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The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
Maj. Newman and the Commis-
sionership.

Oliver P. Newman leaves the
Municipal Building to become a major
of artillery, and leaves a lob" which,
even in the midst of war, becomes a
storm-center of our perennial home
rule" debate in Washington. There
are plenty Of applicants, of course.
There are plenty of reasons why the
President should do what he did not
do four years ago-select a man for
the District Commissionership who is
and has been identified with the best
interests of the District of Columbia,
and thereby give the city some meas
ure Of political autonomy.
Maj. Newman has made an excel
lent Commissioner, and the people of
Washington have a high regard for
him. His military career will be fol-
lowed with keen interest, and it will
lead to great things for him. The
fight made against him three years
ago has been forgotten by the ma
jority of washingtonians, who ap-
preciate the genuinely constructive
work that has been done by the pres
ent Board Of Commissioners, and is
still continuing. 1t is naturally to his
interest that a man who will support
this constructive work be selected to
fill the post, and we think that he can
find plenty OF them in Washington,
should the President ask his opinion
on the succession, as he doubtless
will.
While one of our contemporaries is
trying to blow the breath OF life in
to one Of the toy balloons which has
struck its lively fancy-that Of Dis
trict suffrage, a cause that has been
agitated for years, and that has lit
tie or no chance of consideration by
Congress in the press Of war meas
ures-a lesser. but more substantial
service could be done to Washington
home rule" in the Municipal Build
ing. Why give US a new Commits
sioner whom the city at heart will
consider q "carpetbagger," no mat
ter what lip service it gives to him?
Why play the stale old game of
politics without a few variations to
show that a gleam or two of really
constructive progressivism can flash
into our local affairs now and then?
Il is not much to ask, particularly
in an administration which is avowed-
ly fighting the spirit Of old-Iine politi-
cal machines everywhere. 1t is not
too much to ask that the wilsonian
idea in legislative, economic and intel
lectual affairs be extended to appoint
ments as well.
The Washington Herald is support
ing no candidate for the Commission
ership-but 1t is supporting a WASH
ingtonian for the place. A man who
knows the local spirit, the local needs,
the local people, the local atmosphere,
the difference between Washington
and other cities, who is solicitous of
its inevitable development into the
proudest of the worlds capitals
that is the kind OF man we ask.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
DR.. MARDEN'S UPLIFT TALKS.
By ORIsON SWEET MARDEN,
Author Of Pushing to the Front" Etc.
Cling to Your Xision.

Man Is not the creature of cir
cumstances," said Benjamin Disraeli.
Circumstances are the creatures of
man."
None knew the truth Of this better
than Disraen, for he had demonstrate
ed 1t in his own life. Alien in race
and creed, with other circumstances
apparently dead against him, the
young Jew overcame all obstacles, be-
came prime minister of England, and
was made a peer OF the realm by his
sovereign, Queen Victoria.
Lowell did not utter a mere airy,
poetic idea when he said,
The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment"
He spoke a simple truth. The poet
is always the prophet. He goes ahead
Of the scientist, and points the way.
olazes the path that leads upward to
the ideal Like faith. the poet knows
and sees far in advance of the senses.
He knows that the vision of our ex-
alted moments is the model given US
20 make real on the material plane.
Since II is true that "for one tran
scendent moment" we can be the
thing we long for, there is no reason
ent, that highest, moment permanent.
Every time we visualize the thing we
long for, every time we see ourselves
In imagination in the position we
fong to I'LL. we are forming a habit
which will help US to make our high
est moment permanent. We are
bringing our vision out of the ideal
into the actual. We are making 1t
reality.
By persistent right thinking and
constant affirmation, backed by the
steady exercise OF your will. you can,
II you desire, remake yourself and
your environment.
II you are discouraged by repeated
failures and disappointments, suffering
.tre pangs Of thwarted ambition: II
you are not doing the thing you long
to do; IL life is not yielding the salts
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

