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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
TO FEATURE WEST VIRGINIA
In MOTION PICTURES AT EXPO.

exposition. which will last forty
weeks
Twelve thousand feet OF this film Is
being officially prepared by the. COM
mission, and shows the agricultural
and horticultural development OF the
state. scenes OF interest, landscape
and panoramic views taken from high
mountains. rivers. livestock, etc. The
other half OF the film will be an indus
trial section. 1900 feet of IL depict.
ing the industrial plants, manufacto-
ries OF different kinds, coal opera
tons. etc. This section will also in
clude scenes in the principal cities OF
the State. showing streets. municipal
buildings. etc
Good Advertising Scheme.
The film will be made a feature OF
the West Virginia exhibit. and will be
widely advertised during the exposi.
ton. II will be shown free 10 all per.
sons who are interested enough 20
visit the West Virginia building. II
affords an excellent opportunity to ad.
vertise the States possibilities. After
the exposition IS over the film be.
comes the property OF the State Ne.
partment Of Agriculture and will be
taken TO annual land shows in various
parts Of the country. 10 will be er.
hibited as long as the subjects are
available.
Mr.. Bolden referred to the fact tina,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
BOND INVESTORS
Lose In a Suit Assins, a New York
Bond Selling Firm.

Farson & Company. bankers OF IFS
Broadway. New York. sent out a clip-
ping from the New York sun. under
date OF November II. which shows
that In the Supreme Court state. Jus
tice Guy dismissed the suit brought
against Farson a Company by James
". Birch. a wealthy carriage builder
Of burlington. " j.. 10 the extent OF
$4,000 paid for Colorado irrigation
bonds. sold to Birch by Farson q
Company The court. however. dis
missed the suit
The matter Is some local interest.
because Farson a Company sold
some so 900 worth Of these same Col
orado bonds 10 bankers and husins -
men IN the city Of Wheeling. II Is
understood that suit has been brought
BY the Wheeling people. but the re-
suit ~ tho Birch suit would indicate
mat they probably cannot recover.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND FEET
OF FILM TO BE ExHI6-
TED FREE
In the West Virginia Building at the
Panams-Pseifie Exposition.
Plans Outlined.

Hon. G. a. Boieen. OF Charleston.
field secretary of the West Virginia
Panama-Pacific Exposition Commits
sion. IL spending a few days in the
city on Official business. He ad.
dressed the ways and means commit.
tee Of the Board OF Trade. yesterday,
as TO the arrangements being made 10
represent West Virginia at the expo.
sition.
Mr.. Bolden outlined plans for show.
ing West Virginia's resources and in.
dustries in motion pictures lie eX.
planned that a motion picture theater
with seating accommodations for 200
persons. has been constructed in the
West Virginia building. II is equipped
with opera chairs and the most i'm.
proved electrical appliances for mo-
ton pictures.
twenty-five thousand feet Of film Is
being prepared. This will provide a
six-hour entertainment. divided into
two parts-three hours In the after
noon and three hours in the evening
OF every othe rday. This program
viii be carried out during the entire
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19

from the mine until IL is the finished
product. This section will also show
eight or ten important coal operations
in the Pocahontas field.
Another section. $3.50 feet. has been
taken by the Norfolk & Western
railroad company. showing the ship
ment OF West Virginia coal from
Blueheld TO the coast. An interesting
feature Is the weighing and loading
OF the coal on the vessels at the tide
water at Norfolk. President johnson.
OF the \. & W. is arranging to have
supplementary film produced. show
ing n ship loaded with West Virginia
ccal entering the Panama canal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19

Black Coney upward from %. 30.
Mink upward from $70.5O.
Mole upwsrd from $500.
Fitch upward from $500.
Monkey upward from $500.
kalinsky upward from $3.50.
Blue Fox upward from $500.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
chsmberIain's COUGH Remedy.

