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The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
AT WAR.

There's nation gone insane-sad to
say.
Seems to have the mark of Cain
he'll to pay.
All the world Is in a rage,
All are thinking war to wage,
So that strife won't breed again
some other day.
Dreams Of glory, power and fame
oh. beware.
Schemes Of war, an awful game-all
declare.
Old, old. story. heaps OF dying,
Those at home, heartbroken, cry
ing,
An because the vandals war game
over there.
All the nations are called out-every
one.
Called to take their turn about
'gainst the Hun.
Oh. that cruel. cultured crowd,
That of wicked things are proud,
They shall know their fame's in
doubt-ere this is done.
Uncle Sam is in the nght-freedom's
cry.
Hen be there with all his might
do or die.
And when time Is called by Mars.
There you'll find the stripes and
stars,
In freedom's name, a red lght-in
the sly.
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The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
Home RIFLES READY
To ACT AS GUARDS
Col. M. A. Winter Has Confidence
in 1900 Local Members.

With the getaway" Of the District
National Guard now a matter Of a
few days. the Home Defense League
Rifles last night began its speeding
up process OF drilling the 1900 MEM
bers of the local regiment along mill
tary lines. Drills were held last night
in many sections of the city. and a
program OF nightly drills for the rifle
companies with places and dates an
nounced by Col. NJ. A Winter, COM
mandant Of the organization.
The War Department, it was an
nounced last night, has authorized the
adoption OF a uniform OF blue-gray
color for the regiment of rifles. The
uniform will be similar to that worn
by regulars in the United States army,
and will include a campaign hat and
canvas leggings. 1t is expected that
Congress will shortly pass legislation
providing for the issue of the uniform
to the members OF the League Rifles.
Col. Winter. who attended the drill.
complimented the members of Com
pany E on being the first to have
men qualify as expert rifiemen, fifteen
of their number having already pass
ed satisfactory examinations.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

vest OF a billion bushels OF wheat are
cultivated, there must be in the first
place assurance that the farmers will
receive adequate financial assistance
The banks in the greater agricultural
divisions, especilly those where wheat
is cultivated, were in the spring of
this year willing to give the farmers
abundant accommodation. In the
Northwest. for instance, the banks
loaned many millions to the farmers.
not being overparticular about risks.
Many millions must be advanced TO
the farmers If a sufficient acreage
for the harvest next year OF a bill
lion-bushel crop is planted.
In the next place. there must be
organization comparable TO that which
was undertaken when the liberty
loan was in course of subscription.
Many of the States have already ex-
cellent organizations whose members
are men of influence and character,
sure to gain for them the confidence
of the farmers. 1t was organiza ton
OF this kind that led to increased
acreage this year in the Northwest
and, to some extent. in Kansas and
Colorado.
Then again the farmers must
plant their wheat with the assur-
ance that even though they harvest
more than 1000, 900. 900 bushel
crop they will receive payment for
the crop which will yield them re-
turns that are sure to be satisfac-
tory.
Machinery, especially the improv-
ed tractors and excellent transpor-
tation facilities, excepting in one or
two sections of the country, will
furnish all of the incidental factors
needed provided the farmers secure
loans sufficient TO justify increased
acreage and provided also there is
assurance of prices that will yield
fairly good profits. There appears
to be some apprehension lest the
farmers may be a little shy of ferti-
LIKING material but the chemists
have already discovered excellent
substitutes for the fertilizers which
in the past were enriched by in
fusing them with German potash.
4 billion bushels of wheat should
bring to the farmers not less than
$4,000, ,000,O 900, and it will be spot
cash.
Preparations for this hoped-for
billion-bushel wheat harvest will be
well under way within a few weeks.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

ishment of breeding places Of fies
has been going on for some yssr2.
and to this and To the general ssni-
tary condition Of the city should be
ascribed any decrease 'of the pests"
washingtonians have long been
educated in the are OF exterrninating
flies, with the result that. during the
last few years. they have been well
thinned out before the summer. II Is
this early summer extermination
which is given credit by authorities
for the almost complete dissppearance
Of the fly here.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
MY CREED.

