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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-03-05
THE OPEN FORUM

The Capital Journal invites pub
lie discussion In this department
Let both sides OF all matters
be fully brought Quilt is not
the purpose Of this newspaper to
do the thinking for its readers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
DERRICK BURNS
MAKING SPECTACULAR FIRE AT
wAREwooo SUNDAY.
Property Of Virginia OIL a Gas Co;
Efforts TO Extinsuish the slaz-
Ing Gas Fail.

Last evening shortly after 4 O'Clock
the derrick. electric motor house and
belt house at the Virginia OIL q Gas
company well on the hillside at the
head Of Nineteenth street, Center
Warwood. mysteriously caught Ere
and burned 20 the ground in a short
time with a loss OF several thousand
dollars. The we'll at the time was pro-
ducing both oil and gas in fairly large
quantities. The FIRE department was
unable to reach the blaze.
The burning OF the 5O-foot derrick
made a spectacular blaze and was wit.
nesses from the streets by all the res.
idents OF Greater Warwood and i'm.
mediate vicinity. The Virginia OIL &
Gas ompany last winter began pump.
ing all their wells in this community
With electric motors, the current be,
ing furnished from the feed wire OF
the Panhandle Traction company and
there was no fire about the well that
burned.
Late last evening the gas at the well
was burning brightly despite Of sew.
eral efforts TO extinalish IL. Another
effort will be made this morning 10
put IL out. There being no buildings
near the burning ones. of course. no
damage was done. but several large
trees were badly seorched. The Vir.
ginia Oil & Gas company has more
producing wells than any other com
pany In the Warwood field. Albert NJ
Schenk is president OF the company.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
CRIMINAL COURT
Numerous Cases Disposed Of at ses-
sion Ssturday-SeheaS Case
May Be Dismissed.

At the session OF the criminal court
Saturday, the proceedings were enliv-
ened by the motion Of Attorney J. ].
p. O'Brien TO have the case OF Laura
F. Schenk dropped from the docket.
In support OF his motion ne stated
that the law had been disobeyed with
reference TO this case by keeping Il
on the docket for so long without
trial. He also called attention % Sec.
ton 1890 OF Char'er l53 Of the code.
which states that every person
charged with a felony shall lie dis
charged from prosecution II :he case
Is not brought TO trial within three
consecutive terms unless the delay Is
caused by the enticing or keeping
away Of states Witnesses: q plea OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
si sssss tho Of &Hz2sz0
PITTSBURGHERS
Special Train Bearing Representatives
or Leading Business interests
Arrives Here This Week.

More than three billion dollars will
be represented on a big steel special
train which will visit Wheeling this
week. IL will no doubt be the largest
amount OF money represented on a
train ever assembled in the entire
world. The train will bear members
OF the Chamber OF Commerce of Pits
burgh or their twelfth trade extension
tour. More than 100 persons will be
aboard. This stupendous amount OF
money can scarcely be mentally CON
sidered as to It's purchasing power.
Among the concerns taking part are
, The United States Steel Corporation,
Equitable Life Assurance Society OF
the United States. westinghouse Elec-
tric a Manufacturing Company. n. ].
Heinz Company. Jones & LaughIins,
Pittsburg Steel Company. Pittsburg
Buffalo Company, Western Union Tel
egraph Company. Bell Telephone Com.
pany. Pittsburgh & Allegany Tele.
phone Company. Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company, Pittsburgh Life G.
trust Company and the Standard IN
foreground Cable Company.
In addition there are Is Pittsburgh
banks. trust companies and bonding
houses besides dozens OF concerns
whose capital can not be expressed in
six figures. The tourists will visit 10
places and be on the road four DAYS
No business will be solicited. The OBJ
ject is topay a social visit to old and
new friends and customers.
The big train will be modestly dec.
GRATED in Pittsburgh colors. black and
/ yellow. II will consist of FIVE pull.
mans. two diners. on combination. one
observation and one reception parlor
car. While travelling. telephone com.
munication will be enjoyed from car IN
car. During stops communication
will be had with the outside world
! from the train over two telephone
trunk lines. The following is the
schedule. eastern time obtaining.
Tuesday. May 21.-Leave Pittsburgh
al a. m. McKeesport. arrive. s.35.
leave 9:35. West Newton. arrive
1915: leave. 1880. Connelsville ar.
rive. ll:4O; leave. 1910 D. m. Nor.
gantown. arrive. 2:45: leave 2 az
Uniontown. arrive. 500: leave at 3:15
the next morning.
Wednesday. May 23-Cumberland.
arrive. 90 a. m: leave $40. Keyser.
arrive 1870; leave 1910. Piedmont
arrive. ll:3O: leave 1910 p m. Graf.
ton. arrive. 3:25: leave. 4:25. Fair
mont. arrive. 5.15, leave AZ 800 a. m
the next day.
] Thursday. May Manningfon ar.
rive. 700: leave 300. Ciarksburg ar.
I rive II 20; leave. 20 D. m. Parkers.
burg arrive. 400 and remain until
$40 the next morning.
/ Friday. May p Wnliamstown. Mar.
iettaJ, arrive. 700. leave. $50 sic.
! tersville. arrive. 1925. leave. 1i.75
/ New Martinsville. arrive. 12.IO D m:
leave. l.lO. Wheeling. arrive 2:3O.
ieavo' 500. Washington. arrive. 5.15.
leave 6.45. arriving in Pittsburgh at
$50 ,. m.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
MINERS
Of the Ffth Ohio Sub District To
Meet here-Details Of Contracts
To De Considered.

