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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-20
RloTING BREAKS OUT
IN MISSOURI TOWN

st Louis, Mo.-One man was re-
ported killed and between forty and
fifty injured in race rioting that broke
out between American. and foreign
mining men in and near Flat River,
Mo. Flat River is in st. Francois
about fifty miles southwest OF st.
Louis. Reports received here are that
American-born miners are indignant
because OF alleged preference on the
part Of employers for foreign labor.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-20
Be on the Watch,

A recent news item indicated that
there was some dissatisfaction among
eastern clockmakers. Let us hope they
won't wind up with strike.-Indian.
apolls Star.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-20
The JOYOUS Gardener

"Dld your garden help you to econo-
mlzef'
Yes replied Mr.. Crosslots. 1--WE
got all the lettuce and parsley need
to garnish a beefsteak, as soon as I can
get the steak"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-20
South's Quota.
SWEEPING PLANS FOR
BUILDING MERCHANT FLEET
Wooden and Steel Ships VIII Be
Built.

Butt.
Washington.-Major General Goeth.
ais, manager of the shipping boards
emergency fleet corporation, took full
charge of the governments shipbuild-
ing program and announced sweeping
plans for constructing the great mer-
chant feet with which the United
States hopes to defeat the German
submarine campaign.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
THE COSTLY MISTAKE

With the dissolution Of the COM
mission to compose some sort Of def
mite understanding with Carranza
the farce that has been enacted with
the de facto government Of Mexico
becomes more farcical. But that is
not all. The failure to come to terms
emphasizes the costly mistake that
was made when President Wilson re-
fused, through some personal pioue, TO
recognize Huerta, as the other great
powers had done. It was not ques-
ton whether or not We should think
Huerta morally unfit for government.
That was Mexico's business, not ours.
However, the whole pitiful plea "for
humanity's sake" was played to fin
ish, and now we are just where we
begun, only more so.
One Of the large factors of the large
deficit the United States Treasury Is
facing is the cost Of maintaining the
Mexican border control. In state
rent issued by Secretary McAdoo, the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
A HEAVENLY HEAVEN

A Philadelphia minister told the
Presbyterian Ministers Association OF
that city, with solemnity that was
exceedingly impressive, that the pro-
portion Of women to men in heaven IS
about three to one, possibly five to
one" "If popular elections were held
in heaven" he added, land if there
were woman suffrage, 1 am sure the
women would win in the elections.
While we do not concede that the min
lister who disclosed this lop-sided
population of heaven has any better
facilities for getting reliable informa-
ton from that remote locality than
we have, still We are not inclined to
quarrel with his conclusions. The
women certainly should 90 to heaven
in larger numbers than men, because
they do more to make the heavens
some of us enjoy on earth than any
contributions men make to pleasant
mundane conditions. Surely 1t
wouldn't be heaven worth going to
without women.
There is another reason why there
is likely to be preponderance OF wom-
en- in heaven. Take any normal church
congregation and you will find the
sexes unequally represented, in some
cases there being a woeful lack OF
male worshipers in devout attend
ance. 1t is the faith and the loyal SER
vice that women give that keep many
of the churches going. We-have men
preachers, but it is the women VINO
are the workers. Their faith IS al
,ays accompanied with works. SO as
tho women outnumber the men IN the
Christian churches Of the world 1t: 10
not surprising that they should Dc
able TO outvote mere man in any heaV-
enlv election, as it has been lntimateo
bv our speculative Philadelphia Pres
bvterian brother IS likely to occur.
And that being the case it behooVes
mankind to become better qualified
for such future association with wing
cd femininity and st. Peters primar-
les.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
Ripping Rhymes
UNRELIABLE.
BY WALT MASON,

