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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14
STEUBENVILLE MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Special to The lntclltEenccr.

Special to The lntclltgenccr.
STEURENElLLE. O., Aug. Ia
Patrick Land. forty-two, committed
suicide on the street here today,
shooting himself in the mouth in the
presence of two companions whom he
threatened 10 kill when they attempt
ed 10 interfere. He died instantly.
Police say be was respondent over a
love affair.
All local records for the arrest OF
drunks were broken here during
thirty.six hours ending Saturday mid
night forty-nine being recorded. Inc
city prison was filed to capacity. and
the county jail used for the overflow.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14
MANY STUDENTS FAIL.

WASHINGTON. aug. l2.--Out Of lao
applicants who take the July eXamlna-
lions for admission to the naval acad-
cmv only - received passing grades. the
navy department announced tonight.
Tho larg: percentage Of failures Is at
tributed by officers 10 lack OF Time Tor
nrcparation..
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14
FOUND BANK BOOK.

The police LATE laft night found a
bank book of the Centre Wheeling
Savings Bank belonging to Robert H.
FRY, who can secure the same by
calling at headquarters.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14
DALLAS

DALLAS. ". Va. Aug. l3.-Herhert,
tho ,hrcr-ycar-old son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry kimmins. succumhcd on MONDAY
nigh; to that dreaded disease. lntantiie
paralysis. owing TO Inc mn.u rerI IL TIE us
dav afternoon and the little ono laid t"
rest in the Dallas cemetery. Inc heart
broken parents have the sympathy OF
this entire community IN lhc' !"SS .oA
Nr and Mrs. WylIe Oldham returned
Wednesday, from Il few days with theF
sons at Triadcirhia
Thursday evening. August q. a boy.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Orlie kimmins
nu Monday morning. August !, dauSh-
Miss Cho!c. Howard Of the q. V. G.
hospital was the guest OF her parents
Sunday. ,,.
daughter. Lucille. visited Mrs. MILL
ken'S parents: Mr.. and Mrs. y. +. AlIcy'
MIR. Richard James of. tho Wheeling
Intclligenccr was business caller in
''': ME and NIre. Gale strlrklin of Wheel
ing visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs C..
y. St~icklln.
Mrs Lille Gorhy md Daughters 5ht srn Of
Mrs, James' Bcals Of Peru. Ind. was
the guest OF Mrs. c. y. Stricklin Thurs
Charles Sampson ~ near Cambridge.
O.. is spending some time with relatives
here.
Mrs. Woods rattiscn and children.
Helen and Kenneth. OF Washnct on. Pa,
visited relatives in this vicinity last
week. ,
her home at belmont. o.. Tuesday. after
few days vls!t AZ the j. W. McCon-
Miss Vclma Mexican Of Washington
Pa. Is visiting her friend, Mrs. Mae
Mrs, Mary Jane .Rhoades OF Warwood
is visiting her sistcr-in-law. Mrs. Cad
Mrs. Or. 7. ". sril!man ard sons. Cor
don and Donald. returned SUNDAY even
ing from few DAYS visit with tho doc
tors mother at Calls.
Tho many friends 1f nr. and Mrs T.
W Woodruff who recently moved ia
MoundsvilIc. will regret IN inarn q: the
serious Illness Of their little daughter.
McSsrs. J. l.. Little md J. Il. White
man have purchased new fve-rassen-
ger Ford machine.
Mrs. Bridge Little and children Of Elm
Grove are visiting relatives near pal-
las
The Ohio Valley. Gas company has a
number Of men repairing their lines In
this vicinity.
Mrs. John Terrell was very pleasant
" surprised at her homo Tuesday even
ing nv q number OF her friends gather
ing In honor OF her birthday. \ very
sociahle evening. was spent with music
and games. the chief diversions. Many
beautiful prcsep:s wcrc received.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14

You and your sister ate twins. are
YOU not:
We were in childhood. Now, how
eyer. she Is five years younger than l.
Puck.
Your husband Is worse? Did you for
got the medjctnc:'
so as not to forget II. 7 gave him rhn
whole bottle at once."-TrownInC's Mag
azinn.
She says shn wishes she could 500
herself as Others SOC her
That's lust an excuse for spending =.
lot Of time in front Of n mirror" kan
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-14

