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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
THE FINAL RECKONING

So Ia. as the United States is con-
! i h purpose. and in the final reckoning
~ shalt expect nothing but peace
sp assured peace. With the other bel
!! cerents il is dIlterent. The fulillty OF
peace without victory" or OF peace
- without anneXationS or indemnities.
as some OF the Russians are now put
ting it, is shown by the inspired out.
givings Of the Austrian press. These
editors are setting forth the aims Of
Austria-Hungary in the. war. These
comprise the disappearance of Serbia.
the control of the Balkan Peninsula.
the curtailment OF italian territory
End whacking indemnities.
II is not 10 be supposed that Aus.
tria's ally will be more generous. a
nation that mulcted France in 1871
for an indemnify twice The amount Of
the cost OF the war and that kept an
army on French soil until the las:
pfenning was paid. is not likely to
pocket her own war expenses now, in
case she happens TO be victorious.
The word Indemnity" may not be en-
ployed; We may speak Of "compensa-
ton" instead The word annexation"
nay not be even whispered; the talk
may be Of REIMBURSEMENT" instead.
But the end OF the war will find the
victorious ready with their claims
a., but the United States We shall be
seeking no mans land. demanding NJ.
mans money. We shall ask only that
we be given assurance OF peace and
the liberty TO 90 on with our own task
without the menace Of war. We shall
desire to have repaid the loans which
We have made 10 our allies, OF course:
we shall not be fnickv il repayment
is made from moneys taken from the
defeated Central Powers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
THE GOLD TIDE TURNING

For Z. time financial authorities were
bemoaning the accumulat on Of TOO
much gold in this country. now there
h anxiety over the incrcasnc exports
OF the standard medium OF exchange.
The inhowing tide began 70 turn in
Mny. when we exported S33.lI6.lI1
more gold than We imported. aud il is
still going out. The exports are mainly
going TO Japan. Spain anu Mexico.
which discounts the theory that the
draft on our supply Is being made by
the Entente governments who have es-'
taelished large credits here. The truer
explanation according TO the American
Economist is that the shipment OF gold
out Of the country lis neccssitated BY
the balance OF trade against the United
States and in favor OF the countries re-
reiving the shipments Loans to the
Allies are not drawing our gold TO any
most part remain in the United States
10 pay what the Allies owe for our eX-
ports Of war supplies and foodsturs
Tor the European armies.
= The simple truth is that NO arc I'M
porting foreign merchandise. at a rate
far beyond any ever known before.
We are importing. because Of the Tn
derwood free trade tariff. al the rate OF
three billion dollars year--a billion
and a quarter more :han we ever I'M,
ported in a single year under protec.
tire tariff That alone tells why oar
gold supply Is being so rapidly dlmin.
ished By shipment to foreign coun-
tiles.
Exports o, gold 70 Japan. for exam
- Aess xa1a Ear beyond any previous
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

STANDING BY ENGLAND
Why India Was, Is and Will Be Loyal,
BY FLORA ANNA STEEL
Author Of TALES From the Puljab. y

