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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
WHEELING CELEBRATES
HAPP|EST CHRISTMAS
FIRsr REAL GLAD YuLEFDE SINCE
THE BOYS CAME HONE
PROM FRANCE

Old Pa Wheeling supported by Ma
Wheeling and the kids spent all day
yesterday preparing to celebrate Christ
This is the first Christmas to be ccle-
| brated since all the boys got back from
| where there wasn't much OF Christmas
celebration. and the motto Of the pop
ulace is Go the limit and darn the
Ali Of the offices in the city and
county building with the exception OF
! police headquarters closed their doors
yesterday noon to remain closed through
! enjoy celebrating a holiday occasionally.
! Throughout the city every workman
, from bootblacks to coal operators are
laying OF work for the great day that
whole world radiates good feeling and
! joy.
only few isolated stores. and the the
| else has had the lid tackled down tight.
and there will be little chance OF you
| getting what you want IL you haven't
| got il already.
The federal building, with the eiccp-
ton of the postonice. closed at noon
Yesterday and 1t will be open for but
short time today.
A number Of the churches will be
! open for services both of religious nat
ure and to celebrate the holiday. The
! Union Mission is going to have little
/ celebration Of its own to spread good
feeling.
! Just because a man is not free and
untrammcllcd is no sign that he will
not enjoy the happy Yuletide season.
| The inmates OF the county Jail are going
! 10 enjoy better dinner than a great
| many people who have their liberty. The
! sheriff. some time ago. announced that
/ nc had ordered some thirty-six pounds
, of turkey. and all of the things neccs-
sary 10 surround it. for the consump-
! 81 IS ed
! similar meal will be served ut the state
: prnitcntiary at Moundsville when six
! hearts will be Gladdencd by the great
! est gift that could be offered them IL
! God himself were handing out the pres
! ent. their Liberty. This with the for
giveness OF the state is the greatest
! gift within the power OF the community
! to the unfortunatcs who are confined at
, the Moundsville pen.
/ Wheeling will surely celebrate to its
| utmost today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
.'"||R. ROBINSON
IS GIVEN CAR
POPULAR FIRST q. p. PAsToA Re-
MHNBERED WITH An GLA-
CAN'T aHT.
conrr,4atton and Personal Friends Re-
sponsible for Happy Surprise 20
Beloved Pastor.

Az the First United Presbyterian
church last evening at the prayer ser
vice, the pastor, Rev. Charles n. ROD
inson, was asked to give way 10 lay
man as speaker OF the evening. Mr.;
Cecil Robinson acted as chairman OF
the committee, and in a few we'll chosen
words stated to DR.. Robinson that az
he had been pastor Of the congregation
for the past nineteen years, ana as thls
particular season was one OF surprlses'
he asked DR.. Robinson to occupy pew
and give the meeting over to others.
Mr.. Cecil Robinson then introduced DIT.
r. U. Drinkard. asking that he take
charge of the meeting and make the
address Of the evening
DIR. Drinkard came forward ana after
reviewing his friendship with the pas
tor Of the First United Presbyterian
some Of the leading business men who
were close personal friends Of Or. Rob-
inson. and in behalf OF the members OF
his church. and the many business
friends OF DR.. Robinson throughout the
city. presented to DR.. Robinson a
DR.. Robinson is one Of the leading
ministers in this community, and At
this Christmas-tide season when all the
world is echoing with glad tidirgs OF
good will toward men. DR.. Robinson and
his congregation have more than usual
cause for Joy.
DIR. Robinson expressed his deep graf
titudc Of the love the members OF hi'
congregation and the people or the cit;
have always shown toward him. anu
stated that while he had dreamed or
owning a car, yet the dream had not
been realized until at this time:
At the close of the meeting. the car
was found on the street in front OF The
church and much interest was displayed
in the new Christmas gift.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
Holiday Goods at A Off

Children's Play Suits
Cut Glass
Brass Cuspidors
Electric Goods
Boxed Towel Sets
Boxed Pillow Cases
Bath Robe Blankets
Boxed Waist Patterns
Mems House Coats
Bath Robes
Fancy Slippers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
MIDNIGHT MASS At
ST, ALPHOkSUS' IS
BEAUTIFUL SERVICE
Masos Is Celebrated By Father Eugene
Mixed Choir Sings.

