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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
NEW GOVERNMENT
PROVING 4 SUCCESS
W-AEU7NCTG\. De-,

WASTTEGTGN, Dcc. S---f'aplain
Knapp. th. American naval officer who
proclaimed military government in the
Dominican republic lnsl week reported
10 th" Navy nera"tnreni today that his
admin istra tion VAS being received with
enthusiasm by he ISLANDERS He said
,ir.. native utfir'al, were being paid
racir i"u: await 4 .a!ari"G on; Of inc
nc,.u.ur!ll'"i %E"". .gri ,.f .xv"rt ,ufins
hold ir tn" Nu4,rn.tri ,.;i.tu'n" rec i-..T.,
and that IEl'nrrt I H"'r ii:U,. tn. ;:"N"r1l-
uf,ut wuHIi J." ;Gu""",ll"" ia normal
fashion uu,i'.r thu uavy'> >Gr,rliEi
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
RUSSIA PROMISED
TURKISH CAPITAL
AND TIE STRAITS
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
IS MADE IN THE DUMA
Russia Trying Hard 10 Turn
Tide IN inRumanla-Sesslon
Of The Duma Stormy,

LONDON. Dec. ! (9:0n r. m.)--An
event surprising in farreachlng i'm
portancc the actual military opera
tions OF the war comes today in the
public announcement b. the new Rus.
sian premier. Alexander Trepoff. that
and subsequently, adhered to by Italy,
The allies drfinitelynstablis Russia's
riChr 10 C0nSta tinople and the
straits. The existence Of this agree
mcnt has been for 4 long time alleged,
hut never before WAS il thus publlclD
and formally admitted.
simultaneously. while the fate Ok
Bucharest in still hanging IN the
balance. comes The news that Russia.
which has been accused In some quar-
ters Of failing TO render assistance to
its sorrly pressed ally, is making
heroic efforts 10 iurn the tide of
events in Rumania, In addition to
c1oring vigorous pressure against
! Won Fa1kenhaTn In Moldavia where
the Russians have gained ? footing
At Kiriba ba and the battle IS Contlnu;
I inc with the utmost energy.
+ The now Russian effort is visible
ON the Danube. south Of Bucharest
whore the newly arrived Russian
troops arc making an important at
tack on Field Marshal Won Macken-
sons rear. already, according to the
! Russian official report, With some
success, "6 guns and 2 number OF
prisoners having heen taken and the
t;crman; and Bulgarians having been
driven from TzOmana and Gostinarl.
! The Russians are also successfully
! applying pressure in pobrudJa.
May Affect Campaign.
: These Russian attacks on the two
extreme flanks Of the central forces
although they may hc TOO late TO save
! Bucharest, may if successfully prose
cu,cd. change tho complexion OF the
Rumanian campaign, as there Is no in
GiCatiOn as yet that the envelopIng
movement OF tho central powers has
succeeded in cutting off any consider
able portion of the RumaniaD armies
! In the meantime. according to the
German report. The Gcrmano-Bulgar-
iaES are steadily pressing towards the
capital. In the Arcrchu valley they
have crossed the river AT ono point
and have 0utflankcd and defeated a
Rumanian force which had attempted
TO advance southwest Of Bucharest
over the Argcchu and Niasiov rivers:
In connection with ihc fate of Buch-
Arrest, q semi-offirial Rumanian state
mont has been received By wireless TO
the effect that before the commence.
menr of the war Bucharest was -
pr;red o. ihH character Of q fortress
I and that when the danger Of occupa-
! ton presented itself. steps were taken
! for the evacuation Of the city by me
military elements. but not by the CIV
ilian population who had been en-
ioincd 10 remain in the city. This
points 10 the military abandonment OF
tho city and would seem 10 indicate
that the Rumanians are fighting en-'
eagcments IN delay their enemy and
secure the safe retirement Of their
! armies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
Transport Sunk.

