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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
LOSS $4,000
WHEN BARN IS
FLAMES FOOD
Eleven Suffolk Horses Gre.
mated as They Stood IN
Stalls lls-Explosion Was
Heard. M

Fire, believed to have been OF In
csndiary origin, last night conpisee-
~ destroyed the lower barn st Wad.
dingtou farm, which u owned ~
State Food Administrator Earl W.
oglebay, with . loss estimated ~
from 5000 to S75, 900. Eleven eut.
folk Punches, valued at from 600
to $4,000 apiece, were burned 20
death; also 5000 bushels Of oAts,
1000 bushels of corn, loo tons o.
hay and valuable farm machinery
and wagons were lost In the hlA1A. z
Farn hands, who hAd left the bAE1
about Is minutes previously, were
startled at s:45 last night when thsy
heard q sound which some declared
appeared to be the muH.er Of A.
automobile, and others 7ay seemed
to them Like an explosion, ana, Fu1-;
ming to the door Of the house thsy'
were startled to SEQ the entire front
of tho bau In hames. ~ quickly
as possible some Of tho rIs1 rot out
the fre apparatus which - installed.
on the farm while others ran TO tbs
get out some Of thu VALUABLE mares.
and stud horses, many Of which were
imported stock. but thsir s6ortS Woro
useless. e
The flames quickly spread to ths
entire building and in an hour there
was only a charred mass OF ruins
where had stood ons OF the most
modern barns in the entire store
with the smoke rising from thS mass
Of hay and grain, while the suell Of
burning horsehesh could b easily
distinguished from the other odofS.
No other buildings were threatened
by the fire, as the barn was some
distance away from the others. Col
oglebay was out Of town last night
on Official business, so could not b.
reached, but those in q position to
fr1notJonaA IN FNn0s nPlaNN - q
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03

the manufacture Of a quantity OF
special steering gears and rudders
to be used on these vessels.
It may be interesting to the pub
lie to learn that the government
has standardized all parts for the
new ships to be built, which will
be Of three sizes, and that orders
have been placed with nearly eV-
cry iron and steel company in the
country for different parts. When
completed these parts are sent to
a certain point and assembled 30
that when all are put together a
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
ACT OF ENEMY AL11N.

JAMESTOWN, \. Y, Jan. 2.-The
factory Of the Curtis Machine COM
pany in this city was destroyed by fire
today. |: was learned after the ftr9
that n stranger visited the neighborhof
Monday evening and made many inqut
irs about the plant. believing It to b
branch OF the Curtis 'Aeroplane co0
of Buffalo The fire originated IN
r. way, according to the authorities
to show that 1t was Of incendiAry OF,
The loss IL $4,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Forccast:
west virglnia-Fair Thursday, e1cept
snow In the Mountains; Friday fH1r, con-
tinued cold
Western Ponnsylvania-Fair; oontn-
ned oold Thursday; Friday increasing
oloudiness and warmer, probably NOV
by night.
oho-Fnir, continued cold Thursday
Friday cloudy and warmer, probably
SNOW.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
THREE BOYS PERISH IN BATTLE !
WITH THE ICE ON LAKE ERIE

the ra!n had broken the ice In the chan
mel. Big fires were kept burning vi
night along the south shore and whistle
in III" stone uuarrics were blown g
stautly coast guards searched
lat. last night for the boys. out q
Iuir. and resumed work this morning.
Thry say that without doubt tho boyel
p"ri.h'i and their bodies may have peen
carried farther out into the lake py.,
i..,, /.
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wegteru Front,

LONDON. Jan. 2.-Scveral raids wore
made by the German forces last night
on The British positions on the Belgian
and Arras front. The official state
mont issued by the war depnrtm cnt to-
day says that ull tho ra!ding parties
were repulScd.
The statement reads:
"Yesterdny evening under cover or 4
heavy bombardment three parties "f tho
enemy attempted TO raid our positions
IN the nc!ghborhood Of Mcricourt south
east Of Lens. Tho hostile parties were
disorganizrd by our artillery fire and
they failed to reach our trenches. they
then were attacked in No Mans land
by our patrols who inflicted many cas-
unltIcs and secured few prisoners.
Other raids attempted by ih" enemy
in the course Of the night south nt Lens,
at Hi NJ. 30. In the neigh b"rhood OIL
the Mena road. and north Of Pnsschen-
daele were all rrpulscd. W.. secured
few moro prisoners In these encounters.
PARIS. Jan. Six German airplanen
wcre nut out Of action yesterday by tho
French, Il is announced officially. Artil-
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
SWISS TROOPS FIRE
ON GERMAN VESSEL
IN LAKE GENEVA

GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. q
Swiss troops on duty on the shore
of Lake Constance yesterday fired
upon the newly launched German
lake steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
which entered Swiss territorial
waters. The yes Ell was pierced
in many places by rifle fire and
withdrew rapidly. No lives were
lost.
The incident Is regarded as
marking SwitzerIand's determ'na-
ton to protect her neutrality.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03

Yesterday the Wheeling Mold
and Foundry company directors
learned that the corporation had
received contracts from the gov
crnment for the construction Of all
the davits to be used by the Sub
marine Boat company which Is
erecting many Of the smaller type
Of merchant vessels, which will
amount to considerably over
100000.
This order came from the ship
ping board, which in addition gave
the local company 4 contract for
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
NOW DECLARED $500
LIVES WERE LOST IN
GUATEMALA DISASTER

SAN SALVADOR, Salvador, Jan
2.-Newspapers of this city declare
that no fewer than 2,5oo people lost
their lives In tho Guatemala earth
quake.
(Early reports on the Guatemala
earthquake, which began Christmas
day, declared the loss Of life was
heavy, some estimates reaching
1000. A Guatemala City despatch
Of December 81, however, said
that only q few persons had been
killed. Many persons are going
overland from Salvador to Guate-
mala to investigate the fate of
friends. Telegraphlc communities
tion between San Salvador and
Guatemala is again interrupted.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2.-Quakn!
increasing in force continue TO shake
Guatemala City. according TO message:
received here today by steamship com
pany from its agent at San Jose dc
Guatemala sixty miles from the strick
en- city.
The messages said repeated Shocks
could be felt at San Jose de Gautemala
and that they were becoming more anC
more distinct. Requests for food ant
supplies also were included in the mes
SaScs.
II was said here tonight that YES
sell carrying food and supplies would
leave this port for the southern por'
next Saturday.
WASHINGTON. Jan. "a Red Cross
relief ship sails tomorrow from gull
port with cargo OF foodstufs, medica
stores and housing materials for thu
sufferers of Guatemala CITY
American Red Cross headquarters an
nounced tonight that all supplies Tor NJ
immediate relief had been assembled.
The American charge at Guhtemals
City today cablcd the state department
that there was Imperative need of hous
ing materials. 3nnitary conditions. nc
said. were becoming unsatisfactory. The
American legation building. damaged II
the earth tremors may have to DO eva
cuated.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
Coal Trains Over
All is the Order
McAdoo Takes Drastic Measures to Give Fuel Relief to New
England-Rushing Locomotives From West
and South.

WASHINGTON o-Solid coal trains ordered moved
eastward ahead tonight after between
the railroads and the fuel administrator on further
bans for speeding England and other sections short Of
coal in the blizzard The railroads directed to give
preference possible shipments from mines nearest the
tinaon to curtail hauS and promote efficiency
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-03
NOW PLANNED
To RUSH ]. S.
ARMY ABROAD
FAR-REACHING ACTION
BY ALLIED COUNCIL
Every Nation to Assist in Get
ting American Forces to
the Front.
SHIPS AND EQUIPMENT
WILL BE FORTHCOMING
Already the Co-ordinated Ma
chinery of the Allies Is
Set in Motion.

Entire unity henceforth Is to DO
the watchword of the United
States and her allies in the prose
cution of the war.
American troops are 10 be rushed
to the fighting fronts in large mum
bers as quickly as possible, and
there is to be perfect coordination
in naval, military. financial, food,
war industries and diplomatic mat
ters.
The agreement between the al
lies for unified action was reached
at the recent lnter-AllIed confer
ence in Paris, which was attended
by an American mission headed by
Colonel E. M. House, and arrange
ments already have been made for
the United States to carry out Its
part Of the compact.
In order that American troops
may be despatched In a constant
stream to Europe, tho allied ma
tlons are so to arrange their mer-
chant shipping that the necessary
transports will be available for the
huge task.
That tho quick work In getting
the American army to the front Is
most vital Is indicated by state
ment of Major C-aeraI Maurice,
chief director Of military opera
tlons at the British War office.
General Maurice says It Is proba-
BILE that with their heavy rein
forcem ents, drawn from the cast
ern to the western front, The Ger
mans shortly will make strong
offensive against the British and
French armies and that the enemy
may be expected to make some
gaina Optimism was expressed
however, that the enemy will not
be able to inflct the same degree
of damage upon the allies as he has
sustained at the hands Of the Brit
lsh during the last year.
WASHINGTON. Jan. :.-An engage
nent by the United States TO send
great ARMY against the Germans Il
time to offset the detection Of Russi
vas disclosed today through the publi
cation by Secretary Lansing Of n re
riew Of tho work and recommendation
IF the American mission which recentl
In the Inter-Allicd Wa
ut Paris.
To Provide Ships
American fighting men are to cros
the Atlantic as rapidly rs they can u
and trained. France and Grca
Britain on their part undertake not onl
10 Join in providing ships to carry them
but to see that any deficiencies In arm
and equipment are made upon the othe
side.
This was ono OF the great decision
reached at the conferences througl
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Ia Sans War SAVINGS Stamps Money oave
T h e w e at h Ell

