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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
THE PEACE OF BUCHAREST

About the conditions under WHICH
Rumania concluded its peace WITH Inc
Central powers there can be but one
op,nion. They are so oppressive thas
snothinr remains OF the unfortunate
). country but fictitious autonomy, with
Sslmost unsurmountable obstacles 10
the recovery Of its former economic
strength and its rank among the States
of southwestern Europe. Liberal jour
mails Of Germany like the Leipslc
.eVolkszeitung," deplore the tendency
I, OF the mailed fist exhibited in the treaty
O, Bucharest. This is no peace by
negotiation the papeT exclatms, AS
it comprises losses Of territory botalE
taken from the yanquished foe on the
one hand and yelled, but no less real.
.indemnities on the othe:. and the
promises given with it constitute no
alienation Of the burdens which are
:: as heavy as ii Il money indemnity had
! been exacted." The "Neuc TaGsblatt'
of Vienna warns the Austrian govern
ment against seeing in III" treaty an
act OF reconciliation or sentiment"
as Rumania had given its consent to l.
only because il was forced 10 do So
ind is hoping for It's annu;T"nt II the
= Coming world peace conference.
!; 1t is in glazing contrast with the
F: first peace treaty of Bucharest which
Rumania, Serbia and Cire're. vlctors
in the second Balkan war. mace Ave
years ago. BY the terms Of this treaty
Bulgaria surrendered he" Claims 70 all
Of Macedonia. to Salonica and 10 that
par, of Dobrudja which had remained
to her after her war OF liberation
Now by the second treaty u RurhareS'
3Rumania surrendrSs far more than did
Bulgaria then. She surrenG' rs her in
dependence political AS VOL rs eco
nonic, and becomes a ya><at OF tn"
Central powers. \ generation ago Ru-
mania trusted Russia and LOST her BeSs-
arabian seacoas,: tho Seco2d betrayal
by Russia mas cost her all OUT her eH-
-istence. the defeat Of RGEiania being
largely due to Germanys connirance
with CORRUPT Russian officials VINO. TN
der the Suise OF friendship. betrayed
the Rumanian army into ,neiG power.
Probably the hardns' blow struck Ru-
mania in the peace treat! is the sur
render OF the remainder + the Black
Sea littoral, involving her sovereignty
over the lower course OF icc Danube.
Including the islancs in ;he delta Of
the river.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
BRAVE WOMAN BACK
FROM THE WAR FRONT

l.uNpnN. April II correspondents of
III" .NS%"rirt"d Press ---Th" liaT"n"Ss
r. S"r"ia"S anal Miss Maori Chisholm, Two
English ~ lu"m VIII" has" :IE"d II dug
out ON ih" R'lg:In frrG, f"r ;hr'" and n
half years. rarIng f"I lin I;'.iEiah ir""nS
and who ar" known Throughout tin Eel
.ian Hrn,N rs lii" 't"h'I Nun'"li 81
rrrvys"' hay" arrived III London. sUr-
f"rIng from tn" effects II Hn aiia'k 'n
the RclIlan frurt IN thr r'r"nt t'ghIln.
there. Roth huyr I"rn acri"USly'lll. hit
ARE NOW sufficiently r"r"N"r"d 1" n" adj
miit"d &" ? ""i'> al"Sc"ni hospital here.
"N'" were accustomed :" hVmharl-
m"n," SAID IN" lIaIun'>s N IN iul"rN lcw.
and our ,lug"Ut has h""m hi n hundred
times $Inrs w".li>"d Ih"r. Eut ~ this
last aitnrk tn. Smelling US more drrHd-
ful tl:au "" haze eyer known.
1T We. early ON" morning H(t"r a
ulChtlumg hulrhardm"n; ihnI "" d""id"d
Ia v"'ntur" oui. knowing that Their" would
hn man wounded n""dlIE "ur care"
Whit, "" w.rr dressing. ! heard n -E"i!
hlIr%t rurSd III" "Hr dig"ur. and u m"'n' ut
latnI found oar "rcCrly lAin. "u"'h"
floor III III" "nTrIduT rushed "G; Ia
-" wha' | could Il" for h'in "h"n sud
denly f"lr NJ II u r"r" had h""n GHsi"n-
II ground NV u"''h
II "uuIh mo- breathe and Was ah=uiut"-
~ h"ldll"ss Miss ''h'Sh"lnr 10" was IN
aronios MY liil5. dog Shr' who hal
boon with uS icy rhro" Years cam" up
pnd Inukcd ut ~" with wondering "y"s.
I.rk,rl NY hani and died. d"nt ihiuE
had rvcr hrfnro rnl, Ihat acuuaIiy hated
my "ncin, hu' rN'r sine" my dog WAS
ga*s"d have lnnr"d alloy" all else 8"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

