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Closing New York Stocl U-OUNDED 1845 1KB Message Received From Graf* ton by Coal Operators Here This Morning. bSJILL SHORT CARS) ICent Supply Today lonongah Division ng to Information receivI Northern West Virginia irators Aasociatlop from :oday the embargo on shipments was cancelled :. Lake coal can again go today off both the Mon>d Charleston Divisions. Sh the B. .& 0. is leaving to the 'mites the western I Of freight and coal loads Monongah Dhfifon has oved very much, and the is are that the embargo al western coal shipments leld ln force for probably1 yet. At midnight, it its )d. that the B. & 0. had t bound freight loads on ion and of that total 1400 Movement Eating movement over the Alleountalns. east of Orafton, tinning as favorable as it the week on the aver-| sage. restorday nine trains drew freight loads of which only 1061 |BHs were coal, westward there | Tt-ore 648 loads of freight moved I of which 310 were coal. The conl L movement over the mountains oh .Thursday was better than yester day [When nine trains drew 359 loads of freight of which 268 cars were coal. Westward on Thurs day 489;loads of freight were Mkawh Jof which 205 were coal. More Car Shortage ^BCar shortaga continues to hit Be region today, although - the ^Ktra[day should see a better car ^ pply ;for the region for MonHiy'9 loading. Today there Is ap^Boxlmately a twelve per cent car ^ ipply-'o'n the Monongah Division, >. & 0. based upon early morning placements. It Is. running a ^L-ru better today on' the Chart ^KjH?l*t)Msfon*v*t,**e1xtee"n per ^ t. The Connellsvllle Division not burdened with cars either ^B(fi&,-;havlng had but a fifteen Bar cent run-. Operators on this ^ (vision claim that they did not ^ eceive a-full run of cars earlier week as printed figures fTObntlnued on Page Ten) jf^ake advantage of ^Four. House-Holders BarI FREE Want Ads all I I Turn thrnncrVi the no. I find our large lement explain[E WEST OTICE *JOT PAIL TO ADVANTAGE TREMENDOUS HON ON ALL GUNS, RIFLES IGH POWERED V ON SALE HIRSH DISON STREET irget the addressth while not to' It' There has never been a tim Hrias not been the purest and sa IfT aeckly tests and the most recet pT morning by city chemists, givt Delivered to Horn ML CRYSTAL SPRD Oscar E : Kiflf TSTP * Jr Congressman from Mlnnesot evidence before the judiciary co of his recent charges against Att gard to the strike Injunction case. clHltt TnimrnmniiroT lUrlULU lillJULO! Investigation Will Be '.Made Into Killing of-Convict by City Police. -- ,* ? uCounty ..Coroner J. L. .Blocher announced today that he would hold an Inquest over the body ol Andy Coperi, escaped convict trora the state penitentiary at Moundsvllle. who was shot and hilled by members ot the city police .force, on the Ice's Rim road about three miles , from the : city, yesterday morning, at his office in the courthouse tonight. The following Jurors were summoned yesterday evening to serve on the Jury: R. Q. Musgrove, D. B. Snider. A. C. Ross, Frank Prlchard, Belle Harris, and Russell Linn. The men will view the K^star nf Stan line ,1 men onrl TO til hear some of the testimony in [ the case. The hearing will then j be adjournd until th jurors can |b taken to the scene of. the shooting to get first hand information as to who fired the fatal Bhot. Guard Stilwelk arrived .in the city late last night from Moundsville and visited the Cunningham mprgue where he. identified the man killed as Andy Copen. the convict who escaped Thursday afternoon. Guard Stillwell said he was a member of the posse that (Continued on Page Ten) :l j PLANT ROSES NOW! ' Hybrid Tea Rose Bushes For Sale PHONE 1639 ' 1 MASS MEETING , Of Trade Unions and independent voters, in Labor Temple, Sunday Sept., 17 at 2 o'clock by order of EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Monongahela Valley Trades and Labor Councils. ??J ftrt mgs Water )y Chemists o when Crystal Springs Water test to drink. It Is subjected to I it test, favorably, completed this | ;s further assurance' of Its able or Office Daily vfGS WATER CO. NE 1923--J 9 Mote lhar # .. ;FAl&M(3iCT .Keller \ 'y'M ' \ i "who today declined to present mmittee of the Houae in suppofi orriey General Daugherty in re FOOTBALLFANS ^ Special Cars Take Crowd