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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
2 DRAF TEES
To LEAVE TODAY
COUNTY SELECTIVES GO TO RICH
MOND, VA, FOR TRAINING
as MECHANICS.
Leave at $40 This Morning Over 3. b
o. Railroad with r. S. mtller
in Charge.

The twenty-five men vino VIII leave
This morning for Richmond. Va. VIII
report ut the office Of DR.. Dickcy i'll the
National Exchange bank building nj )
o'clock. after which they will march to
the g. Il Q. depot and cntran. depart
ing for their destination at $40 o'clock.
These men will take Il special course
Of instructions at the University OF
Richmond to fit them fur various v"ca-
lions at the army camps throuEhout Inc
country The training will be along
mechanical lines and the course Will
last several weeks.
At the office Of pr. Dickcy the men
will hc checked W by Andrew Fisher
and Miss Stella Hcfncr. who has charge
Of the office during pr. pickry'S an-
scncc in New York. .As soon rs the men
are on the train they will hr IN charge
of Richard l.. Miller. u Elm Grove, one
of their own number.
Those leaving this morning follow;
| Benjamin Clark, Eugene J.. Camrpcil'
| Ernest Cirunz, Albert +. Slankc.
| RAYMOND Lee. Andrew j. Rcuthcr.
Samuel $. Siinns. Joseph f.. McGlOne,
! Waller 4. Herbert, W. T.. Stoolfore.
| ISlva Moore. Ross NJ. Klein
] Vance T. Aiken. Russell X. Jones.
! Aug. ]. MnrQuart, ThurSlon Hughes,
1uhu A. Smith, Clarence House,
| Richard Miller. oscar Fitch.
| .tthur Butler. George Bnynt"n.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
RIVER NEWS

Tho river at the wharf marks NrStrr-
day showed Il pool stag" of eight let
and stationary. and this was six fret and
stationary III til" lower marks on the
NfrNrciI"n dam.
Th. Verne Swain cleared Tor TItts-
burch Yesterday morning 1T sin "rl"rk
with u big list Of freight and l"tSS"n-
gers.
The Helen +. arrived Crnm New Mr.
tinSviilc ut one thirty. on account ~. Il
slight break instead Of noon rs usual.
and icpartrd for New MartinSrillr on
tho return n three thirty Yesterday al
tcrnoUn.
Tho Milton left fnr Matamoras yes
tcrr!ay II 20 II. III.
TIN. nunhar I"f, fur CharIrstn ton yrSi"r-
dav al i:"n y. III. with IN" largest trip
she ever carried. ST." hld Il good list "f
passengers also.
The trwhunt Old Reliah" PASSED down
rnr SiSirrsvillr with "lhi'ty gasoline
harers at three o'clock yesterday after
Enrn
Th" Liberty arrived carly This morn
ing from Marietta and Will leave for
Mntnmrra< at f:30 q. in. today.
Tho :. l.. Elm has mad IN lay up for
water gain. IT, is time below Dam - at
Eavcnswnod. The superintendent "f
dam 80 is waiting the arrival of the
Dunbar down and tn" government
drcdS" fleet up I" that point when al
artificial flood WAY" Will lrr lot out or
the twentieth pool which Will enable the
Elan, and III" C;rrdG" fleet Ia got in m"
rnni< and vut tn" Dunbar over I."lart
falls. Il few miles below the dam.
One al the cons gnmrutS FOR Wheel
inc on tho Dunbar yesterday WAS ,J1
pigs Of "copper" which would max" about
five ordinary wheel barrow loads. but.
the value nf which is S3.1Oh. The copper
MS SrIpl"'h from Pittsburgh 1" the
Saturn foundry aud Machine rnrN ;Ianv
ami thu Nail civ smelling works "r this
city These firms viii work til" pig 81
per uI int" flushed forms for L. : GOV
rrulncn! WORK Ia hr used in III" war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
G, A, R. POST WILL
SEEK MORE MEMBERS

\ campaign will probably he launch
Cd by the officers Of the J. W. Holiday
post. No. l." Grand Army Of The E2puD-
lie to have all Union veteran soldiers
rr the Wheeling district t" become
members If the organization. Il IS 81
timatcd that there ar" several hundred
men whn fought IN the Northern side
residing III tins section. hut there are
to-day only about half Il hundred Of
who are affiliated with IN" post.
1t is the hope Of the Officers that tn"
membership may bc materially increased
within the next several months. The
dues arc remarkably low. Death has
cut deeply into the membership of the
posi- during the past several years and
as the years go by the death date be
comes larger. For some time there have
hcen few veterans I" join the post while
on the other hand there have hH"n many
10 join the Army Of the Majority.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Carpenters Buy $1,000 !.
In War Savings Stamps

