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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-08
MINER INJURED
Joe Josh Caught Under Fall Of stone
m Herrick Mine-Removed 30
Martins Ferry Hospital

Joe josh. q miner emn.ocad in he
Hcrrirk mine ou tta Wheeling A. Lake
Eric railroad. about fifteen miles north
of Martins Ferry. was received at The
Martins Ferry hospital Iast evsr.ua
about l1 o'clock Tho urlorturat. MAN
bad been caught under a fall OF .fora
Iu tho r.1p furln. ffa afternoon ana
tanned H broken Dog IH addition to
Cd number of buIse. about fle he.1
lnd body. The Hau was attended ty
lfr ttrfaII NrIirUI. of Martins
f'IIt and J 81 UuH.flf oi LayIauI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-08
HEARTS TREATED FREE
By DR.; Franklia Miles, the Great Special
ht' VINO Sends a S2.So Trial
Treatment. Free.

10 prove the remarkable effects OF his
nov special Personal Treatment Tor
hediL disease. short breath. pain iu side
rn9uidtf or arm. oppression. irregular
purse, paIrltatlou. smOthpriuE. u4ffIur or
.l.l'. ol uTop,ys many are complicated
win nerve, stomach. bowel and rhsumar-
lc symptoms-Dr. Miles will send 90 4f-
tilcted persons q $3.50 Free Treatment
hdu cases Usually soon relieved. Many
Ieh1il cured aifsr physicians failed.
Ihese treatments are the result Uf go
years extensive research and remarkable
success IN treating various ailments Of
the heart, nerves and stomach wFIr. ,r-
ten CompliCate each case.
Send Tor Remarkable Testimonials.
S~allrfhciDrE 1rt tho results rrlf lie
Mlshes every slcA person fl ta.f INK.
famous treatment at his ekr.ua. Af-
ILcttd persons should avail Themselves
or this liberal offer. as they may never
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ere eaIE'rol7 40 death comes more sud.
denly THAN that from heart disease
send ~ once for his new Book and
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whore DR. g. 10 Wilson attended HIm.
Do was seem from the beginning that
tHo man could NOT live and death
'1mo at fho hour stated above
&c. Askorich was about thirty five
years OF ago and had been O. .1,rt
of Martins Ferry f0r 20 number 90
years. Ur is survived Hy "a wife ard
..F..al children Funeral arraurc-
m"nf. were Incomplete Iast evening
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-08
GREAT WORK WAS DONE LAST
YEAR, ACCORDING TO AN.
NUAI REPORT.

Encouraging Reports Received From
ST. Johns Home for Boys and
ST Nineent's Home for Girls.
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isolated parts Of the country where
there are watches and but few
clocks. the balls which are rung to call
the people to prayers are also the time
keepers. and while the service of the
bell ringer in the remote districts is
gratis. ii is performed with regularity
and precision.
When the country is at peace, in
Mexico City alone there are about $500
bell ringers regularly employed. while
on days of religious celebrations the
ndmber is augmented. as the ringing
of bells must be kept UP almost con-
stantly through the day and night. Tho
profession of bell ringer is looked upon
by the lower classes as being honorable
and distinguished. and bell ringers are
looked up to adjunct to the
clergy. The position is handed down
from father to son in some cases and
the bell towers of the large cathedrals
are spacious and frequently fitted with
rooms which become ancestral homes
to the families who have occupied them
through several generations
From time to time the matter of in
stating clockwork or electrical ma
'hinery with which TO operate the many
bells in the churches of the larger cities
has been considered, but the church au-
thorltleS have certain sentiment
about the propriety of IL. and the peo-
pie superstition.
The bell ringers in the towns are di.
vided into day and night shifts. being
required to toll the hours with pre-
cision. and new hand is readily rec
oEniZed by the lack of smoothness in
the strokes of the bell
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FAMOUS BELLS OF MEXICO

~URING the long marches when
II u the American troops first went
into Mexico in pursuit of villa
when their ears were keyed to the
finest distinction between sounds. they
were puzzled by the constant ringing
or the reverberation of the tinkling
sound of bells which seemed to come
at all hours of the day and night and
from every direction.
