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DICTATOR
WANTSPR0PER
AGENTS To ACT
IN DOPE CASE
Declares He Himself Has No
Authority in Ordering Any
Cleanup of Narcotic Traffic
SHOWS SORROW FOR STAR
Thinks. However, That Better
Days Are at Hand for the
Moving Picture Industry
BY JAMES F. TAGGART.

BY JAMES F. TAGGART.
UnivrrsaI Service Special Correspondent
Los ANGELES, Cal, Dec.
.17.-"If Wallace Reid's con-
'dition, as a result of indulg-
ence in narcotics, is such as
has be.sFeperted to me, it s a
matter to"be prayed over
Thus today in his suite at
the Ambassador Hotel here did
Will II. Hays, directing head
Of the organized motion pic
ture industry of America, sum-
Marie his expressed thoughts
regarding the latest drug SEN
satiOn.
Again, if Reid's condition is
such as reported, the poor boy
should be dealt with as a dis
eased person-not to be censured,
stunned. Rather, let US all sane
ly and sympathetically try to
help him, try to restore him to
health" added the screen car.
GIVES THOUGHT TO CASE.
MIR. Hays. it easily could be no.
ticed. was giving the case Of Reid
more thought than he allowed him
self TO express. but what he did
see fit to say was enunciated with
assertive sincerity
The executive head of Los An
geles' greatest industry said that it
would be presumptious of him 10
inject himself into a war here upon
the traffickers in narcotics. He
continued:
You have Federal, State. county
and local authorities to see that
narcotic laws are obeyed. Would
it not appear to be casting a re-
Election upon their efficiency
were l to take it upon myself to
try to execute the law?
WANTS VICE SUPPRESSED.
But l am here always to CO.
operate like any good citizen in
seeing that vice is suppressed and
seeing vicious agencies and per-
sons kept within bounds.
Logically I cannot take it upon
myself with propriety to try to
usurp the functions of the consti-
tuted authorities. Shall l act as
nacrotic law enforcement
official?
We are travelling the highway
to better things in filmdom. We
| are going to have a better Holly
4 ('OnfinTad on paOa q Colnn,r A
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Admiral Finds That Joke
Is on Himself After ''Kidding King

ATHENS, Dec. lit was ad-'
mitted by Rear Admiral MCGOWAN,
United States Navy. that the Joke
was on him. after he learned 1t
was King George Of Greece with
whom he had been passing repartee
in an ante-chamber Of the palace
yesterday.
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uERE AND THERE in the
H great Welshman's story Of
world politics you detect a note
of bitterness. He tells of Foch's
great power, after the victory,
in words that should be re-
mcmbered by this republic if it
does not want to find itself,
one day, the plaything of a VIC
torious soldier as France was
under Napoleon:
"The soldier who by his ge-
MUS leads a nation to victory
possesses a measure of influ-
ence on the public opinion of
the people he has saved from
deslruction-such as no other
Individual can aspire to-as
long as his services are fresh
In the memory of his fellow
countrymen."
Then comes this Lloyd George,
who won the war for England,
preserving the British. empire
from Prussian rule and for
whom England has shown stupid
!ngratitude.
Gratitude is like manna-it
must he gathered and enjoyed
quickly. for its freshness quick
~ disappears.
His admiration and friendship
for France Lloyd George pro-
claims earnestly. 1t was he
that overcame the cOnceit that
kept English officers and the
English King and people from
consenting to fight under the
French flag, with a Frenchman.
Foch, commanding all. During
the whole of my public career |
have been a constant advocate
Of cooperation between the
French and British democracies.
I took that line when fawning
on German Imperialism was
fashionable in this country. Dur
ing the war TWICE USED
MY PREMIERSHIP in an eff.
Continued on Page ., Column l.,
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EXECUTIVES HERE
FOR DRY PARLEY
President Convinced Prohibi-
ton Can Be Enforced by
Vigorous Action.
PROPER LEADERS REQUIRED
Plan to Formulate CIear-Cut
Policy for Entire Nation
to Follow.
BY Universal Service.

