It Will Be Worth While To Attend The Republican "Get-Together" Meeting This Evening, In The Market_Anditorium"

" g g^ *. vC- -X- if* ¦& ¦£¦ * |5jj

f THE INTELLIGENCER f% Largest Morning Paper %Z Circulation In West Virginia. I

4f 45 ¦5t4f4r4f'3f"W'K*'X-vr X- '/. -a- --v -'t- -X- if if -H -rf tt -M- m

The Weather *

V 0 L U M E I. X v . . NO. "> f> WHEELING. W. VA, S A T U H 1 > A V . 0 (J T OliEK 'J S . I Dirt.

Fair Saturday: Sundsy partlycloudy.

.v. .\i x. z'- .v. j;. .v.# M -v. -I;. .v. .v. .v. ;y.

PRICE . T W 0 C E N T S

REGARDING PLOT TOATTACK THE BORDER

To Do So Would Close Valua¬ble Channel Of Information.No Politics In It

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2T.SecretaryBaker left for Wilmington. Ohio, to-jright to continue his campaign speak- Jinn, without revealing either the,sources or the exact nature of the in-

formation which impelled the V> ar De- .

parunent yesterday to issue a state- ?

raent saying it had knowledge that an^

attack on the border or on American :

troops in Mexico was being plannedby enemies of the administiation s |nolicv toward Mexico.

.

It was learned that the suspicion .

was aroused beer some da,ySr5d° con'-rhat reoorts ot u.u allc^cu lciici^

spiracv appearing in certain Americannewspapers were transmiaedtothe ,

border for investigation. Agents of jthe Department of Justice and of the jrreasurv are supposed to have madeinquirv, although there are intimationsthat General Fuuston also was advis-ed as a matter of inL°rmatloa'ports reaching Washington yesterdayless than an hour before Bakerleft for West Yirgtnia to deliver a,campaign adrin-ss. led the "ttarrarv to confer with becretary Lans-n^at "the State Department and issue thestatement.

No Ficlitica! MotiveSuggestions that the statement was!

so worded ^ virtinill> charge jAmerican political opponents ot the;administration of conspiring \\ith tnt;bandits caused both Secretary Baser ;and Secretary Lansing today to l< 1

^>rate the latter's slatemt-nt ot last jnight that there was no intension to;do such a thing. Both said if was im- 1possible to conceive that, any Ameri¬can could be involved in such an en-

.erprise and that Mexicans now m theUnited States and Mexico to tne endthat the de facto government might

^be overthrown.,iIn (i>'i'!in r,i lo p'tbiu- sl.o r*f-'

fir*- ¦ tfio infornwsion r.--eiv.-.i. itsaid at bo; 'a th* state and v;ar depart- j.netUs that lo do ?o vvould ciose a ' ai- ,lablo channel iT'-uglt whichbe k'-pt on M. xi'-n altairs. Th.: f rr'-s.of some individual » us-d ..! compitc-.:>. in the niot. it v. is stated amiu>r:-latively. probaidy would b- 'n." publu .

next informal i'*a «.!> tlv >iu>;v:t."Or. S. orces Secure.

High arrnv . .ifi,,ia's 'n.-i*. no douo..f the conipu-r, it y of American'ore-is in Me\ < o a -a: as: any aua- K.¦>ne?al 1'fcrshing ha* n-arly men:.vith him. it is uiuU-rsi.viii. atjd !.:* ror... >

iro said to be *o discs' d that an> .

i.iilani who might corac W'1ns,£.,"^.ny-is Vouid be* easily bandied. Ta» r«.- every indication tbat attankers woiud 1

pursued whether th-- raidv-nNrocted against th'- iroop* ;n Mc-xko or

bord-T town.. ,The state d. !...!.: r.wn-. r«" 1 1*!*"?} *,?£'odav that th- si' nati*>n . t;"-»hu^Oitv'had bf-cn r« ;i-v-d bv th.-. annul .>.

. ;arranza troops :'i>-n th- son.u t" aup-C-n.rni Ttwin-s sa«w. i'-n-

ASSfSciwsgj

:-.oii?h bross d-spatot«.-« .»»?" athat l°ft s^v.-ral days ago.

