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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
ME- X|CANS HELD !
F0R. .C0NSP TRACY
CONSUL-GENERAL OF
MEXICO UNDER ARREST
Charged with Shipping Arms
Into Mexico in Violation
of u. S. Neutrality. s

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-The arrest,
here today by federal officers Of JuanN
T. Burns. consul-general at New York
for the de facto government Of Mex,
leo, disclosed an alleged conspiracy
in which five Mexicans. including,
Burns, are charged In three indictss
ments with shipping arms into Me1i.s
CO in violation of President Wilson's;
embargo proclamation Of October 1915:
and with evasion of customs reEula.s
tions. ..>:=t;;:sl
According to Assistant . United.
States District Attorney John c.,
Knox federal agents first became &C.,
quainted with the alleged plot In Mo-:
vember Of last year when packing
case shipped from New York on board
the Ward Line Steamship Esperanx8,
and manifested as containing build.
ing material fell on the dock at Vera
Cruz and broke open revealing car:
tridges as it's. contents. InvestiEa:;
ton by federal agents disclosed that;
the box, shipped presumably by Z:
Pittsburgh hardware company had
been forwarded from this port by u:
firm known as the Adic Company,
composed of Louis Gotting and Wen
ceslao Mont. The manifest in which
the box was entered in customs record
was signed by John Gelpi, who, I'M
vestigation proved to be Jose De La.
PaZ, an employe Of the firm. 4
Shipped As Machinery. 81
Further investigation revealed, &C.
cording to Mr.. Knox. that other ship
ments Of cartridges had been made
from New York under the guise Of
various kinds Of machinery. Some
of these shipments, he said, did not
go to Mexico direct, but were sent
to Galveston, Texas, on board the
steamship, the Galveston shipments
being manifested and marked In care
of R. Mier.
Three weeks ago Gotting, Mont and
De La PaZ were placed under arrest.
by federal agents, and Mier, identified
as Reuben Mier, was located at Hous-
ton, Tex, placed under arrest there
and sent in charge Of federal officer
to New York.
A development Of the case, based,
in part on statement said to b
been made to the officers by De
purchases of small ammunition to the;
probable value of $4,000 had been
made, principally in East Alton, H.:
This ammunition, shipped to New.
York, was received by Golding and
Mont, taken to a shorthouse here con-:
trolled by them and there prepared
for delivery into Mexico via Ward andc
Mallory Line steamers. ). ~
. Burns Advanced Money.
The implication Of Consul. General
Burns came, Mr.. Knox said, when In
vestigations revealed that the money;
to pay for this ammunition had come
from him. One of the counts in the.
indictment mentions In this connec::
tion the advancing by Burns Of 5000.
A considerable quantity of the ammu.j
milton found here and at Galveston:
has been seized by the federal officers
CONTINUED on Psgs MTht.) q
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
STOCK LEAK
ST|RS CONGRESS
COMMITTEE TOREPORT
A PROBE RESOLUTION
Barney Baruch Named as One
Who Prohted. Largely as
Result of the Leak.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. B
Congressional agitation over charges
that there was leak OF advance
. information on President Wilson'S
peace note. on which somebody made
money in the stock market, culmin-
a;ed to-day in the House ordering the
rules committee to make report
within ten days on Representative
Woods. resolution for investigation,
and an open statement on the moor by
Representative Bennett, of New York.
that Bernard Daruch. New York
stock operator. was reported TO have
sold short $4,000 shares of steel on the
tip"
Over objections of Representative
Henry, chairman of the committee,
who. after conferences with Thomas
". Lawson yesterday. announced that
the Boston .hnancier's charges were d
mirage" Representative Wood sue
ceeded in having tn" House hold priv
ileged his resolution providing for an
inquiry into the Lawson allegations
BY q committee Of five. Then the res
olution was referred 10 the rules com
-mittee, with instructions TO report on
it in ten days. Mr. Henry Immediate
ly called a meeting for tomorrow
morning TO consider the resolution,
and tonight both Democrats and Re
puhlicans of the committee were de-
naEitEg that Mr.. Lawson. Represent