Governors from most of the
States reached Washington
yesterday to be in readiness
for a conference with Presi-
lent Harding today on prohi-
bition law, enforcement.
All of them were igurative-
ly wet: victims of a typical
rainy, foggy day, but in no
way dismayed or halted in
their purpose of making law
mean just what it says.
- The--euestion Of whether the
Eighteenth amendment is right
or wrong is not to be debated, il
was learned at the White House
tonight. As the President has
stated in his recent speeches and
private talks, it is a question of
respect for law.
MUST ENFORCE LAW.
The White House idea, it was
stated, is not a question of whethe;
the. particular law is popular. bui
that since it is a law it must be
enforced and the governors are tc
be asked in what way the enforce
ment may be made efficient. Dis
respect for law cannot and will no
be tolerated, the President states
and If the machinery for enforce
ment is not adequate it must b
made SO.
Out Of the conference. It wa.
stated. will be formulated a clear
cut policy. The President hold.
that the whole fabric of constitu
tional government is being flauntet
and that steps must be taken i'm
mediately to check the general ten
denotes.
FAR-REACHING EFFECT.
At the same time. 1t was learned
the President feels that most o.
the violations may be checked Il
the various law enforcement agencie,
undertake the work seriously. L
is contended by him that IL gov
ernors appoint the proper partie,
to supervise the work and let 1t b,
known that they intend to uphold
the law as it is written that 1t wi.
be of far-reaching effect.
The question of State politics anC
the fact that certain governors ar
opposed to the prohibition law il
not to enter into the argument,
was stated. The President is t,
tell the governors that the biz
thing is the majesty of law, re
gardless Of opinion, it was learned
Because any one feels that tn
solution of the problem is ligh
wines and beers. or a reversion t,
the open saloon. is not a reason 70
winking. or even inviting wet con
ditions, it was stated at the Whit,
House. Sentiments Of this kin,
are to be kept in the backgroun,
and the conference devoted to per
fecting a machine that will enforc
the law, it was stated.
The Association Against the Pre-
hibition Amendment issued a state
ment last night commencing Pres
dent Harding for calling the gov
ernors into conference on the DIR
| prOhlem
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D'ANNUNZl0 ACTIVE AGAIN.

ROME, Dec. 17.-Reports were
current tonight that Gabrielle
D'Annunzio is again planning to
take an active part in politics.
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The admiral said:

> The admiral said:
You're pretty young. sonny. to
be wearing an admirsrs plumes.
How do you like your job. brother?''
The king replied that he did not
know how permanent his job was
The admiral left without learning
the others Identity.
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HUGHESS|LENT
ON REPORT us.
| WILL ADVANCE
AID To EUROPE
Senate Leaders, However, Get
Ready to Oppose Any Fur
ther ENHANCEMENT Abroad
WILL REVEAL STAND SOON
Speeches from Floor Expected
by Borah and Hitchcock
During the Next Few DAYS
ny Universal S~rvice.


