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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

\ sale OF bread. cakes and pise. all
home made. viii be held at the Geo
y. Taylor company store by the King s
daughters of st. Matthew'S church
on Saturday. February 70. \ delic-
ious variety of preparations will be
offered the patrons
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05
DANCING PARTY.

Members OF the Jolly Crowd enjoy
ed dancing party last evening at
Settlers hall on the Island With a
delightfully."- arranged program the
hours were happily spent until a late
hour. when refreshments were served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

thursday evening. by Mrs Paul Van
Ouren. az her home on Tighfh street
various interesting pastimes diverted
the guests during the evening and al
10 clock luncheon was served Tho
guests included.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

Miss Pauline Seifert- al her home
on south Chapline street. was tender
ID happily arranged party Thurs
day evening in honor OF her birthday
Miss Mary Patterson and Miss Marion
Slyyls planned the enjoyable little
affair. at which the following We're
guests.
Misses
Sarah Plummer Marcella Sonnefeld
Mary Patterson Marie Seifert
Margaret Seifert Pauline Seifert
Marion Sylvis
Messrs.-
Andrew Wright Lawrence Meyer
John Weiss Frank Miner
William Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Heatherington.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

Veal Loaf
Potato Salad Cold SIaw
Baked Beans
Boiled Ham Cheese
Hot Biscuit
Bread Pickles Jelly
Coffee
Ice Cream and cake extra
The committee In charge fg com
posed Of Mrs. Henry Juergeus. chair
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05
"old Fashloned sunn,rr

The Womans Home and Foreign
Missionary society OF the First Eng.
lish Lutheran church will serve an
dining room on Thursday evening. Feb.
ruary 10. The hours are from five
until eight o'clock. during which the
following delicious menu VIII be
served.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

Table No. f2-Mra SfOUImau
Ticket c0mmlttec-Mrs Link. Mrs
Snider.
In charge 81 kitchen Nc.damcs a
Ruehl. Rose. Israel. Bey. Schueftler
Frsbe. Albright.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-02-05

]. q. Delts. c. l. Ketller and Hef-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
The Honor System for Convicts
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR Much has recently appeared in the
press on the subject Of prison reform. On
the one hand we have supporters Of Thomas
Mott Osborne in the kind Of so-called honor
system which he has introduced at Sing Sing
On the other hand we have defenders of
Governor Whitman, who maintain that Mr..
Osborne has been entirely too lax in his
methods and that moro rigid prison disci-
pline is required.
AS one who recently attended the Prison
Congress at Buffalo, would like to point GU.
that Mr.. Osborne does not believe In the
honor system at all. He believes that all
prisoners should have "self-government" The
results of his methods at Sing Sing have
failed mainly because clever "prison politi-
clans" have worked the so-called self-govern-
ment scheme for all it was worth.
The honor system, as a matter Of fact, has
nothing to do with self-government II is
carried out practically at Comstock, n. y,
where Warden Homer extends certain priv
ieges only to certain trusted convicts. Mr..
Osborne trusts all convicts and tries TO make
them respond to kindly treatment All pencil
ogists know that certain men are born crooks
and will go crooked under the most favorable
circumstances. II is these men who have
really double crossed" Mr.. Osborne In his
we'll intentioned efforts.
J. FRANKLIN DREW.
New York, Nov II. 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
A Perfect New York ?

