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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
The Good Old Times

NIrum leslie aH
A. time 'u Rome. political or
fees were aucfi1ncd on in public 10
the highest bidder IN ancient Greece
theft was not considered 90 much OF
"a disgrace az hp.nE caught a. 10.
our prisons are not ideal. but ~
have made progress in dealing with
crime There were formerly fourteen
.ofourra Boo Delaware punishable BY
hanging ln the early history 81 Con
necf.cuf. lyinE. chat foulle and FrosH
eIn wac punishable with Eve stripes
8f the whipping post and confinement
tobacco within ten miles 81 others.
people were Imprisoned In awful dun
gr0nT for debt. IN Rome men we're
sold into slavery 10 pay debts credit
0ra could tear The body Of the debtor
io pieces. each receiving a piece &C.
cDrding Co the size Of Die credit
The cemaFogue rails acalnst pres
ont conditions DO would have us be-
Uovo fhe bottom haa dropped out or
humanity Do ~iuceloa with truth '1
Hf.r no disconfnrt Today I9 tho best
day creation has ever seen F0r 'wo
thousand years mo Sermon ON fno
Mount like Iaavrn has been ~rrrueaf-
IrE tho hearts o. men a. IHaf only
that which Is Erod Cau endure mo
Ores of time burn fHt U"uaa
There ia ono faI on divine event
towards which 900 creation moves
Or is perfection but Do .. rH' here
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

the latter part OF June. some weeks
before that steamer capsized in the
Chicago river. In that correspond
ence Secretary Redheld called atten
ton to the fact That due provision
for the protection OF the lives OF the
passengers and crew had not been
made. II Il Is pertinent for Mr.. Red
field 10 make that correspondence
public now. why should he not have
made e. public prior to the catastro-
phe so that the public would have
had due warning This would seem
to indicate a very serious hitch in
the efficiency machinery under Mr..
Redheld's direction.
There Is every reason TO believe
that the inspection bureau Of the De.
rartment Of Commerce IL not meas.
uring up 20 the standards demanded
Of such an important branch Of the
government service. a branch that
practically has the lives Of thousands
within its keeping. The Eastland.
with It's known defects. should rcver
have been permitted 20 function as a
marine coffin. II Is now the duty OF
the Department OF Commerce 70 find
out II there are any more like the
Eastland ahoat. as Il has been init
mated there are such that have
passed Inspection"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
New York Marifime Enhanpr

To- NAaAAAAAN LAndUECa
death trap. Out OF their own
mouths the chief officers OF the
United States Steamboat Inspec-
o Service expose It's criminal
lnefftciency. and yet have the
hardihood 20 defend and uphold
II. despite the -Eastland~ ex-
posure
Local inspectors OF steam YES
sels are required BY Law to in
spect such vessels once a year. AT
least In large ports. like New
York. and doubtless Chicago. To-
cal inspectors almost never In
spect steam vessels put they take
a solemn oath that they do in
spect them. They assign assis-
tant inspectors 10 examine for
inspection the steam vessels, in
their districts and upon the re
ports OF the assistants. who mere-
~ have examined" the steam
vessels for inspection" Issue a
certificate. solemnly swearing
that they. the local inspectors.
Inspected. The assistant inspec-
tors ire not qualified. by law, 20
inspect. so there Is. IN fact prac-
tically no inspection. And this
Is the Federal service" so con-
Quoted. upon which people depend
for safe. ~seaworthy. efficient
steam vessels.
On August IS. 1914. a Federal
Law went into effect admitting 10
American registry any foreign
built vessels owned by American
citizens or corporations. That
law authorized the President OF
the United States TO exempt such
foreign ships. so admitted 10
American registry. from compli.
ance with the laws. rules, regula-
tons OF the Steam boat Inspection
Service. and the President for two
years exempted such vessels from
conformance with those rules,
regulations and laws. What more
than that was required TO show
how little either Congress OF the
President thought OF the ~efficien-
cy or the effectiveness OF the
United States Steamboat Inspec-
tion Service? And yet. all Amer
ican-built steam vessels are re-
CURED rigidly TO conform to all
OF The requirements OF the laws,
rules and regulations Of this
service!
The whole service Is a tragic
farce. requiring radical and
sweeping reorganization. VIII IL
be reorganized. will Il properly
fulfill the functions II is intended
TO fulfill. towit: Safeguard life
and property on board American
steam vessels? II does not do Il
now. VIII II be 80 reorganized
that II will? or must we have
more accidents like that OF the
"Eastland" before the service Is
made so effective that its certi-
ficates OF inspection may be de-
pended upon?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Donahey was perfectly willing % 49,.
Loph the Governor \ suggestion OF a non
paLtlsan inquiry into the real financial
s,latlon or the state. knowing too we'll
TOT AZ time his juggling OF figures Tor
'"hialgn purposes At state expense.
East Liverpool H. in financial .tratt.
ne Pglice force will be reduced one dsv
a week but none Will be laid on one
HIeln"n VIII lose his job. The hudRet
there calls for fss.i240O for six months,
'roNeTnor Willis and Erasmus Wiison
.l l~lttshurEh a former ohio soldier how.
Mtfe tne orators on soldiers Day a.
the 'adiz C~hautauqus, YESTERDAY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
INSPECTION, THE TRAGIC FARCE
Must the United States Have More "Eastland" Disasters &c
Bring Reorganization and Safety?
By r. SMITH
Former Supenntendent.

