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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
MR.. J. H. BRENNAN
answers Two Unfair Statements
Made BY City Manager
Charter Advocates.
o the Editor of the Intenigencer:

To the Editor of the InteIligencer.
Slr'-Two statements from the
Greater Wheeling Charter advocates.
appearing al "squibs' in the daily
papers. seem to require an answer TO
prevent false impression. Neither one
mas anything TO do with the charter
problem. but they are evidently cal.
culated TO create prejudice.
one Is the statement that certain
city officials tried TO secure the mas
sage OF the Amended Charter without
a vote OF h people. The Amended
Charter was not even drawn when
those officials were in Charleston. II
Is true that amendments reducing
council TO eleven men were so pre-
scented. and no n disputed. the wis
dom OF that measure. But NO nevv
charter was attempted 10 be passed
nor were they forced" to submit the
Amended Charter TO the people
VIII they explain how those Officials
were forced?
As a matter OF fact as soon az the
danger OF losing all Improvement was
eliminated. consent was given that
the people vote on the two charters
as they will do today-and had that
consent not been given. il IL very
doubtful IL n charter would now be
on the ballots.
The other Is the ridiculous state
ment that there was an attempt Ia
empower council to issue $500. 600
worth OF bonds without the consent OF
the people. The Greater Wheeling
Charter advocates know that not only
was there no such effort made but
mat no such clause could lega.y be-
drawn MOI could any legislature en-
act IL.
evidently an attempt 10 mislead ia
MADE by referring 10 a clause in our
present charter. not struck out until
the Amended Charter was drawn. But
where was there any effort to perform
so ridiculous a thing as this?
As said. these questions have
nothing at all 70 do with h relative
merits OF the two charters But for
that matter. neither have the Other
gentle reminders published By these
same gentlemen.
Sincerely.
j. ~ Brennan.
Wheeling. W. Va.
May %. 1915.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
THE ONLY CONDITIONS

Former President Taft. in his re.
cent public expressions. has shown a
hroad-mindedness and statesmanship
rarely TO be found in public men these
Gays. Furthermore, defeat has not
soured him like it has some others:
on the contrary. it has sweetened him
and added to that wholesomeness that
was ever his distinguishing character.
iste. And this leads us to remark
that he voiced the true spirit and the
confirmed sentiment Of the great mass
OF Republicans when he declared in
Kansas City. the her day. that when
h Progressives return to the Re.
publican party they should return
and be accepted as Republicans only.
The reunited party must be the Re
publican party and there is no logical
or valid reason why the P~rogrcssiyes
should expect to bring into IL any
part Of their peculiar doctrines or no
lions. As a matter OF fact. most Of
the Progressives have already re-
turned to the old party. where they
have found a warm welcome. And
all of the mnan who are still wav-
ering in the choice Of their future
allegiance will be given the same sort
Of welcome when they come.
II Is a generally recognized TACT
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP

Evidently the President has not con
sidered the Senate's rebuff OF his ship
purchasing bill. which tangled up the
closing legislation OF the last Con-
gress. as final. In his welcoming ad-
dress to the Pan-American delegates
he reiterated his views on govern
ment owned steamship lines. which
were parroted by Secretaries McAdoo
and Bryan, who followed him. OF
course government ownership Is one
OF Bryan's fads. and 1t is a sorry spec
tacle to see a man like President VIII
o allowing himself to be ensnared
by the vagaries OF his Secretary OF
State. II is possible that government
cid might be extended to steamship
lines operating between the ports OF
the United States and those Of the
South American republics. but the
question Of ownership should have no
part in establishing such lines Of COM
municatiOn. II is wholly r~epugnant
as invading a field that belongs TO
private enterprise and private capital.
The revival OF the subject before the
Pan-American Conference suggests
that the President has some intention
OF again forcing his scheme on the
Congress which meets in December.
as he avowed he would do II II did not
receive favorable action by the Sixty.
third Congress.
u seems that that scrap Of paper"
known as the Baltimore platform has
become a discarded and discreditcd
instrument. and no more worthy OF
consideration by M uplifting forces
Of the New Freedom. Is the Prosi.
dents memory so bad that he should
fsl TO remember what his party's plat.
form explicitly declares on this sub
iect? u says we believe IN fos-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
S~wITZERLAND's G