faction, the success and Joy of happy
service; IL your plans don't prosper;
II you are hampered By poverty ana
narrow, crude, uncongeniai environ
r,ent, there IL something wrong mot
with the world. or the Creators bene-
dcent plans for HIS children. but with
yourself. Yoa are not thinking right.
You are not visualizing yourself as
you long to be.
We often hear IT said of a man.
Everything he undertakes succeeds"
or Every thing he touches turns to
gold" why7 Because the man Is
constantly picturing to himself the
81 ccess of his undsrtakings and &c Is
backing UP his vision by his efforts.
BY clinging to his vision. by vigorous
resolution and persistent endeavor he
is continually making himself a pow
erful magnet to draw his own to him.
Consciously or unconscious'ys he Is
using the divine intelligence or force
by, the use of which every human be-
ing may mold himself and his en-
vironment according to the pattern in
his mind.
The great thing IL to hold your
vision. to push hard and do your very
best to realize 1t. II you persist IN
doing this some way viii open up to
you which perhaps you never thorsht
Of. But the way will not open until
you have done your level best 1t is
persistent endeavor that clears the
road before US as we advance.
II you are dead-in-earnest, and are
doing yoIr level best to match your
vision with your reality. you may be
sure that the Power guiding you will
open a door for you, however inlpos-
sible It may seem to you now. Doors
always open, opportunities always
lone to the man or woman who trusts
and works. nut nothing comes to the
weak, doubling heart, the faint en-
deavor: ne thing comes TO those who DO
not believe in their divinity. their
power to overcome.
The reason why so many people fail
to realize their ideal is that they are
not willing to do their part to make
II real. Remember that the longing,
the desire to do a certain thing, is
merely sowing the seed of your ambi-
ton. If you stop at this you will
get about as much harvest as the
farmer would get II he put his seed in
the ground without preparing the soil,
without fertilizing II and keeping the
weeds out.
You must back up that which your
heart longs to realize with an honest
purpose to do your best. a dead-in-
earnest effort to make your vision
real. The mere holding OF the desire
to do SO. no matter how persistently
or strongly you hold II, will not help
you to realize your dreams. You must
not only sou the seed Of desire and
longing. but you must do all the
nourishing. cultivating. caring for. or
you will only reap a thistle harvest.
Just as we see men and women every
where reaping a very thistly. a very
weedy harvest from the sowing of mere
longings. These people can scarcely
get enough out OF their harvest to
keep them alive simply because they
took no care of their seed after the
planting.
The constant nursing, cultivating,
the desire, the ambition. keeping our
hearts longings and soul yearnings
alive. wholesome and healthy, by ac-
tive endeavor is the only way in which
we can match our dreams with their
realities.
Copyright, Isr7.)
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
GRADUATING OFFICERS.
ENJOY "OPEN HOUSE,
Prominent Women Hold Dance in
Departing Mems Honor.

Fort Myer, enjoyed a tea and dance
yesterday afternoon at the clubhouse
which was provided for them by the
at Sixteenth and K stress northwest.
/ to the new contingent at the Fort
Myer Officers Reserve training camp
Tba Possesses at the narty were :.
Mrs. Hugh L. Scott, wife of the Chief
of Staff of the army, and Miss Mabel
T. Boardman, chairman of the Wom-
ans Volunteer Aid of the Red Cross
The building was donated by Mrs.
Violet B. Janin.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait says
that "childless young wives" should
be made to work, and that no men
should be permitted to claim exemp-
tion on their account. A painful
doctrine for some folks, but one
that the country should have drilled
into it, and will have, If the war
continues long enough.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
More Than Halt Million
Reserve Notes Circulated

A total of s54s. IA In Federal Reserve
notes was IN actual circulation at
the close of business, the Treasury
reported yesterday.
There are $50, ,2H in Federal Reserve
notes outstanding, and S1.sa5 in notes
held by banks.
The combined resources of the
twelve Federal Reserve banks, at the
close of business August 10. were
8. .ssS. $4,000. The tetal liabilities, 81
yea.2oS. 0Q. q
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12
SUNDAY. AUGUST L. 1871.
A LINE O. CHEER
written especially for The Washington Herald.)
By John Kendrick Bangs.
PRAISE AND BLAME.

In Praise put on the pedal loud,
And cry your feelings to the crowd,
And II you know Of something good
Confide It to the multitude.
But Blame-tread softly as you go.
And words OF censure whisper low.
And only in his ear whose ways
Have given rise to your dispraise.
Copyright, I7J
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

The President was not in the
White House yesterday. but the
pickets were in front Of it, and their
banners were untl-you know the
rest
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

Those paciists who proposed the
impeachment of President Wilson
should circulate their petitions
among the young sIackers of the
nation.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

No less than 1900 passenger
trains were eliminated by the rail-
roads during July. because of war
conditions. Alas, where are the ex-
cursions Of yesteryear?
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