OFFICIALS BELIEVE |LINER CHICAGO IS !SOT IN ANY DANGER

iNEW YORK. Oct. -7..Cable ship

news from London received here to-,dav stated that the French Line steam-ship Chicago which left Bordeaux.October 22. for New \ork, with -bo,nasseneers on board, was heading to.l-aval the Azores, with a tire in her\*o 3 hold. The cable added that the j.'hicago was expected to reach Faya Irodav. This report was confirmed b> ;:t cable message froiu Lloyds, London.-:o the maritime exchange ,

Officials of the French Line said:hev had received no ^ord du-ecUy of j:Ue* Chicago. Cablegrams filed to theiiome office of the line ana 'o Payal. jhad not been answered up ti> a latj: .

hour today. Absence of direct word.'¦Yench line officials here said, leadthem to believe that the fire is notserious and that, passengers on boardare in no immediate danger 'he jChicago carrier- onl> second and >h;rdc'si^s passengers in addition to treight.The dav she sailed the line here wasa 1vised she had 1*7 cabin and !)Ssteerage on board. The ship carriesin addition a crow of about *he.a a- built in 1'JOS. anc is registort d at10 032 tons. With the Uochahbeau.nd La Fayette of tlu- same hne Finco:he war began, the Chicago ha.- prov ¬

ed one of the main arteries of com-

tnerce from France with this port.

SEVENTEEN]® INHOSPITAL FIREQUEBEC; NO INQUESTFARNH\M, Quebec, 0<-t. -7.--lhe

number of lives lost in the lire tha, iStroved St. Elizabeth's hospital.iore ednesday night was reduced -.o

to-day. Two aged inmates UU)

had been included in thenir were found. Search of tn" ru.'.«

resulted in the Mdliiiiof f«Jir '!.oodifs. No inquest will b« n». .u.

was stated to-night. ;An investigation condu -fd t ..

municipal authorities to ascer.am '1.-^^use of the tire led to th* aband -n-

ment 'o-dav of the inceiuliary yieo.^..and placed the blame upon defective^

Even1 building in Faniiiam is nnd'^r ;,rmed guard to-ni-'h!. a:m m>-n *

or revolvers -ach; niaivmn-.

¦w and down, and <he viilas- str^ !looked like a niilitarv guard to-iiii,.ii; ;

iIt0wh,fa5o".r Sffiio^ IS.%- jtbo factories were lighted up.ThP theory regarding the mc-ei.dui-|

*o that a couple of joun« mt n ,

hkve become obsessed »ir.b a desire :o jSto. buildings as a result otth© hospital fire. '

The Democratic party in 1912 fervently declared thatit would reduce the cost of living.

Consumers everywhere, and particularly working- men,

were assured that Democratic policies would makecheaper clothes, cheaper shoes and cheaper food.

Compare these prices, taken from the wholesale mar¬

kets of Wheeling- in 1912 and 1916.Here is how they have reduced the cost of living:

Price Price1912 1916

Spring Wheat Flour.per bbL_ S5.55 S10.15Winter Wheat Flour.per bbl._ 5.25 7.90Bread per loaf .05&.10 .06 & 12Milk (Summer per quart .08 .10Milk (Winter .per quart .10 .12Ham .17 .20i/«Boneless Ham .28 .34Breakfast Bacon .19 .22V2Lard .13\'s .171/8Potatoes per bushel .85 1.45Sweet Potatoes 1.90 2.25Navy Beans.per bag 2.50 6.00

Sugar.per hundred, wholesale. 5.07 7.67Cabbage.per bbl 1.50 3.00Dairy Butter.per lb .24 .30Creamery Butter per lb .31 .35Canned Tomatoes.per dozen__ .90 1.25Canned Corn.per dozen .85 1.08Cream Cheese .18 ,221/oVinegar .15 .17

Clothing an average advance of 25 'V.Boots and Shoes an average advance of 50%.

5THLGOINGHIGHEREVERYDAY!

