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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
REIGN OF TERROR
THROUGHOUT IDAHO;
APPEAL FOR TROOPS

ROISE. Idaho. July ll.--That reign
Of terror "XiSrs today III n"rih"rn Idaho
and that ".Hnn truUpS ar" needed IN curb
tho activities Of tho lu'luEtrlal Workers
OF th" World. - thu rrr"rl made In Sec
retHry nf War Bak"r hy Tho stat" r"un-
Gil "f naIInEaL Grf"nS". according to
former Eiovcrunr Frank +. GnndinS.
member Of tn" council.
industrial Workers "f tn" World are
spreading all oyer tho state. said the
former governor. and it is time for all
sections nf Idaho. both north and south,
to form citizen bodies for the protcc-
lion nf life and property.
1.-TWO thousand troops are needed to-
day in northern Idaho 10 cope with the
gigantic aGhr being pu; up by the I. W.
". In prevent the United States from
getting two hi;Ilons fant Of lumber
necessary IN carry IN it's war program. .
ElLENSRtRG. Wash, July 1l.-Fed-
"rnl trnnpa stationed near here arrested
between nfry md sixty Gndust-lnl Work.
els nf Ire World. charged with intrrfnr-
ing Wi'h crop harvesting nrh logging In
Nimiatron Of tho federal statutes The
m"u viii hr brought tu Ellensboro and
placed IN II stockadc.
k1NGN1hE. ArIz. July 1l.-Torty-two
l. ", W. rounded ur hy homo guarda
after ii'y were brought hero by nrned
guards VIII" had fnllrd In attempting 10
rirrurl Ih' m"n from JurnnH Into Cnli-
f"rni;t At Needles wrro rrlrnsed todny
III "u Instructions nf tiovrrn"r Thomas
f.. t'nnIuhtli. County authorities cxncl-
ri Piled grs from tho mon that they
wr,uih l,iLvr Ihn district. Home Enid
they would return 10 .lrrnmn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
LOSSES
Of British Merchant Ships by
Submarines Again Shows
for Small Total.

LONDON. July 1.-The sinking OF
IA British merchantmen OF more tHah
| 500 tons is reported in the w""kiE
summary Of shipping losses issued
here today. Three ships OF less than
! 500 TONS were sunk.
The increasing effectiveness nt IN"
measures against submarines which
are being carried out by the British
and American warships TX shown In
the record OF the last week. win
one exception the number or mer'
chantmen sunk il ;ho lowest nf ahy
week since the British lnauEurhtrd IN
March the system OF giving out lhr
weekly reports. Tho report ut March
II showed II merchantmen sunk,
the same total AZ shown In HE last
weeks summary. The preceding re-
port gave III. sinking nf II veAsrlh
over 1000 tong and tir" nm, Ter That
size. in the Two earlier periods the
totals were. respectively. ~ and g.,
This compares with The sinking OF 40
large merchantmen In one week aud
3S in another ut IN" height nr Tho
campaign In April. In III" week end
ed April 81. Us vessels in all were
sunk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
GAS PRODUCERS OF
STATE IN SESSION

rAl;Kr:TSll'lHi, ". Va, lml$ IL
rhr Nest Virginia Nnturni fna usS"rIn-
iinu ,.,n>rrIrd h~r" thia nri"rn""n with
,.lnsr Ia one thnurard gas men In st-
Irnr!nrrr rr-sIt!-nl Lynn X. li"rn"r
It Tinrk- -h"rE, ut IrsIi'd' ana a"hrerarS
were delivered h II. i. t"mfrn. "r This
,ii, rud Fred raul tir"asrur, "r
('hurIrs,nu. inI-r WAS rrnd ny LEAN
& II. james, at Mast Virginia uniter-
Slt, ,n the r-inIi"m at tlr engineering
cuIl-.r nr TIN. university Ia the Saa III
1,lsIry, largo nurnt'rr "f EXHIBITS
we're Waved hi the smS men ana num-
h-r pf entertainment !ehlHF-H "fltreh'
lrlrrrHm WAS rrhh from ti"rrrn"r
John !. i'"rnW-il announcing his manu-
trv ,u W. rr-arnt- tn" convention -
h-lru held al Wrsl Nlrsinin fhlr
rr,uuIls IftIcrrs Will Ia" ch"ton
Thursday nnd the convention Will close
in the eVenlng.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
SANE PROHIBITION :,
SECTIONS IN THE
NEW FOOD MEASURE