Not naming any Names" the New
York World opines that even the
worst enemies OF Maj. Gen. Taft
will wish his speedy recovery. We
won't name any names either.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

1t is from the East Side of New
York City that the first charges of
corruption against any of the ex-
emption boards come. An old Tam
many stronghold.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

Germany has spent $4,000, 900
rubles for publicity in Russia. thus
going several laps in advance of
our most extravagant press agents
on this side OF the Atlantic.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

A French rife which can be fired
only when held at the correct angle
has a column of mercury in its stock
to form a circuit that controls an
electromagnet
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

The yeowomen are going to wear
sombreros and khaki MILDLY blouses.
Somewhat different from the di-
aphanous flappers of F street.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

Primarily for the use of invalids is
chair invented by Tennessean, so
equipped with mirrors that an occu-
pant can see what is going on around
him without rising.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

''Zapsta Again Seeks Peace" says
a New York Evening Post head
line. By the way, who is Zapata?
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

In the meantime. what has hap
pened to the Irish convention?
The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

This store will be open until o'clock
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-04


ing game. The pOnderOUs sOuthpaw
is in excellent condition.
Rowland and the White Sox have
taken military drill seriously, and
when the first game is played on the
South Side the fans will be treated
TO a drill only a tTife below the class
Of the regular army The athletes
have been drilled diligently by SeTg't
Smiley and the cOTpOrals appointed
by him have gone to their duties en-
Enthusiastically. Eddie Collins is am
bilious to have the best drilled squad
OF the club and his put his men
through their exercises in hotel
rooms as well as on the field.
This drill has proven more of a
recreation than a hardship to the
players and has taken their minds off
baseball when necessary. Rowland
gives the sOldierly stuff great credit
for the condition in which his team
is as the season draws near.
The manager is said to have made
up his own mind as to how right field
will be guarded, but he is keeping it
a secret. Undoubtedly he wants a
conference with Kid Gleason before
giving out any statement. The Kid
is to be an important parsonage on
the South eide during the coming
season. His word will have great
weight.
The Kid. is the driving wheel of the
club. He is the one who can get the
work out of the players. He knows
what each can do and sees to it that
no duty is shirked. He keyed up the
team when he rejoined it last year
and cinched his job for 1917.
The South Siders boast excellent
ball players, fellows who are cOmpe-
tent with their feet and hands, and,
in some cases, with their heads. But,
except in a few instances, there was
a lack Of aggression in 1916. Glea-
son is in there to see that the fighting
qualities are developed and made to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-04
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS
FOR FIRST CUB GAME

BY Mark Shields
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the opening game on the
North Side a week from today, be-
tween the Cubs and Pittsburgh. The
usual cabaret performers and fire
works will be on hand, and a special
feature will be the battery that han
dies the first ball.
If present plans are carried
through, Gov. Lowden will toss the
seasons initial pill in the general
direction of home base and Judge
Lands of the federal court will be
there to catch it. A large attendance
of bOndsmen, bank wreckers and
pickpockets should be on hand. They
know the jedge can catch anything
he goes after.
The ball game will trail these in
Productions, with the fans hOllering
for the pastime. A certain Difference
must be made the famous men and
sufficient abs and COS must be voiced
at the fireworks, but the ball game is
the lullS. luC lCdl Lc1 NOA4u DC
willing to dispense with the ceremO-
MES, but some of the frst-day people
eat up the thrills and don't know first
base from a catcher's glove.
Today the Cubs start a two-day
series in Kansas City, and the line
up Manager Mitchell uses there is
the one that will start the season,
with the exception Of the battery
men. Larry Doyle played his first
full game yesterday against st. Joe
and there was no appreciate limp to
his walk or when he was running.
Larry will determine today whether
he can start the season. If he can't
Steve Yerkes will be used at the key
stone in Kansas City and for the re-
mainder Of the training period. This /
morning it appears that Doyle will be
in there opening day.
linn VAUGHN held the CT IOa DnO
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

