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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
WESTERN ROADS Will.
CONFER W|THEMPL0YES|
Conductors and Trainmen 10
Meet With Managers
On October Z

Cleveland. O.. Sept. 19.-(By Tho AS
sociated Press) -Conferences with
managers Of practically every railroad
west OF tho Mississippi river. and w.
G. Lee, president Of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen and L. E. Sheppard
president Of the Order OF Railroad
Conductors, for tho purpose OF con-
sidering signing new contracts cover
Ing wages and working conditions for
trainmcn and conductors. will be held
at tho Transportation building. Chi-
cago. Monday morning Oct 5. Mr. Leo
announced today.
Mr.. Leo late today. received a reply,
from w. NJ. Jeffcrs. chairman OF the
conference committee Of managers OF
western railroads. TO his request ioF
such a conference. Mr.. Jeffers tele-
gram follows:
Managers conference committe VIII
he ready for reconvene conference with
Yourself and committee 10 o'clock the
morning Of Oct. . at Transportation
building chicago. Joint message 70
Leo and Sheppard"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
STRIKE
NOW INEVITABLE
Conference With Manufacture
ers Results in Complete
Disagreement

Special 20 The lNtelH EeNcer.
East Liverpool. Ohio. sept l9-A
strike os 1000 general ware pottery
workers in the United States, effective
October /. IS inevitable. President John
T. Wood. Of the National Brotherhood Of
Operative FottecS. announced tonight.
following conference with the labor
committee Of tn" United States rott"rS
Association.
BY vote Of c7Gl to 1O%S The union
pot,ers rejected the proposal Of the
manufacturers TO renew the present
wage agreement. which expires AZ mid
nigh, OF Sept 80. The vote N favor
Of Il strike Vas rs more than the r"-
qu;red two-;hIrds. instructions to quit
work on the night az Sept. 50 viii he
he issued at once 10 IN" union workers
IN the general ware Industry. President
Wood said.
cities affected by the order include
East Liverpool. Akron. Cosaocton. S;eu-
bile. trookSNi.,c. Sa!.nvjll". WellSN!l!c,
Salem. Sebrjng and East Palestine. Ohio:
Wheel, ;nc CldrkS',urE. Huntington.
Chester aad Newell. W. Va. New Castle.
Beaver Fails. CaunOnSburg and Falls
ton. IA; Evansville. Ind: Hufta.". New
York. Trenton. y. j; and NJ, Clemens
Mich.
The ttcup Will not affect sanitary pot
itoricS. although $500 employees IN this
branch Of the Industry are preparing to
take a referendum vote on 30 per cent
reduction in the wage acrecmcn; which
expires November |.
Pottery employees are paid on piece
work basis Under the present scale
their wages run from 81 TO $40 per day.
Their demand for a seven per cent IN
crease was refused by the manutac-
turers az a conference held In August
and the referendum vote followed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
First Republican Tariff Bill In
Ten Years Through Congress;
Measure Goes To President
Five Republicans Vo ed
Against the Bill While The
Two Louisiana Democrats
Support 1t Will Yield
100000, 900 Annual.
Revenue.

Washington. Sept. 19.-Here is lhe
chronology Of the tariff bill.
House ways and means cornmitte:
began hearings january 6. 1921.
Bill introduced In House June %. =
Formally reported by committee
July s.
passed by House July 81.
Referred to Senate finance corn
mittee July %.
Hearings started July IS.
Hearings concluded January s.,
1922.
Reported to Senate August II.
Passed by Senate August 10.
Referred TO conference August %.
Reported out Of conference Sep
tember II.
Sent back to conference by House
September 13.
Reported back TO House and ap-
proved September Is.
Approved by Senate September 10.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
AMERICA SAID
LAST HOPE Of
STRICKEN ONES
Less Than $4,000 Survivors
Of 100000 Christians
At Smyrna

