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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-10

Euw in from tie other training camps
for American soldiers ~ France.
Welcome "If You Play the Game"
pul par:ICUiir general Wa Al officer
irpHn ia" engineer corps. i West Point
"r. rnnl-hr;ld'd i. ncrv"laS and obviously
t'cntlrran. liz had NOTICED MS h.I-
E:tdr tdJutult Ia trll IN! rOiOn''l to have
tnr rcElii.rntIl ;djutnnt tell me To g,t
ready 70 go In The front with The frs.
.IEcrican troops. Along military char
n.!.> is the only way 10 navigate III The
ar!rH The rules wrr: n!ada for SOL
dicrS. Civilians who accompany troops
should accept the r3lcs without Qucs-
ton. Ny credentials from the press
officer by great Gord luck attached mo
10 the regiment Or i,"avtcs selected for
the entering Gcdge. Might say tha: the
dcSignati0l "hCavies' iudir1tcS iesI-
m"nt& that use thr large field pieces.
such as lE" 1J5-rcnti:r"trr guns. whl:
tho term lights" means those regiments
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Fire With the American Troops the Western 'FRONT.'

asking for y square deal All the army
wants iS . fighting chance. lie feared
ti.. mI:-mIfEinr of trivial Incidents int"
"rarc" hrailln'&. he army Is not hard
I" rri along with once you understand
That 1t li:..= hut i Sini;I" purpnS"--t g!rt
Of victory Ia til" country.
nlly 4 irw day" I".f"r" ih'' general
hud com" IL IN" draining camp from di-
riE:ou headquarters With orders |" put
thu n:llfil into action half Of thr thrr"
artillery regiments; at II timc. y bril-
Sadr uf artillery consists OF one rcg!-
!rcill Of heavy fi"il artillery and two
regiments NJ Eight field artillery. The
orders meant thai Il battalion OF each
r.GIrlcnt, riuc batteries OF four guns
each. Wa: Ia 10 into action for TWO
w,cks' obstruction and them proceed To
winter quarters. these units I" BE- fol-
lnw.'I ~ ;hr front by the other three
haithl!un5 ~ thr same rcSinlr:ns for th,
silll,. period in n" firing zone. | sur
mis- that "'h-r artillery units will fol-
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i: Sriirn.i"r hy tn rr,Si "fttc"r-y"t |
cannot nut wish thn' ia" others had
h"ru there tn. "."-Mlla"$% our $"ldI"r
i"yS in their mr;t'!ii'"ui '"'lri*" "hch
they took their harrI.,i'I II fire; Even III
:, "u!i,.! ,,,.,:'"r" >..ll~ I.'ll regularly and
with nrrvv-rH"h!na "''',;ra"%.
Iiuc is Il uhTl:it'' 81 ~" Closeup
l. * what Naw al III" start IL the
front. II rid" "n u military train and
lCtcrwarl rod" L. thu front with
cur mon. s"tnctim"S on Il rN!SsHn often
IN the tail OF :. supply wagon and n"W
and then OH the off hurS: in orc Of Tie
batteries: also m account 0i the ger
might litn in dugolta. trenches and bill
lis ocCuriJd by "ur soldiers close
against the cncm,' lines. "" VII nm
!,,ld events rhronologlcHlly.
IF anything happens that helps our
rAusr would sa% vri'" 1.-THE contrary
NO Such vas thr gentle caution rN-
pressed tn m" by tn" general III com
,nand 81 the artill"ry brigade. He WAS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-10
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES SUFFER BIC Loss
THROUGH THE DISASTROUS BLAZE LAST NIGHT
LOSS OF S55o.0o0 is REPORTED TO
BE FULLY COVERED.
Prohibition Officer Bert Phillips Lost
$500 Worth Of Property in
the Fire.

