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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
A PERSISTENT TURPITUDE

The. Louisville Courier-J ournal, Il
paper OF radical free trade views
Joins the Numbering throng of Demo
cratic editors in seeing a vindication
of the Underwood bill in the prosper
ity that has come to our industries
through the war. but whose promo
tive influences they ignore. This
is the Watterson comment we have in
mind: The president Of the Arleri-
can Wooden company says that pros
poets were never brighter than now;
most of our mills are sold well ahead.
and there Is $4,000 900 Of untitled
orders on our books The American
Wooden company was one of the trst
concerns that were going to be
knocked out Of business by the I'm
derwood tariff"
We could understand The moral
obliuuity Of the Democratic leaders
and press during the late campaign
In claiming the revival in American
Industry to be due 10 Democratic
policies, but we cannot understand
their persistent lying now The simple
truth is that the American Wooden
company together with all the textile
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OUR GROWTH IN GOODNESS

The pessimisuc spirit that mourns
the increasing degeneracy OF the
world has a very CONSTRUCTED vision
There are such people who minimize
the increasing good Of this old planet
! and magnify all the evils that come
nder their observation. The world
. better than ever. There has been
growth In. goodness never before
STAINED In any period OF the worlds
history. and it is manifestng itself
n 4 thousand ways at the happiest
time OF the year when all hearts are
beating in unison with the Christ
mas spirit.
There never was a time when the
poor, the unfortunate. the homeless
have been so well cared for, 80 much
thought about as they are today.
Beneyolence has been systenitized
By organization where before 1ndi-
ytdual philanthropy reached the
favored few. II any worthy objects
OF the Christmas benefcences that
have been provided by the generous
fiberality Of those able to give, are
missed this year it will be owing to a
prideful concealment Of their neces-
stiles. There is plenty and prosperity,
and the providing heart Of humanity
is ever swelling to dispense and OIL
fuse happiness and creature comforts
to those in distress.
The progress Of the worlds better
ment Is not confined to the seasonal
emotions inspired by the great ami
yersary we are about to celebrate.
Charity has been proclaimed as the
greatest Of virtues, but as our broth
er's keepers we have progressed IN
matters as great as charity IN the
greater conservation Of life and its
comforts for those who toll. Living
conditions are concerning US more
and more every day and social service
Is now the badge Of more efficient
citizenship. This is all tending to
give a sweeter fragrance to the COM
mon brotherhood of humanity, which
adds year after year to the exaltation
of the Yuletide period. And 1t Is the
increasing habit Of carrying the
Christmas spirit around with US every
day of our lives that Is making US
more potent as a people and more de-
serving Of a smiling Providence as
a nation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
Rear Admiral Benson's definition Of