AND THEVPROMISE 0 TOLOWER THEHIGH COST OFLIVING! i

STRUGGLES AGAINST |<TWO INVADING FORCES j

Gen. MacKensen And Falken-|'hayn Continue Advance. :

Quiet In WestRumania, caught in the grip of two

invading forces of the Central powers,is still struggling desperately to ward

off the incessant attacks of Field .Mar¬

shal von Mackensen and General von

Falkenhayn.Advancing northward in Dohrudja.

von Mackensen's troops have reacheda line running from Hirzova, on the;T>anube, to Casapkeui, on the Black1Sou coast, from 4'» to GO miles fromwhere they crossed the Con.stanza-Tchernavoda Railway line. The cap¬ture of Hirzova would give the Teu¬tonic allies the advantage of having '

little marshy ground to traverseshould they attempt to make a cross¬

ing of the river here into old Ru-mania. as the low lying ground vir¬tually disappears for some distancearound Hirzova.

General von Falkenhayn continuesto make progress in the direction ofCampulung. south of Predeal, on ;.h«Transylvania front, and Bucharest ad¬mits a retirement of the Rumanianforces in the Jiul Valley, which is situ¬ated in the Vulcan Pass region. TheRusso-Runianian forces to the northhave repulsed Austro-German attacks,while in the Uzul Valley the Runia-

1

nians continue to advance, and in the .

region of Okna have occupied a height1and a village.

Hampers Operations.Inclement weather is hampering th*

operations on the Somme and Mace¬donia fronts, and only bombardmentshave taken place in these regions.Another attempt by the Germans at an

attack west of the village of Donau- !mont. in the Verdun region, was j..hecked by the French curtain of tire, jThe* Germans are still heavily bom¬barding all the newly won positionsof the French in this region. jOn the eastern front, in Russia,,

there has been little fighting excep't.in the region of the Shara river, north¬west of Pi risk. N'ear Goldovitc a Ger¬man attacw forced tin- Russians toretire to the eastern bank of the shara.In an engagement in the English Chan¬nel between British and German tor¬pedo boat destroyers, two German de¬stroyers were sunk, according to Lon¬don, while the British lost an emptytransport. In addition, a British tor-nedo boat destroyer is missing and janother ran agrounrl after it had beendisabled by a torpedo.

SEARCH FOB MEN !N iSp.--:a! F'tTtlrh to thi" Intc'llncncr.KAERMONT. \V. V:i. net. 27..The |

search lor the si x dead bodies in t «i«;;!l fa t nr[ Jamison mn:e N". 7, nt EJar-rackviile. where an explosion occurrednine nays axe. i-itt 1 r'nilinues with no,results. !t is th<vi3rht the bodies arc|W: ; r 'I beneath w.'vcl:;iCi j.it. s and tiic'debris i< being olo.*«r.,d away :>s tepidlyas possible. It \\"i stated tunisht thatin ail probabilities the bodies wen: Id be:reached by iiu'in Saturday. The rcscueparties work in shifts all iliy and night.The jury drawn investigate hu<"> the!

mine disaster will begin its probing as]sn'ni as all the witnesses can lie sum-]tn<>tieil. It. may !«. two weeks before thiscan be done. K:.per:s from various parts;. ih>- country wilt be I ^ h » ltr-rf- iOjInform the j':ry a.- t>- th* probable onlineof r-nch disasters.

INJTJBJES PATAL.

<NNKl.LSVIt.LK. I\>.. Oct 27..Krattk aged !f> yenrv, who wis

injured ..vhen :i street. ear jumped the [track and overturned on a curve b~reiast Wednesday. died early today. I'ii-teen other victims of th-; accident arcrecovering.

OFFICIALS WATCHINGMIGRATION OF NEGROES!

. .i

* j

Will Block Any Attempt AtColonization.May Be

LegitimateWASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 21.

