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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The FATE OF VENICE
Forecast in Face of Present Military Crisis Indicates Doubt Ina
Teutonc Armies Will Venture Into the Famous City.
By FRANK HAMPTON FOX
Author of Under Fifteen Flags Traveller and Essay1st

Attllla- the Hun. after mis- defeat al
the Teutons Of today arc trying TO dc
after their defeat in the west. He vent
cd his rent-up wrath on Italy. Fifty
!lourishinG Venetian cities were 80 com
i:lc;"iy destroyed that It was difficult
~ oven identify their sites.
Tho fac Of Venice In the present cri'
sis can hr forecast In som" measure by
lirr experience during the nearly fifteen
hundred years OF her history.
The Venetian cnas tline In distance
OF eighty miles is broken by several
streams. some OF them swift flowing
rivers. such rs the 70. the AdlSe. the
Rrcnia md riave. These rivers drain
Il district $50 miles long by zoo miles
wide One side Of this area Is over
shadowcw by tnc highest mountains 1t
Europe. These are snow-crowned. gla-
ci"r strcwn and scanned by thousnnC
valleys and narrow dcfilcs. each con
trihuttnE Its stream TO swell tho Hood
sweeping down 10 tbs sea. These deer
d"fiIcS are Il serious peril to the Teu'
,tonic invaders. Heavy SHOWS would
cut Of their communications and do.
2rivc them Of both supplies and sup
Tort
AS tho floods from these rivers carry
the sediment down TO the sea. so the de-
.uEc OF Huns swept the human debris
,!nHn from the devastated regions tt
settle on the III little Islands in the la.
gong between the mouths Of the rivsrs
There tho rNil.S built beautiful Venice
The Queen Of the Adriatic. Thus
w:lllc the Huns wer enjoying 70 thclr
cuIl their Wild rcvcl Of lust. murder and
p:untlrr. filling the lard with their dread
and terror. the broken fragments fom tn"
ruined cities strcwn on the shores OF the
W5Ive-waShcd islands In the dccolated
lagoons Of the AdriatIc reformed them
selves into the beautiful temples Of art
science and learning. Tho Merchant OF
Venice, The Moor OF Venice and tho
Stones Of Venice immortalzcd the city
in literature. ST Marks Is ono Of the
four greatest cathedrals ever built by
man. The Palaces OF the Doges repre-
Scnts thousand years OF Nenitlan his
tory In stone.
For generations these island fishing
villages toiled in privation and obscur'
ity then they formed Il confederation
and tho Vcuit!an Republic set out on It's
seven hundred years carer Of com
mcrcr and victory. While her artists
to!lcd T. mike Venice beautiful. hnr
statesmen lahorcd to make her wise and
her secret tribunals plotted to make hrr
terrible.
Tho laroons and sand dunes reinforce
cd by the Mnrazzi wall Of masonry, thir'
~ feet high. with five openings admit
the tide to the l46 canal streets. wash
ing them clean twice every twcnty-fouV
hours. protect the city from The vio'
!succ Of the sea. Four hundred bridges
SPAN the canals.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
TIT NEEDS CLARIFYING

We do not have much hope OF Sen
ator Shoots "clarifying" bill ever get
ting much farther than committee
report, if it ever attains 10 even that
speed. The Democratic majority has
never been inclined 10 clarifying
methods. It's main business Is to con-
fuse and psrplex. and its greatest
achievement in this line is crystalllzed
in the war tax bill. with special dis.
tinction resting on the income tax pro-
vision. Senator Shoots clarifying
bill. which he recently. introduced. calls
for the recasting OF the income and
war profits tax provisions Of the reve-
nue. law. The law as it stands con-
tains provisions. modified from those
in an act Of September s. 1916. and
March 3. 1917. both passed before our
declaration OF state Of war, as well
as those newSy incorporated in that of
October 3 last The existing law Is
really embodied in all three. as the
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

