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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-18
OHIO NEWS

COLUMBUS. Ohio. April Ill ].
Tah,r, Of belmont county. master Of the
Ohio grange. today issued an appeal. IN
which he declared that "th" first duty
and -he mos, PATRIOTIC duty OF the ONO
farmers IS 20 deliver all wheat II once
or before May.l." He S"n' this word "
III. local oranges WIKI! a membership OF
5000 Ny. T;tb"r'S statement in part
follows:
~ whaa, .r;SiS. is 4: hand. Tn" hun
CRY world vii! ac'r! every kernel Of our
wheat u ~tuv.. of starvation uniIt IN"
coming harvest brings relief.
"Whila tn. grange fought for :, bot
ter price last tall. price. is not now tire
question. y" chang" in rri"e can affect
wheat on hand. Il mus: sell at the prIc"
set last year. Producers and not hoard
ers will receive consideration.
refusing !" sill IN" wheat IT prison;
is uniatri";i,.
over 20 p"rc"c: - ~" farmers ~
Ohio hav,. sold their wheat. Thu. other
ten percent should do SO. L.; ""e-E far
mer who has disposed If his wheat aI;tk"
oc himself - minute man :" S:s tina; III
other farmers 10 likewise.
'Hoartitnc farmers "C Hrn-r;"rnHn
farmers arr almost unknown in Ohio
Sn.rrs. farmers have no; sold because TO-
CO, millerS and dealers have not paid the
government price in tina; section. This
must b. c"rr"ct"d. Others havH no: sold
because OF inability to secure cars or
find markets.
IF there is car Of wheat in your
community that cannot find an outlet.
wire the Ohio State Grange or the food
administrator and it will b" moved.
The food administration has an
nounced rules covering seed and flour
needs os the farmer. which are fair 20
all. If We can get every hushel Of wheat
out Of the farmers hands ut once. il will
be q patriotic achievement for the farm
ers OF Ohio.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-18
HELEN 8. BAIRD
IS COMING

wave his hat" Mr.. Eakcr said. 'Th"
only sad Americans there. ar" those
vii" lr"l they may have to come home
l., rurc The job is done.
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SCHOOLS next year and to make It an
elective study for the balance of this
term OF school
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Aaron Gibson Washington. a negro. Of
Dayton. who had heen sentenced TO b.
electrocuted April q. was granted q 20
prieye to-day ny Governor Cox. TIL"
new date set for the nl"ctrocution Is
rune GO. which is also the date for the
execution of Will Wright. negro. the
slayer OF Detective Walter o'Rourk" VI
this city.
washirgton was convicted Of che Mir
der OF Clarence \. Conover. cashier OF
the Aetna Paner compan: At Dayton.
July 9, 1917.
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come BACK FROM Ircncnes.
The wounded who have arrived OF
late have been from regiments which
are seeing active service in the
trenches. They are men who served
on the Mexican border with units OF
the regular army and were among the
first to leave the United States for
the battle front.
These boys. the first to bring back
tidings Of how Americas fighting
men are meeting the enemy. have
had many thrilling experiences. One
OF the most vivid stories Of the battle
zone Is that told by Andrew ]. Hens
ley, of Raspberry, Ark, a private in
the Sixteenth Infantry. which he
Joined last year at Fort Bliss. Tex.
This is his story of how 1t feels
to he bombed by raiders in a listening
post out in No mans Land, 1Jc feet
away from the first line trenches.
I'VE had been in the trenches about
nine days when 1 was detailed for
duty at q listening post I was tolt
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U. S. TROOPS CHECK EVENING ATTACK:
YPRES BATTLE AT CRITICAL STAGE:
GERMANS NOW ENCIRCIING HILL 60
Official Reports
From WarEronts
BRITISH.

London. April 2s-The text OF to-
nights Bri. Ish statement is as follows:
To-day there were local infantry en-
gagements on various parts OF the
front. South of the Somme a num-
Der OF prisoners were taken by our
patrols in the neighborhood Of VilIers-
Brettoneux.
''TheIe was artillery activity on both
sides.
In the thick fog which prevailed
on the northern front our aviators
made reconnaissance flights at a low
altitude. One enemy machine was
brought down. All Of our machines
returned safely"
"A hostile attack was reported de-
veloping this afternoon in the neigh
borhood OF Locre 6l-2 miles south
west OF Yprest.
The hostile artillery heavily bonn
barded our Ypres positions"
The above statement indicates that
the Germans have begun their nnaI
drive on Ypres from the southwest.
where they are trying to get into the
rear Of the British forces holding the
Ypres salient.
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STATE HANDS JUSTICE
SOVIET CONSUL CASE
First Named Department Has No
Interest in John Reed.