Before reaching the foothills of the
Sierra Madre mountains. when space
appeared illimitable on all sides, this
sound would come to them sometimes
in waves family as from a great dis
tance. and again with a swell and vol
ume that was seeming to burst out of
the atmosphere Immediately above
them. Then it would creep upon their
ears like the haunting, despairing wall
of lost soul. giving feeling of con-
tact with the supernatural. The SOL
diers doing picket duty at night were
annoyed and obsessed with a creepy,
uncanny feeling, as If confronted with
an unnatural foe with whom steel and
lead could not cope. and with whom
they had not fair chance. Suddenly
vibrating tone of great gladness. full
of animation and life.
Until they understood the wonderful
acoustic properties and climatic condi-
tions of the country through which
they were passing. ii was almost puz-
cling. But when they penetrated far
Their into Mexico they discovered that
every ranch and hacienda through
which they passed. every little hamlet
Of dozen houses. the wayside shrines
in the most inaccessible parts of the
mountains. all had from one to five
bells, and that these bells in the chap
els and churches were runs every half
hour and those at the shrines by who
ever passed that way.
In remote places on some of the great
haciendas which include thousands of
acres of land there are some of the
most beautiful churches in Mexico.
pure types of Spanish or Moorish archi-
lecture. with beautiful marble affairs
and exquisite silver lamps. altar rail
ings of precious metals and bits of
frescoing that are works of art. which
time has not furnished. Many of these
larger churches have been looted by the
revolutionary armies. hut the bells
have remained Many of these bells
were brought from Spain in the days
of Spanish rule in Mexico. and some
of them contain large amounts of pre-
cious metals which give a tone of rich
ness and vibrating purity of sound. In
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SANTIAGO and the Battlefield of San Juan

fed northward. being captured bU
United States cruisers. Cervera then
fed for coal to the nearest Spanish
port-Santiago. Cuba-and the sea bat
tie resulted.
So much for written and unwritten
history. There is a large amount OF
building going on In and around Santi-
ago. They have here suburbs which
rapidly developing and which
would be a credit to any city of the
United States. There is progress on
every hand. But II all dates from the
campaign of Santiago and the partici-
patton of the United States forces.
In the opening paragraph of this
article I made the statement that this
city. which is the principal commercial
center of the Island of Cuba, has gained
$4,000 inhabitants in fifteen years.
That is SO because Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood Cleaned it up" after the cam
paign.
Across the street from the veranda
on which this record is set down is q
modern. upto-date and complete a
pharmacy as any in the United States.
l obtained there few minutes ago the
beverage one goes TO drug stores IN
the United States for-soda water.
Just as good as at home.
Every one here except the very poor
street heggar wears shoes-an unusual
habit ~ tropical city. The wearing
of shoes in Latin American city ia
a sign of a rise in the world. Santiago
has arisen. Cuba has arisen.
One watches the color and light and
life of the tropics in the city streets.
but one meets, in this ancient city.
also. note of readiness which has
most certainly come from American
influence. \ servant came near this
table few minutes ago and sharpened
my lead pencils without being asked to
do so.
A "hoky-poky' ice cream wagon goes
mr. hn oroh oh t.
clean and, for the tropics. unbelievably
quick. The little boys and girls have
their faces washed, hair combed and
are ready to play in the streets at
5, or half-past 5. just they are in
Washington. New York, Boston, De-
troit, Seattle or st. Louis.
The greatest banking houses in the
world have established branches here.
More and more big, deep-sea ships
come here to take on or discharge
cargo which keeps them busy twelve
hours.
Goats go through the streets pulling
GUM, the hearses which carry the dead
as in other Latin American cities, and
if one should be in need Of a candle
to be blessed" and placed upon an
altar of the beautiful cathedral with a
multi-colored tile roof sparkling in
the sun, one could buy it at a can
tina
But these are merely notes in a city
full of color. The spirit of the city
is progress and its pulse beats in
tune with American institutions which
carry that banner.