United States OF America. Northern District OF West
Virginia. ss:
In the United State, District Court in and fr said
District.
In the msttsr Of J. Z. Powell and p. F. Powell.
p.r,uers rs j. E. Powell e. Son. bankrupt. No. Il"
In bankruptcy. Petition for D!scharSe.
TO tho Honorable Aston G. Dayton. Judge OF the
District Court Of tho United States for the North
crn District of West Virginia:
J. r. Powell and T. f. Powell. partners as J. l..
Powell l. Son. Of McMechen. In the County OF Mar
shall and State OF West Virginia. In said District.
respectfully represents that on the 10th day OF Feb'
.ry last past they duly sdiudTed banLrupts I'M
der tho acts OF Congress relating TO bankruptcy that
ther have duly surrendered all their property and
rights u property and huro fully complied with all the
requirements Of said acts and OF order; OF the court
| touching their bankruptcy
wherefore. they pray that they may DO decreed By
the Court 10 hlrs = full discharEs from all debts
prorable against their estates under said bankrupt
acts. such debts as are excepted b1 law from
such discharge.
Dated this 10th day Of June. A. D.. 1911.
J. Z. POWELL AND 7. =. POWELL. PARTNERS
Az J. f.. POWELL & son. Bansrupts.
By J. L. Powell
order Of Notice Thereon.
Northern District Il West Virginia. Ss:
!. On this 18th day Of Juno A. d.. loli. on TeadinE
the foregoing petition. It Is
Ordered By the Court that r hearing be had upon
the same on the 10Th day Of July. A. d. 1911. before
said Court Wheeling. In said district it ten O'CLOCK
in the forenoon and that notice thereof De puuhsneo
in the Wheeling intelligence. newspaper printed In
said District and that all known creditors and other
urr.nns In interest may appear the said time and
pscs and show cause. II any they have. why the
uay,r OF tho said petition should not be granted.
And It Is further ordered by tho Court. that the
clerk shall send hy mail all known creditors copies
NJ aid petition lnd this order addressed TO them al
their place, Of residence as stated.
Witness the Honorable Aston g. Dayton. Judge Of
The said Cont, and the seal thereof al Wheeling in
O. hay nf 1ire ID
Attest A. T. BhhhEII. tlerh.
%
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE 70 TAXPAYERS.

To All Whom Is May Concern:
The Board Of RerieW aud Equal iatiNn ~ Ohio
County will meet In the Jur! Room OF the Circuit
Court in tho Cnurt House Of Ohio County IN Wheel
.inE West Virginia. for the purpose 0f examining and
reviewing the Land and Personal Property Books as
returned by tho assessnr for tn. gear 1917.
The Board will meet for organization. etc. On
THURSDAY. July the 5th 1917. and the several MaEls-
,crsl Districts will bc considered In ne following
order:
Washington District Monday. July O. 1915. at .
o'clock 4.
Madison DSrict-Tuesday. July l0lh lol7. at Q
o'clock o.. nj.
Clay District Wednesday. July llth. 1917. At Q
O'Clock n. H.
Union District Thursday. July 18th. 1917. at 8
O'Clock a. M.
Center District Friday. July 18th. 1917. at 0
o'clock a. m
Webster Distrct-SaturdAy. July lith. lel7. At 8
o'rlorL a.
Ritrha Observation-Disclosures. July 10Th. 1917. At Q
O'Clock Y.
Richand District tuesday. July l.. 1917. at 0
o'clock a.
Liberty District "Wednesday July IS. 1915. at 0
o'clock 4.
Triadclpha DstFict-Thursday. Jul? ieth. 1917. At
{ uclpcE 4. M.
BOARD or REVIEW AND EQUALIZATION.
Ry JOHN II. WELLS,
io-lG-@3. :H-jy7 E1.0ffico Clerk
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
BELGIAN MISSION
TO VISIT THIS STATE

WASHINGTON. June 2?.-The Rel
CLAN commissions itinerary for its long
trip to the Pacific coast WAS made public
here today.
In addition TO Baron Monchur. head Of
tho mission. there will be Lieutenant
General Leclaren. Major Ostcrri"lh.
Lieutenant Count d'Irsa Hugh Gibson.
Captain T. c. Cook. L. S. a.. military
aide to General L.eclcrce and James G.
Whitclcy. Of tho Belgian legation.
The party will leave here Sunday. The
first stop will be in Chicago Monday
morning. The day will be spent III thai
city. from where the party will 70 10
Milwaukee. Green Bay. St. Paul. Minnie
apolis, Spokane. Seattle, Portland. San
francisco. Los Angeles. Salt Lake city.
Colorado Springs. Denver, Topekn. Tul-
sa Okla; Little Rock Louisville. Cincin-
natl and Charleston. ". Va. From
Charleston they viii return tn Washing
three weeks.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
The Best Investment Is
Paden City
Lot worth 100000 for $4,000
jc25tf
Murder Charge Against
Sa|OOniSt Whose Auto
Killed Mineral Sheriff

