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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-18
Secret service.
Manning Personals IL:

Mr.. and Mrs. William H Refer
Of Winchester, KY, former Man
nington people, are here TOR few
days visit with friends,
Miss Hazel Pitzer was the guest
OF friends in Fairmont yesterday.
/ Guy w. Clayton Of Cumberland.
ind, is here for visit with rela-
tives. Z
David Weed and daughter Miss
Frances have returned from avislt
in Wheeling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray w. Beamus,
Miss Louise Beamus, Miss Winifred
Baumann, Miss Mildred Hibbs, and
Paul Hess, Edward Hess, Hite C1el-
land, Ivan Robinson. Leland A. Ry-
mer and E. F. MILAN were visitors
at the Benton's Ferry beach yes
terday.
George w. Bowers spent the
weekend with his family at Terra
Alta.
cleo D. Taught and Dorance
Eastman are visiting friends at
Buckhannon.
T. S. Hardesty was visitor at
Fairmont yesterday.
Miss Madge Debenoarfer has re
turned from a week end visit at
Poplar Island.
Francis r. Stewart was a bust
ness visitor in Wheeling yesterday
Edward p. Taught has returned
from visit with friends at Elkins-
Mr. and Mrs; Lee r. Kness and
daughter Katheryn have returned
from a visit with relatives at New
Kensington, Pa.
John Loudenslager of Morgan
town visited his parents at West
wood on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bentley and
daughter Of Pittsburgh are here for
i a visit with friends.
Mrs. Mary Gump has returned
from visit with friends in Wheel
ing.s AZ 0 VI;
Mrs. Jennie E. Keller Of Buck
harmon is spending the week at
the home of her brother A. J.
! Sturm of Marshall street.
Emmett Cong1eton was a bust
ness visitor in Fairmont yesterday.
! Miss fOlive Durham of Fairmont
/ is the guest Of friends here
| w. T. Smith has returend from
! a business trip to New York City.
! Mrs. w. N Way and granddaugh-
1 ter. Miss Pauline Beamus, have
4 gone to Bradford, Pa, and James,
town, N. Y, where they will visit
relatives. Mr.. Way and grandson
I Orr Beamus accompanied the party
to. Pittsburgh. They will be gone
| two or three weeks.
! Mrs. Quin Baker of Sapulpa,
Okla, was the guest of her aun t,
| Mrs. AIDA Moore, last week.
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Etssssgf
.ROBBER CHASEDsB''Y
MANNIN GTON POLICE G |:
clayton Addition Scene OF
Stirring Foot Race---Shots
Spur Fugitive.

BENNINGTON. July 1s.Otis
Hatfield, confessed burglar, VII 9
entered the store owned by T. ~
Hayes on Warrior Fork Saturday
night and carried away a. supply
of clothing and fashlight batter
les besides from $12 to ST. IN
cash, was arrested here. yesterday
morning by Chief Of Police J. p.
Masters and Constable Ben Cart
right after a chase that leo
through Clayton addition for sew
eral blocks
Chief Masters learned that Hat
field was in Wilcox's barber shop
on Buffalo street, and with Ben
Cartright went in Dutch
Looman's car to capture him. Hat
field. however, sprang out OF the
barber chair&where he was getting
shaved and led out through Clay;
ton Addition Chief Masters and
Cartright left the auto and took
after him on foot, and the chief
shot a time or two to stop the
runner. Each shot seemed to
spur him to greater effort, how
ever. and the two officers tied
down to a real foot race.
Looman, left behind, hurried1y
turned his car and passing the
the officers overlook Hatfield on
Jefferson street. Here Dutch :
caught the fellow and held him
until Chief Masters placed him
under arrest.
When brought before Mayor J.
NJ. Barrack. Hatfield confessed to
having taken the money and
godos, and was held for the next
term of the grand jury. Con-
stable Catright took him to Fair
mont yesterday morning where he
was lodged in the county Jail.
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FREIGHT MOVING SLOW.