The prophecy Of the Public Service Com
mission that horsecars will vanish from
TIE streets Of our town next spring Will
thrill visitors from up-to-date spots ike
Harmon-on-the- Hudson and Kokomo, In
diana. 1t will leave real New Workers
hat is. arrivals of more than a months
standing-quite cold. AS for old New
Workers., who have lived here aons enough
to remember clear back to prehistoric days
say, to the Thaw trials and Hammer
stein opera-they will likely experience
shade Of regret at the news. All that was
old and familiar is so soon torn down and
carted away in this kaleidoscope metropo-
lis Of ours!
Perhaps some day all the loose ends of
New York will actually be tied up. The
last fence will be mended, the last window
scrubbed, and our town will stand as nearly
perfect as is possible for any humanity Gre
ated product Specifically, the subways
will be finished, the streets will all be
paved and Riverside Drive will be train
less garden of delight. The soap factories
across the river will disseminate altar Of
roses. The last hatboy caught taking a
tip in violation of the statute made and
provided will have been hanged. Letters
10 the editor will be an extinct institution,
owing to the disappearance of anything
worth kicking about.
All this NAV hammer. But in that day
our town will cease to be New York. 1t
may be very marvellous, beautiful spot
less town; but it will not be our old messy,
magnificent Manhattan, poised somewhere
midway between Gowanus Canal and the
Parthenon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Henryk Sienkiewicz

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Your to-days editorial "Henryk Sien-
kiewicz," will shine as a bright star among
all your worthy editorials. AS Sienklewicz
himself was q bright star while living and
also after this will shine forever, not only
because he was a great patriot, adored by his
countrymen, or great writer loved by all
the book-lovers, but because he was also a
genius Of Christianity. No modern living mar
has illustrated genuine Christian spirit as
we'll as Sienkiewicz in his book Quo Vadis."
Those Christians in Turkey who are being
mastered by hundreds Of thousands are
GROWING his high ideals by proving with their
blood that the same spirit of Christianity
Of two thousand years ago still prevails
among the Christians.
May God have mercy on his SOUL and on
his oppressed and beloved countrymen left
behind him! s. ASATURIAN.
New York, Nov. II, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
WHY LIVING is COSTLY
Blame Laid on Defects in the Country's
Financial System

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t seems that the high cost of living
is becoming a problem which Is causing
frantic endeavors on the part of some Of our
public officials to solve. The general public,
believe. is inclined TO lay the high cost Of
living to the war In Europe. President Will
son, in addressing the farmers the other day,
gave the impression that it was caused by
poor farming.
Both tho public and President Wilson are
no doubt right to certain extent, but in the
opinion of the writer the real underlying
cause Of the high cost of living is a weakness
in our financial system which permits very
small coterie of men TO control all the in
vestment funds Of the United States, thereby
discouraging new enterprises coming in to
compete for new business; tho established
institutions are permitted to make eXor0i-
tant profits out Of the urgent demand OF the
public by raising the prices out OF all reason,
the result being that the stock OF these estab-
lished industrials goes to unheard OF and un-
warranted prices on the stock market, ana
the fnhncicrs who own them and control
them as well as controlling the investment
funds of the country through the banks are
amassing immense fortunes by the enhance
ment Of the value Of these industrial stocks
! Had we the proper financial system, which
/ is very easily obtained new enterprises would
come in and compete TO supply this great de-
mand, prices would remain normal, the pres
ent imitation, which must be followed by de-
preston, would not occur, and business would
move along at a normal and prosperous gait;
| the great army of wage earners would not
suffer as they are suffering, and the coun-
try's efficiency would be enormously in
creased
This is deep problem and cannot be dis
cussed in a short letter. Were you willing 70
give sufficient space for a discussion OF the
matter YOU would find the solution OF most
of our present problems, social, political ana
industrial, rests on a slight change In our
financial system.
make the assertion that our high cost OF
living, our low efficiency, our industrial I'M
rest, our political and financial weaknesses
are all directly traceable to defect in our
present financial system. This weakness can
be quickly and completely remedied without
any disturbance Of present business metnodS
or any injustice to any person or class. NO
one Is to blame for this weakness. II is an
outerowth of our commercial development,
but its correction will give us all personal
independence, efficiency and honesty and Will
hermit each individual to secure the share Oh
success to which his intelligence, integrity
and industry entitle him.
In conclusion. let financial independence be
established for the welfare of every citizeh
and the efficiency Of the nation.
II. C. CUTTING.
New York. Nov. II, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Happy, Prosperous Belgium

