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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-20
THE WEATHER
SNOW

Weather forecast for northern New
England: Snow furries and warmer
Saturday. Sunday overcast.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-20
Raider las
ArnedNew
ST. THEODORE is
UNDER GERMANS
Commerce Hunter May
Have Other Assist
ants-Nine Ameri-
cans Landed

Washington. Jan. 19.-Dispatches to
the state department late To-Day from
Rio Janeiro say it was stated there
that Tho steamer st. Theodore. captur-
cd nv the German raider in the South
Atlantic. has been arhleu WIN Two guns
and manned bv German crew and is
cru,sirg as an auxiliary to the raider.
Continued on PAGE d Column A
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-20
PERSE1 ING WITHDRAWAL
IN ACTUAL OPERATION

Army Unofficial Reports Declare
Southern Outpost of Punitive Expedition Way Nor-Expect
Entire Force Will Start Return within u
SHIPMENTS HELD UP AT JUAREZ AND ARRANGEMENTS
MADE TO BRING OUT STOCKS AND SURPLUS SUPPLIES
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-20
Boston Forecast

Boston Forecast
Boston. Jan. 19.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity: Saturday fair with slow
ly rising temperature. Sunday unset
tied, probably fair; moderate variable
winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-20

You do not experiment when
you place your ad in the Jour.
nal. 1t reaches the buyers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
PROMOTION OF GRAYSON
WAS ENTIRELY LEGAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-In a state.
ment answering published criticisms
questioning the legality OF President
Wilson's action on the nominating DR..
Cary T. Grayson. his naval aide and
physician, for promotion to the grade
of rear Admiral over more than hun
dred ranking officers of the medical
corps. Secretary Daniels tonight dis
closed the fact that before the five
new staff rear Admirals were chosen
the judge advocate General of the
Navy gave an opinion, concurred In
by the attorney General that it rested
entirely within the discretion OF the
President 10 select the staff officers
whom he deemed best fitted for the
advancement.
The statement points out that while
in the line Of the navy promotions are
made by selections of a special board.
Congress provided no method for ad-
yancement of staff officers to the new
rank Of rear Admiral. 1t concludes:
The fact that an officer selected
for advancement to the rank OF Rear
Admiral happens 10 be in a junior
grade does not deprive the President
of his constitutional power to make
such advancement. but merely neceS-
states as a preliminary step that the
officer be promoted to the higher
grade which has the rank Of rear ad-
miral attached. Such promotion can
be made only after the officer has full
ly demonstrated his qualifications for
the higher grade by examinations as
required by law, which requirement
has been observed in the cases Of
staff officers, recently nominated for
promotion In grade"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
FRANZ BOPP AND HIS
ASSISTANTS SENT UP
TWO YEARS IN PRISON
AND FINE OF $4,000
Secretary Gets One Year and
No Fine-Attorneys to
Take An Appeal.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. o.
Franz Bopp, former German consul
general Of Germany, was sentenced by
Judge VIM. P. Hunt in the United
States district court here today to
two Tears in prison. and a; hne OF
y1U,O00 for conspfring to violate the
Neutrality OF the United States and
restrain interstate war munition ship
ments.
E. Fl. Won Schaak, former vice-con-
sui, similarly convicted, was given the
same sentence.
Lieutenant George Wilhelm Won
Brincken of the German army, and a
consulate attaChe, was given similar
sentence.
Chas. Carlos Crowley, secret agent
of the consulate, convicted as CO.
conspirator, was given the same SEN
tence as his superiors.
Margaret Cornell, Crowley's secre-
lary, for whom clemency was asked.
was sentenced 10 serve year and
one day on the military enterprise in
dictment, and a year for violating the
Sherman law, but no fine was i'm
posed and her sentences are to run
concurrently.
Bopp, Won Schaak and Won Bricken
were sentenced each TO two years and
a fine Of $4,000 on an indictment
charging conspiracy to set afoot a
military enterprise against Canada
and one year and $4,000 for conspiring
to restrain Interstate commerce mum,
tions shipments in the United States
The sentences run concurrently, max.
|ig an aggregate of two years impris.
onment.
Counsel for Bopp and Won Schaak
said an appeal would be taken.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
TRIPLE MURDERER TO
MAKE FULL CONFESSION

