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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
DISAGREEMENT OVER
PLACING OF FUNDS
Question Arises Over Status of Money
Received From Sale of Dis
trict School Bonds.

A difference Of opinion seems to en-
list as the classification OF money to
be deposited in the county depositor-
les between the county and state or
ficers, which difference was discuss
ed by the commissioners in session
vest erday morning. The point arises
over the depositing of moneys recelY-
ed from the sale of bonds in Tr1adel-
phia and Richland districts.
Some time ago Sheriff Sweeney
named the Germania Bank, the Ger
man Bank. and the Citizens Banking
and Trust Company repositories, each
TO receive 100000. In addition lie
named number Of banks as special
repositories TO deposit the Triadelphia
and Richland District money accrued
from the sale of bonds. II so hap
pened that the German Bank was al
lowed to hold $4,000 of this district
money. and the question arose wheth-
er il could be called district money
or county money.
If it reverts 10 the county, then this
bank will lose all over the SlO0,0OO it
holds, and the excess will have 10 he
placed in other banks. Deputy State
Auditor Jake Otto holds that the law
is plain on the point and that the dis
trict money reverts to the county.
The question has been referred 10 the
prosecuting attorney and no action
will be taken in the matter until he
renders a decision on the point.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
FREE FAIR SHOWS TO
Be BEST IN HISTORY
HIGH GLASS ENTERTAINMENTS,
EQUAL TO CIRCUS. GIVEN
BETWEEN RACES.
Band of Forty Pieces, With sooist,
Tango Horse, Whip Crackers
and Other Attractions.

The hot-ar balloon ascensions with
the startling parachute drops. the
aeroplaneS with their daredevil oper-
atorS making their glides, their loop
the-loopS and their SpiralS have had
their day as attractions at fairs, and
the up-tu.the minute fairs have sub.
Sritu,ed other entertainments that APP
peal TO the public along the line OF
safety first"
With this object in view. the United
Fairs Booking Association Of Chicago
WAS consulted. with the result that
some of The highest priced attractions
appear at the Wheeling fair.
First among these is the Royal
Scotch Highlandcrs band of 40 pieces,
with vocal SnlOiStS. 10 give concerts
every afternoon and evening. This
band is pronounced by competent
critics as one of the best musical or
CARNATIONS in The world. Then comes
Gus Hornbrook with his cowboys.
cowgirls and Indians. presenting "Old
Cheyenne Days, marvellous troupe,
illustrating the perilS, the tribulationS
and the amuSementS OF The pioneers IN
the then wild West" Holland and
Dockeral have also been engaged.
This splendid troupe Of cquestriennes,
WIFI tItll IIul SllOH w IlilS
perfect specimens Of horseflesh. and
their riding dogs. have received the
applause Of thousands for their mas.
rerly and never equalcd performances.
Miss Adcla Won Oil. formerly with
buffalo Bill" will ride her famous
Delmar at every performance. Del:
mar, big chestnut horse, on his hind
legs, will do the tango and walk the
entire length of the grand stand.
Last, but not least, is the Burt Shep-
k"rd Company of Australian whip
crackers. These men and women. on
horseback. manipulate the 20 feet or
more long bull whips. or as they are
called in the AntipodeS. buShvelot
whips. snipinG coins from the hands
Of each other. cutting paper into
strips, and many other marvellous
fcatS.
Taken altogether. the free altrac-
lions will consume as much time as
the ordinary circus. The performance.
however. will not be continuous, as
the acts will be given between the
races.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

ed to Woman Suffrage" on Wednesday
4 majority Of the members
OF the Association were present.
Among other things it was decided TO
have a booth at the coming State Fair
presided over by one o. the Anti-Suf.
iraGc Leaders, who will answer all
about The Causr. give intor-
nation and distribute literature. The
ladies are entering The campaign
against suffrage with n great deal Of
enthusiasm and do not agree with the
Republican candidate for President
that the way To get women out Of pol
iticS is TO give them the ballot but on
the contrary as Mrs. Dodge says Its
like getting rid Of Il man by marrying
him." so with The vote. if 81 per cent
ni The women don't make use Of their
right 10 vote, we are afraid Mr.. Hughes
will find the other ~ per cent in poll
tics TO stay.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
WEST VA, PCSTMASTERS To HOLD
NINTH ANNUAL MEETING HERE
TO CONVENE AT HOTEL WIND
SOR IN TWO-DAY SESSION
SEPTEMBER 10 AND 20.
Heads of Postoffce Department and
State Senator and Congressman
Ipvited m Give Addresses

