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MINERS | BELIEVED /: ] |. ! |. &
TOHAVE PERI.SH'ED| |: | 4 L J
Hope OF Rescuing Entombed
Men Growing Fainter
Every Hour.

\ Il JACKSON, Cal. 1-.S-Aug2ei2 9-tBy
the .AssociatedsqPre ress Volumes
I tofisgas iss uing5 from the burning
depths Of the Arsona nautT mine
through the Muldoonair shaftt1ed
to the belief today that the men,
now said to mum Der forty-seven.
who were imp risoned in the essArgo-
naut mine at midnight Sund ay
night by a fire, have all peTished
The attempt to cut through
from the depth of the Kennedy,
the deepest gold mine in America,
to the bottom of the Argon aut
has been abandoned as hopeless.
The only hope of resucing the
men who are trapped likeSrats in
a hole, is through the main: shaft
and that hope is GROWN g#falnte ter
every hour.
Digging IN the Kennedy gold
mine in an effort to effect a juno
ture with the Argonaut shaft to
release forty-seven entombed
miners was renewed feYer1shly
today when H. NJ. Wolifn, super
intend ent of the state bureau OF
safety, announced that hole
could be cut through in wo or
three days. ss
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Plan FOR federal. control Agency 4
FORMINESA SABANDONEDIBYCONGR
President Still Believes Con
gress Should Give Him
Authority, However.

wAsHINGTOE, Aug DE
finite abandonment Of President
Harding's proposal to Congress
for federal control agency was an
nounced to the House today by
Chairman Winslow of the Inter
state Commerce Commission at
the beginning of a debate on the
bill to create machinery to super
wise .distirbution only.
President Harding still believes
that Congress should grant him
immediate authority to take over
railroads and mining properties, II
was said today at the White House
but he has assured congressional
spokesmen that only the greatest
public necessity would move him
to exercise such powers if grant
ed.
If Congress indicates unwilling.
ness to enact the legislation nee.
essary the President does not in
tend to push his opinion or tc
make formal public demand TO:
the powers, it was said, Officials
adding that he does not believe tha,
there is any present necessity for
action under such a grant.
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MAIL BOXES AT
HOMES REQUIRED | U i; I. ]
Fairmont Citizens Have Until
First OF Year to Get
Boxes or Slots.

Unless you have a door-slot or
/ mail receptacle at Your residence.
you are herby officially warned by
Postmaster-John S Scott to get
| one or the other before January J.,
1898 After that time delivery will
be discontinued to residences
| where there is neither door-slot
or mail receptacle.
This action was taken on sug-
gestion from headquarters at
Washington as outlined in a re-
The article. signed by the first as
sistant postmaster general reads
in part:
| con account Of delays caused 20
carriers at dwelling houses where
no door-slot or. mail receptacle is
provid ed, and the fact that large
majority of the dwellings are thus
equipped already, it seems timely.
within a reasonable period. to re
quire all those who are to receive.
mail by street carriers at dwellings
to provide such accommodations
! the expense of same being small.
structed The length OF notice
should not exceed four months, al
| though there may be exceptional
cases where Postmasters should
Iuse reasonable discretion or ask
for Instructions"
| Postmaster John S. Scott an
nounced this morning that he had
received word from Washington to-
day which indicated that some de-
finite action would be taken in
the near future in regard to secur-
ing about 400 additional boxes for
the local office Many people IN
this city have been waiting long
time for private boxes at the post
office. There has been a great de-
mand for them for long time.
and the supply at the local office
is exhausted
Postmaster Scott will attend the
national convention of pastmasters
to be held in Washington on Sep
tember q, IS and %.
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END OF COAL STRIKE IN
PITTSBURGH REGION SEEN

