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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-11-18
RE OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE

Los ANGELES. Cal. Nov. IL
The Los Angeles Stock exchange viii
reopen for unrestricted business on
December Z This was decided al a
special meeting ~ the BOARD % N
rectors today after n review % gen
eral conditions and ~ the effect upon
business ~ the opening ~ the Federal
reserve banks The quotations posted
al the opening VIII b. tho same ~
they were at the closing Of the er-
change on July 30
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SEALED PROPOSALS

Notice 10 lGanufaotursrs, Josbsrs. Her
chants ana Others Whofssals Dsatsrs.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That
OF West Virginia will reesive bids daily
At Its office at Charlertoa. West Virgins,
for furnishing supplies for the several
ment OF which II vested In said Board.
Contracts Will be awarded to the lowest
bidders, quality considered, and other
ere will be given preference.
Lists OF supplies needed viii be fur
stating the line desired.
STATE BOARD or CONTROL.
ta-l-tf Charleston. West virginia
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DIED

HALLoCK-On Tuesday. November H.
1919, AZ ~ 90 a. m. GIBBS FOIGFit
tALLoCk. at the residence on his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. a q. Hailock
aep North Front street. IN the fth
year ~ his age
Funeral services AZ family residence
ahurfday afternoon at O'Clock
Friends ~ the family are Invited 10
attend. intcrment private Greenwood
cemetery.
WILsoH-On Sunday. November 18th
ltlA, ~ 80 o'clock b. m. MRS
CATHERINE ALICE WILSON. aged
~ years. months and days
Funeral from her late residence on No
Eart Terrace. "Wednesday afternoon at
30 o'clock. Friends % the family are
invited 90 attend 1ntermcnt ~ pcnin-
eula cemetery.
tFairmont papers please copyl
aTnfcWLTN-On Saturday. Novcnnhcr
tf 1914. 90 10 o'clock p M. al her
home near Cambridge. ohio. ELIZA
BETH. wife 81 GcorGe y. Strickiin iu
her sand year.
Funeral notice hereafter
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Opposition in the house of commons.
seconded the resolution for the erect
ion OF the monument and the measure
was carried unanimously.
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Democrats have named 1886 new
fourth-cinrs postmasters since coming
into power.
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RuILprro THrnnnars.
III, IN sshmsisss 5 nu NJ Ia''

The allied building interests Of
Wheeling and vicinity held an iuport- .
ant meeting last night IN the orranigs-
tion's headquarters. room No ffa
Nrhmui bach building ffuunrfnnf mat
trra were discussed and several com.
mltfeea we're appointed and will rcrorf
Of The neNt meetlnE. December
From reports made last nfrhf NJ
association ig On nourtshtuF C0rff.
tiou. both nnanciiiv and 90 % nuu,her of
members
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Louis Bert civ
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND
ARTERiAL EMBALMER,
ft22 ard 1874 Main Street
Calls Answered Day or NlRht-.
Store Phones 6a5.
6. , Bcrtschy. Nat Phone ia5a.R
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Security Trust Co.
GoEHrs

111a Chapifns street.
Opposite Poet ofhoe
Evening star., 1914-11-01

received the following from a constitu-
ent:
Dear Sir: seen in the paper where you
''cow.pasture pool and that you wouldn't. 1t
is a good thing you did. because did not
send you up to Washington for such purpose
P. S.-Please send me some free seeds.
During the recent discussion of the
issuing of emergency currency notes
there was great deal said about call
money" in New York One of Wingo's
constituents saw the items and wrote
money on call in New York he would
remit his quota at once.
trict there were two applicants, hus-
band and wife, who both stood the ex-
animation and made the same average.
When he was asked to decide he re-
piled to both that while he might take
his chances of mediation in Mexico or
even Europe, to come between husband
and wife required more nerve than he
possessed.
At one time Mr.. Wingo was a colonel
in the Arkansas State Guard. and at an
annual encampment a sham battle took
place Shortly before the battle a big
Irishman who was in the company from
Wingo's home town came up with a
dapper little lieutenant of another
company. and. saluting. said:
Colonel, / have captured spy.
What must 1 do with him?"
"Oh," replied Wtngo. carelessly, II
don't care-drown him in the creek"
About fifteen minutes later as he was
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RECKLESS DISCIPLINE
OF RUSSIAN SOLDIER