-
The more Secretary Redneld
and Supervising Inspectors General
Uhler attempt 10 defend the
United States Steamboat Inspee-
ton Service. the worse mes they
make OF A. The Federal steam
boat inspectors issued a certin-
cate 10 the steamer "Eastland"
guaranteeing her safety to carry
$500 passengers Fastened 90 her
dock. In a narrow river. unaffect-
ed BY weather. wind or tides or
currents. she capslzed With her
full quota Of passengers on board.
carrying from 1000 TO 1890 10
their untimeiy death. And nov
Secretary o. Commerce Redneld
n lnspectOrGeneral Uhler de-
clare that the service" was not
expected TO pass upon the stabil-
ny OF steel vessels and-oh. pitt
ful pleai-that there were no
funds for the employment OF
experts In stability. Thereupon
these Federal officers have the
unblushing assurance 70 defend
the steam boat inspection service.
The United States laws require
section 4fi7. L. s Rev. Stat
that.
The local inspectors shall
once In every year. at least.
carefully inspect the hull OF
each steam vessel within
their respective districts. and
shall satisfy themselves that
every such vessel 80 submit
ted 10 their inspection il OF a
structure suitable for the ser
vice In which she Is employed.
has suitable accommodations
FOR Passengers and crew. and
Is In p condition 10 warrant
the belief that she may be
used In navigation as a steam
or. with safety to life
II l. pretty well established
that the "Eastland" was unstable.
that during her thirteen ear OF
service her instability. the crank
mess. her tendency to capsize.
frequently had been demonstra-
ted Naval architects had tinker.
ed With her 10 make her stable:
she was fitted with water ballast
tanks. 50 re TO add 10 her stabil-
iiy. Yet she remained unstable.
and Federal inspectors certified
to her safety TO carry $500 pas
sengers. now claiming that they
were not required to pass up
on the vessels stability. n they
were not. who were?
SO that In the fundamentals,
the essentials to safety OF life and
property on American steam YES
sells. the certificate % inspection
or Federal inspectors 4 a ghatly
farce. a thing designed to give
confidence 10 innocent passen-
gers. when ~ least In the East
land case. the certificate certi.
fled 10 the safety OF a veritable
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
IS THIS EFFICIENCY

