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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-13
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-13

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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-13
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-13

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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
GERMAN |NTRUGE IN
AMERICA PRIOR To BREAK
DISCLOSED BY. COMMITTEE

prove the origin of the boxes and
their contents.
1T has been possible to prove in
an undisputed way" he said. chat
before our declaration of war to Aus
er1a-Hungary when observing strict
neutrality and keeping up normal re-
latlons with the German empire the
personnel of the German legation. vfo-
lat1ng all rules of neutrality and all
duties of diplomatic missions. intro
duced clandestinely considerable ouan
Ties of extremely powerful explosive
ana civilizations of microbes destined
TO infect domestic animals and in COZ.
sequence susceptible of provoking ter.
r1Dle epidemics also among the human
population.
How Introduced.
mere can hardly be any doubt
ABOUT the way by which these sub
stances were introduced into Ruman-
Ian territory, the very stringent police
measures at all frontier stations taken
by the royal Rumanian government
since the outbreak of the war and con-
tlnually made stricter since, prove |
sufficiently that these explosives and |
microbes cannot have reached this
country otherwise than by diplomatic
courier.
On the other hand, there can be
40 doubt the final object of the impor-
tat1on into Rumania as a.. we'll as
ABOUT the use to which they were as
signed. The explosives and the mi
'robes were destined to be used in
aumania, very probably in time Of
,eace"
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
Chairman Of Public Information.

Sanford Martin, private secretary
to Governor Beckett, has been made
chairman of the North Carolina com.
mittee of public Information, Of the
council of defense, a patriotic serv-
ice that Mr. Martin is glad to render
| without charge for much arduous la
Dor that the position entails. Mr.. Mar
tin has begun this work, issuing for
widest possible circulation in every
section Of the state a number of i'm
pOrtant documents for stirring the
people to the fullest possible dis
charge Of their duty in conservation
and in every other way furthering the
best interests of the people in this
great war crisis.
Mr. Martin says that during the
past week the state council of de-
tense has made marked progress in
its work the past week. For instance
advices from every section of the
state show that there is absolute 10y
atty to the government and a stead
fast determination to wage the war
to a final victory; that there is a
and almost an eagerness
to make sacrifice of time, means and |
personal convenience to further the |
plans of the state and nation to min
ster to soldiers and promote the gen.
era1 welfare
He says a unique move for aiding
soldiers is reported from Brunswick
where, under the leadership of c. Ed
Taylor, soldiers are furnished with a
ard designed to provide for close
ouch and cooperation between the
older and the Brunswick committee
uring the war, with the committee
to render every possible
rec service to the soldier.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
More German
Plots Exposed

Neutrality-suspicious. dis1l- su-ec o.
far-reaching German propaganda. in.
trigues and plots in this cou.t~y
prior to the diplomatic beak with c cr.
many, were made by the committee
on public information.
ain the form Of letters, teIearams,
notations, checks, REGENTS, Iedaers,
cashbooks, cipher cides, list of spieA
and other memoranda and records"
the committee says, "were found in.
dIcattons-in some instances of the
Vaguest nature, in othes Of the most
canning concIusiveness-that the
Geman imperial government through
it's representatives in then friendly
nation was concerned with:
"VioIation Of the laws of the United
States.
"DestructIon Of lives and property
In merchant vessels on the high seas
"Irish revolutionary plots against
Great Britain.
"Forenting i'll feeling against the
United States in Mexico.
differentiation of American writer.
and lecturers.
r enhancing of propaganda. |
Maintenance Of spy system unde,
the guise of a commercial investiqa |
ton bureau.
"Subsidizing Of a bureau for the
purpose of stirring up labor troubles
in runition plants.
"The bomb industry and other re
lated activities"
The committee, of which Secretaries
Lansing, Baker and Daniels are mem.
oers and Geroee creeI, chairman, has
his to say concerning Holland:
"Ft has long been an open secret
hat Holland is merely way station
or shipments Of contraband into Ger.
many. Here is official confirmation
rom the Won Igel. records which ,
would seem to indicate a suspicious
nd confidential relation between the
Holland commission and the German
ipiomatic officials accredited to this l
ountry, or possibly belief by the
ermans that they could not success {
ally get the munitions to their own
ountry." Il
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
cannot Reverse Boards FIna,n,

