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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
Mrs. MeleEena Clarity.

Mrs. Melrscna Clarity. widow Of rhos
I;arri,y aged 81. died in the family
horne 4Ih6 WetZcl street, Thursday
night. She mad been i'll for several
months. Mrs. Clarity. whose maiden
name was RasSel. was horn in this city
and lived here all her life. Surviving
ar, three daughters and one son. Fun.
sral arrangements were. not completed
1nc evening
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
Funeral For MIS-. Dev1ne Monday.

Funeral services will he held Tor Mt
Catherir. Devine. who died early Fri
day morning in the North Wheeling hos
pital. in the home Of Miss Mary McGiH-
ley of aa25 Eoff street. Monday morning
AZ $3.50 o'clock. Requiem high mass vii!
be celebrated in st. Jos"ph's Cathedral
at . O'Clock. with intcrmcnt in Mt.
calvary cemetery.
. Mrs. pevine was 20 years old and had
lived in this city nearly all her If" and
a, tho time OF her death resided AT lAe
Seventeenth street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
INJURIES FATAL


PlTTSBI' RICH. Jan. 5.-LIncon
St'ArEs. aged rs, who fell from win
dow on the tweniy-Sccond floor or r.
downtown Office building last night AMI
crashed through a sky-light TO the sec
nnd floor. died today from injuries. The
homes in both legs and arms were splint-
cred hut despite his suffering he re-
maincd conscious until shortly before
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
Funeral for Harley Smith Sunday.

Funeral services will be held in the
family home. l1lf chaplin" street. TO-
morrow afternoon al :3h o'clock for
Harley Smith. who died Thursday night
following three months illness. Mr..
smith was ID years old ami had lived
N this city all his lif". For years II"
worked in the Whitake". Ssner plant.
{ie was 4 member of Black Prince
lodge. Knights Of Pythias. Crescent
lodge and Shield of Honor He leaves
his wife and, one daughter AGED six
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
OBITUARY
Carl W, RAIDER.

Carl w RAIDER. aged 20. son OF \. "
l.. -. . ami: h"ttit. o. -,
MARKET street this: t"rninS al l;t": toIs
Lowing gu illness'"s ciS-Ia'"n months oI
complications. ,or.
Mr.. RAIDER Was bnru IN tins c!rS. where
10 spent his entire. life. He was Il StoGiH
roller. and WAS - ni.:nh"r or -. John
German Lutheran church riiS moon i
ticd about four wears ago. SurNIttth
haSides his father are t!:. following
brothers and sisters: Iona. William.
Edward and Milton Ead"r. Miss 1i'nnl"
RAIDER and 4 married sister "t iii - 't@.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06
Funeral for William Martin Of Ohio.

Funeral services were conducted in
The Mendel chapel. 1912 chapline street.
Yesterday afternoon for William Mar
lin. aged -. a pioueer resident Of JEFF
ferson county. Q!,lo. Intcrmcnt was IN
Greenwood cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-06

orr hoard the annual Dime" ~ have
been for them will Ia. pnSirorett-
TO all her Sorrnwins TRENDS inc
board extends sinccreSt sympathy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

Mrs. L. r. Kaltenbach who has been
in Kenosha Hospital is at home again
and is feeling better although still con-
fined to her room.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS SLOW.
Kenosha Has Subscribed for Less Than
$150,000 of the Liberty Loan Up
to the Present Time

Kenosha is not showing great deal
of patriotism in subscribing for the
liberty Loan and up to the present
time the total of subscriptions received
by the three banks in Kenosha will not
total $4,000. It was expected that at
least half million dollars worth of the
bonds would be sold in Kenosha. The
people who are buying the bonds on the
installment plan are showing some in
terest in the. loan and in several of the
banks considerable subscriptions of this
nature have been made. 1t is expected
that number of big blocks of the bonds
will be sold to Kenosha capitalists but
as yet but one large subscription has
been received. This was subscription
for 100000 but the name of the sub
seriber is not made public. Kenosha
bankers are anxious that local people
buying the bonds will subscribe for
them through the Kenosha banks as
this will make it possible for Kenosha
to get full credit for doing her part in
financing the war.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
BOY SCOUTS SERVE COUNTRY.
Group of Brave Lads Left Today for
Fort Sheridan to Do Their Bit
for Their Government.

