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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
ATHLETICS ARE
CAUSING WORRY
Sport Bugs Seem Peeved Over Cond-
tions That Have prevailed Dur
ing tho Season.

1t Is indeed sad tale to toll. Am
letics this season were not up to the
standard. rs is evidenced by various
reasons. Despite the fact that oaSG-
ball enjoyed the best weather in all ms
tory. there were hut Very few teams III
the field and hence the result was lhr
from the type Of the oldcn days. In the
Ohio valley, baseball did fairly goon
considering all conditions, but 1t could
have been better. In years gone by nj
this time Of the year, the national past
time was still on the ticket. TINS Sea-
son the war has brought about COM
plete change and the season has been
dead issue for month.
With the death. kuell of baseball Tor
the duration OF the war and the lnct
that football now occupies the slalc'
still further discomfort is in evidence
Uncle Sam has been very taking with
his young nephews. and without regard
TO how many. young men he has taken.
still another hindrancc has stepped for
ward to play havoc with neatly ar
ranged gridiron season. 1t Is needless
to spend time dwelling upon the effect
The dreaded Spanish FLU" has had anu
will have. This latest obstacle has
made the fans sport-mad and with all
other amusements closed. there Is moth
ing for the fan to do these sullcn days.
How long can thing like this last:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
HINDENBURG LINE
NOLONGER BARS THE
ADVANCE OF ALLIES

PARIS Oct. s.-The HindenburE line
M Ioneer bars the path Of the allies
The definite rupture OF 1t was achleVeo
ON the first day Of the flghting IN the
new development toward the north OF
the great battle now raging from 'ne
Escaut to the Meuse.
To Anglo-Saxon forces went the honor
Of stringinS tho last remnants OF Nv
extraordinary maze Of defenses, in sornp
places IL miles In depth between Cam
brai and St. Quentin. Apart from TINS
achievement tho results OF the oay
firhtinR were notable in that the en-
eny,s losses must have run into tens
Of thousands Of men in tho various sec
tors Of the long battle front In aaui-
ton important strategic objects "cie
obtained. DAWN
The allies now are IN the open coun.
trv on the Cambrai-St Quentin front
and are now threatening bohnin. an liz
nortont junction of roads and railways.
10 Americans last night having pushed
,ri,b;n two miles OF that place. OnCe
,ho masters Of Bohain the allies, should
tno,, nusb toward Guise, would take III
thc rear not only the Laon-St: hopaIu
massilr but the positions along .n'
n,,.or Serre. dubbed by the Germans the
tIrndine line, which joins at Chaumon'-
porcien the Brunhilde line running
along tho A!sne. -on-
Tho German position has been rem.
5ered considerably worse as result y.
Yesterdays ves flghtine. in the opinion o., OF
Tho military commentators Major ne
Civrieux- in tho Maun points out ~ 'n not
80 strategic conditions alone DO not
snn,cc TO indicate the Importance OF the
battle, which aims moro than ever, ever a" Al
80 obstruction Of the enemy ci1"'t -
direct dir combat or by maneuVer. o,o-
THO German losses have been ehol-
- not only in pensioners. In a
.1uSie section Of tho British front wv, Two
fresh German divisions thrown INTO ',I the
furnace melted away in few mo nsnerai
1890 so long that the view OF the
srt.,cs he Is danger OF leading nack
merely tho remnants Of his army Gsr to 1Se
famous glacis which protects. TTersI Der.
.,o Mn demand for an administrations
i It. no, spring from vision OF d'S'S-
tcr?-
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HEALTH STUDY ~;
CLUB TO MEET
Tais Afternoon For Purpose OF RecetT-
ing Instructions To Aid In Span1sh
Influenza Epidemic,

a number Of the volunteers Of the
health study clubs Of the city, home
women who can give part time or tull
time as house helpers under tho super
vision Of graduate nurses in the event
Of an outbreak Of the Spanish Influenza
in wheeling, will meet at the 7. ". -
A. today for instruction
The object OF this instruction Will DC
to make those women intelligent con-
corning this disease. the ways in which
it is spread and the methods employed
for its control and prevention. These
women will meet in small groups keep
ing within the restrictions laid down by
the city health commissioner and will
all be registered in the Red Cross
chapter.
The volunteers Of Mckinley, Madison
Washington. Richie and Union schools
will meet at two p. m. in the Y. w. u
4. The groups Of Center. Clay, Jeher-
son and Webster will meet at p. M,
at the 7. W. 6. y.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
GOVERNMENT TRUCKS
PASS UP WHEELING
Bad Strip Of Roadway In West Alex
ander Causes "Uncle Sam" 70
Change Program

