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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
DR.. c. A. BARBER
NAMED To SUCCEED
SMALLER MATHEWS

MINNEAPOLIS. MAY 22-Dr c. \.
barbour. president of Rochester TheO-
logical Seminary. Rochester. y. T.,
was elected president of the Northern
Baptist Convention. without Opposl-
tion at the annual meeting here today.
President Smaller Mathews, OF Chit
cago. was not a candidate for re-elec-
tion
The report of the convention com
mittee recommending that the 1917
meeting be held in Cleveland, o., was
adopted.
The cooperating organizations
adopted officers as follows:
American Baptist Home Missions
Society. Frank {. Nickels Minneapo-
lis. president. DR. Henry l.. Morehouse.
New York. secretary. American Bap-
list Publication Society. j. W. Whit
comb Brougher, Los Angeles. presi-
dent. Or. \. j. Rowland. Philadelphia
secretary. American Baptist Foreign
Mission Society. Emory W. Hunkanew-
ton. Center. Mass. president. Or. John
y. Aitchison. Chicago. home secretary
Woman's American Baptist Foreign
Mission Society. Mrs. John +. Scott,
California. president.
Mrs smith I. Ford, Chicago. was
elected president of the Woman's Am
erican Baptist Home Mission Society
and Mrs. Katherine Westfall. Chicago,
secretary.
Frank L. Miner. Des Moines. la,
was elected treasurer of the ConVen-
tion proper.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
COL. SIBLEY'S DASH
AFTER VILLA RAIDERS
ENDS SUCCESSFULLY

MARATHON. Texas. Nav - The
tlyinG columns of the Eighth and
Fourteenth cavalry. detailed by Major
General Frederick Funston 10 give
chase to the bandit raiders of Glenn
Springs and Boquillas. have returned
10 American soil near Boquillas.
colonel Frederick W Siblev. com.
mander of the expedition. forded the
Rio Grandc with the two trOops OF the
fourteenth detailed 10 the pursuit from
tort Clarke late yesterday afternoon
Major George +. Langhorne al the
mead oi troops 4 and n Of the Eighth
htadquari"rs Fort Bliss. followed
shortly after
The expedition was IN Mexico inst
ten days. u failed 20 capture or wine
out the main body Of the Big Bend
maraudcrs. bur IL made prisoners of
iour OF tho bandits and left behind TWO
Diners de~U UcrIt.lV wounded I'm addi
ton % rescued Jesse Dccmcr. RoqliIlas
siorekceper and Monroe Pavne. "a
negro. kidnaUod by the NeNicsns a.
they took their last desperate fling he.
lorc Tying south beyond the intcrna.
tIOnal boundary
The return of the expedition wns i'm.
pcrativc for stratrEical reasons It had
penetrated 80 far into the Interior
without Oh" ~emblanCe of e line OF com.
muni,1tiou. that Dr. was not prepared
TOT possible NeutullificS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
De FACTO GOVERNMENT FACING
AN UNUSUALLY SERIOUS CRISIS
CaTanza Officials
Bluff Failed To Work
With U. s. Commander
FIELD HEADQUARTERS May nj

FIELD HEADQUARTERS May II
-(via wireless to Columbus. y. M
May 22-Cayalry returning here today
from far Southern marches brought
news OF brusque demands made upon
them by General CaVasos. the Carran-
"a officer in command of several thou
sand men now policing the section of
chihuahua from Chapparal northward
to San Antonio.
The demands were made on the
eleventh cavalry in command of Major
Robert l.. Howe. "A few days ago. The
Americans after annihilating half of
band of Villa bandits al Oios Azules
were resting south of San Antonio. z
Cayasos first demanded from Major
Howe. the corn which the American
troopers had seized from the defeated
Villa followers. Next he asked for the
horses captured. He was told that any
property would be paid for, but that
the money would be given TO the orig
inal owners.
Finally Cavasos demanded that the
Americans retreat northward. Th[
was refused flatly. The Carr.nza
commander then requested permission
TO march past. or through the Ampri-
can position to consolidate his com
mand with reinforcements and this
was granted
The Americans were drawn up on
the crest OF hill when the Carranza
soldiers march past An American
soldier who watched them said TODAY.
i am sure that half of that com
mand was composed OF boys Some of
them appeared not more than l3 or
II years old "
Just after this incident on the hill.
Major Howe was ordered 10 fall back.
When the Americans had Withdrawn
there were cries and shouts of vic
tory in san Antonio and nearby
towns.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST THE JEWS

