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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
RURAL SCHOOLS AS
SOCIAL CENTERS
FORM MOST IMPORTANT WORK
~ EDUCATIONAL FiElo
OF STATE.
According 20 Sgpt shs~key. Whs 10
In City On Business-Acvoca-e
Observance % Coed Roacs
Oaya

The most popular movement IN the
educational field In wes; virginia AZ
the present time Il the social center
and library work IN rural schools. &C
eording 10 State Superintendent %
schools Norris p. ShAwksy OF
Charleston Mr. ShAwkey arrived In
the city yesterday TO deliver the prin-
cipAl address al the commencement
exercises OF RichlAnd district schools
AZ WSrwood last night
Last year I asked for 1000 rural
teachers-oy that / mean TEACHERS in
oneroom school houses-to under,
take the social organization OF the
state superintendent said yesterday
IN speaking OF the movement More
than 1000 responded and many with
very marked success" be said
Prof IL l. HanifAn, supervisor OF
rural schools. prepared . bulletin Of
suggestive programs for rural school
social meetings that has been the
most widely circulated public school
publication IN the state. The United
States commissioner OF education
asked for q supply which was fur
nished. and then sent q copy 70 each
county superintendent in the United
States We have received calls for
the bulletin from almost every state.
many from Canada and one from
Europe.
Good Roads Included.
The bulletin provides a variety OF
programs, including the old-fashioned
spelling bee which L. reviving inter
est in many communities" Mr.. Shaw
key explained Programs have also
been prepared on the study OF local
history. agriculture. or any other
community Industry. II even includes
the good roads movement"
Speaking OF the good roads move
ment Superintendent Shawkey de-
clared IL viii crystalline in good re
suits. No doubt the proclamation
OF Governor Hatfield setting aside
Thursday and Friday OF next week as
good roads days Will result IN greatly
improved roads over the entire state.
even this season." he said
Mr.. Shawkey said that In Kanavha
county the county commissioners
have surveyed a section OF road lead.
ing from the city to Charleston and
have provided the material for its
Improvement Volunteers. on the
two days pext week set aside as good
roads days. will make up two OF three
miles OF road.
The state superintendent arrived IN
wheeling yesterday morning. coming
from New Cumberland, where he da-
hvered an address at the commence
ment exercises Thursday evening. He
spent Thursday at the West Liberty
Normal school, revolving the work
done at that institution. He leaves
this morning for Charleston.
While in the city yesterday Mr.
Shawkey visited Clay school.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

Home steam Laundry. The com.
pany will within a short time No..
model all OF their buildings making
them quite up 10 date.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
FILE CERTIFICATE
Charter Of Home-Peari Laundry Co.
Filed for Record With County
Court Clerk Yesterday.

a certificate or incorporation was
filed yesterday by the Home-Pearl
Laundry company with the clerk OF
the county court for record. This
new company embraces the stock Of
the Home Steam Laundry and the
Mendel-Pearl Laundry. who consoli
dated a few weeks ago, making one
or the largest laundry corporations
in the state. The concern g. backed
~ men prominent In the business
and money world. giving % a proceed.
ence The main office Of the new
concern d. 20 be located az 40 1913
Eon street, the present location Of
the MendelPeari Laundry.
Spventy-hve thousand dollars rep.
resents the total value OF the capital
stock. the par value Of each share
being 800 The power Of attorney
was granted 10 John W. Adams and
the following are tho incorporators
&. ~. Duncan. former owner Of the
Pearl Laundry. William g. Lutz.
George Hook. &. a. Robinson. Fred
Neinlnger and George W. Lutz. OF the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

-Four deeds OF trust were left for -
cord yesterday with the clerk OF the
county court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
CHINESE EMPIRE
Will Ne Depicted In Talk b. Or. L +.
Hsadland, who Cones Here MAY %
20 On, ~ Fourth street Church

