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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
OF BOY is PROBED

Special DISPATCH 10 The Intelligcncer.
fcrSnn county authorities are investi-
eating the death Of George. Bobby. IL
year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
bobby. Of Wolf Run Ohio. who died IN
a hospital her" today from q revolver
wound in his head. Tho boy was shot
by some unknown person while hc was
walking through 4 field of the John
Swinglcr farm and WAS found In dying
condition BY Miss Margaret Swinglrr.
Two youthful companions who fled
when they heard the shot and saw the
boy fall. say the shot ca1nc from a
nearby woods
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
Locally.

In the Ohio v@Ile!,. football has be. ben
very in and out. the amateur Se'S''n
bci:ig successful !nsofar rs s;tnics pIa> :
cd bu, tho scholastic schedules "*'H
a;Iy,hi,s, hut 4 success and :Ar fans AZ
sill arguing about who's who ana t:iH
smiling az tn" dnp" in every ln$;ahcI.
That foot ball is u fixture and Will r :
tr,Tt crowds hus been evidenced m ms
wn--tnrn period. Take for instance ~"
crowd tl!at witnessed the scho'2Si -
event on Thanksgiving, day at INC mi:
grounds, IN" one at the l-insly-" me-
Inc cmn;cst and several Of the oth,r,
school Games while the HenryS ara
th, North r.uds attracted th"usanhS r.
.:ar,llr., -: the weather condi HonS. -
seems that the Sridiron sport IS now III
its height and according TO the alIrana':
If will b. favorable until the D"SinniE-
or next year Cor the staging III SUI
H;tr7ctsons. THIS form Of sport can ne
played at any time IN the winter 80
long as the SNOW docs not coat the
c-rund 10. such IN rXtcut rs To hlnurr
fast and cu,rfortaht" playing. Reah|-
inc rnc snancc OF pleasing The fans az
: tho right tim" and a the right ,n ta2Ir;
George Evans. ono Of tn" most highi7
rcspected sporting followers of the
Ohio valley. and who last season w''a
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
American Troops in the
Hohenzollerns' Palace

fIondnn Timrs Wirclrss Copyright
1918 by Public Ledger. company.9
COELENZ. Drc. lG.---Thc American
soldiers are having curious experiences,
marine detachment which is with O bril-
gadr living in the l1ohcnzollern palace.
They sleep nmid arnor OF the knights
Of old. The polished floors mar IheIn
afraid To make the slightest scratch and
they gaze much at the autographed writ
ing Of bismarck. Generally they enjoy
tic sensation Of moving about Whrr"
UohcnZollcrns moved.
They are of German origin. know Cor
many and speak German we'll. but they
soon tire Of German hcavincsS. l do
not find among them genera ~ and Keen
desire To make Il prolonged stay. A.
though admirinE tn: beauties or the
Rhine, they much prefer America
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
BIG PrTHAH GATHERING.
,cial Disnatch 10 The Intelligcncer.

Special Dispatch 10 The lntelligencer.
CLARKSBURCi, ". Va. Dec. w.
Pythians Of Il dozen central West VII
ginia cities gathered here tonight and
took part III Il ceremonial induction OF
Il class Of fifty candidates conducted by
Tau Temple No. 1863 Of the Dramatic
Order Of knights OF Khorassam. The
affair included banquet and q street
parade.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

strings on me now. I hope so. at least.
i've made, no plans whatever ahead
Of my rrst haven't n profession be-
cause ! left school At seventeen to play
ball"
iuyonatrd baseball. and that its going
to boom this season as its never done
before"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
KILLED IN STREET CAR,

Special Dispatch to The 1ntclligencer.s
CLARKSBURG. w. Va, Dec. 10
Bonnie Agatha. eight year old daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Lydc Faccmier or
Brnaddus Addition, WAS struck and kill
cd by a street car today while return
Ing home from school.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17

Lowry City is becoming quite a rail-
road transfer point" boasts the Lowry
City Independent. "One railroad recent
~ sent three car loads OF ptling from
Clinton to transfer it "a another road
the cars being hauled forty miles in
order to 90 one. y lot Of mail is beiEg
transferred from one road 10 another at
this point, also:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17
| FITTING CLIMAX To FOOTBALL YEAR
MIL Re CHRIST MAS EXHIbI1IUN

n tho Cleveland Naval Reserves. which
also was another uu:A pcctcd event added
~ th. rlno,n ;l:at has prevailed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17

BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-17

manager uf thu crack Martins Ferry
Athletic baseball team. which made an
rI:y!"Nic record. ami John 'iocke' Ia
cobucci. mrHarcr &C the llenrys and Tor
cho,rpion Eater baseball nir". wcr'
,;ISruSEin. tie possibility ut staging all
even, on Christmas dag. and after get
INK IN .uurl wiz! ~"n" g: ~" other
,,i.i, of I'M game. il WAS thought an c&-
r,I,ri ii.a with Ihr result that II viii
i,.r,,D, :, reality
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Corpse in Whe@s Chair
Identified as Murderer
Captain Whistler, WI committed Sucide, Was Robber
of Camp Boz and Slayer OF Four Men.


CAMP FUNSTON Wona Of
troubled
0 in
his
the he cried and
to
no n
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
ALL SNOW DRIFTS
SROvELED AWAY
Middle West Has Finished
Digging Path Through
Greatest Snowfall in
Generation.
TRAINS ON SCHEDULE
Malls and Important Freight Ship
ments Are Given Preference
Over Passenger
Traffic.
TRAINS ON SCHEDULE

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-The middle
west apparently had conquered the
record snow fall of generation to-
day
Railroad transportation, completely
paralyzed for forty-eight hours. was
rapidly becoming normal. Mails and
important freight shipments will be
given preference over passenger
traffic.
The serious fuel and food situation
in Chicago and other cities, caused
by tie-up of local deliveries, had been
relieved by armies of volunteer shov-
elers who spent Sunday digging paths
through the snow blocked streets.
The Chicago school board has clos.
a fuel cons ervation measure, and Co.
600 school boys were added to the
forces combating the snow.
All coal in Chicago railroad yards
has been Communicated. by the fuel
administ tration and deliveries will be
made only in cases Of absolute neces-
sity.
Another Storm Coming.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Slowly recov-
ering from the decentralization caused
by the worst blizzard in decade,
the middle west today was threaten
ed by another storm which centered
over eastern Texas. And following
on its heels, according to the wealth
er bureau, Is still another storm
which was brewing today over the
Pacific northwests
The Texas storm is so extensive
that its effects were already felt as
far east and north as southern Illi-
nois. This storm, it was said, ap-
parently will not be as serious as
the one just passed. It's exact course
has not yet been determined, but its
center probably will turn nortnward
along the western slope Of the Appa-
lachians, with its influence extending
westward to the great lake region
and eastward to the Atlantic.
Railroad traffic in the middle west
was being restored today more slow
ly than anticipated. Officials express
ed confidence, however, that normal
conditions would prevail before night
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
|WO CENT RAILROAD RATE
STILL GOES IN ILLINOIS
Anti-ConscriptionIsts.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14-Seven
persons who tried to defeat the draft
plan by inducing young men not to
register last June, must serve the
sentences imposed upon them. the
supreme court ruled today in decid-
ing appealed cases of the anti-con-
scriptionists.
Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman, New York anarchists;
Louis Kramer and Morris Becker,
also of New York. and three Cleve-
land socialists, Charles e. Ruthen-
berg, Alfred Wagenknecht and
Charles Baker are the persons
affected.
Contempt of Court.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Ten Off
ciais Of the United Mine Workers
of America were ordered by the
supreme court today to show why
they should not be considered In
contempt OF court because OF their
continued efforts to unionize en-
ployes OF the Hitchman Coal and
Coke company Of Wheeling. w. Va
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
eplacement About COMPLETED,

United Press Leased Wire Service. J
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Jan. Ire
placement Of the Portland (Oregon)
Pacific Coast league baseball team as
a farming club for the Cleveland In
dians by the Salt Lake City (Utah)
club, will be completed here
this week. Manager Walter Nc
Credie, of the Salt Lake club, rs ex-
pected to make the arrangements.
Pitcher Kenneth Penner, member of
the Portland club last year, will prob
ably be the first player McCredie will
be given to develop. Portland is now
in the Northwest league.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Russian Carnival of Horror a1
Sebastopol When Sailors
Shoot Four Admirals
and Others.
D1oKER1NG FOR PEACE
Delegates to Return Homo roesofroso
and Red Guards Reported
Having Conc to the
Front

