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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-10
CAPT. KOENIG PLANS HOME
WARD DASH BY FRIDAY
Stevedores Work Steadily SUNDAY
Loading Cargo of Crude Rub
ber and Nickel
ber and Nickel.


New London, Conn, Nov. 5.-Capt.
Paul Koenig of the German subma-
rine merchantmen Deutschland
which arrived here last Wednesday,
indicated today that he would make
his homeward dash next Friday
probably late in the afternoon.
Stevedores worked steadily all day
loading cargo of crude rubber and
nickel; the Deutschland's crew was
engaged in overhauling the engines
and five mechanics from a local ship
yard practically completed the work
or tighteneing rivets on the crafts
bow which had become loosened by
tossing in the high sea- Captain Koe.
mig today visited the government sub
marine base and later conducte1
Commander Stirling and his officers
through the Deutschland.
Fourteen members OF the German
embassy at Washington came here
today and greeted the Deutschland's
captain and crew aboard the liner
Willehad.
Religious services were held on
the Willihed for members of the sub
marines crew this afternoon. Rev.
o. f. Heydenreich, of Hartford
prayed for their safe return to the
Fatherland.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-10

Because Of its tonic and laxative effect. LAxA.
TIVE BkOMO OUINfNEj js better than ordirarv
Qutnine and does not cause nervousuess n ~
ringing In head. Remember the fun name 80,
look Tor the signature OF X. w. GROVE. 2Sc.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-10
To Cure . Cold In One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine. II stops the
Cough aud Headache and works of the Cold
Druggists refund money II IL falls TO cure.
r. w. GROVES signature on each box. 2Sc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

%ington; ]. F. Hoffmeir. OF Parkers-
burg; L. n. Frantz. OF Mullins; J.
Frank Grimet. X. a. Burgess and John
Faulkner. OF Mt. Hope.
The Sistersville Improvement Co,
OF Sistersville. was incorporated with
an authorized capital Of S25. 900. 10
deal in real estate and develop addi-
tons 10 the city of Sistersville. The
incorporators are d. f. Threnen. C..
l. Gisler. +. y. Fischer. John Kinkaid.
r. a. Durham, w. l.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
J. l. Mckay and Joseph Mckay, all OF
Sistersville.
The West Virginia Gas Coal Co. OF
Hugheston, Kanawha county, with an
authorized capital OF S25. 900. will have
its chief works at Hugheston. The
incorporators are II. p. Tompkins,
a. y. koontz. A. r. Hurlbert, B. L.
Bonham and X. L. Henderson. ali OF
Charleston.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Rrrvities-

For the first time in several years.
the Natural Gas company Of West
Virginia is mailing bills to patrons of
the company at Benwood. Formerly
the company had a collector In Ben
wood two days in each month.
Dial Martin. who has been III for the
past few days. Is improving rapidly.
Miss Katherine Higgins Of Main
street. who has been i'll. is recovering.
George Stevens. an employe Of the
r.. & O. railroad here. is IN at his home
in the fifth ward.
Mrs James O'Conner and daughter
are the guests Of friends IN Baltimore.
Mrs NJ. Butler OF Water street has
LEFT for "a visit with friends in Mingo
junction.
Herbert Cook Is IN az his home IN
the NTH ward.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

An unsuccessful days work was
put in yesterday by the police OF Ben.
wood in efforts to find a clue TO the
Identity of the robbers who entered
the Max Coffman store on Marshall
street and that OF Tony Cataria. just
a Few doors below Forty-eighth street.
Sunday morning.
Both stores were entered between
six and ~six-thirty o'clock sunday
morning, the robbers securing but lit
tie loot in either place. A cash reg.
lister was stolen al the Cataria store.
containing $50 in currency. while at
the Conman store. two sweater coats
and other articles OF merchandise
were taken.
The police will continue work on the
case, and 1t is rumored that arrests
may be expected within the next few
days. The failure Of the bloodhounds
10 md a trail was attributed 10 the
TACT that a number OF people had dur
ing n early part of the day entered
the stores TO view the work of the
early morning thieves.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
LILLY AFTER

CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jan. 81
Attorney General Lilly has been in
Washington for several days i~nvesti-
eating the status Of the appeal Of the
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.. from
the decision Of 1he United States cir
cult court Of appeals. refusing 10 award
an Injunction against the West Wiz.
einia public service commission. II
has sought TO restrain the COMMISSION
from enforcing a lower schedule OF
rates in ten Of the northern counties
OF tho state.
To expedite the hearing the commits
sion would have TO Pay for the print.
Ing itself and this may be done.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

PORT CLINTON. Jan ls-Warm
weather bias been keeling a large mum.
bor Of men boo This city from earning
their usual mId-wiufer wages on ac
count Of mo- Ir" Tho lre and fish
dealers win Boz compelled fo 20 To tho
fields r Northern Michigan for their
farv'Hi This winter unless cold weather
comes tO their relief soon Many OF
fnn people here make special prepa
raIonH Tor the joe harvest and with
out This work No. viii mean a SHORTAGE
'u 'l0m Another indication OF warm
days fD follow. ls said fo bo tho return
Of the wild dIrHa which arc fockIns
fo fho marshes Of the river and bay
boo large numbsrs Robins have also
bod -uo courage f1 return TO their
nauuts in thD parks
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Corporatons DeIinouent

Six hundred corporations in this
state are delinquent in the payment
OF their Willis excise or franchise
axes and the attorney general has
certified their names 20 the state AK
commission with the advice that their
charters be revoked. The delinquency
in some instances dates back to 1912.
a number of the concerns already
have gone out OF business.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
cAARTERs IssuEn

CHARLESTON. v W. Jan. u
The state Building and Loan associa-
ton. Of HUNTINGTON. with an authorized
of $4,000. was Incorporated
here today. The incorporators are. w.
T. DeoCana. a. W Fitzwater. l. X.
Ross and o. C. Huffman. all Of Hunt
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

The state civil service commission
has opened an employment bureau.
Employers are constantly asking the
commission for anne OF eXper in
various lines who have taken eXami-
nation for state servPe and have
failed of appointment These names
are being turne dover 10 these in.
quirers and as a result many who
have sought state positions have OBJ
tanned lucrative private Jobs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

MAEfSNlLLE-LOuis Erwin. aged
10 years, OF Milford Center. pleaded
guilty today before Judge Brodrlck
TO an indictment charging him with
passing forged checks on local mer-
chants. and was given a suspended
sentence in the woorkhouse. Erwin IL
compelled 10 pay the costs OF prosccu-
ton. He had an accomplice in the
crime. who has DOT been ~apprehended.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Burton

The candidacy of former Senatoi
T. +. Burton. OF Cleveland, for the
Republican nomination for president,
was endorsed yesterday by the Wyan-
dot county Republican committee
meeting at Upper Sandusky. The ad-
m-inistrauon of Governor +. b. Willis
was also approved.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

kENIDN william Arnold. aerd IO
years. was wy.frrl0u.iy .H0f In tho
breast lafo iF.f nIrhf urdr- peculiar
r.f..m.far.rF Tho Dad says he vas
just about fO enter Doll. Huu.r whom
Sire f.0HF f1Hsu grabbed HI. arm
and asked i.m f0 s1 .n .H. house ,rd
rnf Nfr trro.dr aH1' rI. THr lad
l f.H w0uar Ha. H.rr0I. a.I Ne
. Dor 1 r'hr arm and I.d boz ID,
nr homo Tho I.d had hardly rrl %
Hfr'r' whom "a report wal. hoard
and Hn frIf % fHof striking hIm BIO
.....fa have been made.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Double Euners-

MAHtiNILLE-A double funeral OF
Mrs. John l.. Rausch and her little
grandson. Walter F1adt Schneider.
aged three years. who was recently
adopted by Mr. and Mrs Cornelius
fladt. Will BE- held Sunday afternoon
az two O'Clock bon So Johns Lutheran
church. Mrs Hauscvh's death vas
caused by heart disease s~uperinduced
by grip. and BIER grandson by pnou
TonIa Both were 80 only a short
time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Peculiar Status

