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The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
THE HEADINGTON AUTO CO., Distributors
1886 BROADWAY DENVER, COLO
In Georgia.

III 2SOI9Ia'
'Ben JASON"
"Yes, suh."
Accused of being under the influ-
ence of liquor on Christmas eve."
eyes, suh."
Profanity"
II might er swO-yaS, Suh.'
Resisting officer?"
81 sho' tried ter lick dat Irishman,
judge"
''Petty larceny"
"Count dat in, too"
"Ben-the law must deal heavily in
your case. Is there anything you left
out on your holiday spree?"
The negro scratched his head.
"Yas, sub; eff yo' could lemme out
fo a few minits, I'd like ter beat up
my OF woman fo' 'ceptin' presents from
a Macon barber."-Case and Comment.
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Resourceful.

Two women were having confab
on the troubles of life, that connected
with husbands in particular, relates
George Mellinger of Sweeney's.
II dinna wonder at some puir wives
having to help themselves out of their
husbands trousers" remarked one Of
them.
II Gamma say that like them under
hand ways meself," said the other ma
tron. II usually jist turn ma mans
breeches doom side up an help myself
off the carpet"
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Customer Had Change Coming.

A man bearing a small basket of
potatoes on his arm went into a gro
Gerry store to make a purchase. He
could not produce enough change by 5
cents and, handing the clerk medi-
um-sized potato, started out The
clerk called to him, saying :"You have
forgotten your change" and walking
back to a sack, picked out two lima
beans and passed them to the custom
er.-Cleveland Plain Dealt:
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Financial Manager for Cody Fund.

Denver.-At a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the William F.
Cody Memorial Association, Secre-
tary A. U. Mayfield was employed as
financial manager for the campaign
to raise funds for the memorial shaft
to be erected in Buffalo Bills memory
on Mount Lookout. The committee
also has determined, at the request
of the G. A. r. to change the date
for the burial ceremonies, which had
been set for Decoration day. 1t is
probable that the following Sunday
will be selected.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Michigan Guard Ordered Recruited.

Detr Jit, Acknowledgements National
Guard will be raised Immediately from
approximately 5000 men to 10000
men, according to orders sent from
Washington to Col. John S. Bersey,
adjutant general of Michigan.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES OF
LAND FREE AS A HOMESTEAD

and allow the time the farm aboe who has filed the land
apply residence due the he actually had lived
Another special concession the reduction Of in the time
complete Two instead of three heretofore
only working the farms for at least months in 1917
This appeal for farm help connected with enlistment
for military service but solely increase agricultural output Avon
de opportunity farm and draw good the
time CANADIAN government VIII pay all ae over one cent per
railway rates may be had application to
v. BENNETT Room a, Bee Bldg. Omaha Nebr.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
st. Louis.-Spelter, $10.4O.

Boulder-T concentrates, 60
per cent. $17.OO per unit. Crude ores,
60 per cent, $1,000; 25 per cent, $9.4o
@12.OO; 10 per cent, $S.7O@1O.OO per
unit.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
On High Gear Does the
Work of Four Big Horses
WORKS DAY AND NIGHT
PULLFORD only $135.OO
F. o. b., Quincy, Illinois

Attached to any Ford or practically
any other car in 80 minutes. Re-
moved in less time. No holes to drill.
All steel construction. Note steel
wheels, 10 inches wide. Does all
your heavy hauling coal, wheat,
hay, potatoes; does your plowing,
narrowing, seeding, harvesting, etc.
Lugs can be removed from wheels,
and a larger sprocket is furnished for
road hauling. Live agents wanted in
every county in Colorado, Wyoming,
New Mexicoe and Western Nebraska.
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Still At 1t.

"They kept company a long tint
before they were married, didn't theyT
eyes, and they've kept compan!
most of the time since. Her relation
seem bound to live on them
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Prices Quoted for Metals.
New York, March 21.-Lead, $9.S| "a
Bar silver, 72Ac.
Copper-Casting brand, $31.37h.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Move Clvcks Ahead for Summer.

Rome-A decree has been promul
gated directing all Italian clocks to
be advanced one hour from April
to Sept. 80.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
C0 He w0IIld

Bill-They say one of the kings of
Europe has bed which cost So, 1000.
Gill-Gee! If / had that I'd retire
on a fortune!
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

Few collisions occur on the path Of
virtue.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
The Result.