ION James P. links you cant de-
pend-he doesn't keep his word.
This Is the punkest recommend that
any man has heard. The delegate
with that renown can't lind much
work 10 do; wherever he appears Ill
town. employers cry out Shoe"
hired youth whose name is Charles,
to help me bail some hay; TO bind
the deal l paid him aries. he said
heidi come next day. But never did
that youth appear, which made my
lifeblood boil; he went a.ishing IN
the mere, and passed up honest toll
He comes to me when days are Town,
and hits me for job, but evermore
| turn him down. the piker and the
swab. He comes to me when tenn
pest blows, and asks me for pie,
but I've no charity for those on whom
one can't rely. | hire a youth named
Bonnie Bird to ply the saw and
sperthe, for lads who do not keep
their word are Of but little worth.
The down-and-outs are mostly men
who this false system played; who
broke and broke. and broke again the
promises they made
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empress dowager's actual power. Tzu-
Hsi, with her enamelled face and her
gorgeous tinery, uttered the words
that meant life or death to courtiers,
governors and viceroys.
What went on behind the walls of
the Forbidden City none knew. One
or two European women were a9-
mitted TO that domain Of slaves and
eunuchs. What they reported was
exceedingly interesting. 1t afforded a
glimpse into a world which the Euro
pcans believed TO have passed forever
with the advent of gunpOwder, and
the railroad and the telegraph. But
the machinery that moved that gov
eminent by women and by slaves re-
manned mystery. The power that
controlled the lives Of 100000, 900 peo-
pie remained shadow.
The story of Rasputin Is more amaz-
ing than the story OF the dowager
Tomsk dominated, not secluded and
oriental harem surrounded by high
walls of brick and tradition, but one
of the most brilliant courts Of Europe
the Europe of today, the Europe
that is dealing with tragic facts. The
empire that RaSputin swayed, with his
strange pretensions to divine mis-
sion and divine powers, is one of the
deciding factors OF a decisive period
in the history Of civilization. The
anachronsm might well be regarded
as incredible.
/ And yet this man undoubtedly
played, or tried to play, masters
part in the affairs, not only of Russia
but Of Europe All Russia believes
that eight years ago Rasputin by his
mysterious powers prevented the out
break Of war between Russia and
Austria-Hungary at the moment when
the Bosnia Herzegovina question stir
red the fires of International hatred
and suspicion to a fresh blaze.
In the present crisis, amid the
solemn surroundings of the Russian
parliament, Rasputin has been accused
of seeking to sell his country to the
enemy by trying to bring about a
separate peace on humiliating terms
between Russia and the central
powers.
How much of the sinister glamor
that has grown up about the legend
of the monk from Tomsk none can
tell. But the crime that brought an
end to his mystic overlordship Of the
imperial mind and conscience has
been greeted in the duma and by the
Russian press as an act of national
deliverance.
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line Of such an investigation as Is
now going on warrant the interest
that is centering In her testimony.
The summoning Of the two great fig
ures in New Yorks financial circle,
J. P. Morgan, and President Wander
lip of the National City Bank, looks
more like perfunctory act of the
committee. an effort to get at the
customary methods Of finance with a
probable bearing on the effects Of the
leak.
That there has been a great deal
Of smoke raised cannot be questioned,
and that there was leak. is likewise
unquestioned. Whether the committee
will ever get to the fire is quite an
other story. The question Of verac-
ity has been raised between Mr.. Law
son and Chairman Henry. and that
may not be so wholly ethical as 1t
locks. The committee seems TO be
showing more determination to get at
the bottom Of the scandal than it first
displayed, Its dead earnestness being
manifested in it's decision to employ
legal counsel to aid 1t in its inquiries.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
A SUGGESTIVE INCIDENT

