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D, FIRST WEST 1
OUTERED NEAR POSTS
3C0HE or SOLDIERS SENT TO i
"* WELLSBTXRG TO DO OXTASD
DUTY.
Company A Remains at Camp Tort I
H*nry to Ersal: in the New
Recruits.
A score of n:? s?i1??t~5 ??!' Company t ?. :
First K?'cnn?i:i. \V.-st \'ir.i;iuiu National i
Ouanl. > ? rdsi y. w? s dispatched t'rnn [
'.'amp Fort llerirv to \V< llsburs; to do J
guard (Inly ill** kk Wabasli bridge.
Fart of i? has l^fti stationed !
>??: Ho'llair*' tor ' several <l>iys 'suardirtK;
the B*-n? ??nil- : tair. I>:'UIk*? ?he itul-j
timorc ami '?hi" railroad. Some htivfj
been doing ? 1 1 1 : \ the Terminal bridge j
abov?' fh?' r ? t y . MmJoj- Jackson Aruul?l. ?
commanding t battalion stationed ?'ii !
the fair ar"Mi?l>. yesterday . ordered :h?-j
? r>-niaiiiinK members lit- company lu .
take lip their otutrters near their post!
at UVIlsburi; ..ml. th- * nmvc to the
fSrool<? inty was made diirinK'
the atfernoon. j
Two more I* ti* r companies of the;
?First West \* t r i; i it i.-i regiment whichi
belong to Major Arnold's battalion are!
c \ irtcfd soon fr?*tn Fairmont. \vh'*r*:j
they are now Th<-j are i'?m
panvs I! axui i'. .Major Arnold "is de- !
laved i v carrying ? ? > < ? hts orders for |
the pfot ?' rt ;-?ti >?!' this section ijf tin.-,
nhii. Vall-v iinauju; tu?t all of the,
troops ordered by the Kastern L*epar t - j
.ment to l>e sen: \o this city have bectl
sent hy lh>- regimental ? 'inimnndfr at ?
Fairmont, orders were issued s?>vral I
days ace for the battalion of the First I
West Virginia-' Regiment composed of 1
Companies A. H. ?' and D and a ina
chine utiti company to ??tieamp at
Wheeling. but so far only < 'ompatiles
A and I> have arrived. The distribu- 1
tion of '"otnpnny l> anions the posts!
- at Bella ire. Welisburg and the Termi- I
}ia! bridge I'-aves only < 'ompany A at;
,.<"amp F"r: H? nry to train the new r< - j
craits and be ready for emergency
, . dlM i?-s,.
Tf" " Are Enlisted.
Eleven recruits have been acc-pted j
.- . . ..nr> sue ?? the arrival :
of thv companies of West Virginia |
i Jiiardsut'.i. who have been mustered
into federal service. Major Arnold tojd i
"the Intelligencer yesterday. I'robablv j
" twenty-five applicants have not been!
"able to Join the guard because there is;
no one Hi Camp Fort "Henry authorized |
? *wXo enlist recruits. Four enlisted nhy- 1
- sicians are stationed at regimental;
? ? headquarters at Fairmont, but there is j
not a regular physician of the service I
..with any of the four battalions in 'hoi
field service. I'r. W. II. Me Lain and j
..Dr. George Viewig have been respond
. ing to the calls for service when any
..of rhe guardsmen tit <*anip Fort Henry
"need medical attention.
Visitors See Army Life.
T Fntil the encampment of the bat
talion here is completed, the detailed!
"'plans for camp life and duty of the'
; men in Camp Fort Henry c.annot 1>'e .
*? executed completely. However. the!
great crowds of spectators who daily'
-?visit the fair grounds are seeing a lit'-l
tic of real army catnp life, and it is ,
-?rntercstinsr. to say the least. The driyl
begins With the first call at 5:"0 r\ m.. ,
..and from then until la at night the!
catnp is a busy scene. The regular!
drills are held each forenoon, hut no I
? parades of the battalion have been held j
_ as yet. Visitors are welcomed at all
'"time and civilians could not wish tor'
anything more enjoyable than a visit to
' the camp.