AS the result of the town OF west
Alexander having within It's corpora
ton limits one of the worst strips OF
roadway in the United States. the
United States government is passing up
tho town altogether and is routing oil
OF the big caravans Of trucks through
the state Of Ohio and then down the
Beaver river to Rochester and up
through Pittsburgh and then over the
Lincoln highway to the coast. Potter
Boyd, route supervisor for the motor
convoy srvicc. has been instructed to
route trains with tho exception of a
special few. over the upper route and
as a result Wheelilg Is not seeing many
Of them
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Local Red Cross Needs
Volunteers for Work
AL who Register DO Not Have to
serve-Pree Influenza Masks
For All workers.

MIS- r. J. Bullard, chairman OF the
Wheeling Rcd Cross chapter, said last
night that all experienced nurses are
wanted for various Red Cross work.
and that even inexperienced ones will
be accepted for certain duties.
Mrs. Billiard further said that all
women who register with the Rcd Cross
for lectures and instructions do not
necessarily obligate themselves 70 be
put into service If. they do not wish
She said that all are welcome to the
lectures and public gatherings Of the
Red eros.
The local Red Cross CHAPTER has
about thousand influenza masks that
they will gladly furnish all persons
gratis who are doing service in COM
hating the dreaded disease. The masks
may lie hnd ut the Red Cross head
quarters.
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Five Women Volunteer
To Help "Flu" Patients
Await Call To Go To Martinsburg
Through Wheeling Red Cross To
Assist Physicians.

Five wheeling women volunteers are
awaiting calls to MartinsburE 10 assist
physicians and nurses OF that city in
combating the Spanish influenza which
is raging in that community. 1t IS re-
ported that there are more than four
thousand cases in MartinsburG and that
many Of the physicians are bcdriddcn
with tho disease. The federal authori-
tics have dispatchc number of ply
sicians 10 that city.
The Wheeling women are awaiting tho
call from there. They volunteered
through the local Red Cross. at the call
Of Mrs r. !. Billiard. chairman Of tho
Wheeling chapter. Mrs. Bullnrd said
last night that II Is not at present
known whether the volunteers will he
called To Martinshurg. but if conditions
become worse they will doubtless be
sent forward.
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HENRY FORD
VISITOR HERE
NOTED BUENEsS MAN AND AUTO
MOBILE MAHUFAcTuRE1 sf1A1
YESTERDAY HERE.
Addressed Employees Of PsninsulA Fiat
OF Wheeling Mold ana Foundry IN
Interest Of Liberty Loan.

Hon. Henry Ford, known all over the
world as tho greatest MANUFACTURER OF
automobiles and Democratic candidate
from Michigan for senator. was an
honor guest Of Wheeling yesterday. The
DISTINGUISHED visitor arrived about
clock from Pittsburgh. and returned
to that place few hours later.
Mr.. Ford's visit here was personal
business trip, and as ne had short
time at his leisure, he was taken to the
Peninsula plant Of the Wheeling Mold
and Foundry. He was taken. through
the mammoth plant, where government
contracts are being handled. and az ne
passed through the different sections
Of the plant, he paused and commented
upon the work
While at the Mold and Foundry plant.
Mr.. Ford incidentally was asked to
make an address to tho employees OF the
plant, and he made most urgent plea
to the war workers in the interest Of
the Fourth Liberty Loan. He told Of
the great Hour the country Is facing
and urged all to add TO the already good
work for Uncle Sam by buying Lib
erty Bonds.
After his visit to the mold and foun-
dry plant, Mr.. Ford was taken for an
automobile tour OF the city. He left
again for Pittsburgh, with only "a few
intimate friends aware that the great
Detroit business man had been Wheel
ing's guest.
Although It Is not 1,Ilnitely known. II
Is said Mr. Ford and IL party Of. gov
eminent officials passed through the city
several weeks ago when they made an
extended visit through the south. Ru-
mors were circulated through the city.
but every effort to find him failed.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
ION THE SANDLOTS"
BY YOKE.