ON. II tn" many indications "i me
irmu"rlairre which tIin l;,hc" situation has
assumed since tE" "niraHc" IF the
l'm!t"l States INTO the wnrld'S war -
furnished by the increased activity ana
rNprr>irn nf tn" United states Employ
mont S"rvirr II Is prnhah III" ihhi many
persons in III" tinted States ~" even
Vt unawarc shat uur federal government
X Operating n&!l"u-wii" clearance s!S-
ton for labor "f all kinds.
The Tnitcd States Employment Scr
Vie" WAS OvEau2rd S"inr A"ar| AK" rs
a means "f Dealing with the diS"rsh-
uizcd labor situation throughout III"
country. Students Of labor pr"b:enlS
have remarked with increasing Ire
oucncy upon tho Inconsistency CT an
economic system whereby the diSn"Si-
ton uC commodities. tn" employment "1
capital and tn" utilization OF hnan'iaI
resources ar. nil handled with inc great
cs, nicely by means Of elaborate ana
efficient machinery. private ana "lll'lA''
and vet the disposition Of labor. the
fundamental factor for production. mas
been left largely {" chance OF lno!ElduaI
vhtmS and initiative.
The matter WAS Put concrctely by one
writer IN pointing out how absurd II
would nH 10 see in ShnW-W:hup" WI ii
public strcr; n sign reading. "falr OF
Shoes Wanted" Desk Wanted, "E"ast
ut Reef Wanted" or anything OF that
sort. and yet how familiar. as a matter
If course. il is L" 50" 81 sign reading.
Sales Girl Wanted" "Er-nnd Boy Want
err" Help Wanted etc.
In tho pas. alm"s; Tho solo efforts I"
cn-oriinat" the needs Of employers with
tho available supply or Labor. "r even
more Significantly the n"ccssiti"s or the
!uhnring man with possible avenues or
r,nploymcnt. have been conducted ny
rriv.t. agencies operated on CONNER
cial basis.
This system Of course Is hotter than
nothing. yet the results hav" BEEN IN
many cases derlnrahie in IN" extreme.
Consequently. many municipalities and
also some states haN" felt II desirable
to- TAKE an efficient control Of tho place
msnl Of labor and have either establish
ed bureaus - their own or nave d"tl-
nttcly controlled and regulated the prs-
Sarr agencies.
With tho dawn OF 4 now social view
point. which dates practically from tho
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

sentia' relief 10 tho railroad c"mHa-
MES by sweeping cdicr proposed to- IN
crease railroad revenues by Sllm
many times greater than Nh railroad
owners ever asked. Without aSSuin-
ing powers of prophecy. Til" Intelligent
Ger believes tina: desperate effort Viii
be made by the men now II control OF
the government TO MAX" government
control OF railroads permanent.
State socialism has mad" trrmcn-
dous progress under the >tGrS> ot var.
When The war danger is passed.. the
maintenance OF State socialism or lis
gradual disappearance will b" one II
our most important problems. The
socialistic influences have gained a
great advantages in the established
control Of cur railroad properties.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
A COSTLY EXPERIENCE

lt appears that the reorSanIzCd air.
craft production board intends to adop.
the only sensible method al building
aeroplanes quickly and satisfactorily.
That is. 70 take the best that The cxpe'
rience OF our Allies has developed and
TO use it. Some months aSo we were
told. with a great flourish OF trumpefS,
that some American engineers NJ"
locked themselves in a room and in the
period CT four or five days had evolved
the most wonderful aeroplane engine
ever contriyed. With our usual com-
placency we accepted this statement MS
a fact. We also believed that We were
going 10 turn out these engines BY the
hundreds Of thousands The record
has proven miserable disappoint.
ment.
The so-called Liberty engine proves
TO be only an improved auto engine,
and inca pahle Of doing muc;l OF the Sc
we're work that is required Of tho fight
ing aeroplaneS. Instead OF turning
these engines on; by the thousands.
we have manufactured Il few miserable
hundreds. and they hav" rot proven
satisfactory in operation. During three
years of war. the French and English
have developed acroplanes ot The high
est capacity. They hay" met and
vanquishcd their foNs. The practical
problems Of aeroplane construction
have been solved by their experience.
Now thar Ne look back OF: it, il is al
most uncomfortable thar the American
people allowed themselves 70 be Gulled
BY the statement that new engine
devised in weeks lime was going 10
surpass the best recGros of our Al
lies made during three years Of most
desperate fighting. However. we seem
10 have learned our mistake. and the
new aircraft board has shown common
sense by its willingness TO accept
the experience and the Information
which our Allies have gathered al
great cost.
We haze spent some hundreds OF
millions OF dollars advertising some
cheap sensationalists in The automo
bile business.
1t. has been costly experience.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
MEMORIAL DAY NOW
PROCLAIMED BY GOV.

