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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-04
WHEELING
We ARE GROWING IN DEMOCRACY
Rn the German Government Conquered to Establish
Economic Safety For All People.
By LOUIS F. POST
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Assistant Secretary of Labor.

would have dictated a German peace.
ono nm, would have secured place
on the English Channel for them 10 no
in readiness 10 make war upon inc
world when they had recovered from
what little indisposition they had en-
couutrrcd In the present war lhey
had the whole world in view, this con-
tincnl rs we'll as the other
Tho worst kind Of war talk today Is
ncacr talk An carly pence under pres
cnt conditions would be peace dc
,ated by the German government IL
. would be n peace acquleSced In bY Inc
JunkerS OF Germany and the JunRcrs
of every other country involved IN tho
! war. 1t would mean peace that "oulo
involvr continuous military preparation.
It would mean universal milithrism.
II tho war were to stop today with
Germany in possession OF Belgium. or
northern France. of Russia, reaching
: out with ono hand across the Atlhnll'
and with the other across the racine
what kind of peace would II PC! we
in this country. would have to main
| tain Il standing army Of million men.
| This would be paradise Tor the mu-
milton profiteers for three or four gen
! cratinnS To come.
Eul II WAT bSe~' ~ -
! mean. We don't want that kind OF
neacc. We feel about it as the Irish
man did about grippe. He said" It's
. bad enough while you are sick with II,
I but tho worst OF it is you arc SICK
! such long time after you get well!
Let us make this war the end or wars
! We cannot do that by making COM
promise with the German government
: The German government must get out
. of Franco or We cannot have peace.
! The German government must get put
! of Belgium or We cannot have peace.
! The German government must get out
! Of Russia or We cannot have peace.
! We are fighting not only for the little
! democracy that we have achieved; we
! are fghting for all the democracy That
we may achieve. In order 10 90 tnat
we must have at least the four things
: that President Wilson has demanded
; in addition to those indicated.
! We must have open treaties; no moro
| secret treaties. but open. democratic
treaties that all may knew their mean
| Ing. We must have free seas; no more
sending Of piratical boats To sink peace
! able vessels. We must have free inter-
| course between all the democratic peo-
: pies Of the Garth. We must have De-
| tween all democratic peoples In that ro-
spcct what we have between inc loTtS-
eight states OF our material union
The right to trade back and forth with
out great tariff walls rs barriers. We
, must stay in the great war, awful as
, It Is, until We have conquered IN oFoer
TO make the world hereafter safe for
! the development Of democracy among
! all the peoples Of the earth.
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ments about the progress OF the air
craft production through the agency
of the Bureau of Information. Three
military officers are named by Justice
Hughes report for criminal prosecu-
ton and one, Colonel Deeds. for court
martial.
The portion of the report which
deals with the activities Of Henry
Ford is of particular interest, because
Mr., Ford has been selected as the
special protegc Of President Wilson.
Justice Hughes charges are to the
effect that Ford has allowed his fac
tory TO become and remain a hot bed
Of pro-Germanism; that the important
secret plans for air craft production
we're in the hands OF men who wer"
proc ermans, who talked pro-German,
and acted pro.German; that Mr.. Ford
knew these facts. They were called
to his attention time and again and
he deliberately chose to disregard
them.
AS was to be expected, this report
was not made public until too late
for the large majority Of the voters of
| the country to understand its nature,
and to disgest it entirely. But, in
spite Of efforts to suppress the report,
sections are gradually coming out
Only short extracts have up to this
time been given to the general public
! Enough is known for a condemnation
! OF the extravaganza. indecision and
{ inefIlciency of the War Department.
Within the next two years there will
probably be many more investigations
such as Justice Hughes has made In