cannot Reverse Boards FIna,,,
IN order to clear up misundorst..
or., aoout the authority of the GOV
49, with respect to decisions of +h.,
ca ana district exemption ho.-ds
ovoinor Beckett issued -sto+oroo,.,
plaln1ng that the power Of the o.
nr is limited to the internret.+ to-
"a Ine law, and he has no nowor ~
+S or review the discretion ~
AocaI or district boards in nacs:ro
pon the facts. If it appears to the
eoVernor that the board has acted
upon an erroneous legal nrinein1e 10
Is authorized to lay down tha corraot
- ana ask the board to reopen
e case and pass upon 1t in the light
or such principle. 1-e''
me governors statement follows.
me regulation in regard to the
oo"er OF the governor over exonon.
= On boards set forth in Bulletin 90
issued on September IS, 1917 nrO'
vides: A'A'' pro-
All Individual who believes that
local or district board has erroneors.
~ interpreted law may call. the atten.
:! OF the governor of his state tn
the case. Where it is clear that the
uecls1on Of the board is in error tho
governor may inform the board of the |
ID" ana request it to reopen the casa
~ Inose means 1t is thought that a !
- oSCanClalIy uniform execution of
ne law can be had throughout the
Jnited States and that the few cases
u INDIVIDUAL hardships resulting from
lnlIorm or unlawful decisions of the
'arlous boards may be corrected.
1t will be clearly seen that the reg.
latlon limits the power of the gov.
rnor to the Interpretation of the law
no ne mas no power to reverse or re-
le" the discretion Of local or district
oards In passing upon the facts. IF
clearly appears to the governor that
exemption board has acted upon {
erroneous legal principle, the gov
rnor is authorized to lay down the
orrect principle and ASH the board to l
7open the case and pass upon it in I
Re light OF such correct principle of 6
w. G
In passing upon complaints made.
e governor will be compelled to fol. =
W the rules Of the district boards =
I'd consider only sworn written state y
ents. He cannot accord to any one n
rsonaI interviews who have COM
ANTS to make as his Judgment must
based upon written statements -
at are made a record in his office.
he attention Of the public is espe- 3
lily called to this ruling to the end II
at parties having complaints may
t go to the trouble of coming TO
= the governor in person, but may
luce them to writing. swear to them G.
fore some officer, and mail them to di
. governor" tn
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
TAKEN BY
GERMANS, RUSSIANS FLEE

London.-Jacobstadt, on the Dvina,
has been captured by the German
forces on the Russian front, together
with positions on a front OF twenty
six miles deep on the west bank Of the
river, the German army headquarters
announced.
. The Russian war Office admits that
the Republican troops on the Riga
front have 'rettEed to the right bank
Of the Dvina River
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27

bassy in Washington and the con.
sulate-genera1 in New York.
Papers on. Payroll.
In the first letter, bearing date of
January 10, 1916, acknowledgment
was made of an arrangement to pay
800 month to the "Illustrovani
List" published in New York. The
second letter, dated November 5, 1915,
was sent by the consulate to the EN-
bassyt to advise that the subsidy of
$500 to the Telegram Codzienny," a
Polish newspaper, had been paid The
third letter. dated September &c, 1915.
was from the embassy to the con-
su1ate, enclosing a check for $500 to
be paid to the Rumanian newspaper
"Desteaptate Romano"
The other document submitted by
Senator King included a receipt for
$4,000 paid to the Fair Play Pub.
fishing Company" of New York; a
receipt for $500 to the same publica-
by Count Won Bernstorff, admitting
payment of $4,000 and $1,000, respect
vely
More Evidence Expected.
Department of Justice officials
gathered the evidence of German in.
trigue. The Investigations by the Sc.
cret Service mer,, it was said, dated
back to the beginning of the war. Only
exhibits from the depart.
ment's storehouse- of data appeared
N the expose. The congressional in
vestigation is expected to bring out
he mass of material
The showing up of Count Won
3ernstorff and his accomplices and
associates simultaneously with the {
'ope's peace proposals struck Off L
ial Washington as Intentional coin
idence, but the state department re.
rained from admitting any motive f
or the revelations other than the C
ecessity of exposing the German "
lethods. B
Spy Activities Revealed. g
Hitherto untold chapters of German =
pying, plotting and more subtle .,
'rms of 1awlessness in this country q
ere revealed by the Committee on n
ublic Information. -
The announcement is characterized til
"the most important revelation of 70
) kind since the first declaration of
ar in August, 1914" The amour &C. ur
Is really a narrative-is ",
Ised in its entirety upon official ed
cuments in the Governments pos Pa
ssion. Many Of them are made pub Ia
now for the first time. ho
They prove undeniably, according br
the government, 'the intimate re-
ions between the accredited repre-
natives of the Kaiser in the United &c
ates and plotters against the laws go
i the security OF this country. ths
os enterprise did not fall short of era
'jected wholesale destruction of int
and property" of
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
mr. kILGORE DENIES RUMORs
CIRCULATED BY ENEMIES
TO CONSERVATION
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Ooinqs and Happenings That Mark
the Progress Of North Carolina Peo-
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital.