Loss resulting from last NIGHTS
fire. which destroyed the Hons"
& Hermann block and badly dam
aged The Reilly block and the Reg
lister building. estimated - be-
tween $4,000 and $550.nH0. II
practically covered by insurance.
as far as could be- learned by The
Tntclligencer.
The stock in thC House & Herr
mann store was fully covered hv
insurance, carried through ". :.
FonSe & Company, the RiC".lI"n-
driA Company and George X.
Wheat.
The Foosc agency placed IT,"
portion among Ihr following con-.
panirs: HomN, OF N"w York;
German Alliance. Of New YORK:
Norwich Union, nf England;
American Eagle. Of New York.
and General Fire. Of Paris.
Building Also Insured.
The House 4 Hermann hnild-
ing. owned by thr Pollock estate.
was fully insured through the Spoi.
dcl-Bachman Company. of which
T. Harvr Pollock is manager.
The loss Of tho West Virginia
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WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Forecast:
west vi-g!a;a-Eair Monday, colder in
cast; Tuesday partly cloudy.
western Pe1nsylvania-cloudy with
occasional snow tlprries Monday and
Tuesday, con:lued cold.
ohic-rair ard continued cold Mon
day and Tuesday excapt snow near Lake
Eric.
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WHEELING ELECTRIC KEPT
UIIjNITION PLANTS. WORKING

cults in tho city north Of Sixteenth
street. This threw the hundreds at
buildings ard private residences de-
r-"t!ing upon the electric company for
light Into darkness.
As quickly rs possible. however. lH'
cnmpany turned on various circuits IN
sections remote from the seen" OF tho
fire. and most ~ IN" city had lights long
hr:nr. midnight.
The district hctwGcn Twelfth and FIJI
tnenth streets V.st OF Market street was
in darkness all night. and Mr.. Howard
said that i would be probably s o'clock
before service can DC given this section
Keep Munitions Plants working.
Tho greatest problem facing the
Wh.:lng Electric company. Mr. Howa' d
said, was that Of keeping tn" Wheeling
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66 DEAD AND a. SAVED
when DESTROYER
JONES WAS. SUbbED

Washington. Dec. 9.-Nice Admiral
Sims cahled the navy department today
,nar Al officers and men had been saved
OF the 10 that were known 20 have been
aboard tic destroyer jacob Jones. tor
pedoed and sunk Thursday by German
Submarines Added to tho list OF dead
was Ensign Staunton r. kank who did
from exposure. and to. the survivors an
unidentified man picked up BY the SUB
marine after the destroyer went down.
Washington. Dec. 9.-Turthcr r.
ports trv1n Vice Admiral Sims today
began to unfold the story Of the torp"-
doing OF the destroyer Jacob Jones. but
did not lessen tho toll Of li"cs lost with
the ship. only forty four Of ll0 or
more Officers and men nhpard ar"
known tp have survived. including one
unidentified man picked up and carried
eft by. tho submarine that struck The
blow.
Daniels Statement.
Today's reports added Ia the list Of
dead Ensign stanton i. kalk. I ruunc
officer whose namc did not appear on
the first roster OF the ships company.
He died OF cxposur" Tho dispatches
gave no further details OF tn" escape Of
Lieutenant Commander Eaglcy and the
other survivors hui. they contained the
names of seventeen q: the rescued In
addition to those announced last night.
Secretary Daniels issued this statements:
additional Information rcc"Iv'h fr"m
Admiral Sims today reveals The fac:
ihAt the Jacob Jones was torped"rd at
4:12 p. m. on December Il. Sh, began Il"
settle aft and finally sank al 49,"
The submarine was not seen until
some tlmr after tn" ship sank. III"
SUbnlarin" th"n picked up one survivor
whose identity Is not known. The %lr
stroycr was not SO far from the Eur"-
l.sau coast as was indicated by thr
first dispatches.
Gunner Harry r. Hood was killed by
the explosion Of IN" torpedo; next uf Ain
(mothcr Belle Hood, resides at 81 Penn
avenue. Atlanta. Ga.
Epsign s i. kalk died later Of cx-
pnSurc. Ensign KaIk's nam" WAS not In
the roster Of officers published ycStcr-
day. His next Of Kin IS his mother iIrS
i';ora $ Kalk, i"11' North End street.
Omaha. N"b
"Twcnry-sevcn additional! names If
survivors have been received. hrinrIn:
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For ten days. SaE" Cor nh interruption
cf eighteen hours. the writ. was prIvi-
legcd 70 tc in ia" forward positions on
the wes, front With American troops
under fire OK CierUan batteries. As the
.:ucs, OF the frs: contingent OF Amer
lran heavy flell artillery which went
itSD action. III III" great European war
| <Iw III. continuation ~ tEcir ;EaI!.-
:as w:::i rsw I'rcuchn1L" Guns and
recently purchased green horses IN 4
movement planned and successfully car
!i"G OH: AZ i ud"i.'lss for th" iuStr,!"-
;inrt nf laI.r ""utingentS arriving from
pvrgSeaS
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FIR which the House Hermann department store
IT Fourteenth Market o'clock last night completely
ttvl the building the Reilly and Register buildings
less estimated at $5000O and for time threat
cl1,i to thr entire block to the south.
Il WAS the disastrous conflaeration that has occurred in
The vca that the loss due to the eff
lien. n, trcmcu fought the blaze the local depart
nf all the who
the they called
time there thirty
Of FOR hnnn MA vcl unnn the flames.
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Tie E:iSh; WAS 4 wicked one for
2 G:r. !se Intense cold nandlca:'
ping t:ic :irrmen. while a high
wind. which was blowing south
ward. famed III" !!ai1es. causing
them 20 spread rapidly. Il was
feared that the fire would at least
burn dowr The cntirc block to fif-
tr"uth siv"rt bur after = tt'ue the
wind changed a2d tho tlrcmen
were ,abI" 70 coninr III" condagra-
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ITALIAN ARMY EEADQUAR.

