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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
.LUMBERPORT, ". VA, .
DAMAGED BY FIRE to-
EXTENT OF $4,000

Special Dispatch TO The 1ntelligencef,
CLARKSBURG, W. Va, Sept. :1b.---S
4 loss OF approximately $4,000 Waes
caused BY a fire that wiped out a block;
in the business section Of Lumber
port, a nearby town this morning.
There is no fire department IN Ethos
town, but heroic efforts OF buckee5
brigade saved the Lumoerport oank,s
The opera house and adjoining build
ings. The places destroyed were AZ:
len \. Knights general store and ltv.2
ing apartments. Hedges and OysterS
Hardware store. Mrs. Flora e. Horn
ers dwelling. Dents drug store, George
Coffman barber shop. Chester Denxte1.S
and &. G.. Brookes DWELLING
The fire started from gas stove In,
the restaurant
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
WHEELING BOY WAS.
STRUCK BY AN AUTO

Special Dispatch t" Til" lntellig"nccr.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Sept IS
Fla arold Nurt.man. aged l.. rt Wheeling
was. painfully injured today when struck
by an automobile. Tom Christmas, Il
negro. was arrested and was charged
with reckless driving. The Norteman
boy. with his parents were the guests
of relatives here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
old CHILD
BURNED TO DEATH

Special Dispatch Ia The Intellieenc"r.
EAST LIVERPOOL, o.. Sept. Is
Martha, the four year old child of Will
liam r. Moore, a farmer living at
Pughtown, W. Va. was burned 10
death when the home was destroyed
by fire this afternoon. The child ii is
surmised played with matches while
the mother was washing outside. The
flames when discovered prevented
rescue.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
Reion of Terror.

LAREDO. Texas. Sept. 1S.--Irust-
worthy adyices brought to Laredo TO-
night Indicate reign of terror EXISTS
in the State Of San Luis ,Potosi. Mexi-
co, extending from The Nuevo Leon
State line To Queretaro. owing TO me
activities of bandits said 70 be under
the leadership of the Cedillo brothers
who call themselves LegaliStas., Men
formerly identified with General Car
rero Torres are also said 10 De IN the
bands.
one passenger from San Luis Potosi
renOrted tonight that General Davila.
governor of San Luis PotoSi. was
called 10 Mexico City TO fill a cabinet
portfolio last week, bur that while en-
route every officer of his staff was
killed Davila was dressed in civilian
clothes. ami lock 10 the brush. sue
ceeding in reaching San Luis Potosi.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19

ORDER IN
CHIHUAHUA
FOLLOWING RECENT
ATTACK BY BANDITS
Eighty Prisoners. Executed
Bodies Buried - Reign
of Terror Prevails.

CHIHUAHUA CITY. Mex. Sept. IL.
Forces of government soldiers have
been detailed to bring ordeE out ct
the chaos created by Villas Hldalgo
Day attack upon the state capital.
Several hundred bodies of men ana
animals have been removed from the
streets and buried outside the clty.
Buildings which suffered from gunnrh
are being dynamited. Scores OF WORK
men are engaged in restoring the city, .
telephone and telegraph communlca-
ton.
Eighty prisoners, taken in the en-
gagement have been executed. .Inese
include NJ. Chaos, formerly VIVA
chief Of staff, and Mariana TamesS, VINO
as a colonel in Juarez. recently at
tempted unSucccSsfully TO lnduce lne
garrison there to revolt.
The federal and munition palaces
suffered most heavily in the engage
ment, huge trees in the Plaza l1ldalgo
being literally stripped Of their limbs
by the steady stream OF lead poured
through them. The bandits rode their
horses inside the palaces and lore
from their hangings costly tapestries
paintings and mirrors. Furniture was
broken into splinterS and doors pulled
from their hinges.
Although numerous runners were
current here last week that the city
was to be attacked. the report was not
generally credited. After the engage
ment il developed that throughout the
night before, Villas men had oeeh
concealed about the outskirts OF the
town, listening to the merrlment Oh
the independence Day celebration ana
awaiting the signal 10 attack.
Four Separate Attacks.
Four separate attacks we're launcn,
cd ar the town after its residents mad
retired for the night. In drlzzllnG
rain inst before dawn. the outlaws
.crcnt from their hiding places ana
closed in on the Carranza senlrieS.
One force made for the penltenllafE'
where the release OF the prisoners
was effected
Another force attempted 10 SeiAe
the recently arrived artillery. Il l1lru
made for the palace. apparently IN an
attempt TO seize ammunition STORES
believed to have been concealed theFe;
The fourth column attacked schooi
house used as Il barracks.
Prisoners taken in The engagement
said that they were led by Villa. Mar
lin Louez and the substitute chlets,
Tribe. Tarango, Murga and PadiIia ana
that all hut Villa participated actlvely
in the fighting. The bandit Leader, IN
a hill three miles 10 the northwest was
seen with field glasses by ollceF" Vi
the garrison.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
BRITISH FORCES MAKE ANOTHER
Bic GAIN ON THE SOAI|NE;; FRENCH
TAKE MORE TRENCHESA COMPLIES