Invited to Give RooreSSes.
The ninth annual session OF the
West Virginia Postmasters' ASSocIa,
! ton, composed of first, second and
third classes, will convene in this
city in Il two-day session September
10 and %. II is anticipated that prac-
tically every presidential postmaster
in the State will attend. while Post
master General BurlesOn and his as
SiStantS have been invited 10 be pres
ent, as have been United States Sen
ator William E. Chiffon. of Charles.
ton. and Congressman NJ. NJ. Nicely, of
Fairmont. PoStoffice inspectors ".
Chambers and f. l.. Connar will in
struCt the convention on difficult prob
lens.
Headquarters will be at the Hotel
be held in the assembly room, while
the night sessions will be held in the
United States court room, Federal
building. Wheeling hotels Will be
asked 10 furnish rates for the many
who are expected 10 attend the con-
yention.
Senator Chiffon and Congressman
Nicely will be invited 10 address the
convention on recent legislation.
Postmaster General l}urleson. First
; Assistant Roper, Third Assistant
Dockers and Fourth Assistant BlakeSi-
lee have also been invited TO speak
, on topics of instructions and inter
est at the meetings.
The officers of The West Virginia
! Postmastrrs' Association are: Presi'
dent. Will w Irwin. Wheeling; Vice
President. Simms Powell. PArkers'
burg: Secretary. Floyd B. Brown,
Bluetield: Treasurer, l.. NJ. Rowan,
| White Sulphur Springs.
The executive committee is com
/ posed of: Henry Zilliken, Wells
burg: j. w. WcIlman. Moundsville;
t Charles Lively. Weston: J. H. Long,
Huntington; J. A. DeGruyte r. Charles
ton: J. Carl Vance, Clarksburg; j.
! Frank Thompson. Martinsburg; /. w.
! Bartlett. Ruckhannon; J. 4. Pyles,
New Martinsville; Ernest l.. Love,
! Grafton.
Committee on resolutions; o. c.
Sweeney, ST. Marys; Griff l.. Smith,
Point Pleasant; Henry n. Bradley,
! Charleston.
! Committee on topics: Thomas E.
Hodges. Morgantnwn; Andrew Price,
Warrington. and H. Is. Moore, Romeo
verle.
President Irwin stated yesterday
that a detailed program of the conFen-
ton will be announced later.
Hear Mr.. Wardall at Windsor Ball
| Room this evening. talk on Esoterlc
Christianity.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
MEETINGS OPEN
MoundsviIIc Camp Meeting viii Open
Tomorrow Evening at the
Camp Grounds.

The camp meetings at the Mounds
willie camp grounds will open to-day.
and from The amount of interest and
enthusiasm that has been displayed
during the past few weeks, they prom
lse 10 be the best ever held. Rev. G.
y. Sampson will have charge of The
preaching services. and Rev. 2. \. De
Bolt will be evangclistic singer. He
will have charge Of chorus of nearly
100 voices. Harry Supp, OrganiSt al
81. Pauls Evangelical church, will as
siSt with his cOrnet.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
FINGER SEVERED
Young Lad Victim of Painful Acct
cident While Demonstrating
Washing Machine.