Fair Thursday, Except Snow In the
Mountains; Friday Fair, Cold.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
TO VISIT HONOLULU
: III 0gIEilgRIENE
NJ. and Mrs. HhfCs, Friends Of
W Mrs. Z naOns Are CoRahu

Mrs, Chairman london, wife Of the
late Jack London, has written, 10 Homo,
lulu friends infofrniss tSsnT Of the in.
tended visit here 6f Mr. and; Mrs r.
T, Bppge who are 'gpihg ia China and
India He is praiident ID. the Gulf
Cosst Fruit and Steamship. Company.
~ When Nh. agd Mrs. Rurgsi reach the
Orient, they win Join, Paul IT,: RaiaSy
the wild aniIhak Ipicturelb scientist
who recently passed tlirongh, Honolulu
ON an expedition to- China and, iThihet,
aac0IpPaaied by III Hollefs b scientist.
Mr. and Mrs BurRA VIM work also for
the, Foreign Board of Misaiohb. while in
thu 0rient,} ,fr%,fIf N IL 80
Aecordins to q letter from Mrs. Lon
don, diFeGted to. Mr., and Mrs. = r. o.
Matheson q Mr.. and Mrs; Barge are 10
spend a month in, Hawaii, Mira. London
wFiteAj 'tRath thssei a. lack would
say. are 'hls and dandy 4 Friends Of
Ours " She asks that they be given all
suggestions which twill give fuller
scope to their knowledge Of Hawaii. )"
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
SUGAR 1lIlII SHIPMENTS
PAl's'''sl.P|'RlIOID]lyIGt[:F|!OIlN'|
Stock In Storage Is Reduced For
First Time New Price
About Determined

For the first time since the beginning
of the calendar year movements Of
sungar exceeded production in July and
a decrease of the quantity in storage,
awaiting shipment, is shown in the re-
ports made by the plantations to the
representative Of the shipping board
here.
On July the reports to the shipping
board indicated 4l,053 tons awaiting
shipment and on August l similar re.
ports showed l24, 1877, a decrease of l6,
$50. During June the shipments were
sc, 500 tons and the increase of sugar
in storage was $4,000 so it is evident
production for that month was approx
mately $4,000 tons. In July shipments
were 49,500 tons aud the stock in stor
age decreased nearly 1900 tons so pro
ductiOn was only, about $4,000 tons
This indicates the peak of produc ton
has been passed and the July produe
ton was what may be expected for the
next three months.
Balance Of Crop
Shipments of the 1918 crop to August
l were 333,934 tons and at that time
there was waiting shipment l24, 1877 tons
so there has been ground for shipment
45S,13l tons. Deducting the amount
used for home consumption it is esti-
mated the crop for shipment will be
about $4,000 tons this year 50 there
remains only $4,000 tons Of the crop to
be ground for shipping purposes and
there is still to be shipped approximate
ly' 100000 tons. Moving at the same
rate as June and july it wouLl take
four aud half months to ship this but
more vessels have been assigned the
Matson line and it is probable higher
speed will be attained.
Next Crop Price
,Advices received from New York yes
terday morning said it was expected a
new price for raws would be determined
for the 1919 crop and the price had
been practically arrived at These ad.
vices added that as yet the price ques-
tion AS affecting Hawaii and Porto
Rico hat not had consideration at the
hands of the sugar committees.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
APPLICATIONS IONS: FOR
| , -. STOCK SATISFACTORY
Demand For Shares In American
Factors Meets Expectations

