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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
KEEPING A LEVEL HEAD

While the critical character Of the
war situation has not abated. there is
this to say, that nothing that so far
has happened. including the sinking of
the California, can be construed into
an overt act on the part Of Germany
to provoke an actual state of war. 1t
is time OF great tension While the
United States stands alone among the
neutrals in breaking off diplomatic re,
lations with Germany, the other ma
tons have extended moral support
in protesting against the unrestricted
character OF Germany's submarine
warfare. The protest of Spain IS es-
pecially emphatic and along lines
Identical with the representations OF
this nation.
President Wilson is moving very
cautiously, and will under no circum-
stances be drawn into war hastily.
The provoking facts must be estab-
hshed beyond any question Of doubt
before an irrevocable step is taken.
AS indicating the spirit of cautif IN to
avoid giving any provocation. the
President yesterday issued a state
ment that the government would
not. nor did it intend. TO confiscate the
property of aliens. an alternative that
seems to have caused some anxiety
on the part of German bank deposit
ors. This action practically antici-
pated the request made TO Ambassa-
dor Gerard by the Berlin government
to reafirm the treaties Of 1899 and
1928. which guarantee property rights.
The detention of Ambassador Ger
ard and the American consuls Is only
temporary. and is a reasonable pre-
caution taken by Germany TO insure
the safe conduct OF her own AmoaS-
sador. 1t is folly to attach an un-
due gravity 10 this incident. as part OF
the American press has unwiSely done.
In these anxious waiting hours it
should be the business OF all OF lis 20
maintain a sober and sane qutetude.
There is nothing to be gained by
senselesS clamor, and everything to be
lost BY a slight imprudence.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
ALLIANCE PLEDGES
SUPPORT TO WILSON
"UnquaIified Loyalty" to the United
States is Declared in
Resolution.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. s. - Three
million members of the German-Amer-
lean Alliance are pledged today to
unqualified loyalty" 10 the United
States, should this government be
forced into a war with Germany.
In an unadvertised and unheralded
mass meeting here near midnight last
night, the national committee of the
alliance adopted resolution TO this
effect.
The resolution read by the Rev
Julius Hoffman, pastor OF Zion church,
Baltimore, and secretary of the ALI
ance, declared that the organization
will continue its collection Of funds
for the relief of war sufferers of the
Germanic allies. Should Germany and
America open actual hostilities. how
ever, every penny OF ii will be turned
purposes. Nearly $1000.000 already
has been collected by the alliance and
sent 10 Berlin through Ambassador
Won Bernstorff
DR.. C. j. HeXemer. national pres.
dent of the alliance, and the thirteen
members that constitutes its national
committee. attended. They repre-.
scented by proxy twenty-eight states in
this country and the 100000 German
American members.
DR.. HeXemer denied efforts had
been made TO keep the meeting Il
secret. but he said ii had not been
announced because the German-Amer-
lean Alliance needs no patriotic adver-
Using. John TiarkS, of Baltimore.
chairman OF the committee, presided.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Whichever way tho feet may tread.
However far the place.
We find Love's holy fountainhcad
And know Its tender grace.
Our footsteps always lead Tug home.
Our hearts are guiding too;
And voices sound from all around.
Ah-IIome Is calling you.
Man strays 10 foreign lands ami fair;
His missions hid him 60.
And We must wander everywhere
If duty Wills it so.
But through this. pilgrimage of years
Some fate has planned II thus:
Our hearts keep track of safe trails back
And Home Is calling us:
Youth sets bold foot outside the gate,
Anr faces westward no,
The Little Mother bcES him wait.
But Youth Is bound to 20.
And there are many lonely years
And there are eyes made dim.
Till Loves sweet way shall fix thn day
When Home will call TO him.
The pathway back is rcd with rose:
The birds still have n song:
The same dear Childhood river flows.
That same green wood along.
And Oh, but ii is good to feel
That old sweet ecstasy.
It's poignant grief. its great relief.
Ah-Homc is calling mo
christian Herald. =.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
viii Meter Be Wn6ouf
This Simple LdXati0e
DR.. CALDWEll'S SYRUP PEPSlN
RELIEVED HER BABY WHEN
NOTHING ELSE WOULD.