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ed in the campaign .of Santiago, is
nevertheless in position, he is inform
ed. to be able to set some secret his
tory down upon the record which may
be interesting.
When the north Atlantic squadron
blocked the southern coast of Cuba,
and some of the ablest newspaper cor
respondents in the world put Mole st.
Nicholas. Haiti. on the map, although
no one has been able to keep it there,
the arrival Of the ships made possible
what the army afterward did.
The Secretary of War at that time
was asked by the Secretary of the
Navy II the assistance of the navy
was needed to land troops. His reply
was:
The army will land it's own troops"
Easier said than done. The traveller
to Santiago passes Daquiri, as we'll as
Mole St. Nicholas. and if the surf on the
beach at Daqufri. as the writer passed
that point. was anything like. in the
campaign. what it was this morning.
there is every reason to believe that
there should have been as much of a
cry for naval preparedness in those
days as there is today.
Fortunately, the navy was prepared
with miles of boats at Daquiri in the
campaign. If 1t had not been the army
could not have been landed. Daquiri to-
day is a port from which iron ore of the
interior is sent to the United States for
use in a certain process in the manu-
factlre of steel.
There the troops landed and marched
inward to siboney. a little to the west =
ward. with them the LIST District of Co
lumbia Volunteers. under him who is
now Maj Gen. George H. Harries. n. G.
D. c.. retired. Near Siboney the first
skirmishes took place with the Spanish
troops, and the army moved UP, digging
trenches. the battle front extending six
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entertain a traveller from the United
States is to show him the place where
the men of the District of Columbia,
Massachusetts. New York, Michigan and
all through the sonorous roll persisted
in support of the ideal of Cuba Libre.
The citizen of the United States is the
friend-the sincere friend-of the citi-
zen of Santiago.
Il will show you how Ell Caney and
San Juan Hill look today" he tells
you, land you may read for yourself at
the .blockhouse' on tablets of bronze
the names of your compatriots who
persisted in our behalf"
SO, through narrow, tortuous, wind
ing streets. past ancient beggar women
in rags to whom a penny is a direct in
terposition of Providence, past natty
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more satisfactory than two pairs.
Brakes of different dimensions but of
the same type were used in the trials
and they were also placed at dlnerent
levels on the model in the different
runs When in operation they open out
from the ships sides like wings. re-
sisting the rush of water. Seventeen
different sizes were tested in the La
coSte test.
A I.acoste brake fourteen feet deep
and almost twelve feet wide can force
a greatly slackened rate of speed. Ac-
cording to tests it can bring about
reduction of some seven knots in 2.ooo
feet without aid from the propellers.
This can be done in approximately
100 seconds.
Subsequent to the tests a pair of
brakes was installed upon the L. :.
S Indiana but this experiment neither
proved nor disproved certain features
The shape of the Indianas hull was en-
and little reliable data could be OBJ
tanned. The indisputable increase in
weight that the, brakes add to a ship
is a point used to advantage by those
who oppose ship brakes.
Another style of brake tested at the
Washington navy yard is the Hyde
shipbrake. The Hyde brake is much
more intricate than the Lacoste. 1t is
an automatic affair, made OF plates of
steel and fitted to the sides of the YES
either the bridge or the pilot house
The machinery used in opening or
closing them is on the deck.
An impetus is given to the opening
brakes by piston which works
through "stuffing box" to a place
where the water can reach them. To
escape any possibility OF damage when
opening the brakes too rapidly. they
are amply cushioned
The Hyde brake was put upon tug
and experiments conducted on Puget
sound The tug. at speed Of eight
knots an hour. was stopped by its
brakes in half it's length. Another in
teresting demonstration was given
which showed how the tug could be
turned quickly by releasing all brakes
only on one side. These experiments
were so satisfactory that it was de-
cided to ask permission of the Navy
Department to have the Hyde brake
tested in the model basin at the
Washington navy yard.