Applications for. allotments of trust
certificates of the shares of stock in
American Factors, Limited, flowed intd
P the Trent Trust Company yesterday, in
a volume which was pronounced by C.
70. Heiser treasurer and assistant man.
ager Of the trust company, as "highly
satisfactory
\ Before half.past seven o'clock yes,
terday morning a man waited for the
opening of the doors of Trent Trust
Company and when Mr.. Heiser arrived
announced that he. wanted to be "num,
Der one" on the list Of applicants. He
had his wish granted.
Mr.. Heiser said yesterday afternoon
that unless it was decided later by the
trustees of American Factors, Limited.
to announce results and days totals
Of applications he would not feel at
liberty to make them public. and 40
such decision had then reached. The
total for the day had been gratifying.
As, applications blanks were not
ready for distribution. until yesterday
morning the early mails, did not bring
in subscriptions and-those of yesterday
were presented I'M person or by mes.
sengers. !. -,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
END OF WAR IS FARl.'
. 0LFE, thinks UNGER
Many More Sacrifices Necessary
Before Hun Is LICKED Finds
a1 Big Changes On Coast -.

Long, hard months are ahead Of
Amerioaa before the end of the war
comes and gray hairs ma " yet be added
to- heads before Berlin bows Ia the
victorious Allies, is the report which
Juhus uhger, manager of dunst Com
pany, brings back from San Frandiseo
wbere he spent about ten days, ~ (
Coneeding that the Americana ana
the 'Ahies generally are beginning 70
squeeze Germany's armies and that
disaster has already attended the Ger.
mans in the Soissons Rheims section 81
the great battle line, Mr.. Unper savs
that the feeling among Coast men IL
that the war Is far from being. flnished
and that Americans upon the mainland
ana ~ Hawaii .pust continue to sacri,
nee and feel that there are many
great sacrifices to be made in the
future.
a fellow passenger with Mr.. Uucer
was captain of the British army who
went from FIT with the first contin,
gent, and who is, one Of the few, s,,r.
vivprs, and he was on the battlefront
I less than six weeks ago. This eantoin
told Aof a. British detachment which
captured a German .canteen in, the
Cambral section which was found an.
ed with cigars and cigarettes, cham
payne. and many luxuries The can
tain further said that while 5. there
might have been captured Germans
who did. not look well nourished. the
majority of them were far from look.
ing or being famished. = - :,
VIC" IT is, true, however," said the
CAPTAIN. that they are entirely fami
mar with the word 'Kamerad' ana
cry II cut on the least provocation. y
Mr.. Unger says that the thing which
struck him most in San Francisco was
the great substitution OF women for
men Nm occupations that previously
were almost exclusively filed previous
~ by men. Elevators are operated al
most exclusively by women, while a
the retail stores men, clerks are. be.
coming q rarity. Old men have re.
placed draftage men as waitess il the
hotels. Even along the railways he
saw numbers of women working as
section hands, and all had adopted oy,
erals as their working dress.
3. Business was fourishing in San Fran.
cisco, so Mr.. Unger found. Retail
stores are expanding, the White House
naVine taken over the corner fOrnlerly
occupied by Hastings, the clothiers.
in order to- get more selling rooni;sl
WIN so many girls working In
stores, girls who never worked before
and receiving good pay, they are prone
to spend their wages; with the result
that the business houses are. going a
rushing trade said Mr.. UngSr, :,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
SAM Johnson GAN
: :: .sH[l 'HIF TARGET

Major Sam johnson, U. S. A., form.
erly adjutant1general of the Hawaiian
National Guard, and now on duty at
Camp Fremont, California, is keeping
up his fine rifle Workmanship record,
recently scoring 2SS in competition
with an Enfield rifle with which he
was entirely unfamiliar.
|. HIS former RECORD was 202 made with
a springfield, to which he had long
been accustomed. A San Jose news,
paper, commenting on the record, SAYS.
"Some very good individual scores
were made, most noticeable being that
'of Major Johnson, captain of the Of
hcers' team, who made three possibles
two at rapid fire and one at off hand
firing. One member of the enlisted
men B. team made a possible, Sergeant
kenney,, who made 276. Major John
son 8 was the largest individual score
ever made at Camp Fremont, this ex.
pent' marksman making no less than
2ss points which is remarkable when
you stop to consider that he had ia his
hands a rifle with which he was NOT
FAMILIAR, and rifle minus windage. !"
, Ehti"fn newspaper says that this
mar ksmanshiP performance places Maj
or johnson in the forerank of armv
marhsmen in the West for the past two
Years,
In swimming tournament at Camp
Fremont the "Over,the, Top" army
publication speaks of Major johnson
as follows,
A great deal of credit for the sue.
cess Of the swimming tournament is
due Major Samuel 1. johnson, Adiu-
tant OF the Fifteenth Infantry Brig.
ader president of the Division Athletic
Council and chairman of the Athletic
Councils sub committee on swimming,
Major johnson is,R remarkable swim,
mer himself and an officer whose achi.
eVements in time past have been to
say the least, wonderful. Here is
CONCRETE example of athlete and soldier,
Where can You find throughout the
Eighth Division better tvpe of sol
der and more efficient all around ath
lete, whether it be as a boxer, fencer,
gymnast or expert swimmer and coming
Down to the work of soldier proprr,
Major johnson has no equals in the
Eighth Division with a rife or pistol
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
TRAINING
CAMP RV|LES Told
Board y Appointed TO Examine
AppllOahts CivIiians no I
|. 90 To Arkansas