The state auditor has been asked
by the state industrial commission TO
decide IL Mrs. Maude Murray Miller.
OF this city. Is TO continue as a mem
Der OF the board of censors for motion
pictures. Two OF the three members
OF the board voted for Mrs. Miller but
the selection was not approved by
Governor Willis. The board is un-
decided a TO Mrs. Millcrs status.
and the auditor who must approve
the voucher for her pay will have TO
decide the question.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
10 Send DelenztInn

a large delegation Of the members
OF the Evening Star lodge No. is.
knights of Pythias. will go TO
Moundsville Thursday evening 10 N.
tend the visitation meeting held bv the
Little Prince lodge of that place. Ar
ranmcnts for sending the delegation
were made last night. whom a meeting
of the local order was held. 4 special
car will carry the McMechen and the
Benwood lodges 10 MoundsVille.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
In Prohn Endemic

WILNINGTON-Dr. F. @. Boud-
reau. Of the state board OF health.
has reached his county 10 investigate
an epidemic OF smallpox now raging
ir two townships. More than a dozen
cases are being treated, but ali are
OF a mild form.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Granted Bio Zee.

Ralph Il. Rickly. n banker o, this
city, today was granted a fee OF slO.-
900 for his services as receiver for the
Case Crane company. which went into
bankruptcy. His attorney. J. NJ. How
ard. was paid $4,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

The registrars who were appointed
by council last Tuesday evening 10
nave charge of the registration OF the
Benwood voters for the municipal
election that will be held in April. are
ready to start work. yesterday they
were furnished supplies BY ~ity Clerl.
Brennan. and 10 is expected that work
Will be started today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Will Resume Toniqht.

The steel department OF the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron company did not
resume operations yesterday morning.
owing TO the fact that the workmen
were unable To repair the damage in
lime for its resumption. II is thought
that everything Will be in readiness
by this evening. and notices to the eff
feet that the department will resume
Onigh have been issued
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

Garland A. Bricker, assistant pro-
fessor of agriculture at Ohio state
university, has resigned to accept a
position in the same line OF work at
Syracuse university. Syracuse. y. Y.
He will receive a larger salary than
he is paid here and will have a better
rating.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

David y. Gatliff. a cook OF Chilli
Gothic. today filed a petition IN bank
ruptcy in the federal court here. lie
lists his Liabilities at |$2.37l.35 and
his assets al $i.C37.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Five Arrests

Five DRINKS was the total OF arrests
cade by h Benwood police during the
week end. Last evening they were
given a hearing befor Mayor Clark
Spouts and assessed the usual fines.
Those fined were: John Doe. arrested
by Oficer Sauers. 81 and costs: Mike
Jones, drunk, arrested by Alderman.
81 n costs; John Doe. drunk and dis
orderly. arrested by Specht. 50 and
costs; Stand Nrica. drunk. by Bogard.
81 and costs: Mike Philips, by HAY
kins, 81 and costs.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

At C~hillicothe. George Reutinger, a
farmer, recently released from the
Athens state hospital. killed his wife
with a Ratchet and then cut his own
throat with a razor. soon dying. They
leave four children.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Renairs comnirtrd

Repairs 10 the garage owned BY
Fred Schad on South Marshall street
which was recently damaged by fire.
have been completed. The tenant part
OF the structure has been torn away.
and will be used hereafter by Mt.
Schad as a garage.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

mately 5000. and this. together with
the financial condition Of the city at
present. owing TO the general business
depression. makes it look doubtful II
at the present time sufficient money
could be raised to provide for its con-
strucfiOn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

W1LMINGTON-Mrr Cora r. ecker
man. formerly prominent in the social
life % Lumcrton. o.. is dead after 81
brief fitness az her home in Now ~.
emma. this county
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Architect Dead

Arthur Z. Winget. aged A. an archi.
tect, who had been in charge OF a
number OF large buildings in this state,
died today at his home at Maryville.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Rusiness Man Dad.