Chinese Art and Music Will b. er-
ulniugd iu "a lecture b. Ur Isaac Taylor
Hradlaud. 81 the Fourth Street. church
aurlnE bic STAY ln che city from MAY 81
a. 20. ife Will tell of the hi-rrodurts Of
Missions and Will dwell on music and
zion with fhir talk what The Chinese
IaEe learned through Christianity. ~
fNHIr wonderful artistic mind and
ability Co. express Do fn their art and
music. Az through biz talks be- will
deuUurtrafe with his knOwi edge 81 act
uaf facts
Mrs Anne boyd unyv OF Baltimore.
eHId ~ fr Hcad1and Ute seems 90 be-
ErHlu battery nl1rd with human MAJ
rffirW. and whenever De- turns on b.
voltage eumffhluE luet has fD happen Oh
Ur NeHdlaud BEL known every where aa
Great writer on Cifnear subjects tu
which Hc dwclla upon facts cleaned
mile actually aruOun fHr people. ffr
comes here under thr auspices - tho
interior oruinatiounf Federation.
Dr. dcadland will make clear in one
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

OF his lectures the Bowers uprising IN
China in the year 1900. and viii tell OF
the rebellion. its effect uuon China end
other nations Tfe rHfurunI Co that
Celestial Empire shortly after the uurIH-
inE and was largely connected with the
ncEufiaftous BE Will trI1 what pant
America rlaFc ln her returning oft che
Indemnity tu china ard fha good If tIs
dome iu many ways oft educating tIfHUHr
Boz our unifrrHiflfa Ifr Will also toll
how The ministers figured bon fhr HlfIH-
ffuu This situation Win o. made clear
lecture.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

loving Pc the cast Of characters.
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MuN-"u. dDtccfIre ..... Albert Ffrcher
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MIS- Reynolds. Iushua-s sister.
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Mis- Minerva Clsckctt. Who is get
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
PUMP COMPANY
Humphrey Pump Construction Company,
Local Concern, Filled Charter
In County Couxt

The certificate Of incorporation OF
the Humphrey Pump Construction Com
pany. Incorporated at 100000. was filed
yesterday with tho clerk Of the county
court The principal offices OF the COM
pany will be located at No. 1871 Chap
line street. and are authorized TO deal in
or construct pumps. erect and maintain
pumping stations or any business
secondary party.
Incorporators OF the company are Geo.
A. Laughlin. J. G. Brady. W. s. Brady.
Henry NJ. Russell and r. Dup. Thomp-
son. Attorney Henry NJ. Russell was
garnted power Of attorney By the COM
pany.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
PRESENT COMEDY

One Of the strongest and best com
cdy dramas ever written by Charles
Townsend viii be presented by
Branch 40 Knights OF 81 George
Tuesday and Wednesday evening
90 the Columbia Club auditorium
The play has a good plot and will be-
sure 10 please everybody The FOL.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16
COUNTY COURT
Marriage Licenses.

walter r. Sober and Jennie Carey.
both OF Canton. o.
Carl r. Boberg. OF Detroit. and Gladys
Seville Burton. OF Wheeling.
Joseph Scorfone and Rose Rosco, both
OF Canton. o.
Ira Mann and Minnie Yoha waning
ton. Pa
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

Fred Bromer and wife 90 lawrence
Briemson. lot in Mozart: consideration
$40.
John Il. Clayton and wife 20 Dominick
Nuntys. lot on Baltimore street: consid-
Grafton. $40.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-16

Iceland's largest waterfall has been
bought by an English company, which
will develop 400. 900 electric horse
power for the manufacture OF atmos-
pheric nitrogen fertilizer.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Railroad Men Here To
Get Some Local Pointers

ton, and R. J. Smith, general agent,
Philadelphia.
The railroad party came last even
ing in private car, Mr.. Holt and
his personal party accompanying them
in his private car The railroad men
passed the night at the Oregon hotel
and this morning were taken for a
ride en- the Holton Interurban, later
taking an automobile trip to the south.
They will leave this evening, Mr.. Holt
remaining for several days.
These eastern general passenger
agents will during the coming year
route thousands of people to Califor-
MIA, and each of them will be walk
irg advertisement for Imperial Valley,
being in position to talk intelligent.
ly of local conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Allies Holding Ground.