Little Max Pcndergrast is now four
years old, and fine healthy boy:
When but tiny baby, in fact almost
from birth, he suffered great deal
from constipation. His mother. Mrs.
Carl w Pendergrast. Red Key, Ind.
heard OF DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
obtained a bottle Of it. from the drug
store, and with 1t was able to quickly
correct this condition.
Mrs Pendergrast says DR.. Cald.
wells Syrup Pepsin has saved them
from calling the doctor many times,
and that she will never be without a
bottle of it in the house TO use when
needed. She found ii equally effective
as laxative for herself and other
members Of the family
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is Il
combination Of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin, pleasant to the taste,
mild in action and positive in effect.
1t does not grippe or strain. and con-
tains no opiate or narcotic drug. 1t
is the ideal family laxative. mild and
pleasant for baby, yet acting quickly
on the strongest constitution.
To avoid limitations and ineffective
substitutes be sure to ask, for DR.. Cald-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

old. A real building program was not
authorized until August 90, 1916, and
the battle cruisers provided therein
cannot possibly be ready before the
spring Of 1921. inasmuch as the con-
tracts have not yet been let.
This is a rather unpleasant cxplo-
sion Of the fatuous fallacy that seems
to have possessed us that money can
do anything and everything But
there is way to meet the crisis. and
that is being taken by the resolution
which permits the communicating of
private plants and yards This will
result in readjustment between the
Navy Department and private builders
on points over which they, have been
at loggerheads right up 10 the moment
relations with Germany we're severed.
AS a matter OF fact this action has
been anticipated by many patriotic
concerns who have placed their plants
at the disposal OF the government.
These concerns can hardly be blamed
for having loaded up with orders for
the Allies when our own government
did not care to be first in the field.
Speed and cooperation will be the
watchwords from now on, but it is re-
grettable that such has not been the
case for the past two years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
A RELATED URGENCY

1t is great pity that Congress was
not imbued with the same spirit Of
preparation for the exigencies Of war
two years ago that animates it now.
Time lis as great a factor in prepared
ness as money. How effective can
the emergency naval bill appropriate
ing ,$119, 100000 for the rushed COM
pletion Of the twelve year program"
be now. You can't convert a new
navy on paper into real one merely
by waving huge appropriation in the
air. The time to have thought about
speed was In December, 1914, when
Congress reconvened, and the greatest
war in history was already four months
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
NEW FORM OF FIRE PERIL

The rose has its thron. Luxury
has It's penalties. And so 1t is that
every progression we make in the
greater conyeniences of life there is
an attendant peril. Thus new form
Of carelessness in handling small cleo
trio devices has come to be a new form
OF fire peril. Among those enumer'
ated by the National Board Of Fire Tn
derwriters are such human comforts
as pressing irons, curling irons, toast
ers, electric pads or blankets, electric
plate warmers, and electric sterilizers
or heaters, which are now to be found
In almost every community. If these
were used with proper care the dan
ger would be negligible, but, unfor-
tunately, proportion Of their users
does not realize the peril Of leaving
them in circuit when not in use. In
such cases these devices tend to be-
come overheated, whereupon they are
likely TO set fire to anything combust-
ible with which they are in contact.
Most of these fires are small. but
the aggregate loss is large, and occa-
sional instances show extensive dam
age, as in the case Of the S350,Oo0
fire in the Boston residence OF ex-
Governor Draper: this was traced 70
an electric plate warmer in the but
ler's pantry. Many other destructive
fires have been traced to like causes.
That this form of hazard IS already
assuming large proportions appears
from the statistics. For example, the
Actuarial Bureau Of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters In, one day
noted approximately one hundred re-
ports of fires from this cause, out OF a
total Of two thousand losses in the
DAYS reports. and it estimates that
small electrical devices are causing
fires at the rate of 10000 or more in
the course of a year.
It is safe to say that most Of these
fires are entirely. preyentable, and can
be charged to nothing but careless
ness on the part Of the user. Fari-
GUS safety" devices have been added
by certain of the manufacturers OF
these articles, and among them are
some that are fairly effective, but there
is one absolute precaution which
should be borne in mind at all times
by every user, namely, that of shut
ting off the current when not person
ally and continuously supervising the
use.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

