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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-01
President Taft and The Wool Growers
HORkHEWER BROTHERS.
Dealer- in Wool.

Wheeling. W. Va sept IS
10 che Editor af ss0cer
>r-Replying 10 YOUR inquiry. believe that 7 -av
with absolute certainty that the effect the wool
BILL had become aw would have been seriously 90 cripple
u NOT entirely tO destroy the WOOL growing industry Of West
Virginia. Ohio and enns, wOol has had.
has protective duty Of lc per pound. The proposed BILL
reduced the protective duty to about 29 ad alOrcm
proNimatcs ic IT, Experience has shown that low
the duty vping % out practically lowers the value Of
hy the entire amount Of du, removed ln other
effect o This VOC bin would have been lower the price
our home Voc ~IN seven cents per pound
10 i- unnecessary tO what This would have t0
the farmer oi the Pan Handle COUNTIES of West Virginia
O The farmer, O eastern Ohio. Fortunately, the
hands Ol President Taft ~a1cd them this
danger and every interested n the wool business
debt 90 Nr Taft hi virtue Of This politician
write This simply husncs- interested The wool
industry. and familiar with the conditions under
which WOOL ~ n this section.
During The existence of the Wilson BILL which put wool on
the free list BOUGHT millions of pounds of wool GO 90
pound for unvascd woC 3c pound for choice
washed Voc nwa~hed wool this -oId PC to 2c
washed wool from 2~c }Oc This shows cearl, the
result of a protective duty Oi lie Aour- truly,
IOl Is HORkHEtNER
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-01
BRIDE MURDERS HUSBAND OF
THREE SCORE AND TEN YEARS
PRETTY GIRL OF BRAXTON
COUNTY SHOOTS HUBBY
Funeral of the Victim Was Held
Nine Hours After He Was
Slain by His Wife.
Was a Prominent and Wealthy
Farmer and Had Been Mar
ried 10 Brides Sister.
tsY STAFF coReEsPoNpENrl

10Y Ar CORRESPOkD
SUTTON. W. Va. Sept. 300 Behind
fhe barr or the HraNton county jail
conhucd IN diugy little coll apart
from the corridor where the male
prisoners are kept. pretty Martha TN
derwCod. axe -. who Yesterday shot
and killed her aged husband. James
Underwood. age 20. "a prominent and
wealthy farmer. is tonight on the
verge OF "a nervous breakdown but
hrmiy convinced that her act was
luttiuable ana one committed iu self
defense The story leading up 10 the
murder and Of tho crime reads like
a chapter from dime novel with all
the thrills that are put Co "a cheap
melo-drama Within nine hours after
she shot down her aged husband the
child wife had the funeral services
held over the remains and the body
inferred on the hlll in the old family
burial ground
The pretty murderess vas united in
marriage 70 Underwood several
weeks after her sister who was TN
derwood's first wife. had died. From
the first the pretty child wife and the
aged farmer qunrrpled. Seemingly
Ian Cupid had shot the arrow al the
wrong mark.
Yesterday. following a quarrel Tn
uerwood is said 10 have become very
angry and ran his wife from the house
with "a butcher knife She wcnr TO
the home OF ueighbOr and borrowed
R shotgun. Returning. She empticd
th" contents into the breast of hor
AGED hus band and the dying man
-ta'Icd down the steps. where be- died
before aid arrived. That afternoon
ihe funeral was held. Mrs Under
WuOd states that her husband made
several attempts 20 kill her and
threatened her life on many occasions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-01
ROOSEVELT
SLUSH FUND
HARRINAN'S SECRETARY
TELLS or THE CAMPAIGN
lie and Personal Nitnrnev for Late
Railroad Magnate said Teddy
Seeked Money.
l.. y. Bliss Testified That the
Books of ArrhibOld Gift Have
Been Destroyed.


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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-01
BALKIN WAR
CLOUD AGAIN
LOOMING UP
I'll RkEN AND SERNIA
HAVE CONTRON ERSN
Greek Army in Egypt Ordered To
Join COlOrS-Greek Vessels
Leave Turkish Waters.

