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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
rrha IrRRttlAU story.

BOSTON, April 1S.-Reports Of heavy
gunt1re at the entrance OF Massachusetts
Bay sent .. thrill along the coast today:
Three coast guard stations on Cape Cod
s,Icccssively reported to the navy yard
here that they had counted: distinct ana
repeated guns from the north and noftn-
east of the tip of the cape.
1t was received at the navy yard that
American vessels wero engaged win
the enemy. Inside the cape heavy fog
hung over the waters. but outside the
weather was calm and q gentle nroexe
wes blowing. No warship was sighted
hy the three stations, and after ~
minutes the firing ceased.
1t was suggested that ships Of the
Allies which are constantly on patrol
duty might have come up with friendly
We rshlps md saiutes exchanged bow.
fCon+lnnsd m pA%e HvoS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
$4,000 to March in
New York Today

NEW YORK, April 1S.-More
than 50,000 men. women and
children are expected to takepart
in the street parade here tomor-
row in celebration of Wake Up
America Day" TO be observed
throughout the country on the an
niversary OF the battle of Lexing-
ton and Paul Reyere's historic
ride, in order to stimulate recruit
ing
With the break of day recruit
ing meetings will be opened In Of
flee buildings, halls and public
places. and will continue until at-
ter nightfall.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
Victory imperative
For the MOnarChiStS

AMSTERDAM, April IS (via Lon
don, II a. m.)-Count Won RcVentIow,
writing in the Tages Zehung, asserts
that victory is necessary if the Ger
man monarchy is TO endue. He says:
We have long expressed the view
that German victory and the German
monarchy are mutually dependent.
Without a German victory the Ger
man monarchy will soon cease to
exist"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
Increase in Sinkings
By the Submarines

LONDON, April 18 (5:15 p. m.)-z
The weekly report of British shipping
losses issued today shows nineteen
vessels of more than 1000 tons unk
and eight vessels Of less than 1,600
tons. Twelve fishing vessels also
were sunk.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 19.-
Forecast:
West Virsnia-ProbabIy fair Thurs.
day, followed by showers and thun-
derstorms Thursday night or Friday;
cooler Friday.
Ohio-Probably showers and thun'
derstorms with lower temperature
Thursday; Friday showers and cooler.
Western Pennsylvania - probably
showers with somewhat lower temper
ature Thursday and Friday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
WEST VlRGINlAN's ENLIST.

Special Dispatch tn The ine1ligenccc
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April lS.-]ames
L. Cummings. Hartford. ". Va. and
N. A. Powell. Putnam ". Va, enlisted
in the navy here today.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
Ten Cents a Glass for
Beer in Texas City

DALLAS. Texas April lS--Salnnn
keepers met today and decided 10 charge
ten cents for a glass of beer beginning
SATURDAY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19
Germans Retreat i'm Disorder Before
Renewed Brilliant French Offensive
In ENVELOPING MOVEMENT 1890 GERMANS
THROW DOWN THEIR ARMS AND SURRENDER

Forty Thousand Teuton Desperate Counter Are
Driven Back With Sangunary Losses by the French
Artillery-dore Ground Gained by the British.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19

Probably showers with lower temper
ature Thursday and Friday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-04-19

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The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Be a Paid-Up Patriot.

Every American ought to be a patriot
these days.
A patriot is a man ready for duty any
moment.
Men loaded with debts men Of slack
habits and ShiftlesS homes can never be
the best patriots.
It's the paid-up man who is the min
ute man.
It's the paid-up man who's ready at
the drop Of the hat.
The paid-up man is never caught in
corner. His getaway route is always
clear.
BE A PAID-UP PATRIOTl
You can be a paid-up patriot by saw
ing your money, keeping your slate
clean Of liabilities and comfortably filled
with assets.
Money in the bank is always an asset.
It's strong stone wall at your back.
It's something 20 start from
Money in the bank puts pep into your
system.
The nation needs paid-up patriots.
The nation needs men ready for duty on
a minutes notice.
If you've never done it before. start
today TO be "A paid-up patriot.
Begin bank account Save, down TO
the last red copper and tote your savings
10 the bank
BE A PAID-UP PATRIOT AND GET
A START TODAY!
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07