At midnight, beautiful and inspir-
ing solemn high mass was sung at st.
AIphonsus church. at which Father
Eugene officiated, assisted by Rev.
Father Anscar. deacon, and Rev. Father
Lawrence, sub-deason.
The high affairs Of the church were
ablazc with color flowers. and tho serv-
ice was most impressive. The mixed
choir Of male voices. men and boys
sang the mass. The midnight mass
will be followed by low masses fol-
lowing each other every half hour. be-
ginning at 500 a m. and continuing
until 1915 at which another high mass
will be sung.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
OFFICERS REMEMBER
THE INTEL WRITERS

Intc!liScnccr arrihcs are grateful to
Chief Of Police Fred Frazier and Fire
Chict 4. Burley Thompson for the fine
cigars and other Christmas remembrance
cS which were sent TO them last even
ing by these officials. The latel6gen-
ccr's city writers have found Il a pleas
urc to record the events in the depart
mrnts over which these officials pre-
side. and tho good will expressed in the
rene Entrances Of these officials Is high
ly appreciated
Louis IraEnmarcinn. tho Out the Pike
motorcycle deputy sheriff. also dropped
in to wish the Intclligrnccr writer's
Merry Christmas and left a box Of Poi
lacks best brand Of smokes.
Handsome Christmas GreetinGO were
MISC received from the offices Of Pros
ccuting Attorney D. a. Mckee and As
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
HOTEL CLERK ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH B. & 0.

Rogers hotel. is to leave the hotel busi-
ness the FIRST OF the year and will take
up work in different feld. Mr.. Pultz
has accepted position as steward OF
the r. & o. dining car service and will
He has been connected with the Rogers
hotel for some time, and has a host OF
friends that will bid him success In his
new work
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25
POOL ROOM FIRE.;
DAMAGE SMALL

operated by Stanislaus Vanlikos at the
corner Of Twenty-sevcnth and Main
streets last night when floor stove
was overturned accidently and started
the carpet blazing. 4 still alarm was
sent in and the fire cNtinguished In 4
few moments. The damage was neglig-
ihlc
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-25


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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
Will Make Very Short Stop.

MINEOLA, n. Y, July 2.-Lieut.
Col. Frederick w. Lucas of the Royal
Air force, one of the advance party
here arranging for the reception of the
British dirigible now enroute to Long
Island from Scotland said early to-
day that he was inclined to believe
the ship would not arrive before late
Friday. The Rs will be moored at
Roosevelt field while waiting to put
back quickly for England. Officers ex-
pect wireless communication between
the dirigible and this station will be
established when she comes within 600
miles of the coast.
More than 1000 members of special
balloon companies contributed by Amer
lean army and navy authorities will be
on the field to assist in making the air
liner fast to its moorings Lieut.. Col
Lucas said that in all probability the
R-34 would remain here only six or
eight hours before starting on its re
turn trip.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
SCOUTS TO HAVE
SUMMER CAMP
Will Go to West Dummerston for Two
Weeks, Beginning Late in July
Party of 80 Boys Desired.

A camp of Boy Scouts is to be estab-
lished in West Dummerston this summer
on the site now occupied by the Green
Mountain Girls camp, to be occupied as
soon as the girls camp closes. 1t will
be omen two weeks, either from July 81
to Aug 4, or from July 2S to Aug II,
depending upon the time when the girls
vacate.
Eighteen scouts assembled in the arm
ory last night with Harold p. White and
Rev. ID. Z. Trout for discussion of plans
and practically all of the boys signed ap-
plications for enrolment as members of
the camping party. 1t is desired to have
80 boys in the camp in order to keep the
expense down where it should be and
any who wish to go are asked to tele-
phone Mr.. White or Rev d. E. Trout
Scout Commissioner Earl A. Braman
will be in charge, assisted by we'll known
local men. The camp is to be about sev
en- miles from here in an ideal location
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
Counsel for Mrs. Lundgren
Denies Miss Gay Died Of
Arsenical Poisoning
MURDER IN FIRST
DEGREE OR INNOCENT
Daley Says a Verdict of Manslaughter
Is Not Desired-Intimates That Ply
sycians Are the Proper Respondents
-Unfairness Charged.