Congress is watching with
keen interest every move made
at the White House and the
State Department looking to-
ward the further use of Amer
lean money by European ma
tions.
Opposition TO the proposed
loan to Germany or TO any
plan for sending additional
funds to Europe already has
manifested itself among both
Senators and Representatives.
This opposition, which thus
far has found expression only
IN Capitol cloak rooms. is ex-
oected 10 show itself in
speeches from the Senate floor
during the coming week.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, a
leader in the Senate fight on the
League of Nations and against
any effort to involve the United
States in European difficulties,
refused to comment for publica-
ton on the suggestion that Amer
lean bankers be encouraged TO
loan large sums TO Germany, but
it was indicated that he would
express his views within the next
few days.
HITCHCOCK WATCHING.
Senator Hitchcock OF Nebraska,
who Vehemently denounced in the
Senate the opinions delivered by
former Premier Clemenceau OF
France on his recent American
tour, said he was watching devel-
lopments closely and probably would
declare his stand in the Senate
this week.
The opposition OF these and other
Senators TO the German loan is
hased upon their belief that the
loan, If authorized. would simply
lead TO further ENHANCEMENT OF
the United States in the affairs
Of Europe.
WANT MONEY BACK.
In private conversation. members
OF Congress have directed particular
attention to the fact that proposals
for new advances Of credit TO
Europe are apparently under con-
sideration before agreement has
been reached for the payment OF
principal and interest on funds
already loaned.
Meanwhile, State Department
officials refuse to break the sbso-
lutte silence they have maintained
with reference to the progress. IL
any, that is being made toward the
offering Of an American solution
for the European financial situs.
ton.
HUGHES is SILENT.
There is nothing that l care TO
say" was the only comment by
Secretary of State Hughes when
shown Paris dispatches to the ef'
feet that the United States already
had approached France informally
In the MATTER.
Reports received In Washington
indicate that France. while greatly
desirous of American financial as
sistancs. 10 stin IN no mood %
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IN YESTERDAYS ARTICLE
L Lloyd George proves the
truth of his statement concern
ing annexation contemplated
by one extremist party IN
France, a folly that would
have meant endless war, and
perhaps the collapse of Europe.
He shows that a great soldier,
but no statesman, was at the
head of the extremist party and
shows that Clemenceau was de-
feated for the French presiden-
cy because he would not go
with Foch to reckless extremes.
Says Lloyd George:
at was Marshal Foch who by
his antagonism was responsible
for NJ. Clemenceau's defeat at
the presidential election of 1920.
But for Marshal Foch's inter-
vention NJ. Clemenceau would
have been today president Of
the French republic"
Lloyd George we'll describes
Clemenceau's failure to reach
the presidential chair:
"It was an honorable failure
and will ever do him credit"
In these articles, of utmost
Importance to the worlds his
tory, Lloyd George, now only
one among many commoners in
Parliament. tells the world for
its salvation truths that he
could not put so bluntly while
premier. Beyond question his
power as a writer at this mo-
ment is greater in the recon-
struction of Europe than it
would be had he remained pre-
mier.
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Publicity Is Power.
Lloyd George Knows 1t.
He Gives Light.
Tories Hate That.
ARTHUR BRISBAN
Copyright. 1sez

THE POWER of publicity is
L shown in weekly articles
that Lloyd George now uses as
his weapon-the premiership of
the British empire being taken
from him.
The first article, published a
week ago, instantly put an end
to the conference of premiers
in London.
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BERLIN LOAN PLAN FACES Fight N congress
GOVERNORS TO CONFER HERE WITH HARDING TODAY;
REID NEEDS PRA YER, NOT CENSURE, SA VS. HA US

WALLACE REID, film, star, lDhO is fight
" ing to extricate himself from the clutches
of drugs. He is holding little Betty Anne
Mummert, UhOm he adopted last summer.
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I LLOYD GEORGE revealed the
~ fact that France planned
permanent annexation of all
German territory up to the
left bank of the Rhine, which
would mean forcibly taking
from Germany millions of her
citizens and would entail end
less wars.
Lloyd George told about
that. He was denounced, as
men are for telling disagree
able truths, but the scheme
collapsed. And Lloyd Georges
powerful truthtelling as he
said in his article published
yesterday - elected denials
which may render future in
ternational mischief difficult.
You make a man deny his
actual intention and his denial
holds him.
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Continued on Page ., Column -
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Doctor Coue

Continues his q m q sing
articles on Self Mastery
today-Page 3.
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Berton Braley's Poem
HUMIDITY