WASHINGTON. July 1S.--Ac-
:cording to transfer men the local
freight conditions are slowing up
a great deal at present, and it is
claimed that nothing except per-
ishable merchandise is handled TO
any great extent. Heavy material
such as steel has lain on the siding
for several days without being re
moved by the local said one man
yesterday, and there is no. indica-
ton Of it being taken soon Express
however, is said to be Just about
the same. and but little affected
by the walkout of railroad en-
ployes.
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WORK STARTED \ q! y y We! s
CATHOLIC! RECiTo tiEREE5

Work vas started today on ssInoNs
ing the house at 7sSJackso On syss
nue., which has
rectory for n early ssE8senlIysssEeNs3ssssns
y es "a The house is afrsmegsH
lure and was boug thy her .ss
Rontiou shortly after he3cameshaEes
The house VIII b moYedsto the#Yas
cent LOT i'll ST above spIssentloc a5s
zion to allow thew ok lsys
srectory to 8 be- started lev
house viii he erected 800 the a 1'
where. the ldsresid cesnoNg tandss
and it is Eexpected hat3 work
start on the ruetureas$
az; the Oh one tsp Laced ThesWpEk
ers said today that theShon
be moved to It's news oundati u
the course ss1s ayss
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PROPERTY VALUATIONS. in
COUNTY GIVEN APPROVAL; 'Il:) AZ

Ellis A. Yost, assistant state tax
commissioner and author OF the
Yost law, was in the city YESTERDAY
inspecting the work Of the Marion Ma
County equalization board: MT.
Yost expressed entire satisfaction
with the manner in which the prop
erty valuations in Marion County
are being handled He came 70
Fairmont from Morgantown ana
other points where he has been
making inspections Of property as
sessments in the interest or tne
state tax commission
# The work, Of the equalization
board is progressing rapidly. Few
complaints are being made, anu
what complaints that are made are
being disposed of with satisfaction g
to the complainants.
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Ball GAME TONIGHT

ssSssglNANNINGTON, July 1s.-The
s s1M;annington Athletic Club and the
&Boys!. Club are to play baseball
zane at Though Park this evening.
ssThe th1etfcss are using Keefe on
\ fTe mounds with Mccullough be
ssh1ns the bat Other members CT
Ia nn;a are the Gould brothers,
ESf,ssya d#"Pike' Magee. and Jerry
4 Isfak FThe Boys Club and the
Sfhis Scs have 50 far beat every
B fIimg theyshave met. and fans ex-
ssYscE 8 rousing game this evening
Il then Gthe$tWo champ ionship mines
come togethe ,s8 s ---7--.-.-
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PLAYGRoUNDs OPEN

sssssss:S IANNINGTON, July 1s.-The
sSlsentral and Wilson School play
$gToundsS opened yesterday morn
Sing for the children of Manning
s VIC n#a.wit1l Miss Margaret Congle-
Taught in charge.
ssA#greatsmany little folks took ad-
the opportunity to en-
joy the privIleg Of supervised
play.
children at these Fairgrounds
n N ust Is registered with the in
u str, Cor, and will at all times
SSwh Gaaontthe Fairgrounds be sub
fjectsto the discipline of those in
Fscharge The committee feels that
SSsthisSiss necessary for the welfare
q ofs all.
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WAR AGAINST 600
DOGS HERE STARTS
Watch out dogs!t!!a

I"71 WATCH UuL. uO5S.-1.Is578 5000
The dog wagon is on its way. a
wagon pulled by two spotted ponies,
and Carrying a large wire cage is
the sign for every Fairmont dog,
young or old, not sporting tag Of
the 1929 issue, to hide and hide
quick. Otherwise Mr.. Canine will
find himself at the city crematory
awaiting a tragic death.
The wagon driven by boy OF
about IL years old, with police
officer indicating auth GRITTY and
a third person with a large net, left
the police station at o'clock this
afternoon for Virginia avenue. From
the police station came the further
announcement that war is on for
the six hundred or more untagged
dogs In Fairmont.
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PREMIER FIVE DANCE.

