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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-31
NAVY LEAGUE COMES
OUT With APOLOGY
FOR M|SSTATEMENT
No Undue Influence on Probe
of Mare Island Explosion,
Which Was Due to Plot.

!, WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. S0.:--
In a.. statement to-day the Navy
League announced its acceptance OF
the report Of the naval board on the
Mare Island explosion. and expresses
regret that, In former statement, 1t
gave currency to an opinion that the
investigation was being hampered by
the Navy Department under the influ.
ence Of powerful labor interests. The
former statement led to the bitter con,
troversy between the league and Sec.
retary Daniels.
: The leagues statement also regrets
that in referring to labor influences 1t
was not made clear that It did not re-
fer to the standard labor unions. but
to the Germanized |. w. w" The
statement, issued with the approval of
Col. Robert M. Thompson. president
Of the league, says the organization is
convinced there were no "hampering
instructions or restrictive directions
as to the method Of investigation"
While the Navy Department was
Investigating the explosion. which
killed five and injured more than thir-
ty, in July, the league issued state
mcnt declaring a reliable informant
had told it that time fuse leading to
the black powder magazine had been
found. but that the investigation was
being blocked by powerful labor IN
fluences.
The issuance Of the statement
caused a bitter controversy with Sec
retary Daniels, who at once cut all
connection with the Navy eLague, or
dered all OF It's members excluded
from naval ships or stations. and re-
fused to accept for the navy contribu'
tions Of comforts being made for sea
men by thousands Of women through
out the country.
The official report Of the Mare ISL
and disaster. made public little later.
confirmed the finding Of the time fuse.
charged criminal conspiracy by per-
sons unknown. but denied that the
investigators worked under any re-
strictions.
The leagues acknowledgment and
EXPRESSION Of regrets now is expected
to lead to a resumption Of relations
with the navy.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-31
Iqnored by Daniels.

CHARLESTON. ". Va. Aug go
Secretary Daniels who is In this city
to-day in connection with the break
Ing of ground for the governments
proiectile and armor plate plants. to-
night declined to make any comment
when Informed Of The statement issued
by officials Of the Navy League and
indicated that he probably would make
no statement in tho near future.
Secretary Daniels read press re-
ports of the Navy League statement.
Virtually amounting to an apology Tor
a former statement attacking the de-
partment =,
~ will have no statement to make y
Mr., Daniels said about any utter
ances Of the officers Of the Navy
League"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-31

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The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19

We furnish the onIy pasteurixeo milk sold In Hot sprinaa The Pas tsurIxsd MIX ce. afi1
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
MAN WHO PUT EDITH
 ClVfLL TO DEATH DIES
GENERAL VoN KISSING. GERMAN GOVERNOR GENERAL IN BEL
 GUM, WAS A TYRANT.

London, April 1a-Q;1G d. m Thur 'dayD.-Reuter's Amsterdam cor respondent says that according to a Brussels dispatch General von Bliss. ing, German governor general in Bel eium, died Wednesday evening.
 General Baron Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing was appointed governor general of Belgium in November, l9lf, in succession 10 General yon der Goltz. He was horn in 1St4. Dur. ing his rule in Belgium General von Bissing has come into prominence many times, notably in connection with the execution or Miss Edith Cavell the English nurse. frequent clashes with Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium. and the deportation Q" Belgians.
 It was reported in 1915 that he had ordered the roundup of spies and persons suspected of working against he Germans in Belgium and that scores Of executions followed the carrying out of this order
 Several times by his order Belgian cities and towns were fined heavily for alleged breaking of rules laid down by him He had been i'll off and en for more than a year
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
TEN PERSONS INJURED
 IN OKLAHOMA CYCLONE
MANY HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS WERE BLOWN
 AWAY AT SNYDER.

Oklahoma City. Okla, April 18.-At least ten persons were injured. ome of them probably fatally, and many houses and other buildings were blown away by a violent windstorm which struck Snyder Okla, south west of here, tonight An wires are Town and the only information which has come from the town was sent by
 telephone lineman from the top Of pole, which was left standine Pc- &ef is being sent by railway and an- omObile from other towns in the vicinity
 It was the third time in l5 years hal Snyder had been visited by storms resembling tornadnes In the 'irst 40 people were killed and the own was almost razed The second me. five years ago, five persons were killed and many injured
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
SENSATION SPRUNG IN
 ST. LOUIS ARSON CASE
JUROR EXHIBITS $50 WHICH HE CLAIMS WAS GIVEN HIM BY REPRE- SENTATIVE OF
 DEFENDANTS.

