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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
ROBBED
FOUR MEN LOOT HAYS Ma
TI0NAL BANK NEAR
PITTSBURGH.
Bind Teller With Ropes-Get
$1,000 in Gold and Make Get
away in a Taxicab.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March 81
-Four men this afternoon entered the
Hays National Bank OF Hays. near
here. and. binding Charles Ball. the
teller. who was alone In the bank.
with ropes. dragged him to a remote
corner OF the building. They then en-.
tered the vault. which was open. and.
taking about $1,000 in gold, carried Il
To a waiting taxicab in the street and
drove away. The police of Homestead
and detail OF county detectives from
Pittsburgh were hastily summoned by
Ball. who had worked himself free OF
the ropes.
THE men seemed TO know what
they were about" said Bell. They
each pointed a revolver at me as they
entered the bank. and demanded the
money. Then they tied me up. but
they did not use very heavy ropes.
When had been laid down they went
about the work of collecting the
money as though they knew Just what
they were going To do. When they
had all they could find they left with
out saying a word
Cut Ropes Loose.
AS soon as they were gone
worked one hand into my trousers
pocket and got my knife Getting
loose then was easy. for the ropes
We're small and easily cut them
through.
.'I don't know that the men had a
taxicab. for they were gone when /
looked out of the window. | heard
they had gone in the direction OF Nc
Ksesport"
Ball described the robbers as men
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
FAMOUS GERMAN DIES;
GAVE LIFE FOR WOUNDED
NEW REVOLUTION
Gen. huerts and Secretary Leave
Spain-Reported He 10 70 Head
New Mexican Revolution.

MADRID. Spain. March 81. via
Paris. D. m.-Generai Victoriano
Huerta and his secretary sailed to
day. according 20 advices received
here from Cadiz. General Huerta's
family remains In Barcelona. reports
from which place say that a rumor Is
IN circulation that Huerts is on his
way 10 direct a new revolution in
Mexico.
The steamer Antonio Lopez is due
10 touch az Porto Rico. Cuba. Ia Gut.
"a. Venezuela and Colon.
Sails for Argentine.
LONDON. March 81. 7:2O D. m.-
The Fabra agency Of Madrid received
dispatch from Cadlz. Spain. today.
saying that General VictOriano HUI
erta. former provisional president OF
Mexico. sailed with his family fhis
morning FOR Bucnos Aires. Argentina.
Since De- resigned as provisional
president 81 Mexico. on July o. last.
General Huorta has been living quiet
ly In Spain. tn December Do was
quoted a. denying a report that he
would return 20 Mexico To- offer bis
services 10 General villa. stating that
he was entirely away from Mexican
politics
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MAX MANNESMANN. INVENT
OR AND BUSINESS MAN
THOUGHT ONLY OF
COUNTRY.
Auto Car For Conveying Wound
ed, a Lasting Monument.
Always Planned For
Future.
By Jsmss o,oonnsn Bennett.

AACHEN Germany. March 2-1o-
day the war hit me personally for the
hrst time
Max Mannesmann died early this
morning at the Liusen hospital after
an illness Of less than ten days.
Remembering. as they will. win
profound affection and respect that
vital. bouyant. eager personality. u
viii be with az much amazement a.
grief that McCu,cheon. Hansen. Cobb.
Thompson. and the rest of ua Ameri-
cans to whom Max Mannesmann was
80 kind. will learn that ho is no more.
He was especially fond Of McCutchcon
and only week before last was asking
me whether had recent news OF him
Mr Manncsmann was q civilian. but
no man who has fallen In the battle
line more surely died a patriots death
tcontnusd on Page Thrssb
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
$4,000 AUTHORIZED TO
RAISE SUBMARINE F-4
EXPERT DIVERS ORDERED TO
HONOLULU TO RAISE
SUNKEN VESSEL.
Tests Being Made With Huge Div
ing Bell-Appropriate Funeral
Ceremonies For Victims.