PITTSBURGH. Pa, Aug. 90:
Termination Of the coal strike in
the Pittsburgh bituminous region
was forecast today when the Of
fcers OF the mine workers an n
nounced they would meet the
scale committee Of the Pittsbursh
coal producers Association this
afternoon on an invitation of the
association to discuss an agree
ment along the lines Of the C1eye-
land agreement.
Members of the producers as
sociation include the most impor-
tant coal producing companies in
the district with the exception OF
the PITTSBURGH Coal Co., which
Yesterday announced. it's with
sdrawaI from the association. and
which coal authorities predicted
would continue firm in its attitude
against the check-off.
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Declares One millionaire
Produced tor Every Three
Soldiers Killed IN War
Senator capper Bitterly Raps
Profiteers in Defend
ing Bonus

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-An-
nouncing his support of the sol
diers' bonus as nothing more than
"a square deal; for the boys who
did the fighting" Senator Capper.
Republican, Kansas, told the Sen
ate today that ..the war profiteers
and the peace profiteers owe. a
bonus to the soldiers of the World
War
.sThere is no better guarantee
against mi1itarism than to require
the men who profited out OF the
war to pay for it," he said. Those
who remained at home made
enough5to enable us to pay many
times over the debt we owe the
men who fought our battles. Wall
street wants to pay it with sales
tax which would be paid largely
by the farmers, laboring people
and others in the form OF tax
on food and clothing and other ne
cessities. .i 4
..Profiteering during the war
produced one American millionaire
for every three American soldiers
killed in France. would like to
see the government recover the
hundred OF millions OF dollars
stolen from the Treasury by crooks
and grafters who profiteered off
the government in war contracts
and then use that money to pay the
soldiers bonus.
Then there is another way we
can raise the money. Let's collect
the. billions that other governments
owe and pay it to our soldiers.
There is no use discussing the fact
that our interest hackers want us
to wipe out this foreign debt. It
will make their foreign securities
that much stronger.SSIf we decline
to cancel this debt these govern
ments pro5a bly, will try to borrow
more money from us to pay US
what they owe u.s. AS far as am
concerned, I will never vote to
cancel one dollar Of that debt. q
will never vote. to lend another dol
lar OF government funds to any
foreign nation.
Senator Capper said the most
powerful influence against the
bonus was the United States Cham
Der OF Commerce, which, he
Of FITS mem bership not upon the
measure fore Congres but+upon
measure: of its own citing. z,
;Es3stt OnIy85 Ssper cent OF the cham
sber's menbership voted upon the
propositions, =, he continued, "and a
large proportion OF these votes
came from the large centers OF in
dustry. In spite of this only one
proposition out of the four re-
sceived less votes in favor than it
did against, and of the total votes
the four proposals submitted, 4,116
votes were cast In favor of all prop
sosition to 2,657#ag against them"
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.C'L|NE'S STORY Oh
DUEL D ] 4! DISCREDIIED D | S ] /: | D
Movie Actress and Man Tell
Story Of Murder Of
John Bergen
EDGEWATER,

EDGEWATER, N. J. Aug. %
The story Of Miss Alice Thornton,
the young movie actress who has
revealed what preceded the 'slay-
ing Of Daredevil John Bergen at
the home OF George Cline, film To-
cation man, last Friday night, to-
day led county authorities to an
snounce that they were ready to pre-
sent the case to the grand jury Sep
Stember S. Miss Thornton's story,
told last night after a search for
a ..mysterious blonde which end
ed at hersNew York apartment, was
supplemented by Joseph 1ruilo Of
Grantwood, NJ J., who also was at
the Cline home when Bergen met
his death. Il YVES said Gins. stcry
of the duel was discredited by their
testiru ony. 45i
The movie actress said she had
been summoned to the. Cline resi-
dence to be present when Bergen
was confronted with charges that
he had attacked Mrs. Cline at Sar-
anac Lake, N. Y, recently. 1urilo,
a movie fireworks epert, was there
to discuss a contract with Cline.
she said. Both told how Bergen, ac-
cused by Mr., and Mrs. Cline, ad-
mirted his guilt According to their
version Of what followed, Cline ap-
peared With a revolver. Bergen fled
from the house. was brought back.
at the point of Cline's pistol, and
herded up the stairway toward the
attic. Bergen unarmed. \
a few minutes later, Miss Th orn-
ton is said to have related. they;
heard a shot and Bergen staggered
down the stairs to the street where
he was found dying, Iuri1o corro-
borated her story. sfz ~
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Perfumes Banned I; 4
i,l:..Bl!jati1ii1lg:Bl % y Beauty I
Contest PAGEANT

