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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29

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Mrs. T. w. Engle. of the South Side
has returned from a visit with friends
IN Pittsburgh.
Mrs. Charles Proudfoot Is a CUES,
at her former home IN Parkersburg.
DR. Harriet II. Jones Is moving from
her home on Fourteenth street to
Glendale. where she will make her fu.
ture home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Edmundson and
daughters, Misses Edyth and Alice
leave Tor Trenton. y. J.. where they
will make their home.
The infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs vii.
liam Wingerter Is improving after a
serious illness.
Mrs. William Strobel leaves satur-
day Tor Baltimore; Md, where she will
baltimore their Allure home
Rev. Father =. A. Boyce, OF Sisters
vile, Is here on business.
Jim Ready. OF Sistersville. Is con
fined TO the North Wheeling Hospital.
Frank Zlnn. OF Tulsa. Oklahoma.
stopped of here Tuesday. enroute TO
Steubenville.
Miss Alma Young spent a few days
In Moundsville, the guest of friends.
Charles Ahrens mas returned from
visit TO Parkersburg, where he com
bined business with pleasure.
Mrs. r. +. Dunlap and son James. OF
Sistersville, are guests OF friends here.
Charles Noitle, OF the News, has
gone to Eccles. W. Va. to cover the
mine situation there.
Mrs. Herman Schneider has moved
TO Fourteenth street, where she will
make her home.
Miss Frances Crabtree. OF Wells
burg. was the guest OF friends here
Miss Freda Watkins. OF Highland
Park. underwent a successful opera
ton at the North Wheeling Hospital,
for appendicitis.
DIR. George Hill was a business
caller in Pittsburgh yesterday.
Mr.. Charles Mann. OF Alliance. o..
Is visiting in the city for several days
Claude Garrison. Of this city. spent
yesterday at Claysville, transacting
business.
George King. OF Cameron, spent the
first OF the week in the city. transact
ing business.
J. f. Moss. OF this city. is spend.
ing few days in Clarksburg. on bust
ness.
Harry c. Hall has resumed his du.
ties at the Pennsylvania freight house
after a brief visit with friends and rel.
atives at Chester. Pa.
G. w. Henry. general agent for the
wheeling Lake Erie Railroad. is
spending a few days at Cleveland, o.,
on business.
Miss Lylian Byrons. OF Moundsville,
spent yesterday in the city. shopping
DIR. ]. r. Burns. well known physi
clan of this city. left Sunday night for
Baltimore. Md. where he has entered
the Johns Hopkins University and will
take an advanced course in medicine
and surgery. The course taken by
him Is an extended one. and the doc
tor will not return 20 the city for a
year or more.
Morgan OFT Hart IA very seriously
III az the home OF his father-in-daw
General Alfred Caldwell. of No. 75a
Main street. Word from his bedside
last night was that his condition was
practically unchanged. though excel
lent hopes were entertained for his re,
covery.
Captain Walter Booth has removed
from Moundsville to Chantal Court
near Edgwood.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
SEALED PROPOSALS

Notice 20 MsnnfaotnrerS. Scsss|.> ~.
chants and Other Wholesale Dsalsrs
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. Tft
IRE state Board OF Control OF the State
AZ Its office at Charleston, West Virginia
FOR furnishing supplies for the Ceveral
ment OF which Is vested in eafd Posrd
Contracts will be awarded 90 the lowest
bidders, quality considered. and other
ers Will be given preference
Lists OF supplies needed will be fur
nished bidders on receipt OF reQuoeta
stating the line desired
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL.
Jr-1-u Charleston. West VIRGINIA
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
FUNERAL DIRECTORS

inE Ia Var. society bail room dancers.
will make this a variety show.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
DIED

Monday. Aprfi 9th.
1919. al $40 o'clock p. m. at his rest
dence In Elm Grove. ALFRED pEs-
FINGER. aged 81 years.
Funeral from the late residence at Elm
Groce. Thursday. April 30. at $50 A.
m. Requiem high mass az St Vim
cents church. Elm Grove. 10 a m In
tcrment at ut. Calvary cemetery
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
About People
Movements % individuals 10
and From tie City.
TRI-sTATE ARRIVALS
AT THE LOCAL NOTES.


