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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-20
LITTLETON

L1TTLETON. W Va Sent 10
Mrf r. q. stroruidrr and daughter
Wanda have returned home aftrr SOW
eral days visit ~lth friends at Rush
Sire Charlie Turner. of chestnut un
visited friends here. "wednesday.
Str Nrnrg MeufemoIitr he's returned
bone aft.r o. short FiHit with Wheeling
Mr ard Mrs Arch Garrison. of Cam
urs Frans shaufner has returned
home after few days visit with
friends in ClHrkrburE
W. ana Mrr 1ryftrn sfidFea and
woke Visit Win friends boz ciarrs.
tirs Neme Patterson. OF Cameron.
visited Mra J 70 Robinson. Thurrfav
Miss Nrlln HuErlnf visited her uar.
cni. In thf country Tuesday ana We'd
Miss GLADYS KImbIe has returned
bone after t montha visit with friends
Miss Dol. rhulps returned to hsr
sb1rt vI.it here WIN friends
Mr and Sire willard Uodrrtf have
returned home OTTER a short Welt with
friends af tuNnuIg
Mr and Sire Harry miller and little
friends here Tor o. rev da,a
MrH Emma MrlurrrF and Mics Pearl
IaHiI"fHu waite have returned fn fHnIr
BONE in Wellshufg after a short visit
hDrU with friends
Mre g. O. raatl rfhwnItc and daughter
short visit with friends Ht UuIrnt1vn
HrH MARY MDHfumunr. OF HunIrrf
visited friends here ThuHdHf evening
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-20
coMPRoMlsE ENos sralkr.

BRISTOL. Conn sept f9-Tho
strike az the New Departure Mauufac.
turing company was settled today
when the employees voted TO accept a
compromise offer made by the com.
pany of "a nifty hour week with 57ta
hours pay. The 500 employees will
return 90 work tomorrow
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sIo CONTRIBUTION FoR Jews.

CHARLESTON. w. Va. Sept 10 -
The jews Of Charleston have sub
scribed $4,000 10 assist in relief work
among the Jewish people in the Euro.
pean war theatre. This amount will
Dc sent az once 90 Jos. Schln In New
York. Through whom Americas contri.
button io The suffering Jews will be
distributed
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10 onaArrnn nnarcrrn

NEW YORK Sept ia eamnafrr
Oh orEanire branches fhrourhruf fFr
..lntri especially among college men.
gifIif Ioague. if wac announced here fn.
Haf fNnItn Gre fn hn made 10 mo.
MnIn ne league movement rHr nHfI.n.f
NteNarrlnreH among educational Ir.ff.
N.i.nH manN 30 unl0n are uIHuu.ua I..
bates un The subject.
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No WORD FRoM AUsrslA

IhE HAGUE. via London. sept 10
lN '' MO newspapers. mails or
alfect teleefam7 from Auatria-Hun-
gary have been received in Holland
lof more than week DO ia believed
mere that Austria is concentrating
AGAINST serv.a. but the nalkan minis
we're az The Haeue say fhcy have no.
information on The subject
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FINANCIAL.
DEnEoLrsHED STATUE
TO GET IKE BRONZE

ROME. Sept 1o. cIa Paris. sept 60
100 a. m.--rhc Tubuna announcsa mat
we monument erected ln Trent to the
memory % Inufr. and considered fn 81
~. rrlDrr OF sculpture. has been a..
.HHrI hF The AurfrIana fr order had
lH. bronze maI D. used Cor mnkInr rrr-
POT Ano monument which was hr
square ON the front OF the atauon.
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CONFEDERATE MoNuNrNr

WASHINGTON. Sept ia Con.
iederate naval monument 20 cost not
more Than $4,000 IL proposed in tho
annual report Of The Vicksbure na
uonal military part commission lust
suomitted 10 The secretary OF war.
Ihia De- the only estimate % any con.
siderable amount included in the re-.
port
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-09-20

