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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-13

Recognition Of an 4.merican wou-
an sculptor has come from the gov
eminent Of Venezuela. Mrs. Sally
James Farnham of New York has
received a commission from the
South American government to make
a statue of Simon Bolivar, the Latin
American Eberator, that is to be pre-
sented to the city Of New York by.
the Venezuelan government as a
token of friendship and admiration.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-03-13

c. n. ROEBUCk,
COL North Second Ave.
mix, Ariz., March II, 1917.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
REFUSE PROJECTIONS AID

TIE Ways and Means Committee nE
the House has difficult problem hc
fore it, |; IS going 10 take some IN
genuity 10 provide 10: the proper rev
eEueS To take care Of the extra charges
against the Treasury in these war
times. Among tt,r propositions before
the subcommittee were some proteC-
tive tariff suggestions. wuich with ll1
largely increased importatiOns we ar'>
having would. il imposed. relieve I
large portion OF the direct taxation
scheme adopted by the Democrats. All
of these suggestions were turned
down, as ii was expected they would
be by the free trade cahal that donli-
mates the committee.
The present Democratic tariff poi
icy for revenue only," but which is
really tariff for deficits only. is in
no sense 4 benefit 10 the country. The
Republican policy. a tariff for protec-
ton and revenue combined. is very
different thing. Such tariff does one
of two things. both equally desirable:
either it SO restricts competitive i'm
portatious as TO keep our money ar
home and keep our labor employed,
or it compels the foreigner to pay TOR
the privilege of getting into the Ameri-
can market and thus contributes to
the Treasury a revenue which takes
the place Of revenue that would other.
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GUARD RECRUITS
Continued from First Page.)

were accepted as recruits. They hay.
returned TO Wheeling and are now
drilling with Company 4 at Camp tort
Henry, on the Fair Grounds. Eight
more applicants were received at army
Headquarters on the Island on Mon
day.
Apply to Army Headquarters.
Applications for enlistment should
be made 10 United States army head
quarters at the Island. whore Major
Arnold or some Of his officers are
ready at all times 10 meet prospective
recruits, explain the requirements lot
the service and accept their appica-
tons. Major Arnold is making this
appcal not only in the immediate dis
trict but in 'Fairmont, Weston. Clarka-
burg, Rowlesburg, Sutton, Litticton
and other towns in that locality from
where his battalion draws its soldiers.
Better Than CONSUMPTION.
II think every Intelligent man. Ma
ior Arnold said, nov realizes the Ger
Iainty of CONSUMPTION. 1t is now our
purpose 10 place before you the STU
alton which has been outlined with
respect TO the First battalion.
at appeals 10 mo that you West
!Virgirians would prefer 10 enlist with
the West Virginia troops and be sure
of having the advantage of training
with officers who have had actual mill
Itary experience rather than wait 10
be conScripted and take the chance
of being sent anywhere the army OIL
cials may choose 10 send them. I'm
mediate enlistment affords them this
opportunity.
THE first men conscripted will be
used 10 bring the regular army and
National guard up 10 its maximum
strength. as understand ii. Those
who enlist will be ahead Of even the
first men drafted for filling up the
regular army and guard. Men enlist
ing now have the opportunity 10 Sc
lrct their organizations, otherwise
they will have to take their chances.
Experienced officers.
"Of all the officers in the First bat
talon there are only two who have
had less than ten years OF training as
officers. Two-thirds Of the men in the
battalion have had training and more
than half of the non-commissioned OF.
ticers have served either in the regu-
lar army or marine corps. Men who
voluntarily enlist now. too. have bet
ter opportunities Of becoming non
commissioned officers
Battalion Official Roster.
The complete roster of officers Of
the First Battalion, First West Vir-
ginia Regiment, National Guard, fol-
lows:
Commanding ofIlcer-Major Jackson
Arnold, Weston, W. Va.
Company y (ocated at Clarksburg)
Captain, Alfred B. Powell; first
lieutenant, Richard NJ. Winfield; sec
ond lieutenant, Marston NJ. Alexander,
all Of Clarksburg.
Company B Qocated at Rowles7
burg)-Captain, David W. McEicker;
first lieutenant, Frank R. Pierce;
second lieutenant, James Fairrall all
OF Rowlesburg.
Company C (located at Buckhannon,
Weston and utton)-Captain, Joseph
C. Berry, Buckhannon; first lieu.
tenant, James L. Harvey. Buckhan-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
QUART A MONTH
CONTINUED from First Puge.)

