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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
POSTOFFTCE
AT BENWOOD
At 5enwood Is 70 BE DISCONTINUED and
the Residents Of the Mil Town
Are Complaining.

II was stated on good authority yes-
terday afternoon that a petition was
being circulated in the city % Ben
wood. protesting TO the postohice de-
partment a. Washington against dis
continuing the Benwood office and
serving the city by delivery from the
local branch 20 be established IN
North Benwood. The Benwood people
are eagerly signing the petition.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
To Celebrate chIIdren's Dav.

Last evening the Warwood Chris
uan church Sabbath school scholars
held their first rehearsal for the chill
dren's day exercises TO be held at the
edifice on Sunday. May End, under the
direction OF the teachers.
On Thursday. May Both. Memorial
day. the congregation will celebrate
the first anniversary OF the building
Of the church by identifying the lawn
about the building. Brief prayer aond
sond service will be held by the Rev.
J. c. Pryor, followed with the ladies
serving supper In the church.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
BENW0OD
COMMITTEES 70 Meet This evening.
Other News snd Notes Of
tire Mil Town.

The committee on streets. alleys.
and grades OF tho city council viii
meet In special session this even
ing ln the council chambers 40 the
city buildiug The purpose OF the
meeting is 20 take some action on
tho street paving along Marshal and
McMechen streets. which has been
torn up for several months The
local water company rclaid its lines
through the city end never as yet
put The pavement down. Several
changes IN tho streets are contem.
plated and for this reason council
would like for the committee 20 en-.
vcstEate the matter before taking
steps toward compelling the water
company 10 relay the pavement
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
To Deliver Lecture.

Arrangements have been made 20
have Mrs. Sherwood Eddy. OF Koren,
to speak at the First VI. r. church,
in this city. on next Monday even
ing. Mrs. Eddy is world wide
known speaker OF much ability and
no doubt but that she will be greet
ed by a large crowd.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
TWO BOYS ARRESTED
ON AN UGLY CHARGE

Monday morning Constable Bert
Phillips arrested Fred winterbauer
and Fred Menu. two young men Of
the South Side. on a warrant sworn
out by the husband OF Anna Booher.
charging the young men with fornica-
ton and adultery Their case was
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Primary Election Today.

The Democratic primary voting pre-
eincts for the (Richlandl district 10
be held: Loveland hose house; south
Warwood: Warwood hose house
Nineteenth street; Greggsville club
house and at Deans shop lin the
country. The polls IN this district will
be open from IL noon until S O'Clock
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
CARNIVAL HERE

With large reunuo ~ over go
geraons. one % the divisions Of the
Great United shows arrived In the city
Yesterday and have located a. the
FORTY seventh street Fairgrounds for a
weeks cnRaEement Tho main attrac.
ton is wild West show. IN which
several horses COWBOYS and Indians
appear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
To Clean Up eathIno neaoh

Thursday evening has been set as
the Gay TO clean up the warwood
oathing beach by the local civic
cluo' assisted by the people OF
greater Warwood. The resort
promises to be more popular this
summer than last season, when II
was frequented by nearly every per
son in this immediate community
and by hundreds from Wheeling dis
trict.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
To DrII on oraeh. E.rr

This week the Virginia Oil & Gas
Company. OF Wheeling. will begin
drilling well on the Graebe farm on
Glenn's run. North Warwood. near the
gas and oil well put down two years
ago.
The company will rebuild the motor
house and derrick burned down about
10 days ago at their oil and gas we'll
on the hill. just above Center War
wood.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
STATE JEWELLERS
IN Session "a orafton-state Optical
Society Follows Them IN
cFraion

