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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
ARE SATISFACTORY
fsherfn 70 Pleased With Tax cotiec-
tions 90 Dste-compare Favor
ably With Last Year.

Sheriff A. T. Sweeney yesterday eve
ming said Il am pleased with the
showing that has been made thus far
in the tax collections during the pres
ent discount period" In the course
OF conversation the sheriff stated
that the collections this. year are not
Tar behind those of last year. and that
he believed before the discount period
shall have passed, that even a better
showing than last year will have been
made.
During the present month a discount
OF per cent is being allowed on all
collections. Paying stations for the
conveniences OF tax payers have been
selected and bills designating same
have been posted.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
WHEELING WOMAN
Mrs. A. J. Clarke Of This City Elected
President Of Cincinnati Branch
Of Missionary Society.

Special Dispatch 20 the Intelligencer.
CANTON. O.. Oct 15-Mrs. A. j.
Clarke OF Wheeling. was elected presi-
dent OF the Cincinnati branch OF the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
OF the Methodist Episcopal church in
session here. Other officers chosen
are:
Vice president. Mrs. Phillip Roet-
niger OF wyoming. o.; vice president
atiarge.l Mrs. John +. Fisher OF Cleve-
land corresponding secretary. Mrs. r.
l. Thomas. Cincinnati; associate sec
Rotary, Mrs. John Mitchell OF CIeve-
land: recording secretary. Mrs. L, I,
Townley Of Wyoming. o.: receiving
treasurer. Mrs. ]. c. Kunz OF Cincin.
natl; distributing treasurer. Mrs. c. c.
Boyd OF Covington. Ky. and auditor.
Mrs. Theodore Bauer. Jr.. Of Cincin-
natl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
HONEYMOON OYER
The Browns Mix Up In Family Row
and Sweet Married Life Of Five
Months Takes Flight.

in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
srown. OF 92i Market street, Cupid
nas gone a-begging. Oscar and Mrs.
oscar seem no longer TO agree. The
honeymoon of five months has set. ap-
parently never TO rise again. Well. II
was like this: Oscar came home pret.
~ well soaked, Thursday. and his wife
run him OFF with a broom. IL Is said.
Later he came back, and then Oficer
custer took a hand. II was $40 and
COSTS before Judge Jordan yesterday.
Il. A. Sheck and James Kiir. drunk
were fined s. and costs. Steve Delin.
SKI Tor driving motorcycle on left
SIDE OF zane street, was fined $50 and
costs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
RALLY WEEK
services Are Arranged BY the Chap.
line Street Methodist Episcopal
Church-Speeial Music.

An interesting program for the OBJ.
servance OF Rally week has been pre.
pared by the Chapline street Metbo.
DIST Episcopal church OF which Rev.
samuel c. Jones r. pastor.
services will be held on Sunday.
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and
friday Of next week Special music
Tor each OF the services has been ar.
ranged. On Tuesday. Rev. 8. 70. Hart
or Elm Grove. president OF the Wheel
ing district EpwOrth League Union
VIII make an address al an Epworth
League rally.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
TEACHERS ELECT
City Educators Name Old otfeers for
ensuing Yesr-ESeeutiVe Board
Meets Tuesday Night.

The City Teachers Association YES.
terday held a meeting in the High
school assembly hall. and officers for
the ensuing year were elected. Az
follows; Miss Carrie Zane, president:
Miss Bess Higgins. vice president /:
Miss Jane Best. secretary. and Mr.. G.
II. Ebers. treasurer. Many matters
were discussed. but nothing was given
out for publication.
On Tuesday a meeting OF the exec.
uuve board will he held in the Y. w.
C. A.. when matters that were dis.
cussed at the meeting yesterday will
be taken up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
CLUB OPENS QUARTERS.

