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

Notwithstanding the fact that deep
snow covers the ground along the wcs-
tern front in nurth"rm France bitter
lighting has been In progress between
the British and ricrmnnH on the Gam
hrai sector. After having captured
British frort line positions sunday ano
later last tn" greater portion of them
in n countc--nttack, III" Germans Mon
day again .:.t forth Hftcr heavy bonn
bardmcIlt IN quest of much desired
nositiCn-thr Welsh ridgc---which lies
to the south Of Marc0ing in the old
Hlndeuburg line and offers Il splendid
vantage point for observation.
Attacking over r. front OF about loo
yards and using liquid. tlre against. the
defenders OF the. ridge the enemy sue
ceeded momentarily In entering one of
tho British trenches. His tenure. how
ever, was Of short duration, as Field
Marshal TIalgs men in brilliant coun-
ter-attack completely rcgatned their
lost ground. bm the other part OF the
line tho Germans were mot with a
whitening fire ana compelled TO retreat
with heavy casualttcs.
Aside from this battle little flghtinc
Of moment il in progress on my ot
tho fronts. although "iolcnt artillery
ducls continue ri various points III
France and Italy. Especially heavy
is the. duel around Monte Tumhn. OF
tho northern Italia3 front. Here III"
opposing troop. ryci. Under the rain ~
heavy shells are also indulging III viz
ious grenade encounters. 1t IS III this
sector that the French ;r" lending
their aid iu tic Italians and in their
FIRST attack against the enemy they cap
iur"d important positions and In addi'
ti0u took about .l.400 men prisoners and
sixty machine guns and seven big guns
as booty.
From Jaffa eastward, General Allen
hy's forces in Palestine are continuing
their successful advance against tho
Turks. Tho latest reports from Pal
cstinc show that the Rritnnc are now
wcIl 10 tho north and northwest Of Irr-
usalcIn. nnd in possession of some OF
the most Important roads In central Pal
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-01
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-01

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The Germans
made another determined attack on
the British position on Welsh ridge
in the Cambral sector today, and
succeeded in capturing portion of
the trenches. A heavy British
couater-attack drove them back
again, according to the report from
Field Marshal Haig's headquarters
tonight.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-01

LONDON, Dec. 3l.-The British
now have four strong positions In
terposed between the enemy and
Jerusale1n instead Of tho one that
exiGted before the recent serious
Turkish attempt, with German as
sistance, to retake the city, says to-
days war office statement on the
Palestine operations. Tho British
advance scored northwest Of Jerus-
alem in these operations represents
4 gain Of seven miles.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

living things. Fishermen came and
went, and the mixers and horseback
riders took the trails and returned
from the higher attitudes of the park.
The enormous increase in trAve.
to the park early in the summer dis
closed the fact that it would only be
matter of year or two before all
available camping space would be
taken long before the height of the
season also that the streams of the
park, unless carefully stocked each
year, would be fished out before the
summer would be half gone. Antic-
pating the inevitable need of more
camping grounds, the Giant Forest
boad has been continued from VOL.
verton to the Marble Fork river
where splendid opportunity for the
development of fine big camp area
exists. There are no sequoia trees
here, but there is fine forest of
pines and frs, and the ground is COW
cred with clean white gravel that
will make camping especially salts
factory. This new camp area will be
near the best fishing waters that are
ut all times accessible, and an effort
will be made to keep these waters
we'll stocked with trout"
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
CAMPING PLACE OF NATION
That Seems to Be the Manifest Oes-
tiny Of the Sequoia National
Park

Analysis shows that the very large
Increase in visitors TO the Sequoia
National park last summer amount
ing to nearly 60 per cent over the rec
ord attendance of the summer before,
fact which strongly emphasizes
what has been called the manifest
destiny of the Greater Sequoia as
the future summer camping place of
the nation.
The report of the director of the
national park service says:
at was most pleasing sight TO
stand in the midst of the Giant For
est during the summer and gaze upon
the attractively situated and taste
fully decorated camps nestled each
ut the base of an enormous sequoa.
1t was peaceful scene and beauti-
full one. There was nothing TO do in
the forest but rest, breathe the health
restoring air. drink the clear. cold
water, and contemplate the dignity
md beauty of the biggest and oldest
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

