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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
EATH5TR|kE5
WOMAN WHILE
IN The STREET 7
, Miss Wayne Parker. Manager OF the
TrusCo Medicine Co., Suddenly
Stricken and Dies Quickly.

Last n!-ht about II o'clock Miss
Maym" Parker. manager OF the TruSc"
Medicine Company. collapsed near me
corner OF Main and Eleventh streets.
and was found in Il >"lni-cOnsCiuus con
dirion by Toby BolhnE and PM
Shaughnessy, who took her 20 her
hum" a. $40 Main street.
DR. !. FIummcr Col" was called. but
IN" Young lady Vas dead when II" ar
rived II j. the opinion thai she died
II aruir indigestion. hning taken white
returning TO her home.
She leaves a brother. G"orc" w. ana
Il sister. Miss Clara, both residing al
tn" same address.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27

LONDON. Feb &c. - Recent
statements IN London newspapers
Of all shades of political belief that
lawIessness was spreading alarm
inoly in the vest and south OF Ire
land we're supplemented to-day by
the Times Dublin cspondent.
who says the government VIII
have to take a prompt and firm
step at repression.
The law. is ignored In Clare
SIiqo. Roscommon and Mayo, says
the CORES pondent. The police are
in daily conflict with the law
breakers. In parts Of Clare cattle
drivers. in fear % cattle thieves.
have called for small bodies OF
troops. The telegraph wires have
been cut and trees are thrown
across the roads daily to hinder
the movements Of troops and po'
lice. Farms are being seized in
the name If the Irish republic.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
School Ranking

Tho deposits III The schools FOR This
week har,. been announced and although
i. shows an iucrras" over last IL is sill
qult. low. tn" deposits by schools are
in Tn" lis; below. maHtng u total Of
$685.
,'.il,rt!. 1850: Gravel Hi. $3.50.
Eu~,. i'm. S"Nij; Gniuu street, $!o.I".
Inilau f;ua. E9.aj. FIRST ward. E!%."".
south Ecllair", $3.50: Yves; E"lIa;r'.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
Eiks' Dance CGday.

The local lodge Of f:)kS has completed
ARRANGEMENTS for another ono "t It's
dances which Will h" given IN tn" hall
on North Fourth street Friday evening
If tins week. Music for IA" evening
will H.. furnished by In" Nll-E,lk> or
ri,"str;L and II number 81 "ut-"l town
persons viii BE- present At tho affair
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
The Corners Funeral.

Tho funeral ot Mrs. Jar1's c"rn"?s.
Who died Sur,iay nish, Il, her hoe" "u
CRESCENT str".,. viii TAX, pine" 'h:s az
,e-no"n a: NO oclcCk. Services vail
70 condurt.-i ~ n" ttorl" s.uG .nt"-r'''u.
will ,4A,. pla"c IN Pos" !iill cemetery.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27

Funeral services for Miss hnaa Wh"a-
lar. Who ia$s-d away SUNDAY r:rh' -
thn homo AZ hrr mother m Mott -';""rT'
Soy >,r""t viii b" r"n,!,ic,r! Thursday
morning Requiem h'Sh mass vi -"
.";. duc:.,t - s.. Jn::rS' church a E.ne
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
Three Americans Are
Killed in Formidable
Gas Attack By Germans