HONOLULU. March SI.-As a re-
suit Of the navy departments authori-
zation today Of $4,000 for the work
OF raising the submarine-F4, befeTed
TO be water-losged on the ocean bed
Just outside the hsrbor entrance. Of.
heials here. "onder the Leadership of
Lieutenant G. p. Smith submarine
'hotslls -eommsnder. have made plans
Tor salvage operations on a big scale.
All efforts To raise by cables an OBJ
lect said by officials to be the lost "a
having failed. the pontoon method will
now be used. Six hundred ton scows
VIII be toved TO the spot. beneath
which. in a. fathoms OF water. the
submarine is believed TO be lying AZ.
Ter scows are weighted with water.
chains hooked TO the F-4 will be AT.
tacbed 20 them. Then the water will
De- pumped out of the scows and. their
hulls rising. they will lift the hulk
below. The process will be continued
until the submarine Is brought to tie
surface.
An improvised diving tube. with
which IL is hoped to facilitate the sal
wage operations. is being put through
a number OF tests before the risk is
taken Of placing a diver in il and
lowering him TO deep water.
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WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March 81
IN of1cial statement by the villa
Zapata convention government IN
MEXICO city. received to-day by the
state Department. charged that Car
rama oHlciais. during their occupancy
of the capital removed from the ma
tionsl treasury government bonds and
other securities valued At 10000 900
pesos
Many Of those securities. which had
been deposited ~ guarantees by con.
cessionaires and contractors. are
owned BY foreigners The public Is
warned In the statement that they
cannot "bo made the object Of any
legal transaction. since they arc the
property Of the nation or Of the Do.
pOgitors. a. the case may be-"
The authorities a. Mexico City have
asked The depositors 10 furnish dupli-
fconanusd On Page ssvsuJ
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CUT HIS THROAT
Man Of Near Grafton Sewers Juoular
Vein and Found Several Hours
Later-ln Hospital.

Special Dispatch TO tho Intellieencer
GRAFTON, w. Va, March 81
With his throat cut from ear to ear.
severing the jugular vein In an ar
tempt az suicide. Frank V. Hartsaw
was found in the yard OF his home
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock. lying
I'm pool OF his own blood. A bloody
knife lying beside him told how be
had attempted to end his own life
and is thought 20 have been tempor-
arily insane when he did so. Investi-
cation disclosed the fact that he had
been lying there since 10 o'clock in
the morning.
He was hurried 10 the Davis Me-
mortal hospital where ~ is reported
today that he has chances OF recov-
cry. Physicians say the case is one
OF the most remarkable on record.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
EARRING COAL TO GERMANS

BUENOs AIRES. March 90 Tho
British cruiser Bristol has captured
and taken to tho Falkland Islands Tho
Norwegian steamer Bangor. which
sailed from Baltimore. February o..
and arrived o. Montevdeo March 8.
from BuenOs Aires
70 is charEed thar tho Bangor has
violated neutrality b. carrying coal
and provisions destined for the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Krcnprinz viii
helm.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
HAS CONFESSED
Clsrksburg Foraer Pleads Guilty and
Is Given Two and One-Haf Years in
the Pen-Now Inmate Of Pen.

Special Dispatch 20 the IntelliEencer.
CLARKSBURG. w. Va. March 81.
-Confessing 10 one OF numerous for.
geries in this section. l.. p. Price. alias
Bud" Price. was sentenced to-day IN
Criminal court TO serve an additional
term OF two and half years in toe
Moundsyille penitentiary. He was
brought here for trial from that in
stitution. where he has been serving
a long sentence for one of the for
geries here. This sentence has not
been completed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
TRIED SUICIDE
Young cIarksbura Girl Believing She
Had Lost Her Position, Drinks
Aeid-May Not Recover.

Special Dispatch to the Intelligence.
CLARKSBURG. W. Va. March 81
believing she was discharged as a
lawyers stenographer because she re-
mained away from work i'm order to
observe a Jewish holiday. pretty
Sylvia Feinberg. seventeen-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fem
berg. drank poisonous acid to-day and
is now in dying condition in hos
pitai.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
LILA GOVERNMENT IN
STATES REPORTS LOSS OF
100000 PESOS
In Securities and BOnds-FunstOn
Reports Quiet on BOrder-At-
tack MatamOras Soon.

