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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-01

TO bear that the War Department
Is left no alternative except IN
perp"tuate a most vicious system
Largely in consequence of these
abuses the American soldier COSTS
ms government over one thousand
uollars a year. whereas the main
tenance Of the European soldier
rarely exceeds $3.50 per n
What is the solutiong This per
tnent question can only Do
answered in the light OF the ex-
perlence OF other nations. There
are Two methods OF obtaining
large armies. one is by volun-
aTy enhstment-a system under
which the government must 70
before the country as a suppliant
and must pay a high price for the
hlen obtained. With this goes al
most invariably a system OF pen
slons involving no small outlay.
n the two combined inevitably
swell within a few years to enor-
nous proportions. Our history
furnishes abundant confederation
OF This fact.
n other system Is that of com
pulsory military service. That -
the method universally pursued in
Europe n the reason Is obvious
the necessary number OF men -
obtained at the minimum of COST
with the voluntary system. the
expense Of great armios-guch as
nose OF France. Germany Ans
tria and Russia-wouId he moro
imam any national eNcheQuer could
S'dbs'f under. Compulsory mill
Jary service possesses certain o
aoIe advantages TO the nation
such as the development of sound
physiques. knowledge Of hvriene
the Incubation OF obedience and
true patriotism. Political econo.
mists as a whole agree that fac.
tory production i'm Germany
greatly augmented by the military
raining previously received by
'H'lr operatives. The attacks On
compulsory service fan To- the
Eround when 10 is remcmbar.,
'hdt no man can equltablv demand
protection from his government
unless he renders service .,,tT,
cltnt 10 cntitlc him To sucb "a
right Compulsory military ser.
wee is no more a violation Of the
american policy and traditions
lhan Is the payment Of taxes nm.
der compulsion. In the great Ar
or the Robelliou-the only tIr.-
when both sections Of this com
'fN were confronted with mo
sitru'st Of realities-the Sout1
LHsil'uied OBLIGATORY military ser.
wee az th" outbreak OF hostiuues
Inc North, after oxhausting mo
system OF voluntary enlistment
round Itself obliged in 1863 10 re-.
S"Il TO the draft Euclaud affords
= similar example to-day. and We
americans would do well TO pront
by these lessons.
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In a letter TO a constituent writ
ten by Claude kitchin. a Repre-
sentative from North Carolina.
and leader OF the Democratic
party in the House OF Representa-
uives. he is quoted as having Criu-
clZed the enormity Of the Presi-
dents naval plan in so far as this
proposed program
Increases our naval appropria-
ton o than the total increase for
the last fourteen years: more
than the increase by Germany IN
the nye years preceding the
European war and the combined
Increase OF all the nations OF the
world for the Eve years preceding
the European war. and more than
the combined increase OF all the
nations in the world for the whole
period OF ten years Immediately
preceding the European war"
To begin with. there is reason TO
doubt the accuracy of Mr.. kitch-
ms figures. especially il the Brit
ish naval increase is taken into
consideration. But even so. What
does II mean? II means that the
recommendations OF qualified off,
GERS who have spent their lives
studying the requirements have
been constantly ignored By Con-
gress, with the result that our
Navy has not the fighting eff
cheney II ought TO possess COM
mensurate with the money ex-
pended. This is due TO the fact
that II is not well balanced. and
no unbalanced force ever attains
the maximum OF efficiency.
Similar criticism might BE- ap-
piled with respect TO the admin
istration's plan for the re-organi-
cation OF he land forces. Neither
the President nor Mr.. Garrison
has made public the method by
which they propose 10 raise the
money necessary for the increase
In the Regular Army. for the con-
templated Continental Army. and
Tor the augmented appropriations
FOR the Organized Militia.
This naturally brings up the
question OF military finance. ana
once again is made manifest the
wasteful policy which the United
States has invariably pursued IN
dealing with its armed forces.
Owing to faulty and piece-meaI
legislation. the American army IS
today the most absurdly admins
tered army In the world. This is
partly due 10 its being dispersed
all over the country in posts. the
bulk Of which are wholly useless
% "a military. or as a matter or
fact any other. standpoint except
the political And every time il is
suggested TO abolish any OF these
worthless posts. such a howl goes
W from the community in which
% IS located and to which 10 ar
iords a source OF revenue that
such political pressure is brought
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observer 20 remark that this action
of the administration in sitting the
report OF this investigation because
OF ITS political significance ~uniayor-
able TO the party in power. shows
how wholly impractical II would be
TO establish q tariff commission sub
ject to Presidential interference and
control And wasn't it Secretary
Redheld who said that the Trade
Commission could very haudily iunc.
tion as a tariff commission.
II Is more than probable If thi,
sugar report had been favorable 20
The administration, under indictment
Tor destroying the beet sugar indus
try, the redouhtahIe RcIGeId would
have pIastered the country over with
copies of the report sent under gov
eminent frank "i1r immediate use
The war. o. Is true. has revived the
sugar industry. acting in the place Of
O. protective tariff. But when the
war ceases. what thon The Tree
sugar clause in the Underwood bin
viii De suspended for purpose af rev.
r1ue. badly needed. JUS, o Bun,
after tha' necessity ceases. what
then, However. the sugar beet crow
ers and factories know what ha. been
done 90 them. and they are avar, os
'hc future menace that Hars. over
them They viII remember f...
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hrs, ,hoige. s'' the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-01

