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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11
THE OCEAN CROSSING.

The R-S4. the big English dirigible.
has started on it's return voyage across
the ocean. With the experience Of the
first voyage to guide them. it is prob
able that the navieators Of the R-34 will
be able TO make the return trip with Less
trouble than they encountered on tho
initial trip. The crossing of the ocean
in an airship Of some kind promises 20
be n daily pastime before another twelve
months fly by.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11
Clothes and CoHee.

While in IN" army | was accompanied
by sergeant that, to hear him talk.
was one Of tho hrainIest men Uncle Sam
had hired. On pass ono Sunday, IN a
certain town. a young woman we mot
on street asked US II We cared 10 go to
her house and have n cup Of coffee. On
arriving We wcr" introduced 10 her
mother. who made excuses in regard 10
her appearance. She remarked: I'll
20 and put on the percolator.'
Tho scrgean: said: 20, you look ri
right tic way you arc."-T. F. in the
Chicago Tribune.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11
COLORED MAN NAMED

CHARLESTON. July lo-Thrcc we'll
known colorcd men Of IN" stat" were APP
pointed today by Governor John J. Corn
well as a committee 10 select with tho
state board OF control. tn" sit" for the
location of the Colnrcd deaf and blind
school Tho appointecS are G. II. James,
Of Charleston, a wholesale grocer: f.. j.
Graham. Jr., of Wheeling. an attorney
and DR.. c. r. Anderson. practiCinE ply
stefan Of Mcdonald.
This is the same committee chosen hy
the governor n few weeks ago to select
tho site for tho COlOrcd insane asylum
The governor stated in selecting these
three mon. that he considered il for the
best interests Of all concerned rs well
az a matter Of economy. The bin nu' hur-
izing the founding Of those institutions
was passed at the regular session Of tho
legislature.
ri. h. rnnrIAnr Z
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11
CALL MARINE STRIFE

NEW YORK. July ia strike Of
marine flrcmen, oilers and water-tcnders
was called today along the entire north
Galveston. Texas, to Portland, Nc. The
strike leaders assert that the entire Ash
ing industry and all privately owned
vessels will be tied UP by the walkout:
The strikers demand an increase OF
fifteen dollars in wages and closed shops.
Buy WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11

Pittsburgh Is planning to build a sub
way. SO that the people can avoid look
ing at the smoke.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-11

The greater the necessity for saving
tho greater your opportunity to use
The IntelliGcnccr Want Ads.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
CONTRIBUTES 100000
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
General Motors Company's Gift.
Association Redoubles Effort
to Complete Project.

The Lincoln Highway Association.
headquarters in Detroit. has announced
that the contribution of fund of
500, 900 had been received from the
General Motors Company. through the
interest of w. c. Durant. president.
With the coming of peace the asso-
citation has .redoubled its effort to link
up a Continuous connecting i'm
proved highway from the Atlantic to
the Pacific" and Is not only urging
the rapid improvement of the remain
ing gaps in the hard con-
struction of the route in the east and
middle west, but endeavoring to pro-
vide the outside funds necessary to
take care Of the unimproved stretches
which are beyond the financial ability
of the states and counties of the far
west.
With the completion of the Good
year section across the Great Ameri-
can desert in Utah. and the Fisher
pass, which opens the connecting link
between Salt Lake City and the
desert. there remain only four or five
short stretches OF unimprovement be-
tween the two coasts which require
outside aid.
The desert section and the Fisher
pass construction, financed by the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
Mr.. F. A. Seiberling, president of the
Carl G. Fisher, vice president of the
association, to the extent of $125, 600,
will be completed by July 1.
The sections in Wyoming and two
bad places in Nevada have already
been financed by John N Willys, presi-
dent of the Willys Company
Inc, through contribution of $50.O00.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
SOLDIERS
HARDSH|PS IN RUSSIA
M. N. Arnold, Y. NJ. C. A. Secre-
tary, Now in Hands of Reds,
Writes of Conditions.