! sibly the desire for this is virtU"us
and comm"ndablc: but it is indubi-
table.
Now Indian ideals. Indian thought
shelves money getting as something
! mean. Overload. it is true, By much
| talk about halfpennirs and the beau.
J ties Of much clarified butter there
turks in every cuLfieS heart the an
tith"sis Of our Western Times Is
! money" in Times is naueh!."
You Will not find thar in Europe
! lahOYrr&.
! Now it is the failure ia recognize
! tn" more spiritual outlook OF the In
! dian that has led German judgment
aSlray. Had they gripped it they
never would have behaved as they
; did in Belgium.
Bhishma III" great hero Of the Ma
, habharata and Rhishma on whose ex-
ploitS every Hindu lad is nourshed,
thus lays down The laws Of fair fight.
with ono wounded. With one who has
lost his sword. with one yielding. with
woman or with 4 low vulgar fellow do
mot battle"
What sympathy could there possibly
BE- between those vino are nOuriShrd on
that ideal and those who did MOI scrU-
pie for HE sake Of frightfuln"ss 10 Dc.
SC"nd 10 Nero child murder
II Is not too much 10 say tha; all
chance of real rising against rule
vanished with the first Zeppelin RAID
lat Scarborough. Those ten child vic
,IlmS wantonly killed in IN undofcndrd
TOWN sounded the death knell of all
German hopes IN India. For children
there are almost saCrosunCt
Ask any magistrate" Of experience
how many nffen$cS against children he
has tried in his term of service and
many will answer none. This is due
largely IT, the intense desire for race
preservation which brings their par
:ents together. but it is also due 10 a
love Of the child. as child. which il
cQualed. cannot be exceeded in any
part III the world II is love thai, il
almost inscnsaIc since Ia lei child.
even when il is naughty, is held. even
by men, 10 be L crime.
Such horrors. lhpn. as tn" delibcr.
!alc sinking OF the Lusitanla with its
needless Intellectual cruelty 10 women
and children must and do range every
Indian who knows Of them on the side
Of Great Britain, for vii h all her faults,
and they arc many. the ruled in India
have learnt by long experience that
their rulers are on tho whole just and
mcrCiful men whose beliefs rest on the
same foundation as their own.
German pronagandisrS doubtless
irlHim to be the same: bur III" evidence
is against them; and by their works
sc shall know them.
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~ All the Illusions great and SINAI
into which The Grass self suffiCienCH
% the German led him. the undoubted
belief that India would gladly seize oil
an opportunity Oi Kidding herself Ol
English rule l. the. greatest.
In !; way. the Illusion is pitful. since
il truup"!S forth 10 IN" Who'll. wldr
worlds hearing III" Impotence o! The
E"utuu'S temperament for H. task II
,er Useif ul wnrld-Cunq"rring. worlds
governing. Br;-tly IL Is unabl" even
10 grasp any other point o, view but
ilS own. II examines, i: Iahulat"S, II
ih"url"s"s over strange phenomena
:; never grips the Tact that TO others
me phenomena are not strange. but
The interest common. places OF lille.
We know. for instance, as I GER
tainty that the great CcnlUrS Ot mod
rrn ltlr in India We're hOnrycunih"d
before III" war by German spies. that
even now German propaganda Is
everywhere. "" know that III" report
ri Inevitable diSloyalty from these
spies: proof positive that they thought
nj tn" East as they would think OF the
Nest: that they made no allowance
for tha; most vital EaCtGr in the In
dian problem. the Caste system. TO
down the street Of 4 Western town ;
ask III" butchers. The bankers. the
Candl,-SJick makers OF their political
opinions. and YOU get fair idea Of
thu cuuniry's opinion. sine" these in
divtdualS are drafted from every class.
every race Of that country: Not so III
India There caste. profession IS an
Inheritance ol ages. and an age long
gulf separates one man from another.
plI cannot iufca nf "A carDpDlrr from
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
BACK TO BEET SUGAR

IN a report on the beet sugar indus
Try in the United States the Federal
Trade Commission finds that the man,
ufacture OF beet sugar had developed
from three mills in 1870 to seventy.
eight mills lin 1914, which is the last
year covered by the investigation. In
1914 these mills produced 1000 tons
OF beet sugar. or lG per cent OF the
country's consumption for that year.
and 1914 was a bad year for the beet
sugar boys because Of the cut in the
tariff duties and because sugar was
scheduled for the free list in May.
1915. d provision IL the wilson Tn
derwood law which the Democrats
we're quick 10 repeal when they found
" hat 4 wrctched revenue producer the
tariff law was.
When not arguing n convince the
ji,ry the Democrats almost invariably
lci slip some statement which makes
good Republican argument for protcc-
ton. and this report Of the commission
is no exception. for il is said: Rapid
development of thu industry, since 1897
has been largely du" 10 direct encour.
acement b. the Federal and State gov
ernmentS, particularly tn" former.
Now 1897 was the year the Dineley
tariff law went into effect which re-
stored 10 the country the American
policy of protection after the harrow
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Ing experiences under the Wilson.
German law. From that year up 10 the
passage OF the present law there was
a steady development in all branches
OF the sugar industry in the United
States. bee, and cane. Following tna
passage OF the present law. and up to
the time the war broke out. the indus
Try was staggering to the cliff OF bank
ruptcy. When President Wilson de-
tlarrd thai all business questions
c,entually got back 10 the tariff QucS-
ton he Etbsent-mindedly made state
mcnt which the history Of the Amerl-
tan sugar industry long ago proved TO
be true.
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figures S20.00l.ooo in the month Of
May just past. and IN estimated S23,-
n'o. 900 Tor the present month Of June.
or al III" rate OF 500. 600 900 4 year.
Not only is Japan taking advantage oil
the Underwood free trade tariff and
:, ndinc 10 tho United States unprece-
tented quantities of goods which COM
rrte directly with American labor and
industry and put American wage earn
erS out of the their Jobs. but tn" rncr-
ectic and Industrious laps are cutting
heavily into American export trade.
sword, cutting both ways.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