St. Lonis, Mo, April 1S--A startling interruption came in the arson con spiracy trial in Judge Shields court here today when Charles ,H. Lang, a juror, took the stand and told O. an attempt made to bribe him last night in the interest of the defendants, Julius R. Bersch. Harold c. Gilmore and Harry c. lme.. Lang said the money $50. which was exhibited in court, vas pressed on him by a man he knew as "McManan and that he understood MGAIahan was a brother n-law of Bersch
 An attorney later called at the cir cult attorneys office and declared that the man who offered Lang money was Eugene MdMahan and that he had arranged to have MaMahan surrender.
 An information charging NIcNahan with attempting to bribe a juror was issued and it was agreed that his bond be fixed at 2,500 The penalty ranges from fine of Sl00 to term of from two to five years in the penitentiary
 After lang's testimony. Thomas T. Faunteroy and P. Fl. Cullen, attorneys for the defense. declared 1t was neces- sary that they withdraw from the ease. We cannot be expected to go beyond the bounds of honor" A,tor- ney Cullen said.
 Judge Shields continued the case unul May and ordered that the trial proceed 2t that tmc with the present mry.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
FROM PIXIES PEAK
 ID HOT SPRINGS
FIRST BIG STATE MOVEMENT FOR THIS HIGHWAY WILL BE HELD
 AT FORT SMITH.
Win Be the First of Series Of Meet ings Which Win Be Held Along the Route of This Proposed Line.

Fort smith. Ark. April lS-Tha first gun in the campaign in Arkansas 70 build tbe Albert Pike Highway from PiNe's Peak. Colo. to Ilot Springs Ark. will be fired here tomorrow nigat at a monster mass meeting of citizens ot Forr Smith and surround ing Eastern Oklahoma towns througa which Int ehway will run. The meet ing here vii be the first of series 10 be held in Arkansas cites that hay- been placed on tho tentative route 0 the highway
 The chamber O. comm cree os Tulsa Oka. is promoting the highway at present and 1t. president. Cyrus Avery and it's highway commissioner E. Bee Gnthrey Nll address he Fort Smith gathering in the interest Of the road. which win connect two of the country's most noted health resorts
 The road will enter Arkansas through SCqgoyah county. Oklahoma coming into Fort Smith at me foot oi Garrison avenue, the city'- main thor ouehiare Some years ago the Arkau- sas legislature passed an acf creating an Improvement district Co build Q br dee across Arkansas rirtr at the foot Of Garrison avenue and at the same time the legi latre of the state oi Oklahoma consented to Arkansas taking a portion Of the river bank in Oklahoma for bridge approach f. s proposed 10 build this bridge at this time along with the highway.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
ARKANSAS SHOWING
 IS NOT CREBITABLt
LIST OF THE PROPORTIONATE ENTRANTS FOR SERVICE IN THE REGULAR ARMY
 FOR THE DAY.

Washington, April 1S-llinois led in recruiting for the regular army yesterday. according to a statement issued by the war department today, showing the quota which should be supplied from each state in the Union GO till the army to full war strength and the number ot recruits actually enlisted from each state during the day.
 Witu a quota of ll,276 Illinois rs- oruiting stations reported 2S6 appli- eants accepted, Pennsylvania was second with quota of 15,330 and 225 recruits; Indiana third with a quota of 5.400 and 1S7 recruits: Georgia fourth with a quota of 5.2lS and l43 recruits, while New York and Mis- souri tied with 127 recruits. although the New York quota is lS,226 and the Missouri quota 6,5S6.
 Delaware. New Hampshire and New Mexico reported no recruits. South Dakota and Maine reported one each. The total number of recruits yester- day was 2,440 and the number of nor stal needed to bring the army to fuil war strength is 1SS,S9S.
 Other state quotas still needed and enlistments yesterday included;
 Arkansas quota. BIAS, enlistments 33: Kansas. $500 and 56. Louisiana, 3.gl2 and 53; Oklanoma, S,324 and S6: Tennessee. 4,36S and 90. and Texas ,792 and il2.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
Dr A. w. Borrow

oSTEoPATH AND PHYSICIAN. sumpter-Llttle Bldg, 61o Central Ave. Office hours, 9 to F and to 5. Ap- p0intmentg by day and night.
 Phones: Office 273. Residence fo6.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
GET SING LAUNDRY. 9O7 Central Ave