UNITED Press Leased WIRE service.]
PETROGRAD, Jan. 14-eIxey- two
RussIan officers, Including Vice Ad-
mIrai NovItski, three admlrals and one
army general, were Iynched In a car
nlval Of horror at Sebastopol, accord
ina to word received here today.
Sailors Of tho fleet Joined In the as
sassInation. Tho officers Were all
taken to MaIakoff tovver ard shot. a
ma IorIty were members Of tho Inquiry
committee which, In 1912 convicted
seventeen rebeilIous Russian sailors
and condemned them to varying pun
Ishments, from death to life imprlson-
ment.
Admiral Metz, commanding the
Black sea fleet, has resigned az the
result OF the murders.
ArmistIc Violated by Turks.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 14.-Turkey has
violated the armistice signed between
the central powers and Russia. &C.
cording to word received here today.
The Ottoman commander. It was
stated had landed twenty thousand
troops between Trebisond and Rize
and Turkish submarine was re-
ported to have sunk q Russian trans
port.
Japan May Intervene.
[By Ralph H. Turner, United Press
Staff Correspondent
TOXIC, Jan. 14.-Viscount Ichiro
Motono, minister for foreign affairs.
was summoned into conference with
the emperor today, following tho re-
ceipt of official dispatches stating
that the dirorders at V1adivostok are
increasing daily .and that an armed
clash between the Bolshevth and the
Cossacks is threatened.
Whether there is any dtrect con-
nection between the two events was
not announced, but following Mot
ono's audience he held a series OF
conferences lasting several hours
with Premier !Terauchf, Naval Min
lister Kato and Minister OF War
OShima.
The Bolsheviki commander OF the
garrison has seized the police power.
the dispatches stated, and has at
tempted to seize munitions and food
stuffs stored at Vladivostok for use
Of the Bolsheviki.
The Cossacks who are declared to
be supporting the Citizens league.
are arriving from the hinterland and
are said to be well armed. Street
fighting is expected to result.
On the morning of January 9, the
foreign residents of Vladivostok pre-.
Continued on page %
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
WE'RE ON TRAIN
WHEN WRECK KILLS TEN