Some days ago The lntelligencer re-
ferred to the significance Of the IN
derbidding Of a British firm in compe-
tition with American steel companies
for shell supplies for our navy. There
was q wide margin in favor Of the
English bidders, a Sheffield concern,
in some cases being 5000 lower per
shell. Yesterday the Navy Depart
ment awarded the contract to the
Sheffield company. Secretary Dan
iels makes a rather offensive COM
ment on the award by suggesting that
tho American bidders oVercharged
because they did not know there was
to be any foreign competition. The
American manufacturers Indignantly
deny the insinuanon, declaring they
were utterly. unable to approach the
Sheffield firms figures.
The incident bears its own COM
ment in showing that English manu-
facturers have not only met the de-
mands Of the war, but are amply pre-
pared to enter the competitive field
now, and that the war has done the
worst to them it can do. This under
bidding also indicates the present
handicap Of American manufacturers
in the higher cost Of materials and
labor and the advantage the foreigner
enjoys in the lower wage paid for
skilled work This same advantage
runs through other branches Of Eng
lish industry, and arms them for de-
structive competition with home man
ufacturers. unless sufficient tariff
protection is afforded them TO retain
their home markets.
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estimated expenditures for the patrol
up to June 30th, 1917. are S162.41S,-
900. That is but a drop in the adjust
ment bucket. The worst is yet to
nificantly points out no Que can esti-
mate the property loss sustained in
Mexico by citizens of European gov
ernments. Were it not for the Euro
pean war, Mexico would have been
bombarded with demands for damages
and reparation. In the day of. reckon
ing. Europe will surely turn to the
United States for satisfaction. The
costliness Of the Mexican mistake in
the loss of American life and property
has never been fully estimated.
A memorandum submitted to the
Observation-Disclosures Commission BY Il
committee representing As mining and
smelling companies. of which William
Loeb. IT.. was chairman, details the
loss the revolution and chaos IN Mex
leo have brought upon one industry.
These companies represent a cash
property investment of 100000,
owned not by few capitalists, but by
many thousands of American citizens.
During the revolutionary period over
SIT, 100000 have been lost in wages
alone to the Mexican people. BY ar
bitrary exactions. levies. forced loans
and destruction of property losses to
the extent Of s7,246.031 are reported.
with many companies still unable to
estimate their losses. On top of this
come taxes that are practically confis-
catory to properties in process of de-
yelopment.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
UNIONIZING BALL PLAYERS

As the activity of the President of
, the Federation Of Labor IS at present
at rather low ebb owing to the quiz
escent situation of the Brotherhood
row with the railroads Mr. Gompers
. welcomes another promised impasse
tthe threatened strike OF the Base
ball Players Fraternity. against the
club owners. With an idea Of strength
ening their cause the president of the
ball players organization has applied
for a charter from the Federation OF
Labor, and the prospects for unionlZ-
ing the sport are quite good. Presi-
dent Gompers is ,thirty-third degree
fan" and a consistent member OF
the Stove League, and is heart and
soul for a still closer consort with the
players. the slaves" of contract. We
all know how the sympathetic labor
leader detests any form of servi-
tude. law or no law" and it
is not surprising that he init
mates that organized labor will
welcome the slaves of the diamond
with open arms for speedy deliver
ance from the daily things. and exact
: ions they have come to loathe.
. The presidents of the two major
Loo as
lightly. if not with actual levity. One
.pugnacious magnate has issued the
:dictum that organized ball cannot
and will not tolerate any such action
by the players" However, if the
players organization is backed Off
. eially by organized labor We can see
!. where the withdrawal of labor's pat
$ ronage, which is the larger percen-
! tage OF the attendance on games. will
make box office deficit that may
call for Cancellation and arbitration.
But how does it come that the ball
: players have overlooked the Great
Mediator in this dispute. He could
soon tx it. Threatened strikes and
leisurely hours of work are his spec
ialty. Besides Mr.. Wilson is past
grand rooter and fan. Mr.. Fultz. the
head Of the Players Fraternity. we be-
lieye, has made a grave mistake. He
F. sbould have knocked on the White
House door first.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