1t is expected that the various coua.
ties will be called upon to pay the
greater part Of the expense of enforc.
ing the law, as the state department,
OF prohibition, judging from the atli'
tude Of the last legislature, will not
be given a great deal Of money with
which TO play an important part in ac-
tual application 10 police duty in rela-
tlon to bootleggers.
So far as can De learned attorneys
and legal experts have thus far found
no effective "jokers" or riders" in
the law which would prevent its rigid
enforcement. One section of the law
says in part:
1T shall be lawful for a druggist
10 sell grain alcohol for phhrmaceu
teal scientific and mechanical
purposes. or wine for sacramental
purposes by religious bodies. only
to one person. not minor. and who
Is not Of Incorporate habits or add
dlcted TO The use OF narcotic drugs.
who shall at the time and place Of
such sale make an affidavit in writ
ing signed by himself before such
druggist or i registered pharmacist
at the time and place employed by
such druggist, stating the quantity
Tor what purpose. and by whom
such alcohol or wine is to he used.
The sale must be made only upon
prescription from L physician"
Violation of this provision by the
druggist or pharmacist is made a mis-
demeanor with punishment fixed nj Il
line of between 500 and $500. together
with Imprisonment for not less than
thirty days nor more than six months.
Physicians writing prescriptions made
necessary In carrying out this provisi IN
without complying with the law In all
particulars arc subject 10 the same fine
imprisonment for not less than ;wu
months nor more than six months.
All kinds of club house arrangements
are prohibited. The Inv provides also
for the coniscation of any vehicles IN
which inlOXiCnnts arc carried in Viola-
ton of it's provisions.
Nothing Is contained in the statute
to prevent any person in his home from
having and there giving to another. in
toXicating liquors when such having or
giving is In no way scheme or device
to cvade the provisions Of the act. The
word home. however. shall not 10
construed as ones club, place of COM
mon resort nr room OF transient GucSc
in Il hotel or boarding house.
II Is made unlawful for anyone to
advertise or give notice Ivy signs bill
board, ncwSpa pCrS, periodical ar other
wise, for himself or another. for tho
sale or keeping for sale of intoNiCantS
Every justice of the peace and cir
cult. criminal or intermediate court or
judges Of such during vacation. and
every mayor OF any city. town or viii
lagc. upon informant ion made under p;ll h
or examination. shall issue 4 warrant to
cause TO be brought htforc him any
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
THE CUP OF COLD WATER

The great literal aud sympathetic
heart of Wheeling has never been ap-
pealed 10 in vain by those in distress
Tor overcome by the calamities that
nature sometimes visits upon the
earth. This evening The lntelligencer
confidently expects the people OF this
community TO give the most signal
demonstration of their reputation for
open-handed philanthropy by filling
the Court Theater from pit to dome
in support of one of the most worthy
objects that has yet been drawn TO
their attention. The concert by dis
tinguished artists for the benefit of
homeless Belgian children is re-
fcrred to.
1t is needless to go into recital o.
the desolation and woe that have come
to the Belgian people. We are now
in the midst of observing the week set
aside for counsel among ourselves in
promoting the welfare or our DaDles'
and we ought to be in that sympa-
thetic frame of mind which will evoke
a substantial response for the home
less infants of stricken Belgium. Thou
sands upon thousands of these inno-
cents have no home as our children
have. They are perishing and will
continue to perish if their creature
wants are not administered 10.
1t is to be hoped that a record au'
dience will be present at the Court
Theater tonight. Your contribution
TO the cause Of humanity may saYS
the life of one of these unfortunates,
and remember that "inasmuch as ye
have done it unto one Of the least OF
these my brethren, We have done
unto Me"
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NOTES Of THE CAMP