Smyrna, Sept. 12-(By The Associated
s)-F1rs has accomplished for the
Turks what the sword failed 10 DO,
Asia Minor. tho cradle Of Christianity
will soon be depopulated Of Christians
Many OF those in Smyrna who were not
snatched from death by Americans and
other rescuers are sappearns into the
hills, some voluntarily. many by force
Others arc dying Of exhaustion fright
or exposure on tho shattered stone water
front OF tho benighted city.
Tho only cry American correspond
cn;s hear IS:
Won, America come and save u.s."
Mus,apna Kcmals order permitting
American and allied ships to enter tho
barhor I, evarua.c the victims has re-
lIcved the anguish Of both refugees
ana relief workers.
200 900 Arc Missing.
Loss than $4,000 Christians remain
huddlod on tic quay or In concentration
,.,r7ns on. Of the original $50. 900. and
,bc worst fears are entertained for
those who we're taken forcibly into the
Interior.
Tho Turkish ed!ct has gone forth:
"Chr!stianity must be stamped out IN
Asia"
The lack Of food and clothing and ;he
unsrcakah'n unsanitary conditions are
adding - the horrors. and the people are
obliged to cat the flesh OF animals KILL
cd in the fire days ago. The American
blucjackcts have ransackcd the ships in
;ho harhor Cor condensed milk for the
rom!sncd babies and have given UP their
ONorCOatS 10 women.
Scenes Of Anguish.
Tho nights are bitterly cold and the
flcctin- refugees take refuge in the
cellars nr smouldcring ruins: others
have hurrowed into the earth like an
tuials Of tho Wild Mother in bitter
anguish and despair arc thrustinS their
babies into the sea.
The combination Cr war. massacre,
fire drowning and famine diseases. has
visited scourge and havoc upon inno-
cent and defcnseless Christian women
and children. One must go back to
raran times to find a counterpart 10 the
rciCn .: fury. fire and famine which
lad this great shrine OF christianity in
ashes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
Ed LONG, ALIAS
NJ M|LLEN, TELLS
To POLICE
Saws He Shot Charles Conard
When Latter Refused 10
Carry Liquor in Car
Man Named Harrington With
Him at Time of Murder
Helped Conceal Body
Bester and Mclaughlin Not
Directly Implicated-Steu-
benvillians Get Reward

The we'll Of mystery surrounding the
murder Of Charles Conard Barncsville
;aaI driver. NJ Loydsv!l!c, Ohio. on the
night of September 9th. WIS lifted early
last evening Mt Steubenv!lle when Ed
ward Long, alias Robert Leroy McM!l-
len. Of Akron. Ohio. formerly OF Bel
laire, made complete confession 10
jefferson and Belmont county authori-
ties. admitting that he shot and killed
Conard and impI!cat!ng one Ed Harring-
ton. who. Long declared. was with nm
at the time of the shooting.
The confession was the elimination
Of gruclling examination. conducted
by Sheriff i. 7. Lynch OF Belmont coun-
" and several Jefferson county authori-
ties. During the examination Long re-
reatedly protested his innocence. but
finally broke down under the continuous
crossfre OF questions and told the story
Of the crime, which. excepting fow
minor details. IS believed to be correct
Arrested At wellsville.
Long was arrested at Wellsville Mon
day night by Deputy Sheriffs William
Allison and william Campbell. OF Jetfer-
son county. who by virtue OF their ef-
forts In running down the criminal. are
entitled 10 the $1,000 reward offered by
Belmont county commissioners for the
capture OF the murderer. He was first
taken to the Jefferson county jail but.
following his confession. was turned
over 70 Sheriff Lynch. OF Belmont coun-
". and is now IN the 81. Clairsv!lle
Jail awaiting arraIgnment F. A. Rcster.
Of Wellsville. Ohio, and @. Mclaughlin,
Of Huntington. W. Va. arrested Sunday
at Conneaut. Ohio. with m" stolen car.
are also IN tho Belmont county Jail. but
CONTINUED on PaEe Ten)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
THROW DOUBT
ONPATERN|TY
Of THECH|[D
Sensational Scene When Mrs.
Tiernan Resents Init
nation