lT2ild never put up with was division OF
p6wer.
He wasn't one Of a trio Of consuls
much more than hslf-hour, compara-
lively. when he showed UP as first con-
sui. and he never let up on the job OF
oossing until the end. Given opportunity
he took all the power that was in sight,
and this. backed by his great talents,
made him what he was
We are engaged In a world-war against
autocracy but. in emergency, autocrstic
power is the prime essential. just the
same
Germany. today, holds Europe at bay
for the simple reason that for nearly a
half-century she has been studiously and
particularly perfecting her autocracy
and the hope for Russia Is that she VIII
speedily arrive 81 the right sort of posi-
tive autocracy.
She cannot Go il thru long years of
popular education. as has Germany. but
must arrive st i thru the blood and
iron" policy
Kereusky. with u or l6 ministers all
equal in power is about as far from the
Napoleonic and autocratc as could be
got
It's more ike the Chinese or Mexican
condition. and really spells anarchy
which So far as effective government IN
war times is concerned. is mob0cracy
But, it is not remarkable that Russia
after the horrors OF Romanof autocracy
should, az first swing 70 the other ex-
treme. and attempt government by mis-
cellaneous division Of authority
She may get around 20 the vital war
emergency autocracy. # kerenSky has
enough Of the Napoleon IN him 10 hang
his dozen and more Of ministers when
they become recalcitrant or QuarrelSome
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Without Such a Basis,
the Peace of the World.
Forever Is Impossible

'sThese readjustments are TO be based
not on conquest but on the determine
ton that people shall live in states Of
their own nationalities.
This statement, voiced by Allied diplo-
mats in Washington in respect 10 the re-
alignment Of Europe which the entente
powers hope 10 effect after the war
should do much to dispel the growing
doubt among the American people as 10
exactly what they are fighting for
There was disagreeable feeling that
in spite Of President Wilson's oft-ropeat-
ed declaration that the United states IS
in the war solely TO make the world safe
for democracy, American boys were IN
danger of being sacrificed 70 further the
ambitions of European powers.
Americans were not anxious 10 she'd
their blood to such ends as for instance
the desire Of France 20 wreSt Alssce'
Lorraine from Germany.
But the statement Of intention con
tanned in the latest Allied pronounce
ment does much 10 clear up the question
of Alsace-Lorraine and other territora
establishments without which our Allies
contend no satisfactory peace can be ar
ranged.
If il means anything it means that the
people Of the territories in question shall!
OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL deter
mine the country to which they shall
give allegiance.
Thus, if Alsace-Lorraine is restored 10
France, or parts of Austria TO Italy, Il
will be because THE PEOPLE or
THOSE TERRITORIES HAVE De
CLARED THEIR PREFERENCE TO
LIVE UNDER THE RULE or THOSE
NATIONS.
That, of course, doesn't mean conquest.
1t simply means recognition by GER
many of the principle that all govern
ments derive their just power from the
consent of the governed
The Allies, from all indications. have
recognized that principle
Germany must be made 70.
nd America is fully justified in
spending her blood and treasure 70 see
that she is made 10, at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Pointed Paragraphs

Shor' accounts make long friends
0me-tmes
AT 'hings -ome 20 him Who waits
bad .lek nclsded
SO man ever travelled over BE
road 70 fsme on pass
Every Vine a man 'ags 20 hi, the
'arEe' BE- biames j. or The gun
Wen small boz isn't doing ans.
'a.ng else be eats sonethtnz
4 good memory ls Jess desirable
than re 'crge''i'ness ~ .a.grles
He's a.maan oacne'o- who advises
q girl 20 marry and fhea fails 20
propose
A widow knows rh4u man ia
in owe wi'h her long before he
.nows q himself
Pretending 20 know ,hinFs voI
should suoa bg' d0n' knox ocra
s.onaiiy answer 'he same purpose
WHISKY glasses are nor specfac1es
but hey enable mon 70 see a lot %
queer things
Few men arc brave enough ~ a.
low mind reader 20 expose her
thoughts in the presence ~ srierdr
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07

of comforts n .ne home i'self
Daring tho Siege - par even
'ho i' was rims of great famine
and starvation nc mortality among
infants fell a. per cent ai'ho there
Has great Increase in no general
death rate
This was simply because re uor.
90 could no. secure COWS mlb FOR
their babies nor we've they able 20
work III no sscto-les and shop h'
were obliged 20 s'sy at home and
n1r,e their babies a. the breast
In me industrial centers y he
United State sch a. 'he mdl
towns ~ N@w England nhere many
women are employee. ne mortality
among infants is almost twice as
high as n similar towns r which
here are no women employed IA
factories
Breast feeding should be con
'nned 'or The frst year 2 possible
II The baby cannot DO ul-sed hv
10 mO;h-S. modified COWS ui1k
should 5e used This should b.
prepared only under he direction
~ a physician
Keep The baby clean and cool dur
inE hot summer months by frequent
bathing IN tepid water
Keep nies away from The baby
and rs food
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Movie Heroes
BY Or. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915. BY Frank Crane)
BY Or. FRANK c
The movies are not literature.

