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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
LINCOLN DAY
Was Legal Holiday and Observed as
Such bV Law Students az Var
sity-Penalty Today.

special dispatch Co. tho IutsHirerre-
NORG NNTOWN. W Va. Feb l2-
Although Lincoln'S birthday was no'
down on ths COLLEGE Calcn1as as % holi-
day b. vHs treated and observed as
such los the members of the COLLEGE
Di Law. u laa been q custom with
tho lawyers ~ the university from
tine immemOrial 10 take the holiday.
4rd the present class believing B..
stare d"cisis did no. care 20 break
urorndeuf-
. hc lHwN"rs cOufcudod that the
mol .dss i- t legal one and should hp
observed lN 900 patriotic citizens.
hpuc" The holiday TO-DAY u remains
fo Do" seen what the penalty will De-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
MRS. BOND GIVES DETAILS OF
ALLEGED ASSAULT
TO THE JURY.
DISCRIMINATION Fails To Shake
Story-Defense Claims Case Is
a Political Plot

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla. Feb. u.
Mrs. Minnie =. Bond told a jury IN
nl9trlci court here today of indignl-
Ties which she declared she suffer
ed at the hands Of United states Sen
afoI Thomas T.. Gore. of Oklahoma
ana Hcrib"d In detail an attack
which she ALLEGED occurred in a
Wa hinetOr hotel March 2fth. last.
The basis fors The suit on trial. In
which Mrs Bond asks s25.ouI lu
damages. Thrcn other witnesses Dr
J. ~. E8rp. Kirby FitIpatrlrK ana
J.. Robertson. also testified i'm corro.
hurafIun Of NT- Bond
Mrs. Bond Was on the witness
iard The greater part uf the dav
\ drilling cross examination failed
|Jl feature
AccOfdins 90 M, Bond she met
th" senator in oklahoma several
years agO and went tu Washington
last spring when Nar hu band. Julian
bond. Wa q candidate for appoint
fnrWF#wwam
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
l.. s N. Official Defies
The Commerce Bodv
REFUSED TO SUBMIT GER.
TAIN RECORDS FOR
EXAMINATION.
Appeal 10 Senate to Establish Juris-
dictiOn SO Contempt Action
Could BE Taken.

WASHINGTON. Feb =. - Upon
learning from the interstate com
merce commission to-day that Wibie
7. Mapother. first vice president or
the Louisville 4 Nashville railroad,
had openly defied the commissions
agents in an investigation OF the rail
roads affairs ordered by the senate.
plans were made tonight by senate
leaders for early adoption OF a reso-
luton introduced by senator Lea OF
Tennessee. providing for the appoint.
ment OF a special senate committees
TO cooperate in the inquiry.
,.,,, Refusal Of the LXisyille & Nash
tain records for inspection by the com
mission caused the commission 20 ap-
peal for a senate committee in order
that Jurisdiction might be established
whereby contempt proceedings could
be instituted if there were further at.
tempts to defy the authority OF the
government
Report Made Public.
I'm support of this appeal p. r.
Clark. chairman OF the commission.
made public a report by Commissioner
Meyers on the conduct OF Vice Presi-
dent Mapother. charging that the rail.
road Official forcibly elected inter.
state commerce commission examin-
ers from the Office Of the road in Lou
isyillc. Ky who we're seeking 10
guard records which Mr.. Mapother
had threatened 10 revise or destroy
Mr. Mapothcr. IL Is declared warned
the commission agents that they
would have to lick him TO get the
records and boasted that his company
had hitherto refused to furnish files
20 the commission without getting
Into trouble. The report quoted him
as saying.
Not in Jail Vet
We refused files 10 you people be-
fore and are not i'm Jail yet"
Files which were denied the com.
tcOntinued on Page EineD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
Woman Accuser of Sen.
Gore Takes the Stand
BOLD H0LD-UP
IS REPORTED
Special Disratch 10 the IntcInrencer.
WELLSBURG. W. Va. Feb. 70