Special dispatch 90 the InteIIirercer.
GRAFTON. W. Va. May 20-Ths
West Virginia Retail Jewellers asso-
ciation convened here to-day In the
seventh annual convention. After tie
opening exercises the body began IS
work. and will concluce tomorrow ~.
ternoon. followed with a banquet az
the willard.
The nth annual meeting % the
West Virginia Optical society viii be
convened tomorrow and Join On the
banquet ~ night The attendance is
about one hundred.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

has been completed. An engine of
nearly 300 horsepower will be used in
doing the pumping, being capable of
drawing over so cubic feet OF water
per minute. AS soon as the cofierdam
Is pumped out a large force OF men
will be put to work on the construc-
ton work. according to w. S. Christie,
general superintendent OF the work.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
WEST LIBERTY GRADS
BECOME CONVERTED

set for a hearing on Wednesday even
Ing In the county Jail George Menu.
brother OF Fred. was also arrested
on charge OF Interfering with an Of
ficer. and will be given a hearing this
Afternoon In Justice Dobbs' court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Special price TO the Graduate.
HENDERSON STUDIO.
Union street, BelIaire.
Board Of Education to Meet.

The board Of education OF Union
district will meet in regular month
ly session tomorrow evening in the
office at the Central
school building on Water street
This Is the last meeting febore the
bond election, which will be held on
Saturday ad the final arrangements
will be made for the holding Of said
election.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

bond election OF Union district 10
be held on Saturday. The purpose
of the bond issue is for to secure
$4,000 to use in the erection OF a
new high school and graded school
building in this city to replace the
one destroyed by fire in March near
the Junction.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

This week. II the river recedes suf-
heiently the cofferdam will be pump
ed out at dam No. u. opposite South
WarwoOd. by the construction com
pany which has the contract to build
the lock and dam. The pump house
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Pupils Receive crade.-

The 15-eighth grade pupils al the
North Warwood school who tool
Iuelr mai examination about 10
Gays ago. all passing. received their
grades yesterday afternoon, Clifford
Cots made the highest average OF
over a fraction of 92 per cent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
LoveIand Commencement.

Following is the complete com.
mencement program OF the Loveland
(South Warwood) school to be car
ried out at the Warwood Christian
church on thursday evening, commenc-
ing at O'Clock:
Piano solo Mildred Knoke
Invocation.
Class Song.
Salutatory. ......... Ethel Agnes Knoke
Essay-"Abraham Lincoln ......
aquarium. Susan Lucinda Bibbee
'o''v uMeNs -........
-. Ethel Knoke and Laura Hedrich
Oratlon- Starting In Life" ......-.
Essay-"c Chronology OF Early New
YORK ........M Mary ELAN Wallace
song $3.50 ...-... Blanche COX
Selected oratiOn-"Pilgrims" 49,.
.----....... Irene katherine Stoehr
Essay-"William Mckinley. 49,.
-...-.... Laura Elizabeth Hedrich
Tlaho stella Hefner
Essay-"Clara Barton and Red cross
Movement Katherine Madlyn Kreis
Selected oration-"Washing tom.
....-.-....... Elisha Loretta Dorsch
ssay--Henry Wadsworth Long
80. Margaret wiiheimina AhIstedt
Naledictory. Samuel Boyd Hilton
song Helen Starting
Presentation Of diplomas By Superin-
tendent J. n. Lazear.
The Glenn's Run North Warwoodl
school commencement program. to be
rendered at the Warwood Presby-
terrain church Thursday evening, was
published in this column yesterday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Mrs. Marinda X. smitb's Eun.,,I

Last evening at 1880 o'clock. the
Rev Edgar w. Day. pastor OF the
Warwood Presbyterian church. Of
hciated at the funeral services Of
Mrs. Marinda II. Smith. who passed
away at the home OF her sister. Mrs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Kidney Ailments

Start with BACKAcHE DULL HEAD
ACHE. HLCRRED EYE sfGuT Losa
OF APPETITE. PAIN ~ HIPS rrf
sfpEs SORE and WAX EruEEra
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

Even ~ woman has no use for
man che can be hattered 70 be pre-.
tends 20 BE- jealous Of !
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
TO HEoLECT-
Loss Of Health and Vitality
TO oURE-Usn
Foley Kidney Pills
TO HEoLror- man
TOuic N lelisu Ouicl Rsasults

VIII CURE ary caso % KIDNEY Or
BLADDER TROUBLE not beyond al.
reach ~ medicine so medicine can a.
ron aAEE ~ coEEzAE q CO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21

