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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-19
$250.000 FIRE SWEEPS
TAMAQUA BUSINESS SECTION
Several Buildings Destroyed and
Others Damaged

POTTSVIJLE, Pa. Jan. l9.-Fire Of
unknown origin, starting in the Hadesty
hardware building, at TamaquR. this
morning. destroyed that building and
those occupied by Harry Gardner. former
County Commissioner. ne a saloon and
dwelling, the Greek candy kitchen build
ing. the rear of the Doctor Wilford apart
ments and burnt out the offices in the
second and third stories of the Tamaqua
National Bank, on the corner of Broad
and Berwick streets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-19

NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-Fire, caused by
the explosion o. beads on her blaclt-span.
gled evening gown on which some one ac-
cidentai.y licked a cigarette ash spark.
seriously burned Mrs. Albine Marsh and
three men guests at the home of william
j. Toomey. n broker, early today. The
room furnishings caught fire, but the
blaze was smothered. Mrs. Marsh was
envelopcd in flames. She will probably
recover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-19
PhlladeIphians On to Europe

v,As Philadelphisns sailed from New
fse In % Rotterdam today on the Red Star
sH Steamship Finland. They are Will
- - ufln1ths, John II. Thorton, Miss
~ ,s1ssh Montague, Mrs. Robert Whltehouse.
''ss ! Bessie Hanley. A. II. Rocker. Mrs.
na.s r. Rocker. w. E. Rocker and S. A.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15

r. Walters secretary. the temporary
organization being later made perma-
ncnt. The call for the convention was
read, and Charles j. Schuck made the
nominating speech Hancock county
seconded. Charles Mechanic OF Mar.
shall county. then moved TO nominate
BY reclamation which carried rous-
incly Mr.. AddIeman was then sum
moned.
Judge .Add"man nomination is a
further testimonial Of the high es-
TEEN in which he is held in the First
district. Coming Ia Wheeling, he had
successful Law practice. and later
was elected prosecuting attorney.
Through his efforts in council. and
later as prosecuting attorney he had
much 10 do with the elimination of
The turf exchange from Wheeling. Al
the death of Judge Charles c. New
man. Judge Add;eman was named 10
succeed him. His work on the bench
since that lime has been remarkable,
and his personality is such as 10 COM
mand the respect of all.
Al the conclusion of the COnren-
ton the Senatorial committee went
INTO session. electing Richard Cresap
of This county. chairman; Henry A.
Nolte secretary. and +. r. Anderson
treasurer. L. 4. Hart was temper
arv chairman.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
UNUSUAL DEMAND FOR
SPACES AT THE FAIR
APPLICATIONS FROM ADVERTIS.
ERS AND cESSIONARlES
NUMEROUS
| Indicate Confidence That Fair Will 30
Successful And A Record Breaker

The demand for space by exhibitors,
for advertising purposes, and conces-
sionaires, for stands Of various sorts,
al the West Virginia State Fair to be
held the week of September 4th, to the
8th.. has been unprecedented within
the past few days, and the space is be-
ing allotted rapidly.
This extraordinary demand at the
present time is caused, no doubt, from
the fact that the concession people,
old campaignerS as rule and good
judges of conditions, are confident
that there will be record breaking
crowds at the big Wheeling fair this
fall, and with every body prosperous,
goodly proportion Of them will be
free spenders making everything en-.
joyable and business will be good.
The buildings and grounds. includ.
ing the raCe-track, the roadways and
avenues never looked better at this
time OF the year than they do now and
their condition reflects greatly upon
the wisdom Of the management In
keeping everything up during the sum-
mer and late spring The final, pol.
iShug, touches are being put on and
without any unseemly rush. every de.
partment will be in spick and span
condition when the doors are opened
for the placing Of exhibits two weeks
from next Saturday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
JUDGE HONECKER
HAD FULL HOUSE
Police Court Room Was Crowded to the
Guards Yesterday Morning with
Offenders and Spectators.

