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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
NATIONAL EDITORIAL SER

Two wears agn Nc knew mat 'h'r'
WAS var in tho world. but thought of II
as Ghc unhappy condition. OF nations
far away. We thought Of IT rs SOME
thing that We wnrr not interested III
rs a milton except a ono people tS M
t.raStnh IN tho ui$"r.cS nf another poo
pir. =" W" hardly Thought "f war w"
talked Of immigration. "" talked "i
prH"~.
Now We ar" involved III shis war
Hundreds Of thousands Of our men ar"
rning I,r"ss III" water. many or 'h""'
nrv,r To return. L" fight uhu"r inc
shadnw ~ nur flag for the raus" II rep
r.senis. Suppose. then. that Nc fc'al
thu. circumstances which thrust us 'ht"
IT," war l.r, uS appeal tH our common
kuuwlrdgc. of tn" facts aud 1" our COM
mon sense.
Suppnsr that tho German government
h4d given n0tirr Ia the United States
that Hll the business IN the city "i New
York must stop or New York would ne
bonhardcr What would You hay" con-
sdrrrd ;hat u he" Would not mat
have boon Il threat "f war" Nonid h"'
that have been declaration Of war OH
he. rart of the German government:
,Nnr II ln' Guy tl ~" t'' n ''N't
ON with it's business and had refuse"
Ia b" governed ny tho order from Ner>
lin. and thu. German government 49, p
humbarlrd New York. would not 'hAt
hav. been making war upon the Ln''"i
states" And is there any man or W"f"-
an who would not say that We Sh"ul"
have accepted that challenge ~ war:
Also lot us suppose that tho German
government had not asked MS I" stop
business in New York or ordered II "
b.. stopped. but had said that no N1n"r'-
can ship should go beyond tho three
mil. limit Of tn" American Shnr" I'M"
on main III hrinc sunk on SiSht "t u
l. boat. Would not that have pceh
DECLARATION of war" And would h"t
il have been 4 defensive fight II we hau
ronn To war with tho German govern
ment, if that government. when our
ships had crossed tina, line. haa sum
th"m'
again suppose the German govern
mont had said: your ships may So
half way across thr North Atianlic. n"'
mo further. and il they 90 farther INA II
tina, wc will sink Thorn AT sight. N"uI"
moi tina, have been n declaration OF Wal :
And would not o; hav" been making Wal
unnn This country il our ships haN"'S
..nur moro than half way, had Pcch
sunk At slEht by the German govern
mont: We would have said mat W"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
!. SERVICE OF THE WHEELING 1NTELI1aENcER
WHEELING
WHY We ARE FIGHTING
Principal Our War for and for Progress
in Democracy
By LOUIS F. POST
AASs ScrrntarN oil ahnr Of hr nird States
3y LOUIS F. POST
Assistant Secretary OF Labor OF the United States.

must arcrpt tho rauG" Of hatueor 20
off ;hr SOFAS. Fer rlIrd YOU. this '"uh-
try has the saline right. the same COM
mon right, To 20 upon the seas as ah1
other country. If Germany had st6Hpco
us half way arru%$. war on our rhr'
would have been defensive war, just
As defensive MS if Germany had lHhdr"
her armies on cur shores.
What Germany did say WAS ms
"Y"u may 20 half way across. Eui YOU
; must not <" with your SHIPS t"'-ih'r"S
"f III" WAY across You may <" |" i'
twentieth meridian. Whi"h IS nut 'N"-
| thirds Of IN" NHy across from ""
York. but If your ships should Z" any
farther "" viii give them notice, ""
Will not search for c"ntrahand. "" VIII
sink those ships AZ sight. nat -
what Germany told us Sh" would d" ~
fore wc went INFO the war.
She had sunk our SHIPS before. and
then aruluGi5cd and said Sh" did h"'
mean 1t: and then she sank th"m again
and then apologiz"d again and SAID sh"
did not mean it, Meanwhile Sh" pre-
pared until she MAS ready Ia say thai
sh., did mean Il. Then she driIah'lH
told US that if any Of our ships went
more, than lwu-Ihirds across tn" N"r'h
Atlantic after ;hc LIST of February
, 1871, Sh. would sink th"m Al SlEht'
When III. LIST Of February cam" she
began To sink them. And sh" '"ni''l"""
10 sink them ihr"-:2h F"hruary ann
through March, 1t Was not WI "I''t
that We. went Ia war.
W,. arc III lhr war for s"it-d"ichS''
WI, W..rr forced into tn" war ny INC
German government. That government
gave us us but on" choice ana thl' WIS
gave uS butnnc choice and mat WAS
WAR or suhjuGatIon. TINS. tho"' - "
war nf snlf-dcfrnsc.
Rutj il is more than that. NOW 'h"l
the war is on W" find ourselves lnN"lN'u
with all the rest al the world IN HE"I
| FOR The maintenance Of IN" right '"
nrorraes in dcnInr rary. We hear a goo"
deal Of democracy. Lot us stop '''o-
mcnt and consider what II is.
Democracy IS n"lhnG NOR" IMAM nv
political c1prcSSlun Of IN" d"''riir W
; The fa;hcrhu"d Of cod and III" hr"l nor
hood OF nun. Whatever country Is %""'
or realizing IN" brotherhood nj man Is
no, completely Il democratic country. Ia
Won sa~ tho United Stn'os Is d"rn"-
cratic country" My answer ls NO. h"'
the United states has boon growing ~
democracy. II is a democracy III '"''
making. 1t has been nroErcssihS. ANU
God helping US. we VIII keep OH P'"-
crossing IN spite IL IN" hnlscT.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

