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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
NON-COMS EXPLAIN
PART In ROUND ROBIN

Ei. PASO. Tex. Dec. 81. All Of The
non commissioned officers Of me
Eighth ohio infantry who signed 4
round robin. today presented Il writ.
Ten explanation to General George
Bell. Ir.. commander Of the border
division here. Gen. Bell announced
that they would b" confined to camp
for fifteen days hut would be per-
mitird 10 retain their non-commls-
stoned ranks. He said that only Pri-
vale Robert Dixon would be tr led by
summary court on the charge of draft
ing the ."round robin" and that Pri-
vate Wilson Murphy would not have
10 answer 10 the charge of circulat-
ing il
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
TEUTONS TAKE
R|NN|k- -SARAT'
GERMAN ALLIES FAST
CLOSING IN ON BRAILA
The Big Rumanian Oil and
Grain Center-Russla
Admits Repulse.

The net of the Teutonc Allies ap.
| Iparently is fast closing in upon Rraila,
! Rumania's oil and grain center on the
| Danube. Having taken Filipcehti 20
miles 10 the southwest. Field Marshal
Won Mackensen'S troops have now
captured the railroad town Of liimnik'
! Sarat, relatively the same distance 10
the east, while the guns Of the DO.
brudja army are still hammering and
with some success, the RuSso-Ruma'
mans at the bridgrhcad Of MatChin. on
| the east bank Of the Danube opposite
! Braila.
Prior 10 the fall of Rimnik-Sarat the
! Teutonic Allies defeated the Russians
on a front Of Ten and a half miles
southwest Of the town. while tho Teu.
! tonic Danube army captured several
| fortified. villages according 10 The l'er-
lin war office. Petrograd admits that
! the Russians and RunanianS have
been forced TO fall back north of Mcgu-
ra. but says elsewhere the invaders
were defeated with heavy casualties.
Since December 90. says Berlin,
more than $500 prisoners and - ma
chine guns have been captured In Ru-
mania.
Artillery duels. sapping operations
and attacks by small patrol parties
featured Wednesdays S fighting on lhe
front in France. There have been
sporadic battles al several points along
the line in Russia and Galicia from
Volhynia to the Carpathians hut no
important results have been attained
by either side.
The usual h0mhardmrnt Is in pro-
I eress in the Auslru-ltalian theatre.
In Macedonia comparative quiet pre-
walls.
The decentralization of the Greek
army in accordance with Greecas $
promises 10 the Entente Allies Is h"-
! ing carried out, according to informa-
| ton received at the British foreign oi-
flee
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
MAY GO ON RECORD
FOR PROHIBITION

Sreclal Dispatch to the IntrIrrrrrr.
COLUMBUS, O., Doe. "I.-At a
meeting tomorrow Of the Republican
State Central Committee. W. l.. Par
menter, Of Lima. former committee
chairman. will offer Il resolution pledg-
ing the support Of the committee and
party to the proposed Statewide pro-
hibition amendment and the temper
ance measures pending in Congress.
The committee IS divided on The wet
and dry question. and fight is expect
od
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
MARRIED THIRTY-FIVE
YEARS; WANTS DIVORCE

Sprrrl l,ispatrh ,h" ln'rI'isrnrrr
MARIETTA. O.. ner. Married
50 gears last Christmas. Elizabeth
Baldwin started legal action to-day for
q divorce from her husband, ST. Clair
Baldwin, whom she charges has been
unfaithfuI. alleging he pays great
deal of attention 10 Mrs. Alice Keller
Il ncighbor Judge FOllctt is hearing
the testimony Of many witnesses in
Common Pleas Court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
U. P. BLOCKED BY SNOW.

