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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
CRUDE OIL SHORTAGE

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2o.-Scriqus
shortage in the supply Of crude oil is
noted in n report by the bureau OF mines.
complied in response to a senate rcsolu-
tion and made public tonight. INSULT
cicnt crude oil TO supply refineries is
being produced. the report shows, while
gasoline stocks have been reduced to
n three weeks supply. neccssitating con-
tinucd conservation BY the public. The
report will be transmitted to the senate.
The necd for conservation Is appar-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
SENATOR SUTHERLAND
TO PARKERSBURG
LEFT LAST NIGHT APTER STREHU.
Gus DAY M INTEREST OF
q. p. O.
Gave Interesting Talk ut Chamber Of
Commerce Dinner a. the HcI.nre
Hotel OF Noon

u. s. Senator Sutherland left last
night for PnrkcrsburC after two-day
visit TO this city. whctc every minute OF
his time was taken up in the interest Of
tho coming Fourth Liberty loan, and in
cidcntally meeting friends IN this dis
trict..
Senator Sutherland addressed the
newly formed Chamber of Commerce n
their dinner yesterday at the McLuro
and gave q good. sound talk on financial
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
CzECHO-SLOVAKS
EXTEND Lines

y1ADITOSTOK- Wednesday. Sept IL,
fEy the Associated Press, Czecho Slo-
yakl.-The Czecho Slovak battle front
in European Russia. according to the
chief off staff Of General Gaida. COM
,nander in chief of Czecho-Slovak forces
in Siberia. runs from YekaterinburE on
the Asiatic side OF the Ural mountains
to Krasno-CfimSk. 100 miles west OF
Yekatertnburg to Kazan. 430 miles east
Of Moscow. to Smara. zoo miles south OF
Kazan and then to Nokolayev. on the
Black Sea. 10 miles east Of Odessa.
Saratov. on the right bank OF the
Vols;A is in the hands OF the Russian
Red Guards. but Tsaritsyn on the Vol
ga, 200 miles south Of Saratov, has been
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
SHARP FIGHTING

VIENNA. Sept. @0.-tEia London.)-
TIL. official statement of the Austrian
war office says:
Fighting On the Venetian mountain
front revived yesterday. North Oh
Monte hi Nal Bclla a7ld Col DEL Rosso
tho enemy penetrated our positions ou'
,,:,s driven out by counter thrustS. In
the. Asolone region. ltallan aSSault
were rcpulsed in bitter hand to nina
,ishting. the enemy suffering heaV!
losses. At Sandona an enemy attempt
10 cross the river failed
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30-!tn official
communicate from the ScrTian hean-
quarters ut Salonika. dated yesterday
an dreceived here to-day. says the ao-
vance Of tn: Serbian army against INC
l,ulrarians continues in spite OK StuO-
born resistance.
LONDON. Sept. 2O.-Scottish troops
Friday morning finally overcame the
sis,ance Of the Germans still! In the VIZ
1are Of MoeuvreS west OF Cambria
where there has been much violent nEnt,
;nr recently. and completely captured
>. m, village. according 70 Field narshai
Iia;gs communication tonight
PARIS Sept. 2p.-rrcnch troops have
made prDEccSS east - A|'e''1
C,-ande and the Noisy farm on IN"
l,icardy front. south of ST. Cuentln- &C
cnrhiuc 10 the official statement ISSUED
ut th, war office tonight. Artillery &C
tiyi,r continues IN the region OF 81
Quentin and along the Aisne sector' inc
statement says.
WITH THE AMERICAS ARMIES
on TEE LORRAINE FRONT. Sept. 20.
nv Tn. Associated Press)-1l a NJ
The shooting down of two enemy BAL
looms and three airplanes in his recent
ratrol. instead OF two of each type as
has been reported. is claimed by Lieu
t.nan, r. Luke. Of Phoenix. Arlz.
LONDON. Sept 2n.-The official COM
munication dealing with the operations
in northern Russia reads:
.0n III. Dvina tho largest Of the enc
rny.s arrored steamers has been cap.
turcd.
on, the Murnarsk front there have
b;..n several encounters between kare-
lians and hostile patrols. who crossed
,hr frontier into Karalta from Finland
TIL. Kara,iuus have been uniformly sue
ccSSful
In severe defeat OF Gcrman-led
forces at Ckhtinskaya the enemy SUI
Tered heavily and WIS pursued while
in disorderly retreat Thousands OF ri
files and many boats were captured
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
BIG GAS WELL DRILLED
IN EAST OF. M'MECHEN