Hardships suffered by American SOL
diers and those of the allied nations
in the fighting with the bolshevists
in Russia are wildly described in a
letter received in this country from
Merele Victor Arnold. one of the two
Y. NJ. c. A. secretaries captured by
the reds early in April while serving
with the allied troops on the Arch
angel front.
Arnold. who is from London. Ohio,
went to Russia last fall and is one
of fifty American Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
taries serving on that front. His let
ter was written four days before he
was reported missing.
Describing how 1t is necessary for
the secretaries to expose themselves
to shellf1re every time they transport
supplies to the front and of the dan
gers incident to relief work, Arnold
outlined what he termed typical
day for q "Y" secretary as follows:
The morning of the expected .ad-
vance we arose at 4:45. breakfasted
and were ready for the three sledges
plies to the left wing. At o'clock
sharp we heard the boom of the ar
tillery as the attack began on the
right wing. Hale was wei on his
way before dawn. tfeft Tor the right
front at 3 o'clock, with the constant
boom boom of the cannOnading ra-
dating across thirty versts of pine
forests.
"At Mesanosky, nineteen versts from
Deletskoe, machine ElIn and rifle fire
could be heard distinctly. Later l met
eleds carrying wounded back from the
front and l heard that several had been
killed. Rife and machine gun fire con-
tinued late into the night.
Promptly at s the next morning the
allied artillery fire opened. The Bolo
returned by shelling Kadish from his
artillery position about verst and a
half from the village. At $3.50 loaded
about third Of my supplies on one OF
the sleds / had taken with me and went
into Kadish just as the boys were form
ing to make an attack. ] left what
had to be distributed among the various
6stachments there and returned to get
the balance of my supplies. Shortly
after / arrived at the battery the Bolo
attempted a counter attack, but was re-
pulsed.
II took out the balance Of the supplies
had at about O'Clock, leaving them
with headquarters to be distributed the
next morning. AS l went to where the
men were sleeping found that they had
fallen asleep just where they had drop
ped, pack on their backs, helmets on,
lying piled over each other like sardines,
only not in such orderly fashion. wearied
to the point of exhaustion from two
days and nights of exposure and fight
ing
Evening star., 1919-04-20
J. n. W|LLyS HAS PLAN
TO EXTEND PRODUCTION
President of Auto Company Pro-
poses to Increase Output of
Toledo Plant.

In his annual report to the stock
holders. John n. willys. president of
the WHY'S Overland Company. an
rounces a new manufacturing plan
which calls for a production expan-
sion in Toledo TO $4,000 cars during
1919. This will mean an increase of
'25 per cent over the company's best
year.
In 1918 business was 10 per cent
greater than in 1917. the best previ-
Gus year in the company's history.
While the gross profits for 1918 to-
tailed $11,510.645. necessary deductions
for reserves for depreciation. replace
ment Of tools. equipment. etc, and OBJ
solete parts and materials leave a
net income for the year of $685. 254.
Showing Considered Excellent.
This showing is considered excellent
in view of the radical factory adjust
ments from a peace to an so per cent
war basis and an equally radical re-
adjustment, after the armistice. to a
peace basis.
All passenger car production ceased
November l. 1918. On the day the
armistice was signed the company had
on hand S75.000.000 of government
business. of which AZ per cent was
completed. The company had deter
mined to shape it's 1918 program to
the winning of the war, and a wide
variety of government contracts was
accepted. In the production of gun
carriages alone the Toledo plant
than the combined gun carriage works
in France. By the end of December
the company would have been on a
100 per cent war basis.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
PLANS FOR RElMBURSING
WAR MINERAL PRODUCERS
Hearing Of Claim of Atlanta Firm
Will Indicate Commissions
Procedure.

Indication of the procedure and line
relief commission, with offices in the
Interior Department, will follow in
deciding what reimbursement will be
made under the special appropria-
tion of Congress to producers of
chrome, manganese. pyrites and
tungsten who came to the wartime
aid of the government when foreign
supplies were cut off. was given at
first hearing during the week.
This first claim was for prompt
payment Of $4,000 and was made
by an Atlanta, Ga, concern produc-
ing pyrites and chemicals. Other
claimants attended the hearing. a
number of them being represented
by attorneys desirous of seeing how
their own cases would be handled
later.
There have now been flied with the
commission more than ITO claims,
from all parts of the country. AS
soon as all the claims are in. June
being the date set for closing the
books. the commission will make a
trip west and establish headquarters
where the claimants in that part of
the country can come to fortify their
demands upon the government
The commission has made it plain
that all claimants who desire will
be allowed hearings and that they
will be given the fullest possible op-
portunity of showing what govern
ment or other agencies induced them
to go into the business of producing
these war materials for the govern
ment. The commission is determined
that no person who invested and
worked on wartime production for
the government shall lose. 1t is also
stated emphatically that none of the
claimants need employ lawyers to
represent them before the commits
sion unless they desire to do SO.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
BODY OF ADMIR- AL DEWEY
IS PLACED IN MAUSOLEUM

