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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
Tuesday, March 30, 1915.
CHILTON'S CHAFF

Senator Chiffon has predicted that
the Democratic party will have no
trouble in returning itself TO power
m 1916. and that the Republicans will
have left TO them no issue worth
speaking Of II Senator Chiffon be
heves what he says he has not been
an Intelligent observer OF conditions
and events. We are inclined to be-
heve that he is too shrewd a politi-
clan not to have recognized the signs
that stand for the defeat OF the Demo.
cratic party In the next national con.
test. What he has emitted in the
way Of prophecy Is mere buncomDe.
The truth Of the matter Is. the Repub.
hcan party has never had a brighter
outlook for victory In its whole his
tory. This Is the third time the Dem
ocratic party has been tried with
power. and the same story OF failure
has been written. and never has the
country suffered 80 unnecessarily as 10
has under the New Freedom shibbo-
leth OF the present administration.
AS bad as the situation is. what
would have been the condition Of the
country had not the European war in
tovened TO prevent further woes BY
acting az a tarir wall against the Cor
eign invasion that begun under the
benevolent auspices Of the Under
wood Simmons tarlm bill. on TOD OF
this economic blunder came the trust
regulation policy Of Wilson. which iu.
undated capital and paralyzed
Initiative. and has practically put hon.
est business under q system OF or.
fensiye rspionage The simplicity
and economy record Of the Sixty
third Congress which helped TO empty
the Treasury. is simply indeicnsIble.
with the ln1icJon or war TAX on
the people in time ~ peace. The
record ~ the Republican party for in-
duHtrial peace. plenty and property.
and sane business management OF the
nations affairs stands out very clear.
ly before tho people against the black
reverse under Democratic rule When
former Senator Root BOZ h'a recent
speech al PhI.adaIpU asserted That
The Republican party has an urpre.
crdebted opportunity fo return FOL rou.
er by aIraFaIrr the iHrf that Dr. under.
F'ands the economic importance % ro.
establishinz confidence. ba spoke tre
word Tor which thr Who'll. continent
has awaited Prom him Do is authrrE
tatye. and o. points mo way .o Hs.
publican success In raIf Iu ration
that depends UPON sc0uomi. ,1rG.
deuoo Tho government unjust Hr.s r1
Intimate Understandable OF bu. noes
methods ana needs. prime Conception
he Democratic party aas Hn.LI. fo
ftfg f0
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
HEALTH WEEK

A."DrlIua fJ The suggestion of Dr.
IS. D.. Jepsou. secretary ~ tho stale
Board of Health Governor Hatfield
o. expected TO designate The second
week m April aa health week
fhrouehouf tHa state. when tbs people
n.I Boz expected FOO clean their prem
..'a of 600 .Ha fIfh and refuse tHa. has
accumulated dlrHa tfr winter The
id"s of Dr JspFou ls most excel
Is1f ore 30 ls frequently tha case
f.aI While ths dFoIIlHr fs treated 20 a
thorough cleaning In the spring. the
rsrd nnd fle alley o. neglected Here
ar" LOO b. found tHe dumps and refuse
r...s Goo. under a warm su7 soon
poison '.- s.r and become profile
f'.aHs. breeders
fhe ad.aaHFa af having o. ast time
fH. hH .I..r.us lp .s That most yeo
IIs r.I john H lu.Ha thing .aag sse
r.... people ln.H. rs.asr and dirt
T. ..#... HHI ... ...ar.. ... .Hr
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this would safeguard the indus.
tfial supply 81 potash-fOr glass
making. etc.-the process thus
Tar Is too expensive 20 meet the
ioN prices required In a fertilizer.
During ages. BY the weatherinE
o. the rock. even granite disin-
tegrates, and the potash is ieached
OUT and carried BY the rivers into
ne ocean. Hence the ocean n
me second largest source OF pot
ASH. ~ ls there In soluble form.
dNallabie a. fertilizer. but this
percentage IN 50 small that ~ can
not BE- economically separated.
but ssa-wecds gather 10 from the
ocean water. and the ashes OF the
sea-weeds contain a laEEe percent
age OF available potash. The us.
OF the giant kelps OF the Pacific
Ocean has thus been suggested as
source OF potash supply Con
siderable work has been done, and
some potash has been PRODUCES
eNpcfimentally from them during
the last Few years But these
sea-weeds are over qOc- wafer
and Of the dried residue. the ashes
are AGAIN a small percentage only.
80 that very large masses Of sea
weeds have IN he handled 20 get
an appreciable amount OF potash
Yet the enormous beds OF giant
sea-Weeds along the Pacific coast
0ner possible solution They
would be dragged TO shore By
machinery and dried BY sun and
AIR. as they are too bulky to load
on ships and unload. and contain
too much water 10 dry ecouomI-
cally by fuel. This means the
development Of handling machin-
cry to take care OF large bulks OF
material az very low cost. but
this h az present the most prom
ising outlook for relief from pot
ash famine. and may make Amer
lea independent Of the German
Potash Syndicate.
The most serious difficulty.
which stands in the way of the
development OF this industry. Is
the same which makes capital
50 reluctant TO enter the develop
ment Of the production or any or
those commodities. from which
We have been cut on by the war.
such as benzol cOmponds as car
bolc acid. hydroqulnone, dye
stuns, and the like. IL H. the un-
certainty Of the future OF such
new industry. OF rather the almost
certain destruction of IL by the
dumping al any price OF large
masses OF foreign products a.
soon as the war is over. Espe-
cially with potash is this the
case. as its cost of production I'm
many OF the German mines is
very much lower than the mo-
nopoly prices charged by the pot
ash syndicate
This Il the most serious stu
atom, which at present Confronts
Industrial expansions. and which
requires the intelligent consider
alton Of our law makers.
CHARLES Z. STEINMkyTZ
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Comments of
Ohio Editors
" correet "A Error.