Last night the formal opening and
get-together meeting Of the Shenan-
doah Club was held in the club rooms
at 1909 Jacob street. Music and games
formed the popular diversions of the
evening. after which a banquet was
served. The president. Wesley McCon.
nell was toastmaster. and many i'm
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
DIRECTS VERDICT
jury Instructed 20 Bring In ~Not
Guilty" Verdict When State FaIIs
70 ProNe


Judge Alan II. Robinson, acting IN.
oer suggestion from the assistant
prosecuting attorney yesterday morn.
ing. orderedsihe jury TO bring in a yer.
clct OF not guilty in the case of the
state VS.. Tony Basey. The man was
charged With bootlegging. He had
been arrested by Prohibition OfIcers
D. walter Bee and Bert f. Phillips.
Basey had sworn that the beer and
Whiskey found in his home was for
personal use. The action came as an
appeal rom the court OF Squire r. G..
HOODS. where Basey had been convict.
ed and fined 500 and costs and so
days. His attorney was s. O. Bovce
Inc jury was composed OF Chris
Hamm. George T. wickham. Isaac III.
Ium. p. NJ Cummins. Victor Rertscbv
Joseph Hansumaker. John Holman.
FRANK j; Steuder. J. r Hamm. George
p. Knoll. Edward Linden and NJ :
Holman
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

Don see why more young men vvho
are mechanically inclined DO not 49,
~ antomobile repairing" said l.
NecIe. OF the Franklin agency ana
$3.50 Fltteenth and McColloch street
,.u,n men are hard 10 end" he con
s.ultu nave several. men in nv
smpIoy who do good work ana / pav
mem Wen for "a. Any man is worth
hls hire. but h. seems that the bieb
scnooi graduates OF today would rafber
zoe IN an auto than TO repair one Good
auto repair men are In demand and fhev
are paid well for thS services"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

lansbee. shock absorber. Also the Is.
sue OF the following trade mark regis.
tration; ]. n. Murdoch Co, Parkers.
burg. remedy for treatment OF certain
named diseases.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

promptu speeches were made by the
members. About 80 are members of
me organization, which was recently
formed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

Prospective motorcyciists have
adopted the "watchful waiting" policy.
They are waiting for the 1916 models
10 arrive and II Is expected that the
demand this season for the two
wheeler will be greater than ever be-
fore. Some of the new models have
already arrived in the city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
COUNTY COURT
Marriage Ilcen.ea

Jesse Hoover and Margaret Frances
Haoig, both Of Martins Ferry.
Joseph Zambech and Catherine Du-
dek, both OF Fulton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

biles and motorcycles may be used by
rural carriers. Formerly, rural car
riers wee not allowed to use motto
cycles.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

hhea Ulhg to Ida May Mckee. lot
~ IN Warwood. Consideration. $40.
EnIe Cain to Harold l. Evans. lot
$50 in Warwood. Consideration $40
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
Deeds Of Trust

Two deeds of trust were left for
terday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

Word has been received az the local
posioifice 70 the effect that automo.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

The regular weekly meeting of the
wheeling Motorcycle Club was held
tuesday evening. at which time mat
Iers pertaining 10 the races on the
state fair grounds were settled up.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
MOTORCYCLE NOTES

Peter Boyd has been spending some
OF his time during the past week try
ing to learn how TO pilot one OF the
four-cylinder Henderson machines
through the city. Pete is fast becom-
ing proficient in the art. and can now
cut corners at a rate that would make
some or the professionals look sick.
lie is also an expert when IL comes to
missing" wagons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

Bob Newell. one OF the best known
riders OF Washington. Pa. participated
IN the side-car race that was one OF
the interesting events on the program
last Saturday.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
MARRIAGE BETWEEN
WHITES AND BLACKS
Would Be Prevented by Bill Passed
by Lower House of Congress.
Was Opposition to Measure.

WASHINGTON - Representative
Clark, of Florida, told the House to-
day that his bill to prohibit the in
termarriage of whites and negroes in
the District of Columbia was in the
interest of both races and that if the
negro has a part in the universe he
should have it as a member of dis
tinctive race land not as mongrel."
$50 far as the white race is
concerned" said Mr.. Clark, "the flu
ture of the world is dependent on the
preservation of its integrity. The ne
gro ever since his freedom has made
great progress and no man and no
set of men are more glad of it than
/ and those from the section I rep
resent. These races at the capital Of
the country ought to work out their
own futures under the laws of the
country as best they can"
Representative Madden, of Illinois,
opposed the bill on the ground that it
would encourage immortality.
ct am opposed to such marriages"
he said. '"The negroes are opposed to
such marriages, but am opposed to
legislation making such marriages a
crime. If white man and a black
woman want to marry it should be a
matter for them to decide"
Republ can Leader Mann sought to
have the bill sent back to committee,
but the TTouse refused to do that by
2O2 to SO.
The House passed the bill, 238
to go.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
COLQUITT COUNTY CITIZENS
DISTILLED CANE SKIMMINGis
And Are Sentenced in Federal Court
For Moonshining.