Major Arnold is a great big eong.-n-j
-?ial fellow, and equally as versatile |
with military affairs, and a few min
? Btes at his tent is ample to Impress
a vjsltor with the real seriousness of
.?the crisis. Captain Powell. First r.bu
. tenant BogartKand Second Lieutenant
..Alexander, of Company A. too. are ns
? fine fellows as they "are efficient of-!
fleers, and nothing less could be said
of Captain Bogard. First Lieutenant
Thomas and Second Lieutenant 1'vvull. i
^'the commissioned officers of < *om ;.any
D. Th? prtvates of both companies are
"a lot of jolly, good nat tired boys as
? well as diclpllned soldiers, and it's no
? ? vvopfier ftie soldiers are all makinsr b-ts
of friends.
Not h few of the cuardsmen at Camp |
Fort Henry are men whojit) salaries
their employers are paying while they
are engaged in the defense of the coun
iry. Ten or fifteen members of Com
pany A. Cap.-aln Powell said. are em
ployes of the Hope Natural Cits com
pany and will receive their pay from the
pis eomoany while they are in the ac
tive service. The same is true of two
H?-U telephone men. one or two railroad
men and one employe of the Imperial
Cream company.
First Sergeant Robert A. Travis, of
Company A. was called from his studies
as a Freshman in Pennsylvania I'niver
>m t y when his company was ordered to
mobilize. For answering the call of his
country, he will be allowed his credits
for hip fieshtnan year In the I'nivefsity.
anil it he must actually remain in ser
vice for four years, he will receive the
credits of the four-year university
cou rse.'
' "W. Y. T7. Represented
West Virginia University is doing
equally as well by Charles Shuti leworth
a private in Company A. lie was sum
moned from his freshman studies and Is
receiving his credits at the I'niversity.
Almost every avocation is represented
among the soldiers and many of theni
made almost heroic sacrifices to answer
the call to arni?. Hut the boys all say
they're having a fine time. They are
delighted with their camping place and
us surroundings.
Teaated By Red Cross
The officers and privates of Company
A yesterday were grateful to a number
of young ladies of the Kei| Cross who
gave them a delicious treat of ice.
cream and cak* at tha close of their
noon meai. The members of the com
pany posed for the camera at the re
quest of the young ladies, then proceed
ed to execute several drill maneuvers
for their entertainment. Company A
will welcome any more such visits and
the boys' of Company T> would not be
averse to such surprises. Their mess
tent was overlooked yesterday when tie
treat was served.
SELECT~S1TE~F0R"
U. S. ARMOR PLANT
WASHINGTON. D. t\. April 25 ?
After an inspection of available sites
in the vicinity or Charleston. \V. Va.,
for the government's armor plate and
projectile plants. Secretary Daniels
to-day accepted from the Charleston
city government the cession of 2H5.65
acres of land located in South Charles
ton. The reservation lies between the
Great Kanawha river anil the Chesa
peake k Ohio Railway. Natural gas.
electric light, facilities of three rail
roads and city water supply are avail
able there.
AGAINST CENSORSHIP.
NEW YORK. April 25.- Resolutions
J requesting congress to eliminate the
i press censorship clause in the espion
age bill because it .' strikes at ihe fun
damental rights of the people," and
I Is "full of peril to tree institutions,"
; were adopted unanimously by the
I American Newspaper Publishers' as
sociation at their annual convention
j here today.
IMMUNITY PROMISED.
CH.Mil.KST' 'N. \V. Va.. April 1!5.?
! tit'iuiry into the charges that money
! was expended in the recent city election
to influence .the result and that other
offenses against the .-lection law were
| committed, will he thorough " hen tic
I .special grand jury convenes in the.
Kanawha county intermediate court
n* xt Tuesday. As an inducement to
mak.- the probe more thorough. Ptose
cuting. Attorney l.ittlep.ig.. declared to
|d?y that he will- give immunity io any
person who violated the eb-i-iiou law iii
I either buying or selling votes, who will
| cyme before the grand Jur\ and dis
close the whole truth.