Just to touch the heart Of someone
as I journey on life's way.
Just to sound the hidden depths
that few may know:
Just to win a friendly smile, that's
the thing that's most worth while,
And TO lend a helping hand as I go.
Just to be an adept scholar in the
art Of reading men;
Just to sense another's burdens
and despair:
Then to make him understand. with
a meaning clasp Of hand,
That I'm glad to sympathize and
really care.
Just TO be a confidant, in a crucial
moment found
When some heart must then unload
its weight Of care;
Just to know the thing to say, in a
sympathetic way.
When I'm called upon another
woes to share.
Just to spread a ray Of sunshine as
walk the lowly paths;
= Just TO let some lonely stranger
who Is blue,
Feel that I'm a kindred soul, making
for the self-same goal
And know the ups and downs he's
having. too.
lust to take what comes each day
and be grateful as l should.
: Just TO be cOnsiderate of other men;
Just to learn 10 grin and bear when
l meet with meager fare,
And TO be a friend to all within
my ken.
Louise Alice Bowman, in Pittsburgh
ChrOnicle-Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
The First of HooyeriSm.


First of all. let the American peo-
pie be thankful that they have a
dynamic force in Herbert Hoover
to clean up the Augean stables Of
American business, or certain
I branches of it; second, that he is
starting early with powerful
thrust that is going to send the
spectators who call themselves
business men scurrying like rats
into their holes. and is going to
keep them there.
We do not think Hoover is going
to win without a real mans size
fight Of it. Speculation and the slip
shod profteering that goes with it
are fairly well intrenched in this
country. They have become a sort
Of vested interest. Men who are
fattening off the public have yelled
socialism" or crushing Individual
enterprise" whenever the govern
ment has probed into their game.
They have always defied regulation.
Only their spectacular excesses have
been curtailed. Even now. in war
times, they would like to fight the
governmental they dared And
some of them will dare. They are
going to be hurt. but they do not
see that part of it now.
But before he finishes his job, we
predict that Hoover will have ac-
complished that which all the trust
busters" the muck-rakers, the reg
ulators. big and small, have utter
ly failed to accomplish. He will
have shown the American people
the pith and essence of the eco
nOmic problem that has confronted
them for the past decade. He will
have shown them how to change
business from private profit into
public service; how high prices are
artihcially maintained; how the
market is held up by the producers;
how the consumer does not even get
the benefit of such competition as
there is, because Of the enormous
growth of parasitism in the pro-
( cesses of distribution.
/ That will be quite an achieve
ment. At the present time our eyes
are turned from our Iong-standing
domestic problems. we are thinking
only of the war and how to win it.
But out OF the war will come many
things-it will send not only the
Kaiser to the scrap heap, but other
things, including many economic
| fetiches which we foolishly wor-
shipped in the days gone by.
We are learning from Germany.
We are learning why she. hopeless
ly outnumbered. with only a tithe of
the food, the money, the resources,
Of the nations battling against her,
is able to enter fourth year of war
with the end by no means in sight
For generation Germany has been
applying a rational, skilIfuI, eco
nomic collectivism. But she har-
messed it to the chariot of an un-
scrupulous autocracy instead of to
democracy. In fact, many Ameri-
cans up to the present day have
thought collectivism-as opposed to
individual enterprise and to business
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS with our
brand of democracy. The war is ex-
posing that fallacy.
To win the war the United States
has got to resort to the German
method OF Industrial control. After
such control It is unthinkable that
the American people will again per-
nit the exploita ton thav have suf-
s1sak h tAe RakA
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
Thief Makes HAUL
FROM antique SHOP
George Reynolds Reports Loss of
5000 to Police.

That the thief who burglarized the
antique shop of George W. Reyn-
olds. at 733 Thirteenth street north
west, early Sunday morning, had the
eye of a connoisseur. is shown by
the selection of works of art which
he made.
A set Of cut glass, an ebony case
inlaid with brass, a seven piece set OF
Satsuma ware consisting of two sauc-
sugar pitcher, two paisley shawls,
one blue and white Venetian glass
pitcher and a flash light was the re-
suit of the haul.
The fastidious burglar must have
had a wagon waiting to carry away
the load as there was more than q
man could easily carry alone.
The value put on the lot by the
owner is 800.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
HLYLESS CITY NOW
Bright POSSIBILITY
Each Season Sees a Decrease in
Loathsome Pest.