Venice long controlled the carrying
trade % The world. When Genoa Dc
came her rival. Venice helped to form
the Latin empire Of Constantinorle. IN
l204-l2Gl. Three ruinous hut indecistve
wars eliminated in the blockade Of Nen-
ice by the Gcnoese fleet. which rcnc-
trutcd the lHgoons In 1871. The Vent
tiars promptly blockadcd the fleet OF
her foe md compelled 1t TO surrender.
The Turks captured ConstantlnoI IL In
.145S. bringing imminent peril to all or
tho Venetian colonies in the East For
350 years Venice defended her cnlnnis;s
with splendid valor. Except for tho
barriers the Vcnctians interpnscd the
otherwise victorious Turks would hav"
inflicted on half of Europe the organized
nuatchy for which they arc Infamous.
Tho defeat Of tho Turks ut Lcpanto was
, largely due 20 tho Ecnetians.
The loss OF her colonies deprived Ven
ice Of her political prestige. Long wars
had exhausted her resources. With the
discovery of the route to India by way
OF the Cape of Good Hope her CONNER
cial supremacy began 70 decline. But
though the glory departed from Venice
she maintained her Independence until
1897. when she was forced 10 submit TO
Napoleon. After his overthrow Venice
passed under Austrian control The
HnpshurG rule proved so oppressive that
SHE rcvolfcd In 1892 and joined the
Italian struggle for independence. Dur
Ing this war she endured n siege Of ono
year. being finally reduced b. fumIne
and cholrry After the defeat Of Aus
tra hy Prussia In 1866 Venice was re-
stored to Italy.
Venice has important chemical works
, and manufactures quantities of torpc-
docs Shir building has been greatly
accelerated In recent years. Over four
thousand ships with II total OF over tx"
and quarter millins tons enter lnr
port OF Venice annually.
Having Venice. why d!d Italy fight
for Trieste
For the same reason that the Teutonlr
I, allies are lighting for Venice. because
lts possession would, greatly weaken thn
enemy Italy does not necu Trieste and
probably had little hope Of retaining It
after the var
What about the present fate Of Ven
ice? Will tho Tcutonic allies capture
It!
The fleodcdmar sncsandlaEoons ri Fl
The flooded marshes and laGoons fur
niSh very serious obstacle to an In
vading army in winter. So long AS Italy
and her allies control tho sra an enemy
army in Venice would be in bottle.
\ large land force could cork the lot
tie and the army would he compelled TO
surrender.
1t Is exceedingly doubtful. therefore.
whether thu Trutonic armies would
venture into Nrnir" since only o0.no0 Of
tho lG5.o00 people remain. and all the
movable treasure has been taken else
where.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks -SparklingE Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Wel.known
Ohio Physician

DIFF. M. Edwards for 17years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made OF
few well.known vegetable ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter In ones system.
If you have pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head.
aches, alistless, no-good feeling. all out
Cfsorts, inactive bowels, you take one OF
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for
a time and note the pleasing results
Thousands of women IS we'll as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calome!-noW
and then just tokeepin thepink ofcondi.
ton. lOc and 25c per box. All druggista
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
Friday, January IS, 1918.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT

While the critical character Of the
fuel situation is recognized, and the
drastic and revolutionary measures
undertaken BY the government to re-
lieye it will be sustained in patriotic
spirit by the people. the conviction
that the stressful conditions are but
the elimination OF unintelligent treat
nent Of the railroads Of the country
for the past five years IS all too plain.
4 business-like understanding Of the
necessities Of the railroads two years
ago would have obviated the present
demoralized condition Of. the trans
portation systems.
Instead. however. of the application
OF common sense methods to strenu-
GUS problem and the dispensation OF
simple economic justice. which would
have saved the day os congestion. the
Democratic administration addressed
itself to a ie.uasocic exploitation OF
the. railroads. Coming through the
near-bankruptcy days Of the pre-war
period. and just when they were re-
coupling from the strain OF those lean
years, the President suhordinated the
economic rights Of the transportation
corporations 70 political expectancy in
forcing the AttamSon wage raising bill
upon them without providing any CON-
pensation for the added expense.
Added 10 this burden. ,hs Interstate
Comnerce Commission had for some
time past pursued 4 drastic and un-
reasonohle policy toward the railroads
which practically starved them into a
hand to mouth operation OF their prop
critics, AMI which led 10 the demorali-
.zation which necaSsitated their taking
over by the government.
Renemb.r il is not ii shortage Of the
coal supply that has prcctpitated the
present crisis. It is the par;rlyzation
of transportation that is 10 blame.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

