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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
MYSTERY SHIP
German Liner Takes on Much Coal
and Provisions for a Year and
Clears for Norway

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 2i-Ths
North German Lloyd steamship Bran
denburg today took out clearance pa.
pers for Bergen. Norway. and at a late
hour tonight vas anchored IN mid.
stream below this city
There has been much activity
aboard the ship for several days,
and u was stated that 10000 tons
of coal has been delivered 70 hor
here. The captain explains that this
biz supply a necessary because q Will
require two months 10 steam 20 Der.
gen u f. also said that enough pro
visions have been taken on board 10
feed the crew FOR a year
The mystery surrounding the ship
has led TO much conjecture concerning
her future. u Is reported she will try
to deliver the coal 20 German warships
cruising In this vicinity or else viii
proceed 20 Germany and become q
hospital ship.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
PATTERS0N-ELM GROVE TEAM
MEETS TRIADELPHIA TODAY

fought. Following Is the record so
far this season.
Won.
Triadelphia 6: Holman and Du.
vail 4.
Triadelphia II: Bridgeport a. c. 8.
Triadelphia s: / A. c. 4.
Triadelphia S; Bellaire Independ-
ents 3.
Triadeiphia >; Benwood Ramblers
Triadelphia Z; Wheeling Mold ana
Foundry &
Triadelphia s: Moose ;.
Triadelphia IL; Holman and Du-
vail l.
Benwood All Collegians s: TriadeI-
phia 4.
Martins Ferry A. c. s: Triadelphia
3.
Benwood All Collegians 3: Triadei-
phia ?.
Hodshon ?: TrisdsIphia o.
n. 4 T.. c.. 5. TriadeIphia
Game was five fnnigs PLAYED in
evening At Triadeiphia e. "practfce
game. and was called on account of
darkness.
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GREATEST FIGHT LOCALLY ON
BASEBALL DIAMOND
THIS YEAR.
Will BE Staged In Elm oroVe-Teams
Are Well Matched for Contest
Hard Battle Promised.

At 4 O'Clock this afternoon. on the
Elm Grove baseball park. Umpire
oToole mot Marty Will call play
ball" and one OF the most exciting
and interesting games OF the season
in this vicinity. will have been start
ed. The game will be staged between
the Patterson and Elm Grove team
and the Triadelphia semi-pros. The
fight promises 10 eclipse anything OF
its kind in recent years. as the RI
valry between the players and fans
OF the two teams l. intense.
Both teams have Deen going good
this season and the record OF each
accounts for the feeling Of rivalry
that now exists. The Triadelphia
team. early In the season. lost TO their
rivals. and since that time chansps
have been made In each lineup. To-
day when they meet. the machines
that faced each other at the bee4nning
VIII be somewhat different. alfbouVb
me larger number % old faces ~.
main.
a record breaking attendance IL e.
pected when the game IA called ana
the night viii not alone ba befwaon
me players OF tho opposing teams. hut
tne FEELING OF the fans will doubfiess
lsao mem 70 light a peaceful hat
We IN the bleaohers and Grand stand
each roofing for their favorit.s
Inc Iriadelphia team has plavea
thirteen games this season. Winning
eight and losing five. me games
Hon we're taken By good n1arTips
While those Loot we're Close a5G 80
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
Is OLD STARS
OF Warrington q Lee College rootbau
rsaa ~ on. 1Ezan a 81 ne TS S,r.,5 This

Special Dispatch 20 the Intslligeneer. d.
LEXINGTON. Va. Aug. t21.-Walter
=. Elcock. Washington a Lees new
football coach, II not one OF those per
sons who believes that thirteen - an un-
lucky number. Elcock rather likes the
alleged hoodoo number and he likes a.
more than ever since he has been In
FORMED that thirteen OF the men who
played on Washington A. Lees football
team last fall win be on hand when
practice starts on Wilson field on Sep
TENDER IS. The veterans who return
include three men from Virginia. two
from New York. two from Texas. one
from Tennessee. one from West Vir-
ginia. one from Arkansas. one from In
diana, one from New Jersey and one
from Massachusetts and are as fol-
lows.
FroE virEinians-E. V. Friend OF
Roanoke. w II Smith. OF Richmond:
and ii. Barrow, OF Alberta
Prom New York; NJ Miles and p
NJ. DinEwali. OF Brooklyn
From Tens W. Jones' Of Sher-
man and n. ID. Bryan. OF Abilene
Prom Tennessce-Charies Lille. Of
Jackson.
From West virginia-H- X Young.
OF Huntington.
Prom Arkansas-w. W. Terry. OF
Little Rock
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
TENTH WON MATCH
Tor Fourth Consecutive Year In the
Potter shoot--niE Margin
In the Scores.