MY gosh get weary of rain.
1t seems to seep into my brain,
A little wet weather I don't mind a
bit;
But when it continues it gives me
fit;
And whether in country or town,
Jupe PlIyius gives me pain; :
/ growl and ! scowl and THROWN
My gosh get weary OF rain
know it is "good for the crops
Butt like it best when it stops.
And if it pours steadily. GAY after
day,
i warn you distinctly. keep out OF
my way!
II rant and / rave and ! roar,
bite little babies in twain,
I swear at the skies as they pour:-----
~ Ny gosh. I get weary Of rain
It'ssno fun to walk or to drive,
i feel just one quarter alive;
YOU cannot play tennis or golf IN
the wet
And-inside the house. oh how
grouchy I get. 5
Come. Jupiter Pluve, have .
heart;
From sending down showers re-
frain,
Avaunt, get. skedaddle, depart!
Ny gosh, I get weary of rain.
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RUFF F. STUFF IF

1T is twiligh t-yesterday even
ing. IS. z. NJ. 1t wasn't so hot
today as3it is yesterday, did it?----
Contributed.
Chess congress on at London,
Suppose all the chessnuts will be
on the job "
Cards received in the office
from Mary Jane Marie Ruth Susan
Carmella Sarah Larryngiti It's
Boggs. Larry is now doing At
lantic City up brown. Bet the
missus doesn't know he's there!
ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. H.
Il Editor, The West virginian) u
am here. Also the rain. can't
tell whether I followed The rain
or the rain followed me.
j.. L.. Hall, hardware bird OF
Fairmont, is here. Guess he is
taking a course to reduce Arthur
Lynch and his wife are here. II
will give the Mountaineer yell and
get in Jail. met a fellow a,
breakfast this morning. and
when he found I was from West
Virginia he wanted TO now how
many I had killed during my life
4 told him only four hundred but
that ! was young yet. When I got
up I noticed he looked toward my
hip pocket. I don't know whether
he was scared or thirsty.
The ocean seems restless like
the modern dances. The girls here
90 rxy thaiy Ha thing s11itS lIu6 al
their wrist watches, as. there ISM
cases. When girl puts her best
attached leg.
From here I go to Philad elpaia
seeking adventure The creates
adventure in Philadelphia is to gt
to see the Nsacks or Pills pla!
ball. Only few are brave enough
to do this. But it makes it nice il
the seventh inning. because 70,
can stretch without hitting any
body.
have looked diligently TO
Maggie, the letter writer IRON
Murray, but she is not on the Job
Guess she is getting ready to write
letters for Major and cant ge
away.
AS sorry as I am, i must close
There are four golf fans all talk
ing at once close by. I can't pos
sibly write any more unless cal
get some green" ink. thtnl
some of these birds should pla
golf in the ocean. 8
,sT Yours,
RUFF STUFF
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'NllNE|NSPE!G''T||0|||.R|i'!S'
TO|HAv| CHARGE II. {: /:
%S8 I'D AN
VIII Handle Program "a; at
clarksburg District Meet
ing Thursday Evening.

Mining inspectors will have
charge Of the program at the
monty meeting OF the Clarksburs
district mining institute, which will
be held on Thursday evening next
at 1880 O'Clock In the Harrison
County courthouse in Clarksbnrg.$
Iron Mills Idle. *
Reports from Columbia, Pa. in.
dictate that the two iron mills in
that place belonging to the E. 7.
Edwards interests were idle last
week due TO the lack Of fuel The
Janson Iron s. Steel Co. also OF
that place, is idle because OF the
lack of coal The Edwards East
Side mill and the old Columbia mill
of the Reading Iron CO. also
to meet present needs. Other IL;
dustries will be Obliged to close in
Colnm bia5 s:h ortly until there is a
change in the strike situation ow.
ing To the lack of coal.
Have ordered Cars.
Tie Elk River Coal & Lumber
Co, Dundon. w Va, of which J. G..
Bradley is president, has ordered
5Vu StSel hopper Sodl cai . IiotI LAG
American Car & Foundry Co. They
are o: fifty-fve ton capacity.
Effort Is being made to secure a
prompt delivery Of the Cars. When
these are completed the Buffalo
Creek & Gauley Railroad which is
ownco by the Elk River Coal &
Lum Der Co. Will have 900 steel
hopper cars to carry coal that it
mines.
Price Was $4,000.
According to reports, the Francois
Coal Co., Clarksburg. received
100000 for the 173 acres of
5Sewickley coal land, which it sold
to the Fort Grand Coal Co, in
which w. D. Reed, Fairmont, and
w. T. Hughes, Morgantown, are
interested.
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SURV SAY s. GO Q Al.
PRODUC en- in [ GROWS ;. D MS
.Lacmk Of Ideal rattle Con s'a' d.
tions Affects Soft Coal
Ton ange, However,.