to Jackson's Mill jFor Contest- . A great'crowd of; football fan and followers of the fortunes c the West Virginia University foo ball eleven are congregated thl afternoon at Jackson's Mill, til training camp site of the Moun tainoer8, the Occasion being . Wei Virginia Dav at the camp. Th warriors will break camp tonigl and return to- Morgantdwn tomo row. where they will eomplel their training in preparation f< the opening game of the seasd with West Virginia Wesleyan ; South Side Park on September 3i two. weeks from today. The feature of the program j Jacksons Mill today and the thin that drew the great crowd,1 Js regulation football contest b< tween two teara^ selected froi the candidates at the trainin camp, the winner to bold the tit: of camp champions for a x$ar. Special car service out of* th city' and intermediate points o the M. P. & R. Co. lines m furnished today, special cars lea1 .ing here at 11 o'clock, 2 o'cloc and 1 o'clock, tho specials heir booked to leave the park aboi 5:30 this afternoon,, getting tl Fairmont people back home by o'clock this evening. A large delegation from Mot gantown arrived here on* the noo train and took the special trollc at 1 o'clock to the camp.. It said that a special train will e provided to take the delegatfo back to Morgantown this evenin; Shell Johnston of Grafton i booked to act as referee at tt game today and will have capabl assistants as umpire and he*, linesman. Today is a little hot for Too ball, but with the intense rlvali that exists between tho tw teams, the day. will be cold con pared to tho spirit and fight < the contest. A little thing lik weather does not enter into a foo hall game for the champjonship < the training~camp. [PASSION PLAY M. P. TEMPLE Sunday 7:30 P. M. By Rev. J, C. Broomfield, D.D. NOTICE TO ' CONTRACTORS The Board of Education of Grant District will receive .bids for the ejection of a one room school house at Hutchinson. Bids will be received up to the 26th of September at 5 o'clock P. M. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the county superintendent. a Newwafier A Protrusive Fa, r^^ATURPAYEVI west Virginia in tax policy Still Many Vexing Problems Remain Hallanan Says t in Report. CHARLESTON, JV. Va., Sopt 16 ?West Virginia has taken a lonf - step toward clarifying its taxatlor system . but it stilt has vpxatloui problems to solve in revising Iti revenue laws to fit existing condi Hons, according to the annual re port of Walter S. Hallanan, stati tax commissioner, which has jus been tiled with Governor E. F. Mor gan. The report, covering twenty-oni lyewriuen pages, ueais oxiensivei] with the property revaluation pol icy successfully inaugurated b] the tax commissioner this year pays high compliment to county as sessors whose cooperation madi possible the results accomplished explains the workings of the in heritance, sales and business-pro fessional taxes and urges a const! tutional amendment to limit levie and classify all property for taxa tion. A gasoline sales tax of one cen a gallon is recommended by Mr Hallanan, in the report, which says in this connection: "I wish to make It understoo< definitely, that my suggestion of i special tax on gasoline consumptioi is not for the purpose of adding an: new tax methods directly, but rath er for the specific purpose of reliev ing property of a burden that i must otherwise bear." It is pointed out that one of th heaviest financial drains on th* ; state's resources Is the extensivi " development of public highways and that as good roads primaril; ? are of greater benefit to the own ers of motor-driven vehicles, sucl a tax is not unjust. The report add that a gasoline sales tax is now li operation in thirten states of th Union. I The report' reconpnends that cai f nivals and other itinerant shows o | that class be barred from exhlbitini in the state, by making the licens fees prohibitive. Most of thes shows, the report says, "travel fror S Place to place and fleece the public. It Is asserted tfcat such shows carr; and operate, various gambling d? vices: and^brilngbih^im^o|eso% | they INSlS 1i;ae iorewora ot 'tne report a. hides to the age-old unpopularity o public taxes. It says: "The publ (Continued on pac-s seven) P DAY FIGHT . \ BETWEEN FORGES :e >r i? More Fighting Between thi a, National Army and lt Irregularsa DUBLIN, Sept. 16.?