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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
ANNUAL j. c. 7. CONVENTION
NOW ON In FULL BLAST
CITY CROWDED WITH DELE
GATES AND MORE ARE
COMING.
Committees Appointed at First
Session lesterday-To-day
Strenuous One.

The biz convention rs on
Weeks. and even months " careful
p.ann'u- and preparation ON the part
I oi Wheeling Council No 60. and Of an
iCipat.uu on the part Of other Coun-
ellis iu the States OF Maryland. Nir-
ginia. West Virginia and Kentucky.
yesterday eliminated In the reality OF
the 'trhtr"uth annual meeting OF tha
! Grand Council ut the order of United
Commercial Travellers OF America.
The sucC's, of the convention II as
sur'd. and even exceeds all eVpecta-
tions Of other councils. while members
of fh" local council last night felt that
their efforts were more than Justified
by the results
City In Travellers Hands
Tho city is I'm the hands. or tho
] grip. of the Tunited Commercial
. Travellers Mayor ~ l. Kirk. himself
an old knight OF the Erip." Yesterday
. formally turned over 20 that organiza-
! non tho key of the city. To be retained
lu ifs possession until after the con-
''ntion closes Friday evening In Civ
, inE the visitors the key 20 the city.
Mayor Kirk expressed hearty well
com" ON behalf OF Wheoling's citi-
zcus
Ia an several hundred visitors from
aI parts principal points within tho
. jurisdiction of tho Grand Council. arp
I ln th" city 20 attend tho convention.
Large delegations arrived on each
train yesterday. and were met az the
local stations hy mcmtnprs OF the re-
I Ception committee, headed by Meis-
ter's band
Probably POO more delegates are ox-
pect"d 10 arrive today The Parkers-
. burg delegation viii arrive in special
1 coaches. while Clarkshurg will today
send about fifty Delegates. in addi
ton 70 nearly that many who arrived
yesterday. The Parkersburr dele
gates are wearing white trousers and
blue coats. while the Clarksburg men
are attired In white duck uniforms
with white shoes and sox and blue
tie
First Business Session.
The first busines spssion Of the
Grand Council was held yesterday
afternoon. in the assembly room OF
the Windsor Hotel Hon G. L. Reid.
Of Richmond. Va. Grand Councillor
presided. and all other Grand Council
officers We're present
Following thp announcement Of
committees. the council Immediately
got down To business The creden-
tials committee reported delegates
entitled 10 seats. Reports were then
made bv Grand Councillor Reid. ana
Grand Secretary George r Brown.
Both were interesting. and we're re-
ceived with prolonged applause The
report OF Grand Treasurer w. w
Mansfield. Of Washington. n. G.. was
also very favorably received
The remainder Of the session was
devoted TO committee reports The
election Of officers will not be held
until Friday morning To-day will be
spent In going over reports OF various
tcontinued on Pag. EishtJ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
EMBEZZLEMENT
case OF Summers and Martin CO..,
Nnueo 70 wheeling Term % Federal
Court-Grand Jury Reports

special Dispatch Co the InteIlisancs-.
PARkERSBURG. W. Va. June 10
". Bruce Summers and G. u. Martin.
"lu'I Indictment in the Federal court
charged with ombczzIin. funds of fb,
NeStunion National bank. were grant.
'd continuance today by judge Day.
ton until the October term of no
court az Wheeling They were ra.
= asSd upon i've thousand dollars
bond each, until the first dav of THAI
term
The Federal grand jury broke a 10
cal record by compoting IT'S work In
on" DAY. making a final report of
seven indictments az noon An were
Dayton imposed sentence in several
hootleEging cases giving the usual
thirty DAYS in Jail and one hundred
dollars fine. The court made an "a.
''ptlon IN tho case Of = 8 Bonar. a
seventy year old Randolph county
hOotlcggcr, who got off with a Ton.
day Jail sentence
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
3 YEAR CONTRACT