The following. written in the trcnche!
in France. is reprinted IN the LondoG
Weekly Dispatch from the Poetry r."
view. II was written by CORPORAL Jar
yin In the Duke Of Cronwall's Lish
infantry:
If England calls this day
'Wi;h get one ann unwun.
Of all aims just tho on"
Far ti"arrr thAu the rest
T" WOO and win the best
Thing that the world can give
Tho gift Of LoSe-to lir"
| would not wish.
If England calls this day
Then shall i die that she
May live in Liberty
inat she Inuy still hc great
To rise above blind Hat"
rc Eues--hrr Flag unfurled.
Gods ENGLAND 10 tho world
For aye 10 be.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
PARENTS FORCE SON.
TO LEAVE SERVICE

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Jun" Ii
Having enlisted III the Yves; Virginia
NaiiUnHl guard without the consent OF
his parents. JUDGE Is. +. Keller III the
'niied States district court Today re-
moved Newell Albrrts0n, son Of Altor-
u"y L. =. Albrrt.iun. from jurisdiction
of the guard upon & writ Of habraS cor.
nu+ obtained through the efforts Of The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
STATE NEWS

ClarkSLurg. ". Na.-Roy +. Parish
Irlcmbcr If the West Virginia stat"
iScnate from The ClarksburI district,
iwEn is nov enrolled in In" officers
reserve training corps al Fort BcnJa-
min Harrison. Aas applied for com.
ImiSsiuu IN The artillery division OF the
United States army, according 10 word
trcCrirnd here.
Huntington. ". Va.--noyd T. Cnam-
hers. wno recently resigned a. attn
'leLic director of Marshall college. has
accepted The athletic dircctorship at
bethany college At bethany, ". Va.
! Charleston, w. Ta.--llouston G..
, Young. SECRETARY Of state. has received
notice Or his appointment by Secre-
,tary of Labor WIl$iN as STATE director
of :he Boys Working Reserve Of the
'Unitrd States. Secretary Young was
rec"mmcndrsi for direction h III" Sale
Council OF Defense. TIL" purp"s" or
lined by the department OF labor. is 10
enroll The boys Of the country Inlu
units for the production OF Sunl"lhn!;
tuSeNll to the nalion during The war.
! ParkerSburg. ". va. - This city
leads The stat" i'll number OF rrrruits
| for the marine corps according 10 fig
iures received from Washington by
| local recruiting officers. Parkcrsbnrg
lacks but 81 OF the total number allot-
tied to the city. The quota assigned to
| l'arkersburg. district on April l was
| 400.
! Charleston. ". Na.--Thc State Coun.
ICil Of Defense al Il meeting held IhlS
week named the following ~ members
iCf committee to formulal" rules and
regulations for The conduct Of lh!
! business of tho council: Governor
| CUrnwell Secretary OF State Dung,
Attorney General England and Com
missioner Of Agriculture Stewart.
Charleston. W. Na.-courting in iii"
Charleston postoffi"e has been ahoi-
!ishPd by order Of United States Mar
| shall William Osborne. An order has
| been posted on the walls Of III" CORR
dor! declaring that tn" corridors AR"
| intended for the use nf the pubIc-on
! legitimate business C1lly--nnt as I!
mcrtinS place for men and women.
Charleston, w. Ea-~The "nIIStcn
strength of lh" Second West Virginia
! infantry. according 10 figures an
nounced by Colonel Morrison, now
stated at | coo men and - officers. or
iI02 short Of war strength. Nor" than
80 men will be recalled into S"rSic"
! in the regiment from the T"Srry" Isis
July Il. whcI1 The West Virginia r"gi-
mentS are called into federal service.
Charleston ". Va Tho 'rial Of
more than 90 individuals and nearly
Ia score Of corporations engaged III
local mining 1T W"s! Nl:g;nld aud Eir.
! rnia on indictments returned by Il
; federal grand Iuri in New York n"nr-
iIy three moths ago. charging ronsplr-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
Ripping Rhymes
NO GUTTER.
By WALT MA SON

