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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-22
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With h.rhN8v robbery and murder
Do ie Char.ed ho held up shot and
killed q German. named Eoby. near
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REBELS WILL TAKE CARE
OF ALL FOREIGN INTERESTS
THIS ASSURANCE CONTAINED IN DISPATCH RECEIVED By
ADMIRAL. FLETCHER FROM REBEL
COMMANDER AT TJXPAM
Feared Oil Interests Would
On Account of NO Quorum With Quorum Present
English Squadron Will Not Go o Vera Cruz
WASHINGTON. Nov.

WASHINGTON. Nov 2t. -
Admiral Fletcher, commanding
the American feet on the east
coast OF Mexico, late today
eabled the navy department a
General ASuilar, the Constitu-
tionalist leader who has occupied
the vicinity Of Tuspam. eivinq
assurances that American and
other extensive oil interests in
that territory would be protected.
Admiral Fletcher is under or.
ders to take such steps as may
be necessary 10 protect foreign
lives and property, reports from
Tuspam having Indicated that
the Constitutlonalists were
threatening TO destroy the tanks
Of British oil Interests. This
led TO talk OF the possibility OF
the landing Of marines or blue
Jackets from the American bat
tleships, and Developments in
the situation have been awaited
with intense interest.
General Aguilar's message sent
In reply &c Admiral Fletcher's
demand that no harm should
come to foreigners or their prop
erty, said:
81 am governing on con-
stitutional basis. my attitude
being - guarantee the interests
Of al foreign and comestic oil
corporations existing IN the terri
tory occupy, fulfilling in this
manner the demands % civiliza-
tion and not being governed by
caprice c. vengeance"
No Complication.
officials her" think this means tha
here VIII De- no tr,,SI,e~ome Compli
'ations as a result of Aguilar's occu
patton of the ont fields territory. DE
'tructiOn az the franks would hav,
Endangered the lives of many Amerl
ans and other foreigners. TWO Brit
sh armored cruisers have been or
Tered to the scene. but iu the mean
imc the United States has been ask
"a 20 guard British interests.
Frequent conferences today be
ween Secretary Bryan. Counsellor
Iohn Bls~-tt Moore ana Acting Socre
airy Roosevelt and two visits by To,
"cr'tar. Uf state 90 rhr White Hourc
accompanied by Mr. Roosevelt. wer,
ne outward marks Of the deep inter
st felt in official circles IN the Nexi
an situation
n developed that the welfare OF rho
wo Madero brothers and their rela
Continued on page seventeen.)
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MEXICO CITY. Nov. 2f.-The
bulk Of the evidence at hand con-
tinues TO indicate that Vietoriano
Huerta is unalterably determined
not to aceede 10 the demands Of
the United States government for
his elimination as president OF
Mexico, but there Is some basis
for the belief that he may at last
give In, but in such a manner as
TO leave the impression that he
acted Of his own free will, defyinq
Washington to the last
The high-handed parliamentary
practice IN the chamber Of depu-
ties this afternoon gave rise TO
considerable speculation. The roll
Of members was called and IL was
quite evident that the number
necessary for a quorum was pres
ent. but Colonel Victor Corral.
presiding In the absence Of Ed
uardo Tamariz. the speaker. who
was said to be ~. looked the dep
uties straight in the eye and de-
clared there was no quorum.
Not a deputy protested and the
chamber stood adjourned until to-
morrow.
II was suggested that this ac-
tion might be part Of plan 20
bring about the death Of congress
and thus split hairs with the
Washington government, which
through John Lind. president VIII
sons personal representative, had
insisted that this new legislative
body should not come into eN-
istence.
Under the law, should there be
no quorum three times In success
sion, the house would be auto
natically dissolved. One NeSi-
can. speeulating upon the motive
for today's adjournment, suggest
ed that II was merely a time-5aV-
ing device. adding. time for Hu-
erta to6-v is fne-spun aold."
Submitted Proposition
II became rHHNu to-day that Manuc
i.trza AlGni.. prior Co his eSpul~io
rom the cabinet. submitted for the con
liberation Of the United States a propo
tou signed hy President Hacrta tina
'ucrc-S should meet. merely for th
fau-gttlUu ot three or four measures
amcly. ratification Of the decree %
ctohey u. d.ssulsiug congress. declar
lE tue elections az President and VIC,
resident null and calling FOR new elec
ions. and because there might arise. tI,
I"~tlou J~ Co the legality - tile new
lHmber and senate. calling au el.eti f
aT deputies and senators as Well II
as Understood that after these m..~
res had been acted upon the mes. CON.
ress would adjourn and the natloI
t"l" would await the results OF cleo
..sr t.ls reason IL is not believed tha
It~rrltcly and that 80 was used toda]
4ttclN as "a matter uf sparring for time
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winds
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colder by night Sunday fair. colder.
-n.gefnir to brisk southwest TO north-
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Continued on Page seventeen-)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
COULD STAND PLAYFUL DOG
Young Man Considerably Relieves
When He Learned the Animal Was
Not In Earnest