Secretary Redheld has been wont
reflect on the lack Of efficiency IN
the methods Of the manufacturing
ano business interests Of the country.
attributng the inability 20 compete
with foreign products 10 this alleged
reason. Do is. therefore. competent
for these interests 70 come back ~
the head Of the Department Of com.
merce on a matter Of recent occur
renee. which refers 20 the correspond
ence Secretary Redfeld had with
the oWners Of the 900 iatcd Eas.llrd
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Light. On ballast a. thousand ahiaa
Come streaming through Our Harbrr
safe.
Then. laden down no busy si.ra
Goo out again with stores ~ rrrIrHf
hound over sea fu the buyer great
" ln always calls fnr more and moro
MhoHe Frred not al the world may
The ultimate consumer War
ships that come from fra Seven Seas.
Some iNHf move with stately rnIf.
fhlt Iulfrr Iu ans breeze
IrnI Nr MHrfImrH double rate
MHrEIUr 40 nf fHH hand Hr frfa
share .u ODE uunfr.ua store
InfN come fu rUrrr. IHf afH Hrrrfa
The Ultimate .1uaumer. War
Battered fHIFa once forced aside
IF vessels ~ n later date
70 nUn .0'rrf.I NJ n'UI and fIfr
I fHa f"Hf under HHr ocean wait
Again f.r. UHar .|f HnrH fHH H|aTa
THAT MARKED fHr." r".Hr #. dave nj ..Ir
Servant nHH of THa king ri hate
Tho ultimate consumer NH|
FH.N.f
HIfn.H f|n rIrF .f fHn fr.r .a rHraH
hri none mn" 'r. HHrr a FlH VIII
r.nr
H.f loco ara serving despite r-. rf-rIf
The ultimate cons wrr War
-~IHIladsilHa Ledger
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
RENoWN

What sort Of man is Henry HANK
] asked the cashier al the bank he
sighed a with regrets. and sadly
shook his weary head. and swatted
flies and said. -He doesn't pay
bis debts Thus finally the cashier
spake. no explanation did he make
there was not more f0 Say. no use OF
arFuinF about-f0r that pronounce
ment lets Hank out. The man who
doesn't pay a mani forgiven many
things a. through this busy ufe he
swings. and awcars and suafa and
Fweats a thousand faults We lightly
scan. but there's no pardon for the
man Who doesn't pay hia debts n I
kcopyrighL isit. b. q
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

had seven silly sons. ia hand them
counsel. tons on tons. 20 help them on
their way the burden al ms spIeI
would b.. Ny batty boys. on land or
sea- Do prompt your bills fo pay You
may have stacks o. sterling worth
and seem TOO good FOR this cheap
earth. but 30 you dodge your bills. the
world viii strike your halanr cshoefa.
nnd Fet % down as chronic beats.
which reputation kills Go forth. nv
beamiFh boys. Ia say. and always
be prompt 10 pay. o. you are prompt
m buy and YOU v1l flourish then.
and thrive. and men will boost you
while alive and praise you when yos
die
Matths- aaamap
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Whatever else they may be. Ameri-
cans are not given TO showing the white
feather. In fact some OF them are regu-
lar dare-devils. Scarcely a ship ioaaed
with munitions and explosives sails
from New York that does not carry a
number OF American Passengers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

II doesn't take long for some persons
TO get above their business. The men
who store window object TO
being called "window trimmers" ana In
sist on being designated a. display
men"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

tune used TO urge "Afro-American" As
the proper term. and more recently there
has been a demand for Negro" with
the capital X" Now. according 20 the
News. a concerted attack upon that wsrd
IL being made by "our press" Negro"
l. the shortest and by no means the
ugliest term. What T. the matter with
it,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

The observation OF a Berlin paper that
victory f. the supreme law" h. A door
peraphrase Of a ~well-known American
axiom TO the victor belongs
the spoils."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

The retirement OF Julia Mariowe. on
account Of 81 health. robs the American
stage o. a charming and intelligent IN
terpreter OF shakesperian roles.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

The managers ~ the Boston and Pitts
hurEh teams came near MexicanIzinr
the national game IN a run In" on the
field.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