ative Wood and others be called to
testify.
Oratorical Fireworks.
Oratorical pyrotechnics marked
Representative Woods fight to obtain
privileged recognition. Flanked by
Representative Gardner. Of Massachu-
sets, and a dozen other Republicans,
Mr.. Wood insisted that Representa-
tive Henry had no intention Of calling
his committee to consider the original
Wood leak" resolution introduced
on December 90.
Representative Henry denied this,
but said neither Mr.. Lawson nor Rep
resentative Wood had produced or
promised to produce any evidence
which would warrant such action.
Representative Gardner asserted
positively that there had been a
Teak" and that he would favor CALI
ing the President, his stenographers
and others who might have been able
10 furnish advance information regard
ing the forthcoming message:
Demands by Representative Gar
rett, Of Tennessee, opposing the reso-
luton, for a concrete statement as to
the rumors Of leaks" drew this state
ment from Representative Bennet:
The rumor Is that Mr.. Barney Ba-
ruch member Of the Council of Ma
tional Defense, was the man respon-
sible for this information getting to
Wall street, and that 80 minutes be-
fore the Presidents message was
made public he sold, on a rising. mar
ket in steel, by the way. $4,000 shares
of steel common short. That. is the
rumor in New York City, il the gen.
1leman wants names"
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WILSON To GET
GERMAN TERMS
AS BASIS ON WHICH
THEY WILL TALK PEACE
Allies Can Secure These From
President-Oficials
Are Silent.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Jan. B.
Coincident with the receipt here to-
day Of confidential adrices giving the
broad outlines of the Entente reply TO
resident Wilson's note proposing a
discussion Of peace terms. Col. Z. VI:
House, the Presidents friend and ao-
wiser, arrived at the White House.
The Colonel's last visit was followed
by the dispatch Of the President S
note. :.
At the same time press dispatches
from London told OF speech oy
Count Julius AndraSsy, former pre-
mier Of Hungary, stating that the cen
trail powers had given, or woulo gl!e.
President Wilson a statement OF their
peace terms, and that the Entente al
lies could obtain them from him.
Officials at the White House and
State Department would not discuss
these Developments further than to
say definitely that no further move
on the part Of the American govern
ment would be determined until the
Entente reply was received. 1t was
said that the President still has his
mind open on the question. Both IN
,..rLla.. and IL Entente circles pesslm-
Ism over the outlook was expressed.
The President. however, was under
stood to- think that the moves already
made will be helpful ultimately, re-
;;ardless of the immediate conse-
quences.
House Knows Conditions.
Preliminary information received here
indicates that the Entente note will pay
more attention 10 the Pr"Sldcht = Sus-
gCStton th.t means be found Tor pre-
%vrvin:. p..acc in th. futur. than did the
,,f -, 1fr..1 bllw ~
gcsted. poStponcmrnt CT this question
unit! s2ft"r ;hc preS"n, war. t"i"nrI
house l.::. Kept in Very close touch with
Ill developments in the situation
'rhrru;s!. ni.s two visits IL Europe since
the war began hr * considered by the
administration to hay" "a complete
knowledge OF thh many cruSS-currcntS
operating FOR and against peace in the
several nations at war.
It generally is expected that after re
ceipt o. the reply OF III" Entente -Allles
President Wilson will ""nlnunicat.'
again with both sides.
If the terms OF III" Central Power
already have h~"n made known to
came through Ambassador G:rard a,
Berlin. The German embassy her" had
TO information on the subject i&-:: to-
night.
nritati:"i;.. that t:"rmany WAS ready.
should il h" nrc"SSary tu keep tn" road
to peace open, I" MAX" known emf
tsntially la- :"rmS Of the Central Pow
:ers to the President. 1t ais" was in
dicated that Gcrn,;--.v further might
pcrrair the terms to IL. Transmitted in
confidence TO the Entente Allies.
Cornt Anlrrzsy's Statement
LONDON. Jat. 2. T:li l.. m.-fr"Si-
dent Wilson n1w knows :@e ieac' con-
,itions cf tn" TcI;"uic Niles "nd tn"
Entcntc Power: can learn what they arc
(Ccatsnued on Fag- T,rEs.I
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
NO PREPARATIONS FOR
PERSHING WITHDRAWAL