In the days OF Madame Guillottnc
Caillaux would have had short shrlft.
and no consideration should be shown
him to-day--a proved truitor OF the Ut
NEST baSeness.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

ANY obstinatcly inclined persons who
nrc contemplating ignoring the drastic
fuel order are advised that they are
locking q $4,000 fine in the face. or the
alternative Of one years imprisonment
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The $4,000 stolen from IN" Army
bank Mt Camp Funston has been found.
concealed in Capt. Minister'S quarters.
As the Captain Is dead the affair passes
into the closed incident class
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The ten fuellcss Mondays apply &c
places. where liquor Is sold. which il
calculated 10 increase the "ilrewater"
demands OF saloon patrons.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

New York reports say that. the gov
tlnment itself Is the worst offender IN
failing TO relieve traffic congestion by
the prompt unloading of It's materials.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The limitation of industrial activities
OF the United States will be twisted by
Germany to further deceive the people
Of that country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

Aa the late Governor Dawson WAS
won't TO say: Let US keep sweet and
cool"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

An underfed man cannot he expected
To meet new demands made upon him.
No more could the starved rallroRds'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
g.. West Virginia News
Washington Notes \: r: ;;s s' ;:S;,: !.

attached to the small arms division OF
the ordnance department has handler
most successfully nearly $1.oO0,Uuo OF
the governments money. disbursins II
without the loss Of a penny. That Is put
one Of his successful achievements IN
the line of his work, which IS OK inc
highest Importance. He Is said by MS
associates and his superiors TO nave
shown marked aptitude for and COM
prchcnsion of large business trnnsac-
lions and his superior. Col. John T.
Thompson is trusting him more and
more with larger responsibilities. At the
present. Lieut. woodward Is, stationed ut
an important army supply center in New
York state. Naturally his parents are
proud and pleased over his success.
and his friends here Of which he has
many, are no less so.
The provost marshal general reporting
on the number OF men received ut Ma
t:Onal army environments and the num-
hcr rejected after their arrival there.
says that 36,y3S men were received at
Camp Lee. Va, from West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Virginia and out or
this number go were rejected.
'llumors here and there in the public
press stated" says the report. that the
c:trnp surgeons had discovered. among
the men accepted by the local boards,
SOME with glass eyes, some with cork
legs. and some with other obvious dis
qualifications. If such men were found.
no dispnraSemcnt is involved for the
local board surgeons: for It Is safe to
assert that such grossly defective per-
snms cam" from the contingents Of about
200 men who had never appeared be-
FIRE the local boards. but had been
gathered up by the adjutants general
and sent direct IN the camps. There is
| no ground for SuppoSinS that the local
board surgeons were either incompetent
or careless in favor If, the government
but nothing permits US 10 suppose that
they would nr did send TO camp any
men with cork legs or glass eyes"
The ten specialists from the depart
mcnt of agriculture who went to Nor
Gantnwn to discuss special subjects in a
technical yet understanding way before
progressive farmers who gathered there
last week from all parts Of the state to
learn the latest concerning the business
Of agriculture have reported 10 their
chiefs that farmers week In West Ftr-
Einla was a great success.
Congressman Stuart T. Reed, who de-
liv"red lecture uron present world
problems during the institute and who
visited in C!arkShurE aftcrward, has re-
turned and he. too. says that farmers
week at the state college Of agriculture
was success beyond all expectations.
He said that on. the day he WAS In
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