The present Legislature seems in.
Cnueu To renew the effort 10 make
Ohio public non-taNable IN Ohio. A
JOINT resolution has been recommend
ed for passage by the Taxation com
mittee OF the Senate calling for the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment eNCmptIng from taxation all such
bonds issued after the FIRST OF next
January The convention which re-
modelled our State constitution three
ears ago decided that all public
bonds issued after the first Of jap
uarN. 1913, should be subject 90 IaN-
alton. This change was looked upon
as a mistake 40 the time by most Uoo.
pie familiar with taxation matters In
practice 10 has forced Ohio cities and
counties 90 pay higher interest rates
on their bonds than they would have
had 90 pay under the old law. And 10
l- safe 10 say that the rOmpergatIUg
benefit, in the way OF taxes paid ON
public bonds. has been OF insipuih-
can't proportions. Cincinnati Times
star
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The farm lands OF the United
states require potash. and Tor
their supply they. like the rest
Of the world. have depended al
most entirely upon the potash
mines OF Germany BY the war
this supply IL cut OF. and a potash
famine II already upon Us. Crude
potash salts have already disap-
peared from the American fertii-
iEer market. and In complete fer.
ulizers the potash content f. be
ing reduced For this year the
potash remaining In the soil may
tide Us over. but. II the war con
tihues. an adequate supply OF
potash must be found elsewhere
or serious consequences In the
way OF decreased crops will be
threatened Thus the matter OF
supply Of potash independent
OF the German syndicate that has
previously controlled the world
market has become the most I'm
portant problem OF Industrial agri-
culture in America To-Day.
Nitrogen. Phosphates and not
ash are the three foremost plant
foods. They are taken out OF the
soil in large quantities by the
crops, and II not replaced. the soil
gradually becomes barren. like
many OF New England's farms.
The virgin soil has now pretty
well been taken up. and more and
more our country becomes ue-
pendent upon the use OF fertn-
izers The value OF a fertilizer Is
measured by It's contents OF these
elements. In the supply OF nitro
gen and phosphorus. our domestic
conditions are normal. and Ameri-
ca is the foremost producer OF
phosphate rock. Before the dis.
coyery OF the great potash mines
OF Germany wood ashes formed
the source OF supply, but with
the disappearance OF cur forests
this Is no longer available in a
commercial sense.
Although potash is one OF the
most common constituents OF the
earth's surface. a search for potash
IN America and In other neutral
countries thus far gives little
prospect Of immediate relief.
Granite. which forms most OF the
great mountain ranges, contains
several percent: but In granite
and other rocks. the potash is
locked up in insoluble form. ana
therefore unavailable. A number
Of methods have been developed
20 work up potash-bearing rocks
FOR potash. They usually consist
in replacing che potash by fusion
OF the rock with lime. and then
teaching out the potash. While
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
THE TERRIBLE COST OF 1T