Ready Cor election.
Nearly everything DO ready for the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
IRONING BOARDS

S5e, $1.25, S1.5O and S1.75
Some have stand attached TO top
that fold together. They are built
so that top can be closed without in
terfering with stand for slipping on
shirts or skirts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
CURTAIN STRETCHES

csc, $1.5O and 1925
We sell the self-squaring, self
6racing and self-adjusting kind.
Every pair fitted with a pair of easel
so they can be placed out in the
yard.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-21
Wash Day Made Easy

Today bringing before
every woman who do her BY
s Sanng
formerly With
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-03
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK.

New York, May s.-It must be
admitted that in New York one
cannot take the tube uptown,
stand with a throng on some
street corner and see bandits de-
streyed in their lair by means of
reviewers, rifles, cannons and dy-
Mantle.
No, to find that sort of a real
up-to-date, busy little city, one
has to go to Paris-dear, pic
turesque Paris.
Yet New York is not deadly
dull. Sometimes the man in the
street gets run for his money,
if he keeps his eyes open,
There was the Siege of Paul
Kelly's gambling fortress and its
capture by the police, for in
stance. Neither Kelly nor any of
his henchn1en was sent skyward
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-03

bang! crash! thud!
From all directions people
came running and stood
agape, at a respectful dis
tance, as the brawny police
men used their axes and
sledges on KeHy's front door.
1t was 20 minutes before they
hurt it much. Then it began
to go and they were inside
The smashing and crashing
instantly began again, for
the stairway was guarded by
more "icebox" doors. And
again there were more, at the
entrance to the gambling
rooms on the top floor.
1t was a sweating, weary,
but triumphant squad of po-
licemen that came down to
the street with 20 prisoners,
10000 poker chips and sew
eral roulet tables
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-05-03

Oh the wing SOL uyIldullLe, tue cops
pefs did all their work with a few
plain axes and crowbars, yet did
the event make a pretty picture
and lots of excitement;
Only a couple of months ago
Kelly had,been raided. Since that
invasion of his premises he. had
equipped his mansion in Seventh
av. with siege doors. something
like safe has, so far as solidity
and impregnability are concern
ed. They were of heavy beams
and timbers, riyeted and bolted.
There were many coppers. Part
of the flock went to the back, part
reached the roof from an adjoin7
ing building. The rest beat on the
front door and demanded admit
lance. There was no such thing
to be had. Kelly was not receiv-
ing callers. And then-bangl
-. L1...I
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08
OF THE AGE OF cHlvALRY
Fat Victim Of Cupid Bashfuiiy Ac-
knowledees Real Reason for HIS
Act OF Herolsnl.

The smallest boy had broken
through the ice and the fat boy was
crawling to his rescue.
"Come back, Fatty!" the other Doys
shrieked. you'll bust 1t all IN, an
den youse'll both be drowned"
But the fat boy, fiat on his stom-
ach and spread out to his widest ex.
tent, ignored these warning cries ana
steadily crept toward the black noie
and Tommys clinging fingers.
Once the ice made cracking souhu
and the watchers yelled with dismay'
But the fat boy did not halt. Nearer
and nearer he came, and finally MS
outstretched hands caught those cling
ing fingers and drew the small boy.
little by little, onto the firmer Ice and
so to safety.
what did youse do 1t fer, Fatty
one of the boys tearfully remonstrat
ed.
"Aw," replied the hero. Il knew
what I lost in weight made up IN
Wilderness, see?"
Then his face softened.
Besides" he bashfully said. TN
sweet on Tommy's sister!"
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