LARAMIE. Wyo., Dec. 21.-Th.
Union Pacific railroad is blocked in
Wyoming by snow for the first time, it
is said. in twenty years. Not pas
senger train is moving today between
Laramie and Rawlins. Wyo. Nineteen
trains are being held at various points.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
INFANTRY UNITS AUTHORIZED. }.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Establish-
ment Of infantry units Of the reserve
officers training corps at the UniVer-
sty Of Nebraska. the University OF Il
linois and Pennsylvania College at
Gettysburg. were authorized today by
ths Var Department
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
WILSON 60 YEARS OLD.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.--Presidcnl
Wilson will celebrate his 60th birth
day tomorrow. Congratulations began
arriving at the White House. He in
tends to work as usual
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
THIRTY FOOT STAGE
EXPECTED AT MARIETTA

Special ptspaich :" the lnicg"'iCrI.
MARIETTA. O.. Dec. ii --Cnntinued
rains for over IS hours have Caused
practically all tributaries 10 the Mus
kingum and Ohio rivers TO become
greatly swollen. although immedatt
danger of a flood Stage is not feared.
II is still raining hard here tonight.
The Muskingum river is rising fast,
with indications. for 30-foot stage by
Thursday night.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
CARRANZA'S REPLY IS
ON WAY TO WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Dec. - -
Secretary Lane was notified lale-to.day
that Il messenger had left New York
with IL communication from the Mexl-
ran members Of the MeXican-American
commission. Mr.. Lane assumed that
the McxicanS were sending CarranZa,
reply 10 the American demand that he
either ratify or repudiaie the protocol
signed by the joint commission.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
: Cabrera Will Not Talk.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.--Luis Cahre-
ra. chairman of the Mexican delegation
on the McXican-hmrrican joint COM
mission. tonight refused 10 discuss a
report from Washington that General
Carranza's reply To the American de-
man for ratification or reputation or
the Atlantic City, y. j., protocol was
on It's way to Washington.
"t have nothing 10 say. and Will
answer no questions. Mr.. Cabrera de.
clared. NO statement will be issued
by the Mexican members of The COM
mission while in New York.
Mr.. Cabrera and Albert Pani and
Ygnacin Donillas, the other Mexican
members of the commission. were in
continuous conference from a. m. un-
I'll 4 n III. behind locked doors. II was
learned that several long distance tele-
uhone calls were made 10 Washington
during the day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-28
Russian Lines Pierced.

Ei;RIIN. Dee. @7.--tEy wireless Ia
Snyvill")--Thc five dHy hattl" thai has
hren in progress in Eastern WaIlechla
has resulted in The ri' 'r',inE ~ the ltuS-
siam lirrs nj .n,v"ral points. army head
uunrtrrs announced today. Tho RuS-
Sims wcr" d.iluit"ly defeated on front
rr seventeen kil"mctr's southwest or
! t;iinnil;- SawI Several fortified villages
have l""nT captured "N ttI' lrutonl:
nnnuh" army. and IN" Russians have
been forced Ia retreat I" prepared posi-
items further north.
\ total Of 7.G0h prisoners and - ma
chin" guns hav"T hr"n captured since
t,"r",nh"r 80 hy the Ninth Army and
more Than .%nn prisoners hN til" Danube
army.
Neutrality Guaranteed.
rAi:lS. Dec. -. ." t. IN. "A deS-
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Partly cloudy and colder .Thursdayj
Friday fair and colder In east portion.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09
Graphic Picture of Argonne
Fighting Sketched by Doyle
Sir Arthur Tells of Scenes that Suggest the Haunt
ing Lines: There Fell War in Woody
Place-In Land Beyond the Sea-"

seillaise" and the Russian national hymn
winding up with general shoutings and
ooJurgations calculated to annoy. Fail
ing to stir up the Germans, they had
ended by a salute from a hundred shotted
guns. After trailing their coats up and
down the line they had finally to give UP
the attempt to draw the enemy. The
French officers assured me that the pris-
oners and deserters made bitter COM
plants of their scale Of rations And
yet 1t is hard to believe that the fine
EFFORTS Of our enemy at Verdun are the
work OF half-starved or dispirited men.
Divisional General.
To return to my personal impressions,
II was at Chalons that we left the Paris
train-a town which was lust touched
by the most forward ripple of the first
great German flood tide. A drive of some
twenty miles took US to St Menehould,
ana another ten brought US to the front
IN the sector of the Divisional General
A hne soldier this, and heaven help Ger
many II he and his division get within its
border, for he is, as one can see at a
glance, man Of iron who has been goad-
ed 10 nerceness by all that his beloved
country has endured
He is a man of middle size sv,a rtbv
hawklike, very abrupt in his movements
with two steel grey eyes, which are the
most searching that mine have ever met
His hospitality and courtesy to us were
beyond all bounds, but there is another
side to him, and 1t is one which II is
wiser not to provoke. In person he tool,
US to his lines, passing through the usual
shot-torn villages behind them. Where
the road dips down into the great forest
thera is one particular spot which is
visible to the German artillery observers.
The General mentioned it at the time,
but his remark seemed to have no per.
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09