European commerce is bliEhted by
war. and. adds the New York Sun.
American business has its Gedfeld.'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-01
By FREDERIC l.. HUIDEKOPER

IVUNutT o army League OF the United States. Autumn of % Niit,,-
Studies and Other Critical Works: Author of "Tbe Tile.
Unpreparedness Of the United States"
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II would De well TO apply cloture q, f
tongue. '' MS
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FINANCING NATIONAL DEFENSE

The Wasteful Policy of the United States in Maintaining It's I.
and Naval Forces
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belonged. Euf 10 seemed too unlikely 70
Dc credible Nyr was % believed that
.i. son.. 90, present prgt,uIur. philippe
VIZ. mad done -o. and mad conferred "a
IulEutho,d lpun th, then prince tuuW
hiu.1 ug the IuIEar- H. conferred &C..
however. with all The publicity bod Doc,
Duaia command. uu his cousin. de Gu.-a
un hle UarritE. With his sister. Princess
Isabelle ed, larIs-DIIeaus.
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Joffre the army officers and other
officials have refused to allow any
women, however highly connected,
who were aetusted merely by cuFios-
ity, to proceed to the front.
Only women qualified to nurse and
belonging to = recognized war nurs,
Ing organization are now allowed to
go near the fighting area.
At one time criticism was excited
by the sight OF Lady Dorothy Field
Ing, the tweRty-year-Old daughter Of
the Earl Of Denbigh, standing among
a group OF admiring French and Bel
gian officers at the front. II was as
sumed that a girl of such an age
and such training could only be a
hindrance among the lighting men.
and 1t was even limited that she was
addicted to flirting.
Whatever she may have been at
FIRST, the young Lady Dorothy has
now changed all opinions OF her and
become a real heroine. With train
ing and experience now lasting for
months she has become a most valu-
able as we'll as courageous nurse in
rescuing and caring for the wounded.
Naturally a strong girl and accus-
toned to athletic sports, she has
shown herself peculiarly fitted for
this kind OF work.
Many ladies OF rank interested In
the wounded have lately shown their
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good sense by not trying to go IN
the hBhtlng area. The handsome ana
skittish Duchess of Westminster
VINO excited some attention AT 3rat
by busting around among the SOL
aiers IN France has now gone Ia
serbia where there Is the greatest
need OF Good Samaritans. The hos.
pital founded by her at lie Touauet
near Paris, has done good work.
Ihe condition of Serbia Is sueh
that any woman who ventures there
must see the extremes Of human
Mlseiy. The whole country has
Deen turned into a charnel house hv
the invading Austrians. followed by
the still more terrible typhus fever
Men, women and children are diving
OF disease without being able 10 and
them. N''eA
One report stated that young T.adv
Paget had died while nursing tvnbns
patients In Serbia. Her mother a.
lhe well-known American T,adJ
Paget' wife OF General Sir ArthnI
Paget, and the daughter is marrisJ
10 distant cousin, named Sir Richl
ara Paget, British Minister 10 SER
Dla. Later news came that yonnv
Lady Paget had not died Of ths
IeVer' but she Is passing through
scenes OF horror that have not beer
known ip EnrnnA Tar thnAA aanfnrIs-
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before the deadly fumes reached her.
All the risks OF death and injury,
however, would seem TO be less Of an
ordeal TO woman of sensitive
nerves than the sights she must con-
stantly witness. The bodies OF dead
and wounded have been turned
black, green and yellow, so that they
become In many instances a carica-
ture of humanity.
Then so furious is the fighting and
80 difficult the work OF attending to
the wounded that the dead have
often been left unburied for days.
The wounded are often terribly
mangled and sometimes left to lie
In the dirt for hours or even days
before the ambulances can find them.
Before they can be relieved at all
their clothes and boots may have to
be cut from them, and in this process
very often large masses of flesh come
away with the garments. These and
other services are rendered by the
women ambulance workers.
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Exquisite Girls Like Lady Diana Manners
and Miss Gladys Nelson Who Are Act
ualLy Rescuing Wrecks of She'll Torn
Humanity from the Inferno of the Front