Mrs. Levi Franklin. OF Bonneville.
y. Y. says. Il am pleased to say that
Chamberlain Cough Remedy was
used by my son about two years ago.
and II proved To be very beneficial in
relieving hoarseness and curing a
cold. Il has been used by other mem
beers Of my family. and we have
very high opinion of H." For sale by
all dealers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19

Red Fox upward from $500.
Mole Coney upward from $49.5O.
Ringtail Cat upward from 5000.
Japanese Mink upward from $39. SO.
Black Caracul upward from $3.50.
Pointed Fox upward from $125.OO.
Civit Cat upward from 5000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19

Black Fox upward from $4,000.
Seal-Dyed Muskrat upward from
$29.5O.
Natural Beaver upward from $3.50.
Skunk upward from $9S.5O.
Black Lynx upward from SOS. so.
Seal-Dyed Coney upward from $3.50.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
Deserving Special Attention

Blue Wolf Fur Sets with large MuH and Neekpece trimmed
with animal heads tails exceptionally
good numbers at $25. 90 and $29.5O
Black Fox Fur Sets with large Nekpec and Mu trimmed with
head Of fox and tails lined guaranteed
at $500
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19
HandsomeFu Fur Trimmed Suits

rif latest models in Tailored Suits
coats in broadcloh de dole CLOTH etc. black navy
oiue brown and Russian with handsome
Beautifully lined and warmly nterlned exceptional
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-19

STONE & THOMAS.
Notable Display of New Furs

bi tand
tn fan
and
DING p S youw
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Strikes Bargain Where.
by He Redeems $2O,.
900, Par Value, Bonds
for $4,000
TRANSACTION
CLOSED TO-DAY
Including Interest for the Next 10
Years This is a Gain of $7,12O for
Taxpayers-He Has Saved $2,517
In This Year Alone

Through the redemption of two hun
dred Dauphin county 500 serial thirty
year Improvement bonds, due in 1881,
at $50 each or $40 below par, County
Controller Henry w. Cough and the
Board of County Commissioners have
effected saving for Dauphin county
estimated at something like s7,12O.
Controller Cough conducted the trans
action and to-day asked the Commits
sioners to draw a warrant in the sum
of $4,000 to cover the redemption
of the bonds.
The deal was made with Wagner &
FitZharris, Philadelphia brokers, and
was closed on Monday, the bonds ar
irving here this morning A voucher
was drawn and the bonds taken up.
The bonds originally were offered a
week ago to the county at $94, Just
Sc below par. Mr.. Cough refused to
consider the offer, urging the company
to make a more attractive price, and
under a second proposal the brokers
agreed to turn over the bonds at
92 IL. That also was rejected by Mr..
Cough and in succeeding eommuni-
cation the price was dropped half a
point, to 80.
That too was rejected and a fourth
offer was made, this time the $50 fig
ure being set up by the brokers and
Mr.. Cough closed the deal. Interest
on the bonds from July 1 to the pres
ent day, December Is, exactly five and
Continued on seventh Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
AN EYEWITNESS DESCRIBES
SHELLING OF SCARBOROUGH

Hull, Dee. 16, Via London. LAO P
M.-James Harvey Scott, of Scarbor-
ough, who arrived here after the bonn
bardment of the seaside resort by the
Germans, said:
81 could not believe it was real
attack; l thought the battleships were
practicing. Then l saw a shell fall
ON the roof of house which caught
fire and there was a cloud of smoke.
l also noticed that the Balmford Ho-
tel, right in the center of the town,
was struck. AS | walked to the sta
tion | saw shells bursting overhead and
at the station shells fell into the yard.
A porter than picked up fragment.
"A man accompanied by his wife
and children, came running into the
station, SAYING that the roof of their
house had been damaged by shells. -
Another eyewitness from Scarbor-
ough said that a large amount of debris
was scattered about the square near
the railway station by the shell fire.
Roofs of houses were torn away, win
dows were broken and holes were bored
entirely through some houses. The huge
chimney at the brick works was knock
ed down.
1t is reported here that word had
been received that an attack by the
Germans was anticipated and that con
sequently the authorities were in readi-
ness to meet it. The coast defenses
had been thoroughly prepared and all
the units of infantry and artillery
were at their stations and in the
trenches.
Up to o clock this afternoon no re-
liable estimates of the casualties were
available
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Declares Prote stants
Should, Like Catho-
lies, Take Children
Early Into the Church
NURSERY CLOSED
BECAUSE OF COLD
Evangelist and Party Are Vaccinated
to Ward Off SmallpoX-Belief Is
Expressed That Tabernacle Will Be
Properly Warmed Tonight

