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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-05
VALUE OF BUILDINGS ERECTED In
CITY THIS YEAR GREATER THAN LAST

Building Inspector J. J. Fahey has
completed a compilation showing that
Tor the first nine months OF the pres
ent year. the building permit. issued
have overstepped the number and
value Of those issued for the year
1918. While there Is yet three months
TO 90. he said yesterday that the
brunt OF the years work had been
done. and from now until spring ali
that could be hoped for would be
buildings OF a minor nature.
report compiled up until Sepfem-
Der I. by months. Is as follows: Jan
uary. s36.oso: February. s5s.455:
March. s45.6s6; April. s2ss.1ot: MAY.
$50 SCI; June. $780,. $50: July. s1ss. as.
and August. s3s1.O42 Total for the
nine months. si.321.s70: total for last
year ss23.511. Increase over last year
s4ss.45s. The inspector did not give
any views as 70 the possible cause
OF the Increase in the building world.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-05

but expressed h1ns>lf - vsry VI
pleased with conditions - tbsy nov
exist
He did not fail 20 emphasis shs
fact that the city could gain oonG1d-
cradle revenue by placing an inspsc-
ton fee on the inspections and
small fee for issuing permits. Thfs
he claimed would make the Office en-
tirely self supporting. and add krsafiy
10 the city's low revenues. This IL
one OF the offices that has seemed to
sink into obscurity. but yet IL one OF
those that should receive a great deal
OF praise. II Is no uncommon thing
for persons who do not know the In
side working OF the Office 20 talk OF
the seemingly inactivity OF the In
spector.
He said there 10 a noticeable
change in the quality OF buildings be-
ing erected as all are desirious OF
building structures Of better quality.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-05

John Herimeir for alterations AZ No.
1873 Eon street. H. W. Fair con-
tractor.
Ella Thurber for repairs at No. s0l
Grandvfew street Z. Kenney con-
tractor.
John Goshorn for repairs at No
2744 Eoff street. Grant Goodwin con-
tractor.
Grant Goodwin. for repairs and al
terations at No. 1897 Wood street.
Mrs. Philip Jones for repairs al
No. Sos George Dorm contractor.
w. III. Howard estate for repairs a,
No. Ale South Huron street.
Henry Barts for foundation at No.
lilo Elizabeth street. II. w. Fair
contractor.
John Okovitz for alterations at No.
rs Main street. J. F. Smith contrac-
tor.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Sweeney for line
fence at No. SOS Market street.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-05
JUST ELEYEN BUILDING PERMITS
WERE ISSUED DURING PAST WEEK

A total OF eleven building permits
we're issued during the past week.
tnereoy making the work OF the Of
nee stay on q par with the weeks
OF the past month In no instance
was the permits issued for a big
building most OF them being for al
teratfons and repairs. While there
are a number Of large buildings un-
der construction. jet the contractors
received the permits some weeks ago.
For the past I've weeks the hign
watermark has been an even dozen
permits.
Permlta
Those Issued for the week:
John Rush. repairs at No. 455
orsndview street for repairs and al
terations. Contractor Harry Ben
nett.
Rebecca Schoeneld for repairs az
NO. lis Fifteenth street. Contrac-
tor II. W. Fair.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-05
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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Fear of Ridicule Makes
Children Wrap Souls
in SecretivenesS.

| have known a mother to re-
peat the shy love story that her
little daughter had told her. and
to subject her first romance to
vulgar criticism. / have heard
whole families, grandmothers, and
aunts. and cousins, regaled on the
story of some foolish little act
girl had done, and which she had
told to her mother, because she
was uneasy in her conscience
about it, and felt the need Of ad-
vice, but which she didn't want
exploited abroad, and brayed to
the world.
The result of all of this is that
the parents simply seal their
children's lips. They blight con-
fidence in the bud Experience
has taught the young ones that
their elders are not to be trusted,
that they will make their sacred
heart secrets the subject of
joke, or else publish them to the
world. That is why the average
girl and boy contide in strangers
instead of their parents.
Parents also make their chill
dren liars by Furnishing them if
they tell the truth. They put
reward upon mendacity by max
ing veracity painful. When john
ME knocks over the jam jar in
trying to get to it, mother asks
him who did it. II Johnnie says,
Il did" mother spanks him for it.
one or two experiences of this
nature teach Johnnie the wisdom
and prudence of saying that as he
was passing through the pantry
he saw the cat do it.
To penalize the truth with chill
dren is to drive them into false
hood, and yet in all my acquain-
tance know but one mother and
father who have intelligence
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Parents Should Realize
Little Ones Are as
Human as They.