is obtained from window in the rear
wall containing on stained glass rep
resentation of the flag Of the admiral of
the Navy with its insignia of four stars.
Standing on a knoll in the southern
section of the cemetery the tomb faces
the National Capital. and like the Me-
mortal Amphitheater and the Custis- Lee
mansion, stands out in bold relief on
the southern landscape. AS yet it is the
only memorial in the extreme southern
section of the cemetery, which now for
the first time is in process of develop
ment. Approved plans call for modern
roads through that section, the terrac-
ing of the hill on which the Dewey tomb
stands and the building of an orna-
mental gateway in the old stone wall on
the south front. The proposed new en-
trance will be connected with the Mount
Vernon boulevard and the Columbia
pike. A contract has just been let to
the McAleer Company of Baltimore for
the necessary grading and construction
work involved in the project, at it's bid
of $4,000. The work of improvement is
to begin Monday and by the terms of
the contract is to be completed within
four months.
Evening star., 1919-04-20

Quietly and without ceremony the body
of Admiral George Dewey. hero of the
battle of Manila bay in 1898. was trans
ferred few days ago from the Miles
tomb in the Arlington National ceme-
terry. where it has reposed since his
death in this city in January 1917, to
the mausoleum built expressly for it.
nearby. in that hallowed ground. Mrs.
Dewey and a few friends were present.
The Dewey mausoleum is in the form
of a small Greek temple 1t is con-
structed of light-hued granite with an
interior lining of pure white Vermont
marble, and is inscribed simply with the
hero's name and the dates of his birth
and death Four Ionic columns at the
front flank massive bronze doors. Light
Evening star., 1919-04-20
MEXICO MURDER CONFIRMED
E. L. Dufourcq of New York Killed
BY Bandits in Pueblo State.

Dispatches received yesterday at the
State Department confirmed previous
reports that Edward L. Dufourcq of
New York city, assistant general man
aget of the Teziutlan Copper Com
pany, was murdered last Wednesday
by Mexican bandits. The body was re-
covered Thursday and will be sent to
New York.
According to the departments in
FORMATION. Dufourcq and his assist
ant. A. Gaisman, were attacked and
wounded while travelling on a rail-
road motor car in Pueblo state near
the copper company's plant Gaisrnan
escaped. but Dufourcq was seized by
the bandits, who apparently had in
tended at first to hold him for ran
som. Later, however, he was killed.
D. c.. Brown, vice president of the
copper company. telegraphed the
State Department that Dufourcu was
a native-born American and was
prominent as mining engineer.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Persian Minister to q. s. Named.

The State Department has been in
formed of the appointment of Sadigh-
es-Sultaneh as Persian minister to the
United States. The new minister has
been attached to the Persian legation
at London. Mira Ali-Kuli Khan,
counselor of the legation here and for
a long time charge, is now at Paris
for the peace conference
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Sims Aid on Duty Here.

Capt. Richard H. Leigh. U. s. Navy,
former aid to Rear Admiral Sims in
London, has reported at the Navy De-
partment for duty as assistant chief
of the bureau of navigation. He sue
ceeds Capt Harris Laning, transferred
to sea duty.
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Troops Ordered to Transylvania,

An official dispatch to the State De-
partment yesterday from Bucharest
confirmed press reports that the Ru-
manian government had ordered
troops to occupy Transylvania for the
purpose of protecting Rumanian citi-
zens against violence. This action was
taken, the State Department was in
formed, on the request of the national
Transylvanian council
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Lieut.. Col. Simpson Gets New Duty

Lieut.. Col. Sloan Simpson. field artil-
lery, has been assigned to duty in the
real estate section of the division Of
purchase. storage and traffic. general
staff this CITY
Evening star., 1919-04-20
Business on Peace Basis.

