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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-07

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THE AMERICAN SPIRIT
Adventure Is Its Keynote Proving AS Big War AS IN
Industrial Pioneering.
Bv FRANKLIN K LANE
Secretary OF the Interior.
Secretary OF the Interior.

That very mystical thing which We
call the American spirit seems 70 have
been lost, OF 10 be on thu verge OF be-
M LOST
What is ;hn American spirit? Is it
love of adventure
-Four wears ago congress auihorlIei
the construction Ct railroad in Mas
la, five hundred miles straight away
from the SEA Ia The circle. We heC2-
ed a thousand m.'l. anu within SIXTY
DAYS thirIy-threc thousand har MADE
Dc. ,tion that they might ;akr the haz'
arts Of that new country; not ldierS,
the nolsom of the sra OF civilization,
but men ~ Slca,y habits. already en-
ployed Ont ready for a new adventure
TnIies something American about
that.
There is no sense in saying trAt the
spirit has gone ont OF people wh"h
We is a landed proprietor are selling
twelve million acres of desert every
yea? 10 people who earn il by livlIg on
i and turning it into farms. 4 stl"rf
lime ago we upr ncd q tract oil land III
tporthern Montaua. where The thcr'
tnometcr falls to forty below zero
sometimes. There were twelve nun
dre-d farms 70 be sold. and there were
twenty-seven thousand applicants. Out
OF the first hundred and fifty names
drawn from the box not one failed 10
accept his opportunity. We challenged
him TO go into The wilderness and
make a home. and he took tho cnA
lengn.
There1 something American about
that.
1t has been said that The American
has forgotten noble things and be-
come a pAmpered drawing-room daTl'
ing, like some people. fat and ease
loving. Do you know lhat the aver
aye wage in the United States Is ltSs
than six undlrd dGi:c:S year, and
that only three hundred thousand I'D 9
paid inco.ne IN:
And it is asked, But viii these men
fight" There is the test Do they
love anything but the pay envelope?
Ask yourself: When did these men
ever fail TO fight? There stands at the
door Of the Secretary of the Interior
a man who went into the Civil war
from Ohio, he and his father and his
two brothers and his two brothers-ln'
law. and after four yrat' he alone
came out alive He was asked one
day, ''M mat. old you 90 to war for:
ITO save the Union" he answered.
| Two million g. those boys averagm:;
but nineteen years of age went into
the war TO save The Union. And il you
had asked them what the Union was
few could have given a better answer
tnan that it was the thing they were
fighting for--an idea moi To be eX'
pressed in words symbolizA by a few
stripes and stars. Has there ever been
a time when we did not stand the test
National spirit and martial spirit are
not the same. There was time when
war was all Of romance and Of gallaI-
Try and of opportunity that the world
offered. That time has gone. War
now at its best is but one expression
of the human passion for adventure
and achievement.
There are two monuments IN Paris
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ECONOMIC THEORIES UPSET

StaDiliZing prices continues 70 be L
stumbling block with Congress and
with producers and prohteers. The
latter are disappointed at seeing oppor-
tunities to make money blocked. Too
many people cannot; get away from
the old fashion Of buying at the lowest
and selling at the highest price OBJ
tainable. Their assertion that this
economic proposition has been proven
10 De correct by experience. and that
it would be unscientiic to create arti-
fetal barriers. simply shows their III.
ability to understand present condi-
tons Under these the old and estab-
lished economic theories become val
ueless. because the foundations under
lying them have suffered q complete
revolution.
The right of unrestrained buying
and selling is unobjectionabie, as long
as supply and demand can keep each
other in balance, and through them
competition can assert itself in regu-
lating prices. This is not the case
now. The demand is far exceeding
the supply. and competition is thus ex-
Guided. When j city is besieged by
an enemy, the commander, as a mat.
ter of course. will take possession OF
ali food supplies and cQuitably dis
tribute them at prices within the peO-
, pies reach. This is now about the
case in nearly all tho countries en-
Gaged in he WAT.
All private property has taken pub
lie character. II tins were not the case
dangerous conditions might develop.
as Food Administrator Hoover ex-
plaineG concerning the price of -four.
He stated that if tn" government had
not S'.Ibil;zed prices, the price Of a bar
"a: u -four under the unrestrained
sway II nconQnic forces, would have
risen TO fifty dollars; and everybody
will agree with his opinion that seri-
Gus rio,ing would have beep the un,
/ avoidssble consequence. In case OF
many other goods. the government
has to consider its own war efficiency.
7 If the owners of materials needed for
) conducting tho war were empowered
; to demand any price they pleased, the
! government could not escape bank,
! ruptcy. and. of course, this risk Will
not Do run. All thar may be demand
ed is 4 price covering expenses and a
j LIBERAL. adjusted profit. which en-
ro,raSes the maximum production
! He who is not satisfied with this is
h..traying his country and helping the
enemy.
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Injunction Granted.

Restraining the carrying If liquors
into West Virginia and the delivery .nf
packages thereof 10 tn" Pike t.Xprcss
company. alleged fakr concern. Operated
by i. w. RuSkirk and others. the cir
cunt court of Miugo county has awarded.
at IN" instance Of the state department
Of rr3hhitl"n an injunction against the
Sour horn Express company.
Tho inJun"tinn WAS granted on the
hill If the depart mrnt by Judc" james
l'amrun to-day. according To word re-
rc,vrd here.
Tho department sets UP tho atlcga-
ton that Euskirk AMI associates are
importing from other states over the
lines of the Southern Express company.
hundreds Of gallons nf Intoxicating liz
1uors. and are transporting such liquors
over the route IF the Pike Express COM
pany to PLACES Of sale in West Virginia
and Kentucky and in violation Of the
laws Of both states.
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,toanags to Do built by the wooden
shipyards. with their four hunns'o
WAYS, or by the PROJECTED conCrct"
shin wards. As d result. III" problem
is becoming not SO much one as 10
whether there will b.. ships enough
10 care for all military Needs. even on
tho largest program YET projected. as
!. is whether ships enough can b. man
dIeh. On thc eStimat" tha' Il Will
take two and Il half tons oi ship space
in The transport line for every sol
tier in France 10 keep up his food sup
ply and equipment. twn mIlIion m"h
under arms. in France would require
five million tons OF shipping 10 main
tain them. This tonnage will be avail
able when needed. especially as de-
struction by I'.boats i, declining IN an
ever increasing ratio 20 production.
Ships are our prime necessity, and
the difficulties under which We have
been laboring in this line will be great
" relieved in the near futu1e Already
our progress made in ship building
constitutes one of the most desirable
and hencfcent results Of the war: we
are about to regain our Old sea-ts1rng
prestige. In the last month We al
ready outdid England in ship b2iloing.
something no other country in rhe
world has epee been anie ~ 60. The
British production w1s only an"ut
three: ourths OF otlre. And the colossal
growth F our ship industry is just
commencing. Tho Immense start We
satped through vas necessities will
not b.. lost after the war.
The American people are heart and
soul with their government in the, de-
sire 70 -esain for our country the mari
time prestige TO which il is entitled
and which it formerly had among the
sea-faring nations of the globe. A
most anxious wish Of every patriotic
American will thereby be fulfilled.
For more than half century our en-
port goods have been forwarded
across the seas in foreign bottoms.
For many years before the war Eng
land built over sixty per cent. OF all
the new shipping in the world. its ar-
erage annual output. both before and
during the war, being about $1,000
tons. The lions share of the worlds
ship building will now fall to our coun-
try. From 1900 to 1860 the flag Of the
American mercantile marine was con,
Stantly seen upon the seven seas. But
with and since the War of the Rebel,
lion American capital and enterprise
we're diverted in other directions, cspe-
cially 10 the development Of our west
ern country, the building of great rail-
road systems and the growth Of inland
enterprises in general. One Of the
transformations brought about by the
war is that the United States will
again become maritime power Of the
first magnitude.
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america Is BUILDING SHIPS

49, Although in the beginning Of the
year the outlook was not vcry favor
able, il may now be predicted that
four million tons Of ships will be fur
nished this year by American. yards.
Il is a record Of good progress. The
results of the month Of Ap-il :,urpaSs
considerably those ot al! previous
months Not less than two hundred
and forty thousand tons. Or about EiIIe
thousand tons per working Gay. are re-
ported as the output of American ship
Yards for the past month. This Is an
increase Of fifty PEI cent on that Of
March and three times the amount
turned out in January. when uptavoI'
able conditions tied up the yards.
One hundred and thirty yards am
now In operation in the country, of
which there are siIty-ser"n with over
four hundred ways for steel construc-
lion. Complete reports for the month
are not yet on hand, ana the tTal tS-
IRE may be considerably higher. Ana
Il is to bs considered that this is only
a beginning. Charles NJ. Schwah. re-
Gently appointed director general Of
ship buiding. has but fairly started
IN MS drive" and if the right tempo
ms once been obtained. ten million
IONS ger year will not be IN r1orbitan;
estimate. Officials who are coSnizant
pf ne progress that Is being made DE-
clare such e4tuaste Of ten million tons
q steel ships, thr~c times the wori'!
v,oductiuu ocftre the war, in the year
-iS1S, 20 DO -saaonably conservative
!, each Of eare four hunored steel ways
~-turns out th<ee shipe year, and the
--s4eet Corporation Is aiming 1T four
tho coeH Win Do twelve hundred ships
The steel vessels average over -igh;
-rr,asand tDna, giving ntae million and
-xGx hundred nooE1nd tons for the
vn Inv isns not include the huge
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which face each other That ar" SYM
holS of the TWO conflicting spirits
which make up the struggle OF HE.
One is the tomb of Napoleon. FUR
Their down the boulevard. Falguier"
statue Of Pastcur Napoleon'S lomO
all see. PasteurS statue few visit. II
is a sitting figure upon prdcS'M.
And on the sides Of this pcdestaI are
figures in relief illustrating PasteurS
services TO the world--a girl under a
trellis Of grapes illustrating the bat
! tie with the phyIloXera, man with
oxen. boy with sheep On the front
! is the great group. A girl is'secn just
rising from a sick bed. She leans
against her mother, who. in turn,
! looks up with inenable gratitude mo
! the face of pateur, while figure OF
| Death. beaten and batlled, sinks away
around the opposite side of the pcdes-
! Ial
! The spirit OF America has been
against war, not because We nave
/ grown cowardly and fear death. nor
| because We have grown flabby and
| love Softncss: no. not even because
we have become conscious converts
10 the Prince of Peace. Bur We III
America believed We had something
| larger to do We were discovering
! our country.
Every tree Is 2 cnalieng" to us. anu
, every pool of waller and every foot OF
soil The mountains arc our enemies.
We must pierce them and make mem
! serve. The wiliui rivers VIC must
curb; and o,rt Of the seas and the AR
renew the life Of the earth itself.
/ We felt that We had no time Tor
war. We were doing something so
/ much more important. We were nj
/; work. Work is tho greatest Of all AL
ventures. N'a7 came 10 us because
we were not allowed peacefully 10
work.
! What are We fighting for? For what
| Roger Williams rought-to be let
; alone. 10 have the opportunity 10
show what man can do for man. a
spirit is intangible. II delicS dennl'
ton or limitation. 1t can be made
! comprehensive only by acts inc
idea Of the spirit of America Is we'll
illustrated in the work Of Theodore
Judah.
! All have heard Of Huntington. San
! ford. Hopkins and CTocker. the build
crs of the Central Pacific railroad.
The real builder Of that road was Il
young Connecticut engineer named
Judah He had the vision; nc maue
the surveys. He found the way across
the mountains. Then he found stan
ford. the grocer. and Huntington. inc
hardware man. and told his dream
and showed his plans. They caught
fire. Judah convinced them thai con
gross could be- made 10 supply The
money.
| He came &c Washington. became
the clerk OF tho Senate SnmmttcC on
| Pacific Railroads. then the clerk OF
the House committee and wrote 60'h
reports. The bill was passed. and on
his way home in triumph he died upon
the IsthmuS Of Panama.
The spirit OF young judah has been
the making Of America.
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WITHOUT IMPORTATION.

re wASHINGTOS, May 6.-Ncithcr tho
navy dcptlr tment nor tho consular scrv7
ice has any Information today that
would explain the story brought TO an
Atlantic port yesterday by ship pelss''n-
gers That before the colliGd Cyc!opS Was
reported missing n Rio Dc Jancrio news
paper printed an advertisement saying I
requiem mass would lN celebrated al
Rio Janeiro for Alfred l.. NJ. GotLSchalk.
United States consul general 81 pasNcu-
ger on the collier
Officials Thought there must be some
mistake and could not understand why
il the advertisement wrrc printed It
WAS not called To their attention by
their representatives III Fio-
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FOR HIGHER OIL PRICE.

WAsH!NTTnN. Nav 9th" Pure oil
pipe line company today applied In the
Iut"rSlato i'nrnm"rr" commission Cor m
crrtsre ranging from To J.: cents a
barrel on oil Shir;"d through pip" lines
from OHIO. PENNSYLVANIA and West Nir-
Elnia t. Marcus Hook. pil city. Titus
vile md "tt..r refining crnlcrS.
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s IANENTABLE RECORD

OF al the faulty AID QnS<AIsl tlA~|A'
'recorda .paao II our war preparseH>n
tina roes,1l IL th>: construction OF AT
sims seera7 TO BE- tho Uost anr'o'
abba. Af1sr one years uinss tie eI
nen6t4ure OF large sun1s OF money ano
the building up-of rosy hopes. it deR''A-
OBS that our airshp production is prsc-
ticalty negligible. and that the Amer-
can boys being sent to France without
asnon3anes are dependent upon the Al
lies tnr their protection
Major General Squier. chief OF me
SisnaI Corps, who has been renewed
of the control of army aeronaoacs,
told the House military affairs COM
mittee that had the War Department
built the machines it had in mlno a
year ago. the planes would have been
out Of date BY this time.
To the able major general this seems
to be good reason for building no aero
planes at all. and if all our Allies hao
taken this view the war might nave
been lost for lack o. aeroplanes before
this time. While great war IS gong
on. and men are being killed every
minute from the lack OF aeroplaneS.
the duty is to build the best ;Deroplanes
possible in the shortest possible time,
and get them into service at the ear
nest possible moment The aeropianeS
which both the Germans and Allies
used last year are out of date now as
compared with tho most modern ma
chimes, but they are doing sood work
and some OF them will be- in Use until
the end of the war. Our aeroplane
seryice should have been organized to
have effective machines ready when
6Uc<oys were ready. and To have them
in ready proportion TO the needs OF the
Army.
go. It goes without saying that any ma
chine planned last fall and finished in
!. numb nrS this spring. would b. subject
ito some improvement. because lnse-
.-nuitr does not stand still. But VIC
would have had the machines by this
80 time, and they Guild have been in use
now. il the martinets in charge OF the
work had only had little common
sense.
) 1t is gratifying 70 note that prac-
> teal manufacturer mas been put at
the head of the aeroplane department.
3" We may expect some aeroplaneS. We
may also expect that the planes built
- within a few months will be better
THAN the planes We build now. and II
1.-The war goes on they will continue 20
get better; but there will not be time
when our armies will be left defense
less for the lack of aaroplanes. Pra4
--tical men, who know how TO make and
do things are gradually showing out
the iucornpetents in the war organiza
.-tion. Squier has not gone TOO quickly
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Inditlunlry forces were announced to-
day by tn" navy department. hf inns
number. one was .lll'h III action and
;oir died -: wounds. The list follows:
Killed ~ Actiun~-i'riratc Willard
Eranklin Clark. Rulial". y. !.
lined ui W"undS--t '"r;'"Tal John Mar
IN Gardner. iWnu. y. g.: !'rivai"S Gre
CORY Alan n"riin. Chicago: Ernest Peter
John Peterson. chrrasu; Leon joan Rob
rig RuIihln- Y L
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NOTICE.


Editor Intelllgencer:
You arc authorized to announced
Davis Elkins Of Morgantovn. honon.
gala Co.. n candidate for nomination
BY the Republican Party for the United
States Senate from West Virginia, sub
Ject TO all rules Of the Republican Party
and the laws OF the Stale Of West Wiz.
gInia governing the primary election
TO be held August. 1918.
ELKINS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES
J.. II. McDERMOTT. Chairman
.A~.-r ?. Q. Drawer, 8$1,
MorCantoun, ". Pa-Adv.
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Ia vi.w Of lcrShinc's successes on
tn" western front. IN" M"Nic;tnS may
b.. glad that ne treated them as lHnient-
" rs hr did.
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Th. shan Of Persia bought Liberty
bonds t. I'll, amount of slh0.nnn He
knew :; good business proposition when
he saw Z.
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The papers of Germany ard Austria
haze already modified their views con-
corning Americas entry into the war.
They Will. keep on modifying these
views.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-07
Marine Casualties.

WASHINGTON May 6.--FIvc marines
corps casualties In the American OK
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WASHINGTON, May 6.-Thc Sher-
wood bill, granting a. minimum pension
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OLD GOLD AND slxyER

WORN OUT GOLD AND SILVER BOYCOTT N
r. EoNGMAS's SONS. Gold aud silvss Re1n..s
IA John ST.
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sCHuIINGERS VAN AND ,SrORAGR coYsi
pany. Incorporated Storage moving nanSin3
sshippsnx: motor vans for long distance movinss
Ss' Last go a. fhons 10 Plaza
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THE MOUNTAIN uo.rcr

r r1eai country resort, valhaIls, Westchestav
o. S Sleeping porches. tennis. saddle horsss
unnc IN e. swimming pool; cap $50; sii and
a., so per day. Phone VIII pins. ffeT
oooHiet. CHAS. II. BLENIs. Mr.
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BORG Buys Diamonds. old Gold. st,vss. fa.a.
mum. Antiques snd Pawn Tickets. las ~ ed -
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THE LAFAYETTE