! Some folks are still old-fashioned
enough to believe that the only ade-
quate prescription for world-peace is
that given by the Christmas angels
Peace on earth, among men Of good
will" The one permanently success
full peace propaganda is the promotion
/ OF a deep spirit OF good will among
all mankind.
The aspect of the present Chino
Japanese situation which has given
most concern to more than one Amer
lean observer is that Japan seems to
be hopelessly destroying her oppor-
tunity to win the good will of China.
Even the A. B. c. class in interna-
tionalism is able TO see that this is
bad diplomacy. Whatever triumphs
Japan might achieve in the immediate
future by force Of arms and by cum
ming of statecraft would be more than
nullified in the long tomorrow by the
ill-will of the Chinese people. Even
old China has always conquered her
conQuerors; what will not the new
China do, with an aroused national
consciousness? In these days, sixty
million people cannot dominate four
hundred million Of their equals.
There are hundred ways, which
neither force nor cunning can clrcum-
vent, in which the Chinese could
thwart and nulllfy Japan's gains in
China. Some of these have already
been seen in operation In Manchuria.
Good will is actually essential for the
intercourse of peoples. Even among
backward races OF hostile tempera-
ment, no great political OF commercial
advantages may be gained; as witness
the case Of Japan In Formosa.
The price Of Chinese enmitr, which
would be transmitted from generation
to generation, is too high for Japan
to pay for what she hopes to secure
on the mainland. Already, as every
one who has travelled In China knows.
Japan is the bette nolr Of the Chinese,
high and low. Her trade has suffered
enormously by boycott. Her citizens
are distrusted and suspected and
feared. The dominant purpose in
China's policy-in the aims Of her off,
.cials and IN the passions Of her people
is to foil Japan IN what are believed
to be her designs upon China. Ask
the Chinese laundryman, the Chinese
student or the Chinese business man
in this country what he thinks about
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
JAPAN'S OPPORTUNITY land PERIL
Violence in China Spells Only Disaster for Japan.
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS, Ill. D.
Traveller Author Publisher
Traveller, Author, Publisher.

Japan; and learn whether the Chinese
nation is people without patriotism.
This is Japan's peril-a peril not
only TO her prestige and 10 her COM
MERGE and to her comfort, but also to
her very national existence, in the
decades 10 come. China is resolutely
learning the ways and wisdom and
weapons Of the West; she is also
rearing up new type OF patriot and
leader; the ultimate outlook is om-
nous for her small island neighbor,
unless present conditions are altered.
Even yet 1t is not too late for Japan
to change her policy. There is still
time for her to abandon her pro-
gramme of grab and get and grind.
and to become good neighbor, seek
ing only to be helpful. She OF all
nations is best situated for serving
China and for earning Chnas. good
will. Propinquity and consanguinity
are both her ministering angels. 4
common written speech, and COM
civilization for western. are powerful
aids to mutual understanding. All
the markets Of China would be hers
If she cauld but earn her customers
favor. Her skilled men would be the
councillors and directors Of China's
development Chna's vast territory
would be open for settlement by her
immigrants Intermarriage would be
easy and natural.
A common destiny would lie before
a united yellow race-China, Japan.
and Korea-sepuate in national or
ganization, but one in its purposes
and achievements. Thus. and thus
only. can the extraordinary Japanese
qualities of self-reliance, initiative and
adaptation come to their fullest ex-
preston.
With a new heart OF good will
toward all men. the yellow race could
become the peace makers OF the
Orient; and Japan could win to what
ever primacy in peace she may be
entitled to by her own qualities.
The heavy load Of armament which
she now bears could be lifted. for only
complications in connection with
China make this appear necessary.
To observers viewing the case from.
this distance, it seems as if violence
and militarism in China spell only
disaster for Japan; whereas the path
of peace leads to prosperity and
power
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