BRITISH ARE FORCING BATTLE ALONG RIVER WITHOUT
CESSATION AND DESPERATE COUNTER ATTACKS
FAIL TO CHECK THEIR ADVANCE.
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CONTINUED on T


WASHINGTON, D. c.. sept. 1s.-Fore-
cast:
West Virginia. Ohio and western
PennEylvania-Tatr Tuesday and Wed
-~.esday; rising temperature.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-19
GIGANTIC B[ACKNAIDINC SCHEME
laid RARE BY FEDERAL OFFICERS;
RAN||E|CAT|ONS Countrywide.

PART OF GANG UNDER ARREST AND ARRANGEMENTS 49,
BEING MADE FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING AND TIE
EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM Is CONVINCING.
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delphia of William Butler. held there
in connection with an alleged. black
mail plot against the late Mrs. SuSaasI
G. S. Winpenny. ;:.ifi.i5; - e;
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
TWO MEXicANS EXECUTED
FOR KILLING AMERICAN
United States Citizens. See the
Execution.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 25.-Fifty Amer
leans among whom were several wom-
en- and also representatives of the
United States government saw Car
rama firing squad avenge Sunday the
murder of Bert Akers. The Duran
brothers were executed legally at
dawn in the cemetery at Juarez, Ber-
nardo cursing Americans with his last
breath and begging mercy for Fed
erico.
1T is unjust to kill two of us for
one American" said Bernardo. ut is
giving two eyes for one tooth.
Il am willing to die, because killed
the gringo, but my brother ought to
be allowed to live"
The bullets of the firing squad
killed Federico, but Bernardo was con-
scious after he fell. The officer COM
handing the firing squad gave him the
mercy shot" through the head. The
bodies of both Mexicans were buried
Immediately.
Bernardo and Federico Duran were
Mexican cattle thieves and were con-
demned to die by the Carranza au-
thorities- for the killing of Akers Fri
day at San Lorenzo, few miles be-
low the international boundary.
The execution was attended by
many besides Americans.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
STATE REPUBLICANS MEET
Philip Named Delegate at Large -
Fail to Endorse Candidate for
Senatorship.

Madison.-Two thousand persons,
including about LOO delegates, at
tended the republican state convention
in the university gymnasium, one of
the most impressive, patriotic and
thoroughly representative conventions
ever held in Wisconsin
No candidate for United States sena-
tor was Endorsed. There will be an
Endorsement later at a meeting in
Madison to be made up of ten dele
gates from each of the eleven national
congressional districts.
The convention adopted a platform;
Endorsed the administration of Gov.
E. L. Philip; received congressional
district recommendations of candidates
for delegates to the national conven-
ton, two from each district, and NAM
ed four candidates for delegates at
large, and Gov Philip voiced the note
of harmony when he suggested that
the matter of indorsing senatorial
candidate be taken up at later meet
ing.
The four delegates at large named
were Gov E. l.. Phillip, Milwaukee;
Judge Emil Baensch, Manitowoc; AS
semblyman C. K. Ellingson, Hawkins;
former Congressman S. A. Cook,
Neenah.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
WILL ENFORCE SIGN LAW
Will Be Forced to an Issue in Every
Town in Wisconsin by
Association.

