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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
CONTENTION
OF THE U. S.
RECOGNIZED
GERMAN AMBASSADOR FILES
MEMORANDUM WITH
SECY LANSING.
Stating Position of His Govern
ment-Decided Upon Before
Sinking of Arabic.

WASHINGTON. o. c., Sept. T.
Strained relations between the
United States and Germany over
subniarine warfare apparently
passed into history to-day after
Count Won 7ernstorff, the German
ambassador informed Secretary
Lansing In writing that prior TO
the sinking Of the Arabic his gov.
ernment had decided that its sub
marines should sink no more
liners without warning.
Oral assurances 70 this effect
had been given by the ambassador
last week. But IL was not until
Count Won 6ernstorff, after a call
at the State Department to-day,
returned to the embassy and sent
. letter TO Mr.. Lansing quoting In
struetions from Berlin concerning
an answer 20 be made TO the last
American note on the sinking Of
the Lusitania that officials frank
" admitted their qualification
over the changed position Of the
imperial government.
Secretary Lansing said in a for
NAL statement that the letter zap
pears to be a recognition Of the
fundamental principle for which
we have eontended." He inmedl-
ately sent the communication TO
the White House and discussed II
IN cheerful vein with his callers,
who Included Chief Justice White,
Secretary MeAdoo and Senator
TiIfnan, Of South Carolina.
Visible Relaxation.
Everywhere in administration
circles there was = visible reiaxa-
ton Of the tension which had ss-
listed ever since the Lusitania
tragedy. though lessened BY tht
earlier assurances % Count Won
BernstorH and advlees from Am
bassador Gerard az TO the attituds
Of ofiieisls IN Berlin.
The next step. Il IL stated. author
atively. viii be a formal communici
ion from the German government
the destruction OF IN
rabic and rendering regret and repa
ton for American lives lost in N
isaster II the attack was made by
erman submarine. Even II the sui
CcOntinusd on Page Ton-)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
FIRE DESTROYS FACTORY
OF LA BELLE BOX COMPANY
DEMOCRATS GO
Work Of Replacing Them With Repub.
leans Started-Case Goes TO
Supreme Court.
Columbus, o. sept. i.
IntolllGenoar Hureau.


The work of replacing Democratic
state employees with Republicans be.
gan yesterday soon after the Moore
Barnes civil service law became effec-
tive. continued here today while the
appellate court sitting at Springfield.
carried the suit filed to test the va
lidity OF the new civil service law.
another step toward the supreme court
Appellate Judges Allread and KunkIe
signed a proforma entry. affirming the
Franklin county common pleas courts
action In refusing to grant an injunc.
tion. restraining the state civil service
commission from acting under the
new law
During yesterday and today thirty
Democratic employees were dismissed
A few OF these however lost their po-
sitions through the adoption OF re-
trenchment policies
To Supreme Court.
II is understood that the first ef.
forts to get the civil service iniune-
ton case into the supreme court will
be made today by the filing OF n mo-
ton asking the supreme tribunal to
issue an order directing the court OF
appeals 20 certify its records This
course is to be adopted. 10 avoid rails
ing constitutional question. The
claim will be made In the motion that
the case is one Of general public in
terest. sufficiently 80 TO justify the
supreme court In reviewing the case.
II 10 comes into the court In this man
ner. a majority OF the seven judges
viii be- required 10 affirm the lower
courts. Had constitutional Ques-
tion been raised. two Of the seven
judges would have been sufficient to
affirm the lower court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
RAILROAD MAN DIES
FROM PERTTONITIS

CLARKSBURG. w Va. Sept L.
ferltonitis caused the death today in
hospital OF Michael " Lyden.
clarksburg freight aRent Of the Monon.
FAnela valley Traction company. The
ahllction developed from append.
citia Tor which n surgical operation
Was performed BE was g5 years old
anl q con of Martin Lyden. now de.
esafed and Ellen Lydon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
YON TIRPITZ IS
REPORTED ILL

LONDON sept D. a.l0 p. m-A DIE.
patch % fhe Exchange TELEGRAPH from
= f.Ifif aafn anFH reports received there
tNm N'fNM orc o. tnr rnrrf chat hI.
~ nnafin IH lII from uNrrwurN ana
rthhlatinu Hnd ON fnr auVIre nf nIn
nhI Iriin. intends tn leave NtrlIn f1r
seeks
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ORIGIN UNKNOWN BUT RU-
MORS MENTION INCEN-
DIARISM.
Loss Estimated at $4,000, of
Which Eighty Per Cent is Cow
cred by Insurance.