L
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, $ linathcStomachsand BohvIsq^
; ; ? ? 0
T?.t?7* irfc (-"CHILDREN
For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
atrmaw
^??^rtvmateSaix
him StrcC
Oarififd Sugar
? hnttryrrm flavor
? f ? rT|' A helpful Remedy for a
WzZnl 1 Constipation and Di&rrtiociJ
;fr and Fcvcrishness and fj
Loss of Sleep !i
hitsulting therefrora-inMaacy. )
fj
fac-Similc Stfnafore of J
In
Use
Over
Thirty Years
MURDERERS ENTER
PRISON FOR LIFE
Nolte and Alexander to Moundsville
With Quartet of Others to Be
gin Serving terms.
There was a big falling off in tlie
population of the county jail yester
day. Sixteen prisoners l?*ft the county
prison during the day. Six of thorn
were taken to the state penitentiary
at Moundsville. The others were ten
and fifteen day men who completed,
jail teruis for minor offenses.
Two of the men removed to Mounds
ville i;o to the penitentiary to serve
life terms for murder. They are John
H. Nolle, alias Jack Xolte, slayer of
Robert Lee Kitz, and Joe Alexander,
who shot and killed Mrs. Nettie Wheby
a Syrian widow with whom he was in
fatuated. H. C. Fry, forger, and Roy
Nixon, Raymond Bishop and Prank
Zimmerman were the others taken lo
Moundsville. *
| The prisoners were handcuffed and
chained together and taken to the
penitentiary aboard a Wheeling Trac- j
tion car. They were closely guarded)
by Parole Officer A. J. Coleman and
Guards George Beckett and Arnold I
Rinehart.
Frank Przeleaiski, who was also con- i
vk-ted at the last term of court of j
murder, will withdraw his motion for |
a new trial when court convenes i
again and ask to receive his life sen- j
tence in prison.
Harry C. Hunter Shows open today.
Bridge Park; twice daily. . apr25tf
NEllEFS !
? Miss Elizabeth Oates, of No. 11 lj
Eighteenth street, began duty as ai
crossing watcher on the Baltimore ?fc j
Ohio railroad yesterday at Seven-;
teenth and Eoff streets. Miss Oates!
is the first woman to take such a job.!
The railroad is experimenting to see'
if women are capable in this position, j
? Potatoes In priced dropped toj
$3.00 a bushel yesterday upon thei
(arrival of 3,0050 bushel from Chicago. I
i The price was $3. SO on Saturday and
j I hat had dropped five cents from Fri-j
; day. A break in greenstuff prices is
'expected today. |
! -J. V. Braden. ticket agent at thei
? Pennsylvania railroad station, is ex-',
Ipected to return from California this!
week to resume his duties. had
ibeen In the coast state for his health.
|W. L. Wright, present agent, will re
jturn to his former agency at the
j Carnegie (Pa.) station.
I ? Governor Corn well has designated
j Hon. W. P. Hubbard, of this city, as
one of West Virginia's delegates to
the convention of the League to En
force Peace at Washington May 10-11.
? Judge IT. C. Hervey yesterday en-:
terday an order naming Attorney John!
P. Arben/. commissioner to sell Tri
adelphia district property involved in.
the suit of W. 3,. Scherupf vs. Herbert
- Stoehr.
j ? Health Commissioner W. C. Etz
i lor yesterday instructed the health
I department inspectors to enforce the
j ordinance providing that chickens!
'must be penned up. The ordinance!
jwill be rigidly enforced for the pro
lection of the back lot gardens.
? The county commissioners yes
terday contracted with T. W. Stobhs
for repairs to the Paxton Memorial
monument on the court house lawn.
? Judge Addleman will hear the
testimony in several divorce cases in
il'art II. of circuit court today,
j ? West Virginia's ''one quart a
month law" becomes effective on Mayj
12. From that date, it will be illegal!
j to carry more than a quart fit' liquor i
jinto the state or front one place in i
: tiie state io another within a period I
j of thirty consecutive days.