One Of the most important building
ventures IN Washington's downtown
business section Is that Of Col. Robert
Craig and David Nahon Craig, trustees
OF the Craig estate, who are building for
the Old Dutch Market at 622-A Penn
sylvania avenue northwest, a building
substantial in size and type and OF artis-
tic appearance.
Last January the J. A Whitfield Com
pany, the wholesale meat supply depart
ment Of the Old Dutch Market system.
bought out Armour & Co.'S local quar-
ters, located at 623-25 B street north
west. The Armour plant was well equip
ped with refrigerators, smokehouses and
manufacturing facilities for the handling
Of the meat and meat products on a
large scale The Armour plant was
owned by the Craig estate. with whom
the Old Dutch Market entered into nego-
tiations, looking to extension of the
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09
SKETCH OF NEW BUILDING.

building through to Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
The deal was negotiated through the
offices Of Shannon & Luchs, the building
was designed by Oscar Vogt, the engi-
neering features are being looked after
by NJ. 8. Cooley and the contract award
ed to Boyle-Robertson Construction
Company.
The building is four stories and cellar
Of REINFORCED concrete. The front ex-
terror will be light tapestried brick. The
steel sash window system will be en-
ployed. In the cellar will be located the
power plant, consisting of batteries
steam boilers OF the smokeless type, elec-
trtc generators, and refrigerating COM
pressors. In the cellar will be four large
freezing and curing rooms for meat.
The first floor will be occupied by the
grocery department and the fruit and
vegetable department. The second floor
The Washington herald., 1916-07-09
BY SIR A. CONAN DOYLE,

French Army in the Argonne, July l.
There Is a couplet Of Stevenson's which
haunts me, There fell a war in a woody
pface-in a land beyond the sea-" I have
just como back from spending three
wonderful days in that woody place. II
lies with the open. bosky country of
Verdun on fits immediate right ana the
chalk downs Of Champagne upon its left.
It is very undulating country Of abrupt
hills and dales. II Is this peculiarly
which has made the war on this front
different to any other, more picturesque
and more secret In front the fighting
lines are half in the clay soil, half be-
hind fallen trunks. Between the two the
main bulk of the soldiers live like ami
mails Of the woodlands, burrowing on the
hillsides and among the roots of the
trees.
Ten shots to One.
At three different points have visited
the front IN this broad region, wandering
rom the lines OF one army corps to that
Of another. In all three / found the
same conditions, and in three found also
the same pleasing fact which had dis
covered at Scissors, that the fire Of the
French was at least five, and often ten,
shols TO one Of the Germans 1t used not
to be so. The Germans used to scrupu-
lousy return shot for shot. But whether
they nave moved their guns to the neigh
boring Verdun. or whether as Is more
hkely, all the munitions are going there,
II Is certain that they were very out
classed upon the three days of June
which allude to. There were signs that
for some reason their spirits were at a
low ebb. On the evening before our ar
rival the French had massed all their
bands at the front, and. In hsnor Of the
Russian victory, had played the Mar
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will be given over to grocery warehouse
purposes. The third floor will be occu-
pied by the general offices and dressing
rooms. The fourth or top floor will be
occupied by a bakery and the sausage
and delics lessen departments.
VIII Have Gravity Chute.
One Of the special features of the build
ing IS double gravity chute. one divi-
sion OF which takes care of the bakery
and the other division OF the grocery de-
partment.
This magnificent improvement on Penn
sylVania avenue in connection with the
present building on street will give
the Old Dutch Market a plant one block
long fronting fifty-four feet on Pennsyl-
Vania avenue and on B street
The contract calls for the building to
be completed by December 10, and il is
the present plars of the company to
move in the first week in January.
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and all a. inaccessible a. II II ware the
moon. 1t is q terrible thing, this Ger
man bar--a thing unthinkable to Britons.
wouid Bresk Hearts.
To stand on the edge of the Yorkshire
ana look into Lancashire feeling that ii
is In other hands, that our fellow coun-
trymen are suffering there and waiting,
waiting for help, and that We! cannot,
after two years. come a yard nearer to
them-would not break our hearts? Gan
] wonder that there is no suile upon the
grim faces Of these Frenchmen! But
when the bar is broken, when the line
sweeps forward, as most surely It will
ah. what day that will be! Men will
die that day from the pure. 4delirious Joy
OF II. We cannot think what 81 means
to France, and the less SO because she
stands 30 nobly patient waiting for her
hour.
French officers above a certain rank
develop and show their own individuality.
In the lower grades the condition OF
service enforce a certain uniformity. The
British officer is a British gentleman first
and an officer afterward. The French
man Is an officer nrst though none the
less the gentleman stands behind it.
1t was the evening Of the third day that
we turned our faces to Paris once more.
roar of their guns went far with me
upon my way. Soldiers of France, fare
well! In your own phrase / salute you.
Many have seen you who had more
knowledge by which to Judge your mani
fold virtues. Many also who had more
skill to draw you as you are, but never
one, I am sure, who admired you more
than I. Great was the French soldier
under Louis the Sun-King. great, too, un-
der Napoleon, but never was he greater
than today. -.
And SO It is back to England and to
home. feel sobered and solemn from
all that have seen. 1t is a blind vision
which does not see more than the men
and the guns. which does not catch some
thing which is at the heart Of It
Mine eyes have seen the glory OF the
coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vineyard where
the grapes OF wrath are stored"
We have found no inspired singer yet
like Julia Ward Howe. to voice the d.
vine meaning OF II all-that meaning
which is more than numbers or guns
upon the day Of battle. But who can
see the adult manhood of Europe stand
ing IN a double line. $50 miles long from
the English Camel to the Alps, waiting
each other, without knowing that he ha.
looked upon the most terrific OF all the
dealings between the creature below and
that great force above, which works sc
strangely toward some distant but glori-
GUS end.
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"OeXa Ne~."