The r'rcncb transport karnak has
hnru sunk near Malta by a German
aubDla rine. according TO an announce
mont by the German admiralty The
transports il said to have been loaded
with troops bound for Saluniki.
Owing 10 the aCulcncSS Of the po ill.,
iral crisis in Great Britain. Premier
h;;QUith announces that hc will advise
tho King 10 consent 10 d rc.conSlruc-
;iou nf ihc government II is semi.
officially announced from PctroSrad
that thc Russian premier has read a
proclamation in the Duma stating that
Russia. through agreement with Great
Britain. Franco and Italy. will obtain
Gonstantinnplc and the Dardanel les in
tho event of an entente allied victory.
Unofficial advicc:, from Athens are
that the fighting there between Greek
and cntCntc troops has ceased. and
that the entente troops have been sent
back 10 piraCuS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
TEUTONS STILL
DRAWING NEARER
RUNAN CAPITAL
ALTHOUGH THE DEFENSE
HAS BEEN STIFFENED
Russians andRunaniansRepcl
Invaders South Of Capital
Italians Advance.

Eumania still holds The center Of
interest in the world war. The encir-
cling movement Of the Teutonic allies
continues 10 draw closer towards her
capital bucharest. although rhc Ru-
manians apparently are stlftcnnS
their defense.
The Tcutons have crossed the
hrgeChu river west of Bucharest but
both PclroCrah and bucharest assert
that southwest of The capital the hus-
slams and RumanlHn*, fighting TO-.
uolher have forced tho retirement ni
tho Tcutons and taken prisoners and
booty the latter including 26 guns.
TIL" German official communication
sayS thai in this region I&umanlan
force was nnffanked and thrown back
with heavy casualties.
Hard fighting sill continues from
The border Of EukoWina along north
err Rumania. with both sides claim
ing The advantage.
On none Of tho other fronts has
there been any great infantry aCtiv-
iiy. the big guns nf All the hclllCer"nts
sill doing The greater portion OF the
work An attack ny tn" entente
forces northwest Of Monas'ir' on Sat
urday was put down with Sangulnary
losses. according 10 Berlin.
The Italians ar" claiming an ad-
vance Of 500 mcrreG over front OF
;wo-thirds Of u uIilc On tho CarSn
sector Of the AuSIro.Ilalian front. Il
manoucvrc which sIra iShtcncd nut the
Italian line.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
SoIdiers Killed

LAREDO. Tex. Dec :. s>iviT con.
stitutionalist soldiers and an nnEN1Nn
number Of Jegaiistas were killed.
Thursday in an engagement hct"o"a
the two forces between San LUIS
Potosi and Tampico. according To ar
rivals from, TaYl1pico tonight The
wounded Cons:itutiOnalist wore taken
10 Tau,pico for treatment they said.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-04
ChrsmasDo Your Shopping nteI&encer Ads 70
T h e w e ath er

Fair Monday. warmer north portion;
Tuesday fair. continued warm.
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The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
217 Representatives in Favor
Nolan Minimum- Wage Law

Senator Gallinger, Of New Hampshire.
yesterday lent his Endorsement to the
movement for higher wages. He wants
an exhaustive investigation Of conditions
and authoritative statistics before he
favors general bill, and as this infor-
nation Is available on the Nolan meas
ure, 1t is assumed he will support that
legislation.
A delegation from College Park, Ga,
and the Federal employees at the custom
house and appraisers stores In Boston
yesterday added their plea to the hum
dreds Of government employees seeking
raises In salary. They stated that they
worked every day in the month, received
no overtime for extra hours. no vacations.
and no days of, and were paid SO per
month.
The knowledge that union officials were
investigating cases of discrimination prac-
tised against organizers for the union
caused considerable discussion and some
CONSERVATION in government departments
when disclosed by The Washington Her
aid yesterday.
Recruiting Handicapped.
Under a rider to the postofice bill OF
1912, employees Of the government were
given the right to appear before commit
tees Of Congress and make any statement
they deemed necessary with regard to
me working conditions In their Depart
ments. They were also given the right
to organize, under the same law, which
Is popularity known as the statute abolish
ing "the gag rule
Despite this law, certain bureau chiefs
and under executives are quietly oppos-
ing the efforts Of the employees to work
collectively for better conditions. They
have advised certain of the poorer paid
clerks to keep out of the union, and
stated they would be taken care Of" The
result has been that recruiting for the
union has been retarded and the matter
will be aired in Congress in the early
sessions.
officials OF the Federal Employees
Union met at the American Federation of
Labor headquarters last night and dis
cussed plans for retirement legislation.
Both Democratic and Republican lead
ers Of the House are on record as favor
ing this legislation and the efforts Of the
retirement advocates will be centered on
securing a bill which will be mutually
satisfactory to all who will beneht.
With the arrival Of all members Of the
House and Senate In Washington after
Thanksgiving. the work of polling the
members on the increased pay movement
will begin. The Democratic party went
on record at its last national convention
as favortng a living wage. and for that
reason support for Southern Democrats
who might otherwise have opposed the
bill is expected
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
Wife SHOOTS WOMAN
GOSSIP Notes NAMED
Accused Husband Takes Spouse to
Girls Home to Disprove Charge.
Special to Ths Washington Hsr.n.

