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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-07
BANK CLEAR|NGS
HALF MILLION FIRE LOSS.

I"rrinrS September { 1915. @4"?.l%S.>;,
Same day last year. ......... "l+.I i".j'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-07
LOCAL STOCKS

WHEELING. W. Va. Sept. G, 1S.
Daily quotation list OF t.e Whecina
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-07

U--Tran'fr h,"'i>:, close Sept. 10. for
4 per cent cash ,ivIicud. payable Sep
trmhrr 3ulh.
I.J--'rran:'t"r books close Sept. Is. for
a regular ! pr cent and an extra per
cent cash dividend. parable Sept. 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
Especial to The Times.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April g.
John M. Browning, inventor OF
the Browning machine gun and
the Browning automatic rifle
which Uncle Sam is producing by
thousands for use against the
boche, is turning back to the gov
eminent some three and a half
million dollars in disclaimed roy
lalties.
Normal royalty payments to
Browning for guns now under or
der would be approximately $5,-
100000. But
Whatever the government says
is a fair price, I'm willing to ac-
Icept." he told the officials. He
agreed without question to a flat
price of 100000 plus an ex-
lpense allowance and signed tc
Uncle Sam the right to produces
as many of his guns as might be
needed.
T. H. Johnson, chief winchester
designer, and a professional rival
says Browning Is ''the greatest
inventor of automatic and rapid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
SERVICE
COULD BE-
ENFORCED

Speaking before an audience on
Mckinley hill Tuesday noon, C. NJ.
Riddell, candidate for mayor, said
that street railway service in Ia
coma IS deplorable and that there
are ways by which the city council
could enforce better service IL II
tried.
IF l am elected mayor, | in
tend to give all possible energy to
solving the street railway prob
lem," Riddell said.
There is a way by which We
can get better car service, but il
isn't by clustering and naggine
and fighting. II the city takes IN
this problem in a sensible, bust
nesslike way, and shows the T. r.
& p. Co. just what pressure can
be brought upon 1t IL the council
desires, we will get better service.
II make that promise that II
l enter the mayors office | will
begin at once to use every pres
sure to obtain better street car
service. There Is no reason why
20 or 30 idle cars should stand
in the barns while the public Is
suffering from lack of suffic' ent
cars to take them to and from
their work"
Riddell made three addresses
Tuesday afternoon before won.
ems clubs. He speaks Tuesda,
night at the Park Methodist
church, 1924 Wilkeson st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
MORE TIME
FOR MAYOR
TO ANSWER

Retained by Mayor A. V. Faw-
cett to represent him in the $10,-
600 libel suit filed recently by
Commissioner Petit, Attorney b.
w. Conner obtained an extension
Tuesday on the time allowed for
filing an answer to the suit.
Coiner told Attorneys Hayden
Langhorne and Metzger, represent
ing Petit, that he had been called
into the case at the last moment
and asked permission for a few
days time in which to prepare his
case.
The 20-day period allowed for
filing an answer to the suit had
expired, and Pettit's attorneys
could have demanded default
Judgment of $4,000 had they
wished to take advantage of the
technically.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
TRY SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL

With a large audience COM
posed mostly of school teachers
and school children, the trial of
Charles Sherman, principal of the
Lowell school, charged with bru-
tally beating Nick Berry, an IL
year-old boy, began Tuesday
morning before Judge Linck.
DR.. George Libbey, ais wife
and DR.. Grant Hicks were the
first to be called to the stand.
They all testified finding great
bruises on the boys body.
Nick Berry, the Old Tacoma
boy declared to have been bru-
tally beaten, testifying his chill
fish way, told a very clear &C
count of the boyish prank which
led to his punishment.
The story told by Nick, and by
Erwin Thorson, the other small
boy involved, Tailed almost ex-
actly.
1t developed that the chief of.
tense Of the Berry boy had been
that of attempting to stick a pen
into Erwin, who was sitting in
the desk in front of him in the
school.
AL Berry. father of the boy, ties.
titled as to the boys bruises, and
after having been dismissed from
the stand declared, "He will new
er beat my boy again."
The two small boys declared
that the stick brought into the
courtroom by Sherman, which he
testified was the stick with which
Nick Berry was whipped, was not
the one, and that the stick that
was used at the school was much
thicker and heavier.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
MURDER IS
SUSPECTED