As a further demonstration that the
carpenters union Of tho Wheeling dis
trict Is doing It's bit TO kan the kaiser
knrrcctly and komplctely," at the regu-
lar meeting las; night in the Q. '. T. ~
l.. u hall. Local No. CT the United,
brotherhood of Carpenters and Jo1ners'
Of America. subscribed to $1,000 worth
If War Savings Stamps. placing the or
Ganization's nlmc on the Fcrshing Honor
lsmll. =
The carpenters liavH already bought
$1,000 worth OF liberty Bonds. Secrc-:
iury rry:suck suggested that they pur-
salisbury ruS" and stated that was o
splendid suggestion. "Gentlemen.' xald.
he. ''w-'vr the money in the bunk. why
nn, lrud' it In Uncle Sam. He's in neea
nr it. NO sooner SAID Than done. said
the members and the application Tor tho
stamps wa filled out. =
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Senator Sutherland Makes
New Postal Resolution

senator Howard Sutherland on July
:. introduced Il resolution which w;:i
passed in Tn" senate chamber 1T WASH
iurtuu tn farIlitatr the handling "t mail
hciwcLu relatives and fri ndS Io the sol
dicrS IF the American t"NpcdiliunarH
force in France. This action WAS wholly
based upon Il desire Ia lInrr"v" the mail
facilities J-;w""H thiS country and on;
soldiers abroad. Many complaints have
been mad. regarding tn" delays and loss
of the mails. both ways.
Til" regular dispatch and delivery. as
far as il is pvsSihIr under war c"ndi-
lions. has much /" do with the morale
If "ur irrrI,S abroad AMI contributes t"-
ward thu peace ct MUD -! r"lhiiv"s and
friends ut home. The SrrIlc iIcr"lu-
fore has been wrctChcdly inadequate .
much Of the mail failing To. reach its
destination. The resolution requires
that the secretary OF war and the posi-
MASTER General are directed Ia make L
r,.unrI ri Tho earliest po$sihl" moment.
each covering tn" operations "f his de-
,rurtu,rnt HS IT, tie movements Of TIL,
mails to AMI from nu" troops and auXil-
rirs abroad and what steps arc bcini,
taken IL improve the service.
Never forget the Investment features
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done all in their power to further the

done all in their power to further tho
! case of democracy.
The Boy Scouts and the Ohio county
committee are still going ahead with
their drive. and are making splendid
, Roadway with their sales In view OF
the wonderful progress being made 1t is
doubtful whether Federal State Direct
or R. VI. Archer will come here to sum
Mate greater sales. The local district
was slow in getting start in the cam
naiyn but is going IT, close with Glori-
Gus finale 1t is highly probable that
before this evening Wheeling and ONO
county will have gone over the TOT"
in the war savings drive. with safe
margin to spare.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Completes Big Job Of
Classifying Registrars

The work of classifying reGtStrant;'
uf tho class Of 1918 has been completed
rv the city draft board und"r til" dirrc-
lion Of t. =. IIunrck"r assisted ny
Henry t'ruhmc and L'r. Andrew Wilson.
There was n total Of 373 reSistrantS IN
this years class and they have b""i!
classified rs follows: Class one. 80
class two. ~; class. three. II; class four.
-. aud rIa*& five. IS. while ten mcn
failed Ia return their VucSii"nuaircS.
Immediate preparations are beng
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
W.S.S.D DRIVE
SPEEDING UP
Nearly $4,000 Yet to 6o-Confidsnce
Expressed Of Going Over Top.

The War Savings Stamp campaign In
this county is going along at a merry
Gin and LEGAL officials expressed their
confidence that this county would 80
over the top soon. II has not been said
Of Wheeling and vicinity that their pa
triotism was lacking. and this instance
proved it. The people of this vicinity
have answered every demand made up
on them by the government. and have
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

that no has arrived safely in France
and that he had real wonderful trip
across
lie is associated with Base Hospital
Unit No. 3S. the division being made up
entirely of volunteers from Philadrl-
phia, Ia. The unit is considered one of
the best in tho army and is one of the
big ones in the line. 1t is likely that
Walter will give good account of him
self on the other side OF the pond.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Many Berry Pickers
Frequenting Woods