ST pETrRSBt HG. Sept. .H the
of tHe armI-s or P.lca.
rls. Ser,ie and Greece viii probably
mean immediate War. according to th-
belief held in political c.rcl,- here
The nature of Turkeys mu,ar, ac.
t,lty Boo the last few days i- taken to
mean that she intends to make war.
Iu thar case the Balkan coalition has
naturally been forasraIird here iu hc-
euueaNor 90 profit hy the rapid con-
reutrttiou of troops
The opinion is held here that the
action of the Balkan States has rH.
suited from fhe inability of thr pow.
crs iu deal with tine situation.
The principal task ci the powers.
in case hosii.lfss actually break ont.
VIII be- to locaIize their scope. a-
Italy was forced to io'dIIl- hers. to a
limit
Immediate danger depends upon the
possible action of Houman.a. .nsr-
rat,d by AustraHunrsrs
EiIGFtI-t. s,r,it. Sept. "H War
preparations 600. being "ari..-I 600 with
of tr, S-r.I.u aIm. l.- u.su ordered
ari DO De- 'sT,.r.u v,I u' v'H Uud.r
v.H within 90 H. .r- Iu- publication
.f ness off Dol ..ar. r.. m'u'- i- fore
ii.a-4.
Nrrnrilr- o.. newspaper reports tn"
~.rt..fI minister goo Turkey. lIr Soma
tnu.frh has iD'f Cunefaurn'r for
l,i..-tI.
u,.rll. b.. -..rius with .N.i,e-
H.#
form % r,s.ItIsfa and thr railway
e-a-inu. .r. .rpvD.l with men "u
their WAY Oh, join th. ,ulug- Tu- ms
HiIilsriur uI ti, Bulgarian arm'
-im.I Itau...sIt With that of -'rN.u has
added .rft.s.a-m tn the occasion
ALEXANDRIA. Egypt sept 2n
The Officers OF the Greeh army r"-
serve lagc received telaEraphic or.
aar- to Join the colors Immediately
LONDON. Sept aH...A Constant.
r0pIc .-pateh SAYS ..l oSrek vessels
hat. received orders FOB leave Turkish
waters.
CONSTANTI%OpLE. seq go Ov
ire fo fl. iu-IstDusr o' th' Turkish
government upon oh-a'uIuE % written
dsr.ara. Tom uf amnesty from Scr. .I.
the Sertau minister. u- N.nadaHoh
Haa sent another important cuWmuli.
cation -1 fne Porte
This follows communication
which tie minister addressed fo tre
Port. SI'irtat. respecting -hs stop.
PAGE o. -.r..aH ammunition after per
-siou Dad h..u -.tru tur r- poe
SAGE through fHc Turkish iue. Do
replt fn f.I- tHs Turkish foreign m.r.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19

ing peeled are taken away where they
lie on the bottom Of the pond. In
putting up the cache they all work
If small willows are used the old
ones cut and place them in little piles
(armfuls), the young beaver carrying
them to the water and then running
with them to the cache. And If cot
tonwood or trees, they first cut them
down by cutting all around them, If
of large size, letting them fall where
they may. They then cut off all limbs
and cut the trunks up into suitable
lengths to handle, and drag all. to the
water and then float them to their
cache. From my observation the lin
it in size that a beaver can cut is
about "a inches They can cut out
chip about four inches long, cutting
it off at bottom and top and splitting
it out very much as a man does with
an ak. In this way they can cut a
scarf about IL inches in height and
back into the trunk Of the tree about
~ inches, all the way around. Then
If the tree leans considerably, 1t will
of course break some, or when the
wind comes up it will blow down, but
l have seen trees with so much cen
ter left that they remained standing,
though cut into to the beavers limit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
FIGHTS SNAKES ALL NIGHT
When Rescued In the Morning the
Badly Bitten Cowboys Reason
is Destroyed.

Galveston, Tex-Fifteen hours bat
Ting with a dozen or more snakes
forty feet below ground, in an aban-
doned well, was the rackng expert
ence of Charles Wellbourne, a COW
boy residing in Vallverde county
When rescued in the morning after a
night in the we'll, Wellbourne had lost
his reason and his arms and legs
were literally covered with bites from
the snakes.
Eight dead reptiles, measuring in
length from two to four feet were
taken out, but the details OF his
frightful experience will not be known
unless he recovers, and his condition
is said to be serious.
Wellbourne was riding horseback
when seen in the neighborhood about
five o'clock in the evening, and his
horse returned to the Little Branch
about midnight. Shortly after a
search was instituted, and at nine
o'clock the next morning his maniacal
screams directed the searchers to the
well on the side of an old ranch. With
ropes the man was pulled out.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
CLEVER THIEF TAKEN

