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Evening star., 1918-06-16
The Farmer.
z AMES N. BECK, the lawyer. said in
J an address in New York:

4 AMES N. BECK, the lawyer. said in
y an address in New York:
Il have no sympathy with all these
jokes about the stupidity Of the far
,mer, for / remember too well far.
mer who visited a friend of mine
when I was a struggling young
lawyer in a little two-story brick
house in West Philadelphia.
'"The farmer said at breakfast to my
friend one morning:
"Nevvy, who's the man across the
way? Every morning. as regular as
clockwork, he gets in front Of his
window at 7.15 and shaves himself
till 7.30. He's done it now ten morn
ings runnin.'
"T guess he's done it every morn
ing for the last twelve years, uncle,
said my friend.
HAS he lived there all that time?
eyes. and longer. most likely.
I've been here only twelve years my
SELF
What's his name?'
"I don't know
whats he do for livin'?'
"I haven't the least idea
"The farmer uncle put on his hat
and went out. He was back before
his nephew started for the office.
"'Nevvy,' he said. that chaps name
is Mills, Quincy A. Mills. He's man
ager of the Methodist book rooms of
this town. They pay him S3,5e0 per
annum, and he's worth close on to
$4,000 in stocks and bonds. He owns
the house he lives in, he's got two
grown girls and a twelve-year-old
boy. and he's a deacon in the Powell
ton Avenue Methodist Church. Age,
Al. There! I've found out more about
him in twelve minutes than you have
in tweleve years. Blessed if l don't
believe livin' in cities makes folks
stupid"
Evening star., 1918-06-16

all certain that. irrespective Of the in
terests Of other countries, the United
States will again tolerate German con-
troll in the Caroline and the Ladrone
groups Of islands, even though Guam
may be looked upon as a sufficiently
strong military base to prevent these
groups being used by Germany as mill
tary bases of her own.
Samoa has a much more direct 10
terest. Robert Louis Stevenson USED
to speak of this tropical group as the
second door to the left after leaving
San Francisco. The first door was
Honolulu. The Hawaiian Islands had
not then been annexed. Since they are
now American territory, and since the
Evening star., 1918-06-16

their Asiatic policy, although it has
had some delicate questions to adjust
dip1omatically.
While the subject is little discussed.
all Australasian view as privately
given is that Japan's alliance in the
war will effect no change after the
war, and both Australia and New
Zealand win continue to enforce their
Asiatic exclusion policy. leaving
Japan to develop her own sphere
Evening star., 1918-06-16
The Proposed Monroe Doctrine Of Australia and the United States

farther north. There is no intima-
tion that the Australasian Monroe
doctrine would embarrass the United
States because of this policy. In
stead. it is suggested that Japan.
having obtained a recognition from
the United States of an Asiatic
Monroe doctrine, with reference to
China, should be content to let the
Australasian Monroe doctrine be worked
out on it's own lines.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