South Ecnd. nd. Sept. la.--The sud-
aor ,rd dramatic intimat!on hurled ut
,,ruct, ricrnar. BY Attorney
samuel Parker in the form OF ques-
Tam 'I hor husband and previously
t,h,aI ,ba r.,,cruiiy of her secor
,I, ,,.,a ,.,,,y;r- IN onen break be-
~ .m,, ,ba ,,,o ,as tho outstanding
,'',,, ~ ,h. ...,.ond DAVIS hearing OF
,hs ,,,so i'm which Mrs Tiernan charges
,b,,.Harrv poulin and not her huS-
t,.,,d :, \o,r, Dame law professor.
months old
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
CRACO-PAULL 100000 LIBEL
SUIT To JURY THIS AFTERNOON
MOTIVE OF DEFENDANT AND NOT
VERACITY OF STATEMENTS MAT
TER TO BE DECIDED BY JURY.
PLAINTIFF BELIEVES WORRY OVER
CASE CAUSED ILLNESS RESULT
ING IN MOTHERS DEATH.
ATTORNEY DECLARED PAUL. WAS
ACTING IN PROMOTION OF THE
PUBLIC wELFAEE-CHARGE
MADE WERE TRUE.

Question rs 10 tho motive Of the do.
, fcnGant and not as to tho truth Of falls
itY Of the statements Of 4. {. PAUL,
president Of tho Wheeling tamp!ng COM
pany. as published in tho morning
newspapers Of October -, 1921, is the
only matter TO he decided by tho Jury
In tho 100000 lil"l suit brought by
Homer e. traSo. former city manager
or the city Of Wheeling. against Mr..
RAUL.
This was ruled upon by Judge !. B.
Sommcrvllc in circuit court yesterday
afternoon during arguments raised by
council as to IN" admissIb.lity or cvi-
dcur" aS 10 the Innocence or guilt OF
Mr.. CragO. who was recalled by the citi-
zcns Of Wh""liur following the election
scandal Of 1921.
Opened Yesterday.
Tho Crago-Paull libel suit opened IN
circuit court yesterday morning n $50
O'Clock. Expectations were 10 conclude
the case IN single day. hui the drawn
out examination and cross examination
OF witnesses will require probably the
whole Of two days.
Attorneys for MIR r3ul! nre hising
their defense on the fact that the ncca-
sion was a privileged ono. in which the
law recognizes the right nj citizens to
freely discuss candidates for office.
Counsel declared that Mr. Paull was
acting in promotion Of tho public well
fare when he took part IN publicly Urg-
Ing the recall Of former City Manager
Crago. and asserting that all charges
made against Mr.. Crago by Mr.. PAUL
IN a communication 10 the newspapers
we're true.
Nelson c. Hubbard. neplbe- q: counsel
for the defendant. denied NJ. PAUL 5
motives were guided by malice or per-
sonal enmity towards Ny. CraEo
With surprising speed d jury 70 Try
tho libel suit WAS secured. As nn!" Sly
Of the first group called failed 10 quail
irv. Tho jurors were examined jointly.
and the opposing counsel r'!rI'n"d from
inrcrroga,luG them.
From the opening statements Of
counsel Il developed lha, Mr.. 'raEo
will attempt 10 prov" Mr.. l"mh not
only s!.rrl III" recall petition. but hn
WAS b1cl, rr tie. movement 10 !HruEV-
rate q recall. and wrn'" 20 the ucw@-
rarcr4 inviting tie hr.m..HE "r s"i:
and was rr-run2.ll" 'nr w|.h = 'hc
ruhrtl,v incident :, ~" recall "."g-
IIDu
The dcfrren holds that MIR rau'l
,yos no, back of tho rcrIll petition.
I'M. II. was NOT rcsr"u*!hi" for the
urwxpapc~ pu'iicitv and that h" WAS
no, guilty Of the publication OF lhcl
On Mr.. Craso. II Is further maintain
od that even II the matter In ques-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
PFACE CONFERENCE To SETTLE
CRAVE PROBLEM Of THE TURK