STAMINA. ID. McCleiland. Barnes
vile. o.. o. ~. Woofter. Kenoya: j
a Brooker. Cambridge. o.. VIM. I'M.
Bethany.
Grand Central-Geo. Al. Hueston.
Parkersburg. W. J. Belgin. J. Bloom.
Steubenville. o.: c. s. Fogle, Bealis.
vile. o.: n. S. Sproot. GAINESVILLE. d. I:
A y. Caldwell. Altoona. o.: p n
Rich. Adena. o.; Louis Bodlak. Dillon
vale. o.
eruns~ick-w. NJ Miller. J. A. Hell.
frich. Clarkstnrg: Chas. Monroe. sis
tersvtile. n. B. Dodge, Parkersburg.
A T. Bradley. Fairmont
Melure-Geo. W. Schiegel. Hunting
ton: Robert J. Ray. Weston: Mrs
Chas- BARLOW. Spencer; C. II. gilbert
son. Huntington; W. ]. Calvert
Clarks burg; o. p. Parkin. Washing.
ton. Pa. II. @. Dunbar. Shinnston:
Mrs. Sam Cox. New Martinsvllle: II.
l.. Burlington. Huntington: VIM. T.
Clegg, Cleveland. o.; Mrs. AIDA Sci
lers. Ruth Sellers. Doris Sellers. 81
Marys: Miss Audrey Thorne. Friend
": n. G.. Francis. Clarksburg: n. W
Def-e. Spencer: c. II. Meeker. Park
ersburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29

foh RENT-Six rooms and bath. Pos
session 81 once. Inquire 102. 18th ST
mr-19-tf
foh RENT rooms and bath: second
iioor. MI In good repair. At Leather
tenheim. mrds,C
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
FOR SALE

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foN SALE-Building sand stone. goth
ana Main. Enquire Edward Wagner
1901 Main. Wheeling. w. Va. ap-2s-j
TOE sALE-To settle an estate. Farm
OF 100 acres I'm Jefferson county. Ohio
underlaid with coal. gas and oil Il IN
high state or cultivation: well fenced
ana hne improvements House OF 3
rooms ana basement. slate roof: hard
WOOD hnlsh inside. fine spring house.
good bank barn and other out buildinrs
farm Is well watered. can be DIVIDED
immediate possession. Terms Address
: n winters. Steubenviile. O.. r. r. d.
~ J. ap23-m
FOR SALE-CiCar and confectionery,
store. Selling out on account OF Ieay-
ing town. Inquire at Eckloff 4 Son.
corner Zane and North Huron St
ap-13-tf
FOR sALE-ThO ''Homsatead" cottage
on the MoundEvfilP camp grounds
located on corner OF upper park, con
talns seven rooms completely furnished
House In good repair. Price reasonabl,
20 QUICK buyer. CAN =. ID. walton. In
telligoneer Editorial rooms after o D. M
mr-27-m
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-29
WANTED Female Help.

WANTeo-lady to solicit fer news
paper; best wages TO right party;
ing. Apply lnteIiloenesr office.
mr-l9-tf
Evening star., 1914-08-16

reviewed and q report
prepared by the par
don attorney with his
recommendation. The
case is then reviewed
by an assistant At
torney General, who
makes his recommen-
dation. 1t then goes
to the Attorney Cen
eral, for his report.
After that the case is
returned to the pardon
attorney, and all the
papers, together with
a report and recon-
mendation of the At
torney General, are
sent to the President,
who in every instance
gives the matter care
full personal considera-
ton before acting.
When this routine is
Evening star., 1914-08-16

