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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
THE DEMOCRATIC BATTLE.

In so far as the agreement OF two
warning state committees, represent
ing different factions OF the Demo
cratic party can bind the Democrats
OF Pennsylvania, the Keystone state
will stand for Woodrow Wilson for
the presidency. This Is the Arst
authoritative indication OF the attitude
OF any important state on the presi-
Dental question. With Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and a portion OF New
York for the New Jersey governor, he
starts In the n.ce for the Democratic
nomination with formidable strength
Wilson is n Virglnian by birth, and
the Democrats OF the south are likely
TO rally TO his banner. More par
ticularly because he stands for the
ideals and the principles which have
been made popular by VIM. J. Bryan.
Against Wilson. and representing
entirely different political tendencies,
will be Judson Harmon. OF Ohio Har-
mon is regarded by the interests" as
especially safe and sane. He will
have the support OF Wall street In so
far as Wall street can control the
Democratic nomination. lie will have
the influence and support of big bust
ness. and big business has shown its
capacity to elect Democratic senators
in West Virginia as well as elsewhere.
In West Virginia. particularly. he will
have the support of c. w. Watson and
w. f. Chiffon. OF the Standard Oil
Company and the Fairmont Coal Com
pany. OF the b. & o. Railroad Com
pany and the c. & o. Railroad Com
pany. This will mean much. but does
not necessarily mean that Wilson will
not have a portion OF the West Vlr-
ginia support.
In the west, the figure OF Champ
Clark looms up and he will undoubt
eddy be a strong factor in the con
vention Clark has gained immeas-
uraoly in public confidence during the
, past two years. He has shown capac-
ity for leadership and constructive
legislation. Reduced TO the last
analysis the fight will be Harmon and
the Interests" against the field. The
friends of Clark and the friends OF
Wilson Will have much in common.
Both will be against Harmon and his
| following.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
BI-sTATE FARM RALLY.
Will be Held at Blennsrhassett Island
Middle Of August

Notices have been received here Of
the bi-state agricultural rally. the
thir6 Of its kind. TO he held at Blen-
ncrhassett Island on August Is. 4
program Is being arranged including
an address by oliver Wilson. Of the
National Grange. Hon. \. D. White. Of
ParkersburE. Governor Harmon. Of
ohio. and possibly Governor Glass
cock. OF West Virginia. The meeting
a. Parkcrshurg IS the only one Of its
kind along the entire river Those de-
sirirE Information upon the proposed
rally. may communicate with Dr. >.
=. Amos. of Rockland. ~. or J. T.
Wells. Of Beus Run. W. Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
CITY'S ELECTRIC
Light PROBLEM
interesting Discussion Of Wheeling's
Condition Made BY w. r.
Covert.

To the Editor Of the Intelligcncer:
Sir.-The Wheeling Electric Light
INK system ~ well illustrated by the
old picture showing a boy standing
az the town pump trying 90 fill his
pitcher with water while 30 is run
ming out o. q hOi" in the pitcher on
the opposite side from the boy While
the boy and the pump are faithfully
performing their duty. The pitcher
falls To- gsf filled because OF the leak.
80 with the present Electric Light
Ing system While the city officials
and superintendent and tho machin-
cry are faithfully performing their
duty. and producing the electrical
current Yet the city Is not we'll
lighted Because 10 is flowing into
tho old open arc lamps which are
leaking. wasting. or using from n
third 10 half more electricity than
is necessary 20 give the city an
abundance OF efficient. useful. or
practical llght Of the present waste
Of electricity was stopped
Tho city can secure 800 candle
power lamps that will only use $50
watts per lamp hour. that VIII give
more efficient or moro useful and
practical lirht for The city's use than
the present lamps using 500 watts
for one lamp hour SIC lamps using
$50 watts per hour would equal
179.9O0 watts for one lamp hour. and
there are four thousand lamp hours
ln one year. This would amount N
GO 500. 600 watts or Gf9. 500 kllowafts
per year. which AZ tho present cost
~ making electricity by tho city
would be trIfle over s5.OOO0o per
scar va addition the city could pui
[ on 2t1 lamps more than they are
now using. or no ~ $50 candle
I power. or 1000 lamps 81 250 candle
power. and not Increase their capaci-
~ or overload their plant. az ~ nov
I g. Tho cost ~ keeping up the said
lamps Of $50 ampers would be
I 100000 less per year than the cost
| OF the present lamps. or saving In
ono year enough 10 pay for said
/ lamps and their upkeop or IN fifteen
years $4,000 90. this would allow
/ a sufficient sum ~ build a plant and
I in ffy years. the life 81 the fran
chlsc. the city would save over $50.
l 600 600 These lamps can b. hung up
ln tho place OF the Old open arc
Ismns now In use. without .ehangins
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
Bio Paws.