The closing week of the Slough cam
paign started at the tabernacle last
night with one of the smallest audi
ences at any of the evening meetings.
The big building was cold and the
nursery was not opened because it
could not be properly heated. DR..
Slough, who had just been vaccinated
so as to take the greatest precaution
against smallpox, to which he had been
indirectly exposed, was nevertheless
cheerful and displayed his optimism by
declaring that he was glad he had the
privilege of talking to people so cour-
ageous as to venture out on such
night. He said that he believed tho
tabernacle would be properly heated
this evening. Announcement will be
made when the nursery is to be re-
opened.
Delegations of city tremen attended
the meeting and speaking trumpet,
which has not yet reached the city,
was awarded by Colonel Demming,
president of the Firemen's Union, to
the Royal Fire Company for the larg-
est attendance. DIR. Slough preached
brief sermon, emphasizing the impor-
tance'of training children in the church.
Believes in Child Conversion
Some persons do not believe child
can be a Christion," he said. 81 be-
lieve in child conversion. When a
child is old enough to love its father
and mother, it is old enough to love
Continued on Seventh PAGE
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Late WAR news summary

The eastern coast of England was
raided to-day by German warships
which dropped shells in several towns
along a forty mile strip of coast. Con-
siderable damage was done in Scarbor-
ough, Whitby and Hartlepool and it is
reported that several persons were
killed or wounded.
The German raid apparently was per-
formed by few fast cruisers and so
far as is known the main British and
German fleets were not engaged. London
has report that two German warships
were sunk. The British Admiralty stat
ed that naval encounters were in prog
ress but details as to the size of the
engagement and the outcome were
lacking.
Official announcements from the
British official information bureau came
through with unusual celebrity. Some of
these dispatches werc passed by the
censor and transmitted to New York in
about an hour, as compared with delays
of two to four hours, which are not un-
usual in the forwarding of news from
London.
Although the raid on England over
Continued ON Eighth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
BELLEVUE TO have COPPER
Police Telegraph and Fire Alarm Boxes
Are Placed in Residential
Section

The person whose avocation has been
frightening couples in Bellevue Park
and contiguous territory during the
past two summer seasons will have to
look to his safety next year for po-
lice telegraph station has been placed
within the confines of the park and aft
er it has been placed into service it
will be a regular report station on
police beat through the East End
With it on the same standard at
Twenty and Chestnut streets will
be fire alarm box. The fire alarm
box is No. As and the same district
companies which now respond to Mar
ket street boxes on the Hill will re-
spond to alarms from that box. This
box was tested out at noon and was
placed in service this afternoon.
The police telegraph station will be
No. 35. 1t will also be equipped with
telephone on the police system. Both
boxes are arranged on standard sim
liar to the ones on Market street.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
GERMAN WARSHIPS DRIVEN
OFF By HARTLEPOOL FORT

London, Dec. 16, 1120 A. M.-The
official bureau announces that German
movements of Importance are taking
place in the North Sea and that the
Germans are shelling Scarborough and
Hartlepool.
The official announcement regarding
this important development follows:
German movements of some impor-
tance are taking place this morning in
the North Sea. Scarborough and Hartle-
pool have been shellei and our fotillas
have at various points been engaged.
The situation is DEVELOPING
London, Dec. 16, Las P. MA
statement given out by the Official In
formation Bureau says that the German
warships which have been bombarding
the Eastern coast of England have
been driven off by the West Hartlepool
fortress.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
River Is Icebound and
Skaters Begin VIM
ter Season at Wild
wood Park
SEVEN DEGREES
THIS MORNING
Zero Temperature Did Not Materialize
But Mercury Will Stay Around Ten
For Remainder of Week-Yester-
day Was 23 Degrees Below Normal