Denying a rumOr circulating eener.
ally that it is the purpose of the ma.
tional government to seize food SIM.
plies belonging to individual families.
Director B. w. Kilgore, of the agri-
cultural extension service. calls en-
phatic attention to a recent statement
received by him from washington
that the government does not intend
to seize any home food supplies
Many variations of this rumor have
been deliberately circulated and MANY
families have been prevented from
conserving foods thereby. Mr.. XII.
gore states that this rumor has nroh-
ably been circulated by our enemies
for the purpose of preventing our
people from canning, drying and 9th
erwise conserving their food products.
The extension service of the Col
ege Of Agriculture and department of
agriculture has through it's various di-
visions and field workers emphasized
the importance of saving all food DOS.
sible in order that households them |
selves may have a cheap and plenti- |
full supply of food. There has never
been any intention of the federal gov |
eminent to seize any of this. Rather.
it would be more likely to further en-
courage the conservation of still more
food in order that the output of staple
food products from the chief produc-
ing regions be available for use bv
the armies of this country and of our
allies.
Some families state that they heard h
that all canned material over 100 I
quarts will be seized. Others state :
that all canned food will be taken and r
sent to England. All of this is alb +
surd. The state and national agricuI- r
tural agencies wish to do all in their 9
power to aid in the helping to COM r
bat the high cost of living and for b
this reason have furnished men and n
women TO instruct the people how to
can, preserve. and dry perishable food
products. properly. C
Director Kilgore appeals to'all loyal
citizens to aid in dispelIing any mis- ;,
aiken idea that may exist in regard -
o food seizure and to further encour- -,
'ge the efforts Of producers to save all -.
Tailable food material possible. n
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
MAKE
WASHINGTON DIZZY
WITH ABATEMENT

Wash1ngton.-Astound additional
revelations of Count Won Bernstorff's
direction of German plots in the Unit.
ed States made it certain Congress
Will undertake thorough investiga.
ton. The investigation wwill be call
ed as soon as the state department
gives congressional leaders the word.
The disclosures giving names of
Count Won Bernstorff's payroll, speci-
Tying amounts. setting forth details of
plans to bomb munition plants and
blow up shipping, to spread German
propaganda and to foment the Irish
rebellion were issued through the
committee on public information. The
Facts and figures made official Wash
1ngton dizzy with amazement at the
boldness of the game played by the
German embassy.
Investigation Demanded.
o Given out as an official document.
the specific evidence linking Count
Won Bernstorf with the ramif1catfons
OF German intrigue and propaganda in
the United States provoked congress.
men to clamor for an investigation.
To clear Congress Immediately of
any suspicion of the state DEPART
ment's revelation may have directed
at it's members, Secretary
Lansing dictated the following state.
ment:
If there is any misunderstanding. I
wish to say very emphatically I do
not see how the Bearnstorff message
N any way reflects upon Congress or
any member. Apparently it was the
purpose to employ agencies to inf1u-
'nce them of which they would have
10 knowledge and in case they were
Influences would be entirely innocent
do not know what the organization
vas. This expose is aprOpos of Ger
nan methods of peace propaganda.
nd there is no intention of casting
usp1cion On members Of Congress"
The state department let it be I
nown, also, that congressional in =
estlgation would receive its assist ]
nce The state department., it was
ld1cated, wants full publicity for q
erman intrigue, propaganda and i
Lotting in this country. .
inquiry Virtually Assured.
A conference between Secretary |
ans1ng and Congressman Flood q
la1rman of the house committee on 3
reign affairs, virtually assured an IL
mediate investigation.
The revelations will be used bv the K
nate lobby committee, according to La
nator Overman, chairman, as a ba- 81
for resolution calling for an in 81
Try. 81
In the senate Senator King, of "
ah' read letters proving also the ~ ~
obable need Of extending the scope "a
the inquiry into the activities of
Austrian embassy. Senator King -
owed Photographic reproductions of
letters, together with receipts.
wing the payment of money by the
rman embassy to New York pub Ia
ling firm. -.
n directing the senate's attention Wi
the letters Senator King said he six
leVed the time was not far of when riv
viii be necessary for this country an,
ieclare a state of war existing with =
'tria, Bulgaria, and Tnrkey. the
he letters, three in number. were fro
hanged between the Austrian en- a.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
Mill viii Have Group Insurance.