MOUNT GRETNA. Pa. Aug III
For the fourth consecutive year the
Tenth infantry to-day won the Potter
match by a big margin at the shoot
here. The scores follow:
Tenth s3b. Third SIS: sixth sSB: I'm
glneers SIS. Eighteenth 677. Fourteenth
SIS, Fourth s5i; Thirteenth sac: First
80. Eighth s94. Ninth s2s. vavalry
soz. Second ssT; Battalion 636
Ihree or the nve stages in the junior
lndlNidual championship match were
shot to-day and viii be concluded to-
morrow. High scores were:
40; Boomer. Tenth. 1to. Smith, Cav
airy, ls1s Sterrstt. Fosrteenth. 13s:
Snehing. Fourteenth. i3s. Oiasner.
Clarke. Cavalry. 135.
Colonel Patterson presented the jun
fantry received the bowman wiggfn-
and Potter trophies and the Fourteenth
was given the Wersham tablet
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
PLAY TILTONVILLE
Moose Team o. This City VIII Clash
With Ohio Aggregation
Sunday Afternoon.

Moose No. 81 team will meet the
strong Tiltonville team Sunday after.
noon a. Tiltonville. As each team has
won a game from the other this SEA.
son. great battle will no doubt BE-
staged and the result viii be In doubt
until the last man Is out
Link viii be on the mound for the
Moose and ~ all players are in the
pink of condition, they expect 10 70.
YIN me victors. AZ Moose PLAYERS
ele requested 20 report ~ McConkey's
cigar store at one O'Clock sharp.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
PARKERSBURG RACES
POSTPONED, RAIN.

Special Dispatch 90 the IntslliEeneer
PARKERSBURG. W. Va. August p.
The Lake Erie circuit races at the
West Virginia fair here were postpon-
ed this afternoon until tomorrow on
account OF rain. and the heavy condi-
ton OF the track The crowd AZ the
fair was not so large as on other days
during the week. but tomorrow is ex-
pected 10 be record breaker in crowd
or race track lovers. as II will be the
last of the big fair races.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
DOUBLE HEADER
ON LABOR DAY
PATTERSON AND ELM GROVE
TEAM TO PLAY HoOsHoNs
TWO GAMES
Arrangements Have Been Closed for
Big contest-Plsy on Elm
Grove Grounda

Arrangements have been closed for
a double header TO be played Labor
Day by the Patterson and Elm Grove
and Hodshon teams. The game will
be played on tho Elm Grove grounds
on the afternoon of the holiday, the
hrst game TO start az 2:15 O'Clock. Ar
rangements have been under way for
some time and with the closing yester-
day. fans OF this vicinity win have an
opportunity TO see one OF the fastest
and hardest fought games OF the sea,
son
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
DEMAND RBFORM
Druggists IN convsuuon Adopt Rssoiu-
lions Demanding Changes An
Patent Lava

TrtuEIrITrA. Aur on reforms
in fhe United States patent laws %
enable American chemical uanufacfur-
ers 90 compete with foreign dealers
ard nnrfnfr Contingencies Dol the rrur
MARKET such HH may De- caused BY tho
European war were demanded In
resolution nforfed to-day hr fhs mem
here nf fIe National Association ~ re-
tail NrHrrIrfa. Iu Convention here
natural drugs essential fn fnr maxi
Inv ~ many medicines ere often PRO
frrfrd hr fhe present patent lava a.
rnrfIrr fo speakers ir support rf The
rr.HIIfIrn If unH alec dec Jared that
MANY 81 these patents are in fnr hands
~ foreign uanufrr tuners. who thereby
prevent fHr manufacture 20 fHn Hrnna
In fHIa country
Samuel ri TIenrr. Of rhunfrfnfIa.
SIS elected president of the sasorI1.
fI.u.
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News of the Race Track