Ell PAS0. Texas. Jan. 3.--l.i"utcnant-
Colonel c. II. FaruSwurth. bas" COM
mandcr at Columbus. y. NJ. who was
here today to be examined for promotion
10 colonel reported that no Drrpar;Li ions
were being made At the Columbus base
for the withdrawal of General Pcrsh-
ing's troops from Mexico. Colonel
Farnsworth said hangar was being
bull, at Columbus which would accom-
rnodate number OF airplancS.
Mrrchanes from the CaSaS Grand"S
district who have arrived here said the
merchants and many of the farmers.
cattle raisers and other residents Of
the district were preparing To leave as
soon AS the eNpcditionary forces started
for the border.
They fear Villa followers, they OK
plained, will loot the houses and stores
and kill many Of the people because
they were friendly to the American
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
EXEMPTION APPLIES
TO HEADS OF FAMILIES

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.--Treasury
Department officials ruled today that
the $1,000 exempt ion from! the income
tax law granted TO heads of families
applies not only to married persons but
to others maintaining dependents over
whom they eXcrcis" family control.
The original income tax law named
as brnet:ciarirs of The $4,000 exemption
married men living with their wives and
married women living with their hus-
bands. The act OF last September:
changing the rates of taxation, named
heads of families"
For this purpose. reads the depart
ment's rulings. "a head OF Il family Is
held to be q person who actually sup
ports and maintains one or more indi-
viduals who are closely connected with
him by blood relationship. Relationship
BY marriage or by adoption and whose
rights to exercise family control and
provide for these dependent individuals
is. based upon some moral or legal OBJ
liCation."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
WILSON FAVORS THE
PRESENT RIVER BILL

WASIiINCiTON. IAN. :i.-I'rcSident
Wilson r;tvurs Il "rrasnmablc rivers
and hurbors bill during the present ses-
sion of congress. he told chairman
Sparkman. Of the Huus" Rivers ana
uarbo-s Commission today that i'll Il
generil way he approved OF the meas
ure framed by Mr.. Sparkman uroyidinaE:
for appropriations Of about $29.0oV'Ooo
for continuing existing projects
Mr.. Sparkmau also took up with the
Pres ident proposed appropriations aS-
gregatiug SlO.00O,000 for new projects.
Mr.. Wilson did not pass on the items,
but MIR Sparkman said that as 1t Is
reported to the House the bill probably
viii provide for at least a few OF the
most important new works.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
THE WEATHER..

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. s.
Forecast:
Ohio-Increasing cIoudiness Thurs
day, probably followed by rain Thurs
day night or Friday; somewhat lower
temperature Friday.
Western Pennsylvania-Fair Thurs
day, probably followed by rain Thurs:
day night or Friday; moderate tenn
perature.
West viralnia-Fair Thursday; Fri.
day probably rain.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
TEUT0N DRIVE
IS UNCHECKED.
AND HUMANS 4
ARE STILL GOING BACK.
Teutonic Allies Take Towns
of Matchin and Jijila-:
Artillery Duels.

The period Of comparative calm
which has existed on all the battle
fronts for some time except In Ru
mania, continues. In no theatre aside;
from Rumania has an important en-
gagement taken place, the activity,
everywhere being carried out BY:
means of the artillery and by small
patrol parties.
In Rumania the Teutonic allies have:
gained another considerable success
in the capture In Northern D0bfud5x'
of the towns Of Matchin AMI JitlA, on.
the eastern bank OF the Danube onRo-
site the important town OF braiia,;
forcing the Russians to point Just
south of the Danube where tho river,
bends and separates Dobrudjs from
BeSsarab bia. l5
In Moldavia and northern Wal:
lachia, the invaders are keeping up:
their gains both northward and east;
ward from the Transylvanian Alps:
region. At several points In the can!
ter of the lines in northern WallRchl1,
however, the Russians and Rumanians.
are tenaciously fighting to hold them
back and according to Petrograd In
the region southwest Of Focsani and
near the River Rimnik the Teutonic
allies were defeated. the defenders
taking several villages and capturing
six officers, 205 men, five cannon and
eight machine guns.
On the western front lively artillery
duels are In progress in Belgium and
on several sectors in the region Of
Verdun. On the Austro-Italian front
bombardments alone have taken place.
There is still no news concerning the
operations In Macedonia. 81
A wireless report from Berlin credit.
ing to Swiss sources advices to the,
effect that a German submarine has:
torpedoed and badly damaged near
Malta the French battleship Verite, is
declared by the French ministry OF
marine 10 be absolutely false. An.
other Berlin report says that since the
beginning of the war. entente war.
ships of total tonnage Of 759,429'
tons. not including auxiliaries and
several type ships, have ben sunk. 4
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
AbyssInia Emperor Captured.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Dispatchel
received here today describing condl.
tions in Abyssinia said the deposed;
Emperor Lidji Jeassu, had been CAP:
tured and his followers were being
pursued and crushed. The reports
mentioned the German minister and
a Turkish consul as having played 4
part in the events which led to tho;
upheayal last fall. Lidji, son OF tho;
second daughter Of the old Empernr:
Menelik, soon after ascending The:
throne Joined with his father in an:
attempt to make MohammediSD u;
state religion of the ancient Christian
country. He was overthroWn eyM&
revolution led by churchmen. and .hIS
mother now redguA
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Fair Thursday; Friday probably
rain.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
"EQUAL TO ANY EUROPEAN
Lord WoIseIey's Opinion OF the Amerl-
can Soldier Is of Some Interest
at This Time.