The movies are not literature.
They go back to the primitive enthu-
siasms. They deal in action, which is
before speech.
One great weakness Of the photoplay
has been the effort to make it literary.
They have followed novels. They have
been plays, once presented as spoken APP
peals, reduced to dumb pantomime.
The result has been mongrel some
thing To make pantomme of The
Little Minister" or Les Mserables" or
The Three Musketeers" is like painting
the Moonlight Sonata" or performing
Rembrandt on the piano.
AS the practical speaker discovers that
the written oration lacks fire when re-
cited and the spoken word is poor thing
when written-the two are utterly diff
ferent and non-nterchangeablc-So the
cinematographist ought to realize that
the best charm Of the printed story is
not for the screen, and the best screen
story cannot be put into words.
They are realizing this. The result is
a new sort of hero, who after all is the
oldest sort: the man of heroic deeds,
who depends for his attractivehess not
at all upon what he says.
have just witnessed the picture show
ing the exploits of Maciste, the Italian
giant He is old Hercules come again.
He SAYS nothing. We expect no word
from him He is mighty doer
When we see him push over a stand
ing horse as you would toppe ten pin.
capture, bind and carry away on his back
three ordinary soldiers. scale cliffs un-
scalable and vanquish a dozen armed men
with huge club. we are conscious of
the thrills like those of earliest child
hood.
Il IS the glory Of physical strength.
lt is the prowess Of Perseus, of Thor, of
young David, of all mighty men
The same lure is in the personality Of
VIII s. Hart and Douglas Fairbanks.
They are our American screen heroes be-
cause they give US colossal action. They
need no voice,
SO the movies lead us back 10 the
primeval interests We become children
again. Children's Jokes are not word
play. they are mostly slap-stick. Hence
they laugh at Charlie Chaplin, while a
Mark Twain would only puzzle them
And the most interesting thing in the
world 20 a child is a man and his muscle.
What is Plato to him compared with
Samson2
a westerner who sat next to me at
a Will S. Hart picture expressed pictur-
esquely the charm Of the performance
when he remarked at its close
We'll. that certainly was some he
man"
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Anniversaries


rpDAY'S ANNINET,> ARIES
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ga act - congress
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diam arkab'e reputation. al-i
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" 1908
ltsf sssa threatened 20 inter
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1ar 'rff~ ~ered 'ru rrverely
it National rrorressfv-
PARRY rgrntion in rh'~agu nouf-
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frr s rtiil held ouf
u allied army landed on
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oNE Van NGo TODAY ~ THF
WAR
f-t~- a. ned near Psronns and
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north - frziereg hsid
rtf~ lrsd assaults
frt gIan~a blew pp German
'-rt and military depnts far
Ner me front
otR DAILY BTnTHDaYs
rsr.'' crane chicago manu-
far' lrsr member n fhe Ann-
"r fc Russia born in
carr aEr today
foyner sspertn'-nf
er instruction ~ +urfh
in Davidson county.
avp today
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The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Poor Old Cipriano
Castro-He Was Born
a Century Too Late

Poor old Cipriano Castro has been
shut out Of Cuba Nobody wants the
poor old dufer.
And that makes good subject for a
summer SermOnette.
The point Is that no matter whether
YOU are right or wrong IN the abstract,
II you run afoul OF the wishes OF man
kind YOU are in bad way
Il has been said that each stage in
society finds moral and ethical code
made by society in that particular stage
and that the code changes as social con-
ditions change
All other codes undergo similar
changes for similar reasons.
Once il was wrong 70 help a slave es-
cape.
Once it was wrong TO protest against
witch burning.
Ideas change. surroundings change
beliefs change, notions Of right and
wrong change
Humanity makes its laws as il goes
makes them and enforces them whether
they are written in books or not.
Only great pioneers standing for
great new principles may stand out and
face the crowd-and even they are
slammed with brickbats innumerable.
Poor little old Cipriano Castro only
teaches Us the truth of old fundamen-
tails.
He somehow has rubbed the world the
wrong way, Just as the kaiser has.
Capt Kidd couldn't get along in 1917
and Cipriano Castro seems 20 have been
born a century too late
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
If German Industry
Is Kicking, We Can Put
1t Down AS Some Kick

