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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
Civilization Saves
Weakly Constitutions.

1t viii be well to view some OF the forces AZ
WORK IN the rescue OF the weaker wing OF hu-
manity. The ancients allowed thousands 10 die
like vermin when plague overlook them. Tia
weak sank nrst In the onslaught The pesti-
fence spent Itself and glided on. The harder
OF the race survived. Some ancient races slew
Infants that did not conform to the physical
standard set by military tyrant
ms fearsome practice rapidly eliminated
the babes inclined to frailty. and preserved
only those giving early promise OF sturdy ma
turity. semtcivilized and nomadic races
dropped their sick beside the trail LEAVING
them to death and the vultures
IN glaring contrast. civilization built hospl
tails TO prolong lives nature seeks to cut on
Ten years ago p, s4i trained nurses were
found in the 1.4s4 hospitals in the United
states. An army OF 10000 physicians con
stantly hurry to the relief of suffering Amer
leans Counting the nurses outside the hos
pitals and adding the physicians Just men,
toned We have such an appalling force Of life
saving brigades as would make the earth culver
with the shock OF combined action
Nor yet Is this a disordered mass OF an arrnv
II responds to the commands OF science In
laboratories OF research stand the generals
grim, SILENT with field glasses ever turned ON
the brooding ground OF the bacterial enemy
studying his movements, his habits and modern
methods to destroy him.
The method is found. The order Is riven.
The magnificent command moves forward-
zoO'oOO trained soldiers OF science The on
slaught is steady determined The enetnv
ials- Pestilence vanishes. The banner of SCI
enee triumphs. and a million weakly constitlt
Mons together with some few hardy ones.
have been saved.
NO need to confne the discussion to the
united States. The movement is universal
prevention OF disease is a far greater encour.
asement to population than all the cures. Sim.
pie truths OF sanitation have saved untold mil.
hons from the grave in the past half century.
mis- Is noticeable in the worlds great elite,
where sanitary methods have come into com.
pu!sory practice In fourteen representative
ciues-London' Dublin. Paris. Brussels, Am.
steraam rotterdam. Stockholm. st. Petersburg,
Berlin Budapest. Chicago. PhiladeIphia po.
ton Rio Janeiro-the death rate has decrease.
an average Of "a per cent in the past ouarte- :,
a century. -
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
Proper Home Life
Essential for Protection of Girls.

She would then be sharing the benefits OF
the cooperative system even while In her work
she was feeling the discomforts Of the com
petitive system. girl without a home has
20 meet the full force OF the competitive
system without any Of the homes cooperative
protection.
The girl who has no home soon learns OF
"city poverty" all tho more cruel TO her be
cause % the artificial contrasts She quickly
learns OF the possibilities about her. Of the
Joys Of comfort good food. entertainment and
attractive clothes. Poverty becomes a menace
and snare. one who has not beheld the
struggle or come In personal contact with the
tempted soul Of the underpaid girl can never
realize what the poverty OF the city means 10
her. One who has never seen her bravefv
hghting AGAINST such fearful odds will never
understand. days sickness or n week out
Of work are tragedies In her life. They mean
trips 10 the pawn brokers' meaEre diuneraT
weakened VIII often a plunge into the abyss
from which she 20 often never escapes.
hundreds. IN not thousands. OF girl- from
country towns. and those born In the CITY but
who have been thrown on their own resources
are compelled 90 i've In cheap boarding or
rOomlng houses on the average wage III sir
dollars. How they exist on this sum is im.
possible 20 figure out on a mathematical basis.
DO the Eirl's wage were even eight dollars
week. and she paid two or three dollars for
her room. one dollar Tor laundry. sixty cents FOR
carfarc. 10 she ate ten cent breakfasts fifteen.
cent lunchrons and twenty -fto-cent dinnera
she would have left az the end % tho week
lees than fifty cents
The nearest any social orranizafion ever
came 20 the correct analysis OF the situation
was me chicago Nice Commission. which o..
ports that any plan on reformation must fato
into consideration the causes which lead 10 tho
downfall OF these uuforfuuafca DO has rfvon
mo Following ten reasons First. lack %
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
D.. Simon N. Patten, the Well-known Educator
Urges Reformation Toward Prachcabity in the
Public Schools, and Explains low Girls Health
and Looks Can Contribute to Her Business Success

