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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-19

At the evening service the pastor.
DR.. Claude Porter Terry. will speak on
i"Showing Your Colors." Music will
be furnished by male quartet, the
chorus choir and the children's chorus
from the Eighteenth Street chapel. 80.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-19

A. III" parsonage uy -. Johns l.uth-
.;If. church, "I Wednesday, ai;c"n"uu the
"!ar.IaG" II Miss Mary M!klic and Mr..
.!oEn HAM l!"-S. both we'll known
young people Il ..urtlnS Ferry. WAS SOL
emnizrd E'.v. e Frederick Frano ora
uIatcd III" couple have established
Ih".- rcSiGy:,cv 1T Tiit0nVIiic.
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Mrs. NJ. VI. Eurt, corresponding secre-
larry -
Miss Elizabeth Lawson. treasurer.
Chorus Rehearsal.

This evening at the Hotel Windsor NJ
o'clock. the chorus OF the Music de-
;,arIm.nt nf the Woman'S club VIII meet
for rehearsal. in preparation i"f 'heir
NAV Festival of the twcnty-Sccond.
which will be held in the evening, at the
EfEcr Climb
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Misses.
Cafeteria Luncheon.

This noon AT the First United Ir"$hE-
,rriIm church. next door I" IN" post
office. the ladies will serve Il rAi"tmr!:i
luncheon from II until o'clock. The
splendid selection of h"n" cooked i""n;
viii attract many at tn" lunch hour. AM!
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Dinner Party.

Mr.. ami Mrs. -. Alien I5Er; entertained
& party 1T fourteen last evening ~ the
country club with Il dinner party tor
Mr. and Mrs. T.. II. Hammond III Wrls-
h"rc. |, was IN the nature al Il farewell
affair. nS MIR. and Mrs Ilamm"nd Will
leave ON Monday for Wat'rtown. y. Y.
wh"r" :h"y will max" their future nome.
KILLARNEY roses w"r" used HS ,ahlr
decorations. ana III" farnrS We're Tiny
franks aud sui; cases. with aprr"pr!al"
place cards seating tho guests. who in-
rlud"l friends from WclsburS and Stnu-
H.
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Euga cement Announced.

n a party given by III" MISSES f2t."
ON Thursday evening At Ih"ir HON" on
South Jacob street. IN" enlargement "C
Miss G.iGa l.. fcttc Ii Mr.. Fred ". Edclr
con was served. following an evening at
.',dl""urk. y r"n;"rPlrc" WAS mad" ~
;,i,E and white tulIrs IN Il lulln shaped
h:$k"l. Around this w"r" i"rchnd tmy
ruiri,$, which held lengths al satin NIB
!,nl leading 1" the places Til" farpr&
w"r" snail tulip baskets filI"d with
candies.
Tn" wedding Will take place n"xr
month. Mr.. Edcl" IS til" son Of MIR,
Frank r.dclc If South Wheeling. AMI ~
connected wilh'Ih. utliC" nI the tax COM
missioner n Charleston.
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Misses,
MeSdames.
p,rt,es of Next week.

Mrs. Alexander Glass Of Krnw"".i
Placr. who has boon on 4 visit WIN
rrin,,is in ,hr cast. will arrive HON" to-
nav from Washington. and will hrln;
with her. Mrs. j. y. Potts. Mrs. H. T.;
CaynI and Mrs. \. Il. plca*ant$ all IT
EIchnnnd. Va. who will remain during
the coming week.
VT c,.nr,i interesting parties ar" hrinl;
ni,nnch In thcir honor. and OF Tu"SdrE.
Mrs. Prchl.s Tatum viii "ntcrtnim for
her guest Mrs. LuCius ratum ~ Rich
mond. and Will HAY" few friends +"
Nrs Gibson Caldwell viii civ" Il
Irnrjlrnn on Tuesday. aud "r Thursday.
| Mrs. n. Garth IIcarn" Will entertain. T."
! ihc4n already announced TIA" n"Xi few
DAYS will udd several "th"rS. although
Iii will probably l." quill" inf"rmal. TIA, :
w.iIl he among the most interesting pur-
| Tics Of the week
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For Mrs. Markell.

