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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
VICTIM Of MURDER
GUS ASSAULT
Points Finger at Kohl and Reit-
crates Former Statements
TWapakoneta News !

With his mind apparently clear, and
to the satisfaction of the physicians on
that point, Fred Weimert has told re-
peatedly during the past week the most
important events that occurred in his
grocery on the day and evening OF Sat
urday, May 10, when he was assaulted.
He remembers the financial transactions
for the most part that took place i'll his
business, and states that he had S3l.92
in coins in small paper sacks which he
had placed in a leather sack in the
cash register, which was rifled by the
man who assaulted him. This amount
is correct, according to the statement of
the cash register, and represents the
sum of money taken by Mr.. Weimert's
assailant. Some loose change in Mr..
Weimert's pocket was also taken and the
pockets left turned wrong side out. Mr..
Weimert recalls number of people who
were in the store on Saturday evening,
and states positively that Kohl was in the
store twice during the evening; that up
OH the occasion of his first visit he made
overtures for the purchase of the store.
Mr.. Weimert told Kohl that he would
not sell unless he could not get another
lease on the building, and says that
Kohl told him that he would not lease
the building after the expiration of
the present lease, year from next
November. Mr.. Weimert says he told
Kohl he would not sell to him, if at all.
Fred positively states that Kohl return
ed to the store after 10 pm, and order
ed two dozen eggs, and that he was en-
gagged in placing the eggs in a sack,
over while so doing, he saw
Kohl reach for nail puller, lying on a
wall counter back of him, and that is the
last he remembers. While Kohl denies
having any knowledge of the assault,
and attempts to account for his presence
at other places between ten and eleven
o'clock that night. Mr.. Weimert states,
and positively reiterates his statement
again and again that it was Kohl who
struck him. That there had been differ
ences between the town men concerning
business matters for some time is current |
ak among a number of people.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
PERSONAL
GOSSIP

Mrs. Minnie Huber, of Ft. Wayne,
Ind, is the guest of relatives here.
Mrs. w. c. Marshall and son, of Day
ton, are here for visit with Miss Anna
Schunck.
Miss Irene Shafer, of Norwood, is here
for couple of weeks visit with Misses
Nettie and Jennie Cast.
Mesdames John Carlin and J. c. Car
ter are visiting relatives at Pleasant Hill
and vicinity this week.
Mrs. George Fox and Mrs. Ruth
Younger are home from visit with the
formers daughter at Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. James Howick returned to Col
umbus Tuesday after a short visit with
her brothers George and Christ Kistler
and wives
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Orwig, Of Angle
ton, Texas, spent Sunday with the for
mer's brother, Joseph Orwig and family,
while enroute to Buffalo
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
LATEST ADDITIONS
TO The FREE LIST
Duty Knocked Off Moving Picture
Films and Raw Hemp.

Washington, June ia million
and a half dollars of revenue from
customs duties will be lost to the gov
ernment as the result of additions
made to the free list by the senate
committee on finance since the Under
wood bill came from the house. The
latest additions to the free list are
moving picture films, transferred to
the free list on the theory that the
manufacture of these films in the
United States is controlled by a sin.
gle concern.
The subcommittee also added raw
hemp and heckled hemp to the free
list This transfer was made as n
compensatory concession on account
of the placing of many agricultural
products on the free list, including
the finished products of hemp such
as binding twine and rope. All other
articles put on the free list since the
bill came into the senate are pig iron,
live stock, wheat and other grains
that enter into the manufacture of
breadstuffs, raw ivory, cedar wood,
manufactures of cedar wood, and
some of the dies used in cotton and
wooden manufacture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13

Harmon appointment would have ex
pired Dec. 81, 1913, and Mr.. Craw
ford's term May 81, 1914.
Instead Of sanctioning these ap
pointments of his predecessor, Cover
nor Cox named E. r. Defenbaugh oi
Lancaster, former sheriff of Fairfield
county, to serve out the term of state
fire marshal, and Frank Harper
newspaper editor of Mt, Vernon
Knox county, to fill the Office of SUI
pervisor of public printing. Both are
Democrats.
AS had been anticipated, Emery w.
Lattanner Of Defiance county was ell.
evated from assistant superintendent
of the state banking department to su-
perintendent, at a salary of $4,000,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Cox Trial .June ~

Cincinnati, O.. June TO- Judge
John A. Caldwell announced that
Wednesday, June IS, is the date for
the starting of the trial of George B.
Cox, one Of eight directors indicted
on charges of illegally loaning $115
600 of the funds of the Cincinnati
Trust company to the Ford & John.
son Chair company. Seven pleaded
not guilty and asked for separate
trials Cox was named first in the in.
dictment and his trial was the first
to be set.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
This Is Your Town
And Ii Is What
You Make Ii
BY HOLLAND.