4. s.iF 4 liz . ~
Coal production last week, the
nineteenth of the strike. showed
signs of increasing, according to
the United States Geological sur
vey. owing Is the gradua am
provement IN traffic conditions on
the railroads serving n on-.u ll1tl. q
fields and a slight increase IN
fields that were swept by the
strike, alth ough& the latter was
very small factor. indications. are
that the week will produce
4,sOO.O0O tons or 100000 tons
more than the week before Al An-
thracite production for last week
will lbe less than 5000 tons
Despite the increase in soft coal
production last week, it remains
$4,000 tons below the level
reahced before the shopml'en5 S
strike.
In the corresponding week OF
1921 there were7 .771 900 tons OF
bituminous coal Gproduced while
the anthracite<pr production was
#1,772,OOO tons, and the year be
fore that the total of all coal pro
duced was 12,232,000 tons, which
means that the present rate OF
production is therefore 100000
tons bellows normal
Coal loading in the sole coal
fields of the country during the
first four days of last weektWere
as follows: Monday, 16, OF cars;
Tuesday. IS, $40 cars; "wednesday.
1904 cars; Thursday, l5,211
cars.
Reports for the week ending
July 20 show that in some soft
coal producing fields the traffic
conditions improved while in
others it grew worse. The invita-
ton to reopen the mines was alone
confined to non-unfon districts OF
Pennsylvania and the weaker or
ganized districts Of West Virginia.
In strongly entrenched unionized
centers there was no substantial
increase in production Z
The percentage of present full
time output produced by the
various regions during the week
ending July 80 was as follows:
Pennsylvania Connellsyille,
coke output Sc per cent below pre-
strike and II per cert below 1920
avera ge; Westmoreland. 82;&Cen-
trial, 11.S: Somerset, SOB; West
Virginia. Gu mber1 ont
22.7; Panhandle, AIS: Fairmont.
IS: Winding Gulf. 81 g: New River
/ 27.3; Pocahontas. "a a Tug River
39.1; Kanawha, 81; Logan. 81;
Kenova-Thacker,s Q; Kentucky
Northeastern, ISL: Western
I 500; Hazard, 21.3; Harlan, 2O-2 !;
Virginia, 500; Alabama. 91.1;
Kansas. 21.8; Missouri. s.; Okla
homa, 119, Texas, 9l.3; Colorado
/ .S6.S: New Mexico, 98. s.: Montana
A.; wyoming, o.; Washington,
687.
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RYMER

Mrs. G. d. Arnett and Miss
Coda Arnett visited In Manning
ton Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Robbins and
son George left here Friday for an
extended visit with relatives IN
Oklak oma.
Mr.. and >Mrs Arlie- Robbins
visited D. NJ Cunningham We'd
5nesday evening.
Nj. and Mrs. ia. Hamilton
and daughters, II azel and Nellie,
attended the farmers meeting
held at Midway Thursd ay.
Mrs. Minnie Metz and daughters
Bertha and Mary. are the guests
sof relatives at Salem.
Miss Olive Murphy of Hundred
is the guest Of her brother, N
7 Murphy. 3.ss st.
Mis- Josephine Arnett has re-
turned home after avisit with her
grand parents at Cameron.
Glen Arm EFT, Arthur Chase,
Audrey Arnett and Archie Viii.
sliams attend ed "a party at the
home Of IA Dial Michel Thursday
evening. 3s3 :sS 4.
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AUGUST 14. 1922.
AVOID TYPHOID