4 gas we'll was drilled in yesterday
on the Campbell heirs farm east Of Nc
Mcchen. In Union district. Marshall
county. by the L. S. Stamping COM
pany Of Moundsville. The we'll is doing
half million feet a day and is the
first OF number which will be drilled
on the same farm and adjacent terri
tory.
DR.. Harry T. Campbell Of Twenty
third and Chapline streets is one Of the
heirs to the farm and his friends are
congtatulating him on his good fortune.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21

high has speedy team. and expects
the speed to offset the advantage IN
weight. Warwood is looking forward.
~ Il successful season this year. a13
Is booking games with all the fast Local
high school teams.
The Warwood team will line up as
follows: Right end. Thompson; right
tackle, d. Kemp: right guard. Hood;
center. Will: left guard. Wilkinson; left
tackle, Smith; left end. VIM. quarter.
Schramm. Capt; fu!lback. Schaffcr; left
half, 3. Kemp: right half. Elliott
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-21
FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS

PARIS, Sept. 2Q.-Capture Of several
villages and 5000 prisoners are recorded
in the Serbian official statement made
public today.
Continuing our advance" the state
mcnt says. I've crossed the left bank OF
the Ccrna river The enemy burned his
dcpois and ca mns.
I'VE have taken more than five thous-
and prisoners and captured ten addition
al guns. mostly heavy pieces. Several
VILLAGES have fallen into our hands,.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

the irrepressible Mamie. but your uncle
sees clearly enough under the will. It's
throwing away both to give his con-
sent to our marriage. Now, l ask you,
is that likely, Mr.. Beck?"
But l don't mean to get married until
I have his consent in writing under his
own hand" Give retorted hotly.
Cant you wait just a little longer.
Mr.. Meredith" Mr.. Beck asked blandly.
do you call two years just little?''
cried Give impatiently.
"Only year and half" murmured
Mamie under her breath.
s'Two weeks will be enough, I think.
said Mr.. Beck, "if you do what I tell
you"
Give beamed delightedly. I'm entire
ly at your service, Mr.. Beck"
I'm the first place. can you give me
the name of the man who swore he saw
your uncle sign the check that had no
signature? I want to have word with
him."
Yes. I'll send'it without fail by to-
That's settled Your uncle has a pri-
vate study of his own in Park lane,
SUPPOSE"
"Yes. and a Club lock and latchkey
for the door"
80 I fancied. / think you said he
writes a good dea1?"
The young fellow laughed "Oh. he
writes lot of articles for the maga-
zines and reviews. but they never get
in. There was one accepted years ago
and he has written a hundred at least
on the strength of that and gives him
self airs as literary man.
There is gas in his study. suppose"'
Give nodded, surprised at the Ques-
ton.
do you know where he keeps his
check book?"
Evening star., 1918-02-10

NO" said Give. 1T did suppose in his
desk in his study"
Nor who is his gas f1tter?"
Carver & Picton. But really. Mr.
Beck. 1 don't see what all this has to
do with
Mr.. Beck continued quite placidly.
without noticing his protest in the
least.
Now. come to my second condition.
First the name of the man who OBJ
tanned the strange check-don't forget
that. Secondly. l want you to bore
hole in one of the gaspipes in your
uncle's study. Can you do it?''
'I suppose I could If I tried. but-do
you want to blow up the house, Mr..
Beck?" asked Give.
"On the contrary. You must at once
call your uncle's attention to the leak
age and offer to look into Messrs. Car
yer & Picton's on your way to the
club and have the plumber sent over at
once"
Honestly. I don't see how am to
manage 1t. 1 am never in the room
with my uncle. and have nothing to
bore lead pipes with"
For answer Mr.. Beck opened one of
the many doors of wide mahogany
press that almost filled one side of the
room. Inside was a miscellaneous col
lection in pigeon holes, ticketed like
brokers' shop.
From one OF the pigeon holes he took
q round ball of dark wood about the
size of a golf ball. Mr.. Beck pulled
of the cork for a moment and showed
a kind OF fiat needle about an inch
long, very bright and sharp, projecting g
from the ball. That will go through
lead like butter" he said simply. ''They
use 1t in trade when business ISM t
brisk enough"
Evening star., 1918-02-10