A T Sebastopol. during the siege, a
Capt. Samoilofr. wishing some wine.
ordered an officer to send man for il.
The man. young soldier. took the money
and started on the errand. Just then.
however. a French battery had concen-
trated its IRE upon the very spot where
the young man must go outside the
works. He stopped and turned back.
Il wouldn't go out there for the
world.' he said.
OF disobedience to the captain. The cap
tain, in a rage. ordered the man into
his presence. and demanded why he had
not obeyed his order.
Il beg you to pardon me. captain. but
] was terribly afraid
Afraid" cried the captain. Afraid.
a Russian soldier afraid, Wait a minute.
] VIII drive the fear out of you. Come
with me-
The captain led the way to the ram
part. mounted it. and there. with the
bullets raining round him. began putting
the man through some military exercises
The lookers-on in the fort held their
breath. II hat was put on bayonet
and lifted above the walls the bullets
came that way on the instant
Not many seconds elapsed before a
bullet struck the captain in the arm He
did not vince, but kept on with the drill.
while the blood dripped down his hand
to the wall
Next bullet went through the tail
OF the soldiers coat, and another
through his knapsack. Then suddenly
the firing ceased.
The soldier begged for grace and prom
ised TO go wherever he was sent Still
the captain continued his drill When
he thought the lesson had been learned.
or. perhaps. when his wound grew too
painful, he dismissed the soldier and
went himself to the surgeon and had his
arm dressed
The French explained afterward that
they ceased firing out of sheer astonish-
ment at the sight of the two men ex-
posing themselves so recklessly
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taneously from above and below the
water, and in almost the twinkling of
an eye, totally annfhilate some of the
greatest ships af1oat.
Already has a Russian naval officer
perfected the plans for '.submersible
cruiser" which can be lowered in the
water until her decks are awash, pre-
senting little or no target to an enemy.
and rendering her gray-painted self
almost invisible. craft such as this,
should it prove practical, equipped
with the new heavy oil burners
type of smoke1ess engine recently per
fected-would give to the great battle
ships of the world a type possessing
many of the advantages which now
make the submarines the most dreaded
form of maritime war engine.
AS matter of fact, any of the ma
tions now at war may possess a SUD.
mersib1e cruiser. or giant form OF
submarine, for all the rest of the world
may know about it. And. just as Ger
many produced in the trenches before
doomed Liege a monster siege gun OF
a type never before seen, so she, or
any Of the other nations, may suddenly
wave the wand of war and sow the va
ters of the seas with some hitherto un-
heard-of form of submarine.
= This gigantic possibility in the con-
struction of submarines has even at
this early date given rise to weird ru-
mors. 1t is practically certain that the
U-9 sank the three British cruisers in
the North sea. She is small torpedo
boat. even as the submarines go today.
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the idea of Jersey selling Strawberries
from the field in the latter part of Sep
tember. but Drukker stuck to his point
and invited the doubling Thomases to
dine with him few nights later.
In the meantime he had wired for sew
eral quarts of berries to a trucker near
his home who made speciality of late
berries. The strawberries came and
were served for dinner, much to the
surprise of the gentlemen. who found
it difficult to credit their own senses.
Raspberries and strawberries in Oc-
tober are now getting to be quite fad
among those up-to-date. farmers who
know how to do the stunt, which con-
sists in pulling on from the plant the
early blooms.
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Reducing Them to Silence.