WASHINGTON. March al
The payment Of 10000 pesos.
or $4,000 In gold at the pre-
vailing rate Of exchange in
Mexico City. TO Mrs Ruth Nc
Manus. widow Of John y. Nc
Manus. the American dairy pro-
prietor killed by Zepata troop
ers on their re-occupation OF
the city. was officially reported
70 the state department today
By the Brazilian minister IN
charge Of American affairs in
Mexican capital.
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WILL RESULT IN MURDER

srccial Dispatch to the InteuiEcncer
fLAliksBURG Vs. Va March 3iI
Blood poisoning developing from n
pistol shot in the hip caused the death
to-day in hospital of William Al
Corbin. coal miner of Union Heights j
end Wesley Ferroll young man vi
Industrial uursusd for a week and
finally captured hy ahrriTa posse
VIII hc tIed for numbering him Ths
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01
DAVIES EEsraHa

Wv YORK March This rssi--
nation of Joseph q Davies aa errrrfarv
~ TIE national Democratic comm Ifffa
Wa announced here today hv william
u. Mri 'owna. chairman. Mr Davies
vas recently appointed hy President
commission
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DEATH
BRINGS TO CLOSE USEFUL
CAREER OF BARON
R0THSCHILD.
End Came Yesterday Afternoon
After Brief Illness-Was Head
of Powerful Banking House.

LONDON. March 81. (9:40 D. MI
The death OF Nathan Mayer Roths-
child. first Baron Rothschild-head OF
the British branch of the great bank
ing firm, occurred al his London rest
dence at 4:3O o'clock this afternoon.
Lord ROthschild underwent an opera
tion for the removal of the prostate
gland on Saturday. the first intimation
of this being contained in a bulletin
sent 10 the London papers late Satur-
day night, in which II Was stated that
he was progressing satisfactorily.
On Sunday bulletin conveyed he
Information that he had recovered
from the first effects of the operation
and the impression was that. despite
his age. there was no danger. This
morning. however. IL was announced
that the patient had spent n rather
restless night and that his condition
was not so favorable. Funeral serv-
ices viii take place Friday at Willes-
den. northwest suburb OF London.
The news OF the death Of Lord
Rothschild. which circulated through
out the city just as business men
were leaving for the day. created a
shock for. besides the great power he
welded. Lord Rothschild was one OF
the most popular men in the city OF
London. This popularity spread far
beyond financial, social and sporting
circles. as all classes shared his
benavolence.
Once a year every omnibus in Lon
don was decorated with his racing
cOlors. for on this day he sent TO each
driver and conductors a brace OF
pheasants.
Sad Blow to Jews.
In Jewish circles the death OF Baron
Rothschild created a vacancy which
there is none 10 I'LL With his other
manifold duties he devoted a great
amount Of time and money TO his
poorer cO-religionists. Since the war
broke out he added TO all these vol
untary duties the presidency OF the
British Red Cross society. which has
raised by subscription. 81 500. 600 with
I'm a few months for the care of the
wounded. and IL is believed that the
consequent work and worry had much
TO do with his death
Among the first TO send condolences
10 the family were the King and queen
and the Queen Mother Alexandra.
Lord Rothschild's heir. the Hon.
Lionel ". Rothschild. who rejoined
his regiment the Royal Bucks Yeo-
manry. on the outbreak Of the war. is
not 80 well known as other members
Of the family. He has devoted nis at
tention 10 the study OF zoology and
has been a consistent supporter OF
racing. Although In the House OF
Commons for time he took little
part In the debates
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Request Best Divers.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March al
a request for the navy's best divers.
with the most modern and complete
equipment. was cabled to Secretary
Daniel tonight by Rear Admiral
Moore. who has personally taken
charge OF the operations The admiral
indicated that he was virtually help
less with the equipment avsslable at
Honolulu. and that without additional
assistance IL might be impossible ever
10 raise the -
Secretary Daniels called the com
mandant OF the Brooklyn navy yard
on the telephone and later announced
that the divers would be sent. Those
selected. the Secretary said. would
be the most expert In the navy. one
Of them a record holder.
An expenditure OF $4,000 was au.
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THE wrArHHH

wAsHINoTou. March n.-Forsoasf !.
West virginia. OHIO ard WeHfarn
Pennsyivania-Fatr Thursdsy ana ~
day.
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Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
DENIES VIRTUE OF MAIDSTONE
California Newspaper Thinks Superstl
ton Has Much to Do With Belief
in Its Effectiveness.

Belief in the virtue Of the mad
stone" for curing the bites Of insects
and reptiles and preventing hydEopho
bia is a reminiscence Of ancient super
stition. 1t is simply a hangover"
from the days when the causes OF dis
eases were unknOwu-when most dis
eases were supposed to be caused by
evil spirits or other equally Intangible
things. We know now that the poi
sonirg from insect and snake bites is
due TO a toxin injected into the blood,
and that hydrophobia is the result Of
germ.
There is Just one way in which the
application OF 4 maidstone might be
beneficial. II it were boiled in milk
and applied 10 the wound made by a
mad dog. piping hot. il might eau.
te.ize the tissues and thus destroy the
germs. Otherwise il could have nc
possible effect, except in the mind OF
the victim. But there are several
other methods OF cauterizing and dis.
injecting 4 wound that are simpler
better and less painful. The tincture
OF iodine. or pure alcohol. or dilute
carbolic acid are the modern substi
tutes that are much more effective
than even a thoroughly boiled mad
stone.-LOs Angeles Times.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
Wyomi,g.