WHAT makes a town?
w People and business.
Yon are one Of the people.
What you buy helps make
the business. The more you
buy the better the business;
the more business the better
the town.
You want the town to grow
and improve, don't your
Then you should help 1t to
grow by increasing its bust
ness as much as you can.
Every time you send else
where for goods you give
your town a blow. Enough
Of these blows will ultimate
ly kill the town.
The mail order houses do
nothing for your town except
try to kill 1t. Are you help
ing them? You are II you
send your money to them for
goods that you could buy at
home. II you are more inter
ested in the growth Of Chica-
go or New York than you are
in the prosperity Of your own
town. your own neighbors,
then continue to send to mail
order houses for goods. II
you want your own town to
thrive
SPEND YOUR MONEY
WHERE YOU MAKE 1T.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Cox Names Mine InaulsltIOn.

Columbus, o., June 9.-Governor
Cox has appointed the commission to
investigate the method of paying min,
ers as authorized in the Thomas reso.
luton passed by the last legislature.
He named ], NJ. Roam, Franklin coun-
ty, coal operator; Professor NJ. B.
Hammond, Franklin county, of the
economics department of Ohio State
university; Judge Philip NJ. Crow,
Hardin county; Morris Albaugh,
Hooking county, miner, and ]. C. Da-
vies, Muskingum county, state inspec.
tor of mines.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
ANNOUNCED BY COX
Four important Appointments Made
by the Governor.

-Four important Appointments MadP
by the Governor.
Columbus, o., June THE follow
ing appointments have been made by
Governor Cox:
e. r. Defenbaugh, state fire mar
shal, salary $4,000 a year.
Frank Harper, supervisor of public
printing, salary, $4,000 a year.
Emery Lattanner, superintendent OF
banks, salary, $4,000 a year
John ]. Miller, superintendent OF
public works, salary $4,000 a year.
Two Of the list of Harmon recess
appointees who failed of ratification
by the senate we're detached from
their salaries. They were State Fire
Marshal John W. Zuber of Paulding
county and Edward A. Crawford OF
Adams county, supervisor Of public
printing. Mr.. Zuber's term under the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
CRUSHED BENEATH AUTO
Two Members of Party of Six Arc
Fatally Injured.

Niles, o.. June 9. - One man was
killed and five injured on the Cortland
road, near here, when an automobile
driven by John Roemer struck a rut
and overturned. The dead: John Roe.
mer. Injured: William Parfitt, con.
cussion of the brain, thought to be
dying; Richard Whitaker, left arm
broken; William McPhee, skull frac-
tured; Edward Stone, elbow dislo-
Gated; William Parftt, Jr, bruised
and cut. Mr.. Roemer turned his car
to the side of the road, without slack.
ening his speed, as he passed another
machine. It struck a rut, a wheel
was wrenched off and, turning com
pletely over, the machine crushed it's
occupants beneath it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Fireworks Explode.

Alliance, c., June 1.-Two church
es, a mill and two other buildings
were destroyed, a hotel and many
other structures damaged and four
persons slightly hurt by an explosion
Of fireworks stored in the basement
of the mill Of w. A. Wilmet at Deer.
field, 10 miles north of here. There
were five tons of the pyrotechnics
which let go with terrific force.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
euardsmen Not Exsmpt.

Columbus, o., June 11.-Contribut.
ing members of the Ohio national
guard are not exempt from jury SER
vice, so the supreme court holds in
the case of James ]. Heckin, who was
drawn for jury service at Cincinnati
and who refused to respond because
of being a contributing member of
Company l, First regiment.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Life For Wife SLAYER.

Columbus, o., Jdne l2.-After over
ruling his motion for a new trial,
Judge Kinkead sentenced Charles Ko-
vacs, wife murderer of Boston, .Ath-
ems county, to the penitentiary for
life. Kovacs was found guilty of Sec
ond degree murder. He killed his
wife on Feb. IT, claiming she was un-
true to him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Avlator,s PerIious rrln.

Sandusky, o., June 11.-Harry N.
Atwood, the aviator, reached Sandus.
ky after a perilous trip across Lake
Erie in his hydro-aeroplane. He made
this city on the surface Of the water.
He left Ecorse, Mich, a short dis
tance below Detroit, go miles from
this city.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Can Be Made to Disagree.