He replaced the cork as he spoke and
Give took the little instrument ginger
~ and dropped it in his pocket.
You will be here tomorrow about
l o'clock for your plumber. Do YOU
understand that, Mr.. Meredith"
Give nodded again little sulkily. He
had vague notion he was being made
a fool of.
"AlI right, then" said Mr. Beck with
now, and it's quite possible you two
have something to say to each other.
Goodbye"
Give hardly knew whether to be an
cry or not at this abrupt dismissal.
But Mamie kissed her hands beaming-
ly to Mr.. Beck at the door. and she
deftly smoothed the little sulkiness
away. and coaxed and petted him back
to good humor. Then they strolled
away together through the crowded
streets amid the hustle and tumult.
rosy cloud-the happiest man and maid
in all London.
There's an awful smell in this room.
Give" said Mr.. Marmaduke Meredith
next day. looking up from the big open
desk where he was writing an article
editor permittinG for the Contem-
"I think there's a leakage of gas
somewhere. uncle"
''Egad. you're right. 1t Is the smell
Of gas Phew! it's sitting. Luckily 1t
didn't come at night or the house might
have been blown up"
The tive men nosed about the pipes for
a moment. smiling like pointers on a close
scent. Give found the leakage first.
Here 1t is. uncle he cried. in an awk-
ward. shamefaced way. land bad leak
Evening star., 1918-02-10
Red Cross Is Working Out Movement for Men injured

ton and that after the war almost al the
world win for q time be somewhere near
the edge Of hunger"
The commission charged to study for
reorganization Of France has adopted
the following conclusions:
It il by agriculture that Franco can
and must renew itself. for this 10 the
base and source OF life.
Too much encouragement cannot be
given to agricultural production.
Henceforth the utmost possible guam
tity of labor should be provided for
land of the older military classes and
Of agricultural specialists.
The state should encourage the con-
struction and use OF agricultural ma
agricultural stations should be created
in the principal regions Of France.
linked the one to the other by means of
a central station at Paris.
Miss Harper. but the principle is there
and 1t is justly enough expressed. Ed
mond Thery. writing in Le Matin Of
Paris. concludes an article on Our
Agricultural Production with the
words:
1.-The indispensable agricultural poll
icy for US to pursue from now on has
been perfectly defined by the order of
chamber of deputies at its sitting of
October IL, and II can be summed up
in two clauses-mobilixation Of agricul-
tural labor. mobilization of chemical
fertilizers
so you see that the American Red
Cross. in seeking to give France more
skilled agriculturists through its SCI
entific and mechanical instruction of
mutile farmers and farm laborers, il
only undertaking to express practically
what French deputies and French
economists declare to be q vital neces-
sfty for France. and therefore for
Frances warmest friend in all the
world"
Evening star., 1918-02-10

ganize the Kings Chapel Bureau for
the Handicapped at the Massachu-
setts General Hospital. In Boston she
set q group Of cripples to work max
ing children's clothes and their prod
uct was sold from coast to coast. and
at good prices. This paid the work
ers, as well as helping to restore their
status as independent citisens. Miss
Harper's study was Of the industrial.
educational and medical status Of an
entire city's mutiles Of peace. The
Cleveland Cripples' Survey was the
first comprehensive study Of its type
ever made in America.
Under war conditions" Miss Har-
per resumed. some mutiles are prompt
ly in a position to earn wages In muni-
tion work which they will nnd It hard
to equal once normal conditions are
restored by peace. We must. therefore.
walk rather carefully. II we are In
terested in the return to peace condi-
tions and in what happens to the
mutiles In the readjustment.. What in
terests US Is that IS per cent Of farm
laborers are included in the list Of
mutiles-and We must reach them. or
~ least sens Of than. yzcmDkly.' We
must ret t1anaos sznen atai&n 6solns1 fAQno6
Evening star., 1918-02-10

centers That is all I can very well tell
you now.
"Of course, that one farm will not solve
the whole problem Of the war mutile:: Al
least it will at all times take care Of 200
mutiles. 1t will have been leased for three
years. Diaries. sheds. cow barns sheep
cotes, pig stys. forge. machine shop. car
pentry shop-all these things figure in our
calculations. By spring work OF construc-
ton and repair will have been accom-
plished. quarters for men put up and some
Of the work will have been contributed by
the mutiles themselves 1t is not only more
economical, it is better SO. And they will
get 2 francs a day as wages; francs q
day when they are instructors"
The chief Of the Red Cross bureau
for education is a former student at
the University Of Chicago. She has been
associated with the Children's Aid So
ciety and with night club Tor boys
and girls, in Boston; she has taught
bookbinding in Eaverhill. Mass; has
served with the Massachusetts, Infant
Asylum. first dealing with cripples
whom helping Or. Rlchar1s Cah0t o.
Evening star., 1918-02-10