NASHlNGTON,, July l1.--Consider-
able progress toward COMPROMISE
on food control legislation was made
,oriaN hi lhe senate, bur several I'M
portant features still are 10 be- worked
ON and ihe whole outlook remains
uncertain.
On the floor. pnrfunctory debate
continued on tho administration Dill.
which traders virtually have agreed
10 abandon. but in tho agriculture
committee. such headway was made
with considerations Senator Gore S
substitute measure that members Saio
final committee approval was with
held only because Of minor details:
Tho committee. however. virtually
wa shed lis hands Of the troublesome
prohibition issue. voting 70 puf INFO
The substitute rte same regulations
which the senate ALREADY has APP
proved These would prohibit manu-
factur" or importation OF distilled
liquors and would also provide for
government acquisition Of all liquor
now in bond Ar cos. plus ton per cent.
The latter provision embodied in the
Smon, amendment has been under re-
pe"tcd attacks from both vets and
"drv- since It's adoption.
Nhciher the comnittee's action on
thai point will be satisfactory to the
senate or will reopen the whole pro-
hibition fich' is probematical Some
changes Werr made in the Smoot pro-
.isior in order 70 meet criticism re-
cartinc - conStiturionality and COM
mntiremen said they hoped TIT would
chi IL opponentS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
GERMANS TEAR
BRITISH. FRONT
SURPRISING. ATTACK
GAINS MUCH GROUND
Destruction Of User Bridges
Prevented Sending Up 80
of Reinforcements.

Just As The Russians in the east
have torn a big gap in the Austro-Ger-
man lines in Galicia. captured Halicz
and pressed on toward Lemberg, the
Gaician capital. the Germans on the
western front have started menacng
offensive near the Belgian coast.
This movement. while it may turn
out TO be noihing but Il local effort, or
something with which The British can
cope after the shock of the first
thrust has been met, nevertheless in
dcaies the possibility of a determined
attempt to bend back the British
flank on The Belgian coast and reach
the French city of Dunkrk, about II
miles distant.
The Germans succeeded in their ini-
tial push Ey lcvpIine the defenscS
through An intense bombardment for
"4 hours ard then attacking Tuesday
evening over the devastated ground.
The bridges across The User were de-
sfroyed by the. heavy fire and the
sending UP Of achievements WAS
found impossible. Thus d penetra.
ZION OF 600 yards deep on front of
400 yards was effected. the Germans
pushing as far as the east bank OF the
User near the North sea.
The attack also extended further
south. opposite Lombacrtzyde, but
here. after having temporarily driven
in the British advanced line. coun-
ter q ack forced the Germans back 10
the original positions. ..
Inere have hcen no serious at.
tempts by the Germans TO break
through the British front in Belgium
since their two campaigns for Calais
in the early months of the war. The
first was checked along the Belgian
front by the combined British and
Belgian defense, aided by the partici-
nation Of British warships along the
coast. Ii~ae second battle Of fprcs,
in the Is ala. the Germans sac
Continued on Page Ten.)
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PEK|NG RECAP7URED BY THE !"
REPUBLICAN ARMED FORCES