The appointment OF John Reed
as Bolsbeviki consul general at
New York was revoked by the
Soviet government before Reed was
detained upon his arrival in this
country. according to the informa-
tion at hand here last night. His
case will rest wholly in the hands
Of the Department of Justice. The
State Department has no interest
in the case now that Reed no longer
represents the persons in control
of the Russian government.
Even though he should hold Gre
dentials as a consul or consul gen.
eral. it was stated at the State De-
partment, this would not give him
immunity from prosecution afforded
to ministers, ambassadors and their
diplomatic staffs.
In any event. it was stated. the
case will in no way involve recog-
milton. by this government of the
Soviet government.
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STOPS
TRADE OF ESQ
COFFEE FIRMS
Delays License Issue to
Many Failing to Comply
with Rules.

Herbert c. Hoover. the Food Ad-
ministrator, has decided to put an iron
hand on the coffee distribution of the
country.
With reports OF German agents try
ing to pick up great quantities of cof-
fee in South America. more careful
watch is TO be put on the supply here.
The administration yesterday penal
ized 80 green coffee dealers and inn
porters for failing TO obtain licenses
as required by Presidential proclama-
ton Of February 4. These firms made
since the date and as pun
ishment they will not be allowed to do
business until May s. when licenses
will be issued to them. Firms that
apply between now and May will be
fined two weeks business.
Warning is given that other firms
that do not obtain licenses by May 3
face a fine of $500 or Imprisonment
and that severe punishment will fol-
low.
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RUMORS OF LOSSES
PENETRATE GERMANY
Kaiser's Subjects Begin to Learn
Results of Western Drive.

Copenhagen, April 2s.-Maj Won
Salzmann. military critic of the Vos-
sische Zeitung, in an article in that
paper refers to rumors which he in
dicates were discussed in the Reich
stag, to the effect that the Germans
have suffered colossal losses and are
unable to continue their Western Of
fensive.
In further discussing the nervousness
prevailing among the German popu-
lace, he says other rumors had 1t
that the offensive was deadlocked,
that the allies were stronger than
the German stan anticipated, that the
Ypres region was one vast impossible
lake, and that the Amiens-Paris front
was mined.
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FIRMS FRAUD
FOUND; FALSE
CONSIGNMENT
Sending Much Material Ad-
dressed to Officers of
Army Discovered.
SEVERAL TRICKS USED
Embargo Evaded by Dis
honest Practice; Bonus
Also Exacted.

Fraudulent consignments OF large
quantities Of material to army and
navy officials in care of private firms.
although not intended for government
work. have been discovered by the
army and navy. it was learned last
night.
Names of army and navy officers
have been used without authorization
to move stuff through embargoed ter
ritory, and then convert it to private
or commercial proft.
Materials Misrepresented.
Materials have been bought upon
Misrepresentation that they were for
the government, and a lower price OBJ
tained. They have been shipped to
certain terminals. consigned to the
officers whose names were used, and
at those places re-consigned to the
other interests who have not hesitated
to pay the higher price as a bonus
for getting the material through. In
some instances the same price has
prevailed at both ends.
Investigation is now being made by
the Department Of Justice. on COM
plants that have been submitted both
from the army and navy.
Indictments are contemplated.
The full extent OF this traffic has
not been revealed. IT is reported that
one transaction involving millions Of
feet of lumber is under investigation
because OF the misuse OF the name Of
an army officer. This material moved
from Southern points, through en-
basgo 81 zones andt into, Newark
There, it is reported. it was recon
signed to private parties or firms.
Secretary Daniels last night said
instances were brought to his at
tention of slackers and profiteers
doing the same thing with navy
officials.
Reports have come to me-" he
said, which show conclusiYely that
in two instances the fraudulent
practice has been followed of con-
signing materials not intended for
government use to certain navy Of
ficials in care OF private firms. the
latter converting the material to
private or commercial use.
Indictments Contemplated.
Persons guilty of such practices
are subject to punishment. and the
facts in such cases have been for
warded promptly to the Attorney
General of the United States for
action. In all cases where it is
obvious that either the shipper or
the receiver has intended to defraud
the United States Government by
the misuse of material. indictments
are contemplated.
This evil seriously interferes
with the war program. Fortu-
nately it applies only to a few
slackers and profiteers who en-
deavor to take advantage of an
unusual condition in the CONNER
cial world"
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; BELGIAN AVIATORS
ATTACK 21 HUN FLIERS
lsolating One of Enemy. Belgian
Brings Machine Down.