Have you seen papa's new dog.
Carlo?" she asked as they sat in the
parlor.
YES" he replied. uneasily.
have had the pleasure of meeting the
dog"
Isn't he splendid? He is SO affec-
tionate."
Il noticed he was very demonstra-
tive," returned he, as he moved un-
easily in his chair
He is very playful. too. l never
saw a more playful animal in all my
life"
II am SO glad to hear you say
that"
"Why?'
Because I was little afraid that
when he bit that piece out of me the
other evening he was in earnest. But
il he was only in play, of course, It's
all right. / can take fun as well as
anybody"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
Shoppinu Instinct.

A rural postmaster tells this story
OF one of the patrons of his office. a
boy Of thrifty. not to say penurious.
stock When the lad comes into the
postoffice he will thrust his wizened
face up close to the window and, in
his slow, Yankee drawl, inquire most
earnestly:
"Hev ye got ony postal cards?"
Yes" the postmaster replies.
''Haow much be they t'day?"
"A cent apiece"
Then the boy, screwing up his eyes
In the intensity of his thought over
the question he has to decide, always
stops for a while to weigh the con-
sequences. Finally, he will reply sol
emnly:
Wal, I'll take one. e."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
The y 1 1Ag>
SABLE ~
BY T4-1-z
HORACE zlJA1HA
fiAZELTINE, coo>,am1z lsx. &c IzrczueeA & ca
SYNOPSIS.

Robert Cameron. capitalist, consults
fhlinp clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
gardlng anonymous threatening letters he
mas received. The first promises a sample
OF the writer's power on a certain day
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
from portrait OF Cameron while the lat
ter is In the room. Clyde has a theory
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of a string unnoticed
by Cameron Evelyn Grayson, Cameron's s
niece, with whom Clyde is in love, finds
the head of Cameron's portrait nailed to
tree. where 1t was had been used as a
target. Clyde pledges Evelyn to secrecy.
clyde learns that a Chinese boy employed
by Philetus Murphy. an artist living
nearby. had borrowed a rifle from Cam
erons lodgekeper. Clyde makes ex-
cuse 10 call on Murphy and is repulsed
He pretends to be investigating alleged
infractions of the game laws and speaks
of finding the bowl of an opium pipe un-
der the tree where Cameron's portrait
was found. The Chinese boy is found
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
eron In his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered Cameron
becomes seriously Ill a result of the
shock. The third letter appears mysteri-
ously on Camerons sick bed. 1t makes
direct threats against the life of Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
empty. He tells Evelyn everything and
plans to take Cameron on yacht trip.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
Qanner In Crabs.