s w sATLANTIC CITY, N >. J. Aug
9Hudson Main, the inven-
4 tor who is to be Father Nep-l
tune in the pageant to be held
here In connection with the
contest for the title for the
country's most beautiful bath
ing girl. has succeeded in hay-I
ing perfumes banned. i3
For many years willie ex-i
perimenting with smokeless
powders and other explosive
materials. the inyen tor wrote,
" I was, Obliged to WORK in az
atmosphere charged with
vapors of aceton acetate Of
amyl. benzol and other volatile
solvents of gun cotton. So:
offensive have perfumes be-
come to me that when we have
an engagement. at my homes1 Il
send a printed invitation and
ask all guests to refrain from
using peri me-
Last years winner will have
only fifty opponents IN this
years contest. II.
" /
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PLOT TO WRECK
10th CENTURY
limited Barred
Train Wreckers at Gary Con-
graduated on Their Re-
turn to Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29----Five men
were charged with mu I'd er today,
accused ofHawrecking the million
dollar express on the Michigan
Central near Gary, Ind, August
90, when, two of the crew were
killed.
Five others were held N con-
nection with the wreck investlsa-
ton and at least two more are
known to be sought. Confessl3ns
obtained from some of the prison
ers n OF only solved the wrechSof
the express, but barred plot to
wreck the Twentieth Century
Limited, crack New York-Chica
train, at5Elkhart. Ind, the police
said. ss. .Ss{
The hestiye$wao o ace murder cnsr-
-ses re J Josep h ssSPApourTateh.
Charles usilis, = Ohm PetroWsks1i,
A1binoa Alessfo and J anne ro-
hetsh.SAll were said to be striking
=shopm en-. s5!s tit Il.
8 Usilis, Petrowski and PapoulErr-
witch were said to have confessed
the wreck pl OF. The men are are
Russians and before the strike
were employed in New York Cen
tra1 shops. .4si They nam ed Alesslo
in their conf fession and he admit
ted knowledge Of the plot, accord.
ing to theSpolice. but 10 aintalrec
that the aforementioned three
were responsible for the wreck
Taken to the scene Of the wreck
$Usilis, the, police said, described
the work Of the wreckers in pull
ing spikes and looseninS rails.
According to the, story of Usilis'
confession he and his companions
had attended a meeting of strikers
and radicals in Chicago the dav
before the Gary wreck. a speaker
whose name the police said they
have, admonished Usilis and his
friends they had not done much
to help the strike along
Usilis and his companions, the
alleged confession went on, talked
with the speaker after the meeting
.schemed the wreck Of the express
train. went to Gary that night and
upon their return were consratul-
ated for the work they had done.
The plot to wreck the Twentieth
Cen tury Limited then was hatch
ed. according to Usiiis. with the
idea that a disaster of tn at magni-
tude would cause travellers to fear
to ride trains. 456
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DANIEL WILLARD
CLAIMS FURTHER
STEPS USELESS t. |: | !. S J;
B. & o. President Announces
Intentions to Build Up New
Shop Organization.