The Belgian Legation yesterday an
nounced that on April % three avia-
tors Of the Belgian army, Adjutant de
Meulemeester, George Kerveyn, and
de MENUS, encountered and success
fully attacked twenty-one German
aeroplanes. Four of the Hun, flyers
having been detached from the rest.
Kerveyn and de MENUS succeeded in
isolating one or them, and by use Of
their rapid-fire guns killed the pilot,
who fell with his machine inside the
Belgian lines near Boitshoucke.
On the previous day Lieut.. Marcy,
Of the Belgian army, accompanied by
six men, made a raid on the German
lines and after killing two sentinels
captured five of the outpost garrison
and a machine gun. For this daring
exploit, of a kind in which Lieut..
Marcy specializes, he has been men
TONED in army orders for the ninth
ume.
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PITH
0FPETROGRAD
POSSIBILITIES
Army Coup That Does Ma
terialize Likely to Dis
turb Country.

Anything can happen in Petrograd.
Anything that does happen means
more trouble in Russia"
That is the way official and dipIo-
matte Washington talks today OF the
reported restoration of the little
Czarevitch to the imperial Russian
throne.
II such a coup d'etat has been ac-
complished, IL Is the belief of State
Department ofbcfals that II represents
an effort by the Germans to enforce
that the effort will fail AID that the
people will never stand for a return
of the Romanofs.
Counter Revolution In Doubt.
For weeks regular reports from Am
bassador Francis at Vologda and from
Consul General Summers have come
to the department. None came yes
terday. Saturdays report, sent sew
eral days ago. mentioned no counter
revolution. British. French and Scan
dinavian diplomats, usually in close
touch with Russian affairs. were with
out advices.
The Russian Embassy itself was
without news, as indeed it has been
ever since Kerensky was overthrown.
Officials there refused to discuss the
reported counter revolution in any
way. They say that its occurance
is not yet certain.
Prominent Russians here, however,
have said in the past that the Rus
sian people. once having tasted of
freedom, will never countenance a re-
turn of the old system. It is believed
that Gar can be re-esta blished in
Russia without a return to the shock
ing evils of a corrupt bureaucracy
which beat the Russian army in the
revolution.
Germany. it Is stated, would far
rather deal with the Romanoffs and
their representatives than with the
Bolsheviki, represented by Trotsky
and Lenine. All resistance to Ger
man penetration of Russia has now
practically disappeared. Only guer-
lila warfare is carried on against
the German armies. advancing de-
spite the terms of the Brest- Litoysk
peace treaty.
Germany's first need Is for or
ganization in Russia, in order that
her vast natural resources in food
and supplies may be availed of in
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ITALIAN.

Rome. April 2s.-The war office to-
day i.-sJed the following statement.
covering the operations OF April -
and g
Efforts OF enemy patrols 10 cross
10 the right bank of the Piavc. under
cover Of artillery. were frustrated by
our counter batteries and machine
sun fire.
We drove the enemy from an out
post at Fener.
AT Piave di Ledro enemy recon
noitering detaChments were thrown
back. Our batteries set fire to enemy
ammunition dumps at Ouero resulting
in explosions. We also bombarded
Auvran battery positions on the
Asiago Plateau. Otherwise the artil-
lcry activity was normal
Several Austrian divisions have
crossed the Brennor Pas un Tyron
en- route for the Western front. ac-
cordinE TO the Corriere DItalia.
which says further:
The Germans are preparing for the
final push. They are ready TO sacri-
fee one-third of their forces 10 achieve
success. Every available soldier is
withdrawn from garriSons in the in
terror. Even the small Grand Duchy
OF Lippe has furnished two divisions
WurttenberE has furnished eight di-
visions.
The central powers are determined
to stake all on the Western front be-
fore Americas full strength is thrown
into the scale"
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DOUBLE QUOTA
TOBE LIBERTY
SLOGAN IN DC.
Last Week to Be One of
Supreme Effort by Lo-
cal Volunteers.
QUOTA NOW REACHED
Subscribers Number co.
600; Many Purchases
Not Yet Cleared.