Gold weighs nearly e0 times az
much as its own bulk in water.
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WHEELIHo TRzs=zSz COMPACT
ss cA9 soHEpULa
PANHANDLE I'M
BY GEORGE MeMANUs

WHEELING AND WELLsbURo
~, Daily Except Sunday.
"heehnS wsiisburE
12nd Street -.
n NellaburR
$50 D. m. 400 49,
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On lines havine REGULAR srpr.ss -.
vice. shipments Weighing IN er~ens- 81
nfty pounds or large bulk vii not 81
carried on rnrgenrer cnrm
ALL LfNES-Dniiy Frcsnf nunaaw
No shipments. except emerrsnrv rhin-
menta 81 medicines. will be carrfs6 n,
paeseuger cars between zoe and e.i6
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MOuEDsvILLE LINE
WHEELING AND MOUHpevIK.R
Leave
10th Street -.
"A Wenseilns Moundavtiis
F.S6 - Aiso n n.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Gayety.

Raw in Spots and full of luuSh staff.
the burles.fue Two Hot Knights put
up by Billy Watson and his company
last night al the GaEety Theater. also
had merit to please The more critical ct
the audience. The Watson slide.
which earns his nickname for the leading
comedian. is something like roller-skat
ing without wheels. a character funny
man. Watson dishes out a new line OF
humor and dialect. with facial coutortions
and umnnerislns Ill his own and eN
qusiteiy funny.
joe Buckley. also u chal:icter come
dian, did good work. I'd Rogers made a
IA tHer SrineleSS man-esIter out of the
western Wild: and as i Partisan count his
French would astound the natives. Ida
Bayt"n can play the violin and did i'll
the clio: she sang in the burleSque with
pleasing voice and displayed an extensive
scant wardrobe. Maize I4'Estranse Was
another singer, Maid of Melody. heard
i'll the olio and in the buIlesqu..
George Niblo and Helen Spencer reserv-
ed the title given them of the Nifty
Dancing Duo Their dancing i'll the
clio was excellent teamwork and some
stepping. that won approval OF the gal
Iery gods with all their thunder. The
girls of the ballet were adequate and
there were some pretty faces in the
pony ballet.
The burlesaue. in the opening act. pre-
sented hotel confusion a Nara gansett
Pier. The second act was Il Paris scete,
dignifed with the title '''Fhe Gay Mo-
diste.'' divided into several scenes.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
ENTERTAINS AT DINNER.
David J. Kaufman Is Host to Mans
Store" EMPLOYEES,

Employees Of the MANS Store" at
1oo5-07 Pennsylvania avenue, were the
guests OF its proprietor, David j. kauf-
man, last night at dinner at Harvey's
II was the seventeenth annual Dime;
which Mr. kaufman has given to the
workers in his establishment.
]. Harry Cunningham was toastmas-
ter. and among the speakers of the
evening were Edgar c. snyder, w F
Roberts. Ed Liebeler OF Baltimore
Archie F'oise of New York, NJ c. Graf
ley. jr., of Philadelphia. Maurice Step
pacher of Philadelphia. Samuel Sim
mons of New York. William Stairs OF
Philadelphia and Sidney Walberg
Mr. Kaufman was praised by all of
the speakers for the interest which he
has always manifested in his employes
and in their welfare. An elaborate en-
tertainment program was presented
including vocal and instrumental music,
and under the direction of Mr.. Gun
ningham several skits were presented.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Cosmos.