! Not since they came TO Wheeling
have the National Guardsmen entered
into their daily drills with such Figor
as they did yesterday. The sudden
drop in the temperature was respoh'
sible. Heavy army ovcrcoatS were nor
uncomfortable during the drills in 4
brisk, 1taw wind. The little stoves IL
. the tents were kept hot al day and
; the soldiers huddled about them when
not drilling instead Of lounging about
out doors.
Three privates of Company A were
sent yesterday to the base 'hosptal
, of the First West Virginia regiment
at Fairmont for observation and treat
ment. Three who arc in the Ohio Val
| ley General hospital are reported 10
be getting along nicely.
Twelve recruits accepted Saturday
at Fairmont were sent back to Wheel
ing and are now drilling with Company
! A al the Island. Eight more have ap.
piled for enlistment. Major Arnold
regards twenty recruits as a pretty
good representation of the Wheeling
district and will be glad TO have more
in his battalion.
The young peoples society Of the
First Baptist church has committee
out soliciting pies, cakes and other
sweetmeats for the soldiers encamped
here.
The soldiers Of Company D OF Lit
Teton at present are doing hard duty
at the Benwood.Bellaire bridge and
Terminal bridge. and suggestions come
from those outside that they as We'll
as members Of the company in camp
on the Island bn remembered with the
treats of go1 as are appreciated by
1.-The Littleto2 Pys.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
JAMES B. RHODES

One Of the pathetic infections that
comes to some Of US is the extension
Of our years into the days Of loneli-
ness, where we sit without any Of the
familiar faces Of other days around
Jus. Old comrades in the business and
the social circle have smilingly LETT,
and we grieve while they sleep. The
rapid mutations practically leave US
strangers in a community that Is no
longer a home but waiting place.
simply biding our time when We, too.
like a tired, homesick child, shall
shall drop into dreamless slumber and
be taken TO the couch Of eternal rest
And so it was James B. Rhodes passed
away.
He was the last strand in the cable
holding the present with the past &C.
tivities in the dry goods business in
this city, reaching back over half a
century. All the founders Of such es-
Establishments have long since departed
together with their associates. But
one firm name Of those early days re-
mains. Mr.. Rhodes lived to see the
old-fashtoned dry goods store disap-
pear with tina innovations Of another
age. Under his very eyes the old or
der passed and all things became new:
in spite Of being bereft of the old
comprehensive Mr.. Rhodes pursued
his way with an outward cherriness.
bravely concealing the inward lamen-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
Federal Mediator Tries
To End Big Stik
Special Dispatch to The intelligence.

HARRISBURG, ". Va. May l..
The federal department of labor toda|
interposed in a strike Of carpenter,
and threatened sympathetic strtk|
in other building trades OF the Clarks
burg district, thought yesterday Z,
have been settled, when conference,
were started by w. R. Farley, 4 me
diator of the department, sent herr
for the purpose. Carpenters employed
by members Of the ClarksburE Con
tractors association struck this morn
ing when their demands for the eight
hour day, the universal card system
and increased wages were not granted
Other contractors employing carpen
tiers and employers in all other build
ing trades excepting the electrical
workers have granted the demands
The electrical workers remained al
work pending arbitration Of their did
pute.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
FOR INCREASED FARMING

Advising the farmer and telling him
all about his business has been one
of the greatest indoor sports for some
time past. We are just now getting
down to a higher mental appreciation
OF some of the obstacles he has TO
contend with, a more practical concep-
ton OF his handtcaps. Perhaps every
| farmer is now utilizing every acre OF
J his land that is under cultivation. The
greatest need is the enlistment Of new
capital and more men in the tillage
| Of new acres as the surest means OF
increasing production. An intelligent
observer of the situation points out
| that as an encouragement in this d.
rection the government could help ma
terially by amending the income tax
law so that in computing the net IN
comes taxpayers could deduct from
their gross income any amounts spent
by them, either directly or through
firms. associations, partnerships OF
corporations, In the clearing, cultiva-
ton, planting or other improvement Of
land, the care of food animals or the
harvesting Of crops.
Because of extraordinary expense
in putting new land under cultivation.
such farming operations are seldom
profitable Because city residents de-
rive their principal income from other
occupations, they cannot give personal
attention to farming. Therefore, II
they used portion of their incomes
! in new agricultural enterprises they
would in most instances do so through
partnership or corporation agency.
and with little hope of profit, but
every prospect of loss for the first
year or two. Under present laws, men
who thus expend their incomes would
be compelled to pay income taxes
thereon, which would be not only IN
just but economically unwise. Every
reasonable effort should be made 20
induce men in every walk Of life to
add TO- the total of food production.
The entire country would get the bell
eft. even if the individual producer
!operated at a loss. Every assurance
should be given the producer, there
fore, that he will not be penalized for
his industry and enterprise.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
NATIONAL INTE1I1aENcE
ONE OF OUR ALLIES
England Has Been the Gas Mask of Egypt.
BY DOUGLAS SLADEN