him so weak that secret flight alone
remains possible.
The legation dispatches are not
clear as 10 whether President Ii, re'
ported 10 have fed TO the Japanese
embassy In Peking for safety. has re.
turned TO his office or whether Act.
Ing President FenG kwo Chang Is still
serving. There is thought now to ba.
no reason, however. why Lii should nod
take over the authority once again and,
Ire-establish the coalition government
set up just before Chang made hid
theatrical coup. 1
LONDON. July 1.-THE North
China Daily News. which recently de4
clared 1t had virtually established that
General Chang Hsun. leader OF the
imperialistlc forces, was GermRn
spy, is quoted by Reuters Shanghai
correspondent today as giving details
OF German attempts 10 bribe Chinese
pnrliamentarians to vote against China
entering the war. :
The newspaper asserts that the Gere
man bank OF Peking expended 1,000,N
ono tRcls in working up the agitation
which eliminated in the dismissal OF
Premier Tuan Chi Jul. The Germans
1t also declares, spent money lavishly
In intrlEues intended 10 produce chaos
inc hina,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE ad'
minisrra1ion' trading with the enemy
bill. containing prohibitions against
business intercourse with any country
with which the United States is at
war or its allies. except under license,
and providing for governmental seiz-
ure OF the property OF alien enemies
and enemy patents. passed the house
TODAY without record vote.
In general the measure is modelled
after Great Rritain's trading with the
enemy act. but certain features OF the
British legislation which have been
considered of doubtful validity in in
t.rnational Law were omitted.
The bill was under consideration IN
the house only three days and few
amendments were adopted. A section
which would have prohibited any
messages between the United States
and enemy territory was stricken out,
and the provisions restricting, firms IN
neutral countries we're modified 80
that such firms would be reached by
the act only if they had intere-related
business relations with firms in the
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The president decIareo 'here
must be but one price for the
government and for tho public.
He expressed confidence that busI-
ness generally will be found loyal
to the last degree and that the
problem Of wartime price. when
he declared will "mean victory or
defeat" will be. solved rightly
through patriotic cooperation.
In unmeasured terms. however,
Mr.. Wilson condemned the ship
owners Of the country for maln-
taninq schedule Of ocean
freight rates which has placed
almost insuperabIe obstacles" in
the path of the government.
1.-The fact is." he asserted that
those who have fixed war freight
rates have taken the most eHec-
tive means in their power to de-
feat the armies engaged against
Germany"
Coal production and other indus
tries for whose products the gov
ernment has negotiated price
agreements are not taken up in
detail by the president, his appeal
DEALING only with the general prln-
ciples involved in the distribution
of war profits. X follows In full:
my fellow countrymen: The
government is about to attempt to
determine in prices at which It
will ask you henceforth to furnish
various supplies which are neees-
sary for the prosecution Of the
war and various materials which
will be needed in the industries
by which the war must be sus-
tanned. We shall, Of course, try
to determine them justly and to
the best advantage Of the nation
as whole: but justice is easier
to speak of than to arrive at and
there are some considerations
which hope we shall keep stead
lily in mind while this particular
problem of justice is being
worked out. |. therefore, take the
liberty Of stating very canoldIy
nv own view of the situation and
Of the principles which should
GUIDE both the government and
the mine owners and manufae-
turers 0: the country in this diff
cult matter.
"A just price must, Of course,
be paid for everything the govern
ment buys. BY Just price ! mean
a price which will sustain the n
dustries concerned In high
state Of efficiency, provide ltV-
ina for those who conduct them,
enable them to pay good wages
and make possible the expansion
of their enterprises, which Will
from time to time become neces-
sary as the stupendous undertak-
inqs Of this great war develop.
We could not wisely or reason
ably do less than pay such prices.
They are necessary for the ma n
tenance and development Of in.
dustry, and the maintenance and
DEVELOPMENT Of industry are nee
essary for the great task we have
in hand
"But | trust that we shall not
surround the matter with mist
Of sentiment. Facts are our mas
ters now. We ought not to put
the acceptance Of such prices on
the ground of patriotism. Patri-
otism has nothing to do with
profits in a case like this. Patri-
otism and profits ought never, in
the present circumstances, to be
mentioned together. 1t is perfect
Iy proper to discuss profits as a
, matter Of business with view to
maintaining the integrity Of CAPT.
tai and the efficiency Of labor In
these tragical months when tho
liberty of treemen everywhere and
of industry itself trembles in the
balance, but it would be absurd
to discuss them as a motive for
Continued on Page Seven.)
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CHARLESTON. w Va. July IL
Governor John !. Cornwell, appearing
personally today before the supreme
court of appeals to answer to an al
,ternatiye writ of mandamus issued q
few days ago by the court on behaif
of w. n. Wheeler K Co. against the
state board of public works in the
school book controversy, sprung SEN
sation after sensation in MS state
mrnt.
The governor besides denying the
jurisdiction: of the court TO require the
executive 10 perform any official act,
made charges against the school book
commissions honesty in letting the
contracts for new set of books, and
further denied that the members or
The commission were legally appoint
cd by Governor Hatfield, his prede-
cessor
Specifically, Governor Cornwell
charged that the book contracts were
tho results of agreements and un-
derstandings effected outside of the
formal meeting of the school book
commission and that the contracts
predicaled thereon should be, there
fore. declared void, and that TO ap-
prove the bond of y. n. wheeler q
co. would be violating and 'enectuat-
ine a contract which was thus found
cd upon understandings and agree
mpnts effected outside the meeting OF
the commission
Appearing with the governor and
showing cause, in a separate answer,
why the board of public works should
moi be required 10 approve the bond
nj the book company. were the other
members of the board. including State
Auditor John S. Darst. Secretary OF
State Houston G. Young. Treasurer ".
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LINCOLN, Neb., July 1.-The Ne
braska council of defense to-day IS
sued a statement charging certain
professors of the University OF Ne
braska" and the conspicuous repre-
sentatives Of the Lutheran church in
the State with "disloyal ACTIVITY and
passivity that has tended to give aid
and comfort to Germany, as an enc
my"
business mon in pro-German COM
munities, and especially bankers, are
declared to have exhibited an alarm.
ing antagonis mtoward Red Cross and
Liberty Bond activity" and some OF
them are said 10 have openly made
threats Of business reprisals against
men who were supporting Liberty
Bond sales and Red Cross work. A
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
KANSAN SUNK
BY SUBMARINE

