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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
CHAMPIONSHIP MEET WILL BE
HELD HERE FRDAY AND
SATURDAY.
aExparts From pittsburgh, Philadelphia
and Other Mig Cities VIII Par
n ttctpate-1cany Amateurs

:. On Friday and Saturday Of this week
will be held the biggest event or the
senso4 ut Wheeling park this year. when
the. 1917 Middle Atlantic DlTing ana
Swimming contest is staged IN the
swimming pool o; tina. popular resort.
The. chs aarionship meet Is to be held
under the auspices OF the wheeling
Park Swimming club of the ~, A. /.
of the United States.
This will probably be The most elab-
crate swimming event ever held in TINS
section The park management mas
been escrting every effort to make the
contest grand success and the entries
are coming In. In pleasing numbers
MANY local people already are enrolled.
while the champions who are coming
from other cities are expected to prove
big drawing cards.
!. Miss Hazel Fowler. one OF the best
: swimmers in the Pittsburgh district;
Tim Grammar. another OF the Smoky
City's big guns: NJ. .. Taylor also
from the same place, champion at 80
and 100 yards. for the Middle Atlantic
association. and ". H. Frissell. gradu-
ate from Princeton. where he made one
Of the best records for the diving game
ever established. and also the champion
diver for the Middle Atlantic assocta-
ton. are some Oh lilo plB Sldt 'SSAeouASo
to participate.
In addition to the above. Philadelphia
will send her quota. including Miss
Florence Mclaughlin. but u years old.
and recognized by sport writer's as one
OF the best for her age. She holds all
:reoords under II years. from so yards
to a mile. defeating all contestants when
;only a younxster. Miss Bessie Ryan.
who has competed in 81 contests in tho
mast IA" months, finishing in the first
division in all. is another. She has
:, Also finished second in five national
) championship races. being beeted by
Miss Ola Dorfner. the national cham
pion. For 100 yards. her time stands
. It 1:zlh, the best ever made by a
girl In . novice race. She Is but 10
wears Of age. Miss Jane Grove is an
; other entrant from the Quaker city. and
Although not having been entered in
any previous contests Of this calihre.
has cutie a record for horself in that
vicinity
BEATRICE whitelan, Weighing but 40
: pounds. and Americas foremost child
swimmer, will be the main feature OF
the ntr meet. She has a record, of II
minutes for the mile course In the
/. Delaware river. The program will In
clude events during the afternoon and
evening, with entries for the profess
SIGNALS and those from Wheeling and
vicinity
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
SOME BAWLIN' OUT
Lieutenant Kelly and Chief Sill Lay
Down the Law to Constable
Charles Corrgan.

a heated alteration occurred be-
tween Police Lieutenant Tom Kelly
and Constable Charles Corrigan in
police headquarters at midnight. The
difficulty grew out Of the arrest of
Constable Corrigan of George Poulas,
Greek, on a charge. OF furnishing
cigarettes to a minor.
According 10 Lieutenant Kelly, Cor
rigan collected a SO cash forfeit from
Poulas for his appearance in justice
court this morning, then requested
Squire John Kindelberger to commit
the defendant to jail to await a
hearing.
Chief J. c. Sill as well as Lieutenant
Kelly was heard to give the constable
some advice as 10 how to conduct him.
self in the future.
Squire Kindelberger set the case
against Poulas for hearing at 10
o'clock this morning,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
ST. CLAIRSVILLE MAN
RUNS BIKE INTO AUTO
Motorcycle Badly Damaged, But Por-
eigner Escapes With Only
Slight injuries.

