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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-20
RED CROSS TO SEND
CHRISTMAS BOXES TO
TROOPS ON BORDER

WASHINGTON. Nov. IA nation
wide collection Of Christmas boxes *or
the fifty thousand regular soldiers IN
Mexico and along the border vas an
nounced by Red Cross Headquarters
here today in letters to all its 2AO
chapters in the United States. This is
planned as a national testimonial OF
gratitude for the work done during the
past year by the regulars who belong
10 the whole country who do not have
the attention national guardsmen &c:
from folks at home.
General Pershing who was asked
by the Red Cross to Indicate just how
the country could show Its gratitude
and interest during the holiday season
20 men so far from their own home
Surroundings replied as follows:
Many thanks for kind offer 10 con
tribute Christmas boxes to troops OF
this command. Men now well supplied
with necessaries but think pipes, pack
ages tobacco. cigarette papers. cigar
cites, match boxes. pocket knives,
small cans Of jam. stick candies. writ.
ing material. light novels and hand
kerchiefs would be suitable
Each Red Cross chapter is asked
20 form soldiers Christmas gift
committee" to assemble contributions
In their section and send them in care
of the commanding officer OF the puni-
tive force, Columbus. y. NJ, not later
than December 1th and at special ex,
press rates of two thirds the regular
amount
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BROTHERHOOD MEN
HOLD CONFERENCE
WITH 4, F, OF |. MEN

BALTIMORE. Md. Nov. 10. 1900 The
American Federation 0I Labor. enter
ing tomorrow the second week of rs
convention here. will Jrgin corSidera-
ton OF number of matters "Ilhou:Ed
in recommendations Ct the executive
council and resolutions by delegates.
Great interest attaches IN ;iln pros
pcctive visit Of the H"ad$ Df The four
railroad brothrrhoOdS VINO arc expect
ed to address !he convention tomorrow
or Tur sti;,y on The Ci-iIl hour law. The
L0nyrnriOu already mas SnJWn sym,
pa'ly wilh iilr Cats" Of tnr railroad
men ljy unanimously ADOPT tn@ Il 1"rom-
mcndatiun Of the federation "Arrullv"
council 20 UipOS" any proposition pro
Iiding for compulsory Investigation
carrying with il compulsory service.
Three resolutions in favor Of a ilitl-
VcrSal eight boar day arc Under con-
sideration in committee. and il is ~.
rcCted that one OF them will b. favor
ably reported.
II IS understood Z Favorable report
will be made by the resolutions COM
mlLtee tomorrow on resolution i'll
slruCiing Inc federation executive
council 10 take such steps as may be-
necessary 10 obtain action by United
States authorities 10 The end that the
printing industry may be- rescued from
the cOnSpiracic.' which are SucCessfui-
~ manipulating The prices and sup
plies nt paper; Used in printing
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BROTHERHOOD HEADS
TO ADDRESS Ar. OF |.
CONVENTION TODAY.

WASHINGTON, Nov. -. - On the
eve OF the opening Of the congress
sional investigation Of railroad prob
lens, the heads Of three of the great
railroad employees brothernoodS held
4 conference here today with officials
of the railway department OF the amer
can Federation Of Labor. The broth
erhood leaders said later they had dis
cussed a legislative program Tor tnd
coming session Of congress and that IL
had not been determined whether they
would appear before the joint c. lgres"
Sional committee.
Conferences with the federation rep-
resentativcs will be continued tomor-
row and they may be followed by an
announcement. of the attitude OF the
brotherhoods toward The legislation
proposed by President Wilson to sup"
plemcnt and abandon the eight hour
law. The brotherhood officials here
are Warren 5. Stone Of the engineers,
w. S. Carter Of the firrmen and w. G.
Lee Of the trainmcn.
Representative AdamSOn has an en-
gaCement to see the president tomor-
row and Major General Goethals, head
Of the eight hour commission, expects
to be called to the White House in d
lay or TWO.
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PERSONS KILLED
IN MEXICO R. R. WRECK


LAREDO, Tex. Nov. 1a-Onr hun,
dred and fifty nine persons We're kill
ed and many, more or less seriously
injured in railroad wreck on the IN
1cr-Ocranic Line to Vera Cruz between
Dehesa and San Miguel near Jalapl,
on November II, according tn reliable
reports received here tonight. The
wreck is said 10 have hpcn due 10 the
engineer running at too high Il rate nf
speed over dangerous part OF The
road.
According to this information. all
hut one of the five cars of the train
left The track and rolled over q cliff.
The passpngers We're literally ground
TO nicccs. No Americans were among
the dead. it was said.
Among the killed are said to have
been a widow and her seven small
children.
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Deutschland Will Be
Ready to Leave for
Home Port in Few DAYS