WILMISGTON-Cnaues Nordykc.
prominent business man OF New vi
emma. is dead after an illness OF but
a few days Death followed tho burst.
Ing Of an artery during a III OF cough
Ing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

A. work in this city. and IL wealthy.
while Mrs. Clark IS equally as well
known. She was restored 10 her
maiden name. When the action was
filed FIndlay people Easped.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Belt Causes Illness

DR.. L. S. Woods. OF Rawson. who
operated on his son for appendicitis.
in a hospital in Mindlay. declared that
the patients condition a due TO
wearing a tight belt.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
GOVERNOR WILLIS In VIGOROUS
RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON GOV. COX

Mutual Insurance company OF Hamil-
ton. formerly the Ohio Mutual Auto
mobile Fire Insurance company.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
Vote on Band Issue.

Voters of Columbus. at the April
primaries. will pass on a bond issue
OF 100000 for the purpose of meet
ing a deficit in the city's funds.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

LAXATIVE IItDND QTIETNE
Tablets. Druggist refund money 30 %
fails to cure. D.. W. GROVES signature
iz on each boss. &c.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

Conservative estimates have placed
the cost Of building the food wall TO
protect center BcnwOOd az approx
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01

Tho secretary 70 tate has received
articles OF incorporation 81 the Union
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-01
BEN W POLICE
STILL IN DARK
UNABLE TO FIND CLUES TO
IDENTITY OF ROBBERS WHO
ENTERED STORES.

Chief sauers at Work on case-sur.
rounding Cities Notified to Look
for Suspicious Characters.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
Hirlnu and Firing.
(To BE CoNTINUED.I

Personnel is. IN fact. the all-import-
ant element of plant equipment Sc
lection OF employees should rightly
require more study than selection OF
boilers and generators. Unfortunate
ly the art and science of hiring IS so
young and basic principles yet so
vague that the great majority OF com.
panies operating plants still continue
to waste enormous amounts OF money
and dissipate natural resources in ad-
dition to doing a great social inJus-
tice in this respect. Time honOred
habits of hiring and firing building
up an organization by hit and miss"
method. has generally two immediate
results: Men. hired because they did
not want to starve. perform their
tasks indifferently. merely avoiding
gross neglect and. therefore. the ac-
tual efficiency Of equipment: and fre-
quent changes of employees. either be-
cause OF their low efficiency or be
1use OF a fancy to advance a good
fireman to a position OF bad engineer.
result in lack of thoroughness. lack OF
pride in their profession. and in ex
ira expense in training united men,
Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

h0htnIrn Oh the river could flIa~Ipr and
found him self in Il hay pruie,'tpd by u
spit of sand. rock-tipppd and foam
tossed wIere ii reached the rivers
rlIanliel. From this point the river
was chaos of Jagged rocks that
fought the mighty tie hurled from
the falls still miles above.
Gerry ran the canoe upon the shore
and stripped. lie stepped on to the
spit of SAID. In that moment JuSt tO
live was enough. sharp cry broke
OIL his aStOnished ears.
Almost at the end of the tongue Of
sand stood girl. Her hair was blow
ing around her slim shoul'prs. Over
one Of them she g,lzed. startled. at
Gerry. He drew back horribly con
fused and mumbling apologies that she
could not have understood even If she
could have heard them. :rhrn she
plunged with Il clean long dive into the
river. But before she plunged she
laughed. Gerry heard the laugh With
an answering cry he hurled himself
into the wafer and SWAN as he had
never Swum before.
The girl had farther to go across the
little bay. but she could beat Gerry
swimming and she did. Only she failed
to Use her head and. when she found
bottom. started to wade. Wading is
slow work In water waist high Gerry
stuck to his long powerful stroke. As
the girl reached the bank the strong
fingers of his right hand closed on her
bare ankle.
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