A foreigner. living in the vicinity Of
st. Clairsville, Ohio. was painfully in
jurcd yesterday morning in that town
when he ran into Park I.oeS Ford car.
while riding his motorcycle on the
wrong side Of the road.
Mr.. Loe was returning homo from
church with a party Of friends and the
foreigner ran into his car as lie was
coming out . short street. The motor
cycle was badly damaged. Mr.. Loe's
mnchinc was slightly damaged.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
French Statement

PARIS. Aug. 19.-Aftcr violently
bomharding the French positions. Ger
man troops last night made consecutive
attacks on the French trenches In the
Priest wood. west IF the Muerthc and
Moscl1c river and in the Eosgcs noun
tains Ia the east Of Eadonrillcr and
north of Coles Sur-Plalne. The French
official report issued today says all the
German assaults were rcpulscd and the
Teutons suffered heavy casualties. Ger
man surprise attacks on tho Aisne front
1t Is announced. also failed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
IS FINED HEAVILY

Mrs. Charles Woods, an occupant Of
a house boat along the river bank in
Martins Ferry, was fined $3.50 on the
charge of selling on Sunday by Mayor
James Ralston Of Martins Ferry, early.
this morning. She was arrested
shortly before midnight, and was
given a hearing almost Immediately.
It Is said that several complaints have
been received recently regarding the
place she conducts.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
in Martins Ferry late Saturday, but
failed to reach her home.
NaA Police Record

A20 3OUoo 1GOG0x0s -.'..
With her death passes probably the
most regular woman offender In the
history Of Martins Ferry. Her arrests
cover a period Of IL years and 1t il prob
able that her name appears on Martins
Ferry police blotters more than any other.
woman. Nor have her crimes been con.
fined to Martins Ferry alone. but to
the entire Wheeling district. She was
first arrested on a cold winter day. IL
years ago, the same day that the Britt
and Babou boys were drowned while:
skating on the river. At that&time she
was arrested on her habituAl ch1rIH..
drunk and disorderly She, refused TO
dress to accompany the officers to the
city building, and She was hauled TO;
the Jail in n wagon with nothing but,A
carpet thrown over her to protect her:
All night long she acted like mad.
woman in her cell with nothing on but
wild. animal-like frenzy.
Drink was not her only weakness.
for she was an habitual pipe smoker. She
often claimed that she was different.
from the usual negro. having been raised
among wealthy plantation owners In
virginia. She also had declared FREE
quently that she preferred the assoct-
alton Of white people to that OF people
Of her own race. Coroner Wyatt. after
an investigation pronounced the case
HOMICIDE, but did not attribute 1t tcI
anyone.
TorsiSnsr = Killed.
The second murder occurred about
$50 o'clock last evening. Kovach died
from the effects Of Shot from a. shot:
gun believed to have been fired by Lee
Cochran. farmer living just north Of
Florence. Stories regarding the affair
differ. According to another ifareiGr
miner who was with Kovach at the
time Of the shooting, he and kovach
were walking along ridge hunting Tor
weeds to feed their rabbits when Coch.
ran fired at them. Cochran denied that
he had killed the man, but he Is being
held without bond, charged with the
crime.
II is also reported that the two for.
eigners were caught with corn stolen
from Cochran's farm and that when
the farmer called for them to halt.
they started running with the shoot:
Ing following It Is understood that the
farmer opened fire with the shotgun.
hitting Kovach In the back. Coroner
J. R Wyatt was notified and ordered
the body removed to the store Of the
Y. o. Coal company at Florence.
where he will view the body and hold
an inquest this morning. y; II
Prosecuting Attorney George Thorn:
burg and Sheriff ]. W. Osborn OF Bel
mont county. were also notified and has.
tened to- the scene Of the murder In
an automobile. After questioning sew.
eral witnesses, Cochran was placed
under arrest by Humane Officer Nc
Manus, Constable George Duncan and
other county authorities and brought to
the Martins Ferry city building where
tina Investigation was continued.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20

LONDON. Aug, 19:-Rritish troops
this morning stormed the German
trenches in the neighborhood Of Gille-
mont farm. between the towns Of Lem
plre and Bony. on the Sommc front In
Franco. On this same front British
rniding parties last night entered Ger
man positions southwest of Harrir
court. Field Marshal Haig reports that
heavy casualties were inflicted on the
Tcuton garrisons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
spIendld far Constipation.

about a year ago used couple
q, bottles of Chamberlain's Tablets
and found them to be a splendid
remedy for indigestion and constipa'
ton" writes C. S. Colby. Holland
N Y Obtatnable everywhere.-AdV.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
Russian Report

PETROGRAD. Aug. fisherman
troops yesterday attacked the Russian
positions near the village Of Stakhovcy
on the wilma front. but, according TO tho
Pctrograd war office. the attack broke
down under the Russian fire.
On the Rumaninn front. Austro-Gcr-
mans several times assaulted the Rus
so-Rumanlan lines south Of GroZechti.
In southwestern Modavia, but were re-
PEELED. The battle In the Slanic re-
gIon lasted all day and ended in the
evening with the Teutons being re-
pulsed
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
NAn STILL 11IuQ.