'Had a fine speeding auto trip?''
81 should say so! Nothing else but
fnes!'
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Wisdom sometimes strikes fellow
as does a snowslide from a roof.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

Cincinnati II want to know the good Lydia PINK
female troubles that could hardly get off bed
docong for long time and mother said want
has certainly made well woman lam able to house work
expected the DO again.
and others know what Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound josie CoPER 1868 Harrison Ave,
Fairmount Cincinnati Ohio .
If YOU want special advice write Lydia E. Pnkham Medi
read and held i'm strict confidence
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
white t Clothes. % Ali good good grocers. su Adv. 'Af
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
e Nedicine
for Nomen
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has Relieved
the Sufferings of Women.

1t hardly seems possible that there is woman in this
country who continues suffer without giving Lydia E.
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound trial after all the evi
dence that is continually being published proving beyond
contradiction that this grand old medicine has relieved
suffering among than any other medicine in
the world.
Mrs. KiesO Cured After Months Illness.
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A Growl,

care your married daughter and her
husband living with you"
"NO; they're living on me-"
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

1t is far better to have your neigh
Dor owe you an apology than money.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Mrs. Kieso Cured After Seven Months Illness

Aurora, IIL-0FOr seven long mOnthS Su1ered
from female trouble with severe pains in my back
and sides until I became SO weak I could hardly
walk from chair to chair, and got so nervous I
would Jump at the slightest noise. / was entirely
unfit to do my house work, was giving up hope of
ever being well, when my sister asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. l took
six bottles and today am healthy woman able to
do my own housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound, and find out for herself how good
L A K1EsO 596 North Ave. Aurora. III.
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important to Mothers

Important TO WOtn0FS
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Colorado.

The mill crosscut on the Silver Bell
mine at Ophir Loop is now in about q
600 feet.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

Canadian Government Agent
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
GERMAN PLOT IN
COSTA RIGA TO
BE FRUSTRATED

SAN Jose. Costa Rica, May 21.-.A
far-rcaching plot TO overthrow the
present government OF Costa RicL. Of
which President Federico Tinoco is
the head. has been uncovered ny the
authorities The former president.
Alfredo Gonzales. who was dcpoScd
last January. al which time TinoCo IL.
Sumcd control. other officials of the
former government and German rel.
dents here and in the United States
arc alleged 10 b" implicated. 4 Ger
ma firm il New York is declared 70
have furnished $l0n.0On for the organ
i2aton Of revolutionary movement.
Recently German residents here
have been showing marked activity.
iiyiIy THREE wireless stations have
been discovered NJ Ilrrrdia. the home
city OF Gonzales. on" OF the plants,
connected with fhr city electric plant,
being very powerful. The other Wire
less installations hav" been found In
the coast regions nf san Carlos ana
Colorado.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
Bic PROGRAM
To DEVELOP An
AERIAL FORCE

WASHINGTON. May ct Formal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of III" governments
policy as TO ali iyprs Of aircraft rx-
Council uf National Defense through
Howard T.. coffin. member of the
cnunciiS advisory commission and
head of The airrrHtl production board
recently created.
The Object aimed Al for The first
year. arcurding 20 Nr. coffin. is The
pruduriiUn ui ..:'n'l lrai7ln- and bat
tie arr0pIanr~. IN" rGucaliun uf from
bono 81 i.uu" aliaiur$ ami the duu-
bling 70 more 0l The producing capaC
iay during TIA" second year.
The hoard viii cooperate with ti."
joint armynavy board on designs and
specifications uf aircraft which will
pass on all questions Of design and
military characteristics The drycl-
nprnenl of big rigid diriGibI"S or Yep
p"IinS is in Tho hands of u special
army-navy board headed by Admiral
Taylor.
\ Hih'r i.luu> ,nrlId, the establishments
"f ulnr avIail"u training fields. thr"" "t
winch hnya airc;L. n'.'.n selected by
~" war depart !u"tt. and conSlr,l,;Inu
work on which Will h'gim ~ "Eur
Mr. coffin DECLARED tn" greatest In',.ii.
l'm Ta~ Ia rr"d"r" hattie craft. which
means th"t sui'ahi" :,rrnl'lau" ru:in"s
for tins rurp">" must i.' Developed Hy
i!pcrican manufacturers. Up tu his
i,In". With few exceptions. ia" "nl.' ln%-
chine. which America hnS turned nut
for uSr abroad hav" h'"n training WIS.
\ iiv" pointed whit" star III amt iW"1
iiv" pointed white star wired center
and SrI in ~ circular tl"lI of hlHs viii
drSIEn.I. All cir craft nf ihA American
navy under orders ISSUED today by Soc
rotary Daniels. IoNLracInrs hav" h""n
dir"rirri |" add the ius Icnia to all air
craft uudcr construction.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
MYSTERY
Surrounds the Running Down
Of Carl Tmmcry by an
Automobile.
eIeclHl Dlsratcn 10 the IDIriliasncer.
CTL>I' I'HL'kN-lI h n Nay II