1t wasn't so much regulation that
paralyzed the railroads. but unlnte'is-
;.cnt regulation.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

McCumber We haven't begun to fight yet,
and worst of all. VIC are not near ready.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

According to Secretary Baker tho war
IS all but won. but according to Senator
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

MobbluR the Junkcr meetinGn has hH'
come pa3tin,p OF the German IMurl@.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

Morgantown over 900 farmers had regis
tered and the night OF his address he
spoke 10 m audience considerably lars-
er than that and one Of the most attcn-
tive and sympathetic gatherings he has
ever spoken to. and he has been speas-
ing and occurring for twenty-five years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18
STORM BOUND.

1t is a car famine. not n coal famine.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

Prof T. c. Atkesson. OF Putnam coun-
ty, who has for years been active and
prominent In promoting agriculture In
West Virginia, is in Washington. hay
Ing come here from Morgantown. He.
talks most enthusiastically OF Nc great
interest shown by the farmers in last
weeks educational meeting and OF the
large attendance Of progressive. intel
ligent. business farmers from oil parts
Of the state. or Congressman Reeds
lecture. he says 1t was an intellectual
treat, and one Of the finest add rcSsei
he has heard on the great problems cf
today. Congressman Reed has received
several invitations to deliver the same
lecture ut various other places in the
state and will accept those that are con-
yenient dates which will not interfere
with his official duties here.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The poet office department reports
vacancy III the r"stmnStcrsh'p Ut BLOOM
ington W. Va. and the order OF an IN
Spcrtor to visit there ana HloAe d
runscmcnts 10 fill tho place.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

WASHINGTON. 70. G.. Jan. Ill. K.
ci,v.,rn nf Williamson who several
wcnks ago was examined here for adinlS-
sion 10 the aviation scrric" upon re-
ours, ur the signal corps "iiicers oE
senator Howard Sutherland. has ''eei'
accepted and huS been ordered |" rSp'r.
to til, training school for army flyers
at Columbus. ohio. not later IMAM TIC
18Th Of this month.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

Robert l.. kcrna has been commas
stoned postmaster at DSrGula. W. va
! star mail service has been cstahIlshee
from Rig Otter to ELAINE. w. va. hhe
hack, Il distance Of miles. ana Inc con
tract has been awarded I" "A4ialn l.
sutton of Eis Otter
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

RAYMOND L. Lough. OF Moundsville.
was today recommended by Senator
Sutherland for examination for accept
nncc in the aviation section as student
FLYER.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

The pension commissioners has nou-
flied Senator Sutherland Of the granting
of n pension OF SIS II month TO MIS-.
Emma l.. Slack. of Charleston. with
the Same official today. congressman
woodward had up and went over the
r,Scs with him Of Elizabeth A. Dunlap
nf parkcrsburg and Nancy Kiddcr. Of
Raven Rock.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

David Ray. of M"rEantown. is being
CONGRATULATED 10y his friends upon re
r.ivinE an appointment as auditor OF
tn" department Of the Interior su''T ,L'.
Ing Oscar Price. Of R"ncrv"rlr' VII" mas
hrruuc AN. assistant To Secretary NC
Adou in directing the transportation ol
tlr country Mr. Kay is Il lawNrr' sue
rnSSrul business man ana pr"ii'IhtHl
Democratic leader III M"n"nHalla COUNTY,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Finger Prints Cause
Lessening in Crime

Marked decrease in crime is credited
TO the finger print system by Chief
Magistrate McAdoo, in mis- report on
the operation of the finger print bu-
reau during 1917. Alfred A. Hart,
director of the bureau, is cXtoiled by
the magistrate for his intelligence and
zeal
During the twelve months, 24.52o per-
sons were finger printed. OF these 8,433
were former offenders and were re
corded for faom the second TO the TWEEN
ty-frst time. Forty had been listed
for twenty or more times.
"Finger printing has been in opera
tion since 1910" Magistrate McAdoo
says. during which time 1855 i'm
pressions have been made without
successful attack on their reliability,
thus proving the marks on the fingers
of each human being have an individu-
ality of their own.
1T would be impossible to cxag-
gerate the check which finger printing
has upon crime. Taking p;ckpockets as
an example, the system has almost
driven them from the city.
81 can testify as former Police
Commissioner that this offence was
never under such control as it is now
They fear the finger print"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Canadian Officer
Killed in II. Y. Hotel

