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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-19
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Miss Olga Dorfner of Philadelphia
established new worlds record for
500 yards at the women's intercity
meet Saturday night, covering the dis
lance in 1882 1-5, 2-5 of second bet
ter than the record made by Frances
Durack of Australia. Miss Mabel Keele
of Philadelphia won the two hundred
yard national breast stroke champion
ship, new title, covering the distance
in 3:40 is.
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Managers of Freddie Welsch, light
weight champion of the world, and
Johnny Kilbane, worlds champion
featherweight. have signed articles
for ten round bout in New York on
May 1st.
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The Arachne Club met Tuesday ev-
vening at the home of Sydney Barn
hart, 4O2 Third avenue east in a brief
business session during which election
of officers was held. Miss Sydney
Barnhart was elected president and
Miss Edna Bacon secretary.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-14

who would be glad to start discus.
sion of peace on the least opening.
But they never get the chance. ".
Deschanel. the president OF the cham.
ber sees to that. His greatest value
is in keeping the Socialist minoritaires
in order. Let one of them rise in his
place and Deschanel Immediately
springs 10 his feet, and all the time
the Socialist deputy is trying to speak
Deschanel is shouting al him and
ringing the bell From his vantage
point above the tribune Deschanel
never fails 10 get in patriotic ha-
rangue and raise pandemonium that
drown out the Socialist.
The government is not yet ready 10
discuss peace, and until 1t is ready the
people might as we'll give up the idea.
The. government is resolutely deter.
mined 10 fight the war 10 a definite
victory on the battlefield. II keeps 4
very close watch on. Germany. and
II Is remarkable how minutely 1t is
informed Of events there. Up 10 the
present it has seen nothing 10 give
it reason to credit any OF Germanys
various peace moves with any degree
OF sincerity from the point OF view OF
peace acceptable or possible 10 any
one except Germany. and until 1t does
there will be no open discussion OF
peace among the people OF France,
unless the government loses what
now appears TO be chilled steel grip
one the people. .
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WHY THE CROUCH /?

The5Fairmont West Eireinian in COM
menting on the establishment OF
Wheelins's leadership among the cit
les of the Stale strangely claims that
it cannot quality, because it is be-
coming more and more an industrial
suburb of Pittsburgh. Ii is hard to
discover Just what humor the West
Vlrginan writer was in when he made
this observation.
Certainly there is no city in the
State that is more distinctly West Wiz
einian in population than Wheeling;
there is no community that is more
inspirational of the progressive West
Virginia spirit than Wheeling. 1t is
no more tribWory to Pittsburgh
than Fairmont is to it. When in the
years 10 come Fairmont more nearly
approaches the distinctions OF real
city it will. perhaps, be less inclined
70 suck lis thumb in moroSe antipha
thy Of This imperial community OF
wealth. energy. progress and hospi
table impulses.
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NOT A VALID: DEFENSE

The School Book Commission Is NOT
convincing in its defensive statement
that the cost eutailed by the change
in text books il is responsible for IS
small, if MOI negligible. With all due
respect 10 its calculations they 10 not
accord with the facts. According 10
the school book publishers the school
book bill OF the State amounts TO $780,
1000 a year AS the average lite OF the
school book is two years the outlay Is
'1ncreastd 70 $3o0.n0Q. which is quite
a sum to be imposed on the people OF
Mest Virginia at any time, and more
especially at the present period when
the costs OF every necessity OF lie
are away above the normal. The
Commission fails in justification for Its
action in this instance.
The change in text books. it must
be remembered, does not effect the
independent school districts of the
State. the large cities and the smaller
towns. but The rural schools, which
makes the additional expense of this
substitution OF text books fall upon a
class OF people who are least able TO
bear the burden mpoSed-perSons
who are sustaining all the obligations
they can possibly meet in these alb
normal times and when rigid economy
l. being enforced upon all OF us.
The better course FOX the School
Book Commission 20 pursue, The In
telIieencer believes. now that they
have the opportunity. is TO confess
their mistake and recall the contracts
they have entered into with The book
publishers.
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mines in the Lake superior region
shipped from the upper Lake ports
from January Il 10 June |. 1917. was
about t.. ana. 400 gross tons. compared
with slightly more than lO.luh."uO
tons COR TN" corresponding FIVE months
OF 1915. 4 decrease of about 300. 00h
tons. or more than - per cent. This
apparently large decrease in ore ship.
mentS from the principal producing
region was not due 10 inability To mine
ore but largely 10 the belaLcd opening
Of lake traffic because Of ice block
AIDES and tn many ore-carrylnG boats
having been put out Of commission
through accidents.
Plans are being made by commit
tees Of the Council OF National DE.
Tense TO increase shipments Of iron
ore, coal and coke during the remain
der Of the season through cooperative
methods. and possibly the June ship
ments will nearly equal those of June.
1916. In the meantime the blast fur:
nacrs have been drawing on large
stocks Of ore at lower lake ports in
order TO Offset the deficiency in upper
lake shipments. Deferred shipments
OF coke and other causes Of traffic
congestion have also retarded opera.
lions at some furnaces.
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THE IRON INDUSTRY