WITH THE American ARMY IN
FRANCE f'.h. 2G.--.iHy tn" Associated
I'r->s l-Thr,.. American soldiers w"r"
/ k,l;-d and min" badly 'GaSScd' IN two
Formidable. gas attacks made by inc
Germans on Tn" American positions III
IN. FOUL sector carly inns morning
Arm projectors.
'rn.. enemy ais" heavily h"mhard"d
~. American batteries with gas shells.
hat without result.
only tin, cNrcllrnI preparatory train
INK IN Quickn"ss h. til" American
,fonI< ur.v.,ui,d further attacks: III:
f!rs' experienced 10y them. from canS-
inc more casualties.
TN, attacks wrr" made WITHIN Yen
minutes If each other and were d.
r",'i'i ~ Il certain wood. S"v"nty-itN"
inch shells # 81 p"rcrn; gas and tw"n-
* high explosive shells w'r" iir"d
! from GERMAN .mn"werf"r The flight
az the proirctilns WAS traced through
lh,, AIR. IN" uaS shells bursting III the
,I,. and H.. high explosives decorating
, when ,hcy cam" ~ "0mta"t with the
! earth l.arg" fragments of shells llcw
, from both missiles.
. TIL. yas caught some Of tn" mon he
! tnrr they wcr" able I" adjust NOR
: masks i,ud "v"rraiir. others whIlc th"y
! ,ycr.. aSr"n in d:guuiS.
! WITH THE AMl:Nl'AN ARMY IN
! FRANCE. Monday, February '.--'hE
, tn. Associated Press --'Th" artillery
! duel IN IN" American sector northwest
ri Ten. grows NOR" In:"ns" daily. inc
r;rr:nan~ rir"h II hundred "r NOR" shells
during n" last - hours and lat" ihiS
! earning hogan &" h"mhard violently
some. 81 our batteries With gas and
nish "ArI0Siv" shells.
I'll" American artillery has replied
constantly. doing most effective WORK
against III" enemy front line trenches
n,- rr,;tr,y positions and viz" "nianG'"'
mrn's Numerous enemy working par
Ties ais" w-r., Sh"ll"d Beyond "hSrrrh.
ri.r uy balloons there has horn II" hcrih
activity owing :" III" low clouds anf
. rHlu.
! American machine guns last nigh'
ana ,ni~ morning fired many thousand
,nl:ud. ~ Ih,, rear oi tit" German posi-
. lions vh"r.. mdrt,'d movement al m't
ani un;"rial progresses. Tn" enemy
g. ii!.G unSi!,r"Ssruliy :" hinder HI" Amer
: r.nu uarrui wnrI by hurting Kew AND
powerful flares In;u tn" American wire
cnianEivfurniS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-27
MORE DISORDER
BY THE IRISH

LONDON. Feb. 26.-The out.
break Of Iawiessness in County
Clare. it is announced officially
rendered necessary. Sunday. the
sending Of additional troops to the
county to assist the police. County
Clare has been declared a specIal
area under the defense Of the
realm act.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29

BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
nodder Christmas like dis vun.

nodder Christmas like dis vun.
Und you say you need der breast
plates fer der back in your ledder.
Dat shows der Americans don't know
vot der breastplates are for. 1T is
not good military etiquet for dem to
shoot ven der plates are on der OBJ
lisite SIDE Vot you tink? l am send
ing you some ear-muffiers so dat you
can't, hear dem foolish Americans play
der "Star-Spangled Banner" on dem
plates nit machine guns.
1t is foolish, mine son, to ask for
dem speeches at dis time. / tried der
same ding der odder day. Prince Max
sent vun of mine speeches to Bresi-
dent Wilson, and dem ill-mannered
Yankees just keep on coming, while
the Bresident. reads de speech. Did
you effer hear of such a ding? And
right this week efferybody, even der
wash-wimmin and der criplpes vot sell
papers in der streets in der United
States are all lending to her Liberty
loan, right while der president reads
der speech. Vot you tink of dot?
Dose Americans are like caf I
heard bout. Listen and I will tell
you just how der Americans are: A
man had der calf what der mama
COW died, so der man had to coax and
beg and do all such dings to get der
calf to drink der milk from der wood
en- bucket, see? Veil, finally der calf
did get its head in der bucket, and
it just wouldn't stop; so der man had
to call his wife to come and get hold
of der calf tail, and she pulled and
pulled some more, till at last the calf
was made to take it's head out der
bucket. Now we've got desc Ameri-
cans in dis war, who We going to get
to pull dem out? But vat de devil we
going to do? No one wants to get
tail holt on der Uncle Sam like der
woman did dat pulled der calf's head
off der bucket.
Oh, I tell you dis is cranky old
world, mine boy. If der blamed peo-
pie would do just my way, effery ding
would be all right nit me. I haf
talked to Gott about mine troubles till
he won't listen any more. I guess I
will haf to go to de devil, and even
he may hat heard some bad dings
about me. Courage, mine son. /
WILHELM.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
McAD0O's STRONG ARM.
(By j. E. Jones.)