, Persians in Cairo is a proof of what
the British have done for Egypt. Al
the first glance there seems no reason
why Persia should do large part or
its business so far from its borders
as Cairo, but the Persian, II Ques-
toned, explains that Cairo is the near
est point at which he can get regular
taxation and protection from oppres-
! sion. He is good man or business
and adds greatly to the prosperity OF
the community; so greatly that he IS
allowed to indulge in the annua! Tor
lures of his Ashura, in spite OF the
IStrong sense OF the European COIL
munity against it.
! Fortunately for Egypt. just before
THE war, a species of revolution put
an honest and capable monarch on the
! throne OF Egypt, under British pro,
ftection, in place Of the worthless and
ungrateful intriguer. Abbas H.. who
lowed everything to the British. but
could never keep faith with any one.
iAbbas II. was another Ismael, who
I dissipated his wealth by more modern
methods, and, being immensely in
debt, as his downfall proved, and hay
ing never kept faith with anyone,
would certainly have sold Egypt to
! the Germans under the fine political
cloak Of loyalty TO the falnealt Caliph
, Cat Constantinople).
| 1t must not be forgotten that Count
Bernstorff, who has proved his capac-
1ity in trimming the relations between
Germany and the United States, was
! Germon consul-general in Egypt be-
Ifore he became German ambassador
| in Washington. II is not likely that
he wasted his time in Egypt. One can
can picture Abbas II being like clay
| in the hands Of a man Of so much dig.
nifty, charm and ability; and there was
baron with a Jewish name who took
' an even more intimate part in the
Imolding of Egypt, with cheques.
! Does anyone doubt what would have
been the fate Of Egypt. with her khe-
dive enormously in debt and Infinitely
greedy, holding out both hands for
brides, if there had been no strong,
honest English influence TO restrain
him? Justice would have been sold
/ as freely as water. II Is all that the
! British can do 10 prevent justice beipa
sold, as it. is, in the courts where they
have influence, but the capitulationS
! by which quantity of nations. great
and small, had their own political and
judicial rights in Egypt have presented
! the greatest proof OF the necessity OF
the single authority of the British.
! Sometimes the capitulations were used
! to defeat an object Of public welfare.
(which every sane person acknow'
edged, but Oriental filth dreaded
such as the drainage Of Cairo. Cairo
was kept underlined for years by the
capitulations. At other times some
sultan who kept a den of the Vilest
, iniQuity protected himself from the In
reference of the authorities by nat
uralizing himself as member Of one
small nation after another, 50 thai
when justice had at last oyertaken
him as Greek, he could begin again
as Bulgarian.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-02
THE VOLUNTEER FALLACY

