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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19
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a AH@a 80
TO the Editor of the intelligencer.
Dear Sir noticed a piece in your
paper OF recent date concerning the
hftieth anniversary OF the assassina-
ton OF Abraham Lincoln. where in
you stated that nearly all OF the com
mlttee taking an active part in the
mass meeting at Wheeling following
the sad affair were dead.
In reply to this ! wish to state that
] am the man who tolled the bell in
the old '76 Volunteer Fire Department
Of the First ward OF North Wheeling.
and received for the same the sum of
1900. wish also 10 state that / now
live at No. Clio Center street. Mar
tins Ferry. Belmont county. Ohio. and
am at this time enjoying the best OF
health. ! am &C years old.
Yours very truly.
CSigned) PATRICK MULLEN.
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= ortunate IL the state or community
tnet mas produced men needed in the
.furtherance OF its progress and prr-
poses, The state develops its young
men by testing them in positions Of
trust ana responsibility Some fail in
the test. others proht by the advas-
tase given them and grow in efficiency
ana usefulness 60 the state. which In
service. In the last named class stands
Secretary Of State. stuart y. Reed, who
nas nsen frequently suggested by his
friends throughout the state as .ayfiab NE
Tor the highest state Office. Recently
however from whs seems unquestioned
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UNCLE WALT: Ripping Rhymes.


In the White House Woodrow sits while IN. vor,d 4. -. ..
wv w JUN ''TosS u Europe with a sigh; every hour new problems
ruu IL, loom through the laLprevading gloom and
~ 'N' ~ SuE he sheds a briny teardrOp with his eve And
no matter what he does. half baked critic.
'ound MN buzz pointing out the divers errors he has mad. ii - -
i've mIsGonstfued BY the bunch Of kekers rude, till he wearies Of M.
Pe'oehua trade. Not since Lincoln. long ago. toted round his IA, 90
o Va a statesman had 20 bear 10 dire a load. sod 40 gra..%I ~
eeS as y e walks the floor and sveats. as he picks his wsy siono -.
ae"y ou WIN ah Europe throwing bricks We should can our noL
uSs We should quit our useless nagging quit il now: we should s,sns
the bestthat we know hov. But we harp the SANE ola 90 Al ma
policies are wrong, and you're always making blunders. co II ss.r.tp
And the President IS worn. by q thousand troubles o. 80 g. 80"
"N "VN' noIu 10 MS creams WALT MASON.
tCopyrghL IT4 y osorFs svb. ADAM.
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screen drama techniqus. n
children do master them almost
instinetively".it requires mex, 20
no effort Of attention 10 follow
a hlm. and sustained attention.
any hint OF intellectual strain. Is
positively unknown. Not only are
the Aims always run OF at a speed
Tar exceeding hfe.-for a realistic
pace. IL has been found. bores an
audience but the scene almost
never remains continuous for
more than a few moments at a
m There Is a phantasmagoric
melting OF scene into Gene. This
Il Inevitable. because the movie
play. being wordless, cannot carry
an intellectual idea. cannot make
an appeal TO he mind. and inter
est In mere action can only be
sustained just so long. In other
words. constant attendance al the
movies. instead OF developing the
powers Of attention. weakens
them.
Now. IL il exactly as bad for
the mind never to exercise itself
and do some OF its own playing
as II In for the body. The base
ball fan who never throws a ball
but IL forever watching profess
sionals play Tor him Is not going
TO make the kind OF a citizen a
really athletic nation needs and
desires. Similarly. the man. wo-
man or child who never attends
the kind of play or reads the
kind OF book where sustained at
tention is required OF the specta-
tor or reader. where the audience
has to do some OF the work.
where the mind Is called into
action by the presentation OF in
tellectual problems, is not going
TO make the kind OF citizen de-
manded by a truly great nation.
Instead. such a man. or
especially child. Is In imminent
danger of losing the power OF
sustained attention. and becoming
a smatterer instead.
For every nickle you give your
child to go TO a movie. you owe
II as a duty both TO your child
and TO your country TO see that
you provide and compel either
some solder reading or some op-
portunity for creative play. where
the child itself is the actor and
has TO work out the development
by its " powers OF imagination.
IL Is not on moral grounds that
the movies are a menace, but on
mental. They are sapping our
powers OF attention.
WALTER p. EATON.
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FINED HEAVILY
Chsrles Clark Arrsiened IN Police
Court y Given stih Fine and
sentence for Striking wife.