London, Oct. 29.--It was unofficial
ly stated at the war office today that
the allies are holding their ground
in Belgium and France.
The admiralty declared there is no
truth in the German claim that sew
eral Pritish warships have been set
on fire by German shells. There is
no longer any doubt that Germany is
planning an aerial invasion of Eng
land. A dispatch from Brussels says
the shed for dirigibles at Etterbeck
has been more than doubled in size
since the Germans seized it and work
is going on night and day upon new
sheds at the aviation ground at Ber-
chem Stagathe. Every precaution pos
sible to prevent an aerial raid by the
Germans is being taken. The chan
mel is patrolled night and day by
aeroplanes, and military authorities
declare if the Germans attempt to
cross the channel they will receive a
great surprise.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Allies Make Gains,
(By Franklin P. Merrick)

(By FRANKLIN L. Merrlck)
Paris, Oct. 29.-Gains by the allies
particularly around Ypres, Belgium
and south of Arras, in France, are
announced in an official statement this
afternoon. The statement follows:
yesterday we made progress at
several points on the line of battle,
particularly around Ypres and to the
south of Arras.
"There is nothing new from Nieu-
port to Dixmude.
Between the Aisne and Argonne
we have captured some of the ene-
my's trenches and none of the par
tial attacks attempted by the Ger
mans have succeeded.
"We have advanced in the forest of
Apremont." ''.''''-'' s'-s-
The statement covers the conflict
from the Belgian coast to the Ger
man frontier and is optimistic
throughout.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

Washington, Oct. 29.-The right to
search American merchant ships on
the high seas is admitted by the state
department during the present war.
The announcement to this effect was
made by Acting Secretary Lansing to-
day, after consultation with the state
department.
"The right to search all vessels on
the high seas is not to be opposed by
this government" Lansing stated
"The right of Great Britain or any
ether nation in war to stop American
ships and examine the cargo, no mat
ter what it's nature or destination, is
recognized by this government, ans
all future protests and complaints filed
by the United States will be based
on tthis conclusion"
The result of the state department.
decision will be that all American
ships are liable to stoppage and ex-
animation on the high seas for for"
eign warships and protests will be
filed cnly when the ships are held q
considerable length of time.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
California Boy Farmers.

New York, Oct. 29.-Twenty boy
farmers, the best in California, ar
rived in New York yesterday for a
two-day visit. They represent the
High School Agricultural Clubs of
California and have been touring
America at their states expense, ex-
amining the farming methods of the
country and investigating the pro-
duce markets of the big cities through
which they have passed en- route.
All of them are first prize winners
in the statewide agricultural contest
inaugurated during the past summer
ty the students of the California Col
lege of Agriculture. Several among
them succeeded last summer in DEM
onstrating the possibility of growing
as high as 80 tons of tomatoes on q
single acre of scientifically cultivated
land at profit averaging $450 per
acre. According to Professor B. H.
Crocheron of the University of Cali
fornia, who is conducting their trip,
they have obtained these and similar
results while working under merely
average conditions of soil and eli
mate.
"Hard work and the application of
correct agricultural principles are
solely responsible" he said, "for the
seemingly impossible things that these
boys under the direction of the Uni
versity of California have accom-
phshed."
Today the delegation, which came
from a visit to Cornell university,
spent their time in visiting Grants
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

A party of Southern Pacific east
ern general passenger agents are in
the valley under escort of w. F. Holt,
General Freight Agent ]. G. Stubbs,
General Passenger Agent F. E. Bat
turs, Assistant Superintendent l.. E.
Sloan and Commercial Agent j. R.
Downs.
The visiting members of the party
are: A. G. Little, general agent, Kan
sas City; G. B. Hid, general agent,
ST. Louis; w. J. Sach, travelling pas
senger agent, Chicago; E. z. Giblon,
travelling passenger agent, Cincinnati;
F. T. Brooks, general agent, Buffalo;
G. G. Herring, general agent, Pitts
burg; J. H. Glynn, general agent, Bos-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Bonds Have Carried
By a Heavy Vote

purchase of the irrigation system and
$500,000 for river control, and it is
highly important that this money be
made available for use this winter.
At 2 this afternoon 655 votes had
been cast in Fl Centre and it was
believed the vote for the day would
reach / 900, or 36 per cent of the reg
istered vote. This is a heavy vote
for bond election, and it is prob
able the vote of the county will reach
80 per cent of the registrations, or
abou1 5000 votes. 1t is not believed
there will be 500 votes against the
bonds.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
BlOOdiest of Battles.