An incredible reign has just ended
at PeIrograd. 1t was the reign OF a
monk. A simple peasant was Grigori
Rasputin when he first appeared in
The Russian capital a half score years
ago. He came from Eastern Russia
the Russia that merges into Asia and
shares it's mysticism. This monk
,rod a path of victory to power, How
great this power was over the lives
OF 1SU,O0O,000 people will never be
known.
1t is known, however that Grigori
Rasputin-"Saint. Grigori" they called
him toward the last - sent explicit
orders TO ministers, and these orders
were obeyed. 1t is known that his
levees in the palace once occupied by
Grand Duke Alexis were attended by
the nobility of Russia-by high-born
ladies OF the palace, by generals In
gliltering uniforms. by all the high
and the mighty Of the empire. The
poorest also came with prayers and
petitions, which were granted with
the initialled order Of Rasputin to
heads Of government.
1t is also said that this saint who
came from Asia exercised a mySter-
ious power over the conscience Of the
car; that the czarina bowed her I'm
perial head to his decrees;, that rulers
were elevated to the skies or BUNDLED
to the dust at his word.
And the strange story OF this monk
who brought the darkness Of the
middle ages with hirn Is not based
upon hearsay. Since 1912 the repre-.
sentatives of the Russian people has
been struggling to free Russia from
the grasp Of this Richelieu who could
barely read and write.
Again and again has the duma
denounced the dark forces" which
dominated the palace. Yet so power
full was this. exalted peasant from
Tomsk that he could defy the unanim-
GUS vote of the duIna demanding his
elimination from the life OF Russia.
So strongly was he entrenched In the
seat of the mighty that he could issue
a decree commanding the Russian
press to cease it's clamor-and he
could enforce his command.
There is no parallel to the twilight
rule Of this monk except in the middle
ages or in the forbidden City" of
Pekin. In the Forbidden City, the
walled stronghold of the Manchus, a
concubine in our time rose to be
empress dowager OF 100000 yellow
persons. Her rule was absolute. The
shadowy figure OF the nominally reign
ing emperor was blotted out by the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

terms of Goth district circuit court;
No. CT, marriage licenses; No. 68,
judges Of courts.
BY Burr, of Taylor-No. 60, mar.
riages.
By Payne. of Kanawha-No. 70,
abatement of houses of prostitution by
injunction.
BY Aikens. of Marion-No. II, for.
bidding split fees by surgeons; No. II,
giving county commissioner in coun-
ties over 10000 SIS per diem; No. Is,
relating to hospitals.
BY Bassell. of Lewis-No. -, aboli-
ton of Virginia debt commission.
BY McBee. of Monongalia-No. Is,
compulsory school attendance.
BY Castro. Of Jackson-No. 76, reg
stration Of voters.
By Harrison, Of Harrison-No. II,
service Of stations. etc.
BY Polling, of Barbour-No. rs, road
inspections. i.
BY Whitaker, of Ohio-No. 70, re-
lating to savings banks.
By Harvey. of Braxton-No. So
county salaries; No. 81, appointment
of county assessors deputies.
BY Weir, of .Randolph-No. 81,
transportation Of sick on railroads;
No. SO, primary elections; No. 81, ap-
pointment by governor OF efficiency
commissioner.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
BEAT THE RAILROADS.

NEW YORK. Jan. 17.-Rapid tran
sit lines in the territory comprising
greater New York carried more pas
sengers in 1916 than did all the steam
railroads of the United States, Travis
H. Whitney, public service commits
sioner. testified late today, at the in
terstate commerce commission hear
ing on alleged discrimination against
New Jersey cities in lighteraGe and
freight rates 10 the port of New York.
He asserted the New York city roads
transported 1,S90.000.000 persons dur
ing the year. whereas the country S
railroads carried little more than
one million in the same period.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
I'M M ENSE TONNAGE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. German
shipyards since the war began have
built tonnage lotalling three quarters
of a million. Official dispatches TO
the United States government say
that not only are all German shipping
companies preparing for resumption
Of business after the war. but the
German canal system is being i'm
proved and structural improvements
are being made in the harbors OF
Bremen, Steltin and Hamburg.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
WANT BAIL REDUCED.

NEW YORK; Jan. 17.-Counsel for
oliver A. Brewer, indicted for con.
spiracy in connection with the alleged
kidnapping of Frederick Gump, Jr., for
which Harry X. Thaw is under arrest
in Philadelphia, obtained a writ Of
habeas corpus in the supreme court
here today in an effort to have re-
duced the $4,000 bail fixed for
Brewer. The writ is returnable to-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
Try the chiIdren's Medicine.