Claiming that the police department
was overlooking the big gambling rooms
that operate on Market street and was
hunting out some little parties of
friends. especially among the foreign
element. Attorney S. Q. Boyce Went after
the department with hammer and tongs
In police court yesterday morning when
his clients. nine Greeks, were brought
before Judge Honecker for playing
poker" 1t developed that the men
were playing casino. After q hard argu-
ment in which Attorney Boyce proved
the warrants false, Judge Honecker dis
missed the cases. Police court was
crowded TO the guards. moro than a
hundred spectators being present In
one point OF his grflling attack the at
torney said that he would vote TO give
the three officers. Moran, Walker and
Crimson, leather medals.
Other cases claiming Judge Honeckers
attention were Anna Rose. disorderly
drew ten and costs; Jim Service took
the same fine for the same offense. while
Charles Lockworth was treated In the
same fashion. A Miss Daugherty was
allowed to go when she appeared for
the first time on drunk charge. Frank
Bartlett and VIII Smith were each fined
five and costs for violating the traffic
ordinance. ono a speeder and another for
driving on the wrong side OF the street.
John McCann, John Dobic and Charles
Peck we're fined five and costs for being
diSOrderly.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
,||IDGF ROBERT NJ, ADDLENAN IS
Illuminated To SUCCEED HIMSELF

Schuck Of Ohio county. and J. B. AL
lison of Marshall county, were named
as q. committee to inform Judge Adj
dleman of the action OF the conven.
ton and that the convention awaited
his pleasure. The committee pro
ceeded to the Judges chamber on the
third floor of the court house and re-
uuested his attendance. Judge Adj
dleman complied.
As he entered he room. the con
vention delegates jumped to their
feet and gave him round after round
Of applause. In short speech the
Judge thanked the convention for the
honor conferred upon him.
The convention was called u order
at 1870 by the chairman OF the judi
cial committee who called upon nom
nations for chairman. Emerson Car
ter was named chairman and Louis
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
CLARENCE DAY ON
MATRIMONIAL TOUR
Por7usr Newspaperman Married July Is,
but Keeps Event Secret-Some-
how tho Story Got Out,

Coming as r surprise TO their many
friends was the announcement ycster-
day that Mr.. Clarence Day, OF this city.
were quietly married July Is, by Rev.
". f.. Fields. OF tho First Christian
church. Mr.. Day. who Is a former news
which he did 10 the queens taste.
Mr. Day is q graduate of I.insly, ana
il at. present employed in the clerical
department Of the Wheeling Mold IL
Foundry Miss Fair is the daughter
of Mr., and Mrs. A. VI. Fair. Of Narwood.
and was senior at the Wheeling high
school. The bride is quite well known
in the younger social set. and Mr. pay
is a prominent school man, and a. ball
Dlayer OF ability. Their many friends
extend congratulations.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
OBSERVING LAW
Dissemination Shown by Mayor and
Chief Of Police Throws Fear Into
Auto Owners.

Since Mayor II. l.. Kirk and Chiel
Thomas l.nylantl have shown their de
tprmInatiGn in enforcing the rccentiE
adnnt"d ordinance regarding the head
iiphts of automobiles. owners have
shown an inclination to keep within the
provisions "f The law. since INC an.
nnunrcmrni that the ordinance would be
enforced tn tn" letter. auto owners nave
FASTENED To provide their ours with the
nnuruyrd DINNERS. Traffic officers say
that they expect no trouble from Wheel
ing uui0mohiliStS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
FRACTURES ARM
Bernard wassman Falls From wagon
While at Play Yesterday After
uoCn-

Bernard Wassman. aged 10. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Wassman Of South
Wheeling. sustained fractured arm
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock when
hc fell from Il wagon while playing; the
Wheeling hospital where the fracture
was reduced DR.. Gillespie attended
lin
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION OF
FIRST DISTRICT HELD
YESTERDAY.
Nomination Was Made BY Acelan1a'
ton, and Nominee Addressed
Convention. Later.

Judge Robert NJ. Addleman, pres,
eut incumbent in the First Judicla'
circuit, was nominated to succeed MN
self on the bench. by the RepuoIlcan
First District convention IN session
noon. After a brilliant nominating
speech by Charles J. schnck. school
mate and personal friend of Judge
Addleman, upon motion his nomlna-
tion was made b. reclamation.
F A. Hart Of Hancock county. J. r.
Cree Of Brooke county, Charles j.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
Deeds.