The trouble with parents seems
to be that they think that their
children are not human beings.
with natural human instincts, but
some queer species of animal
to which the ordinary rules OF
life and conduct do not apply
Every man and woman know wen
enough that they never tell things
the second time to an individual
who abuses their confidence; that
they indulge in subterfuse when
the truth is going to prove un-
pleasant and expensive, and that
they get away as fast as possible
from those who tyrannize over
them.
Yet they do all of these things
to their children, and wonder why
their children don't confide in
them. and are so crazy to leave
home,
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
By DOROTHY DIX

VYTHY do parents make it SO.
w hard for their children to
be truthful TO them, and
confidential with them?
Every father and mother in the
world want their children to love
them: they want their children to
come to them with all of their
heart secrets, they want their
children to tell them everything
they do, and think of doing. Yet
they deliberately raise every pos
sible barrier between themselves
and their sons and daughters, and
practically force their children
into becoming little liars. Hon
estly. when you observe the way
the average father and mother
treat their children, it looks as if
when people became parents they
took leave of the last particle of
common sense that they had,
Take the matter of a child's
confidence. We all know that if a
father and mother are TO guide a
child Alright they must look into
his very soul. We also know that
there is nothing else In nature so
shy, so sensitive, and so afraid of
ridicule as little child. 1t takes
a touch as light and delicate as
that of the most skillful surgeon
to probe into a little girls or boys
thoughts.
Yet, knowing this, ninety nine
parents out of a hundred do not
hesitate to repeat as a good jest,
before a room full of people, the
sacred condolences that their chill
dren have given them. They drag
out the little thoughts and fancies
that were the very core of the
child's heart for the amusement
of a lot of brutal grown ups who
guffaw with laughter that is
crbcifxion to the child that sees
himself being held up as a figure
of fun to be Knocked at and jeered
at.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25

self to he driven by a wind or
drawn along by little sail spread
in front 70 catch the breeze
The eXperim ents in the army
have shown that the skater can
turn in a surprisingly narrow
space. and there does not appear
TO be greater danger of an upset
than with ordinary ice or roller
skates. \ pair of these skates,
their size, weighs
only g few pounds. and they can
be folded and strapped on the
back, the keels being detached
and carried in the hand.
on quiet little lakes and ponds
and on the still reaches of forest
shaded rivers. or on the surface of
broad canals, where there is little
disturbance of the water. water
skating. il is easy to see. might
become very entertaining sport.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Water Skating A New Sport
Which, Incidentally, May Be introduced Into
the Military
the Military

They can be inflated at will Tn
derueath each cylinder runs
light, stiff keel to keep the skate
straight, and also to furnish at
tachment fer four little square
fins, placed one behind another
along the axis Of the skate. These
open out downward, and catch
the water like oars when the
skater gives backward thrust
with his foot Then. as he pulls
the skate forward. the fms close
up against its undersurface and
leave It free to glide through the
the water If desira bic the skater
can aid his progress with a double
paddle like that used for canoes.
and soldiers employ the butts of
their muskets for steering pad
dles. So easy is it TO maintain
ones equilibrium after little
practice that one may allow one
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25

Speed sttainablc is not compar-
able with that in which the skater
on ice delights. but the sensation
of gliding over the water in an
erect position. and directing the
course hy simple movements Of
the feet, is described as some
thing altogether unique and hard
IL less surprising than that ex-
nerieuced by the voyager on an
aeruplaue.
The dream of walking on the
water has attracted inventors for
centuries, but never before. ii
would seem. has il had 50 near
reallza zion. Starke's water skates
are about rs large as snow skis
They consist of long, narrow In
dia rubber cylinders. pointed at
both ends. but more sharply in
front than behind, and iuClosed in
impermeable il-cloth covers
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Stars and Stripes

The loud smack is not always
the sweetest kiss.
1t is often difficult for a stngy
man to be honest.
The average girls ideal is al
ways a shy cuss.
we all love the cheerful giver--4
if he gives enough.
The widow of 4 scallawas huss
band can often look IS sad as anSs
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
By GARRETT P. sERVIss.