The president OF the United States
having issued his proclamation. pro-
claiming May 80. lHlS, n day already
freightcd with sacred and stimulating
memories" as q day of thankSGiv living
and prayer. and having eXhortcG all his
fellow citizens nf all faiths and crccdS
10 assemble on that day in their several
places ~ worship. ami there to pray
"a God that He may forgive our sins
and shortcomings as Il people and purify
OUR hearts 10 see and love tho truth.
20 accept and defend all things that arc
Just and right and TO purpose only these
righteous acts and Judgments which arc
IN conformity with His will: besc"ching
Him that lie will give victory tp our
armies as they hght for freedom. wis
dom 10 those who take counsel on our
behalf IN these days of dark struggle
and perpleXity. and Steadfastness Ia nur
people and t. make sacrifices In the ut
most in support II what Is just and
true bringing us at last the peace in
which mems hearts can be at rest be-
cause it is founded upon mercy. justice
and good will
And It appearing fitting that in this
hour OF our nations trial We should 90
with humble supplicatiouS tn III" throne
~ mercy and there not only appeal fuT
divine support and guidance. but like
wise pledge anew our faith In and de-
votion to those Christian ideals which
wo are today preparing 10 maintain AMI
defend with all our resources and all
our nations power.
Therefore,, I. John J. CnrrwHll. gov
crnor Of tho state Of West Virginia. do
appeal to all tho people &C IVES; VT
ginia 20 respond to ths recommendation
and request Of the president AMI urge
upon them n proper nbservanc" OF tn"
day So; apart by him as a dry of prayer
In the manner indicated In his proclama-
ton.
JNO. J. CORNWELT..
Governor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

served to distinguish the humane aims
Of democracy from the callouS greed
OF the Prussian. The sacrifice and
privilege of giving this help is still
ours. The obligations of civilization
we're long ago lightly shaken off by
the Hun. The resources Of our Allies
are far spent. and America must more
and more take up the burden that is
too heavy for England, France and
Italy.
Red Cross Week begins May 20. and
the splendid sum asked By the Prcsi'
dent will be given with cheerfulness.
AS in the past, America answers ready
to the call.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
THE RED CROSS

President Wilson's appeal for an
other 800. 1000 for the REQ Cross is
sure 10 meet an enthusiastic and lib
eral response from the American pep.
pie. One hundred million dollars
means approximately 81 for every man,
woman and child IN the cOunt-y-a
small contribution tU the cause of hui
mainly during this great world strus-
gle.
The Red Cross has mad" a splendid
record throughout the war. ana par
ticularly that record has appealed TO
the American people since our own en-.
trance into the conflict. Our boys.
writing from France, have almost in
variahly commended the work OF the
Red Cross. and appeal for its support.
Fortunately. We have not yet had long
lists Of casualties, but the day Rp-
proachrs when those lists will fill the
columns Of our papers and will be read
with heart anguish by thousands or
fathers and mothers.
Our duty 10 continue this work is
plain II is as much the task OF Amer.
lea 10 heal the victims of harharism as
10 repress the barbarians The man
ner in which We assumed this service
long before eateri, war has
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
SUBSTITUTE EXHIBITION.

AMSTERDAM. April CO. Correspond
anrc Of the Associated Press -Plana
have been formed 10 open r "Suhstitut'
Exhibition Of the Central Empires" at
Vienna in May. The organizers arc IN"
Peoples Food Bureaus Of Austria. The
Industrial Unions and several of thu
great war companies concerned IN tn"
manufacture OF substitute textiles. oils.
fats. rorfrn and tobacco. About hall
the exhibition is to be devoted 10 III
food departments. where model kitchens
will give demonstrations Of substi;ui"
fuuds and the use Of refuse.
Tho exhibition is known - Ausiri"
IN. rhr name "Fma." this being short
cninr nf the official title, Ersatzmitte-
lAuSstollung.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
BRIDGEPORT MAN
LOSES BOTH LEGS
Colored Man Of Ohio Town Victim Of
Horrible Accident Yesterday.