More than 5000 men and women OF
Washington. who form the volunteer
liberty loan army. will take the city
by storm during the six days beginning
today in a determined effort to double
the Districts quota to the Third Lib
erty Loan and to place 125,0Oo names on
the honor roll" Figures available
last night indicated that the Districts
quota of S12,SO0,O00 had been reached
and that the number of subscribers is
about &C, 900.
The total subscriptions for the be-
ginning OF the end Of the third loan
campaign is approximately s.. 225. .Ooo, 900
and, although the distribution of this
loan will be wider than either the
first or second. only the hardest kind
Of work in the next six days will
make possible the 100000 subscri-
bers asked for by Secretary McAdoO.
The Liberty Loan Committee hopes
to accomplish as much in the final
week OF the campaign as has been ac-
complished in all of the first three
weeks. Already there are thousands
Of subscriptions pledged which have
not been cleared through the banks.
and therefore have not been included
III lIlC HBuIcS ICpOilcus anu
both of the previous loans more than
50 per cent OF the entire subscription
came during the final week.
Clerks Wait for Pay Day.
1t is known that there are thousands
OF government employees who have
been waiting for the first-of-the- month
pay day before entering their sub
scriptions, and 1t is expected that
Wednesday, May l. will therefore be
big day in bond subscriptions.
The Liberty Loan Connnittee-ef the
District is determined that every man
and woman in Washington shall be
given ample opportunity to buy a bond
before subscriptions close Saturday
night. Large rallies will be held in
the various government departments:
great community gatherings will be
held to boost subscriptions; audiences
in all the theaters will be urged to go
the limit on bond subscriptions. and
the buy-a-bond message will be car
ried into the thousands of homes by
members of the Women's Liberty Loan
Committee and the District Boy Scout
organization.
More than $4,000 worth OF liberty
bond subscriptions were taken at a
meeting yesterday afternoon in the
home of Mrs. Joseph Letter, 1900 New
Hampshire avenue. following ad-
dresses by Vice President Marshall
and Carl Frooman. Assistant Secre-
tary of Agriculture. The meeting was
under the auspices of the Washington
Diet Kitchin Association.
Former President William Howard
Taft is to be the principal speaker at
a community liberty loan meeting at
I o'clock this evening at the John Dix
on Home. under the auspices of the
Piney Branch Citizens Association.
The Marine Band will furnish a
musical program. and there will be
addresses by other prominent speak
ers. Charles T. McCurdy, of the
liberty loan committee of the Dis
trict. is in charge of arrangements.
What promises to be on of the most
enthusiastic meetings of the week will
be held tomorrow evening at O'Clock
when several thousand college alumni
Of Washington will gather at the Will
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ships, More ships.

ShIps, more ships.
Ships. ships. more ships" for the
transportation and maintenance of
American troops abroad is the echo
of the appeal that has stirred the
United States Shipping Board from
day to day.
The decision has now been
reached. The supreme effort is to
be made to get troops abroad. Con-
siderations of commerce and trade
have been definitely put aside. The
business of winning the war is the
only business that will be recog-
niZed from this time on.
A million, a million and a half,
two million men, and more, are go-
ing to France as soon as they can
be loaded on transports and shipped
away. II is not a matter of a ship
building program or of negotia-
tions for tonnage. The necessary
tonnage is now under the control of
the United States and to the last
ton 1t will be devoted to the trans
portation Of troops and war sup-
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ENTERTAIN AMERICAN
LABOR DELEGATION
British Give Reception in Historic
Whitehall Building.

London. April 2S.-The British min
istry of information today entertained
the American labor delegation in
Whitehall. 1t was the first entertain
ment given in that historic place for
two centuries. Sixty foreign press rep
resentatives attended the affair.
Sir Campbell Stuart, addressing the
meeting, said:
:'It is most appropriate that after
long lapse we should meet here to-
day for signalizing the transatlantic
friendship between the two great ma
tons. This war would be of no avail
IL the English speaking nations were
not drawn into a permanent union"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-29
Bandits Rob Express
Wagon on N. Y. Ferry