Wheeling Realty company Ia Clara f..
Coleman. lni IS in Cedar Rocks. con-
sideraIiun. $40.
Wheeling Realty company To i. f..
l.. EogclsanE. lois 10. 20. - in Cedar
Rocks: consideration. $l0.
lanes s. Johnson and wife To Albert
Wayt. three lots in Wheeling Heights;
cons liberation. rSlN.
John +. Roth 10 Charles Snyder. par
col If land III St"cnrod addition; c"nsid-
GRAFTON. so.
Security Trust company 1" Esulla
nRricn. lots - and III: consideration
$40
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
ENGINE JUMPS TRACK.

ward engine operating in the Ralti..
more and Ohio railroad yards south or
Main street. while switching several
cars. jumped the track YESTERDAY after
noon Shortly after . o'clock. Operations
in the yards were delayed several min
uirs until the engine had been replaced.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
IMPROVEMENTS COMPLETED.

improvements ~ the Wheeling High
school, prior to the opening Of tho fall
term in Srptcmhnr have hccn about
completed. Many repairs have heen made
during he past few weeks and tn" floors
have been given II coat nf paint. The
various schools about the city have UNI
dcrgone like improvements.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
START BRICK WORK
=. Butts and Sons NOW Busy Con
structIng Walls Of New Madison
School

Work was started This week by the
/ l.. Euiis and Sons. contractors. ~
tho new Madison Srh"o! On TIC lSihnu'
,Iut ion has been about completed and II
viii he only x few weeks until the
building will be ready Tor the interior
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
COUNTY COURT
MARRIAGE Licenses.

Maurice Bosold, Wheeling. Margaret
Lough. Bonwood..
both Of Freedom.
Cutler S. Fewcll and Alice Lehman.
both of Canton.
Edward P,lcs and Minnie Matthews,
hnth Of MrMcrhcn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
Bill Of sale.

| i f. i'rlkry Ia Herman Swi"rh"lSzc
| one black hnrS" named John. also Known
As The Terrell horse: consideration
! $40.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
wills Probated.

The will Of the late Gcorgiana Fuhr-
man was prnhatcd yesterday and Will
liam Euhrn an qualified as executor with
bond fixed AT $500. John Funds is
surety. uno Herman Asmus. Chris Vol
lie and August Ncuman are appraisers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
Deeds of Trust.

-Four ,iCfdS Of trust were left Tor rTr
ord with the clerk vi the court ycstcr
day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
river NEWS

The government boat Swan" ar
rived in the city yesterday and will be
engaged during the next few weeks IN
looking after distractions along the
Ohio between Wheeling and Pitts
burgh. This work was formerly done
by the snag boat Woodruff but it has
been transferred to the southern wat
ers.
While the Swan was tied up here
Yesterday the officials said that there
was little work to do in this vicinity
AS much of the floating debris was re-
moved from the river at the various
dams. They will drag the channel,
however, and clear it.
The only boats touching this port
Yesterday was the Ruth shortly be-
fore midnight enroute from Pittsburgh
10 Parkersburg and the Liberty ar
rived from Matamoras. Today's SEIZED,
ule includes the departure OF the Lib,
erty at 1870 a. m. for Matamoras and
the Tell City enroute from Pittsburgh
to Charleston at 10 a. m.
Tomorrow boats will be the Ruth
for Pittsburgh at a. M. and the Lib
erty in from Matamoras at s p. m.
The local stage at s O'Clock, last
nigst was 9 feet and below the dam t
feet . inches A rise OF three feet is
coming from the Monongahela due TO
the rains in that district.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15

work. Progress on the constructions OF
the building was delayed for some time,
owing TO labor difficulties. but since
that has been settled by arbitration ~
is thought that the construction WoIA
will be finished without further delay
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15

DAVIS ISLAND DAM-9 feet. station
airy: clear.
STEU feet. station
ary; clear.
PARkERSBURG-7. feet, falling;
clear.
MCRGANTOWN-9s feet, falling;
clear.
OIL CITY, Inches. stationary;
cloudy.
WARREN0.3 feet statinnary; clear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15

Hats and Hats with
straw b II m 5 and
ST k crowns. All
rOlors and all sizes
from , to u.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-15
Children
Should Haze Hats!