Special Bisratch 70 the IntcIiicencer.
WELLSBURG. W. Va. Feb. 12.-
Two Polanders by the names OF
Alex and John Novak. Of Golfers.
were held-up by two Italians ycster-
day afternoon at 1.3O o'clock on the
Archer road and were relieved Of $3.50
In twenty dollar bills. One of the
Italians by the name Of Toncy No-
neni, was arrested I'm Steubeuyille
with a large gun and the sum OF 500
on his person which was in $50 bills.
Alex and John Novak. miners at
tolliora. went To- StouthuviIle. Ohio.
yesterday and drew $500 in $50 bills
ont OF one Of the banks At Steuhau.
vile with the intention of sending j.
tO heir homes In the old country. After
drawing the money from the hark the
men started across the StpubouviIIr
bridge 10 tho West virginia side of
the river. with the Intention Ol walk.
ing 10 their home. The men were go.
INK around a bend iu the Archer road
when two masked Italians stepped out
and held them up and took fH. $50
from Alex Novak As soon a. fn.
masked men had taken tra mono,
they left and ValSsd towards th,
street car line where tine fNo IfsTHn.
separated. n is thought Chat fH, ON,
ih-' was caught walked along tho
track while the other boarded fH. car
and made DIS GETAWAY
The men that were rid OF fh. money
~ once started for sfnuIpuyfTT,
Whtln walking along tho sffulrryIIIn
nrldEe The men saw Ton. EouUrI
AlcN az Ouro held Tone. UHf|. HI.
brother John had him arrested l. ...
or the police. which took Uim f1 Wells.
burg, whore hr was landed fH fua.
county Jail Charles Patterson. d.uuf.
sheriff and his assistant. Nu.
pleEatn. are on tho l00kD.f for ...
oth'r lorniFnrr Nffer tho FOREIGNER
was taken 10 Jail no was eo4rrhcd ANA
u Was found thar he had 500 and
large gun
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
FRIEDMAN SUSPENDED.

WASHINGTON. Feb Moses
Friedman. superintendent Of The IN.
dian school II Carlisle. Pa. was sue.
pended to-day hF COMMISSIONS Sells
oi the Indian omce. as TIE result OT "a
recent iuNcstrIfiOn hv n s0uEros sion.
HI committee Supervisor % % Iippa
hts been placed in charge pending
FRIEDMAN formal trial upon charges
..ch have not yof been made public
~ tiuIr u' hearings will DO set llfo,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
LOW MARK YESTERDAY.

While not the coolest day OF the
season. according to government fig
ures. secured at the bureau conducted
by Miss Bessie Forsythe on the
Island. yesterday came so close to the
edge that citizens were mighty uncom-
Portable. King Winter proved with
out a doubt that he is boss OF the job.
and throughout the day. starting early
he sent cold blasts and those who
were compelled TO be on the street
at any time during the last 20 hours.
suffered as a result.
The government thermometer reg
istered seven degrees above the zero
mark. but In other parts OF the city.
as low as five was reached. and n
was unofncially reported that in
some places the mercury got ms low
as two above the big cipher iu the
narrow tubes. The registration in the
majority Of the nearby towns showed
corresponding fEure TO that Of this
city. with the exception of Elm Grove
where the mercury touched the four
degree mark fabove. OF course)
Before daylight yesterday morning
the official Thermometer in this city
stood az seven above. At . o'clock
the mercury had advanced 10 nine
above. and from this % continued 20
travel upward until about 3 O'Clock
when n stood a. o. soon after this
time. however. a gradual decline was
noticeable and az $50 o'clock last
night - degrees wa registered
Coldest Day
Yesterday was not the coolest dav.
however, as on February s. the mer-
curry In the government Thermometer
did not go beyond 26 degrees. being
one degree lower than the highest
point reached YESTERDAY However.
'he lowest on that day was hut - de-
grees above on the day following
however, or February e. the same
Thermometer registered q low mark gf
Tour degrees above but the highest
mark reached that dav showed 20
Regardless ~ the difference shown.
tiiizens ~ Wheeling and vicinity will
Hrrer on one question. and will say
.haf Tho coldmss was felt more bitter.
IF Yesterday than on any Of the other
ha's ~ this winter There was Ger.
ItIu something about tho afmos.
ph'fe, akin 10 dampness. that caused
general suffering. and a. a result. those
uhlprtunatcs who were caught sud
h'nly without proper clothing and fuel.
suffered Intensely
To make matters worse. there was
slight sbOrtage iu raE. noticeable
Lnrolgnout the Wheeling district
wore of The fuel vas burned than or
alhaiily. and this possibly vas the
'ause of the difference shown IN
residences and ssircs. there was tho
same complaint that sufficient gas
oonld NOT he secured N afford warm b
teosaHusd on rag. rwslv.J
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13