GERMAN CAPTAIN
WILL BE WITNESS
NEW YORK. April 25. ? Franz Rin-j
telen, it captain in the German navy,'
indicted by a Federal grand jury in;
December, 11(15, with Rcpres??til}it ive
Frank Buchanan, David Latnara. form
er Representative II. Robert Fowler
j and others, for alleged conspiracy to
instigate strikes in munitions plants. I
with the co-operation of Labor's Na-1
J tional Peace Council, was brought!
here to-day from England, where he j
had been a prisoner of war. It is tin- <
derstood Rintclen will be a witness at j
the trial of those indicted with him.
Rulledge 'Rutherford, indicted re- 1
cently in connection with a spy plot
set on foot by Charles? Sender and
Carl W. Wunnenberg. both of whom
I wet-" sentenced to prison terms, also
?was brought here to-day from Hoi-!
hand.
MASY A.TJTO LICENSES.
rtf ARI.KSTI ?N. \v. Va . April ?5 ?
Applications for new auto ' !.*? n - ar.>
j 1'Plnir ri'i^'ived I'V iht> s'at- runlit'?r ;it
I lio ?-?! t ? ? or 'I" ?< < 1 ? ? ;. and It is ? s
tiiiiati-d tliai :i"."'?" will l? l>v
tin- mi a if ieml < ??noiii^-i' 'oidi-r ;li<*
ii. >v It.-, lis.- law oi l''ts 'llw tuns fi.r
i (if fotnuu s>-?isi>n " ? ; ? ! iri'.y a M.i. -k
? ??ckgr u.nitl, 1 lie 1
WHEELING SETS MEET
OF LADY SHR1NERS
PARKERSBURU. W. Va? April 25.
? The third annual session of the
grand council of lite Ladies Oriental
Shrine ill North America was hold
here today. Wheeling was selected as
the place for holding the fourth an
nual session next year. A banquet
was served the delegates tonight
which was followed by a ceremonial
session.
The officers chosen are as follows:
High priestess, .Mrs. J ? n n i?? ("ox. of
Pittsburgh; princess, Mrs. Samuel
Warlield, of Wheeling; associate
princess, Mrs. Jennie Bartlett, Tulsa,
Okla.: recorder, Mrs. S. J. Summers,
Wheeling; treasurer, Mrs. Fred li.
Stroehmann. Wheeling, first ceremon
ial lady, Mrs. George Ford, Wheeling;
second ceremonial lady, Mrs. Bitz
uian, Wheeling; oriental guide, Mrs.
F. M. Dunbar. Parkershurg: marshal,
Mrs. J. W. Pickett, Wheeling; inner
guard, Mrs. L. M. Frederick. Pit.ts
burgh; outer guard. Mrs. W. A. Huff,
Parkershurg; trustee for three years,
Mrs. W. 11. Debendorfer. Mannington.
IMPORTANT NICHT AT
THE RESCUE MISSION
Public Invited to Large Board of Di
rectors' Meeting in Chapel Room.
Special Attractions.
To-night is the big night of the week
at the Rescue Mission. Two hundred
business men have been sent invita
tions to attend the first meeting of the
board of directors at the Rescue Mis
sion building, and the public is also
invited. Thy meeting will begin at 7
o'clock.
Next week the big Bible class rally
will bo started. Boosters from Park
ersburg will come up to help out.
Fifty Bibles have been received at the
mission from a friend of Mr. Cory's
in New York. A family Bible fur use
on the pulpii was given the mission by
J. M. Brown, of I h?- Island.
At ' to-night's meeting Rev. Thomas
Drier Koontz and Kev. .lames M. Pot
ter will speak. Mrs. Thomas f trier
Koontz will sing a solo, and Mrs. J.
P. Collins will read '.'The Watch
man." _
IS NEW~RUSSIA~
LOSING ITS GRIP?
I.OXDON, April IT., 4:li> n. m. ? Des
patches from I'etrograd report ihfit the;
revolut lonary spirit is manifesting it
self in the rural districts of Russia,
bringing its': 1< ?ti pr standing agriurlun |
troubles t" :t hi*.i ii . Nut withstanding
the organization of food committees,
which are doing their best to make the
peasants understand that the laud ques
t it >n cannot be wisely settled until th<;<
constituent assembly is elected, thol
peasants are inclined to take the manor
into their own hands.