The staunch little republic Of Swift.
erland' which has been living at peace
with the whole world. is now com.
pietely surrounded by contentious ma.
tons at war with each other. she
had no grievance and she has i've
no onense yet she stands to suffer.
In some respects. as great hardships
IS the b%elligerent countries. To pre-.
serve her neutrality. she has been
compelled to employ an armed force
TO guard her borders larger than the
standing army OF the United States
hemmed In on all sides By France.
Germany. Austria and Italy. she IL
compelled to keep a wstchful eye not
only on the four corners OF the com.
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pass. but the air above her. and for
keeping all intruders on the grass she
has TO tax herself.
Her outlet and inlet heretofore has
been through Italy. but now that that
door has been closed by the entrance
Of that nation into the murderous
cataclysm. the question OF her food
supply will become a momentous one.
II is dificult TO see how she can es-
cape experiencing all the rigors OF the
war. although a non~-combatant. AS
small as she Is. Switzerland has an
army Of 100000 well trained soldiers.
II through any m-isadventure she
would be compelled to take sides. her
army would be distinctly helpful to
the cause her choice would cast her.
Her position is certainly unique in
the history OF all wars. and It is by
no means certain that she will be
able to maintain the neutrality she
has so long and so zealously guarded.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

states waving their equal rights
n Il has been since proposed to
extend the Jurisdiction OF the
prize court 10 other classes of
disputes between different ma
tions.
After an International Judiciary
has thus been established A rudt-
mentary International legislature
viii probably follow. Indeed the
nrst steps In this direction have
been taken in the two conferences
which have been held at the
Hague and which adopted a num-
~ OF agreements defining the
rights and duties OF nations both
I'm war and peace. When hess
hague conferences become perio-
dicai and when they continue TO
extend and oddly International
law. they viii form a nudimentary
international legislature; the sec
ond branch OF government in what
II IL hoped may sometime be-
come the federation OF the world.
Probably a body like the Swiss
federal council will be found bet
ter adapted 20 the needs Of the
nations than a single official like
u own President. And wnen
that question comes to be decided,
the dogma OF the absolute equal
ity OF every nation large or small
VIII have TO be modified. The
nations of the world are like the
states of our federal union. They
may have equal rights 20 protec-
ton and justice. but they have
not equal rights OF representation
In a body which IL TO control the
d%esunies OF the great ones as
well as of the small ones.
OF course. at the beginning
such a world union will De
clumsy. inadequate and inerec-
tive but Is there moi reason to
hope that like the union OF the
thirteen American states under
the Articles OF Confederation. a
union which was also most en-
oryonic and defective, IL NAV de-
velop into an organization which
snail become constantly stronger
n stronger until at last IL NAV
supply to the nations of the world
taht which the American constIiu.
tion and our own federal union
a given to the United States
OF America?
WILLIAM ID. FoULKE.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

The balAnce-of-power states
manship which has prevailed IN
Europe since the middle ages
cannot last forever. II leads 20
a condition OF most unstable equll-
ibrium with constantly recurring
wars to set the balance right. The
civilized world Was a great m
pire once and Il will be az some
period hereafter either a great en-
pire. with nationalities subjugated
or extinguished. or else a great
federation with nationalities re-
cognized for local and national
purposes but subject TO one gen.
eral control for International pur-
poses. The gradual union OF man
kind in larger and larger units.
hrst the family. themn the clan,
the tribe. the city. the nation and
finally the empire or the great
federated republic. win have its
empire OF a world federation. That
viii be the only way In which
war Will eve become extinct n
the history OF our own early Con-
federation and our subsequent
federal union Is pointing out the
method in which such a world
union can best be established
The first element in this inter.
national federation Is a World
Court and that Il the supyect
which has recently been discussed
In the conference in Cleveland.
Many steps toward the creation
OF such a court have already been
taken. We have had
a~rbitrations between different ma
tons most OF them successful. A
panel OF judges has been created
Known as the Hague tribunal
from which the several powers
a select the arbitrators "a de-
eide particular cases as they
arise. Now Il is proposed in lieu
OF this TO establish a permanent
court with judges already selected
and this court is to hold regular
sessions every year. The fast
Hague Conference decided in IA
vor OF the principle OF such a tri-
bunal and determined its mode
OF procedure but could not agree
on the mthod OF selecting the
judges. The little states wanted
an equal voice in the selection OF
these judges and the great powers
would not consent. But a prize
court was established. the smaller
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
HARD LUCK