Uncle Sam IS not u quiuH:, b. l.
slow 10 shed his coat. slow To draw his
Lothian weapons and demand An0tu"i :
goat. Rut when once the fuss is start.
ed. though The scrap be fierce and
rough. Uncle Sam will 20 The limit aud
will never say Enough" When th.'
warIike captains thunder and the bra
zen buglrs blare. UnCla Sam viii JOIN
the scrimmage, with his rnaitallS IN
The air. h. will swing his shining 50
Der. he will whirl his deadly brand I'll
The Huhrns cease their zollern and tin:
kaiser has been canned. You VIII S"''
his banners flying. as today YOU S",'
them flung. iii! h" fetch"- HON" III"
bacon and the last dog has h""n hung.
Though he's slow Ia, INDIGNATION is
our nslghhors long have fifth" can
whip an anaconda when h" tlghtnnS
up his belt: OH he'll scrap and keep
on scrappinC. never think Il" rnd In"
scrap. iii the foe IS shot 10 pieces ana
goes IumhEin@ off The map. he'll con
duct his redhoi riot on the SEA and on
the land, till the llohens cease from
zollern and The kaiser has been
canned.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Fairnoni. w Na.-EXprrtS from me
stat" department Of agriculture nave
been summoned her" Ia invest lSale
"a strange disease ;hal mas broken nNI
among calli' I'll Grant diSlTlcl anu
laiflrd efforts Of farmers anu HcI"ri'
rarias Il i similar to tn" black
lev = disease That wrought much
hayir TWO wears ago among ca'El" in
Harbour roiiHlY. Strict quarantine
measures ar" being adopted in an, ef::
fcrt 10 prevent and further spread Of
The disease. which ha> already been
communicated Ia several herds from
line Farm on which 1t first became evil
dent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
OFFERS SERVICES TO SOLDIERS.

\. II. Schanz. local chiropodist, has
offered his services free 10 the SOL
diers Of this section. as he says that
soldiers feet has much to do in
making him a good representative OF
Uncle Sam Therefore, he feet Of the
local soldiers will alwf be in good
condition as the result fr. SchanzS
offer.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Chnrlr.lnn. ". u. --The cHectlTN
'riyrur,s of The recently amended pro-
Edition Law 10 make il Illegal 10 carry
into the sI?in or anywhere within the
STATE more Than a uiiart Of ininNlcar
my liquors for personal or any DIVER
use Of lhr individual is shown IN 2
number or rnCrnI arrests. koneTi
Iarksun. It nero OF Hideyrill"; Va"
was fined a hundred dollars and zen
fenced tn sixty days in jail for hrin@-
in1 into The ,lnlr lwu quarts ni wills
KEY. Stuart Nyr received the same
sentence Tor bringing III three quarts,
while Frank Bailey ri ParkrrsbuT2
was fined $Inm and sentenced 10 'Wn
months in Jail for bringing in three
pinls.
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SOUTH SIDE news
ST, Paul's Picnic

s.. Paul's Evangelical Sunday school
will hold their annual picnic at Blay-
n"y'$ grove. All members Of the
school will b. given free tralsporta-
lion and those not attending the
school may secure round trip tickets
for - cents. At $40 a. m. sharp III"
cars will leave til" Sunday school and
at 80 =. III. will leave til" picnic
grounds. All who attend the picnic
will BE- given free lemmladr. In The
afternoon ST. Paul's Juniors will plaa
thu men club
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Even the registration totals in the
sciccLir" draft are piliug up close 10
the estimated figures.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

American citizens In church .omnr-
row Can sing "Iraisr God from Wh"m
al blessings fow'' with greater i"crur
than ever.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
Margaret Radcliffe. Alma Warner II
sic kasscrman. Elsie Hundt. Virginia
knnn and .lrcne Winters.
Rev. A, C. Rasche Returns.