LAWRENCE, Mass, July admit
ting there was arsenic in the body of
Miss Florence w Gay, the invalid, for
whose murder her nurse, Mrs Bessie NJ.
fSkeels) Lundgren is on trial, Daniel J..
Daley, counsel for the defense, said in
his closing argument today "but we will
never admit that death was due to ar
senic." Mr. Daley said, I'VE do not ad-
nit the amount of arsenic reported to
have been found in the body" adding,
If DR.. Abbott, the Gay family physi-
clan, saw the symptoms which he now
says We're of arsenical poisoning and did
not administer an antidote we nave the
wrong defendant in the chair. Ii DR.
George Sexsmith saw the same symptoms
IN the New Jersey case consider again
who should be the defendant
Counsel said that there would be nc
request for verdict of manslaughter
| The defendant was guilty of murder oi
the first degree, he said, or she was inno
cent.
Mr. Daley characterized as unfair" the
| act Of the prosecution III introducing Mrs
| Nellie b. DeWolfe of New Haven, Conn
| first wife of Frank NJ. Skeels, recalling
suggestion that % years ago the defend
ant went away with another woman
husband in an attempt to prove that
woman who would do that would commi
| murder
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
FIRE ON ELEVATED
One Train Entirely Destroyed and An
other Partially-Many Narrow
Escapes

NEW YORK, July 2.--Fire at the
South Ferry terminal of the city's ele-
waited structure today destroyed one
train and part of another. Both trains
were carrying passengers. Many of
those on board, large number of whom
were women had narrow escapes. They
were rescued by firemen who raised lad
ders to the top of the elevated struc
ture and carried them to the ground.
report that several persons were
killed had not been verified half an hour
after the fire started.
The flames, which are believed to have
started when an electric spark ignited
grease which had accumulated under
one of the ears, spread to the building
which serves as the terminal for the
municipal ferries from Staten Island
and South Brooklyn. Fircmen feared
this structure would be destroyed
Within FIVE minutes after the fire
started the flames had run along the ele-
Ndtpu StIuCluIc anu tit Iull lcHStH VI
both trains and three alarms were
turned in. Men women and children
leapcd from the platforms of the burn
ing ears into the blazing overhead road
way and ran madly along the tracks in
an effort to outdistance the flames. But
for the speed with which the fremen
raised their ladders and took them down
it is believed that many would have
leaped into the street below.
At the terminus of the elevated struc
ture is an office of the Interboro RAPID
Transit Company. This also caught fir,
and the clerks and stenographers leapet
from the windows onto the roof of
!, train shed and thence climbed down lad
ders into the street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
MUCH BOOTLEGGING
ON MEXICAN BORDER
Americans Cross the Line, Get Drunk
and Are Robbed-Serious Situation
Feared.