in the wreck of the Houston and Texas
Central passenger train, the Owl, to-
day, railroad officials here stated.
The Owl left Houston at 11.30 p. m.
Sunday for Dallas The wreck oc-
CURED six miles from Hearne. the
nearest telegraph station, where the
wires had been torn down by the re-
cent storm, causing delay in getting
relief train from here to the scene.
The injured will be taken to Waco, it
was stated
Sixteen Were Killed.
CULVBRT, Texas, Jan. 1.-THE
northbound owl passenger train on
the Houston and Texas Central rail-
way split an open switch at Ham
mond, five miles from Bremond early
today, killing sixteen persons and
badly injuring fourteen others.
The second coach which was a
chair car, was smashed into splinters.
The dead included four soldiers,
three women. two babies and seven
men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Bursted Steam Pipes Scalded
Some of the Passengers
to Death,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 14-Ten
persons were killed and twenty injured
when a Houston and Texas Central
north bound passenger train split a
switch at Hammond. Texas, early to-
day, according to word reaching COM
pany officials here this afternoon.
The dead and injured, reported TO
include soldiers, were all on extra
train No 465, Dallas to Hearne, stand
ing on the siding at Hammond Burst
ed steam pipes scalded passengers to
death.
Was Owl Train.
HOUSTON, Texas, jan 14.-Several
persons were killed and many injured
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Fire of Mysterious Origin De-
stroyed City Block Of Build
ings Containing War
Munitions.
IEvERAL EXPLOSIONS
(r,ll Arms Went Off First and Then
Came Heavy Blow up Which
Shook the Neigh
borhood.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-fire
|wept the great quartermaster's sup
Div building and post commissary OF
Washington barracks today. Several
linor injuries Of soldiers and fire
lighters were reported. The origin
Unknown.
BLOSSOMS caused by small arms
ltions and powder rocked the
kture Internationally and rendered
FIRE fighting work dangerous.
flames and smoke swept high
the air. throwing haze over
entire southeastern section OF
city.
formed of the blaze, Secretary Of
Baker left for the scene shortly
ten o'clock and found the
les still eating away at the build
Shortly before, orders were
IN for removal of much threat
! small arms ammunition. Ma
IS, Quartered in the barracks
1rby. carried out the work.
Thousands of dollars worth of
PIE cartridges. belts, bayonets. am
unition, shoes, hats, blankets and
[othing and commissary supplies Of
kinds were stored in the great
fnlding, and much had been de-
Proved at 10:40 when the fires were
phi raging.
Some stores were successfully re-
foved from the building. When the
raze grew too hot for safety of the
en- engaged IN this work, they were
faered out, but a score or more ran
fck into the building twice. When
Re oflicers succeeded in getting the
en- out, several were found to be
lightly hurt.
Soldiers who have been stationed
me barracks for months, said they
eiieyed the fire was incendiary
|ney say several men were at work
men the blaze was first seen and
az tne fire spread very rapidly. The
Est Indication of the blaze was
|iien smoke was seen rolling I'D from
y roof OF the building at 9 O'Clock.
ie arsenal fire alarm was the first
lunaed and later three alarms were
.neu IN for the city departments.
PiviiVe minutes later several min
EXPLOSIONS We're heard, declared
" some OF the small arms am.
aa,uon which had been touched off
the heat.
a. lV:So terrific explosion shook
!. .ouilaings In the vicinity.
W. was reported to be large guam
|ored in bulk.
.uen the small arms ammunition
Continued IN naar,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Contempt Proceedings.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Contempt
proceedings against Judge John w
Kiilets, Toledo, Judge of the United
States court for the northern district
Of Ohio were instituted in the su.
preme court today by Attorney Gener-
al Gregory on behalf Of the depart
ment Of Justice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
On a snowbound Train.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service !
PEORIA, H., Jan. IA minister
aboard a storm bound Rock Island
train. led the passengers to a. little
frame church in the hamlet of Stark
where they were snowbound thirty
two hours The preacher took adj
vantage :. of the opportunity and
preached much of the time, till the
thirty-five shut ins were rescued by
a relief train.
The minister. Rev. Bard, of Printe-
Vile, Ill.,. went "fifty-fifty" with the
actors, however, and allowed them to
give performance at night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Postponed Until April.

/ United Press Leased Wire Seryice.l j
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 14.-By
agreement of attorneys representing
the state and defense in the trial of
Mrs Mary Kreiser, charged with the
murder of her husband, the case was
today postponed until the April term
of the criminal court.
Edward Kreiser, the murdered man,
was organist at the fashionable lnde-
pendence Boulevard Christian church.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
NOT ORGANIZED
For WAil WORK !|'I
When America Entered the
Struggle, no Government
Departments Were
Fully Ready.
WILLARD SO CLAIMS
Nobody Knew Then Just How Much
Ammunition Could be Made
in the United
States.
WILLARD so CLAIMS
Nobody Knew Then Just How Much
Ammunition Could be Made

[United Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-"Amer,
ica's entrance to the world war
found no government department yet
organized to handle the task thrust
upon this country" Chairman Daniel
Willard of the war industries board
testified to senate military probers
today. No one in the war depart
ment, he added knew even the re-
sources of the country at that time.
The national defense council ad-
visory commission, Of which Willard
was chairman, did not begin to study
war problems, he said, until March,
when it appeared war was 1mmi-
nent." From December 1916, to
March 1917, it was a peace organi-
zation."
Willard said the commission as
soon as war developed, looked into
the war department and found that
nobody had attempted to list or in
ventory the productive capacity of
munitions factories.
Howard Coffin" he said, "had
listed 10000 industrial plants in con-
nection with the work of the naval
consulting board That, however,
was wholly outside the war depart
ment Our department at once went
to work to get this much needed in
forma tion for the army"
Willard limited at reluctance on
the part of the war department
bureau heads to give the advisory
commission full information on the
situation.
To meet conditions now, Willard
advocated one man control Of all
purchases for the army, navy and
shipping board and the allies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
upreme Court Upholds Law
ana Says There Should
Be No Raise.