Rev. August c. Raschc Of st. Pau!s
Evangrlcal church has returned from
The district conference at Lowell, o.
10 was reelected secretary OF the
Pennsylvania district.
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South Side Briefs.

Miss Ethel Leydener Of Merritt
street is spending the weekend with
her sister. Mrs. Olwart SAMPSON, %
Bethany.
Miss Sarah Palmer Of Woodsdale IS
Master John Arbchz OF Cleveland is
visiting his aunt. Mrs. Ruth Eanturc.
Of Wood street.
Miss Rachel Hendricks Of Jacob
street has as her guest Miss Clara
Strain of Buffalo.
Miss Irene Johnson and Frances
Burnap are spending the weekend
with Miss Eliza Harrison Of Glendale.
Mrs. Z. C.. RapIcr of Eoff street is
improving after an illness.
i. r. Roland OF Merritt street is
spending today and tomorrow with
friends AT Wrllsburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Prohibition scores on John Barley
corn IN taxation, but there arc some
2ealcts who won't have II THAI way.
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II IS suggested that n" ku!Ser nigh:
n his rcH"ctivc moments. recall CRrdi-
nal WolSey's famous lamont
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16
Miss Sicbert Entertained.

I.asf evening al her home on South
Eoff street Miss Helen Sirbert delight
fully entertained The members Of the
Lucky Clover club with an old fash
toned quilting party and lunchecn.
Among ihOs" present were: Alice
Lee Long. Caroline Butts, Virginia
Sander, Grace Baldwin, Hannah JET
frrson. Ida Schnonp, Julia GILES and
Martha Macpherson.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Whe.l.nSs allotment q the Liberty
Loan WAS mad" as mitch on her known
willingness a. h"r wealth.
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At St. paul's Church.

Childrcn's day exercises vii! hc hcld
tomorrow morning and evening in ST.
Paul's EvaH&rlical church. brSnniT-
al 10 It. IN. ami 80 T. NJ An excel
len, program ol music and songs has
been prepared and the pastor, Rev. A.
{. Raschc. will deliver an address.
Several classes will give numbers and
among those who will take part arc
tho following: Scla Bayha. Kermit
Fisher. Paul RasChe. Marjorie Nc
Clement, Paul Leach. Edward Rother-
mund. Theodore RasChe. Hazel Peters,
Estella Brown, William McCreary,
Ruth Rothermund. Martha Radcliffe
Adelaide Warneke, Irene Frederick,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

The cons7irators who aim - hooS,
the price Of canned goods should be
canned themselves.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Loafers IN West Virginia will soon be
given the high sign, war. work or
walk"
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With so mach patriotism 70 hurn
Hume has no business getting ccId feet.
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Thor are no reservations in Pitts.
hurGh's patriotism or hcr pockctbook.
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Real liberty is intelligent restraint
bit license leads TO the deep pit
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Paris approves FcrshInc because he
talks l!tile and boasts less.
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The Senate Is far food cantro! bu; is
opposed to food dictatorship.
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Steyenson's "Nirginibus Puerisque
vas finished before ne WAS IL.
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Next week we shah have the Red
Cross campaign In our midst.
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Walt minute; Another loan OF 80.
100000 is coming in the fall.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Huntington. W. Na.--Goyd l.. Cnam-
hers. wno recently resigned a. attn
'leLic director of Marshall college. has
accepted The athletic dircCtorsnip ut
bethany college at bethany, ". Va.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Charleston. ". Va.-EiEht weeks,
beginning July 20. will b" consumed
season. Thrre county Institutes will
be held the week of July so, six the
week beginning August s, eight begin
ming August l3. eleven beginning Au'
gust % and twenty-one beginning Al.
gust q. which Is the popular week or
the season. Four institutes Will be
held September 2 and one each the
weeks Of September 10 and "a.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-16

Labor did some good pinch hitting II
the Liberty Loan series.
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West Union. W. Na.--NrcAusr he
wished 10 b" free To rriticiSr III" ac'
lions of tie city council in regard 10
some Of the actions il has recently
lakenl, II II. Shinn. editor ui lhr DOdd'
ridge County Republican, declined !"
accept the arnoln,mHni I" mrlhn"f,
shin in the council. explained thai 1"
rrilirisC the municipal body If n" were
:, mem! rr of il would b. IN unpleasant
experience.