,es could be made operative.
An amendment by Representative
Newton. Republican. Minnesota to ex~
.mnt from the extension the duty on
naIs.ed was rejected. ~ to 96.
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ARMED BANDITS MAKE
GETAWAY WITH $1,000

Cincinnati. O.. Oc'. lS.--Four armed
bandits h-'- up W. s limerick. paymas-
ter say & Exam company. mHnu-
oF wood working machinery. at
T.. nd Main streets late today. and
mad- away With tin box containing
$1,000 The mon wore unma sked ThHv
escaped in mn automobile which had
heen waiting on thr outside of tho Fay
& EEan company building.
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REAL CLEANUP
IN THE ILLICIT
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
WEST PENNSYLVANIA
TO HAVE NEW DEAL
New Federal Director to
Place Many Reliable
Agents In the Field.

Pittsburgh. Pa. Oct. lS-The clean
np OF oooueggers and v.olators OF the
national prohibition law IN western
Pennsylvania will begin tomorrow. John
Exnicios. IN charge OF the local pro-
htbi,ion office, Sa.5 today. upon hts ar
rtval from the Pacific coast large
number OF prohibition agents will be ap-
pointed Immediately. tho director said.
However ;hA first step 10 be takea
WILL % n n" directors Office. as taken
Exn.c,os Sasd {, was his intention TO
personal,y i-tec,!sw every member. OF
TIE orice force tomorrow. and pass upon
his atresS cr- employment.
II want - start this cleanup right
sad the director "FirS.. | want good.
reliable employees in ;he office. and then.
I wan. good agents
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TONS OF GERMAN TOYS

Boston. Oct. ~ Threo thousand
tons OF German toys arrived here today
OF tho American steamer Dcranof Cap
tain Thomas Cartwright. OF the Deranr:
said he counted sixty iron stea mshipS In
the course OF construction as he passed
UP the river Elbe.
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THE WEATHER

West virgtnin-aenerauy fair We'd
nssday; Thursday cloudy and colder
probably Light rain IN mountains.
western Penusylvrnta and Ohio -
Generally fair "wednesday, followed by
local rains wednesday night or Thurs
day: colder Thursday.
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London. Or' IS An exchange fe!c-
graph despatch from Vienna. today.
states that a reror; has heen received
there = the death Of Ludwig III. for
ncr king Of Bavaria In Hungary.
Owing 10 the Hurgeniard trouble In
Hungary te.esra rhing is virtually sus-
pended fr"m Ihat country and II Is difn-
cult To obtain authoritative intor ma =
lion OF events occurring.
\ Reut'r despatch from Budapest
says Ludwig died today.
Ludwig III. picturesque figure In
F:Gr"ra for 'hree quarters of A century.
rrnouNcrd his throne as king Of Bavaria
on November Is. l9ls. having held II
srant thrae years: Disaster broke
heavily on tine venerable ruler. and his
wife. Maria Theresa. who was princess
ROYAL NJ Hungary and Bohemia. died on
the anle day.
After his abdy ation. Ludwig ned 70
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Lining Up Soldiers
For Rail Operation

Gan Antonio, Tex, oct le.-ordsrs
for . CANVASS OF all military COM
mands In tha Eighth army corps
area, comprising ave states, for sob
dtsrs experienced IN the operation OF
railway trains and the maintenance
Of ways have been issued 1t Arss
hsadquarterS, Fort Sam Houston, II
was learned today.
The report. II was said. would sho"
the number OF officers and enlisted mer
OF each command who have had rallroa
experience in twenty-six lines or Work
The men are TO be CLASSIFIED under fre
separate heads-ofricials. train employees
yard and station employees. shopmsn and
Of way and structures.
Personnel Of officers have been In
structed 10 compile the information froT
records ~ each soldier and submit the
report to headquarters. Eighth corps
commanded by Major General John l.
Hines. withou, delay.
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chicago. Oct 1S.-No orders for a
canvass Of the Sixth army corps area
for soldiers experienced In the opera
t!on Of railway trains have been re-
ceIved, Major General Bell. commander.
announced at Fort Sheridan tonight.
Washington. Oct. 1s.-The canvass
ordered among military commands In
connection with the threatened railroad
strike Is understood TO have been or
dered by officers OF the general stan In
line with the general policy OF always
being prepared to act at moments
notice II an emergency develops. and
also 10 be IN a position to give informa- =
,ion as to resources quickly should ad-
mInistration officials desire II.
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TIE IN NTELLIGENCER

Has the Largest Circulation OF
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State Of West Virginia
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25
Tooth Brush Tariff Opposed

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The attention Of the Oral Hv-
gIene Committee Of Greater New York
has been called to the fact that in the
new tariff bill is a clause which in
creases the duty on imported brushes.
inns includes imported tooth brushes.
Tooth brushes are essential in the
maintenance Of mouth hygiene. and
mouth hygiene is closely related to
health; therefore, any duty which in
creases the cost of tooth brushes will
work hardship upon a large class Of
our people. Parents of large families
VIII tind it difficult to properly pro-
vide their children with this necessary
article for mouth cleanliness.
Cur committee earnestly requests that
tooth brushes be placed on the free list
as they are by no means luxuries but
articles Of necessity for the health
and welfare of the people.
THADDEUS p. HYATT. Chairman
New York, April %. 1921
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25