Odessa before the war was proud
Of Its beautiful parks and boulevards.
The refuge of many French mobiles in
the time of the French revolution, the
streets are evidence of the fact, for
they bear names reminiscent OF roy
atty of France. The main thorough
fare, however. is the Street of the
TRANSPORTATION, which begins at the
magnificent cathedral and ends ut the
gate of the conseerated ground of the
Orthodox Greek cemetery.
The population is largely Tartar. on
which has been grated Slav, Teuton.
Morse, Finnish and Lettish stock. but
at the beginning Of the war 1t was
said to be still Tartar In the main. Cat
aeombs extending under the rich city
and its beautiful suburbs through va
rious periods of Odessa's career have
housed the miserably poor, and at
times the underground inhabitants
have numbered as many as $4,000.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Nine New Club Sandwiches.

Make them of three good-sized slices
of toasted bread. one or more being
spread thickly with cottage cheese.
Lettuce or watercress and salad dress
ing are also used. The rest of the
filling may be varied to suit the taste
or the larder. The sandwich is cut d.
agonally across, and served on an in
diyidual plate with the halves ar
ranged in diamond shape. II is desir-
able to toast the bread on one side
only and 10 cut il Immediately after
toastng. rs otherwise the pressure of
cutting brushes out the cheese and
spells the appearance of the sand
witch. The cut slices may be placed
together again While the sandwich is
being flied. and the filling may be
sliced through with sharp knife.
In addition to the cottage cheese.
these club sandwiches may contain
1. Tomato. lettuce, mayonnaise dress
ing . Thin slice cold ham. spread
with mustard. lettuce. mayonnaise.
3. Sliced tart apple, nuts. lettuce. may
onnaise. 4. Sliced orange. watereress,
mayonnaise. 3. Sliced Spanish onion,
n.mento. lettuce. mayonnalse. 6. Two
tiny strips of bacon, lettuce. mayon-
naise. I. Cucumber or green pepper,
pimento, lettuce. mayonnaise. 8.
Sweet sandwiches may be made with
layers of cottage cheese and MARINA
lade. or paste made of dried fruits.
For these the bread need not be toast.
ed. and the lettuce and mayonnaiss
should not he used =
Use us the main dish of a light
luncheon or supper.
Suggester menu: Cream soup, cot
tage cheese. club sandwich. tea or cof-
fee. dessert.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

~ DESSA. the Russian seaport,
n IA captured by the Germans not
long ago, has been widely
known as an important center
of shipping and commerce. but its
interest does not lie So much in its
great locked harbor. its fine churches
and public buildings, its factories or
its size-it had huff million people
1T the beginning of the warts in
the fact that n century and Il quarter
ago there was none of these in exist
ence
New York, Boston, Baltimore and
Philadelphia are cities almost ancient
n comparison with Odessa. Odessa is
Il sort of Chicago or Kansas City of
Europa new town." in the lam
guage of the West. Just as there were
Indian trading posts where Chicago
and Kansas City had their beginnings,
so there WIS a wretched little Turkish
village on the future site of Odessa in
the time of Catherine the Great of
Russia. Russia saw the possibilities
of port on the Black sea and reached
out and took II, with little or no pro-
test. for Hdil Bey. as the Turkish viii
Iage was called. was not worth quarrel
ing about. Catherine founded Odessa
by rescript in 1904 and the blooming"
of the new city began.
Grain Built the City.
The Russian pioneers built their
town on the plateau which forms ter
|
water front. Today a great staircase.
which Is one of the wonders of Odessa,
leads up in broken flights from the
harbor to the city proper. Located at
the northwest angle of the Black sea
midway between the estnaries of the
great Dnieper and Dniester rivers.
Odessa WIS the natural commercial
outlet for the vast stretches of grain
producing valleys beyond and its
growth was like that of the Western
trade eenters In America. The Eng
lish ships found their Why there to load
their holds with grain, and exporting,
as the years went by, grew steadily
in volume for number of years.
The crimean war interrupted Eng
lish trade with Russia, but when the
conflict was over the British traders
returned to Odessa. Ii was at this pc
riod that they were forced to divide the
trade with Germany. for German
shippers had seized the opportunity to
gain a foothold in the port.
The war offers just now an odd par
allel of that war of trade waged 60
years ago. 1t may be of Significance
To recall that the ultimate result of
the Anglo-German contest for Russias
Odessa trade was that the Jews gain
ed absolute control of the exporting
business of the city.
In 1905 Odessa was the scene of
violent revolution. The Russian navy
mutinied ami trained the big guns of
the warship in the harbor on the city.
The disorders were quelled by the
ears military forces, but not before
there was bloodshed and suffering
which conferred the worlds attention
on the city.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