TVERYTHtNG in Germany
r takes a military turn, ana
50 it Is not surprising That
one OF the first uses that has
been foul3 for the water skates,
recently invented by . Mr.. Starke.
Is in connection with the army
ENperlmentdlly al least. soldiers
employ these skates FOR crossing
81 river. carrying a bicycle on the
oSck and even shooting at an
imaginary enemy. while EN- route
from shore to shore So. too. the
skates are employed. or course. in
relatiN ely Still water. for the pre-
lmnarN operations ju laying pom
tpuu BRIDGES.
The skates Introduce "a new ana
ailuring form of sport The
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25

The bum piano player seldom
has to be asked to perform.
Some men succeed by taking
chances with the other fellows
wad.
It is better to be a coming man
than to be 40 miles ahead of the
procession.
Some fellows have artistic tenn
peraments; others are simply dis
agreeable.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Continual Nagging Sends
Many a Child From
Home to Ruin.

That parents drive their chill
dren away from home by their
continual nagging and tyranny is
also true. They send many a girl
out to her ruin, and drive many
more into hasty and ill-advised
marriages.
Here is a case in point: A
young girl, a nice, honest young
business girl of my acquaintance
is engaged to be married to
worthy young fellow They are
not ready to marry yet because
they are both very young, and the
man wants to be a little better
established in his business, and
to save up money to furnish a
little home before he marries. and
the girl wants to give her earn
ings for a couple of years to her
parents, who are poor, as some
return for the money they have
spent in rearing her
But a month or so ago the girl
and her fiance went out together
to a party. They were detained
and got home later than the
mother and father thought proper.
Thereupon the. parents fell upon
the girl with intolerable abuse,
and ordered the young man from
the house. The girl tried to ex-
plain, but her mother and father
refused to listen, and ever since
have made things so unpleasant
for her at home that she is go
ing to escape by rushing precipi-
lately into a hasty marriage.
This is, of course, an excep-
tional case, but many another girl
marries the first man who asks
her because her mother is always
scolding her, or her father IS
grumpy, or because she is denied
reasonable liberty of action.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25

enough to recognize this patent
fact. No matter what their chill
dren have done, if they tell the
truth about it they are never pun
ished In fact, immunity from
punishment is the reward for tell
ing the truth, for these wise peo-
pie believe that there is hope of
every boy and girl turning out
right if they are not raised up to
be towards and liars.
When child has done a wrong
or a foolish thing and he comes
to you frankly and honestly and
tells you about it, you have got
n chance to do something with
him by talking to him kindly and
tenderly, and pointing out his er-
ror to him. But how helpless you
are II you have made your child
afraid to tell the truth to you, and
he comes lying and cr1nging to
you like a dog that is afraid Of
being beaten!
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-25
Breathe More and Better Air.
See the World. Give Health
to Your Whole Family

GET AN AUTOMOBILE, Expensive Cheap the Best That
You Can Afford


does that for them.
The automobile will do for what the eagle wings do
for him Get automobile
living in sVii. running water is marvellous for
speed health gameness beauty Water him what air
you Plenty of swift moving air means healthier more
brilliant being Nothing is dismal than the wide
mouhed sucker fish, lying the bottom of the sagnant pond
get automobile.
Now is the time to that marves of automobile
building and using are only BEGINNING
You can buy for $4,000 an automobile WORTH EVERY
CENT of the money.
You can buy $500 automobile that would be well
worth S5O0O-if it could not be bought for less.
Where automobiles have been sold tens of
thousands WILL be sold
Whoever talks of national automobile extravaganza
might well talk of railroad extravaganza We need automo
b long good roads plus cheap
machines important than the steam
in passenger carrying
dull minded their little pencils and calculate
how much automobiles country What of it?
Railroads have the country thirteen thousand million
dollars for construction aoneand of thousands of mil
upkeep-and they beeh cheap the price We
need railroads
Automobiles are cheap their price-and need more
millions more
This country needs machine every its six million
MORE prosperous saving the time leaving the
for slow farm work giving the poor wife chance to stop
drudgery making the young stay land
Every one of millions and WILL
HAvEit.
Every little business man. plumber cs1e=nter, butcher
baker, needs anc will have a
Why talk of the end of the automobile boom
when any the country NOW
millions without that should
use it economically
As well talk of end to the ELECTRIC LIGHT BOOM
gas boom automobile boom.
The motor has helped conquer paceit here
last forever and its only competitor will be the safe cheap flying
machine, still distance away.
The flying machine falling using tires with good
air roads all around this planet will be the great distance killer
While waiting for that GET AN AUTOMOBILE
You take your family twenty miles with twenty
worth of gasoline. That is cheap enough
decently cared for will run ONE HUNDRED MILES
FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF THE PURCHASE PRICE.
And it will easily than its actual time
ing worth dollars
day
much the cheap cars which have been marveously
developed
There CHEAP all prices from the the
highest duty to buy the BEST that he
He that his family himself
entitled to support
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
WOULD RESTRAIN
MAN FROM USING
HOME HE BUILT
Maplewood Residents Claim
Residence Violated Restrlc-
tions in Deed.

