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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-04

Yesterday In Common Pleas court.
Louis Sklenar filed huit for divorce
against his wife Josephine Sklenar. The
grounds are adultery. naming John
Petzrok as correspondent Fred Springs
Is the attorney for the PLAINTIFF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-04

The members OF the Thimble Bee met
last evening at the home OF Miss Mar
garet Moore in the West End OF town.
Fancy work was the pastime and deIec-
table refreshments were served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-04
ST. CLAIRSVILLE
Marriage Licenses.

ST. CLATRsvIL1.E. o.. April a.
Peter zimic. aged 20. coal miner. of
Maynard. and Mary KarneM. age 81. OF
Maynard. Squire Brice Murphy. of
Maynard OBLIGATED.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-04

Miss Emma Hoge will entertain the
5. T.. Club Monday evening at her home
on Marietta street The diversion OF
this club IS 800"
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times it is hard 10 say. Certainly the family of every slain soldier should be able to collect reasonable support from the country, and certainly the honor able wounds of those who survive call for similar consideration. Possibly the plan already on foot in peaceful days may avail still and add to the terrific registered indebtedness of these peoples What is absolutely unavoidable Is the determination of the people to have justice done in the coming cool. sad' and dispiriting days when the war fe- yer shall have passed away.
 Among the many alleged causes or the present outbreak none is more like ly to be true than the enormous out put of war material by great com panies. like that of Krupp in Germany, in which numbers of influential and aristocratic persons hold stock It Is not many weeks since leading Chris tian layman and member of the House of Commons was sharply criticized in the English religious journafs because
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GUN MAKERS AND WAR MAKERS-By George Eaves D. D.

Few people realize that British arm amonts firms. both inside and outside the ring, have actually armed tho Ger man and Austrian forces against Great Britain"
 Measurably this charge is true. The fierce struggle of commcrciaiism to ob tain wealth is not a monopoly of any land. It has as much greed and as lit- tie conscience in America as fin Flu rope; and the diatribes directed by the Labor Leader" against Great Britain should be aimed at the whole body oi the so-called civilization, whose Ylti- mate reason is the unreason of com pulsion. What we have in effect whether in Europe or America. Ia tho man with the gun, admirably symbol ized in a well known advertisement ci | six shooters What is the matter witf Europe but the same disease tha' makes life fivefold more preoarious 1T Jefferson county than in Mexico? Ths man behind the gun is seldom fit tt be so near and with such dread au- tkority. He may be Huerta,. Prus
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sian bureaucrat, or drunken negro He may even be q policeman or dep uty sherifk but infaliibly. in any casa the relationship will make him both bully and coward. afraid lest someone should "set the drop" on him, and val uing his life at quite egotistical fig ure. The moro he pays for his gun the more he will prise 1t and the more he prizes it. the more he will depend upon 1t as the sovereign solvent of every problem the high court of jus tice and the master brain of his uni verse. Nay, he may have the drop on all of us without gun. because he can raise the price of necessities in which he gpmbles.
 II these arc facts of the human mind,
 the manufacture and sale of deadly weapons belongs In . somewhat lower category of tho vicious occupations than the manufacture and sale of cheap whisky. If the latter Is toxin of the body, making for nervous insanity, the armaments are a toxin of the national soul making for spiritual insanity. AS
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he owned stock in certain great man
 ufactory of ammunition. That tireless champion of social idealism, MT. Keir
 Hardie, has denounced the same kind
 of thing particularly in instances in
 which officers of the army held such
 stock. The editor of a London labor journal has also been widely quoted in expressions of the conviction that the makers of war material are them selves the chief makers of war.