JENNINGS GIVES
HIS PLATFORM I'm
RACE FOR GOVERNOR

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.
Feb. 12.-Al J. Jennings. q for.
mer bandit. but now a candid.
ate for governor Of Oklahoma.
to-day gave out his platform. II
contains only about so words.
MY platform" said Jen-
ninss. -is fidelity to the people,
real honesty in office, and that
the law shall be no respecter
OF persons. When these prin-
eiples are truly and honestly
carried into effect. all interests
would be subserved and taxes
reduced. In all my life { never
have betrayed a confidence. ~
the people conhde. God being
my judge, I'll not betrsy them"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13

WARRINGTON. Fsb. ls.-rorsoau;
friday ana saturday.
western Pennsylvania-snow ana not
20 cold Friday Saturday unssttIsd
20 northeast winds.
Ohio-snow Friday. not 20 cold: sat
urday unsettled probably snow ana
coming northwest
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
TO ADMINISTER
CURRENCY Law
WILL PROVE THE ACID TEST
OF MERICAN
BUSINESS.
senator Weeks Believes Foreign
Trade Can BE Largely
lncre ased.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12-United
states Senator John W. Weeks OF
Massachusetts, a member OF the Sen.
ate committee on banking and chr.
rency speaking today before the cop.
vention OF Eastern PennsvIvo,ia
Bankers. declared that while the new
currency law provides adequately for
long overdue regeneration NJ tho
nations financial system. il is one
winch IN its final administration. will
provide an acid test of the American
business character. He favored the
establishment OF foreign branches of
the national banking system which
ne believed would stimulate our ex-
port trade
ordinarily said Senator Weeks
Shoulu hesitate TO put into the
hands OF any single body Of men the
tremendous power that hereafter will
rest with the Federal reserve board
" thls board i" so constituted that
the business woTld OF the limited
states can contribute TO il the same
quality that the legal world contri-
hutes To the supreme court we shall
nave cause 10 rest content.
but this quality In the member
Shl y rs absolutely Imperative. and IN
INV fAAAllllANll tIION OF inc affNtTa
OF this vastly important hoard thar tbe
Jaw Jaw ana business alike Niil have their
hnal and ultimate tests"
Opbuild Foreign Trade.
IN advocating the establishment OF
btanch American banks in foreign
countries and the upbuilding Of our
merchant marine. the Fenator said no
particularly referred 10 South Amer.
,ca. There is. he said. practically
no American capital south Of 'he tqth.
mus OF Panama and no direct banking
connections with the United State
no south American merchant who
wants io buy our goods has 10 have
iis note discounted in London 0r Paris
ana thence transferred 10 NJ. imposing
nouble or triple commissions on him
mink this can De overcome bv
the establishment OF foreign branches
ana by the rehabilitation Of our mer.
'hant marine. giving us direct steam.
or Hh's 10 south America. n is q
low estimate 70 saw that We can in.
crease our trade with South America
fl"".Oon0oO year boy such means
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
FACES BURGLARY cHAaar-

~reCial Dlsuatrn &C. 'he TutrIfiVsurrr
tLARKSBURG. W. Va. Feb 10
y deputv sheriff of Taylor county took
william DotsOu. o. negro. from iaii
mere 20 Grafton today a. answer n
'naIt' or committing burglary AZ n
store M Pennington throc tponfbg sVc
Dotspu wa- arrested here bv police.
men ~ The instance of certain por-
son VINO said he had complete infor
nation concerning the burglary
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13
DAUGHERTY IS
NOT CANDIDATE
rnfeiiiaencer Rureau.
Columbus. o. Teb n