Many parents are inclined to be.
lieve that medicine used for children
is not suitable for themselves. While
it is true that larger doses are re-
quired, 1t is unreasonable to suppose
that a disease in an adult should be
treated any. differently than the same
aflment in a child. Mrs. Earl Jen-
nings, Lima, Ohio, writes. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy Is a splendid
medicine for children have used 1t
myself for colds and 1t has always
given me the desired relief" Obtain.
able eyerywhere.-AdY.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
TO PROBE CONSPIRACY.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. II. Sum.
mons for IL dozen coal dealers in this
city were issued by District Attorney
Rotan today TO determine whether a
conspiracy existed between them in the
simultaneous increase Of twenty-five
cents a ton on Dec. 90. Whether action
will be taken will not be determined
until the investigation is completed.
The results Of the investigation, ii
was said, would be kept secret until
such time as il was deemed advisable
10 begin prosecutions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
OPPORTUNITIES OPEN DOOR.

OPPORTUNITIES OPEN DOOR
The do me wrong who say come no
When once 1 knock and fall to find
thee in:
For every day I stand outside thy
And bid thee wake. and rise to fight
and win
Wall not for precious chances past
Weep not for golden ages on the
Each night I burn the records of the
At sunrise every soul is born
againi
Laugh like boy at splendors that have
sped.
and dumb;
Ny judgments seal the dead past with
its dead,
But never bind moment yet TO
come.
Though deep in mre. wiring not thy
hands and weep.
I lend my arm to all who say Il
can!"
No shame-faced outcast ever sank 50
deep,
But Yet might rise ana DC again 4
man!
Dost thou behold thy lost youth all
aghast?
Dost reel from righteous Rctribution's
blow?
Then turn from blottcd archives Of the
past,
And find the futures pages white as
snow.
Art thou a mournpro Rouse thee from
thy spell;
Art thou sinner" Sins may be
forgiven;
Each morning gives thee wings TO fly
from hell.
Each night q star In guide thy feet
to heaven.
Judge Malone.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
AMERICA FIRST CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. TIA call for
an America first educational confer.
ence to be held here February 3 was
issued today by Dr.. P. P. Claxton, the
OF education. The con.
ference will be held Immediately after
adjournment of the annual meeting OF
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States and its purpose is to
bring together educators and EN-.
Movers of lahor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

There is destiny that shapes our
end rough hew them how we VIII.
There was Admiral Dewey whose first
inclination was for an army career. and
was turned from West Point because
there was no vacant cadetship from his
State
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TO CHANGE PENSION METHOD.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Jan. II. A
change in the method Of determining
the amount of pensions to. be paid to
retired employees of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad company and its directly
operated lines cast of Pittsburgh and
Erie, has been authorized by the board
of directors. 1t will result in in
creased allowances in number Of
instances. A minimum OF SIT per
month also will be established.
The purpose OF the change is to
protect employees who are unable, by
reason of sickness or infirmity, to
earn full time during the closing years
of their service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18
LEAK" INTEREST REVIVED

Interest has been added 10 tne
probe for the leak" in official Wash
ington by the promised appearance OF
Mrs. Visconti. 1.-The woman In the
case" or the lady who is alleged to
have inspired the dropping nerve Oh
Thomas W. Lawson. From all we
know her accomplishments in the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

May Day in 1898 and Dewey dead in
1917. The paths Of glory lead but 10
the grave.
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That rs cent diet New York police
squad is being fed on may sustain life,
but does It make life worth living.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

Where does the Car stand:" says
an inquiring headline. That's as easy
as the other obvious conundrum. why
does a miller wear white hat?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

It Is a libel on Wisconsin's famous
city that the cruiser Milwaukee should
be filled with water. water everywhere
and no foam in sight.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-18

Mike de Pike" Is the nickname of
one Of the indicted Chicago grafters.
but he was piker at that.
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Hor that all Of Pittsburgh's troops
are back from the border the next siet
public reception to engage its attehelon
will be the Stove Leagues Unfair 1os
"Honus Wagner"
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War taxes" and bond issues in time
Of peace are the usual outcome Of Dem
ocrattc management
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George W. Perkins, "methinks doth
protest too much"
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The administration will soon blow the
bugle for Pershing that has always
sounded retreat
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PREMIER RESIGNS

PARIS, Jan. II, $40 p. m.-Andre
Radovitch, premier OF Montenegro TO.
day rendered his resignation to King
Nicholas 1t was accepted.