II We did not know that Mr.. Bryan
never used oaths IN his colioquiaI enter
rHses We might fain believe that he IL
maintaining a p~rofans silencs Of late
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

There rs only one logical appellatIon
FOR the colored citizen Of this country"
says the Amsterdam News. a N-EiO
newspaper % New York city. and that
is 'rolored American. r. Thomas For
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

The use OF liquid Are" by one o. the
belligerents adds nothing to the sym
boic character Of the heiilsh conflict
that IL raging In Europe.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Germany has not yet been able 70 get
the key into Warsaw's ni~Eht-iatch.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Bombs dropped from aerorIanea may
be said 60 be the overhead charges Of
the war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

Anyhow. Douglass Robinson viii not
play IN Uncle Theodore's backyard any.
more.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

one thing you can SAY or the storiss
ihey are consistent losera.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

villa swears he ala not swear a. the
United States
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05
THE ULTIMATE oorsuunn

Ers certainty w. rlurbt IN ne rain
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-05

pr We only could store some Of this
"ctnese Tor the DRY days 90 come
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Thursday. August 5, 1915.

Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations
may she always be in the right; but our country, right or
wrong" STEPHEN DECATUR.
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benjamin Kistler. Of Fndiay. grows
S0In nigh enough TO be husked from a
lO-foot ~stepladder. Next?
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Arizona republican., 1915-10-20
SAY 100 MEN 0N WAY

(Continued from Page One)
Arizona republican., 1915-10-20
PLAN BIG LOCAL OF
 THE NAVY LEAGUE'
Business Men Meet at Luncheon tc Discuss Organization Plans for
 League in Capital City

At a luncheon at the Arizona Clun yesterday noon Judge Joseph Kibbey Judge Richard E. Sloan, Dwight B Heard and Theodore -Saal the Phoe- nix members of the state committed
 of the Navy League of the United States, laid plans for organizing a large section of the League in Phoe- nix. It was unanimously agreed that the Navy League had the right idea
 in regards to building up an efficient
 navy and that it was founded on a
 sound basis.
 A list of fifty business and pro fessional men was suggested for T Phoenix committee. These men will be seen this week by the State Or ganizer. Theodore Saal, after which a large meeting of all members will be held in the Board of Trade rooms. At this meeting there will be a few short addresses and general plars discussed for getting five hundred members in the League from this section
 Speaking of the work with a rep resentative of The Republican. one of the members of the state com mittee said: Now. if ever, is the strategic time to strike for an ade- duate navy and place our national defense on a secure footing All of our members are doing splendid work in molding public opinion. We should have more than 100000 mem bers before congress cOnvenes in December"
 Besides the above the state com mittee includes: Judge Ernest w Lewis, C. II. Akers and Charles W. Harris of Phoenix: John C. Green way and J. E. Curry of Warren: James H. Logic and George 1T. Kelly of Douglas; Frank NJ. Murphy of Prescott; Epes Randolph of Tucson; Frederick F.. Sturtevant and Walter Douglas of Bisbee; pr. John F. Bacon of Miami and Hugh E. Campbell of Flagstaff.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-20
GENTLEMEN ASK
 EMBARGOL|FTED
Nogales c. c. and Other Agencies Support Peti- tiOn asking Governor to Permit StOckmen to Res cue Sonora Herds
C.s. ee e1.. oro oh.seas .,,e.Es


 The cattlemen of Nogales and vi cinity have prepared a petition tC Governor Hunt asking him to per suade the Livestock Sanitary board of the state to remove the quarantine against Mexican cattle which now eX- ists in the state of Arizona. The pc tition has been endorsed by the chamber of commerce of the city of NOgales. The governor will take the matter up in the near future.
 The petition sets out the fact. that the federal government is not now barring the Sonora cattle and eX- plains that their reason for desiring to bring the cattle out of Sonora is the fact that Villa is confiscating all the property of the foreigners. It is estimated that the cattlemen in this vicinity have something like 15.000 head in Sonora. and that they are in immediate danger of being confis- cated.
 It is also likely that the state de- partment will be appealed to for in tervention with the governor on be- hall of the cattlemen. as the federal government will be looked to for re- imbursement in case the cattle are not saved
 For a time there was an embargo on all cattle from Sonora on account of the fact that there was fear that the hoof and mouth disease might be brought over the line should there be no restriction as to the number and quality of the animals which were brought into the state from the Mexican province. The federal em- bargo has been lifted but no action has vet been taken to lift the state ruling against Sonora cattle.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-20