(BV the A? 3. socidted Press)?An all day battl n- occurred In Sligo Thursday be 3 tween national array forces am 10 irregulars, commandant Genera John McKeown In a dispatch to I day described the magnlflcie'n n troops as showing coolness un 11 I 1- JI-1-J - ? * ..loHwaueu 1U UlBLOUgmg IBB ITregU lars from an almost impregnabl Z position. The nationalist casual ' ties, declared to be few, includei ? Brigadier Ring and General Lalo slightly wounded. The irregular s casualties are described as heavj In the flrst three hours of th encounter with the irregulars wh '* I had taken up ambush position ,n I with machine gun's and an armoi jy' ed car at Dumsheen, on Ox Moun 13 tain, Ring was killed and Lalo 10 slightly wounded. Three of th n rank and file also were wounded The nationalists took three pri la soners. le The dispatch gives the detail le of a chase by the nationalists ant 1- an engagement at Lough Talt ii which many casualties were in t. flicted upon the irregulars whil >y the nationalists suffered no loss o es. At Mullens Cross, Genera i_ Lalor was again* slightly woundet ,f and a sergeant was shot dead a e the wheel of a nationalist ar t. mored car during an attempt t jf ram the armored car of the irrcg ulara. The dispatch adds that larg = concentration movement of troop tare occurring throughout wos Ireland, the captures by the na tionalists including the irregular1 headquarters at Glenflesk, with i j large amount of ammunition am I fnnri a* caaa ?' of ammunition and several lam mines were captured. CONSTABLE'S SALE f Saturday, September 16, at 3 o'clock at eaet entrance ot Court House, one Dodge Roadster, good running condition. C. W. HAWKINS, Constable. - .J--...?= ITT-?"?1?T1 [ WANTED First class auto repair I man. No other need apply. East Side Garage. Phone 1072. . s ; "J 3NING, SEPTEMBER 16, ' *? , . -. > ...w Hoodlums Have Big Time With Old Straw Hat NEW YORK, Sept 16.?Street I cleaners were busy today as the result ot straw hat riots which extended from the battery to the Bronx last night. The appearance ot a straw hat any place In the city was ; the signal tor hoodlums to begin work. Many rowdies used sticks with nall(| In them to de-~ stroy hats. 1 The police were busy, but there was too many hats. It had been a warm day and was a - warm evening. Dozens ot arrest ! were made for disorderly con1 duct The'head pieces of three 1 plain clothes were destroyed. 1 One police sergeant was tripped and fell into a gutter, while chasing boys who had battered : bis hat. Hoodlums boarded c street cars and took hats from i passengers. Qne victim said a mob of 1.000 wero destroying hats on ' > the upper west side. I in o n pimnynti ' o.?u. onurivo i TO RETURN SOON t ' Agreement Signed Yesterday J ?Expect Men Back in j Few Daysi BALTIMORE,'Md., Sept. 16i? t A peace pact, generally known as the Baltimore plan, was signed e here yesterday afternoon by 0 Charles W. Galloway, vice pres0 ldent of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and representatives of y the striking shopmen employed . on the Baltimore and Ohio. 0 Practically all of the striking s B. and 0. shopmen are expected ? to be back to work within ten o days. Signing of the agreement came .. as a result of a conference held , at the B. and O. Central Building between Mr. Galloway and George 0 H. Emerson, chief of the motive ' power, and F.' E.>Blazer,.assistant to Mr.' Galloway,- representing the ? B. and 0. and William J. McGee, president of the B. & 0. federa tion. and his associates, who in \ jHuL't -metal workers, f phy of the carmen, J. W. Korea ol (' the. electrical -workers and j.