Crabs, no matter how fresh they be
make some fellows sick nearly every
time they eat them. Still they take
a chance on it every once In so often
lust the same. Grabs must be very
fine eating and have a lovely taste as
they are being munched and put into
the paunches of the crab-eaters. Crabs
will eat dead horse, or rats, pigs,
cats or dogs decaying in the ocean.
Perhaps If the crabs were penned up
and fed on the choicest of foods for
some days, SO as to get few of the
dirty germs out of them as well as rid
them of the filth they eat then in a
somewhat cleaner condition they might
not, after being eaten, turn the insides
wrong side out and inside outward
both ways at the same time. Some
foolish fellows feel highly insulted
when told that they take a chance
every time they eat crabs. Eat 'em
and don't kick at the doctor bill.-Ex-
change.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
l was quite sure. Of course. but

I was quite sure, Of course, but
dared not say 80.
Cameron smoked on quietly for .
while in a ruminative mood. Zen
tually he threw the end OF his cigaI
over the rail. and leaned forward.
1 don't know" he said perplexedly,
i don't know"
Ihls l hoped was to be the end
OF the matter. for tonight at least: but
presently he began to talk OF those
nrst two letters. to conjecture. to won.
der, to dissect phrases, to dig out
subtleties Of meaning from euphemis.
tic expressions. And then l knew that
he had every word memorized. just
as l had
Seven bells had struck and We were
still talking. But now and then there
were pauses in our converse-inter'
walls of silence Of varying length-dur.
ing which l sat with my gaze stretch
ing out over the black waters and my
hearing strained for any unusual
sound. More than once during the
evening l thought l had detected far
on the pounding note OF motor
poat exhaust, but had put the notion
aside as too improbable for entertain,
ment. Now, family. l seemed to hear
1t again; not SO distant, but mufiled
l got up and stood close to the rail
and listened with ear bent. Then
determined to go to my cabin for a
night glass which l had included
among my traps. But at that moment
the sound. which l had made sure Of
ceased. and | stood a second or two
longer. expecting it to resume.
Altogether it was not over a minute
or two that l stood there. 1t seemed
much less than that. Then l turned
with a question for Cameron. l won
dered whether he had heard the SOUND
too.
Il say, Cam" began, and stopped
startled, with his name half uttered.
| His chair was empty. He was moi
on deck | ran to the saloon. He was
not there. l flung open the door Of
his stateroom. He was not there, Ell
ther. l had the yacht searched fol
him. He was not on the yacht.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
In a Literal Sense.

Juvenile remarks are not always so
naughty as they seem. Small Sam, for
instance, had no intention of using bad
language when he got into such severe
trouble In class. }
His teacher was trying to press
home certain facts concerning a vol
cano. In reviewing the lesson she
drew on the blackboard her own con-
ception of a flaming mountain, using
colored crayon with extraordinary eff
feet
What is it?" she asked, the picture
finished
"You don't know? Well, what does
1t look like?" the teacher persisted.
Piped Sammie, whose home boasts
q colored pictorial Bible:
81 think it looks like hell"-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
Value Of Swimming Lessons.

Florence Shellard, Windsor school
girl, recently demonstrated the value
Of swimming being included in the
school curriculum, when in a most
plucky manner she rescued another
little girl aged five years. from drown
ing in the Thames. Without waiting
to, call for help, Miss Shellard jumped
into the river and went to the rescue
Of her companion. who had already
gone down twice before she reached
her.-London Telegraph
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
CHAPTER TX.
A Craft Without Lights.

Composure Is second nature with
me. l claim no credit for it; it is
matter OF temperament rather than
cultivation. But now my temperament
was all awry, and my composure fed
me. | was excited. More than that,
l was frantic, distracted, ratified. l
wanted to do dozen things at once;
to get answers to score of Ques
tions in a single moment. And the
consequence may be imagined. For
f1ve-ten minutes, nothing was done
got into play. sweeping the waters on
all sides. far and near; but with pal
try result. Five or six miles astern
we made out power boat. similar to
that which l had seen through the
glass earlier in the day. To the east
ward steamer with two tunnels was
just coming into range The white
sails of a coasting schooner showed
to westward Trailing in our wake
the fisherman.
Macleod, trained to coolness. re-
tained his wits. Systematically he
set to work. Likely and unlikely
places aboard the yacht were looked
into. Before I knew what he was
about, we were going back over the
way We had come with the search
light swinging in circle and half
dozen sharp-eyed seamen scanning
every square foot OF rolling wave.
Il can't understand it," l kept re-
peating aloud, with senseless iteration.
Il can't understand it,"
| was standing alone, well forward.
leaning over the rail. Presently Mac
Leod laid a hand on my shoulder.
I'VE can't do anything more than
we are doing, Mr. Clyde" he said in
his matter-offact way. For my part.
l can't understand it, either; but since
Mr. Camerons not aboard there's
only one conclusion. and that Is that
he's overheard. And since there was
no one interested in throwing him
there, then 1t seems very clear that
he must have jumped"
Jumped" l cried, in irritation.
MY God, mani Don't l tell you that
| was not three feet away from him.
and only for minute or two? How
could he have jumped without my
hearing him? How could he even
have got out OF his chair. without my
hearing him."
The captain shrugged his shoulders
tTo BE CONTINuED)
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
Fair to All.