WASHINGTON, July ll.-Sta,e de-
partmrnt dispatches late Today an
nouncing the destruction OF the Amer
lean steamer kansan BY German
submarine said thai four members Oh
the crew were missing but that all ot
the armed naval guard vas sale.
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Ameri-
can steamship kansan. 1913 tons. car
rying a crew OF fifty men. has been
sunk. presumably off the French
coast. according to a cableeram re.
ceived here today by the France and
Canada Steamship company, which
chartered the vessel. The fate of
those on hoard is not known.
The vessel was valued al $".nO0,0UO.
She carried cargo of -four and other
foodstuffs, together with 1000 tons OF
steel, valued in all al $1,000, ,OOQ,
which was consigned to the French
government 4 majority of her crew
were Americans.
The cablegram received here came
from the company's agents in Paris.
1t did MOI say whether The steamer
was lurpcdoed or where the sinking.
on July .. took place. The vessel was
due al a French port on July S. She
ler, New York on June 2S. commanded
BY Captain f. A. Forsythc.
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G0VF FRN0R CORNNE[[ At TTACKS
HONESTY Of BOOK COMMISSION
Declares Members Of Commi sson Not Legally Appointed
Denies Supreme Courts Right to Coerce
Action by the Executive.

S. Johnson, Commissioner Of Agricul.
ture James H. Stewart, Supertntend-
ent OF Schools NJ. P. Shawkey and At
torney General E. T. England, who
presented the boards answer to the
courkS..
So far as any information is avail.
able, the appearance OF Governor
Cornwell before the supreme court
was the first time in the history OF
the state that governor during Nils
term OF office ever stood before that
tribunal to make statement on his
own behalf.
Governor Cornwell and Attorney
General England joined In the request
that the case be postponed until to.
morrow morning at 10 o'clock for the
hearing OF oral arguments and this
action was taken by the court.
In explanation Of his charges that
the book commission. or members OF
it, were improperly Influenced In let
ting the book contracts, the governor
told of the visit to his office while the
commission was In session OF = rep:
resentative OF the Wheeler company
to make protest against the methods
he charged then were being used, BY
which, he said, other concerns wero
to get all the contracts.
The governor then related the man.
ner in which .Wheeler's readers wero
chosen, his effort being TO- show that
the agreement on these had been made
among the members OF the commits
sion while it was not In session.
The school book commission held .
short meeting this afternoon and
adopted a resolution naming three Of
its membership. R. A. Armstrong. j.
CONTINUED on Page rs1.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
PROMINENT MAN IS
UNDER INDICTMENT
FOR DRY VIOLATIONS

Sr.c,al nsra;rh 70 n. IntcrIiStnrtr.
CLARKSBURG, ". Va, July IL
An indictment containing l6 counts
was returned today Al Weston against
Thomas ". Burke. a prominent con,
tractor of this city, by special grand
jury empanclrd TO investigate alleged
carload shipments Of beer into weston.
Various violations OF the prohibition
laws in connection with beer ship
menlS arc alleged in The Indictment.
Similar indictments were also re-
turned against Thomas Wells and ".
II. Gibson, of Weston. while bills
were also found for other alleged
crimes.
CHARLESTON. W. Va. July IL
Deputy Prohibition Officer J. NaI'"r
Bee today reported, 10 State Prohihi-
ton Commissioner Waller S. Halla.
nan the arrest Of Harry +. Deem and
C. II. Cunningham. OF Parkershurs, AT
Long Run, Doddridge county. with an
automobile containing 2I4 pinlS OF
whiSkpy. Deem WIS fined $lnh and
sentenced 10 serve two months IN
iail, while Cunningham. convicted on
Two counts. WAS fined 500 and $3oO
and sentenced 10 serve TWO and three
months.
Charles Mccoy. Of Williamson. ar
rested by Officer NJ. l.. krtrhum. at
Keno. had 53 pinss. Walter Buck
hannnn. Il negro. WIS also arrested III
the same place.
John Frisco. Of Logan. WIS ar
reSlrd Al Huntington.
Four hundred gallons OF cider we're
destroyed at Wclch. alleged properly
of Mrs. l.. y. Barry. by Officer; |.
KatZem and Il. Gay. Tho officers also
arrested Walter Smith. of Keystone,
on the charge Of checking trunk into
the state containing ton gallons NJ
whiskey. An Indictment for felony
charging second offenSe OF violating
the stale law. WAS returned against
Charles Grant. of Anawalt. Mcdowell
county
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-12
RESERVATIONS OF
GERMAN MINISTERS
HAVE Been FORCED
LABOR RECOGNIZED
BY NEW PORTFOLIO
Faith of the People in Their
Governing Class Believed =
to Be Shattered.