Special to The Washington Haah
Newark, N. J., Nov. 2s.-As the sequel
to q series Of anonymous letters which
linked her name with that Of Wilbur
A Green, Miss Katherine Burke, "a years
old. was shot and seriously wounded in
her home. Mrs. Green, "a years old, re-
cipient Of the letters, Is accused Of max
Ing the attack.
For many weeks Mrs. Green had been
receiving messages through the mails
telling her that her husband was fire.
quently In the company OF Miss Burke,
a saleswoman In a department store. She
decided to question her. husband.
He denied that he had been friendly
with Miss Burke and suggested that his
wife see the young woman and settle
the question. The couple went to the
home Of Miss Burke.
What does this mean7'' asked Miss
Burke.
TT means that have information that
you and my husband are travelling about
the city together" retorted Mrs. Green
Miss Burke denied the statements con-
tanned In the letters. Then Mrs. Green
drew a revolver, 1t is alleged. and fired.
She was disarmed by her husband and
placed under arrest.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
Washington Markets Crowded With
Purchasers for Thanksgiving Day

| Perhaps few people in the crowds which
thronged Washington markets yesterday
to I'LL their baskets for Thanksgiving
Day remembered what they paid a year
ago for the articles they bought. II they
would have thought for a minute. they
could have explained why IS and SO bills
| slipped from their pocketbooks so easily,
and some people could have understood
that the fight for higher wages is well
founded.
The high cost Of living did not show
any effects in the markets yesterday.
Consumers jammed the markets and
bought as though they had their pockets
full Of money. Merchants everywhere
reported banner sales
The turkey was king and was sought
by the majority of buyers. There was a
good supply and thousands were sold
Chickens and other poultry found many
buyers.
Turkeys could be bought for 2S cents
q pound, although this was not the gen.
eral price. The average was 80 cents,
some selling at 30 cents a pound. In the
beginning OF the week, turkeys were
quoted as high as IS cents a pound. They
dropped at the last minute because of the
abundant supply. Young chickens could
be bought for q cents pound and hens
at q.
Aside from poultry, prices remained
about the same as they have been during
the past several weeks, with the excep-
ton of butter, which has advanced 4
cents in three days.
AS the prices stood yesterday. they rep
resented an increase in nearly every in
stance over the cost last year. In some
cases the increase was nearly 200 per
cent.
While the markets were crowded. many
people no doubt keenly felt the drain on
their pocketbooks because Of the high
cost of things. There were many who
did not buy turkeys but substituted
meat preferably a roast.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
HAS TO tend FURNACES
TO SUPPLEMENT SALARY
Federal Employe Tells of Struggle to
Live on SIS a Month.

Editor The Washington Herald: I wish
TO express my heartfelt thanks and ap-
probation for the effort you are making
in behalf Of the low-salaried Federal en-
ployes-
For the past four years 1 have been
employed In the Navy Department a
messenger at $50 a month, with not Q
dollars increase in sight
The sver-incressing cost of living has
compelled me and many others I know
to do extra work before and after the
time we are due here, in order to make,
In some way. both ends meet
Every morning am up and out at 8
o'clock tending furnaces, and in the
evenings hurry back to them and work
until after 8 o'clock at night. There is
no time for pleasure, as such time that
Is left must be used for rest
I feel confident that your efforts Will
be successful because l have noticed In
the past that when The Washington Her
aid gets behind thing. it usually goes
through.
Thanking you again for the position
you have taken in our behalf, I beg to
remain, very sincerely yours
GOVERNMENT FMPIOYF.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
Churchmen viii Offer Up Thanks
At Specially Arranged Services