Ell PASO, Texas, July 2.-Bootleg-
ging has assumed widespread proper
tions in Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico,
across the border from Douglas, Arizo-
ma according to Americans who have
investigated liquor conditions in the
border states Open saloons are pro-
hibited by Sonora state laws, but little
or no effort has been made bv the au-
thorities to curtail illicit liquor traffic,
they say.
Cognizance of the situation has been
taken by the authorities, however. to
the extent that a bill has been intro
duced in the state chamber of deputies
permitting the establishment of open
saloons for the sale of light wines and
beer under strict state supervision. The
bill purposes limiting the number of sa-
looms in accordance with population and
the payment OF high state and munich
pal licenses.
Well informed Mexicans believe that
saloons will return under the proposed
new law as they contend that while
Gen. p. Elias Gales, military governor
of Sonora, is an advocate for prohibi-
tion he would much prefer the legaliz-
ing of the liquor traffic with the conse-
quent revenue to combating the in
creasing number of bootleggers.
The liquor situation in Aqua Prieta
| is troublesome one to the better class
of Sonora Mexicans and residents OF
| Douglas and other border towns 1t is
pointed out that Aqua Preta offers easy
access to any one in Douglas who de
sires to obtain liquor. At the present
time certain Mexicans with a great
show of friendship invite American:
across the line to visit the bootleggers
The Mexican policemen watch all Wis
itors closely, and, it is reported, make /;
practice of arresting Americans whel
their conduct becomes boisterous ant
rohbing them of their money and othe
valuables. Should the Americans pro
test there is always the alternative of ;
real arrest and a prison sentence or
heavy fine. Some observers here sa,
tn re-opening of the saloons viii d.
much toward making a bad situation
worse.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
FIGHT AGAINST
LEAGUE POSTPONED
Senators Will Wait Until
Ratification is Asked to
Show Opposition
A WEEKS RECESS
FOR CONGRESS STARTS
Several Opposition Senators Will Speak
About the Country-Plan to Follow
President Wilson With a Special
Train

WASHINGTON, July with the be-
ginning today of a weeks recess of CON
gress it seemed assured that senate op-
ponents of the league of nations would
abandon any plan for a formal senate dec
laration on the subject before the fight
for actual ratification of the treaty be-
gins. Until the recess plan was suggest
ed it had been the apparent purpose OF
soon as the appropriation bills were
passed to bring some senate action IN
advance of the presentation Of the treaty.
1t is now expected, however, that the
treaty viii be presented as soon as the re-
cess is over and the general prediction is
that from now on it will be a straight
out and out fight over unqualified rati6-
cation.
A number of the opposition senators
who left Washington today are to speak
against the league in many states. There
has been an effort by a committee of sen
ators to coordinate the speaking date.
Of the various league opponents and
tentative itinerary has been drawn W
| for special train to carry senators L
| answer President Wilson when he goei
| to the country in support of the league
The question whether the treaty woulC
be considered by the senate in open ses
sion was discussed among leaders toda,
and considerable sentiment was revealed
| against the proposal for open considera
| tion. 1t was said that the matter prob
ably would not be finally decided upol
until the treaty was submitted, but lead
crs generally believed that the session
would be open.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
CELEBRATION TO
OPEN WITH PARADE
West Brattleboro to Observe Fourth
Music by Band, Speaking by Capt.
Gibson-Other Features.

West Brattleboro will have its third
annual Fourth of July celebration and
picnic and plans and arrangements are
near completion to make it the best and
biggest affair yet held. The day eel
ebration will begin with parade at
$50, in which it is expected a large
number will take part. 1t will be headed
by the Brattleboro military band This
will be followed by athletic sports of
all kinds, including races, etc. There
also will be ball game. At 1.30 p. m.
Capt. Ernest w. Gibson will speak.
There will be music by the school chill
dren in the afternoon and a dance in
Academy hall. A rest room will be pro-
vided, in charge of members of the
Home Study club. lee cream, cake,
hot coffee, rolls and frankfurters will
be on sale. Everybody is invited to
spend the Fourth in West Brattleboro,
enjoy the sports and dancing and help
make the affair a success.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
AMERICANS TO
REBUILD NANCY
Close Contract With French Authorities
That May Reach Half Billion
Germany to Pay.

NESy YORK, July "A contract,
which at tentative figures involves $3.50,
100000, has been signed by the Vulcan
Steel Products company of this city for
of the war-destroyed area in
the Nancy district of France The con-
tract calls for replacing public buildings,
factories, dwellings, roads, bridges, church
es, in fact, practically everything that
was razed by the Huns
This is the first contract of which there
is authoritative information for war re-
construction work There have been re-
ports that the rebuilding of parts of
France and Belgium would be undertaken
by American companies, and predictions
that much American steel and building
material would go to France, but the dis
position in industrial circles has been to
believe that the reconstruction would be
done by the afflicted countries.
Associated with the Vulcan company il
the Nancy enterprise are two large con
tracing concerns, the McClintic- Marshal
Construction company and Macarthur
Brothers company. Negotiations have
been in progress ever since the signinl
of the armistice between Rodney d
Chipp, general manager of the Nulcal
company, and the committee of Nancy
The $3.50, 0,000 600 figure appears in the con
tract, but it is not definite amount anC
it is estimated that before the work i
completed half a billion dollars will hay
been spent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
BAND TO ACCOMPANY
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
Brattleboro and Bellows Falls Com
manderies to Take Brattleboro Music
to Philadelphia.