Fire OF an unknown origin complete.
ly destroyed the factory Of the La
Belle Box Company. at the corner Of
Buckeye and Broadway streets. Mar
tins Ferry, last night Il was discov-
cred about 1880 o'clock by Chris Nell
linger, the night watchman az the fac
tory. and the alarm was turned I'm
from box 81. The loss. as estimated
last night. viii reach about $50. 900.
OF which so per cent. is covered by IN
surance
The conhagration is said to have
started in the upper northeast corner
OF the building. and had gained con-
siderable headway before II could be
reached As soon as he discovered Il,
Mr.. Nellinker. the night watchman.
telephoned the alarm TO the different
hose houses. AS soon as they had
been notified he ran 70 box 81. which
IS located about three squares from
the factory. and pulled the alarm.
This brought the following compa-
nies out: Liberty. VlEilant. Alert and
Hook and Ladder
Fire Spread Rapidly.
The building was a frame structure
With sheet iorn siding. and was filed
with planed box lumber The fire
spread rapidly until the entire struct.
ure was soon a seething mass. As
soon a. the above companies arrived
All four played heavy streams Of water
on the building. and BY excellent work
the hremen managed TO keep tho
flames confined 10 the one. building.
and kept them from spreading to the
adjoining lumber yard and the ONCE
building and power house
Two box cars Of the Pennsylvania
railroad that we're on the asing we're
completely destroyed The yard en-
zine was called and removed several
others that wouid have been a total
loss within q few minutes One or
the cars. burned. was filled with mm-
ber
The main office building. the en-
gine and boiler room and powerhouse
were. by excellent work OF tho nre-
men saved from destruction. The
office I'M the box factory was com.
pletely destroyed but the hremcn ana
employees of the company had sue.
Cconunusd On Pars rsn)
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Expresses Surprise

NEW YORK. Sept John Francis
expressed surprise when Informed
here tonight that be- had been named
a. correspondent in Harry Thawa suit
for divorce
II have not seen Evelyn Thaw in
three years" he said
Francis. at the time Of the shooting
of stanford White was n reporter or
a New York newspaper.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
NEGRO CHAUFFEUR CON-
FESSES HIS PART IN
PLOT TO ROB.
Former Employe Of Physician Did
The Deed For Revenge-ROb-
berry Frustrated.

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Sept. 1.-Dr.
c. Franklin Mohr and his secretary.
Miss Emily G. Burger. who were shot
last night during an automobile ride.
as a result of which the physician
died to-day. were led into an ambush.
according to statement by the police
tonight
The statement was based upon an
alleged story told them by George w.
Healis. the physicians negro chauf-
feur. The chauffeur Is said TO have
placed the responsibility for the plot
upon a discharged employe OF Dr.
Mohr. This man. Healis is alleged to
have told the police. made arrange
ments with him TO stop the automo-
bile az a certain place and share in
the proceeds Of a robbery. which the
other claimed was to be the object OF
the ambush.
Heals is said 10 have insisted to-
night that he actually saw no one
when the shots were fired into the
machine while Il was stopped In the
dark spot selected in harrington.
On the strength OF the statements
attributed 10 the chauffeur. the police
At-hANhA AfNNluNu NANNnI DI0Nur WHO
was employed on the Mohr estate at
Newport as a hostler until three weeks
ago.
Outlined Plot.
The story Of Heals az outlined By
the officials tonight. was that he met
Brown Monday night and agreed 10
try 10 stall Dr Mohrs car In a dark
spot az the end OF the month. when
Dr. Mohr was believed 20 carry $500
or $500 to his Newport home Last
night when the physicians automobile
reached the appointed place. Heals
put out the lights and stopped the car
saying there was trouble with the en-
Eine While he was crouched on the
ground working by the light Of a side
lamp the shots were fired. according
10 his alleged statement The ap-
proach of other automobiles. he said
frustrated any attempt 10 rob the doc
tor
Miss Burger who is expected to re-
cover. told tho police that Heals could
not have fired any Of the four shots
which found their mark The physi-
clan died without having regained con.
sciousness
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HA.AtNoToN. sept l.-rorecaatf
West Virginia. Ohio and Werfnrar
nnsylvanta-Fsir Thursday ana rri-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
Optimism Apparent

