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Evening star., 1921-12-20
MUSCLE SHOALS PARLEYS
RESUMED AT WAR OFFICE
Representatives of Government and
Henry Ford Discuss Lat
ter's Offer.

Negotiations between representa-
tiveS of the government and Henry Ford
on the latter's offer to purchase and
lease the nitrate and water-power
projects at Muscle Shoals, Ala, were
resumed yesterday.
w. B. Mayo, chief engineer for Mr..
Ford, and ]. w. Worthington ap-
peared in behalf of the Detroit manu-
facturer and were received by Secre-
tary Weeks in his Office shortly after
noon. The War Secretary called Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover into the
conference, in addition to Maj. Gen.
Beach, chief of Army engineers, and
Brig. Gen. Harry Taylor, assistant
chief of Army engineers.
A few moments before the con-
ferees began their study of Mr.. Fords
offer the War Secretary said it was
improbable that any decision approx
imating final agreement would be
reached today. Before final action
could be taken. he said, it would prob
ably be necessary for Mr.. Ford to sp-
pear in person. 1t was not his belief
that the representatives of Mr.. Ford
had been authorized to conclude the
negotiations.
Both MIR. Worthington and Mr.. Mayo
declined to discuss their presentation
of the Ford offer, but were under
stood to be the bearers of new fig
ures sent by MIR. Ford after his recent
inspection of the Muscle Shoals prof.
ect in company with Thomas A. Edi-
son, the inventor.
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ROIARLAN INVITATION ACCEPTED;
SANTA TO MEET BOYS AND GIRLS

Santa Claus has wired that he will
accept the invitation extended to him
by the Rotarians to meet the boys
and girls of Washington at the Will
lard Hotel on Wednesday,. santa VIII
arrive in his best reindeer sled about
10 o'clock on Wednesday morning and
has promised that for this occasion
he will stay until O'Clock.
Mrs. W. Radcliffe. who has charge
of the precious invitations to the
party, says there is list OF 1900
lucky boys and girls who are to meet
the jolly old guest of honor. Some
of the delegates to the conference
will also pay their respects to Santa
and those that are unable to go Will
send their good wishes by repre-
sentative. Invitations have been ex-
tended to the President and the cab
met as well.
Some of the little folks who want
ed to go had no nice clothes, but the
good fairy from the Rotarians show
ed up again and saw that all who
needed them were supplied with nice
party outfits.
The guests will be the kings and
queens of the day, for fifty automo-
biles have been provided for them to
ride in. Cars will call at the homes
of the little ones and take them to
the willard, the first lot arriving at
10 o'clock. They will then be con-
Quoted to the banquet hall and be
received by the Rotary Club commit
tee, composed of members whose
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name is Bill. The children will then
be introduced to Santa Claus him
self and have an opportunity to tell
him face to face how good they have
been during the last year and receive
a package containing candy. nuts.
fruit and toys from him..
Lots Of things have been provided
forsthe youngsters to see-an organ
grinder and his monkey, two Christ
mas trees, performing birds. an or
chestra, magician and. best of all,
"a real live pony to ride on.
After the, first lot has left another
party will arrive. and, so on all day
long until o'clock. 1t iS expected
that by that time Santa will be very
tired. but tremendously jolly.
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MORE UNEMPL LOYMENT Is
NOTED IN MIDDLE WEST
International Machinists' Organizer
Sees Eventual Benefit in "open
Shop" Movement.

Unemployment in the middle west
is on the increase. E. ]. Brock, or
ganizer for the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, last night told
Central Labor Union at a meeting in
Musicians Hall. 1905 E street.
Mr.. Brock said that in many cases
manufacturers have installed longer
hours and in some cases reduced
wages. Regarding the campaign for
the open shop" however, he said it
was believed it would create a re-
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ures of relief. certainly would have
died. Great hope was expressed" the
letter continued. that some Of these,
institutions might be permanent, in
order chat a large part of the youth
of the country might be brought up
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the American people Of the work be-
ing done in the near east.
Mrs. Egan, who was in several cities
Of Armenia in the winter of 1919-
1920, stated that the "Near East Re
lief Committee had establishd homes
for orphans at a number of places
and had representatives all over the
country getting together thousands
OF children, who, without such meas
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WILL SELL WAR SURPLUS.

About $12.0OO.ooO worth Of surplus
war Department material will be sold
at auction during the month OF jan
uary at eleven different places. The
material consists of clothing and
equipment, textiles. motors and We
hicles, leather and harness. machinery
and eneineering materials. and gen.
eraI supplies. The sales win begin at
Baltimore January S and end at Camp
Lee January 81.
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dards, to the future benefit Of the
whole race. and do hope that this
fine vision of aEnoble duty may be
realized through the generous support
of the American people"
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AID FOR ARMENIA URGED.