A hyless Washington has at last
become a possibility.
A marked decrease has taken place
in the ranks OF the loathsome
brigade, and the pests which once
swarmed into the city during the
summer seem to be seeking a more
congenial climate. Although nc
statistics are Forthcoming from the
Health Department, a general survey
of conditions in the District shows
that there are now less fiies here than
at any other time.
IF there has been any decrease
in flies in Washington" a high health
department official declared yester-
day, IL is due to the ultra sanitary
conditions Of the District. The abol-
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

Cartoonist Baer. now being among
real politicians in his associates in
the House, ought to be able to draw
one frcm life, without a paunch. dou-
BE chin. and other familiar features
which one never sees upon a real
politician.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
Dsfiguring Growths Of
Hair Entirely Removed
New Method Removes Roots
and AID

II you are afflicted with a growth
of superfluous hair, go to your drug
gist at once, get a stick of phelac-
tine, follow the simple instructions
and have the pleasant surprise OF
your lifei With your own eyes you
will see the hair come out, roots
and aII-instantly, easily, leaving
your skin smooth and hairless as a
babes. Phelactipe is not to be COM
pared with the usual depilatory or
electrical methods. It is new and
different. 1t is odorless, nonirri-
tating, and so harmless a child
could safely eat IT. So efficacious
IT is always sold under a money
back guarantee-AdY.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

When they can tear down three Of
the silent picket banners without it
appearing in the afternoon headlines,
il looks as though the 'suffs' cam
raign managers have got to devise
new methods Of holding their Jobs.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

Speaking about doing ones bit. the
exemption boards are doing It con-
scientiously in a Job where they get
no particular honor except that which
accrues from a sense OF a national
duty well done.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
TUESDAY. AUGUST u. lsI7.
A LINE o. CHEER
Cwdstsn especially for Ths Washington HsrAld)
By John Kendriek Bangs.
TEARS.

Tsa<s-alas. they are not few
In these days of war and rue,
Yet. as through mine own l gaze
On the sOrrows Of my days
Possibly an idle dream
Yet. 'tis true, they softer seem.
Maybe tears are blessings rare
Sent to ease the sting Of careI
Copyright, l9lTD
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

It appears that President Wilson
notes greater menaces Of America
than Tammany in New York City. Ac-
cordingly Mayor John Purroy Mitchell
and his cohorts will have to run the
Gotham campaign without assistance.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

Congratulations to MAI. Newman, OF
the army. and may he give as efficient
service in his new Office as he has
given as Commissioner for the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

The June, July and August brides
are daily appearing at the Capitol,
and the guides tell US they are not
war brides. which is the best indi-
cation that old Dan Cupid is still
neutral
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

And among the unusual exemption
claims Is the man who claims he is
Chinese instead OF American. VIII
the exemption board claim he is yell
lov2
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

A French surgeon claims TO have
invented a method for planting eye
brows and eyelashes.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

At Fort Myer yesterday they furn-
ished !, 500 new reasons why the Kaiser
cannot win the war.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14

A baggage carrier to be mounted
over the hood Of an automobile is a
novelty.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-14
GRAND ATLAkT IC

Csracty. coo; prlVste baths. running vater N
rooms elerltoT, etc. bile table, white ser,-
ice Booklet Auto 70 traink W. p. SHAW.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
MAYOR WILL ISSUE
CALL FOR COUNCIL
Plans for Holding City Primary May
10 Will &c Presented for
Approval.

! Mayor II. L. Kirk today will issue
1.-The call for a session Of city council
ito be held tomorrow evening. The
mayor. in his call will point out the
! fact that q session this week is i'm
; operative because of the necessity of
taking up Preparations for the city
primary May 10.
The. report Of the election commit
tee will be submitted TO council. The
committee. decided upon thirty-nine
voting places which have already
been submitted to City Auditor Chas.
II. Ahrens. Three judges and two
clerks at each precinct are to receive
So for their services and the judge
| who calls for and delivers the election
supplies and ballot box will receive
ian additional dollar, il the recon-
lamentations meet with approval.
The selection Of precinct judges
and clerks, however. viii not be made
this evening. as some people under
stand. The candidates have the right
10 submit lists from which the pre-
cinct officials will be chosen. The
election committee decided to allow
THE candidates until the evening Of
April so, to submit their lists. At
which time the committee will choose
the election officials.
The recommendation OF the finance
committee for an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the Incoming insurance
money to be applied TO the purchase
OF new S-ton truck for the fire de-
partment will be presented for action
tomorrow evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
Thousands Of WOrkmen
Needed in Tire Plants
Akron, Ohio. Rubber Manufacturers
Paying Highest Wages-Men Are
Wanted at East Palestine.