CHARLESTON. w Va. June 10
Vice President q. e. Grnith. Of Dis
trict o.. ntod Mine Workers. report.
ed today from Hartford city. Mason
county On" signing Of q thrcc.ycar
working contract between tho coal op.
orators and the thousand or more mon
employed In tho PomerOy Bend coal
h'lds Tho miners are granted tho
check-oh, and number Of other con.
.ccssions not heretofore enjoyed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
MEXICAN LAW
Has Presented = New Kink for U. 8
20 UnraVel in the Collection OF
Customs at Vera Cruz

WASHINGTON. D. c.. June 10
Mexican law has presented another
kink for the United States to uuravcI
IN adjusting customs collecting az Vera
Cruz. Complaining that the eventual
delivery Of their goods Is uncertain.
many American and foreign shippers
have demanded that they be- allowed
TO withdraw their property now held
AZ the customs house in Vera Cruz.
awaiting delivery 10 interior points
Mexican law forbids the re-eXporta.
tion Of goods without an arranremcnt
between tho consignee and the govern
ment To solve the difficulty the
state Department has decided 10 re-
quire deposit OF customs on all goods
returned. except In instances where
The law makes exemptions Perish.
able goods have been returned with
out deposit
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
CLEAR WAY FOR PASSAGE
OF CANAL TOLLS BILL,
LEADERS EXPECT TO VOTE
ON MEASURE BEFORE
DAY L. OVER.
Votes on Amendments Show That
supporters Ct Repeal viii
Have Majority.

WASHINGTON. June lu - The sen.
az" tonight cleared away most OF the
legislative barriers iu the way OF a
final vote on the canal tolls exemption
repeal bill aut unless there are nm
ior"seen development, the fght whicA
has RACED m congress over this meas
ure for many months will come 10 A
close before Adjournment tomorrow
Votes taken tonight on amendments
designed 90 preserve auv right the
United States possesses under the Hs-
Pauuceiote treaty With Great Hritaln
20 exempt American ships from toll
IaNmeut through the Panama canal in
ciCated that tho forces OF repeal viii
win by substantial majority.
senator simmons who has led the
hght for repeal has estimated that
tho bill will carry by not less than ten
votes and there was every promise
that his estimate will provp corr.cf
There was no real tost OF strength
IN the voting tonight. but the repeal
forces won me first round of the fight
when hey put through. by a vote Of
80 go "a. the so-called simmons Norris
amendment. which declares that the
United states does not waive or r.
inquish any right IL may have 10 ex-
empt American ships from payment
Of tolls through the Panama canal
Both sides had conceded fha. this
amendment would carry but IL had
been the sui ipct Of attack for many
hours today and when the large ma
jorty was announced many Senators
I were surprised.
Other Changes Defeated.
Although two subsequent attempts
TO change the language Of the amend
ment 50 that 10 would refer 20 a right
the United States has instead OF any
right u may have. were defeated with
ease. but neither vote was so decis-
i've as that on the simmons amend
m'nt one modifying amendment by
senator Sutherland was between. 80
10 35. and the second proposed by
senator Cummins suffered a like fate
by "A vote OF a. TO IS
or the fifty senators who voted FOR
IN" simmons amendment thirty-slx
were Democrats and thirteen were
Republicans and the other vote was
cast by Senator POindeXtcr. Progress
siye. Nine Democrats and fifteen Re
pubhcans voted against the amend
meut In the votes on the two sub
stitufcs offered there were several
changes but the alignment OF Demo
Gratis remained about the same as on
the FIRST vote.
Attempts will be made tomorrow TO
put through other amendments re-
gardlng American rights as to toll ex-
cmption and American sovereignty
over the canal. but the repeal forces
are believed To be sufficiently strong
TO pispcsc Of them In short order. and
bill itself
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
ADOPTED
Senate Passes Qualifying Amend.
ment 20 Canal Tolls Bill by
a 20 Vote