Rear Admiral Benson's definition Of
an intracoastal waterway along our
Atlantic border as a national sale
gurd meaning to this country In time
of war the difference between defeat
and victory, touches upon an aspect or
the national defense that is not only
of supreme Importance tut IS engaging
the attention OF the men who are most
actively concerned with measures de-
signed for our future safety.
The cost Of such a canal, extending
from New England to South Carolina
and affording connections from Boston
to New York Bay, to the Delaware
River and Bay, to the Chesapeake and
the sounds of North Carolina. will be
small in comparison with many other
improvements undertaken by the Fed
eral Government, and men informed
as to the needs of commerce know
that the saving. In fuel costs and pre-
vention OF shipwrecks alone. will com
pensate for the outlay, while, as a con-
tribution to the national safeguards.
the value Of the proposed waterway
must be inestimable. ,
To those who are not familiar with
the map Of our Atlantic coast line. II
may seem a large undertaking to dis
an inside waterway for that distance.
But most of the work has already been
done by Nature. Between Massachu-
sets Bay and Long Island Sound there
is but S1a miles across Cape Cod,
which Is already pierced by modern
canal. Then for more than zoo mlle9
there are the protected waters OF The
Sound, which lead to New York. Be
You'd New York and behind Staten Is
land are other protected passages, the
Kill Won kun and the Arthur Kill,
leading to Raritan Bay. From that
bay there Is natural depression
across the state Of New Jersey at its
narrowest point, drained BY two slug
gish tidal creeks and connecting with
the Delaware River at BordentoWn.
Through this depression, SO miles in
length, the governments engineers
recommend the construction OF mod
ern waterway, for; which the state OF
New Jersey has pledged itself to con-
tribute the right Of way, which 1t has
already monumented along the line or
the government survey.
From Bordentown 10 Delaware CITY
runs the Delaware River, navigable tor
ocean-going vessels, its banks provld-
ing a succession Of great and growing
Industrial cities, feeders Of freight
to the proposed waterway, and so
many essential points of attack in the
event of war-Trenton, Roebling, Bris-
lol, Burlington and Camden, with their
great metal plants and shipyards,
Philadelphia, with Its shipbuilding, its
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Industry were knocked out Of ousl-
ness" by the Underwood tariff. The
looms were as silent as the mills be-
fore the European war changed the
whole outlook. It was the protectlHn
afforded the textile manufacturers by
the war that started the looms. II
Is the demands of the warning coun-
tries to-day that are keeping them
going, just as the iron and steel mills
are kept busy. Nothing was SO
thoroughly discredited when II was
In operation as the Democratic 70
per cent free trade tariff law. The
war acting as protective tariff saved
1t from complete damnation. and the
country's industries from completer
disaster than that which they eH-
perienced. Will the Democratic party
never learn to tell the truth. and cease
attempting to conjure success out OF
a dismal failure.
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
RELEASE SATURDAY DEC % :.
TAX PAYING

The time has come 10 pay the tax
upon my chattels and my dwelling;
of rupees many hardcarned laos from
my strongbox ! must be Smelling. And
when I've paid tn" goodly sum !or
which the tax collector itches, with
hats in hand men still will come. TO
touch me for MY m2agre riches. InlS
slogan is forever called. Dig up! Dis
up. We need your money, 10 build Il
refuge for the bald. and buy old SPIN
sters cake and honey; Dig up. to buy
the paupers grub, forgetting that they
loafed all summer: dig UP, 10 help the
Country Club pay off the carpenter
and plumber. Dig up, dig up, the
village waits. to see you fill its park
with benches; dir up. 10 purchase rol'
Ter skates for soldiers In the foreign
trenches. Dig up. 10 buy he heather
clothes, and saddles for their aIllG%-
tors; dig up. 10 huy the Eskimos some
up-lo-date rrfrieeratnrs.' My yearly
tax I'll pay to-day. on house and !0t,
and other rigging. and gladly, gladly
would pay. if that would end the
constant digging
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huge exports of grain, oil and coal,
and its vast industries; Eddystone,
Chester, Pennsgrove and Wilmington,
with their immense outputs OF loco
motives and munitions.
Between the Delaware and CheSa-
peake Bays Is passage OF only l6t=
miles, made through canal complet.
ed In 1929, once enlarged In 1885. and
now quite inadequate for modern COM
mercial needs. This the governments:
engineers recommend for acquisition
by the nation and for immediate iul-
provement to modern waterway at
sea level. From the Chesapeake en-
trance Of the canal there is a protected
body Of water more than 200 miles IN
acknowledgements Bay, and its noble
train of navigable tributaries, includ'
ing the Petapsco, with its important
steel industries at Sparrow's Point
ana, at It's head, the busy port Of Bal:
tinlore: the Potomas. with the capital
igation: the Rappahannock. the YORK,
and finally the James Rivers, the last
navigable to Richmond.
Connecting with the Chesapeake at
It's southern extremity Is the Elizabeth
River, with the growing port OF Nor
folk. From this port 10 Currltuck
Sound, in North Carolina, is a passage
Of only IL 4-lO miles. made by another'
old canal, the Chesapeake and Abe
marie. recently acquired by the Fed
eral Government and now in course
Of Improvement to sea level al mod
-ern dimensions. From Currituck TO
Beaufort Inlet. below Cape Hattera;s
the Albemarle and Pamliso SOUNDS
provide a protected passage about
$50 miles in length. From Pamlico
Sound to Beaufort Inlet modern ca
nal Is already in service, having been
completed by the government about
four years ago.
Thus, Of the entire coast line be-
tween Boston and Beaufort, there re-
main to be- provided the modern con-
necuons across New Jersey and across
the Delaware Maryland Peninsula, 50
and l3 miles in length respectively.
The total cost Of improvements for
this connecting chain from Boston 20
Beaufort, according TO government es-
Inmates, will be s33.000,0U0, which
seems moderate in comparison with
such figures as the $G3.0G0,00O which
the government is spending for locks
and dams on the Ohio River, and the
$3.50 900 900 which the state of New
York is spending in undermining the
Erie Canal.
!, 1t does seem that. for a line. of inner
defense-a marine trench making our
Atlantic seaboard almost impregnaDle
instead of one inviting attack-So5,-
100000 is very little to spend.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
LAY.oFF TO BE BRIEF.

