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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-14
Hold In Susptc1on.

Hold In Suspicion.
LONDON. Oct. l3.-"Gcrnany has e1-
tended its hand in surrender. not To the
foes wnc, hammered her into submission
but to the one enemy who she has only
mildly offended. aud whose personal
claims for damages will necessarily
prove ,hr mos; moderate. Yet no SUI
render could be NOR" complete. more
sudden. and for these reasons We mus;
hold il in suspicion"
The Times thus summarizes its views
on the lntrs, German peace move Con
tinuing. II adds:
MANY rivers OF blood have soaked
into tho SOIL Of Franc" and Belgium
since President Wilson cnuncIatcd his
fourteen points. The ravagcS of Atina
and even those &c the earlier stages OF
tho German invasion and occupation
have been cast i'll the shade. Yet the
fourteen items which Germany now &C
ccptS contain no SPECIFIC provision FOR
any single one Of tho manifold crimes,
nor do they make any reference to the
arraiCnnrut Of The master criminals
who inspired tho. organized atrocities.
before President Wilson accepts tho
rnl" nf intermediary now thrust upon
him W. trust he vii sec fit IN remind
the German chancellor that each and all
Of these problems muSt br faced
America. III is recognized. has saved th0
cause tf tho allies III" Sunday Observer
saws. hut il points out that without
Grrnt Irit"in n"i even America could
haze saved IT any morr than II coul'
hnr, been saved without Franco. and
thar tho part played n each Of these
countries has beer vital.
"'rht. Huns suggest that President vii
son bring about 4 meeting hf mixed
commission for making arrangements
concerning evacuation. whatever that
means" says thr Wc"kly Dispatch. It
this the answer is Er' out. No ar
ranTem"nts arc noCcsSary. Men who be-
lirv" in Cod cannot bargain with the
;irnrle WHO sank the l%inst"r.
The willingness 90 TIA" German chan
rrIlnr IN arrrr. the rrs:drnt'S fourteen
. points reveals Germany in Il very chas-
tened sririt." I.'"yd's News says. "hit
i, tImrs M. follow that President VIII
son will r"cnmrnrnd that tho entente
@ran; az arristirr without solid guar
rrl"r=. To -~;LnI tH arrli%'icc now "ulu
avert u" inp"md,na; German military
disaster Therefore. suspension Of hos
,iii;i"~ NUT y" a"c"n"aIicd by some
viriI,r Si.:ns If d"f"a.. such g III" ''r'
,urati"n rf Metz and hridT"hcads NJ Tho
Rhnr Ma-shaI r'n"h ran h" trusted
rot So arl0w tirr"7an" tn trick HIM.
Th" National News says:
"Apparrntlv the TotSdam powers
failed to rralizr they ar" not and nr'
never again likely 10 be i'll position ~
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LOST.
WANTED-Agents

wANTED-Three good agents TO sell
!. household necessities on the install.
mcnt plan. Best Of goods and pest OF
commissions. We ply weekly. T. f.
Adams Co. 1l40-1142 Main St nf-l2-tf
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Await3 Official Text