An accidental discharge of his 40
calibre revolver last night caused the
death Of Captain A. L. Zimm erman 4th
Brigade Canadian Field Artillery, hero
of numerous battles in Europe and
more recently attached to the Canadian
recruiting mission in this city, in his
room in the Vanderbilt Hotel.
Captain Zimmerman was Shot IN the
left breast, and when his body was
found in a chair by former Police Ser
geant Lyons, now house detective OF
the hotel, he had been dead several
minutes The revolver vas on the
floor at his side Medical Examiner Nor
r:s and Assistant Examiner Schwartz
we're convinced the shooting was acci-
dental.
The officer had undressed and his
uniform was neatly put away. IT is
assumed that he was about to clean
the weapon when it was discharged
a guest smellcd smoke and sent for
Lyons and Albert Martin. the assistant
manager of the hotel. The body will
be sent to Captain Zimmerman home
in Ottawa. He was forty years olc
/ and a widoWer.
CAPTAIN Zimmerman had been wound
ed in action several times. His body
bore many scars, his wrist tendons hat
been severed and both his legs struck
/ In addition he was a sufferer from
shell shock after more than two year.
in the trenches.
1t was sAid at the hotel that the of
fcer had been living there severa
months and by his iovial disposition
/ had won many friends. He was in his
usual good spirits in the lobby just be
! fore going up to his room.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Bernstorf Loses Degree
University of Chicago With
draws Ex-Envoy's Honor

CHICAGO, March 20-Count Won
Bernstortf, former German Ambassa-
dor to the United States, has been de-
prived of the honorary degree of doc
tor Of laws conferred upon him seven
years ago by the University Of Chi
cago.
Announcement of the resembling Of
the action conferring the degree was
made by the board Of trustees at the
106th quarterly convocation in the
form of part of the minutes of re-
cent meeting, which. in part. reads:
"This action is taken, not becausa
the United States is at war with the
Imperial German government, but on
account of the fact that the ambassa-
dor, while he was guest OF this coun-
try and in enjoyment of all the privi-
leges and immunities Of an honored
diplomat, and while the two countries
were at peace, nevertheless for long
time was engaged in a series of trans
actions in violation of the laws of the
United States, contrary to the peace
and order of the Republic, and mimi
cal to the rights of the United States
as q neutral nation"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-21
Shonts Cites Benefit
Of Six-Cent Fare

Theodore P. Shonts, president of the
interborough. made public yesterday a
letter he sent Mayor Hylan on March
10, setting forth his reasons for urging
that a six-cent fare be established for
the period Of the war.
In return for this concession from
the city Mr.. Shonts pledges his com
pany immediately to put into operation n
the dual contract system favored by
the Mayor
In his letter. which refers to pre-
Wous communications between himself
and the Mayor, Mr.. Snonts sets forth 2
number OF reasons in support of his
plea tor permission to raise the present
transportation charge. The chief ben
efts, he argues, will be derived by the
city The lnterborough's benefits, how
ever, will be twofold. In the first place
the increase viii insure this current
payment of the company's preferential
under its contract with the city. OF
secondary interest, he says, is the fact
that the increase will serve to furnish
sufficient earnings to keep the New
York Railways out Of the bankruptcy
court.
rather interesting point made by
Mr.. Shonts is that. inasmuch as thou
sands Of strangers use the INTERIOR
ough daily, the increase will serve to
shift a portion of the burden on to
their shoulders, instead o. leaving it
entirely for the taxpayers Of New York
to carry