We have no patience and certainly
no sympathy with those who by eX-
traneous argument attempt to create
q prejudice against the method The
government has undertaken to raise
its large armies. Some Of the oppo'
nents Of the selectire draft have
shown a peculiar concern for the mon
who will be called to the service Il
their country by selection. one emf
nent and misguided enthusiast for the
volunteer system going so far as TO
declare there was little difference be-
tween a conscript and convict. There
can be 40 more stigma resting on the
man who is commanded to perform
military duty than the one who is
summoned for jury duty. And we
would be no more successful in get
ting volunteer. juries than we would
in getting a sufficient number Of vol
unteer soldiers for the great armies
We propose to raise.
There are some obligations Of cit!'
zership that are highly distasteful
They are not willingly performed, and
that is why laws are necessary to en-
force some OF these obligations. Very
few men nay their taxes cheertull*'
They are forced 10 pay them. but ::
does not folow that they are de-
meaned by complying with the gov
eminent ordinancrS. What is the syS-
TEN Of taxation but CONSUMPTION? And
how lons would government be- suS'
tanned ii il depended on the voluntary
contributions OF tis citizens Of tie
country? In q time like this, or any
other national emergency. it not IT
all times. the CONSUMPTION OF persons
for service in armies and nayies. and
even in Other lines of eXigent pubilc
service, the nlau OF CONSUMPTION and
careful selection IS as legitimate as
CONSUMPTION OF financial support
through systems Of taxation.
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1t matters not whose faith has found
The distant goal that guides tht
state:
It matters not whose will has bound
with bonds Of steel each patriots
fate:
It alters not that hearts shall pierce
More poignant pangs than stabs CT
steel:
It alters not that poltroon jeers
Still opcn wounds that balm mign
heal.
Low must we bow before veil
OF mystery that clouds our gaze. -,
Nor falter though all faith should fail
Despairing in the dreadful maze;
Not idly may W. stand and ask
Whittier the labyrinth shall lead.
Nor may we shrinking shun the task
That rests like lead on hearts thai
bleed.
Cndaunted though somo caitifr mind
with malice notes our matchcss woe
And crushed with horror that must
nnd
In foe friend. a friend in foe.
stu must We glimpse the light OF rnr'
Through dImming mists Of days tina
are.
Still bear the faith our fathers bore
And follow true Columbia's star.
Henry +. Sanhorn.
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The war has vindicated afresh the
administration of Egypt by the Brit
Il sh. Any claims Turkey may have
had to the evacuation Of Egypt are
| extinguished by the fact OF Turkeys
going 10 war against England and hel
Allies. Egypt is enjoying peace and
Of the nations like Belgium. Had
Egypt not been jealousy guarded BY
England. Germany would certainly
have taken over her administration
as a province Of Turkey and would
have drained her Of her three sta
ples-men. cotton and corn.
The Egyptian is valuable at en-
trenching, and the drainage Of Egyp
tian man-power by the British has
/ been so slight that enormous drafts
would have been taken from Egypt
/ for service in Austria and the Bal
kans-distant service even in his own
Sudan being the Egyptians idea OF
hell.
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
Egyptians would have been kept IN
Egypt to guard the Suez Canal from
i. the British. who would then have be
come their enemies. The Germans
quite certainly would have trusted nc
! troops but their own with a position
of such Importance, and every Egyp
! tian who could have been spared from
agriculture would have been used III
another country, where his political
Inspirations would have discounted
fighting slave. Probably Germany
would have forbidden neutrals, as
well as encnies. to use the Suez canal
and, even VI permitted TO use 1t, ma
tons like Norway might have regard
lnr Ia C
external aspect.
The internal aspect shows a similar
value for the presence OF the British
Egypt is a country Of immense nat
ural advantages. Apart from the Ma
tionalist Socialists. she has doclle
and Industrious population. who can
make a handsome living off land rent
! ed at over twenty pounds an acre il
their courts and officials are kept hon
est Nothing keeps an Egyptian OF
fetal honest except the fear of incoT'
ruptible superiors: it Is not the ira
dition Of his country or his religion
If he be Mohammedan.
The wealth OF Egypt comes from
agriculture, and the Egyptian agricul
turist is more at the mercy of dis
honest officials than anyone who does
not, like himself, depend on irriga
ton. wafer Is capltaI LOT MIN, as
much as the loans he borrows from
/ the usurer. If his water supply de-
ponds on the baksheesh he can give to
the Egyptian official with whom he
comes in contact, the whole Of Lord
Cromer's redemption of Egypt is
wasted, for so soon as the controlling
I! hand of the just British inspector ard
the just British minister who sup
ports the inspector is withdrawn, SC
soon would every Egyptian in the IT.
Irrigation service commence TO take
brides and bring in all the old evils
of Pasha-dom.
The presence of the thousands o!
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tations. His eighty-three years sat with
comparative ughtness upon him, hav-
ing been spared the usual Affections
that accompany the closing period OF
long life. His disposition was
sunny, as his outlook had been philo-
sophical and submissive to the or.
dered paths he trod, whether illumined
BY sunshine or darkened by cloud. AS
ISOLATION with him sweetened much Of
the bitterness Of the workaday weari-
ness Of his acquaintances. And as
he dispelled the gloomy shades here,
there must be endless light for him
now where no shadows Turk.