sceap ave. near Beach ocean View Rsous
with r1Innins water and priN.te bath. R<ssnsh.
rAto- opsotN 80 MRS ] sTOREY.
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sonal interest. We understood it better
on our return in the evening
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VIII Have Gravity Chute.
In Depths of Woods,

sonal interest. We understood it better
on our return In the evening
In Depths of Woods.
Now we found ourselves in deptb of
the woods, primevaI woods of oak and
beach in the deep clay soil that the great
oak loves. There had been rain and Tho
Forest paths were ankle deep in mire.
everywhere to right and left, soldiers
faces, hard and rough from a wear Of
open air, gazed up at US from their
burrows in the ground Presently an
alera, olue-clad figure stood in the path
TO greet us. 1t was the Colonel of the
sector.
He was ridiculously like Cyrano de
Berserac as depicted by the late M
Coquelin, save that his nose was of more
Moderate proportion. The ruddy coloring
the bristling feline full-fedged nustache
the sondlty. of pose, the backward tilt of
the head, the general suggestion of the
bantam cock, were all there facing us
as ne stood amid the leaves in the sum
lght' Gantlets and a long rapier-noth-
ing else was wanted. Something had
amused Cyrano. His mustache ouivered
with suppressed mirth, and his blue ewes
were demurely cleaning Then the ioke
came out. He had spotted a German
working party. his guns had concentrated
Oh 49, oANSl ne mad seen the
stretchers go forward. A grim Joke n
may seem. But the French see this war
from a different angle to us.
Discipline Not Lacking.
We passed in little procession among
the French soldiers, and viewed their
multifarious arrangements For them we
were a little break in a monotonous life
and they formed up in lines as we passed.
My own British uniform and the ciyilian
dresses of my two companions interested
them AS the general passed these groups
who formed themselves up in perhaps A
more familiar manner than would have
been usual in the British service, he
glanced kindly at them with those singu-
lar eyes of his and once or twice ad-
dressed them as Mes enfants." One
might conceive that all was go as
you please among the French. So II
was as long as you go in the right way,
When You stray from it you know ii.
As We passed a group of men stand
ing on " low ridge which overlooked us
there was a sudden stop. l gazed round
The Generals face was steel and cement
The eyes were cold and yet fiery, sun
Light upon icicles. Something had hap-
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HOTEL boutwell,