The annual convention OF the NTH
ohio subdistrict miners will convene
in This cit5 this morning and will con.
tinue two days. and will be- followed
hy conference % the miners and
operators on Wednesday morning The
sessions viii Do held iu the Ohio Val.
Icy Trades Assembly room and are cr.
pected 10 b. we'll attended. ~ over
100 local unions will be- represented.
Most Of the sessions will be- devoted
10 The transaction Of routine business
and several committees are 10 be- an.
pointed Details of the wage contract
and Joint scale contract VIII b. con
sidered at tho conference on Wednes-
day morning
Several prominent men are expect.
cd 20 b. in attendance. amone them
being President John Moors OF tho
Ohio Miners. Vice President John lei.
euka. Secretary q. W Savage. Sena.
tor William Green. Of Coshocton. and
7. T. Lewis
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
ANNUAL MEMORIAL
DAY EXERCISES
SQUADS ASSIGNED AT aEEriNe
or }. W. holiday po8sT.
Attorney Frank A. o-Driss VIII BE
the Principal Speaker "a Pen
insutar Cemetery.

At meeting Of ]. W. Holiday Post.
No. II. Grand Army OF the Republic,
at post headquarters in the Odd Eel
lows building. on Saturday evening.
Department Commander Thomas v.
Salisbury issued orders assigning the
squads to the various local cemeteries,
where suitable services will be con-
Quoted over the graves OF departed
heroes.
AS il customary. the principal ser.
vices OF the day will be held at PENN.
sula cemetery. where Attorney Frank
A. O'Brien will be principal speaker
The members will meet at post head.
quarters at p. m. and headed by the
drum corps OF the Cathedral high
school will march TO the cemetery. In
the morning the squads will visit their
respective cemeteries and decorate
the graves and conduct services.
May Toll Bells.
Acting under orders of the national
encampment. the local post has adopt.
ed the following resolution:
Resolved, "On Memorial day each
year. the bells shall be tolled from 2
noon until 1905; that flags shall be
placed at half mast and that comrades
remain standing uncovered during
that period" II is earnestly desired
that this be carried out as far as pos.
sible and that IL be made public in or.
der that all persons may know OF and
adopt this plan OF reverence.
The squads for the Memorial day
observance are assigned as follows:
Mount Wood-Henry Pebler. in
command: I. v. Barton. w. r. c. Full.
lerton. William Johnston, Hugh Haw-
kips. ] A. Harry. Samuel Hughes.
Theodore Roller. I. v. Pickering,
George w. Worls. w. s. Grafton. Hen.
ry c. Green and David Thomas.
Peninsula-Matthew Bennett. in
command; Robert Seibert. Alonzo
Reed, John McAdams. Owen Sullivan.
Robert S. Taylor. James Young, ].
w Meyers. S. Lennon. John r.
Marsh. l.. II. Graebe and John John.
son.
Mt. Calvary-D. F. Mckinley. in
command; Partick Mahoney. Henry A.
Foster. John J. Myles. William Truat
Ferdinand Fey. James Mckinley, l..
w. McDermott, A. ]. Straight and C.
ID. Steadman.
Stone Church-Charles T. Reed. in
command: Levi Foss. Nathaniel Van.
aman. y. Nickerson. ]. r. Tolbert
Daniel Maxwell, John Ried. August
Sauers. William p. Hubbard. n. b.
Scott and William NJ. Dunlap.
GreenwOod-Richard Robertson, in
command; A. II. Britt. George b.
Caldwell. William II. Chapman, B. b.
Dovener. Ed. c. Harry. n. F. Jones,
George W. Pitner. w. W. Rogers
Thomas V. Salisbury. Thomas r. Bell,
Vile and {. W. Reynolds.
Mt. Zion-Samuel WEIGH, in com
mand: David Arndt. c. J. Bloom. Phil.
ip Caloabaugh. F. II. Crago. f. b. Du.
Fost. William T. Graebe. d. c. GRAY
William Hodgkiss. Jacob Honecker
Robert Johnston. Jacob Nuckle. G. w
Riley. r. W. Stroebel Louis Schau,
Henry Tape. Alvin Tippins. J. II. b
Wilson and Joseph Wheeler.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13