Milwaukee.-The campaign in favor
of compliance with the state law com
polling town boards to adequately and
intelligently guide sign the main trav-
eled roads of every township in the
state, which was started a short time
ago by the Wisconsin Guide Sign as
ISOLATION, will be forced to an issue in
every town in Wisconsin during the
next three months. The law is man.
datory, and it is the duty of every dis
trict attorney to see that it is obeyed.
Milwaukee county has already taken
steps to comply with the law, the
county board and County Highway
Commissioner Kuelling having placed
an order for $1,000 worth of signs to
be erected on steel posts set in con-
crete. These signs will include the
name of the roads and distances to
Milwaukee and other points. The
countys signs indicate the speed limit
and notice that the law will be en-
forced Large signs will also be erect
ed at sharp curves, at railroad cross
ings, and slow down signs will be
placed in the vicinity of schools
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
BANKERS WILL HOLD MEET
son for Two Days During
Week of June 20.

i Milwaukee-The annual convention
of the Wisconsin Bankers association
will be held in Madison for two days
during the week of June 20. This was
decided at meeting of the executive
council of the association held in Mil
waukee. The convention was invited
to the capital city by the bankers of
that place and the Madison board of
commerce The offer was accepted
with provision that arrangements be
made to care for 500 Wisconsin bank
ers expected to attend the session.
At the meeting of the council plans
were also perfected for banker-farm-
ers' excursion to Madison during the
month of March.
Arrangements will be made with the
agricultural department of the Un1ver-
sity of Wisconsin to give two day
course of lectures on farm topics at
that time. If the plans of the bankers
are carried out 500 Wisconsin agricul-
turists will be taken to Madison.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
RUSS BEAT TURKS;
BRITISH DEFEATED
Slavs Capture 1000 in Northern
Asia.
BIG LOSSES FOR ENGLISH
Three Thousand Dead Left on Field
and Many Wounded by Ottoman
Troops Near kut-Battle
Lasted Six Hours.

London. Jan. 27-While the British
are sacrificing thousands OF men IN
heroic effort to cut their way through
to Kut-el-Amara, where General Town
shend and British army are Dottieo
I'D by the Turks, the Russians to the
north are making the Turks strain
every nerve to keep them from com
ing to the aid of the British.
The grand dukes victory near En-
zerum proved to be even greater than
early reports showed. According TO
Reuters Telegraph company 4,oOo
Turks were captured by the Russians
while the number killed, wounded and
forced into scattered flight was enor-
nous. The dispatch adds that the RUS
slams took scores of machine guns ana
a great quantity of munitions.
The Turks claim that British left
5000 dead on the field in battle IN
which they lost ground.
Engagements continue at the kut-
el-Amara positions" says the report.
British forces coming from Imam All
Gherbi attacked on January Il the
Turkish position near Menlarie, ABOUT
thirty-five kilometer- (21 miles, east
of Kut-el-Amara, on both sides Of the
Tigris river
THE engagement lasted six hours.
The English were repulsed several
kilometers to the eastward
ION the battlefield the British left
about three thousand dead. The Turk
ish losses were comparatively slight.
British soldiers taken prisoner
stated that the British also had lost
5000 men in dead and wounded in the
preceding engagements near Sheik
Said"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
GERMANS CUT FRENCH LINE.
Paris Admits Reverses as Great Teu-
ton Offensive Continues.

ton Offensive Continues.
London, Jan. 27.-Apparently undis-
mayed by the defeat of their terrific
effort to break the allied line near the
mouth of the User, the Germans re-
newed their attacks and, according to
official French admissions on Tuesday,
gained a foothold in trenches on the
Arras-Lens road.
Germans made desperate charges on
the Arras-Lens road. Though they
gained a foothold at several places, the
French for the most part dislodged
them.
Berlin reports the destruction of the
cathedral at Newport by artillery fire.
The official statement says:
"The tower of Cemplo and the cathe-
dral at Newport, which offered excel
lent observation posts for the enemy,
were destroyed.
east of Melville our troops attacked
one of the foremost trenches of the
French, following some successful
mine explosions, and captured three
machine guns and 100 prisoners.
"A German aeroplane squadron at
tackled the military establishments
and aerodrome at Nancy, and the fac
tories at Baccara.
Dunkirk, in northern France, has
been shelled by German aeroplanes, it
was officially announced by the admi-
ralty. Two aeroplanes were in the
squadron that attacked the city. The
hospitals are at Dunkirk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
MExEcANs SEIZE U. S. MEN.
Four Other Soldiers Either Drowned
or Shot to Death.