What beautiful hooks our lives
would be If ali the bindings-as. for
nstance-convcrsat expressions
tones of voice and motives. We're gen
uine. and what beautiful and helpful
lesser edit rs we could turn out in
the way Of children from such homes
II may be well in this era of unrest
doubt and change to remember that the
estimate people place u. IN our char
aeters today and tomorrow is the last
great binding of the volume we will
hand down 10 observation-disclosures.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Bats Once Used for Food

That bats were fool for primitive
men is Indicated by Miss Grinnell in
her work on bats of California: 1.-THE
bat Ind become master of the air long
before nrn walked upright. The rocky
refuge revealed 10 the cave man the
little upside-downs bat clingins to the
roof of his cavern: One bat takes It's
food off the ground since it brings to
its roost wingless Jerusalem crickets.
either attracted by the noise the in
sect makes in crawling or the air cur
rents made by such movements"
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

While the Red Cross is conducting a
mighty drive to collect 500. 100000 for
peace-time methods of raising money
for use In this country. Six hundred
million OF the Christmas seals that
IRE put on sale every year along In
November have been ordered already
This seems to indicate that while the
organizations strongest efforts will be
toward the more important work
made necessary by the war. there will
be no let-up in the campaigns against
tuberculosis and other peace-time evils
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Useful Electric Lantern.

Among the numerous electric Ian
terms is n mechanical one. standing
about foot high. that provides its
own current. A spring motor. wound
up like II clock. drives small genera
tor, and this supplies current for n
lamp bulb of 12-candie power. The
motor. generator and governor are con-
tanned in base six by eight inches in
size Such lantern is useful for the
camp. the farm, or other place. and can
be carried about in all kinds of
weather.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
lapaneae Hero Worship.

The japanese are a hero-worshiping
people who treasure their own past.
American history has none of the pic
turesQue atmosphere that adorns feud-
al Japan. still an actually in the lives
Of many of the grandfathers Of young
people now in school. Through their
tales, history is fresh. No alchemy
compounded Of modern disillusions
can convince the young japanese that
the glamor of the past is not all gold.
The rich brocades and gorgeous attire
OF the feudal lords of the Tokugawa
days. the beautiful elaboration of tenn
pie and palace. the exquisite art and
craft productions. the ritual of elegant
ceremony attached to court life, the
ancient ideal of Bushldo, or knightly
conduct. everywhere encountered in
illusions to heroic and loyal deeds, all
lend their vibrancy to old Japan.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
What contentment Means.

Everybody knows that concentration
is the secret of doing the best work,
but some people fail to realize that a
lack of concentration is the secret of
so-much nervous, taxing. hurried work.
1t is the thought of something else we
need to do which makes us feel that
we must race through what we are
engaged in. and makes every instant's
delay so excessively trying. Could we
learn to think ONLY of the task In hand.
we should do it etter, and far more
happily.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
u;e D.v Cut Short.

1T don't understand this law bust
ness"
"Huh7'
'They said I was to have my day in
court. All the neighbors turned out"
"Well?"
"The Judge disposed of my case in
less than a minute
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Valuable Tropical Wood.