) From I government statistics just
Fublished some interesting facts are
Heaned about the iron industry, which
show that abnormal conditions pre-
sailed during the first half Of the pres
ant year, just closed. mainly on ac-
count of the war. Al the beginning
OF the year, when pig iron was being
made at the average rate Of about 1922
.fnO gross tons daily, the blast fur
races were operated at slightly re-
1kced capacity. This rate dropped to
less than $4,000 tons daily in February.
but in March the rate rose 10 100000
TONS daily. and in April and May It
stood at more than 10000 tons. com
pared with the maximum rate Of 49,
900 tons in October. 1915.
. The prospective blast furnace ca
1acity seems not to have kept pace
With the demand, however. as Is lndl-
Gated BY the enormous increases in
price, especially since the United
States entered the war. The total
output OF coke and anthracite pig iron
in the first five months o. 1917 was
about 15,S00.000 gross tons. compared
With about 16,115.Oo0 tons during the
corresponding period OF 1916. a de-
crease OF about per cent.
The quantity Of pig iron ore from
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! The four South American repubilcs
having grave grounds for rcsentmen,
against Germany as we'll as naval anc
military resources available for some
: expression Of their resentment-Bra
! zil, Uruguay, Argentine and Chile
constitute by no means all OF South
America: and South America as
whole may WELD very powerful in
/ nuencr III determining Germany's at
;itude towards the conduct Of its wal
unon the civilized world.
! Largely by reason of their seahoard
situation as well because Of their com
mprce, these four republics have been
/ involved in German naval operations
! Four other republics and the three
; European colonies of Guianar complete
! the South American coast line. The
! republics are Peru. Ecuador. Colon
! bia and Venezuela. Their aggregate
coast line is approximately. 1000 miles
! Although they have been relatively
immune from German attack and
their harborS are Of importance chiefly
/ with relation to German operations
"llulN lllt N.Ul luDEdul vi tcoiiit'h IN
Panama neutrality-suspicious. not now
| imminent-all have suffered severely
! through interference with their com
merce. and. Notwithstanding a Vlgor
Gus German newspaper propaganda
none has any reason TO Sympathize
with our. enemies. All being within
the sphere of the ancient Spanish
culture in America, are more open
than are the other republics OF the
south 10 moral and sentimental con
siderations and TO the demands OF in
ternarional law. Though materia
consideration would deter them from
assuming heavy war expenditures. al
/ have some vessels available for coast
patrol, and Peru has two new cruls
! ers, two submarines and one destroyer
; in addition to a cruiser recently bought
from France and three other nava
vessels. Peruvian law imposes uni
yersal military service and the popu
lation numbers 100000. In the three
other republics-Ecuador, Colombo
and although their com
bined populations number about 5000.
nnn their armies are less definitely
organized and so less likely to prove
effective. even il offered. in the highly
symtematlzed warfare in the Euro
pean western front.
; The reviews Of the map Of South
America is completed by the mention
Of the two inland republics Paraguay
hundreds Of miles up the Paraguay
river and too remote from the scene o.
conflict TO have any direct concern ir
the struggle or any direct influence
upon it, and Bolivia, important in the
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WEST VIRGINIA LEADS