A CERTAIN English naval officer, who
had the misfortune to lose a leg
in n shark encounter. was beset where
ever he went with questioners, eager
to know how, when and where he had
met with his loss.
He finally invented an expedient for
suppressing his tormentors. He would
promise to answer them one question.
but only one, on the subject. The ques-
ton invariably was, How did you lose
your leg%" and the invariable answer.
"It was bit off," which. of course. left
his hearers ten times more curious than
ever.
A Hungarian statesman used to rid
himself of tiresome visitors in much
the same way by relating the follow
ing story:
Once. when in Paris, Napoleon paid
n visit to hospital for old soldiers.
Among the inmates was an old man
who had lost an arm. The emperor
asked him:
Where did you lose your arm?"
LAT Marengo, sir.
Then. no doubt, you curse the en-
peror and your country for your fate?"
''On the contrary said the veteran.
for the emperor and my country /
would sacrifice my other arm
II can hardly believe it, said Ma
poleon.
The soldier Immediately drew
saber from its sheath and Topped OF
the other arm. At this point the Hun
garian would pause and look at the
visitor. demanding: What is your
opinion of such an action?"
"A most sublime act of self-sacrf-
fice." would be the enthusiastic re-
sponse.
with, however, one fiaw," would
come the withering comment. Pray.
how could a one-armed man contrive
to cut of his only remaining ARM"
The story never failed to produce the
desired effect.
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would have beguiled a St Anthony
himself from his anchorite's cell
But Aunt Dinah possessed not only a
most correct taste in culinary mat
ters. but also a large brood of grand
children of various ages and sexes-a
brood whose wealth of appetite was
equaled only by the proverty In its sup
plies.
But Dinah was fully up to the occa-
sion. Every time the mistress was not
looking she would annex small pat
of butter, half a cake. a few chops or
sundry other things not likely to be
missed.
The mistress knew of this petty pill
fering. but preferred to appear ig
norant, because Aunt Dinah was a
pearl of great price," even if black
one. But one day Dinah plainly saw
that the mistress just as clearly OBJ
served the stealing of q pot of cher
ries.
Laws. Miss Sarah" she cried, II
knows you is shame of me. but 1
knows, too. you is more shame Of yer
self for watching"
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of navigation she had a periscope and
two compasses. For use in the single
torpedo tube of which her entire arma-
ment consisted, she carried five short
and three long eighteen-inch torpedoes.
one always in place in the tube. And
even then, this pigmy. ..waterbug" was
a formidable enemy.
The "E'' class of British submarines
today are a vastly different engine,
however. They are approximately 176
feet long, twenty-three feet in the
beam and OF 800 tons displacement.
Upon the surface, they make fifteen
knots an hour. The armament also has
been improved, greater number of
tubes having been provided. and in
place of the old eighteen-inch torpedo.
six of the new twenty-one-inch style
are to be found on each boat These
weapons carry in their war-head 800
pounds of gun-cotton and travel under
their own mechanism, when once
launched, at speed Of thirty-six
knots.
On these new boats two extra peri
scopes have been added. as we'll as a
small flying bridge" abaft. to permit
the crew to come up ION deck for
breath of fresh air. The submarine of
the latest class also has two propellers
in place of the single screw of earlier
days.
Ever since the invention of the sub
marine those seeking to improve this
form of fighting craft have been held
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and was an ideal craft for operations
in the spot where the cruisers were at
tackled. She may or may not have been
aided by other ships of her class.
Yet the report became current that
the deadly work Of September % had
been done by a gigantic submarine,
400 feet over all. and armed not with
torpedo tubes, but with sinGle 49,
inch rifle, carrying a 2,800- pound pro-
jectile propelled by the stupendous
force of a 250-pound charge of Maka-
rite. an explosive named after the III
fated Russian submarine expert Maka-
rolf, who went down with the cruiser
Petroplofsk, torpedoed off Port Arthur.
But, needless to say, the naval experts
give this report scant credence.
Some idea of the rapid development
in the size of the submarine boats of
the nations may be gained by COM
parison between the first craft of this
character launched by skeptical Eng
land, purely as an engine for harbor
defense, and the ones which are ad-
mitted today as being her highest type
of submersible.
The first of her submarines, launched
in 1901, was sixty-three feet over all,
with a beam of eleven feet nine inches
and displacement of a scant 120 tons.
When running awash this boat was
propelled by gasoline engines. Her
speed was eight knots on the surface
and six knots submerged. AS a means
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His Company.