ITALIAN Ahul "AAo0 " A%s-
rERs IN NORTHERN ITALY, Sat.
Dec. 8. .(By The Associated Press :.
n. m.)-TEc battle Of Asiago Is viz
tun1ly suspended, with the enemy
checked, Il not defeated, in his 11;aiE
design Of breaking through to tie
Brenta valley and the plain a iew
miles below, although he succeeded
In advancing his lines short dis
tance when tho Italians fell back
to new positions.
These positions, guarding the
Frenzella and Gadena passes, have
successfully resisted all enemy ef-
forts, and the italians on the steep
heights Oh each side OF the passes
rain down artillery and rifle fire on
tho enemy and release huge bould-
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Of SHIPS
THAT CAUSED GREAT
DISASTER ARRESTED

HALIFAX, Dec. 9.-.h!! 1hc sur
vi-orG q the 7TC:""cg!ar ss:?:,:cr
InIo which coll:Gc:l v-i:N tile T'-sach
niunir!ors ship, 2-ont Blanc, were
n2tic prisoners ~ Re Brtt:Gh naval
authc"itiC:; t2day.
Tic mo Survivors we're removed
tonight - ! Er,1!an Cril!:er in the
ha:hdr I'D nctI =" tGc admiralty
investigation % thc collision,
which begins tomo:rDw. Tie num-
ber III custody yrs ~: revealed.
HALIFAX, Dec. 9.-cap7?!u La
med C tha ::l.I.:...r-C:; MP Mont
D!.::c AMI Pilot M.cay, who was
bringing tho vessel ih hen /: was
ranil:ie,, D. ti- -Gi-c. S.l!p Inio ale
under arrest. avJILg Chef Of Police
Han=ahIn announced tonight. Of
ficers wc"c SCH: ~: - Set them
and to hold them fJr the admiralty
hearing, HarlaIS.: SAID.
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tinn 10 the House & Hermann
building on that side Of the street,
but the heat from the fire was so
intense that about IS minutes al
ter the alarm was turned in the
Reilly and Register buildings were
both burning, while the sparks
which were flying through the air
caused many minor blaZes. though
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!'& long expected civil warfare III
i:ue.;in apparently has come. Genera!
E:tl",iinrS.' tn" leader Of the Don Cos
socks. supported by General. korniidIt.
former commander in chief of the Rus
sim forces. is declared in an official
communication issued by the BofshcrIkl
.:l., rum"rl. la have raised the standari
Of revolt in the Don C''Ssack region
against the people and The revolution.
Ns Il counter To the movement. tho
I;ni$h"ri:l government has Orucrcd rs
troops AMI fnlln"rIs immediately 10 set
L. work In put down the uprising. for
hu!riilig zen ar.y attempts 1T mcd'at!oH.
~ 1t, ;;i!s rf the uprising are is Sct
~ hanG but the proclamation of tho
IinlShrvikl government asserts that the
Constitutional Democrats md the Buur-
! g,.uiSic arc aiding the mnrcment against
, the I.cninilr fnction. The CnssGcks OF
AlIum knlcdincS Is tho leader. are fa-
NOUS ns laShng lighters and in choos-
ing knrniiuli rs his right hand man
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.COSSACKS LEAD
GREAT UPRISING
Of .NUSCONTES
LONG EXPECTED CIVIL
WAR HAS BROKEN OUT
Generals Kaledines and Korn-
iloff Reported at the Head
of 1nsurrectloh.