eEechl pIsritcn 10 ile lDlSlItRkhces
STEU BENNIl.LE O.. May @0.-taH
Timmery, farmer from Ellersvillc,
Pa. just across lhc State line from
Brooke county, West Virginia, lies In
the Gill hospital hero tonight suffer
ing from a fractured hip and leg. with
chances that he will recover.
There is An element of mystery in
the nrar.killnE of Timm"ry. who left
Wrllshurg. Saturday night. 10 walk 10
his home, ont the Bethany pike.
When some diStanc" from his home he
is supposed To hav" been run down
by an automobile and thrown 10 one
side Of the road. Here he remained
in an unconscious condition until sun
day morning. when he WAS found by
an automobile parry. and rushed here
10 The hospital. whrr" every effort is
being made 10 SAVE his life.
There is no clue to The identity OF
the auInmobiiSI who ran down The un-
fortunate man.
Early this morning al The hospital
ii was said that Timmcrr had c'me
from under the influence Of ether. ana
that his condition was not conslderrd
alarming. As yet he is not able 10 ;cll
how he was injured.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
R|NTELEN
lamar and Martin Are Found
Guilty Of the Munitions
Traffic Plot.

NEW YORK. May "h.--Captain
Franz Rntelcn Of the German
navy. David Lamar and Henry b..
Martin were found guilty here 10 .
night hy jury in tho federal
court on charges of having con-
spired in 1919 10 disrupt tn" mu-
nitions traffic between This
country and the Entente Allies.
The jury disagreed as 10 four
other defendants.
The verdict WAS accepted by Judge
CuShman less than all hour after he
had sent the jury back To It's dclihera'
tons in the hope that all the cases
might be cleared up.
While no statement WAS made BY
the prosecution. it is understood that
Frank Buchanan, II. Robert Fowler
Herman Schulteis and Jacob &. Tay'
lor. upon whose guilt the jurors were
unable 10 agree, will not be brought
10 trial again.
Captain Rintclcn. who WAS pay
Lamar and Martin in the
operations Of Labors
National sPeacc Council. did not ap'
pear disturbed AT the verdict.
tits fair and just. he declared
when asked his opinion.
1t was intimated that Rin;elen may
be sent 10 detention camp rather
than 10 prison. because OF the assist
anCe he is reported TO have given the
The penalty for the offcnsc charged
which was 4 violation of The Sher'
man antitrust law. Is Il year in prison.
or $4,000 fine or both. Sentence will
BE- pronounced tomorrow afternoon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
MACHINERY IN . !.
FULL SWING IN
EVERY STATE
To RAISE ARMY
TEN MILLION MEN .
WILL BE REGISTERED.
General Crowder Responsible
for the Well Oiled
Machinery.