4 suit to restrain a man from using
a dwelling built by him was brought
10 trial before Vice-Chancellor Howell
today. John F. Roche, of Maplewood,
constructed house at cost or sla,oVo
in Maplewood avenue. The neighoor-
hood is a residential one, covenant
in the deed requiring, in addition 10
other things, that no two-tamlly
dwellings or apartment houses DO
built in the neighborhood.
When Raches house was finisheo
II was found that although 1t COM
plied with all other requirements IN
The deed. there were two Kitchens,
two pantries. two dining-rooms, TWO
staircases leading from the front en-
trance and in every instance where
a two-family house requires duphca-
ton 1t was done.
Thereupon a suit to restrain Hocner
from using the house was begun py
Otto A. Stiefel, a resident of Maple
wood avenue. Mr.. Stiefel appeared
TODAY as solicitor in person to press
the suit.
n was shown at the trial today that
since the house was built the parti-
tions which divided the kitchens, din
ing-rooms and other duplicated apart
ment had been ripped out and the
house today stands as a single dwell
ing.
However, George 2. Pollard, an
other resident of Maplewood avenue,
testified thatChe had gone through
the house Just after it had been
completed, and found that II had
been built for the accommodation Of
two families living Independently.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
VILLAS ARMY
DASHES TOWARD
MEXICO CITY
Sweeps Guanaiuato Almost
Without Opposition-BattIe
at Irapuato Expected.

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. 19.-The
army OF General Francisco Villa con-
tinues to sweep through the State
of Guanajuato, Mexico, almost with
out OPPOSITION. The troops are gather
ing in that State for a rapid dash
against Mexico City itself. accord
ing to adyices of early today. a
brigade under command of General
Benavides occupied Guanajuato. cap
ital of the State of the same name,
during the night. There was no
fighting. as the Carranza defenders
fled.
This movement gives Villas army
practically all of western Guanajunto.
Provisional President Gutierrez has
reached Leon from Aguas Calientes.
and Villa last night went to the for
mer centre for a conference. Ar
rangements are being made to trans
fer the provisional capital from Aguas
Calientes to the south. Gutierrez will
return to the convention city to dis
cuss the matter with the peace dele
gates.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
"FRANCE READY TO WAGE
WAR TO THE BITTER END"
Only American Correspondent Permitted to Visit Joftres Bat
tie Line Brings Back This oic2s Are Confident
They Can outIast Germany Resigned to Long Struggle

Great sheds are filled TO the roof
with staples There is -four, wheat,
wine, etc The side-tracks are crowd
ed with loaded cars waiting for space
to be made for them that they may
be unloaded.
1t is General Joffre who stands forth
as the guardian of the men of France.
The officers of the French army are
confident they viii outlast Germany
from the standpoint of men, despite
the fact that France has a much
smaller population. They believe this
because General Foffre is master at
conserving his troops. In the fighting
to date, his losses have been infinitely
inferior to those of Germany. The
bearing of the French troops is 40
mirable. / have yet to see a disgrun-
tied soldier In the last four days
inspected several military hospitals
and talked with many wounded.
Even the most seriously injured
smiled through their pain and said
they were impatient to return TO the
front.
At the supply station 1 was even
permitted to examine the command
ants books, showing all statistics in
plain figures. And 1t is evident that
France is perfectly perpared in this
direction for protected war. The
countries represented by correspond
ents and military attaches on the
present trip are:
Italy, Spain, Denmark, Switzerland,
Norway, Sweden, Holland and Amer
lea.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
HOW KARLSRUHE
TRAPS BRITISH
LINERS AT SEA
Passengers of Van Dyck De-
scribe Capture by Daring
Ocean Raider