Columbus, o., June 11.-State treas.
urers who pocketed interest on pub.
lie funds which they loaned out con-
trary to law can be made to disgorga
this interest, A decision by the SUI
preme court in Darke county ditch
fund case indicates that the state can
recover money so retained by such
officials.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Younq Girl AIIeued Firebuo.

Marysville, o., June 11.-Fre Mar
shall w. A. Fishinger filed an affidavit
in the probate court for the citation
of Miss Helen Moffitt, A. She is
charged with trying to burn down the
home of Miss Carrie Reed. The fire
marshal alleges that Miss Mofitt has
set fire to the Reed home several
times.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Court Holds Flood Act Valid.

Columbus, o., June II. The su.
preme court in decision upheld the
constitutionality of the flood emerg,
ency act passed by the recent gen.
eral assembly. The ruling was given
in the case Of Samuel Assur, taxpayer
of Cincinnati, against the city of Gin
cinnati, and Ira d. Washburn, auditor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
FlftNThousnd.poIIar Blaze.

Cincinnati, o., June 1O.-A fire orig
mating in the cafe of Charles Fausz,
in the hotel and business district,
caused a loss Of $4,000. The Hotel
Elmer and several other places were
consumed and firemen made several
spectacular rescues. Several persons
were overcome by smoke.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
eeorae ury, LIfe Man, Pardoned.

Columbus, o., June 7.-George Ury
sent up for life for the murder of w
c. Johnson, The Celery King" OF
Carey o., was pardoned by Governor
Cox. Ury has served u years in the
penitentiary.
There seems to have been a mis-.
carriage of justice in Ury's case, ''
Governor Cox said after cigning the
pardon. He believes Ury was inno-
cent of the brutal murder for which a
Wyandotte county jury convicted him.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Clark Seeks senatorshlp.

Cleveland, o., June 10. - John H.
Clark, prominent lawyer Of Cleveland
and active in Democratic politics for
years, announced himself as a candi-
date for United States senator to sue
ceed Senator Burton next year. Clark
stated he would make his fight on
progressive platform.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Publicity Law is Upheld.

Washington, June II. - The new
newspaper publicity law" requiring
newspaper publishers to publish their
circulation and ownership and label
reading" advertisements as such,
was declared valid by the supreme
court
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
SAY YOUTH CONFESSED
Police Hold Him For Murder Of His
Mother and Stepbrother.


Ironton, o., June 10. - Berl1lev
Fleming, 10, wealthy farmer, is d
prisoner in the county Jail, awaiting
acton by the grand jury summoned to
consider a confession which the po.
lice claim he made of the murder and
burial at his home, near here, of his
stepbrother Culbertson Stewart on
July /, 1910, and of his mother, Mrs.
Emma Fleming, SS, last Saturday.
The police and county authorities
+ und the bodies of the two murdered
persons in shallow graves on the lit.
tie farm a mile and a half from the
city, to which they we're guided by
young Fleming. Both had been shot
through the head. Police claim Flem-
ing killed mis- brother-in-law in a quar-.
rel and slew his mother because he
believed she had knowledge of his
deed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
McCune Not a candIdate

Columbus, o., June 12.-Edward L.
McCune, former director Of public
safety, issued statement declining
to run for mayor. The announcement
is expected to result in the nomina
tion of Chief Carter as the Republ.
can candidate.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Hunters Body Recovered.

Seymour, Ind, June 12.-The body
Of Tilden Smith, who was drowned
three months ago in White river whcD
duck hunting, was found near Sparks.
vile, 25 miles west of this city.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
suIzer and T. r. Rouse Rochester.

Rochester, n. Y. June 12.-Gover-
nor Sulzer and Colonel Roosevelt and
the Democrats and Progressives Of
Rochester had a peace feast with
such enthusiasm as has not been ram.
pant here since the days of the cam.
paign last fall. Three big meetings
Were held in behalf of direct pri.
maTinS
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
Female BIackmalIer Put Away.