Both the Department of Justice nndthe Department of Labor are watch-in? closely the migration of Southernnegroes to northern industrial centers,The legal officers hope to check pos-sible election fratinds, while the l;**orjauthorities are interested primarily!in preventing their Federal employ-monr. service from being used to fur-ther migration schemes.Attorney General Gregory, in addi¬

tion to general instructions recentlygiven to Federal district attorneys inadvance of the elections, has ordered

a special inquiry into complaints that!negroes are being sent in consider¬able numbers to doubtful States uu-lder promises of work at high wages.District Attorney Miller, at Louis¬ville. has been ordered to report thenames, towns and destinations of allnegroes or any other possible votersgoing from Kentucky, Alabama or anyother part of the South, passingthrough Louisville in suspicious num¬

bers. Other district attorneys in theSouth and in the Middle States areunderstood to be under similar in¬structions.Department of Justice officials de¬

cline to talk <wi the ground that itmight interfere with the government's'plans, and all reports and correspond¬ence are being withheld from publica¬tion.

Confer on Frauds.The Attorney General conferred to¬

day with his assistants on the sub¬ject of election frauds generally. Hois giving the matter personal alien-!tion. and under his direction specialagents of the department are al th"call of every district attorney desir¬ing assistance. So far complaintshave reached the department of al¬leged frauds or contemplated fraudsaffecting candidates for Federal officesin Indiana. Illinois. Ohio, Michigan.Kentucky. Pennsylvania, West Vir¬ginia. New York and Missouri.The Department <".!' 1 .abor I- t ii !..---

come known that it li.nl issued <u lrrs!designed to prevent the ii.so of tin. j". «i-oral employment service in assiningIn the migration of large numb* rs of

(Contined on Paefe Twelve.)

121, PASO. TEX., Oct. -7 livery ford'bridge and trail along the internationalborder in this patrol district is being,guarded by additional IJ 1 States'troops in ¦.oinplitmee with S'-eroinry ofWar Hsiker's warning to border coin-

tnand'Ts tr. be |.r>;>itre-l for another'Mexican bandit raiil on i|,. border.

Til-- Fourth ''bio infantry was s-'ntto the ho:*!' r patrol station east of I'lPyso today. and will iruapi * 5 s lords atVvbt-i, Pulii ns. Fort Han h n : j ISan Ellsario.Troop a of tin* First Sou: h Carolina

t'a\alry has been ..niorc.1 Anapram.N. M.. soven in!!'.-- w . s I «>r In -r- audiinfantry guards hav Ih i n » i n . . i att J it- bridgi s at '"'ort-ln-sii' Te>... . 'amitil-jjo. T> xx.. and at other eros<iiig;< \\< stand north of Kl I'a".

Tt war' annoui!'-. d li> ! . today, toatjthese prer.-.u I lonai \ iu> a.-iif'.s u n In -

fpg taken In ..oniidj.-iiie. witli !h< Sei-re-U'ry's orders. although lb* 1 ». > »-.!.¦ r- is;safer from bandit nw-ol.s this in»>

than tit any line in.. Villi -tart.-d lilslbanditry, it v.-as si i. I.The jtei .iiid iufanli v. \*ation-j

;il Guard :n fi'."i| In r> today to I .. v i »» Jits lour of border service. Tii. I 'll "hiInfantry Georgia National Guard is i-x-Jpeeled to arrive tonight.

ON KIS COMMERCIALPREPAREDNESS SPEECH

Shows Fallacy Of Arguments:And Riddles The Anti-

Dumping ClauseJ O

UOCHKSTER, X. V.. Or:. 27..Charles K. Hughes tonight replied tostatements in President Wilson's Cin¬cinnati speech concoring prepara¬tions to meet commercial competitionafter the war.

Mr. Hughes tolrl an audience herothat the administration's views re¬minded him of its views on preparad-ness in December J 91-1 which were af¬terward changed; thai In; consideredthe anti-dumping provision of the reve¬nue bill, intended io meet the situationas "farcial" and "worse than useless."to protect American workmen: andthui even if the percentage of exportsof commodities to supply arms was

small, it required but little "to contractor destroy the prosperity of the coun¬

try."The nominee addressed an audience

that cheered him repeatedly, lie toldthem that, as he had been while Gov¬ernor of New York, he was now andshould be in the future: thai he was

willing to stand or fall by what he be¬lieved to be right.