this case, and the knowledge of this
/ fact may, indeed, incte some Of the
; Ilaintive appeals for Democratic
| Congress that come from Washington
! The election Of Republican Congress
I Tuesday will be the best assurance to
| the public that Investigations will not
: be withheld, that the truth will not be
hidden, and the people will know
| what has become Of the immense
sums they have given so freely, and
which have been spent so lavishly.
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Abou, one hundred and fifty years
ago the tothers ~ this country SCI
UP a government of the people ny inc
people. and for tho people. They ala
not make it democracy. They could
not. They simply set TO work to puilo
up a democracy.
We had chattcl slavery after We de-
clared that all men were created equal;
and We kept that slavery for nearly a
hundred years. until the civil war put
an end to it. AT tho beginning We had
limited manhood suffrage. Some may
think that mon have voted In this coun-
try since We became democracy but
they had property qualifications IN
most Of the states. Men without prop
erty were not allowed to vote.
BENJAMIN Franklin told about man
who had jackass worth ten dollars
and was a voter because no had this
property qualification. When the jack
ass died and the man could not vote.
Franklin asked who had done tho Vot-
ing. tho man or the jackass: We did
not have manhood suffrage. but we GOV
it. because we were growing In demo-
cracy.
We have had labor conditions In
which there were many more men walt
ing work than there were jobs. condl-
tons in which the hired man was at
a disadvantage relatively to employers
But VIC are getting rid OF that.
There is a long list OF other wrongs
perpetrated down to the present time
in the name Of democracy. but which
are not democratic. These conditions
cannot DO continued on democratic
grounds.
For one thing, how can we defend
the fact, on democratic grounds, that
few people In this country and some
of other countries own this country and
the rest of Us. As Lloyd George says
are trespassers in tho land OF our
birth? Wo have been growing IN
democracy. Look over periods OF nifty
to sixty years and you will see that VIC
have. England. too. was growing In
democracy. Franco was growing In
democracy, Russia was growing IN
democracy. but there Is cause for fear
that she Is going back again. or Will
be taken back.
The whole world was growing In
democracy. on this continent and on the
continent Of Europe, except Germany
There democracy had been stopped
They sought to prevent democracy from
growing. Those who have read theiI
literature cannot doubt that their gov
eminent had It In It's mind and In Its
hopes to conquer Europe VIC know
that II they had won. II they had
reached Paris. as they started out to do
as they would have done but for the
battle Of tho Marine, they would have
given US q German peace peace TO be
broken Just as soon as it might have
been to their interest to break It. They
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hurtful to American interests II they
were followed. Mr.. Wilson is afflicted
with 4 constant desire, either to hear
his own voice or to see his own ex
rvessions In print. No President in
our history has written so much, OF
talked so much; no one ever contra
dicted himself so often, OF gave ut
terance to so many things, which II
became necessary later to repudiate
The fourteen points Of which so much
has been made are about 90 per cent
high sounding generalties, which can
be taken to mean great deal or mean
nothing, and the other 10 per cent
commonplace truism.
RI, goes without saying that Mt
Wils& will nora allowed to force
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nations Of Europe to Republican success
with the exception OF the central powers
Politically the Presidents utterance
mems nothing except perhaps 70 'naA'
Republican success more certain.
The other phase, however we cShnpe
pass so lightly. We have oeen NUT
grievously injured. Men VINO nave ue
voted the last two years To nelpinB ou'
war President, who nave 1oFho.'en pNt.
on,tr.iv IN favor Of national success.
;; ore crushed by his reputation Of their
Amrricanism.
As for the President. he can never
arnin reach the high estate he has en-
loved since the beginning Of wsr.-Suf-
falo News.
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MIR, WILSON'S POWER