proven very beneficial. Others of its
measures have been OF doubtful ex-
pediency, and good deal of expert
mental legislation is yet to be tested.
But these subjects are largely domes-
tic. and are SO considered by all
parties. There Is no division of
party sentiment on the war measures
and there is not likely to be any on
the proposed Monroe doctrine as enun-
ciated by Sir William Hughes.
New Zealand has not been heard
from directly on this subject. but she
policy OF the Australasian fedora
ton. 1t is to be noted that distance
is no bar to the federation. New Zea-
land is 200 miles from the Australian
mainland, and the voyage from Sidney
to Auckland takes about as long as
from New York to Havana.
New Zealand, during the war. has
proved one Of the great food reser-
voirs for the British people. While
New South Wales has furnished wool,
New Zealand has supplied mutton.
The frozen mutton industry was es-
tablished there many years ago, and
the same industry in other countries
was modelled after it.
New Zealand has been better known
in the United States than Australia,
possibly because 1t was ahead of its
sister commonwealth in labor legisla-
Sioh anu "Si1dIC hCdSuTcS OIL d Idul-
cal nature. State socialism of the
Anglo-Saxon variety took root there
and f1ourished. Many reports were
made on the experiment. and usually
they were in the main favorable
New Zealanders. however. did not
care how the outside world looked
upon their experiment. They were
satisfied with it themselves, and they
kept on their way.
x*
Unlike many far-off communities
New Zealand was in no hurry to build
up numerous population. The
Maoris, the native race, were said to
be dying of. although the measures
of the island government sought to
conserve the native life, but whether
it was conserved or not the New Zea-
landers were willing to await the
gradual growth Of white population.
They did not make special efforts even
for immigration from. the British
Isles.
Their view was that the right peo-
pie would come in time. and in the
meantime those of them. who were
there were able to lead very COM
Portable existence. New Zealand had
no vast seml-arid DESERT areas to be
conquered as had Australia, and that
may have been another reason for the
indifference Of the people to stimulate
immigration. Asiatic immigration
they will not have under any cir
cumstances whether of coolies or of
higher classes of Asiatics.
Australia had the same policy of
exclusion. and sometimes speck ap-
pears on the horizon in the direc-
tion Of Japan. The japanese have
resented this exclusion policy just as
they have resented it in the United
States, but the British imperial gov
ernment, following its plan Of not in
terfering with the self-governing COL
orfies, has made no EFFORT to change
Evening star., 1918-06-16

NAN tional Uncle to give us build
\V\V ings ON the Mall And now
" " that We have got what we
wanted, we, naturally, are not satisfied.
being the. children Of our universal
mother. name of Eve.
If your homestaying imagination
isn't high powered enough to vision
one Of those stucco mushrooms shoot
ing up in our green places go down to
the Smithsonian grounds, say and
take look at that raw office set in
: grassless acres piled with lumber
and at the poor old trees with their
uncovered roots showing wriggiedy,
like snakes on a Nevada desert. Then
take another look across the tracks
at poor old Henry Park. and while
you are there keep along to far cor
ner and make your cluttered-up way
live. The visit will give your thoughts
a pleasanter turn-which you have just
got to be pleasant, knowing what a
big, splendid share the stucco mush-
rooms are taking in the war.
A hook-and-line acquaintance with
urement. but when you meet up with
q fin on neutral grounds-and water
You will find him real good company.
which is something you caDnot always
And you couldn't possibly go to a bet
ter school for the learning of at least
one lesson-with two seals for teach
ers.
The label on their tank Of cool.
dark water states that the two were
taken from the Bering sea after their
birth in 1909 and that they arc the
only fur-bearing seals that have ever
thrived in captivity. And, as you
watch them flashing around their cir
to beat in on you that your own pet
troubles make a pa1try showing be-
fore these phiIosophers-fung from a
big sea into a bowl!
every little thing about fi:h You find
it out as you get acquainted with the
shiny folk-silver and gold and
striped and spotty-that live in peb-
bly, caverns where the water jets
down in bubb1y diamonds and waves
the grasses into so many sea green
fans.
That sturgeon, for one, will boast
that he can afford TO turn UP his nose
in these days of market values. and
gives you the rcunj stare you know
without his saying a single word that
he is on to the way you used to hook
his little brothers of the millrace and
tote them home to NANNY on string.
AS to that lazy old carp that considers
himself entitled to loaf in the sand
because he is the Oldest fish ever.
that carp could tell you enough to
make Isaak Walton's head swim, II
he wanted to: about those fish that
came up in the hle-flled nets-and
of the true inwardness Of that whale
that did things to Jonah-and of how
it was an ancestor of his own. and
distinctly not a turbot, that refused to
let a fisherman haul him out Of the
sea until 1t got SO late fer the royal
spread that foolish old chef. Vatel.
had to go and kill himself--and as to
that big fish that humans call Nep-
tune why
And by the time that cool and dim
and silent place puts its spell on
you it doesn't make a bit Of difference
about those stucco mushrocms-just
Evening star., 1918-06-16