Embryo heroes are Grin Head, Ralph
Martin, Henry Bennett, Gordon How
ard, Gordon Anderson, James Meyers,
Wilbur Feldshaw, David Miller, all boy
scouts who have been under the training
of David R. Fogwell here in the city,
who have volunteered their services at
Fort Sheridan to do whatever may be
found for them and who went to the
Fort this morning. The young men
will be there for a week when another
relay from here will cake their places.
Tt is excellent training for the boys
and will give them chance to develop
the patriotism which will make them
good men and citizens in later years. &
Boys whose standing in school is
good will be preferred to others in
making the selections from the appli-
cants to do this service.
While at Fort Sheridan the boys will
be directly under the care of Scout
Master L. W. Thompson Of Lake Forest,
who will see to it that the boys health
is looked after and that they are
properly car a for in every way.
This is splendid opportunity for
every boy to get taste of the sort
of life whic' Fort Sheridan holds for
them.
The best Of food, well cooked, will be
their mess.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

are bravely going to the front to prove
their manhood and who freely offer
their services in this time Of their coun-
tvy's need.
1t will be bad evening, no doubt,
for the slackers, for it will be the men
III uniform and those who have made
tEeir applications to wear the uniform
Of the United States who will be the
heroes of the hour and probably not one
girl among them who will not feel
thrill of honest pride in the knowledge
that her brother or her sweetheart is
neither afraid to do his duty for his
country nor a laggard who hangs back
to wait to be conscripted before he
will do his share.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
WggDlGlA~e@o
THE PEOPLE

In a peaceful and settled mind it ap-
pears to me with a study of conditions
that the cost of living is taking ad
vantage of the people in our country
and results we can await any time.
We will see in short time different
old standing bakeries go out of bust
ness, other sorts of small business men
will follow suit, the people will grow
more and more dissatisfied, they will
give up all contentment and good ma
turedness, and-o the people will go
for a change. | myself hope that
this or the administration in the next
generation will change conditions
through regulating of prices wages,
and working hours on equal basis.
Yours with hope of efficiency to our
children, I remain,
School Commissioner Schmidt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
sEWED FOR RED CROSS.

The following women gave their
time yesterday for the work Of the
Red Cross, sewing and making dress
ings in the Red Cross headquarters,
Public Service building: The Mines.
g. Windesheim, G F. Cummings, Wal
ter Barnes, Fred Schroeder, H. M.
Weinstock, A. E. Epstein, E. F. Row
ell, H. B. Robinson, Peter Fisher,
Peter Fisher, IT,, G. G. Allen, Roy K.
Dorr, G. ]. Hackett, H. NJ Brehm, J.
L. Todd, j. Bendt, H. L. Knight,
Griffen, George A. Yule, Russell Field,
and the Misses Lizzie O'Donnell, Eliz-
abeth Lyman, Margaret Rowell, Julia
C. Allen, Harriet Cole.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
Newspaper Woman Employ
ed Here Last Summer
browns Self In Mil
Waukee River.
real nHNE: vjASER2. BARBER

News comes from Milwaukee Of the
death by suicide last week of Mrs.
Elsie Barber, who will be remembered
Thy Kenosha people as Jane Norris, :"
under which name she conducted page
three of the Evening News during the
month of July, 1916.
Mrs Barber during her work in Ke-
nosha wrote series Of articles on
Adventures of a Servant Girlo in
which she featured experiences she
had herself when working for two
days as a servant in a Wisconsin lake
region summer resort.
While in Kenosha she lived in the
Girls Club on Sheridan Road.
Her body was taken from the Mil
Waukee river the morning after she
attended theatrical performance at
one of the Milwaukee theatres with
friend, whom she parted from shortly
before midnight, refusing the friend S
offer to accompany her to the home of
her father, Herman Reuter-, SO Thirty
first street.
Shortly after two men saw woman
jump into the river from the foot of
Mason street A black purse belong
ing to Mrs. Barber was found on the
bank.
She is said to have suffered nerv-
Gus breakdown shortly before.
While Mrs. Barber was in Kenosha
last summer she was heard casually to
remark that when she was ready to
leave this world, the lake would appeal
to her as an attractive route to 90.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
Girls Who Collect Money on
May % for Patriotic Day
Win Be Becomingly
Uniformed.
Contributions COME Tore.