- V. - Stewart of the stationary firemen and oilers, representing the striking shop craftsmen. The details of what went on in the more than five hours conference were not given out. It is ) known, however, that they had to . do with arrangements for getting 1 the men back to work promptly of manning the shops where skilled men are most needed and it Is un. derstood that there was some dieL cusslon of the cases of some (individuals who will not return to the service of the company. NEW EFFORTS TO RESCUE MEN MADE a JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 16? Solid t rock Is easier to cut through than . the mass of twisted steel rails, tlm. hers, rock and debris that blocks e the end of the 3,600 foot level of the I- Kennedy mine according to rescue d crews endeavoring to break through r to the Argonaut workings where 41 j men now have been entombed, la -. days. As a result today they have e auHuuuucu me lusii ui clearing me 0 final sixteen feet of the level ol s this material and started boring - a raise through the stone. Thej . had about 93 feet of rock to cul r through. Original plans were foi e cutting through the rock for 77 feel I. only. The crew on the 3,900 fool level have been cutting through rock for several days, e ( m f BONUS BILL NOW ! BEFORE HARDING i 1 t WASHINGTON, Sept. 16?The - Soldiers bonds bill wa? before 0 President Harding today. The - President's attitude towards the bill was the one big question be s tween friends and foes of the bill: s In the usual course the flrsl t action of the executive would be - to refer the measure to tbe Treas Bury Department for an opinion a Secretary Mellon's attitude is wel, 1 known, be bas opposed such legits latlon on the ground that tbe 3 federal treasury was not in condition to stand further draine s upon lb Should Mr. Harding I send the bonus back to Congress 5 an effort would be made to overJ ride his veto, according to those I whft hnv? >ioA plinptro nf If In *V.? Senate and House. Supp/.ters believed far more than the neceesarj two thirds majority In the House could he obtained, but they were not so certain about the Senate. It the issue comes In that body, = the outcome may hinge o* the I number ot Senators absent from Washington. While the conference report was adopted yesterday by a two-thirds majority 36 to IT, it required :only one senator 'for to pair one senator agalist, whereaa in the vote^to override a ?eto K would'require,two senators for to pair one' opponent. ' ' ; , -r, " ' ' , * V v:/ ''; v * ' 1922. MIMING OUT THREAT TB SHUT FACTORIE! When Suspension is Complet Tonight 100,000 Men Will Be Affected. DETROIT, S&pt. 16.?As a pn test against paying what he h< lieves to be exhorbltant prices fc coal, Henry Ford today began tt process of closing up'his huge it dtfstry. With the suspension complel when the last shift of workei leaves the various factories t< night, approximately 100,000 roe will have been rendered idle fc an indefinite period. The plan) affected include the five factoric in uie uetroit area ana a numut of assembling stations throughoi the country. Other concerns, th output of which goes chiefly t the Ford company, also are eipec ed to suspend operations. M Fprd has declared that thero wi no coal shortage In the count r; but that operators were holdin enough coal to supply the neec of the country and that the publ! was being gouged by the dealer He also criticised the governmei agencies for their method of ai portioning coal. The past wee brought some Improvement In tt fuel situation, Ford officials a serted yesterday, but this, the said, did not warrant a change 1 the suspension order. The flri lay-off of men occurred last mil night at the River Rouge Blai furnaces where about 18,000 ai employed. When shifts wei changed the workers tnrned 1 their tools and were told not 1 return until nottSed of a resum] tlon of operations. Two thousar men are to be retained at th plant, however, to tend the col ovens which cannot be allowed I cool. At the Highland Park plant tl night force went to work i usual, but completion of tt night's. work brought j the sau notice given the steel worker The" day an dearly night form were to be qhecked out In a sin lar-'dnomter. Approximately' 4( The liremainder oh,t8'e workc affected' are employes of the Dea born Tractor,factory.