Six pretty musical numbers. at,rac-
tive scenery, a funny comedian and Il
chorus that is feature with its cos
tune changes and dance numbers
make an attractive headliner of Little
Miss L. S. A. at the Cosmos Theater
this week. The act is presented by
George Choos with a company of nine
people and q Japanese tea garden for
its scene. A unique offering is that OF
the Brightons. who make pictures with
scraps of rags on framed back
ground. and do it well. The big feature
photoplay is the new Charlie Chaplin
comedy. I'm the Park" Harris and
Randall. in Fifty Miles From No
where" present a rural comedy sketch
in which a country grocer and a
stranded theatrical press agent carry
the thread of an amusing romance
with new ending. The Old Town
Four, two in blackface, sing minstrel
harmonies and work a miniature first
part minstrel show. with new jokes
and the Tiller Sisters offer a new type
of sister act with pretty good
comedian. The Hearst-Selig News Pic
torial heads the film features. The bill
will be changed Thursday.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Casino.

The new policy announced by Man
ager Harris w. Watkins went into ef-
feet at the Casino Theater yesterday
and last night. and in addition to the
feature photoplay. Augustus Thomas
drama. The Nightingale" with Miss
Ethel Barrymore, the favorite Ameri-
can actress, in the title role, an unan-
pounced Offering was made of the pop
ular Hearst-Selig motion pictures of
happenings throughout the world, in
Guiding the war fields of Europe.
Ward 22," the leading vaudeville act,
presented by six people with six diff
ferent characterizations. made good its
advance notices as "a hurricane Of hi
larity in a hospital Edith Mote, bill
ed as the California cantatrice. sang
nine pretty songs and gave to each a
marked characteristic in a beautiful
gown. novelty in popular vaudeville
Egomar and O'Brien were good In
Italian character impersonations. songs
and laughable stories. and Burns and
Acker, with their amusing sketch,
half black and half white, with song
parodies. scored a rousing hit with
those who wanted to laugh The bill
in all respects was good
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Columbia.

The kaiser reviewing troops and a
charge of cavalry across road after
the manner of the famous charge
across the "sunken road" at Waterloo
are among the many interesting scenes
depicted in the seven reels of. motion
pictures of the war in Europe which
are being shown twice daily at the Co
lumbia Theater this week.
German troops at work and at play.
German big guns" in action and the
many activities which go to make up
the efficiency of the German war ma
chine are all shown in great detail, un-
til the spectator feels that he really
has had a glimpse behind the scenes
of one of the greatest tragedies OF al
time. Scenes of burning Belgian cities
alternate with views of German troops
laughing and chatting with little chill
dren of the conquered country; Ger
man siege guns wheel into action. and
seen attempting to stem the tide of
victorious Teuton advance, and to-
gether with all these are many and
varied snapshots" of war scenes taken
by the intrepid photographers, evident
ly, as chance presented them.
The reels. taken under circumstances
which seemingly would not make for
perfect specimens Of Photographic art.
much so that some of them seem to be
merely prettily posed pictures, actually
staged for the occasion.
Tie censors have evidently ''cut out"
of the reels scenes that would in any
sense tend TO raise feelings OF horror.
Wounded German soldiers, in ambulances,
and funerals OF German officers are
shown, it is true-but that is as far as
death goes in these pictures. All the rest
of them are Of life-very much So
The pictures are very interesting
Aside from the impression of terrible
efficiency of the great German war or
ganization, the most lasting impression
which the pictures are likely to leave on
the mind of the average American specta
tor is an equally undeniable impression of
the terrible uselessness of it all
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Belasco.