The exquisite Miss Gladys Nelson
has been doing her share In this
terrible work, and, according to last
accounts, doing It very creditably.
Will she come come through the or
deal a stronger and nobler character
or will she break down under Il?
One of the bravest English nurses
is Miss Muriel Thompson, Of the
First Aid Yeomanry Corps. She be-
longs to a well-known English fam
lily. She is a pretty girl of robust
physique. She has been right up to
the trenches In one of the worst cen
tres OF carnage In the whole field Of
war. Many badly wounded Belgians,
who had no hope of medical atten-
ton from their own forces, were
carried by Miss Thrmp6on from the
firing line. King Albert 02 Belgium
presented TO her or TIE cA.tiefield a
medal for bravery.
The beautiful MarchlSness Of
Drogheda, young matron Of the.
highest aristocsacy, Is nursing the
wounded In q houseboat on the User
River, In Belgium, where some Of
the most terrible lighting OF the
whole war has occurred. This is the
spot where the Germans put forth
their greatest force In the West last
October TO break down the allied
tines and reach the English Channel
The Germans in their advance
either killed the Belgian inhabitants
or at least drove them out and de-
stroyed their homes. The allies In
their anxiety to stop the Germans
flooded the country and destroyed
hundreds more Belgian homes. The
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-06
English Society Woman
Turned Nurse, Taking Care
of One Of the Hindu
Soldiers Wounded at
Neuve ChapelIe.

have turned sicK at the same ex-
perience. and even veteran soldiers
are only able 20 endure their sur
roundings by smoking the strongest
kind OF tobacco. How the spoiled
darlings OF society will come through
their terrible experience must be one
OF the most Interesting problems OF
the. war.
One of the most strikingly beauti-
fui girls at the front Is Miss Gladys
Nelson, daughter OF Sir william and
Lady Nelson, who have q house
noted for It's art treasures In Hin
street, Mayfair, the most aristocratic
quarter Of London.
Sir William Nelson Is a great rail-
road magnate, having large enter
prises OF this character In the colo
niles and other parts OF the world.
He Is probably one Of the wealthiest
men In the United Kingdom. He has
two sons in the army. and four
daughters married to army Officers.
His only unmarried daughter, Miss
Gladys. determined that she would
not do less for her country than any
OF her family.
Miss Nelson Is the purest and
most refined type OF English beauty.
She is tall, 1.-THE and athletic, with
beautiful golden hair and a very
delicate. fair complexion.
This exquisite daughter OF millions
% actually running a motor ambu-
lance from the trenches IN the North
lof France 70 the base hospital She
helps 20 carry the poor wounded
la0In1oFa IN her ear nnnf ~ tIn Nwl,r
line and then drives them 10
the base hospital She has been re
peatedly under hre and runs the risk
Of being killed almost daily. She
was within the firing zone when the
Germans FIRST began their use Of
poisonous gases. and it,Was only be-
cause she had a full load OF wounded
'Asf she moved to the rear
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London. May 2s.