A man in search of congenial COM
panionship went to bird store to buy
a parrot that could talk. There were
no conversationalists in stock, SO he
tackled of in another direction for a
specially suggested Polly. but. disap-
pointed, returned to first base.
The owner of the store, always
ready to please a customer. considered
the case apart from its financial as
pect:
"Come back later, colonel, and I'll
see If can't find a talker for you"
So the colonel man went off and re-
turned at the time set, to find know
ing green polly posed near the coun-
ter on a porch. And of course the
man extended social greetings
Hello, Polly!'
The parrot responded with the same
jovial spontaneousness:
Hello, colonel!" e..
That settled the deal. And for a
long time there lived in this town a
lonesome man person and a knowing
parrot who called out to each other at
every coming and going:
Hello, Polly"'
Hello, colonel"
If you are a lonesome folks person,
with nobody to kiss the bumps and
make them well, it is something to be
feathered, hook-beaked. shiny-eyed
thing, with no telling what may be
going on in the little whitey-gray
mess under her ruffied topknot:
Hello. Polly!"
And to hear her croak back with
as much rich huskiness as IL it were
a toothsome cuss word:
Hello. coloneli"
It isn't much, of course, but it was
something. And the colonel was old
enough to have learned that every lit
tie counts And he was entirely sat
isfied with the social gifts of his two
worded friend until just a little while
ago he found a lonesomer person than
himself, who was blind and wanted a
parrot that could talk. So, after a
battle that would have made the
Medes and Persians look silly, he
turned the bird over to new owner
and now in this town there is lone
some old woman who calls out to her
companion:
Hello, Polly"' - - -
Evening star., 1918-06-16

One of the first steps the Australian
government took was to take pos
SESSION of the German mineral Sroper-
ties. Germany got zinc and lead and
copper, all useful war materials. Out
side of the silver mines virtually all
Of the Australian mineral products
were controlled by the German metal
syndicate, with its headquarters at
Frankfort. The Australian govern
ment, in seizing these properties, an
nounced that never again would Aus
tralia's minerals be allowed to go
for other industries. When Premier
Hughes, in his propaganda for an eco
nomic boycott. told this to English
audiences they usually went wild with
enthusiasm.
= AustfSlia's population is about s.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

Samoan Islands lie between them and
Australia, the United States has a
that Of Australia So, while the Mon
roe doctrine in the south Pacific more
directly concerns Australia. it Is not a
remote concern Of the United States.
~
The Australian premier in his speech
in New York spoke Of the Australasian
Monroe doctrine. not merely the Aus
tralian Monroe doctrine, though the
types by leaving out couple Of letters
caused many readers to miss the main
point. Australia is simply part, and
geographically the larger part. Of Aus
tralasia. Another part is New Zealand.
These form the Australasian federation,
each acting within its own sphere in
dependentiy. yet having policies Of COM
mon interest as a section of the Brit
ish empire.
It was a long time before Australia
proper itself became 4 centralized
commonwealth. Great sections were
separated by the desert and had. as
they thought, little in common. There
was also much jealousy among them.
Queensland and New South Wales,
although they adjoined. were frequent
ly antagonistic to each other. while
both were not over well disposed to-
ward South Australia. Western Aus
tralia was cut of entirely from inland
communication with the south and east.
Common interests and common
patriotism, nevertheless. drew the dif-
ferent sections together. and the fra
ternal feeling further was cemneted by
the construction Of the transcon-
tinental railroad which traverscd the
desert and made through communica-
tion possible. This line was opened for
traffic within the last year. Its con-
struction is one Of the triumphs Of rail-
way engineering.
The resources of Australia are
varied, and have been of immense
service to England since the war
began. Queensland is noted chiefly
fog its sugar and other tropicaS prod
ucts. New South Wales is the great
est ool-producing section OF the
world. Wheat is raised through a
considerable part of all the country.
The mines are principally in the
desert region.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