latinc This into th' terms OF LORD
Montasu's formula. and We hav" tn"
time between London and Delhi re-
,I,,red 10 twcnty.onc hours. or less
Than half that which was prophesI"d'
with some apology for IFS daring, onI!
TWO Years ago.
Lord Montacu. IN his article. points
,,, ,ba, m. future war in the air
will b. cheap as compared with othc:
me,hoos of waring it. He estimates
ihar provided The engines anu planes
arg reasonably standardized. 5000
nor nlarc would h. thc outside. tcur"
of rho cost Of construction. so tha,
taking the Cost of 4 postwar dread
nouch, at So .DOn. 200 il woul: b. 'poS'
sibIe IN build %.0Ou planes for thc'roSl
~ one dreadnought. MesSrS. Ora
and Harper dwell on IN"
SANE theme. and imagine / hat the
next. attempt to>administer The subtle
war poison 10 Il nation may take me
form Of suggestion something like
this: Wars On land and sea are 100
SLOW. and therefore TOO costly. in al
thinning their results.
great aerial offensive. delivered sud
oenly against an enemy who WAS more
or loss unprepared. and with this Of
fenSive consolidated quickly on land
and sea. might bring victory III days
or months rather than in years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
Two River Policemen
Found Dead in Launch

PITTSBURGH. June 1.-Two river
noIiccucn. employed by the Carnegie
steel company. wcr" found dead from
gasoline fumes in 4 launch IN INC
Nouungahclia river al III" loot OF VEST
street, Homestead. curly today. Inc
dead: -,
William l.. Collins. ID years old'
Homestead.
Lee Smith. IL years old. lWtsourSh.
The men ar" believed to nave put III
lu shore during the heavy ram STORM
shortly after midnight. IN the closed
launch. md left the engine running.
.rhcy were found sitting in chairs ny
na,iIn,rcu who went To relieve them
this morning.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
AN IMPAIRED CRITICISM

The New York World. which mas
hesn considered the strongest support
or of the Wilson administration. II
not recognized as its spokesman IN
some matters. i showing the irkSome'
ness of the party yoke these later
days. Not long ago it very polnteol!
referred to the treatment OF General
Leonard Wood as leaving a bad taste
in the mouths OF all fair-minoed clt'-
zens.Y Now it is all ''het up over inc
Presidents action in interfering IN
State affairs in urging the Legislature
of Louisiana 70 establish woman SUI
frace. This" declares the deSpond-
emf World, rs = state measure with
which the President has nothing 10
do, but il will be recalled that last
January he recommended favorable
action by Congress upon The proposed
constitutional amendment. with which
also. in his official capacity. no has
nothing 10 40. nv ou'looN 'oh WV
future OF Democracy is very gloomy.
according 20 its rcauing. az II says:
Even though the historic Democrat
ic PARTY may thu< decree lis own
death. democracy IS unconQurraoie.
Under other names and other banners
if will endure. bur IN the new align
ment many a So-calied Dcmocra: who
has lost faith in the basic principle OF
his party is bound 10 perish.
1t would seem il the World objects
to this procedure of the President.
which il says wilt t"nd 10 the disap-
.pearance OF State lines. except as
. they may represent pcovidenceS goad-
~ guided by au all powerful cen
Ism al Washington. MS other
Performances OF similar character
would be more reprehensible in its
eyes. How can rho World expect 10
make any impression with its latest
criticism if it remains silent on the
Presidents interference in the free
choice in elections in the Sts&eso
Mr.. Wilson's meddling with the cleo
tons Of United States Senators is a
much more untime!y excursion our OF
his lawful domain than ''goad!ng' ths
louisiana legislature 70 adopt woman
suffrage. And this is not confined TO
the Republican party. Lately he has
ordered one OF rhe candidates for
the Senate in South Carolina 20 with
draw. Because Senator Hardwick. OF
Georgia, has not agreed with the adj
mtnistra;ion legislative policies. the
President has caused a member OF
the Federal Trade Commission TO be-
come candidate against him. He
apparently intends 20 turn like trick
in Mississippi Here is where rhe
World has an eminent right ~ howl
bur So far W. nav heard no squeak
from it,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
Lend TO the Government