Soldiers visiting their rural homes,
with or without leave, spread the news!
of the revolution and lead the peasants
against the land owners. This is chief
ly the <w so in th<> Saratov government,
where t tio people a r* often inclined to
he turbuh-nt. Tiie peasants. after pass
ing rosol ut ions nf o<mil.vvat*r>n, have pre
c? i'de,| 1 n take possession of the lands
and drive the land owners away.
The peasants unnounced that thoy
will nndertake the spring sowing them
selves hui owing to lack of seed this is
sniil to lie impossible. In oniisot|tionoe
the sowing is likely to he much delay
ed and a serious shortage of crops is
f.-arod. The authorities /ire taking the I
niatt"r in hand and hope to prevent such
a misfortune.
STATE PEN CONVICTS
GO OUT ON STRIKE |
CHARLESTON. \V. Va.. April 2f?. ? *]
Eight. state convicts, employed in thej
construction of county roads in thej
vicinity of Snow Hill, near Charles- 1
tion, refused to work today and were)
brought to the county jail here by W. i
A. Melrose, guard from the slate pen
intentiary at Moundsville. It is under
stood thai the men charge lack of
food and other irregularities. They
will be taken tomorrow to ihe peni
tentiary.
ELKS' COMMITTEE
Meet at Civil) Tlila Evening to Plan Tor
B1{T Patriotic Event Tor Itoclge.
The si commit tee of the Wheel
ing Lodge of !?" Iks in charge of plans
for the l>ig patriotic meeting to b.< held
soon t>v the Klks.-nioets lit the club ibis
evening to take further action. The dale
probably will bo fixed and speakers may
.be chosen i his ?; veiling.
: CLEVELAND LOCKOUT ENDED.
1 CLEVELAN K ( b, April 25. -- The
lockout of twenty thousand building
workmen, members of . the Building
Trades council, In effect since March
1:*. was ended today by the Building
Trades Employers' association. It is
estimated that twenty million dollars
worth of construction work has b|en
bold no bv the lockout. j
MOUNDSVILLE WOMAN
GRAND GUARDIAN OF
THE WOODMAN CIRCLE
CEATTON GETS KXXT TELSTATE
BXBVHXU. COmTENTION OP
OBJDEB
The third biennial convention o f the
Woodmen Circle, auxillaxy* of the Wood
men of the World, at Moundsvllle. was
brought to 11 close yesterday with the
election of officers of tho tri-state dis
trict and. th? transaction of other bus
iness. The election of officers consum
ed the entire morninjr session of the
convention. Tho counting of the ballots
was not completed until late last even
in (T.
Grnnd Guardian ? Mrs. 15. H. Fouty.
Moundsvllle.
Grand Adviser ? Mrs. Ella Stewar,
Fairmont.
Grand Clerk ? Marjraret Snyder, Fair
mont.
Grand Banker ? Rosa Burns. District
a* Columbia
Grand Attendant ? Ajrnes Helms. Hag
erstown, Md. ,
Assistant Grand Attendant ? Gladys E.
CMpp. Haperstown, Md.
Grand Outer Sentinel ? Ola Bruney,
Parkersbur^.
Inner SVntlnel ? Julia N". Proudfoot,
Howlesburc. W. Va_
Delegate to 8upremo Forest ? Mrs.
Alex Foreman, Morjrantown.
Following the election of officers
which formally closed the convention,
the delegates from lh-laware, Maryland
and this state, enjoyed a trip through
the state penitentiary, and a tour over
Moundsville in automobiles.
DOOCXXXXKX)OCXXXXXXJWUW*JW
I About People |
q Movements of Individuals to X
R and From the City. J5
A.T THE HOTELS
Rosier* ? George i'\ Ulch Parkers burg;
K E. Hovcrn. Meadvllle. Pa.; W. T L.ytle
Meredith. Pa.
MoLure ? U C. Tule. Steubenville; J.
S Cowl. New Cumberland; Kred Diddle,
Philippi; John M. Harper, Spencer, W.
Va.: James W. Scott, Marietta; J. M.
