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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
MIR. SOLF SPEAKING

We bombed your Red Cross hospitals,
we slrafed your open towns.
But var, you know. has many just such
little ups and downs.
We starved your men in prison camps.
but should that make You mad:
Er--by the way-too harsh q peace
would really be too bad.
We murdered kids and women and de-
ported all your men,
But when you get severe with us, that's
something else again.
Shall peace be just and durable? Then
you had best beware.
Because X you're too strict with us.
we'll weep, We will! So there!
Chicago Evening Post.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
Our Daily Story
rHH mAH WITH TEE CHALK

Seldom had the Nightly Days bulletin
board been more crowded in front Of.
for war news was coming thick and
fast.
The man with the chalk wrote: "Ex-
ira, Belgians. storm Eoughat Woods
and capture s0.039 prisoners. including
one officer
THE Belgians are the boys can DO it,"
cried the mob approyingly.
The man with the chalk wrote: "Spe-
cial extra. French take Schmcerkeze.
with 1929 big guns and valuable Ger
man silver mines"
1T takes the Frcnch'to do It! They're
the lads" cried the crowd.
The man with the chalk wrote: Extra
special. English capture Hill 1898. Take
9ed Zcppelinx. 500 tanks and s0.e8o prls-
oners Including one private"
'-Thatta boys The English are tho
ones can do IL" cried the crowd.
The man with the cralk wrote:
Special extra special! Germans storm
American trench. taking seven prisoners
and q hardtack grinder"
The crowd Snecred unbelieVinEly.
where do thry get that stuff? Lies!
German propaganda" cried tho crowd.
Copyright by George Matthews Adams.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12

Mr.. Roosevelt is now ready to accept
on universal treaty OF arbitration with
Great Britain. Americans admire and
love Great Britain moro than ever; 1t
would be impossible to Induce US to
make war upon her. without the eHtrern-
est provocation; but why an arbitration
treaty at allc Isn't the mere existence
Of an agreement to arbitrate. an invita-
ton to submit many trivial disputes to
arbitration? Haven't we now tho same
good sense that has enabled US to keep
peace with Great Britain for over 100
years. although during that time we
have had more questions With her than
with any other world power7
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
CAPITAL NEWS


CHARLESTON. ". Va. Dec. II. -
Charters were issued today by the score
,ary uf state to the following corpora
tons:
Wheeling Machine & Welding Com
pany, Of Wheeling. TO operate machlhH
and welding ut Same plac" CapitaI
stock, $4,000. lncorporntnrS: John ~
Moore. William J. lIraddnck. Joseph W.
Willard. Ernest W. kruuSc and {. RI.
powlcr. all ri Wheeling.
Perrin Wells Company. Of Wellshurg.
to manufacture and sell soft drinks Ill
WcllsburE. Capital stock, $4,000. In
curporatorS: j. G. Perrin, Elizabeth l..
Perrin. George e. Wells Alberta V.
Wells and John Ralston. all Of Wells
burg
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CAN WAR CuV1oNA-

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1I.-Oficcrs and
men of the army who failed TO reach
the fighting front by reason Of the duties
imposed upon them in this country VIII
not be denied recognition OF their ser
vice in the winning OF the war BY
direction Of President Wilson. MS com.
mander-in-chicf Of the army. General
March. chief OF STAFF. today issued an
order that hereafter such men shall be
entitled to Wear q silver chevron similar
TO the gold one authorized for service
overseas The officers and men will be
entitled 10 wcax one silver chevron for
each six months service.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
= ONE WAY TO KEEP PEACE