or Shot to Death.
Brownsville, Tex, Jan. 28.-Two
American soldiers were seized by
armed Mexicans and four others, fired
upon, were drowned in the Rio Grande
at Progreso, Tex on Wednesday.
Three United States army officers who
led rescuing expedition into Mexico
have been placed under arrest. The
men were swimming in the river and
had crossed to the Mexican bank when
two were made prisoners by band OF
Mexioans. The others swan madly for
the American shore, volleys of bullets
following them. The missing: Pri-
vate William c. Wheeler, Private B.
Peterson. The drowned Sergeant
Owen l.. Clement, Corporal Michael F.
King, Private Henry A. Rhode, Private
Charles D. Wilton. A relief expedition
was Immediately organized in an effort
to rescue the two captured men, but It
failed to find trace of the Americans.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
INCOME TAX LAW Is
HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
Supreme Court So Decides in Opinion
Given by Chief Justice-Objec-
tions Swept Aside.

Washington, Jan 26.-The Supreme
court on Monday upheld the constitu-
tionality of the income tax law. Chief
Justice White announced the decision
in the case of Frank R. Brushaber.
stakeholder of the Union Pacific rail-
road, who sought to enjoin the COM
pany from paying the tax on the
ground that it was unconstitutional.
He swept aside the several objections
to the law in whole or in part.
Most of Justice Whites opinion was
directed toward overruling the con-
tention that the income tax amend
ment act provided hitherto UNI
known power of taxation. Going far
into the history of income tax legis-
lation. the chief concluded the argu-
ment was without merit.
Advancing to other points, the chief
Justice held that the tax was not UNI
constitutional because it was retroac-
tive.
The argument that the law was I'M
constitutional because labor, agricul-
tural and horticultural organizations
and such were exempt, the chief JUS
tice held, was answered by decisions
under the corporation tax law. He
said the point was only another illus
tration of an erroneous assumption
that the tax was imposed under
new power conferred upon the gov
eminent by the sixteenth amendment,
whereas it was a power recognized to
exist from the beginning of the gov
eminent and thus decisions defining
the taxing power previously rendered
were applicable to it.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
DRAFT BILL WINS
IN HOUSE OF LORDS
Measure Needs Kings Signature
to Become a Law.
IRELAND TO BE EXCLUDED
Single Men in England, Scotland and
Wales Will Be Forced to Serve in
Army-Labor Votes to Sup
port Government

London, Jan. 2S.-All that is needed
to make military service compulsory
in Great Britain is the kings sigma
ture to the Consumption measure,
which passed the house of lords on
Wednesday on the third reading.
The bill was introduced in the house
of lords after it had passed the house
of commons on the third reading by
vote of 383 to SO, many labor mem
bers who had been believed foes of
CONSUMPTION voting with the ministry.
The provisions of the measure ex-
clude Ireland from CONSUMPTION on the
ground that she is an allied but in
tegral kingdom
Under the bill bachelors and wild
overs between eighteen and forty-one
years may be forced to serve in the
army
Married men, eligibles who have
conscientious scruples against military
service, clergymen, men engaged in
indispensable government work, men
who are sick, men who have persons
dependent upon them for supprt and
cripples are excluded.
England, Scotland and Wales are in
cluded in the bill.
The king is expected to sign the
bill at once From its inception in the
brain of Premier Asquith King George
has been an earnest advocate of the
CONSUMPTION measure.
Bristol, England, Jan. 28.-The Brit
ish labor conference, by a vote OF l.
$4,000 to 100000, gave it's approval
to the government CONSUMPTION bill.
The resolution in favor of support
ing the government was passed amid
cheers shortly after the three-day ses-
sion of the labor conference opened.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
BRITISH SHIP SINKS AT SEA.
Steamer PoIIentis Goes to Bottom
After Battle With Gale.

Halifax, N S., Jan. 25.-After bat
tie with the elements lasting more
than a week the British steamer Pol
lentis sank in mid-Atlantic on Sunday.
All on board were saved News OF her
loss was flashed here by wireless from
the Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi, which
rescued the crew.
Calls for help were first sent out
from the Pollentis last Wednesday.
They reported she was leaking badly.
Her pumps were unable to keep in
check the inrushing water. She had
been leaking for three days. Shortly
after dark the men aboard, alarmed at
the rapid filing of the disabled ship,
flashed signals to the Verdi, whose
boats Immediately responded. A high
sea was running and the men man
aging the Verdi's boats were able to
reach the Britisher only after a hard
struggle. When all were at last safely
aboard the Verdi the Pollentis, which
had been left wallowing in the trough
of the sea, was seen to give violent
lurch and then disappeared beneath
the waves.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02