In federal court Monday, says the
Albany Herald, two defendants,
charged with the offense of Illicit dis
tilling, w. w. Powell and s. l.. Thorn
AS, white, pleaded guilty aad were
sentenced to serve one year in the
Dougherty county Jail and pay a fine
of 800 each, which Judge Speer
stated was the lightest sentence he
could impose under the law. He
stated, however, that if the defend
ants called his attention to the mat
ter next Saturday he would consider
the advisability of suspending the Jail
part Of the sentence during good be-
haviOr. These two defendants con-
fessed that they had been making
some Christmas booze" shortly be-
fore Christmas, 1913, in Colquitt
county from cane skimmings with a
lard can still, when Deputy Marshal
w. S. Tarver and other officers ap-
peared, destroyed the still, poured
out the booze" and placed them I'M
der arrest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
BALLOONIST FALLS
2 900 FEET TO DEATH
George Taylor's Parachute Failed to
Open at Jacksonville. Every Bone
Was Broken in His Body.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-I1 the
presence of several thousand persons
George Taylor, of Philadelphia, was
dashed to death near the Florida os-
trich farm this afternoon when the
parachute failed to work as he made
his leap from the big balloon which
is a Sunday feature at the farm.
Taylor had risen to height of
1000 feet when his companion, Fred
Owens, gave the signal for him to cut
loose. AS his body dashed through
the air and the parachute failed to
open the large gathering stood hor-
rorstricken, not one making a move
until his body struck earth in Ever
green cemetery, just 100 feet from
the point where two years ago, al
most to the day, Richard Frayne, an
aeronaut, was dashed to death in the
same manner.
Practically every bone in Taylor's
body was broken by the fall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19

for English and French account in
the Eastern horse market, and that
many horses from New York, Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia are
now war horses in the bloody field
and on the long white roads of
France.
The American built steamship Mis-
sourian of the AmericalHawaiian
line sailed from South Brooklyn a
.ew days ago with a cargo of horses
to be landed at Bordeaux. That YES
sci was chartered recently for ami
NAL transportation, and is one of a
big feet of steamers which is carry
ing remounts for tho armies Of the
allies across the Atlantic
The Missourian carried 1900 head,
the largest number of horses ever
sent across the Atlantic in one ship.
The Missourian was the third vessel
to leave the port of New York with
horses for Bordeaux, the first being
the Oracadia and the second the In
driani, each carrying 700 horses. 1t
is probable that these ships will be
steadily employed as horse transports
during the war, because they have
been outftteG at large expense for
this work, with conden3ere and eVap-
orators to'supply water for the horses
and with appliances for cooling the
water as it comes from the condens-
ers. Special arrangements have to
be made for supplying hay and oats
to the voyagers and lighting and ven
tiIating appliances have been INSTALL
ed. Each horse has a stall eight feet
long by two feet six inches wide, built
of smooth wood and not padded.
the horses stand in their stalls the
whole way across.
Great Britain is buying horses in
the Argentine Republic and in other
parts of South America, and it was
lately announced that Robert Gun
ningham had been appointed by the
british government to act as chair
man of Che commission sent to Bue-
nos Ayres 2or the purpose of buying
horses for the British army.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
ACTION
FRETS The DEMOCRATS
LEADERS APPREHEN-
SIVE ABOUT COMPLETING
PRESIDENTS PROGRAM.
THREATEN NIGHT SESSIONS
Have Concentrated OBJ
structive Forces ON Ship Purchase
Bill. Military Preparations a
Prominent Subject.

hCuOJNSNs
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Adminis-
tration leaders, growing apprehen-
sive about completion of President
Wilson's legislative programme be-
fore March 4, will exert every posi-
Bile effort during the coming weeks
to make progress. Republican Senate
leaders have concentrated their OBJ
structive forces on the government
ship-purchase bill, the discussion of
which they are determined to pro-
sideration of the bill three days.
long as much as possible. They al
ready have succeeded in delaying con-
Democratic leaders charge that Re-
publican tactics have assumed the
form of a filibuster, and are threat
ening to demand night sessions. In
that event, the Republicans declare
it would be easy to break quorum
and thus add to the delays of legis-
lation.
The Philippine bill is still under
consideration in committee and to-
morrow Secretary Garrison will pre-
sent to the committee his views of
the proposal to enlarge Philippine
self-government.
Military preparedness will continue
a prominent subject in both houses,
with the military and naval appro-
priation bills in the House and adj
ministration bills to increase the
strength of the army before the Sen
ate military committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
COTTON YIELD PER ACRE
IN INDIA is VERY SMALL