NEW LONDON. Conn. Nov. 19.--
Repairs to the German submarine
Deutschland, which was damaged
when she sunk tug conveying her
last Friday, will be completed within
L few days. it was said tonight. The
craft is expected to start her second
homeward voyage the latter part of the
week
Another suit for damages. making
five in ALL. will be started tomorrow.
The latest action. which is for $25, 600.
will be brought by iii" family Of Ed
ward Jackson. fireman ri the tug I. A..
Scott, Jr., who was one of the five men
drowned when the submarine ran the
vessel down. The total damages asked
is S187,000.
The Federal inspectors will not re-
sume their inquiry into the disaster un-
til Captain Frederick Hinsch, the only
man saved from the tug, regains his
health. He is said to be recovering
raDiLlv
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IN
ME EX|CO To Be
ENDED SHORTLY
IS NOW ENTERING
ITS FINAL PHASE
Agreement is Hoped for but
Further Parleying Will
Not Be Tolerated.

WASHINGTON. Nov. l9--Armed
with President Wilson'S complete ap-
prevail of his course. Secretary Lane
will return TO Atlantic City tomorrow
determined to bring the sessions or
the AmeriCau-AlcXicau .iJlnl CnmlEiS-
sion to IN early conclusion. lie Is
still hopeful that an agreement as 10
the border situation can bc Ee9ch@a
hut it was clearly indicated today IN
official circles tnat the joint confer
ence is entering on its 1lnal pnaSe,
agreement or no agreement.
If the commissioners find 1t :mpoS'
sible 10 formulate q plan. the view tax
en- here will De lhat the prospect of
settling border disputes through dlp!o'
macy will be remote. Officials make
no prediction as to WHat steps the
Washington government might tlnd
il necessary 10 take in that event To
insure the safety OF border towns and
ranches
1t is believed here that the Aucr!-
can commissioners have now aban-
doned the effort To frame all aSrer-
meut satisfactory 10 the MCXlcanS IN
every detail and will renew tomorrow
their original suggestion: that each
government patrol its own side of the
line Independently but with the uh.
derStandlng that American troops Viii
pursue into Mexico on a hot trail - Y
bandits who attack border towns,
Coupled with that suggestion. prcSulu,
ably. was the statement that General
Pcrstling'S forces would be withdrawn
gradually from Mexico and that 10
large force would he sent across the
line again unless the de factn govern
ment permitted raiders - assemble in
such force in Mexico That 4 strong eH-
petition was necessary TO prevent q
serious attack.
Army officials believe that the Ame.-
lean eXpedilionary force soon will lie
moving TOW ard the border. regardless
OF tha turn events nr7y take at .Atla:t-
tic City. In its present position man"
officers hold the expedition would ne
OF no strategic value should general
hos;ilitieS break ont Will" the long
line of communication with the al
vance base is = constant SOu"r" IT
danger ANA more G. lee.' vuiurrahlr I:
several points. Siire III" WitEGra"1 ii
was one Of the vain things pressed
for b. the Mexican commissioners. It
was understood here that the troops
would not be ordered home while ne
gotiations were pending. II The com.
mission disSolves it is believed there
will remain no reason for Keeping tile
expedition where it is.
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TO OPEN CAMP PAIGN
FOR PROHIBITION

COLUMBUS, O., NOV. ia thirty
day campaign including two hundred
meetings in the interest of nationwide
prohibition will be launched in Ohio
tomorrow, according 10 Wayne B.
Wheeler. general counsel Of the Anti,
Saloon League Of America, who will
supervise the campaign.
The Ohio campaign will be cOinck
dent with similar state campaigns IN
practically all wet states in the union,
The prohibitionistS hope 10 secure q
sentiment for prohibition that will int
fluence the next congress to act uDoL
the issue ~
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CHARGES COAL CARS
ARE BEING DIVERTED

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov. 10
The kelley's Greek Galleries Compa-
ny, of Ward, has issued a circular let
ter to its patrons. charging that the
New York Central lines are diverting
their coal cars from their proper routes
into territory where the officials Of the
system are more interested in the coal
industry than in the kanawha dis
trict. This letter alleges that tho car
shortage on the kanawha & Michigan
road is due in great part to this praC-
tice. which is crippling The coal indus
try in this part of the State. The cir
cular concludes with this statement:
Your remedy is 10 appeal TO the IN
terState Commerce Commission for
their treatment Of your State. and to
divert from every division Of the New
York Central system every ton OF
freight YOU can"
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MORRIS NAMED As
SECRETARY TO COX