sSfNR@L.#N: Yost; who by the way is mighty
sSlDca pable efficient county health officer, is
ssoundin Il alarm in regard to the Danger Of a
Sfyphoid epidemic The citizens should take warn
IN According to the report Of Dr. 4ost,
e% tests sh own in the various abratorles,
tcal1y every spring In the city is contam-
rated Con amin alton means danger every time,
md the time unless the water is thoroughly
SEEboiled.
great amount Of rain fall has continuously
cd the surface crevice that is pos
sible TO- pen If it could not seep into the
beneath surface. it has gathered its force
land overfIowed The spring may look as clear as
ssthes distilled dew, pure any water ow1ng out
cot Sprfmey tain fastness, but, if condemned
ssits sdead1yas poison marked by skull ana
sNcross ones should be avoided just as assidu-
ously Boil this and thus kill the germs,
itginto scaded jugs or jars, set it IN the re
#frgerat ,sand there will be no danger. and the
be cool enough with adding ice to it.
III phoid epidemic will cost Fairmont lot
new filtration plant for II would I'M
sdoubt edlya demand life as part payment The city
scannot2 afford to pay the price Be careful and
gIboilsthe@ drinking water.
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think youth get much house if you
don't wear your white robes and
masks any more"
We'll. you mustn't forget that
they're more ways than one Of
making the eagle scream-even il
so per cent of the press in this.
country is either owned or con-
trolled by interests antagonistic
to the government OF our country
That's just the trouble With
you all. Your prin ciples are all
run away with your better judg-
ment In time OF action: Who
sent those threatening letters to
Judge Showa1ter, anyhow" asked
the Maid. 55#
..somebody without the sanction
of the Khan i" s;a
'.That's always good abb.
isn't il? -
ooh, I wouldn't say the ii. It
would be more. popular to blame j.
on our enemies, wouldn't it,"
..NIaybe so, acknowledged ne
Maid ,f..HoweversaI can't say tina.
u admire your Diet ermination TO
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THE ..HUNIANr MINISTER

E|CsTUDENT5ami ministers at the three weeks Rural
sssk1)sPastor's School hac stunt Night at Wes-
ss1ayanEs college last week which set the pace Tor
keNevents pulled off in larger colleges, regard
lin 88Wita and fun, according to reports
minister is almost entirely prod
last generation, but he is real product
Ssandsshe has arrived in companies and regiments
Ssalls oyers5the country. One OF the most hopeful
siens| Of 8the march of religion with the develop
men ofthe present day, 1.-The adaptation to these
sShresent demands heStrainng OF minister's or the
gospel, the recognition the part OF teeoiog-
zeal schools that ministers must longer be -
inE5apa rt',#from the humanity that needs them
sssssss HoW2stron must have been the tug at the
heart an the INCLINATION of the minister OF former
sgdays.8to be as other in their harmless recrea-
tions. their safety valve outlets Tor energy
and merrim tent The harness Of the cloth must
have severely at times. although was 10y
ssaIly.a faithfully and cheerully worn and these
@satrfices, responding to The demand that men Of
cloth their pedestals OF cold
dignfty# and rem oteness, were regarded as small
sEindeed compared with the reward that came With
I heir offering
sTodaythe minister comes into his congregation
to his contemporaries, as tather ana
beloved %teacherto youth. He is frequently able to
Ia healthy for his physical Prov
sess atSgames require strength and skill and
Ms ableSto laugh joyously aloud at the things
Samuse him TO hunt, and fish, and to swim
sHessg able to plain ia TX about civic con-
even political conditions, and he does 50
fearlessly freely. The minister of today lives
with people entirely that he is able to offer
go Teaching they can accept, and to recommend
Sgcourses they pursue. since they know he has
inttIa knowledge Of human life and guides from
erience.