Second locators on biz oil claims
are upheld by Judge Raymond OF
Cody.
Thermop0lis men sold 1G0 acres OF
land in the Elk Basin to the Ohio Oil
Company for $4,000.
The 2O-stamp reduction plant in the
Seminoe mining district is bringing
good returns for its owners.
The Greybull Oil and Development
Company has leased thirty-six acres
adjacent to the Greybull townsite,
and will sink several wells stimuli.
tancously. The ground is proven oil
territory, already having several flow
ing wells.
An even score of drilling rigs now
are working in the new oil field of
which the town of GreybUll is the
center. and arrangements are in pro.
gress to double this number. -Four
wells were brought in during the past
week. the largest, owned by the Mid
west Oil Company, being a gusher.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12

seryation and, If possible, 10 delay his
work until the ''Nymph" returned.
So the days passed. Fehmet had,
as have said, made friends with the
natives. 1t was his policy, he told
me, to bring them together, 10 inspire
confidence in them, and then, at some
assembly. to break the tubes con-
tanning the pneumOcOcci upon the
ground, that they might inhale them.
But as the days went by he grew more
and more worried.
You remember, Herr Won Elsmer."
he said, L told you that between the
vinegar germ and the pneumocOccus
there is an unknown organism which
have called X The last stage baf-
les me. The spirococcus will not be-
come a coccus. have tried agar and
milk, but the lack of some suitable
element Of nutrition prevents the
transformation. Yesterday l had al
most succeeded, but the violet light
killed the cultures"
Night after night he pored over his
slides, his Crookes refractOr bathing
him in the sickly violet hue from the
short end OF the spectroscOpe as he
sat at his table.
1t was at the end Of the month
that l heard him cry out one night,
SO loudly that rushed into the labora-
tory, thinking he had met with an in
| jury.
81 have IT." he shouted exultantly,
as he saw me. Herr Won Eismer,
! come here!"
1t was late in the evening. The
violet rays made him look more like
a devil than ever. He was wearing
a bandage around his wrist-I no
ticed that, but it did not occur to me
to ask him whether he had hurt him.
self. Personally / hoped he had got
blood-poisoning. II made me feel like
an accessory to a murder, unwilling
accomplice though / was, to be spec.
tator of that internal pot-boiling.
He showed the microscope toward
me. Lock-" he shouted.
/ looked through the glass and saw
that the spirilli Of the unknown germ
had clustered together; they were
changing form as ] watched them.
| The sight of these little vegetative
| organisms, each charged with death
in the most terrible form that could
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
New Mexico.

The Meeker Mining Company has
started force OF men to work on
their property at Piuos Altos.
! contract for oil exploration and
development work has been made
with the state Land Department.
The Santa Fe Gold & Copper Com
pany, operating in the san Pedro dis
trict, is shipping about ten tons OF
high-graje copper matte daily.
New Mexico is one OF the greatest
mining states in the Union, and the
wonderful growth Of this industry in
the past several years is attracting at
tentiOn OF capitalists.
George Il. Utter of Silver City il
back OF movement to organize in
New Mexico 4 state chapter of the
American Mining Congress, such an
Organization to affiliate with the ma
tional body. Mr.. Utter. who WAS q
delegate from New Mexico to the re.
cent annual convention OF the Nation
al Mining Congress held in San Fran
cisco, says that with the initial mem
bership OF fifty, such a chapter can be
formed.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12