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan. %
Harvey Terry, alleged triple murderer
has promised 10 make full confess.
ion tomorrow. was the statement of
Chief Of Police Sam Davis tonight 1T
the conclusion Of an investigation
which has absorbed the attention Of
the entire police department since
IS o'clock Saturday night, when Mrs.
Lillian G.. Terry. her mother. Mrs. Vic
toria Black and her cousin, Mrs. Lulu
Spurlock. were shot TO death in Mrs.
Blacks home.
Ever since Terry's arrest late Satur-
day night he has denied any know
ledge Of the crime and declared he
has not been outside his room all Sat
urday night. But when confronted. by
two persons who positively identified
him as the man they saw leaving the
Black home few minutes after the
shooting. and when the evidence Of an
eight year old girl that tended to
break down the alibi which Terry
tried to establish. he weakened and
admitted his guilt, the police assert.
The case will be placed before the
grand jury tomorrow afternoon. Pros
ecutor R. l.. Blackwood announced TO-
might
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
EARLY FIGURES
WERE REVISED
BY CONDITIONS THAT
WERE LATER APPARENT
Crest of Thirty-six Feet Will
Do Little Damage-Ihe
Rise is Now Rapid.

That the crest Of the present Tise
in the Ohio river viii not exceed 36
feet, If it goes that high, Is Indicated
by the midnight prediction made by
Assistant Observer w. s. Broteman
at the Pittsburgh weather bureau.
THE stage here at midnight Is 70
feet" Observer Broteman said. "Tne
river has maintained a rise of four
tenths Of a foot an hour for the past
four or five hours, but we do not ex7
pect that rate to continue for more
than another hour. We expect slight
rise to continue all night, however,
and a crest Of probably 28 feet should
be reached at the Point Bridge some
time between six and eight O'CLOCK.
Wheeling should have 26 feet OF
water sometime during the forenoon.
With the weather conditions as they
are, | don't think that Wheeling Will
get more than 80 to IS feet II 1t goes
that high"
At Parker's. according to the fore
caster, the rate of rise at midnight
was less than four-tenths Of a foot
an hour. At Brownsville, on the
Monogahela, the crest OF the flood
ing, while from other points farther
uQ LILO thC A3fCA
was falling rapidly, according to the
Pittsburgh report
Time Is Favorable.
While the least difference on re-
cord in the food crests at Pittsburgh
and Wheeling Is nine feet, Oldest
residents of this city do not recall
time when a flood In one Of the up
per rivers came at time which was
so favorable to the Upper Ohio Val
ley. The river was low when the
Monogahela flood began and the rush
of water from the side streams has
been checked by the sharp cold.
The Allegheny river is pouring but
little more than the normal amount OF
water into the Ohio, according to
Pittsburgh reports while the Beaver
river Is doing but little to swell the
stage in the Ohio.
A stage of So feet Of water will DO
but little damage in this city, although
great many cellars will be Hooded
in some of the lowest sections, and
the Wheeling Traction colnpany's
tracks will be blocked at the Benwood
subway by stage Of 33 feet 6 inches,
At six o'clock last evening the Pitts
burgh weather bureau predicted a
(Continued On Page Ten.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
REPORT ON PRINT
PAPER IS HELD UP
COMMISSION TO WAIT
THE EFFECT OF ORDER
Issued by Canada Fixing Max
imum Legislation
May Be eRecommended.

