The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-09
CURRENT TOPICS
.. FURNISH PROGRAM
MRS. GEORGE DE BOLT OF FAIR
MONT, LECTURES BEFORE
WOMAN'S CLUB
National Questions With A Lengthy
Dissertation On The War Conn.,
priseS Lecture

Mrs. George be Bolt Of Fairn7ont
reviewed current events. before that
dcpartmrnt OF the WomanS club YES
Ierday afternoon. The president OF
the club. Mrs. John Is. Garden, IN the
absentee OF Miss Agnes Wilson. chair
man OF the Current Events depart
ment. presided; Mrs. DeBolr characi-
eriZed the past weeks as. so full or
happenings. that only a c1rsory talk
OF each. would be possible. She re-
yertpd in the beginning. 10 the presl-
Dental election just passed and attri-
buted Mr. Wilson's election, TO the Pro-
gressive vote, to a great extent, As
they. since the disruption of their par
" had mol all affiliated themselves
with the Republican raclion.
or the suffrage issue, Mrs. Dcnoit
said although defeated. il was not a
bad defeat and suffered The same fate
as constitutional amendments usually
do, on their first submission 10 the
voters, but one half Of which voted M
the proposed amendment. Returns
showed that in the communities where
there is a prepondcrance OF llliteralcs
the majority was overwhelming: Inc
communities where the amendment
met defeat BY much smaller
majorities, an eQuallzlng, ecu
cational vote was shown, and the dis
tricts comprising in its population the
larger proportion of business ana
The districts comprising in its popu!a-
lion the larger proportion OF business
and thinking men, the amendment car.
ried. This shows in what class ana
districts all efforts must be coneentrat-
cd in the next submission OF the
amendment. The speaker touched
briefly on the growth of public opil.
ion toward national prohibition.
War Topics Discussed
Mrs. De Bolts talks on the war are
ALWAYS easily comprehended and are
a mos, enlightening part Of her after
moons. The fall OF Bucharest, she
called an empty victory for the Ger
man nation, as everything of value
had been removed from the city, be-
fore its capture. The German victory
however, solves 10 IL great extent Inc
food supply of the nation. as II opens
up a way 10 the rich farm lands OF
that and nearby countries. The posi-
lion of Greece was discussed by the
sneaker and the strenuous demands
made upon her, by the allies and the
pitable condition from the threatened
revolutions.
The deporting of the Belgians from
their country 10 Germany, was heard
from both sides. The Belgians claim
they have no recourse but to go. that
they are herded like cattle and driven
from the country. that Germany has
taken even the machinery and the
workmans tools. Germany herself
asserts, she Is actuated only by the
most worthy motives and wishes TO
save the country from idleness, which
has A most demoralizing effect on a
nation and that owing TO England
corner on raw materials and desire
on her part 10 acquire the manutac--
turtles of Belgium, the intention OF
Germany is purely humane: The SPEAK.
or continued that the entire truth or
the matter lies in that each man de-
ported means soldier less for Bel
GUM and an extra German sololer III
the workman replaced.
The death and life Of the emperor
Francis Joseph was interestingly re-
counted and an article OF Frederick
Palmer on the Battle Of the Somme,
served 10 close Il very interesting pro-
gram.