On visiting the valley. pr J. F.
 Colt. head of the citriculture and Scmi-tropical fruits department of the
 University of California, was greatly
 EratifIed at the progress that had
 been made by the Tempe date or chard. with which he had had much to do while connected with the eX- perimental station here until he left for the coast five years ago. At that tune he was the author of several bulletins.
 He set out in the early fall to make a tour of the state of California. to inspect the citrus. olive growing and fig industries. After visiting the Im- periai valley he decided to come to the salt River Valley. He found the harvesting of the dates at the Tempe orchard in full swing Ship ments have been made to Los An reles. san Francisco and other points and every mail brings remittances and the letters enclosing them con- tain orders for more dates. The dates are sold at s2.5O a crate of fifteen pounds each. A better price could be easily obtained, but it is the purpose of the management to acQuaint the world with Arizona dates. rather than to make of the experimental orchard a revenue pro- ducinE institution Yet the yield this year will probably amount to sS.O0O
 The date farm comprises ten acres but many of the trees originally planted by the government turned out to be worthless, so that there are now only about 100 bearing trees of many varieties.
 Among them is the variety of the peglet Moor. concerning which con- siderable apprehension has been felt but pr. Colt says that the fruit is ripeninS nicely on the trees this wear. the first time he had seen the fruit so ripened. Thef ruit is of an exceedingly high quality.
 The weather, in the absence of rain in October. has been very favor of rain in this month may be gener- ally counted upon in this valley An october rain. he says, is about the only possible cause of failure or par tial failure of date crop so that there is no crop really surer in the Salt River Valley than dates
 The planting of a date orchard is no longer an experiment. If seeds
 y. he may count upon the kind of dates he will have but he cannot tell how many of them will be males {! and non bearing. But when offshoots | are planted. one may be sure that he , is planting female trees. There has | been some trouble in securing the | roofing of offshoots but that has | been so far overcome in California i that ahollt ninefv-five5 ner cent of them grow.
 The date growing business in Cali | fornia is becoming systematized. i A Date Growing Association has been formed for the purpose of securing to it's members the best kinds of fruit and other mutual benefits. An other object of the association is the prosecution of interruptions real es- tate men who plant seeding date orchards and sell them to eastern investors.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-20
GERALDINE TARTAR
 TELLS HER LIFE STORY

Geraldine Farrar is no doubt the
 best known person in private life to-
 day. if indeed her life may be called
 a private one. First fame came to
 her as an operatic star, then after
 her voice had been reduplicated a
 few hundrd thousand times by one
 of the talking machine companies,
 she became still more widely famous, and now that she has appeared be- fore the motion picture camera, she will soon be seen as well as heard by millions of people. Geraldine Far rar is blessed with beauty of form and face as well as great vocal and dramatic ability. and her steadily increasing popularity is an open secret to all who may have been fortunate enough to have seen and heard an operatic production in which she appeared. Because of the great public interest in the career of this beautiful and gifted American girl she has been induced by the pub fishers of the Ladies Home Journal to write for that periodical the story of her life. The first installment of this autobiography, sure to be of uniaue interest appears in the issue of the Journal which will be placed on sale on all Phoe- mir newsstands today by the Berry hill company, local distributors for the publications of the Curtis Pub fishing company This first chapter covers Farrar's life as a little girl and her debut as a singer. and is illustrated with six baby and girl hood pictures.
 Italy consumes less tobacco per capi-