Moses Feinbold, "a young lad of the
North End. who assists his father at
The stand of the Pittsburgh Fruit Com
pany. in The upper market, had one
of his fingers severed yesterday after
noon when he had it caught between
the cogs of a washing machine OF the
Motor Washing Machine Company,
which has the adjoining stall. The
lad was assisting in the demonstration
of the washer, and removed the shield
from the cogs. When he was replac-
ing it the accident occurred.
He was removed to the office Of a
physician, and later 10 his home. He
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
WANTS MONEY RETURNEDs

DR.. H. Finkelpearl, of Pittsburgh:
iourned TO Wheeling last Sunday with
his family and some friends and SM1Al
arrested for speeding in the outthe;'
pike district. He was fined $40, bysA:
letter from the physician yesterday;
turned. 3
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
REPUBLICANS MEET

A meeting of the Republican county
executive committee will he held this
evening in the county building, Ht
which time questions dealing directly
with the coming campaign will be TAX
en- up. A number of The members ara
at Huntington, and should they be de-
tanned in the convention city, the
meeting may fail Of Il quorum.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
POLICE COURT NEWS

Two offenders were arraisned in
police court yesterday morning. Act
ing Judge 4. G. Schiller presided,
Jane Wilson. of Bellaire. charged with
being drunk. was arrested on the
South Side and fined S. and costs.
John S. McHenry. Of Chicago. arrest
ed for being drunk. while waiting for
a train at the 3. 4 O. depot was Civ
en- three hours to leave Town.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
MANY DESERTERS

Nearly every day the local police
department receives number of cir
culars bearing the pictures and de-
scriptions of deserters from the mill
tia forces that have been made part
of the federal forces. \ reward Of
$50 is offered for the arrest of any
of these men.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
MEET AUGUST y
Wheeling Board OF Education Will Al
low Taxpayers to Register Kicks
Against Levy.

There will be n meeting Of the Wheel
ing Board vt Education on August ~.
when the taxpayers will be allowed to
register complaints against the action
OF the board in increase the levy 81.
cents. Tho increase was necesSitated by
an expenditure OF $50. 200 for the new
Madison school building. purchased Of
the Hubbard property and u deficit IF
$4,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
New Company Files Certificate.

The Burnorr Heater Company an
Ohio concern filed its certificate Of in,
corporation granted in this state, with
the county clerk yesterday. The com
pany is Incorporated at $25,QpO with
the following corporate stockholders
j. w. Gaher. Albart Eick. William Lip.
phart, Louis Lipphart all of Ohio, and
l.. L. Sawtcll OF this city. Henry Pen.
dleton is. given power OF attorney. The
concern will have its chief offices here
and will engage in the manufacture
and sale Of stoves.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

Take advantage Of low excursion to
Oak Park on 3. & o. Sunday, Aug 18th.
Special train leaves at $50 a. m. Fare
from Wheeling $500 See large 3. & %.
Ad. 1900 feet above sea level. Usual
park attractions, good bathing and
boattnc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
COUNTY COURT
MARRIAGE Licenses

Henry y. Felter and Dora Willie, both
of this city.
Antonio Caricato. and Rosa Crso,
both of SharpSburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
Deeds

Stella Jones to Marie Lansham, par.
Gel nf land in Richland district. Con-
Sideration SO.
John ". Kcmple and wife to D. NJ.
Thornburg. lot Ii in Ella Heights. Con-
Siderati0n SO.
Leopold kress to Peter Urtino lot 80
IN Eighteenth street, consideration
$1,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

iectured now that the company was
merely awaiting an oppcriunifE to
make d decided move. The Cases are
scheduled to be heard October /.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
Administrator Appojnted

Eugene J. He'll qualified as admins.
traitor for the estate OF Clara Russell
with bond fixed at $3.50. W. r. Cooey
is surety
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
was very i'll last evening as resu
Of the shock. ..s
LECTURE TONIGHT.
Max WardaIl, of Seattle, viii Tell 81
Esoterc Christianity at the 50
Windsnr Hotel ,tIksrE5s

WIndSor Hote1. ~ ,sEss:s5
Max Wardall Of Seattle, n9donAts
lecturer of the Philosophical S4'cietzS
will speak tonight at Sis o'clf:ck u
ic will be "Esoteric Christianity tHl
which he will tell of the hidde& eNi
els in Christ's teachings. Sal f31
evening Mr.. Wardall will again
using as his topic 1.-The Real SdHeE
men" This lecture will explain thu
nature of the Supermen and the: eunfS
of human evolution. III
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11
ANTS HOLD MEETING