Marsh, Cameron: W. Hawkins, fw
in, , ni ' F. A. Mansfield. Charleston: Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Miller Marietta: R. M.
Cowl. Now Cumberland: Samuel Rraden,
Cameron. W. Va.; George 1- Pump.
Zanesville; Mrs. O. A. Rosseau. Clarks
burg: M. W. Rissett. Deep Valley. Pa.
Windsor ? J. H. Knapp. Parkersburg.
C. M. Billow, Springfield, Ohio; J. H.
Kisher, Oakdale, Pa.
St a mm ? Mr. and Mrs. -Tame... Tooth
m?n. Partnington, W. Va.: H. C. She wai
ter, Clarksburg: W. B. Campbell. *alr
mont.
Walter A. Snow, secretary of the
Stat" SundRi' school association, will
arrive in town today to arrange affairs
for the State Sunday school convention
in Parkersburg. ??n May ? and 10.
Mrs. Thomas Crier lvoontz ar.d Mrs.
W. W. Irwin attended the Brooke coun
ty Sunday school convention in Irollana
hVe. yesterday. , ,
W. Winston", wealthy ex-hotel keeper
of W'atertown. S. Dak.. Is in the. city en
route east, lie hits visited relatives at
Clnrington. Ohio.
Rev. S. C. Jones of the Chaplin" street
ehurcli. represented the State Sunday
?c.hool association home department nt
!),.? |trook>* eouniy .Sunday school con
vention in Kollansbee yesterday.
Mr? Walter A. Snow, of ( larksourg.
superintend. nt of elementary work in
the State Sunday school association, was
in til" cltv yesterday.
K K Mansfield. Charleston telephone
man arrived In town yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. K. R Miller ol Marietta,
Ohio, are the quests of friends In \Vheei
'"vr and Mrs. James Toothman. of
KaVnilngton. W. Va.. are shoppers in tho
\y if Barton promoter of wrestling
! matches in 'Wheeling lett last night for
j Canton O. , .
T Tendon Bier has returned to this
citv after a visit in Pniontown Pa.
Miss Kave Algeo of StHtersville is
spending a few days here with trlemls ,
FM MSt rilnsrler" find >* lllwini i
Sntidow have returned to Savannah
Co.. after being in the city for the j
wrestling matches. . ?
c.lenn Alter, formerly of Ihe Register,
has left for Pittsburgh, where he has
secured a position.
P K". Russell, general manager or
the Pittsburgh Motor Car Co.. of Pitts
. burgh. Pa., was in the city last night,
I for the Markell-Stamm wedding.
Mr^ C W Voitle of Weston. TV. \ a.,
{ and her mother, Mrs. John H. Barnes
'are visiting Mrs. J. W. Rrooks on 1- lf
I to* nth st r-*et. ?
Rabbi A. II. Silver rerumert yesterday
from a visit of several days with
friends in Cleveland.
Mr? Joseph Gibson of Carnegie. Pa.,
will 'rrive today to attend the funeral
for her brother. Harry J. Barrett of
tllenwood Heights.
Col. W. P.. Buser of Chillicothe. n..
has returned home after a few days
visit with friends in the Wheeling dls
i'Mrs. William John Mooney of Eoff |
I street, is ill. ...
David Phvfe of South Wheeling, will
I yp. nd Sunday tvi th friends and relatives
i at Washington. Pa. I
Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition,
r Walter. Bee. of Charleston, Is in the^
city assisting Deputy Commissioner j
Iter! E. Phillips in preparing- to- submit
Yost law cases to the federal grand jury
next week.
lion. W. P. Robinson has returned
fri m Salem, where he attended to legal
business.
>? rs. Adelaide Egerter and daughter.
Miss Eva have taken tip their residence')
at the Stratford Springs hotel.
Mrs. James R. McKee and daughter,
Miss Virginia, have taken apartments at
the Stratford. ,
James Stewart of Elm Grove, has ac
cepted a position on the reportiai staff
of The Register..