or the mothers ~ the world to-day
would gladly lay cold In death Just for
the saving ~ her son. and how n moth
er cherished her loved ones. In con-
noction. instances which occurred on
board ths Inflated Titanic. the actions
n the American born. who maurulIy
carried out tho love taught by mothers.
how many lives were lost IN M, at
tempt 90 save the lives ~ mothers.
Mr. Hutton spoke praisinRiy ~ many
n the American men on board the
vessel. ard how CALAMITY they went
down To- wattery graves in order to
save "a mother
Secretary Lsnch then called for open
Testimonials ~ any member. and many
interesting talks were heard from sew
oral men. who spoke words ~ praise
~ their mothers. some who had passed
beyond. and others how their prayers
were answered duriuE fha revival
meetings AZ the Tabernacle. Tho music
rendered. was very appropriate and the
meeting closed with prayer
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13

insanity by the defense: a continuance
granted on motion OF the accused: or
by reason OF his escape from custody,
or failure TO appear according to his
recognizance. or II a jury fails TO
agree upon a verdict
Prosecuting Attorney Handlan
asked that the motion De set for argu.
ment next Saturday and II wa so or.
dered by the court.
Other Cases.
Edward Gordon and Charles Barnes,
charged with robbing the Royal pool
room, on Market street, were called
Barnes entered a plea or guilty and
his sentence was deferred. Fhe case
against Gordon was set for trial May
IA.
The case against FAM Belleville,
indicted for robbery. was set for
May 16.
Harry weisner. indicted for steal.
ing lead pipe from the city gas plant,
pleaded guilty TO the second count OF
the indictment against him. The de.
murrer to the first count having been
sustained, and he was sentenced "a
one year in the county Jail.
Paul Fowler pleaded guilty to Bistol
toting and was fined $50 and costs
and sentenced to six months in the
county Jail.
Vernon Johnson. charged with
threatening to kill on u. q q. train,
will be tried May 81.
Wilbur Z. Simpson. charged with
perjury before Squire J. J. Gompers,
will be tried May "a.
Herbert Fink. held on n paternity
charge, will be tried May 81.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
MOTHERS DAY AT
THE Y. M. C. A.
ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY r. p.
HUTTON-MANY IN
ATTENDANCE.
Appropriately Referred 20 the Titanic
Disaster and Paid Glowing
Tribute 20 Womanhood

Eesterday afternoon. a. s.ts O'Clock.
well attendTi and enthusiastic meet
ING va held Zoo the auditorium 81 the
YOUNG Mems Christian Association.
OWING 20 the illness ~ Uncle Jimmy
Johnson who was f1 have had charge
or The meeting 70 g. Hutton. ~ this
city. wa called upon. and in a very
capable manner. conducted the meet
Ing. devoted 20 the hon0ring " moth
ers
Rev. r.. 70. Graham opened tho meet
lnF Niin FnnRe service and y. o..
Lynrh, secretary ~ the r. ". o. A.
called upon several ~ the people %
oner short prayers appropriate 10 the
day
Mr. Hutton delivered n very inter
eFting and f0rrrfui address On tho de-
votton ~ mother. aud cited many
Instances and Illustrations where tho
love ~ a mother ls absent how r.r-
lectful fhe home becomes. and when
the onsprinrg ore laff f0 care Tor Thorn .
selves. quor great number Yield 90
the Temptations ~ The curse ~ fhe
Nation. Mr HIff0n related how many
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13