and inert The doctor said that Davys heart had not
been able to bear the strain of his happiness.
Last year Congress extended the benefits of the
parole to life prisoners who had served not less than
fifteen years. Up the end of the first five months five
life prisoners had been released parole all of whom
are conducting themselves in a satisfactory manner
The parole boards believe that much of the success
of this law due to the high quality of prisoners with
which they have to deal and to the strict supervision
exercised paroed prisoners. No prisoner is
leased until the reliability of the person who agrees to
his first friend, and to that he is employed,
has been investigated Every person who violates his
parole is promptly returned So far is known there
but three instances where the law has been violated
by paroed prisoners after their parole terms have
pred and they have passed from the jurisdiction of the
boards of parole.
One of the odd phases of the parole law is that
prisoners do not desire parole. Since the
ment started 189 prisoners in United States peni
tentiaes and in State Institutions have refused to
avail themselves of opportunity to become free.
The parole boards consist of the warden and physician
of the penentry and the chief of the board the latter
being permanently stationed at the Department of
Justice.
The duties of the parole boards extremely delicate
Out of total of l62 heard, 404 paroles
denied while the Attorney General dsapproved 79 cases.
When the parole bill under discussion in Congress
the wardens of the federal penentiaries and officials
of the Department of Justice advised that would be
better if the officials of pententiaries not made
would have opportunity to show their resentment of
adverse action their The experience of
other year points out the necessity for change in the
personnel in order that prison officials may not
stitute majority at present. 1t would be better
the duties and responsibilities vested in the warden
and physician were transferred to other officials.
EXTENDING executive clemency is another equally
important function with which the Department of
Justice deals. Pardoning is not the paroing.
t1ara rbaf Io1a ha
tween the time Of filing the application and when results
take place. Each application is referred to the United
States attorney for the district where the oense
committed for report upon the facts and recommended
ton for against executive cemency. If he himself did
not try the he is requested to obtain statement
and recommendation from the former district attorney
attorney who did take part in the trial. also prac
tcable statement and recommendation from the
trial judge This frequently requires considerable time
If any Of the reports favorable the carefully
Evening star., 1914-08-16
JUSTICE in modern

JUSTICE in modern
} days differs from
justice of medieval
times and the more
distant past in that
it represents punish
ment, not revenge.
Histories and books
are full of instances
where rulers or feudal
chiefs were considered,
and likewise consid-
cred themselves, abso-
lutte lords and masters
over the lives and
properties of their sub
jects. Those annals
recount cases of men
or women-or families,
even-imprisoned for
life, condemned to
death, their goods and
chattels confscated,
causing sometimes the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
H0NORs REQUIsITION
WI Lyle nun,GarIner Taken Isnck 10
knnsHs 10 i-acc TrinI

Val Isle numgardner, arrested in
hampton n few days ago on the charge
OF being Il fugitive from .iustice from
cloud County, Kan. where ~ man an
h"eIihs the description on which Bum
gardner was unprecedented is wanted 20,
criminal assault, was SURRENDERED ycs.
tcfd;t" AFTERNOON by Governor Stuart 20
Carl MoorcA the sheriff of Cloud County.
who came to Richmond with a reuni,
sition from Governor George Ill.
Hodges, OF Kansas
Governor Stuart has refused IN chr
render TO the Pennsylvania authorities
jean In Atottc, the Roanoke real es-
tate man, who was arrested on a-.wir-
rant charging him with tho larceny q;
diamond ring valued 1T $50. tho
property or Cora Nonncmacher, OF AL
ientown. Pat la Motto resisted eytr,,-
dition successfully, acting forth tho
plea that tho prosecution was {. pre-
text to eXtort money from him.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
CASE OF BERTHA LEMON
PUZZLES CRlMlN0L 0GiSTS
Negro Girl Under Indictment ON Charge
OF Arson Will BE isxHmtned
ns TO Her sanity.