(Special to The West Virsinian)
AE= BALTIMORE. Aug, 29.-Daniel
Willard, president Of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad, when asked
Just before leaving for an inspection
trip over the b. & o. property what
further steps would be taken look
ing toward the settlement OF the
strike said that he knew OF no
further steps to be taken and that
he personally could not see what
further could or would be done. He
declared that n o more effective or
earnest mediators could be found
than the chiefs OF the 54engine and
,trainmen,s Sbrot therhoods had prov,
'edS to beE and ha tfa he believed the
railroad executives Of the minority
group in their efforts to reach an
agreeme EFT had made sans absolutely
,equfta PR oposal and had made
every concession possible under the
circumstances without results.
He said it taWould seem that there
rems ined nothing to do but to pro.
ceed to build UP forces from those
who were desirons of performing
services. He also declared that on
til, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad more
than 60 per cent of the normal
800 men We're employed at the
Mt Glare shops. where over so per
cent of normal heavy repairs
were turned out during the month
of August The situation OF course,
was not satisfactory. President
Continued on Page Four)
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I.NGAMON MAN HELD.
FOR AUTO ACCIDENT.

Bond OF s2,5oo5has been fur
nished by Stanley Szymunse OF
Bingamon. who Is held in con
nection with the death Of Samuel
j. elise and the serious injuries
to Tony ys9Yaquinto,s as the result
OF an automobile accident at
Bingamon several days ago
The coroner's jury appointed
to investigate the cause of the
death Of Samuel ]. elise has not
yet held an inquest. elise was
dent with the Yaquinto boy. IA sa.
The coroner's jury will do
nothing untiISt the injured boy gets
entirely out Of 5danger,' County
Coroner J .5L L. B1ocher stated this
morning when asked as to wheth-
er the coroner's jury had made an
Inquest Of the elise death. s5
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.0R||li0N=ONI0N
SSIGNE.D.UP ! ] | ! | |. I:
sBarrac kvilIe Mine Among Four
Unionized by United
Mine Workers.

sSsSiS F,f,l1r additional coal companies
sSS1nye signed up with the officials
.8Sf sub district 4, district II. with
yEhseadnuarters in this city Ihe
.ssscolmi1panies that have signed up
sWit thin the past tewnty-four hours
are as follows: Fairmont Fuel co;
81 &c r obinson interests) Hill
N nan nine, Dorsey Pople, general
9Sesm e5o anager er,sMorgantown; Alpha Port
IA @s8 Cement Co, Reynoldville;
81 sFinches Fuel Co., Barrackville
@Fafrnnont-Pittsbu c. & G. Co,
81
Organize Hill Top
delegation from sub district 4
81 district 17, United Mine Workers
fSsAnerica. yesterday went to the
&aNISTop Mine Of the Fairmont F'uei
q itksssnear Morgantown, and organic
ssd that plant. The speakers were
Patrick Buckley. vice president OF
sssYsuba district q; James Rodgers,
IssP glove; Joseph Martin, Ida
sSMays and Frank Miley, Mt. Clare
men were organized at
the plant
Plant Unionized
The mine Of the Pittsburgh c. &
gGaat atBarrackville, which never
IVA VA shz.organized in the past, today
gsigned up It is understood that
miners at this plant would like
4 fps form a local there.
In Mononeah
Nick Aiello president Of sub
district a, was in Monongah yester-
day handling a discharged case.
sssSSssss In Sub District 8
N additional coal companies have
@s @ssiened up with the officers OF sub
district s. district II, United Mine
(CoE.inued on Page Four)
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BRITAIN TO PAY DEBT

LONDON. Aug. 2e:-CBy the As
sociated Press s)-Prime Minister
Lloyd George, in conversation with
Col. E. M. House, who breakfast
ed with the premier this morning,
reiterated Great Britain's inten-
ton to discharge her present debt
to the United States to the last
farthing, Colonel House told the
Associated Press.
Colonel House said the premier
begged him to tell those at home
that Great Britain was not seeking
financial assistance fromSthe United
States but desired very earnestly
her continued moral support. "
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COAL PRODUCTION
Still HAIMPERED
BY CAR SHORTAGE j
Sbty:-One Mines Unable to
Operate on Monongah Di-
MsIon OF 3. & O.
/ SIX. AL SO HARD: HIT.
a a New Peak for Coal Loaded in
Fairmont Region Reached
I Here Yesterday.
| ALSO HARD Hit

