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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-14
BANKRUPTCY NOTICE

United States of Am"rica. Northern Dis
rri,'i 1T West Virginia. -
In IN" United States District court III and
for said District.
In th''lInlt'r Of Albert 'i'hrlhS; l'lnk-
ruri. So. 49, In Bankruptcy. Petition
for Discharge.
Judge az tho District Court -! M
United states for ih"' Nurt!I"ris l'Is-
tri..t of West NirEinia:
Alhrrr ,;rIlririg. If Wheeling. in III"
County ur ph,n. AMI state 81 N.Si Nir-
s!:iia in said District. Respectfully r"r-
rcS"nrs that "n the 10Th day 81 I''''i'l-
In.r last past he vas duly HGJuiGd a
hanErurr Under IA" acts "f congress r.
!a,nc To- bankruptcy: that i" has duly
surrendered all his property ana iI@iIt!'
ii I,r.jn.rIy and has fully complied Win
all III" requirements 81 *Hld hri% ana ~
orders Of III" court touching his bank
Whrrc;nrn. II" 1rayS that II" may Il"
d"cr"rd 10y III" Court - hay" a tull DIS
rhlrg" from all h"hiS lr"Nahlr ;GhiliSi
his estate under said bankrupt acts. OK
c"pl such debts as are excepted h| Jaw
from such discharge"
dated this md day Of February. y.
1918. ,
Order Of Notice Thereon.
Nnrthnrn District Of West Virginia. s.
on sihiS ath day Of February. y. H..
'hiS. on reading lhr i"E'S!HS l'.''''"'
II is
ordered hy the Court that = hearing
ha had upon the sam" on tn" nih day %;
March. \. j.. l"lS. before said t"'lrt ~
Wheeling. in said district at ion "'cl"'k
in tn. forenoon. aud that motto" thereof
IL, unfinished in til" Wheeling lnirlItErn-
Ger a newspaper printed in said District.
and that all known creditors ana "tn"r
persons in interest may lpn"h: at III:
said tim and place and show cause. II
any they have. why III" prayer a; III" sH'H
petition should not D" granted.
And II is further ordered by the Court:
that The clerk shall send by mail L" all
knnwn creditors copies al sal" i"tlihh
and THIS order addressed :" :h"m ~ tii"ir
pIacrs nf residence as stated.
Witness tn" IE"norahl" Aston g. 'aF-
ton. JudE" Of ihH said ''"uri ana INC
seal thereof. AT Wheeling. in said dis
irct. on The It'll day II February. y. H..
1918.
4. =. JARRETT. clerk.
f-7-l4
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Large building in South
Side district, suitable for lnanufac-
turing establishment. Address Build
ing" f-l2-m
FOR RENT-A few good rooms on tn.
SECOND and third floors of the New
Intrllgrnccr building 1905 and 1906 Mar
kct street. Will be ready for occupancy
about April /. Apply t.. Boyd, care In
t.iltrnuccr. ja-2S-tf
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RAILROAD CONTROL
(Continued from First Page

,,,h;,c, ,r f,irr,. con.
'''''i ';-., 'n,;,,r .Thi. nru,ision wn.
,Iirinotrd hy both tn. senate and
hnr.n rommjitn.s.
.uhsti,u;r bill was Introduced ~
cnnator Townsend Z Republican m"m.
49, IS ~. committee Il rlO*,ly ia!
Io,rs IN. u.ndiuc measure except that
!, changes tn" COMPENSATION S.r;ipn
,ii.,b,Iv
senator Smith of South Carolina,
WHO is in charge of IN" BILL ho"5 10
reach Il final voi" lai" n"%i week
- r -
NASt!IN" lo.N' - 49, W.,
Til" opinion that LF'Si"'"' !'H"''
action in taking over III" 'a'''"'"S
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LOST AND FOUND

LoST-SUuday evening. Oh Elm Grove
car between L"Hih"rw"nd and city.
small black satin hay. beaded Return
la ~; Srhmulhuch Bldg. and receive re-
ward.
LoST-f.uv-!upc ronta!n.ng THRIFT
srumrS: between high school and Is
land. Reward if returned. Call Natl
phone l63l-I. l-l--lt
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scHomBER-Suddcnl on Tuesday.
ErIruary j.. 1915. at 1870 o,clock p:
m. MRS. MARY X. SClioNbhN' III
her 18th year.
Funeral from the home Of her daush!ei,
Wrs Amelia Watson. Park View Fri
,I,y afternoon 80 o'clock. Friends
"'? the family invited. lnterment at
,;r..uwrpd.
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Euncral from his late residence at 10
,;,rdrn Court. saturday Afternoon at
1:$U o'clock. Services at. ST. Pauls
rhurch M o'clock. In;ermcnt AZ
Greenwood cemetery. Friends Oh Inc
family invited.
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FRISSELL-0n TUESDAY. February 2th.
1918 at IL O'Clock a. nj. AT his late
residence Sn Fourteenth street. Dr..
CHARLES NJ FltISSELL;
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FOR SALE-MlsceIlaneous