London. May 20.
ME ANY beautiful girls OF the
WI most delicate breeding have
- gone TO the front TO nurse
the wounded---to see the worst hor-
rors Of this most horrible OF wars.
It must not be assumed that they
have merely gone TO the base hospi-
tails to attend to the wounded sol
dlers brought TO them from the
front and carried 10 them through
the dangerous area. Some at least
have gone right to the trenches into
the midst OF the inferno of bullets
and shells and poisonous gases,
where the air Is filled with the groans
Of the dying and the stencil OF the
unburied dead and where the very
soil trembles from the force of the
new and devilish explosives that re-
duce humanity to a pulp.
The sights that these delicately
reared girls must witness can only
be limited at Many strong men
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world has never seen a
more pitiful and death
strewn waste than this
once very popalous and
prosperous region.
The Marchioness OF Drogheda anu
some other English women are la
boring among the wounded and
starving on the User, within sound
OF the guns to relieve some little
part or the unspeakable misery.
Two Of the most noted beauties Of
the British aristocracy are in train
ing to act as war nurses. One of
them is Lady Diana Manners, daugh-
ter OF the Duke Of Rutland and sis
ter OF the former Lady Marjorie
Manners, whose heart affairs have
been Of so much interest to the
world.
Lady Diana is one of the most
charming, dainty and sprightly girls
In the liveHest set Of fashionable so.
ciety. To think OF such a girl amid
the blood, dirt and horrors of trench
warfare gives one the greatest shock
OF all. 1t has not yet been decided.
where Lady Diana will take up
her duties In the war area, but her
friends say that her spirit is SO
great that she viii go to the most
dangerous places that any woman
has yet ventured to.
Another beautiful girl Of equal So
cial prominence who has been train.
ing as q war nurse is Miss Monica
Grenfell. daughter of Lord nesbor-
ough, one of the most noted sports
men in England.
In the earlier stages Of the war
considerable adverse comment was
excited by the numbers OF society
women who forced themselves
through their influence with high
officials into the lighting area, where
they were not fitted to be OF help
and were often a serious hindrance.
This evil has now been nearly
eliminated. With a growing sense
OF the awful seriousness OF the war
the most frivolous of society women
have become subdued Under the
direction OF such masterful men as
General Kitchener and General
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Strenuous Bird Wooinq.

The manner. In which the peacock
pfeens itself and displays its feathers
when searching for d bride has often
been commented upon. The strangest
bird courtship, however, is that of the
lesser birds Of paradise, who hold dane
ing parties at which the male birds
work themselves up to state border
ing on frenzy and attract the females
by uttering loud. penetrating cries, hop
ping backward and forward wildly
among the trees and displaying their
feathers to the best advantage.
The crane Is another bird which
dances for his love and makes her
many graceful bows, while manilkins-
birds largely found In South America,
dance In pairs and sing at the same
time. The male birds stand upon n
twfg about one and one-half feet from
each other and literally jump in the
air about two feet and land in the
same spot on the twig with the regular
ity of clockwork, repeating a short
melody as they do this. which presuma
bly, fascinates and captures the heart
of the other sex.--London Tit-Bits.
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SUGAR and Salt.

GRADUATED sugar tastes sweet. Pow
der 1t in q mortar and it will taste less
sweet. Owing to this fact it is hard
to convince some people that powdered
sugar 10 not adulterated. although this
practice, easily detected, is practically
unknown at present, writes George w.
Rolfe Ia the Science Conspectus. A
quarter OF a grain of quinine mixed
into pound of granulated sugar Is
said to make It taste sweeter. Com
mon salt In small quantities win I'm
prove the sweetness Of cake and other
sweet foods. az all cooks know.
Raw sugars, even when they contain
negligible quantities Of the sweeter
mother sirups, taste distinctly sweeter
than graduated sugar, although their
actual sugar content IL less. This ~
due to the salts and extractive matter
in the raw product, and 1t Is why many
cooks sigh for the old fashioned open
kettle sugar and even prefer the re-
finers' imitation goods to graduated In
making their apple pies.
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Republic of QuaIia.