successful financier. He did not go
in for swindling the workers. Not
only did he not have the heart for it.
but 1t did not strike him as a sporting
proposition. The workers were so
easy, SO stupid 1t was more like
slaughtering fat, hand-reared pleas
ants on the English preserves he had
read about. The sport. to him. was
In wayIaying the successful robbers
and taking their spoils from them
The grim Yukon life had failed to
make Daylight hard. 1t required CIV
ilization to produce this result. In
the fierce. savage game he now play
ed, his habitual geniality imper-
csptibly slipped away from him. as did
his lazy Western drawl 4
He still had "reminiscences of genial
ity. but they were largely periodical
and forced, and they were usually due
to the cocktails he took prior to meal
time. In the North he had drunk
deeply and at irregular intervals; but
now ,hfs thinking became Systematic
and diaeibltned. 1t was an unconscious
develoIme4f but It was based upon
ph5sica &1d mental conditions The
cock{aha served as ian Inhibition.
Without reasoning or thinking about
it. the strain of the once, which was
essentially due to the daring and a,i-
datity Of his ventures. required check
or cessation; and he found. through
the weeks and mouthsssthat the caG|,
tails supplied this very thing. They
constituted a stone wall. He never
drank during the morning. nor in Of
nee hours; but the instant he left the
once he proceeded to rear this wall
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

those times, and said that oughf to
have an operation. Iwould not listen to
that, and when friend of my husbands
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish / could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and ten them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo-
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacemeuts,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, Kreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try ~
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08
ONLY ONE "BRoMo oUININE.-

That is LAXATIVE BRoM0 oUlNINE. Look for
the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure a Cold In One Day. Csc.
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

Red Indian" was said of him, and 1t
was said truly.
He was a free lance. and had
no friendly business associations.
Such alliances as were formed
from time to time were purely af-
fairs of expediency, and he regarded
his allies as men who would give him
the double-cross or ruin him If a
profitable chance presented. In spite
of this point of view. he was faithful
to his allies. But he was faithful just
as long as they were and no longer.
The treason had to come from them,
and then it was Ware Daylight.
The business men and financiers OF
the Pacific coast never forgot the les.
son of Charles Klinkner and the Cali
fornia & Altamont Trust Company
klinkner was the president. In part
nership with Daylight the pair raided
the San Jose Interurban. The power
full Lake Power & Electric Lighting
corporation came to the rescue, and
Klinkner, seeing what he thought was
the opportunity, went over to the en-
emy in the thick of the pitched battle
Daylight lost three millions before he
was done with it, and before he was
done with 1t he saw the California &
Altamont Trust Company hopelessly
wrecked. and Charles Klinkner sui
side in felon's cell.
So it was that Daylight became a
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08
PIMPLES COVERED HIS BACK

MY troubles began along in the
summer in the hottest weather and
took the form of small eruptions and
itching and a kind Of smarting pain.
It took me mostly all over my back
and kept getting worse until finally
my back was covered with mass OF
pimples which would burn and itch at
night SO that could hardly stand 1t.
This condition kept getting worse and
worse until my back was solid mass
OF big sores which would break open
and run. My underclothing would be
a clot of blood.
81 tried various remedies and salves
for nearly three years and was not
getting any benefit. 1t seemed / was
in eternal misery and could not sleep
on my back or lean on chair. was
finally given a set Of the Cuticura
Remedies and inside Of two weeks
could see and feel a great relief.
kept on using Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and also the Resolvent, and in about
three or four months time my back
was nearly cured and felt like new
being. Now / am in good health and
no sign of any skin diseases and l
am fully satisfied that Cuticura Rene
dies are the best ever made for skin
diseases. l would not be without
them" (Signed) w. A. Armstrong,
Corbin, Kan, May 26, 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book,
will be mailed free on application to
"Cuticura," Dept. L, Boston.
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08
HD7HlNP or TIT CHI OF IHE VIII
XII//E /HIYG" Iz,HP7HY EDEW"EZC.