Verify, If only men keep up any
thing long enough women will
come along and beat them at it.
Miss Leitch, with the assistance of
moderate handicap, beat Mr.. Tol-
ley soundly. up and 4 to play,
yet Mr.. Tolley triumphed over our
Mr.. Gardner when our band of top
notch amateurs tried for the Brit
ish championship in 1920. On the
face of the dope we would kow-
tow to Miss Leitch as amateur golf
champion Of the world.
In doing our obeisances let us
not forget farewell salute to the
pathetic creature Of the past. the
home-bound golf widow, harassed
to Mysteries by monologues on 90
foot puts, 200-yard drives and
holes in |. The world progresses.
and In the new equalities Joy may
be taken in tidy tweed skirts on
the greens, in goodness gracious"
as an expletive when drives are
sliced, and pair Of small feminine
hands reaching for the worlds
championship crown.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25

the Atlantic. In the Pacific, how
ever, there can be no complete settle
ment until the Yap situation is
cleared up.
The result Of the negotiations so
far has been an acknowledgment by
the Allies that the United States Is
still a principal in the peace settle
n,ent and that our rights as CO.
belligerent have not been affected by
delay in approving the substantive
parts Of the Versailles Treaty. If
the cable tangle can be unraveled by
friendly negotiation the Yap tangle
can also be. What the United States
insists on is that it is still a partner
in the peace, with none Of it's claims
prejudiced by action taken without
its approval. If that contention is
conceded diplomacy can easily recon-
cile all outstanding differences.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25
Nicaragua Resigns

Nicaragua has withdrawn from
the League Of Nations on the ground
that the cost Of membership is too
high. Most of the Central American
states have been complaining of the
assessments necessary to maintain
the extensive league organization at
Geneva. They feel that the benefits
of the association are too indefinite
to warrant what is to them con-
siderable annual subscription.
The Latin-American states have
in the Monroe Doctrine a guaranty
against American aggression.
They are very distantly interested in
the European and Asiatic territorial
settlements. The international labor
section of the treaty doesn't concern
them. To belong to the league is a
distinction, perhaps, for q minor
American state. But so long as the
United States is non-member the
small American republics, especially
those of North America, will look to
US generally for protection and the
ironing out of their differences with
one another. The Americas are
closely knit family compared to the
nations of Europe or Asia. There
is an abundance of security and fell
lowship for most of them at home.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25
Perpetuating the Alien

The Legislature having repealed
the act providing for the instruction
of iliterate adults, Americanization
work will be hindered. There is
saving clause, however, whereby
the state is to pay half the cost of
adult education. Cities and towns
must increase their budgets or drop
adult classes already in existence.
New York City has establisN.. ed
classes in the night schools and in
factories, but as each class must
number as many as twenty this
regulation is an obstacle to neighbor
hood classes for non-English-speak-
ing and illitcrate mothers. Yet
there are more than 100000 illit-
crate and non-English speaking
women, between the ages of twenty
one and forty-tive, in the State of
New York, most of them mothers
and unable to take advantage of
night schools or factory classes.
In December, 1920, sixty-fve hun
dred women were enrolled in home
and nelghborhood day classes in the
state, 2,484 being enrolled in the
city. The number reached is pitt
fully small, but instead of expand
ing the work the state has contract
I'M
ed 1t. The mothers classes in New
York City will probably be discon-
tinued at the end of the school wear.
Yet Elizabeth A. Woodward. the
state supervisor Of classes for immi
grant women, estimates that an an
preparation of $4,000 would cover
the cost Of continuing the work in
the city.
The need of bringing knowledge of
English to the foreign-born mother
whose children are learning new
language, new customs and new
patriotism is very great. The father
picks up at least smatterinp Of
knowledge. The mother, dazed and
bewlldered, is at the mercy of the
precocious dictatorship Of the least
of her children. The mothers igno-
rance is not only dangerous and pain
ful to the growing family but dis
qualities her for the performance Of
her new political duties. The pub
ilc complains of alienism, but wear
by year perpetuates it. 1t is sur
prlslng that Senator Lusk, whose
interest in Americanization has been
lively, did not emphatically oppose
the legislation which has impaired
the little there is of adult educa-
ton. a
New-York tribune., 1921-04-25

ever. Clever dialogue is, Of course,
the greatest part Of such short
playlet. The letter ended, tho two
leave for their rooms to prepare to
leave. A moment later her husband
enters and with him Ia the wife of
tho other man, and they also plan to
clopc together, with tho idea that
they love each other. They leave to
prepare for the trip. Finally the
entire crowd meet in tho lobby Of
tho hotel and playet and dialogue
iaughnblc as scan be imagined is
staged, when, at the end, things are
smoothcd over and the young couples
reunitc again. to the drop Of the
curtain"
Ihls is your Grand Guignol
horror, but even without a morgue
scene or a chamber of torture the
reader is stimulated to shudder and
turn white. Is it in the nature of
things that the movie, except dur
ng lts excursions into the spectac-
liar, must make cult of the childish
and puerile?