NEW YORK. May 22-AIleging
discrimination against pros DectiVe
National Guard recruits OF the Jew
lsh faith, Maurice simmons. former
National commander in chief of the
United Spanish War Veterans. an
uOunCed today. he had filed charges
with Governor Whitman against
Capt n. r. sullivan. commander
of Battery -. Second Field Artillery.
The charges are based on an AMI
darIt BY Max j. Klein. in which Klein
ueposcs that sullivan. az the time the
battery was advertising for recruits
informed both himself and his broth
or that there We're no vacancies: and
that sullivan admitted be- was pre-
Judiced against Jews
summons complains 10 Governor
Whitman that sullivan b. nor the only
offender IN this regard and that his
conduci 'ts merely symptomatic of
The disease of aufi-semitism with
which % large portion OF the national
guard in this city Is infected.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
WILSON COMPLETES
NOTE OF PROTEST
TO GREAT BRITAIN

WASHINGTON. MAY 22.-President
Wilson tonight completed a note vigor-
ously renewing the protest OF the
United States TO Great Britain against
interference with American mails The
communication Is expected to 20 for
ward tomorrow.
Secretary Lansing and legal experts
AT the state department made the orig
lnal DRAFT of the note and the presi-
dent revised its phraseolOgy II is
made up largely of legal arguments To
meet the contentious of Great Britain.
IN a memorandum. concurred in by
france, presented 10 the state depart
ment several weeks ago The United
states takes the position that prac-
uces complained of in its FIRST com
plant on the subject have been con.
unued and that the American govern
ment must now insist more emphati-
cally that they cease
state department officials consider
mat The chief weakness of the posi-
uon OF Great Britain II her policy OF
taxing neutral mail vessels into British
lurlSdlction and submitting them to
local censorship regulations. n is un.
uerstoOd that ~ Is on this point that
the renewed protest is chiefly based
ne British memorandum avoided this
Phase OF the question. Rapid trans
mission was promised 10 true cor
respondence.' but the right 10 seize
tanned.
ne Hague convention of 1907, the
nited states contends. guarantees the
lnNlolability OF postal CORES pondence.
ana the new note again points TO the
,,hcohNeniences and the actual money
losses resulting from the continuance
or me British policy of taking neutral
mall vessels into british ports. and
theTe examining and OBTAINING the
mails. measure OF evidence has
Deen collected showing the effects on
policy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
Raleigh County Man
Murdered And Body
Is Hacked To Pieces

CHARLESTON. w Va Ma, %
Several detective. with hiont.ound-
went from Charleston today tu invr-ff.
gate tho murder of John Ecdden. "a
merchant at Warden Raleigh COUNT,
\ long distance cali to Charleston fo.
d1} Indicated THAT Esddcn had hccu
murdered with hafchof. hi- body
being literally hacked to pieces and
placed un J bed which was ..f afrs
NgirhhUr- saw tho blaze and rescued
ih' huuN before if was burned Reddeu
had living rooms boo on, store building.
and usually kept hi- money in htl
pockets. The method employed by
the murder was similar fp that u.,J
hF ihn person who KILLED Io. Nar.hHU
~ Black Betsy. fcw months arn
Ie1t ing fhe body chopped fo pieces
with an aNr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
.BAPTISTS DENOUNCE
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC

ASHENlLLE. y. C.. MAY 22.-Sonth-
ern Baptists in final sessions of their
convention here TODAY adopted resolu-
lions declaring the elimination of the
liquor traffic as a national moi a stare
question. endorsing the movement for
prohibition IN the District of Columbia
and denouncing child labor and sweat
shops
a resolution was adopted urging that
better police protection be given fo
public speakers. IL being declared that
lS alarming 10 note the frequency
with which freedom Of speech and of
press Is being interfered with by mobs
IN our cities and towns"
In the course Of debate on this sub
lect speakers denounced bill pending
IN congress 10 give the postmaster
general authority 10 refuse use OF the
mails 10 publications attacking relig.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
FAVORABLE ACTION ON
BRAN1EIS EXPECTED

WASHINGTON Nav Friends
Of Louis D. Brandcis were more hope
iul tonight than they have been for
many weeks that his nomination to
IN" supr'm" court would be- ordered
fa'Orahly reported to tho senate bv
tho judiciary committee next We'd
no day. when the committee has
agreed fO vote
some Democratic senator predict
90 that the vote tn the committee
'wou'I Do nine 10 eight for report
f'rofnmnrdirs confirmation. cOunfinr
pn the absence of Senator SbfsIds
Democrat. who i- 100 Tennessee If
D" l- absent motion probably will
Do made fO report HEOfabIy d he
returns. 'lr chances are that tho
nominal iuu viii be- reported wifhou-
recommendation and without preju
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
LIQUOR MEN or THE
STATE IN CONFERENCE