swarms. But what did the Anglo
SaXons do? They eXterminated the
Celts and occupied an empty land.
Very well. The modern world Is too
squeamish TO tolerate wholesale
slaughter. But il We can in
troduce a germ which will wipe
out the inhabitants Of the island with
out leaving one survivor? a germ
which viii kill infallibly? 4 germ
which shall instill its virus into every
man, woman and child, without excep-
ton? Eh, Herr Won Elsmer?"
The horror OF the conception fas-
tened itself on me. | understood now
that this fiend was experimenting
with such a germ in Socotra, with a
view to devastating the island as an
experiment. II he succeeded he would
repeat the procedure in England.
But is there such a gerIn?' 1 asked,
restraining my impulse to draw my re
volver and destroy him. And how
viii you procure it,?
There is such a germ, Herr Won
Elsmer," he answered, "and it can be
procured. II is the pneumonia plague.
Not a bubonic, observe, from which
a full fifty per cent recover under IA
vorable circumstances, but the pneu'
rlonic, which, during the late epidem-
ic in Manchuria, slew exactly one hun
dred per cent Of these whom it at,
tackled. Nobody who was infected
with 1t survived. Unfortunately We
do not know where to find the germ,
for the disease disappears periodical
ly from the face of the earth, and this
is one Of its quiescent periods"
Then how can you obtain it, Feb
met Efendi?"
Upon these goat-broth prepara
tions," he answered, you will see a
certain germ. Observe!"
He poured a drop of bouillon from
a test tuta on one of the slides and
pushed it beneath the microscope
Within the clear drop Of jelly could
see a multitude OF tiny organisms.
That is the coryza germ, which
produces the common cold" said the
Egyptian. DO you know that within
the past year the discovery has been
made that all germ life is a variation
of single organism and can be trans
formed? II is the greatest discovery
since Pasteur. Under the violet ray
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
Arizona.

Ore that will run 80 per cent pure
silver is reported in the Red Cross
mine near Yuma.
c. ). Israel of Wichita, Kan. pur.
chased the placer holdings OF the La
fayette company on Lynx creek near
Prescott.
Shipping from the Thompson group
Of lead-silver mines in the Black Rock
district of Yayapai county was begun
by a California syndicate which has
recently taken over the property.
At Miami Inspiration is treating
5000 tons OF ore per day and accord
ing to the management the mill will
work up 10 a full capacity OF $4,000 to
lG,oQO tons daily before the end OF
the year.
All the mines and prospects under
development in the various mining dis
tricts tributary to Kingman are re-
spending splendidly to the individual
efforts Of their owners and the work
ts,a 1lnPiCyCA.
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
Writing at High Speed.

Cardinal Newman once said, accord
ing TO Lord Acton's report that moth
ing is fit TO be printed that has not
been written twice over"
Nothing? Not even the Waverley
novels?
The more rapid method is not al
ways and altogether fatal to distin-
guished writing. As there are orators
who capture their most telling phrases
when face TO face with an audience. sc
here are writers to whom the happy
thought and the exact word come most
readily when tne printer is clamoring
for copyslips.
At any rate. the demand for high
speed in composition saves man from
the over-elabOration. the fuicky search
for the unconventional, which makes
some ingeniously fashioned pages al
most unreaGab,e.
And, IL it comes to that, were not
Hamlet" and King Lear" potboilers?
Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1915-12-12
Colorado.

4 depth Of 2,150 feet. with sinking
still in progress. has been attained in
the main shaft Of the Golden Cycle
mine on Bull hill
Fine weather facilitates the ship
ment Of ores from Cripple Creek
mines.
a new station pump is TO be in.
stalled at the Down Town Penross
shaft at Lcadville.
The Gold King Mining Company
pail $4,000 dividend for November.
making a total OF $1,35J.SOS paid in
dividends since 1892.
Recently ore averaging a little over
800 per ton was encountered on the
property OF the Ores and Metals Min
ing Company, near Ouray.
The search for tungsten ores has
drawn to Boulder county number o.
good miners, with resulting rich
strikes in the older gold-silver mines.
Recent developments in the potash
industry whereby the mineral alunite
has become recognized as a possible
source OF potash have aroused inter
est in the Rocky Mountain region.
For the first time since August,
1914, the month which witnessed the
declaration of war, bar silver was on
Nov. 24 quoted in London, New York
and Denver at 54.5 cents per ounce
fine, an advance Of IA points in twen-
ty-fouT hours.
Settlement has been made or the
second carload shipment, a twenty
four ton lot of ore, from the Alex
Hickman & Co. lease on block 100 OF
the Stratton estate, on the Shoe Fly
mining claim on Womack's hill. The
ore mined at grass roots was settled
for on the basis OF 3.5i ounces gold,
or S70.S0 to the ton.
The excitement caused by the re-
sent discoveries on Tenderfoot and
Womack hills in Cripple Creek Is
slowly extending the field for pros
pectors to Carbonate ard Mineral
bills.