BY January g" Mr.. Willys reports,
"or within less than fifty days after
the stop-work constructions on war
contracts. we were again turning
out automobiles. and by January. 81
were shipping 315 cars daily. At the
present time 425 cars are being turn
ed out daily. in accordance with a
schedule calling for steady increase
to 1000 cars daily in August"
In September, 1918. the WHY'S
Overland Company acquired control
of the Moline Plow Company. The
output there in agricultural imple-
ments and farm tractors will be dou-
bled and in 1920 doubled again. The
purchase was made. Mr.. WHY'S OBJ
serves, because the Willys-Overland
Company anticipated. regardless of
war or peace. IAN almost unlimited
demand for tractors in an age of
power farming.
Evening star., 1919-06-29

the grass and sobbed like baby.
She refused to let Nan touch her so
I. being of neither the north nor
the south. had to do the comforting.
Dad. I loved the place. just loved it
with completeness and satisfaction
that nothing else has aroused. 1t is
so beautiful. Standing by the flag
pole in front Of the house and looking
down the green slopes. at the broad
driveways and the country on to the
river, across which the Lincoln Me-
mortal gleamed in the early morning
sun. and the Monument lifting itself
in proud stateliness, l knew that l
could not anywhere. even in Europe.
find spot more beautiful. And sec
cream pillars. as you gaze at them
from the other side OF the Potomac
Encircled by the rich foliage. they
are a constant reminder Of the days
them from that direction. I share some
Of Allies sadness. 1t is not that their
glory is faded. / don't exactly know
what it is. unless 1t is that they seem
to be always clinging to memories OF
things that seem farther and farther
away as the days pass.
Mount Vernon. however, transports
you bodily into the days Of our hrst
President. Everything else fades
away and you forget that you are \
person. you seem to be a spirit look
Ing with modern eyes on the very ex-
istence Of two hundred years ago. II
is a lovely place, and II tariffs Nan
Evening star., 1919-06-29

as much as the Capitol did me when
l first came: but somehow, dad, I
can't At myself into it anywhere. I
adore the oldfashioned garden Of
Mrs. Washington and the view OF tho
river, and especially tribute to the
President that is hanging behind the
back door of the big room. But T
kept on feeling as though were
only a onlooker. )
In fact. dad, did not get into
communication with the soul Of tho
man who was first in war, first in
peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen until this morning. when
attended services in the old Christ
Church.
We were ushered into Washington
pew. 1t was quiet and peaceful Sab>
bath morning. The minister took his
stand in the pulpit, that is elevated
SO that it gives him. as ne stretches
his hands out over the congreg cation.
the appearance of father blessing
his children. Behind him the suns
beams came altering in meliowed BY
the glass. and the leaves outside were
making nickerins shadows over him.
had to send up little prayer in the
middle Of the sermon for the kind Of
days America used to have. the days
in which there was time to develop
strength and to build a foundation
which would hold this maGiy rushing
generation. a
Continued on Twelfth r,s.I }
Evening star., 1919-06-29

patriot Of the twentieth century.
We took Friday OF this week AMI
went up to Arlington. on to Mount
vernon, and back by boat. back past
nj, tho old forts on the Potomac and
the shipya rds Of Alexandria.
Arlington does not affect all peo-
ueopie alike. Nan was little indif-
fereut toward 1t. Allie was furious
,rAirnant. All her southern blood
Evening star., 1919-06-29