New York, April 2S.-Auto BAN
dts held UP and robbed an Ameri-
can Express Company wagon early
today on . ferry boat on its trip
to Jersey City. capturing twenty
packages. whose value was not
learned.
Covering the guard on the ex-
press wagon with revolvers. the
bandits sprang into their automo-
bile and sped away as soon as the
boat reached its pier.
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plies until the last reserves" of
American troops have been placed
in fighting position on French soil.
100000 Men for Overseas.
Congress will be asked to au-
thorize an army of 100000 men.
available for service abroad. and a
reserve army at home, both for.
home protection and to make up the
wastage at the front Congress is
ready to vote an army of 5000, 900
men. 1t is waiting the estimates of
the War Department. The War De-
partment has been waiting upon
the Shipping Board. The Shipping
Board promised, at a conference
early in the week, to supply all the
shipping that would be required to
take every available man to the
front in France.
Quartermaster Gen. George W. Goe-
thals. in supreme command Of the
transport Of troops and supplies, later
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cry OF alarm went up. Mackenzie
yelled, watch me; Ill stop her"
Tries Three Times.
Three times he tried to get a
sGangle hold on the unwieldy and
slippery engine of destruction. but
each time it broke away. The yacht,
built for speed and of narrow beam.
rolled heavily. but Mackenzie kept
after the bomb. On his fourth
trial he held the big explosive con-
tainer and despite the weight and
the heavy seas which broke about
him maintained his post until lash
ropes had been fastened. Macken-
zie's home is in South HadleY
Mass.
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40 WOUNDED SAMMIES
COME TO SELL BONDS
Veterans Arriving from France Will
Help in Final Effort.

An Atlantic Port, April 2S.-Two-
score of Uncle Sans best liberty
bond salesmen have arrived here and
will begin their efforts tomorrow to
put the third loan over the top. These
men are American soldiers, veterans
Of the trenches in France. All have
been wounded or gassed
The soldiers, who came home on
special orders of President Wilson,
arrived last night. They will be dis
tributed in various parts of the coun-
try, sixteen of the forty going to
New York. The men represent all
branches OF the military service and
every one was a volunteer.
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want. Cant take care of
any more business" 81 am
satisfied with the business | am
doing"
This is all very well. but
There's a man down the
street who is never satisfied.
never has enough business. He
s-cosrIsuED on PAGE FoUR.
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FRENCH.

Paris. April 2S.-Day communique
There was violent artillery fight
ing during the night north OF the
Avre and between Lassigny and
Soyon.
I'VE carried out two successful
raids north of the Chemin des
Danes, taking twenty five pris-
oners.
We repulsed German attacks.
delivered after vigorous lombard
ments. northwest of Rheims. and
in the sectors Of st. Nihiel, L.
pretIe Wood apd LuReViHe. we
took q few prisoners.
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Heavy Sea.
The Remlik. which spelled back
wards gives the name of its former
owner. Willis Sharpe Kilmer,
wealthy New York State yachtsman
and horseman. who presented the
trim. speedy vessel to the navy's
patrol service at the outbreak of
the war. was tossing in a heavy
sea when the bomb, weighing sew
eral hundred pounds. broke from
the box where it was lashed near
the stern.
As it bounced across the deck,
the safety pin broke from its
socket. The loss of the safety pin
made the bomb alive" As the
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Don't have to
advertise for
business, every
body know S
me. Have all
the business |
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that i would go out with four other
men as soon as it grew dark As it
happened the other three mbE were
not from my company and l didn't
know them. But l was keen 10 go
because it had been pretty quiet in the
trenches and l wanted a chance to
get in a few pot shots.
Went 10 Listening Post.
when it came time TO go we
went down the trench a ways and
then crawled through a hole into a
small trench outside, and walking
almost bent over followed the line
of the shallow trench to the hole
where the listening post was.
1T was a nice dry post and after
we had used the telephone a couple
of times and got our rockets sorted
out so We could lay out hands on
the different colored ones quickly.
we were all set for the night.
There had been a lot of kidding
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HILL 60 SURROUNDED; ENEMY NEAR YPRES
u. S. Sailor Wrestles
With Bomb; Rewarded

glimpse of the life aboard the submarine casers in
permitted yesterday when the Navy Department
the medal of honor and $oo
Mackenzie chief boaswains who wreed into sub
huge depth bomb which broke its moorngs the deck
q. Remlk during heavy gale the morning OF De-
Mackenzie the bomb and cung rail line until
had been made safe 1t believed that he saved the ship
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Last Reserves" from u. S.:
All Shipping for This Need
Americans Must Stem German Tide in France
and Hence all Available Tonnage Must
be Concentrated on Transport

The United States reserves" that will give
S deeSlon against the military machine of Germany This
nouncement was made here yesterday.
Men, men, more men the Western front the present great
o the war; the cry from all that ringing in
the of the American people "