In letter to Mrs. Cabot Stevens,
honorary director Of the local near
east committee, Eleanor Franklin
mlttee OF the conference on limitation
Of armament, urges the support by
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NEW RUMANIAN CABINET.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, December ia new
Rumanian cabinet has been formed by
Take Jonescu, to succeed that under
Gen. Averesco. which resigned last
week. JoneScu will be premier and
minister of finance. .
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action which would be favorable to
organized labor.
Senator La Toilette was indorsed
for reelection In q resolution adopted
at the meeting. and another resolu-
ition urged the reappointment of Miss
Ethel NJ. Smith as member OF the
District minimum wage board.
Newton A. James, president OF the
central body. announced that he
would not be candidate for re-
election.
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MORE ETALKABOUT:
HAVING MINERS
WAGES REDUCED
Operators Say Surround.
ing Non-Union Fields
Corner Eastern Trade

With business conditions unim.
proved and no recovery in sight in
the immediate future In the coal
trade the operators are discussing
the topic Of urging q reduction OF
miners wages more than ever.
Now and then there is a slight im-
provement for a day or two but
its magnitude is so limited that II
really means nothing. They seem
to think a wage cut is the only sal
vation for this region.
A reduction of a number of sta.
pies seem to prompt the coal op.
orator to talk wage reduction more
now than ever. Whether It will ma
terialize Is a matter Of conjecture,
Operators are bending every effort
to secure the same.
Coal operators in the Fairmont
region are alarmed today over sew.
eral competitive conditions tina.
have struck the region recently.
One Of these is the fact that non
union fields Of Somerset county,
Pa, have resumed the 1917 scale
for miners. The first wage cut was
resorted to by half of the opera.
tions on July 16, while the remain
der went back to pre.war wages on
Monday. Somerset field produces
Continued on page four)
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TWO CHILDREN
Fatally BURNED

Funeral services viii take place
tomorrow morning at 1880 a. m.
from the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Robinson at Marquett, w.
Va, eight miles from Warrington,
for Ralph Edward Robinson, aged
Z years and Juanita Fay Valrympie
aged s years, two children who
we're burned to death in barn on
the Robinson premises at 8 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The children had been playing
IN the barn near the house when
the fire started. 1t was about .
o'clock when Mr.. and Mrs. Robin
son heard screams from the child
rem and rushed to the. barn to find
the children surrounded by flames.
All efforts to reach the children
were futile, and It was not until
some time later that members Of
the family and neighhors were able
to take the bodies Of the dead
children fro mthe ruins,
The boy was the son Of Mr.. hnd
Mrs. John G. Robinson and the l!t.
tie girl was their granddaughter
who was making. her home with
her grandparents. The father OF the
little girl was in Akron, o., OF tho
time OF the tragedy.
In addition to father and moth.
er the little Robinson boy Is SUI.
yiyed by several brothers and SIS.
ters including Mrs. oeie Baker,
Marion Robinson, ElveSto Robin.
son. Roilo @, Robinson @. G. Rob.
tnson and 9. = y obinseiis
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For OUer :25 Years Caruso
Held Crolur as Best Tenor