ethical teachings and religious instruction;
second. the economic stress of industrial life
on unskilled workers. with the enfeebling In
nuences on the will power third. the large
number OF seasonable trades Ina which women
are especially engaged; fourth. abnormaiity;
nfth' unhappy home conditions: sixth. careless
and ignorant parents: seventh. broken
promises: eighth. love OF ease and luxury:
ninth. the craving for excitement and change;
tenth. Ignorance OF hygiene.
Institutions. such as women's clubs and so
on, never can take the place OF the home, and
they have failed decidedly. in combating the
evils mentioned. II seems to me that the
only way to keep girl from these evil in
nuences is TO begin a campaign for health
and enlightenment that shall tend to prolong
the life OF her parents, especially the head OF
the family. More girls are thrown on the
mercy OF the world from the premature death
OF parents than from any other cause. II. for
instance. girl is compelled TO begin work at
fourteen years OF age because OF the death OF
her father at forty. It is the duty OF every one
TO support measures that will Increase a mans
life and working period. at least ten years.
when those dependent upon him will have
passed the danger line
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

II nature carving new channels through which
! 10 carry on human life when curative and
preventive methods shall have saved more
people than earth can support? She has al
ready carved dozen OF these. The new how
OF death has begun.
A matter OF some moment has long been the
question OF what is to become OF the billions
that win one day swarm over the worlds pro-
ductive regions. Plato. Aristotle and even
earlier philosophers were much concerned.
Modern statesmen have largely ignored con-
sideration of the problem. When Nautilus a
century ago sounded the alarm be was ridL
culed
Nature has begun to solve the puzzle In her
own stern way
We have cut down the death rate OF certain
virulent bacterial diseases We have thus re-
duced the mortality tremendously throughout
the civilized areas. We have doubled the pop
uiation of the world in a century by proven
ton and cure OF noted plaques. We have
praised ourselves for the splendid work.
But have we not been asleep to a new course
of nature already beginning to draw on.
through new channels OF mortality. the in
creased food OF population our scientific meth
DDS have saved?
Occasional attention has already been drawn
TO the point that curative and preventive meth
DDS have saved tens OF thousands whom nature
would have destroyed in cruder times because
their constitutions did not measure to her
standards. Thus II has been pointed out that
10 save these weak constitutions is TO encour
age reproduction OF weak constitutions and a
general weakening OF the racial strain
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
By DR.. Simon N. Patten
Professor Of Political Economy In the
University OF Pennsylvania.

~ HOSE societies scattered throughout the
land, working for the legislation OF
minimum wage for women. are ad-
.ninistering a saccharin coated pill instead of
taking means to obliterate the necessity of a
minimum wage. II is much like rubbing
salve on the exterior OF the body to cure
disease OF the blood
The only way to increase a girls wage Is
TO increase her earning power; make her
efficient. or, as termed in psychology, make
her motor" girl. A complete reformation
OF the public school system is necessary to
accomplish this end. Only such subjects that
make for efficiency should be taught in our
public schools. and they should be taught by
needed more than the schoolmistress. because
mans influence toward the practical is greater
than that OF the woman.
Instead OF teaching culture" and poetry TO
the girl who must earn her livelihood, II is far
more important that she should be taught
stenography and other incorporating subjects
This Is of course from an economical stand
point. and IL is the only way to remedy the
present situation.
The equaiTing OF the pay Of the New York
school teachers is a great menace to broaden.
ing the scope of the public schools OF that
city. The salary OF the men teachers should
have been raised so as TO make the system
representative OF the practical element Mark
you. don't disapprove OF women teachers in
their proper places. but they are not qualified
TO instruct those who must seek employment
upon leaving school
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16