OF alcoholic inhibition athwart his
consciousness. The Office became i'm
mediately closed affair. 1t ceased
to exist In the afternoon. after lunch.
1t lived again for one or two hours.
when, leaving 1t, he rebuilt the wall Of
inhibition. or course, there were ex-
ceptions to this; and. such was the rig
or of his discipline. that If he had a
dinner or a conference before him in
which, in business way, he encoun-
tered enemies or allies and planned or
prosecuted campaigns. he abstained
from drinking. But the instant the
business was settled, his everlasting
call went out for Martini. and for
double-Martini at that, In long glass
so as not to excite comment.
Into Daylight's life came Dede Ma
son. She came rather imperceptibly.
He had accepted her impersonally
along with the office furnishing. the
office boy, Morrison, the chief. conf
| dental, and only clerk. and all the
rest of the accessories of a super
mans gambling place of business. Had
he been asked any time during the first
months she was in his employ, he
would have been unable to tell the
color of her eyes. From the fact that
she was demi-blonde, there resid-
ed dimly in his subconsciousness a
conception that she was brunette.
Likewise he had an idea that she .yas
not thin. while there was an absence
in his mind of any idea that she was
fat. And how she dressed. he had no
idea at all. He had no trained eye in
such matters, nor was he interested.
He took it for granted, in the lack of
any impression to the contrary, that
! she was dressed somehow. He knew
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

EzAza Harnish. known all through Alas
"a. Ms Burning Daylight" celebrates his
4ltr birthday with crowd of miners at
9e C7rcfe City Tivoli. The dance leads
c. heavy gambling. in which over 100000
y stsA1yed- Harnish loses his money and
ais nrzre but wins the mail contract. He
'nts5rts on his mail trip with dogs ana
yoedEe. telling his friends that he will be
An Inc big Yukon gold strike at the start.
1snruing Daylight makes a sensatonally
rugA run across country with the mail.
9f,ye9rs at the Tivol and Is now ready
To- TU{n his friends in a dash to the new
ystd ne1ds. Deciding that gold will be
nsund in the up-river district Harnish
n<lgs two tons of flour. which he declares
usd De worth its weight in gold. but
waacn he arrives with his hour. he. finds
the big fat desolate. A comrade dscov-
ets sDid and Daylight reaps rich har- az.
nscst prominent figure in the Klondike
ynd Defeats combination of capitalists
IN . vast mining deal. He returns to
cASfination, and. amid the bewidering
1onirhcations of high finance. Daylight
3nxls that he has been led to invest his
rxes~n millions in manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York, and confrontins
his disIoyal partners with a revolver. he
TtsyeGtens to kin them If his money Is not
<~zf1Ened.
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

her as Miss Mason" and tht was
all, though he was aware tha as a
stenographer she was quick all accu.
rate. He watched her leaving me aft.
ernoon, and was aware for te first
time that she was well-formd, and
that her manner of dress wa salts
flying. He knew none Of the dtails of
woman's dress. and he saw me Of
the details of her neat shir waist
and well-cut tailor suit. He sf only
the effect In general. sketch way.
She looked right. This was in be abb
sence of anything wrong or oupf the
way.
"She's trim little good-lookef was
his verdict, when the outer offic 4oor
closed on her
The next morning, d}6tating, tcon-
cluded that he liked tke way 81 did
her hair, though for the life, dhim
he could have given no descripth Of
it. The impression was pleasihthat'
was all She sat between hinand
the window, and he noted tha her
hair Vas light brown, with hinj of
geldef bronze. A pale sun, shinf In.
tdhehed the golden bronze into dpul
d4;ing fires that were very plelng.
kIfe discovered that in the infehls,
when she had nothing to- do. shebad
books and magazines or work{ on
some sort of feminine fancy Prk.
Passing her desk, oncA he pickedp a
|. volume of Kipling's poems and glbed
| n bgb . " iGd fHn4tselemNths pages.
! You like reading, Miss Mason he
said, laying the book down
| "Oh. yes" was the answer: bry
much
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08

-wc viii mail you = COPY Free
Il tells how TO have the best deco
rating at least cost Is suil of new
color schemes and shows sixteen
Of the exquisite Alabzssine ie,<a.
famous for their snlks ncfinet
qualities.
The Iuka vidette., 1912-02-08
SEVEN YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
sikeston, Mo. = "For seven years !
suffered everything. / was in bed for

four or five days at .
time every month,
and so weak ! could
hardly walk. / had
cramps, backach .
and headache. an d
was SO nervous and
weak that ! dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. Tine doc
tors gave me nedi-
cine to ease me at