NEW YORK. Oct. 13.--Prcsidcnt Will
son. who arrived here Friday 10 partici-
pa,r in the Columbus Liberty Day cole
hraticn, returned to Washington to-day
to await there recent OF tho official
text If Gcrnany's reply 10 his recent
innuiries. Secretary Tumulty was in
iclonhone communication with the state
department.. II was understood, until
shortly before the President boarded his
,raln. but was Informed that thr official
text had not yet reached Washington.
Throughout the day thr President TO-
ceivcd through the Associated l'r"sS n
summary OF European comment on thr
German reply. No comment regarding
it was forthcoming from the Presidents
party.
After breakfast. Mr.. Wilson received
several callers ut kis hotel. including
Colonel j.. VI. House. his confidential
adviser: Sir Erie Gcddcs. first lord of
the British admiralty. and several other
British Officers. Then nc left IN spend
tho greater part Of the day with his
friend. Cleveland II. Dodge. mt the lat
. tors suburban home nj RivCrdale. near
, this city.
Accommodated by Mrs Wilson. Mrs.
House and Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray
son. tho Presdcn; drov" from his hotel
, TO tho Grand Central station In car
rlaGc. AZ he rode up Fifth avenue
crowds recognized and checred him.
The trip ~ Rivcrdalc was made on n
speciul train and al the Rirerdalc sta
, ton tn" party was greeted ny MT
Dodge. and taken in carriages 10 his
home. AS the vehicles passed the River
dale Presbyterian church. where it WAS
, thought the President might attend ser
vice. parishioncrs standing on tho lawn
sang the national anthem.
/ Mr. Wilson. however. did not attend
church to-day and. returning Ia this
city in tho afternoon he drove round
Central Park. going In the station TO
board his train for Washington. Again
he was recognized and given an ovation
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LONDON, Oct l3.-Further progress
has hc.n made by the British north
west ~ Douai and along the S"llcs
river - Tho region OF SUrSmcs. accord
ing /" Field Marshal Haig' COMMUNE
r.ni"n issued tonight. several add
tInnal towns kavr been captured and
prisoner. have boon taken.
!'ilslS oct. I3.--Thc entire German
front i5"m -. G"sain I" the ArGonne
has cr:.,,i.cd on I S;N;y-mile front and
il now appears that the enemy will be
forced 10 trrat 20 2 depth Of some
thirty miles before finding d suitable
line ,,c tlrfcnsr y: the best. his posi-
,,nu will be rnraccd At its TANKS on
tho Uisr TO :he SarIbrc canal from
!, :;"rno:: la Landlords. which lines arc
YER: near Ia. l:"le:an frontier. Their"
will be nothing here ike the cncr9E's
strong d,.:cnses on The !iind"Hburg line
Tho Germans ar" expected TO cover
. thar retreat as. usual. with the best
cf thc nu:ur;!; G"fcnscs tho country az
iordS. the principal cn"riE asset III IN"
present instance being the forests In
the are, Of tho backward movement
Between III" Disc and Bc:rT-au-lIac
, tn. S.+rn;h German army has h"en
forced &, abandon III" lin" of Tho All
ITO. retiring its right III tho forest Of
- ti,haiu In TIM champagne Cen
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rpeh The Sole JuflFe.

suggest any conditions. Tho only peace
possible is that dictated by Inc allies.
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hc soon NJ 1910 Jacob ST.. phone M
C0F SALE-Milwallkr gasoline TANK
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FOR SALE-Piarn. first class c"nn'.'T'"
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o-9-m
FoE SAIE-ThNrUuElr E'.cs' r
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ALLIES MAY REFUSE
Continued from Page oue-)
Two Distinct Views.