?William Downing of North Wheeling,
has gone to Pittsburgh, to accept a posi
tion with a railroad company. <
B. Walker Peterson Is in Philadelphia
and Harrisburg. Pa., this week, on bust- |
WAGE INCREASE FOR
THE HARD COALERS |
NEW YORK. April 25.? Voluntary I
wage increases of approximately Jwen- 1
!y per cent are granted to 175,000 |
miners in the anthracile coal fields by;
an agreement signed tonight by repre-j
senlaives of the operators and the i
United Mine Workers of America. The J
advance is virtually the same as that,
recently given to 22i",000 workers in .
the bituminous fields. I
Tho increases granted are a perma- ?
nent addition to the present, wage rale I
and not a bonus.
COPENHAGEN, via London. April,
2f>. 5:20 p. m. ? Pieter Jellea Troeletra,
president of the International Social- 1
isls' Bureau, who has arrived here
from Tin1 Hague by way of Berlin, is i
quoted by the Social Demokbaten as j
saying that the object of his visit to:
Berlin was to endeavor to obtain per- 1
mission for the German Socialist mi
nority party to be represented at the
coming conference in Stockholm. To
this end he had an interview with For
eign Secretary Zimmerman.
The Socialist leader said lie had rea
son to believe thai Austria, in making i
peace, would agree lo liberate Serbia
and give, her an outlet to the sea,
while Germany would probably liber
ate and rebuild Belgium.
STEPBKNVILLE. O.. April L'5.?
Three hundred employes of the Ameri
can Sewer Pipe company struck at To
ronto, near here today, lo enforce their
demand for a nine hour day and an in
? reiisi- of t on per cent. Efforts \vere
under way to bring out the workmen
?t eight other clay working plants.
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RIGHT INTO YOUR HOME
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Possesses wonderful character of tone and un
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home, entertain your friends and will be a de
lightful companion.
DON'T MOVE THE
OLD PIANO
We will make you a liberal allowance for it in
exchange on a new Player Piano and arrange
for you to pay the balance so it will be no burden,
A few good Used Players priced at $295,
$315, $345, $375 and $390. Worth con
i I siderable more.
Davis, Burkham &Tyler Co.
1416-1418 Market Street, Wheeling.
I NEW YORK. April 25.? Narcotic |
1 drug*. said to be valued at $500,000, ,
smuggled into the United States from ,
England and -Canada, have boon seized I;
by the internal revenue officers In two,
apartments in this city and taken to j
t iie custom house, police headquarters
announced tonight. Two young Rus-J]
sians are under arrest charged with,
having the drugs in their possession.
The seizure followed the arrest of the
Russians who described themselves as
Max Kirschon. -7 years old, a moving
picture operator, and Jack Malaga, same
age. a painter:
The smugglers conducted the Illegal
traffic on a wholesale business basis
which had reached such proportions, it
is alleged, that a monopoly virtually j
had been established.
The men were taken to police head
quarters where it was found the sui'.
casc, which was carried by Kirschen,
contained drugs valued at SS.nOO. In
one suspected apartment two trunks full
of drugs were found and in another one J
j trunk.
CABLE CENSORSHIP
TO BE ESTABLISHED!
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 25. ? j
Censorship on .ill cables touching the):
United States and on Jtelegraph andj<
telephone lines into Mexico will be es- 1
tablished shortly by executive order..
Regulations formulated jointly by the |
State. War, Navy and Justice Depart
ments and the new committee on pub
lic Information were approved to-day
by the representatives of the various
wire and cable companies.
The cable censorship offices will be
at New York, Key West, Galveston ;
and San Francisco, where the cables!]
touch. The navy will direct the cable I j
work, probably with civilian censors, j i
while die army will control the com- ;
municarion lines into Mexico.
There is no plan for extending the ?
censorship to lines of internal commu
nication. The chief object of th.e or- -
der will be to prevent the transmis
sion to Mexico, South or Central i
America of information that might be
of value to Germany. ' ,
RYNDAM TO SAIL
WITH THE AUSTRIANS !
NEW YORK April 25.? The Hol-l]
land-American liner Ryndam is wait-|
ing in this port to take home Count i
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, who i
was sent to the United States by Aus
tria as ambassador in January, but ]
was not officially received on account .
of the break in diplomatic relations be- \
tweon his country and the United ,
States. It is expected he will sail i
some time next week, although it is ?
understood the line has not been ofli- :
ciall.v notified as yet as to the dare.