| London, Oct. 29.-The lurid glare
of burning bushes, with shadowy fig
ures limned family against a back
ground of smoke, working like de-
mons in an infero of death of their
cwn creation; the spiteful tattle of
machine guns; the roar of bursting
shells; the impact of driven bayonet
against human flesh and bone; the
cries Of wounded; shouts of triumph; f;
shrieks of despair; rivers running red
with blood, through heaped up. piles
of iead-this is the Battle of Flan-
ders as London pictures it from the
brief but CHASTITY details telegraphed
from the fighting front.
"a massacre, not a fight! A butch
cry! A shamblesw such are the
phareses used over and over by cor
respondents endeavoring to give an
inkling of the events of this bloodiest
battle of the war.
"No quarter is asked and none is
given. 1t is the battle of the bayo-
nets"
Belgian regiments have been deci-
mated to a third of their former
fighting strength; British troops stand
grim and dogged in the face of fear
full loss; gallant Frenchmen shout
with the lust of combat, and opposed
to them in the sublime grandeur of
death the solid ranks of Germans
marcn unswervingly against with
ering fire and literally bestrew the
landscape with their corpses.
There is, no pure water for the
wounded. The entire available supply
is streaked and stained with blood
and there is no one to cool parched
lips and burning brows even with this.
There is no chance to bury dead or
care for wounded; the ground they
lie on is narrowed and furrowed over
and over by the spraying bullets of
mitrailleuses and the tearing frag-
ments of bursting shrapnel.
And out of the chaos there looms
one fact from which England at home
may extract some comfort. The Ger
mans seem to be stopped.
The official statement last night
from Paris received here announces
that two furious night attacks
Germans on the allied line in tEe
egion of Dixmude were repulsed, and
that all along the front, from Nieu-
Port to Dixmude, the Germans seemed
to have lessened their efforts, while
the sllies, continuing their offensive
to the north of Ypres, also have beer.
successful further to the south, MAX
ing slight progress on the line be-
tween La Bassee and Lens.
Indications from this statement and
also from the statement issued by
the French war office are that the
Kaiser's generals have almost aban-
doned hope of advancing to Dunkirk
and Calais.
The correspondent of the Evening
News wires that the Germans are
falling back, but there is nothing in
the other reports from the front to
confirm this. Other reports are that
the enemy is short of ammunition.
And yet they have crossed the River
User seven times and seven times have
been driven back. The losses were
terrible and at some points bridges
across the river were actually formed
by the bodies of dead German soldiers
piled up in the sluggish current.
! Advices from Bruges and Ostend
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

While the Press forms are closed
too carly to give any figures on the
election today, it is certain the If
rigation District bonds have been car
ried 10y an overwhelming majority,
while the vote is extremely heavy for
a bond election.
At Seeley this morning thirty votes
were cast in the first thirty minutes,
while other districts throughout the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Villas Men Arrested,

Laredo, Tex, Oct. pa plot to
organize filibustering expedition to
invade Mexico was nipped today when
United States military officers and
marshals arrested four officers be-
longing to Villas army. They were
charged with violating the neutrality
laws. Several other men are being
sought. The prisoners are accused of
enlisting 1000 Mexicans for the pur-
pose of attacking the garrison at Nue.
vo Laredo, now held by Carranzistas.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Cotton Growers
Getting More Money

From several banks in the valley
the Press gets the information tina.
the cotton growers are being well
cared for, considering the lack Of
market. While bankers have not TAX
en- enthusiastically to the proposal
that they stand behind short term
loans of government money on cot
ton, the banks have secured large
amounts of private money to aid the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

tomb, the markets of the East Side,
Trinity church, the Woolworth build
ing and the Metropolitan museum.
They passed the evening at the Hip
podrome and in looking over the the
atre and hotel district.
Tomorrow they are scheduled for a
reception at the city hall by Mayor
Mitchell and visit to Columbia
Heights. They will leave from the
Pennsylvania depot for Philadelphia,
Washington and the cities of the
Southern states, late in the afternoon.
Vote California Dry
Fighting in Haiti.
Cape Haitien, Oct. 29.-There was
revolutionary fighting in the streets
of Port au Prince all night. The new
outbreak followed the landing of
Charles Seamor, brother of the pres
ident of the republic, and members
of the Haitien ministry took refuge
at the foreign consulate.
President Seamor is reported to be
upon the Dutch steamer Prins Will
helm in the harbor. United States
marines are protecting the American
consulate.
Vote California Dry
Sold Mortgaged Property-Deputy
Sheriff Kemp returned this morning
from Hot Springs, Ark, having in
custody e. j. Phillips, wanted in Braw-
lew On a charge of selling mortgaged
property. Phillips, it is claimed, sold
string of dairy cows mortgaged to
q Brawley bank and failed to turn
over the proceeds. Officers traced
the man from Portland, Ore, to Hot
Springs, Ark, where he was arrested
some weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