Columbus, o., June 12.-Mrs. Emma
Boutwell,, charged with using the
mails to defraud, entered a plea Of
guilty in United States court and was
sentenced to serve 27 months in the
West Virginia state prison at Mounds
Vile She was indicted on three
counts for attempting to get money
from e. II. Fredericton, wealthy
resident of South Bend, Ind.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13
FOR O'DWYER's ARREST

Warrant Issued at Toledo Alleges
illegal Soliciting Of Votes.
Toledo, o., June il. - John A,
O'Dwyer, vice chairman of the Demo.
cratic state central committee and
chief deputy supervision and inspector
Of elections of Lucas county, faces a
warrant for his arrest on the charge
Of illegal solicitation Of votes for
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13

"Bfg Pete" says he sold A02
pairs Of shoes, socks and gloves
last Saturday.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13

Walter F. Brown, chairman of the
Progressive state committee, when
the latter was a candidate for dele
gate to the constitutional convention
two years ago, The Honest Election
league, an organization recently
formed in Toledo, is reputed to have
instigated the case as part of an at
tempt to show the existence of an al.
lance between Messrs. Brown and
ODwyer for political control of the
county.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-06-13

$500 for $3.50 and $500 room-size
rugs; $17 .O0 for $40 and S22. so room-size
rugs. T. ]. coURTRIcHT.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-17
AN ANTl- MARRIAGE DEGREE

The Bankers Trust Company, of New York, has raised a veXed question by informing it's clerks that any one of them marrying on salary of less than $lOO a month will invite dismissal and forfeiture of the right to share in the cOmpany's pension benefit. The directors expressly dlsclaln any attempt to protect themselves against theft saying their sole ob-
 iect is to safeguard their em- ployres against those more inti- mate disasters that await young men who undertake to support a family on an income inadequate to maintain it on fairly high level.
 Doubtless the decree will occa- sion some resentment among the young men, who may feel that they are the best judges of when they shall marry. One sympathiz- es, too, with this view, for it is impossible to generalize on such large questions with wisdom. What one man can do safely an other can not do, and there are almost as many solutions to such a problem as there are individ- uals. But for it's own purpose, the bank has revived the familiar figure, the average man. The question has been raised; it would be interesting to know what other employers of men who are required to maintain cer- tain position in the community think of this actiOn.--Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-17
ALASKA sTRAvwBERRlEs AND
 CREAM.

Alaska, the land of gold and mosquitoes, is soon to grow it's own strawebrries. The cream problem has already been solved by the department of agriculture, which started herd of Galloway cattle on the way to success in the wild and frozen North. Now for the strawberries.
 Those wizards of modern life, the plant-breeders, scurried about until they found little, wild strawberry near Sitka. There was about as much sweetness to it as to a persimmon, but it was inureh to the climate. So the wizards crossed it with good fruit-bearing plant from the States, and the result was a yield of strawberries on a cold resisting vine.
 Next year these plants will be distributed and Alaska will have strawberries of it's own.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-17

The Galloway herd will furnish the cream, and the best sugar experts say they will soon be able to develop a sugar beet that will thrive within the Arctic Cir cle. E
 When the happy time comes, our territory, in the frozen North, will furnish it's own sugar too. Surely, the Alaskan who can sit down to strawberries, sugar and cream, all grown on his own land, will take off his hat Co the Department of Agriculture-ev- en at the risk of catching cold.-
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-17
Notice of Public Sale of Lots in
 Valdez ToWnSite.