field of re-education, for when the
American Army has it's full share of
task is to back up that Army. must
benefit by French and British expe-
rience. But our real program for help
ing in France has now advanced be-
yond the stage Of study.
~
"A superficial examination of our
field shows this: The training already
provided in France is industrial train
ing. or the preparation of discharged
soldiers for such jobs as stenography,
bookkeeping, school teaching. etc.-sit-
down work. And yet 1t Is a fact that
from 65 to 10 per cent of the French
mutiles nowadays were, before the war
farmers or farm laborers. Not all of
these men should undertake, or are
physically and mentally fitted to un-
dertake, industrial or city jobs. More
over every one knows that the first
great world peace problem will be the
challenge of food shortage. Obvi-
ously. as many mutlles as possible
Frances today. Americas tomorrow
must go back to the land. So it is the
plan Of the American Red Cross to help
France In placing some of them there
and. later on, to help America in the
same way"
The writer ventured to point out to
Miss Harper that reports show there
are thirty-one agricultural centers in
operation in France. but Miss Harper
was inclined to shake her head. She
would not quarrel with the figures. but
with the impression they created.
do doubt she said. but one must
remember that. judged by American
forefront of scientific agriculture.
French economists. whose minds are
now more than ever busy with the facts
the sad truth that Germany, with less
and inferior farming area, should. be-
fore the war, have exceeded France in
agricultural production.
'These thirty-one agricultural centers OF
re-education have opened their doors for
muttles, but they lack necessary equipment
and the canny mutile looks in and too ften
passes on. Small wonder, especially If you
reflect upon his eagerness to get home. to
be free Of discipline that is irksome be
cause 1t is after three years and a half
OF war still discipline
France is teaching her mutiles small
tradea-cobbling. basket making, tin
smithing. machine work. ETC. but what the
Rcd Cross wants. above all. to do is to
We who are world famous for our asricul-
tural machinery must provide motor trac-
tor tors an and other mechanical equipment tor
give expert instruction in the raising OF
live stock. poultry. rabbits. bees We must
go IN for training in horticulture. It IS
anything sensational in the way Of large
scale agricultural re-education before
spring What we can do is to establish
our center. spending the next month per-
fecting our organization and equipment
and teaching the small trades referred to-
When the spring Of 1918 has come we
should be In a position to show you the
agricultural center In full blast. filing q
mentioned. And that farm Of about 800
acres VIII be situated In one OF the richest
feSmtn9 ayea9 Of France yuEy clooo 70 one
Evening star., 1918-02-10

that leads to the land while they are
still under psycotherapeutic or surgi-
cal care.
For that reason. if for no other, the
Red Cross must combine its agriculture
re-education with its surgical enterprises.
This training for the future must begin
during convalescence-that Is, before dis
charge from the Army is granted. Har-
rowing experience Of war. shock from in
may leave disabled soldiers with an
easerness to return to civil lfe which
in a future occupation. Furthermore.
when man Is released from military dis
cipIine, once he has returned to his home
and sunk into economical uselessness or
taken up temporary work. the chance OF
training him for scientific agriculture be-
comes very slim one. The Red Cross is
obliged to study all these Psychological
elements Of the case.
"Do not think that the American Red
Cross. In Its plan for specializing upon
Agricultural re-education, dtsparages or
undervaluss the fne work Of the re-e4u-
cationA institutions which have prsceded
lt N 3he 4a1osr mt e oaAnot. Cvef3dok the
~ 1h11 H ~ s0GS1cl7lfnEo&SD -
Evening star., 1918-02-10
The Easiest Way.

MIsTRIcr ATTORNEY SWAMI was
~ talking about New York's moral
crusade.
I'VE get suggestions for this dinicult
crusade" he said. that in their rough
and-ready quality remind me Of the al
zebra story.
Little Willie was poring over his
books one evening. when his father
bent over him complacently and said:
"aCan't I help you. SOM?
"T wish you would. father said vii.
lie. I've got an algebra problem here
and it's awful hard
rather dubious. Well. let's see he1.'
80 little Willie handed her over. The
problem read:
"Tf A does . piece Of work In eleven
days. and b does 1t in two days, how
long would II take them to do Il to-
getherr
"Ths old man frownsd. Than he
said:
what makes you think this Is aigs-
bra. boy?
Bsesuss, said Willie. its got an \
and B in IT.
.sHis fAthr frovnsd harder than epee.
Weu he 4nally eesd NE eplI
prot4 fAlng - - - = 60 ~ &A1S INA
S1Qin& = =, 4. -
Evening star., 1918-02-10