The Hyde model which was tried in
the model basin was twenty feet long
by two and a fraction feet wide. with
a displacement of liza pounds. The
area of each brake on the model was
.O79 square feet. The bilge keel brakes
were placed amidships. Not all steam
ers are constructed with bilge keels.
They are intended to prevent excessive
rolling of steamers In heavy sea.
In the early experiments the model
was tested for hull resistance with the
bilge keels in place. At the first trial
only one brake was placed on each
side for the purpose of determining
the average pressure per brake. With
the model going at the rate of four
knots and with one pair of brakes
operating there was an increased re-
sistance of 3..15 at speed of four
knots.
A number of runs were made and re-
suits proved that average brake pres
sure varies not a little. 1t was further
determine that a number OF brakes de-
creased the average pressure. showing
that brakes working together TAIL in
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United States that his feet was at Cape
de Verde Islands a patriotic business
man Of New York and a Washington
lawyer in international practice Of
fered to be of service to the United
States government in conjunction.
They had coal merchants and brokers
in the Cape de Verde Islands as CORE
spondents. and every few days they
sent cablegrams reading Ship one
thousand tons COAL ship fifteen hun
dred tons coal" etc. These were cipher
messages, explaining Cervera's move
ments
He then steamed due west from the
islands, passed Martinique eventually
and brought up at the Dutch island OF
Curacao off Venezuela, where he had
expected to meet the golfers Roath,
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LICE KEEL BRAKES FOR SHIPS. I
AT WASHINGTON NAVY YARD.

efficiency. The conclusion was that the
brakes placed forward and amidships
do their work better than those aft.
This difficulty could be overcome by
lessening the length of the bilge keel
and making other slight changes of a
purely technical nature.
When the brakes are not in operation
they add. practically very little to the
ships resistance: but in emergency.
when flung open to assist in the saving
of ship, they more than double the
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trenches are still there, mute remind
ers of what befell so many years ago
between July / and July 16. and there
are enrolled on the bronzes, too, the
names of the 9Th, 10Th, I'd, 10th. 2lst.
9th, 18th, gath. 25th. Sd and 1st United
States Infantry, the list New York
National Guard. the 33d and oath Mich
igan National Guard, the 9th Massa
chusetts National Guard, the LIST United
States Volunteers Trough Riders). Bat
teries A and F, I'd United States Field
Artillery. and the I'd and 9Th United
States Cavalry.
These were the men who were in the
famous charge. and the peace tree, -
known as a sacaba otherwise silk cot
ton), nearby is fenced in with the old
Spanish rifle barrels they captured and
marked of with some Of the old Span
ish guns of large caliber nodded and
Spanish commanders should not have
been obliged to attempt to defend the
entrance to Santiago harbor, which
Moro frowns down upon.
All these shrines are being well pre-
has been erected on the hillside nearby,
and a new school for American stu
dents has found a place upon the
macadamized roadway which leads to
the hill.
Today the traveller may go to the
hill by trolley if he be so minded. or
he may go anywhere in and around
Santiago by the ubiquitous automobile
which has found its sphere of useful
ness here as elsewhere throughout the
world.
But, although these shrines on land
sacred spots on the waters about San
tiago. and the present traveller, even if
unable to name lighthouse Or some
other distinguishing mark 10 the mem
DRY Of the naval heroes who participat-
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ships resistance. With brakes open
and propeller reversed a vessel could he
stopped much more quickly than when
operating propeller alone.
y further Endorsement for the brake
is its adsptability. In case the steering
gear of vessel goes awry ship can
he controlled by its brakes In this age
of commercialism the expense item is
invariably considered. and a ship
brakes when compared To the total cost
of the ship is comparatively slight.
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Hill eighteen years ago. who now care
for the peace tree" on orders of I'm
Gle Sam.
The statement that they seemed to be
waiting is made advisedly. for the
approach of q traveller to Santiago is
made through stored waters. whose
tales are not of the many new docks
from which iron ore, oil and sugar are
shipped. but of Daquiri, where the
American troops landed; of the inlet off
which Rear Admiral Cameron McRae
Winslow performed his exploits. of an
other inlet off which the late Admiral
Lucien Young wrote his name on the
scroll of history, and of that unbe-
nevably narrow passageway where
Hobson sank the Merrimac.