CHARLESTON, w. Va. Dec. u
The Christmas lay-off Of miners in the
kanawha region is not expected 10
last as long as usual this year. Oper'
arorS say that most Of the men have
promised To return To work not later
Than next Wednesday.
Demand from western market mas
become more inSislent this week but
little relief is in sight for them be,
cause of the congestion OF loaded coal
and freight cars west Of Cincinnati.
complaints have been coming in from
Michigan industrial centerS that oper-
Htions will have 10 be suspended un-
less coal reaches them in Il short
time
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
Christmas
Gifts


In making selections of
Christmas Gifts never over
look the fact that there is
nothing that will make a
more sensible and useful
Gift for any member Of the
family from Grandpa down
to the Baby than a selection
from an attractive line of
Holiday Footwear.
Wa mako auy exchange after Christmas.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
GIVE INSURANCE POLICY.

FAIRMONT, ". Va. Dec. "2-The
Monongah Gas company To-Day pre-
scented to each Of its employees a lie
insurance policy, as a Christmas gilt.
This insurance aggregates over hall
million dollars and each employee
will be protected by policy to the
amount of one years salary, with a
maximum OF $4,000 payable 10 the
beneticiares upon the death Of the
h0lier
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ASK RATE INCREASE.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, Dec. 81
Evidence WAS presented to the public
service commission today III the mat
Ter of the Monongahela Valley Trac-
lion company, which asks permission
10 increase the rates charged for gas
in Wyatt, Harrison county. This COM
pany some time ago purchased the
plant of the Wyatt Gas company.
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ADJ. GEN. BOND TO TESTIFY.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. nec. o.
Adiuiant General John e.. Bond is pre-
pairing for the records Of his office
evidence 10 be presented 10 the mill
lary committees of the national con-
grpss soon after the holiday season.
lie will be one Of the adjulant gen
erals of various states appearing be-
fore these committees with informa-
lion relative TO the efficiency Of Ma
iional Guard troops. Recent records
exhibited in Texas by The Second
West Virginia infantry will be among
The exhibits from this state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23
AFTER ARMOR PLANT.

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Dec. -
Special data Of technical variety ls
being prepared by committee OF the
Charleston Chamber OF Commerce TO
be presented TO the Federal special
board appointed recently 10 make re-
Communications after careful lnVeStl'
cation of site for Ill S11.0O, 0OO
armor plate plant. Huntington also
offers Inducements 10 the board ana
will submit evidence 10 Substanllate
its claim for preference.
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Is there any superstition to be at
tached to that Is affirmative vote or the
Senate Judiciary Committee in favor or
reporting out q national prohibition
amendment?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

War an earth. destruction to men is
the European conception Of the spirit
of the season.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

There will he raal ''watchful waiting
in the household Sunday night.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Even Congress wants a look in on the
holiday season and has hung out the
sign will he back SOON
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

It Is all right about being pleasanter
to give than receive. but break in tho
monotony would not be an unpleasant
experience.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