while the total outgo in November
was higher than ever before, ship
ments to Europe and especially to the
United Kingdom, the American manu-
facturer's best customer, were ap-
preciably less than in August, three
months previous. In other words,
sales to parts Of the world other than
Europe are responsible for the Novem,
Der high record. This is not only sig
nifcant Of a greater diffusion Of our
foreign trade with these countries
which heretofore have been our light
est customers, but that the European
countries are recovering from the
early dislocations Of the war. From
now on a still lessening demand may
be expected Of them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Our only wonder is why the senator
who introduced the resolution to stand
back Of tho Presidents course in the
present international crisis should find
occasion TO felicitate Mr. Wilson on hav
ing an Ohio man rs secretary Of war
East Liverpool Tribune.
Republicans in the legislature propos-
I'd TO give the public schools Of the state
So pc rcapta instead Of So for the next
six months. The Democrats voted II
down.. 1t would have meant 100000
more for schol service and would have
affected every school district in the
state. The Democrats. however. made
haste to spend 100000 for bull pen
out ut the state fair grounds and were
SO eager to do It that they had an EN-
Urgency clause attached so that they
could begin spending the money right
nwRy.-Steubenvillc IIcrald-Star.
Ralph Startling. aged 7s. prominent
member Of the Washington county bar.
is dead at tho home OF his son-in-law,
Can't WehStor Beverly
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
PLANT OFFERED

PITTSBURGH. Pa. Feb. 8.-Judge
Joseph burlington. OF the United States
Circuit Court OF Appeals today forward
ed to the War and Navy departments
tho offer: Of the reliance Typewriter
company. Of Kittann:ng, TO place Its en-
tire plant at the disposal OF the govern
mcnt i'm case 1t is needed in the manu-
featuring Of small fire arms. The let
ter containing the Offer states that the
company has tho facilities for manu-
featuring machine guns, automatic
pistols and fuse and cartridge parts
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Nichols court shows that in the month
nf January 1867 or just 30 years ago.
~ marriage licenses were issued. and
for tho month Of January in 1917. just
II wrr, issued being TWO more than for
The same month n half century ago.
-------.
Al GAINESVILLE setting up the claim
that the Ohio rural school code enacted
under the first Cox regime in unconSti-
! tutional NJ. J.. Fisher. u taxpayer
brought suit in Common Pleas Court
asking further salaries To County School
superintendent J. 5. McL;innis and tive
district Suprrnt cnd"nts. The petition il
based IN the recent ruling of the SUI
prcrnr Court which declared the Parrctl-
WhtIrmnr" tax law unconstitutional bc
cause amcng other things 1t held that
HSS"SSnrs WIRE county officers and as
such should hc elected.
\ dispatch from Cambridge says: a
letter received by Mrs. John Lloyd from
her daughter in Columbus cleared away
tho mystery surrounding the disappear
ancc Of tho family cat several days
ago. When the daughter unpnckcd her
trunk ri Columbus after visit there
the cat leaped into her nrms. 1t was
in the trunk one day. but was none. the
worse for the experience.
In I'm effort TO relieve serious coal
famine at East Liverpool, o.. Mayor ".
f. Orr today instructed coal dealers
tn procure their supply from loaded
cars on u siding Of the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh railroad. The mayor. accom-.
panied by two police officers. went TO
the railroad siding this afternoon IN
seize four car loads OF coal. hut there
being no means Mt hand 10 haul the
product no coal was moved. \ string
of 100 cars loaded with coal are on the
railroad tracks within the city limits
and it is said have been on the siding
for several weeks.
Evidently Secretary nf War Baker is
rot universally, popular among the state
senators If 0hin Even our own Senator
white mildly protested against any en-
dursemcnL Of the cA-nnyor Of Cleveland.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
TROOPS FROM BORDER.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 8.-Or-
ders from the war department for the
resumption Of the homeward march
OF state troops designated TO leave the
border were received by General Fun.
be moved as rapidly as transportation
Is available
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Three IanHSNlll" SInohlS WV Si"''~'
IN arcoun, at the recent cold spell.
East Liverpool is considering eSiah-
fishing L white way for the business
district Of the city.
The state senate has passed tho blil
re- ou!ring lights on all vehicles NJ might.
The approval of tho huus" also Is eX-
rrctcd rs several organizations which
seek thr general safety Of the highways
are supporting III" measure.
The solution Of the question Of shoot
ing rabbits with out SpotlightS has been
solved OF the numerous measures that
hav" been presented in both branches.
none WIS found satisfactory and an
agreement has been reached by which IL
is provided that rabbits may not he shot
from ono hour after sunset 10 one hour
hr fore sunrise. The bill was reported
tn the Senate for naSSnge.
That the we'll drilled into the sand
Thursday noon, on the Scott Riggs farm
at ReaS Run, is u rrnl gushcr-the best
that has hcen completed In Washington
county Developments in several months.
is indicated by reports from the lease:
The pay WIS found in the MaXon sand
and the well began ilowing as soon as
the sand was tapped. At o'clock
Thursday afternoon. it WAS turned into
the tank, and In the first eighteen hours
thereafter. IL flowed cXactl? $50 barrels
an average of 10 barrels per hour. \
later report was that the produ was
being guaEed Mt the same rate per hour.
Monroe County Republican.
If marriage in Belmont county. is TO
hr judged by its population. then mat
rimony Is on the decline in one of the
most prosperous cOunti"s In tn" state.
MS there were just tw" less marriages
in tn" county fifty years ago for tn"
month Of January than for January this
year. The records in t'rubatc Judge
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Those opposed to prohibition arc very
keen to point out the negligible amount
Of liquor that runs the legal blockade, but
they never mention the amount that IS
kept out.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