tunited rress Leased Wlre.l
SEATTLE, April 9.-Frank
McEachern, secretary-treasure
of the j. A. McEachern Co., Inc,
was found dead with bullet hole
thru his head, in the rear seat of
his automobile standing 80 feet
from the firms offices, 416 Bell
street, at $50 O'Clock this
morning.
That he was murdered is the
theory of the police and his
BROTHER ]. A. McEaehern, who
hurried to the scene.
The dead man was 35 years of
age and single. He failed to re-
turn home last night. A 32-caii-
Der revolver was found on the
floor of the automobile.
w. H. Brockman, Waterman for
the u. s. Storage company, 10
Gated 800 feet from where the
body was found, gave the police
information supporting the muir
der theory.
IT noticed the car drive ur
about 4 a. m.," he said. Tive
men got out. remember they
walked around back of the car
didn't pay any particular at
tention after that, and ] didn',
hear any gunshot report"
f. The McEachern company arr
loading pier and dock contrac.
tors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
U. S. MAY
GIVE THAT
KNOCKOUT

(United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, April 0.-Amer-
leans may determine the is
sue of the battle on the
west front, Premier Lloyd
GEORGE declared in the house
OF commons this afternoon,
in referring to the dramatic
assistance rendered by Pres
ident Wilson.
1T is impossible longer to JUS
tify the exclusion of Ireland from
conscriptiOn," said the premier.
You'll not get a single Irish
man by compulsion!" shouted
John Dillon, Irish leader.
THE enemy is seeking a decis-
ion this year, regardless of con-
sequences" declared the pre-
mier, in urging immediate action
on the "man-power" bill.
He announced that two Turkish
armies have been destroyed in
Palestine and Mesopotamia, to-
gether with a German battalion
sent to their aid from the west
front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

OV11VNOu Wy POAACO oAAASSAS
The German was captured in
Firemen's park, on the bluff over
looking Tacoma harbor, late Mon
day afternoon. Civilians noticed
him making pencil marks on a
folded bit OF paper. and notified
city firemen at headquarters sta
ton, overlooking the park.
The firemen summoned Pri-
Yates J. w. Bennett and C. Kart
sher of the military police, who
occupy quarters at fire headquar-
tiers, and the soldiers promptly
placed Nagley under arrest.
When he saw the uniformed
soldiers approach, Nagley tore his
piece of paper to scraps and I'M
ostentatiously dropped the white
wad to the path near his feet. The
soldiers did not notice him throw
away the paper. but found 1t
when they made a later examina-
ton.
Code in Pockets
Searched at headquarters, Nag
ley was found to have hidden in
inner pockets a copy of the Morse
telegraph, another copy of the
Continental code used for wire
less messages, and regulation
army code of flag signals for wig
wagging on the battle field. An
other code of Greek letters was
found also, a Greek character hav-
ing been written opposite each
letter of the alphabet.
Nagley claimed to be a logger
and an American. He refused to
give any explanation for the codes
in his pockets. He spoke English
with a painful attempt to avoid a
German accent.
But when Detective Capt. John
Strickland informed him that he
would have to stay in jail for In
vestigation, Nagley calculated
"Mein Gott!"
Detectives and military police
pieced the scraps Of paper to-
gether.
The reformed sheet of paper
contained a map of Tacoma har-
Dor, drawn in faint pencil lines
Without a knowledge of the har.
Dor. a casual observer of the pa
per would take it for scrap OF
notebook with idle markings on 1t
All Mapped Out
One line at the side of the shee'
bore the word bridge" and wa!
taken to represent the 18th stree
bridge. The Todd, Foundation
Tacoma and Seaborn shipyard,
we're indicated by small square!
drawn in the proper respective
places on the may, and each square
bore the initials IS. Y" (ship
yards.)
Tt st. Paul & Tacoma Lumbe,
company's property was indicated
by a small square with the numer
ais Il. Y" lumber yard.) A
long rectangular figure extending
from bridge. to the further ex
tremity of the sheet was marked
'W. H." (warehouse.)
Special Agent ]. w. Mcconnell
OF the federal secret service wa
summoned to police headquarters
and an investigation of Maggie,
was begun, with the promise tina
he would probably be interne'
for the period of the war. Secre
Service men we're busy all da.
Tuesday attempting to learn tn
German's address and his recen
activities in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
N. w. LUMBERMEN
ARE PROTESTING