Britain had materially modified her bel-
l!gerent attitude in the Turkish crisis.
and II was freely predicted that tho
British troops would soon be Withdrawn
from the Asiatic side OF the straits.
leaving the Turks in supreme control IN
Asia Minor.
II Is reliably reported that Lord Cur
zon comes TO Paris In conciliatory
mood, and strongly favors an agreement
with France and Italy. The British
foreign secretary will Insist. however
on freedom Of the straits. and It Is DO.
lieved he will point out the danger OF
a Kemalist-Bolshevik accord.
The French government Representa-
tives scout the idea Of such an accofe
(oouHaas4 % 1ass 1euztssO
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
TWENTY DIE IN
RAIL DISASTER

Mexico City. Sept. io.-(Br the Asso-
crated Press) Twenty persons. among
which arc thought to be seHera! Amer
teams. were reported dead and large
number injured N railroad wreck
sa-lv today OF Maredo bound passenger
--atn which left Mexico City last night
n, village near Queretaro.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
SENATE MAY SUSTAIN HARDING
VETOOF THE BONUS MEASURE
President in Accord With
Avowed Purpose Of Bill,
But Rejects Because Of In
evitable Increase in Taxa
ton and Failure of Con-
gress to Provide Means Of
Financing.

Washington. Sept. 10. Pre- ID . n I
Harding vetoed tho soldiers bonus bill
today. informing congress IN written
message that. while he was N accord
with the "avowcd purpose OF the mea-
sure. he did not subscribe 20 tts provi
Slons
The executives action was regarded
generally in Washington as making I'M
possible a bonus for the world war
veterans. n: least for some time 10
come. as I; appeared to he almost GER
tain tha. the veto would be sustained
b. the senate \ vote in the house
was planned fo- tomorrow. with senate
action 70 follow later IN the day or on
Thursday.
why Rejected
Mr. Harding set forth number or
reasons for returning the bill I" the
house without his approval. These
included:
Failure OF congress 10 provide a
means Of financing.
That inevitably the bonus would
mean increased taxation.
That the legislation would wipe out
everything thus far accomplished to
reduce goverTnen, expenditures wher-
ever possible.
That a peace hestowal oH the e1-
service men was "a rervers!on or
OF public funds" and suggested that
future defense Is TO be inspired by
compensation rather than conscious
ness OF duty to flag and country.
That to add ons-siSth Of the total
sum OF the public debt for d!striou-
ton among less than S,oon.o"0 or
1io.ooo.oo0 people would undermine
confidence on which the nations
credit vas hu!lded and Established
the precedent OF distributing public
funds whenever the proposal and the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
DISCOVER PISTOL WITH WHICH
RECT0RAND WOMAN WERE SLAIN
Now Believed That Man And
Woman, as Yet Unnamed,
Were Implicated in Tn c
Double Murder.