There will be no decrease in the
strength of the cod wave during the
remainder of the week and below nor
NAL temperatures win continue, accord
ing to officials in charge of the local
Office of the weather bureau.
While the minimum mark of last
night did not reach the expected zero
mark, the river became ieebound dur
ing the night and skating was made
possible on the lake in Wildwood park.
The ice is nothing to brag about at
present, bat the continuation of the
cold snap will make it ideal.
-Four times since 1870 the Susque-
hanna river at this, point became lee
bound earlier than this year, but no
comparison can be made because the
municipal dam nearing completion and
tae Golfer dams arpand the piers at the
Cumberland Valley bridge all served to
keep the floating ice intact. There were
two small channels open yesterday at
nightfall but they were closed this
morning.
Not As Cold as Yesterday
The mercury touched minimum of
I degrees here this morning. three
G5bove the record breaking temperature
of yesterday. Two high pressure areas
Continued on Eighth Page
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
sos POUNDS is JOINT
WEIGHT OF THIS PAIR
The 1.-TWO Johns" of the Western Union
Telegraph Office Have Been Crack
"Wire TickIerS' Since BoyhOOd

is a native of Franklin county. He
came to Harrisburg from Fayetteville
in 1859 to visit his uncle, John
Hutchinson, who was superintendent of
the restaurant in the Pennsylvania
railroad station, and in short time he
was up stairs among the telegraph OPP
orators. 1t WASH t long before he was
handling key with the others. Then
he got a place in the Western Union
and he has. been there ever since, and
now, when sixty years have frosted his
head, he is. still as useful as ever Out
side of short time spent in Chambers.
burg, where he handled a wire in a
brokers' office as diverion, Mr..
Boggs has been stationed in Harrisburg
all that time. He began to take on
weight at an early age, and he is still
accommodating avoirdupois in order to
catch up with his side partner.
''To the left' is Harry w. Ritter,
only SS, and he looks to be 80, but
he certainly has "weight for age as
they say on the turf. Mr.. Ritter tips
the beam to S15 pounds, and is as ac-
tive as a young fellow of 21. He be-
gan to look into the mysteries of tele.
graphing when he was thirteen years
old, and was a messenger boy at the
Western Union at that age. He com.
mitted the Morse code to memory in
one night and then set about putting
it into practice, the result being that
in short time he could receive and
send with the best of them, and he is
still at the business. He was with
the Norfolk & Western railroad for a
while, but finally went back to his first
love and William Boggs, and is now
the reliable night man.
The two operators stroled into a
night photographer one time anC
that 3 the reason for the picture that
accompanies this story.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
More Letters Entered
for Competition This
Week Than Any Pre-
viouS Time
PRIZES AGAIN
OFFERED TO-DAY
There Is Chance to Get Christmas Mon
ey in Pleasant Way BY Submitting
Choice of Best Offers on Bargain
Page of star-Independent

Last Wednesdays bargain page in
the Star-lndependent called forth more
letters than in any previous week s
contest, and for the most part they
were very good ones. The writer's Sc
lected the offers they considered the
best bargains, and presented good rea-
sons for doing So
a number of boys and girls were
among the letter writers, as Indicated
by the handwriting, and they showed
themselves to be good judges of best
bargains. They did very well for a
start and should keep at it from We'd
nesday to Wednesday until they are
among the prize-winners.
Chance to Get Christmas Money
Another page of bargains appears
to-day in this paper, offering readers
their last opportunity to get Christmas
money in an easy and pleasant way.
The usual cash prizes will be awarded
next Wednesday for the best letters re-
celved by the Bargain Editor on what
the writers consider the best offers on
the page.
The prize-winners this week, unlike
preceding weeks, all happen to be of
the fair sex. They are: First prize
of SO, Minerva Greager, 402 North
Third street; second prize of 81, Lii
lian Miller, 701 Garfield street, and
third prize of 81, Mrs. S. NJ. Taylor.
903 North Second street.
The winning letters follow:
First Prize Winner
Bargain Editor.
Dear Sir-The "fbest bargain" to
the greatest number of readers, is the
Arcade Laundry advertisement; be-
cause it insures satisfaction and a Just
equivalent for value received. And six
other Valuable reasons added. Saves
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
DIPHTHERIA CLOSES SCHOOL
Pleasant View Grammar Building
Closed Yesterday by Order of the
State Health Department

The State Health Department yes
terday closed the Pleasant View gram
mar school building due to an epidemic
of diphtheria. Since the opening of the
building in September nearly fifty
cases of the disease have been reported
in the schools and a number of deaths
have occurred,
In order to check its progress it
was decided to close the building until
after the Christmas holidays. This
gives over three hundred children
about two weeks more vacation than
they would otherwise have gotten. 1t
is hoped that by January 4, when the
school Will again open, that the dis
ease will have disappeared.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
KAISER'S CONDITION SAID TO
BE CAUSING GREAT ANXIETY