"It was said in I'eepmher 1*11 1, Mr.Hughes asserted, "that America was

ready: that any suggestion to the con¬

trary was thoughtless. I'm. in truth,America was far from ready. It is nowsaid with reference to the commercialrivalry that America is ready. I think,in truth, that America is far fromready ami that we shall not be readyuntil we have a clearer notion of whatwe may expect."The adminh't rat ion's alleged lack of

preparedness when the National Guardwas mobilized, was assailed by Mr.Ilughcs."The defects in the system which

were revealed, were defects which a

rasonnhle oversight could easily haveprevented." he said."There were defects in many direc¬

tions, as you will know, with respectto equipment, title's., uniforms, horses.We had artillerymen without gunsand cavalrymen without horses. Wehad a very serious lack of eqttipmen!.We were troubled even in the trans-;portal ion facility's which were pro¬vided."

Cited Statistics.Mr. Uuuhes cited statistics of im-

( Contineu cva. Tngc Twelve.)

<;ai.vi:stu\. rtv\.. o.?t. r:.--T.ni-inony ili.it |-i;, Kynn. en. ..f 111' un it

accuser! "I the murder of V. illi-.tn l>l:n-U.in ant i-.'.'iihel ic !.?' iir--r. ;. t Marshall.Tex I- ..Uritary .".. 1 !. I v.mj- near thy;sc it-- lit- alleged limpid. vviili"blood on his hands." and had admitted"n>>intr ii ;¦ to I'.lae.* s room i ."» make nr

Iihv, 'ill*! t- iiv. lev.ll." Was in t ITidUi.-'-dmlay ovi-r the riei". <. ¦'.« object ion. in the

trial of .Iiiltn 'Yipeland. the tirst crowingout of the affair.

I A. Mnrrnn. of Marshall. the wit-in.;. v\a> calbd by t...- .¦...it.- in ii-huttal.I r, inlti i,r nil ..tint; ilyan at t Iii hotel inMar-dtall. after hearing she rhots. The1 1 . l". IIS.' objected s! I tiolisly to Ins le^tl-!tnoav but it was admitted.

"IJynit ciMJie into the lobby fremdownstairs.* Morear, suul "There was

hloeii mi his hands."Morgan sai<l he asked Fiya.ii if h<* wasj

hurl hut that Ilyan told him no, hut,that '.these up therehave >ltni Uojjers and c*ej>i land."

"WIiii I was the I rouble'.'" Morgan ask¬ed l;> an. The r"ply aeeordins to iiiowiiinv.s was:

..\V. w.-nl up ttieie in niake nr havet lie HI leave town."

Myaii's trial is set fc*r next week.

BIG STREET PARADEPRECEDES MEETING!

Hundreds Unable lo Get Into;Hall Scores Times For |

Petty AttackSiorial TVspurli (n the Intclligmcvr.FAIRMONT, \V. Ya., Oct. 27.Fair-

moni welcomed Judge Ira E. Robin- json. Republican nominee for imvernurwiili i lie biggest and most enihusias-i in political demonstration the city!ever gave to any candidate for publicoffice. The Democratic mayor, An¬thony Bowen, denied the local com¬mittee permission to have tin1 candi¬date speak from the steps of ihe courthouse and consequently thousandswho had gathered in the stivers butwere unable to gain admission to ihecourt house, did not have opportunityto hear his address.The street demonstration was a

most, remarkable one. In the line ofparade was included two brass bands,a mounted escort of farmers to thenumber of one hundred or more, a

large number of horse drawn vehicles!and about one hundred automobiles.!The procession was broken into and]intercepted a; nearly every corner, the:traffic officers apparently making no)effort to stop this disorganizing pro-!cess.The Jiulce was given a continuous'

ovation along the line or' march. There!were frequent, cries of "There goesour next governor" and "Hurrah foriRobinson." Scores of persons silent-;ly complimented the distinguished ;candidate In holding aloft handsome'lithographs bearing his picture as hiscar passed by.