In the squalid Hotel d'EurOpe Gerry
occupied Il large room that overlooked
the quay. Even If there had been u
better hotel in town he would uOt have
moved.
lie was not lonely. He wandered
interested through all the struggling
city When he was too lazy to 20 to
the city he sat In the prpcWriOus bal
cOny of his room and watched the city
come to him.
Almost month had passed since he
landed on his I.ethean shore. and 1t
had served him well. Tile world
seemed to have time-SprvPrS in small
regard. He began to think of his moth
er. lie StrOlled over to the cable sta
tiOn. The offices were undergoing re-
pairs. The ground floor was unfur.
niSlIed save for table and one chair.
In the chair sat a chOc0late-cOl0rpd
employee with Il long bamboo Oh the
floor beside him. Gerry'S curiosity was
aroused. He went in and wrote his
message to his mother-juSt few
words telling her he was all right The
chocolate gentleman folded the mes
sage. slipped it into the split end of
the bamboo and stuck it up through
a hole in the ceiling to the floor above.
Gerry smiled and then laughed at the
gravity with which his smile was re-
ceived The man looked at him In
ast0nishment. These English were all
mad and diScOurteOus. What was
there TO laugh at in man at work?
Gerry went out and rambled over
the city. Night came on. lie was
restless. He wished he had not %sent
the message. 1t was forming itself
into link. lie dinpd badly at res
taurant and then wandered halk to the
quay. Arriving steamers were posted
on a blackboard under a street lamp
The mail from New York was due to-
morrow. The cOnSul'S papers would
be full Of the latest New York society
room and sat on the balcony watching
the varied craft preparing TO drift out
OH the tide. Suddenly he got up and
Went down to the quay.
a long. raking craft was taking on
its mPagPr provisions. Gerry engaged
its captain in pantomime parley. The
boat was bound for Pemedo to take OH
cotton. Gerry decided to 90 to PenpdO
Two of the crew went back with him
to get his baggage The hotel was
closed. Gerry was the only guest and
he had his key. He had paid his
weekly hill that day. so there was Do |
need to wake up anyone. In half au
hour he and his belongings were
slowed on the deck of the JOSephiua |
and she was drifting slowly down to
the bar.
Four days later they were OF the
mouth Of the San Francisco. They |
doubled in and tackled their way up !
to I'enedO. There was no life in Pen
edo. 1t was deSOlate and lonely com
pared with the Hotel d'EurOpe and the
lively quay: so when funny little
stern wheeler started up the river OH
its weekly trip to Piranhas, Gerry
went with it.
Piranhas was a town Of mud plas-
tered against a barren cliff. II made
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25
l6&$l]IRzz&zMil y

Gerry Lansing waS sitting alone in
the shade of bush. his knees gath
cred in his arms and his head bowed
down. Great quivering signs that
were almost sObS were shaking his
strong body. In one terrific SwIrI
life had wrenched him from the moor
inES OF genera tons, tossed him high
and dropped him. broken. Between
the moment when lie had plunged
ft-1tff HE HE ss;ifttittIsait Aud the moment
when he and the girl had stood OH the
river bank and laughed together to see"
the canoe. worked adrift by the eddy,
swirl out into the river and away
cons had passed. In that laughing
moment he had stood primeval man IN
Il primeval world. With the drops of
water from the river he had licked
off the bonds it had taken centuries
to forge. And now his truaut con
science returned to stand dismayed
The girl. dressed In hOmeSpuh
cotton robe belted at the waist. came
back down half-hidden path. shyy
at first and then with awe TO see
him weeping. She tossed him cot
ton jumper and trousers and then drew
back and waited for him in the path
He rose slowly to his feet. dressed and
followed the girl.
She led him along the path through
the brush and out into little valle!
made up of abandoned cane and rice
bottoms. In the center was slight
elevation. too low to be called hill,
and OH II was an old plantation house.
white StuccO once. now sadly weather
its tiles green-bIack with the
moss Of years.
ITO BE CONTINIIEnA
Middletown transcript., 1916-03-25

SYNOPSIS.
a.

Alan Wayne is II away from Red HIll
his home. b. his u. e. J. Y. as a moral
failure. Glen runs after him in a tange
Of short skirts 10 bid him suud-by. Cap
tain Wayne tells Alan of the failing of the
Waynes. Glenn drinks Alans health on his
birthday. Judge Healey buys a picture fOr
Alix Lansing. The judge defends Alan IN
his business with his employers Alan and
AfiX meet at sea. hOmeward bound. and
starl a Irritation which becomes serious
AT home. Nance Sterling asks Alan to &"
away from Nix. AliX is taken to task by
Gerry. her husband. for her conduct with
Alan and defies him. Gerry. as he thinks.
sees AlX and Alan clipping. drops every
thing. and goes 10 Pernambuco. AliX
leaves Alan on the train