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. l9-The
appointment of Charles f. Morris, as
secretary 10 governor-elect James II.
Cox was officially announced today b.
Mr.. Cox before his departure for a
hunting trip in Kentucky Mr.. Morris
has been in charge Of the Democratic
publicity in the state during the past
two yeaTa,
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INAUGURATION or
WILSON TO Be SIMPLE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Ircsidrnt
Wilson's second inauguration probably
will he Il comparatively simple affair
While he has not discussed details
with his advisers. h" is known to
desire that there should be- a. little
ceremony as possible.
Il is accepted rs certain by officials
that there will be no inaugural bail
in spite Of the hope Of Washington
citizens for such an event.
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|NONASTIR IS
RECAP URE D
BY TIE ALLIES
FRENCH AND SERBS
DRIVE OUT GERMANS
Allies Now Control The Rail
road to Salonikl--Bad
Weather IN West.

| Nfter having been for months men
. without country. the ScrhiHns are
again to establish their capital on ma
live soil. MonaStir. III southern Ser
bia. for which the entente forces have
! been struggling since the advance
! from their base al SalOniki began.
! has been evacuated by the German
and Bulgarian forces and occupied by
! the French and a considerable num-
Der Of Serbs.
The French and Scrbians have cap
! iured the crest Of hills partly sur
! rounding the valley town, the Ger
mans found their position untrnable
and withdrew. according to Berlin, 10
| a new position TO the north Of Mon
astir. Unofficial adviceS from SalO-
niki says that 4 temporary capita Of
! Serbia will be Immediately established
at Monaslir. With the re.occupation
! of MonaStir. the railway line from The
; Entente Allied base at Saloniki now
! is in Entente hands.
! To the east anil southeast Of Mon
asIir the French ana Serbian troops
+ continue TO make gains in lhr Crrna
river region against the T"ui0nic Al.
lies, having captured several other
| towns in this region.
! On the TranSylvanian front The
j Ausiro-German armies al almost all
! pointS continue 10 make progress
| against tho Russian and ltumanian
| forces or 10 hold them back without
gains when they attack. The latest
reports from Berlin say the TeutonlC
| Allies have forced the narrow noun
| tain passes leading Ia the Nallachlan
plain of RumanIa and on the Danube
| front near the junction OF Hungary.
| Serbia and Rumania, have rcached
! the Orsova-Craiova railroad. Bucha-
| rest reports q Rumanian advance IN
the region Of nraGOslavele
Take Many Prisoners.
From November l TO November Is
| the AuStro-GermanS are said to nave
made prisoners Of 1S9 officers and H.
! 33S men and TO have captured 20 guns,
! 72 machine guns and II ammunition
| cars.
! Lively infantry and artillery actions
are taking place in The Dobrudia re-
wion near SiliStria. on IN" raSte;n
bank Of the Danube abou 80 miles
southwest of the Tch"rnavOda-COn
| Constanza railway.
Bad weather is hampering the oper-
! ations on the western front III France
i but the British nevertheless nave
! taken twenty additional German Of
Gccrs and 752 men prisoner in the An
ere sector making their total Of pris-
oncrs since the 18th of November.
| 6,9G2. Berlin says thar in Saturdays S
nghting. which was over Il front OF
! seven and a half miles. tho British
met with sanguinary reverse except
| for insignificant gains southwest Of
Scrrc and near Grandcourt. \ French
attack south Of Sailly-Sailllsel met
with = similar repulSe.
Attacks ny the AuStrlanS III Inc
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BOTH TO CONTEST.

NEW YORK. Nov l9--MorriS Tiillquit.
Socialist candidate for Representative
from the 2Oth Congressional District, an
nnunrrd tonight that he would contest
the .I,ctinu of his Republican opponent.
Isaac Sicgcl, who received plurality
uf 40 over IIllquit. according to the
unofficial returns.
lcrnhnrd Ruscnhlatt. Democratic can-
didat" who received 63l votes less than
SiegcI also will contest. according to
Mr.. Hillqult.
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MULFORD C. LONG
,,l :, ,l,a Ipt.llt-apSer

Sp...i.i p..acch 70 the lrtellisencer.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va. Nov. ~
Milford c. Long. proprietor of Bat
iimore street boarding house is dead
aged 81. uf Rrisht's disease.
Mrs. ". 5. Reynolds. Of Salem, is
dead AZ hrr home there Of heart dis
ease, aged 20.
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INTERESTING ADDRESSES.