was doing he had me tied there to
the bed. Then he picked up the
bronze alcohol lamp and shook it. He
seemed disappointed to find it empty.
ANY more of this stuff round
here?" he demanded of the smaller
man.
That smaller man didn't answer him
IN words, But he sided quickly and
cautiously through door, opening
into what must have been a bathroom.
and a moment later returned with a
quart bottle of what l assumed to be
alcohol
Alcohol. | remembered, burned with
very hot flame, 1t would begin at
my feet and burn upward. 1t would
be-
"D'you want to live?" he dispassion-
ately inquired.
l did want to live But beyond a
frantic nodding of the head had no
means of conveying this information
to Curate Sam.
Then come down and open that
wall safe" he told me as he took out
a pocketknife and with his left hand
began clumsily cutting away the
strands of toweling hurting my
ankles. The sawed-off revolver, all
the while. was balanced in his right
hand. When l made sign for him
to take that odious gag out of my
mouth. for by this time l felt like a
patient who'd been half day in
dentists chair he merely emitted a
sniff of scorn.
Not on your life" he announced
with calm conviction as he reached in
under his coat and took out pocket
Hashlight. you're going to do this the
way | say. You're going to walk
ahead Of me to the room where that
show light. But whether it's light
or dark, it'll pay you to remember
that this gun of mine Is within three
feet of your ribs. You get that?"
There was no choice left to me.
What he told me to do l was COM
PEELED to do.
Now get into that safe" was his
cut command. "and by the back way"
l knew better than to cross him. So
the door, with Curate Sam three PAGES
behind me, his iashlight in one hand
and his revolver in the other. My
captor. however. cut any hesitation
short by flashing his searchlight
ahead of me and catching me by the
arm. Thus holding me, he piloted me
on through the darkness, over polished
hardwood floors and cushioned rugs,
until we came to a door which he
opened with the utmost caution. He
pushed me through this door. closed
it after him. and felt along the wall
for light switch.
The moment the light was on he
dropped his hand from my arm.
edged away until his curtly warning
gesture brought me to a stop. AS
had surmised, he ventured a survey
Of the room.
was still afraid Of that extraordi-
nary little mechanism of steel and
nickel which at the twitch of a finger
could spit death into my body And
IL you are in doubt as to the disturb
ing features of this. some idle mid
night put a six shooter into the hand
OF your best friend-a loaded six
shooter-and request him to point it
directly at you for five or ten min
utes. Merely try 1t. The operation.
you will find, may involve slightly
more tension than you imagine.
But picture that same fully loaded
six-shooter, not in the hands Of q
friend. but in the hands Of an enemy.
and an enemy who had already proved
himself to be a virulent one. as auda-
cious as he was determined. as evil as
he was crafty. Picture him there. as
Evening star., 1919-06-29

complete master OF the situation,
finger twitch at the first movement
from me which in any way threatened
his safety. Then perhaps you will
understand why. when Curate Sam
commanded me to cross to that wall
safe and open it, | meekly stepped
across the room and prepared to carry
out his orders.
Luckily, I knew the combination of
that lock. and. armed with this infor-
nation. there would be no difficulty in
opening it. l also knew that the
within that safe would not be there.
What he would do when this discov-
cry was made l could only surmise.
But there were other things that I
remembered. Every moment of time
that l gained. ! knew. was to my ad-
vantage. There were other people in
that house, and already the alarm Of
burglary had been sounded Ferrie
himself must be, doing something.
And word had surely been passed on
to Winkie. And at the darkest mo-
ment, l argued help might come, help
must come.
you're not trying to open that
safe" he announced in a tone of voice
which was disturbing in it's quietness.
To answer him was out of the ques-
tion. But l turned and looked pro-
test ingly out from under my impro-
vised canopy. / stared at him over
my shoulder not only to let him know
that l was still there in my helpless
ness. but also to make sure of his
position.
At almost the same moment I caught
the hum, low and mufIled through the
closed windows. of motor-car engine
somewhere outside in the grounds.
My captor Strengthened up at that
sound. listening intently. Then he
wheeled suddenly about. with his ear
to the door panel. And as he did so
I realized that he was no longer look
ing at me.
The moment 7 made that discovery
j acted. I first tore the gag from my
head. Then jerked on the insulat ed
wire which held the abandoned elec-
trio drill. And the result was most
unexpected. For the moment jerked
the lights went out. Darkness en-
veioped me. l had scarcely time to
realize that at some place this wire
had been cunningly attached to the
house circuit. In thus forcibly break
ing it away l had ruptured the cur
rent feeding life to the shaded bulbs
glowing about me.
had, in fact. no time for thought.
for at the same moment that / com
pleted my maneuver by dropping Nat
on the hoor in case my enemy's little
machine Of death should bark out it's
leaden message at me, the library
door was swung open.
Then the darkness was cut by q
voice. 1t was a mans voice. clear
noted and authoritative. even while
a little throaty with deliberately re-
strained excitement.
lis anybody in this room:'
knew the moment that question
cut through the silence that it was
William Obden Belpont himself speak
ing. l knew. too. that Curate Sam
must have slipped back from that
door. or to one side Of it. remem
bered that he must be crouching there
somewhere in the surrounding black
ness, with his sawed-on revolver in
his hand.
who Is in here%" l heard the new
conner once more demanding. l could
also hear his footsteps and knew he
was cropping along the wall for the
useless light switch. l felt sorry for
him. dimly resented his unfair
helplessness. his pathetic ignorance
of his peril. So l darted catlike
across the room, carrying the steel