The sum OF $4,000 will be given
out by the Riverside and the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron the coming week
in pays TO their employees.
Thursday the steel department Of
the riverside will be paid and Fri
day the plate department. Saturday
the tube department employees will
receive their pay. The following sat
urday will be pay day at the Wheel
ing Steel and Iron. The steel and
tube departments Of the W. s. x /.
plant will operate all this week. The
plate department closed Saturday
and will remain idle all this week.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24

like Edgar Allen Poe. Henry w. Long
fellow or william Cullen BryantZ
Where are the Successors to tho Con-
cord School? Where are our great
masters OF poetry and OF fction7
Where are our teachers OF philosophy
They have been sacrificed to the craze
for the dollar. Our schools and uni
versities have ceased to create the
atmosphere necessary for their
growth. Amherst has definitely turned
back TO the old days and in doing so
renders a splendid public service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
Uncle Walt
T - Poet

Ny health out Of I'm always feeling right joyous
spcs kick my heels and dance By night pale
pills for any kind Of Ills escape a wreath
THE Of craze ana eiic,,c- doc,,, nil. .b,o .hc g.,
oECkt OF dsts talk grated chalk hit liquid
HEALTH bran shredded cabbage dodge patent
foods and predigcsed goods and cakes and
other fakes o: Dr. Hutchvoods my friends and will
he 20 the end fair square Junk IL
send Don't feed your stomach hay whey eedt
steaks and frosted appetite obey rather die
than give pie And schemes the doctor dreams
don't intend The They lived eight
hundred years. They used all and hash and
Toasun ears! WALT MASON.
= osoM sttn.
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the machinery or re-winding of the
armatures, and without any cost to
the city for the installing of them.
Furthermore, with this system of
lighting, the units OF light can be dis
tributed TO suit the places to be light
ed. Common sense teaches us that
q larger unit of light or lamp is re-
CURED in broad streets and crossings
than is required in narrow alleys and
small courts. With every other sys-
TEN OF lighting. whether II be the
flame arc. the open arc. or the me-
tallic flame lamp. or the magnetic.
or enclosed arc lamps the same unit
OF light always has 10 be used and
thus the waste Of electricity.
Yours truly.
W. r. COVERT.
100 Elm Street,
Wheeling. w. Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
Monday, July "a, 1911.
THE CLASSICAL IDEAL IN EDucA.
TON.

tlSN.
Amherst college. an institution that
has always stood for the higher ideals
OF education, has definitely chosen a
program entirely at variance with
modern educational tendencies. Am
herst announces that after 1914. the
degree of B. S. will not be given by
that college. Only the degree A. b.
will be given, and that solely for
sufficient and satisfactory training in
the classics. Four years of Latin will
be required for admission to the col.
lege. and a reading knowledge OF at
least one classical language and one
modern language besides English will
be a requisite OF the a h. degree.
During the past twenty years. voca-
tional training has become the ectab-
lished rule in all our great colleges
and universities. Special courses OF
study and special lines OF training
for special work have been developed
almost without number. The old idea
of a classical education, as the foun.
dalton of culture and intellectual
strength. has practically disappeared.
Amherst seeks TO restore it, Here
after she will not turn out civil en-
gineers. mining engineers and me-
chanical engineers. She will not turn
out half-baked entomologists. agri-
culturists. lawyers. physicians and
ministers. II will be her aim to give
her students a thorosIgh training in
the classics. TO cultivate in them a
taste for the higher and better things
OF literature. OF history and the arts
Amherst will give intellectual train
ing entirely apart from the mercantile
and Industrial uses TO which such
training can be put. In other words.
the exaltation OF money seeking and
OF money earning will cease 10 be the
prime object OF Amherst education.
Development of mind. communion
with the wisdom Of the past. stimuIa-
ton OF real intellectual culture. will
take the place OF training for money
making pursuits.
This is old fashioned. In some de
gree II is a barking back 20 the
methods OF our fathers, but the In
telligencer believes that there is room
for many such institutions as Amherst
proposes TO be. Greek. Latin and the
higher mathematics as intellectual ex.
ercises will never be surpassed. As
an introduction to the delights OF the
worlds best literature, the study OF
ancient and modern languages is
without a rival The man whose edu
cation has given him taste for
higher reading and for the best in
literature has gained something that
may make more for his happiness and
welfare than training in a profession
or a trade.
In this money making are. We arc
prone 10 lay too much accent upon
he things that help make money
Not all men can be great money
makers and - r. we'll they cannot
a hundred years hence the names nj
our great captains o. Industry. ont
fnanclers and railroad kings will have
passed away. but william Shakes
peare. John Milton. Ralph Wald,
Emerson, Henry W. Longfellow anr
Mark Twain viii be honored and r.
vered ~ long AZ the English lanRuar,
is spoken and read. Why has not m,
past quarter ~ century develope,
in The United States some one mar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
Benwood Briefs.