To the Editor Of The tribune.
Sir: was very glad to see in this morn
ing's paper that some one was taxing eX-
ception TO the statement of DR.. MacElwee at
Columbia on Tuesday night. After having
seen so MANY pictures Of Belgian ruins and
of bread lines it was pleasant to see the
ether side and realize that Belgium is
happy and prosperous. We saw the outsiae
Of many factories and the inside OF few'
We saw schoolhouses and canals, but the
only things to remind us unpleasantly OF
war were the ruins Of one of the forts at
Iiage. We saw several photographs OF the
party that was making this observation trip.
The officer in charge, we were told, was a
man of some standing in the German army
We learned that the Germans had great
sympathy for the Belgians and that several
of them said various occasions: wv
do hope that these poor fellows will be bet
ter off for our being here" We realized
that probably they are better off, only that
they don't know it.
Altogether it was a very enjoyable even
ing. somewhat marred by the fact that the
lecturer lodged the questioners who went up
to his desk after the lecture. One listener
showed him the front page OF The Tribune
Of that date with the account of the de
portation of Belgians. DR.. MacElwee hastily
said, 81 know nothing about it. That has
happened since | left" and hurried out of
the room, although several others were wait
ing to ask him questions.
Several who were present felt that the
only protest that they could make against
this charming presentation Of Belgian joy
and happiness and comfort and content
ment was to remain away from the mex:
presentation. Some of them are still say
ing, "Why the lecturer"
p. ]. O'CONNELL.
New York, Nov. IS, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
The Same Old Story

History repeated itself at Princeton on
Saturday. More than that, the lesson of
past experiences was rubbed in ruthlessly.
Princeton lost again to Yale-and lost
once more through the most glazing err
rors Of omission and commission. Yale's
touchdown was made possible by tumble
of one Of Princeton's halfbacks deep in
Princeton territory. Yale's field goal
followed one Of the stupidest blunders-
on Princeton's part-of which any high
class football team has ever been guilty.
For Mr.. Rush and those who have been
helping him to build up a new football
system at Princeton the exhibition given
in the Palmer stadium was heart-break-
ing anti-climax. After two years Of
promising experimentation the new sys-
TEN has shown no practical results. The
fundamental defects which vitiated last
years play have come to the surface
again this year-and even more conspic-
uously. The team lost TO Harvard and
Yale last year because Of fumbles and
errors Of judgment. 1t has lost to both
this year through exactly the same
failings.
The material at Princeton has been
good. The players have rated high in
dividually. The team this year was one
Of seasoned veterans. Yet ii has never
worked together consistently. II has
lacked staying power and precision. At
critical moments slips have always oc-
Cured Chances TO score have been
thrown away and nrisplays have paved
the way for scores by opposing teams.
Cool-headedness, punch, the winning
mood, have been missing. In It's hardest
games Princeton's team has been at its
worst. Against Harvard the men have
played poorly; against Yale atrociously.
The veteran elevens Of 1915 and 1916
have done Mr.. Rush little credit. Prince
ton men viii hope that he may find the
greener material with which he will have
to work next year more susceptible TO a
thorough grounding In the essentials OF
modern football.
Princeton's poor play on Saturday is
.indisputable. But the Yale team deserves
high credit, none the less, for its decisive
victory. Yale showed the fighting grit,
the indomitable spirit, which have carried
so many New Haven elevens to victory
over formidable and even normally supe-
rior opponents. Frank Butterworth used
70 say TO the Yale training squads: at is
onlt when Princeton has team twice as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
DRY" Territory
prom The Rochester Pos,