With special services nearly all Wash
ington churches will celebrate Thanks
giving Day. Programs of music and ser
mons dealing with Thanksgiving topics
will be features of the ceremonies.
Beginning at o'clock this morning a
sunrise service will be held at Metropoli-
tan Baptist Church by the Christian En-
deavor Society. Rev. John Compton Ball
will conduct the service. and his sermon
will be Think and Thank" A choir OF
forty young people, directed by Harold
King, will sing.
At Foundry NJ. E. Church at II o'clock
Rev. Wallace MacMullen, of Madison, N.
J., will preach the service. Services will
be held this evening at o'clock at Mount
Vernon M. E. Church in connection with
revival services, Rev. F. ]. Prettyman
will conduct the Thanksgiving exercises.
The Worlds Permanent Peace will
be the subject of the sermon this morn
ing of Rev. Charles Wood, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant.
This morning at $50 o'clock in Waugh
M. E. Church a special service will be
held. with Rev. L. NJ Mccoy officiating.
A morning service at II o'clock at First
Presbyterian Church, with the pastor.
Rev. John Brittian Clark, officiating, will
be featured by orchestra accompaniment.
American Watchfires'' will be the pas
tors subject.
THE United States Among the Nations
Of the Earth is the subject of the SER
mon at First Congregational Church,
where there will be appropriate music by
choir and quartet The Church of the
Epiphany will observe the day with a
service at II o'clock. Rev. Randolph H.
McKim. the pastor, will preach on inter
national problems
christian Optimism" will be the subject
of a special serman at Shiloh Baptist
Church. e
An elaborate song servios has been
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
LACKAWANNA Steel
Still selling FAST
One of Principal Interests in Company
Out of All Its Stock.
SPECIAL to ne washins.on Herald.

SPECIAL to ne washington Herald.
New York, Nov. 2s.-There has been
very good inside selling OF Lackawanna
Steel IN fact, this selling has gone 50
far that one Of the principal interests in
the company Is out OF all Of its stock,
while the other has greatly reduced Its
holdings. The financial structure of
Lackawanna Steel Is peculiarly favorable
for the inside crowd to secure their
profits from speculative fluctuations
while not running the risk Of losing con-
troll The way this Is done is simple.
When the stock has had q large rise the
insiders seIl It and buy the per cent
bonds Of 1850, which are exchangeable at
any time for stock.
When the market breaks the bonds
90 down perhaps 5 points to the stock
%. Then the operation Is reversed and
the insiders buy back their stock and sell
out the bonds. This happened last year
when Lackawanna shares ran up to 81.
The insiders unloeded their stock and
bought the bonds. On the subsequent
break the stock sold down to S, while the
bonds went on very little. The bankers
then proceeded to take back their hold
ings OF stock and turn loose the bonds.
Now II appears that the whole process
has been gone through with on the other
nds-the stock nquidated around and
above pan while the convertible bonds
have been bought In its place.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
More Than 10000 Poor Dependents
To Be Feasted BY Philanthropists