Every dollar invested in War
Savings Stamps helps thrice: ~
once, because you have not spent
it for something that the govern
ment needs: (2l again, because it
will be used to buy something
needed for carrying on the war;
and ~ finally. because by paying
for the war from our savings we
are Iessening the great burden OF
debt that is bound TO result from
an attempt to carry on great war
and at the same time carry on
business as usual.
Pledge yourself to buy War
Savings Stamps on or before June
29th.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
AFTER THE GAMERS

Charging hal dealers in canned
goods have realized large profits
through re-saleS, the Trade Commits
sion has Just mace public the second
phase of its findings resulting from
the probe into the food question.
This report covers ali canned foods
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

II the much sought fhr i,rac" for
which We all pray fiuds IL wi.h our
counlrys industries UNPROTECTED ny u
strong tariff wall. thor will h" M real
cac. 10 the wage "HrIi""S "t tn" lr,lcd
States
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
MADE GOOD RECORD.

WASHINGTON. June l7.-Deliverid
Of steel ships 10 the shipping board
the first two weeks or June nunbere,
IL. with a total dead weight tonnage
SA162.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Radical Socialism of III nrbs SjrIrv
has no place III thu reudjusimrnlS al the
war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18
POTTER ON AIRCRAFT BOARD.

WASHINGTON. Juno i1.--Wi!l.Hm {.
Potter Of New York. was dominated
to-day by President Wilson 10 be a
member Of the aircraft board.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Na'I"na. var savings day IS ;hr >irv-
Il -hnm"'S day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

There may be Il greater liar than The
Russian war minister, bu; :" lar he
hasn't spoken.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Th"r" ma: h. unrest IN Au~irIn. hGL
don't r"uuI IN any revolution Ip>c!Ilns
things
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

ricnrsc Harvey calls trc"l 4 faklr
hut lsn'r that Il rcilcru"u on som" real
artiSt III that lInc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

|! the German hcr: docs mol hurry
oul tho Allied sQuadr"us ma: run IN
and got il.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

The trench foot slipper is the latest
need Of the Ted Cross in France. They
are made from mems heavy suitinS. tn.
worn clothing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

The German C-boat score in .Am"ri-
can waters IS ]! vessels To date. b"t
without getting capital prize.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Mr.. D:hs has openly invited the gov
ernm"nt To test tho Scditi"n act "u him.
and il IS likely h. Will hc acCnmmpdat tod.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Tho Psrshing Limit Club may b. made
as powerful as the Big stick
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

se7vc It is said tha, hllnan IA, u
very "f1icacous IN the treatment ii
Wounds.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Tn" p""r may $tHrvn in Germany. hut
the rich are denied nnthinS
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-18

Germany has robbed The cradle for
Sn,.it al nsr soldiers.
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tina; the boys have not been ShIrklns
their duty az soldiers.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08

The Republican, the other day. printed an interview through the Asso- ciated Press. statement from Nicho- las Tchaikovsky, President of Northern Russia, who is being supported by the Allies in his attempt to reorganize his country. As the world is but a small place and since the opening of the war has been shrinking very rapidly, it happens that there is here in Phoenix a citizen, Thomas H. Bell, who Is well acquainted with the new president and With his views.
 Mir. Bell has been not only an iuti- mate friend of M. Tchaikovsky for a great many years but was at one time his associate in business.
 Yes, I have known the old man for about 25 years and have a very great regard for him. He was the last man to clasp my hand as my train left London when l came to America, and when he subsequently, visited New York. my home was one of the first places he came to. When I knew him in London. he was just a plain business man. We were engaged, when my health drove me off. in placing upon the market an automatic weighing machine invented by another Russian refugee" said MT. Bell
 T have the very highest opinion of NJ. Tchaikovsky. If there is one man in Russia fitted to play tkere the part played here by Washington, it is hc. First of all. his prestige is about the greatest in Russia. There can be no understanding of Russian history for the last fifty years without an account
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08