For reasons not seen on the surface
optimism was more apparent tonight
than analysis OF the situation Seemed
10 warrant. persistent report pre-
vailed that relief was i'm sight. Il was
said that the delegation OF British
hnanciers and treasury officials sent
here to mend England's battered Gre
dts were almost within sight of land
The blue pencil OF the censor has
crossed out all news from abroad Of
their sailing for New York. but Il was
thought possible they would be found
aboard the American liner St Paul.
Tue to dock here tomorrow.
The censor. according 10 mall re-
ports from abroad. sent to newspapers
here. has been greatly Interested in
the foreign exchange situation recent
~. Press cables. according TO these
advices. have been held up and edited
To eliminate references TO weakness.
and In some Instances. Il Is said. actu-
al quotations have been deleted In
coming dispatches. it is reported.
have met much the same fate. As a
result, IL was reported. high British OF
(Conanued on Page Ten1
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-02
AWAIT COMING
OF ENGLISH
FINANCIERS
AUSTRIANS TAKE POSITION
AND WILL COMPEL RUSS.
TO EVACUATE.
West Part of Galicia-Russians
Have Chance TO Win Race for
Time-Work Hard For
Decision.

NEW YORK. Sept 1.-Foreign ex-
change rates. led by the English pound
sterling. played fast and loose TODAY
In eheeker-board moves over the low
est plane Of values ever reached in
this country.
From extreme depression OF $3.50
registered at the opening Of the mar.
ket. sterling made its faltering way by
leaps and falls 10 $455Is in the late,
afternoon and fell back at the day 4
end to $4.54. Francs dropped at :.
single stroke from sos to 6.O9, reach.
Ing their lowest value. Lires lowered
around 6.54. approximately twenty-six
per cent below their normal worth. re-
naming there because they virtually
amounted TO nothing in the days deal.
ings- Reichsmarks zigzagged between
SO9s and SOS. The entire market was
in commissions throughout the day. al
though the tendency toward hysteria
lessened toward the close.
The big bankers of New York, how.
ever were inclined to calm, rather than
Rysterics. One foreign exchange ex.
pert asserted tonight that he doubted
II 10000 pounds sterling had been
bought In this market today. The
widely divergent quotations at the
qpening and the close he ascribed
purely to spectators. This view. how.
ever. was not generally accepted and
there were indications that there had
been large dealings in small amounts
after sterling had strengthened 10
452.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
OLD YACHT EDITH
 10 SALVE MRECKAGE

CORD0NA. Jan. 8.-Stin staunch and seaworthy despite the ups and downs that have marked her long car eer. the old steam ireighter Edith, which has served as everything from palatal private yacht to an itiner- ant cargo carrier is aboul Co change her trade again. In the spring she will come north to wreck the steam ship Olympia which has been perehed for several years on a reef In Prince William Sound.
 At marshaps sale recently the Edith was purchased for $7O0 by Capt. Harry w. Crosby of the Washington Tug & Barke Company Seattle and Ben Markus. of Schneider & Markus, machinery dealers for use In wreck. ing the Olympia The freighter is fitted with heavy spars and booms and powerful steam winches that win enable her to tackle the wrecldng job without difficulty
 The Edith was built in San Fran cisco in 1882 as a pleasure yacht for H. F Ralston. @ well-lmown million. aire of the Golden Gate port at that time. Everything that money could be purchased went into her construc- tion, equipment and furnishings. Rals, ton entertained on the yacht on an elaborate scale the Edith being the scene of some of the most noteworthy social affairs Of the day in San Fran cisco. In the course Of time. Ralston found himself in financial difficulties and killed himself.
 The Olympia is owned by the Alas- ka Steamship Company and will be wrecked under a working agreement between Narkus and that corporations Captain Crosby has become Marlus partner in the enterprise
 No effort will be made by Crosby and Marlus lo set the steamship Olympia off the reef in Prince Wil- liam Sound. The former liners bot tom is badly damaged by the rocks on which it is impaled and any at. tempt to float her would prove a waste of money. All her brass work copper, iron and machinery valued at many thr0usands of dollars will be removed with tho aid of the Edith and brought to to Seattle. The Olym- pit rests on tbe reef in such q position that she appears to be aioat and un- damaged. Her bunkers contain l,5O0 tons Of coal which viii be burned by tho Edith while ln Prince William Sound
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12