Fifty thousand children of WASHINGTON
have contributed their share to caring
Tor the city's poor. For the last three
Gays they have brought to the director
OF the municipal Fairgrounds potatoes
and fruits. The largest amounts have
been contributed at the following play
grounds: Gallinger. Georgetown, Mt
Pleasant and Garfield Park
More than 10000 dependents will be the
oeneficiaries today of Washington citizens
at missions and in other places devoted
to charitable work.
wards at the the District Jail will be
gwen dinner of roast beef, vegetab bles
truit cone and desserts. and the Church
OF Chr1suan Science will conduct a pray
er service in the afternoon. At the
Washington Asylum Hospital, the Re-
formatory, and the workhouse, dinner
menus will be enlarged by the addition of
fruits and desserts.
Turkey will be served at the Industrial
Home School, and at the National Train
Ing School For Girls a tableau and min
strel show will be features on the en-
tertainment program
me Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton has invited those with no kin in
warrington, to join the annual dinner
at o'clock this afternoon.
Under auspices Of the Y. M. C. A.. a
Gay marathon will prove a leading at
tracuon. The competitors will be divided
INTO junior and senior divisions to cover
courses of one mile
An informal dance at the club house
Sl4 Z street northwest, will be held by
the Washington Saengerbund, and the
new Halliewood Golf Club is to be
formally opened today as a part of the
ceienratlons The club house is at Sea-
brook, Md.
In Park View Community the day will
De celebrated by the neighborhood in
the fark Wew School, beginning ut
~ O'Clock this morning with a band con-
cert. United States Commissioner of
Education P. P. Claxton will be the chief
speaker at exercises to be. held in the
school,
The washington local of the National
Federation of Postoffice Clerks will give
ats annual dance tonight at Pythian
Temple.
The Smithsonian Institution announced
II would be open to accommodate the
holiday crowd until 4:3o o'clock this aft
ernoon.
Marines at the local barracks will be
Toasted by Uncle Sam with a special
meyer also will share the generosity OF
the government.
At practically all local hotels, supper
dances will prove attractions and special
menus insure a heavy patronage.
The Elks are to have a dance in their
nail tonight. and the Washington Cornell
Alumni will entertain at Rauschers
from 3 to Z, the proceeds of the tea
dance to go to the women's dormitories
at the university,
At the Friends School a Thanksgiving
program will be carried out.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
FELL FROM LOFT;
HURT; Then WELL
How a Man Who Landed on Wood
Pile and Was Sore from
Head to Foot Found
Quick Relief.

once upon a time Edwin Putnam,
VINO lives in the quite. pretty hamlet
OF wendell Depot, Mass. climbed up in
10 a loft to get some building mater
lal' just as many another man living
in the country must often do Sud
denly he slipped and fell. Ten feet
below was pile of wood. knotted and
gnarled. 1t was a nasty tumble, and
Mr Putnam was injured painfully in
the back, he was covered with bruises,
and was sore from head to foot.
The next day he bought a bottle of
Sloan's Liniment which had been re-
commended to him. Within a very
few hours the soreness had vanished
and the lameness had disappeared. He
was an active man once more.
Sloan's Liniment can be obtained at
all drug stores. 25c, SOC and s1.o0.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
SENATOR GALLINGER
FOR LARGER SALARIES

Senator Gallinser, Republican leader OF
the Senate is sure that Congress will do
the right thing for the government en-
ploycs when the matter of increase In
salary is brought before It,
In view of the advanced cost OF Hv-
ing. I think that the government can
well AFFORD to increase the salaries of
It's employees. especially the salaries OF
those who receive less than 5000 he
said. However. I think that the in
crease should be made only after careful
inquiry into existing conditions. I think
that the employees may feel sure that
when the subject is brought before Con-
gress in the proper manner, after care
ful investigation and without hysteria,
Congress will do the right thing. As
to the organic ltion of the employees into
UNIONS see no reason why they should
not do so II they wish, but do not feel
that their organization is necessary or
even desirable
The Washington herald., 1916-11-30
WOMAN CLERK finds
wage mere PITTANCE
Trying to Support Invalid Mother and
Son on $l.75 a Day.

Efforts Of one government worker TO
support an invalid mother and fifteen
year-oId son on SL75 a day are told in
the following graphic letter:
/ take the liberty of writing you a few
lines to let you know how very grateful
and thankful I am, as well as all the
government employees, and how much we
all appreciate how much you are trying
to do for u.s. After reading a piece In
Tuesdays Washington Herald, Just de-
Cided / had to write you a few lines to
let you know there is one Virginia woman
who not only hopes and prays that you
will have success in passing the S a day
wage bill. but hopes also that you may
be successful in all your undertakings in
the years TO come.
I am employed in one of the govern
ment departments and have been there
for seven years. For the past three aud
one-half years I have been paid N-75 a
day; before that time $50 a day 1 have
an aged mother and a boy Of fifteen to
support and am trying to educate my
son the best can. Now don't you think
1t Is a very difficult task for a lone
woman that is trying to lead an honest