Coal production in Northern
West Virginia will be greatly
todaylSby car shortage,
(which proved more seriously to-
ssdays than on Monday.
The most serious car shortage
the n orthern tier of the state is
Stoday affecting the Charleston
Division. B. & O., where there is
anil 1gper cent car supply reckon
led on the early morning place
SEment. The operators along that
eisitvfsion ordered 182 empties and
chad u Temples placed at z o'clock
ssHt his m orning. The car supply on
%theaM Monong gah Divisions B. & O..
AWas ust trife better. there
sSbsfngFa Is per cent run of cars
chased on the early morning place
kSment. C mines along the Mon
pongah Division, 3. & o., today
kSordered 1901 empties and there
sWere but 4 IL cars on the division,
but so were placed at z
lock. Railroad officials figured
9;ssti es, however, before the day end
SsdSand the greater portion in time
.1t6r today's loading.
Coal operators along the Mon
saongaha Division, 3. 6 O.. today
Eordered 1901 commercial cars
Sss$and 54O o cars for railroad fuel
y loading. AS "a resultSof car short
sEage* there were sixty-one mineI
lidIes today on the division against
f40#yesterday.
d NJ. ste *. Also Hit.
l2SgEThe mines along the Morgan
ss9townss&s Kingwood Railway today
sIWere short of cars also. There
10 emptie ordered while
EhsplacementssW we're g
This nj fonongahe 3Morgantown
and II other lines con-.
Continued son lass Fsour) s3ss \
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M NARY RIDER TO |
.BQN|U|S.OPPQS'';IE ! | J D
Senator NC Cumber D Declares
Amendment Will Add
Millions to Cost.

WAsHINGTON, Aug. 2e.-op-
posing the McNary land reclama-
ton amendment to <. the Soldiers
Bonus Bill, Senator McCumber,
Republican, North Dakota, in
charge of the measure, told the
Senate today that the proposal
would add hundreds OF million s
and perhaps billions OF dollars to
the cost of the bonus program.
IT wonder if the senator believes
VIC can attach his amendment and
bring this bill before the President
and have it signed?" asked Sena-
tor McCumber.
81 think Il can say that the Presi-
dent thinks moreAof this amend
bill, . retorted Mr.. 1McNary. If you
want the President to sign the bill
the surest guarantee is to add this
am mendment.' Y a
II cannot imagine, Il that be
true. what all the objection of the
President and the Secretary of the
Treasury has been about. return
ed Senator McCumber 55
& "Both based objection to the bill
as it then stood upon the cost to
the government and the interfer-
lence with the refunding OF the
short time government obligations
Ell Senator McCumber declared that
when the enemies of the bonus
come flocking to the support Of
the reclamation amendm ent he
was a bit suspicious, adding that
il it was d esired to test the good
fa{th Of tEs4 sap nortcrt. OF the
amendnent it should be pur
through as = separate BILL
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L argest Man E'Uer p 2 i17I i;
/ city B Basfile z Claims. e Il s:
Whole T0lt,,1 Drunk

The largest man that has ever
been confined in the city jail.
was arrested this morning about
O'Clock by Policeman BIZ
Dougherty. He gave the name name
Z Of j. A. Rod gers, but gave out
no Information as to his height
or weight.
Charges OF being drunk and
disorder1y were placed against
Rodgers when he was placed
& under arrest by officer Dough.
erty. e va
.1f i was guilty Of being drunk
and disorderly, the whole town
should have been arrested on.
the same charges" was Rodg-
ers' reply when he was asked
whether he was or was not
guilty OF the charges. He was
taken back to jail to await q
hearing tomorrow morning when.
witnesses will be summoned
to testify against him.
A forfeit OF $40 went to the
city treasury this morning when
Fred vendetti failed to appear
to defend himself Of charges Of.
speeding.
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Hoover Ridiculed