c. w. Barron, a Boston publisher OF
good repute, declares that he has "in-
side" information from Germany TO the
effect that "the men who are responsible
for industrial Germany and who must be
looked to to rehabilitate the country
after the war are now clamoring for
peace"
If this is true, it is truth almost
without an equal in Importance.
For three years Germany has been
practically without foreign trade and.
while due credit must be granted the
German people for their endurance and
self-sacrifce, it is very. very remarkable
that German trade has stood the pres
sure.
Germany sacrificed her trade balance
of 100000, 600 against Great Britain,
first thing and during. the succeeding
three years her trade with her allies
must have been burdensome. or at least
questionably profitable
The trade demands of Austria, Tur.
key and Bulgaria upon Germany may
have been great. but the value Of the
money in which balances have been paid
or are to be paid has been and is huctuat-
ing and dubious.
The bundle of oats tied before the
German trade mule to make him 20 has
been that "ulace in the sun" the great
German empire extending from the Bal.
tic 10 Persia.
German forces have occupied this sun.
ny territory for some time past, but. ow-
ing to circumstances which Germany
cannot control there's no foreign trade
for Germans at either terminal Of that
empire.
II must be remembered that Germany
is as autocratic industrially as il is po-
litically, so that, if the men responsible
for industrial Germany are kicking. as
reported. II is beyond doubt some kick.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
The Old Gardener Says

The garden maker must con
fiuie 20 wage ~ar On plant lice.
which are remarkably prevalent
this year. and are doing untold
damage. both 20 vegetable crops
ard 20 fruit trees The only way
TO KIN these lice is 20 cover them
wi.h some sticky substance which
Rill clore The rores and smother
them 20 death Kerosene emB
sion or u soap spray will serve
The purpoye hut the best remedy
is a tobacco preparation such "a
can Dc obtained for quarter az
an seeS stores nicotine is death
20 iicc
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Here 1t Is Again

II appears that once vesferner.
visiting New YORK. va. held lp b.
footpsd win the demand
Give me your money. or I'D blow
ont your brains
Blow away sald The man from
The west You can 1--we ia Sew
York without brains but not With
out money The Lamb
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
The Scenic Route
BY sERroN eRALEY

BY BERToN eRALEY
| fell for the folders
Which told how the view
Would charm all beholders
II may have been true.
The experts agree IL
Is certainly swell
But ! didn't see it.
And so ] can't tell.
In nice, up-to-date cars
! Travelled about.
But long strings Of freight cars
Forever shut out
The scenes from my vision;
And, though they may be
a sight most elysian,
missed them, you see.
7 wouldn't impale roads
For carrying freight.
But why will the railroads
Arouse all my hate
~ constantly hiding
The scenes from nv eye
With freights on I, siding?
ask again, why2
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Remember This

% B,Ay had fhe sense 20
r ad maid said grandma
ng
1dma'" ASKED 'he son
hr. gals is hiRhfy iehfy and
7lfrr Under overrulln' and up.
feftln r old maids is thankful
and Han 20 please. TltBlts.
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Change From Autocracy
To Democracy Cannot
BE Made Too Suddenly

"Thc premier has decided that the new
cabinet will be comprised of 10 or l6
members. all equal in power" says a
Petrograd dispatch
Il does not appear that Kerensky is
much Of q Napoleon.
One thing that the great Corsican
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07

"Grbbs7 Gribbs2" was tho puzzled reply II
can't say that the name i- familiar go me"
Then don't YOU come ere maxim out YOU
know everything about Tho giants o. sport" bel
lowed little man in tho second row Mister
Cribs weighs 300 pounds. end e's sec'ctary o.
our sparrer club"
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07
Laugh With Us

The bucolic audience assembled in the village
hall ratified their hob nailed boots on The brick
hoor az the chairman with q wave of a fat rcd
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07

Giants ~ Sport" was the sub
ject. and the man m the read
Ing desk waXcd eloquent over
slayers of man eating tigers. ~
fearsome lions and elephants.
and told of famous heroes ~
tho ring and cinder path
"Wot about Mister Cribs
guv'nor?" came tho inquiry as
The Detroit times., 1917-08-07

How old ~as Ann
lever stead a citron7
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
The Horse That Drew the Load
ny lIENDEN hAOTN1AIN
Author of do Something! Be SomefEing!"