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Pre-
parations to register ten million
young men for military service on
June 5 arc proceeding swiftly
throughout the country. Advices:
reaching the war department show;
that forty-two. states have their
machinery already organized,
readyto proceed with the work. 8
The reports mean that centralS
boards have been established IN.
county and city for each thirty;
thousand population: that blanks
and forms have been distributed,
and that nationwide machinery
stands ready to take the military,
census in the shortest time ever;
allowed for such huge undertak.5
ing-one fourtecn-hour day. ,
The plan was evolved by Brigadier,
General Crowder, provost marshal
general, as we'll as judge advocate gem;
eral of the army. and its efficiency
rests upon its simplicity. The scheme:
is to coordinate the vast electoral ma
chinery of every State under one cen
tral authority. At one step all local.
conditions are met in this way. No.
matter what popularity Of electio|
system any State may have, 1t
function perfectly in the nationa1 kaH
istration scheme, and function withohf.
readjustment Supervised. decentraff:
zation Is what was aimed at and what
has been accomplished. according to-
reports that come pouring in to-day.
All doubts as to the wisdom Of turn.
ing this task over TO the States was
dispelled by the nature Of the Govern.
or'S message: E
A fine spirit of cooperation and de.s
sire to Join in the national teamwork
for which the President had asked In
his proclamation has been displayed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
FOR
PEACE ALLEGED
ONLY PLAY. FOR
BREATHING NN|E.
FRESH CONVICTION
OF LONG STRUGGLE
Declared the Allied Nations
Must Prepare for Three
Years Of War.

WASHINGTON, May 20.--';cr-
mauy 5 next peace declaration, cx-
pcctcd to suggest a program Of
territorial remuneration on the east
and the west, is regarded here as
largely answered beforehand by
information revealing for the first
time the full scope of the imperial
government 5 aspirations for coli
quest in the south.
This information dlscloScS as
one ofthc primary aims Of the war
a plan for consolidation Of an I'M
prcgnabIc military and economic
unit stretching from the North
Sea to the Mediterranean. cutting
Europe permanently in half, con-
trolling the DardaNclIcs, the Ac-
eeam and the Baltic, and eventual
ily forming the backbone of
Prussian world empire.
In the light Of German history
the plan shows how implicitly the
!! kaiser has followed out the blood
and iron poIitico-economir meth
ods of Bismarck for development
Of Prussian power. Considered
in view of the present war map,
it shows that the major portion
of the kai&cr's war program has
been accomplished. regardless of
what disposition is made of CON
qucred territory in France, Bel
GUM and Russia.
The Prusslan Danger.
A full realization Of this situation,
which will form q sinister background
for consideration Of whatever renunci
alton proposals the imperial chancol-
lor may make. adds a new force 10 the
repeated declarations of Allied states
men that the German peace mancu-
vers arc in reality war moves. and that
premature truce only would give Ger
many a resting period in which to fur
! ther Prussianize and prepare for a
greater world war the territory 10 The
southeast. which she conquered under
! the guise Of friendly alliance.
! Although officials have rcfrained
! from definite public expressions Of
! what the United States might demand
as a peace guarantee. these possibli-
ties recall with recurring emphasis
President Wilson'S declaration that
America might fight until "thn world
is made safe for democracy Thnr
bring into relief Foreign Minister Bal
Confined on Page Tcn)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
SEPARATE PEACE
WOULD BE DIS1ONOR
So Declares Premier Lvof
Kerensky Declares for
the Allies.

Still, further hope for the solid
aritv of Russia in the prosecution
Of the war together with her Al
lies is had from tho public state
mrnts Of three Of her hi"hr>' pi-
firialS. Russia rann"I hand
down 10 future generations Il dis
honorcd reputation said Premier
Lvofi. Y Y. \ "The country
must speak It's impcri"us word and
send its army out to fight.
$50 long as am minister Of
war;" said NJ. KcromSky. no at
tempt. at counter revolution is
possible. Our nrW regime has I"r
it's soul complete union with The
Allies. -
Foreign Minister Tcrr>ch>rni",
asserted that in free Russia thcr"
was no party capable ui carrying
on a propaganda in favor ni il sop
arTtc peace.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
WAR MEASURES
To Be RUSHED
IN CONGRESS
SPEED UP" NOW THE
WORD AT WASHINGTON
Series Of Measures for Food
Control to Be Passed
by Senate.