MANNINGTON, July IS The
Premier Five, a popular local or.
chestra, will entertain at a dance
in Midway Park tomorrow night, it
was announced this morning. Ar.
rangements have been made to per.
nit everyone an opportunity to
dance, it Is declared, and there is
said to be possibility that the
dance floor in the pavilion will be
doubled in extent. If this is done
Midway will be one of the incest
locations near Warrington for
dancing. y. 81
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OGDEN MEETING TONIGHT.

MANNINGTON, July IS. - Mrs.
sarah Arnold, chairman OF the Og-
den Republican Club. announced
last night that County Super1ntenu-
ent /. "A. Barnes will speak before
a gathering of the colored voters in
night. The meeting is to be held in
the colored Baptist Church. and
Mrs. Arnold is very DESTROYS that
a. large number of the women may
he present. Other speakers will be
with Mr.. Barnes, according to the
information Mrs. Arnold had last
night.
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"a 4SosAS ~ e4A>,.5
17.-Typical mountain moon
sinners Of KENTUCKY are ont al.
ways Of the gun toting and trouble
making kind tits proven 70 news
correspond nts by visits INTO the
mountain region in this area OF
the state The noun tanner type
OF moonshiner, however. IS con-
tinuaIly on the alert for deputy
sheriffs. prohibition Officers and
revenue agents.
After trip OF thirty or forty
miles into the mountains the cor
respondent was escorted to a
moonshiner's# 1cts shack ma de
from the rough timber of the. hill
side and carefully arranged on a
foundation of stone
bill" greeted his visitors with
@ keen eye, a bit of suspicion, put
with a friendly note in his.shout
Of welcome stranger a, AZ Proper in
ouiries whether any squirrels IN
habited an adjacent mountain side
where a &snewly beaten p;Sh had
been noticed brought the answer.
that squirrels We're scarce, and
none were found in the woods. Fuc-
Their inquiries regarding tho path
finally forced bib to admit that,
he visited the hillside every day
but never learned if any stills
were there. Within short time.
and when a friendly spirit eyelop-
ed (the. visitors having impressed
the moonshiner they could be
trus some mountain dew or
in the language Of the cities
white mule" was produced from
a small handmade cupboard with
in the single room Of the cabin,
over which hung a religious pic
ture and other articles Of Q rell-.
gious nature. On the opposite sid e
Of the room over the bed Of the
mountaineer. was a rifle, Of heavy
calibre, an automatic pistol and a
small calibre revolver. The con-
traits was unique.
A pot of home grown string
beans cooked in mountain style in
a large iron kettle hung overa fire
near the hut. Fingers were used
as forks for the mouataneerS
luncheon, and moonshine islrnished
the refreshment. r.
A small drink OF the "moun tain
dew by the correspondent almost
brought Sunderland a la Dem27
sey. Inquiries as to the ageof the
1jn,o,. brought the answer I'1h acts
todays, stuff"
IIo.n;+al;tuof tvnic., rs sou,h orr
, aGspi.as ho fo :, p n,onr ~ me
9ua,l.y ;n "aa raeidents if Won arsa
~ e ~ 1870 - hon, . -
SSH, 10 ln,,;ned = ..sn,1 .es
81 a. a. t t.,o,nt - p nc - liIIed =,
az .ne - n1ooI ., 80. nav h1e
nna uia for i his wife and r chj1-
-, 80 at+andins Sh,1rct,
49, ~ - TIC corres nonde nt,s
s a.. ine lie -, ocna sionaIiv cut rim
49, t aro His interest," Il tne
.a1.,d .,ffairs is not mited and
weekly trips to the nearest post.
office furnishes him with news
naners from the ..outside z" TIL csc
are read BY one member q the
family by lamp and candle light to
the others and often last thvu gs1-s
ont the week.
rha noonshiners home rom
B Bs% While s's sPss gie'a Is
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|'nE.||z AYERS ! ]
IN'UNUSUAILG GAME
Fats and Leans Afford Much Much,
Fun for Spectators in
Remarkable Contest