Charles Clark. arrested a. 40. 40
Alley 10. was arrsigned I'm police court
saturday evening on q charge or as
SaultinR his wife and was fined 500
and costs and siH months In the WORK.
house. This is the heaviest sentence
mat has been meted out In the munich
pal court Tor some time. Last ondav
Charles was up on = similar charge
and was hned 8 and costs. CLARK al.
mittcd he was guilty. and refused TO
fWear ~ ANYTHING else.
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Pour FLUSHING.

It's beyond our KIN why officials OF
the u ;. Bureau Of Mines, without any
familiarity with the facts. should wish
70 claim credit FOR their department for
the rescue work accomplished after the
explosion OF the Layland mine. News
PAPER reports sent out from Washing
ton persist In lauding the work Of the
helfnet men, who, according to tho state
ihehts or the rescued men, spectators,
members OF rcECuing parties
and others. were not In any way con.
cerned IN the rescue OF the ~forty-seven
Iren who were brought from the mine
Register.
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any discouraging to the oil men. II II
not believed that business conditions in
ne OH manufacture demand the reduc-
lions, but no one on the outside can
iathom the lima ends OF the Stand
ara on Company. II Is apparent that
the immediate object Is 10 DISCOURAGE
rroductlon-Wetzel Republican,.
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THE SPIRIT OF
STATE PRESS
Up 20 the women.

There seems 10 bc but little interest
athons the great majority OF tna-HSOmen
OF thls state over tine suffrage Question.
Nud unless the interest grows wonder
iully the amendment will fail. by being
lost sight OF in the big contest that is
Expected over the officers. II seems To
pe conceded that the men stand ready
. give the ballot to the women When
they want it-Blueheld Telegraph.
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Promoter Benson's tender letter TO
Mayor Kirk. referring TO the supposed
return OF John B~arleycorn to West Viz
ginia. Is as affecting as some other
memories OF him.
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watch IN. People oet rov,th.r

canned TO eliminate price cutting and
nght unnecessary Legislative attacks.
! ne last three words. ~ IL presumed, re-
Wen. me people, too, can get together
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The Daughters of the American Revo-
luton meet In their annual quarrel II
Washington this week. II il said the
fighting will lie fiercer than ever. and
that will be COINS some.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

From the number OF dead marines
lying on the streets and in the alleys
Yesterday morning the bo~otlesgers mus,
have In n highly successful a.
sault on the Prohibition trenches Sat
urday night.
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authority. we are informed that Mr..
Reed Will enter the race for congress
IN the new third district. His ability
tact that at the last election his total
vote was greater than that OF any other
Gazette.
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SQUIRE RAoER's COURT
Was Scene OF Much Business sstur.
day. one Trial Today

Jim Lucas was arrested Saturday
by Constable Junkins on 4 charge OF
using profane language. BE was re-.
manded 10 pail Tor q hearing today
ID Debs was arrested BY Constable
Junkins on a charge of being lntoxi-
cated Later IN the evening Be was
hned n dollar and costs.
Herbert Payne was given . sfmiiar
sentence on a drunk charge BY squire
Raider.
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What are you so worried about7"
My rich uncle wants 10 soc me
about his will and I'm afraid. IL tell
him that / am doing well that ne Will
leave his money to his poor relations.
while II say that ! am not doing
well he'll leave II a worthier n
myself"-Phiadelphia Ledger.
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President Wilson is becoming con-
cerned over the conduct OF the had
little boy OF the administration. the
Impossible John SHELTON Williams
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A New York woman who deserted her
husband left him 20 cents out of their
5000 savings. which. no doubt. made
him feel like thirty cents"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

cate afair. and IL begins to look as Il
something very interesting would
happen soon.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