Whenever it has been necessary ia
push aside the legislative and other
distractions that prevented him from
having free hand in the administra-
tion of railway affairs Mr.. McAdoo
has invariably mapped out his own
course, and he rarely fails to go over
the top. This has just been illustrat-
ed by the manner in which he has
finally Strengthened out the affairs of
the express business. The latter ac-
tivity is an essential to railroad OPP
Grafton, but even though a consolida-
tion of all the companies in the ex-
press business was made, the ques-
tions of rates, wages and admins
tration got tangled up in the inter
state commerce commission and else
where. Mr.. McAdoo found that he
must pursue an independent course in
order to keep the American Railway
Express company from running hope
lessly behind. He secured procla-
nation by the president, which COM
pletely absorbed the consolidated ex-
press business and assigned the oper-
alton of it to the railroad administra-
tor. The Shortcut" Mr.. McAdoo
elected to follow will allow the direc-
tor general to initiate rates for the
express company which will be high
er than at present, but which will
make it possible to advance the wages
of employees about S12,0O0,0O0. The
employees have assumed an ,insistent
attitude for some time because of the
fact that they were underpaid in COM
parison with the other branches of
the railroad forces. The express COM
pany and the railroad administration
were evidently agreed that the best
course to be pursued was the one
which has been adopted.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
RECONSTRUCTION AND DE-
STRUCTION.

written by Prince and Princess
Troubetzkoy for the National Securi-
ty League.)
Before the work Of reconstruction
can be effectively accomplished, the
sources of destruction must be dis
posed of.
These sources of destruction have
resided not only in. German militarism
but in corrosives even more virulent,
distilled in Germany along with liquid
fire and poisoned gas for the dissoiu-
ton of the rest of the world, begin
ming with Russia, where they have
been first inoculated.
The work of reconstruction can not
consist only of the distribution of
food, steel, timber, ETC., in the regions
directly ravaged by the Germans-it
must consist first of the annihilation
of any idea cultivated in Germany
since her aggressive development.
With diabolical misinterpretation
of the word Liberty, Germany has
spread and is spreading anarchy
everywhere. It is now "up to- the
sane part of humanity to cleanse the
world of that pestilence "made in Ger
many"
And as the suppression of all evil
must begin where the evil is fostering
thickest, it is in Russia that this
cleansing must begin-for it is in
Russia that Germany inoculated first
and most successfully the germ of
Bolshevism-the germ of dissolution.
Therefore, every sane American,
standing watch against the German
pestilence" at home, must contribute
to it's elimination in Russia, for when
Russia shall have been - cleansed of
Bolshevism, then it will cease to
spread everywhere. Then Democracy
will be made safe for the world sand
the reconstruction of the world will
rise on a sound basis.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
McADOO ON THE LEVEL.

In losing Secretary McAdoo from
his cabinet, President Wilson has lost
one of his strongest props, and the
country one of its greatest officials.
No one acquainted with the official and
private career of VIM. G. McAdoo can
say aught against him in any sense.
He embodies at once the great finan-
cier and business man with the hon
orable, conscientious citizen. \
His utterance at a reception tender
ed him at club in Chattanooga last
night, while on tour of the South in
his official capacity as director of rail-
roads, was peculiar to himself as an
official. No one who knows him will
doubt the truth of his statement
Among other things he said:
"It was not pleasant for me to speak
frankly to the American people as
did in my letter to President Wilson
and to talk of my personal affairs, but
want to say to you that those reas-
ons are the exact reasons why l am
retiring from public life. There are
no other reasons. have been amused
by the theories Of politicians and some
newspapers. In all the six years l
have been in office can say truthfully
that I have yet to lie to the American
people. l have never misrepresented
anything and would not for all the
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
WHY NOT HAVE BOAT RACES?

Years ago, when the city was young,
and the heart was gay, when the
present-time old set was in its hey
dey of enjoyment and pleasure, Tar
pom Springs had yacht club and a
Woman S Bayou Boat club. The yacht
club gave regattas each week, one
week in the bayou and the next week
in the bay off the mouth of the An
clote river. The regattas were the
occasion of exciting races. The club
numbered in it's membership expert
enced yachtsmen and business was
conducted along lines of regulations
laid down by the most up-to-date
clubs of the county. These races form
ed one of the attractions of the place,
and were attended by every one who
could go. Boats were classified and
sailing rules closely adhered to.
Today the sail boat has given way
to the gas boat, but the same attrac-
ton is afforded by the gas boat.
We have yachtsmen with us today.
some of the old ones have gone, but
new ones have come in.
The Woman's Bayou Boat club was
also one of the leading attractions of
our city, 1t numbered the best ladies
of the town. 1t held it's meetings and
regattas regularly and, as with the
yacht club, was a source of interest
and pleasure to all, including winter
visitors. Many of the same ladies are
here yet and could instruct the young
er set in all the necessary plans for
such an organization.
We would like to know why these
healthful and entertaining functions
are not revived. Surely we need
something in the way of entertain
ment for our guests as we'll as for
ourselves.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
CROWN PRINCE LETTER
ANSWERED BY PAPA"
Under the Bed in Berlin,
October 12, 1918.