 Only & few months have elapsed since a scandal was created in Ger many and France. that in both these countries misunderstanding and dis sensions were being fomented by agents of the Krupp's, and apparent | ly also of the Creuzot's gun factories. The impression was strong that this
 charge. made by German socialists, had been proven to the hilt. But that any
 serious attempt was made by any gov
 ernment to penalize these powerful
 groups no one for a moment supposes. The English Labor Leader" Is thus quoted in the "Iiterary Digest"
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time maintaining its neutrality. The
 sympathies of the people seem to be
 with England and her allies. despite
 the fact that Italy is one of the coun-
 tries making up the triple alliance.
 Austria Hungary is exceedingly un-
 popular among the Italians. This fact,
 no doubt. had much to do with the Ro- man governments determination to
 hold itself aloof when called by Ger
 many and Austria Hungary to fulfill
 the compact to which each had
 rledged its word. Now Italy is fear
 full that it will suffer when the am-
 bassadors sit down to draw a new map
 of Europe. With enemies along the
 eastern shores of the Adriatic, the
 plight of Italy will be precarious. But
 she cannot be expected to share In a victory she has had no hand in win
 ming.
 Roumania and Bulgaria likewise are
 anxious to have finger in the new Eu-
 ropean pie which will be baked. Although
 they have no love for Servia and Monte-
 negro, they appreciate the advantage that
 goes with being with winner. and the
 successes of the Russians in Galcia are responsible for warlike feeling that de-
 fies suppression among the subjects of
 Charles and Ferdinand Turkey, despite
 reiterated predictions that she would cast
 her lot with Germany and Austria Hun gary. still shows reticence against taking the final plunge. Greece is certain to take hand r Constantinople decides on war. and is sleeping with arms in readi- ness.
 Already nearly all of Europe Is arrayed on one side or the other of the mighty conflict. The entrance of Turkey, Greece. Roumania, Bulgaria and Italy will make 1t almost una nimous. Portugal sometime ago officially declared that her interests lie with those of England Nobody seems to care much what Spain. thinks or does. Denmark, Norway and Sweden have stood aside. It now seems unlikely that they will be directly concerned in the holocaust. Holland. likewise, has preserved an atti- tude of strict neutrality. although evil dences are at hand to indicate that her best wishes are with the Germans.
 It is of little profit to discuss the stories of atrocities committed by the men in arms in the fields of Europe. Assertion Is promptly met with nat denial, and one tale of horror is at once contpAsted with another even more narrowing in its concept. Yet, think the readers of The Age-Herald should be given an opportuni- ty of perusing an interview given out in
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The kilkenney cats are being brought
 up to date.
 The forehanded man receives his
 need of praise in nearly every maga-
 zine we pick up these days. All ad-
 mire the fellow who gauges the future
 accurately. It may not be good busi-
 ness to cross a bridge before you come
 to it. but if you intend to cross, it
 is very we'll to know positively that
 tho bridge is there. And speaking of
 fprchdnded men, it must be that AL
 bania is their original habitat. Vide
 this dispatch from Rome:
 "The Messagero's Durazzo. Albania,
 correspondent says Essad Pasha, form-
 CT Albanian minister of war, is ex- pected in Durazzo. It is believed that he
 intends to assume the governorship of
 the town and then proclaim himself F9inee of Albania. A conspiracy all it is said.''
 Hows that for foresight? They don't know that Essad is coming, or if he does come. they don't know what he intends to do. But they're not letting any grass grow under their feet. They concoet a conspiracy to kill Essad
 while they have a little spare time on their hands.
 An American once high in the con- suiar ,1srvice, but now in Germany where he is close to high officials through the marriage of his daughter to a nobleman' (get that--a noblemanD D has written a letter to the Washing ton correspondent of The Age-Herald | in which he says Japan and England
 are preparing to seize control of the
 Pacific ocean.
 The next move,'' says this man whose daughter married "nbleman.
 will be for Hawaii and the Philippines,
 unless our administration stiffens its backbone to the utmost If the United States enters the competi- ton, England will urge Japan to get after us like she did with Russia" etc., etc.
 It is muchly to be feared that this l former high dignitary of the American consular service has not been able, to view things in the proper perspective
 since his daughters marriage with a
 "ncbleman."