|. Issuance by the government OF
a new lumber priority list caused
protests among some southwest
lumbermen today.
The order requires that one car
of government lumber must be
moved to every two OF CONNER
cial lumber.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
fire arms in the world"

Browning is 81; of Mormon
stock; slender, slightly stopped;
bald except for narrow fringe of
gray hair; wears closely clip
ped gray mustache; face is net
work of fine lines and between
his eyes two vertical lines cut
deeply into the flesh; dresses
simply in pepper and salt gray, or
blue serge; wears no jewelry;
hates publicity; affects no
'front.'" salts away his royalties;
still keeps up Utah home, where
he was born. 80. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
French
Retire
2 Miles

suette4 Ffcsa Leases WlrAp
LONDON, April 8. - Another
French retirement south of the
Disc to the depth Of about two
miles was reported in he night
statement Of the Berlin war office.
The French now hold a line
along the north bank of the Ailette
river from a point near Anizy-Le-
Chateau northwestward along the
river to the neighborhood of the
confluence of the Ailette and Disc,
near Manicamp, about six miles
east of Noyon. The Germans
claim the capture of 1000 prison
ers in this region.
In admitting this retirement,
the Paris war office declared the
enemy which was in greatly SUI
perior numbers, suffered heavy
losses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
'Subbed, Keeps
Up Game Fight
(United Press Leased Wire,

Quilted Press Leased wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 9.
In Commute running battle
with two German submarines in
which many shots were fired on
both sides, the American armed
guard on the Ell Occidente put
both of the U-boats to flight. One
of the divers suffered a demol-
ished periscope, shot away by
the Yankee gunneH. The fight
occurred Feb. 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
Small Boy Was
One of Lynchers

COLLINSVILLE. ILL.,. April 9
A boy in knee pants played
leading role In the lynching OF
Robert Praegor, alleged pro-Ger-
man, witnesses at the coroner's in
quest testified today.
Directed by a leader of the
mob, the boy climbed to the death
tree and put the rope in place for
the execution.
other witnesses declared Prae-
ger was first jerked up without
his hands and feet being tied
When the mob lowered him to
bind him he pleaded for a chance
TO write his parents final letter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
ARTILLERY
THUNDERS!


LONDON, April German
artillery showed great activity
over a wide front early today,
Field Marshal Haig reported.
From the LaBassee canal
(seven miles north of Lens and 16
miles north Of Arras) to a point
south of Armentieres I'll miles
north of LaBassee) the enemy's
artillery showed great activity
this morning." the statement said.
There was heavy hostile she'll
ing in the neighborhood of viii
lers-Bretonneux mine miles east
and south of Amiens) and Meri-
court-fAbbe (six miles southwest
of Albert)."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
DISTRICT LEAGUERS WILL.
HOLD RALLY AT @. p. 8

A rally Of representatives OF
all the chapters of the Epworth
league. in the, Tacoma district.
according to III. /, Anderson,
president Of the district organi-
ration, will be held in Tacoma
Friday evening at the College OF
Puget Sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
Arrest German
Busy Drafting
Map of HarbO]

bor showing location of shipyards prominent lumber
mills and warehouses, John Nagley age 40, Ger
man, is held incommunicado at police headquarters
while government agents investigate him further.
Nagley is a typical German, slender sandy, thin
featured and wearing kaiseresque mustache That
he is spy representing the Wilhemstrasse is firmly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
MAYBE IT LOOKS so
FROM THERE, BUT