Hon. Loren F. Vaughn, member of ty. is a candidate for state treas urer: having led the ticket four times two primary and two general cleo tions-Maricopa will, no doubt, give him heavy vote next Tuesday.
 Mir. Naughn's fidelity to Maricopa county was never better shown than when he opposed the cutting off of the State Fair (for which he re- ceived words of praise from demo- crats and republicans alike) and then materially aided in getting the Fair appropriation restored; he op- posed cutting the state public school fund from $500.000 to s100,000 in his first term and then. in his second term, successfully aided in increas- ing the fund to s750,000, a result of which Maricopa county receives s100,000 more from it than she puts into it, owing to her large school census: the farmers and dairymen always had Mir. Vaughn for a friend and especially on the notable six per cent farm-loan law and the recent dairy legislation; he introduced House Joint Resolution No. 1, rati- flying the National Prohibition Amendment; and, he took special care of our soldier boys by his Civil Rights Bill and the Soldiers Voting Law.
 STRONG IN THE NORTH (From Northern Arizona Leader) Loren F. Vaughn, democratic candidate for state treasurer, who is on a tour of Arizona, was in Flag staff yesterday; MT. Vaughn has
 many friends in this city and he was warmly greeted while here; a num- Der of Flagstaff business men are deeply interested in MT. Vaughn's
 receiving the nomination and are giving him their enthusiastic SUD- port.
 "Mr. Vaughn is widely known | throughout Arizona, and he is man
 of personality, experience and ver-
 satility."
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08

Bolsheviki have been inclined to rub it in" pretty roughly on their former oppressors, all the responsible old time leaders. no matter how extreme in views, have united in demanding that grievances be forgotten at once. that decent and considerate treatment be accorded to all alike, no matter what they did before the revolution, and that a genuine welcome be given to every tone who accepts the new situation-a welcome which would bring in thous- ands of educated men whose education would be inconce vably valuable at .i,c present time. and on the other hand. even the Bolsheviki can feel assured that with Tchaikovsky at the helrl, there will be no reactionary excesses. no White Guard" atrocities revenginE those of the Red Guard" no attempt to go back to the old tyrannies. which the revolution, trust. has swept away forever. I have great hopes for HIs- sia-with time.''
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08
And Liberty is understood by Tchaik-
Sunday, Sept. 8.

And Liberty is understood by TchaiK- ovsky pretty much as it is understood by Anglo Saxons--he wants free country, with free speech, free press. freedom to do what YOU want so long as it is at our own cost. With no spe- cial privileges or monopolies. they be- lieve that the growth of Russia into a great and happy country is only a question of time. education and general good will.
 Yes, of course, he is for the war. All the leaders of the Russian people known outside of Russia, all the men who had been responsible in the move ments which led to the revolution. are for the war. The first job for the Rus sian people, freed from internal tyran- ny, is. they say, to throw out the forces of German autocracy and step into place again beside those who are re- sisting the world menace.
 There will be no hordes of Russians cajoled or forced by the Germans into fighting for them. The Bolsheviki, an offshoot from Marxism. carried with them some of the old Socialist rever- ence for Germany as the home of Sci entific Socialism" and were influ- enced by it just as the Socialists in America have been. But if the Bolshcv- iki retain any of that now they must be boneheads indeed. And they have failed anyhow; their doctrines have not worked they have not succeeded in organizing on a new economic ba- sis; their country is starving: they VII not count for much for much longer.
 Tn another way Tchaikovsky is pre- eminently fitted for his present posi- | tion. Many. very many of the old time Russian revolutiohists were brilliant, intellectual men. But I can recall no one amongst them-and I have knowr them all-who could compare witf Tchaikovsky in his eminent sanity ant his sound common sense, in his toler ance. and in his practical ability as al organizer All the old time leaders vii
 rally round him. believe. Whars ,i
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08
that everything has a priceless value