FOR SALE-i-S interest III oil and gas
!cnS, j"r ;il3 an eighth. This well oil
hraring country. r"adY TO pump. Address
f.. -. i5nX -. Wheeling. W. Va. I-li-p
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EoRTEMAN-On Tuesday. February
~. 1918. at 4:l5 O'CLOCK p. M JIkIIo
E1ITE.N AN. i'll the 46th year or his
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Funeral services ut tn" residence Thurs
dnv afternoon ) o'clock. Friends OF
the family respectfully invited I" at,
tend. : lnlcrmrHt private GREENWOOD
cemetery.
tkindly omit flowcTs.)
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Oil and Gas Drilling Machine Wanted,
Wanted !" bay ct r"nt or VIII lei OIL
and gaS .rOntraCt--drllling 1000 feet.
Addr,$S !: -. Box 81. Wheeling. f-li-p
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
JOHN BURNS WRITES

John Burns, Co. G, 128th Inf, N. c..
somewhere in France" writes to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Burns, 402
Randolph street, as follows:
Somewhere in France, Mar. II, 1918.
Dear Parents:
Just few words to let you know
we are all well and hope this letter
finds you the same. This is sure
some swell country, believe me. We
are sure having nice weather here,
regular summer, but the nights are
awful cold. Got nice camp too. We
are having lots of fun and good eats.
This is sure different than the U. S.,
that is, people and their ways and
dress. Most of them wear wooden
shoes, and you can hear them coming
behind you-it sounds more like a
train than person. Ha. In driving
their horses, instead of coupling up,
they drive them one ahead of the
other-it sure seems funny. Every
thing is lot different, railroads and
all. Their railroad cars aren't nearly
the size of ours, and have only four
wheels on them. Their money is a lot
different as we'll as everything else.
Me for the states any old time. Got
a letter from Helen the other day
and was the first mail we have re-
ceived here. Don't get mail as often
as We did when we were in the states.
Never got that box of candy from Peth
yet. You can send me box, if you
want to. That's something we don't
get very often. Well, guess will close
for this time Will write more next
time.
Your son,
PRIV. JOHN BURNS. -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
The Caste System in Germany
BY F. w. GIESE, Professor of Romance Languages,
University of Wisconsin
Published Of Defense

German society is based on abso.
lutism and militarism. The ambition of
the house of Hohenzollern Is to dom.
mate the world; its pretext is to
spread Germanism. German culture
we have hitherto warmly welcomed
and we shall do so again. But the
Kaiser's brand of Germanism we do
not want. We prefer our own civiliza-
ton which is based on liberty, not on
despotism.
The Kaiser says: "The soldier
should have no will of his own; you
should all have but one will, and that
is my will. There is but one law for
you, and that is mine.
He says to his recruits: Should
the necessity arise, you must even
shoot down your fathers and mothers
at my order"
He says again: "Only one is mas
ter in the land. That am Il Whoever
opposes me will smash in pieces!"
He refers here to Social Democrats,
the only important party in Germany
that stands for democratic liberty and
for the rights Of the common man.
He calls them "a gang unworthy of
the name of Germans, traitors to
their country"
The Kaiser and the government are
intensely militaristic. Wilhelm's first
speech as Kaiser was to the army and
navy. These are his idols. German
militarism is the best thing we have
achieved in the course of our develop
ment as state and q people, says
Chancellor Won Buelow. A chorus of
professors and politicians joins in.
Professor Sombart proclaims war ''the
hottest thing on earth, and all re-echo
Moltke's words that perpetual peace is
only dream and not even a beautiful
dream.
Under such a government there IL
little liberty, and much oppression.
I'VE Germans in Prussia, says Karl
Liebknecht, have three cardinal
rights: to be soldiers, to pay taxes,
and to hold our tongues between cur
teeth" In Prussia thev are not very
considerate of the common man.
In the first place, is he educated for
his own good? OF the common-school
teacher and OF the university professor
alike the Kaiser says: According TO
his rights and duties he Is, in the first
place, state official. In this position
he should do what is demanded of him.
He should teach the young and pre-
pare them for resisting all revolu-
tionary e. e. democratic) aims"
The German boy not only learns at
school that he must not be Social
Democrat, he learns that he is to be a
soldier,-not very pleasant business
His drill-maSters do not treat him very
humanely. In 1902 the Reichstag pro-
tested, and 600 officers were condemn
ed for cruelty to soldiers-one lieuten-
ant for 600 cases of mal-treatment, and
o.ie aan-commissioned officer for 1920.
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Honor Flags For the City, For Nine
Villages and For Twenty Towns
Village Of Mcmillan Unique Flag Will Have Twenty
one Stars Upon It-Brokaw Fighting For Star
and Many Other Districts Fighting For Flag
TOO MANY STARS