WASHINGTON. June lO-The sen
ate tonight adopted the simmons Nor
ris amendment qualifying the canal
tolls exception repeal bill by a vote OF
30 To "a
This was the fret vote after six
weeks discussion on the repeal bin.
Even the most optimistic senators
who favored repeal had not expected
the amendment TO carry by 80 large
a majority. II Is not believed. how
ever, that the bill itself can be put
through by 20 great margin
Nine Democratic senators. Ashurst.
MARITIME. OGorman. Pomcrene. Rams
dell. Reed. Shields. Walsh and VIII
Jams voted against the amendment
Several of these. however. are expect
ed 20 vote for the repeal bill. while
several Republicans who supported
the amendment are expected TO line
up against IN. bill
The Simmons Norris amendment
would provide that the passage Of the
repeal shall not be construed or held
az waiver or REIMBURSEMENT Of any
rights the United States may have
under the Hay -Pauncefote treaty with
Great Britain
The republicans who voted In favor
Of the Simmons Norris amendment
were:
Brandegee. Colt. Crawford. Gronna.
Kenyon. Lippitt. Lodge. McCumber.
Mclean. Nelson, Norris. Sterling.
Weeks-i3
Poindexter.
The Amendment.
The amendment as adopted reads as
follows:
Provided. that the passage Of this
act shall not be construed or held as
waiver. or relinquishment Of any
right the United State NAV have un-
der the treaty with Great Britain. rati-
fed the 2lst OF February 1902. or the
treaty with the Republic of Panama
ratified February 20. 1904. or other
wise. TO discriminate IN favor Of its
vessels by eNempting the vessels Of
The United States or its citizens from
the payment OF tolls for passage
through said canal. or as In any way
waving, impairing or affecting any
right Of the United States under said
treaty or otherwise with resueCt to
the sovereignty over or the owner
ship. control and management OF said
canal and the regulation OF the condi-
tions or charges OF traffic through the
same"
Senators who hoped to see the bill
disposed OF tonight took comfort
from the decisive way in which a mo.
tiOn to adjourn was defeated Senator
Pristow made the motion and on >
roll call the vote was % TO %.
The Sutherland amendment. pro
posed as substitute for the Sim
mons-Norris amendment. was defeat.
ed ~ 10 30. II declared that nothing
in the repeal act should he consid
cred as denvinC or abridCing the
right Of the United States to discrim-
mate In favor of American shipping
and added that on the contrary such
right Is reasserted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
TO PLEAD GUILTY
social Clubs Indicted by Grand Jury
FOR Violating Liquor Law
VIII Cost $1,000.

SPECIAL Dispatch ~ the Intelligence
MOh''AN TOWN. w Va. June 10
Eighty indictments were returred hy
The special grand jury this afternoon
charging eight fraternal and social or.
EaniZations with dispensing intoNi.
eating beverages without having state
licenses as social clubs n is said thar
the clubs will plead guilty 10 the
charEes. and IN case they do. IL will
cost each SI.OSu
The cases grew ont of n recent raid
hy officers representing the state
Tax Department
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
THE WEATHER


WAsHIHuToE. June lo-Fore,asts
West VirTinia-Lo Local thunderahowera
Thursday ana probably Friday
Ohio-Fair IN norm. thuuderaf0rrrra
in south portion Thursday. Friday
showers.
western Unsettled on
Thuralavf thunderahnrora ~ night and
on friday; gentle % moderate shifting
winds.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
NATION WIDE
PROHIBITION
viii be Voted on IN The House With
IN -Four or Five Wecks-Action
Delayed on Special Rule.