00 7E have been begging our Ma
NAN tional Uncle to give us build
NW ings ON the Mall. And now
" " that We have got what we
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
FLU SITUATION
MUCH INF RQVED
TIFTY-oNE CASES REPORTED FOE
FoRTY-E EIGHT EOUR PERIOD
ENDING AT FIVE 2. IL
Is Smallest Number to Be Reported For
TWO Day Period So Far This Month
Officials Encouraged.

y total "f nfl?-UG" new cases Of m
iI"nzh w"r" rr;rrlrd for the fort y-ci,h'
huur period ending nj hT" o'clock this
evening. Ia iI'alim pfti""r br. NJ. T.. VIII
iiamS and from rr' S"nt Indications II
,'i!"'rrS thai ~" cpidcmIc is at last
suksIdinG after holding sway fur nearly
'i%ht weeks.
Thu total number Of cases reported for
IN" two days Is not complete. but the
f"w that will h. rrp"rIrd later arc not
expected t.. amount to much. Tho mum
h"r of cases reported daily has shown -
general decline. and II seems that disease
!lt:; worn out here.
DR.. Williams stated last cT"ninE that
IA, officials scr" greatly pleased VITA
TN. report. ami that ii the federal Off
rial from the t. ). public health service
ARRIVES within tn" next tw"nty-fnur
hours tn" ban may hr lifted III the mar
future
Tn" closing order issued by thr health
d"rartm"ul Saturday night IL l''nE fol-
lowed closely and the stores ami theatres
as we'll H.; other places al business are
closing at Sly o'clock.
The FLU situation in Martins Ferry.
bridgeport and Other surrounding towns
Is showing Il general Improvement. The
"hllr" situation Is now regarded as bcinS
mulch improved.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
RED CROSS TO HELP
ALL DISCHARGED MEN
Home Units VIII Give Returned Soldiers
Legal Advice for Their Protection.

All discharged soldiers returning
nome arc offered unusual facilities by
The American Red Cross. and they viii
be rendered MI the assiSttncc lnrSsIhlc.
Any man having difficulties If any ma
tur'. including financial. business, legal
Insurance and other matters. may and
should 90 direct To their home town
"rShnl@hii"n. which * ready and willing
|" lend them every aid without cost.
i"cal lird Cross authorities arc en-
G"aN"TInE Ia reach every nlau hcinE
mustered out of military .srrVIrc and
explain "a them what Ia" home service
representatives VIII de- fur them. also
advising Them IT, confer with the Red
Cross organizations in their home towns
Whenever they Irr in need Of LEGAL adj
wee. The men are hrInE urged Ia cS-
r"cially 50" thnt their insurance. COM
p"n$ItI"n and "th"r matters arc, pro-
tccl"d. Tho Rcd Cross viii ais" give
informant "n rs Ia EDUCATIONAL training
for disabled mon. In every ease thr
m"n should apply i"T ihlS information
whcr w. nrriv" At home.
. This aC;iua WAS taken upon Ihr re-
r"'pt If ln"lTHC;in ions from Washington.
0nd IN accordance with tho request "i
the rhi,: "f the morale service, general
staff. w"r department.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
LOCAL FRENCH PEOPLE
AWAIT BAN LIFTING
Will Dedicate Large and Beautiful Trt-
Color Flag When Meeting
Can Be Held