West Virginia still leads in the pro,
duction Of petroleum in the .AppaIa-
chan field. which consists OF Pennsyl.
Sania. southeastern Ohio. New York,
kentucky. besides This State. The
figures ara cor n" complete year OF
-4ef5. and SHOW Pennsylvania 10 have
produced 1...?..."s9 barrels valued al
S19,ll9.S55. New York S7s.hS7 barrels
Eorth s.. l9n.tH5. ONO t.E"S.'i4 bar
Trls OF SIZE. 10 value. Kentucky
f2O3.24'; barrels valued ~ S2.lM,Sl2.
Nest virginia leads her nearest COM
peti,or. PENNSYLVANIA. by over one
million barrels in production and by
over S::h,.""p in marketed values.
@he exact figures for West Virginia
4rc: Production. ST3l.lSi barrels;
Islue. $21.Hli,"S".
:. There WAS 4 Gain OF ~ cents per
Barrel in 80 price over 1918. but there
was loss OF production amounting
70 nearly $ per cent in West Virginia
operations. Tho Ohio production in
creased 1! p"r cent over the previous
year. The nrw work OF 1915 shows
that l.7Ga wells were completed in
West Virginia in 1915. OF these. l.0a5
were OF! wells credited with IN aver
aee initial yield Of oo2 barrels each a
day, ~ we.s SaS wells and c9S were
failures. The most important results
OF field activity in 1915 in this State
include the discovery and partial de-
Selopm.nt of 4 rich pool OF Oil in the
30-foot sand or Dents Run. near Mann
inston, Marion county. and the proof
OF a nOrtheasrward extension Of the
Rerea sand pool, in the Cabin Creek
district. kanawha county. beyond the
limits Of the territory controlled By
the company that discovered this pool
late In 1914. The record for Ohio
shows a larger number of wells sunk
Bot a greater number Of failures COM
pared with West Virginia. The conf
Yleted wells for the Ohio field num-
Bered 1854 and Of these 927 were oil
Hells. 4o2 were gas wells and 5e5. or
about IN !. were failures
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talked in France after the German
armies are driven over the border. But

talked in France after the German
armies are driven over the border. But
not now.
Peace talk is muzzlcd. In some d.
rcctions The French people are more
"effectively" governed today than any
other people in the world. This is one
Of those directions No subject can
come under public discussion without
the consent of the government. II
once il got starred it might easily, go
on and gather momentum that would
overwhelm thc government. so inc
government secs that il never ects
started. If anything is printed IN a
French newspaper about peace IL Is
sure to he something the government
wants printed or considers innocuous.
In general il is what the government
wants printed. for things that seem
innocuous arr often not. and the pest
rule is N print only what is positively
desirable and bar things that are only
negatively not undesirable.
For example. the German com
muninues are not printed in the
French papers. for they generally
contradict either wholly or in part the
French and English cnmmuniqueS. IL
is MOI considered desirable that the
French people should br given an op'
p0rlunltS 10 SuSptEl lHC SUN hoh.
cnce 10 facts Of their authorizes. DC
casionally the French papers are al
lowed to paraphrnsr parts Of the Ger.
man cOmmuniuues for purposes or
comparison or ridicule. but that Is all:
Government Holds People in c hiEIed
Steel Grip.
1t Is governmental attitude mat
is ridiculous, but II Is the decision or
The government. and in France the
government is supreme. with SUI
premacy never surpassed and seldom
"qualrd in the most absolute mon
arChy known 10 history.
Ia the same manner peace discus
sions are smothercd in the chamber
of deputies. Figuratively. the cham
her is the forum Of free speech. Ac-
iually. If any one begins to talk about
peace the government puts A gag in
his mouth. throws a blanket over his
head and carries him out bodily.
There Is quite block Of deputies
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-14
WHAT YOUNG MAN REMEMBERS
AT 35?