Miss E"SS carney will entertain n The
Hotel Windsor today for Mrs. IL. Richard
Markell. Fourteen guests have been i'll
Eli"d FOR tn" bridge games. which Will
afford tin. entertainment al the atfT"-
n0"n. y luncheon h"aEt!fuily appointed
will b." served At the Cunclus ion.
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Hess-Mtlic.

-"m" special dance steps during the
evening"
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Misses,
For Miss Killeen.

Mrs Bernard klii"cn entertained nut"
a lnrgn party on ThHsrday evening !"r
Miss Marir Killccn. whose wedding viii
taxi. place early in Junc. The party was
a surprise Kitchen shower for the bride
tu-bc and the evening held Il number ii
ENJOYABLE paStimcS rh" Luncheon
which was served the following guests.
was marked hy appointments OF ratrt-
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01
ROBINSON CRCSOE IS
IN SEATTLE JAIL

SEATTLE, Sept. Robinson Cru
soc is in the city Jail, charged with
begging. He was arrested at the cor
ner of First avenue and Madison
street while asking for small dona-
lions from passing citizens. At the
booking Office in the police station
he gave his name as Robinson Cru
so, but the police refused to believe
him. 1t was only after considerable
persuasion that he admitted that
he had another name, Robert Nc
Lean Peden. Although he admitted
that Peden was one of his names, he
maintained that his real name was
Robinson Crusoe, and declared fur
Their that he had adopted the name
of Peden because folks wouldn't be-
lieve he was named after Robinson
Crusoe. The arrest was made by Pat
rolman Tom Walsh.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1917
WAR TAXES UNSCIENTIFIC

That the present war taxes are
both crudely and unscientifically ad-
justed by men who are unfamiliar
with their duties and who are using
the war clamor as a pretext to roll
up a large fund of which the larger
part will go as salaries to commits
sions and boards, is growing more
and more APPARENT as the public is
let into the secrets of the game. Taxa
ton primarily intended to raise i'm
posts for war purposes, are growing
heavier and heavier and but little
real preparation for war is evidenced
in proportion to the money spent.
Extravagant log-rolling, the unwise
and inefficient expenditure of funds
by government bodies, and the APP
pointment of hundreds of useless men
on the public payroll are part of the
besetting sins of the period. The ma
chinery employed to raise huge rev.
enues has proven so efficient that the
gates have been opened to useless
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01
Why Worry About Draft?

While discussing the draft measure
in the Aviation Bill, Senator Fletcher
introduced some rather grim humor
by reading the following article writ
ten by an Atlanta youth in France:
Here is consolation for every man
who has registered and expects to be
drafted in the great war lottery this
month. 1t comes from an Atlanta boy
who has been on the firing line in
France and knows what he is talking
about:
You have two alternatives-eithe
you are drafted or you are not. If
not, you have nothing to worry about.
If you are drafted, you have two al
ternatives-you are in camp or you
are at the front. If in camp you have
nothing to worry about. If you are at
the front you have two alternatives
either you are held in reserve or
you are sent to the firing line. If you
are in reserve you have nothing to
worry about. If you are sent to the
firing line, you have two alternatives
either you fight or you don't. II you
don't. you have nothing to worry
about. If you do you have two alter
natives-either you get hurt or you
don't. If you don't you have nothing
to worry about. If you do get hurt
you have two either
you are slightly hurt or badly hurt.
II slightly hurt, you have nothing to
worry about. If badly hurt, you have
two alternatives-either you recover
or you don't. If you recover you have
nothing to worry about. If you don't
you'll be dead.
So what's the use of worrying
about the draft?
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

the three above mentioned, England,
which is the higher, has a minimum
rate almost fifty per cent below the
rate proposed in the recent House
Bill. Not a country has deemed 1t
wise to impose tax on their subjects
as high as has the representatives of
the United States. And in all these
countries living is much cheaper than
in the United States, even after two
years of blockaded ports.
Canada's recent income tax bill
passed by the House of parliament, is
less than one-half that proposed by
the United States. Moreover the act
provides that income taxation will he
remitted to individuals up to the
amount which they are paying dir
ectly or as members of a co-partner-
ship or as shareholders in corpora
tons, for excess war profit taxes and
other special war taxes under the ex-
listing laws.
While every sensible man knows
that the war must be financed, yet its
expenses should be borne by those
who thrive and prosper by its con-
tinuation. Small business is loaded
to the plimsoll line already, and fur
Their addition to the cargo will un-
doubtedly sink the ship.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