nURING one OF the battles in which
the French were engaged In 1872
Col. kobfltnski, an aid-de-camp of
Marshal Davoust, was severely wound
ed The hospital wagons had been
ieft IN the rear. and the marshal gaye
MIN In care of a company of erenadiers,
teiifng them to guard him and take
MIN on litter to wilma, the nearest
town. where he could be properly cared
ior. 1t was toilsome journey over
snow-covered wilderness, but the lit
tie band pressed forward, seeking to
conceal from their wounded charge the
'eslo,e ssno evidences ., OF ruin about them:
bands OK Cossacks and forced to fight
their way through. In an enemy's
country. insufflciently clothed. scantiIy
1ed and delayed by their helpless bur-
den. one recollection sustained them
a marshal of France had said: "I con-
nde kobiilnski to your honor; you will
restore him to me-"
travel a storm came on. and all but fve
OF the little company perished. The sur
vivors were half-stupened: but their
charge still lived. and they lifted his
Toward evening they came in sight
OF Wilma. The revulsion Of feeling was
too violent. and two of the men died
before the city limits were reached.
W. tOtteTou ou IOT n BhOFt 010-
tance. and then only jacques Dufour
was left with the wounded man.
He looked at The litter in despair.
Then. conscious of his inability to lift
1t. he clutched his fingers into the can
vas and dragged It after him. calling
loudly for help. His cries were heard
by sentinel. and In a few minutes he
was in the presence of Marshall Da-
voust
where is Col Kobilinskir' asked the
marshal
HE is here, SIR
And the company"
Present, mon marechal."
Il ask for the company"
Il have answered"
But your comrades?"
buried. sir. in the snow"
The marshal did not speak. but he
opened his arms and Jacques flung him.
self into them. He was repaid, amply
repaid. he thought. for weeks of cruel
suffering But promotion and a red
ribbon were bestowed upon him before
Kobilinski succumbed to his wounds
and died.
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ism, and not by taking more water
into the tanks.
\
The periscope solved the difficulties
of learning what was going on upon
the surface when the boat was sub
merged. The periscope is an instru-
ment which protrudes above the sur
face and, through lenses, casts into
the coming tower of the submarine a
reflection of the sea surface Modern
periscopes have range Of sixty de-
grees of vision. and can be operated
to sweep all degrees of the horizon.
With those problems disposed of the
inventors were face to face with a
third-the question of propulsion Va
rious forms of gas and petrol engines
were tried out But in the case of
petrol the slightest leak would make
of the submarines veritable death
traps So until that question was solved
it was quite usual to find half dozen
white mice among the crew Of a sub
marine. These little animals. swung in
a cage high upon an overhead beam,
could instantly detect the presence of
gas, resulting from petrol leak. and
would squeak a warning in time for
the boat TO rise to the surface. Elec-
trical engines are used almost entirely
now for running submerged. and the
p-trol danger has been abolished by
the installation of heavy OIL engines
for surface running.
But over the heads of submarine crews
there still turks one ever-present dam
ger-the likelihood OF disaster which may
happen when the boat Is submerged and
cut off all chance of raising her. The
instances. A score Of such disasters have
been recorded In the past decade.
There was the Russian Delphine, in
1904. sunk by a swell. and from whose
twenty-three corpses were taken
There was the British Al. the same
year, struck by a steamship and flooded.
Thirteen of her crew perished. And the
British AS. one year later. was the VIC
tim of a petrol explosion which killed
six men.
There was the French Faradet which
sank, with thirteen fatalities. and the
Japanese No. s, which sank with all
hands April Is. 1910. of Kuro. carrying
few of the most notable instance and to
avoid this e. er-present danger the
makers of submarines have tried every
First they struck upon the scheme Of
sending up trapped crew. one at time.
by shooting them through the torpedo
tubes. But there was always one man
who had to perish-the last to go-for
no one remained to perform the Office Of
setting the mechanism to work for him
But within the past few years has
.ome the submarine escape Dress The
nearest prototype to this equipment may
De found in the smoke helmet Of modern
RrI nf 1ain n
helmet, with a front lookout glass to
which is attached a loose canvas jacket
which reaches to tho waist Attached to
he Jacket is a contrivance containing
,xylithe powder. which. in contact with
water, generates pure oxygen. and at the
;ame time absorbs carbonic acid gas. %
hat the wearer Of this contrivance is
,ure of a supply of fresh air.
This dress may be donned in twenty
econds, and when once in place life can DO
Imported with its aid for more than two
,ours. In the event Of collision and
ne niflnI u -~vru~Ss with water
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Queer Lights.

