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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
HOLDEN MEMORIAL
 FUND NOW S8,OOO

The HoldeA Memorial fund has i'm creased by $3.223 in yesterdays' team work bv those engaged in the sub scription and collection campaign
 The total reported Hast night is $S,- 653. Many other societies and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Tomorrow's sale will number some of the biggest bargains E. H. Dillon &s Co.,, 1105 Main street, ever offered in trimmed dress hats, untr1mmed hats sport hats. ostrich neck boas, flowers, rib bons fancy feathers, shirt waists, petticoats and new spring cloth coats.-Adv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
WOMAN WHO TOOK
 POISON RECOVERING.

The crisis has been passed in the case of Mrs. AngeIine Mozzicati, age 20, Al Green street, who yesterday morning swallowed one grain of po- tash permanganate in an attempt at suicide .and she will recover, accord
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
The Ball Post Brass Bed Is the Very Latest Design

To make this bedroom outfit particu-- that is the most popular today. Eight out of every ten people selecting a, brass bed today choose this particular design. It has large pests with extra large, round balls surmounting the four. corners. That center filters are extra heavy and the entire bed has an ap- pearanee of selidity to it that makes it appear to be worth half the cost of the entire reemful of furniture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07

the advanced scale of freight rates and great va1ume of business being done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07

churches have contributed freely. The usual supper was held last night in the church parIors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
Two Full Carloads Enter This Advance Sale
 at Special Prices

We anticipated the effect that this war would on the metals that into the construction ff4geFatCrs and did not wait until the January Furniture Expeditions. but went direct tories last fall when they making the first models for the season and placed orders then and there!
 When arrived the January Dispositions w other dealers paying big increases what
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07

paId and thanked eur lucky stars that
 were feresightea enough to see the increase conn Feday these Refrigeraters are on cur fleers Every style and size is represented, from the smallest top iceF style for small family to the largest apartment house, and side icery type, and every priced lever than they be bought any-l where else.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
ALL PENNA SCHOOLS
TO REMAIN CLOSED

HARRISBURG. IA. Aug. 3I--Statc
health commissioner Dixon tunigh, de-
cidcd that all schools. public private
and nurnchial in Pennsylvania shall II"
closed until Monday. September Is in
account TT tn" iniantilr paralysis cpl
tlcnIiC.
ur. Dixon said l"night that the words
"all SrhnnlS'' in the order includes MI
Sunday schools in tn" Statr beginning
next Sunday and continuing until Sep
trnbcr is. every Sunday school in the
state Will hav" TO rcInalu closed.
Commenting IN the order Ia close the
schools the health commissioner said
that hr and his advisory board felt i;
would be far wiser In cut into tho school
term at this end Of thu year than to
close them later when il was found the
disease WAS making inruadS among the
nf their Srhoul associations.
Dr. Dixon pointed ont that the s.H son
Of IN" year when the health department
records show that incantile paralysis
makes the most gains is just at hand.
pr. Dixon also said that steps Will be
,iakcn To close objectionable movies
such us are poorly ventilated. nvcrcrown-
ed. dirty and otherwise conductive To- the
spread Of disease.
Five hundred and ninety eight cases
of infantile paralysis have been reported
To tn" state dnra artnent OF health since
.IuIy l. according 10 figures made pub
lie tonight. Three hundred and fifty
four of these cases were In the city Oh
Philadelphia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
GREENE COUNTY CITIZENS To
SECURE v. & T. RIGHTS OF N|Al
MANY CHANGES IN
". VA. POST OFFICES
Special Dispatch TO the IntelliGencer

Special Dispatch TO the lntclliGencer.
WASHINGTON, d. G., Aug. "a
Discontinuance of the following West
Virginia postoffices on August 81. was
announced today by the postotftce de-
partment: Monarch, Kanawha coun,
ty, mail 10 Cedar Grove, Wildell, Po'
cahontas county. mail TO May. The
postofflce department has rescinded
its order of August 1st disseminating
the postoffice at Jerry, Boone county
w. Va.
Effective September 19. the post,
office at Princeton, W. Va. will be
moved to the corner Of Third and
Mercer streets:
Commissions Issued.
Commissions have been issued to
the following West Virginia postmast.
'ers: c. Rocket, D. Morgan, Fanny:
Ebenezer O. Morris. Standard; Bert
Shannon. Stark. Joseph E. Webb. of
Bolivar, w Va, today enlisted as a
members of the District OF Columbia
guard.
Doctors Richard Henry Edmondson,
Morris Isadore Mendeloff and Irwin
Hardy of West Virginia, have been
nominated by President Wilson to he
first lieutenants in the medical re.
serve CORDS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
RAILROADS NEAR AGREEMENT IN
THE TENTATIVE PLAN PROPOSED
GERMAN PAPERS ALL
PRAISE THE STRICT
NEUTRALITY Of u. s.