Prom Indiana-E. B. shultz. Of 10
gansport-
Prom New Jersey-w. K seeley. OF
Deal Branch
From Massachusetts-E. A. Douahue
tcaptainl, OF Somerville
nese thirteen men made 1853 OF the
zoo points scored by Washington a Lee
last fall so ~ will be seen that the
Generals have not been very hard hit
by graduation. Their first CANA Is
with Marshall College. Of Huntington,
W. Va. on September 20.
Twenty-siN Is twice thirteen. Elcock
has thirteen letters In his name and
while the Blue and White football play
ers were not told TO repo. on Septern-
Der IL, the call issued by Manager s. o.
Iaughlin. Jr.. vas dated AUGUST IL
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
AArTY Loses TO HARD
FIozFIHG REDS. J TO 2

CINCINNATI. e. Aug sl.-Cincln-
nau hattei Mathewson hard IN the
nrrt inning and scored three runs.
which vere enough 90 win from New
York to-day. , 90 g Score.
New YORK 90 90 o 81 q
Cincinnati 30 % q - - .
Mathe wron. Dtmarce AVID Mclean.
Meyers. Benton and GcnEales. mpircs.
Byron and Lincoln.
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AMERICAN
AL Games in the Junior Baseball Or
gantrntion Were Postponed Yes
tcrday ca Account o. Rair-

Yesterday was an on day In the Arn-
erlcan league. and a. a result an play
crs were given day - rest Games
were scheduled alright throughout the
circuit but rain prevented playing ln
been played.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
HOHMAN-DUVALL
Team WIN GO 90 coisr.an 20 Nee. rs-.
OF That P1ace-oood Game
1s Promised

The Holman and Duvall team. OF this
city. will go 20 coierain. Ohio. this af-
ternoon 20 meet the strong Coierain
serni-pro. team The Ohloana have the
reputation OF playing n stellar article
OF hall and the contest will be sure 20
be a warm one, as the locals can 40
some themselves. Hutchison and
Mitchell will form the battery for the
locals. The game will be called al TAO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
ERRORS ny ouAKERs II
EARLY IHrtS3s LOSE GAME

CHICAGO Aug si-rhnsdelphia's
errors in the fest two innings with
Rixey's wlidness. and hard hitting and
daring base running by Chicago gave
the locals the FIRST game Of the series
o. .. score;
RI r.
phna phia roe ooiI Is
Chicago .s % o -
EiNey Marshall and Burns Vaughn
ard hresnshsn. Empires. Hart and
Rigief.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22

The game which in all probability will
attract the most interest for people iiv-
Ing In the Eight ward. Wheeling and
this season, will be that OF Sunday when
the Wheeling All-Stars meet the Vir-
GINA White Sox on the Forty-seventh
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
NATIONAL
New York Giants ana Braves Did Not
Piay-Diffsrsnee OF Rive Points
Between Them.
TIMELY HrTrINo PEATuRrp
cARDIuAL-sUPERB GAME

ST. LOUIS. Aug. ei.-st Louis by
brilliant base runninE ana ufely hitting
to-day won the opening game from
Brooklyn 4 to I. Score;
RHE
81 Louis 26e % - > o
pfe1er and McCarty. Sailee and
Wingo. Umplres Ea-on and Quigley.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
PYTHIAN OFFICERS
AT LODGE MEETING
SUPREME AND GRAND LoocE
REPRESENTATIVES, SPEAK TO
MEMBERS.
Visitation Committee Holds Import
, ant Meetina-Partiaf Organization
Perfected for Winter Months.