And the best way for them to get hats
now is to have their mothers bring them
to this half-off sale of the prettiest:slun-
mer styles imaginable. Lingerie and
pique Hats. Milan, Hempen, Leghorn
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04
Plan for a Government Armor Plant,

In communication addressed to members of
Congress the Bethlehem Steel Company presents
some strong arguments against the proposal TO
invest $II,ooo,ooo of the peoples money in a
government plant for the manufacture of armor,
There is force in its contention that it would be
unnecessary and unwise to spend so large an
amount in the construction of a new plant when
existing facilities can supply every need" and
there is promise in the assertion that the gov
eminent can buy armor "at least as cheap1y as if
can manufacture it for ITSELF" supplemented bv
the definite proposals to reduce the price of armor
plate for the United States from $425 to S3o5 a
ton, and to supply it at that figure for at least
hive years, or to make armor plate for an ndef-
mite period at "any price which the Federal Trade
Commission may name as fair"
Yet it is safe to assert that the Bethlehem
company has far failed to discourage anv CON-
siderable number of the lawmakers who are in
tent on building a government plant, because the
very vigor of its opposition to the project is cal
culated to create doubt as to its patriotic and I'm
selfish inspiration. Members of Congress will NOT
be impressed with the Bethlehem companv's So
licitude for the $II,oooooo of public money, but
they Will not tail to recognize very strenuous
effort to keep the Bethlehem armor plant in OPERA
ton tree from government competition, in spite
of the assertion that armor is the least protabI.
Of the company's products.
A way suggests itself, however. by which the
company may convince Congress. 1t asserts that
it has invested $7,IoooOo in its armor plant which
is capable of supplying every need, and which
yields in gross receipts annual average of only
$I,4ISoo3. Let the Bethlehem company offer to
sell the plant to the government at a figure CON-
siderably below the $rIooo,ooo which it is pro-
posed to exPend, or to lease it for a term Of
years. Then the Bethlehem company would give
proof Of its absolute sincerity and Congress could
put the government to work at once rnanufact,,r-
ing armor and satisfying, in measure, the long
ing OF many OF Our statesmen for public owner
ship and operation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04
A Practical People.

Ever since President Taft modified the army
on the Mexican border, it has been evident that
an expedition into Mexico might at any time
become necessary. 1t has also been recognized
that campaigning in Northern Mexico would pre-
sent peculiar difficulties, and that much would
depend upon prompt and sure location of bodies
Of the enemy in the deserts and canyons of that
torbidding country. For this work modern science
had provided an extraordinarily effective arm in
the aeropane. Every one knew that aviators
would encounter exceptionally adverse conditions
for flying in the rarifed air, subject to dusty
draughts from the high mountain valleys, with
few practicable landing places in the regions
where their services would be most needed. What
the situation demanded was a large corps of
aviators with high-power machines and the most
reliable motors known to engineering Now the
test has come-what showing do make? We
find ourselves possessed of six aeroplanes, small
and low-powered, incapable of rising over the
mountain barriers, or of carrying sufficient fuel
and food to insure the safe return of the avia-
tors after a scouting. expedition OF the six
aeroplanes, four are already out of commission,
and the chances are that before Villa is caught
the whole army air service will be extinct A
practical people we indeed-The New Re-
public.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04
uszMz
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

