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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-28
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEES HOLD
ENTHUSIASTIC JOINT MEETING

torial District OF West Virginia,
that a committee Of three. con
7istinc Of Dr. W. G.. E.zler. DR.. II.
j.. Judge and Henry 4. Nolte. who
fHiI nav" Jul power and author
ljy To act and cooperate with
county committee within the safI
senatorial district as 10 selecting
o. time Of holding primary COR
iht nomination Of senatorial
candidate. and
b" 10 further resolved. that ali
persons who desire 10 be- cantL
dates fnr Stat" Senator from the
said First Senatorial District of
West VIRGINIA must have fIpd IIs
intention, tO become "a candidate
and hat The secretary of mo-
said senatorial committee must
%" notified on or before the tenth
day or June. 1914"
Do resolution was signed bv DO
d. Nultc. chairman. and Albert Sr,d
ckcr. secretary.
Probable Candidates.
attorney Ben l.. ROssu bloom. OF mi.
'I'' VINO last nIEht announced bal.
thnIlafF for State senator. Wa fh.
'hIf person app'arlus before tho
'' .ff'' SO names we're uroaprf
'n fhD committee FOR Cpugreaa
among those mentioned a. urobabI,
'.HdIiHi,s are ~ r. Wells. president
OF .u. Homer IauEhI1 China Com
l..N. Ni Hancock county. Iud se D. 81
I'' amor Marion counts. Senator
'''''t ' White. OF Lewis county. an,
'' mayor Charles DufuaH. of Harrison
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Fish Stealing His Gasoline.

Leo Kelly, director general of Port
age Lake, has solved one of the od-
dest of mysteries. Kelly operates the
motorboat ferry service. A few weeks
ago Kelly observed mysterious dis
appearance of gasoline from his re-
serve tank in the boat. Each night
a gallon or more of gasoline disap-
peared.
Kelly searched for leaks, tested his
valves and could not find the cause
of the shrinkage in the supply. He
began to suspect that some one was
pilfering during the night.
Watching his vessel to learn the
cause of the loss of gasoline he heard
an odd sound under the keel, and
casting his light down to the surface
of the water he saw an 18-pound pick
erel sucking gasoline from the escape
pipe at the water line.-Detroit News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
SlDiss Officials Imprison
and Fine German Spies

Geneva Three German spies, hav-
ing headquarters in Geneva, were SEN
fenced by the third military tribunal
here Saturday. The three are: Lieu
tenant Colonel Otto Ulrich, of Berlin; /;
DR.. Wohllander and Herr Kohr, a
chemist. They were charged with
plotting against Engand and France
and thereby violating Swiss neutral
ity.
Colonel Ulrich was not present, hav-
ing gone into hiding, presumably some
where in Switzerland. He was SEN
fenced in default to serve two years
in prsion and pay fine of $1,000. DR..
Wohlander must serve three months
and pay fine of 5000, and Herr Kohr
must remain in prison two months and
pay fine of 500. All three were
sentenced to expulsion from Switzer-
land for life after serving their SEN
tences.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
First Fiction Known.

Are you aware that the Tale of
Two Brothers," written 1900 years
ago by the Theban scribe Ennana, H.
brarian of the palace of King Merenp-
tab, the supposed Pharaoh Of the Ex-
odus, Is the Oldest work of fiction
extant?
The tale was written, apparently,
for the entertainment of the crown
prince, who subsequently reigned as
Seti II. His name appears in two
places on the manuscript-probably
the only surviving autograph sigma
lures of an Egyptian king.
This piece of antique fiction, writ
ten on 10 sheets of papyrus in a bold
hieratic hand, was purchased in Italy
by Nine. d'Orbiney, who sold It in
1857 to the authorities of the British
museum, where it is now known as
the d'Orbiney papyrus.-Tid-Bits
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

Compound to me and tried It at once
and found much relief. After that
had no peins at all and could do my
housework and shopping the same
as always. For years l have praised
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for what it has done for me,
and shall always recommend 1t as a wo-
mans friend. You are at liberty to use
my letter in any way. Mrs. THOMSON,
64s W. Russell St, Philadelphia, Pa.
Change Of life is one of the most
critical periods Of q woman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
carry women SO successfully through
this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's q
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia Il. Pinkham Med
icine Co. (c0nfidential), Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by O woman
and held In strict confidence.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Maritz Is Driven Back.