The representatives from In, vart-
Gus Pythian lodges of the Ohio Wiley
held a very interesting session at the
headquarters OF the Ohio valley Lodge
In the Odd Fellows building mt the
corner of Twelfth and Chapiine
streets last evening. Tho frst part
OF the session was taken up with tho
general business session OF the MEM
bers OF the Ohio Valley lodge. After
the business session short. intereet-
Ing addresses were delivered by ].
N. Beans. J. p. Arbenz and Grand
Chancellor s. II. Nuzum.
Mr.. Beans gave O brief report OF thu
biennial session OF the supreme
lodge. which was held recently nj
Winnipeg. Manitoba. The report OF
the meeting proved quife interesting
as we'll as instructive TO the members
OF the order. The NEXT speaker of
the evening was Grand CHANCELLOR s.
X. Nuzum. who spoke briefly on the
growth OF the order in West Virginia
during the past year. and OF the great
work which the lodge is doing
throughout the state. Tho last
speaker was Hon. John p. Arbenz,
grand vice chancellor. who spoke In
formally for a few minutes on the
oanlONN VI MT. AT
benz's address was well delivered and
proved quite interesting as wen as
entertaining 20 the members OF the
various lodges who were present.
Following the meeting OF the Ohio
Valley lodge. a meeting OF the various
committees from the different Pythian
lodges OF the Ohio Valley was held.
where plans were partially mapped
out for the various visitation meetings
TO be held during the fall and winter
seasons. After a lengthy discussion
the name "Pythian Fraternal Advance
Movement" was given 70 the plan
which the members are contem plating
on carrying out during the coming
year. Up 10 the present time really
no name has been given 10 the work
OF the committee any more than Il was
known as the Pythian visitation COM
mittee
Organize Committee
The committee as organized con-
sists OF Harry Bell. Baltimore lodge
No. 8. chairman. and w. r. Block.
Ohio Valley No. 81. secretary. The
vice chairmen from the various lodges
who will form the cabinet that IL TO
work In conjunction with the perman-
ent chairman are as follows: Harry
Bell Baltimore No. s: b. W. Frazier.
Wheeling No. ia; Joseph Mahood,
Sr., Evening Star No. IS. Benwood:
Captain +. Il. Lisby, Ohio Valley lodge
No. 81; Charles r. Warner, Black
Prince; II r. Wayt. Mystic No. "a,
Elm Grove: n. Robson. Black Prince
No. 81. Bellaire: George W. Gordon
Belmont No. 100. bridgeport: G. W.
Shields. McMechen No. ia. and Geo.
Bealls. Object No. 737. Barton. II was
also decided that the chairman. secre-
tary and treasurer are TO be members
ex-officio OF the cabinet
The name OF the members OF the com
mittee from all OF the fourteen X OF +.
lodges % the Ohio Valley will in all
probability be announced At the meet
ing 10 be held August -. The COM
plete schedule OF the visitation meet
ings 20 be carried out during the fall
and winter will Be arranged az this
meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22

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street grounds for the championship of
that section. The most intense rivalry
eklsts between the two teams and the
nine innings. The batteries are as fol-
lows: For the Ali-Stars. Wagner, Nod
man and r. Miller
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

rsstsrdsys Results.
All games postponed. rain.
To-dRy's Games
st Louis at Philadelphia
chicago al New York
Cleveland az Boston.
Detroit at Washington
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FEDERAL LEAGUE


resterday's Results.
indianapolis. 4. BROOKLYN. 2
Indianapolis. ., Brooklyn. 4.
baltimore. : -. Louis
Kansas city. 7 Pittsburgh. 4
Buffalo. 4. chicago.
First rame. '-Second game
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f1uf O. Louisville
frliHnauoIH. If. Minneapolis.
columbus MiInnuErr ffraf
rfI.r tn|uwhua. d. NIIuHukre 4
.H Same lnuInH tIe. fHrkuenr
tI..rIaud e Kansas CIfr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22

Pittsburgh az Kansas City
Baltimore at ST Louis.
Buffalo ~ Chicago
Hrooklyn az lndianAnolla
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vsrie.s .n guiotars
.-.-L eaF 7ithout operauon No dsenuon
Sol Hr.s o.
EIDHurs = H., I,
l
Treated with
zgreIHF Of
Nkheuson AsFvoua
sss5.S a'siS Sci. ss. %
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HOW THEY STAND
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


c,n.,,,., rsss:Ea.y's nssniss.
Chicago. :. rhfladelphia
ST Louis. 4: BROOKLYN, 4
fiusbursh-bost (Rain.l
ro-day's Games.
Boston az Pittsburgh
New York ~ Cincinnati
Philadelphia at Chicago.
brooklyn AZ 81. Louis
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-22
BIG GAME SUNDAY

when the whssitng Au-stArs Ms,t IN.
virginia White Sox on the Forty
aeventh street Qrounda.
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INTERNATIONAL LSAoUE

TrufIf .r.r. ffnrhrnfrr. rnfr
lHaliiu.nH.. ItuIf.fn raIn
HIU.I rIuIH MOT scheduled
The Washington times., 1914-03-06

they meant by the term. Despairing
of their ability 20 compel tine pris-
oners to do their dance in the man
ner they described, the policemen
themselves stroVe to illustrate. The
pair Of them had an aggregate
weight of 400 pounds. They pos
sessed all the grace of walking and
hopping that years of pavement
pounding in the prosecution of their
duties is calculated to bring about.
And they tangoed for the court to
a point of profuse perspiration.
The record says the case went
over. Probably there were a lot OF
other things in the court room that
went over as well. Anyhow, it ap-
pears that the policemen took about
the surest way of killing tango pro-
test. They have stepped on the toes
of the crowd in a most thorough
manner. In other Jurisdictions SIM
liar exhibitions are being given. The
pile of mental waste has almost
reached it's limit. Where will the
next monument to human restless
ness be erected?
The Washington times., 1914-03-06
TYPHOID AND MALARIA.