'zs: ssssNIANNINGTON, July 1S.-Some-
Thing new in the way OF baseballl
Swassd develop dsat Metz Saturday 5 at
when nine fat men met met
nine lean men on the Metz dia-
S@sInond for nine innings Of ball and
game off when the score r
WAS lied ,S12 to IL.
w Laughlin was captain OF
leans, and LIMA Ornduff led
lunch eavier gentlemen on to a par,
II ls.yi Glory, each manager display
sinssremarkable executive ability
sRduring the course of the game.
ssSsEach cap tain worked hard to get
sssfogsther a bunch of men who could
D ot$b g beat, and each succeeded.
one phase OF the game thai
sSslnad 81 1T very interesting to fans
the fact that many OF the play
Sers had not played balltsince5 gloves
and mitts for players were Invent
Cons equ emily many unexpected
and cut of the ordinary situations
ssdeNelo ped. One trial hat each t:
fsmanager had to contend with was
.sthats of keeping his men in their
Soper2 positions on the field.
ID :sTh e game was featured by no un-
M HsuaIss speed, but some of the SEN
Asational& stops awakened loud
pralsn from the fans. Stops were
smad Frequently, and from the
ScroWnssof the head down. Al
Saturdays game might be termed
@pitcherss battle, since practically
seVery man on both lineups took a
urnssin the box, and then the UNI
pitched the last four innings.
sAfter8 the first inning men began
ssssstaSd ropFout fOrsrepairs, and the cap
sstains had hard work to fill the de-
3RpTetedsTahks.
sss ms the early stages Of the game
1T looked like an easy victory for
st lei leans. but the fats gradually
spYercame four-run lead and the
Nbatu e. ended in a tie, although the
sSIeans Believe they had a shade the
sbest OF the argument. However.
8thessfats isclaim any such belief,
land profess their willingness to try
assEtt over again at any time.
Asid e from the players, others
s9deserSe mention for the part they
kiook IN K the game. For instance,
s. sE6aeSsM artin, cheer leader for the
eans III was conspicuous by his abb
ssssslee, and Lawrence Campbell and
ssBiHle wilson gave satisfactory SER
vice 4umpires, especially when
stheypI tched.
sssS Fhe Leans were lined up as fol-
lows Snider, e: Sollinger, !; K.
#TEonas, III; Walton, 2b, H. Will
#sons s b x Laughlin, IS; Moffatt, II;
s8Delaney Harold, RI; Toothman,
ssSsandS Campbell, substitutes.
SsxSEhe Fats: ]. Wilson. e; Free
5 sah:ss d; Thomas, 1b; Ornduff,
aSah;S Smith, 3b; B. Wilson, SIS; Haw-
y Rinberys#rf; Elk, CT; Lincoln, IF;
H. F. Thomas, H. B..
|1lEhomas.
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3.cLAIM GLORIA INNOCENT

Hos ANGELES; J uly io---.->1i "a
Swanson docs not enter into tn1s
case in any degree, counsel Ior
the defense told the jury nearing
the contest over the will of Matt
hew p. Burns, shoe merchant, who
left the bulk Of his 100000 estate
to his widow, the mother OF the
film actress. Allegations were
made by Burns relatives that Miss
Swanson had conspfred with her
mothers}tos effect Burns marriage
to the latter and viii in her favor
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WRECK AT GLOVER GAP