III NTINGTON. W. Va. Nav %
Liquor men from five of the larger
counties Of The state met here TONIGHT
for a conference. the second hold ,ritb.
in ten days u was decided TO berin
ar once an active campaign 10 secure
IN" nomination of legislative c4ndt.
dates favorable to q regulation of fha
prohibition laws. IN urthorance OF ton.
iail'r work already done along this
line Dr g. W otto. of Wheeling at.
tended the meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
GRANT HOME RULE;
LEAVE ULSTER OUT

LONDON. May - G. g. mD-Accord-
ing TO the Evening Standard. in0u.
tnces are working for settlement OF
me irish question by granting home
Iuie AZ 10" earliest possible moment.
Win clean cut exclusion Of Ulster from
me operations of home rule In the
interim. the newspaper SAYS. the pre-
mi"r may propose "a temporary govern
meni uf ireland by an advisory board
tonsl slsilnk OF lrishmcn belonging TO
both parties
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
PIANO UpSETS AND
CHILD IS CRUSHED

apeclal Bisrsfrh '1 rI. fut.uIr.u.s-
SRA FION. w. Va May - LAT.
today vaughn or ten year old son of
Iohn or. prominent railroad man of
'raiton, was crushed fp death when
caught beneath AN overturned risro ,,.
IN" -. Augustine Catholic school Sa..
'ral boy students OF the school v.r.
moving tho piano for some school -.
'rcisrs when The Instrument ura.f.
catching young or beneath o.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
TIM wEArHrH

WAsH1HGTOH N.Y. ~ r1ratasf.
ohio cloudy Tuesday. WeIuraTav
fair.
Wesf VlrginlH..p Partly cloudy Tuea-
day wifn showers east. WeluraIHy f4ir
warner
western rourayIvanIn. showers ON
Tueadays WelnsaIhy cloudy
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
HARD FIGHTING
IS IN PROGRESS
IN THE TYROL
.AUSTRIANS CONTINUE
THEIR BIG OFFENSIVE
Former Have Been Reinforced
And Take Number Of Guns
And Prisoners
BRITISH LOSE HEAVILY

Hard fighting is stiIl in progress
between Austrians and Italians in
the Tyrol. the French and the Ger
mans in the region Of Nerdun and the
Germans and British around La
Bassee.
The great offensive of the Austrians
against the Italians IN southern Tyrol
continues unabatcd and at several
points the AustrianS seem gradually
TO be throwing back the Italians
toward their own territory. To the
southeast OF Trent on the Layarone
plateau, Vienna, say the Italians have
been dislodged from all their posi-
uons and adds that the Austriaus
have captured Fima. Mandriolo and
me height immediately west OF the
frontier from the summit as far as
the Astach (Astico) Valley.
The Aupstrians for their offensive.
according To Rome advices have been
hcaNuN reinforced in men and guns
Since the beginning Of the offensive
Vienna asserst more than $4,000 men
nave been taken prisoner and 172
caunons have been captured by the
Austrians.
Take Fort Douaumont.
In the region of Nerdun both the
French and German claim successes
Tor their arms at various points An
interesting point in the latest French
official communication the state
ment that the French have penetrated
Fort DouaumOnt, Northeast OF Nerdun.
which he Germans stoImed ana
captured February 20. four days after
lhc commencement Of the assault on
Nerdun and from which all attempts
10 drive them out proved futile. The
Germans however still hold the North
ern part of Fort Douaumont \
violent attack also has netted the
French several German positions on
front of about mile and quarter
East 81 the village OF Douaumont To
the Northwest Of Nerdun the French
have forced out the Germans from
positions south OF Hin -S7 and west
OF L. Mont Homme
Berlin, on the other hand. says the
Germans 10 the northwest of Ncrdun
siormed the eastern -uprs Of Hin 3of
and held them against repeated counter
attacks. I'm the fighting the French
are declared 10 have lost heavily in
men killed OF wounded Admission iS
made. in The Berlin report Of the cap
ture by the French Of a quarry south
Of HaudrOmont. northeast Of Nerduu.
British Lose Heavily.
Heavy losses in men were suffered
by The British when the Germans took
trenches from them over a front Of
about a mile and "a quarter near Civ
enchy- en- Gohcile and IN counter at
tackS TO regain them, according TO
Berlin
The situation generally on the Rus
sian front remains unchanged
The British operating against the
Turks in Mc-oputamia gradually are
drawing near kut El-Amara. where
large number of their officers and men
whO recently surrendered are still
being held captive. The British who
have been reinforced by Russian cav
airy. now have reached the region inn
mcdiatcly south Of Eut n Amara. with
the intervening territory between them
and their objective clear Of Turks. eN-
copt small rear guards near the juno.
uon of The ShattEllIai and Tigris
rivers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-05-23
ITALIAN STEAMER SUNK.