The village of Mcmillan will in all
probability have the most star be-
decked Honor Flag in the United
States. There will be so many stars
upon this flag that it will require
close figuring to get them all in on
the official emblem, and it is possible
that the Congress of the United States
may pass an enabling act permit
ting the issuing of a flag of sufficient
size upon which to place all the stars
without crowding the other parts of
the emblem.
The village of Mcmillan is entitled
to flag and 81 stars.
Figure it out for yourself. Each
CT immunity raising it's quota is en-
titled to flag, and each time it in
creases this by the amount of it's quota
it is entitled to flag. The quota for
this village was $3.50. It's subscrip-
ton was $26,150.
There is record that probably will
stand for all time, and the dedication
of that flag should be an event in
which the whole county may partici-
pate.
HARD WON VICTORIES
We read the other day in the papers
of the gallant French regiment that
had been left to guard hill and con-
tinued at their posts long after they
had been entirely surrounded and the
regiment depleted to almost the last
man. Theirs was no spectacular vic
tory, just fight, fight to the end, do
ing their duty and standing by their
guns. And so it is in some of the
towns. Those on the firing line have
been putting up a grim, determined
fight, have been standing by their
guns, have been holding back the
enemy, but the columns of figures do
not tell the story of their valiant SER
vice. These figures show that they
have been forced to give back, but
in the last analysis these will be &C.
corded their due share of honor. 1t
looked this way in Flieth for a while
1t looked as though the line given
them was so long that their forces
could not possibly hold it, but they
have come over" and Chairman
Bandy is certainly entitled to credit
for the showing he has made. There
are others, too, who may not be SO
successful, who are still fighting in
the trenches and whether they come
over or not are entitled to credit.
County Chairman Gilbert and City
Chairman Dawley are both entitled
to credit for the able manner in which
they have conducted this campaign,
not alone for their success this time
but also because at the conclusion of
the present drive they will leave in
readiness for all succeeding drives a
we'll organized, efficient machine, that
will materially reduce the labor of
succeeding drives and insure their
starting at the scheduled time with
out losing an hour in making prepar-
atoms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Richard Romack has withdrawn
from school to accept position as
clerk in the local post Office.
C. H. Graham was business caller
last Monday.
Miss Renata Witte of Granton, one
of our former students, called on
friends at the business college while
visiting in this city last week
W. A. Meeker was a business caller
last week in the interests of the Rem
ingtOn Typewriter Co.
Miss Clara Renow, one of our form
er students, who is employed as
bookkeeper and stenographer at White
Lake, was in Wausau last Tuesday to
take the Civil Service examination
and called at the business college
during her stay in the city.
Alva Hickman has withdrawn from
school for the summer. He will re-
sumo his course of study next fall
Mrs. Frank Carpenter was a bust
mess caller last Monday.
Edna Grambort is assisting with the
| bookkeeping in the Wausau Ice &
Fuel Co.'S office in this city.
A. o. Eggebrecht, one of our former
students, who now has headquarters
at Oconomowoc, made us a call last
Wednesday.
! Blanche Pickett went to her home in
Spencer last Friday to spend a few
days with her parents.
Minnie Kruger has gone to hel
home in Ogema to spend the summer
c. A. Cowee was caller at the
business college last Friday.
Adeline and Iona Firnstahl anC
Edna Grambort went to their homes
in Colby last Friday, where they spent
the weekend.
! Dorothy Clark went to Green Bay
last Friday and spent several day.
with friends.
Mrs. Herman Zahn of Gillett called
at the business college last Thurs
day to see her daughter Anna, who
is attending our school,
Ruth Steinberg spent the week enc
in Grand Rapids with her parents.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the w. B. C. Liter.
airy Society last Friday afternoon:
PreSident--Theo. Markworth.
| Vice Pres.-Randolph LaTourneau
Sec.-Hilda Schreve.
Libbie Stoughton went to Abbots
ford last Friday night and spent tn,
week end with relatives.
l.. Treutel was business caller las
Saturday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30

