The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-12

fore January / next, will mean sub
stantial economy in interest, in conse-
nucnre of the easier money market
now obtaining. The first war loan
bore ) per cent interest, and the last
4 per cent.
The minister proposes to reserve
! the revenues of new taxes Tor pros.
pcclivc social legislation. and to hna
The means for loan redemption by
making life and fire insurance state
monopoly. lie is opposed TO tobacco
or alcohol monopoly.
LONDON. May 11.-Rats and spar
rows destroy more food in England
than German submarines destroy on
the sea. in the opinion Of the food pro.
duclinn department of the Board OF
Acriculturr. which has issued an or
der for their destruction throughou!
the country. \ bounty has been placedi
on ra,s. Practical hints on how to Kill
not only sparrows. but crows and rats
have also been given.
! CURISTlANIA. Norway, May H.
r.orir '' sramrn's associations have sent
resolutions 10 the government oe-
manding better safeguards Tor vessels
and crews from the German supna-
rpc menace.
The demands include the fixing On
the ships tunnels of an apparatus
(which Will prevent clouds OF: smoke.
SearchlightS, wireless installation, ols-
tincIive signs showing The snip Is
neutral painted over the whole snip,
a rocket apparatus. better provision
ing Of lifeboats and one motor HE
boat which can tow the others.
The Mates association, a powerful
organization, is still pressing the gov
eminent 10 install guns on the SHIPS
LONDON, May LIT has required
this war To awaken England to ths
IMPORTANCE of the petroleum industry
10 am and every civilized country,
idncInrrd Prof. Charles GreenTay,
president OF the Institution OF Petro-
icum Trchnolosists, 1T the. annual
meeting of the organization mere. III
his presidential address he SAID:
"Thc importance Of the petroleum
industry TO the civilized world de-
vrlops with the course OF years, pu.
in Ibis country it is so far only IN It's
infancy. i is only now, as lesson
OF This terrible war, that we are
awakening 10 the fact that petroleum
and the securing Of our own sources
of supply OF this valuable commodity
are = national necessity, not only. Tor
The great economic struggle which
will certainly take place between tho
chief commercial nations alter the
conclusion OF this war. but as a safe
GUARD against This country ever again
being drawn into such barDarouS
and destructive conflict as that IN
which We are now engaged.
Until within the pas; few years Pc
lroicum was only regarded as being
Of vHlu" for the production or artln-
cial light, lubricatlng oils and wax.
bat later Developments have SHOWN
hat its greater value lies in what
We're formerly regarded as merely It's
ACCOMPLISHMENTS and fuel for mo-
Tor power. solvents for Il host OF chem
ical and allied processes, dyeStufs III
various manufactures, unguentS III
pharmacy. jcilics and aromatic hydro,
carbuns for high explosives. II Is, l
think, no rXagcGraIlOn 10 say mat Ia,
demand for these s~-callcd by-proa,
ucts, and Inc uses 10 which they VIII
b" pui as time goes on, pracllcaliS
illimitabIc."
LONDON. May lin. consequence
of The depletion OF labor and in
creased traffic in the Eunition areas.
road deterioration is becoming very
rroaounc.d and here will be work Tor
thousands Oi returned soldiers after
the war before the surfaces will De
returned To their former states.
LONDON. May 11.--Convictions for
drunkenness in The London area dur
ing the frs, three months of this yea
were G.l7G. rs compared with l6.0QT
in he first quarter OF 1914, before the
war.
one nc The happirst Of after-dinncr
Sneakers i Max Eccrbohrn. who can
max. AN inprolnptu speech az full OF
P'u, iiiSh humor as are his writings: but
Edwin pugh. the London novelist.
thou t;h very fscile with his pen, 10 4 shy