LONDON. Mtr o. sis q. m-fIovds
announces that tho italian steamer Tltr-
mania. vessel of 2.2t5 tons. has been
sunk
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
Rev. C. c. Richmond Charged
With Attempted Blackmail

My dear Howard: Yielding to numer-
Gus requests I have decided to prepare
and deliver next Sunday p. NJ in public
a lecture on "A remarkable escape from
Sing Sing. or how I won a place in decent
society for a notorious criminal This,
as you well know, will be a complete
statement Of your career. together with
a revelation OF how I brought you to
Philadelphia. and got you place at the
Pennsylvania Hospital and how since
then you have struggled upward. Re
cent events make me feel that I owe this
revelation to society, to myself and to
you. 1t is an honor to any one who has
had your prison experience and be able
to give present testimony Of how he has
entered respectable society and is strug-
Cling upward in the fight against false
notions of social standing and dishonest
conceptions Of ones purpose in life.
If you have any suggestions TO make
kindly mail them at once, as my notices
go out Wednesday P. NJ. Have not yet
received your Easter offering. Your pew
rent is still due for the past nine months"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
CBy the Sun News serviceJ

Philadelphia, May 1O.-Rev. George
Chalmers Richmond, the suspended pas
tor of st. Johns Episcopal Church, was
arrested by postal inspectors today and
held in $500 bail by Commissioner LONG
on the charge of having attempted to
blackmail a member of his former con-
gregation by threatening to deliver ser
mon next Sunday entitled "A remarkable
escape from Sing Sing, or how I won a
place in decent society for notorious
criminal"
Howard Neumer, clerk in the Pennsyl-
vania Hospital, identified letters sent by
Rev. Richmond to him and to Supertn-
tendent Daniel Lest. OF the hospital Neu-
mer admitted he had served a sentence
in Sing Sing. but declared that Mr.. Rich
mond has no claim on him. but has
written several letters to him and his
relatives threatening an exposure Of Neu-
mer's past unless Neumer paid him GER
tain sums of money.
One of the letters reads:
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
Germans Halted;
French Attacking

CBy the International News Service }
London, May 1O.-The latest German
Offensive has halted and the French, raj
lying after more than three days Of the
crown princes sIedgehammer strokes,
have themselves taken up the attack.
The net result OF the German, series of
assaults, which begun on Sunday night
and stretched for fifteen miles from
Douamont on the east to the Avocourt
Woods on the west. is the official claim
to have gained an important advance on
Hill 3O4.
The claim to further progress on Hill
3O4 is made in the Berlin official issued
this morning, and which evidently re-
ports the fighting of Tuesday This was
the high-water mark of the attack, for
the French night report chronicled the
complete repulse of an attack "in the
neighborhood" of Hill 2S7, and then the
capture of German trenches on the west
ern slopes of lie Mort Homme
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
Avon Bard Sees High School
Students Re-enact His Plays

Shakespeare leaned over to Queen
Elizabeth
I'll tell you. Bess. the people who
did my plays when I wrote them
didn't have a thing on these boys and
girls"
(WilI had acquired a bit OF slang
on his journey from Stratford and
the Mermaid Tavern to the piece of
greensward near the Sixteenth street
reservoir in Rock Creek park where
the All High School Festival isc being
staged in honor of his three hundredth
birthday
The Queen adjusted her satin skirt.
mo. they didn't. it's the most gor-
geOus spectacle I ever saw. That All
High School Orchestra plays just too
sweet. and Mr.. HamIin CogsweIl has
certainly picked out pretty music"
Miss Sarah Simons certainly de-
serves credit" said Shakespeare. but
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
COLONEL NAMED
FOR PRESIDENT
BY BULL MOOSE
Fairbanks is Choice for Sec
ond Place on Ticket Ar
ranged in New York.
TO ASK G. O. P. SUPPORT
CBy the International New. scrvice1