Enrico caruso, for more than 25
years a celebrity in the world Of
song, the tenor with "the golden
voices" idolized by millions in
America. and abroad, had an artis.
tic career as. well known as that
Of any famous statesman. or mill.
tary leader. He was born in
Naples, Italy, February 25, 1878,
the son of Marcellius Caruso, a
mechanic, who detested music but
was persuaded to permit his son,
when IL years old, to sing in the
churches Of his native city. An
unpromising pupil, for three years
he studied under Guglielmo Yer.
gine, pledging his teacher thai
when ready for a professional ca.
reer he should pay him one-quarteI
Of his earnings for the following
five years.
He made his debut in "L' AMIGO
francesca" at the Nuovo Theater,
Naples, in 1894. later toured Italy
and Sicily and was engaged. for
four seasons at La Scala, Milan.
Subsequently he sang in st. Peters
burg, Moscow, Warsaw, Rome, Lis
bon, Paris, London, and leading
cities Of Germany. When he came
to the Metropolitan Opera House
in New York on November 90, 1908,
the critics did not go into ecstacies
over him. One Of them wrote, on
the opening night: "signor Caruso
las the Duke in 'Rigoletto') has
many Of. the tiresome Italian vocal
atfectations and when he neglects
to cover his tones, as he always
does when he becomes strenuous,
his voice becomes pallid."
It is interesting to observe. that
when Caruso made his Nal1es de-
but he sang the title role four times
for which he received 100 francs, q
pair Of stage shoes, a suit Of flesh
ings and a neckerchief. Some years
later Maurice Grau, the impresario
negotiated with him to sing ir
America for $500 month hui
thought the salary excessive and
the deal fell through. Grau was
quick to perceive the opportunity
he had lost and finally engaged
Caruso for so performances at
81 900 a night. But Mr.. Grau be.
came III and Caruso, when singing
In f9hAH aH1.s q a A.
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When he lay stricken ga1lantiy
fighting against q death that
seemed only hours away ever ex-
pressing the hope that he might
be spared until he could return To
the soil that gave him birth the
meek and the nightly Of every
land prayed that the great tenor
would be spared 70: them and TO
art a little while longer.
uV.xriohrdRp q shrdlu strdIu hrh
Princes sent messages OF sym.
pathy and of hope to his bedside
from every county that knew a
cable station or a witeless plant.
In New York plshcart peddiers us
well as business barons and lead.
ers Of society eagerly bought news.
papers hour by hour 10 learn how
Caruso's fight was progressing.
To the hotel suite where he was
suffering from one operation after
another there went exquisite bou-
quets from florists shops and aI.
SO simple garlands that expressed
the love and admiration Of the
Door, * " II
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MEET
This THURSDAY.
Special Meeting Of Com
merce Body Leaders
Called

The Board of Directors Of the
Fairmont Chamber Of Commerce
will meet at the office on Thursday
afternoon. at 1880. Several letters
have been received which require
attention. One from F. D. Fen
hagen, chairman Of the housing
committee and one from Gus The
leen Of Clarksburg, secretary
treasurer Of the Monongahela Val
ley Association. Theleen's. letter
is in reference to Fairmont's quota
for the traffic survey. The CON
tract for this survey has been let
to the Lent Traffic Co.. Of Pitts
burGh. Also at Thursdays meet
ing there are delegates to be named
for the meeting at Philippi of the
Monongahela Valley Association,
The athletic director Of the Fair.
mont High School is also asking
help from the Chamber Of Com
Iaerce in financing his football
training camp.
The date for tha. good roads con-
ference has also been set for Aug
ust 10 at one o'clock in the Cham,
ber Of Commerce office. This early
hour was selected because Division
"a
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VICTIMS Of
GUN BATTLE
TAKEN HOME
Bodies of Hatfield and
Chambers Arrive At
Matewan
NO DISORDER TODAY.
Great Crowd Expected At
Double Funeral
Tomorrow

MATEWAN, W. Va, Aug g.
Sid Hatfield and Edward Cham
bers, who yesterday were shot to
death on the court house steps at
Welch, w. Va, as they were
about to be tried for the part taey
were alleged to have played in a
pistol attack on a mining town in
the Mingo coal field were brought
home last midnight. The open
space around the little railroad
station was filled with former
friends aud neighbors but there
was no demonstration. State police
and armed mIlitiamen patrolled the
streets and after the body had
been taken to the little homes
where the men Aad formrly lived
the crowd quietly dispersed.
Mrs. Hatfield and Mrs. Cham
bers who were in Welch when the
tragedy occurred arrived on the
same train and were given sincere
Isympathy by their friends in the
| village.
Arrangements for the double
funeral were not completed today
but It was stated by friends Of the
family that services probably
would be held tomorrow afternoon
and interment made in the ceme-
terry here.
Matewan was quiet this morning.
AT an early hour friends Of the
dead men called at their homes,
looked for a moment upon the
body and then passed out to their
daily work or to discuss the trag-
edy as they walked along the
streets. There were no better
known men in all the Tug river
country than Hatfield and Cham
bers and many incidents Of their
stormy lives in he narrow valley
and out through the mountains
were told and retold as the day
advanced.
Armed miIitiamen and state
policemen were here in force but
from outward appearances they
were not needed as the town was
strangely quiet. Leading citizens
who had sounded public sentiment
In the fear that reprisals for the
killing Of the men might develop
during the day expressed the opln-
ion that there would be no dis
order Of any kind. Many persons
from the surrounding country came
In during the morning and 1t was
expected that a great crowd would
be here for the funeral.
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..Oh,Listen Here!
By ADAM 8. LANE.