MOVING rolling down the day with
bgspirited Pcrcheron the and wched nags
either side The Percleron doing work.
than he managed with his inferior retardng speed
The advertiser who selects group newspapers usually
neses two lame propositions to pulling his @
and the driver probably dealt of
feed to each of his animals merchant paying
ca the rate weak that he allowing the sturdy
profitable sheet
Unfortunately the accepted custom of inserting the adver
ement distinct disadvantage Of
meritorous medium The advertiser charges
expense against the of his returns thereby
and the best pulr injustice by credng the less productive
sheets witt results that they have earned.
There in that single handed
able build businesses Their circulation solid and
snewa pull isn't the number of copies printed
that reach the hands of buyers isn't of
readers but the number of with money pendt
available the adveseit isn't tell the
long
There certain eamarks that indicate strengths and
weaknesses They observing
OF the woods significant to the appe The columns tell
what of the advertising columns
always finds the class of which When
its mental tone low and its moral careless depend it
the readers match the medium
No hit outside of its No
its policy direction and another No advertiser
find different class of and than the publisher has
found for himself He judged by the company he keeps he
lies down with dogs he will arise with Heas
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18

phorlc acid. A 40 bushel crop
OF corn will remove in the grain, stalk
and fodder about 81 pounds of nitro
gen. "a pounds OF potash and "a pounds
Of phosphoric acid A 40 bushel crop
OF oats will remove in the grain and
straw about 35 pounds OF nitrogen,
IL pounds OF potash and 16 pounds OF
phosphoric acid. II, however, stalks,
boils, straw, etc, are plowed under,
some of the plant food will be return
ed to the soil
Cotton Fertilizer Problem
With the present price of cotton and
other farm products, 1t will pay the
farmer to give more attention this
Spring to the problems of soil build
ing and to the intelligent use of fer
tilizers than ever before. Some of
the best farmers of the South have
adopted the plan of returning to the
soil in fertilizers. the money received
from all or part OF their cottonseed.
This is good plan and should be
more generally adopted.
Enough Plant Food for Best Yields
1t takes from 500 pounds to 400
pounds OF fertilizer to make a good
weed in cotton, or good stalk In
corn, and unless amounts above these
are used, full returns cannot be ex-
pected because large amounts must be
applied to produce the fruit and the
grb n.
Z he amount of fertilizer that can
be used profitably will vary with the
different soil types, seasons and with
the different crops grown. The most
important factor, however, governing
the amount OF fertilizer that can be
used with profit is the price of the
article produced. At the present price
OF cotton, it will pay to use on most
of the soil types Of the South larger
amounts of fertilizer than heretofore.
To Meet Boil WeevIl Situation
When grown under boil weevil con-
ditions. cotton should be literally fer
tilted and this fertilizer should con-
tain . large percentage Of phosphoric
acid, which ingredient hastens its ma
turity A fertilizer containing an am
pie supply of ammonia should also be
used to start the plant on quickly in
Its growth. The farmer must ever
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-18
about II


Congress shall make no law - abridgine
the right of The people peaceably to assemble,
and TO PETITION the government fora redress
of Grievance FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, Art
ticle OF Amendments
The right OF the people peaceably to as
semble and etition the government on any
subject shall never be impaired - MISSISSIPPI
CONSTITUTIONS. Article 3 (Bill OF Rights Sec
ton IL.
The above excerpts from the fun
damental laws OF our state aud ma
ton are reproduced in order that the
reader may see that the RIGHTS or
PETITION are inviolate and can not
be denied in times of peace and even
in war times, the soldiers themselves,
and that OF other armies than ours
have resorted to that form of petition
called Round robin the name OF
which is taken from the form of the
articles themselves as such petitions
are written with the signatures in a
circle 10 let all shares alike in the re-
sponsibillty and expose none to added
peril from the martinetsm OF their
officers by "tirst-names = written at
the top as is the usual form OF petit