Mine dear Son: Your ledder almost
craced der heart of your fodder. I
don't blame you, mine son, for not
wanting to associate nit der ignorant
Americans vot know so little about
war. You know dey haf had so little
experience in war dot dey don't know
vot real war is. wanted Won Hinden-
burg to show 'em, but he gets smart
too. He says dey are too rough and
too reckless nit machine guns. But,
mine son, for vat did you leaf all dem
machine guns and dings behind, vot
took yer poor fodder forty years to
build? .Vot you mean?
Oh, mine son, try and get offer der
homesickness before dose rude Ameri-
cans vot say "To hell nit der Kaiser"
follow you clear home. l am afraid
dey will not stop on der outside, but
come right in on der royal mats, vat
would make me very angry. Don't
left so many cannon and machine guns
and all dem dings behind; for may
come out of dis war all right and want
to haf nodder Won. Maybe | die
and go to mine reward, and you will
want to haf war Of your own. You
must stop wasting your toys and play
things dat way; We may neffer see a
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
HOW THE WEST COAST ROUTE
WAS WON
CONTINUED from Page one)

indorsed the idea, and put Mr.. Whit
ney to work on the project. Mr.. Whit
ney has been invaluable in assisting
and directing the fight"
Mr.. Whitney, an expert on transpor-
tation problems, was familiar with the
railway situation and knew the value
of the route, and Immediately became
actively engaged in the work, and he
has devoted the major portion of his
time and energy on the short route
plan since. When Mr.. Whitney first
came to st. Petersburg as secretary
of the board of trade in 1918 the first
thing he presented to the members
was the necessity of better rail ac-
commodations.
Besides tn elarge sum of money that
Mr. Backus has personally spent on
the fight, the city has given $500, the
county commissioners $500 and the
board of trade hundreds more. Other
cities and counties have done little
more than finance their own delegates
to the various meetings, the fight al
ways being led by st. Petersburg.
Mr.. Whitney Immediately began to
line up the counties and cities of the
state on the proposition. Eventually
county commissioners, boards of trade
and city governments representing "a
counties and $4,000 people had ap-
proved the plan.
A meeting was then called. On
April 8, 1918, $50 delegates from the,
81 counties met in the city hall in
Tampa. Sir Edward M. Backus was
elected chairman; L. B. Skinner, of
Dunedin, vice chairman, and L. A.
Whitney, secretary. Governor. Cats,
one of the delegates, suggested that
arrangements be made to hold a meet
ing in Atlanta with C. H. Markham,
at that time regional director of rail-
ways. On motion by R. S. Hanna, of
OI. ctSlSDOIS, d SoIilul1eICS VI IFS
was appointed to choose delegates to
attend the proposed Atlanta meeting,
The delegates chosen assembled in At
lanta on June II, 1918.
The next day meeting was held
with B. L. Winchell, who had succeed
ed Mr.. Markham as regional director.
After the matter had ben presented
by L. A. Whitney and others, Mr.. Win
chell stated that the matter would re-
ceive his closest attention and person
al investigation and that if the change
was justified on war basis the re-
route plan would be adopted. He
promised to personally go over the
proposed route.
After months of delay, Mr. Win
chell made this trip of inspection ear
ly in this month.
In. the interim between the Atlanta
meeting and the St. Petersburg visit
Mr.. Whitney has been busy collecting
technical. transportation data connect
ed with the rerouting plan. He has
shown that the Atlanta route-sub-
stantially as adopted by the railway
administration-will save IA per cent
in mileage over the Jacksonville route
and big saving in time.
BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS.
The evening leader., 1918-11-29

fortunes of the ages lie to them If
any man owes anything to the nation
it is to be square and truthful. When
politicians learn that it pays to be on
the level then they will elevate Amer
ica and politics"
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
MUST INCREASE
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
Required-Situation in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.