prom The Rochester Post Erpress)
To put the facts graphically. the twenty
four states nov dry with the parts Of the
country under local option contain 90 per
cent Of the population OF the country and s.
per cent Of its area. In 1909 there were
seven prohibition states, last year sixteen
and now half the states In the Union are
under prohbitory laws. Michigan, Nebrasks
and South Dakota had tried prohibition be-
fore and went back TO II after trying the
license system. A clergyman was beaten at
the primaries by the machine In Democratic
Florida, and on an independent ticket he beat
the "wet" candidate Of the dominant party.
In Missouri st. Louis, the home OF the
greatest brewing industry in the world, by
its vote alone kept the state in the wet col
umn, but the normal majority was reduced
by 100000. Kansas City, which voted five TO
one for liquor few years ago, went dry.
Kansas City. Kansas, just across the river,
won its neighbors over by the spectacle OF its
prosperity. South Dakota was likewise en-
vious Of the prosperity OF North Dakota, dry
for ten years. Similar economic arguments
appear 70 have influenced the voters in Mich
igan and Nebraska, who saw the advrnce in
material wealth in West Virginia, Kansas
and Tennessee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Osteopathy and Poliomyelitis
Iitor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: My interest has been aroused in a
letter to your paper, dated November s, con-
corning osteopathy. May !, in the interest
OF osteopathy. cite an instance Of a girl of
thirteen years completely paralyzed, who has
been under the treatment of an osteopathi-
physician for period Of four weeks? Dur
ing that time the child has gained in every
possible way. can be propped up in bed, is
able TO move the right arm, and in the last
few days has shown slight movement in the
right leg have compared the work OF the
osteopath with the usual clinical treatment,
and am of the opinion that osteopathy could
be used 10 great advantage when skilfully
applied in infantile paralysis cases. know
of many eases that have been helped by os-
teopsthy. i shall be happy to answer any
questions concerning the cases that know
Of RITA LYDIC.
New York, Nov. IL 1919
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
SPHAGNUM MOSS
How a Beautiful Plant of the Scottish Hills
Has Been Turned to Account

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: We venture to ask your kind ana
valuable help in making known to your read
ers the urgent need Of an organization tine
Aberdeen Sphagnum Moss Store) which, we
are sure, will appeal to many, especially 70
those who hail from Scotland and the North
We think it will interest them TO know the
very widespread and international use TO
which one of the most beautiful products OF
their native hills is being put.
The sphagnum moss, which grows in great
quantities on nearly all the wet parts OF the
inoors and mountains, which is such feast
to the eye, with its variety of beautiful col
ors--pink, crimson, yellow, green and russell
and which forms such a wonderful, soft
Garnet underfoot, has been found to be Of the
greatest value in making surgical dressings
for the wounded on account of its extraordi-
narily absorbent qualities.
Workers all over the country have been
busy gathering, cleaning and drying large
quantities of this moss, and many depots
have already been established in different
parts of England, Scotland and Ireland, where
the moss is stored and prepared for use in
the hospitals.
The Aberdeen Sphagnum Moss Joint Commit
tee was formed in May, 1916, and has already
issued many thousands of moss dressings, ac-
cording to acquisitions received from the Di-
rector General of Voluntary Organizations, to
hospitals in Britain, France, Serbia, Egypt, Italy
Mesopotamia, etc. In addition, department
for sublimating these dressings has been
opened, and the committee has under its con-
sderation the desrabiity of further under
taking to compress the moss into fiat sheets
by means of machinery, in which form II is
light and portable and eminently suitable for
use in dressing stations, field ambulances
etc, where storing accommodation is very
limited, or for transport overseas to the most
distant and outlying hospitals, where surgical
dressings and appliances are so sorely needed
The numbers of wounded are already so
great, and are likely to increase so enormous
Iy in the near future, that millions of dress
ings will be required to supply the needs of
ell, and it is to enable us TO cary out our
part in these most urgent requirements that
we earnestly invite the sympathy and gem
crosby Of your readers. Any contributions
will be most gratefully received by our Sec
rotary, Mrs. Percy Bate, Aberdeen Sphagnum
Moss Store, Robert Gordon's Technical Col
lege, Aberdeen.
(Signed)
THEODORE FORBES.
FRANCES II. MACQUEEN, Chairman.
ALEXANDER OGSTON, X. c., V.O.
A. T. CRUICKSHANK, Vice Chairman
Aberdeen, Scotland. Oct. 81, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20

good as ours that we admit she has a
chance to win" The history of Yale
Princeton contests for years back shows
how we'll founded that judgment has BEEN
Princeton's losing record is not due TO
ink. The Blue has beaten the Orange
and Black on numerous occasions by sheer
force of courage and confidence. Those
qualities, rather than any marked supe-
rority in attack or defence, triumpheo
again on Saturday.
Yale has been even deeper In the foot
ball slough for some years past than
Princeton has been. But Yale teams have
always risen to great heights when they
have met Princeton's. They have never
been deficient in the true fighting spirit
They will begin TO win again against Har-
ward as soon as Yale develops a system
comparable In thoroughness with the
Haughton system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
Gladstone's Magnanimity