that everything has a priceless value except time
 Ask her what you can do with po- tato parings or melon rinds and shs will promptly write a whole column explaining how by a few days of steady and continuous work you can turn these possessions into something still more useless and objectionable. And she calls this domestic science. And so Eleanor tells us precisely
 what we can do with our old pillow cases. Indeed. she gives us several alternatives. For example. whys not make an apron for the laundress? She does not tell us why we Should make aprons for the laundress, and as a matter of fact the laundress may go without aprons from now until the judgment day for all we care.
 We got ourselves into serious trou- ble once for lingering around while B young and pretty French laundress was on deck. and we think we know better than to be. caught making aprons for her, and out of old pillow cases, too. There is an unacceptable suggestiveness about this thing upon which we do not care to dwell. And as for Eleanor. all we can say is that we are surprised.
 But there is worse to come. The laundress. it seems. may not want aprons. In this case get a Turkish towel, inclose it in the old pillowcase
 and make "a padded protection for her stomach and legs as she bends over the tubs" Now here we draw the line We shall do nothing of the sort. If the 1aundress feels that her stom
 ach and legs need protection she had
 better make her own arrangements tc l that end We wish to know nothing
 about them (the arrangements), and
 We refuse to be betrayed into any
 manifestation of solicitude. We have
 a character to sustain. It may be g l pretty bad one, but there are limits.
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08
PRACTICAL USE FOR
 OLD PILLOWCASES
(san Francisco Argonaut)

A San Francisco newspaper has in- troduced a delightful department for it's womar's page. It is entitled Ask Eleanor" and while we have not the slightest intention of asking Eleanor anything, not believing that she knows as much as lady's watch. we have perused with some interest the information that she so lavishly dis plays.
 For example. No doubt we have all of us wondered what to do with old pillowcases. It is just the kind of thing that we do wonder about, and if we allowed ourselves to be tempted of satan we should say throw the blamed things away. But here you will notice the peculiarity of the wo-
 mans writer. who invariably assume
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08

we may do with our old pillowcases. For instance, we may wait until we have two of them. Then we can sew them together. attach string, dye the whole contraption. and use it for a scrap-bag. And now some one will write and ask Eleanor what to do with
 old scrap-bags and that will start hel
Arizona republican., 1918-09-08
off again. She will probably explain that they make fine pillowcases.

It makes no difference what your wants may be, you can have them sup piled by using and reading The Re- publican's Classified Pages-Arizcna s Leading Advertising Medium. -s
The Dolores star., 1918-05-03
wAsA,NoToN.

Americas contributions Of food to
the civilian populations OF the allies In
creased enormously during March.
The country faces coal shortage OF
5000, 900 tons next winter, It was an.
nounced by the fuel administration,
Representative Sinnott Of Oregon,
Republican. was appointed member
OF the special House waterways com.
mittee to succeed Irvine L. Lenroot,
elected to the Senate.
Four thousand cattle are slaugh.
tered daily to furnish the 100000
pounds Of fresh beef which the
United States army consumes, said a
statement issued by the quartermas.
iter's department.
Orders for 10000 box and coal cara
TO cost In the aggregate between $780,.
100000 and $4,000. 900 were placed by
Director General McAdoo.
Belgium was granted another credit
or 33,250, 900 by the treasury, making
her total borrowings from the United
States $107.s6O, 900 and credits to all
tho allies $5.2SS. .s50. 900.
When hospital construction now nm
der way II completed more than $4,000
beds Will be available for army pur-
4osss, according TO statistics compiled
n the office Of Surgeon General Cor
as.
The Dolores star., 1918-05-03
wEsrERN.

William q. McAdoo. secretary Of the
treasury. ut mass meeting In Chi.
cagu, declared that the allies line In
France will hold.
One Of the hardest Of q score OF
earthquakes. the first three OF which
April 81 demolished large parts Of the
business district at San Jacinto and
at Hemet, occurred Friday night, April
26. about 1880 p. m. No damage was
done.
A new legal battle which may take
the case Of Thomas J. Mooney, await
ing resentence to death ON q murder
charge. to the United States Supreme
Court. was opened ut San Francisco
after 1t was thought that all possible
legal services in MONEYS behalf had
been exhausted.
Brig. Gen. r. N. Getty, formerly
commanding officer at Fort Logan.
Denver. acting commandant at Camp
Dodge. at Des Moines, Ia, demanded
grand jury Investigation Of the
shooting Of Sergt. Wilbur F. Lane,
who was killed April IA by Policeman
/. w. Haley when the latter fired at
speeding taxicab that failed to obey
his signal to stop.