Intelligence Rureau.
Columbus, o., FEB IL
Ii4rrN " Ugulnrffy Of This oity fp.
might addressed I letter To- tho Ropuh.
HrHn mrWbur- oi the legislature. in
which hr declared that hr will not
again h' q candidate for chairman of
tHr Republican state Executive com
Wrf'c rr any other offices Hc -lid
I.'i in. rank and i." of fHn Proarna.
--li'. lHtit 'r" returning fo tha Worub
IIfHu uHrfs
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SCRANTON pa F.t q. r.r.. IL
" tdNfIla was rendered I Uruuust TO-
hlEht nA ihD local hs.. nu .r. ..,r. .Iuu
~ W. .'tn birthday HuU tH. IseiuuIre
'I ~. 'N'fI sn EfFr term rr f., bench
L.dEfs HHd arfcra from HH over fH.
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tcontinued on Page Twelve,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

M ABLE to give you today the story of some wonderful dis- coveries just made in the heart
 of the Bolivian Andes. You may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
BY STEPHEN IASPDEN

ties) where half the land is entailed, and in the smaller units, the rural mu- inequalities, often all the land Is en- tailed. Herr von Schorlemer- -Lieser's S bill is aimed against this abuse It declares that in any canton where al- ready 10 per cent or more of the land is locked up in entail no new entails may be made. The only exception is where the entail is destined in some way to serve the public interest
 If this bill gets through the Diet a death-blow will have been dealt to the land as if it were goods is already de- reform bill is aimed against the sys- tenn of dealing in land as if it were tea, timber or coal. The right to traffic in land as if 1t weer goods is already de- nied by the laws of Bavaria and of some minor states. In these states an individ- ual corporation, or bank which buys land intending to parcel it and to sell the parcels, is subjected to severe state supervision and control Prussia has no such law, and the Prussian government complains that land is treated as if 1t were goods the owners recognizing no duty save that of parcelling and selling their land in the way that will yield them the greatest profit. Land is so cut up that the efficient farming of the separate parcels is impossible, and the result Is a wasteful, unprofitable sort of agriculture, and general loss to the national productivity. In future the state will see that land is not treated as goods. This will be effected by putting
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Diet a bill which established defi- nitely the principle of public authority over entails. In future the would-be entailer of any estate of more than 6200 acres must get the consent of his provincial Diet. In addition, all en- tails require the consent of the Kaiser as King of Prussia. The ministers of agricultural and justice are obliged to examine such new proposed entail, and to report whether il is in the public interest or not, and what would be its probable effect on, the economic farm ing of the land. Peasant farms, inde- pendently of size. must not be entailed save with the consent of the local can topal committee. Even existing entails are not to be spared. If they prove to be against the public interest, the gov ernment has the right to declare them dissolved.
 Greatest of all the entails abuses is its creation of a land monopoly. Land famines are chronic in districts where a larg/ proportion of the land is locked up in entail. A farmer cannot on any conditions get extra land. The life ten- ant of the entail is free to work his land badly or not at all, or he may de- velop it in ways that conflict with pub lie interest. Land famines due to the entail monopoly are common in Prus- sia' About per cent of the total area Is entailed, but locally the proportion is much greater. There are some can tons Corresponding to American coun-
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the cubists of today. They are all an- gles even the eyes, noses and lips.
 Some of the smaller idols have been brought to La Paz. There is one in the center of the National museum here It is about three feet in height, and is ar tistically carved. 1 took a picture of myself standing beside it, and also of Dr. Butchein, the director of the museum, who has been making the excavations
 It was in company with Dr. Butchein that l went through the museum and examined the objects he has just dug from the ground. The collection is large, covering many tables and filling several from vases of three or four gallons down to the little cups the size of half an egg shell. Some Of the objects are almost Etruscan in their decoration. Other pieces have hieroglyphics that make one think of Chinese or Japanese characters. Much of the terra cotta is as fine as porcelain, and, when tapped upon. it gives forth the same sound. The bowls are of the color of terra cotta, and there are beautifully shaped cups, each of which would hold one or two quarts. The col lection together numbers thousands of pieces and it has all been excavated in the past two or three months
 Dr. Butchein believes that the pottery of his latest excavations dates back to 5000 years ago, or to more than 60O0 years
 before Christ. If he s correct. he has found the oldest record of civilization now in existence. He tells me he does not think that it dates far back of that time to a white race who inhabited this part
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under official control all individuals and corporations which trade in land for profit.
 Plans for the distributionu of land will in future be valid only after they have been governmentaly sanctioned. The pur- chaser of an estate must draw up a def mite plan of parcelling to which he binds himself, and this. plan must be sub mitted to the local cantonal commissioner Qandrat, who transmits it with his re- port to the president of the 'Bezirk, . which is an administrative union of sev- eral cantons If the president finds that the plan conflicts with public interest or with efficient farming, he will withhold his approval, and the land registration bureau will refuse to register any trans fer of land based on the prohibited plan A dealer who sells parcels of land with out getting state approval will commit a punishable offense
 Land reformers call these proposals a distinct move towards the nationallza- tion of land State regulation is always the first stage towards nationalization The new bill will also have the effect VI eioiiSiciiibb VI iIluCtl ldfu ulTectly lntO state hands. It gives the state the right to purchase compusorily. and with preec- dence over private purchasers all estates offered for sale which have a greater area than % acres. Excepton is made only if the proposed private sale is to relative or to public authority. When the state learns that contract for the sale and purchase of land has been made between private individuals, it steps m with the announcement that 1t will take over the land itself. The vender must then transfer the land to the state at the price which he has agreed to accept from the private negotiator If the estate is small the government gets a fortnight within which to decide whath- CT 1t will buy or not. If the area is over 'oo acres the term of option is four weeks.
 Ihls means pushing to extremes the claim Of the state to override private in- terests- The woud-be private purchaser may have chosen the estate for some specific purpose, and the land may be the only land suitable for his purpose. If the state intervenes he loses not only the land put also the time and outlay
 