London -- Lieutenant Colonel Mar
itz, the head of the rebellion in British
South Africa, attacked Keimos, Cape
Province. at s o'clock on the morning
Of October % with a force of more
than 1000 men, including several hun
dred Germans and artillery and ma
chine guns" says an official statement
from Pretoria. "Our casualties were
10 wounded. The enemy left two, one
German and the other a native" A
previous dispatch from Cape Town said
in battle on October 20 a defeat was
administered to Colonel Maritz.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
The Cocktail.

The cocktail was invented by Mrs.
Elizabeth Flanagan, widow Of an Irish
soldier who fell in the service of the
American army during the revolution.
After her husbands death Mrs. Flan-
agan became an army sutler, follow
ing troop Of Virginia horse under
Colonel Burr. In the winter Of 1779
she took UP quarters with the troop
in a place called Four Corners, on
the road between Tarrytown and
White Plains, ~ Y.-near the demesne
of John D. Rockefeller. There Mrs.
Flanagan set up a hotel which soon
became the rendezvous of the "swells"
of that day. One day the hostess
surprised her guests by announcing a
new drink-the cocktail-supposed to
have been named after the blending of
colors in the tail Of game cock
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

Seattle-Greatly encouraged by the
probable success of apple week, grow
ers of Yakima, are selling +. o. b. on
firm to higher basis for ninety-sixes
and larger sizes, as shown in reply
to a telegram Of inquiry sent out by
one Of the leading brokerage houses.
These quotations were $1.35 for Deli
cious and Winter Bananas. $1.20 for
Winesaps and $1.10 for Spitzenbergs,
I. o. b. shipping point. These prices,
of course, are for the very best extra
fancy grades, but it indicates the
brighter feeling now prevailing among
orchardists, who month ago viewed
future with gloomy prophecy.
Eggs-Select ranch, 44@46c dozen.
Poultry-Live hens, l0@15c pound;
old roosters 10c; 1914 broilers, 1900
l4c; ducklings, 10@12c; geese, l0c;
guinea fowl, SO dozen.
Apples-New, cooking, 50@60c box;
Gravenstein, S5c@$l; Jonathans, 75c
a $1.25; Winter Bananas, s1.25 a
$1.50; Kings, 75c@$1.
Cantaloupes Ponies, Toe crate; I;
standards, $1@l.25.
Casaba melon-$1. .50@l.75.
Citron--2c pound.
Crabapples-40c@$1 box.
Cranberries-E Eastern, $3.50 barrel.
Grapes = Malagas, sl.l0 crate; To-
kays, 81; Concords, l9i@25c basket.
Pears Sickel, 50@6Oc box; Fall
butter, Sl@1.25.
Peaches -S5@4Oc crate.
Quinces-S1. .25@1.75 box.
Strawberries 50. 5O@S per "a qts.
Dressed beef-Prime beef steers, IL
@12tc pound; cows, lli@l2c; heifs
ers, 12c.
Dressed veal-l4@15c pound.
Dressed hogs - Whole, packing
house. 1Stc pound.
Dressed spring lamb-12@lSc pound.
Dressed mutton--10@l0tc pound.
Vegetables--Artichokes Toe dozen;
beans, s@9c pound; bell peppers,
Wenatchee, Glib. boxes, 50@60c;
beets, new, sl@1.25 sack; cabbage,
local. 1c pound; corn, green, 81 sack;
cauliflower, local. 75c per sack; On
ions, green. 25@S0c per dozen; Walls
Walla, s5@90c per cwt.; parsley, 25c
per dozen; potatoes, White River, $40
per ton; Yakimas, s2S@27; squash,
local, 1@ltc per pound; tomatoes, To-
cal, S0@40c per crate; turnips. new,
white, $l.25 per sack.
Wanuts-lS3c pound.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Had FIrst Carrier PIneon.