III WARRINGTON, July 18.-A
freight wreck near Glover Gap yes
terday morning caused much lncon-
5venience in train service here. the
N orning passenger trains being
compelled to transfer. Three cars
were derailed and at o'clock yes
terday evening the track had not
been cleared.
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TO CONTRADICT CLAIM W

LOS ANGELES, July 1s.----'VVlt-
nesses to contradict Abe Canter,
who testified for the defense, Will II.
be called BY the prosecution in the
trial OF Mrs. Madalynne Obenchaln
for the murder$of J. Bolton Kennedy
it was said today. Canter testified
that the members OF the district
attorneys staff had demand ed he
change testimony he gave at the
first. trial OF Arthur c. Burch, pint
" indicted with Mrs. Obenchain.
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BODY ON WAY HERE

MANNINGTON, July 1s.-Un-
dertaker u. B. Lazear received a
telegram this morning Stain
that the body of Belle Lemons
who was murdered in Baltimore
was shipped from that city at
a7:15 last night and would arrive
here som etime this afternoon. The
disrupted train service makes it
difficult to state just when the
remains will be received by Mr..
.Lazear.
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sLEEPERs CHANGED

WARRINGTON, July 1s.--Balti-
more and Columbus sleepers form
{erly carried on train No. 53 due
here ats7:42' p m, are now handled
on train No. to PITTSBURGH, &C
cording to announcements posted
In the b. e o. station.
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Chicago Provisions

CHICAGO, July 1S.Butter
lower; creamery extras "a; firsts
so 1-2 a SO; seconds 20 3O;
standards 32l1-2.
Eggs1 lower, receipts 17,728
cases; first 81 22 1-2;; ordinary
firsts 20 a 20 L.; miscellaneous
20 1-2 a FL 1-2; storage packed
extras %; storage packed firsts
.22 1-2.
Poultry steady; fowls 21 1-2;
broilers "a a 90; ROSTERS IA.
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OIL NOW 4 ss.25

MANNINGTON, July 1s.-The
price of oil was marked down 25c
a barrel yesterday morning, maxi
ing the price now $3.25. All oil Of
fered at this price is being run.
however, and there is as yet no IN
dication of check to production.
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Liberty Bonds

NEW YORK, July lS.Liber-
ty bonds I p. M: Liberty 3 1-2s
S1OO.9O; first 4 las $4,000;
second LIS $1O0.62; third 4
las s1O0.4s; fourth 4 las $780,
OF; Victory 3-4s $10O.56.
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.Tain't fair, Just when we was
getting the world to forget West
Virginia and look over there at
Herrin, Ill, now comes along this
Wellsburg fray and
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Warrington Society
5Entertains Friends

Dr.. Pho bia Moore OF Warrington
is entertaining party OF friends
at the Allegheny and Cheat Noun
tain Club this week end. The party
which is composed OF Mrs r. D:
Meade and daughter Fay, Dr.
Moore and niece Mary Moore. and
Miss Anna Faulkner Of Dallas.
Texas, will visit Baltimore, Wash
ington, and various other eastern
points before returning here
Mccartney-Haugh
Roy Mccartney and Miss Gladys
Haugh were quietly married i'll
Oakland, Md, Saturday morning.
Their marriage comes as quite a
surprise to the many friends Of
each in Warrington. They will
spend few days this week with
Mr. NC artney's relatives in Union
town, Pa, before returning to Man
nington.
MI. has been for some
time engaged in the taxi business
here, and also in pressing shop
which he recently sold. Mrs.
Haugh is the daughter of Mr.. and
MIST :. M. FHaugh of Homewood.
Both are popular members Of the
younger social set andShave great
many friends in the city. NJ
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NJ. G. III. Meetinq

The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold Its regular
meeting in the First M. E. Church
Thursday at o'clock. Very import
ant business is to come before the
members, and it is the desire OF
the officers that every member be
present.
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NEW YORK EDITOR DIES

NEW YORK, July 1sCharles
R. Miller, for forty years editor
of the New York Times, died to-
day after an illness of several
months. He was seventy-three
years old.
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Daily Statistics.