Henry NJ. Mercer, of South Chapline
street, who has returned from ousl-
ness trip at Akron, o., and other cities
In the Buckeye state, remarked TO an
iIntelliSencer man Saturday that. the
growth Of Akron, due TO the great
rubber industry there, is most remark
liable. He stated that one OF the large
plants OF this character there is plan
ming 10 employ 1000 men in addi-
tion TO what they already are employ
ling, by August l, and another big
plant is making preparations 10 em.
ploy 5000 additional persons, due to
the work that is being done for the
government in connection with the
war preparations.
Mr.. Mercer said that the Akron
rubber plants are paying splendid
wages to men. the average. wage, he
understood. was about $4.35 Il day for
eight hours. He said great precau-
ton was being taken through the
strengthening Of the police protection
about the plants. and further precau-
ito Is being taken by dropping. from
their employment those who show any
but spirit of loyalty TO the govern
ment.
Mr.. Mercer stated that the McGraw
Tire company. OF East Palestine, O.,
one OF the largest independent! and
best conducted rubber plants in the
country, was in need of several thou
sand additional men, and that the
company is paying unusually high
wages
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
sPRINGTIME WORK FOR TORPID
LIVER

In waking up that torpid liver for it's
srringtime work. do not take dangerous
dnescs nr cal"mcl blu" mass or other
nsu$catlng doses. not y"t disaereeabIc
Salinrs. Get Foley Cat!artfr Tablets
and start in with Them. They are
gentle. s,lrc and pleasant p"rSuadcr to
the funct ions nf tho liver and other
sluggish organs They improve health
and energy and. promote your general
w"ll-hcing. Elderly people and stout
bodily comfort. John Coleman /: CO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23

and trucks which patriotic owners will
h" asked t" lend In tho movement by
way Of doing ih"lr bit. Nm important
f"aiur" of the plant is that. Will" some
volunteers may II" able 10 contribute
weeks u" lin" /" tho work. others who
can si"c bot 4 number "f days will la
enli:.i,r aiasn.
tninuhicdly tho plan nC General
Manage krtrhum viii Ia" adopted Icy
many other cities throughout tho co,n-
try and Tho farm army" wilI 60 down
in history as "n" "r tn" most important
military movements of tho United
states. Ia fact. President Wilson has
mid: The one. VII" lends n hand to-
wards m" incr"na" Of tho nations food
suppl, viii IL" dung JUS; MS patriotic
d""'l a* TN" "m" who shoulders a
volunteers Expected.
Volunteers ar" expected 10 enlist at
ono" whom il h"romeS generally known
that there will h" m unreasonable
amount a. work required. No man Will
h" .,Ir-tcrd :" h"i"t" any Innrr lin" 10
tho wnSk than he may consistently
spar" from his "hir" desk or store
cfruicr. i=rirulturjSts nf wide expert
cnrr who ar. we'll and favnrahly known
throughout ~" Wheeling. district will
command III" Snhli"rs. nnl each and
every prnu will h. Pun ml"n' whatever
class ne I" ork "" Is most rhpabl" OF per
forming.
County Agent Appeals for Workers.
Tho following ""lf-oNnlH nai"ry letter
from County Agent tsaa" = Cook, OF
tho Pan Handle Agricultural ''luh. tn
General Manager charles NJ kctchtInl.
Of the Wheeling Commercial ASsocia-
tion, SHOES tho shortage nf labor on
farms in this ""rtinu:
"Pursua ut to Hnur request for infor-
nation rclaii," /" tho possibility nj
farmers blowing land for crops this
year, provided thnv can he guaranteed
sufficient ahor 10 cultivate and harvest
tho crops. hog Ia say that after having
they would pi"w mare ground and plant
Increased acreage. If they were sure
that ilIey rmuld cri labor ut Il r"HSnn-
ahlr ,ri"r L. care for aud help harvest
the crops I find that with tho means
thcy have this spring. NOR" ground can
h" plowcd aud planted Int" crops than
th"r can unSsihly take care "f. If extra
la hrr cannot II" obtained during IN"
summer. Therefore, they arc "nlT plan
ming In pillow. and care for. sine" they
have no aaSur:unC" nf securing any NOR"
labor than they had last summer. II az
murh.
81 hone city mon will respond To tho
plan Won have. devised FOR gtl;tran, "cine
tho necessary labor tn farmers. II. IN"
city mon will work during the harvest
season taking care of AN Increased acre"
are rf crops We will II" Justified. In urg-
Ing the farmers 10 plant much larger
crops.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
SUICIDE PROBABLY
WAS WIN. KALkREUTH
City Officials Satisfied Of Identity Of
Man Who Dropped From
Suspension Bridge.