Maj. James d. Doug q. M. c.,
Maj, E,F. wRtsell, Infantry, n A.,
and Capt. 4. W. Brown adiatant.
generals department, N. IA, constitute
the board OF officers who viii examine
applicants both Of the enlisted Der.
sonnel Of Che army ana civilians for
appointment as students at offieers
training eAnps on the mainland! r.
Major Dcugherty' afinounees that Il
10 important that civilians who desire
70 secure Information rs to the mali
fcations TO enter these camps should
make their applications al once. that
an eligible list may be prepared from
which appointments can be made. bs't
oficers trainine caIaRs on OAHU. win
be, discontinued nj the leonelusioh Of
the preaent camp course At Sehoneld
Hafraeks which win be BROUGHT N. an
end on ibeRtembeE 4. All teiytliaHs Of
the Hawaiian Islands who ate. select
Cd for the infantry course ON the
mainland IlL viii be- cent TO, Camp Pike,
The course Of training began on
July 10, but it is proposed that after
tne camps are IN full swing o class
viii be graduated every thirty days
The course is for 9 full four moHths
To be eligible for admission 10 4
central training camp candidate must
! be between the area Of twenty years
eight months, and forty yearsi must be
:" citizen Of the United States and not
have been born ~ any Of the coun,
tries with which the United States is
; A. war OF ia Lies Of saeh esuptrieA
Sivliians must be graduates Ola high
schooisoE have pursued and equivalent
conrse q instruction. must be- Of good
moTe character, and must have abe
Pays.sal y qlenaca.aons ssqatTed for
commission an tho QfieersA Reserve
Corps .@..sS. y b.s
!. Atgthe once Of Major Dougherty,
nnre?g ot militia aftaifs, Young build
ing, piaHss nay nay DC obtained BY civil
"'n - ~ n,ed OUT. 10 A
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
SAKE Brewers WILL
Is I've e.. AZ = ga IA Z
. MOVE TOCAL|EORN|A

Some of the local Japanese sake
brewers who are to be forced out of
business after August 20, when the fed
eral dry law for the Territory becomes
enecttVe, are already looking to Cali
forpia as their new field of activity,
and in fact two of them have decided
to invade that state. ~
H. Tsurushima and I. otake, the form
er the manager Of the Hawaii seishu
kaisha with brewery at Kakaako, and
the latter the head brewer of the sake
plant are the two men who have de.
eided to move to, SaA Francisco with
a purpose of engaging in sake brewing,
There are three sake brsweries oper.
,ating in the Territory two of them
being located in Houolulu and one at
4 Hilo, Though they are, at present on.
Grating in full blast, they have ooiv
two weeks more to continue their plAuts
running, since the Territory goes drv
after midnight of August 20.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-08-06
PAY, P'0]LIHIgS
cause CHANGE

Politics bad nothing to do with the
Resignation Of Charles H.. Merriam az
registrar Of conVeyances,, according. to
az assertion Of Governor Mccarthy,
Merriam left the territorial employee IN
order TO accept q more lucrative posi-,
ti91n with G., Brewer & Co. Merfiam
l6. ,. -, NeS'''
p, Because the pay given to employees
by private institutions is much higher
than, is secuted, by men in similar work
for the Territory, Governor Mccarthy
is afraid the government, may lose the
service of some valuable, men. Hs, says
he recently offered a position to a, man
and was surprised to learn he was get,
ting twice the pay from q Honolulu
business concern. {,
He thinks the next legislature shoula
look into the subject 50 trained em,
ployes will not be taken. from the gov,
eminent, as was the case In the resig.
nation of Merriam.