CLARKSBURG. ". Va, Nov. 10
Addresses. with general discussions,
were given this afternoon and tonight
were give nthis afternoon and tonight
In the court house here at prelimIn-
airy conference by speakers who will
take part in the second annual West
Virginia conference Of charities and
corrections to br held here Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the
speakers to-day were Prof L. H. Wick
ers and Prof. L. NJ. Bristol. of the Uni
versity Of West Virginia.
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EAST LIVERPOOL HAS
4 SERIOUS BLAZE
sr~clal Dispatch to the IntelIiscncr7.

SIN'al DiSpatch to the lnr!llernc1,f.
EAST LIVERPOOL. O.. Nov. ia
Ihrre.story brick and lille barn owned
by Rinehart Brothers, contractors. was
almost entirely destroyed by fire here
early to-day. causing loss estimated
al $4,000 partly covered by insurance.
An automobile was included in the
loss. Several firemen narrowly eS-
capped death when two walls Of the
building collapsed. Gas from a bursted
piue ignited and caused the fire.
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THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Nov. 49,
Forecast:
Kentucky and West Vireinia-Fair
Monday and Tuesday; cooler.
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania
Fair Monday and probably Tuesday.
Somewhat lower tempe pera+"'e Tuesday.
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NEW AVIATION
RECORD Is MADE
BY DARING MISS
ATTEMPTS FLIGHT FROM
CHICAGO TO NEW YORK
Cross Wind Caused Gasoline
to Give Out--Beat Carl
stron by 100 Miles.
'@In2L. .EIlN SEEr~

BINGHAMTON. y. Y. Nov. l9.-AL-
tempting II nonstop flight from Chica-
go to New York. Miss Ruth Law. Guiu-
ing Curtiss hirlanc Of the military
scout type. shattered all American long
distance aviation records for Il single
flight to-day when She flew from Chi
cago 10 Hornell. y. y, il distance by
railroad of about 6G0 miles. brttcring
by about 100 miles the record made by
Victor CarlStrom on November =.
\ delayed start and CrOss-Wind
that cut down her speed and forced
her To descend 10 rrplrniSh the gaSO
line supply were rc$pOnsibl" for her
failure to reach New York City, Miss
Law said. after her arrival AT Bingham
ton This afternoon at 1:o0 O'Clock.
Previous to to-day Miss Law had
never made Il single flight longer than
- miles. Her machine. Il small hi
plane. has il spread Of wings less than
half Of thai Of the one CarlSirOm used.
II was not specially designed for the
occasion.
Miss Law covered distance Of
about 7SI miles in six hours and %
minutes. time being deducted for the
descent nj IIornrIl. The first 662 miles
tho distance ny rail between Chicago
and Hornell--was madr Without Il stop.
Start Delayed
Miss Law left Chicago i'll So 4. m,
eastern lime. She had expected TO
starr before that hour but was delayed
by experiment with the Carburnl@r for
an hour and half. In the time Ihu$
lost the aviatriX might have covered
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CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.

Special Dispatch TO tho Intelligence
EAST LIVERPOOL. O., Nov. 10
Edna Vess. aged 4, died 1T 6 o'clock
this evening as a result Of burns re-
ceived Saturday evening, when her
clothing caught fire from CRATE. The
child's parents live near this city.
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SaItilio Uneasy

LAREDO. Ten, Nov. lH--Grcat in
rest exists in Saltillo. over fear Of an
attack by Villa forces. arrivals here
today reported. Among these arrival!
were six men employed by the Coahu'-
la and Zacatecas Railway who said
they had been ordered out nf the coun.
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TIDAL WAVE AND
Gales IN FRANCE
ARE DISASTROUS
STORM RECORDS FOR
TWENTY YEARS BROKEN
Heavy Gales on British Coast
Damage Shipplng-Many
Lives Are Lost.