(By the International News Scrvice0
New York, May 1O.-For President
Theodore Roosevelt, of New York: for
Vice President, Charles Warren Fair
banks of Indiana.
This is the ticket the Bull Moose party
will ask the Republican and Progressive
National conventions to unite upon at
Chicago on June :
The Progressives will go to Chicago
with an olive branch in hand. They are
for peace, but not for peace at any
price"
All of this was decided upon today at
an all-day session of the Progressive Ma
tional Executive Committee and issued
later in the form of statement by
Chairman George w Perkins. Asked to
explain what he meant by saying that
the Progressives were for peace, but not
peace at any price. Mr.. Perkins said:
r. r. "OnIy Candidate"
The Progressives will go to Chi
cago in a conciliatory spirit toward
the Republicans. There will be no pre-
ClplIdle action Dy our convention. we
have but one candidate. He is Col.
Roosevelt. If the Republicans say
they don't want him. they can sug-
gest their first choice. But it is for
us to say whether we shall accept that
choice.
The meeting was attended by Col.
Theodore Roosevelt. Walter F. Brown,
of Ohio; Herbert Knox Smith. of Con-
necticut; Matthew Hale. of Massachu-
setts; f. H Hooker. W. A johnson. W.
H. Hotchkiss. Horace Wilkinson, Will
liam NJ. Chadbourne, Henry L. Stod-
dard, Oscar S. Strauss. cambridge
Colby. William Hamlin Childs and
william L. Ransom. of New York: T.
p. Gardner. of Maine; william Flynn
and L. VanValkenberg, of Pennsyl-
vania; c. P. Dodge, of California, and
Harold L. Ickes and B. F. Harris, of
Illinois.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
ELECTION OF BOWERS
PLEASING TO HILLES
CBy the sun News service.)

New York. May 1O.-CharIes D. Hnles,
chairman Of the Republican national COM
nittee, made the following comment to-
lay on the election OF George NJ. Bowers
10 Congress from the Second district
sf West Virginia:
The election is very gratifying. For
six successive years the district has been
Democratic. At the November election
in 1914 Mr.. Bowers was defeated by over
800; yesterday he was elected with a
plurality in excess of 800. The Demo-
cratic majority in the House of Repre-
sentatives is little more than twenty.
From September s, 1913 when John
Peters, Republican, was sent to Congress
In a by-election in the Third district of
Maine, reclaiming that district from the
Democrats, every special and general
election has resulted in marked steady
mounting Republican advances. The
force Of the blow dealt to Democracy has
been cumulative"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11
Perkins Engages $40 Rooms
For Progressive Delegates

of rooms means a Progressive demonsua-
ton in force intended to take the Re
publican gathering at the Coliseum by
storm, furnished the burden Of gossip
which began to buzz in political circles as
soon as the discovery was announced.
Extraordinary efforts have been made
by the Perkins agents to keep secret the
extent Of their leasing operations.
Several hotel men said tonight that In
dications pointed that the city would
have to care for the biggest crowds since
the worlds fair in 1893.
How to house this great host has be-
come. all at once, a serious question.
Tho Pullman Company will be asked TO
FIJI all their available sidetracks in the
city with sleeping cars. The problem will
be taken up at once with the city au-
thorities in the effort to provide other
accommodations. Private citizens may be
asked to throw open their homes.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-11

Secretary of State Lansing yester-
day made public a note from the I'm
perial Government admitting that a
German submarine torpedoed the
channel packet Sussex on March "a.
Germany declares its readiness to
pay an adequate indemnity to the in
jured American citizens and states
that the submarine commander has
been appropriately punished"
The United States government will
accept this German proposal and the
Sussex incident is closed so far as it
affects the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two governments.
What form the punishment of the
submarine commander has taken is
not divulged in the German note. It
was said at the State Department that
the United States will rely entirely on
Germany's good faith in this matter.
Says Transport Vas sunk.
ThsNGerman note on the Sussex con-
tains the statement that a transport
steamer was tOrpedoed in the channel
at about the same time that the Sus-
sex was damaged and that the latter
ship passed through mass Of wreck
age just prior to the explosion.
This is the first news pertaining to
the alleged torpedoing of a transport
and the German note indicates that
it may have been a large British
transport with infantry aboard which
left Folkstone approximately at the
same time as the Sussex.
The sinking of the transport, ac-
cording to the German note. led the
Imperial government to believe that
it was this vessel and not the Sus-
sex that the submarine commander
attacked.
But Germany. in view of the con-
elusive evidence submitted by the
United States. now admits that the
Sussex must have been also attacked
by mistake.
PerIscOpe Causes Error.
In this connection officials of the
State Department point out that the
submarine commanders inaccurate
sketch of the Sussex which he drew
at the time of the explosion conclu-
sively shows how difficult it is for
submarine commanders to distinguish
the type of vessels they are attack
ing.
They must reply. it is explained. on
the observations made through a peri
scope and in the Sussex case these OBJ
servations were, according to Ger
many's own evidence. very inaccurate.