wheeling district residents arc await
ing Tia" lifting Of the Nh"cling "nu''
ban with runSid"rHnlr Huiiripai ion. ~
they ar" anNInu% 10 h"ll their lar:".
lnur"$S;T" and Iatrintl' r"r"!nruI"S in
r"nn'rt"n with TIA" irLtCRt!nn III The
largest and Most beautiful silk Nag cvrr
seen in This city.
TIL" emblem arrived several weeks ago
from tn" east. and as soon ~ III" han
is ianrn OF the ceremonies Mil hc held
III tho 'r'r"nCi" hail. South Wheeling.
1t is expected to H. "!r" al tiir biggest
and h'Si exercises Il that nationality
held in t.n uhIu valley. : number Of
Prominent irrUrhm"u irun iht lI;t"-
buTEh and other >''Cti",:s VIII b." invited
t. speak y; III" Ea:h' RINK. Patriotic
song. will Il" sun" and prayer offered.
1t is '>p"rt"d ihdt within tn" next
!rw wr"k% he hau will h" liflr'! and
invirati"nH Will Ia ~"m: ont and bian-
,ct invitation Ia al! viii h. pn!iiShcd
inviting III" p.hlic il: general aud the
FRENCH r""rl" II this community in
particular. Michael l.. frci*mulh. the
veteran local barber. nhd ON" "f lhc
leaders among III" ''rrurh residents "f
thIS community. il chairman Of tho
cuInmittrr on arrangements.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
Ttduciary.

The Dollar Savings and TruS! com
pany was appointed administrator O.
the estate Of John SaraEinhin Bond.
$4,000.
\. L.. Sawtell. appointed adm!nrs-
TRAITOR OF the estate of Szyman Nnuk.
Bond $500.
J. s. Girs"~. appointed administrator
ot the estate OF c. +. Hicdenoach.
Fond $1,000.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
CAMDEN bud" TANEY
ON THE BAYONET STAFF
Former Editor Of The Wheeling Register
Is Connected With Big Army
Paper In Camp.

The following: interesting article taken
from the Baynnst the official camp paper
of Camp Lee, will BE- Of interest 10
Whccllngites. The item refers 10 Cam
d.,a s 'iaud" fancy former rdlt0r "f
the Wheeling Register. who has been
named as one Of the staff InAr7lbcrs and
is as follows:
In thu establishment OF 7 news center
as an adjunct to the recently organized
Morale Office in this camp. military
authorities believe that an important
stop forward has been taken in the task
Of making camp lif" more desirable &"
the men that are held pending dcmohili-
zatina 1t was Developed in accord with
n suggestion from Washington that moro
attention be given to personal publicity.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
Many Men Ill on the
Local Street Railways
Companies Are Operating Cars with
Difficulty as Result Of tie
Shortage OF Men.

!! III =" ~ anything that - needed
NOR" ihIn uIui"rnl"n AMI ""nG'iri"rS by
the local traction companies. II IS more
III the SAM" thing. a% never III IN" his
tory If The roads bat there h"'u such
shmrtH@" Il help II" al TIA" rr":"n: time.
hu ihr out th"-Ilk" division. nj the
Vs.; NirciiiIa Traction & E.lrr; RE COM
pany TIN t"ll"w;nr NOR ar" Nr duty. i'll:
William SwiIHrr. homer i!lark. William
Elmer Bort T.. Nnmslr,. less" i'r"w
i'mh Grimes. aui Il uHrnh'r nj others
with The result that tn" 'rrw" "r' all
w"r',inu double tim" ami ar" h"inG kept
ON Ih" jnh.
Thr Wheeling Traction Company IL
nl"n suffering irDin She Sh"rinE" of men
and th' crows "u thai lin" ar" also COM
PEELED L. wuri, duuhlr tim" ~ result
&c The general Shnrt4"" thaI ha" h"rn
r'p"ri,rl. Colds and "hu' * sal! " h'
lhr main complaints
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26

by which II is believed that tho interest
Of tho mon in camp rnn b" maintained.
Using the suggestion. Major Il. +.
Cartwright and I.lrr!tclant .. &. Srikcl
assisted 10y Tho Ery"n"t staff. threw
ont Inns and SHARED all the newspaper
mon in camp and organized the "ccnicr'
IN remarkably quick tim" The orsani
zaticn is as follows:
Major B. i. Courr:Eht. c1-nffirln:
Lieutenant o. G. Srikcl. Sergeant Ross
i. Johnston. Lawrence W. EGurd. ChaS.
4. Berry. Earl s. Sewers. Camden S.
fancy, Lee Pap". W. J. Madl"N Eugcnc
Jolas, Charles Boiling and John j. Cook
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26