WASHINGTON. May 20.-HarinS
provided for hshting forces in the war
by passing The army draft bill and the
measure increasing the army and ma
rim" corps. congress now co1cen-
trateS its attention upon the proDiehS
Of raising money to keep nSnIlnS
forces in Inc field and regulating the
rood supply America must furnish
The senate tomorrow will begin
consideration of food legislation
whur the house proceeds with the
81 .Shn. .ncn pun war tax measure pur-
;rg thr week fiaal enactment uf the
$50. .Gnu .ouu war budget bill, with it,
authorization Of Ioh.nn" 400 Tor Amer,
iran merchant ships. is expected ana
possibly The administration espionage
measure also will b. passed.
"speed Up" the Cry.
roncrc.<ioral leaders tonight said
,n:1 pressure f:om within and from
he White HouS" and othrr sources
for Nor" speed i'll passing the war !e%'
islatiun already has had its effect.
They pointrd ou: that. ruincldent with
tho dcmandS 20 speed up congress
passed more war measures laSt week
Than !. had during the pr"Nlou three
weeks including final artion upon tn"
var arm; hill: that au@nl"ntinG iht'
navy and marin" "nrp> enlisted
strength ami III" r'.Cord-hr"ak.!@ war
BUDGET mra,,i:', IT, The senate.
The FIRST administration tooi iesls>
iariun. 10 be- t:,k,'u no in the senate
tomorrow. pruyid"> tur :. federal sur
w., g: iuu,! SUppiirS. measures To slim
ui?u production. prevent boarding
and sipracn licensing Gt food dealers
sn,i tasrr,ation %: bread bases by
miHin. Hour. Senator Corr. chair
lnaa OF thr Scnat" ayr iirulture com.
milter, said tonight he would max"
,vnry rftor, 20 expedite action. but
certainty that the questions of au-
. iiIoriZine food administrator. iInun'
,,ruhihir;un and regulation Of food
,-uif speculation unuu boards Of trade
and ., her exchanges viii br raised.
CONTINUED or Page 10Y
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
TERRIBLE CRIME BY
FANAT|CAL FATHER

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. May 20.--A
story Of fanaticism which led TO the
Staying as sacrifice Of siX-year-old
Firlena Bentz. was announced today
by The police Of Kansas City. Kans.,
who have the child's father, Jacob
Benlz. in custody. Bentz was found
kneeling beside the body Of his daugh'
ter. who had been beaten 10 death.
cIaSping his Bible and praying.
ut was Gods WILL" Bentz told the
arresting officers as. unresisting. he
was led away. The police, after ques-
lioning BcntZ. announced that he CON
stantly referred 10 passage in the
Bible narraling Abraham's preparation
10 sacrifice his son. Isaac. Abraham S
three DAYS absence before placing his
son on the altar WAS regarded by Off
cials AS the biblical prototype Of the
action of Bentz. who three days ago
quit his job and disappeared. Return
ing 10 his home lasl night. he read his
Bible. and closing the book, took his
little daughter into an adjacent room.
The little girl was found beaten 10
death with parts Of sewing machine.
Police officials announced their be-
lief tha, Bentz was deranged. and he
is being held for mental eNamina.
tiOD
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
FOUR KILLED IN MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION At !
YOUNGSTOWN STEEL PLANT; WAR PLOT RUMOR
HEAVY MACHINERY
BLOWN TO PIECES
Eleven Workers Injured, Five
Seriously, and One May
Not Recover.

YOuNGSTOWH. o., May 20. A
myste erious explosion in the power
plant of The Republic Iron 4 Steel
company at noon today brought in
.slant death 10 four men and injuries
TO eleven others. Five Of the latter
were seriously hurt and il. is believed
one may succumb.
Ten thousand people crowded around
the plant in the heart Of the foreign
section, when heavy pieces Of machin-
cry were blown Il quarter OF mile
by the explosion. leading TO rumors
that scores had been killed.
. An immediate investigation was
begun Of suspicion that the cXplo-
sion may have been caused by war
plOtlers. although company officials
were inclined 10 scout The idea that
the explosion was in turbo.generator
in the power plant Of the open hearth
department. Heavy machinery for
yards about the generator WAS blown
10 pieces. crushing out the lives OF the
four victims and pinnng others TO the
floor. The roof was blown of the
building and many were burned in
the clouds of steam that envelopcd the
place
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-21
DEATH FOR THREE

MANSFIELD, O.. May "0.-Three
persons were killed at iiummelrS $
Crossing, near here. late today when an
automobile in which they We're riding
was struck by a Pennsylvania passen-
ger train.
The Dead
MRS. nDELLA WRIGHT. i1.
MRS. LAURA SUTTON. ~. a
daughter
MARJORIE JANE. Mrs. Sutton )
:-luonI hS-uld baby.
O. W. Wright. husband of Mrs.
Wright. was driving The machine. He
and Mr.. Surton's S-vrar-old son Harold
escaped with slight injuries.