You know, Never
Did see any Person
Who was SO Unwearied
In the service OF
His country as Mr., !,
Jacob Blocher!
Ever since long Before
w emoved To
Fairmont, Mr.. Blocher Has
Been an humble Servant
OF the People
In some Capacity
Or an Other
l was talking It Over
With Hermione today At
Lunch.
"Hermione," SIS I. "1t
Does seem to Me
That Marion County Ought
To do Something
Special to Celebrate
The Appointment
OF Mr.. Blocher to The
Office OF Coroner.
Time and again Has
This jealous man Been
Appointed to Something
Or Mother.
Each time the Public
Would Think.
'Nossir! Jacob has Done
His duty by His
Countrymen, he has Turned
Down all Opportunities
For wealth in The
Plumbing line or Carpenters
Union.
For mental Advancement
In teaching school Or
Business gain in Running
A Store.
Everything has Been
Given a cold Shoulder
While Jake bent His
Energies in seeing That
The affairs of His
County, country and Township
We're properly Administered
In some line Or
Mother,
Surely this time He
Will stand firm And
Definitely crack Down
tContinuGd on page fouF1
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satility. In 16 years he sang no
less than $40 times in one season,
1907-08 making 81 appearances, a
great test Of endurance for: any
voice. He was unsparing, if not
reckless, Of his vocal powers. No
grand.opera tenor in America, from
the days of Brignoli, Gampanini,
Rayelli, Tamagno and Jean de
Reszke, it is recorded, ever reigned
SO long in popular favor.
Caruso, after his strenuous opera
seasons, sometimes had trouble
with his throat, which he usually
'overcame witha little rest and care
and at certain intervals, rumors
that "Caruso will never sing again"
were frequently printed. In the
winter Of 1920, however, he suffer-
cd a serious affliction when a small
blood vessel in, his throat burst
while he was singing in "E1isie
d'Amore" in the Brooklyn Academy
of Music. Recovered from this
mishap, Caruso was stricken with
plelrisy.
During his indisposition, Caruso
was the object Of devoted attention
by his. wife, formerly Miss Doro-
thy Benjamin, of New York, whom
he married in 191s.' One child was
born to them. Caruso had a son
by a former wife, singer named
Ada Ciachetti, with whom he had
been associated in opera at 'Treviso
and Bologna.
Caruso's repertoire in America
included the following: (Italian)
"Aida," a.Rigoletto," la Boheme,"
az 'Africaine," J" LA Favorita," !" "La
Samanbula," Ia Trayiata,a "Les
Huguenots," Fedora" "Adrienne
Lecouyreur," "Cavalierial Rusti-
cana," "S"Pagliacei, ,"S"I' Amore del
tire Re-" "Un Ballo in Maschera,"
'Lodoletta," Marta" "L'Elisir d.
,Amore," .sManon Lescaut," "Ma-
DANA Butterfly" la Fanciulla del
West" "Lucia di Lammermoor,"
ia Gioconda,n I'll Trovatore," |"
"Don Giovanni" "Germania, I"
MIris," 'Lucrezia Borgia," " "Tosca,"
ia Fora del Destino." (Freneh)
"Les Peeheurs de Perles," "Ar-
mide," Faust" Julien, ""Le Pro-
phete," !" GARNER" ," Samson ct De-
lila" and "Manon."
The famous singer was. the guest
Of honor at q silver jubilee celebra-
| tion, on the 25th anniversary Of
'kto fanhSn kta s,5ak,,A = {.s 3 ANTa.,a.'. ka.T
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Anxious About s
Reward Money

Ell PAso, Tex, Aug. IAN.
nouncement was made Of head
quarters Of city detectives today
that they had heard that Warren
@. spurgin had been epprehended
on the American side near Marsa
Texas. They said, however, that
they had been unahl6tp verify the
report through Officials at Mnrsn
and other border towns which ara
close %, tholr offloa.
/ County officers 6t Massu have
telesraphod otfieerBiii Chicago Rnd
the Michigan Avenue Trust com.
pany asking II thefn u any re.
ward tor the arrest es arurgin. Ac.
bttlinE To ottieefB here they know
hss whereabouts but nfe waiting
% hear from Chicago before inhn.
ias papers feF the arrest -
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Coal Exchange
a. h! Men Indicted

BALTIMORE, Aug. 2-Tha otfi.
cors, directors and individual mem.
bers Of the Baltimore Coal OK.
change were indicted by the grand
Jury today on, charge of making a
monopoly through q combine to
manipulate and fix the prizes OF
anthracite coal. The eyidence
placed before the grand iuy by
States Attorney Leach ALLEGES the
combine was formed last August.
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Bdison, Firestone and
Henry Prove To Be:Real
Good Scouts
AMPED.F0R THE NIGHT
F'liyyer King" Seems To
BE Some Aid to Kitchen
Force