The local barber shops will close
Thursday 10 celebrate the BARRIERS
picnic AT Wheeling park.
a good number Of people from here
will attend the Volksfest AZ Rock
Springs Wednesday.
Emory Gates will return to work
soon in his brothers. drug store after
"a vacation spent on the lakes
Clifford Mcmillan arrived yester.
day from PittsburE. for a weeks
stay With his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Mcmillan.
The Victoria nickleodcon did not
open for business Saturday evening
owing 10 the nonarrival Of some ap-
parafua
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24

Hugh stidger. manager OF the
Castle pharmacy on the South Size,
will be arrsisned before Squire Lee
?. Dobhs on Tuesday afternoon on a
charge % non-support preferred ~
his wife Mrs. stidser claims her hus
band has failed 20 support her and
her child since January 21th
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whatever good thing he may achieve,
it is not likely that any other measure
Of so transcendent importance and so
far reaching effect will be enacted
into law during his occupancy of the
Presidents chair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
BENWOOD
Officers Of X. Of p. Hold Meeting TO
Arrange For Eneampment
Other News.

An important meeting OF the Off
GERS OF the Evening Star lodge OF
the local X OF =. was held in Barlow
hall yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of completing arrangements for
attending the X. of +. encampment
at Wheeling in August. 1t was de-
cided that the uniform proposed at
former meeting would be adopted
and worn on parade at the conven-
ton
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
Club Reunion.

The members OF the Occidental
club. formerly one OF the strongest
organizations Of this city. held a re
union AZ Krebs landing. near Pow
haitian. yesterday afternoon. The club
consists OF fifteen members and a
good number were present. This II
the firs, reunion OF the club for sew
eral years but as most Of the old
members are still residents OF the
city a good attendance was present
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24

upon as one OF BEST
examples OF Garhelds ability both as speaker and a.
master Of the English language
When Garfield was invited to deliver the address
gladly accepted the invitation" said William n
Hunt OF louisiana, Secretary OF the Navy Gargelds
cabinet and afterwards Minister Russia kept
putting on the preparation OF
evening preceding Memorial Day arrived a
the address had been committed to thought
out.
Garfed was much occupied in the early part or that
evening with certain Congressional duties. He
at about ten O'Clock. Then he study and
gan the OF the address that he deliver
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24

A. the annual meeting ~ the suez
Canal company. az Paris. on June
10. the board was authorized 90 hor-
row $4,000 900 for the Improvement
Of the canal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-07-24
New News of YESTERDAY
A Presidents Remarkable Feat of Memory

NoERsoLL nrst national notice brilliant
speech which delivered dedication
ona the speech which he with
SENTENCE before
historic and has the Memorial address which
Garfield
President Gants
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chairman. q G. Grahm. =. r. Miller.
James MCGEE. sidney r. Lake
Dancine Alfred Mark. chairman:
Samuel Warfull. r A. Graham. @. ~.
r. Nikolous. J. A. Pickett
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
The inside az the Onion.