SEWARD has adopted the plan of
dividing the payment of taxes into
two parts, and after a years trial it
has proven so successful that at a re-
cent meeting of it's council it was
voted to continue the plan indefinite
ly. 1t was found that under the plan
the burden of taxation fell much cas-
Ter upon the people, and that much
less property fell under the auction
GERS hammer from failure of owners
to pay taxes. Nearly every town and
city in the states now pay taxes in
two payments, with no interest until
after the date of the last payment,
when in some towns interest in charg-
ed for the last payment as penalty.
In view of the heavy burden that
most of our citizens are bearing why
would this not be good plan for
Valdez to adopt? Paying the tax in
December and June. To the man with
but few dollars to pay the present
system is not burdensome. but the
man with a hundred or so to pay
finds it hard to meet his obligations.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

IF half as much publicity was Civ
en- the question of immigration as is
givin politics by the average Alaskan
paper, We would have a bumper crop
of tourists each year. And the average
man gets about as much out of poll
tics as the turkey found in the knot
hole. But politics seem to have reach
ed a stage where it is a disease in
Alaska. Everything else is subOrdin-
ated to it. The Juneau papers and the
Anchorage papers are hammering
away over the echoes of the election
as hard as if it was to occur tOmOr-
row, and the Fairbanks papers are
handing their plants over to the at
torneys of the interior metropolis by
indulging in numerous suits for libel.
And right here, we rise to remark
that we do not believe a newspaper
man can be libeled; or if he can be
libeled he is not newspaper man.
All this wasted space would bring AL
aska all that is coming to her in the
way Of advertisement, and would ac-
.cOmplish results. But every squirrel
running a paper must have some tree
to climb, and it might as we'll be poll
tics and libel suits as anything else.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01
waste and inefficiency.

waste and lnemc1ency.
The spending of money by the gov
eminent cannot and never has had
the beneficent effect upon a commun-
ity that vast sums spent by the indi-
vidual can have; the effect on the
one hand is to lower the country's
prosperity, and on the other to in
crease it. Capital is proverbially tim
id and will never emerge from OBJ
security so long as there exists prob
ability of confscation or unjust and
prohibitive imposts. An excessive im-
post necessarily will destroy its own
productivity by destroying that which
produces taxes.
The tax recently enacted by the
government levylng tribute Of S
per cent on business profits over and
above 8 per cent on the capital emf
pIoyed, regardless of whether such
profits have emanated from war con-
ditions is unscientific and unsound.
The recently enacted so-called excess
profit tax which is now proposed to
largely augment lays a heavy burden
not alone upon business due to war
but upon all business, much OF which
is in iured instead of benefited by the
present war, and any scheme of taxa
ton which imposes an unnecessary
burden upon small enterprises and
handicaps the small proprietor is I'M
sound and ultimately will destroy
that business. Direct taxation OF bust
ness activities should be avoided as
much as possible only when such bus
mess has been built up and fostered
by the continuance of wars activities.
To take away IS per cent of mans
income and give to another man who
is making millions out of trading
with the government is farcical and
unjust.
Small business will stagnate and
decay during the depressing period
of the present war, while big business
will grow and prosper exorbitantly.
The man who possesses much wealth
and who lives idly off his money can
place his capital in tax-exempt secur-
tiles. and is none the worse off, while
the man who places his capital and
brains into activity must pay heavy
penalty for his energy. Otto Fl. Kahn,
who is authority on imposts, has sug-
gested that the most sensible tax
would be a tax on purchases OF all
kinds of merchandise excepting food
stuffs and some raw materially of one
cent for each dollar or greater part
thereof, exempting single purchases
of less than five dollars. This tax
which would be paid by the purchas-
er, would produce very large in
come, and would be borne mainly by
the well-to-do. 1t would be more
widely distributed than almost any
other form of taxation and would be
but little felt 1t could be easily and
cheaply collected, and would accrue
from the beginning. The proposition
to place the burden of taxation upon
the present generation is both un-
wise and has little merit. The future
generation should bear it's proportion
of the governments debts, just as the
present generation has borne its share
of the debt of the Civil War.
After three years of grinding war
not a country in Europe has an in
come taxation schedule as high as
that of the United States. neither
France, England or Germany, and OF
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