Consular Report Indicates That In
tensive Farming Is Not Practical.
That intensive farming is not prac-
ticed generally by the cotton farmers
of India is shown by consular re-
port from Bombay to the Department
of Commerce. The total acreage this
season is said to be 24,00O,000, while
the total yield is estimated at 4,900,-
900 bales of 400 pounds each. In
terms of 500-pound bales that would
be an average yield to the acre of
less. than one-sixth of a bale. And
yet ten report says that the season
has been favorable except for heavy
rains in some districts.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
PRICE
NOT WARRANTED
BY Law of Supply and Demand, Say
Officials, Sure to Cause Increase
in the Cost of Bread.

CHICAGO-The governments in
vestigation into possibility Of a
bread famine threatened to turn to-
ward the board of trade after millers
and bakers had visited the United
States district attorney and complain
ed that the present price of wheat
must eventually cause an increase in
the price of bread.
The bakers asserted they could not
make a loaf Of bread weighing from
II to IA ounces for 5 cents with flour
above six dollars a barrel. The mill
lers said they made a profit Of approx
imately eight cents on each barrel of
flour with wheat at its present price.
eve cannot afford to buy wheat
and hold it," said A. P. Husband sec
rotary of the Millers' National FEEDER
alton. eve neither have the money
nor the space"
Albert L. Hopkins assistant dis
trict attorney in charge of the inves-
tigation said last years was a bump
err wheat crop and that the law of
supply and demand did not warrant
the present prices 1.-THE wheat crop
of the country is large enough to
supply twice the amount of export
trade now taken care of" he said.
Mr.. Hopkins said he would confer
tomorrow with Charles F. Clyne, the
United States district attorney. on a
course of action.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
FACE STARVATION
IN THE HOLY LAND
Monks Turned Out of Converts by
Turks, and Hundreds OF Religious
Workers Are in the Streets.

Workers Are in the Streets.
WASHINGTON, D. Hundreds
of religious workers in the Holy
Land are facing starvation, according
to reports received today by the Rev.
Godfrey schilling of the franciscan
Order. commissary-general for the
Holy Land in the United States.
The report declares the Turks have
turned the Franciscans out of nearly
all of their converts in Armenia. Up
per Syria and Ga1ilee, leaving them
in possession, however, of their Con-
vent of st. Savior in Jerusalem and
the Convent of the Annunciation at
Nazareth. In Jerusalem Furnishing
communities of the Assumptionists,
Dominicans, Fathers of Zion, White
Fathers. Benedictine and Carmelite
Sisters. Poor Clares and other orders
are said to have been put into the
streets.
In response to early reports OF the
trouble the matter was taken up with
the state department. Thus FAR
however, efforts to arrange for care
of the sufferers have been unavailing-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19

A new game law that should be
passed by all states would contain
the following:
Book agents may be shot between
October 1 and September /; spring
poets from March l to June / auto
mobile speed demons from January
to January /; road hogs from April
Is to April is; amateur hunters from
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
A NEW GAME LAW OF INTEREST
TO EVERY NEWSPAPER READER

September I to February war talk
ers-no closed season. Any man who
accepts a paper for two years and
then, when the bill is presented, says
I never ordered it. may be killed on
sight and shall be buried face down
ward in quicklime so as to destroy
the germ and prevent the spread of
the infection"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
TO LOAN
MONEY TO RUSSIA
New York Bankers Will Let the
Cars Government Have Sum of
Twelve Million Dollars.