New Brunswick. y. j. Sept. 10 tEv
the Associated PrcssD Discovery OF
the pistol with which the Rev. Edward
Wheeler Hail. rector of he Church OF
81. John the Evangelist. ani his young
choir leader. Mrs. Eleanor E"inhardt
Mills. were slam. brought the lnNcHuEa-
tion of the mystcri"GS double murder
near its close tonight.
While officials Of Mi%dieSrN ara
Somerset counties. who ar" cooperating
on the case. refused to repeat earlier
optim!stic predictions Il an arrest
within Il given time. Il WAS learned that
the custodian OF the small county jail
Mt Somery!!le. Somerset county, ma :
been instructed to prepare Cor IN" re-
CENT Of at least one prisoner.
county Detective David. Of Middlcscx.
who found the pisto,---a black aut"m'-
tlc--rcfused to say where Al" had gotten
IT, or whom he suspected or being IT'S
owner Owner ship OF tn" weapon was
being traced. hs said. and an answer
might he expected as soon as that pro-
cedure had been completed.
Another Clue.
Earlier In tho day detectives had core
into possession of a womans handkHr-
chiec pierced with what appeared 10 be
bullet holes The handkerchief had
been picked m near the spot on the
abandoned phillips farm in Somerset
county, where the bodies OF the rector
and Mrs Mills were found. Ownership
Of this lacebound square, If IT can be
established may furnish valuable evil
dence in support OF the theory that
man and a woman. together. surprised
the minister and Mrs. Mills. and that
on. Of the two slew them after struS-
gle between tho two women.
Mills Not Suspected
Nearly all day long-save for brief
respite while they attended the simple
funeral OF Mrs. Mills--the slain w.
mans husband. James Mills and her
daughter. Charlotte. were closeted VITA
officials IN Prosecutor Sttcker's office
UNDERGOING minute examination.
When they wers dismissed. shortly
after o'clock. Assistant Prosecutor
Toolan and Detective navid said that
Mills was "dcfinitely out of IT. and
was under no suspicion whatever.
Mrs Hall. wealthy widow Of tho slain
clergyman. and her brother. William
Stevens. had been summoned 10 appear
CONTINUED on Page Fourteen)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
wEArHER FORECAST

we-t virginia: Cloudy with local
showers "wednesday. cooler In west pof-
tton: Thursday cloudy.
Ohio ana western PennsyiVania'
cloudy With showers and somewnao
,or.r temperature wednesday, Thur
day fair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-09-20
T Fl E IN TELLIGENCER

Has more daily circulation and carries
more advertising regularly than any
other SiX-day morning paper in West
Virginia.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-28
Wife. Angry at Husband.
Scalds Him aA1d Children
Only Meant to Brighten Hin,
for Staying Out Nights,
She Explaine

: Mr.. Tillie NIildado. of N"2 Harvard
curt, Brighton Beach, was arrested
yesterday charged with feloniouo assault
n pouring boiling water over her hus-
"a, oand Harry, their son Herbert. five years
o,o' and their daughter Mildred, one year
0'c, while they We're in bed.
me mans condition is serious. He
aad Herbert were taken to Coney ISL
ana Hospital. The baby escaped with
isnght burns on the legs. In Coney
asano police court Mrs. Mlado was held
IN $500 bail for examination ON Mon
charge. e'o'''S ~ WIG
We have had trouble for six years"
sae sad 70 Magistrate FolweN. "My
aasoand stayed out nights and last night
ee quarreied and he threatened 70 throw
ne -. out Of the window. I did not mean
- ~ scald them, but just to frigbten
M'ldsdc said that there had been a
iaarrel Thursday evening, but he
fought W. it was all over and vent to he'd.
a.. ~ woke up, he said, to find his wife
Ss;nnoine over him with the kettle Of
'''''as water tilted ia. hand.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-28
Nevada DOOms Two Chinese
As First to Die by Lethal Gas

CARSON CITY. New, Jan. 27.The
execution of the first two men in the
country TO be sentenced to death hy
letha gas was set to-day for some time
i'll the week ending April %. The con-
demned men, Hughie Sing, of Carson,
aid Gee Jon, Of San Francisco, Chi
ncse tong men, convicted Of the muir.
der of Wong Lee at Nina. New. August
81, 1921, were brought to the state
prison here to-day from the Mineral
County Jail at Hawthorne.
A motion for new trial wac denied.
but an attorney announced he would
aplAal to the State Supreme Court on
tie ground that death by lethal gas,
as cruel and unusual punishment" is
prohibited by the Nevada constitution
The State Prison Board has not yet
provided cell and apparatus for use
In the lethal gas execution required
undcr the new state law.
The Nevada law authorizing letha
gas for executions was passed in March
1oo1. Under plans made at that time
executions would take place the first
day of the week To-, which they were
New-York tribune., 1922-01-28
Bandits Shoot
Two in $4,000
Silk Hold-Up
Trail Truck in Taxi aud
Flee After Wounding
Driver and Guard i'm
Fight in Washington St.
AutoStripped of Weapons
Flat Tire Ruse Used to
Halt Motor Bound for
Philadelphia With Cargo