i Richard Walton Tullys tragic 70
nance, The Bird of Paradise. az pre-
scnted by Oliver Morosco. the Pacln'
coast producer, at the Belasco Theatel
/ last evening gave ample reasons fol
| literally packing the playhouse from
top to bottom on this It's second ylsi
Il to Washington +. possesses rare charm
for the eye and for the ear; II satsne'
the longing for romance and witha
/ furnishes food for thought for those
| who care to look for it.
| This would seem an abundance OF
merit for any play. and yet. in addition
! to all these. il presents what to many
may hc q still greater charm. IN the
ideal characterization Of MISS Leohore
/ Ilrich, as Luana the little Hawaiian
girl who is the heroine of the story
She is in reality a Hawaiian princess,
no loves with all the intensity of her
wild nature 4 young American doctor
who has come to the islands to make a
name for himself III discovering the
germs OF leproSy. but instead Is dc
stroyed by the germ of love. and when
sht. finds he loves her no longer, with
implicit faith in the traditions ot hcl
people and Notwithstanding her seem
ing belief in the faith of the mission
aries of whom she is fond. she casts
herself into the seethinS, flaming era
ter Of Il volcano to free him and. rs she
believes, to save her people from the
wrath of Pelee.
As q romance. the story is pathetic,
but it leaves the simple, scltsuous child
Of nature as Shinging eNeniplar OF
nobility of character above the "hlte
man who took her as Il toy only TO
steep himself later in the dreEs OF
drunken bestiality and then east her
off, forsooth. because her ignorance or
the ways Of his civilized world inter
fered with his material prospects, al
ready sacrificed by himself.
The knowledge is not given TO all TO
determine just how true to real
Hawaiian character is the wonderful
impersonation of Miss Clrlch as the
simple, joyous, loving, tragic child OF
nature Eut whether true to the life
or not, her conception Of the character
is worthy the highest admiration and
a dramatic treat vouchsafed but rarely
| in many seasons. In it's joyousness and
| its naturalness it is loyable, and Its
sadder and tragic side intensely ap-
| pealinE. Even the constant theater-
| goer must search far INTO memory to
| recall a counterpart OF equal charm
and merit
Next perhaps, to this chief appeal OF
| the play, comes the beautiful but plain
| tive songs sung by the real HaUaiia ms
| o. the company. men with WondefousiA
rich and appealing voices that bleno
| in perfect unison, and after these the
glimpse of land whose charm is said
| to fasten itself with unshakable griI
| upon the hearts of those who have
felt its sensuous sunshine and is never
forgotten. The representation of the
1 famous Mont Pelee, the living volcano
Oh the islands, in state of eruption Is
of itself masterpiece of stage art
| and mechanism.
/, The many roles of the play are vel
presented, those of Captain Hatch, by
/ Robert Morris; Mr.. and Mrs. Sysony
the missionaries. by John Burton and
Miss May Mckay Lane, Hoheno. by
Joseph Burton, and Dean, the beach
comber by David Hartford, seeming
to stand out from the others for their
natural excellence.
Evening star., 1915-03-23

men did not rush in. In the first place
it is useless to rush into a coal mine
unless YOU are familiar with it, and in
the second place It is necessary to
be very careful how you rush at all
when your life depends upon q few
cubic inches of oxygen strapped to
your back. The first move Of the res
cue crew was to get = blue print dia-
gram, or map. OF the mine and TO
study il until they had memorized 1t
in detail. For a coal mine after an eN-
plosion is about one hundred times as
confusing as the most confusing city
in the world with all its street lights
out.
Having learned the lay of the NINE
i'll detail. the little force was divided
into three crews. and to each of these
Was added 4 certain number of men
who did not have oxygen tanks. but
wEo carried canary birds in small
cages. These three PARTIES We're worked
III shifts of two hours. one party gong
into the mine. one remai ming at the
base for emer geucy calls and the third
sleeping. This routine was Kept mp
for four days.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
B. F. Keith 5.