Active mines, the number of
empties and 1oadings for Monday
on the various divisions follow:
Railroad Active Empties. Monday
Mines Ordered HInadingS
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We're in the limelight again
What is this West Virginia Publ
city Bureau or what-not going to do
now?
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Pittsburgh Livestock.
PITTSBURGH, July IS. - Hogs
receipts 1900; heavies; $11.40;
heavy and light workers and pigs.
S11.S5
Sheep and lambs receipts $500,
steady: sheep, IS; lambs, $13.
Calves receipts 200, steady; top,
s12.
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OPERATORS I.
MARKING TIME In
REGION HERE NOW
Continued from page one,

dered reaching the 469 mark,
whilea total Of 237 loads was the
production in the region yester-
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higher, September Sc to SO Is and
later hardened little all around.
Higher quotations -on hogs
Strengthened the provision market.
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.Pit11y Paragraphs
From Warrington.

Deacon Slapapp1e remarked to
day that the municipal cuspidor is
great labor-saving device, but
who the duece is going to empty
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It surely isn't losing any in pop
ularity-
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The fcae on the schoolhouse
bushes for shame every time r
looks up Buffalo Creek.
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Do you renem Der when you
we're lust kid and thought that
the kiss a new husband gave his
bride at the altar was her first?
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You wouldn't think 1T. but some
body's using pulmoter or some
other kind OF first aid instrument
on the City League.
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Amt it the truth that sometimes
the truth does hurt?
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Deacon S1apapple asked last
night what had been done toward
the opening of work on the new
bridges. Nobody could tell him.
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It 4
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zloorlsl liners Ke11fuGhy
NofA zll,ays Gun ting and
TroubIe-lNahir1g Variety.
Experiences OF Associated
Press Correspondent in
Mountains Recounted-

15.9T13 n Z, 4 1IT- . 7787T "
The Washington herald., 1922-09-22
HARDING PRAISES
TARIFF MEASURE
z ON SIGNING BILL
Hopes 1t Will Be Great
est Contribution" of
Kind in Centuries.

President Harding signed the
tariff bill yesterday and 1t became
effective at midnight.
The President signed the bill be-
fore members of the Senate Finance
Committee, the House Ways and
Means Committee and others who
helped frame the measure.
The President declared the flexible
provisions constituted an important
achievement.
Your bill has been. long IN the
making" said the President. ct
don't know how many of you are In
accord with me, but IL we succeed
as / hope We will in making effec-
tive the elastic provisions of this
bill, II will be the greatest contribu-
tiOn toward progress In tariff max
ing In Centuries
The pen with which the President
signed the bill was supplied by Rep
resentative Fordney. who kept 1t as
souvenir.
Representative Fordney in q
speech in the House following sign.
ing of the bill declared there 1.
not the slightest ground for an ap-
preciable increase in retail prices.
foreign or domestic, and whoever
does so will be a profiteer."
The Washington herald., 1922-09-22
Food Meant for Russia
Is Diverted TO Smyrna

approximately l.5OO cars OF
foodstuffs originally destined for
distribution in Russia is to be di-
verted to Smyrna by the American
Relief Administration. Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover announced yes
terday.
This cargo is now in the Me6i-
teranean, and arrangements are
being made for its landing at
Smyrna and distribution among
the thousands Of Christian refu-
gees there.
Further than the diversion of
this food. however. the relief ad-
ministration is making no plans to
organize a relief campaign in Asia
Minor. Hoover stated.
Relief work at Smyrna is being
pushed by the American relief COM
mittee formed at Constantinople frr
the Smyrna emergency. Admiral
Mark Bristol reported to the State
Department yesterday.
Bristol stated that under his in
structions American destrOyers were
assisting in every possible way in
the evacuation of refugees from
Symrna and that he was sending an
destroyer to assist in this
work