WASHINGTON. June Do - Nation
wide prohibition will bo voted upon
by the huu~, within four or iiVe weeks.
1rcordiu- Co confident prediction
made az The capitol tonight after the
rules committee had postponed until
July ] action ON especial rule to pro-
vide Tor immediate con -idsratiou Of
The proposed lIobson amendment In
some quarters Dr. was said the delay
meant no action no tuis session Of con.
gre but members uf the committee
declared 'mpuatically that they VouId
consider and probably fayorabIy ra-
port 'ne Canfrill rule resolution 10
july
The action of the committee follow
Cd da! of stormy conferences bee
tween groIus OF ,Durro-tmou without
reference fp political diyi Jon. 10 was
generally conceded that opponents Of
fus IlDhsuI amendment were forcing
tHa ISSUE at this time. confident that
fHn measure could not poll the two
thirds vote UeC'--8ry Tor passage. even
though majority m.-ff favor DO Rep.
r's'ufafiyr UUu-ou himself does not
favor action zoo This time. though boo
said tonight chat 9 FOf" would be tak.
su iu fhs house the second week lu
july.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-06-11
rHREAr:s..,.,,, r!:..,.,,, o, . 80 a':iii a,'s:iisoAD
-aPITAL AND
x VERA CRUZ.
Are 10 Situated That They Can
Gut Lines to Puerto. Mexico.
Wild Rumors.

WASHINGTON. June 70 Railroad
communication between Mexico CITY
and Vera Cruz is menaced by Crnsti.
tutional forces. Brigadler General Fun
sion reported tonight 10 the war de-
partment From SOURCES In touch
With the Consfitut.onalist ag.,c'.s
mere ~ vas learned that the particu.
. Tar object of the activity os t'srr,r-
za'7 troops lu Vera cruz sts.a is ,o
cut on. 10 possible. an means Of 70.
t"al Tor huerta and his cabinet In
caS" they determined 10 quit the cap
he Constitutionalist forces In Vera
'ruz state. numbering about 3 600 an.
alu 70 b" disposed so that they might
% able 10 cut not only the railroad
between Mexico CITY and Vera Gu
Out also the line between th, capitsi
ana Puerto Mexico. The forces are
uhG'i command of General Aguilar
ana MS chief OF stan Is Col Manuel
itr'z homgro. brofherInIlaw of the
la'' president Madero. Interruption
OF communication between tn, capitaI
( ana the eastern seaboard has been i'm
contemplation by the Constitutio1sI-
said tonight
Appeal for Safety.
tx has been understood bere tbs,
thc south American mcdiators are pre.
pared 20 make an appeal tor Huerts "a
PERSONAL safety In the event his poy.
Hih'll collapses before the courIu-
sion OF the Niagara conference
administration officials were NOT
greatly alarmed over threats Ia ,ut
F.. communication between NpNico CIV
ana the gulf ports. because practical
~ All Americans who wanted To leave
me capital and nearby interior poinfs
Iea'hed safety sometime ago.
General Fusion also reported that
IuinoTs OF a contemplated federal al
90 on Vera Cruz persisted to ihe
Iolnt Wh'rc they could not be ne
urely ignored.
WASHINGTON. June 10 - Today
Drought little change or develoDmsnt
Li lht MtAlCau situation so far As N
centers Ia Washington.
b'utIdl tdTrduZa 3 message Of i'm
I sTucuous 10 Rafael Itlbaran. his ron
resentative. on which the return CON
suluuohalist note 10 the mediators will
o. based. did not arrive during the day
NtWs came that the steamer Autilla
Win Its cargo OF arms. ammunition
itroplanes and other war stores would
( arrive AT IampiCO tomorrow instead
OF To-Day. leaving open that much long
tf the question whether measures will
De taken TO prevent the stores reach.
ing the hands OF the Constitutioualists
MI indications, hOwver. pointed 10 "a
ed States. oN''
The mediators and American dele.
Eates al Niagara Falls. Secretary
Bryan said. were engaged in a give
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-25
MIxUP IN TOWN OF WEBSTER
Income Tax Commissioner ~. Davis
Comments on the Matter