ZURICH, April 9.-The Aus
TRAN press deplores Presiden,
Wilson's Baltimore speech, tho
under the circumstances, it is de
clared to be "unintelligible," &C
cording to Vienna dispatches to-
day.
The essential part. according Il
the newspapers, is Wilson'S readi
ness to conclude peace. The press
regards the speech as 'moder'
ate."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

While in Tacoma Hollender was
employed as a telegraph operator
on the United Press leased wire in
The Times office. During that
period he was under constant sur
veillance of members of The Times
staff, council of defense officials
and L. S. secret service operatives.
At that time he could not be in
termed, as he was subject Of AUS
tria and war had not been declared
against that nation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

TACOMAN
INTERNED

SALT LAKE CITY, April O.
Carl Won Haagsman, known as
Chauncey Hollender, former Ger
man secret service agent on the
Pacific coast, chemist, expert
telegrapher and wireless operator
who was captured in Arizona,
while attempting to escape into
Mexico for the purpose of erecting
a wireless plant, was brought here
last night by U. S. Marshal Nebe-
ker and interned in the military
prison at Fort Douglas.
He is declared to be a most dan
gerous spy.
His last place Of employment
was at Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
.EATHER FORECAST
cover the top

cover the top
in three days?
You bet!" says
Salts b Q a r.
Probably fair
tonight a n d
w e d n e s day.
Drain your war
gardens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09
AMIENs THOT SAFE

WASHINGTON. d. c.. April O..
American army officers today
believed the Teuton menace
against Amiens had been definite-
ly checked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

Can you remember back to the
good old days when a bowlegged
girl wanted to grow up so she
could wear long skirts and hide
'eme
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

We didn't stay up to find out
and we haven't seen Dave Will
Jams since to ask about 1t, but
we'll bet that at least two or
three men waited until 1859
p. m. to file their income tax re-
turns the other day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

Every time the T. II. n p.
Co. hires a lawyer to help IL
raise the fare to six cents, the
strap-hangeas have to pay
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

The Greek government in
shooting two spies also inn
posed the same sentence ON
their lawyer. The result Of
this experiment will be watch
ed with interest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

Mrs. Lena Marshall phones
in that when the Noise day
celebration began at D O'Clock
yesterday some woman, who.
evidently had not been read-
ing the papers. ran from
house to house i'm South Ia
coma crying glecfully, Tho
war h over! And America
has wont"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

Well have to make out an
other income tax return in
1910.
And gosh, how we dread IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

Greetings, does your rooster
still Oversleep?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

like to sec a little dog,
And pat him on the head;
He never says "uh-huh" or "yeh"
When asked IL he'd be fed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-09

What has become of the old
fashioned For Rent" signs the
real estate men used to spatter
all over town? a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-07
GERMAN PROPAGANDA

Representatives of the Entente nations have
been cheered by evidence that American states
men apparently see clearly that Germanys VIC
tories have no zen primarily military. but have
been largely due to an underground propaganda
preparing the way for military advance and
making it relatively easy.
Officials in this country have declared that
each German military offensive has been &C
companied by peace offensive prepared with
the same precision and care as the movement on
the fighting front.
When the present offensive in France was well
begun Switzerland fairly swarmed with peace
emissaries of the German government, seeking
channels for peace negotiations, plotting ways
to undermine the faith and loyalty of the allies,
and especially the moral and military prepared
ness of America.
In Switzerland some of the brunt of the peace
offensive has been borne by Professor George D,
Heron. Notwithstanding Professor Herron's
repeated insistence that he had no mandate to re-
present any government or anybody the German
Foreign office will not believe him. When the
last peace offensive began Mr.. Heron notified
friends in all the allied countries and then the
Swiss press and in conference in Geneva ex-
posed the whole German campaign. And now
Germany not content with being at war with
America, is making upon America. Mr..
Heron is violently assailed in the German press
and in the neutral press, under German control.
1t is asserted that Switzerland is the theatre
of vast American conspiracy against Germany
and that the threads of this conspiracy are in
professor Herron's hands.
Meanwhile Professor Heron continues to
fight the German propaganda, gets more and
more insidious, the progresses.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-07
TO ATTEND s.N.P.I.
IN ASHV|LLE NC.