Mrs. E. g. Theirs Gets Is Cents From
Laddie in Denver to Be Used for
Red Gross Work-Women Throng
to Headquarters to Sew.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
DEATH OF JAMES G. FULLER.
Cousin of Former Chief Justice of U. S.
Supreme Court Died at His Home
On Monday Night.

james Fuller, aged 72 years, cousin
OF the late Melville Fuller, former chief
justice Of the United States Supreme
court, and 2 resident of Kenosha for
the past four years. died at his home
on Harry avenue on Monday evening
following long illness. He was one
of the last members of a famous Amerl-
can family. \ son of the late Daniel
Fuller he was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,
July 3, 1874. He had spent much of
his life at Flint, Mich, where he was
active in the business life of that city
for many years. Mr.. Fuller was dis
tinguished as soldier during the war
of the rebellion. He enlisted as mem
Der of the Eighth Michigan volunteer
infantry and saw five years of service
taking part in thirty-two battles during
the war. He returned to Flint after
the war was over and resumed his bust
ness which he continued until four
years ago when he removed to Kenosha.
Mr.. Fuller had been active as a member
Of the Grand Army of the Republic in
Kenosha.
He is survived by one son, Percy
Fuller, of Kenosha, and one daughter,
Mrs. William Hirst, of Flint, Mich.
The remains will be taken to Flint on
Wednesday morning and funeral SER
vices will be held at the home of the
daughter there on Thursday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

Fruit brick ice cream. Buffalo Can
dy Kitchen. advtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17
MISS MOLIToR MARRIEs.
Wedding Took Place This Morning III
st. James Church, the Rev. Father
Conway Officiating.

Miss Rose G. Molitor, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Molitor of this city,
was married this morning at. s o'clock
in st. James church to William Fonk
of this city. The Rev Father Conway
performed the ceremony.
The bride wore blue suit with a
white picture hat and carried brides
roses and lilies-of-the-vallev while the
maid of honor, Miss Catherine Gratz,
also attired in blue, carried pink roses.
The groom, was attended by Nick
Rasehke. Harry Hall sang a solo.
After the ceremony a wedding break
fast was served in the home of the
brides parents, covers being laid FOR
thirty guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fonk have gone on an
extended honeymoon in the east and
will be at home July ] at 459 Park
street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

Walter A. Cruice Jass Band of Mil
waukee, plays for the Follies Patriotic
ball, Eagles Hall, Friday, May 18th.
Souvenirs and spotlight dances. Dane
ing $50. Gents 35c, ladies csc. SpJon-
did decorations advm1S
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-17

Candy that makes you smack yonr
lips is the only kind we make.
Elite. advtf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
AN oLD-rME BOUT.

It was on Aug Is. 1893, that Jem
Belcher defeated Jack Bartholomew
in 81 rounds near London. This old
time bout affords an interesting COM
parisonr between past and present
pugilistic matchmaking. Only IL
wears old, Belcher was even then
within rung of the top of the heavy
weight ladder, and by many was al
ready recognized as the best man in
England. Nowadays a fighter foccu"
plying such a position would demand
a young fortune before consenting to
a bout. 1T was not that way in the
pfden days, as the. song tells us. One
evening at sporting resort in Lon
don. Bartholomew appeared with
Lord. Camelford, his hacker, and ask
ed. Belcl1er to spar with him then and
there Belcher had all the best OF
the trial, but Bartholomew was not
satisfied and challenged Belcher to a
real fsht. Accordingly the very next
morning the pugilists and their back
ers set out ON Exbridge Road, pitch
ed a ring on likely piece of turf, and
went Eat, 1t. Bartholomew had the
reputation of being a dangerous man.
and he proved it by putting up,a des-
perater battle, but the 1S-year-old
Bristol youth had 'the better Of it.
They; fought again a few months
later, when Bartholomew was deci
sive1y Kicked. Shortly after this sec
ond bout, at the age of 10. Belcher
became the champion by defeating
the Irishman, Andrew Gamble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
PLAZA

You hxve two opportunity es to-
night to see Bessie Love in ''The Saw
dust Ring. at the Plaza theatre and
it is will worth the money and the
effort.
1t is a story of the big Top"
chock full of pathos and humor and
affording Miss Love role that brings
out every streak of talent in her be-
ing. The plot is so cleverly developed
that you'll find yourself doing a little
sobbing one minute while the next
you are roaring at the efforts of two
young children to stage a circus in
an effort to obtain employment with
one of the big shows.
It is really one of the finest pic
lures the Triangle studios has ever
released and is drawing capacity
audiences to- the Plaza.
With THE Sawdust Ring" are
shown, "a Departmental Case" a
two-reel o. Henry Story and Whose
Baby" Mack Sennett-Keystone
comedy in two acts that are crammed
with laughs.
The feature production for the lat
ter half of the week is Charles Ray
in 1.-THE Pinch Hitter" with. the fourth
episode of 1.-The Fatal Ring" and the
last installment of 1.-THE Battle of the
Somme'' as added attractions.
Douglas Fairbanks much hera1ded
'eWild and Wooly'' has been booked
for the entire week commencing Aug
ust 20.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
Amuscments
POLI'S