81 have for u song time been OF the
opinion that this war might bring US
universal free trade. and this Is clear
" limited at in the famous fourteen
points Of President Wilson's peace
terms"
The above Is quotation from a let
ter received from British importer
by a leading manufacturing plant IN
this city. 1t Is Of special interest be-
cause it indicates that Mr.. Wilson's
yoluble pronunciamento Is undoubt'
eddy leading a great many people
abroad to expect certain lines Of
policy from the United States which
the American people have no inten-
ton to follow and which would be
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precedent and In doing so has estaoilsh-
ad n pcw and DANGEROUS one.

pTcCGucUl anu lIl uDliS' ." 'S
ed u new and n dangerous one.
As far az the patriotism Of Repuoi-
cans Is concerned. the patriotic record OF
the Republicans in the senate and inc
house Is the answer TO his partisan
plea.
If party considerations have entered
into the prosecution of the war. II ~
because the President has spurncd the
advice and counsel Of Republicans IN
congress. because they are Kepupiicahs
and for no other reason.
a population before Europe III
deed.
If Europe is concerned about change
In Americas complexion let us pesis
a campaign OF education making II
plain To Europe. including GERMANY
that the Presidents greatest heip IN
prosecuting the war has come from tnf
Republican corner. 1t follows. 100 II
more help Is needed there must be moro
Republicans
We can very easily reconcile the ma
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OF tho eight great war measures OF
the s1xty-1ourth and Hxty-fifth con-
rresses, classified by tho Hatio1al Be-
ourity League, n. n Nicely voted right
on only four. Do Jon want INV
fiftyn rspr( tativs In cougrsSS
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A vote for N. NJ Weoly for congress Is
q vote for Champ Clark, for speaker OF
tho house Of Representatives, and for
Clnude Kitchen as chairman of the great
committee on ways and means.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-03-16
OBSERVING FOOD
SUPPLY IN IRELAND
Sim Feiners Food Controller Inter-
cepts Shipment of Pigs to England,
Butchers Them and Pays Owners
Regulation Price.
only SqueaI Heard Is From Govern
ment Newspapers.

The New York Globe of Tuesday,
feb. 26, published the following spe-
clal cable dispatch from William H.
braTden, correspondent in Dublin of
that paper and the Chicago Daily
News:
Dublin, Feb. 26.-The Sim Feiners,
assuming the duty Of securing food
for Ireland, have appointed a food
controller of their own. He is Diar-
mud Lynch, who was sentenced to
ten years penal servitude after the
rebellion and who owes his escape
from execution to the efforts made
on his behalf by James A. O'Gorman
former L. S. Senator from New York
Throughout the country plans have
been made for supplying potatoes to
the poor in the towns and protests
have been made against their export
to England.
The Government has recognized
that Ireland should send only her en-
portable surplus. When home COM
moditics, such as butter, ran short in
Ireland the Government issued orders
prohibiting their export. The Sim
Feiners thought a similar order should
have been issued about bacon and
announced their intention of enfOrc
ing such an order themselves. AS
the farmers are very willing to sell
pigs for export, the Government raised
no objection and no one could see how
the Sim Feiners could secure their
object. However, they brought Off a
coup last Thursday. a large party
watched the departure of a drove of
pigs from the market. They stopped
it on the way to a steamer for Eng
land, Communicated the pigs and
drove them into a neighboring lot,
where they had some pig butchers
waiting. The pigs were killed and
cleaned and then sold to Dublin bacon
factories at the regulation price. The
owners of the pigs were paid the reg
ulation maximum price, and the Sim
Feiners say that nobody suffers, while
the bacon remains in Ireland.
The police did not interfere when
tiey found that the owners made no
complaint, but in the Irish Times
there is a loud Call for Government
action
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erewski who has been devoting his
entire time to this great work for
months and has made thorough
study of the situation, painted word
picture that brought tears to the eyes
OF his hearers. He told of the scenes
OF desolation in once happy Poland
and of the pitiable plight of her peo
pie. The address was given during
the triennial meeting of the Polish
Clergy Union of the United States.
which was attended by about two hun
dred and fifty clergymen from all parts
OF the country. The convention was
devoted largely to discussion OF meas
ures for helping the nation in the
present crisis. The sessions were held
at st. Stanislaus' Hall.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-03-16
MEMORIAL RECOMMENDED.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE RE-
COUNTS HEROIC WORK OF THE
SISTERS IN CIVIL WAR.
Tributes From Lincoln and Jefferson
Davis-Over 800 Sisters of Seven Or
ders Participated in Service in Fiji
teen States.