LONDON, Dec. "a proclama-
ton to the Russian nation has been
issued by the Russian government
announcing that "Kalcdines and
Korr.lof, as5iated By the Imperial
lists and Constitutional Democrats
have ratsed revolt and declared
war in the DON region against the
people and the revolution"
The proclamation adds that "the
constitutional democrats and bour-
geo;sie are supplying the rcvolting
generals with Scorcs Of nlillionS."
Tho Work1ner's and Soldiers
delegates havc ordered the neces-
sary movements Of troops against
the counter revolution and issued
uccrecs authorizing the local revo-
lutlonary garytsons 20 attack tho
enemies Of thc people without any
waiting for orders from the supreme
authorities and forbidding any at
tempt: =. mediation"
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LARGEST FIRE LOSS. IN HISTORY
OF WHEELING WHEN DEPARTMENT
STORE IS ENTIRELY DESTROYED
Fremen Though Working Under Severe Handicap Of Zero
Weather, Do Effective Work in Preventing
Wide Spread of Destructive Blaze
FALL OF MARKET STREET WALL CATCHES
FIREMEN UNDER TRUCK, WHO ESCAPE

Great Multitude Congests Scene Of Spectacular Disaster in
Heart of WheeEngs Retail District-Out-of-
town Firemen Lend Effective Aid.
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BY RAYMOND G CARROLL
soectal Correspondent OF tho Public
Ledger officially Accredited to the
American Expedttionary
Forces Abroad.
Copyright, 1917, by Public Ledger COM
pany.
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THE WEATHER..

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Fair Monday, Colder in East; Tues.
day Partly Cloudy.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
Buy New York State Apples

A highly sensible suggestion is made by
the Women's Food Bulletin that steps be
taken to open the markets of this city to
the apple crop of this state in preference
to Western apples, which can easily find
another market. Three arguments in favor
of the step are recited-that farmers OF
New York State would then have no COM
plant that their apples must rot on the
ground for lack of buyers, that the public
would have no complaint of being unable to
get apples at reasonable prices and that
the railroads could not complain Of undue
demand on freight facilities.
These arguments are all sound and
weighty, directly in line with Mr.. Hooyer's
preachments. A fourth might be justly
added. If the people of this city can get
New York State apples they will get bet
ter apples, by and large, than they can
ever get from the West. They will get
fruit Of finer flavor, more tender flesh and
more Juice than those attractive looking
carefully boxed bits Of spongy pulp which
the grocer or the fruit dealer now in
variably offers.
There is one prominent quality the
Western apples have-they keep well. In
deed, it has been said Of them that they
we're made to keep, not TO eat and 1t is true
of all save the finest; for they are grown
of stock selected to produce firmness of
flesh, and they are carefully picked and
hacked as few of the Eastern growers have
vet seen the wisdom of doing.
But nobody but the dealers, who face
loss from spoiled fruit, wants keeping ap-
ples, the public wants eating and cooking
apples. And if the public insists on New
York State grown fruit, and insists long
enough and hard enough, it ought to be
able to get it this year. If it does, 1t
surely will be glad ever after.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12