We should do full credit to the high
ideals that inspire the movement for a
league to maintain peace Every con-
scious effort towards world peace has a
good result, Arbitration treaties, agree
!rnents for the limitations Of ornaments.
efforts to make war more humane: all
Gin at peace. We would not belittle the
4xnportance OF the League OF Nations.
On the other hand. We think that too
great importance should not be at
cached 70 il. The most that can come
Fror1 any agreement among nations IS
che creation o. desire for peace among
them. II is not given to any man to
lcak into the future. No one OF us can
say now what will be the conflicting
ambitions. and what will be the ques-
lions upon which We will differ among
ourselves twenty-five. fifty or hundred
years hence.
Fifty years ago when Germany tri-
umphed over France. the ambition Of
Germany was not IN cvidencc. Ger
nnany's great industrial growth in the
past quarter of a century and the in
urease Of her population had much TO
do with the building up OF her military
Bower and tho creation OF the German
lust for conquest. The same conditions
may arise upon Some other people In
the future. MN have always been sell
fish and there never has been Tins
that any great and rich people have hes
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itated to 60 to war for the protection
Of their commercial and industrial inter-
ests and for tho honor Of their nag. and
until the nature of men is radically
changed. men will continue to make WAY
when those conditions arise. Whatever
honorable agreement may come out Of
the peace conference we may gladly &C
cept rs q definite step toward perr,e-
nent peace. but we should not think OF
such an agreement as substitute for
our own means Of self protection. An
army worthy Of country like this. a
navy capable Of defending Its shores,
will be the best guarantee Of peace that
the ANGLICAN people can have.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
IS INFLUENZA SPREAD
BY KISSING?
To tho Editor OF The lntrliiGcnccr.

To tho Editor OF The lnlrliiGcncer
Sir: The medical fraternity generally
appear 10 hold to the opinion that the
influenza Is spread by well people in
haling the breath or cXhalings from peo-
pie afflicted with tho disease. or by i'm
bihinE in any. way whatever germs that
may come from tho nose. lungs. throat
or mouth OF anyone afflicted with intiu-
cnza. Now, il this be correct. then
probably thousands have died from the
habit of kissing. Perhaps tho kissing
between parents and. children. and the
kissing between children i'll family,
may account for whole families being
taken suddenly. and dying.
Don't kiss or be kissed while the influ-
enZa Is raging.
Every publisher is requested 10 give
this article all the publicity 1t may de-
serve. and to add all they can TO make
il more efficient.
Submitted by
A LAYMAN.
pT~r WAR SAVINGS STAMPS--
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
A SONG OF PEACE

All hail the flag. the starry nag.
Returning Ger the sen
with added glory on its folds
From nelds Of victory.
Fling out It's colors to the morn
From balcony and street.
Its spanglcd spicndor lights the world
II never knows defeat.
No more red terror rules the earth
And frIghtfulncss the deep,
No more the pirates Of the AIR
Shall soar to murder sleep.
Stack arms. and with the joyful news
Let wires and cables hum,
For peace has laid the weary sticks
To rest upon the drum.
-Mnna Irving.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
Pew EacGpA

There are few indeed who escape
having at least ono cold during the win
ter months. andsthey are fortunate who
have but one and get through with 1t
quickly and without any serious consc-
qucnccS. Take ChRmberlain's Cough
Remedy and observe the directions with
each bottle. md you arc likely 10 be one
nf tho fortunate ones The worth and
merit OF this remedy has been fully
have always used it FOR years when
troubled with cough or cold and with
the very best results.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12

A contribution to The 1ntellisencer
warns Us against indiscrimlnate kissing
during these influenza days. We always
have been opposed to indiscrminate
kissing. We don't know Of anything in
which fne discrimination produces more
satisfactory results.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-12
MANY REMoUETs.

WAStiISGToN. Dec. li.--Army r"-
mount stock on hand when IN" arini--
tIcr WAS signed included tT.-6o AM
mails. war department report !ssurd
today shows. or these. ll3,I2I wern
cnrairv and riding horses. lSs.34S dra It
horses. i44.61i draft mules. ana li.29S
pack and riding mules. the remainder
being uuclaS$itcd.
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tho tax should be increased to the OK
tent that gas rates have been Increased
since 1915. or to provide something over
million dollars in revenue. and OF This
part should be used to pay Interest
and provide sinking fund for the retire
ment Of the bonds issued in payment Of
the Virginia debt and the balance be put
in the state road fund.
Very truly yours.
CARLETON c.. PIERCE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24
A Shows hoveIing Editorial
By EARL GODWIN.
Atom Of the Street. Cleaning Depart
SuEgestioa-Win Il Work?
rtment Makes q