Walter Marcelius, a colored residcn'
of Bridgeport. lost both legs yesterday
Al the Laughlin tin mill at Martin:
Ferry when he was run down by q
freight train. Marcelius was engaged
in unloading a car OF cement when an
engine bumped the car. causing him
10 be thrown under the moving engine.
Marcelius is So years OF age. He is
now lying in the Martins Ferry hos.
pital in a very critical condition.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
NOTICE

Editor lntel,:Ssncer:
You are authorized to announced
Davis Elkins OF Morgartnwn. Monon-
gala Co.. II candidate for nomination
by the Republican Party for the United
States Senate from Nest Virginia, sub.
Ject to all rules of the Republican Party
and the laws Of the Stale OF West Nir.
ginia governing the primary election
10 be held August. 1918.
ELklNS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
J. II. McDENMOTT. Chairman.
=. O. Drawer, SS1.
Morgantown. w. Na-Adv.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

thcv did not come into il without tac'hs
the possibility Of danger.
And. from day II. da% there arc r"a'h-
ing tho War Department other reports
,b,, show tina; Americas hello T'rlS
arc making good in strange lana an"
under tho most difficult and perhsps
hazardous conditions.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

Uncle Sam IS lhe greatest insurance
man ~ III" world: he Wroi" over ten
billion dollars worth IN f"w months.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

Tho treaties OF Brest-Litovsk and
bucharest: tearing the eastern countries
to shrcds and tattrrs peace By
peace
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

urir american boys have taken London
10y storm: II was Il victory pleasant 70
both sides.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

Tins Is The times ~ lay III your mex,
winters supply Of coal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16
KEELING 1NTELL1GENcER
NATIONAL EDITORIAL sERv1
GOVERNMENTS AID TO INDUSTRY
Through u Employment Service 100000 Labore Each Month
Placed Where They Are Needed
By HENRY P. FAIRCHILD

roIcsSor vi Sociology and Authr0poogy IN Yac TnVrrStN
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-16

NO. J. CORNWELT..
Governor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-26
Belgians Took War Lightly

In Brand Whtlock's story of German
oppression in Belgium, now running in
Everybody's Magazine, we are told of the
pitifully inadequate steps that were TAX
en- to defend Brussels. Fortunately, Mr..
Whitlock was instrumental in having
the defense abandoned, but not until he
had witnessed the following:
A strip of paving extending across the
avenue was torn up and trench had
been dug. hardly wide enough or deep
enough for gas main. The earth and
the pavestones that had been removed
to form 1t. were heaped along the edge.
and before this slightest of barricades
harbed wire was loosely strung. And,
standing knee-deep in the trench was a
company of the Garde Civique, insouci-
ant, smiling waiting for the advance
of the German army.
They stood there. those unframed boys
and young men, clerks, students petits
bourgeois-in their improvised uniforms
bowler hats decorated with cords and
nodding tassels, armed, to be sure, with
rifles, but with no more training than
that they had received in Sunday after
noon marches through the pleasant Foret,
or parade on some fete day, that rudi-
mentary organization, that city guard, all
that was left of the burger wacht of
olden time, the stock butt OF Brussels
wit, the standing joke of music halls and
revues, stern1y courageous, no doubt.
and filed with the spirit of the stout
burghers Of the old free cities. but only
a welcome incentive and excuse to the
gray oncoming hordes. 1t required no
very lively Imagination to picture the
German soldiers should deboucher out
OF the shades Of the stately Bois-one
whiff of mitraille, one volley, and love-
ly Brussels doomed!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-26
ITEN-ROUND FIGHT
| MAY BEPUT ON HERE
Wrestling Tourney May Be
Featured by Bout Between
Spike Webb and Mayer