Paris, Dec. Is, Ais A. MA Ma
drid dispatch published in the "Jour-
nal" SAYS:
Reliable news received here says
that Emperor William 5 condition, al
though recorded by the bulletins as i'm
proved, is giving great anxiety. His
doctors speak of serious sore throat,
following diphtheria, which the En-
peror contracted during visit to the
eastern front
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
Not AS Cold as YESTERDAY
Wants Commission FIRED
Lawyer for Dissatisfied Commuters
Asks Tener to Remove the $4,000
Members of Public Service Board

Edwin NJ. Abbott, an attorney, of
Philadelphia, representing business men
of that city and tn Commuters Asso-
citation, who are not satisfied with the
recent ruling of the Public Service Com
missioners in the matter of the in
creased passenger rates put into effect
yesterday by the Pennsylvania, the
Philadelphia & Reading and the Balti-
more & Ohio railroads in this State.
called on Governor Tener this after
noon and, according to Mr.. Abbott s
statement made afterward, asked the
Governor TO fire all the Commissioners
from their $4,000 jobs and appoint
an entirely new board.
Mr.. Abbott first called on the Public
Service Commissioners to ask when he
Continued on Eighth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
$27, 900 FOR TEACHERS
Christmas Pay Saturday After Lots
of Trouble

The public school teachers in the
Harrisburg district will receive their
Christmas pay Saturday. The total
money to be distributed will be some
thing over $4,000.
There were all kinds of complica-
tions that may have caused some in
convenience in getting out the war
rants. First it was the fear that the
board could not organize in time to
have the president sign the warrants
and then the printer did not get the
new check book out in time. Secretary
d. D. Hammelbaugh solved this latter
problem by making the printer send
down some sheets not yet bound in,the
new book.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
ENTIRE ROWS OF HOUSES AT
HARTLEPOOL DESTROYED

London, Dec 16, $50 P. M.-The
New Castle Evening Chronicle"
places the number of German cruisers
which bombarded Hartlepool at three.
1t says thai these cruisers were at
tackled almost i'm nediately by four
British destroyers
Several entire rows of houses at
Hartlepool were destroyed and the gas
works were seriously damaged, this
newspaper says. 1t is believed several
persons were killed or wounded.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
PAPERS SERVED ON DIR. STOUGH
Evangelist subpoenaed to Appear for
Trial Next Monday

Papers were to-day served on the
Rev. DIR. Henry W. Slough, evangelist,
requiring him to appear next Monday
at WilkesBarre to answer to four
separate charges of libel, preferred
against him by business men whom he
attacked in an evangelistic campaign in
Luzerne county.
The subpoena was served by Sheriff
Campbell, of Wilkes-Barre.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16

Here are the "Two Johns" of the
Western Union Telegraph Office in Har-
risburg-two of the most widely known
telegraph operators in the State, one
of them a wire tickler" for almost
fifty years, the other since his thir-
teenth year.
''To the right as the man on the
rubberneek wagon says, is William H.
Boggs, night wire chief of the West
ern Union, gentleman who dispiaees
the weight at ESQ pounds. Mr.. Boggs
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
JAMES RUSS SERIOUSLY ILL
Prominent Former Hotel Man Is Con-
fined to Apartment With Diabetes

James Russ, for many years identi-
fed with hotel interests in Harrisburg, ,
is seriously i'll with diabetes in hi
apartments in the Rodearmel, Third
street near North.
Mr.. Russ some time ago retired from
the management of the Senate hotel,
which he originally established, and
after more than half century with
drew from active business pursuits. He
was in i'll health at the time and re-
Gently diabetes developed. One foot is
affected to such an extent that he 10
unable to walk.
For three weeks Mr.. Russ has been
confined to his bed and his condition
has been such as to cause apprehension
among his friends. He was reported
to be feeling somewhat better to-day.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-16
WALL STREET CLOSING

New York, Dec. 16.-The closing
was heavy. Prices sagged again in the
final hour from sheer inertia rather
than any pronounced pressure. A mum.
ber of issues went under yesterday 4
low and several touched minimum
prices. Foreign developments were part.
ly responsible for the heaviness shown
by tO-day's market. Dealings showed
q marked contraction from yesterday q
active session.