county reported early and continuous
voting.
In Ell Centre there was a heavy
early vote and A. H. Kehkopf, as
usual, offered the only dissent to the
otherwise universal public endorse
ment of the bonds.
Even in Imperial, where a small
group of men have opposed the dis
trict, it is believed the bonds will
carry by a good majority, and this
will he the case in Brawley, where
there is group opposing the dis
trict.
The bonds provide $3,OOO,OOO for the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Summary Punishment.

Paris, Oct. 29.-The news agency
at Trieste states that five men con-
victed of instigation of the plot that
resulted in the assassination of Arch
duke Ferdinand were executed
at Sarajevo "a hours after being found
guilty. Gavrio Prinzip, the actual as
sassin, was taken to prison to serve
a twenty-year sentence.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

cotton growers, while private individ-
uals have also made loans. Through
these sources several hundred thou
sand dollars have been made available
for harvesting the crop, and this mon
ey is gradually being distributed in
the form of wages.
1t is apparent that this steady dis
tribution of money is steadily improv-
ing general conditions throughout the
valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
City Marshal SouthWell
Of Imperial Arrested

in the Superior court with a plea to
be released on bail. The request was
granted and he was released on a
$1,000 bond.
Southwell is one of the pioneers of
this valley and has always borne
good reputation. The circumstances
under which he is alleged to have
solicited bribes are not stated
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Emden Still Busy.

Pelsin, Oct. 29.-The German cruis-
er Emden has torpedoed and sunk
the Russian cruiser Jemtschug and
q French torpedo boat destroyer in
the harbor of Penang, according to a
report to the British ambassador. The
dispatch to the ambassador said the
German vessel Bew the Japanese flag
when it entered Penang harbor and
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29

Indicted by the grand jury on a
charge of asking for and receiving
bribes, Dan Southwell, city mashal of
Imperial, was arrested this morning
by Under Sheriff H. w. Anderson.
The indictment and bench warrant
were issued by the grand jury late
yesterday afternoon. Shortly after
his arrest today Southwell appeared
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Mexican Troops Assembled.

Mexico City, Oct. 29.-Forty thou
sand troops have been gathered in
Queretaro by the constitutionalist
leaders loyal to Carranza, to oppose
any attempt Villa may make to cap
ture the capital. General Gonzales
has been placed in command. Sup
porters of Carranza declare they will
be able to repulse any attack on Mex
leo City.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Awful Loss of Life.

Bordeaux, Oct. 29.-According to in
formation at the war office, the Ger
mans have sacrificed between $4,000
and $4,000 men in their attacks along
the User. No information is given
of losses suffered by the allies, but
it is stated their casualties are only
a fraction of those suffered by the
Germans.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
America Comedies
Right of Search

was otherwise disguised to conceal its
identity. 1t is reported more than
200 members of the crew of the
Jemtschug and the crew of the French
destroyer were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
To Renew Attack.

Washington, Oct. 29-The renewal
of the attack upon Naco, Sonora, by
rebel forces under Governor Maytore-
ma is forecast in dispatch to the
war department today from Colonel
Hatfield at Naco, Ariz. Hatfield states
that fourteen carloads of reinforce
nents have reached Maytorena, and
he is expected soon to renew the
fight. % <"' "~ -rGts
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
General Douglas Buried.

London, Oct. 29.-General Sir
Charles Douglas was buried with full
military honors today. The king and
queen were represented at the serv-
ice. Eight generals acted as pail
bearers.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
German Governor Captured.

Sidney, Oct. 29.-Australian war
ships have captured the German ship
Komet off New Guinea. She was
brought here today. Among those
made prisoners was the governor gen.
eral Of New Guinea.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-29
Sending Submarines.

London, Oct. ga dispatch from
Amsterdam confirms the reports that
several German submarines have been
sent by railway to Bruges, whence
they will be dispatched against the
British fleet off the Belgian coast.