That In the long run truth will
out is again illustrated by n reyela-
ton just made by the Lincoln Jour
nal with reference to that famous
Bryan onion crop. the revelation APP
parently coming with the aid, con-
sent and authority OF Mr.. Bryan
himself. II is in directing attention
10 the everywhere prevailing and al
most Irresistible temptation to ex-
nggerate that Mr.. Bryan gives US n
look at the inside OF the onion, as
follows;
have some Texas land. onlon-growinE
land. Some two or three years ago
rented a tract OF twenty acres to a man
for " an acre for the season. When the
crop time oame around a report was
sent out that became current. giving me
fi.00o returns on my twenty acres, In a
few days other newspaper reports had
this return UP 20 $4,000. Now. the facts
are, the man to whom l rented the
ground wrote me letter about the time
that the crop should mature, saying that
his onions had been practically a failure.
and that his total income would be about
sii5 10 $50. counting out my 500 for rent
You see, he had very little left. and his
letter was a request that give him more
time TO pay. just let It so over 10 the
next year.
Too close proximity to the onion
is said to be a great incentive for n
man to weep. and It must make Mr..
Bryan weep to think that he neg
lected to sell his onion crop on the
basis Of the inflated price with which
# was credited for publicity pur-
poses only.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT OMAHA

Rushvllle Recorder: Boost for Omaha
the town that treats visitors right" says
The Bee. We will. We never visited
Omaha yet for the last seventeen years
but what we felt we were treated right.
and never a regret.
Plattsmouth Journal: We cannot hope
to get the interurban down here from
Omaha until Nebraska abandons the
suicidal policy Of enacting laws to pre-
vent capital from investing In such en-
terprises. In this respect Nebraska is
away behind many other states.
Beatrice Express; Chairman. Kennedy
Of the. state republican committee and
his assistants have congratulations due
them for the good work Of the campaign.
Removing the headquarters from Lincoln
to Omaha did no harm to the ticket, evil
IDENTIFY. No doubt IL had some influence
In turning Omaha from democratic to re-
publican.
Loup City acknowledgement: In
Omaha, Neb., the police have grown tired
OK trying to stop TOY riders" from
breaking the speed limits by ordinary
means. Now they have placed thank
you-msrms' on all the paved streets and
boulevards. These are raised places
about 200 feet apart and about six inches
high. The poor 10y riders" have a rough
load to travel In Omaha.
Plattsmouth journal; That was a great
teachers gathering in Omaha--the largest
meeting Of its character ever held In the
state--and Omaha did itself proud In en-
tertaining them, too. The Nebraska
metropolis has established an enviable
reputation for entertaining such gather
ings, and every one OF the teachers Is
pleased with the manner in which hos
pitality was extended to them.
Springfield Monitor; My, won't Lin
coin be more jealous than ever when she
looks over the enrolment at the State
Teachers association held In Omaha and
finds the attendance over 900 more than
similar meeting held In the capital
city year ago. And 10 think that Lin
coin had predicted a fizzle when the
teachers selected Omaha as the place
for this years convention. II is hard to
tell which were the better pleased, the
teachers with their cordial reception, or
the citizens and business men OF Omaha
with the fine. large gathering of repre-
sentative educators.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
REWARDS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP.
washington star.

Washington Star.
Oh, the youthful politician, with brow
serenely high,
Applies himself to labor as the days go
slowly by.
He gets little office and he has tho
term renewed,
And the bosses hold him up for everlast-
ing g. attitude.
He dreamed OF s, unding plaudits from
appreciative throngs,
And OF his name repea.vd in the patriotic
epngs.
The CON- piments and carols are but mea-
ger at the most
Though his name is often mentioned In
connection with roast.
He comes up for promotion, but he finds
with deep regret
That he can have what he wanted and
must take what he can get.
He keeps up his endeavCrs fof the strug-
Cling masses sake,
But he doesn't get much notice till he
makes some slight mistake.
And there's influence In waiting to hold
down his motives pure,
While carping critics vow his job is just
sinecure.
No more he hopes to be the theme OF
eulogy and toast.
He thinks he would be lucky to escape
without a roast.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
People Talked About

Recipients OF the cardinals red hat
and the regalia that goes with Il are re-
quired to pay literally in fees and Incl
dentals, totaling from SEQ to $4,000.
The credit OF a cardinal Is such that he
may pay on the instailment plan II his
purse Is not long enough to pay cash on
the spot In Rome.
No Joy came TO Peter Odel OF Water.
willie. Kan, when he learned that he was
heir 90 $4,000. He IL 81 years old and
Is slowly dying from disease which 4
inourabie. All his life he has lived IN
poverty. earning his daily bread by fish.
ing and doing odd jobs. The thought Of
sudden riches only brought terror to him
The. London Globe mentions the recent
death AZ s. Of a hermit named Lewis
who for the last twenty years had existed
on shellfish and lived In his covered
trawler. beAehed at Lower Fishsuard. He
never varied HIS dietary except whan
shellfish were scarce, and then he sub
stituted bread and cheese. To within two
days OF his death he was IN robust health
The opinion Of the mayor OF wilkes.
barre. Pa, on the imbecility OF juries
would be worth printing n publicly ex-
pressed. His honor and two witnesses
trapped a bribe-Eiver as he was deliver
ing the goods. but the evidence dldn't
Impress the jury. which acquitted the
bribe-giver and put the costs on the
mayor. However. Old Honesty Il used C
hard knocks In PsnnayHAniA
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
IOOkin$ Backward
,IhisDSSy mOmaha.
COMPILED fRoNa BgE FILES s
Thirty Years AGO
NOV. "a.


Thirty Years AGO
Mrs. Kate TouEalin, with Miss Nellie
Touzalln, daughter Of Mr.. A. o. Touzalin,
win leave Omaha this evening for New
York. where she will sail for Liverpool.
Mrs. Tousalin expects to spend at least
two years in Europe, when she will
probably take up her residence IN Boston.
During her trip abroad she will be ac-
companied by her nephew, MIR. Albert
Touzalin. pursuing hts studies In Cssno-
Wis, New York, and her niece, Miss Nellie.
A series OF four private Germans will
be given during the winter by twelve well
known Omaha couples. Mr.. r. r. Ring
walt is the organiser Of the series, which
Will be unusually select.
Invitations are out for the twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary Of Mr.. and MTa
G. W. Linlnser. to be celebrated Deem
Der L
Mrs. c. p. squires and Miss Anne
Hedge Of Burlington, who have been Wis
iting In Omaha, returned TO their Iowa
home
Dean Millspaugh ana wife are back
from their wedding trip.
Mrs. John NJ. Thurston is visiting in
Chicago.
Miss Eustis is paying visit to Mrs.
c. Il. Perkins at Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wakeley of Minneapolis
are visiting in Omaha, the guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. John II. Rellom.
The Earnest Workers are making ex-
tenslve preparations for their annual din
ner and supper 70 be given At the Chris
tian church, where they will also have 2
few fancy articles for sale.
Here Is a want ad; Wanted: A new
milch COW. must be gentle. Inquire OF
l.. Poland. 1919 Dodge street.
Or, II. p. Jensen il offering a 80 re.
ward for the return of set OF surgical
instruments lost from his office, and no
questions asked.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-27
Investigating the Express Combine.

Investigating the Express Combine.
The Interstate Commerce commits
sion is engaged in a sweeping inves-
tlgation OF the express companies,
their systems Of rates and finances
and their methods of doing business.
Beginning the investigations at New
York, the commissions plan is to
hold them in various cities over the
country so az TO make a thorough
Job of II.
The commission probably never
undertook a more needed inyestiga-
ton, one more generally welcomed
by the people. For years the ex-
press combine has escaped official
inquiry or enjoyed a sort of i'm
munity from attack. And all that
time II has been the common belief
that It could not successfully with
stand an official probing because OF
its high-handed conduct Of affairs,
It's arrogance to the public, extor-
tionate rates and arbitrary sched-
ules.
Il will be interesting now to see
Just how It will be able to Withstand
the limelight. Some OF the divi-
dendas that have recently been de-
cIared by certain companies are, in
themselves, sufficient to call for in
vestigation. Another important mat
ter calling for explanation Is the re-
lation of express companies to rail-
roads.
This inquiry is likely to develop
some interesting Information as TO
why parcels post has made no better
progress In this country. At last
people have come to believe that the
chief obstruction to this system lies
in the express combine. Parcels post
needs look for no stronger argument
to promote 1t than the conduct Of
the express business in this country.