With care there is timber enough IN
the I-nitsd States TO last 4ft years. &C
cordins TO a government expert.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY DISEASES

There is only one medicine that real.
" stands out pre-eminent as a remedy
for diseases Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Ktlmer's swamp.Root stands the
highest for the reason that It has
proven TO be just the remedy needed
in thousands upon thousands Of even
the most distressing cases. Swamp
Root, a physicians prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quick
" because It's mild and immediate eff
feet is soon realized in most cases. It
is a gentle, healing vegetable COM
pound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes
fifty cents and one dollar.
However, II you wish first to test
this great preparation send ten cents
to DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton, N.
r., for a sample bottle. When writing
be sure and mention the West Virgin.
ian.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

large as the annual appropriations for
the whole federal government is a pro
ject quite above the ordinary run OF
graft.
Legislation now pending in Congress
the Hastings bill, H. R. 10S-would
o%verturn the Indian policy developed
through a long period of years, and. In
the words OF Joseph H. Choate. Sui
ject the Indian to the worst possible
forms Of ~spoliation, not only from out
siders but from interruptions persons
within the tribal membership"
This bill seeks to transfer from the
federal officials In Washington, includ'
ing the Commissioner of Indian affairs
the Secretary of the Interior, and the
President, all the authority now vested
in them over all the Indians in Okla
homa, to an official called the Superin'
tendent of the Five Civilized Tribes,
Nominally, this Official would be ap'
pointed by the President, but he would
have to be confirmed by the senate
and under the practice of that body
nobody could be confirmed unless ap'
proved by the Senators from Oklaho'
ma, and the pressure on the senators
from the local political organization
in the state would never permit the
appointment of anyone but a local poll
tician to that office. The result would
be to place the appointment in the
hands OF whatever Oklahoma political
ring happened to be In power.
This Superintendent, so selected,
would be made trustee for 10000 in.
competent Indians together with all
their property, which includes: ~
lands spread through forty counties OF
what was formerly Indian Territory, an
area nearly 90, 000, 900 acres in extent,
as large as the States OF Massachu'
sotts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Con
necticut and Rhode Island combined;
(2) oil wells in operation from which
the royalties along in n year amount.
ed 10 81, 1000 and from which the
yield in one year was 100000 bar
rels; (3) oil fields, developed and unde'
veloped so valuable that no man can
intcllIgently name the number of mil.
lions Of dollars which they are actual.
~ worth; az farm lands tenanted and
otherwise yielding millions of dollars
income.
All these riches which are held at
present in trust for incompetent In.
dams by the Washington officials un.
der an elaborate system OF rules and
appeals would at once be turned. over
to some local politician subject infiu,
ences, with the inevitable sRturnalia
of graft which would ensue. What
might be expected was illustrated
when the county courts In Oklahoma
were two years ago vested with author.
ity over minor orphan children OF de-
ceased Indians. This resulted in such
wholesale robbery that thousands OF
these children are today destitute. In:
dian Commissioner Sells is authority
for the statement that the county
judges In most instances failed to ap:
plf vany rules for the protection OF the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
WASHINGTON NEWS 8
GOSSIP q 9EzzEEs BROOKS sNI7a

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April 90
CONGRESSMAN Edward Cooper told an
inuuiring manager of a presidential
candidacy, who called on him at his
lofficeS today to ask as to the situation
I'm w Virginia affecting the selec-
tf6nRofl delegates to the Republican ma
tionalR Convention, that he believed
that any attempt made in any OF tho
district conventions on May 2, or at
ftheSstate convention in Wheeling on
Maya to instruct the delegates would
notFonly arouse a vigorous protest, but
fthegprotest would be effective.
He3said:
a1From what I know of the frame of
mind of5the Republicans Of West Vir-
EKinia with reference to the presidential
matter, there Is no crystalized senti-
3ment worth mentioning for anybody,
+andsthey will oppose any effort to tie
IupSthe state in advance to any one
man Insmy visits to the state. and
from the many Republicans who came
hereEfrom the state from day to day, |
gather that 1t is improbable that the
DELEGATES can be tied up to any n
Candidacy without a strenuous fight.
instructions are not any more popular
this&year with the Republicans of my
state than they arc in any other state
where there is no ~''favorite sons"
cause TO promote.
sPerspnally, ! am ~stubbornly opposed
q fattempting to instruct the delega'
Etionior any part of It. think voice
the party sentiment when | say that
the men who will be sent to Chicago
SWillibe!of such high standing and char
anter as will enable them, when they
get3on&the ground. to do what is best
$f6rlthe party. The Republicans of my
ssEateSwantto win this year, and expect
TO win. They do not care especially
who isfthe nominee SO long as he is
the5maniwhom the convention believes
iSSthejbest'man 10 head tho ticket.
THE conditions arc too complicated,
too uncertain, and too mshapen for
West Virginia to tie itself up to any
one Candidacy. We should be left to
doEWhatIis best for the party when the
Hines come to do 1t. Our delegates
should GO unhandicapped, and free to
act Ss their best judgment dictates.
lam unalterably opposed to instruc-
aong.9S
The ambitious and sweeping charac.
ter oEgaf pending plan for taking what
remains away from the American In.
dams challenges attention even at a
time when world-wars, Mexico, and
preparedness occupy the attention of
the public.
Regular and chronic grating is too
old hetory.to arouse any interest. For
yearBsthe Indians have been more or
less t1epreyof the white men and the
public regards the matter with some
eoTnplaifance. However, to take away
what remains from the surviving in.
eompetents of o%ne-third Of the Indian
race lettgon the continent OF North
America considering the fact that the
amount Of the property is nearly as
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

estates entrusted to them, permitting
interruptions persons to rob these or.
phans to the extent OF millions Of dol
las.
The author OF the pending bill is
Rep. VIM. w. Hastings, but the mea.
sure is backed by practically the en-
tire Oklahoma delegation In Congress.
Secretary Lane has witten a strong
protest against the legislation. He
quotes from Gabc E. Parker, at present
Supt. OF the Five Tribes under the In
teior Department, concerning the pres.
sue brought to bear on an official hand
ling Indian moneys. M. Parker said:
There Is every pessure imaginable,
not only fom those who desire to sep-
arate the Indian from his money but In
many ase from Indians themselves,
brought to bear upon me to purchase
various and sundry things with Indian
moneys, or to make loans on all kinds
and classes OF security and even to pay
out the money without restrictions
thereon whatever to individuals, guard.
ians, administrators and every other
conceivable way possible to get the
money out Of the hands Of the De-
partment."
Before he was elected to Congress,
MFR. Hastings, author OF the present
bill, said in a letter of protest on an
other subject: MANY people would
not unfaily deal with a white man who
would not hesitate to rob an Indian.
They know he is %powerless to help
himself and that he will not arouse
public attention"
The Indian Rights Association, for
mel Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
FreacIs E. Leupp, Miss Kate Barnard
OF Oklahoma, and others have joined
in communications to President VIII
son urging him to veto this Legislation
II It should pass. Secretary Of the In.
terror Lane also is expected to follow
his adverse report by a similar rec
ommendation IL the legislation gets as
far as the White House.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

been a funeral Of some that We could
mention, the Mayor and his whole
force would have been out driving
even the flies to the allies to allow
them to pass IN their way, If we have
been informed Alright, there has bee
rules which follows. whereby funeral
procession ian go their way untnter-
rupted, we would suggest that this
gentleman b%lue.coat read up, n we
believe he will find that there is some
thing more to be done than standing
around breaking up Italian funeral pro-
cession. FRANK STINGo.
Ri. 2
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

N&HNN&HHas 4 &MaE
eralg opinion that she Will back down insthes test. WIN
a break in relations between the Kaiser andsthe United
states imminent-eyen certain unless our requests are
sranted-Germany may humbly seek to. stay in our good
traces. It Is certain that Germany has plenty on her
hands Just now without getting into a war with this
country, which event would likely follow the break in
diplomatic relations. She IS barely holding her own in
the European war and does not want another powerful
nation thrown in on the side OF the Allies. Thanks to the
present ad administration. we are not in the best of condition
to do battle; but even with this knowledge German off.
cials will likely think a long time before taking a step
that will mean war.
The wise thing for Germany to do is to cut down on a
few Of the practices which she has been guilty Of since
the opentne Of the war, and try TO keep within the law
of nations in respect to submarine warfare. There is no
Justification for Germany submarine policy carried as it
has been to extremes just as there is no justification
for a few other war measures used by the Kaiser. The
United States asks nothing unreasonable and Germany
will show wisdom in fastening to reach a satisfactory
understanding with Uncle Sam. #
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
BUTTERBEANs "A BACKYARD CROP

-oO few backyard gardeners attempt to raise butter
benas. Yet they maize one OF the most easily raised
mos. productive and most delightful Of crops.
Radisnes and lettuce and beets are very good. but they
arc reli4hes that don't cut the cost OF living materially
Butterbeans-called lima beans by soulless. proper
folks-aI. a substantial and delicious food that the aver
age nottingham cannot afford to buy often.
nut Il no will plant a nickels worth of seed he will
assured a mess n week from July until frost.
The pole beans are mich more practicable for a back
yard gaiucu than tile bush beans. for they will poduce
more in a small space. Use a rack or a dead tree trunk
six feet high. Plant the beans when all danger Of frost
is oast. Break up the ground finely, and use manure
Place tic bca ms several inches apart.
Yau ~:Il have beautiful, quickly growing vines contin'
uously producing a food Gciicately delicious but as nour
ishing as meat.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Accues Police Of Disoourtesy

Fairmont Route 3, April 19.-tEdi.
tor the West Virginianl.-I want to
take this method to thank my friends
and neighbors for their kindness to
me during the sickness and death Of
my son Dominack Stingo. my friends
were Of such number that It about
every conveyance to be in town TO con
vey them to the cemetery. every court.
esy was shown to us by all, the grades
OF the Miller school turned out in a
body to show their respects, we want
to thank them for their many kind
acts and words, when u funeral pro.
cession reached the corner OF Main
and Jefferson street, the ~ o'clock
car was coming in, and the officer,
full OF pomp and authority, parted our
procession to allow the street car to
pass into the switch. We. as an Ital.
ian people. feel that this was an In.
Justice and wholly uncalled for, and
have reasons to believe that had 81
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
HEAVY ADVERTISING FOR PoPU.
LAR TOBACCO,

In this issue Of the West Virginian
and simultaneously In a large number
of Southern newspapers, there appears
a very striking and unusal full page
advertisement for Tuxedo smoking to.
bacco. This advertisement contains
the endorsement Of twenty-three rail
road fromen who smoke Tuxedo and
prefer 1t to all other tobaccos. 1t is
but one link In a storing advertising
campaign now being waged on behalf
OF Tuxedo all through the South.
Tuxedo, always a popular brand in
this part of the country, has received
fresh impetus from this VIGOROUS ad-
vertisiug and sales campaign, carried
on with characteristic energy and en-
thusiaBm. AS a result 1t is announced
that Tuxedo now enjoys . larger
Southern sale than at any other time
in the history of the brand.
The advertising being done In the
newspapers not only strongly features
the endorsements OF welE.known smok.
ers, but explains fully the reasons for
the mildness, sweetness and unique
"non.biting'' qualities OF Tuxedo-the
characteristics to which the wide pop.
ularity Of the brand is due.
-"LmH #.-HF r..
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

HI 9 iEe % UilI lns e ssig fhs ot hSta' evening" ,Gr.n
Some people who arc children OF the
Lord are difficult to control"
Yea! Yea!
why all the noise about the ultima.
tum? Haven't we seen 10 or ~ ulti-
matums or ultimate sent forth in the
1t may he so that the Baxter dance
hall closed on account of no police
Inc policc closed III on several Of
them?
school now 10 ret pictures in the veal
books than to figure out the fourth
dimension.
Following Frank Cooks pardon won.
der what The chance would be to that
cd nv a contractor here TO sell liUuor?
We thought when we woke up this
morning that Won Bernstorff would be
gone. German vote counts for a lit
Whatever merchants are going 10
give away fly SKATERS should do It
We wouldn't need an Industrial
steer the Chamber Of Commerce right.
Pretty tough 10 fine a man because
some housewife throws hand bills into
the street.
Coal sells for s35 a ton in Buenos
Aires. Cheaper to burn the grand
father clock and the porch furniture.
wonder where this guy II. II. STAINS.
bury gets that stun that makes him
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
COMMENCEMENT SCENERY.