BERLIN. Via London. Aug. "a
10:l5 T. M.-MuSt of the buildings
here are decked with flags in cele-
bration OF the return OF the merchant
submarine Deutschland, the newSpap-
ers give the exploit Of Captain koe-
mig the prominent place in their edl-
torial comments and discuss the pos
Sibility OF the empire getting certain
much needed materials through lner-
chant submarines. Captain hoenlG
and his crew have been feted as he
roeS.
The press gives liberal praise 10
the fair and neutral conduct or the
United States government. Inc 20
logne Gazette says:
The American government was
thoroughly and correctly neutral. The
American fleet saw strictly that the
American boundaries were duly re-
Spected b. the English as we'll as the
French. Increased precautions were
taken after an English cruiser hau
surreptitiously entered Chesapeake
Bay at night.
The seiuiofficial Nord Dcutache
Allgemeine Zeitung points oul that
ships OF the Deutschland and Bremen
type will render valuable service dur
ing the war but their value Will be
slight on the return OF peace.
Captain koenig personally expressed
great satisfaction at the treatment
accorded him by the American govern
ment.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
BRITISH AND FRENCH GAIN IN THE
WEST: SITUATION IN EAST OBSCURE
LANSING GIVES
SENATE DATA ON
HIS new ATTACHES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24-Secretary
Lansing sent TO the senate today in
response TO d resolution BY Senator
Penrose a statement showing the num-
Der Of employees added TO the state
department's force during the present
administration.
From August !, 1914 TO July l, 1915,
the statement showed 156 temporary
employees were appointed in connec'
ton with the vastly increased depart
ment duties arising from European
war condiLions--the relief and protec-
ton Of Americans abroad Their
employment covered periods varying
from two weeks to 80 months.
Because of the urgency of the sit
uation," Secretary Lansing wrote,
"and the pressure confronted the de-
partment, il was necessary 10 secure
these needed temporary clerks in the
shortest possible time and not to await
the usual and necessary delays incl
dent 10 certification from the eligible
temporary list Of the civil service
commission. Most OF them were there
fore secured through Washington bus
mess colleges and the registered list
of various typewriter firms in the
city"
From July l, 1913 to June 80, 1916.
IS employees were appointed TO stat
utory positions in the department to
fill vacancies. so certified from civil
service, two reinstated. four appointed
by the individual executive order and
20 without civil service recommends
lion, seven of the latter to confiden-
tial posts.
On July l. 1916, so employees we're
transferred from the temporary to
statutory list of the department, in
accordance with executive order up
on request of Secretary Lansing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
BOTH PARTIES ARE ACCUSED Of
PLANNING To BUY THE ELECTION
WOMAN ADMITS SHE
SHOT ELKDALE MAYOR

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Aug. "a
Mrs. Emma Creasey, wife of Irwin
CreaSey, came from ElkSdale 10
Charleston today 10 give $4,000 bond
for her appearance to answer to an
indictment. She admits having fired
the shot which caused the death of
r. L. Tincher. Mayor of Elksdale.
She told The judge in whose court the
case will be- heard in event she is in
dicted that she fired through a door
at her home. one of five shots hitting
Tincher. She says that Tincher, who
roomed there. had just fired at a man
who had passed through the back
yard. and that following that shooting
she was excited and supposed some
one was breaking into her home when
she fired. Mrs. Creasey is 23 years
old and brunette Of striking beauty.
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i. {, MUST INTERVENE BEFORE
! ORDER IS RESTORED IN MEN0|
C, 0, P SENATORS
CONTINUE FIGHT
ON REVENUE BILL

WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-Sena'
tors Penrose and Sherman, Repu5ll-
cans. consumed most of the time in
today's debate on the revenue bill.
The Pennsylvania Senator concluded
a speech against the measure begun
yesterday attacking particularly the
proposed munitions and inheritance
taxes.
He also criticized The tariff COM
mission to be created by the bill.
THE tariff commission paragraph"
said the Senator, is not Of any Vecy
great importance. 1t apparently is
put in merely as i measure to attract
and mislead Republicans. In fact,
there has been propaganda conduct:
ed throughout the country in favor OF
a tariff commission.
This provision in the pending bill
supplies a popular catch word which
is meaningless and ineffective. Should
! he Republicans be restored TO power,
they will doubtless provide for tariff
commission which will produce prac'
tical and effective results in the di'
rection of reasonable and adequate
protective rates based upon thor
ough examination Of the difference
cost here and abroad
Senator Sherman attacked the pro-
posed income tax increases as unfair
and inequitable and assailed the
Democratic tariff.
This present tariff law is a mon
grel,' he said. at is miXture,' born
of the tariff for revenue and the COM
petitive tariff, and, like mule, has
all the unholy aspects Of both ances-
lots and the virtues Of none.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
mo CHANGE ON
RUSSIAN FRONT
No Reports on the Attitude Of
Rumania - While That of
Greece Causes Interest.

Striking simultaneously. the Brit
ish and French have made substantial
gains ON the Somme front. according
TO Paris and London. Maurepas has
fallen TO the French. who have pushed
forward more than two hundred yards
beyond that town on front Of d
mile and quarter. The British re-
port Il three hundred Setard advance
south of Thiepval and the capture of
many prisoners.
The capture Of Maurepas leaves
Clery almost surrounded and brings
the French directly in front of the
important railroad town of Combles.
Thiepral is in aJout the same posi-
ton as Clery and the Allied front. as
described, now resembles the teeth
of Il great saw between which the
Germans are tenaciously holding the
ruins of several villages.
Dispatches from the SonIme front
Indicate that the French are preparing
to extend their offensive for dis
iance Of SO miles south Of the present
battle line. They are reported 10 have
opened tremendous cannonading
from Estrees TO LaSSigny, and the
bomDardment is said to have reached
an Unprecedented intensity the last
Two days. No change is reported
from the east. but the Russian often
sive III Armenia is apparently assum-
ing powerful proportions. Petrograd
reports the rcoccupation Of the import
ant Armenian town of Mush and the
capture Of 2.300 prisoners at Rachta.
The situation on the Saloniki front
remains obscure, but apparently there
has been no important change since
the Allied flanks were forced back by
the Bulgarians al the opening Of the
offensive. There have been no fur
ther reports as to the attitude Of Ru-
mania, and main interest is Centered
now on Greece. Athens dispatches re.
port Greek volunteers rushing to Seres
TO take up arms against the Bulgari
ans. Conflicting reports are being re-
celved as to whether or not the
Greeks and BulgarianS actually have
clashcd. Reports to The Greek capt.
tai state that fighting has been going
on at SereS for days.
The Italians. who are pushing their
offensive on the extreme north Of the
Austro-ltalian line, claim the capture
of several Austrian positions. There
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
ENTHUSIASTIC MEET I 2
HELD IN WAYNESBURs
Committee is Named TO Assist
Railroad Company in Every!
Possible Way.
Special Dispatch to TIE 1ntelugencer.Ss

Special Dispatch To TIE 1ntelligencerSS; S.
WAYNESBURG, Pa, Aug. 24.-Refi
resentative citizens of Greene county
met in the court house here toniHnt
and at one of the most enthusiastic
and largely attended meetings that h1E
ever been held in this vicinity, dir
cuSsed ways and means OF furtheftAa
the proposed Wheeling G. Ealtat4
Railroad of Pennsylvania. Of which tn
Wheeling, Ohio & Eastern RAilrol1
Company of Wheeling is a part
Greene county citizens feel kindly;
toward the proposed road and It is the
concensus of the opinion that 1t should
be aided by the local people In every
way possible. 1t would mean the ope4,
ing Of one of the richest sections 5Ql
southwestern Pennsylvania and the
development Of many rich coal held1
Sentiment favoring the project VA,
expressed in addresses by Judge J.:M
Ray. of the Greene county courts JS
E. Girard, cashier of the Citizens's NJ
tional bank, of this city, and Ss@Ns
Smith, prominent attorney. SenatplI
%. S. Walton also spoke. The odeE6
ing was in charge of /. N. knox, edk
tor Of the Waynesburg RepublicaA.
and he stated its purpose. The meet
ing resulted in the appointment of.A
committee composed OF prominent clIe
liens of Greene county who are to %.
sist the new company in securing
rights. of way over property. IN this
county and in other difficulties should
any arise. 8;
The committee is. composed, Of the:
following: S. NJ Smith. chairman
Judge J. " Ray, Senator D. 8. Wai
ton, Sheriff Geo w Weimer, County
Treasurer ]. B. Guthrie. j. A. Ran
dolph, Harry F. Bailey, Thomas Mont
gomery, A. L. Murdoch and P. J. WiHo
carver. This committee will meet To-,
morrow morning at 8 o'clock, WhaA;
they will commence work upon plans:
for assisting the Wheeling & Eastern
Railroad company in attaining ttls
ends. s{::sSs
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
IN ACRIMONIOUS
DEBATE IN SENATE
Senator Gore TO Bring Up His
Corrupt Practices Bill
Regardless.