wishes to know what kinds Of fruit trees
end seeds were imported from England IN
I77O can find a long and interesting list IN
the advertisement of Abigail Davidson,
whose shop was about the middle OF
Seven-Star Lane, Boston" From these
and other advertisements one can readily
see that even in Colonial days the women
Of Boston had ventured into business on
their own account, and that as respects
woman's rights and place in business there
was no question.
As for the men who advertised, we give
Zenas Smith, one of the earliest members
of the well known Smith family, the pref
erence:
LOST on Saturday the Sd Of this Infant
March between Five and Ten Of the CLOCK
in the Morning, Five Johannes or Jotephus -
or both, loofe out of my Pocket, between
nv Dwelling Houfe in Abingdon, and the
Widow Sufanna Richardson's IN RoEbury'
Whoever fhall take up faid Pieces OF Money
and will give Information to the Printers
hereof or to the Subscriber, fhall have Ten
Dollars Reward, or Two Dollars for each
Piece, paid by me the Subfcriber
ZENAS SMITH.
Abingdon, March ., ITO.
Here. at last is the touch Of nature that
makes us all akin and helps US to under
stand what Emerson meant when he
wrote: "All mankind love lover" Ho"
do we know Zenas Smith was lover? lie
almost tells us himself in his plain, manly
way. lie lost his Johanneses or JosephuseS,
he tells us, without beating about the bush'
between my clearinghouse in Abingdon,
and the Widow Susanna Richardson's IN
Roxbury." and pray what business other
than that of a lover could Zenas have had
between Five and Ten Of the Clock in the
Morning" on the way between his home and
that of the highly respected and doubtless
much admired Widow Richardson? Fur
thermore we feel quite certain that Zenas
prospered in his suit, whether he recovered
his Johanneses and Josephuses or not
Otherwise, he would not so clearly have
stated his route on that Saturday morning
It is to be hoped Zenas recovered his
pieces and that his wedding with the
Widow Susanna Richardson was not de-
layed by his financial loss on that March
morning lat years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
War Poetry
An EAGLE Stirs

An Eagle StIrs
The tyrant spake: 81 am the Friend Of God!
Yea, Gods lieutenant, hammer Of His
wrath!
will chastise you with an iron rod;
Through quivering millions will | hew my
path.
Your ancient hsunts of peace shall reek of
blood,
Famine and plague and Are shall fill your
halls;
Mother and babe I'll trample in the mud,
Horror shall follow where my footstep
falls.
You shall be gorged with sorrow for your
meat,
Drunken with tears; my yoke upon your
uecks
Shall bow you till you grovel at my feet,
Yea, and acclaim me ImperGtor-Rer!
Upon a mound of skulls I'll rear my throne,
Humanity shall shudder at my nod;
And will reign omnipotent alone!
Lo! l have spoken! |, the Friend OF Cod"
But bark! rustling as of mighty wings:
Was it an eagle in his eyrie stirred?
And bark! voice, as when nation sings,
ana heaven = CdNtiHS GCuO " Inc HOiu'
"Thou man of woman born, enough! Atone!
Ny soul is sickened with the stencil OF
wars:
Boaster, who call'st the armament thine own,
Athwart thy Armament I fling my stars!
The stars once fought 'gainst Sisera Of old:
Thou. King Of rapine, Emperor Of death,
NJ stars against thee arc arrayed! Behold,
draw my sword and cast away the sheath!
Not vain the mothers and the babes appeal;
Not vain the moan Of the unnumbered
dead
Thou, Ioathly worm, hast bruised the old
At freedoms call rise to bruise thy head!
have been patient, have held my hand,
have endured, yea to the eleventh hour:
Now awake! and here bid thee stand,
Matching thy lust of hate against loves
pow'r!
Not against nations, worm, but against thee,
Worm, who usurpest Gods prerogatlye,
I'll fight and fight, till all the world be free;
I'll fight and die, that all the world may
liye!'
Sons Of Great Britain, let US not forget
We fight as brothers, brothers as we are!
Oh, sons of France, brave sons of Lafayette,
Comet win the war; Come! make an end
Of war!
That. when this tyranny is overpast,
When swords are turned to resping-hooks
again,
Old World and New World may be one at
last:
One great, new, wsrless world, where Love
shall reign!
LOUIS N. PARKER.
Great Missenden, England, July IA, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
The Dove Of Peace
lRossetti Reyised.l

fRossetti Revised)
The Blessed Dove of Peace leaned out
From her high perch at even;
She lodged some bombs and aeroplsnes-
Upon the path Of heaven;
One starry eye was batted down
And her feathers numbered seven.
81 wish that they would stop the fight
For they will stop"-she said;
"Did not protest something fierce?
Lord Lord The notes ] made!
Are not three years perfect age
To hang around?' she prayed.
She paused and listened; ducked again
From shot and she'll to shrink:
"All this must cease she mildly spaSe
But when? Just let me think
And then her game eye opened wide
And closed; saw her wink.
LAURA SIMMONS.