=, E1ciusIVe Patronage. Beantiful s,ft,. ,r,,h ,.,
pan aIneof apartments with tub needle and sbsSss
t os,sh June to October. Season rates Wbifs
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-16
CHAS EDWARD STRONG.
Candidate for Nomination for County
Auditor and Recorder on Republican
Ticket

Charles EdN ard Strong, candidate for
the office OF Cassia County Auditor at the
coming election, was born Oct. 9th, 1872,
al logansport, Indiana, and is directly
decendent on his mothers side through
the Meredith family back to Funydd
Gwerngwy, a chieftian of North W ales,
living in the twelfth century. Rees Mere
dth emgrated 10 America i'll 1880, settled
in Philadelphia, later became a personal
friend Of George Washington and con
tributed $4,000 to feed and cothe the
American army at Valley Forge. His
second son. Samuel Meredith born al
Phil adelphla in I74I was very active in
both political and military affairs of the
stormy Revolutionary times, was com
missioned General in Oct. 1877, was del
egate to the Continental Congress inI77S
and on Oct. 3Ist, 1880 was appointed by
Washington to fill the position of first
United States Treasurer, serving through
three administrations; theslrst money ever
paid into the u :. s. Treasury was $4,000
loaned by him TO the new goeernment.
Onhs fathers side which if both Scotch
and Irish, We find John Strong Che name
being originally spelled McStrahn) among
the early Puritians who landed at Nan
tasket, / 2 niles from Bostos, Mass, May
goth, 1890, he was the father of twenty
children and from oae of these we trace
the family down to Edward Henry Strong
born Feb. Ist, IS47, who married Mar
garet Green, January 1903, father and
mother of Charles Edward Strong. who
at the age OF yrs. was taken from Ind
lana to,New York City by an Uncle Chas.
II. Green, who wanted to educate him for
a lawyer, but after the death of his mot
her he being II years OF age and having
fair business education, determined TO
start West for himself giving his younger
brothers the opportunities for the com
pletion of their education, which could
not be obtained at home on the farm
Upon leaving home in Indiana with $50,
and a ticket for Seattle, Wash, in June
1900, it was strongly predicted by relat-
ives and friends that he would be back
before the following Christmas, but after
twenty-eight years of varied exper fences
and successes, with no absolute failure
charged up against him, we still find him
padding his own canoe, at Oakley, Idaho
where he has resided for the past six
years. During this time he has been en-
poyed as resistant bookkeeper by the
Farmers Commercial and Savings Bank
and the Oakley Milling and Elevator
Company; is now engaged in Real Es-
tate, Insurance and Brokerage business,
acting United States Commissioner and
Carey Act Land Agent at that place, was
also twice elected Justice of the Peace
Of Oakley Precinct.
In presenting himself as a candidate
for County Auditor, he does so with full
confidence Of his ability and qualifications
to handle the duties of that office in an
economic and efficientmanner; Politically
he is a Republican and pledges himself
for the platform and for the success Of
the principles of that party
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-16

Clinton T.. Norquess. meieorologist OF
the Boise weather office has received
the first reports of heavy frost in
Idaho since the late spring freezes. The
report came from Cuprum In Adams
county. where the thermometer regis
tered 81 degrees on July II.
w. Walter Lindsay, who was In the
aviation service, having had his ground
training in California, from which
field he was transferred to the fields
at Love. Tex. and who fell 800 feet
in one Of his flights and escaped with
Ills life, Is visiting with his mother at
Boise.
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Thomas II. King Of Almo was an
Oakley visitor Saturday.

Thomas Ii King of Almo was an
Oakley visitor Saturday.
Elmer Mecham and wife has re-
turned to Salt Lake after spending a
few weeks here visiting with relat-
ives.
Presidents w. T. Jack, John l..
Smith, w T. Harper, and J Lyman
Smith went to Burley to attend the
ward conferences in the two Burnley
wards asst Sunday, Pres. Jack and j..
LYMAN Smith attendings the meet
ings at the Second ward, and John
l.. Smith and W. I. Harper went to
the FIRST ward In the evening, J j.
Lyman Smith delivered an address
on the war before the Second " ward
Mutual