ity with church affairs while receiving
his education in an ecclesiastical sem
mary. His father probably hoped that
he would become a priest. But the
youth found his vocation along very
different lines.
1t would be impossible and useless
to make a list of those he has swim
died. 1t is believed he has got away
with several millions of francs in all
The greater number of his victims
have made no formal complaint against
him, preferring to pocket their losses
rather than to suffer the chatting of
their friends because of their gullibil-
ity. But it is known that among the
sufferers are cardinals, archbishops,
abbots Of monasteries, mother superb
ors and abbesses of converts and noble
men and women who are charitably
disposed.
How did he do it? In many ways.
He forged letters Of introduction from
one bishop to another. He ingratiated
himself here and there by conspicu-
GUS acts of charity and piety and SO
got genuine letters of introduction
from prelates and mobiles.
Among those upon whom he imposed
was the dowager duchess of Genoa,
mother of Queen Margherita of Italy,
in whose private chapel at Novara he
said mass, and from whom he received
a present.
When caught in Rome he was about
to go to st. Peters to say mass, the
authorization so to do being signed by
Cardinal Respighi, which signature is
declared to be a forgery.
There was nothing new about his
swindles; they we're the old, well-worn
devices, with which every one ought
to be familiar, but which work Just
as effectively today as they worked in
the time Of Gil Bias.
He is to be sent successfully to
each of the cities where he is want
ed" in each of them he will be tried
and, if convicted, will be sentenced. So
he has the prospect of four or five
prison terms, one after another, in
different parts Of Italy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19

This is a secret apparently Al'o"n
only to the beaver !
I believe the beaver live more IKE
humans in their domestic life than
any other animal, and though there
may be no marriage ceremony their
domestic life is Just as sacred. Ana
vet. with all their wisdom, they are
easily trapped, for by taking adVan-
tage of their weakness or customs,
by placing a handful Of soft mud
from the bottom of the pond upon the
bank and placing a few drops OF a
certain kind of scent upon 1t, every
beaver that passes near will go to it,
and If the trap is well placed, they
are sure to get caught.
For some years there has been
closed season on beaver in the state
of Wyoming.
They are multiplying very fast and
reappearing in all their old haunts,
and am glad to see it; but deplore
the fact that the law is not more
strictly enforced. hate to see law
to conserve the game abused-a law
that the honest man will recognize
and obey, but so poorly enforced that
the poacher and unlawful party get
all the benefit.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19

, Great interest has been manifested
by officials of the government Bureau
Of Mines in the records of life-saving
during the past year by the new oxy-
gen-pumping apparatus. By means Of
this lung-illing and emptying ma
chine, oxygen is forced in, the poison.
Gus gases are drawn out, and normal
breathing is started. The machine
acts automatically, any effort on the
part of the Individual hlndering rath.
er than helping it. In drowning cases,
gas poisoning, and electrocution acci.
dents there will be many revivals, It
is believed, by the prompt use of the
oxygen device. The machine is useful
not only in mines. 1t is easy to be
Iieve that a time will come when ev.
cry police station will be equipped
with one
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
Says Science Holds Secret

you to say to me, Yes, go. l know
you don't love me-. What do you
want with a woman without her heart
and soul?
Il am very, very sorry. But / am
determined to be true to myself, no
matter what happens. I've never
been free before.
"Go to scientist, study and talk.
In a month you will see how and why
no one can really help US. We must
work it out alone"
The chief witness in the divorce
proceeding was A. E. Lightener, attor-
ney of the United States land office,
Bakersfield, Cal. He testified that
Mrs Vroom lived in Los Angeles as
Mrs. Heinescy," after she had taken
a long trip to Mazatlan, Mexico, with
the French instructor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19

Idaho and Wyoming, camping Where-
ever the feed and fishing were good,
and resting when, how and where we
felt like it.
In the country above mentioned we
found many beaver; in fact, where
ever there was sufficient water, beaV-
er had taken possession Of it. All
small streams were damned up by
them, and in one place We saw a
beaver industriously fixing up the
dam, while five ducks were near him
looking on. In another place we saw
a beaver, probably the old daddy,
swimming in pond, who, on seeing
us, slapped the water with its broad,
fiat tail, making q sound much like a
rife shot. The other beaver, curious
to be doing something, were out on
the bank cutting willows, but on hear
ing the danger signal, which probably
said, Hey, you kids, out Of there!"
came tumbling into the water till six
were swimming before US.
Beaver live in families, the two old
beavers, two yearlings and two kits.
The young, two in number, are born
about April and stay at home until
about two years of age, when they
set up housekeeping on their own ac-
count. They move to some other To-
cality. If a small stream, they pro-
ceed to build a dam to get greater
depth of water If the banks are
rocks or not suitable for holes, they
build a house. The water must be of
sufficient depth so 1t will not freeze
solid in winter as the entrance to
the house or hole in bank is under
water The floor of their living room
is about three inches above water,
and is carpeted with white sticks slit
up a little coarser than excelsior.
There is always an opening above the
living room for fresh air. This is
partly closed or concealed by sticks
laid across it.
AS the pond freezes over in the
winter, the beaver must provide them
selves with sustenance to last them
through the long winter. This is
called their cache and is always sit
uated near where they live and con
sists of willows, quaking aspen or
cottonwood anchored under water
They cut these late in the fall and
place them in this cache, so when
the pond freezes over they can get to
them Cutting off small piece, they
take it to their living room and peel
it, eating the bark only. This is their
winters food. The sticks after be-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
Free Alleged Thief While Men Con.
vict His Companion, and Judge
Gives Him Ten Years.