Jack Lait, the famous Chicago news
panerman, tells the readers Of the
American Magazine in the August is
sue how it feels 10 be s.. He says:
"Why. | remember---and. remember,
am young-when. horse cars ran up
the principal avenues Of New York
and Chicago; ~hen telephones were
rare novelties. clumsy and experiment
tai things hraced up on walls: when
an airship was a crazy mans proof
that he was crazy; when a submarine
was The dime-novel drramer's delir-
ium: when wireless telegraphy
couldn't be; when appendicitis was
acute indigestion; when ladies wore
bustlcs; when safety bicycles had
never been built; when Ford was Il
machinist and hadn't even begun 10
construct an Automnbile--and no one
Ielsn had, eUhcr-with any good hope
1of making hhe thing run: when pneu-
matte Tres were undreamt of: when
big part OF the west was lined off
in he6ritorics;' when Cuba was part
of Spain: when there were no NOV
ing pictures. no moving stairwnys and
no moving cars across the rivers:
when there were no monographs;
when there were no eight column head
lines: when Russia had a car: when
Germany was a pcace.loring industrial
country; when graft was meaning
less; when grape fruit hadn't been
conceived: when arc lights were yet
to come into general use; when labor
unions were new and primitive: when
men wore boards: when New York
| won pennants: and when eggs sold
TT 10 cents a dozen.
And | am only thirty-Rve'"
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL NTEII1aENcER
SOUTH AMERICAS TRUMP ---GERMANY'S
COMMERCIAL NECESSITY
German Manufacturers Exports South American Countries
Their Amid the Weller Future Domestic Difficulties
BY WILFRED H. SCHOFF
Scrc,ary Commercial Museum: Author Of South America.
Colonial and Republican,.

! production of metals needed in the
;war-copprr. lin. vanadium. tungsten
and biSmuth--whosc government was
one Of the first 10 follow the lead OF
! the United States in breaking rcla-
!tions with Germany by Il ringing dec
| laration Of the principles of interna-
tional law which Germany has fouted'
| But Bolivia possesses no coast line
and no navy, and her military co-opcra-
1ion could not he expected.
| Ii is not al all unreasonable 10 sur
mise that the course Of events. sooner
ior later. must align all the South
American republics 10 Il declaration
of The principles of international NOR
iali,y echoing that ur Bolivia thus pro-
claiming defiance Of German aggrcs-
sion and the solidarity of The Amcri-
cas-. That will mean. even though it
cannot carry with It any very consld'
cradle aid 10 the fighting forces OF the
allies, The severance Of all commercial
relations with Germany; the wipinG
out Of the German export trade 10
South America, so lahOrOuSIy built up
during the past quarter Of 4 century;
and notice that. in the future. South
America declines 10 deal with any
country except upon guarantees Of adj
herence 10 the laws and practices by
which civilization exists.
II is worthy Of note in this connec-
ton that Germany undertook the war
primarily for business purposes, and
| that throughout the successive stages
Of the conflict all Germans have kept
! one eye on the battlefieldS and the
other on the worlds markets. The
plans of the Pan-German party have
always included South America as a
! field open 10 German exploitation for
ipurely political aggrandizement. with
Il typically Teutonic disregard for the
Monroe doctrine. This Pan-German
ambition is already definitely baked
But the hope OF resumption Of Ger
man exports TO South America has
thus far been as n rock Of confidence
to German manufacturers in the
spreading Weller Of their domestic
;cmbarrassmcnts.
! II may be reckonrd upon as very
! influential factor In GcrmanyS future
/ conduct of the war that she will wage
! i, with the most careful attention to
! South American consequences after
Iwards-unlcSs the rabid madness
| hitherto misleading her shall persist
III the face Of her approaching mill,
itary downfall In either case, the non.
military yet greatly effective influence
at the command Of the South Amer.
can republic cannot fail 10 be excr-
cised for the advantage Of this nation
and Of our allies, both during the war
and after its conclusion.
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Mrs aRA1kMAR's BALL.
"a Mrs. Grammar once gave hne
To which she invited eight persons IN
all.
FIRST came Mrs. Noun and her Ad,ec-
,,o ,b h,ys Mr. Mr. Verb. a dashing young
blade.
He brought young !SoVero ~ "A''
And small Proposition. slender and
slim.
Conjunction and Pronoun were neNe'on
tho floor, $1,000 10 .. N.
Then late Intersection slipped Ill d. -"7
door.
They danced and thoy sang. as young
And w psVp'v very happy till boastinE
began.
An speak Of my name" said nIushns
NV s niss .S' said Verb. ARE the talk
of the town
y stand for Miss Noun tho Pronoun
AM" SE" / help the Verb the Advert 70
piled.
" speak for fair Noun" sweet Adjeo-
tive vowed
"I poInt her name out IN all OF the
crowd
81 tell Of what kind. how much and
Her h"am,iful Virtues are. better than
any.
For deeds Of the Verb. /. Advert de
In answ"r quito plain, the how when
and where"
Then" said Conjunction. ~ favor TO-
Wei, Join the two first and then pass
-Or to use the broad a. which Is
thought not farce.
We'll ioin the two first and the SON
tencs We'll parse.
Yes chirp'd proposition. in the great
est citation.
II know they arc kin. for /. show the
relation
When out spoke voice. Il chill It n
Such wransline and janslinE for you
TO get IN.
Now, each one is happy. and has his
place.
The meaning OF which Is easy to
trace.
while poor little mr.. they ansriIy
throw
Right into a sentence. some feeling to
show.
Forget your own quarrels in ,narful
reflection
On the troubles and trials &c poor In
CORRECTION
And 10 It was ended. thc fuss and tho
worry
They kissed and made IN, and said they
were softly
And all lived in peace together. am
told.
In house that was blue with trim
minss OF gold.
F. 8. Teplc.
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THE TYPHOID MENACE