Field Marshal, the late Lord VOL
seley, of the British army, had GOOD
opinion of the American soldier.
1t ought to be of interest to Philadel-
phians to learn that he received this
opinion from, the conduct Of Phila-
delphia volunteer regiment during the
Civil war.
I was told the other day that when
Wolseley read of the way the Corn Elk
change regiment, the One Hundred and
Eighteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers,
withstood the fire at Shepherdstown-
when they were the merest rockies, for
they had had less than Is days train
ing-he exclaimed:
eff an American volunteer unit can
act in that manner the American sol
der is the equal of any soldier in
Europe!'
The regiment, which was greatly out
numbered, stood its ground, although
the order to retreat had been given. 1t
appears that the order failed to reach
them.
They were shot to pieces, and had
the additional discontinue to find the
Enfield rifles they were using were iH-
perfect.
The American soldier can be de-
pended upon to give just as good an
account of himself in France in 1911
as he did in Virginia in 1S64.-"Girard''
In Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
Family Arguments.

Argument is one of the four bases OF
conversation. 1t is one of the best men,
tai exercises. But in the bosom of the
family. on unimportant matters, it is
perhaps the most prolific breeder of
Immature that the average family cir
cle has to fear. Few persons can
triumph In an argument without pride
in the defeat of the opponent, who, in
his humiliation, too often resorts to
sarcasm to cover his defeat: Sarcasm,
a weapon unworthy of gentlelady or a
gentleman, creates hostility, begets Ill
nature. and so the average family dis
spute begins.
One is inclined sometimes to Won
der if argument, except on matters OF
definite importance, should not be
barred from the family circle. Its re-
striction to a minimum would be
good. Only those who can win without
exultant triumph, only those who can
rose with a smile and an admission OF
defeat should permit themselves to en-
gage in it except when vital decisions
are necessary. Peace, love, good fell
lowship are essential to happy fami'
ly.-Milwaukee Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
NoNSENSE!HE SAID SIMPLY BUT FORCIBLY

aboard Then I glanced at the bit OF
pasteboard in my hand.
1t read: springfield" That was a
town about two hundred miles dis
tant. l prided myself on having dis
covered at least the temporary loca-
ton of the Duplicate. Then l re-
turned to the home quarters Of Resil-
Jus Marvel.
Somehow l felt safe in using the
key my friend had supplied me, to
take up watch and ward in those
rooms of his. reasoned that the
only other outsider likely to intrude
there would be the Duplicate. Had
not seen him leave the city? Very
probably he had served his purpose in
posing as Resilius Marvel. For him
self that section of his plot was con-
summated fully. The scene would now
shift. Perhaps Marvel conjectured
this same thing and would return. l
sat down in an easy chair to wait for
him. He did not come. l fell asleep
When woke up the light OF new
day was invading the room.
AS 1 left the apartment house,
got. breakfast and went down to
the bank. l felt that must not re-
main inert. More than once / took
out the bit of pasteboard that had
cost me something over four dollars,
and that name, Springfield" seemed
to lure me on. left a brief note for
the president of the bank, whose con-
fidential secretary / was. ] merely
named Resilius Marvel. knew that
would suffice and atone.
The first train for Springfield, l
found upon inquiry at the railroad sta
ton, left in an hour. was one OF its
passengers. l had no idea what pur-
| pose | might serve by thus mixing up
with an intricate case solely within the
province of Marvel to explore and ex
plot However, could casually look
out for the Duplicate. The presence OF
the latter at Springfield might pc
known to my friend. Perhaps | would
run across Resilius Marvel himself.
| did not gain any results from
stroll about the streets. Then as
bank man / became interested in look
/ ing over the two institutions the place
supported. There was the Farmers &
Drovers', a small concern, and the
! City National, the, leading financial
institution of the district. looked IN
at both banks. The cursory visit gave
me no new inspiration or impetus. SO
planned to return home on the next
train. / found none city bound until
late in the evening. however. and
therefore decided to view the palatiai
home of Daniel Morgan, president OF
the City National bank. / strolled to-
; ward it casually to put in the time.
The residence of the flnancier was
certainly worth viewing. could not
help but admire the ornate residence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
ELECTRIC SHOCK NOT FATAL
Might Be Well to Keep in Memory the
Method of Resuscitating
Victim.