Local police do not know II any trace
was found Of William H. Miller. who
disappeared from his home 1T Wells
burg a week ago. He Is said to have
carried about 5000 with him when he
drove away In his automobile. The po-
lice were asked Saturday to aid In find
ing him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
italian Front

ROME. Aug. l9.--"Sncc dawn yes
to-day" reports the italian general
headquarters staff. our artillery has
been Smelling the enemy positions from
Mont Nero TO the sea. Our flights Of
uirplancs and airships have bomharded
troops masscd behind the enemy lines"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20

Jspan's last rice crop broke all rec
,:ords for that empire, having amount
s ed to, 298, 1856 06 bushels, which beat
sthe former official high record 1919
by 6,630,270 bushels.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
DIR. GOODWIN breaches

The Reverend G. +. Allen being on
his vacation, Reverend G. +. Goodwin Of
Fairmont. conducted the morning and
evening services nj the Fourth Street
Methodist church yesterday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-20
FIELD MARSHAL HA|G
CONTINUED From First Page.)
British Report

down under the Russian barrage
fire. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
'F 'F v Foremost Tramp Comedian Dead

1T T would be hard to name a charac- U ter on the stage more hackneyed than the average tramp comedian. As a. fun producer he outlived his use- fulness long since and only survives in the "tank town" shows. Even in such unassuming organizations he is an object of suspicion and is toler- ated merely in the hope that he will occasionally make the yokels laugh. Yet, Nat M. Wills, who was acci- dentally asphyxiated in his garage, at Union Hill, N. J., succeeded by sheer ability in earning fame and a considerable income as tramp conn., edian.
 Mir. Wills had many imitators. Lacking his natural wit and that in- dispensable asset of a successful vau- deville performer, personality, most of them never emerged from ob- scurity. They dropped out of public notice altogether, but Mir. Wills went on, year after year, making people laugh in his tattered clothes, a star of musical comedy and headliner in vaudeville. By wearing rags he earned comparative riches, but it was not his grotesque attire which enabled him to hold his popularity and command a large salary. It was the man him. self.
 Most comedians have a mack of forming friendships, both on and off the stage. Mir. Wills was no excep- tion tc the rule. He was esteemed by his associates in the theatrical world and by many people in other walks of life who knew him. His familiar makeup and his amusing monologues will be missed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11

will see in it a promise of victory for those nations fighting for civilization and human liberty, which are the foundations of true Christianity.
 Jerusalem has changed but little It is much the same quaint city it was when the Christ first entered it and when He went out of it to his death on the hill of Golgotha. The British Tommy" cannot visualize himself as a crusader, yet he must walk those ancient streets with sense of awe and reverence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
AND GILBERT IS DEAD

They must know that 1t is~on this de- nudation of the Russian front, now rapidly proceeding, that the Germans places their hopes for the last chances of the game before the American army is fully in the field.
 Therefore their proposal must have been one of mere hypocrisy, designed to keep the record straight The most effective argument which their enemies have used against them, the one against which they have found 1t hard est to make headway, is that they are betraying their class comrades. the "proletariat' of Italy, France, Britain and Belgium, into the hands of ''Wil- liam." Ivan shrinks from that; war weary as he is, he finds that price for peace too high for his conscience. So, to satisfy him, Lenine, Trotzky and Krylenko make a show of standing by those peoples, while distinguishing sharply between the peoples and the governments. But the pretense is false; they have betrayed and abandoned these class comrades of theirs already, and there are dead workingmen at Cambrai and on the Asiago who would be alive today if these friends of in ternational brotherhood had never risen to power in Petrograd.
 This lamentable comedy should be played to it's end without any volun- teer talent from America. The Bol- sheviki are perfectly capable of fin-
 shing it without help in manner ap- propriate to it's beginning. It is, there fore, much to be regretted that Colonel Judson, the head of the American mil itary commission, should have intruded his unasked recognition on Trotzky and enabled that 'preson to distort and obfuscate Americas position in his characteristic way. Colonel Judson's unhappy visit may be used in such a, way as to counteract much of the good the Presidents address is expected to do in Petrosrad. by twisting the Presi- dents meaning into channels unintend- ed by him. Since this officers essay in statesmanship was an adventure of his own, not authorized by Washington. it seems that Ambassador Francis should be instructed to lose no time In mak- ing that fact public in Petrograd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Important Canvass
 for Financial Aid