Superintendent Paxton of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment makes the suggestion that people should not sweep
the from the sidewalks but that they should wait for
the Districts snowpow brigade to attack the problem
trust this suggestion viii result In prompt action bv
the Street Cleaning Department ALL the streets but
doubt it. 81 :
Otherwise Washington viii relapse to its almost regu-
lar winter state of complete glacial submergnce which was
national joke until few newspaper writers began Joint
out the intolerable condition
Superintendent Paxton makes the suggestion that Dis
rct snowpows shall clean sidewalks rather than the do
nestle shoveer because the homemade brand of snow
cleaning results in png the cutters with and ice
When was schoolboy and had to shovel the snow
from In front of my parental home Capitol HILL had
to clean out the cutters and keep them clear of and ice
else policeman called to ask why.
Now it is no hardship the ordinary householder to
clean off few feet of snow to shovel little trench
through the gutter is bully good exercise little
of that kind Of outdoor work and all of would feel better
It's good saving wood and better than staying indoors
smoking an imitation cigar and playing poker.
Also doubt very much that Superintendent Paxton's
in numbers sufficient to clean off ell the sidewalks
and cutters Also if he has any spare labor why not turn
it to the Fuel Administration somebody who win
get some coal into peoples empty b.nsi =,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24
From the Public to the Editor

ton. Men OF mature years OF ripe
tadgment. good physical End moral
habits. a. q rule. their age being
evidence OF Il: men Of experiences:
careful thinkers, not faddIsts nor the
orists. Men who have "becn over the
road" and know the way--safa men.
And these men. as a r1ie. do not
want to be retired, with or without Z
pension They prefer a Mace In the
ranks. at work. Not ten hours nor
eight hours. a. when younger. but
such work a. they can do BEST. al
THEIR age. best for them and for
the work.
This can be arranged. Those who
say no, have said no to many things
we are now doing. But some men
physically able. to work only four or
1ve hours out OF twenty-t, ur, can de
work. in that short time, worth more
to their country than they could IN
twice the time when they were but
half 90 old.
1t should be 20 arranged that they
could do II. and let the country have
their services. To Tse heir power
OF trained thinking and experiences
In the idea. because they are worth
it-not discard them beeauss they
have gray hair!
At work the man II naors rontentsd,
his health Is better, and hsR live
longer. In fact these men prefer to
cease at once to work AID hve." 70
die I'm the harness." to fail with
the ARMOR ON"
My dear Brisbane, Il needs only the
eloquence of your editorial pen to
start this discussion. Yo' will and
a response In every home IN the land:
In every patriot heart-who IL guilty
have been hustlers; they do not ask
idleness: when every ounce C. human
energy should be employed In this
world crisis. Yours respectfully.
JAMES HUGH SEELEY.
Washington, d. c., Tuesday, Jan. IS.
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TOday's World Struggle
CONTINUED from First Column.

Continued from First Column.)
In America, of those with much money
Literary success depends upon the money which the
writer accumulates.
The talked about is he who has sold hundred
thousand books.
The rich boy school is folow3E by toadies In col
ege he learns contempt for human nature from the syco
phancy Of others
Representatives of the People may be found logging
the footsteps Of those who need to buy laws steal the
peoples rights.
The struggle for money is the struggle of the whole
world today And Of the money making movement Of all
word-w movements there is side that is good and
necessary.
Divine wisdom guides the world and the human race,
working out its destiny in seeming blindness is not allowed
to wander from the track of actual progress.
The money making mania is one phase OF human ad-
vancement.
This is the age of industrial progress Money simply
the means Of perectng industry It human labor con-
densed and put into compact transferable shape
The with the hundred millions can build the great
railroad the continent There is no more important
work now than the building Of that road
The with the thousand millions can control the
great Oil and dozen other trusts He taxes the peo
plebu the hundreds Of millions do important and neces
Sary work
It is well for all that such man has sacrificed health
digestion happiness and all idea Of indulgence to the
accumulation Of a vast industrial army Of dollars
The scramble for money, looked at without under
standing is horrd sight But horrd also is the sight Of
battle that frees slave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24

