The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-01

I TO Governor Willis. concerning the
charges OF extravagance In entertain
quarts OF brandy and one quart Of
claret were bought for cooking purposes
and one quart Of whiskey for medical
purposes, seven-eights OF which Is
still in the bottles.
Governor willis in statement Just
issued has declared that any agreement
which might exist between county IL
cense commissioners and any onicial
or officials OF the state LIQUOR license
commission whereby the former, In case
McDermott liquor license law should
prove successful are TO be retained In
stlelr Pltseht positions In return for
circulating referendum petitions has
been made without his "knOwledge or
approval and will not be carried out.
Because he is trying to starve him
self 70 death and cheat the electric
chair. IN which he has been sentenced
70 Die December ,. for killing Toledo
policeman, Peter Scribner, a Russian
has been taken from the annex to the
lem sntlary hospital forcible feeding
nay nave 20 be resorted 70. schibner
mas not eaten for several days.
Medals have been presented to Cap
tain &. r. French. Lieutenant b. G. Sc
X. Y. shipe and Private IA. A. Parker.
OF company =. seventh regiment OF the
ohio National Guard. Captain French
W
Ing served ten years III the o. N. q.
The other medals. all Of bronze were
gwen Tor perfect grades In attendance
~ driii during the last year. Colonel
n. d Knox. Commanding officer of the
regiment made the presentation. The
, ne nave been placed on display in
store.-Suernsey Cambridge Times.
Complete returns from aeventy-two
.of the eighty-ciEht counties assessed
under the Warncs law show a net I'M
crease % flO.Ifi,ofg. a. compared with
FL, The total value for 1915. a. re-
t4,2ef. 1881 In these 20 counties. The
10 counties yet 90 be- heard from are
alone estimates au Increase OF fhirfT-
fiE millions in an % which a material
gan tl q over last year. While IN ~ 81
we ~ counties reporting thus FAR. sub
stantlal Increases have been made fha
taxing officials this year have NOT
aroused the antaEonism of year ago.
MS ~ due lu large measure To- the IN.
structious OF the State Tar commissior
l.....t, lherc should be 20 arbitrary in
creaaea but that n careful. fair luFeafI-
s''l'n OF eaoh one should be made.
Another Euard az the Columbus peni.
tsntiafl; came near being murdered in
the pertgrmnnro % duty sunday morn
inF. and Warden Thomas D. of fhe brIfrf
mat Pc now knows whore prisoners have
0rrie.rs og ,e', iIo,,,. ' witn which % hl
9i sundays attack was Guard w a
heIueche. or Marietta who o. fn the
prison hospital Or a serious condition ~
result u stab wounds in the rirbf ~
and On enormous loss Of blood. chances
are favorable to bis recovery. uhvalriane
haf. The attempt o. murder neiuerho
va made By Ira Mnrfnff the prison
demon. who was committed from 60.
lumhiana county. nearly score OF years
murdered a sheriff az Lisbon.
william Msckey. ca years old. MOVING
picture operator. was held pa hT four
mon near HNcaNlllc thc other night ard
robbed ~ 500. MackrN was arVrrrfr
beaten ile waa left in an unconacIoua
condition on ar interurhan TRACK who're
arrroachlnE car.
when Mrs. John stadcr OF Toledo. re-
iurnfu home from nn automobile ride
ehr struck match end an explosion "a
So resulted. The f=Hn revealed her
nn fhc naF. tnn cnruufr fnnud and COM
mIftod suicide Mrr. afndrr wac burned
slightly and the heir ard eye hrowa N
ne corpse were einrcd.
Under date Of SUNDAY. August o. che
Zoe Angcies Examiner 81 ios Angeles.
Mrs lydia Hcaid sharpiess. q faruer
tolumblana county. Ohio. woman. now
rCailinn in fnnf city. Mrs IVdIr MrafH
ennrrlnHa MhitUnra venerable crnfan-
arian. win celebrate her f0fth birthday
anniverHarY to-day in whittier Mrs
sharpIcsr ia thc oldest white woman fn
Pacific coast Mrs. shnnpiesa has seen
her native land Involved in four wara
She NlNidIN rrrurnl hrra the battle nr
waterloo fought ln 1875. The map of