Ills berry pickin' time in tins section.
and scores Of women and boys have been
picking the wild fruit this week. 1t is
said that the crops are unusually large
throughout the state this summer and
that there arc many TO fill buckets with
berries who have not gone a-pickim' for
many years. prompted by the high price
Of canning fruits and the scarcity Ut
sugar. Wild berries cost nothing and
they require littlo sugar in cannina.
Quite Il large numhrr of men through
out the Wheeling district have nrrIucrd
to spend the greater part Of lu-n"rr"w
IN Tho. woods expecting lea return huI.r
-lutc IN the evening with stained hands
and buckets laden with berries.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
u. S. COURT NEWS

Bennett Bros. merchants of Mounds
willie yrS,cr day filed u petition in hank
ruptcy in clerk Eoyd'S nfiir" in thu. fed
cral building The order was flied and
entered
A petition Of discharge in bankruptcy
was Tiled by Earl Ray.
Two dcCiarantS appeared and took out
nrxt citizenship papers, they were:
Ludwig krigaich. - years old. mill
WORKER born III Hungary and now l'v
ing ut lt3S Marshall street. Ernwund.
In,: koStuS!ii. 81 years old. Cuul miner.
porn il. Russia. now residing ut Glenn
street, NcMcChcn.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
District Draft Board
COnVGneS Here Today
viii Act Upon Number of Appeals OF
Selects From City and County
Drattee Officials.

The district draft beard of northern
Wcs, Virginia. with headquarters in
ClarkSlurE. will convene her" in the
federal building tins murning at .
O'Clock To pass upon Il number Of drattcc
cases which have h"cu appealed from
city and county boards If this section.
The board is composed of J. j.. Huyctl
Of jefferson county; Dr. W. j. baVidSnH'
parkrrSburE; w. IL Rogers. state Pres
idcnt Of tho Am, ri.Hn Federation NJ
Labor. EftirmUnt; W. ~. THyl"r, Clarks-
burg, ana y. W. PAUL. Wheeling.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
Postponernent Order.

In the following notice ISSUED last
night It, :'"l. II ". Sickle. III charge
Of The upper Ohio river. orders post
rnncm"nt rnf previous instructions FOR
thr lowering rf dams:
Owing 10 river conditions. tho low
rriuS Of Dam No. II. Obi" river. 10
commence at midnight July 1t-lH. 1918.
and lnwCrirc Of ia" pool nbhvr Dam
No. IL, notice OF which was issued from
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

Davis Island Dam - feet, rising
cloudy.
Sh"uhrnvillr 90 feet, stationary; ram.
Murcnntowu T.. f"c;. falling; cloudy.
Oil City 10 inches. rising: CHAR.
Warren . feet. falling: clear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
---of Finer Madras

Shirts in which the quality Of madras
ranks supreme. The prettiest pat
terms and the most exacting cut, fit
and finish. A most uncommon selcc-
ton. -. At
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
---of Japanese Crepe
---of Madras and Percale

Most of them from a manufacturer
who made up short lengths of his
costlier shirtings into garments Of
great merit. Other shirts from reg
rlar stock. Mostly, light grounds
with colored stripes.
Values to $500 and greater
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

This r(Cirr under das> Of July .. l?ln,
have been Indefinitely pmStpon"h.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

made to examine the 227 men classified,
in class nn".
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13

Never forget the Investment features
If War SAVINGS Stamps. When you buy
,h,u yru h.,iu.r Il stakeholder III III"
l'uitcd States, the hest corporation i'll
ht. world
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-13
WALTER D. GILBERT

FORMER we'll Known Manager OF Tho
walk-over Shoe Company NOW
In France.
Tho many friends in this city Of wal
ter D. Gilbert will be pleased to Know
The evening world., 1918-05-02
165TH MEN HIKE
AMID SCENES OF
FOES ATROCITIES
Corporal Murray Writes OF
Ruined Towns and Tales of
German Brutality.

The following letter dated March
q was received to-day by a friend
from Corporal Andrew J. Murray OF
Company II. l65th Infantry Former
6oth. New York;. whose home is in
Great Neck. l.. l.:
Dear i was telling you in my
last letter about being In the front
line trenches. I don't know how soon
we will be going back again, prob
ably not for some time. We don't
always have a chance to write when
we are moving around.
"The day after / got your letter
we started on n ten-day hike. We
covered = distance OF eighteen miles
the first day and were still going
strong. so you ran imagine what fine
walkers this bunch must be. When
you hike eighteen miles with n pack
on your back you know you are doing
something. We stopped hiking after
The evening world., 1918-05-02