one Of the best bills of the season at
keith's Theater is headed by Nine
Emma Calye. From light comedy to
grand opera there is little the bill does
not provide to meet the taste of the
most exacting admirers Of vaudeville.
The appearance of Nine. Calve at yes
terday's performances was the signal
for tumultuous applause which grew
into an ovation. Capacity audiences
called time and again for encores and
gave ample evidence that Nine Calves g
popularity is anything but waning. Her
first songs We're well calculated to
leave no question that her voice re-
tains that wonderful tleAibility which
made her famous in Carmen and that
But the encore numbers. and especially
'Suwanee River, aroused the most
appreciative responses.
Much music of merit is furnished in
the bill aside from the offering of Nine.
Calve. Angelo Patricolo. the Italian
plano virtuoso. who is making his de-
but in vaudeville. was impressive in a
varied program that gave abundant
opportunity for. contrast in power and
delicacy. Dixie Patrol" an arrange
ment OF his own. was particularly well
received as an encore number.
The lighter side OF the program is FUR
nished by Earle Reynolds and Nellie
Donogan. skaters and dancers, in bril-
liant exhibition: Ray Dooley. assisted by
Elmer Graham and Gordon Dooley, in an
/ entertaining mixture of songs, dances and
comedy. Bert FitZgibbon. in a bit OF
nonsense. funny because nobody knows
why. and James T. Duffy and Mercedes
| Lorenzo. who are again presenting their
miniature musical. .'Springtime
The Alexander Kids, billed as the
,niest. cleverest. most captivating chill
dren in vaudeville. offer the best EXPOSE
ton of juvenile art in dancing that
kcith's patrons have ever seen
Another good feature was provided by
| Tameo kajiyama. who does lightning
mental acrobatics. writes upside down,
backward and behind his back He
showed. too. how it is possible to carry
on several distinct mental operations
simultaneously by reading a paper, con-
versing with persons in the audience and
writing headlines from newspa per
| backward behind his back At the same
/ time
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Polls.

The Poll Players last night gave an
effective presentation OF Eugene Wal
ters four-act play. Paid in Full a
play much more serious than is usu-
ally essayed by that company. but tie
players rose to the occasion. in the
Judgment of the largest attendance re-
corded at the Poll Theater this season
Maude Gilbert as the patient wife
forced into false position by the
weakness and villainy OF her husband,
played the part with repression, dig
nifty and convincing realism.
Robert Lowe had the difficult role OF
the unworthy husband. and made II
one of the best character parts he has
yet presented. Gavin Harris was Capt
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Film Features.
Crandall's.

One OF the funniest of photoplays
amused crowded houses all day yester-
day at Crandall's Theater 1t is en-
Titled What Happened to Jones" and
is one Of George Broadhurst's farces in
FIVE parts. with Fred Mace in the title
role. Supporting Mr.. Mace is a cast in
Guiding Josie Sadler and Mary Charlie
son The feature is continued today.
Green's orchestra concerts are also a
feature.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Pharmacists to Discuss Dope" Law

The Harrison antt-narcotic Law ts tc
he discussed at the March meeting OF
tho Washington branch OF tho Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association. to be
held tomorrow night at tho National
College of Pharmacy SnS street
northwest Prof. alexander Muncastei
is to explain the law and its operations.
and "a uuestion box" IS TO follow the
address
Evening star., 1915-03-23
.Our Common Birds" Lecture Topic

Prof Wells ". Cooke of the Biological
Survey, considered one OF the foremost
American authorities on the subject OF
bird migra ton. is scheduled 10 deliver an
illustrated lecture on Our Common
Birds under the auspices of the Wander
lusters, in the auditorium OF the Public
Library, Thursday evening at Sis
o clock. The public is invited
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Strand.

Marguerite Clark, who spraus into
popular favor for her screen work in
"Wildfower. The Crucible'' and 1.-The
Goose Girl has the leading role in the
feature photoplay of Grace Livingston
Furniss' comedy drama, "Gretna Green"
the leading attraction at the Strand The
ater this week until THURSDAY. 1t is A
pretty romance of the famous Scotch
marrying ground and presents the popular
screen star in an attractive role, with a
fine supporting company
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Garden.