Students Great CandidatePassing the state normal school, the;

Judge arose from his seat to greet t hestudents and was in turn greeted by jthe following rousing yell "Rah R.ihjRah Robinson Robinson Robinson" re-pea ted in rapid succession.The Judge's appearance at the courts

house was the occasion of a sponumo-!oils outburst of cheers and applause!that lasted for several minutes and!when he walked into the crowded siu-jdiiorium he was again greeted bydeafening cheers.Oim of the most enthusiastic list¬

eners in the audience was the vcnera-lble Elbert .Moran of Winfield district..Mr. Moran is 95 years of ace, yet herode sixteen miles in a buckboard tohear the speech. He declared at theclose of the meeting that lie attributedhis old age to Hie fact that he had nev¬er used tobacco, drank liquor nor vot¬ed anything but the Republican ticlfet.He added that he intended to "voteh*T straight" again this year.

Hits Clareuco Watson.Taking ujt the failure of r li. Demo-

erats carry out their platform ofj1!'!". . -p- "ialiy il ;i t I lo <'!.ir-! oncv NV. Watson. tli< judge said:

"In ISJS t l".'-y promised !.> externiin-ate the tru.-ts |»r< i] in thecivil i-i.uris and t «r« "fst-on * in lie crim-iii.il '.-yiirtf- sin' ii*-;!i!.-- ; i»< same

| trials. Ii their campaign I x t bookthev published :i list i>f trusts t hoy

' proposed !n annihilate, and it is in-!i ..resting In note that in that list we

! titi<! the i 'on.K"1i"!:it!"n ."'.ml company. of\V. \V:i t son is tin' h»»n J.

ti.it tli Ci .«sol irtn t ion « "o:-. t1 ll ' Jlnt ItlKi'A. hilt

campaign ii-xt k' «\i;ain: kn-'W that Mr. \\';i t -

riniin:il!y ;ir« ->=«'«-ii t - hai; io campaign text k in;

effect '1 'if would |i,-. Tin-y have notk'pi that plan* nf «.!.. r pint form, amiti - : .: ii tii\ have allowed Air. Watson,tn take Ifi'l "f i iii> 1 .¦.uiocrai i<" partyin tlif slat*- of \V» si Virginia: tn throw

(Continued on Paffe Twelve.)

which 'Litiln ii. -t s:

compan> is a n:sti- i»'ii»i .<-i*rt i.- c

it was. t iln ii«sun slumtil 1liii 1 icniner;

DOES NOT BELIEVEEXPENSE JUSTIFIED

Business Men Of Forty CitiesIn Ohio Valley Up In Arms

. To lake ActionIl.p lii!»!!i;;c:Kvr.

, lrUXTIMITON. W. Va.. Oct. 27...That Secretary of War Baker is op-|posed to further improvement of theOhio river believing that, as a canal¬ized wau'twav ii never will attractl

j sufficient commerce to jusify the ex-

j pendilure. is a development of the pastfew days which has put on their mettlebusiness men in forty Ohio valley

I cities, including Kentucky, Indiana.Ohio and West Virginia. First intima-lion of * his stand on the part of the

i secretary nf war was received here aifew days ago. wlu n business men from

; Ohio cities began to seek co-operative| effort io offset the influence of the war

secretary's hostile stand. From thesame and similar sources in Ohio and"th»T states, eame the informationthat a high official of the NationalRivers and Harbors Congress hadmade an appeal to all friends of theOhio valley improvement scheme,warning them of Baker's opposition,and urging them to become alert, andvigilant in defense of a project longh"ld dear to the progressive businessmen of i |jt> Ohio valley.

Koquires Prompt Action."Confide ntial information has comc

iiiin my pu>"-i ^s;nii." says the high offj-. .jjii referred io. "wliielt reveals a situ-

t i« .«! which reunites prompt and vigor-oils action on the pari of every friendof Ohio river improvement. My informati'>n is ilir-M t and authoritative « .»» he-<*ii tisi it relates Jo tin- present Secre¬

tary of war. is held confidential for ihe

present. It is my opinion tint unlessvigorous action is taken then will he,within t lie u-xt year or two. a recom¬

mendation sent (.> congress hy the war

department that the work "f slack-wa¬tering t li« Ohio sliall stopped. ..