uG Sl4 HN1NAH NNoA1eC~A
often We Have written Coaeernlng
Hin, and Oftea We SHAH write
Ab0ut Hin Again.
Editor. Washington Times
Dear sir-Your editorial. Monday,
a. to gray hair-old men-and what
to do with and for Their. deserves
more consideration than 1. II likely
to receive Why not return to the
subject, snd give your readers q
series. like those very valuable edi-
torials you are giving upon The
Wisdom Of NapoleonT'
today fully I'VE million men in this
republic, from nifty TO seventy years
OF age; that IL. men with gray hair.
a. you put it. You are very correct
In saying these men ARE not
wanted" as q rule, In mort OF the
places where the work OF the country
II being done, today.
Why are they not wanted? You ex-
plain. in part very correctly. But Is
II the fault OF these men? Is not the
age to blame, most? Has progress"
outsped them. or has progress sim
ply failed to learn how best to use
them?
It Is = problem Of no mean import
ance: but IL Is not 30 d!f1cult It
has not been serit usly o. scientific
ally analysed. We have evaded It,
and gone the easier way, the more
serhsh. way, as a people. but by our
OSading Il, or ignoring II. We ind now
unsolvsd a problem that war compels
Us to consider.
Take this single phase Of It: here
Is an asset OF the republic; the man
power IN those ave million men from
nifty to seventy years They are s
per cent OF the country's population
and not less than 10 per "ent Of its
earning power, economIcally-pos-
sibly twice that In Some respects
the most valuable element in the ma
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24
TOday's World Struggle
The Fight for Money Is Still the Fight of the Universe
Money Making Mania One Phase of Human Advancement

Far of in the distance shines the goal of present human
ambition.
It is shining golden light. Toward that light the mil
lions struggle trampng each other, sacrificing everything
in the harsh fight for the dollar.
Here and there preacher thunders here and there
philosopher proses against the money struggle But they
the preacher changes his laundering when rich church
calls him. often the philosopher grasps the first chance to
forget philosophy in Wall Street
IL The men admired today are the who have made
nions-some are admired because they find excitement in
giving the millions away others because they silently pile
more millions upon the others already gained.
DSocety the class devoted to pleasure consists low,
go. LCOntnued in Last Column
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Who Is To Blame!