There was an enthusiastic meeting
of The Wheeling Association Oppos-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-11

Deeds OF Trust
Four deeds of trust were left for rec
ord yesterday with the clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02

more than few miles above its es- tuary.
 One name of interest in c&Anec- tion with the Congo is that Of Sir Roger Easement, now a prisoner in England charged with high treason. Sir Roger, when BritiEi1 consul at Bona, the Congo capital, made a journey through the upper regions of the great river basin in 1903, after which he made, a famous report al- ieging many atrocities in the treat ment of natives.
 ''The most interesting settlement in German East Africa is Ujiji,- a town of 14,06o inhabitants, chiefly Arabs. This slave and ivory mart of the nine teenth century was first visited by Europeans in 1858, when Richard Bur ton and J. H. Spoke discovered Lake Tanganyiki. on whose eastern shores uTe town is situated. Of even more interest, however, is the fact that it was here that Henry M. Stanley's famous undertaking to find the lost explorer David Livingstone was ac- complished on October 18th, 1871"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02

oK German East Africa, So far as the governing countries are concerned, is confined to the last thirty or forty years. Belgium owes her interests in the Dark Continent primarily to her late sovereign, Leopold H., who found- ed the International Association of Exploration and Civilization in Africa in 1876. As a result of this associa- tion's activities in effecting treaties with native chiefs, there was develop ed the Congo Free State, netutlal in dependent sovereignty, first recogniz- ed as ouch by the United States in 1884. Leopold, whose interest in the new region had been keened than that of any other ruler whose private purse had defrayed much of the expense of exploration was named as the soger-
 eign of the new state. By will, ex- ecuted four years later, the king be- queathed the Congo to Belgium. After prolonged international controversies over alleged cruelties to natives under Leoplod's regime the Belgianf parlia- ment finally voted to assume full con- troI of responsibility for the territory as a colonial possession. This took place eight years ago, and the first na- ton to recognize the new power in
 central Africa was Germany, In Janu-
 ary, 1909. -, ....,..-, I lying on uBe eastern side of the con- tinent opposite the Belgian Congo,
 dates back a quarter of a century when the sultan of Zanzibar ceded his
 mainland possessions of 364, 900 square miles to the European empire for a | mere million dollars.
 | "The early history of the coast of what is now German East Africa goes
 back four or five hundred years be- | fore the advent of Portuguese navi- | gators who found Arabs in possession | of the native villages in the sixteenth century When the Portuguese with drew after two centuries Arabs again
 assumed control, extending their pow CT far inland. England was offered | control of the region by fife Zanzibar
 Arabs at about the time that Stanley was making his famous explorations | of the Congo, but the offer was de-
 clined. Then began the activities, se-
 cret at first, of the German Coloniza- ton Society, which eventually re-
 sulsted in adding the territory to the | Kaiser's overseas domain.
 "On the western side of the contin-
 ent the Portuguese naval officer Diogc Cam discovered the mouth of the
 Congo some ten years before Column bus set sail on his voyage which re- suited in the finding of the New | World. It was many centuries, how Lever, before this river, with a basin Q. Ia million and a half square miles
 larger than any other in the worlt save the Amazon, was explored fol
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02
THE STRUGGLE FOR vERpuN.