Colonel Warburton, IN The Saturday Re ric,r )
He [Sir Benjamin Pinel returned about
midnight and told me that Colley had been
defeated and killed at Majuba, and that Glad
stone had said to him that, as he had COM
manded successfully in the field Il believe at
least two military expeditions) and knew the
country, he valued his opinion more than that
of any military man; that Lord Kimberley
had informed the Cabinet of his warning,
Then he told me that Lord Kimberley, think
Mr.. Chiders and some other members of the
Cabinet had asked him a large number Of
questions, Gladstone being silent until they
had done, when he put this question: "How
many men and how much money would it take
to subdue the Beers, Sir Benjamin." To
which he told me he replied: "s10O, 100000 and
100 900 men" The War Secretary interposed:
1--WE could not send 100000" So that when
hear Of Gladstone's "magnanimity" | think of
a story of Edmund Kean, in Dublin. An
actor had assumed the tragedian's name and
was performing on the stage when Edmund
was tragedizing in that city. The great actor
was naturally indignant, and said he would
thrash the fellow" lie went TO see him per-
form, but when he saw him lift hundred
weight by the hair Of his head he said: THE
fellow is beneath my notice" An Irish friend
of Kean's said: "Why wouldn't you thrash
him? Tragedy is your strong point, and wed
be seeing you in the rale thing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-20
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: was much amused by Mr.. Lehritter
illumination against your "leader" The
Mark of the Beast"
The conduct Of the war by the Entente
Allies has, in point Of fact, strictly followed
the laws Of humanity ans international usage
England is not starving Germany. mat Is
only another exaggeraton similar 70 inc
squeal Germany raised about her babies
starving for milk, which time has proved 10
be untrue. Germany cannot be starved. she
can be and is being deprived Of all the lux
uries and many of the comforts OF life' ana
therefore discomfort is rife among her people
That is the object Of the Entente: TO promote
discomfort among the German people. Ana
every day brings evidence Of their success
as witness the food riots In so many OF the
great German cities. Much Of this news has
been suppressed by the press censors, but
enough has leaked through to show the Facts
as they are.
En- PEASANT | would ask Mr.. L. II he remem-
bers the siege of Paris by the Germans in
1901, when the Parsians were reduced 70
eating dogs, cats rats, mice and bread maze
of straw and dirt? / do. But do not re-
member hearing of any food being supplied
I
by the Germans to the really starving popu-
lation of Paris at that time. There was no
outcry made by them against the barbarity OF
starving innocent little babies as there is
now that the shoe is on their own foot ana
they feel the pinch.
Mr.. Lehritter is again in error when ne
claims that Germany has shown more IN
telligence, more inventive genius, more con-
sistency and more all-around skill in this war
than all the rest of the belligerents put TO-
gether." Germany hasn't deny 1t in TOTO
First, Germany Is not and never has been
Inventive" She Is resourceful, and, taxing
the basic patents or inventions of others, VIII
improve and build up on them. She has made
large use of the products of other nations
brains and applied them to warfare, but that
is all. Submarines, poisonous gases, RAM
menwerfef, even Zeppelins, are not new or
even German inventions. They were all USED
wears ago. The Greek fire, the Chinese STINK
pots. the American submarines, the French
dirigibles-all. preceded the much-vaunted
German Inventions"
Consistency This is about the only part
~ Mr.. Lehritter's claims for Germany that
can be established. Germans have proved con-