What a relief 1t would be to find some
new bank president - have once been
q "struggling rich young man"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

1t is not our fault If you have for
gotten the very gift you wished To buy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Sunday in church is excellent prerara-
ton for a proper appreciation of Christ
mas
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to vote, and those who then refuse,
without good excuse, should be dis
franchlsed as unworthy to share In
self government.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Tho Christmas club is the Big Stick
that makes for preparedness.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Twas the night before Christmas
when all through the house not a crca-
ture was snoring, not even the "souse."
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Cod rest yc. merry gentlemen. lei
nothing you disInay."
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Secretary Lansing denies that he
meant what he said. but that is COM
mon failing with the Wilson admins
tration-
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The man who would rob a child or its
faith in Santa claus deserves 10 &c
handcufTed to Villa.
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Once an eminent politician gave the
best Of advice in two words: 'pont'
write" No, It wasn't Col. e. VI. House.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-23

Pancho Villa is playing lot of re
turns engagements" with new appear
ances booked ahead.
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OIL ADVANCED ONE CENT.

NEW YORK. Dec. e2.-The Stan
dard OIL company today announced
an advapce one one cent in refined oil
in cases for export to 11I3.
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Christmas shoppers
will profit by reading
Sharbaunh's ad. on
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ASPHALT KNOWN TO ANcIENfs

The ancicnts Were well acquainted with asphalt. facitus. in a description of the Mare Mortuum. written some time in the B. C.s gives the following account of the methous employed in collecting the material: At a stated season of the year the lake throws up bltumen. Experi- ence. the mother of all useful arts. has taught men the method ol gathering it. IL is q liquid substance. naturally of black hue. and by sprinkling vinegar upon II II foata on the surface in a condensed mass. which those whose busi- ness II is lay hold of with the hand. and draw in and load the vessel ill you cut IL off Nor could you cut II off, Nor could you cut off it with brass or Iron II shrinKs from the touch of blood" Presumably, aays Engineering and Con- tracting. when The vessel was loaded. The captain waved bloody shirt and the surplus bitumsn in terror leaped hack Into the lake
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NEW WIRELESS STATIONS TO
 BE ERECTED INFERIOR

After working on the matter for sey- eral years. Lieut.. c. H Mason. officer in charge of the second second of the mili- tary telegraph system. received orders to proceed at once to requialtion the ma. terial needed for the construction of wireless stations at Fort Yukon and Holy Cross. Ever since assuming his duties as officer In charge in the interior, Lieut. Mason nas been trying to get these ata- tions authorized, During hla first year in Alaska he pointed out to the war de- partment the needs Of the stations, and ever since he has been hammerlng away on the matter. These stations will be patterned after the wireless plants used by the field companies of the signal corps and will be made portable.
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DE MAUPASSAnT'S
 VIEW OF WAR