WASHlNGTON, Aug. 2i.--Republi'
can senators were accused today by
Senator Owen. Democrat. OF dello-
crate effort TO prevent action before
The. November election on his corrupt
practices bill, which would put strict
limitations on campaign contributions.
Then the Oklahoma senator announced
that he would make an inSlStent night
20 bring up the measure at this SeS-
sion of congress regardless OF conSc-
uuences taAearly adjournment plans.
He declared the existing campaign
contributions law was fraud upon
the American people. charged that the
so-callpd lumber trust had sent S4O.ppU
into Oklahoma to defeat his renomlna-
zion because he voted to deny William
Loriner a seat in the senate and pre-,
cipitated lively debate in which Re'
publican and Democratic senator's Bit
fer}y accused each other Of planning 10
buy the approaching election.
All the carefully laid plans OF senate
leaders to make possible an adjourn
ment next week were threatened "hen
Senator Owen announced that ne was
ready TO stay here until winter 10 pass
the bill if Republicans attempted NIL
buster. He said he would make mo-
tion 10 take it up as soon as the rev
enue bill was passed. Last week the
Democratic leaders thought they had
enough votes to defeat such motion
pledged from senators who desire an
Adjournment Whether Sen. Owen
sensational presentation Of his plea tor
action has changed that situation is
problematical Should his motion pre-
vail, Republican leaders say a pro-
longed fight will be made on the meas
ure which they insist is impracticable
and impossible of enforcement in its
present form.
Senator Owen made his announce
ment after his request for unanimous
consent to take up the bill Immediate
" after passage Of the revenue bill
froHttnu6d on PA1A Te1.1
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
SAYS DIR. CHAS. HILL sS
FORMER WHEELNGIIl
Intervention Will Be Cosd
and Bloody Affair -1nterss
esting Discussion. 81: 4:

DR.. Charles l.. Hill, formerly once
the best known citizens Of Wheeling
but for the last setLrr,urr years o 3roe
visiting his relatives and Ani1l
friends. Dr. Hill is now locatedg
Hill, New Mexico, which is on the
Grande River, some fifty miles mort
of El Paso The Rio Grande Whit
yises in Colorado. flows through M
Mexico almost due south, untiIss
reaches the Mexican border atlSS4
Paso, where it turns south east $I1
thence is the Mexican border lin
DR.. Hills residence, therefore, fs -
far distant from the Mexican bord1
and Ell Paso is the principal toWnsG
size close To his home. In BenI1
therefore, he has been living In
thick of things happening along s
Mexican line, and is very famtlfN
with the situation down there. SpoAl
ing Of the Mexican trouble, Dr.s
said:
Must Intervene.
''It is my opinion and I think
opinion OF nearly all the America1
citizens who have lived in eitk
Texas, New Mexico or Arizona, to
any length of time, and who areSAe
quainted with the situation in MexIoo
that the only way peace will ever2,6
restored will be by the interyentionA
! the United States. Moreover, wesNil
be able TO intervene only by the ~
of strong force, and it will be a cogtl1
so far and SO long that no peaceH
| now possible which is not based ups
! the restoration of respect for America
and the American flag. ThereER1xSl
time when firm action by the Unitt
States would probably have preyeuie
! much Of the trouble we have had, ,sbS)
instead Of acting firmly, Presidenj
Wilson paltered and palliated. allow
ing Americans to be slaughtered. thai
homes burned, and their women o1t
ragged, until every shred ofgreSp9o,
which Mexicans once felt for IN
United States is gone. In fact, all
through northern Mexico you Will find
that they not only have ceased tosr01
spect and fear the United States, tbI
they have come to think that we EAR
afraid of them. and that they canf
just about as they please with Alasei
| cans and American property: Oh
people must bear in mind that thl
large majority Of the Mexicans ar
ignorant. Most OF them are unable III
lCou VI MIilS, lucy huOH uOlul4SSN.
! history, or geography, or the politics.
powers Of the world. It is not strAnE
that such people get false idea1Saii
it is not strange that our peculiar an
uncertain course as regards Mexi6
has given them false notions. Oniy
few weeks ago newspaper publish0l
in Chihuahua the Mexican state Whic1
is directly south Of New Mexico, pUf
lshed story that Villa had conqu11i
ed Arizona. New Mexico and Texas
and that President Wilson had dedEt6
Canada. Thousands of Mexicans bSl
lieved that and thousands of them stil'
believe that Villa performed a notabl6
military feat when he invaded Nel
Mexico, and raided Columbus. Thl
time has passed, think, when. .lad]
Mexican will be able to develor
enough strength to restore order. CaH
rama certainly cannot. -sfas
Villa a. Danger. ~:
II don't think the Villa danger SiG
CONTINUED on Page Teal 50:
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FINAL ACTION ON
PLAN IS DELAYED
Main. Difficulty is Operating
Plans Under. 0-Hour Law
May Settle Soon.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-ObJec-
tions which developed tonight al a
meeting OF railroad presidents AMI
managers TO points in the tentatNe
plan evolved by the committee or
eight presidents considering ways 10
avoid the threatened general strike,
resulted in further poStponement OF
final action. The conference adjourn
ed to meet again tomorrow and. as one
president phrased it, the situation IS
such thar lit may be settled in twenty
minutes or the matter may so until
next week.
A statement issued By the railroad
executives tonight summed II up THIS
way: ..,
AT the invitation of President Will
son. Messrs Hale Holden. Judge r. s.
Lovett. and Daniel Willard went 10
the White House at noon and held d
short conference with the President.
"A conference OF the railroad exc
cutiveS was held at three o'clock and
a new phase OF the situation OF some
importance was laid before the con-
ference by the special committee.
After considerable discussion With
out definite action an adjournment
was taken until eleven o'clock tomor-
row morning. In the meantime the
special committee OF the presidents
will continue its laborS.
The special. committees plan. draft
ed after Il weeks consideration. would
provide for granting an eight hour
basic day 10 the trainmen, but with
assurance that every effort would be
made by the administration 20 secure
a freight increase TO recompense the
roads. and further assurance that con-
gresS would. be asked TO enact leglsta-
ton TO insure settlement OF future
labor disputes through an Investigate
ing commission.
Points Discussed.
The entire plan has not been laid
. before all the executives and mai
ayers bur its points have been dis
CusSed at the various conferences. IL
developed after tonisht'S meeting that
objection had been raised to the
freightJ rate increase feature on ut
leasI two grounds. 1t was argued by
some that there can be no assurance
OF y, rate increase because no one
could say thar there can be no assu>
ance OF a rate increase because no one
could say what the Interstate Com
rerce Commission might do; and that
sorna OF the most Important Support
rrs Of the country already have made
il plain that they are not in sympathy
with any move which may mean rase
increase 1t was pointed our also that
presiden; Wilson has expressed his
belief that such rate increase should
BE- granted if ,he eight hour day IS
given the employees. no one can tel
how the reXt election is coming ont
and tha, there can b. no possibility
be An increase before next March Cr
probably later.
Attention was called. too. 10 the
fan' that he commission hitherto has
held thai il cannot consider wage
standards in dealing with the pro-
poSed rate increases. although legls-
lation by congress might remove that
difficulty.
The principal arguments against
the idea Of permanent commission
for, the prevention or settlement of
Continued Oh Page Ten)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-25
VILLA KILLED BY
A SLOW POISON

CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico, Aug.
ga Japanese physician named Nod
ko claims to have brought about the
death Of Villa by slow poison given
under the guIse of medical treatment,
according 10 the chihuahua local pa
perS to-day.
After Villas death Or. Nodko is quot
cd as saying, the remaining Villa lead
ers samblcd with dice to decide who
should impcrsunale the dead chief, and
the lot fell 10 Colonel Raca. who bears
A strong personal resemblance to Villa
TO prevent the deception from being
disclosed Colonel Baca is said to be
surrounded ny his personal body guard
WHO keep the common soldiers and
ranchers from coming too near. DR.
Nodllo. according 10 the papers, had been
administering poison for three months
with the result that Villa died shortly
after his defeat at Parral.