With the guns in Europe silenced,
I we have now to consider new world
food situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume of our exports
can be lightened to the slightest de-
gree with the cessation Of hOstilities.
Millions of people liberated from the
Prussian yoke are now depending
upon us for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
it possible for the forces of democ-
racy to hold out to victory. To insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tinue to live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations of
Europe with food. Hunger among
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
of making the world safe for democ-
racy.
Last year we sent 11,S20,000 tons Of
food to Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies to feed,
we had originally pledged ourselves to
a program that would have increased
our exports to 17,500,000 tons. Now,
to feed the liberated nations, we will
have to export a total of not less than
20,0O0,000 toas-practically the limit
of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
in quantities sufficient to meet all
world needs under a regime of eco
nomical consumption. On the other
hand, there will be marked world
shortages in some important commodi-
ties.
Return to Normal Bread Loaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies of Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acces-
sible to shipping, there are bread
grains enough to enable the nations to
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill flour at
a high percentage of extraction and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance of waste.
In fats there will be heavy short
age about 3,00O,0OOOO0 pounds in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils. While there will be sa
shortage of about three million tons
in rich protein feeds for dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
of other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity Of
the available refrigerating ships. The
supplies of beef in Australia, the Ar
gentine and the United States are suf-
ficient to load these ships. There will
be shortage in the importing coun-
tries. but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
in view of the bottle neck in trans
pOrtation.
We will have sufficient supply of
sugar to allow normal consumption in
this country If the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or in
crease them only slightly. For the
countries of Europe, however, to in
crease their present rations to a ma
terial extent will necessitate our shar-
ing part Of our own supplies with
them
The evening leader., 1918-11-29
Twenty Million Tons of Food.

OF the world total, North America
will furnish more than 60 per cent.
The United States, including the West
Indies, will be called upon to furnish
20,000000 tons of food of all kinds as
compared with our pre-war exports of
about 100000 tons.
While we will be able to change our
program in many respects, even a
casual survey Of the world supplies
in comparison to world demands shows
conclusively that Europe will know
famine. unless the American people
bring their home consumption down
to the barest minimum that will main
tain health and strength.
There are conditions of famine in
! Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are 100000 peo-
pie in North Russia whom there is
small chance of reaching with food
this winter. Their transportation is
demoralized in complete anarchy, and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even If internal transport
could be realized.
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany has not
alone sucked the food and animals
from all those masses of people she
has dominated and left starving, but
she has leftNbehind her a total wreck.
age Of social institutions, and this
mass of people is now confronted with
absolute anarchy.
II we value our own safety and the
social organization of the world, if we
value the preservation of civilization
itself, we cannot permit growth of this
cancer in the worlds vitals.
Famine is the mother of anarchy.
From the inability of governments to
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
to supply their people grows stability
of government and the defeat of an
archy. Did we put it on no higher
plane than our interests in the pro-
lection of our institutions, we must
bestir ourselves in solution of this
problem
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-21

Observation-Disclosures. Illa N"ll
In "NCw love FOR odd" cited tCC.
Triangle comedy: tuesday. faUiir"
>tnrk in "ihr shoes THAT Danced. =
hc.>tonr "O'rcd,. ~ Indy kttirT'>
Doom: rsnc>tnr. Pauline ~tnrh.
In Tho sh"~> ihar Danced" i."'-
stone concd,. ~ Lad! i>ilcr'>
DOOM
I,o\-NIord1, GLADYS Hrorh b.
we'll in 'ror LIBERTY; IucSdI :.
Alice Er1dy in "flCr silent >a"rt-
fec; Wednesday. Constance tat
mnd=c in Tho Horc,n;uu;'
BIJot - Nurda, and iuc>isy.
Constance lalmadSc in TN rhc
Road With >allic"; Wrduc. mud
Thursda,. ''\auShty \au- hi'.
tOIbNl I-NordH, an3 TuC>
day. fNitt> tordon IN II he " H>U.
"Farriil. DAY" ~ c-mr !.rc - O.
rr. feature; Ncdnc>da. aud Ihur>-
da,. Harold Lockwood in 'ihs
Iardlorcr.
REN-Monda. Ruth 'iin"rd IN
Tho Desire ~ tho Nolh": Iuc>da =.
Mary Nilc> Miu;cr in "Ihc Mate OF
tho sail, Ann: cdrc>Gat. g.
Hcnr>'s story. Lost ON Dress Pa
radc.''
i>I>->ll the week. Victor Hnsc'.
los Niscrahlcs
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