A Kansas City .choolboy put light
ed flrecracker in bottle to see what
would happen. The experiment was
perfectly satisfactory to the consulting
physicians.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Senator Lodge is on the White HOUSE
blacklist. but that did not prevent him
from defending a principle while ignor-
ing the man.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Seeing things at sea Is often a case
of war delirium tremens.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Florida sojourners are sending their
northern friends soothing reminders Of
1the tropical feasts they are enjoying.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

The neutrals have failed to rise ms
one In support Of the position taken by
the United States. their vicarious de.
fender
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

The California seems to be the begin
ming Of the end.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Just now 1t Is the submarine. not the
llteracy test, that restricts immigration.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Tho submarine warfare needs an Of
fetal scorer.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Gerard is accounted for. but is de-
tanned temporarily but not extensively.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
THE WAY HOME

Spain protests. but remains neutral.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09
OHIO NEWS NOTES

Three XancSvill" srho"ls wrr" closed
III account oi the recent cold spell.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

East Liverpool is considering eStah-
fishing whit" way for the business
district. Of the city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-09

Evidently Secretary Of War Baker is
rot universally, popular among the state
senators If 0hin. Even our own Senator
White mildly protested against any en-
dursemcnl Of the cA-mHyor Of Cleveland
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-11-30
"cLose.u

e. B. Marshall. travelling repre-.
sentative of the Triangle Film Corpor.
ation,. was in town yesterday. He
states that the war tax has material.
ly diminished the attendance at movie
theatres almost everywhere. and adds
that he is on the side of the exhibit.
ors in their fight against the payment
to releasing concerns of a war tax
on each reel of pictures. He showed
us with pencil that the collection
of this tax is making those who col.
iect 1t corpulent with wealth. They
are apparently making a great lot
more out of it than Uncle Sam gets
for his share.
Jack Lord and his company have
had an uninterrupted run of ten
weeks at Little Rock, Ark. Jack is
putting out another company and is
advertising for people.
Raymond Lewis is now manager
and principal comedian of Zarrow's
American Girl company. With him
are Pauline Glenmar. Eva Hurley,
Charles Markert, Elsie Zeigler. sever.
al other principals and a chorus OF
six. Those mentioned are all local
favorites, having appeared at the