The city authorities are reasonably
certain that the man who dropped
from The Suspension bridge into the
river, Friday night. was William kal-
kreuth. kalkreuth Is missing and has
rot been seen since Eugen Etz saw a
man drop from the bridge to the river
and disappear.
The police have learned that on Fri
day night kalkreuth stood near the
corner of Twelfth and Water streets,
and told another man that he intend
ed to 90 up and jump from the bridge
into the river. Relatives believe the
hat found on the bridge belonged to
him.
At ten minutes to Il Friday night,
while crossing the Suspension bridge
TO his home on the Island, Eugene
Etz saw. hat lying on the bridge
walk and heard means coming from
outside the bridge railing. He looked
over the railing just in time to see
man release his hold on the bridge
network and drop into the river. .
William Kalltreuth was upward OF
65 years of age, and for several
months had been living at roomlng
houses about the city.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
FARMERS APPEAL FOR MORE HELP;
VOLUNTEER TO WORK ON FARMS

trict adjacent to Wheeling and sur
rounding towns. The regiment will be
made up OF three battalions. Of :hre"
companies each. with a full complement
OF officers. Three classes Of recruits Will
b. enlisted, !. O.. men and buys who arc
too old or too young for military duty.
and those who are unable TO mrot the
physical requirements of tho military
establishments. The volunteer regiment
will be organized into several units. ar-
cordinS 70 tho character of tho service
they will render. and will be command
sd by a general staff nf farmers md
business men. There will be two classes
Of Service--those who will serve witt
out other compensation than board "ni
lodging and those who will accept
wages in addition tn board and ludgitl.;.
Plans for the transportation "f tn"
farm troops have been worked "ht
successfully. The soldiers of III" SOL
will be taken ont to the 'front.' III AUTOS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
FARM FOR SCHOOL BOYS.
Commissioners Donate Use OF TWO
Acres at the County Home.

The county commissioners nave OF,
fered the use OF two acres Of ground
nj the new county hp,ne. the Schmul-
bach farm. to the domestic SCIENCE
has plowed the land for the Triadelphia
school. Superintendent @. .. Williams
has plowcd the land for the Triaedlph'a
students and the ground is in good con-
dition for them to begin their seasons
training in producing food which they
already have learned 10 prepare. Work
on the school farm will BIZ started this
morning
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
FIRE IN CHURCH
Cigar or Cigarette Through Basement
Grating Responsible for
Hot Blaze

a .basemnt room Of st. James Luth-
eran church, on Chapline street, was
the scene Of Il hot fire about $50
o'clock las! cvning. Evidently cigar
or cigarette stump had ben dropped
through a grating in the sidewalk. 1t
dropped into a storage room which
extends under the sidewalk, and start
ed d. fire. When smoke was. diScov-
cred pouring through the grating the
Eleventh street chemical department
was summoned on Il still alarm. The
firemen had a sharp fight for a few
minutes TO .coniine the fire 10 the one
room. The loss was small.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
NONSTOP FLIGHT TO
WHEELING POSTPONED
Capt. Kelley Sustains Minor Injuries
in Fall at Hampstead
Plains

Owing In minor injuries sustained
in Il fall Saturday by Captain r. y.
Kelley OF the British army, the non.
stop flight 10 Wheeling from MinnNla
J.. J.. with Louis Bennett, IT,, organ
iz"r Of the Nest Virginia flying corps.
rs passenger, has h"cn postponed
until later in the 'wrek.
Captain Kelley was on a tn-t trip
when the accident occurred. he fell
fifty frHf
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-23
Cause Of SIeepIcssncss

Slecplessness often results from a
disordered stomach Correct that and
YOU can sleep as we'll as ever. Mrs.
Mae lngersoll, Pulaski, N. y. was
troubled with indigestion and head
ache. Il was so restless at night" she
says. that | could not sleep. Cham
berlain'S Tablets We're so highly
that ! got q bottle Of
them and soon after ! began taking
them I was very much imprr7ed. Two
bottles. sof them cured p ~ Obtain
able esst:YWhere.! ADV.