1T HE food preparedness committee J organized last April for the pur- pose of stimulating farm production
 and assisting the farmer to market hls
 crop has accomplished much along practical lines, and with the experi-
 ence gained, the committee will be able to render even greater service next year. Chairman John H. Frye and his lieutenants have made close study of the situation, and when they call for money with which to con- duct the 1918 campaign, the public should feel assured that every dol- lar raised will be applied in a way
 which cannot fail to bring large re- suits.
 The committee will start canvass
 today for funds. A total of S10,000 will be needed for next years activi-
 ties, and as nearly $350O is already in hand, or in sight, it should not be difficult to round up the full amount required.
 The exigencies of war made con- |servation of food and fuel absolutely necessary. The industrial resources of the country had to be mobilized and
 the production of food and feedstuff had to be increased. Manufacturers and farmers are ris- ing to the occasion. The bumper crops this year are helping to win the war, but the farmers are urged to still further increase production. They will do it, weather conditions permit ting, but in order to reap the best economic results, the marketing prob-
 lem must receive closer attention than lever. It is up to the business men of
 large center like Birmingham to CO.,
 operate with the producer, and to
 lend him such assistance as will enable,
 him to get good prices for what he
 raises.
 And after the war, the food commit
 tee will still be needed if Alabama is
 to come into it's own in progressive farming and material wealth.
 Birmingham as a manufacturing and commercial city should be vitally concerned by the states agricultural prosperity. The richer the farmer, the greater will be the strides of the Bir- mingham district. Hence it is that our industrial and mercantile leaders are
 expected to put their shoulders to the
 wheel in the promotion of better farm
 ing and better marketing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Holy City Captured
 By British Troops

6HHE capture of Jerusalem by Gen. J eral Allenby's troops is the con- summation of brilliant campaign, conducted by the British against the Turks in a fashion that upholds the best traditions of British arms in for eign lands. The fall of the Holy City was inevitable. It was seen to be only . matter of time, when the British army, pushing steadily onward, would force equalization.
 From military point of view, the capture of Jerusalem is hailed as the definite collapse of the Turkish cam paign to capture the Suez canal and invade Egypt. The importance of this victory cannot be overestimated, but it was more for sentimental reasons that the news of Jerusalem being once more in Christian hands sent a thrill throughout the world. For more than six hundred years the Turks have been undisputed masters of { Jerusalem and for the greater part of 120O years they have held sway there.
 Coming at this time, when the
 
 Christian world is preparing to cele- brate the birth of the Savior, strongly religious natures will see in the event an augury of a new era of peace on . earth and good will to men which s will embrace all races and all peoples, Christians us well as pagans. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
MIR. HOOVER HAS TEETH uo,.. &i,1 Nauy York Herald.