The sport Of pigeon-flying. now pro
hibited by our war office, dates back
less than 100 years, although the
Egyptians trained pigeons to serve as
messengers 4000.odd years ago, and
their example was followed by the AS
syrians, the Chinese, the Greeks and
the Romans. The first pigeon race
was organized in Belgium in 1918, and
two years later bird was flown from
Paris to Verviers, where its arrival
was hailed by procession with brass
bands. Over here the first pigeon
race was held in 1875, from Newcastle
on-Tyne to Bexhill. The sport caught
on rapidly, especially in Lancashire
and Yorkshire, and such long distance
flights as from Manchester to San
Sebastian GOO miles, have been
achieved. Nowadays the English
clubs train about 100000 birds an
nually, and pigeon specials" Of 16 or
20 vans are common on all our rail-
ways.-London Chronicle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
LONGEST SESSION
HAS ADJOURNED
Cotton Men Are Promised Con-
sideration Next Time.
"God Bless Us--EUeryOne" Says
Speaker Clark-Senates Closes
With Small Ceremony.

Washington, D. C.--After nearly 10
months of continuous session, the long
est ever taken, the Sixty-third Con-
gress adjourned its second session Sat
urday, after the collapse Of prolonged
efforts to procure cotton growers re-
lief legislation.
Leaders in this movement agreed to
adjourn, however. only on the condi-
tion that pending cotton relief meas
ures would have the right Of way when
congress reconvenes December 7.
Not more than so members of the
house and less than quorum of the
senate were in attendance when the
gavels fell in adjournment without day.
The end was accomplished through a
concurrent resolution, ending the ses-
sion at o'clock in the afternoon, but
clocks were ahead, actual adjournment
occurring at :22 in the house and at
3:27 in the senate.
As the altered hands of the house
clock drew near A, while the senate
was winding up the legislative bust
ness, Speaker Clark arose at his desk,
and, facing the scattered attendance
on the floor, said:
''This is the longest and most labor
ious session that congress ever has
known. contratulate you most
heartily on being able to adjourn at
last. l wish to thank the house
Democrats, Republicans, Progressives
and Independents-for uniform cour-
tesy shown to the speaker. Now, in
the language of Tiny Tim: God bless
us---everyone.
The senate adjournment was prob
ably the most undemonstrative in its
history. Democratic leaders and a
few Republicans were sitting behind
closed doors, confirming nominations,
when word came that the house had
carried out the adjournment resolution.
Senator Kern, the majority leader, at
once moved to open the doors. When
this was ordered, the doorkeeper hur-
riedly set the clock ahead and Senator
Swanson, of Virginia, presiding in the
absence of Vice President Marshall and
President Pro Tempore Clarke, an
nounced that the senate was adjourned.
Senators who had remained for the
finality hurriedly left the chamber.
The announcing of the abandonment
of the filibuster for cotton legislation
followed conference held early in the
day. Senator Hoke Smith, Of Georgia,
and Representative Henry, of Texas,
told the senate and house it was ap.
parent no quorum could he procured
for consideration Of cotton Legislation
at this time, and that further filibus.
tering might injure chances of ulti'
mate success.
Representative Henry expressed his
conviction that congress would be con-
vened in extraordinary session by the
middle of November, when the fight
could be resumed.
One of the last acts of the house
was the adoption Of resolution au-
thorizing the appointment of COM
mittee to investigate cotton conditions
in the South and to report possible
measures for Federal aid by December
15. On the committee were Repre-
sentatives Mann, Austin, Henry,
Lever, Heflin, Bell, of Georgia, and
Langley.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Named.

who is that powerful giant who
looks like modern Samson?" asked
the stranger.
THAT is Percival Algernon Cyril
Milk" replied the native.
"And who is the delicate, sissified-
looking chap with him?" asked the
stranger.
"That is John L. Sullivan Hercules
Strong" replied the native.-Stanford
Chapparal.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Good at Figures.

Sammy was not prone to over-exer-
tion in the classroom; therefore his
mother was both surprised and de-
lighted when lie came home one noon
with the announcement; Il got 100
this morning"
That's lovely, Sammy" exclaimed
his proud mother, and she kissed him
tenderly. What was it in?"
Fifty in reading and so in rit,
metic, philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
British Staff Chief Dies.