The terrible European war has been
raging for over seven months. ana
with Its daily slaughter OF hundreds
and sometimes thousands OF the best
manhood Of Europe the question Is
continually obtruding itself. when
VIII Il end?" We have had prophecy
and speculation on the subject with
out stint and one OF the latest theo-
ries advanced is that OF celebrated
financial writer for an English news
paper, in an address before the Royal
Statistical Society Of Great Britain.
He held 10 the opinion that by July
OF this year the war must come to an
end because some OF the belligerents
will then have exhausted their imam
cial resources. lie estimated the cost
OF the war at the end OF July would
be $l6.O00, 00O.0 600. and the total eco
monte loss. from damage TO property
and IN other direct and indirect ways,
at $45.5O0. 100000. Absolutely incom-
prehensible figures.
Above the monetary treasure dissi-
pated by war comes the cost OF blood
the human treasure. The account SO
Tar Is appalling 10 contemplate. Ac-
cording to a leading and reliable Ger
man newspaper. the loss OF the allies
i'm killed. wounded. disabled by sick
ness. and prisoners reaches a total Of
100000 men, Of which approximately
100000 are prisoners. The Prussian
losses alone are officially stated TO
Be about 100000, and It is entirely
probable that the totals OF the losses
from other German States bring this
number up 10 nearly 1000. 900. The
German war department alleges that
not more than 100000 German sol
diers are held as prisoners OF wal.
Austrian losses have not been stated
officially. but are probably not much
short Of 100000
A writer IN Leslies. commenting on
thee figures. and assuming that they
are approximately correct. observes
that the losses have been nearly equal
on each side. and that 1000. 900 men
a. consequence have been removed
from the activities OF war either TEN
pOrsrily or permanently. The proper
ton Of killed. including those who die
Of wounds. 10 the wounded who re-.
cover may BE- roughly estimated as
enc Ia three. Deductine 100000 asI
the total number OF prisoners on both
sides. we have approximately $780,
900 Killed IN seven months OF fighting.
or the 100000 wounded. perhaps
onc-ha.L Or 100000 have recovered
and are again Co., for duty. The Fer
oentage Of wounded who die after
reaching The hospitals BE- very small.
but great numbers die through DELAY
In being removed from the field and
because OF the inadequate facilities of
field hospitals
D. the end in sight. as has been pre-.
dicted2 With italy preparing 10 oTer
up fresh victims. and Greece and the
Balkan countries waiting for the word.
end England and Germany rapIedg.
Ing their mutual hatred. the situation
looks anything but promising
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

a recent recruit boo an organization
Of the Ohio National Guard was ask.
I'd what surprised him most after his
enlistment He r.uiied The
amount a fellow has 10 learn even TO
Do private. Yet public men are
telling as that it Is not necessary 10
have any traininc 10 handle modern
arms or engage iu modern warfare
Newark Observation-Disclosures
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
TALK ON AMERICA
Hr. John Co~pcr posgys 20 sps4L
I1lrsasy NIGHT st EoH street

John luHuur IUuga. VINO tIrrs AN
address af The Eon Street Tamria
Dur day evening ON America trr
Hnr. uf tho Future. |. HrYfE.f .a
Ntll ~ lecturer War and CuIfHrra
tnd Visions and EryIaiuua" have
n..h widely read ard discussed 80
ltigr IH an invaluable book f1r Id
students 90 Literature DO ffrIo III
.'mlnI.'.uf 90 fHr .TfHura brilliant
NuiH un DE lecture platform for If
,NnIes.t ri rrrruteHu DaaaFa on tho
sinnI literary masters ON whom tfr
fnNf- Doe given some Of bite w1af
ELECTIVE lectures
i|e OTTAWA CIfiyan whore In
Pow rF gave o. series of Lectures 10.
Gently Uu Modern European TIfsHa.
cure. says uf IIw rrJfrsH8r Pow.
Fr H EenIus himself be- Del fHT
al IDH' FaIauI looking nsurs a.r9
q" pho. ifna his Interpretations 0ffh
dramatic gestures and a STYLE a a..
livery 0.iEinsl and aDpaa.ing H's
|kr Ha lecturer Has bot been aeon
1T heard
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
A GREAT DAY COMING

Governor HafdaId wee working m
fho interest OF Ihr maaar..-tre farm.
90 fha iHrurar and fHr poor rIaas o..
frf erfr-.wHar BE- rrUomuarrer
Thor 1rff'rraI faE %. placed on mo
Dbl. ..T.I.. lone chat have become
r.rL hf raas1r 81 West virrra I1
vsafuerlf Al. senator 40ufFFuH1rf
remarked In N speech ON the lart cay
O' frc extra secession ~ me legislature
there .s Ia. of ....T...#H coming
Trrrf0 Advance
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

The chief Indictment against May
OF Baker. the one that has stood from
clean honorable high-minded. able
even 10 brillianCy. and loEablo per.
soually. but essentially a dreamer 81
dreams lie might well have been am
artist or poet Nobody can imagine
him as "a successful business man OF
course Che mayor cannot see this be
would not BE- an Impractical dreamer
DO hr could --Cieytia Leader.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30
Knew . COED ThIoa wb,r ~ Saw H.