How to treat a person who has re
ceived a severe electric shock is best
described by quoting from the Scien
tific American the account of how one
man did 1t to q workman who's had
toAched a wire carrying a current or
$500 volts and was apparently killed
"a lineman Immediately took hold
of the ankles of the limp body, lifting
it until the whole weight rested on
the neck and letting it fall. He then
took a pair of connectors and ham
mered the soles of the injured mans
feet without removing his shoes. An
other lineman opened the mans mouth.
pulled forward the swallowed tongue
(Which occurs in electric shock, and
was about to begin the. Schaefer prone
method Of resuscitation when the man
returned to life. He was removed to
the hospital and Is now well, though
suffering severely from burns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-10-18
Success.

zone night at Lady June's house
Joseph Chamberlain said to me that
he believed any man of even moder-
ate endowment could attain any given
aim which the set before him with I'M
remitting effort and enduring to the
end. To my question, Why then, 90
so many men fall short of their am
bitionsT he answered: They come 10
the place where they turn back. Ihey
may have killed the dragon at the
first bridge and at the second, per-
haps even at the third, but the dragons
are always more formidable the fur-
ther.we go. Many turn back disheart-
ened and very few will meet the mon
sters to the end Almost no one Is
willing to have a try with the demon
at the last bridge; but If he does, ne
has won forever Princes Lazaro-
vich.
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thoughts. 1 turned, cogitating upon
the course I would pursue, when
hand was placed abruptly upon my
shoulder.
Out of the gloom of doorway be-
hind me stepped Marvel. He was dis
guised in part, but l knew him in a
flash. If 1 doubted-so many strange
events were transpiring-I was reas-
sured as he spoke.
Capable man." were his applaud
ing words. TELL me about it,
/ briefly detailed the course of
events that had brought me up to the
present point in my rather blind prog
ress.
Never that, though" commented
my friend rather sharply, as spoke
of calling in local police aid. 'Remem-
Der, my province is rather to suppress
than punish. The man so cOnfidingly
placed in the bank yonder is Rex Ma
ginn."
THE Human Spool?"
There is only one. He has done
WE'LL / nearly missed the trail, and it
was a veritable needle in haystack
for while. The president of the bank
here and the man with the white
beard are one and the same. Why he
thought best to visit the city under
an assumed guise have not yet faith
omeds but l Judge it was that he
wished no inkling of his absence or
| mission to reach friends. He entered
his city hotel, gray hair and all. he
! left it secretly by side entrance de-
nuded of all disguise. He was gone
and I was at sea. Then | went
straight to the state prison. The first
thing I found out was that he had real
ly visited a prisoner there. 1t was
| Ickes. The next thing / discovered
was that Ickes was serving term for
embezzling from this same City Ma
tional Bank of Springfield. | learned
more there, and l came on here to
watch, wait and have an interview
with this Daniel Morgan. We Will
finish that end of the proposition
now"
The bank president looked up from
! his writing as Marvel and myseiI
were ushered into the library of his
residence. He started slightly as
Marvel placed his hand over his face
and those strong features of his IN
derwent subtle change. Then as nay
! friend placed one of his cards before
the banker, a deep frown crossed his
brow. For only an instant he seemed
| swiftly IN refiecf He gave the bit or
pasteboard a contemptuous toss into
the waste basket at his side. He spoke
one word. looking Marvel squarely IN
the face.
"Nonsense!" he said. simply. but
forcibly.
You doubt the authenticity OF my
credentials, see." submitted marvel