Recently" says a Richmond man
Il received an invitation to the mar
riage of young colored couple for
merly in my employ. | am quite sure
that all persons similarly favored
were left in little doubt as to the atti-
tude of the couple. The invitation ran
as follows:
You are invited to the marriage
Of Mr.. Henry Clay Barker and Miss
Josephine Mortimer Dixon at the
house of the brides mother. All who
cannot come may send. nd."-Lippincott >
Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-02-01
Since October 16.

"How's things in Boston,"
81 hear they have added frieze OF
baseball bats to the public library"
Evening star., 1913-12-07

costlier than ever and no expense ID be-
ing considered to make this the banner
year. With the committees just announc-
ed by Chairman Probey hard at work
much has already been accomplished In
the interest of the affair. There is said
to be but little doubt that this years dis
play will exceed anything of its kind ever
given under the dome of the Capitol.
The interior decorations this year VIII
be entirely different from previous shows
and will be a feature in themselves. The
side walls, rafters and roof will be COM
pletely hidden beneath a canopy OF gold
and white. When the electric lights are
turned on the interior will be blaze OF
splendor. Thousands Of electric lights
will be used in the ceiling for flluminat-
ing the big auditorium, and these lights
will be supplemented with those along
the aisles, which will hang from the
white columns which mark the spaces OF
the various exhibits.
Musical Program a Feature.
At intervals the ceiling will be ar.
tistically draped with festoons Of ever
green. Baskets Of flowers will constitute
the decoration at the highest point In th'
ceiling and extend from one end Of thu
hall to the other. At the north end OF th'
hall the band will be located during thu
afternoon and evening concerts. The mu
sical program each day will be anothe
feature OF the coming exhibition. Partic
ular attention will be given to the fioo
covering this year. which will In all prob
ability will be Of a dark green material
which will provide suitable setting TO
the machines on exhibition.
| All Of the latest products Of the manu-
facturers will be displayed at the show
Evening star., 1913-12-07

tered along the side of the road showing
that there had been some thought given
to this pike; although not of a serious
enough nature to have any great amount
the top surface is almost entirely OBJ
| liberated and the rough stones coming
| through.
Colvln Run was reached after a short
run, our odometer reading nineteen miles.
| 1t presented the appearance of being
| a hustling little settlement great activ
| ity being centered in the old grain mill,
| constructed of red brick in 1874. with
numerous additions since. and still do
4 ing business. Stores along the road We're
| equally active from the tourists stand
point
5, We continued to stick to the pike and
| slowly vending our way up a steep grade
| through the village, started over what
might be mentioned as the toughest part
OF the days journey In fact, this con-
| dition existed the entire distance from
| Colvn Run to Dranesville, twenty-five
| miles from Washington. Even on the
| other side of the latter town the road
| was rocky. However. in rainy weather
| 1T would be preferable to ploughing
through the red clay, which greatly
| abounds in that section. Five miles an
| hour was about the maximum speed We
| could attain at times and IT was not until
we had covered three miles from Dranes-
| vile that the prospects grew brighter.
Here we found that a good gravel and
dirt road with a smooth surface, awaited
US, and needless to say that we took ad-
vantage of 1t the minute the front wheels
| of the machine struck it, 1t proved real
| enjoyment after that which we had Just
! gone over. We had four miles of this
character road. followed by slight break.
! and then came more macadamiZed road.
which continued the balance of the dis
tance into Leesburg. Many fine resi-
| dences are located along this new mac
adam roadway, one of which Is owned
| by Robert N. Harper of this city The
outlying territory around the village is
rapidly building up. and many new homes
! were found in the course of construction.
we were halted by toll-gate keeper
with whom We deposited % cents, which
included permission to return over the
same road the same day. Both roads at
the fork beyond the toll gate lead into
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Encounter Rough Road.