<<CPEAKING purely as a neutral"
said Representative Harvey Helm
the other day in Washington, II can't
help remarking what odd lights the
various powers have to throw on events
in order to make them seem favorable
to themselves.
Now England, now Russia, now Ger
many and now France comment on
events SO strangely that am reminded
of Smith.
smith. talking about his employer. .
manufacturer, said:
Hes no hard taskmaster. He's no
speeder-up Other firms have this here
blasted eight-hour law-ye got to git
through a whole days work In eight
hours. or out ye go. But down to our
place ye can take yer time. Ye got
sixteen hours to do a days work in"
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SPECIAL DOCK For RNslNa Su,ulEN SuBMARI1E5

back by the necessity of solving a
good many vital problems which had
to be overcome.
Compared with other difficulties the
problem Of submergence, involving. as
it did, the operation of sinking heavy
metal bulk beneath the surface and
raising it at will, was accomplished
with surprisingly little difficulty. To
accomplish this the submarine boat of
today is fitted with ballast tanks: and
when the craft Is travelling on the
sirface, or as they term it going
light" it can be made to sink so that
the decks are 'awash" or about level
with the waves, by the simple expedi-
comes necessary to dive or to disap-
pear entirely beneath the surface, this
is done with the aid of horizontal rud-
ders, controlled by electric mechan-
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"CoW-Pasture Pool"

II e p reSenLat1Ve
Otis T. Wingo of
Arkansas has en-
joyed some funny
experiences in his
life. When he first
came to Washing
ton as a member
he was invited to
go out in the coun-
try for a game of
golf, but declined.
This story got
back home in the
local papers, and
in a short time he
Evening star., 1914-11-01
A Revolutionary Thought.

<<DATRIOTISM brought on this abom.
! Unable world war. Down, then,
with patriotism
The speaker was DR.. Lyman Baldwin
Beecher, the new thought clergyman
Of Duluth. He continued:
mo patriotism-no wars. Let US. then.
treat patriotism hereafter as joke.
Let us emulate the young lady to whom
a patriot said:
"ewhat is sadder than a man with
out q country%
IA country without a man. the
young lady answered"
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Wasn't a Lion.
Representative III,

Representative H.
D. Stephens Of Mis-
stssippi is a typical
southerner in ap-
p e a r a n ce and
speech. Every yis-
itor to the south
has noticed the pe-
culiarity of the
darky in eliminat-
ing the "r" from all
words in which it
occurs. S t e p hens
tells of an incident
W h | C h happened
down on the Missis-
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Inside Information.
r epr e s e ntative

II ep r e s e ntative
William ]. MacDon-
aid of Michigan is
from the famous
Calumet di s trict,
where the largest
copper mines in the
world are now be-
ing worked on
three-fourths time
on account of the
war.
One day when
NJ a C Donald was
making a speech
for a friend the
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the crew can escape through the coming
tower. and with buoyancy provided by
the generation OF oxygen in the helmet
float slowly though steadily to the sur
face.
In the case Of the submarine itself. a
specially constructed dock is used for
raising the sunken boat to the surface
Evening star., 1914-11-01

making his way across the field drag
gled specimen of humanity tottered up
TO him.
What is the matter?" asked Wingo.
Matter! Matter" shouted the lieu
tenant You told that bIankety- blank
Irishman to drown me in the creek and
he came pretty near carrying out your
orders!"
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sippi to illustrat

sippi to illustrate this point.
4 northern visitor came to the state.
hired a boat and a dusky son of Ham
to punt him about In its muddy waters.
But the boy pretended to be ignorant
Of the art of rowing.
Look here, Jim. can't you row?" ask.
ed the white man, in surprise.
Fur de lands sake. Mr.. Smith," ex-
claimed Jim. "Er course, I can't ro'-I
amt no ;i0a.'
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From New Jersey.

Repre- sentative d.
II. Drukker of New
Jersey gave a few
friends a surprise
one evening the
other month. He
had been discussing
agriculture w ! t n
some members. and
remarked that he
had enjoyed straw
berries raised In
the open in his ma
tive state.
The other con-
gressmen hooted at
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Human Nature.

r 9 p resentative
G. w. Taylor Of
Alabama tells a
good story about a
colored cook who
presided over the
destinies of the
kitch e n of a
neighbor. A u n t
Dinah was fat and
forty, even If not
fair. Her wafhes
were poems. her
baked ham a
symphony. while
her fried chicken
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subJect Happened to be the Currency.
After his lengthy dissertation on the
topic an old fellow in the audience rose
and shouted:
What on airth does you know about
money, anyway, man Why, you amt
got enough to pay your hotel bill"
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ULES We R. NE.

ULES We r N Z,
decades ago. wrote
Of the then unbe-
lievable adven-
tures of Capt.
Memo and his ia
bled submarine,
the Nautilus. Sep
tember 20 of this
year the 'Unter-
seeboten. Number
Nine"-or, to give
1t the more IA