Aanlateur football should be good
thing this season. but taking peep At
the outcome Is not very encouraging.
Although the season was started rather
early, but one game has been played oy
one or two OF the teams. There were
no games last week. and poSS; bitity OF
none the coming week. II one will look
at the calendar he will readily see thai
the football year ends with the game
on Thanksgiving or in about seven weeks
Q q day. TO be more exact. That; means
game must be- played every SUNDAY in
order to get just seven played without
considering Indictment weather or some
unknown Stoppage. This being the case.
it may be possible for some Of the
teams to play both Saturday and Sunday
and to participate in ten games at least.
Looking over the prospective chances
Of the clubs. irrespective Of the scarcity
Of teams. it looks as though there will
be some scrap7y battles for three teams
-Pau!ls, ffenrys and North Ends. as
they arc head and heels IN the duel to
come out on the long end for the sea-
son. Not knowing at this writing just
how to figure Mr.. Flu the situation
for the coming weekend games is un-
changed.
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SPANISH FLU" STOPS
FOOTBALL ENCOUNTERS
s1ruarrocr REMAINS SERIOUS AND
A CoMP,ETE SUSPENSION
NECESSARY FOB THIS
WEEK.
ssvuA Teams May Get TO Play But
Should Conditions Be Unchanged
No Games VIII Be Carded-

While /, has been runored aoout
that 70 games would be played in this
city during sh1 coming weekend 1t did
not become known fact until last
evening. when DR.. Williams. head Of the
HcaIth Iepartr,cnt. said IL regard To
the ACCESSIBILITY OF holding Off the teams
IN the hopes the ban being htteu
may I do not think it would be
wise 70 make any definite arrangements
FOR games this week. as the situation Is
still unchanged" said the doctor. rms
being the case. The entire sch"ELStiI
schedule will be knocked in the hsau l
the dreaded disease was thought 10 ."
we'll IN hand it later developer tiai
sixteen or more new cases were e"p 49,
within twentJ-rour hours. when o.,
II all the more doubtful. H.m IN nnndi-
an obstacle coupled With the war eotI,,
tons. g. perfectly good-loohiNE ~
Is almost spoiled and It IS ifaps'oS1t 80,
that the same spirit Will De snoN 80" -
the ban is Lifted and one en1ns .sS the
t tain that if it lasts another wees III. ore
schedules Of the entire lot Will pe , SnI
celIed. this is particularly so OF "hset
inr high school, which not alone 70
been deprived Of practice but Oh d plA'
. ing field
The Red and Black school IRON ia1e e;.S
adyiccS will play SATURDAY rs uiES w" =;
: tourney to Parkcrshurg ana no pLn :
! In force there. At the sathe ,:ni ~
Hellaire as the town Is wide open ~
every respect. at least Il was SO up VIII
! last evening. Coach Rogers Is osiltLnS
/; his boys with definite Sun, III III. ~
1s18 aggregation should make an envth-
! hle record. after getting OH 70 q H.!
tnx start. Tha result OF q game S,lul
| day will be Of local interest as inc Gown
; state school has always peen WEI ~
!. in the front ranks in the years OF oIo-
Ferry
Martins Ferry has been prectcinG
; each evening despite the quarantine ana
will play the game with Salem sa.uf
: dav ut Padden Park providing, q matt Is
NOT forthcoming Coach Graham mas
heen doing wonders with his huskleS
and will have them in line Tor inc haro
games, IL there are SUCH Ferry M"A
the title last season HANDS ooSn. 81
the spirit of the boys be gwen any coz
sideration. A hard schedule has neen
arranged and should no further uefea
opments result interest," Wl1i cen S U IS
school.
Wheeling high will not play Bueuk-
harmon Saturday. according 70 fFo4.
Johns, but will stick IN the nuddle ui!-
I'll the end. should conditions permit,
but that town is suffering from taste
of Mr.. Flu which will Shoo! TINS
game to the winds. MoundSElile mas
. ,o fr,n,, scheduled. Warwood and Ca
thedrai called all matters off between
than last night and their proposed game
Tor Tunnel Green Saturday IS lottea
down on the books ae "deaa ISSUE.
Triadelphia has 10 team to play VIC
no signs ~ n let-up in the horizon ana
the fact that there remains but seven
more playing days. high school football ball
may be history for 1918 in the TeNt -"
son clouded with gloom and dtscontent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
T. r. ASKS TAFT TO
NAME MORE WOMEN