Seattle, Wash.-A test of the tit
ness of women to serve as jurors has
been made here with results that are
causing a great deal Of comment In
the prosecution of two young men for
the same crime a jury which included
women set one free, while men jurors
convicted the other, with the result
mat he has been sentenced to long
term in Jail,
Harry Shaw and Harry Humphrey
were arrested on the charge Of high
way robbery. On the jury which tried
Humphrey were two women. He was
a good-looking young man, and his
lawyer did everything possible to stir
I'D sympathy for him, The result was
that the women pleaded for him in
The jury room and won over the men,
some Of whom felt that he was guilty.
When the verdict was returned the
women advised Humphrey to be a
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
EurOpe'S Most Daring SWindIer
Is Under Arrest
Robbed the Charitable, Posed as
Prince, Marquis and Monsignor Of
Church, and His Loot
Totals Millions.

Rome.-Nerve was what kept this
phenomenal rascal skating gracefully
over the thinnest kind of ice. And his
nerve has not deserted him, now that
the ice has broken under him and he
has sunk overhead in the muddy wa
!ers of trouble.
Behind his prison bars he seems, in
ieed-like most clever criminals-to
take a sort Of professional pride in his
achievements. When he realized that
1enial was henceforth futile he shrug-
ged his shoulders and said:
u congratulate the Roman police. l
lave Travelled all over the world and
got away with many hundreds of
thousands of lire.
However, that which l stole l stole
rom the rich. l never trimmed any
one for less than 10000 lire ($2O, ,OOO).
What a pity that the law must punish
ne! l have helped an infinite number
Of poor priests. Today l had an ap-
lointment with another prelate; in
stead, l am in Jail. What PITY"
This unique scoundrel is a sort of
combination of Tartuffe and Barry
Lyndon. He posed as a priest and
wore priestly garb, but he was not con-
tent with that. for be wore purple at
ais throat and a purple girdle, which
Indicated that he was a monsignor of
the church.
The bearer of these noble names and
ecclesiastical titles had no right to
any Of them. He never was a priest.
He had no right to wear even a cas-
sock, much less the purple Of a pre-
late. He is just plain Giovanni Bat
.ista Gindri, son of a respectable Turin
He obtained his familiar
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19

Most boys have fathers, which is
fortunate for the boys themselves and
for society. But most fathers per,
haps-at any rate, too many Of them
fail to recognize fully their obliga
tions in the matter Of guiding the
thoughts and actions Of their sons
They leave too much Of that duty to
the boys mothers. Mothers, too, are
important, Of course, giving the boy
a kind Of care which they would 9th.
erwise lose. But the father, if he be
the right sort, can exert an influence
which may come from no other source.
Is it not worth while? Every boy who
goes wrong represents a definite loss
to society. To that extent civilization
fails. It means a hitch in the plan OF
the universe which calls for a steady
upward climb toward perfection
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
SQUIRREL STOLE THE ACE
Card Game Mystery solved-lt Hap
pened in Winsted, Conn.,,
of Course.

Winsted, Conn.-On a pleasant day
last fall a spirited game Of set back"
high, low, jack and the game-was
played in a grove on the shore OF
Highland lake, between four men out
for walk When the final game Of
a series was being played and Fred
Jacobs, who declared he had drawn
the ace of hearts, went to play the
card he discovered it was missing and
his hand" was declared dead.
After the game the card could not
be found and a count of the deck
showed fifty-one instead OF fifty-two
cards. The robber was discovered
the other day. A tame red squirrel,
which has made its home in the grove
for two years, had carried the ace to
It's nest in a high pine tree, where it
was found by boy who climbed the
tree to see If the squirrel had survived
the winter
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
"Study and Talk" Says Wife, 81 Don't
Love YOU" Judge Gives Man
Absolute Divorce.