WASHINGTON, y. c., Jan. 90
The Federal trade commissions report
on its news print paper investigation,
although very near completed. prob
ably will be held up for some days, it
was learned to-day. until further in
Quiry is made concerning the effect Of
a Canadian government order fixing
maximum news print prices in Canada
A meeting called for Friday at Chi
cago between paper manufacturers
and publishers also may bring devel-
opments that will have a bearing on
the report.
The Canadian decree. although 1t
may not affect directly the American
market, has aroused much interest
of the trade commission as we'll as
among publishers. It is known the
commission Is considering recommend
ing legislation to prevene a recurrence
of the present paper situation In
which publishers have found them
selves helpless against high prices
and an apparent shortage. 1t Is un-
derstood that among other things it
may ask for broader powers. The
commission now only can investigate
and report. Those In close touch with
the paper situation believe the meet
ing will adjust itself soon and that
even a restriction on Canadian exports
hardly will affect the American mar
ket to any marked degree. They say
there actually is now. or soon will be.
on the market enough paper for both
Canadian and American publishers.
The meeting In Chicago, Friday.
was called by the manufacturers. The
trade commission probably will be
represented.
The Canadian decree was issued un-
der orders in council, and provides a
maximum advance in paper prices Of
$40 Il ton over old contracts. 1t limits
exports to 80 per cent. of a mills out
put, whether the mill is under Cana
dian or American management.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
BLUE SKY LAWS
ARE HELD VALID,
DECISION OF SUPREME
COURT IS SWEEPING
All of Court Concurred in the
Opinion Except Justice
: McReynolds.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. o.
So-called Blue Sky laws OF Ohio
Michigan and South Dakota, regulating
the sale of securities and designed to
bar get-rich-Quick schemes, were up.
held as constitutional by the Supreme
Court to-day in far-reaching decisions
affecting similar laws in 26 States.
Justice McKenna handed down the
opinions Of the court, to which Justice
McReynolds alone dissented. They
admit that such statutes may curb and
burden legitimate business. but hold
that the interests OF the legitimate
business are not paramount TO the po.'
lice power Of States to protect their
citizens from fraud. Federal court in.
functions suspending enforcement OF
laws are dissolved.
The laws do not attempt to prohibit
unwise investments, but give State au:.
thorities, through security commits
sions or banking superintendent, au-
thority to forbid sale within State Dor.
ders of securities which officials be.
lieye would result in fraud upon In
vestors. The Michigan and South
Dakota statutes were patterned upon
the model" Blue Sky bill drafted by
the National Association OF Attorneys
General, which is the model for the
laws of several other States.
Bankers Attack Law. ::
That securities are instrumental.
ties of commerce and, as such, exempt
from State regulation or subject onty
to national supervision. was the pfln-
cipal contention Of bankers, stock
statesmen and corporations attacking
the laws The Investment Bankers
Association of America. through rorm-
er Attorney General Wickersham, ap'
reared in the litigation attending the
statutes.
prevention Of deception Is within
the competency OF government. salu
Justice McKenna. The lntanglDliits
of securities. being representatives. OF
property in distant States. and the ID,
tegrity Of them can only be assured
by the probity Of the dealers In them'
This assurance the States deemed
necessary for their welfare to require
and that requirement is not unreason-
able OF inappropriate:
I'VE cannot stay the hands or gov
ernment upon q consideration OF tqe
impolicy Of it's legislation. Every
new regulation Of business meets chal,
lenge. But the policy OF State ana
its expression in laws must vary Win
circumstances.
"The statutes burden honest bust
ness, it is true, but burden 1t only tna1
under it's forms dishonest business
may not be done. Expense may tnere.
by be caused and Inconvenience, ph
to arrest the power Of the stare py
such considerations would make 1t I'M
nortant 10 discharge its functions. 1t
costs something to be goveC1ed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23

PITTSBURGH HAS
A FLOOD STAGE
AND MANY HOMES
ARE UNDER WATER
Central West Virginia Floods
Recede But Damage
is Great:

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 22.-LoWer sec
tions OF Pittsburgh were inundated
tonight by the Ohio river and its
tributaries which had been rising
steadily all day, following heavy rains
and melting SHOWS over the water
sheds of the Allegheny and Aonon.
.gahela rivers. Many persons who had o
failed to heed the flood warning
issued by Forecaster Henry Penny
witt of the local weather bureau, were
removed from their homes in boats
and taken to points Of safety.
At o'clock tonight the gauge at
the point registered 23.3 feet which
Is 0.8 Of a foot above the flood stage,
according to an encouragement issued
by the weather bureau, and the Ohio
river was rising at the rate OF six
inches an hour. ForecaSter .PennyT1tt
predicted that the stage would not go
above e feet Reports from various
points along the upper Monongahela
river indicated that that stream had
already begun to fall.
a large wharf boat owned by the
Pittsburgh Coal company broke from
its mooring in the Monongahela river
late today and sank when it reached
the Ohio river near the Point bridge.
1900 Men Out Of Work.
Nearly 1000 men employed by the
MckeeSpot Tin Plate company and
one Of the plants of the American
Sheet & Tin Riate company, both
located in McKeesport, were thrown
out OF employment late today when
operations were suspended owing to
the high waters. Preparations were
also made at the Edgar Thompson
works in Braddock and at the Currie
furnaces in Rankin OF the Carnegie
Steel company to cease operation.
A water shortage was threatened in
.McKeesport owing to the flood. The
water works plant has already been
closed. Residents have been notified
not to use any unnecessary water until
the river recedes as there is only a
2+-hour supply in the reservoir.
Street car traffic in. various parts
of Pittsburgh and the neighboring 6
boroughs was badly handicapped to-
(Cortinuad On pRna F0nN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
/. {, SHOULD JOIN A LEAGUE
DR. NATIONS TO ENFORCE PEACE
so PRESIDENT WILSON
INFORMS THE SENATE
Addresses Body on Foreign
Relations, First Time in
One Hundred Years.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Whether
the United States shall enter a world
peace league, and. as many contend,
thereby abandon its traditional policy
Of isolation and no entangling aHi-
ances was laid squarely before con-
gress and the country today by Presi-
dent Wilson in personal address to
the senate.
For the first time in 100 years, "a
president Of the United States ap-
peared in the senate chamber to dis
cuss the nations foreign relations
after THE manner Of washington
Adams and Madison. The effect was
to leave congress. all official quarters
and the foreign diplomats amazed and
bewildered. Immediately there arose
a sharp division of opinion over the
propriety as we'll as the substance Of
the presidents proposal.
Startling" Staggering" "astound-
ing" 'the nobleSt utterance that has
fallen from human lips since the dec
laration Of indepe were
among the expressions of senator's.
The president himself, after his ad-
dress said:
Il have said what everybody has
UeeIl lOu6lnS lOi, buL HIS thought llu-
possible. Now it appears 10 be pos
sible."
The chief points Of the presidents
address were
That lasting peace in Europe cam
not be peace Of victory for either
side.
That peace must be followed by a
definite concert Of power to assure
the world that no catastrophe of war
shall overwhelm it again.
That in such a concert of power the
United States cannot withhold it's par
ticipation to guarantee peace and JUS
tice throughout the world.
And that before Il peace is made the
United States government should
frankly formulate the conditions upon
which it would feel justified in asking
Continued On Page seven)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
GENERAL LILLY GIVES
IMPORTANT DECISIONS

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Jan. 22-
Whether Prosecuting Attorneys OF
West Virginia are supplied with type
writer's is a matter left to the county
court having jurisdiction, is the opin-
ion of AttorneyGeneral A. A. Lilly,
made public today when the question
was raised, in Cabell county:
This official. also was asked to de-
eide whether county clerks are per
mitted under the statutes to remove
the registration and poll books Of a
former election TO another county by
reason IL being directed to do SO In a
summons to appear as a witness. He
decided that there was no statute 10
prevent such removal. The question
arose from the summonses received
by nine county clerks Of the state 10
appear in Hinton before Jud ge J. II.
Miller, in. the judicial inquiry now
halted by action in the Supreme
Court. by Senator w. Z. Chiffon. who
questions the legality of the ELECTION!
to tho United States Senate Of How
rd Sutherland
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
LEAK PROBERS
ARE ON THE JOB
OPEN SESSIONS IN
NEW YORK TODAY
Will Delve Into the Stock
Exchange to Get at Heart
of Leak" Rumors.