brutes in a continual besotment; pilage towns. burn villages. ruin nations; then meeting another similar agglomeration of human flesh, rush upon 1t. shed lakes of blood, cover plains with pounded flesh mingled With muddy and bloody earth; pile up heaps of slain; have arms and legs blown off. brains scattered with out beneft while your old parents, your wife and children are dying of hunger this is what iz called not falling into the most hideous materlansm."
 Warriors are the scourges Of the earth. We struggle against nature and ignor- ance against obstacles of all kinds, in order to lessen the hardshipts of our mis- erable existence. Men, benefaetofs, scholars wear out their lives. tolllng seeking what may help, what may solace their brethren. Eager in their useful work, they pile up discovery on dsco1- cry, enlarging the human mind, extend ing science, adding something each day to the stock of human knowledge, to the welfare, the comfort. the strength of their country.
 War is declared. In six months the generals have destroyed the efforts of twenty years patience and genius. And this is what is called not falling into the most hideous materalism."
 Whosoever governs must consider il as much ais duty to avoid war as it is that of the captain of a ship to avoid ship wreck. When a captain has lost his ship, he is judged and condemned if found guilty of negligence or even of incapa- city.
 Why should not governments be judged after the declaration of every war?
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At the mere mention of the word war, ment. as though I heard of witehcraft. of the inquisition. of some far distant thing, ended long ago. abominable and monstrous. against all natural law.
 When we talk of cannibals, We proud- ly smile and proclaim our superiority over these savages. Which are the say. ages. the true savages9 Those who fight to eat the vanouishsd, or those who fight 10 kill. only to kill.
 Today might Is called violence. and is beginning to be condemned war is ar raigned. Civilization. at the demand of all humanity, directs an inquiry and in- diets the great criminal brief against conquerors and generals. The nations aggrandizement of q crime can In no way lessen 1t; that If murder Is a crime to murder a great many does not create any attenuatlng circumstances; that il robbery IS a disgrace, invasion cannot be d glory.
 Monsieur de Molkte replied one day 10 some peace delegates in the following extraordinary words
 War is holy and of divine institution 1t keeps alive in men all the great and noblest sentiments, honor. disinterested- ness, virtue, courage, in one word 1t pre- vents them from falling into the most hideous materialism.
 Therefore to collect a herd of some four hundred thousand men, march day and night without respite. to think of no- thing. study nothing, learn nothing, read nothing, be of no earthly use to anyone. rot with dirt, lie down in mire live like
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French lines without appreciable gain. by the French three-mch, four-inch and six-inch shells
 The twelfth attack was irresistible, however. and the French fell back down the hill picking their way over the doad and dying to their trenches 300 wards to the south
 Captured German officers admit tlnlt the recapture of the fort by the French created alarm on the whole German front comparable only to that of the first days O. the Champagne offensive. For forty eight hours the telegraphs and tele- phones as well as motor messengers Were busy summoning all available reserves.
 PRuSSIAN GUARD ATTACKS
 Six divisions, including the Prussian guard which is reserved only for 1he greatest emergencies. were rushed to the the other of Wurtemburgers. were sent to the west bank of the Mouse and hurl- cd against Cumieres to cease the French pressure on the other side of the river. At the same time two Bavarian divisions were ordered by the crown prince to re- capture the fort while two divisions of the Prussian guard Were kept in hand on the second line.
 Altogether at least 75,00O German bay onets were thrown into yesterdays fight ing They won Cumieres and retook Fort Donamont. but the price they paid is estimated at 9O.0OO men.
 Paris critics. pointing out that the Ger mans always fight with the advantage of
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superior artillery, predict that the Yer dnn battle is going to continue as des- pefately as ever, but all express complete confidence in the matchless yalor of the French infantrymen.
 They won't get by is still the watch word of the Verdun defenders
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HORRIBLE STRUGGLE
 AT D0UAm0NT

PARIS, May 2SS-"rh Eil on which stands the ruins of Douamont fort is so closely carpeted with dead that il is inn possible to mount the slopes on three of yesterdays counter attacks describes the scene of this weeks freightful strug- gle for the height.
 Il saw three German regiments fall to a man within half an hour under the merciless sweep of our 75's" he added.
 The French regiments which gained short-lived possession of the fort have seen more fighting on the banks of the Mouse than any others n the French army, and the wounded with complete unanmity agree that they never before witnessed such awful carnage. The cease- less deluge of shells with which the Teu- tons pounded the hill led General Nivclle to refrain from attempting to reinforce called upon these iron troops to hold off the Germans as long as they could, fore ing them to make frequent counter at tacks.
 This policy entailed the final abandon ment of the fort, but il was completely successful in it's motives of tearing fur ther sanguinary gashes in the crown princess reserves.
 ELEVEN ATTEMPTS MADE.
 The German assaults on the hill began on Tuesday night. Under the binding glare of electric searchghts they at- tackled with the flercest determination. Eleven times during the night and on the following day they swept against the
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WE CAN DO TT.

For first class work and prompt deliv- cry phone Main 15l and the People s Laundry will send and get your laundry.
 W. J. WILLIAMSON, Prop
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