Mrs. Frank L. Mayes leaves today to
attend the annual convention of the
Southern Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation, which meets in Asheville, N.
C., July 8, and 10. Among those
who will be in attendance are George
E.>McAneny, manager of the New
York Times, and who was recently
elected Vice President of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association:
Jacob Rogers, Publisher of the New
York Globe, who has attended previous
conventions of the association and is
perhaps known to more members of
the 5. y. P. A. than any publisher of
metropolitan paper; w. c. Powers.
Sales Manager Great Northern Paper
Company, and his assistant J. NJ.
Marshall, w. H. Johnson. General Man
ager International Feature Service.
who will deliver an address on the
value of Features in Circulation
Building; Frank B. White, Managing
Director Agricultural Publishers Asso-
citation, Chicago. who wf.f address
joint Qeeting of the S. n. P. A. and
Association of Southern Advertising
Agencies: Stanley Clague. Managing
Director Audit Bureau of Calculations:
and Lincoln B. Palmer, Manager
American Newspaper Publishers AS
ISOLATION
The convention will be addressed hv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-07

Zel1 Hart, of the Warren Tribune.
Warren, Ohio, the only woman mem
Der of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association, and a brilliant and
widely known newspaper woman.
The Bulletin of the s. N. P. A. car
ries the following item of interest:
THE latest addition to the ranks of
the membership of the association Is
the Rome, ga. Tribune Herald, Mrs.
]. Lindsey johnson, treasurer and gen
eral manager. In making application
through President Bell Mrs. johnson
stated that she feared she would not
have the courage to be present art the
annual convention, although she knew
she could learn much to her goodl.
The Secretary has informed Mrs
Johnson that the association already
has in its membership one paper pre-
sided over by a woman in the per-
son of Mrs. Lois K. Mayes of the Pen
sacola Journal who was present and
participated in the deliberations of the
last annual convention of the Associa
ton,
The membership of the s. n. P. A.
numbers 120. the increase in the mem
bership since January 1917. numbering
ffty-two. Al the present rate of in
citation will double it's membership
within a period of two years
The meetings of the coming conven-
ton will take Mace a Grove Park Inn.
very valuable and interesting Pro-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-07
CALL FOR NURSES

With the nations reserve of trained nurses
depleted through the calling of thousands of
nurses for service in military and naval hospi-
tails both abroad and in the United States, it
has become necessary to call Immediately for
$4,000 nurses for training in American hospi-
tails.
This call for women between the ages of
nineteen and thirty-five was issued jointly by
Sturgeon General w. C. Gorgas of the United
States Army; DIR. Rupert Blue, surgeon general
of the United States Public Health Service; H.
P. Dawson, chairman of the War Council, Amer
lean Red Cross; DIR. FFraFnklin Martin chair
man General Medical Board, Council National
DeDfense and Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, chair
man Woman's Committee, Council of Nation
al Defense.
Following is a part of the formal appeal:
ACROSS the sea, from France with every closing
day of the heroic struggle of our fighting men,
there comes more imperative call to the women
of America to assume their full share of the
responsibilities in winning this world war for the
right of men, women and nations to live their
own lives and determine their own fortunes.
There exists now an extreme necessity for at
education to fill the gaps in our hospital stats
caused by the calling of many thousands of
skilled nurses from the fighting front.
There is only one way to fill these gaps by
keeping our hospital training schools, applied
with students who are not only preparing for
service abroad and at home at the end of their
course, and at the same time are equipping
themselves to earn their living in of the
abest professions, but from the outset of their
course are serving their country as well
learning.
The service for which asking calls for
the best that the womanhood of America can
offer in courage, devotion and resourcefulness.
The men of America cannot go forward to vic
tory overseas if the wives and the families of
our fighters not sustained in health and
strength; if we cannot protect our workers
against the hazards of industries if we can
not defeat accident and disease and our enemies
abroad. Upon the health of the American
people will depend the spirit of their forces in
the field.