Ir1Gk
u. eu rress Leased Wire Service.
!. .A..'fiiNGToN, Jan. 1.-THE two
bba,s SUE law of Illinois was today
os u py the supreme court with the
p.lon that where it Disseminated
~, M OF some cities because OF
a,a sner Interstate rate, the inter.
Il commerce. commission has pow.
be dao,aike ake necessary adjustments.
3 stasa tsision prevents the roads 90
ate rates a., sr raising all their intra.
CHER lnterna ION two cents to- the
I'd sets as;s ;s.ate rate OF "a cents
|ate conn., ue an order OF the inter.
Pch an ssrce snn,se commission orderine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Sim Eejn Appeal.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON. Jan. 14.-Sinn Fein exc
cutives today executed referendum
on an independence appeal for Ire
land to be addressed to the peace
conference,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Coal RrIco Mas Eair

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. !
WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe Lane
Peabody maximum coal price agree
ment Of last June-imm ediately re-
pud1ated by Secretary Baker and
Daniels-was a "fair one" Secretary
Of the Interior Lane maintained be.
fore the senate coal probing commit
tee today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

UNITED Press dispatches Satur-
day from VIM. Philip Simms, United
Press correspondent at the British
front, quoted German prisoners as de-
claring that the Germans had devised
some new horror for use soon, but did
not state what it was. Probably it is
the same report outlined above.]
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
HoIdIno important confab.

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14.-An i'm
portant conference between the kais-
er, Field Marshal Hindenburg, Quar-
termaster General Ludendorff and the
German crown prince, was reported in
session at Berlin today, in dispatches
from the German capital.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

A fracture-setting apparatus has
been designed which weighs only
thirty-five pounds and may be packed
in small compass for easy transpor-
tation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Am.rican TrawIer Lost.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-An Ameri.
can trawler, operating in European
waters, struck a rock and was lost, but
all aboard are safe, the navy depart
ment announced today.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Canadians Take Prisoners.

LONDON, Jan. 14.-North of Lens.
Canadian troops successfully raided
enemy lines, taking eight prisoners
and returning without a casualty.
Field Marshal Haig reorted today.
East of Mericourt, he reported patrol
encounters in which the lighting re-
suited in favor of the British.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
I eoo ooo More Germans.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Russian
withdrawal from the war relieves l.
coo, 900 Germans for use on the west
ern front, according to Brig. Gen. Sir
A. G. Geddes, minister of national serv-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
SPECIAL
GAS FOR
AMERICANS
Germans Devise New War
Horror to be Used Against
Soldiers From United
States.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
Kaiser, Hindenburg, Ludendorff and
Crown Prince Holding Ccun-
Gil Of War in
Berlin.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service]
ROTTERDAM, Jan. 14.-Germany
has devised new gas horror for use
especially against Americans, accord
ing to released British prisoners here
today.
The new device has been thorough
ly tested out, according to the infor-
nation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
j BOAT
N GULF
Of MEXICO
Enemy Submarine Reported to
Have Been Sighted 125
Miles From Texas
Coast.
PATROL BOATS SEARCH
Gale Is Now Sweeping the Sea and
the Work of Finding the
Vessel is Very
Difficult.
PATROL BOATS SEARCH

GALVESTON, Texas, Jan. 14.-An
enemy submarine was sighted late
yesterday about 125 miles southeast
of here. according to wireless re-
ports received here today from an
American patrol boat"
Although officers at Fort Crockett
declined to comment on the report,
they admitted troops of the coast
artillery away for the evening on
leave, had been hastily summoned
last night to man the shore batteries,
and that all passes have been tenn
porarily suspended.
While the report might be a case
of mistaken identity as so often has
happened along the gulf and Atlantic
coasts, in the past, the authorities
evidently were taking no chances
All available patrol boats in the
harbor were sent to sea last night.
According to the report, two patrols at
tempted to case the submarine but
the U boat submerged and quickly dis
appeared. A gale is now sweeping the
gulf and on this account effective pa
troll work is difficult.