The public has been warned OF the
imminence of typhoid fever epidemic
By the health department Of the city.
which bases it's prognosisNon the in
creasinc number of cases Of the fever
being treated In the hospitals and
homes Of Wheeling. There is no &C.
casion to be unduly alarmed over the
situation. but it is season that calls
for precautions Of preventive charac.
Ter. Those enjoined by the the health
department are 10 boil all drinking
water and nasteurize all milk. which
ir ordinary parlance means heating it
TO about 1G0 degrees. Boiling all wa
ter means filtered, spring and well
water as we'll as the muddy substance
we draw from the river.
This. il would seem. would be a
good rime for the new council, which
has been pledged to accomplish things
that have been neglected, to get busy
and furnish the water consumers or
Wheeling with a better quality than
is now supplied them. Pure or filtered
water will 90 a long ways towards
eliminating the danger OF typhoid.
The council is respectfully informed
that they have now in their hands
or at the service of the city, a project
for purer waller worked out by the
competent city engineer, Mr.. Cooke.
The council could not do better than
take immediate steps for the applica'
ton OF this system to the needs OF the
people.
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THE ORIGINAL ALARMIST

II there is more criticism bestowed
on the Secretary Of the Navy than
other inefficient members Of the cabi-
net It is because Mr.. Daniels has in
vited them. He has just appealed to
the country not to succumb to hyste-
ria in its consideration of the menace
Of the German spy organization. among
US. While that Is sage counsel, yet.
IL the spy hysteria exists here, 1t is
due 10 Mr. Daniels more than to any
other single person. for it was his an
nouncement Of the Uboat attack upon
our transports which focused public
attention upon the fact that German
spies had been able TO learn and to
report the sailing OF our soldiers and
, the route which they would take.
But for his rash deduction and moro
rash declaration. the country might
have thought. and properly. that 1t was
only a chance encounter which inter
rupted the voyage Of our men to
France. He plainly intiInated the SIN
lister character Of the incident-yet he
now warns the nation not to yield to
fear. There was once quack doctor
whose method was to throw his pa.
tients into fit and then to heal them.
Be being. as he said. hell on fits"
Maybe that is what .Iosephus Is try.
ing to do with the spy problem. May.
be he purposely alarmed the country
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AMERICAN SHIP SUNK.

WASHINGTON, July 1%.-Official
dispatches today announced the sink,
Ing by submarines Of the American
barkcntine Hldegaard of New Or
leans on July IN and Of the American
schooner Mary w. Rowen Of Fall
River on July &. All members of both
crews were rescued and landed. The
Hildegaard was a vessel Of 595 tons
and The schooner. a fivemaster, was
Of 1907 ions.
In the city Of Herman. Persia, there
are 1000 rug and carpet looms.
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GET 15-BARREL WELL,
\, p,S,s,c>n 10 The lntetIIrenc1x.

S;~c.si p!R,strh 10 The intelligence.
ELMBORO. ". Va. July 13-The
Carter Oh company has drilled in a
15-barre1 WAGON sand well on the Jas
Arnett farm. on Dog Comfort run
Other work is planned.
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There will he no squeamishncss
among tho German troops about fight
ing America because some OF them have
relatives in this country.
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Looks Ike something big - going on
in Gcrmany's Internal afra!rs. but we
only get A wh!n Of It.
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Wheel!ngs Fair this year will not
only be bigger and better. but newer and
niftier.
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II Is not so much the nnn-rhurch
cner a. the church member that ia re-
sponsible tor the empty pews on Sun
day
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, BernstorfI for HollwaS would only
be a change Of tools. not OF policy.