-The "Llnco! plant, a factory at Northv.Ille, at . those In cities outBlde of Mich gan. Since deciding to close bis fa torles, Mr. Ford has held dal i conferences with his executives I an effort to solve the fuel ar : materials problem, but in evei market. considered he said, t found prices higher than he b lieved they should be. WON'T CLOSE 1 KEARNEY, N. J. Sept. 16.?'T1 Ford Motor Co., assembling plai here where 2,800 men are employe will not be closed along with tl other Ford plants It was announce today district Superlntendoi Marsh said he did not know ho long Jhe plant would be exemptt from the shut down order. ; BIG ARMY BUMP NOW IN ILLINOI | BELLEVILLE, III., Sept. 16. i my me Associated freesj?n army dirigible C-2 on Its way wes ; .ward from coast to coast was moc ed at Scott Field, the governmei flying field near here today,' dra^ . Ing throngs of spectators. Tl ; blimp arrived here last night i i 9:30 o'clock and despite the dar ness had no difficulty in makir the landing. It is probable that the blimp wj depart on Its next lap to Fort Si Okla., probably Sunday or Mo day in time to reach the Oklahon field in ihe evening. I MORE STEEL MEN RETURN TO WORI YOUNGSTOWN, Sept. 16.?Mo ! than 1,000 additional workers w be given employment in the Ind : pendent steel plants of the Youns 1 town district next week, it was a ' nounced here today. The Republ Iron and Steel Co., will Btart i ' Beseemer plant Monday, taking < ; 1,200 men and the A. M. Byers coi ' pany at Girard, Ohio, will start ' puddling furnaces, employing 31 ' men. cnmcALLr ill i The condition of Mrs. Ell Mu i grave, who h?d been seriously I at her home on Monroe etreet, fi several weeks, Is critical tods i and it Is feared she can survli i but a short time. Mrs. Musgrai suffered a sinking spell last nlgl and so far has. failed to rally 1 any extent She Is one of the be 1 known -and highly*' respect! women of the community and hi Illness Is the'cause of much so row, among her friends and reli tivee, \ v,-' t' v V?. Two Make Escape From Lisbon Jail by Breaking Lock BAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, 1 Sept. 16.?Ralph Ralston, 18 i years and Raymond Pollock, 17 J years old both of-East Liverpool awaiting grand Jury action on burglary charges, escaped from tho county Jail at Lisbon early ol this morning liy knocking the lock off their "cell doqr. With the way to the outside open they had no difficulty undertaking it No attempts to accompany the fugutlves was made by twentytwo other Inmates. Posses are ' now scouring tho county for the e- missing prisoners. The two ir were charged with looting the e F. B. Chambers department j ' store of (300 worth of merchandise. bul?pui I TRAINS BACK ON le ' t? Railroad Officials Say That r. Grafton Trains Cannot " Be Resumed, r. e It Baltimore &. Ohio passenget Ic trains Nos. 52 and 53 operating s. betwoen this city and Grafton and it accomodating thirty school child3 ren and fifteen working men will k not be put back on right away le according to a telegram received s- today from W. E. Lewis of Baliy tlmore by Thomas D. Connell, n secretary of the Chamber of it Commerce. 1- Mr. Lewis' telegram was as it follows: :e "Appreciating conditions outre lined In letter and after conferIn ence with operating department :o they advise cannot restore trains ?- fifty-two and fifty-three at pres. d ent but will do so as quickly as Is possible. Will keep this matter in :e front of us." o Secretary Connell was disappointed in the telegram as he le was confident that the railroad ,a people taking Into consideration [e the fact that so many school ie children were effected by the dtss continuance of :the service would place, the tfalpayback In servlco. ]. .However, it is now felt that with , . the shopmen's Striki settled that l's It will-not be long until theiservf ICe; ts, again .resumed. : FAKF BIIMftPIC: i. i nuuL uumuii iu \ CAUSE OF WORRY id y " ? Report That Four Miners Had Been Killed Is Without Basisie it , ? id A report carried in a Clarksburg '? paper this morning to-the effect that four coal miners were killed w when shots were fired into ,th6 Id open drift opposite the mining town or Harding * was brand* - ed as false by J. F. Forinash, Grafton, president of sub-district 3, district 17, United Mine Workers of" America. He says (no one Swas killed and claims that there was a scrap on among the guards and that one of them was shot in the finger. ? An Associated Press dispatch from ElkTns corroborates Mr. For* inash to the extent that no one >t- was killed. The dispatch follows: ir- "There was no casualities result* ing from the shooting which took place yesterday on the property of the West Virginia C. & C. Co., at Harding. Shots were fired at * the workmen. Deputies who were rushed to the scene reported that ,B quit had been