Waa named.
 TO those wko only know lohn un by tho record he oneraT9a op ,ne rocks toe loity haIghts the trees, the gaNeyp everywhere .p thu whilg, be takes ou lhought colossal nielleetuai aature.
 Be loved to get in the wake Of 2 gincler and tell of nll the changes .t h0d node in its long iuoufney and how noiUre had covered ita tfail With gerdme and aowora
 B9 roamed weaponless through Che iw.idesi and most inaccessible retreats oi the mountains but no wlia beast ever disturbed him. His theory was that the iiercest of them were friend 1 ly when lhcy found man who wished chem no harm ond was not afraid, Land they were In accord wIth him.
 Had he been chained to civilization lone or two things would have happen ed, He would either have beaten his life out iu longing for tho unaltain. able, or would have broken ont into .song that would have been higher loud clearer and sweotor than was oy- ] CT seen before His pen pictures of |NatWC are all prose poems.
 His simple narratives are framed in words that arc an enchantment to tread.
 ] It is said be was finished scholnr but the truth is they did him little good after he had learned to read and write i It was from his post graduate course in che hills that he drew his wisdom or rather we should say that placed ] his mind In fun accord with all that was grand and high in nature and gave ] him the inspiration to tell what he saw n diotion beyond the compass oi any school lo teach
 It was from such soul as his that Ithe sayage's idea of a haven thatwould ] be a neverending hunting ground was evolved.
 1 1t is queer that John Muir should have died from pneumonia. The idea of such a man dying in comfortable ! home Is uncanny.
 Ills death is a great loss Caliior mia should give burial in Yosemite valley near a great rock and near a waterfall near which the birds make l their nests and besides which the flow CTS bloom for if spirits come back | to visit the world at times, as some believe there is where his spirit VIII come and it is not hard to believe that # one goes there and listens in- tenuy they will hear on the breeze something like the rustic Of breeding wings.-( (Cordoya Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
VANDAL REGULARLY RoRs
 sALCHANET MINERS cAsll

FAIRBANKS. Dec. 21.-Thot some vandal has been robbing caches in Inc salchaket district for several years Is the statement of Joe Enos' who returned to town yesterday from the upper river, and who declares that his cabin was footed and the building destroyed by fire Enos Is much ag' grayated over the fact that he cannot leave grub and property without having it taken rom him. and is mxt ous to see someone prosecuted Tor the oHenses already committed.
 In speaking of Che matter yester' day. Enos said: "For the last three years someone has made it his busi- ness to. enter my cabin on Redmond creek and take grub and other sup plies without my permission.
 Thinking that # locked my cabin it would put a stop to this practice I put a strong chain and paddock on the door buttwiee ] found that @ forced entrance had been made, and that many things were -CFair- banks Times)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
CORONA SECTION HAS
 GOOD PLACER PROSPECTS

CORDOyA. Dec. 30.-S w. Jenson. who for the past six months has been placer prospecting in the vicinity of Mile 55 on the Copper River 6sNorth- western railway. has great faith In the placer possibilities of that part of che country and has shown that faith by doing lot of hard and practical work. This work, be says, has un- covered. good prospects 9 although he does not claim any bonanza finds Mir Johnson came to Cordova yes. terday after supplies. While he is a cbeechaco. hezis also a bedrock crank wish Che reputation of having done more real prospecting than any other man n that immmediate section.
 People rushing to remote and ai- most inaccessible parts of Che in- terIor are passing over good placer ground near home and accessible by railroado he said. "I have put in an open cut 60 feet long and from 12 to 30 feet vide with good pros poets appearing as bedrock is ep- proached. In addition, ! have sunk several holes. 4 Decuiarity of that section is tho drainage which pre- vents water from interfering with shaft work These surface skinners who condemn the country without giY- ing it fair trial make me tired. (cordoYa Alasken.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
WAR, THE OUTLAW