Little Wiliies pulling weeds. and.
biz gentle bosom bleods. for the nsh
are fairly thick way down wonder in
the creek SO he thinks his fate BE-.
bard a. he wea around The yard.
and his eve with moisture blurs while.
be pulls the ~cockleburs Gentle VII
lie. slay the weeds. ere the blamed
thinEs 80 20 seeds while the other
fellows hsh. let your sickle 20 swish
swish. pull them. hack them with.
your knifc-for that sort Of thing ls
Lite. An Of us who earn our hay
thus are toiline. day by day. doing
things hat break our hearts I'm the.
(CopynghL 1919. o. G
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

throughout the republic is at a stand
sun. and it is urged by many that the
washington administration could per.
FORM no more heroic service for hui
manity than to take hold of Mexico
and assist the stricken people in es.
taoiishing a stable government. Pres.
ldent Wilson has often declared that
cur mission in Mexico is a service IN
humanity. 1t is time to get busy in
that service.
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Comments of
Ohio Editors


The strike iu mine district NO mar
ai}zed business loo whole rouppe. v.u
.'tnt ruined the Wheeling and Lake
.I'e railway and kept 10000 miners 90
'''F families on scanty charity for
'l'f. nan "a year. is settled. to the JOS
on %" concerned Governor Willis found
'mih'h Eround upon which De got the
"ih'r' ana operators together and they
~'eonciled their difference Previously.
Governor Cor and President wilson l
turn bad tried and failed .u efforts for
conciliaton-MarIetta Uegister-Leader.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

workshops or the msrts. A. he loom
or at the pillow. earning bread with
streaming brow All Of ne profoundly
Nlsh we might quit our work and hsb
Dut in vain We long and yearn. for
ne cav or Life is stern We must to
lhe burden bend. we must strive I'M.
tl The end What's the answer. wu.
le asks Let's pretend we IKE our
ask ~ us 10 our comrades saw
70 hshinE-we viii qtav milling
these delightful weeds, that's the
Jun my system needs" Let me- MAZE
p work a JOY that's the answer.
Willie boy
'orge Matthew Adamsl.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Oscar Price % West virginia s...
great prosperity ahead Oscar sara r .,
o. urwspaprr iuterview-omittirr ta .af
mat Do has just been appointed o.
Eood Job o. auditor boz the Interior p.
rartmcnt-Newnrk American-rrtrr.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27
Italy got Their, ar.L

Remember that the oHeehoIders'
Clique tried 20 deny you a vote on
tneir charter az Charleston. but were
forced 20 submit u IN mpetition with
the Greater wheeling charter, which
provided from the start for such sun.
mission.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Back to fundamental" is the ver-
dict Of the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, with regard TO the growth OF liber-
alism In the church encouraged by the
teachings OF the Union Theological SEM
mary.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

maximum payment under the workmcrs
compensation act for death or total die
Anlity woul be- increased. and effort
along that line was stopped az the i'm
stance ~ the friends ~ the act them
selFes-orFanlzed labor-who were or-
posed 60 any change beinE made Boz th.
law. which is now thoroughly -adjudiest.
% and pronounced valid b. the courts
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Remembering Its action In the Frank
cas- We wouldn't advise Lieutenant
Becker to indulge IN any hopes Of getting
any comfort from the United states SUI
preme Court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