 War and peace alike have their anom- allies Recently we have witnessed a nation using it's troops to repress civil | fans who insist that their country join the helligerents. Italy has had hard
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of old the swaggering blade who be- came notorious would have been a meek and mild -mannered person but for his blade. so the modern nation, armed to the teeth and prepared to blow any number of the sons Of God Into indistinguishsble bits of gory flesh. is going to take affront far more easily and resent it far more swiftly than If its soldiers were all to make and all it's ships were equipped mere- ly for tho pursuit of trade.
 Growing. out of the present distress therefore, and the utter ruthlessness of the present slaughter. we expect very strong socialistic attack upon private firms and corporations whose trade is the selling of guns and ammunition to
 the governments. If the attack is prompt national repentance may make lit timely and effective. The spent forces of Europe will have involved a recoil, and it Is at least conceivable that international agreements may bring about an international fleet for the po-
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l" ILL samuel Richardson, the novel was unknown. There had been
 \ stories and romances. not a few, 5A different forms, in different tongues, but the plot with its accompanIments was the creation of Samuel Richardson. Nor was it an achievement of intent on the part of this original novelist. but purely an accident Samuel Richardson was the lon of poor English carpenter in Der 6yshire. He was only measurably edu- cated, going never beyond the grade of the common school, and even here his course was cut short by the inadequate pleans of his father when Samuel was only Is, at which period he went to Lon don to learn the art of the printer. choos- ing this mainly on account of the fact that it would enable him to gratify his
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Heinz of the seas, and that interns tionai free trade may take the place of armed forces. other than necessary con- stables on land, In such readjustments the voice of the socialist will not be sl- lent. Ii may even happen that the most attractive shrine for pilgrims of tho next century will be the tomb of that lamented friend and champion of all his brothers, Jean Jaures.
 But If war is to be abolished by tho new social conscience, VIC may well add 10 the same limbo those gentlemen who make their fortunes by exploiting man. kind in less spectacular but just ss deadly ways, the speeulator in food stuffs, the renter of household prop erty unfit for human habitation. and the citizen who trades all his citlzen- ship for 30 pieces of silver. more or less. They are all of one stripe and, ps Gilbcrts opera long ago expressed it,
 We have them on the list We've got em on our list"
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HEART TO HEART

schadenfroh." and it is used to de- scribe a person who rejoices over the loss or misfortune of another It com es from the word "schade. meanins damage. and "froh.' meaning happy !
 Nov
 It would seem that no person could be found to assert that 1t is right to make mock of the troubles of others whether such troubles are deserved or not. Yet here we have on the word of Q high English scientific authority . denial of the theory that 1t is wronr to laugh at other persona mtssortunes.
 This man. Dr. William McDougali of Oxford university. reader in mental philosophy" contends that such laughter is . beneficent provision whereby mass of minor suffsztng, hich would otherwise dspress hu- manity. is turned into stimuIant pro noting mental and bodily well be- ing"
 He calls 1t "a new theory of laush- ter" He might just a we'll call 1t 'a new theory of human conduct" for 1t is revolutionary in its view of the rela- tionship of one human being to an- other.
 From the earliest time ws have been taught and the teaching has been borne out by all human experience, that ws should sympathiss with the rufferings of others and take measurss to carry our sympathies into practical effect Tn the "Art of Poetry" of I5or- ace the Roman poet writes:
 "As the human countsnance smiles on those that smile. % 1oes it sympa- thixe with those that weep"
 Shall we accept this view or the new ono propoundsd by the British ~rsadsr in mental philosophy7~
 The older standard 10 wiser aud bet ter.
 The laughter aroused by the misfpr- tunes of soneons else. provided. of course. that the mishap is real and not . temporary. ludicrous embarrassment. brings no refrsShmsnt to the soul like the jolly. rib shakins eenvulsion that is Aohsstly born of wholssoms humor.
 xAughl
 laugh lons and hard and often. lt b "good medicine."