carry on German propaganda work
among the Irish against England.
The scheme was to enlist the aid
Of young lrishmon by having them
join the English NIvy and place
bombs on British wdrshiTs TO aid the
German cause. Money. 1t Is said, had
been paid TO Irish newspapers TO fur
thcr the aims OF German intrigue.
I'm addition to vnCmy propaganda
Ia the United states. the naval officer
is said to have sent funds to South
America and Mexico to further DER
man interests. Whether or not he
has been active since tho United
states entered the war was not dis
closed Yesterday by the Federal au-
thoritics.
10 was learned that Rodiger met
Count Won Bcrnstorn shortly after his
arrival lu this country and consulted
him I'm Washington and here before
his pass ports were handed 90 the Am
blssador. Later he was Ia close touch
with other prominent Germans now
either serving jail sentences OF in
termed for the duration OF the war.
RuiigCr was questioned ten hours
hV CHARLES T.. De Woody, head OF the
The evening world., 1918-05-02

uical Charge OF violating Il neu-
truIity laws before tho United
States entered into the war. lie
vas arrested yesterday by Federal
agents and Is believed to DO one OF
Count yoa B]ernstorn's fiscal agents
In the United states, acting as pay
master In carrying on German in
trisuc since the departure OF the Ger
man Ambassador.
ltodigcr came here in December.
1916. on a Norwegian steamer. with a
passport bearing the name OF Kari
S%chrogcrs. which Is believed to have
been forged and Is o in possession
" Assistant United states Attorney
Matthews.
Mime. Marie de VIctorIca, who was
arrested last Saturday and Is now In
the prison ward at Bellevue Hospital.
was the cause OF Rodgers arrest
She admitted having been paid $40
600 hy The Lieutenant Commander 10
The evening world., 1918-05-02
Austrian witness Talks Hlmseif
Info EuatO1y.

Supreme Court Justice Weeks yes
terday found Matthew a Santal1oa
an Austrian. without a zone pass and
turned him over 20 United States
Marshal Mccarthy. lie was n wit
ness in a jury trial before the Justice.
After saying he was born in Austria,
he added that he worked in Whining
ton, Del.
whats that" exclaimed Justice
Weeks. THAT would require you to
have a zone pass"
The Austrian produced "A reglstrn-
ton card, but admitted he had never
applied for n zone pass.
Though this man appears TO be re-
Specialize said Justice Weeks after
the witness had bcen turned over TO u
court attendant, yet these are the
very kind Of people who are spich
against our country. They wear Amer
lean flags, Liberty Loan buttons and
other signs Of loyalty. We cant be too
careful about such people
The evening world., 1918-05-02
SLABS ESCORT Who BRINGS
HIS WIFE HOME AT 3 A. M.
Salesman Leaps on Millionaire Cop
per Mine Owner After Night
VIGIL al DOOrsters.

Walter Hawthorne. a salesman tor
the Knoxville Knitting Mills. 30 far
| resented his wlfa's spending the even
Ing with another man that az 3 o'cloc"
this morning when Mrs. Hawthorne re-
turned 10 their homo at No. 3i7 West
Sevcnty-nint Street with her escort.
Harry G. Cottcr, n millionaire copper
mine owner from the West, Hawthorne
leaped upon Cotter and stabbed him
about the face with "A penknifc.
Mrs. Hawthorne before her marriage
had the reputation OF being the most
beautiful woman OF Nashville, Tenn.
and still has unusual beauty, She aud
Cotter are old friends,
Yesterday Hawthorne found his wife
out when he came home to dinner. lie
put his daughter 10 bed and started on
a search through uptown hotels and
restaurants which dld not end until m.l-
night, Then he took up a yiEiI outslI,
tho street door Of his apartment,
After his fight with cottrr both men
were aiken % a station house. whence
Cottcr was sen, 20 Bellevue Hospital
for treatment. Ills condition IS not seg.-
Gus.
Mrs. Hawthorne stayed long enough
10 sec her husband locked IN a cell uH-
der a charge OF ielonious assault,
The evening world., 1918-05-02