FOUND-Child's bracelet on Key
stone avenue. Owner can have same
by calling at the Prospector Office.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Try that New Roof Paint that just
arrived at Rudolph's. tt
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Otto Elfstrom, captain of the
launch Katalla Queen. states that af-
fairs at the Alaska-Homestake, un-
der the management of Jack Whalen
are looking good, and that the mine
will be one of the largest gold pro-
ducers vet opened on the Sound.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Switches from SO up to $12. AL
so Jane Clusters, Marguerite. Dolly
Warden and Juliete curls, special
prices until Sept. list. at the Vanitie
Shop. u
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

II 1t isn't an Eastman it isn't
Kodak. We carry q complete line of
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. VAL
dee Drug Store. II
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Do not trust to luck or amateur
methods. Have. your hair dyed by an
expert at the Vanitie Shop. II
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Ice cream every day. specials on
Sunday at Hunts Candy Kitchen. II
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-09-01

Why Curl Your Hair Every Day?
Permanent. natural hair waving Is
a great comfort to ladies with straight
stringy or oily hair. Not affected by
water or fog. vanitie Shop. II
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
WHY NOT TREASURY NOTES?

We seriously disagree with friend Congressman Chas r.
Crisp in his preferred meeting expenditures
In interview Mr.. Crisp quoted SAYING
regret that necessary raise any additional revenue
large expenditures for preparedness made unavoidable
We spending for the army navy and the preparedness
gram formerly spent for the entire expenses of the gov
nnlcn including the army and navy but including the Post
Office Department which is eli-susaning
committee favored bond issue, for believed that
benefit the moneys being
the counry preparedness only equitable and that they
should the expenses The United States has smaller
bonded Indebtedness than any other country in the world the total
being than billion dollars We could float bonds enough
pay extraordinary expenditures without embarrassing
the government working hardshps anyone.
The and the administration opposed the is
bonds Therefore there only methods left of
raising either by protective tariff system direct
es"
If the this good
per bond ISSUE and know then why in Sam Hill
couldn't the authority issue bearing treasury
payment labor expenses needed
requirements the proposed these bonds? War
ring nations the brink of bankruptcy offering Wall
banks just paper money their and these
had arranged float the this country
payment materials when the Federal Reserve Bank board
issued its dapprova Of the for the protection of home people
But that Uncle Sam need of additional funds there
be why Greenba which saved the Government
the COS all authorities agree should have saving
quality in these years peace and prosperity home.
The and will certainly the Governments
paper and will the patriotic pensioners and all the
of the public who drawing good salaries from
their Uncle We of them would resign rather than
take plain Government for their pay the be thousands
who'd be glad get fill these places
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
Senate Bill Bars Liquor
Ads From the Mails

Washington D. C.. Feb. l5.-Proh;-
bition took a step forward today in
both branches Of Congress.
In the senate drastic amendments
to the postal appropriation bill were
agreed to which would make criminal
the Importation OF liquor into states
which prohibit its manufacture and
sale for beverage purposes. and which
would exclude liquor advertisements
from the mails in states which legis-
late against such advertising.
The amendment to the postoffice
appropriation bill to make il crime
to ship liquor into prohibition states
was added by Senator Reed, OF Mis-
souri,. to the Jone; amendment bar
ring newspapers or other publications
or letters and postal cards contain
ing liquor advertisements from the
mails in states which have laws
against such advertising. 1t was
adopted after brief debate by vote
OF IS to IL by the Senate sitting as
committee of the whole.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
MFXICANS ATTACK
RANCH, KILL THREE

Columbus. n. NJ. Feb. l5.-Reports
reaching here today state that band
OF Mex;cans attacked Langes Ranch.
New Mexico, fifty miles southwest OF
here, late last night and killed three
American employees One American
negro and three American Mormon
cowboys are held for ransom at Oil
to>.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
Three Americans Were Killed by
Mexican Bandits

Hatchita, n. NJ. Feb. l5.-Thrcc
bodies, later identified as those of
Andrew p Peterson, Hugh Accord
and Burton Jensen, were found late
TO-DAY by Lem Spillsbury. the Per-
shng scout, one mile west OF the In
tcrnational Monument No. 50, situat-
ed three miles west OF the Corner
Ranch on the Mexican side OF the
border.
The bodies OF the three Americans
were found about fifty feet apart, &C
cording to Spillsbury. Each had beer
shot many times i'll the head. Hugh
Accord's head was mutilated with d
machete. All the bodies were strip.
ed OF clothing, hats and shoes.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16

Our READCNo Buy what they
SEE ADVERTISED. What HAVE
YOU TO SELL7
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH
4n9 w. Oconee St.