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Co-operation
Of leading New York fnanciers and
stock exchange officials in an effort to
expedite the leak" investigation was
promised the House Rules Committee
tonight when it arrived here from
Washington preparatory to resumlng
it's inquiry tomorrow.
Transactions on the exchange for
the three days beginning December
10. when rumor has it, persons in pos
session Of advance information that
President Wilson's peace note was
coming, profited greatly, are to be
explained by officials of the exchange.
The first witness before the COM
mittee, it was said tonight, probably
will be H. G. S. Noble, president or
the exchange. He has not been sub
poenaed-
The initial desire of Sherman L.
Whipple. counsel to the committee, is
to inform the country fully on the es-
sentials of stock dealings. Represen-
tative Patten. a Democratic member
of the committee, who is Conversant
with the stock exchange, was with
Mr.. Whipple most of the day and sew
eral prominent Wall street figures
were closeted with the two men at
QlflerenC LlWeS.
Reiteration Of the committees de-
termination to get TO the heart Of
the leak rumors" came tonight from
all sides. Collateral issues will be ig-
nored until all available information
regarding the so-called leak on the
note of December II and the alleged
resultant profits have been obtained.
Indications also are that Thomas
w. Lawson, of Boston, will be kept in
the background for the present at
least. Persons In the confidence Of
the committee expressed the view
that Mr.. Lawson already has testified
a good deal and that he would not be
recalled to the witness stand soon, if
at all.
In the same connection it was said
that Mrs. Ruth Thomason Viscont, of
Washington, who. Lawson says. told
him Secretary Tumulty and Others
profited by the leak" probably will
not be called here because 1T would
be too far for her to travel
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-23
UP
IN LEGISLATURE
PRESENT LAWS TO BE
MADE MORE STRINGENT.
Committees to Give Matter.
Much Careful Attention
First Bills Passed.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 2z--.
The committees on prohibition OF.
both senate and house OF delegates
held joint meeting after recess was
taken today by the legislature, In the
office Of the commissioner of prohibi-
ton and discussed at length all recog~:
nized phases of the prohibitory laws
of West Virginia, which, according to
general opinion, are not sufficient Tor. !.
their purposes. ~
The committeeman admitted that :
amendments and necessary, and thai
lit will require much time and careful
consideration of the subject before
amendments can be decided on which
will give the remedies sought In re-
ducing the illegal selling industry
which they say has become a menace
to West Virginia society. A number OF
bills have been prepared covering the.
subject Of prohibition, but none so far
considered by the prohibition author.
tiles and the legislative committees
handling the subject, contain all the
| features desired.
The first bill to pass the senate was
that providing for an amendment to
the Wheeling charter. The next was
that relative to binding the Supreme
Court records in buckram instead OF
leather. 1t was also passed by tho
house..
When the senate bill to provide the
state with mine rescue car comes up
as a special order OF business tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock, an amend
ment will be considered to place the
appointment of director of mine res.
and not in those Of the state mine
chief.
Favorable Report
Senator Humps bill which proposes
to give courts Of criminal Jurisdiction
certain powers with reference to the
release of prisoners on probation, was
reported favorably by the committee.
as was that to provide for a state
home for the feeble minded, and q.
number Of others, principally OF To-
cal nature. =,
Senator Ben L. Roosenbloom, who
l. has indicated that he will ask for the
adoption of a joint resolution proVid-:
ing for the re-subnission Of the ques-i
| ton of prohibition to vote OF the
people, said today that this resolution
will not be presented until after all
those seeking amendments to the pro
| hibitory laws have finished their pro-
gram and have decided on what
changes they wish IN the present
statutes.
House committees today rejected
eight bills, nearly all of which deA3tI
with local subjects, and reported
orably on fourteen, among them beng
measures to change the time for hold.
ling court in the Nineteenth and TWEEN.
tieth circuits, prohibiting division ;of
fees by physicians and surgeons:
Amending Section II, Chapter 1873! Of
the code; relative to practice Of med
icine and surgery; requiring persons
ior concerns engaging In public ser
vice business in competition with 9TH
| fcnntinnad on Pm HlaA.l