In The Liquidation % o. bank az An.
horst former Superintendent of BANKS
Haffaurr found u 5000 bond 90 a.
HsI.l.paiIul loan Uf tlJ Toledo Rail
way and lIEhf company This bond
Has Of EIrh hiEh rradr security that
Pho First National U.nk 90 Cleveland
took Do a. collateral for $4,000 'n cur
TUurT when Dr. needed currency lot.
HuNr. without notice fU thp officials
~ fnr bank took fNI9 bond f0 Go.
'uWbus aud later made su entry con tho
books ~ The banks that Do had been
sold Tor g 500 uua.half DO 80 not.
ID. uf ffa value The investigation
committee into tho methods m the
banking department under tho Cox
administration DEL unable fr discover
who secured fFIr bond af that bar.
gain East Liverpool Review
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Senator Harding advice fo Cover.
nor Willis 20 take n hand in 'nD lsefe-
luNon will certainly DO appreciated hy
Tho legislature. FOR they surely need
somebody tu take r. hand They are
lost in the wiidtrueeH and don't know
their way uut and 10 viii D., a g0d
send Co them lf tine gov pru0T would
.tnp in and show them The proper
rHIf Ohio State Journal
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roundings are when the sun warns up
the better chance we have OF escapins
the Affections that Turk in the la.e
spring and summer months. Eternal
vigilance is the price Of health as well
as liberty. and there is no enjoyment
in liberty that is handicapped with III
health
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

squash. 1s he applied O. match 90 bis
sornOoh pipe % have found then
quite different FOL some respects r5-
Instance 81 horse re- worth more afa-
hos broke Judge.
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president Wilson complains that there
are O. great many ps'pI. who are tryfr4
i' rock fH" boat but fails To- recognize
what rocker the Underwood bill
proved to boz.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

u Is singular that japan being an ally
OF Great Britain should be- attempting 90
crowd out English interests in China
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

I'D" Pennsylvania appropriation bill.
eau Tor au expenditure or $4,000 900
-" lih only 's1.o"U.ooo of revenue ln sigh.
which .s going some
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

Secretary of War Garrison Is said 90
De- tired of official ufr. which uuduuut-
'"iF means ne is weary OF close sffib8-
ton with William Jennings Bryan
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

some Easter bat. are said f1 rssau.
h.r haff'HaHIr. Typical off the Hrmbard.
ment nf 'E7 uacbet book. we presume
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

DO seems tu Dol a. choice between being
'rt.rned nr inferred with rr. r-Iuz sIr.
Cd Friedrich
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

ITALY BEL conducting rsr $500 ur Austria
D.. ma.. m..rFa
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Published Daily. Excert sunday by the
1ntslngencsr publishing Company.
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30
Mankdto and FaribauH
Will Have 7aLkfest Tonight

Everyone and everything at the To-
cal hish school is in readiness to meet
their old rival Faribault in one OF
the greatest events of the school cal
cndar year. Faribault high school
sends a debate team TO this city to-
night 10 argue the question of Gov
ernment Ownership Of Telegraph and
Telephones" The team OF the local
school composed OF Ben, Burgess. Mar
garet Geddes, and Theodore Peter
son will uphold the affirmative OF this
question. A negative team will also
90 from this place 10 meet the af-
frmative team of Faribault at that
place at the same time.
Last year Mankato succeeded In
winning two we'll fought forensic vic
tories over Faribault and great plans
have been laid to complete the per-
formance this year II possible. A
large amount Uf friendly rivalry Is
manifested between these two schools
slthough thus far this year Faribault
has had slightly the better end OF
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30
HODAPP DID LITTLE
PLANTING ON FARM
Sheriff Says This Is Significant and
Shows Tnat Man Intended TO Leave
Premises