London - General Sir Charles Wit
tingham Hoursely Douglas, chief of
the imperial general staff and first mil
itary member of the army council, died
Monday. General Douglas was ap-
pointed chief of staff of the British
army April ! last, following the resig-
nation Of Sir John French, the present
commander of the British expedition
ary forces on the continent. Sir
Charles was born in 1850 and served in
all Great Britain's wars since 1879.
He had been inspector general of the
home forces since 1912.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Her plan.

DO you read all the war news?"
Every line Of it,"
"And can you pronounce the awful
names Of these places?"
Dear me, no. Whenever any other
town than London or Berlin or Paris
Is mentioned l just skip right over
the name, Detroit Free Press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
HERE Is A WAY
TO GET RID OF PIMPLES

Battle your face for several minutes
with resinol soap and hot water, then
apply little resinol ointment very
gently. Let this stay on ten minutes,
and wash off with resinol soap and
more hot water, finishing with dash
of cold water to close the pores Do
this once or twice day, and you will
be astonished to find how quickly the
healing, antiseptic resinol medication
soothes and cleanses the pores, re-
moves pimples and blackheads, and
leaves the complexion clear and vel
vety. All druggists sell resinol soap
and resinol ointment.-Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Too Regular.

Not long ago worthy woman OF
an Iowa town, who had lost three hus-
bands, coyly admitted her intention
TO marry a fourth.
Congratulations, Mary, congratula'
tions!" cried friend one day as she
burst in upon the prospective bride.
The latter sighed. "Oh, the wed
dings are all very WELL" said she, "but
what / do object to are the funerals" "
st. Louis Dispatch.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Quick Relief When
Utterly Worn Out
Getting the Blood in Order
Is Required By Most
People.

II you think you have gone to smash and
At only for the discard. try S. S. $. for the
blood. 1t will surprise you to know what
can be done for health once the blood Is
released OF the excess Of body wastes that
keep 1t from exercising Its full measure OF
bodily repair.
If you feel played out, go to any drug
store and ask for a bottle OF s $. s. Here
Ia remedy that gets at work In q twink
ling; It Just naturally rushes right into
your blood, scatters germs right and left,
up and down and sideways.
You feel better at once. not from q slim
ulant, not from the action Of drugs. but
from the rational effect OF natural medi-
cine.
The Ingredients in s S. s. serve tho
sctiye purpose Of so stimulating the cellular
tissues OF the body that they pick out from
the blood their own essential nutriment and
thus repair work begins at once. The relief
is general all over the system.
Do not neglect to get bottle Of s. s. s.
today. 1t will make you feel better In Just
few minutes. II Is prepared only In the
laboratory Of The Swift Specific Co, $50
Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. Send for their
free book telling Of the many strange con-
ditions that aitiict the human family by
ssAson Of impoverished blood.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

Washington, d. G.-Missionary ex-
tensions to new parts of China, Japan,
the Philippines, the Hawaiian Islands,
Cuba, Manchuria, the Malay Islands
and sections of the Bahamas and South
America were determined on at the
fall council Of the general conference
Of Seventh Day Adventists in Tskoma
Park.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Quite Particular.

"Why Is there such hot fight over
the appointment of postmaster In
this town? asked the stranger. "The
office doesn't pay anything much, does
it?"
THAT amt 1t, mister" replied the
native. "You see, most of US are par
ticular as to who reads our postal
cards"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
MaYonnalse Mixer.

An attachment for the crank mani.
pulated egg beater to drop oil slowly
so the beater can be used for mixing
mayonnaise is the invention of New
York man.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
New Use for Word.

"Who can make a sentence and use
the word income correctly?" asked
the teacher Of the second grade.
"You may tell us, Johnny" indica-
ting a little boy whose hand was wa.
wing violently.
"The kitchen door was left open
and in come rat" was the trium-
phant response.-Harper's Magazine.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

Poet--Good gracious! Here is your
servant asleep.
Hostess-Silly fool! He must have
been eavesdropping while you were
reading your new poem to me.-Pele
Mele.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Too Effective.