The last day for witnessing one of
son. Willy Zimmerman, clever i'm
personator bringing to Bridgeport in
flesh reproductions of General PERISH
ing, General Joffre, President Wilson
and many of the crowned heads of
Europe. Featured by a man who has
met them studied their looks, ges-
lures and voice.
Sealo, the wonderful educated seal,
the first to go upon a stage and work
alone throughout an entire act from
arising out of bed until it is again
seal-time to go to the hay. This is
indeed the greatest of Capt. Treats
achievements. A seal which is an in
telligent as any animal possibly can
be-
The Rising Generation, that act of
patriotism, song and speech by little
children, SO perfectly initiating their
elders that one can hardly realize it
is not the nature mind which speaks
the great thoughts that dictate Amer
lea in war to-day.
The Maelstrom, a picture photo
play of beauty, rising from the very
depths of the underworld, the social
emmfnence. With Earle Williams, IA
vorite of Bridgeport and that charm
ing actress Dorothy Kelly at her best.
Hearst Pathe News, featuring the
big military and naval training camps
of America, and other big events of
the past few days in America and in
Europe. The most attractive and
compelling news source of the day,
in realistic and tabloid form.
Lite & Cute, clever pair and Marks
Burgett & Adams who add to the en-
tertaiiment of an afternoon or even
ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
Moscow Conference
Will Be Attended BY
Over 1000 Delegates

Petrograd, Aug. 15-More than L.
600 persons have been invited by the
government to attend the conference
to be held in Moscow on August 25-
n to consider in their broadcast as
poets the situation of the nation and
the plans for the new national gov
eminent. Those who have been ask
ed to attend include all members of
the four dumas, other persons prom
inent in public life, and representa-
tives of all important organizations,
whether political, economic, CONNER
cial or scientific.
The conference will be held in the
Kremlin palace. It will be opened
by Premier Kerensky with a general
statement respecting the situation
and q program of the government. He
will be followed by various ministers
who will report the situation in their
Departments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
FREE CARNIVAL.

The Benson-Berger Shows which
will locate at Miles street and STRAIT
ford avenue all next week, will arrive
sunday, and by Monday night when
the army of workmen have finished
erecting all the tents, and the multi
corored lights are switched on the
vacant lots there, the grounds will be
transformed into a glazing midway,
inviting all to come and enjoy a few
hours of good clean entertainment.
There will be shows and free acts
galore Capria's Concert band car
r3ed by the Benson-Berger Co., will
furnish plenty of music, and the two
big riding devices, the ferris wheel
and nerry-go-reund,- will furnish re-
lief from the heat.--Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15

possible. The grain exchanges at the
same time will be requested to sus-
pend all dealings in futures.
The program announced by Mr..
Hoover is drive to reduce the cost
of bread by putting under concern
trated government control the supply
of wheat and flour for the allies as
well as Tor domestic purposes. The
food administration, despite the pro-
tests of some of the bread making
interests, considers that the present
level of prices is eXtortionate. It has
been asserted in some quarters that a
sixteen ounce loaf of bread cou1dt be
sold at a profit of cents if the food
administration had power to regulate
the cost Of wheat and flour.
The statement showed Mr.. Hoover
had decided against all but reason
able profits and might abrogate con-
tracts made for futures If the prices
seemed to him. out of proportion. He
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
TH2ESHNG WHEAT ElEXATOR

advised all who held wheat or flour
contracts in larger quantities than
necessary for the ordinary course of
business to Equidate them, pointing
out that the food administration had
full power to prosecute them under
the law. Shipments to the allies and
to neutrals, Mr.. Hoover decided,
would, for an indefinite period, be
made largely in the form of flour in
order not to take work from Ameri-
can mills.
There was no intimation as to the
price which would be fixed for the
1917 crop, but Mr.. Hoover was care
fur to point out that the minimum
of So a bushel, fixed by the food con-
troll act, did not apply to it and af-
fected next years crop only under
restrictions to be later explained.
Photographs show wheat thrashing
scene, grain elevator and DR.. Gar
field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15