 spent on examining the estate and if he mas nargained out of the vendor a great reduction of price the state reaps the beEefit Of the reduction. The state con siders this reasonable. It even announces that measures will be taken to prevent sellers and purchasers making secret oeais with the aim of hampering the state in its exercise of its prior pur- chase right.
 Prussia's bold move against the asrarian entail monopoly and against free trade in land is causing an angry controversy between the adherents of two powerful land movements. the German land reformers and the landed proprie- tors At the head of the former stands Adoif Damaschke, one of the most note- worthy living Germans Damaschke was born In Berlin 4s years ago, as son of a poverty-stricken carpenter. He has risen ao Dc creator and president of the great
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tant state legislatures are bills which regulate drastically the right to deal in land as goods, which curtail the land monopoly and which establish state control over the distribution and use of the soil. Now Prussia. Ger many's most important stat, has launched a bill which lays down the revolutionary principle that the state takes precedence of private individuals in the purchase of private land. The Prussian, Saxon, Bavarian and Wurt- temberg Diets have about score of other legislative projects. government tal or private, which aim at limiting private ownership and at making the state the ultimate authority in every thing that concerns the soil.
 Prussia is moving the fastest. This surprises many, because Prussia Is es- sentiauy an agrarian state with all power ultimately in the hands of the landlords. To challenge these landlords is danserous-it led to the downfall of Chancellors Caprivi and Buelow. But Prussia's ruling bureaucracy is cour- aeeous This bureaucracy realizes that
 
 be solved drastically. without regard Tor private Interests; and 1t chooses to handle the question impartially from above in face of opposition from its own class, rather than to provoke by supineness a revolutionary land move mont below. Already social democ- racy is making strong efforts to cap- ture the 1andless agricultural laborer. who is naturally a conservative. by holding out to him the tempting pros- pect of getting land on easy terms. ment, for the peasant Is almost the last bulwark against the socialization of the empire Hence the Prussian state, hitherto neglectful, is now com hitting itself to radical land reform
 First of all 1t aims at restricting the system of entail. Under entail large areas of land are tied up in single families so that they cannot be sold or divided up, and are inherited intact by the eldest son of each generation. Land reformers everywhere are against entail In France the system was abolished by the revolution, and in some IerInan states notably those which were at sometime under French control, it Is no longer lawful. That is true of Alsace-Lorraine. Oldenburg, and the Bavarian Palatinate. Where entail is lawful it Is subject to re- strictions. In Prussia an estate with a smaller rental than sS75 may not be entailed. and if the rental is more than s7500 the consent of the sovereign is necessary to make the entail law ful. These restrictions are intended to prevent single farms being turned into itailed estates. and also to prevent t e tying up in entail of large tracts C. land where that is plainly against fhe public interest.
 Minister of Agriculture von Schorle- mer- -Lieser has submitted to Prussia :