Tli- a ut hen! icily of this informationis so thoroughly reliable as to hawcaused the gravest concern among thebusiness m< u of the Ohio valley andarrangements are ticinir made for a

meeting I" he held at once to perfectplans of defense prior to the meetingnf t i V:i l!»%v I inpr*>vi'm»>nicialiou in Ifuutington early in thewinter.

Some Uioice LornweThere have been periods in John J. Cornwell's career

when not in the pursuit of office that he has vented his spleenthrough his newspaper, the Hampshire Review. Some of

these lucubrations are coming back to plague him now. In

his paper of May 19, 1915, he characterized two eminentHebrew citizens, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Untermeyer,as "Two Muckraking Jews." Mr. Brandeis has since been

appointed to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates, and Mr. Untermeyer is one of the most distinguishedlawyers of New York City. In connection with the pro¬ceedings instituted by the government against the RiggsNational Bank, of Washington, Mr. Cornwell expressed him¬self in these words:

"Most of all do we regret to see the case for the govern¬ment turned over to two muckraking Jew lawyers, and the

government's legal representatives, Attorney General Greg¬ory and Solicitor General John W. Davis, pushed aside."

In giving his opinion of Brandeis and Untermeyer,Cornwell wrote the following which appeared in his paperof May 19, 1915:

"Who are these eminent special lawyers? LouisBrandeis, of Boston, organized the United Shoe MachineryCompany some years ago. Later, on information furnished

by him, it was indicted for restraining trade. He was

employed to prosecute the case. The government spent51,000,000 prosecuting this alleged trust. A few days agothe Circuit Court of Appeals, the three Judges concurring,decided the company was not a trust and that it had been a

great benefit to the manufacturers, as v/eil as to the publicwho wears them. It took four years, however, to get that

decision, and it cost the company nearly half a milliondollars. That is Mr. Brandeis' style.

"Samuel Untermeyer is written down in the SupremeCourt Reports of New Jersey as a crook. Chancellor Pitney,father of the present Associate Justice, having rendered the

opinion. Rich, smart and thirsting for notoriety, he rushedto Washington with a corps of stenographers and clerks andtendered his services, with or without pay. He is a 'beaut.'

"Be it said to the credit of Attorney General Gregoryand Solicitor General Davis, they are not responsible for the

employment of those two muckrakers. They doubtless resentthe employment of such 'special counsel.' Williams andMcAdoo employed them."

In the Hampshire Review of April 10, 1912, he thus

expressed himself of the Woodrow Wilson candidacy forthe Democratic nomination for President:

"Woodrow Wilson became prominent politically bccauseCol. George Harvey gave him front page advertising inHarper's Weekly, and Boss Smith nominated him for Gov¬ernor. He promptly repaid them both for their service byinsulting Harvey and kicking Boss Smith into oblivion.Two years ago he wanted Bryan, for whom he had refusedto vote, 'knocked into a cocked hat.' Now he fawns uponBryan as he did upon Harvey before he thought it the betterthing to do to cuff him."

In the same article he calls Wilson "the theorist, kid-gloved, cold and selfish to an almost unheard of degree. ' '

In 1904, when Mr. Cornwell was making his campaignfar Governor against the late William M. O. Dawson, h"6wrote Capt. R. H. Williamson, chairman of the legislativecommittee of the Order of Railway Conductors, who hadasked his endorsement of certain plans the brotherhood hadin view: "The labor organizations are long on -talk an:?short on voting."

Another opinion he expressed of Woodrow Wilson, on

May 8, 1912, reads as follows:"That the cloistered college professor, engrossed in h;s

books and associating with and teaching rich men's sons in a

big college, was likely to be more or less impractical andwithout a correct understanding of the needs, wants andambitions of the great mass of plain people of this country,regardless of how high his ideals may be . that we now

assert as a common sense proposition, that needs no argu¬ment or illustration, and offer in support of it, that the bril¬liant Governor has been c-n at least two sides of most greatquestions before the country."