"They attempt to tame men as they
attempt to tame animals" says Lieb-
knecht.
A civilian, when he has to deal with
al officer, is In even worse plight. At
Zabern, a colonel locked up thirty
civilians (including a judge) for "a
hours in a cellar, to make them prop,
erly respect the uniform! On trial he
was acquitted Gin spite of an over
whelming protest from the powerless
Reichstag). and the Crownpr,nce sent
him his congratulations! Numberiess
cases are cited of civilians run through
by officers whom they happened to
josus in the street, Of ladies forced to
surrender their seats In street cars to
officers, or pushed of the sidewalk
into the mud by uniformed gentle
men,"
After his army service, the work
man. back at his Job, has longer
hours and poorer pay than almost any
other European workingman. AS a re-
suit, SIS per cent of the workmen's
families in Berlin live in single room,
according to Ambassador Gerard.
If the laborer does not like his
wages of course he can strike. but he
must not forget that the Kaiser once
proposed. on his own initiative, law
making strikes punishable by three to
five years of penal servitude. Against
sickness, unemployment, and desti-
tuition in old age the government
shrewdly protects him, in part Of
course, at his own expense. He will
have to pay large share Of his slen-
der savings into the governments in
surance fund-and, Il he should ever
leave the country, he will lose all he
has paid in! There's reason! 1t is
an indirect Elethod OF restoring serf-
dom and o. .mprisoning the German
within tbs bounds Of his own country,
SC mat he and his children may fur
nish the Kaiser a generous supply OF
cannon fodder.
The Ger,nan-Ameriean who loves
freedom end the blessings of peace
cannot therefore love a system. which
is the deadly foe of both. ''Kuitur".
says a celebrated German writer,
Thomas, Mann, "is spiritual organi-
cation Of the world, which does not
exclude bloody sava gerry. 1t raises the
demonic to sublimity. 1t is above mo-
rality, reason and science" Since this
picture Of German imperialism Is only
too true, is it astonishing that 1t holds
out little attraction to anyone who
knows It for what II is. Is it astonish-
ing that many a German-American
who has gone back to pass his old age
in the fatherland which he had left as
a youth, has found life there 20 mar
row and freedom SO restricted that
he has after short time come back
again 70 land where the common man
enjoys full political liberty and finds
every business and social opportunity
open to him and his children?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30

The friendship of Russia for Seryia
has long been an A B C of the Balkan
problem. Russia was bound by ties
of race and religion to protect Servia.
She was equally bound by self-interest.
For two centuries it had been Russia's
ambition to get access to the Mediter-
ranean, either by conquering Turkey
or by having the Turkish possessions
fall into the hands of friendly Balkan
states. 1t was therefore as certain
that Russia would try to protect the
independence of Servia in 1914 as that
the United States would try to pro-
tect South America against attack by
a European power.
The attack of Austria upon Servia
did bring Russia to the rescue, but
Russia showed every desire to avoid
war. First, she induced Servia to make
a most submissive answer to the Aus
trian ultimatum. Then, she accepted
all offers of mediation between herself
and Austria, and agreed to accept any
form of conference which Germany
might suggest. Finally, she proposed
that the Austro-Servian dispute
should be referred to the Hague Tri-
bunal. When Austria and Germany re-
fused or evaded these proposals and
Austria pushed her attack on Servia,
Russia July 29) ordered a partial
mobilization of her troops, but later
July 30) offered to give up her mill
tary preparations if Austria would
agree "to eliminate from her ultima
tum points which violate the sovereign
rights of Servia." The answer was a
fiat refusal.
On July 81 Austria replied to Rus
all her troops, and Russia followed suit.
Then, for the first time July 81,
Austria began to negotiate. At once
the German emperor seized the relns
and ordered the Gear to stop all mill
tary preparations within twelve hours.
To obey, in view of German and Aus
trian preparedness for war, would
have been madness. The Car replied
by urging the emperor to join with
him in working for the preservation OF
peace, even though they were both
calling out their forces. But Emperor
William was unyielding, and later in
the day Aug. y declared war on Rus
STA.
Can anyone doubt that Germany
forced war upon Russia?
Under the terms of the Dual Alliance
(1891), France was bound to come to
the help Of Russia if she was attacked
by Germany, and there was no doubt
that she would be loyal to her obi
cations. But Germany did not desire
to wait until France should come in;
her plan was to crush France and then
turn upon slow-mobilizing Russia
Indeed, Germany was prepared, If nee
essary, to goad France into war. The
German ambassador in Paris was &C
cordingly instructed July 81 to de
mand that if France decided to remain
neutral, she must surrender her great
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30

fortresses. Toul and Verdun, to Ger
many as pledge Of her neutrality
From the very start, France made
every effort to preserve the peace of
Europe. She encouraged all the peace
proposals put forward in any quarter.
Jaures. the great French Socialist,
told the simple truth when he said
July 29): Il have never shrunk from
bringing on my head the hatred of our
chauyinists by my stubborn and in
cessant efforts to bring Germany and
France closer together, and I am
therefore now entitled to state that at
the present moment the French gov
eminent desire peace and are laboring
for it's maintenance"
Great Britain declared war on Ger
many, Aug. 4, after Germany had in
vaded neutral Belgium. Britain had
given Germany three warnings July
80, 81, Aug. u that British opinion
would not stand for such an outrage
because her own national safety and
her honor as a sworn defender of Bel
gian neutrality were at stake. The
British ultimatum turned upon this
point and nothing else; and Goschen's
conversation with Won Jagow indicates
that if Germany had agreed (Aug. ~ to
desist from attacking Belgium, Britain
would have refrained from her declara-
ton of war.
The desire to crush Germany COM
mercially had nothing to do with Brit
aims entering the war. II this had
been her aim, she would have put up
tariff wall, which would have been
cheaper method of self-protection
than war
The Entente of Britain with France
5000 and Russia (1907) was not
formed to crowd Germany out of the
sun. 1t was formed to remove causes
Of friction between Britain and the
other powers, SO as to make it impos-
sible for Germany to induce either Of
them to join her in an attack on Brit
ain 1t was BritaiD's answer to Ger
many's increase of her navy and
toasts to "The Day., but 1t did not
provide for an attack on Germany.
| The British foreign minister, Sir e.
Grey, labored as Zealously as the
French and Russian diplomats to pre-
vent the outbreak of the war. The
supreme proof of the innocence OF the
purposes of the Triple Entente is
found in Grey's offer of July 81:
a.. if Germany could get any reason
able proposal put forward which made
it clear that Germany and Austria
were striving to preserve European
peace, and that Russia and France
would be unreasonable If they reject
ed it, if Russia and France would
not accept it His Majesty's govern
ment would have nothing more to do
with the consequences"
France and Russia entered the war
because Germany was bound to have
it so; Britain entered the war because
Germany treacherously invaded Bel
| GUM.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
YOUR coUNTRY's CALL.

You would give your life for your
country. You would scorn an Ameri
can whose patriotism ended with way,
ing flags, cheering the troops and
standing up when the band plays.
You want to serve your country. Are
you willing to do what your govern.
ment asks. Are you willing to fol.
low directions? Are you so comfort.
ably fixed that you can afford to eat
what you please? An, but you can't
afford to eat what your country needs.
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Have you
servants who can't be made to under.
stand? It is your chore to see that
they do.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
The following are entitled to Honor

In the Third Liberty Loan Bond
drive, now in progress and which will
eliminate next Saturday evening, Mar
athon county and the city of Wausau
went over the top" on Saturday last,
just one week ahead of the time
scheduled, and the only question now
is as to the amount by which they will
lead and the number of districts which
will be over.
The figures sfor Saturday indicated
that of the Is villages in the county
9 had gone over the top" and of the
Al towns 10 had come safely over and
a number of more skirmishing 4des-
perately on the first line trenches and
with every probability of coming in.
The total quota for Marathon county
was $1,0S5,000 and the total invest
ments in Liberty Bonds up to Satur-
day night was $1,129,250, as shown
by the appended table. The discrep-
ancy in the figures in the table is due
to the fact that these only account
for the amounts actually receipted for
at Headquarters, and do not take into
account several large sums held by
banks outside of the city, but not yet
officially reported.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-30
Grand Total -----$1,126, 900 s1,126.Os4

Up to the time of the compilation
of the above report four towns had
failed to make any report. It is ex-
pected that at least three of these
towns will come over" as unofficial
reports from these places show a good
active subscription. In some of the
other towns, which appear to be we'll
behind their quotas, the district chair
men have arranged for a more often
sive campaign and hope that by Satur-
day night next more than half of
these places will be entitled to Honor
Flags