Whom the Photographic tells you fo
look pleasant % is up Co sou to change
y0ur face.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13

thousand. Pneumonia and cancer
were the responsible factors for ~
high rate and old typhoid contrihu.t1
It's usual quota. In his report Dc nc
Lain calls attention to the conf|t..I
prevalence OF typhoid IN the ||v
which he claims Is the result a 11'-
luted water supply and out faiIur1 10
prevent II. he says. does not rstonnd
to our credit During the month q ~
we're four death by tuberculosis ana
seven new cases reported.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13

confer the third rank on class OF
about ten candidates this evening.
prior 10 the meeting Of the memorial
the membership is expected. On
Thursday evening Black Prince lodge
will Initiate a class % candidates and
Friday evening Ohio Valley lodge
viii have n large class 10 initiate.
Following the initiation there will be
p social session held IN the lodge
room
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
MEMORIAL
Services Of the X. Of p. % be Heid
A. North street Church on
Tuesday June 18Th.

~ North street Church on
Tuesday. June 18Th.
Hon. Sam 49, Montgomery. grand
keeper of records and seals ~ the
knights % pythias lodges o. West
Virginia will deliver an address a.
the X ~ = memorial services. which
will BE- held in North Street ~ D.
Church on Sunday June 18Th Rev.
J. g. Hess. pastor Of tho church VIII
be- On charR0 and viii also deliver an
address ID memory 20 the departed
members. The subject FOR Mr. Mont.
gomerys address VIII be- Friendship
and Our Departed Brothers Other
prominent knights Will speak.
Rev. Mr.. Hess ls member 81 the
orRanizatI0n. and arrangements have
been made FOR me members 10 meet
az Pythian Castle. and march 90 the
church In body. headed By the reg
imcnt ~ uniformed rank knights
There vii BE- a meeting Of the Joint
committee held ln the lodge rooms
Of Baltimore lodge this evening. io
act on The memorial services
Baltimore lodge degree team will
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-05-13
HEALTH REPORT
For Month Of April Made Public BY
Or. w. n. MeLaIn and Shows
Startling Mortality.

DIR. w. II. McLain. city health com.
missioner. in his report on the city
health for the month OF April. shows
a startling mortality rate. During this
month there we're seventy-six deaths
making a rate Of 1872 per cent per
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-06-21
2. V, NEEDHs.s BUYS lN-
 TEREST IN BAKERY

\ deal has just been closed whereby C. \. Needham and wife have purchased the Il. C
 Schmidt interest in the Royal Bakery in the Red Men Block. and Will hereafter conduct it in partnership with Herb Scott. In addition to the bakery busi- ness they will put in a coffee and light luncheon room, Of which Mrs. Needham Will be in charge. and will serve light lunches. ice cream. etc. \ wire was sent lo Seattle yesterday for a firsl-cl5ss baker, who should arrive on an early boat
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THE BIG 1FELLER"
 OF THE GAS BOATS

The Muir, the tender for the Yes Bay cannery arrived up from the sound yesterday. She is the big one among the gasO- line vessels of this region, be-
 Ing several feet longer than George Rounsefell's Chacon, and equipped with engines de- NelOping 100 horse power. On her trial trip she made better than eleven knots, some speed. while when 1t comes to towing, her ability is shown Dy the fact that she brought np a tow of four loaded scows from the Sound. Charley Burckhardt waited until all the others got their boats started and under way and then put one over on them all with what is probably the largest and strongest work boat in Alaska
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THE LITTLE ENGINE
 CHUGS RIGHT ALONG

A. A. Wakefield reports a new record for the Eyenrude gasoline engine of which he has the local agency. One day this week with one of the little engines attachen to twenty footer of close to six feet beam, he made g miles in 6 hours and Is minutes. \ remarkab- le speed for so small an engine.
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THE nLlTTLE
 GLORY" ARRIVES

The power seine boat Little Glory arrived up from the Sound yesterday morning. She is fine little craft. probably the biggest and best equipped of her class in these waters. She is engined with an so h. ?. Standard, and is very speedy. She made the last leg of the trip north. from Swanson'S Bay to ketchikan. close to poo miles in i little less than wen ty hours. which is very close to steamboat time. Fremont King who came north on her says he is ready to back Her against anything of her size in this part of the world for money. chalk or marbles.
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THE STEAMB0ATS

The Jefferson which has on board the first tourist crowd of the season, will, on account Of calling in at sitka this trip be gone north four days this rip instead of three as hereto fore.
 The Humboldt, City of Seat tle and Spokane all left Seattle for the north on Wednesday. The Humboldt is due to arrive here this evening, the Seattle tomorrow morning. and the Spokane which is exclusively tourist this trip. doing no local business, will stop at Rudyerd Flord and AIetlakahtla before coming here being due at ket- chikan about six o'clock Sun day morning,
 The Princess May is due south about two o'clock tomor- row morning.
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MODERN PUP AND PIPER
 MILL PRACTICALLY ASSURED