Three and a third months have been devoted to the effort of the German forces to capture Verdun. The as- sault was attempted with determina- ton and it has been maintained with confidence but there were times dur Ing the earlier stages of the action when the German position was stronger than it is today.
 First on one side and then on an- other has Germany been burrowing In. It has pushed ahead regardless of the sacrifices which have been re- 1uired and it realizes the importance of gaining a victory over the enemy even though by the time itH may be accomplished the real significance of It may be destroyed. When peace is being talked and desired Germany recognizes the importance of getting decision to support it's efforts, and Verdun would be a great feather in its cap.
 Trance has from the first recognized the value of giving territory when necessary to conserve it's men and yet It has been able to resist the tre- mendous assaults which have been thrown against it's defenses. The tide of battle has ebbed and flowed and Germany has even been said to be stripping other fronts of all available men and artillery for the purpose of capturing this salient. As yet 1t has .ound Dead Mans hill and Hill No. eO4 veritable stone walls, even though he claim has been made that France night even yield these in a strategic retreat and still be able to keep up Is valiant resistance of the enemy E Ifforts to take the main fortress.
 It is not to be-, supposed that Ger nan victory atxverdun would by5 any means end the war. It would add ma lerially to German aprestigese but if il lailssto carry out what it is attempt ng twill be seriously weakened. Still he defense continues to be as strong Ss the ofTense and though the fighi lFHsy yeeala going on there for over I
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02

the Boston trolley cars, with the result that some places doubled their popula- ton in a few years. Against the re- monstrance of the taxpayers 1ae gas and electric commission made a con- tract with the Uncas Power company, a one-sided affair. Norwich will have to be ready to start up the city plant at any time this fails, at a big expense which wtal have to be added to the cost of electricity for the year. The commissioners of Boston about two months ago found they needed new boilers for their plant, but found if ordered now would have to pay war prices, so agreed in the interest of economy to wait another year. Nor wfClh has ordered new boilers regard less
 It has been remarked by many that the street department has been virtu- ally running itself, which is poor econ- omy. Many taxpayers complain that they have no show when they attend city meeting and that it makes no difference, as the taxpayers vote does not count, and cite the appropriations for the bumper engine and the increase of the salaries of the fire department, claiming that 50ae taxpayers in the seats voted against these motions, but that they were carried by a solid body of men standing in one corner of the city hall, and among whom not a sim gle taxpayer was recognized.
 The insurance men promised the taxpayers benefits from these motions They proved reverEe benefits, for they raised the insurance rates.
 The people of Norwich have been easy marks, but are now waking up. They should retire the LilIfbridgs crowd and send them back to tlne farm --I hear they have some mighty good reads up in the country-or give them a job in the fire department, the next best such to a city job. But they won't have to work for a living now; any way, let us have new street commits l sioner, one who is energetic, alive and on the job, as he is paid to be, and one who is. a resident of the city of Nor wich, as is required by law and our city charter.
 Now, brother taxpayers, grasp the opportunity All vote, and then att tend the city meeting. Let us by econ omy and good government attain lower taxes consistent with efficiency that property owners may be encouraged l and Norwich grow and prosper. OPPORTUNITY
 Norwich, June 1, 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-02
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

East African BattIefieIds.-News cf the success of Belgian forces in con- dict with colonial troops of German East Africa gives tineliness to 8 war geography bulletin, issued today by the National Geographic society from its Washington headquarters, which says:
 "When the American public reads that the troops of the Belgian Congo have defeated the colonial troops of German East Africa at Shangugu and that the victors are proceeding south ward from Lake Kivu in the direction of Lake Tanganyika, it is hard to re- alize that the two colonial possessions involved have a combined area four f1fths as large as all of continental Eu- rope, the Russian empire excepted. Belgium's territory alone in this guar ter of the globe is eighty times as large as the mother country, while the population of the jungle iTilds of the Congo basin Is variously estimated at from fourteen to thirty millions. The German colony is nearly double the area of the home country, while the population is estimated at eight mil- lions. In both possessions, however, the number of Europeans, chiefly .ofia- cers of the home governments, does not exceed a few thousands. "Shangugu, the position recently captured by the Belgians. lies on the southern shore o1 Lake Kfvu, a mag niflcent body Of water having an area almost as large assthe state of Rhode Island, and situated nearly mile above sea level, with gigantic volcanic peaks looking down upon it from the north.
 'SThe march of the victorious coloni- als ig along the Rusizi river, which
 conveys the waters of Lake KiYu for sixty miles to the south into Lake FTanganyika, the longest fresh water kiake in the world.
 s'rha histerys cf both the Congo and