frs. Wilson. Miss Margaret Wilson and
secretary Tumulty.
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FOE RENT-Threc rooms and oatn'
with furnace heat. Stop ii BROOK
side: phcnr 25S-J. = - =,
FOE EENT-Roorns furnished LOT hsht
housekeeping. handy 70 Ill cars Sc
Of hath and laundry, ." ltth 81. o-Ll-i
roR PENT-Good nsficc ana iiFins
rooms on The second nd third iinors .,
the now Intclligcnc"r building 1913 aho
15o7 Market 81. Now ready for nc'"'
rancy. Apply Peter lloyd. care me"
Ecncrr.
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LONDON. Oct l3.-Thc British arc
within a fIw hundred yards of Douai.
E'...ld Marshal fIais reported today IN
his official statement.
They hav" captured tho Foubours
I,'f.suurshin. tn" Dnuaj prison and the
greater part "f FlerS. close 10 pouai
On lie, northwest.
Tn,. .ig" of Leu St. Armand. three
,:lrl.,: %"iI;h az I'.:n:tin. has been reached
ny tho british in their push up the
r1st.r}v bank ~: the Sch"ldt Canal
xnu;h"aS, "f n"uai. They have captured
- ,his sector the town of Montre-
court. a S~aut seven, miles from III" out
skirts. "r Talcuri"nncS. and almot di-
rcctIv south -: that city.
The text 81 tho statement reads:
East Of IN" Sch"ldt canal We gained
possession OF Mnntr"court village and
rc.rhctt ;hr outskirts of Lcu-St.
Armand.
In III" poua! sector our troops arc
now within Il f"Y hundred yards Of the
town md hav" captured the Foubourg
p'r.Suucrchin. the Douai prison and the
greater part ~ F'l"rs. East Of Annay
We have progressed along the south
bank 1T the Hautc D"ulc canal towards
L.nurri"r"s."
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clerks ut Washington. Examinations
Wheeling in October. Salary $1,000. Tx.
pcrience unnecessary. Women desiring
government positions write for free par
ticulars, J. c. Leonard (formcr Civil
Service Exanincr) 900 kcuois Building
Washington. -3U-mS
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RETIREMENT OF ENEMY
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railway ~ the paniZy-Ne-S! Eny height.
TIL" u"rth"rn and eastern portions OF
IA. vi.IaS. al II F"rc ar" burning.
.'.r.r masSif Of st. Gobain has been
,,ccuni,d by .h,. French FAR as St
Nicholas ard SuZy wood.
"Th" ltaT!ans nave mad" progress
rur.h Of the Ail.ttc. Further east the
E>.c,l:.h iuld tn" line Of Aizc!lcs. Brr-
rir.ux and .\alifonta;ne.
.Tu.. French have cleared the last
r..:s If ri"rman resistance i'll the bend
-: the AiSn",'
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WANTED-Girls for clean factory work
Apply at Wheeling Tile Co. 32nd ane
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 (. M. Ferguson & Son. Consumers Ice X Goal Co. Alexander Bros. X Co. Fox Bros. Hardware Co. American Excelsior Laundry. Westbr0Ok Grain < Com. Co. McGaughy Hardware Co. Riley Auto Co.,.
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Peoples Savings Bank. Mann-Tankersley Drug Co. knOX-Walker Furn. Co. AdOlph Bluthentl,al. Henry Marx Co.
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 The :Iammett Grocery Co. Southern GrOdely Co.
 Barnett, The Tailor.
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 We have entered this great war with a 7 clearly defined purpose, and have made that purpose known to all the world. We twill fight 1t out on this line if 1t takes a dozen summers. No discouragements, no disasters, shall deter us; no halfway peace or compromises with our enemy can tempt us from the course we have laid out. Our Army and Navy are prepared to flight it out on this line" until uictory Is won, and we must be prepared to back them up with every dollar necessary to make u;ctory ], possible. 1 Buy Bonds of the Third Liberty Loan Buy all you can possibly pay though the payment involves sedena Remember asked give asked to ud it. good interest," weahes honora ble nation the globe vo can't pav cash bon borrow o the money vor bank using bonds ecu can buy them at your bank easv partial payment p t trouble to buy Liberty Bonds -tis no trouble pay for hem See your banker today. TakeYom Choice: Bonds or Bondage 5: E: !:
 
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-19
LEGAL
SUPREME COUd( .SYLLABI


NO Zl,-lo.
W. H. Aaron and G. w. Goss, Appellees,
W NJ. Rothrock and c. Il. Dickens,
n Appellants
* Appeal from Montgomery County.
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. By the Court. Mason, j.
a. Where an oil and gas lease is executed
to u member of a group of buyers, who
takes title for the benefit of AL one who
bDys from the trustee with notice of the
triIst acquires no beneficial title against
the actual owners.
.. Where an oil and gas lease negotiated
by several lessees is made to one OF them
for the benefit of all. he by agreement add
vuhcing the purchase price and drawing
upon the others for their respective shares,
the drafts being paid. their claims thereto
cannot be defeated on the ground that the
for the sale of AN interest concerning lands.
- Where without any fraudulent intent
an oil and gas lease is executed to one OF
several purchasers all of whom join in
paying the consideration under agree
ment that h" is to hold it for the benefit
chnser from him with notice of his fiduci-
any capacity, can defeat the trust on the
nround that ii was not created or evil
denced by writing, even assuming that a
trust in relation to such lease is one con
earning real estate.
-. Where such IA trustee makes sale of
the lease and receives the proceeds thereof.
one of the beneficial owners who, with
knowledge of the facts. elects to look to
the trustee for his share of the purchase
price. thereby ratifies the sale and pre-
cludes himself from claiming title to the
lease as against the purchasers.
All the Justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: u. A. VALENTINE,
(SeaI.1 Clerk Supreme Court.
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several distinct breaches of a valid contract
states a cause of action with sufficient
precision against the party who preached
the contract although the prayer may be
for alternative relief, and cause of action
SO pleaded is good against a demurrer
2. The prayer of petition is merely
the pleader's idea of .ne relief to which
he is entitled; it is not a part of the
statement Of the cause of action and IL the
cause of action is sufficiently stated and
! sufficiently proved fhe court will adjudge
and decree the proper legal redress, which
may or may not conform in whole or in
part with the relief prayed for by the
pleader
3. Where a vendor sells a chattel to a
vendee upon warranty that the chattel
will measure up to certain standard of use
fulness and agrees to accept return of the
chattel If it fails in the matters covered
by the warranty. and where the facts
touching the alleged failure under the war
ranty within the knowledge of the
yendee or readily ascertainable by him and
not within the knowledge of the vendor
nor rea lily accessible to him, 1t is proper
for the court to impose on the vendee the
burden of showing that the chattel did not
measure up to the warranty.
competency of evidence, and its insuffi-
not sustained.
All the Justices concurring.
true copy.
Attest: u. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL

had not assumed payment of the debt ne
cancelled the morteagers. note. and sur
rendered 1t. The debt was not satisfied oy
leased. The mortgagee then discovered
that the maker of the quitclaim deed had
given a mortgage on the premises Tnh
mortgage recited that 1t was subject to the
other. The holder of the second mortgage
sought TO foreclose it as first lien. Held
the principle stated in paragraph ! apples.
and the Junior mortgages position was
not bettered because the first mortgagee
cancelled nd surrendered the note secured
by his mortgage.
! All the justices concurring.
A true copy .
Attest: ID. A. VALENTINE, q.
ISeaLl Clerk Supreme Court
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LEGAL

her daughters husband to assume payment
OF the attorney fees. To the daughter she
assigned an interest in estate, and to
her daughters husband she gave bill of
sale of personal property. The entire trans
action YVES conducted in good faith aud
not for the purpose of hindering, delaying,
or defrauding creditors. Soon afterward
the debtor was adjudged to be bankrupt.
In an action by. a creditor the personal
property covered by the bill of sale was
attached. Held, the instrument was not,
In law, fraudulent as to creditors
= Besides the consideration stated the
bill of sale was given for indefinite future
OUTLAWS of money for the benefit of the
debtor and for her support until her fl
nances mended- Held, the inclusion of fu-
ture advances did not. of necessity, render
the bill If sale fraudulent.
/ 3. The need for the employment of the
attorneys was instant. and they were EN-
ployed to represent cefendants in specified
criminal actions pending at the time. Held.
the attorneys could take and hold security
for their fees. given in good faith and not
as ruse to hinder delay. defraud.
1. The proceedings examined and held,
the general finding of the court the is
sues of solvency fraudulent intent, and
others, was sustaipet by the evidence
All the Justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest: n. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL

ence per Sc: but to subject the owner of
the trolley car to liability for the violation
of the city ordinance in a damage suit
by a private litigant It must appear that
the disobedience of the ordinance caused
or aggravated the damages.
=. 1t is not required in this state in all
cases that one about to cross a railway
track must stop, look and listen to assure
himself that he can cross in safety; but
where distractions to his view prevent him
from otherwise ascertaining the fact OF
safety. then 1t Is his duty to stop to make
sure of his safety before crossing.
3. Rule followed that u driver of an
automobile cannot recover damages for
injury TO himself and his machine in col
lision with trolley car occasioned by the
drivers attempt to cross railway track
cross in safety, when owing to distractions
to his view, that fact could not have been
otherwise ascertaincd.
(. Plaintiff 4was driving his automobile
along public street and approached
railway crossing, but owing to Instructions
to his view could not ascertain whether
there was any coming on the railway
track, and he did not stop to ascertain
that fact. At fifteen feet from the track
nothing prevented him from seeing an ap-
preaching car. but he did not see 1t until
the front of his automobile was eight feet
from the track, and he was then unable to
stop his automobile in time to prevent
collision. HELD, that plaintiff was guilty
of such contributory negligence as Will bar
recovery of damages against the trolley
car company.
All the Justices concurring.
A true copy.
Attest d. A VALENTINE,
ISeai.i Clerk Supreme Court
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ton within too narrow limits, as well as
where it undertakes to extend them too
far.
> BY virtue OF the statutory require
ment that the subject of an ordinance (of
city of the first class) shall be clearly
expressed in the title, the portion OF an
ordinance which undertakes to exclude ter
ritory from the corporate limits is held
to be ineffective because the only purpose
expressed in the title is extending the
limits of the city"
). A petition in quo warranto against
city charging it with unlawfully refus-
ing to exercise Jurisdiction of a tract of
land within the corporate limits held to
allege by fair Implication that such tract
has not been excluded from the city I'M
less that result followed from the adoption
of the ordinance referred to.
Ali the Justices concurring.
A true copy. -
Attest: ID. A. VALENTINE,
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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termine whether films and reels offered for
its examination and decision are moral and
proper for exhibition, and its determination
is conclusive and not open to review or in
reference by the courts unless its action is
fraudulent, arbitrary or in excess of its au-
;. The redress FOR an aggrieved party
provided for in section 10 of the act is not
denomination of the picture by the
court nor the exercise of an admins
trative and nonjudicial power, but is such
redress a court may give
3. In the absence of allegations or proof
that the board acted arbitrarily or dishon-
estly it must be presumed that 1t acted in
good faith and that its determination was
an honest exercise of its best judgment.
Burch, j. West J., Marshall, J., and
Dawson. j.. concurring.
Mason, j., and Porter. j.. concurring
specially.
4 true copy.
Attest: D. A. VALENTINE.
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.
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D. A. VALENTINE.
Clerk Supreme Court