Balsa wood is exceedingly light. and
promises TO have an extended field of
usefulness In connection with cold stor-
age structures when heat insulation Is
important. 1t is a tropical wood. grow
ing principally in the states Of South
and Central America.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Economy and Character,

Gladstone said: Economy is near
to the keystone to character and
success. boy that is taught to save
his money will rarely be bad man
or a failure; the man who saves will
rise in his trade or profession steadi-
ly: this Is inevitable"
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
GOOD EFFECTS OF
NEW SEDIT|ON LAW
PRo-GERMAN CRITICISM OF THE
GOVERNMENTS WAR POLICIES
ALREADY DECREASING.
DISL0YALTY TO BE CRUSHED
-Four Senators Appointed by Governors
viii Be Candidates for Election Next
Fall - Republicans viii Oppose
Three of Them.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Washington.-Alre the officials Of
Washington claim there have been
good results from the recent legislation
enacted which gives the government
more power in regard TO seditious ut
terances and publications. 1t is as
serted there has been notable fall
ing off in the critical and carping com
inents in many papers, while those per
sons who We're constantly fostering OPP
position To governmental war policies
have begun greatly to modify their Ut
teranees The officials here believe
the mere fact that the power exists TO
punish will have still greater effect
as the full knowledge of what the gov
ernment can do reaches the pro-Ger-
man sympathizers in America.
1t IS also asserted by officials that
the time is now opportune for all per-
sons Of German parentage or birth to
get on the right side and declare them
selves unequivocally for the United
States and against Germany. The olli-
eialS here do not want 10 accept what
is becoming growing idea, that is,
Once German, always German"
for they believe there are many people
of German blood in the United States
who are loyal, although they have not
manifested it by proper declaration
and works
One thing seems To be assured,
how eVer that public sentiment in the
United States is going to cause the
have been enacted. and it will be we'll
for the pro-Germans, whether Ameri-
cans or foreigners, to guard carefully
their utterances in regard TO the Unit
e'l Suites and the great war.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
BEING Well Clothed Means Mucl

To be well clothed a man needs
more than clothing. He needs a good
complexion, he needs good smile,
and an honest expression on his coun-
tenance
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Evasive.

did your husband speak Of the
punch he got at our houseT
swell, l must say he came home
lust full of II.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

The first intimation congress had
that II was going to be requested to
stay In session and pass another rev.
enue bin was published in n New York
paper. Lender Kitchin was trying TO
get unanimous consent for the consid
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07
Optimistic Ihouaht.

Riches amassed in haste will vanish.
but those collected little by little will
multiply.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

In addition to the 81 regular va
oancies that occur by expiration of the
siA-year terms in the senate. four al
Citional senators will be elected this
fall to seats now filled by appointment
by governors. The senators and their
states are: Guion of Louisiana: Hen
derson, Nevada; Nugent. Idaho Will
fey, Missouri. All are Democrats,
and the Republicans will make n CON
test in three states = Idaho. Nevada
and Missouri
We still have people who talk that
political fiction about nonpartisan
election this coming fall. but if anyone
can discover any let-up in the political
activity of parties and partisans they
will do better than the average resi-
dent of Washington, for everything
points to a right lively political cam
paign.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

'eratiOn of the Overman bill ana WAS
interrupted by Congressman Hicks of
New York, who inquired of the major
ity leader if he WINS as optimistic as
week or two previous, when he said
congress ought to adjourn hv July ].
IF what | saw in New York paper
today is true" replied Kltchin. Saying
that we shall have to bring in new
revenue bill, we shall probably get
away fom here in time to east vote,
If we do not live too far away"
Docs the New York puper control
the Situauons" asked Congressman
Garner of Texas.
NO replied Kitchin; the gentle
man must have been sleeping when I
made my remark. for said IF it is
true -
"Has The administration said my
thing TO the chairman of the commit
tee on ways and means about rev
enue bin this session." continued Car
ner
To Kitchln's reply of NO" Garner
suggested that II was not likely that
the need Of revenue bill would be
told to Il newspaper before informa-
ton was conveyed to the man who
would prepare the bill, and Kitchin re-
piled Il have known some admins
trations of late to confer with news
paper men and tell them what ought
to be done long before any member Of
congress was told"
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