But how did he happen to get
gagged to the girl II he doesn't loN
herr"
why, he said he was convincing
when he merely meant to be plaus-
ible. Judge.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Careful.

Chief Clerk-If am wanted, will
be in with the manager.
Latest Acquisition-Yes sir. An If
you are not wanted, where will yer
be?-Sidney Bulletin.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Ask Some Mllkman.

The following notice recently ap.
peared outside the office of busy
Boston firm:
"Boy wanted--One who knows the
city WELL"
Presently bright youth presented
himself for the job.
DO you know the city well?''
asked the manager.
mo, SIR" replied the young hopeful,
"but could find it."-Boston Globe.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
How He Began Life.

II understand you began your life
as a newsboy." observed the friend
admiringly,
No" replied the millionaire. Some
one has been fooling you, began
life as an infant New York Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Effect Of a Wet Blanket.

Hokus-I never knew such a wet
blanket as Flubdub. Pokus-That's
right. If that fellow should jump
from the frying-pan into the fire, he
would put out the fire.-London Echo.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Rats Save store Manager.

Rats saved August Schmidt in court
at Greensburg, Pa, when tried on the
charge Of embezzling goods worth
$246O from the store of P. H. Butler,
Monessen, of which he was the man
ager.
1t was offered in testimony that
during the early part of the year the
rodents killed 27 cats which had been
purchased to exterminate them. They
also destroyed weasel which was
guaranteed to rid the place of rats
Clerks In the store testified that as
many as half crate Of eggs would
be destroyed in a night, and that II
barrels Of flour had been eaten by
the rats in a short time. 1t did not
take the jury long to arrive at ac-
quittal.-Philadelphia Record.
DR.. Peery's Vermifuge dead Shot" kills
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
Quite.

II see that German chemist has
extracted deadly poison from the
castor oil plant"
Gee, wasn't it deadly enough be-
fore!"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

A military aviator can do anything
loop the loop. After wrecking
Zeppelins and bombarding numer-
} cities this seems tough.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sen.
sation in eyes and inflammation of eyes or
eyelida. Adv.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smarting-
JUST Eye Comfort. Write for Book OF The Eye
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy 1o., Chicago.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30
"a Better Term.

mot much of town"
"One-horse, eh?"
well, a trifle faster than that Sup
pose we say one-cylinder. PUCK
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

II Boston played the Federal cham.
pions could the head-writers refer to
II as bean-fed contest?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-10-30

DR.. Peery's vermifuge "Dead Shot" kills
and expels Worms in very few hours.
Adv
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
ANNOUNCE HIGHER
PULLMAN FARES
Unless Commerce Commission Inter-
poses, Travellers Must After
March l Pay More to
Ride in Sleeping Cars

Washington, Feb. Con March
new and higher rate for Pullman
compartments and drawing rooms &C.
cupied exclusively by one person, will
60 into effect unless objection is
raised by the Interstate Commerce
Commission
Instead of charging a single rail-
road fare and a single drawing room
fare as heretofore, the roads will
now charge for exclusive use OF 9
drawing room by one person double
the railroad fare, plus single draw
ing room fare.
The present charge for Pullman
compartments for the exclusive use
of one traveller of one railroad fare
plus the compartment fare will be
increased to one and one-half rail
road fare plus the present compart-
mAnt fare.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-02-07
Severest Of Winter.

Washington, Feb. 6.-"The severest
weather of the year IS now prevail
ing in the upper Missouri Valley and
the plains States as far south as
Oklahoma and the Panhandle OF
Texas" the weather bureau in a
special bulletin announced today.
Temperature at Havre, Mont, this
morning was AZ degrees below zero
and zero temperatures or lower
prevail as far south as the Kansas
Oklahoma border. These unusually
low readings have been attended by
snow, high winds and gales.
east of the Mississippi there
have been numerous showers in the
Southern States and snow in the
northern regions. Thus far the snow
has been comparatively light, but
indications point to heavy snow in
the Lake regions and Northern New
England.
"The cold wave will overspread
the East Gulf States, the middle Mis-
sissippi Valley and the lower Ohio
Valley in the next twenty-four hours
and will reach the Atlantic Coast
States from Florida TO Maine by
Sunday morning"