A- No. 20972
Laura L. Hodgen and c. W. Hodgen, APP
pellants.
NJ. A. Roy and Elizabeth E. Roy, Eel all
Apptl-ees.
Appeal from Sherman County.
Reversed and demanded
Syllabus. By the Court. Johnston, c. ].
1. In his return upon an order Of
attachment the sheriff should describe the
property attached that it can be readily
identified; and held that the return herein
which described the land seized as the
northeast and northwest quarters of sec
ton % in township Z. range 49, is not void
by. reason of Indebtedness or uncertainty
in the description.
,. party may employ as many con-
current and consistent remedies as the
law gives him, and a plaintiff in action
to Recover an indebtedness and to foreclose
a mortgage given to secure its payment
may secure the issuance of an order of
attachment and the lew of the same upon
property other than that included in the
mortgage.
B. court has authority to protect the
defendants or other creditors against
excessive levy and the seizure and holding
of more property than is necessary to meet
the judgment establishing the indebted
ness: but the fact that an officer seizes
and holds an excessive amount of property
does not necessarily invalidate the attach
ment.
All the Justices concurring
A true copy.
Attest: d. A. VALENTINE.
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme Court
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No. 21,1I7.
Noah Neal, Appellee,

No. 211I7.
Noah Neal, Appellee,
4. f. Kent. Appellant.
Appeal from Reno County.
AFFIRMED.
syllabus. BY the Court Porter. j.
The was taken by appeal from the
city court to the district court. where both
parties without objection filed amended
pieadings and the case was tried result ting
in a judgment for the plaintiff. Subse-
quently the act creating the city court was
declared unconstitutional and void. State
ex rel. V. Deming, 9S Kan 400. los Pac.
81 Held. that the district court having
Jurisdiction of the subject matter and of
the parties, 1t too late for defendant
to question its Jurisdiction either to en-
to the pleadings.
All the Justices roncurring.
true copy.
Attest: II. A VALENTINE.
(Seal.) Clerk Supreme Court.
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No. 21.1S3.
Gordon Dotson, Appellee,


Proctor & Gamble Manufacturing COMPANY.
Appellant
Appeal from Wyandotte County.
Division No. 1.
REVERSED.
Syllabus. BY the Court. Dawson, J.
The Workmen's Compensation Act laws
1911. CHI 21S and amendments: Gen. Stat
1915, $780, ct seq. recognizes the legality
of voluntary settlement and release of d
workman's claim against his employer for
injuries sustained in the service of the
latter; and. in the absence of fraud or
mutual mistake. the satisfaction and reea Sc
settlement cannot be set aside ON the
ground of gross inadequacy of compensa-
ton. following Odrowski V. Swift & Co.,
20 Kan. 16I. 1872 Pac. 26S: Weathers "
Bridge Co.. 90 Kan. 632 162 Pac 951
All the Justices concurring
A true copy.
Attest: n. A. VALENTINE
(Seal) Clerk Supreme Court.