Immediately on leaving the macadam-
ized roadway into Langley We were at
once forced TO reduce the speed of our
machine, as a rough and rugged road
from here on. so far as we could observe,
seemed 10 be our lot However deter
mined to make the best of it we plunged
forward through the muddy surface
getting severe jolts as we hit the big
bowlders hidden beneath the soil of the
Old Dominion. We picked up with the
telephone wires and followed them into
Mclean, 1915 miles from our starting
point
Crossing the electric car tracks. we
continued on through the little village.
Like the road from Langley il was
rough, but not quite so muddy The
road has a good foundation, and with
the expenditure of a little money could be
put in frst-class shape. In fact, this
would apply to greater portion of the
roads over which We travelled Traces
OF what was once solid roadway could
be seen at every turn and impressed us
with the advisability of taking advantage
OF such conditions and providing modern
road construction In place of the rough
surface as at present.
On the outskirts Of the village at IL .
miles we continued straight ahead fol-
lowing the wires into Lewinsviiie, 119
miles out Here we found crossroads
On one corner was large frame school,
while on the opposite side was new
frame c1urch, with burying ground
adjoining. The little village store with
dwelling occupied another corner,
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Broad and Washington streets and head
ed for Washington. We crossed the tracks
again at 2S.5 miles and again picked UP
with a good macadamized road, which
extended the remainder Of the distance,
through West Livingston Heights, Cher
rydale Fort Myer Heights and Rosslyn.
we turned sharply to the left, crossed
the Aqueduct bridge and at 34.3 miles
were at seth and M streets, Georgetown.
Here we again turned sharply to the
right and over the smooth asphalt streets
once more, checking in at the starting
point at $50 o'clock, with the odometer
OF the machine registering 81 miles.
practically the same distance as via the
Langley and Lewinsville route
The itinerary Of the trip, together with
the mileage, was as follows:
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Leesburg. via Langley, there is practical
" the same number of miles of good
road. The macadam road, however. from
Washington TO Langley, distance of
line miles, IS newer and in better con-
Giton than that TO West Falls Church
From Langley 10 where il connects with
the Misunderstanding turnpike the
road Is not as good as that direct from
Falls Church, 50 that the Falls Church
route may he said TO be the better OF the
two routes
Taking into consideration the route
via Rockville. Gaithersburg Darnes-
town and Whites Ferry this is consid-
orally longer than via the Virginia
routes The distance is forty-six miles.
with approximately thirty miles of
macadam and the balance of roads of
the ordinary country type. In wet
weather that section from Poolesville
10 Whites Ferry is particularly bad for
motoring. Still another route from
Washington TO the Virginia town is
Via Seneca and Edwards Ferry. This
distance is about thirty-eight miles.
with about twenty miles OF macadan
and the balance of dirt roads In both
the Whites and Edwards Ferry routes
II Is necessary 10 be ferrfed across the
Potomac river. which adds to the run
ming time Of the tourist. As a net re-
suit or the four available routes the
one via Falls Church is the shortest
and undoubtedly the best in either wet
or dry weather While there are many
miles along the Virginia turnpike
which are not so attractive from a
scenic standpoint, still where the work
OF nature does exist 1t offsets any that
Is less appealing to the eye. Even
at that there many typical
country scenes which are inviting and
not TO be found elsewhere except in
the Old Dominion
There is a good foundation under the
old Virginia turnpike. and with the ex-
penditure OF money in the near future
this highway would be put in the bouIe-
vard class and prove boon 10 motor
lists en- route TO the Shenandoah valley
via Leeshurg. The distance over this
route is the shortest and with little ex-
pense could be placed in frst-class con-
dluon and thus get a large proportion
OF the traffic which now goes in other
directions. There is evidence that the
road officials in Virginia are becoming
alive to the situation, and with the i'm