Rev. J. c. Humphrey, Pastor
Preaching at l0:45 a. III. and
~ ; p. m.
Sunday School, go a. m.
Junior Society, 5 p. N.
Prayer meeting Wednesday,
I 30 y. IN.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16

More than $1,000 tons OF honey ar.
PRODUCED yearly by the American I've"
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16

The Manchester Union says Nov that baceroogist
hopkins having examined seventyve public library
have been for and found germs
ton be unconhned By the how the great other stirring
events have driven the germs the background The germs
maybe, but the Germans
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16

Fitzgerald forward with the suggestion negro
Wallace killed when the EaveSone summarized
party who killed Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic boy in
that city several and escaped We fear Aanas
example of promscuos publicity affecting ne9hbor
Nay-Tfton Daily Gazette
To satisfy friend Herring shall request special report
this from the War Department the
CURED proof as received
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
THE CROP OF MEN

Wheat and potatoes alfalfa peanuts
all considered in of crops We say that the worlds last crop
wheat off perhaps onequartcr and the bankers tell that this
the predominant the high living From the
time wheat planted until the crop finally gathered compare
lively short period.
When speak of however do that this years
crop of is either soft hard early late suffering from
or black We don't know what this men is
shall not know for many We time the
about that do about wheat
Meanwhile it takes about eighteen twenty for the
be harvested for national consumption Each there
crop say cghencar ODDS In Europe they using this
yearly be shot by the In this country good
than Office boys have become pac
caly extinct Good farm hands premium it, indeed they
be had all And big business tell that twenty
thousand dollar hands hard you
thousand five thousand dollars much easier Because
the European nations destroying their crops this should
make valuable No doubt does but making
them any better
Now all concerned about wheat what ought
be concerned about crop When produce good
better mother you get her talk
y take large part of the blame.
Mother will say I've either got much do little,
I'll produce much better of the socologst and the
formers and the agiaors and the sufrag will let alone.
my regular being tempered crop Weld
is suffer.
That's about what mother will say-County Gentleman
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16

Down South here folks are mighty keen
on sizing things up. We know how to
tell the sheep from the goats. There isn't
much sense trying to pull the wool over
our eyes.
1t must be the way we're raised. We get
over baby talk pretty early. We soon stop
trying to put salt on the birds tails. We
learn it's no use to fib.
Yes-we get pretty wise. And I'm
mighty pleased to know that millions of
men of the South are smoking me-
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-02-16
andaapJoAm8 Birds Tails

SOVEREIGN. It's a compliment-it
proves that must be right-that must
be Of the finest.
So, I say to myself IT am worthy of
these fine friends of mine, i keep myself
clean, and sweet, and pure, i see to it
that | live up to my every promise
And so when my friends refer to nv good
old Virginia and Carolina stock, and my
fine, white, clearly home-I certainly am
proud. Because
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-06-27
POR FALTADEMA.
TERRA PRlMA
suspenden los trahajos
las fabricas de hilados
y tejidos de Mexico

TcleGrama especial para Ia PRENsA.
NUEVA YORK, JUNO 26.-Tele-
gramas procedentes de Ia Ciudad de
Mexico. recibidos en- este puerto. dan
cuenta de que la mayor parte de las
fabr:cas de hilados Y tejidoS de lana
y algod6n. han tenido que suspender
sus trabajos, en- vista de Ia escasez
que hay en- el pals de las materias
primas que neceSita esa industria. En-
los mismos menSajes Sc dice cue el
comercio en- general Sc encuentra
g-andemente perturbado. Los conner
ciantes no Sc hallan dispuestos in
vertir mas dinero en- sus negoclaclo-
nes. nj a hacer aprovisionamientos de
mercancias, porque ignoran que nue.
vas medidas tomara el gobierno res
pecto la imposition de contribucio-
mes, que bien pueden ser tan gravo-
sas mas que las que Sc han fijado
! Ia industria petrolara.