u will be seen that the death rate from these
particular Eve causes was % per cent more ln
the cities than in the rural districts.
Organic heart disease. too. shows Sc great
eqt increase in tho larger cities In Albany.
n. ". this disease claims as high az 23s per
cons annually out Of 100 900 81 population.
while IN 1901 % carried on but 100 out Of the
same number 81 population. In Omaha. Neb-
the annual death rate from heart disease has
all but doubled since 1901. In Memphis. Tenn.
n has Increased 50 per cent. and Ia the other
clues o. the country the increase has been
more or less marked.
All these facts suggest that there are 90
Sciences In modern city lie that rapidly carve
new grooves for the flow Of mortality.
Cancer and other malignant tumors have
gained IN death toll In the United States IN
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Jcss Willard,
heavyweight champion boxer. and
Fred Fulton have been matched. AT
t,cles OF agreement closing the hght
were signed at the Morrison hotel oy
Tom Jones for the titleholder, Mike
Collins for Fulton and Tom Andrews
for Promoters Tommy Burns ana
Dominick Tortorich. The hight 10 70
take place In New Orleans Marcn =
and is scheduled to go 20 rounds.
Kirkwali. Orkney Islands. Dec IL
Che steamship OacAr--ll -asa ais ~ - =.
NJ was dsstfneuA si, I M -, sns
her arrival at Kirkwall probably
means she is being detained by the
British.
Lisbon. Dec. 15.--A general strike
has been called throughout Portugal.
Conflicts between the police and strik-
ers occurred at many places.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
REBUFF WOMAN SUFFRAGE
enort to Allow Women to Speak on
Floor Of House is
Blocked.

washington. Dec. 15-Woman suf.
rage Jared badly in the house OF rep.
resentatives. Representative Page OF
North Carolina blocked an effort to
ALLOW two western suffragists, who
nad journeyed across the continent. an
opportunity to speak on the floor 81
the house. Representative Byrns Of
south Carolina introduced a fesolu-
tion demanding an investigation OF
the lobbying activity OF sufrragists.
representative Nolan Of California
endeavored to secure unanimous CON.
sent for recess OF the house to allow
Frances Joii6e and Sarah Bard Field.
the suRrage pilgrims. to make an ad.
dress toathe assembled members. lie
was aided BY Republican Leader Mann.
Representative Page objected strenu.
ously and the address, was called on.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
lNDlcT THREE IN SHIP PLOT
San francisco Grand Jury Brings Two
Counts Each Against Crowley
and Baron Brineken.

San Francisco, Dec. 15.-Indict.
ments returned by the federal grand
jury on Monday against Baron George
Wilhelm Won Brincken. G. C. Crowley
and Mrs. Margaret Cornell, who are
alleged to be the ringleaders of a
band Of plotters. pro-German In sym.
pathy. who have conspired to wreck
ships carrying munitions to the allies
as well as powder and munition fac
tories on the coast
The two counts in the indictments
charge conspiracy to interfere with
and destroy foreign commerce, and.
second. sending through the mail let
tors the character Of which tended to
incite murder. arson or assa ssination.
Crowley figured as the chief con-
spirator in the story told by a man
named Smith, who alleged that Crow.
ley had made frequent visits TO the
summer home of Ambassador vou
Bernstorff. Captains von .Papen and
Boy-Ed. the recalled attaches OF the
German embassy. also were named in
The conspiracies.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
GENERAL siR DOUGLAS HAIo AP'
POINTED CHIEF or BRITISH
IN FRANCE. m
HAS ;''., 4 BRILLIANT RECORD
Change In Commanders May Mesn
That Allies VIII Begin New Drive
Against the German In France
New Head 10 Younger Man.

fondon. Dec. 17.--Lieut. Gen. sir
douglas Haig has been appointed 10
succeed Field Marshal Sir John French
IN, command OF the British armies 10
France and Flanders.
The new commander OF the britisn
IN the western field 10 considerably
your ger than tho veteran he succeeds
but he has had vast experience IN 40
tual war General Haig is nfty'tou.
years old. whereas Field Marsna'
French is sixty-three. Y
General Haig was educated at Ok
ford and joined the Seventh Hussars
in 1885. He 1erved In the Soudan y
1s9, and won medals for valor at Az
bara and Khartum. With Genera
French he participated In the sout'
African war. where he again won pro
motions and medals for distinguishes
service In 1912 he was made gen
eral officer commanding at Aide'
shot. When the present war began D
was given command OF the First Arm
corps.
The belief is general that the choic
of General Haig for commander
chief In France means preparations ie
the initiation Jf more vigorous can
paign in the West. presumably IN co,
junction with offensive movements
the Russian. Balkan and Italian zon'
OF operations.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
TRUCE IN BASEBALL WAR
Peace Declared Between Three BID
leagues--Wesohman to ~
Get Cubs.