One of washington's dealers in perish able foodstuffs has ascertained from per- sonal experience that the food admin's- tration Is not the mere thing of words 1t so frequently has been pictured. Having made the interesting discovery that the merchant In question had permitted two carloads of potatoes consigned to him 10 rot on a railroad siding while he and ms fellow profiteers were engaged In Keeping the price of potatoes to high levei' the food administration stepped in anu promptly deprived the offender of his license to do business. Under the law he will have an appeal to the courts, put bending decision on that appeal his es- tablishment remains closed
 The country will be glad to know that tho food administration, popularity known as "Mr. Hoover" Is not powerless. Inat Administration will make itself even more nonular when it shows it's teeth to the profiteers higher up"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
Government s Brief
 Defending Draft

X SSERTING that the power con- A ferred upon Congress to de- clare war carried with it authority to compel military service, either at home or abroad, the government in it's brief asking the supreme court to dismiss cases attacking the constitu- tionality of the selective draft, lays down what all loyal Americans will accept as sound doctrine.
 It will be shock to pacifists and slackers, but the logic of the govern ment's contention seems absolutely conclusive. It is hoped and believed that the court will decide accordingly.
 Illustrations may be cited without number" says the brief, Ito show that in order to protect the liberties of the people as whole, the individual citi- zen may incidentally or temporarily be restrained of his liberty"
 Compulsory military service is not contrary to the spirit of democracy. When the exigencies arose, the draft was resorted to without flinching." It was largely through this method, as the government declares, that the war of the revolution was successfully concluded. As war is not a matter of men but of nations, "all of the re- sources of the combatants, human and material, are thrown into the scale" And the point is stressed that "it has long been settled under our scheme of constitutional government and the statutes that power resides in only one person to decide when the emergency arises which justifies the calling out of the military; that
 person is the commander in chief, the
 President" It is not for the governor
 of state, much less private mili- tia man" to "say that he has
 wrongly decided" America is now fac ling the greatest crisis in it's history.
 Thousands upon thousands of men are with the colors and are thank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
THE TRUCE OF THE BEAR.

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 the timber 09nsa , my = last on a sns sn0~' By night in the rpned
 his s ad wh. sps .Jp from his stony out ont naked ridges ran Adam.sad @ the the bear; = Two long marches to his hees TWO full marches
 came mine Adamsad all panting from his flight NY finger like Horrible with paws like hands in prayer Making his suppcaiOn rose Aaana-sad the Hss ana swing And my pleading thing with and wonder I did fire then s and with like hands that and savage s@sarins @ as flame the, blow
 @ @ n n and M Sene ssas sn ana 9a I mercy Of mtddle q have heard> iss the white mans rifle that shoots so a aru
 (Flesh withered and Mun @ the old % ond esss S nh ns fss s snd @ M @ M Not for his ranging and roaring yef from
 pay is the time to fear stands like tired man lettering near and near he of the little swnsh
 like hands the time of psi-the time of Truce of ths s Ssar! @ Matun. bessar he Der: Hearng of the -norrow's over the story.en he "There with Adam-zad the Bear that looks Ike aA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-11
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 TIT must have been hard fer the Ger
 II man soldiers who are negotiating S an armistice with the Bolshevist enyoys to keep their faces straight and their tempers cool when those aston ishing missionaries proposed that they should agree to keep their men in idle- ness on the eastern front The emis- saries of Lenine and Krylenko report that the German answer was "evasive,' but it seems to have been firm and de- cided enough, and to have been straightforward as well. When asked to pledge themselves not to send their armies to the western front, they re- piled that they were there to arrange an armistice with Russia, and for no other purpose It was not for them to decide what should be done with the German armies that the Bolsheviki propose to release from fighting. Neith- CT is it any of the Bolsheviki's busi- ness. It is for the German high com mand to say wherei an army shall be sent. Armies are sent where there is work for them to do. The Bofshevist proposal is that Germany shall consent to intern several valuable armies for the period of the armistice. It is the most ludicrous request ever made in a military negotiation. and almost seems to have been designed to prove that the Bolshevist ignorance extends to every subject under the sun. If it was seri- ously meant, it adds the most Gilber- tian touch of all to the extravaganza that has been playing so long on the boards of Petrograd.
 However, it could hardly have been seriously meant. Lenine and Trotzky must know that the Germans are al- ready taking their armies away from the eastern front, have been taking them away for long time. until, as the Times military expert put it last Sunday, "The Russian front is now but skeleton. They must know that these troops. transported from the Russian front, are now being used against the British forces at Cambrai and are being rapidly reinforced for the striking of a still greater blow, either there or elsewhere in the west.