PETROGRAD.-Se Several New York
bankers, including J. P. Morgan &
Co., have agreed to lend the Russian
government $12, O0O,O 900 accordin
to an official announcement today.
The amount is subject to draft by
Russia at one, two or three months,
at Az per cent, with, a half of one
per cent additional for acceptance
Prominent Petrograd bankers say
that is forerunner of further credits
to be extended by American finan-
cinre
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
/ ,O00, 900 BALES OF COTTON TO
EUROPE IN LAST FOUR WEEKS

The report of the department of
commerce shows that more than a
million bales of cotton were shipped
abroad in the past four weeks, ac-
cording to official reports from WASH
ingtOn.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
NARROWING DEATH
CAME With EXPLOSION
SOLDIER FROM TRENCHES TELLS
SOME OF TERRIBLE EXPERT
ENCES ON WAR FIELD.
DEAD MEN PILED EVERYWHERE
Column of Black Earth and Gases
Six Hundred Feet High Was Fol-
lowed by Rain of Dirt and Rocks
When 1t Collapsed.

HAMBURG, Germany.-Harrowing
and exciting details OF mining and
blowing up trenches are told by
German officer in letter to a local
newspaper describing in particular
the capture of strong position held
by the French in the Argonne forest.
Many Of the French soldiers were
killed and the others were captured.
The crown prince sent blankets and
wine to the men who accomplished
this feat. The letter follows:
"By the first of December our
company had been under fire for the
fifth time, and the distance between
our trench and that of the French
had decreased from nine to fifteen
feet. But the company on our left
was separated from the French by a
vale, on the far side of which the en-
envy had laid out three lines of
trenches.
1--WE had come to consider the po-
sition as impregnable. But progress
had to be made somehow. Our pio-
neer detachment, therefore, decided
to mine the French trenches near
the position of our company, which,
as already stated, were only from
nine to fifteen feet away.
Foapa6 the French
Some of us feared the French
would be doing the same thing and
would try to blow us up first. Our
men. worked hard for this reason,
and on December l the mine was
ready. At 1890 in the morning our
first trench was cleared of men, and
at 10:45 all of our trenches were
empty. 1t was exactly 11:19 when
the pioneer lieutenant placed his
thumb on the electric button. Then
followed a detonation loud enough to
herald the end Of the world.
''In front of US shot up a large
black column of earth and gases. 1t
was fully 600 feet high, and when II
collapsed a rain of earth fell down
on us. Our men had taken cover in
the woods, and it was well that they
had done so. For about two minutes
it rained great chunks of earth and
rock.
Trench Full of Dead.
when it was safe again in the
open our companies advanced
through the hole which had been
blown in the French position. The
first trench was full of dead soldiers
and some who had been buried alive.
In the second and third trenches the
French were so ratified that they
surrendered easily. Inside Of half an
hour we had taken the entire force
of the three trenches-eight officers
and 37S men. Two officers were
among the dead"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
BILL
FOR ALABAMA
Measure Making That State Dry Has
Been Passed by Both the House
and the Senate.

Been PaSse0 Dy BOun Ule MOUSE
and the Senate.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.-Thb state
wide prohibition bill passed the house
in the Alabama legislature this after
noon IA to %. This is in accordance
with the state-widers' program,
which has been carried out with lit
tie opposition so far.
The measure as amended would
become effective June 80 next.
The new governor of Alabama,
Hon. Charles Henderson, was elected
on an anti-prohibhion platform, and
is not in harmony with the legisla-
ture.
A similar bill passed the senate la
ter today, 26 to 9. It will be sent
to the house this afternoon.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
Statement Confirmed.

New York;. P. Morgan & Co.
confirmed today Petrograd dispatches
concerning loan to the Russian
government by stating a group of
New York banks and bankers had
made purely banking" arrange
ment with Russia by undertaking to
accept short term drafts of the Rus
sian government, the proceeds of
which were to be used in payment for
supplies exported from the United
States.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19

The people of Dawson can now
take new hope that the appropriation
authorized by congress two years ago
will at some time be utilized. The
appropriation for the Thomasville
public building was secured by the
late Congressman Griggs some years
ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-01-19
THE GOVERNMENT HAS AT
LAST LET THE CONTRACT
ate congressman Griggs Secured Ap-
prOpriation for Building.

BROWNSVILLE, Ga.-That Thorn
asville will have new postofIfce
building in the not far distant future
is settled by the fact that the contract
for the erection of the building has
been let by the government to the
Westchester Engineering Company Of
White Plains, n. Y, for $55,506.
The contract was accepted on jan
uary G, and it is required that the
work on the building be completed
in fifteen months after it's acceptance.