Just to satisfy himself Uncle Sam
himself Is going down into Lower CAFE
iornia to see just what Japan really IS
doing there.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

April j. attending TO her bushes,
with remarkable consistency.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

Those would-hnve-been reserve bank
cities are not losing much sleep over
the present plight OF the Comptroller o.,
the Currency.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

The opening ball game Of the season
VIII be a call To the coiors.' Let no
fan" shirk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

Evidently the periscope OF the W. Y.
I.-' a not working well SATURDAY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

'hina wants us 10 intervene Will,
Mexico wants us 90 keep out.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

Inc Stogies' made a very favorable
impression In their FIRST try out.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

Clean uF the backyard The front ward
viii take care Of itself.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

This IL Public Health Day. Get busy
and root out the filth.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-19

There are 10000 postonices In Ger
many.
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Oil Msn Discouraged.
The recent declines in On are matur-
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Accomplished Both Men the Nation
Value Discipline College You-No Teaching tasm for Soldiers
Strife and Insure Quick Return of Pace1ow the Students
Handled Elementary the Soldier Lifelong Marches and
Spirit of Organzaton-WheeC Located.

desirous of taking a third term, and
we realize we have got to elaborate
the course so as to give the advanced
students something we'll worth their
while. Our aim is to build up wider
knowledge of the technical aspects of
military life and at the same time to
broaden an understanding Of what
preparedness means toward the main
tenance of peace.
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I'VE are not teaching militarism. The
soldiers duty is to shorten strife that
peace may come the quicker, or by a
parade of force to avoid conflict. We
want to make each man feel that he Is
a part Of the nations defense.
ITO begin with, the applicant must
be sound physically: the camps are not
designed to deal with those bodily i'm
paired. He must be at least five feet
four inches in height and between the
ages of eighteen and thirty. He must
be a student In a university. a college
or the graduate ting class of a high
school or of other schools rated as
such. or a graduate of the same.
"Unquestionably. the training at the
the youngsters are certainly good
deal more vigorous and husky at the
end of the term than commonly is the
case at their arrival. But, even SO, the
medical requirements of the regular
service. Meeting these conditions. the
student falls in at once with the
routine of the camp.
There is no favoritism or any chance
for students from a particular educa-
tional institution forming cliques. The
boys are assigned to their tents just
as they arrive. and this intermixing g
stimulates general comradeship. The
novices are put in the ranks Of the
camp companies alongside of students
who have already had one summers g
experience. and this is helpful, be-
cause the trained man gladly lends his
aid to the newcomer.
From the instant the students re-
port they are subjected to camp dis
cipline and routine rules. This does
not mean that there is anything irk-
some about the program for each day.
The training is essentially practical.
and our one object is to insure pro-
ficiency on the battlefield or during ap-
proach to action. Accordingly. we pur-
posely omit needless formality, and re-
suits rather than precision of move
ment are the goal.
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$50 ES, am enthusiastic. be-
OS w cause the outlook for the
If present season is most en-
4 couraginE" Thus spoke
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Starting with the simple manual OF
arms and the setting-up exercises, to-
gether with camp sanitation and per-
sonal hygiene, the lessons for every
day gradually unfold. the students be.
ing familiarized both practically and
theoretically with the tasks cut out fol
each of the combatant branches of the
service. Most of this work is confined
to the forenoon, and the afternoons are
devoted to instruction of one sort OF
the mind into play.
Finally, when the students have ac-
quired enough of the elementary les
sons-in this they have first aid drills
are taught how to look out for their
feet and are pretty thoroughly ground
ed in the question of proper food-they
have to pack their marching kits
agreeably to exacting critics.