Special Dispatch I" The InclllScncer
CUMBERLAND, Md. June GAN
additional warrant was today issued
for Peter Weisensoff. the Western
port tMd.) saloonkeeper, charging
him with murder in connection with
the death OF Sheriff Donald +. DAVIS
of Keyser, ". Va. The first war
rant issued Wednesday night by
Prosecuting Attorney Emory Tyler
Based on information alleged TO
have been obtained from eye Wit.
nesses OF previous threats, the second
warrant was secured.
Weisengoff is still in Jail here. He
contends the accident occurred IN
Maryland and there may be some
trouble in carrying through the extra
dition proceedings proposed by the
West Virginia authorities.
WeiSengoff, six years d laborer at
the plant of the West Virginia Pulp
L. Paper company. is now said to be
worth 100000, made in the saloon
business at Wcsternport. He recently
moved into $4,000 house which he
built. He is Russian by birth.
Sheriff Davis was killed when Weis-
engoff's automobile struck slanting
steel column of the interstate brid ge.
he having jumped on the running
board OF the machine TO arrest Weis-
engoff, who was out riding with four
OF his children.
The death OF Sheriff Davis came
as a shock to many Wheeling friends
of his wife, who was Miss Gertrude
Tracey, daughter OF the late G. Resley
Tracey, for many years manager Of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pauy's Office here. Some years ago
the Tracey family moved to Pitts
burgh, where the wedding of Miss
Gertrude to Sheriff Davis of Mineral
county, took place about two years
ago. The latter was the youngest
sheriff in West Virginia.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
BIG GATHERING OF
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R
SOCIETY IS OPENED
Snrrinl nisna,ch 70 the Intelligencer


MARTINSBURG. W. Va. June 80.
Christian Endeavor Society dele
gates from every county and city in
West Virginia gathered this afternoon
at Antietam battlefield for the annual
outing of the Christian Endeavor
Union of the State. Besides the splen-
did program Of picnic features the pic
nickers gathered for an hour to listen
to an excellent address on More Men
for Christ and Our Country" BY DR..
August Pohlman, of Philadelphia. Pa
triotism and Christian living shared
an equal portion Of the speakers dis
course.
This evenings session Of the Chris
tian Endeavor Union convention was
held in the United Brethren church.
State union. presided. Lighting Up
West Virginia" an address by Louis
+. Black. was especially interesting
for it's prediction for the future as we'll
as tribute to the past endeavors OF the
C. E. societies in the State. Or. Pohl-
man delivered another splendid ad-
dress this evening on the theme Salt
the Right Flavor for Society"
Reports Of the State Union officers,
submitted this morning, indicated a
flourishing condition in both the
state society and the local chapters
throughout the state Charles +.
Evans delivered the morning address
after Homer G.. Welch had conducted
an inspiring Quiet Hour.
The annual election Of officers Of
the state union will take place tomor-
row morning. Two special conference
rs. a junior conference conducted by
Miss Florence Hamilton, and an inter
mediate conference by Miss Cora Og-
den will feature the afternoon. Rev.
C. Morgan Comphers, OF Washington,
D. c.. will deliver the address in the
evening
CONGRESSMAN 8. D. Jones will de:
liver the principal address Sunday
the closing day. officers will be in
stalled Sunday night.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-30
FINISHING TOUCHES
FOR SUMMER EXPO
Exhibitors Are Getting Displays II
shape-Mauy Horses Arrived
Yesterday,

Many Of the beautiful driving and
show horses TO be seen on the fair
grounds next week during the summer
exposition and horse show OF the Wheel
ing Driving club arrived in the city
yesterday. Tho first contingent OF
Cleveland horses was a carload from
Gel. John f. Trolls famous stables. Ten
runners. are on the ground. besides many
Of the racers.
There will he more than I'D horses In
the races md show. Secretary Bert II.
SwartZ announced last night.
The exposition building is scene or
activity. the exhibitors putting the fin
ishing touches 70 their Displays. The
following are among the exhibitors:
George X. Taylor company. Stone &
Thomas G. A. House Music company.
Henry kalbitzcr & Co.. Ohio Valley
Candy company. Owl printing company.
{. +. Braunlich & Co. Cooey/Bentz conf
pany, J. H. McGraw (; Sons Of Bellaire,
Hoover Sales agency. Charles H. Sea-
bright Wheeling Corrugating company
and the Scott Lumber company.