1919 was o. Republican year HIsip..s
failures DOB thar year amounted Co. ftoal
With total liabilities Of less than 400
"'o.''o Last year the total fafr5re.
were 1000 and liabilities almost tt1a
nnu-lnn-Easl L~INrrnnuI E..L.u
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Upon his arrival al san Francisco
from q trip TO the Hawaiian Islands.
former Speaker Cannon fired o. few tell
shots nj the Wilson administration.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Besides settling the heretics the Pres
byterian General Assembly flsycd the
Rev. Dr. Pankhurst Tor lending aid and
comfort TO the snti-prohibitionists OF
California.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

IAN man continue hts custom - eat.
ne spaEhetu every Friday and main,ai,
hI' neutrality or VIII he have Co. .r.
i'rnete with sauerkrautr-CIncinrau
~IImca-star.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Future trading has been outlswed
bv n Federal Cour decision. which con
siders 10 gambling rurc and simple. and
b. not calling IL out Of it, name.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Dc Del Impossible 90 see switzerland Iu
Europe now. but here's West virginia.
the Switzerland Of America" open t1
Inspection the year round
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

That 'nre eatinE" Uuionist Sir Edward
gets a place in the British cabi-
net. and is now sustaining "a government
he once threatened 90 destroy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

in snr event tte bi-cameraI council
VIII sre Its nnIah
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

h Pan-Amerioan Conference should
call In Huerta as an expert on revolu-
tions and their causes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

The Board or Control Riddle vii b.,
solved az the poll today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Vote once to-day. and cast that ballot
early.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Memorial Day viii be OF double sir.
rInelucs tHis year.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Always look Tor rain when The st5-
Eies play at home.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

New York Is going 10 investigate the
lures OF her Broadway tango cabarets.
which will only attract more flies.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-05-27

Churchill gets something
as good in the reformed cabinet
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! h e Intelli Ger

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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A WORLD FEDERATION
The Solution for War That Is Now Gaining Greatest
Consideration.
BY WILLIAM DUDLEY OULKE

Unteu States CiNh Servee Commissioner President National
Municipal League.
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tCopyHsht 1913. % george Matthew Adamsl.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13
The Sex of Ships,

The word 'ship" il masculine In
French. Italian, Spanish and Portu.
guese and possesses no sex in TeutOnio
and Scandinavian. Perhaps II would
not be an error to trace the custom Of
femininizing ships back to the Greeks.
who called them by feminine names,
probably out of Difference to Athene,
goddess of the sea. But the English
speaking sailor assigns no such rea.
sons. The ship to him Is always a
lady, even though she be man-of-war.
She possesses waist, collars. stays.
laces. bonnets, ties. ribbons, chains,
watches and dozens Of other distinctly
feminine attributes Golfers Weekly.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13

Mr.. Peter Ellington is spending sew.
eral days with relatives in Woods
field, o.
Mrs. Peter Edington went TO Shaw.
nee, o., this morning to visit with her
daughter, Mrs. F. H. Hodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Beecher are
spending the weekend with relatives
in Newark.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sanders went to
Newark this morning, to visit with
relatives.
Mr.. Roy p. Billingsley went to Uh.
richsville this morning to spend the
week-end with relatives.
The annual state conference of Bap-
tist pastors will be held at Granville
April 1914. Rev. G. Rector Dye will
attend and appears ON the program
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Vetting of Man.
itowac, Wis, who have been visiting
with various relatives in the city,
went to GAINESVILLE this morning.
Miss Ethel Brown returned to Co
lumbus this noon, after nursing the
late Mrs. Samuel Brooks of Monroe
township.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13
BIBLE CLASS MEETING