New York.-Frederick w. Vroom, a
mining engineer, was granted a final
decree of divorce from Maude M.
Vroom by Supreme Court Justice New
burger.
The record in the case shows that
Vroom appealed to his wife, after she
had separated from him, to return to
her home, and she told him that If
he consulted a scientist he would soon
be consoled to her absence. She is
now said to be living in Los Angeles,
Cal, as the wife of Emil Mouler Helm
escy, a teacher Of the French Ian
guage.
81 asked you not to write" she re-
piled to a particularly strong letter
from her husband, "and knowing my
dread and weakness, you did 1t Just
the same. When l analyze it myself
1t does seem to me right.
"The same feeling should prompt
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
U. S. PAYS CIVIL WAR DEBT
Government RENTS $1.77 Owed to
Union Veteran for Forty-NIne
Years.

st. Paul, Minn.-Another proof that
Uncle Sam is honest and will pay his
debts as soon as he can is on exhibit
tion at the Office of Julius Schmahl.
secretary of state, at the capitol. 1t
is check for SLIT which was re-
ceived by Charles A. Rose, document
clerk. Uncle Sam has been owing Mr..
Rose this money ever since 1863 and
has at last got enough ahead to pay
the debt. In 1853 Mr.. Rose was trans
ferred from one company of volun-
teers to another and at the time Of his
transfer there was due him SLIT. The
amount was never paid and Mr.. Rose
had even forgotten that no had it
coming until the check arrived few
days ago.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
A FRIEND, NOT AN ENEMY.
oEIINA

- Y hlENkr W. nv A@NNNN
A child lost in an eastern city the
other day led from an approaching
patrolman. fell under the wheels Of a
istreet car and was killed. The officer
of the law, instead Of being looked on
as a friend and protector. was viewed
by the childish mind as n person OF
idire purposes to be stunned. How
many parents are bringing their chill
dren up in fear Of policemen? The
number doubtless is considerable,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. II
seems a somewhat prevalent habit
among fathers and mothers TO try TO
restrain the exuberance Of their boys,
for instance by telling them that un'
less they are good the police will get
them. The habit is cruel as well as
dangerous. It plants fear IN hearts
that should be taught confidence.
Children should be taught that a pa
trolman is their friend, their protec-
tor against wrongdoers and their
guide in time of trouble The mother
who, in order to hush a noisy child,
threatens him with an appeal TO an
officer in uniform. is implanting in the
child's mind "a fear which may some
day bring the child into peril Of
death. It is a wicked trayesty on
truth and justice for a parent thus to
play upon the natural timidity Of a
child. If the parent does not live to
regret it he has merely his good for
tune to thank for the escape, The
risk is not worth taking, at any rate.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
CAT ACQUITS MAN OF ARSON
Story of Overturned Lamp Oispels
"Black Hand" Theory and Jury
Frees Prisoners.

Pottsville, Pa.-Accused Of setting
fire to residence at Palo Alto at the
instigation of the "Black Hand" Do
nato L. d'Angelo was acquitted in
court when he placed the blame on a
cat which overturned a kerosene lamp.
The fire was begun shortly after
the midnight hour and several persons
had narrow escapes with their lives.
The police found gasoline cans ex-
ploded near the place where the fire
started and became convinced that the
defendant, in company with a friend
from Philadelphia, committed the
crime, but the jury believed the cat
story.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
Where the Power Ley.

MY dear, sir" said the visiting
Englishman, you people in this coun-
try don't know what a real republic is.
Your president has vastly more pow
er than we permit our king to exer-
cise."
ooh, we all realize that, but you
seem to forget the power your queen
is permitted to exercise"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-04-19
Women Jurors are Lenient

better boy in the future" He imme-
d1ately left the city without waiting
to testify for Shaw, whose testimony
had helped him.
When Shaw had been convicted by
the men he remarked of Humphrey:
1T showed he didn't have no princi-
pie, jumping out and leaving me this
way" In this Judge Ronald, who SEN
fenced Shaw to FIVE to ten years in
prison, agreed, saying Humphrey Ger
tainly did show woeful lack Of prin-
ciple in leaving you after you had
helped him" The Judge, however, in
dicated his dissent with the women
jurors in the previous case by saying
he agreed with the latter verdict.