Two bandits in taxicab on Wash
ington Street, between Houston and
Clarkson Street, Hast night held up
st the poict Of revolvers an automo-
bile truck laden with s35 900 worth Of
silks bound for Philadelphia They
shot ann seriously wounded the negro
driver and the white guard and fed
empty handed.
John II. Overton, thirty five years
old, negro chauffeur, of A144 Market
Street. Philadelphia. is in ST. yinccnt's
Hospital with two bullet wounds in
his abdomen. FIe is not expected to
recover. August Koepp. forty-five
years old, of 27 Brevoort Place. Brook
lyn, who served as his guard on the
night trips made between this city and
Philadelphia. is in the same hospital
with serious wound in his right
shoulder. Both men are employees of
; long standing of the Triangle Trans
portation Company, Of Philadelphia.
As was their custom. the men re-
ported to the Manhattan branch Of the
firm, at 1903 Tenth Avenue, soon after
T o'clock.
Saw Trailing Taxicab
The truck which they were to drive
already was loaded with silks and
other textiles for delivery at the main
office Of the firm. Just after turning
in Washington Street on their way to
the Desbrosses Street ferry Overton
called Kocpp's attention to the fact
that taxicab was following them
The guard opened the door of the in
closed cab. which is built on the truck
TO make night driving comfortable. and
looked back He could see nothing but
the lights of the cab
AT Houston Street the taXicab shot
past the truck. 1t slowed down ,mme-
diately. A short distance from Clark
son Street the cab came to stop,
blocking the way-of the van. Ovcrton
stopped his machine.
Two men jumped out of the cab and
ran to the rear as if inspecting a tire
Overton and his guard waited. A min
ute later the men approached the truck.
; When Koepp opened the door to inquire
what the trouble was he found the two
: men had drawn revolvcrs.
Two Pistols Missing
! The robbers ordered Koepp and Over
ton to the street. While Overton tried
frantically to start the truck, kocpr
dropped his hands to a box on the
; dash, supposed to contain two rcvol
vers. The weapons were not in the
rack. The guard felt along the bottom
of the container. 1t was empty.
Three shots we're fired in rapid sue.
cession. Overton rolled from behind
the wheel and fell to the street. Koepr
followed him. grasping his shoulder.
/ Drivers of two other trucks who were
entering Houston Street told a police.
man who ran up, after firing the shot;
the two men returned to the taxicab
got into it and continued south ir
| Washington Street.
| Beyond the fact that they were
medium height, wore peaked caps and
! dark clothes. Koepp and Overton were
unable to give any description OF the
handitS
New-York tribune., 1922-01-28

The Broadway holdup men were
busy again last night. At o'clock.
the hour at which an attempt was made
to hold up collector at the door of the
All Jolson Theater Thursday night, three
men entered the Gaiety Building, just
south Of Forty-sixth Street on the west
side of Broadway.
They got into the elevator and rode
to the third floor. There they entered
the Office of the Morrison Fountain Pen
Company, which fronts on Times
SQUARE and is next to the Office OF the
Schmjttberger Detective Agency. The
shades were up and any one on the
east side of the square could have seen
the entire hold-up, IT ne had nappeheo
to glance in that direction.
The president, vice-president, secre e
Abraham Morrison. was alone IN the