American natives still maintain re-
public of their own In western North
Carolina. the independence Of which Is
recognized at Washington. 1t is gov
erned by Cherokee Indians and con-
sists Of a rich valley about eighty
square miles in area with 1000 popu-
latiOn.
This republic is known as Qualla.
and its president is chosen by ballot
every four years. receiving salary OF
$500 annually. Only Cherokees over
thirty-fye years old can be president.
Three secretaries form his cabinet, and
there Is a council of congress consist
ing of two delegates from each 100
members of the tribe. Although the
chief possesses veto power. he cannot
act on any matter Of public policy
without consent Of the council. No
one can hold ONCE who denies the ex-
istence OF God, heaven or hell The
school system il excellent English
and Cherokee languages are taught
Brooklyn Eagle.
Talent.
The artist uses stone, ana IL Is
stat,le: the mason uses a stone, ana y
IL q doorstep.
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MANY like THIS IN WASHBURN

Similar Cases Being Published ln
Each Issue.
The following case is but one Ut
many occurring daily in Washburn.
It is an easy matter to verify 1t.
You cannot ask for better proof.
Mrs. Alex Paro, Fourth ST.,
Washburn, says: II had attacks OF
kidney trouble years ago and was
often laid up with severe spells.
NV back ached all the time and
when worked or moved around, !
was bothered the most i felt the
aching right through. the small OF
my back and in my hips. ! was so
sore across my kidneys, that it was
almost impossible for me to stoop
or lift. 1t was all I could do at
times to get around. | was unit
for work and the doctor said my
whole trouble was due to my kid
sneys. Soon after using Doan's
Kidney Pills, had relief"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan q Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Paro had. Foster Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y, Adv.
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.fEfFfNVfVf1
IRON RIVER :,
Pioneer.

L lOuG6Es
Last week a movement was start
ed at Washburn to secure funds for
the purpose of making passable q
road from Washburn to this city
and several hundred dollars have
been subscribed and the work has
already been begun.
There is now pretty fair road
from Washburn to Lenawee, but
from that point to Slowbridge the
old road is unfit for use, and it is
between those two points that the
greater amount of work will have to
be done, so The Pioneer under.
stands.
William ziemer shipped So lambs
to the st. Paul market last week
Forty-six of this number graded in
the number one class and their
average weight was 20 pounds. He
received 49, per hundred weight
for them-the top market price for
the day. The balance of the lambs
were smaller than the market de-
manded and took lower grade.
For these he received 1915 per
hundred weight.
Fritz L. and M, L. Carlson, the
sheep ranchers, arrived home from
Montana Tuesday, bringing with
them six double-deck car loads of
lambs and ewes purchased in that
state, There were between seven
teen and eighteen hundred in the
lot. and more than half were lam BIS.
These sheep will be turned onto
grass and marketed late in the fall
or early winter.
Mr.. Carlson Informed the Pioneer
that the pastures in Montana are in
better shape than usual, hence the
wool growers out there were not
anxious to dispose of their fiocks
Just at this time and it was difficult
to find just what they were looking
for and at prices that they deem ed
right. But one lamb was all til at
they lost in transit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Olson and
family arrived home from Belling.
ham, WASH. last Thursday night,
where they spent the summer visit
ing with relatives. Mr., Olson said
that his family were all glad to get
back home, and that he did not
know but what he was as glad as
any of them.
The belief that the cold, wet
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The Old SaltceIIar.

During the latter part Of the middle
ages the saltcellar was the most con-
spicuous object on the table. 1t was
always placed In the center of the long
table at which the household gathered.
my lord and lady, family and guests
being at one end and the servants and
retainers at the other, and in this way
ones social position was at once APP
parent, the gentle folk sitting "above
the salt and the yeOmanry below it.
Among the wealthy the saltcellar was
Of gold or silver. Benvcnuto Cellini
chased some for Francis l. that were
of the most exquisite workmanship,
and at the Louvre may be seen several
rich specimens of saltcellars in faience
and the famous set made at Orion for
Henry /.
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G. OUNTY NEWS

the charge and an adjourn ment was
taken until next Wednesday, the
defendant being placed under three
hundred dollars bail, furnished by
A. Lodle and D. w. O'Conne.
The above two cases are the first
alleged violations of the no-license
situation existing in Bayfield, since
the town was voted dry last election
and are creating considerable local
in terest, especially as all parties
concerned are very we'll known here
and have been Bayfield, residents
for years.
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spring in terferred greatly with the
Matching of the grouse and chickens
was borne out by the results Oh
tanned by the hunters on the first
day of the season. Covies were
scarce and as rule small, and there
were many old birds among those
bagged. indicating that many birds
failed to hatch.