restord." Will Not Sign Up J* For some time the West Virginia ll? C. & C. Co, has been working Q- on a non union basis and did so ia before the coal strike was ended. Reports are conflicting as to the success of the non union production. The company apparently Is well satisfied with the results as it desires to continue the policy. L( On the other hand the miners' officials claim their efforts are not as successful as intimated. Decision Made J? It Is understood that for some time the company had the proposi* tion under consMeratJon as ta >B* whether or not it would recognize n* the union. However, the company ic made its decision* final when ts yesterday J. E. Fornflash, >n Grafton, president of subn* district 8, district No. 17. 12 - United Mine Workers of America 50 received the following wire in substance from Everett Drennen, president of the West Virginia C & C vu. urn. ui xHiiuimjre; nugrei I (J advise you that the chairman or j. the board ot directors of the West ;i] Virginia C. & C. Co., does not conJr slder It necessary to call a board ly meeting to consider the proposing tlon with the United Mine Workers n officials. bt To Evict Miners , [0 According to President Forinash st as soon ks the Company decided, it id got-busy and 'the "sheriffs of RanBr dolph and Braxton counties pror 'ceeded to serve .240 miners and 1- their families to leave tne company OQontlnued oh Page Ten) ' 1 ' ociated Press Wire SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS cWilir EASTERNRAILWAY New York Central Heads in Meeting With Shopme||| COVERS BIG F(ELD ?HnttLiivu. w. vs.,..sept, is. us AT. II. Scott, superintendent'it the Wheeling dl vision oC^tn# B. &. 0. Railroad Co., colled meeting of a committee of striking piy> shopmen and officials of the com pany for this evening when or- V' rangemonts will be made for the return of about EOt) shop men. tfg While Superintendent Scotts has not been officially notified jot the ' agreement reached by .Ma com- pany, he anticipates word today. : , The shopmen are somewhat, dtsturbed as to a result of : messages coming code form in whichvthey are not able to decipher as a r- suit of having'lost their code book. Efforts are now belng.mada j to get in touch, withthe'officials -'p NEW TORK, Sept. IS?Offlelals of the New York Central Lines and the six shop craft unions now on strike on the road went Into conference today to seek a settlement of the strike on the bhsis of the plan adopted hy the p01icy^C0^w|H was the first effort made hy an eastern road to settle the strike on the new basis. It It Is successful the result will affect the lines of the company In other sections of the country as well. Sjjflj CHICAGO, Sept. ^.?Sixteen roads had signed separate agreements with various labor unions today through ; pre-Whh methods in voting before the United States Labor Board was created as an arbitrator of disputes between roads and their employes. These settlements, howevetV-'^'acedrdlhg to Chairman Hooper of the board, do not repudiate the board but rather are ."entirely in accord with fRnntiniied Smm P??? T.. t \ h TWO BODIES FOUND UNDERAPPLE TREfc|J Minister and Unknown Woman Killed Under Tree I On a Farm. NEW BRUNSWICK, NiiJ.'SSept. -g 16?The bodloa of tbd.Rererend I Edward W. Hall, rector;; of tha.'oS Protectant Episcopal Church of St. John the Erange'lst hcftp and.'"-' an unldentted womau werwjfonnd under an apple tree on?'a farm near here today. There srae-aH bullet wound In tho clergyman's forehead and three wounds In the woman's head. ; i BRITISH ASK HELP IN NEUTRAL ZONE Other Countries and Domlneii ions Asked to Aid . in'art * Jugo-Slavokla ^ftnd fectlve defense of tbe neutral lone in was learned oclclally to"day.r,.;3 her dominions to be.represented In the defense of those Interests for which they have already mado U enormous sacrifices, It was authorkellS~DKL?^ J WASHINGTON, Sept 16. ? Declination of Representative Keller, . Republican, Minnesota, to present evidence today:In support; of his torney General Daugherty as the result of the rail stfflce Injunction brought about an adjustment of the House Judiciary committee after an hour's session at which It heard Mr. Keller nreeent a eenornl nreltmi. ^ The Minnesota representative detbat lie present eyldenci- in sustain