The Fidelity Hosiery Mills OF New
ton are taking out insurance policies
on the lives OF it's operatives, under
the group insurance plan. The pol
icies are to be given to the opera
tives, the expenses borne by the COM
pany. The mills become the trustee
of the operatives and in event OF
death will cash the policy. The plan
is to make the policy for $500 for
first year and increase 500 per year
for each operator remaining in their
employ until the policy amounts to
$500. The insurance will be carried
in the Aetna Insurance Company, of
Hartford, Conn. The amount of in
surance carried will be about $4,000.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
Community Fair Work GROWING.

The three community fairs held in
the state in 1915 have grown now un
ILL., according to the records of the
1alr division of the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Service, there
Will be 175 or more held in the state
ttig year.
Inc perp1exity which the fair divi-
sion is trying to solve at the present
ume in providing for fairs may be
measured by the number of men and
women who acted as judges last year.
ALL IS employees of the college,
nV department. the experiment sta
uoh and extension service rendered
invaluable service last season in iudg-
ng farm crops, live stock, home eco
n0mlcs products, educational exhibits
"nu composite groups.
according to the records of the fair
ui'lslon CASTOR county leads the state
~ the number of community fairs,
having scheduled twelve for this sea-
'on. Sampson county comes next
n WIN nlne followed by Catawba and
n haywood with six. each, with Lincoln,
,larnett' Franklin and Burke booked
~ nVe' and Stanly, Mecklenburg.
ouncomDe' Madison, Wilson and Lee !
Holr Tor four each.
a. iHIS seasons community fair ac-
j. ''t,eS see "a counties represented
a. ~e cooperative work which the
~ p0' tnent of agriculture is carrying
tn WIN individual communities by
no.4 financial assistance and ex-
.n. !uugeS. One hundred and sew
,nn y,uVe community fairs have made
ona. ..a'on to the department for CO.
"u'e assistance. This figure is
tro'oro,breaker for fair work.
ro., "uu'tlon to it's community fair
VIII A the department of agriculture
ststo cooperate this year with the l
Conn.,. islr' eight district fairs, four
N n.E 1airs, and IA negro fairs. AS I
desn suer lines Of extension service en- G
lead;O' North Carolina seems to be d
fairs 'ei states in developing .
san worth Cardinals fair season begins f
tbm uelaOer 18th and will extend e
ty to- n November Every communi- 5
funds s' which made application for i
10 ba wi. WI receive the benefit of $21 Il
applied to premiums and prizes. 81
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27
NJ e'ary Issues New Charter.

Hs \. S Home Mission Society of
SOM, e'nodist Episcopal Church,
aOiva, non-stock corporation, or
hg for 'or procuring homes and car
Belle II 1Inerant preachers. Mrs.
D. HamrodDe bennett, Kentucky; Mrs. J
B. CarrnIO Tennessee, and MIS- F.
Acorporato VI Texas, are among the
light and p ~ stock of the Electric
Increased - over Co.. at Lake yiaw, is
" It's cbar ~ $4,000 by an amendment
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-09-27

The Walker Hosiery Mills Com
pany, Burlington, was chartered TO-
day with 100000 capital authorized
and So, 900 subscribed for organiza-
ton purposes for a general knitting
mill business.
Another charter is for the Liberty
Barber Shop, Inc, of Charlotte; cap
ital 10000 authorized and $500 sub
scribed.
There is also a charter OF the Mon
arch Bowling Academy, Charlotte;
capital $1,000 authorized ana $z'OuO
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
LARGEST Zoo In the World.

The New York geological park, both
in point of area covered and the num-
Der of living creatures maintained
there, is the largest menagerie in the
world, and even the old established
institutions of the kind in Europe,
where there is no free admission, can
boast of no better buildings or more
splendid grounds.
At the New York geological park
there are more than 5000 specimens,
representing about 1900 species, and
all of these have to be fed and well
fed. In fact, some of the specimens.
far removed from their native habitat,
must be supplied with certain dainties
which they would obtain but occasion
ally in their native wilds, but which
help them to thrive here. Nowhere are
animals, birds and reptiles more care
fully looked after, and the very few
deaths at this park long since estab-
lished it in a class by itself.-New
York Telegram.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-04-21
Bell With the Wall of a Child,

A queerly shaped gong which occu-
pies a position Of honor in the center
of the city of Seoul, Korea, is said to
be one of the largest In the world and
is called "the bell with the wall of a
child In its voice" When first cast
the bell sounded with a harsh and
cracked note, and the superstitious en-
peror, fearing an i'll omen, consulted
with his magicians. These gentlemen
held long confab and finally stated
that the bell would never sound right
until live child was given to It. The
mass was then melted again, and a
live baby was thrown into the molten
metal The wall Of agony uttered by
the little tot as the bronze engulfed
it seemed to be repeated every time
the bell was tolled, and today the Ko-
reans still claim that the wall of
child can be heard in the voice of the
metal.