Arrangements have been made by
Beauseant commandery, knights Temp
lar, of Brattleboro and Holy Cross com
mandery of Bellows Falls for the Brat
tleboro Military band to accompany the
Knights Templar to Philadelphia Sept.
8 for the 34th triennial conclave of the
grand encampment.
Folders showing the itinerary have
been issued by the committee on pill
grimage of the two commanderies and
these have been placed in the hands of
the members The folders also contain
a brief outline of the program for the
conclave.
Members of the two communicates
will leave Brattleboro in parlor cars at
SIS the morning of Monday, Sept. s,
and will arrive in Philadelphia at Z
clock that evening, where rooms will
be provided at Hotel Rittenhouse From
Tuesday morning until Friday morning
Sept. y, variety of activities will be
carried on and the party will leave at
s o'clock Friday morning for their re,
turn trip, stopping at Atlantic City and
spending Friday night at the McAlpin
hotel in New York. They will return
to Brattleboro at 6 clock Saturday
evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
THE, ALLIANCE
WITH FRANCE
English Agreement Contingent Upon
Ratification by United States
Senate.

PARIS, July 2.-Premier Clemenceau, in
introducing the new treaties with Great
Britain and the United States in the
chamber of deputies Monday, said ac-
cording to the journal Officiel:
Il have the honor to introduce in my
name and the name of NJ Pichon (the
foreign minister1 and NJ. Leygued (the
minister of marine} a bill to approve
treaties concluded at Versailles on June
IS between France and the United States
and between France and Great Britain
concerning aid to be given France in
case of non-justihed German aggression.
The agreements between France and the
United States and between France and
Great Britain for the defense of France
against attack by Germany, it is under
stood, viii not become valid as far as
Great Britain is concerned until the
Franco American convention is ratified
by the United States senate.
Hope that France and the United
States viii continue to work closely to
gether in the future is expressed by
Georges Lechartier, in the Petit Partisan
| in an article reviewing the part played
| by the United States and President vii
son in the peace negotiations. france
he says, must preserve and develop ntC
action the high opinion of France held il
America
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
HUNGARIANS
ARE DEFIANT
Declares There is no Peace and Thew
Will Not Lay Down
Their Arms.

COPENHAGEN, July 2.-Defance to
the entente powers is expressed in a
proclamation to the Red army issued
by the Hungarian Soviet government.
according to Budapest despatch re-
ceived here. "We have to do with
the entire power of the greatest cx-
ploiters of the world, the French,
British and American money kings, la
Dor oppressors and peasant plunderers, y
the proclamation states. "We know a
dictated peace is no peace and we shall
not lay down our rifles because we are
defending to the last drop of blood the
proletarian dictatorship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-02
INSURRECTION
FEARED IN BERLIN
Radicals Demand Dictatorship by the
Proletariat-Strike Threatens
Food Supply.

BERLIN, Tuesday, July l ASSOCIATED
Press The Communist leaven has again
arrived to the fermenting stage in greater
Berlin and there are indications that the
strike movement may develop into
political insurrection. The street car
strike threatens to involve the suburban
and belt line railroad workers if not the
big industrial plants. The frankness with
which certain radicals are now demand
ing dictatorship by the proletariat is
looked upon as significant
In the meantime Gustave Noske, minis
ter of defense, is increasing his troop
patrols III the inner city, planting reels
OF barbed wire at strategic points and
generally tightening martial law regula-
tions
The most serious phase OF the situation
Is the attempt Of the striking rail work
ers to halt the movement of freight cars
especially those carrying incoming food
and coal.