Ny attention has been called to a con-
troversy no@ going on in the town OF
Webster. The writer has no desire TO
mix in the politics of any district in his
charge, but would like to state few
facts in connection with the said cOntro-
versy.
Il is fact that an error was made
in the equalized figures of the above
town. whereby the town was charged
with 81, 600 more than it should have
been. The excess tax paid through
this error is exactly $40 so, which will
be corrected IN the lext tax levy. 1t
is therefore useless for any one to try
and figure the error out any larger for
it viii come back TO the town and the
size of the error does not matter Mel
Their does it matter whether your chair
man found it or not for very similar
reason.
Another question raised is the large
numbers of wagons. carriages, etc,
listed in excess of the number shown on
the assessment roll Let me allatten-
ton to the fact that the value of these
articles as shown in my report is $f26
less than Webster was charged with
the year previous This fact was called
To my attention by your chairman, who
is said to not be able to see things
The worst thing any man can do is to
make statements that cannot be backed
up with facts. Bad news travels fast,
but good news has hard time to get a
hearing even. Actual facts are liable
to fare worse than good news. Free
quently, crow bar has to be used to
pry an opening for them. realize,
therefore, that am going against a
stone wall when make the following
statement, but the figures are in my
report to prove it:
''The statement is that Webster stood
practically in the same position this
year as last, so far as the proportion of
he county and state tax to the whole
is concerned. while other towns did not
fare as we'll. - Now this is a public
statement and it will probably be read
by nearly every chairman in the coun-
ty, and is calling attention TO a fact
that your own chairman realizes, and
therefore went home well satisfied with
the deal given his town. | am sorry to
have to make it so public and draw the
county boards attention to your par
ficular town another year. but you have
forced me to do so. and il my figures
on Webster are raised by the board an
other year, the people Of that town will
know how ii happened.
Every man has a right to think as he
pieases. | have no criticism of the
man who does that. no matter how hard
it may hit me personally, but ] do crit
icize the man who let's some one else do
his thinking Any taxpayer in Webster
or any other taxing district is welcome
to come to this office at any time and
criticize to his hearts content, as long
as he does not do so on mere hearsay.
No grievance was ever adjusted by SOW
ing it to the winds. You only reap a
whirlwind in that event.
JOHN l.. DAVIS, Assessor of Incomes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-25
Little THINGS about Town

Parties in honor OF Mrs. Marine Sper-
ry have been given within the week by
hessrs and Mesdames L. G. Boyle, w.
d Dyson, Fl p. Proctor.
Mr., and Mrs. Z W. Hazen entertain
ed at six O'Clock dinner company of
ncighbors. Mrs Nj. w. Twining gave
a 800" party, and Mrs A. ]. Living
ston had a company of lady friends,
Prof. Taylor Brown gave an inter
esting talk before the Friday evening
meeting of the Epworth League, sub
ject "Jeffersonian Democracy.
Attorney Adolph Heinz talked before
the high school on Wednesday morning
of last week, general review of edu-
cation in the Philippines. treating the
matter from history and personal obser-
walton when stationed there in recent
years. His talk was one of much in
formation to students and Mr.. Heinz 8
first appearance before VIroqua audi
ence. He is polished entertainer and
imparts knowledge of things in com
prebensive way.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-25
PAST THE QUARTER CENTURY
Experience and Right Goods Tell the
Reason for Stacks Success