 But do not laugh at the sorrows of othsrl. even if ysu agres with the Britt ish philosupher that you may bs sparsd ing"
 Rettsr to endure such minor uufferins in follow 1oellng with your hPother man or eioter woUaa
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London by Spencer Eddy. For 20 years Mir Eddy was in the diplomatic service of the United States, having been at va rious times charge d'affaires at St. Pe- tersburg and secretary of embassy in tersburg and Berlin, and United States
 minister to Argentina and Roumania. Mir. Eddy possibly has been misquoted; it Is ferventiy to be hoped that such is the case. He is now in London, where he recently arrived after assisting in Red Cross work in the northwest of France. His tale is 8 most narrowing one. Part of it is not reprinted here because of it's description of brutaiities too revolting
 for a peaceful and peace-loving people to
 read in the calm and quiet of Sunday
 morning. Said MT. Eddy:
 When war was first declared I was living in a villa at Deauville. but imme-
 diately all the men and later the women
 servants ieft-the former to join the army.
 the latter to become Red Cross nurses.
 Stranded as was, determined at least
 to see something of the hostilities.
 T joined the Red Cross as a volunteer
 and what I have seen enables me to say
 that never since history was first written
 have soldiers proved themselves such ut
 ter beasts, so absolutely devoid of the
 rudiments of decency, as tho Germans.
 This is q sweeping statement. I realize.
 hut the atrocities these troops have per-
 petrated make the ugliest barbarities of
 the American Indians read like childish pranks in contrast
 Most of the things I have seen are too appalling to tell, much less print, but here Is one of the least shocking in-
 stances of German brutality, about which I find here in London there seems still to be considerable doubt. A young French cuirassier with three bullets In his abdo- men was brought to the hospital at Trou- vile where I was working early in the fighting. I helped carry him to cot. He was dying and asked for priest to administer final absolution.
 While we were waiting for a priest to come asked the soldier if he had seen any atrocities. No he replied weakly. I didn't sec much: didn't have the chance. was wounded tho second day of the action. The only thing I saw like that was when, after forced re- treat. we got a chance to breathe on the banks of brook. Right beside me, | hanging from the branches of a willow, were two cuirassicrs suspended by the feet When we out them down one was
 dead. the other was dying. Both had had their tongues out out
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struck terror to the hearts of many an H'nGlishman. All along it has been the boast of the German sea fighters that they would keep their main fleet of super intact while the submarines would be sent against the foe. in this way gradually to wear down the strength of the mighty British arr mada until 1t was of a. size that Ger many could attack with some prospects of success. Heretofore. the submarines of the Teutonic navy had displayed ex- treme activity, but the actual damage inflicted by them had been slight The German threat had lost some of it's terror.
 With tho sending to the bottom of the sea the Hoguc. the Aboukir and the Greasy. the German boast is brought to mind with increased vividness. Will 1t Do made good?
 Many travellers returning to Ameri- cn from Europe have brought stories of German plans for the destruction of These tales were repeated until they became tirssome.
 Have they real basis of fact? Is Cor many planning raid by way of the air ecrcss the channel? Are her Zep pelins the mighty monsters of death and destruction they have been repre- sented?
 We now can see that her promised use of the submarine was not all idle palaver. She also may make fearful use of her reputed demoniacal dirigi- bles.
 The Scientific American. in an able and thoughtful editorial, discussin E "Germany's Strong Strategic Position" recalls to its readers mind that vic- tory Is not always with superior num- bers and says:
 'Of enormous advantage to Germany Is the fact that the geography of the naval and military situation is such that she is planted squarely between her major enemies. France and Russia; and so long as she is supreme in the Baltic 1t is im- possible for those countries to effect a Joint concentration of their troops in over whelming numbers upon either frontier.
 And Germany, be 1t remembered. has all the advantage of fighting on interior lines. Because of her admirable system of military railroads, many of them built with view to just such crisis as that which now confronts her. she can move her reserves quickly to either frontier and mass them at any point for attack or de- fense.