three days and we arc staying in this
little town. | don't know Tor how
long.
There were great battles fought In
this neighborhood. The fields are
covered with graves. In some plots
there are thirty Or forty buried In
the M grave. There are single
graves all over the ueIJs and on the
roadside. They were buried Just
where they fell.
1T is terrible TO see all the fine
towns that were once beautiful and
now in ruins. There is a little town
about two miles from where we are
at present that was the scene OF Il
great battle In the early stages OF
tho war. A French Captain was
giving us a lecture to-day and told
us all about It. lie told us how II
platoon OF sixty Frenchmen held the
town for twelve hours against a
German brigade and when the Ger
mans got into the town there were
only four Of the Frenchmen left out
Of the sixty.
when the German General found
out that sixty Frcnchmcn held the
town for twelve hours he had his
soldiers line up sixty French civil
ians, all old men, TO be shot in the
street. He sat at "a table withaa bot
tic Of wine and his signal for them to
shoot was when he was raising ne
glass Of wine. Then they burned
every house in the town and shot The
women and children as they ran out
Of the burning houses. lie told OF
one woman running through the
street looking for her siN-year-old
child when a German soldier asked
her what she was looking for. she
said my boy The soldier walked
over to where the dead boy lay and
gave him Il kick and said, Here he
Is for YOU
This is only n little OF what the
French people suffered at the hands
II the Germans. They burned the
church and left II In ruins. l was
over to see II Sunday.
well. | guess I won't tell you any
more about these Germans. ] know
you will have your Irish up by the
time you have read this, as | know
how you love them.
we get together and think Of the
good times we had in Great Neck
and wonder II we will ever sec those
good days again. Let us hope so,
and very soon at that. II Will be a
great day when the 69th gets back
TO dear old New York. for ] am sure
we will make good over here. The
French officers told us they were
surprised at our GOODNESS under fire.
ANDREW j.. MURRAY"
The evening world., 1918-05-02
German Held After bringing Letter
on Norwegian Liner.

Martin Rudolph, German, nifty, Of
No. Sl5 Washington Street, Hobokcn,
y. j., who said he owns dry goods
stores Mt Dallas. Tex, was held in
s $500 bail by Federal Commissioner
Relfsneider Ia Brooklyn yesterday, on
n charge OF violating the Trading
With the Enemy Act. Rudolph
brought on the Norwegian liner Bcr-
gensfiord a letter written In German.
He said II was sent by a woman m
Germany to her husband. lie adj
mitted TO officers who searched him
aboard the ship that he had been in
Germany nine months before sailing
for this port. The letter Will DO tested
for invisible writing.
The evening world., 1918-05-02

the training OF teachers for illiterates
more than sixteen years old. A second
would require free night schools In
cities. A third would require persons
between sixteen and tw%onty-one. who
are unable TO speak and write English,
to attend either n public or a private
day or night school.
All three measures were advocated bv
the Woman Suffrage Party. the State
Federation OF Labor and the Depart
ment OF Education. No one opposed
them.
The evening world., 1918-05-02
WAR ON FREIGHT THIEVES.
McAdoo Takes over Prosecution
aud CuIprIts May Get Ten Years.

Hard times are In prospect for freight
car thieves under a new Proclamation
by william O.. McAdoo. as Director Gen
eral Of Railways IN the UultcI Statts.
He calls attention 70 the fact that gJois
In transit are In the custody II tho
United States rather than Of individual,
railway companies. and mat thieves eC-
cordingly viii be prosecuted under Fra-
cral statute-, Naleh may sou4 them o.
prison for ten years.
Mr. McAdOO has established a bureau.
headed by Phillip j. Dohorty. 20 super.
wise the protection % railroad ~prly,riy
and the prosecution OF thieves. IN,
New Haven line alone reported losses OF
124I, 900 by thieves In 1917.
The evening world., 1918-05-02

New York Bureau Of investigation d
the Department Of Justice. and M,
Matthews. before being arranged. He
admitted being friendly with Nine. De
NIctorlcn. but said he had in no way
been active In German propaganda
since this country entered the war.
Being unable TO furnish ball, Rodiger
was locked IN I'm the Tombs.
The evening world., 1918-05-02
lLLlTERATES MUST LEARN.
Governor Also 90 sign Bill Forcing
English on Aliens.

ALBANY. May AFTER a one-sided
hearing yesterday Gov. Whitman an
nounced his intention Of signing three
bills designed to decrease the number Of
illiterates and TO increase the speaking
Of English among foreigners In this
State.
One measure appropriates $40, 1000 for
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1918-06-27
McHUE GORNET BAND
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GRoVEss TAsTELEss chill TONIC. drives out
Malaria eaTiehes tie blood, and builds pthe sys=
tom. A true tanic. For adults and children. e0c
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1918-06-27
WANT FIVE MEN FOR
u. S. AS MACHINISTS

Five men are wanted as vol
unteers to go to the Agricul-
tural College, near Starkville'
Miss, on July 18th who are
physically qualified for general
military service and who are
grammar school graduates with
some experience along mechan-
zeal lines and some aptitude Tor
mechanical work, for instruc-
ton as auto tradesmen, bench
woodworkers, carpenters, gas
enginemen, machinists, welders
and wireless operators. No
volunteers will be accepted at
ter July 1st. Apply 10 local
Board, Batesville, Ark.