Chas S. Slack & Co attribute their
phenomenal success in the sale of the
White Way washers and laundries, and
the Melrose Convertible wagon beds to
the fact that they believe 10 the goods
and honestly, earnestly and fully be-
lieve these goods are the best in the
land. This is also true of their full
line. They have been in business at
Viroqua continuously for over quar-
ter of a century, and in that time nave
had chance to try out the leading
makes of farm implements and choose
the best. They have never confined
themselves to one particular make of
goods, for that makes one narrow and
dull on the best ways for machine to
be made. Look at their lines Deering,
Milwaukee and Champion mowers,
rakes, gram binders and corn binders;
Superior, Winner, Chatham and Weber
angle sieve tanning mills: Monitor, Sum-
nit and Home steel ranges; Melrose,
Stoughton and True Combination wag-
on beds; White Way, Hummer, White
Daisy, White. Womans Friend and
Princess washers and laundries; "Wat-
erloo Boy" Monitor, Sandow. Emer-
son and Woodpecker self-starting gas
engines; Emerson, Lacrosse, Grand
Detour and Thompson Norwegian"
plows. harrows. discs; Litchfield, Clo-
yer Leaf and Emerson manure spread
ers; REka, New Stoughton and Lacrosse
wagons; Rock Island, Emerson, La
Crosse, Regal and Banner buggies and
spring wagons; Victor. Lacrosse, Horse
Lift and Emerson disc drills; Meyers
and Clover Leaf hay carriers and steel
track; Greg. Western cream separat-
ors; Flour City, Big 4, Reeves, Geyser
and Avery gas and steam tractors;
Reeves, Avery, yellow Fellow " Peer.
less ari Reliance grain separators;
Ross ensiiage and fodder cutters which
have both the cylinder and the fly wheel
type of cutter heads; Tiger tobacco
planter with fertilizer attachment,
Lacrosse, Rock Island and Emerson
corn planter with fertilizer attachment;
s'Wolvarine, Lacrosse pivot axle or
crank guide or walking, and Kraus piv-
OF axle corn and tobacco cultivators, the
Kraus having fertilizer attachment;
New Perfection and Bon. Ami oil stoves;
Simplicity hatehers and "Nonesuch"
breeders; Lacrosse, Jones and Victor
Fairbanks weightless scales; Birdsell,
Reeves and Peerless clover hullers; La
Crosse, Stoughton Anti-Tip and Ruka
hobs. And now we have not told you
all, IS we handle oils, gasoline, kerosene,
hard oils. axle grease from the Super
Tor, at Winona, Standard Oil and Gal
ena concerns, and yet we are not nearly
through, for we have rubber tired tray
wagons, Crex house rugs, grind stones,
several makes: Tri angle and Foster
chicken coops, hay presses, both power
and gasoline; churns foot warmers
fore-door cutters on springs and many.
many other things we will show you il
you will only come and be showed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-25
Uncle Sans Ruralers Meet

Monday being legal holiday in the
government service. rural mail carriers
representing nearly every station point
In the county, assembled in this city for
organization, ard county society to be
known as the vernon County Rural
Letter Carriers Association" was
formed with the following officers:
President Perry McHenry. Viroqua.
Vice President--Joh Jacobson Chaseburg.
Secretary Nordahl Bergum. Westby.
Treasurer--Robert Small Viroqna.
The boys also voted to join the state
and national associations. Following
we're elected delegates to attend state
convention to be held at Green Bay,
May 20 30: John jacobson, Perry Nc
Henry, Geo. w. Burnard. La Fargo
Alternates-C. b Brudlos, West Prai-
rie; Henry Graham. yiroqoa; Lester
Green, La FARCE
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-02-25
Lewis Takes a Long Hike

RUBY, ALASKA, January 10.
FRIEND MUNsoN: lneiosed find two
dollars in payment OF subscription to
the old friend, which comes with tidings
of old home and friends My delay In
remittance was caused by my being
away from all mail service for the past
five months. | have been at the head
waters of the Tauana river, where there
has been a new discovery of gold made
went by steamer as far as the river
is navigable and from there completed
the journey in a sail boat. The distance
by river is about 1850 miles On my
return | came across country and made
it in about 1856 miles. which distance
walked all the way, which | think Is
sufficient proof that my health is ex-
cellent. Yours truly.
LEWIS Fl. kerr