 The laws of war seem to be what those who levy war choose to make them. Governments enter into sol- emn agreements to mitigate the hard. ships of strife, but in time of war there Is no army officer who cannot set aside their work on tho plea Of necessity.
 Most of the atrocities reported from the scenes Of hostiiihea in Euro. pc had their origin in a common cir, cumslance. Non-combatants protected their families and homes. Because they were not in uniform when they ared upon the duly apparellod enemy they were threatened as outlaws. In fight no quarter was given them if captured they were executed. Thi8 brutal and cowardly military law sup planted the law of humanity aud cour- age
 Yet these uniformed and properly commissioned heroes do not hesitate ot make war on civilians. They go up in the alr and drop bombs upon defenseless cities. They atrew the open sens with mines. They bonn barded towns without notice. They approach uniortifed coasts in the death to women and children, no one oi them In uniform They rake cath edrals and hospitals and kill and maim those whose garments suggest only piety and mercy.
 This is no Indication of any one nation It applies to mnitarlsm in general Let those who will attempt to f1 the blame in particular instan- ces. The solemn fact is Chat war in the twentieth century recognizes mol law It ie as brutal as it is unfair and craven.
 What pity it is ,hat so many brayeI men are called upon to sacrifice them selves in support oi an institution sol unworthy (New York World)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
GOVERNMENT FARMER ON
 ALASKAN AeRlcuLTuRE


 In compliance with a request Of the Fairbanks Commercial Club, says the Fairbanks Times, J w. Neal superin tendent of the government experimen- tai station near Ester Siding, has writ ten an exhaustive paper on agricul- turai conditions and possibilities oi interior Alaska Mr. Neal Is thorough ly convinced that the interior will be great agricultural country some day but he sees many setbacks in store for the men who strive for the up- building of the country.
 In starting his paper, Mir Neal cites the fact that there are many farmers m the Panama valley now, and all of them making living, ae tho best ar gument in favor Of the possibilities of agriculture in the interior
 Although weather conditions were very unfavorable during the past sum mer especially for harvesting the gov emment experimental farm matured the greater part of It's crops. and 25O bushels of grain, in several Yari- ties. throshed. Five varlties of barley seven of oats, one of spring rye one of fall rye two of spring wheat and one of fall wheat ripened, and num- ber of specimens of all these were sent 10 the Panama-Pacihc eXposi- don
 At the government farm, the hull- less barley thrashed 1800 pounds to the acre, the beardless barley thrashed f,275 pounds to the acre; sixty-day oats thrashed % bushels to the acre. Finnish black oats on a north slope Of very thin soil thrashed i55 bushels from a Gye-acre tract On the south slope, the yield from this latter variety was 90 bushels to the acre.
 Spring wheat is reported as having been very uncertain thus far. Some new experiments are being made this winter and it is hoped that within short time the problem will be solved.
 It has been clearly demonstrated that there are few states that can equal Alaska in raising such hardy vegetables as cabbagos, cauliflower. rutabagas, turnips, beets, carrots par snips peas, rhubarb, celery lettuce and others
 Owing to the fact that feed is SO high ln the interior Che government man does uotthink that stock-raising will be entered into extensively for some time. untl conditions change.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
SILLI6AN SAYS ALL
 FACTIONS SATlSFIED

WAsHINGToN Jan. l1 The alata. ment that the qualion oi tne paei. dcaGon of Mexico has been solved was wired to Secretary of state William J. Bryan Saturday by American special representative james siiiImop after saying that President Guteisrez bad announced Co the National con. yenGon in Mexico City shat the pro eress Of nesoaatione was such that he was able ,o say that the problem ol the pacilcallon Of Mexico had been practically solved added that ell tpe lactloae had been In communication, and that ,he plans wA probably go through.
 It was stated thot it would be im- polite ,o give tho details ol the peace plane at this time but that hey VIII be given publicity very soon.
 The Siuiman dispatch was immedi- otely communicated to President Woodrow Wilson by Secretary of State William J Bryan. The news is re- garded in Washington as the most favorable chat has come out Of Mexico :. for some time,
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-12
FOX FARMING IS
 HE COMING INDusTRY

FAIRBANKS, Dec. 22.-That fox farming Is the coming biz industry of the Yukon and Panama valleys is the opinion of Dr. F. J. McCulum, who musbed in from Ruby during the last few days. says Che Times. The phy. sician states that all along Che two valleys thereare many thriving fox farms. some small and others of goodly proportions
 Within @ few miles of Ruby one man has largo fox farm. at which he IS raising many valuable animals. Tho foxes are so numerous in that vicinity that during the summer months 14 actually walked into his farm to join their brothers in cap tivity The owner has a platform SO arranged that when 9 fox walks on it he drops into the pen, rom which be is unable to escape
 Along the Panama river. a number of fox farms are thriving. The larg- est Of these is Morrisons. at Hot Springs. while Vachon's. at Toloyana, comes second.
 The physician says that conditions along the Yukon and Panama valleys are ideal for fox raising and within tbe next few years he expects to see hundreds of farms scattered along the banks of the Interior waterways.