It looks as though there is going to he an opportunity for hose with faith in this part Of Alaska to demonstrate that we have an industry as vet unde- yeloped here that has tfemend- aous possibiliGes--the making of paper and paper pulp from wood. Sitka spruce a9 1t k ealled--our common spruce- las paper making qualities un- beaten any where else in the world. Realizing lhis. L. \. stocIey. of San Francisco, who was in this region couple of year, ago. after securing data on tue paper business, both he making and marketing has see ured the attention Of Califor- nian capital and i9 now in the country looking Up possible sites for a wood pulp and paper mill. The best thus far visi- ted is in Thorne Arm above Sea Level properties where condi- lions are almost ideal. Timber n abundance is found. water power capable of producing an immense amount of energy close to the beach. a lime ledge of ample proportions, 50 nee essarg in the production of pap CT, and all so close together 9nd convenient a~ Ia maks Ii appear that nature had rrepar- e1 the spot especially for that purpose.
 Associated with Mr stochley and representing the people be- hind the proposed mill are ". C. Bigelow. q pulp and paper
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States desired him for their president, and he was ready to submit the matter 10 the vote of the people on a platform ad- vocating a true downward re- vision of the tariff, universal suffrage, and the direct noml- nation Of president and sena
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mill man of New Hamshire, and Paul E. Rink a consulting en- gineer of San Francisco. For fhe aaSt couple of weeks
 the party has been at Thorne Arm, in company with a mem ber of the Forest service, eN- ploring and estimating the Wa ter power. the visible supply of timber, the lime stone availa- hle, and the other details, with .he result that if satisfactory understanding can be arrived at with the Forestry Department a mill of about one hundred tons per day capacity will he constructed. The plant will manufacture both the nechau- ieal and chemical pulp, making "a specially of news paper. ror which there is a demand Of close to one hundred tons per day on the Pacific coast alone. h addition 10 this there is a good market in Japan and the  Orient in general for wood pHIp which is now shipped two thirds of the distance around ihe globe from Germany and Norway.
 h case nothing arises to in- .erfere with the plans of the company construction will be commenced within the next lhree months. and the plant will be in operation early in Inc spring of 1913.
 .-
 A wonderfully good show at h o Riplz rrI...ta, fc1;obf
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was lost by a vote of 605 to 4G0 the solid Wisconsin vote Of = being east with the Taft forces.
 Roosevelt this morning told his supporters that he was pre- pared and willing to accept the nomination on an .adeaendeal ticket believing that . major fly Of the people of the United
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-06-21

and il looks a9 though nomina- lions Will not be arrived al be- fore next week. This morning Hadley introduced a no,lon lo refuse to accept the report of the committee on resola- lions piecemeal, but to wait un- iil the entire report was ready
 for consideration. The motion
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Complete change of program at Gross Picture show tonight, and Il is an extra good show too lou all know Of the excellence of the qualify Of our shows, but this one tonight is something extra. /.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-06-21

Baltimore. June 2l-Mrs. na- ly wife of the Democratic committeeman for Alaska said in an interview published in one of the morning papers. that the women Of Alaska don't de sire equal suffrage.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-06-21

Chicago, June 21-In case a third party is formed, there IS a very strong possibility that Woodrow Wilson may be the running mate for Roosevelt.
 Personal overtures have been to Wilson within the past 24 hours, and report has it thas siunified his willingness in
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-06-21

Baltimore, June 21--ln spite of Bryan's objections the con- mittee of arrangements per Sist i'll naming Parker for tenn porary chairman, and split is inevitable.
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tors by the direct vote of Inc people.
 A split is developing in the adherenls of Roosevelt, and the probabilities are that not more than seventy per cent. of his delegates would bolt if he asked them 10.
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case his opponents control in Baltimore. Roosevelt men f'g- ure that in the event of re- aotionary being nominated at Baltimore that a national tiC- ket headed by Roosevelt and Wilson will sweep the country.
 Matters are at a standsdll In the Republican convention here
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These prices are for cash oDlv. and no orders taken for delivery after , ?. m.
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Saturday Specials at Frye
 Bruins

Prime Rib Roast lSc. co,,.aqa I5c. Mutton Stew =
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A wonderfully good show al the Rink Theater tonight.