 Tn the event of German reverses and failure of her invasion of France. she would fall back upon her line of frontier
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ule when few games remain to be played.
 And no life can win success in that way. either.
 Do you know the story of the life of Margaret Gaffney?
 It ought to be taught to every school child of America. Tn letters of gold 1t ought to be inscribed on the walls of every schoolhouse that the life of
 man might be brightened by daily contemplation of the record of life of entire goodness.
 Here 1t is:
 Margaret Gaffnsy. philAnthropist, was born in Baltimore about 1923. She was the only child of Irish immi- grants, who were very poor, but up right and conscientious folk. They died and left the little girl to the care
 of a Welsh couple who had come to
 America in the same ship. This latter couple were also very poor, but they taught the little girl the beauty of goodnes and the duty of helping oth- srs
 After tho death of Marsarsts hus. band left her a widow and childlesa lin New Orleans she set about the task for which her heart ionged, doine something for little children. She en- tered the Peydras Orphan asylum
 where she was tireless and full of ex- pedients, working sometimes in the house, more often going about the streets soliciting food. ana meney for her charges
 It is recorded that whom NarGarst could ret her stores home h no ether
 way she wheeled them in . barrow
 With tho co-eperatien sf the eistevu oj Charity MarGaret succeeded in build. ing a larger orphan asylum for thu poor children of New OrlpAns. "sh( save to orphans of whatever desicmi. nstion." 1t h wrftten. "Protestant Catholic or Hebrew. white or black aud New orlsAns swss to tho labor of this poor and ignofanA woman he, three largest homes for children ana { home for the aged ana inSlym.s
 Margaret 0affney disa h 1a0a. At the city united to show i&s rsvessnc< for her. and one of the things whlct New Orleans points out mest proudl, to its vistors 10 the marble monu ment inscribsd Margaret"
 She was the first woman of America to be honorsd by tho erection of marble statue to her memory.
 "6he weavo no Crock or RomaI drspery. but the humbla garb % fA ni1aay e aQ.S saye . deeoE1ptiea .
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NEARLY DIES TRYING
 TO PROVE HE'S ALIVE

Supposed to have been drowned, identi-I fled. buried and the grave marked by a stombstone, James Mc1<innon. the owner of a 700 acre ranch near Heartline Wash, large ranch near Red Deer Alberta
 and substantial deposit in the Bank of Montreal, appeared in Spokane early in the week, to the surprise and acquain l tances. says special to the New York World. Since the report of his death and funeral got abroad he has been having |. distressing experience in establishing his identity.
 A man of McKinnon's size was taken from the river near the Spokane Casket factory on November G. of last year. Tho
 body was brought to tho I1odwick under taking rooms and positively Identified as James Mcktnnon by D. J. Leahy, No. E40s Sfnto avenue. according to the rec ords H. H. Hutton, No. 29 Main avenue. was not so sure. although the dimensions of the men were not unlike. laundry mark, 'J. McK.," found on the under wear of the dead man. seemed to clinch 1 the conclusion, and the body was given respectable burial in Fairrnount as James McKinnon, ranchman.
 Through the columns of the Soukes- man-Review. James McKinnon learned at his ranch in Alberta that he had been drowned and buried. Distressed by tho circumstances. in which he foresaw a dis trlDuuOn or hls estate ana nib roduction | to . condition of poverty. he hastened | from his ranch, which Is remotely situ- ated, to tho nearest telegraph office. He started in blizzard and was
 halted before attaining his objective by 1 his feet freesing. For many weeks he | lay at ranch house under the care oe
 strangers before he could resume the
 Journey. Tn the meantime an inquiry that
 suggested . doubt of his existence came | from . Spokane bank. When he had cate isfied the bank. he concluded to defer hio visit. On his arrival hero he immediately. went to the Iodwick undertaking rooms to view tho record of his death and burial