January %, Chinese New Year l have been in the laundry business here q years
 GET SING.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19

Drink Bulgarian Butt~r.nlIk Fo breakfast tfft
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19
MORE RESTRICTIONS
 ON FOOD PRODUCTS

London April lS-Food Controller Lord Davenport has issued an order effective Tuesday, next, prohibiting thereafter the sale of light pa.teries, mufrins crumpets or teacakes Cakes buns. cones and biscuits can only be sold r hey conform to the drastic re- stric"ons re pecling the amount Of wheaton flour and sugar used
 Tea shops, which are so popular 'n London and elsewhere m England will suffer severely by the new order
 The war office has ordered a return made by May of all horses. mules, cattle. heep, pigs and agricultural i'm ploments in Great Britain.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19

Dr Leonard R. Ellis, who has been crying as Lieutenant Colonel in the first Arkansas repimtnt, win return O the city and be in his office after friday, February a3. 216-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1917-04-19

We have in operation circulating Nr system throughout out plant, which prevents " from lighting, The Pas
 seurized h.iIk Go. s-11-b
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
SAVE THE TREES.
The White Pine Blister Rust and a
Warning and an Appeal.


The American Forestry association
has issued warning and appeal for
cooperation in fighting the disease
known as the white pine blister rust
that threatens the destruction OF all
the white pine ana other five leaved
pine trees In the United States
This disease has already appeared In
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Is
land, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Wisconsin, Minnesota and in
Quebec and Ontario.
There is no known cure for 1t. II
kills the white pines infected, and II
spreads steadily. The spores or seeds
are blown from diseased pines to cur
rant and gooseberry bushes. They
germlnate on the leaves OF these
bushes The leaves then produce mil
lions of spores or seeds Of the disease
which are blown by TIE wind from the
bushes to the pines, and these, even
those several miles distant from the
nearest bushes, are infected, become
diseased and die
The white pines in New England are
worth $75000,000, in the lake states
$9G,000,000 In western states 100000,
600 and in the national forests $50,
100000, or total Of $261, 100000.
Unless the ravages Of the white pine
blister rust are stopped these pines
will be destroyed.
The American Forestry association
urges people in ali the regions where
the disease has been discovered to de
stroy at once all cuIrant and goose
berry bushes, diseased pines and 9th
ers exposed to Infection This viii
help stop the spread OF the disease.
The great forests Of dead and dyine
chestnut in Pennsylvania New Jersey
New York, Connecticut and Massachu
setts stand today mute but convincing
Witnesses to the fact that such dis
eases must be checked, IL at all, IL
their early stages
The pine growth Of this country Il
far more valuable than the chestnut
ever was, and the damage the blister
rust may do is accordingly greater
than the injury that has been or car
be wrought by the chestnut blight
But experience proves that the rav
ages Of the blister rust can be, if taker
IN season, stopped much easier thar
the chestnut blight In a number Of
places where started it has been near
ly or entirely eradicated May ia,
pine forests of America be saved ant
not neglected as the chestnut until
is too late Tree Talk.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
is SINGING A LOST ART?.
For tho People at Large 1t Certainly Is,
SAYS This Critic.

Singing, as far as most people are
concerned, is lost art. Thousands
attend operas, recitals and musical
comedies; tens of thousands wind up
monographs. But, as for singing them
selves informally at their work or play,
they have forgotten how In times
past people Of all ranks sang together
as a matter of course Sailors sang
at their work; peasants, shepherds,
cowboys, all had their fayorite and ap-
propriate songs. The songs of children
at games, the lullabies of mothers, are
in the collected ballads and folklore of
many peoples.
"The pastimes and labors OF the hus-
bandman and the shepherd" says An
drew Lang, were long ago a kind Of
natural opera Each task had it's own
song; plowing, seeding, harvest, burial,
all had their appropriate ballads or
dirges. The whole soul OF the peasant
class breathes in its burdens as the
great sen resounds in the shell cast
up on the shore"
Nowadays the whirl of machinery
makes all the noise The workers in
mills might find it unsatisfying to sing
at their work, but it is doubtful if they
would sing even il their voices could
be heard, while singing in an office or
store would pretty surely be stopped
by the boss or the police Thousands
congregate every night in the silence
Of moving picture theaters, and even
in the churches where singing by the
congregation used to be customary the
attendants now usually listen in silence
to paid singer.
Singing in this age is largely confined
to the professional performer, drunken
men and monographs indianapolis
News
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
FAMILY FRIENDS.
Fine Food For Thought In a 5equest
Made by Justice Lamar.