Virginia ATc. second MOUSE from Boardwalk and
stesl Pier. Every appointment
Highest Standard in cuisine and ssrTicr. Booklet
J. 4 n. R BoTHWELA1
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HOTEL new FLORENCE

! Virginia Avenue. Beach. Homelike and 81
ltct 50 up weekly $ up daily, 81 up European
: rlan. Booklet. K. SCHUMAN Manager
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TABOR INN fSssi Sssin ,s1s,,0 end Of Conn Ave
Excellent table. Suf bathing from hotel Moder-
ate rates. 18th season. J. p A. A NJ DUNN
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TN CLARENDON HOTEL

VIRGINIA AVENUE. NEAR BEACH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-21
MINISTERS MUST LEAVE.
Commander of Allied Fleet SO In.
forms Representatives of Cen
trail Alliance.

London. Nov. 21.-An Athens dis.
match. to. the Exchange Telegraph
Company, says: The German Austro-
Hungarian Bulgarian and Turkish
ministers to Greece, have been in
formed by Vice Admiral Du Fournet,
commander of the a::;ed fleet, that
they must depart from Greece by
Wednesday.
Vice Admiral du Fournct notified
the Ministers that they must 60
aboard steamer which has been
placed at their disposal; otherwise
thew will be taken forcibly.
The American legation has under
taken the protection Of the Austrians
Turks and Bulgars in Greece, while
the Spanish legation will take charge
of German interests.
A Reuter- dispatch from Athens,
dated Sunday, says that the situation
in Greece is of the gravest import
ance.
"The nature of the allied demands
formulated Saturday are concealed
but it is inferred that they took the
form of an ultimatum, expiring to-
day."
The Daily Mails Athens cores
pondent says:
'"The immediate cause Of the eXpul-
sion of the Ministers was the discov-
erv that the German naval attache,
Baron Won Senarclens Grancy, was
engaged in espionage.
Athens, Nov. 21.-A royal decrae
issued today accepts the resignation
of the officers of the Greek army, who
desire to join the provisional gov
eminent at Saloniki and orders their
liberation from sygro prison, where
thew have been confined on charges
of desertion from the Greek army.
The Greek government was expect
ed tc proclaim the formation of a
neutral zone between two sectors OF
the country. The French Will guard
the zone, and also administer towns IN
it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-21
Alexandria City Duckpin League
Standing of the Clubs.

Schedule Week Nov. Goth.
Tuesday-Commerce VS.. Indians.
Wednesday-Old Dominion VS.. Vas
Thursday Y.M.S.L. VS.. Snorters.
Friday-Cardinals VS.. Dreadnaughts.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-21
.THREE-EIGHTS OF
BOTTLE DID IT
Does Not Have Any More Trouble
With Shortncss of Breath
or Sour Stomach

~ suffered from stomach trouble
and indigestion. The symptoms were
shortness of breath and sour
stomach, said Julians Clark OF BIZ
Second Ave. N. W., Roanoke, Va,
and after taking not quite onc-hab
of a bottle of Tanlac he said:
81 do not have any more troupe
with nv stomach and shortness CT
breath. It has helped me wonderfully
and ! have only taken about three
eiehts Of a bottle.
Are you troubled with stomach
kidney Or liver ailments? If you are
you can very wisely give this medl-
cine a trial. 1t has been endorsed,
since its introduction a little over u
year ago, by over a q'iarter OF a
million people who were troubled by
such ailments.
Give It trial, it can ha secured
for one dollar per bottle AT l.cadbcat-
or Drug Corporation, Alexandria, o
6. T. Mankin and Co.. Falls Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-11-21
NOTICE

TAKE NoTICE-That the under
signed will, On December rs, 1916,
or as soon thereafter as the same
may be heard, make application to
the Corporation Court of the City of
Alexandria, Virginia, for license 10
order, purchase or receive ardent
shirts for the use of the Alexandria
Hospital, and not to be used consrarv
TO the provisions Of chapter 146 Of
the Acts of Assembly of 1916; and
to sell such ardent spirits upon pre-
scription to the patients, Of. said Hos
,pital under and in accordance with
the provisions of chapter l46 of the
Acts of Assembly of 1916.
WORTH HULFISH,
President of Board of Trustees Of
Alexandria Hosnitsl. Nor. LIB. Dec