5 DETROIT Mich, Aug. 29.---3T-he T
statement Of Secretary Hoover that
present price of coal would add
only $3.50 to the price Of Ford cars
was characterized at the Ford OF.
flee here today as trivial and
playful statement for the head OF
a government department to make. make
1T is quite in keeping with ev-
erything that has been going on
at Washington in the present situa-
tion,'' it was added.
Does Mr.. Hoover think We
should turn over to the profiteers
from $7,OOo,oOo to s1O,0oo,0o0 that
would be represented in the in
creased cost Of coal?" was asked
The normal daily consumption OF
coal by the Ford plants, he said
amounts to 1900 tons a day.
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3IIs. #
ALIEN CHARGED
AS CO||N|'||:S'P'l|'R||'l ] 1
Bill Of Particulars Claims
Accused Man DIrec ted
Armed Marcfl lers.

CHARLES TOWN, W. AMugs M
Counsel for the state he
trial Of Walter len chargeds
with treason growing out the
invasion OF Logan cunt
armed miners late ast summer
today fled a bill Of ofSparticaI1arsSi Sins
Circuit Court, setting forth what
they expect to prove.
The bill recites tina AllensSbe@
fore the armed march tooksplaces
conspired with sS Fran 4 SeeneysS
Fred Mooney, Viii lam BHzzard
officials Of district Mol as W: 81
W. of A. .and Others whp efinrs
dicted to levy war againstst the
state; assisted in theringsm men
for the march; solicit dSmoneysto
locals Of the min ersa unions inSSth
Southern West virgini delds
to furnish large sums f8nnoneY
for the purpose OF arms
and ammunition#a and ds oIhergsupS
plies to equip memberss TT heSorSA
sganization.
This alleged onspiracysSthes esbt11
charged, extended zovert the month
of August. i 921, and early stnSSepS
temberl of the same eiyeaT@Whs hsnSthes
fighting occurred along EthesBo Boonss
Logan coun ty$ bord ders I'M Spr1ee$
Fork Ridge and Blair Msountalns
The conspiracy was b hatchsd the
bill nunued In * ChaTlestonand
other parts of sKanawhaB Bopnas
Fayette. Logan and dSRaIeIghSconns
ties. 2 Il
Allen also licited fund from
persons whose names iIlkbesfl
;nished, ! the bill declareds
The specific 5ch harges is Hen
as one Of the co-conspi iIatoE
leaders OF 4the armed forcesswa
with the arm men in Esogah
County and eesaid ed; ;counseIIedsa
directed til en- in I'M theH lighting
against state forces. lIsn
nished the men wi III arms and
amm unition and dsWasS q arnned
self the sta tessA BIZ scpn nclAdsds
"a. I'm. sBaIcher couiaseI forth the
ecution made ne opentng
statement after theS bi1 ISWaspF
ysented. y. The jury agSsWornSsnd
the taking OF Testimony beg
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COAL
SlTUATlON ON5BETT TER
PHILADELPHIA,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2e.---
Definite statement that there
would be no government interven-
ton or. seizure of mines remained
the outstanding feature Of the an
:hracite situation here early TO-
day, The statement came from
an authoritative but confidential
source last night
NJ Within a short time, according
to the source Of informa ton, and
probably within week, represen-
tatives Of the miners and hard
coal operators will sign a peace
pact and 155, 900 workers soon
thereafter will return to their
Jobs. This agreement, it was de-
clared. will overcome the stumb-
ling blocks which presented them-
selves last week when the joint
peace conference of9miners and
came to a deadlock in
the office of Samuel D::.Warriner,
president Of the Lehigh Coal &
Co., and chairman Of
the operators policy committee.