PARIS, Nov. ~, 4:%0 p. m.-EXtra-
ordinary weather conditions prevail
ing in France in the last forty-eiSlt
hours eliminated yesterday in a tidal
wave in the Gulf Of Marseilles. on the
Mediterranean coast. in which many
vessels foundred, and disastrous gales
on the southwest coast Of the Atlantic
ocean.
According 10 NJ. An@ot. director of
The weather bureau. the fluctuations
of the barometer yesterday beat all
the records of sixty years for quick
changes. From 721 millimetres. which
already was 80 below normal, il drop.
ped "a millimelres in 80 hours.
Snow fell heavily along the British
battle front and there were heavy
rains and high winds in Paris and in
other parts of France.
Al NarsCiIlcs all the cabins on CPa-
Ion E"ac:l were carried away and ne
high waves Inundated COrirrhe road,
stOppinS tEc street cars.
The storm brai I'll records for l""n-
~ years on the Mediterranean coast
Heavy Loss to Shipping.
LONDON. Nov. 19. 9:55 p. MA re-
npwal of the heavy gales which have
visited The British coast recently
rauSed Il heavy loss 10 shipping Satur-
da: and Sunday. -Four large outward
bound steamers were compelled To re-
rurn TO Queenstown. including the GlS-
la. which lost her propeller ana WAS
lahorinG in the tremendous seas. and
only with the greatest difficulty WAS
able to make port. The other steam
nrs were badly battered. having lost
boats and being otherwise damaged.
Sunday morning Il large number or
steamers and sailing vessels were driv-
on ashore at different points. The
British schooner k"nnclh [: Is a%hofe
al Clogerhead, County Louth. Ireland,
= tota wreck. Her crew Wis saved.
, The British steamer Muri$ton was
driven ashore and broken in Two south
of Blyth It is believed that tits ScT'
enteen members Of her crew ptr!Sned
\ Norwegian steamer is ashore IN
Rlyth Fay. The crew was saved.
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Mexican Congress Opens

LAREDO. Tex, Nov. I9--NearIy -W0
delegates and deputies to the Mexican
Cnnstitutionalist Congress assembled
today at QuerctaTo, according TO tcle-
graphic adviceS reaching the hord.r
tonight The Congress will be called
to order tomorrow and the first two
days will bc devoted 10 examination
of credentials Of the delegates.
Every state in Mexico waS said to
he represented by twenty or more del
egates.
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BANDITS Kill.
IN AMERICAN
1T J|MENEZ
BODY THROWN ON FIRE
AND is CREMATED
Women and Children Thrown
Alive on Fire and
Roasted.

FL. pASO. Texas. Nov. f9.-An un-
Identified American was killed when Il
Villa band took Jiminez. and four
Americans were seen under a guard OF
bandits ut Parral during Villas occupH-
lion uf that town, according 10 reports
believed by Federal agents 10 hr au-
;hcntic. brought to he border by r"iu-
gees.
Refugees further state thai the dis
trict between Parral and JimincZ has
been cleared by Villas followers of
more than 200 Chinese. The American
killed al JimineZ was described as
about 60 wears old and known 10 hr
from Turrenn, on his way 10 Chlhua-
hua City. He was murdered. SAID the
refugees. in The .Iiminez hotel. and his
body Law for some time i'll front oi me
building, when. after being robbed or
clothing and yaluables. it was placed
on a bonfire.
The same refugees who claim TO
have been Witnesses Of the ouraSeS
also saw that Two Mexican women VINO
had married Chinese and their I'VE
half-caste children were found ana
thrown alive into the fire and Cremat-
nd in sight of the crowd. The bodies
of seven murdered Chinese, according
10 the same authority, were seen in
the streets Of the town
Americans Under Guard
Two Mexicans who escaped from
parral affirm that they saw four Amer
leans there under a Villa guard. They
said these men had lived in the town.
adding that they heard the Americans
working at the Alvarado mines, got
away. Another report brought to the
border was to the effect that the bod
les Of thirty five gypsies Of both sexes
were seen on the roadside near Far
raj, muI dered and robbed by villa BAH
dts. The gypsies are believed TO be
OF Syrian origin.
All foreigners that Villa has caught
except the Japanese and Germans.
have been put to death, the reports
agree, and even the Germans are said
10 have suffered at least in the IN
stance Of Theodore Hoeluuller OF Par
raj. Various reports Of Hoemullers S
death have been received here during
the past week.
The Chinese are called the heaviest
sufferers. The fact that none are 20
bo seen in the district in which they
formerly did a large mercantile bust
ness Is taken by the refugees as proof
that all, numbering over 200, met the
fate Of the Chinese caught al Parral
and JimeneZ.
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w e athe err

fair Monday and probably Tuesday.
Somewhat lower temperature Tuesday.
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