MY name Is Firestone," said the
|entleman holding out his hand to
west yirginian reporter and a
iend az the camp Of the disIng-
~ gisitors to Fairmont last eve
,ing' aThis IS Mrs. Edison, Mrs.
HBrd, Nj, Edison and he man you
peeiing potatoes down there
th ID cook is Henry Ford. Henry
pks his helping the cooks and
hoes help, some bu I'll bring him
Which eidid forthwith. Ex-
chairs were brought up to the
where the party were sitting
he apple trees in an orchard
interview was on.
lie not be supposed that
view was by any means
d Many questions were ask
tlie visitors about the people,
jtdustfiesS of the region, topog-
ofithe country, roads, reasons
the failure Of the fruit crop,
s.lts Ford having discovered one
lIitary apple in sight among the
,zens bf trees, the reason for tho
resent low production Of coal and
number Of other items that arous
n the interest Of the visitors.
Broachihg the subject Of the D.
+. and 4 railroad Of which Ford Is
eiden, the reporter found Mr..
was.not at all ayerse to talk
sbouf Sheyroad. especially about
Improved methods Of operation.
host motion, the Ford slogan for
Oh the Ford automobile shops
"a 90 Justly celebrated, seems to
ie the watchword. Another big
Hen. Il that railroad men are not
HE only people who know how to
hun d railroad at a profit.
one Oh keir finds, he stated, is a
|awyer who came to work at the
sord shops and was given job
Spediting the movement Of the pro
Iuct through the operating end. He
Il been much Of a success as a
.S, er but made good at his new
~ 10 much so, IN fact that when
ae 6umpany acquired the railroad
be was given a similar job on the
6ad. within a short time freight
al formerly moved 20 miles per
was being moved 50 and the
ance is being constantly in
afi. It was also found that
could be reduced almost
and this was done while at
le time wages were sub
lyincreased.
natural resources Of West
.inia furnished hte topic that
of the ekenest interest to Edi-
but there is one product Of the
ields that interests him more
all others combined and, OF
bs,he told a story that reads
romance Of the quest of
s5for the lost Ingredient OF
that would turn him back
his original form OF DR..
eut IS years ago, said Mr.. Edi
ae bought from the Standard
m eo!, Of olean N. 2, barrel of
3 substance that works up from
EnS al well with the sucker rod in
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ENR|C0 CARUS0 DIES AT NAPLES
By The Way:
Daily column given to current
events and frank comment
CAPACITY.

u AGE Mr. Eiastein. An Amer
i lean has been found who un-
derstands his theory Of relatiyityl
He is Edwin Roche Hardy, the IL
year old Columbia University prod
ig, whose mastery of some 20
Languages and all tie higher
branches Of learning IS the educa-
ttonal marvel Of the age.
The Einstein theory is as simple
as a b c." says young Hardy. ut
is altogether a question Of ones
capacity to understand"
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DIVORCES

G PEAKING Of divorce. an an
~ alysis of hte newspapers indi-
Gates that it is more or less epidemic
throughout the world. But we don't
have to go outside of the United
States to find the city that seems to
be entitled to the medal. In San
Francisco the ratio of divorces to
marriage is about to 2-43 pei
cent as many divorces as marriages.
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New Yorb Sorop Sbicken

NEW YORK, Aug 2-The death Of Enico SGanso Beneath
Tie his Italy today sorrow highway and
byway Of New Y okss& ,s
he loved BY ALL The poor Of East Side enpsns the
wealthy Of Fifth Avenues stately mansions the countless who
filed the seats Of the Metropolitan Opera house between sparkling pill
Street sweepe stopped their work prayer departed
tenor the cultured amened the loss of Of eed
They felt the loss not only America world for
Caros superb have nraptred audiences world
The homage paid him better realized than when voice
sienced during his long illness last winter.
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Acute Peritonitis Sets in and Proves
Fatal; On Road to Recovery Until
Relapse About Week Ago
WIFE and BROTHER AT his BEDSIDE
New York Shocked By His Death; Entire WorldWiIl
Miss Wonderful Tenor Voice; Was Loved BY Rich
and Poor; Tributes During Illness Last Winter

NAPLES Aug 2-Ennco Causo world famous Senor.s did
here today Caso underwent operation Sunday
the weakness Of his heart necesstated injection Of
hours
The operation was for an ab, between the Liver and daphrr
which caused acute perioniis
carusos wife and his brother were his bedade The tenor
gan in New York last winter early he operate season. when suddenly
he had unexpected relapse and removed from Sorrento
He arrived Naples Sunday night and the specialists were
called IN decided OF operate Immediately