The Barnett Bible class of the Gay
street M. Il. church met Sunday morn
ing at 8 O'Clock In the council cham
ber. The character Of the various
leaders of Israel was reviewed and
commented upon. The lesson sub
ject, David Amounted King" was
discussed at some length and the his.
tory in connection Herewith was
clearly set forth.
A committee to act in conjunction
with the social committee was ,ap
pointed by the chair for the purpose
Of setting a date and arranging for a
social for members, prospective mem
hers and anyone who may desire to
become a member of the class. All
who are not members of any class
are cordially invited to attend this
| class,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13
MINORITY
Stockholders Of Rock Island
Put Up A Fight

New York, April 12-The annual
meeting of the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific road, which is to be held
today, promises to be the scene or
lively fight for control of the road.
The big railroad that has been the
bone of contention for many years
between financial interests, the tool
OF stock manipulators, and all-around
enigma in railroading, will either fall
under the control of the minority
stockholders today, or be retained by
the present active management,
which has the backing of a powerful
group of financiers. The ousting OF
the Moore-Reid interests from con
troll was accomplished last winter
Since then committee of minor
tock-holders, headed by r. l.. Amster
of Boston, has been breaking all pre-
cedents by waging campaign for
proxies of stockholders for today's
meeting. So bitter became the fight
that the vice-president of the railroad
John J. Quinlan, was prosecuted by
the Amster committee for refusing
access to the railways stock books
Although the officials were not helt
responsible by the courts, the Amstel
committee was allowed to see the
hooks under the courts order.
The Rock Island Management took {
hand in the fight for control of the
road, the heads of the operating, traf
fic and financial departments form
ing committee to this end. These
men had been in active control Of th'
practical operation for years, ant
were not identified with the Reid
Moore coterie.
The third committee which wen
out for proxies for today's meeting i
known as the Sheldon committee
headed by r.. w. Sheldon, a New Yorl
| banker.
The minority stockholders com
mittee is quoted as being optimisti
OF victory at today's annual meeting
Of stockholders. They have put UP
slate of new directors, which, If elect
ed, they claim will be held strictl
accountable for the handling of tn
railroad and its finances.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13
KNOX COUNTY
The Fourth 10 State To Organize Cow
Improvement Association

An organization looking toward the
Improvement of dairy cattle in this
county has been organized under the
name of the Knox County Cow I'M
provement Association This organi-
zation will secure competent tester,
who will visit the herd of each mem
ber monthly, weigh the milk, test
it for butter fat and from the quaint.
ty and value of feed, determine
whether or not each individual COW
is profitable. The dairy departments
of the U. s. Department Of Agricul.
tire and Of the Ohio State University
are behind this movement. The for.
mer was represented by Mr.. III. p
Davis and the latter by Prof. Oscar
Err, in the organization of this assoc
iation, which is the fourth in the
state. 1t is expected the local organi
zation will begin operations not later
than May 1 and will be represented
by not less than $50 cows. The fol
lowing are the members:
Gambier-John Cunningham, j. f
Walker.
Mt. Vernon--Frank l.. Young, G. p
Ward, r. p. Stewart, Melvin Gorsuch
A. M. Yauger, Johnson Brothers, f. G
Ball, Ralph Ringwalt, o. G. Punches
A. c. Cassell.
Fredericktown--F. G. Boner, Stru
BILE &c Long, j, Dwight Dean, w. C
Denman, w. f. Blackford, Cumming
& Zolman, j. b. Wyker, Charles Wat
son, Bert Zeddaker. j. A. Swank &
Son, M. b. White, j. M. Dean e. Con
ant, T. b. Woolison, r. M. McClelland
Officers as follows have been select
ed:
President-John Cunningham.
Vice President-C. p. Ward.
Secretary-P. J. Cummings.
Directors-J. Dwight Dean, f.
Ball.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-04-13
Business Jokes.

The clerk who thinks the house can't
do without him.
The salesman who has his trade per
sonally anchored.
The buyer who cannot be fooled.
The stenographer who knows best
what the old man ought to say.
The credit man who can always trust
mis- intuition,
The head Of the firm who always
sticks to the way he always did It.
The customer who doesn't know
what he wants.
The house that won't advertise. be-
cause It's goods are different "-Print'
eTs Ink.