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Through the ac
tion OF the American league in accept,
ing the proposals from the National
and Federal leagues truce was de.
clared here on Wednesday. A peace
agreement will be drawn up In the
next two or three days and the
chances are will be signed soon.
Terms OF the treaty were not re.
vealed. but the main points are
known TO call for the dissolution of
the Gilmore circuit through mergers
with several National league teams
and perhaps the Cleveland American
league club. t
The Cubs will be transferred to
President Weeghman and his partners
on the North side. while Phil Ball will
in all probability get control Of the
st. Louis Cardinals.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
,GEN. FRENCH OUSTED MUST FREE EGfRk|AH|s| \
WASHINGTON SENDS NOTE TO
FRENCH covERNMENr-s'x
TEuToNs HELD.
HOLD THAT ACT IS ILLEGAL
kslssrs subjects Were Taken From
IN American Steamer BY French
WarshIps - Immediate Release y
Demanded by v. 9. officIaIs.

Warrington, Dec. 16. - The United
States government cabled Ambassa-
dor Sharp at Paris. for presentation
to the French foreign once. note
vigorously protesting against the re-
moval By the French cruiser Des-
cartes OF six Germans and Austrians
| from the American steamships caro-
| lima, Coamo and San Juan. ~
| Immediate release Of the men was
asked ON the ground that the seizure
OF citizens OF any nation from an
American vessel on the high seas -
without legal justification and consti-
tutes fIagrant violation OF American
rights.
Couched in friendly terms, the com
munication gives the American point
. of view employed In the case OF Au
gust Piepenbrink German, who
: was removed from the American shif
Windber by the French cruiser Condt
3 In November of last year and re
leased offer representations by thu
United States. -fc
Attention IL directed to the fac
y that the men removed from the ship
= were not embod>d In 'the arme
; forces Of the enemy" as that term
! used in the declaration OF Londor
q II 10 asserted. however. that there
y no justincati0n for the removal q
subjects Of q nation which is q
enemy Of France from an America
= vessel ON the high. seas bound to
- neutral port. even II they could pro-
= eriy be regarded as military person
& To support this position, It Is u
q derstood. the note points to the rule
= set down, by the French minister I
d, foreign affairs In note sent durir
nd the Civil war to the. French minist'
II to the United States in regard toStl
ht removal Of the Confederate .comm'
by sioners. Mason and Slidell. from 4
ke steamship Trent.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
.BuL6ARS ROUT ALLIES
ANGLo-FRENcH RETREAT OVER
THE GREEK FRONTIER.
off,cIal Statement Issued at sof'a says
Buisarians Have Occupied rive
More Towns in Serbia.

Berlin. Dec. IA tvia Sayville).-The
oficial statement issued here on sun
day is as follows;
"The Anglo-French troops, aIteI sul.
fcring a series Of decisive defeats oy
the army OF General Todoron. are re-
treating in miserable condition oyer
the Greek frontier. Their losses II
.~v ond material ~ ~ii-'-.,s
Ddf1ng The last two days $500 pris.
oners have fallen into the hands OF
the Austro-Hungarians advancing on
the Albanian border mountains.
Between Rojaj, which was taken on
Saturday. and Ipek, the enemy left be.
hind 40 guns" A
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
STORM CAUSES HEAVY LOSS
Millions OF Dollars Worth Of Property
Destroycd-Raiiroads Tied Up
In East-Eiaht Dead. :;

sorks.s. .Dec..-1e .,u,
Usrs. millions In properly i image
s,nco the memorable blizzard Of 1888
me New York Central and the New
York. New Haven & Hartford rail-
roads were almost tied up OnIv !
rev OF the most important trains wero
moving. All wires we're down ON
Doth railroads. The block avstem
was out Of business.
With. conditions only partially .,,e.
Waited Il is feared there will be 4 milk
famine. Frantic efforts xSste heinz
maoe 70 get some Of the milk trains
six inches Of snow fell IN New York
Guy. IN Connecticut it reached 4
depth OF from two to three feet
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
'HlS THEORY .FAul|!I'
rxperts plainly SOC Necessity Tor no
vision, but secretary Pufs p"
Faith In ,unproductIvs "shln-
plaster" Policy .i 4.