AMSTERDAM, July II. - The
session of the crown council on
! Monday, says a Berlin telegram,
| lasted until ! o'clock Tuesday
morning, when the designations
were accepted definitely. The I'M
pcrial chancellor has decided to
offer the vacant ministerial port
folio to elders Of the Rclchstas
and Prussian diet. An imperial
ministry of labor will be created
under the Socialists, Herbert or
David.
(The above despatch does not
reveal the identity Of the minis
ters who have resigned. Foreign
Minister Zimmerman and Vice
Chancellor Helfferich have been
mentioned most often during the
last few days as the ministers who
would leave portfolios.)
PARIS. July l1.-Without assuming
that Saturdays declarations by leaders
in the reichStag committee can in any
way be interpreted as precursors OF
pusslble revolution, il cannot he denied
that there Is n change III the public
spirit in Germany and it IS certain that
the uneasineSS revealed by these de-
bates would have been impossible Year
aco." said Jules Cumbon. general sec
retary TO the ministry nf foreign AFFAIRS
to the Associated Press today.
At times" he continued. the latin
Of the entire people In the omntPotcnce
Of pr,lssinn militarism was intact ana
blind confidence in the inrincibllltE or
German arms was absolute. IT is the
resumption Of The Russian offensive that
is provoking definite collapse of the
hopes the whole nation had placed in 4
separate peace. The submarine war
fare despite the damage 1t has caused
lis also represents an undoubted check
as the months pass and thus form or
policy is shown more 10 bc powcrl"ss 10
errcct a blockade OF tn" allies; and how
can The Germans fail 10 feel defeat
when from the other side of the ocean
the American menace rapidly grows for-
mdable.
WASHlNGTGN. July ll.-Germany's
latest political difficulties are regarded
by officials here as due largely 10 m
,ernal problems and probably Of
transitory nature only.
The dismissal of Foreign Secretary
Zimmerman. Minister OF Finance Hcll-
fcrich. or even Chancellor ron Beth
mann -Hoilweg. himself would be con-
sidcrcd largely Il surface movement.
for not until the great army general
staff dtself is reached. II is believed
will the real crust Of German mllitar-
ism be broken.
The German foreign office. 1t was
pointed out today. has served during
tho war merely AZ q means TO get the
military leaders out OF trouble. D"rl-
Sions have been made without refer
cnce To the civil branch and matters
brought TO The attention Of the latter
Continued on Page Ten.)
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MODIFIED ENEMY TRADING ACT
PASSED BY THE LOWER HOUSE

United States and enemy countries.
The bill now goes To the senate.
The enemy property seizure section.
providing that an official custodian
take over all such holdings and that
their disposition after the war be left
10 congress was approved after a
sharp attack BY Representative Hill
of Connecticut He maintained that
separate accounts Of all seizures
should be kept. interest and dividends
paid on them and restoration after the
war assured. DECLARING such course
was contemplated in The Hague trea-
ties.
Mr.. Hill also protested vigorously
against present war department regu-
lations which made Il impossible for
one Of his naturaliZed German c0nsiit-
uents to travel more than fifty miles
on one permit.
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WASHINGTON. n. G.. July H.
PosIponcmcnt until ncM week Of the
drafting Of numbers Of mrn who will
he called for examination for the ma
tiona army seemed probable to-day
when il hrramc evident that States
ar" not completing tho organization Of
their d*rricl exemption boards a.
IA pidEy as Tho War department Off
Cials had hoped. Only II States have
reported their organization complete.
in most others only a few
districts are missing. The drawing
will nou be made until the lists for
the country are completes.
4 Sn-rall"G revised census estimate
for the nnt:,' country. compiled on
the basis Of draft registration, will be
Continued on FaEe Ten.)