NEW YORK, Nov 19.-How the
German cruiser Karlsruhe sets It's
traps for British merchantmen and
vessels flying the flags of other ma
tions at war with Germany was told
in detail today by ope-time passen-
gers of the Lamport and Holt liner
Van Dyck, captured by the Karlsruhe
while on a voyage from Buenos Aires
10 New York. These passengers ar
rived here today on the steamship
Sac Paulo from Para.
From Captain Hans Fritsch, a
member of the German naval reserve,
commanding the steamer Asuncion,
10 which those aboard the Van Dyck
were transferred after the Van Dyck
had been chased and captured by the
Karlsruhe on October 26, the passen-
gers obtained their information. Cap
tain Fritsch said that the Karlsruhe
was constantly accompanied by four
captured merchant vessels manned
by prize crews. The flotilla, when
there was reason to believe a mer-
chantman was near. spread out over
q line of about $50 miles long.
When a vessel flying the enemy
flag was sighted by one of the ships
the wireless notified the cru ser and
the Karlsruhe. with superior speed.
would dash in and capture the prize.
Captain Fritsch said that the karls-
ruhe had captured seventeen ships IN
or near equatorial Atlantic waters
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
RESUME PROBE OF
ROAD DEPARTMENT

TRENTON, Nov. 19.-The joint ap-
preparations committee of the 1914
Legislature began It's second hearing
into the conduct of the State road
department today to probe charges OF
alleged favoritism in the selection Of
road materials for road building.
Chairman Charles O'Connor Hen
messy, who is prosecuting the inquiry.
said Ii was hoped to conclude the
taking of testimony at tcday's ses-
sion.
Colonel Edwin A. stevens, State
road commissioner, and r. A. Meeker,
his assistant state road commissioner.
will testify before the committee to-
day The two chiefs of the road de-
partment were not subpoenaed, but
were requested to appear.
The first witness on the stand was
Charles Lecompte, contractor, OF
Lakewood, who was successful in
four contracts recently let by the
State road department, for the ap-
plication of a ligning binder on the
roads in South Jersey. Mr.. Leeompte
admitted he favored glutrin in prefer
ence TO bindite, as a binder. The
company supplying the glutrin, he
said. was fully equipped in the way
Of machinery to apg the road binder.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sTMMs.
United Press Correspondents.
(Copyright, 1914. by the United Press,


WITH THE FRENCH ARMY AT
THE FRONT (via Paris), Nov. ls.--
France is prepared to wage the war
to the bitter end. Everything shows
clearly how perfectly the republic mas
made ready. What I have seen ana
heard gives me the impression that
France faces a long war, absolutely
not afraid. After talking with officers
and men at the front for several days,
1 am confident that the general situa-
tion of the allies is excellent. Optim-
ism is evident on every hand ana the
one thing which impressed me the
most was the absolute preparation OF
the government and the forces In the
field to continue the combat indefin-
itely.
Since quitting Paris, the cores
pondents and military attaches or
eight neutral countries have been per-
mitted behind the scenes. Designated
as the press representative OF Amer
ica, | have been permitted to visit
fields and enter lines from which ali
civilians have heretofore been rlgor-
ously barred. l have visited and in
spected a revictualing station which
feeds $3.50, 900 soldiers. The system is
perfectly organized. This station is
more like a model of permanent works
than part of temporary war ma
chine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-19
By the United Press:

PARIS hannmerng by artillery and ire
oueut infantry making determined attack in
TO the norm OF
by British they are
desyong eastward and force the Germans back
An today that the Germans have
the IS now occupied by the
British There is no confirm of this
The victory in the region holding the
M the village the French Heavy
are believed sustained when this OF the village
which had mined wasb by the Germans
NieuPo Npres vii" no change
of in he allied lines