Bill STREET is making all sorts of
elaborate plans to entertain the bugs
at the big southern championship
wrestling tournament to be held at the
Athletic club April l6. Bill is now try
ing to stage lO-rouRd fight on this oc-
casion between Spike Webb and Mayer.
the southern lightweight champion, both
of whom are now ut Camp Mcclellan.
This will prove a big drawing card and
local fans are hoping these two pugs
can arrange to appear.
Another star attraction that may be
billed for the same night is Joe Guyon,
Techs football hero. who is also some
wrestler. Guyon made his all-American
football eleven last year and is said to
oe one of the best ali-round athletes in
the country,
Entries for this tournament will close
on April -, and all ambitious wrestlers
should send in their cards at once to the
following COMMITTEES In charge: Herbert
Cobb, c. w. STREET., Jr., X. Landgrebe.
Jack Biddle. c. w. McEachen. L. De-
bendetto. Homer Thomas, J. p. Ross.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-26
zExpanded
German Entry Into Brussels

Brand Whitlock, United States minister
to Belgium, was in Brussels on that
fateful day in September, 1914 when the
GERMAN army entered the peaceful city.
lie describes the sight in Everybody's.
1t was very still, the crowds sullen
and silent, there in the glitter of the sun
llght-the horses hoofs Gathering on the
stones OF the uneven pavement, the lances
swaying, the pennants fluttering and that
deep throated chant to the tune that
the English know as God Save the King,
ana as we America and over us the
gray facades of the stately old church.
The scene had the aspect of medievalism;
something terrible too, that almost saw
age chant and those gray horsemen pour
ing down out of the Middle Ages into
modern civilization.
Up and down the boulevard, under
the spreading branches of the trees, as
far as we could see, were undulating
glinting fields of bayonets, and a mighty
gray, grim horde, q thing of Steel that
came numbering on with shrill flies and
throbbing drums and changing cymbals,
nervous horses and numbering guns and
wild songs
And this was Germany! Not the
stolid. good-natured, smiling German of
the glass of beer and tasseled pipe,
whiling away Sunday afternoon in his
peaceful beer garden, while band played
Strauss waltzes; not the sentimentality
of the blue flowers and the moonlight
on the castled Rhine; not the poetry
of Goethe and Schiller; not the insipid
sweet strains of Mendelssohn nor the
profound harmonies of Wagner, nor the
philosophy of Emmanuel Kant: but this
dread thing, this Frankenstein, this
monstrous anachronism, modern science
yoked to the chariot of the autocrat and
cruel Will OF the pagan world"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-03-26
REGULARS DEFEAT
YANN|GANS 6 TO z
Barons Stage First Practice
Tilt of Seas0n-Duncan
Arrives Today

The first thing that even looked like
ball game in Fleetwood this spring
was the six inning practice tilt yester-
day afternoon between the Baron reg
ulars and the rockies. Moley decided
to let the boys go few rounds mas
much as they are in pretty good shape
after the hard work of last week.
Yesterday morning the chubby men
tor instructed his cohorts in the art of
sliding to bases. with the result that
some of the hide was taken off in
several places. This sliding practice
is hair-raising proposition and nearly
always leaves the victim in raw con-
dition, so much so, in fact, that for
several days after luncheon is served
him on the mantel
The game in the Afternoon was an in
teresting affair considering that no eff
fort was made by the pitchers to put
anything on the ball. For the regulars
the lineup was:
Haworth, catcher.
Pratt and Long, pitchers.
Bernsen, first base.
Clark, second base.
0eDuS, SnOIlStop.
Mcdonald, third base.
Cooms. left field
Purcell, center field.
Southworth, right field.
The Yannigans We're patched up
team with a couple of outsiders bor-
rowed to fill out the nine. Patterson
caught, while Carlo Black and Whitley
G1azner served the slants. Pool a local
star. played first. Ray Jansen went to
second. Bill Waldron got out in the
short field and Young Henderson held
down the tertiary point. Slapnicka
Glazner and Ellis, an amateur, took
charge of the gardens.
Purcell, Clark, Jansen and Patterson
showed up we'll with the ash, the last
two being responsible for both of the
Yannigans' runs. Som ebody kept score
and when Moley called time, announced
that the regulars had won, to 2.
The batting practice of the team is
greatly handicapped by not having
enough pitchers to work twice day.
Bowman has very sore arm that will
keep him entirely out of it for some
time, SO there are only four hurlers
left to work on the batters.
Pat Duncan is slated to punch IN
today, but will hardly get into uni
form before tomorrow afternoon. Pat
will not take part in the game with
Howard Wednesday, but may be used
against the collegians down at Tusca-
loosa next Saturday.