Erection in Washington by the La
dies Auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, of a memorial to orders of
Sisters who served as nurses in the
Civil War, is recommended in report
from the committee on the library, re-
ferred to the House calendar
The report says:
THE passing of lime has depleted
the ranks of these faithful Sisters.
The service rendered by them is
unique, and it is most appropriate that
their sisters OF a later generation be
permitted to erect this memorial to
their fidelity and herosm'
The committee on library thus re.
views the service for tho government
Of these Sisters. viz:
The Sisters in whose honor this
memorial is proposed were regularly
enlisted in and discharged from the
service of the United States. While
they were called into the service by
President Lincoln, they ministered to
the sick, wounded and dying soldiers
VI bcliI IliS A'HioIl anu NroIllCNlcI dLc
armies on battlefield, in hospitals and
on floating hospitals. Tribute to their
self sacrificing, heroic work has been
paid by President Lincoln and by JEFF
ferson Davis, president Of the Con
federate states. and by wcarers Of
both the blue and the gray who re-
ceived their ministratiOns.
The seven orders which gave their
services were: Sisters of Mercy, Sis
ters of the Holy Cross, Sisters Of ST
Joseph. Sisters of Charity Of ST. Vim
cent de Paul, Sisters of Mother Setin
Order of Charity, the Ursuline Nuns
and Sisters Of Charity Of Nazareth
Between 500 and / 900 of the Sis
ters had service in the following
states: Ohio. Illinois, Pennsylvania
Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri. Mary
land. West Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia
Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, as
well as in the District Of Columbia''
The bill authorizing the erection of
this memorial in Washington to the
Nuns of the r'attlefield' was intro
duced in the House on September II.
1917. by Hon. Ambrose Kennedy, of
Rhode Island.
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gregatlon of Dominican Sisters at Sin
slnawa. During her religious life she
held the office of Prioress at Madison
WIS; Washington, d. c., and Bloom
lngton. Ill. From 1897 until Steptem-
Der. 1910. she was a teacher at Saint
Clara academy and Saint Clara col
lege.
Sister AleNius brought to her life
WORK as a religious teacher gifts of a
high order, strong personality, and a
line sense OF values. AS teacher she
had always at heart the life interests
OF her students. She entered with a
sympathy into their tensions and trials
and joys which gave her wide intlu-
cnce among Them. She had a deep
sense OF educational responsibility and
was live to the important principle
that above and beyond all learning is
the influence OF character, the impulse
TO virtue and piety which comes from
those whose lives show forth that yir-
tue and plely. During the last seven
years OF her lite she was Il patient
sufferer. Her influence continued hy
der correspondence, however, among
a wide circle Of her former students.
The announcement Of the death OF
Sister AleXius brings to the alumnae
and many former students of Saint
Clara a message Of sorrow. Her life
OF conseDralcd service reaches back to
the pioneer past OF the congregation
Her years were full of deeds inspired
by strong faith and wrought by an
energetic will.
The funeral occurred at Saint Clara
convent Thursday morning The Rev.
James b. Cianry OF Dubuque college,
Dubuque, Iowa, was cclebrant OF the
solemn requiem mass; the Rev. ID. A.
German of Dubuque was deacon and
the Rev. j. d. kavanaugh. chaplain of
Saint Clara college, subdencOn.
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St. Stephens Parish
Hindu Asks Wilson to
Hell Free India

Ram Chandra, one of the leaders
Of Hindu revolutionary propaganda
on the Pacific Coast and a defendant
in the India revolt conspiracy trial,
on the eve Of the opening Of the
defense Tuesday made public letter
sent by him to President Wilson
containing an appeal on behalf OF
India and urging that the war not
be permitted to end until India is
free and independent The letter
follows, in part:
'li, by this war, Poland, Belgium,
Serbia and Rumania were freed, but
Ireland, Egypt and India remained
enchanted in their present slavery,
then would your golden principles be
dead letter and mockery to down
trodden mankind
India. Ireland, Egypt, Persia, Mo-
rocco. Malaga these are all subject
states. They should be represented
in the peace conference, not by the
government now dominating them
hut by representatives of their own
selection.
LET not this war be ended until
their freedom has been achieved If
you accomplish this your name will
shine forever and with the luster that
is now reserved for Abraham Lincoln
among he galaxy of immortals.
After quoting from the Presidents
war aim speeches. Ram Chandra
charges that the present trial is slim
ulated by England. The letter con-
tinues:
eve have exposed only what the
British government desired to keep
behind the veil of censorship"
eve are not, however, addressing
you for the purpose of making per-
sonal appeal as to the justice or in
justice Of these charges. We shall
willingly abide by and accept what
ever decision the judge and jury may
render in an American court in our
cases. We are ready now, as we
have ever been ready, to endure hard
ships, suffering and even imprison-
ment for our principles
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YOUR MENTAL MACHINERY.