The Underwood law was expecteo
bv its trainers to bring Sufficient rev
enue to run the government VIZ
sugar on the free list. Part OF tno
dutv ON sugar was retained until May
/ 1916. not because the revenue was
daemed necessary, but In order 20
give the sugar industry ample oppor
tunitv TO readjust itself. When tne
miscalled war revenue bill" was On
acted, It was an emergency me@suis
~ compensate for revenues iost
through the displacement OF foreign
trade and the falling on Of imports.
The revenues estimated from tncso
two sources for 1916. II the sugar duty
is retained and the war tax ea.enu
cd. according to Mr.. McAdoo, VIII ~
tai sb6 0O0. 900. The $4,000. 900 dencit
Estimated for 1857 by Mr.. McAdoo
/ contemplates the retention OF tness
two items. Thus. in estimating .no
revenue producing deficiency OF tne
Underwood act, the $56.0OO. .OoO snoaau ua
be added, making the total tiso'oov''
200. minus the $sS,0o0.000 extra ex'
peniiture for the administrations ma
| tionSl defense plan. or 75.0OO.ooo. tns
amount by which 1t may DO in.er,eu
acco, ding to Mr.. McAdoo. the under
wood law has fallen short OF the Q.
pectations of its trainers. Less frieno
Iy statisticians will make the snortas'
much larger.
The failure OF Mr.. McAdoo to rec
ognize this fact in proposing plans 10
meeting the deficit is characteristic 0
the administration treatment OF u
revenue problem from the start. a
. the Underwood law has proved fault!
the obvious remedy would seem to II
in revision. Instead. as was the cas-
with the war revenue measure. u
, administration resorts to series
shinplasters. annoying drafts upo
the purses OF selected victims-appa
emily aimed principally at owners Of a.
tomobiles and possessors OF incomes
. $4,000 and over. The Underwood Ia
is defective. reasons Mr.. McAdo
therefore, let US keep the defecu'
law and meet the defect by shinpia
% ters applied to articles not necessa
q. to mention"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
Trend is to tho RepublIc.,,.

Philadelphia has been swept by the
ola Republican organization: W. g.
bennet has won back seat in CON.
gress. as representative OF Bron.
constituency; and Maryland, though
carried by the Democrats-thus dis.
placing Republican governor elect.
ed Iour years ago-was carried by too
narrow margin to be pleasant. such
are the straws that are taken to SHOW
tne way the wind ID blowing; and.
wniie they may show nothing conclu.
sively, they are sufacient to indicate
mat the Democratic party is not in
nigh favor at this moment.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
Take Up Republican POLICY

The Republicans have no desire ~
make any political capital out OF the
national defense proposition, but the
administration ID trying to do 90. II
= the hope of Republicans in the
nouse' not that the Republicans viii
cooperate with the administration m
tne great national defense question.
put that the administration WIN %.
operate with the Republicans. II 8
gratifying to the Republicans that the
democratic party, led BY the presi-
dent. fsAnally coming around to their
views on the matter Of preparing for
national defense.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25
Difnculty With the Revenue.

The Underwood law was enacteQ ao
a tarifr for revenue measure only. On
the showing made by Mr.. McAdoos
statement mnpphAaAitr1 pphAat tie law might more
aptly be termed one imposing "tarin
for bankruptcy only"
1t will be difficult for the Democrats
70 maintain. in the face OF Mr.. Nc
Adoo'sf figures. that anything except
their own provisions are responsible
Tor the admitted failure OF the Under.
wood tariff act and the income act
70 provide the necessary revenue for
administering the affairs Of the ma.
tion.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25

Just about the time that Mr.. Nc.
Adoo was putting the finishing touches
upon his statement, declaring that the
aencit for the next fiscal year would
total Sils.S0s.ssl. the bureau Of for.
eisn and domestic commercs Of ths
department. .of commerce was an
nouncins that imports for October
reached = now high record = 4 ess.
eIs. Obviously. falling imports due
70 tho European war no longer can
Be blamed for the failure Of IA I'm.
derwood law to provide necessary rev
The L'Anse sentinel., 1915-12-25

The women ought to be able to
save money on dr6ss this year, wear
Ing their skirts too short
Yes. but they have to spend 30
much more ON shoes and stockings.''