County Attorney ]. W. Schmitt and
Sheriff Anton 0sten this afternoon
took a trip a few miles out I'm the
country TO the farm OF Charles IIo-
dapp. who disappeared a few days
ago under mysterious circumstances
Yesterday afternoon the sherin made
search few miles down the river
on the east bank. as he had received
two telephone calls from people IN
that section, stating that they. had
seen strangers who might have been
the missing man. A message re-
ceiyed from the Jefferson residence
stated that a woman had fed a
stranger. who, Il was thought. looked
like the picture of Charles Hodapp.
This occurred last Friday. However,
the sheriff found no trace OF Charles
Hodapp, and could CLEAN no further
information. The sheriff thought
very little OF these reports. He re-
membered that after the Ledbetter
murder there were numerous calls
from the country here and there. peo-
pie declaring they had seen Ledbet-
ter. when he was really dead.
The sheriff looks upon the fact that
Mr. Hodapp had done no planting on
his farm. which he rented, as signiil-
cant of his intention Of leaving.
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30

St Paul, April 2S.-Two flremch
were injured, one of them probably
fatally. and four others narrowly es-
capped suffocation from gas and smoke
while battling a spectacular fire which
practically destroyed the Public. III
brary building at Seventh and Wa
basha streets.
The estimated loss is s375,5OO The
loss on the building is estimated at
$4,000. on the library's books and
equipment s25O.OOO and on the equip.
ment OF the stores occupying the main
floor OF the block s.5,5O0.
The cause of the fire is believed to
have been either, crossed electric
wires or spontaneous combustion in
rubbish said to have been permitted
to accumulate in the easements.
Firemen were taxed to their limit
and though aided by detachment OF
-four companies from Minneapolis
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30

the inter- scholastic scores, having
cleaned mp the local school once in
football and twice In basketball. The
coach and the teams have. however,
been doing their best to even things
up in tonight's contest. which beyond
doubt. will be one of the hardest
fought encounters of the year. Coach
Richardson has stated that the teams
have been working hard and that
whatever the outcome Is the student
body may rest secure In the ,-nowl-
edge that the debators did their very
best and that is all that any team or
individual can do.
United States Commissioner Ben
Taylor. will act as presiding officer
and the following persons have been
chosen. as judges OF debate: Superin-
tendent II. G.. Hess Of New Ulm.
Former Superintendent. v. G.. Picket
OF waseca. Senator eastman of Owa-
tonna.
The talkfest will take place in tho
auditorium OF the high school and
will commence at eight o'clock.
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30

were further handicapped when q sec
ond fire was discovered in the st. Paul
Wrecging company plant and saloon
near Seventh and Locust streets. The
damage resulting from this Ore was
estimated at $1,000.
The library building was giittcd al
nest its entire length and its contents
appeared TO be almost an entire loss
Virtually every piece OF the st. Pau
department apparatus and four com
panies from Minneapolis fcasht The
fire.
All st. Paul's, eHsiHes, eieIleel In
number. were at the fire, each throw.
ing two streams OF water iBso the
building. Eighteen carts, three s1ral
wagons and ten OF the city's eleven
FIRE trucks were at tho scene.
Glaze Gets Ecycnd Control.
An explosion o; smoke in the candy
Kitchen in the baseTont OF the Metro
politan confectionery store gave the
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30

Seigismund Levin, young Ger
ran employed as salesman at the
New York store, has received let
ter from his home in Neuteich. West
Prussia. where his sister and parents
are still living. and they tell him of
conditions there as well as they can
in censored letter. Mr. Levin was
growing very anxious about his pe0-
pie. as he had heard no word from
them for months, and he was about
20 appeal to the council TO find out
Whit had become OF them.
The letter told him that his broth
er, Adoiph. while with the German
The Mankato free press., 1915-04-30
COUNCIL GAN LEVY
TAX FOR THE BAND
City Permitted to Go Az Fer As $500
Toward Payment For This
Kind OF Music

Il is now up to the city council.
whether there shall be special tax
levy Of $500 or less TO help along the
Mankato band. The bill auji0rizlng
the levy of half a mill. with a limita-
tion OF $500. was passed By the last
legislature.
The legislature failed to pass the
bill authorizing public school boards
to have the Bible read In the schools.
This bill was introduced In the SEN
ate. but never got as far as vote.
The Bible Is still being read In the
Mankato high school at the assembly
hall gatherings Of the teachers and
students. The problem OF getting the
state aid without disseminating this
practice Is still before the Mankato
school hoard. lsk.t.t