To control the wheat and flour sup
ply for the benefit of the nation and
it's allies, Herbert c. Hoover, food
administrator, announced that. with
the full approval of President Wilson,
the price to be paid for the wheat
crop of 1917 would be fixed by
commission headed by Harry A. Gar
field, son Of the late President Gar
field and president Of Williams col
lege.
Gambling on the wheat exchanges.
Mr.. Hoover asserted, must end even
if the government has to purchase
the entire wheat supply of the ma
'tion.
AS a preliminary step, Mr.. Hoover
will take over control of all grain
elevators and all mills with a daily
capacity of over 100 barrels of flour
and place. them under a system Ii
censes which will make boarding i'm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
MRS. MARIA FAIRCHILD HARD.

Obsequies for Maria Fairchild,
aged S5, widow of John w. Hard
were held at $3.50 Monday afternoon
at her late residence, Main street.
Stratford. Rev. Chauncey G. Ken
needy, rector of Christ Episcopal
church, Stratford, officiated. She is
survived by two children, Mrs. Charles
Monson of New Haven and Robert
Basaet1 Hard; one granddaughter,
Mrs. Gerald Lineburgh; one great
grandson, Wallace Hard Lineburgh,
and three sisters, Mrs. Samuel
Haughton, Mrs. Frederick Fellows
and Miss Mary Fairchild. Burial was
in Union cemetery, Stratford
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
EUGENE ARAM. SCHOLAR.
.-]~ ROBBER, MURDERER

Seldom has there been a robber,
unconnected with political move
ments, whose life has become the
theme both of a novel and a poem.
Eugene Aram, a man of great talents
and a profound scholar, is one Of
these. -
Eugene Aram was born. in York
shire. He received a rair. education:
ne then became a clerk in "a London
counting house; then returned to his
native place and married unfortunate
ly He then went to Knaresborough.
where he began to study Creek Latin
and Hebrew All this took. place be-
fore 1744 He then went to London
once more, became usher in a school
and studied Arabic and other ancient
oriental languages, besides Celtic and
Botany.
Such a man would be the last. it
would appear, to commit robbery and
murder. However, in 1853 some
workmen engaged in digging near
knaresborough, found the. remains of
man who appeared to have been
murdered Fourteen years. before, a
shoemaker named Daniel Clark had
myster1ously disappeared. 1t was re-
collected>that one Richard Housenan
=
pany and the latter was apprehended.
Houseman, upon examination, stated
that the body discovered was not that
or Clark, but that he knew where
the shoemaker's body could be found
This led to further Inquiries which
implicated Eugene Aram; and about
the middle Of August Houseman and
Aram were committed for trial The
trial, which did not take place until
the following year disclosed a strange
story. Clark. the shoemaker. mar
riedN in 1744. Aram was, living at
knaresborough at the time, a very
poor man and united to a wife with
whom he appears to have lived very
unhappily. Three needy men. Clark.
I Aram and Houseman, entered into
! conspiracy for borrowing as mich
valuable property as possible, as if
for Clark's wedding, and then diyid-
/ ing the spoils amongst them Clark
was soon afterwards missing. and
suspicion fell on the other two. but
nothing definite was found out. Aram
deserted his wife, who had some sus-)
| picion of what he had done. House.
man. at the Inquest, stated that Aram
murdered Clark to conceal the evil
dence about the robbery; but Aram
| while admitting the fraud which the
three had perpetrated, denied all
knowledge of the murder At the
trial Houseman was acquitted of muir
der and became a witness for the
crown against Aram.- Very damaging
I evidence was given against the schol-
| ar, who made a most elaborate de-
/ Tense, which could only have come
from an educated man. He endeayor-
ed to show that all evidence against
! him was highly circumstantial. He
q was, however, found guilty and con
demned to death. He made a partia
confession, then attempted to ..con.
suicide with a razor, and was finalIy
brought to London and hanged at
Tyburn, on Aug. Is, 1853. Eugene
Aram was the subject around which
Thomas Hood wrote a poem and Bull
wer Lytton, who knew Ararn, also
thought of making him the subject OF
a novel. Aram, it is known. when
an usher at the school at Lynn, was
accustomed to talk to the boys fre.
quently on the subject of murder
for reason which they did not I'M
| derstand, but which was probably the
result Of remorse in his own heart