tell them to go out and earn
money. If the railroads do not
bring home the money there is
trouble. Brandeis tried to free
the railroads from white slavery,
and no one was so grateful to
him as the technical railroad men,
who, in nine cases out Of ten, are
efficient and devoted to their
business of operation in the in
terest of the public.
Another consideration enters
in. In the last two years the
bankers have resented the inter-
ference of the Government in
railroad management. And they
have not only protested against it
themselves, but have been quite
willing to let the condition of the
railroads likewise argue against
Government interference.
In other words, they have let
the railroads go to the devil, then
pointed to their lamentable state.
and said to the public: you see
what Government meddling has
done. If you, the public, don't
help US cast of the Government
yoke, the result will be bad ser
vice and high rates."
Immediate Government Ownership.
From all this, one thing arises as
clear as morning sunlight The
cure for the present situation and
the prevention Of its recurrence,
lies In never letting the railroads
go back to the bankers, 1. e., we
must have immediate Government
ownership.
In the meantime, according to
John Mitchell, the unemployment
caused by Mr.. Garfeld's order.
which is not his fault, but that of
the bankers, is costing the wage
earners In New York State alone
some five million dollars a day. |
believe that this figure is too low.
But whether It is or not, the wage
earners certainly cannot afford
that loss. But the Government can.
In fact we might say that the
Government is honor bound TO
make good the wage-earners' loss-
es, because It has not already
taken over the railroads and there
by prevented the disastrous situa-
ton that the bankers have caused.
Government Pay Workers Loss.
IL We are spending twenty thou
sand millions OF dollars this year
for the war land we shall spend
a good deal more than that It
would not seem unreasonable that
the loss caused By the railroads
failure to haul coal, which finally
forced Mr.. Garfield's order. should
be borne by the Government up to
the sum Of a few paltry hundred
millions.
OF course. too, every employer
who is not stone broke should
keep on paying his employees. In
the meantime, those who starve
and freeze will have an oppor-
tunity TO congratulate themselves
on the great brains that control
Industrial and political America.
AMOS PINCHOT.
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Eor the coal situation, for the
hunger, shivering and sickness Of
uillions Of people in the North
and East, for the unemployment
due TO Mr.. Garfleld's order, and
for Mr.. GarheId's order itself,
some one Is to blame.
(. That some enc is not Mr.. Gar
hsid. for Mr.. Garfield is only act
iag - the agent Of Mr.. McAdoo
and the Democratic Administra-
ton. That some one is also not
Mr.. MeAdoo or the Democratic
Administration. Who then is to
blamaf
Judging from the pitiful break
down Of the railroads in attempt
ing 70 haul coal, one might sup
pose that the railroads and their
technical operators were respon-
siblA But they also are not re-
.spongtble. To place the blame, we
have to follow the trail still
fafthst back.
eab Railroad Cream Gone.
In the last two years, the bank
ing world has come to realize that
the cream has gone out OF railroad
ine Government regulation has.
% . 0onSiderable extent prevented
excessive rates.
Publicity. the fear Of investiga-
tion. etc. has lessened the fire.
guency Of those immensely pro-
ftable dealings. that used to line
the bankers pockets through
stock-joObing. wrecking and the
various mysterious processes Of
railroad high finance.
RailrOadIng Is no longer a bank
er's gold mine or paradise. The
result has been that the bankers
have cut the credit Of the rail-
roads. Because they could not
make the profits they were used
TO, they have starved the railroads,
they have refused loans and turn
"a down undertakings: they have
lent . deaf ear to the appeal Of
the technical managers Of the rail-
roads, who have been unable to
procure from the bankers funds
necessary TO keep the rolling stock,
ana especially the locomotives. at
an efficient point
And meanwhile, as the bankers
have refused credit, they have
also insisted on dividends from
roads whose condition did not
warrant them.
Selfish, Short-sighted Wall Street.
f1n short, a state of things has
been brought about, not through
Mr.. Garfield or the Administra-
ton or the railroads technical
heads, but by q selfish and short
sighted Wall Street control,
where q little cold weather add
ed 70 the unusual strain due to
the war, has thrown the country
into 3 position Of extreme danger.
Years ago Louis D. Brandeis,
ibSfors the Interstate Commerce
Commission, brought out the fact
that the railroads had become
little more than the white slaves
Of the Wall Street bankers
The bankers give the railroads
2 minimum Of equipment, and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24

WILLIAM A. SCHLOBOM. Of 1908
Crittenden street, has In his cellar
one ton Of soft coal which he defies
any power on earth, or below. to
burn.
He says he viii give $50 to any
charity II anyone can make It burn
properly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24
Let Government Pay If Govern
ment COmpels WOrkmen
To Lose Wages

The man who writes the letter published below is
r9ter unusual combination in American citizenship
he Is radical believes that Government should really
greatest welfare of the majority believes that
the ch should bear their fair share of taxation and this
the remarkable part he himself rich man. owning at
millions
Intelligent readers will follow closely his cOmmunica
ton which follows:
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1 myself saw q part Of his efforts.
He uses one Of THOMAS sOMER-
vILLE'S hot water furnaces, and
they are pretty good. From Monday
morning at O'Clock until Tuesday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24

When RAYMOND PULLMAN was q
little tad he used to play around old
No. 4 engine house in South wash
ington and the big Fellow" who
used to bounce Ray upon his knee
was JAMES KELIHER, now First
Battalion Chief Wonder II the chief
remembers those happy days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24
HEARD AND SEEN

afternoon at 1880 the drafts were
open and that coal hardly heated
itself to q glow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-24

And schlObom paid SO for that
coal"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-05-17
Death of Roy Manning.

Roy Manning, aged about "a
years and unmarried, died Tues
day of last week in a Chicago hos
pital, the result of an operation
for white swelling" in one of his
legs, with which he had been af-
flicted since childhood. He was a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Man
ming who own a fine farm home
several miles east of Cottonwood.
His mother was with her son when
he died and brought the body
home for burial, arriving here
Sunday evening. The funeral
took place Sunday at 3 o'clock at
Grangeville, under the auspices Of
the Knights of Pythias, and was
attended by a large number of
friends.
Among those present from Cot
tonwood were Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
M. Robertson, Mrs. Matteson, a
sister of Mrs. Robertson, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Parker and Mrs. o. D.
Hamlin.