WASHINGTON. oct. 9.-'rhcodorc
Rousr:clt has advised the addition Of
rv.,, nr more women 10 tn" National War
| .nhcr Board in = letter published today
by William H. Taft. juint chairman Of
ne National War Labor Board.
The suggestion has com" IL the War
Labor Board several times recently that
, he enlarged programs for using women
in industry Justified Il larger r"rrcsrn-
tntiuu for women on stat" and Federal
hnurds as well as nu the community
labor boards Mr.. Taft today staIrd
that he would bring The matter before
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
OH! FOR RELIEF
FROM FLAMING
SKIN DISEASES

cannot reach the blood by apply
ing lotions, ointments, salves,
washes and other local appica-
tons to the surface of the skin.
So when you use such treatment
for your tormenting skin diseases,
the most you can expect is a tenn
porary discontinuance Of the pain,
which promptly returns, and keeps
you constantly applying the local
remedies, making no progress
whatever toward permanently rid
ding yourself of the disease.
Why longer continue such
makeshift treatment? Go to your
drug store today and get bottle
of S. S. S., the reliable blood puri-
Ter, and begin a treatment that
will prove satisfactory, as it has
to thousands of others who were
afflicted just as you have been.
s. S. S. has been used for more
than fifty years, so. that you are
not experimenting when you take
it. 1t will promptly cleanse the
blood of every impurity, and rout
out entirely every trace of disease
germs.
Don't continue to suffer, but be-
Gin taking $. $. S. today, and
write our head physician, who will
give You full instructions about
your own case. Address Medical
Director, 404 Swift Laboratory
Atlanta Ga
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
NO KIWANIS MEETING

Owing tn the Spanish Influenza cpl
dcmic prevailing in the city there viii!
hr no meeting of the Wheeling kiwanis
club or Thursday at noon. President
Fred f.. JohnS"n and Secretary Doyle
decided yesterday following confer
cncc to call off the meeting for the
week and each and every one of the
members is urged To take part IN the
Liberty loan drive during the hnlance OF
1 bn week
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notice.!

Complying with tho instructions Of
the Health Department Of the City Of
Wheeling. and in the interest Of the pub
lie good. the Assembly Halls will DO
closed TO membership meetings until the
ban is lifted by the local health author
tiles We urge upon all local unoins to
take similar action. Whatever business
requires immediate action should be
transacted by the responsible officers.
Ohio Valley Trades s Labor Assembly.
BY order Of the Trustees.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
SHORTAGE OF HELP
EFFECTS THE FARM
Many Farmers Throughout The Til
State District Have Crops In
The Fields.

Farmers scattered throughout the tri-
state district In the vicinity Of Wheel
ing have not as yet got their crops OF
the fields and many of them claim that
they will not be able to get their corn
cut, or kusked before the arrival OF
bad weather. There is n general short
ago of labor on all sides and IL Is we'll
nigh impossible for to get the crops into
the barns. or out OF the fields.
Corn in many fields remains uncut and
there Is very little Of it husked on any
Of the farms. The war has also affected
the farm labor question in many ways
and it is we'll nigh impossible for TO
secure labor OF Gny kind at any price.
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200 FIBEn1EN RESIGN.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Oct. 9.--Morn
than five hundrcd nf Cl"vclnnd's six
hundred rirrm~n late today presented
blank designations 10 Fire Chief George
\. Wallace to take effect October is.
The menkcmald that the city enforce
the eight b. charter amendment. back
DAY and 81 AeuSc in wages.
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the manufacturing plant which will be
awarded the first industrial honor iiaS
in this district for the Fourth Liberty
Loan. The Benwood blast furnace Of
the Wheeling Steel and Iron Company.
located in Martins Ferry hsa that honor.
where the 100 men employed subscribed
$4,000, or an average Of sioo for each
man. ,.,-.
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the War Labor Board to confer with

them.
Colonel Roosevelt's letter followe:
September II. 1913.
MY dear Mr. Taft:
rs it not possible for the National
War Labor Board 10 put two or more
duly constituted women members on
the board? If you approve Of this will
you not bring it before the Secretary
Of Labor? In view OF the ever increas-
ing Importance Of womens labor IN
var production, il seems U me- that It
should be represented on the National
Labor Board
Very respectfully yours.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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Catholic Priest and
EX-MOundSviIIe ReCtOr'S
Daughter Are Victims