Notice is hereby given that on the 28th day of June, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m.. at the Federal Court House, in the Valdez TOwnsite, Alaska, the Townsite Trustee will sell at public outcry for cash, to
 the highest bidder. all lots and
 tracts which were unuccupied and unclaimed at the date of the
 entry of the Valdez Townsite: and all lots and tracts claimed and awarded on which the ToWnsit e aSSeSSments have not been paid at the date of said sale.
 List of lots and tracts in the Valdez TOWnsite UnOccupied and unclaimed at date of entry:
 Block C, Lots 10, Ill.,, l2, l3, 1T. Block f, Lot ,. Block 5, Lot ,. Block 12, Lots 8, 9, 10, If. Block 13, Lots ,, 3, {, 5, 6, ', 8, |9, 10, ii, i2. Block I9, Lots :, Is, 9, 10, ii, l2. Block 20, Lots 1 to l2. Block 2l, Lots 1 to i2.
 Block p, Lots 5, G., 7, 8, g, 10, II, l2. Block 26, Lots 10, II.
 Block P, Lots i, ?, 3, 4, }, ',
 8, g, 10, II, 12. Block 2S, Lots
 1 to l2. Block 29, Lots to 12. Block 30, Lots 1 to 12. Block 3i, Lots ', 8, g, 10, il: Block 32,
 Lots g, 10. Block B, Lots to t2,
 Block 3i, Lots to 12. Block 35, Lots 1 to i2. Block 36, Lots 1
 to i2. Block 37, Lots 1 to 12.
 Block 38, Lots i to 12. Block 39,
 Lots ?, 3, 4, :, 8, g, 10. Block
 70, Lots 1, ?, ', 8, 10. fl, i2.
 Block 4i, Lots to i2. Block 42, Lots to 42. Block 43, Lots i to i2. Block A, Lots 1 to i2.
 Block 45, Lots 1 to f2. Block 46, Lots 1 to i2. Block ~, Lots 1 to i2. Block 50, Lots ', 8, g, 10, fl, )i2. Block 51, Lots 3. 2, 8, 9, 70, I1f, i2. Block 53, Lots 1 to i2,
 Block 54, lots 1, ?, 3, 4, 5, $, ,, 10, lii, l2. Block 65, lots, 2, B.. (, 5, 6, T.. 8, g, 10, If, f2. Block 56, lots, i, ?, 3, z. 5, 6, 8, g, 4O, fl, lf2. Block 57, lots, 1 to ii. Block 58, lots, i to 42. Block 59, lots to i2. Block 60, lots, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, @, 9,"10, 14;ef2., Block 6i lots, 1 to i2. Block 62, lots to Block 63, lots, i to i2. Block 64, lots to 12. Block 65, lots, i to l2. Block 66, lots, 1 to t2,
 Block, 67, lots, 1 to 12. Block 68,
 lots, i to 12. Block 6s, lots, 1 Ito i2. Block 70, lots, 1 to t2.
 Block 7i, lots, 1 to l2. Block 72,
 lots, 1 to 8. Block 73. Block 76,
 lots, 1, D., 3, {, 10, il, t2, t3'
 Block 80, lot, 25. Block 82, lots. i4, 5, 6. Block 83, lots, |, 2. 3, 1
 Block 84, lots fl, t2. Block S5,
 lots, i8, t9. Block 86, lots, 1, I2, 5, 6, 8, g, 10, fl, i2, i5 Block S7, let's, ?, 3, 4, 5, 6. ', 8,
 g. S,on}, 10, i' i2 12is is 11' Rlock Block ss ss
 lots, g, 10, fl. Block 95, lots, 4, 5, 6. Block 96, lots, 4, 5, 6. ', Is. Block 100, lot, i3. Block io1, f, ?, 5, 4, ', 8, g, 10, fl, 12, lt3. Block tO3, lots, to 16
 Block 104, lots, to 12. Block
 105, lots, 1 to 12: Block 1O8 lots, i to 10. Block 4O9, lots, 1 to i4. Block 11O, lots, 1 to 12
 Block Al, lots, i to 12.
 List of let's and tracts in the
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-05-17
SATURDAY, MAY I7, 1913.
WHY NOT LOOK AT ALASKA?

The St. Louis Republic is full of sympathy for the alleged wrongs suffered by the people of the Philippine islands under a system of local self-government, through which they make their own laws, control their own tinan- cia! affairs and revenues, devel- Op their own resources for their own uses and pay not dollar of tribute to the United States in any form. Says the Republic:
 Here is the weakness of the Republican position on the Phil ippine question:: that it is anti constitutional and un-American. The benevolent -despotic theory of government--that a supreme ruling power knows better than the people know what they need ought to stand--is the one thlng that the Revolutionary war was fought to overthrow
 The Philippines attract quite a lot of Democratic attention and sympathy. Why not devote q lit tie of these to things nearer to home? Alaska, for example, has had forty odd years of despotlc government imposed upon it from the outside. It's white American citizens are not only taxed for the support of the fed eral government, but congress has imposed a special system of taxation. local to them, under which every occupant is taxed heavily. Every natural resource of the land save gold and copper alone, is tied up beyond the pos sibility of utilization.
 Going little further, we have vet tn see any criticism from the Republic OF from any other Dem ocralir newspaper with an exist ing federal policy under which One-Ihird of the area of this state of Washington and of oihr far western states is taken out from under the operation of the state laws and it's ut iIization prarI iral- ly prohibited. This is based squarcly upon Inc doctrine which the Republic repudiatrs, that bl- reau officials at Washington City ''know better than the people (of the Western states) what they need and what they ought to stand" An amplitication of thIs theory is that the bureau officials at Washington City should be empowered to establish the terms and conditions upon which water powers may be developed in this state, and to regulate the charge to be paid by the people of this state for power developed from any and all of it's streams.
 The assertion that the federal government actually exercises despotic power over the Philip pines is far fetched. It does ex- ercise such despotic power over Alaska, and to a modified extent over a considerable part of the West, and on matters of the most intimate and vital concern to the people of those states, and of no direct concern to people in any other part of the country.--Post- Intelligencer.