Lew Dockstader. the famous minstrel
man, in feature photoplay of Hal
Reid's Dan drama of slavery days
and the civil war. was the chief attrac-
rion at the Garden Theater yesterday and
is continued as the feature today. The
play IS ono of heart interest and in it
Mr.. Dockstader has an appealing charac-
terization as faithful old slave
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Rehearsl Of Festival Chorus

The next rehearsal of the Washington
Festival Chorus for the presentation OF
Columbia Triumphant in Peace is to
be held in the lecture hall of the Public
Library tomorrow evening. at 5 O'Clock
Singers both men and women, are in
vited to join the chorus Non singers are
welcome as auditors.
Evening star., 1915-03-23

$50. 900. 600 from the tax. and some off,
cials of the internal revenue bureau
even put the total at SS5.o0o.ode.
Upon an accurate estimate. which
may be made late in May. probably will
depend the Secretary's decision on
whether an issue of Panama canal
bonds will be necessary TO meet the
prospective Treasury deficit
Evening star., 1915-03-23

The international good roads con-
vention opened at Toronto yesterday Y
with addresses by Lieut.. Gov. Hendrie.
W. H. Hearst. premier of the province
Of Ontario. and Findlay MacDairmfd,
minister of lands.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
qAk1ll9E!fI fI!E|ZIZZg3

Williams. the austere employer. with
whom the wife pleads for the erring
husband, and handled the role with
discretion and effect.
Rockltffe Fellows. in a comparatively
small part as Jimsy Smith. the ubiqui-
tous and always good d-natured friend OF
the family and every one else. brought
sunshine into an otherwise cloudy at
mosphere. Praham Nelsey. Helen Ira
cy and Nanon Welch in minor roles.
were quite satisfactorv.
Evening star., 1915-03-23
Hope to Raise $4,000, 900.

Officials are still at sea as to how
much to expect under the law for the
fiscal year 1915. Collectors were not re-
quired this year. as they were last, to
send in an estimate of the number of
returns and the probable tax to be col
lected on them after the 1st of March.
Lacking such information, there are
few officials who care to prophesy how
much the tax may bring in.
Secretary McAdoo has figured upon
Evening star., 1915-03-23

When word of the explosion at New
river went humming over the wires
he nearest
Relief Crew Has rescue car of
the Right of Way. ,n,nss nne bureau urea OF
eral hundred miles away. Furthermore,
1t had to traverse three different rail-
roads i'll order to reach the scene.
Every thing else was sidetracked by
the railroad companies, however, and
the rescue car rushed to the spot,
reaching it at about dark of the day
the explosion occurred. There were
seven trained government men in the
car, and from the United States Coal
and Coke Company. not far away, ten
miners who had been trained by the
bureau Of mines for rescue work were
brought to the scene. making a force
of seventeen men in all who were
equipped with oxygen tanks and
breathing apparatus.
Upon reaching the mine the rescue
Evening star., 1915-03-23
In a moment
hacking at the
Forty-Two Men
Found Alive.

had been eating the bark from the
| timbers that supported the roof of the
| mine and drinking the puddles of dirty
water that lay on it's floor. Among e
the crew were all the various types
and nationaltties that are found among
the coal miners Of America. There
We're stolid Englishmen and Welshmen
and excited. temperamental Italians.
and throughout those four days, when
the chance of a rescue party making
its way through two miles of poisoned
passages was their only hope of life.
the stolid Anglo-Saxons had been pa
tiently sitting upon the Italians, fight
ing them with all their strength, to
keep them from breaking out of the
walled room and into the certain dea tn
of the mine proper.
Thus, nearly a fourth of the unfor-
tunate men who were in the mine
when the explosion occurred were
brought out alive. and they We're prob
ably the majority Of all who were not
instantly killed by the explosion.
In this rescue feat the federal ex-
perts were greatly aided by the state
forces, under Earl Henry, Inspector of
mines for the state of West Virginia.
Both the state and federal authorities
are jubilant over their success. The
general use of such systematic and eff
fectual methods as those by which the
New river mine was ventilated and
searched will undoubtedly greatly re-
duce the loss of life in American coal
mines in the future.
Evening star., 1915-03-23

An eccentric woman is on" who pre-
fers comfort to style.