Special Dispatch TO the Intelligencer-
I KEYSER, w. Va. Oct. 9.-There were
five deaths from influenza in keyser'
this morning. Rev Francis 4. Theado,
pastor Of the Catholic church ASSUME
ton, died at the church rcctory. lie
was taken i'll October .. Father Theado
WAS n native Uf Columbus. O., and was
born September 30. 1889. He was edu-
Gated for the priesthood at the Pontifi-
cal College, and the Josephine SEMI
nary. Columbus. and wAs assigned to the
diocese IF Richmond. Virginia. He
came TO EcyScr last January from
Petersburg. Va. He is survived by his
mother. four sisters and two brothers
all residing at Columbus. 0. Rev.
Father ]. H. Bruning. Of West Virginia.
was with tho young priest when the end
came and administered the last rites or
the church.
Eleanor Myers. year old daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. W. II. Myers. died
shortly before noon to-day, at the rec
tory Of Emmanuel Episcopal church
Death was caused by influenza. MIS-
Myers. the mother. is seriously Ill with
the disease.
The DEATHS Of james OdGcrs. Mrs.
Dunlap and Mrs. Fcrtig we're reported
shortly afternoon to-day.
Tev and Mrs Myers arc we'll known
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Rev and Mrs. Myers are well known
in tho Wheeling district he having
served Trinity Episcopal church at
NoundSvillo as rector for several years.
and it WIS there that little Eleanor was
hnr
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Eeurys-
Coach connorS has given each Of his
Evening journal., 1918-04-27
I,nIrs nF cmAnTrY

The ninth annual report Of the Ladies
Of Charity shows receipts of Si.i72, end
expeditures Of S7S5 The society has
given garments. food and money TO The
poor and has carried on RELIGIOUS in
strncllon at the Ferris school and the
Girls Industrial school The officers
and instructors are:
Spiritual director. the Rev James NJ
Grant, D. d.; pres'den', Mrs John j.
Malone; vlcc-p president, Mrs Francis r
Lynch; secretary, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Regan; treasurer, Mrs. p A Traynor.
Ferris Industrial school Committee
The Rev Fr. Waugh, Spiritual Director
Acolvte. Master Joseph McGoldrick
lnstructors-Mr John l. Malone
Miss Mary Elizabeth Regan Mrs Edw
r. Crumlish. Miss Mary Carroll, Mrs
Francis Z Lynch. Ms. Walter Young
Miss Frances Collins. Mrs Mary G.
Walsh.
Girls Industrial School Instructors
Miss Hanna v Bradley, Miss Katharine
Kane
Christmas Visitors to Fa~nhurst-
Mrs p a Traynor. Mrs. Edward r
Crrmish, Miss Franc Collins. Mrs
John l.. Malone, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Evening journal., 1918-04-27
BY The rnltad Press

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. April 27.-The Ger
man drive menace against the English
| Channel Is forcing the Allies TO use
great efforts 10 check the foe. This
menace Is so serious that 20 stop the
/ Germans "a the most 10 be expected for
some time and 10 Is certain there will
/ be no major Allied counter-offensiye
for the present
American and foreign army officers
here agreed on these points following
TeutOn capture Of the tactically i'm
pOrtant Mont KENNEL. The foreigners,
particularly, warned that the outcome
Of the present offensive will not be de
terminant but that the struggle viii go
on for many, many months until the
Allied strength is greater through. re-
Inducements.
These reinforcements must come
mainly from America. and it is mill
tary axiom that the last fresh men win
the battle Hence. as army men saw IL
today, u Is up 90 America TO become ul-
iimately the decisive factor
Won Hlndenburg undoubtedly thinks
there Is a chance for a vital victory
over the British In the Ipres section,
main effort Meantime, the struggle In
the Amlens sector. where the German
fares poorly TO date is chiefly a hold
Ing action TO keep the Allied reserves
widely distributed.
Teuton capture OF Mont KENNEL
commanding a view OF the Flanders
plain aud Key TO the hills before Npres
makes a frankly serious situation. The
British declare, however, that the final
word has not been said there yet, while
Il appears certain they can hold on a.
long as they have the greater part Of
Wytchaete Ridge
Should that go a retirement would
follow necessarily, army men think.
Foch's strategy y-thoroughly approved
by American onlcials--is to wear down
the German as much as possible.
There can be no mlstak,ng that the
Allied reserve had been heavily tapp d
for forces simply TO hold the Germans
thus far. and, this tapping quite evil
IDENTIFY has been so serious that fresh
forces must be hurried in before the Al
lies can even thing OF making a telling
counter stroke.
American forces are going over there
/ in constantly increasing numbers. ltal-
! ian reinfOrcements arc being rusned 70
the westward, and, Briton reserves are
pouring across the channel So. when
/ Won Hindenburg has exhausted his main
strength and slaughtered an incOmpara-
/ bly, large force, Foch will have the fresh
men who win battles These men will
! be conceivably Americans mostly. And,
strong and eager. they viii be enlcient
in the open striving that now proceeds,
army men declare.
To get them over, more and moro
drastic curtailment Of shipments OF nom
essentials proceeds. Troop space is be-
ing garnered from unexpected sources
and in unexpected ways.
The days are serious, close TO criti-
cal but there Is confidence IN the fu-