Made by Justice Lamar.
In the will OF the late Justice Lamar
of the United States supreme court
there was one very unusual legacy.
He bequeathed his friendships to his
family.
ITO my family" the will runs, Il be-
queath friendships many and numer.
GUS In the hope that they will be cher
ished and continued True friendships
are the most valuable Of our earthly
possessions, more precious than gold,
more enduring than marble palaces,
more important than fame.
Az Henry Drummond has well said,
Friendship la the nearest thing we
know to what religion is!
The family that inherits such wealth
is truly rich But 1t is a legacy that
must be used If 1t would be preserved.
Friendships cannot be locked away In
safes or lent to historical exhibits and
museums. Like love and faith and
courage, they belong to that intangible
treasure of the soul that must be kept
from destruction by constant service.
1t is not alone material things that
rust doth corrupt.
How many of us have let slip
through busy or careless fingers the
beautiful and glowing friendships of
our youth? We did not mean to do 1t.
Indeed, we have often regretted the
loss until, as the years pass, the regret
gradually fades away And il that is
true Of our own friends how far more
true Of our fathers friendsl Yet there
have been families where friendships
have passed down from father TO son
for several generations.
There Is food for thought here. How
many fathers are building up fine and
loyal and serviceable friendships that
they can with pride and gratitude be
Queath to their sons? How many
mothers are storing up Ike treasures
for their daughters The question
does not end there How many young
people of today are fitting themselves
to receive such lcgaeies2 How many
In all the varied and urgent calls OF
life are needing the challenge 80 make
themselves worthy Of friendships by
being loyal and iiue tempered and gen
erous friends themselves
- man that hath Friends the ole
Book of Wisdom declares must show
himself friendly ana again Thine
own friend and thy tatberS friend for
sake not Youth Companion
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Platinum In Coins.

The only instance in which platinum
has been used for coins was by the
Russian government between the
years 1925 ana 1915. when they made
pieces Of 8. ana - rubles. Coins
and medals have been struck in this
metal by other governments simply for
commemorative or experimental pur-
poses, but never for circulation, like
the case Of the Russian government.
Up to within fairly recent years coun-
terfeits of gold coins have been made
of platinum and then gilded That
was only when the price Of platinum
was about half that Of gold
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
LABOR NOTES.

United Mine Workers international
union has a total membership Of 346.
738 in 2,701 locals
City laborers of Richmond, Cal, have
received an increase In wages Of so
cents per day, from $3.50 to SO.
The International Union of Laundry
Workers is growing rapidly The mem
bership at latest report was 1900
-Four hundred and five local unions
are affiliated with the Molders' Interna-
tional union, which has combined
membership Of 10000.
Because Of the hjgh cost of living
many big meat companies Of Chicago
have announced either a bonus or an
advance in salary for employees.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
What America Has Proved.

America has proved that it is prac-
ticable to elevate the mass OF mankind
that portion which in Europe is call
ed the laboring or lower classic raise
them to self respect, to make them
competent to act a part in the great
right and great duty Of self govern
ment and she has proved that this
may be done by education and the diff
fusion of knowledge. She holds out
an example thousand times more en-
couraging than ever was presented be-
fore to those nine-tenths of the human
race who are born without heredi-
tary fortune or hereditary rank.-Dan-
lei Webster.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Wrens Good lnseot Eaters.