Pending before the Senate Com
mittee on Public Health is the Rams
dell bill to appropriate $4,000 to be-
gin work in the direction OF the
eradication Of typhoid and malaria.
Ten years ago, the enactment of
such bill would have been impos-
sible. Many would have laughed at
the idea as visionary. Now, thanks
to the success of American medical
men in wiping out yellow fever in
the Canal Zone and elsewhere, few
intelligent persons doubt the posi-
bility of coping with typhoid and
malaria.
1t is gigantic task, it is true, be-
cause typhoid is closely involved with
the hygiene and sanitation of every
home in the country. And the regions
where malarial conditions obtain are
of vast extent.
But who can predict what will
have been done in stamping out these
diseases by the time another decade
rolls around. They may well have
become as fully controlled as yell
low fever, which has been nearly
driven out of the Western Hemis-
phere, which is another way of say
ing it has been nearly driven out of
existence.
The Washington times., 1914-03-06

never intended him 10 have jCff''
strength, Only one such physical mar
is born in a century and JefTries was
that man not Corbett.
y professor" of weight lifting learn.
! &c of Corbett's desire to be strong ant
told him that he had system thai
would make 3 youthful Hercules OF the
middleaged eX.rhampiDn. Corbctt
jumped at the proposition and went to
work with the weights the professor
supplied.
Day by day he tugged and strained
at the heavy dumbbells and barbells
and ringshot. Day by day his muscles
grew thicker and knottier and more
corrugated until they bulgcd from his
frame like hickory braces. Day by day
lie was able to lift heavier weights. aud
day by day his skin became dryer and
his cheeks winter as his vitality went
into the bulging muscles.
Right up to the day of the fight Cor
bett continued his weight-lifting -cxer-
tiscs, At last he announced that he
could put up" 200 pounds with either
hand and could lift 1000 pounds. When
he clmEed into the ring, those who had
known the supple, agile, slm-limbed
COrbett gasped with amazement as they
beEeld the knotty, bulging musclcd pic
tur' athlete. Big Jeif's jaw dropped
with amazement. He remembered the
iacing the slim, agile Corbett had given
him, and wondered if the new COr5ctt
could fight in proportion to his III
creased bulk.
But after the first round a COM
placent smile dawned on the champions S
face. Corbett stumped around the ring
like 4 man with wooden leg. He
was stiff and awkward and clumsy,
and in his own way. Beside him the
ponderous Jeffries seemed quick as a
cat. He was. stronger than he had
hcen, but his strength was of little use
to him. Anyway, it was Is nothing
compared to that of Big JEFF. Natures
samson. In his work with the weights
Corhett had become Il pretty fair pic
tur' athlete and a second class weight
litter, but he had lost his matchlcss
speed and the boxing ability that made
him famous.
those who saw that fight do not
talk mi of it. Clumsy and awkward.
Corbett 'as about as much Use in the
ring rs wooden cigar-storc Indian.
Icfi toyed with him awhile, .hcn he
Ln"ckcd him out and ended :hr farce.
Don't try to intimate the qualities
yen don't possess and can't acquire.
Don't be like Aesop's ON or Jim Corbett.
Copyright. 1914. by F. A. Walker.
The Washington times., 1914-03-06

official effort is being made to hide
the facts as far as possible. 1t is
,even asserted that American con-
suls, partly because they do not have
facilities to get the facts, partly be-
cause they are not encouraged to re-
port the facts with vigor, have left
much undisclosed in their official re-
ports.
No adequate defense can be made
for this state of things. Differences
of opinion prevail as to what should
be the American policy respecting
Mexico. But there can hardly be
serious argument that the American
people are not entitled to know the
facts.
The suppression of the truth will
do no good. If it is being suppressed
in order to avoid infaming Ameri-
can feelings, what will happen when,
one of these days, the lid blows off?
Viewed as a question of policy, the
revelation of the truth will be the
wiser course in the long run. Viewed
as a question of fairness ard JUS
tice, officialdom has not the shadow
of justification to hide the facts,
however grim and unpleasant they
may be. This is no monarchy where
the ruling power has the right to
conceal or disclose the public's busi-
ness to the public as it sees fit.