The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-10
Washington News OF
Interest To West Va.

! WASHiNIiTO%, IL. -. May Com
! gresham Edward Cooper has been nhlf
To help many brave and manly YOUNG
! Nest Virginia patriots on th"'r WAY j..
! positions mi the army service pu' !"
! unable TO make any .SnrCcSS in that Oh
rcction In tn" case ut his own son.
, Edward Cooper. Jr.. is Il graduate "t me
! Culver military school. the West ON
Il. OF the west; he Is an export arl!ilcr,st,
and militariSm being to his taste ne mas
specialized in it. He is good materlal
for the army or for handling the big
guns aboard 4 sea bulldog Hut ne
| will not h" - years or age uh''l ntNi
October. and rvrrywhnr" lie has applied
or hts father has for him. that has brch
tthe only barrier which has cStopped nus
ambition TO be Of service to his country
I Young Cooper is almost broken hearted
but he has not given up all hope. HIS
parents are not only WILLING hut ahN'
iouS for him to serve. because they kno"
that hr has been trained aud Shouiu III
III somewhere 10 be Or N;t!li" 10 ChCtf
Sam. Congressman Cooper has brought
! all tho Influence he has to bear on the
officials ut the war department. and re-
cruit"d III. Influence OF 4 number OF ms
I official friends here. but up 10 inns
writing he hasn't been able 10 turn
wheel rs the saying goes lohnI
Cooper says: 1T looks rs if everybody
can get in except me. IT also looks very
much To M rs If all my training, ana
the expense ruiailrd 10 ri mo for useful
away. Just because | am under legal
ago. nothing else counts with the gov
eminent authorities II Is The hggeSt
kind OF Il disappointment to me, hut
haven't given up all hope yet. BY som"
hook nt crook. | expect to get In before
III" Huns hang NJ the white FLAG. and the
Kaiser hicS himself away to join Nh
Nick Eomanoff In exile
The Hon. George ". Bowers. the man
who put GcrrardSiown. W. Va. on thu
I.,E hahn tl,..,n tod at
( his desk signing up checks for April
/ bills and smiling Such an anomoly
Justified the rising tide Of rrrortnrial
curiosity. eliminating in the custom
. AIRY rrportOrial inquiry. Now, the usual
unthinkinS person might not be able 10
see anything In smile about with Il gar
age Hill for $3.50 SprawilnE "n til" desk
/ before him. lfut tho Hon. congressman
from th" Second district IS neither usual
nor thuuEhtlrSS. II" had this hill FIR
ured down To a business basis and
! verify. II is the iruth-the dun pleased
/ him.
That's bill. pay with pleasure" nc
said, for 1t is an expenditure which
goes into my daily businesses of trying
To do the duties Of my office TO tho sat
iSfaction 81 my own conscience and the
good people who sent me here. The
automobile is indispensable" IL my huSi-
ncSS. It's Il space annhiIator and y
timc killer. and 1t Is ar useful in a con-
CHEESEMAN'S daily life rs the telephone
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rartnicntal business near so rXpedi-
tiouSly and successfully without It.
Every morning. | Xix" every other CON
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attend To all the business he may have
- look after. and get back on Capitol
t;h.,mi ,.InrL bam,,rrr MA hn,,I,I,'
hIn.I; viii, his massive ,,.,mc, Tha,.
IN. reason why kren mn ,u,o II *
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/ i.'" t,@n' WIS P''tplc' ne JUST
iiu "'S -%nh" ~ AL. II" HldiI care Tor II
III me least. Just there one of the party
, was r"ininuc! ~ the iaruritc story OF
! IN" ZION. Wells t'""dykn"n;Z. president
, oi the West Virginia %"nar". According
! to Mr.. Gnhhykn"ml&. there once lived III
! ono Of the counties down along the Nor.
! folk X Western an old hillside farmer
: who never missed Visiting the COuu,,-
! seat on Il Saturday and carving home a
! load which would ShnW the last signs
Of disappeared mo-" about ;hc Thurs,Jry
: following. Then il was "a" old NM,
would begin to think Of thu. triu tl,ac
was TO be- made on SATURDAY. Tie wouIJ
talk about i; TO his friends II. wor,I,i
nnJ cir Ir,,,,I; w. ~. ~,
i r:nrd HOW. = 'ir,aI :, y '' ''f' ''o wy
| Vivian I;,. Hri r.,.;,,,. ;,..
down in from rr ,lr bnnSo ,,,,'t ,i .I.''L
mn her husb,rd FINN, ~, ,n,i ,L.
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- WIS
| Julian .In:,lan 81 Huntington. WIS =
! visitor at t'nurrcSSmau Cunrnr's orrir,
| H.. is rIr$ilmuy uf gaining :mlutisSimn ,n
an. 81 IA" sixteen officers reserve
camps. nni Mr. Cooper - working ia
tina, end. H.. also gay" q Iritrr of Reg
umurnda ion for tine same thing iu
L Mrrnn H. Marsh. Of l!lu.firId. and has
taken nprSuuHI ,hur.r,. ,,i MurGh'S aurli.