Joseph Walsh is one of the new con-
gressmen from the Sixteenth district
of Massachusetts. Mr.. Walsh, who is
a Republican, halls from New Bedford.
He was born in Boston on December
16, 1875, and received his education in
the public schools and Boston Oniver.
slty of Law. He was moderator IN
the town of Falmouth for five years;
town counsel four years and was elect
ed to the Massachusetts Legislature in
1905. In 1912 he was elected presden-
tWI eector.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
MANN SEES ENGLAND AS FOE.
Economy to Spend Few Billions
Now, Illinois Congressman Says.

Now, Illinois Congressman Says.
Washington, Jan. 27.-Congressman
Mann of Illinois, the Republican house
leader. made vigorous speech for ma
tional preparedness in the house on
TUESDAY,, while all the Republicans
and most of the Democrats applauded
heartily.
1T is we'll known that | never have
believed in a large standing army he
said. land | probably might have been
nroperly classed as little navy man.
But wise men ought to be able to peer
distinctly into the future and prepare
todas for what might come tomorrow.
mo one knows" he continued,
where the aggression on either side
may lead us, perhaps not into this
struggle, but into one which is the out
come of this. 1t seems to me the part
of wisdom for us to permanently pre-
mare ourselves for any possibility OF
trouble that may come.
"The cost" he added, would DE
great, but it would be money well In
vested.
81 have much more fear in the end
Of war with England than have OF
war with Germany"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
Feb. 6, 1915.
WORTH KNOWING

Henry VIII was the first English
sovereign to be styled his majesty"
Serbia is particularly the country OF
centenarians One man in every 2,250
has lived to be one hundred years old.
An Italian scientist has developed
a method of Identification of individ-
uals by means of the veins in their
hands.
A New York woman has invented a
dining table for schools and institu-
lions in the form of ring, children
being seated both inside and outside
to save room.
Italian army engineers will sink a
large number of artesian wells in an
endeavor to convert large area OF
desert land IN Tripoli into an oasis
by irrigation. $1,000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
AUsTRIANs OCCUPY scUTARI.

important Town in North Albania
Captured by Emperor's Army.
Vienna, Jan. 26.-An official state
ment issued here on Monday says:
Scutari has been occupied by the
Austro-Hungarian troops. Severai
thousand Serbians who formed the
garrison retired southwark without
onering resistance.
The -Hungarians have also
occupied Viksic, Danielovgrad and
Podgoritza, Montenegro The disarm-
ing of the country has been carried
out up to this time without friction.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
DUAL AIR RAID NEAR LONDON
War Office Announces Attack on Kent

-. o+so. Announces Attack on Kent
ish coast-One Person kiied.
London, JAN 25.-The east coast OF
gent was raided twice on Sunday py
German aircraft In the first attack
Which was made early in the morning
Inv Teuton aeroplane. nine bombs
were dropped. A number OF nres were
started. The second attack was maze
hv two seaplanes early in the AFTER
noon The following casualties oc-
curred. One man killed; two men,
ona woman and three children injured.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
DOVER RAlDEo BY GERMANS.
Bombs Dropped on Great British Port
Heavy Fires Caused.


Heavy Fires Caused.
London, Jan. 26-The third German
air raid upon England within two days.
and the second upon the great British
port of Dover, the gateway OF prac-
ttcally all British shipping to France
was made on Monday, resulting In
thrilling aerial battle between three
aerOplanes over the port.
Both Berlin and London off1clally
announce the attack upon Dover, the
London press bureau reporting the
battle between two British aeropianes
and German seaplane. The German
machine escaped.
The Berlin statement says:
Two German naval aeroplanes
dropped bombs in aviation sheds OF
the British in Hougham, west OF
Dover Heavy fires caused by the
bombs were clearly observed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-02-02
Famous Horse JUDGE Dies.

GAINESVILLE. James Zuill McLay,
prominent breeder and importer OF
Clydesdale horses and short horned
cattle, a Judge of horses who has pass
ed on exhibits at all the biggest falrs
in the middle west and who was IN
fuential in establishing county Y M
C. A. in Rock county, died at his home
in Johnstown, aged 80 years.