YOUR MENTAL MACHINERY.
1t is great thing to learn-to shut
off the mental steam when you quit
work. What would you think of fac.
tory manager who would leave all of
his power turned on after the oper-
ators had left the factory, the delicate
machinery running everywhere, pound
ing itself to pieces, grinding out its
delicate bearings without producing
anything:
Many of us do not turn off our men
tai power after we are through pro-
ducing or creating for the day. We
carry our business home, take it to
bed with us, think, plan, worry and
waste precious energy in all sorts of
ways, in superfuous thinking, foolish
worrying that produces nothing, but
grinds out the exquisite mental ma
chinery and units it for the next days
work.
It is a great art to learn to shut off
power when through our days work,
so that we can oil our mental ma
chinery, refresh our minds and recup-
crate ourselves, so that we can go to
the next days work completely rein
vigorated.
Many men seem to think that they
are accomplishing something if they
keep their minds on business even
when not at work, but they really ac-
complish less than nothing because
they are wasting precious mental en-
ergy. the power for concentration, the
vigor. the focusing of the mind, which
is imperative for creating purposes
OrisOn Sweet Marden.
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AMERICA TO IRELAND.

llibernia, fair, on your storm beaten
shore
Receive and shelter now my sons. No
more
Are they more mine than yours One
common tie
Fast binds us both when heroes, muir.
dercd, die
Poor manglcd forms, wave-beaten,
pallid. dumb
In death, on flood of occan-tidc they'll
And YOU will take them to your
mOthcr-breaSt
AS to mine your living sons have
pressed
Full sweet their sleep beneath your
emerald sod
Whove made The Gift to Freedom
and to God
-Clandius Thayer in Oakland, Cal,
Tribune
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Don't Envy Others.

Idle women. or women who seem to
be spared anything that savors of
work, are never happy or satisfied
Persons who live aimless lives simpl,
cannot be happy.
Let the woman given to envying
those Fortunate but in reality lazy
and listless individuals, ponder seri-
ously over this :uth, become interest
ed in some worthwhile duty of the
hour. and try to forget herself. If she
does this she will not find any time to
waste in idle wishing but, on the other
hand, will experience contentment
delightfully."- new and satisfying.
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THE LIFTED HAT.

We dcplorc the Age of Reason" that
demands a human sign
TO affirm the faith that sees not, yet
believes the Word Divine.
We dcnollEce the world as goddess,
and lewail Christ's sighted love,
But J think the angels chi,le us as
they gaze from skies above:
For a church has been my nci.hbor,
and my outlook day by day
Has been teaching ne the lessons that
faith has not died away
And my proof that modern Christ ians
keep the fervcnt souls of yorc
Are the men whose hats are lifted as
they pass the cllurcll's door!
From the schoolboy with his satchcI
to the old man with his cane,
From the rich man in his carriage to
the tramp that all distlain,
From the coal carts smutty driver to
the youth in fashion neat,
From the postman on his circuit to
the officer on beat,
From the child whose heart is spotlcss
to the man whom sins deiile,
From the strong with life before him
to the weak whose span is Ger
One and all lift hats in homage as
they pass the church's door.
Now and then a boy looks shame
fac'd, and a blushinS youth looks
shy;
Here and there a man lags backward
till his comrades have passed by,
Or timd hand is lowcr'd ere it gains
the hat brim's height,
For the laughter of the worldling puts
the cravcn's faith to flight
Yet the grace Of God sufIices natures
coWardice to shame,
And the course Of conviction" is but
HOnOrs better name.
For the human loves the loyal, and it's
glory bidcs in store
For the men whose hats are lifted as
they pass the church's door.
Nj. $. Gilmore in Providence Visitor.
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GLORIOUS RECORD OF SISTER
MARY ALEXiUS DUFFY TERMi-
MATED BY DEATH AT
SlNSINAWA, WIS.
Teacher of Great Ability and Strong
Personality.

Sister Mary AleXius Duffy died at
Saint Clara convent, Sinsinawa, Wis.
February q, 1918, in the forty-ninth
year of her religious life.
Sister AleXius was born in Utica.
n. V, and when child came with her
parents to Dubuque, Iowa, where her
childhood was spent. In 1868 she was
graduated from Saint Clara academy,
Sinsinawa, and in August of the same
year entered the Novitiate of the Con.