DAY by day the load carried in their
packs is increased until the young men
are able to carry without stress the full
service outfit. Now they are ready for a
siX-day hike and during this period they
put their various lessons to practical tests.
The students constitute one army and a
detail Of regular troops represent the zoe.
by this time the student officers
know enough about map reading and
lOpOSIdpAS " oC doie ~ Son =
advantage of the physical changes of
the field of operations, and the scout
ing, skirmishing and battle tactics, In
cluding also a possible retreat and a
rear guard action, are carried out with
as faithful approximate to service az is
possible in simulated warfare. There
Is plenty Of dash and abundant oppor-
tunity for initiative, out no less i'm
portant is the exercise Of restraint and
self control.
OF course, a man is not finished SOL
dier unless he can shoot we'll. Only
hits count. Last year the students at
the Burlington camp were taken to the
rife range at Fort Ethan Allen and
put through a carefully planned course
Of range firing at known distances.
They practiced with the service rifle
and ammunition at a target having an
eight-inch bullseye. firing from 200 to
300 yards. twenty-inch bullseye was
their mark at 500 and 500 yards.
when sufficiently expert they tried
rapid fire-ten shots in a minute and a
half at 200 yards, and the same num-
Der in two minutes at 300 yards. the
target being a silhouette representa-
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tion Of the head and shoulders of a
man. This preliminary course was fol-
lowed by another one in which the
students were graded according to rro-
ficiency as expert rhemen, sharpshoot-
ers and marksmen. Those not attain
ing a proficiency Of "a per cent were
of course unable to qualify. Not more
than 25 per cent of the students had
ever fired a service rifle before.
X X
The total number of the students
who fired the course was 321, and of
these % won the rating of expert rifle
men, IS of them qualified as sharp
shooters and 1O4 of the students won
the rating Of marksmen. This Is ad-
mittedly a very creditable showing and
it is fact that tho average marks
manship of the students was superior
to that of the regular soldiers stationed
at Plattsburg.
Let me read you what one Of the
Harvard men has said about the physt-
cal training these camps give:
cat Burlington this consists first
of outdoor life, where a man meets the
elements and lives. so far as possible
under our civilization, in a natural way.
tires early at night He lives with a
regularity to which most men are not
accustomed.
Then, secondly, the exercises which
he practices in a military camp tend
to develop his physical prowess. He be-
gins the day with athletic exercises.
After breakfast he takes part in drill.
exercising not only the muscles. but the
common sense and intelligenee of the
soldier. Later in the day. still under
the discipline of the military camp. he
takes part in such games as his inclina-
ton may suggest.
1.-The long marches. the activity OF
the skirmish, moving forward, then
back. now running. now dropping to the
ground, then rising and running for
ward again, all train both the mind
and muscle Of the athlete and fit him
for the work which the collegian must
do. The opportunity to acquire bodily
control and resourcefulness is given
by taking part in the bayonet exercise
drills. Instruction in this, combined
with signaling, map making and cav
airy drill (all of which are elassed "a as
served that few, if any, find themselves
too fatigued to engage in these I'M
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opened to display its contents, and the
other had been used when one Of the boys
cut his hand. These were properly con-
sidered expended.
'1 might multiply these instances, but
I think you have already caught the drift
Of this single example. We feel that we
are not only helping these young men to
fit themselves to defend the nation should
the occasion arise. but the camps are
actually making them more capable of
battling with the problems of life
generally and at the same time inspiring
them with impulses certain to make them
more valuable citizens.
In the beginning we had skeptics In
plenty among the older officers of the
army Experience with the average re-
cruit seemed to them to warrant the be
lief that but little could be accomplished
in the brief span of five weeks in train
ing mere boys so that they would be OF
more worth than the very newest private
in the ranks. These critics quite lost
sight of the fact that We sought youths
accustomed to study, and that those ac-
ceptable must at least have qualified for
the last year in high school
THE awkward squad is not thrill
ing sight at any military station. The