The Wren, according to y. A Saun
ders Of Norwalk, Conn, is valuable
and interesting bird. 1t has a cheerful,
song and during the summer months
1t sings almost necessarily Its food
Is largely insects A pair IF wrens
will work from daylight to dark dur
ing long Juue days gathering cater
pillars and other harmful insects tc
feed their young have known them
to VISIT the nest With insects on an
average OF three times iu fye minutes
The number Of insects destroyed by 8
pair of wrens ana their young in q
season is enormous Tree Talk.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
DON'T BE A DULL MAN.
And Don't Have to Say a Didn't
Think" or u Didn't Realize"

And Don't Have to Say 81 Didn't
Think" or u Didn't Realize"
The duh man is Il bad man" says
Arnold Bennett in the Womans Home
Companion. You may say that the
dull man sins by want of thought rath-
er than with intention unconscious
ly rather than consciously Perhaps.
But that does not lessen the evil he
causes. If. get out Of an automobile
and carelesSiy bang the door Of it be
hind me and catch your finger in the
door lyou having remained In the carr
and leave it caught there your agony
won't be less acute because l, through
n0t looking behind me either before or
after | banged the door, am unaware
Of it. Nor viii your resentment against
me be any the less either.
Simply to say ! never realized is
not an entirely satisfactory excuse
People ought to realize The habit OF
not realizing grows faster than almost
any other habit and it is very comfort
able. and 1t saves a lot OF trouble-to
oneself But it is to be condemned.
Yet if a man is absolutely dull. If
be is utterly without imagination how
can he realize, how can he put himself
in the other man place: is he not to
be pitied instead of anathematized?
As to tbat. / viii tell you some
thing: There is no such person as the
absolutely dull man the man abso-
lutely without imagination Every
body has some gift Of Imagination,
everybody can succeed In putting him
self TO a certain extent, in the other
man, place. And few people, If any,
perform this feat as often or as com
nlpteh as tLnN mIghf do"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Ludaina a Potato.

A good potato should be hrDa and
crisp when cut, and thin cross sec
ton when held between the eyes and
the light should show relatively uni
form distribution Of starch throughout
its whole area as opposed to a large
translucent, Watcry central area which
denotes a lack Of starch in this portion
of the tuber The even distribution of
starch insures greater uniformity In
cooking and in texture of the flesh
when cooked
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
BAD HABITS OF POSTURE.
They Lead to Deformity and Chronic
Disease if Nor Corrected.

The significance of the postures habi-
tually assumed by individuals is the
subject OF serious consideration by
physicians at present Exhaustive iii
vestigatons seem to indicate pretty
conclusively that bad postures, such as
STOPPING shoulders, contracted chests
or protruded abdomens, are not merely
the result of careless habits IN the
individual, bat are due to some Slight
physical doformity which should be
corrected Generally speaking, persons
who have bad posture habits are not
very robust
Every one has observed that persons
who are fdffgucd drop INTO bad pos
turcs temporarily. and there are many
examples Of unusually robust persons
with whom lad posture is chronic.
Nevertheless, tendency TO bad posture
undoubtedly alis to the trend toward
weakness aud chronic disease. partic
ulary in individuals who are not nat.
urally rugged.
The robust child or the adult who
takes an adequate amount OF recrea-
tion from work does not usually fall
into bad habits in sitting or standing
in fact, he is able to combat the coudi-
tion of study and work which make
for bad posture. The less robust child
and the orerworked or too sedentary
adult, on the other hand, are obliged
to make persistent efforts to avoid bad
posture habits. And, although these
habits may have no very detrimental
effect upon the general health during
childhood, they are likely to result in
chronic diseases later in life as a result
of the anatomical deformities pro
duced Exchange.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Have Thou Moderation.

Have thou moderation in all things;
keep thyself from wild Joy and from
wailing sorrow; strive to hold thy soul
In harmony and concord, like the
strings Of well tuned harp" said
Pythagoras To possess a sane out
look Oh life IS a prime requisite for
living long, says Or. c. H. Lerrigo In
the New York Outlook. Serenity,
courage, poise. determination, all are
important factors. 1t may be that
there is physiologic center which
controls the ageing of the body, as is
claimed, but even 50 we may be sure
that 1t reacts to these psychic infiu-
ences"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-05-04
Nervous Systems.

In man and all of The higher animals
the nervous system enters in the
brain, and life is dependent upon the
condition of the brain So hat the
slightest injury to it means death or
arrangement of faculties But iii the
case of the worm and other creatures
Of the lower kind the nervous tissues
are distributed over the body and do
not center in the head, so that worm
may be cut In half and still live