7o GAR means wrecking-chemi-
AAN cal and physical and moral
WV wreckins. And It is the
wreckage Of men that Is
most distressing to those who see the
war at close range. Houses can be re-
6uilt The farms Of the Disc and the
Aisne can be cleared. The factories at
Chaunes can be restored or razed and
erected all over again and made mod
srn. But what about wrecked men?
In France. the writer heard an ironist
say:
Yes. he was a hero for ten days. and
now he is decorated ruin: a cripple
for life"
Yet even "mutiles" can be patched up.
They can be provided with Jambe
Americana and an arm fixed with all
sorts of joints and springs that make
II practical. Last week, in the train to
Nm. the writer sat next to one such
mended hero: he showed his arm with
real pride, and explained that for the.
present he had work in the municipal
markets OF Paris. but that he hoped to
get transferred to something more es-
thetic: he would prefer to be sort of
subcurator in q picture gallery.
SSS. HlOu6IeuI, can nOlQ q IOIR IKE
this. or can grasp glass. The thumb
II exaggeratedly long. I have to get a
special glove"
Yes. and the mutiles' features can be
nodded into something like a human
semblance, where itssthe face that has
suffered. But that is hardly enough. It
In not enaugh to make the hero for ten
days, the cripple for a lifetime. look
like q man. He must be restored to real
living. to q part in the world OF indus
try. No one realizes this more COM
pfetely than does the American Red
Cross.
The writer has Just had a talk with
Miss Grace Harper. chief Of the bureau
ct the re-education OF mutiles. at
ANerican Red Cross headquarters in
Paris. She showed estimates that for
every million men placed in the field
france counts on having to care for
$4,000 mutiles-5.000 Of them a month
and this figure does not take account
of the war-blinded. war-deafened and
war-crazed.
please do not quote these figures
hsy .es &. Ss. .as vs..
been able to secure, but they are only
estimatea." I give her my word.
France II working miracles In max
goes on. sbut even at the close of 1917
the work Of reconstruction has not yet
caught up with the destructive forces
Under the French system the wounded
: soldIaE passes from a 'poste de secours'
to base hospital. and thence to one
~ 6he eleven existing centres de
: phyviotherapie.' At that center he re-
caites surgical treatment, or physio-
s ttSrapy. or both. physiotherapy mean
16x oiectrical or mechanical massage.
2SnR4 haz TeoalveaI 4lso. an ARTIFICIAL
~ - ~ tq4Na4yiaa training = be-
Evening star., 1918-02-10

social organism. It is an advantage
that this training begins while the
mutile is still under medical surveil-
lance. But what meant when I said
that the restorative agency has not yet
caught up with the agency of destruc-
tion. is this:
The French centers Of physiother-
apy are capable of receiving less than
Is per cent of the mutiles. Happily.
the schools of re-education are able to
take care of some of those mutiles
who must. perforce. forego the phys
iotherapeutics.
Il am talking In terms like these
becan14 the prohlom - such q biG one
aa56 1T - Cur 0Nn oenntxEst too smue&
Evening star., 1918-02-10

realize something of the problem we
are all up against, and the support that
must be given to the American Red
Cross il we are either to be Of much
help to France. or to ourselves. in this
business of making new men out OF
wars wastage. But / want you to
realize that the Red Cross did not como
to France just to study.
"I, for one. have been in Paris since
March, 1917. and have visited practical
ly every large center of re-educational
work in France and some of the small
ones; not all, by any means. for nomi-
nally there are 100 of them. The RED
Cross conttuues 70 study the new de-
yeaopments The nav smepdsa X
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-19

Oregon, Idaho, California and Neva- da were included in MT. Hoover's or der. Furthermore, that order was ls- sued in view of peculiar animal slt- uation relative to transportation and local to only those states. That sit uation was discussed by food admins trators at our conference with MT. Hoover in Washington last week.
 a"The states he has designated will only be permitted to partially break the "Meatless Tuesday" rule until March 13. MT. Hoover has given the food administrators of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Nevada to remove restrictions on eating beef, mutton, lamb and veal on Tuesday and on the 'meatless meals now being observed in those states. After March 13. MT. Hoover has asked the give strict adherence to every feature of 'meatless Tuesday, 1aa
 "Let me impress upon the people of Arkansas that this state was not included in that order, and that 1t IS of the utmost and vital importance that we not only observe to the letter all requirements of meatless Tues- day but also comply most faithfully with the new order for 'meatless meal every day of the week, which shall be breakfast, and 'wheatless meal every day, which shall be supper"