drill sergeant is generally irascible be-
cause he knows how far short the re-
cruit is from capable soldier in the
matter of handling his gun and going
through the routine maneuvers.
Morning after morning you see him
working over this raw material, and
progress is commonly none too rapid.
Just the same, at the students military
instruction camps you will see the
youngsters inside Of three weeks mas
tering very creditably the school of the
soldier, squad and company close or
der. together with the mechanism of
extended order drill. Many a. regular
officer serving with line troops has
this. but the students at Plattsburg
and the other camps of instruction have
proved that this can be done.
Now his quickness of grasp applies
in every other direction in which in
struction is given, and surely the sig
nifcance of this should not be lost sight
Of 1t is virtually intensive education.
and We are purposely appealing to the
youth Of the country that can best re-
spond fruitfully.
"Our problem is not now so much
how many things We shall teach each
summer in five weeks as it is to place
a check upon the school work and bal
ance it with enough physical effort to
keep the students from going stale. The
boys are well-nigh Unsuitable in their
desire to acquire knowledge Of a sol
diers work in all of its varied phases.
I'm 1918, when we held the first of
these summer camps at Gettysburg. Pa,
and Monterey, Cal. the whole Of near
ly every day except Sundays was di-
vided into Institutional periods. The
forenoons were given over to concerted
work. but the afternoons were filed
with optional topics. the idea being that
students interested in one subject need
not attend a lecture covering some other
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tory press it is true-for tax on cocoa,
but 1t has not been noticed by the gov
ernmeEt even sufficiently to draw forth
Lloyd George has also had to listen
to the reading of the riot act in re-
spect to his proposal early in the war
for tax on wages. There Is no doubt
that most of the British workingmen
who have not Joined the army are
making more money than they ever
did before in their lives, and that they
would be we'll able to contribute a
small portion of this prosperity to the
war fund. but when the idea was sug-
gested the members of the labor party
descended on Lloyd George. singly and
in droves. and warned him that II he
dared to attempt to put such tax into
execution he would find the working
men of the country solidly arrayed
against the government.
More than that, he Is said to have
received hints Of possible strikes in
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portant. useful and Interesting fea-
lures of soldering.
"'And last. but not least. one sees
among all military men the spirit of
their profession and the spirit of the
organization to which they belong.
This spirit is the very highest incen-
tive to ones best and most earnest ef-
fort. 1t typif1es the pride, the satis-
faction and the honor which the SOL
dier feels in the work in which he is
engaged.
"'And an organization tnbued with
this spirit accomplishes tremendous
results. One can see, therefore, in a
military camp. and begin to appreciate
that a proper esprit de corps carries
men along to the successful perform
ance of the most difficult tasks
This summer students military in
struction camps will be established at
Chickamauga Park. Ga; near Platts-
burg barracks, N. Y: at Luddington,
Mich, and the westernmost one near
thu preside of San Francisco. Details
about the dates Of these camps can be
obtained from the commanding officer
of the military department in which
each Is located, the headquarters for
the central at Chicago. At Burlington
last summer we had $50 students. This
year the camp will be near Plattsburg.
ALREADY 400 have applied, and we
ing the forthcoming term, which will
range from July to August 8. These
students have well nigh uniformly
shown marked aptitude for military
service. and because of their academic
or collegiate training they are all tho
more valuable.
Undoubtedly in time OF need. espe-
cially those that have won the stripes
of a non-commissioned officer at the
camps. will be picked up eagerly by
the government and given commits
sions as volunteer officers. AS a mat
ter of fact, the board appointed by the
War Department recommended 131 OF
the men at Burlington for volunteer
appointments in time OF impending
strife, and an equally fiattering pro-
portion of the students at the other
camps won this coveted honor of being
placed upon the departments list. If
the hour for such service should not
come 1t is commonly admitted by those
familiar with the work that the grad
yates from the training camps will be
all the better equipped for whatever
task may be theirs in life"