German Torpedo BoatsSink British Ships

In English ChannelRERUN, Oct. 27. via London. On

128. 12:f«4 a. in. At least eleven out

[post steamers and two or three lor-

| pedo boat destroyers or torpedo boats! were sunk or dnimtut-d by a German

torpedo ho. ii squadron Thursday nightin the- English Channel between Koike-

i stone and Boulogne, according to an;official eommunieation issued here,The German torpedo flotilla re-|

| turned safely to its base without anyI loss. The eommunieation says:

"Paris: of our torpedo forces movedfrom a German bay Thursday nightthrough the straits of Dover and Ca-I

ilais lo the line of Folkestone-Boulogne)in the English Channel."According to the report of the com-'

mander Michelson. at least eleven out¬

post steamers and two or three de-!st rovers or torpedo boats were sunk'

i partially or totally near hostile potts,Some members of the crews who were

saved were raptured."Several other miardinp vessels and

[at least two destroyers were heavily Jdamaged by torpedoes and artillery;fire. Also the English post steamer!Queen was sunk south of Folkestone,!the crew bavins time to leave thc|rship. i

"In the channel near the FameLightship there was a strikingly ;k- Jlive traffic by hospital ships."Our torpedo boats safely returned!

to German waters without any lo-s."

, ITT. MO.. Oct. 27.Womencampaigners ef the Hughes special

j trjiiti mot a stormy rccopuon in Kan-sas City late today when t li> i* lmdy-

| guard >'f s-veral hundred nn :i clashedv.itll won Iri -he heckler?-. In til" result-:ling fray, banners and pictures were,tern from ears and s. vera! men \vrostruck. The women k"pt up a constantcliooroii? but nunc of ihem was roughlyhandled.When the special arrive!. crowds of

Republican men atlvnii)l>>d to inmrd a

path to waiting' motor ears for thewomen campaigners an. I sonata to holdh;.ck the motor ears of women whosebanners proclaimed them Democrats.The driver of one of the Democraticcat's, a man. attempted to breakthrough the protecting cordon and thetwo factions were soon involved in a

Struggle. Several of the motor cars Ofboth part i.-s w ef damaged. The womencampaign* 'Vike at a mass meet ink"

| tonight.

jSj'-aci.iJ to the Intolliaecccr.

OMAR, \Y. Va.. Oft. 27. Governor1 la I invaded his native county ofLogan addressed a large crowdof miners here. speaking in defense ofliis administration and urging the peo¬ple of Logan county to "vote for a con¬

tinuance of the principles for whichihe Republican party has stood in the.Nation and Slate."He referred to a campaign cartoon

published in Democratic papers todaydepicting Judge Robinson in the stronggrip of ..Jlatlieldism" and declared it.would haw been more to the point ifit had shown Clarence Watson .-cokingto get :t strangle hold on the Srate ofWest Virginia through an alliance ofcertain big interests such as lie main-rains in his hold on Marion county,than in its application m a man whois retiring to private life and who isa candidate for no office.He flayed Cornwell as the "willing

tool of Watson" and made the chargoit Cornwell had been retained by

ihe Consolidated Coal Company ascounsel during the legislative sessionnt" r.'ll when Watson was elected tothe Senate and declared he was reli¬ably 'iif.nrnied that he was still on thepayroll of Watson's coal copulation.

Mi O i

XOHl-ViLK. VA.. Oct. 27.Tho Ger¬man nn rr!i.Vrit;ti:in IX utsch-Innd. af cffitjc.p ii- ¦..ts in circuhi-r ion in Xon'idU and l'akimoro. toiluyatt'! t i- <ln. a' the Virginiarain in i! :v l f- v. h.'iirs, on rout*in P.a I ! uiloiv. ! tl* latvil she sailed'from I'.r- m< n two v rind suc-

cosstnllj In.!' -I nil I'.ritish patrolboats s:i!'»l\

l! *.v:i> rop" to^'uht that thoiv-nts.-lilanc! Jias'-ft in the caposslier r *.< .-ml proceedediiji tlii- 1m>. but :hi. < i not l'C con-

linn-i!.

THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 27..Forecast:West Virginia Fair Saturday; Sun-

dav fair and warmer.Ohio and Western Pcnnsylvanl?.

Fair Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy.