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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
GERMAN OFFICER
is SENTENCED

STRASSBURG. Germany. Dec. 10.
Lieutenant Baron Won Forstner-
who was the cause OF the recent trou.
bles between military and civilians
at Zabern. Alsace-was to-day sen
fenced 20 forty-three DAYS imprison.
ment and deprived OF his commission
as an officer. He was charged with
assaulting a lame shoemaker.
In the course OF his testimony Won
Forstner showed that he had acted
in the way he did un0er "semi-compul.
sion" He had been threatened with
Impeachment before court OF honor
II he showed the slightest reluctance
against using his weapon. He testi.
ned that the officers had received re-
peated orders from the German army
headquarters and from the regimentaI
commander TO adopt an aggressive
attitude. TO stand no nonsense from
civilians and TO permit no insults or
abuse
Lieutenant Won Forstner said no
acted upon the prevailing assumptio,
mat an officer was irretrievably dis
honored IL ne permitted himself "a
receive a blow. He said that tho lame
shoemaker might have got loose from
the men and might have struck him
before the soldiers could overpower
him again and then Lieutenant Won
forstner would have been diseracec
instructed TO Act Agqressively.
Colonel Won Reuter-. the commander
OF the 99th regiment. said he had in .
Etructed his officers to act as apgres-
sively as possible. a Prussian officer
ne continued. must not permit dlsre-
fpect to be shown him. He had
threatened. he said. 10 bring tbem
before court OF honor II they did
not follow his instruction and he had
advised Lieutenant Won Forstner.
who In another report the colonel
mad characterized as inexperiencad
and hasty. 10 use both his sabre and
his revolver if necessary.
The colonel also admitted that no
had ordered the nOn-commissioned Of.
/. hcers and privates OF his regiment. If
attacked. TO usetheir weapons energet
ically and to bring down their assail.
ants
The evidence given indicated that IN
was highly doubtful whether the shoe.
maker was AT all culpable. one cadet
arrested asserted he had heard the
lame man say Wait. younester. voull
be done up yet" but the court evi.
IDENTITY disbelieved him
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-12-20
SUNDAY CLOSING
CAUSES A LOSS

WASHINGTON. Dec. l9.-The law
prohibiting the opening Of postoffices
and the delivery OF mail on Sunday
has added largely to the cost OF the
postal service and materially less
ems its efficiency" according TO the
annual report of Daniel c. Roper
first assistant postmaster general.
made public today. Mr. Roper sug-
gests that IL would be in the interest
OF both the service and the employees
TO amend the law so as to authorize
Sunday work and grant compensa-
tory time OFF the employees assigned
to Sunday duty.
The experimental delivery OF mail
in villages has been a failure. Mr. Ro-
per reports. and he recommends that
the service be discontinued on June
80. 1914. lie recommends that the
compensation of rural mail carriers be
changed from a mileage to an eight
hour basis. and that the carriers BE-
permitted TO deliver mail regardless
Of the distance from the postofIice or
the corporate limits OF the town"
Discontinue Small Offices.
He also strongly urges that small
independent postoffces be discon-
tinued and re-established as stations
Of nearby large Offices.
General approval TO the operation
OF the eigh ;-hoIr law is given by Mr.
Roper. The schedules OF 10000 en-
ployes have been adjusted 10 the law.
ID has been necessary in many in
stances either to work clerks over
time. or TO employ an auxiliary forcc
at 30 cents an hour. II is suggested
that the eight hours of employment
within Il consecutive hours might be
better than within ten.
During the year ended June 80
1918. 1.52S presidential postmasters
were appointed. i,lSl being named
subsequent 10 March g. when the
present administration assumed con
troll OF the postal service. No person
has been appointed the report said
who has failed TO satisfy tho depart
ment as y his capacity for efficient
service and his purpose 70 render
service commensurate with the salary
Of the office"
800 .ooo.ooo Packages HardIod.
Ihe report estimates that 2ou. ouo. goo
parcel post packages were handled dur
ing the first six months Of the s1.e-
tenn operation Methods OF handlir-
parcel Tost mail have been practically
standardized with q result OF "A mater
ial reduction in the cost OF service. Th.
work OF putting into effect uniform
methods throughout the country il now
being carried ON en- every part Of the
country by experts Of the department..
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American Telephone & Telegraphs Of
rar. wrote 20 y. G.. Kiugsbury. vice
president " the company. as follows:
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desire 20 avoid litigation. but his
aversion 20 any scheme for govern
ment ownership.
Finally Submits Plan.
Tie plan finally was submitted 20
tho attorney general with 20 state
mont that Tho company wished 10 put
ifs affairs beyond fair criticism "
some ~ the details OF the re-organ-
zatIon are yet 90 be perfected. The
department has such confidence I'm the
corporations desire 20 do the right
thing. however. that 10 has loft such
matters to its officers and any rea -
sDn1bIe amount Of time asked for
viii be- granted
Although exact information a. 10
flo extent Of Western Union stock
hold tr fho Bou were not available
here tonight If was understood 10
D." about tI.rtv per cent MI MC-
ID' roliH ha7 mo- desire to force tho
company to clear Cos treasury Of this
stock .u week or month or On
amy fnf period OF time
From fho point or view ~ n sub.
-rr.h'r fn an independent telephone
system. ONO OF tho most Interesting
'rH tf Tho agreement is that prom.
Iir. Dim usa ~ tho through lines of
..D Boil company Under the agree.
m"'f ono independent company may
.ecurD connection with BELL toll lines
bF supplying standard trunk lines to
connect with Tho Roll toll boards. The
I.'I company operating the entire
'nN circuit when connections ara
ua.n
fr..ro wiz he rivor with Boil sub.
.0r0'r. or subscribers az other indie.
pendent ComusuIoa served hy the OK
changes moro fhau Gffy miles distant
from t'n place whore fhe call orirt.
.f''. independent subscribers paw.
..r u addition fo fho regular Rst
''.I c'Hr.0 H connection charge of
ND ".r'a fHr each message This
'IHrr" viI not lr made on bueucs
Known a7 long business" and long
.no business viii b. accepted Tor less
'hau City miles a. VOL o. FOR n
rroatcr distance
Enormous Capital
The authorized capital stock VI
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OLD RELICS ARE
ORDERED SOLD

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. l9-What -
declared To be the original Dead
WOOD stage coach. a prairie schooner
fhilippine OK cart and three buf-
faloes. the property OF the Hunalo ffiu
Nild West and Pawnce BID Far Etst
B SHOWS were ordered sold at nuhIfr
sale by Judge Thompson IN the United
i states court here to-day on the mo-
tlon or council for the ancillnry re-
cefNer appointed last August 90 com
serve the assets OF the shows in this
Jurisdiction.
Feed for the bunaloes and storage
on the wagons. which are now on a
, farm at Tullytown Pa IL was de-
clared. were rapidly consuming the
estate In the hands Of the receivers
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HOBBS TRIAL TO-DAY.

NICKSBURG. Miss. Dec. l9.-Tak.
ing OF testimony in the trial of State
Senator J. G. Hobbs. charged with
soliciting and receiving a bride. will
begin tomorrow before a jury which
was accepted tonight. The defense
failed today to obtain postponement
OF the trial by pleading Illness Of a
woman witness whose testimony. il
was insisted. was essential
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desire 20 avoid litigation. but his
aversion 20 any scheme for govern
mcnt ownership.
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To Have Warship

LISBON. Dec. 19.-The American
iesation has been advised that Portu-
gai VIII be represented by a warship
at the celebration OF the opening OF
the exposition at San Francisco
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In the Western Union. has treated the
fostal Telegraph company with equal
opportunity for use OF its facilities

Nff'i 'oAat! loI use OF its facilities
- NhlN VILE. VI Dec. % Tb.o-
y. van president Of the Amsictr
lt.eph'ne a Telegraph Comranv. r,,o
.gt inc Following statement fa-ri-bt ,,.
tut proposed reorganization OF hI. ,,t...
IaHg ana IT. separation from thu Vest
e'H Union telegraph COMPANY.
The correspondence Published una
we result Of protracted and eNhausf-
We discussion between the attorney ee5.
'Iai ana our company and speaks ION
lt-tI. We are complying WIN ft.
WISHES or the government because v.c
.tSire mat our operations shall eonttn..
20 Dc a. We have alwaFs believed fFet.
20 hc. lu strict conformity Co law ar.
I"F ihat reason we are now aHIueflr-
lh'm % tho law aa understood ANA t..
teIltfted hy the attorney general
We Gre confident traf under t..
proposed changes neither the W.T ...
tfw nor the Western Union Will t.fr..
and That both w'fl continue fY rf.. f..
The public
some economics and some .rr,I ...
NNl'h were contemplated under Che .......
pIFmeufHry operation uf o.. f.n r....
itHIff cannot now hr realized H.f .t Id.
hgIed that 900 now lu operation ,,rI
nfter thorough consideration Dbl. f..,.
Co BE- within thc Law
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03

mans neck with the same curving, cherish
ing line it has when you slip it beneath your
baby's head.
And while you brood and wonder there is
One who tiptoes over from the door, looks
breathlessly at the blue-eyed, blossom-mouth-
ed thing between you and then draws back
with a smile. Sometimes in the mans eyes
ldawns look that signals he is aware in
dim fashion of the presence of that One. And
he looks rather violently then-for father
has a fashion of getting ferocious over the
idea that Love must come some day to his
small baby girl.
Under the blue curtain at the door Love
TURNS and grins.
Il will be back" he says, exulting, "in
ANOTHER EIGHTEEN YEARS. She doesn't
look like much material now She has no hair
ito speak about, no teeth to smile with-no
neck. Her cheeks fit right onto her shoulders.
She has so little intellect that she is intensely
amused for long hours with her ten toes. She
makes bubbles with her mouth all day long.
And murmurs and holds forth to herself in a
language no lover could understand. BUT
WAIT. | know these little atoms AND |
WILL BE BACK IN EIGHTEEN YEARS"
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child before it is three years old, I'M
less you have bred respect and rever-
ence in it from its very cradle you will
never get anything from that child
but contempt. And it's really all you
deserve, because you had your chance
and you threw it away. The Chinese
are an older and, in many respects,
wiser people than we. That's why the
child's lesson in its duty TO its parents
begins in the First Reader.
There is no other feature in Amer
lean life that is so pathetic and so
altogether wrong as the relationship
that exists between parents and chill
dren, and the fact that in the aver
age family the father and mother are
so afraid of their children that they
dare not call their souls their own
must make angels weep.
Often the parents have given the
children, at incredible sacrifices to
themselves, advantages that they new
er had in their own youth, but in
stead of the sons and daughters being
filled with gratitude and appreciation
they are ashamed of their father and
mother. and correct them so often
about their grammar and their man
ners, and their way of dress, that the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
On Cloudy Nights Signals Are
Flashed by Wireless.

If cloudy night prevents astro-
nomical observations in Paris, corrsc-
lions for the master-clock are received
by similar wireless signals sent out
from a series of observatories, as at
Algiers, Marseilles, Nice and Besan-
con. 1t is almost impossible that
cloudy weather should prevail stimuli
taneously at all these places, but even
If hat should happen, provision is
made for keeping the clock regulated
by the aid of a number of other very
accurate clocks called time guards"
which can he depended upon not to
vary more than a small fraction Of a
second in the course of several days.
AS the means of sending out such
signals improve. so that they can be
transmitted across the whole breadth
of all the oceans, from properly chosen
central stations, navigation will attain
a degree of safety hitherto unknown
At present the officers of a ship at
sea have to depend for the accuracy
of their calculations of longitude, or
distance east or west of Greenwich.
upon the more or less true running of
their chronometers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
Children Raised in That Wav
Curse to the Community.

Everybody round about looked bale
fully at the child and as if they'd give
five dollars to have him turned across
their knees in a good slapping posi-
ton for about five minutes, but l
I thought there should be some sort of
commission appointed to commit
such parents to the asylum for the
feeble minded.
For that man, and parents of his ilk,
are not only raising up their children
to be a heartbreak to themselves but
a curse to the community. 1t is these
children who are brought up without
any respect for their parents. or re-
gard for others, and who are greedily
intent on getting the best for them
| selves, who make countless thousands
mourn by their inhumanity.
OF course it seems to the adoring
| parents that it's cute for tiny tot to
defy them. They make a hundred ex-
| cuses when Johnnie is impertinent to
them, and Mary talks back when they
| dare to reprove her. They even think
it funny when their child openly crit,
icizes their ways, because they are so
sure that when it grows up it will ap-
preciate all they have done for it and
the sacrifices they have made.
| 1t is fallacious hope. Unless you
have established an authority over a
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03

Pm sorry you did that, Helen"
Sorry" She looked up quickly.
Yes, it was not necessary
But you said you owed the money
and did not have it."
Il could have held off the payments
Or rather, | will hold it off, for l
shall certainly not use this money"
You won't use it," Her lips quiv.
cred.
"Of course not-how can II"
It's mine! If want to help you in
this way, why won't you let me?"
There are some things a man can't
do. If you don't feel and understand
that-I can't explain it."
But, Warren,I m your wife-can't
you take anything from me? Other
men have let their wives
well, | haven't reached that stage
yet. still have some self-respect To
morrow | will take this money and get
your rings. You have the tickets?"
She nodded.
Get them for me now"
ALL TIE JOY OIEO OOt
Slowly she rose and went to her
room. All the joy died out of her heart
She took the tickets from their hiding
place in the bottom of her glove box
and brought them to him. He eXamin-
ed them closely.
"You went to this place alone?
She nodded.
Don't you know it is one of the
worst neighborhoods in the city,"
"No, | didn't know"
well, it is. The trouble with you is
that you are too impulsive, too emo
tional You're always flying off at some
wild tangent without stopping to con-
slider the consequences"
81 was only trying to help you" in a
low voice.
well, you ought to know l COUNT
accept help in that way. Not that
don't appreciate your motives" as he
saw the tears in her eyes. "Of course
know you wanted to be self-sacrific-
ing and all that, but hereafter use a
little more judgment"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
Children Are Selfish Because
They Are Taught to Be
That Way.

And the children repay this attituce
of their parents just as you would ex-
pect. They are insolent and overbear-
ing, and selfish and disobedient, be-
cause they have been taught to be.
They have been brought up, tacitly at
least to look down upon their parents
and despise them. They have never
been made to consider their parents,
and it never occurs to them to do so.
The other day prosperous looking
man entered subway car with a
much dressed up little boy about six
years old. There was only one vacant
scat and the child made a dart for it
and got it, The man said: Son, let
father have that seat and you can sit
in his lap" Huh" responded son, Il
got it first, and I'm going to keep it,"
And he did, while the man hung on
to strap
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
Such System Would Definitely
Have Located the Titanic.

They can ascertain local time and
their latitude by celestial observations
alone, but such observations do not
give the longitude unless the true
Greenwich time is also known. This
the new system of wireless transmits
sion will supply with a degree of uni
versatility and accuracy that is truly
marvellous. If such system had
been in operation at the time of the
wreck of the Titanic there might have
been no such uncertainty as was &C
tually shown in the calculations of the
positions of the various ships that
played a part in that terrible tragedy
OF the ocean.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
SIGNALS FOR RECORDING TIME

Within the confines of Paris and its
suburbs the signals are so distinct
that an ordinary gas pipe may be EN-
ployed for an antenna 10 catch the ell
ectric waves and water pipe TO form
the connection with the earth. while
the detector may be of the simplest
form, such as any electrician can
make. Persons near the Eiffel Tower
may employ their own bodies as anten-
nae, merely pressing between two fin
gers the terminal of wireless receiv-
er. Similarly, the wire connecting the
electric bells in a house may be used
for an antenna.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
Here's Il Chance for China to
Teach Us a Needed Lesson.

We have spent a let of effort and
money in sending missionaries over to
the so-called heather Chinee. Here's
chance for China to repay the debt
md send over some first readers to
hoodlum America.
While the good ladies in China, how
ever, are holding oyster suppers, and
church fairs, and sewing bees to raise
the money for their missionary enter
prises for our benefit, it may not be
amiss for American parents to take
note of the fact that the volume that
is found so efficacious in instill?rg
respect for parents in the youthful
breast is the FIRST READER. 1t is
not Differential Calculus, or Kant on
Pure Reason, or any Of the high-brow-
ed literature that man peruses in
his mature years.
Which is to say, that if you want
your child to treat you with reverence
and respect, you must instil those
sentiments in him while he is young
and not wait for him to acquire them
when he comes to the years of dis
erection. Conduct is nine-tenths habit
Unconsciously We go on treating peo-
pie the way we have always treated
them, and the son and daughter who
have run rough shod over their par
ents in their childhood continue to
run rough shod over them in their
manhood and womanhood.
We Americans are very scornful be-
cause the Chinese worship their an
cestors, but ancestor worship is a
much less dangerous religion than the
child worship that prevails among us.
1t does a great grandfather's spirit
no harm to be prayed to, but it ever
lasting ruins the child for its parents
to kowtow and knock their foreheads
before it.
How other godlings act We do not
know, but it fills the American brand
with an insufferable self-complacency
and self-esteem, and makes it a grind
ing tyrant who tramples its slaves into
the dust The modern car of Jugger-
naut is the perambulator. and millions
of American parents cast themselves
before 1t and let it crush out all OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
The Only Time to Learn This
Lesson Is in Early Youth.

1t is for these young upstairs, with
out reverence for age or respect for
their parents, that We need a hundred
shiploads of Chinese First Readers.
There can be no better education for
boys and girls than TO De taught to
honor their parents, and the only time
in life in which this lesson can be
thoroughly learned is in early youth.
And this is something for parents
also to remember-if you want your
children to reverence you when you
are old. you must make them respect
you when they are young.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03

TX 7 HA / . tlllS! SHe SLIlleu,
\ enating joyfully.
" " He tore the envelope
open and disclosed the
roll of bills
Whats this?" she REPEATED again in
amaze ment.
Helen he'd drawn up a little stool
Lnd va now sitting at his feet, her
arm en- his knee.
Doesn't it look like money!" she
laughed softly, gazing up at him with
Inning eyes.
Put what's it for?"
For you. dear-to help pay that
debt. It's not quite enough, there s
ouly 800 there. But l thought if you
had that much It might be easier for
yCu to get the rest.
where did you get this?"
She hid her face against her arm
which still rested on his knee. "Ah,
that's my secret-you mustn't ask"
you didn't go to father?" sternly.
ooh, no, no; Of course not. l didn't
borrow it at all.
Then how did you get it,"
"Ah, don't dear-Pd rather not tell
you. Just believe that it is mine and
that you can use it without any scru-
pies.
Helen, | must know how you got
this money You didn't have it saved
up
"Nn-no.' reluctantly.
Then how did you get $250?"
She hesitated. q
"VCn nucf answer
And she hid her face. my rings"
softly. But | didn't want you to
know"
you sold them?" sharply.
"Oh, no, mol just had the money
loaned on them
you mean you pawned them?"
She nodded, her face still hidden.
The word 'pawned" had never sound
ed so harsh and hideous. She seemed
to feel suddenly ashamed of it all
There was long silence and then
he said:
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03
Parents, Make Your Children Respect You

the comfort and happiness of their
lives.
the children are the Ones Who Must
Be Obeyed. Their will is law. Their
opinions decide matters. They have
the best clothes. They go to Faces of
amusement while the parent tay at
home. The father and mo Ter are
merely upper servants to look after
the childrens wants.
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TRUTH.

Nerve thy soul with doctrines
noble.
Noble in the walks OF time.
Time that leads TO an eternal,
An eternal life sublime:
Life sublime in moral beauty,
Beauty that shall ever be;
Ever be to lure thee onward.
Onward TO the fountain free;
Free 10 every earnest seeker.
Seeker for rhe fount Of youth.
Youth exultant in it's beauty,
Beauty of the living truth.
Anonymous
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-03

I'D like to see the woman who
could make a fool OF me"
Very well Just glance at the next
good looking one you meet Chicago
Rccord-HeraId