Bertha Lemon. an eighteen-year-o
colorcd girl. whose indictment as fire.
bug has just been secured In Roanoke
County, is n study for criminolosists.
She Sc to-day in the hands OF n com
mission OF iunacy. II che is pro-
nounced sane she will be vigorously
prosecuted by the state Department OF
Insurance. whose Investigations into n
series Of uspiclous flres led to her ar
rest and Indictment.
The detective bureau OF tho Insur-
ance Department yesterday submitted
a report on the case OF bertha Lemon
to First Clerk Malvern 1Iin. who IL In
Charge OF that division OF the de-
partinent
The young negro woman was ar
rested October Is OH the specific charge
OF burning the property Of Il. ". Funk
houSer. fiNo miles west Of Salem, on
the night of September .. Subsequent
10 her arrest the detectives OF the de-
partment reported that they had Sc
cured evidence which connected Bertha
with eight incendiary fires in the last
year. She was indicted for the Funk
!louser fire November .. Tho question
Cf he rsanity was then raised. and tho
court committed her Tor examination
by a commission OF lnnacy. which will
make its report probably this week
The detectives OF tic Insurance. De
partmcnt discovered after her arrest
that Bcrtha. three years ago. caused
the arrest of her father on the charge
Of criminal assault. The accuscr ana
Ier sister appeared IN court agcinat
their father and he MAS convicted and
sentenced to serve y term OF five years
m the penitentiary.
After. discovered evidence caused a
physician In Fincastle to interest HIM
self in the case Of tho old negro man
With other medica! and surgical au-
thorities nc conducted IN examination
WHICH proved beyond the shadow Of tho
doubt that the evidence OF the two
girls against their father was false
Tie facts were laid before the Cover
nor. who granted a pardon TO the con.
picted man..
Other physicians, who have followed
the case, express the opinion that the
asileged hrebug Is mental detective
OK & moral degenerate, or both.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Official Vote in~ Uenrico WIS i1i fol
nnd sS Against

Complete returns from the recent
rico County snow an almost unanimous
vote favoriG8 the measure. The total
vote was iDl for compulsory education,
voted "Eainst the -Whitlock's.
IN lower Nnr!nn: Bruins. on. the Brook
Road. md Seven Pines. IN Fairfield Dis
trict Two Observation-Disclosures, in
Fairfield District. and Town Hall. in
.arinn Distfict-failcd TO return :, vote
FOR or against the proposed law.
Ip the congressional election Con
gressman Andrew Jackson MoataEu
received go votes. against II for
Siullcd, and II for Weatherly. I,arton
Heights precinct cast, Its entire voting
strength--12I--for Montague. :. -. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
WILL RETAIN EXPERTS
TO EXAMINE NEW RATES
Committee OF Light Users TO Seek In
formation From Unbiased
Sources.
MOVE Is NOT ANTAGoNIsTIC
Proposed Changes May BE Entirely
Reasonable, Say Committeeman.
Then Again They May Not BE.
VIII Make Comparison.

Legal and scientific advice will be
retained by special committee repre-
senting large users OF light and pow or
to ascertain whetlcr the pronosod
schedule filed by the Virginia Railway
and Power Company with the State
Corporation Commission is proper
one. The committee appointed at q
recent conference of light and power
users is composed OF w. a. Scldcn
(cllairman), T.. H. jenkins, Christian
Clarke, Noses Thulhimer and I. CroN-
ton Gordon. Il held It's initial meet
Ing yesterday afternoon
" Tho Virginia Railway and Power
Company has fled With the State Cor
poratfon Commission. AN application to
readjust its schedule OF light and
power charges, adopting what Is known
III the "biock SYSTEM" which. it is
stated. is more equitable in It's nature.
The com Dany states That the new rates
VIII BIO M actual reduction FOR a very
large number of snail users OF light
and power, and only IN n small per-
centngc OF the classifications will there
be an increase.
SEEK REFORMATION FHOAI
UNBIASED SOURCES
1t was stated after the meeting yes
terday that the committee does not
begin its work in any untugonistic
This time the new rates may be emf
nently fair ana proper. On the other
hand. they may he too high. There
fore. the committee nas decided to call
in Tie advice OF experts and to gather
data from unbiased sources as to the
actnal chnrgcs for light and power
in other cities OF the same general con-
dities rs Richmond. 1t also proposes
TO find out whether the proposed "blocll
system OF charges is the most eoui-
table Tor the users e.. light and power.
1t lis conceded by members of the
committee chat there arc Inequalities
in The present rates. II is the purpose
10 see that Richmond gets a wholly
equitable schedule and that the ave-
ra@c charge here co:upares favorably
with other cities.
Two years ago when the Richmond
and Hcnrico hallway Company was
arguing before the City Council fol %
competitive franchise, after an invcs-
tigation lasting several months, il was
uade TO conccde that the rates here
were as low Us In other American cities
similarly situated
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
WORKING ON PLANS FOR
BEL CLAN IMMIGRATION
Governor stuart suxxest. ro,sibf,ft~ ~,
hrinsfng Eapatriated Families 10
Virginia 10 Live

While no has as yet ror1nea n, dr,;
mite plnrs. Governor Stuart. the ofYicin,
head OF tho Rcd. Cross Relief irund
Committee In Virginia, will take ac-
ton toward tho collection OF funds and
provisions for the suffering Belgians,
ms suggested by tho chairman OF tn =
Belgian Relief Fund Committee Of
LONDON, 'Erg, in cRblegrhm to Ills
Exceilency last Tuesday.
the Governor cvinces q lively inter-
est In the plight OF the distressed peo-
pie or the devastated country. many
thousands or whom are refugees in
England and Franco. After n.adlnu
the touching appeal from London.
Governor stuart gave serious consd.
Grafton to tho problem which he is
asked to assist In solving. His knowi-
edge OF the character and traits OF the
people or belgium inspired the idea
that this people would supply n mos.
desirable class OF Immigrants for the
agricultural districts OF Virginia The
thrirt!ness. Industry. sohriety anu de.
votion TO God and country. The Gov
ernor believes that, Il a satiefactory
scheme can bo devised for bringing
lelgian husbandmcn and their families
In large number to this State, the adj
rantagcs will be mutual IIe has Yet
20 give consideration to tho details OF
tpe plan he suggests. lie will prob
ably consult with Commissioner OF
Agriculture Koiner and other comic
tent authorities before making known
the scope OF the plan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
Lirford Again arrested.

]. 5. LfDfOrd was ;irrcHtcd Yesterday
In police Court By Deputy United
OF Violating the white slave law. IN
Police Court, prior 10 his arrest by the
Federal officer. lipford was release d
on $1,000 ball for appearance on No.
remi'er -. Two days later he will be
arraigned be fore Commissioned FIcgen-
heiIner. on the other charges. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
Verdict for Defendant.

Verdict and judgment IN favor OF the
defendant We're returned Yesterday IN
the Law and Equity Court in the suit
OF W. r. Pickles against John Taylor
W. Curtis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
suit Instituted.

Suit was Instituted in the City Cir
cult Court yesterday by Sophia Cor
suck against tho Virginia Railway and
Power Company for $4,000 There was
no declaration.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
No Lccture ne ,r.r,,,,n

Owing Ito change In the plans,
there Will Do no lecture ut Bcth Ahabah
Synagogue tomorrow night. M has
pocn previously announced
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-07
Memorial Service po.,,o

:, T1WIDE' 10 thc Il1nesH of Bishop Ram
uoiph, the memorial service to the late
t ttsr' william u Meade Clark, former rec
LOT or ST. James Episcopal Church.
row, hns boon Indefinitely postponcd.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-17
NO SLUMS IN NEW YORK.
Verdict Of an Expert After a Search
THROUGH the City.