Accompanying Count Tarnowski. it .
is understood, will be a party of be
tween 175 and 200 persons, made up
of consular representatives and em-'i
ploy os in the United States. China and !
Cuba. Safe transport has been as- If
sured the ship and the party by Great.,
Itritain and her allies through inter-!
cession by the American State Depart- 1'
ment. The vessel probably will stop j
at Halifax for emminat ion. -similar to!
that to which former German Ambas-i
sador von nernstorfT and his part* '
were subjected.
The Austrian party from Washing- j
tori is expected to arrive here on a[
special train and go direct to the ship, j
The Austrians from China anil Cuba,
are now in the United States, or are,
title to arrive here in time to sail on'!
the Ryndam.
The departure of the Rvndarn will
be the first sailing of a Holland-Ainer- ;
ican liner carrying passengers from an j
I American port since January, because j
of the German submarine decree.
S3SSAS DISMISSED.
Tuny Klssas was dismissed upon a'
charge <>f violating the Yost law by j I
Squire R. O. Hobbs vaster day evening, i
The hearing was conducted in the of- j
lice of the county Jail. A detective i
placed on the witness, stand, upon >
whose information Tony's place near;
Korty-sevcnth street, was pulled, when'
placed on the stand denied .knowing
Kissns or having purchased drink from)
him. '
40 816 SHIPS
SUNK BY SUBS
LONDON, April 25.-10:38 P. M ?
The weekly statement of vessels gunk ?
as made public thiB evening shows that
forty vessels of over 1600 tons each
were sent to the bottom by minea or
submarines.
MUSKINGUM MEN
OFF FOR THE FARMS '
8pecial Dinpurb to Um IntellicouMr.
NEW CONCORD, 0., Apri 125.? Ia.
response to the call made to colleges
by Governor Cox, of Ohio, 60 Muskin
gum students are leaving college to ??
work on the farm, and over a aozen
have made application for the summer
traiaing camp at Ft. Harrison, Ind.
In view of this splendid response on
the part of the students, and the fact
that the liquor traffic is consuming
and wasting so much food, a petition
unanimously and enhusiastically en
dorsed by the student body, and head
ed by President J. Knox Montgomery,
has been sent President Wilson and
Congress, asking them to do all in * -
their power to abolish the liquor traf
fic. The students have daily military
drills here.
Liner Turns Tail on
An Unknown Cruiser
NEW YORK, April 25. ? Report of
an unidentified auxiliary cruiser flying
no flag, about 200 miles off the Amer
ican coast, at noon yesterday, was
brought here to-day by passengers on
*n incoming trans-Atlantic steamship.
According to one of tbem, Wilson
Tu agate, the strange vessel, after ap
proaching rhe merchantman, sent a
wireless messag#-, saying:
"Notify Washington we have Just
left. New York harbor "
The captain of the steamer consid
ered the war vessel's actions unusual,
I'ungate said, and changed, his course
?o as to bring a sixrinch stern gun to
bear on the cruiser, whereupon the
stranger turned and steamed away.
[NTO KHAKI FOR
PERIOD OF WAR
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 25.?
3y official order to-day the American
irmy went into service uniforms of
leld khaki and olive drab for the pe
riod of the war. . Full dress uniforms, ?
tvitb their wealth of gold lace, -will be
?een only at White House ceremonies,
it occasions specially designated.
It is the custom of armies to put
iside full dress uniforms in war time.
First Assistant ? Would you marry a
;irl that paints?
Second Assistant-r-Yes, !f she's an
irtist and has any experience In paint
ins: barns.? Erie Railroad Magazine. .
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Did you ever visit an in
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blind and cripple men on the
street withoul thinking what
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would be if you were so
afflicted? Well I cannot pre
vent you from being so un
fortunate, but 1 have a policy
that will take care of you,
and your loved ones if the
worst comes.
Albert Snedeker
THE INSURANCE MAN
. 409 G-erman Btvrlc Bull cling',
WliMUac.