to France after four and a half months
of training at Salisbury Plain. The Sec
ond Division. was not sent to France Un-
til September, 1915 The two divisions
with authorized strength OF 1000 men
have met heavy casualties and as Sc
lected men are transferred to them to
replace losses. It represents the strength
which Canada can maintain in the field
In view Of the preliminary training Civ
en- in Canada and supplementary train
ing in England and France, before troops
employed at the front Such strength
was not reached at the front until after
fourteen months of war
The British central training camp at
Havre. France, is described by the
observers as the last word in practical
the warfare peculiar TO the situation in
Northwestern France" 1t was estab-
lished in the summer Of 1915 when the
military authorities Of Great Britain
recognized that only with highly trained
troops could the great German war
machine be successfully resisted
IAN men passing the camps" it is
stated by the observer. were subjected
10 tests and not permitted to 60 to the
front until found proficient by the COM
mandant, Maj. II. F Whitney, Royal
Fusiliers. Instructors are experienced
officers and noncommissicned oficers
returned from active service in the
trenches, some of them recuperating from
wounds or sickness In addition a
very good officer is selected from each
division at the front and detailed for a
tour OF two months as an instructor
The course includes musketry, en-
trenching, first aid. pack saddlery
bayonet fencing, bombing, riveting. con-
eff Of oh -, -,
wire entanglements, machine gun pTac-
tice. the disabling OF guns. and conduct
of artillery fire.
I'm musketry, targets represent Ger
man helmets barely visible over a para
pet, bobbing up over a front Of several
hundred yards. Trenches Of patterns
found best at the front are built faced
by trenches similar to those used by the
Germans. Men under instruction occu-
Ply these trenches twenty-foUr hours to
test the knowledge OF what they have
been taught in lectures. Men are taught
to throw dummy bombs from a narrow
fire trench into trenches in front and to
advance in specified formations Of small
groups or squads Clearing pockets" be-
tween the traverses of any hostile occu-
pants by lobbing' bombs into such
pockets. They are taught to hurl live
bombs and shown how to avoid acct
dents, relieving men in fire trenches,
formation for assault, bringing up sup
piled by dummy Germans, which must
be bayoneted or bombed"
Advices from Manila to the adjutant
general of the army are to the effect
that the transport Sherman arrived at
Manila on April with twenty-five Off
GERS and al casuals.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04

In February, 1866, their Committee on
Reconstruction safely in the saddle, the
Republican leaders found themselves in
direct conflict with the President. and
the fight for which they had made ready
begun.
The Act of March, 1866, which had
established the Freedmen's Bureau, had
limited its operation TO one year. On the
9Th of February, 1866, bill passed the
houses continuing it indefinitely. and at
the same time largely increasing its
powers. 1t made any attempt to obstruct,
interfere with, or abridge the civil rights
and immunities of tho freedmen a penal
offence, to be adjudged and punished by
federal military tribunals.
The President vetoed it. He declared
that he withheld his assent both be-
cause the measure was calculated to in
crease the restlessness and uneasiness OF
the negroes and delay their settlement to
a normal way of life, and because il had
been passed by a Congress in which the
southern States were not represented;
and so Joined issue directly with the
men who had set the houses in a way
of mastery. An attempt to pass the bill
over his veto failed.
The full party vote was not yet at the
command OF the radicals; some still held
off from an open and final breach with
the President
But not for long. The President was in
mood as bitter and defiant as that
of the EXTREMIST radical OF the con-
gressional majority.
BY sheer rashness and intemperance he
forced the consolidation of the majority
against him. In a public speech uttered
on the I'D OF February. an anniversary
of hope and good omen, he spoke OF the
majority in unmeasured terms of de-
nunciation. and of its leaders by name,
as men who themselves entertained some
covert purpose OF disloyalty to the gov
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-04-04

ment, planning to make It a government,
not federal, but consolidated and un-
limited in power-it might be even en-
couraging some criminal deed against
himself such as had once already re-
moved an obstacle from the path Of their
ambition.
Accommodation between himself and
the houses was once for all impossible
1t was as IL he had openly declared war
upon them: and their temper hardened
to crush him.
Though the effort to pass the bill Cor
the continuation Of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau had failed in the Senate, the houses
had in their very hour OF failure sent
to the President and published to the
country a concurrent resolution in which
they announced that no senator or rep
resentative would be admitted from any
State held to have been in Instruction
until Congress had upon its own terms
and initiative declared it entitled to rep
resentation
Having heard his bitter speech Of the
I'd, they moved forward TO execute the
programme OF their Committee on Re-
construction with a new spirit Of mastery
In March they. sent to the President a
Civil Rights bill which declared all
persons born in the United States. and
not subject to any foreign power"
citizens of the United States; denoUnces
severe penalties against interference with
the civil rights of any class of citizens;
and gave to officers of the United States
the right to prosecute to the courts of all
United States the exclusive right to try.
all such offences.-meaning thus to put
the negroes upon a footing of civil
equality with the whites in the South.
The President vetoed the BILL as both
unwise and in plain excess Of the con-
stitutional powers of Congress
Tomorrow The Fenian Invasion.