Verdict Of an Expert After a Search
Through the City.
have made an amazing discovery.
1t Is the result OF three days and
nights Of going to and fro In New
York-sometimes alone and sometimes
with wise but not cynical detective.
And the amazing and disconcering dis
covery Is this: There are no slums In
New York.
You can find crime and criminals:
you can find vice. poverty. drunken
ness, disease. but you cannot find a
slum-such slums as backen and
tester In Antwerp. Genoa. Naples.
Paris. London and many another old
world city. The reason Is that you
cannot have Stun without filth. and
New York Is clean city. Neither
crime nor poverty nor crowds make a
Stun. You must have filth as well.
and that is what New York hasn't got
| looked for 1t east and west and
north. from river front to river front
Everywhere. anywhere. were crime,
vice. mean poverty. Everywhere
thieves. rogues. outcasts. men and wo-
men isolated from their kind by sin or
mere suffering. but no slums.
Dirt. of course. is relative. but the
tenements-even the old nests Of low
houses lined with fire escapes-were
habitable human dwelling places. And
the night going detective declared he
could show me nothing worse. | want
ed to see the fetid caves where wretch
edness lay moaning on garbage heaps.
the windy garrets where It starved.
and there were no fetid caves.
In the old streets and the dingy
courts of Paris you can still find hun
dreds of them; you have but to walk
peeringly through the street Of the
Three Gates or the street Of the Iron
Pot; you have but to 60 into the
suburbs that lie outside the fortifica.
tions-fOr year by year the centrifugal
force that stirs in every great ag-
glOmeration Of human atoms has
thrown Partisan beggardom into that
dreary circumference.
But in the washed and lighted IN
derwOrld of New York there are no
slums. There is not one slum that
half deserves the name. Wretched-
ness all you please: hunger in the
streets and on the housetops. it may
be. but none Of those gangrened holes
Of filth without which no real slum
can exist.
speak almost with the decision Of
an expert. for l spent many years
prowIingly investigating the slums
that rot and blacken the surface Of
Europe from Moscow to Lisbon
Vance Thompson in New York Sun.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-17
THREE EMPIRES.
Monarchies That Practically Sprane
Into aeina Overniqht.

Monarehies That Practically Sprans
Into Being Overnight.
Prior to Jan. IS. 1871. the German
empire. as we know it today. had no
existence. Instead it was a tumble
Of kingdoms, states. duchies. grand
duchies and principalities, ali Joined
together by a like language and COM
mon political aspirations. it is true. but
otherwise quite separate and distinct.
Then came the historic ceremony In
the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Par
is had just been captured by King
William of Prussia. and it was held to
be u fitting time and place to proclaim
him the first German emperor. Never
since the dawn of history was an en-
pire born more dramatically.
By strange irony Of fate. too. its
birth took place amid the ruins Of the
French empire. itself the creation of
day. or. rather, to be strictly accurate.
of u night. France went to bed on the
evening of Dec. /. 1851. republic.
When 1t awoke next morning it was
an empire. During the hours of dark
ness Paris had been occupied BY
troops. and the prince-president had
become Napoleon Ill.
Equally sudden and almost as sensa-
tional In its way was the birth Of the
modern Greek empire. After the yoke
of the Turks bad been thrown or in
the war Of independence the country
became republic. But the people
soon tired Of that democratic form OF
government and promptly proceeded
to assassinate their first and only pres
ident. Then they met together. elect
ed king and settled themselves down
to be ruled by him in quite orderly
and contented fashion.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-04-17
In Good Company.

A contemporary wants 10 know
what's become OF the old fashioned
man who used to say. Il says. says L."
When last seen he was standing on
street corner in close conversation
with the old fashioned man who says.
"Sezee 10 me, sezee." cleveland Plain
Dealer.