Past historic MORO Castle. smaller
but more picturesque than the old fort
of the same name at Havana. the
traveller comes to this ancient town
prepared to ask all sorts of questions.
to find out what makes ii tick, only
to find in the end that the resident of
Santiago wants to tell him nothing of
his secrets of cement buildings here
which have withstood more attacks of
the elements since 1900 than perhaps
will some of the reinforced concrete
buildings of the present day in the
United States.
Nor will he tell the traveller the Sc
cret of the dyes in the wall coverings
of these buildings-purple, pink, old
rose, ultramarine. brown and gray
which blend with the scarves of the
women in the street into kaleidoscope
of colors.
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HERE the Deciding Battle the War With Spain Was San
w Celebrated BLOCK
Memorial Those Who Fell Charge Up San
Hill Died DseaseO Naval Acevemn Bit of Unwren Naval
Fstoy-Banks and Shippmg-Lving Conditions.
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or seven miles. That is the background
in which afterward stalked the specters
of typhoid and malaria.
Now for the story of the navy-not
published history, but some of the
things which the Office of naval intelli-
gence and the bureau of navigation did
not give to the newspaper correspond
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BY W1NGRovE BATHoN.

Special Correspondence
SANTIAGO. Cuba. May 10. 1916.
E1HE average visitor to this trop-
ically colored and heated city
might well concern himself
with the fact that it has grown
in population $4,000 in fifteen years.
with all that that implies. for here
sugar is king" and Santiago never
was SO rich.
But when one falls into the hands of
friendly naval officers on their way to
Guantanamo. the nearby United States
naval base. or into the hands of one
of the elderly Washington colored men
whom the United States government
maintains at the casaba tree outside
of Santiago. where the peace prelimi-
naries between the Spanish armies and
those of the United States were signed.
one is apt to overlook the romance of
Cuba's business and intellectual prog
ress and write into the record some
Of the military romance which must
forever make glistening the eyes of
the American pilgrim.
Two years ago on April Is the Atlantic
fleet sailed for Mexico That is re-
membered by Cubans-it was a sub
ject of comment in Santiago. Not
long ago a Spanish transport sail
ed for the United States, to gather at
Portsmouth. \. H., the bodies of Span
ish soldiers. sailors and marines who
died in the United States and take them
back home. That also Is remembered
in Santiago today. and men have turn
ed aside from their work here in banks.
post of1ices and hotels to ask me il l
knew these things. so interested are
the people of this city in all things
American.
was very little surprised, therefore,
when | found that the chauffeur who
was to take me to the celebrated
"blockhouse" on San Juan Hill spoke
as good English as l. or that at the end
of my journey there should be await
ing me Git seemed) jeff Everett, long
(and stilD member of the 18th United
States Infantry. and D. E. Matthews,
long land still) member of the 24th
United States Infantry.
1t is these colored soldiers. both of
whom were in the charge up San Juan
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Rustormel and Twickenham, from Car
diff. Wales.
These collier captains had become
frightened by the actions of United
States warships as the result Of the
private information given by the New
York merchant and Washington law
yer to the Navy Department, and they
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whose stirring scenes are being re-
called. The old "blockhouse" is gone, its
site cleared. and there now stands
there to mark. the place where Hamil-
ton Fish, Allyn Capron and others fell
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THE "PEACE TREE,

ents. Every one knows Of the sea bat
tie in which Cervera was beaten.
Santiago was laid siege to by land
and sea. because Cervera had escaped
into that port. He was obliged to go
there because of a shortage of coal.
He did not have enough to take him to
Havana When it was learned in the
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in the market produce, past modern
cement houses mid banana plantations
and palms, beautiful new suburbs built
by American farmers. disputing a pas
sageway of one foot to spare with troll
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Perhaps the resident of Santiago does
not know these things. Perhaps it is
too late to talk about such things. Or,
perhaps the native Cuban courtesy is
Inspired with the idea that the way to