President Wilson has always been
more or less OF a ready letter-wrter
and he has written quite "a number Of
letters lately which have been used
with considerable effect. The Bresi-
dent writes letters quite freely during
political campaigns. and he also writes
letters to senators and representatives
regarding legislation that he wants
passed or killed. He has written quite
Il number of letters on the subject Of
woman suffrage, and it was thought at
one time that he had influenced
enough senators to carry the amend
ment. In the house of representatives
a letter is sometimes read in regard to
a bill, and it usually has the effect of
getting votes. During one of the re-
cent discussions over bill TO which
there was considerable opposition
Congressman J. Hampton Moore of
Pennsylvania asked:
Before we proceed further with
this measure. | want to know If the
gentleman in charge of the bill, or
some other gentleman, has letter in
his pocket from the president? If so,
it will save lot of time which might
be wasted in discussion of the bill"
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

1t would not be at all surprising If
America should adopt the nickname
which the English have given our sol
diers. The term "Huskies" seems to
fit very well the fine, solid ard SUBJ
stantial-looking men that now make
up the American army. Anyone who
has been around the training camps
or has seen the soldiers march
ing through the streets, or riding on
the railroad cars, or in any place
where their solid and substantial forms
are in sight. cannot help thinking Of
them as mighty husky fellows.
There has been quite an undercur-
rent of objection to the term Sam
miles, the appellation which some
have attempted to apply to American
troops abroad. II is well-known in
the war department and among army
officers generally that the designation
was not altogether pleasing 70 the SOL
diers. They believe the average sol
dier will much prefer To be called a
Husky" rather than Sammy"
More than TINT, the army men believe
that when the time comes the Ger
mans will be made to appreciate Just
what our "tIuskies" can do. either I'm
the way of defense or attack.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

Debating the aircraft service be-
tween Washington and New York, Sen
ator Mcclellan of Tennessee decried
the idea of opposing anything be-
cause 1t was new or experimental. He
then told story about Cages toy"
II seems that II man named Cannes.
captain of the famous Chickasaw
Guards of Memphis. which was one
of the crack militia companies of the
country. was n sort OF an inventor and
many years ago. long before the Bell
telephone came into existence he
sought permission from the city eoun-
ell for license TO string on the street
wires over which people could talk TO
one another. Finally some member Of
the council in a iocular manner re-
marked Lets license Cannes toy"
and the ordinance went through.
Cannes did not follow up his project
and did not seek to patent his tele-
phone idea. hut years nfterward in a
law suit II developed that the only H.
cense to use wires for telephone pur'
poses In the city of Memphis WIS that
in the grant TO Cannes. for tele-
phone device long in advance of the
actual Bell invention.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

Sometimes Washington correspond
ents wonder what the leading lights
on the metropolitan papers think of
themselves and their influence. Take
for instance the recent changes of COM
mittee assignments in the senate. Very
vigorous assaults were made on Sena-
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska on account
of his past record in relation 10 the
war In Europe. principally before the
United States entered the war. When
Senator Stone died and ii was sug-
eested that Senator Hitchcock would
be made chairman of the committee
on foreign relations. several prominent
papers broke out with vigorous de-
mands that Hitchcock should not be
the successor of Stone.
Well. the time came to fiji the vacan-
cy, and Senator Hitchcock's name was
proposed as chairman of the committee
on foreign relations. and he was elect
ed in the senate without n dissenting
voice. The whole transaction was by
unanimous consent. Naturally the pa
pers that had been making these de-
mands could not have been very much
impressed with the influence they
welded.
The Monticellonian., 1918-06-07

Washington authorities have learned
more interested in men who have
been ut the front, who have seen
service, and who have earned dis
tinction In fighting the Germans. than
they are in anything else connected
with the war. Pershing's men who
have been at the front and returned
get more attention than any other
Kind of men. in or cut of uniform The
so-called blue Devils" of the French
army received a great deal of atten-
ton, not only in Washington but else
where.
The Red Cross. which under It's
present new management Is doing so
much effective work has been quick
10 realiZs the value of men who have
actually done things. Therefore the
Red Cross takes 200 wounded French,
British Canadian. and Australian men
who have been at the front and makes
them leaders in the movement to raise
the necessary money to carry on the
Red Cross work.
1t all goes to show that the actual
participation in the war by United
States forces is the one thing that has
aroused intense interest. That was
shown when our navy first went over.
and if more information We're given
out about what our navy is doing,
there would be more real interest
manifested among our people in the
great war. II all goes to show that the
war must be brought home to people
before they become vitality interested
in it,