- \ til,. stage they are doing away with detailed seen
cry because the: great artists say that the audience
doesn't sec It. The makers of the new stnge pic
lures rely for their effects on color and light.
There's a hint for commencement girls. Why spend
money and dressmakers eyesight on lace, embroidery and
tiny rur1es that don't look good at a distance anyway?
Get lines OF soft white in any kind OF goods. girls
Just lines. Then see that your stage manager is an ar
tist.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
THE BAD BOY.

xV1iIEN Johnny slaps Mary you tell him he is a bad
wv 1oy.'' But you don't really think he is a bad boy.
You don't believe that your child could be a bad
boy. Something in your heart says il is impossible. But
you tell Johnny he is bad" and soon he begins to believe
1t, and to ac5 according 10 his belief.
Wouldn't it be better to tell Johnny the truth; that he
is a good boy who sometimes does bad things?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 20. 1916.
AMERICA FIRST
IT'S UP TO GERMANY.
relations

n s the United States to break on diplomatic relations
with Germany?
That is a question that none but the German gov
eminent can answer at this time.
Germany must comply with the conditions of the last
~ s. note, unless Germany does not wish to continue
friendly relations with the United States.
president Wilson has declared that the unlawful G-boat
warfare as practised by tho Germans must cease 1T once
IL this country is to continue diplomatic relations with
the Imprial Government OF Germany.
Request after request has been made by this country
to- Germany for a reasonable restraint in her submarine
activity, bringing the campaign against the vessels with
insthe spirit and letter of the law of nations. To these
requests Germany has made promises which she has
promptly broken and in reality simply ignored every ap'
pealfmade by President Wilson.
What Germany will do, no one can say. 1t is the gen.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
PASS 1T ALONG.

y order to get the tenders on street cars We must see
the Mayor and a few other authorities and get them
! to take the curves out Of Locust Avenue, SO the
tenders and the ours can all get around together. And
when our good friends start taking out the curves on
Loest avenue they will please not forget to Ak up the
highway.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

va T n s. Lynch. yd,i Hptt known H
coal oil and gas operator Of BUCK.
harmon, has filed a petition In bRnlS.l
ruptcy In United States District court
Tho liabilities are listed at $a5,025,:
and his assets at $14,o46.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20
RUFF STUFF
BY REQ.

REo.

One OF the cyangelists holding forth
in the village said the other evening,
Some people who are children OF the
Lord are difficult to control
Yea! Yea!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

Next. Saturday IS your chance e
help the hospltal-Tag Day-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

Why all the noise about the ultima.
tum? Haven't we seen 10 or u ulti-
matums or ultimate sent forth in the
past two years?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

Seems that more children go to
school now TO get pictures in the ycai
books than to figure out the fourth
dimension.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

1t may be so that the Baxter dance
hall closed on account of no police
protection, but wasn't it really because
the police closed III on several Of
them?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

Following Frank Cooks pardon won
der what the chance would be to that
~S5.year-cld prisoner out who was fore
ed by a contractor here to sell liquor?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

The Weston Independent says BirE
S. Sathers left Thursday noon for Mt
Clemens, Michigan, where he will take
the baths at that place. 1t is thought
that he will be entirely recovered with
in ten days or two weeks, and able tc
take personal charge of his campaign
for Attorney General, which seems tt
be making splendid Roadway despite
his inability to get out over the state
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

With fresh country eggs selling at
wholesale along the Ohio river at 81
and % cents a dozen and chickens %
cents a pound, heavy shipments OF
eggs are being sent TO Pittsburgh,
Tuesday the Steamer Pell City passed
up with 1000 cases of eggs. Accord
ing to egg dealers the price of eggs
will hardly drop much lower for some
time, as they are now being gathered
up and put in cold storage.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-20

Whatever merchants are going 10
give away fly swatters should do it
carly.