rh" ""nS"rEaiiv" eastern cities aT"
promoting 'hlS cTi'r''S$i"n NJ GratItui" -,
IN" SAM M inner also adding L. thu.
force Of tins CNr""S$Iun in' limitation a.
I" h" Iriruat Hrc"rivd H. any !nhivihuH
subscriber.
The naming "f u'w streets arh ihr r--
naming Of others. for th"%" al on" SOL
di.r> VIII" lI:,H.' paid tn supreme Sacr'-
tie, IN lui~ great conflict ;"r !r""'I"rn.
h:.S been rCS"lTrl h. 'h' governing
board, al many municipalities ~ an adj
d"d mark al tribute.
WARREN l.. GIlUE'H.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26

One decd OF trust vas recorded.
\ bill Of sale OF Fred NcinnGer. Jr''
70 II. f. Mcl;hcc Was recorded.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
MEMORIAL ENDORSED

Total
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26

". II. Reid and his wife Matilda TO
Eva EEertcr. Lo. So in Triadelphis dis
trict Consideration. $40.
Lovclsnd Improvement company 70
John AGnic. Lot lS3. East Wheeling
avenue, Warwond. Consideration.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
the Intelligence

Editor Of the lu:cllg"nr"r::
Sir:-Th" S".dI"rs' Memorial .'r"puS"C
b. several civic and s"riaI "TGanrlatIuns.
supported by thc patriotic citizens OF
Wheeling. must meet with the cordial
approval Of every man. woman uud child
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-26
COUNTY COURT
Marriage 1iceaSes.

Morgan +. Watkins. aged 49,. and
Blanche Walker. -. both OF Pittsburgh.
Carl SchlaGrr. - al Kings Mills
Ohio. and Frances Griii u. Of ;hIS clty.
George Barnes. ~. and Lnr"na Yocke.
l.. both Of this city.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-05-29

LOST-On Friday an Automobile
tire, 34x4 between Edgefeld and
Gaines, or between Gaines and B. A.
Hunters. Tire was on rack. Reward
if returned to G. MEG. Smith, Green
wood, S. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-05-29
Can't Afford I'm Now.

ssThere goes a fve-dollar hat" said a
man on the back platform of a Penn
sylvania street a recently, as his
headpiece left him at Pennsylvania and
Ohio streets, and went sailing uver the
post office. 1t cavorted around in the
air, and finally came down, almost
within his reach, as the cal stopped
at New York street, but suddenly took
another swirl upward, and passed east
over the Pennway building.
cit seemed q half-mile HIGH" he says,
sbut I decided to follow it for a while
ON the run. It started downward again.
and I legged it up Massachusetts ave
nue. two squares from Ohio street.
where some one had caught it and was
looking around for a b%areheaded man.
The loser of the hat was a newspa.
per man, and explained his ownership
o. a %five~dollar hat by saying he got 1t
while at college, when his dad wHs
paying expenses--Indtanapohs News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-05-29
Sailed 100000 Nautical Niles

Few men know their native U
tries as well as Earl Brassey, dead
in England at the age Of e~ighty-two,
knew the globe. All the world d
heard of the yacht Sunbeam A; no impor-
tant port had failed to welcome the
bluff old sailor and his floating home.
His record of 100000 nautical miles
In his yacht means that he lived much
of his active life in defiance of the ele-
ments and IN close companionship Win
things maritime, an environment only
a true lover of the sea would seek. so
It came about that, to the minds OF
millions, Earl Brassey appealed as the
personifcation of healthy ocean ad-
venture and seamanship, and now MS
death breaks q link with the old days
when a stout, inoffensive ship could
sail the e without fear of pirates,
mines or %torpedoes, says the Montreal
Star, and a courteous sailor could n
q g%entlenanly welcome the world over
except, perhaps, at Kiel.